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A holiday message
Posted in Opinion, Uncategorized on Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Little Joe Louis, Philadelphia 1953.
If he is still alive he would be over 60 years old..those dear children of Newtown, Conn. won't have that chance.
Don't forget the holiday of 2012. I won't.
Please do something to make the world better in 2013. george


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Today sees the launch of The Black Sheep Fund – which we believe is the first venture capital fund of its kind. It is a venture between Zag (BBH's brand invention business) and Spark Ventures – the London based VCs that backed start up phenomena including lastminute.com, Kobalt Music, notonthehighstreet.com and Moshi Monsters.
The background is increasingly obvious: There is a dearth of seed funds for start ups. If things feel tighter than they used to be in the States – then it is ten times harder to raise money in Europe right now. The banks demand personal guarantees for business loans (!), and institutions are incredibly risk averse. If you are proven entrepreneur with a string of successful exits under your belt, then you will get by. But if you are young, hungry and full of belief in your big idea – you might well get nowhere. The thing we spotted was that the next big digital business is just as likely to come from new entrepreneurs – and that is why we set up this fund.
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Chocolate Chip Yogurt Muffins
Here's a tried and true recipe I've used for at least fifteen years. I got it from a magazine or newspaper, I think. You can add fruit, nuts, chocolate, or just bake them plain. Not overly sweet, and with some nutritious ingredients. They come together quickly. You can decide to make them and be taking them out of the oven no more than 30 minutes later. Yields about 2 dozen minis or 1 dozen large, though I rarely get more than 10 big ones.
Yogurt Muffins
Heat oven to 375F.
DRY: 1 cup whole wheat flour (you can use ww pastry flour, but I often use stoneground)
1/2 cup unbleached flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
OPTIONAL DRY: Add any of these you like to the dry ingredients.
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup blueberries (best added to dry ingredients if frozen, so they don't clump together)
WET: 1 beaten egg
8 oz. plain or vanilla yogurt (low fat or non-fat, or whole fat, for that matter)
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 to 1 cup mashed banana
Combine all dry ingredients (including options) in a large bowl, and wet ones in a smaller bowl. Add wet ingredients to the dry ones. Stir only till moistened.
Fill large or small muffin tins 3/4 full. Bake about 16-18 minutes for large muffins; 12-13 minutes for minis. If you use mashed banana, you may need to bake for another minute or three. You can also sprinkle the tops with cinnamon sugar before baking. They freeze very well.
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It doesn't matter who you are as long as you're good.
Tatjana Karlej is a Professional Consultant at Feynsinn / EDAG. And has confidence in the team's trust.
Anyone who chooses a career as a consultant needs one thing above all besides a head for figures and plenty of experience: self-confidence. As having been to university is not enough to be able to optimise processes and projects. You have to be able to convince people in particular that proposals make sense in the long-term. Tatjana Karlej knows just how to gain self-confidence in a male domain like industrial engineering as a woman and mother of two children and still be true to yourself.
There are no male domains
"What was crucial to me when choosing a career was that I was doing exactly what I enjoy and what inspires me. I wanted to do something that combines technology and industry right from the start. Because I have a keen interest in both of them. However, at that time it hadn't even crossed my mind that there are unfortunately only a few women in this sector. It wasn't therefore an issue for me when choosing my career, it wasn't about me doing a man's job but about fulfilling myself," says the 36-year old industrial engineer.
The fact that self-fulfilment wasn't that easy at the start was not necessarily due to the job itself, according to Karlej, but more the lack of experience. "If it had been up to me, I would like to have done a sandwich course right from the start. But as a mother of two children it just wasn't possible with the working models back then. So I completed a normal course even though I actually knew that practical experience would be important." Luckily she then got the necessary practice with the employer of her choice. "After studying in Munich I then got to know EDAG and the consultancy service brand Feynsinn at an engineering trade fair and was instantly inspired. The areas of work there, complete vehicle development, plant engineering and process consulting, were exactly the things that interested me. I attended an interview at Feynsinn the day after and was appointed as Process Consultant. Probably also because they noticed that I really wanted the job and because I knew that I would do a good job."
Self-confidence through the trust of others
It was clear to Tatjana Karlej right from the start that self-confidence would be the start to her career. However, the fact that you don't necessarily have to gain confidence in yourself and your abilities on your own but can be bolstered up best by your team colleagues is something she is still experiencing at EDAG today. "Naturally I had a great deal of respect for the work at EDAG at the start. But what is special about our corporate culture is that you're not given the chance to have any inhibitions even at the start. They are immediately removed because people approach you directly without any reservations, take you by the hand and support you. I immediately had an experienced colleague by my side with my first tasks, who not only showed me how to do the job but motivated me to gradually take responsibility for tackling the tasks on my own," says Tatjana Karlej.
According to Karlej, self-confidence is mainly a question of acceptance. And this is exceptionally high within the company. "The support that you get here is not just with regards to the work but also the way in which you work. You get support here for all issues and way beyond all the corporate divisions too. And the main thing that we rely on here is trust. As a mother, for example, I need more time than my colleagues to be able to juggle organising my family and work. As a result I can schedule my hours very flexibly. This is also about trusting my colleagues to talk to me. I take responsibility for both with my time management, the good projects that we complete for our customers and likewise for my family. And I only get the trust that is placed in me because they know that both are equally important to me."
It doesn't matter who you are
According to Tatjana Karlej, acceptance and trust are the values that you should always consider when starting a career today. "I believe that you usually end up in a job that you don't enjoy as much if you don't trust your own abilities. "I have learnt here at Feynsinn / EDAG that work is only so enjoyable partly because it is of no interest to anyone who you are and where you come from. The only thing that matters and ultimately ensures a good atmosphere and enthusiasm at work is that you concentrate on your area of work. And that you're good at what you do. As every door is open here at EDAG and you can achieve a great deal. Whether we are a better employer than other companies as a result, I can't say. But for me at least working at EDAG is simply the best job there is!"
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Here is a small tip for those using Excel 2010 who want to remove all blank rows in an easy way without having to remove each blank row manually. Please note that this tip applies to removing multiple columns as well.
First select the portion of the spreadsheet from where you wish to remove the blank rows and then hit the Home tab. Here navigate to the Editing options and choose the Go To Special option under the Find & Select option.
In the Go to Special dialogue box, choose Blanks and hit OK.
All the blank rows will be selected.
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In keeping with his tradition regarding the subject of the Sermon of the Friday preceding Jalsa Salana, Huzur gave a discourse on hospitality. Huzur said the Jalsa hospitality is carried out on communal level by the Jama'at as well as individually by people looking after their personal guests who come for Jalsa.
