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Sun in Leo, U R a star
The SUN enters Leo, the 5th sign where it shines brightest, a day earlier than usual this year. So for those Cancerians born July 23 and this means you C., you are officially a LEO for this year.
Leo's ingress features a Libra Moon with a difficult inconjunct to Neptune and a nasty square to Pluto, confusion and power games may highlight this day.
MERCURY in Cancer trines SATURN Retrograde in Scorpio.
All trines are good but you gotta work them. An excellent aspect stimulating the herald and messenger into emotionally sensitive serious mature emotional conversations and being able to forge new neural pathways.
Moon squares Mars in Cancer late in the day/ July 23 EDT
this will make you antsy in your pantsy. Restless, arguments at home, road rage. May have difficulty sleeping,
LEO is BLING TIME. The SUN KING, Apollo, rides his chariot into his own parking lot July 22 @ 8:30 pm PDT/ 11:30 pm EDT
LEO, the 5th sign, is symbolized by the Constellation of the Lion, considered to be the KING and Queen of BEASTS. Female Lions rule their prides.
LEO rules the HEART, love affairs, children, creative self- expression, will power, pride, courage, EGO, DRAMA, actors, leaders, the ROYALS, luxury, gold and red, orange, yellow, excess, strength, Bohemians, Damascus Syria, the stage, heart attacks, brokers, movie theatres, government, the spine, bright yellow stones citrine, yellow diamonds, sapphires.
The 5th sign in similes is the 5th element which is SPIRIT, symbolized by gold, the Sun or Light.
The Ancient Egyptians worshiped the Sun God.
For the Leo month 10 things to ROAR about.
1. Don't hide your LIGHT, let is shine for all to see. You are the main player, the director and the STAR of your own life.
2. Be aware of all the dramas you create or allow into your life.
3. Act like you are someone you admire and want to be like. Get your courage and really GO FOR IT.
4. Treat yourself well, healthy pride based on positive self- esteem is good.
5. Keep your EGO in balance, not too much Prima Donna.
6. PLAY – your inner child needs to play all the time.
7. Do something nice for a underprivileged child, so many are denied the most basic of life's necessities while we mainly live like King's and Queen's here in the West.
8. DANCE, be happy, get creative, Enjoy the SUN. We are the LIGHT,
9. Practice,Positive thoughts and affirmations. Banish every negative thought.
10. BE CONSCIOUS of everything you do. Stay heart- centered.
LEO is the Card of STRENGTH in the TAROT #11/#8
Haindl Tarot Strength
The card of STRENGTH traditionally shows a woman holding the jaws of a lion open. She has an INFINITY symbol hovering over her head symbolizing enlightenment. There are thousands of variations on this card's symbolism. Sometimes the card is numbered #8 or #11. Too complicated to get into now.
The Haindl Tarot shows a naked woman controlling the serpent Kundalini energy. She is very Lilith like in this card.
The Card symbolizes the will over the beastial, lower, animal nature, instinct, greed, survival, vanity, jealousy, and everything which LOWERS one's consciousness.
That ability of the Feminine- the Soul, which is LOVE to control the lower animal nature is a mind/heart/spirit focus which is called KUNDALINI energy. Passion/heat.
The highest SOLAR consciousness is available to us at this time. The SOLAR LOGOS as Theososphist Alice Bailey and Rudolph Steiner referred to it, is the highest Light Master teachings available, the same as Buddha, Christ's etc.
FAMOUS LEO's
President Obama, President Bill Clinton, Director James Cameron, Lucille Ball, Coco Chanel, Madonna, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mick Jagger-"moves like Jagger."
Amelia Earhart, Aldous Huxley, Stanley Kubrick, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Ford, Emily Bronte, Percy Schelley, Herman Melville, Andy Warhol, Alfred Hitchcock, Napoleon, Cecil B. Demille, Sri Aurobindo, Robert Graves, Madame Blavatsky,
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What makes Iggy Pop? stars Astrology
Happy Birthday to IGGY POP April 21 he is 68 years old. The acknowledged Grandfather of punk, the outrageous unpredictable usually shirtless Iggy led the way for many others to follow. Often imitated there is only one IGGY, never mind Iggy Azalea.
Born James Newell Osterberg Jr. his parents were entirely supportive of him as a young teen. He started out as a drummer with a blues band called The Prime Movers where he got his stage name Iggy. Co-bandmate Michael Erlewine is a prolific genius who created Matrix Astrology Software the first computerized astrology software in the world in 1977.
IGGY and MC5: Punk starts here in Detroit City in 1964
They played louder and harder than anyone else and no one wanted to sign them. Kick out the Jams was their first live album. Iggy became known for his notoriously wild stage act- he originated stage diving. He was inspired by Jim Morrison of the Doors stage presence.
Iggy wore a maternity dress, white face and aluminum Afro wig for the very first Stooges concert. They were signed by Elektra Records in 1968. Iggy had a worsening heroin addiction at this time. In 1971 he met David Bowie at Max's Kansas City in New York and Bowie produced Raw Power in 1973. In 1976 Bowie took Iggy along on his Station to Station Tour.
In 1977 both Bowie and Iggy relocated to West Berlin to kick their drug addictions. Bowie helped him write and produce The Idiot and Lust for Life. They co-wrote China Girl, Tonight and Sister Midnight which Bowie covered himself later.
In 1980 Iggy published an autobiography called I Need More with a forward by Andy Warhol who had met Iggy when he was still Jim at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1966. "I don't know why he hasn't made it really big," wrote the one Pop artist about the other. "He is so good."
In 1983 Bowie recorded China Girl which helped Iggy's fortunes as he received royalties. With this support he took three years off to finally overcome his heroin addiction. Then he became a shaman, once he was the wounded healer.
In 1984 he did the title song to the film Repo Man. In 1985 one of his biggest hits Lust For Life was in the popular movie Desperately Seeking Susan with Madonna. He contributed his voice along with Lou Reed in 1985 for an animated film. In 1987 Iggy sung on a ground breaking super artsy video by Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto which won MTV video awards-see below.
Iggy has recorded 16 solo albums to date and still continues to perform live and record. He appeared as a character in the video game Lego Rock Band singing The Passenger and his voice is the tutor. Pop also acts and has appeared in 16 movies including one of my favorites, Jim Jarmusch's 1995 Dead Man with Johnny Depp and Robert Mitchum with an incredible sound track by Neil Young.
On April 7, 2011, at age 63, Pop performed "Real Wild Child" on the 10th season of American Idol. The L.A. Times music blog described Pop as being "still magnetic, still disturbing. " after all these years.
Lets check out Iggy' s chart for all of those elements.
From Iggy's life description you might expect some intense Scorpio, Aries, Leo, Pisces.
Iggy is a solid, earthy, sensuous, body conscious Venusian double Taurus with the Sun and Moon in the 10th house of fame- his parents support of his creativity is in this aspect.
The luninaries are squaring SATURN IN LEO on his 29th degree Cancer Ascendant and also square his Pluto in Leo in the 1st. Iggy is so very emotional, sensitive and Feminine and Saturn and Pluto give Iggy presence, over the top entertaining mannerism and staying power. Otherwise he would have O.D.'s long ago. He is a trouper, a fighter, a leader,burning to expose his soul in the raw.
Sun and Moon are also opposite Chiron in Scorpio in his 4th house. Iggy is an old soul, who transforms himself, his passion, his fascination with danger, the dark, the taboo, heroin, death and life through his creative Taurus side. This is a shamanic healer aspect.
Iggy has a fearless Mercury MARS ruler of Aries conjunction right on his Mid-Heaven. Iggy is famous for LUST FOR LIFE one of his most successful songs, exemplified in that aspect.That Mercury Mars is opposite NEPTUNE in Libra also right on his I.C. or the roots of his being. Neptune rules spirituality, creativity and addictions. This is the long battle that Iggy fought and also what fuels his creativity,
JUPITER is in SCORPIO in the 5th house of creativity, performers, love affairs and again that hunger for living larger than life and death, rebirth. Jupiter is in a out of sign Trine with Saturn in Leo. This is a lucky saving angel on Iggy's shoulders.
IGGY's South Node at 2 degrees of Sagittarius is also in the 5th house. He has been a philosopher, a teacher, a wanderer, a gypsy, an inspirer, a performer before, perhaps a magician. I feel he had success before. His North Node is in GEMINI in the 11th house indicated his highest goal is to be the revolutionary, rule breaker, forger, freedom fighter, the one who collaborates with his tribe.
Uranus in Gemini in the 11th indicate Iggy is a very unique individual and a dualistic minded person. He has a very strong persona, he is a quick change twin-sexed man. He has always cross-dressed and said he did so because there is no shame in dressing like a woman because there is no shame in being a woman. He is a shaman in the ancient sense of the word.
Iggy has Lilith conjunct Juno in Capricorn squaring his Mars and Mercury. This makes him a champion of women.
Iggy is a true original artist who has been faithful to himself all along. This is a rare precious commodity in this world these days. I admire IGGY for staying true to his heart and soul for being so OUT THERE and for surviving. In this youth worshipping culture it is important to honor the real survivors. Lesser artists would have abandoned their oevre's long ago. Thanks Iggy for being you.
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super rich Astrology, Venus Trine Pluto
March 30 get ready as VENUS in TAURUS will TRINE PLUTO in Capricorn at 15+ degrees
This is a super rich high calorie powerful and positive earth trine with great depth, richness, power and sensuality.
