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Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 21, 2012 at 2:02pm

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 21, 2012 at 1:59pm

ZODIACAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TODAY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You must indulge your curiosity. You won't be happy unless you learn something new, especially about things that benefit you directly and materially. You need info that gives you the edge.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are all too willing to let someone less capable than you take charge. Be more assertive and get people to recognize the extent of your abilities. Don't let false modesty make you take second place.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your personal goals are a lot clearer today. The means to achieve then are also apparent. Use today to advance. The biggest danger is thinking that a positive condition will persist, making you complacent and lazy.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You can have a lot of professional success today but, the less public you are, the better it can be for you. You rely on the appearances and reputation for now so any performance in real-time could be less than stellar.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You want to keep an open mind today. You want to learn but you also need to have your imagination activated. You require a good mix of established fact and speculation to keep your interest.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You encourage others to be more self-sufficient, mostly because you can't keep up with demands they have on you. This is a good day to pull back and recuperate. Too much exertion can drain your body of important reserves.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your interactions with people are essential for your well-being. You thrive on the energy and information. Without communication and direct contact, you feel cut off.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You need a partner who encourages you to excel. A dynamic relationship can develop now, where cooperation and a desire for excellence enable above-average results. Don't let a competitive element get out of hand and ruin it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have an exaggerated need to make a dramatic impression. You may need to cool it and let others have their fair share of attention. Think about the most convincing way to get your point.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): This is a good day to open up to family members. Encourage communication as a way to bring you together. There is much to learn now simply because no one has been asking the right questions.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It's very important that you recognize priorities in importance today. You can be distracted by trivia when the meaning of events is more important. Communicate the essentials, not all the details.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You feel that the path of least resistance is the best course. The simple effort that gets things done is right for you now. You dislike having to do something over again, so that makes you a perfectionist.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 21, 2012 at 1:59pm

"The manner with which we walk through life is each man's most important responsibility, and we should remember this with every new sunrise."

-- Thomas Yellowtail, CROW

Every spiritual person should carry a vision of God's will in every area of their life. One day at a time, each morning at sunrise, we should spend time praying to the Creator. We should say something like, my Creator, this morning I ask you to show me, in terms I can understand, what you have for me to do. By doing this daily, over time, we will develop an unquestionable vision. Each person is responsible for taking the time to do this. It will bring great joy and peace of mind to those warriors who do.

My Creator, give me the vision, today, of what you want me to do

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 21, 2012 at 1:57pm

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 21, 2012 at 1:55pm

Mar 21, 1678:
Reward offered for identity of pamphlet author

The London Gazette offers a reward to anyone revealing the author of a pamphlet called An Account of the Growth of Popery. The pamphlet, it was later revealed, had been published anonymously by Andrew Marvell in 1677.

Although today Marvell is best remembered as the gifted metaphysical poet who composed witty works like To His Coy Mistress (1681), during his own time he was known as a political figure and pamphleteer. Educated at Cambridge, Marvell supported himself as a tutor both abroad and at home in England for many years. After tutoring the ward of Sir Oliver Cromwell, head of the English government after the overthrow and execution of King Charles I, Marvell went to work as assistant to John Milton, a secretary to the government. Milton, who had recently gone blind, would not write his masterpiece Paradise Lost until 1667.

While Marvell had been skeptical of Cromwell, his admiration for the man grew until Cromwell's death in 1659. After his death, however, Marvell became a supporter of the Restoration movement that brought Charles II to the throne. In 1659, Marvell ran for Parliament from his hometown of Hull and won the position, which he held for the rest of his life. Marvell wrote several political pamphlets in the 1670s, including the anonymous Account of the Growth of Popery. Three years after his death in 1678, Marvell's housekeeper, claiming to be his widow, published Miscellaneous Poems, the only collection of Marvell's poetic works.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 20, 2012 at 2:14pm

ZODIACAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TODAY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You're feeling energized and ambitious, yet something is holding you back. You need to think about ways to overcome internal or external impediments to action. You feel less frustrated if you have a plan.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You need to expand your social and professional spheres today. Reach out and contact people with position and influence. Insofar as you are worthy, try to get in with people who can help you upward.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There is a lot of pressure at work to come through with results. You're very busy today. Avoid missteps as it's costlier to correct errors than it is to do it right to begin with. Events move forward quickly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You're looking for new ideas today. Something isn't right and you know that a new approach, a missing fact, a flawed concept, is to blame. You're willing to experiment to test out a better fit.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): People give you a high degree of trust today and you must live up to it. Take your obligations seriously, an endeavor to benefit others, not enrich yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You're prone to be argumentative today. It's important to be patient, to find the right person, to learn. You want things done right away but may have to learn the correct procedures for making that happen.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You want to take action but can quickly find out you don't have the right skills or resources. You must be willing to start at the beginning instead of trying to jump ahead to the end.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You're a great motivator today. You can be pushy but you should encourage people to see the best in themselves. If you can instill self-confidence, you will have a great service.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You're prone to resent people putting a lot of pressure on you. You have your own ideas about what needs to be done. You want to follow your own lead, not take orders from someone. You must handle consequent conflicts carefully.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It's important to read all instructions before doing anything. Your energy needs to be carefully controlled. By jumping first and looking afterward, you could create a huge amount of problems and chaos.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The importance of responsibility and indebtedness are important features of today. Repay favors and monetary debts. Your reliability is great investment for the future, though it may cost you time and money for now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You don't want to take a back seat to anyone. You're feeling competitive, perhaps excessively so. It's important not to develop a skewed view about who is an enemy. Focus on achieving your personal best.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 20, 2012 at 2:14pm

Mar 20, 1413: Henry V ascends upon father's death

King Henry IV, the first English monarch of the Lancastrian dynasty, dies after years of illness, and his eldest son, Henry, ascends to the English throne.

In 1399, Henry Bolingbroke was crowned King Henry IV of England following the forced abdication of King Richard II, who was greatly weakened by internal conflicts stemming from his quarrels with Parliament. In later years, Henry IV was a chronic invalid, and his son Henry presided over the king's royal council. Young Henry also led armies against Owen Glendower and the Welsh rebels, and figured largely in the English victory over the Welsh at the Battle of Shrewdsbury.

After his ascendance to the throne in March 1413, the main effort of King Henry V's reign was his claim, through his great-grandfather Edward III, to the French crown. In 1415, Henry invaded France and won a stunning victory against great odds at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France. By 1419, Normandy was again under English control, and in 1420 the Perpetual Peace of Troyes was concluded, under which Henry married Catherine of Valois, the daughter of King Charles VI of France, and was recognized as regent of France and heir to the French throne. His triumph, however, was short-lived. During a siege of Melun and Meaux, his ill health grew worse, and in August 1422 Henry died of camp fever at Vincennes.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 20, 2012 at 2:12pm

"You have wandered away from your teachings. You must concentrate on your spiritual teachings...Don't be sidetracked."

-- Henry Quick Bear, LAKOTA

Why are the Elders always telling us to know The culture and listen to the teachings? When we go off track, why do the Elders say, return to the teachings? The teachings tell us how to live in harmony with the Laws and principles of the Great Spirit. Living means life – a good life, a happy life. Many of us have grown up without the teachings and the culture, that is why we don't know how to live. To improve on relationships, to treat our children with honor, and to respect our Elders, we need to live by the old teachings again.

Great Spirit, today, show me how to live

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 20, 2012 at 2:09pm

Mar 20, 1345: Black Death is created, allegedly

According to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death is created on this day in 1345, from what they call "a triple conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in the 40th degree of Aquarius, occurring on the 20th of March 1345". The Black Death, also known as the Plague, swept across Europe, the Middle East and Asia during the 14th century, leaving an estimated 25 million dead in its wake.