Hospitality is a courtesy that is mentioned in the Qur'an and one that has always been the custom of prophets of God and their followers. It is a means to develop mutual love as well as to make an impression on others and bring them closer and thus open ways of Tabligh. We are aware of the excellent model of honouring of guests of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) and we know that his true and ardent devotee, the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) also paid great attention to this aspect. Allah had informed the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) that people would come to him in their droves and when people come to a strange place, they are guests. He thus received the revelation many times from Allah that people would come to him in their multitudes and that he should not be annoyed nor tire of meeting them. Huzur said there is counsel for us in this. The Langar (kitchen) of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) is going to spread. Anywhere in the world that the Khalifa of the time is visiting, special arrangements of hospitality have to be made and the organisers there should never overlook courtesy and consideration. The revelation given to the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) also alluded to the growth of the Community in terms of numbers as well as the development and enhancement of the sincerity and dedication of the people of the Community. Moreover, a great number of seekers of truth shall also continue to come and thus the hospitality will continue. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) initiated the Langar Khana for this very purpose and called it an important matter among other important matters. Today wherever the Community is established there is a Langar Khana in operation.
Those who come to listen to our message take note of all this and when the Jalsa Salana takes place, the atmosphere is quite extraordinary. In short, hospitality is a task that has been entrusted to each one of us in general and the organisers and the Khalifa of the time in particular. If we do not exhibit courtesy and high morals we could incur Allah's displeasure. The organisers as well as the volunteers are most fortunate that they have been enabled to offer their services to serve the guests of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). With the grace of Allah, young and old alike offer their names for duty with great fervour and zeal. Huzur said he has mentioned many times that when Jalsa Salana is held in countries across the globe people of all nations offer their services with similar zeal. Huzur said he has cited example of Africa and has also mentioned his recent USA and Canadian visits. He said wherever he goes he witnesses people of all social standings offering their services and executing them most cheerfully. However, the Jalsa Salana of UK has acquired unique significance. Due to the presence of the Khalifa of the day the expansion of organisation here is greater than anywhere else in the world. This Jalsa is scrutinised more internally as well as externally. Some of the duties of this Jalsa are most sensitive. Imperceptibly this Jalsa has acquired a central role. Those who come to this Jalsa from other countries have great expectations. Huzur said he would mention by the way that the Khuddam of London and other volunteers, those who do security duty or Langar Khana duty or organise other functions, as there are numerous functions held here, work more and with a greater degree of regularity than in other countries. Huzur said they have been working in a very good manner for the past twenty four years. In Rabwah there is staff but here Khuddam and Ansar work on voluntary basis, may Allah reward them in a most excellent way that they are making sacrifice of time and of money while living in this country and indeed in this very expensive city. Huzur said this is owing to their sincerity and dedication and may Allah enable them to continue to serve in this manner.
Huzur said the Jalsa Salana and the operations of the Langar Khana greatly impress people from outside the Community. Indeed at the time of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) the Langar Khana and the Promised Messiah's personal civility used to make great impressions on people. Huzur said in his recent African visit during Jalsa at one of the countries, due to the Khilafat Centenary the number of guests was tremendous. Seeing the food arrangements there people from outside the Community were greatly impressed and some went to the extent of saying that this indeed was a mark of us being a divine Community. All this is owing to the training of the true and ardent devotee of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). The hospitality and the generosity of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) were exemplary. In the current era in order to revive faith and to bring man close to God the advent of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) took place and he was promised: "I shall carry thy message to the ends of the earth." (Tadhkirah 2007 edition p. 381). The task that the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was entrusted with was accomplished through him and after him is carrying on being accomplished through his Khulafa, however it is only Allah Who can change hearts. This, He alone does and is doing. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was also foretold: "Your helpers will come from every distant track." (Tadhkirah p. 435. 2007 edition). The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) initiated these Jalsas for the enhancement of spirituality and religion, it is therefore the obligation of each volunteer to serve the guests in every way possible. These guests are coming for the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and we too are commanded not to be annoyed by them and not tire of them.
The exemplary hospitality of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) with regards people who came to see him has instances where he would personally wash soiled bedding left by the guest. He personally served the delegation sent by the kind of Abyssinia and once when he offered goat's milk to a guest he ended up serving him milk from seven goats until the guest had his fill. He had so trained his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them all) that they would put their children to bed hungry and leave the food for the guests, putting the light out, themselves making eating noises without taking any food, so that the guests were comfortable in having their fill. The excellent examples of the Companions were not over a day or two of hospitality. Indeed, when the migrants of Mecca came to Medina, the people of Medina shared their property with them. Huzur part cited verse ten of Surah Al Hashr: "…but prefer others to themselves even though poverty be their own lot..." (59:10). The Jalsa guests to UK in particular come for the love of Khilafat and to acquire religious knowledge, it is our obligation to treat them with love and affection. This year many guests are arriving from Pakistan and some African countries for the first time. We should look after them all regardless of who is rich and who is not. They are all guests of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). Due to the occasion of Khilafat Centenary more guests are expected. The organisers are making better arrangements; it is now the task of the volunteers to carry out these arrangements as planned otherwise the best laid plans will not materialize. The volunteer workers of Jalsa should receive the guests in the spirit in which the guests are coming. They should display a greater sense of enthusiasm of the model that the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) established for us.
Huzur said this year we are expecting more guests at Jalsa both from the Community and outside the Community. It is our duty to look after them all. Although there is some concern about the large numbers coming this year, this should not effect the organisation.
Huzur related a few extracts of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) giving detailed instructions to those who looked after the guest. These illustrate the fine points of hospitality that he wished to extend to his guests from the service at Langar Khana to non-discriminatory treatment of all guests, to informing them of the whereabouts of toilet facility etc. Next Huzur cited several incidents from the blessed life of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) expounding his most excellent hospitality. Huzur related incidents narrated by various companions of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) who would come from outside Qadian to visit him. These incidents ranged from the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) going to great limits to cater for eccentric habits of the guests, like chewing the paan, personally opening doors for his guests despite other people around him, personally serving food to his guests at early hours of the morning, giving away his own bedding due to need for guests and doing all this in a most cordial, gracious manner. His advice to people with regards serving guests was: 'You recognise some people and do not recognise others, therefore consider each one of them worthy of hospitality.'
Huzur said he related the incidents so that the volunteers of Jalsa Salana prepare themselves enthusiastically and have the blessed aspects of his model in view. Huzur said majority of people are not aware of the blessed model of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) because it is not available in other languages. Huzur said at Jalsa, the departments of food, accommodation, cleanliness and transport are directly involved with the guests. This year some experimental steps will be carried out by the transport department. They will have to discharge their duties in a very good manner. Special bus and train services are going to be operational. Effort should be made to particularly ferry guest passengers from Europe on time. However, no strict conduct should be displayed to the members of the UK Jama'at. It should be kept in view that people who have travelled from developing countries should be transported via buses. Huzur said the weather is a bit unpredictable. Prayers should be made that it stays favourable. If any difficulty arises, the volunteers should stay resolute, as they did last year. They should keep that spirit up, rather, they should enhance it further. Huzur said service requires sacrifice and one has to serve the guests of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) in a manner that honours its dues and Allah's pleasure is attained. May Allah enable to fulfil the obligations in the best manner.
