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The full form of IFSC code is Indian Financial System Code.DHANALAKSHMI_BANK IFSC code has 11 digits and it is a collection of number and letters.Ordinarily, The code can be found on the registration given by the DHANALAKSHMI_BANK . we find IFSC code on the first page of our bank passbook and also our bank cheque.
we use IFSC code for transfer money online it means wire transfer like NEFT, IMPS, or RTGS etc.ex. if you want to give money to your friend without going to a bank you can transfer it by using IFSC code of your friend bank account. every bank's branches have there owned IFSC code and its give by RBI(Reserve Bank of India).every bank's branches have there owned IFSC code and its give by RBI(Reserve Bank of India).
DHANALAKSHMI_BANK IFSC Code comprises of 11 Characters: (ex. AAAA0010576).
MICR code means Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.MICR code use for bank cheques clearance.it uses to verify cheques for clearance in a secure and faster way. MICR code works like a barcode but it is better than bar code because it can be read by humans.
DHANALAKSHMI_BANK MICR code have night digit code : (ex. 600211005).


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RAPID CITY - U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson is one of several speakers scheduled to discuss sex trafficking in South Dakota during a workshop next month in Rapid City.
The Rapid City Journal reports the South Dakota Coalition Ending Domestic and Sexual Violence and Native Women of the Great Plains Society are sponsoring the free workshop. It's scheduled for March 5-6 at the Adoda Eco Hotel.
Other speaks include the executive director of a crime-victims center in Owego, New York and representatives from the Minnesota Indian Woman's Sexual Assault Coalition, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and a women's shelter.
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Lake Austin Pumps out Another Toyota ShareLunker
ATHENS—Lake Austin continued to solidify its ranking as one of the best trophy bass lakes in Texas with Toyota ShareLunker 548, caught March 27 by Round Rock angler Colin Pack while fishing in a Texas Tournament Zone tournament.
Pack caught the fish in 10 feet of water using a Carolina rig while fishing in hydrilla. The bass weighed 13.29 pounds and was 26.75 inches long and 20 inches in girth. It will be held at the A.E. Wood State Fish Hatchery in San Marcos until the results of DNA testing are known. If the fish is pure Florida largemouth bass, it will be moved to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens for spawning.
Lake Austin has now produced19 largemouth bass that have been entered into the ShareLunker program. It trails Lake Fork, with 253 entries; Lakes Alan Henry and O. H. Ivie, with 25 each; Sam Rayburn, with 23; and Falcon, with 20. Lake Conroe has 16 entries and Choke Canyon, 13.
Anyone legally catching a 13-pound or bigger largemouth bass from Texas waters, public or private, between October 1 and April 30 may submit the fish to the Toyota ShareLunker program by calling the ShareLunker hotline at (903) 681-0550 or paging (888) 784-0600 and leaving a phone number including area code. Fish will be picked up by TPWD personnel within 12 hours.
Anglers entering fish into the Toyota ShareLunker program receive a free replica of their fish, a certificate and ShareLunker clothing and are recognized at a banquet at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.
For complete information and rules of the ShareLunker program, tips on caring for big bass, a list of official Toyota ShareLunker weigh and holding stations and a recap of last year's season, see http://tpwd.texas.gov/sharelunker. The site also includes a searchable database of all fish entered into the program along with pictures where available.
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|This shirt was given to every player trying out for a spot on the Miami Dolphins. The picture was tweeted by Sean Smith (http://twitter.com/SeanSMITH4)
The Miami Dolphins scheduled a workout with a new quarterback for next Monday. This was really surprising to me because I thought all of this time that the only move Miami would make concerning quarterbacks on the roster was to get rid of one.
Now, it looks like they are considering adding one?
Maybe they are looking for somebody to pressure Pat White into performing more. That is the only thing I can think of because they aren't likely to get rid of Chad Pennington because he has certain clauses in his contract that will most likely keep him in Miami. I forget what the clauses were, but they went somewhere along the lines of Miami paying Pennington money if they traded or released him.
So, that is unlikely.
But, what are they doing with him?
The quarterbacks name is Tommy Grady, and he played in the Arena Football League. Because I was unable to find statistics for Grady for his AFL career, I have looked up some of his statistics from college.
In his final year with the Utah Utes he completed 50.4% of his passes, which was definitely nothing special. He threw for 681 yards and 4 touchdowns in that year, also.
These numbers may not seem that great, and that is because they aren't. He was the backup, so you can cut him some slack with those stats. But, not too much because he was a backup in college.
Most college starters don't ever do much in the NFL, let alone their backup.
Also, his name is also eerily similar to Tom Brady. I don't let superstition get in the way, but I still don't know if I could ever get past the name.
So, I'm not sure what the Dolphins are planning, but let us hope it ends up to be something good.
And on a similar note, Pat White was at training camp today after missing yesterday. Tony Sparano would not reveal why White was out. All he said was that White had some personal health issues. Apparently those issues are resolved and he is back to working out with the team.
I hope he is able to do well because I believe he can still be a good quarterback and that we haven't wasted our second round pick on him, yet.
Thanks everyone for reading and please give me your feedback on either Tommy Grady or Pat White.
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Monday, 2 April 2007
Bunnies, Chocolate and...
The bun is a very personal thing when it comes to the level of spiciness and the choice fruits. I'm rather fond of a bun heavy on the spice but without currants or peel. I prefer plumper fruit and am enjoying the caramel effect of sticky dates right now. This is a recipe that lends itself to alterations so please feel free to substitute and add as you wish. As willing as I am to veer away from the original, please keep those choc chip monstrosities away from me!
Hot cross buns
2/3 cup sugar
7g sachet dry yeast
3/4 cups warm milk
1 1/3 cups plain flour
pinch of salt
1 tsp ground nutmeg
2 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp tsp mixed spice
1/2 tsp ginger
1/3 cup softened butter
1 egg
1/3 cup chopped dates
1/3 cup sultanas
1/4 cup flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp water
1/2 tsp powdered gelatine
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp extract (vanilla or lemon)
Add the yeast to the warmed milk and combine. Rest covered in a warm place for 15 minutes. While it is resting, in a separate bowl combine the flour, salt, spices and sugar. Stir in the softened butter then add the egg. If your eggs are particularly large you may want to only add half an egg to avoid a too sticky mixture.
Add the milk and dried fruits and combine to form a dough. Cover and rest in a warm place for 1 hour. Pre-heat the oven to 210C/410F and have a cup of tea while you wait for the dough to double in size.
Turn the dough onto a floured surface. It will be quite sticky but don't fear! Kneed it for 5 minutes until elastic. Divide into 8 even pieces and roll into balls. Place balls on a tray lined with greased baking paper. Rest covered for 15 minutes while you prepare the paste.
Pipe crosses onto buns with a piping bag and bake for 15-20 minutes.
While baking warm the glaze mixture in a small pan on the stove top. Stir constantly over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Then take off the heat and allow to cool slightly.
Brush warm buns with glaze and allow to cool on rack if you have that sort of self restraint!
