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The Bible is the inspired, infallible, absolute authoritative
Word of God:
2 Tim 3.16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of
God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
In the New Birth, you must be Born Again:
John 3.3-6 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man
be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man
be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
2 Cor 5.17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.
In Water Baptism through immersion:
Ro 6.3-5 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk
in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we
shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
In the Baptism of the Holy Spirit for power to live the Christian life on earth:
acts 1-5-8 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not
depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have
heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hence...But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come
upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
In the Institution of the Lords Supper:
1 Cor 11.23-29 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That
the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this
do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped,
saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in
remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the
Lord's death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of
the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man
examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that
eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning
the Lord's body.
In the Gifts and Fruit of the Holy Spirit in all believers:
1 cor 12.1-12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you
ignorant...Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are
differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities
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What happened in 1994 is so significant. It is to the date the time this pain came in that is still crippling me today. It is the reason I was diagnosed with PTSD in '95. I was age 45 and found out that indeed that event I always remembered, a shadowy guy finger banging me age five in the woods, really did happen. My life went in a totally new direction. In conversation with my sister I found out April 1994 that Father Horne diddled her too. When Patricia got to be about nine, she was too old for his tastes, so he dropped her for me. The realization that I had lived my whole life with sexual compulsions that destroyed everything, every job, every relationship, and the compulsions were not caused by me being an incorrigible whore but probably by this thing a Catholic priest did to me when I was five years old, and now my sister was confirming it really did happen-
What do I have to do now to make the pain stop?

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How degenerate has the movie industry become that John Carpenter--John mother fucking Carpenter!--has to have the backing of b-movie actress Amber Heard to get a job directing a movie? Is this a reflection of how low Carpenter's own career has sunk or a reflection of the movies generally? Or both? I don't know. I DO know that I'm mad as hell that I never got to see his new film, The Ward (2010), in a theater. I mean, Carpenter's name alone would have guaranteed a decent release even a decade ago, but this film, like a LOT of independent films these days, is in the twilight zone between limited festival release and video on demand. It doesn't deserve it, either, because I think this would have played fine at the multiplex.
I've been a harsh critic of Carpenter's late career, so color me surprised that this new film finds the director seemingly engaged with his material for the first time in decades. True, he hasn't actually made a film in ten years, Masters of Horror episodes not withstanding, but this is better than anything he's done since at least the mid-eighties, perhaps because it's relatively atypical of his other work. Carpenter had no hand in writing this film, nor any hand in scoring it, and it's the first film he's made since his first that wasn't shot in that prowling Panavision that so distinctively marks his film frame as his own. Perhaps subtracting all of these things challenged Carpenter's long dormant creative fire. There were problems to be solved with this film, and damned if he doesn't solve most of them.
For what it's worth, I'm probably overselling this, because in the grand scheme of things, The Ward is NOT a masterpiece, nor a patch on Carpenter's best films. For that matter, it's so derivative of other films that it becomes distracting after a while, but none of this can be laid at the director's feet. This may be a mercenary work for hire for Carpenter, but he's a professional mercenary, so the work is good.
Anyway, this is a psychiatric horror movie along the lines of Shock Corridor or Shutter Island, in which a girl named Kristen is institutionalized after setting a farm house on fire. Like many psychiatric movies, this is a puzzle movie and unraveling the puzzle is akin to psychoanalysis. Kristen is taken to a ward inhabited by several other young women, each corresponding to a "type:" Iris is artistic and seems hopeful of leaving, Emily is disaffected, Sarah is a boy-crazy sweater girl, and Zoey has regressed to a quasi-infantile state. Hanging over the ward is the ghost (literally) of Alice Hudson, who seems hell-bent on killing all of the girls in the ward for some past affront. Kristen takes it upon herself to protect the other girls if she can, but her unruliness lands her in the chair for electro-convulsive therapy. Slowly but surely, the ghost "gets" the other girls, until only Kristen remains to unravel the mystery...
This kind of movie relies on sleight of hand to achieve its final effect, and Carpenter is fully up to the kinds of meta-cinematic games required of him. If the movie is disappointing--and in some ways, it is--then that's because the ultimate solution to the puzzle is so utterly banal. However expertly it is made, you've still seen this movie before. This is by and large a problem with the script, though it's disappointing that the movie ends on a Carrie-esque cheap shot, and one that the director has used before almost verbatim, at that. I'm also not particularly impressed with this film's monster, which seems like an amalgam of Japanese horror conventions and a Night of the Living Dead-ish zombie. Ghosts should have a whiff of the uncanny (think Santi, the ghost in The Devil's Backbone, for a good example), and this film's ghost tends to read as a stuntman covered with (admittedly pretty good) prostheses.
That all said, this film is beautifully made. Carpenter's staging is assured, and his camera, if not so wide as before, remains elegantly restless as it prowls the corridors of its psychiatric ward. Amber Heard is pretty good in the lead, and Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer, Laura-Leigh, and Lyndsy Fonseca, each of the actresses tasked with other inmates nails their essential character down to their types. The movie even provides them each with something like a moment of grace, particularly when the movie lets go of its horror movie tropes and has them all dancing around the rec room to "Run, Baby, Run." It's a fleeting moment, but it's one that shows the filmmakers breaking the trap in which they've found themselves.
Current tally: 18 films
First time viewings: 18
Around the Web:
The Vicar of VHS over at Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Movies watches Paranormal Activity 2 and finds it to be wanting.
Stacia over at She Blogged by Night celebrated Bela Lugosi's birthday yesterday, and mea culpa for not doing the same.
Mr. Gable at Mr. Gable's Reality conjures up bad memories for yours truly while looking at The Manitou.
They're not doing the Challenge, per se, but I wanted to link to Ferdy on Film at least once this month because they're one of THE best movie blogs on the web and they're reviewing Manos: Hand of Fate this week.
Tim over at The Other Side takes on Dracula's Curse. He's also reading several varieties of paranormal fiction, and he's writing about Kim Harrison novels this week.
Finally, Eric over at Expelled Gray Matter writes about one of my mother's favorite movies, The Spiral Staircase*, this morning. And if you haven't seen it, you should.
*...and my mother, it should be noted, would be horrified by my egregious use of the phrase "mother fucking" at the beginning of this post. If she were still here today, she'd probably break a wooden spoon across the back of my skull for such profanity.


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Nov 29
Pray for members of Crossroads Biker Church in Rockdale who are planning a mission trip to Guatemala. Ask God to open doors of ministry in this outreach and pray that the church will be blessed in return. Also pray for Myriad Community Church in Tyler. This church has seen a decline in attendance. Members stand on the faith that this is God's church and ask for prayer that He will grow the church.


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For many years now, I have had a fascination and a great love for Mary Magdalene. I am truly honoured to be hosting this tour, to bear witness to the life of Mary Magdalene when she lived in the South of France after the Crucifixion.
When everything falls into place for me, the right people come along, and there are no obstacles or obstructions, and my heart starts to flutter, then I know that it is the right thing to do. This is how it is with this Sacred Journey.
I will be working with a beautiful soul, named Bart Sharp, who also has a huge passion for Mary Magdalene and he has been to the areas and led tours to Magdalene territory many times, so we are in good hands.
The tour involves exploring caves, churches and sacred spaces, where Mary Magdalene lived and travelled to in the South of France.
Bart Sharp is also a Healer and he will do some clearings for us. I am a Healer too and can already feel activations taking place in my body. So this journey is not a regular holiday. It is a Journey of Healing, Learning to Love Ourselves more, and removing emotional blocks and memories that are inhibiting the full opening of our hearts.
