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Papua New Guinea
No matter where you live, you're likely to feel a million miles from home here.
A Group of bare-chested, dark-skinned men stand on the shore of Garove Island in Papua New Guinea, staring at us. They wear elaborate feathered headdresses and grass skirts and their faces are painted in streaks of yellow ochre. As our expedition vessel moves close to the shore, I notice their necklaces are made of pigs' tusks. As we step off the boat a few minutes later, not one smiles and I can feel the anxiousness bubble up in my stomach.
Finally after what appears to be a standoff, one of the tribesmen moves forward, holds out his hand and says, "Welcome to New Guinea. We used to eat you, but now we greet you." He grins, displaying teeth and gums stained red from betel nut.
When I told my sister I'd signed up for a 12-day cruise to Papua New Guinea, she begged me not to go, because she was so concerned about my safety. As she noted, Michael Rockefeller (son of the late Vice President Nelson Rockefeller) disappeared there in 1961, after his dugout canoe overturned. No one knows whether he drowned, a crocodile got him or the cannibals ate him. I assured my sister that this incident happened half a century ago and that I'm going not by canoe but on a luxury cruise ship. Also, there are no longer any cannibals, and the only crocodile I'll see is behind a glass wall at the Wildlife Dome in Cairns, Australia.
Still, New Guinea—which lies just south of the equator and has the largest area of intact rainforest outside of the Amazon—is a million miles from the world where I live. The only urban city is Port Moresby, which is in stark contrast to the primitive coastal villages I plan to visit.
I have come here because I want to witness a culture in a country linked to ancient myths and rituals, where tribes in remote villages continue to inhabit thatched huts with no electricity and where women cook on communal stoves made of heated stones.
When the original migrants arrived here from Africa more than 50,000 years ago, each tribe spoke a different language. In the 16th century, a Spanish explorer named this place New Guinea because he thought the people looked like those he'd seen on the Guinea coast in Africa. Today, there are still more than 800 tribes and as many tongues, though some tribes speak pidgin, a simplified language with such words as wash-wash for swim and see-see for island.
Papua, itself a large see-see, has 300 other, smaller offshore islands with no roads, and the only way to see them is by boat. And while the islands are extremely remote, I have a spacious air-conditioned cabin, Internet access and a deck that circles the ship so I can run laps daily as the sun rises on the Coral Sea. Each morning we arrive in a new place and are immediately surrounded by a flotilla of dugout canoes, sometimes accompanied by drummers pounding out a greeting. Children in Papua learn to paddle almost before they can walk, and scores of kids in pint-sized canoes peer up at us, as curious about us as we are about them.
After a 24-hour journey on Qantas Airlines to Cairns and a charter flight to the township of Raboul, I board the Coral Princess cruise ship Oceanic Discoverer. The next morning I go on deck to see we have arrived in an oceanic lagoon, Garove Island. As soon as we walk onto the shore of this extinct-volcanic island, the villagers greet us in a receiving line, most chewing betel nut, a mild stimulant used since ancient times.
Our visit begins with a sing-sing, a welcome ceremony of singing, dancing and kundu drumming in which the participants wear colorful grass skirts or loincloths, feathered armbands and ankle bracelets made of leaves and feathers. The men are adorned with elaborate bird-of-paradise headdresses and the women wear flowers behind their ears and wreaths made from the pandanus leaf. All paint their faces in stripes, dots or zigzags, depending on the village, and in the colors of New Guinea: white, red, black and yellow. Often the female dancers are bare-breasted.
After the singsing, it's time to shop. Papua is full of skillful artists and, besides subsistence farming, selling their artifacts is one of the only ways they can earn money. I admire woven shoulder bags called bilums, wooden masks, spirit boards, shell necklaces, hand-carved wooden animals and shiny trays shaped like fish. I pause in front of a cone-shaped object. "Basket?" I ask the vendor. "Penis gourd," he says in heavily accented English.
When you see something you like, you start by asking how much. The seller names an amount and you say, "What's your second price?" That price is final—you don't ask for a third. My favorite finds are a long wooden flute shaped like a tribal figure, a wooden pig with mother-of-pearl eyes and a bare-breasted female fertility figurine. When I lift the grass skirt, I notice she's anatomically correct.
The villagers call us dim-dims, a pidgin word that isn't derogatory but that I find a little strange. Much stranger is when I pose the same question to several villagers and receive different answers from each. I ask, "How many cruise ships come here?" One islander replies that three come per year; another says one every month; a third tells me we're the first ship this year. Our onboard anthropologist explains that often the villagers will say anything because even if they don't know an answer, to not give one would be rude.
One morning in the Tufi Fjords I meet Tony, still in his sing-sing costume. I have learned that brides cost between $500 and $1,000 but can also be bought with a few dozen pigs and a big harvest of vegetables, so I ask Tony how much he paid for his wife. Thirty pigs, he says. He tells me he already has five children but wants three more daughters, because each will be worth 30 pigs. At lunch, I learn that Tony told another passenger he'd paid 90 pigs for his wife and has nine children and told a third passenger he'd paid 50 pigs for his wife and has seven children. Who knows?
