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This is a great opportunity to let the university know that you really like learning, that you have a love for everything that demands intellectual capacity to understand and to shape. Here, you can simply answer how interesting it seems to you to learn so much about a specific subject, how you intend to do it and why you really want to do it. Actually, it is better to focus more on what you really think, on your own desires and reasons to apply for the university. As Kevin McNullin, president of CollegeWise says: "The most important thing to remember when answering this question is that the college doesn't want to hear about itself, they want to hear about you." 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Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts (Hardcover)
The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground
Random House, 9781400061334, 448pp.
Publication Date: September 4, 2007
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In this extraordinary book, Robert D. Kaplan lets readers experience up close the American military worldwide in the air, at sea, and on the ground: flying in a B-2 bomber, living on a nuclear submarine, and traveling with a Stryker brigade on missions around the world. Provided unprecedented access, Kaplan moves from destroyers off the coast of Indonesia to submarines in the central Pacific, from simulated Iraqi training grounds in Alaska to technology bases in Las Vegas, from army and marine land forces in the heart of the Sahara Desert, to air bases in Guam and Thailand and beyond.
Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts provides not only a riveting ground-level portrait of the Global War on Terrorism on several continents, but also a gritty firsthand account of how U.S. soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen are protecting sea-lanes, providing disaster relief, contending with the military rise of China, fighting the war in Iraq, and crafting contingency plans for war with North Korea and Iran.
Expanding on Kaplan's acclaimed Imperial Grunts, the first volume of his exploration of the American military, which "offers the reader an enlightened way to understand what is happening in the world" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts shifts focus to the Pacific, where emerging Asian powers present vexing diplomatic and strategic challenges to U.S. influence. In this volume, Kaplan completes his analysis of army Special Forces and the marines, while also taking readers into the heart of the myriad tribal cultures of the air force, surface and subsurface navies, and the regular army's Stryker
brigades. Kaplan goes deep into their highly technical and exotic worlds, and he tells this story through the words and perspectives of the enlisted personnel and junior officers themselves–men and women who, as he writes, have "had their national identities as Americans engraved in sharp bas-relief."
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Praise For Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground…
"A valuable bridge across the country's widening civil-military divide. It is an important contribution to our understanding of how this military works in the 21st century."
—The New York Times
"No one understands better the burdens carried by today's men and women in uniform. If you aren't reading Kaplan, you aren't fully informed."
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Again and again in this book, we see how military service, even in peacetime, provides the catalyst that allows common men to perform uncommon deeds."
—The Wall Street Journal
"Recommended reading for anyone seeking to understand the full reach of America's global military power, or trying to comprehend the incredibly complicated, but increasingly important, soft-power demands being placed on today's military."
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23 March 2016, Moscow. — Aeroflot has taken delivery of its new A320 aircraft fitted with state-of-the-art aerodynamic Sharklets wing-tips. The aircraft has been named in honour of Soviet writer, a classic of Russian literature, Konstantin Paustovsky.
All A320 aircraft are delivered to Aeroflot directly from the manufacturer. The new A320 is equipped with CFM56 engines and can accommodate 158 passengers in a spacious two-class configuration (8 seats in business and 150 in economy). These aircraft provide services primarily on European and domestic routes. Aeroflot is one of the world's leading airlines in terms of operational reliability and actual hours flown per A320 aircraft.
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The house at 8310 Comstock Avenue is known as the Jordan House. It was built in 1888 by Orin L. Jordan, the builder.
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Local designation date is September 25, 1991. The identification number is #13. No Mills Act Agreement was established at the time of the Local Designation. The Orin Jordan House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Visiting the farm in June 2012, I come across the growing soybean crop that was sown on top of the old barn. Dad says they're in the first trifoliolate and doing well. Having no idea what he's talking about, I ask him to explain and received a good "beginner's guide" to growing soybeans. Dad also expresses frustration that the thistles survived the initial plowing of the field, but says they'll be gone after a spraying. The use of pesticides in farming is controversial, well and in general, but I see what he means.
Took some photos of the old family bike. I'm anticipating a project surrounding this bike. Both grandpa and dad remark that everyone in the family used it to get around the farm, but also to and from town. Using a bike for daily commutes generally isn't the case today in Whitby, although it's been great for me in Toronto. And thus I bought a new Raleigh 5 speed. It's neat seeing the bikes side by side. There seems to be this return to the bike in recent years, but its significance as a legitimate mode of transportation in a city, or anywhere for that matter, is slowly being recognized. Frankly, it just has to be now.


