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It was noon and the sun was high in the sky.
An iron s.h.i.+p was moving, quickly pa.s.sing through the sea. It was sailing directly towards the Hengluo Sea.
The Henluo Sea was in between them and the Kyara Sea. To get to the Kyara Sea, one must go through the Hengluo Sea.
The Hengluo Sea had countless islands. It was under the influence of the forces of the Three G.o.ds Sect, the Dongfang family, and the Gu family. These three forces controlled nearly half the islands in the Hengluo Sea.
The iron s.h.i.+p sailed quickly under the blazing sun.
On the deck, s.h.i.+ Yan's face was calm. He gazed into the distance, basking in the fluttering ocean breeze.
With a green dress on, Xia Xinyan's hair flew in the wind. Her face was back to normal, gorgeous as ever, as she stood shoulder to shoulder with him.
It had been three months.
Not only did Xia Xinyan's martial spirit recover back to its original state, but, through the many challenges, she finally made further progress and stepped into the Earth realm.
Xia Xinyan in the Earth realm had the grace of a fairy. Her temperament was elegant and graceful. In her gestures, there was a stern and inviolable grandeur.
"Xinyan, in these past three months, you've improved quite a lot. It seems that, in order to catch up with you, I have a lot of work to do." s.h.i.+ Yan casually smiled, and turned around to look at the beautiful woman next to him, "You've once said that one day, if I can defeat you, you will…"
Xia Xinyan smiled enchantingly, like a blooming green lotus, indescribably elegant and beautiful. "Oh you, why are you always obsessed about this sort of things?"
In these three months, the two were together from morning till evening. They talked about anything and everything, and had been getting along well.
As always, s.h.i.+ Yan was outspoken, and he often teased her about s.e.xual things.
However, ever since they went through the hards.h.i.+ps at the burial site, Xia Xinyan cut him a lot of slack. She didn't mind his c.o.c.ky words, and it was only when s.h.i.+ Yan attempted a deviant act that she would actually quietly show her Earth realm capabilities, letting s.h.i.+ Yan know to restrain himself.
"Do you want to deny it?" s.h.i.+ Yan looked indignant, he pretended to be angry and said: "You're the reason for my motivation and hard work. Without you, my cultivation would become dull and tedious."
Xia Xinyan's beautiful eyes glimmered, she casually smiled, "People like you don't need a woman to urge you. Even without me, you'd still crazily torture yourself. Like you said, you are a m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t. Ha, m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t, I like that nickname."
In these past three months, s.h.i.+ Yan had endlessly cultivated the Second Sky of Rampage, trying to merge the negative energies into his blood.
These past three months were, for s.h.i.+ Yan's, a torturous three months!
Merging the negative energies into his blood was already extremely cruel on its own. Before he could get the hang it, s.h.i.+ Yan's cultivation was accompanied by piercing screams every time. Each time he cultivated, it was as painful as h.e.l.l.
Whether it be day or night, Xia Xinyan was often woken by his screams.
In these three months, Xia Xinyan finally truly learned what methods s.h.i.+ Yan had used in order to obtain the vigorous Profound Qi and the tough state of mind he had.
——By insanely torturing himself!
Unbelievably, s.h.i.+ Yan was also bizarrely ruthless when treating himself. Every time he cultivated was like a journey into the depths of h.e.l.l.
s.h.i.+ Yan's heavy cultivation thoroughly shocked her. It made Xia Xinyan realize that the accomplishments s.h.i.+ Yan had obtained to this day were not for no reason. The hard work he did was unimaginable to anyone!
Only those who could be cruel to themselves would be able to do what he did and obtain ma.s.sive powers in a short time.
"Believe it or not, I'll screw you." s.h.i.+ Yan grinned, he chuckled grimly.
The corners of Xia Xinyan's lips curled into a mysterious smile, her long and slim swan-like neck twisted around, and her beautiful eyes, that were as clear as lake water, fell upon s.h.i.+ Yan, "You really are a m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t! In these past few days I've beat you up so many times, yet you still won't change your perverted heart?"
"I'm coming!"
s.h.i.+ Yan lightly shouted, his body was like a sharp sword, and a magnificent strength suddenly burst out as he rapidly lunged towards Xia Xinyan.
In the middle of his charge, s.h.i.+ Yan's body suddenly shriveled up. Wisps of negative powers covered his entire body with a high momentum, like a dragon coming out of the abyss.
"You're asking to be beaten up."
Xia Xinyan chuckled as her delicate body lightly swung around and floated like a phantom.
Like a leaf, Xia Xinyan moved with the wind and her beautiful hair waved as her delicate hands formed a millstone-size green lotus. The green lotus was chilling to the bone, the pieces of sharp blade-like petals in the middle of the lotus shone with a frightening cold light.
Once the green lotus appeared, it immediately shot towards the oncoming s.h.i.+ Yan.
s.h.i.+ Yan crashed straight into the green lotus. The sharp blade-like petals in the middle of the green lotus suddenly contracted, and fiercely bound s.h.i.+ Yan's body.
"Ka ka ka!"
Struggling sounds came from inside the green lotus. s.h.i.+ Yan's body was tightly wrapped up by the green lotus, and he couldn't move at all.
A smile lingered on Xia Xinyan's lips. Her delicate hands slowly formed a seal, and a bright green light fell into the green lotus.
The green lotus slowly contracted, its strength like a mountain, growing bigger and bigger and completely confining s.h.i.+ Yan. A chilling icy energy spread from inside the green lotus, freezing cold light appeared in the air, and the cold energy seeped through s.h.i.+ Yan's entire body.
First Sky of Rampage.
All the negative powers in s.h.i.+ Yan's body gathered in his arms. The negative power in the thick white mist was like a tide, rus.h.i.+ng towards the center of the green lotus.
The green lotus shone with a mysterious light. Beams of green light, as thick as a man's arm, kept stimulating, they tightly gripped s.h.i.+ Yan like chains, and their binding force increased by 30%.
The icy energy seeped through his whole body. All of s.h.i.+ Yan's Profound Qi started decreasing in circulation speed, but he still clenched his teeth and kept struggling.
"Alright, stop being c.o.c.ky." Xia Xinyan said reproachfully, she swung her delicate hand in mid-air and motioned towards the green lotus.
The green lotus suddenly cracked open. Pieces of petals flew out and gathered into Xia Xinyan's hand.
s.h.i.+ Yan smiled wryly, he breathed out, and shook his head, "Back when I was in the Third Sky of the Human realm, I could kill Disaster realm warriors by using these negative powers. But now that I'm in the Disaster realm, why can't I shake you?"
"Other than the difference in the vigorousness of Profound Qi, Disaster realm warriors focus more on their state of mind!" Xia Xinyan chuckled, "The Profound Qi inside you is more vigorous and pure than ordinary warriors of the First Sky of the Disaster realm. Your martial skills are also mysterious and unpredictable. Using negative powers, you can kill warriors in the Second Sky of the Disaster realm, and you could go face to face with warriors in the Third Sky of the Disaster realm. However, it would be difficult for you to win against Earth realm warriors. I just recently stepped into this realm, and I can already suppress you. If it were anyone else, you would lose even more miserably."
s.h.i.+ Yan frowned and stayed silent.
"I know you haven't used all your powers yet." Xia Xinyan smiled again and continued: "But even if you really use all your power, you could still only fight with a warrior at the Third Sky of the Disaster realm. Whether you will win or not is hard to say. In your area, the resources for warriors were limited, Martial Skills were poor in quality, and there wasn't much knowledge about Martial Spirits. But the Endless Sea is different. In the fifteen forces, any central warrior at the Third Sky of Disaster realm is perfect in cultivating all sorts of secret skills. They also have a very thorough understanding of Martial Spirits, and, most of all, they don't lack in battle experience. Do you understand?"
