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The Battle For Security
Venus in Aries
Swirling in an everchanging complex organism we hook ourselves to the matrix and hang on for dear life
With Pisces here and the new moon ahead, lies and transparency are in the spotlight again. And confusion. I'm not the only one who thinks this new government has no idea what it's doing. Memo to the prez:
Mr. President, you cannot come to Washington and write checks with your mouth you are unable to cash, and expect the market to put up with it. The market is bigger than you, or any other President, as you have just learned.
You also cannot expect any bank to be able to raise capital with a stock price measured in fractions of a penny, and that's exactly where they are all going in the here and now unless you and Tim Geithner get up on stage tomorrow and put a stop to this foolishness.
Your inept and outrageously incompetent handling of this mess has led to the destruction of one third of the equity value of banks in the United States in less than two weeks. Your ineptitude is in fact greater than George Bush and Hank Paulson, who managed to take a third off the BKX but they took more time to do it than you did.
In short your and Timmy's policies thus far are an abject failure and we are now sitting on the abyss in the market with a literal potential for a waterfall selloff that initiates tomorrow and translates into Monday exactly as happened, and as severe, as in 1987.
If Taxcheating Timmy is unable or unwilling to discharge his duty as Secretary of the Treasury, I'll do the job. You probably wouldn't like how I'd do it, but I'd do it. Here's my prescription:
As I figured, we're on our own. Thank god there's cosmic intervention when we need it.
Ja JM, The 29 Pisces, a karmic degree, I'll be watching closely (for especial reasons as you know), Does it not seem like some Martha Graham dance. All the contractions, the release that follows. Pluto turns retrograde just as Venus moves to the 29th for two weeks and She (Venus) leaves the last breath of the zodiac with a new moon. Choreography is masterfully presented, a karmic moment, time for the final let-go, it's now or never then the new beginning.
PS Karl Denninger is great. For those who want to read more from among the like minded, here's numerian and the guys at Agonist, one of my favorite sites.
"lies and transparency are in the spotlight again."
Hmmm let me see Nancy Pelosi takes a congressional delegation to the Vatican on the taxpayer's dime. So not only is she highly disorganized, rather rude, garish as all get out ( that hair, that make up those hideous suits) she just doesn't get it. Or maybe she did. How much of the porkulus got diverted into the Office of the Squawkers Office? Bad show indeed. But really wasn't she the one most responsible for stuffing every Porkupined Bill pending into that stimulatingporkulusfiasco?
So really she is the Posts' chimp!
Ohhh see the monkey, feed the monkey, send the monkey to greet the Pope.
:0 Bad Chiron.
It certainly does seem like a Martha Graham dance. The orchestration is especially beautiful now, and you could be right -- a karmic moment to be utilized. Let me know what A has to say. He's so perceptive and honest. And wise. Like certain philosophical mothers.
Karl is wonderful. He has great charm and a wonderful way of expressing his rage. What a post that is. I fell in love again and said I wouldn't! Be he's irresistible.
Thank you so much for turning me on to these people. It's amazing to see them in synch with what we're saying about Pluto and the economy. I love the communication among disparate non-astrology groups who get it. I think we're making noticeable progress.
Numerian. Great name.
Really, chiron. I'm beginning to seriously wonder about this money thing. Whose money? Who's in charge of it? What in the world is going on? It's so unreal. It's like that wind that blew in. It's scattering out of control and it still seems to me that we are purposely throwing it away in exchange for different riches. I can't afford these people's hair stylists anymore.
Karl calls it the StimUseLess.
The Pope's little hat blew off in the wind and it made it to all the papers. What a world. He blew his top. I guess that is news.
I think we're headed into new territory and people have no idea what's going on, how to react, or what to do. It could be the current Aquarian wind and it's turbulence, but it's only a prelude to changing times. This is a test. How serious are people about real change? When push comes to shove, many stay back and discover their true selves. Real steps ahead into the unknown take bravery. Aries will get us there. It won't be the leaders many now think it will be. I really believe we are going to surpass them. We're better than that. Better than you know.
So, the economy needs to be much smaller than it is now if consumers are going to live off their income and not their assets. As we work our way to that level of economic activity, bank lending must and will remain stagnant. No amount of government money will be used by the banks to lend to the consumer in a significant way, because there is no economic justification for making loans that cannot be repaid solely from personal income.
Good article by Numerian, and comments, that tseka linked. It's all about the huge contraction required to find balance and what is so interesting is the opposition now to where Pluto was in Cancer during the Depression when the government was able to bail the people out. With the current opposition to our Cancer stellium, it's just time to separate from governmental care, so no person or policy can change that. I believe they are going to cut Social Security and that says it all.
It's no one's fault. Revenge is useless. It's evolution. There'll be rewards.
It's all so fascinating. My stars.
Really, chiron. I'm beginning to seriously wonder about this money thing. Whose money? Who's in charge of it? What in the world is going on?
It's so unreal.
Not Chiron but thought i'd jump in UNREAL seems to be the operative word all right. At least one aspect is very simple. Leverage. If you have one dollar, you have one dollar to loan. Our dollars were leveraged at 1=118 and more. That means 117 were illusionary dollars. Now you and I live in a 1+1=2 kind of world. I've read that the numbers that would be required to cover all the schemes would be three times more than all the money we've ever had globally. Our one dollar is not being covered, but the illusionary 117 are - or at least they are first in line. And why? You are aware that on 9/11 this year in a brief two hours there was a bank run on money markets, billions going out. (Some say traceable to London and Dubai) Threats of economic catastrophe, currency collapse and capitulation, in the face of unknown revolt from the populace.
The very folk who doubled their money in the last 5 or so years have no intention of losing.
I always go back to that wonderful conversation with Kadimiros (how i miss him) about the sword in the stone.
Which do we honor, protect the sword in the stone (wisdom of how to make the sword) or the sword of the stone (the ability to destroy) Me, I've got my chisel out carving new patterns in the rock. Meanwhile chopping wood, baking two weekly loaves, sharing one. Money is energy and when it stops moving we all lose.
1=118 and more. That means 117 were illusionary dollars.
Very clear, my genius friend. You are correct. The doubled down folk have no intention of losing. That's why Uranus in Aries and all the Saturn-Uranus. People flinch when I tell them, but this is going to be a real battle. As the commoners start demanding their share (government help cut more and more), the government is going to panic and restrict. All Pluto-Uranus-Saturn stuff. We are ready.
The deeper knowledge of finance is the point, and on this Pluto return, after the Boston tea Party and our separation from the Motherland, we are going to the next level of independence and financial solvency, not to come easily. And who are we separating from? Our own government. In the meantime ...
You are so right:
Money is energy and when it stops moving we all lose.
We are going to learn so much. Fair exchange, fair exchange, fair exchange, ad infinitum. It starts with each of us. Do we value ourselves? Do we value one another? Do we value the earth? Do we have enough self respect to live with dignity and rule ourselves in such a way?
It will all be worth it. I'm looking forward to it, whatever it is.
baking two weekly loaves, sharing one.
Exactly, my Yeasty 1.
And honesty. Not only in he financial world, but in the collective psyche, where we stop fooling ourselves about realities, and thus stop being fooled.
There is no magic Age coming to save us. We are leaving the age of the savior. All times have good and bad aspects, and even right now, there's a helluva lot of good. It's just a matter of the 117. Illusion must become reality to a degree with Capricorn.
"And who are we separating from? Our own government."
Or at least the one wrapped in the corporate layers; codes of federal regulations, executive orders and memorandums. The constitution still belongs to the people and i don't thing they will give her up easily.
I am noticing even more bills coming up in the states that are putting the fed gov on notice- reassert their rights under the constitution. Also have you heard that a few are floating their own currency? I doubt that is going anywhere. But image such things even being discussed among state legislators! I makes me think there is potential out here.
Maybe Venus in the last degree of Pisces will give us some hints as she heads back to Aries.
I would rather see it all fall down fast and we face it. I had really hoped it was too weak to be propped up last year, but election year - you know. As a doctor I'd rather see a full out fever, recover comes fast and complete. It's the wimpy lingering draining malaise that so often kills.
Right. The inner government of Pluto in Capricorn is the one trying to emerge. We are collecting here and communicating to find common ground and how to govern ourselves. Even Chiron has taken to disciplining his own self! Not always easy for an unrestrained Sag.
The states are already in revolt. They cut state funding from the StimUseLess, which is fine by me. I'll sacrifice to be free.
This federal government is getting ready to restrict our Constitutional rights even more. The signs have been there all along and, of course, the peeps refuse to heed them. That's why the worship will have to end and it will by the close of Uranus in Pisces.
