Not everything from Hollywood is a Fairy Tale

I was just re-watching "The Winter Soldier" last night..... 

We like to blame Hollywood for spreading disinformation and propaganda, but sometimes, the "adventure story" shows you pieces of the puzzle even though most people think  it is yet another fanciful flight of fiction....

Operation Paperclip IS FACT. 



Sometimes that which pretends to be "fiction", is actually a commentary of current events......

.... Does any of this sound familiar?

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Aquaponic Q A session With Paul Van from Earthan Group


Last Saturday we were lucky enough to have Mr Paul Van Der Werf from the Earthan Group hold an aquaponic webinar/Q&A session from our backyard..


It involved people from as far away as Saudi Arabia & Canada asking question on all things related to backyard aquaponics & aquaculture.. After the webinar was over it was time for us locals to pick Pauls grey bits & chat about all things fish/plant related.. Was a great day, met some nice folks & picked up a few useful tips that will definitely help me out with our systems..




Pauls "go-to guy", Sockaponic ;)




Would like to thank Paul once more for taking time out to hold this session for us local enthusiasts & for all the assistance he has given myself.. Thanks too for not cringing at the silly questions I have tossed your way ;)
Would like to wish him & his family all the best on their move to the United Arab Emirates where Paul is in the process of building a 4400m2 integrated aquaculture pilot farm in the desert..
You can find Paul posting articles on his Earthan Group website where he also offers up loads of useful information/DIY ideas for us backyard enthusiasts.. He also posts regular updates on the progress of the large commercial aquaponics pilot farm on the Earthan Group Face Book page..

Cheers folks,
Rob..
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Getting more from your broccoli a tasty brassica salad

 Harvesting broccoli to get more from your plants..
Broccoli would have to be one of my favourite plants to grow.. It starts off with a nice tidy little head of green goodness only to go onto providing you with countless meals of side shoots for months to come.. We were concerned that we didnt plant enough broccoli for the season but we have started to be flooded with side shoots from a few of the plants.. 

 We now have the second crop starting to produce as well so I think we will be sorted for broccoli until the start of Summer now at this rate :) Not sure what we will be doing with the punnet of seedlings I have to plant out yet..


 Brassica salad...

We have been making up brassica salads for quite a while now & they have become a side dish here that is loved by all.. Thought I would post the recipe here even though a similar version has been posted elsewhere before.. It is one of those salads that gets whatever is growing out the back tossed into it.. The only ring-in veggie for this one was the capsicum/bell pepper,the rest came from the garden or aquaponics..



Broccoli & Cauliflower Salad..
1 Small head of broccoli .
1 Small head of cauliflower.
Remove the florets from the broccoli & cauliflower then chop into smaller 10¢/Nickel coin size pieces necessary.. Dice the stem of the cauliflower & broccoli finely.. I cheat & use the food processor ; )»

½ large red capsicum/bell pepper, diced finely.
3 stalks of celery, sliced thinly.
Large handful of cherry tomatoes, whole or sliced in ½.
Handful of parsley, chopped finely.
½ doz onion leaves, sliced thinly.
1/8th cup pine nuts lightly toasted.. We also like to use macadamia nuts as well.
Hand full of brassica flowers. Mustard greens flowers give the salad a nice little kick if you have them.


Dressing…
½cup yoghurt.
¼cup Mayonnaise.
1 heaped tsp of Dijon Mustard.
1 heaped tsp of honey.

Salt & pepper to taste. 

Mix all dressing ingredients together & add salt & Pepper to taste..
     Salad…
Add all the salad ingredients except for the flowers & mix well..
Add the dressing & mix again..
Serve up & use flowers as garnish..
It is a great salad & can be made with almost any salad veggie you have on hand..  
The left overs from this dish were supposed to be lunch today but decided that they would be better used as a side for tonight meal.. Will just be adding a few extra broccoli side shoots to boost it out a bit..
Hope you enjoy it if you give it a whirl..


