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As temperatures continue to drop this winter, remember that people are not the only ones rushing indoors to get out of the cold.
Rats, mice and other pests are relentless in their efforts to get inside, and only a comprehensive exclusion plan — creating physical barriers against rodents and pests to prevent them from entering a building — will keep them out for good.
Take the time now to identify each and every rodent access point, install an appropriate exclusion product that rodents nor time can degrade, then rest assured that your building and its occupants are protected against unwelcome pests and the harsh chemicals associated with pesticides this winter and in the years to come.
Rodents can enter a building through an opening as small as ¼-inch, and they will use any means necessary to reach the food and shelter that a heated building provides.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 50 percent of premises experience either rat or mice activity.
And, while an accurate number of rats living in the U.S. is difficult to ascertain, some experts believe it is as high as 1.25 billion.
Protecting your building against these unwanted pests should begin long before they have made their way inside.
In fact, pest control professionals across the globe agree that exclusion is more effective than attempting to remove pests once they have taken up residence.
"The foundation of any successful rodent management program is to keep rodents out of where people reside," said Dr. Austin Frishman, president of AMF Pest Management Services. "We call this rodent stoppage, and it is the most economical and effective step in a pest management program. It is essential to keep new rodents from invading, and proper exclusion methods provide immediate and long-term positive results for the property owner."
A Worthy Opponent
As you survey your building for areas in need of exclusion, it's important not to underestimate the tenacity and agility of rodents attempting to gain shelter.
In addition to squeezing through miniscule openings, rats and mice can climb wires and rough surfaces, jump considerable distances and gnaw through a variety of materials including window screens, wood, fiberglass, plastic and even concrete.
Common rodent entryways include:
- Exterior doors
- Open garage and loading dock doors
- Windows
- Air vents
- Fireplaces
- Points where electrical, water, gas, sewer and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) lines enter the building.
Rats and mice can also gain entry easily through tiny cracks in the foundation by gnawing through the standard rubber and vinyl seals on most garage and loading dock doors and those beneath roofing tiles.
A One-time Investment
A comprehensive exclusion plan — one in which every possible entry point is excluded to rodents — is necessary to fully protect your building.
While this may seem like a daunting task, it should be one that you never have to repeat.
Unlike extermination methods, which may become necessary again and again as persistent pests make their way in, exclusion offers a "set it and forget it" solution.
Investing the time and resources on a proper exclusion installation will safeguard your building indefinitely.
That said, exclusion is only as effective as the barrier product installed.
Steel wool, though inexpensive and readily available at home improvement stores, faces rusting and decomposition over time.
Non-reinforced rubber or vinyl seals and spray foam products can be gnawed through easily by even the smallest of rodents.
The most effective exclusion materials include stainless steel or other permanent elements that will not degrade over time.
Some online retailers dedicated to exclusion offer a wide range of specialty products to secure even obscure problem areas, including specially designed rodent-proof garage door seals, under-door sweeps and more.
So, whether you are tackling a small problem area with a do-it-yourself installation or employing a pest control professional to safeguard an entire building, ensure the products used offer long-term, permanent protection and the accompanying peace of mind.
An Ounce Of Prevention
Rodent infestation undoubtedly takes an emotional toll on those impacted — no one is comfortable sharing their personal space with rats and mice.
But, the emotional impact of an infestation often pales in comparison to the financial damage.
By the time a rodent problem has been identified, the amount of physical damage inflicted can be devastating.
In the U.S., rats cause an estimated $19 billion in damages per year.
Given adequate food and shelter, a single pair of rats can multiply into 640 within a year.
In just six months, a pair of mice can eat more than four pounds of food and contaminate 10 times that amount.
Beyond financial destruction, rodents can trigger asthma and carry parasites such as fleas, mites and lice.
Rodent excrement and saliva carry diseases, including the rare but serious hantavirus — a life-threatening disease carried primarily by deer mice that is found throughout the U.S.
Each year, upwards of 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats.
A Greener Solution
The majority of exclusion products available are completely eco-friendly; they are chemical-free, non-toxic and safe to use around people, animals and areas where food is handled.
They also help prevent the need for noxious chemicals often associated with pesticides.
"Going green" when it comes to pest control is not only good for the environment; it's also one more way in which exclusion can be good for your pocketbook.
Chemical-free exclusion plays a significant role in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, an accreditation offered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to identify "green" buildings.
LEED-certified buildings have lower operating costs over time — particularly with energy savings — increased asset value, reduced waste and even potential tax benefits.
To achieve LEED certification, a pest management program must be implemented that reduces the exposure of building occupants to hazardous substances, including pest waste and the allergens pests transmit.
The plan must also create the lowest possible environmental impact.
Chemical-free exclusion is a simple step in working to achieve LEED certification and the long-term benefits that distinction provides.
Investing the resources on pest prevention now will pay countless dividends in the years to come, saving both time and money on repair and remediation and providing a safer, healthier environment for building tenants and employees.


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No lipstick! No blush! No false eyelashes! To kick off Season Three, the ladies of THE TALK "take it all off," going completely natural and makeup-free for the live season premiere of the CBS Daytime talk show, Monday, Sept. 10 (2:00 PM, ET / 1:00 PM, PT). Hosts Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Sara Gilbert, Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler "bare it all" including actress Jamie Lee Curtis, CBS Daytime stars Michelle Stafford and Melody Thomas Scott (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) andKatherine Kelly Lang (THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL), along with the entire studio audience. Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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The Caregiver-The Forgotten Hero
If you are involved in caring for a loved one with cancer,
you are a caregiver. Many times the caregiver provides both physical and
emotional support. You may assist with activities of daily living: such as,
cooking, cleaning, transportation to medical appointments, running errands and
organizing insurance and medical documents. Caregiving also encompasses providing
emotional support and comfort during the cancer journey. Often times a person
who is diagnosed with cancer feels overwhelmed and confused. The caregiver may
be there to help with treatment side effects or be an extra set of ears at the
physician appointments. As we know, cancer affects the whole family. There may
be many ups and downs and you have taken on the role of the supportive
The role of the caregiver is vitally important, but may not
always be easy or comfortable. For most caregivers lifes responsibilities continue.
The caregiver may have full-time employment, young children, aging parents and
a house of their own to manage. It is not uncommon for the caregiver to feel
anxious, overwhelmed, sad, angry, worrisome, guilty and at times resentful. It
is important as a caregiver, to take care of yourself both physically and
emotionally. This means eating well, staying active, rest often, get adequate
sleep and keep up-to-date with your own health screenings and appointments.
There are also strategies to cope with your feelings: such as, setting limits,
asking for help, keeping a journal, joining a support group for caregivers,
connecting with your spiritual side and reaching out to others for support.


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Overview of Content Experiments
Appendix (multi-armed bandit)
First, keep in mind that the name "multi-armed bandit" describes a problem to which several "solutions" have been proposed. If you pick up a book on "Reinforcement Learning" you will find several approaches listed in the introductory chapter on multi-armed bandits. This is because the math behind the multi-armed bandit problem is so hard that approximate heuristic solutions are used in practice. The mathematical difficulties are neatly summarized in a famous quote by Peter Whittle (Whittle, 1979):
[The bandit problem] was formulated during the [second world] war, and efforts to solve it so sapped the energies and minds of Allied analysts that the suggestion was made that the problem be dropped over Germany, as the ultimate instrument of intellectual sabotage.
We use a heuristic known as Thompson Sampling, or Randomized Probability Matching, because it combines many of the best features of these heuristics. You can learn more about this technique in [5], and see more details about its mathematical properties in [2] , [3], and [4].
