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Q: Why can't I assign to multiple variables using mapply/assign? (As an exercise) I was trying to emulate some languages such as perl, etc by assigning to multiple variables in R.
my ($a, $b, $c) = ( 1, 2, 3 );

now $a is 1, $b is 2, $c is 3.
I expected this to work:
mapply(assign, c('A', 'B', 'C'), 1:3)

But it just returned a named int vector of 1,2,3.
Why didn't this work as expected?
Edit: First part of my question was indeed a duplicate of: Assign multiple new variables on LHS in a single line in R but would still like to know why my approach of mapply/assign didn't work.

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Q: Cartopy: Can't plot vector field with uncertainties (and related questions) I've been trying for a while now to plot vector field with uncertainty ellipses in Cartopy. The idea is that if I have a location (lat/lon) and a vector (wind speed, for example), but that vector has an uncertainty (measured in standard deviation, for example), then I'd like to plot an ellipses around the tip of the arrow indicating that uncertainty. In GMT, psvelo does the trick, my goal is something like this.
This is the same question as has been asked before here - I'm reopening it because I think that if someone can help me understand transforms better and I can find the location of the tip of the arrow, I can plot the error ellipse myself. Plus, some Matplotlib/Cartopy functionality might have changed in the last 4 years.
So, here's what I tried so far:

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*Making a map, using quiver to plot the vectors, and then trying to access some sort of scale parameter in the returned Quiver object. I couldn't find anything useful, and even though the scale attribute looked like it would've been the right thing, it turned out never to be set unless I set it myself.

*If I do set the scaling myself, I don't know how to do this if my location and vector have different units, and both are obviously not related to the axis width. For example, if I decided that I want to have a 50 m/s long vector at 10°E, 40°N, to be a certain fraction of the width of the axis, what would my scale parameter be? Me trying out random combinations of transformations has not gotten any results. (The idea here then being, if I can figure out that relation, then I am one step closer to knowing where to put the ellipse.)

*I've tried to figure out quiver 's autoscaling to see how I can "predict" what it's going to do internally, and then use that to know where the tip of the arrow is. Sadly, it's not as straightforward as the Matlab variant, so I failed at that as well.

*Lastly, I also don't understand why I can't use cartopy.crs.Geodetic() as my source coordinate system. The error I get is invalid transform: Spherical quiver is not supported -  consider using PlateCarree/RotatedPole. From reading the Cartopy documentation, wouldn't that be the appropriate one if my vector's location is measured in latitude, longitude and altitude?
Here's an MWE:
# imports
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
# data
lon, lat = np.array([10, 10.5]), np.array([40, 40])
east, north = np.array([0, 50]), np.array([50, 0])
# map
fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={"projection": ccrs.Mercator()})
ax.set_extent([7, 13, 38, 42], ccrs.Geodetic())
ax.coastlines("50m")
q = ax.quiver(lon, lat, east, north, transform=ccrs.PlateCarree())
plt.show()

I really think this is a feature that Cartopy should have, as it is one of the biggest hurdles I've encountered so far when using Python for geoscience applications. Currently, the only approach I know is to write a GMT script file from within my Python program, and run GMT with a Python system call, and that's really a pain.
I know that GMT is developing their own Python interface, but they haven't even incorporated all the basic functionality, so it's anyone's guess when they will get to psvelo...
Thanks for all your help and tips,
PBB

A: Well the hard part about this is the matplotlib part. If I were trying to make this, I'd focus on that before making it work in Cartopy. Technically, the point you need is somewhere in the set of paths generated by the quiver command (located in q._paths in your MWE). A simpler solution would be to use pivot='tip' so that the point of the arrow is always located at the (x,y) point.
The error you're getting from Cartopy when you try to use Geodetic is because doing everying correctly when working on a sphere involves more complicated math--thus not everything works with Geodetic. If instead you use PlateCarree, it will treat lon/lat as Cartesian coordinates on a plane.


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Andrea  Carmichael est un personnage du film Les Goonies dans lequel elle est jouée par l'actrice Kerri Green.

Histoire

Andy est une très belle jeune fille dont plusieurs garçons sont amoureux (les plus notables sont Brand et Troy). Dans son école, elle est très populaire car elle est connue pour être la plus belle fille, mais aussi pour être Pom-Pom Girl. En dehors de l'école, elle sort avec Troy Perkins, bien qu'elle semble plus amoureuse de Brand.

Se trouvant dans la voiture de Troy avec Stef, elle est d'abord dégoûter de lui car il réglait les rétroviseurs pour voir sous sa jupe, mais encore plus quand celui-ci entraîne à grande vitesse Brand se trouvant sur un petit vélo. Elle rejoint avec Stef, Brand et les Goonies après avoir rompu avec Troy, puis elle tombe folle amoureuse de Brand, ce qui la pousse à le suivre dans la quête du trésor de Willy le Borgne.

Tout au long de l'aventure, elle essaie sans cesse de montrer à Brand ses sentiments, au grand agacement de Stef. Elle croit l'avoir fait en pensant l'avoir embrassé dans une grotte sans se douter que c'était Mikey, le petit frère de Brand.

A un moment dans l'aventure, elle et les Goonies sont face à une nouvelle épreuve pour arriver au trésor, dont le but de cette épreuve consiste à jouer les bonnes notes sur un piano ou autrement c'est la mort assurée, après quelques échecs, elle finit par réussir à faire baisser un pont levis qui les amènera au trésor.
Peu de temps après être arrivé sur le bateau, les Fratelli, un groupe de criminel les ayant rattraper, elle est la première à être jeter par-dessus bord à la façon pirate (c'est-à-dire en marchant sur la planche), mais elle est sauvée par Brand.

Après avoir échappé aux Fratelli et à un éboulement, elle retrouve ses parents sur la plage et avoue ses sentiments réciproques à Brand.

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There is a breaking change between Preview 2 and Preview 3, but there are also a few new juicy features.
The biggest breaking change with Preview 3 is that I have removed the interface IDocType. While working on the UIL I came to realise that having both an abstract base class and an interface was some-what redundant. When ever downcasting is needed it should always be done to the base class, so I have removed the interface to avoid confusion.
Another major change is the dependencies of this release, no longer is the generated code supporting .NET 2+, it's now only supporting .NET 3.5+ (ok, I haven't tested it with .NET 4, but I'm just guessing there :P).
So I said there were some juicy new bits in this release and I'm quite excited about them, so let's have a look.
So now it is even easier to programmatically create Umbraco pages and publish them on your site!
Yep, that's right, I have finally got official support for the Umbraco v4 API!
If anyone had been brave and tried Preview 2 in an Umbraco 4 site they would have seen the failure which ensued. Turns out that the Umbraco devs have finally upgraded all the GetAll methods to return List, not an array. A nice little change (keep in mind that Umbraco was originally .NET 1.1 so the array was probably a hold over from the pre-generics days), but it did mean that the UIL failed as the property signatures no longer matched what it was compiled against.
But never fear, this release supports v4 (there are actually 2 download packages available, one for v3 and one for v4).
This does not mean I am stopping v3 support, Umbraco v3 will be supported along with Umbraco v4.
Ok, I kind of already had this, the UIL has always been able to generate Visual Basic files, but if anyone had tried to use them well they would have seen that it didn't go so well. I'm not a Visual Basic developer, I haven't used VB for a number of years now so it was always there but I never tested it. Well it turned out that the VB files I was generating were no good at all. Preview 3 has been fully tested and now created compiling VB files!
That's right sports fans, I now have a working implementation of LINQ to Umbraco.
(I used Lambda syntax cuz otherwise my formatting will be broken horribly).
Ok, I need to make one thing clear, this LINQ to Umbraco implementation is not super clean. The current Umbraco API does not really support what I want to do, which means that I have had to have some hacks in place.
The first thing you'll notice if you have a look at the code is that it's not really optimised. There is no query language in the Umbraco API for me to use, which means I have to rely on standard IEnumerable extension methods.
So when you're accessing the child items you will be given all the items and then a filter will be applied.
Unfortunately there isn't a way around this, not in the current API at least.
That doesn't mean that this implementation isn't useful, it just means that if you're going into large child structures be aware that it may be slow and it may have a large memory footprint.
Additionally I (currently) don't support the saving of child items/ adding child items to Umbraco. So if you do get an item from the collection make sure that you call Save on it.
I am working on this and it should be ready soon for the next release.
But at the very least we now have an API for Umbraco which is fully LINQ enabled and completed .NET runable.