Join me if you wish to part take in this life changing Journey of Love
The Itinerary
Day 1 (September 16)
Arrive in Toulouse. We will be collected from the airport by Bart Sharp at around 9am. Should you be arriving a day or night earlier, it is suggested that you find overnight accommodation close to the airport, in order to meet the rest of the group at the airport in Toulouse at 9am. Fast Hotel is the recommended hotel that is a good place to stay that is close to the airport.
We will enjoy a two-hour drive to the Bugarach area in Southern France with lunch or pastry break along the way if needed in Limoux or Couiza. Then check into our rooms in Quillan and then back out for the first tour sites.
We take a quick trip to the small town of Serres to see Mt Cardou, the mountain of Mary Magdalene for opening prayers and activations. Then we travel to Pierre Dressie, a magical megalithic stone whose origins are unknown.
Day 2 (September 17)
We travel to the magical area of The Gorge De Galamus and Hermitage De Galamus. Enjoy an easy stroll along this beautiful gorge looking down two to three hundred feet cliffs into the rugged limestone rock streams.
The Hermitage De Galamus is a Catholic Church within a cave on the cliff side of the gorge. This heart opening, cave church has a strong presence of Mary Magdalene, some psychics swear her presence is so strong it must have been one of her ceremonial places.
Enjoy a wonderful cup of hot chocolate in the store at the cave entrance, French Hot Chocolate is most delicious.
We visit an old abbey town of Cubieres Sur Cinoble, the last remnants of the abbey is an old Templar based church.
After a late lunch we visit the Pic De Bugarach for a meditation and a mystery sight called Route De Marie, no one knows why this engraved, stone plaque was built here except it seems to be the home of something quite cosmic coming out of the mountain rocks itself.
Day 3 (September 18)
We will take a short drive through the Pyrenees foothills to "The Cave of Mary Magdalene" where legend says she lived and did healings. What is more obvious about these caves are they are ancient, it is hard to tell whether they are natural or made by others, maybe an ancient people. These three caves each have their own distinct presence. The most popular appears to be a cave where ancient rituals of fertility were likely performed. It has the most divine feminine presence. A tour favourite.
Just a short drive away is the village and church of Rennes Les Chateau. The church is world famous as it is the setting used in the final scene of "The DaVinci Code". Author William Henry proclaims, "The church is the most powerful energy in the world." No doubt it is potent.
We will enjoy a relaxing lunch in Le Jardin De Marie, a beautiful outdoor restaurant with reasonable but delicious lunches and a coconut ice cream out of this world. There will be time to shop in a few of the shops in the village as well.
Day 4 (September 19)
We will take an hour drive deeper into the foothills of the Pyrenees to the city and forest of Nebias. Most agree this is the best description of a fairy forest ever seen in France, enjoy a day trip walking in a maze of forest and limestone rocks in the presence of the fairy and angel kingdoms. Words cannot describe it. We will enjoy a picnic in the woods.
Day 5 (September 20)
We will drive about an hour in the direction of the coast to the desert area to visit Cave of Perillos, we will spend the morning there meditating in this well-lit cave. I suspect this was a place of worship or pilgrimage for the Cathar people. Author Lars Muhl believes Mary Magdalene did forty day prayer vigils here.
Nearby the caves is Chateau de Perillos, perched on a hilltop overlooking the Mediterranean Ocean, some believe Jesus was buried here and we will go to this hidden burial site.
Later we will travel a winding country road to visit a mountain peak fortress of Chateau De Payrepertuse. This well-built fortress is a great example of the chateaus of France established in the dark ages. Within the structures are two churches, one of Church of Marie and the other a hill top church. Both churches still embody special powers.
Lunch will be enjoyed at a local bakery in Estagel as we will buy a picnic lunch to dine in the cave.
Day 6 (September 21)
A day of visiting churches and castles all north of Quillan in the towns of Limoux, Carrcasone and Vals. On the outskirts of Limoux there is the famous Notre Dame De Marcielle; a locally famous church with a holy well of higher vibration and a Black Madonna mysteriously found in a nearby field where the church was built in the eighth century.
Outside the town of Carcassonne is La Cite, the largest castle or fortress in Europe. It is a bit of tourist place but we will split up as a group to visit the fortress, have lunch and possibly visit the Cathedral there.
Vals an ancient site of worship dating back to possibly 2500 BC, amazing architecture and amazingly powerful. Church is built into mountain side.
Day 7 (September 22)
In the morning we go to Mt. Cardou, the sister mountain of Pic De Bugarach. A much easier walk but still long, 4 miles total. The top has the strongest presence of Mary Magdalene of anywhere on the tour.
The late morning or early afternoon will be spent at "Fountain De La Amour". Legend says Mary Magdalene did baptisms here. It is a heavenly beautiful place and good for a swim if you like cold water. Otherwise meditate in a fairy like atmosphere
Lunch at Rennes Les Bains in the town square, there is a Brassiere and pizza place, Chez Oui (serving Italian style). The Brassiere restaurant serves hamburgers, various fried foods and salads at the town center plaza under the sycamore trees. The Brassiere owner is a home spun artist expressing his love of Rennes Le Bains through his art all placed in his restaurant.
In the afternoon, it is a free day to relax either in the hot springs of Rennes Les Bain, explore the town or have an early return home to rest in the comfort of your room.
Day 8 (September 23)
We go into the Pyrenees Mountains to visit the town of Tarrascon home of Chapelle de Notre Dame Sabarts, founded over twelve hundred years ago by King Charlemagne who had an encounter with Mother Mary at this spot. This church is an amazing connection to the feminine.
Next we visit a sacred cave of the Cathars, Grotte De Bethlehem, this is a highly charged cave tapping into deep sources of the inner light of the earth. It is easy to understand why this was a pilgrimage site for the Cathars.
On our way home we will stop by a country church called Notre Dame De Celles, Mother Mary appeared here to a young man and blessed the local spring in a forested hillside, much like the story of Bernadette in Lourdes. The church has a profound presence of Mother Mary and holy water is available for all. Bring your bottles.
Day 9 (September 24)
We visit the small church in Bugarach, spirit definitely lives in this quiet church. No trip is not complete without meditation time at the base of the sacred, star gate mountain, Pic De Bugarach. If time permitting we drive into the Communal Forest next to Bugarach to an ancient Celtic Stone Circle with an amazing tree as the head presence of the circle.
We eat a late lunch at "Le Fournil De Luc" a pastry, salad and sandwich shop. The desserts are amazing, always leave room for something sweet in this organic restaurant.
Alet Le Bains and St Salyvre. Visit an old Roman church in this small town, home of Nostradamus and visit the angel art gallery (good place for souvenirs). Up a narrow winding hill is the tiny village of St Salyvre. A former Roman church, now Catholic. French stories say Jesus died and was buried here. This is an amazing place as it is located at a mountain pass of around 2,000 feet so the views are good. Placing your hands on the altar activates a very powerful energy in the crown chakra and third eye.
Day 10 (September 25)
We take a quick trip to the Besu, an old Templar mountain fortress. The view is incredible and we say goodbye to the area from this strategic point.
Day 11 (September 26)
Depart for Toulouse and fly home.
The group will be staying in a Privately Owned renovated Castle for the duration of the tour.
Breakfast and Dinner will be prepared by a French Chef, and are included in the cost of the package.
The Cost:
Discounted price if you pay your deposit of US$700 by 1 March 2019:
US$ 2300 per person sharing a room
US$ 2500 per person in a single room
Full Price (deposit paid after 1 March 2019:
US$ 2600 per person sharing a room
US$ 2800 per person in a single room
Cost Includes:
- Transfer to and from Toulouse Airport on the first and last day of the tour
- Breakfast and Dinner daily
- Transfers to all sites mentioned in the itinerary
- Energetic Activations
- Tour Guide
What is not included:
- International Flight ticket
- Lunch, average cost 6 to15 euros per meal
- Park Fees to Chateau Payrepertuse and Monsegur, six euros each.