Optimal arm probabilities
Thompson sampling assigns sessions to arms in proportion to the probability that each arm is optimal. This is a Bayesian computation. Let θ = (θ1, θ2,..., θk) denote the vector of conversion rates for arms 1, …, k. And let y denote the data observed thus far in the experiment. We model y as a vector of independent binomial outcomes and assume independent uniform priors on θ. Let Ia(θ) denote the indicator of the event that arm a is optimal. Then we can write:
P(Ia) = ∫Ia(θ) p(θ|y) dθ
This integral can be done in closed form (although the closed form solution involves complicated special functions like the incomplete beta function), or by numerical integration. In either case, the computation quickly becomes unstable even for relatively small values of y. However, optimal arm probabilities can be stably computed by simulation. Each element of θ is an independent random variable from the beta distribution. Simulate a large matrix containing draws of θ from the relevant beta distributions, where the rows of the matrix represent random draws, and the columns represent the k arms of the experiment. A Monte Carlo estimate of the probability that arm a is optimal is the empirical fraction of rows for which arm a had the largest simulated value. The probability that each arm beats the original can be computed similarly.
Value remaining
The simulation that produces the optimal-arm probabilities can also produce the distribution of the value remaining in the experiment. The value remaining is the posterior distribution of (θmax-θ*)/θ*, where θmax is the largest value of θ, and θ* is the value of θ for the arm that is most likely to be optimal. To illustrate the computation, suppose there are three arms with 20, 30, and 40 sessions that have generated 12, 20, and 30 conversions. The optimal arm probabilities are roughly .09, .20, and .71. The first 6 draws from the Monte Carlo simulation of θ might be:
[,1] [,2] [,3] [1,] 0.54 0.73 0.74 [2,] 0.55 0.66 0.73 [3,] 0.53 0.81 0.80 [4,] 0.57 0.50 0.65 [5,] 0.52 0.67 0.83 [6,] 0.65 0.84 0.63
We compute value row by row by subtracting the largest element of that row from the element in column 3 (because arm 3 has the highest chance of being the optimal arm). In the first two rows the value is zero because the largest draw occurs in column 3. In the third row the value is .01/.80 because column 2 is .01 larger than column 3. If we keep going down each row we get a distribution of values that we could plot in a histogram like the left panel of Figure A1. Arm 3 has a 71% probability of being the best arm, so the value of switching away from arm 3 is zero in 71% of the cases. The 95th percentile of the value distribution is the "potential value remaining" in the experiment, which in this case works out to be about .16. You interpret this number as "We're still unsure about the CvR for arm 3, but whatever it is, one of the other arms might beat it by as much as 16%."
The right panel in Figure A1 shows what happens to the value-remaining distribution as the experiment progresses. Suppose each arm had 5 times the sample size (so 100, 150, and 200 sessions), with 5 times the number of conversions (60, 100, 150). With larger sample sizes, we are much more confident about the conversion rates of the arms. Arm 3 now has about a 95% chance of being the optimal arm, so the 95th percentile of the value-remaining distribution is zero.


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The meeting was held on IRC, channel #plasma, irc.freenode.net, at 13:00 UTC.
So, we started talking of the review board, and possible things we could do to improve it. Speed seemed a major problem for some of us.
Possible changes include: RSS feed, and more bandwidth/more powerful server.
It was also decided we need to make the purpose clear: core changes, new devs, anything people are unsure about and would like someone to look at.
We will mail the developers to see what their plans for further development are In general, seems that everyone is pretty satisfied with how it works (apart from the fact that it does not work with our beloved konqui or with lynx ;-) ).
Then we discussed about a backporting policy, and the idea of doing interim releases. We discussed those items toghether because they kind of overlap.
There were suggestions we should do an interim release, but we decided to backport a bunch of features into 4.0.x instead.
Riccardo will take care of doing that thanks to the great git cherry pick command, others need to help him spotting the right commits to backport. We'll set up a marathon in the next two days where we'll do that.
Things to take care of when backporting:
After that, there's the moving libplasma to kdelibs strategy discussion. We won't rush and wait until 4.2, to make sure the code and API are both solid. We'll treat 4.1 as though it was kdelibs code, though.
For the April plasma sprint, dates will be 11th - 14th, with arrivals on 10th and departures the 15th. We will probably need to rent a car, to make transporting people around easier.
If annma or darktears come with theirs, it would be great. Ruphy and Sebas are organizing it, and they will let know more details in the future. Book your tickets to fly to Milano Malpensa (MXP).
Check out the wiki page with all the instructions that Riccardo is making.
See Projects/Plasma/4.1_Roadmap
This was skimmed over with little fuss. Rich Moore said he would be adding in support for the rest of the script engine API to the QtScript [1] support.
Next, we moved onto some design issues.
It was decided that some sort of "global plasma" shortcut (such as super-p [win-p]) would be needed, which would make plasma "grab focus", and accept further key strokes (such as tab for moving between applets).
There should be some sort of shortcut manager in libplasma. Each applet should be able to register a shortcut. The user should be able to define a shortcut for that applet. Needs UI.
Menu handling in containments was discussed: a menu plugin that was given a location (x,y) and a context (containment, applet, etc.) provided by a Containment was agreed on. The UI would be left up to the plugin. This would be used for application menus, window list, custom menus, desktop context menu etc.
It was suggested the global plasma shortcut could trigger such a menu that listed the potential further actions that could be taken.
The meeting finished off with "mutable data engines". Currently, source requests for data engines are abused for sending data to an engine, potentially violating the "one source/engine, multiple visualizations" idea of engines. In addition, this required engines to implement their own token parser, even when doing something sensible such as returning data in a given format.
For the latter problem (parsing queries), it was decided that a generic api for passing parameters to sources would be useful. The parameters would obviously need to be passed to the dataUpdated() slot.
For the issue of sending tweets in the twitter applet, for example, it was decided that a new interface was required. This was named DataService, and each applet would receive a unique data service (ie: calling dataservice("foo") multiple times from a given applet would give the same object, but calling it from a different applet would give an independent object).
Example API was given:
Plasma::Service *twitterService = service("twitter"); twitterService->setProperty("username", "foo"); twitterService->send("I attended the Plasma meeting");
(Is some sort of list of available services needed?)
Some sort of error-reporting mechanism would be required. A serviceUpdated() slot was suggested. Also maybe a service->result() method - but this must not require polling.
DataSink was suggested as an interface that could be a factory for DataSource.
Distinctions between engines and services:
The meeting was ended at this point, due to having lasted three and a half hours.


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In August of 2007, rebels had taken over Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the few habitats of the extremely endangered mountain gorilla. In turn, most of the rangers and staff fled the rebel-occupied area.
Last Tuesday, a group of reporters, rangers, and scientists returned to the area for the first time in 15 months. What they discovered was uplifting: a family of mountain gorillas contently consuming bamboo stalks.
Ironically, the rebel hold of the area actually benefited the gorillas as it shifted the area of fighting away from the gorilla habitat. According to Benjamin Nsana, a park guide who elected to stay behind when the rebels took control, the area was safe for gorillas because the rebels guarded the perimeters so carefully. In fact, 6 babies were born since last year.
For more information about the rangers', scientists', and reporters' recent trip to Virunga National Park, see the AP's "Congo gorillas survive in rebel-held forest."
Mountain gorillas are extremely endangered with only 700 living in the wild. For more information about mountain gorillas, read Animal Fact Guide's article: Mountain Gorilla.


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At the end of each year, IBM Research lists "innovations that will change our lives in the next five years." This year's "IBM 5 in 5" is particularly intriguing in that their braintrust is heralding the age of "cognitive computing" — a technological era in which computers and handheld devices can better approximate and even augment human capacities, including all five senses.
Check out these videos to see how IBM plans to make this possible:
"Within the next five years, your mobile device will let you touch what you're shopping for online. It will distinguish fabrics, textures, and weaves so that you can feel a sweater, jacket, or upholstery -– right through the screen."
"Within the next five years, IBM Research thinks that computers will not only be able to look at images, but help us understand the 500 billion photos we're taking every year (that's about 78 photos for each person on the planet)."
"Imagine knowing the meaning behind your child's cry, or maybe even your pet dog's bark, through an app on your smartphone. In the next five years, you will be able to do just that thanks to algorithms embedded in cognitive systems that will understand any sound."
"...we may not realize that the way we perceive flavors and the characteristics of a "good" meal are fundamentally chemical and neural. In five years, computers will be able to construct never-before-heard-of recipes to delight palates – even those with health or dietary constraints – using foods' molecular structure."
