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In 1847 when Jasper O'Farrell sketched out a street plan for San Francisco, he left two spaces open for a public plaza. This was one of them. The area got its name when it was used for rallies of support for the Union Army during the Civil War. Today the battles fought in the blocks around Union Square are for the credit cards of consumers who crowd one of the largest collections of department stores, upscale boutiques, tourist trinket shops, art galleries, and salons in the United States.
From its inception Union Square has played the role of ceremonial heart of San Francisco by hosting public events, concerts and holiday celebrations throughout the year. Each year a painted heart from a local artist is installed at the four corners of Union Square that will be auctioned off to benefit the San Francisco General Hospital.
In addition to world-famous retail stores, the streets surrounding Union Square are stuffed with venerable theaters, grand hotels and historic clubhouses. Originally this was a park surrounded by churches and residences but the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 changed all that. To see how the last century has transformed Union Square we will begin where Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds began, at the center of the square...
Union Square Park
Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton streets
San Francisco's first American mayor, John Geary, created this park in 1850; it got its name for the boisterous pro-Union rallies before and during the Civil War. Today's granite plaza covers 2.6 acres and is studded with palm-speckled gardens. The soaring 97-foot shaft is a 1903 installation, a monument honoring Admiral George Dewey's victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish American War and a remembrance of recently assassinated President William McKinley. Executed by Robert Aitken, the statue at the top of the monument, "Victory," was modeled after a comely Danish-American stenographer and artist's model named Alma de Bretteville. The chairman of the selection committee, sugar magnate Adolph B. Spreckels, became smitten with de Bretteville and the two eventually married. She was 23, he was 46 and Alma often referred to her husband as her "sugar daddy," a relationship description which would pass into the popular lexicon. In 1941 the world's first underground parking garage was completed beneath Union Square.
340 Post Street on north side of Union Square
This is the flagship store for the 200-store cooking-based chain. Charles E. Williams spent World War II fixing airplanes in India and East Africa and after the war he settled in Sonoma, working as a contractor. In 1956 he bought a hardware store and gradually shifted his stock to cookware imported from France. The concept thrived quickly and Williams moved his operation to San Francisco in 1958 on its way to becoming one of the pioneering lifestyle retailers.
Argonaut Club
400 Post Street at northwest corner of Powell Street
This building was constructed in 1908 for the Argonaut Club. Joseph Brandenstein organized the San Francisco Verein (German for club) in 1853 for the town's Jewish immigrants. Eleven years later Levi Strauss spearheaded the establishment of a private men's club eventually known as Concordia. The two organizations attracted the bluest of San Francisco Jewish blood until the faltering Argonaut Club gave up its building and merged with Concordia in 1939. For many years this was a bustling United Airlines ticket office.
Westin St. Francis
335 Powell Street at west side of Union Square
Charles Crocker was founder of the Central Pacific Railroad and co-builder of the Transcontinental Railroad. His family took some $2.5 million of his estate in 1904 to build what they hoped would be the equal of the grand hotels of Europe. The building withstood the earthquake two years later but fire destroyed the hotel's 250 rooms. When renovations were finished a third wing appeared in 1908 and the St. Francis was the largest hotel on the Pacific Coast. The breathtaking lobby features an antique grandfather clock that spawned the common phrase around town, "Meet me at the clock." Additional rooms were added along Post Street and in 1971 the 32-story Pacific Tower opened behind the St. Francis.
Elkan Gunst Building
301 Geary Street at southwest corner of Powell Street
Gustave Albert Lansburgh, best known for his elaborate theaters, designed this rounded Beaux Arts building on the corner of Union Square in 1908. Panama-born but San Francisco raised, Lansburgh had just received a diploma from the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France at the same time as the earthquake and fire in 1906. This was one of the first important commissions for Lansburgh, who was a friend of the Gunst family. Moses A. Gunst was a millionaire founder of a chain of tobacco stores who came to San Francisco in 1888 from New York. His son Morgan Arthur Gunst constructed this building as a memorial to his son who died at the age of 16 while playing football. There were so many deaths from football injuries in those days that President Theodore Roosevelt summoned the games powers that be to the White House to enact rule changes to eliminate foul play and brutality.
City of Paris (Nieman Marcus)
150 Stockton Street at southeast corner of Geary Street
Felix Verdier, a silk-stocking manufacturer from Nîmes, France, sailed to San Francisco in 1850 with a ship loaded with silks, laces, fine wines, champagne, and Cognac to introduce the California Gold Rusher to the fineries of life. The goods never even made it off the ship before they sold out. Verdier sailed back to France with bags of gold dust and returned the next year to open a store. The City of Paris moved into a Beaux-Arts confection here designed by Clinton Day in 1896 and it was one of the few buildings in the neighborhood to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake but was demolished after the Verdier family sold out in the 1970s. This post-modern building by Phillip Johnson incorporates the original rotunda.
170 O'Farrell Street at northwest corner of Stockton Street
Rowland Hussey Macy was born of Quaker stock on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts and like many young men was seized by the sea. He sailed at the age of 15 on the Emily Morgan, bound for Cape Horn and beyond. He spent four years sailing through the South Seas before returning to Massachusetts. Although he was often called Captain Macy in later years he never again set to sea, save as a passenger. Macy had no clear idea what to do after his sea adventures and for several years his trail is lost to history. He surfaced in the dry goods trade in Boston is 1844, his first of several marginally successful retail operations. In 1849 Macy headed for San Francisco in the Gold Rush, leaving behind his wife and family. His success in the gold fields is unknown but by 1850 he was doing business in Marysville as Macy & Company but the merchant partnership was soon put up for public auction. We next find Macy back in Haverhill, Massachusetts operating a store offering a full line of dry goods in 1853. He was experimenting with many of the principles that would later become Macy staples: dealing only in cash, a single price policy and extensive advertising. But this venture failed also. Macy tried brokering for a short while and then bolted to Superior City, Wisconsin in 1857 to engage in land speculation just as the boom shipping town was going bust. At the age of 35, struggling in the nation's heartland, it was hard to see how Rowland Macy had laid the foundation for creating the world's most famous department store. But he did just that when he came to New York in 1858 and opened a small fancy goods store. In 1945 R. H. Macy & Company acquired O'Connor Moffat that was established in San Francisco in 1866. Renaming the store Macy's this location, opened in 1928, was expanded using the original architect, Louis Parson Hobart.
Powell Street Cable Car Turntable
Powell Street and Market Street
At Powell and Market streets, there is a cable car turntable which serves as the beginning stop for two lines, the Powell-Mason and Powell- Hyde lines. The Powell-Mason line begins at the Powell/ Market turntable, and the line runs from there up and over Nob Hill and down to Bay Street at Fisherman's Wharf. The Powell-Hyde line also begins at the Powell Market turntable and runs over Nob and Russian hills before ending at Aquatic Park near Ghiradelli Square. When the cars reach the end of the line here the gripman manually rotates the car on the turntable.
