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| Date | Flight | Routing Details |
| Sun Jan 25 | 1160 | Depart SAN FRANCISCO CA (SFO) at 1:20 PM Arrive in CHICAGO-MIDWAY (MDW) at 7:40 PM |
| 891 | Change planes in CHICAGO-MIDWAY (MDW) departing at 8:25 PM Arrive in HARTFORD CT (BDL) at 11:20 PM |

Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.
The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.
Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.
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The Senate has passed an Orphan Works bill on behalf of huge companies as a way of gaining money after the recent crash on Wall Street. This bill forces copyright holders to subsidize giant copyright databases run by giant internet firms, basically taking copyrights held by small business owners and artists for their own.
As I understand it, the bill would create enormous searchable databanks of copyrighted artistic works. Anyone who wished to register their copyrighted works would be charged a fee by these databases. Downside #1.
Downside #2: Anyone wishing to use a copyrighted work could theoretically search these databanks and, if their search came up with a copyrighted image, the databank would take a cut from the holder when payment for use was made. So what before was a basically simple business deal -- I pay you, I use your image -- now becomes "I pay you and this company that has charged you to register."
Downside #3 is that if the image was not found, it would be assumed that the copyright no longer held and the image could be used without any further diligence. Which would mean that if you don't pay to put your copyright into this bank, anyone who wanted to use your work for profit could do so quite easily under the assumption that your work was not in fact copyrighted.
To make #3 that little bit more evil, the bill also redefines an "Orphan Work", currently identified as a work where the copyright holder or creator has died, as any work by any author that any potential user ever finds hard to find. Which means that if you don't feel like looking very hard, and someone didn't pay to put their images into the databank, you get a free pass. Which is pretty much like saying if you're too lazy to do your homework, you get an A.
The bill is being hotlined through Congress. It's incredibly easy to tell them they're being assholes: just go HERE.
There is more information at Jean and Twirly's journals, both reputable artists in fandom.
The Illustrators Partnerships has more information here: http://ipaorphanworks.blogspot.com/.
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You perceive the world with particular attention to humanity. You focus on what's in front of you (the foreground) and how that is affected by the details of life. You are also particularly drawn towards the shapes around you. Because of the value you place on humanity, you tend to seek out other people and get energized by being around others. You like to deal directly with whatever comes your way without dealing with speculating possibilities or outcomes you can't control. You are highly focused on specific goals or tasks and find meaning in life by pursuing those goals. You prefer a structured environment within which to live and you like things to be predictable.
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You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on the hidden treasures of life (the background) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the colors around you. Because of the value you place on nature, you tend to find comfort in more subdued settings and find energy in solitude. You like to ponder ideas and imagine the many possibilities of your life without worrying about the details or specifics. You are in tune with all that is around you and understand your life as part of a larger whole. You are a down-to-earth person who enjoys going with the flow.
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