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Like a cosmic cow catcher in front of a locomotive, we have the ability to clear the track of any resentments that block the forward movement of our lives. This healthy clearing process is an essential element for our physical, emotional and spiritual transformation. It's like skin sloughing off dead cells that accumulate and block the growth of new cells. Animals, birds, and plants move through a regenerative clearing process as part of their natural development. Similarly, as we release unresolved business from our past, we open and see ourselves in a more loving, accepting way.
One useful tool in clearing body, mind and spirit is the mantra "bless and release." Every time you notice a toxic thought, grievance or pattern, think or say "bless and release to dissipate any negative energy. Follow this mantra with directing your heart to soften and let go of whatever just surfaced. Wrap the person or situation in pink light to cut the negative energy on it. Another tool is a self-designed ritual of release such as a private prayer ceremony, the burning of old journals or a time capsule that can be buried with items connected to a past toxic relationship.
A ritual of release that I used to release past resentment toward my mother, who abandoned me when I was young, involved fashioning then burying a miniature time capsule in the form of a coffee that contained items connected to my childhood. Following a year-long search for my mother after her twenty-six year absence—a quest that revealed past experiences of loss and pain—my search ended at the run-down apartment in Pittsburgh where I had last lived with her. I had with me the coffee can containing a photograph that captured my essence at age eight, the year my mother had left me, along with a letter to that little girl expressing my unconditional love for her. I had written: "Dear Debbie, you are a strong, loving, and courageous woman. You are whole and complete light. This is how you came into the world and this is how you will leave. Remember, you have not been abandoned. I have always been there with you. You have blessed and released your painful past. Now, be free to live and express the light of your being." These ritual objects acknowledged both who I was then and who I had become.
I buried the coffee can in the backyard of the apartment building, symbolizing the clearing of unresolved grief relating to my mother. As a result of releasing my resentment and forgiving the past, I began to claim my true being so I could create a more positive and fulfilling life.
Releasing resentments does not constitute a free for all to blame, attack, or criticize another. Rather, it is a loving exchange of honest and open feedback with ourselves and when necessary with others When given as positive corrective feedback, it keeps us from harboring resentment and supports physical, emotional, and spiritual intimacy.
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Just as a plane is guided onto the runway, into the air, and to its destination by airline personnel and air traffic controllers, you, as copilot, can guide your intention into reality by co-navigating with your source. Making your flight plan a reality, however, necessitates being out in front of your intention, which means thinking and acting as if your intention has already manifested. Spirit assists in manifesting your intention by guiding the choices you make. You can be out in front of your intention by using creative visualization. Close your eyes and imagine how your manifested intention would look and feel in your life. Next, trust and affirm that your intention has already been manifested. Then expand your conscious awareness so you are open to the spiritual information that comes through your heart guiding the choices that bring your intention into reality.
In addition, because any thought or spoken word functions as an intention, it is crucial to keep thoughts and words positive. The phrase "Be careful what you wish for" applies to the potential outcomes of thinking or speaking negatively. If you catch yourself thinking or speak negatively, shift your ideas, words, or tone to be more positive.
It is important that our intentions reflect what we want rather than what we don't want, because any intention has the power to manifest. For instance, if you complain to a coworker that you hate your job and wish you didn't have to be there, you are setting a negative intention. In generating energy to support this intention, you may get your wish and end up being fired. For better results you could express your intention positively by saying, for example, "I want to use my talents and abilities to create a new career" or "I desire a job in which I can express myself more fully." Having set a positive intention, you can manifest a new job by being aware of possibilities that will help you find it, such as talking to someone who tells you about another position, seeing a job advertised in the paper or on the Internet, or running into a friend who wants to start a business with you.
Trusting the manifestation of our intentions transforms our reality and allows us to relinquish attempts to control our destiny, such as trying to physically, mentally, or emotionally manipulate people, thus helping us attain more peace of mind and work more cooperatively with others. The Serenity Prayer used in AA and other self-empowerment programs underscores this dynamic by stressing the advantage of accepting the things we cannot change (such as other people), having the courage to change the things we can (such as ourselves), and having the wisdom to know the difference.
Familiarity with the transformative power of intention makes us realize that we have many more possibilities in life than we could possibly envision through the lens of old mindsets. In co-creating with our divine source, we can consciously choose what we want in life. And with new confidence in the innate power of intention to manifest our desires, we can trust in our ability to make our dreams come true.
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One by one, they would each step into the ceremonial circle from the north, put arrows in the ground and say certain prayers, concentrating on that which they were willing to give up. Then they would go to the higher ground, and make the request to the Great Spirit for what they wanted to bring into their lives. They would leave the arrows standing for the Great Spirit throughout the year. During the sacred ceremony, what you requested to be taken out of your life would be removed, and what you wanted to come, came in. The Native Americans had unswerving faith that what they asked for would be granted through their intentions.
On the winter solstice, take the time to reflect on the things you want to let go of this year and the things you want to bring into your life. It's an opportunity to name and release the situations or patterns in your life that are ready to be let go of and forgiven. Focus on what's appropriate to your being at this time in your life. Sit quietly, open your heart and let the flow of energy move through you as you meditate on your intentions. If you feel inclined, write them down and put them in a special place to reflect upon at a later time. It is trust in yourself and your source that will manifest an abundance of all that is good, loving, and joyful in your life.
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Often we set aside our own needs while caring for others. Or we do not dedicate sufficient time and energy to self-care, due to the endless to-do lists, obligations, and distractions in our lives. However, disregarding our needs while instead focusing on the needs of others or on activities we consider more important takes a toll on us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It triggers such mindsets as "I must" or "I should" be doing for someone else instead of making our own needs as important as those of others. Putting off self-care may seem noble and selfless until we become stressed, exhausted, and even sick and lacking the energy to care for anybody, including ourselves—due to illness or compassion fatigue. The heart center is vulnerable to congestion because of the emotional processing that occurs there, especially for highly sensitive people, potentially causing health problems. And showing compassion to others while not to ourselves can result in loss of connection to ourselves as love source.
Many of us who are deeply sensitive are dealing with compassion fatigue which can create feelings of spiritual depression. It is important to reframe these feelings as a time of "deep rest." Restorative self-care requires performing small acts of kindness toward ourselves, such as taking a few minutes at the beginning and end of every day to meditate, journal, or relax; transforming our daily shower or bath into a ritual to cleanse our energy field after a stressful day; or engaging in activities such as walking, yoga, massage, acupuncture, tai chi, or energy work to release tension, toxicity, and enhance the flow of positive energy. Making a compassion covenant with ourselves by agreeing to practice at least one act of kindness toward ourselves every day can sustain happiness, well-being, and self-compassion while also modeling self-care for those we love. In honoring our need for compassionate self-care, we have more energy to serve others.