Bank of Italy/Bank of America Building
1 Powell Street at Market Street
This branch of the Bank of Italy, the forerunner of the Bank of America, was created in 1921 from the pens of Walter Danforth Bliss and William Baker Faville who were responsible for some of San Francisco's most striking buildings in a partnership that lasted from 1898 until 1925. This rounded, three-story Italian Renaissance banking house sits proudly on that roster.
Flood Building
870 Market Street at the foot of Powell Street
James Flood was a stockbroker and partners with John Mackay, James Fair and William O'Brien in silver mining interests in Virginia City, Nevada's Comstock Lode. One day in 1873 miners Mackay and Fair were following a narrow sliver of low-grade ore in the Consolidated Virginia and California Mine. Persisting long after others would write off the puny vein, Fair discovered the "Big Bonanza," a field of high-grade silver ore so rich it took several years to exhaust and yielded more than $60 million - well over a billion 2012 dollars. Flood's son, James, Jr., used part of his considerable inheritance to build San Francisco's largest building here in 1904. Albert Pissis contributed the Classical Revival design. When the earthquake and fire struck two years later only the first two floors were damaged and quickly restored.
835 Market Street
The Emporium was a shopping institution for almost 100 years, one of California's largest and grandest stores from 1896 until 1995. Adolph Feiss began the business as a co-operative of individually-owned shops. The Emporium, another design by San Francisco architect Albert Pissis with a trademark dome, withstood the earthquake but burned in the fire and required two years to rebuild. There have been countless additions and renovations in its lifetime but the historic domed glass roof, recently restored, remains.
Pacific Building
southwest corner of Market Street and 4th Street
Following the 1906 earthquake builders here tapped a new construction technology that involved concrete reinforced with steel rebar. They would eventually pour more concrete than any building in the world for the nine-story Pacific Building - an dour over a million dollars in the process. Architect Charles F. Whittlesey outfitted the behemoth with decorated tiles of green and cream and yellow. Old Navy made this their largest retail store in 1999, leasing more than 70,000 square feet.
Humboldt Savings Bank
785 Market Street
Frederick Herman Meyer and Smith O'Brien designed this high-rise for the Humboldt Savings Bank in 1906. Interrupted by the Great Earthquake, Meyer re-purposed the building to be constructed with reinforced concrete and steel. His lavish plans called for a building festooned with granite and marble details and a wedding cake dome topping the entire confection. The 19-story Beaux Arts building was completed in 1908. The partnership the dissolved after six years and Meyer opened his own office here.
Phelan Building
760 Market Street at O'Farrell Street and Grant Avenue
James Phelan, one of San Francisco's pioneer bankers, constructed the first flatiron building in this space, a six-story mansard-roofed affair that burned in the fire of 1906. James Duval Phelan, his son, was a reforming mayor of San Francisco from 1897 until 1902 and vocal advocate of the City Beautiful movement that was gripping America at the time in the wake of the Chicago Exposition of 1893. Most of the tenets of the movement would be trampled in the haste to rebuild after the 1906 Earthquake but Phelan remained true, hiring William Curlett, one of the city's top architects to replace his father's landmark. Curlett had easily made the transition from flowery Victorian design to the popular classically inspired styles and here he delivered an elegant Baroque Revival structure fashioned in steel and glazed terra cotta. Phelan went on to a term in the United States Senate in 1913 and kept his office on the the 6th floor.
Savings Union Bank and Trust Company
1 Grant Avenue at O'Farrell Street
Architects William Danforth Bliss and William Baker Faville based this 1910 Beaux Arts vault on the Pantheon in Rome. Six fluted Ionic columns march up Grant Street under a decorative triangular pediment. The Savings Union Trust Company was a new financial institution that brought together two venerable San Francisco money houses. The Savings Union and Loan Society took its first deposits in 1857 and the San Francisco Savings Union was the first bank chartered under California's 1862 savings bank law. Inside the main vault was crafted by the Bethlehem Steel Company with a door that weighed 23 tons; its capacity was more than 5,000 safe deposit boxes.
Union Trust Company (Wells Fargo Bank)
2 Grant Avenue at Market Street
This is one of the most historic and dignified intersections in San Francisco. Clinton Day, then in his sixties, won a design competition to create this exuberant Beaux Arts vault in 1910. Day's father Sherman was a state senator and co-founder of the College of California that was the predecessor of the University of California at Berkeley and Clinton designed several campus buildings. Isaias W. Hellman started the bank which became the first successful trust company in California.
Maiden Lane
In the 1800s this was Morton Alley, a place where gentlemen could come to find some paid female companionship. The 1906 Earthquake crumbled the bordellos and a century later the block is a pedestrian-only street stuffed with the chicest names in retail with a name designed to stir images of the posh Maiden Lanes in London and New York. The wrought iron gates swing open to permit vehicular traffic in the evenings.
Xanadu Gallery
140 Maiden Lane
This is Frank Lloyd Wright's only San Francisco building, designed for the client V.C. Morris Gift Store in 1948. Wright eschewed normal storefront display windows and instead lured shoppers inside with a beautifully crafted Romanesque arch in the brick facade. Inside is a spiral rampway that Wright would become iconic in Wright's New York City Guggenheim Museum a decade later.
Head Building
201 Post Street at southwest corner of Grant Street
This is a Renaissance Revival creation of William Curlett from 1909, creating a bookend for his Shreve Building finished several years earlier across the street. Curlett was Irish-born and trained but was practicing in San Francisco by the time he was 25 in 1871. He was nearing the end of his career by this time, with a long roster of splendid mansions and important buildings to his credit. He was one of the original members of the California State Board of Architecture and was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects; Curlett died in 1914.
The Shreve Building
210 Post Street at northwest corner of Grant Street
Brothers George and Samuel Shreve had opened their first jewelry store in San Francisco back in 1852, catering to the newly wealthy gold rushers. Curlett finished the classically flavored Shreve Building in 1905 and Shreve & Company settled into the ground floor in March of 1906. A month later the city was destroyed by an earthquake and fire. The Shreve Building remained standing and loyal employees had locked the firm's valuables in a fireproof vault. It would be two years, however, before the interior of the Shreve Building would be habitable again.
Ruth Asawa's Fountain
Hyatt steps on Stockton Street across from Campton Place
If you don't have time to visit all the city's treasures you can get a crash course with the 41 landmarks depicted on bronze plaques that make up this tribute to San Francisco erected in 1972.
450 Sutter Street
This beautiful and elegant 26-story high-rise, an Art-Deco masterpiece, was designed by world famous San Francisco architect Timothy Ludwig Pflueger. Pflueger was a leader in the development of Art Deco design in California and created some of the town's most prominent skyscrapers and movie theaters in the 1920s and 1930s. As an interior designer Pflueger crafted some of San Francisco's most luxurious cocktail lounges. Here he gave the office building an array of decorations influence by the Mayan Civilization.
