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I (desperately)need breakthrough!Defeating the spirits of poverty

Our ancestors not so long time ago, practiced idolatry and made many pacts with regional versions of worldwide demons!And no country in the whole world is excepted. It’s not only Babylon, Aztecs! Our “civilized” world still has many pacts that were never broken.

  • Our ancestors did human sacrifice to attract demons of wealth
  • Our ancestors made pacts with demons and pledged the whole families, in return for wealth, luck and power!
  • Our ancestors were engaged in money-laundering, they were lying to obtain them, they were using and abusing people to get money!(slave holders, rampaging cities to steal wealth, refusing to pay money to workers, engaging in gangland-type behavior!)
  • Our ancestors engaged in spiritual warfare and could have easily be victims of enemy’s witches.
  • Our families could have been cursed, from the mouths of abused people. Dying people, people who looked at our families with malignant eye!

Why wonder most Christians never prosper? Why wonder the mentality of poverty or “just-enough” is so prevalent in the land? Our families who were not saved, never paid tithes, never paid offerings, first fruits etc. Their money went to finance their fake religion, alcoholism, drugs, sex escapades, and all the devil’s business!

Poverty is not only the noun in English grammar. It’s a state of mind caused by demons and demons themselves. Devils are very tricky. When they don’t manage to keep you totally broke, they surely wanna keep ya out of big $. They want to project their thinking into your mind:

  • You don’t need so much wealth. You will become more proud than you are now. And religious mind will think: Amen, “Lord”!
  • You need only as much money as to support yourself and family.
  • Can can give you more but not millions or billions. And religious mind will scream: Hallelu Jah!

There is another problem that is prevalent. Many want to receive but they never use their money to sow for their prosperity. Bless God, I got my tithe! Bless God, somebody bought my book and CD. But the question God poses today is: How much do you trust me with ya money?

Our mentality is wrong: oh Lord stir up somebody to give me. We are people- reliant not God reliant. The same way God does miracles of healing, growing hands, organs, raising up the dead and casting out devils- they same way He will provide, once we do it His way.

And no, the fact you are minister, will not cause auto-blessing from heaven. You are fooling yourself. How much time do you spent on praying in faith for financial breakthrough. Oh, none? Yes, you’ve been doing deliverance and preaching sermons all the day long…This is the reason…

The preaching of the Gospel does NOT auto-bless us! We need to spend quality time and seek God for insight. Don’t you sit down now and say: I know all this…You are not learning anymore. You THINK you know, yet still are not blessed as it can be.

We lay down our whole life on God’s altar screaming to Him: take it, mold it and use it! The same we need to do with the area of our lives that was not yet submitted – finances. If you don’t sow to somebody else ministry that God is showing you, you are still Mr/Mrs Scrooge. Break mentality: they need to give it to me!

Study as hard, as you studied deliverance- the area of finances, don’t try to follow this text only, get your OWN freaking revelation. Understand that blessing of Abraham is connected to the cross. If you don’t get it, you will never have it.

If we don’t seek the Lord about finances, we are not prospering. If we spend all we get into ourselves only, be it own ministries- we did not get it at all.

What is our measure? Well I get 1000$, I will give 10 $ and that’s it. But put 500$ into my ministry! Wrong!

What is our ground? Do you put money in the place they don’t belive but are your mates? Wrong!

Do I ask where should I sow? Oh, come on, it’s obvious. But…is it really? You don’t listen, just think and talk…

My money, my wealth must be laid down on the altar before God and THEN ask: Lord, how should I get the blessing of Abraham?

Am I a Scrooge in giving? Do I hold it all to myself? Do I believe God is ABLE to supernaturally increase it beyond my imagination? Or my reliance is on facts,figures, reason and past experiences? Am I ready to challenge God for an incredible breakthrough?

Our theology is out of balance. We put all our faith in 1 area…there we succeed. How about stepping out on water? In the place we don’t feel comfortable. How about breaking in pieces to roost of poverty, not-enough, “holy because so poor”?

Remember once again, preaching Gospel, healing folks, casting out devils don’t auto-bless you. God never said this. We were taught wrong way by those who don’t know His ways.

In the Garden of Eden, poverty was not there. It’s not good, it’s not a blessing. It’s a curse and cursed life…

In Polish mythology, there are MULTIPLE SPIRITS connected to poverty:

Bieda= Poverty

Nedza= Misery

There are also other demons connected to poverty:

  • Bankruptcy
  • Fiasco
  • Despair
  • Pauperism
  • Difficulty
  • Failure
  • Financial Catastrophe
  • Misfortune
  • Impoverishment
  • Financial barriers
  • Financial obstacles
  • Fatalism
  • Misery
  • Lack of success
  • Ruin
  • Loss of influence
  • Recession
  • Decline
  • Bad luck curses
  • Reverse of fortune
  • Setbacks
  • Adversity
  • Mendicity
  • Pauperdom
  • Penury
  • Paucity
  • Insufficiency
  • Meagerness
  • Shortage
  • Dearth
  • Deficit
  • Exiguity
  • Destitution
  • Beggary

There are demons/spells that want you to be only at certain level. They try to put a cap on your finances. They want to make you frugal. They want you to be where there is no business, no finances! They will make you work for ages, yet there is no increase in money!

There are words people speak over themselves:

  • Poor me
  • Thank God, deliverance ministers will never be rich
  • As holy as poor
  • Can’t go beyond the level of your family!

There are/were words people spoke over you like:

  • You will never succeed
  • You just don’t have this thing
  • You will work manually if you don’t learn
  • You poor beggar!

The demons tried to set you up. They wanna be around and speak to your life!

So, Is there an “evil tail” that is dragging behind you from the past? How is your dealing with money? Did you allow yourself to be a crook? What is your biggest excuse? Lord, I entrust you all, but…Was your family into bribes, backslapping for favours, did they stole from the poor? Were they gangbangers or just white-collar thieves?

Were they ransacking the villages, murdering and taking “precious goods” for themselves? Ya know, “war spoils”! Is your family under financial curse from people they robbed?

In our virtual society, there are thousand available spells to bring on misfortune, bad luck, financial disaster…All people need to do is to go on the website, write down the spell…and cast it on somebody…

Are our finances bound in some vessel? Are there sacrificed people/animals on our behalf, to release the supernatural dams and umbrellas to magnetize delays, troubles and artificial ceiling? Is poverty the constant state of mind of ours? Is our vision- just survive, that’s all. Is this the reason the ministries don’t thrive?

Are the heavens like brass over you? Are there invisible barriers you can’t penetrate? Are our families bound to some financial demons for hundreds of years?

Are financial difficulties present in our lives because we broke ancestral oaths/pledges to the demons? Make no mistake about it. To this day, pagans bring offerings/sacrifices to demons like Lakshmi, begging to “bless” their families. They bound themselves spiritually through their words(oath, pledge, singing praises to demons), deeds(bowing down, preparing sacrifices- animal, vegetables…humans).

There are also demons of poverty- Dhumavati, Nirriti, Alakshmi etc. EVERY country has them!

There is no cure for poverty, except people will repent and seek BIBLICAL way of living, to attract the blessing of the Lord! There must be deliverance and spiritual warfare BUT there must be faith in this area! NOTHING IS AUTOMATIC! God gives you nothing simply because it’s YOU-“I’m a child of God so…I’m a minister and serve faithfully”…Not enough! Faith brings you there. Obedience and using your own finances will bring you there!

When Abraham was leaving his old place, Ur, he was not rich. After some time we read- “God made Abraham were rich”. The same happened with Solomon.

Be honest with God, don’t try to plame blame game. Pray- give me the right position to come into blessing. Forgive me to trample the blessing with my own mouth. Reveal what’s binding me and forgive my ancestors, my family and me for being a crook, greedy, smart in my own eyes. Forgive me, for not seeking You in this matter. Forgive me for not sowing my money into Your work. I was holding it to myself, my family. I used to have tiny vision and thus can’t communicate on “your waves”. Lord Jesus, tune me into your thinking, pour down the blessing of Abraham into any area of my life. Break the curses of relying of people.

You are my provided. I pray Deuteronomy 28 over my life, blessings not available for living in the flesh/by reason(“we know how to do it and don’t need God to tell us this”):

Deuteronomy 28

1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.”

Read this article till it sinks and touches the insides of you. Listen and ask God for insights. Pray desperately, because this is the only one position you will enter your blessings!

Read also:

Man who abducted girls for ‚human sacrifice‚ arrested

„The suspect who had kidnapped two sisters aged 10 and 12 from the Waluj Industrial area here on April 21 was planning to use them for human sacrifice in order to get hidden wealth, police said on Wednesday.”