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Home Parliamentary Business Committees Senate Committees Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement Report Additional comments of the Australian Greens
Additional comments of the Australian Greens
1.1 The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee Inquiry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (the TPP) received submissions from peak bodies and experts in trade. A substantial number of submissions raised concerns regarding the TPP.
1.2 While recognising some of the concerns raised by these experts, the majority committee report has fallen short of calling for a definitive and permanent rejection of the implementation of the TPP. Given that the United States of America have officially withdrawn from the TPP, it is both foolish and wasteful to pretend it can still be implemented in any meaningful way. The Greens contend that there is no point in Australia ratifying this Agreement or passing enacting legislation and that any attempts to resurrect the TPP will result in deeply flawed trade deals that do not advantage regular Australians. The Greens are strongly opposed to the ratification of the TPP, either now or at any time in the future, and recommend that the Government commit to formally and permanently ending Australia's involvement with the Agreement.
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1.5 The Greens are further concerned that the TPP included rights for foreign companies to sue the Australian government in international tribunals if they can argue that a change in domestic law or policy at a national, state or local level will potentially 'harm' their investment, known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). The Greens note that the Productivity Commission have recommended that the Australian Government avoid the inclusion of ISDS provisions in any trade agreements that grant foreign investors in Australia substantive or procedural rights greater than those enjoyed by Australian investors.
1.6 The TPP also contains inadequate protection for labour rights and migrant workers in accordance with recognised international standards and deeply inadequate and enforceable environmental standards.
1.7 The Australian Greens do not support the ratification of the TPP, either now or at any time in the future and, given the United States withdrawal from the TPP, recommend that the Australian Government commit to formally and permanently ending Australia's involvement with the Agreement. The Greens are troubled by the secretive manner in which the TPP was negotiated and are deeply concerned regarding key components of the Agreement. These include the predicted increase in cost to Australians regarding essential pharmaceuticals, the ability for large multi-national corporations to sue Australian governments, poor labour rights protections and a lack of enforceable commitments to key international environmental agreements. This deal was negotiated to afford the greatest possible advantage to major, international corporations and was not designed to help regular Australians. Any moves towards ratifying the TPP would be counter to Australia's interests and should be opposed.
Recommendation 1
1.8 The Australian Greens recommend that no measures are taken towards Australia's acceptance or ratification of the TPP.
1.9 The Australian Greens recommend that the Australian Government commit to formally and permanently ending Australia's involvement with the TPP.
1.10 The Australian Greens recommend that legislation be passed, barring the Australian Government from signing the country up to international trade agreements that include ISDS clauses in future.
1.11 The Australian Greens recommend that the current trade agreement process is amended to allow for greater transparency, including independent assessments of proposed agreements, the opportunity for genuine community consultation during the negotiation phase and a final ratification process whereby Parliament votes on the whole text of agreements, rather than just implementing legislation.
Senator Hanson-Young
Australian Greens
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El Trofeo Memorial Quinocho' es un torneo de fútbol de verano organizado por el Real Club Celta de Vigo que se disputa anualmente desde el año 1995 en el Estadio de Balaidos, en la ciudad de Vigo. Está dedicado al antiguo gerente del equipo, Joaquín Fernández Santomé Quinocho'', asesinado tras un atraco a la sede del club en el año 1988.

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Véase también
 Quinocho
 Real Club Celta de Vigo
 Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo

Referencias

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Did Pope Benedict resign because of the Extent of Francis's allegedly Gay Ally Cdl. Ortega's Cuba's "Sexual Debauchery" & Paedophilia?
According to a Spanish language Neo Club Press website article, the former head of "the medical services of the Revolution Armed Armed Forces" Roberto Ortega said that Pope Francis's longtime close Latin American collaborator and ally Cardinal Jamie Ortega was a "blackmailed" Communist operative.
The article said the Communist Cuban "regime takes advantage of the cardinal's homosexual condition to blackmail him":
(Neo Club Press, "Cardinal Jamie Ortega is being blakmailed for homosexuality," April 30, 2012)
"[A]n agent who worked for intelligence was the cardinal's husband," said Roberto Ortega "All religions are penetrated (by the State Security) including the Catholic Church and its highest authority, the cardinal."
Reuters reported the close relationship of Ortega to the Communist regime and Francis:
"Ortega, 78, enjoys unrivaled access among religious leaders to Cuban President Raul Castro and he has long been an ally of Argentine-born Pope Francis since their years together in the Latin American Bishops' Council."
(Reuters, "Cuba's controversial cardinal takes center stage in pope's visit," September 8, 2015)
In an LifeSiteNews article reviewing the gay activist Frederic Martel's book "In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy" it was revealed that the book spoke of "'rumors" of Cardinal Ortega's homosexuality.
The article said when Pope Benedict XVI visited Francis's longtime ally Ortega's Cuba:
"Benedict was so overwhelmed by the moral "filth ["sexual debauchery among the clergy" and paedophilia of Ortega's Cuban Church]"... that he wept. Martel claims... [and] start[ed] considering his abdication."
(LifeSiteNews, "New book suggests Benedict's trip to Cuba was German Pope's last straw before abdication," February 19, 2019)
Strangely, after Benedict's resignation it appears Ortega was almost jovial saying:
"The Pope... isn't afraid to tell the world he's too weak and tired to go on... governing the Catholic Church."
(Oneida Daily Dispatch, "Pope's resignation shakes Catholic tradition," February 12, 2013)
Is it possible that Benedict resigned because he was "overwhelmed" by the extent of Francis's close allegedly gay ally Ortega's Cuban Church's "sexual debauchery among the clergy" and paedophilia?
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George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American statesman and soldier. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, then served as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense under Truman.
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Junior Achievement of Laredo will be inducting six Laredoans to its 2015 Business Hall of Fame for their successful business acumen and continued civic commitment to the local community.
At a press conference Thursday at the Laredo Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement of Laredo recognized brothers Ruben and Rodolfo Bazan, husband and wife Javier and Nancy de Anda, David T. Newman and Anna Galo as the newest Business Hall of Fame laureates.
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In what will hopefully be a preview of 2015, Smorgasburg has brought together 30 favorite food vendors to put on their best show at a Smorgasburg at SummerStage Central Park for one night only: Friday, September 19, from 5 to 9pm.
Stroll into the world's loveliest city park before twilight on a late summer's eve, watch the sunset amongst the tall trees, sip a lovely beer or fine wine, sway to a classy DJ, and munch on the finest munchies in town.
It's all so civilized in Central Park, right? Yes, and it's also free.


