Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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ikea hacker
ikea hacker
fniss wastepaper basket plant pot
this is from andrea of heavypetal (love the blog name!), modifying a fniss wastepaper basket into planters.
here's how andrea did it: "i carefully drilled three holes in each bottom using a 5mm (1/4") drill bit (the plastic is thin so you have to apply gentle pressure with the drill or the bottom may crack). i filled each one with a mixture of coco earth (to retain water) and sea soil, a gorgeous dark soil that practically matches the black of the containers."
ted and sharon combined an ikea salad bowl and a gaje speaker stand to create a plant stand. just drill three holes into the bottom of the bowl to line up with the three holes in the speaker stand.
fniss wastepaper basket plant pot
this is from andrea of heavypetal (love the blog name!), modifying a fniss wastepaper basket into planters.
here's how andrea did it: "i carefully drilled three holes in each bottom using a 5mm (1/4") drill bit (the plastic is thin so you have to apply gentle pressure with the drill or the bottom may crack). i filled each one with a mixture of coco earth (to retain water) and sea soil, a gorgeous dark soil that practically matches the black of the containers."
ted and sharon combined an ikea salad bowl and a gaje speaker stand to create a plant stand. just drill three holes into the bottom of the bowl to line up with the three holes in the speaker stand.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
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Sneaker Freaker Magazine - New Releases - NIKE MADIERA PACK - WMNS
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This Week in Astrology
This Week in Astrology
It's time to begin finishing up the details of that which was conceived at the last New Moon on October 11th.
retrograe mercury - All of these areas of life are affected when Mercury is functioning in a sluggish state. Decision-making is challenged during Mercury retrograde. Needless to say, it is not advised to sign contracts, engage in important decision-making, or launch a new business. Delays and challenges are more probable with Mercury retrograde. It's a time when being careless with money, our personal information, or paperwork can be costly.
There is a positive side to Mercury Retrograde. This period is best used for re-organizing and reflecting. We look at the world a little differently--through different filters--and can come up with some very important inner revelations. It may be difficult to communicate them under this influence, but not everything needs to be rationalized.
It is important to note that there is absolutely no reason to suspend projects or anything of the sort during the Mercury Retrograde cycle. It's not an ideal time to start new ones or to sign contracts, simply because a change of mind is very possible once Mercury turns direct. However, it's a fabulous time to do some "outside of the box" thinking. Acting on our ideas, however, might be best left for a Mercury Direct period.
Pay close attention to what you say and communicate in general, particularly around the days of Mercury's stations (October 11th and November 1st). If you are itching to argue with someone, especially, or if you are planning on "signing on the dotted line", try to hold off. It is likely that you will have a change of mind once the station passes, and you can do a lot of damage in the meantime.
This week: On Sunday and Monday, we could be dealing with exaggerated feelings and romantic disappointments due to inflated expectations. This is because of Jupiter and Neptune's influence on Venus. Take care not to overstate your feelings or to set up unrealistic expectations in your relationships. As well, take what your partner says with a grain of salt. There is no malicious intent involved, but feelings of elation can cloud our judgment, and we can promise more than we can deliver.
Venus square Jupiter October 28-29. We experience a strong desire for more pleasure in our lives, which can be excessive. Take care not to overstate your feelings or to set up unrealistic expectations in your partnerships. As well, take what your partner says with a grain of salt. There is no malicious intent involved, but feelings of elation can cloud our judgment, and we can promise more than we can deliver.
Venus quincunx Neptune October 28-29. Idealism and disappointments in love. Avoid becoming blinded by what you want to see, rather than what really is.
Venus sesquiquadrate Chiron November 4. Love cannot be forced. This is not a commitment-friendly transit, as we may feel alienated for no apparent reason and unwilling to give of ourselves.
Venus square Pluto November 5-6. Intense passions, but there's a hidden agenda. Jealousy and possessiveness are high, in direct proportion to fear of losing partnership. Avoid starting a new relationship at this time, because it can be characterized by these energies.
Venus semi-square Sun November 10-28. Irritations that seem to stem from others could be the reflection of our own inner uneasiness. Do your best to control yearnings for more and search for a creative solution for your inner dissatisfaction.
Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune November 12-13. Romantic confusion as well as relationship ups and downs. Self-deceptions may come to light now.
Venus trine Chiron November 18-19. A commitment-friendly transit. Love can heal old wounds. We are open to romantic feelings.
Venus square Mars November 19-20. Passions run high under this influence. Sexual tensions and competitiveness are possible, and there can be conflicts that arise from distinct differences between romantic and sexual needs. There is an air of competitiveness under this influence, which need not be difficult. It can be stimulating, creative, passionate, and invigorating.
The Moon is waning this week--a period that is generally considered unfavorable for new beginnings, with some exceptions. (See Best Time to Start a Business for more details).
A window of opportunity occurs this week from Friday, November 2nd, at approximately 12:30 PM until Saturday, November 3rd, at approximately 3:00 AM while the Moon is in Leo. Note that Mercury has just recently turned direct during this window (on November 1st), but is still moving slowly, so judgment is likely somewhat compromised for new initiatives.
Venus square Jupiter. Feelings of elation in love or with regards to the pleasures of life can lead us to overdo, overindulge, overspend, and overstate our feelings. Avoid hasty (or haughty!) decisions. We might take great strides to get noticed. Avoid impulsive buying. We may also feel lazy and we are inclined to procrastinate.
Venus quincunx Neptune. Under this influence, we are apt to see what we want to see, rather than what actually is, when it comes to both financial affairs and affairs of the heart. Still, we tend to doubt our perceptions of perfection. The end result is a feeling of insecurity on romantic and social levels. Avoid making large purchases and commitments at this time.
The Moon in Gemini generally favors the following activities: Mental and communicative actions, and more than one activity at once. Reading, learning, letters and emails, errands, writing, teaching, making connections, short trips.
Mars is officially out of "hibernation" mode in your privacy sector and is now in your sign. This makes you hard to ignore! You're wearing your passions on your sleeve, and you're getting a lot of attention. You're prouder than ever, and you're likely looking for instant gratification! The New Moon in Libra on October 11th launched a cycle for you in which your domestic life takes top billing. Making yourself feel comfortable and secure is paramount, and you have every chance to boost your feeling of stability and support during this cycle.
It's time to begin finishing up the details of that which was conceived at the last New Moon on October 11th.
retrograe mercury - All of these areas of life are affected when Mercury is functioning in a sluggish state. Decision-making is challenged during Mercury retrograde. Needless to say, it is not advised to sign contracts, engage in important decision-making, or launch a new business. Delays and challenges are more probable with Mercury retrograde. It's a time when being careless with money, our personal information, or paperwork can be costly.
There is a positive side to Mercury Retrograde. This period is best used for re-organizing and reflecting. We look at the world a little differently--through different filters--and can come up with some very important inner revelations. It may be difficult to communicate them under this influence, but not everything needs to be rationalized.
It is important to note that there is absolutely no reason to suspend projects or anything of the sort during the Mercury Retrograde cycle. It's not an ideal time to start new ones or to sign contracts, simply because a change of mind is very possible once Mercury turns direct. However, it's a fabulous time to do some "outside of the box" thinking. Acting on our ideas, however, might be best left for a Mercury Direct period.
Pay close attention to what you say and communicate in general, particularly around the days of Mercury's stations (October 11th and November 1st). If you are itching to argue with someone, especially, or if you are planning on "signing on the dotted line", try to hold off. It is likely that you will have a change of mind once the station passes, and you can do a lot of damage in the meantime.
This week: On Sunday and Monday, we could be dealing with exaggerated feelings and romantic disappointments due to inflated expectations. This is because of Jupiter and Neptune's influence on Venus. Take care not to overstate your feelings or to set up unrealistic expectations in your relationships. As well, take what your partner says with a grain of salt. There is no malicious intent involved, but feelings of elation can cloud our judgment, and we can promise more than we can deliver.
Venus square Jupiter October 28-29. We experience a strong desire for more pleasure in our lives, which can be excessive. Take care not to overstate your feelings or to set up unrealistic expectations in your partnerships. As well, take what your partner says with a grain of salt. There is no malicious intent involved, but feelings of elation can cloud our judgment, and we can promise more than we can deliver.
Venus quincunx Neptune October 28-29. Idealism and disappointments in love. Avoid becoming blinded by what you want to see, rather than what really is.
Venus sesquiquadrate Chiron November 4. Love cannot be forced. This is not a commitment-friendly transit, as we may feel alienated for no apparent reason and unwilling to give of ourselves.
Venus square Pluto November 5-6. Intense passions, but there's a hidden agenda. Jealousy and possessiveness are high, in direct proportion to fear of losing partnership. Avoid starting a new relationship at this time, because it can be characterized by these energies.
Venus semi-square Sun November 10-28. Irritations that seem to stem from others could be the reflection of our own inner uneasiness. Do your best to control yearnings for more and search for a creative solution for your inner dissatisfaction.
Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune November 12-13. Romantic confusion as well as relationship ups and downs. Self-deceptions may come to light now.
Venus trine Chiron November 18-19. A commitment-friendly transit. Love can heal old wounds. We are open to romantic feelings.
Venus square Mars November 19-20. Passions run high under this influence. Sexual tensions and competitiveness are possible, and there can be conflicts that arise from distinct differences between romantic and sexual needs. There is an air of competitiveness under this influence, which need not be difficult. It can be stimulating, creative, passionate, and invigorating.
The Moon is waning this week--a period that is generally considered unfavorable for new beginnings, with some exceptions. (See Best Time to Start a Business for more details).
A window of opportunity occurs this week from Friday, November 2nd, at approximately 12:30 PM until Saturday, November 3rd, at approximately 3:00 AM while the Moon is in Leo. Note that Mercury has just recently turned direct during this window (on November 1st), but is still moving slowly, so judgment is likely somewhat compromised for new initiatives.
Venus square Jupiter. Feelings of elation in love or with regards to the pleasures of life can lead us to overdo, overindulge, overspend, and overstate our feelings. Avoid hasty (or haughty!) decisions. We might take great strides to get noticed. Avoid impulsive buying. We may also feel lazy and we are inclined to procrastinate.
Venus quincunx Neptune. Under this influence, we are apt to see what we want to see, rather than what actually is, when it comes to both financial affairs and affairs of the heart. Still, we tend to doubt our perceptions of perfection. The end result is a feeling of insecurity on romantic and social levels. Avoid making large purchases and commitments at this time.
The Moon in Gemini generally favors the following activities: Mental and communicative actions, and more than one activity at once. Reading, learning, letters and emails, errands, writing, teaching, making connections, short trips.
Mars is officially out of "hibernation" mode in your privacy sector and is now in your sign. This makes you hard to ignore! You're wearing your passions on your sleeve, and you're getting a lot of attention. You're prouder than ever, and you're likely looking for instant gratification! The New Moon in Libra on October 11th launched a cycle for you in which your domestic life takes top billing. Making yourself feel comfortable and secure is paramount, and you have every chance to boost your feeling of stability and support during this cycle.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Meaning Of Life | It's not "42"!
Meaning Of Life | It's not "42"!
149. matthew 1:1. the verse mentions a series of numbers. Add them up and you get 42, thus the mystery of 42 solved. It's a joke reffering to a bible passage which translated simply tells the history of the royal bloodline.
149. matthew 1:1. the verse mentions a series of numbers. Add them up and you get 42, thus the mystery of 42 solved. It's a joke reffering to a bible passage which translated simply tells the history of the royal bloodline.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
e.e. cummings - i carry your heart
e.e. cummings - i carry your heart
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
e e cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
e e cummings
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Vedder, sans Pearl Jam - Los Angeles Times
Vedder, sans Pearl Jam - Los Angeles Times
Peter Tym / For The Times
Rustic, intimate and compact, the "Into the Wild" soundtrack is a marked departure from Pearl Jam's stadium-size rockVedder, sans Pearl Jam
Peter Tym / For The Times
Rustic, intimate and compact, the "Into the Wild" soundtrack is a marked departure from Pearl Jam's stadium-size rock
When Sean Penn asked for soundtrack help, the sparks ignited for the Pearl Jam frontman.
By Sam Adams, Special to The Times
September 18, 2007
TORONTO -- The soundtrack to Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" is Eddie Vedder's first solo album, but he can't take all the credit. True, he played most of the instruments, sings nearly every note and wrote nine of the album's 11 songs. But when he tries to remember where the songs came from, he draws a blank.
"I don't remember a damn thing about it," he says over coffee and cigarettes at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the film recently had its world premiere. "It just kind of flew out. It felt like other things were at work. Things came through, musically and lyrically, that I really didn't have to do too much work on. It felt more like just grabbing sparks around my head and putting them on the fire."
What began with Penn's request for a handful of songs to fit into his nearly complete film grew almost by accident into a brief but cohesive album that recapitulates the movie's journey in miniature.
"Into the Wild" is based on the true story of Chris McCandless, the young Virginia man who starved to death in the Alaska wilderness two years after giving his life savings to charity and severing all ties with his family. Although the Pearl Jam frontman more often retreats to the surf than the wilderness, he connected deeply with McCandless' prickly idealism. On "Long Nights," he channels McCandless' Thoreau-inspired desire to exile himself from the evils of the world, singing, "Have no fear, for when I'm alone, I'll be better off than I was before."
Vedder was struck early, and forcefully, by similarities between McCandless' life story and his own. When he was 18, McCandless discovered that his father, Walt, was already married when he married his mother and had fathered another child with his first wife after Chris' birth.
At 17, Vedder's nuclear family imploded when he learned that the man he had been raised to believe was his father was in fact his stepfather and that his real father had died several years earlier. (The revelation is recounted in "Alive," one of Pearl Jam's early singles.) Although he declines to revisit the past in detail, Vedder makes it clear that he drew on his own experience to inform McCandless' inner monologue. "I had things that I hated having gone through as a young adult that just happened to serve me very well for this job," he says.
When he began to record the music for "Into the Wild," Vedder assumed that his one-man-band versions would eventually be fleshed out. But the songs fell into place with so little time and effort that soliciting outside contributions seemed unnecessary, even counterproductive.
"I thought we'd call in real musicians at some point," he says. "But there's something about not having to explain the part to somebody, not just the part but the direction, the meaning, the soul of whatever the song was. You'd just grab the bass and do it."
Rustic, intimate and compact, the "Into the Wild" soundtrack is a marked departure from Pearl Jam's stadium-size rock, embellished with banjo, mandolin and pump organ, a sound inspired by the movie's outdoor settings. But despite its sparseness, the album has room for intricate textures, like the chiming 12-string guitar of "Setting Forth" and the tribal thwack of the drums on "Hard Sun," which also features Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker on harmony vocals. Vedder drew inspiration from Pete Townshend's oft-bootlegged demos for "Who's Next," which he listened to obsessively as a teenager.
When lead singers start releasing solo albums, the rest of the band traditionally starts double-checking their retirement plans. But Vedder points out that he is the last of Pearl Jam's five members to release his own record. "I was the holdout," he says. "We've been a group for a long time, and we will continue to be so, I hope, for a really long time."
But with Pearl Jam lying dormant while two members care for newborn daughters, Vedder is mulling the possibility of playing a few shows on his own, preferably at venues more intimate than the band's usual arenas. "If you surf 50-foot waves all the time, you can't try too many new things, because 50-foot waves are kind of life and death," he says. "Playing big shows is like that. So you want to take on some smaller waves to rework or refine what you do, and then take it back to the big surf."
Peter Tym / For The Times
Rustic, intimate and compact, the "Into the Wild" soundtrack is a marked departure from Pearl Jam's stadium-size rockVedder, sans Pearl Jam
Peter Tym / For The Times
Rustic, intimate and compact, the "Into the Wild" soundtrack is a marked departure from Pearl Jam's stadium-size rock
When Sean Penn asked for soundtrack help, the sparks ignited for the Pearl Jam frontman.
By Sam Adams, Special to The Times
September 18, 2007
TORONTO -- The soundtrack to Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" is Eddie Vedder's first solo album, but he can't take all the credit. True, he played most of the instruments, sings nearly every note and wrote nine of the album's 11 songs. But when he tries to remember where the songs came from, he draws a blank.
"I don't remember a damn thing about it," he says over coffee and cigarettes at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the film recently had its world premiere. "It just kind of flew out. It felt like other things were at work. Things came through, musically and lyrically, that I really didn't have to do too much work on. It felt more like just grabbing sparks around my head and putting them on the fire."
