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Wandering, listening, keeping a vigil, gazing,
moved to tears at times by compassion,
gentle music, light filled landscapes,
requests for prayers, some even asking
for a warm embrace, a touch of grace.
In this early morning silence,
I hear an anthem, a communion song,
where we meet in the flow of human cries
sharing our laughter,
the loneliness of pain,
the victories and the light
we see in another's eyes.
Walking in a soft spring rain
we exchange a glance
and feel the dance of life together.
Grateful for those who brave the wilderness
catching their moments on film
to share their gold
in the visions they behold,
We vanish in a painting
and feel the artist's vision,
delight in a crashing surf,
quietly wondering sometimes,
if anyone is out there somewhere,
and if they truly care.
I can hear the muffled cries
the lonely sighs,
as my eyes fill with tears.
Sometimes our stories are real
and hearts are pure and true.
Sometimes they are not,
but still we reach to feel a part
embraced in the oneness
of a universal heart.
We are companions on this journey
when we reach out in longing
yearning for a sense
of true belonging.
The greatest Love the world
has ever known is so very near,
if we could only open
with the faith to hear and feel
how real the whispering spirit can be
who truly does reside and dwell deep inside
this sanctuary of grace, the sea
where we are one.


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NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters Life!) - Construction cranes on beaches, damaged coral, and floating trash in the turquoise waters off Bali are an unfortunate sign of just how successful the Indonesian resort island has been in attracting tourists.
Foreign visitors have been drawn to the unique Hindu culture, art and volcanic landscapes of Bali since the 19th century, but in recent years growing wealth in Asia has spurred new hordes of tourists from around the region.
The island has also used its charm to become a top venue for international conferences and events involving thousands more people, many of which take place in the Nusa Dua resort complex, south of the airport, where international hotel chains such as Westin and Marriott have taken root.
The flood of cash from these conferences, during which room prices surge due to tight demand, is prompting the bulldozing of hills for more resorts in an island that some people already think is far too crowded, with little or no thought given to the limits of the environment.
"What is happening in Bali now is over-exploitation of the tourism industry. A policy of selling it cheap, and exploiting it to the last bit," said Wayan Suardana, the head of local green group Walhi in Bali.
Suardana said old resorts should be renovated and that attention needs to be paid to a host of problems born from the surging success that include a scarcity of electricity and clean water, mounting trash, and traffic jams.
But instead, the local government has given the go-ahead to build a 200-hectare resort to host the 2013 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Jimbaran, a hilly area overlooking a beautiful bay, threatening farmers' livelihood, Suardana said.
In the Nusa Dua area, the small, winding road is misted by dust from construction on developments in at least three adjacent areas and streams of trucks carrying rocks and cement.
Wayan Solo, the administrative head of Benoa — where Nusa Dua is located — said two resorts and a villa complex are being built just south of Nusa Dua, with completion set for next year.
Mass-market tourism, which arrived in Bali several decades ago, proved invaluable for the tiny, densely populated island, half the size of Jamaica but with a population of 3.5 million.
With not enough fertile land to go around, tourism provided jobs in hotels, services, manufacturing of things such as souvenirs and furniture, and construction.
Despite some downturns during the political turmoil of the late 1990s and after incidents such as 9/11 attacks in the United States, the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings, and the 2008 financial crisis, tourism is rebounding more strongly than ever.
Some 2.4 million people flew in to Bali in 2009, nearly double the 2005 figure. According to government statistics, the number of arrivals at Bali's airport for the first half of this year is up 10 percent compared to the same period last year.
With its magnificent aquamarine water, white sand beaches, majestic cliffs, and numerous hotels, arid southern Bali has been Indonesia's main tourist magnet for decades.
But the hundreds of hotels have absorbed water in the small island of 3.5 million residents, said Suardana, leaving farmers in the northern part of Bali, which has working plantations of crops such as rice and coffee, chronically short of water.
Still more land is taken out of agricultural commission all the time. Bali's Environmental Agency said 700 hectares of land is converted yearly for hotels, roads and housing, some of it villas for foreigners and wealthy Indonesians.
In addition, the hotels produce growing mountains of trash. Some 13,000 cubic meters of trash arriving at processing plants across Bali per day, but only half is being processed, said Alit Sastrawan, head of the agency.
Lack of monitoring has also meant that trash from big hotels may be dumped on just any available empty land, said Made Suarnata, the head of the Wisnu Foundation, which campaigns for community-based waste recycling.