Most of the Papua population is Christian, but ancient myths pervade its culture. The natives believe in the spirits of the dead, and when hunting, they call out the names of their ancestors so the spirits will wake up to help them draw a pig or fish closer. One afternoon, we visit Fergusson Island, known for its bubbling hot springs and extinct volcanoes. Mary, a local, leads us toward Dei Dei Hot Springs, which, she says, were discovered by a dim-dim. "If you call to him, he rises and you talk to him," she adds.
Mary raises her arms and begins to chant, trying to summon the dim-dim. Nothing. She calls out again. "Maybe he went out," she says. "If he were here, he would rise." Suddenly the water bubbles up, erupting into a 10-foot-tall geyser. "There's dim-dim here!" she says. As we walk back down the trail, she announces, "The dim-dim came and the white flowers are out. It's time to harvest the yams."
Yams are the staple food and the element that structures society on the Trobriand Islands, also known as "the islands of love." The natives use them as currency and to trade for food, rope and other supplies. They publicly display the yams in yam houses, elaborate hand-caved wooden huts. Yams are so important that couples cannot eat them together unless they're married. In the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom must eat the best yams in the village. Adolescents on the Trobriand Islands aren't allowed to eat yams to attract the opposite sex, though sex plays a huge role on these islands. The Trobriand Islanders have a completely different approach to sexuality and, each year, during the week of the yam-harvest festival, everyone—including young teens—is urged to have sexual relations. Women are as assertive as men, and multiple partners are encouraged during this week of free love.
In the Tufi Fjords, by the time a girl reaches puberty, she can choose to have her face and entire body tattooed. In one village we visit, a beautiful girl of 13 or 14 lies bare-breasted on palm fronds beneath a shady palapa. Her aunt, one of the few people in the village who knows the art of tattooing, bends over her and draws a design with a black marker on the girl's face. If the girl approves the design, the aunt will start the tattoo process, which will take three days. The girl is smiling because the tattoo is considered a feature of beauty. I cringe at the thought of the pain and how it will change her looks.
One morning I walk with an islander through the rainforest and he points out betel nut and paw-paw trees, then pulls a leaf off a pandanas tree. The leaves are used for floors, roofs and catching fish and he shows me their needle-like ridges, so sharp they can draw blood. "We tie the leaf to a stick," he says. "We throw the stick in the water, the fish grabs onto it and there's dinner." On another island, a guide points out the noni tree, whose fruit, leaves and bark cure everything from insect bites to infectious diseases. "We squish it up and make medicine," he says. I am in awe of these people who live so close to nature, in harmony with the rainforest and the sea, and whose community gardens overflow with yams, cocoa, casaba and taro.
By the time we return for lunch each day, I'm exhausted from all the morning activity. Afternoons are mellow and include swimming, snorkeling, taking a tour with the ship's biologist in the glass-bottomed boat or diving. Papua's coral reefs are pristine, and the sea is so warm we never need a wet suit. We move along the sandy sea floor, looking at coral and passing parades of lionfish, clownfish and other aquatic critters. On Pig Island, I follow the dive master beneath the sea to a former Japanese cargo carrier, now a sunken wreck. We swim around the former instrument of war, which has been transformed into a reef filled with colorful anemones.
I love my solitude on the ship, which offers plenty of secluded places to look out at the sparkling water, the surrounding hills blanketed in velvety shades of green and the cloudless sky where two red-footed boobies might swoop down to chase the flying fish. I think about the Papuans who have no TVs, computers or iPhones, yet seem so much more content than we are. On the last morning, I walk with a local schoolteacher and ask, "What's important to you?"
"The land," he says. "The land is my mother and my strength. The land is my life."
The Oceanic Discoverer, the author's home base for this journey, has 36 spacious staterooms with large ocean-facing windows, an excellent reference library, two cocktail bars, a small pool and lounge chairs on three decks.
Aboard the Oceanic Discoverer, the chef creates an endless array of fresh dishes with a hot and cold breakfast and lunch buffet and a formal dinner with three entrée choices. Afternoon tea includes freshly baked cakes.
The ship visits a new destination daily and the cruise includes island stops, snorkeling, swimming and diving (with a diving instructor). You can also choose a glass-bottomed boat for a guided beneath-the-sea tour. An anthropologist and a biologist give lectures and join guests on the islands.
Papua New Guinea, one of the world's most culturally diverse, rural and least-explored countries, occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and is north of Australia. It also includes many offshore islands.
Fly your jet to Australia's Cairns Airport (cairnsairport.com.au), which has a 10,354-foot runway. From Cairns, fly to Tokua Airport in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, which has a 5,643-foot runway. Phone +675 982 9033. You can also charter a jet from Cairns through Altitude Aviation (altitudeaviation.com.au). If you want to fly commercial, note that Qantas offers the most flights from North America to Australia. Delta, United and Air Zealand also fly to Cairns.