We have no choice but to come home to our states and rebuild. People still believe they can resurrect this slick-haired, veneered, fake, shiny-toothed, sick and weary federal government, but they'll soon see.
The constitution still belongs to the people and i don't thing they will give her up easily.
You know they won't. Money.
jm thanks for: prescription- very good article by Karl.
Tseka thanks for numerian, what an excellent take on the economy. I also loved the way you worked karma, Martha Graham and choreography to get your message across.
What was the purpose of Nancy Pelosi's trip to the Vatican? That woman raises not only mine, but a number of my friends' blood pressure very time she opens her mouth.
Very insightful writing from all.
Yes. The 29 Pisces is important. It's going to be fascinating.
I would rather see it all fall down fast and we face it. I had really hoped it was too weak to be propped up last year, but election year - you know.
It will. That's part of it though. The realization of what just happened this last election is going to hit hard and therein will be the energy to go forward and heal. The last straw....man.
It's the wimpy lingering draining malaise that so often kills.
I can't do that one as an Aries. Impossible. Shoot me in the pasture first.
DuCan! You're up!
I fully agree on Nancy. Her mouth is stuck, along with her hair.
They will all be replaced in due time.
I would rather see it all fall down fast and we face it. I had really hoped it was too weak to be propped up last year, but election year - you know. As a doctor I'd rather see a full out fever, recover comes fast and complete.
This was my wish and HOPE but instead they applied a Band-Aid to a big, open. gaping, bloody wound.
Hej duCan thanks, after I wrote that I wondered about the Martha Graham. I studied under one of her soloists for a little. And those contractions were dang hard to do. Heheh and she was dancing until 90 or beyond. I just went and found out she started her dance company in 1926.
More for the golden period JM.
Yeah, and it isn't working too good. Latex free and still not working.
Hey Jm you and I had the same thoughts as Tseka. How cool is that?
Yes!!!! 1926. Omg Golden, indeed.
How cool is that?
Cucumber cool. Cool, Daddy, cool. Cool as the air conditioning I don't have in my car. Cool as all get out.
I'm going to dance until I'm 99. Then I'm going to relax and eat cheetos and twizzlers, and maybe smoke a Kool.
I'm with you on the no lingering malaise, jupiter in Aries in my first. I find it hard to sit still!
You been talking to your Ash in winter again, i can tell. Very cool.
On the rubric of security. I have been contemplating a return to Homeopathy in the role of teacher. Just a small weekend workshop for my little community maybe expand from there. It seems what is needed now is sharing tools that people are going to need. And it's a good one. Paintings nourish the soul. But at the moment it is the physical that is asking.
My ash is cool.
The malaise. Lots of people are still depending on the miracle, and many are timid and afraid. Aries is the force that pushes a germinating seed to crack the earth and it can be daunting. Survival is like that. The timid will be protected. We have to heed the call, but pockets of retreat and solace will always be there.
I agree with you about the workshops and the physical needs. I've had a tough battle with this one, but you are right. It's the needs of the time calling. Our souls are all right. Then can be left on automatic for a minute.
Just a small weekend workshop for my little community maybe expand from there.
Small is exactly the way we have to think.
Likewise, Tseka, my SO and I are contemplating teaching some cooking skills that may well come in handy in tough times. Sauerkraut, pan gravy, stews, stocks, etc., the stuff Grandma used to make.
We'll call it Grandma 101. :o)
OMG joe!!! I LOVE IT!!!!
Oh my heart.
Ye Olde Sauerkraut again!! Our grandmothers return. Such odd bodies they picked!
hehe, I'm a little young to be a grandmother but I have no doubt that the Grandmothers and their wisdom will be a help in so many ways in the days to come.
JM you wrote:
I can't do that one as an Aries. Impossible. Shoot me in the pasture first.
My sentiments to a point. I usually say 'give me the antidote, I want the pill' none of that lingering, wasting away by slow degrees for me.
It is not very clear why she actually went their on our dime, however it seems neither the Vatican or Pelosi's office can agree on what happened.
So Tseka, you mean to tell me that for the cost of this trip that actually the chinese footed 99% for the total cost of her tab? I suppose the Chinese are happy that she didn't visit the Dalai Lama.
By the way, what is unreal really is Pelosi.......see the monkey....
We all know that the news is never boring. Still cannot get over how dumb or crooked politicians from Illinois are. But here is a snippet that caught my eye today.
This Utah lawmaker takes the proverbial cake since compared gay activists to radical Muslims. I guess he didn't watch the reaction to the Chimp cartoon.
But here is a fun counter punch (sic) or should I say frosting on Utah's cake ( double sic)
Fave line...""It's just that if you're a man who runs for Ms., you've got to dress the part,"
LOL, so here's to looking the part...
"It's just that if you're a man who runs for Ms., you've got to dress the part," ...shez a raaaainbow.
bad Chiron
I am not making a lot of sense today...but I am having great fun in trying to do it. :)
I absolutely can't stand being ill. Pain is annoying, too, but I have to put up with it. Aries is a lean and mean machine and that's that!
I might die slowly in a huge bed, but not of weakness and sickness. Just relaxation.
Sense? Huh?
I'll have to check the links before I piece togther this oh-so-newsy puzzle.
LOL!! Joe:
Here I am planning to cook an old Danish recipe of red cabbage with red current jam for dinner. What is happening today? we are all on the same wave length.
I agree totally, It is back to the old days with comfort foods, sharing, pot lucks and Homeopathy. Healing with the herbs we grow no more store bought heavily packaged stuff.
I might die slowly in a huge bed, but not of weakness and sickness. Just relaxation.
After you and I do our last dance at 99 and me somewhere close to that number!
What is happening today? we are all on the same wave length.
Happens a lot here. That and crashing economies have us perked up to receive any important messages coming our way. Telepathic friendship is a side-effect.
Sticky B...May I have this dance????
Yes. The relaxation after our Mashed Potato. I am NOT doing a jitterbug, so don't evn ask!!!
Oh duCan you cook! and red cabbage and currant jam sound so good. I have a huge tub of Lingonberries in the fridge, red cabbage is going on the list. Why does red cabbage taste so good?
I'm thinking something with beets for dinner.
I love your idea Joe you and M would have a great time doing it too!
Red currant jam. That sounds delish. I'll have to put it on the menu with the cheetos for my big bed.
There we go again!!!!Telepathic posting!
lol wavelengths indeed! here we all are, talking about home or going back to home cooking, and chiron pipes up with the homecoming drag queen story, and I'm in line to be a new breed of Grandmother.
However I emphatically refuse to dress like Mrs. Doubtfire! :o)
HaHaHaHaHaHahahahahhaha Joe!
But you'd be so cute, i know what you look like and you would!
Mts. Doubtfire??? OMG! I love drag queens. Nuclia Waste is Denver's favorite, and she's invited everywhere.
I have to check the story. So much to do.
If you knew my grandmothers they were more like Mrs Doubtfire!
My (Algonquin) Grandmother was 5'11" and a solid proud warrior.
My Swedish women folk pretty much took no prisoners either. I'm in for the "Grandmother" role even if biology hasn't granted it (yet).
OMG! I will repeat myself from joy. This is soo Cool!
Not only am I planning to make red cabbage with red currents but I am also going to have grated beets with orange juice dressing.
Yes Tseka, I cook every thing and I also bake all kinds of breads and birthday cakes for friends. I am the cake/pie lady.
I love making jam, tomato sauces and pesto. I love to cook.
I get everything from the farmer's market then I go to work cooking up a storm.
DuCan if i move back to Canada (still a dream) can i be your neighbor?
Tseka go ahead and send her my photo if you still have it. :o) jm, I sent it to her when we were discussing my homeopathic treatments following my surgery this past summer.
lol wavelengths indeed! here we all are, talking about home or going back to home cooking, and chiron pipes up with the homecoming drag queen story, and I'm in line to be a new breed of Grandmother.
However I emphatically refuse to dress like Mrs. Doubtfire! :o)
Joe this is priceless!
Are you healed joe?
And I can't get the drag queen story!!!
Tseka we are telepathic neighbors! And I think we just shared a great Friday potluck
healed? Well... let's just say Neith was right when she told me Uranus is determined to get my attention. I'm using assistive technology like crazy nowadays.
My grandmother was confused. She didn't know the names of her 8 children. Maybe that's what pinched her mind. Dad didn't care, though. he was the only one who paid attention to her. Moon in Cancer.
Assistive technology? Any way you can get it. Help, that is.
Tseka we are telepathic neighbors! And I think we just shared a great Friday potluck.
Yes. I just wrote a comment somewhere in this great plethora that said exactly that. We're going to get to love the potluck. What a word. Telepathic potluck. What a concept! What a dinner!!!!
