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Location of event: Bankruptcy > Motions, Applications & Briefs > Waiver of Chapter 7 Filing Fee, Application
Things to be aware of when filing: This event should only be used to seek a waiver of the initial filing fee for a new chapter 7 case, not for any other fee.
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The bankruptcy court may waive the chapter 7 filing fee for an individual debtor who:
(a) has income less than 150 percent of the poverty guidelines last published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) applicable to a family of the size involved; and
(b) is unable to pay that fee in installments. The Application for Waiver of Chapter 7 Filing Fee must be filed as a separate event, not included with the Voluntary Petition.
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If you've come out to your vehicle somewhere in Williamsport only to find a Post-it note flapping in the wind on the drivers' side window, don't fret. It's only a fellow Williamsporter who's trying to spread kindness.
In June 2012, a girl named Laina Walker uploaded her first video to YouTube. Now she has 1,156,690 subscribers to her channel. Among those million digital fans is at least one Williamsport resident, who became inspired after Walker - a YouTube sensation known for her skits featuring an "Overly Attached Girlfriend" character - uploaded a video on June 5, alerting her fans of her upcoming YouTube anniversary as well as her birthday that month.
Walker announced to her fans that she only wanted one thing from them in celebration of the milestones: for them to do something nice for someone throughout the month of June and hashtag it "#MonthOfKindness" on social media.
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Shown above, the creator of the Williamsport Post Its project leaves kind Post-it notes on cars on a sunny afternoon last week. The project aims to inspire people in the community to spread positivity.
"All I want for my birthday is for you guys to do at least one thing for somebody else. That's it," Walker says in the video. She goes on to give examples, like buying groceries for someone in line at the grocery store or at a drive-thru.
"It could be as little as complimenting a stranger ... maybe tell them you like their clothes or their hair or their ... left nostril," she jokes in the video.
But then Walker mentions an idea that struck the Williamsport listener:
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"I want to see you guys doing stuff for other people. Maybe leave a nice note on someone's car randomly ... be like 'heyyy! Have a nice dayyy!' "
This particular suggestion is what inspired the creation of Williamsport Post Its - a simple, random act of kindness to spread a little positivity around Williamsport, by way of sticking a Post-it note with a kind, one-line message on the driver's side window of a car.
"I just want to make someone else's day, but also whether I make their day or not ... just for them to get the idea (of being kind); open a door, give a compliment," the Williamsport Post Its creator said.
She explains further on the Williamsport Post Its Facebook page:
"I want to make people smile, even if it's only for a split second, when they are down. I want to bring an ounce of positive into your life to remind you that it exists. Maybe you're having a great day and think, 'There's nothing wrong, why would I need this note.' Use that note to remind (yourself), someone else may need a positive attitude from you. Someone you know, or don't know, may be hurting and need a friend. Be that friend," she urges followers.
She won't be identified by name because she wishes to remain anonymous, for now at least.
"I just think staying anonymous keeps it exciting to a point. I didn't want to draw attention to myself and don't want people thinking I'm doing it for attention. I could care less about the attention," she said in an interview with the Sun-Gazette.
In a world where sometimes it feels as though negativity bogs everything and everyone down, she sees Williamsport Post Its as just a little relief from that.
"Once in a while you see nice gestures, but it's so slim anymore," she said, "I figure it maybe will inspire some others to make it come back."
So far, the project is still in its infancy, with a little more than 300 likes on Facebook (facebook.com/williamsportpostits), but continues to grow each day. She figured that probably around 200 people have come out to their cars to a happy message on a Post-it.
One person thus far has acknowledged a found note after returning from grocery shopping at Wegmans, taking a photo and sharing it with the Facebook page: "Found this on my car at Wegmans!! Nice surprise :)" Savannah Hill shared on Aug. 1.
The notes read positive messages of all sorts.
"Anything positive, encouraging or inspiring ... whether it's complimenting beauty on the inside or outside ... I figure something like that will always pertain to someone in some way," she explained of the project.
The project's creator always keeps Post-its with her when she goes out to run errands, often stopping when she observes a decently secluded car; she attempts to be elusive as possible to avoid exposing her identity.
She's been lucky so far in not being identified, with only one close call in the Wegmans parking lot.
"The only people who know are my mom and fiance ... and now you. My fiance is really supportive and he always laughs at me because he always makes sure to pull up the car when I want to leave a Post-it," she laughed.
She realizes that the idea on its surface may strike folks as being stalker-ish or creepy, but that's most definitely not the case, she emphasized, which is part of the reason why she created the Facebook page and writes down the URL for the page on the Post-its she leaves.
"With the Facebook page, I just made it so people could be aware if they see a Post-it, that it's not a stalker ... so they could get on there and talk about it," she said.
"I don't want to be the reason a husband or wife get a divorce because I (wrote) 'you're beautiful.' So I wanted to create the page so that they had a place to go to see that it wasn't creepy."
She said that she has been getting a lot of messages on the page, asking who she is. To try and minimize the curiosity, she has been posting the occasional Facebook update to followers, giving them clues to her identity.
"I have two tattoos and a dog," and "I was born and raised here," are some of the clues.
"I just want to put some random (things about me) out there so they feel like they're getting to know me," she said.
At the time of the interview with the Sun-Gazette, she was only sticking Post-its to cars, rather than just anywhere. But over the weekend, she and her fiance decided to change it up.
"We went into (two Williamsport restaurants) and paid for a table's meal at each restaurant, and had the manager put the Post-it on their bill," she said.
She and her fiance picked one random table at each location, paying for the bill. Excited about the event, she wanted to let her Facebook followers know:
"The servers handed the families their bills with the Post-its on them. At one restaurant, the server we spoke to wanted to 'contribute to the cause,' so she gave us $4. I assured her it would go toward the (project). When we left the restaurant, we taped the $4 to the back of our last Post-it for the night and put it on another random car," the Facebook post explains. "I hope everyone had an amazing weekend. And if you were one who got posted, I pray we were able to make your night a little better. If it made you smile, I did my job."
At this point, it isn't known if Laina Walker has taken notice to the project that she helped inspire when she asked her subscribers to participate in the "#MonthOfKindness."
But notoriety isn't the point. Spreading kindness is the point.
And with the Little League World Series coming up - a prime opportunity for spreading kindness on cars - don't be surprised if you find a Post-it letting you know how awesome you are.

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Xel-Ha is one of those brilliant accidents – where nature's handiwork meets man's creativity. It is located on Mexico's Caribbean coast and 75 miles (122km) south of gorgeous Cancun. The drive to Xel-Ha is just an hour and a half down the coast from Cancun. It is a wonderful, breath-taking scenic trip.
Named after the nearby Mayan archaeological site, the Xel-Ha theme park opened in 1984. Since then, the popularity of its facilities and attractions has never flagged drawing people from all over the world.
The Xel-Ha park area is created by the ox-bow curve of the coast and peppered with numerous tiny islands. The area is pockmarked with numerous caves and grottoes. The incredibly blue waters are populated by innumerable varieties of fantastically coloured tropical fish and underwater plants. The waters are a mix of fresh underwater springs and the ocean's salty variety adding to its amazing allure. It is without doubt the world's largest and most beautiful natural aquarium.
The sea-side of the park is protected by a shark fence making it safe for snorkelling, scuba diving and swimming. The top attraction in Xelh-Ha is the opportunity to swim and interact with the super-friendly dolphins. You can hug these endearing creatures, which are not averse to giving you kisses or a speed thrill by pushing you over the water on their snouts.
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The fun and adventure is topped off with a trip to the buffet tables for a mouth-watering breakfast and lunch. The choices are huge – international cuisine, sea foods and Mexican foods.
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CROWLEY - Funeral Services will be held Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home for Christopher John Trahan, Jr., 3 months, who died February 4, 2012 in Crowley.