Makes 8
9 comments:
- Cindy said...
Lookin' good! I just tried making hot cross buns for the first time on the weekend and it was definitely worth the time.
- 3 April 2007 at 3:34 am
- Brilynn said...
I haven't had one yet this season, I need to make some of my own!
- 3 April 2007 at 9:30 am
- Patricia Scarpin said...
I've never made hot cross buns - these look delicious! I love the golden color!
- 3 April 2007 at 10:12 am
- Rose said...
I love buns for breakfast and yours look so good. I have to try your recipe.
- 4 April 2007 at 5:44 am
- Anh said...
Yummy! I plan to make hot cross buns, too but I have been rather lazy. :D
- 4 April 2007 at 3:50 pm
- Truffle said...
Thanks Cindy. I loved yours!
Brilynn- definitely do. They make a perfect breakfast toasted with lashings of butter :)
Patricia- they're surprisingly easy to make but disappear far too quickly!
Thanks so much Rose. I agree they're a great start to the day.
Thanks Anh. I'm sure yours will turn out beautifully!
- 4 April 2007 at 9:52 pm
- Helene said...
I mde a batch last night with another recipe. But these look great so I might try your recipe for the next batch.
- 5 April 2007 at 2:45 pm
- Truffle said...
Thanks so much Helene and thanks for reading :)
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- Shella said...
The blogger community has really inspired me to do bake. Your buns looks worth the efforts.
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Novell announced support for Apple iPad application development with the availability of MonoTouch 2.0. The company claims that MonoTouch is the industry's first solution for developing applications for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch using the Microsoft .NET framework, including C# and other .NET programming languages.
"With MonoTouch 2.0, Novell now supports the development of iPad applications, in addition to our current support for iPhone and iPod Touch," said Miguel de Icaza, Mono project leader and vice president of Developer Platforms at Novell. "Our MonoTouch software development kit allows developers on the popular Microsoft .NET platform to take advantage of iPad's larger screen and many new features. MonoTouch makes iPad development more accessible to .NET developers worldwide, and will help to significantly increase the size of the iPad ecosystem."
MonoTouch simplifies iPad, iPhone and iTouch development by allowing developers to utilize code and libraries written for .NET. While the iPad developer license restricts the distribution of scripting engines or Just-in-Time (JIT) compilers required by managed runtimes such as .NET for code execution, developers can use MonoTouch while fully complying with Apple license terms because MonoTouch delivers only native code.
MonoTouch from Novell is an SDK that contains the necessary compilers, libraries and tools for integrating with Apple's iPad software development kit. Microsoft .NET base class libraries are included, along with managed libraries, a cross-compiler and Xcode integration to enable device testing and shipment of applications to the Apple App Store. MonoTouch 2.0 includes the following enhancements:
- Support for building iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and universal iPad/iPhone applications
- Complete C# support for all iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch application programming interfaces
- Significant updates over MonoTouch 1.0 releases, including debugging on simulator, debugging on device over WiFi, profiling support with Apple Instruments and Apple Shark, smaller executables and improved startup performance.


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Stella & Hazel's Happy, Girly Shared Room
Name: Stella (3) & Hazel (20 months)
Location: Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois
We decided to move our two girls together to the same room to transition the nursery to a playroom. I wasn't sure how it would turn out with a 3-year-old and 20-month-old sharing the same room, but it has gone surprisingly well! My sister and I shared a room until we were in middle school and I always enjoyed that growing up. I'm hoping our girls will want to share a room for many years to come.
Making a shared bedroom required just a few tweaks to my oldest daughter's existing big girl room. The blue and pink color palette and whimsical wall of Suzy Ultman prints were remnants of her room. The big kraft letters over the girls beds were my favorite addition to the new shared space. I bought each of them for $10 at Joann Crafts and my 3 year old helped me paint them with purple acrylic craft paint. We hung them up on the wall with 3M Command hooks.
The artwork bunting above my younger daughter Hazel's crib is another favorite aspect of the room - as is their shared dresser which includes a framed photo of them at each of their latest birthday parties!
It is a girly, happy space where a lot of laughs have already been shared by the two sisters and hopefully many happy memories to come!
Thanks, Haeley! Readers, visit Haeley at her blog, Design Improvised.
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cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib \ -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> int bkgd(chtype ch);
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int wbkgd(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);
void wbkgdset(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);
The bkgdset() and wbkgdset() functions turn off the previous background attributes, logical OR the requested attributes into the window rendition, and set the background property of the current or specified window based on the information in ch. If ch refers to a multi-column character, the results are undefined.
The bkgd() and wbkgd() functions turn off the previous background attributes, logical OR the requested attributes into the window rendition, and set the background property of the current or specified window and then apply this setting to every character position in that window:
The rendition of every character on the screen is changed to the new window rendition.
Wherever the former background character appears, it is changed to the new background character.
The getbkgd() function extracts the specified window's background character and rendition.
Is the background character to be set.
Is a pointer to the window in which the background character is to be set.
Upon successful completion, the bkgd() and wbkgd() functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.
The bkgdset() and wbkgdset() functions do not return a value.
Upon successful completion, the getbkgd() function returns the specified window's background character and rendition. Otherwise, it returns (chtype)ERR.
No errors are defined.
These functions are only guaranteed to operate reliably on character sets in which each character fits into a single byte, whose attributes can be expressed using only constants with the A_ prefix.
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The Long and Winding Road
It is time for another installment in the monthly blog party for SQL Server professionals known as TSQL Tuesday.
This month we have the pleasure of being hosted by Wendy Pastrick (blog | twitter). The topic for the month requires a bit of introspection (almost like the self-evaluation piece of an annual review). Quoting direct from her blog, here is the gist of the topic:
Here's what I thought it would be fun to share with the community this time around – we all experience change in our work lives. Maybe you have a new job, or a new role at your company. Maybe you're just getting started and you have a road map to success in mind. Whatever it is, please share it next week, Tuesday May 14th. Make sure you note what technologies you find are key to your interests or successes, and maybe you will inspire someone to look down a road less traveled.
For me, this is an interesting topic. It was my theme of choice last month with a major announcement (see here). And because of that, I am even using the same image – slightly changed. Only this time, I will go back a bit further into my career and the road I traveled to get to today.
I am going to go back to a decision point in my career that had a huge impact on where I am now. That decision point was shortly after having moved to Las Vegas about four years ago. After having moved to Las Vegas, I made the decision to become more active in the SQL Community. The first step was to regularly attend the user group meetings.
Prior to moving to Las Vegas, I was a member of PASS. I had been to SUMMIT. I knew of the local user group meetings in the Salt Lake City area. I just never forced the issue due to timing etc. This was something that I felt needed to change.
By making that conscientious decision, I became more involved in the online community. I soon started presenting. And before long, I was involved in the scheduling of speakers for the Las Vegas UG.