Perhaps even more serious is damage to one of the island's biggest draws, its pristine waters.
Decades of development in southern Bali have contributed to coral bleaching and beach erosion, adding to damage from an El Nino weather pattern in the late 1990s.
"What used to be a huge reef in Sanur, the natural barrier of Bali, was covered by sedimentation, the result of massive development and reclamation in southern Bali, bleaching and eventually killing the coral," said Ketut Sarjana Putra, a scientist at Bali-based Conservation International Indonesia.
While Sanur's reef is beyond hope, coral is recovering in northwestern Pemuteran and the neighboring island of Nusa Penida. But something has still been lost, with long-term divers saying fish numbers are sharply lower.
Thinking of the environmental degradation, Suarnata recalled an old Balinese saying, "Merta matemahang Wishya" — "a blessing that is not managed well can turn to danger."
He added: "The tourism industry has given us good benefits, but if we aren't serious about managing it, with trash piling up across the island and inviting disease, who would want to come?"
Editing by Elaine Lies

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By far my two favorite videos of the day. Both made me laugh equally as much.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
I'm sorry, I just thought this was too funny.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Bonjour tout le monde. After a weekend filled with ups and downs I was able to snag (actually Brian snagged for me!) an autograph from Ben Gibbard who was on the same flight as us. That totally made going home much more pleasant.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
I just discovered this today...hilarious!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Museum Visit
Last night on a whim Brian and I decided to go check out the EMP Museum. All I had ever heard about this museum were great things and to be honest, I had high expectations. I am happy to say it definitely lived up to every one of them. Originally I was most excited about the Jimi Hendrix exhibit but both Brian and I felt that the Nirvana exhibit was just awesome. So, if you have a chance to check it out ever...Do!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Operation Closet
Yesterday I decided to take on a project in my closet. Let me preface this post with whoever lived in this apartment before us certainly put up with a lot of things and they either didn't care/didn't care or didn't care. :) Amongst all the improvements I wanted to redo the shelving in my closet. The way it was when we moved in was all my clothes were basically hanging on top of my shoes. Well...I am a tall girl so bending over to "hang up my clothes" was annoying and let's face it, who wants their clothes resting on top of their dirty shoes? Not me. So I got the parts this weekend and tried to install it yesterday. Unfortunately when it comes to using an electric drill I am not competent so Brian helped me when he came home from work. So now that it's all installed today I am going through all my clothes (I have more than I even realized) and deciding what to keep and what to sell/give away. I am actually looking forward to this...I am one of those people that really likes to organize my shoes and clothes. Also, I am really looking forward to cleaning up the giant pile of clothes hanging out on my floor.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Ray Part Deux
Ray LaMontagne - For the Summer
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Today I am really digging Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain
Except track 1...I've heard that song too many dang times to still like it!
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The video opens with our unlikely saviour walking along a path that leads through a field of windmills.
"The Intimate Christ, the Son of the Father of all the Lights, must seek Pistis Sophia in order to save her." (Pistis Sophia Revealed, Chapter 39)
|"I don't wanna go there. We should never go there. Why you wanna go there? I guess I gotta go there." (Intro song lyrics)
|He is The One, the living embodiment of the Word.
(a high-tech version of Denzel Washington's character in The Book of Eli)
|Denzel Washington's reminder to himself in a scene from the movie Deja Vu...You Can Save Her.
|The Flower of Life
|The Flower of Life motif in the pattern of light shining on The Lovers.
"It came to pass then, when Pistis Sophia saw me shining most exceedingly and with no measure for the light which was about me, that she was in great agitation and gazed at the light of my vesture. She saw the mystery of her name on my vesture..." (Christ, Pistis Sophia, Chapter 29)
Notice how Brown sits higher up in the shadows mirroring her saddened pose. For all the while as she suffered, he suffered. As above, so below.
|Grieving Sophia.
In the song, this is reflected by Runa's reaction to rumors of Brown's infidelity and his attempt to explain.
"Please don't judge me. And I won't judge you. And if you love me, then let it be beautiful." (song lyrics)
Here we see that there is both an inner journey of personal integration to psychic wholeness and an outer manifestation of that journey taking place simultaneously on a universal level. Again, as above so below.
|As Above, So Below
This is the dynamic of the He/She, the interdependent relationship between the Dreamt Of and the Dreamer. She can only be saved if he is a hero, but he is only a hero because she believes he can save her.
Their redemption and salvation (and thus the whole world's) is intimately, cosmically tied to one another...always.