Venus rules Taurus so she is in her earthiest sensual most beautiful paradise in TAURUS. She is the real goods, the hands on physical earthly pleasures. The beauty of women with natural breasts and no implants. The beauty of the natural world, the virgin earth untouched by man. The beauty of raw materials, money, luxury, art, honey, flowers. The beauty in all relationships, the feminine spirit or essence in everything.
Venus symbolizes all women, each and every one of them, as well as all forms of beauty-
can you see beauty
"even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence." – Oriah Mountain Dreamer from The Invitation *
PLUTO is the Lord of the depths, Lord of death, of the invisible world of the shades as the ancients referred to ghosts. The word HADES is implicit in the word shades. Not blinds or blinders but the world where the blinders of life and limited consciousness are removed. Pluto's realm is very much alive as the dead were felt to live forever mythicaly and we instinctively know that in our ancient archetypal imaginations and psyches.
Most myths about Pluto and Persephone say that Pluto abducted or raped her to his realm. Some say the older interpretation was that Persephone went voluntarily to Pluto's underworld. It is part of her initiation into womanhood. Her encounter with Pluto symbolizes her menstrual cycle and her sexual initiation into womenhood. Venus symbolizes Persephone/Kore her Greek name.
PLUTO's name means RICHES. The richness of the immortal world, the eternal world, soul riches. This is also the imaginal, archetypal realm, the liminal, in-between, twilight worlds. These areas partake of our mourning over those we loved and lost who have passed from this material world. It's the realm of memory, poetry and bards and our ancestors who provide guidance from beyond.
Pluto as the ruler of SCORPIO governs sexuality, desire, danger, obsession, power, control, secrets. Scorpio is associated with snakes and snake wisdom, instinctual, grounded; and the shedding and recycling of their skins suggesting immortal life. Snakes also symbolize menstruating women, who monthly bleed and do not die.
Put these two planets/gods and Goddesses together in a positive earth trine and this is a great opportunity for women, artists, the creative spirit, and all of our soul's riches to soar and support each other.
Earth Trines ae good for VIRGO.
From Pluto there is a sextile to both Pisces with Chiron nearby at 18 degree, and another sextile to Scorpio at 15 degrees-beneficial. From VENUS a sextile to 15 degrees of Cancer and another one back to Pisces at 15 degrees which is the mid-point the hottest degree. It is also beneficial for 15 degrees of Virgo.If you have planets here definitely dig up your inner treasures and feel your riches and beauty.
MEDITATE on this positive trine.
it will happen in the middle of the night in PDT and EDT.
Think about riches, your inner, ineffable ones. The beauty of all of you, your "flaws" your scars, they are all beautiful. Ponder the qualities that you will take with you to the afterlife when you die. Cultivate inner beauty which no one can ever rape or take from you.
Think about VENUS, the ancient image of woman, the feminine and her psychological archetypal wealth which each of you carry within. She is your instincts, your ability to love and relate, your longing for beauty, peace and proportion.
Honour beauty by creating art and making love."ALL ACTS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY ARE MY WORSHIP"- The Goddess
I think about the most ancient feminine archetype of LILITH who I am very close to and fond of. She symbolizes the shadow feminine who is very like our fear of Pluto, death, depth psychology, our own shadow parts. James Hillman's works are a great resource of Pluto depth archetypes.
We need to love our shadows,to extract the riches there. The primal archetype of Lilith, her beauty in individual strength, in trusting her instincts. Snakes, her symbol represent primal instincts.
Draw upon your instincts at this time and ask to be blessed with the knowledge of both beauty and the taboo around beauty. Bless your own beauty in all its forms and your inner wealth. This will multiply your wealth mentality and attract more wealth back to you.
Pluto is the Plutocracy the 1% that own most of the wealth on this planet. Call upon the Goddesses, the Divine Feminine, Demeter, Persephone's mother, Kali, Durga,Lilith,the Black Madonna to bring balance to the earth and restore natural beauty and harmony so that we may all enjoy the earth's riches in our lives.
Knowledge of Lilith is really imperative for women and men doing their inner psychological and spiritual work. Invite her archetype to come into your dreams for dream healing. She is in every Astrology chart.
I adore this beautiful little jewel of a painting of Lilith the original woman with three snakes or nagas. Lilith was the snake in the Tree of Knowledge informing Eve correctly to eat the apple of Knowledge which made humans conscious, this was the first act of free will.
There is also video of the painting being created by Napoleon Brousseau.
There will be prints available on SAATCHI as of April 2 to feed your Venus Pluto with
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* Oriah Mountain Dreamer was my shamanic teacher from 1989.
Radical Leo Full Moon Grand Fire Trine Roar
Yes we need some fiery heat up here in the Northern Hemisphere. Katy Perry came in riding a Tiger at the Super Bowl. Leo is the sign of the Heart, of creativity and giving love.
Feb 3rd Full Moon will definitely give Leonine heat and star power.
Sun/Moon are positioned at the 15th degree, the most powerful with Jupiter cozying up to the Moon in Leo. Moon dance time.
The Sun is in Aquarius which is Ruled by planet Uranus. This is a call for a revolution for higher consciousness, co-operation, new inventions and radically moving from hierarchies which are non-inclusive. Aquarius is the Sign of Freedom, liberation, of co-creation. We can feel very hopeful on this Full Moon.
Aquarius is the symbol of the STAR #17 in the Tarot.
The Star is the symbol of Hope. Literally of wishing on a star. Do make mighty heart-felt wishes at the Full Moon on Feb 3 @ 3:08 pm PST/ 6:08 pm EST/ 11:08 pm GMT
The Leo Moon is always the star of the show. Leo is the sign of the child, leadership, playfulness and the arts.
Grand Fire Trine of Uranus in Aries to the Moon and Jupiter conjunct in Leo to ASTEROID ATHENA helps us to have courage, daring, passion, wisdom. Leo is the sign of the Heart and the will and creative self-expression. Can we be warriors of the heart? You may be feeling your heart burning you and your beloved up.
Athena was a warrior Goddess in Ancient Greece and the city of Athens was built to honor her. She was originally worshipped as a warrior Goddess in her own right. She became patriarchalized as a father's daughter, born fully armored from Zeus's head. Athena's symbol is an owl, she sees in the dark.
NEPTUNE and VENUS still in a beautiful soul unification from Feb. 1 are being squared by Saturn the Old Devil in Sagittarius. Saturn helps us to bring down the truth of cosmic higher law. We can be empathic and just-but there will be tests.
Lilith at 7 degrees Virgo is opposite Venus & Neptune. This is a beautiful balance of the Light and the Dark Goddess energies, helping us to heal the split in women, love and sexuality. All of the patriarchal religions fear, repress and split the power of the Dark Feminine.The goddess energies of love, compassion and relationship to all our relations is what we need now to survive.
Mercury is still Retrograde till the 11th of February. We are still rethinking the revolutionary plans.
Uranus is conjunct to the South Node in Aries and square to Pluto in Capricorn. We need to release the past to make way for new balanced North Node relationships in Libra.
Chiron and Mars are conjunct in Pisces bringing down cosmic spiritual healing to the Masculine warrior God. The two are in quincunx to the Moon and Jupiter retrograde in Leo. The tricky part is staying out of your ego of course.
Goddess asteroid JUNO at 8 degrees Leo is also Fire Trining Saturn the karmic teacher and the South Node.
Juno symbolizes feminine Genius, as opposed to a more masculine intellectual genius. Women intuitively understand what this means. Her symbol, an 8 armed asterisk tops a cross of matter. To me Juno's symbol is a magic wand.
At the Full Moon meditate on what has been fulfilled. This is definitelya magically empowering time. You are called to join with all other souls to rise and shine the Light of their Hearts as beacons to the world. Open your heart to love, to creativity, offer it up, share generously.
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Alchemy of Marriage, Astrology by Tara Greene
The ALCHEMICAL WEDDING, As Above, So Below
A very important aspect forms January 19/20 which symbolizes one of the main goals in human life, in spiritual growth and transformation, the Alchemical Marriage. We are all seeking our divine other-half, the Beloved, our soul mate. The Sacred Marriage within means to be whole, complete in oneself, as we are originally and to love fully.
You are all invited to participate in the Wedding party. Everyone gets to catch the bridal bouquet.
Neptune, ruler of spirituality, dreams, Oneness, Bliss, the Unconscious, completion and Hollywood blesses this rare event. Whether it is the glamour of Hollywood stars we are watching or planets, they both carry symbolic, synchronistic, archetypal messages. Hollywood and its films and movie stars are often very prophetic messengers perhaps unconsciously. They are playing out archetypal roles.
The old Hermetic maxim is "As above, so below." And as without- outside, so within. Everything is a mirror. George Clooney recently announced to his new wife Amal when accepting his award for lifetime achievement "I don't know what kind of alchemy brought us together, I am so proud to be your husband." A prophetic speech.
What is this Alchemy?
The transformation which turns Saturn which rules lead, trials, obstacles, negativity, karma, into Gold- the Sun or the Light, the Source itself. This process describes how we are to meet the challenges and difficulties in life. It is a complex process of spiritual, psychological, even physical, mixing and burning away of various elements; like Mercury, planet of communications, and analysis, into the Source/Light/gold. All of the symbols/metals/planets together form this Alchemical Marriage. When planets combine their energies in conjunctions, oppositions and squares this is also a type of Alchemy.