The Reverend Herman Ogea, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church, will officiate for the services. The family request visiting hours to be Thursday from 9 a.m. to the time of service. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Christopher is survived by his parents, Christopher John Trahan, Sr. and Sarah Michelle Doucet Trahan; one brother, Kaiden James Trahan; maternal grandmother, Mary E Summers of Claremore, OK.; maternal grandfather, Donald Doucet of Crowley; paternal grandfather, John Lewis Trahan of Crowley; and paternal grandmother, Carolyn Quebodeaux of Crowley.
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In 1871, the gelatin dry plate was introduced. This process used a sensitised gelatin emulsion that was dried on the plate and could be stored, protected from light, for months before use. The gelatin process superseded the wet collodion process and revolutionised the world of photography.
In 1873 gelatin-silver bromide papers were invented and first produced by Peter Mawdsley, although they did not come into general use until the 1880s.
They were developing-out rather than printing-out papers, that is, after a brief exposure under a negative, usually in an enlarger, the image was further brought out by chemical development.
Because of the great variety of papers offered by manufacturers, the tones and surface gloss of gelatin prints varied. Generally, however, the tone of the image of the gelatin-silver-bromide print is neutral black. A gelatin-silver-chloride print that has been developed out is blueish or cool in tone, while one that has been printed out is brown or warm in tone. All of these colours can be altered by toning.
The highlights are white unless the underlying paper support has been tinted. Gelatin-silver prints often have a high surface gloss, particularly if they are contact prints. Gordon Baldwin, 'Looking at Photographs', J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991
Both these photographs are gelatin-silver prints, their cool tones suggesting that they are developed-out prints. Note that both prints have a glossy surface, typical of most gelatin-silver prints, but the lower image is more shiny, showing that the gloss can vary in strength between prints.
Although the gelatin print is usually a developing-out process - that is, after a brief exposure to a negative, the print is immersed in chemicals to allow the image to develop - it can also be a printing-out process, similar to the albumen process.
Gelatin, an animal protein, is used as an emulsion to bind light-sensitive silver salts - usually silver bromides or silver chlorides - to a paper or other support. Depending on the type of salts used, silver chloride for printing-out and silver bromide for developing-out, the photograph was placed under the negative under a light until the image appeared in its final form, without chemical development, or exposed under a negative and then immersed in chemicals to allow the image to develop or emerge. The first process, printing-out, was necessarily much longer than for a developed-out photograph.
Photographers from the 1880s and afterward did not normally coat their own papers but obtained them from commercial sources. Gelatin-silver prints had generally displaced albumen prints in popularity by 1895 because they were more stable, did not yellow, and were simpler and quicker to use. Gordon Baldwin, 'Looking at Photographs', J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991
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This fantastic infographic provided by SEOBook, shows how Google's attitude towards affiliates has changed over the years. First, they loved you because you bought PPC traffic, then when that traffic began to get noticed by big companies, they started a slow but steady campaign to oust most affiliates from their PPC network; even going as far as to ban many affiliates.
At first you would think that it may be the affiliates problem right? They should have known that their ads would get banned. Not so fast…whenever you delete or pause a PPC ad in Google, no matter how old it is, it still remains in your account. Many affiliates were banned because these old, outdated ads, which may have been deleted or paused, were at the time completely within Google's terms and conditions; however, because they currently don't adhere to the rules, they were banned, some for life.
Essentially, Google had them by the throat. They ran completely legitimate ads in Google say in 2005, decided that they didn't want to run that ad anymore for whatever reason, deleted it, (although still contained within the account, thus, not truly deleted), and then had their account banned because it didn't adhere with Google's current terms and conditions.
Can you see the problem here?
Over the years, affiliates have been taking some pretty big hits by Google; either getting their sites pushed down in the search results, or whatever the case may be.
Ironically, during this short amount of time, Google has opened up their own affiliate network. Which leads one to wonder if these same sites were to promote products from Google's affiliate network, would it make a difference in rankings? I haven't tested this but would sure be curious to hear of anyone who has.
So, all this rant out of the way, here's the infographic I was telling you about…


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Interview with Anne and Jim Armstrong
with Anne and Jim Armstrong
3-28-11 - DC note: Dennis Samson came along with me to interview the Armstrongs. Anne was a psychic whom a lot of people from the SFZC saw in the late sixties and onward. She got to be fairly well known. She died in 2010.
Below are an introduction to their interview with Michael Toms on New Dimensions Radio and an excerpt from the Grofs' book Spiritual Emergency.
11-26-12 - Removed here a quote pulled off the web in 2002 because it was from Ann M Armstrong (Medium/Healer/Private-Sittings) in England and not the Anne Armstrong interviewed here. I think it's Anne. Got an email yesterday from Ann M pointing out my careless error. My apologies to her and to England. Have emailed her about another quote I'll use if it's the right person. Can't tell.
A heads up on this interview, though I find the history, the connection to Watts, and a lot of the details interesting, neither Anne nor Jim have strong memories of Suzuki Roshi and the most interesting part of this interview is when I ask her to do a psychic reading on him, to contact him beyond the ashes. If that's all you want, go here. For those of you who realize that psychic readings are a bunch of nonsense at best or criminal fraud that should be prosecuted to the full extent of laws not yet passed until Randy gets his way, you can stop reading when you get to the Psychic reading starts here notice.
DC note: The tape starts with the Armstrongs asking me about myself.
DC: I live in Sebastopol. And I remember you all from Tassajara and Page Street. I dont remember exactly where or when. I was there at Tassajara from the very first, when Zen Center bought it. I did the Dining Room every year. So, I always met all the guests. I remember people, guests and students, talking about readings they had with you Anne. I remember when Yvonne Rand brought Dick and Virginia Baker to see you.
AA: Oh, yeah.
DC: I remember what you said, some of the things you said to them. Ive been to psychics some in my life. My mother would send me to them to check them out. She went to Arthur Ford, the medium too. I knew Fred Kimball very well. I dont know if you know who he is.
AA: Oh, Yeah.
DC: He just died. He was in his nineties.
AA: Is that right?
DC: Oh, he died a few years ago. We stayed in touch for twenty-five years. I loved Fred. Anyway, I found your website and thought it would be good to get in touch. Heres a book that I did on Suzuki Roshi. A little book of vignettes. [To Shine One Corner of the World, now published by Shambala as Zen Is Right Here]
AA: Oh, yeah. A lovely man.
DC: I did a big biography, too. This ones a little better as a gift. So, Id just like to hear from both of you, whatever you remember that you want to share about Suzuki Roshi, about Zen Center, any background, how you ended up there, what you did. Any memories you have.
JA: Well, I remember how we got involved with the Zen Center. You probably do, too (looking at Anne). We started when Alan Watts came to Sacramento, when we lived over there. I remember after he was in a Unitarian Church or something. You know, how they go down in the basement and have tea and cookies and coffee and everything after the meeting. So, we were down and Alan had just talked. Gee, I thought hes an interesting guy. So, I got down there and I thought-he never said anything about how you ever get to hear him again. Alan wasnt much into advertising. So, we got down there and finally I got up to him and I said, Mr. Watts, how do we ever get a chance to, you know, listen to you again sometime (laughs).
He said, Oh, I dont know. Im kind of connected with the Zen Center. He was just very casual about it. At some point he said, Well, sometimes I have small groups on my houseboat in Sausalito. So, we just kept pulling it out of him and finally found out how you make contact to come to the houseboat. So, once we made contact with Alan, why then, naturally they had just bought Tassajara. [made the down payment]
I remember, we went to another lecture in San Francisco down in the Haight Ashbury or some place down there, where Alan was the featured speaker. And the proceeds were all going to go to this new Tassajara Zen Center. And I remember seeing the paperwork and it said they had to pay $300,000 for this place. These people gotta be crazy! Where the hell do they think gonna raise $300,000? I mean, they havent got a chance in hell of paying that thing off.
DC: Heh, heh!
JA: Little did I know! Man, that was when Zen was really taking off. So, then we found out about 300 Page Street. So, thats where we ran into Rand and whats his name that became the roshi?
DC: Dick
JA: Dick,
AA: Dick
JA: And all the rest of the gang. I really think that Buddhism changed our lives.