All spontaneous. Or did you get the invitation??? I get confused with my Merc-Nep.
I won't get dressed up us Mrs. Doubtfire but I will prance around the kitchen and give my best Cher impersonation while I try out a new dish for my restaurant menu ( with Red Cabbage).
PS has anyone used flower essences?
Not me. I'm on the salty side.
Looks like Kooky Karl was right. Sell-off in the market today. We'll see Monday. Wild times.
Not essences but i cook with flowers. elderberry flower elixir is divine. Roses, pansies, nasturtiums all tasty. BTW have you ever made jelly from beets? mmmm.
Beets me.
I'm just a musician. Beet me daddy, 8 to the bar.
Chiron are you talking about Bach Flower Essences, or orange blossom and rose water essences? I have never used the former but I have used orange blossom and rose water.
Unfortunately I found both of them too exotic and am back to vanilla and almond essences.
Tell us more about the Restaurant!!
Goofy Pisces season has arrived and we've initiated it well. I have had the most fun in the world with Pisces. They have a way of separating from reality in the most genuine way I know.:-) None of it matters in the end. We get so forlorn, pulled, down and serious, duanted by reality. Nothing much we can do,really.
Yes, speak to us chiron!
Let's leave the 8 to the bar and go wading in Pisces waters JM.
If we leave early we can beet the crowds.
Beets me.
I'm just a musician. Beet me daddy, 8 to the bar.
Very witty jm.
I sent the links of prescription and numerian to a friend of mine who dabbles in finance and I just heard back that the articles were great.
Thanks for the links to these 2 sites they were greatly illuminative.
Elderberry flower elixir is divine.
I bet it is Tseka.
duCan if you liked those, you might want to check out Anglachel's Journal browse her archives for some good stuff and she has some great links to econ pages too.
HA HA!! Beet the crowds. I'm just in the mood for Pisces.
That's great duCan. Tseka says she tires of all the reality nonsense pain and yet she tunes us into just what we need.
I use flower essences often. They're closer to magic than anything I've found in working subtle changes.
Speaking of changes, jm, did you find the drag queen story yet? try this one:
Elderflower is a potent medicine for colds and upper respiratory infections too.
Eldertree is the portal for the faeries to the otherworld that tree is magic through and through.
PS JM a pict of our Joe is winging it way to you even as we type....
It's not a bad idea to get to kind of know what's going on and I think that's one silver lining -- taking more responsibilty for the collective financial situation.
I think a lot of side benfits are going to come sooner than expected and I will continue to crusade for separation of people and state. Or drag them along.
Yay!!! Joe himself!
The page won't come up!
"This image has been moved or deleted," so it says.
I can't see joe!!!!!!
Try this:
I mean I can't see joe's photo! What have I done now!
hehe it's not your fault, I forgot I moved the photo to a different URL so the link won't work anymore. I'm working behind the scenes as we speak.
Get me rewrite!
OMG!!! What a story. This is fabulous. Times might be changing after all. She looks beautiful. yay!
OK. I'm a-waiting.
Drag queens are an important part of culture all over the world. They must unite us in a some unique way.
I'll wait with you.
Indeed, they perform the same role as sacred clowns and heyokas.
Sacred clowns indeed. The one I mentioned in Denver is actually treated that way. She crosses all classes and barriers and serves the collective in a necessary ritual. She, herself, doesn't seem to need the wealthy although she performs at their functions all the time. You're just as likely to see her in the park for some people celebration. I love them. We all do, I'm sure. They bring us freedom.
One of my gay friends in Denver went to Amsterdam and for the first time went out in drag, dressed a a nurse. Moon in Virgo. They subsequently spent the whole week-end covering the city becoming famous by the end of the trip. He told me it was the most liberating experience of his life. He was changed thereafter. Received four inch heels on his next birthday.
Beautifully said. Sacred clowns, heyokas, so very true. We love them, trust them.
Yeah, you should see our Miss Richfield 1981!
She is a stitch and gets away with the most outrageous comments. Only a sacred clown can cross those lines with those lines!
4 inch heels! Now there is someone willing to suffer for his art.
Brother in law and his SOs were drag queens extrodinaire in San Francisco.
Joe! Thanks. You are so right about the freedoms they're allowed.
When he put those heels on he flew across the kitchen in such a frenzy, I almost plotzed laughing. He's normally so laid back Taurus.
Brother in law sounds fabulous.
Miss Richfield- hahahhaa tho that flag looks to be in a dangerous state of non compliance. And patent leather platforms in WHITE? tsk.
Sadly both were early victims of AIDS.
Lost a lot of friends. Some things are better.
jm, a drag king? Now there's a photo I'd like to see. :o)
And guess what I do on Halloween? Yep. In drag as a gangster. A fedora, suit and tie, and mustache. It's a raging success, but some are scared.
The queens tickle a place in us that can't be reached any other way.
Oh. I mixed us up! Sorry. I should do that. A photo. I really play the part well. I'm menacing and cool. I normally don't sashay like a female anyway. Oh I love the sensation. I even thought I should adopt it for the nights and maybe I could travel on the streets unafraid, anywhere at anytime. Freedom.
Photo delivery. speedy delivery our specialty.
"My darling prairie dogs."
Oh I miss my night life. Must return. Dust off my fedora.
That is the greatest grin I've ever seen! I knew I loved you joe. You are so much fun. I really see the Gemini. Oh I could kiss you.
This is absolutely wonderful. I'm going to have to show you mine, I'm afraid. Although you've really already seen me.:-)
I just love your face, joe. Now my life has changed.
Jesus, man. Life. I never know what to expect, thankfully. I'll leave prediction to the birds. Oh wait! They're too busy talking.
Sweet and romantic too doncha think?
Yes. So elfin and mischievous. Much more light-hearted than I expected. A wonderful face. Really sweet, but with a knowing glimmer. It's amazing how our spirits can rise above our agonies. Now the image is with me forever. I chose well.
Hard times = good times. It's all the same damn thing. I knew I liked life.
That's a self-taken photo, by the way. Took me forever to get it right. usually I have a dorky expression.
"Sweet and romantic"? mmm, I dunno. There's definitely some tension between stern, glum Saturn and witty, airy Gemini. Then the Cap Moon and Scorpio Sun. I have NO illusions about the complexity of my inner makeup. If not for Gemini ASC I might really be a true curmudgeon.
Miss Richfield- hahahhaa tho that flag looks to be in a dangerous state of non compliance.
You are hilarious. Dorky expression! You are adorkable.
This is great. It verifies how important the ascendant is. All of that agony needs to be there but the end place, the door to the outside, the asc, is where the story is enacted. It's the role we play. So no matter what, you get to be a Gemini elf. More than Sun in gemini.
I am just stunned by the photo. It brings out the best in me. Of course, I have Venus in Gemini!
You are a true curmudgeon and that's why you have no fear of my cynical moods. And I am most delighted. Just wait till I'm 99!
Venus in Aries is loving ourselves time and we have FOUR MONTHS of it!!
Joy unbounded!!!!!!
My sister has a Cap Moon and Scorpio Sun. And I lover her, so maybe I've had practice. She always brings me down, but then her Sag rising raises me back up in the end. This girl can laugh. In fact, the Scorpio laugh is often the best. Honest, deep, and infectious. From the soul and gut.
Venus in Aries is loving ourselves time and we have FOUR MONTHS of it!!
And we get the enriched version. I've already marked the days she crosses my Jupiter! And of course Jupiter in Aries is very helpful!
Party on elves, & faeries!
"Adorkable" lol cute.
That's interesting about the asc. I will need to think on it some more.
All right my dears, thanks for the fun romp in this wild garden. Time for me to head out and get some stuff done before bed.
Good night from the adorkable one.
HA HA HA!! Joe you are making me laugh so much tonight. I love you and sleep well, my adorkable one. We must go on further into the ascendant, my favorite subject. Sleep on it.
OOPs meant Jupiter in Aquarius (sextile) is very helpful.
So true, my son has final degree cap moon and final degree Pisces sun but that Sag asc really kicks um...you know.
Yay for Joop in Aries. Yay for Aries rising. And yay even for Pluto on Mars. You hear that, Chris? Are you getting well? Miss Venus-Mars Aries. We are going to survive bigtime.
All right. I'm off to buy lettuce! Later ....
Still here??
The ascendant is the most important part of the chart, and I accept no debate.
Call me irresponsible, call me unreliable....
You're so undorkably cute!
You mean KICKS ASS?????
OMG. That song. Call me Irresponsible. Big story.
Ass kicking, some or just the typical Sag stuff, charisma and warmth that pulls that moon and Sun along for the ride.
I am all ears for the story of that song.
I'll hang out in the cafe while you buy lettuce.