The author explored Papua New Guinea on the Oceanic Discoverer, a 12-day Coral Princess Cruise. The ship carries a unique expedition vessel, Xplorer, which has room for all 72 passengers, who board directly from the Discoverer's deck. The Xplorer is lowered in and out of the sea via electric cables—no inflatable boats necessary. Other options include Zegrahm Expeditions' 14-night cruise on a 100-passenger ship with 10 inflatable boats and Northstar Cruises' True North with a nine-night cruise for 36 passengers with six inflatable boats and optional helicopter sightseeing tours. Keep in mind that you'll need a visa (best obtained prior to departure) for entry into Papua New Guinea.
It's more than 24 hours from New York to Cairns, so it makes sense to take a few extra days to explore Australia before or after the cruise. The author's trip included extensions in Sydney and Cairns that were arranged by bespoke tour operator Ker & Downey.
Margie Goldsmith is a reporter, columnist and novelist who has visited 122 countries and written about them all.
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'There are 4 billion screw-in sockets out there and only a quarter of them have an energy-saving bulb,' says one expert.CFL bulbs, along with other technologies, can offer one or two decades of use, rather than the paltry year of most traditional incandescent lights.
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Montezumas frontman Kristian Matsson started recording a set of rustic, gravelly-voiced tunes, ones that nodded to fellow Swedes Homesick Hank and Thomas Denver Jonsson, under the nom de solo act the Tallest Man on Earth in the early 2000s. His self-titled debut EP was released on Sweden's Gravitation Records in 2006. The "Pistol Dreams" single followed one year later, leading up to the release of the Tallest Man on Earth's first full-length album, Shallow Grave, which hit stores in 2008. Matsson spent the rest of 2008 and 2009 touring, opening for Bon Iver and John Vanderslice as well as playing solo shows. After signing with Dead Oceans, Matsson released The Wild Hunt in April of 2010, which was quickly followed by a five-song EP titled Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird. His third studio full-length, 2012's There's No Leaving Now, eschewed the urgency and austerity of The Wild Hunt for a more relaxed and conversational approach.


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Because councilors were concerned about verifying all aspects of meeting legal standards, they requested the ordinance be reviewed before its final reading and potential adoption next month.
The ordinance was drawn up because new state rules only allow cities to perform background checks by ordinance going forward.
The ordinance would allow background checks for applicants to jobs with the City. These positions include full-time or part-time employees, volunteer firefighters, volunteer police reserve officers and anybody working with children or vulnerable adults. It does not apply to applicants or nominees to City boards or commissions.
Applicants for a liquor license, housing assistance administered by the City and for tenancy in rental housing owned or managed by the City will also be potentially subject to criminal background checks.
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Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 264
Total Fat 12 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Sodium 945 mg
Total Carbohydrate 11 g
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Protein 27 g
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Canola oil 2 teaspoons
Boneless pork loin, visible fat removed, and cut into cubes ½ pound
Snow peas, trimmed 1 cup
Red bell pepper, sliced into ¼-inch strips 1
Small white onion, sliced into ¼-inch strips ½
Reduced-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Freshly ground pepper to taste
- Heat oil in a wok (or large non-stick skillet) over medium-high heat. Add pork and stir-fry for about 5 minutes. Remove pork with a slotted spoon, cover, and set aside.
- Add peas, bell pepper, and onion to the wok, and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes. Then add the pork back in, along with the soy sauce. Stir-fry for another couple of minutes.
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Do you buy Andrew Garfield as an adult? I don't know that I do. He's 31 years old, I know that academically, but I don't think I really know that. Because when I see Garfield, I don't think "grown ass man". He's a Forever Child, which is why it's totally believable for him to be playing Peter Parker in the Spider-Man movies—he looks like he should still be in college. Full Story
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New York premiere of Magic In The Moonlight. Emma Stone showed up with her boyfriend Andrew Garfield. Of course her co-star Colin Firth was there too. Not a bad night, right? Many people thought Emma and Andrew would split as soon as they were done promoting Spider-Man, especially since…SPOILER ALERT… Her role in the franchise is done. Full Story
Summer couples
Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield were in New York today being cute and holding hands, enjoying the summer. There are rumours that the two are engaged. Whatever. I just care that they're happy and still together. In fact, if getting engaged jeopardises that, because of the pressure, then maybe they shouldn't be engaged. Full Story
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Emma & Andrew street kissing
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The video for Arcade Fire's We Exist has now been released starring Andrew Garfield in what may be one of the finest performances of his career. To me, it's what he's saying to me as he's dancing. Dancing by himself. Like totally …abandoned. Completely unselfconsciously. Full Story
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Here are Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield at the big New York premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 last night, likely the last major carpet they'll walk together in support of this movie, and maybe this franchise? I haven't seen it. But, you know, you know what they say about Gwen Stacy. Full Story


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"For the recently released DVD Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon, which includes 20 music videos featuring the slain Beatle, Yoko Ono edited herself into at least two of the original films, including one, #9 Dream, in which she is seen mouthing the backup vocals that were originally sung by May Pang, Lennon's girlfriend at the time, according to FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman. In an interview with Friedman, Pang remarked, "She [Yoko} is trying to erase everyone who had anything to do with John with her alone." Last month Yoko described her intentions to Rolling Stone: "Instead of just making an MTV kind of thing, we carefully considered what John would have wanted to express. Because he was so artistically inclined and so finicky, I think that we tried even harder to make sure it's something he'd be proud of."