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There are two ways for students and faculty to be part of an academic license:
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French Bay Provincial Recreation Area
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Sarah Jessica Parker's first store has a touch of Carrie Bradshaw and Manolo Blahnik, but is all SJP
Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the fashion line SJP LBD.
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- "I just want to be… sorry one moment…" says Sarah Jessica Parker, excusing herself to straighten a few strappy sandals slightly askew on the lucite shelving lining her boutique.
"I just want to be deserving of their confidence and money that they spend… and I'm just, sorry…" she trails, flitting off again to align two pairs of pumps. "It's nice because everyone wants to touch things but it's like, ahhh… I have to let that go once the store opens."
The moments of thinly-veiled perfectionism are endearing, like most aspects of Parker's charming but serious persona, which has been heightened by the gravitas of the day. In less than 24 hours, the actress and designer would open her store in Maryland's newly constructed MGM National Harbor, a behemoth of a resort and casino on the banks of the Potomac River, 20 minutes outside of Washington, D.C. It's her first free-standing, brick-and-mortar store, carrying her line of shoes, SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker, and new addition, SJP LBD, a line of little black dresses and bags.
Sarah Jessica Parker hopes the Trumps, others will make more clothes in America
"I'm ner-cited," she says. "It's terrifying, but everyone keeps saying that shouldn't be your point of emotional operation. So I've started saying that I'm excited and nervous."
The store is a big leap for Parker, 51, who launched her eponymous brand in 2014 with partner George Malkemus III, CEO of Manolo Blahnik. It's also unfamiliar geographic territory for the star who came to symbolize New York City for so many women after Sex and the City. But the reason she went to the nation's capital instead of the streets of Manhattan is straightforward: "MGM asked, it was kind of that simple."
Parker caught the eye of Sarah Moore, executive director of retail and marketing for MGM National Harbor, after she held a pop-up at The Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas in 2015. Moore called Malkemus and asked if they'd be interested in becoming the only retail store MGM would be investing in for the new $1.4 billion project. It was a vote of confidence Parker needed as she and Malkemus worked to differentiate the brand in a crowded market.
The pair, who have known each other for years, have identified their niche: Italian leather and fine craftsmanship at a price point lower than most high-end designers. That's not saying they're cheap, however. At around $350 a pair, they're less than the $900 price tag Malkemus can command at Manolo, but above what most women spend, a fact not lost on Parker.
"We're not cavalier about that. On the other hand, I can't make a cheap shoe that is going to break, not feel comfortable, slip and slide all over the pavement, and feel good about it."
To emphasize the point, she plucks a glistening heel with delicate T-strap from the shelf, explaining the complexity of incorporating padding into the thin sole, another hallmark of the brand.
"We're monogamous to the single sole," she says, referencing the flat base of the shoes. "We don't mess around, we don't flirt, we don't have affairs, there are no extra-curricular relationships with platforms."
And with that relationship analogy, it's as if Carrie Bradshaw, the namesake of the best-selling heel in her hands, has entered the pink-tinted room.
"George! Oh George! Come say hi!" she squeaks, calling Malkemus over in that infectious tone that won over so many fans in HBO's mega-hit.
It's a character she's never really shed, nor one she wants to. It helped bring her back to HBO, which recently renewed Divorce, starring Parker and Thomas Haden Church as a couple whose long marriage has come apart.
And the business partners know that Carrie is the third ingredient to the recipe of their footwear successes.
"She will sometimes say, '10 million women got to know me because of Carrie Bradshaw,' and for me, as her partner, it's a lovely thing to get to say she respects that," Malkemus says, launching into a story about discovering an underground following of the show on a trip to Dubai.
The character, and Parker herself, are so tied to the accessory, it sets a devotional atmosphere that envelops the store. It's a mecca for the shoe-obsessed, a sanctuary helmed by the woman who introduced many people, via TV, to the pinnacle of the craft. And her followers were already lining up for worship during the casino's grand opening party Thursday night.
"There is that big chunk of my life spent, and George was involved in a lot of that, that connects back to this relationship: shoes. With Carrie it was a very fevered relationship. For me, it's an admiration, and affection."


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Due to a recent critique I received on my main shop I decided to try my hand at opening a 2nd shop over at etsy.
CatheavenCrafts will be my knit and crochet store. While CatheavenCreations will feature my papercrafts and misc crafts. I will test this out for a bit and see how it works out. If after a few months I don't notice a significant change to my main shop then I'll combine my shop again.
It will take a bit before I get the 2nd shop up and running due to the fact of deadlines that I have.
Please feel free to stop by both stores and take a peek.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
2nd Shop at etsy
Due to a recent critique I received on my main shop I decided to try my hand at opening a 2nd shop over at etsy.
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Combining my love for crochet and paper
So the other week I asked some friends what they might like to see if they were to receive a box full of handmade samples. Thank you to all who answered. After many days of brainstorming trying to figure out how I can easily make something that would incorporate my etsy shop and what I sell I came up with this idea.
I took my love for crochet and combined with my papercrafting and came up with this new take on the matchbook note sets that people make now. To advertise I used my business card as the cover page. In the future I will be making some new sizes and styles which will be up over at my etsy shop sometime in the near future. I'm a little iffy putting them up on etsy only because I checked over there and I haven't seen (or can find) this idea up there. I shall see though. I think these would be great to carry around in your purse or bags. They'd also make great and useful gifts in party bags. Drop me an email if you ever need some.
I'm pretty excited about them. They actually aren't as quick as i had hoped they be but they're quicker than knitting a dishcloth. I'm very happy with them! leave me a comment about what you think of them!


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by Joanie Butman
After a year with two memorials and a major health challenge, it's been a joy to celebrate back-to-back family weddings. Who doesn't love a good wedding? To me there is nothing more hopeful than watching a couple walk down the aisle full of excitement, eager to begin their new life together – the future pregnant with possibility. Plus, where else can you do the chicken dance without inhibition, the electric slide, or even the occasional Horah (Hava Nagila)?
I've often wondered why Jesus decided to reveal Himself for the first time at a wedding. Was it just because He was a nice Jewish boy who always did what His mother asked? Or was it something more symbolic? I'll let the pundits argue over the meaning, though I'm not sure anyone this side of the grave can explain God's timing with any certainty.
However, I do know that the Bible frequently refers to Christ as the Bridegroom with each of us as His bride. As I pondered this fact, I realized that my spiritual life has been one long courtship with Christ drawing me closer, preparing me for our engagement (conversion). Since then, He's been training me for the ultimate wedding feast. Giving me dance lessons so to speak.
With many relatives and friends planning weddings, I've had the opportunity to watch the endless specifics involved in orchestrating the festivities. They are so choreographed these days it's given rise to an entire new profession: Wedding Planner. The job description varies depending on how intricately you want them involved, but basically they handle all the details of planning, coordinating and wrap-up after the wedding. One website described the role as "turning magic into reality."
As a Christian, I'm blessed to have my own "Wedding Planner" who deals with every aspect of my life – including His own fee. He's the One who is intricately involved in every detail "doing immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20). And don't think He hasn't had an entitled bridezilla on His hands most of the time, insisting on doing it her own way, dictating terms and making unrealistic demands. That is, until I got on the infamous Wedding Diet.
Every bride-to-be knows to what I'm referring. It involves an incredible amount of stress and very little food or rest. Surprisingly, the result is a slimmer version of herself, and what bride doesn't want to look her best on her wedding day? Conversely, the Christian wedding diet is full of the presence and peace of Christ, trusting Him completely, and healthily satiated with His word. He wants us to be so full of Him that there's no room for lesser things.
I asked an unrelated newlywed if she enjoyed her recent wedding, and her response saddened me. She replied, "I got through it. I'm just glad it's over." Her answer sounds eerily similar to how many of us get through the day (and sometimes even a life.) But that's not Christ's plan for us. In John 10:10 He says "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." Christ wants us to spend our time here preparing for our wedding feast "confident that he who began a good work in us will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
I've made a fool of myself on the dance floor on more than one occasion (most notably the past two weekends), but even more so on the dance floor of life. In many ways, life has often felt like one long chicken dance with me trying unsuccessfully to keep up with an increasingly exhausting pace. The wedding diet helps tame that feeling, but I have to be diligent. In the end we've all got our own dance to live at our own pace, and God wants to be our partner. Trust me, it goes so much more smoothly when we let Him lead.
As I said in the beginning, weddings are full of joy and promise. The only thing more hopeful than watching two people get married is anticipating the day I walk down the aisle towards Jesus eager to begin our new life together. Hava nagila – let's rejoice! He was Jewish remember.
While the illustration to the left is both beautiful and something to anticipate, I'll leave you with my visual of the celebration to follow.