Yes. The absence of Kadimiros is felt as a constant. The tether is loosely infinite.
More from our excitable economist....
"I have absolutely NO CONFIDENCE in the stock market or ANY MARKET. I was a fool to have invested what I did over the past ten years from working hard in the computer business. I am part of the new generation that will be VERY averse to risk. Hell, I think my 401k money-market fund sounds pretty God damn RISKY right now!
If you want to borrow my hard-earned savings you are damn well going to pay a premium for it. Otherwise it will be stockpiled in mason jars in my back yard. My retirement and investment strategy going forward will be based on SAVINGS and a VERY FEW CONSERVATIVE investments. This is a God d@#@ fraud. I've been fooled once.
God d$#% it. My Grandpa was right.
This e-mail came to Karl and here is the problem. The people are starting to do the right thing by pulling in their money but that worsens the economy as cash flow dries up. We're in a fix. We need a new industry, and I think it will come. Later. Meanwhile I think big lessons about the nature of credit are coming. Lots ahead. The government simply can't be honest with us. Not at this point. Too many guilty, too much at stake. We have to wise up and quit being taken. On our own. They will try to fool us again.
Policy-makers must understand: This is a confidence problem and they are responsible for it. The people pulling the levers of power, including Bernanke, the OTS, OCC, President Obama and Geithner (and their predecessors, have intentionally and systematically obscured the facts and looked the other way while various people within Wall Street repeatedly misrepresented the quality of the securities they were peddling and, in many cases, the health of their firms. Do I really need to go back and cite "The economy is fundamentally sound" or "I'm going to burn the shorts" again? None of these people have been held to account for their falsehoods by our government and as a consequence the market is doing the job that government refuses to do, with the result being a market collapse.
I think we really do have to stop thinking in terms of governmental solutions. they might come after ours get a toehold.
Karl and Konfidence


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The hundreds of people I follow is not enough.
Reblog if
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And I'll check you out.
…Oh, and I'll check out your blog, too.
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9 came out on 9/9/09.
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I will preface this by saying that I in no way agree with all the MLP fans who're flipping their sh*t and threatening people with death over the change.
But I still find the initial reaction to Derpy's… well, derpiness, highly disturbing. There have been many FAR worse characters in the history of animated television that sat perfectly well with people, and I honestly can't see what makes Derpy so different that people got so offended by it, or thought that others might be.
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scherbaddie said...
It would be so demoralising if a developer ever read comments like these. No wonder they're continuously simplifying (read:dumbing-down) the game - for people like Noyou (who still fails to understand simple, point-form descriptions like "Players will be asked to choose a specialization at level 10").
scherbaddie makes a valid point. if you stop and think for 2 seconds, how does it even make sense that you would have 2 trees worth of specialty abilities? that would be ridiculous. mortal strike and bloodthirst? plague strike and frost strike? divine storm and avengers shield????
he could have phrased his opinion a little sweeter, but hey that's what freedom of speech will get you.


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Rookie Watch: February 1st
Posted By Jason Fleming On February 1, 2012 @ 4:00 pm In All,Main Page,NBA | No Comments
It's time for another edition of HOOPSWORLD's rookie rankings. Again there was no movement at the very top of the list, but that number one position is tenuous.
Let's talk about that top spot for a moment, the ongoing battle between point guards Ricky Rubio of Minnesota and Kyrie Irving of Cleveland. Clearly they are the best in this year's rookie class, and if Rubio had not chosen to come over from Spain this season nothing would stand between Irving and the Rookie of the Year award. What are the major differences between the two? What is keeping the race tight?
For Rubio it's his shooting percentages. He is a fantastic playmaker and has shown a deeper range than many expected, but his overall shooting number has dropped below 40%. Everything else about his game is fantastic, but that is going to be something voters key on.
For Irving his shooting numbers are phenomenal, but it's the other numbers that will hurt him. Rubio blows him away in assists, steals and even rebounds. He needs to step up the rest of his game a bit.
If either player improves in those areas – or leads their team to a playoff berth (which looks to be easier for Irving than Rubio at this point) – that may be all they need to ice this award.
On to the list! (Stats are through games from January 30th. Last week's ranking in parentheses.)
1 (1) – Ricky Rubio, Minnesota Timberwolves: 11.4 points, 8.9 assists, 4.7 rebounds, 2.2 steals, 38% FG, 35% 3FG
Had Rubio not hit 6-10 shots Monday night and come within just two rebounds of a triple-double, Irving may have claimed this top spot. Before that game he had hit just 15-51 in the previous four games. He also recorded just one steal in the past three games after five straight of three or more. Then again, with wins in three of Minnesota's past four games, maybe it doesn't matter. Besides, as a point guard, the 10.7 assists per game in his last six is a much more important statistic anyway.
2 (2) – Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers: 17.9 points, 4.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds, 0.8 steals, 52% FG, 41% 3FG
Here's a number for you: Irving has shot 60% or better in four of his past five games. As a rookie. As a rookie point guard. His shooting percentages for a rookie at this position are simply outstanding. An even more telling number is his almost 3:1 assist to turnover ratio in his past three games, a marked improvement. Not, it's not a coincidence that the Cavaliers have won two of the past three after a four-game slide.
3 (7) – Kemba Walker, Charlotte Bobcats: 12.2 points, 3.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 1.1 steals, 37% FG, 34% 3FG
Walker moving up to three has as much to do with the performance of others as it does his own. He did raise his points, assists and rebounds this past week – highlighted by his second 20-point effort – but that came with generally poor shooting, including a 4-19 effort against the hapless Washington Wizards. If you are paying attention here, though, you will see Walker continuing a trend…
4 (4) – Brandon Knight, Detroit Pistons: 12.4 points, 3.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds, 0.8 steals, 41% FG, 38% 3FG
Knight has reached 50% or better shooting in just six of 22 games this season, lowlighted by the first zero of his season Monday against the Milwaukee Bucks where he missed all four shots from the field and his only free throw. These are the games where a player needs to find other ways to contribute and Knight failed to do so, dishing just two assists against four turnovers while Brandon Jennings and Shaun Livingston combined to score 28 points. This just two games after a strong effort against Atlanta where he recorded 20 points, eight assists and five rebounds. (Notice the trend continuing? Figured it out yet?)
5 (5) – Iman Shumpert, New York Knicks: 10.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.2 steals, 37% FG, 29% 3FG
And with Shumpert checking in at the fifth spot on the rankings, the entire top five is made up point guards. Considering this is the most difficult transition to make from college, that's impressive. That all five of these point guards currently have starting roles – 17% of the league! – is also amazing. For Shumpert that's likely to come to an end with Baron Davis joining the lineup in New York. This could be a blessing for Shumpert, whose energy should serve the Knicks better off the bench than it did as the team's starting point guard.
6 (3) – MarShon Brooks, New Jersey Nets: 14.8 points, 1.6 assists, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals, 46% FG, 35% 3FG
News dropped yesterday Brooks has a fractured pinky toe on his right foot and is out indefinitely while it heals. For a player who is the second-best scorer in this class – behind Irving – missing games is not something Brooks or his Nets need. He also missed time with a sore Achilles' tendon in his left foot.
7 (6) – Tristan Thompson, Cleveland Cavaliers: 7.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.1 blocks, 46% FG
Thompson now has six games of two or more blocks this season, but he needs to work on one thing to get himself more minutes: free throw shooting. He is hitting just 43% from the line this year, lower than his shooting from the field. When that happens teams are going to put you on the line. In order to force them to play honest defense Thompson has to get better from the charity stripe.
8 (NR) – Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs: 7.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 45% FG, 26% 3FG
The Spurs seem to just keep rolling along and Leonard is a surprising reason why. Since being added to the starting lineup – after Manu Ginobili's injury – the Spurs are 7-5. They were 6-5 with him coming off the bench, so that illustrates the rookie's presence has not hurt their winning percentage. They are also 3-3 on the road in that timeframe after losing the first five. Monday night Leonard recorded his second double-double of the season, so it will be interesting to see how his minutes are affected when Ginobili returns.
9 (10) – Markieff Morris, Phoenix Suns: 7.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.5 blocks, 43% FG, 49% 3FG
After a hot start Morris' overall field-goal shooting has taken a tumble, but that three-point percentage remains impressive. There's more to it though; he's taking fewer shots from long-range. For the season Morris is 19-39 from three-point range, but only eight of those attempts (three makes) have come in the last eight games. Curious. After hitting 16-31 in his first 12 games in the league, did someone tell him to stop shooting them? Or is he simply not looking for what has turned out to be his most efficient shot anymore? Have to keep an eye on this.