Cultivating compassion for ourselves by being kind, nonjudgmental, and nonreactive when we struggle, make a mistake, or feel unworthy supports our health and well-being. The more willing we are to treat ourselves this way, the more likely we will be to behave this way toward others. Such behavior generates a sense of universal love, inner peace, and spiritual attunement with everyone and everything.
Let your mantra be to sow seeds of light and love where ever you may go so that you leave it a better place for being there. Shine your light so that others may benefit. Celebrate life, express pure love and sustain the light of your being.
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When we are grateful, the heart and brain operate synergistically. With practice, we can improve and actively control this synergy to prevent stress-producing emotions and enhance mental clarity. We can initiate self-love that leads to loving others by closing our eyes, placing a hand on the center of our chest, and focusing our attention on our hearts. We can attain inner peace by going deep inside our hearts, quieting our minds, breathing deeply, and focusing on radiating love in the form of gratitude or compassion to ourselves or others. By breathing out negative thoughts, emotions, and judgments about ourselves with each exhalation, we can eliminate any negativity and clear energy blocks.
Begin every day feeling grateful for opportunities to open your heart. No matter what your circumstances, daily bless yourself, your fellow human beings, and the earth; then express appreciation for your unique gifts. This opens your heart and helps you hear the voice of spirit guiding your life. Expressing gratitude for such spiritual guidance inspires you with the knowledge that you are not alone in your journey through life and strengthens your sense of connection with the universe.
An affirmation that can be helpful in this regard is the following by poet e. e. cummings reminding us to affirm ourselves and life in this way: "I thank you God for this most amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky: and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes."
Acknowledge the blessings of who you are and what you already have, even if you do not necessarily feel this way. You can start with feeling blessed for being alive, followed by other blessings in your life. Continue the practice by repeating the mantra "I am a blessed being" or "I bless myself, my fellow human beings, and the earth no matter what." Keep a journal of things you're grateful for, sharing three good things that happen each day with a friend or partner, and going out of your way to show gratitude when others assist you.
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Carnivorous plant/ant terrarium
So when I was younger, at the science center, they had a kit for a three tiered "closed" system. I always thought it was really awesome. I have always been fascinated with carnivorous plants. My grandmother had a venus flytrap when I was growing up and I just thought they were spectacular. I still do actually. ANYWAY. I looked up the kit and it turns out that the three different tiers are to support 3 different biomes. I am putting a link to a video at the bottom in case I am not making any sense. The Wild! Science kits can be interconnected with other kits. The one I am most interested in is the ant farm.
What I am contemplating doing is building a terrarium containing a mix of carnivorous plants. I am thinking right now maybe Flytraps and Sundew. Connected to, but separate I would like to make a formicarium, or a big pot of dirt. I don't really care about being able to see the ants tunnels. Sorry I tend to ramble but I am wondering if anyone has tried a closed (or mostly) with carnivorous plants and ants as their food source. I would like to be able to make it a closed source, which I could possibly do with the ant gel because they would not need food, but I am a naturalist and would prefer dirt of some sort. My biggest question right now would be what I would be able to use as a food source if I was going to be able to make if completely self sufficient.
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Carnivorous plants should never be part of a sealed terrarium no matter what u hear. The ants although very thoughtful will be too much for the plants and destroy the very delicilte root systems. As a food source it takes a decent amount of time for the plan to digest it, really long. I love carnivs but the all go on east or west windowsill in a dish with distilled water at a constent level below the crowns . remember they are bog plants and do love moisture but a sealed or even semi sealed terrarium is to stagnint with minimal air exchange or circulation. been in this exact place and failed consistently . terrariums are very simple one you Lear the few very easy but important rules. I've had one know going on its 6 the year! Keep it simple , ferns, ivy , etc even croton for wicked color. Good luck
Speaking as a Biology teacher, your teacher is unfortunately incorrect. As has been pointed out, sealed terrs are typically very problematic in large part because of the issue of stagnant air. Few plants (or animals for that matter) do well under such conditions and fungi -- including pathogenic ones -- thrive.
Furthermore, vfts are EXTREMELY poor terr candidates for a number of reasons:
1) They are very high light plants ... even up to full sun. In a terr it is difficult to provide that kind of light intensity without raising the temperature to lethal levels.
2) Vft's like to send their roots quite deep. This would require a fairly large terr.
3) Most significantly, vfts REQUIRE a chilly/cold winter's dormancy to maintain health/vigor. Without it, they weaken and die -- though they may survive for two or three (maybe four if you are very lucky) years before finally kicking the bucket. Unless you plan on giving the entire tank a cold dormancy or digging the vfts up to do so, they are better off not setting a root tip in a terr.
Now having said this, some cps can be done in a "sealed" terr BUT it will require the inclusion of fans for air circulation and a rather large tank too. I say "sealed" in quotes because while the terrs in question are left closed for periods of time they are by no means left closed permanently. People I know growing Nepenthes, for example, this way, do open up the tank every day or two as they check on the plants and allow an exchange of fresh air.
It is far easier to go for a partly sealed tank setup (still using fans) as one can keep humidity levels up while allowing for some air exchange. With such a setup, there are a number of cps -- pinguicula, utricularia, and drosera -- that could be used.
With regards to the ant idea ... The concern regarding ants harming the plants is not terribly likely unless you were to obtain species that -- like the leaf cutter ants -- actually use vegetation as a food source. However, the issue of wet, stagnant conditions would prove detrimental to most ant species. Also most ant species are carnivorous or scavengers. So you would have to have present a renewable prey/food source for them. And unless you did have a very well sealed setup, you would in all likelihood have ants touring your room and/or home. (And I suspect your parents might object to that. )


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I'd appreciate an opinion regarding the following scenario.
Which combo is better for strait SNS build?
Zuni ring without CC gives:
DPS 259k
EHP 451k
Life 50k
Zuni ring with +6 CC (and lower Int and no Vit) gives:
DPS 270k
EHP 409k
Life 46k
Is the extra CC going to make up for the loss in Life/EHP/TDR?
Which would you choose?
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6% crit chance is really significant both for effective DPS and freeze strength. It's a no-brainer for me.