What began with Penn's request for a handful of songs to fit into his nearly complete film grew almost by accident into a brief but cohesive album that recapitulates the movie's journey in miniature.
"Into the Wild" is based on the true story of Chris McCandless, the young Virginia man who starved to death in the Alaska wilderness two years after giving his life savings to charity and severing all ties with his family. Although the Pearl Jam frontman more often retreats to the surf than the wilderness, he connected deeply with McCandless' prickly idealism. On "Long Nights," he channels McCandless' Thoreau-inspired desire to exile himself from the evils of the world, singing, "Have no fear, for when I'm alone, I'll be better off than I was before."
Vedder was struck early, and forcefully, by similarities between McCandless' life story and his own. When he was 18, McCandless discovered that his father, Walt, was already married when he married his mother and had fathered another child with his first wife after Chris' birth.
At 17, Vedder's nuclear family imploded when he learned that the man he had been raised to believe was his father was in fact his stepfather and that his real father had died several years earlier. (The revelation is recounted in "Alive," one of Pearl Jam's early singles.) Although he declines to revisit the past in detail, Vedder makes it clear that he drew on his own experience to inform McCandless' inner monologue. "I had things that I hated having gone through as a young adult that just happened to serve me very well for this job," he says.
When he began to record the music for "Into the Wild," Vedder assumed that his one-man-band versions would eventually be fleshed out. But the songs fell into place with so little time and effort that soliciting outside contributions seemed unnecessary, even counterproductive.
"I thought we'd call in real musicians at some point," he says. "But there's something about not having to explain the part to somebody, not just the part but the direction, the meaning, the soul of whatever the song was. You'd just grab the bass and do it."
Rustic, intimate and compact, the "Into the Wild" soundtrack is a marked departure from Pearl Jam's stadium-size rock, embellished with banjo, mandolin and pump organ, a sound inspired by the movie's outdoor settings. But despite its sparseness, the album has room for intricate textures, like the chiming 12-string guitar of "Setting Forth" and the tribal thwack of the drums on "Hard Sun," which also features Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker on harmony vocals. Vedder drew inspiration from Pete Townshend's oft-bootlegged demos for "Who's Next," which he listened to obsessively as a teenager.
When lead singers start releasing solo albums, the rest of the band traditionally starts double-checking their retirement plans. But Vedder points out that he is the last of Pearl Jam's five members to release his own record. "I was the holdout," he says. "We've been a group for a long time, and we will continue to be so, I hope, for a really long time."
But with Pearl Jam lying dormant while two members care for newborn daughters, Vedder is mulling the possibility of playing a few shows on his own, preferably at venues more intimate than the band's usual arenas. "If you surf 50-foot waves all the time, you can't try too many new things, because 50-foot waves are kind of life and death," he says. "Playing big shows is like that. So you want to take on some smaller waves to rework or refine what you do, and then take it back to the big surf."
Friday, September 14, 2007
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Core77's Hack-2-School Guide: Classroom
Core77's Hack-2-School Guide: Classroom
Make Your Product Shots Look Awesome Tip #2: The 3 Essential Photoshop Tricks
Threre are more Photoshop tutorials out there than you can throw a lasso at, but for our money, there are three Photoshop tricks that will turn your dull, generic digital photo from drab to fab (and the first one's not even a trick.)
STEP 1: CROP TIGHTER
There is nothing more boring than a picture of a design in the middle of a gray background. Don't do that. Instead, consider a tighter crop of the object, maybe bleeding it off the edge of the frame.
STEP 2: USE THE SHADOW/HIGHLIGHT FILTER
Many people go up to the "Image" menu in Photoshop and try to optimize using the "Brightness/Contrast" and "Hue/Saturation" tools. But for our money, the most startlingly useful—and underused—filter is the "Shadow/Highlight" filter. Set it at 25 and hit OK. Then do it again and see if it's even better. If not, back it off with undo. Easy.
STEP 3: TRIM THE ENDS IN LEVELS
There is an encyclopedia to be written about how to master Levels, but a quick way to get big results is to simply "trim the ends" on the histogram. If you've got flat lines on the left and right, move the two outer arrows in toward the center. The darks will get richer, the lights will get brighter, and it will take you about 2 seconds. Play with the middle arrow if you like, but really, you could save-for-web right about now.
Make Your Product Shots Look Awesome Tip #2: The 3 Essential Photoshop Tricks
Threre are more Photoshop tutorials out there than you can throw a lasso at, but for our money, there are three Photoshop tricks that will turn your dull, generic digital photo from drab to fab (and the first one's not even a trick.)
STEP 1: CROP TIGHTER
There is nothing more boring than a picture of a design in the middle of a gray background. Don't do that. Instead, consider a tighter crop of the object, maybe bleeding it off the edge of the frame.
STEP 2: USE THE SHADOW/HIGHLIGHT FILTER
Many people go up to the "Image" menu in Photoshop and try to optimize using the "Brightness/Contrast" and "Hue/Saturation" tools. But for our money, the most startlingly useful—and underused—filter is the "Shadow/Highlight" filter. Set it at 25 and hit OK. Then do it again and see if it's even better. If not, back it off with undo. Easy.
STEP 3: TRIM THE ENDS IN LEVELS
There is an encyclopedia to be written about how to master Levels, but a quick way to get big results is to simply "trim the ends" on the histogram. If you've got flat lines on the left and right, move the two outer arrows in toward the center. The darks will get richer, the lights will get brighter, and it will take you about 2 seconds. Play with the middle arrow if you like, but really, you could save-for-web right about now.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Why Did Artists Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake Commit Suicide? - A Chronicle of Their Descent Into Madness -- New York Magazine
Natal Chart Report
Natal Chart Report
Natal Chart Report
What follows is your personal natal chart information, as well as interpretations of the positions and aspects in your chart.
With this report, you will find out the positions of the planets in your natal chart by sign. The most personal of these are the Sun sign, Moon sign, Mercury sign, Venus sign, and Mars sign. Most people already know their Sun sign. If your time of birth is known, you will also find out your Ascendant, or rising sign, as well as the positions of the planets in the houses of your chart. Aspects between the planets are also listed and interpreted.
Each paragraph of interpretation refers to an individual position in your chart. All of these positions and aspects are some of the "parts" that make up a "whole"--you! Some of these interpretations will be contradictory, just as people are contradictory. A person can be downright timid in love, and that same person can be aggressive in business. Not only that, we evolve and grow throughout our lives, facing challenges that help us to handle our positions and aspects in a different way. We all have choices, and one of the largest benefits of astrology is the ability to understand ourselves better so that we can work with our natal charts rather than against them. Any computerized report that interprets the individual placements in a natal chart is somewhat disjointed, simply because the different parts that make up the whole are not synthesized.
Some of the interpretations that follow are detailed, while others are brief. You can do some further reading about different positions (such as Moon in Libra, Saturn in the 10th house, Moon conjunct Mercury) in your chart by exploring our own site, other astrology sites, and by reading astrology books.
The tables here show the technical details of your natal chart, personalized based on your birth data. Below the tables is your free birth chart report.
Christine Sex F
Philadelphia, PA 42 United States 06/26/1978 00:26 - Julian day 2443685.68
Adjust 4.00 ST 17.41 Lat 39.57 Long 75.10
Planet Positions, Ascendant, & Houses
The following table shows the position of the planets in your chart, by sign and degree. On the right, you will find the sign of your Ascendant and the signs on the cusp of each house in your natal chart. The Roman Numerals refer to the houses, where the Ascendant is also the first house and the Midheaven is also the tenth house. For example, if the sign Taurus is next to Mars, you know your Mars is in Taurus. If the sign Libra is next to Venus, you know your Venus is in Libra. If Cancer is next to Ascendant, you have a Cancer Ascendant, and if Leo is next to II, Leo is on your 2nd house.
Zodiac in degrees 0.00 Placidus Orb:0
Sun Cancer 4.14 Ascendant Pisces 21.56
Moon Pisces 17.50 II Taurus 5.00
Mercury Cancer 17.41 III Gemini 3.25
Venus Leo 11.38 IV Gemini 25.40
Mars Virgo 6.43 V Cancer 17.13
Jupiter Cancer 14.37 VI Leo 13.08
Saturn Leo 26.46 VII Virgo 21.56
Uranus Scorpio 12.35 R VIII Scorpio 5.00
Neptune Sagittarius 16.28 R IX Sagittarius 3.25
Pluto Libra 13.56 Midheaven Sagittarius 25.40
Lilith Cancer 17.48 XI Capricorn 17.13
Asc node Libra 1.05 XII Aquarius 13.08
Aspects
The following table shows the planetary aspects in your natal chart. Short interpretations are found below.
Planet Aspect Planet Orb/Value
Sun Sextile Mars 2.30 120
Sun Opposition Midheaven 8.34 -10
Moon Trine Mercury 0.10 167
Moon Trine Jupiter 3.13 109
Moon Trine Uranus 5.16 41
Moon Square Neptune 1.22 -85
Moon Conjunction Ascendant 4.06 212
Mercury Conjunction Jupiter 3.03 470
Mercury Trine Uranus 5.06 40
Mercury Square Pluto 3.45 -34
Mercury Trine Ascendant 4.16 37
Venus Square Uranus 0.56 -84
Venus Trine Neptune 4.50 36
Venus Sextile Pluto 2.17 68
Mars Conjunction Saturn 9.57 0
Jupiter Trine Uranus 2.03 77
Jupiter Square Pluto 0.42 -69
Jupiter Trine Ascendant 7.19 6
Saturn Trine Midheaven 1.06 24
Neptune Sextile Pluto 2.32 22
Neptune Square Ascendant 5.28 -2
Neptune Conjunction Midheaven 9.12 6
1435 -284 1151
Asteroids & Chiron
The following table shows the positions of the four major asteroids and Chiron. These points are not as commonly used by astrologers, but are presented here for those interested in knowing where the asteroids are positioned in their birth chart.
Chiron Taurus 8.47
Ceres Capricorn 20.09 R
Pallas Sagittarius 7.04 R
Juno Aquarius 8.11 R
Vesta Sagittarius 14.06 R
Fortune Aries 0.00
South node Aries 0.00
Natal Chart Report
Birth Chart
This birth chart report shows the positions of the planets for Christine .
The Sun represents vitality, a sense of individuality and outward-shining creative energy.
Sun in Cancer
Sun in Cancer natives have a strong survival instinct. They are protective of those they care about, and of themselves too. They are often quite reticent about sharing their inner selves to the rest of the world, and are often caught up in reminisce. Cancers have a reputation for moodiness, although this trait is most evident when the Moon is in Cancer. Cancer needs roots. They resist change to an extent, and concern themselves about being secure and safe in most everything they do. Cancers can be quite intrigued by objects with history attached to them — antiques, photos, souvenirs, and the like.
Cancer is a very sensitive sign, and they don't always appreciate it when you are blunt with them. Their reactions to hurt will depend on how thick a shell they have developed. Most Cancers react by withdrawing or retreating. Some have developed an ability to manipulate others to get what they want. They avoid direct confrontations almost as a rule. Cancers are, in fact, quite yielding and soft when you have them in the right mood. They are one of the more hospitable signs of the zodiac. Sure, they can be touchy and indirect, but they are also very dependable, caring souls.
Short description:
She weighs words carefully and is tenacious. A calm and discreet nature, tender, thoughtful, sensitive and impressionable.
Weaknesses: She is humble, timid, changeable, indecisive, lazy, over-sensitive. Easily influenced by the family and sometimes manipulative.
Cancer ascendant Pisces
Sun in IV
You invest much of your pride and energy into your personal and private life, your home, and your family. Privacy is important to you. You are naturally protective of your family, including your heritage, and of your personal life. Avoid being defensive as you work to build a secure foundation for yourself and the people you love.
120 Sextile Sun - Mars
You are enterprising and have powerful stores of energy that you can draw upon when needed. You respond to problems or challenges with a spirited and enthusiastic confidence that is admirable. You are naturally competitive, and this trait is generally well-received by others simply because it is unforced, unaffected, and sincere. You truly believe in fair play, and you seem to be in love with life. When you are expressing competitiveness and courage, it's easy for others to smile and accept these traits as positive ones rather than being rubbed the wrong way. You have good physical vitality. Although competitive, you are not naturally combative. You may enjoy sports or games that are competitive, but not violent. Breaking the rules of a competitive game is particularly upsetting to you. You are more able than most to control your desires, aggressions, and instincts. You know how to be fair, and you expect others to be fair. As such, sneaky behaviors, uncontrolled impulses, violence, and rage are offensive to you.
-10 Opposition Sun - Midheaven
She struggles with finding a career that suits the personality. She does not face up to problems and her plans are often difficult or even impossible for her to realize.
The Moon represents the emotional responses, unconscious pre-destination, and the self-image.
Moon in Pisces
Lunar Pisceans are known to be dreamy and not always in touch with reality. However, though these people may not always show real-world savvy in day-to-day, practical affairs, they make up for this with remarkable intuition. They can put themselves in anybody's shoes with extreme ease. On the plus side, this endows them with remarkable compassion and love. The down side with this apparent ability to break down boundaries is that these people can easily lose themselves in the suffering of others. Their sense of humor is delightfully silly and a bit odd. These are perceptive souls who seem to be in touch with all the nuances and subtleties of human nature. Often this comes through in a strong sense of humor that is more of the receptive kind than the type of sense of humor that would make people the "life of the party". It's generally pretty easy to get them giggling.
Moon in Pisces people may get tagged as spaced out, but there's a lot more to them than meets the eye. They feel things out, and rely on their intuition. It just doesn't feel right for them to do otherwise. Their dreaminess can mean plenty of moments of absent-mindedness. These times of oblivion can land them in all sorts of predicaments with others who can too easily misunderstand these complex souls. Without plenty of space and time to daydream, Pisces Moons easily get overloaded with life. Give them room to be alone with themselves, and they're generally able to take on the world—even if their style when they do so is not always conventional or understandable. Generally considered soft-hearted and sweet, Lunar Pisceans care about others and are easily touched by human suffering. This tendency gains them the reputation as suckers for sob stories. Although this may sometimes be true, many Lunar Pisceans learn, in their lifetimes, how to discern between sincerity and manipulation. Still, they definitely do have plenty of soft corners.
In personal relationships, Lunar Pisceans are giving and yielding. They are generally open on a sexual level, in a quiet way. Their fantasies can be far-reaching, intricate, and rich with emotion. Love is closely tied in with their sexuality. Most Lunar Pisceans are shy; they need a trustworthy lover to bring them out. There's a delightful accepting side to Moon in Pisces that is sometimes mistaken for weakness. Pisces is the twelfth and last sign of the zodiac, and thus carries with it a little of each sign of the zodiac. As a result, they see themselves reflected in the behavior of others, giving them seemingly boundless compassion. Since the Moon represents our instinctive nature, Moon in Pisces seems to know how things feel without actual experience. For example, they may have never had sex, but seem to know all about it — even, or especially, the subtleties of it. The ones that aren't too shy make awesome actors and actresses. This ability to empathize even in the absence of experience gives them an open mind and heart. Most long to express this through writing, music (both listening and making), poetry, and art — in fact, the happiest people with this position do just that. Though some are doormats, most Pisces Moon people instinctively know when they're due for a much-needed recharge. It's at these times that they retreat from the world (and its harsh realities) if only to gather strength to face everything and everyone again. Solitude is important to them, but they also need people, so their retreats will usually be short-lived. Pisces Moon individuals believe; and, let's face it, the world needs Piscean leaps of faith.
Short description:
Imaginative, sharp insights. She is impressionable, with an abundant imagination. Gentle, warm, humorous, artistic.
Weaknesses: troubles caused by too much sentimentality, worries, problems, unhealthy imagination, nervousness.
Moon in XII
Curious and inquisitorial nature. She likes peace and quiet, being alone.