10 (9) – Derrick Williams, Minnesota Timberwolves: 7.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 0.5 steals, 43% FG, 26% 3FG
While most of the rookies (save Irving) have seen their shooting percentages drop, Williams actually raised his two points since last week. Unfortunately, the rest of his numbers – and his minutes with the return of Michael Beasley – took a bit of a hit, highlighted by his zero rebounds in the past two games while playing just 17 total minutes; Beasley put up 52 points and 15 rebounds in 63 minutes in the same two games. It's time for Williams to assert himself a little more on the floor if he wants his minutes back.
Honorable Mention: Nicola Vucevic (Philadelphia 76ers), Isaiah Thomas (Sacramento Kings), Jimmer Fredette (Sacramento Kings), Norris Cole (Miami HEAT), Andrew Goudelock (L.A. Lakers)
How would you rate this year's rookies so far? Leave your thoughts in the comments below! Follow Jason Fleming on Twitter @jfleminghoops and hit up his weekly chat Monday at 8pm Eastern.
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By Phillip InmanGreece may favour eurobonds but Germany is harder to persuade. Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA
1. The issue at a glance
2. Why is it being talked about now?
3. A brief history
4. What happens next?
5. The options – and key arguments
6. What does it mean for me?
7. Key players
8. Glossary
10. Some key statistics
11. In greater depth
12. One sentence killer dinner party line on eurobonds
1. The issue at a glance
Borrowing costs are rising for many of the single currency's 17-members. Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland are among those that must pay sky high interest rates on their debts. But what if France and Germany helped out? What if the biggest economies on the continent agreed to issue euro loans on behalf of all countries in the currency club? A euro loan, or bond, could be issued by one country, but would be underwritten by all of them. Germany would pay more for its debts and Greece would pay less.
2. Why is it being talked about now?
A bond is another word for a mortgage. Nations borrow money for all kinds of purposes for three months, three years or 10 years and all points in between. The 10-year bond is considered the benchmark. Western nations will have thousands of bonds in circulation, most of which are traded on a secondary market by investors. These investors will buy a bond when it is issued and then decide to sell it before the maturity date. A £2m bond that pays 4% each year for 10 years, may sell for £1.95m if the country that issued the bond looks a little dodgy. If there is a possibility of default the bond might become worthless.
The Greek crisis has spread fears that Spain and Italy could struggle to sell their bonds without support from Brussels. Spain, in particular, which is close to spending more than €100bn (£89bn) rescuing its banks, could be shunned by private sector lenders and run out of money without support from the mothership. Brussels does not have enough in the kitty to keep Spain and Italy afloat. The German government and central bank, the Bundesbank, are vehemently against the idea. They don't want to pay higher interest rates. More importantly, German chancellor Angela Merkel says EU treaties forbid joint debt liabilities. The German constitution would also need to be amended say others. And the Bundesbank said recently that even if these problems could be overcome, it will be the Germans left on the hook for all Europe's debts if something goes terribly wrong and several countries go bust. Worse, international lenders could view new eurobonds as a disguise for an already debt laden eurozone and charge punishing rates of interest.
3. A brief history
Discussion of how eurobonds might work has occupied EU members since the 1960s. A single currency for the six founding members was under discussion in the 1950s and a collective way to borrow using eurobonds was part of the plan. When the idea of a shared currency was resurrected in the mid 1990s, borrowing for all countries was extremely cheap and the need for eurobonds was unclear.
They are not to be confused with the eurobond market, which is a way for corporations, banks and other private entities to borrow money by issuing bonds. London is the world's biggest eurobond marketplace.
4. What happens next?
One by one European leaders are lining up to voice their support for eurobonds. Mario Monti, the technocrat prime minister of Italy, is in favour along with Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish PM. Greece, Ireland and Portugal would jump at the chance. Even British prime minister David Cameron has urged the 17 members to set aside their differences and agree to issue eurobonds. The key date is now the Greek elections on 17 June. Another strong vote for parties opposed to the terms of the bailout and the crisis will deepen, possibly forcing the EU leadership to choose between a watering down of the current deal or letting Greece leave the euro.
5. The options – and key arguments
If the Germans are right and the EU treaty needs changing to allow joint fundraising, then amendments to the treaty are the first step. Most likely a more fundamental merger of nation states is also on the cards, just as the United States did at its Constitutional Convention of 1787. A political structure to match the shared currency would mean a United States of Europe run from Brussels. New debt would be in the form of eurobonds and would be backed by the European Central Bank. Old debts would remain with individual states. It is a fundamental shift, which is why the Germans are so sceptical. France is keen to force the ECB to accept responsibility for the bonds without a political union.
6. What does it mean for me?
Should eurobonds see the light of day, it could stabilise the eurozone and put an end to speculation that countries will go bust. As each nation issues new bonds to pay for welfare spending, investment, or just to repay old debts, it will be in a new eurobond and almost certainly at a cheaper interest rate.
The eurozone takes 40% of the UK's exports and stability could bring growth for them and us. UK borrowing costs are ultra low because Britain is viewed as a safe haven. This is unlikely to change, even with extra competition from eurobonds.
7. Key players
Angela Merkel
Merkel and her foreign minister Guido Westerwelle and finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble have argued strongly that eurobonds are flawed. But recent election losses for Merkel's CDU and Westerwelle's FDP could force a U-turn. Maybe the German people are more willing to tolerate higher borrowing costs and a little constitutional jiggery-pokery to keep the show on the road.
François Hollande
Hollande wants to bend the rules to preserve monetary union. he is putting pressure on the Germans to sanction eurobonds despite their reservations.
Mario Draghi
Mario is playing hardball along with the Germans. But if he has a softer side, and believes the rules should be bent to preserve the single currency, he could back Hollande's eurobond plans.
Alexis Tsipras
If the head of Greece's breakaway socialist group gains ground in new elections he could force the Germans to back down as the price of staying in. Eurobonds could save Greece from decades of high debt costs.
Goldman Sachs
The US investment bank advised the Greek government on how to use local banks to buy its own debts, thereby disguising the true level of its borrowing. Goldmans is now advising the Spanish on their debt crisis. Maybe if the whizz kids at Goldmans can successfully trick the bureaucrats in Brussels that all eurozone debts are lower than they first appeared, the Germans will be happy to back collective eurobonds.
8. Glossary
Bond: a loan that lasts for a fixed period that can range from three months to three years to a decade and beyond. It pays out a monthly fee, or coupon, and at the end of the borrowing period the headline amount borrowed – the principle – is repaid in full.
Coupon payment: the monthly bond dividend paid out by the bond issuer to the bondholder, which is a percentage of the total loan. So if it is a £2bn ten-year bond with a 4% interest rate, that means the bondholder gets £80m a year, as well as £2bn when the 10 years are up.
Eurobond: a bond issued by a sovereign state – Greece, say – but whose coupon payments and principle payments are underwritten by all European Union states. More bomb-proof than a bond issued by an individual nation, therefore.
Default: when a state reneges on a sovereign bond payment, whether a monthly coupon payment or the full principle payment.
What is a eurobond?
It is a collective debt: part of the problem facing some eurozone countries is that they are struggling to borrow from financial markets at affordable interest rates. If instead the European commission, for example, could borrow on behalf of all eurozone member states by issuing joint bonds, the cost could be lowered for countries such as Italy and Spain, because investors could be confident that stronger countries stood behind their debts. Analysts calculate that Portugal, for example, would see annual repayments fall by €15bn, or almost 9% of its GDP, as its interest rate fell to the eurozone average.
Sounds great. Why don't they just do it?
Eurobonds might sound great to Greece, but they go fundamentally against Germany's approach to resolving the crisis. Collectivising debt removes the incentive for individual countries to put their own public finances in order. It also opens up a so-called "moral hazard" problem: if profligate behaviour goes unpunished, what's to stop any country going on the national equivalent of a giant bender and expecting Germany to pick up the tab? If Germany's borrowing costs rose to the eurozone average, it could cost Berlin an extra €50bn a year in repayments – almost 2% of its GDP.
There are political and constitutional problems with the idea for Germany too: the constitutional court has made clear that it is not willing to sanction open-ended bailouts of other countries, which might well make eurobonds unconstitutional, and German voters – the fabled Swabian housewives summoned up by politicians to represent their frugal citizens – may not be ready to bail out the single currency zone in the way the policy implies.
Even if the Germans signed up, would eurobonds resolve the crisis?
No. They could help to calm the market panic and ease the immediate budgetary crisis of some countries, including Italy and Spain. But a eurobond would do nothing to reduce overall levels of debt, let alone tackle the underlying structural problem that countries such as Greece are simply unable to compete fairly with their eurozone partners.
Don't euro leaders usually come up with a fudge when they can't agree on something?