By becoming more active in the community, my skillset started to rapidly grow. I found myself blogging more and researching more about SQL Server. I really started to learn about SQL thanks to that decision. Prior, I feel I was good. Now, I feel I am much better because I invested more time and effort and I am trying to share the skills that I have learned.
I have said it before and it is worth saying again. If you really want to learn a technology, try teaching it to somebody. By taking on that extra step, you will find yourself researching a bit more and you will find that you may have to answer questions about it that you had never considered until you tried to teach it. Being active in the community has helped me to become better at my trade. I am sure it will help others as well.


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Apple Safari History File Format
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The Safari History file, History.plist, is stored in each user's home directory:
This file can be viewed directly in OS X by double-clicking on it and opening the Property List Editor program. For each web site, the program records the URL visited, the date and time of the last visit, and the number of times the site has been visited.
On a Windows PC History.plist file can be opened in Oxygen Forensic Plist Viewer software.


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"My daughter is a senior at a predominantly white private Catholic high school. I'm concerned that she won't 'fit in' if she chooses to attend a HBCU. She has applied to a few. How do I prepare her for that transition?" —Javonna Askew
You're raising an important question. There will be a change in culture from high school to college. And while that's true of every new student, it will be a bit different for your daughter because she's learned different habits of socialization from her high school experience.
Two things will help. First is finding a mentor. She should reach out, directly or through Facebook or Twitter, to the admissions office at the college she picks and ask for help in connecting with an alumna or upperclasswoman in your community so she can share her concerns and learn about the campus culture. Or she can connect to others in her community whom she meets on Facebook or Twitter and form a posse that can be a buffer for her in those first key weeks and months while she is making her way.
The good news is that many HBCU students are like your daughter, coming from predominantly white high schools, and HBCUs have years of experience making the transition not only comfortable but also enriching and even transformational. In fact, a study (registration required) we did last year at UNCF indicated that exploring their culture with classmates who are making the same journey is often the reason these students pick an HBCU.
HBCUs see encouraging that process as part of their core mission. And studies show that they succeed. African-American students who go to HBCUs report more engagement with faculty, more supportive social environments, greater development in critical thinking and an overall more satisfactory experience than their counterparts who attend non-HBCUs.
You don't mention which HBCUs your daughter is looking at, but there are several that might be particularly good fits:
* Xavier University in New Orleans is the country's only Catholic HBCU and could provide an excellent opportunity for your daughter to connect to her faith as an African-American Catholic. It has a diverse student body, including many Asian Americans. Xavier students pursue a wide range of majors, but it specializes in preparing students for careers in medicine and pharmacy.
* Spelman College in Atlanta and Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C., are both women's liberal arts colleges with fine academic reputations and a mission to help women develop both as students and as people.
* Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Hampton University in Virginia are larger than the three named above, and both are fine institutions with big-university environments.
* Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Jackson State University in Mississippi and North Carolina A&T in Greensboro (the same city as Bennett College; you could visit them both on one trip) are three of the best publicly supported HBCUs.
I'd leave you with this: HBCUs see smoothing the path for students like your daughter as part of their mission. There will be a lot of students making the same transition. And with the great variety of HBCUs — public and private, co-ed and single-sex, large and small — available, there's a lot for you and your daughter to choose from.
Good luck. And after you make your choice, drop me a line through The Root and let me know what you decide.
Michael Lomax is president and CEO of United Negro College Fund. He is a contributing editor for The Root.
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I want to thank Mr. Hatchworth for another 'rant' filled response...never lets us down. Seems like it's just my lucky week again...I am in town from a long haul and get to read the never ending saga of The Lone Hackworth vs Sheriff Brown.
There's only about five weeks left in Republican Ed Gillespie's improbable campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Gillespie's candidacy is proof that Virginia Republicans continue to struggle to offer state voters reasonable and acceptable candidates.
Last year, voters dispatched with the extreme right-wing views of Ken Cuccinelli, the single most ideological candidate ever nominated by a state party here.
Wasted money
Hurray for Sheriff Brown. He has received another award, gotten his picture in the paper for more undeserved recognition.
The article goes on to say that the award is given "to an individual in recognition of their contributions to and support of the National Sheriff's Association President." This means you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
What about
Otter River?
As the Bedford County School Board moves to make cuts in it's budget, again more schools are facing the real probability of closing next year. This time it will either be Thaxton Elementary or Bedford Primary that will be axed by the board.
'The lessons of Ferguson, Missouri'
I have been doing so well.
I read the "Liberal Agenda", take a deep breath, put the paper down, and go about my life without responding to it. But I can only take so many lies.
Lift restrictions
Since the Franklin County Board of Supervisors are the elected representatives for the Franklin County Districts, we feel it most important to bring a significant problem to their attention. Many of us, after enjoying many years on our 22,000-acre Resort Lake, find ourselves unable to sell our homes.
Committed to recycling
I noted in your August 6, 2014, edition a letter to the editor from Ellen Mackey concerning the action of the Town Council to discontinue curbside recycling. Mrs. Mackey in her letter mentioned a July 24, 2014, meeting of Council at which many pro recycling citizens expressed their disappointment in the discontinuance of curbside recycling.
25th Anniversary Extravaganza
On behalf of the Board and Staff of The Sedalia Center, I write to share our deep appreciation of your coverage of the Center's annual fundraiser, our 25th Anniversary Extravaganza held August 2.
In times when many private non-profit organizations have struggled to make ends meet, it is both humbling and a source of pride that we have been able to bring the art of living and the living arts to everyone in our region for a quarter century.
As of July 1, 2014, the Town of Bedford discontinued curbside recycling.
Many residents were discouraged and confused as to why this program ended. At the July 24 Council meeting, many pro- recycling citizens expressed their disappointment in the discontinuation of curbside recycling in Bedford. . Thanks to all who showed up and expressed concern for this important service.
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Allison Herum and Brad Nelson, both of Bloomfield, announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.
Allison is the daughter of Doug Herum and Lill Herum of Estherville. She is a 2004 graduate of Estherville Lincoln Central High School and a 2008 graduate of Iowa State University. She is currently employed with Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa.
Brad is the son of Terry and Gail Nelson of Estherville. He is a 1999 graduate of Estherville Lincoln Central high School, a 2009 graduate of University of northern Iowa, and received his masters in educational leadership from Viterbo University. He is currently employed with Davis County Schools, Bloomfield.
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A June 18, 2011 wedding is planned at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Estherville.


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TWO motorists arrested after a cyclist was killed on a busy Southampton road have been released on bail.
The 48-year-old cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash involving several vehicles on the city-bound side of Mountbatten Way yesterday morning.
A 37-year-old man from West End who was driving a white Ford Transit minibus and a Fordingbridge man aged 56 who was driving a silver Mercedes coupe were both arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving.
They have now been released on bail until March 19 next year.
Emergency services were called to Mountbatten Way near Paynes Road at around 8.45am on Monday after reports of a collision involving a bicycle.
A Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance was called in but the man, from Wimborne in Dorset, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mountbatten Way was closed for nearly seven hours as road accident and forensic experts examined the area.