- Overnight stays at Fast Hotel should you need to stay an extra night before/after the tour starts.
To Book Your Space:
- Compete the Booking Form and Pay your Deposit of US$700
- Space is limited to a maximum of 11 people


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Since I wrote a piece about nesting and pregnant and cleaning productsI've started to think about it more and more. Why do I use so many aggressive cleaning products? These resources are not only bad for my floor (I have natural stone), it is also pretty bad for the environment and my body. And do you know what it is? You do not even need aggressive cleaning products for a spik and span house. Then what? Read more about safe cleaning products for your pregnancy and the environment.
Pregnant and the use of cleaning products
Have you ever seen that you clean with a certain cleaning agent, and that this is completely on your breath? That is the chemical means in the stuff. Previously I used a lot of bleach and I threw all my toilet with it. Then all bacteria were nicely killed! I also cleaned my shower with a powerful detergent, which was so strong that after 5 minutes I always got a little high out of the shower. I always felt that everything was only really clean when I used aggressive drugs against it.
That was probably also the case, but there was for me a very big downside to these cleaners: they ruined my floor (I have natural, one drop of my floor and turn white). In addition, I also read more and more that if you are pregnant not all cleaning products are equally handy. And not very unimportant: many resources are bad for our environment! Time for change! With the new generation coming up, I felt called to switch to better cleaning products.
Pregnant and cleaning products, safe cleaning back to basic
For some reason I always like it when grandmothers advice on the household is still accurate. When it comes to cleaning, that is often the case. In my search for safe cleaning, being pregnant and good cleaning products, I found out that you only need 3 things in the basics.
And these 3 things were always in the cleaning cabinet with my grandmother:
- Vinegar
- Soda
- Green soap
What can you do best with these environmentally conscious and pregnancy cleaning products? I'm going to tell you!
Cleaning vinegar and pregnant
Cleaning vinegar is a real all-rounder in terms of cleaning. Actually a bit similar to all-purpose cleaner, but completely natural. This can all be cleaned with cleaning vinegar:
Windows and mirrors:
Mixing vinegar with a little water and sighing. Then take off with an old newspaper and the windows are streak-free! Wiping with a dry cloth also helps!
Cleaning scaling in bathroom and bathroom:
You can easily clean your bathroom with vinegar. Make a mixture of ¾ water with ¼ vinegar and you clean the tiles beautifully. Extra useful: put this mixture in a spray bottle! Do you have a stubborn attack? Then spray the vinegar on the tiles and let it take effect before you scrub it off. If your tap is very white, you can put a cloth soaked with vinegar on the tap. Allow the night to settle in and scrub the next day.
Toilet cleaning:
You can pour a cup of vinegar into the toilet for stubborn lime or dirt. Let this work overnight. The next day, clean your toilet with the brush! The bad smells also immediately disappeared.
Cleaning tile floor:
Mix some cleaning vinegar with water and your tile floor is streak-free clean!
Cleaning oven and microwave:
Put a dish with boiling water and cleaning vinegar (or slices of lemon) in the oven or microwave. Then set to the highest setting and wait for 3 minutes. The water with vinegar / lemon then evaporates. The fat dissolves. You can then easily remove your oven with a cloth or sponge.
Descaling the kettle:
Mix some cleaning vinegar or even better: table vinegar with water in the kettle. Let the kettle boil well a few times and the lime is gone. Let your kettle boil a few more times with just water and rinse it away.
Cleaning with soda
If you are pregnant and looking for good cleaning products, soda certainly belongs to this.
As an abrasive:
With soda you can easily make an abrasive: mix it with green soap and put this paste on half a lemon. With this you can clean the surface.
Clean laundry:
Stains in your white laundry? Put some soda in the washing machine tray. In case of stubborn stains or dirty sweat odors, you can first soak the clothes for at least an hour in warm water with some soda. Please note: this is particularly suitable for white clothing.
Cleaning the washing machine:
It is good to clean your washing machine from time to time. Then sprinkle a cup of soda in the drum and let the washing machine run (without wax) at 90 degrees.
Drain unloading:
Throw a lot of soda in the drain and rinse it with a lot of boiling water. In case of stubborn blockage, you can still carefully pour some cleaning vinegar into the drain after the soda, pay attention with foaming. Then rinse with boiling water. To prevent your drainage from clogging, you can rinse some soda with boiling water through your drain every 2 weeks.
Clean with green soap
Whether you are pregnant or not, green soap is a good cleaning product for cleaning everything. In fact, green soap should be your new all-purpose cleaner!
Flooring floors:
Green soap degreased and is therefore very suitable to mop your floors. Thin well! Do not use green soap if your floor is made of marble or linoleum.
All-purpose cleaner:
Mix 100 grams of green soap with water, shake well and you have an excellent all-purpose cleaner!
Stains in clothing:
Do you have stains in clothes? Lubricate some green soap, let it withdraw and then in the washing machine.
Grease stains:
Do you still have places in your baking dish that do not go out? Smear it with green soap. Allow it to retract and rinse well.
Rub your dirty oven with green soap, leave it overnight and remove it the next day with a cloth.
Tiles in the garden:
Green on your tiles or garden furniture? Make a soap with green soap and take the garden furniture off or pour it over the tiles and scrub with a sturdy broom. Just rinse and ready.
Do you still have good tips for pregnant women and environmentally friendly cleaning products? Let us know! On to pregnant and cleaning products that are good for cleaning and nature.


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Love Vintage Package Exchange Photos
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Here are a few photos from a few blogs that have stumbled upon that have received their packages from the Exchange. I will be hunting for more, there were over 50 people who participated, much more than I expected.
Danilele from Dinosaur Toes
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lovely lovely! it was so much fun!
thank you for giving us the opportunity!
So many pretties and all so different too!
Just sending mine, been swamped lately! I will upload pics of what I send next week once my swapper has received it. I am yet to receive anything, but looking forward to it 🙂


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Sarajevo Film Festival and Balkan Documentary Center are looking to invite Hungarian directors/producers/editors as observers for the upcoming module in Budapest (29th March-3rd April)
Docu Rough Cut Boutique is a major regional program dedicated to documentary projects in the final phases of the editing process. A year 2019 marks a new project's chapter as the workshop will be organized for the first time with module in Budapest. This additional workshop will bring a greater opportunity to our participants to explore their creative possibilities and to have longer, more in-depth mentoring process.
In addition to the five selected projects, we would like to give the opportunity to two Hungarian filmmakers to take part in our group sessions as observers and meet renowned documentary experts and professionals. The observers will watch the rough cuts of the selected projects and participate in the discussion with the mentors and participants. They will also be invited to our get-togethers.
The level of experience of the applicants should be beginner/intermediate. Our main focus are emerging talents, who can be without any prior experience in the industry or already having some track record (one or two films completed, with festival distribution). Our aim is to give chance to wider variety of filmmakers to have an insight to our workshop and explore the possibilities of the film's post-production stage.
If you are interested, please send short cover letter (up to 1 page) and CV/filmography to:
Neda at firstname.lastname@example.com
And Ishak at email@example.com
Deadline: 18 March 2019
Participation is free of charge!
Official language of the workshop is English. Applicants must be able to communicate freely in English in order to participate.
Budapest module is organized in collaboration with DunaDok and HBO Europe.
Docu Rough Cut Boutique is co-financed by Creative Europe Media.
We are eager to read your applications!


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Prep Notes:Ingredients:
- One medium spaghetti squash.
- 1/2 pound of ground naturally raised sausage. (I use organic pork sausage from Fiesta Nutrition)
- 1/2 pound grass fed ground beef/deer/turkey
- One can (bpa free) organic tomato sauce I used a 14 ounce can.