"With every breath, you expel millions of different molecules. Some of these molecules are biomarkers, which can carry a plethora of data about your physical state at any given moment. By capturing the information they carry, technology can pick up clues about your health and provide valuable diagnostic information to your physician."


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The following is a flashback to Jason Powell's live coverage review of the May 16, 2010 TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view. Stop back tonight for his live coverage of the 2012 Sacrifice event. Plus, Dot Net Members can look forward to an exclusive audio review after the show. Join us on the ad-free version of the website now via Prowrestling.net/amember/signup.php.
TNA Sacrifice
Aired live on pay-per-view
Orlando, Fla. at the Impact Zone
A video package opened the show... Mike Tenay introduced the show on commentary. Taz is on color commentary, as usual...
1. The Motor City Machine Guns defeated Team 3D and Beer Money in a No. 1 contenders match in 13:15. Before the match, Tenay noted that Team 3D has held 23 tag titles. Taz said they're the most decorated team in pro wrestling, but also dropped in a Texas Hangmen reference. Tenay pointed out that Taz has been watching ESPN Classic again.
Two wrestlers are allowed in the ring at the same time. Team 3D was the team on the outside looking in to start. Tenay said they had the luxury of watching the other team wear themselves out. He never pointed out that they could theoretically lose the match without even tagging in. Of course, they got in the match, though, as Brother Ray blind tagged James Storm.
The Guns delivered the majority of the crowd pleasing spots via their fast-paced, high flying offense. However, Robert Roode tagged himself into the match and hit a nice clothesline on Alex Shelley to slow things down. Later, Sabin hit a great springboard into a tornado DDT on Roode for a good near fall.
At 12:00, Team 3D hit the Doomsday Device on Roode. However, Sabin hit a springboard cross body block on Ray for another near fall. Team 3D cleared the Guns from the ring. They set up for the 3D finisher on Roode, but Storm spat beer in Ray's eyes when the ref wasn't looking. At 13:00, the Guns reentered the match and hit a double team move on Ray for the clean pin...
Powell's POV: Good opener with a pleasantly surprising result. Let the record show that Team 3D put over Ink Inc. on Thursday's Impact, and The Guns on tonight's pay-per-view.
The announcers discussed the match at the desk. They also said they heard rumors that the local police were considering filing charges against Desmond Wolfe and Chelsea for filing a false police report...
Powell's POV: Nice to see them bring up the false report. We'll see if it leads to anything tonight or on Impact.
2. Rob Terry defeated Orlando Jordan to retain the TNA Global Title in 7:45. Jordan was lowered to the ring from the rafters. Terry finally got a haircut and doesn't look like such a goober. Jordan survived a flurry from Terry to start and then targeted his left knee. Jordan used holds, kicks, and even punches on Terry's knee.
Jordan dominated the next few minutes until he missed a knee drop off the second rope. Jordan regained control briefly, but Terry came back with the Freakbuster (his chokeslam-like finisher) for the win.
Terry continued to sell the knee injury after the match by limping backstage. Jordan recovered and attacked him from behind. Jordan put the boots to Terry and continued to target his bad knee. He picked up Terry's bad knee and slammed it down on the title belt that was lying on the entrance ramp...
Powell's POV: This could have been worse. There was nothing memorable about the match
Backstage, Team 3D were talking about losing the opening match. Brother Ray said it's not the first No. 1 contenders match and it won't be the last. Shannon Moore and Jesse Neal walked in the room and Team 3D offered their encouragement. After they left, Ray threw a fit because Neal said something about taking care of The Band for them. "He's only been in the business two years and now he's going to take care of things for us?"...
Powell's POV: I didn't like the way Ray blew off the loss in the opening match as if it was no big deal. If the wrestlers don't take the No. 1 contenders matches seriously, then why should fans the next time the company books one?
A video set up the X Division Title match...
3. Douglas Williams defeated Kazarian to regain the X Division Title in 13:45. Williams came out wearing the X Division Title since the story is that he never turned it over despite being stripped of the title. Tenay told a story about doing an autograph signing in the late '90s and having a young fan tell him that someday he'd be calling his matches.
Tenay said that fan was Kazarian. Taz, like me, was surprised that Tenay was actually doing an autograph session. Maybe he remembers Kazarian so well because he was one of four people in line. Come on, he left himself open to that one.
Back and forth action through the first eight nine minutes with a mixed reaction from the live crowd. Some fans seemed really into the action, while others looked (and sounded) indifferent.
At 12:00, there was an ugly spot with Williams powerbombing Kazarian into the corner. He was supposed to hit the ropes, but came up short. The ref checked on Kaz and the match continued. A short time later, Williams hit his rolling suplex into a bridge for the clean pin...
Powell's POV: Good match. It's just a shame that Kazarian hasn't made a connection with the live crowd. He has some fans, but he lacks charisma and it's noticeable that a good portion of the fans aren't getting behind him.
Backstage, Chelsea chewed out Desmond Wolfe over his plan for Abyss backfiring. Wolfe told her to calm down. He said they'd deal with the police when the time came. Chelsea said she doesn't even want the Hall of Fame ring anymore. She said she wanted Wolfe to call the match off. He said the match is important for the TNA Rankings. Wolfe said she is his and nothing will change that.
A video set up the Madison Rayne vs. Tara match. Tenay ran through some bullet points about the match...
4. Madison Rayne pinned Tara to retain the TNA Knockouts Title and end Tara's career in 6:20. If Tara loses, she must retire. She brought the stupid spider to the ring with her. Just give it up, TNA. Velvet Sky and Lacey Von Erich came out with Madison, but she told them to leave. The crowd traded "let's go" cheers for the two heels.
At 4:50, Tara hit the Widow's Peak on Madison, but Rayne ended up rolling to the floor. Tara threw her back inside the ring, slammed her, and hit a moonsault for a near fall. She went for a second moonsault and missed. Madison hit a finishing move and scored the clean pin.
After the match, Tara looked sad. She brought her dumb spider inside the ring and took it out. The fans chanted "Thank you, Tara." She bowed to them as security came to the ring to escort her out. She pretty much ignored them and continued to play to the fans from the entrance ramp...
Powell's POV: Very disappointed by the outcome simply because it probably means another talented Knockout is leaving the company when her contract expires next week. What a shame. Overall, I feel really letdown by the way Tara was used in TNA and consider her run a wasted opportunity for the company. Too bad.
Backstage, Christy Hemme interviewed The Band. Eric Young said when Sean Waltman went down, he called Kevin Nash and they got on the same page. Scott Hall said he doubted Young at first, but he proved himself. Nash said they're going Freebirds in that no one knows which combination of the three will defend the tag titles on any given night. Young told them he'd have the beers on ice and would see them after their match...
Powell's POV: Young saying he'll be in the back getting the beer ready probably means he'll interfere.
Tenay hyped the tag title match...
5. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash beat Shannon Moore and Jesse Neal to retain the TNA Tag Titles in 8:00. The announcers explained the Freebirds rules and why it's a disadvantage to their opponents. They never bothered to explain why they are allowed to go with Freebirds rules. Then again, did they ever explain why the Freebirds were allowed to take that approach back in the day?
Hall made Moore and Neal look tiny, so you can imagine how small they looked compared to Nash. Hall and Nash sold a lot for both men. The referee was bumped at 6:00 when Neal was roughing up Nash. Enter Eric Young in his ultra-cool white t-shirt. He threw a kendo stick to Nash, who swung and missed.
Mini-Rhino hit the spear on Nash, but the ref was bumped. He picked up the kendo stick, only have to have Young take it from him. Brother Ray came out and roughed up Young. He headed to the ring with the kendo stick and looked at the fallen Nash. You know what that means. Yes, Ray hit Neal with the kendo stick. Ugh. The groggy Nash pinned Neal...
Powell's POV: TNA's streak continues. If a babyface comes to the ring with a weapon and looks at one of the heels, there's a 99 percent change that he'll turn on the babyface in the ring. They really telegraphed this one with the backstage segment earlier. Overall, a weak match. The fans never really got behind the babyfaces. There are some energetic fans in the building, but this is not a hot crowd by any means.