On Thursday a Home Office pathologist will conduct a post-mortem at Winchester's Royal Hampshire County Hospital.
Police appealing for witnesses want to hear from anyone who saw the cyclist prior to the crash. Those with information should call 101 and ask for Operation Ruddy at the Road Death Investigation Team at Eastleigh.


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Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 02:17 pm
Stand for Children shows up with big bucks
An out-of-state education reform group raised a whopping $2.8 million in the days leading up to historic state caps on campaign contributions.
All of the money raised by Stand for Children's Illinois PAC came in five- or six-figure contributions from some very major Chicago-area business types. Members of the famed billionaire Pritzker family kicked in a total of $250,000 on Dec. 29, two days before the end of the old campaign finance system, which allowed for unlimited contributions to groups like Stand for Children's PAC.
Ken Griffin, the CEO of the Citadel Group, contributed $500,000 on Dec. 15. Griffin gave hundreds of thousands of dollars last year to Illinois House Republicans and GOP gubernatorial nominee Bill Brady's campaign. Sam Zell, the owner of Tribune Co., contributed $100,000 on Dec. 20. Members of the Henry Crown family kicked in $400,000. And Paul Finnegan, the co-CEO of Madison Dearborn Partners LLC, contributed $500,000.
The group's political action committee made history last year with the single largest non-leadership contribution in modern Illinois times – a $175,000 check to Republican state House candidate Ryan Higgins, who ended up losing his race. The PAC contributed a total of $610,000 during the fall campaign to legislative candidates in both parties.
That money did not go unnoticed at the Statehouse. During the post-election legislative session, House Speaker Michael Madigan tried to push through education reforms supported by Stand for Children which were deemed overtly hostile by the teachers' unions. Among the reforms was an all-but-total ban on strikes by Chicago teachers. The teachers unions refused to contribute to Madigan and many of his candidates last year after Madigan pushed through public employee pension reforms.
The group's December fundraising push left it with almost $2.9 million in the bank as of the end of the 2010, when contributions to state PACs were capped at $10,000 for individuals and $20,000 for corporations per calendar year. None of the group's $2.8 million in December contributions would have fallen under those caps.
To put this in perspective, the Illinois State Medical Society, which is one of the most powerful lobbying forces at the Statehouse, had $1.8 million in its political action committee account by the end of the year. The Illinois Hospital Association and the pro-choice juggernaut Personal PAC ended the year with about $1.4 million each. Stand for Children beat them all by a lot.
Jonah Edelman, Stand for Children's national founder, said last week that the December contributions represented the "significant generosity of Illinoisans." Edelman refused to say whether the group planned to spend the war chest in the coming campaign or use it as a long-term fund. He did say his organization was now focused on passing the education reform bill which was backed by Speaker Madigan, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel and others during the lame duck session. Emanuel took in hundreds of thousands of dollars from Stand for Children's contributors.
The group's legislation ran into a brick wall in the Senate, where Education Reform Committee chairperson Sen. Kimberly Lightford resisted a move to rush through any reforms and insisted that the teachers unions play a role in the negotiations.
Sen. Lightford has received high marks from both Stand for Children and the teachers unions for running fair-minded, well-organized meetings. One longtime teachers union lobbyist said this month that Lightford's meetings were some of the best-run he's attended during his entire career. Stand for Children's legislative person comes from the Senate Democratic staff, so she has a long relationship with Lightford and offered up her own high praise. Another Lightford meeting is scheduled for this week.
It's not that legislators and their leaders slavishly bow deeply to anybody with a fat wallet. But they most certainly take lots of notice when somebody comes out of nowhere and antes up with $2.9 million.
And Stand for Children's lobbying stable includes some of the biggest contract lobbyists at the Statehouse. They've basically run the board, with heavy-hitting lobbyists tied to both parties and the Black and Latino caucuses.
Stand for Children has gone from nowhere to one of the biggest, and potentially one of the more successful players in the building within just a few short months, all without attracting significant media attention. It's truly an amazing story.
Rich Miller publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and thecapitolfaxblog.com.


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Today is the Frog Princess' last day of Kindergarten.
Where has the year gone?
I feel like I just sat down to type my first post
for this blog
(on her first day of Kindergarten)
My sweet little Big girls waiting at the bus stop today...
for her two classroom teachers and
her three(!) bus drivers
(one AM driver, a different PM driver, and an assistant)
Her school mascot is the Panda.
They have a special award called
a "Panda Paw" for doing good deeds.
So, she wanted to make
rock panda paper weights
holding mini panda paws
for each of her teachers.
She's so crafty!!
We saw them as a Martha Stewart craft once,
All we needed were:
some rocks from the backyard,
acrylic craft paint,
and we bit of super glue.
in their classroom this year,
the teachers and students
made me this super cute
hand print bag.
I'll have the cutest groceries
with this little bag in my cart!
Hooray for gifts made with love!
AND... wonderful, caring
bus drivers
We mommies wouldn't make it without you!!


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digitalmars.D - Const unbackled
- Georg Wrede (27/27) Mar 24 2008 I might have a function to test some property of a value. I expect to
- Steven Schveighoffer (30/33) Mar 24 2008 For starters, let's look at some functions in std.string:
Georg Wrede <georg nospam.org> writes:
I might have a function to test some property of a value. I expect to usually need this function inside some other functions. Since I know this function does not change its input data, I now want to _advertise_ this fact, according to the prevailing /mode du jour/. Let's say my function validates a string or a stream of UTF for internal correctness. In stand-alone usage it would look like vutf(s); // validate string or stream s, and throw if bad S sf = translateToFinnish(removeWhitespace(s)); But usually I'd use it inside something else, like S sf = translateToFinnish(removeWhitespace(vutf(s))); In the first case I discarded the output of vutf but want to be sure that s stays the same, in the second case I used it as input to the enclosing function. Since vutf does not modify its input, I should somehow be able to advertise this fact. I admit this example is contrived, but you get the idea. We should stop discussing whether/how this is implementable syntactically/semantically, and instead start discussing USE CASES, and DO WE NEED THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE. (One might also ponder on whether making deeply nested function calls in assignments is desirable in the first place.) UNLESS we think this out BEFORE ending up on a consensus on syntax/semantics, we might end up with what the C++ folks did with multiple inheritance. (They were too busy figuring out how to implement it, instead of whether there's any real-world use for it or whether it is implementable at all in a practical and usable way.) Use cases mentioned in the relevant NG discussions are checking for properties, returning slices, what else? Where is this indispensable?