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GServer implements a generic server, featuring
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Uninspired to watch: The NHL is back and I don't care
The NHL is back and I don't care.
Strike that. I care because of the innocent businesses and arena employees whose income was affected by the work stoppage. I'm excited for them that the lockout that began in September has finally ended. But other than that, there's not a bone in my body that's excited about NHL hockey at the moment.
My current disinterest in the league has nothing to do with protesting. This is not a situation where I'm ignoring a game I enjoy, just to stick it to the NHL and the NHLPA. I'm simply feeling uninspired to watch after sitting through yet another of the league's work stoppages—the fourth in the last two decades and the third lockout of the Commissioner Gary Bettman era—with this latest version having lasted for well over 100 days.
In the early stages of the lockout, I felt disgust toward Bettman, the owners and the players' association. I expected that, once NHL play started up again, my skipping games would be part of a personal boycott due to the greedy parties appearing to forget about the fans as they dragged out their back-and-forth.
But at some point in the last few weeks, my frustration gave way to apathy and, eventually, I found myself comfortably thinking I could live without NHL hockey. Now, I'm at a point where I need no convincing; I have no urge to turn on an NHL game as soon as they start-up.
Despite my lack of enthusiasm for the NHL brand of hockey, I'm very much feeling inspired to watch the sport itself. If I still lived in the DC area, I imagine going without NHL games would be tougher, as there aren't high quality hockey options in that region other than the Washington Capitals. The AHL's Hershey Bears are over two hours away and high level college hockey is even further. Perhaps I'd reluctantly go to Caps games, just to see some hockey, until my passion for the NHL eventually returned.
But a few weeks ago, my family and I moved to Connecticut and on Saturday night I attended my first Division I college hockey game in over 10 years, watching the Quinnipiac men's team defeat Harvard to extend their unbeaten streak to 14. The hockey was exciting, the arena was great and at no point did I find myself feeling like I was watching a lower quality product than I'd see at an NHL game (though obviously there is a difference in the overall skill level). I can't wait to get back to another college game and I imagine it will be weeks or days before I attend my next, not years like last time.
I'm not sure when I'll feel the urge to invest time and money in the NHL again. It could be weeks or days or months. I doubt I'm gone for good. But the end of the lockout hardly has me excited to watch. The last of that desire left me weeks ago, drained while witnessing two sides bicker as if they didn't care much about when NHL hockey started up again either, or for anyone but themselves. The agreement they are finalizing now would have been great news last summer.
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Well put. And I think it says a lot if you can ostracize such a devoted fan as yourself. I suspect the slightly less devoted (call them 'devoted-lite' perhaps) will be frothing at the mouth for the remainder of the season, but it certainly is tough. For me, in particular, for anyone fortunate and skiled enough to get paid to play a game or smart/wealthy enough to own a business that is rooted in a game, it's embarrassing to watch such ridiculous bickering, especially when the economic climate is such where some 'fans' have to significantly save to watch 'one' game and some players make more per that said game than the said fan would make in months or years.


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by John MacArthur
As new creatures living under the authority of Christ, believers have been rescued from the corruption of sin and set aside for righteousness (cf. Leviticus 20:26). Our new nature is no longer compatible with the world—the transforming work of salvation makes us aliens in a lost and dying society, at odds with the very things we formerly loved. The lordship of Christ forces us to denounce the impurity and worldliness that once informed our character and occupied our hearts.
Ephesians 5:3-4 has excellent words in this regard:
Immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
Immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
Those two verses alone rule out much of what passes as entertainment in our world today—sexual immorality and impurity, dirty jokes and silly talk, and anything that promotes greed or undermines the giving of thanks. In fact, that list is a pretty good summary of what is wrong with much of contemporary American media.
Movies, for example, are usually rated according to language, violence, sexual content, and thematic elements. Many of them are not just non-Christian, they are anti-Christian. I don't mean that they openly attack the Christian faith. But at least in some cases they might as well. They employ filthy language and lewd humor (Colossians 3:8, Titus 2:6-8); they glorify violence rather than peace (Titus 1:7, 1 John 4:7-8); they glamorize lust and immorality rather than holiness (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 1 Peter 1:16); they instill feelings of discontentment and desire rather than thankfulness (Ephesians 5:20, 1 Timothy 6:6); and they promote worldviews that are antithetical to biblical Christianity (2 Corinthians 10:5).