Where child sacrifice is a business – BBC News

They have a belief that when you sacrifice a child you get wealth

Human sacrifices ‚on the rise in Uganda’ as witch doctors admit to rituals

„He said clients came to him in search of wealth.”

International spiritual warfare

International spiritual warfare

When talking about spiritual warfare we must look at it in a global way. Many deliverance ministers found out that it can be that a witch or coven conjures up some demon from a region and send it to another region to possess somebody. It may sound unusual but it’s true.

Recently Frank Marzullo Jr. shared the testimony about a lady from Florida. She was cursed by a witch in Jamaica. This witch used sympathetic magic and a demon from the region over Jamaica came to Florida and possessed this sister. Lord Jesus Christ discerned it and bro cast it out and sent it back. It was territorial spirit. Bro Frank admitted it was something new, and called it a new level of spiritual war.

Win Worley shared a story about the deliverance of one church lady. The whole coven conjured some wicked devil from some island and sent it to her. She became demonized. In the interrogation it admitted the coven sent it (on some sort of  satanic mission) and devil revealed the names and locations. He was cast out and chased after each member of the coven. They got what they bargained for.

Dr Holly Hector talks about covens that conjures people in their dreams to their meetings to do some rituals on them.

Spiritual warfare intensifies. It’s not only about talking: I put the whole armour of God. It’s about discernment, it’s about walking in the Spirit of God. It’s about doing what Jesus did: Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Not only to talk about it. Not only to cast demon here and there.

The attacks may come against you from many different places. Be ready to listen to the Holy Spirit. Dramatically pray for the gift of discernment of the spirits. Be opened that God will reveal some information that is crucial for somebody’s deliverance. It’s not only about casting out demons from Christian. It’s about war with principalities and powers.

In the last days, Pentecostal and Charismatic churches will not only fight with ground demons. Read carefully Ephesians 6. We will stand against principalities and powers, so don’t be alarmed. Don’t be shock either. This must come. After Lord Jesus Christ was baptized in the Holy Spirit, He was LED to fight the devil. This is the ‚natural order of things’.

Biblical knowledge must be united with Holy Spirit given insight. We must practice the weapons of war. Trite answers will point you out in different direction and confuse, adding to the problem. The church of the last days is Pentecostal, is Biblical, is bellicose and obstreperous.

It’s the devils that have to flee. Don’t be shuddering when principalities will show up. It must come. We must await it and sharpen the swords, to inflict them such harm they did not suppose is even possible.

Church rise up. Church be holy. Church cast out and remove garbage from your lives. Church, be Spiritual not fleshly. The last days will be better than the first. God’s power will manifest in a greatest way. When darkness try to rear up an ugly head, God’s might will meet it and smash. God has never really showed His power! Looking at marvelous and breath-taking signs and wonders in both OT and NT- it’s still not even 5% of God’s power!

Hallelu Yah! Jesus lives and reigns forever!

Cavalcade of Bacchus in America

Cavalcade of Bacchus in America (version 3 [final?])

Cavalcade of Bacchus in America

Sins of the fathers- transfer at the moment of death

Sins of the fathers- transfer at the moment of death

Sins of the fathers- transfer at the moment of death

Super Bowl Sex Trafficking Prayer Alert!

Super Bowl Sex Trafficking Prayer Alert!

I call on every prayer warrior, true- blue Spirit-Filled Protestant, to pray that Jesus will rescue the girls involved in sex trafficking during tomorrow’s Super Bowl. Some newspapers try to downgrade the problem, but…just have a look at the ads they post on web sites. Hundreds or thousands of girls are advertised there.

These girls suffer awful lot, being pimped out every day. They are raped and made to commit sex acts, in many cases by their pimps or traffickers. The hellish lot of these girls only God can fully comprehend. I believe that Jesus’ heart is touched as He sees what’s going on out there!

Pray that Jesus and His Mighty power will intervene and expose the evil pimps, rings and rescue the girls, and supernaturally bust the hole in the evil underground! I pray, Lord Jesus Christ touch them whenever they are and open the way to escape and to recover! You can do all things! Rescue these girls, from the hellish torment and lost or stolen childhood, or teenage years. Reveal Yourself to them! Let Your powerful intervention be known far and wide!

In Jesus Name,

If you wish you may place the poster on your web site or Facebook/ Twitter. Let others know. The faces of the girls are REAL. God bless. Jesus rules!


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Smash Mouth

After 12 years together as a band and nearly 10 years after emerging on the national scene with their first number one hit, Walkin’ on the Sun, all three co-founding members – Steve Harwell, Greg Camp, and Paul DeLisle – are as tight today as they were the day they first jammed together in their hometown of San Jose.

“That’s probably the thing I’m most proud of,” says DeLisle. “We’re brothers. We’re all very close, especially Steve and Greg and I cause we’ve been together for so long, but also (keyboardist Michael) Hippy (Klooster) and (percussionist) Mark (Cervantes) and lets not forget our new drummer Jason (Sutter).”

“No matter what happens we all just want to make music and hang out with each other,” adds Camp. “We get together and all of a sudden we just have such a blast.”

Collectively the band has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. Along with their number one hits – Walkin’ on the Sun and All Star – they have consistently impacted radio with other recognizable hits like Then the Morning Comes, Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby, and a cover of The Monkees classic I’m a Believer, which was prominently featured on the Shrek soundtrack (#4, Billboard Adult Top 40).

A quick listen to their music and you realize the multi-platinum Smash Mouth is a 60s influenced garage band with a keen pop sensibility that maintains a timeless quality…a style they have created and that is all their own.

Having long since established itself as the ultimate true-to-life California party-band the vibe surrounding Smash Mouth is indeed – at its core – about having fun.

“When we play it’s a nonstop party,” Harwell said.

With the release of their fifth studio album – Summer Girl – the guys decided to part ways with their longtime label, Interscope, in order to form their own company, Beautiful Bomb Records, and put forth the lessons they’ve learned by self-releasing the new material with the help of Red Distribution (Sony/BMG). By releasing Summer Girl on their own, the band is making good on a decade long promise of doing things their own way.

“Now we’re on a mission,” implores Harwell, “to make this kick ass. We learned a lot by being spoiled on a major label, but I told the guys that if we do this we’re gonna have to work harder than we’ve ever worked in our career…and, now, we’re looking forward to hitting it hard.”

Summer Girl is already generating steam – the first single Story of My Life is already in the Top 20 at Hot AC; and their forthcoming second single So Insane is featured on the soundtrack for the major motion picture Zoom starring Tim Allen and Courtney Cox.

Summer Girl has the groove and style that everyone has come to expect from Smash Mouth. Featuring a myriad of topics, the new effort is thought to be something of an amalgamation of their first two efforts – Fush Yu Mang (June ’97) and Astro Lounge (June ’99) – but as Camp points out “it’s got a bunch of stuff we want to hear on it and stuff we feel our fans want to hear.”

Camp, who produced three tracks from Summer Girl at a studio – Halfway to Hell – he built in Santa Cruz, is the group’s primary songwriter and made sure to keep the “playfulness” in the music while giving it a real lyrical depth.

It took a long time for the guys to finish Summer Girl – more than two years to be exact – and so there’s no denying there’s a whole lot of blood, sweat and tears that can be heard, but at the end of the day the entire band admits that when they sit back and listen to the new album, they can’t help but to feel an overwhelming sense of satisfaction.

“The band has grown over the years and has reached a level of maturity and clarity,” according to Harwell, who is also launching a kids clothing line – Mr. Mouth – along with a line of kids tennis shoes next spring called Smashers. “This is what we do and we’re going to keep doing it. We can still go out and throw a party every night only now we do it without the hangover the next day.”

Finding the right drummer to fit within the existing framework of Smash Mouth was important. It’s a tricky gig for “the guy.” Not only were they in need of someone who understood a wide range of styles – everything from punk to ska to rock – but he also needed to have the “hang factor,” which is the one intangible that cannot be described.

Ironically, Jason Sutter (The Rembrandts/American Hi-Fi), who was referred by a mutual friend, was the last guy to audition for the band.

“They had guys come in from all over the country. I didn’t get a call until the last minute, so I almost didn’t get a chance to audition,” recalls Sutter, before adding. “It’s the easiest gig I ever walked into because they’re so good. Playing with them requires some precision, but with reckless abandon and stamina.”

According to the rest of the band, Sutter’s playing has made a real difference and provided Smash Mouth with a newfound sense of energy.

“He’s a real hard hitter,” explains DeLisle, who is currently writing a book about the band, “but his tempos are really even. It almost seems like he’s going to lose it, but he never does.”