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Hermit CR 5
Human Adept 7
N Medium humanoid (human)
Init +0; Senses Perception +3
AC 13, touch 11, flat-footed 13 (+1 deflection, +2 natural)
hp 38 (7d6+14)
Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +9
Speed 30 ft.
Melee quarterstaff +2 (1d6–1)
Ranged sling +3 (1d4–1)
Adept Spells Prepared (CL 7th; concentration +10)2nd— animal trance (DC 15), invisibility, web (DC 15)
1st— cause fear (DC 14), cure light wounds, endure elements, obscuring mist
0th (at will)— light, mending, purify food and drink
Before Combat The adept casts endure elements at the start of each day. He drinks his potion of barkskin if expecting a fight.
During Combat The adept casts web, then hurls shock bullets with his sling at any exposed foes, all the while uttering vile epithets.
Base Statistics
Without barkskin, the adept's statistics are AC 11, touch 11, flat-footed 11.
Str 9, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 11, Wis 16, Cha 8
Base Atk +3; CMB +2; CMD 13
Feats Endurance, Great Fortitude, Skill Focus (Knowledge [arcana], Survival), Toughness
Skills Heal +7, Knowledge (arcana) +13, Knowledge (nature) +9, Stealth +10, Survival +16
Languages Common
SQ summon familiar (cat)
Combat Gear potion of barkskin, scroll of comprehend languages, scrolls of cure moderate wounds (2), +1 shock bullets (6); Other Gear dagger, quarterstaff, sling with 10 bullets, cloak of resistance +1, ring of protection +1, spell component pouch, wooden holy symbol, 21 gp
DESCRIPTIONThis filthy, ill-mannered hermit wants nothing but to be left alone. He knows many secrets that others have forgotten, but will fight anyone who dares to ask about them.
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Take a minute to check your PC's safety with the Windows 8 desktop's Action Center. Part of the Control Panel, the Action Center displays any problems it notices with the Windows 8 main defenses, and it provides handy, one-button fixes for the situations. Its taskbar icon always shows the Action Center's current status.
The Action Center window color codes problems by their severity; a blood red band shows critical problems requiring immediate action, and a yellow band means the problem needs attention soon.
For example, the figure shows a red band by the first item in the Security category: Network Firewall (Important). In the Maintenance category, the Install Software for your Devices entry wears a yellow band.
Every defense in the Security category should be up and running for maximum safety because each protects you against different things.
If any of your computer's big cannons aren't loaded and pointing in the right direction, the Action Center's tiny taskbar icon appears with a red X across the flag.
When you spot that red-flagged icon on your taskbar, follow these steps to visit the Action Center and fix the problem:
Click the taskbar's red-flagged Action Center icon and choose Open Action Center from the pop-up menu.
The Action Center hops onscreen to display your computer's status in both security and maintenance. Normally, it doesn't list anything. But if you see an item listed in either the Security or Maintenance category, something's wrong.
Click the button next to flagged items to fix any potential security problems.
Whenever you notice that one of the Windows 8 defenses is turned off in the Action Center, click the button next to the item. For example, in the figure, clicking the button named Turn on Now will either fix the problem automatically or head you to a one-click switch that sets things straight.
By following the two preceding steps, your computer will be as safe as possible.
For more information about Windows 8 and its features, explore Windows 8 For Dummies, available online.