Thanks, for the price i'd expect there to be some difference, hopefully tangible :)
I'm just a bit worried about an "upgrade" that downgrades my overall mitigation.
that crit chance is too much of a difference to ignore. And I always prefer mit over dps...but in this case the dps is gained through functionality and therefore I'm cool wit it. Go for the crit ring.
Melkor, thanks for looking and helping me choose the lesser evil/greater good. It is that additional functionality that i'm hoping will make up the difference. I'm gonna try it out.
no prob.
I am quite confident that you moving up 6% crit will provide a noticeable difference. easily.
Tripoxes are also pretty much BIS for archon in case you ever want to play it in the future, and a pretty solid choice for witch doctors as well. Not quite the go-to choice for an SNS, but very versatile.
Fully agree, in retrospect i missed the Nat's set combo a while back and just can't bring myself to give up the Zuni boots.
I do plan on experimenting with other builds, maybe one that could take advantave of my barb's EF or LS axe.
Edited by mvhrad#1345 on 11/1/2013 11:42 AM PDT
Not quite the go-to choice for an SNS, but very versatile.
I use an 8/5.5 myself, because I have it from my archon gear, and because it works. If I were starting SNS gear from scratch, I'm not sure I would, because making the most out of it can be tricky.
You should try on some zuni boots and do the 3-piece to make your character really silly...nearly 1200 AR and a bunch of deeps :O
Edit: mvhrad, that's exactly the thing, when you have the zuni boots and ring, the deeps is just way too tantalizing to give up...best to never even try them on so you never get sucked into the temptation in the first place. :p
Now I end up doing goofy things like gear swapping between zuni boots and nats boots depending on what I'm doing :S
Edited by silverfire#1855 on 11/1/2013 11:47 AM PDT
I use an 8/5.5 myself, because I have it from my archon gear, and because it works. If I were starting SNS gear from scratch, I'm not sure I would, because making the most out of it can be tricky.
You guys are cray cray. I mean, I get it, to each their own and all that fun jazz, but...what?
Silverfire, I know you are half kidding but no, I would never break up my nats combo to pick up another 70 AR (with the int)...
and mvhard, you make it seem like you can't have both bonuses. Granted, I'm at 2.5...but I wouldn't build an SNS wizard any other way. Remember, I don't have IAS on my ammy or bracers...so I could be at 2.73 with ias rolls there and STILL have both zuni/nats bonuses.
Homeboys be trippin.
Tinkering and tweaking (builds, gear, etc) is atleast half the fun!
I'm maybe 35% kidding :)
I don't view characters as static anymore. There's not a single setup that rules the roost in every situation and you have to keep an open mind. That's also partly because I have too many pieces for every int slot kicking in my stash...
There are going to be cases (like something like crypts) where zunis would almost certainly out-damage nats for you. There are others where it'd probably hurt your crit chance too much to help.
But in those cases it's likely that 2.73 would do better than 2.51 as well. :)
Edited by silverfire#1855 on 11/1/2013 12:03 PM PDT
Hmmmm....now i'll have to do some research and see what combos i can whip up from both sets to get both bonuses going. Sounds like fun!
FWIW, I've got both setups, and they look like this:
The cliff's notes are, zuni gives me 10k more hp, 10k less DPS...but zuni does look yummy on paper. I'll try it tonight if I have time. I'm expecting it to feel like a barb.
Thing is though, if I had a ar+double vit tal's instead of ar+armor, it'd win in every way.
Silver, this has me thinking about 10 things at once, can't wait to get off work and do some modeling. I'm pretty sure i've got a zuni marrow in my stash that was just good enough from a drop to not send to the auction block, maybe i'll try moving over the yellow gems and see how i do with the 3-piece zuni set below the 2.73 (or what ever it is) BP. much food for thought,
Thanks to everyone for the stimulating discussion, this forum is great (almost at good at the barb's, haha). It's fun to go back and forth (and see some of you in both).
Yeah I'm having too much fun with this myself too lol
If I throw nat's out the window, it looks like this:
If I go 3 pc zuni it looks like this: (silly for EHP)
Silver, interesting indeed. The 'no nats' setup looks nicely balanced. 3 pc zuni is a major tank. Might be good as a support character in a team with very high damage dealers, assuming the lower attack speed would still allow reliable freeze and adequate LoH. Would be fun to test.
I used to run 3 piece zuni for uber carries along with an IAS chants for 2.73 awhile ago.
But I prefer the highest levels of attack speed and crit chance for that now.
In a party you really want to be running bone chill to buff everyone else, and not have to rely on cold snap or deep freeze, and IMHO that means 2.73 and well upwards of 55% crit chance. (Ideally 60%+)
"No nats" is basically what I typically run except for realm of turmoil and act 3 keywarden for which I go up to 3 aps.
My gear is still all over the place because I don't want to commit to any route...oh well.
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i THINK that Fang is actually alive in LA
i have, buggy as hell
Every year the expectation grows larger i hope it will live up to it.
ok, can you release some gameplay/graphics show off ?
Suddenly TBD...
i hope for being mixed ,rare artifacts appear in anomalys, common artifacts shoud just lie everywhere
To Be Delayed forever*
still not sure if a troll or...
"May 2014 be your best year yet!!"
Confused me too!
if you didnt know...dezowave has the source code of xray engine..AND they're working closely with GSC.
Since you implented multicore support, can you make a patch for CS and CoP adding Multcore support?(after you finish LA) Those 2 games need it very badly
easter egg plz
tnx anyway
must be an inside joke :D
looks clean
could you do me a favor, and give me the direct link, i dont know russian.
Is this mod compatible with RMA mod?
LA is mostly based SoC, right? And tells untold things(as far as i know)
the group who got killed silently by ghost, ask barman
What about the group "Final Day"? Will they make an appearance?
Game crashes when i talk to Flint after i turned him into Gonta
huh im still loosing stamina Even with the sunrise suit only (sniper class)....
I have Anabiotics which shoud allow me to survive an emission, but still i'm getting killed by it!!!
what suit is good for sniper class?i have 100k ru
oh, alright thank you.
im sniper class and yes im wearing the ecologist suit. So it applys to sniper class too?
Why do i loose constantly stamina? I wear 10kg under limit, well fed and i well slept.
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$1377 to install tiles in a 10 x 11 laundry room????