A video recapped the Abyss and Desmond Wolfe angle from Thursday's Impact...
6. Abyss beat Desmond Wolfe (w/Chelsea) to earn Chelsea's services for 30 days. If Wolfe wins, he gets Hulk Hogan's Hall of Fame ring. If Abyss wins, he gets to have his way with Chelsea for 30 days (or something like that). Abyss attacked Wolfe on the ramp before the bell, which spared everyone the "American Made" song. Chelsea tried to leave, but the referee ordered her to sit down in a red chair that was on the entrance ramp.
At 7:00, Chelsea ran to ringside with a case. Abyss grabbed her by the throat and teased chokeslamming her, but the ref stopped him. Chelsea threw the case to Wolfe, who opened and it and took out the brass knuckles. He hit Abyss and went for a cover, but Abyss kicked out at two. Abyss came back a short time later with the Black Hole Slam for the win.
Cue the shitty "American Made" theme. Abyss pointed at Chelsea. He walked up to her on the ramp and said, "I'll see you on Thursday." Um, shouldn't this start now? The referee dragged Chelsea to the back so Abyss could have his way with her or something...
Powell's POV: The referee should be arrested for all the manhandling of Chelsea that he did before and after the match. Forgettable match. I really don't want to see more from these two working against one another, but obviously we will.
Backstage, Christy Hemme interviewed Mr. Anderson, who had his special mic. He mocked the fans for chanting "Let's Go Hardy" and "This is Awesome." Of course, this led to a "Let's Go Hardy" chant.
Anderson referred to himself as an asshole and said that while Hardy has his own fans, he has Anderson's Assholes. He delivered his "Mr. Anderson" line and had the crowd fill in the second Anderson. "Thanks, assholes," Anderson said...
Powell's POV: The asshole stuff got loud cheers from the fans. They won't be able to keep Anderson heel if he keeps playing to the fans like that. That was Rock-light and the live crowd ate it up. Funny stuff, but definitely a cool heel routine rather than an attempt to get heat.
7. Jeff Hardy beat Mr. Anderson in 14:00. A large group of fans chanted, "I'm an asshole," while pointing at themselves as the match started. There were also "We are asshole" chants. Anderson had his ribs taped to sell the big Swanton spot from Thursday's Impact.
Hardy was taking it to Anderson at 8:00 when he backdropped him over the top rope and Anderson landed on the entrance ramp. Hardy came up with a bloody elbow somehow. There were dueling chants of "Let's go Hardy," and "Let's go Asshole." At 11:00, Anderson teased the Mic Check, but Hardy dodged it.
However, Anderson hit the move a few seconds later, but Hardy kicked out. Later, Hardy hit the Swanton on Anderson's back and scored the clean pin to win the match. Afterward, Anderson wound up to hit Hardy, but Jeff turned just in time. Anderson offered his hand. Hardy thought about it, but declined, leaving Anderson with his hand out...
Powell's POV: Entertaining match with hard work from both men. Anderson will get over as a babyface if he gets to deliver similar mic work, but I hope they keep him heel because he hasn't even scratched the surface with what he can do in that role. Is anyone else surprised they put this match on before Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett?
Hemme interviewed A.J. Styles and Ric Flair in their locker room. Flair deferred to Styles, who cut a promo about his title match...
A video set up the Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett match...
8. Sting pinned Jeff Jarrett in 0:12. Ring announcer Jeremy Borash introduced Jarrett, but he didn't come out. They cut backstage where Sting was beating up a bloody Jarrett with punches and his baseball bat. The blood may have been more effective had Ric Flair not bled 20 times worse at least three times already.
Sting wrapped Jarrett's arm around the bat and then pulled back to wrench on his shoulder. Tenay spoke about how hard it was to watch, while Taz called it innovative. They fought their way into studio. "You want to play make believe?" Sting asked Jarrett while continuing to beat him.
Sting pulled the ring steps back and put Jarrett's arm over the top stair. He put the bat on Jarrett's shoulder and stomped on it. Tenay said he's never seen Jarrett take a beating like this.
Sting finally whipped jarrett inside the ring and the match officially started. Sting hit the Scorpion Death Drop and scored the pin. Tenay said Sting has lost his mind. He continued to question why Sting won't "give us an answer" as to why he turned. Sting knelt down over Sting and asked if wanted to play a game of deception.
Sting said Jarrett is no different than "those guys." Tenay played the "three young daughters at home" card for Jarrett. Tenay acts like Jarrett is the only wrestler in TNA with children at home who care about him. The trainers placed Jarrett on a stretcher as Sting watched on. As they wheeled him away, Sting pushed the stretcher over.
Hulk Hogan came out and pointed at Sting, but the referees talked Hogan down. Where were they for Sting? Hogan followed as the trainers took Jarrett backstage. The announcers went into somber voice mode and Tenay made his usual bad "angry Tenay" faces...
Powell's POV: Does this mean Jarrett will disappear from television for a while? I'm curious why they did this angle on pay-per-view rather than on Spike TV when more eyes would have seen it. Perhaps they can replay a good portion of it on Thursday. TNA is trying hard, but they're really not getting his viewer excited about the inevitable Hogan vs. Sting showdown.
Backstage, Hemme interviewed Rob Van Dam, who said this is the first of many title defenses. He said he's had many titles. He said the TNA Title is different because he represents everything that it stands for...
Powell's POV: Dixie Carter just tweeted that the live crowd is stunned by Sting vs. Jarrett. Um, sure, that's why they're so quiet.
A video set up RVD vs. A.J. Styles... Tenay and Taz discussed the main event...
Powell's POV: I'm looking forward to the main event, as they should have plenty of time to tell their story. Unfortunately, TNA failed when it came to making me feel like Styles has a chance to win. Even if he does, the fact that they didn't sell people on his chances well enough means they lost some pay-per-view buys.
Styles and Flair came out first. The camera followed them through the backstage area. Rinse and repeat for RVD. Jeremy Borash handled the in-ring introductions for the TNA Title match...
Powell's POV: Dixie just tweeted that the crowd is back and they've been loud all night. Um, I hate to rain on the parade, but I don't think they gave a damn about Jarrett's stretcher ride. By the way, the main event started 27 minutes after the top of the hour, so they have plenty of time unless the plan is for Hulk Hogan to beat up Ric Flair in the middle of another main event.
9. Rob Van Dam defeated A.J. Styles (w/Ric Flair) to retain the TNA Title in 24:10. At 5:00, Flair reached in and grabbed Van Dam's foot. Referee Earl Hebner ejected Flair from ringside. Instead of going backstage, Flair joined Tenay and Taz on commentary. "Are you kidding me?" Flair asked. "Earl Hebner is a dead man."
Meanwhile, Styles took control of the match and hit a flip dive onto Van Dam at ringside. Flair said he's honored to be with Styles. Moments later, RVD shot up and caught Styles with a kick to the chops. The fans were hot for the match and were solidly behind Van Dam.
Flair said he's tired of Hogan, Bischoff, and Hebner telling him what to do. He said he might have to take Dixie Carter "to that suite again." Taz laughed. Flair put over the title by talking about how it means the most money, the most women, and controlling your own destiny.
Styles went for a cover at 10:40, but Van Dam kicked out. Taz said he should have hooked the leg. Styles protested the count by grabbing Hebner, who shoved him and threatened that he'd be "gone" next. Hebner is being made to look like the ballsiest guy in the building.
At 13:15, Van Dam caught Styles with a kick. A.J. reached inside his mouth to make sure he still had all his teeth. Van Dam hit a big monkey flip and went up top. He did the thumb point routine and then missed the frogsplash. Flair spoke about what a mistake it was for Van Dam to do the thumb routine and how it always creates an opening.
Styles took control of the offense and scored a near fall. Flair stood up and yelled about the referee's count. Styles hit the Pele kick for a near fall. Styles missed a splash in the corner. Van Dam came back with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall.