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Growing Strawberries from Runners

Propagating strawberry plants is really easy.. Once they stop producing fruit the plants throw all their energy into "Runner" production & it is a great time to extend your patch &/or take some off for friends & family.. They are one plant that once you buy you will have them for life..



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Kangaroo Light From Studio Banana

Following the theme of hacking interesting microcontroller projects, tonight lets consider how we might hack a Kangaroo Light.

The Kangaroo Light is an unusual lighting device. Studio Banana, which says it makes "fun, functional objects" decided to make a "multifunctional light for the multitasking individual." In a sort of take-off on their tagline, its the light that glows with you anywhere. An article in Core77 titled, "In The Details: Studio Bananas Funky, Flexible Kangaroo Light," this unique way to light up your life is described as follows:
"...Its funky hexagonal shape allows it to fit your lifestyle, whether you roll it up and turn it into a torch or take it camping for some outdoor light,"...The light has a pyramidal, white, high-silicone exterior, giving it flexibility and, as an added bonus, making it splash-proof...The light can be activated by touch or motion, due to a built-in accelerometer and touch electrodes under the silicone surface. With 24 built-in LEDs, the Kangaroo Light emits a soft glow from one side of the device. "The LEDs are integrated in a PCB...Were planning to leave an
open gate for coders to customize the product via Arduino platform so they can play with its multiple possibilities." For instance, users could program the light intensity or quality to change as you poke or tap the device. The accelerometer adds an additional range of potential interactions, such as the ability to program the light to turn off when upside-down..."
 Studio Banana has a Kangaroo Light Kickstarter campaign going right now. Theyre over halfway to their goal and have 13 days left to hit it. If this is the kind of product youd like to see succeed, consider contributing to the campaign. Its a UK project, so be aware that the pledge amounts are stated in pounds, although the fine print also shows how much it is in US dollars.

It seems like a wallaby light would be a great hack project the Humboldt Microcontrollers Group could collaborate on with people from Origin Design Lab in Eureka. If you havent checked them out yet, you might want to stop in at 621 Third Street, Eureka, California. The Origin Design Lab website indicates they are very interested in makers, and they have a strong focus on fabrics and sewing. Its likely they can bring a lot of knowledge and insight to a project like this.

We should probably figure out the electronic design of the lighted pillow before we approach anyone at Origin about working together on a project like this. Design of the battery and microcontroller board(s) in the pillow will take a large dose of ingenuity, and if were going to hack the design to make a unique product, that might take an even larger dose.

One hack could be adding colored LEDs that would be lit under certain situations. Another would be to make the pillow flash when its thrown through the air. What other hacks can you think of for an MCU-controlled pillow light? Bring your ideas and designs to the next Humboldt Microcontrollers Group meeting, which will happen on Thursday, June 26, from 6 to 8 PM.

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Energetic Flares from Galactic Centre


Well... I just tried to sit down and write out my thoughts on this and have realized that there is WAY too much info to write... Ill have to record something on this next week.

Ive been talking about the use of Chemtrails (and aluminum in vaccines) being used to block energetic particles- or "waves"- from us and our planet for a couple of years now.  Lately quite a few new pieces of information about aluminum has really confirmed for me that this is a major piece of the puzzle.

As for CERN... well if youre following my comments and posts on Facebook youll know that Ive been doing a running update on CERN all week.  A LOT of things have been happening over there, and there are a lot of interesting "graph" actions showing up.....  including the increase to over 1300 bunches of protons that were injected this morning and have been running continuously since the last injection at just after 11am UTC.


HAARP and CERN..... As Zen Says below:  CERN is running magnetics 100,000 time more powerful than our planets geomagnetic field.... all things are interconnected and what effects ONE thing... effects everything, because galaxy, solar system, sun, planet and OURSELVES are all interconnected THROUGH these fields.  Our planets tilt has radically changed, our planets poles are moving across the top and bottom of our planet.... the sun..... well, if you remember NASA announced that the Suns poles had flipped back in August (I think?) of 2014, then quickly shut the fuck up.   These things are all interconnected.   WE are ALL interconnected.   Feeling a bit woozy?  yea, I bet!!