Sir Francis Drake Hotel
450 Powell Street at southeast corner of Sutter Street
The hotel locals call "the Drake" has helped define the elegance of San Francisco since 1928. Built for the princely sum of $5 million by Midwestern hotel developers, the Sir Francis Drake Hotel offered impressive innovations like an indoor golf course, ice water on tap, and radios in every guest room. The window panes were made of Vitaglass, so-called because it let even the healthful ultra-violet rays into each room, making it possible, according to early advertisements, to suntan without going outside.
Press Club
449 Powell Street at southeast corner of Sutter Street
The building was erected in 1913 and designed by architect Frederick H. Meyer. The Press Club, organized on August 30, 1888 with eighty charter members, occupied the top three floors until 1952 when they moved to 555 Post Street.
Francisca Club
595 Sutter Street at southeast corner of Mason Street
The Francisca Club is San Francisco's oldest woman's social club, started in 1903 during a period of great growth of private clubs where women could gather for meals, talk about books and other cultural events, and to hear speakers. A century later the club's traditional rules have scarcely changed - despite a vastly different role of women in society. Phones are discouraged and all business is banned inside the Colonial Revival brick building. blue jeans are not allowed, there is no gym and the club closes at 4:00 p.m. when ladies are expected to return home for the day.
Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel
609 Sutter Street at southwest corner of Mason Street
The Marines' Memorial Association's charter from 1946 established the Marines' Memorial Club as the first "Living Memorial" in the United States, dedicated as a "tribute to those who have gone before; and to provide a service to those who carry on." The intention was to provide a facility that would: honor the memory and commemorate the valor of the members of the Armed Forces who were killed, lost, or who died in military service for their Country; provide spaces for forums, for educational lectures and meetings; and include a museum and library for records, literature, historical objects, and military books. The 12-story Neoclassical brick building dates to 1926.
Young Women's Christian Association
620 Sutter Street
The first Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) was established in London, England in 1855. The movement reached San Francisco in 1878 with early programs including sewing classes for little girls, a kindergarten, and residences for women who were homeless or just out of the hospital. This classically-themed community center was constructed in 1917 and in 1930 its swimming pool became the first integrated one in the city. Like many heritage buildings in the district it is now occupied by the Academy of Art University.
Woman's Athletic Club/Metropolitan Club
640 Sutter Street
With a founding group of seventeen members the Woman's Athletic Club organized in 1915. The club hired esteemed architects Walter Danforth Bliss and William Baker Faville who delivered a six-story Italian Renaissance palazzo rendered in rich brown brick. The architects and a handful of lawyers would be the only men involved in the "House That Women Built." The well-appointed club boasted dining rooms, pool, gymnasium, beauty salon and spa, and overnight rooms. There were over 1,000 members when the club opened in 1917 and expansion plans were underway almost immediately. During the 1920s the Woman's Athletic Club of San Francisco flourished, with active basketball, swimming and tennis teams. After the original 50-year incorporation of the Woman's Athletic Club expired in 1965, the club has trundled on as the Metropolitan Club.
Bohemian Club
624 Taylor Street at northeast corner of Post Street
In New York City and other American metropolises in the late 1850s groups of young, cultured journalists flourished as self-described "bohemians" before the Civil War in 1861 scattered their ranks. The San Francisco version formed in 1872 from a regular meeting of journalists, artists and musicians; it soon began to accept businessmen and entrepreneurs as permanent members. Ambrose Bierce was a founding member and later luminaries on the club membership roster include Presidents William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover and Ronald Reagan.
The Clift
495 Geary Street at southeast corner of Taylor Street
In 1913, Frederick C. Clift, an attorney from a large family in the Sierra foothills, built what was advertised as the first hotel in San Francisco to be fire and earthquake proof. George Applegarth provided the design. When an additional three floors were tacked onto the building in 1924, it became the largest hotel in California. Inside, the highlight is the Redwood Room, draped in coastal redwood paneling with an enormous bar said to be carved from a single redwood tree.
Curran Theatre
445 Geary Street
Homer Curran began a career as a theatrical producer after graduating from Stanford University and running the Cort Theatre. In 1922 he established his own Curran Theatre to provide San Francisco with a Broadway experience and in the 1950s the theater indeed took a star turn itself as the Broadway stage in the Bette Davis tour de force, All About Eve. the ceiling above the main lobby was hand-painted to make the plaster look like wood.
American Conservatory Theater
415 Geary Street
The American Conservatory Theater was designed by prominent architects Walter D. Bliss and William B. Faville in a Neoclassical style with heavy doses of Baroque detailing. The facade is primarily of yellow brick and polychrome-glazed terra-cotta. The building opened as the Columbia Theatre in 1910 and has undergone numerous revivals to both the structure and the name in the century since.
First Congregational Church
432 Mason Street at southeast corner of Post Street
T. Dwight Hunt was a missionary in the Sandwich Islands in the 1840s when he was summoned to San Francisco shortly after the discovery of gold in 1848. He was holding services by October of that year and by February of 1850 had established a church building at the corner of Jackson Street and Virginia Place. Immigrants were still more interested in gold than salvation at the time - by the end of 1850 church membership was only 20. But by the time of the 1906 Earthquake the First Congregational Church had the largest membership of any Protestant church in San Francisco, worshipping in a large meetinghouse with a widely recognized Gothic steeple. To build its replacement the church tapped the versatile talents of brothers James William and Merritt James Reid. These Canadian architects managed a busy practice in the early years of the 20th century and designed a wide array of San Francisco buildings including the Cliff House, the Fairmont Hotel, the Spreckels House and the bandshell in Golden Gate Park. Here they crafted a Classical Revival house of worship in line with the city's "banking temples" that were proliferating at the time. Completed in 1915, the church served the congregation throughout the century until it was sold and is now occupied by the Academy of Art University.
Medico-Dental Building
490 Post Street at northeast corner of Mason Street
George William Kelham was born in Massachusetts in 1871 and educated at Harvard and the legendary Ecole des Beaux-Arts in France. Working in the New York office of Trowbridge and Livingston, Kelham was sent to San Francisco in 1906 to supervise construction of the Palace Hotel and never left. He would develop the master plan for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and design some of the town's most impressive skyscrapers. This 17-story high-rise with a classical visage was constructed in 1925.


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The third episode in this 4 part series is called the Darkest Hour. It shows how Germany's attempts to starve Britain into submission edged the nation close to defeat. Chloë Mason discusses her great grandmother, Alice Wheeldon's, role in opposing the war. This episode will be screened in the UK on BBC 1 at 21:00 on Monday 10 February. For more on the program click here.