Because, at that point when Anne and I probably about mid-Sixties must have been
DC: Well, Page Street, we bought in November of 69. But, Tassajara we bought in December of 66.
JA: Okay, thats when we met Alan. Right at that time. Because every time he did a benefit it was to help pay off Tassajara. Youre right. It was after Tassajara. Where was the Center of things before they bought Tassajara?
DC: Theres a Japanese Soto Zen temple called Sokoji on Bush Street.
AA: OHHH! , sure.
JA: Sure. I used to go there to sit very, very early. Thats right. Judith Weaver took us. You know Judith?
DC: Sure.
JA: Ok.. I remember we went there with Judith Weaver and sat there and remember we went back to her place at lunchtime after the sit there that afternoon.
AA: Yeah.
JA: But, anyhow, after we met Alan, he had four weekends of Mahayana Buddhism. And we were just barely starting to understand something about Buddhism. We were kinda off-beat Christian mysticism types. You know what I mean? We had read some Rosicrucian material and stuff like that. And of course we were brought up as Christians.
DC: Did you ever read any Emmett Fox?
JA: Oh yeah.
DC: I was raised on Emmett Fox type Christianity.
JA: So, wed read all that kind of stuff. By that time wed run into reincarnation. Of course, that made sense. So, when I was a kid I had run into Theosophy. So, I had a basic understanding of that. But, nothing like what we got with those four weekends with Alan on Mahayana Buddhism. Im telling you, when we came out of those four weekends, our life was so scrambled, that everything we had ever believed was stood on its head. Im not kidding you, I bet it took us a year to recover. So, it was the best thing that ever happened to us. It made us really sit down and think. So, by that time, wed become well acquainted with Alan. We were starting then to, well, I guess really Buddhism changed us and Tassajara changed my life, because I went down there in about 69 and Anne had a workshop at Esalen. So, I dropped her off at Esalen and then I would go on over to Tassajara. I stayed over there a week.
And then I came back and picked her up. Ill never forget. I walked into the office at Esalen in the dining room and ran into some of the people that we knew there. Of course, electric razors dont run worth a damn on kerosene, so I had a weeks stubble on there, you know. And they said, Oh, youre growing a beard. I said, Hell no, I just havent been able to shave for a week. So, I went on home and got in the house and my daughter said, Wow, Dad, thats great! Youre growing a beard. I said, Im not growing a beard. I just havent had a chance to shave. Oh, yeah, it looked great. You cant shave. What do you mean I cant shave? She said, I will get up in the middle of the night. Ill turn the hi-fi on. Ill keep you awake all night, if you shave. I said, Chris, you gotta be crazy. I cant go to work looking like this. Well, you know, I sat there for a week thinking about my life. I felt there had to be a better way to live my life than the way I was doing it. So, well, as a matter of fact, we had finally built the booster that got the guys to the moon. So, you know, we were pretty deep into rockets of all kinds, both tactical and...I started in Southern California and I ended up in Sacramento.
DC: Uh, huh...
JA: So, we were building tactical as well as for NASA to get themselves on the moon. So anyhow, I just told them I want out. So, I went about a month later to my boss who said, 'Mr. Armstrong, are you bucking the system?' I said, 'What do you mean, Eleanor?' She said, 'You know, everyday your hair gets longer, your beard gets longer, your ties get louder'...
[DC and JA both laughing]
JA: So, about once a month I would go talk to the Vice President and I said, 'Look, I want out.' 'Oh no we got lots of guys around here. If anybody's gonna go. There's a lot of guys around here. You just go back to your desk and relax.' So, once a month I'd take my little journey up there. Finally, one day I said, 'Look, this place, you gotta lay off some people. And I said, why don't you lay me off. There's a guy down there that can handle my job. Hes got a wife and three kids. He's bought a new house. And I said, 'He needs a job worse than I do. Give him my job and let me go. And finally the next spring they let me go. So I quit. And then, while I guess it was a few years of rambling around and then Anne and I start doing workshops.
DC: You and Anne were already together?
JA: We'd been together since the day she turned 21.
DC: What year was that?
DC: And how old were you that year?
JA: Born in '16. So, I was 24.
DC: What's your first memory of coming to Sokoji?
JA: Well, so as soon as I had that week down there. I spent a week down at the Center.
DC: You mean Tassajara?
JA: At Tassajara. Then I came home, quit my job and then I immediately applied for a month. So, I went back in about April.
DC: Is this '69?
JA: of '69 or '70. Went to Tassajara. Yah, like April of the following year. I think it was '69 I went down there in the summer and then the beginning of '70 then I think I went back to Tassajara. So, I went back then for a month.
DC: So, I was there then.
JA: So, I stayed there a month and they gave me a job in the woodshop.
DC note: Here hes talking about some opportunity to learn Japanese carpentry or to go to Japan to do so, maybe something that came up at Tassajara.
JA: ...go to Japan and learn how to build, learn Japanese carpentry? I'm tellin' ya', that was a hard thing to turn down. Boy, I know I came home and talked to my family, boy that was a rough thing to give up, because I could have really loved to have done that.
DC: Now, was Anne with you when you were in Tassajara?
JA: No, no. I could have stayed there forever. Anyhow, then I came home and then I kinda hung out and doing various things for the next few years and then in the summer of 76, Anne and I started doing workshops together. And were still doing them. I think one of the highlights of my trip at the Zen Center was the Roshis wife invited me for a tea ceremony. And that was great! That was really a treat. So, I came back then later in the fall. I went to a nine-week live-in pottery workshop and I came back to Tassajara at the end of the summer. I remember when wed go pick all the pears that were left on the trees and that had fallen on the ground and brought back a truckload back there?
So I came back then for another couple of weeks. Thats when I finally decided I was not going to go to Japan. I would have loved to have been there.
DC note: Hes jumping around in time mentioned 76 and then back to when Suzukis still alive in 70 or so. No biggie.
JA: So, anyhow, then Anne started getting more acquainted with the roshi. So, you can kinda tell him what your connection with the roshi was.
AA: That was a long time ago.
JA: Yeah, I know.
[Phone call interrupts here. Someone's got a problem]
JA: Thats what you get for livin so damn long. Waiting to have all the friends we got are all dyin or somethin happenin to em. Take ole Ram Dass, you know, of course I guess hes getting in much better shape though.
DC: Hes doin alright. I saw him recently.
AA: Did you?
JA: Hes lives right here someplace in San Anselmo.
AA: I didnt spend anytime in Tassajara.
JA: No, you didnt. Your contact with him was, cuz I remember one time when we were together and he said to you, a lot of people used to come to her, you know, for counseling. So, she went and talked to him one day. I remember you saying that you had told him that you were a little embarrassed, because she said, I dont want to interfere with their spiritual work. He said, Look, you take care of their psychological aspect and Ill take care of their spiritual aspect. He said, Dont worry about it. And he was always gonna come see her, but he never, never got around to it.
DC note: I would say that Suzuki was not at all interested in psychic readings but he wouldnt have been hostile to the idea, just would have been polite and then forgotten about it. He wasnt interested in any sort of interpretive system whether it worked or not including psychology. He said he was interested in astrology as a young man but then decided maybe it wasnt necessary to know so much about yourself. Id say that his way was to encourage people to tune into their own intuition.
DC: Heh, heh. I bet Yvonne wanted to take him to see you.
JA: Yeah, she was one of Annes clients.
DC: Yvonne used to introduce him to a lot of people on the outside.
AA: Where is she now, do you know?
DC: Shes in Muir Beach.
AA: Oh really.
JA: Yeah, shes just up around the corner here.
AA: Is she still involved with the Center?
DC: As a friend and adviser. Shes has her own center at her house with her own students.
AA: She does? Oh my goodness. I didnt know that
JA: Just around the corner.
AA: So, I dont know that theres very much I can add to that, because, like I said, I didnt have that much contact with him. The only concern I had was the fact these students would come to me and I got really embarrassed about that. But, he said, Thats alright. You need to do both things.'