The powerful "as above" of this Alchemical wedding is a conjunction, which literally means sexual union between Mars and Neptune in Pisces which is exact January 19 @ 4:08 pm PDT/ 7:08 pm EDT/Jan. 20 @ 12:08 am UT.
Mars, is sexuality, passion, desire, fear, defenses, raw masculine life giving energy. The warrior God lays down his arms when he is joined to Neptune, the God of the Oceans. Mars is being baptized by Neptune's Holy waters of spirituality, Oneness, Bliss, compassion and forgiveness. Pisces, the last sign symbolizes endings. This symbolizes a martial purification and cleansing from bloodshed in war. It is also a spiritual initiation of the masculine towards spirituality and the Feminine.
Who is the Bride?
LILITH. Lilith is in Virgo, opposite Mars and Neptune which are in an exact conjunction in Pisces at 5 degrees 55 minutes. Oppositions symbolize a tense relationship, where we must find a balancing point in order to have peace.
Lilith, symbolizes the original woman, the ancient Archetype of the Goddess who existed before Eve. She is a Virgin Goddess, in the original sense, whole, complete unto herself, and she answers to no man. She was worshipped world-wide by hundreds of names since the beginning of time.
The Patriarchal {Saturn} religions have sought to destroy her worship and to split man from Nature to dominating the earth, which they have done for the last 5,000 years. Lilith is beautiful, sexual, fertile and powerful. She is also the projected {Neptune] fear- {Saturn} of men onto women's' sexuality and power
The original Genesis Biblical story of Lilith's refusal to be dominated sexually be Adam in the Garden of Eden is the original archetype of this split. If women {Lilith} refuse to participate in man's power games, then there are no relationships or children and no life continues. Lilith symbolizes man's own vulnerability and fear of being rejected, abandoned, and unloved, which has caused him to dominate and control women. The women have the power, and the men know that. This story also symbolizes where the healing needs to take place, through the sacred alchemy of marriage. The masculine energy needs to learn to surrender and to trust the Feminine in order for life to flourish on all levels, psychologically, spiritually and practically.
Lilith, in early Virgo, is an earthy, practical, workaholic. She helps us to be conscious of our bodies, of the earth, of boundaries, and limitation of what we harvest. Lilith also symbolizes the duality of sex, {Mars} and death, {Saturn.} The French call orgasm "the little death." For true intimacy, both egos must die to become one, {Neptune}.
Saturn in Sagittarius, symbolizes the Father, Patriarchy, the LEAD in the Alchemy, that "old tyme religion." Father time, Lord of Karma is also involved in the alchemy in a waning square to Neptune but still in the marriage party. Someone's got to give the bride away of course.
This planetary alignment signifies a Masculine surrender, a laying down of arms and ego games, a return to the Goddess, to worshipping the earth. Mars is transformed into the Positive Masculine, a Knight in shining armor, protecting the Holy Grail, the Feminine, and his own feeling intuitive function. This is the image of the transformed new Aeon masculine. Lilith also learns to compromise, and give man another chance to respect her in her beauty power and glory. This is the alchemy.
And there is more. Venus, Goddess of women, is in revolutionary, freedom loving form at 19 degrees + of Aquarius, the sign of higher consciousness, opposite Jupiter in Leo Retrograde. Jupiter in Leo symbolizes the Sun King. Venus in Aquarius, is a revolutionary new Feminine in relationship to the golden, optimistic, creative, self- expressive Masculine, the heart of power with Jupiter in Leo. The "golden crown" of power is worn by he who has the biggest heart, who gives away the most. Jupiter is ancient ruler of Pisces. Mercury, the "ring bearer" is also close by to Venus as he has been for the last few weeks.
MARS and NEPTUNE marrying Lilith in Virgo with Saturn in square dissolves the old projections {Neptune {and fears- {Saturn}, of Lilith, of women. This planetary alignment signifies a Masculine surrender, a laying down of arms and ego games, a return to the Goddess, to worshipping the earth.
Mars is transformed into the Positive Masculine, a Knight in shining armor, protecting the Holy Grail, the Feminine, and his own feeling intuitive function. This is the image of the transformed new Aeon masculine. We need positive Masculine energy to help save the environment, to respect women, to live in balance. Lilith also learns from Neptune to compromise, to surrender and give man another chance to respect her in her beauty power and glory. We are all originally one whole and complete.
It is a mystical transformation. Carl Jung said that there are only two emotions. Love and Fear. All the planets are involved which represent these symbols. Only when we love and accept and surrender our fear can we meet the Beloved within and achieve the sacred Marriage. .
Bring down this powerful cosmic symbol into our consciousness so that we can be transformed by marrying the opposing forces of Love and War of Martial desire and Fear within. Only when we experience this Alchemical change can we become unified, balanced, loving. Then we are the Gold, the Source and we can we see all others as the Beloved as well.
This Sacred Marriage, the Beloved within, is what we are all seeking. The great Persian poet Rumi wrote thousands of poems devoted to the Beloved.
"When you find yourself with the Beloved, embracing for one breath,
In that moment you will find your true destiny.
Alas, don't spoil this precious moment
Moments like this are very, very rare. – Rumi
This is a truly wonderful and very positive omen and expression of divine love.
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Alchemy, George Clooney, Amal, sacred marriage, coming soon.
"Whatever alchemy brought us together, I couldn't be more proud to be your husband ?" stated George Clooney to Amal, his beautiful intelligent, totally glamorous new Goddess bride in his acceptance speech at the Golden Globe awards. Women around the world swooned, as the two time "sexiest man alive" spoke words of the Beloved that everyone wants to here.
What is THE BELOVED? It is the Inner lover, the spiritual lover who is always and has always been with you.
What is that Alchemy thing?
You will find out by participating in a meditation on Jan 19/20
You are invited, The whole world is Invited Monday Jan 19/20
Who is the Bride? Lilith. More later. Just wanted to give you the invite.
The Wedding occurs January 19 @ 4:08 pm PST/ 7:08 pm EST/ Jan 20 12:08 am GMT
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Mendelssohn, a Midsummer Night's Dream Wedding March
Je Suis Charlie, Comet Lovejoy, Astrology
January 7,2015 at 11:30 am in Paris at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo in the 11th district, masked Gunmen with Kalashnikov rifles stormed in, firing at a receptionist they moved upstairs and opening fire on an editorial conference being attended by eight journalists, a policeman who was a personal guard for the editor in chief and a guest. As they ran out of the building they were filmed by a passerby who recorded them shouting "God is Great" in Arabic. Police came to the scene immediately and a shootout ensued. One policeman who was injured, was shot in the head in cold-blood. The well-organized terrorists lept into a waiting car and fled. They later abandoned the car and fled. Paris is on extreme alert for further Terrorist attacks. Police identified three of the attackers and one of them may have surrendered to authorities. They were known by police, I wonder why they were free.
The world is aghast and mourning. I send prayers to the 12 innocent people who were brutally murdered and their families. This is the worst terrorist attack in France since 1961 during the Algerian war.
Charlie Hebdo had been named after Charlie Brown , Charles Shulz famous comic. It has been firebombed before in November 2011 for making Anti Islamic cartoons. They have been satirical towards all types of groups and governments over the years. There was a court case defending the newspapers rights. In September 2012 they choose to publish cartoons attacking Mohammed. "The accusation that we are pouring oil on the flames { by President Obama} in the current situation really gets on my nerves," said Stephane Charbonnier, the newspapers editor in chief.
Stephane had infamously been quoted saying "After the publication of this absurd and grotesque film about Muhammad in the U.S., other newspapers have responded to the protests with cover stories. We are doing the same thing, but with drawings."
"And a drawing has never killed anyone," he added. Stephane Charbonnier was one of the 12 people killed yesterday.
Just hours before the attack the Paper published this cartoon and sent out a tweet of a cartoon depicting Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with the message: "Meilleurs vœux, au fait." (Best wishes, by the way.)
Freedom of speech is a basic right of Democracy. The paper was irreverent, satirizing all types of governments and religions. I've always loved satire because the more extreme it is the more it gets to the heart of the truth.
A media forum supporting the Islamic State militant organization praised the attack. "Congratulations to France and its people for harvesting what their hands have sown," the media channel said. "Do those malicious artists think we are a nation that remains silent to those who mock our Messenger, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him?
The Astrology at this terrible massacre
I know I had written about comet Lovejoy in a very positive sense. I was attempting to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. I also mentioned being very careful what one says. Traditionally comets have always been branded as "Harbinger of Doom" and "the Menace of the Universe." Comets were seen as swords with their tails as the handles unsheathed. They have historically been linked to wars and disasters- the word means without a star, for centuries in all countries.
LOVEJOY was expected to reach its closest point to Earth — a minimum of 43.6 million miles (70.2 million km) — on Jan. 7 it is travelling through the River of Stars, Eridanus now. Not far from huge star RIGEL the Foot of Orion the Great Hunter, the part of Orion that was stung by the Scorpion.
The Lunar Nodes now aligned with URANUS in Aries South Node at the mid- degrees and Pluto in Capricorn squaring the North Node at 14 degrees LIBRA is a very karmic situation.
Comet Lovejoy is in early GEMINI Tropical Zodiac right now opposite Saturn. Not marked on the chart. This does not bode well.
Saturn at 1 degree Sagittarius is already square to Neptune in Pisces at 5 degrees in the 12th house of secret enemies. Satan was the ancient name of Saturn. The Devil is the scapegoat or shadow { like Pluto} to whatever religious or cultural beliefs one has. Saturn always symbolizes death, history, Patriarchy, testing, obstacles, karma. Sagittarius rules religion, preachers, publishing, freedom of speech, philosophy, humor, inspiration, and International matters.