Deirdre and Chloë Mason to address Australian National Women's Library
The Alice Wheeldon Story: When Conscience Became a Casualty of War
Deirdre and Chloë Mason tell how in 1917 their grandparents and great grandmother were convicted of conspiracy to murder the British PM, David Lloyd George. Activists and feminists, unaware until 1987 of their heritage, Deirdre and Chloë uncovered blinding prejudice against a woman who opposed War, supported women's suffrage and the right to refuse to bear arms.
Time: 12:15pm-1:30pm Feb 20 Cost: $22/$16 Members incl sandwich lunch
Venue: Southern Function Room, Town Hall House, 456 Kent Street, Sydney
Bookings: Jessie Street National Womens Library www.nationalwomenslibrary.org.au 02 9571 5359
Click here for more information.
How sham trial for "PM Murder Plot" left family languishing in prison
BYGONES: Our great gran was a pacifist not a poisoner
Plaque Honour for Suffragette Alice
The Best of Derby's History: 14 September
Peggy Seeger to perform at the Derby Festival of Peace and Justice 14 September
The Derby People's History Group is sponsoring the Festival of Peace and Justice to be held at the Derby Guildhall on Saturday 14 September.
See the poster
For more information check out the Derby People's History group website
Video footage of Blue Plaque Unveiling
This video is the full coverage of the Blue Plaque Ceremony in Derby on 1 May, with speeches by the Mayor of Derby, Lisa Higginbottom; Normanton Ward Councillor, Hardyal Dhindsa; Derby Civic Society, Alan Grimadell, and Alice Wheeldon's great granddaughters, Deirdre & Chloë Mason.
Blue Plaque for Alice Wheeldon in Derby
Derby People's History Group Pamphlet Released
Alice Wheeldon's name cleared at last
Alice Wheeldon's Descendants see plaque unveiled
Alice Wheeldon's Great Grand Daughters
Sally Pepper meets the great-granddaughters of Alice Wheeldon from Derby who was sent to prison for plotting to kill the Prime Minister in 1917. They're over from Australia to carry on their campaign to clear her name and see a blue plaque unveiled in her honour.
More here
Jailed Derby Suffragette Alice Wheeldon is honoured with Blue Plaque
A Derby suffragette accused of attempting to murder a prime minister is being honoured with a blue plaque. Her great-granddaughters, Deirdre and Chloe Mason, are visiting Derby for the ceremony.
More here
Staring at the Abyss
"In the way of things Anzac Day has become Anzac week". Mike Carlton tells readers that there is nothing glorious about death in war.
Read more in Staring at The Abyss
WW1 Alleged Miscarriage of jusice
22 April 2013: Listen to an interview with Phillip Adams on the ABC's Late Night Live.
The Poison Dart
20 April 2013: It was a bizarre plot to murder the British PM - or was it? Two sisters tell Suzy Freeman-Greene why they want justice for their framed forebears.
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Last year's "A-Force" #1 -- which introduced the female-led superhero realm of Arcadia and its protectors on Battleworld -- was an immediate critical success thanks to its great world-building. Though G. Willow Wilson, Jorge Molina and Laura Martin have reunited for an all-new "A-Force" series set in regular Marvel continuity, that same excitement is harder to generate this second time around.
"A-Force" #1 takes the one character created for the miniseries -- the ridiculously powerful and simultaneously naïve Singularity -- and plunges her into the mainstream Marvel Universe. As she tries to reunite with her friends from the original miniseries, though, she quickly learns no one else remembers the events of the original "A-Force," even as she discovers this universe is distinctly more complicated.
To be fair, Wilson's script inevitably had difficult path ahead of it, as this comic exists in the regular line of comics from Marvel. One of the big strengths of the original "A-Force" was how quickly she and co-writer Marguerite Bennett defined the world of Arcadia and made it feel different and exciting. By placing this in the same world as all the other comics at Marvel, it loses that edge because it has to play with the same setup/universe as the other titles. So, going into "A-Force" #1, one knows that it won't be the same.
That said, this new "A-Force" #1 isn't clicking, even when viewed in a vacuum. The biggest problem here is Singularity's narration. It's clearly meant to convey a sense of innocence and a lack of understanding that she's bounced from the "Secret Wars" universe into the regular Marvel Universe. The problem is that her character feels all over the place, with the narration not meshing with her dialogue or actions. When Singularity meets Captain Marvel, she's speaking almost in baby-talk or some sort of pidgin, with lines like, "Met. Fought. Helped. Friend." When compared to her opening narration -- "Birth is violence. Pain. Happiness. Sometimes they get mixed up. Sometimes you can't unmix them" -- it's hard to buy that this is the same character. With Singularity being the central character of "A-Force" #1, it's a problem that just festers and ultimately disrupts the reading process.
There are some nice bits in the script, though. The riff on Superman's origin is funny, especially the reason why a random couple isn't going to be the new Martha and Jonathan Kent. Singularity's foe Antimatter comes across as distinctly creepy as it snarls at her, advancing unstoppably. The way Medusa gets pulled into the mix is telegraphed perfectly earlier in the issue, and she then acts perfectly in character.
The art is strong from start to finish; Molina and Martin are the selling point for "A-Force" #1. Singularity looks great here, with her hair wafting up in defiance of gravity almost like a pompadour, and the starry pattern on her surface is just as entrancing on page 20 as it is on page 1. Antimatter serves as a good counterpoint to Singularity thanks to his visuals; the burning nature of his body and the fiery red color, coupled with his strange patterning, is instantly eye-catching. They're polar opposites, giving added weight to Antimatter's name and nature.
The other regulars look good here too. She-Hulk manages to appear formidable both physically and professionally; Molina has her fill out her suit in a manner that exudes strength with a general "don't mess with me in the courtroom" look and feel coming off it. Similarly, Captain Marvel is able to look confused and puzzled with the arrival of Singularity, but absolutely in her element and ready to do business when zooming through space to attack Antimatter. It's the visual depiction of that attitude that sells the moment.
Ultimately, I wish the narration from Singularity had been dropped entirely from "A-Force" #1. You can still understand what's going on without it, and the disparate clash of her thoughts and dialogue would have never happened. Hopefully, they will get smoothed out a bit in future issues, but -- for now -- this issue is only alright. In order to stand out as an ongoing series, the writing needs to step up to the plate a bit more.


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In Association with Luis Moro Production
Luis Moro was hired to turn around and recover the Executive Producers Investment in the original failed incomplete film two years after it was dormant. Totally Baked is a comedy documentary on legalizing marijuana. Though Luis is not a pot smoker, he does believe in legalizing it, and the challenge of turning this failed asset into a profit making venture was worth doing.
With his creative abilities, production sensibilities and marketing savvy Luis turned the project around and finished produced the film to completion. Luis then created and managed a strategic marketing plan that gave the film national attention in the legalizing marijuana industry. The notoriety created film buyers ending with a profitable sale to Universal Studios Video devision for a sizable profit.


