"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."

– Chuck Palahniuk

¿Por qué insectos y aves migratorias funcionan normalmente en lugares donde hay luz o falta de ella incluso las 24 horas como las latitudes bien al norte o bien al sur del planeta?

La duración del día difiere mucho en diferentes lugares de la Tierra según su estación. Tanto las aves migratorias como los insectos se adaptan a esto porque es un cambio relativamente lento, ocurre durante varias semanas; es gradual y los animales pueden adaptarse.

En ciudades o zonas rurales donde se utiliza la luz artificial, cambia bruscamente. Las áreas pasan de no tener iluminación a encenderse repentinamente toda la noche. Los animales no pueden responder bien. Si hay luces artificiales en lugares dónde no se le espera, puede tener un efecto muy perjudicial para ellos.

Las plantas y animales han evolucionado bastante bien para adaptarse a diferentes duraciones de luz diurna, pero los cambios repentinos en la iluminación artificial les afectan en gran medida.

Foto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_8MzRr85E Fuente: IDA (International Dark Sky Association) Trivia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKAuWAjrj68

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I've just heard of this Sans in my life.

SUDDEN CHANGE

JOHN MCINTOSH 

When Sudden Change is upon you, from the microcosm of a lost job, a divorce, financial disaster or a physical challenge, to the macrocosm of global conflict or the type of challenge humanity has experienced for the last 2 years …  the false self has a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction that allows it to be ‘easily manipulated’ by mass opinion … it will accept ‘anything ‘to hopefully ease the pain and bring back stability [what it believes is reality]. To the extent that the false self is ‘un-attached’ to outcomes, clarity becomes increasingly possible.

 Inevitably however, suffering leads to surrender where humility and vulnerability open the Heart, the True sovereign of Life in the Grand Dream and if this persists, genuine Awareness of what is Real becomes possible.

 Humanity has been ‘prepared’ these last many months for SUDDEN CHANGE on a magnitude that transcends anything previously experienced and great opportunity will soon present itself to ‘you’ who ‘allow’ the ‘gentle embrace’ of the Grace that underpins it to draw your attention inward where the Love, Balance and Joy of the impending era of Peace and Light awaits.

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Why do insects and migratory birds work normally in places where there is light or lack of it even for 24 hours like the far northern and southern latitudes?

The length of day differs greatly in different places all over the Earth according to its season. Both migratory birds and insects adapt to this because it is a relatively slow change, it happens over a number of weeks, it’s gradual and animals are able to adapt to it.

In cities or rural areas where artificial light is used it changes abruptly. Areas go from no lighting to suddenly lights on all night. Animals aren’t able to respond well. If there are artificial lights in places where they don’t expect it, it can have a very harmful effect on them. Plants and animals have evolved pretty well to accommodate different lengths in daylight, but sudden changes in artificial lighting affects them greatly.

Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_8MzRr85E Source: IDA (International Dark-Sky Association) Trivia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKAuWAjrj68

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Dealing With the changing Face of "Normal"

