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TalkTalk Remains Top Of Ofcom’s Broadband Complaint Survey

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TalkTalk Remains Top Of Ofcom’s Broadband Complaint Survey

With the way in which the internet has become an integral part of our lives, having a good stable connection is a major factor for many. For those of us that don’t have it, it can be a deeply frustrating thing. To highlight this, Ofcom releases quarterly reports indicating which providers have been the most grumbled about.

In the latest report, it seems that TalkTalk is still struggling to provide a good reliable service as in a report via The Inquirer, it has remained top of the list for yet another quarter!

BT and PlusNet Also Feature!

In the report, TalkTalk came top of the list. BT came in at a close second with PlusNet (which is BT owned) coming in third. The figures are based on complaints issues per 100,000 customers and break down as such;

  • TalkTalk – 29 formal complaints per 100,000 customers.
  • BT – 23 formal complaints per 100,000 customers.
  • PlusNet – 20 formal complaints per 100,000 customers.

TalkTalk, who have been regularly at the top of the list has brushed off the comments saying that the recent figures are only reflective of former services. “While these historical numbers by Ofcom are disappointing, it doesn’t reflect the current customer experience. The most recent data shows a significant reduction in complaint numbers. Customer satisfaction is on the rise and we’ve seen more customers than ever staying with us this year.”

On The Other End Of The Scale

Sky has come out as one of the best major internet/phone providers. For their figures, only 5 formal complaints out of 100,000 customers were made. When you base this on an industry average of 16 per provider, these are clearly decent figures.

It, therefore, seems that if you are in the market for a new ISP, you might want to consider these figures before carrying on.

What do you think? What is your internet service like? In addition, are there any providers you wouldn’t recommend? – Let us know in the comments!

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Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI)

Address: Qatar Foundation
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About Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI)

The Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) is built on a new vision and a new concept which responds to issues that affect Qatar as a rapidly-developing community by assembling teams of researchers to address challenges associated with the energy and the environment of natural and built systems, from their source to their societal impact. The multi-disciplinary research team of physical and natural scientists and engineers will integrate their knowledge to provide innovative solutions that underpin the sustenance of the ongoing unprecedented infrastructure development in Qatar, thus responding to the aspiration of the current generation, whilst protecting and enhancing the natural environment for future generations, as clearly defined by Qatar 2030 vision. Launch priorities for QERI include: Solar Energy, Water security, and Clean Air. The teams in charge of these initiatives are decidedly multi-disciplinary, in order that the problems are addressed without hindrance of the infrastructure development efforts and without undesirable natural environment impacts. Coordination with existing and emerging energy and environment research in universities, Government and other private and public entities, and cooperation with other QF research institutes and programs is an essential component of the QEERI operation.

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Meeting with the Subcommittee on Europe of the House Foreign Affairs Committee     Print
Wednesday, 07 March 2007

This special meeting with Cong. Robert Wexler, Chairman of the Europe Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Members of the Subcommittee, including Congressmen Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Ranking Member; John S. Tanner (D-TN) and Albio Sires (D-NJ), was an occasion for members of The European Institute, including the Ambassadors of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Slovakia, Sweden, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, to learn more about the Subcommittee’s agenda and potential hearing schedule, as well as to exchange views with the Subcommittee members. The meeting was chaired by Jacqueline Grapin, The European Institute’s Founder and Chairman of the Board. Issues addressed included the Visa Waiver program, Turkey’s accession to the EU, container screening and trade security and improving U.S.-EU relations.


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Dj Ash has been a professional Dj for 36 years and has entertained at every type of event possible from children's birthday parties to corporate events and weddings. The most important aspect of Dj Ash is his ability to read a crowd and get people dancing and to give you and your guests a fantastic night to remember. He has music for all from his astounding half a million song music collection which covers anything from the 40's to the latest chart music! This includes ceilidh and even ballroom tracks and crosses every genre too! On top of this Dj Ash also has access to iTunes wherever he goes as long as he has either  wi-fi or a 3G signal. Dj Ash believes in taking requests on the night and actively encourages guests to do so and will also accept playlists in advance so he can tailor your party to you!  One other amazing attribute Dj Ash has is his amazing lighting system which comes with the latest l.e.d. and laser effects. It looks absolutely amazing and guest regularly comment on how good it looks and the atmosphere it creates before the party even starts! Dj Ash is what he would term an "old school Dj" who talks on the mic and plays the kind of music you want to hear and at a level that you want! He dresses for the occasion in a shirt and tie for most functions and in a suit for weddings and corporate events or black tie if requested.  Dj Ash is also fully insured,his equipment is p.a.t. tested and has all the relevant certificates and operates legally! Dj Ash puts everything into every event he does and guarantees you a party to remember! Read some of his many customer views on his website and you can actually watch videos of events he has done on the media page too! If you want an amazing night to remember that your guests will rave about for weeks after,then Dj ash has to be your choice!   Dj Ash also provides mood lighting, bouncy castles and portable dance floor hire too! ...