- One can/jar of organic diced tomatoes
- 1-2 tbsp of hot pepper relish (optional – Fiesta has a great bottle).
- 4 to 6 cloves of garlic, whole
- 3 tbsp of olive oil.
- 3 tsp organic Italian seasoning (Oregano, Basil, Thyme) to taste
- 1 free range egg
- sea salt and pepper to taste
- fresh parmesan or grass fed cow cheese (for topping)
Dump your tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, hot pepper relish and Italian seasoning into your slow cooker and stir well.
Cut your squash in half and scoop out the seeds.
Place your 2 squash halves face down into your slow cooker.
Roll your ground sausage and ground beef/deer/turkey into meatballs, then fit as many as you can in the sauce around the squash.
Cook on High for 3 hours or cook on low for 5 hours.
Use a large fork to pull the "spaghetti" out of your squash, then top with your meatballs and sauce.
Sprinkle with fresh parmesan or grass fed cow cheese & enjoy!
May want to add a little extra Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and one egg to the meatball mixture.
Make sure you use a large 6 quart slow cooker for this recipe.


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Will the battles last all season? For multiple seasons? Will Negan ever be killed? The show doesn't mind occasionally taking a different approach from the comic books, meaning that for all of us watching at home, nothing is certain - except that we need to prepare to cry as we lose more fan favorites, shriek as humans consciously and deliberately behave worse than the most vicious brain-dead Walkers, and howl as each episode leaves us with a cliffhanger that we'll have to wait a week to see resolved! The one thing I will say about season 8 is that King Ezekial's tiger will play a major role - hopefully munching happily on Lucille as though she were a chew toy, after doing exactly the same to Lucille's owner! #TeamRick Graves (10:00 PM on Epix ) Comedy Ever Googled your own name? Former President Richard Graves does just that and discovers his two-term presidency, 25 years ago, is still beloved by those in his party but not regarded well by anyone else. 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"To me, pop music can be anything from Nick Drake to the Gap Band to Led Zeppelin," says a fully amped RJD2, holding forth on the range of inspiration behind his latest — and easily most ambitious — solo effort. "Some pop music is danceable, and some of it isn't, but that doesn't mean it can't be great to listen to. I'm just trying to make good pop music in the same vein. I'm basically chasing the same ghost now as I was five years ago; the only difference is I'm using a lot more tools, and the means by which I'm shooting for that goal have changed much more radically on this record than on anything else."
True to its title, The Third Hand (XL Recordings, 2007) is not only RJ's third full-length album, but it signifies the emergence of a hitherto unexplored aspect of the 30-year-old producer's song-crafting skills — namely, his ability to sing for his supper and lay down some hefty bass, guitar and synth lines. Unlike Deadringer (Definitive Jux, 2002) and Since We Last Spoke (Definitive Jux, 2004), both of which showcased RJ's intimate familiarity with the Akai MPC2000XL and his nascent stroke on a small array of synths and keyboards, The Third Hand finds him eschewing hip-hop sampling almost entirely in favor of a pure performance-based method in the studio. The results, which flip between psychedelic garage pop ("You Never Had It So Good"), acoustic folk ("Someday"), creepy sci-fi stutter-funk ("Beyond the Beyond") and straight-up new wave ("Sweet Piece"), herald not just a change in musical direction but also in label affiliation — from New York's Def Jux to London's XL Recordings. All told, fans of RJD2's former breakbeat-shaded persona are in for a wild ride.
"All the drums are still done on the MPC," RJ (born Ramble Jon Krohn) reassures, although from the sound of his meticulously programmed drum tracks, it's sometimes hard to tell whether an actual drummer isn't in the room. "Basically, the rest of the record is live," he says. "I've always had a thing for big, hard drums, and that's gone in with whatever my semi-psychedelic leanings on guitar or keyboards have been. But essentially what I'm trying to do now is make the kind of records that I would have sampled, or wanted to sample, back in 2002."
Left to his own devices (which now include Digidesign Pro Tools and a Digi 002 interface for recording), RJ has gradually transformed his basement studio in Philadelphia into a do-it-yourself haven for further explorations in analog sound. His newfound engineering approach leans heavily toward the classic Stax era for drums and, for instruments, the ideas of EMI Studio legend Geoff Emerick (author of the book Here, There and Everywhere, about recording The Beatles during the latter half of the '60s). They're lofty references, to be sure, but they're also crucial if the idea is to make a vintage-sounding record.
"Of course, you're never gonna find that magic key," RJ says, citing what he sees as the near futility of attempting to duplicate such iconic sounds exactly. "I mean, what can you say about it? It could be The Beatles, it could be John Bonham's drum sound — whatever it is, you're never gonna find that one magic thing that finally gives it to you. But the last three or four years of my life have just been utterly dominated by absorbing every little iota of information I can get about microphones, preamps, compressors — the whole engineering game. So I'm interested in the challenge."
Although RJD2 has made quantum leaps in both his songwriting and engineering routines since he first began work on The Third Hand in 2005, he prefaces his launch into the fine points of his studio setup by noting that high-end equipment is not necessarily the main act when it comes to making good music.
"When I couldn't afford studio gear," he recalls, "I used to think I needed whatever I was reading about. Then I started hanging out with some kids in a group called MHz [MC Copywrite's crew from Columbus, Ohio], who made songs by bouncing down to a double-cassette deck using a cheap DJ mixer with a five-second sampler in it and a Radio Shack mic. And I realized it's way more important to just do what you can on whatever you've got than to get sucked into thinking that good gear is needed to do the job."
That said, when fortune smiles upon you and grants you access to some quality equipment, there's plenty to be gained from diligent experimentation with such things as mic placement, tube amplification, signal cranking and vocal layering, as RJ soon discovered. "One of the biggest things I've learned," he says, "is that as you go down the signal path, certain things become less important.
"So let's say you want a guitar that sounds like Joe Perry [from Aerosmith]," he continues. "The guitar and the amp are the biggest contributors to achieving that; the second biggest is the microphone, and the third biggest is the mic preamp [and so on]. And it's not to say that your choice of tape machine won't have anything to do with it just because it's the last stop in the signal path — I mean, once you've tracked 20 or 30 takes of a particular instrument, the deficiencies of a crappy tape machine or a lousy conversion rate will start to add up. What I am saying is that if you've got a problem, start at the top of the food chain. That's probably the number-one thing I've learned."
After countless hours of trial and error, RJ arrived at a recording scheme for each instrument that held predominantly steady throughout the tracking phase. Synths and keyboards were routed through a Fender Twin guitar amplifier to a '70s Realistic mic. A Yamaha baby-grand piano, which sits directly above the studio in RJ's dining room, gets miked remotely via an XLR wall jack he installed himself. Meanwhile, guitars were played through a Vox AC15 or AC30 amp to a Royer R-121 ribbon mic, and bass was recorded either direct (through vintage RCA BA21 tube-mic pres or directly into Pro Tools) or through an Ampeg B-15R Portaflex amp to an AKG D12E mic. For all his vocals, he used a Microtech Gefell UM71 and, toward the end of recording, a UM75, which he hopes to use more of on future albums.
"If you haven't noticed, reverb and harmonies are already a crutch that I have no intention of letting go," RJ quips, referring to the stacked and processed vocals of the single "Beyond the Beyond" and to some of the effects moves he made with mix engineer Jim Bottari for the entire album. "To me, it's really like the best Dr. Dre productions, where you get this weird hybridization of hip-hop and psychedelic pop music. It was like, 'Let me just take this to the nth degree and make the vocals as psychedelic as possible.''"
