I just learned some new feature of Google Translate http://translate.google.com/

• Translate words or sentences at http://translate.google.com/
• Translate webpages using the Google Translate toolbar
• Translate in regular Google Search box by using the keyword "translate" at the front of your search string.
• Translate Google search result with the translate link
• Over 50 languages are supported!

It seemed to do a good job translating the meaning. For a professional translation you would still want a human to review and edit the text.

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A few years ago I was depressed (apathy, no energy to do things) after eating vegan for about 6 months. I took the quiz at the mood cure http://www.moodcure.com/Questionnaire.html and fit in the Blahs category - I had cold hands and feet a lot. I took some Omega-3 oil and L-Tyrosine (an aid to neurotransmitters dopamine production) and within 15 minutes I was full of energy and more motivated than in months. I also took 5-HTP (a serotonin precursor) before bed. I added L-Phenylalanine (a precursor to L-Tyrosine) more recently. I also made the diet changes recommended - more protein from nuts, hemp milk, beans. I no longer had cravings for chicken that I had had and felt happier too.

For the record I don't eat dairy, eat, meat, fish, caffeine, alcohol, sugar or refined gluten such as white pasta, white bread. I found giving up alcohol improved my moods (no more low energy hangovers) and giving up sugar and pasta too - I used to get a sugar high and low from them too. I exercised the same (about an hour a day of yoga and meditation) before and after the diet change. I find I notice more the food I eat now - less of the eating to change my mood behaviors that I used to have (eg eating ice cream when lonely).

I eat about 30-50% raw food, the rest mostly Indian curries and rice or salads. I take daily vitamins too.

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A Hopi Indian Elder talks about the changing times near to 2012 and our connection to Mother Earth and spirit in this six minute video

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I both enjoyed and was inspired by the documentary Fierce Light which is about Spiritual Activism - inspired action to make a better world. From the sit-in at the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, to the blessing of graves of Vietnamese and American dead by Buddhist monks, to Dharma Punx meditation group, to tree sitting for two years to save a giant redwood, to the killing of film maker and activist Brad Will as he documented a demonstration in Oaxacan Mexico

From the Fierce Light website:

Spiritual Activism is the coming together of spirituality, and activism. It is not about any form of dogma, it is simply activism that comes from the heart, not just the head, activism that is compassionate, positive, kind, fierce and transformative. It focuses as much on what we are for, as on what we are against. It is rooted in an understanding of interdependence, and works to end of the suffering of all beings, even our opponents. Nothing could be more inspiring and more rewarding than being the change we want to see in the world, within and without.

Fueled by the belief that "another world is possible," Fierce Light is a compelling, global journey into the world of spirit in action, an exploration of what Martin Luther King called "Love in Action," and Gandhi called "Soul Force"; what Ripper is calling "Fierce Light."

Acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper takes an insightful look at change motivated by love, featuring interviews with spiritual activists Thich Nhat Hanh, Desmond Tutu,Daryl Hannah, Julia Butterfly Hill, and more.

This film really speaks to people and is a powerful testimonial to our ability to "be the change" we are looking for.

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http://www.naturalnews.com/030903_predictions_2011.html

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There´s been news of mass death of birds in USA, Sweden and tons of dead fish surfacing in Brazil.. Could it be from a US scalar weapons test?

Update - you can see mass animal death incident sites it in google maps: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=201817256339889828327.0004991bca25af104a22b  seems that the list keeps growing...
Michael

http://www.helium.com/items/2056635-experts-suspect-scalar-weapons-testing-caused-mass-bird-and-fish-deaths

Experts suspect military testing behind mass bird and fish deaths

Beyond the frightening mass death of fish in the Arkansas River that covered 20-miles, reports have come in on mass aquatic death off of Chesapeake Bay. And 100 tons of dead fish have washed up on the Brazilian coastline. Brazilian officials have never seen anything like it. Some reports in the Brazilian media claim that a few coastal communities are panicking believing that the water has been poisoned.

Investigating the mass fish death in the Arkansas River near a dam in Ozark some 125 miles west of Beebe, Arkansas. Beebe, a suburb of Little Rock, has about 5,000 residents. It's where many of the red-wing blackbirds met their strange end.

Although the state fish and wildlife investigators say disease may be the reason why 100,000 fish suddenly died en masse, they plan to continue testing the river for any evidence of toxins.

Curiously, like the birds, all the fish that died were only one species. All other fish were unaffected.

Connected to advanced government weapons tests?

Researchers Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones at infowars.com have put forward another possibility that could account for the shocking bird and fish deaths.

Watson and Jones believe evidence exists that points to secret US government testing of advanced weaponry. The two point to Scalar weapons technology.

The interesting thing about their theory is that it does account for the internal disintegration of the birds' organs, the short-lived survivors' state of disorientation, and the atmospherics that were occurring during the incident.

Radiation comes in many forms including, thermal, photonic, microwave, nuclear and magnetic. Scalar technology incorporates the transmission of high-energy electromagnetic radiation designed to disrupt geological and biological processes. It's a technology that is mostly secret that has been under development since the 1970s. Other than U.S. research on its applications as a militarized weapon, work is also being done to advance the technology in the U.K., Russia, China and Israel.

According to Watson and Jones "Scalar weapons that can artificially manipulate the environment could be responsible for the mass die offs. We know for a fact that over a decade ago the U.S. Military Industrial Complex was aware of and involved in the testing of such technology."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j-ZWYPQvBytb3qxgl7pKtT1qIaYQ?docId=CNG.850d68793570b46d02fb10bce04d9b6d.6f1

STOCKHOLM — In a week that saw unexplained massive bird deaths in the southern United States, up to 100 birds were found lying in a snow-covered street in Sweden Wednesday, officials said.