Mar 24 2008
"Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:
"Georg Wrede" wroteWe should stop discussing whether/how this is implementable syntactically/semantically, and instead start discussing USE CASES, and DO WE NEED THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.For starters, let's look at some functions in std.string: invariant(char)[][] split(string s); invariant(char)[][] split(string s, string delim); invariant(char)[][] splitlines(string s); The use case could be said that one might want to pass a mutable string to these functions, and have it return mutable slices into the argument WITHOUT modifying the argument. string stripl(string s); string stripr(string s); string strip(string s); string chop(string s); These could all be usable on mutable strings, with the result being a slice of the original, and hopefully mutable. You should be able to specify that the function does not modify the argument. And in tango.text.Util: trim (source) // trim whitespace triml (source) // trim whitespace trimr (source) // trim whitespace strip (source, match) // trim elements stripl (source, match) // trim elements stripr (source, match) // trim elements chopl (source, match) // trim pattern match chopr (source, match) // trim pattern match delimit (src, set) // split on delims split (source, pattern) // split on pattern splitLines (source); // split on lines head (source, pattern, tail) // split to head & tail These all could be specified that source is not modified. -Steve
Mar 24 2008


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5 Steps To Bring Mindfulness Into Your Daily Life Starting Now
In 2007 I travelled to Phoenicia, NY to attend a mindfulness workshop with professor and author Jon Kabat-Zinn. For almost ten years now, I have continued to "struggle" with the practice of it. Mindfulness is a difficult word to wrap your head around, and I catch myself bouncing back and forth between being mindful and mindless many times throughout the day
As Jon Kabat-Zinn defines it, "mindfulness is not about sitting in lotus position, but more of living your life like it actually mattered." One of the popular ways to become more mindful is to develop a meditation practice (lotus position not required), which can help wake us up from the unconscious, robotic, task completing automation many of us feel we are stuck in.
In Tibet, the word for meditation is "familiarization." It means to cultivate intimacy with yourself.
"Your true nature — your inner nature — is what's in there — god, love, peace, truth, kindness — there are questions of who we really are! But we think we is me. Each of us just wanting to sit in our own bubble."
– Krishna Das
My own mindfulness often loses out to mindlessness when I'm driving. I find myself driving in my own little bubble, while traffic, other drivers, and my impatience lead me to feel as if I may just "pop." It is difficult for me to "cultivate" any sort of intimacy with myself while driving.
In order to get my mind off the actual task of just driving, I have been listening to a series of lectures by musician and writer Krishna Das (though I realize this isn't really being mindful). I immersed myself in his numerous lectures on Spotify about meditation, mindfulness, and chanting in hopes of better understanding the concepts of mindfulness for my busy mind as, almost 10 years after starting the practice, mindlessness still often had the upper hand over mindfulness.
"If something upsets me during the day, or if the day isn't going the way I imagined it would go, I just need to close my eyes and breathe. I realize that there are so many more beautiful experiences in life than negative experiences in life if you really just allow yourself to experience them. When you do that enough times, you actually just start learning how to BE love, and that begins to permeate within yourself."
– Paul Chek
5 Steps to Cultivating Mindfulness
(Inspired by the lectures of Krishna Das)
- Willpower
You may not associate willpower with mindfulness and meditation. It sounds aggressive, doesn't it? What happened to flowing with life?
Krishna Das believes that willpower "in its simplest form is doing what you really want to do. To do that… you have to DO. Willpower lets you to get involved in things to go after those things you really want in your life."
As renowned meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg says, "the most important part of the meditation practice is sitting down to do it." That is why you need to have some level of willpower. You need to actually do it. You need to actually practice it. If you don't have the willpower inside of you to practice it, then you are just someone talking about it, and talking about something isn't cultivating it.
- Plant the Seeds
You could read all the books about mindfulness and meditation you want (or listen to all the lectures on Spotify or Audible about it), but all of that just keeps the mind busy. You need to train it, and you do so by planting the seeds.
Planting seeds can take only five minutes a day. Turn your phone off, put it in another room, and sit (or lie) for 5 minutes every day. There is nothing else to do. Just that. Just witness your breath. When you find yourself thinking about other stuff, just take it back to your breath. This may happen 5, or 500, or 5,000 times in the 5 minutes, and that is fine.
Krishna Das believes that "by developing a personal practice, sincerely, you begin to plant seeds." Over time, those seeds begin to grow. In the Bhagavad Gita it says, "Even the slightest bit of effort in the opposite direction than everything else is going — which is usually out through our senses, especially the eyes, and the mind— the slightest bit of effort to turn the attention to within is a really huge thing."
- Practice: The Process of Ripening
Many people stop practicing because they don't feel anything different. They assume they will see immediate benefits, like they might when making drastic changes to their diet or when beginning an exercise regime. We want satisfaction quickly these days. We like "Likes." We want it delivered now. We want drone delivery service. For most people, early on, mindfulness doesn't offer that same instant gratification.
Krishna Das related it to the idea that if you put some fruit in the sun to ripen, you don't just leave it there and assume it will ripen after 5 minutes. Through practice, our lives ripen. Our aspirations, our desires, the things we long for in the deepest part of our hearts come toward us.
They come to fruition, you could say.
He concludes, "More importantly, things that tripped us up or prevented us from that success go away. You're shifting the way you live every day. Practice allows for a daily course correction. What becomes important to you begins to shift in you. You begin to make decisions based on that."
- Peace of Mind
Krishna Das also writes: "Peace of mind is very important. It's underrated. We are so busy all the time. We are so anxious to connect — to take us away and out of our bullsh** and into something more exciting or pleasing. To connect with something. We just don't know how to be at ease with ourselves. Just be. At ease. With ourselves. Peacefully. I mean, I don't know about you, but it wasn't something they taught me growing up.
The way the spiritual path is presented in the West is very much like our society is – very goal oriented. I'm going to be the best meditator or have the best downward dog in the world! If you try to do that you may develop the ego of a meditator."
- Well-being
So what is the 5th step? Well… being!
Siddhartha Gautama (before he became known as the Buddha) stopped his much-disciplined meditation and breathing practices because he felt that he wasn't where he wanted to be. He then supposedly sat under a tree and while he was sitting there a memory came to him when he was a boy. He was sitting under a tree on a beautiful sunny day and he was watching his father work in a distant field. His body went into a high state of "being" and, as he was recalling that memory in the present, he was overcome by the same feeling from the past. It was a state of natural well-being. A simple, easy, and relaxed state of contentment.
During one of his lectures, Krishna Das describes this "state" like he was reading it directly from a book. Siddhartha says "this feeling did not arrive from the joining of the senses and this pleasurable object, nor was it the pushing away the object with our senses, and it didn't come up because of a cause. It arose naturally."
Try your best not to get caught up in having expectations about "how you are cultivating mindfulness" or "what you may see" or "how you may feel." All of that is just creating a "busy mind." Keep planting seeds and see what grows naturally from it.
We often are our worst enemy. We trip ourselves up all the time. For some of us, that happens every day. We need to take time to look at those issues and consider why they arise. Cultivating mindfulness can help us become more aware of what triggers these thoughts and gain some distance from them.
After the Buddha had that experience under the tree, he grabbed some food and decided to break his fast. It was at that time that some of his "followers" started to leave him, believing he had lost his mind.
"Love and happiness are not outside of us. It's who you are and who I am."
– Krishna Das
Strengthen the willpower.