Equally mind-bending, of course, is the deftness of RJ's control over the capabilities and parameters of the MPC2000XL — a level of inventiveness that earns him regular comparisons to such veterans of beat-chopping finesse as DJ Shadow. And like Shadow, he hopes to reach a point where he can engineer a live drum sound that's as good as what he can capture on the MPC — and in fact, whenever time allows, he works on miking schemes with a drum kit that takes up one end of his studio. For now, though, the MPC is the answer.
"I've really got it down to the point where, all modesty aside, I can make it do whatever I want it to do," he says. "Eventually, I'd like to break myself free of the sequenced or looped nature of what I do — I'd like to have that breathability that classic-rock bands have, but I can't do that with drums that sound so soggy and wishy-washy that it's like I'm slapping a wet noodle on the wall. It's just not working yet."
Interestingly, RJ often ends up emulating this selfsame "breathable" quality by programming subtle variations into his beat sequences (heard to stellar effect on "You Never Had It So Good," which truly sounds as though a live drummer is chasing RJ's catchy, Lennon-esque chord changes and vocal stylings). The illusion works because of the overall holistic approach to sampling and sequencing drums that RJ has perfected over the years.
"The key is to get one nice solid strike of the kick, the snare, the hi-hat and then each tom," he explains, "with each piece of the kit separated enough so that there's enough decay on them. The best thing is to find a record with a drum solo where you can hear every single piece of the kit — there's a B-side to a Billy Thorpe record called Children of the Sun that's the best example of this. If you can get four hits of the exact same snare, three or four hits of the exact same hi-hat, and then every other element of the drum kit with a nice clean decay, then you're all set. Every piece is miked and engineered from the same kit, so when you replay them, they sound just like a break because they all came from the same record."
The MPC's "16 levels" option — which spreads a drum sound across the unit's 16 pads and allows precise control over parameters such as attack, decay, velocity and tuning — also figures into the equation. From there, it's a matter of composing a beat and then reworking it with the improvisational changes an actual drummer might choose.
"When you listen to a good drummer," RJ continues, "they're not gonna play the exact same fill in a song. So usually one of the very first things I'll do is get a groove going, and then I'll program five or six different drum fills. And you can get even deeper. Let's say I've got a 16-bar verse; I can take one of those middle bars and just put a slight variation in it, like take out a kick or put in a snare accent. The more you do these kinds of things, the less chance your ear has to get numb to the loop. Then your brain starts to think, 'Whoa, man, maybe I'm hearing a real drummer.''"
"When you listen to a good drummer," RJ continues, "they're not gonna play the exact same fill in a song. So usually one of the very first things I'll do is get a groove going, and then I'll program five or six different drum fills. And you can get even deeper. Let's say I've got a 16-bar verse; I can take one of those middle bars and just put a slight variation in it, like take out a kick or put in a snare accent. The more you do these kinds of things, the less chance your ear has to get numb to the loop. Then your brain starts to think, 'Whoa, man, maybe I'm hearing a real drummer.''"
As is normally the case with any RJD2 production, a keen attention to detail with synth and keyboard sounds in particular is what gives the music a large part of its spaced-out, kaleidoscopic appeal. Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Farfisa, Clavinet and a stately Hammond M3 organ all find their way into The Third Hand, while an array of vintage synths that includes everything from a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 to an Oberheim OB-Xa helps bolster the alien weirdness of songs like "Work It Out" and "The Bad Penny."
"I spent a lot of time on this record getting sounds out of some of the older keyboards," RJ says, citing such instances as the glockenspiel-ish opening to "You Never Had It So Good," which is actually a Clavinet that was sustained and overdriven through the Fender Twin. Inspiration for the sound came from the work of the Italian prog-rock group Goblin, known for their scores of classic Dario Argento horror films (Suspiria being one of the more legendary, as well as the George Romero-directed zombie staple Dawn of the Dead, which is one that Argento produced).
"One of the things I hate about Clavinet is that auto-wah disco sound," RJ scoffs. "What's incredible about Goblin is that they use Clavinet in a very un-Clav way — it's like they're playing riffs. That part was one of the few things on the record where I listened back and I was like, 'This doesn't sound anything like what a Clav is supposed to sound like.'' And that's what I was after."
True to his hip-hop roots, RJ's devotion to harnessing grittiness in his production style is what comprises the alpha and omega when it comes to matching the sound of vinyl. And ironically, he found that one of the things he'd downplayed — one of the processes that takes place in the later stages of the signal path — would come back to haunt him.
"You know, just this week, I bought an Apogee Rosetta 800," he sighs wistfully, "and for the first time I realized how semi-dull everything was in the input stage, where I was using the Digi 002 for A/D conversion. I still went to a nice studio to mix, so I feel that made up for it — but damn, with the Apogee, I cannot believe the difference. I'll put it this way: I'm mixing a song now that's gonna be a B-side, and there were background vocals there that I was hearing for the first time. It was like going from black-and-white TV to color."
Even the most seasoned of pros will admit that studio engineering is a constant learning experience, but RJD2 seems to take that a step further by acknowledging that's it's not enough just to be content to learn your way around the gear — you have to will yourself into unfamiliar territory as an artist in order to map out new worlds of sound. "Even after mixing this album, I feel like I still could have pushed it a little bit," he admits. "I'm still figuring out exactly how hard I can push a preamp, for example. There's shitty distortion that you don't want that sounds like crap, and then there's the good amount of fuzz — and that's the fuzz that I want on everything. But I'm getting there. It's just a matter of trying different things and not getting too hung up on some mythical, magical piece of gear. I mean, we're all musicians, right? That's really what it should be about."
Step into the sprawling North Philly loft complex known simply as The Studio, and you're bound to run into founder and producer Larry Gold; he might be sawing away on a cello, swilling coffee or holding forth with The Roots, Jazzy Jeff, Jill Scott or any number of Philly-based artists who happen to walk through his doors.
"Larry's a real cool dude," RJD2 raves. "It's a trip how much he knows about indie music. He pays attention to me, he knows what cats like Diplo are doing — it's crazy how he's so tapped into what's going on in Philly."
Gold paired RJ with mix engineer Jim Bottari (The Roots, R. Kelly, Brandy) on an SSL 4000 series console with access to a short stack of vintage outboard pieces. One such piece was a Lexicon 480L digital effects system, which figured prominently in treating virtually every vocal pass on The Third Hand.
"I wanted the record to sound cohesive," RJ explains, "so when we mixed, we used the same reverb setting on the 480. Initially, I wanted a plate reverb or a nice echo chamber, but I gave up on that after we set up a chamber and the Lexicon still sounded better. I was adamant about using one reverb [setting]. Most of my favorite records were made when you only had one reverb choice — plate or chamber — so it seemed sensible to do that here."
Computer, DAW, recording hardware
Apple PowerBook G4 1 GHz computer
Digidesign Digi 002, Pro Tools|HD
SSL 4000 Series console [for mixing phase only]*
Synths, plug-ins, instruments, amps
Ampeg B-15R Portaflex bass combo amp
Casio CZ-1000 synth
GMedia GForce M-Tron plug-in
Farfisa Professional Piano
Fender Rhodes ca. 1973 (2), Twin guitar amp
Hammond M3 organ
Hohner Clavinet E7 electric piano
Ibanez electric guitar ca. 1979
Moog Rogue synth
Nomad 49B combo organ
Oberheim OB-Xa synth
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Tagestour nach Landmannalaugar | Super-Jeep Abenteuer
Entdecke die Perle des isländischen Hochlands, Landmannalaugar, bei dieser luxuriösen Tour im Super-Jeep. Du wirst atemberaubende Wasserfälle und vulkanische Krater sehen, bevor du ein entspannendes Bad in der natürlich heißen Quelle von Landmannalaugar nimmst.
So komfortabel kommst du selten zu abgelegenen Orten wie diesen!