"Normal"! What on earth is this concept of normal? I think the best description I ever received was, "What everyone else is, and you're not!" I've always described life around my home as "my/our version of normal, whatever that is". For me, "normal" has always included a sense of routine, a certain amount of sameness every single day, the "normal" way of doing things at the usual time and place. Then change comes along and reminds me that as a single mom, this concept of "normal" is actually, highly relative and if I don't adjust and accept that "my normal" won't be the same as other families out there, change would be very hard to deal with. Whether you've recently become a single mother, or you've been a single mother for a long time, no doubt your concept of "normal" has had to change too. Sometimes we have to adjust our perception of “normal” before any true, lasting change can be engaged in or even considered. Sometimes, “the way we’ve always done it” is no longer the best or most expedient way to do it anymore. Life has a way of throwing things at us that require change to adequately deal with. Change is a difficult word for up to a solid third of modern society. It is a threat for some. A difficulty for others. Some types of change require time, effort, and/or money to accomplish and those requirements are not always available the moment change barges in. Change arrives for various reasons: Someone dies and family or work life must be changed to accommodate the gap left behind. Health fails and change must take place to function in a manner conducive to healing or simply moving forward in a new way of life. Locations change because of going to school or accepting a new job and change must take place to accommodate the move. Prices rise and fall, forcing changes in how available earnings are spent. These are just a few of the circumstances that tend to force change in a person’s life, whether or not that change is wanted or unwanted. Nothing makes the concept of dealing with change more relevant than the year COVID-19 hit the world stage! Truly 2020 will go down in the history books as the year that forced modern life to reconsider how they do things in a very sudden, in some cases drastic way. How we paid our bills, how we schooled our children and how we did our grocery shopping were instantly changed! Prior to COVID's entrance, the idea of online shopping for groceries was still considered a novelty and a high-ticket convenience. That all changed in one week in March of 2020! Back in 2018, I came across a photo someone took of a list of foods someone else had made for themselves to avoid. The comments attached to this photo revealed a battle for change that many nutritionists, dietitians, health food gurus, and others have been trying to win via educating the public for possibly going on 2 decades now! The perception of a normal grocery list screamed quite loud as I saw junk food, sugary foods, and items I’d only consider the occasional splurge on being touted as impossible to give up. The challenge posted with this photo was asking the public if they could go without these items for 30 days. I sat mildly shocked as I realized I go without those things for months at a time, generally only engaging in them on special occasions such as Christmas, birthdays, and national holidays. This photo was followed a day or so later by an article where a local news source was contacted by desperate parents complaining about how expensive it is to live in my town.  This bolstered another article I read earlier in that past week,  where Kelowna BC Canada was ranked the 11th most expensive place to live, and on a per capita basis with regional incomes taken into account, one of the most expensive in terms of rental properties for families. Both complainers of these article had families, but neither could find homes that would accept their kids, in their price range. This is a research reality on the ground in this town ever since I began looking into it myself back in 2005. Rents have increased dramatically over the past 15 years, creating the situation where change is being forced on people who don’t have the funds to deal with it.  (More recent articles like those two can be found by searching the news source website simply for "rentals" in the top bar beside the google search.)

However, the question reared it’s head for me, were they seriously having trouble affording life in Kelowna due to income versus expenses, or did they think the items on the 30 day challenge were a normal part of everyday life? If those things are normally part of their weekly or bi-weekly grocery runs, do they also spend money at the local coffee shop every week or every day? Is a meal caught at local fast food places a normal part of their workday routine? I have worked with people who regularly buy their lunch rather than make it at home, so I know there are those out there who think this is normal on their expense list. Do they go out for dinner once a week or even once a month? How do they shop for clothes? Is it important to them to have a different outfit for every occasion, shoes and jewelry included? Are they offended by people who wear the same outfit two or three days in a row? How do they handle their errands? Do they plan routes to save on gas or do they go where ever as needed with no thought of the hit at the gas pump? In other words, are these people struggling because they are trying to live at financial levels they don’t actually see in the bank account? Or are they struggling because none of this is normal and they are seriously broke? Those last two questions are an affront to many people because they don’t want to consider that maybe, just maybe, what they consider normal is not helping their financial situation. Maybe, just maybe, wearing one outfit for two or three days, only having one pair of shoes for several types of occasions and wearing the same jewelry might help their financial goals. Maybe, just maybe, cutting out most of the foods on the 30 day challenge might actually mean other stuff more important can suddenly become affordable. But for any of these maybes to become reality, change has to take place. Time is needed to identify the non-essentials that were once thought to be indisputable. Effort is needed to ensure identified expenses are indeed cut out of the budget to make room for more important necessities. I know for myself in times past, that doing these exercises has always resulted in better financial coverage across rent, clothing, groceries, hygiene, transportation, and debt payments. Costs have risen for me as well. Income has risen and fallen quite scarily at times and made it difficult to pay the bills. The financial lessons I’ve learned as a single mother raising two kids in a town such as Kelowna, has not only allowed me to recover from low income periods better, but has opened my eyes to the financial plight of many in my situation who don’t realize that societal norms are actually harming their ability to make ends meet. Occasionally someone will come along who like one of the parents complaining to Castanet, will realize that the only way they can make ends meet is to sell stuff and cut back. While they were cursing the thought of having to do that, I’ve lived that way! I’ve even contemplated having to do that in more recent times as well. Change can be an adventure, or it can be a threat. It can be viewed as a doorway to better things, or the iron gate swinging shut on one’s dreams. The perspective is entirely up to each person facing it. Time, effort and finances are freed up for better things when unnecessary stuff is removed from the picture. Modern society is a slave to materialism. Toys big and small require maintenance to keep in running condition. Homes and properties big and small require maintenance to stay structurally healthy and useful. Special care clothing takes time and money to keep in optimal condition. The less you own, the less you have to put out on such maintenance. The less you put out on maintenance, the more you have available for needs, health concerns, and emergencies down the road. This goes for time, effort and finances. Change happens so much easier when all three of those criteria are adequately available.