Plants the seeds.
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Full Moon In Scorpio: Practical Thinking Versus Intense Feelings
We are having a Full Moon in Scorpio on May 18th which will fall on the 19th for those in the Eastern part of the world. The energies of it are strongest in the days before and after, however, it will still be a part of the backdrop over the following two weeks. This is the peak of the Lunar cycle which began on May 4th/5th with a New Moon in Taurus.
This is a 'Seasonal Blue Moon' which is when we have 4 Full Moons in one season (instead of 3), with the 3rd one being the Blue Moon. This is the original definition of a Blue Moon with the term first being coined by the Farmer's Almanac over 100 years ago.
We have been in Taurus season since April 20th and this Full Moon occurs in the last 2.5 days of it before the Sun enters Gemini. Taurus is about practicality, thoroughness, food, beauty, and nature. It enjoys sensual pleasures and is a grounded energy. As a 'Fixed Earth' sign, it is like a rock, and is the most invested in the physical/material world in comparison to the rest of the signs. It can also be slow, rigid, and lazy.
This Full Moon is in its opposite sign of Scorpio, triggering a push-pull or integration effect between both of these signs. Scorpio is deep, complex, passionate, intuitive, driven, powerful, calculated, observant, primal, regenerating, transformational, mysterious, intense, desiring, and sexual. It is associated with fears, shadows, death, secrets, and the extremes of Love and Hate. Scorpio energy can also be controlling, obsessive, jealous, aggressive, vengeful, and manipulative.
Both signs are associated with money, resources, values, and worth; with Taurus' expression of these things being more 'self-oriented' and Scorpio being more 'relationship/shared oriented.' Scorpio is associated with taxes, debt, credit, investments, inheritance, which all include more then one party to be involved. Both signs also share qualities of being loyal, stubborn, and possessive.
Full Moon Opposite Sun and Mercury Aligned With Algol
This Moon opposes Mercury hours prior to peak of it being Full. We may feel a conflict or a push-pull between our thoughts and feelings, or between our minds and intuition. This can can also manifest in our relations with others in which one person or party is perceiving things mentally and the other emotionally.
The potential intensity of the Scorpio moon can also reflect verbal conflicts with this configuration. Similarly, to the themes of Taurus-Scorpio opposition mentioned above, it's wise to try to integrate or collaborate between these two sides of the mind and emotional instincts/needs.
The Sun and Mercury are close to the fixed star 'Algol' which has some similar themes as the sign of Scorpio such as passion and intensity. The most positive quality of Algol is that it is a highly creative star. It is also associated with rage, hysteria, and the expression of shadows. Throughout history there sometimes has been catastrophes and significant war related developments during major planetary alignments with Algol.
Mercury Superior Conjunction on May 21st
On May 21st Mercury makes its exact conjunction with Sun in what is called the 'Superior Conjunction'. This is sort of like the peak of the Mercury cycle which has been building up since its last conjunction in March during the previous retrograde.
Mercury will be initiating its next phase in which it travels ahead of the Sun over the next month and a half. We are transitioning into a period where we can have greater clarity regarding certain issues that have been playing out or seeded since March.
In comparison to these last few months, our minds can be more aligned with our true needs and self-expression from May 21st onward. During this next phase, we can better implement our ideas and whatever we have been thinking about with greater confidence and direction. Some people may notice some significant developments during this day or the days surrounding it.
It is occurring right at the beginning of Gemini which could emphasize potential beginnings that it may bring to certain people. It may be connected to both Gemini and Pisces themes such as communication, writing, taking a multifaceted approach, learning, adaptability, creativity, spirituality, empathy, and compassion.
Mars in Cancer is Out Of Bounds, Sextile Uranus, and Square Chiron
Mars, the traditional ruler of Scorpio, has recently entered Cancer and will stay there until July 1st/2nd. Although this isn't something that we may notice very strongly, Mars in Cancer (in comparison to other signs) can make our actions more fuelled by our emotions and sensitivity. We can be more protective, defensive, less directly assertive and more passive aggressive.
In late April, Mars went 'Out of Bounds'. This is when a planet travels outside of the boundaries in which it usually orbits from our Earth based perspective. It will stay like that until mid-June. This energy is about doing things differently and taking an unusual approach outside of conventional norms. This is good for exploring new territory and tapping into originality.
Mars is moving towards a sextile with Uranus which is strongest from May 21st-23rd. Although this energy is short term, it has similarities to being 'Out of Bounds' and can trigger some of the themes mentioned above. This is great for trying new things. We may want to take an unconventional, innovative, liberating, or technological approach to something. It could be good for making positive changes and in some cases we may experience pleasant surprises.
Mars is also moving towards a square with Chiron which is strongest from May 22nd-24th and overlaps with the energy mentioned above. At best, this can be good for taking action towards healing and personal growth. It can support the Mars-Uranus and 'Out of Bounds' influence in helping us to do things in a different way. However, this energy can also trigger issues or wounds connected to anger, aggression, or sexuality.
Venus in Taurus Conjunct Uranus
Venus, the ruler of Taurus, recently entered its home sign of Taurus where it will stay until June 8th/9th. Just like Mars in Cancer, this isn't something that we will notice strongly. Venus in Taurus (in comparison to other signs) can make us seek pleasure more so around stimulating the senses, material things, luxury, and food/substances. We may value quality and practicality more so than usual.
Venus makes an exact conjunction with Uranus hours before the Full Moon, however it may have even been a bit noticeable in the few days prior. This energy can be exciting, stimulating or surprising either socially or romantically or we may meet people who are interesting and unique.
We may be more drawn to, or participate in, unusual or fun experiences or do something that makes us feel free and liberated. We may want to make aesthetic changes to something and this can even be good for expressing creative energy in new ways.
There may be some surprising developments around money and resources which can be positive or negative. In some cases, there can also be a shift around certain values or how we value something. This energy can also reflect instability, disruption, rebellion, or a sudden change in our relations, financially, and can even happen in other ways not related to Venus.
Things To Consider At This Time
What are your feelings telling you at this time and do they conflict with your mind? How can you integrate deep or complex feelings with practical or rational consideration? Do you need to make any changes around values or finances? What are your true desires?
Do you need to take a different approach or shake things up in your social relationships or love life? Do you feel like you need to take a chance and apply yourself in a new or unconventional way? Is there anything that you can be doing that can potentially help you to feel more liberated? Does anything need to be purged or transformed?
These are just some examples of themes that could come up during this period; however, there may be other variations of this energy playing out as well. If you wish to do any sort of intentional release connected to what has come up at this Full Moon, it is best to do so anytime over the two weeks following, when it is waning. The exact moment of this Full Moon is on the night of May 18th at 9:11pm Universal Time. You can click here to see what that is in your time zone.
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Scientists Find That Six In Ten Grieving People 'See or Hear Dead Loved Ones'
In Brief
- The Facts:
University of Milan found that there is a "very high prevalence" of people who have experience with receiving messages from their deceased loved ones, like seeing or hearing them.