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There's great sturm und drang in the Pagan communities right now over a number of things. Most are being played out here, in one place or another. Rancor, condemnation, hurt, fear...the standard variations that come back to bite us on our collective butts again and again.
Some of my thinks about it included--
my community is full of idiots
my community has too much time on its hands
my community loves to fight and argue
my community should be about the business of our various spiritual systems and notions of divinity
my community--wtf
My community--which is made up of an impossible-to-know number of subsets--is like barely interlocking rings in a disordered chaos of time and space. We are humans, for the most part, and we like to put ourselves and each other in tidy boxes, so that we are easier to understand and to interact with. The problem is the boxes don't fit exactly and then I'm in a box and you're in another box and then we get territorial about our boxes.
And because we are often a minority within a minority group, we get a little hinky about our prospects for being heard, for being respected, for being safe. Sure, we've peed in all the corners of our own box but what's that I smell? Have you peed on the corner of my box? How dare you.
For my sins, I am a Pisces with Moon in Scorpio and Scorpio on the Ascendant. Before I knew much about astrology (and please understand, I still know next-to-nothing about it), I got the whole Pisces Sun thing. Mystic, intuitive, creative, empathic. But what I didn't get was the Scorpio interface. See, I'd be all Piscean--soft and mystical ad nauseum--and someone would hurt my feelings. Really deeply, because I'm a Pisces--I have lots of feelings.
When that happened (let's be real here--when that happens), there was an interesting thing that occurred hard on the heels of the aforementioned hurt. I wanted vengeance. Big time. Now that I know about the Scorpio thing, I describe it this way--someone hurts my big gooey Piscean feelings and that double Scorpio comes out on either side, like velociraptors. Someone has hurt us. They will be destroyed.
My community--you and you and you and yes, even him--reacts in much the same way. We either keep on keeping on, doing what we know we need to do, whether it is worship or growing food or reading tarot cards. Or we get our feelings hurt and go hide in a corner and vow to never interact with Those People ever again. Or we lash out and defend our territory and our honor and our beliefs. And we renew peeing in the corners of our boxes and know we have triumphed.
Or we do a combo of all of the above.
And we are acting out of ancient human patterns that have come down through our Ancestors, riding the double helix of our DNA. It is encoded and it takes effort to break the code, even if we choose to...and I'm not suggesting that we do. What I am suggesting is that my community is mostly the fringes of the dominant and dominating culture and we have patterns that grow from that position within the larger culture. As we grapple with notions of territory and hierarchy--when we peer from the bottom rung of the ladder--we grab on to tried-and-true ways of scrambling to the top, often treading on the tired hands of the people most like us.
Perhaps it is time for, us as we mature (or not) in these wonderful spiritual systems, to remember our collective history and find ways to let all paths lead the walker to the envisioned destination, to mind our own business and practice the ancient ritual of hospitality.
I'm sure you'll let me know if I'm mistaken about any--or all--of this.
Friday, 28 June 2013
Agreed. More love and less horizontal hostility.· Byron Ballard likes this comment.
Friday, 28 June 2013
As the publishers of this blogosphere, please know that Alan and I are hard at work on creating a new set of guidelines that will hopefully provide a matrix to build a more community-oriented, less divisive site. We spend most of yesterday -- and expect to spend most of today -- hammering out the (Beta) Standards of practice to be offered to the bloggers via Back Channel by Monday for comment and review. I blame myself for naively believing that such structures were not necessary on this site; my bad, but an oversight we should be correcting shortly.· Beth Wodandis, Byron Ballard and Ivo Dominguez Jr likes this comment.
Friday, 28 June 2013
Boss Lady, we shouldn't have to be reined in like a bunch of 6th graders (with apologies to 6th graders everywhere). I appreciate the labor (and I do mean labor) of love that you and Alan are performing, but...really? Are we all such assholes that freedom of speech must always be wielded like a shillelagh?· Beth Wodandis and J'Karrah likes this comment.
Friday, 28 June 2013
We are basing our proposal on the patterns of other successful, civilized online communities. (I'd be happy to share our sources with the group if that's helpful.) And as for sixth graders -- removing in-person accountability has a tendency to disinhibit bad behavior in even the best of us. Hence the need for more clear boundaries and structure for reporting bad behavior to rein in our innate tendency to be ... juvenile.· Beth Wodandis and Byron Ballard likes this comment.
Friday, 28 June 2013
It does, indeed, feel like labor sometimes. And that comes from my perspective as a three-times homebirthing mother of three sons.· Beth Wodandis likes this comment.
Friday, 28 June 2013
Like members of any large, extended family, we can't help sometimes but look askance at one another and mutter "am I really related to these people??"· Byron Ballard likes this comment.
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Also know that when I share my tutorials for makeup application, it's coming from years of trial and error, along with a few tips from the pro's. I may not use "that brush" how I'm suppose to, or apply "that color" the way you would, but again... this is ME, sharing my individual techniques with YOU, in hopes that you can take a little something away that you didn't know before!