“I always thought I was in shape,” adds Camp, “and now I’m like, ‘oh my God, I need to go jogging or something to keep up with this guy.’

“He’s definitely a rock and roll drummer. We’ve had guys in the past who have been into punk or speed metal or even country, but this guy is like John Bonham. He really took the songs we had and made them so much more rockin’ and we had to step up our rock thing to kind of make it all make sense: whether it’s singing harder or louder or making things more distorted.”

Sutter put it best, “It’s not a new beginning, but a new era” for Smash Mouth.

After Sutter officially joined the band in March of this year, they went back into the studio to re-cut a number of the tracks – Girl Like You, Right Side Wrong Bed, Story of My Life and the new single So Insane – with longtime producer Eric Valentine (Good Charlotte/Queens of the Stone Age/Third Eye Blind).

Valentine was not only instrumental in helping Smash Mouth secure their first record deal, but as their producer he also helped create their unique sound and as a result the first two albums established Smash Mouth as one of the most viable pop-influenced bands of the late 90s.

“He’s like the fifth member of our band,” Camp says.

Reuniting with Valentine isn’t the only move Smash Mouth has made toward recapturing its early success. They recently talked with famed director McG, who just so happened to get his start by directing their early videos before helming summer blockbusters like Charlie’s Angels and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle as well as The OC. Although he has numerous projects in the works, McG has agreed to direct the video for their second single So Insane.

“I still firmly believe that music can be the way it used to be,” Harwell adds. “Like Van Halen said, ‘Where have all the good times gone?’ It’s like what happened to that? Well, we’re bringing that back!”

Fans will no doubt have a chance to share “the good times” with Harwell and the rest of his colorful cast of cronies as Smash Mouth traipses across the country from coast to coast in support of the newly released Summer Girl.

“You can’t miss the live show,” states DeLisle, who later declares, “The live show completes the entire package. Recordings are only one part of the whole. This band must be seen to be believed. It’s a nonstop party that we put on nightly. If we’re coming to your town it’s a party you won’t want to miss. It’s unique, it’s ours, we created it and there’s no one else like us.”

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Olympia Gymnastics Recreational classes are 55 minutes long & offer healthy, positive experiences for students of all ages and abilities. Instructors will warm-up students with exercises that increase flexibility and strengthen the cardiovascular, muscular, and mental aspects of growing bodies. Classes visit all four Olympic events (bars, beam, floor, and vault), and will also spend time on trampolines and visit the foam pit throughout each session. Classes support social, cerebral, and physical development, but also encourage a love of physical fitness. Classes are carefully designed progressively with each new level building on the skills mastered in the level before it, helping to ensure safe development and build self-confidence.
Olympia's classes are not done by skill level but age so we have kids that develop friendships and peer development. Coaches evaluate students skills and will adjust the skill they are doing on the event accordingly.  Coaches will coach each student as they progress, not the entire class as a whole.
Evaluations are ongoing and tracked by staff during week 8 & 9, and progress updates are sent out at the end of the session of each term to provide feedback for parents.  To maximize each child’s advancement in his or her physical education, Olympia Gymnastics advises year-round enrollment in more than one class each week.


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September 20th, 2013

Dubland Underground, Rochester, NY

SET I: Strange Times, Complex Pt. I, Aldehyde > They're Calling for Ya > The Median > Helter Skelter1 > Pictures

SET II: Kitty Chaser (Explosions) > All In > Conducive Melodies in D > Origami, Marty > Mosquito Valley Pt. I > Any Colour You Like2 > Brain Damage2 > Eclipse2

ENCORE: Super Mario Bros. Theme > King for a Day

Notes: 1 The Beatles cover, "Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun" (Pink Floyd) tease 2 First time played, Pink Floyd cover

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Butchery of Fish

Fish, along with other aquatic resources, have played an important role in human biological, social and cultural evolution. Fundamental to our understanding of this role is the way that people have procured, processed and consumed fish, evidence for which manifests itself archaeologically in the form of burning, cut marks, body-part frequency and other patterns. However, despite being relatively common on archaeological mammal and bird bones, cut marks are rare on archaeological fish bones. This may be attributed to a number of factors, including butchery practices, taphonomic processes and fish anatomy, but many of these reasons remain speculative. For this reason the authors of a recent paper (Willis et al, 2008.) set out to perform a series of experiments designed to evaluate whether such practices would leave cut marks or other signatures on fish bones.

Experiments showed that cut marks resulting from butchery were common, both were stone and metal tools. Hand-held stone tools generally resulted in more cut marks than butchery using a metal knife. These cut marks were distributed on a limited number of elements. However, these were mostly the vertebral neural and haemal spines, transverse processes, ribs and pterygiophores. As it is not uncommon for spines and processes to break of vertebral centra post-depositionally, this might explain why they are often over-looked in faunal assemblages. Also, the majority of cut marks tended to be shallow and small; even on fresh, clean bone a magnifying glass was required to identify them. Fish bone, being less robust than mammal bone, could be subject to taphonomic processes than eradicated all evidence of butchery. It is, therefore, suggested by the authors that further experiments to address the influence of post-depositional processes on the preservation of cut marks on fish bone would be of value.

Reference: Willis, LM, Eren, MI, and Rick, TC. 2008. Does butchering fish leave cut marks? Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 1438-1444

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Cardinal O’Malley on Boston Bombing

16 Apr

Cardinal O'MalleyIn the wake of the deadly bombing that struck the Boston Marathon yesterday, which killed 3 people and left over 100 injured, the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, issued the following message of prayer and concern:

The Archdiocese of Boston joins all people of good will in expressing deep sorrow following the senseless acts of violence perpetrated at the Boston Marathon today. Our prayers and concern are with so many who experienced the trauma of these acts, most especially the loved ones of those who lives were lost and those who were injured, and the injured themselves.

The citizens of the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are blessed by the bravery and heroism of many, particularly the men and women of the police and fire departments and emergency services who responded within moments of these tragic events. Governor Patrick, Mayor Menino and Police Commissioner Davis are providing the leadership that will see us through this most difficult time and ensure that proper procedures are followed to protect the public safety.

In the midst of the darkness of this tragedy we turn to the light of Jesus Christ, the light that was evident in the lives of people who immediately turned to help those in need today. We stand in solidarity with our ecumenical and interfaith colleagues in the commitment to witness the greater power of good in our society and to work together for healing.

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  1. Neville Fernando - A franciscan from Sri Lanka April 16, 2013 at 10:05 pm #

    Yes, Brother Cardinal, we too agree with you and pray for the victims of Boston. We Sri Lankans were had more than ever in the world bomb blasts for 30 years. Many innocent civilians and very important personals like president of the nation (Mr.R. Premadasa)killed due to the civil war. Right Now, we are just begun to have a new life after forgetting and and pardoning all what we have done in the past amung us but still some other international communities are still supporting the terrorism is sad. If the Risen Christ is with us,really do the justice to the world. Let us equally accept the reality. God bless us all.

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Miles Davis: Miles Smiles

The Songs:

  1. Orbits
  2. Circle
  3. Footprints
  4. Dolores
  5. Freedom Jazz Dance
  6. Gingerbread Boy

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Tony Williams – drums

Miles Smiles, recorded near the end of 1966, was the second studio album by Miles’ second great quintet. It was an unusual album for the group. In addition to Wayne Shorter’s song “Footprints,” (previously recorded under his own name on the album Adam’s Apple), the record contained two songs from composers who weren’t part of the band: Eddie Harris’ classic “Freedom Jazz Dance” and saxophonist Jimmy Heath’s “Gingerbread Boy”. It also has some unique playing from Herbie Hancock. On half of the tunes, he functions more like a third horn, playing single right hand countermelodies instead of the usual left-handed chording. In addition, unlike the material from most of the quintet’s albums, half of the songs from Miles Smiles made it into the band’s live set list: Shorter’s “Dolores” and Footprints and Heath’s Gingerbread Boy. (A concert recorded in Sweden during the tour for Miles Smiles has been released on DVD entitled Around Midnight. See below.)

The album is highlighted by strong playing from Davis, especially on his lovely ballad “Circle” and the hyperkinetic drumming of Tony Williams, who was still only 20 years old when this album was recorded. Williams’ relentlessly driving grooves are a self-contained clinic in jazz drumming. Although Miles Smiles sometimes seemed overshadowed by some of the quintet’s other releases, many regard it as the pinnacle of the groups astounding interplay, where they collectively pushed the boundaries of acoustic jazz to its limits. (Buy it here.)

Suggested Reading:

Jeremy Yudkin. Miles Davis, ‘Miles Smiles’, And The Invention Of Post Bop.

