The Guardian, By: Helen Pidd, 12/26/2013

As the wind felled trees, flooded homes and cancelled ferries this week, much of the nation needed little excuse to stay indoors. But for a group of hardy anti-fracking protesters camped by the M62 on Barton Moss in Salford, near Manchester, going inside was not an option, explained Joe Boyd, a 40-year-old builder from Liverpool who was on not just his first demo but also his first real camping trip.

Before the storms hit the north, Boyd was already wrapped up warm: a coat, a fleece, two woolly jumpers, a lumberjack shirt and a turtleneck base layer, two pairs of socks, pyjama bottoms and waterproof trousers. His tent had a fluffy rug over the ground sheet, he had insulated his lilo and worked out the optimum number of sleeping bags and quilts to sleep under without either roasting or freezing to death. But he refused to moan. The way he sees it, a little bit of discomfort is worth it to avert an "environmental disaster".

By: Jamye Price 12/26/2013

This season of celebration is both a letting go and a poignant embrace.  As you release the year 2013 from your present, are you grateful for the change, the challenge and the triumph?  You are on a precipice.  Take a moment before your leap to enjoy the vista.  Before you is your flight.   You have reached this point through your courage to climb, to elevate yourself and carry with you the hopes and dreams of humanity rising.  Within you is all you need to take wing.  This is the triumph of time; it is a building upon, a refining, a transformation – the Freedom flight.  You are that transformation in form.  You are that transformation experiencing.  Your Freedom is within your inner experience influencing the outer.

By: Associated Press, 12/26/2013

LITCHFIELD, Maine — Some homes and businesses from Maine to Michigan and into Canada that have been without electricity since last weekend's Winter Storm Gemini may not get their power back for another day — or longer. Bangor Hydro Electric in Maine is advising people it will be the end of the day Friday before its more than 11,000 customers are back on line. The number has fluctuated as some people get power back while others lose it. The utility said downed trees are the biggest problem facing line crews. "We've had two beautiful, sunny days in Maine and the ice isn't going anyplace," said Lynette Miller, spokeswoman for the Maine Emergency Management Agency. "They're very concerned about more weight coming down on trees that are already compromised by ice."

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Genesis of Planetary Energetic Healing streams completes preparation phase of Gaia Ascension Vehicle.

Planetary Energetic Healing streams are purposed to hu-being energetic correction as well as Hue-Being energetic upgrading.

Birthing of what has been called “Nova Gaia” is now in process, and likely completes within the so-named “2014″ period.

Mastery classes are ongoing for all Hue-Beings, at Higher Levels of awareness.

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Theguardian.com, By: Bridie Jabour, 12/24/2013

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The whistleblower Edward Snowden has declared “mission accomplished”, seven months after revelations were first published from his mass leak of National Security Agency documents. The documents, which were passed to the Guardian, as well the Washington Post and other publications, revealed how technological developments were used by the US surveillance agency to spy on its own citizens and others abroad, and also to spy on allies, such as the US on Germany and Australia on Indonesia. In 14 hours of interviews with Washington Post journalist Barton Gellman, Snowden said: “For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission’s already accomplished.”

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