Im trying to find the time to watch this video interview of Anthony Patch about CERN.... Hopefully tomorrow, lol- but heres the link in case any of you have 3 hours to dig in!

http://www.zengardner.com/everything-dont-want-know-cern/


Interesting shit people!!!  There is a LOT going on right now!


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Our Galaxy Awakens!

by Zen Gardner -
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If anyone needs a confirmation of this energetic change we’re experiencing as well as expecting more of, scientists have just confirmed it. This is big news and should be an encouragement to many that what we’ve been sensing does indeed have a confirmed, identifiable physical counterpart.
Three orbiting X-ray space telescopes have detected an increased rate of X-ray flares from the usually quiet giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy after new long-term monitoring. Scientists are trying to learn whether this is normal behavior that was unnoticed due to limited monitoring, or these flares are triggered by the recent close passage of a mysterious, dusty object. [Emphases mine]

By combining information from long monitoring campaigns by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton, with observations by the Swift satellite, astronomers were able to carefully trace the activity of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole over the last 15 years. The supermassive black hole, a.k.a. Sagittarius A*, weighs in at slightly more than 4 million times the mass of the Sun. X-rays are produced by hot gas flowing toward the black hole.
The new study reveals that Sagittarius A* (Sgr A* for short) has been producing one bright X-ray flare about every ten days. However, within the past year, there has been a ten-fold increase in the rate of bright flares from Sgr A*, at about one every day. This increase happened soon after the close approach to Sgr A* by a mysterious object called G2.
“For several years, we’ve been tracking the X-ray emission from Sgr A*. This includes also the close passage of this dusty object” said Gabriele Ponti of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany. “A year or so ago, we thought it had absolutely no effect on Sgr A*, but our new data raise the possibility that that might not be the case.”
Originally, astronomers thought G2 was an extended cloud of gas and dust. However, after passing close to Sgr A* in late 2013, its appearance did not change much, apart from being slightly stretched by the gravity of the black hole.   This led to new theories that G2 was not simply a gas cloud, but instead a star swathed in an extended dusty cocoon. (Source)

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A Cloaked Star?

An interesting idea there, even though we know NASA and related agencies are filled with deceptive and false information. But I find it compelling that they’d announce finding a cocooned or cloaked star that unexplainably passes near the massive black hole at the center of the galaxy, which as we know is where the energetic forces emanate from and enlivens the stars and other bodies and all energetically connected aspects in our the milky way.
We know that the position of the stars and planets directly influences our lives. How much more then do massive energy shifts and pulses coming from the gigantic center of our galaxy?
There are many ideas about the nature of this energetic change many of us have been feeling some time. David Icke called them truth vibrations decades ago, while it’s recently been termed “Wave X” as well as ascension facilitating energy and many other things having to do with our spiritual growth and empowerment by helping to raise our vibrations and hence conscious awareness.

The Wave, CERN and Geoengineering

Certainly hidden science has known about this and other similar phenomena for a long time. That this information becomes available right now is rather prescient just as we see the attempt to put these last pieces of the global takeover into place.
We know the geoengineering agenda has many purposes. It’s been thought by many that chemtrails are being put in place to block this energetic change from reaching us. It cannot succeed of course but it may hinder some influences, I don’t know. Now think about CERN with a magnetic force 100,000 times stronger than earth’s magnetic field, according to their own website. That’s a lot of power and extremely disruptive, the full use and effects of which we’re yet to see.
Is one of CERN’s purposes to deliberately tamper with our magnetic field, and is this an attempt to jam these incoming, empowering frequencies? At the least it will alter the very resonance of our planet and everyone on it. One thing we can be sure of, their mad intentions are not for humanity’s benefit.