"Most were dead," Christer Olofsson of rescue services in the southwestern town of Falkoeping said of the 50 to 100 jackdaw birds, a type of crow.

Ornithologist Anders Wirdheim said the find was surprising.

"This is unusual," he told tabloid Aftonbladet, which posted online a reader's photo of dozens of black birds littering a snow-covered road.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110103/ts_yblog_thelookout/massive-bird-fish-kills-in-arkansas-leave-many-scratching-heads

Thousands of dead birds and fish in Arkansas leave many scratching heads

Maybe the Mayans were on to something?

That's surely what students of the famed Mayan 2012 prophecy for the end of the world had to be thinking with the news of recent eerie wildlife die-offs in Arkansas. Just as the calendar nudged a year closer to that fateful date, birds began falling from the sky in Arkansas and  a massive fish kill occurred some 125 miles to the west.

http://ecoscraps.com/2011/01/04/mass-death-of-red-winged-blackbirds/

Four to five thousand red-winged blackbirds dropped out of the sky over Beebe, Arkansas on New Year’s Eve. Initial reports indicated three thousand or so. A few days later, several hundred more dropped out of the sky and onto a rural stretch of highway outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. What’s going on? Are mass deaths of red-winged blackbirds common?

Red-winged blackbirds are a populous species with 100-200 million in the United States. Their range extends from Alaska down to Honduras in Central America. Their name comes from the very bright red patch on the male’s shoulders.

The birds fell down over Beebe during a thirty minute period close to midnight on New Year’s Eve. First guesses tended toward the fireworks scaring the birds. The birds, not used to flying at night, became disoriented and ran into each other. They died from the midair collisions – or so the theory goes.

Initial tests done by the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin and the University of Georgia indicate that the birds died of blunt force trauma which caused internal bleeding and death. The blackbirds showed no sign of disease that might have caused the bleeding.

Interestingly, some red-winged blackbirds on the ground were merely dazed and disoriented and were later able to fly away. These birds are not counted among the 4-5,000 dead blackbirds.

A few days later, five hundred more red-winged blackbirds dropped out of the sky and onto the rural highway outside of Baton Rouge about 350 miles away. Tests are not in on the Louisiana blackbird deaths, but the birds have been sent to the same labs that are studying the Arkansas blackbirds.

So, how common are these mass deaths? For scale and specificity of these two mass deaths, not very common at all.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/news/lib/514

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Here is my take on various kink friendly events

All these events are ok to attend as a single and many singles do attend. There are lots of workshops and rituals you can attend either single or partnered at all of them. I would guess about 50% of attendees are single.

Here are some comparisons - I am interested in what others think too

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When you next connect with an animal perhaps it is on the spiritual level too... And next time you eat part of an animal you might want to say thanks to its spirit for providing the food...

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we share Erotic Reading Night with Nancy Smeltzer. She writes: "Dear Ones, a few years ago, I suggested the idea of having an erotic reading night for a Sandbox Gathering. A Sacred Sexuality group that I belong to out in the Bay area, did it once as a bedtime gathering for the group….sort of an adult version of story time. People could either bring something they had written, or pick something that appealed to them. (It was very interesting how differently men and women choose what turns them on.)"

We did the same thing for a Sandbox event last year, and it was one of the best attended events ever. Randy and I thought it might be fun to do again, so on Feb. 9th, 2011, for Valentine’s Day, bring us your steamiest best, and after dinner, we'll have a go at tickling your auditory sensations. Please keep the reading time to five minutes, as there were a LOT of people who didn’t get to read last time. Be on time, as the reading will start at 8pm, and you don’t want to miss out on one juicy moment. Who’s bringing the chocolate????

Nancy Smeltzer is a co-developer of the energy healing technique, Renaissance of the Heart. www.hearthealing.net Together with her healing partners, Dr. Mary Pellicer, MD, and Ceitllyn Connal, their modality has been used with clients in their long distance healing practice throughout the US and Canada; Russia, Switzerland; and Australia. As a self-taught clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient, she describes as being enrolled in the “School of the Divine”, and is “shown” what she needs to know in order to help her clients. Nancy also uses her skills in her ongoing research in consciousness and has collaborated with a number of other alternative healers.

The reading begins after dinner at 8pm. I invite you to join us, though as always what ever choice you make you will be honored in.

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This Wednesday Sandbox gathering we join Rukmini Diane Maria Bongiorni for an evening of Black Hat Tantric Sect Feng Shui. Feng Shui is the Chinese art of organizing your environment for more success, a better health, and a happier life.

During this evening, we will explore a guided meditation entitled, "Meditation of the Five Religious Founders and Manjushri Budhisattva." Each person selects their own five religious founders for the meditation. Manjushri Budhisattva represents the highest wisdom and carries a sword, indicating his mastry of strong law to stop a person from committing any injurious act. After the meditation, we will discuss individual cures for various areas of human life.

Rukmini Diane Bongiorn is a Feng Shui consultant, energy healer, and tarot reader. She studied for several years with Grandmaster Thomas Lin Yun, who brought Feng Shui to America. She is also a student of Eileen Conti Weklar, a senior student of Grandmaster's for decades. dbongiorni (at) hotmail.com or 202-744-3698

The workshop begins after dinner at 8pm. I invite you to join us, though as always what ever choice you make you will be honored in.

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