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I think I like the "before" better! You were more glowing! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 3:35 AM
You are such a beautiful person. Thanks for taking the time to share what you've learned!ReplyDelete
Great tips! And it looks very natural. Love the eyelashes.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 6:50 AM
Thanks for posting!!! I love that you used real photos for before and after. I have totally slacked on my facial routine and it's time to get back into it. I like what a natural look this gives you! SInce having my 2 babies, my skin has gone from oily to dry and still blemish prone..so I may be giving Beautymint a try as well.ReplyDelete
Shelley, this is such a great post! I also use the green primer from Smashbox and I absolutely cannot live without it. It is the best that I've found for redness, which I suffer from (lucky me!) ;) I've always thought you were so gorgeous, but you've even taken it up a notch! The pic of you from the previous post in the black spotted (polka dot) shirt with the green earring on...hello model?!?!? Seriously, beautiful beautiful! I'm loving these "tell me more" posts! ;) Jesse @ Scout & NimbleReplyDelete
I see your beautiful face and see so similiarities to mine. High cheekbones, freckles, you know, the good stuff. But I also see the pink cheeks that aren't so cute on us non-toddlers. :) I think I'm going to try Beauty Mint. I signed up a while ago to check it out but I never got around to ordering anything. I don't have a good skincare routine and if I resolved to do anything this year it was to get my skin to behave. 40 is coming in May and I'd rather look 35 than 40! :) Can't WAIT for the color post. Really looking forward to it. Thanks!!ReplyDelete
- Brittany BJanuary 9, 2013 at 7:36 AM
I love your blog and normally lurk, but I wanted to share for once! I have the same type of skin, but with the added fun of combination skin. I have used dern near every face product under the sun but nothing worked. I finally decided to try tea tree oil on a whim and HOLY MOLEY! It is AWESOME! I just put it on a cotton round, swipe it on my skin at night and let it be. I have had NO breakouts since the third day of using it, and my skin is soft, healthy looking, and no creepy redness! It's also incredibly inexpensive. Why don't you try that? I know that a lot of us moms are near broke most of the time and can't afford fancy high-end facial products, so it might be good for your other readers as well who have the same skin issues, but can't afford fancy stuff.ReplyDelete
I'm writing down ALL of those products! I have been looking for a good contour color and will definitely have to look into the Hoola Bronzer. Thanks for the great post!ReplyDelete
your makeup looks so great! - so natural and fresh. i don't have much of a makeup routine right now besides eyeliner/mascara, but i'm finding that i'm starting to need more foundation, blush, etc. and i LOVE benefit products too! will have to try out some of your tips.ReplyDelete
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Thank you for all the information! I've just been using powder, but I'm ready for a little more but I really want it to look natural (who doesn't, though?) anyways, thanks! I'm pinning!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 9:10 AM
This was so helpful to me. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Thanks for keeping it real! I love your blog! Keep it coming!ReplyDelete
I love that you enforce this is what works for YOU! I know that my skin would probably hate all those products but at least now I feel like I should experiment to find what works for me and my skin. You're so beautiful even without the makeup!ReplyDelete
You look beautiful!!! Really :)ReplyDelete
You are beautiful without or with make-up! Thank you for sharing your tips and products.ReplyDelete
I always like reading about what products others use on their faces, as I have a large purple birthmark that I have yet to really figure out how to hide very well! I have never heard of some of the things you use, so I'm glad to have new items to try. Thank you! You look great!ReplyDelete
You are a beautiful woman, even without makeup. :)ReplyDelete
I use the benefit foundation also and LOVE IT! I was a little nervous the first time because it really changes the color of your skin. My make up lade informed me that was simply the foundation EVENING my skin tone and removing the redness (a must!). Love this tutorial :)ReplyDelete
Love this step by step tutorial! You look great without makeup :) But I enjoy seeing other people's make up routines.ReplyDelete
Love Benefit's HELLO Flawless Foundation! it's what I used as well.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this, I have been looking for some refreshers for my "thirtysomething" skin. I just hit up Ulta on my lunch break to pick up a few of these!ReplyDelete
- HeatherJanuary 9, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Wow, so wonderful of you to share all of this information. It is refreshing to see the before and after pics and know that these products and tips will actually work. Seems more believable coming from you than from a paid model/actress. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to the next part...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 2:55 PM
Gorgeous! Thank you for opening up and sharing with us! I think you are fabulous. :)ReplyDelete
Honestly - I would love to have your "before" skin!! I am also a very red, very sensitive skinned gal - thanks for the suggestion!! I've got my fingers crossed!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 3:34 PM
You are gorgeous and your makeup is flawless but that hurt my brain. I wish I was more motivated to know what half that stuff is.ReplyDelete
Thank you! I pinned this so I can reference it frequently. This is the kind of information that I NEED because I am so clueless! I appreciate you taking the time to do these posts because they are especially great for people like ME! I appreciate you. :)ReplyDelete
So you're using the Benefit concealer to highlight, I'm gathering? I've been wanting to try the Hello Flawless foundation and powder - glad to hear good things! Maybe when I run out of my Revlon Colorstay I'll give it a try!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yup! I use that to highlight and love it! :)Delete
I have just started playing with contouring lately ... but using cheapy drugstore products and brushes because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to pull it off. Turns out, it makes a HUGE difference... now I'm off to check out the products you shared.ReplyDelete
p.s. You are adorable!
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 7:04 PM
I thought a couple months ago you chose Mary Kay as your favorite foundation...I am confused...fill me in on the change and why you made it. Love your favorite things posts and congrats on the weight loss!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes! I still love Mary Kay :) It's a great foundation too! But they stopped carrying the full coverage option and I'm not as thrilled with their medium coverage. For some reason I feel like the makeup seeps into my pours a bit too much or something. I wonder why they got rid of the full coverage. booo hooo!Delete
Do the products seem like they would last a while? they are a lot more than what I would normally spend on make up, but if they do a good job and would last a while, it would be worth the investment. You look great both ways, btwReplyDeleteReplies
yes! Totally, I talked about that towards the end of my post :)Delete
Besides the foundation and powder, I haven't had to replace anything for about a year. Everything lasts a REALLY long time. I know that it seems like a huge purchase all at once, so I recommend buying things as you have the money. Maybe try one or two things each month, if you have a little extra spending cash :)
If you go to Ulta or Sephora you can also test out ALL their products BEFORE you purchase them, which is always nice!
bang on post as usual!ReplyDelete
I am addicted to Erase Paste. That stuff makes such a difference. I use the same foudation- for now- and I like it, but will probably try something else when it runs out soon. I men, I do like it, but I don't love it!ReplyDelete
I have heard that Sephora has a very generous return policy. You may bring back anything, even if it's almost used up, for store credit, even if you didn't purchase the product in their store. You just need to make sure they carry that product at Sephora, and I think you don't even need a receipt!ReplyDelete
You are adorable and look amazing. I use and love 1 and 2 on your list. We have similar skin tone and problems so I need to check out the rest of the goodies. I'm a sucker for makeup and face products!ReplyDelete
What a great post! You're beautiful, of course, in the before but the after... WATCH OUT HOTTIE!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to try some of these products... and how big of a dent do the lash extensions put in your wallet? They look great but I don't know that I can afford them :(
oooooh, i needed this post! how lovely are you with and without makeup!?!ReplyDelete
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Shelley, thanks so much for sharing your tips. You are beautiful inside and out!ReplyDelete
The pores of our skin can be so huge around the nostrils and so teensy around the corners of our eyes and guess which area needs more foundation? Yes, the pores around the nostrils that want to hold onto every single bit of makeup or dirt possible. At times it does feel as if we are pouring the foundation into our pores.ReplyDelete
I just started reading your blog and I can't get enough (not in a creepy-stalkerish way). You are just so adorable! I just printed off your picture to take to my hairstylist so that I can get your cut. Hope you don't mind! Look forward to reading the rest of this series!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing all of this Shelley! I think we're skin twinsies... and I mean that in a totally non-creepy way :) I have the same fair, red, blotchy skin. My bathroom drawer is like a cosmetic product wasteland!! I'm so excited to try some of these! I went and ordered the beautymint line yesterday. And I LOVE Benefit! Amazing that I only own one of the products you listed though!... the Hoola powder. Love it though. Have you tried "high beam" from them? You would totally love it for accenting your cheek bones and giving you that dewey look you love.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
Love this post! I am trying the foundation right now-so far, so good. I have really sensitive skin so changing any products can be a disaster. I do have a question about the eyelashes. I had some done at a nail salon, and I ended up hating them-they irritated my eyes after a while, and I pulled them out (along with some of my own-not a fun time). I would like to try them again since you say what you get are different, but how do I know that I am getting the kind you get? I am in the Dallas area-does the lady that does your lashes know anyone here that does the kind you get?ReplyDelete
Awesome info. Very appreciative of the time it must have taken to put togetheenReplyDelete
Btw I couldn't help but start singing grease when I pulled up your page, tell me more tell me more like does he have a car.