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By Stephanie Shonekan,
Janet Saidi, Ryan Famuliner, Rehman Tungekar
KBIA
Podcast Cover - Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan
This is Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan, a podcast where we take apart the song covers we love and take a deep dive into the stories behind them.
Today's guest is a good friend and colleague, Dr. Keona Ervin. She's a professor in the Department of History at the University of Missouri, and also someone I've talked with at length about music. When I came up with the concept of the show, I knew she had to be one of my first guests. And so I reached out and asked her to choose a song to chat about.
And that choice?
Donny Hathaway's live cover of Yesterday by the Beatles.
Cover Story - Season 1 Music Historypodcast
Stephanie Shonekan
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Janet Saidi
Janet Saidi is a producer and professor at KBIA and the Missouri School of Journalism.
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Ryan Famuliner
Ryan Famuliner joined KBIA in February 2011. Ryan previously worked as a general assignment reporter and videographer at WNDU-TV in South Bend, Ind. and as a reporter and anchor at the Missourinet radio network in Jefferson City, MO. He's reported nationally on NPR and WNYC's The Takeaway.
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Rehman Tungekar
Rehman Tungekar is a former producer for KBIA, who left at the beginning of 2014.
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I am slowly getting back into the flow of all things StAP - and there's a lot to catch up on. In spite of summer starting, things are percolating here and there. The first Park B4 Dark is tomorrow night from 5-8pm. The weather looks marvelous, low 80's, slight breeze, sunny - should be perfect weather for some food, shopping and music. C'mon down! the 4th of July is fast approaching as well and Julie Glowka and Cindy Thrasher have done their usual excellent organizational job pulling together talented neighbors to make St. Paul's only 4th parade the signature event it always is. You all should have gotten a letter explaining the schedule and asking for a donation. Please make sure you put a little something in that envelope and send it along to make sure these dedicated volunteers get the support they need. Plan to take some photos of the 4th and share them with us for the new photobook. Just go to our website and click on "Photo Book" in the right upper hand menu. And by all means reserve your copy so we can make sure the book happens...Finally, we will get to welcome a new restaurant, Foxy Falafel, to the old Cafe Caribe/Jay's/Chet's space near Knoll Hardware in SSA. After a few years of appearing at events and running a food truck, owner Erica Strait has decided to put down roots chez nous. She hopes to open in late July featuring falafels, salads, shwarma sandwiches and hummus as well as a pickle bar. Welcome Erica!
D12 - Starling, the pop-up retail initiative for the summer (facilitated by the D12 Council) has a new tenant this week, Beatrix*JAR Experimental Studio, in the storefront just west of the Edge Coffeehouse on University Avenue. It's hard to describe, but two charming electronic music artists are offering what they call a Circuit Bending Workshop, taking apart old electronics and making something new out of them. They also create handmade fabric birds and cats. Here's the link to find out more, it sounds like fun for the whole family and it's only there until June 25...the city's zoning proposal that would prevent non-industrial enterprises such as schools and churches from entering areas like our creative enterprise zone in the University/Raymond area has gone back to committee after hearing from the public. The Council and others in our community and the city feel it's too restrictive and that these institutions have no other places to locate within their budgets. We already have 3 Charter Schools in that area and a couple churches which would no doubt be grandfathered in but couldn't expand...you should start to see some brightly decorated bikes around the community. The Council and Irrigate Arts are joining together with local artist, Carrie Christensen to promote bike use in the city. If you have an old bike you can donate, contact the Council...there's a meeting on June 27 from 7-9pm at the SSA rec center to talk about the frac sand that is being transported through our neighborhood via open rail cars. There's a good article in the June Bugle about it...there's a small business forgivable loan program being offered by the city for businesses that have been on or within a block of the new green line route along University Avenue for at least a year. Check the D12 website for more info about this and lots more.
Schools - not much to report other than this, from a group of school kids I interviewed for an exclusive interview, "YAY!!!!"...Also, some of the winners of the elementary school's Patriotic Essay contest will once again read their essays at the 4th in the Park bandstand program at noon after the parade. These are usually lovely, well-thought out reflections on what it means to be Americans, don't miss it.
listserv - concerns about a scrap metal procurer's informal search style brought out a flurry of observations recently. It's always interesting how things do or don't blow up on our neighborhood electronic bulletin board. This started innocently enough with a report of someone banging on a neighbor's back door in SSA purportedly looking for scrap metal. It quickly moved to a consideration of techniques for preventing these unwanted and potentially threatening visits to a perspective check with political overtones. Moderator Sherm Eagles weighed in with his usual deft hand reminding everyone to stick to the issues and not turn it into a polemic...and ants. Apparently the rain is driving our insect buddies into places homeowners would rather they not be. Entomologist and neighbor, Margot Monson shared her common sense respect for nature along with ideas for removing the little guys without the overuse of pesticides which, of course, endanger other innocent species, humans included.
StAPnotes - this Friday, Open Eye Puppet Theater will be presenting an awesome show at 7pm at 2259 Carter with the bank drive-through shelter a rain back-up. Bring blankets, bug spray, chairs and a few bucks to toss in when they pass the hat. Neighbor Mary Lou Hidalgo says they are the best and her word is good enough for me. More info? Click here...the U has its usual collection of fun stuff for the kids this summer at Northrop, the Bell Museum, the arboretum, etc. Check them out here...Speaking of the U, the Raptor Center housed two cute barred owl chicks for a while after their nest came crashing down in a storm. They have since been relocated but you can read about them and see the photos at the Raptor website...JOTP continues to show all the Euro 2012 Soccer games at SSA rec center and they have been very exciting. While you're there, check out their summer schedule - a lot going on ove there.