Does that mean a Christian should never watch movies? Not necessarily. But we must be discriminating about the things we allow into our minds. We are called to renew our minds (Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4:23, Colossians 3:16). When we continually fill our minds with the filth of this world, we do ourselves a great spiritual disservice.
(Adapted from Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong.)
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Thank you so much for this series. It dovetails nicely (as is always God's timing) with what we are discussing in our Sunday School class. We have been sharing this with our class and with other believers in our company as well.
The words are backed up by Scripture and therefore cannot be refuted - so when we are convicted as we read - we must then make changes in our lives to make sure we line up with Scripture in every area.
The impact of this blog is far reaching and we praise God for your faithfulness to stand true and firmly to His Word!
To God be the Glory!
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This blog was very encouraging. The Lord convicted early last year concerning the movies I would watch. I discussed it with my then fiance, now husband and ever since we have been miinful of what we watch. I live in miami and the culture down here is all about fashin, money, and success. There is almost NOTHING safe here. We went bowling one evening and they were showing a music video with half naked women. Everything has been corrupted and defiled. Even now, we find it hard to go out and still enjoy our surroundings. What do you guys suggest?
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Joyce Smith, if it bothers your conscience, you should seriously consider removing yourself from the environment that troubles you. Our consciences are powerful tools given us from God. I would read one of the previous GTY blog entries ("Principles for Living to God's Glory: Endangerment") which discusses this principle in depth.
Thank you Dr. MacArthur for reminding us of what is taking place in our culture at-large and for pointing us to the Scriptures to help us examine ourselves (as we always need to be reminded). Your blog is very helpful and I do appreciate how you are using the NASB to take your Scripture quotations. As I look around me and see what is taking place in our culture, I see more and more decadence, moral compromise and even distain for the things of Christ and of God. People are so pre-occupied with the latest electronic gadgets (iPhones, iPads, Bluetooths, etc.) that it seems that no one ever actually sits down and reads a book anymore. Witness all the bookstore chain closings. I proposed to my wife that we should not have a t.v. in our home because of the lack of any wholesome programming and I am so very thankful that she agreed with me on this issue. When I sometimes see what is coming out of the mouth of 'actors' who are supposed to be providing me with 'entertainment' these days all I can hear is 'beep', 'beep', and more 'beep' ...
Amen and thank you.
What really troubles me is the professing Christian going the way of the world. It is expected that the "World" will live in the muck and mire. But one can hardly distinguish a Christian and non believer when it comes to the worlds so called entertainment. They like the same shows on television we have no business watching, same musical artists, same movies etc,. Another disturbing trend where I live is the Christian radio. There are times, if I didn't know what channel I had on, would take me a minute to realize it was Christian. These stations have gone the way of the world trying to relate with the youth and culture and besides throwing the older people under the bus who supported them for 40 years or more are trying to attract the lost by appealing to there tastes of shows, silly jingles and obnoxious humor. I also find they are pulling more and more sound bible teaching programs like Grace to you and replacing them with trendy "cotton candy" watered down programs or some talk show talking about soccer moms and baking cookies with no mention of God at all. Thank the Lord for Dr. MacArthur who does not back down in the culture we live in. Christians may find themselves fighting just being able to have freedom of speech on Christian radio.
Great move in discarding the TV! I myself have thought about this quite a bit but have not yet done it. Having a TV in the home, for any serious-minded Christian involves tremendous discipline in the use of it. It certainly takes true and abiding love for Christ - as evidenced by a sustained walk in the Spirit - to bolster and support such discipline. I venture to say that most of us Christians fall short on such discipline. In such cases, discarding the TV should definitely be taken very seriously. I assume that you now 'thrive' on reading. Do you read the news online? If you do, are you not still bombarded with all kinds of ungodly images while doing so?
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Been doing a bit of research and I wondering given my situation - I'm a singer/songwriter who gigs on a fairly regular basis as a solo performer and once in a while I also have a band behind me. I have a 1974 Guild D44 - now it seems as if the iBeam (passive) would be better suited for solo acoustic performances given that it is prone to heaviness and boom at higher volumes (cited from another thread) but I don't want to limit my guitar's capabilities. Ive heard the M1 and I feel it looses a bit of the warmth and intimacy found in the iBeam (passive), yet given a live band situation would it be ok to use iBeam or is better to do a combo of iBeam with imix and M1? - similar to what Tom Petty uses.
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SO, today's TeaPoll and discussion topic is all about Black Tea. I think we hit just about every tea but black (need to do tisanes tomorrow maybe). So, what are your thoughts on the tea that started it all in the western world. Many of us started with black tea, many of us are still digging the deep rich brew. So, share with everyone where you stand on black tea today!
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Sorry for the late post, but no one gave a definite answer.
It's due to caffeine. The more you steep, the more caffeine you extract, same thing happens with temperature.
riccaicedo wrote:Sorry for the late post, but no one gave a definite answer.