There was a cool counter at 21:00 when Van Dam went for a leg sweep, only to have Styles jump over his leg, which was followed by Van Dam rolling him up for a near fall. Fun sequence.
At 22:00, Styles went for the springboard 450 and missed. Flair, who had been banned by Earl Hebner, slammed down his headsets and headed toward the ring. Music played and Jay Lethal walked out wearing a suit. Flair blew him off and headed toward the ring, but Lethal caught up to him. Lethal eventually low-blowed Flair, chopped him, and applied the figure four on the ramp.
Meanwhile, Styles went for a superplex, but Van Dam instead clotheslined him with the top rope. Van Dam followed up with the Five Star Frog Splash and scored the clean pin to retain the TNA Title...
The announcers narrated highlights of the main event...
Powell's POV: A strong match, but hardly the best of Styles's career as Van Dam said it would be. The Lethal and Flair antics should have come much earlier in the match. It took away from the finish instead of enhancing it. It looks like Lethal is still an impersonator. Overall, a mostly forgettable pay-per-view. It wasn't a bad show, but it just didn't feel eventful.
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Every month the Moon above comes back to where it was exactly when you were born. Called the Lunar Return, the chart cast for this instant tells the tale of the next 27½ days to come. It paints your emotional landscape day by day and reveals the tides that wash over your life as the Moon drives her daily course. Once a primary tool of every professional astrologer, this invaluable technique has often been neglected because of its demanding subtlety and complexity.
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Chapter One
Meet the Moon
. . . the moon above the rolling sea swells to a deeper need within each creature that must feed upon the tide daily denied and then fulfilled what greater hill to climb up the next wave of need then to recede into decline till all comes back again when will it find an end to constant repetition so ingrained that thought cannot avoid its dictates lest the madness of abandon fly into the face of what the eye can but observe the vestiges of what absorbs and still surrounds the letters that we use to comprehend what we would like to be an end to up and down and right and left forward and backward till there's no place left to go except to roll with what we once already knew forever new the tolling of the tide outside inside the very structure of the heart the floating vessel that returns to meet its bride unknown only to the very ones to whom it's not denied until they meet . . .
There may be only one thing that geologists, oceanographers, weathermen, sailors, fishermen, firemen, policemen, astrologers, poets, doctors, nurses, and psychiatrists all agree upon.
One thing: the power of the Moon.
This power is not theoretical, metaphorical, or mystical in nature. It is a physical power that lifts whole continents at a time, raises oceans, stirs the winds-and from all that every other effect is translated into the realms of life experience. It rocks the cradle, rocks the boat, rocks the beat, it even rocks the rocks. Short of the life-giving Sun, there is no greater force on earth that humankind and all other life must bow to.
How does the Moon do it? Simple: she is big and she is there.In concert with the Sun, the Moon daily pulls and stretches every part of the Earth, and we all stretch with it. Moon overhead-we're pulled up and lighter on our feet. Moon below-we're heavier and sinking into the ground. It's like having alternate weights and skyhooks on our belts, twice a day. No wonder we sometimes act strangely.
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How strangely do we act? Take a look, first, at the words of the venerable British journal New Scientist concerning current research into the Full Moon effect, if there indeed is one:1 "Over the past 20 years, researchers looking for lunar rhythms among people have found them all over the place. Calls to crisis centres, absenteeism, heart attacks and mental hospital admissions have all been linked to phases of the Moon. Rape, robbery,
assault, theft, domestic violence, suicide attempts, poisonings, drunkenness and disorderly conduct also appear to become more prevalent in the two or three days around a full Moon. A study in 1995 by psychologists at Georgia State University in Atlanta found that people ate more food but drank less alcohol when the Moon was full. In another study from 1998, a trio of Italian mathematicians looked at the timing of births. They reported 'significant clustering' of deliveries in the first or second day after the full
Moon. The effect was particularly strong in mothers who had already had at least one child, or who gave birth to twins or triplets.
"What's more, survey after survey has revealed an entrenched belief among healthcare workers-the people who mop up after madness descends-in the power of the Moon. In the U.S., four out of five mental-health professionals and two-thirds of emergency doctors believe that human behaviour is influenced by the Moon.
"The latest piece of evidence suggests that the lunar cycle even influences our use of technology. Last year, researchers at British Telecom noticed a 29-day cycle of peaks and troughs in network traffic. 'Just out of curiosity,' says Stewart Davies of British Telecom, 'we matched the cycle against the phases of the Moon.' The cycles coincided. In the seven days before a full Moon, people spent more time talking on the phone or surfing the Internet than at other times of the month."
It is true that dozens of investigations claim to have found lunar cycles to be associated with fertility patterns, menstrual cycles, weather patterns, plant growth, economic variations, crimes, and fires, as well as mental illness, surgical bleeding crises, plus lots more.
But, as many skeptics are quick to point out, despite many surveys, definitive evidence has yet to arrive. Similar surveys often contradict each other, some have questionable methodologies, and all lack the silver bullet that science so succinctly must supply: a physical chain of effects. That is to say, the Moon may have these widely attributed influences, but just how does she do it?
The most popular theory is "biological tides," which supposes that humans and animals, being mostly water, respond in the same way that the oceans do. But that theory just doesn't hold water. The effect of the Moon's gravity upon any individual is almost immeasurably small. "The acceleration due to walking would create gravitational effects of far greater magnitude than those caused by the Moon and Sun combined," says Daniel Myers of the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in a scathing attack on this idea in The Journal of Emergency Medicine. After decades of dispute over the matter, it might appear that true lunar effects can never be detected by this sort of one-on-one laboratory method.
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So let us try a larger, more environmental approach. Suppose you are standing on the deck of a ship. As the full Moon rises, you may be impressed by her beauty, but not by her brawn-she is not, in fact, pulling your body up at all. Yet, you are steadily rising. That's because the tide is rising, and, as they say, a rising tide floats all boats, including yours. Is the Moon affecting you? You bet it is-but by proxy, through the environment all around you. And it's not just you. Millions of creature all around you-from birds, fish, crabs, and shellfish to the tiniest microbes-are undergoing a rhythmic sea change, feeding hungrily, scurrying about making the most of the redistributed surroundings that keep them alive. This is hardly a peaceful and scenic time-it's the beating heart of life's energy exchange surrounding you while you quietly rise ever higher. No small event.
But does the Moon really affect you? That may depend on where (and perhaps who) you are. Specifics, in life, are everything-even for the ocean, which is why it took hundreds of years for scientists to actually admit that the Moon causes the tides. (Galileo, for instance, said that belief was a matter of the occult-but then he also had some serious issues with the Church.) That's because if the Moon causes the tides, the tide logically ought to rise equally at every place as the Moon passes over-but it doesn't. It rises at different rates and different times of day (even at places just a few miles apart) all over the world, usually twice a day, but sometimes only once, and sometimes not at all. Very irregular, very unscientific.
it's about tides
Despite all this, we know the Moon causes the tides. How did we figure it out? It wasn't theoretical scientists who did it, but hands-on maritime explorers, oceanographers, and cartographers who put it all together by taking the environment into account. It's a complicated business, but in brief:
As the tidal bulge produced by the combined pull of Moon and Sun rolls around the world, it encounters obstacles: bays, channels, islands, reefs, deep and shallow water. It takes real time for the huge amount of water to pass through and around these. So, for instance, if you live on one side of a narrow channel it may take hours for the water to get through, so you can have a high tide happening on one side and the other side won't see it for hours. In the meantime, the channel is frantic with roaring currents trying to get through. If you want to get technical about it, it's just Boyle's Law, simple fluid dynamics.
The result is, when you have serious topography getting in the way, you get giant devouring whirlpools like those off Scotland, Norway, and New Brunswick. And in the process, the timing of actual high tides is totally skewed from what might otherwise be expected.
And there's more. In a giant bathtub like the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, you get bounceback. As the rolling tidal bulge swells up against one continent, it is reflected and sends back an echo that rolls back all the way to the other side of the ocean. Depending upon the shoreline, there may be several reflections that can combine with the next rollaround and make for huge tides of forty feet or more (as in the Bay of Fundy in Canada). At other times, the reflections may meet up in the middle and cancel each other out entirely, creating mid-ocean areas called tidal nodes where there are only miniscule tides or no tides at all.