Great tips!! Thanks so much for sharing :) You are beautiful!ReplyDelete
Is it humid where you live? Just curious how these products do in the humidity, as I live in in the Hot humid South! Lately, I've enjoyed MARY KAY's timewise matte foundation. Love it so farReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2013 at 3:13 PM
You are beautiful! Thanks for sharing your tips. I LOVE your eyebrows!! Do you have any suggestions on how to choose the perfect color of foundation?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 13, 2013 at 6:04 PM
You are gorgeous!!! :) and even more gorgeous with make up... I wanted to give everyone a little tip also... If you do not want to spend the BIG bucks on Smashbox or any other HIGH END Primer... You can ALWAYS use Monistat Chaffing Gel.. Now this isn't a gel for your private areas its a get for chaffing.. Which you can chaff ANYWHERE!!! Is has the same silicone that Primers do... I use it and Its amazing and as a Professional Make Up artist it does same on $$ :) Hope this helpled :)ReplyDelete
I just found your blog today and I went and got some of these products this afternoon! I haven't really worn anything more than loose powder for many years and this post crossed my path at just the right time. I'm so excited for tomorrow morning to "play"! I had never heard of Benefit before, but I have a feeling I'll be getting more of their product soon.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tips beautiful girl!
Love the eye makeup in the before/after photo with hte lash extensions! DO you have a tutorial for how to do it?!?!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2013 at 11:33 AM
What color of foundation did you use?ReplyDelete
Love the tips! My face is super round too, I need to learn how to contour!ReplyDelete
Sheesh, you are beautiful! Loving these posts.ReplyDelete
Good for you! You are beautiful inside and out - it totally shows. I love that you are feeling confident. Thanks for sharing your transformation!ReplyDelete
Love the review!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2013 at 12:38 PM
Alright I wrote down all of the products and am going to head out to Sephora!! I would LOVE to know the products and steps to your eye make up you have on in the after photo with the eyelash extensions!! It looks so natural but yet ready to go out!! Thanks, KelliReplyDelete
I am also on a "eating life change" and workout program, I was inspired by your blogger on a diet...LOL!! You are looking good!
is there a way you can still cut down on the redness but not cover up your adorable freckles? FRECKLES are so wonderful to see. i used to have them and miss them so much. now when i see pix of models with freckles i cannot believe how much i love them, it makes people so individual and 'stand out' from the crowd. i actually saw a model somewhere penciling them ON, she liked them so much (and she didn't have them). Your cute before and after pix are impressive, but honestly, I LOVE your fresh faced freckles. I have to say you look how I would describe as 'country beauty.'ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 10, 2013 at 3:55 PM
I ran across this post by chance, dropped my plans for the day, and took this list to Sephora! I've been desperate for a new makeup routine and this just made my day! You have made me (and the sales lady at Sephora) very very happy!!! Thanks!!ReplyDelete
I love your freckles! I checked out the site for beautymint and started taking their "find your fit" quiz. It's weird to me how they assume you'll eventually want "help" with wrinkles/saggy neck/etc. They ask how important things like that are to you and the 'no' option is worded as "not YET interested." :-PReplyDelete
Can i say Gorgeous?!ReplyDelete
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EPA grant to focus on job training and placement in Lewis and Clark, Granite, Powell, and Deer Lodge counties (Montana)
Release Date: 05/12/2014
Contact Information: Christina Wilson, 303-312-6706; Wendy Thomi, 406-457-5037; Richard Mylott, 303-312-6654
Program to develop needed environmental skills and to meet job opportunities in western Montana communities
(Denver, Colo.—May 12, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding Lewis and Clark County a $200K Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grant to recruit and train residents of Lewis and Clark, Granite, Powell, and Deer Lodge counties in a diverse set of environmental employment skills. The training is designed to help unemployed and underemployed individuals develop marketable job skills by providing free training and certifications.
Lewis and Clark County will work with Helena College at the University of Montana to train more than 40 students with the goal of placing graduates in environmental jobs. The training program includes 255 hours of instruction, including coursework in 40-hour HAZWOPER; lead abatement; lead renovation, repair and painting; asbestos abatement; emergency response; commercial driving license training; and first aid. Participants who complete the training will earn several federal and state certifications.
"EPA's job training grants are investments in communities," said Shaun McGrath, EPA's regional administrator in Denver. "Lewis and Clark County has made strong connections with local partners and employers in building a training program that will help meet a need for environmental skills and certifications. Developing these skills will not only help area residents secure jobs, but will contribute to actions that improve people's health and the environment."
Lewis and Clark County is targeting unemployed and underemployed county residents, with a focus on recruiting women, veterans, high school graduates and non-graduates, recent college graduates, and ex-offenders. In addition to Helena College, key partners in the project include the Lewis and Clark County Health Department, the Montana Department of Labor, the Montana Business Assistance Connection, Helena Job Services, Anaconda Job Services, and a number of community-based organizations and environmental employers.
"This is a tried-and-true program," added McGrath. "More than 70 percent of those trained under these EPA grants secure jobs in related fields. We look forward to seeing similar success here in Montana."
Lewis and Clark County is among 18 grantees nationwide receiving approximately $3.6 million through EPA's Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grants fund training programs in local nonprofit organizations, community colleges, cities, states, tribes, and counties that provide unemployed and under-employed, including veterans, minority, and predominately low income individuals with the comprehensive skills and certifications needed to enter full-time careers in the environmental field. The funding also supports job placement and recruitment activities. These green jobs give hope to individuals to overcome significant barriers to employment and help protect public health and the environment by providing a skilled job force to clean up contamination and build more sustainable futures for local communities.
Graduates of the program develop a comprehensive set of skills to secure full-time, sustainable employment in many areas of the environmental field and average an hourly starting wage of $14.00. This has resulted in an excellent cumulative job placement rate. Program graduates obtain employment within their own communities, areas often historically affected by blight, economic disinvestment, and sites contaminated with solid and hazardous wastes. Rather than filling local environmental jobs with professionals outside of these communities, these grants help provide an opportunity for local residents to secure careers that make a visible impact cleaning up their neighborhoods, creating a locally skilled workforce. Graduates obtain employment in fields such as: recycling, brownfields assessment and cleanup, wastewater treatment, stormwater management, emergency response, oil spill cleanup, solar installation, and Superfund site remediation.