Despite what these scholars claimed, it is now known that bubonic plague, the most common ailment known as the Black Death, is caused by the yersinia pestis bacterium. The plague was carried by fleas that usually traveled on rats, but jumped off to other mammals when the rat died. It most likely first appeared in humans in Mongolia around 1320. Usually, people who came down with the plague first complained of headaches, fever and chills. Their tongues often appeared a whitish color before there was severe swelling of the lymph nodes. Finally, black and purple spots appeared on the skin of the afflicted; death could follow within a week. Later, a pneumonic form of the plague developed that was less common but killed 95 percent of the people who contracted it.

After the nomadic tribes of Mongolia were devastated by the plague, it moved south and east to China and India. Wherever it went, the death toll was high. It is thought that the disease made its way to Europe in 1346. In one famous incident, the Tatars, a group of Turks, were battling Italians from Genoa in the Middle East when the Tatars were suddenly stuck down by the plague. Reportedly, they began catapulting dead bodies over the Genoans' walls toward their enemy, who fled back to Italy with the disease. Although this account may not be true, it is certain that rats carrying the plague hitched rides on ships from Asia and the Middle East to Europe. In port cities everywhere, the Black Death began to strike. In Venice, 100,000 people died in total, with as many as 600 dying every day at the peak of the outbreak.

In 1347, the disease worked its way to France and Paris lost an estimated 50,000 people. The following year, Britain fell victim. Typically, countries would believe themselves to be superior and immune to infection when their neighbors came down with the plague, but soon found they were mistaken as the Black Death traveled across Eurasia, spreading devastation in its wake. By the time the worst was over in 1352, one third of the continent's population was dead.

Devastation on this scale brought out the worst in people. Often, it was not the movement of stars that was blamed for the disease, but the minorities in the community. Witches and gypsies were frequent targets. Jewish people were tortured and burned to death by the thousands for supposedly causing the Black Death. Preachers claimed that the disease was God's punishment for immorality. Many turned to prayer and those that did survive ascribed their good luck to their devotion, resulting in the rise of splinter religions and cults in the aftermath of the plague's destruction. Alternatively, some resorted to useless home cures to try to avoid the disease, bathing in urine or menstrual blood in an attempt to deter it.

The plague popped up periodically until the 1700s, but never again reached epidemic proportions after the 14th century.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on March 19, 2012 at 11:00am

ZODIACAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TODAY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You have a day in which plans slow and are blocked. Handle money wisely; there may be cause to be suspicious about someone. Your spouse may have a better day and should be the one making financial decisions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your job is very a powerful focus of your attention. Be extremely cautious but not to the point of rejecting anything new or unexpected. You want to work out all the consequences of a change but that's something to be managed not controlled.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can be effective in the work you do, as long as you scale back the scope of your efforts and the number of people you work with. You want to keep it simple; the more emotions you have to deal with, the more you're thrown off balance.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You must put a stop to bad habits and character faults today, at least insofar as anybody can see them. You must be extremely disciplined, focused and purposeful toward an important personal or professional goal.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have a very serious attitude today but you aren't very self-expressive. You tend to listen more than talk. It's important that you make substantial contributions that show people what you're capable of.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some relationships pose problems today. It is difficult to compromise, since the sense of competition is strongly engaged. You must strive to see the other person's point instead of just your own.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You're apt to have a lot of self-doubt today but it's unnecessary. While it seems others are more successful, it's mostly a matter of courage, not simply skill or knowledge. Put yourself forward.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You learn through trial and error today, unfortunately mostly through error. Let yourself make slow progress and try to think ahead very carefully. Make test models before you do anything for real.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You find yourself in constant struggle today. Everything seems hard to start, to continue, to finish. Events and people can be distractions, so you have to set personal goals and enforce limits on what others can demand of you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You're extremely careful today. You want to avoid trouble, so you're very observant of rules and the customs of the people around you. There is a sense of potential danger if you were to cross a line.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You're aware that improved education is essential now but you could be shy about reaching out for it. Don't be embarrassed about admitting there's a lot you don't know. Improvement is the name of the game.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Inwardly, you feel confident but you weaken under tests in the real world. It's important to see your actions as practice so that you can do better next time.

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