DC: When did he say it was alright? Where were you?
AA: Oh my God where was I?
JA: What we used to do when wed come into the city, lots of time we would stay at 300 Page Street in the extra rooms they had there. So, wed stay there and wed go to sit in the morning and we had contact with the roshi at that point. So, wed probably be doing one of those sessions and then we got to know Baker very well. And he was one of Annes clients.
DC: That would have been later.
JA: Yeah, it was later.
AA: Where is he now? Do you know, David?
DC: Colorado and Germany. He just had an operation for prostate cancer in Germany. [cancer has not returned dc, 3-11]
AA: Jeez. Is he still involved with Zen Center?
DC: He has his own center.
AA: He has his own. So, everybodys kinda split off and doing their own thing then, huh?
DC: He was abbot of the Zen Center for oh, 12 years, and then he got into an impasse, Id say, with people, and he went off and started other groups. I see him a lot. Do you have any memory do you remember when you met Suzuki Roshi?
AA: When could we have met him? You see I ended up going down to the Zen Center in Southern California
JA: Yeah, she lived there for three months.
AA: with Roshi the one that died.
DC: Maezumi?
AA: Maezumi, yeah.
JA: Yeah she wanted to go some place where nobody knew her, because thats her problem is that she got all burned out and she said I gotta go some place. And so, we both agreed that she needed to go some place and we looked in all the kinds of retreats we could find. We finally found Maezumi down in Los Angeles. So, went down there and checked that out and she agreed to stay there. So, I said Im gonna write a check for 3 months. I want you to stay at least 3 months, until youre ready to come home. Until you really feel liked youve gotten rested up. So, she went down there and she said Ill come under one condition and that is nobody knows who I am. She said, I do not want anybody to know who I am. So, she totally denied when anybody would sorta say, Arent you Anna? No, my names Anne. I dont know who Anna is. She stayed down there for 3 months. She got to know Maezumi pretty well, because when that whole damn scandal came out she was right in the middle of it.
DC: Oh, really?
JA: Oh yeah, she was right in the middle of that one. The roshi, he and his wife wanted an interview with her. So, she did that. But, she said I wont talk to you without your wife. The two of them talked to her. Maezumi was ready to put her on the payroll. He said, I would just like to be able to (laughing) to consult with you whenever Id feel like it. Anne says I dont want to run your Zen Center, you know. He says, Ill talk to you at random.
AA: He was a nice guy. Really gentle. It was easy to be with him, even though he was such a big figure.
JA: He was a nice person, all right. So finally, what we agreed to do at the end of her three months, we agreed to stay on for a couple or three days and do a workshop. So, we did a workshop for the whole gang for two or three days after she was all done.
DC: Now, let me ask something. I just want to see if I can get some further impression of Suzuki Roshi from each of you. If you remember when you first saw him or if you have any impression of him or any memory at all. I mean, you dont have to but, so far neither one of you have said much of anything about him.
AA: Well, my impression of him was that he was very down to earth. He was a roshi. I mean, you could approach him at any time and he would sit and talk with you. So, it was very easy to be with him. You didnt feel like you were interfering. I don t know that he had that much to say and that he was so involved with his own students, but Jim met his wife. I never met her.
DC: Oh, yeah. Shes doing fine. I just got a letter from her. She just sent me $50 to buy a gift for my younger son.
AA: Where is she?
DC: She moved back 10 years ago. Shes in Shizuoka. South of Tokyo near where she came from. Near Suzuki Roshis temple. You know, like 30 minutes from it or something.
JA: She was a very lovely person.
AA: See, I never got to meet her, I just met the roshi. You dont have that much contact with him.
JA: But, thats it. I had contact with him at a distance every day for a month or more. Six weeks or so. When wed stay at the Zen Center. As far as
Psychic reading starts here (a few impressions of Suzuki just above here)
DC note: This transcript which I didnt do, has some weird glitches in it. Maybe its cause of the tape being turned off and on, but where Jims statement above cuts off and Annes below begins, they ran right into each other without it saying that Anne was talking. Maybe its a file problem. Maybe I still have the tape and can figure it out later but its not important. I can remember what happened which was I enjoyed all the history and background but I kept trying to get them to say something more about Suzuki and they didnt have much to say except general positive things and then Jim would get off on something else which was fine - so I remember theres nothing very descriptive missing. I didn't really care how much they did or didn't remember about him, I just wanted to get that part out of the way and see if I could get a psychic reading on him from Anne. So with the tape off I guess, I asked Anne if shed contact Suzuki, see if she could get a psychic reading on him. She said sure and I turned the tape back on.
AA: So, I get the feeling that hell be upstairs someplace, you know. Wherever it is that where we go. Hes kinda looking down on the scene and also kinda looking at his situation where he was at the Zen Center. What is he thinking? (pause)
Well, one thing that hes telling me is that he felt very honored being a part of the Zen Center and having been given that particular responsibility. And he said, when he first got into it, he said he felt very humble, that - what was it he could do for the people there? Then he said, after a while, he said somehow he became very, very comfortable and was delighted to experience himself with being like a part of the family or part of a group of students who he had down there
What else is going on? [Shes asking him here]
Kinda wondering what happened after he died. What happened to the Zen Center, because he felt very connected to it. And almost responsible for advancing the process of the Zen Center. And he said, (pause), he said he had so many people that ran the place, so that he didnt feel like he had that much responsibility, but he was just simply a part of the group of people that were there.
He says I dont have any trouble tuning in to the other side. He says, that every now and then he kinda like peeks in to see whats going on with the Center and with the students. He says, hes very gratified with what he sees, because so much of the time he can literally look into their hearts and see that the people there are very dedicated. Not necessarily to him, but to the Center itself. For that, he says he feels somehow he did start something that continued on in a way useful for the students.
Ok what else do you want to say? (pause)
He says that hes certainly enjoying the other side. But , he also misses the contacts with the world and with the students that are here. So, he says every now and then hes really inclined to tune in to one or another of the students, just to see whats going on with them. He knows it, but he says theyre kinda like my kids. I really appreciate being around them and hearing what they have to say.
What are you doing? (pause Ahhh Ahhh)
But, he says the work goes on, he says, because you know when you die you dont just stop. He says, you carry this energy with you to the other side and it feels like very strong positive energy to me. So, that whatever you have been doing here, it seems to be like a pull to go back in to stay involved with the kind of energy that he was very much involved with here.
He says, that getting involved with that Center, getting this done...I guess I can give myself credit for that. I dont think thats being egotistic, but then he says theres a long way to go, but theres always more to do, but if you like, I do at some level stay in touch or look in on the lives of the students - you know, that he was touched in a deep way.
So he says, lets say, that I kinda live on both sides. Here I dont have a body, like on earth, but Im in touch with the emotions and he says, like I could describe the landscape here. So, he says its almost like somehow when you die, you get rid of that limitation and there is a flow of energy from one place to the other. And he says, so lets say that I live in both places.
DC note: I remember Anne saying that she experiences landscape when she does readings like this.
AA: And he says, hes also very delighted that youre doing this. Like putting some of his life down into a book. He says, youre telling me, showing me, I feel kind of embarrassed, because he says, who am I? I was not that important. But he says, whatevers written about me is also very much appreciated.
But he says, really the main thing I want to say is I travel between the two worlds, because many times he says he was part of the service. Not in the body, but in spirit. Hes there, when theyd have the service at the Zen Center. So he says, Im very happy to be remembered in that particular way.
Then hes showing my something interesting. He says, that from the time that when he was little, he said he didnt know what it was that he wanted to be, but he says, it had the word religion involved. In other words, he felt that he was gonna end up doing something that had to do with God, religion. And he says, and so, he thinks that energy pulled him into the Zen Center and thats where he established himself. And he was very, very proud that he was able to do this.
And he says, that what can be done over here? Like, oftentimes he will be assigned or assigns himself to welcome those that have died. And literally has the opportunity to introduce them to that other realm that is so different from the realm that we live in here.