The two planets are a very literally telling the ominous portent of this heinous situation springing from old karmic vendettas about religious freedom. Neptune is symbolic of spirituality, imminent ecstatic religious experience, as opposed to organized religion. Pisces is the planet which rules oil, Hollywood, film, which Arabs were also forbidden to use, illusion, delusion, psychosis, hypnosis, secret enemies.
Mars in Aquarius – actions of freedom, is opposite a Retrograde Jupiter in Leo. "I am right, God is right. The Divine right of Kings."
LILITH is in Virgo opposite Neptune square to Saturn.
Lilith symbolizes the feminine archetype of disobedience to any outside higher authority, especially religious and she symbolizes the Charlie Hebdo- screw them attitude. Lilith is also involved in a T-square with Saturn.
The 3 terrorist suspects; Saïd Kouachi, born September 7 1980 in Paris pitting his Sun's position at 14 degrees of Virgo opposite Chiron. His brother Chérif Kouachi, born November 29 1982 in Paris puts his Sun at 6 degrees Sagittarius being squared by Pisces now, which means religious fanaticism and the other Hamyd Mourad, may have been born July 8 1996 or August 7 1996.
The world must unite to stop these Islamic Muslim Terrorists. It is another kind of fascism and may have nothing really to do with Islam, which is supposedly a religion of Peace. Any Muslim is somehow attached to these extremists because they belong to the same philosophy. I consider Religion a philosophy, it is wholly a man-made projection.
I have predicted this change of sentiment against Islamic Fundamentalists and an end to liberalism.
Legal actions, which is Saturn in Sagittarius, squaring Neptune in Pisces will be taken to create totally secular countries. All obvious religious apparel will be banned, therefore all Muslim women wearing hijabs and their husbands and families will be expelled from Europe, America and Canada over the next three years. It will be like the Spanish Inquisition again but to Muslims. In order to retain freedom for those who wish to live democratically these measure must occur. Canada keeps opening its borders to Syrian and Iraqi refugees which I believe is a grave and dangerous mistake. Borders will be locked in place. The old liberal age has to end. It was just a phase. Democracy can also be seen as just a phase at the rate things are going.
The irony is that depending on middle east oil to fuel our cars and industry has given them the wealth and power to be able to attack westerners. We must stop dealing with Saudi Arabia, OPEC, with all openly intolerant countries. China has a horrible human rights record to I might add.
The Muslim religion or any fundamentalist religions, orthodox Jews or Bible thumping Christians who are anti-abortion are all alike and are living in the dark ages. It is all about control,especially of women, ego, power, with religion as an excuse. Muslims are brainwashed into believing in Jihad since the Crusades in the 1200s. We cannot live alongside this philosophy, this way of living which threatens what the west has laboured so long to to create, democracy. Extremism is like a cancer, it must be isolated and stopped and contained. Much liberalism is over, with Saturn in Sagittarius. It doesn't work for the needs of these times.
Uranus in Aries symbolizes new, open, non religious, non-sexist, non- racist, modern, hi -tech societies. We're all on the same playing field together societies.The Uranus in Aries national Anthem is surely John Lennon's song IMAGINE which was also trending on Twitter. No religion, no reason to kill.
Pluto in Capricorn can be seen as fascism. The world will look very different. Many will be screaming about rights for all. But to have freedom one must also have limits. White supremacists aren't allowed to congregate and spread hatred. If the Muslim religion and its adherents are attached to this then legally they should also have their rights revoked. Yes not all of them are extremists but they do not do anything to stop this. At base they all bow to the same God, Mohammed. How will they be tested as to what their true intentions are? Saturn in Sagittarius is telling the truth. Neptune in Pisces is drugs. They may be used to subdue everyone.
We must let go of this ancient idea of religious differences power-over Patriarchal religions. I am against cold, inhuman, logical scientific world views as well.
Jupiter's entry into Virgo opposing Neptune in late 2015-2016 will bring back a more earth loving, back to nature, pagan, Goddess oriented religion of the body. That is good, if we are to survive, the earth has to survive first and foremost.
We are at a critical place. As Pluto moves into Aquarius in 2023. We should be in that Aquarius all on one level playing field.
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Just the facts April Forecast from Tara Greene
APRIL will be the most intense month of the year and you certainly WILL feel it.
The Grand Cardinal Cross comes to climax.
April 15 is TOTAL Lunar ECLIPSE in LIBRA
Grand Cardinal Cross is in effect from April 15, EXACT 20- 23- on till April 29 SOLAR ECLIPSE in TAURUS
NOTE BOTH eclipses lunar and solar are ruled by VENUS.
Many folks are freaking out from the planetary pressure.
March 30 NEW MOON in ARIES at 9 degrees ushers in April.
April Begins with April Fool's Day. BE like THE FOOL in the TAROT. TRUST And INNOCENCE, ENLIGHTENED ALREADY.
There are 3 planetary sign changes.
VENUS enters PISCES on April 5 Venus is EXALTED in PISCES which is totally LOVE BLISS of a very rarified vibration. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE is ALL THERE IS. Compassion and forgiveness are easy to access. VENUS is in the sign ruled by her HIGHER OCTAVE planet Neptune. You can easily feel yourself fall in love with love and the entire Universe's beauty. Venus in Pisces knows No Boundaries. COSMIC LOVE is the order of the day. Yes stars in your eyes. Not very grounded. Many may meet their soul mates or feel like they have. But please DONT SIGN ANYTHING ON THE DOTTED LINE. DON"T GET MARRIED IN VEGAS.
MERCURY enters ARIES on the 7th
SHINY new, rapid fire ideas and fast talking inspiration will excite, ignite and inspire people to simply GO FOR IT. Don't drive off the Vegas in a fast car. Your brain will be revved up.
Mercury enters TAURUS APRIL 23RD Downshift to ground control We will be thinking slowly, practically and securely towards the end of the month. We may have to fix the damages from a too hasty jump from the frying pan earlier in the month. Mercury will be closely aligned with the Taurus Solar Eclipse April 28-29.
PLUTO, one of the major players in this long evolutionary dance Turns RETROGRADE on April 14-
September 22 helping us to let go of that which no longer serves the higher evolutionary nature of these times. We must release the past before we can truly venture into a new soul filled life that we decide how we want to live it. There will be no thread to follow to help us out of the labyrinth. We must learn to trust deep, dark, moist, internal, authentic soul wisdom in order to evolve.
APRIL 15 features a very long TOTAL BLOOD RED LUNAR ECLIPSE @ 25+ degrees LIBRA
which kicks off a TETRAD of 4 consecutive total lunar eclipses in a row in 2014- 2015 with no intervening partial eclipses. This phenomena won't occur again till another 100 years. April 15 is also the beginning of PASSOVER in the Jewish Calendar. The next Total Lunar Eclipse is October 8 at 15 degrees Aries. APOCALYPTIC LUNAR ECLIPSE Some Jews and Christians are expecting the synchronicity of the BLOOD RED MOON with Passover as being part of the prophecy of Revelations. 6:12. "Then I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became like blood." The ECLIPSE will be visible across North America-see map
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The places where the eclipse will be totally visible is where its impact will be the strongest. And the places blind to the eclipse will not be affected as strongly- Note Eastern Africa, the Middle East, India,most of Russia, some of Asia. I will write a separate article about the planetary lines and the places these affect. The eclipse will be exact total at 12:43 am PDT but will have at totality for 1 hour and 17 minutes. The eclipse is said to have its effects last a year for every minute of totality.
THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL Lunar Eclipse in so many ways. Lunar eclipses change and AMPLIFY the electro magnetic frequencies between the SUN MOON and the earth and in our own internal bodies. The Full Moon which always symbolizes FEMININE FERTILITY literally is the ripe egg in the sky awaiting fertilization.
WOMEN are the MOON. At the Lunar Eclipse, the MOON's reflected bright light is shrouded behind the veil of the earth's shadow. What is in the Unconscious, the instincts, the deep feelings that are the Moon are stirred up allowing the unconscious to rise up as the Moon pulls the Ocean's tides to fullness, we are also in that flow.
VENUS is the PLANETARY RULER of LIBRA
A BLood Red Moon is a symbolic MENSTRUATING FULL MOON, a kind of hybrid as the New Moon is the menstrual phase. We have both here-total fertility and the absence of it when the uterine lining is shed resulting in the life giving, sacred MOON BLOOD at the same time.
WOMEN's SACRED BLOOD MOON This eclipse unviels and symbolizes a renewed instinctual knowledge for women aligning with the sacredness of their own bleeding times, with the Moon, in harmony with the natural order and cycles of the earth, nature, our own psychic energy, intuition, feelings, and remembering our sacred bodies,our wholeness, honoring that which is Feminine once again.
CERES the dwarf planet and GODDESS of the EARTH is exactly conjunct the MOON at 25 degrees Libra.
VESTA the Vestal Virgin is at 23 degrees LIBRA She of the sacred Sexual Tantric mysteries; when priestesses embodying the Goddess cleansed men through Sacred SEXUAL Tantric rites when they were at their most powerful, when they were "on their moon" bleeding in order to cleanse them after they had been to war and to teach men to become enlightened in this manner.