"Yes." s.h.i.+ Yan slowly nodded.
"Oh you." Xia Xinyan shook her head, "A First Sky of the Disaster realm warrior being able to oppose a Third Sky of the Disaster realm warrior is already unbelievable. What else do you what? Could you possibly be thinking of straight up killing Earth and Nirvana realm people?"
"Hehe, I do have that thought."
Xia Xinyan was exasperated, she glared at him and shouted: "Remember! Don't act rashly. Don't really think that you can fight it out with an Earth realm warrior. Starting from the Disaster realm, fighting is no longer limited to the amount of Profound Qi, but also ones level of insight, the level of one's Martial Skills, and one's proficiency in said skills. You're still so young. Do you really think you can win against a warrior that has decades of experience?"
s.h.i.+ Yan became silent again.
"Alright, I'll give you some encouragement." Xia Xinyan's beautiful eyes rolled around, her fair-skinned neck showed some redness, "If you can really defeat me one day, then, when I want to marry, you'll be the first choice."
"Really?" s.h.i.+ Yan's expression shook, his eyes glimmered.
Xia Xinyan was a little too embarra.s.sed to look at him, she turned her head away and put her back against him. She said lightly, "Yes really."
s.h.i.+ Yan grinned and laughed foolishly.
Half a month later.
Finally, this iron s.h.i.+p officially had entered into the Hengluo Sea.
The Hengluo Sea had countless islands. Once you entered into this sea, you would go past many different kinds of islands.
On the iron s.h.i.+p, the Yin Yang Wonderland flags, with the erotic images, were taken down long ago.
Now this iron s.h.i.+p had no more traces of the Yin Yang Wonderland.
A giant harbor appeared in front of the iron s.h.i.+p. There were dozens of s.h.i.+ps parked in the harbor, some s.h.i.+ps were a lot bigger than the one s.h.i.+ Yan and Xia Xinyan were on.
Many warriors of different capabilities stood on those iron s.h.i.+ps. Many s.h.i.+rtless warriors were carrying the cargo on the s.h.i.+p, and transporting them to the harbor.
Outside the harbor, there was a ring-shaped square. There were many different kinds of carriages parked on the square, and men and women, dressed in colorful warrior's clothing, were shouting in the ring-shaped square. There were also people fighting in the square, battling with their lives at stake.
"This Menluo Island doesn't belong to the Three G.o.ds Sect, the Dongfang family, or the Gu family. It is the possession of the few collaborating forces on the island. We should go get some food on the island, and inquire about the current situation in the Endless Sea. We don't need to stay long." Xia Xinyan had a veil over her face. She stood on the iron s.h.i.+p while looking into the distance, and quietly explained.
s.h.i.+ Yan nodded, "This Menluo Island is not small. It's probably half the size of Tianyun City."
"In the Hengluo Sea, the Menluo Island already counts as a small island. It's also very remote, being without any rich mines or other naturally valuable resources. If it had these resources, the Three G.o.ds Sect, the Dongfang family, and the Gu family wouldn't have left it alone." Xia Xinyan smiled casually, "In the Endless Sea, bigger islands are a few times the size of the whole merchant union. They call them islands, but, in reality, they're like a continent. Don't fuss about it too much."
"Hmm? Are you mocking me?"
"Ha, I guess so." Xia Xinyan smiled and nodded.
"Hey!" Suddenly, Xia Xinyan exclaimed, her expression was strange. She murmured under her breath, "Why would the Magical Wonderland's s.h.i.+p be here? Ah, and the saintess from the Heaven Lake Divine Land! The Dongfang family's s.h.i.+p 'The Cloud Breaker'! What?- What is going on?"
Their iron s.h.i.+p shook as it was forcefully hit. s.h.i.+ Yan stumbled and suddenly leaned on Xia Xinyan.
s.h.i.+ Yan grabbed Xia Xinyan in his arms and frowned, "Who hit us?"
"First, let go of me." Xia Xinyan snorted, and glared at him menacingly, "You... whenever you get a chance, you start getting presumptuous and full of yourself again! Now let go of me!"
When the beauty fell into his arms, s.h.i.+ Yan's heart shook. He carefully admired her splendid body first, and then finally let go.
"The Gu family's s.h.i.+p, 'The Dark Dawn'!" Xia Xinyan's brows furrowed, and she spoke coldly, "It's Gu Jiange's s.h.i.+p. It seems that some changes happened on Menluo Island, or else there wouldn't be so many forces gathering here."
"Gu Jiange, who's that?" s.h.i.+ Yan asked with a scowl.
"The Gu family's swordmaster genius. When he was just born, the Dragon Slaying Sword, which had been stuck in the Gu family's Sword Mountain for centuries, flew out on its own. It kept floating thirty feet above his head and claimed its master voluntarily. Gu Jiange has the Sword Spirit Martial Spirit. It is also known that he can communicate with magic swords."
"A monster."
"He's not even that monstrous. His little sister, Gu Linglong, is more of a monster. When she was just born, the ten thousand swords in the Gu family's sword mountain rang in harmony, and seven magic swords flew out together and voluntarily merged into her body. This monstrous girl has the 'Heart of the Magic Sword' Martial Spirit. She has the ability to control spirited magic swords by nature. When her mind wills it, the sword moves, up to a ten thousand li (one 里 is 500 meters) distance. For her, beheading someone is as easy as taking something out of her pocket."
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Edited by: Vick and Eli
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Stone Temple Pilots along with Seether and Default kicked off their tour this week in Penticton BC. Where all the bands gave it their all and performed with a lineup that was memorable.
South Okanagan Events Center once again brought an amazing line up of bands to the valley. I came for all three bands Default, music as the bands were part of my life in my teens and 20's and onward such as Seether.
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"Dallas Smith was grabbing cell phones taking selfies and video for fans to have as keepsake on the show and action. The band and him were on top of speakers and up and down the stage fully interacting with fans."
Firstly sorry to for not posting very often. Between the magazine, festivals, freelancing and shoots it's been insane this summer!
Yesterday I headed out in the thick blanket of smoke for some air show action in Penticton but knowing that photos would be a lost cause. Still took my camera with because you never know what can happen and it's all about having experiences with my 5-year-old daughter and my husband. From the airshow to meeting the pilot. {Please forgive some of the grainy photos but with the intense smoke it is nearly impossible to get those shots for very technical reasons even with top of the line gear}
On the drive there it seemed the smoke had gotten thicker as we drove in from Kelowna. In my bad luck of passing by the perfect shot, we drove by a crane in a small pond just off the highway in the perfect setting though there was no way to stop on the highway or pull over. But this is why I bring my camera no matter what because I might get lucky!
We arrived at the packed Okanagan Lake Park for The Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team, The SkyHawks. This is Canada's only military parachute demonstration team. For over 40 years, they have represented Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces to over 75 million spectators worldwide under their signature Canadian flag parachutes. With daredevil stunts in the smoke, flag flying, and smoke trails they put on a spectacular show.
After that, The Canadian Forces (CF) Snowbirds, 431 Air Demonstration Squadron started to fly high. They are a Canadian icon comprised of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and National Defence Public Service employees. The skillful pilots perform their precision maneuvers across Canada.