The 18 grantees are:
- · Hunters Point Family; San Francisco, CA
· City of Durham, NC
· Memphis Bioworks, TN
· City of Milwaukee, WI
· Los Angeles Conservation Corps, CA
· Cypress Mandela Training Center; Oakland, CA
· St. Nicks Alliance; Brooklyn, NY
· Civic Works; Baltimore, MD
· Community Development Corporation of Tampa, FL
· Limitless Vistas; New Orleans, LA
· City of Camden, AR
· Energy Coordinating Agency; Philadelphia, PA
· Lewis and Clark County, MT
· Alaska Forum, AK
· Northstar Center for Human Development; Hartford, CT
· City of Detroit, MI
· The Workplace, Inc.; Bridgeport, CT
· Mo-Kan Regional Council; St. Joseph, MO
Since the EWDJT program's inception in 1998, the EPA has funded 239 job training grants totaling more than $50 million. More than 12,800 individuals have completed training, and of those, more than 9,100 have secured employment in the environmental field.
More information on environmental workforce development and job training grants: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/pilot_grants.htm
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Dr. Robert Gatewood is ready to move to the forefront of health reform.
Starting this month, the cardiologist and many other doctors affiliated with Kaleida Health will adopt a new payment system for heart surgery in an initiative with BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York that will give them one fee for all the services a patient receives and make them accountable for all the care, including before a procedure and after a patient goes home.
The doctors and hospital get to share in any savings from providing care in a more cost-effective way. Longer term, the new payment method puts them at financial risk for the cost of avoidable medical problems.
This marks a huge change from the predominant fee-for-service method of paying for care by having every doctor and facility separately bill for services.
Significantly, it also expands the definition of what services heart surgery includes, making everyone responsible for what happens in the weeks before patients arrive and months into their recovery.
There is movement nationwide to figure out new ways to pay for value instead of the amount of care provided. When people talk about reforming the way health care is delivered, they talk about efforts like this one.
"With health care costs spiraling out of control, we need to do something to pull in the reins," said Gatewood, of Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Associates in Williamsville. "The change has to come from those who deliver the care. We need to lead the charge."
Indeed, health insurance premiums have skyrocketed 172 percent since 1999, whereas workers' earnings have increased by only 47 percent in the same period, according to the latest health benefits report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Gatewood is not a heart surgeon, but like other cardiologists and primary care physicians, he has a stake in the success of the initiative.
One of the key objectives of bundled payments is to encourage better communication among the doctors who send patients to the hospital and the surgeons who perform the operations.
Complications can arise, for instance, when referring physicians don't find out from surgeons in a timely manner what happened in the hospital, what medications the patient took home after a procedure, and what follow-up care is needed.
Likewise, surgeons may lack insights into a patient's condition if they don't speak with a primary care doctor before an operation.
Something as simple as phone calls between doctors before and after a hospitalization is all it takes to keep everyone in the loop, those involved in the project say. But, surprisingly, this often doesn't happen in fee-for-service medicine, a fault that the new payment method attempts to correct.
"We need smooth handoffs of patients," Gatewood said. "We sometimes practice in silos, but we need to think about quality and coordination."
Lack of coordination
The public debate over health reform largely focuses on coverage for the uninsured and new requirements on insurers. But a major portion of the new health reform law, the Affordable Care Act, and much of the attention of the medical community are also focused on how doctors and hospitals should be paid.
Critics of fee-for-service place it at the heart of what's wrong with the U.S. health care system.
The overwhelming thinking goes that fee-for-service medicine encourages physicians to do more procedures and tests, and fails to reward quality or discourage waste.
It also is faulted for contributing to poor communication and costly unintended consequences, such as readmissions to hospitals for complications after a patient is discharged.
The United States spends about $2.5 trillion on health care each year. But an estimated $750 billion of the spending goes to waste - including unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs and inefficiently provided services - according to a report issued this month by the Institute of Medicine.
The influential group, which provides independent advice to the government, placed significant blame on the prevailing approach for paying for health care, saying that if home building were like health care, carpenters, electricians and plumbers each would work with different blueprints, with very little coordination.
It's not clear how best to overhaul the fee-for-service payment system, and the business of health care is so complicated that any changes promise to be filled with pitfalls. However, several projects have started or are planned nationwide to look at different methods, including bundled payments, that may do a better job of controlling costs and improving quality.
The health reform law calls for testing new payment methods in Medicare, the giant federal health plan for those 65 and older. Private health insurers and hospital systems, as well as the physicians affiliated with them, are experimenting with new methods, as well.
"Nobody knows if we are spending the right amount on health care. But we do know that there is a lot of waste and that Americans are not getting the care they need," said Dr. Margaret W. Paroski, chief medical officer for Kaleida Health.
Pilot project
The heart surgery pilot project uses a bundled payment for the approximately 250 heart surgery patients each year at Kaleida Health who have commercial and Medicare BlueCross BlueShield coverage.
The idea is to create an incentive for everyone involved in a patient's care to work together to eliminate unnecessary tests and treatments, coordinate care, base decisions on best medical evidence, measure outcomes and prevent complications that can send patients back into the hospital.
"As a payer, we want to be out of the management of care. We want the hospitals and doctors to be creative and don't want the payment method to hold them back. The bundled payment lets them do that," said Dr. Raghu Ram, senior medical director at BlueCross BlueShield.
For instance, primary care doctors will get a fee for consultations with surgeons, creating an incentive to have conversations before and after a procedure, said Paroski. However, the larger goal of a bundled payment is to demand greater accountability and a team approach to the care of patients, she said.
Studies suggest that a bundled payment may be one of the most promising ideas for controlling health care costs without compromising quality. Other Buffalo insurers and hospitals say they also are interested in the concept.
But bundled payments are unlikely to be the only potential answer to payment reform.
They only work for procedures and medical conditions for which an episode of care can be fairly well defined, such as heart surgery, knee and hip replacements, and diabetes. In many other illnesses, patients see too many physicians at multiple settings over an unpredictable amount of time to set one overall fee.
Bundled payments are so new that there isn't enough information to say definitively how well they work. In addition, there are challenges, such as persuading doctors to adopt the changes, deciding what providers and services should be included in the payment, making sure data systems are sufficient to track patients and the outcome of their care, adjusting for patients whose conditions are unusually risky and figuring the time frame of a payment.
In this project, for example, the physicians' accountability for patients' care covers 30 days before an operation and 90 days afterward.
Bundled payments are complex enough that organizations have arisen that specialize in devising them. BlueCross BlueShield and Kaleida Health are working with a system known as Prometheus created by the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute in Newtown, Conn.