Hi all! We are building a house out-of-state and our builder just finished up tiling all the bathrooms/laundry room. We were shocked at the laundry room installation price....$1377. We bought the tiles ourselves (12x12 porcelain tiles) and there were no fancy installation requirements (squarish room, tiles laid straight...no diagonals or special instructions). That means it was over $10 per sq ft to install. That seems really high to us! Is it? This particular room was originally supposed to be vinyl, with all the bathrooms being ceramic tiled. The installation charge for all these rooms were included in the base price of our home except for the laundry room. Since we changed it to tile, they had to charge us for installation...but never said how much it would be. I am just frustrated at this point with the home building process as we have gone waaaaayyyyyy over budget so every $1000 over at this point is a real hardship. Any input? Oh yeah, I should let you know I have PMS right now. Please be gentle and kind to me. Thanks in advance!
Slab or crawls space? Slab install will apparently be cheaper up front if it's not done correctly. Crawl space has additional costs in backer board needing to be installed. If you are on new slab, and the builder didn't do control joints to control the cracking, putting down tile over a fresh slab should involve a crack isolation membrane to keep it from cracking in the future, which also adds to the cost.
Irrespective of the above additional costs, 110 square feet X $7 basic labor= $770. Plus the $250 change order fee, plus the 20% margin on the labor and the materials. Yes, even if you buy the materials, most spec type builders will charge you a markup on them because they might break one and have to replace it. By my calculations, you're up to around $1200 for the job. Now, if you are in a higher cost of living location, that extra $200 could easily be accounted for in the additional labor costs that such a location has.
You have to nail down what changing your mind costs before you sign the contract to even do the dirt work. Builders always charge more than "just" the actual price difference in material and labor. They want to discourage anything that will slow the build down or have them handling unfamiliar material and procedures.
When you add about #100 for the backer board, extra morter to bed it in, labor to install, morter for the tile, grout, any necessary prep work or leveling....the price doesn't seem too far outta line. They didn't cut you a smokin' deal, but they didn't really "bend you over" either.
Timely question for me. I just came from Lowes as I am looking to replace the carpet in my den with porcelain tile that looks like wood. Our den is about 12 X 12. They quoted me 2.49 per foot to install (less per square foot if I had a larger area) and about $75 for mortar and $25 for grout plus the cost of tiles. So total for installation is about $475. I'm sure there will be extras but this is the quote they gave me today. The porcelain I am looking at (they only had six different ones) were 2.49 each so I may be able to get it done, including tile and installation for about $1000.
I paid my worker by the hour. $12/hour x 16hrs (2days) = $192.00
50lb bag of thinset = $75.00
10lb grout = $25.00
no backer board needed if on slab.
My total cost $292.00
$1377 minus the extra $100 for materials means you paid them $1277.00 or $67/hr to do the work.......and that's if it takes 2 full days, which it should not.
you got hosed IMO.
What many of you are missing here is that this isn't a case where the homeowner is engaging a tile professional to do a job. In that case, she'd probably get a quote for half of that amount. This is a case of a new build, and the general contractor is the one that sets the parameters of the job. Upgrades are where they make their money on a build, and that's why they have all of those fees and upcharges attached to changing your mind.
What most people do in a situation like that is to take the basic offering from the contractor, and then after closing, pay a contractor themselves to do the project. Of course, that only works on easily upgradable things like tile, or putting in a granite top instead of laminate. But, the homeowner will come out many dollars ahead to do that rather than engage the contractor to do the upgrade and add in all of his $$ to the project.
@cleanfreak0419: "I paid my worker by the hour. $12/hour x 16hrs (2days) = $192.00 "
No self respectable handyman would do the work for $12/hr. There's overhead: Licenses, truck, gas, insurance, wear & tear on tools, health insurance, FICA - I could go on an on.
I can't see any pro working for less than $50/hr - and that's any trade.
buddysmom- Make sure to research who Lowes is going to send to install your tile.
The previous owner of this house hired Lowes to install the kitchen tile and it is the absolute worst tile job ever. My 11 yr old could do better with no instruction or supervision.
Tiles are not level to one another. Some are off by almost 1/2 an inch. They left baseboards in place and tiled them in. I had to use a crow bar, sawzall to remove a wall of baseboards. They didn't pull the dishwasher out so after closing, we went to pull the DW out to replace it and it would not come out. We had to loosen the counter. The grout was not mixed correctly and it is rough, too low in some areas, too high in others, it is spaced at a good 1/2"-1" apart. No, nothing is lined up perfectly. It is a really bad job.
The neighbor went with her to Lowes to complain and Lowes said, too bad, that she knew it was independent contractors, Lowes would not work to fix any of the issues. She went through Lowes for some other work and it was done really well so I am not saying all the contractors do subpar work but I would want to speak with the company or person actually doing the work and to make sure they do quality work before the work started.
I don't know the sizes, but I just had a master bathroom, hallway bathroom and 1/2 bath done - I purchased everything needed. 1/2 bath was on slab downstairs the other two full baths are upstairs. I used a local handyman (that we trust and has done a lot of different jobs for us), and he charged me $500. I had to do all the clean up including taking the haze off the tiles.


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Pleasure or pain? Social response or reflex? Tickling and the laughter it induces are an enigmatic aspect of our primate heritage
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As a behavioral and physiological phenomenon, tickling is a bag of riddles. Most young children instinctively giggle when tickled; yet prolonged tickling was one of the worst Medieval tortures. Aristotle raised the question of why one cannot tickle oneself. Surely, Christine Harris says, science should be able to explain tickling and the laughter it induces. And with some ingenious experiments, she is beginning to assemble answers. She finds, for instance, that when people believe they are being tickled by a machine, they laugh just as hard—suggesting that the laughter does not require an interpersonal context. In the article she explores the physiology of tickle (both annoying "light tickle" and laughter-inducing "heavy tickle") and its possible evolutionary function.
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Loved ones gather to pay tribute to acclaimed Celtic singer Raylene Rankin
HALIFAX - Raylene Rankin was remembered Thursday in the same way the beloved Cape Breton singer lived: surrounded by family and music.
Friends, family and fans packed a Halifax church in a song-and-fiddle-filled funeral service that reminded those gathered of the sweet harmonies she sang.
The 52-year-old mother of one died Sunday after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, only to see the disease return in 2009 and again last year.
But those who knew Rankin said her focus went beyond her illness over the past decade.
"She was passionate about music, she was passionate about her family," Rev. Norman MacPhee told those gathered at Saint Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic church on a bright fall day. "She cared for them deeply."