Yes. There are modest versions of a eurobond, where countries would still be responsible for the majority of their debts, with the commission just picking up the riskiest slice, for example. Such an arrangement might be more palatable than a full-blown collectivisation of the debt. But the less ambitious the plan, the less likely it would be to succeed.
There is also a proposal on the table for €230m of so-called "project bonds", which would see euro countries jointly raise finance for specific infrastructure schemes aimed at creating jobs and boosting growth. This would be a drop in the ocean, and do nothing to resolve the mountain of outstanding debt; but it might be enough of a sop to Hollande for him to be able to claim he's shifted the debate towards growth.
So what are the chances for the eurobond solution?
Angela Merkel and her finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, have repeatedly expressed their opposition but they now face intense pressure from Hollande and his Germanophone finance minister, Pierre Moscovici. Monti also backs the idea, and has previously had Merkel's ear – but Italy would be a major beneficiary so he's likely to be seen as talking his own book. Another powerful Italian, ECB president Mario Draghi, favours eurobonds, but so far Germany has paid little heed to his demands for more rescue measures. David Cameron has also been urging a more collective approach on the UK's euro-neighbours, but his view counts for little in Germany after he infuriated Merkel by vetoing a new European treaty last year. Again, the outcome of the Greek elections will be crucial.
10. Some key statistics
• The overal debt of the eurozone is around 90% of GDP, which is well above the 80% level that some economists believe is the maximum debt level for a nation state before debt costs become prohibitive.
• Growth in the eurozone has stalled at 0% according to latest figures.
• Unemployment in the eurozone is 10.9%. In Spain it is nearly 24.1%, with youth unemployment there and in Greece more than 50%.
• The euro is now at a two-year low against the dollar of €1.25 and is now worth just 80p after hitting 90p last July.
11. In greater depth
Hollande pushes case for eurobonds
Why Germany doesn't want eurobonds
Germany and France clash over eurobonds at summit
Eurobonds could be the answer as eurozone struggles to stay afloat
Eurobond plan sets Barroso on collision course with Merkel
Eurobonds have been ruled out by the German chancellor, but for how long?
Eurozone's debt mess needs a permanent solution
Investors divided over use of eurobonds
Commission proposes 'eurobonds'
12. The one sentence killer dinner party line on Greece's exit from the eurozone:
It's all very well but Angela won't wear it.
full article and source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/24/eurobonds-an-essential-guide?newsfeed=true
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- EUROBONDS: Your Quick Guide To The One Thing That Could Actually End The Euro Crisis (businessinsider.com)
- EU leaders clash over eurobonds at summit (business.financialpost.com)
- Defiant Germany faces pressure to go easy on debt (smh.com.au)
- France's Hollande steps up eurobonds push (news.smh.com.au)
- EU backs Greece while steeling for 'Grexit' (abc.net.au)
- Eurozone 'wants Greece to stay' but countries plan for 'Grexit' (theweek.co.uk)
- Eurozone set to abandon Greece – and austerity (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- Mish/ Mike Shedlock - Germany Rules Out Eurobonds For 104th Time; Damned If They Do, Damned If They Don't – 23 May 2012 (lucas2012infos.wordpress.com)
- Eurozone crisis: Germany and France clash over eurobonds at summit (guardian.co.uk)


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Multiple CMS Vendor Partners… Is this a good strategy?
Recently, I was at a Web Content Management vendor conference in Vegas, chatting over drinks with colleagues about different business strategies. When out of the blue one of my competitors chimed in with a remark about Falcon-Software being a CMS vendor whore. Now, aside from finding that word offensive, I believe there was a little jealous undertone with his backhanded comment.
Regardless, this got me thinking about which strategy is truly the best; for an integration partner to be loyal to one or two CMS vendor partners or like Falcon-Software, have a healthy line up of several CMS platform solution for customers to choose from?
Now, I do understand the value in supporting only one particular vendor and becoming highly proficient in deploying that CMS platform. In fact, in 2002 Falcon-Software started off with only one CMS vendor – Ektron, which fostered a healthy funnel of sales leads between us over the years. In 2006, Ektron selected Falcon-Software as their Partner of the Year amongst their list of 200 partners worldwide. So it would seem the benefits can be very rewarding. Well… let's peel back that onion shall we!
In 2007, Ektron decided to change their partner model and starting offering integration services, and having all our eggs in one basket all the sudden seemed potentially hazardous to our health. So Falcon-Software quickly countered by adding three new CMS vendor solutions Kentico, Sitecore and Sitefinity to our portfolio and the pros quickly became apparent over any cons. Instead of having leads and RFP opportunities with just one vendor, we now had four vendors feeding the machine. More importantly, we could offer our customers a solution that truly was a best fit for their business needs, budget, infrastructure, etc. So it makes sense to me that being limited in offering only a couple of CMS vendor solution to customers, that objectivity becomes seriously compromised.
Over the years, I've managed to acquire an in-depth understanding of the differences and limitations between all the top CMS vendors, limitations that are not generally discussed in their glossy marketing brochures and flashy PowerPoint presentations and in my opinion, the only way to acquire this knowledge and expertise is by having a deep portfolio of successful deployments from many different CMS solutions.
On a side note, in 2012 Ektron went back to their original partner model abandoning their integration services all together.
Currently, Falcon-Software partners with 8-different .NET Web CMS vendors: Ektron, EPiServer, Elcom, Kentico, SharePoint, Sitecore, Sitefinity and our latest addition – DotNetNuke. Our philosophy is that there is no one size fits all CMS platform on the market today that can provide the best solution for everyone's budget and technical requirements. For example, some customers may require an out-of-box solution that offers a robust e-commerce or social media application, which narrows down the field. Others may require a system that excels in site globalization or one that can seamlessly integrate with a particular ERP or CRM solutions, which certainly narrows the field of players down even further. Let's also not forget about those customers that have a $200,000 project scope with only a $100,000 budget. Try that budget with Sitecore or SharePoint and you better be prepared for a stripped down gas can of a solution… not a good fit.
Can an integration firm be successful offering just on Web CMS solution? Sure… we did it for 5-years. But having tried both strategies, for us there is a clear and definite advantage to offering our customers a multitude of vendor solutions. The key is being proficient in delivering all the solutions you support so partner certification and ongoing training is vital.
Please Note: The image being used in the blog post is in the spirit of the debate and to help drive home a point and in no way meant to be offensive towards any female readers. I promise to post a follow up with a male character casting a seductive pose to help even things up
What's New in SharePoint 2013 & Kentico Spotlight
This Friday, August 24, CMS Connected takes to the air with another episode featuring an in depth look at what SharePoint 2013 is set to offer when it comes out of Public Beta. The show will also feature a spotlight segment on Kentico CMS, with a new major release fresh on the market, we are keen to share some specific highlights of the new feature list.
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Last month Microsoft released their public beta of.. get ready for original software naming moment.. .. SharePoint 2013! All in all the chatter has been relatively subdued as the SP and MS communities test drive all the new features packed into the beta. To be honest on the CMS side most of the features appear to already saturate most of the other CMS offerings that CMS Connected has featured. Mobility features, Proprietary Social Collaboration & Sharing, Search, Workflows, seems to be a bit of catch up happening here. In all fairness, we've also seen some pretty featureless integrations calling themselves 'Social Networking' and there is sure to be a truly seamless integration to other enterprise MS CRM, eCommerce and Intranet offerings, so we're looking forward to hearing what the CMS Connected team has to say about it. And most notably, what will special guests, Michal Pisarek and Gail Shlansky have to say about their personal opinion on the SharePoint 2013 Public Beta?
Additionally Scott is sure to rip our guests with some hard hitting SharePoint questions. Who can forget his infamous editorial moment from our April CMS Connected episode entitled, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly from SharePoint.
Also on the show will be Stephen Medve from Falcon-Software returning to grace the broadcast with his editorial spotlight on Kentico CMS. Kentico recently released an RC Version 7 of their ever evolving Content Management System. Falcon-Software's developers love the open and robust nature of Kentico's CMS offering and can often be found engaging in furious, full contact competitions of Rock, Paper, Scissors in order to determine developer lead hierarchy on Kentico projects.
We look forward to seeing everyone and hearing your feedback on Twitter @ #cmsconnected.
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The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly of SharePoint
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of SharePoint WCM with Scott Liewehr and Tyler Pyburn on The CMS-Connected Show.
Joining us on CMS-Connected is Tim Walters from Forrester Research, to help us dive into a discussion on where SharePoint WCM aligns in the marketplace from a Web Content Management perspective. What are its strengths, its weaknesses and how does it stack up with the other top WCM .NET solutions?