Alas, it is a suicide mission.
|Brown is strapped into a chair and shot out into space (just like Jodie Foster in the movie Contact).
(In a nice real life sync wink, Runa Lucienne was an engineering intern at NASA in 2009 where she worked on the design of the Orion cockpit.)
|He is the weapon, the Living Light.
|He detonates and destroys the evil coming to take over the Earth.
"I'm doing a service for my country and my planet. If that means saving the people I love and I care about, then that's what I'll do." (Brown's last words in the video)
"For the sake of sinners, therefore, have I torn myself asunder at this time and have brought them the mysteries, that I may free them from the æons of the rulers and bind them to the inheritances of the Light..." (Christ, Pistis Sophia, Chapter 133)
In the final scene of the video The Lovers are together again, locked in an eternal embrace that transcends time and death.
|The Pistis Sophia (the aspect of Soul within each one of us that longs to end its suffering and be redeemed) joined with the Intimate Christ (x)
Death is but a door.


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However, growth prospects appear good in the long term and the company's expectations are for the market to rebound slowly but surely over the coming years.
Residential leasing sector – pricing analysis:
* New tenant housing budgets have seen a decrease of 25% to 30% from previous years;
* Villa rental figures have softened since Q4 2010 to an average of 1100 OR per month for a 4/5 bedroom villa in central/western Muscat;
* Outlying areas such as Bowsher and Mawaleh have increased in popularity driven by lower prices and improved road access to central areas;
* Integrated Tourism Complex (ICT) projects such as The Wave and Muscat Hills remain in demand due to the quality of housing and modern design.
Residential leasing sector – market summary:
There are some signs of increasing stability in the residential leasing market but further softening of rental values can be expected in the short to medium term, particularly as the supply of new apartments comes into the market. The long-term outlook is that the market should start to show signs of recovery as the economy continues to expand.
Cluttons notes that positive growth in the number of tenants seeking housing results from both new employees coming into the country as companies expand and existing residents seeking better areas or larger properties for their money.
The report also highlights that there has been a notable change in tenant demand trends over recent years. The average housing budgets are lower and many tenants are offering significantly lower than listed rates while continuing to expect the highest of standards. On average, new tenant housing budgets have seen a decrease by 25-30% from previous years, which have resulted in tenants having to search harder and further afield to meet their expectations.
Overall there has been a continued growth in available housing but the design and quality of housing has not necessarily progressed to meet tenant requirements. As the market changes, property types will need to shift with tenant demands and developers will need to build more modern housing aimed at the consumer's wants and needs. Cluttons foresees a two-tier market developing between well-designed properties suited to tenant requirements and properties which are poorly designed or built.
Residential sales sector – pricing analysis:
* Demand increases for affordable housing, with five developments comprising 346 villas in development in the Seeb area;
* The average size of these villas is 240 to 280 square metres of built up area;
* Average prices for affordable housing developments are generally from RO 300 to 320 per square metre.
Residential sales sector – market analysis:
The population of Oman has grown with approximately 73% of the population now living in urban areas. The result has been an increasing need for housing designed for and affordable to the local population in western areas of the city such as Al Khoud and Seeb.
Several developers have picked up on these trends and there is increasing development of affordable housing in these areas, which is boosted by the recent opening of the Muscat Expressway which has improved travel times to the more established, central parts of the city.
Affordable housing is generally priced at RO 300 to 320 per square metre, which has led to strong market interest and sales. Properties priced above this level have struggled in comparison. Cluttons expects to see further expansion in this nascent sector.
Retail sector – pricing analysis:
* Rental rates in purpose built retail centres vary from RO 8 to RO 32 per square metre per month;
* Rental rates in retail units such as Muscat City Centre, The Wave and the Royal Opera House are still high with retailers willing to pay the premium to be associated with these developments;
* 65% of demand is focused at units in the 100 – 200m squared category, compared with 10% at over 1000m squared;
* In 2010 it was estimated that Oman offered 300,000 square metres of leasable space within retail malls
Retail sector – market analysis:
The pace of retail mall development has slowed significantly, and Cluttons notes that it would appear that the appetite for further large-scale retail space has been sated to a large degree in the short to medium term. Reasons for this include the fact that levels of per capita disposable income are relatively low in comparison to other GCC countries, and that Muscat is not seen as a shopping destination, unlike Dubai.
The only large-scale retail mall currently under development is the delayed 60,000 square metre Tilal Grand Mall in Al Khuwair.