Rankin formed the internationally acclaimed musical group, then known as The Rankins, more than 20 years ago with four of her 12 siblings — John Morris, Jimmy, Cookie and Heather.
They released their first, independent album in 1989 and helped transition toe-tapping folk tunes from Cape Breton kitchens to the mainstream music scene.
Together, the siblings brought an award-winning mix of traditional Celtic music and contemporary originals to stages around the world, snapping up Juno Awards and other accolades along the way.
The group disbanded in 1999 and less than a year later, John Morris was killed in a car accident in Cape Breton. The remaining members reunited in 2007, setting out on a cross-Canada tour.
On Thursday, four of Rankin's brothers served as her pallbearers.
During the service, MacPhee said he first met Rankin some 39 years ago in her hometown of Mabou on the west coast of Cape Breton island and frequently stopped in for tea at their house.
"I would hear that music coming out of that home," recalled MacPhee, who said Rankin's voice had the ability to touch people's hearts, whether she had met them or not.
Even as a youngster, Rankin was known as an entertainer who happily showcased her musical talent at local events and church services.
She would later release two solo albums, one in 2004 and another 2011.
Longtime friend Ed McHugh, who sang with Rankin in choir at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., said her talent was evident early on.
"It sounds cliche, but she had the voice of an angel even in those days," McHugh, 54, said in an interview. "She was a star, but quite humble."
McHugh said Rankin's unassuming nature never wavered even at the peak of The Rankins' success.
"Sometimes when you get into that world, it's easy to shut people off because now you're in a new, brighter, glitzier world," he said. "But through the years, no matter how busy or famous she got, she always remembered her roots back through Mabou and out through Halifax.
"She was a person who never lost touch with people, and she knew tens of thousands of people."
Premier Darrell Dexter, who also attended the service, said Rankin's death would be felt throughout Nova Scotia and beyond.
"This is an extraordinary loss for the province and for the music industry," he told reporters. "I know on a day like today we're all feeling a sense of great remorse and loss."
A second funeral service for Rankin was planned for Friday in Mabou.
Rankin's obituary said she will then be laid to rest at St. Mary's Cemetery in the small community.
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Video: A Way to End War
David Swanson discusses his new book When the World Outlawed War in Charlottesville, Va., November 16, 2011.
Tonight and Monday in Charlottesville
Charlottesville Event with David Swanson's New Book: "When the World Outlawed War"
WHAT: David Swanson with his new book "When the World Outlawed War" and thoughts on activism past and present
WHEN: Wednesday, 7 p.m., November 16, 2011
WHERE: Random Row Books
315 West Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Flyer: PDF.
Occupy City Council
At 5 p.m. on Monday rally at Lee Park.
Wear red.
March at 6 p.m. to City Hall.
At 6:30 everyone sign up for 3 minutes of speaking time at the 7 p.m. City Council meeting.
The first amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." But Congress has abridged freedom of the press by giving our air waves to international mega-conglomerates and granting them monopolistic control over what an overworked undereducated populace learns. Our local governments have abridged the right to peacably assemble by forbidding gatherings in public places without special limited permits. How are we to petition our government in Washington for a redress of grievances? Mail, faxes, telephones, and emails don't seem to be working. The government is radically opposing super-majority opinion on taxing the wealthy, taxing corporations, ending wars, cutting military spending, protecting the environment, enforcing laws against the powerful, criminalizing bribery and otherwise reforming the election system. Not everyone can move to Washington, D.C., to exercise their First Amendment rights. And if they did, how would their particular mis-Representative and Senators pick them out in the crowd? Local Occupy camps are a means of petitioning the national government and identifying the petitioners.
Occupy Cville is located across the street from Wells Fargo, to which the occupiers have brought their message. Wells Fargo is arguably a branch of the U.S. federal government. Wells Fargo is one of the largest institutions in the nation. It pays negative taxes. That is, it is richer after taxes than before. It receives funding from our tax dollars. To be specific, Wells Fargo has been given $18 billion in tax breaks during the past three years, resulting in its negative tax rate despite its massive profits. Our federal government is also committed to bailing out Wells Fargo when it runs into trouble and has given it tens of billions of dollars in recent years. Unlike human beings, schools, the economy, the natural environment, our health system, our grandparents, our children, the ill, the hungry, or the unclothed, Wells Fargo is guaranteed protection and assistance whenever it is in need. Wells Fargo pays for our elections, funnelling millions of our tax dollars back into the campaigns of its preferred candidates. In return, Wells Fargo is free to ruin families and neighborhoods through predatory lending, housing cost inflation, insider trading and speculation without any risk of criminal prosecution.
It is in the interests of the City of Charlottesville not to interfere with the First Amendment rights of flesh and blood human beings in assembling and petitioning our corporate-congressional complex for a redress of a great many grievances. —D.S.
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David Swanson joins Coy to discuss Dick Cheney postponing his visit to The University of Virginia and Occupy Charlottesville.
One Veteran's Rough Path from Killing and Torturing to Peace
Not yet 30, Evan Knappenberger has already lived several lives. His story destroys the U.S. government's case against whistleblower Bradley Manning, exposes the toxic mix of fraud and incompetence that creates U.S. war policies, and highlights the damage so often done to soldiers who come home without visible injuries.
Knappenberger, seen in this video, was trained as an "intelligence analyst" at the U.S. Army's Intelligence Training Center at Fort Huachuca, Arizona in 2003 and 2004, the same school attended by Bradley Manning. In April of this year, the PBS show Frontline, responding to an article Knappenberger had published, flew him to Los Angeles on a private jet, and interviewed him for four hours.
Top 5 Reasons Dick Cheney Won't Speak in Charlottesville VA This Week
Number 5. When John Yoo came here, he got a good rowdy rule-of-law unwelcome, which no doubt made the Miller Center hesitate to promise Cheney a room free of decent human beings.
Number 4. Our brothers and sisters in San Francisco confronted Cheney with his crimes last week.
Number 3. It's a heck of a lot of crimes.
Number 2. Cheney just might have found himself face-to-face with a set of handcuffs.
And the Number 1 reason Cheney won't be seen at the University of Virginia this week: The first part of a Chicken Hawk is the chicken.
Will Dick Cheney Be Arrested on Wednesday?
I've just sent this letter by email.
We Are Already at War With Iran and Failing to Struggle to End It
In this past weekend's festival of idiocy known as the Republican Presidential Debate, one of the more idiotic of the idiots Newt Gingrich said that if he were president he would murder Iranians and deny responsibility, while another of the more idiotic of the idiots Senator Rick Santorum said that he was aware Iranian scientists had already been being killed and that he sincerely hoped the United States was behind those murders.