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Miles Davis. Around Midnight.


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Rumor: new Macs before the summer, possibly black iMac

In other news, Apple's next OS X version will be named after a big cat.

Black iMac Rumor site MacScoop reports that there will be tons of Mac hardware releases for Q2. However, rather than quit while they're ahead and see if they can redeem themselves in the eyes of Ars readers with a fairly obvious prediction, MacScoop also gambles on the introduction of a black iMac.

New Macs before the summer isn't exactly a high-risk prediction, as most Macs are refreshed about twice a year, and the latest update was to the MacBook in November, three months ago. A refresh before it reaches 7.5 months at the end of the second quarter seems likely, and the desktops are even staler than the portables. See MacRumors' buyer's guide for detailed information about Apple's entire product line.

Some other issues to consider are the arrival of Leopard this spring and Intel's upcoming Santa Rosa chipset.

One of Leopard's new features is resolution independence. In short, this allows higher-resolution displays without everything on the screen getting smaller, similar to how printers work: text at 600 DPI is the same size as text at 300 DPI, just sharper. Apple has been behind the curve for years when it comes to display resolutions, so new, higher-resolution screens (which means a refresh for the laptop lines) to go along with Leopard makes sense. On the other hand, Apple has told developers to prepare for resolution independence in 2008.

The Santa Rosa chipset will allow Core 2 Duo systems to be a bit faster and a good deal more energy efficient. Santa Rosa should be available in the first half of 2007. Although Apple waited a while to incorporate the Core 2 Duo into its laptops, it seems unlikely the Mac maker would go into the back to school shopping season without taking advantage of the updated support chip technology.

As for the black iMac: we can only hope. The mockup that's available as a desktop wallpaper image at North x East certainly looks very good. In the mean time, my white iPod-USB cable still mocks me every time I connect it to my black iPod...

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Blur‘s multiplayer beta hints at a spectacular game

We spend some time with the Blur multiplayer beta, and come away itching for …

Bizarre Creation's Blur is shaping up to be a great arcade-style racing game for the PC, PS3, and 360. The game's multiplayer beta is officially launching today on Xbox Live; we got to spend some time with it this weekend, and it's a ton of fun to play. The beta lets players check out four tracks, four play modes, eight power-ups, and fourteen vehicles.

Getting access to most of this content utilizes a ranking system that will seem familiar to anyone who's played a game with competitive multiplayer play. In order to increase your rank, you have to earn fans. However, since power-ups are picked up on the race track, every one of them is available to players from the beginning. These power-ups are actually a blast to play with, as they help make the gameplay feel unique; there's a lot of strategy involved in determining what kind of power-ups you want to use with specific cars on certain tracks. It's also particularly satisfying to watch a homing missile wreck one of your nearby opponents.

Earning fan points isn't that difficult. You'll snag a boatload when you complete a race, and there are bonuses that can be earned just about any way you can imagine during your time on the track. Drifting, surviving attacks, launching attacks, activating speed boosts, surviving a lap without using a repair boost, and using a repair boost are only a few ways to earn fan bonuses. Thankfully, speedy accumulation of fans means that it only takes about an hour to  gain access to the majority of the beta's content.

As you advance through the ranks, new cars, mod types, and game modes are unlocked. Initially, you're stuck in the basic race mode and can only use the beginner car models. That means you're probably going to get pummeled if some higher-level players are in a race against you, since they're likely driving more powerful vehicles. There are also a number of challenges that players can achieve by accomplishing certain tasks like surviving a specific number of attacks or completing a race within a time limit without using any power-ups.

Based on the multiplayer beta, Blur seems like it's going to be a blast. It should be noted that the race tracks feel a little generic, but the gameplay is fun and different enough to make things interesting. Overall, it feels like a cross between Project Gotham Racing mixed with Mario Kart, with just a bit of the Burnout destruction mixed in. If the rest of the game is as fun and fast-paced as the multiplayer is, then Blur can't make it to stores fast enough.

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1998's Thief: The Dark Project was a pioneer for the stealth genre, utilizing light and shadow as essential gameplay mechanics. The very thing that Thief became so well-known for was also the game's biggest development hurdle. Looking Glass Studios founder Paul Neurath recounts the difficulties creating Thief: The Dark Project, and how its AI systems had to be completely rewritten years into development.

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In Captain America: Civil War, Marvel’s cinematic empire strikes back

Review: Everything Batman V Superman got wrong, "Avengers 2.5" gets right.

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is not long for this cinematic world. That is not a spoiler for anybody who's familiar with how Hollywood works—and comic book Hollywood in particular. Actors only get so many shots at a superstar superhero before a reboot or a contract dispute gets in the way, and according to modern precedent, Downey's running on borrowed time. Up until this week, Marvel's films have been careful not to even hint at that inevitability. That changes with Captain America: Civil War. Tony Stark's character doesn't necessarily die or have his superhero status suspended by film's end, but it is the first film in the Marvel universe renaissance to admit that no, Virginia, there may not be a goatee-sporting, generator-enhanced Santa Claus for much longer.

The latest Captain America film succeeds for many reasons, including incredible action sequences, nimble juggling of a giant cast, and remarkable action-mystery pacing. But what makes this the Marvel Universe's equivalent of The Empire Strikes Back is how its believable (and enjoyable) character development sells the film's slow burn tale of in-fighting and existential anxiety. Downey Jr. isn't alone in pulling it off, but watching the beginning of his end is why you'll remember this film for a long time.

Political flip-flop, superhero-style

Collateral damage attached to the Avengers' heroics has been piling up for the past few years, and Civil War opens with a superhero squad pulling a significant "my bad" while once more saving the world. Chris Evans' Captain America (also known as Steve Rogers), with assists from Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), kicks the film off with an incredible martial-arts sequence, full of superhero leaps, drone-powered trickery, and all kinds of hero-specific badassery.

However, in saving Captain America's life and preventing a biological weapon breakout, Scarlet inadvertently destroys a humanitarian project (and kills innocent people in the process). The world decides it has had enough of the Avengers breaking a few eggs while saving Earth's omelet, which also happened in the comic-book version of the "Marvel civil war" plotline. That plot began with a "superhero registry" request, while in the film's version, the world insists that superheroes sign a United Nations accord—named after Sokovia, the country leveled at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Time for a superhero summit.
Enlarge / Time for a superhero summit.

The Sokovia Accord's popularity ramps up after Rogers' 1940s ally, Bucky "Winter Soldier" Barnes, has been spotted perpetrating atrocities. He's another unchecked superhero, as far as the world's authorities are concerned, and the plot takes shape as superheroes take sides. Should they agree to the Sokovia Accord, which requires UN oversight and approval before heroes take any missions on? Or should they continue working unsupervised?

You might expect Rogers to do his duty and sign the accord—and Tony Stark to dismiss it since he's a self-made libertarian—but the reverse happens, which is where things start to get interesting. Stark's decision to side with the UN is a weird one on paper, given the cocksure personality Downey Jr. has fostered since 2008, but Civil War gives the character time and breathing room to reveal some convincingly changed priorities. On the other side, Rogers must settle an internal battle of conflicting duties, one to country and the other to a brother-in-arms, and Evans does a fine job showing confidence in his choice while still acting vulnerable about his decision's fallout.

Web-slinger meets wit-slinger

Moviegoers were already "treated" to one major hero-versus-hero showdown in March, and it should shock no one that Civil War far outpaces the abomination that was Batman V Superman. That being said, DC's failure at least frames what Marvel's success gets so right. Most important is the "why." By the time Stark and Rogers trade blows, the reasons that they would do so feel authentic, and the film makes sure that each hero still offers both criticism and respect for the other, whether while debating each other or while attempting to deal with the other's scant vulnerabilities in a battle.

The supporting cast is crucial in this respect, as stellar performances from every major actor pull out that all-important emotional dimension for each half's feelings about the Sokovia Accord. It's one thing to see Rogers affirm his beliefs during a funeral or Stark reflect on the passing of his parents. It's quite another to watch Rogers and Romanoff chisel away at each other's allegiances throughout the film or for Stark to try his hand at being a father figure in multiple instances, some more impactful than others.

Both films in question suffer from frantic location-hopping, but Civil War wins out in this regard as well by locking down at least one important conversation in each scene, usually to draw out both a plot movement and an emotional advancement. And while this film skews darker and more serious than either Whedon film, it still finds tons of room for levity and wisecracks—and it usually does so in organic ways, either by drawing out the organic humor of an awkward interaction or by mining the acting chops of this remarkable cast.

