Mother's Day Edition- From seed ---> tree

Mothers Day,
     An interesting and unique day in which we give honor to those who gave life to us.This is a day in which we show our mom's how much we love them, whether they are in this world or have passed on. I would like to provide a brief look into the past and depths of what has made this a national day to revere. Bear with me, as we reach our hands into the soil of the past and tug at the roots of this deeply planted tree. . .

     Mother's Day can be traced back as far as the early Egyptian and ancient Roman era's. The early Egyptians once held annual festivals and celebrations for The Goddess Isis ( who was considered to be the Mother of the pharaohs ) She would end up saving her son from a destined slaughter and also play a key role in uniting Egypt under its very first leader, whom was her son Horus. 
     
     Now we speed up towards the age of the ancient Romans and the Greeks. Both Romans and Greeks would have quite a few deities, but one of the most revered would be the Phrygian goddess Cybele and Greek Goddess Rhea. They both stem from each other, but are nonetheless regarded as the Mother of most of the major deities including Zeus. This practice would include many mother goddess festivals,games, arts and crafts, and traditions such as eating honey cakes and giving flowers in the morning. This kindness would end up spreading across the Asia minors first and eventually reach Rome where it would be carried on for many years. Eventually throughout time, the christian churches would grab a hold of this celebration. . . and well.., the rest would become history. . .


- - - My 2 Cents- - -
 
     Honestly, we must be doing something right. Forget all the politics and forget all our differences.
Forgive all the wars and our day to day problems. The roots from this Mothers Day tree have grown beyond the thousands of years we have come to inherit this earth. The point being, Over a thousand years have gone by, and even more before that and no matter what, we have always honored the women in our lives who gave us life. We have always stopped for 1 day a year, and turned to our Mothers to show them that we love them for caring enough, thick and thin, to always being there for us. On this very day, we are there for them!

   Tell your mom that you love them, give them a hug, and be grateful for another year to spend with them. Also . . . never forget those that have passed.  

    Happy Mother's Day!



  
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Spotify's new user agreement 5-4-12. Did they sellout?

     Now just to clarify for those who don't know what spotify is. Spotify is a digital music streaming program that was made in Sweden. This program allows you to stream music either through your PC or your phone without the hassle of downloading each and every song. The program is provided by either a premium service in which you pay monthly or until recently a free service that has become extremely limited. In its infant days, the program was solely created to combat piracy and provide free music that it legally had the rights to stream.

   

    The program, if anyone has used it, is an extremely user friendly and no hassle music program. Over the last month I have noticed that it has changed gradually. The programs advertisements have become more of a nuisance then before. At times these advertisements block almost a third of the screen if you have it maximized and even the play lists or action buttons. Granted that I am using the free service so it is bound to have its amount of advertisements which are fine.

     Today though, things have changed drastically. To those who have read the User Agreement that was posted today, have probably noticed it as well.

The Spotify Service can be accessed as an ad-supported free-to-the-user service, having no monthly cap on listening hours or a cap on number of plays of a unique track, during the first 6 months following creation of your Spotify account and thereafter a cap of 10 listening hours per month and a cap of 5 plays per unique track (the “Free Service”)

     So as you can see, after your initial 6 months are done, you are now forced to either limit your playtime severely or upgrade to a premium service. It is sad to see Spotify grow so big and outside of its own roots, especially the roots and ideals that has made the program what it is today.

----My 2 cents----
   
     In my honest opinion, companies will always change and adapt to the market that they are distributing to. It is just good marketing. . . but what I cannot stand is when a company goes against the foundation that created it. Whats it too say down the line that more changes wont be made if such a company can go against the core beliefs that made it. Then again, I don't know the future and cannot say what will happen for this company or its users. I could just be ranting as usual, or maybe... this was just a bit of  Food for Thought :)

"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got. "
Peter Drucker

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