It's due to caffeine. The more you steep, the more caffeine you extract, same thing happens with temperature.
riccaicedo wrote:Then how do you explain the low bitterness of houjicha and kukicha (which are low in caffeine) even if brewed at high temps, long brewing time?
Caffeine isn't the only chemical in the world that has a bitter flavor but in tea it's the major one.
Catechins are the main agent for astringency as well, so perhaps high astringency may increase the sense of bitterness?
riccaicedo wrote:Maybe it's not caffeine alone, but according to this link:
Which has an experiment from a chemistry professor, says that "In fact, it would take a six-minute infusion to remove 80% of the caffeine".
Hence caffeine still plays a role even after a long steeping time.
Why is gyokuro brewed at lower temperatures? To avoid the caffeine (bitter taste) that extracts more efficiently at high temperature while enjoying the mild sweet taste (L-theanine and other amino acids).
I'm also guessing that if you concentrate any tea (by greatly over steeping) we may perceive it as bitter too, aided by the high astringency of catechins.
AlexZorach wrote:Unless I up the temperature or greatly up the steeping time with each progressive steeping (both of which I sometimes do) I find it gets less bitter. I've found this true of all kinds of tea.
Perhaps you brewed the first one too hot?
riccaicedo wrote:I did more research today and it definitely seems that caffeine and catechin play a role in the bitterness.
I would post the links but I'm not allowed yet, I should have read the forum rules before
Another interesting thing I found, but which is more complicated to discuss, is that people perceive bitterness in a different way than just because of concentration of certain bitter compounds. Other non bitter compounds can heighten or lower the perceived bitterness.


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This hairstyle by Vanilla is a revisiting of the classic lounge diva that brought Frank Sinatra to his knees. Irresistible and alluring curls never fail to amaze the young and adult crowd. They are classy and even made classier by the fringe weakly curled or waved at the tip to join a band of blonde ribbons that are heightened by hair gloss and kept together by lacquer. Pure amazement.
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Memoir Prompts:
Did your family settle near any major rivers? How about creeks or "criks" as my Grandma pronounced it.
Did you ever stand in doorways during storms because some believed it was safer?
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Modern and elegant hotel/ located strategically in the business area of Sant Boi de Llobregat/ readily accessible to the El Prat Barcelona Airport/ only 5 km of distance /with free shuttle from airport to hotel and from hotel to airport/ and closer to Barcelona /only 15 km. of central and well connected by public transport/ make this hotel one of the best options to stay or to hold a business meeting or celebration. The perfect place to stay with the comfort of being on the outskirts of Barcelona/ but well connected and only 15 km from the cultural attractions and sports offered by the city/ such as La Sagrada Familia/ Las Ramblas/ Plaza Catalunya/ Passeig de Gracia/ La Catedral/ Camp Nou and the Olympic Area/ just 7 km from the beach and 3 km from the Stadium Cornella-El Prat. With a modern quality facilities designed to make your stay unique/ the hotel offer you 229 exterior rooms equipped with all kinds of details/ with LCD TV and Wi-Fi included. At the same time/ you can enjoy 2000 SQM of meeting rooms/ most with natural light/ perfect for meeting and celebrations/ as well as a terrace of over 1.200 SQM/ which can become a unique location for organizing an event. And for your relaxation/ we have created Natural space/ a spa with more than 1/200 square meters/ where part of the Spa/ we have a gym and a massage service and therapeutic treatments. Free shuttle service/ from and to the Airport/ every day and during 24 hours. Due to maintenance work/ the pool of the SPA in Hotel Front Air Congress will be closed from the 7th June to 11th June. From the next 1st of September the Hotel Front Air Congress Hotel offers to their guests a free shuttle Service to the city of Barcelona. This service will be available 7 days a week. The schedule is- Hotel to Plaza Espana- 10 a.m. and 11 a.m./6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Plaza Espana to Hotel- 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m./ 6.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. This is a service with a limited capacity. The schedule could be affected due to the traffic.
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Hot or coldTuesday, June 29th, 2010
Helicopter pilots refer to certain operations as hot or cold. A hot operation is one where the engines are kept running during the procedure and cold is with everything shut down. The arguments for and against hot operations center around safety vs. time savings.
For EMS operators, one of the more common hot operations is loading the helicopter. Many times at an accident scene the pilot will keep the helicopter running while the medical crew gets out to retrieve the patient. Since the idea of helicopter EMS, especially with trauma patients, is to save time, the hot loading of patients is performed routinely. However, there have been studies that have shown very little time difference between hot loading, shutting down the helicopter, and then restarting it to depart. The argument for shutting down is that maneuvering around a running helicopter can be hazardous. For example, people have walked into tail rotors and objects have come in contact with the main rotor system. On the other hand, helicopters are mechanical machines and there have been cases where the helicopter failed to start. On an accident scene, this could shut down a highway for a much longer period of time and delay getting the patient to a trauma center.