Also this past weekend, another Iranian scientist was murdered, with sources crediting Mossad. In other words, the United States is either central to or complicit in and tolerant of at least some of the murders. Whether Santorum will now endorse Obama for the Republican nomination is still unclear.
Congress Members Engage in Routine Insider Trading; Topic Reduces 60 Minutes to Non-Corporate Media Status
Here is a video by 60 Minutes all about the making of a story by 60 Minutes. The reason is the extreme lengths the show thinks it went to to get comments from a member of Congress: staking out their public events and likely appearances, the same thing everyone else who wants to ask the important questions has always had to do for years. The story here is not exactly as presented. The story is that 60 Minutes has dared to address an unacceptable topic. The topic in this case is Congressional insider trading, a topic upon which — as with most important topics — there is complete bipartisan harmony, and yet somehow no public satisfaction.
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David Swanson joins Coy to discuss Occupy Charlottesville, protesting Dick Cheney's visit to the University of Virginia, and his new book.
Army Sends More Mercenaries to Iraq to Comply With Treaty by Violating It
Or as the Pentagon Post puts it:
As American troops head out of Iraq, U.S. officials are being forced to bring in more private security contractors.
The withdrawal of the remaining troops from Iraq — 33,000 at last count — has caused U.S. officials to move quickly to fill a series of security gaps to ensure the continued protection of American diplomatic personnel as well as U.S. goods.
Protest Dick Cheney in Charlottesville, Va., November 16th
Open flyer: PDF.
Another year, another war criminal book-touring at the Miller Center. This time, on Wednesday, November 16th, it'll be Dick Cheney, who . . .
- lied to the public and Congress to launch a war on Iraq;
- pressured the CIA to assist in fraud;
- threatened and worked to promote war on Iran;
- lied to the public and Congress in an effort to launch war on Iran;
- led a campaign of retribution against a whistleblower;
- refused a Congressional subpoena;
- obstructed DOJ investigations;
- profited from his own war making;
- led the creation of programs of warrantless spying, lawless imprisonment, and torture;
- created a secret energy task force that violated open-government laws;
- mishandled classified information and destroyed visitors logs;
- suppressed evidence in the California energy crisis;
- continues to make false claims and to openly brag about his offenses.
The Miller Center is making people contact firstname.lastname@example.com for permission to attend, and appears to be screening out those who oppose the policies listed above.
But the Miller Center cannot prevent us protesting outside.
Bring posters.
9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011
Lawn in front of Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Park at University Hall or Lannigan Field or in a nearby parking lot on Old Ivy Road.
Including Non-Occupiers and Strengthening a Movement
You meet simply wonderful and incredibly smart people at nonviolent occupations. At least I do. I just met someone who knows exactly what they are talking about but does not want to be identified in any way other than by the name "Prof." Prof has been thinking about how to strengthen the Occupy movement, how to build a structure for it -- or rather how to allow it to build one itself, from the ground up, with ideas moving up levels of representation, not down as we're all so used to, and with people who cannot or will not or anyway do not sleep in public squares able to take part in a lasting and effective way. I cannot recommend too strongly that every Occupation look into this and click the links, hold trainings, and get this rolling. --David Swanson
Fahrenheit 11/11/11
Believe it or not, November 11th was not made a holiday in order to celebrate war, support troops, or cheer the 11th year of occupying Afghanistan. This day was made a holiday in order to celebrate an armistice that ended what was up until that point, in 1918, one of the worst things our species had thus far done to itself, namely World War I.
World War I, then known simply as the world war or the great war, had been marketed as a war to end war. Celebrating its end was also understood as celebrating the end of all wars. A ten-year campaign was launched in 1918 that in 1928 created the Kellogg-Briand Pact, legally banning all wars. That treaty is still on the books, which is why war making is a criminal act and how Nazis came to be prosecuted for it.
Public Pressure Is Slowly Ending Afghanistan War
Feints and baby steps in the direction of eventually ending a massive crime are not enough. Hoping to meet a distant deadline for ending a war that cannot be justified for a single day is not enough. A new misunderstanding should not be piled on top of other fictional accomplishments (the closing of Guantanamo, the complete withdrawal from Iraq, universal health coverage, etc.). But if we don't understand that we are beginning to move things in the right direction many among us will lose heart and others will miscalculate.
This is what the Associated Press had to say on Thursday morning as we prepared to march on the White House and the Treasury to demand a serious effort from Obama in France to bring the G20 (and the Congress) to back a financial transaction tax, and as planning continued to protest the ever-less-popular Obama's expected authorization of a disastrous tar sands pipeline:
What If Veterans Told Their Children the Truth?
What struck me in reading Cville Weekly's excellent new profile of an Afghanistan War veteran, and in writing this profile of another Army veteran who never made it into (foreign) combat, is how many times I've heard the same story. Kids grow up admiring their parents' and grandparents' military "service," then join the military, and then afterwards find out how traumatic and horrific their family members' experiences were. What if veterans told their kids the truth early on, in an age-appropriate manner as their children grew up? Some studies say a majority of recruits are from military families. What if those potential recruits had known the truth prior to having to learn it first-hand?
Occupy the Winter of Our Discontent
Can occupations survive a winter of global weirding, escalated police brutality, and the corporate media's venom? Should they?
In some parts of the country there will be no cold weather. In others, police abuses will result in larger occupations, not smaller. And it's certainly possible that for the first time in recent years an independent progressive populist campaign will survive the enmity of the corporate media.
In other cases, the cold, the communications assaults, fatigue, and the difficulties encountered by activist camps that also become homes for the homeless and the mentally ill may begin to erode the usefulness of encampments.
What to do?
Here's one activist's recommendations:
A 51st State for Armed Robotic Drones
Weaponized UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), also known as drones, have their own caucus in Congress, and the Pentagon's plan is to give them their own state as well.
Under this plan, 7 million acres (or 11,000 square miles) of land in the southeast corner of Colorado, and 60 million acres of air space (or 94,000 square miles) over Colorado and New Mexico would be given over to special forces testing and training in the use of remote-controlled flying murder machines. The full state of Colorado is itself 104,000 square miles. Rhode Island is 1,000 square miles. Virginia, where I live, is 43,000 square miles.