ERIS GODDESS of DISCORD is opposite Ceres and VESTA and the Moon at 22 degrees of ARIES- and she will stir up trouble if she isn't honored.You may remember her as the 13th Fairy in the SLEEPING BEAUTY story. She warns of the Dark Feminine's curses if ignored.
JUNO SACRED GODDESS of Women's GENIUS is at 23 degrees of ARIES opposite the Moon CEREs and VESTA and the SUN is at 25 degrees ARIES.
ATHENA is at 25 degrees LEO squaring Saturn Retrograde at 21 Scorpio.
LILITH is at 4 degrees of LEO and she is squaring the NORTH NODE at 28 degrees Libra.
LILITH the ORIGINAL WOMAN the rejected NATURAL WOMAN she is gives birth to all, who was rejected, demonized, feared for her sexuality, power and beauty is bringing tension to our relationships.
NORTH NODE in LIBRA- truly FINDING equal PARTNERSHIPS We haven't done this before in a way that is balanced.
I WILL BE IN SEDONA ARIZONA for both eclipses doing rituals and ceremony's as I am being called by spirit
I am offering special Sedona healing SACRED VORTEX readings and individual healing sessions and cleansing womb sessions for women. To be on the red rocks on a full Blood red LUNAR ECLIPSE is going to be amazing.. STAY TUNED I know there will be an e-book, MP3′s guided Mediations, and chants coming out of this.
I made a sacred vow 22 years ago to help women honor their sacred MOON TIME when I was graced by an amazing experience during a Women's Shamanic healing workshop. It's coming out in the book.
The first 20 people that sign up and pay for readings get a special rate of $77.00 email me for this SPECIAL RATE I will send you a link to PAYPAL email@example.com
GRAND CARDINAL CROSS is tightening from the APRIL 15 in LIBRA- EASTER APril 20-23
the 5th of 7 EXACT squares between Revolutionary Uranus and Soulfull PLUTO connect. Jupiter is adding his regal expansive, optimistic energy to these two since July 2013 .
HUge Metamorphosis, evolution to the highest heights.
Mars joins in making the GRAND CARDINAL CROSS exact from April 20-23 at 14 degrees CARDINAL.
MARS Retrograde makes us retrace our past to understand it, when Mars goes Direct May 19 we can begin to ACT and be empowered with the rebirth force strong. WE will re-evaluate, renegotiate, reflect, renew, review, relegate, rest, rejuvenate, redux, refute, regurgitate the Masculine and FEMININE balance. This affects personal, career, business, money, emotional, physical and spiritual matters.
For everyone born in the late 60′s this is another MID LIFE CRISIS.
For those born in 1981-82 you are being affected HUGELY to grow to your greatest to shake free of cultural stereotypes, to lead the vision of a new RADICALLY DIFFERENT and spiritually more integrated and balanced world. Some people think the Dec 21 2012 Mayan "end date' was a big joke. Others believe and feel in their souls that a new higher consciousness is being birthed right here and right now.
This is what it looks and feels like to become multi dimensional beings . Life is magical and you realize you are the creator and co-creator in your life.
Do you feel it? Uranus in Aries- higher consciousness life force. Using tech to bring new realities. Jupiter in Cancer – new ways to eat, grow food, relate to the biosphere, homes that feed us and our children, the bees, no GMO's raw food, and Mars in LIBRA- the Masculine that honours the Feminine and vice versa, and Pluto in Capricorn destroying corporate greed, rebuilding the system. NO more pollute O.
Those with planets at these middle and most powerful CARDINAL degrees will feel the pressure building to a crescendo. Many of my clients are seeing their lives fall apart, and need to feel hope, need to feel past the fear, need to understand the Feminine way that death- PLUTO- is a necessary step to all new life.
is really having us slow down. We will have to wait till MAY 19 when MARS TURNS DIRECT to be able to truly ACT. RETRO MARS is making us slow down and re-evaluate, renegotiate, reflect, renew, review, relegate, rest, rejuvenate, redux, refute, regurgitate the MAsculine and FEMININE balance. This affects personal, career, business, money, emotional, physical and spiritual matters.
SATURN is in quincunx to the SUN at 25 Aries and Juno and Eris. there's some karmic debts that need to be paid if one over identifies with Ego.
NEPTUNE VENUS and CHIRON all TRINE JUPITER in CANCER and sextile Pluto. spiritual healing is here, trance out, believe, know you are loved unconditionally.
PLUTO is sitting exactly opposite the U.S. SUN which has never happened before in the U.S. history. With Jupiter exalted in Cancer one degree away from the symbolic ego of the U.S. How do you like them apples?
Annular SOLAR ECLIPSE APRIL 28 @ 11:14 pm PDT/ April 29 @ 6:14 am GMT @ 8 degrees TAURUS
This is where we ground all those higher powered electrifying energies. This is where we pay attention to our physical bodies, and the earth herself. Sun Moon and Mercury are conjoined. We will be body mind connected. The Grand Cardinal Cross is still in effect.
VENUS at 25 degrees Pisces is QUINCUNX to the April 15 Lunar Eclipse degree 25 of LIBRA
Venus rules TAURUS and LIBRA so the challenge is to truly EMBODY the UNCONDITIONAL LOVE of Venus in PISCES. "Walk our talk."
Wow I think this will be so amazing. Don't buy into the fear. I am feeling it as so positive.
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Whore oscope, BLACK MOON, BIG BUCKS Astrology from Tara Greene
I am a Horoscope Whore. I love Astrology. And I love to give it to you. It's even a first poem by a Famous Author.
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Women were once SACRED WHORES. This is not a contradiction in terms. THEY WERE, and I remember being a SACRED TANTRIC priestess of the Goddess who initiated men through sacred sexuality to cleanse them. They were and lived as earthly goddesses. They were the soul of the Goddess in raw real form. LILITH was the original woman. aka the BLACK MOON. There are three LILITH's I wont go into it right now.
the upcoming week holds clues to engaging this energy.
Deeena Metzger wrote an infamous little book called THE WOMAN WHO SLEPT WITH MEN TO TAKE THE WAR OUT OF THEM
This article didn't start out this way the BLACK MOON LILITH took over me.
A power packed week ahead.
Moons in CAPRICORN Tues and Wed. EARTHY
this aspect holds and build all week till Jan 31 when JUPITER EXACTLY OPPOSES PLUTO
Its mean and dirty. WE ARE GOING OVER PREVIOUSLY TROD PATHS. WHY?
Because we didn't get it the 1st time. CANCER – home security in all its meanings. VENUS IN CAPRICORN- women in business. Capricorn is the Patriachy the conservative old boys club. The Bushes etc.
VENUS in Capricorn is women embodying their power. Once they had it.Now they are reclaiming it.
WHAT DO WOMEN WANT? is the age old question. THEY ARE REVIEWING THEIR PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW.
THis is a major theme of 2014.
I had a revelation an EPIPHANY this morning about this.
WOMEN POWER WILL ERUPT like a friggin explosion my friends. NEVER mind GRRL power although it's a start.
She CANT BE TAMED, MILEY CYRUS first break out song, is an anthem.
It 's a Skanky WHORE of an aspect. It's TABOO. What is MOSt hidden, LILITH, women's true sexuality.
It can play out in many ways-
ITS SERIOUSLY Capricorn. THE MOOON CONJUNCT PLUTO IS ALWAYS heavy to add JUPITER in CANCER RETROGRADE'Sintensity is to pack a super punch.
SPEAKING OF BIG BUCKS I CONSULT For corporations and private businesses email firstname.lastname@example.com
super wealth, hidden banks, manipulative power over lords. REAL GROUNDED ASSETS> fighting over those.
can also be serious earth changes,
Pluto – Volcanic explosions, storms, extreme weather, we are in this aspect coming to peak for many days now.
Can be civil violence, protests and domestic violence too. Government surveillance protests.
JUPITER is excess and so is PLUTO, danger of nuclear radiation etc.water damage of various kinds, dams breaking.
IF You have planets at 11-15 degrees of CARDINAL SIGNS you will be feeling this.
It'll be impossible not to.
Libra and ARIES are close by but no cigar yet-wait til lmid APRIL.
The U.S. is of course is having JUPITER SITTING ON ITS SUN. Sounds sexy too.
SHOULD BE SUNNY but it isn't
WEALTH INVERSION. Issues with food recalls, the health fiasco of President Obama.
WOMEN will begin to change politics in the next few years. not just Hillary Clinton. there will be other women candidates.
MONSANTO- rigging of food- will be stopped, big battles over who controls food.
BLACK MOON coming Jan 30 very rare TWO NEW MOON's in a month.aka LILITH MOON
LILITH she takes no shit from no man ever.SHE IS FIRST WOMAN BEFOR EVE.
SHE IS WHOLE unto herself. SHE IS NATURE BEAUTIFUL RAW AND TERRIBLE.
She brings life and she brings death. ANd you can't coerce her no way no how.
LILITH Will be screeching all over this land. She is owlish. WOMEN take back the NIGHT.
ALL PART OF THIS JUPITER PLUTO VENUS ENERGY My friends.
VERY POWERFUL magic on this night.RELEASING AND BINDING SPELLS>
JAN 31 JUPITER EXACTLY OPPOSED PLUTO IN CANCER @ 1:16 am PST
JAn 31 MERCURY ENTERS PISCES
ah spiritual calming mental time.we need that. more later…
VENUS GOES DIRECT too @ 12:49 pm PST
FEB 1/2 ST. BRIGID DAY IMBOLC its the festival of first light we are half way to SPRING!