Drug abuse and other substance addictions are at record highs in the UK as of 2018, with reports of misuse and death increasing every year. According to the article "Statistics on Drug Misuse: England 2018," one in twelve adults ranging from the ages 16 to 59 admitted to having used an illicit drug at least once in the previous year. These statistics are staggering, and the effects are just starting to be felt widely.
Substance addictions are dangerous, but not just to you as the user. These addictions can be deadly to you, and harmful to your family as well. If you are addicted to a substance, you may not have considered these 7 ways that your drug abuse is affecting you and your family.
Substance abuse can cause long-term mental health issues.
Mental health disorders often go hand-in-hand with substance dependence, but which one comes first? Drugs and alcohol are frequently used by people to ease the symptoms of depression or other mental concerns or to cope with problems. However, adding substances can cause side effects and worsen the symptoms you were originally trying to alleviate.
Alcohol and other substances affect the brain, causing an imbalance in the hormones and chemicals that run your body and control your moods. With continued use of these drugs, your brain begins to lose normal cognitive functioning, causing problems with thinking, balance, functioning, and even eventually resulting in severe mental health problems like depression and psychosis.
With addiction can come the loss of relationships.
People who abuse drugs often do so in place of their normal relationships with their family and friends. This can happen gradually as you lose interest in doing activities that you previously enjoyed because you'd rather be using. It may also be sudden as those who love you pull away before you realize there is a problem, and you are faced with the loss of your spouse, children, or other loved ones.
A toxic abuse situation can result in negative atmospheres and mindsets.
Whether it is because you are becoming negative and hostile towards your family, or because they are blaming you or themselves for the addiction problem, inevitably substance abuse will result in a toxic atmosphere.
While you are using, you either consciously or subconsciously will realize that you should not be, and this fosters lies and hidden secrets as you find new ways to support your drug habit and engage in the use of them. The emotional turmoil that will ensue can cause pain and suffering to your family and friends and eventually end in the loss of that relationship.
Your substance use will cause new roles and dynamics in your relationships.
Those family and friends who choose to stay throughout your addiction will slowly shift their roles from spouse, child, parent, or friend to caretaker or enabler.
Caretakers will feel that they must look after you to ensure that you don't become mired further in your addiction, lose your job, your home, etc. This is a downward spiral because unless you choose to seek professional help in a treatment center like ARC, these consequences will most likely happen. Even though the caretaker is putting themselves in a no-win position, they will feel like a failure and place the blame on themselves.
Those who turn into enablers will, either knowingly or unknowingly, contribute to your habit by taking care of you when the drug makes you sick, lying on your behalf to keep you from losing your job or keep your drug use a secret, or covering for you in other ways that end up being detrimental to you both.
Addictions take a toll on your financial stability.
Even if you continue to work, you will be using that hard-earned money to pay for your substance addiction. As you use more frequently and in larger amounts, you may find that you run out of financial resources to pay for your addiction and you may begin to take the money from other sources, like your mortgage payment or electricity bill. You might even find yourself stealing the funds from those you care about or using credit cards to buy your drugs.
If the addiction continues to progress, you may even lose your job. When you can't contribute financially to your family's stability, this causes extra stress to those who are affected.
Exposing your children to abusive behaviors causes long-term mental damage and suffering.
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Children who are exposed to drug use at a young age are often more likely to experiment with illicit substances in the future. Those who grow up in a home where drugs are frequently abused also have to live with the negative atmosphere that is fostered – from verbal abuse to physical abuse, lying, fighting, and arguing. This can cement an impression in a young child that this is what a relationship is supposed to look like, causing long-term problems.
Physical damage and death can occur with chronic substance abuse.
Depending on the substance you abuse, you may experience outbursts of violent, manic, or depressive behaviors. Many drugs can also cause physical damage to the heart and lungs. Ongoing use has been shown to cause kidney failure, liver damage, and sexual performance issues.
Whether you are a chronic user or brand new to the drug, you also run the risk of overdosing, which causes death in many cases.
You can tell yourself that you can control your use, or that you can give it up any time you want to, but the sad fact is that there is no good side to drug use. A user may have a "feel-good" high while they are using the drug, but that feeling will go away and be replaced with the need to find it again, resulting in the never-ending search for the next fix.
The only way to save yourself and your family from this perpetual circle of addiction and pain is to seek treatment and end the cycle before irreversible damage is done.


Thousands of men and women in dark suits swarmed the Javits Center early on a windy Monday morning for the largest-ever edition of LendIt, an annual Fintech conference focused on the players and ecosystem related to consumer and small business lending.
At first look, it seemed to be an unlikely crowd for a conference involving technology-focused disruptors, but perhaps the formality of the event was indicative of the startups in attendance – growing companies beginning to rub shoulders with the establishment.
To receive further confirmation of this hypothesis we need look no further than Prosper CEO Ron Suber's keynote address on "Online Lending: An Industry Built to Last." Prosper is one of the largest peer-to-peer lenders that allows individuals and small businesses to either invest in loans or borrow money online.
Prosper and its peers Lending Club and OnDeck are part of the "older guard" of fintech companies, and find themselves at the front lines of conversations with regulators, banks, venture capitalists and private equity firms.
It was, therefore, interesting to hear Mr. Suber's reflections on the past year speaking with key decision makers around the world. Notably, he reported a shift in tone from banks – the skepticism he heard in erstwhile years has been replaced by a desire to partner with platforms like Prosper. This trend convinces him of a future in which fintech startups will be as ubiquitous as ETFs, despite a tough year in 2016.
Suber has spoken at every LendIt conference since its launch and he went on to recount the broad themes from his speeches, starting with the "Uberization" of financial services and the need to educate customers and stakeholders about online lending in 2013. In 2014 he focused on the growth of the sector, and claimed the industry had reached "escape velocity" – the speed of growth to escape the gravity of incumbents and achieve broader relevance – by 2015. This growth began to slow in 2016, with investors struggling with performance and increased skepticism from the media.
Suber highlighted Prosper's $5 billion loan-buying deal with institutional investors including George Soros and Jefferies, as an example of this partnership model. Ultimately, he said, returns were the test of the success of the online lending model – and pointed to the high single digit returns that Prosper has enjoyed.
Suber's optimistic speech indicated that the industry has gotten over the slump of 2016, a year in which some of the larger online lenders were plagued with troubles. However, he struck a cautionary note as he closed, noting that loan performance, data transparency, customer acquisition and profitability will be the keys to success in 2017.
Sruthi Lanka is a technologist turned investment banker with 7+ years of experience across product development, mergers and acquisitions and capital optimization advisory. Most recently, Lanka worked as an investment banker at the Royal Bank of Canada, covering mergers and acquisitions of insurance, asset management and fintech clients.


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Q: Java creating multiple Balls using paintcomponent I want to create a method that creates 5 balls on a panel. Can somebody please help me get around this using the paint component method or creating my own draw method. As you can see bellow, i have a paint component method with a for loop that will loop 5 and create a ball in a random location, but unfortunately only one ball is being created.
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.swing.*;

public class AllBalls extends JPanel {
    int Number_Ball=5;
    int x,y;
    Graphics g;
    AllBalls(){
        Random r = new Random();
        x=r.nextInt(320);
        y=r.nextInt(550);
    }
public static JFrame frame;
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AllBalls a= new AllBalls();
        frame= new JFrame("Bouncing Balls");
        frame.setSize(400,600);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(frame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.add(a);
    }

    @Override
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        for(int i=0;i<Number_Ball;i++){
            g.fillOval(x, y, 30, 30);
        }
        repaint();
    }

}

A:     Random r = new Random();
    x=r.nextInt(320);
    y=r.nextInt(550);

You only create one random point, not 5.
If you want 5 random points then you need to create an ArrayList to store your 5 random points. Something like:
ArrayList<Point> balls = new ArrayList<Point>(5); // instance variable

AllBalls()
{
    Random r = new Random();

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
        balls.add( new Point(r.nextInt(320), r.nextInt(550));
}

Then in the paintComponent() method you need to iterate through all the points:
for (Point p: balls)
    g.fillOval(p.x, p.y, 30, 30);

Also, get rid of the repaint() statement. Never invoke repaint() in a painting method, this will cause an infinite loop.