In their tight formations, they flew over the lake through the smoke and at times would just disappear and reappear with lights barely cutting through. Thankfully my husband can spot a needle in a haystack and my daughter and I could see them coming back in. He seemed to be a guide for a few people we were standing with on the beach. Needless to say when the next plane came by he was a blessing for many.
To end the airshow portion a single The CF-18 came in with the low flying jet and loud. We were also able to hear the pilot over the speakers for a few moments then he said to turn on the music. Of course ZZ top comes on. From top gun moves, and elevation and demonstrating elevation capabilities' he had the crowds' full attention. Some of the moves included upside down, spins and extreme incline and drops with a rectangular loop, even a wave to the crowd.
This Demonstration personifies the excellence required to keep the Canadian Air Force among the best aviation organizations on the planet. The expertise and dedication required by the team, from the pilot to the maintenance crews to the coordinators, reflects the professionalism of all of Canada's airmen and airwomen.
After the show, we headed over to the airport to see the planes. Though locked up I was able to get a few shots. BUT the 20 -30 of us at the fence got a nice surprise. Captain Matthew "Glib" Kutryk came out with posters and stickers; mostly for the kids but I think the adults were more excited. He loved talking with the crowd and answering questions. He was signing posters also but couldn't help notice how uncomfortable he was as he stated: "I'm no big deal". Though in a kind fashion he took a photo with my daughter and many other kids and adults. This is another reason to be proud of our military as they are special people (especially jet pilots as few make the cut) who take the time because they joined the military because they care. Kindly he explained why I could not go into the airfield as much as he would love to take me in which is very understandable. Though even the airport was smoky and it was already dark so I was just glad to get the shot of my daughter.
Overall even with the smoke it was a nice evening for our family. My daughter now wants to be a Jet fighter pilot as that is faster than a race car, yet she wants to be a K9 officer still along with being a rock star. Who knows what she will be but it's about dreaming and the experience.
On that note I had a few photographers say why did you even bring your camera you're not going to get amazing shots in this smoke. I knew that! Life is about the experience and always having your camera. I have a portrait of my daughter with a pilot, which if she ends up being a pilot could be so priceless in the future to her. But we have photos of memories and experience and that's what life is about thus that's why cell phone photos are part of our lives; not quality but the moment. In the end, I have full whip lash currently and in the past few weeks have been worried on how fast and how much I could do; the lesson learned was I am stronger than I will ever know cause I never felt a thing while shooting jets………
After a photo shoot, driving home just off a major busy road there he was! Just walking and hunting in an empty lot. My husband pulled over and there I went with my Tamron 150-600mm lens (aka Batman). Step by step I got closer……… until he stopped head down and started walking towards me {no photos as I was more concerned about his actions}. At that moment noticed how intense this bird's eyes are and he was making it clear I was close enough. With that being said a friendly reminder that everyone should give nature their space! I have a large lens for a reason thus can get closer but at times not that close as you can see the size of my lens and also add in a crop sensor base. More photos coming but clients always first!
I decided with a special interview coming in Aprils Vandala Magazine, I would explore the Kelowna Fan Xpo 2017 with my family. My daughter and family had an amazing time, and even found the only game console on site along with lego! Live and street photography like this is always a pleasure! I think the more unique the more I enjoy any shoot in studio or on location and this was definitely one of a kind plus the cosplayers are so easy to photograph.
Sneak Peek of photos from September 26th at Prospera Place, Kelowna, BC. Full article and photo gallery coming in Vandala Magazine.
My family and I went out to Stride Away Thoroughbreds (http://www.strideawayacres.com/) where I only got a few candid shots because we were busy having a great time with the owners Cathy and Steen, seeing what they do and all the animals.
Firstly it's beautiful out there and and all the horses are amazing and Cathy and Steen do a spectacular job with the horses. These are not any ordinary horses either they are race horses, and some in the making.
Personally I fell in love with Cowboy. He is loving and just a character. One moment serious model and the next a card laughing. He was so loving to both my daughter and I, though sadly we can not buy him since a horse as part of the family is not happening at the moment (soon though).
Photo Credit – Crystal Lee – Vandala Photography
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Long time listeners know that I have, for the past few years, been grappling with the heavier end of the music spectrum. Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Meta-Metal. Ok..I made the last one up but mark my words it'll be a genre soon.
The point is that I'm fascinated by the complexity and raw emotions of these heavy genres, but I've yet to really internalize the art form to a degree that lets me tell you that i really GET it. I mean..I'm at the point that where I can periodically find a band that I can tell is really nailing it, even if a lot of the subtlety is lost on me. I bring that up as a way to say, metal heads, feel free to school me on this. I am actively learning and welcome your input. That said, when I DO find a band that jumps up and slaps me about with their awesomeness…I'm not going to let my lack of intimate knowledge stop me from spotlighting what i fell in love with. I say that to you guys every episode…so I'm living by my own rules.
I say all this not to get long winded about me and my personal relationship with black metal…but rather cuz i know this kind of music is a difficult one for lots of music fans and I want to preface this episode by saying, I get that…I'm with ya…but here's an album that managed to impress me.
Case in point, Numenorean's debut album "Home"
Depending on what critic you find, this band from Calgary is either post-black metal or maybe a blend of shoe-gaze, black metal and post-metal. I have no idea. But they jumped out at me first and foremost for their similarities to Deafheaven, one of the first black metal bands i was able to say i truly LOVED. Now, some black metal fans will say I've just insulted Numenorean by comparing them to what my former co-host Adam referred to as the "Coldplay of Black Metal." Maybe. But what Deafheaven and now Numenorean do well for me is to create a sonic structure that truly surrounds you. It's brilliantly chaotic in a way that envelopes you. It alternates between brutal and delicate. The vocals are guttural…but never comically so. If you occasionally giggle when some metal vocalist turns on their monster voice….I'm right there with you. This isn't that. This is anguish and raw emotion so strong it is actively shedding a dude's vocal chords.
Numenorean's "Home" album deals with the search for comfort in a cruel and nihilistic world. It's a typical black metal nearly suicidal theme. But…god the execution here is just fantastic.
Let's start with the album cover. I know I know..I always wanna talk about album covers…but this time it's kinda important. There are two album covers. The one made so media outlets can show a cover (ie the one I used for this episode's cover art) and then there is the real album cover. The real one…is a picture of a dead child. She's maybe 5 with just the hint of a peaceful smile on her lips. It's haunting. And at first glance it's just shock value graphics, but after spending some time with the album…the cover…changes. It's not the shock of death their going for here. It's the peace..the home she's found by never having to face the cold world that singers Byron and Brandon Lemley shout out against. She is forever in a state of childlike innocence that the rest of us have lost and instinctively seek.
It's still not an uplifting message…but it's far more thought-provoking than i had assumed. And far deeper than what i expected from a band that took its name from a Silmarillion reference.
The album is just five tracks. The middle is a 3 minute instrumental interlude and the rest of the album is 4 tracks that average about 10 minutes a piece. We're spotlighting the second movement called "Thirst"
"Thirst" from their new "Home" album was featured on Audio Bonsai's Listening Post 16.29. Be sure to check out all the other tracks that are featured there that we just didn't have time to make podcasts for.


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After removal of tooth, blood clot formation is an essential element for the healing to take place. When the blood clot is dislodged from the socket, healing becomes extremely slow or nil and the condition is called as dry socket.
Reasons for dry socket :
- Dislodgement of blood clot from the socket
- Difficulty in tooth removal due to its anatomical hinderance
- Person underwent radiotherapy recently
- Use of oral contraceptives
signs and symptoms of dry socket :
- It usually occur couple of days after tooth removal, sometimes may appear after five to ten days as well.