And he says, I still havent forgotten my teachings. I havent forgotten the kind of dialogue that is useful for someone that has just crossed over. So he says, thats basically what he does is to somehow introduce the ones that are dying, introduce them to that other side. Ive seen the other side so many times, he says, Oh, its just an absolutely fabulous place! Like mountains and colors and sounds. He says, hes in the midst of that and he says, its not a bad place to be.
DC: Heh, heh
AA: Not bad at all. He says, I dont know what his assignment might be. He says, I havent received an assignment yet, so he doesnt know how long hes going to stay in this particular place. But, hes still greeting many and he says, kinda like how frightened people are when they make the crossover, because theyre catapulted into a new world. And so he says its up to him. He has made it his job to greet those that are newly come to that place. And to sit down and to talk to them and to calm them down and to tell them that you still continue to grow. So, theres just a shift of energy from here to there. And hes delighted to do that. Because, he loved what he did and he has worked with a joy again. So, he says, that somehow he is continuing that work. But, he says, when I do that, I speak from the heart not the head. Its a whole different way of being there. But, he says, the dialogue comes from the heart.
(pause) hmmm. Well, he tells me his main job is to welcome the people that have died recently and to calm them down and to let them know this is not a scary place. It s a welcoming place. And, you will recognize people there that you have known here that have made the crossing.
And, he says, sometimes there are little groups that get together and discuss and talk about what their life was like on the earth plane and how different it is there. He said, theyre all following the attitude that theyre missing something. Like theyre there, but the world made such an impact on them, that they feel like somehow they left something very valuable behind. He said, its his job to tell them that its a very normal transition for us to make. And how we begin here, what we see here is one thing , but we move into a whole other level.
He says, the energy there is very refined. He says, its not heaviness, not dense like we feel ourselves to be here. But, he says, its very light, very airy. Its almost like air, you dont walk, you float. You just think moving, and you move. And he says, of course the landscape is beyond anything you can possibly imagine. Hmmmm. So, he says, thank-you for wanting to make a contact with me.
DC: Could I ask a question?
AA: Mmm hmm.
DC: Does he have anything to say about Dick and what happened with Dick? Dicks leaving Zen Center and all that?
AA: Look, what hes showing me is that, you know, when youre here, you have a certain level of thinking and associating with this. Once you leave the earth plane-the things that happen here just dont matter. And what hes telling me is that everybody has their own destiny and each one of us fulfill our own life the way we need to. But, he says, its a whole different world. Its just like thats one world and where hes at is an entirely different world. So, he says, there really isnt much relevance. And for sure, he says, theres no criticism. Theres simply accepting the new ones that are dying and making them comfortable. But, he says, its hmmm he says, hopefully we have learned from the mistakes that we have made. But, he says, over here there is no judgment whatsoever. When you go over there, its just like you start out clean.
Well, thats about it. Suzuki says, you know, he certainly isnt judging him. Everybody does. People think they need to do it. So he says he has no judgment. Suzuki says theres no judgment for anybody.
DC: Well, thats the way he was when he was alive, too.
AA: A lovely man.
DC: In terms of this work that I do Ive been This isnt all I do, but Ive been collecting the oral history, and did the biography and I have a lot more Id like to do on it. I dont think its the most important thing in the world, but its seems to me that sort of the way Bosworth collected Johnsons history, that I want to get it to a certain level. I like to do things well. I would like to complete them. I know he already said that he appreciated that. But, also its like a real burden to me. So, I would like to keep going and just wanted to see.
AA: Let me think a little, if you want to keep going. Mmmmm. He says, once we die we leave the human part of our selves behind us. There really shouldnt be any connection left with that part of ourselves.
(what are you telling me?)
He says, for heavens sake, I wasnt perfect either. So, I had no right to judge anyone. And he says, he is delighted that you are doing the writing, because he says looking back on his life he would like to feel that he made some kind of an impact on the people that he connected with Of course he did.
DC: Yeah.
AA: He said, he feels like its an honor for him for you to be doing this. Hmmmm.
(anything else?)
You know, I see him surrounded by children, little, well, how little I dont know, but theyre maybe, the ones that have died, they are six or seven years old. Its almost like
(what are you doing?)
First of all, welcoming them.
(What else?)
He says, I have classes. I have classes. I see him and I see a bunch of the young ones that have died. Its almost like he says getting them in touch with their souls. Getting them in touch with who and what they really are. Not just this body that they lived in.
DC: Hm, mmm.
AA: Hes really quite delighted with the work that you are doing.
He has a job. He doesnt want to come back very soon.
DC: Heh, heh, heh
AA: Too much work to be done on the other side. Thank-you for coming and being with us. Its really an honor to have you and I can feel his chest, like his heart is beating very rapidly, you know. Joy not sadness. But with Joy.
And he also says, that his wife was such a blessing to him. That if any of us ever come across her in our present life to let her know that.
DC: I'll tell her.
AA: That somehow she was such a blessing.
DC: Ill write her. Im in touch with her.
AA: Are you really? Oh, wow! he says. He says, sometimes we forget to give thanks to those that have the deepest meaning to us. He says, because of her, I knew love. I really, really knew what love was about. Mmmm. She had such a big heart and such a good mind. And took such good care of me. He would like to have her know it.
What part of Japan is she in?
DC: Shes in Shizuoka. A little south of Tokyo near where his temple was.
AA: You were very close to him?
DC: Yeah.
AA: Well, I think thats all I have to say. Im half here and half there. Its like when I look into the other realm its like we got one arc in here, but like I see a spread of flowers. And the mountains are green. And the sky is ever changing. I mean its a beautiful scene on the other side. Wow! Theres a lot of Joy on the other side.
DC: Wouldnt that depend on the being?
AA: Absolutely! Ive been to the other side, too! Ive peeked into Hell, too and thats not good. So, its whatever our deeds are, they take us to the place where we belong. But, hes busy doing his work, you know. Joyous to me. Its like the soul work it never ends, you know.
DC: Well, maybe you should let him go.
AA: Yeah, yeah, I just want to thank-you for coming. Mmmm.. Leave now.
JA: Mmmmm. Nice.
AA: Are you married?
DC: Im divorced a year ago. It was sorta like my third major relationship ended after 16 years, but we have an 11 year old, so I see her about every day. I see my ex-wife every day, we get along really well. And, Id like to get re-married. Im not used to living alone.
AA: I wouldnt want to live alone.
DC: Ive got so much to take care of. Theres so much I try to do, but you know. I imagine something will happen.
AA: Yeah.
DC: Its not a good thing to try and push.
AA: No, it has to happen in its own time. No, I dont think theres anything else I have to say.
DC: Well, let me just ask you if I might about, like I did to Suzuki Roshi, like I said this work Im doing is very, I love doing it, its like a real burden, Ive spent lots of time and money on it. I have a lot of debt. Im probably going to have to sell my house soon. Thats not the worst thing in the world. I have a lot of resources. I sell the house I can pay all my debts. You know, Im writing on other stuff, too. But, the center of all of it is doing this oral history and this lecture archiving. One reason is because there is so much misunderstanding, that I feel that a really big oral history would help to clarify things. People tend to have a lot of ideas they make up and superstitious ideas [interesting choice of words for this interview] and theyll glorify him and Ive shown a lot how he was just a person that had a lot of faults. But, so many memories from people who said this and that, but having you see what Im doing, do you have any advice or-I dont mind just depending on myself, but if you have any advice, suggestions.
AA: Just keep speaking from the heart.
DC: Hmmm, mmm.
AA: Always, let that be your guide. Whatever your heart tells you to do. Because that really creates that connection between the two of you and thats what he wants anyway.
DC: Hmmm, mmm. So, you think, speaking from the heart, you think this is going to work for me, like in a practical sense to keep doing this?
AA: Doing this?
DC: Doing this oral history, working on the lectures, interviewing people.
AA: Yes. Its a good thing youre doing. We die and we dont really know what the person was about. So, your work and Michael Toms work.