Landmannalaugar ist ein weites Gebiet von unglaublicher Schönheit, und liegt im Herzen des südlichen Hochlandes. Eingebettet in das pechschwarze Lavafeld Laugahraun bestehen die Berge von Landmannalaugar aus farbenfrohem Rhyolithgestein, das aufgrund von vulkanischer Aktivität entsteht.
Der Tag beginnt in Reykjavík, wo du standesgemäß im Super-Jeep abgeholt wirst. Ein Erlebnis der Extraklasse! Dieser riesige Gefährt ermöglicht es uns, an Orte zu gelangen, die du mit einem normalen Bus nie sehen könntest.
Als erstes siehst du das Tal Þjórsárdalur, wo sich der Wasserfall Hjálparfoss befindet. Er liegt im Lavafeld nördlich des Stratovulkans Hekla, den wir auch aus der Ferne betrachten können.
Weiter geht es in raue Hochland, wo du auf dem Weg außerdem noch zwei malerische Seen bestaunen kannst: Der Kratersee Ljótipollur beherbergt azurblaues Wasser, eingerahmt von rotem Gestein, und der See Frostaðavatn ist bei Fotografen aus der ganzen Welt beliebt!
Die Rhyolithberge von Landmannalaugar tauchen dann langsam am Horizont auf. Inmitten dieser rot, pink, grün und goldgelb gefärbten Gipfel hast du die Möglichkeit, auf einem der wunderschönen Pfade zu wandern, bevor du nach einem ereignisreichen Tag deine Beine im warmen Pool ausstrecken kannst.
Auf dem Rückweg nach Reykjavík halten wir dann zu guter Letzt im Tal Dómadalur, wo du den Wasserfall Þjófafoss findest. Nur ein Super-Jeep kann die Strecke zu diesem bezaubernden Wasserfall problemlos meistern.
Verpasse nicht diese Möglichkeit, das Hochland von Island stilvoll zu erkunden und sichere dir einen der wenigen Plätze im Super-Jeep. Prüfe die Verfügbarkeit, indem du ein Datum auswählst.
- Verfügbarkeit: Jun. - Okt.
- Dauer: 12 Stunden
- Aktivitäten: Super-Jeep, Besichtigung, Hot Pot
- Schwierigkeitsstufe: Einfach
- Sprachen: English
- Höhepunkte: Landmannalaugar,
Landmannalaugar, or the 'People's Pools', is a vast area of stunning and unique beauty in the heart of Iceland's southern Highlands. Throughout the summer, it is one of the most popular places for hiking -- either over one day or several -- and natural hot spring bathing.
Landmannalaugar is a truly rare area, both geologically and aesthetically. The dramatic region can be found nestled beside the raven-black Laugahraun lava field, a sweeping expanse of dried magma which originally formed in an eruption in 1477.
Landmannalaugar itself is made up of windswept rhyolite mountains, a rock type that creates a full spectrum of dazzling colour. Shades of red, pink, green, blue and golden yellow make for an ethereal location.
Landmannalaugar was historically best known for its natural geothermal baths, hence its name the People's Pools. For centuries, it served as an area of shelter and respite for weary travellers who use these soothing springs as a means to relax after tiring excursions.
Originally, those attending were settlers crossing the barren highlands, but today, they are tourists after an exciting trip.
Today, visitors to the Highlands should always bring a swimsuit and towel, just in case one of these naturally occurring hot pools should crop up along the hiking trail.
The most popular road leading to Landmannalaugar, Sigölduleið, has such springs, and takes you past multiple stunning natural features, including Bláhylur lake, a magnificent body of water nestled in a dormant volcanic crater.
Landmannalaugar can be reached by car in one of two ways. The quickest is driving through West Iceland, either via Selfoss or Þingvellir National Park. A longer but more scenic route would take you along the South Coast of Iceland. This is Iceland's most popular sightseeing route, aside from the Golden Circle, due to its wealth of sites.
Of course, like many of Iceland's destinations, Landmannalaugar can also be reached via helicopter, for those who are travelling with less of a concern for budget. Those on more of a shoestring can buy a bus pass that will take them to the region.
Landmannalaugar marks the northern end of the Laugavegur, one of Iceland's most popular hiking trails. This route connects Landmannalaugar and Þórsmörk, the 'Valley of Thor', ending at the beautiful Skógafoss waterfall.
It is also home to many other notable trails, however, including the path onto the mighty Mt. Brennisteinsalda, the 'Sulphur Wave' crater. Visitors can also traverse the trail up the Bláhnjúkur volcano, the 'Blue Peak', whose summit allows for a sweeping view of up to five glaciers on clear days.
Multiple operators run daily tours to Landmannalaugar from mid-June to mid-September, during which time the Icelandic Touring Association operates a small shop, three campsites and a mountain hut equipped with sleeping bags and accommodation for up to 80 visitors.
It is only recommended you take a multi-day hike with an operator. If visiting Landmannalaugar without a guide, you will need a four-wheel-drive.Hekla,
Hekla, nicknamed 'the Gateway to Hell' in the Middle Ages, is one of Iceland's most explosive, unpredictable and powerful volcanoes. It has erupted twenty to thirty times since settlement, and remains active to this day.
Geography of Hekla
Hekla is located in the south of Iceland, just north of the country's most famous volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, which last erupted in 2010, causing planes to be grounded and reporters to be tongue-tied for weeks. A dominant peak, standing at 1,491 metres tall (4,892 feet), it can be seen for miles around.
Hekla is part of a 40 kilometre (25 mile) rift, the most active part, called Heklugjá, being under the volcano itself. There are many craters at the peak, two of which are known to erupt more than the others.
Unlike Eyjafjallajökull and Iceland's other most active volcano, Katla, Hekla does not sit underneath any significant glacier, meaning its eruptions should not cause ash clouds to the same degree. In spite of this, some have been so great that the ash produced was still enough to change the climate of the northern hemisphere for years.
Hekla has also produced one of the greatest lava flows of this millenium of any volcano in the world, at eight cubic kilometres. Approximately 10 percent of Iceland's landmass was brought up by lava from Hekla.
History of Hekla
The first recorded eruption at Hekla was in 1104, and it was so great and significant that it drew attention across Europe; the effects it had on the weather, on people's breathing, and on agriculture lasted for years.
This, however, was not the first time it had done so; undiscovered by man, it had contributed to a third of all volcanic ash across northern Europe for the past seven millenia.
It would not significantly erupt again until 1300, although it had been recorded going off several times in between; one of the most notorious things about Hekla is its unpredictability, sometimes exploding within a decade of its last eruption, sometimes laying dormant for nearly a century.
For this reason, the farms around it were largely abandoned, partly explaining why today there are few settlements in Iceland's south.
Further serious eruptions occurred in 1693 and 1845 with international consequences, but none as significant as the one that began in 1947. Lava bombs weighing over 20 kilograms (44 pounds) landed 32 kilometres away; some as large as 50 square metres (538 square feet) were thrown a kilometre. It took just 52 two hours before the enormous cloud of ash was covering Helsinki.
It would be thirteen months before the eruption stopped, ebbing and flowing with power, but constantly pouring ash into the atmosphere, poisoning crops and livestock.
It is likely many died of respiratory problems as a result, but Hekla even directly killed one person. A scientist filming the great lava flows from the crater, some of which were 15 metres (49 feet) tall, was struck by a block of lava.
Hekla erupted again in 1970 for two months, but since has only gone off for a few days at a time, in 1981, 1982, 1991 and 2000.
Though the 2000 one seemed inconsequential, it was later discovered that it proved that Hekla was even more frightening than was already thought. The remains of a pyroclastic flow, the most dangerous element of an eruption, where searing ash and rock travel at enormous speeds and raze all they meet, had occured for over five kilometres (three miles).