- The tooth removed region becomes very painful with necrotic bone, foul smelling and without pus formation.
- The pain may get radiate to neck and ear region
- Some patients may encounter mild fever and lymph node enlargement
Treatment and instructions :
- Do warm saline gargle and immediately report to the dental surgeon
- Complete debridement with ample of irrigation and ZOE + iodoform dressing will be given
- The dressing should be changed every day
- Usually the pain will be subsided in a day or two after debridement and dressing process.
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Motorist Crashes Car Into Fence and Flees Into a Church
A man has been arrested after crashing his car into a fence in Casper and then fleeing into a church.
According to police, Nathaniel Lucas was driving near the 17-hundred block of South Washington on Saturday July 30th, when he drove into oncoming traffic and ran into a fence.
According to the affidavit, Lucas and the passenger fled the scene and ran into Word Christian Fellowship Church. Witnesses say that Lucas was pushing people and telling them to, "Move out of the way." He was then escorted out of the church.
Police later caught up with the two and placed Lucas under arrest.
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Farm Update 30 August 2012
Hi everyone,
Week 3 again of our Spring Season and we have a real feeling of spring now. Although the winter weather does not yet want to let go completely, it is starting to feel that the end of winter is very near. Away with the winter blues, let the sun shine!!!! And dry up all the puddles in the field.
We have a beautiful ornamental cherry tree in our courtyard and at the moment it is in full flower. A family of tui's is visiting it regularly and they are singing with content. The strange thing is that their song has changed slightly over the last week or so.
My daughter found her battery operated play phone back that she left accidentally outside in the rain, the result of it being left in the rain was that we could not make the phone stop from making this rather annoying tune (I am sure you have heard them " tadathetitititi"). Over and over again, and every time we thought it had stopped it started again. It was starting to drive us mad, and as we could not find a little screw driver that fitted the screw, we placed it outside the door under the veranda. It kept on making the same tune over and over for a few days, and it seemed to grow louder and louder as well. Finally I did find a screwdriver that fitted the play phone and managed to take the batteries out, but the tune did not stop…..the tui's had taken it over and are making the play phone sound them selves. Clever birds! Annoying sound though –hopefully they learn their own song back from neighbouring Tui's soon!
In our house we also listen to the chirping of 2 week old chicks. They are growing quickly and have started to change their warm fluffy down for cute coloured feathers. As always we hope for more females than males. Genetically it should end up 50% males and 50% females, but it never ever seems to go that way. There are always more males!.
This time around I am looking forward to a good lot of roosters however. Since we processed our first cow 2 months ago and put some packets in the freezer for ourselves, we are enjoying the meat so much that I cannot go back to supermarket meat. Even the kids, and as you know there are 4 difficult eaters in our household, agree. It does not matter which cut of meat I prepare for dinner, it has taste, it is smooth, and it is delicious. I am not sure anymore what happens to the animals on regular New Zealand farms as I thought NZ farms to be rather low input farming systems and no much need for intervention, or what they do to the meat when processed, but it is not the same. You always end up with dry pieces of meat and lots of water in the pan. There is no going back here!
Roosters, pigs, sheep … We will have to put in more fences! It is what we always wanted to do (and we are, although very slow), to build up a diverse eco-dynamic/permaculture mixed farming system, i.e. integration of diverse range of both crop and livestock that interact as much as possible and optimising the recycling of nutrients (what is a waste on one side becomes the fertiliser for the other side). Not an easy job, but interesting to work on and I think necessary in order to become a resilient farm for the future!
This week we welcome the unknown but wonderful spring crop called "Rapini"; a succulent Asapargas type green that can be eaten raw or cooked. For more information on this crop click on the link.
More of our chickens are laying eggs, enjoying the longer days. be in quick if you are interested in receiving a weekly egg share of 6 or 12 eggs, or if you like to up your egg share. Now is the time!
For your calender:
Farm Day, Sunday 30 September where we share our food quality and soil quality ideas with you.
Your CSA Shares this week:
Fruit Share: 1.2 kg Braeburn Apples, 1 kg Pacific Rose Apples and 500 grams of Navel Oranges.
Small Veggie Share: 500 grams of Yellow Carrots with top, 1 kg of Pumpkin, either 170 grams of Pak Choy or 120 grams of Mizuna, 120 grams or Rapini, and 1 Cauliflower.
Large Veggie Share: 500 grams of Yellow Carrots with top, 1 kg of Pumpkin, either 170 grams of Pak Choy or 120 grams of Mizuna, 120 grams or Rapini, 120 grams of Mizuna, either 150 grams of baby Spinach or 120 grams of Rocket, 400 grams of Jerusalem Artichokes, 400-500 grams of Beetroot and 1 Cauliflower.


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Never Give Up
For the most part, this past week was one of those that I'd prefer to forget ever happened, rather than write down in any type of journal. I was full of all types of emotional instability, sprouting from a difficult start on homeschooling on Monday. Add in the fact that my husband was gone all week with work, our first week in our new home, and a whole lot of feeling lonely and sorry for myself. I was badly missing my friends that would always be there to cheer me up whenever he was gone. I'm not going to lie to you, I flat out lost it on Monday. I was a mess.
Finally, on Thursday, good things had started to happen and I was starting to feel mostly better. I also had something to look forward to that day: Pie Day! (March 14th, 3/14, aka Pi Day) For Pie Day, I planned to use my new Korean oven for the first time and bake a cherry pie. It required minimal effort, minimal ingredients – all of which I can find at our minimal commissary – and resulted in a whole lot of awesome. I even went the extra mile and bought some vanilla bean ice cream to go along with it. Hey, it was a rough week, I definitely earned the extra treat.
Now let me start out by emphasizing the fact that not only are things different here in Korea culturally, but stuff flat out works differently. For some reason, I was having some severe issues getting the oven to stay on. I knew it couldn't possibly be that the pilot light was out, because in Korea they have a gas line that you manually turn on/off to your stove when you are/not using it – for safety! So there is no way a pilot light would stay on when the fuel supply is off…it's got to be an electric starter. On this oven, you push the temp knob just like you do starting one of the stove top flames. I could hear it click, I could hear the whoosh of the gas catching fire, but as soon as I let go of the knob, it went out. So frustrating!!
I gave up, paced the house in disappointment, and told my son we weren't going to have pie after all. I'm not sure which of us was more disappointed. I tried once more on the oven, willing the stupid thing to work – and like a gift from God, it stayed on! I danced a jig in sheer delight and began my pie preparations. I had already thawed my frozen pie crust, so I grabbed my $3.99 can opener I'd purchased in the commissary along with the cans of cherry. It was one of those cheap metal can openers that practically cut your hand as much as the can when you crank that awful metal handle. I didn't want to buy a regular one for $6.99 when I have a perfectly good can opener coming with our household goods in just a few weeks.
One crank on the can opener, good. Two cranks – SNAP!!! It broke. Naturally. The small piece of metal that causes the can to rotate when you crank it had gone flying across my dining room. It was now completely useless to me. Naturally. It just completely fit in with the crappy week I'd already had. I was devastated. I really didn't feel like going out of the house again to buy a new one, but 1) I really wanted that pie and 2) I couldn't just leave the can with a 1/4″ hole punctured in it.