167 Trine Moon - Mercury
You can be quite expressive and animated in your speech. You have an outstanding memory and tend to pick up a lot of information from your environment. You love to chat and to exchange ideas. Even if you are shy, once you're friends, you love to talk about pretty much anything under the sun, and you enjoy sharing stories from your past! For the most part, you are focused on day-to-day activities in your communications rather than on grander philosophies. You are naturally curious and interested, and others find you very easy to talk to. You are accommodating and curious, but you are not as well equipped to handle heavy emotional demands. You thrive on change and variety. You might be a little addicted to gossip! More probably, however, you are simply very curious about others. There is a twinkle in your eyes, and you are never short on humor. You are playful and versatile--you make a fun companion and an interesting friend. You listen! Yes, you do talk and occasionally interrupt in your excitement, but you are a curious person who does want to hear what others have to say, and that is a real pleasure. In fact, you are more able than most people to get others talking, simply because you are very receptive and sympathetic. You pick up others' feelings and body language readily.
109 Trine Moon - Jupiter
She is generally pleasantly composed, due to an inner sense of harmony and emotional balance. She is optimistic--and realistically so, most of the time--which contributes to her overall "luck". She is able to get a real perspective on emotional matters that not only benefits her outlook, she is able to offer support to others when needed. Broad-mindedness is a wonderful characteristic. Quick to find humor in situations, she is generally warm and fun to be around. Deep down, she believes in the basic goodness of people and of life in general, and this basic and natural attitude helps her to attract positive circumstances and to make good connections. One of her best qualities is tolerance. Usually, she doesn't take life too seriously in the sense that she believes in having a bit of fun. her hunches are more often than not bang-on.
She is frank, honest, optimistic and generous. She likes good cooking, her comforts. Her friendships are sincere. She is a worker and knows how to surround herself with the right people: she is appreciated at work.
41 Trine Moon - Uranus
She is imaginative and has the Moon's intuition complemented by Uranus' independence and originality. Her life is out-of-the-ordinary, with lots of changes and a great knowledge of the world not through reading but through personal experience. She likes the sensational, new things. She acts instinctively, but fortunately has a good sixth sense. She likes to be surrounded by original people, artists.
-85 Square Moon - Neptune
She lacks firmness, and can be a sucker for a sob story! She likes to live in a dream, in the world of imagination, and can hope so much that reality checks can be brutal.
212 Conjunction Moon - Ascendant
She has a good influence on the family, which loves and helps the person. She likes travelling, movement, change. She likes contact and is open to other people.
Mercury represents communication, Cartesian and logical spirit.
Mercury in Cancer
She communicates with feeling, endearing others with words. She is reflective and has one of the best memories around. She feels people out and is quick to pick up emotions and moods. She is discerning and is full of insight, is lucid, and thinks things through. She likes to please and to create a good impression. There can be a strong tendency to be influenced by those around her.
Mercury in V
Taste for intellectual games, sports that require skill and finesse. She is very curious about everything, even in love. She likes children.
470 Conjunction Mercury - Jupiter
She is intelligent, has big ideas: she is tolerant and has a strong sense of justice. She has good judgement, good sense and has her feet on the ground. She has the "gift of the gab", and likes to speak, she also likes literature. She is erudite and will normally be successful socially.
40 Trine Mercury - Uranus
She is perspicacious, ingenious: she binds intelligence and originality together with genius. She likes literature, especially fiction. She is spontaneous in her friendships and knows how to take advantage of the situations that arise.
-34 Square Mercury - Pluto
She is impatient. She likes contradiction and is irascible. Her arguments are noisy and animated.
37 Trine Mercury - Ascendant
She is intelligent, with quick and lively reflexes. She is preoccupied by her circle, likes to exchange ideas with her friends, but also with strangers. Of an open nature, she goes out to others.
Venus represents an interest for emotions and values, exchange and sharing with others.
Venus in Leo
When Venus in Leo people are in love, they are proud, even boastful. This position of Venus can turn humble Virgo Suns or retiring Cancer Suns into somewhat demanding lovers. Venus in Leo loves to court and be courted, and they need to feel very special. They are warm, generous, and even grand. Though really quite loyal to their partners (remember that love is THE most important thing in Leo's life), they thrive on attention from the opposite sex. Be prepared for their displays: they will tell you about any advances members of the opposite sex make on them. Remember, they're just showing off to you, and it's likely harmless. It's a different story if you do the same, however. That's when you'll hear the lion roar...and, no doubt, you'll want to keep these cats purring. Venus in Leo wants to appear experienced in love, even if they have little or no experience whatsoever!
Venus in Leo men and women have high expectations, but once you know that these expectations revolve only around how much attention you are giving them, you'll see that they are really quite big-hearted about most everything else. They are threatened by a relationship that appears to have settled too much, or one that's lost its spark. They are also threatened by indifferent or impersonal behavior on your part. Although their needs for physical expression through sex are generally quite strong, their need for love is perhaps even stronger. It is hard for Venus in Leo people to separate love and sex, and even their most erotic fantasies are infused with love and affection. For this reason, few Venus in Leo folk would last long in a relationship that is mostly sexual. On the flip side, they may last longer in a love-only relationship in the absence of satisfying sex, but they are unlikely to feel very satisfied.
Pleasing Venus in Leo involves paying loads of attention to them. If you're willing to make only one adjustment in your ways, it should be to remind Leo how wonderful they are. Respect and appreciate them, always. Put up with their childlike moments and their tall tales. They want to be seen as attractive by you, so avoid (at all costs!) putting them down in this area. They actually lose interest when they perceive the slightest loss of interest in their partner, and you can expect that any letdown will be acted out in a dramatic fashion. Remind them, in a gentle way, that your emotions count too. If you are feeling a little jealous, let them know. Remember, to Venus in Leo, your small jealousies are affirmations that you find them attractive and expect the rest of the world to as well. Let them decide where to go on a date, and let them pay too. When Venus in Leo feels loved and appreciated, they reward you with loyalty, a big sense of fun, and plenty of physical expressions of their love.
Short description:
Sincere, frank and warm affections. She is full of tenderness. High hopes in love. She likes to live and satisfy her passions to the fullest. Can be possessive and might even seduce for the sake of seducing to prove to herself that she is attractive. Very proud in love, and warm-hearted and generous with loved ones.
Venus in V
She wants to succeed in love-life. She meets pleasant people and has very good friends, always without conflict. She likes amusements, parties. She has lots of children.
-84 Square Venus - Uranus
She looks for new sensations in love and is often unsatisfied by affairs which quickly turn into purely conventional relationships. She likes novelty, adventure, the eccentric: she is frivolous, unstable, unfaithful. Marriage is not for her and, if she does throw herself into this adventure, it will end in divorce, written off as a youthful mistake. As a result of her numerous love affairs, she makes sure her line is continued.
36 Trine Venus - Neptune
Her professional life is unstable. She has a taste for the Arts, is a dreamer, is easily influenced and romantic. She is emotional and very sensitive.
68 Sextile Venus - Pluto
Her emotional and sex life is powerful and rich. She lives out truly passionate love affairs.
Mars represents the desire for action and physical energy.
Mars in Virgo
These productive and busy people are goal-oriented, practical people. Although they can be a little scattered at times, simply because they are doing so many things at any give time, Mars in Virgo natives get things done—quite well! They have a knack for handling a wide variety of tasks at once, and a tendency to take on perhaps too much at the same time. Most Mars in Virgo natives are not particularly aggressive by nature. Although they can be a little hard-nosed and critical at times, they rarely resort to pushing others around. Still, an annoyed Mars in Virgo native can be difficult to be around! Arouse their anger and they turn into complaining, over-critical nags. Generally, these natives don't make themselves nuisances, so this stage is unlikely to last for very long. It is a sensitive position, however. It doesn't take much to make these people nervous.
Mars in Virgo people are quite protective about their "system" for getting things done. Although rather humble in a general life sense, they can be quite particular about their methods—how they organize and accomplish their goals, mostly with work. Theirs is a nervous energy. Although they have some staying power, they can be restless and are not given to sticking with the same projects for too long. These natives derive plenty of energy and life force from the things they do—their work, hobbies, and any kind of projects they take on. An idle Mars in Virgo native is a sorry sight, indeed. Fidgety, nervous, worried...all of these things are a sure sign that Mars in Virgo people have either too little to do, or far too much on their plates. There is a perfectionist at the heart of all people with this position. They'll be the first to deny this, but it's there! They worry when they are not producing anything, and they worry about whether what they've produced will measure up.
An earthy and sometimes nervous sexuality generally characterizes people with this position of Mars. In a sense, their performance in bed is similar to their work. These people want to be good at what they do. They will generally be open to experimentation, if only to feed their curiosity and to feel savvy. There's often a shy and humble side to Mars in Virgo in any area that involves putting themselves out there and letting go (areas ruled by Mars). But experience and knowledge are important to these natives, and this drive generally wins over their natural reticence.
Mars in VI
She works with great pleasure and flat out but meets with problems at work, where professional rivalry blocks her ideas and enjoyment.
0 Conjunction Mars - Saturn
She is energetic and determined. She has strength and resistance, ability and patience: she is tough, and sometimes insensitive, and puts all her energy and talents into overcoming all the obstacles to her success. She is obstinate, calculating, does not take on anything without having thought of all the possible consequences, she can take all the time in the world and never loses patience to achieve her objectives. She is not particularly popular in her circle, but is feared and respected.
Jupiter represents expansion and grace.
Jupiter in Cancer
She attracts the most good fortune when she is sympathetic, charitable, uses her powers to save and accumulate, and comforts others. Real estate and the food industry can be prosperous avenues.
Jupiter in IV
She likes and believes in justice. She is an optimist and is generous. Professional success is rapid and helped by the family. Family life is very important for her. She likes comfort, well-being at home. She knows how to entertain in style and above all with pleasure: her house is always open to friends.
77 Trine Jupiter - Uranus
She knows what's going on at a glance. She thirsts after knowledge, and is a good organizer. She is very independent, likes her freedom of action, is a non-conformist. She is very agreeable company and is always in demand.
-69 Square Jupiter - Pluto
She tends to exploit others, and has a doubtful honesty.
6 Trine Jupiter - Ascendant
She likes meeting friends, around a good meal and in a cordial atmosphere. She is pleasant, jovial and engaging.
Saturn represents contraction and effort.
Saturn in Leo
In a position of authority, she likes responsibilities and assumes them. She receives favours from patrons, who recognize her merits or similarly receives honors in return for well-accomplished tasks.
Weaknesses: abuse of power, little feeling in the workplace.
Saturn in VI
She is a worker, very steady in all she does. She likes precision, method. She is serious and likes continuity at work. She can focus on a job in the medical field, where she will probably be successful, as she possesses all the necessary qualities.
24 Trine Saturn - Midheaven
She is ambitious, but in a calculated, well-balanced way. She perseveres, is serious, orderly. She climbs the ladder slowly but surely: if need be, she is willing to change her ideas. She is wise and experienced.
Uranus represents individual liberty, egoistic liberty.
Uranus in Scorpio
Intelligent and subtle. Adores research, inquiry, investigation. Very sensual.
Uranus in VIII
She is interested in antiquity, archaeology, history. Her financial situation has its highs and lows, which an inheritance can help out.
Neptune represents transcendental liberty, non-egoistic liberty.
Neptune in Sagittarius
Likes long voyages, things foreign, water.
Neptune in IX
Interest in art, has high ideals and a great attraction to exotic ideas and to the sea. Big dreams.
22 Sextile Neptune - Pluto
-2 Square Neptune - Ascendant
She is very easily influenced and fragile. She suffers disappointments.
6 Conjunction Neptune - Midheaven
Her plans lack realism and are therefore often unattainable.
Pluto represents transformations, mutations and elimination.
Pluto in Libra
Looks for new ways to relate to others.
House I is the area of self identity. The ascendant is a symbol of how one acts in life. It is the image of the personality as seen by others, and the attitude that one has towards life.
Cancer ascendant Pisces
Ascendant in Pisces
"Go with the flow" seems to be a Pisces rising motto. They move about the world in a vaguely directionless, gentle manner. They come across as artists and lovers of peace; but their open minds and hearts can give them a chameleon-like persona. Others are not always sure who they'll meet from one day to the next with a Pisces rising person. Although often quiet and shy, another day may find them talkative and passionate. They are hugely impressionable, have a dreamy disposition, and project a soft-hearted personality. Pisces rising sees the world the way they want to see it at any given time, so objectivity is not necessarily a strong point. Neither is decision-making! People with Pisces rising resist any kind of labeling--their characters are changeable, and they don't want to be pinned down or pegged in any way. Theirs is a restless, searching nature that cannot be happy with any one way of living or being. Pisces rising avoids cold, hard facts and harsh realities like the plague. They don't have a decisive plan for tomorrow or even today, preferring to keep things open. Since they change their minds frequently enough, and like to "feel" their way through life, too much organization or structure can be seen as very limiting.
Pisces rising people walk around with their heads in the clouds, and even when you do have their attention, their dreaminess is almost always apparent. These people look for a stable partnership--one that is reliable. Pisces rising people gravitate to partners who keep them on their toes, and they often will pass off the little details and reality checks to their significant other. They seem to need a practical, realistic partner. Pisces Ascendants often have a sensitivity to drugs, and sometimes are prone to allergies that come and go. Their physical constitutions seem to be less resistant than most. Pisces rising people often possess an irresistible charm that comes on in a quiet way, with a soft aura about them. Both their appearance and mannerisms are usually quite intriguing to others.
House II is the area of material security and values. It rules money and personal finances, sense of self-worth and basic values, personal possessions.
House II in Taurus
Financially usually comfortable, but there can be a tendency to splurge on luxury items. However, she is unlikely to go wanting. The house where Venus is placed can show areas where money can be made. Holds on to things. Sentimental about personal possessions.
House III is the area of social and intellectual learning.
House III in Gemini
She adapts well to any kind of change, and enthusiastically. She doesn't like monotony. Early family life was busy, and usually this position suggests a number of siblings. Work in communications or the media is possible. Writing talent is also probable. Reads and thinks a lot, but is not very focused. Has a lot of projects going at once.
House IV is the area of home, family, roots, and deep emotions/sense of self-worth.
House IV in Gemini
Impossible to stay in one place, frequently changes home. If the job is monotonous, she will often change firm. The ideal profession would be one offering a lot of change, moving around, meeting lots of new people. An equally erratic love life is to be expected.
House V is the area of creative self-expression, romance, entertainment, children, and gambling.
House V in Cancer
She will often be in love, up until the day she meets the chosen one. She is not a gambler, by any means. Is safe in a casino. Takes great pleasure in home life. Hobbies may be cooking, sewing, and other Cancer-related pastimes. Very affectionate lover, but private and sensitive.
House VI is the area of learning by material transaction.
House VI in Leo
Ability to command, authority at work. Weak point: the heart and arteries.
House VII is the area of one-to-one relationships such as marriage and partnership, and of social and intellectual action.
House VII in Virgo
Marriage more of the head than the heart, which will last in spite of a few hiccups. The spouse is honest, hard-working, intelligent and cunning.
House VIII is the area of emotional security and of security of the soul.
House VIII in Scorpio
Lots of vivacity and hastiness put life in danger too often, and one of these times could be too much.
House IX is the area of learning that shapes the identity.
House IX in Sagittarius
Long voyages abroad. Might settle permanently in a foreign country. Intellectual work, mathematical mind.
House X is the area of material action. The Mid-heaven represents the work one will do in his life, the place one will take in the world of society. It becomes more important as one grows older
House X in Sagittarius
Job involving travel, especially abroad, and if possible with some risk attached. One of the professions.
House XI is the area of search for social and intellectual security.
House XI in Capricorn
Stable friendships with composed, wise people, from whose experience of life she can profit in her own life.
House XII is the area of education and of emotion.
House XII in Aquarius
Friends can bring quite a lot of problems.
Your Personal Natal Chart
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Natal Chart Report
What follows is your personal natal chart information, as well as interpretations of the positions and aspects in your chart.
With this report, you will find out the positions of the planets in your natal chart by sign. The most personal of these are the Sun sign, Moon sign, Mercury sign, Venus sign, and Mars sign. Most people already know their Sun sign. If your time of birth is known, you will also find out your Ascendant, or rising sign, as well as the positions of the planets in the houses of your chart. Aspects between the planets are also listed and interpreted.
Each paragraph of interpretation refers to an individual position in your chart. All of these positions and aspects are some of the "parts" that make up a "whole"--you! Some of these interpretations will be contradictory, just as people are contradictory. A person can be downright timid in love, and that same person can be aggressive in business. Not only that, we evolve and grow throughout our lives, facing challenges that help us to handle our positions and aspects in a different way. We all have choices, and one of the largest benefits of astrology is the ability to understand ourselves better so that we can work with our natal charts rather than against them. Any computerized report that interprets the individual placements in a natal chart is somewhat disjointed, simply because the different parts that make up the whole are not synthesized.