It's no wonder, then, that it took so long to directly link the rise and fall of local tides to the Moon. If we had been limited to theory and statistical surveys alone, we never would have figured it out.
How much more difficult is it, then, to find that same lunar link as it affects life itself? In a word, very -unless and until we take a wider, yet at the same time more local, view of the phenomenon.
Suppose we do-what should we look for? Where should we look?
all around us
The answer, probably, is just to look around us at our immediate surroundings.What are we tied into (like that ship) that is affected by the Moon and thus affects us? The sea with all its life cycles is one example, but there are more. The same rolling, bulging effect that happens on the sea also happens on land-geological tides raise the very bedrock under us on a regular basis, stressing the ground we walk on, triggering earthquakes,
and causing piezoelectric effects that may account for earthlight occurrences (one form of alleged UFO). Similarly, there are atmospheric tides that gently raise and lower the barometric pressure daily and have been linked to thunderstorm activity and general rain patterns. The earth's magnetosphere also rolls with the lunar punches, varying the magnetic index, the solar wind, the cosmic ray index, and more. The fact is we live in a matrix of environmental variation affected by the Moon both on a daily and a monthly basis.We're surrounded, all-encompassed.
We're also surrounded by less "natural" forces that tend to magnify lunar effects or minimize them.When, for instance, we live in crowded conditions, the slightest variation of mood level tends to spread infectiously within the social context. This can run the gamut from a general increase in crankiness due to being around irritated and/or irritating people to actual mass hysteria when things get really out of control. Emotions are contagious and tend to compound themselves in groups. If you live in close quarters, chances are many of your natural environmental inputs, however slight, will get magnified and blown out of proportion. If you live out in the woods or anywhere expansive, however, you're on your own. You may have troubles or you may have joys, but they won't be amplified by the troubles or joys of others all around you.
We are surrounded by larger macro systems (the atmosphere, the ground, the oceans) that downshift lunar rhythms into our own middle-sized human world, which then may or may not amplify their effects. But we are also surrounded by a world of micro systems that appear to be affected by lunar rhythms as well. Experiments with various metal salts, colloidal silver, and other denizens of the atomic world have shown lunar rhythms, as have various patterns of bacterial behavior. The Moon seems to be catching us from below as well as above, from inside as well as from outside. She suffuses the very structure of our lives.Whether or not we admit to responding directly to lunar rhythms ourselves, everything else that surrounds us and even makes up our chemistry is feeling the effects-and no doubt is affecting us in the process.When everything is moving together in a matrix, so are we. Like it or not, understand it or not, admit it or not, we are carried along willy-nilly, or on a bad day, helter-skelter.
So, meet the Moon. She's everywhere, within you and without you.We dance to her rhythms, sometimes knowing it, sometimes not without knowing it, sometimes denying it, but more increasingly these days, accepting it. How much the Moon affects you specifically, however, is a matter of speculation. There may be ways to escape some of her effects-especially magnification by ill-chosen surroundings-or ways to cancel or balance them out by being aware of their rhythms and taking measures to ride the waves instead of fighting them.
riding your waves
It may be more than just riding "the" waves, the environmental waves that you share with all that is around you, such as daily high and low tides, and monthly full and new Moons (when the tides run highest). It may be equally about riding "your" waves, the personal rhythms you have gotten used to over a lifetime. At the moment you were born, you climbed on board a general set of rhythms at a very specific point-a point in the daily and monthly lunar rhythms and a point in the yearly solar rhythm. If you were born at the full Moon, then that's the start of your monthly wave, your familiar starting point from which you step off anew each month. That's your most familiar stage of solunar tension, and it feels like home, a time to wind things up and start anew. Celestially, that's when the Moon's monthly cycle repeats the same angular relationship to the Sun it had at your birth, your own special phase of the monthly tide cycle. It happens once every 291.2 days.
That's one wave. A second wave happens every day, when the diurnal swelling or receding tidal forces return to the part of their cycle where they were the instant you were born, your own special phase of the daily tide cycle.
A third wave is when the Moon returns to the place in the sky background where it was the instant you were born, once every 271.2 days. In astrological parlance, that's your Lunar Return, and a chart done for that instant each month has long been believed to encapsulate the coming month, marking a starting place that characterizes the next four weeks.
all three tell a different story
The first wave, the return of your Sun-Moon angle, marks the time of month when the overall tension of the daily tides is similar to what you were born with. Some time that day you will also experience (as you do daily) the second wave, which is the phase of the daily tide. Together, they make that day feel especially familiar, and you may feel particularly more connected to your situation, because of its innate familiarity. A monthly chart can be done for the first, and a daily chart for the second, both of which should reveal useful information about your monthly or daily outlook. Strange to say, astrologers have barely looked at the first, and at the second not at all. They are areas that beg more investigation, as they are likely crucial elements that bring the physical presence of the Moon and planets to ground in a truly causal chain of events.
the lunar return: what it is, what it does
The third wave, the Lunar Return, is a long-entrenched astrological tool and is based on a slightly less physical way of looking at the Moon. The transit of the Moon through the houses of your natal chart is said to put particular emphasis on each house and on each natal planet it touches.When it hits your Ascendant, for instance, it makes you physically more noticeable (since the Ascendant represents your physical presence).When it hits your Sun, it boosts your ego energy, and so on with the rest of the houses and planets. And when it hits your Moon, you experience an emotional rebirthing that presages the next 271.2 days of events that will determine your monthly emotional cycle. This is the Lunar Return, which is what this book is all about.
Your Lunar Return chart for any given month is easy enough to determine-most astrological computer programs will calculate it at the click of a mouse, once you have entered your natal birth data. But then it's up to you to interpret it and unlock its potential for the coming month. To do that, you need to understand its unique astrological nature.
The Lunar Return is a unique astrological beast, an ephemeral combination of a stand-alone horoscope, an electional chart (you can change it by choosing your location), and a set of transits. Ideally, it needs to be looked at in its own right, in relation to the natal chart, in relation to its own transits, and in relationship to transits to the natal chart. Its duration is too short to make its progressions meaningful, but its transits serve as if they were progressions. Unique, indeed.
Unlike the Solar Return, which encapsulates your inner position in relation to the world for the next year, the Lunar Return deals with the reflective, reactive, emotional part of your nature and thus relates more to the way you respond to events than to how you may generate them. The best use for a Lunar Return chart is in unraveling and maximizing the opportunities that events present, rather than building a game plan for future structure-building. It is tactical in nature, not strategic.
The challenge in interpreting the Lunar Return is not to plumb its depths for a vast network of details-its life is too short to get bogged down in that-but rather to extract the relevant events and eliminate the blinding chaff, to see through the smoke and dust to the immediate terrain and its possibilities. It's kind of a monthly birthday, and the arrangement of planets it displays reflects the patterns of your coming month. Each month, this "re-birth-day" works out its potential for you and then is renewed once again 271.2 days later with a new set of surprises and opportunities.
how does it work?