A study by the Rand Corp. last year of projects in three communities to test Prometheus indicated that bundled payments proved to be difficult to put into place because of technical issues and doctors' concerns, including taking on a financial risk for all the care a patient receives and fears that the method might result in denying needed care.
However, the Rand study concluded that bundled payments remain a promising approach and well worth pursuing, said Peter Hussey, the lead author.
"The question is not whether we're going to replace fee-for-service, but how we will replace it," he said. "The jury is out on bundled payments as one of a handful of approaches that will be used, but they have a lot of potential."
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WASHINGTON – More and more retailers are tracking the movements of their customers when they are inside stores.
Nordstrom has tested technology that tracks customers using the Wi-Fi signals from their smartphones. The retailer wanted to know buying habits and see how many repeat customers it has.
But Nordstrom received some complaints and stopped the program earlier this year.
Other retailers are moving ahead with tracking customers in their stores, and in offering customers in-store deals, The New York Times reports.
One tech firm called Retail Next can even pinpoint within a 10-foot radius where a shopper is in the store.
What do you think of retailers tracking your cellphone? Are you OK with that, or do you think it goes too far? Post a comment in this story, comment on WTOP's Facebook Page or use #WTOP on Twitter.


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The Tigers announced the agreement on Friday night.
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Avila's best season was 2011 when he was on the All-Star team and finished the season with a .295 average, 19 homers and 82 RBIs in 141 games — all career highs — in his second full year in the major leagues.


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Time passes and it's almost Independence Day 2010. We're still Folding as arpstorm and nearing the 6,000,000 point milestone.
farmpuma is just ahead and will get there first. Well done!
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arpstorm wrote:I realize this is an old thread. But, it's October 2012 and arpstorm is still Folding, although our might is reduced, our hearts remain strong. We just made the top 20 list today but OMG it takes a lot more daily points to make the list than in 2005 when we started to Fold.
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The ING New York City Marathon: Who Runs? Chris Johnson.
What for? To honor his father, New York Giants Running Back, Ron Johnson, diagnosed in 2008 with early-onset Alzheimer's disease…
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I am a passionate advocate for the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF). An organization that is solely focused on accelerating the discovery of drugs to prevent, treat and cure Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. My run is dedicated to supporting the ADDF and its work it to save families from the hardship my family has experienced over the past five years". All funds raised will go to the ADDF, in which 100% will go directly toward Alzheimer's drug research and related programs."
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September 29 - BMW Berlin Marathon
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Each time I type "terrestrial," my fingers become the hundred feet of a caterpillar who just became aware of walking. They trip all over themselves.
The effort required to type that word slows me down to a crawl. I must find a better term.
Moreover, if there are "terrestrials," there must then be "extraterrestrials." Otherwise who are terrestrials defined in juxtaposition to? There would only be terrestrials and hence no need to define the group as being apart from anyone else.
But the word "extraterrestrial" carries a lot of negative baggage, too many War of the Worlds connotations. And, besides, it still has that caterpillar word in it: "terrestrials." Can we not find a better set of words?
By the power vested in me as a sovereign citizen of planet Earth, I hereby create a new word to replace "terrestrial" – "Gaian." "Gaia" is Mother Earth. "Gaian" is an intelligent life form born and resident on Planet Earth.
And since we tend to informalize words these days, it won't be long before that word becomes "gaian" instead of "Gaian" and so I further propose that we move directly to that point and use the word, "gaian," as the baseline term for what has till now been called terrestrial, earthling, Earthian, or terran.
Now we need to find a replacement for "extaterrestrial." By the same power vested in me, I recommend the word "galactic."
I've been criticized for that word because, it has been said, it refers to the galaxy rather than the cosmos or universe.
But I'm not using it that way. I'm using it to mean an intelligent life form born and resident in a place within this universe (rather than within a parallel universe) and from this galaxy or another, but not from Earth.
Whether these two terms catch on or not depends on usage. If no one uses them, they are consigned to the dustbin of history. Anthropologist Leslie White once said (and I paraphrase from memory) that we traffic in symbols, which are things and events upon which we freely and arbitrarily bestow meaning.
There is no inherent logic to our doing so. We take an organism made of cellulose that grows upwards to varying heights and call it a "tree" in English. But "tree" in French is "arbre"; in Greek, "dentro"; in Italian,"albero"; etc. These words are just what they are; they are not God-given or royally-mandated. They are freely and arbitrarily created.
Now that we have a new, suggested set of terms, let's look at two strange things that can be seen in the illustrations of the galactics posted with this article. One is that most of the creatures appear to be human. I don't say "humanoid" because it seems to me that "humanoid" is a gaian notion and not probably attractive to other, galactic humans. To them, we may seem "humanoid" and probably primitive humanoids at that. (1)
And the second is that some of them appear to have a different evolutionary derivation than we gaian humans do. So let me now turn to that subject.
Apparently the human template, which is known in exoanthropological circles (2) as the "Adam Kadmon" template, is very common in the universe. Spirit Mythos website calls "Adam Kadmon" "an ancient qabballistic word for 'universal man.' It is the template or design for the human being." (3)
David Wilcock hypothesized that many lines of evolution culminate, on the physical plane, in the human form:
"The human body shows up in the galaxy on every planet where life can form. It's a natural evolution. Some might get there by an insect; some might get there by a lizard; some might get there by mammals like we do; some might get there by cetaceans; some might get there even by vegetation, apparently." (4)
Talk show host Billy Cooper, who was murdered for predicting 9/11 before it happened and blowing the whistle on it after, gave an illustration of perhaps the most difficult category of human evolutionary lines to imagine: the chlorophyl- or plant-based galactic. Here he describes one from his whistle-blowing 1989 lecture, The Secret Government:
"Living Alien Rescued at Roswell, New Mexico, 1949
"The living alien that had been rescued from the 1949 Roswell crash [there were several Roswell crashes, precipitated by American jamming of galactic controls using radar] was named "EBE". Its name had been suggested by Dr. Vannever Bush as an acronym for Extraterrestrial Biological Entity.
"EBE had a tendency to lie and for over a year would give only the expected answer to questions asked by his interrogators. Those questions which would have resulted in an undesirable answer went unanswered.
"At some point during the second year of captivity he began to open up and the information derived from EBE was startling, to say the least. This compilation of his revelations became the foundation of what would later be called the "Yellow Book". Photographs were taken of EBE which, among others, I and Bill English were to view years later in Project GRUDGE 13.
"Alien Biological System Based on Chlorophyll Process
"In late 1951 EBE became very ill and medical personnel had been unable to determine the cause of his illness as they had no background about his biological structure from which to draw. EBE's biological system was chlorophyll-based and processed food into energy much the same as plants did. Waste material was excreted the same as plants. It was decided that an expert in botany was called for.