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The BEST Children's party entertainer & magician for Glasgow, Edinburgh & Central Scotland.. Magic Muddles is a fun-filled, interactive magic entertainment show, featuring your children's favourite TV characters, especially created for children. For all occasions. You'll LOVE Magic Muddles! Rob has more than 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry and in that time he has appeared alongside well known acts such as The New Sooty & Sweep Show, Keith Harris & Orville The Duck, The Grumbleweeds, Paul Hendy, Dan Paris, Mick Miller, Bradley Bear & Rory The Tiger. Having a family fun background in entertainment after many years training with Haven Holidays and Butlins as an Entertainments Manager to performing in Pantomimes & touring shows. We have a young family ourselves. The party entertainment we want for our own little girls, is exactly the same quality we will give your little ones too. And we understand every penny counts. We'll give you the best possible party entertainment at the best possible price ~ GUARANTEED! Magic Muddles is a proud partner of Make-A-Wish Foundation UK Charity Registration Nos.295672/SC037479 Granting magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses. ...

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PROFESSIONAL WEDDING DISCO. Funkie Diva Disco is run by professional full time DJ / Presenter Steve Roberts. We offer a personal service to all clients and pride ourselves on the attention to detail we put into on all our bookings. We provide everything required to make your event one too remember. State of the Art Sound and Light show, Mood Lighting System, Music for your service or during your meal, client and guest playlists. There is no aspect of your special day we can't assist with. Call Steve directly for a no obligation free consultation on your requirements. ...

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Say Your Self-Talk Out Loud

Research has shown that talking to yourself out loud can motivate you to move forward with your goals, help you focus on a task at hand, and combat self-criticism.

This post from Shine Text looks at the credible reasons you should verbalise that nasty negative self talk that only you hear.

You know that voice that always tells you that you can’t or that it’s stupid or that people don’t like you.

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A Missouri mom says she is in an unfair battle with the state Children's Division as she tries to reunify with her children.

Jessie Lake of Columbia was notified in 2019 the state was moving to terminate her parental rights to her 2-year-old twin daughters.

The foster parents of the twins plan to adopt them, Lake said.

According to court documents Lake provided to the News-Leader, the foster mom is Jennifer Tidball, acting director of the Missouri Department of Social Services.

In that role, Tidball supervises the Children's Division.

Attorney Daniel Miller is representing the twins' biological father, who also does not want his rights terminated. Miller called the situation a "complete conflict" of interest.

"This is just wrong," Miller said. "If (Tidball) were not the director of the department, if she were somebody two or three steps down the chain, they would have probably been fired for this."

Three of Lake's four kids are in state custody: the twins are with the Tidballs and an older son is with a foster home in the St. Louis area. The fourth is living with his father in Arizona.

Lake's mom, Denise Lake, a nurse for more than 30 years, is also fighting to get guardianship of the twins.

"Jennifer Tidball has made it nearly impossible for me, a family member, any kinfolks to gain custody of my babies back," Jessie Lake said. "Everyone involved with this case, (Tidball) is their supervisor. I cannot get anyone to listen to me. I am desperate."

The News-Leader reached out to Tidball and the department’s communications office seeking an interview. The News-Leader also asked about the department's conflict of interest and ethics policy regarding employees becoming foster parents or pursuing adoption.

Special Counsel Sharie Hahn provided links to department policies regarding conflict of interest and code of conduct. She declined to answer any questions. Hahn said "the information you seek is closed."

The conflict of interest policy regarding "DSS staff as foster parents" reads:

Children's Division (CD) foster children may not be placed with DSS staff if such a placement constitutes a potential conflict of interest. The CD director or designee will determine whether DSS staff, both within CD and throughout the department, may qualify as foster parents.

Department spokeswoman Rebecca Woelfel, in an email, declined to answer who decides whether a department employee qualifies to be a foster parent when that employee supervises the Children’s Division director.

Tidball, who began working for the department in 1995, has been deputy director since 2014. Gov. Mike Parson named Tidball acting director in May 2019. He has not submitted her name to the state Senate for confirmation as director.

Parson’s office declined to comment. In response to an inquiry, it stated: "It looks like the Department of Social Services provided you with all the necessary information."

So, is it a conflict of interest?