Also joining us on CMS-Connected is Michael Alden the President and CEO at Axceler to discuss articles and surveys posted by his organization on why companies are not coming to grips with SharePoint governance.
The Politics of Selecting a Web Content Management System
Falcon-Software first became involved with web content management (WCM) back in 1995. Our IT manager at the time suggested that we build our own custom WCM solution as a value added for our growing list of clientele. Knowing that the writing was on the wall and the days of deploying static websites were numbered, we decided to move forward with our first generation proprietary ASP CMS solution.
We closely monitored the impact it had on our business and found that it opened up a whole new revenue stream for Falcon-Software. Fifteen years later, it has become the core of our services – developing and deploying .NET WCM solutions, while assembling one of the most complete and comprehensive list of vendors in the industry. This strategy allows us the ability to provide the ideal technology solution for our clientele's unique technical requirements and business needs.
We are often asked — How can Falcon-Software be highly proficient in understanding and implementing so many different .NET WCM solutions?
First and foremost, we have a solid foundation in .NET technology and almost two decades of experience deploying WCM solutions in a wide variety of different sectors. Having a strong .NET knowledge-base to pull from allows us to exceed client expectations no matter what WCM platform we use. In my opinion, when you are limited to only one or two WCM vendor solutions, objectivity becomes seriously compromised.
Secondly, we understand the differences between the top .NET CMS solutions. They all promote user-friendly interfaces, customizable workflows, online forms, reporting analytics, e-commerce and social media modules – the similarities go on and on. The real trick in recommending one WCM product over another is understanding their differences. Some vendors have a robust Intranet modules as their differentiator, others may have a more mature social media package that allows you to deploy fully featured web portal communities rather than just a simple blog. So it all comes down to understanding the client's needs and technical challenges and matching them to a WCM system that best fits their budget.
Integrators that offer only one particular WCM system will undoubtedly make them an authority on the product over time. But, is that in the client's best interest? Certainly not. Launching a WCM system that works flawlessly from an integrators point-of-view does not always translate to being a successful project. One of the main reasons so many WCM implementations fail is poor adoption by the system administrators and site contributors that work with the product day in and day out. This could be due to several reasons - it could be too complicated for the user or it may not provide the ideal solution they were expecting the product to solve or users aren't provided proper training. Regardless, there is no one size fits all WCM product on the market today that can provide the best solution for everyone's requirements or budget.
We are also frequently asked — Since we have experience deploying so many different WCM systems – Which is the better product – for example Ektron or Sitecore? If you've spent any length of time in the WCM industry, you have almost certainly noticed the fierce rivalry between competing vendors. At times it can get pretty nasty and lines are constantly being crossed making the politics of the business just as immature and counterproductive as government politics. So, how does an integrator that supports several different products separate itself from the mud-slinging and smear tactics so heavily deployed amongst the WCM brotherhood? Our answer is simple and factual. Both Ektron and Sitecore are very good .NET WCM platforms and are well represented with thousands of customers across the globe and both have very mature development communities.
The problem is the question. The proper question should be – which WCM platform is the right one for my organization? Unfortunately, the answer is far more complicated and you should make sure you understand your own politics, technical challenges and organizational needs as a starting point. Then explore the WCM vendors that best match your criteria. Make sure you have a demo of the short-listed vendors and include all the key stakeholders and site administrators. Then setup a 'sandbox' trial version and start playing with the products in real-case scenarios. What you'll find is the ability to answer your own question – Which is the best WCM product for me?
List of Web CMS Vendors
The list of vendors below is by no means complete, but certainly in our opinion stable solutions. We also linked the systems Falcon-Software supports.
- Alfresco
- Alterian
- Autonomy WCM (was Interwoven)
- CoreMedia CMS
- Day Software
- Ektron
- Elcom CommunityManager.NET
- EPiServer
- Fatwire Content Server
- GOSS iCM
- Ingeniux CMS
- Microsoft SharePoint WCM
- Open Text WEM (was Vignette & Nstein)
- Open Text WCM (was RedDot)
- Percussion CM System
- SDL Web Solutions
- Sitecore
Small to Mid-Level WCM Systems:
- Bridgeline iApps
- Clickability
- CrownPeak
- DotNetNuke
- Drupal
- eZ Publish
- Hippo
- Hot Banana
- Joomla!
- Kentico
- Plone
- Telerik Sitefinity
- Umbraco
About Us
Falcon-Software offers website planning, creative design, development, Ektron, Elcom, EPiServer, Kentico, SharePoint, Sitecore, and Sitefinity WCM implimentations, WCM training and server hosting services.
We invite you to get started today. Call us for a free consultation at 800-957-1126.
Using SharePoint for Your Website: The Good, The Bad and The Possible
Presented by Sitecore co-founder Lars Nielsen, and sponsored by Redmond Magazine, this webinar will dig into the CMS features of Microsoft SharePoint, such as workflow, content reuse and sharing, and accessibility checking and compliance, assessing which capabilities work for public websites, and what alternatives you have if SharePoint is not the best choice for your website style.
You will learn:
- Ways to extend SharePoint when publishing content to the web
- How to achieve multi-language and multi-device web support
- How you can easily reuse content for multi-site syndication
- Examples of Sitecore's Web Content Management combined with SharePoint's Document management to achieve true Enterprise Content Management
- The new features SharePoint 2010 and their impact on managing public websites
- How to achieve more with your website while staying with your .NET and your Microsoft investment
Whether you are currently using SharePoint for your website, or considering using it, this webinar will be a valuable tool for determining whether you are using the best resource for your website style.
Web CMS Vendor Comparisons
One of the most requested Web CMS queries we receive from clientele that are at that critical due diligence stage is… What's the difference between the top .NET CMS vendors? Which one is a better fit for our organization? Well, after compiling numerous matrix comparisons based on our own expereinces over the years we thought it would be a good idea to find out what other developers and the customers that use the software have to say.
So, over the next several months we will be providing a match-up between the top .NET Web CMS vendors. Not just the features and specifications… we will be digging deep behind the scenes to uncover vendor support performance, coding quality, return on investment value, and much more. So, stay connected and be the first to contribute to the debate on which Web CMS vendor reigns supreme at www.cms-connected.com.


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7 Ways To Connect with Your Clients
Aug 27th
There are lots of ways to connect with your clients, but here are seven.
1. Tell a story. This is far less intrusive — and way more effective — than making your point directly. When telling your story, evoke specific emotions from your listeners — laughter, anger, compassion — that would help them connect with what he was communicating.
2. Make physical contact (when appropriate). While talking with your clients, place your hand on their shoulder, back, or forearm when speaking, thereby passing your energy on to your client kinetically.
3. Remember your client's name. If you have a poor memory find a method that works for you and retain their names.
4. Call them by name. Make sure to call them by name more than once in the course of conversation. Someone once told me that the sound of our own name spoken in a loving tone is one of the most soothing sounds we can ever hear. I agree.
5. Make deep eye contact and don't leave until the interaction is complete. This shows respect that they are the most important thing happening right now.
6. Calibrate vocal inflections and volume based on the amount of rapport established with your client. If you have a strong rapport was strong, be more boisterous in volume. If rapport is weak, use a more soft-spoken demeanor. Simple, but effective.
7. Ask for their opinion. Humans love to give their opinions on things. On those rare occasions when we are actually asked our thoughts on something — and we are listened to — it makes us feel tremendously important.
Why do you think it is important to connect with your clients? Do you have any other ways that you connect that I didn't mention above. Tell us your thoughts in the comments. I would love to hear them!


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Mark Levin Interviews Michael Reagan
Pure Levin, straight up; fixing all the misinformation on Newt Gingrich that has emerged for a few days in a row.
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Today Is The Anniversary Of OBM Fatima's Last Apparition
October 13th was the last day that Our Blessed Mother, Our Lady Of Fátima appeared to a crowd of approximately 70,000 people. God provided Her with the famous "Miracle Of The Sun" where many converted, repented of their sins, the sick were healed and Her messages came true.
I may be wrong, but I have a question: Does anybody believe that Fátima's prophecies will come true again? History is repeating itself so I ask you to pray, pray the Holy Rosary daily if you're Catholic; pray if you follow other religion.
It's not wrong to cast aside doubts but have the peace of mind that you ask for the Lord God graces, and Our Blessed Mother for intercessions. Please no bickering on this thread! All paths lead to God and we must join to defeat the evil one.
She has given this message quite often: "My children, heed my call." This is a special day! Watch the classic black and white Fátima movie, or the newest one, "The 13th Day." Spirit Daily posted a link to Portugal's Fátima Shrine live cam which you can access here. I was very lucky to "attend Mass" online.
May God shed grace upon Thee!