So I started looking around for my husband's trusty gerber, which I have been using in the past two moonths to knife open cans since I didn't want to buy that $3.99 can opener in the first place. I couldn't find the gerber anywhere, Taco was still not coming home for two more days, and I couldn't call to ask where the gerber was. So I tested out a butter knife. I really didn't think I'd have much luck, but I actually sawed 1/3 of the way around the can before I started to wonder if I was getting aluminum shavings into the pie filling. Also, my hand was starting to seize in a cramp from holding the butter knife like that for so long. I gave up, told my son to get his shoes on – we were going to the PX for a $6.99 can opener. And, not wanting to risk house fire, I turned off the oven, praying it would start up again when we got back.
We went to the PX, got the can opener, made a last minute decision on a bottle of non-ration-controlled wine that I was going to drink all by myself dagnabit, and headed home. Before we even left post, I decided that the frozen lasagna I'd planned for dinner could kiss my you-know-what and we were going to have chicken fried rice and cheesy ramen at our favorite Korean restaurant instead.
Afterwards, we went home and I started the oven after the 4th attempt. I finished the whole bottle of wine before the pie was done. By then, it was way past our bed time, I was too tired to wait for the pie to cool off and decided that we would just have it for breakfast the next day. It was, after all, still Pie Day in America.
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Oh my dear sweet friend… I hear you and I empathise utterly. I've had many weeks like that when I first moved to Germany too – especially when my husband went away for training, etc. Language barrier, culture barrier (in my case, German _and_ American) and I also didn't have much money to spend on things that I might need, as my husband took his cards and money with him and I had my badly exchanged credit card (Rands to Dollars was about R8 to $1… so it kicked my fiscal butt) to depend on.
I had many weeks (and still do, sometimes) when I just lost it, emotionally. It all gets too much, and the home-sickness is truly a heavy weight.
I miss home very much.
Hang in there, stay safe and try and stay optimistic! I'm always around to chat, if you need me, since our time zones are closer together than the US!
{{{HUGS}}} Hope your next few weeks of adjusting go better for you! Keep your head up and a smile on your face and find some awesome people to befriend! We miss you!
I have had these moments every time I move, out of the country or not. You will get adjusted… it took me almost two years in Korea but it will happen for you one day. Just remember what a fantastic experience you are having and that Sid is having… one that most people don't get to have… and you will have a ton of funny stories to tell when you are old and grey about Pi Day (I'm not too happy you added the "e" 😀 – It's the math teacher in me) in 2013.


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Eyelid tapes have been in trend in Asia for as long as I remember. I know there has been a backlash on why Asians would want to look more Caucasian by taking extreme measures to make their eyes bigger, but that's not for us to judge. I personally love bigger eyes as it makes my face appear smaller and easier for my eyeshadow to stand out.
Originally born with double eyelids, I still went through a minor non incision surgery to make my double eyelids bigger. However, the thread inserted into my double eyelids gradually unbound after 3 years, it is not permanent. So, I resulted to several types of eyelid tapes.
I have tried several types – there is the sticker eyelid tape, the glue type (where you use a stick to "carve" out your double eyelids), the fiber type and the latest craze, the invisible eyelid tape.
The invisible eyelid type reminds me sort of like a lace filter; yes, that filter you use to separate solid from liquid. It is cut out specially to shape your double eyelids – bigger wider cut outs for smaller eyes, smaller shorter ones for eyelids with double eyelids.
How to:
When you first purchase the eyelid tape, you will be given a pack of 32 pairs of invisible eyelid tapes, 1 tube of glue and a plastic tweezer. The application is very straight forward. Peel off a pair of the tape, rest it on a surface (I use the back of my hand), apply the glue until the covers both the tapes, pick it up with the tweezer, and place it on your eyelid. Make sure the tapes aren't layered with too much glue, just a thin layer would do. I usually look down and up on a make up mirror to find out where I want my double eyelid tape to go on, because once you put the tape on your eyes (especially when you have eyeshadow on), you can't take it out unless you mean to ruin your eye make up. This, like all make up application requires practice. It's good to try on eyes without your eyeshadows done.
I used the MissBowBow eyelid tape on my friend with hooded eyes.
In Indonesia, the two brands I've tried are Miss Bow Bow and Jacquelle. Miss Bow Bow was the first brand that I tried and that's how I got to learn more and more about the invisible eyelid tapes. At IDR 189.000 a package, I felt pretty happy with it as it did what it's supposed to. They have two options of glue which I think is very helpful, one for sensitive eyes (white) and one for normal eyes (yellow). Both glues are good even on my oily eyelids, although I find that the one for sensitive eyes lasted longer on me. The glue for normal eyes seemed stronger at first, but I have had some occasions when they just decide to peel off in the midst of day, perhaps because of my oily lids.
Aside from two types of glue, Miss Bow Bow also offers two types of style. Both are in the shape of wide crescent moons , much like the shape of your double eyelids, one more concave and one wider.
Here's a picture in case my description isn't helpful enough :
I prefer the top left side as the one that's more concaved does not suit my eye shape. My double eyelids tend to fold downwards when I use this as my eyes are wider than this is intended for.
For using it for a while, I discovered that the sides of the tape will peel off. This would be on the 8 hour bench mark where usually make up products will slowly slide away from your face, so that is still understandable.
All in all, it was just average, does the job right. The price point is rather steep for me but I continued to buy it until I found Jacquelle…
Funny story – I was just casually seeing pictures on instagram where I stumbled upon @cynthiafelicia's instagram. I love her pictures and her make up addiction is undeniable, just like every other instagram accounts I follow. Upon seeing that she loves the Jacquelle invisible eyelid tape, I immediately left a comment asking whether she has tried Miss Bow Bow so she would be able to tell me her thoughts on both. Sadly she hadn't. So I offered to send her a sheet as I still had a couple; she also offered me to send one of hers so I could try as well. That was how I gained a new friend on Instagram who I could talk to make up with!
The eyelid tape arrived in a few days and I immediately tried it on. My first impression of it was that it was tiny compared to Miss Bow Bow and that's exactly what I needed as the sides of the tape love to unpeel after a few hours. I used my Miss Bow Bow glue on the Jacquelle eyelid tape and they were a dream pair.
The very next day, I went out to buy the Jacquelle eyelid tape in Fresh Mint, which was the exact one that Cynthia gave me. Jacquelle is not only available online, but they are also available in other retailers such as Seibu, Grand Indonesia, and Sogo Central Park. I bought mine at Blow and Glow, Pacific Place, priced at IDR 90.000.
The package's contents are exactly the same as Miss Bow Bow's, except they are different. Jacquelle's tweezers is better in my opinion, they are sharper and not as flimsy as Miss Bow Bow's. The glue is also something to take note of. Jacquelle's glue dries hard, reminds me quite a bit of Miss Bow Bow's glue for normal eyes. Despite the difference, it still stays well on my eyelids for the whole day without any peeling. The lace on the eyelid tape is denser and not as "invisible" as Miss Bow Bow's hence it might look a little less natural.
Clearly, to me the winner is Jacquelle's eyelid tape. The price definitely adds one plus point in my book, and the smaller denser tape is what I needed. I'm officially a Jacquelle convert.
[This post is NOT sponsored and I purchased these all with my own money.]


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While there has been a lot of focus on bitcoin ASIC devices that miners like you and I can buy, it does not mean that they are the only bitcoin ASIC devices that are been worked on.
While Butterfly Labs, Avalon and BTCFPGA have been hard at work trying to be the first to bring an ASIC to your desktop another company has been working on a different business model, and according to today's announcement on BitcoinTalk ASICMiner looks like it may have jumped into first place in the race for bitcoin ASIC devices.