Richard Wexler, a child welfare advocate and the executive director for the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, said he did not think it was appropriate for the head of the department to be fostering and/or pursuing adoption in a child welfare case.

"I have heard of cases in which there were blatant conflicts of interest involving case workers or their supervisors," Wexler said. "I've been doing this for 40 years and I have never heard of a situation in the country where children were taken from a mother and placed with the person in charge of the entire agency."

"How in the world does anybody expect these children to get a fair shake?" Wexler questioned. "You are not supposed to become head of a state social services agency or director to go and take custody of a poor person's kid for your very own."

Are they related?

According to Lake, she and Jennifer Tidball are not blood relatives but share a niece. Lake's late brother had a child with Tidball's sister.

Although they knew each other, Lake said she was not particularly close or familiar with the Tidball family.

Lake said they were once invited to the Tidball home for an Easter egg hunt.

A report titled "Termination of Parental Rights Investigation and Social Study" filed in Boone County on Jan. 15, characterizes the relationship differently.

"The twins are placed in the home of Kevin and Jennifer Tidball who are the aunt and uncle of Jessie's niece," the document states. "They had a relationship with Jessie and the kids prior to the kids coming into care and often spent holidays together. ..."

The report also asserts Lake contacted the Tidballs "asking them to take placement of the twins if they were to come into care."

The Easter egg hunt was the only time she and her kids were at the Tidball home on a holiday until after the children were placed in the Tidball home, Lake said.

Lake denied asking the Tidballs to take her kids if they came into care.

"That is a blatant lie. I never asked those people to take my children into their care. That doesn't make sense," Lake said. "It would not have been appropriate to say, 'Hey, if my kids were taken into care, will you take them?'"

"I'm not comfortable with those people like that," she added. "They were almost strangers to me."

Denise Lake, the twins' grandmother, said when the children were first taken into state custody she was planning to leave on a trip for Italy the next day. She said she offered to cancel her trip and take the kids, but was told, "No, there is no reason to do that."

Denise Lake said she's since tried to get guardianship but was denied. She is appealing the decision.

"I have not been allowed to see any of my grandchildren for a year without any type of supervision," Denise Lake said. "I don't have a criminal record. I don't even have a speeding ticket. I'm clean as a whistle."

Denise Lake said she has spent more than $10,000 in attorney fees.

She called the legal battle a "nightmare" and said she doesn't understand why she was not given guardianship.

"There's no reason why I couldn't do that," Denise Lake said. "I've worked the same job for 33 years. I'm their grandmother. I'm financially stable. I have a home. I have a fenced yard and three bedrooms."

According to Missouri law, grandparents are supposed to receive first preference in foster placements. Then come adult siblings or parents of siblings, third are relatives like aunts, uncles or cousins and then more distant relatives. If there are no relatives, the child is placed with a licensed foster family.

Jessie Lake and Jennifer Tidball share a niece.

Wexler said that "reinforces" his view that it's a "blatant conflict-of-interest."

"The fact that there is some distant relationship between Ms. (Tidball) and the children might be the legal technicality she needs to get around the preference to place with relatives," Wexler said in the email, "but morally, it's obscene."

"While she is not the judge’s boss, she’s everyone else’s boss," Wexler said, "and that means it is improper for her to become a foster parent to any child except a genuine close relative, and even then only with the clear, unambiguous consent of the birth parent."

'No one is checking on it ...'

Jessie Lake, 36, said that although she has a history of substance abuse, she's never physically abused or neglected her children.

Lake said there have been times she didn't follow through with therapy. Though Lake said she is clean now, she knows she will be in recovery all of her life. She is in counseling and says Narcotics Anonymous and group meetings have been a "huge support."

Being separated from her children has sometimes made it difficult to maintain her sobriety, she said.

"Really, just learning to keep living, learning to live without my children," Lake said. "It's been two years, and I swear to you every day is like trying to find my identity again. It's terrible."

The documents Lake provided say she has criminal convictions.

Lake called that "a blatant lie" and said she feels it's another example of her case not being treated fairly.

According to online court records, she has two traffic tickets and a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle without a valid license and failure to register a vehicle.

Miller, the attorney representing the children's father, also took issue with the error.

"You can make mistakes with regard to pleadings. But whenever you have something that is that important, I'd really like for you to be accurate," Miller said. "It's either the sloppiest handled case known to mankind or there is deliberate malfeasance."

"There's been no showing that she in any way abused the kids or that they were ever in danger," Miller continued. "This beats the hell out of anything that I've ever seen."

Jessie Lake said that in 2018, a juvenile court judge ordered her to go to the Women's Program at Turning Point Recovery Center in Hannibal.