Interest remains good for smaller scale retail malls in niche locations aimed at high-end consumers. These are attracting significant tenant interest and high rental values.
Examples include the Royal Opera House Mall and the retail development at the Wave; both offer around 6000 square metres of leasing space.
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|Schley (SS-52) forward looking aft, 9 January 1917.
Note the construction of two other submarines on the ways to the left.
The only other submarines under construction at Fore River were O-3 (SS-64), O-4 (SS-65), O-5 (SS-66), & O-6 (SS-67), which were all laid down between 2 thru 8 December 1916.
|Photo & text i.d. courtesy of Dave Johnston (USNR)
US National Archives photo # 19lc 11 from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
|Launching of the O-3 (SS-64) on 27 September 1917.
|Photo from Hearst Pathe News.
National Archives Identifier: 45548667
Local Identifier: 165-WW-505B-063.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
Photo added 12/02/17.
|O-3 (SS-64) pictured here during her shakedown trials on 24 March 1918.
|US National Archives photo # 19-N-599, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
|O-3 (SS-64) makes a pretty picture here during her shakedown trials.
|Photo from Hearst Pathe News.
National Archives Identifier: 45513783
Local Identifier: 165-WW-338B-045
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
|Starboard side view of the O-3 (SS-64), underway, circa 1918. She is shown in much of her original form with a 3in/23 disappearing mount forward of her bridge fairwater and her two periscopes in faired shears.
| US Naval Historical Center photo # 44546 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
Partial text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
|O-boats of Submarine Division Eight at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, circa Christmas 1918. Note holiday greenery displayed on the submarines' superstructures. The three outboard submarines are (from left to right): O-6 (SS-67); O-3 (SS-64); and O-7 (SS-68). The two-stack ship in the left center distance is probably Dubuque (PG-17). Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.
|US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 101013.
|Gunner's Mate 2nd Class David J. Lohr, USN (left) poses with two friends, a Chief Gunner's Mate (center) and a 2nd Class Machinist's Mate (right), circa 1918-1920. The Machinist's Mate wears a O-3 (SS-64) band on his "flat hat". Note the distinguishing marks on the uniform sleeves of GM2c Lohr and the Chief. Both have the Torpedoman mark. Lohr wears the Expert Rifleman mark, and the Chief wears the Seaman Gunner mark.
|Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986. US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 100999.
|O-5 (SS-66), left and O-3 (SS-64), probably at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, circa 1918-1920.
|Collection of Christopher Henry William Lloyd, donated by Virginia M. Agostini, 1990. US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 98061.
|Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina. Seven O-boats in drydock, circa 1919. O-10 (SS-71) is in the foreground. The most distant "boats" are O-1 (SS-62) , and O-3 (SS-64) . The drydock is in the process of being filled.
|US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 42564.
|Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina.Seven O-boats in drydock, circa 1919. O-1 (SS-62) is in the foreground. O-3 (SS-64) is next astern, to left. O-10 (SS-71) is the most distant, in the right center. Outside the drydock (center background) are three destroyers, one of which is Terry (DD-25), and Asheville (PG-21), which is under construction. The drydock is being filled.
|US Naval Historical Center photo # NH 42565.
|U.S. submarines at Bermuda. Just returned from war zone.
From left to right, 2 unidentified O-boats, O-3 (SS-64), O-5 (SS-66) & O-7 (SS-68).
On 2 November 1918 O-boats 1 / 10 (SS-62 / 71) departed Newport with a 20-sub contingent bound for European waters, however, the Armistice was signed before the ships reached the Azores, and they returned to the United States.
|Text i.d. courtesy of DANFS.
Photo by James W. Anderson, courtesy of Kristina Magill via Gary Priolo.
|Late type American submarine, Bermuda. One of the unknown 10 O-boats 1 / 10 (SS-62 / 71) .
|Photo by James W. Anderson, courtesy of Kristina Magill via Gary Priolo.
|A steel sea monster, amphibious and formidable, is Uncle Sam's newest submarine just home from war duty. The great fin rudders stabilize the boat under water and assist in speedy submerging. They fold up snugly against the sides when the "sub." is under way. Several of these new O-boats are making their initial New York appearance in the Naval Review.
|Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from the New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 27 April 1919, Image 47, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|Submarine Division 8,Commander Guy E. Davis commanding. Nine of the Division's ten O-boats at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 16 August 1921. Panoramic photograph by Crosby, "Naval Photographer", 11 Portland Street, Boston. Submarines in the front row are (from left to right): O-3 (SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-9 (SS-70) and O-1 (SS-62). Those in the second row are (from left to right): O-7 (SS-68), unidentified (either O-2 or O-8), O-5 (SS-66), O-10 (SS-71) and O-4 (SS-65). Large four-stacked ship in the left center distance is the U.S. Army Transport Mount Vernon.
|U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 103193.