Another hot operation that is performed is refueling. Pilots trying to save time or an engine start (turbine engines have start cycle TBOs) will ask to be hot refueled. For trained personnel this can be preformed safely on most helicopters especially when the fueling point is low and below the engine. A fueling port high up on the fuselage and above the engine increases the possibility of a fire if fuel spills. Also, climbing on a ladder or other object to reach the fuel port can place personnel dangerously close to a spinning rotor system.
The case for proper training was apparent several years ago when I was watching a Bell JetRanger giving rides at an air show. When the pilot needed fuel, I watched someone drive a pickup truck, with a fuel tank in the bed, up close to the helicopter. The driver climbed out, ran around to the back, and jumped up into the bed. He stood completely up and then quickly ducked. He obviously felted how close his head came to the spinning rotor system. I turned away because I thought he was going to get hit. I remember thinking, wow, he was lucky!


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Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Founded in 1910, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery has a varied programme of exhibitions and events, a shop and cafe as well as galleries highlighting its art, human history and natural history collections.
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Saturday - 10am to 5pm
Closed Sundays and Mondays
The Cottonian collection at Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery is a Designated Collection of national importance.
The Designated Cottonian Collection was bequeathed to the city of Plymouth by William Cotton (1794 -1863) from whom it takes its name, but the collection was largely assembled during the 18th century by Charles Rogers (1711 - 1784). His connoisseurship, combined with an extensive network of contacts in the art world, resulted in a collection of some 20,000 prints, drawings and paintings, regarded by his contemporaries as one of the finest in England. A 30-day sale in 1799 reduced the collection by two thirds but, nevertheless, the collection inherited by Plymouth is of outstanding quality and provides rare insights into the history of printmaking.
The Cottonian Collection gallery features paintings by Reynolds, Kaufmann, Ruysdael, Laroon etc; works on paper by Altdorfer, Watteau, Guercino etc; furniture, figurines and prints.
Permanent galleries showcase items from World Cultures, Ancient Egypt, archaeology, maritime and local history, Natural History and Fine and Decorative Art collections.
Collection details
World Cultures, Social History, Photography, Personalities, Natural Sciences, Maritime, Land Transport, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Coins and Medals, Archaeology, Weapons and War
Key artists and exhibits
- Joshua Reynolds - various
- A Kaufmann - Beauty Yielded Unto Love...
- E Burne-Jones - Venus Concordia
- Stanhope Forbes - The Fish Sale
- Patrick Heron - Rectilinear Reds & Blues
- Prunella Clough - Waiting
- Beryl Cook - Lockyer St Tavern
- J W Waterhouse - The Hamadryad
- J M W Turner - Kilchurn Castle
- J M W Turner - Plymouth from Mount Edgcumbe
- A Landini - Indecision
- H S Tuke - Taking a Spell
- J Olsson - The Sound...
- Newlyn Paintings
- Camden Town
- Maritime Paintings
- Exhibits may not always be out on permanent display. Please contact the Museum to check before paying us a visit if there is something you specifically wish to see.
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The Imaginators
The Imaginators are a group of toddlers aged from around 18 months old and upwards, pre-school children, mums, dads, grandparents and carers who meet up on selected Wednesdays throughout the year to explore the Museum and have fun! With a focus on play, exploration and learning, every week is different as we journey around our galleries, objects and paintings.
The children learn to build relationships and try their hand at activities such as painting, singing and making, all the time using their developing skills and their imaginations.
Younger siblings/older babies are welcome too. Sessions run from 10.30-11.30 and are led by one of our Arts Education Officers.
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Advance booking is essential so call Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery on 01752 304665 to reserve your place(s).
Wild About Plymouth
Wild About Plymouth is a family-friendly natural history group that is open to anyone in the Plymouth area. It is led by enthusiastic experts from Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth City Council's Nature Conservation Team and the University of Plymouth, plus other selected partners. We have a range of events on offer between now and summer 2009. See the website for a full calendar of Wild About Plymouth events.
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Mediterranean Tuna Wrap
- 2 (6-ounce) cans chunk light tuna in water, drained well
- 1/4 cup finely diced red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1/4 cup chopped calamata olives
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 6 cups pre-washed mixed greens (about 3 ounces)
- 4 whole-grain wrap breads (about 2 ounces each)
- 2 large tomatoes, sliced
In a medium bowl combine the tuna, onion, parsley, olives.
In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pour about 2/3 the dressing over the tuna mixture and toss to combine. In a separate bowl, pour the rest of the dressing over the greens and toss to combine.
Place some tuna salad onto each piece of wrap bread. Top with 1 1/2 cups of greens and a few tomato slices. Roll the wraps and serve.
Recipe Analysis Note: Recipe Analysis Note: Ingredients without discrete measurements such as "Salt, to taste" or "Ice cream, optional" are omitted from analysis. This is because amounts can be highly variable and difficult to determine.
Eating Healthy in 2009. Copyright 2007 Ellie Krieger, All Rights Reserved.