She was allowed to bring her children, but said it was not a good place for the kids. The twins were beginning to crawl, Lake said, and it was difficult for her to work on her recovery while keeping tabs on her three small children.

"I felt like I was set up to fail," Lake said. "It was terrible."

Lake said she left after about five days. She said she intended to find a treatment facility closer to home where relatives could help with the kids.

The day after she returned to Columbia, caseworkers came to Lake's home and took the children.

Her then-5-year-old son was sent to live with his father in Arizona. The twins, barely a year old, went into foster care — the Tidballs’ home in Columbia.

At first, Lake said she was relieved because Lake knew the Tidballs had a nice home and stable family.

Her eldest son, then age 11, was also initially placed in the Tidball home, Lake said. Prior to that, he had been in state custody due to behavioral issues.

Lake admitted herself into a treatment center in Columbia and completed a 31-day program.

Not long after being placed in the Tidball home, the older boy was arrested at school and sent by the court to a residential facility, Lake said. He was there for about a year and a half before being placed in a foster home.

Wexler took issue with that move, too, saying Tidball is "setting a poor example as a foster parent."

"She keeps the cute babies, but kicks out the older boy as soon as he gets into trouble," Wexler said in an email. "There is no excuse for using group homes and institutions on almost any child, but especially children under 13. How is Ms. (Tidball) supposed to lead the fight against institutionalizing young children ... when she's just done it herself?"

That boy is now in a foster home near St. Louis and is thriving, Jessie Lake said. She said she visits and calls him often and has a wonderful relationship with the foster mother, who will soon become that boy's guardian.

According to Denise Lake, the grandmother, when she went to court to gain guardianship of the twins, the caseworker testified in court that Denise was not involved with the twins and that she didn't take Jessie Lake's addiction seriously.

"That made me so mad," Denise Lake said. "I buried a child from addiction. For her to say that in court, that I didn't take this seriously ..."

In recent months, Jessie Lake said she feels like no one is noting her progress or communicating with her. Recently she was notified her caseworker is no longer with the Children's Division. She said she was contacted last week by her new caseworker, who didn't ask any questions about how or what she was doing.

She has a written service agreement, a contract that details the steps Lake needs to take to be reunified with her children.

"Every single one of them down the list, I am doing," she said. "I'm working all the steps and no one is checking on it or holding me accountable."

"I feel great. I look great. And I'm ready to fight," Lake said. "But I think they are going to do everything in their power to see I don’t get my babies back."

In her response to the News-Leader, DSS Special Counsel Sharie Hann wrote:

"It is important to know that the child welfare system involves multiple agencies, not under the purview of the Department of Social Services, independently advocating on behalf of different parties, such as the Juvenile Office, guardians ad litem, court appointed special advocates, and others. The judge presiding over a child's case makes the ultimate decisions regarding removal, placement, reunification, and termination of parental rights."

Jessie Lake is scheduled to be in juvenile court in Boone County in May, but anticipates the termination of parental rights hearing may be postponed again due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jessie and Denise Lake are both concerned that Jessie's parental rights will be terminated before the appeals court will hear Denise Lake's case.


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David/Goliath Department: Louisiana vs. Big Oil

Louisiana wetlands

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Yes folks, at every level, let us devolve faux power from the top down into real, primal power at the bottom. Let us descend from so-called “civilization” into the real, natural world: corporatized federal down to state, state down to county, county down to town, town to neighborhood, neighborhood to household, household to sovereign individual. The energy of the universe flows through each one of us, folks. Or it can, once we blow the lid off — to usher in gushers like no oil company has ever seen. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

Louisiana Is Suing The Oil Companies Destroying Its Wetlands

An obscure state agency has filed suit against 97 oil companies (BP included, of course) claiming that their attempts at digging up oil have destroyed the state’s wetlands.

More than just getting mad, Louisiana is attempting to get even with oil companies whose dredging and dredging has eroded Louisiana’s coastal wetlands for decades. The areas provide an important barrier during floods and storms–and oil companies are supposed to remediate the canals they dig to ensure the longevity of the area.

The only problem is: they haven’t been. Now, according to Reuters, the relatively obscure state agency, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East, is suing 97 oil companies in response–including the big guys like BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Royal Dutch Shell.

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John Barry, the vice president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East, a state agency, said companies’ drilling permits required them to perform remediation work that in most cases was never carried out after digging canals to reach drilling platforms.

Barry said the filing was also based on a federal law that prohibits doing anything that hurts levees, and a Louisiana law from the 1700s that prohibits one person from doing something on his property that sends more water flowing onto someone else’s.

“The authority takes its mission to protect the public seriously,” Barry told reporters. “Because of that, and recognizing the controversial nature of what we are doing, we have filed a lawsuit.”