Before you crack open your copy of Bitcoin-QT though, I have to state again, ASICMiner are running a totally different business model and try as you might you are most likely never going to get one of their devices on your desk.
To get in on ASICMiner you would have had to bought one (or more) of the 200,000 shares that were listed on the now defunct bitcoin security's site GLBSE back in August 2012. When GLBSE shut down they took any chance to buy shares with them, along with the list of shareholders that had actually bought shares. Fortunately after a lot of emails though, it seems that the ASICMiner crew managed to recover the share registry.
Even if you were one of the few that actually managed to get ASIC shares you still will not be receiving a shiny new ASIC device from them, under ASICMiner's business plan they do the mining for you in their own facilities with their own staff. It is the few that managed to get in on the IPO float on GLBSE who will share in the bitcoins mined.
You may ask why I am brining this up now, but there is a very good reason, this shaky photo taken with a camera phone earlier today;-
What you are looking at according the announcement is 95 ASIC's (Yes, I zoomed in and counted them) apparently capable of 30 GHash/s.
It has to be said though 30 GHash/s is not going to be making much of a dent in the current 20,000 GHash/s capability of the bitcoin network as a whole but it is a start, a sort of beginning of then end for every other bitcoin mining device out there (and they also don't say that only 95 ASIC's were received or that this was the only shipment).
It will be a while until we see the evidence of these ASIC's on the bitcoin network and difficulty, they still need to finish the manufacturing process mounting them on PCB's with all of the other electronics necessary to make them start to chew through SHA256 hash's but many (including myself) will be watching http://blockchain.info/pools and http://bitcoindifficulty.com/ for the first signs of change.


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With the strong performance of the dollar, it would seem logical that currency fluctuations would be a driving force in international luxury property purchase decision. But that's not necessarily the case.
"If you think about it mathematically and logically, currency fluctuations should impact investment decisions," said Julia Hoagland, a Compass broker who heads the Modern Luxury Living Partnership team. "But at the end of the day, it doesn't necessarily come into play too much."
While currencies are always moving up and down, when people are investing outside their home country and purchasing properties of significant value, "exchange rates are not determinative and don't drive the market," said economist and doctorate holder Hugh Kelly, principal of Hugh Kelly Real Estate Economics and a clinical professor at New York University's Schack Institute of Real Estate.
They do, however, have "some importance," he continued, and how much depends almost solely on the buyer's motivation for making the purchase.
More: Non-European Buyers Drive Recovery in Spain's Luxury Housing Market
If the buyer is only in it for the investment, currency fluctuations might matter a lot. Because a European buyer can expect to pay about 18 million euros for a $20 million property today instead of the 12 million euros that purchase may have called for in 2012, they might decide to hold off for the time being, or "pause right now," as Jonathan Miller, President and CEO of Miller Samuel Real Estate Appraisers, said. But even with the pause, those buyers are still in the market, he continued. "The sense of urgency just isn't there."
This can go the other way, too, Mr. Miller added, and a "currency play" is in fact happening right now in the U.K., where the value of the pound has dropped significantly since last week's Brexit vote. Today, foreign buyers can snap up a London property for significantly less than they could just weeks ago, while British investors looking to purchase an international property are probably out of the game for the time being.
If the investor is what Dr. Kelly calls a utility buyer — someone who plans on using the property and reaping all of the benefits that come with it, whether that's access to the Miami nightlife or proximity to Central Park — they'll worry less about currency fluctuations, because it's about using the space while holding onto their capital — not getting a big return on it.
And if the investor is motivated by a need to move money out of their home country because of political instability or a failing government, currency fluctuations likely don't matter at all, said Mark Dotzour, a real estate economist from College Station, Texas, who holds a doctorate.
More: Is Now the Right Time to Invest in U.K. Real Estate?
Even if their home currency is in a nose dive, "that person is probably going to be ready to buy," he said. "They're under duress and just trying to get out to avoid a collapsing economy."
For all of these investors — but specifically the third type — the U.S. is particularly appealing because it's a "safe harbor," "where you have an economy that is under the rule of law, and where the dollar is reserve currency of world business," Dr. Kelly said.
And no matter the type, slight dips or rises in currency aren't likely to factor in at all, experts agree. Simply because if someone is investing in luxury real estate, they probably have other significant investments elsewhere in the world, Ms. Hoagland said.
"Just by virtue of trading in different markets and different currencies, international players have a lot of natural hedges in their investment portfolios," she said. "If they lose on one currency trade, they'll gain on another."
Here's a look at other news from around the world compiled by Mansion Global:
Gulf Arabs May Find Brexit a Mixed Bag
Britain's status as a safe haven for real estate investors from the Gulf is likely to stay intact, with a favorable exchange rate making it cheaper to buy there. However, Gulf investors also may have less cash to invest soon as rock-bottom oil prices dropped another 5 percent on news of Brexit, Al Arabiya reported citing John Sfakianakis, director of economic research at the Riyadh-based Gulf Research Center. (Al Arabiya)
Post-Brexit Gloom Knocks U.K. House Prices Down 5%
Investors expect a 5%fall in home values over the coming year, fueled by fears that uncertainty will prompt consumers to delay home-buying decisions, while longer-term economic weakness could also set in. "The London market was starting to slow anyway," Richard Donnell, research director at Hometrack told the Financial Times. "A lot of the cards are stacking up against London before we overlay the uncertainty of Brexit." (Financial Times)
Hong Kong Real Estate Sees Slowdown in First Post-Brexit Weekend
The Brexit referendum shook consumer confidence in Hong Kong's property market, with decreased demand in secondary and primary markets immediately after the vote. Transactions last weekend dropped to a 20-week low, according to property agency Centaline Property Agency. A post-Brexit report by Credit Suisse said that homebuyers were "holding back and looking for more concessions from sellers." (South China Morning Post)
Western Australia Homes Increasingly Selling at a Loss
The number of people losing money on property resales in Western Australia is growing, according to the latest 'Pain and Gain' report from real estate data firm CoreLogic, which shows 9.2% of homes resold in the first quarter recorded a loss on their purchase price, up from 8.3% at the end of 2015 and higher than the 8.8% in the same period 12 months ago. Across Australia, the total value of homes sold at a profit was $12.9 billion, while $362 million worth of homes sold at a loss. Homes sold in regional Western Australia were the most likely to record a loss, at 43%, while homes in Sydney fared best, with 98.1% selling at a profit. (News Australia)
Zuckerberg's Rock Wall Irks Hawaiian Neighbors
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's neighbors are grumbling about a 6-foot high rock wall he's having built on his property on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. "Before when we drove along the road we could see the ocean and see through the property, it's closing off that view," retiree Moku Crain told the Associated Press. A spokeswoman for Zuckerberg says the wall is designed to reduce highway and road noise. (Associated Press)
Moscow Luxury Home Prices Zoom in Rubles, Plunge in Dollars
Luxury new-home prices have risen 39% - to 844,000 rubles per square meter from 607,000 rubles two years ago, according to research by Top Brokers Alliance, Construction.ru reports. But a declining rubles has seen those prices fall in dollar terms by 29%, from $18,040 to $12,780 per square meter over the same period. (Construction.ru)
Real Estate Driving Mauritius' Foreign Investment Boom
Foreign buyers seeking a tax haven on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius are snapping up the island's luxury properties and pushing local developers to build more, as they take advantage of a citizenship offer that requires little more than a $500,000 investment in the former French colony. In the first quarter of 2016, 80 percent of foreign direct investment was in Mauritius real estate, AFK Insider reported.(AFK Insider)
Industrious New York-Based Architect Explains His Formula
Ismael Levya, who's designed more than 64 luxury apartment buildings in New York City, explained his philosophy to Tech Insider: "The development of mixed-use buildings, where retail, offices, hotels and residences are combined in one structure, or in a cluster of buildings — that's the dream, or it's going to be the dream," Levya said. "Mixed-use buildings minimize travel distances, because people tend to concentrate in certain areas rather than spread, which is what has caused the problem of traffic." (Tech Insider)


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Preparing for any parent-teacher conference takes time, but more time may be needed for more challenging children. These more "challenging children" are typically the ones we wish were absent on those mornings we forget our coffee, but at the same time they're our favorites! Teachers often refer to these children as "spirited." Which doesn't mean they are bad children by any means; it just means they challenge us as teachers—which in return makes us better teachers. My son was and still is referred to as "spirited." (He is pictured above, drinking the sensory activity water.)