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Hot stuff from the patch Sambal oelek Chilli Paste

We have been very lucky so far this year in that we have had no **crosses every digit * fruit fly strike any of the chillies in the patch.. The bell chillies near the house were my big concern as they have no protection unlike the the large chilli in the hoop house.. 
A few weeks ago I decided to use up the collected chillies in a chilli paste so went searching on the interwebs for some inspiration.. An online friend (Tar Joy) pointed me in the direction of one she had tried & liked.. It looked promising but we were missing a few ingredients so I decided to make up my own using the recipe as a rough guide..
Below is what we came up with & am quite chuffed to say that the sugar & vinegar are the only ingredients we didnt grow ourselves :)»

Sambal Oelek...
  • 500g/1 lb chillies, chopped
  • 300g/10½oz galangal, peeled & chopped (some ginger would be nice as well as or instead of the galangal)
  • 300g/10½oz garlic, peeled
  • 4 stalks of lemongrass, chopped
  • 2tbsp of grated lime skin (we use our kaffir fruit)
  • small hand full of Kaffir lime leaves
  • 350ml/1.5cup coconut vinegar
  • 200g/7oz rapadura sugar

Add all ingredients, except for the sugar & vinegar, to the food processor & chop on high for about 30 seconds.
Slowly pour the vinegar in while the processor is on high until a smooth paste has formed.
Move the paste to a saucepan & bring to the boil.
Slowly add the sugar & stirred through until dissolved.
Reduced the heat & let simmer on low for 5 minutes. Adding a lid at this stage will aid in the clean up later as I found out ;)»

 This batch filled 3 sterilised 500ml jars..  2 of these were added to a hot water bath for 10 or so minutes so they could be stored for later use with one being gifted to some friends..
We have been very pleased with the fresh citrus flavour off this paste.. We have used it to spice up some leftover roast pork & also to make an AWESOME coconut prawn curry.. Cant wait to experiment with the next batch we make up..
Nice & easy Chilli paste..
A simple no frills recipe to make up this basic yet versatile paste..
Thanks to Granny Mel for a few pointers on the paste..
250g/½lb Chillies, chopped in ½
125ml/½ cup Vodka
15g/½oz salt
2Tbsp water



Process chillies on high for 30 seconds or until finely chopped.
Add to saucepan with water & salt then bring to the boil.
Reduce to a high simmer for 4-5 minutes.
Turn hotplate off & allow past to cool for 5 minutes.
Stir Vodka through paste then add to sterilised jar & seal.
I would recommend storing it in the fridge.

This is such a basic recipe that only takes 15 minutes to whip up & can be used in so many different styles of cooking..

Shall post the other chilli paste recipes later if I think they are tasty enough..

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Looking At Arduino From A Programming Viewpoint

Because the Arduino single-board microcontroller is a piece of hardware, most of my focus in trying to understand the world of microcontrollers (MCUs) so far has been on the hardware aspect. You know -- what components hook up to which pins on the Arduino, and what do the different electronic components do in each of the circuits I cobble together.