It’s sure to be a David-versus-Goliath type of proceeding, assuming they ever reach trial–or that Republican governor Bobby Jindal can’t convince the agency to withdraw the filing.

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Tomorrow’s New Moon in Taurus heralds, within hours, two powerful sign changes: Uranus from Aries to Taurus, Mars from Capricorn to Aquarius

As Earth erupts in Hawaii, spewing molten lava fire from her innards, she makes mincemeat of our civilized “straight lines.” The time for Nature is at hand. No longer will our technological civilization be allowed to pave over her without consequence. Oh, we might try our best to continue, and Mars entering Aquarius will certainly accelerate that trend for the next little while, but in the end, Nature wins, She always bats last. And Uranus in Taurus, coming right up, indeed right here now, squishing over the sign change from fiery Aries to earthy Taurus in Hawaii for the last few weeks, eerily echoes  the very day when Uranus shifted from oceanic Pisces to Aries, seven years ago. Remember that? March 11, 2011, when the earth under the ocean erupted and delivered a tsunami that destroyed the nuclear reactors at Fukushima. From Fukushima to Kilauea. We are reminded just who is in charge here, and always has been.

Hold on to our hats! Well, actually, NO. Instead, let’s do what I always recommend, take off our conceptual helmets and shake out our hair! Because if we don’t do it voluntarily, it will be done for us. There is no avoiding it, or denying it. Tomorrow’s New Moon in Taurus, at 7:48 AM on May 15, 2018, will feature not one, but two 29° planets: Mars in Capricorn and Uranus in Aries, exactly (90°) square one another, in a fiery, combative dueling finale between rule-bound, structural Mars in Capricorn and freaky individualistic me-first Uranus in Aries.

Unpredictable, exciting Uranus, with an 84 year cycle, crawling through each sign for seven years, has been crashing through combative Aries, as I said above, since March 11, 2011.

Courageous, warlike Mars, which moves through its entire cycle in about two years, has been accompanying Saturn and Pluto through traditional (deep state?) Capricorn for the past two months, with the current 90° frictional square between these two planets, Mars and Uranus, until the end of May; plus, and more profoundly, the friction between Saturn, closing in on Pluto which, in turn, has been square Uranus, has been threatening World War III bigley ever since 2008, when Pluto entered Capricorn and the world’s financial systems almost melted down.

Mars, by the way, will remain in Aquarius longer than usual, due to its somewhat rare retrograde period this summer, and will not actually leave this sign until late November 2018. Expect frustration, or slowing down of big systemic changes during this time.

In any case, I say yes, thank goodness for tomorrow morning’s fixed, security-oriented, earthy, calming, even sluggish and stubborn, above all, stabilizing New Moon in Taurus, and for the fact that this New Moon heralds, within hours, the tempering of the hot tempers of both Mars and Uranus via sign changes. Indeed, we really are fortunate not to have blown up the world during all of Uranus in Aries (and especially during the Uranus/Pluto square years (2011-2016)). One more indication, I feel, that we are receiving some kind of outside help — call it divine, or interdimensional, or ET, or even call it Donald Trump, whose fiery combative (Mars in Leo on Ascendant), unpredictable (Sun conjunct Uranus) personality has mirrored this crazy tipsy turvy, upside down era so powerfully, expressively, and persistently, that I, for one, wonder how Trump will find himself transforming, as these two planets change signs.

So! Here goes:

New Moon, Tuesday, May 15, at 7:48 A.M. at 24°36 Taurus

Followed by, not even four hours later, the entrance of Uranus into Taurus, 0°00 Taurus —

 — something that has not happened since Uranus last entered Taurus back in 1934, again, for seven years, and besides the New Deal, the FBI, and Social Security in the U.S., shadowy banksters brought Hitler to power, and the end result was World War II.

Hopefully, the banksters have been sufficiently outed at this point, thanks to citizen researchers on the internet, so that money-grubbers will not be able to trigger World War III during this iteration of Uranus in Taurus. (Notice: that we now actually pay attention to the fact that weapons-systems manufacturers’ stocks go up when global tensions increase. Duh!)

In any case, history aside, what we need to realize is that the vast majority of we who are now alive on this planet have never, ever, experienced unpredictable Uranus in earthy Taurus — this particular, peculiar, flavor of the zeitgeist before.

So we don’t know what to expect!

Which means we have no way to prepare!