No matter how nervous we may be prior to a conference, the parents of "spirited" children are just as anxious. Don't forget these are the parents who are probably growing accustom to only hearing the negative or challenging aspects about their child. They consistently feel as if they need to defend their children because all they hear is the bad, and they know there is good inside there too! Keep in mind every parent loves to hear positive and funny stories about their children; that's a great place to start the conversation.
Here are some key steps to a successful parent-teacher conference:
- Interact with the children in your care. This should occur constantly throughout the year, everyday—not just before conferences. If you're not interacting with the child chances are you have very little information on that child. As you interact with children, engaging them in play and conversation, you're able to discover their skills, abilities, and developmental levels. You also establish what their interests are which you can use to entice them to learn or enhance skills.
- Determine goals based on those everyday interactions. Where does this child need support? I found sometimes starting with a few goals is more productive than having goal overload. It's easier to focus and plan for between one and three at a time. Plus this focus and planning will increase the child's chances for success surrounding that goal. More goals can always be added later when the child is ready. Allowing the parents the option to add a goal is a great way to create a teaching team between school and home.
- Create an action plan of how you're going to support that child with each goal. This is the step a lot of teachers skip. Children don't magically develop the skills needed to reach our goals, they get there through play, repetition, and our intentional planning. Document and explain to parents what YOU are going to do to help support their child using concrete examples. For instance, if Johnny's goal is to recognize his name in print, but avoids the writing center like the plague, how can you use Johnny's interests and favorite areas to intentionally plan for letter recognition through play? What kinds of playful interactions can families do at home to reinforce concepts and skills? I've found that suggesting "activities" to parents adds pressure and more often than not, there's no follow through. However, everyday, intentional interactions are much easier steps for parents because there is no prep time or materials to gather. It can simply happen in the car or during dinner. Communicating your action plan takes some of the anxiety off parent's shoulders and gives them ideas of how to make learning fun. Plus, it puts them more at ease during the meeting knowing you already have a plan to help their child. Again this helps create the teaching team between school and home.
- Put it all in writing. Prior to the meeting, document your talking points, goals and action plan examples to ensure you're not forgetting anything. It's not only professional, but when parents see that you're plan is documented, they know you're going to follow through.
Most importantly please remember, regardless of what our biases and opinions are telling us, ALL parents want their children to be successful. Some parents just show it in a different way than others. And some parents just don't know or realize what they can do to help their children be more successful. That's where you as the early childhood educator come in!


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A friend of mine celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this week. She began the celebration last Saturday and I'm not sure it's over yet. I took her flowers on the big day and visited a while.
She began her birthday by eating cake for breakfast. Her husband of 60+ years gave her a dozen red roses (he turned 90 last spring). Late that afternoon she took a spin on the back of her son's Harley Davidson motorcycle. She's looking forward to a trip back home to Virginia with her husband and son in their massive RV in about a month.
I told her that I'll be turning 40 in just a few weeks. She smiled and said, "I don't remember 40." Then she thought a minute and added. "I've never really felt much older than 40."
And that, I think, is the formula for living to 90 and doing it well. Cake + Love + Family + Doing = Living
My friend looks forward to getting up and eating cake. She has a husband and family who love her and whom she loves. She makes plans and enjoys herself. She makes 90 look like a really good time!
Her husband laughed and told me when he married her he wasn't too big on birthdays. His own could pass with little or no celebration and that was just fine. But not his bride. "I've never known anyone to enjoy her birthday so much," he said with a smile. And so he celebrates the woman he's loved for six decades and I think he enjoys it almost as much as she does.
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Allan: Is atman different from awareness? What is the higher self?
Arlindo: Hi, Allan. Atman is synonymous with awareness, pure consciousness, self, brahman, paramatman, the Absolute, etc. Many names referring to YOU!
There is only one self. Sometimes people refer to a "higher" self. But if put that way, you will need to bring in the "lower" self, meaning duality. People sometimes do so as an attempt to differentiate the personal self (individual self) from the impersonal self (awareness). But the self is non-dual, and therefore cannot be higher and lower.
There is only one self, YOU, the light of consciousness appearing from time to time as the individual. Awareness is your primary and "true" nature, and the individual is your secondary "apparent" nature. What is real (YOU) and what is apparently real (Allan) exist simultaneously in different orders of the same reality – just like the gold and the gold ring. There is only YOU, the self, or atman, if you prefer.
Allan: Okay, Arlindo, but if I am the self, it means that the self talks and acts… but I am not the jiva! Vedanta says that the self is actionless. How to transcend the jiva?
Arlindo: Yes, Allan. The self talks and acts, but only in this apparent reality – only through the apparent jivas. Talking and acting happens in mithya. Your understanding is getting better, but be careful with the word "transcend." Better to say that you are other than Creation, other than the jiva – or that you are before, during and after jiva/Creation and that Creation depends on you, but you do not depend on Creation. You do not need to transcend the jiva to be brahman. You are always the self, but the self is not an experiencing entity. The self apparently experiences – and only in mithya. It needs duality, the subject-object, in order to have an experience. It is like an apparent play between you (awareness) and Allan (jiva), and the truth is that you are both!
You are not either/or. You are not the gold or the ring, you are both, the real and the apparently real. All talking is the self apparently talking through the jiva, who is but an appearance in mithya. When Allan talks, it is both Allan talking and the self apparently talking. These two orders of reality exist at the same time. As you say, you know that the jiva and the world exist in you. Awareness, Isvara, jiva and the world all exist simultaneously, one within the other, from the subtlest to the densest. The waves exist at the same time as waves, as ocean and as water. Water is the essence, ocean a first superimposition and wave a second superimposition on water. Allan is one among an infinity of superimpositions on awareness – an upadhi.


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I appreciate this discussion, but it also frustrates me, because the head of my household thinks preparing beyond a few day's worth is all hype and hysteria. I have put up a number of provisions but am unable to make many of the prudent improvements to our home for physical and energy security. I take my vows seriously, but this tears at me because I know we will likely suffer needlessly when, not if, it all comes apart. (Money is not an issue for us.) I would truly appreciate your wisdom on this "opposite" issue that I've never seen addressed. – Mrs Southern AZ
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Dear S.R.