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You're as sick of hearing about Brian Williams as I am. However, I think I've found some solutions. Some of them are so simple, I'd be surprised if they weren't in the works already.
While Mr. Williams' didn't really do anything differently than what we apparently all do every day, his cultural standing amplifies his indiscretion, making his actions seemingly all the more egregious.
Time to debunk the myth that journalists--those in a professional field, unlike law or medicine, where advanced degrees or adherence to established codes of conduct are not uniformly demanded--have a monopoly on deciding what's news and who is worthy of delivering it.
We live in an age where people fact check everything we say and do. If we exaggerate or embellish, people are quick to point it out and we are summarily kicked to the curb.
The most puzzling aspect of Williams' downfall is why such a wildly successful man would feel the need to puff himself up with such adolescent chest-thumping.
Anchors have become the brand, readers, for stories that other producers and reporters uncover. The problem with Brian Williams is that he is a storyteller. The ability to tell a story is very important in every reporter and writer's life. But, Williams did not have the background in reporting and writing to temper his tall tales.
Last week, the news profession lost three of its leading lights -- Bob Simon and David Carr to sudden and unexpected death and Brian Williams to a six-month suspension. In our shock and sadness we are drawn to ask ourselves some serious questions about the state of the news media today.
You have landed in a huge, messy puddle of your own making. You are a champion of independent, fair, reliable journalism at its best in a moment in our country's history when that tradition, which you and I both love and support, is wobbling.
These hosts are under persistent pressure, fueled by the necessary narcissism and vast salaries, to promote themselves as world-historical personalities -- making themselves players in great events, albeit leavened by (a stagey) self-deprecation.
Wouldn't we be a gentler, more educative culture if, instead of wallowing in Williams' shame, we treated it as an opportunity for all of us to discuss and examine the nature of the humanity we have in common?
At the risk of stating the obvious, we're all the sum total of our experiences and those experiences make us who we are. Later on, you cannot relive your life to make it more interesting.
Whatever the case, Brian Williams' downfall is symptomatic of our culture. No doubt Williams felt compelled to spiff up his newscasts.
Like it or not, lying serves an important function. It's the glue that holds society together. It sustains careers, keeps marriages intact, fuels wars, sells billions of dollars of goods, and spares the more sensitive among us the devastating hurt that often accompanies the awful truth.
Stewart took the reins of The Daily Show as a goofy parody of local news, and turned it into something smart, influential and useful. It transcended mere entertainment. And it has done its job.


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By: hurricaneben , 12:27 AM GMT on August 11, 2012
As Ernesto moves out for the picture (and possibly re-develops over the Eastern Pacific), our attention shifts to Tropical Depression Seven.
Tropical Depression Seven has been struggling since formation yesterday but could have the opportunity to strengthen by a little bit in the next day or so as it approaches impact in the Windward Islands tomorrow. We will probably see this become TS Gordon by tomorrow before being teared apart by dry air. This does not appear to be a threat to the Lower 48, as it is forecast to remain fairly weak and could dissipate just in the next couple of days due to drier air. A tropical storm watch is in effect for the Windward Islands.
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Cooler SSTs is taking its toll on Invest 93L which now has a much lower chance of development in the short term. No immediate threat to land, but Bermuda may be affected a bit later down the road (next week) according to some of these models. Much warmer SSTs could stand in this area of interest's way by the time the week is kicked off. That's when more re-development is possible. The NHC only gives this a 20% chance of TC formation by Sunday evening.
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The Zoho Reports Advanced Analytics Add-on for Zoho CRM allows you to better analyze your Zoho CRM data. Its intuitive drag-and-drop interface allows you to easily create reports and dashboards. Sales and Marketing personnel can 'slice and dice' their Zoho CRM data and take informed business decisions.
Zoho Reports is an on-demand reporting and business intelligence solution that helps you get new insights on your business information through its powerful and flexible online business intelligence engine. You get powerful reports in minutes, with no IT help. It offers the following important capabilities.
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The Zoho Reports Advanced Analytics add-on for Zoho CRM brings in all the capabilities of Zoho Reports described above to Zoho CRM. It comes with the following features/benefits.
Users with paid Zoho CRM accounts (Enterprise, Professional or Standard editions) can subscribe to this add-on.
For configuring this add-on in your Zoho CRM account, you will require administrator permission. If you don't have administrator permission in your Zoho CRM account, ask one of your Zoho CRM administrators to configure this add-on for you.
As a Zoho CRM users, subscribing to this add-on brings you immense benefits. You get to look at your data in Zoho CRM in ways you haven't looked at before. Using this Zoho Reports add-on enables you to do powerful analysis of your CRM data and create insightful reports & dashboards. Like say constructing sales funnels, knowing your sales win/loss rate, knowing your Top 5 / Bottom 5 sales persons, predicting how your sales in different regions is going to be in the following months and quarters, and do much more.
Zoho Reports' drag-and-drop based reporting is so easy to use that you could create any report or dashboard on your CRM data with no IT help or technical knowledge and share them to your colleagues.
The Zoho Reports Advanced Analytics Add-on for Zoho CRM works as below.
When you setup/configure the Zoho Reports add-on, 100+ default reports/dashboards are automatically created. These hand-picked reports will be pretty useful in analyzing your sales performance effectively. For example, sales pipeline report, Top 5 / Bottom 5 sales persons report, Win/Loss % report, sales prediction report etc.
You can quickly review the default reports that would be created from the Sample Database listed below: https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=779360000000010452
For more details about the reports supported for Zoho Reports Advanced Analytics Add-on for Zoho CRM, refer to Reporting Features section.
To use the Zoho Reports Advanced Analytics Add-on for Zoho CRM, you need to purchase the Standard Plan or any plan above it in Zoho Reports (Refer to the Zoho Reports pricing page). You can subscribe to a paid plan in Zoho Reports as follows:
Note: Ensure that you subscribe to the Zoho Reports paid plan, only from the account of the Administrator who setup the Zoho CRM - Zoho Reports Add-on
Yes, we do provide a 15-day free trial for this add-on from the date of setup.
Anyone to whom you privately share your databases, tables (data), reports and dashboards, created in Zoho Reports, for collaboration is considered a "User" in Zoho Reports. A user is identified by his/her unique email address, with which their Zoho Reports account was created/registered.
Suppose you subscribe to the Zoho Reports Standard plan, you can privately share the data/reports in your account and collaborate with 4 other persons. Now your Zoho Reports account is said to have 5 users (including yourself).
In Zoho Reports, a row or record is defined in the same context as in a database (or spreadsheet). In simple terms, a table consists of rows (records) and columns (fields). Each row in a table represents a set of related data and has the same structure. For example, in a table that represents "Contacts", each row would represent a single contact record. The number of rows calculated for pricing, is the sum of all rows/records stored across all your database tables in your Zoho Reports account.
The Zoho Reports add-on is available for the users of Zoho CRM's Enterprise, Professional and Standard Editions. Subscribing to the Zoho Reports add-on is easy. Please follow the below steps:
Note:Ensure that you subscribe to the Zoho Reports paid plan only from the account of the Administrator who setup the Zoho CRM - Zoho Reports Add-on.
Setting up the Zoho Reports add-on is easy. Please follow the below steps:
You will be configured for a 15-day Free trial of Zoho Reports. You will receive an email after the data from CRM gets imported into Zoho Reports. After the initial data from CRM gets imported into Zoho Reports, subsequent changes made will automatically get synchronized into Zoho Reports at the scheduled synchronization time.
Refer to the below slide show for instruction with step-by-step instructions.
To use the Advanced Analytics add-on you need to upgrade your Zoho Reports account to Standard Plan or above. By default when you setup/configure this add-on (as described above) your Zoho Reports account will be automatically setup & subscribed to a 15-day trial of the Standard plan, to enable you evaluate the integration features. After evaluation you can upgrade your Zoho Reports as follows:
After configuring your Zoho CRM account, wait for at least one day for all your Zoho CRM data to be imported into Zoho Reports. You will receive an email when the import/sync is complete and is ready for creating reports over the same.
Once the initial data synchronization is done, subsequent changes you make to your data in Zoho CRM (add, modify, delete records) will automatically be synchronized into Zoho Reports every day at the scheduled time you have specified during setup.
The daily import/sync process of your Zoho CRM data can fail sometimes, due to a variety of reasons. And hence you may receive such mails occasionally. No worries. The Zoho Reports team will look into it immediately and get back to you taking the required corrective action.
Setup Process Failed mail will come when there is a failure during the initial Zoho CRM - Zoho Reports add-on setup.
Synchronization Failed mail will come if there is any failure during the data synchronization process, run daily, between Zoho CRM and Zoho Reports, after the initial setup & import is completed successfully.
Zoho CRM data from the following fields will be synchronized by default into Zoho Reports. You can also include additional columns/fileds to synchronize from Zoho CRM to Zoho Reports as described in the question below.
Yes, you can add custom columns or new fields. Follow the steps given below to synchronize your custom columns into the Advanced Analytics Add-on for Zoho CRM:
Data will be synced and the new field will be imported into Zoho Reports at the scheduled synchronization time. In case you have already set up the Zoho Reports Add-on in your Zoho CRM account, then you can open the Zoho Reports Configuration screen as given in the following question.
Yes, you can edit the Zoho CRM-Reports Synchronization setting by following the steps below:
Note: This option can be used up to five times per day.