Oh, well, we do know something! We know that this extraodinary journey of the most exciting, unnerving planet through the most fixed, stubborn, territorial sign will completely upset all our well-ordered, well-regulated “security-systems” — insurance, pensions, salaries, private property, banks, stock market, allopathic medicine, educational CORE curriculum, corporatization of universities and government, anything based on “money” as the so-called “bottom line —  that human-created scrim that runs atop Mother Nature’s ever differentiating, integrating, and regenerating, ever dying and being reborn, biological, chemical, geophysical, and spiritual systems.

Yes. All our human-created security systems will undergo massive metamorphosis, perhaps even to collapse. The signs are legion. For example, in the financial world: central banks and some corporations are beginning to fail, their CEOs stepping down. Inflation is beginning to destroy nations. Many are predicting bitcoin and other rising blockchain “currencies” will replace fiat-currency. Many have noticed how the BRIC countries are already undermining the petrodollar.

Apply this same kind of reasoning to anything earth-based, including our own bodies. What kind of “medicine” do you give to your body? Are you a slave to the pharmaceutical/surgical/chemo nightmare that kills more people than it heals? What about natural healing, healing according to Nature’s ways. She knows how; as do our bodies know how — if we but let them be, feed them real food, and move! Every day! Walk, bike, garden, clean house, whatever! Get off those screens and let go of our addictions to sugar and junk food, drink, drugs, substances of all kinds. Stop our need for more more more material “goods,” and of whatever it is that we think we are still “missing.”

But enough of my Uranian rant. Just realize: with this massive and unprecedented (in our lifetimes) sign change: whatever we think is going to happen, is probably not nearly so wild as what really will happen, as a long, slow, roiling dramatic upheaval that will force us to let go of all that we “hold” dear, and allow Nature to hold us, love us, be inside our bodies and be what all our bodies stand upon and breathe and drink in. Literally: There is nothing that we know of value that does not come from her. Think about that. Nature is our Teacher. She always has been. And now she’s going to take charge.

Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, big winds, unseasonal snow, cold, heat — who knows what else she has in store for the creatures upon her as she uncoils her mysterious, glorious self, and resumes breathing, roaring, and flexing on her own, rather than pretending to be regulated by all the controls we think we can put upon her. That’s done. She wins. And once this agonizing, excruciating, deeply humbling period is over, we will rejoice and be glad. For we will have reconnected — to our own bodies, and to Earth herself, the common ground we all walk upon, breathe and drink,  no matter what the mean, nasty, divisive “identity” (Uranus in Aries) politics we have devolved into over these past seven years.

Oh yeah, and don’t forget: coming right up, just about twelve hours after Uranus enters Taurus, Mars leaves Capricorn for Aquarius. Not nearly as momentous as Uranus changing sings, but significant nonetheless, especially for its timing, with Uranus and the New Moon in Taurus.

Note that these two, Mars and Uranus, will still be exactly square one another, only they have just changed signs. No longer at 29° of Capricorn and Aries respectively, they will have entered brand new territory: 0° of Aquarius and Taurus — square until about the end of May. Both Aquarius and Taurus are stubborn, intensely fixed signs. They both want their way. If the Aquarian Martian mental energy IS to be especially denominated by the blockchain phenomenon, which supposedly cannot be captured by nation states, and so then is necessarily decentralized — the way Aquarians would like it; however, Aquarians are also especially caught up in systemic approaches to problems, and whose to say that the cryptocurrencies won’t suddenly be revealed to be a sleight of hand ruse of the dreaded New World Order?

In any case, expect an immense, intense, power struggle between the forces of technocratic collectivization (whether decentralized or centralized) signified by Saturn, closing in on Pluto in Capricorn, and the deeper, more pervasive forces of Nature herself, as She asks us, via Uranus in Taurus, to return, return, return to our sensitive, sensual, wildly precious bodies, and to our common home, the magnificent Earth body, Her generosity and understanding of abundance, of security; her capacity to show us the way through the technological mess we have created for ourselves, the screens we tend to place between our narrowly focused eyes and her omnipresent fertility, the damndest tendency we have now, thanks to our “devices,” to attend to simulacra, rather than the real thing.

To the extent that we learn to love and work with Nature, then permaculture, and other philosophies and practices of food cultivation that integrate with Nature rather than attempt to dominate Her, will become much more appreciated, as the world’s peoples begin to realize that we need to stay close to home, to our Earth home, and to manifest here and now whatever we really need to create a true sense of security, based on connection, community, common ground, rather than the false “security-systems” promoted by our technological marvels that push us apart, leave us separate, detached, in our own little virtual worlds.

Today — wouldn’t you know! — synchronicity. I notice one uncanny sign of the incoming Uranus in Taurus revolution that, if we are wise, will become common, even common-sense! The top headline in today’s local paper, the Herald-Times, is “Everything Gardens,” about dear friends of ours who run a permaculture farm that has joined up with a small rural school system in Unionville, to help “pioneer a new curriculum called EARTH, which stands for environment, arts, resources, technology and health.”