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Short height has become a big problem especially from last few decades. Laughing and teasing is very much disappointing for a person undergoing through such a problematic period. Decent and sufficient height is important because it evaluates the personality of a person. But it is truly said-"where there is a will, there is a way". No issues even if you have passed 18 years of your life. There are still many ways which gives good results if followed and undertaken regularly with full passion. Believe and think positive, keep patience, remain motivated and you will be through your target. Here are 10 useful tips which will show you the path to how to get few more inches of height rapidly to your long bones with some effort. These tips will hardly harm your body but still it is recommended to be active and careful while enduring or undertaking them in life
10. HGH (Human Growth Hormone) products
The growth hormone products are basically nutritional plus medical supplements necessary to realize maximum growth. They are available in form of pills, injections, sprays, powders, etc. and are have high costs. Growth Enhancer plus; Growth Maximize Pro are some of human growth hormone supplements. The ingredients present in it like multivitamins, glucosamine boost the growth hormone levels and giving great effective results. Proper ratio of such ingredients in the products increase vitality, energy and improve focus. The most important point to be noted about such supplements is that they are effective at all ages. It is advised to be careful while selecting HGH products because they may sometimes generate dangerous complications and results.
9. Tricky shoes
This is one of those ways which is counted in the list which produces immediate results for those wish at a moment change. High hills sandals or shoes with raised platform or sole deals in such kind of situations. The elevating foot wears are generally designed with patented technology. Wearing such stuff has now become a trend so these are hardly carefully noticed by other people. The typically lift shoes add between 2 to 4 inches. Rather than seeking out extreme measures like surgery, etc. it is better to move on and accept this way if you wish to get immediate fix.
8. Disciplined routine
A well-disciplined life is again very important factor contributing to height increase. It is generally said-"what is life if full of discipline and care; we have no time to stand and stare". But keeping away such kind of thoughts can only help to achieve the target. Heavy meals before sleep, irregularity in meals, unhealthy food all this comes under undisciplined lifestyle which hinders growth and practically destroys strength tissues. Therefore a proper managed routine must be followed by keeping in mind all the necessities of the body.
7. Exercise
The physical activities like jumping, running, kicking, weightlifting, swimming etc. strengthen the bones and muscles and tone the body. These innovative and powerful activities help to gain height as they have an obvious effect on spine. In addition to this, they also increase body stamina and endurance by stimulating the pituitary gland for release of various growth hormones. They maintain elasticity in cartilage and helps in restoring its size. Drinking enough water during such exercises is important. These kind of exercises gives assured increase in height if done properly in a routine manner.
6. Adequate and Peaceful sleep
Right amount of healthy, peaceful and quality sleep also promotes growth. Stress hormones are reduced and growth hormone release gets stimulated. Release of growth hormones is basically related to state of brain which in turn regulates pituitary gland. Deep and sound sleep of 8-9 hours daily proves vital for body growth or more specifically for increase in height. Less amount of sleep leads to improper repairing of tissues and affect muscle building. Hence sleeping is the major factor to grow taller.
5. Stretching
High intensity stretching exercises force the body into producing significant quantities of human growth hormone. Games like lawn tennis, badminton, etc. or swimming are good ways of stretching the body which further helps in increasing the height to a great extent. Other stretching exercises include car stretch, leg and spine stretch, vertical (touch toe) stretch, side bending. These types of exercises make the body flexible and help the bone structure to retain the ability to lengthen. Proper working on your spine and posture is the only way to grow taller after puberty. Body stretching can lead you to this.
4. Yoga
Yoga has been positioned in the category of most admirable ways of increasing height in a manner that body undergoes with maximal beneficial effects. It enhances the physical and spiritual well-being. Yoga is all about varied body postures called 'asanas'. Some of them are so named as TADASANA, SURYANAMASKAR, SASANGASANA, PASCHIMOATTASANA, etc. Spines are stretched and elongated while performing yoga resulting to the creation of space and developing the spinal muscles. Regularity in yoga ensures rapid results.
3. Cycling
Cycling is a great and excellent way of stimulating the body to grow which in turn results in a fit and fine body. Even doctors recommend doing cycling for 1 to 2 hour regularly because it makes heart and lungs healthier along with the strengthening of muscles. Cycling is basically a superior form of exercise in which pushing a pedal stretches the body and makes you extend your leg. Ride the bicycle with foot flat on the pedal, back upright, and seat rose to a position that makes your leg fully extended. Cycling not only provides good results to physical health but also built up the body mentally.
2. Balanced diet
It is very must to make sure that you are eating right without any concern of age, etc. Body requires the main and right nutrients for proper growth. Healthy and balanced diet pave a path for heightening up the growth. Eating a balanced diet that is a diet containing sufficient amount of proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and necessary minerals even overrides the drawbacks of genes thus enhancing the overall personality.Food groups including eggs, milk or other dairy products have high levels of calcium which must be compulsorily taken for growing taller.
1. Bar hanging
Hanging on the bars 6 to 8 feet above the ground level is one the most effective way leading to increase in height. Straight back posture is mandatory for good and rapid results. Try to remain in the hanging position for at least 30 to 40 seconds and repeat the same for about 5 minutes. The most important thing to be kept in mind is to breathe deeply while doing such activity. Perform inhaling through nose and exhaling through mouth. As a result, it flexes the spine and elongates it. It also contributes in reducing the tension on the vertebrae.


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It's Friday afternoon (July 23) and our second week of Religious Formation classes have finished. Before going over to the assembly I read the Rhode Island Catholic. This week there was a terrific article about Fr. Luke's Ironman Triathlon. So many of the same principles that go into being a good athlete apply to our lives of Faith. We need to be disciplined, focused, willing to endure suffering and pain. Yet when we succeed we feel a great deal of personal satisfaction. Thank you Fr. Luke for your great example. It is my prayer that your story will inspire us all to practice our faith; e.g., go to mass, receive the sacraments, perform works of mercy, pray. May all of us exercise our faith muscles and in so doing give praise to God.
Fr. Bob Hawkins
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Exerciseing our faith muscles - August 1, 2010
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City Council got down to business today approving one of the most pressing measures the city has seen in decades: Paul McCartney can officially play Wrigley Field at the end of this month.
Just weeks away from the performer's scheduled concerts in Chicago, the City Council approved a relaxation of rules limiting Wrigley to just 30 nighttime events per year.
During Mayor Rahm Emanuel's third council meeting, the members gave the official word that the concerts could continue as planned for July 31 and August 1. In addition to approving the field for use, the council also allowed for rooftop venues to be open during the events.
In early June, Alderman Thomas Tunney submitted ordinances to allow the field to be used for the concerts, though at the time no performer had been officially announced to fill the scheduled opening. At the time, McCartney was believed to be in talks with the Cubs and days later the announcement was official.
McCartney is also scheduled to play Yankee Stadium this summer.
Wrigley Field has become the go to venue for summer concerts in recent years. The field has attracted performers with mass appeal since it began hosting concerts in 2005.
The first concert to rock the home of the Chicago Cubs was the master of Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet. After a year-long hiatus from musical performances, the field played host to The Police in 2007.
In 2009 they welcomed the joint tour of Elton John and Billy Joel to the Windy City and even saved time for Rascall Flats to play during the same summer. After Elton John and Billy Joel canceled their tour last summer,which would have brought them back to Wrigley, Dave Matthews Band closed out their own tour at the same venue.
Wrigley Field is presumably very pleased that the council approved, as was expected, because it'd be quite the hassle to refund the tickets, which sold out immediately for both nights.


