LINCOLN Despite his intellectual disabilities, Justin Bainbridge lives with his best friend, who also has Down syndrome, in an apartment in west Omaha.

Bainbridge is on a state waiting list for a publicly funded helper to assist in managing the day-to-day chores at the apartment, so Justins mother pays for someone to do that.

An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need an online service to view this article in its entirety.

Sign up now for a digital only subscription to omaha.com for just $25.00 a month. As an All Access digital only subscriber you will have unlimited access to the ePaper and Omaha.com content.

Subscriptions will automatically renew. You may cancel at any time. You will be notified in advance of any price increases.Sales tax may apply.

Access to Omaha.com is available at no charge to members. You will be asked to provide your subscription address to confirm you are eligible for this option.

Sign up now for full access to Omaha.com for just $9.95 a month if you are a less than 7-day Omaha World-Herald print subscriber. As an All-Access subscriber you will have unlimited access to the ePaper and Omaha.com content. You will be asked to provide your subscription address to confirm you are eligible for this option.

Subscriptions will automatically renew. You may cancel at any time. You will be notified in advance of any price increases. Sales tax may apply.

Need an account? Create one now.

kAmqFE 2 8@G6C?>6?E7F?565 ;@3 4@249 96=A65 yFDE:?[ ad[ 2AA=J 2?5 86E 9:C65 7@C EH@ A2CEE:>6 ;@3Di E2<:?8 E:4<6ED 2?5 4=62?:?8 FA 2E 2 =@42= >@G:6 E962E6C[ 2?5 7@=5:?8 E@H6=D 2E 2 ?62C3J 962=E9 4=F3]k^Am

Excerpt from:
Special tax-exempt accounts gaining momentum in Legislature would allow more saving for disabled adults needs

I had to tap in to add perspective of the current energies and how to utilize them. First, I want to make clear that in this realm of reality, there is not right or wrong of how to tap into this energy because everyone on this Earth whether aware consciously of the transition or not, will be affected. It is unlike when we set space for a spiritual practice, where we smudge sage or say prayers, this alignment is so monumental all who inhabit this planet will shift simultaneous even if it invisible to the human eye. In saying that, I do enjoy thinking it is accelerating to be conscious of the energy transitions and to actively participate in the current of changeable energy. If you do too than please read on

I will explain the celestial events first and then go on to explain their spiritual meaning or mysticism. First, we are transitioning into the Spring-Fall Equinox depending on where you are located; the Spring Equinox will be in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere the Fall Equinox.Within the same day this year, we will experience a Solar Eclipse only visible by specially Europe, to top it all off although it is a New Moon the Moon will be a Supermoon! One of six that we will experience within 2015.The view of this rare celestial alignment should be phenomenal to all who can see it since a Supermoon is when the Moon is closer to the Earth, meaning the Solar Eclipse will be amplified visually!

Continue reading

We have seen many reports online about the healing benefits of Marijuana, and the effects that decriminalization & Legalization have had on the different states in the US. Obama: If Enough States Decriminalize Marijuana, Congress May Change Federal Law. Check this buzzing topic and let us know what you think.

Obama goes into a few topics in this video including concerns about climate change. At min 14:20 he talks about the decriminalization of Marijuana and the Legalization as two separate topics. Check out this video and let us know in the comments below what YOU think the US or other countries should do about this issue.

Want to get straight to the point? Go straight to min 14:20 in the video below.

This is a very hot topic for a lot of people right now. What we seem to know for sure is that people, even in congress, believe that the system we have in place right now isnt working for one reason or another.

We want to know what you think. What do you feel would work for everyone? What do you feel is standing in the way of those things happening now?

Please join the discussion in the comments below.

Thank you for watching,

The rest is here:
Spirit Science | Seeking Higher Consciousness

Its been two decades since Japanese artist Mariko Mori burst onto the New York art scene. In the years since, she has become one the most recognizable female artists from Japan, with solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Japan Society, the MCA Chicago, and the Serpentine Gallery, among others. Her early manga-infused imagery, laden with futuristic costumes, high-tech architecture, and fringe elements of Japanese pop culture caught the attention of the International art scene, but where she started is not where shes at today. Shes evolved, and her transition into more meditative, spiritual territory is both refreshing, and reflected in the work itself.

On Friday she will open her first show with Sean Kelly gallery, exhibiting all new work and unveiling pieces based on scientific research now reproduced on a grand scale. The large-scale sculpture works touch on human connections to nature, the mysteries of the universe, personal spirituality, and environmental awareness.

Cyclicscape will feature ten new sculptures in Mobius forms (an endless one-sided surface with no boundaries) that explore alternative theories of the origins of the universe. Its a heady subject, but the works themselvesproducts of Ms. Moris imagination and extensive research on string theory and ekpyrotic cosmologyare elegant visualizations of otherwise abstract and daunting subjects.

Over mochiand matcha tea in her studio, Ms. Mori patiently explained the science behind the undulating and delicately glittering sculptures. (One hung on the wall above us, a greyish pink ribbon that widened and narrowed as itlooped back in on itself).

The idea of the Big Bang really made sense for everything, but after the discovery of black holes and the introduction of string theory, physicists realized that it doesnt really make sense that we came from nothingness, she told the Observer.

Instead, Ms. Mori bases the repeating forms in her sculptures on the theory that the universe is filled with infinite cycles of energy, and even parallel universes. The sculptures represent these ideas on the largest scale possible.

I wanted to scale up to universe level, she said pointing to a wide section of the hanging sculpture that abruptly narrows before widening again.

Its quite abstract, and while it looks as though this could be the end of the form, theres actually no end and then it starts over again, she said.

The works on view may play on theories of multi-universes, but only represent variations on our own. Pre-existing imagery of the theories themselves are few and far between, and Ms. Mori doesnt look to visual examples by others, instead just relies on the science.

From books your imagination can expand more, but when you look at a picture thats the end, in a way, she said.

See the article here:
Visualizing an Endless Universe: Mariko Mori Makes the Cosmos Life-Size