The kids were there, at Sobremesa Farm, to learn how to build a hugelkultur bed. YES!

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  1. MsRhuby says:

    “No longer will our technological civilization be allowed to pave over her (Earth) without consequence.”

    I love that sentence!

  2. I hope that sentence is true. Our neighborhood has been targeted my an overreaching township board (getting paid off by contractors?) to try to pave over 15 feet into our yards and senselessly knock down hundreds of gorgeous old trees for the “benefit” of sidewalks no one wants. We have our second very Uranian neighborhood rabble rousing meeting tomorrow. Big hopes that this township board has overreached one too many times. Taxes just raised (via assessments) and we would also get to pay for the “benefit” of having our trees paved over and yards cut through. Here’s hoping Uranus sides with the very community oriented neighborhood and not the top down Agenda’s masquerading as “enhanced community.” Wish us luck. Who wants to walk through a neighborhood of butchered trees?!

    • Ann Kreilkamp says:

      So this issue is bringing the neighborhood together, so that they connect with each other? That’s one benefit of having a “common enemy.”

      • This neighborhood is a very cohesive, long term neighborhood, so the coming together isn’t new. The level of frustration and sense of betrayal by a common enemy appears to be new, though, as the township Board has apparently been lying to this neighborhood for decades and long term residents are saying enough is enough, looking into lawsuits, etc.

        People in the neighborhood now document everything from the township and caught them trying to railroad this through by lying about public comment dates and votes and pretending this is a voluntary service. I read the township “Plan” last night, and it includes mandatory sidewalks everywhere, so it seems they already made up their mind, but the neighborhood is trying to disrupt the deceptive dog and pony comment show and insist on real democracy. I hope all that Uranian and Aquarius energy does something!

        • Anthony says:

          Hi Laura,

          As you hinted at above, follow the money. Many city board members, if they aren’t contractors or developers themselves, will most likely have close connections with same. There are usually lawyers in there somewhere too, and often connections with the local zoning and even justice and enforcement agencies. It’s a system that’s worked for the benefit of a select few for a long time, and it needs to be exposed everywhere! And as Ann’s charts show, the time is ripe!

          Good luck!

          • Thanks, Anthony! I updated Ann by private email, but I did a Reiki Healing Attunement on the meeting the night before. A very Uranian, self described “anarchist” decided to come to the meeting at the last moment and sat next to me. When I asked about how we could get the most legally recognized and expertly worded petition, she texted her daughter, who just happens to be best friends with a hot shot international lawyer, who just happens to be in Kalamazoo right now. She’s taking our case pro bono, because she and her daughter love our neighborhood.

            Our neighborhood community seriously rocks, and this will take things to the next level. People are calling the press, contacting big wigs in the community, and the daughter, mom and lawyer have connections at local, state and national levels. At the very least, it will be interesting! They picked the wrong neighborhood to try to destroy trees and privacy with unwanted sidewalks.

            We’re already making plans to gut the board with terrible press if they don’t mend their deceitful ways. It’s the Agendas at work (21 and 30), but if Goshen was any indication, they won’t work here. Wrong neighborhood, wrong timing, wrong new resident who values her privacy above most other things… Happy Uranus in Taurus!

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The crucial days passed; John began to thrive. Fannie and Ben continued to care for him; there was no discussion of returning him to his real parents, Lizzie and Jesse McQuage.

John reached one year of age. His first birthday was a real celebration — cake and one candle and all the things to make it a special occasion.

He continued to gain strength, and his overall health improved. He had his second birthday. As he grew, adding month after month to his life, John turned into a regular little boy, filled with energy, curiosity and mischief.

When he was about three-years-old, John was playing alone in the living room, while Mama King (his name for Fannie) was fixing lunch. It was winter and the fireplace had a nice fire to warm the room. John found a small object under a chair. He picked it up and examined it for several minutes. He couldn’t figure out what it was or what it was used for. Thinking it was just a useless item he tossed it into the fire. Within a few seconds, there was a tremendous “bang” — an explosion! Smoke, ashes and soot flew out of the fireplace all over John. Everyone in the house came running to see what had happened. Mama King rushed to check on John. He was all right, just scared and covered with ashes and soot. He was quickly cleaned up, as was the room. When questioned, John said he found a little round object, about so long, under a chair, and then threw it in the fire. The adults surmised that John found a cartridge, accidentally dropped by Ben when he unloaded and cleaned his gun earlier that day. Ben didn’t realize he dropped the cartridge, and it just rolled under the chair. John, of course, found it and created quite a scare and quite a scene.