The days where a web site consisted of a small amount of linked pages lie far behind us. Today, web sites are complex applications, containing large amounts of constantly changing information and functionality. To avoid usability problems typically associated with large ad hoc designed web sites, a systematic, well structured approach is required. Web site design methods address this need by separating the different design concerns involved in web site creation: requirements analysis, data design, navigation design, presentation design and implementation. By focussing on one aspect at a time, the designer is better able to cope with the intricacy of web site design, thereby improving the quality and usability of the resulting web site. However, even with the use of web design methods, the design of web sites is not an easy task. Due to the large variety in targeted visitors, each with different goals and intentions, and the diversity of the offered information and functionality, devising an efficient and easy to grasp site organization and navigation structure proves difficult. Taking into account web site usage information could help the designer to gain a better insight in the browsing behaviour of the users and to provide the best-suited design. However at design time this information is usually not available. Manual analysis of web site access logs is already applied, possibly resulting in manual changes or a complete redesign of the web site. The approach suggested in this dissertation goes one step further: to offer the web designer, during design, the ability to anticipate and react upon web site usage information. The result is adaptive web sites: sites that automatically improve their organization and presentation based on user access data. It is argued in this dissertation that the use of adaptation strategies, which are (design) specifications of how a web site can adaptively change (at runtime) based on user access information (from all users), aids the designer to improve the usability of web sites. Using adaptation strategies, a designer can anticipate runtime browsing behaviour, validate certain design decisions, automatically select between design alternatives and help the web site owner to better achieve business goals. The work is presented in the context of WSDM, an existing web design method. To support adaptive behaviour, an adaptation specification language has been defined, which allows the designer to specify, at design time, the adaptive behaviour that is allowed at runtime. The adaptation specification language is exemplified with three useful adaptation strategies, each illustrating one of the aforementioned benefits. To validate our ideas, a prototype implementation to support WSDM design and implementation, with adaptation support, was performed. The prototype was used to implement a case study, which demonstrates the applicability and effectiveness of designer specified adaptation strategies to automatically re-organize the web site (navigation) structure and organization.