To get the most out of microcontrollers, though, one also needs to understand the software or firmware side of things. To get a better picture of how Arduino software functions, you may want to consider reading an article John H from the Humboldt Microcontrollers Group linked me to. The article is titled, "Understand Arduino development" and starts out this way,
"Arduino is a fantastic platform for getting started with embedded software development. You are provided a development board, and programming IDE all configured to work together immediately. As a developer, all you need to do is write your program, press a button, and it is compiled and uploaded to the board where it begins execution. Its important you understand the fundamentals of what is happening in the background to make this work for you."
I need to do more online research about the differences between learning C and learning C++. Then I need to buy Nick or John a beverage and have a discussion about whether my C / C++ studies should be done with tutorials, websites and books that focus on C or on C++. If I need the basics of C to do much of anything in C++, it might be helpful to know what specific aspects of C++ should spice up my C studies. According to the article linked above,
"The Arduino IDE compiles your project as C++ using the GNU AVR toolchain...So you are writing "real" C++ code, though there are a few hardware limitations to keep in mind. Its called the GNU AVR toolchain because it compiles code for the AVR micro-controller architecture."
I am especially interested in the section of the article that talks about large projects. Most of my learning projects will be pretty simple, but down the road I hope to get to the point where Ill build an MCU project with fairly complex functions and programming requirements. It appears it
will likely be helpful to learn how to write libraries in the Arduino IDE as well as sketches. According to the "Understand Arduino development" article,
"The Arduino IDE has the concept of a "sketchbook", and the programs that you write are called "sketches". So the sketchbook is a folder which contains all of your sketches...The sketchbook should also contain a folder called "libraries", which allows you to share code across sketches. Similar to structure of a sketch, a library needs to be a folder where the name of the folder is the name of the library...The main reason you would consider this is because you should split your project into multiple files by their logical function. You are not limited to using libraries to achieve this either, a sketch can have multiple source files...Splitting the project into modular files is key for long term development. It allows you to reuse code later on without having to copy and paste individual functions out of source files, rather you just include the library or add the source files to your sketch. When you make your project modular, you can document each module on its own, which allows others to use that module in their own projects without having to understand how the entire program works."
There are lots of two hour introductory classes or sessions on Learning The Basics Of Arduino where a person starting with no knowledge about MCUs or electronics can hook together a basic circuit and make an LED blink. But like anything complex and powerful, there are many hours of study and experimentation required to become reasonably skilled in the Art of Microcontrollers. Reading about "splitting the project into modular files" reinforces that blinking an LED is significantly different from becoming skilled with MCUs.

Reading the article (twice, so far) that John linked me to and doing a bit of related online research has had a definite impact. It convinced me I need to block out more time in my schedule for completing the work in the Jeremy Blum video tutorials and for gathering background information for a couple microcontroller projects that arent in the videos.

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From Facebook My Biggest Wish

I posted this on Facebook this morning and have had multiple requests to publish it on RTS for ease of Sharing.


My biggest wish? Is for people to STOP listening to the propaganda, and instead, RESEARCH FOR THEMSELVES. The Facts of what has been going on for the past 10, 20, 100 years, are actually right out there in plain sight.... IF - and this is a BIG "IF"... you are willing to look away from CNN, Fox, BBC, CBC, etc... and ACTUALLY LOOK at the FACTS. Not the "facts" that BBC or CNN tells you, not the lies that they have told you- that have been proven over and over again to BE Outright LIES. BUT LOOK AT THE FACTS.

FACT: Over 2000 Engineers, and Architects have PROVEN THE FACTS that the Twin Towers did NOT collapse because of airplanes crashed into them. Building #7 did NOT Collapse due to "an office fire".

FACT: SandyHook School Was CLOSED DOWN before the "terrible attack"- there were NO students, nor any teachers at the school when the "attack" supposedly took place.

FACT: the US government agencies use "Crisis Actors" to play the roles of "dead teacher", blown up runner, terrified student, crying parent......

Google Image search: Crisis actors:  https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=643&q=crisis+actors&oq=crisis+actors&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1143.4045.0.4662.13.13.0.0.0.0.226.1519.0j8j2.10.0....0...1.1.64.img..3.10.1513.dldGwHyHH3w

The US and Western Media are lying to you about the Economy, the Stock market and the Financial status of the USA. The US government is LYING to you about Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Venezuela, Iran, Russia (to name just a few) - Complete LIES and Fabrications- fairy tales to sell the US public into DEBTS that they can never and WILL NEVER be able to pay back.

You have been lied to by your religious leaders and your political leaders. You have been lied to by your "Gurus" and your "New Age" prophets, your Channelers and your OHMers, your crystal gazers and your "enlightened" galactic mouthpieces. ....