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Friendships are a tricky avenue of life. They ebb and flow, they grow strong, they break, they dissolve. Friends keep you on your toes. They make you think outside the box. Friends entertain, thrill, admonish and encourage.
Recently, I've moved to a brand new city for a job. People move time and time again, but I didn't realize how different and perhaps lonely a new city could be. Now, I am extremely grateful to Jesus for bringing my college roommate and I together again in this new town. The housing hunt, move and day – to – day would be more difficult with someone I didn't know.
For all of you out there in the same situation as me (a tad lonely, homesick and anxious) I have a few tidbits of hope for you. This isn't a how – to list or a city guide, but a list of a few Bible verses about loneliness and friendship that can help you put this new stage of life into perspective.
1 Corinthians 15:33 – Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."
Colossians 3: 12 – 14 – Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Proverbs 12:26 – The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Deuteronomy 31:6 – Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
Psalm 25:16-17 – Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.
1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
May God bless you my friends in your time of need. May He lift up your spirit and encourage your heart.
Feel free to comment below with any insights!
In His name,


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Welcome to the Virtual Tour of St. Mary Delaware Catholic Church
It is a pleasure to welcome you to St. Mary – Delaware. We hope you find, in this tour, helpful information. We are a growing and expanding parish with wonderful hopes and dreams for the future. Please become part of them. May the Lord bless you in your journey to His Kingdom.
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Strippers at the Met
Yesterday, Fern and I went Uptown. We slipped into our leave-me-alone outfits, hopped on the train and mingled with some dilettantes in the perfectly air-conditioned Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Since everything I see I relate to the magical world of stripping, I thought I'd show you all the dope-ass cunts who like money I found in the Western Art wing:
Here's the weird girl who always brings in weird snacks and offers to share them and everyone's like "thaaaaaanks" and throws them away:
These are the bitches who spend half their income on hair extensions and it almost makes me think it's worth it:
House Mom, silently judging you while she sews your g-string back together:
This is the girl who listens to other girls in the dressing room saying whack and wildly misinformed bullshit. But she knows better than to say anything, so she keeps her mouth shut and carries on twirling her hair:
This is the manager who wants to pretend you're not talking by refusing to make eye contact with you:
This is the girl who thinks she's aaaaaaall thaaaaat. She doesn't have any friends and she can't dance.
This is the new girl who has yet to learn that you don't have to try so hard:
These are the inseparable besties, Trish and Amber. They sit together at the bar all night. Their highest ambition is finding a guy to buy them mozzarella sticks. They are really nice:
This is when it's slow and everyone is vying for House Mom's attention in the dressing room:
This is the genius who acts really drunk when she gets in the Champagne Room so she doesn't have to do anything:
This is the girl who gets in the Champagne Room and the guy's like, "take your dress off" and she's like, "Nah."
This girl is really smart. She hates everyone and I just want her to like me:
This is a shitty manspaliny/manspready guy who doesn't tip well enough given how expensive we know his shoes are:
This is the dream client: Rich, old, soft... hands neatly clasped in his lap.
This is me, in my denim leave-me-alone outfit, taking a picture of my Dreamboat client, Charles (Doesn't he look like a Charles?).
These are the under-21 strippers who show up to work rolling on Molly:
This is Fern, who alleges that the museum-goers are more interesting than Ancient Roman Flatware:
This is the girl who is pursuing a career in "fashion" and has yet to learn that guys hate "fashion":
Off-duty strippers:
This is my friend, Anna. She's hilarious and I miss her.
PS. If you don't already have a leave-me-alone outfit, I highly suggest you get one (or seven). They are ESSENTIAL for New York City summers.


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So let's face it...This year was so crazy. If your head is spinning just like ours, you may have forgotten there are some loose ends to tie up before it's time to jump right into 2019.
But don't let panic sneak up on you! The following is a quick checklist to ensure you have everything wrapped up, before you start unwrapping the new year.Read More


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The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) gathers investigates all home loans started by this company. In 2013, the latest year in the CFPB database, the home loan moneylender revealed the accompanying figures:
- Add up to Originations: $5,731,400,000
- Increase the Applications Received: 114,000
- Add up to Applications Originated: 29,000
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Franklin American Mortgage Company Inc., a home loan managing an account organization, gives private home loan advances to shoppers and home loan experts all through the United States. It offers private home loan advances to people; supports and endorses advances for contract intermediaries; and gives reporter loaning projects to benefit little to extensive banks. Franklin American Mortgage Company Inc. was once in the past known as Merchants Home Mortgage Corporation and changed its name to Franklin American Mortgage Company Inc. in July 1994. The organization was established in 1993 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee with local workplaces in Marlton, New Jersey; Irving, Texas; Concord, California; and Middleton, Massachusetts. It likewise has a provincial tasks focus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The topic of abortion generates passionate viewpoints in many people, which are often linked to personal religious or political beliefs, rather than reliance on scientific evidence.
A randomised study is the most reliable way to know if something causes cancer. A randomised study takes a large number of people, and exposes only half of them to the thing that could cause cancer (the possible carcinogen). Study participants are randomly allocated to the exposed or non-exposed group. This random allocation helps to ensure that the two groups are similar in terms of other cancer risk factors. Using this kind of research study, the researchers can be confident that any difference in the number of people in each group who get cancer is likely as a result of being exposed to the possible carcinogen. However, this type of study is not always practical or ethical, which is true for the effects of abortion on cancer risk – it would not be possible or ethical to randomly allocate pregnant women to either undergo an abortion or not. Indeed, it would not be possible or ethical to randomly allocate any group of people to be exposed to a potential carcinogen or not – the risks to research participants of this sort of study would be deemed to be unacceptably high.
For areas where it is not practical or ethical to use a randomised study, such as exposing people to a possible carcinogen, observational methods, such as case-control or cohort studies are used. In a case-control study, a group of people who already have a disease are compared to a group of people who do not have the disease, to identify differences in their past exposures to risk factors. Studies such as these, which have 'retrospective' designs (that is, which are which are designed to 'look back') have inherent flaws, in that people can find it hard to remember what they did in the past, which means that the study could miss an important link between a risk factor and the disease. On the other hand, retrospective research designs can also result in a study identifying a link that may not really exist due to recall bias. Recall bias refers to the fact that people who have the disease being studied are more likely to remember things that healthy people do not; and are more likely to report to researchers things that they would otherwise feel were too personal or embarrassing.
In a cohort study, researchers gather baseline information about a group of people who don't have the disease being studied, and then watch these people over time, often asking questions about the possible risk factor or exposure of interest. After a long period of time (the 'follow up period'), the researchers look to see who acquired the disease and who did not. 'Prospective' studies such as these (that is, studies which 'look forward') are less prone to recall bias, and the conclusions that can be drawn from them are considered stronger than those from case-control studies.
Results of studies looking at the potential link between abortion and breast cancer risk differ depending on the type of study. Cohort studies have not found an increased risk, while some case-control studies have found an increased risk. The myth that abortion causes breast cancer has resurfaced due to a recently published meta-analysis (a method which contrasts and combines results from multiple studies, in the hope of identifying patterns among the study results) that concluded that there was an association between abortion and breast cancer in Chinese women. The meta-analysis included 36 studies – 34 of which were case-control studies, while the remaining two were cohort studies. The two cohort studies included in this meta-analysis did not find an increased risk of breast cancer in women who had a history of abortion. In other words, in this meta-analysis, only the studies with the weaker research design suggested a link between abortion and breast cancer. Both of the studies with the stronger design did not find evidence of such a link.
In summary, research evidence does not suggest that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer in women. Women who want to reduce their risk of breast cancer would be well advised to concentrate on risk factors that evidence has clearly shown increase the risk of breast cancer.