Leah Bolger Is My Hero
Leah Bolger of Oregon is the Vice President of Veterans for Peace, is occupying Freedom Plaza, and risked jail on Wednesday, with another case pending against her, to speak up in the Super Congress (Deficit Committee) hearing, in which she was arrested. She has been released.
Bolger comments: "I had to speak up. The witness, Douglas Elmendorf, was hiding the fact that military spending has increased dramatically in real terms and as a percentage of discretionary spending. He was focused on percentage of GDP, as if war spending should increase whenever it can, not whenever it has to. The simple deficit solution of taxing the rich and curtailing the militarism is favored by the majority of the public. The 99% had no other voice in that room to compete with those of the corporate lobbyists."
Liveblogging Super Congress Hearing
Members of Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square occupations are in the hearing room and marching to rally outside it.
Hensarling, co-chair of Supercons, just lied that military budget has shrunk as % of budget -- see the facts.
Neither Patty Murray, D from Boeing, or Hensarling, R from Texas, has mentioned taxing the rich.
Their witness today sure ought to bring it up.
Douglas Elmendorf is NOT thus far talking about taxing the super rich. He is talking about spending, including military spending, which he calls "defense." He is not using the larger category of "security," prefering to use "defense." But he is talking entirely about discretionary spending, which is a huge problem for this gang and its efforts to go after things it's not allowed to go after -- like Social Security.
Elmendorf describes "defense" spending as declining as percentage of GDP, not as percentage of discretionary spending.
He is proposing very slight caps on base "defense" budget, not counting wars, and on non-"defense" spending. He's offering more than one option.
The C-Span camera is angled to avoid any audience members. The public has been told signs cannot be held and no one can speak.
I am not in the room because of the recent trend toward treating laptop computers as threats to committee hearings.
Here's the testimony from Elmendorf.
Murray is eager to cut nondiscretionary "entitlements," totally avoids possibility of taxing billionaires or corporations, claims that eliminating all discretionary spending would still leave deficit. Elmendorf does not address that claim but agrees that discretionary spending is a shrinking share of all spending.
Excerpt from the testimony:
Discretionary funding for 2011 totaled $1,277 billion: budget authority of $712 bil-
lion for defense and funding totaling $566 billion for nondefense activities, including
$54 billion in obligation limitations for some transportation programs (see Table1).
Budget authority provided for defense activities in 2011 was $3 billion (or less than
1percent) below the amount provided the year before; the sum of discretionary bud-
get authority and obligation limitations for nondefense programs was $39 billion (or
7percent) below the amount provided in 2010. Nevertheless, discretionary outlays in
2011 were close to the amounts spent in 2010, CBO estimates, because of spending
from funds appropriated in previous years.
Questioning continues but lacks a little something I like to call:
Also, the crowd out in the hallway, outside a number of thick marble walls is giving up and moving on, having not -- as far as I know -- been heard inside the committee room.
Update: the folks say they WERE heard, the doors opened, the media made aware.
Apparently the military spending fairy is in the room too.
Baucus points out that military spending is higher now in inflation-adjusted dollars than during the Korean or Vietnam or Cold wars. Elmendorf admits it. $700 billion now compares to $240 billion during the Korean war. He points out that no caps have been put on or proposed for wars. Baucus gets Elmendorf to admit the obvious point that capping war spending would save money.
Rep Clyburn now points out the CBO's own study linked above showing the upper 1% has increased avg income by 275% while middle 60% of us have seen an increase of 40% over the same period of 28 years.
Rep Clyburn lamely and folksily mentions taxes, but doesn't propose taxing the wealthy or corporations.
Sen Rob Portman (R, Ohio) points out that "defense" has grown from 25% to 50% of discretionary budget.
The march has returned to Freedom Plaza.
The Washington Post says we're wearing out our welcome; we're also using the Washington Post as a welcome mat.
I'm stopping watching the hearing.
In other news, a bankster is being prosecuted.
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U.S. Army Assaults Its Biggest Fan
One of the most valuable benefits of putting political action into the form of nonviolent encampments is that we learn each other's stories as we occupy our public parks and squares. Here's a story from the October2011 occupation in Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C. There are many more, and we'd like to hear yours when you join us.
Aristine Maharry is 29 years old and now lives in Freedom Plaza. She grew up in a very military family, with members of her family having participated in every major U.S. war going back to the war for independence, and with members of every generation having joined the military.
Maharry's family did not encourage her to aspire to a military career, but -- as in many such stories I've heard -- actions spoke more loudly than words. Maharry was proud of her father's military experience. She hoped from a very young age to join the U.S. Army. She grew up playing at army with her half-brothers. They would flip the couch on its side and toss pretend grenades. She loved the board game Risk. The biggest holiday in Aristine's family was the Fourth of July. She doesn't say she bled red white and blue. She says she bled green, Army green. She wanted to serve her country and other people. She was willing to die for her country. She was proud of her country.
Aristine was a good student and a good athlete. At age 7 she tested with an IQ of 185. She was placed in gifted and talented classes in all of the many public schools she attended. She got good grades, ran track, and was president of the Future Business Leaders of America at West Potomac High School in Northern Virginia, where at 16 she dual enrolled at George Mason University. She graduated from high school at 18 in the year 2000, was married the next January and pregnant in February.
Aristine knew that the military would be reluctant to enlist a mother of a child under 1 year of age. She hoped to take part in the Green to Gold program, enlisting and eventually becoming an officer. Her own father had dropped out of college to enlist and fight in Vietnam. She admired that history. However, when her first son was nine months old, Aristine became pregnant again. She headed to the recruiter's office when her second son turned one in May 2004. She had a family and a good job in management training new personnel in the pharmacy department of Liberty Medical Supply in Florida. But recruiters' job is to recruit, and Maharry didn't require any persuading.
She arranged to train at the same camp her father had trained at, Fort Leonardwood in Missouri. She headed there in December 2004, leaving behind a husband and two little boys for the holidays. Aristine says it was a very sad time for her, very difficult, and also very cold in Missouri. But, she thought to herself: "All the other soldiers have families too. They do it. I'm not different. I can serve too. I want to do my part as an American." She signed up to become a combat medic, hoping to care for injured soldiers.
The first few weeks of training in January were extremely hard, she says: lots of pushups, not a lot of sleep, but a great deal of hostility from drill sergeants conditioning recruits to face hostility in battle, struggling with their own post-traumatic stress, or simply acting out their sadism. Aristine characterized it as "ten times worse than in the movies." She was in Charlie Company, Third Battalion, 10th Unit, 4th Platoon. Her platoon had four drill sergeants, three of them male named Davis, Harris, and something like Fontana (she doesn't remember this name clearly), and one female drill sergeant named Gilliard.