You can learn how to begin changing your own perception of “normal” and discover lost money in the process, by signing up to take my 3 month coaching program: Taming the Coin. Sometimes, a person won’t know where to find the funds until they have completed the first month of the program, then it will dawn on them where that money was hiding and they can continue more confidently toward a deeper understanding of where their funds are going, why they are going there, and how to better spend their resources in a manner that comes closer to meeting their daily, weekly and monthly needs. Time and finances are needed to discover the effort necessary to make required changes to live better on the income currently coming in. Kelowna is constantly being touted as a two-income town in order for families to survive here. My kids are now young adults and one has a head injury he’s recovering from. Neither are able to move out on their own yet and have found it cheaper to pay the room and board I’m asking, than to attempt getting into a rental situation here. Yet somehow over the years, I was able to raise them on one income that was generally seen as less than the required amount to live on. I’m not saying it’s easy to make ends meet in Kelowna or even where you live, but I am saying with a financial scaple in your hand, it is possible. All it takes is a shift in perspective regarding what is and isn’t necessary, what is a need versus what is a want, examining spending habits, bills and transportation norms. Check out Taming the Coin and see for yourself. Read the full article

Higher #Love Word Message for someone. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Oh my oh my. What blessings coming for you. You have been looking for change left and right and final it is about to arrive!! A major change is on the way. It's the type of change worth celebrating!! It's a wonder you have this certain awareness that something is about to happen. You have been putting in the necessary work. In the meantime you are being told to stay in a state of balance being sure to practice moderation and self control. Your spirit guides are working it out for sure on your behalf. Just remember to take what you have learned and use it to help others. This is going to happen in 3 days or 3 weeks time!! ❤️🔮❤️🔮❤️🔮🔮 #happyvalentinesday #lovereads #psychic #intuitiveguide #lovehealing #healer #suddenchange #majorchange #celebration #payitforward #oracle https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jyJnZnSSi/?igshid=1ql3jk9ij8k8o

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Asrielverse conflicts story #3 ( sudden showdown against the hunter) *

SuddenShiftfulSwaps Asriel vs bounty Asriel lv 24

Sudden* howdy again.....

Bounty* haha wow... you actually came back...especially when I told you that if I let you live u never come back....but your here to d...

Suddenly suddenchanges*Asriel finger guns a sniper round like bullet at bounty

Bounty* - 999 (29.1/30% hp left)

A FINGER GUN!?!?!?!

Sudden Asriel* ye I was suddenly changed

Bounty* ok great add 'annoying'to the list of reasons why you must die -attack increase-

The showdown continues later tonight

Obey Me! Devilgram Posts and Comments: Satan (Launch~We’re All Bad Here)

Apparently Satan had the most cards total when Baddies was the most recent event, with 7 instead of everyone else’s 6.  And yet he has no event URs?  Solmare where are the Satan URs.  Satan aside, where are the wrath SSR+ cards.

This one actually wasn’t very hard!  There were a few areas where a wording was strange, which I explained when I felt it was necessary (remember that my translation is as direct as I can manage while keeping the nuance there, while the localization goes to make it seem, y’know, local).  Although the ってs did give me a little bit of trouble, especially since I don’t own very many Satan cards at all.

Anyway, as usual a full Japanese transcript is below the cut!

日本語は私の第三言語ので、時々間違えます。日本語話者、間違いを見たら教えてください。 (Japanese is my third language, so I make mistakes sometimes.  Japanese speakers, if you see a mistake, please tell me!)