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Literary writer and scholar of historical memory
Verena Boos is a German literary writer and freelance journalist.
In 2015, she published her debut novel Blutorangen. Blutorangen tells the story of a young Spanish student in Germany who discovers her father's war engagement in the Wehrmacht and learns about the fate of Spanish Republican emigrés to France and Germany. The novel deals with how history still influences the presence, how a past just doesn't go by. The Spanish past of dictatorship, violence and repression is – despite the Pact of Silence – very audible, and every day more so as the search for the desaparecidos of Franco gains momentum. The bigger part of the novel is set between the early 1990s and the year 2004 and deals with how the second and third generations, the "grandchildren of war", approach a history they have not themselves experienced. It's a story about guilt and remorse, about the questions of the after-born, about how memory works in loops, in telling and re-telling.
The novel was awarded the Mara Cassens award for the best German debut in 2015 as well as the Grimmelshausen young novelist and the Buddenbrook awards.
Verena Boos gained her PhD from the Europan University Institute in Florence with an analysis of historical rights claims in the negotiation of national interests and identities in Scotland and Catalonia. She is a Fellow of the Frankfurt Memory Studies Platform and has worked with the Spanish Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory, a non-governmental organisation that recovers individual and collective histories as well as the bodies of victims of the Franco dictatorship. In 2016, she was writer-in-residence in Bordeaux and investigated into the historical memory of Spanish emigrants in the French South-West. She is a regular contributor to magazines such as Der Freitag and Publik Forum, with a special focus on memory and identity politics in Spain as well as Graphic Novels. She works as a freelance editor and is currently writing her second novel.


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Sweden's New Biofuel is a Clean-Burning Appetite Suppressant
If you are just sitting down to have dinner, perhaps you would be better served by saving this read for a later time. If not, then here is a question: what do you get, when you put together booze, human feces, and dead animal remains? No, not the latest episode of "Fear Factor." The result is clean burning biogas.
This unusual concoction is already used to power Swedish cars, buses, taxis, garbage trucks, and even trains. Illegally transported alcohol seized by the Swedish government, together with human waste and animal carcasses are mixed and heated in anaerobic digesters to produce organic biogas.
In a related development, San Francisco's Norcal Waste Systems want to use a similar approach, only their byproduct of choice is dog poop. Interesting trend!
Designers of hydrogen fuel-cell cars like to brag that the tail pipes of their vehicles smell like fresh laundry. Carl Lillehöök, managing director of Swedish Biogas, boasted that "if you put your finger on the inside of the tail pipe of a biofuel car, [it doesn't] get dirty." Maybe, but I bet it doesn't smell like fresh laundry.
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Dec 16, 2009
The next frontier: Running barefoot
As I keep running, which I can do with taking breaks, I begin to feel pain in my hamstring and knees. Probably this is from compensating to minimize the original pain.
Because of this, I dropped out of the marathon training for this year. I just could not handle the long runs and saw no purpose in running in pain for 42km for no real gain.
I did run the Israel Half Marathon in Bet She'an last week, and ran it slower than last year. Between the 18km and 21km markers I had to stop twice because of the pain. I finished in a time equivalent to last years full marathon, but slower than last years half marathon. I was not disappointed because I had not really focused on training, especially after I had decided I was dropping out of the marathon training.
But because of my recent experiences, and because of the amazing book "Born to Run" by Christopher McDougall that I am reading, I have decided to research barefoot running. From everything I have been reading, it looks like it really might be the way to go to run without pain, to run farther without problems, and to run faster.
I am going to continue reading about it, but I am already pretty sure that that is the direction I plan on moving in. If I do, this blog will see a new rebirth, as I will likely document my experiences with barefoot running.
The first decision to make is what type of shoe to go with. It seems funny to talk about buying shoes to run barefoot, but running barefoot worries me about destroying my feet - running pebbles, glass, screws and nails, etc. Vibram makes a shoe called the FiveFinger, and Nike makes one called the Nike Free. They both look good, and are pretty close to be considered barefoot, mostly just protecting the feet from being torn up.
I like the reviews of the Vibram better than those of the Nike, so will probably go with those, assuming I decide to actually do this.
I will keep you posted...
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Do you know the guy I see running barefoot (well, in socks) most days on Dolev?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2009 10:04 AM
Re: Going around barefootReplyDelete
See Mishna Berura 301:62,Pesachim 112a,OC 2:6,Bach O.C. 307
- whatsinanameDecember 16, 2009 10:35 AM
i knew giving you the book was a good idea. :-)ReplyDelete
You will notice the author himself does not run barefoot, but instead bought cheap old shoes. I would try that first. the original canvas.
whats - I dont believe in doing things in stages. I go all the way right away.ReplyDelete
mikeage - he runs fully clothed except for shoes, right?
I'ma long-time barefoot ultramarathon runner and I teach barefoot and minimalist shoe running technique... I could point you towards a TON of great resources. I don't want this comment to seem like spam, though, so feel free to email me at robillardj "at" gmail "dot" com.ReplyDelete
Good luck on your barefoot journey!
-Jason Robillard
certainly appears to...ReplyDelete
- shaya gDecember 16, 2009 4:41 PM
1. there's no querstion buying better shoes with better arch supports helps. you could also get custom arches made for sneakers.ReplyDelete
2. take a lesson from Navi. The runners in Eliyahis time ran barefoot after cutting off the soles of their feet to toughen the new skin!
you big baby!!!!!! :P
The Jewish Kip Keino? Going to learn in the Kenyan Kollel for inspiration?ReplyDelete
Maybe I was thinking of Abebe Bikila. Since he was Ethiopian, you might have an easier time finding a suitable hevruta. ;-DReplyDelete
I have the vibram five finger, and so does my wife. We love them. I brought them to Israel on my trip. Its a shame you didn't tell me about this I would have shown them to you. They are great.
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2009 8:29 PM
You might want to also look into MBT shoes.ReplyDelete
anon - what are MBT shoes?ReplyDelete
way - I had no idea you use Vibrams. Also, back then I was not yet looking into the, What do you use them for? you guys dont run, do you? a different sport?
shaya - the studies show exactly the opposite. It seems there is not a single study showing the better the shoe the less the foot problems. All studies point the other way. The more expensive the shoe, the more chance of injury. The problem with the shoes is that they train the foot to step in an unnatural way and that causes injuries, sometimes faster sometimes slower. As they say, after 40 years of foot-shoe technology, injuries have only increased not decreased.
Mordechai - I dont know what you are talking about.
Jason - I will be emailing you. thanks.
way - which ones are you using? the classic? KSO? one of the other models?ReplyDelete
Rafi, those were poor jokes.ReplyDelete
Kip Keino was an Ethiopian marathoner who ran some of his races barefoot. Seems to me he won the gold at the Mexico City Olympics in '68. I remember him from my childhood.
Abebe Bikila won the gold in Rome in '60, running barefoot. I think he was the first African athlete to do that. He's Ethiopian. Maybe some Ethiopian oleh has a resemblance to him, and you all could learn and run together.
I thought I understood Mordechai's reference. I was right.ReplyDelete