"A botanist, Dr. Guillermo Mendoza, was brought in to help EBE recover. Dr. Mendoza worked hard to save his life until EBE died in mid-1952. Dr. Mendoza became an expert on alien Biology. Meanwhile in the futile attempt to save EBE and to gain favor with this technologically-superior alien race, the United States began broadcasting into the vast regions of space a call for help early in 1952. The call went unanswered as EBE's life ebbed away but the project continued as an effort of good faith." (5)
This Roswell galactic, then, may be an example of a human who reached the "Adam Kadmon" stage by a plant-based line of evolution. The last question I want to deal with here is the fact that, once the galactics who are known to be presently around our planet in ships cloaked from view, disclose themselves, most of them will probably be human in form for some time to come. Why is that?
Let us move gradually to the answer, beginning with the declaration of one Venusian communicator, Ker-On, that his compatriots are very much like us in form.
"We stand amongst those who are most like the human form, and we could easily pass as one of you." (6)
Now let us move to one who is not so much like us in form but who can shape-shift. Matthew Ward invited a galactic named Icarus (whether that was his real name or one he adopted for the purposes of the interview, I don't know) to speak through his medium, his mother Suzy Ward. He resembled humans less. Icarus's people, like all the benevolent galactics assembling around our Earth at this time, are here to help us with Ascension in 2012:
"We are sending you our image. As you see, we are not humanoid in appearance, but only in our natural habitat do we appear tall, rangy, silver and very, very thin, with large eyes and long nimble fingers. We do not much care for the 'spider' of your thought, but it is your comparison and so we accept it.
"We can embody to look exactly like any form we imagine or wish to imitate, including just like you. That is how many of us are among you already and you are not the least bit aware of it! We are assisting in the cleansing [of Earth] by being in influential positions so we can make a difference in decisions that affect the environment, the pollution and industries, and in other ways that can reduce the negativity on Earth and therefore reduce the destruction of terra firma and seas.
"We are part of a force in Earth-human disguise that cannot openly declare its presence or purpose, which is the very salvation of your planet! We would like to be known as who we are naturally and no longer hide among you. However, it is not yet time according to our messages directly from God, who rules all major decisions in this universe and has His own timetable for optimum benefits to all concerned." (7)
In his many messages to us, which we've been following on this site and others, SaLuSa, a human from Sirius, has also told us that his fellows of the Galactic Federation have come as part of a much larger united family.
Their purpose is to assist us with Ascension at the end of this cosmic cycle in 2012. They have overseen our evolution on Earth for hundreds of millennia and now wish to disclose their presence to us:
"The Galactic Federation comprises members that have already ascended and serve in the Light." (8)
"We of the Galactic Federation are charged with looking after Mankind, and your upliftment and safe journey through to Ascension." (9)
"At some stage you had to come out of your cocoon where extraterrestrial life was concerned. It is now time to meet your ancestors who are your space family, who have been responsible for the evolution of the Human Race as you see it today. … Accepting that life extends well beyond your planet and that it abounds everywhere, and mostly in the higher dimensions allows for a greater expansion of your consciousness." (10)
When they do reveal their presence, in order not to shock us with too many surprises all at once, the first races we're permitted to meet will intentionally be human in form like us.
"The first ETs to be introduced would be those who are in like form and appearance to your Earth human bodies" (11)
So it's timely that we get our ways of referring to them settled before they arrive. Once they do, disclosure being expected in a mere matter of months, everything will probably be chaos.
In this article, then, I've suggested different names for "terrestrials" and "extraterrestrials" for a number of reasons – to provide convenience for those who must use the words regularly and to get rid of unfortunate connotations by starting anew. The new baseline words I suggest are "gaian" and "galactic."
I've glanced briefly at the notion of the human or "Adam Kadmon" template and diverse lines that commonly culminate in the human stage of evolution. I have suggested that, when the galactics disclose their presence around the planet, the first representatives of their federations and councils for some time to come will be of the human form or "Adam Kadmon" template.
Whether gaian or galactic, we are a human family. To us, they are our ancestors in some cases and in others our future.
(1) In fact, the galactics have described us as "a vital yet primitive society" and "babes in arms." (Spiritual Hierarchy and Galactic Federation, Sept. 9, 2000, through Sheldan Nidle, Galactic Federation of Light: Updates Archive 1997-2007, at http://www.thenewearth.org/GalacticFederationArchive.html and SaLuSa, Jan. 13, 2010, at http://www.treeofthegoldenlight.com/First_Contact/Channeled_Messages_by_Mike_Quinsey.htm).
(2) Exoanthropology is the study of galactic societies and cultures. By the power vested in me, I created that term yesterday, following which, by the power vested in her, Ann created the terms "exosociology," "exophilosophy," and "exopsychology." She implied that she might have continued, but, after her third act of co-creation, she rested.
(3) Adam Kadmon, the Universal Man, at http://www.spiritmythos.org/holy/light/kadmon_td.html
(4) Project Camelot Interviews David Wilcock, Part 2 of 4, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bz9YPriDLo&feature=channel .
(5) Milton William Cooper, The Secret Government, May 23, 1989, transcript of video that begins at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3B4hBAEj7Q&feature=player_embedded .
(6) Ker-On of Venus, March 4, 2009, at http://www.treeofthegoldenlight.com/First_Contact/Channeled_Messages_by_Mike_Quinsey.htm.
(7) Icarus in Matthew's Message, Aug. 21, 2009 at http://www.matthewbooks.com/mm/anmviewer.asp?a=105&z=2
(8) SaLuSa, Apr. 3, 2009.
(9) SaLuSa, March 23, 2009.
(10) SaLuSa, Aug. 23, 2010
(11) The Pleiadian Light, Oct. 6, 2009, through Hannah Beaconsfield, at http://lightworkers.org/channeling/91924/hope-extraterrestrial-contact-pleiadian-light.


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If Mike found something on Father Chaumont it is because Doris found me first on the Internet last year.
The story is all here. Click here for the first article on this blog…
Doris went to Louisiana on April 2nd. She had been invited by Narcisse Chaumont's descendants.
This is no April Fool's day.
She sent me a lot of pictures some of which were about crawfish!
I am not that much crazy about eating crawfish.
I made a pact with them. I don't eat them and they don't eat me.
Doris also sent me a picture of a baby alligator…
Cute as a button…
I still prefer cats though.
But among the pictures she sent me, there is one I like the most.
Cute as buttons…
It is Alice.
Doris told me Alice was 90 years-old and she was still driving her car.
She also speaks French.
Oo… La… La…
Alice is Narcisse Chaumont's great-granddaughter.
To learn more about Narcisse Chaumont click here.
Small world isn't.
But there is much much more… to Narcisse Chaumont born in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines on April 18, 1815.
Come back next time.