Some of the interpretations that follow are detailed, while others are brief. You can do some further reading about different positions (such as Moon in Libra, Saturn in the 10th house, Moon conjunct Mercury) in your chart by exploring our own site, other astrology sites, and by reading astrology books.
The tables here show the technical details of your natal chart, personalized based on your birth data. Below the tables is your free birth chart report.
Christine Sex F
Philadelphia, PA 42 United States 06/26/1978 00:26 - Julian day 2443685.68
Adjust 4.00 ST 17.41 Lat 39.57 Long 75.10
Planet Positions, Ascendant, & Houses
The following table shows the position of the planets in your chart, by sign and degree. On the right, you will find the sign of your Ascendant and the signs on the cusp of each house in your natal chart. The Roman Numerals refer to the houses, where the Ascendant is also the first house and the Midheaven is also the tenth house. For example, if the sign Taurus is next to Mars, you know your Mars is in Taurus. If the sign Libra is next to Venus, you know your Venus is in Libra. If Cancer is next to Ascendant, you have a Cancer Ascendant, and if Leo is next to II, Leo is on your 2nd house.
Zodiac in degrees 0.00 Placidus Orb:0
Sun Cancer 4.14 Ascendant Pisces 21.56
Moon Pisces 17.50 II Taurus 5.00
Mercury Cancer 17.41 III Gemini 3.25
Venus Leo 11.38 IV Gemini 25.40
Mars Virgo 6.43 V Cancer 17.13
Jupiter Cancer 14.37 VI Leo 13.08
Saturn Leo 26.46 VII Virgo 21.56
Uranus Scorpio 12.35 R VIII Scorpio 5.00
Neptune Sagittarius 16.28 R IX Sagittarius 3.25
Pluto Libra 13.56 Midheaven Sagittarius 25.40
Lilith Cancer 17.48 XI Capricorn 17.13
Asc node Libra 1.05 XII Aquarius 13.08
Aspects
The following table shows the planetary aspects in your natal chart. Short interpretations are found below.
Planet Aspect Planet Orb/Value
Sun Sextile Mars 2.30 120
Sun Opposition Midheaven 8.34 -10
Moon Trine Mercury 0.10 167
Moon Trine Jupiter 3.13 109
Moon Trine Uranus 5.16 41
Moon Square Neptune 1.22 -85
Moon Conjunction Ascendant 4.06 212
Mercury Conjunction Jupiter 3.03 470
Mercury Trine Uranus 5.06 40
Mercury Square Pluto 3.45 -34
Mercury Trine Ascendant 4.16 37
Venus Square Uranus 0.56 -84
Venus Trine Neptune 4.50 36
Venus Sextile Pluto 2.17 68
Mars Conjunction Saturn 9.57 0
Jupiter Trine Uranus 2.03 77
Jupiter Square Pluto 0.42 -69
Jupiter Trine Ascendant 7.19 6
Saturn Trine Midheaven 1.06 24
Neptune Sextile Pluto 2.32 22
Neptune Square Ascendant 5.28 -2
Neptune Conjunction Midheaven 9.12 6
1435 -284 1151
Asteroids & Chiron
The following table shows the positions of the four major asteroids and Chiron. These points are not as commonly used by astrologers, but are presented here for those interested in knowing where the asteroids are positioned in their birth chart.
Chiron Taurus 8.47
Ceres Capricorn 20.09 R
Pallas Sagittarius 7.04 R
Juno Aquarius 8.11 R
Vesta Sagittarius 14.06 R
Fortune Aries 0.00
South node Aries 0.00
Natal Chart Report
Birth Chart
This birth chart report shows the positions of the planets for Christine .
The Sun represents vitality, a sense of individuality and outward-shining creative energy.
Sun in Cancer
Sun in Cancer natives have a strong survival instinct. They are protective of those they care about, and of themselves too. They are often quite reticent about sharing their inner selves to the rest of the world, and are often caught up in reminisce. Cancers have a reputation for moodiness, although this trait is most evident when the Moon is in Cancer. Cancer needs roots. They resist change to an extent, and concern themselves about being secure and safe in most everything they do. Cancers can be quite intrigued by objects with history attached to them — antiques, photos, souvenirs, and the like.
Cancer is a very sensitive sign, and they don't always appreciate it when you are blunt with them. Their reactions to hurt will depend on how thick a shell they have developed. Most Cancers react by withdrawing or retreating. Some have developed an ability to manipulate others to get what they want. They avoid direct confrontations almost as a rule. Cancers are, in fact, quite yielding and soft when you have them in the right mood. They are one of the more hospitable signs of the zodiac. Sure, they can be touchy and indirect, but they are also very dependable, caring souls.
Short description:
She weighs words carefully and is tenacious. A calm and discreet nature, tender, thoughtful, sensitive and impressionable.
Weaknesses: She is humble, timid, changeable, indecisive, lazy, over-sensitive. Easily influenced by the family and sometimes manipulative.
Cancer ascendant Pisces
Sun in IV
You invest much of your pride and energy into your personal and private life, your home, and your family. Privacy is important to you. You are naturally protective of your family, including your heritage, and of your personal life. Avoid being defensive as you work to build a secure foundation for yourself and the people you love.
120 Sextile Sun - Mars
You are enterprising and have powerful stores of energy that you can draw upon when needed. You respond to problems or challenges with a spirited and enthusiastic confidence that is admirable. You are naturally competitive, and this trait is generally well-received by others simply because it is unforced, unaffected, and sincere. You truly believe in fair play, and you seem to be in love with life. When you are expressing competitiveness and courage, it's easy for others to smile and accept these traits as positive ones rather than being rubbed the wrong way. You have good physical vitality. Although competitive, you are not naturally combative. You may enjoy sports or games that are competitive, but not violent. Breaking the rules of a competitive game is particularly upsetting to you. You are more able than most to control your desires, aggressions, and instincts. You know how to be fair, and you expect others to be fair. As such, sneaky behaviors, uncontrolled impulses, violence, and rage are offensive to you.
-10 Opposition Sun - Midheaven
She struggles with finding a career that suits the personality. She does not face up to problems and her plans are often difficult or even impossible for her to realize.
The Moon represents the emotional responses, unconscious pre-destination, and the self-image.
Moon in Pisces
Lunar Pisceans are known to be dreamy and not always in touch with reality. However, though these people may not always show real-world savvy in day-to-day, practical affairs, they make up for this with remarkable intuition. They can put themselves in anybody's shoes with extreme ease. On the plus side, this endows them with remarkable compassion and love. The down side with this apparent ability to break down boundaries is that these people can easily lose themselves in the suffering of others. Their sense of humor is delightfully silly and a bit odd. These are perceptive souls who seem to be in touch with all the nuances and subtleties of human nature. Often this comes through in a strong sense of humor that is more of the receptive kind than the type of sense of humor that would make people the "life of the party". It's generally pretty easy to get them giggling.
Moon in Pisces people may get tagged as spaced out, but there's a lot more to them than meets the eye. They feel things out, and rely on their intuition. It just doesn't feel right for them to do otherwise. Their dreaminess can mean plenty of moments of absent-mindedness. These times of oblivion can land them in all sorts of predicaments with others who can too easily misunderstand these complex souls. Without plenty of space and time to daydream, Pisces Moons easily get overloaded with life. Give them room to be alone with themselves, and they're generally able to take on the world—even if their style when they do so is not always conventional or understandable. Generally considered soft-hearted and sweet, Lunar Pisceans care about others and are easily touched by human suffering. This tendency gains them the reputation as suckers for sob stories. Although this may sometimes be true, many Lunar Pisceans learn, in their lifetimes, how to discern between sincerity and manipulation. Still, they definitely do have plenty of soft corners.
In personal relationships, Lunar Pisceans are giving and yielding. They are generally open on a sexual level, in a quiet way. Their fantasies can be far-reaching, intricate, and rich with emotion. Love is closely tied in with their sexuality. Most Lunar Pisceans are shy; they need a trustworthy lover to bring them out. There's a delightful accepting side to Moon in Pisces that is sometimes mistaken for weakness. Pisces is the twelfth and last sign of the zodiac, and thus carries with it a little of each sign of the zodiac. As a result, they see themselves reflected in the behavior of others, giving them seemingly boundless compassion. Since the Moon represents our instinctive nature, Moon in Pisces seems to know how things feel without actual experience. For example, they may have never had sex, but seem to know all about it — even, or especially, the subtleties of it. The ones that aren't too shy make awesome actors and actresses. This ability to empathize even in the absence of experience gives them an open mind and heart. Most long to express this through writing, music (both listening and making), poetry, and art — in fact, the happiest people with this position do just that. Though some are doormats, most Pisces Moon people instinctively know when they're due for a much-needed recharge. It's at these times that they retreat from the world (and its harsh realities) if only to gather strength to face everything and everyone again. Solitude is important to them, but they also need people, so their retreats will usually be short-lived. Pisces Moon individuals believe; and, let's face it, the world needs Piscean leaps of faith.
Short description:
Imaginative, sharp insights. She is impressionable, with an abundant imagination. Gentle, warm, humorous, artistic.
Weaknesses: troubles caused by too much sentimentality, worries, problems, unhealthy imagination, nervousness.
Moon in XII
Curious and inquisitorial nature. She likes peace and quiet, being alone.
167 Trine Moon - Mercury
You can be quite expressive and animated in your speech. You have an outstanding memory and tend to pick up a lot of information from your environment. You love to chat and to exchange ideas. Even if you are shy, once you're friends, you love to talk about pretty much anything under the sun, and you enjoy sharing stories from your past! For the most part, you are focused on day-to-day activities in your communications rather than on grander philosophies. You are naturally curious and interested, and others find you very easy to talk to. You are accommodating and curious, but you are not as well equipped to handle heavy emotional demands. You thrive on change and variety. You might be a little addicted to gossip! More probably, however, you are simply very curious about others. There is a twinkle in your eyes, and you are never short on humor. You are playful and versatile--you make a fun companion and an interesting friend. You listen! Yes, you do talk and occasionally interrupt in your excitement, but you are a curious person who does want to hear what others have to say, and that is a real pleasure. In fact, you are more able than most people to get others talking, simply because you are very receptive and sympathetic. You pick up others' feelings and body language readily.
109 Trine Moon - Jupiter
She is generally pleasantly composed, due to an inner sense of harmony and emotional balance. She is optimistic--and realistically so, most of the time--which contributes to her overall "luck". She is able to get a real perspective on emotional matters that not only benefits her outlook, she is able to offer support to others when needed. Broad-mindedness is a wonderful characteristic. Quick to find humor in situations, she is generally warm and fun to be around. Deep down, she believes in the basic goodness of people and of life in general, and this basic and natural attitude helps her to attract positive circumstances and to make good connections. One of her best qualities is tolerance. Usually, she doesn't take life too seriously in the sense that she believes in having a bit of fun. her hunches are more often than not bang-on.
She is frank, honest, optimistic and generous. She likes good cooking, her comforts. Her friendships are sincere. She is a worker and knows how to surround herself with the right people: she is appreciated at work.
41 Trine Moon - Uranus
She is imaginative and has the Moon's intuition complemented by Uranus' independence and originality. Her life is out-of-the-ordinary, with lots of changes and a great knowledge of the world not through reading but through personal experience. She likes the sensational, new things. She acts instinctively, but fortunately has a good sixth sense. She likes to be surrounded by original people, artists.
-85 Square Moon - Neptune
She lacks firmness, and can be a sucker for a sob story! She likes to live in a dream, in the world of imagination, and can hope so much that reality checks can be brutal.
212 Conjunction Moon - Ascendant
She has a good influence on the family, which loves and helps the person. She likes travelling, movement, change. She likes contact and is open to other people.
Mercury represents communication, Cartesian and logical spirit.
Mercury in Cancer
She communicates with feeling, endearing others with words. She is reflective and has one of the best memories around. She feels people out and is quick to pick up emotions and moods. She is discerning and is full of insight, is lucid, and thinks things through. She likes to please and to create a good impression. There can be a strong tendency to be influenced by those around her.
Mercury in V
Taste for intellectual games, sports that require skill and finesse. She is very curious about everything, even in love. She likes children.
470 Conjunction Mercury - Jupiter
She is intelligent, has big ideas: she is tolerant and has a strong sense of justice. She has good judgement, good sense and has her feet on the ground. She has the "gift of the gab", and likes to speak, she also likes literature. She is erudite and will normally be successful socially.
40 Trine Mercury - Uranus
She is perspicacious, ingenious: she binds intelligence and originality together with genius. She likes literature, especially fiction. She is spontaneous in her friendships and knows how to take advantage of the situations that arise.
-34 Square Mercury - Pluto
She is impatient. She likes contradiction and is irascible. Her arguments are noisy and animated.
37 Trine Mercury - Ascendant
She is intelligent, with quick and lively reflexes. She is preoccupied by her circle, likes to exchange ideas with her friends, but also with strangers. Of an open nature, she goes out to others.
Venus represents an interest for emotions and values, exchange and sharing with others.
Venus in Leo
When Venus in Leo people are in love, they are proud, even boastful. This position of Venus can turn humble Virgo Suns or retiring Cancer Suns into somewhat demanding lovers. Venus in Leo loves to court and be courted, and they need to feel very special. They are warm, generous, and even grand. Though really quite loyal to their partners (remember that love is THE most important thing in Leo's life), they thrive on attention from the opposite sex. Be prepared for their displays: they will tell you about any advances members of the opposite sex make on them. Remember, they're just showing off to you, and it's likely harmless. It's a different story if you do the same, however. That's when you'll hear the lion roar...and, no doubt, you'll want to keep these cats purring. Venus in Leo wants to appear experienced in love, even if they have little or no experience whatsoever!
Venus in Leo men and women have high expectations, but once you know that these expectations revolve only around how much attention you are giving them, you'll see that they are really quite big-hearted about most everything else. They are threatened by a relationship that appears to have settled too much, or one that's lost its spark. They are also threatened by indifferent or impersonal behavior on your part. Although their needs for physical expression through sex are generally quite strong, their need for love is perhaps even stronger. It is hard for Venus in Leo people to separate love and sex, and even their most erotic fantasies are infused with love and affection. For this reason, few Venus in Leo folk would last long in a relationship that is mostly sexual. On the flip side, they may last longer in a love-only relationship in the absence of satisfying sex, but they are unlikely to feel very satisfied.
Pleasing Venus in Leo involves paying loads of attention to them. If you're willing to make only one adjustment in your ways, it should be to remind Leo how wonderful they are. Respect and appreciate them, always. Put up with their childlike moments and their tall tales. They want to be seen as attractive by you, so avoid (at all costs!) putting them down in this area. They actually lose interest when they perceive the slightest loss of interest in their partner, and you can expect that any letdown will be acted out in a dramatic fashion. Remind them, in a gentle way, that your emotions count too. If you are feeling a little jealous, let them know. Remember, to Venus in Leo, your small jealousies are affirmations that you find them attractive and expect the rest of the world to as well. Let them decide where to go on a date, and let them pay too. When Venus in Leo feels loved and appreciated, they reward you with loyalty, a big sense of fun, and plenty of physical expressions of their love.
Short description:
Sincere, frank and warm affections. She is full of tenderness. High hopes in love. She likes to live and satisfy her passions to the fullest. Can be possessive and might even seduce for the sake of seducing to prove to herself that she is attractive. Very proud in love, and warm-hearted and generous with loved ones.
Venus in V
She wants to succeed in love-life. She meets pleasant people and has very good friends, always without conflict. She likes amusements, parties. She has lots of children.
-84 Square Venus - Uranus
She looks for new sensations in love and is often unsatisfied by affairs which quickly turn into purely conventional relationships. She likes novelty, adventure, the eccentric: she is frivolous, unstable, unfaithful. Marriage is not for her and, if she does throw herself into this adventure, it will end in divorce, written off as a youthful mistake. As a result of her numerous love affairs, she makes sure her line is continued.
36 Trine Venus - Neptune
Her professional life is unstable. She has a taste for the Arts, is a dreamer, is easily influenced and romantic. She is emotional and very sensitive.
68 Sextile Venus - Pluto
Her emotional and sex life is powerful and rich. She lives out truly passionate love affairs.
Mars represents the desire for action and physical energy.