YOU have a choice: You can live with your head buried in the sand, hiding your eyes from what is ACTUALLY HAPPENING on our planet.... yep, you can continue to live in your "fairytale world" that is being fed to you by the media and your church and your government and your Gurus ...

BUT.... then you ALSO have to live with the Repercussions and the RESPONSIBILITY for YOUR DECISIONS.

.... because there is a good chance that very soon, your little fairy tale world is about to blow up in your face. And when it does.... its people Like ME that youll be running to for information and answers. And to be perfectly honest.... Im not sure Ill give a fuck by then.





Mainstream Media BUSTED

False Flags, staged events, crisis actors, the evidence is overwhelming on the corruption and fraud perpetrated on the general public DAILY. All leading to a false media created reality that serves the few at the expense of humanity and our planet.


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The Destruction of US Wealth or All I need to know about stocks I learned from Trading Places



Well.... lets really take a closer look at this.

Chinese stocks DESTROY 45 billion in US wealth. That can mean a lot of different things, and this article itself is a glaring piece of fluff (Like most of the financial articles this week, lol). Most of the stocks mentioned in this article were pushed up in value at hyper speed since they started trading on the US market. Who made the money off of the inflation of the value of these stocks? Now,  "suddenly", their "value" is plummeting. Why? Because they are being sold off, or "dumped". So, who is making the money off of that? 

Now..... if the hyper inflated "value" of these stocks was bogus to begin with- and well use the example of the several "billionaires" that lost their shirts in China over the past 8 months when their companies stocks were hyper inflated and then dropped radically in reflection of their true value-  the questions is the same: who made money off the hyper inflation of the stock prices to begin with? And then who made money off the crashing of those stock "values"? And Note the use of the word "Value" and "wealth" in this article..... not money.

The US financial media is pushing the "China is the problem" envelope as an explanation for all the current apocalyptic crashing that is happening in the western (actually, global)  financial arenas. Yet who were the ones pushing everyone to "Buy buy buy" in the China markets just over a year ago? Who were the ones selling the propaganda that "Investing in the new untouched market is the gold mine of the year!", pushing middle and lower end investors who had already taken a beating in the US markets to "test their luck" in the china markets? Now what has happened?
....basically these guys lost their shirts. But again, the question no one answers is: to whom? If were talking about actual "money", it doesnt just disappear..... if someone "lost it" then it stands to reason that if was "found" by someone else. The question is: who found it nicely and neatly tucked into their pocket when they walked out of the trading arena?


Buy buy buy low.... Sell sell sell high..... then buy buy buy low again.....

All you ever needed to know about the current bullshit, you can learn simply by watching the movie "Trading Places".  Only......  its not the "good guys" or the "under dogs" that are winning this one.

d



ps:  This also applies to "climate change spending " and "National debts", etc -  If someone has to PAY  a hundred billion in funding climate change policies..... that means someone will MAKE $100 billion.  If countries "owe" Trillions of dollars in "debt"..... who do they owe it TO? ..... Just sayin








Chinese stocks destroy $45B in U.S. wealth


There might be one thing tougher for an American than learning to speak Chinese: Owning Chinese stocks.
The 141 Chinese-based companies with shares listed on a major U.S. exchange have shredded $45 billion in market value - just this year, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. These stocks are already down 5.1% on average this year.
Its a stunning destruction in wealth that seems to only be getting started. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 7.3% Thursday before trading was halted after less than an hour of trading. Investors are braced for more selling to continue. Chinas pain is also spreading into U.S. markets. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 392 points to 16,514 Thursday and is off 4.8% this year.
Pain is already being felt - in a big way - by investors brave enough to buy into U.S.-listed shares of Chinese stocks.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/01/07/chinese-stocks-destroy-value/78421516/



Please note the bold quote below.... I just about fell of my chair laughing.  But, really.... what do you expect from American Media and Financial "Experts", lol


This isn’t a stock-market crisis; it’s an outright ‘selling stampede’

Published: Jan 7, 2016 2:13 p.m. ET

Jeff Saut says such stampedes tend to last 17 to 25 sessions




 

The market is currently in panic mode. Investors across the globe are wading in a sea of deep red, sparked by concerns about slumping global growth — otherwise known as China.....