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This song isn't overly complicated nor is it overly angsty. Instead, it's a catchy tune that lightheartedly mocks the unwanted attention that pretty girls in male-dominated industries have to face. Sure, being a pretty girl has its advantages but sometimes it can also feel like a curse. Free drinks, VIP treatment, and backstage access aren't really advantages anymore if you suddenly have to worry about owing a dude something, or fearing for your safety when you walk back to your car at the end of the evening.
I was at Tech Open Air (a tech conference) this past week and coincidentally received a free ticket from one of the organizers because I'm a woman and they wanted more females in attendance (ADVANTAGE.) Overall the experience was great, though I wish there had been more female speakers, or female oriented workshops and satellite events. Out of hundreds of events, I only saw a handful that were geared specifically toward women.
During one satellite event sponsored by Fidor Bank, a very drunk man stumbled over to me and asked me how I liked the presentation (DISADVANTAGE.) Because I had my networking hat on (figuratively speaking), I responded confidently and professionally. After he interrupted me to ask me where I was from, I started to understand what was really going on. He wasn't networking, he was flirting, (sorry, he was TRYING to flirt) He asked me another question and I told him he should probably get lost since he wasn't interested in having a conversation. He tried to defend himself before stumbling away.
Ladies in male dominated industries, we have an uphill battle to go. Luckily we have an army offemale musicians, like Dream Wife, cranking out empowering tracks to serve as our soundtrack/ battle cries.
"I am not my body, I am somebody."
Dream Wife is composed of three girls from Brighton, London, and Reykjavik. They met at art school in Brighton and decided to form a fake girl bad as an art project. After writing a few songs, making a mockmuentary, and performing at the art exhibition, they started getting booked for real gigs. They are currently signed to Enfer Records.
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2 Bedroom Apartment for Sale | The Pearl
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Inferring underlying values 2
Learning intention
For students to be able to infer the underlying values of familiar tales.
The stories chosen for this activity have been selected for their familiarity, so that students can focus on other aspects of the text. Teachers could replace these stories with any stories that are familiar and culturally appropriate for their class. Teachers using the stories supplied may wish to extend the activity to explore the inherent gender stereotypes portrayed.
Cinderella to the grade.
and identify the underlying values of the story.
a list on the board. For example:
- Good triumphs over evil.
- Sweetness and virtue will be rewarded and meanness will be punished.
- True love conquers all.
- A woman must be meek, mild and forgiving to deserve true love.
students' suggestions.
students to justify their opinions. There are a range of possible values that students might see underpinning Cinderella.
students to work in pairs to identify the values that underpin another familiar story in fewer than 10 words. For example, The Lion King, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, or a novel they have recently read.
students' responses and provide feedback.
students with a scenario or encourage students to create their own scenario.
students to write a short paragraph where the characters clearly demonstrate a particular value.
For example:
- A girl is walking along the street and sees a purse on the ground. What happens next?
- A boy visits his grandmother and she can't read the newspaper because she has lost her glasses. What happens next?
students to share their writing with peers.
students to identify the values demonstrated in each scenario.


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By Pastor Tim White
It was the first day of practice. The coach stopped practice. He came over and asked the quarterback if he could throw a 20 yard out and then he ordered the play called. After the throw, he came into the huddle and showed another play with a difficult read on the defense and a deep route for the all-American wide receiver after coming off a double pick. Well, picks are and always have been illegal, but everyone runs them anyway. They call them "rub routes." The quarterback took the snap and dropped back to complete the pass in practice just before being slammed into the ground by a behemoth defensive tackle. The coach blew the whistle and gave everyone a break and had his assistant coach take the quarterback over to run a 40 for time. Then he brought over the best player on the team, a defensive tackle, who would later play for the Houston Oilers. He introduced the new quarterback to the huge lineman from inner city Washington D.C. He told them "I want you to be friends, to work out together every day. I want you to take a long run at dawn and live in the weight room." The coach let practice continue as he and the strength coach took the young quarterback to the weight room to test bench press, squats, and a half dozen other lifts. After all those tests the depth chart showed the new quarterback as the starting quarterback. When you are getting tested by someone who wants you to succeed it's because they are getting ready to bless you. And it is the same way with God.
Are you being tested right now? Does it seem like your life is going to require more faith and growth than you can pull off alone? There is no easy way around it.
This coming Sunday is going to have inspiring patriotic services followed by an hour and a half picnic and BBQ. There will be hamburgers and hotdogs with all the fixings. There will be a DJ and dancing for our church family. There will be bounce houses and all kinds of games. And the Biblical message about reviving our nation entitled "It's A Young Minded Thing." It's the story of the generation that took the promised land and how their youth pastors - Joshua and Caleb led the way with youthful thinking that outdid any of the younger ones. Colonel Erskine Austin, of the United States Marine Corp, will present our own Medal of Freedom to some unsuspecting hero in our congregation. Please remember that the 4th of July is more than just another holiday. It is when we remember, as Christians do all over the world and have for 2,000 years, that we love our country. Please join us this weekend as we celebrate God blessing America and asking for more blessings, so we can be more of a blessing.
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Even though we now have total command of the sync button, manual beatmatching is still a pretty important part of being a DJ. If you wanted to get serious about photography, you might start with an iPhone app, but pretty soon you'd have to study the principles of lighting, composition and editing before you could expect anyone to hire you. Same goes for a career in DJing, and beatmatching is one way to show your client that you've learned a skill worth paying for. Even if you don't have a vinyl setup, learning to understand the mechanics is a progressive decision that all in-demand DJs make at some point.
The Skill
Beatmatching is being able to bring in a track at the same tempo as the one that's playing without relying on the software to sync it up for you. And while you can't compare it to playing an instrument, beatmatching is as much of a skill that requires practice, ear training and familiarity with non-graphical DJ equipment like turntables. Sure, hitting the sync button and letting the software do the work for you is an easy way go about DJing. But the world really does not need any more amateur DJs who might be able to operate cool equipment but fail to grasp the underlying principles. You wouldn't want to be in a plane with a pilot who never studied aviation, would you? Learn how to DJ properly and think about your audience.
The Results
When you learn how to beatmatch, a few things happen to your mixes. Your transitions are longer because a person will always require more time to calculate the crossfade than a computer. Software can recognize and lock the tempos far quicker than a human ear, but that doesn't mean that faster is better. Dancers don't always want only 4 bars or 10 seconds notice before the next track drops. Longer transitions generally work better than shorter ones. You're able to prime your audience with the next track and avoid abrupt mixes that your audience didn't see coming. Don't be afraid to take your time! Drop the next track in a good 2 or even 3 minutes before you start your mix and experiment with the overlap. You can always retrigger it from the start or a cue point if there's too much happening. However long your current mix length, double it and see what happens.