Once the initial data import/synchronization between Zoho CRM and Zoho Reports is completed successfully, you can start accessing the reports created in Zoho Reports and also create your own reports & dashboards, as described below. If you are the Zoho CRM administrator who configured the Zoho Reports add-on,
If you are a normal user of Zoho CRM, you will see the Advanced CRM Analytics link, only if your administrator has enabled sharing to your account in the Zoho Reports add-on. (Refer How to Share Reports & Dashboards question).
If you are another administrator of your Zoho CRM account, but not the one who setup the reports add-on, you will see the 'Advanced CRM Analytics' link only if the administrator who had setup the add-on, had shared the 'Zoho CRM Reports' database with you.
Refer How to Share Reports & Dashboards to know about how to share reports and dashboards to other users in this add-on.
You can easily create your own reports using the Zoho Reports add-on by dragging and dropping the appropriate columns from the data tables (CRM module data) that have been shared with you. You can refer to the below presentation to know how to create your own reports & dashboards using Zoho Reports.
Also Refer to the Following Video Demos:
Note: For creating your own reports using this add-on, you can do it only if your administrator who has setup this add-on, has shared the tables (that contains the CRM module data) in Zoho Reports to your account. Refer How to Share Reports & Dashboards question.
By default, the reports you create are accessible only to you. However, you can share the reports with your colleagues using the Sharing options available in Zoho Reports. Refer to the How to Share Reports & Dashboards question.
Data from the following six modules of Zoho CRM get synced with Zoho Reports.
Each of the above modules is stored as a 'Table' in Zoho Reports. Default reports are based out of the above 7 modules. You can create your own reports & dashboards over the above modules.
We plan to support synchronization from other CRM modules too in the near future.
We plan to support synchronization from other CRM modules in the near future. Support for other modules will also be prioritized based on user demand.
It will be setup in the account of the Zoho CRM Administrator who configures/sets up the Zoho Reports add-on trial. It is this account which will serve as the master admin account of Zoho Reports.
Yes, you can do this. If the account on which the trial is configured is not upgraded after trial expiry, then the account will be downgraded to free plan and eventually the sync will also be deleted. In this case you will be able to set up the synchronization in the account you need by purchasing the Add-on. You will not be able to trial the tool again.
At present, we do not provide an option in the user interface. If you require this transfer, please do mail us to email@example.com. We will get your requirements and handle this.
Zoho Reports supports a wide variety of reports.
Yes, you can modify the default reports. If you are the 'Administrator' who set up the Zoho Reports add-on or a 'Database Owner' (Refer Managing Users in Zoho Reports), click the 'Edit Design' button in a report's toolbar and you will be able to make the changes. If you are just a user who's been shared the report, click 'Save' -> 'Save As' and save the report as a new report. You can edit this copied report now.
You can create any type of report with this Zoho Reports add-on. All you have to do is open the appropriate table(s)/module(s) over which a report is to be created, click 'New' and choose any type of report you would want to create.
Use the intuitive drag-and-drop based designer of Zoho Reports to create the report required. To know more, view this slide show on "How to Create Reports?"You can also quick view the type of reports & dashboard that are created by default, from the sample given below, to get know the possiblities. https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=779360000000010452
Columns from across different tables can be dragged and dropped to create a report. Refer this slide show on How to Create Reports?
Formulas, as the name indicates are calculations that you could define in Zoho Reports to help you create the required reports. Zoho Reports provides a powerful formula engine to create any type of calculations required, to enable creating the required reports. Refer Adding Formulas in Zoho Reports to know more.
The below table lists all the default formulas that will be created in the 'Zoho CRM Reports' database by default. You will find these formulas pretty useful, in creating reports & dashboards in Zoho Reports. Also these formulas are used in the reports created by default in your database.
The below table lists all the default formulas that will be created in the Calls table:
The below table lists all the default formulas that will be created in the Cases table:
The below table lists all the default formulas that will be created in the Leads table:
The below table lists all the default formulas that will be created in the Potentials table:
The below table lists all the default formulas that will be created in the Potential Activities Query table:
The below table lists all the default formulas that will be created in the Tasks table:
Refer to the Adding Formulas in Zoho Reports help page. You can also read this blog post on aggregate formulas in Zoho Reports.
No, you cannot. Data from Zoho CRM modules gets automatically synched into Zoho Reports in the 8 different tables (one table for one module). You cannot edit any of this data or add new data records from within Zoho Reports.
No, you cannot add new columns. But you can add Formula Columns and Aggregate Formulas (i.e. Calculated fields) to these tables to help you create powerful reports. Refer Adding Formulas in Zoho Reports to know more.
Yes, you can add new data tables. Click New > New Table and you can add new tables to the existing Zoho CRM reporting database.
With this feature, you can import new data or add them manually into your reporting database to analyze and create reports combining this with the Zoho CRM data. You can import data from files like Excel, HTML and CSV. You can also import data from local databases like Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL and MS Access.
Zoho Reports allow you to pull the data required by writing standard SQL SELET Queries. This feature is called Query Tables. With Query Tables you can also combine data from different tables and create reports from the same. View this demo video to know about how to create Query Tables in Zoho Reports.
Yes, you can join data from multiple tables to create the reports. Refer to Joining Tables in Zoho Reports for detailed help on this.
You can share the default reports provided in the Zoho Reports add-on and also the reports you create, with your organization co-employees/colleagues. Refer to Sharing and Collaboration help page for more.
Once you privately share a report to your colleagues they will be able to access the same as you do, following the steps below:
1. If you share the data tables in the Zoho CRM reporting database to users, they will be able to create their own reports over the same.2. If you add a user as a Database Owner in the Zoho CRM reporting database created in Zoho Reports (Refer Managing Users in Zoho Reports, to know how to add Database Owners), the user will be able access all the data & reports, create new reports and do any operation that you could do on the reporting database.
When a Zoho CRM Administrator configures the Zoho CRM - Zoho Reports add-on, the tables and reports will be available only to him/her, by default. The Administrator has to share the 'Zoho CRM Reports' database with other members of the organization. Only then will the default reports be accessible by those members. Let's say the Administrator has shared the database with other members in the organization. And a member creates his/her own reports. Those reports will be available only to him/her alone, unless he/she shares them with others.
To know more, refer to Sharing and Collaboration help page.
The Zoho CRM Administrator who setup the add-on should share the tables present in 'Zoho CRM Reports' database with other members of the organization. Once this is done, the shared users can create reports based on those tables.
Note: If you add a user as a Database Owner in the Zoho CRM reporting database created in Zoho Reports (Refer Managing Users in Zoho Reports, to know how to add Database Owners), the user will be able access all the data & reports, create new reports and do any operation that you could do on the reporting database
Zoho Reports supports fine-grained access control. The following are are user roles that are supported in Zoho Reports:
1. Administrator (Master Admin): The Zoho CRM Administrator who had setup the add-on will also be the administrator of the Zoho Reports account
2. Database Owner: The Administrator can designate one or more users as Database Owners. A Database Owner has all permissions to add, delete, modify reports, table rows and even tables. A Database Owner can share the database tables/reports with other users. A Database Owner cannot delete or rename a database.
3. User: A user has the least privilege in the hierarchy. Unless the Administrator or a Database Owner shares a table with a user, the user cannot create any reports on his/her own. Also, an Administrator/Database Owner can decide to set specific permissions when sharing a report (Read Only, Export Data, View Underlying Data, Share with Others) or a table (Read Data, Export Data, Add/Delete/Modify Row, Delete All Rows, Only Append Rows, Add or Update Rows, Delete All Rows and Add New Rows, Share View / Child Reports).
Refer to Managing Users in Zoho Reports, to know more about different user roles in Zoho Reports. Also refer to Sharing and Collaboration help page.
This is the expected behavior. If the user being shared to is a database owner, he/she can edit the reports. If a normal user wants to edit report, what he/she can do is to use 'Save As' to save the report in a different name in his account. This report can then be edited.
Yes, you can. Refer to this help documentation section to know how this can be done.
To print a report/dashboard, please follow the below steps.
Note: If you are a user to whom a report has been shared and you want to take a print, ensure you have been provided the Export permission by the Administrator to the report, only then you will be able to print the report.
If you are the Administrator of the Zoho Reports add-on or a 'Database Owner', you can schedule reports and dashboards to be emailed automatically. You can do this is as follows:
Reports and dashboards can be exported in a variety of file formats.
You can export a report/dashboard in Zoho Reports as follows
You can easily embed the reports & dashboards created in Zoho Reports in your website, web application or blog. Follow the steps below to achieve the same:
On embedding, you will see the corresponding report within your web page, application or blog. Refer Embedding in Web Pages/Blogs to know more about this.
Yes, you can. Refer to the steps described in the embedded slide show below.
The embedded slide show below shows how to do this.
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Hi all,
Under advice of another user, im just going to copy and paste my introduction into this forum, this is probably the forum im going to spend most time in:
Im wiles9 from Northern Ireland, currently i live in Spain, have done for about 8 months, im studying Mathematics out here. Im a big mountaineering fan of all types, but this challenge ive set up ahead is something new to me... long distance cycling.... and i need a lot of advice please from this community..
My girlfriend and myself have planned, what is to us a big big trip.. we plan to cycle : Barcelona -> Belfast
The route has not yet been planned, the training has not yet begun... and last but not least.. we aint even got ourselves bikes capable of the jobs.. so all advice is welcome.