Mars in Virgo
These productive and busy people are goal-oriented, practical people. Although they can be a little scattered at times, simply because they are doing so many things at any give time, Mars in Virgo natives get things done—quite well! They have a knack for handling a wide variety of tasks at once, and a tendency to take on perhaps too much at the same time. Most Mars in Virgo natives are not particularly aggressive by nature. Although they can be a little hard-nosed and critical at times, they rarely resort to pushing others around. Still, an annoyed Mars in Virgo native can be difficult to be around! Arouse their anger and they turn into complaining, over-critical nags. Generally, these natives don't make themselves nuisances, so this stage is unlikely to last for very long. It is a sensitive position, however. It doesn't take much to make these people nervous.
Mars in Virgo people are quite protective about their "system" for getting things done. Although rather humble in a general life sense, they can be quite particular about their methods—how they organize and accomplish their goals, mostly with work. Theirs is a nervous energy. Although they have some staying power, they can be restless and are not given to sticking with the same projects for too long. These natives derive plenty of energy and life force from the things they do—their work, hobbies, and any kind of projects they take on. An idle Mars in Virgo native is a sorry sight, indeed. Fidgety, nervous, worried...all of these things are a sure sign that Mars in Virgo people have either too little to do, or far too much on their plates. There is a perfectionist at the heart of all people with this position. They'll be the first to deny this, but it's there! They worry when they are not producing anything, and they worry about whether what they've produced will measure up.
An earthy and sometimes nervous sexuality generally characterizes people with this position of Mars. In a sense, their performance in bed is similar to their work. These people want to be good at what they do. They will generally be open to experimentation, if only to feed their curiosity and to feel savvy. There's often a shy and humble side to Mars in Virgo in any area that involves putting themselves out there and letting go (areas ruled by Mars). But experience and knowledge are important to these natives, and this drive generally wins over their natural reticence.
Mars in VI
She works with great pleasure and flat out but meets with problems at work, where professional rivalry blocks her ideas and enjoyment.
0 Conjunction Mars - Saturn
She is energetic and determined. She has strength and resistance, ability and patience: she is tough, and sometimes insensitive, and puts all her energy and talents into overcoming all the obstacles to her success. She is obstinate, calculating, does not take on anything without having thought of all the possible consequences, she can take all the time in the world and never loses patience to achieve her objectives. She is not particularly popular in her circle, but is feared and respected.
Jupiter represents expansion and grace.
Jupiter in Cancer
She attracts the most good fortune when she is sympathetic, charitable, uses her powers to save and accumulate, and comforts others. Real estate and the food industry can be prosperous avenues.
Jupiter in IV
She likes and believes in justice. She is an optimist and is generous. Professional success is rapid and helped by the family. Family life is very important for her. She likes comfort, well-being at home. She knows how to entertain in style and above all with pleasure: her house is always open to friends.
77 Trine Jupiter - Uranus
She knows what's going on at a glance. She thirsts after knowledge, and is a good organizer. She is very independent, likes her freedom of action, is a non-conformist. She is very agreeable company and is always in demand.
-69 Square Jupiter - Pluto
She tends to exploit others, and has a doubtful honesty.
6 Trine Jupiter - Ascendant
She likes meeting friends, around a good meal and in a cordial atmosphere. She is pleasant, jovial and engaging.
Saturn represents contraction and effort.
Saturn in Leo
In a position of authority, she likes responsibilities and assumes them. She receives favours from patrons, who recognize her merits or similarly receives honors in return for well-accomplished tasks.
Weaknesses: abuse of power, little feeling in the workplace.
Saturn in VI
She is a worker, very steady in all she does. She likes precision, method. She is serious and likes continuity at work. She can focus on a job in the medical field, where she will probably be successful, as she possesses all the necessary qualities.
24 Trine Saturn - Midheaven
She is ambitious, but in a calculated, well-balanced way. She perseveres, is serious, orderly. She climbs the ladder slowly but surely: if need be, she is willing to change her ideas. She is wise and experienced.
Uranus represents individual liberty, egoistic liberty.
Uranus in Scorpio
Intelligent and subtle. Adores research, inquiry, investigation. Very sensual.
Uranus in VIII
She is interested in antiquity, archaeology, history. Her financial situation has its highs and lows, which an inheritance can help out.
Neptune represents transcendental liberty, non-egoistic liberty.
Neptune in Sagittarius
Likes long voyages, things foreign, water.
Neptune in IX
Interest in art, has high ideals and a great attraction to exotic ideas and to the sea. Big dreams.
22 Sextile Neptune - Pluto
-2 Square Neptune - Ascendant
She is very easily influenced and fragile. She suffers disappointments.
6 Conjunction Neptune - Midheaven
Her plans lack realism and are therefore often unattainable.
Pluto represents transformations, mutations and elimination.
Pluto in Libra
Looks for new ways to relate to others.
House I is the area of self identity. The ascendant is a symbol of how one acts in life. It is the image of the personality as seen by others, and the attitude that one has towards life.
Cancer ascendant Pisces
Ascendant in Pisces
"Go with the flow" seems to be a Pisces rising motto. They move about the world in a vaguely directionless, gentle manner. They come across as artists and lovers of peace; but their open minds and hearts can give them a chameleon-like persona. Others are not always sure who they'll meet from one day to the next with a Pisces rising person. Although often quiet and shy, another day may find them talkative and passionate. They are hugely impressionable, have a dreamy disposition, and project a soft-hearted personality. Pisces rising sees the world the way they want to see it at any given time, so objectivity is not necessarily a strong point. Neither is decision-making! People with Pisces rising resist any kind of labeling--their characters are changeable, and they don't want to be pinned down or pegged in any way. Theirs is a restless, searching nature that cannot be happy with any one way of living or being. Pisces rising avoids cold, hard facts and harsh realities like the plague. They don't have a decisive plan for tomorrow or even today, preferring to keep things open. Since they change their minds frequently enough, and like to "feel" their way through life, too much organization or structure can be seen as very limiting.
Pisces rising people walk around with their heads in the clouds, and even when you do have their attention, their dreaminess is almost always apparent. These people look for a stable partnership--one that is reliable. Pisces rising people gravitate to partners who keep them on their toes, and they often will pass off the little details and reality checks to their significant other. They seem to need a practical, realistic partner. Pisces Ascendants often have a sensitivity to drugs, and sometimes are prone to allergies that come and go. Their physical constitutions seem to be less resistant than most. Pisces rising people often possess an irresistible charm that comes on in a quiet way, with a soft aura about them. Both their appearance and mannerisms are usually quite intriguing to others.
House II is the area of material security and values. It rules money and personal finances, sense of self-worth and basic values, personal possessions.
House II in Taurus
Financially usually comfortable, but there can be a tendency to splurge on luxury items. However, she is unlikely to go wanting. The house where Venus is placed can show areas where money can be made. Holds on to things. Sentimental about personal possessions.
House III is the area of social and intellectual learning.
House III in Gemini
She adapts well to any kind of change, and enthusiastically. She doesn't like monotony. Early family life was busy, and usually this position suggests a number of siblings. Work in communications or the media is possible. Writing talent is also probable. Reads and thinks a lot, but is not very focused. Has a lot of projects going at once.
House IV is the area of home, family, roots, and deep emotions/sense of self-worth.
House IV in Gemini
Impossible to stay in one place, frequently changes home. If the job is monotonous, she will often change firm. The ideal profession would be one offering a lot of change, moving around, meeting lots of new people. An equally erratic love life is to be expected.
House V is the area of creative self-expression, romance, entertainment, children, and gambling.
House V in Cancer
She will often be in love, up until the day she meets the chosen one. She is not a gambler, by any means. Is safe in a casino. Takes great pleasure in home life. Hobbies may be cooking, sewing, and other Cancer-related pastimes. Very affectionate lover, but private and sensitive.
House VI is the area of learning by material transaction.
House VI in Leo
Ability to command, authority at work. Weak point: the heart and arteries.
House VII is the area of one-to-one relationships such as marriage and partnership, and of social and intellectual action.
House VII in Virgo
Marriage more of the head than the heart, which will last in spite of a few hiccups. The spouse is honest, hard-working, intelligent and cunning.
House VIII is the area of emotional security and of security of the soul.
House VIII in Scorpio
Lots of vivacity and hastiness put life in danger too often, and one of these times could be too much.
House IX is the area of learning that shapes the identity.
House IX in Sagittarius
Long voyages abroad. Might settle permanently in a foreign country. Intellectual work, mathematical mind.
House X is the area of material action. The Mid-heaven represents the work one will do in his life, the place one will take in the world of society. It becomes more important as one grows older
House X in Sagittarius
Job involving travel, especially abroad, and if possible with some risk attached. One of the professions.
House XI is the area of search for social and intellectual security.
House XI in Capricorn
Stable friendships with composed, wise people, from whose experience of life she can profit in her own life.
House XII is the area of education and of emotion.
House XII in Aquarius
Friends can bring quite a lot of problems.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
BusinessWeek Green Biz BP Backs Down: Chalk Up a Victory To Local Action
BusinessWeek Green Biz BP Backs Down: Chalk Up a Victory To Local Action
BP Backs Down: Chalk Up a Victory To Local Action
Posted by: Heather Green on August 24
The Chicago Tribune reports that BP, under attack for proposing a massive increase in pollution as part of an oil refinery expansion on the banks of Lake Michigan, has backed down. It’s become a mini cause celeb online, pitting BPs marketing image against its everyday actions.
Local groups, joined by some local politicians and even Eddie Vedder or Pearl Jam, didn’t buy BP’s argument that an increase in dumping ammonium and sludge into the lake was necessary.
“When BP secured its new water permit, federal and state regulators agreed there was not anything the company could do to keep more pollution out of Lake Michigan. Based largely on what BP told them, regulators concluded there is not enough room at the 1,400-acre refinery for the necessary equipment, according to public documents.
“Few complained about the permit while it was under consideration earlier this year, something critics said could be attributed to paltry outreach by BP and Indiana regulators. But following a Tribune story about the project in mid-July, opponents gathered more than 100,000 petition signatures, and a bipartisan group of politicians and celebrities urged BP to back off.”
BP Backs Down: Chalk Up a Victory To Local Action
Posted by: Heather Green on August 24
The Chicago Tribune reports that BP, under attack for proposing a massive increase in pollution as part of an oil refinery expansion on the banks of Lake Michigan, has backed down. It’s become a mini cause celeb online, pitting BPs marketing image against its everyday actions.
Local groups, joined by some local politicians and even Eddie Vedder or Pearl Jam, didn’t buy BP’s argument that an increase in dumping ammonium and sludge into the lake was necessary.
“When BP secured its new water permit, federal and state regulators agreed there was not anything the company could do to keep more pollution out of Lake Michigan. Based largely on what BP told them, regulators concluded there is not enough room at the 1,400-acre refinery for the necessary equipment, according to public documents.
“Few complained about the permit while it was under consideration earlier this year, something critics said could be attributed to paltry outreach by BP and Indiana regulators. But following a Tribune story about the project in mid-July, opponents gathered more than 100,000 petition signatures, and a bipartisan group of politicians and celebrities urged BP to back off.”
Friday, August 17, 2007
Do's and don'ts for dealing with difficult people Shape - Find Articles
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
The Astrologer: Chartwheel
The Astrologer: Chartwheel
Sun
Sun in Cancer
Sun Sextile Mars
Sun
Just as the sun is the center of the orbit of all the planets in the solar system, it's also the center of you -- your inner fire, the vital energy that will run through you your whole life. It represents your basic, core personality, separate from all the other influences that drive you. Your Sun tells a lot about you, not only your personality itself but your strengths and challenges in life and your purpose here on Earth. That's a lot of meaning and information for one planet to carry! That's why it burns so brightly, with such strength.
You've probably heard the old cliche, 'Hey, baby, what's your sign?' That refers to your Sun Sign -- where the Sun was in the Zodiac at the moment you were born. Even if you think you're not that similar to a description of your Sun Sign, don't be fooled. Some people have complex charts with lots of strong and varied influences that give them multifaceted, even seemingly contradictory personalities. But in general, through the course of your life, you'll move closer to the true meaning and energy of your Sun Sign, because that is the core of you. It embodies who you are, who you're striving to be, the lessons you need to learn and the strengths you already possess to get where you're going in life.
The Sun rules the warmhearted sign of Leo; read about Leo to learn more about this sign and the Sun's influence on it.
Sun in Cancer
Your essential energy is one of empathy, sensitivity and intuitive awareness. Your creativity will manifest primarily through your natural rhythm. You are very cyclic in energy. Your vitality is affected by the Moon cycle, so aligning yourself with the lunar phases, particularly the New and Full Moons, is an effective way of managing your affairs. Once you have aligned yourself with your natural timing, you will find that you can predict how you are going to feel at anytime. Planning events becomes much easier, and will alleviate those moments when you let other people down because of not feeling like doing something you have previously committed to. You are not flaky. In reality, your moods are very much regular, quite like a woman's menstrual cycle.
You have a phenomenal memory which when used creatively is a trusty talent to call upon. You store memories emotionally, which means that your logical mind is not required to remember anything. You remember things by how they felt to you. The mood you are in at the time will affect your memory. You are an incredibly sensitive person with alot of affection and caretaking energy to give to others, particularly a partner. You tend to take better care of others than you do yourself though, and you need to be careful that you do not neglect self care.
You are a private person, and you tend to hide your real self behind anything that will give you cover. Your flair for the dramatic, and your imaginational talents, give you plenty of space for maneuver. Your sensitivity is caused by an over-stimulated intuitive sense, which comes to you through your feelings. You tend to pick up on other's emotional energy and this can overload your delicate circuits. Spending plenty of time on your own to brood and be moody is one way of defending yourself from unwanted assaults to your psychic mechanism. It is this that gives you your creative and imaginative abilities.
Using your imagination toward spreading your caring nature into the world, you will fulfil
Sun Sextile Mars
You have plenty of drive and energy to maintain your individuality. You have enough strength to bring about a positive and genuine activation of the self in any activity. Your individuality combines well with your willpower, and the two can manifest in constructive and creative ways. Your sexual drive is well integrated into who you are are, and you express you passion easily. This aspect helps to keep you vital and vivid, making your whole life experience energized and powerful.
Sun
Sun in Cancer
Sun Sextile Mars
Sun
Just as the sun is the center of the orbit of all the planets in the solar system, it's also the center of you -- your inner fire, the vital energy that will run through you your whole life. It represents your basic, core personality, separate from all the other influences that drive you. Your Sun tells a lot about you, not only your personality itself but your strengths and challenges in life and your purpose here on Earth. That's a lot of meaning and information for one planet to carry! That's why it burns so brightly, with such strength.
You've probably heard the old cliche, 'Hey, baby, what's your sign?' That refers to your Sun Sign -- where the Sun was in the Zodiac at the moment you were born. Even if you think you're not that similar to a description of your Sun Sign, don't be fooled. Some people have complex charts with lots of strong and varied influences that give them multifaceted, even seemingly contradictory personalities. But in general, through the course of your life, you'll move closer to the true meaning and energy of your Sun Sign, because that is the core of you. It embodies who you are, who you're striving to be, the lessons you need to learn and the strengths you already possess to get where you're going in life.
The Sun rules the warmhearted sign of Leo; read about Leo to learn more about this sign and the Sun's influence on it.
Sun in Cancer
Your essential energy is one of empathy, sensitivity and intuitive awareness. Your creativity will manifest primarily through your natural rhythm. You are very cyclic in energy. Your vitality is affected by the Moon cycle, so aligning yourself with the lunar phases, particularly the New and Full Moons, is an effective way of managing your affairs. Once you have aligned yourself with your natural timing, you will find that you can predict how you are going to feel at anytime. Planning events becomes much easier, and will alleviate those moments when you let other people down because of not feeling like doing something you have previously committed to. You are not flaky. In reality, your moods are very much regular, quite like a woman's menstrual cycle.
You have a phenomenal memory which when used creatively is a trusty talent to call upon. You store memories emotionally, which means that your logical mind is not required to remember anything. You remember things by how they felt to you. The mood you are in at the time will affect your memory. You are an incredibly sensitive person with alot of affection and caretaking energy to give to others, particularly a partner. You tend to take better care of others than you do yourself though, and you need to be careful that you do not neglect self care.