Like your natal chart, or any other kind of horoscope, a Lunar Return is a chart of a beginning-in this case, the monthly beginning of the lunar cycle that started at your birth, which is the cycle of your response to your environment, including your emotions, feelings, interactivity, social well-being, and generally how creatively you react to the challenges and opportunities of life. A Lunar Return works on the principle that when you begin something-anything-everything that flows from it is bound up in the initial conditions under which it started. The beginning is your foundation, and you build and rest upon it until you are finished. A Lunar Return is the astrological depiction of the new beginning you make each month and what results from it until the next cycle begins.
well begun is half done
"The beginning is half of everything," said the ancient Greeks, and so your monthly beginning is something to be taken seriously and honored, if you want your lunar month to have a special start. Attempt to give yourself some time and space, no matter how small, to rest and meditate in the few hours surrounding the time of your Lunar Return each month. Take that time to think about what lies ahead, plan your strategies, and gather your resources so you can make the best and most of what's offered. Look over the aspects in your Lunar Return chart as well as the days and times ahead where they individually kick in. Once you've got a clear, calm picture of the challenges and openings to come, you can rise to seize the day, one moment at a time, and make the most of the month from beginning to end.
changing the picture
The planetary positions in a Lunar Return are locked in at the moment the Moon returns to its natal place.Where these positions fall in relation to the local horizon, and thus the areas of your life in which they work, is entirely dependent upon where you are at the time. Thus, if you see that your Lunar Return is going to develop a picture you'd like to rearrange, that can be accomplished by placing yourself at the right spot on the globe to finetune the event.Many astrologers travel widely in order to adjust both Solar and Lunar Returns-we have done so repeatedly over the last thirty-five years with great success, so it is recommended when necessary.Moving about extensively every month is not easy for everyone, but being aware that it affects the Lunar Return is a plus if you normally travel on business and have some say as to where you can go.
pieces of the puzzle
The Lunar Return is a large piece of the astrological picture of what happens with your life every month, but it is not the only one. Lunar transits, new and full Moons, and other factors also weigh in, so they have been included in this book so you can have as complete a picture as possible of what you have to work with. Try to remember, however, that factors whose timing is as short as a monthly cycle are more like the minute or second hands on your life's clock face. Don't forget to stand back every now and then and refresh yourself with a look at the big picture of where you are and where you're going, which are described by long-term transit and progression cycles. Then you can get back down to the day-to-day nitty-gritty that your Lunar Return offers, so every moment is enjoyed and utilized to its best advantage.
With that in mind, read on, cast your next Lunar Return chart, and launch yourself into the coming month with the wind at your back and the planets racing by your side
1. Gail Vines, "Blame It on the Moonlight,"New Scientist 170, no. 2296 (June 23, 2001): 36.
Table of Contents
List of Charts . . . ix
Introduction by Susan Wishbow Townley . . . 1
Part One: Anatomy of the Lunar Return
Chapter One
Meet the Moon . . . 7
Chapter Two
Interpreting the Lunar Return . . . 17
Part Two: Delineations
Chapter Three
Lights and Planets in the Houses of the Lunar Return . . . 53
Chapter Four
Lunar Return Ascendant by Sign . . . 97
Chapter Five
Lights and Planets in Aspect in the Lunar Return . . . 103
Chapter Six
Featured Natal Planets . . . 205
Chapter Seven
Transits into Natal Houses . . . 211
Chapter Eight
Transits into Lunar Return Houses . . . 215
Chapter Nine
Transits to Natal Planets . . . 219
Chapter Ten
Transits to Lunar Return Planets . . . 223
Chapter Eleven
Full and New Moons in Natal and Lunar Return Houses . . . 227
Chapter Twelve
Transiting Retrogrades and Eclipses . . . 243
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Commonly Requested By-Laws
The following is a list of commonly requested By-Laws. Please be aware that by-laws are amended from time to time, as circumstances change. The short descriptions following are for general information only. As the by-laws are updated, a new version, with amendments inserted, is published on this page.
For a complete understanding of the City's by-laws, or for information about the by-laws not referenced here, it is always best to speak directly with Staff. If you have any questions regarding these or any other City by-laws, please email the City Clerk's Office or call 519-332-0330 extension 3320; TTY: 519 332 2664.
By-laws are enforced by the Sarnia Police Service outside of regular business hours. Please call 519-344-8861 for afterhours service.
Copies of all by-laws are available to the public through the City Clerk's Office at a cost of 30 cents per page.
ADJOINING LAND - To permit an owner or occupant of any building, fence or other structure to enter upon any adjoining land for the purpose of making repairs, alterations or improvements. By-law sets out steps to be followed.
ANIMAL CONTROL - Licensing of dogs, prohibits running at large, muzzling and leashing in some circumstances, owner's requirement to remove excrement, and further to regulate the keeping of dogs, cats, rabbits, pigeons, domestic fowl and for restricting of the keeping of certain animals within the City of Sarnia.
BACKFLOW PREVENTION - This By-Law and Control Program will regulate cross connections and backflow prevention on plumbing systems as required, to protect the City's drinking water supply and distribution system from contamination.
BOULEVARDS - The portion of highway between the curb and adjacent private property, Regulating the construction, maintenance and protection of boulevards.
BUILDING BY-LAW – Under the Building Code Act, 1992, as amended, respecting permits for construction demolition and change of use or transfer of permits, inspections and related matters
BURNING (OPEN AIR) - Sets out rules and regulations regarding fires in the open in the City of Sarnia.
BUSINESS LICENCING – respecting the licencing and regulations of various businesses.
CODE OF CONDUCT - A Code of Conduct for members of Council of the municipality and of local boards of the municipality.
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES - Charges against land, payable by a developer, to pay for increased capital costs required because of increased needs for servicing arising from development, so as to not place an undue financial burden on the City or its taxpayers.
DOGS & CATS - Regulating the licensing of dog(s) and the owner's responsibilities of keeping dog(s) or cat(s).
FEES - Establishes fees for various Permits, Services and Privileges. Sets out the Fee Schedule for all Departments of City Hall; Business, Dogs, Lottery and Marriage Licences, Commissioning Services, Birth Registrations, Rental Fees for Picnic Areas in City Parks, Tennis Courts, Garden Plots, Snowmobile Rental, Baseball/Softball/Rugby/Football/Soccer Diamonds Rental, Ice Time Rentals at Arenas, Rental of Community Halls, MacLean Centre Rental, Building Permits, Demolition Permits, Signs/Awnings/Marquees Fees, Transit Fares, Moving of Buildings/Structures, Compost Charges, Tax Certificates, Zoning Certificates, Fire Inspection Reports, Use of Fire Hydrants.
FENCES - Regulations to construct, erect, maintain, keep or permit within the City of Sarnia any fence that is in contravention of any provisions of the Fence by-law.
FIREARMS & BOWS - Regulates the use of firearms and archery equipment in defined areas of the Municipality.
FIREWORKS - Regulates the sale of fireworks and prohibits the sale of same on any days during the year specified in the by-law, and prohibits or regulates the setting off of fireworks or any class thereof and for requiring a permit for the holding of fireworks displays and prescribes the conditions under which fireworks displays may be held.
GARBAGE / WASTE COLLECTION - By-law for establishing and maintaining a system for the collection, removal and disposal of garbage and other refuse.
HOLIDAY AND SUNDAY OPENINGS - Permits retail business establishments to be open on holidays as defined in the by-law and within the meaning of the Regulations passed pursuant to the Retail Business Holidays Act.
IDLING CONTROL - Prohibits the operation of a vehicle engine while the vehicle is not
in motion.
LOT MAINTENANCE - Provides property standards by regulating for the maintenance, clearing and cleaning of land.Commonly Requested By-Laws
NOISE - (This By-Law is enforced by Sarnia Police) Provides for, to the extent possible, an environment free from unusual, unnecessary or excessive noise which may unreasonably degrade the quality and tranquility of life and cause a nuisance. The by-law also sets out time schedules, zoning definitions and certain exemptions.
PARKING & TRAFFIC - Regulates traffic and the parking of motor vehicles within the limits of the City of Sarnia on municipal highways, municipal parking lots and private property; also outlines Schedule of Fines applicable to offences under the by-law.
(NOTE: A consolidated copy of this by-law is not available on the website due to its size.)
PARKS - Defines the City's Parks, with respect to the use, regulation, protection and government of parks under the City of Sarnia.
PROCEDURE BY-LAW - Provides the rules governing the proceedings of Council and the conduct of its members.
PROPERTY STANDARDS - Prescribes standards for the maintenance and occupancy of property providing definitions as well as general requirements.
SEWER USE - to prohibit, regulate and control, the discharge of waters and wastes into any body of water within the Municipality or into the Municipal Sanitary Sewers, Sewer System or Sewage Treatment Works.
SIGNS - Prohibiting or regulating of signs and other advertising devices or any class or classes thereof within the City of Sarnia.
STREETS - Interpretation, enforcement and other such matters.