The Saxonia, (now Savannah (AS-8)) once considered the finest German passenger ship, is now a mother for United States submarines. Here she is off the coast at Provincetown, Mass., with some of her cubs.
|Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ.
Photo from the Bisbee Daily Review. (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 21 August 1921, SECOND SECTION, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
|S-10 (SS-115) & S-15 (SS-120) in the foreground.
Behind them from right to left: O-1 (SS-62), O-4 (SS-65), O-2 (SS-63) & O-3 (SS-64). What appears to be another conning tower is behind the O-3. If so, and being that all the O-boats are together numerically, it might be the O-5 (SS-66), which would date the photo no later than 28 October 1923 when the O-5 sank after being rammed while entering Lemon Bay, Canal Zone, 28 October 1923, by United Fruit steamer Abangarez.
|Photo by Arkivi/Getty Images via Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com.
|US Submarine base at Coco Solo, Panama 1923.
The R-26 (SS-103) is in the background with the white tarp over her fore deck.
The Submarine Chaser in the background is SC 285.
The O-3 (SS-64) & O-7 (SS-68) are in front of the R-26. The O-9 (SS-70) is next closest to the camera. The two boats in the foreground are the O-5 and a mystery "O" boat.
The O-5 reported to Coco Solo in January of 1923 and she sank 18 October 1923 with the loss of 2 lives.
|USN photo courtesy of Ric Hedman.
|Control Force Employment Schedule, 4 January to 1 March 1926. US Fleet Problem Number VI.
|Photo courtesy of Steve Ireland.
|These O type and S type submarines which were used during the World War have since been decommissioned and are now laid up in the Phila. Navy Yard. The peaceful surroundings are quite a contrast to those of their active war days. They are pictured here on 17 July 1936.
The S-10 (SS-115) was decommissioned on the day this photo was taken at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. and laid up in the Reserve Fleet.
Pictured also are any of the following boats that were at the PNY during this time.
The O boats: O-1 (SS-62), O-2 (SS-63), O-3 (SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-7 (SS-68), O-8 (SS-69), O-9 (SS-70),O-10 (SS-71).
The S boats: S-6 (SS-111), S-7 (SS-112),S-8 (SS-113), S-9 (SS-114),S-11 (SS-116), S-12 (SS-117),S-13 (SS-118), S-14 (SS-119),S-15 (SS-120),S-16 (SS-121),S-17 (SS-122) & S-48 (SS-159).
|Photo & text courtesy of A.P. Wire courtesy of philly.com.
|Philadelphia Navy Yard, 28 October 1940.
The photo presented panorama military shipyards in Philadelphia Navy Yard. Most of the ships are obsolete US destroyers, that were transfer to Great Britain under lend lease.
The submarines are on the left hand side of the photo, and they are: (in no particular order)
The O boats: O-1 (SS-62), O-2 (SS-63), O-3 (SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-7 (SS-68), O-8 (SS-69), O-9 (SS-70), O-10 (SS-71).
The R boats: R-1 (SS-78), R-2 (SS-79), R-3 (SS-80), R-5 (SS-82), R-6 (SS-83), R-7 (SS-84), R-8 (SS-85), R-9 (SS-86), R-10 (SS-87), R-12 (SS-89), R-15 (SS-92), R-16 (SS-93), R-17 (SS-94), R-18 (SS-95), R-19 (SS-96) & R-20 (SS-97).
The S boats: S-11 (SS-116), S-12 (SS-117), S-13 (SS-118), S-14 (SS-119), S-15 (SS-120), S-16 (SS-121), S-17 (SS-122) & S-48 (SS-159).
The Olympia (C-6) is shown at the right of the wharf on Broad Street.
The stadium in the upper left, was John F. Kennedy Stadium (formally Philadelphia Municipal Stadium) that stood from 1926 to 1992. It was erected for the 1926 Sesquicentennial.
|Photo i.d. courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
Photo courtesy of flickr.com.
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|These World War submarines, [O & R-boats] tied up in the Navy Yard in Philadelphia for a dozen years, are being reconditioned and some are already in active service again, it was announced 10 January 1941. This picture shows them as they appeared before the repair program began.