The Queen of Heart’s Favor

Belphie: A valid choice in staff

Luke: The Queen of Heart’s evil clutches!

Beel: The variation in punishments is extreme

Asmo: You’re too possessive!

#Punishment #Special

A Special Drink

Belphie: It LOOKS like it’s nothing, but(1)

Asmo: Oh, something’s suspicious

Solomon: I’ll also try some(2)

Lucifer: He’s been seen in a rare state

#Toso(3) #Drunk

The Search for Self

Lucifer: A tour(4) of the Devildom?  That’s good.

Asmo: I’m more beautiful than art though, right?

Beel: A trace of sweets...

Mammon: Ain’t that cute.

#Walk #Cat

Mysterious Phenomena

Beel: I haven’t eaten yet.

Solomon: It’s like a cat’s ghost.

Simeon: Is the search going well?

Satan: It was just a whim.

#Cat #ReturningAFavor

The Unique You

Simeon: It’s rare for everyone to be gathered together.

Luke: Something that’s scary to THEM...

Solomon: Satan’s personality…?

Mammon: WHO’D ya say is lackin’ in personality?

#Movie #SuddenChange

Why Are Cats Loved?

Asmo: Found(5) Satan!

Levi: No fair!  That’s special treatment!!

Lucifer: Satan shows up when(6) you least expect it.

Mammon: He sure is fickle.

#EyewitnessReport #UnexpectedAppearance(7)

Seven Rulers of Hell

Luke: A date?  Like a DATE!?

Solomon: This bookstore, it has a good selection.

Levi: Isn’t it great, it’s the Seven Lords!(8)

Beel: How can you go all night without eating anything...

#Reading #JustTheTwoOfUs

1. Belphie is implying that although it looks like Satan’s got nothing special planned, he definitely has something special planned.  This is where the localized version comes from. 2. I don’t have this card, but Solomon should be ordering whatever Satan and MC are having. 3. Toso is a Japanese spiced sake that they drink on New Years Eve! 4. Since the word used is 案内, a “guide” would be more direct, but the connotation of “showing around” is pretty heavy.  Also fun fact, 案 was almost a kanji in the name my professor gave me, but we switched it to 杏 in the end. 5. 見っけ is a shortened way to say 見つけた (to find). 6. Where you least expect it too, but “when” implies that as well. 7. Jfkdf;adjsd “Here and there he is everywhere” localization wyd 8. Since I once again don’t have this card, I chose a middle ground between what I read as him directly referring to TSL and the localization’s implication of him using it as a comparison.  I’ll change it when one or the other becomes obvious.

Masterpost

ハートの女王の寵愛

ベルフェ：妥当な人選だね) ルーク：ハートの女王の魔の手が！ ベール：お仕置きの差が激しいな アスモ：独占欲強過ぎ！ ＃お仕置き　＃特別

特別な一杯を

ベルフェ：何でもなくなさそうだけど アスモ：何か怪しいよねー ソロモン：俺も注文してみよう ルシファー：珍しい姿が見れたな ＃おとそ　＃酔っ払い

自分探し

ルシファー：魔界の案内か。それは良いな。 アスモ：ぼくの方がアートより美しいけどね。 ベール：お菓子の気配…。 マモン：可愛いとこあるじゃねえか。 ＃散歩　＃猫

不可解な出来事

ベール：まだ食べてないぞ。 ソロモン：猫のゴーストみたいだね。 シメオン；人探しは上手く行ってる？ サタン：ただの気まぐれだ。 ＃猫　＃恩返し

個性的な君

シメオン：全員集合とは珍しいね。 ルーク：あいつらの怖い物って…。 ソロモン：サタンの個性か…。 マモン：誰のキャラが薄いって？ ＃映画　＃豹変

なぜ猫は愛されるのか

アスモ：サタン見っけ！ レヴィ：狡い！特別扱い！！ ルシファー：神出鬼没だな。 マモン：ほんと気まぐれ。 ＃目撃情報　＃神出鬼没

地獄の七君主

ルーク：デートか？デートなのか！？ ソロモン：この本屋、品揃え良いよね。 レヴィ：良いじゃないか、七王！ ベール：一晩中何も食えないなんて…。 ＃読書　＃二人きり

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