DC: I know him. Hes one of the people that suggested I do that book of vignettes about Suzuki.
AA: Oh, is that right?
JA: Im glad you mention Michael. He wants another interview and weve just been so busy, that we just kept putting it off and he said sometime when youre down in the condo Ill want to come down, because otherwise we live up in Amador County. He did come up there and stay all day up there a few years ago.
DC: Hes interviewed me, too. Thats New Dimensions Radio.
AA: Theyre a nice couple.
DC: Whats his wife name?
JA: Justine
AA: Justine
DC: Justine
AA: Im not good on names. Energy, yeah, but names are something that escapes me. Well, I certainly appreciate having made the contact with him.
JA: Its not something that you would just sit down and do.
DC: You know, one thing I was thinking of doing is having Suzuki's hand writing analyzed. Have a very good hand writing analyst do it. Do you know any?
AA: No, I dont . But, I think that would really be interesting.
DC: I grew up around stuff like this. One of my mothers best friends would invite me over and then shed have a hand writing analyst there, not just a graphologist but a graphoanalysist. And Id write and hed talk to me about it and explain and it was very nice. Hand writing analysis is so interesting. Havent done any since then though.
AA: Were always telling on ourselves. We dont realize it, but we are all the time. Very interesting.
Follow-up call 1-21-02
DC note: I called Anne and said that just like in his life, Suzuki had ignored his kids in that reading. Im going to write to his widow, but doesnt he want to say hello to his kids?
AA: Of course, of course, of course, do that he says. Hes embarrassed and embarrassed he spent so little time with them. His congregation was always more important. They felt ignored. Hes jumping up and down saying, Do that!
He very conservative, quiet, Theres a real sparkle inside of him
The fact is Roshi limited love. He fit himself in a mold.
Introduction to Anne and Jim Armstrong's interview with Michael Toms on New Dimensions Radio
Poets develop a relationship with the Muse, artists are often "seized" by inspiration, inventors claim ideas just "came to them," and musicians are sometimes born knowing how to play. What they are all using is intuition, and Anne Armstrong is a psychic extraordinaire, and claims inspirational intuition is available to us all, whether you are a stockbroker, a computer technician or a bus driver: "Most people who are successful in some activity in the world are using their intuitive abilities, though many are not aware of it. We dont have to wait for it to come to us either; we can invite it in." Find out how to get intuition working in your life; the answers are closer than you think.
The late Anne Armstrong, who passed in the spring of 2010, was the psychics psychic. She used her extraordinary psychic gifts in transpersonal counseling and training of professionals to develop their intuitive capabilities. She is survived by her husband, Jim Armstrong, (married for 70 years), who is a former engineer and lifelong student and teacher of esoteric disciplines. Together, they taught thousands of people in workshops and personal readings.
Topics Explored in this Dialogue:
How to develop your intuitive abilities
What are practical applications for intuition in daily life
Whos more intuitive-men or women?
How successful people use intuition
What is the connection between intuition, psychic ability and spirituality
What is the nature of the Kundalini experience
How hypnosis cured Anne Armstrongs debilitating migraine headaches
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 8/13/1999
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Anne Armstrong writes about her own experiences of Psychic Opening in the book [Spiritual Emergency (Grof & Grof 1989)]. After she experienced her initial awakening, she had to train for about six years before publicly practising. She has found that the channeller or clairvoyant can access different levels or depths of awareness and transmission within the "subtle realm". Some are very low, mundane levels where information is trivial and entities are spiritually underdeveloped. Other levels reveal information beneficial to the highest good and associated entities are highly enlightened. A lot seems to depend on the psychological clarity of the psychic and the extent of their training and personal development. She states:-
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This one is for you, Apple fans. (Sorry all of you Android owners, you are coming up next!) In episode #5 of the Capturing Life Through Technology podcast I discuss the top 5 journals and diaries for the iPhone with a few honorable mentions thrown in at the end.
I am actually an Android user now but I was an iPhone guy for over 4 years and many in my family still have an iPhone. To be honest, the iPhone journal and diary selection seems much better on iOS than it is on Android. They just look nicer and work better!
In this episode you will also hear a special guest appearance where Sam's son was gracious enough to stop watching a pirate cartoon and put down his sippy cup long enough to say hi.
To listen to this podcast on your iPhone or other Apple device, click here.
The Top 5 iPhone Journals and Diaries
Original post: http://www.easyjournaling.com/2011/10/so-what-is-the-best-journal-app-for-the-iphone/
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I have discussed many features and criteria by which you should be judging a journal app when you are in the market for a new one. These have included export to PDF, security and backup features and cross-platform compatibility.
But when it is all said and done, after all of the numbers are crunched and you have limited your selection down to only a handful (which, by the way, www.bestjournalapp.com does for free) there is one criteria that you should use to rank and chose your app.
What is it you ask?
Well, just ask yourself a simple question- "How much do I like to use this app?"
If the answer is not very much, you should move on, even if it matches up with everything else you rank as important. If you don't like it you simply won't use it.
And if you don't use it, what's the point?
The hard part about this ranking system is that it is intangible. It is a qualitative method of measurement in a quantitative process. The way that you overcome this is simply by using the top three apps that you have ranked. After using all three- all else being equal- you will know which one you like to use best.
This is a lesson I learned recently. While I loved Everyday Timeline on paper, Diaro just speaks to me. I just enjoy the process so much better. And while I am ultimately using both of them for my daily journaling (Everyday Timeline automatically creates entries out of social media posts) I stick to Diaro because of the interface and overall feel. It is something that I can't measure, something I can't explain.
So, when all else is said and done, like your app for heaven's sake![...]Click here to continue reading...
Keeping a journal is similar to exercise. Some people start it out strong; going to the gym every day, doing the necessary warm-ups and buying the required items but there will come a point where the thrill and excitement fizzles up. For people who want to keep a journal, the problem is not in the determination or the time. Sometimes, we just don't know what to write about. We face an empty piece of paper with a pen at hand just letting precious time pass by. Then we give up.
If you are one of the many people who encounter such problems then you don't have to worry anymore. With the iOS app named Roller Journal, you will never have to worry about not knowing what to write anymore.
Not only does keeping a journal on your favorite device have incredible benefits over the alternative, but it is usually very affordable as well. While I typically encourage the serious digital journaler to eventually pay for a premium service, free alternatives are a great choice if you are just getting started. To help you out I have compiled a list of the top 5 free ways you can get started on your digital journaling adventure for free.
Do you have any suggestions for starting a digital journal for free?[...]Click here to continue reading...
As I speak to you through email and social media, however, there is one aspect of hand-written journals that many of you aren't willing to fully let go of- the hand-written part. For some reasons there is a perception out there that there are fewer benefits of journaling via your fingers on a keyboard than using your wrist with a pen. I'm not sure where this came from but I'm fairly confident that it is false. I am many times more distracted writing by hand than when I type because it flows so much better.
But do you know what? This concern is essentially irrelevant because of one important fact:[...]Click here to continue reading...
Visitors come to Easy Journaling for a variety of reasons but the most popular is to find the best journal app for their favorite device. Just type "best android diary" or "best iPhone journal" into any Google search bar and you will probably be directed to this website.
As nice as the 'best journal app' posts are that you will find here, they aren't really that helpful because each user has such different criteria. The top 5 apps for Jack won't be the same for Jane. Everyone approaches digital journaling differently and a simple list cannot appropriately serve unique individuals.
I have tried as often as possible to give personal journal app recommendations to those who have bothered to ask. And as much as I enjoy the challenge of taking the differing criteria and using several years of app research to give the best journaling solution, the Easy Journaling community is getting to the point where it isn't practical to serve everyone in this manner.
There was a solution to this problem all along but it took me over a year to finally pull the trigger and automate my journal recommendation process. Thanks to a paid developer, an online researcher and a skilled friend, we have built an entire journal app recommendation tool from scratch and I am excited to announce that it is now available… and it is free. It will always be free.[...]Click here to continue reading...