You are a private person, and you tend to hide your real self behind anything that will give you cover. Your flair for the dramatic, and your imaginational talents, give you plenty of space for maneuver. Your sensitivity is caused by an over-stimulated intuitive sense, which comes to you through your feelings. You tend to pick up on other's emotional energy and this can overload your delicate circuits. Spending plenty of time on your own to brood and be moody is one way of defending yourself from unwanted assaults to your psychic mechanism. It is this that gives you your creative and imaginative abilities.
Using your imagination toward spreading your caring nature into the world, you will fulfil
Sun Sextile Mars
You have plenty of drive and energy to maintain your individuality. You have enough strength to bring about a positive and genuine activation of the self in any activity. Your individuality combines well with your willpower, and the two can manifest in constructive and creative ways. Your sexual drive is well integrated into who you are are, and you express you passion easily. This aspect helps to keep you vital and vivid, making your whole life experience energized and powerful.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Twos Company: Plum Party Supplies & Favors
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lip box with 4 plates: Plum Party Supplies & Favors
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although i am less a fan of andy warhol after learning about how crappy he was b/c he was in love with edie sedgewick and was mean to her b.c he was an ass, i still love these and want them
blik Chandelier: blik Surface Graphics. Decals, stickers and graphics for walls, cars and surfaces of all kinds.
blik Chandelier: blik Surface Graphics. Decals, stickers and graphics for walls, cars and surfaces of all kinds.
i want this in my hallway so bad!!! after chicago, car repairs and new camera that is!!
i want this in my hallway so bad!!! after chicago, car repairs and new camera that is!!
Monday, July 9, 2007
Can You See the Sunset From the Southside?: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 3)
Can You See the Sunset From the Southside?: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 3)
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Thursday, July 5, 2007
pausetime.com - /clientAccess/uploads/hop/Radiohead-Collection-66CD-FLMP3/
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
Hazardous Materials Emergencies: "We Learn Something Every Time" - / iBerkshires.com - The Berkshires online guide to events, news and Berkshire County community information.
Hazardous Materials Emergencies: "We Learn Something Every Time" - / iBerkshires.com - The Berkshires online guide to events, news and Berkshire County community information.Hazardous Materials Emergencies: "We Learn Something Every Time"
By Jen Thomas - June 19, 2007
City firefighter David Simon donned the protective clothing necessary for a hazardous materials decontamination situation. [Photo by Jen Thomas]
North Adams - A professional partnership between city firefighters and North Adams Regional Hospital employees means both groups have a training advantage in the event of a hazardous materials contamination incident.
Earlier today, a mass decontamination training was held at the hosiptal. The session included sending "victims" through a tent-like structure used during chemical contaminant removal. Patients enter one end of the tent, called the "hot zone," are hosed down by scrubbers and water jets, and exit at the "cool zone" where they can be admitted into the hospital without fear of spreading chemical agents.
The goal is safety for the patient, those working to decontaminate individuals, and the employees and patients inside the hospital.
"We're trying to learn how to keep the contaminant out of the hospital while working together," said Matthew LaBonte, an acting lieutenant in the NAFD.
Acting Lt. Matt LaBonte was given a vital signs examination by EMT Kevin Alicea. [Photo by Jen Thomas]
LaBonte and firefighter David Simon donned Level A protective gear, which is necessary in cases where maximum skin, respiratory and eye protection is required. The pair were stationed at the center of the decontamination unit, where their training was in washing incapacitated victims.
Firefighter Michael Roberts acted role of the victim and volunteered to undergo spraying for the sake of education.
"This is my second time being the victim," he said. "It's not bad, but it's one of those things you hope you never have to use in real life."
The simulation gave employees of the NAFD and NARH an opportunity to ask questions of LaBonte and Director of Facilities Darryl Smith, who were in charge of constructing and executing the afternoon training.
"Today was more of a training than a drill; it was less about time and efficiency and more about familiarizing ourselves with the equipment better," Smith said. "We learn something every time the fire department comes out to do one of these."
The training requires hospital participants to stand at the entrance and provide volunteer "contaminated victims" with accurate instructions in removing their clothing, placing their personal items in sealed protective bags and moving through the decontamination unit. The interactive training requires both fire department and hospital personnel to demonstrate "don and doff," the process of putting on and removing the protective suits.
Firefghters David Simon and Matt LaBonte "decontaminate" firefighter Micheal Roberts during today's training session. [Photo by Jen Thomas]
"We’re trying to become familiar with everything, including the gear," said LaBonte.
With a set-up that includes a full head-to-toe chemical protective suit complete with hood, rubber boots, gloves, and mouth piece, the practice is necessary. The firefighters use supplied air in the decontamination unit and may utlize the air supply for an hour, according to hospital regulations.
In case of emergency, on a typical day, during daytime hours, between eight and 16 staff people would be available to administer decontamination showers to victims, according to Smith.
"At least eight is an efficient team," Smith said. LaBonte said he thought 12 staff personnel would be perfect, with four assigned to each of the three segments of the tent.
The training comes as part of an International Fire and EMS Safety Stand Down Week. The week's theme, "Ready to Respond," will focus on proper training and equipment and will prepare firefighters and emergency medical technicians to respond to, mitigate and return home safely from an emergency, as outlined by the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire Fighters, and the Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) of the IAFC.
"It focuses on safety all week long, whether it's trainings or just wearing a safety belt on the way to a call," said LaBonte.
LaBonte, Smith, Roberts and Simon agreed that the training was successful in better preparing everyone involved for a chemical emergency, but there are always more wrinkles to be ironed out.
"In real life, this would be chaotic, so the training is important," said Roberts. "It’s great experience and the hospital staff are going to be major players."
LaBonte said that the fire department has paired up with the NARH for this kind of training on previous occasions. The city has not yet needed a mass decontamination tent but it’s important that both sets of personnel are properly trained, he emphasized.
"We’re trying to get different people to learn, and I think it’s going to be a combination of the hospital and the fire department that makes [the process] work," said Simon.
Jen Thomas may be reached via e-mail at jthomas@iberkshires.com or at 413-663-3384 ext. 23.
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North Adams, MA 01247 • tel: 413.663.3384 • fax: 413.663.3615 • info@iberkshires.com
By Jen Thomas - June 19, 2007
City firefighter David Simon donned the protective clothing necessary for a hazardous materials decontamination situation. [Photo by Jen Thomas]
North Adams - A professional partnership between city firefighters and North Adams Regional Hospital employees means both groups have a training advantage in the event of a hazardous materials contamination incident.
Earlier today, a mass decontamination training was held at the hosiptal. The session included sending "victims" through a tent-like structure used during chemical contaminant removal. Patients enter one end of the tent, called the "hot zone," are hosed down by scrubbers and water jets, and exit at the "cool zone" where they can be admitted into the hospital without fear of spreading chemical agents.
The goal is safety for the patient, those working to decontaminate individuals, and the employees and patients inside the hospital.
"We're trying to learn how to keep the contaminant out of the hospital while working together," said Matthew LaBonte, an acting lieutenant in the NAFD.
Acting Lt. Matt LaBonte was given a vital signs examination by EMT Kevin Alicea. [Photo by Jen Thomas]
LaBonte and firefighter David Simon donned Level A protective gear, which is necessary in cases where maximum skin, respiratory and eye protection is required. The pair were stationed at the center of the decontamination unit, where their training was in washing incapacitated victims.
Firefighter Michael Roberts acted role of the victim and volunteered to undergo spraying for the sake of education.
"This is my second time being the victim," he said. "It's not bad, but it's one of those things you hope you never have to use in real life."
The simulation gave employees of the NAFD and NARH an opportunity to ask questions of LaBonte and Director of Facilities Darryl Smith, who were in charge of constructing and executing the afternoon training.
"Today was more of a training than a drill; it was less about time and efficiency and more about familiarizing ourselves with the equipment better," Smith said. "We learn something every time the fire department comes out to do one of these."
The training requires hospital participants to stand at the entrance and provide volunteer "contaminated victims" with accurate instructions in removing their clothing, placing their personal items in sealed protective bags and moving through the decontamination unit. The interactive training requires both fire department and hospital personnel to demonstrate "don and doff," the process of putting on and removing the protective suits.
Firefghters David Simon and Matt LaBonte "decontaminate" firefighter Micheal Roberts during today's training session. [Photo by Jen Thomas]
"We’re trying to become familiar with everything, including the gear," said LaBonte.
With a set-up that includes a full head-to-toe chemical protective suit complete with hood, rubber boots, gloves, and mouth piece, the practice is necessary. The firefighters use supplied air in the decontamination unit and may utlize the air supply for an hour, according to hospital regulations.
In case of emergency, on a typical day, during daytime hours, between eight and 16 staff people would be available to administer decontamination showers to victims, according to Smith.
"At least eight is an efficient team," Smith said. LaBonte said he thought 12 staff personnel would be perfect, with four assigned to each of the three segments of the tent.
The training comes as part of an International Fire and EMS Safety Stand Down Week. The week's theme, "Ready to Respond," will focus on proper training and equipment and will prepare firefighters and emergency medical technicians to respond to, mitigate and return home safely from an emergency, as outlined by the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire Fighters, and the Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) of the IAFC.
"It focuses on safety all week long, whether it's trainings or just wearing a safety belt on the way to a call," said LaBonte.
LaBonte, Smith, Roberts and Simon agreed that the training was successful in better preparing everyone involved for a chemical emergency, but there are always more wrinkles to be ironed out.
"In real life, this would be chaotic, so the training is important," said Roberts. "It’s great experience and the hospital staff are going to be major players."
LaBonte said that the fire department has paired up with the NARH for this kind of training on previous occasions. The city has not yet needed a mass decontamination tent but it’s important that both sets of personnel are properly trained, he emphasized.
"We’re trying to get different people to learn, and I think it’s going to be a combination of the hospital and the fire department that makes [the process] work," said Simon.
Jen Thomas may be reached via e-mail at jthomas@iberkshires.com or at 413-663-3384 ext. 23.
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North Adams, MA 01247 • tel: 413.663.3384 • fax: 413.663.3615 • info@iberkshires.com
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Elevator holds your portable computer safely and securely at just the right height to match external monitors — and to save your aching neck.
Elevator conforms to health and safety standards, making your laptop safer and more comfortable to use all day long. Healthycomputing.com, the premier source for office ergonomics, recommends positioning the top of your screen level with your eyes and sitting at least an arm’s length distance from the screen. Both of these key ergonomic standards are made possible using Elevator with an external keyboard.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
The Times West Virginian - State now moving on mine shelters
The Times West Virginian - State now moving on mine shelters
Published: June 10, 2007 01:19 am
State now moving on mine shelters
By Juliet A. Terry
The State Journal
West Virginia coal mines are set to begin installing underground refuge chambers in the coming months even though the federal government has yet to begin testing the shelters.
Plans are moving forward for full compliance with new mine safety laws requiring underground shelters in the Mountain State. None of the approved models has been used in coal mines before nor has any undergone practical environment testing using human test subjects. But engineers have signed off on the specifications and anticipated performance for each shelter.
The United Mine Workers of America supports moving forward, but the labor union’s top health and safety administrator said the group’s posture is based on information it has gotten from others.
“We’re going forward based on what everyone else has told us,” said Dennis O’Dell, administrator of the UMWA Department of Occupational Health and Safety. “Based on the information we were presented, we believe these will protect miners. If, in fact, there is a serious question about whether these actually will increase the health and safety of miners or possibly be dangerous, then they should stop and do additional testing.”
NIOSH Testing
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is finalizing its protocol for testing refuge chambers at its Lake Lynn underground coal mine research laboratory.
Once the testing can begin, NIOSH scientists expect it will take about one week per unit, although many West Virginia coal mines already have placed orders for refuge chambers because of deadlines established in new mine safety rules.
The draft research protocol has been circulated among scientists and stakeholders, such as the West Virginia Mine Safety Technology Task Force, the UMWA and the National Mining Association.
“We asked them to have their comments in by June 8 ... and early next week, we’ll work our way through the changes. We hope to have the final protocol done by the end of next week,” said Dr. Eric Bauer, senior mining engineer at NIOSH.
The protocol details a 96-hour test during which NIOSH will measure the interior atmosphere of each refuge chamber.
“We will be testing the breathable atmosphere, whether these units are capable of creating a breathable environment for 96 hours,” Bauer said. “That includes CO2 scrubbing, (oxygen) and heat and humidity.”
West Virginia law requires that all approved shelters be able to sustain life for 96 hours. Bauer said NIOSH can simulate human occupancy in the shelters to determine how factors such as metabolic heat production affect the interior atmosphere. Scientists also will measure heat transfer through shelter walls.
Possible Human Testing
NIOSH also is working on a protocol for human testing, according to Dr. Jeffrey Kohler, director for mine safety and health research at NIOSH.
“For the last three to four weeks, we’ve have a team look at developing a protocol for human tests — a pulmonary physician, a general physician, psychologist, physiologist, engineers and other scientists — to determine the value of human subject testing versus a simulation,” Kohler said.
Even though many individuals such as O’Dell have stepped forward and volunteered to be test subjects, Kohler said NIOSH must comply with strict federal regulations controlling human testing. A private company that does not have federal funding would not have that hurdle, he said, but NIOSH does.
O’Dell said he fully supports additional mine shelter testing.
“If they want to do it, they’ve got plenty of volunteers out there,” he said. “If that’s necessary, and if it means a delay (in implementation) to afford the best protection for our miners, then that’s what we need to do.”
O’Dell said he also would not oppose a delay in West Virginia’s timeline to wait for NIOSH to finish its first round of testing.
“A month of additional tests would be a whole lot better than sticking these things underground and finding out they’re going to fail,” he said. “Everyone seems satisfied to move forward, but if there are experts out there who believe there is a problem, they need to step up to the plate and tell us. ... We don’t want to put the health and safety of miners at risk.”
Published: June 10, 2007 01:19 am
State now moving on mine shelters
By Juliet A. Terry
The State Journal
West Virginia coal mines are set to begin installing underground refuge chambers in the coming months even though the federal government has yet to begin testing the shelters.
Plans are moving forward for full compliance with new mine safety laws requiring underground shelters in the Mountain State. None of the approved models has been used in coal mines before nor has any undergone practical environment testing using human test subjects. But engineers have signed off on the specifications and anticipated performance for each shelter.
The United Mine Workers of America supports moving forward, but the labor union’s top health and safety administrator said the group’s posture is based on information it has gotten from others.
“We’re going forward based on what everyone else has told us,” said Dennis O’Dell, administrator of the UMWA Department of Occupational Health and Safety. “Based on the information we were presented, we believe these will protect miners. If, in fact, there is a serious question about whether these actually will increase the health and safety of miners or possibly be dangerous, then they should stop and do additional testing.”
NIOSH Testing
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is finalizing its protocol for testing refuge chambers at its Lake Lynn underground coal mine research laboratory.
Once the testing can begin, NIOSH scientists expect it will take about one week per unit, although many West Virginia coal mines already have placed orders for refuge chambers because of deadlines established in new mine safety rules.
The draft research protocol has been circulated among scientists and stakeholders, such as the West Virginia Mine Safety Technology Task Force, the UMWA and the National Mining Association.
“We asked them to have their comments in by June 8 ... and early next week, we’ll work our way through the changes. We hope to have the final protocol done by the end of next week,” said Dr. Eric Bauer, senior mining engineer at NIOSH.
The protocol details a 96-hour test during which NIOSH will measure the interior atmosphere of each refuge chamber.
“We will be testing the breathable atmosphere, whether these units are capable of creating a breathable environment for 96 hours,” Bauer said. “That includes CO2 scrubbing, (oxygen) and heat and humidity.”
West Virginia law requires that all approved shelters be able to sustain life for 96 hours. Bauer said NIOSH can simulate human occupancy in the shelters to determine how factors such as metabolic heat production affect the interior atmosphere. Scientists also will measure heat transfer through shelter walls.
Possible Human Testing
NIOSH also is working on a protocol for human testing, according to Dr. Jeffrey Kohler, director for mine safety and health research at NIOSH.
“For the last three to four weeks, we’ve have a team look at developing a protocol for human tests — a pulmonary physician, a general physician, psychologist, physiologist, engineers and other scientists — to determine the value of human subject testing versus a simulation,” Kohler said.
Even though many individuals such as O’Dell have stepped forward and volunteered to be test subjects, Kohler said NIOSH must comply with strict federal regulations controlling human testing. A private company that does not have federal funding would not have that hurdle, he said, but NIOSH does.