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Being in the outdoors is sure to make you work up an appetite, but sometimes a light bite or a sweet treat is all that's needed to set you on your way again. Hiraethog is fortunate to have a range of cafes and tearooms in some great locations – perfect for re-fuelling after a hard morning or afternoon cycling, walking and experiencing the Hiraethog countryside.
The Llyn Brenig Cafe is a convenient starting or finishing point for a day spent taking advantage of all the cycling, walking and fishing opportunities Llyn Brenig has to offer. The cafe has a weekly changing menu and huge picture windows giving fantastic views across the reservoir.
Chocolate lovers should head for Pentrefoelas and to the Riverside Chocolate House and Tearooms where a range of sumptuous chocolate drinks, beautiful homemade chocolates and desserts are sure to tempt you. Never mind, you're bound to have earned it after all that walking, cycling and fresh air!
A warm Welsh welcome awaits you at Caffi Ty Tan Llan, a small cafe in Cerrigydrudion close to many of the popular activity destinations in Hiraethog and serving delicious hot and cold snacks and refreshments.
The Dragonfly Cafe is set in the beautiful grounds of the Dragonfly Fishery, one of Hiraethog's premier fishing destinations. The menu changes on a weekly basis and the site has good access for groups and visitors with a disability.
A full list of cafes and tea rooms in Hiraethog is available here.
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[Job, London] Carbon Brief, Science Communications Officer, ??28-33k, clos 18 July 2012 #scicomm jobs
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[workshop] Design in health information – Wednesday 20 June 2012, 9.30am – 16.30pm – Leeds cc @S_Wilcox
Graphic design in patient & public information. Might be of interest to some on the list, possibly a bit short notice (my fault, sorry!). Even if it is too short notice it's worth being aware of PiF (Patient Information Forum) as they send this so… Continue reading
Another useful #scicomm jobs resource, from @WynnAbbott
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Fifty Shades of Grey: The College Course
While Rice University students are busy playing Skyrim, students at American University will have the opportunity to take a semester course this spring called "The 50 Shades Trilogy."
Fifty Shades has been both a page-turner and head-turner for many over the past year, as it rose to the top of sales ranks and into the eyes of controversy. Without a doubt, the sensitive subject surrounding the erotic Fifty Shades trilogy is what inspired American University professor Stef Woods to use it as the subject for her latest course.
"When it comes to a trilogy that inspired so many conversations and such discussion, whether related to PR, marketing, sexuality or health, the Fifty Shades trilogy has broken a lot of records and a lot of rules," Woods told USA Today. "When I thought of discussion with that, it seemed perfect for an academic setting."
So you're unlikely to find girls huddled together and giggling while reading passages from the books. The curriculum includes guest speakers and 25 pages worth of written assignments. Furthermore, students will be rewriting the first 150 pages of the trilogy's first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey. This is described as an opportunity for students to "analyze the content and style of the book by reworking the presentation within the beginning of the trilogy's first book."
"I would say it's a conversation piece," Woods said. "It gives students who take the class this opportunity to turn anything into a learning experience of an academic caliber."
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Jill Lajdziak: Retail Experience Makes the Saturn Difference
From the Hub magazine: Between the time we spoke with Jill Lajdziak and the publication of this interview, General Motors announced plans to close Saturn. Well, here's another news flash: This doesn't necessarily mean the end for Saturn. And it certainly does not change the enlightened view Saturn brings to automotive retailing. Saturn was never designed to be a "luxury" automobile, but you'd never know that while visiting one of its state-of-the-art showrooms. The approach is almost majestic, with the gated dealership (if we must call it that), gracing a hillside. Golf carts whiz past, delivering customers to cars. Visitors are welcomed into a bright and airy space that nearly sparkles in the light. It is all windows, floors of bamboo, sunshine and curvaceous furniture. Kids play in a playroom while moms and dads tap at laptops in the waiting area. The garage is so shiny and bright you could just about open a restaurant in there. The pressure is so low you could almost feel a tropical breeze.
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I should start this writeup by saying that this report is mostly relevant to drivers of the 3.6L V6 Saturn Aura XR with the 6-speed automatic transmission. I have been having a great couple of weeks, folks. I reset the average miles per gallon (MPG) calculator on my DashHawk at the beginning of July and looked down today to discover an average all city fuel economy of 28.9 MPG.