Saut told MarketWatch he’s sanguine about the long-term prospects for U.S. stocks in the face of another plunge in China’s Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +1.97%  and the subsequent trading halt. Hours after the market closed, Beijing suspended its so-called circuit breakers (which come into play if the market falls by a certain measure), but it isn’t clear whether that move will serve to calm the markets.....


“The U.S. has solved many of its long-term problems,” Saut said. “Banks are less leveraged, the deficit is under control, balance sheets are strong.” ....

* me.... laughing so hard......*

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-isnt-a-stock-market-crisis-its-an-outright-selling-stampede-2016-01-07?dist=afterbell



Saut is "Sanguine" is he?  Interesting turn of phrase.  One might wonder if his optimism is due to his blood(line)?   Or is he just blushing profusely due to his outrageous lies that not even he can swallow?



sanguine

/ Sæ??w?n /

adjective
1.
cheerful and confident; optimistic
2.
(esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance
3.
blood-red

Middle English: from Old French sanguin(e) blood red, from Latin sanguineus of blood, from sanguis, sanguin- blood.

OH and heres the only point worth paying attention to in this Zerohedge article- again, note the underlined Bold sentence: 



"It couldnt be worse," exclaims one manager who started his fund mid-year in 2015, blaming Chinas equity market carnage on its newly-created circuit-breakers (as opposed to the fact that the Chinese market trades at 64x P/E and there are sellers everywhere). "Panic will eventually turn into a buying opportunity," hopes one strategist while another proclaims "poorly-designed" circuit breakers need to be adjusted to 10% (seriously).

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-07/china-suspends-circuit-breaker-rule-insane-we-were-forced-liquidate-all-our-holdings





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Harvesting worm castings from the Bathtub Worm farm



Decided it was time to harvest ½ of the worm castings from the bathtub farm on the weekend.. As always, I was surprised at how well they break the manure down into castings that the garden will love.. Planing on using some to make up worm cast tea in the coming weeks as well..

If you havent seen how the worm bathtub was set up this might help.. While I was lucky enough to have enough material to make a waste high frame to sit ours in, many just sit them on bricks or small wooden stands to give them enough room to be able to collect the leachate from the plug hole in the bath..



Also did a "How & what we feed the worms" clip a while ago...
I think this is the fastest way to turn veggie scraps into a useful garden fertiliser.. I also think that it helps the worms breed faster as they are able to consume more food & are in better condition.. I could be wrong but that is my observation..


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Arduino Basics From Digi Key and DesignNews

If youre just getting started with microcontrollers and Arduino, you might want to consider a series of online classes coming up next week, June 9 - 13, 2014.

A blog post on DesignNews, titled "Quick-Learn on Arduino Basics," talks about the popular open source single-board microcontroller from Italy that has helped the maker movement expand as rapidly as it has. According to this post,
"...Next week, Design News and Digi-Key will begin a five-day overview of the Arduino in the continuing education program, Get Your Project Started with Arduino. The class will explain what Arduino is and offer website sources. The program will explain what can you do with an Arduino, offer example projects, and explore the Arduino architecture. The class will be presented by Don Wilcher, a passionate electronics technology teacher and an electrical engineer with 26 years of industrial experience. Wilcher worked on industrial robotics systems, automotive electronic modules and systems, and embedded wireless controls for small consumer
appliances..."
The description of the five days of classes can be found here. The online classes start at 2 PM, USA Eastern Time. If you cant watch at that time, I think youll be able to view the archived class later.