No scene delivers this satisfying feeling better than the introduction of the Marvel cinematic universe's take on Spider-Man, which, I mean, come on. This scene alone is worth the price of admission, with new hero Tom Holland turning the Spider-Man archetype on its head as an enjoyably awkward teen. He shines in particular as Downey Jr.'s wise-ass, wit-slinging foil.

Stark V Rogers > Batman V Superman

Just some buff superheroes hanging out on a day off, no biggie.
Enlarge / Just some buff superheroes hanging out on a day off, no biggie.

The film's biggest failing has to be the politically charged subtext left unmined. At one point, a government official complains about "American" super-soldiers who have done more damage than good by assuming a role as the world's overseers, and the rest of the characters sit blankly, as if real-life Americans haven't already been accused of such practices. It's a weird moment that puts the rest of the film's political silence into sharp relief.

Civil War's superheroes may face tough questions in light of the Sokovia Accord, but they're almost all personal, not geopolitical. It appears that plot-fueling sacrifice was made to focus the film's relatively unwieldy scope, however, and that may very well have been the right call, as the film's tight focus on Stark V Rogers pays off.

Additionally, instead of spreading a bunch of action scenes throughout the film, Civil War focuses its bombast on four major sequences, and two of these can assume their rightful place among Hollywood's all-time best. The aforementioned opening sequence is a 3D-filmmaking masterwork, full of impressive positional framing that rivals the best of the film Hugo, while I'm still struggling to process the bonkers, six-on-six, hero-against-hero battle on a giant airfield. I'd hate to spoil an iota of how good this sequence is, other than the fact that each one-on-one face-off comes replete with incredible one-liners and that kaiju freaks should gear the heck up for this'un.

A relatively standard car-chase scene and a closing battle round out Civil War's visual fireworks. The former scene is mostly notable in that it introduces viewers to Black Panther—whose performance by Chad Boseman and whose ass-kicking brutality get us equally excited about his eventual solo film. Meanwhile, what the latter scene lacks in originality, it more than makes up for in finishing the film off with emotionally loaded punches.

You'll feel the punches (both literal and figurative) from the film's final battles reverberate across every character, and the closing sentiment is almost too predictable, in terms of a classic second-film-of-a-trilogy downturn. But that's what the original Avengers needed in a satisfying follow-up (and sorely failed to get out of Age of Ultron), and that's probably why Downey Jr., and his commanding performance, figured so largely in this Captain America film.

There's no telling when Marvel will tie a bow on this particular plot arc in its cinematic universe, particularly while it keeps film goers entertained with specific series' next films, but based on his performance in Civil War, it's a lock that Downey Jr. will be around to put his signature knot on that bow.

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1998's Thief: The Dark Project was a pioneer for the stealth genre, utilizing light and shadow as essential gameplay mechanics. The very thing that Thief became so well-known for was also the game's biggest development hurdle. Looking Glass Studios founder Paul Neurath recounts the difficulties creating Thief: The Dark Project, and how its AI systems had to be completely rewritten years into development.

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25 years!

Congratulations to Heidi Hartmann and the entire staff of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research on the anniversary of their 25th year producing cutting edge scholarship, research, and policy analysis on issues affecting women. Here’s to 25 more! To follow the live conversation, look for #IWPR25 on twitter.


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Video to tell stories from UM LGBTQ community

The worldwide “It Gets Better” campaign is coming to campus, as senior Robert Hupf plans to create a video to document experiences within the UM community.

The project began in 2010 when columnist Dan Savage released a video to encourage people who were being harassed, primarily those part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

There are now more than 30,000 user-created videos viewed more than 40 million times, according to the “It Gets Better” website.

Hupf found out about the project his freshman year after going through a difficult time in his life.

“I can honestly say the first few videos made me cry,” said Hupf, who identifies himself as a queer ally. “I can understand feeling alone and feeling like suicide is the only way out.

Hupf hopes to rally together various members of the UM community to speak about their experiences in order to create a video that will be presented April 20.

That Friday is also Day of Silence, a day members and allies of the LGBTQ community do not speak to express the repression they feel symbolically. Hupf plans to show the video instead of giving a formal presentation.

The video is being proposed as part of Social Justice Week, which will take place April 16-20. During SJW, on-campus organizations meet to form a cohesive unit that will discuss social issues and how to address them, according to Meera Nagarsheth, a member of the SJW organization.

Hupf hopes to foster an accepting atmosphere on campus.

“My hope is that UM will become a safe place and for that to happen, it requires people to speak out,” he said. “It requires action and the telling of your personal story, because that’s what people listen to.”

Filming will begin the last week of March and will continue until April 20. If you are interested in sharing your story, contact
This article originally appeared in The Miami Hurricane on March 25, 2012.


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Malala Yousafzai documentary gets BAFTA nomination….reports Asian Lite News

Malalah Day“He Named Me Malala” — a documentary on the life of Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai — has landed a nomination in the Documentary category of the upcoming 69th British Academy Film Awards.

Directed by American filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, the film opens a facet of Malala’s life on the big screen and tells an inspiring story of how a teenage girl, who was shot in the head on her way to school in Pakistan in 2012 by Taliban, is undeterred by the threats and continues her fight for girls’ right to education.

The documentary is nominated for an award alongside filmmaker Asif Kapadia’s “Amy” — that depicts the life and death of singer Amy Winehouse, Matthew Heineman’s “Cartel Land”, Marlon Stevan Riley’s “Listen to Me” and Jennifer Peedom’s “Sherpa”, read a statement on the official site of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

The 69th British Academy Film Awards will be held on February 14 at the Royal Opera House here.

“He Named Me Malala” is also expected to get nominated in the same category at the upcoming 88th Academy Awards, whose final nominations will be announced on January 14.


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Posts tagged ‘have’

Dec. 21, 2013

A group of us met to discuss the Universal Law of BE-DO-HAVE: first be what you wish to be, then do what you wish to be and then the having occurs. Gandhi taught something similar when he said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

As we talked, it became apparent that the problem we had with using this law was with the having.  In this case, having means receiving.

We grow into the “be” we have selected; no problem there.  We then “do” this selection and as we “do”, we become greater and more expansive.  This experience of becoming causes us to recognize our power.  We become inspired and allow our Self to reach more people.  No problem with the “do”.

Big problem with having what naturally flows from “be” and “do”:  the Law of BE-DO-HAVE says that the having energy will be in the form of money, wealth, reward, thanks and recognition.

When the Universe shows up with these things, most of us duck; we refuse to receive what we have earned and deserve.  Often we do this because we don’t feel safe, or we don’t feel good enough, or we don’t feel that we have done enough to receive what we desire, earn and deserve.

At this holy season when the focus is on giving to others, take a moment to focus on YOU receiving.  I know that you and I are wonderful givers; now let us become fantastic receivers.  The Universe will be so grateful for us becoming great receivers; it has much in storage for us.

Angels of All of Us

Angels of all of us,

We realize that we are fantastic givers.  We give thanks for this talent.  Now, it is time that we, also, become great receivers.  We forgive our Self for all the times when we weren’t good receivers.  Until this moment, we didn’t realize that we took away someone’s joy when we didn’t receive well.

So, starting this very moment, we are open to the habit and the practice of continuous receiving.  We say:

  •  “Yes”, to you, Universe;
  • “Yes” to miracles;
  • “Yes” to money;
  • “Yes” to our ideas becoming physical realities;
  • “Yes” to health;
  • “Yes” to vitality and energy;
  • “Yes” to wisdom;
  • “Yes” to love;
  • “Yes” to big things;
  • “Yes” to small things;
  • “Yes” to wealth;
  • “Yes” to recognition;
  • “Yes” to help;
  • “Yes” to the master within us who knows all things;
  • “Yes” to joy;
  • “Yes” to laughter;
  • “Yes” to the all good of the Universe.

Angels of all of us,

This is Rev. Barbara.  I speak the word for all who are open and receptive to it.  I speak so that all may know the truth.  From the truth, and only from the truth, comes freedom, liberty, justice, health, prosperity, love and victories of every kind.

Angels of all of us,

Thank you for helping us accept and receive.  We give thanks for this wonderful talent of receiving.  We give thanks for the joy and peace receiving brings.  We are deeply grateful for our deservingness.  We are open to receiving all good from this moment on.

And so it is.

Rev. Barbara

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Age of Aquarius

July 1, 2015

Hi Everyone,

Susanna called. She’s 85. She’s called to discover how to get back on her path.

She said, “The problem is that at my stage of life there’s little guidance on what to do. The world is so very different now and seems to be changing more and more each day. I feel so lost.”

No matter our age or stage, many of us feel this way.

You see, we are several years into the Age of Aquarius. This past year, much has come forth to be healed and released, or to be healed and incorporated into this age.