Love, -TPE
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Steve Jobs' Stanford Address: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
If you haven't watched his Stanford University's Commencement Address, please do so. Print it, and reflect on his message and his advice to find love in what you do; a very inspiring speech. Stay hungry and stay foolish; succeed is around the corner.
The world still grieves Steve Jobs' departure from this world. We all knew it was coming, but still when it happened, the world stopped spinning-for an infinitesimal second.
America became enraptured with Jobs' love and creativity of his signature technology. Millions around the world need and use Apple instruments to communicate, share pictures and now have some FaceTime instead of texting away. Apple revolutionized the market and pressed hard on the rest of the competition and everybody benefits in the end because now the world is quite accessible.
I learned how to type on a Macintosh, and still ingrained in my brain is the startup sounds, and the buzzing sound of the A:/ drive when it ejects the floppy disk. Windows quickly followed suit, and is still an incredible monopoly; corporations are quite forced to update and increase their productivity through Microsoft software, their upgrades and other nick-knacks.
Both Apple and Windows give us people with incredible skills that are often either very needed, or typecast-the nerds, or geeks. Right now the best way to describe many of them are "home brewers" – developers that create those "apps" for smartphones and tablets. There's nothing short of amazing when immersed in a software engineer or a developer's mind, where they make the difficult sound extremely easy and get us folks out of trouble and rescue us from a meltdown.
I don't want to take away from what's to come; our current crop of extremely talented individuals that now emerge from Google's Android and HP's Palm WebOS give the consumers a gamma of choices that can only come with healthy competition. IBM goes as far as 1911 and still trades strong, but in the seventies Apple kicked in, and now in 2011 we hold a thin computer in our hands.
And for that Mr. Jobs, I thank you very much.
Additional Note: Since I have a TouchPad and was hoping for a makeover with Meg Whitman, I am very disappointed-she's still agrees with the kill of the TouchPad's WebOS. Now she has to cut outrageous salaries; dissect HP, and make it profitable and hopefully change her mind to improve a good product.
West Still Open For VP
Damn, damn, damn! There goes the Palin/West 2012 ticket that I was salivating for! I hope that whoever ends up being the official GOP candidate, grabs this guy and put him in his/her ticket (Bachmann has not quit but she's not off the race as I speak).
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The long awaited album is finally here! Produced entirely by BOAC. Features include: Sunspot Jonz & Luckyiam from Living Legends, Z-Man, Equipto from Bored Stiff (on two tracks), TOPR. from The Earthlings & the one and only DJ Quest. Head over to the bandcamp page to Stream/Download. Support your local hip-hop and lets keep this movement going. Scroll down the page for tour dates!
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The Rappin In The Mirror Tour kicks off this friday with special guest Mike Marshall (Timex Social Club) & Dj Quest. Check the flyer to see if there coming to a city near you! BOAC's new album Project Roach was released TODAY! and will be available at #TheChillout as soon as your done reading this. 2011 is off to a good start so please support these artists. Spread the word and stay tuned for more Beats, Rhymes, Crates & Papes! Brought to you by the good folks at #TheChillout.
Here's a preview of whats to come from Stones Throw Records in 2011! If your familiar with the label then u know what to expect. Stream or download the 50-minute mix below straight from Itunes.
Stream/Download —-> Stones Throw Podcast 64
Here goes the last edition of "Video Of The Week" for 2010. Coming from my new favorite artist Big K.R.I.T featuring Killa Kyleon & Curren$y. If u want the audio for this song then leave your email in the comments section! have a safe new year & prepare for 2011. #TheChillout has alot in store for next year so stay tuned.
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High-Tech's high drama bridges the scepticism and symbolism divide
About half a century ago the Russians launched a rocket called Lunik II that landed on the Moon. It placed there metal pennants bearing the emblem of the Soviet Union and the date. Although universally seen in the West as the prelude to a manned mission, the Russians insisted that they had no immediate project to land a man on the Moon.
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Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter Voted Most Overrated Players In Baseball
Here's one for you, Red Sox fans. Two Yankees have been voted as the most overrated players in the game.
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez both have multi-million dollar contracts and actress girlfriends.
The two Yankees also have something else in common: They are among the overrated baseball players in the game, according to a survey of 185 major league ballplayers by Sports Illustrated.
A-Rod was voted most overrated, with 18 percent of his peers calling him out. Jeter came in third, with 7 percent of the vote. Nestled between the two superstars was another Yankee – the much ballyhooed prospect-turned-middle relief pitcher, Joba Chamberlain, who received 12 percent.
"I've been on this list before. I think it will be like that for the rest of my career," A-Rod said in response to his designation as most overrated.
Jeter was more to the point. "I've got no comment on anonymous polls," the shortstop told the New York Daily News.
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Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli reacts after he's called out on strikes in the ninth inning of Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. (Robin Buckson / Detroit News)
Boston � The Red Sox weren�t happy about anything during or after Saturday night�s Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.
The opener the Tigers won 1-0, by the way, in part because the Red Sox struck out 17 times.
This is a team, though, that struck more times during the regular season than the Oakland A�s, whom the Tigers� pitching did a good job of carving up with Ks in the Division Series.
So the fact the Sox struck out a lot wasn�t a surprise.
The fact they checked their swings so much, and that they complained about so many calls by plate umpire Joe West, and about the outcome of several appeals, however, was surprising.
Sox manager John Farrell took the high road, though.
�I can�t say there was an issue of the umpiring,� he said.
�That would be taking away from the talent that (the Tigers�) pitching staff had.
�They had good stuff. They�re a talent group. (Anibal) Sanchez had a power fastball, a good change-up, a slider when he needed it against right-handers, and a lot of swings and misses, obviously.
�There might have been a couple of pitches that were pitchers� pitches that seemed to go against us. But to say the umpiring was the reason why we didn�t get a hit until the ninth inning, that would be a little short-sighted on my part.�
Farrell is a former pitcher himself � a former Tigers� pitcher (1996), in fact. He knows when hitters have legitimate complaints and when they don�t.
�Any time (Sanchez) had a man on base,� Farrell said, �he would get a strikeout when needed.�
And the reason for those strikeouts?
Again, the high road.
�I can�t say there aren�t going to be pitches missed,� said Farrell. �That�s just a human part of the game. But I can�t say that was the reason.�


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SAN DIEGO (MainStreet)--Not many twentysomethings spend a great deal of time thinking about health insurance.
In fact, many are woefully uninformed - lacking even a basic understanding of how health insurance works or of health insurance terminology such as "deductible," "premium" or "co-pay."
But come January 2014, that will have to change.
That's when the bulk of the federal Affordable Care Act takes effect, under which young adults face new requirements for having health insurance - including being slapped with penalties for not having it.
"Right now this generation has very low levels of insurance literacy, precisely because there were so few good options before," explains Tamika Butler, California director of Washington, D.C.-based Young Invincibles, an organization that seeks to expand opportunity for Americans between the ages of 18 and 34.
According to Young Invincibles, young adults remain the most uninsured age group in the country. Here's a snapshot of the statistics:
- 29% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 26% of 25- to 34-year-olds are uninsured.
- By gender, 29% of men and 26% of women in these age groups lack insurance.
- In California, the numbers are far higher than the national average - with 31% in this age group lacking health insurance. In Los Angeles County, the figure jumps to 39%.
Statistics like these have organizations like Young Invincibles, as well as the insurance industry, and federal and state officials, all focused on young men and women this year in an attempt to get them signed up for health insurance.
Young Invincibles recently launched a nationwide campaign called Healthy Young America, under which its been holding grass roots events across the country to educate twentysomethings about the Affordable Care Act and the various low cost insurance options that will be available come January.
The organization has also developed an app for mobile phones that both helps find doctors and helps twentysomethings understand healthcare terminology.
"We really feel like getting young people insured is going to help everyone," Butler says. "You need young folks in the insurance pool to bring costs down for everyone. And young folks are really leaders. So we know young people are going to be this gateway to other folks in their community getting health insurance."
There are three primary options available for twentysomethings when it comes to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act:
- Stay on their parents' health insurance if they are under 26
- Access a health plan through their employer
- Purchase health insurance through the health insurance "marketplace" created under the Affordable Care Act. The marketplace is the new, website-based mechanism to find insurance. Each state may set up its own version of the marketplace or use the federal version, or customize the federal version for state use. Applicants won't have to worry about being denied because of health problems. The Affordable Care Act guarantees coverage to anyone who applies for a policy.
But here's where economic reality sets in.
For the first few years under the Affordable Care Act, the penalty for remaining uninsured is not that steep. In 2014, for example, the penalty is just 1% of annual income or $95 dollars, whichever is greater. (The penalty is paid when filing taxes in April.)


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