Hekla today
In spite of its volatile nature, Hekla can still be considered a safe place to visit; there are hiking opportunities all around it, and some tour operators embark in super jeeps journeys to its slopes. Visitors should not be afraid of the volcano's potential, just aware of it.
Of course, before heading to Hekla if travelling without a guide, ensure you check the meteorological office's website to ensure that there are no alerts that an eruption may be imminent. The volcano is monitored constantly.
In spite of this, Hekla remains as unpredictable as it ever was, and visitors are warned that in spite of every good measure, there is always a chance an eruption could start without being noticed.
Volcanologists also warn that it is overdue, and due to this volcano's patterns, the warning time between knowing an eruption is imminent and it occurring will often be just an hour or less.Dómadalur,
Domadalur is a valley east of Kringla (Landmannahellir cave) in the south of the Icelandic highlands.
The valley has a little shallow lake and east of it is a sandy obsidian lava field called Domadalshraun. The cabins of travel service Landmannaleidir e.hf. are nearby with good acommodations for travelers and horses, along with a camping ground.Þjórsárdalur,
Þjórsárdalur is a valley in the southern highlands of Iceland, with many beautiful features in its vicinity.
Natural sites within Þjórsárdalur
Þjórsárdalur runs along the river Þjórsá, Iceland's longest river. Where a tributary of this river, the Fossá, tumbles into the valley, it creates the magnificent waterfall Háifoss.
Háifoss is one of the tallest waterfalls in the country. It falls dramatically from a height of 122 metres (400 feet) with enormous power, shattering on the black rocks below. A viewing point has been erected near the waterfall.
The Þjórsárdals hot springs can be located near Háifoss.
Háifoss is the most significant waterfall in the area, but visitors should not overlook the beautiful Hjalparfoss.
Búrfells woods are another natural attractions, being a particularly large forest for Iceland. Þjórsárdalur is, in fact, quite the botanist's paradise, with many species of wildflower, grass and moss.
Þjórsárdalur is within clear sight of the notorious volcano Hekla, and near the Þjórsá lava, the largest lava field in the country. This lava field holds the famous Kerið crater.
Þjórsárdalur is popular for rock-climbing due to its many sheer cliffs, but note that this should only be done by experts in the company of other experts.
Cultural sites withing Þjórsárdalur
Within Þjórsárdalur is a farm, excavated in 1939, previously covered in the ashes of an eruption from Mount Hekla in 1104, called Þjóveldisbӕrinn the Strong. Nowadays, visitors can witness how houses looked in the Settlement Era.
There is also a hydroelectric power station near Þjórsárdalur, where visitors can witness how Iceland gets the majority of its electrical energy. Though they keep Iceland's emissions low, these stations are still controversial, as many would prefer a greater focus on geothermal energy, which does not affect the rivers.
Finally, there is a golf course within Þjórsárdalur, for those who want to break their holiday up with a relaxing game.Ljótipollur,
Ljótipollur is an explosion crater and crater lake in the south Highlands. Its name means 'Ugly Puddle', despite the fact it is an incredibly beautiful site. It is part of the Veiðavötn volcanic area.
Ljótipollur is located in the southern highlands, in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve. It is most easily reached by those who go to Landmannalaugar, and take the four-hour hike to it and back.
Landmannalaugar is a highland oasis, open throughout the summer months, with colourful rhyolite mountains and hot springs. It is a hiker's paradise, marking one end of the Laugavegur trail that ends in Þórsmörk. Though this journey takes four days, Ljótipollur is a perfect example of a hike within Landmannalaugar that can be done within hours.
Those in Landmannalaugar who wish to take a shorter hike should take those to Mount Brennisteinsalda or Mount Bláhnúkur.
Ljótipollur is a beautiful feature, with blue waters, green vegetations growing up and down its slopes, and vividly coloured red lava rock surrounding it.Hjálparfoss,
Wikimedia, Creative Commons, Photo Credit: Bromr
Hjálparfoss is a waterfall (or, officially, a pair of waterfalls that conjoin) in south Iceland.
Description of Hlálparfoss
Hjálparfoss is an incredibly serene feature, marking where the rivers Fossá and Þjórsá meet. Both of these are renowned as some of Iceland's best and easily accessible fishing rivers, while Þjórsá also takes the title of being the country's longest.
The two rivers fall from a lava field at about a 45 degree angle from each other, from about the same height, and their cascades merge as they tumble into a serene pool.
The lava field that this feature falls from was created in one of the many eruptions of the nearby Hekla volcano. Hekla is one of Iceland's most active, unpredictable and explosive volcanoes, so violent that in the Middle Ages it earned the nickname 'the Gateway to Hell'.
Hjálparfoss is but one of the many waterfalls in this area. Nearby, one can also find Þjófafoss, which flows from the Þjórsá river, and Háifoss, one of the tallest waterfalls in the country.
The water that flows from Hjálparfoss feeds the country's second largest hydroelectric dam, which sits just a little downstream.
Getting to Hjálparfoss
Hjálparfoss is easy to get to, being just 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the village of Flúðir, famous for being home to the ethereal Secret Lagoon.
To reach it from Reykjavík, travel along the Ring Road heading south, before turning left onto Route 30. Turn right onto Route 32, which is a gravel road, and Hjálparfoss will be on your right as you get towards the end of the road.
Hjálparfoss is close to other popular locations, such as the aforementioned waterfalls and lagoon, and the famous sites of the Golden Circle. It is more than possible to comfortably visit it alongside Þingvellir National Park, the Geysir Geothermal Area and Gullfoss waterfall within a day.Frostastaðavatn, Sigoldufoss, Bláhylur, Sigöldugljufur
Frostastaðavatn is a lake in the southern region of the Highlands of Iceland. Its shores are accessible via the Highland routes of the F208 and F205, and only in a four-wheel-drive in summer.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia, Creative Commons. Photo by Gestumblindi
Geography of Frostastaðavatn
Frostastaðavatn is located in a highly volcanic area. Minerals from past eruptions and current geothermal activity often provide parts of the lake with vivid blue or green colouration, due to the elements brought up from the core of the earth.
The lake is close to many beautiful highland areas. Most notable amongst these is Landmannalaugar, a spectacular Highland area best renowned for its colourful, rhyolite mountains and abundance of hot springs that you can bathe it. This region is one of the starting points of the Laugavegur Highland Route, and often visited taking the multi-day trek. It is also visited on other hiking tours and some super jeep excursions.
Frostastaðavarn is also close to one of the country's most notorious and explosive volcanoes, Hekla. Still active, it has erupted up to thirty times since settlement, with various degrees of damage. In 1104, the eruption affected the weather across Europe, and subsequently the success of agriculture, for years. It has since been nicknamed 'the Gateway to Hell'.
The lake is approximately 2.6 square kilometres and an elevation of 572 metres above sea level. Its wildlife is diverse, with a wealth of birdlife nesting in the area. The waters themselves are pregnant with Arctic Char, one of the most common species of fish in the country's freshwater.
Due to its elevation and the colourful rhyolite mountains that surround it, visitors will find themselves privy to some incredible views over Iceland's interior. The Highlands, due to how hard they are to get into and the few months of the year they are accessible, have some of Iceland's most magnificent but little-seen landscapes.
Startzeit der Abholung : 07:30.
Bitte sei rechtzeitig zur Abholung am jeweiligen Treffpunkt. Sollte der Abholort eine Busstation sein, dann kann dir die Hotel-Rezeption Auskunft über deren genaue Lage geben, oder du rufst die Telefonnummer auf deinem Voucher an.