The next summer, as John was playing with his wagon in the backyard, Ben’s bulldog was enjoying a good nap in the shade of the house. John pulled his wagon close to the dog several times, and then he noticed a ring on the dog’s collar. John thought that the handle-pull of his wagon would just fit into that ring. He pulled the wagon close and slipped the handle-pull into the collar ring. Then, John got in the wagon, expecting the dog to pull the wagon and give him a nice quiet ride around the house. The sleeping dog, suddenly awakened by something pulling on his collar, leaped to his feet and began running as fast as he could, thinking something was “after him.” John was yelling “Giddy-up,” the dog was barking and running faster each second! The dog rounded the corner of the house, the wagon hit the corner, jerking the handle-pull out of the ring. The wagon turned over and went skidding across the yard, throwing John sprawling. He began bawling, the dog was barking even louder, and the wagon lay on its side with two wheels spinning in the air. Mama King came running when she heard all that noise. She gathered John in her arms and rushed him inside to bathe his scrapes and skinned knees and elbows, and then bandaged them up. Later, John said it was a short, but fast ride, and he never tried to harness the dog again!

During the following winter, John was left alone playing in the room where Mama King had been using her sewing machine to make a new dress. John had noticed the machine as Mama King sewed, and he was fascinated with the way it worked. Mama King put her feet on the treadle, near the floor, and pushed to make a part of the upper sewing machine move up and down. John wondered how it worked. So, while Mama King was busy in another room, John began to examine the sewing machine. He was so small he had to hold the sewing machine table with his hands to get one foot on the treadle. He finally got his foot just right and pushed against one side of the treadle. It began to move and then there was an anguished scream from John. He had accidentally placed one hand on the table in the exact spot where the needle would come down. Now his finger was caught by the needle. He screamed louder, and Mama King came. She rushed to turn the side wheel to raise the needle and free John’s finger. The finger was bleeding profusely and Mama King washed it thoroughly and bandaged it. She knew it was painful, so she held John for a while to comfort him and help ease the pain. The sewing machine needle had gone through the finger and fingernail, but it healed well. The nail soon “grew out” and there was no sign left to remind John of his “sewing machine caper.”

John grew from the frail tiny baby into a regular boy, perhaps with a little more imagination and curiosity than most boys. Mama King felt all of his activities, escapades, and adventures were just part of “growing up.”

Today, at age 101, John McQuage still enjoys telling these and many other stories of his childhood days.

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April 25, 2019
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The committee will discuss one or more possible pathways for approval of rabies virus monoclonal antibodies for use as the passive-immunization component of post-exposure prophylaxis.

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Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.

FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this meeting. The docket number is FDA-2019-N-0747. The docket will close on April 24, 2019. Submit either electronic or written comments on this public meeting by April 24, 2019. Please note that late, untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments must be submitted on or before April 24, 2019. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of April 24, 2019. Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

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Newsletter Editorial by Jerzy Gawor the WSAVA/FECAVA/PSAVA Congress LHC chair

“Good times, bad times, you know I had my share” were the opening lines of a classic track on Led Zeppelin’s debut album and are very appropriate considering what we are experiencing in 2020.

We are living through very unusual times and we may experience contrasting feelings: optimism or pessimism, hope or depression, vigour or stupor.
A lot of practitioners in Poland are welcoming a growing number of clients, perhaps because people have more time to appreciate their presence. Nobody knows if this trend will continue but it is reason to give the thumbs up and enjoy the moment.

Many of us – the readers of FECAVA newsletter – have had to change our plans and travelling seems to be a lottery, with cancellations and lists of countries with travel restrictions or prohibitions – it can be quite scary. It obviously dents our optimism as the hosts of the approaching WSAVA/FECAVA/PSAVA Congress and we continuously have to discuss plans B, C and even D.

A hybrid event with some virtual meetings and some face-to-face is the most likely scenario at the moment. Decisions will be taken in October and announced immediately thereafter. That means that we will do our best to make sure the Congress happens with full respect to the reality of the situation and to safety.

In the past, we have had to cope with volcanos, earthquakes and September 11th, Currently the level of uncertainty remains huge but previously, we have always recovered. It may look as if we will have to live with COVID-19 longer than expected but we will undoubtedly work our way through it.

Bottomline: our patients still need us, and we still need further professional development. There is still a lot of work ahead for us, which should drive us forward (but maybe a little slower than usual).

Personally, when I think about necessary equipment for tomorrow I always think sunglasses, not umbrella…

Keep safe and well.

Jerzy Gawor the WSAVA/FECAVA/PSAVA Congress LHC chair

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