Playing Live
As a result, it's becoming more feasible and common for career DJs to enter into collaborations with instrumentalists. Playing with instrumentalists has some complexity. A single saxophone player, for example, might easily be able to play along at the tempo of the track. But DJs who enter existing band situations as the electronic rhythm section are sometimes forced to have to drop in to an existing tempo instead of controlling it. There's no ready software for a syncing with bunch of actual musicians! The controller needs to be able to adjust their timing to the musical rhythm, and then keep listening to alter it if the music gets faster or slower. Fusing electronic with live music may be one of the more in-demand forms of electronic music in the future, and having the chops to make micro-adjustments to your groove on the fly isn't just musically more pleasing, it opens doors to performing in groups.
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Izzy + JoJo
These photos with Izzy and her adorable lovey, JoJo, were from the very first day of 10 in 10 sessions way back in 2013. They instantly became some of my favorite photos and, for some crazy reason, I've never shared them in a blog post all together. This tends to be the case with most of my favorite photos; I hold onto them forever, thinking that I'm going to perfect every tiny detail and THEN send them out into the world.
And then... THREE years goes by before I finally bite the bullet. :)
If you'd like photos of your own rad kids with their favorite things, the next LOVEY 10 in 10 sessions are happening on February 7th and I would love love love to create some super fun photos for you.


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The Pimps are rocking' the Whisky A Go Go for the first time this Sunday, April 1st. Along with great bands, Beelzebubba, New Blues Revolution and Wreakin Katz we'll put on a great night of Southern Rock.
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Everyday Compassion: Simple Ways to Care
"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked, and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty." - Mother Teresa
What can compassion look like in our everyday lives? Perhaps it simply starts with caring for the people we encounter every day. Here are a few ideas:
Turn off your phone.
On average, consumers in the U.S. are spending five hours every day glued to their smartphones, according to Flurry analytics. Chances are, the numbers are similar in other countries with easy access to mobile phone technology.
While the technology gives us fast access to news or information or photos of friends, it's not necessarily healthy for our real-life relationships. We can't be fully present with another person if we're splitting our attention with a screen. In fact, there's a word for this: When we're snubbing someone by paying attention to a phone instead of a person, that's called phubbing (phone + snubbing).
So try powering down for at least an hour a day. Put away your phone and focus on conversations with people. Ask good questions and listen to the answers. Find out how people are hurting and offer compassionate words of encouragement and healing.
Pray for others.
Henri Nouwen called prayer "the very beat of the compassionate heart"—something that has to be regular and often, not just every once in a while.
Make a list of people you want to pray for. Consider using specific Scriptures as you pray, such as these: Numbers 6:24-26, Ephesians 3:14-19, Philippians 1:9-11, and 2 Thessalonians 3:16. You might use a journal or a calendar to practice the discipline of daily prayer for others, or you might turn your daily steps into a time of intercession.
As you read stories in the news about people in need, add them to your prayer list, too. You may not know them personally, but their lives have intersected with yours through stories. As you pray for others—whether families living as refugees, individuals being exploited through human trafficking, people affected by disasters, or those who've experienced other trauma—you will find that God gives you more compassion for them.
Use kind words.
Scripture is filled with reminders that the words we use matter. Colossians 4:6 reminds us to let the words we use "always be gracious," and 1 Thessalonians 5:11 tells us to "encourage one another and build up each other."
In the daily stresses of our lives, it's easy to default to complaining and criticizing others. Compassionate conversation is a choice we make. Try going a full week using only kind, uplifting words. Tell a coworker that you appreciate a job well done. Give a child a reason he or she is special and valued. Find a way to thank a family member for the little things that often go unnoticed.
If you need some motivation, try throwing a little money in a jar every time you hear unkind words coming out of your mouth. At the end of the week, use that money to do something kind for someone else. Then try again the next week with the goal of an empty jar!
An abridged version of this post appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of NCM Magazine. Click HERE to read!


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Conflict is normal and sometimes necessary to progress. Many people view conflict as negative but, in reality, it's not always a bad thing. In fact, it has the potential to bring mission-critical issues to light. After all, conflict is often the result of misaligned expectations, so dealing with conflict the right way can strengthen team communication and improve culture.
The key to productive conflict is the ability to resolve it effectively. Here are 7 ways you can do exactly that:
1. Discuss how you will handle conflict before it happens.
Have a process in place on how to resolve conflict before there is conflict. Openly discuss with team members the best way to resolve conflicts. Design a protocol and define ground rules based on the discussion. Take the extra step of creating a short list of key points to serve as reminders for the team. Keep it simple!
2. Stay out of it.
As a leader, it is likely your team will come to you to help resolve their conflicts. Push back; avoid trying to mediate team conflicts. Instead, train your team to be able to work out their own conflicts. Besides, working out differences and conflicts is part of being an effective employee and leader. Coach your team members on how they can resolve their own conflicts by using the protocol and strategies that you and your team developed in step one.
3. Leaders should avoid taking sides.
People tend to side with the person who brought the issue up first. Since you hear their perspective first, it creates a bias. As a leader, it is best that you maintain an unbiased point of view. However, you want to guide team members back to resolving the issue themselves and to figure out a mutually agreeable solution.
4. Don't let the conflict fester too long.
The longer you let the conflict sit without addressing it, the more time the conflict has to take root and allow people to develop unnecessary hostility. This can be a hindrance to team morale and overall productivity. It's in everyone's best interest to resolve conflicts as soon as possible.
5. Encourage people in conflict to stop and cool off.
When tempers flare, it is best stop and cool off as quickly as possible. To mitigate real-time conflicts quickly and efficiently, encourage all parties to step away. If you're in an office building, suggest a walk outside. If you're in a meeting, take a break and give everyone time to breathe. Encourage parties to reengage once both have completely cooled off and are ready to resolve the situation in good faith.
6. Get folks to work on common ground.
If people can't see eye to eye because of a conflict, it's unlikely they'll be able to work together until it is resolved. To get people back on track, start from common ground. All parties might not agree on everything, but have them start talking about what they do agree on.
7. Hire a professional mediator.
In some conflict situations, it's best to use a professional mediator. Professional workplace mediators can help conflicting parties come up with agreements that they would not be able to work out on their own and allow them to move on and be productive in addition to learning new skills and tactics moving forward.
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Mining projects worth Rs 41,000 crore stalled over land acquisition
Industry players said that stringent rules under the Land Acquisition Act 2013 make land acquisition a tough proposition.jaipur Updated: Oct 29, 2017 19:37 IST
Delay in land acquisition has stalled mining projects worth Rs 41,000 crore in Rajasthan.
The mines department had signed 17 MoUs, with a proposed investment worth Rs 45,532 crore, during the Resurgent Rajasthan summit in November 2015. However, till April 2017, only Rs 4395.27 crore (or 9.65%) investment had materialised.
The government had hailed the summit for bringing in much needed private investment.
Industry players, however, said that hurdles remain, especially land acquisition, as stringent rules under the Land Acquisition Act 2013 make it a tough proposition.