Other online class topics, such as the Internet of Things, offered by DesignNews are also listed on the page linked in the previous paragraph.

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Soft shell egg from the chickens

One of the girls laid a soft shell egg the other day & it gave Koo a bit of a shock when she was collecting the eggs :D We have only ever had 3 or 4 of these over 16 years & 3 lots of chickens..



A soft shell egg can be a one off or in some cases caused by stress, a sign of nutrient deficiency or illness in the bird.. In our case I think it has to do with the age of our 2 older chooks, Greedy & Chicken Little.. If there is a continuing problem we will be off to the vet with the young lass in question..

I have come across a few great sites & forums that have been useful over the past few years.. Backyard Chickens is one forum that has some great posters & information like this page on Common Egg Quality problems..
The Chicken Vet from the UK has also got some great information on diseases on his site..
Cheers & hope the info helps some folks out there,
Rob :)
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From Morocco to OZ The Transpicuous Relocation Project




There is a bit more to this story than I have put in our Crowdfunding campaign....

In recent weeks, certain information has become clear and the reactions of certain people who are highly connected here in the Highest Places of Morocco, have been clearly seen.  Some of my News coverage has made certain people not happy.  My entire families Skype access has been wiped out.  And through some savvy tech friends, weve learned that skype knows that certain IPs are being Blocked in Morocco..... and not by Skype.  In the past two weeks weve had several "technical" problems with our banking,  Packages that were suppose to be delivered to us have not been delivered, and the most recent and blatant event:  in the past week, local youths have taken to throwing rocks at our house. ....

The 7 puppies that we rescued the first week of December, are all healthy, dewormed, deloused, chubby and glossy and they have all got new homes with awesome families.... that was one of the very last responsibilities we had to tie us here to Morocco.

We are ready to leave.  Literally.

Love d



Welcome to our "Get Dani & Nick and the kids out of Morocco and across the Big Pond to the Land of Oz" Crowd Funding Campaign!!


For those of you who know my work in journalism: Removing the Shackles, Transpicuous News, and the One Peoples Roundtable Discussions.... well all of you know the story of how a Canadian Family of 6 ended up living in Morocco almost 3 years ago.  For those of you who dont know the background, well, its long and convoluted....  but basically we came to Morocco looking for a better life for our family and to build a community here. After a lot of ups and downs, happiness and disappointment, we ended up in Morocco alone, with no way to get back to Canada....

But those of you who know me, know that Nick and I are not quitters and are not afraid of digging in and making things work.  So here we were, in a foreign country where we didnt speak the language, but we saw infinite possibilities in a place that had something amazing- Untouched, unpolluted, and almost unknown treasures called Argan Oil, Black seed oil, Barbary fig oil and some of the most amazing essential oils on the planet!!  Now, I have been an Aromatherapist and mixing my own oils, lotions, creams, salves and balms for almost 25 years, so the conclusion we came to was obvious: to start our own Hand made skin care product line!  With the help of a good friend we were able to get the funds together to start our small company here in Morocco, and we launched Our Gaias Gardens. We have connected with a Berber womens cooperative, right on the edge of the Sahara, and a family cooperative in the Rif mountains, who are making all their own oils,  REAL Truly PURE, untouched, unpolluted Oils- and build a wonderful friendship. Every penny weve made has gone back into our company,  and to the cooperatives to expand our products.


If youd like to know more about our family and about our vision for moving forward, please visit the "Our Vision" and "About Us" pages on http://www.ourgaiasgardens.com/
This was all wonderful.... until everything really started to blow up (literally) in the Middle East.

Things here in Morocco are getting.... tense, and the situation at the border where we usually cross to get our VISAs stamped, is VERY tense, teeming with military on both sides of the border.  The Universe has been kinda telling us that it might be time to leave this area of the world for the past few months, but this past week, the message has become very clear.  Its time to go!.....


Continue reading HERE: https://www.youcaring.com/dani-nick-mckenny-504938
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