A while back I wrote a post on a new iPhone application called Everyday.me and how it was the latest in a movement to automate your personal journal. Well, apparently Everyday.me was an early build and now the full product is out and called Everyday Timeline. This cute application has now become a force in the iOS journal space and with a few m
ore improvements could become one of my top recommendations.
Everyday Timeline now includes many of the features that I consider important or even essential such as:
It is hard to believe that it has almost been a year that I have been on this Easy Journaling project, but it is true. The outpouring of support has been great and the stories of those of you who have been helped with your eJournaling motivate and inspire me to continue on this path.
I have to continually remind myself that those of you who either frequent this site or are new have probably missed some of the more important posts- many of which came out in the early months. I've tried to add a few of them to the side bar here and there because I realize that these posts are where readers want to end up, but I have still missed some. This line of thinking has prompted me to make a single post that will eventually find a permanent place here at Easy Journaling to help all of you find the most important content the quickest.
I've ranked these posts and pages not by which I think are the best or most interesting or even those that I think will generate the most revenue. Rather, I've simply sorted my posts by most hits and to make this list even more interesting, I've included how many (hits) each of these posts/pages have had, all time. Hopefully the fellow web masters among us will appreciate that. Also note that I understand my more recent posts may also be more popular but haven't had the time to generate the hits as the early ones.[...]Click here to continue reading...
When you make the switch to digital journaling on your smartphone, tablet or computer, there is usually a sense of loss at first. Sure, there are new and incredible ways to record your memories in fearfully simple ways, but this new convenience is done at the sacrifice of handwriting your journals and all that goes with it. In fact, I have heard from many of you that the loss of handwritten entries is what is holding you back from totally switching to eJournaling.
So what to do?
A few months ago I sung praises about Draw Pad Pro, an iPhone app that sort of melds the two forms of journaling together. On a small smartphone it probably isn't a great substitute, but it offers a nice alternative to most forms of eJournaling. Today I am going to show you that you don't need Draw Pad Pro to turn Penzu, Day One, Memoires or any other eJournal into a handwritten one (sort of). All you need is a journaling app or service that allows you to upload pictures. It should also be noted that this will pretty much only work with smartphones and tablets (probably not laptops and desktops).
The first thing you will need is some sort of drawing app for your device. It can be free or paid, just allow you to draw pictures with your finger on the screen. I'm not going to list the available ones because there are so many, but just find one that you are comfortable with. In fact, you can even use the popular drawing game Draw Something although it won't look quite as clean.[...]Click here to continue reading...
With an app store in the hundreds of thousands, it can be hard to find original names for your apps that still are catchy and accurate. My Wonderful Days had a tough run of luck when, almost a year ago, a new app burst onto the scene with a nearly identical name: Wonderful Days. If this sounds familiar, it may be because I just wrote a post blasting Wonderful Days for being unresponsive to my concern.
Strike two against Wonderful Days.
But back to MY Wonderful Days (which is a COMPLETELY different app by a COMPLETELY different developer). I am actually excited about this fun little application that brings a bunch of the must have features and even throws in a few surprises.[...]Click here to continue reading...
I was recently perusing the app store, as I sometimes do, and came across a highly rated app that caught my eye. After some research, I was actually surprised that I hadn't encountered this unique social media application before because I do spend a higher than average amount of time trying to understand the mobile scene. It is called Path and is not that unlike Facebook, only with a few important differences.
The first thing I noticed with Path was the first line in the app description: "Path is the smart journal that helps you share life with the ones you love" It then goes on to explain how it is a new kind of social media experience where everything is always private by default (ouch Facebook) and it is only accessible via mobile devices (currently iPhone and Android). The biggest differentiator between Path and other social media ventures is the fact that you can only have 50 connections (this is apparently based on a study that suggests we only have this many 'close' friends at any given time).[...]Click here to continue reading...
Although there is no wrong way to journal, there are some techniques that will improve it and make the experience more fulfilling. These techniques can include sharing personal stories, inserting pictures or screenshots or even fun things like top 10 lists.
I have already discussed how time is the special ingredient that turns the ordinary words we write in our journals to priceless treasures. Time is an amazing, untamable creature but with a journal we can capture it and string it together. It is a place where our yesterdays and todays can coexist in harmony.
But what about our tomorrows? Obviously we can't jump forward and describe our life in the future. We can, however, discuss the future openly by expressing our fears, aspirations, goals and dreams. These methods of describing the future are not only a good way to improve our entries, but become especially interesting when we read them down the road. This sort of futurecasting is one of those things that you don't fully understand and appreciate until after you do it.
One of the more specific ways I have found to discuss my tomorrows is with predictions. These can be simple or in depth and can discuss things next week or ten years from now. These predictions can be informal or more structured like a letter to yourself to be read in the future at some date.
Reading these predictions after they were supposed to come to pass gives an interesting insight into our minds at that stage in our lives. For example, lets say that 3 years ago I said that I would have my first book published by now. If I read that now, it would almost be funny to me because I ended up not even trying to get my book published and rather pursued other creative ventures such as creating a website about digital journaling.
Life is a constantly changing stream. Give yourself some benchmarks to judge the past with by including some predictions in your next entry.
Have you made a prediction in your journal before? Did it come true?[...]Click here to continue reading...
Alright. So you like the whole idea about keeping a journal on your iPhone because it is always with you and can easily be backed up. But there is just something about writing down your thoughts that cannot be captured with thumb-typing. Oh, what to do!
Fetter no more my friends. I present to you Draw Pad Pro, the culmination of the best of both the classic and digital journaling worlds. Of course there are other apps that will allow you to do basically the same thing, but I think Draw Pad Pro is one of the best and I have also just spent some quality hands on time with the mobile application.
DPP really has nearly all of the great features I encourage you to look for in a journal app with the only difference being the text input (handwritten vs typed). These include the option to create multiple journals, PDF export and even syncing with GoodReader or Dropbox! You can also choose from a ton of different backgrounds and pen colors and several sizes of pen thickness.[...]Click here to continue reading...
The longer I have been running Easy Journaling, the more people come to me with questions referring to journaling on their devices. These questions come from readers like you and also the friends and family in my life. The questions vary, but one pops up much more frequently than the others: What can I use that will allow me to journal from my iPhone, but that I can also write entries with on my PC or Mac?
This should be an easy answer. If I were a developer, the first thing I would do (Hint, hint) would be to make a service that works flawlessly from smartphones, tablets and computers. I understand that this is easier said than done, but in the world we live in, consumers expect to use services that sync between devices with the data stored in the cloud. This is the way our email, ebooks, shopping and many other services work.
Why not journals?
If you have this same question, you have some options. I will be honest that there isn't yet a perfect solution, but a few are getting closer with each update. All of these options can basically be divided into two categories: iPhone apps that work with computers or online services that work with iPhones.
Perhaps the best solution is something called MomoNote . This unique service not only has a dedicated app that works for the iPhone AND iPad, but it also has an online entry method as well! The app will set you back $5 USD, but this will be worth it for many. Because this app is relatively new, I haven't yet featured it on Easy Journaling, but look for a more full review soon.
There are a few setbacks, however. The picture insert only allows one at a time and the online interface isn't as nice as devoted online journals such as LDS Journal or Penzu. MomoNote is also advertised as more of a multi-faceted app that allows you to keep memos and to do lists which isn't inherently bad, but I prefer journal and diary apps to be dedicated to journaling. It makes for a nicer experience.
Day One was one of the first iPhone apps featured on EJ because of its simplicity and popularity. As I say in Modern Journaling, if Apple were to be in the journal app development business, the app they develop would probably look like Day One. Not only does it work wonderfully for the iPhone and iPad ($2 USD), but for another $10 you can get the dedicated Mac version as well. These versions sync with each other.
Even though almost everyone that uses Day One loves it, there are some major omissions from the feature set. The developers keep promising some key capabilities, but they still aren't available. These include inserting pictures, journal search and export. You can sync with Dropbox, but there is no online entry method. This means that you can only write entries from the Mac that has the software installed, not any computer with a web browser like MomoNote.