Among the big-ticket investors were Ambuja Cement, Jindal Saw, Reliance Cement, Steel Authority of India Ltd., Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd and Ultratech Cement. Now, many of the proposals have been put on hold or entirely dropped because of delay in land acquisition, as land is either charagah (pasture) or forest land.
With assembly elections due next year, the Vasundhara Raje government is eager to fast-track the projects by easing land acquisition norms. In April, the government eased rules relating to charagah land acquisition for mining. Companies were allowed to acquire pasture land coming in the way of mining projects and provide land in lieu in the same village.
The cabinet also amended rules of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act 1955, which now makes it easier for firms to acquire charagah land. It has done away with a provision which required companies acquiring land to compensate by giving the same amount of land in the same village or adjoining panchayat. Now, land can be given anywhere in the district.
Aparna Arora, principal secretary, mines and petroleum department, accepted that several projects were stuck over land acquisition. "I met the promoters in September and asked them to expedite the projects. They have been asked to identify land and give proposals to the revenue department by October."
Industry watchers said that land acquisition will take time given the rigorous provisions. "The government is trying to be industry-friendly and have put in place a single window system. However, getting project clearances is still time consuming," said an industrialist, who did not want to be named.
Suresh Agarwal, president, Federation of Rajasthan Trade and Industry, said that the government should acquire land and then provide it to the industry. "Land rates are so high that many investors lose interest. Moreover, the provisions of land acquisition act are stringent, for instance, compensation under the land acquisition rules is high and consent of 80% of those whose land has to be acquired has to be taken."
Nitin Gupta of CII said that the government's efforts to promote ease of doing business have improved things but land acquisition is still a hurdle. He said that negotiating with landowners is a difficult task. "While industrial land can be acquired in RIICO industrial areas, for mining land has to be acquired where the minerals are present. The land can be under forest or charagah, which creates problems," he said.
Of the 17 MoUs signed, only Wonder Cement's project, with an investment of Rs 1500 crore, has been implemented till April. Three projects — Hindustan Copper Ltd worth Rs900 crore, Hindustan Zinc Ltd worth Rs8357 crore and Ultratech Cement worth Rs2100 crore — are also under implementation.
Proposals of Rajputana Cement (Rs 3000 crore), Jindal Saw (Rs 2500 crore), NLC (Rs 5520 crore), FCI (Rs 250 crore), Ambuja Cement (Rs 2500 crore), Ramgad Mineral (Rs 500 crore) and Reliance Cement (Rs3400 crore) have not yet been approved as they are stuck over land issues or mining lease permissions.
A Rs2000 crore proposal by Marwar Cement is pending with the promoter while proposals of Harithal Marble (Rs5 crore), OJaswi Marble (Rs1000 crore), SAIL (Rs6500 crore), Rashtriya Isapat Nigam Ltd (Rs2500 crore) and Ultratech Cement (Rs3000 crore) have been dropped.
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Blogging in itself is a business. Several business people today are using blogging as an effective tool in promoting their businesses, and to tell you the truth, it seems to be really working for them. Just glancing at the layouts of some of the more popular business blog websites can give you an idea of how one might go about setting up their blog in order to attract sales and business. If you are trying to find out How to Start a Blog, and are looking for the most popular blog sites for business, then look no further than Google.
When wondering How to Start a Blog and searching for the most popular blog sites for business, Google is a good way to begin. Just type in what you are searching for and BAM! There are your search results. Depending on who you are and what you are looking for, Google displays an array of results that are bound to be what you are looking for. Some of the top sites for finding popular business blogs are Times Online and Blog Flux. They are usually located in the top 2 on Google.
Combined together, they list hundreds of top business blog websites. What is so great about Times Online is that they list their business blog sites by different categories, making it that much easier for you to find what you are searching for. Times Online lists every category from economics to utilities. Surprisingly enough, all of these blogs are setup quite well and are very interesting. You should take a look at them, they are extremely well written and very informative blogs.
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iLibrary - Regulation Compilations
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As the Norwegian shipyard Ulstein reported on 4 July, Nexans Subsea Operations placed an order for the construction of a large cable layer with a DP3 dynamic positioning system. A partially outfitted hull will be built in Gdynia.
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A trawler hull for Norwegian client launched at Remontowa Shipbuilding SA
To be delivered as a partially outfitted unit, the fishing vessel Taits for the Norwegian customer Westcon Yards AS (the first of two similar units on order) was launched on Tuesday, 27 March, 2018, at Remontowa Shipbuilding SA, Gdańsk.
Steel cutting ceremony for Swedish Navy's SIGINT ship at Nauta yard in Gdynia
The Polish Nauta Shiprepair Yard (SR Nauta SA) cut the first steel for the Swedish Navy's SIGINT ship on March 1, 2018, officially beginning the production phase of the vessel. The ceremony was also attended by officials from Saab, the Swedish defence group, which awarded the ship platform construction contract […]
Marine Projects has delivered a large superstructure to the German FSG yard, there will be more
As of early February – the heavy-lift operation of installation of the three blocks to form a superstructure of a new large ferry was underway at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG). Gdańsk based Marine Projects Ltd. Sp. z o.o. has delivered these partially, but to high extend outfitted, superstructure blocks for Flensburg based yard. […]
First hull launched at "reborn" Szczecin Shipyard
On January 17, 2018, at Szczecin Shipyard, on the Wulkan Nowy slipway / building berth, a launching took place, effected with use of the berth's large gantry crane, of another environmentally-friendly ferry for Danish client – Søby Værft A/S.
Partially equipped patrol ship from the Crist shipyard for Piriou in France
On January 17, 2018, a partially equipped auxiliary naval ship intended for the French Navy as the final recipient, was floated out from the graving dock of Crist SA yard (former Gdynia Shipyard SDII dry dock).
Another superstructure from Gdańsk for Dutch built luxury superyacht
Aluship Technology yard of Gdansk has signed a contract for the construction of aluminum superstructure for newbuilding no. Y719 under construction at Dutch Oceanco yard. The contract covers detailed engineering and workshop documentation as well.
Another live fish carrier from Marine Projects for Larsnes yard in Norway
On December 17, 2017, after a weeklong tow from Gdansk, a partially outfitted live fish carrier arrived to Larsnes Mek. Verksted AS yard, after delivery from Marine Projects Ltd. yard, established in 1989.
Montex shipyard has delivered partly outfitted fish carrying vessel
On December 2, 2017 Montex yard in Gdansk Northern Port was left, after skidding from quay onto a pontoon-barge, partly outfitted vessel Aqua Merdø destined for Norwegian yard. It was towed to Gdynia for launching in syncrolift at Naval Shipyard.