We have april/may/june training time, and july/august/start september to do the trip, which i guess is gonna be about 1500 miles.. depending on the decided route.. ie. through spain, pyrenees, france, south ireland to north.
Maybe to some this is a small task, to us its huge, as we never have done anything like it, talk about going of on a tangent from rock climbing to this eh..???
People who throw some advice back.. anything is welcome and im grateful, brands, styles, price to spend etc etc... so far we have a budget, but havent been able to decide on an upper limit... as we our trying to work out how much we will spend a month on the road and during training... (living on pasta haha)
Cheers folks,
That was my original post, since then we have trailed all over barcelona looking at all the bike shops, the three best so far have been "Pro Bike" and "Cycle House, Tomas Domingo", "Cicloturismo" if that helps anyone. Most shops dont stock the right gear, so far they have tried to sell us racers that they say they will drill holes in for us, others have even went as far as trying to sell us town bikes.. so were not taking anyones word. The three above were very helpful but still not 100% honest in my opinion. The fact that we are not fluent in Spanish does not help... we only know basics.
Few questions...
1. Spokes... will 32 do for heavy loaded?
2. Aluminion forks, much more vibrations??
and the bikes so far...
For my gf (user ang): Specialised Tricross Sport Triple
Me.. well im stumped, i also like the above bike, seems up to the job... but the other bike ive seen (hugely out of my price range, but hey.. we all splash out sometimes..) is a Canondale Touring, dont know the exact model..
It has 10speed with 3 front cogs, brook leather seat, Tubus front and back racks, shimano 105 gears etc etc.. im sure you pros know the model im on about, ill find out the exact year/model tomorrow.
Im not so sure what else to ask right now.. we have been reading some other threads but with uni work time on computers is hard to come by!!!
Em.. Cheers again :-)


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Love Gov: From First Date to Mandate
Recorded: Monday, July 6, 2015
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Love Gov portrays the federal government as an overbearing boyfriend Scott Gov Govinsky who foists his "good intentions" on a hapless, idealistic college student, Alexis. Each episode follows Alexis's relationship with Gov as his intrusions wreak (comic) havoc on her life, professionally, financially, and socially. Alexis's loyal friend Libby tries to help her see Gov for what he really is a menace. But will Alexis come to her senses in time? Tune in to find out!
Episode 1: An Education in Debt
Episode 2: Protection from Jobs
Episode 3: A Remedy for Healthcare Choices
Episode 4: House Poor
Episode 5: Keeping a Close Eye on Privacy
Type: Independent Institute TVIssues: Banking and Finance, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Corporate Welfare, Culture/ Society, Drugs (Illicit), Economic Policy, Education, Environment, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Freedom, Government Power, Government Secrecy, Government Waste/Pork, Health Care, Housing, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Privacy, Privatization, Property Rights, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxes, Welfare, Womens Issues
C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism
Recorded: Saturday, August 2, 2014
David J. Theroux, founder and president of The Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California, discusses the writings of C.S. Lewis and Lewis's views on individual liberty, natural law and statism.
The presentation was the keynote talk at the first annual conference of Christians for Liberty, that was held at St. Edwards University in Austin, TX, August 2, 2014.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: Other EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Collectivism, Culture/ Society, Education, Family, Freedom, Government Power, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privacy, Privatization, Property Rights, Regulation and Deregulation, Religion, Science, Taxes, Welfare
Robert Nelson on BookTalks debates Christian Felber on Economics as Religion
Recorded: Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Economist Tomás Sedláček hosts a BookTalks debate with Institute Senior Fellow and economist Robert Nelson and guests from fields of theology, philosophy and economics.
Nelson is author of The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in Contemporary America.
Experts: Robert H. NelsonType: TelevisionIssues: Economic History and Development (International), Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, Free Market Economics, Religion
Smart Growth
Recorded: Friday, March 21, 2014
Senior Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan exposes Government misappropriation of gas tax revenue to fund "smart growth" urban development programs.
Experts: Lawrence J. McQuillanType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Agriculture, Bureaucracy and Government, Economic Policy, Environment, Government Waste/Pork, Land Use, Regulation and Deregulation, Urban Issues
Water Fight
Recorded: Friday, March 7, 2014
Senior Fellow Randy T. Simmons, co-editor of Aquanomics, looks at the battles over water in the western United States. Thirsty citizens of growing cities, farmers, factories and environmentalists are in a fight for a natural resource that is priced arbitrarily. Its value is determined not by the free market, but by bureaucrats. Outdated government reclamation projects and water policies have put residents of the Golden State at the mercy of the weather, and of government's mandatory regulations.
Experts: Randy T SimmonsType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Business, Economic Policy, Environment, Land Use, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Waco, Twenty Years LaterWhat Statism Is All About
Recorded: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Twenty years ago, Americans witnessed the greatest law enforcement atrocity in modern U.S history. On February 28th, 1993, the ATF raided the Branch Davidian home in Waco, Texas. The stand-off finally ended 51 days later, on April 19th, after the building went up in flames, killing 70 civilians including more than 20 children. Reflections by Independent Institute Research Fellow Anthony Gregory.
Experts: Anthony GregoryType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Law Enforcement, Religion
Randy T. Simmons on Environmental Regulation
2012 Summer Seminar for College Students
Recorded: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
This presentation is from our 2012 Challenge of Liberty Summer Seminar for college students, which was held from July 30 to August 3, 2012, at Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California.
View videos and more information about the Summer Seminars.
Experts: Randy T SimmonsType: Challenge of Liberty SeminarsIssues: Environment, Regulation and Deregulation
S. Fred Singer Interviewed on KUSI San Diego on Global Warming
Recorded: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Research Fellow S. Fred Singer speaks with KUSI San Diego's David Davis on
the scientific and economic issues surrounding the global warming debate.
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Purim is the traditional Jewish gift-giving holiday, hence our tradition of providing Matanot L'evyonim, gifts for the poor. A large figure of Haman (BOO!) looms in the Temple lobby during the Purim season with his pockets (hamentaschen!) containing gift requests which support the work of Tulsa's Parent-Child Center. This is an opportunity for congregants to fulfill this mitzvah of providing gifts for the poor.
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Harrogate Grammar School sixth from pavilion by Bowman Riley Architects
[FIRST LOOK] This new sixth form pavilion at Harrogate Grammar School designed by Bowman Riley Architects has been granted planning permission
The block, which includes teaching rooms, a learning theatre and dining room, is currently out to tender and work is expected to begin on site in September, with completion due in August next year.
Seven teaching rooms and a theatre with retractable seating and a large practical area will be included in the modern and flexible accommodation at the sixth form pavilion.
The theatre space is designed for the requirements of the media, performing arts and a 300-seat lecture hall, while it can also hold exhibitions and events.
'Bowman Riley Architects is proud to be working with Harrogate Grammar School on this project,' said company director Laurence Teeney. 'The school is one of the top educational providers in the area and we feel that our innovative design compliments this position.'
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Nick, I love this powerful analogy!
You've made it so clear that to the doctor and the speaker who "dump first," it doesn't matter who is in the room.
I sure don't want to be a dumper!
The single biggest mistake most public speakers make most often
Let's imagine for a moment that you're ill and you go to the doctor. You get into the examination room, and the doctor arrives, and before you've even opened your mouth, she prescribes a pill for you. What would you think?
Of course, you'd think the doctor didn't know what she was talking about. You'd think to yourself, what a terrible doctor! We all want our doctors to listen first, talk about the problem with us, and then give us the answer.
The same holds with public speaking. Most speakers make the mistake of our hypothetical doctor. They immediately start dumping what they know on us without listening to us or talking with us about our problems.
Speakers need to establish both credibility and trust with their audiences, just like doctors. You must establish trust first, by showing the audience that you understand its problems. Then, you can demonstrate your credibility by showing that you know how to solve those problems with your expertise. If you go for credibility without trust, your relationship with that audience is doomed.
Remember the doctor. Focus on the problem first, then your solution. Trust, then credibility.
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Nick, I love this powerful analogy!
Hi, Marion —
Thanks for the great comment, and glad to enlist another non-dumper in the cause!
Great analogy. As it happens I went to a seminar over the weekend where the presenter did just that – in addition to speaking non-stop for a full 2 hours and using a Powerpoint presentation full of text-only slides for about an hour of it. She openly admitted to being an inexperienced presenter so I emailed her afterwards to let her know the info was great but I had a few ideas on how she could restructure her presentation. She is open to having a chat so hopefully this will be one we can put on the right track.
Hi, David —
Thanks for the comment and the great anecdote. I suffered with you vicariously through that 2-hour presentation. Let's hope you can set her on the path to presentation redemption.
As usual, you're right on the money.
I work with teams who are making bids on huge contracts. They inevitably want to start their presentations by 1) giving a company overview, and 2) explaining their solution.
I ask them to start by defining the prospect's problem. Don't say anything more, I say, until you see them nodding their heads in agreement. You want them to know that you understand their problem, their pain, and their hope.
When they resist my suggestion, it's usually because they're afraid that they may not fully understand the prospect's problem. Which makes me wonder how they can believe that their solution is the right one.
Thanks Chris —
You're right on the money with the advice you give clients. We do the same. There's little more off-putting than listening to someone launch into "let me tell you a little about us" at the start of a talk.


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At a certain age you realize that you are, in large part, what you do. I do not remember when I took my first photograph, but I remember getting my first "serious" camera in 1969. Now, after 35 years as a commercial photographer translating the ideas of others into photographs, I use photography to learn more about how I see and think photographically.
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