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Music Monday ~ Patty Griffin & That Mountain
Patty Griffin isn't on today's musical "A-List" - as far as celebrity status is concerned, though she has always been highly regarded by her peers. Perhaps it's part of the Sun in Pisces nature to remain in the background of things, while still contributing a lot. I had prepared a draft of this post back in March, near to her birthday, but didn't post it because I decided that readers would likely never have heard of this singer/songwriter. Perhaps that was my own ignorance coming to the fore!
Ms Griffin came to mind again last week when, in the American Idol final Crystal Bowersox chose one of her songs for her last performance: Up To The Mountain.
Rolling Stone calls Patty Griffin "One of the better-kept secrets of American music." Her performances are described in words such as pure, raw, sparse, stripped-down. Her songs have been covered by numerous well-known artists, often melancholy stories, or gospel themed songs, folk-ish, but also categorised as "Americana", though the appeal is universal.
On her website she writes that she was the youngest of a family of 7, and shy. Music afforded her a way of expressing herself. She didn't get into the music business proper until around age 30, though she'd been singing and playing guitar from her teens.
While her songwriting catalog has unexpectedly garnered much praise and income from successful covers of her material, Griffin recognizes the challenge of aging in a youth-dominated industry. She muses, "Getting older as a woman, especially as a performer, the doors start to close. Unless you're willing to plow people down for help, there's a sense that it's ridiculous to ask for any attention at all. It's a really strange experience. I just sort of decided, 'What the hell? I'm going to keep on going anyway (laughs).' You feel like you're up against an ocean when you're still doing this, but there are a lot of older women still hanging in there. I think that's a fairly new thing, too. It's rare, but it's getting less and less rare." Link.
Born on 16 March 1964 in Old Town, Maine.
I don't have much to say about Patty's natal chart, beyond what I wrote in the first paragraph. A time of birth is unavailable so we don't know whether her natal Moon was in Taurus or Aries, and rising sign remains a mystery. Venus, planet of the arts is in its home sign Taurus, and opposite creative Neptune in Scorpio. Neptune is also in helpful trine to Mars, reflecting, perhaps her energetic determination to "keep going", keep being creative.
Up To The Mountain is my favourite of all her songs. It's a tribute to Martin Luther King. The song lends itself to a variety of treatments. I've chosen the writer's own version, & the one by Crystal Bowersox, 2010's American Idol runner-up.
Up To The Mountain
I went up to the mountain
Because you asked me to
Up over the clouds
To where the sky was blue
I could see all around me
I've never been nothing but tired
And I'll be walking
Till the day I expire
Sometimes I lay down
No more can I do
But then I go on again
Because you ask me to
Some days I look down
Afraid I will fall
And though the sun shines
I see nothing at all
Then I hear your sweet voice, oh
Oh, come and then go, come and then go
Telling me softly
You love me so
The peaceful valley
Just over the mountain
Few come to know
I may never get there
Ever in this lifetime
But sooner or later
It's there I will go
Posted by Twilight at Monday, May 31, 2010 2 comments:
Labels: astrology, music, Patty Griffin, Pisces
The Future Verdict ~ Ada Cambridge
Ada Cambridge - not one of poetry's most familiar names, but a prolific poet and novelist of late 19th early 20th century. She was born in Norfolk, England into a fairly well-to do and deeply religious family, married a minister of the Church of England, Rev. George Frederick Cross. They emigrated to Australia soon afterwards. As a clergyman's wife in the Australian Bush, in those days, life was hard. They moved home frequently. Several of her children died in childhood, or later. There's an interesting piece, her obituary, re-printed from the Sydney Morning Herald of July 1926.
In spite of all her duties, her griefs and travails, Ada Cambridge still found time to write. Though a dutiful wife, she developed many misgivings about religion, and about married life, some of which eventually spilled out into her poetry as Unspoken Thoughts, much to the distress of her husband.
After her husband's death she returned to England for a time, but eventually went back to Australia and her remaining family. She died in 1926.
Born on 21 November 1844, with Sun in late Scorpio (emotional and intuitive), Mercury in early Sagittarius. Jupiter, ruler of Sagittarius was in harmonious trine to Sun from Pisces. This blend of Jupter/Sagittarius/Pisces reflects well her connection to religion and long-distance travel - both connect strongly to Jupiter and Sagittarius. With no time of birth known, Moon's exact position isn't clear, but it'd be in Aries and more than likely opposing Mars and/or Venus in Libra: a reflection, perhaps, of her unspoken discontent.
Her poem, below, isn't one of her unspoken thoughts, but it's one which uncannily echoes the spoken and unspoken thoughts of many today:
The Future Verdict
by Ada Cambridge
How will our unborn children scoff at us
In the good years to come —
The happier years to come —
For that, like driven sheep, we yielded thus,
Before the shearers dumb!
I know the words their wiser lips will say; —
"These men had gained the light,
These women knew the right;
They had their chance and let it slip away.
They did not when they might.
"They were the first to hear the gospel preached,
And to believe therein —
Yet they remained in sin;
They saw the Promised Land they might have reached,
And dared not enter in.
"They might have won their freedom, had they tried;
No savage laws forbade —
For them the way was made.
"They might have had the joys for which they cried;
And yet they shrank, afraid.
"Afraid to face an honourable shame,
The most they had to pay —
Of what the world would say —
Not of the martyr's portion, rack and flame.
Great God! what fools were they!"
And oh! could we look backward from those years
When we have ceased to be,
This wasted chance to see,
Should we not also cry, with bitter tears,
"Alas! what fools were we!"
Posted by Twilight at Sunday, May 30, 2010 2 comments:
Labels: Ada Cambridge, astrology, Australia, future, poetry, poets
The Sun is travelling through zodiac sign Gemini now, the sign depicted by twins or pairs. So... a look at a couple of pairs, as astrological atmosphere is right for it:
1)a pair who look (a little) like twins - or at least brothers
2) a pair who are astrological twins.
1) We noticed this look-alikeness when watching a DVD of the movie 21 Grams recently - argued all the way through: "is it---isn't it?" Too lazy to get up, put on the light and reading glasses to look at the DVD jacket, of course. It was, actually, Benicio del Toro, and not Brad all dirtied up.
Brad Pitt & Benicio del Toro
In the movie~
2) A pair who were astrological twins, and married too. Christo & Jean-Claude, creators of environmental art. If you've watched much TV recently you'll have noticed an AT&T advert where architecture is being draped with orange silks - that's not the work of these two, but it's based upon it - plagiarised, some say.
Jean-Claude sadly died last year. Both were born on 13 June 1935, he in Bulgaria, she in Morocco. A matched pair born with Sun in Gemini.
Samples of their work~
The Wrapping of the Reichstag (former German parliament building)
Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado.
Posted by Twilight at Saturday, May 29, 2010 No comments:
Labels: 21 Grams, art, Benicio del Toro, Brad Pitt, Christo, Gemini, Jean-Claude, pairs
Arty Farty Friday ~ Walter Sickert & Jack the Ripper
Walter Sickert, German-born painter, teacher and art critic, raised in England, was born 31 May, 1860. He has been suggested as responsible for the Jack the Ripper murders in London, mainly by novelist Patricia Cornwell who spent gobs of money obtaining DNA from his paintings, having it compared to DNA from a letter allegedly writter by "the Ripper". Result has been proved inconclusive. Details in a 2005 piece by James Parker at Boston Globe.
Sickert is certainly a seductive candidate for the Ripper role. An evasive, protean man, with a taste for squalor and a habit of skulking around London's East End, he took a keen interest in the Ripper murders.
He painted a series of crepuscular Ripper-themed works, including one titled "Jack the Ripper's Bedroom," and liked to spook his models by wearing a red Ripper scarf. And Cornwell established, at vast expense, a far-from-conclusive DNA link between Sickert and one or two letters allegedly written by the Ripper.
The twin pillars of her argument however, were psychological and circumstantial. Sickert, in her rendering, was a bohemian psychopath born with a genital fistula "requiring surgeries when he was a toddler that would have left him disfigured if not mutilated" (and driven to murder as a consequence). Additionally, she claimed that it couldn't be proved that Sickert was not in London in August 1888, when the Ripper was at the bloody peak of his activities.
In his postscript, however, Sturgis quietly produces evidence that those childhood "surgeries" were not, in fact, for a genital fistula, and that far from stalking the gaslit alleys in August 1888, Sickert was holidaying in France with his mother. So Sickert passes into the realm of purely fantastical Ripperology, where he will dwell alongside fellow "suspects" Prince Albert and Lewis Carroll.
Theorising on crimes so long past, and using persons so long gone as potential culprits, might provide conspiracy theorists with hours of fun, but to my mind this is neither a healthy nor admirable pastime - but it probably sells books!
Walter Sickert was born in Germany, his father and grandfather were artists, his mother, said to be the illegitimate daughter of English astronomer Richard Sheepshanks, was in receipt of monies from a relative, and was likely the family's mainstay financially. The Sickerts moved to England in 1868. Walter's sister Helena became a writer and champion of women's rights. His own first choice of career was the theatre, but this seemingly didn't take off. He began studying art as assistant to James McNeill Whistler. Later, in Paris he met and was strongly influenced by, Edgar Degas.