SWIMMING POOLS - Requires owners of privately-owned outdoor swimming pools and ponds to erect and maintain fences and gates around such swimming pools and ponds and for the issuance of a permit.
TAXIS – VEHICLES FOR HIRE - Regulating the owners and drivers of taxi cabs and the power to license and regulate is delegated to the Chief of Police.
TRANSIT AREA - Transit Special Service Area Rate for the provision of public bus transportation services to the municipality.
TREES - Regulating the planting, maintenance and removal of trees in public places jurisdiction.
WATER REGULATIONS and LAWN WATERING - Establishes and regulates the rules for the collection, production, treatment, storage, supply and distribution of water within the City; sets out permitted lawn water schedule.
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Major Section: BOOKS
Suppose you have developed a sequence of admissible events which you want to turn into a book. We call this ``publishing'' the book. This note explains how to do that.
A key idea of books is that they are ``incremental'' in the
sense that when you include a book in a host logical world, the
world is incrementally extended by the results established in that
book. This is allowed only if every name defined by the incoming
book is either new or is already identically defined.
See redundant-events. This is exactly the same problem faced
by a programmer who wishes to provide a utility to other people: how
can he make sure he doesn't create name conflicts? The solution, in
Common Lisp, is also the same: use packages. While books and
packages have a very tenuous formal connection (every book must
start with an
in-package), the creation of a book is intimately
concerned with the package issue. Having motivated what would
otherwise appear as an unnecessary fascination with packages below,
we now proceed with a description of how to publish a book.
Just to be concrete, let's suppose you have already gotten ACL2 to accept the following sequence of commands, starting in the ACL2 initial state.
(defpkg "ACL2-MY-BOOK" (union-eq *common-lisp-symbols-from-main-lisp-package* *acl2-exports*)) (in-package "ACL2-MY-BOOK") (defun app (x y) (if (consp x) (cons (car x) (app (cdr x) y)) y)) (defun rev (x) (if (consp x) (app (rev (cdr x)) (list (car x))) nil)) (defthm rev-app-hack (equal (rev (app a (list x))) (cons x (rev a)))) (defthm rev-rev (implies (acl2::true-listp x) (equal (rev (rev x)) x)))Observe that the first form above defines a package (which imports the symbols defined in CLTL such as
if and
cons and the
symbols used to command ACL2 such as
defun and
defthm). The
second form selects that package as the current one. All subsequent
forms are read into that package. The remaining forms are just
event forms:
defuns and
defthms in this case.
Typically you would have created a file with Emacs containing these
forms and you will have submitted each of them interactively to ACL2
to confirm that they are all admissible. That interactive
verification should start in ACL2's initial world -- although
you might, of course, start your sequence of events with some
include-books to build a more elaborate world.
The first step towards publishing a book containing the results
above is to create a file that starts with the
in-package and
then contains the rest of the forms. Let's call that file
"my-book.lisp". The name is unimportant, except it must end
".lisp". If there are events that you do not wish to be
available to the user of the book -- e.g., lemmas you proved on your
way toward proving the main ones -- you may so mark them by
enclosing them in
local forms. See local. Let us suppose
you wish to hide
rev-app-hack above. You may also add standard Lisp
comments to the file. The final content of
might be:
; This book contains my app and rev functions and the theorem ; that rev is its own inverse.The file shown above is the book. By the time this note is done you will have seen how to certify that the book is correct, how to compile it, and how to use it in other host worlds. Observe that the
(in-package "ACL2-MY-BOOK") (defun app (x y) (if (consp x) (cons (car x) (app (cdr x) y)) y)) (defun rev (x) (if (consp x) (app (rev (cdr x)) (list (car x))) nil))
; The following hack is not exported. (local (defthm rev-app-hack (equal (rev (app a (list x))) (cons x (rev a)))))
(defthm rev-rev (implies (acl2::true-listp x) (equal (rev (rev x)) x)))
defpkg is not in the book. It cannot be: Common Lisp
compilers disagree on how to treat new package definitions appearing
in files to be compiled.
Since a book is just a source file typed by the user, ACL2 provides
a mechanism for checking that the events are all admissible and then
marking the file as checked. This is called certification. To
"my-book.lisp" you should first get into ACL2 with an
initial world. Then, define the package needed by the book, by
typing the following
defpkg to the ACL2 prompt:
ACL2 !>(defpkg "ACL2-MY-BOOK" (union-eq *common-lisp-symbols-from-main-lisp-package* *acl2-exports*))Then execute the command:
ACL2 !>(certify-book "my-book" 1 t) ; the `t' is in fact the defaultObserve that you do not type the
".lisp" part of the file
name. For purposes of books, the book's name is
"my-book" and
by the time all is said and done, there will be several extensions
in addition to the
".lisp" extension associated with it.
1 tells
certify-book that you acknowledge that there is
one command in this ``certification world'' (namely the
To use the book, any prospective host world must be extended by
the addition of whatever commands occurred before certification. It
would be a pity to certify a book in a world containing junk because
that junk will become the ``portcullis'' guarding entrance to
the book. The
t above tells
certify-book that you wish to
"my-book.lisp" also.
Certify-book makes many checks
but by far the most important and time-consuming one is that it
``proves'' every event in the file.
certify-book is done it will have created two new files.
The first will be called
"my-book.cert" and contains the
``certificate'' attesting to the admissibility of the events in
"my-book.lisp". The certificate contains the
defpkg and any
other forms necessary to construct the certification world. It also
contains various check sums used to help you keep track of which
version of
"my-book.lisp" was certified.
The second file created by
certify-book is the compiled version
"my-book.lisp" and will have a name that is assigned by the
host compiler (e.g.,
"my-book.o" in AKCL,
"my-book.sbin" in Lucid).
Certify-book will also load
this object file. When
certify-book is done, you may throw away
the logical world it created, for example by executing the
To use the book later in any ACL2 session, just execute the event
(include-book "my-book"). This will do the necessary
defpkg, load the non-
local events in
"my-book.lisp" and
then load the compiled code for the non-local functions defined in
that file. Checks are made to ensure that the certificate file
exists and describes the version of
"my-book.lisp" that is
read. The compiled code is loaded if and only if it exists and has
a later write date than the source file.
include-book is itself an event, you may put such forms
into other books. Thus it is possible for the inclusion of a single
book to lead to the inclusion of many others. The check sum
information maintained in certificates helps deal with the
version control problem of the referenced books. I.e., if this
version of
"my-book" is used during the certification of
"your-book", then the certificate for
"your-book" includes
the check sum of this version of
"my-book". If a later
(include-book "your-book") finds a version of
with a different check sum, an error is signalled. But check sums
are not perfect and the insecurity of the host file system prevents
ACL2 from guaranteeing the logical soundness of an
event, even for a book that appears to have a valid certificate
(they can be forged, after all). (See certificate for further
This concludes the example of how to create, certify and use a book.
If you wish, you could now review the documentation for book-related
topics (see books) and browse through them. They'll probably
make sense in this context. Alternatively, you could continue the
``guided tour'' through the rest of the documentation of books.
See book-name, following the pointer given at the conclusion.


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Helene Brunner
Helene E. Brunner, 93, of Herington, formerly of rural Burdick, died Saturday at home. She was born Oct. 2, 1919, in Wichita to Ernst and Minna (Pigorsch) Domann.
She was a homemaker and a telephone operator at the Burdick Switchboard Office and later retired from Helen's Christian Bookstore, Herington. She was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington.
She married Victor P. Brunner on Jan. 19, 1941, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Herington. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by a son, Donald Brunner; two brothers, Arthur Domann and Edward Domann; and her parents.
She is survived by two sons, Gaylord Vic Brunner of Herington and Milton Brunner of Salina; a brother, Theodore Domann of Herington; a sister, Alice Lehman of Wichita; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Her funeral is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington, with the Rev. Troy Slater officiating. Committal will follow at Lewis Cemetery, Ramona. A prayer service was Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Herington Chapel.
Memorial funds have been established for Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington Hospital Foundation, and Dickinson County Hospice.
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