Abholung und Rücktransfer (Reykjavík oder entlang der Südküste)
Geführte Tour
WLAN im Super-Jeep. Achtung: Im Hochland gibt es Gebiete, in denen es keinen Empfang gibt
Was du mitbringen solltest:
Warme, wetterfeste Kleidung
Stabile Wanderschuhe
Gut zu wissen:
Der Halt in Landmannalaugar dauert etwa 3 Stunden und es gibt diverse Wander-Optionen.


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This beautiful little vase is an estate find. It measures 2-7/8 inches tall and 1-1/2 inches in diameter at the top. And what looks like W1019 or 1049 on the bottom. Tiffany Favrile Iridescent Small Vase Louis Comfort L. T" is in sale since Monday, September 17, 2018.
This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Glass\Art Glass\North American\Tiffany". The seller is "panwjnl" and is located in Molalla, Oregon. This item can be shipped to United States.


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If you buy a Dutch Oven that is not pre-seasoned, you will need to season it on your own so that it will last a long time.They also cook better and clean more easier.First, you should wash the new Dutch Oven right out of the box with warm soapy water to remove the oil coating and wax preservatives.
This is the only time you will ever use soap on your Dutch Oven.Rinse and dry thoroughly, then coat all surfaces. inside and out, with a good quality vegetable oil using a old rag or shirt made of cotton.Then pour just enough vegetable oil in to coat the bottom of the Dutch Oven and put it in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, take the Dutch Oven out and wipe the oil inside the Dutch Oven around on all surfaces.Now turn the oven down to around 200 degrees and put the Dutch Oven back in for an hour or so.At the end of the hour, simply just turn the oven off and leave the Dutch Oven there overnight.The next morning,wipe out any remaining oil in the bottom of the Dutch Oven over the surfaces of the Dutch Oven and that's it your done.
The baked in oil will turn the Dutch oven a dark brown color,almost black.As long as you don't use metal cooking utensils,and don't wash it with soap again, the Dutch Oven will last for years and should not rust.If your surface is ever ruined, you have to reseason it all over again.
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Omaha Realtor® Recognized Nationally for Protecting, Investing in Real Estate Industry
Omaha, Nebraska 11/16/2017—The National Association of Realtors® has announced that Lisa Jansen Bartholow, a Realtor® from Omaha, Nebraska, has become an investor in the Realtors® Political Action Committee. RPAC is a national bipartisan grassroots-based political advocacy organization that works to protect the real estate industry and the dream of homeownership for Omaha residents and across the country.
Lisa Jansen Bartholow has supported RPAC for three years and has been a member of the National Association of Realtors® since 1990. Lisa Jansen Bartholow is licensed in Nebraska and Iowa, graduate of Buffini Peak Producers, Certified Buyers Representative, Shining Star award and Leaders Choice graduate, At Home Diversity Member, 25 Year award of recognition for service at the Nebraska Realtors Association, Floyd Wickman Course Graduate, Trainer and Manager within Recognized Top Real Estate Team at NP Dodge Real Estate Company –The Jansen Team Real Estate Team. Lisa Jansen Bartholow is a member of Omaha Area Board of Realtors, Volunteers with YES foundation, ST. Thomas Lutheran Church, Open Door Mission, Salvation Army.
"I support RPAC because doing so is so important to all homeowners in protecting our housing investment and I believe in giving back to support everyone one who owns property that way we can protect the future of homeownership." said Lisa Jansen Bartholow. Since 1969, RPAC has promoted the election of pro-real estate candidates across the United States. The purpose of RPAC is to elect officials who understand and support the interests of real estate professionals and their home buying, selling and investing clients. RPAC uses its resources to seek to elect candidates that understand and support real estate, and to develop public policies that allow consumers to own homes and build their communities through commercial investment. Lisa's investment will be applied to supporting homeownership, commercial real estate transactions, and the very future of the real estate industry.
Current Realtor® priorities include working to preserve the Mortgage Interest Deduction and preventing the use of guarantee fees charged on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-backed loans to fund non-housing programs, which serves as a tax on consumers and prevents more qualified borrowers from becoming actual homeowners.
The National Association of Realtors®, "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing 1.2 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.


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June 8, 2018
Kochi: It is advantage BJP as Congress is in turmoil as also the United Democratic Front (UDF) it leads in Kerala after the allocation of Rajya Sabha seat to Kerala Congress (M).has The whole situation is explosive and can even lead to even split in Congress or UDF at a later stage, which could turn favourable to the BJP.
It all started in the name of Rajya Sabha seat with some youth MLAs joining hands to oppose the monopoly of a few leaders continuously occupying some posts.
This turned out to be an opportunity for Kerala Congress to bargain for the seat for which its chief K M Mani got the backing of his best pal P K Kunhalikutty of IUML.
The Muslim League MP went to the extent of flaying Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala of Congress for his inability to keep the front united, sending alarms in Congress circles.
Political pundits see this as the game plan of AICC general secretary and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to cut Chennithala o size as a retribution to his operations to shunt Chandy out of Kerala politics.
Congress succumbed to the pressure of KCM and IUML and parted with the Rajya Sabha seat which has gone to KCM which has also been assured of the Parliament seat of Kottayam in the next Lok Sabha polls. This was part of the deal to ensure that KCM joined UDF before the Lok Sabha election.
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Congress leaders, including Chandy, Chennithala and KPCC president M M Hassan were under tremendous pressure not to part with the Rajya Sabha seat. They reminded the interlocutors of newspaper owner M P Veerendra Kumar of Janata Dal winning the Rajya Sabha seat with Congress support and later shifting allegiance to CPM.
KCM had made the Rajya Sabha and Kottayam Lok Sabha seats pre-conditions to rejoin UDF which it had left accusing Congress of back stabbing it in the bribery cases against Mani. But their meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi changed the entire scene. Rahul was miffed over the clash between youth and senior leaders in the party.
Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) general secretary Vellappally Natesan told reporters that KCM had won against UDF which had become very frail as there was no leader. He said Congress would perish in the State due to infighting.
Controversial Independent MLA P C George said it appeared that Congress would merge with KCM which itself was counting its days. The party was going to split vertically in the coming days which would see the end of Mani era.
Meanwhile, Kerala Youth Congress leader Dean Kuriakose told The Covai Post that the party had been shamed on the RS seat issue. It had demoralised party leaders and workers.
Flaying Natesan, he said the decision had only helped fascists like him.
The Congress leadership should have taken a decision on the issue much before and apprised the party cadre and the public, he added.


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The contracts of the Cekmekoy-Sancaktepe-Sultanbeyli subway line and Sarıgazi-Taşdelen-Yenidoğan subway line were signed by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Contracts for Çekmeköy-Sancaktepe-Sultanbeyli and Sarıgazi-Taşdelen-Yenidoğan subway lines to ease the transportation of Anatolian side were signed with the ceremony attended by Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Kadir Topbaş.
Speaking at a ceremony held in the municipal building in Saraçhane, Topbas said that they continued their investment in the system without slowing down.
Describing the happiness of signing the contract of two new subway lines which are very important for the transportation of Istanbul Topbas said, "We are together to sign the contract of our subway line which is very important for Istanbul and will make a new contribution in transportation. I say "make good in Istanbul" I believe that it will be served in 2020 so that our people can easily access from one end of Istanbul to the other" he said.
Topbaş emphasized that daily mobility, which was around 11 million in 2004 in Istanbul, has reached almost 30 million, continued as follows:
"In the near future it will find 45-50 millions. For this reason, we put Istanbul's transportation systems in a priority and weighted position. The more accurate and regular the transportation systems of a city, the better the quality of life in that city, the greater the competitiveness and the more jobs it opens We also allocate a large part of our budget, about 50 percent investment opportunities. In 13 years, we invested only in transportation, close to 42 billion or even 43 billion in Istanbul. As of 2017, we have about 5 billion pounds of transportation related investment program. "