Sickert's best known style depicts sombre indoor scenarios, aspects of theatre, or of London's Camden Town's sleazier, seedy corners, featuring prostitutes or showgirls. His general style is classed as British Impressionism.
Born on 31 May 1860 in Munich, Germany. No time of birth available, so 12 noon chart shown below.
Walter Sickert is reported to have been "cosmopolitan and eccentric...favored ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects". It's not hard to identify "eccentric" in this natal chart! Uranus, planet of eccentricity sandwiched between Sun and Mercury (at the very center of his self and the way his mind worked, forming a stellium (cluster) in Gemini the communcation sign.
Venus, planet of the arts is conjunct Jupiter in Cancer, sign of sensitivity and sentimentality. Being translated in this context = Jupiter's exaggerating tendencies coming through Sickert's painting style. Jupiter is normally thought of as bright and benign though. In his case I'd say there's a exaggeratedly dismal quality to much of his painting. Cancer also connects to a tendency to withdraw into a home base - in much of his work, Sickert has depicted this - albeit a rather seedy home scene peopled by ladies who "did what they had to do" to get by.
I'm a bit surprised not to find Pluto more closely involved. Moon at 12 noon was in late Libra - if Sickert were born after 4pm Moon would have moved into Scorpio, which seems to me to be quite apt for the dark atmosphere he often portrayed.
Images of Sickert's paintings don't tranlate too well on-line. I guess this is one instance where "you have to be there" - at an exhibition, I mean. Here are a few examples:
JACK THE RIPPER'S BEDROOM
THE CAMDEN TOWN MURDER
CAMDEN TOWN NUDES
Posted by Twilight at Friday, May 28, 2010 12 comments:
Labels: art, astrology, Jack the Ripper, Walter Sickert
Astrologers' Words of Wisdom
Words of wisdom from Robert Hand, one of today's most highly respected astrologers, from his book Essays on Astrology (published 1982). The following brief quote closes essay number 13, and the book. The essay is titled The Age and Constellation of Pisces.
We have masses of people in both the Islamic and Christian world who have reverted to the oldest, least rational and probably least conscious form of religious expression that their religions have to offer. They do so out of a sense that the new order has undermined basic human values that they hold important. And they are right. But at the same time they unleash forces of aggression, intolerance and inhumanity as they seek to preserve an aspect of their humanity from new forces............
We need a new way of looking at the world that trancends the limitations of the entire Piscean age, not merely the latest part of it. It must go beyond Good and Evil, beyond the limited idea of history and beyond the terrible split between Humanity and Nature. The goals must be consciousness and love. The first allows us to see what truly is and the second allows us to embrace it joyfully. If we have nearly nine hundred years of the era of the west fish (Pisces) to go through before we completely reach the Age of Aquarius, then we have nothing better to do than to infuse history with love and consciousness.
Labels: Age of Pisces, astrologers, Robert Hand
Wenesday Woo-Woo ~ Jacques Vallee
Blog buddy, Anthony North of Beyond the Blog suggested I take a look at Jacques Vallee for this Woo series. So......
Jacques Vallee (in a nutshell from UFO Watchdog's UFO Hall of Fame):
Astro Physicist, Author, Investigator, Silicon Valley computer scientist, author of numerous UFO books including Anatomy of a Phenomenon, Passport to Magonia, Challenge to Science, Messenger of Deception, and Dimensions among other historical UFO books. Testified at UN hearings stating that serious study was needed regarding UFOs, was reportedly the model for the government scientist in the move Close Encounter of the Third Kind, worked closely with Dr. Hynek.
Vallee initially supported the extraterrestrial hypothesis on the origin of UFOs, but was one of the first to change his mind. In Passport to Magonia he suggests the UFO Phenomenon has much in common with fairies, angels, ghosts, and other paranormal issues and that the sheer number of UFO sightings argues against their extra-planetary origins. In fact, he seems to believe in an Inter or Multi dimensional aspect to UFOs which would indicate they co-exist with us.
There's much more at Wikipedia. In an even smaller nutshell though, Vallee thinks UFOs could be looked on as windows to other dimensions, manipulated by intelligent, often mischievous, always enigmatic beings - as yet unknown to us, of course. As Vallee puts it himself, "I will be disappointed if UFOs turn out to be nothing more than spaceships."
I've oft surmised that UFOs could be visitors not from outer space, but from another dimension about which we currently know nothing. Vallee's theory is rather more subtle though. He had this to say in his book Passport to Magonia - reported at UFO Evidence
When the underlying archetypes are extracted," he wrote, "the saucer myth is seen to coincide to a remarkable degree with the fairy-faith of Celtic countries … religious miracles… and the widespread belief among all peoples concerning entities whose physical and psychological descriptions place them in the same category as the present-day ufonauts.
When I speak of a control system for planet earth," he says, " I do not want my words to be misunderstood: I do not mean that some higher order of beings has locked us inside the constraints of a space-bound jail, closely monitored by psychic entities we might call angels or demons. I do not propose to redefine God. What I do mean is that mythology rules at a level of our social reality over which normal political and intellectual action has no power….
Yes....well, I'm lost already! A little further investigation turned up the theories of another scientist, Nick Bostrom who suspects that we may be living in some kind of simulation - computer simulation. I'm not surprised that some other UFO researchers, scientists also, became so disoriented as to commit suicide:
From the interview with Vallee at UFO Evidence, linked above:
Vallee:For another thing you don't want to go around chasing every UFO that's reported. If a sighting gets a lot of publicity, you should stay the hell away from it. Instead you should go after cases that you select yourself, ones that have received very little publicity and you've heard about through personal channels...........
Clark: Are you suggesting that the investigator should attempt to experience the phenomenon himself?
Vallee: Yes, I think that's sound scientific practice.
Clark: But isn't that rather dangerous - in the sense that there's a real risk the investigator, even if he is emotionally stable and intellectually sophisticated, might be overwhelmed by the experiences involved?
Vallee: Yes, there are dangers. Witness what happened to Morris Jessup or to Jim McDonald. But I think that now we're more aware of what the dangers are. Once you realize the phenomenon may be deliberately misleading, then you can use certain safeguards. I'm not saying that safeguards are always going to work. There is an element of danger you really can't avoid. There's no way to do that kind of study just by reading books.
It's a little bit like the study of volcanoes. You can learn a lot about them by watching them from a distance but you certainly learn a lot more when you can be right there - even if it's somewhat risky.
I called up Wikipedia's pages on the two names mentioned, Jessup and McDonald and find that both men, serious scientists, interested in UFO research and/or The Philadelphia Experiment committed suicide.
This is getting a little weird, even for my tastes! Let's look at Vallee's natal chart.
Jacques Vallee was born in Pontoise, France on 24 September 1939. A 12 noon chart must suffice as no time of birth is available.
Why am I not surprised to see Neptune so close to Vallee's natal Sun, Mercury and Venus? Granted it's not in Libra as they are, it's in adjacent sign Virgo, but within orb (acceptable limit) of 7 degrees, to be considered conjunct Sun. Sun conjunct Neptune is often found in the charts of creative people - artists and writers especially. Neptune is planet of creativity, illusion, dreams, imagination, fog, delusion. Close to the Sun (essence of the personality) Neptune's characteristics are going to be clearly prominent in that person's nature. In Vallee's case, as in the case of his whole generation Uranus lay in harmonious trine to Neptune, drawing in Uranian traits of the avant garde, everything futuristic, inventive, quirky, whacky, rebellious to the already creative blend of Neptune/Sun.
Whatever time of day Vallee was born Moon would have been in Aquarius.
Add to the above Sun/Neptune/Uranus mix a natal Moon in Aquarius, Fixed sign of Airy intellect rulership of Uranus - and you have potential for exactly what we read about Jacques Vallee.
Remembering that, as well as a UFO theorist, Vallee is well-respected in science, astronomy, physics and computer technology, as well as in venture capitalism, I need to see what Saturn is doing in his chart. Saturn represents all the sciences, mathematics and business matters. Saturn here is in the last degree of Aries, in square (challenging) aspect to both Mars and Pluto, these two planets being in opposition. Astrologers call a configuration such as this a T-square. It's thought to indicate tension, obstacles and challenges as a way of life for the native, but - on the bright side - it also provides abundant drive and energy with which to overcome those challenges. Saturn, being the planet at the apex of this configuration is a particularly potent driving force in the life of Jacques Vallee.
"Skeptics, who flatly deny the existence of any unexplained phenomenon in the name of 'rationalism,' are among the primary contributors to the rejection of science by the public. People are not stupid and they know very well when they have seen something out of the ordinary. When a so-called expert tells them the object must have been the moon or a mirage, he is really teaching the public that science is impotent or unwilling to pursue the study of the unknown." (Vallee, J., Confrontations, New York: Ballantine Books, 1990.)