We have all witnessed the break-down of old structures and the evaporation of old boundaries. At the moment, this appears to be never-ending.

No wonder we feel lost.

However, we can’t let this feeling and what’s happening prevent us from what we are called to do:

  • We are each called to fully participate in this new phase of human evolution, or what is called the human unfoldment.
  • We are called to be leaders, to show how to do the enter-a-new-age work with grace and ease.
  • We are, also, called to be our real, authentic self. In this next year or so, each of us is called to allow who we are really to come forth.

When this self comes forth, we are asked to embrace it, honor it, support it and celebrate it.

So. How do we do this? How do we navigate our way through this unfoldment, this enter-a-new-age work? How do we lead? How do we allow our authentic self to come forth and unfold?

The Steps

We do all of this by:

  • Giving our self permission to stumble because we will. As old structures crumble before something new is present to take its place, there is little to hold onto and even less to stop our stumble.
  • Becoming minimalist. We let go of anything and everything that seems burdensome or is difficult to carry. Let go of that which takes too much space as well as that which is no longer useful. This includes beliefs, habits, relationships as well as physical possessions.
  • Allowing what is true for us to come forth. When our authentic self shows up, we honor and value it. We make boundaries and build structures that support and nurture our true self.
  • Going to the angels. We ask for and receive guidance, information, ideas, support, nurturance, energy and protection. All of these are very much needed as we do our part to make this new age to be as beautiful and wonderful as has been promised. Let us go to the angels now.

Angels of All of Us

Angels of all of us,

We are so very grateful that you not only exist but that you make your presence known to us.

We are charmed and delighted when we feel your presence, or hear your whispers, or see glimpses of you. It is such a relief to have you here with us. Thank you for your presence.

It is, also, a relief to acknowledge that we have help. We know that you angels willingly guide us to what we must know and do to have our best life ever.

At this moment, we are completing the past, doing any grieving this creates and then embracing our entrance into this new Age.

We have moved into the Age of Aquarius. We did this December 2012. We entered this Age, and then realized that much of the old can’t come with us.

Now there is all kinds of uproar as what is hidden, what no longer works, what doesn’t belong in this Age comes up for healing.

We are to either heal and release, or heal and take with us.

As this uproar is dealt with and what was familiar disappears, we asked that you guide us to the information, ideas, beliefs, structures and boundaries that do belong in the Age of Aquarius.

We ask that your calmness be ours, that your balance and stability be ours, and that ease and joy flow in, as and around us.

We ask that we do the work of entering this new Age with grace, ease and thanksgiving.

And so it is.

Barbara S Lucas, PhD

Ask the Angels Coach

Soul Colors Painted intuitive

Contact me at bslucas@bellsouth.net or barbaluc4@aol.com

Please put “ask the angels” in the subject area.

I can be found on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/asktheangelscoaching

Also, I have been led to finally admitting–just as many of you will finally embrace and welcome your authentic, true self–that I am an intuitive and have dropped an old site and have added a new one. Please check out:

Barbara S Lucas.com  I now do the work of Soul Colors Painted

Choose Peace

June 8, 2015

Hi Everyone,

Today, I choose peace. Sounds like a simple, easy choice doesn’t it?

We all know that it’s not.

To choose peace, I am willing to stop remembering and stop focusing on causes of upset and the results of upset:

  • Blame
  • Shame
  • Irritation
  • Anger
  • Fear
  • Depression
  • Illness
  • And, anything that takes my freedom.

Instead, I am willing to  focus on my choice: peace, a peace flows in my mind, in my heart, in my body and flows from those places into:

  • my home,
  • my workplace,
  • my relationships,
  • my travels
  • and all that I be, do and have.

Today, I choose peace and all that peace brings:

  • Health
  • Prosperity
  • Freedom
  • Loving relationships
  • And a deep connection to the spirit world.

Today, I choose peace.

To have that I am willing to receive and accept support from the angels of all of us.

Angels of All of Us

Angels of all of us,

We are so grateful that you are part of our world, that you surround us and enfold us with your love, peace and protection.

Today, angels, we choose peace. We open our hearts, our minds and our bodies to receive, accept and give peace.

Peace, we breathe it in, and breathe it out. Peace is who we choose to be.

As we live this day, help us to remember that for today, we choose peace.

We remember that peace is who we are, what we are and how we are.

Angels of all of us,

Help us get to the source of our upsets, that which brings us the opposite of peace: anger, irritation, fear, etc.

Help us to heal this source; to send it out of our experience; and out of our memory.

This day, guide us to be, do and have our choice: peace.

With love and gratitude, we thank you for all that you do for us. We thank you for your service.

And so it is.

Barbara S Lucas, PhD,

Ask the Angels Coaching, Start Over Consultant

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September 7, 2013

Concerning Syria: it’s time to ask the angels for help: please read aloud–often:

Angels of all of us,

Thus is Rev. Barbara.  I speak for all of us on the planet Earth who desire a planet where all can enjoy health, prosperity, friendship and where all can grow and expand our talents, gifts, skills and contributions to Life.  I speak for all of us who know that love is the answer.

Angels of all of us, we know what happened in one of our nations, the nation of Syria.  We recognize that this is the expression of fear.  We know that our planet is in a birth process.  We are giving birth to something new and the old is scared, is afraid of giving way to the new, is afraid of going to the Light.

Angels of all of us, we know the old way to deal with Syria, the way of punishment, judgment and violence.  We know about non-violence, the way Gandhi and so many others taught.  We, also, know that we have to heal our own personal Syria before the conflict will end.

Therefore, angels of all of us, please identify for each of us,  our personal Syria–the new we are desiring to birth and the way our old is attempting to block this birth.  Please tell us in whatever way we receive clear, understandable communication from you.  Please tell us how to bring peace and ease to this birth.  Please help us to welcome the new and honor the old.

For we know, that when we heal the Self, our world, also, heals.

Thank you, angels of all of us; thank you for helping us.

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Where Have I Been!?!?

Oh my goodness it feels like years since I’ve written a new post! I apologize to all of you readers and I thank you for the continued support of comments and views while I was away. And a very merry welcome to new followers!

As you may know, I am a production assistant for Sesame Workshop, meaning I work at Sesame Street helping with a variety of tasks to make creating the show possible. The last few weeks have been crazy busy! We’ve been at the studio creating new pieces for the show. Although I can’t give you any clues as to what we did, I can tell you that I am surrounded by so many creative and talented professionals. The team never seizes to amaze me, the writers especially. The writers are so talented in creating content that is educational and entertaining for children, but also have content for the parents, guardians, babysitters, nannies, teachers or whoever is watching the children.

Since I’ve been away so long, I thought I would share with you the type of work I have been doing while I was away…

Our studio is at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens. The studio has been there from the very beginning! When we are shooting at the studio I have a variety of tasks to complete so everyone else can do their job smoothly. Let me give you a generally run through of my day…

The day before I will usually receive the running order. The running order is basically our shooting schedule for the day. I print and distribute copies to everyone the day before so they know if there have been any changes and what to have ready first. Some people receive timed running orders, which are the same thing but someone has written the actual times of when we should be doing what and how long it should take. This is how the producers, stage manager, director and a few others can see if we’re on time or not.

In the morning I come in and immediately check my email. Even though I handed out the running orders the night before anything can change in a matter of hours… minutes really. Sometimes there are no changes and sometimes I have to start all over again. Either way, in the morning I hand out any running orders to people who weren’t there the day before and put up two extra large printed copies on the studio doors and talent doors. During the day the production stage manager will cross out what we’ve completed so everyone knows where we are. And it’s a real motivator to see how much we’ve done!

In addition to my running around with running orders (see what I did there 😉 ) I set up snacks and waters in the control room, hand out walkie talkies, refill water coolers and make sure the stage manager has waters on set for the talent. You may have seen my quality snack presentation on my Instagram. These tasks are small but I take pride in them. The little things need to get done so the big project can be fully functioning.

At a break before lunch I check in to see who needs lunch orders. There might be a vocal recording or meeting during lunch, these people will need personal lunches ready for them. These people could be talent, producers, directors, clients, international partners… basically there’s a potential I’m getting lunch for someone who is important. I need to coordinate my time to make sure I can get all the lunch orders at a time that is not interrupting their work schedule, order the food with enough time for it to arrive on time, and set it up before the lunch break. Taking these lunch orders gives me an opportunity to meet some pretty amazing people. Taking lunch orders and going on coffee runs is how I first met a lot of people at Sesame who are the reason why I work here.