- Reflect On:
Does consciousness exist outside of the body? Is biology necessary for for consciousness to thrive?
What happens when we 'die?' We can't quite answer that question, but we can perhaps say that something indeed does happen. The evidence for reincarnation, for example, is quite unbelievable. There have been a number of cases of children who clearly remember their past lives, describing in detail their previous family members as well as how they died and other factors that have been confirmed by their supposed past families. This is precisely why Carl Sagan said that reincarnation is worthy of "serious scientific study." Other near death studies have suggested that consciousness does not depend on our biology, as those who are close to death or pronounced dead and then come back to life have told tales and described details about their surroundings at the time that would have been impossible had they not been 'outside' of their bodies. This information was presented to the United Nations, and you can read more about that here and watch the full video presentation.
There could be multiple things that happen when one passes away. Perhaps their soul can go multiple routes, as if it has a choice? Perhaps consciousness is something separate from the soul? Perhaps bits and pieces of our consciousness stick around while our soul goes off to a new experience? Who knows, but again, the evidence suggesting something does indeed happen is pretty interesting to say the least.
A study conducted a couple of years ago added to the mystery, as researchers from the University of Milan found that there is a "very high prevalence" of people who have experience with receiving messages from their deceased loves one, like seeing or hearing them. The study, however, labels these as "post-bereavement hallucinatory experiences," and the researchers don't seem to be open to the idea that these experiences could actually be real.
Through their work, they believe that 30 to 60 percent of people experience this type of thing, or at least widowed subjects.
They published their findings in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
Jacqueline Hayes, an academic at the University of Roehampton, has studied the phenomenon for a long time. She's been interviewing people from across the UK who have lost spouses, parents, children, siblings and friends. She told the Daily Mail: "People report visions, voices, tactile sensations, smells, and something that we call a sense of presence that is not necessarily related to any of the five senses. I found that these experiences could at times be healing and transformative, for example hearing your loved one apologise to you for something that happened – and at other times foreground the loss and grief in a painful way."
The report follows research from the University of Southampton, which suggested there might be such thing as life after death. That study, published in 2014, found evidence that awareness can continue for at least several minutes after clinical death, which was previously thought impossible.
Russel Targ, a renowned physicist and co-founder of the US government/Stanford remote viewing STARGATE project also shared an interesting experience he had with his deceased daughter. During a formal meeting with other people that he was not involved in, his daughter asked one of those people to give a message to her father, Russel. This is one experience he had that convinced him that consciousness does indeed survive after death. He expressed this in an interview with UFO researcher Richard Dolan. You can watch that here in its entirety.
The scientific investigation of mediumship actually started approximately 150 years ago. Members of the British and American Societies for Psychical Research studied it heavily, which involved many prominent physiologists, psychologists and scientists.
Over the past few years, scientific research on mediumship has gained more popularity too. This could be due to the fact that recent research has confirmed that mediumship is not associated with conventional dissociated experiences, psychosis, dysfunction, pathology or over-active imaginations. (source) In fact, a large percentage of mediums have been found to be high functioning individuals. (source)
"Most prior research on this phenomenon has focused on whether mediums can genuinely report accurate information under blinded conditions, and whether their personalities deviate in significant ways from population norms. But little is known about their physiological and electrocortical processes. Scientists have long proposed and used electroencephalography to study mediums in trance (deeply dissociated) states (Prince, 1968; Mesulan, 1981; Hughes and Melville, 1990; Oohashi et al., 2002; Hageman et al., 2010), but to our knowledge mental mediums who do not experience trance states have not been studied using these techniques."
A team of researchers, including scientists from the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), published the very first paper on mediumship in the Journal Frontiers in Psychology in 2013. (source)
Paul Mills at the University of California, San Diego, Julie Beischel and Mark Boccuzzi at the Windbridge Institute, and Arnaud Delorme, Dean Radin and Leena Michel from IONS teamed up to design and conduct a study to collect psychometric and brain electrophysiology data from six individuals. They had all previously reported accurate information about deceased individuals under double-blind conditions, and did so again in this study. Correlations between the accuracy of mediums' statements and their brain electrical activity were examined, and the differences in brain activity were studied when they intentionally evoked four subjective states: perception, recollection, fabrication, and communication.
Each participant performed two tasks with their eyes closed. In the first one, the participant was given only the first name of a deceased person, and was then asked 25 questions about them. After each question, the participant was asked to quietly perceive information that was relevant to the question for 20 seconds and then respond verbally. Each response was recorded and then scored for accuracy by individuals who knew the deceased people.
Out of the 4 mediums, the accuracy of 3 of them was significantly above chance, and the correlation between accuracy and brain activity during the 20 seconds of supposed communication with the dead was outstanding. Researchers discovered that brain activity during the 20 seconds of silent mediumship communication was significant in the frontal theta for one participant.
These results (and researchers) don't point to this as definitive proof of mental communication with the deceased, but the accuracy ratings in the tasks and the unique brain activity measured in the second activity certainly call for further scientific inquiry into this under-studied phenomenon.
The Takeaway
The idea that consciousness exists beyond the physical realm is still greeted with harsh skepticism, but with all of the interesting evidence out there, this shouldn't be the case. It should actually be studied further with an open mind, but the fact remains that no matter how strong and plausible the evidence is for something, if it upsets and disrupts the current accepted framework of knowledge, it will often be greeted with harsh opposition and ridicule. Countless amounts of 'sane' people have had experiences that suggest to them that their loved ones aren't really 'gone,' but are simply in another place, so why do we assume that these are only hallucinations? Why do we instantly jump to that conclusion instead of actually entertaining the idea that there is indeed some sort of life after death, regardless of the fact that we may not be able to fully understand it yet?
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New Moon In Taurus: Being Innovative and Practical
We are having a New Moon in Taurus on May 4th and 5th, depending on where you are located in the world. This is initiating a 29.5-day Lunar cycle and a new wave of energy for the coming month, however, its energy will be strongest over the following 2 weeks. This cycle will peak at the Full Moon in Scorpio on May 18th.
This New Moon occurs during Beltane which is the midpoint between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It has been traditionally celebrated by the Celtic people and has been adopted by Pagans and others over the years. It is more widely celebrated on May 1st, however the actual halfway point of Spring occurs on May 4th-5th when the Sun is at 14-15 degrees of Taurus.
Beltane is a celebration of the peak of Spring season, the increasing light of the Sun, and a potently fertile period ushering in new life. The Celtics perceived it as the beginning of Summer when dividing the year into two halves instead of four quarters. Since it originates in the Northern Hemisphere, it does not make sense for those in the South to observe it in the same way due to the seasons being reversed.
New Moon In Taurus With Uranus In The Same Sign
Taurus season began on April 20th, however, this New Moon helps to kickstart it even more so. This sign is about values, worth, the material world, sensuality, money, food/substances, security, beauty, and nature.