O’Dell said he fully supports additional mine shelter testing.
“If they want to do it, they’ve got plenty of volunteers out there,” he said. “If that’s necessary, and if it means a delay (in implementation) to afford the best protection for our miners, then that’s what we need to do.”
O’Dell said he also would not oppose a delay in West Virginia’s timeline to wait for NIOSH to finish its first round of testing.
“A month of additional tests would be a whole lot better than sticking these things underground and finding out they’re going to fail,” he said. “Everyone seems satisfied to move forward, but if there are experts out there who believe there is a problem, they need to step up to the plate and tell us. ... We don’t want to put the health and safety of miners at risk.”
The Advertiser-Tribune
The Advertiser-Tribune
Had this been an actual emergency ...
By Zachary Petit
It’s about 6 p.m. Monday, and a potentially deadly crisis is beginning.
With dark clouds looming overhead, a tanker carrying chemicals swerves to avoid an accident at the intersection of SR 19 and US 224, springing a dangerous herbicide leak.
A drum of sulfuric acid also has been ruptured, and it now streams freely onto the pavement alongside the truck’s payload.
Compounding matters, two witnesses come to check on the truck’s unconscious driver and get splashed by chemicals, then hop in their vehicle and speed off to Mercy Hospital of Tiffin’s emergency room.
Later, a few more concerned citizens go to the driver’s aid and also become contaminated at the site.
The Advertiser-Tribune and other local media outlets didn’t immediately report the calamity. In fact, similar situations occur in Seneca County every year, and you probably never read or hear about them.
“It pretty much fell the way we had it planned,” Local Emergency Planning Committee Coordinator Dave Gross said. “I thought everything went really well.”
Fear not, for Gross isn’t an action-movie villain who orchestrates local calamities for his own nefarious delight.
In reality, it’s quite the opposite, as emergencies like Monday’s are initiated for the greater good: The LEPC sets up fake hazardous-materials drills to test their responses and cut their teeth just in case — knock on wood — the real thing ever happens.
Hopefully, you won’t ever hear about such a situation. After all, Gross says there haven’t been any major chemical spills locally.
But, if fate does cast a chemical shadow over your neighborhood in the future, having four children with mock burns sit idly in the rain while grown-ups play war games may not seem so crazy after all.
When chemicals attack
Gross says the basic purpose of the mandatory yearly scenarios is to test hazardous material responses, and Monday’s focused on the decontamination process and Bloomville and Republic’s forces.
The LEPC usually moves the drills around the county to give different departments the ability to participate, he says, and previous events have been held in locations from Attica to the cities of Tiffin and Fostoria, which are tested once about every four or five years.
Before this week, he says the last drill conducted was a tabletop scenario — a simulation where officials chat about the mock-disaster instead of physically acting it out — about a Bettsville train derailment and chemical spill last summer.
At the scene Monday, rain begins to fall on the young men playing victims as emergency forces dispatched from their various departments arrive and begin yelling at the “conscious” ones, asking what hurts, and receiving answers such as “neck” and “chest.”
Soon, a plethora of departments respond to the collaborative exercise, including Seneca County EMS and the Bloomville, Tiffin, Fostoria and Scipio-Republic fire squads. With diesel engines grumbling and radios chattering away, the disaster becomes very alive, and it grows even more so when responders donning the sterile haz-mat suits from “Outbreak” appear, complete with oxygen tanks and the associated Darth Vader breathing.
If it wasn’t for the scripts each victim keeps for responders, explaining things such as they’re “burned but can walk,” and the lack of an actual wrecked semi — instead, a much smaller tank simulates the nasty leak — someone stumbling upon the scene might assume the worst.
Also, Gross notes there’s a reason emergency vehicles aren’t using any of their trademark sirens right now.
“If you cause an accident when you’re doing a drill, it doesn’t look very good,” he says.
After using caution tape to quarantine different zones as “hot” (contaminated) and “cold” (the ideal place to be when a chemical spill happens — safely away from it), the teams begin to set up a “warm” location in between for decontamination. Once complete, it’s a gauntlet of gas-masked personnel and baby pools with a large, inflatable yellow tent at the end.
Forty-five minutes after the accident began, white-suited emergency personnel have been tending to all the children, and they now can escort the two with burned arms to the fully-erected decontamination zone. The worse-off victims such as the driver, however, later are carried to safety on stretchers.
Responders shower everyone emerging from the zone with hoses, and the victims are whisked through the tent — purchased by the county with Homeland Security funds and kept by the Fostoria Fire Department, Gross says — and eventually into ambulances.
Two Tiffin firefighters trained in the third tier of dealing with haz-mats then hit the scene in bulky red suits and cut the leaking truck’s valve, plug the drum spewing acid and enclose it in a larger container.
All the while, a handful of evaluators stand at attention, examining the incident as it plays out around them.
With nobody to guarantee you’ll never be sprayed in a baby pool by masked men and women who don’t want to touch whatever you just did, the question arises: How’d everyone do?
Report card
In Gross’ opinion, the verdict is pretty good: He says there was an excellent turnout and the responders meshed well together. Further, he says the evaluators felt the performance met or exceeded the expectations of the criteria, which took into account everything from whether appropriate agencies were alerted in a timely manner to whether a command post was established and clearly identified.
Gross agrees and commends drill participants, noting, however, that as a result of it, he has realized the decontamination process can be improved with a little more pre-planning.
“They did a very good job,” he says. “We learned some things that we need to be prepared for the next time. That’s the goal of a drill — to learn what you can do better.”
Discussing the issues, he says responders were surprised about how long it took to set up the decontamination lines, which also consumed more space than anticipated.
In the wake of the rainy exercise, he says officials also now know to have some warm clothing and blankets ready for the chilled people emerging from decontamination.
A debriefing followed the drill, Gross says, where officials and evaluators — including one stationed at Mercy Hospital to test the decontamination of the first victims who fled there — discussed their observations.
He notes the county won’t get credit for the “traffic and access control” section showing things such as road closures because it wasn’t easily observed, but adds the LEPC has two more drills to work on the hard-to-simulate category.
Seneca County Emergency Management Agency Director Dan Stahl ran dispatch for the simulation at the Emergency Operations Center that also broadcast weather situations and managed resources.
Alongside doling out some hands-on experience, he says the overall purpose of such events is to test the county’s emergency operations plan, and to pinpoint any weaknesses in it. Further, he says the drills are important to have, and he said he believes Monday’s will score well with Ohio EMA evaluators, who basically cross-reference the written plan with how well the county actually adheres to it.
“I thought everything went really well,” he says. “It was a terrific learning experience.”
Ohio EMA Public Affairs Branch Chief C.J. Couch says final reports typically are returned within 6-8 weeks, and adds counties are given the opportunity to correct mistakes if they received a low score for something.
Whether they’re spraying invisible chemicals off wide-eyed victims or standing by an ambulance, Couch says it’s important to realize all forces within the county are striving for the same common goal with the drills.
“They want to work on their system, (and) they’re concerned about their citizens,” he says. “They want to be ready for when the real situation occurs.”
So, knock on wood.
But, if it does happen, at least you know officials have cleaned those types of things up before. And, there also might be some warm security blankets for you now on the other side of that big, yellow tent away from the Darth Vader breathing.
Section: News Posted: 6/10/2007
Had this been an actual emergency ...
By Zachary Petit
It’s about 6 p.m. Monday, and a potentially deadly crisis is beginning.
With dark clouds looming overhead, a tanker carrying chemicals swerves to avoid an accident at the intersection of SR 19 and US 224, springing a dangerous herbicide leak.
A drum of sulfuric acid also has been ruptured, and it now streams freely onto the pavement alongside the truck’s payload.
Compounding matters, two witnesses come to check on the truck’s unconscious driver and get splashed by chemicals, then hop in their vehicle and speed off to Mercy Hospital of Tiffin’s emergency room.
Later, a few more concerned citizens go to the driver’s aid and also become contaminated at the site.
The Advertiser-Tribune and other local media outlets didn’t immediately report the calamity. In fact, similar situations occur in Seneca County every year, and you probably never read or hear about them.
“It pretty much fell the way we had it planned,” Local Emergency Planning Committee Coordinator Dave Gross said. “I thought everything went really well.”
Fear not, for Gross isn’t an action-movie villain who orchestrates local calamities for his own nefarious delight.
In reality, it’s quite the opposite, as emergencies like Monday’s are initiated for the greater good: The LEPC sets up fake hazardous-materials drills to test their responses and cut their teeth just in case — knock on wood — the real thing ever happens.
Hopefully, you won’t ever hear about such a situation. After all, Gross says there haven’t been any major chemical spills locally.
But, if fate does cast a chemical shadow over your neighborhood in the future, having four children with mock burns sit idly in the rain while grown-ups play war games may not seem so crazy after all.
When chemicals attack
Gross says the basic purpose of the mandatory yearly scenarios is to test hazardous material responses, and Monday’s focused on the decontamination process and Bloomville and Republic’s forces.
The LEPC usually moves the drills around the county to give different departments the ability to participate, he says, and previous events have been held in locations from Attica to the cities of Tiffin and Fostoria, which are tested once about every four or five years.
Before this week, he says the last drill conducted was a tabletop scenario — a simulation where officials chat about the mock-disaster instead of physically acting it out — about a Bettsville train derailment and chemical spill last summer.
At the scene Monday, rain begins to fall on the young men playing victims as emergency forces dispatched from their various departments arrive and begin yelling at the “conscious” ones, asking what hurts, and receiving answers such as “neck” and “chest.”
Soon, a plethora of departments respond to the collaborative exercise, including Seneca County EMS and the Bloomville, Tiffin, Fostoria and Scipio-Republic fire squads. With diesel engines grumbling and radios chattering away, the disaster becomes very alive, and it grows even more so when responders donning the sterile haz-mat suits from “Outbreak” appear, complete with oxygen tanks and the associated Darth Vader breathing.
If it wasn’t for the scripts each victim keeps for responders, explaining things such as they’re “burned but can walk,” and the lack of an actual wrecked semi — instead, a much smaller tank simulates the nasty leak — someone stumbling upon the scene might assume the worst.
Also, Gross notes there’s a reason emergency vehicles aren’t using any of their trademark sirens right now.
“If you cause an accident when you’re doing a drill, it doesn’t look very good,” he says.
After using caution tape to quarantine different zones as “hot” (contaminated) and “cold” (the ideal place to be when a chemical spill happens — safely away from it), the teams begin to set up a “warm” location in between for decontamination. Once complete, it’s a gauntlet of gas-masked personnel and baby pools with a large, inflatable yellow tent at the end.
Forty-five minutes after the accident began, white-suited emergency personnel have been tending to all the children, and they now can escort the two with burned arms to the fully-erected decontamination zone. The worse-off victims such as the driver, however, later are carried to safety on stretchers.
Responders shower everyone emerging from the zone with hoses, and the victims are whisked through the tent — purchased by the county with Homeland Security funds and kept by the Fostoria Fire Department, Gross says — and eventually into ambulances.
Two Tiffin firefighters trained in the third tier of dealing with haz-mats then hit the scene in bulky red suits and cut the leaking truck’s valve, plug the drum spewing acid and enclose it in a larger container.
All the while, a handful of evaluators stand at attention, examining the incident as it plays out around them.
With nobody to guarantee you’ll never be sprayed in a baby pool by masked men and women who don’t want to touch whatever you just did, the question arises: How’d everyone do?
Report card
In Gross’ opinion, the verdict is pretty good: He says there was an excellent turnout and the responders meshed well together. Further, he says the evaluators felt the performance met or exceeded the expectations of the criteria, which took into account everything from whether appropriate agencies were alerted in a timely manner to whether a command post was established and clearly identified.
Gross agrees and commends drill participants, noting, however, that as a result of it, he has realized the decontamination process can be improved with a little more pre-planning.
“They did a very good job,” he says. “We learned some things that we need to be prepared for the next time. That’s the goal of a drill — to learn what you can do better.”
Discussing the issues, he says responders were surprised about how long it took to set up the decontamination lines, which also consumed more space than anticipated.
In the wake of the rainy exercise, he says officials also now know to have some warm clothing and blankets ready for the chilled people emerging from decontamination.
A debriefing followed the drill, Gross says, where officials and evaluators — including one stationed at Mercy Hospital to test the decontamination of the first victims who fled there — discussed their observations.
He notes the county won’t get credit for the “traffic and access control” section showing things such as road closures because it wasn’t easily observed, but adds the LEPC has two more drills to work on the hard-to-simulate category.
Seneca County Emergency Management Agency Director Dan Stahl ran dispatch for the simulation at the Emergency Operations Center that also broadcast weather situations and managed resources.
Alongside doling out some hands-on experience, he says the overall purpose of such events is to test the county’s emergency operations plan, and to pinpoint any weaknesses in it. Further, he says the drills are important to have, and he said he believes Monday’s will score well with Ohio EMA evaluators, who basically cross-reference the written plan with how well the county actually adheres to it.
“I thought everything went really well,” he says. “It was a terrific learning experience.”
Ohio EMA Public Affairs Branch Chief C.J. Couch says final reports typically are returned within 6-8 weeks, and adds counties are given the opportunity to correct mistakes if they received a low score for something.
Whether they’re spraying invisible chemicals off wide-eyed victims or standing by an ambulance, Couch says it’s important to realize all forces within the county are striving for the same common goal with the drills.
“They want to work on their system, (and) they’re concerned about their citizens,” he says. “They want to be ready for when the real situation occurs.”
So, knock on wood.
But, if it does happen, at least you know officials have cleaned those types of things up before. And, there also might be some warm security blankets for you now on the other side of that big, yellow tent away from the Darth Vader breathing.
Section: News Posted: 6/10/2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
The Army Reserve
The Army Reserve
Burning DVD filestructure with Nero: If you downloaded this DVD and extract all the .RAR files you will get a DVD file structure that looks like this:
AUDIO_TS (folder)
(empty)
VIDEO_TS (folder)
VIDEO_TS.BUP (Backup of xy.IFO)
VIDEO_TS.IFO (DVD Information File, like Chapter information, audio streams ...)
VIDEO_TS.VOB VTS_01_0.BUP VTS_01_0.IFO (Menu Information File, Navigation structure ...)
VTS_01_0.VOB (Menu Video files / Menu images)
VTS_01_1.VOB (Show Video file 1)
VTS_01_2.VOB (Show Video file 2) ...
To burn a DVD filestructure Nero is the easiest way to go. Start Nero Burning ROM and select DVD-Video from the dialog box. Press "new" and you should get 2 browser windows. On the left side you see the DVD directories AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS, on the right side you can browse your harddrive. To burn a disc just drag and drop all files from the downloaded directory to the VIDEO_TS directory in the DVD filestructure. After that just name the disc and follow the NERO burning dialog.
Burning DVD filestructure with Nero: If you downloaded this DVD and extract all the .RAR files you will get a DVD file structure that looks like this:
AUDIO_TS (folder)
(empty)
VIDEO_TS (folder)
VIDEO_TS.BUP (Backup of xy.IFO)
VIDEO_TS.IFO (DVD Information File, like Chapter information, audio streams ...)
VIDEO_TS.VOB VTS_01_0.BUP VTS_01_0.IFO (Menu Information File, Navigation structure ...)
VTS_01_0.VOB (Menu Video files / Menu images)
VTS_01_1.VOB (Show Video file 1)
VTS_01_2.VOB (Show Video file 2) ...
To burn a DVD filestructure Nero is the easiest way to go. Start Nero Burning ROM and select DVD-Video from the dialog box. Press "new" and you should get 2 browser windows. On the left side you see the DVD directories AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS, on the right side you can browse your harddrive. To burn a disc just drag and drop all files from the downloaded directory to the VIDEO_TS directory in the DVD filestructure. After that just name the disc and follow the NERO burning dialog.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
thecoolhunter.net - Matt Bilfield's 'Peggy'
thecoolhunter.net - Matt Bilfield's 'Peggy'
the work above, “peggy,” is the most recent project of this collection. this piece was meticulously constructed over the course of five months. it is comprised of 2788 hand cut, sanded, and painted dowels that when put together form a modern interpretation of a painting by artist roy lichtenstein entitled, “m-maybe.” it measures seven feet wide by three feet tall. commissionable variations of this work can be constructed upon request.
the work above, “peggy,” is the most recent project of this collection. this piece was meticulously constructed over the course of five months. it is comprised of 2788 hand cut, sanded, and painted dowels that when put together form a modern interpretation of a painting by artist roy lichtenstein entitled, “m-maybe.” it measures seven feet wide by three feet tall. commissionable variations of this work can be constructed upon request.