Honorable mention in this category is MacJournal which is set up like Day One. However, many users have had bad experiences with it including difficulty syncing between smartphone and computer applications.
If you have been around this site for a while, you have probably noticed that I promote Penzu and LDS Journal a lot. It isn't because I work for them, these are just two top-notch services that set the standard for online journaling.
Penzu has a deep and feature-filled online journal service as well as dedicated smartphone apps for iPhone and Android. The problem is, if you want to sync the apps with the service, you will need to pay the $19 a year to do so (still a great value but a deal breaker for some). You can write entries from your smartphone or tablet with the free service, but the mobile version is rudimentary at this point. See my review of the iPhone app for more info.
LDS Journal also has an amazing online service with the ability to make entries from mobile devices. The problem is, the mobile device method (which consists of a browser based entry system) is very clunky. You have to log in every time, can only make entries 500 words long and there isn't a way to insert pictures. An alliterative version (and I believe this is possible with Penzu as well) is to use the email entry feature. This allows you to send emails to a special address and it automatically includes them as entries.
If none of these methods look like they will work for you, there is one more thing you can try. This tip was actually pointed out to me here in the comments section (thanks Anna!). Some amazing iPhone apps have the ability to 'cloud' sync with popular services such as Evernote and Dropbox. If you happen to use this, you can go to the Evernote or Dropbox websites and write an entry with any computer that will sync back with the app! I haven't tried this yet and I'm sure the experience will vary by app and service, but it is worth a try. Wonderful Days and My Daily Journal sync with Evernote and Dropbox, respectively, so you can try it out with one of them.
Did I miss any? It seems like this discussion is an important one and will only become more so as devices get more connected. I will try and update this post as new options become available or developers update their software to make these services more connected.
Looking for the best journal app for you? Try our free journal recommendation tool!
There is no doubt that iPhone developers have conjured up some incredible journals. Some look gorgeous, others are packed with features and some have both looks and brains. This is my ranking of the best journals and diaries available for the platform.
Note that clicking on the icon will take you to the full Easy Journaling review but if you want to go straight to iTunes to download the app, click on the black Available in the App Store button.
Wonderful Days – $2.99
Beautiful interface, tons of themes, in-line picture placement, Evernote backup and PDF export will make any journal app desirable. When you include the day rating, geotagged entries, search function, multiple fonts and customizable home screen, this app suddenly becomes the best available for the popular smartphone. Surprisingly, Wonderful Days is only a few months old and the developers have already added some evolutionary updates.
In addition to the standard review, I also wrote a road test review on using it for nearly a month.
Day One – $1.99
This is the app that Apple would have developed if they were in the personal journal market. Minimalistic and modern, Day One keeps a clean, consistent theme throughout. Additionally, you can backup your entries in the 'cloud' with the popular Dropbox. Spanning more than smartphones, Day One also syncs with its iPad and Mac versions by the same name.
Unfortunately, it is currently impossible to upload pictures into your entries, but developers promise that feature will be included soon.
Have a lot of memories on your iPhone? Back up all of your picture and text messages for $19.99!![...]Click here to continue reading...


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Student loan defaults are up at most of New Mexico's state universities.
The default rate at New Mexico State University rose to 18. 5 percent for students who enrolled in the 2010 fiscal year, up from 15 percent for students who enrolled one year earlier.
Corresponding rates for the University of New Mexico are 8.6 percent and 7.4 percent.
The Las Cruces Sun-News (http://bit.ly/1aG7Th) reports that defaults rates also increased at Western, Eastern and Highlands universities while New Mexico Tech's rate decreased.
The upward trend tracks national patterns, and an NMSU official says most of the defaults involve dropouts, not graduates.
Western's financial aid director, Onorina Franco, says the increase may be due to the economy.
University students' loan default rates up in New Mexico
Student loan defaults are up at most of New Mexico's state universities.
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MyEdu is looking for another UX/UI designer to add to our growing team.
Candidates must have 4+ years of experience in design, pertaining to User Interface Design. Abilities in layout conceptualization and construction are necessary. We prefer designers with firm understandings of basic design theory and an eye for aesthetics. We are looking for individuals who are driven to update their industry knowledge frequently.
Candidates must have proficiency in most these areas:
Photoshop CS5
Illustrator CS5 (Bonus but not required)
CSS (Basic Knowledge)
Layout Design
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Basically web designers that understand how to make easy to use applications.
This job may require exploration in multitudes of different platforms such as mobile, web, desktop etc.
Photoshop is the primary tool designers at MyEdu spend their time in.


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Mitt Romney, who ripped John McCain quite lustily during the Republican presidential primaries, is on McCain's side now and will be the nominee's surrogate speaker at the Texas Republican Convention in Houston this week.
But while McCain won't be appearing here at one of the nation's biggest GOP state conventions, he is scheduled to be in Houston on Tuesday for a private fund-raising event for his campaign at the home of restaurant titan Tilman Fertitta, a former donor to Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigns.
What? You didn't get your invitation to the McCain event?!!! Yes you did, it's right here.
We're fond of Tilman's presidential campaign events because they are so colorful. The lord of Landry's Restaurants Inc. conducted a news conference at the gazebo in Sam Houston Park downtown in 1996 to tell us about the important folks who would be coming to his house to honor President Clinton and raise money for the Democrat's re-election campaign against Republican Bob Dole. Fertitta's property was decorated in an Old West theme for that hoedown.
In 1997 Fertitta hosted Clinton again and the New York Times opined in great detail about the lavish arrangements. It also recalled that:
When they arrived at the event around 6:30, some White House aides were worried about a sculpture in the window of Mr. Fertitta's house. It was a life-size bronze of an African-American man in a white tuxedo playing the piano. Some officials and reporters traveling with the president remarked that the sculpture was offensive to them. "While I thought it was a little unusual," said Douglas Sosnik, who was the President's traveling chief-of-staff on the trip, "you can't go into a place and be the interior decorator police and say you don't like the color scheme or something." Mr. Fertitta said of the piano sculpture, "It's art, it's just for fun."
Last year Fertitta danced to the Clinton tune again, donating thousands to Hillary's presidential run, according to Federal Election Commission records. This year he became a McCain contributor.
McCain is scheduled to campaign in the Northeast on Thursday and Friday (the convention here runs through Saturday) and in Texas on Monday, according to the Washington Post's Campaign Tracker.
UPDATE: Delegates will watch a videotaped mesage from McCain, officials said, and when he is here Tuesday he will also deliver a speech on energy policy.


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Working under the question of "how did Northern Virginia become the region that it is today?," I would like to take a look at the formation of current Northern Virginia. This is a topic that I want to look at for a couple of reasons: 1) not being from the area, I think it has a distinct and interesting history, and 2) the GMU Special Collections & Archives has a wealth of interesting primary sources on the history of Northern Virginia. I would like to be able to look at Northern Virginia from the 1960s to today in order to show how it became the incredibly diverse and powerful region that it is today. Since the current NoVa is such a large area, I will be focusing primarily on Arlington and Fairfax.
Utilizing oral histories and primary documents like maps, photographs, and correspondences, I hope to be able to piece together a "then and now" look at Northern Virginia. I would like to look at influential events that have taken place over the last 50 years: the expansion of the metro, George Mason University, Dulles International Airport, the growth of information technology in the area, etc. If feasible, I would really like to look at current long-term residents of all ages to get their perspectives on how the region has grown and changed, and would be able to foil these participants with oral histories from the Northern Virginia Oral History Project (housed in Special Collections & Archives), which is a series of oral histories done in the 1970s and 1980s. Even though I will likely find a lack of video material to correspond with these earlier oral histories, I would be able to use photographs and pair them with more recent footage of the places talked about in their interviews. Although there will be some agreement about major changes and developments in the region, I think that this project idea would lead to some interesting commentary on history and memory as well as hopefully draw in some interesting personal perspective.