As an Earth sign, it is physical, practical, and realistic. Taurus is thorough and also likes stability and routine. It is short like a rock; slow, grounded, and solid. Negatively, Taurus can be too rigid, lazy, habitual, greedy, possessive, stubborn, materialistic, and very slow.
This is the first New Moon in Taurus with Uranus in the same sign as the Moon made a conjunction with it prior to the new cycle beginning. Last year's New Moon in Taurus occurred hours before Uranus entered this sign.
For the next seven years, we are going through a period of revolutionizing values and this lunar cycle could trigger that energy. Uranus' energy can also manifest in other ways as well this month. We may want to try new things, express ourselves differently, be innovative, experience surprises, liberate ourselves from something, embrace technological developments, or potentially be rebellious.
New Moon Trine Saturn and Pluto Near The South Node, Sextile Neptune
Saturn recently went retrograde 5 days prior while aligned with the South Node in Capricorn and Pluto close by. Over the last month, we could of felt a need to purge, release, or end certain things in our lives that could be holding us back. It can be connected to our social lives, physical possessions, detoxification, career/ambitions, desires, jealousy, issues around power dynamics, or in other ways as well.
In recent weeks, Saturnian themes have been strong. We can be dealing with limitations, obstacles, restrictions, or perhaps issues around boundaries. We may feel a need to make changes around the responsibilities, commitments, and structures in our lives. Things that were initiated in the past could come up that may require our attention.
Ultimately this process is also about bringing endings to these things which can be connected to some of the other themes mentioned. Saturn will be traveling near the South Node until early October which is when this energy concludes. However its themes will also be strong during early Summer.
This New Moon is making a trine to this energy and therefore it should be less heavy and more harmonious towards making constructive change to some of these themes mentioned. It can be easier to fix or somehow deal with issues, dynamics, or behaviors connected to the past that are not serving us. Alternatively, we can also see projects, ambitions, commitments, or responsibilities surface (or resurface) now to help us with the process of making necessary changes over the coming months.
This New Moon is in a sextile with Neptune in Pisces in which for some people may be tied in to the energy mentioned above. This can be great for spirituality, creativity, healing, or relaxing and sensual activities oriented around self care. It can be inspiring, selfless, and compassionate. alternatively, it can also be about grounding our dreams, ideals, or imagination into reality.
Venus Square Saturn, Pluto, The Nodes and Trine Jupiter
The ruler of Taurus, Venus, is in Aries forming a hard aspect to Saturn and the Lunar Nodes which is strongest from May 6th-7th. We may need to shift something or get realistic around issues pertaining to Venus themes such as love, friendships, social circles, values, aesthetics, pleasures, or money. We can experience some complications that ultimately push us to make necessary changes and we can potentially experience some sort of turning point around these issues.
On May 9th, Venus will square Pluto and Trine Jupiter in Sagittarius. This can have some similar themes as May 6th-7th, however, it can be easier and have an expansive tone when it comes to the Venus themes mentioned.
It can be good for learning, understanding others, relationship growth, making new social connections, travel, creative marketing, and perhaps positive developments around money, possessions, or values. In some cases, there can also be power struggles. You may start to notice this energy build up in the days leading up to it.
Mars Opposite Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Uranus
Mars in Gemini is opposing Jupiter in Sagittarius which is strongest from May 4th-6th. We can easily overextend ourselves, try to take on more than we can handle, and be scattered with our physical energy. Our efforts can cover a large or broad area but we can lack addressing the details.
This can also manifest as conflicts around beliefs, opinions, perspectives, and judgements. Alternatively, this energy can also be good for applying ourselves towards our visions or anything explorative.
Mercury will enter Taurus and form a conjunction with Uranus which is strongest from May 7th-8th. We can be more inventive, innovative, and intuitive at this time. Information, thoughts, or communications can be stimulating, exciting, progressive, and potentially change the way we think about something. In some cases their can also be some sort of liberation, sudden change, or disruption. It can also be harder to focus during this time.
Making Intentions and Things To Consider
What can you do to be more practical? What areas of your life are calling for a realistic, disciplined, grounded, or thorough approach? Where can you make constructive change? What limitations in your life do you need to address? What do you need to let go of? What aspects of your past do you need to sort out? What are your true values? What do you need to change when it comes to matters of love, social dynamics, or finances? How can you grow in your relationships?
These are just some examples of what to consider or focus your intentions on at this time; however, it is good to reflect on anything else that is coming up for you. It is generally best to make any intentions within the first 24 hours following a New Moon. The exact moment of it will be occurring between 10:45-10:46pm Universal Time on May 4th. You can click here to see what that is in your time zone.
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Happy Monday, readers! I considered waiting until Friday to post this (for semi-obvious reasons), but I have it now, so why put it off?
Having a music degree under my belt, I'm a big fan of music in pretty much all of its forms. It's pretty cool for me when beauty and music mix, say, in themed collections, but I especially love when a musician collaborates with a beauty brand. So when one of my favorite musicians, Nicki Minaj, rapped about MAC and OPI on Drake's "Make Me Proud," hinting at a collab, I got a little excited. I love a female performer who absolutely gives it her all and doesn't give a damn if people have a problem with her, whether it's in the form of her music, foul mouth, or personal style. Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga both capture this perfectly, or at least in my opinion, without seeming manufactured. (I especially respect Lady Gaga because she writes all of her own music herself; the jury's still out on Nicki.)
I may have mentioned here on the blog that I stayed up really late with many browsers open on the MAC website in order to get the limited release "Pink Friday" lipstick that MAC and Nicki collaborated on, so when she produced an OPI shade with the same name, I knew it had to be mine.
Here's OPI Pink Friday, after five full days of wear with no topcoat. It's basically a trooper of a polish. This is only two coats! They're thick ones, I'll admit, and I had a little bit of bubbling, but that was my fault for not waiting long enough between coats.
If you're a regular pink polish wearer, which I am not, you'll probably find that you have similar shades to this one in your collection. This is by no means a unique color – I mean, bubblegum pink? But hoarders know what they want. And it's the matching set. OR IS IT?!
I love matching. Not mani to pedi, because it is no longer 1987, but I'll often match my lipstick to my pants/shorts/etc. (You can thank J.Crew for this.) Or nails to purse. I get a lot of pleasure out of tracking down the perfectly coordinating color – it's deeply satisfying. (I once read as an impressionable middle schooler that Posh Spice aka Victoria Beckham matched her nails to her beverages, and this was totally confusing. Even now, I don't understand it. Anyone willing to clear this up in the comments?) I don't match my lipstick to my nails, but I DO need to have both of these items. And mostly, because I needed to know if they matched.
It was close, but not quite. The elusive MAC Pink Friday lipstick is bluer and brighter than the polish, which is what makes it so crazy looking (why I don't wear it often – that, and it's limited edition and looks exactly like St. Germain).
But when have I ever had a problem with looking crazy?
What do you think? Are you a Nicki Minaj fan? Would you try this nail polish? Or a lipstick like Pink Friday, its sibling, St. Germain? And how do you feel about my completely ridiculous Juicy Couture earmuff headphones?!