The rest of the day is a little less planned out. I can get a random phone call to go on a run to pick something up for the director or an email saying we’re making changes that I need to notify people of. Sometimes I have time to observe on set. I learn so much from just observing. It’s also a great time for people to learn more about me by coming over chatting when they have a break.

Studio time can be a little hectic. I can wake up at 5am and not be back in my precious bed until after midnight. Normal call time for me is 7:30am at the studio, but depending on the work load I might come in earlier to set up. A normal wrap time can be from 6pm – 9pm. On long days we work more than twelve hours. I’ve learned how to get into a routine to keep me going for an entire week. You learn to adapt your lifestyle to what work asks of you. There are weeks when I’ll wake up, go to work, go home, have dinner, shower, go to bed and never see my roommates. It can be tiring but studio time is my absolute favorite! I would rather be on set than anywhere else!

I was asked to help the stage manager for our Gala. You may have seen my pictures on Instagram for this as well. I was an assistant stage manager for the Sesame Workshop benefit dinner where we honor people for the extraordinary achievements and raise money for Sesame productions. The Gala is basically a dinner and a show. We have celebrity hosts, Muppet bits and a musical act. This year we had George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth as our hosts and the PS22 Chorus for the musical act. A stage manager’s job is to make sure the show runs smoothly and talent has their cues. This was a one day project so we arrived early for a meeting with the director. When I say “we”, I mean the 3 camera men, the teleprompter, the other assistant stage manager, the stage manager, the assistant director, the director and myself. The director went over the script with all of us to share his vision of when shots and entrances would take place. I was out in charge of all the Muppeteer entrances. I marked up my script to see who had to be where, when and with what.

I loved working the Gala because I had never done it before. It was kind of similar to my theater experience in high school, but I was never actually a stage manager. It gave me new exposure to something that I think I could do one day.

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks but I love the chaos. The constant need of things getting done gets my adrenaline pumping so I can keep going throughout the day. What I’ve learned from my time at Sesame Workshop is to do everything that is asked of you to your best potential and do it with a smile.

If you have a job that at first glance might not look too important, look again. You’ll be surprise how much you would be needed if you weren’t there. Make an impression by taking yourself and your job seriously. Go above and beyond the normal. It’s a great opportunity to show your potential, but most importantly you will be happier at your job.

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  1. Awesome insight, Katie! Dude, I’m like Mr. NoSmile. Seriously, haha. I’ve been working on that, especially in interviews. I’ll definitely keep working at it, thanks for the tips!

    • No problem! It looks like you have a nice smile in the lovely photo of yours, so I’m sure it can’t be too hard!

      “I love smiling. Smiling is my favorite!” ~ Buddy the Elf

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The Burden

For about a year and a half now I have been acting really weird.  I am not cutting myself down when I say I’m acting weird, I just mean I am weird compared to the person I have been most of my life.  For most of my adult life I did not believe in God and I was not a Christian.  I did not really pay to much attention to things outside of my own little world.  I figured all anyone had to do was work hard and they could attain anything they wanted in life.  About 2 years ago I saw my father in law pass away and that was the day I realized that God was real and not to long after that I gave my life to Him.   If you really are interested in how that all came about you can read my older blog by clicking here “The Journey Begins”.

Every since the day I gave my life to Jesus I have never been the same.   He has placed new things in me that make me wonder sometimes who I am.

There is a song by Mercyme called “So Long Self (listen by clicking the link before) in that song they sing –

So long self, Well, its been fun, but I have found somebody else

So long, self, There’s just no room for two, So you are gonna have to move

So long self, Don’t take this wrong but you are wrong for me, farewell

Oh Well, goodbye, don’t cry So long, self

That song is exactly how I feel. I gave my life to Jesus and the next thing I know I am acting odd, this new person starts taking over my thoughts and its bye-bye to the Me I have known most of my life.  Shortly after I said good bye to myself  is when the crying began.    Since then I find myself crying about anything and everything not because I am gone, but because the new me is way better off and truely happier than old me.   I cry for all kinds of reasons, I cry for happy things and sad things.  I find myself crying because the sun came up today or a flower is blooming in my yard.  I cry for hurting people and happy people.  If someone dare shed a tear in front of me I will start boo-hooing all over the place.  If someone laughs in front of me I cry too.  If there is one thing I am really good at now.. it is crying 🙂

Today at church I think I finally realized what is going on with me, the reason why I cry all the time.   I think I am finally starting to see the world in the way God wants me to see it.  My pastor’s sermon was about God putting burdens on us and how they are really blessings.  I could not stop crying the whole time he talked because as he was speaking I began to realize that since I started my journey as a Christian I have felt the burden that I need to do something for children and I have seen that burden become a blessing.  I know in my heart that  I need to do something for children who are living in extreme poverty. The ones who live in poverty like nothing I have ever seen in my own country.  God has given that burden to me and sometimes I just don’t quite know what to do with the feelings…. so I cry.

In my job I am a Travel agent so I have traveled and I have seen the poverty that is going on in other countries.  I will never forget the time I saw it for the first time, the first time I actually saw it and really paid attention.  I was a new Travel agent on a travel agent Fam trip to Jamaica.  I will add that at that time in my life I was not a Christian yet.  On that trip I traveled with a group of travel agents to tour, experience and stay at luxury resorts.  Before that trip the only time I had seen other countries was always in a resort setting or from a cruise ship port.  I had never went into a country outside the tourist areas before then. We toured about 20 resorts in 7 days traveling all over the island of Jamaica.  I remember going into the trip with the excitement of getting to stay at some of the finest resorts in the country to indulge in lots of food & drink and experience luxuries fit for a king.  The first day of touring we got on a bus and headed out into what I was soon to find was the “real” country of Jamaica.  As we left out of the resort I was anticipating the beautiful tropical paradise I was going to see.  I do have to say I did see a beautiful tropical paradise that day, but,  right there in one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to in my life was the most extreme poverty I had ever seen in my life.  I saw houses made out of plywood and tin with dirt floors. They had no electricity, bathrooms or running water.  A lot of the homes looked like something I had built in my back yard as a child and called a club house.   Unfortunately these were not club houses, they were real homes, one roomed homes that whole families lived in.  I remember passing a building that looked like it was about to fall down with a sign on it that said it was the High school.  The bus we were riding in was always stopping for someone to herd goats across the road and there seemed to always be lots of people walking everywhere.  Lots of the roads we traveled were skinny and pot hole filled.

As the week went on I found myself more interested in being on the bus ride to see the real Jamaica and did not really care too much anymore about touring the resorts. I could not tear my eyes away from outside the windows of the bus. I did not dare tell the other travel agents I was with how I was feeling because I did not want them to think I was weird.   I found myself wondering how could this poverty be going on right outside of upscale resorts?  While I was coming to this country to eat and drink anything I wanted,  have pedicures and waiters and cushy bedding, people outside the resort were living with no electricity or running water and going to bed on a dirt floor?? Didn’t anyone care? Or did they all just turn their eyes and minds away from it all? I knew something now I never had known before.  There was a another whole world out there that I knew nothing about and it bothered me, actually it made me angry. I wondered how it could be that there was such luxury with extreme poverty living so close side by side and nobody seemed to care.

When I got home I felt like I somehow changed during that week in Jamaica.  I wish I could say that when I got home I dived right in trying to change things but I have to admit I did not.  As time went on what I saw in Jamaica started to fade a bit and I went back to living my normal life.  I went on more trips after that but I did  begin to go with different eyes.  I noticed things I had never noticed before about the countries.   All of the countries I visited were tourist type counties and  like Jamaica, they all had poverty sitting right next door to luxury resorts.

Slowly but surely I did eventually change .. but not until I gave my life to Jesus.  After I gave my life to Him he would no longer let those things I saw fade away once I got home.  He began to burden me with the children who were living in poverty in those countries, little children who needed hope for the future.  In order to have hope they needed to know about Jesus.  They needed to know that he loves them and they are beautiful and special to Him.   Soon I sponsored my first child through Compassion (click for story here).  I know today God chose her for me.  She is from Dominican Republic and I am sure it was by no accident he chose her for me because she is from somewhere I have been on my travels.

In hindsight I now see but I did not know it at the time, on that first trip to Jamaica,  even though I was not a Christian God was already working on me.  He was lining things up getting me ready.  He was opening my eyes and my heart to the poor.  He had work planned for me.  He knew once I became a Christian I would change.  Even if I tried,  I can no longer look away or ever be who I used to be. I sometimes feel so overwhelmed by all this that it makes me cry.  I want to help them all so bad, but know I can’t help them all.  All I can do is pray and keep trying.  I will continue try the best I can while praying for God’s guidance that he will lead me in the right direction.  I pray that he will give me opportunities to speak to others about this and then speak through me giving me the right words to say.  I will keep praying every day that more people will sponsor children giving them a hope for the future and help them in changing their lives.   Most of all I pray that each of those children will know Jesus so they too can feel the love that I feel inside my heart.