I heart Roy Lichtenstein
peggy
the work above, “peggy,” is the most recent project of this collection. this piece was meticulously constructed over the course of five months. it is comprised of 2788 hand cut, sanded, and painted dowels that when put together form a modern interpretation of a painting by artist roy lichtenstein entitled, “m-maybe.” it measures seven feet wide by three feet tall. commissionable variations of this work can be constructed upon request.
the work above, “peggy,” is the most recent project of this collection. this piece was meticulously constructed over the course of five months. it is comprised of 2788 hand cut, sanded, and painted dowels that when put together form a modern interpretation of a painting by artist roy lichtenstein entitled, “m-maybe.” it measures seven feet wide by three feet tall. commissionable variations of this work can be constructed upon request.
Bloomberg.com: Opinion
Bloomberg.com: Opinion
Less Than Zero' Tops BOJ's Summer Reading List: William Pesek
By William Pesek
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- It's hard to get worked up about the Bank of Japan's next few meetings. Inflation is a no-show, growth is moderate and consumers aren't boosting purchases as hoped.
Less Than Zero' Tops BOJ's Summer Reading List: William Pesek
By William Pesek
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- It's hard to get worked up about the Bank of Japan's next few meetings. Inflation is a no-show, growth is moderate and consumers aren't boosting purchases as hoped.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
1408
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1408 Poster Unlocked
I was hoping that when Sony finally released an official poster for 1408 (apparently the last one, with the bed wasn't meant to be released) they'd use the door to the room, with the room number on it in the poster's art work. Alright, that's kind of obvious and luckily Sony wasn't listening to me because they came up with something even better, and used a room key instead.
You remember 1408, it's the John Cusack horror movie with those awesome trailers. It's an adaptation of a Steven King short story, the tale of an author trapped in a haunted hotel room and tortured by the ghosts inside it.
1408 hits theaters June 22nd. Let Sam Jackson stare into your soul by checking out the first real poster for 1408 below. To see it in high-res click here.
1408 Poster Unlocked
I was hoping that when Sony finally released an official poster for 1408 (apparently the last one, with the bed wasn't meant to be released) they'd use the door to the room, with the room number on it in the poster's art work. Alright, that's kind of obvious and luckily Sony wasn't listening to me because they came up with something even better, and used a room key instead.
You remember 1408, it's the John Cusack horror movie with those awesome trailers. It's an adaptation of a Steven King short story, the tale of an author trapped in a haunted hotel room and tortured by the ghosts inside it.
1408 hits theaters June 22nd. Let Sam Jackson stare into your soul by checking out the first real poster for 1408 below. To see it in high-res click here.
Friday, May 25, 2007
PizzaGrillTM BBQ Pizza Maker
PizzaGrillTM BBQ Pizza Maker
PizzaGrillTM BBQ Pizza Maker
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Enjoy the great taste of authentic brick-oven style pizzas at home with the new VillaWare® Pizza Grill!
The PizzaGrill BBQ Pizza Maker converts your outdoor gas grill into a pizza oven to bake brick-oven style pizzas.
It's unique design allows you to bake at higher temperatures than a household oven, resulting in pizzas with superbly light, crisp and bubbly crusts!
PizzaGrill can be used on your grill and also in an indoor oven
Make your own pizza dough from scratch or use store-bought refrigerated dough. You can even use the PizzaGrill to reheat take-out pizza to ensure crispy and crunchy crusts.
Built in thermometer and Stainless Steel frame
Includes a backsplash to keep pizzas and toppings from sliding off the stone as well as a back slot where loose crumbs can be brushed or swept.
Make your own pizza and save - the PizzaGrill costs the same as four take-out pizzas!
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PizzaGrillTM BBQ Pizza Maker
Previous Page
PizzaGrillTM BBQ Pizza Maker Print | Send to a Friend
Enjoy the great taste of authentic brick-oven style pizzas at home with the new VillaWare® Pizza Grill!
The PizzaGrill BBQ Pizza Maker converts your outdoor gas grill into a pizza oven to bake brick-oven style pizzas.
It's unique design allows you to bake at higher temperatures than a household oven, resulting in pizzas with superbly light, crisp and bubbly crusts!
PizzaGrill can be used on your grill and also in an indoor oven
Make your own pizza dough from scratch or use store-bought refrigerated dough. You can even use the PizzaGrill to reheat take-out pizza to ensure crispy and crunchy crusts.
Built in thermometer and Stainless Steel frame
Includes a backsplash to keep pizzas and toppings from sliding off the stone as well as a back slot where loose crumbs can be brushed or swept.
Make your own pizza and save - the PizzaGrill costs the same as four take-out pizzas!
Model# V035-41000-U00
Price: $99.99
In Stock
Product Manual available:
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Free Shipping!
FREE ground shipping on orders of $100 or more. You may even combine your orders from FoodSaver.com, VillaWare.com and JardenStore.com!
See Details »
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Introducing
JardenStore.com!
In order to offer you a more extensive line of innovative products for your home and family, the FoodSaver® and VillaWare® brands have joined with other quality brands owned by our parent company, Jarden Corporation, to create Jarden Store.
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Wii accessories
videogame.brando.com.hk -
Wii Combat Pack
Product Code: VWIOT001900
This Combat Pack improve your fighting experience for playing Zelda & Red Steel. Moreover, it is made of foam material. Safe for all.
US$19.00
Features:
Improve your inspiration when playing games. e.g. Zelda, Red Steel, etc.....
Sword and Knife are made of foam material, it is safe for children
Making the game more realistic & fun
Comes with sword, knife & a shield
The Wii Remote & Nunchuck controller are not included
This is not an Official Products
Wii Combat Pack
Product Code: VWIOT001900
This Combat Pack improve your fighting experience for playing Zelda & Red Steel. Moreover, it is made of foam material. Safe for all.
US$19.00
Features:
Improve your inspiration when playing games. e.g. Zelda, Red Steel, etc.....
Sword and Knife are made of foam material, it is safe for children
Making the game more realistic & fun
Comes with sword, knife & a shield
The Wii Remote & Nunchuck controller are not included
This is not an Official Products
Friday, May 18, 2007
brooklynvegan: tour dates Archives
brooklynvegan: tour dates Archives« tour dates | Main | tour dates »
July 28, 2006
Listen to a concert on the phone | Rolling Stones Tour Dates
"Can't make it to Europe for the current tour by the Rolling Stones? No problem. Dial a toll-free number and listen to them perform all down the line in real time for $1.99 per seven minutes.
The British rockers are the first to use a new technology called Listen Live Now, which is backed by Hollywood talent firm Creative Artists Agency, tour promoter Live Nation, and veteran artist manager Marty Erlichman." [Yahoo News]
Posted in industry | music | tour dates at 9:26 AM | Comments (13) | TrackBack
July 28, 2006
Listen to a concert on the phone | Rolling Stones Tour Dates
"Can't make it to Europe for the current tour by the Rolling Stones? No problem. Dial a toll-free number and listen to them perform all down the line in real time for $1.99 per seven minutes.
The British rockers are the first to use a new technology called Listen Live Now, which is backed by Hollywood talent firm Creative Artists Agency, tour promoter Live Nation, and veteran artist manager Marty Erlichman." [Yahoo News]
Posted in industry | music | tour dates at 9:26 AM | Comments (13) | TrackBack
Thursday, May 17, 2007
lostinyourinbox.blog-city.com
lostinyourinbox.blog-city.com
Maybe What I Need Is "Just More Drugs"
Wednesday, 2 May 2007 12:00 A GMT-04
How about some more mellow music to follow yesterday's offering? These songs are from Barzin, a songwriter from Toronto who's just put out an EP called Just More Drugs. He's not quite a solo artist but rather works with a group of musicians that come and go on his recordings, so I don't know how to classify him.
I do know that I like the gentle acoustic guitar work and the way his voice is so vulnerable and open. There's something kind of dreamy about it. There's also a line in "Just More Drugs" that perfectly describes how I felt yesterday: Wake up / Just a little breakdown / Start out the day just a little wrong / Who should I call when I don't know why I'm calling?
He had a song out last year that was one of my favorite sad songs called "Let's Go Driving," and this music is in a similar melancholic vein, although not quite as slow.
Barzin --"Just More Drugs (Resonance FM Glass Shrimp Session)" mp3 off Just More Drugs EP (buy) For some reason, this song won't play when you click on the blue arrow. It will play if you left click on the title, and it will download, but the arrow's not working.
Barzin --"Queen Jane" mp3 off Just More Drugs EP This one works just fine.
Oh, I'm just kidding about the drugs. The recreational ones, anyway. The therapeutic ones are another matter entirely.
Maybe What I Need Is "Just More Drugs"
Wednesday, 2 May 2007 12:00 A GMT-04
How about some more mellow music to follow yesterday's offering? These songs are from Barzin, a songwriter from Toronto who's just put out an EP called Just More Drugs. He's not quite a solo artist but rather works with a group of musicians that come and go on his recordings, so I don't know how to classify him.
I do know that I like the gentle acoustic guitar work and the way his voice is so vulnerable and open. There's something kind of dreamy about it. There's also a line in "Just More Drugs" that perfectly describes how I felt yesterday: Wake up / Just a little breakdown / Start out the day just a little wrong / Who should I call when I don't know why I'm calling?
He had a song out last year that was one of my favorite sad songs called "Let's Go Driving," and this music is in a similar melancholic vein, although not quite as slow.
Barzin --"Just More Drugs (Resonance FM Glass Shrimp Session)" mp3 off Just More Drugs EP (buy) For some reason, this song won't play when you click on the blue arrow. It will play if you left click on the title, and it will download, but the arrow's not working.
Barzin --"Queen Jane" mp3 off Just More Drugs EP This one works just fine.
Oh, I'm just kidding about the drugs. The recreational ones, anyway. The therapeutic ones are another matter entirely.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Feds: Millions have eaten chickens fed tainted pet food - CNN.com
Feds: Millions have eaten chickens fed tainted pet food - CNN.com
Feds: Millions have eaten chickens fed tainted pet food - CNN.com
Feds: Millions have eaten chickens fed tainted pet food
Story Highlights•Chickens in possibly hundreds of farms may have been fed tainted food
• Likelihood of human illness after eating such chicken is "very low"
• No human illness linked to the tainted feed reported to FDA, USDA
NEW YORK (CNN) -- People have eaten millions of chickens that were given feed tainted with recalled pet food, federal officials said Tuesday, though they said the threat to human health is minimal.
Feds: Millions have eaten chickens fed tainted pet food - CNN.com
Feds: Millions have eaten chickens fed tainted pet food
Story Highlights•Chickens in possibly hundreds of farms may have been fed tainted food
• Likelihood of human illness after eating such chicken is "very low"
• No human illness linked to the tainted feed reported to FDA, USDA
NEW YORK (CNN) -- People have eaten millions of chickens that were given feed tainted with recalled pet food, federal officials said Tuesday, though they said the threat to human health is minimal.
Friday, April 20, 2007
fun blog
Bored on the Boat at Giverny"
Wish I would have thought of this: Every Christmas, My Aunt Joan gives me a Monet calendar. After a couple years the same old paintings became dull. So she started enhancing the master's works with a variety of stickers. Observe how dinosaurs, teddy bears, and farm machinery bring new life to tired old impressionism.
http://www.snarkymalarkey.com/Monet1m.jpg
Wish I would have thought of this: Every Christmas, My Aunt Joan gives me a Monet calendar. After a couple years the same old paintings became dull. So she started enhancing the master's works with a variety of stickers. Observe how dinosaurs, teddy bears, and farm machinery bring new life to tired old impressionism.
http://www.snarkymalarkey.com/Monet1m.jpg
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Per Percent 100g Per One Serving 7 oz. (198.1 g)
Moisture 4.130
Total Solids 58.70
Protein 4.83 9.6 g
Fat 17.71 31.5 g
Fiber 1.85
Ash 2.36
Carbohydrate 31.95 63.3 g
Calories 306.5 607.2
Wawa > NetNutrition® - Reports
Nutrition Summary
Totals for Selected Items
Calories: 231
Calories from Fat: 49
% Daily Value*
Total Fat: 5 Gram 8%
Saturated Fat: 2 Gram 12%
Trans Fat: 0 Gram
Cholesterol: 37 MG 12%
Sodium: 762 MG 32%
Potassium: 217 MG 6%
Total Carbohydrate: 30 Gram 10%
Dietary Fiber: 2 Gram 9%
Sugars: 6.10 Gram
Protein: 16.22 Gram
Vitamin A: 45% Vitamin C: 257%
Calcium: 11% Iron: 16%
Included Items:
Carolina Smoked Turkey on Junior (Junior / 41 grams), Hot Pepper Jack Cheese on Junior (Junior / 14 grams), Hot Peppers on Junior (Junior / 36 grams), Junior Roll (Each / 43 grams), Lettuce on Junior (Junior / 14 grams), Oregano on Junior (Junior / grams), Sweet Peppers on Junior (Junior / 36 grams), Tomato on Junior (Junior / 14 grams)
Totals for Selected Items
Calories: 422
Calories from Fat: 97
% Daily Value*
Total Fat: 11 Gram 17%
Saturated Fat: 5 Gram 25%
Trans Fat: 0 Gram
Cholesterol: 74 MG 25%
Sodium: 1463 MG 61%
Potassium: 437 MG 12%
Total Carbohydrate: 53 Gram 18%
Dietary Fiber: 5 Gram 20%
Sugars: 10.77 Gram
Protein: 31.91 Gram
Vitamin A: 90% Vitamin C: 514%
Calcium: 25% Iron: 24%
Included Items:
Carolina Smoked Turkey on Shorti (Shorti / 82 grams), Hot Pepper Jack Cheese on Shorti (Shorti / 27 grams), Hot Peppers on Shorti (Shorti / 73 grams), Lettuce on Shorti (Shorti / 27 grams), Oregano on Shorti (Shorti / grams), Shorti Roll (Each / 72 grams), Sweet Peppers on Shorti (Shorti / 73 grams), Tomato on Shorti (Shorti / 27 grams)
Totals for Selected Items
Calories: 231
Calories from Fat: 49
% Daily Value*
Total Fat: 5 Gram 8%
Saturated Fat: 2 Gram 12%
Trans Fat: 0 Gram
Cholesterol: 37 MG 12%
Sodium: 762 MG 32%
Potassium: 217 MG 6%
Total Carbohydrate: 30 Gram 10%
Dietary Fiber: 2 Gram 9%
Sugars: 6.10 Gram
Protein: 16.22 Gram
Vitamin A: 45% Vitamin C: 257%
Calcium: 11% Iron: 16%
Included Items:
Carolina Smoked Turkey on Junior (Junior / 41 grams), Hot Pepper Jack Cheese on Junior (Junior / 14 grams), Hot Peppers on Junior (Junior / 36 grams), Junior Roll (Each / 43 grams), Lettuce on Junior (Junior / 14 grams), Oregano on Junior (Junior / grams), Sweet Peppers on Junior (Junior / 36 grams), Tomato on Junior (Junior / 14 grams)
Totals for Selected Items
Calories: 422
Calories from Fat: 97
% Daily Value*
Total Fat: 11 Gram 17%
Saturated Fat: 5 Gram 25%
Trans Fat: 0 Gram
Cholesterol: 74 MG 25%
Sodium: 1463 MG 61%
Potassium: 437 MG 12%
Total Carbohydrate: 53 Gram 18%
Dietary Fiber: 5 Gram 20%
Sugars: 10.77 Gram
Protein: 31.91 Gram
Vitamin A: 90% Vitamin C: 514%
Calcium: 25% Iron: 24%
Included Items:
Carolina Smoked Turkey on Shorti (Shorti / 82 grams), Hot Pepper Jack Cheese on Shorti (Shorti / 27 grams), Hot Peppers on Shorti (Shorti / 73 grams), Lettuce on Shorti (Shorti / 27 grams), Oregano on Shorti (Shorti / grams), Shorti Roll (Each / 72 grams), Sweet Peppers on Shorti (Shorti / 73 grams), Tomato on Shorti (Shorti / 27 grams)
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