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Under the ambitious realignment of the California correctional system that took effect at the beginning of October, individuals convicted of non-violent, non sex-related crimes are now being sent to county jails rather than state prisons. And that is "extremely exciting," Sunny Schwartz, the longtime director of jail programming for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, told a student audience in Wheeler Auditorium on Oct. 5.
A nationally known criminal-justice reformer, Schwartz welcomes the opportunity, she said, to bring meaningful programming to prisoners currently being "coddled," to use the popular jargon, in a massive, costly and ineffective system.
Traditional incarceration is soft, not tough, on crime and criminals, said Schwartz, speaking to hundreds of undergrads in Political Science 179, taught by lecturer Alan Ross. Schwartz said traditional incarceration "is where a prisoner's day is spent sleeping, playing dominoes and watching Jerry Springer." The cost to California taxpayers, she noted, is $35,000 to $95,000 per inmate per year — just for "three hots [meals] and a cot" and with "a 70 percent failure rate." Once released, that is, 70 percent return to criminal custody within three years.
As director of programs in San Francisco County jails, Schwartz was instrumental in developing Resolve to Stop the Violence (RSVP) — a controversial experiment when first introduced 14 years ago. As described in her book, Dreams from the Monster Factory, RSVP is based on three principles of the restorative-justice movement: accountability, community involvement and giving voice to victims. The program houses violent criminals together in an open dorm. They spend most of the day in rehabilitative programming, much of it led by ex-offenders.
RSVP's most dramatic aspect is a weekly "survivor impact" session, at which survivors of violent crimes come in to share their stories with inmates — stories not just of the crimes themselves but of their long-term impact on survivors' lives. According to Schwartz, inmates who participate in RSVP for five months or more are 80 percent less likely to return to custody for a violent offense.
Alan Ross has offered PoliSci 179 — a popular one-unit course (many take it more than once) featuring weekly lectures by figures in public life from across the political spectrum — for nearly three decades. Podcasts of past speakers can be found on iTunes U. The speaker's schedule for fall 2011 can be found on Ross's website.
Related information:
- Faces of Berkeley: Alan Ross (Daily Californian video on YouTube)
- Provocative political science class attracts wide following (NewsCenter article, 2003)


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many walkers we could only progress at a foot's pace, and nine miles of this at last became somewhat bewildering; it seemed as if we were moving in a strange dream. A party of native drummers added their very trying "music" to the general noise; but happily the band fell into the spirit of the thing, and though their afternoon's work fully entitled them to rest, they played at intervals all the way. At the outskirts of the town there was a halt, and in obedience to municipal regulations every torch was extinguished, and we entered the ill-lighted town in almost complete darkness. It was a wise precaution, however, as the air was full of flying sparks, and a conflagration would make short work of the dry wooden houses. Happily the large crowd was quiet and orderly; and so far as I am aware, I myself am the only sufferer from that half-hour's darkness, during which my beloved green plaid was abstracted from the bundle in which I had placed it. I think I know the thief—at least I have the strongest reason to suspect a half-caste, in no way connected with Tahiti, save by residence. But I fear there is not the slightest hope of ever recovering it. It was a large green plaid, of "Black Watch" tartan, which has been my inseparable companion and delight for many a year, and in many a strange place. I have slept in it on the top of Adam's Peak, and in the wonderful jungle cities of Ceylon, and it has travelled to the remotest corners of Australasia and Polynesia, and many and varied are its associations with people and things.
and deeply do I abhor the covetous thief who has robbed me, so infinitely beyond the value of a few fathoms of tartan ;
"For we cannot buy with gold
Quite a number of the neighbours have called here to-day, and welcomed me back as if I were an old friend returning from a long journey. There is a cordiality and a heartiness about them all, which is truly delightful. How different from a return to England after a few years' absence, when the people you had supposed to be intimate friends vaguely ask you "if you haven't been somewhere abroad 7" and perhaps, if they are unusually hospitable, invite you to luncheon the following week
Friday, 26th. This morning Narii Salmon took me on board the Seignelay to see my old friends and my old quarters. They welcomed me back most heartily, and seemed really glad that I had seen the isle to
such advantage—but they themselves were all dull and sad. Time has as yet done nothing to heal their grief, and indeed the ship seems altogether changed, even externally, for she has been painted white, to match La Magicienne. I returned with Narii to breakfast with his sister, Mrs Brander; there we were joined by the admiral, who came to make arrangements with her for the next part of the programme; for she is as sensible as she is handsome, which is saying much, and her opinions and suggestions carry great weight with every one. Already preparations are being made for another grand expedition, for there are several lesser isles subject to the king of Tahiti; and next week the Seignelay is to convey the king and queen and their party to Moorea, the beautiful island which we passed on the morning of our arrival in Tahiti, and of which Mrs Brander is the high chiefess. I hear that there is a chance of letters being despatched by some vessel, so I may as well close this. . . . Your loving sister.
Chez THE REv. JAMES GREEN, Oct. 27th.
I HAVE had a day after my own heart. In the early morning Mr Green drove me to the foot of the semaphore hill, up which I toiled, and gave myself into the care of the old sailor who lives there, watching the horizon for the first glimpse of a sail, and then hoists signals by which the good folk of Papeete learn from what direction the newcomer may be expected. Then, as she draws nearer, the signals reveal her class and her nationality. I remained for several hours, working up an elaborate drawing, begun soon after my arrival. The view of the town and harbour, as seen from this point, is truly lovely, and the effect of a coral-reef, as you look down on it from a height, is always fascinating. Every conceivable tint seems to play
beneath the surface—browns and golds blending with pale aqua-marine and sparkling emerald, while turquoise and cerulean pass into delicate lilac and purply blue. The reef appears from the semaphore to lie in the form of a horse-shoe, so that it literally suggests a rainbow beneath the waters. By the time Mr Green came to drive me back to breakfast, I was truly glad to escape from the blazing sun, and to rest in this pleasant home during the hot hours. Late in the afternoon Narii lent us a boat, in which we rowed out to the reef, always to me one of the most enchanting ploys that can be conceived; and here it gains an additional charm from an extraordinary phenomenon in the tides, which I am told occurs throughout the Society Isles, but in no other place that I ever heard of—namely, that they never vary from one year's end to another. Day after day they ebb and flow with unchanging regularity. At noonday and at midnight the tide is invariably at the full; while at sunrise and sunset— in other words, at six o'clock morning and evening— throughout the year, it is low water. The rise and fall rarely exceeds two feet; but periodically, at an interval of about six months, a mighty sea comes rolling in from the west or south-west, and, sweeping over the reef, bursts violently on the shore. I do not know whether any scientific theory has VOL. II. ' D