I realized today while I was sitting there in church listening to my pastor’s sermon the reason I sometimes can not stop crying is it though this burden sometimes breaks my heart, I also feel so hugely blessed that he placed this burden on my heart.  I feel a love that I never felt before in my life.  I never knew I could love like this or feel love like this.

Thank you Lord for this blessing that you have put upon me.  I pray that you will continue to open my eyes so that I may see things through your eyes the way you want me to see.   Amen

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14

 If you would like to learn more about helping a child in poverty you can click here–>

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  1. thanksinallthings says:

    Very moving and inspiring! Here is quote from Wess Stafford, President of Compassion International:
    “Do you already have a cause, a passion, a mission that grips your heart and can move you to tears in thirty seconds? If not, you are not fully alive! If there isn’t something in your life that is bigger than you, outside of you, not about you, that demands and deserves your time, talent, and treasure, I beg you, don’t live like that. We don’t have time to simply coast.”
    Wess Stafford, ‘Just a Minute’
    Thanks for your passion for impoverished children

    • T says:

      What a great quote! That is exactly what I am feeling, I sure don’t want go through my life and at the end realize I just coasted. Thank you!

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Courts Encourage Settlement of Cases

In many courts in Colorado, including Douglas County, settlement of cases and disputed issues without the court’s intervention is highly encouraged. It is normal for attorneys and/or parties to have to meet and discuss virtually every disputed issue before it is brought to the court’s attention.

Mediation is almost always a requirement as well. Courts believe that there is a great value to mediating a case, not only because a can may settle at the mediation session itself, but also because it sometimes “sets the parties up” for settlement later. Even if complete settlement does not occur, the parties can sometimes agree on minor issues which helps streamline the case and isolate the specific points of contention.

While often times parties want to have their “day in court”, courts always prefer the parties and their attorneys to resolve their differences by settling outside of court. That is generally better for everyone, because it is better for people and their attorneys to solve their own issues rather than rely on a person (the judge) who does not know the parties personally.

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When the light escaped swiftly,
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Part of our Dada Sound project (February 2016) - see more at By TMS "The act of creating a field recording corresponds to the dadaist use of everyday material to undermine bourgeois culture, creating a so called non-art by using found objects and creating assemblages out of these materials. The remade piece auto-dada is created as an automated system that randomly applies cut up technique and montage to the original field recording. The piece is based on a randomness principle and thus avoids the control of its author, but succumbs to a purely automated process of chance. The system is created in Pure Data, which executes the applied methods on the original sound file."


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Wanna’come to a house party?

When I got to Memphis, I met my hosts, Brendan and Yvonne. Yvonne was a full-time sculpture specialising in metal installations. She’d been successfully working as an artist for 14 years.

Both Brendan and Yvonne were amazingly passionate people when it came to me getting the most out of Memphis. Within half an hour of arriving, I’d been dropped off at one of their favourite BBQ restaurants: The Bar B Q Shop.

Their enthusiasm was well founded. I ordered the ribs (one of my favorite foods) which the waitress recommended that I have “half and half”; half dry rubbed, half glazed. That way I could try the house made sauces on the dry rubbed side “to get the full experience”.

The house made spicy BBQ sauce was easily my favourite. Their was no such kick the likes of which you would expect from a sauce that was habanero based. Instead it was more of a slow build that gradually warmed the mouth rather than assaulted it. I’m not sure what chillies were in the sauce but if it did contain habanero, then they were very polite.

The next day I went to the National Civil Rights Museum which is based in the Lorraine Hotel – the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination. This would be the 3rd civil rights museum I’d been to on my trip and it was no less powerful for it. I’d implore anyone travelling through Memphis to visit the museum as a site of historical significance and to learn about the civil rights struggle.

After almost 3 hours in the museum, I decided to get something to eat and drink, and to get out of the midday sun.

I ended up drinking far too much with a couple visiting Memphis from Missouri. We got talking about boxing – a trigger for me as it’s the only sport I care about. I eventually left the bar around midnight after discussing who I thought would win what upcoming fights, where my money would be bet, and what fights I thought would be scheduled on the backs of my prophesized victories.

The lounge light turned off as walked through the door only to turn back on again. At the end of the hallway was Yvonne dressed in stockings and a short black dress, her face made up in white with black tears.

“We’re going to a Goth house party, wanna’ come?”

I was tired, I was drunk, and I’d spent way too much money.

“OK,” I said.

When we got to the venue there were private security guards on the door. They asked us all for I.D which Yvonne and I were able to supply. Brendan’s had expired. Brendan is 15 years older than me so it could be assumed he was OK to go in but the security guards stood their ground and refused him entry.

Brendan got back in the truck and drove away, appearing to accept defeat. Yvonne sneaked off to find a way for Brendan to get in. Not even 5 minutes later, Brendan casually walked through the back yard of the house and into the party where awful techno music played as people dressed in fishnet everything danced as they drank overpriced beers. As I sat at the bar in jeans and a t-shirt, I felt overdressed but it was still fun to see people older than me – parents – reclaiming their youth and breaking the rules.

Riders On A Storm

I always try to get to the airport early because I’m a natural worrier. Instead of waiting for things to go wrong, I anticipate every negative scenario miles down the road so that I know what to do if any of these situations arise.

This occasion was no exception. I was flying from Nashville to Memphis because I’d managed to grab a cheap flight. It would last less than an hour and I could spend my time seeing Memphis and its multitude of attractions with more money in my pocket.

When I got to Nashville International, there was the tail end of a storm in progress. It was the same storm I had experienced in Alabama; it had slowly moved North before beginning to dissipate.

I headed for security upon arrival. I stood in line with my boarding pass ready on my phone but when I stepped up to scan it, the light flashed red on the reader. After a brief conversation (in the “step aside, sir” aisle) I was told by security that they’d never heard of the airline I was flying with. The check point staff then turned their attention back to the people with real tickets and I was left to investigate for myself what was going on.

I asked at each airline desk on the main concourse whether they had heard of my airline. None of them had… Until I reached Alaska Air.

“The name is ringing a bell. Something makes me think that we’ve had someone with this problem before. Let me ask…,” The woman said. She went into an office behind the counter.

When she came back, she handed me a post-it note with a street address and a phone number. I needed to head to a private airfield. It was still counted as Nashville International, but it wasn’t the main airport.

This was mentioned nowhere on my ticket, booking confirmation, or the company’s website.

When I got to the small airfield (by way of a taxi), I was greeted by a smartly dressed man behind the main desk.

“Going to Memphis?” He asked.

“Yeah, how did you know?”

He smiled. “There’s free popcorn in the vending area, make yourself at home.”

The lounge was filled with luxurious leather seats and a huge TV mounted on the wall in one corner. The rest of the walls were filled with signed pictures of celebrities that had passed through.

Every plane outside was a learjet or similar. Not bad, I thought, for a ticket that cost less than renting a car!

I spotted my plane by the logo on the tail. Unfortunately, it wasn’t one of the luxury models that I’d seen. Instead, it was a single propeller Cessna style aircraft. I smiled thinking that this was going to be an experience: a tiny plane on which you can feel every bump in the road on a clear day but this time combined with a storm? I had a feeling it was going to get bouncy.

And it did.

The man sat next to me was stationed in a Nashville army base but was flying to Memphis for his sister in law’s wedding. He said he’d rather fly than drive because driving is boring.

I think he might drive next time.

He spread himself across the interior wall of the plane and gripped his seat with white-knuckles every time we hit an air pocket, making himself look like a cat doing everything in its power to avoid being put in a bath.


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Contract Manufacturing

Contract Manufacturing

Au Natural Organics is recognized as one of the leading online sources for authentic organic oils and oil-based products. We are able to offer services to startup private label companies to assist with sourcing high quality ingredients for new products. We are also able to provide assistance with the design of labels and product packaging etc.

Contract manufacturing

Products and Packaging

Au Natural offers a wide range of carrier oils and essential oils. All ingredients are organic and wild-harvested. Our packaging consists of recyclable amber and miron glass bottles.

Minimum Orders and Processing Times

We understand that small startup businesses operate on a tight budget and we are able to accept orders with a low 500 units minimum. Our typical turnaround time on contract orders is 6 to 8 weeks, depending on the size and scope of the order.

How It Works

Please contact us if you are interested in working with us. We will discuss your needs with you to determine a cost and timeframe and get back to you with a quote and contract.

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