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Those who disagree with governor are still New Yorkers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo went too far recently when he slammed "these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault weapon, anti-gay," adding, "They have no place in the state of New York, because that's not who New Yorkers are."
Actually, that is how many New Yorkers are. For instance, a public opinion poll conducted a year ago revealed 79 percent of Empire State residents did not favor liberalizing abortion laws, which is part of Gov. Cuomo's agenda.
Of respondents to a nationwide Gallup poll in 2012, 50 percent described themselves as pro-life, with only 41 percent saying they were pro-choice.
The governor was being an extremist himself in making these comments Jan. 17 on Susan Arbetter's "Capitol Pressroom" radio show. Rather than being a diverse state, he suggested, New York is a monoculture where millions of people who hold certain, very common opinions are not tolerated.
He was very wrong. The framers of the U.S. Constitution would have been shocked. Just because we disagree on political and social issues doesn't mean we can't live together.
But he was right about one thing: Clearly, extremism is a problem in New York.
As Enterprise readers may remember, we have written editorials in the past supporting gay marriage and doubting the necessity of assault weapons. Those views haven't changed, but we would never tell those who disagree with us that "they have no place" in our town or state. They're our neighbors, family members, friends, etc., and we respect their humanity much more than we care about their politics.
Anyone can let an unguarded thought slip. We don't expect people who object to abortion or gun control or gay marriage are going to leave New York just because of this stray comment, and we don't expect Gov. Cuomo is about to bring in the Thought Police to kick those who disagree with him out of the state. If he apologizes – and he should – this comment can be forgiven, even if it continues to irk some New Yorkers for some time.


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Quiet Apartment at Pont Cardinet
尺寸28 平方米
Floor No.4
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Accommodation summary
|Rue Legendre, 75017 Paris, 法国
Cheerfully coloured apartment features modern floorboards and a mini stereo. It consists of a room with a pull-out bed and storage space, and a desk area. The kitchenette includes a kettle, microwave and cooking utensils. Towels are provided in the colourful bathroom.
The iconic Moulin Rouge is 15 minutes' walk from the apartment. Brochant Metro Station is 400 meters away, providing guests with direct access to the Champs-Élysées Avenue and Les Invalides Museum.
The surrounding area hosts numerous shops, restaurants and cafés. The beautiful Parc Monceau is within walking distance.
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Richard is a great host! Always helpful and ready to give information. The place is cosy and in a quiet but central area, close to the metro. Absolutely recommendable!
Perfect flat with a perfect Richard. There is all in what you need. It´s a nice two room flat, with kitchen and bathroom. The flat is clean, fresh bed linen, coffee, sugar, a guitar in the corner. All what you need for a good start in paris.
Richard have good tips for the flat and paris and is very helpful.
I hope we see us again!
Wat a perfect little Parys appartment! Close to Metro, bus and shops. Studio was very clean and towels\linnen smelt nice and fresh like they have been washed that morning. Richard is very friendly and takes his time to explain everything. I will definately book this studio next time I come to Paris!!!
Richard, thanks for your kind hosting during our visit in your beautiful and clean apartment. We loved our stay in Paris and will surely come back again!
Richard was waiting for us at the entrance way when we arrived. He was very friendly and helpful and not at all imposing. All worked out well here.
Thank you very much!Very nice real parisian apartement!Very good location!Very hospetable host:)))
Clean, calm, nicely decorated, very bright, 2 small but practical rooms. Ideal for a couple. I was there with my daughter, we liked it very much. The view over the Paris roofs was delightful. Richard is a very helpful host. Thank you to him.
The apartment was simple, small and cozy. The host is a very nice and helpful man. He gave us a map of Paris and explained every question we had very well. Look out when showering for the water can become very hot. Overall we enjoyed enormously staying in his apartment. A supermarket just around the corner. The apartment itself is quiet. But on the streets it was busy and quite dirty too. For me that was all right, but my 12 year old daughter thought it was too crowdy.
Very quaint, clean, and good location apartment at a good price. Be clear it takes 4 flights of stairs to get to it. And, there are no "real" beds (only couches that make into a bed...one major regret I had in staying there). Richard is wonderful but doesn't speak much English, so it takes some work. The flat is very small but workable. If he can make the beds better, it's a great place if you're not the "hotel-type."
This is a very nice apartment. Compact but with everything you might need. Very clean and bright - situated in a neighbourhood with good, cheap restaurants. convenient for the metro. The beds were both very comfortable and the apartment was quiet at night. Our host, Richard, was extremely helpful and pleasant to deal with, both before and during our stay.
C'est un très bel appartement. Compact mais avec tout ce que vous pourriez avoir besoin. Très propre et lumineux - situé dans un quartier avec des bons restaurants pas chers, pratique pour le métro. Les lits étaient très confortables et l'appartement était calme la nuit. Notre hôte, Richard, était extrêmement serviable et agréable, avant et pendant notre séjour.
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