The woman sergeant was not what you would call gentle and loving. Aristine witnessed Gilliard yank a male soldier across a desk and injure him. His offense had been to request a pen. Fontana (or whatever his exact name was) made Gilliard look sweet and delicate by comparison. He was shorter and meaner than the others, according to Maharry. She saw him slam a female private named Barr up against a wall.
Aristine is amazingly understanding of this abuse. The sergeants, she says, had just done tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The training was their rest period between tours of combat. They were all, she believes, dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Aristine's understanding this is even more amazing considering what happened next.
Unable to Get Simeone Fired, NPR Drops "World of Opera"
Yesterday, NPR's PR flack was haranguing me on the phone about how NPR had nothing to do with getting Lisa Simeone fired from an independent program called Soundprint. This was despite NPR having gone public with its concerns over Simeone's "unethical" participation in democracy, and Soundprint's referencing of NPR's "ethics" rules in firing Simeone. It was also despite NPR's clear intention to get Simeone removed from our airwaves.
I have no evidence that NPR contacted Soundprint, but "World of Opera" is a different story. Today I read that NPR has dropped distribution of "World of Opera," a program produced by WDAV which contracts with Simeone to host it. NPR's original frantic email and blog post had read:
Goodbye Iraq? Not Exactly
By David Swanson, RootsAction.org
I just got an email from Huffington Post telling me that Obama was keeping his campaign promise to get U.S. troops out of Iraq. Not quite. Here's a video of Obama's promise.
In that 15-second video he says: "I will promise you this: that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank."
Here's the Huffington Post:
About NPR, Soundprint, WDAV, and Lisa Simeone
Lisa Simeone learned about her "ethical" lapse from NPR's public blog post, or rather from reporters calling her about it.
Lisa was soon thereafter fired by Soundprint, which cited NPR's "ethics" rules and according to Lisa would have been strongly influenced by NPR's post and email if they saw them (she doesn't know if they did).
There is no evidence whatsoever that NPR contacted Soundprint.
NPR's email and blog post said "We're in conversations with WDAV about how they intend to handle this. We of course take this issue very seriously." (The issue of participating in a democratic society and not backing a corporate agenda like bigshot NPR hosts who opinionate on Fox, in op-eds, and at big business speaking events for big bucks.)
Lisa was told to be on a phone call with NPR and WDAV yesterday morning, but NPR
and WDAV canceled the call without telling her, as she waited by the phone.
What You Gave Obama Could Have Been Put to Good Use
The most remarkable thing about the Occupy Movement is that it is happening without funding. Yes, donations are starting to pour into Occupy Wall Street, but not at the level that could really boost this campaign to replace plutocracy with popular participation. And most of the other occupations around the country are poor or penniless, with their futures in some doubt because of that status.
The movement that won women the right to vote got a huge boost when a supporter left $2 million to Carrie Chapman Catt for that purpose, and Catt was able to use almost half of that amount after holding off relatives of the deceased donor in court. The peace movement that gave us the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928 was funded by robber barons and others to the tune of many millions of 2011 dollars per year. The civil rights movement depended on funding from its supporters.


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slow-growing plants
I have potted leaf cuttings from Sans masoniana and Sans cylindrica.
The cylindrica has been in a pot for over one year. The maasoniana leaf was potted several months ago. Both seem to have rooted, as they resist slightly when I give a gentle tug.
How much longer do you think it will be before they send up a new plant?
I have no idea, I don't pay attention to that other than accept it often takes more than a year.
I would suggest that tugging at them, (even gently) can slow it down further by breaking some little root hairs which one's wanting to encourage to grow.
Tho' it takes very long, the best indicator of rooting on a plant is new growth, sorry it takes time & LOTS of patience.
BTW, on a Sans. you're not likely to get a whole new plant to start, rather a new leaf, one single leaf or 2 at a time.


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Apple has provided no concrete and immediate solutions to tackle the problem of adults and children racking up credit card bills by making "in-app" purchases on tablets and mobile phones, the European Commission said on Friday.
Following concerns raised by consumer groups in a number of European countries, the EU executive called in industry members, policymakers and consumer protection authorities to discuss clearer guidelines in February.
Since then, Google (GOOGL.O), which owns the Android operating system for smartphones, has proposed a number of measures that are being implemented. These include banning the word "free" when games contain in-app purchases and changing the default settings so that payments have to be actively authorised before every purchase.
But the Commission regretted that Apple (AAPL.O), maker of iPhone, had not made any firm commitments on tackling the issue of payment approvals.
"No concrete and immediate solutions have been made by Apple to date to address the concerns linked in particular to payment authorisation," the Commission, the EU executive, said in a statement.
Many of those playing the games are children or teenagers, who can often make the in-app purchases without parental approval. It is then up to the parents to foot the bill.
Industry members, including Apple, could face legal action from national authorities if they are deemed to be breaking EU consumer protection law.
Apple said it would address the concerns brought up by the Commission, although it gave no time frame for when it might make the changes, the EU executive said.
"Over the last year we made sure any app which enables customers to make in-app purchases is clearly marked," said an Apple spokesman. "We will continue to work with the EC member states to respond to their concerns."
The app industry in Europe is huge and growing. It employs more than 1 million people and has annual revenue of around 10 billion euros ($13.53 billion), of which about 80 percent comes from in-app purchases, according to the Commission.
National authorities will continue to engage with Apple to ensure that it addresses the concerns they brought up in December last year.
While the company has not met their demands on payment consent, it has introduced clearer labelling on its iTunes store when apps marketed as free also offer in-app purchases. It has also proposed creating a specific email address through which enforcement authorities can contact it about possible breaches of EU law and discuss the problem with the app developers.
The Commission estimates that over half of the EU online games market is advertised as "free" despite carrying hidden costs.
"In-app purchases are a legitimate business model, but it's essential for app-makers to understand and respect EU law while they develop these new business models," said Neelie Kroes, the EU's telecoms commissioner.
In one case in Britain, an 8-year-old girl managed to run up a bill of 4,000 pounds ($6,700) making "in-app" purchases from games such as My Horse and Smurfs' Village. In that instance, Apple reimbursed the girl's father.
In-app purchases can be disabled on most mobile devices.($1 = 0.7391 Euros)
(Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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