Jacques Vallee writes occasionally at Boing Boing website. Here's a link to his piece from earlier this year on the topic of crop circles.
Labels: astrology, Jacques Vallee, Neptune, UFOs, woo, writers
TODAY IS......
25 May - Towel Day and American Idol finale competition day...both! American Idol needs no further explanation from me, other than a sigh of extreme relief that it'll soon be over. Towel Day might not be as well-known in the USA (or maybe it is?) Wikipedia will explain.
I can't allow this 25 May to go by without remembering one of my favourite authors: Douglas Adams on his special day, created by fans in 2001, a couple of weeks after his untimely death.
"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough"(Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
Douglas Adams had Sun in imaginative Pisces, Venus in Aquarius, and Aquarius's ruler: whacky Uranus right on his ascending degree in Cancer, the strongest point in the chart. His whacky imaginings knew no bounds!
How to amalgamate these two entities though? American Idol and Douglas Adams? I feel certain he'd have found a way to do it, and would've been able to write a whole book about the manic wonderland that is American Idol.
Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyse compete for the crown tonight. Crystal has led the field from the start, Lee has come up from way outside, spurred and whipped on by judges and producers. In previous posts, accessible by clicking on American Idol in the Label Cloud (sidebar @ right), I've looked at their natal charts and assessed their chances. It's impossible to guess tonight's outcome, bearing in mind some obvious manipulation by the programme's producers. So.... "Break a leg, y'all."
Crystal has Sun in Leo, and Lee has Sun in Aries (if Wikipedia is correct on both counts), both Fiery Suns, both competitive and wanting to lead. Both have a planet close to an angle of the chart for tomorrow night's announcement of the winner - they are well-matched.
In honour of Towel Day, I'll bring in Douglas Adams, via quotation, to leave messages for American Idol:
"Everybody has their moment of great opportunity in life. If you happen to miss the one you care about, then everything else becomes eerily easy."
"And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire forged."
To Casey James So long - and thanks for all the fish!(the message left by the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspatial express route). And see below for more on
Casey who is all set to zoom along that express route to success, unfettered by the Idol crown.
Lee: He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Everything was ready, everything was prepared. He knew where his towel was.
Crystal: She had a look at herself in the mirror in the elevator lobby while she was waiting. She looked cool and in charge, and if she could fool herself she could fool anybody. If life had taught her anything it was this: Never go back for your bag.
"There," he said. "Three-leaf clover. Good luck you see." He peered at it closely to check that it was a real three-leaf clover and not just a regular four-leaf one that one of the leaves had fallen off.
To the judges: "Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off."
And at the end of the finale results show - tomorrow night, when Ryan Seacrest is about to announce the winner:
There was a long silence, during which they thought they could feel the Universe age a little.
More from Casey James:
And before American Idol
Labels: American Idol, Casey James, Crystal Bowersox, Douglas Adams, Lee DeWyse, music, Towel Day
Music Monday ~ Dr. Hook & Shel Silverstein
There was so much more to enjoy musically in the 1970s, and '80s. What happened? I got older, then old, I guess. Even allowing for that inevitability, and trying hard to be objective, today's music scene is anaemic and limp, at best, compared to back then. Lady Gag-Ga's shenanigans may be engaging enough to watch, but who's going to be humming her tunes on the way to work - eh? Nowadays we are expected to watch music as well as listen. Lyrics, as well as melody, have gone by the board (that should be bored!)Have all the good songs already been written?
Time for a little nostalgia.
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, later known as just Dr Hook - a fun rock band who, with the help of many songs written by the late Shel Silverstein, became internationally famous during the 1970's until mid '80s when the band broke up. The two vocalists pursued solo careers.
The band originated in the pubs and clubs of Union City, New Jersey. Names of founding member George Cummings, Billy Francis (keyboards), Rik Elswit (guitar), Joey Oliveri (drums) have been lost in the mists of time, but vocalist Ray Sawyer (the one with the eye patch - result of a car accident) and Dennis Locorriere - he of the wistful voice on Sylvia's Mother, both retain solo careers - though with nothing like the acclaim they received in their Dr. Hook days. Dennis now lives, and still tours, in the UK. Ray tours in the USA and Canada.
Dr Hook, the band was first known for crazy on-stage antics and whacky humor . No doubt this is why Shel Silverstein felt a certain rapport with them and their style. Shel wrote a string of rather bawdy songs for the boys e.g. Roland The Roadie, Gertrude The Groupie, and better known The Cover Of Rolling Stone which later materialised! Soon though, both band and Shel(left) calmed down and produced some beautiful love songs and ballads - my personal favourites: songs such as More Like the Movies, A Couple More Years, Ballad of Lucy Jordan, and Sylvia's Mother. The band had other, non-Silverstein hits, of course, but without Shel's genius, I doubt we'd still recall Dr. Hook today.
There's more on Shel Silverstein in an archived post of mine:
"Man & Star....."
Ray and Dennis as they look now:
No times of birth available, so charts below are set for 12 noon.
Astrology throws up a strong hint of the compatibility between these two vocalists and the songwriter: all have Sun in Air signs - one from each, as it happens. Shel - Libra; Ray Aquarius; Dennis Gemini.
As well as easy rapport via Airy Suns, each has Venus, planet of music and the arts in a Water sign (Dennis: Venus in Cancer, Ray: Venus in Pisces, Shel: Venus in Scorpio)- Water signs are the most emotionally driven and creative of the signs, so no surprise that these three were often on the same wavelength. Interpreting Shel's songs seemed to come as second-nature to the vocalists of Dr Hook.
Ray's Moon would be in Libra whatever his birth time, and very compatible with Shel's natal Sun. Dennis's natal Moon could be in Capricorn, or in Aquarius if born in the evening, 7 PM or later - I'd bet on Aquarius, compatible with both Ray's natal Sun and Moon, and Shel's natal Sun.
MORE LIKE THE MOVIES by Shel Silverstein - performed by Dr. HOOK
Labels: astrology, Dennis Locorriere, Dr. Hook, music, Ray Sawyer, Shel Silverstein
Sunday Supplement ~ Sandburg on People
Carl Sandburg's natal chart can be viewed HERE. He's a blend of Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces: common-sense intellectual with a love of humanity and boundless creativity. His astrology comes through well in these two pieces. The first, an excerpt from a 300-page long poem which also contains the well-remebered line: "Someday they'll give a war and nobody will come."
Excerpt from a long poem,
THE PEOPLE, YES by Carl Sandburg.
The people know the salt of the sea
and the strength of the winds
lashing the corners of the earth.
The people take the earth
as a tomb of rest and a cradle of hope.
Who else speaks for the Family of Man?
They are in tune and step
with constellations of universal law.
The people is a polychrome,
a spectrum and a prism
held in a moving monolith,
a console organ of changing themes,
a clavilux of color poems
wherein the sea offers fog
and the fog moves off in rain
and the labrador sunset shortens
to a nocturne of clear stars
serene over the shot spray
of northern lights.
The steel mill sky is alive.
The fire breaks white and zigzag
shot on a gun-metal gloaming.
Man is a long time coming.
Man will yet win.
Brother may yet line up with brother:
This old anvil laughs at many broken hammers.
There are men who can't be bought.
The fireborn are at home in fire.
The stars make no noise,
You can't hinder the wind from blowing.
Time is a great teacher.
Who can live without hope?
In the darkness with a great bundle of grief
the people march.
In the night, and overhead a shovel of stars for keeps, the people march:
"Where to? What next?"
MASSES by Carl Sandburg
Among the mountains I wandered and saw blue haze and red crag and was amazed;
On the beach where the long push under the endless tide maneuvers, I stood silent;
Under the stars on the prairie watching the Dipper slant over the horizon's grass, I was full of thoughts.
Great men, pageants of war and labor, soldiers and workers, mothers lifting their children—these all I touched, and felt the solemn thrill of them.
And then one day I got a true look at the Poor, millions of the Poor, patient and toiling; more patient than crags, tides, and stars; innumerable, patient as the darkness of night—and all broken, humble ruins of nations.
Labels: astrology, Carl Sandburg, poetry, poets
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Thank you so much for going into and sharing parts of yourself that you ordinarily would not have. There is a great range on honesty on display. May you always question and may you be granted grace as you learn and share more about yourself.
Thank you Musa Omusi for being open, honest and excited about this project. I am truly grateful for years of grace and how beautifully you bring to life my imaginings.
Musa Omusi is a Nairobi based Illustrator & Art Director. He runs the craft inspired studio Made With Love established in August 2013, which handles a range of projects from handpainted mugs to animated gifs for client list that includes Google Kenya, Amnesty International, Africa Nouveau Festival and Kwani?
Melman Ogana, Mbith Masya, Monica Obaga, Point Blank & Baz your illustrations have added layers of story to the letters.
Thank you for opening up your studio to this project. Thank you Jacob aka Jinku for working with me on this.