In Genesis 20 (Abimelech in Gerar) Abraham asked his wife to say she was his sister and allowed her to wind up in a harem. God protected her from the man of the harem, and she was never touched by him. She is commended in 1 Peter 3:6. So how does the lesson here apply to modern times? When a husband and wife are in disagreement on an issue and she feels he is wrong (especially if he really is) I call that situation a "Sarah's Harem." My husband and I have the blessing of us both being Christians and preppers. He is a good man and a good husband. My "Sarah's Harem" was financial. I have always been a debt-averse saver. My husband was not. Our start into credit card debt was small and "floatable." Eventually, we had a large credit card debt and a mortgage. We were usually in disagreement on how our money should be handled. I made sure he knew where I stood on each purchase and on debt in general (trying hard not to nag) and left the decisions in his hands, right or wrong. Being in debt was stressful to me, and seeing it grow with no end in sight was terrifying to me. I strove to show him respect (Eph. 5:33) and to be submissive (Eph. 5, 1 Pet. 3, Col. 3); but I didn't take it sitting down. I went to my knees and took it to my heavenly Father. Being in submission to and respecting my husband in the financial area were difficult, and the only way I succeeded was through prayer and fasting. God showed me many of my own flaws, and I worked on those as he did. Eventually, a coworker of my husband took a financial class and began working his way out of debt. My husband signed up for one also. We are now debt free, and he is committed to staying that way. God did a work in both of us during our 15 year debt journey. I recommend two books. Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs; I personally found this book to be very helpful. The other is Beloved Unbeliever by Jo Berry; I haven't read it, but formerly "unequally yoked" (now equally) women I have known have spoken very highly of it.
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Dear HJL,
I can't say I have an unsupportive spouse, since I don't have any spouse, but I've been prepping on a poverty line budget for years. I have this to offer: see if your husband would support some of the more traditional feminine hobbies. Don't say they are for prepping; instead say they are for helping out the household budget. Mending would be my first choice. Then, look at sewing your own clothes or knitting your family's sweaters. You are learning a skill that will be in limited supply after SHTF. You can grow your own vegetables. Do you live in a Homeowners Association? You can still learn to garden; tuck a few decorative veggies into your landscape. You will be learning about soil, weather, pests, et cetera. Many fruit trees bloom in beautiful profusion in the spring and would be acceptable to your HOA. If you're not in an HOA, maybe the kids would like a pet rabbit. 4H and FFA teach the kids a lot of skills they can pass on to you. If you can afford the time away from home, volunteer at Habitat for Humanity or Rebuilding Together. They will teach you the skills you are asking about. Learn, learn, learn. Reading is free. Yes, it's best to have hard copies, but if your husband complains about space, then get books on DVDs with all the skills you can ask for. Watch YouTube, too. There are thousands of how-to videos. The knowledge will pay off eventually. Finally, follow Mrs. Latimer's advice– pray for him and praise him. Be the wife he wants you to be. I wouldn't hide any of the above, and I certainly wouldn't let it interfere with the time he expects you to devote to him and your family.


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Allegiant continued its expansion binge by announcing three new routes:
- Three weekly flights from Mesa (Phoenix) to Honolulu starting February 7, with introductory fares starting at $199 each way, available for purchase through August 28 for flights through April 16.
- Two flights weekly from Eugene Oregon to Palm Springs starting November 15, with introductory fares starting at $89 each way, available for purchase through August 28 for flights through January 13.
- Two weekly flights from Oakland to Palm Springs, also starting November 15, with introductory fares starting at $39 each way, available for purchase through August 28 for flights through January 13.
These new flights, schedules, and fares are already up on Allegiant's website. And they raise some interesting hints about Allegiant's growth program.
The airline has clearly identified Palm Springs as another key destination city, with flights already operating from Bellingham—and therefore, in effect, from Vancouver. So you can expect flights linking Palm Springs with more western cities in coming weeks and months. And although Allegiant hasn't said so, many Palm Springs flights will run only during the winter season.
Mesa-to-Honolulu represents a departure from the carrier's traditional business model. As far as I can tell, it's Allegiant's first route linking two major visitor destinations, a switch from the airline's previous strict focus on flights from small-town America to big destinations. It's even possible that Allegiant, which already serves Mesa from a bunch of smaller western cities, might try to test possible connections there, which would be an even bigger change.
As usual with a new market, Allegiant does not promise to keep the new routes flying more than a few months. Just as it is quick to try new opportunities, it is equally quick to drop routes that don't provide enough income from hotels and car rentals.
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Warren Zevon: The Wind
Artemis, 2003
Rating: 4.3
September 07,
Christopher Roberts
In a time when the words "musical genius" are thrown around with
reckless abandon, Warren Zevon is now and will be remembered as an artist
who carved out his own path and did his own thing unaffected by what was
"hot" and what was "not" at any given time. What can you say about a man
whose songs titles include "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," "Bad
Luck Streak In Dancing School," "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," and "Mr. Bad
Example?" Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given only a short time
to live, Zevon immediately began work on what presumably will be his last
album, The Wind. On it, he gets some all-star help from the likes
of Bruce Springsteen, Dwight Yokam, Don Henley, Tom Petty, Jackson Browne
and many others who come to pay their respects to a one-of-a-kind
songwriter. The end result is a first-class effort that will not
disappoint die-hard Zevon fans. But it's not just for the faithful:
First-time listeners will certainly pick up The Wind out of
curiosity, and there's no doubt that they will discover what they have
long been missing.
It's impossible to listen to The Wind with total objectivity, to
be unaffected by Zevon's story. But it's not merely sympathy that makes
the album effective. It's a heartfelt and melodic masterpiece in its own
right, conveying a myriad of moods and emotions. Zevon has always written
and sung about the looming specter of death and the absurdity of life,
which is why The Wind works as both a natural progression and as an
affecting goodbye, without seeming self-righteous or indulgent. The
narrator of "She's Too Good for Me" sets aside his own desires so that the
object of his affection might be "Everything she couldn't be with me." On
"Dirty Life And Times," he asks, "Who'll lay me out and ease my worried
mind / while I'm winding down my dirty life and times?"
"Disorder in the House" is an upbeat examination of the material world
falling down around us and the illusory notion of order. Chaos, Zevon
suggests, is the natural state of things, as symbolized by a wonderful
image of "Zombies on the lawn staggering around." And his visitation of
Bob Dylan's weary classic "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" compels the listener
to pause and reflect on the appropriateness of the metaphor but also on
the irony: Unlike Dylan's narrator, Zevon isn't regretfully sliding into
that good night; he's making his cold, final peace with life before he
One can't listen to The Wind without hearing a man who has
learned some lessons, been proud of some of the things he's done, and
learned a lot from his mistakes. And it is Zevon's ability to package
these universal themes into gritty, guitar-driven songs that make them
connect with the listener. There's something here that rings true with
just about everyone, from the encroachment of chaos to lost love, to
considering one's own all-too-brief time on Earth. The Wind's
closing number, "Keep Me in Your Heart," is without doubt the most
personal of Zevon's offerings. It is his goodbye, the way he wants to be
remembered. Quite honestly, as previously mentioned, objectivity is damn
near impossible when a man facing the certainty of his own death sings
about a time when he will be dead and gone. Leave it to Warren Zevon
though, to do it as perhaps no one else could: "Shadows are falling, and
I'm running out of breath / Keep me in you heart for awhile / If I leave
you it doesn't mean I love you any less / Keep me in your heart for
awhile. Engine driver's headed north to Pleasant Stream / Keep me in your
heart for awhile / These wheels keep turning but they're running out of
steam / Keep me in your heart for awhile."
If The Wind is to be Zevon's legacy, it's a carefully conceived,
well-crafted and moving one, sure to be appreciated by all who can see
more than what's in front of them, and can hear just as well with their
heart as with their ears.
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