Construction of the ship dubbed "the world's largest hybrid ferry" commenced at Crist yard, Gdynia
The steel cutting ceremony of the Ulstein Verft's yard number 311, the plug-in hybrid ferry for Color Line, also known as "Color Hybrid" project, was held on Friday 14 July. The steel cutting was started at Crist – the yard contracted to supply the partly outfitted vessel to Ulstein. The event […]
Aine – another partly outfitted fishing vessel launched at Nauta Shiprepair Yard
On March 31st Nauta Shiprepair Yard launched partly outfitted fishing vessel for the Dannish client – Karstensens Skibsvaerft AS. Aine Fishing Company Ltd from Ireland will be the ultimate buyer.


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Today one of my many dreams came true; I sat my foot in Lofoten. This destination has always felt like this kind of magical place to me. This, of course, because of the stunning photos and videos you see and what people tell you. I've been planning to go for a long time, I just haven't had the chance yet but today finally the tables turned and it became a fact.
Office X was on a quest to find someone who lived outside a city and in which case we were able to target the amazing Kari Schibevaag, a world champion kite surfer. The reason for the interview was her not so normal way of living, quite untraditional really and I guess many Norwegians would call her rather weird and crazy. A bit mental even. She lives in a container on the beach up north in Lofoten among almost no other people. What the heck made her make that choice?
Well, to me her choice is understandable. I'd love to live in a container with huge windows in the middle of nature but what I couldn't stand is live in such a far distance away from a city. Then I mean a big city, like Oslo. Even oslo is a bit small to me. (SF = perfect)So I could definitely not be farther away then Bygdøy hehehe
Another thing I couldn't stand is the fact that its super cold and dark most parts of the year. I even freeze summer time in Oslo. How could I possibly survive and live happily there? (Again perfect temperatures for me is SF) Actually I am aiming to live in a minihouse like this or in a huge large hotel coliving place in the warmth somewhere.. Hopefully in not too long..
I'm pro living simple and owning nothing. At the moment im 28 and all the furniture I own is a working desk. The rest of what I own are clothes, shoes and books. I even think I have too much, when I move around it ends up looking way too much. I wish i could just fit everything in a suitcase. The less stuff I have the more freedom i feel. I can breathe. I guess thats how Kari feels too. Both me and Kari definitely are what you can name a minimalist. A cool and super interesting thing is that World economic forum predicts that this is the way we all are going that by 2030 you will own nothing. All products have become services, lots of things have become free, like travel and that you spend your money on is experiences. Im not sure how it will be with housing but I guess we will all rent? This is thanks to the shared and circular economy which is falling over us like a tsunami. Seriously I can't wait for the future to arrive its gonna be so beneficial for us and mother earth times trillions!
So conclusion, I want to be able to make new friends and old friends when ever I feel like it. And I also wan to be able to go to interesting events and so forth. Even though I love nature, and spend lots of time alone, I am a city girl by heart. I like people, I like experiences..Period.
Yes, indeed Lofoten was more than amazing. If Kari starts renting her house on Airbnb you really should book it right away, go there with your partner, you won't regret it. What hit me was that that's one of the best places in the world to propose to your loved one. It would be quite difficult to avoid a yes then. Laying in her bed... looking at the stunning view. Omg. Breathless and speechless. That would be the most memorable happening ever.
So, it really gave me a taste for more and next time I'll make sure to be there in end July/August when the heat has set for a few weeks.
Thanks for a wonderful day Kari!!


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What a lovely holiday treat to have a getaway as a family. We all enjoyed it much.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Daniel Fast - Take Two: Obedience or Submission
I think it is safe to say that across the board, it is more difficult this year.
I texted a friend the other day to say that I believe it is harder this year because we already know how difficult it is. Last year there was excitement and the unknown. This year there is dread and more dread.
I have pondered all of this and questioned my spirituality. The truth is - sacrifice isn't sacrifice unless it hurts.
And.... I am even unable to do the complete fast because I am having issues with my blood sugar. I am cutting out things though that I REALLY REALLY don't like going without.
But my thoughts tonight are not on "my" sacrifice, or even on "my" desires. My thoughts, my introspection tonight is on my lack of submission.
You see, I have obedience, but at the moment I don't have submission.
I am being brutally honest.
I don't WANT to give up diet coke.
Today, I gave up diet coke only because I feel bad that I am not doing the complete fast.
I am sick of drinking water.
I don't like water.
And, I have battled a negative attitude about it all day.
Again, I am just being brutally honest.
Now, the shallowness of my spirituality is screaming through this blog.
I will wake up tomorrow morning and read this and think, "Yikes!!! Did I really put that on the web for the world to see?" Then I will remind myself, that I should be more worried what HE thinks...... He already sees these issues in my soul.
What do I want more?
Diet Coke or a more passionate relationship with Christ?
What do I want more?
Diet Coke or my friends' unsaved children returning to Christ?
What do I want more?
Diet Coke or miracles of healing for my family?
What do I want more?
Diet Coke or a financial miracle for our church to be on our new land?
When I type it like that, put it in black and white, I feel ashamed.
So, in my heart of hearts, I want the spiritual things.
But in my physical being, I still want a diet coke.
I guess I am getting at the whole point of a fast- doing without something-
Letting that carnal, fleshly side of our lives die so that the spiritual side has more voice, more influence, more strength!
I spent more time in prayer today. I knelt at my bed and shared my feelings with my Savior.
I didn't hear the "Well done my good and faithful servant", but I did feel His encouragement and strength.
I didn't drink a diet coke.
Sacrifice isn't fun.
But a cleansed, victorious spirit is refreshing.
I want THAT more than a Diet Coke.
I want HIM more than a Diet Coke.
I want a heart that pleases HIM more than a Diet Coke.
I want to want what He wants MORE than a Diet Coke.
So with that, I think I am beginning to move from obedience to submission
- just beginning.
blessings to each of you and you consider your life of obedience or submission.....
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- LAURIE said...
It is much more difficult this time for us also, mainly because we are all on such different schedules and cooking is nearly impossible. We decided that this time, the best sacrificial committment we could make is to be more committed to prayer as a family. Therefore, because of health or other reasons, we are only fasting our evening meal and during that time we shut the world off and spend a great deal of time pouring our hearts over a family devo and going into a time of praying for others. This time of family praying has been awesome!! It is difficult to give up those carnal things...tonight there was a show on tv that Jordan really really wanted to watch and Clayton was really really tired and needed a nap before he went to work ... and the enemy almost got his way. But I was determined to not be defeated and we had our family devo and our prayer time and it was absolutely great!
God sees our heart and sees the sacrifice whether we fast one meal or two or just a diet coke.
You can make it Dorinda!!
love, Laurie
- February 3, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Beth in NC said...
I've done this fast before, so I can identify. Soft drinks aren't an issue for me, but CHOCOLATE.
I pray your desire for diet Coke will decrease each day as you continue to choose the Lord over your own desires. Our flesh certainly screams out when deprived doesn't it?
I have my own desires that scream out each day. Trust me. :-/
Thank you for sharing Dorinda. You are a beautiful example to so many!
- February 4, 2009 at 8:03 AM


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