From Left to right: O-3 (SS-64), unknown, R-1 (SS-78), R-7 (SS-84), R-20 (SS-97), R-19 (SS-96) & R-17 (SS-94).
|Photo courtesy of the George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs @ digital.library.temple.edu
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|Shown here in the grim reality of winter in the North Atlantic is the training boat O-3 (SS-64) covered in snow and ice, circa 1943. The destroyer sent to escort them home can just be made out in the top left.
|USN photo from the book "Submarine: An anthology of first-hand accounts of the war under the sea, 1939-1945", edited by Jean Hood & submitted by Robert Hurst.
|Aerial of the O-3 (SS-64) photographed by the ZP-11 on 8 February 1944.
|USN photo # 80-G-214546, from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.
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MINNEAPOLIS - One man was dead and a woman was injured by gunfire in downtown Minneapolis early Sunday morning, authorities said.
Police responded to reports of gunfire on the 300 block of Third Avenue North at about 2:19 a.m. Officers arrived to find two adult victims suffering from gunshot wounds.
The male victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The female victim was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and was being treated for what was described as a non-life threatening injury.
The shooting remained under investigation Sunday. Police said they were speaking with potential witnesses and planned to check with area business owners to see if any useful footage was captured on surveillance cameras.
The name of the deceased, as well as the official cause and nature of his death, are to be released by the Hennepin County medical examiner's office, according to police.


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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40, I
Up in the tallestest corner of the fartherest tree,
the popinjay finally found what he'd been destined for.
After he put down his bags into a tottering pile,
he conjured a handkerchief to dust the smoothest branch
and sat down cross-legged, prepared to gaze enraptured.
'Ah, but what could compare, you awesomest and fair!',
he eventually ventured in faint and trembful whispers.
'I humbly beg your leave in worshipy words to conceive
to tell of your perfection! The world must pay attention!'
Hope in his beady eyes, he awaited the answer and,
receiving no demur, sprung his travelled bags open.
Out came a dainty table ready with silkest cover,
on which he then assorted, from smallest to the sharpest,
quills, styluses and inks, all polished to a sparkle.
He cocked his head a-side to best view the arrangement,
and in a priding voice spoke again to his wonder,
'Always for you in my quest I have looked for the worthest.
So long I have pined, and dreamed, and thought what to bring!
And now we finally, now we begin! I vow, I get maudlin!'
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the recording has an abrupt ending, sorry about that - still trying to find a better one.
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text: A marbled murrelet chick's early life is surprising. Most seabirds lay their eggs on the sand or high cliffs at the water's edge, but the marbled murrelet usually lays a single egg high on a branch of an old-growth tree, far from the ocean. (The author identifies these trees as redwoods, but others are used as well.) The hatched chick spends a month hunkered down on the branch, camouflaged by its own down, waiting for a parent to arrive with fish. This large-format picture book describes the life of one such chick. Dunning sets the stage with a note outlining the mystery and a map. In a straightforward way she tells the chick's story, first introducing its parents as they float on the ocean and dive beneath. She follows the pair as they fly inland, deposit their egg and keep it warm until it hatches. Then she focuses on the chick as it waits in the dark forest, before finally picking off his down to reveal full-grown feathers; he jumps off the branch and flies off to the sea. The text runs beneath expressive illustrations, with close-ups of adult birds and their chick as well as landscapes suggesting their contrasting worlds; they support the mood of mystery and show well at a distance. Text boxes set on the illustrations add further detail. A beautiful addition to larger bird or Pacific Coast collections. (sources, websites) (Informational picture book. 5-9)


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|President's Inaugural Statement
Lars Montelius, Busan, Korea, August 2016
The goal during the next three years is to further develop IUVSTA and its identity as an inspiring, competent, engaging, well known and influential international organization that proudly serve society. Our new activities, being discussed during the past triennium related to setting up a communication plan and develop a completely new and modern web-interface, are instrumental for achieving the goal.
Further, we shall continue the good work during the last triennium when it comes to enlarging IUVSTA by attracting new member states and helping new member states to form national organizations. In addition, we shall continue the discussions about developing IUVSTA as an organization that clearly has an important role for the development of a resilient society. We shall bring IUVSTA into the international dialogue by active engagement in important science policy actions and discussions.
The paradigm in science is changing. In the past it was all about individual achievements - whether individual mean individual nation or individual scientists. A typical example of the past paradigm was putting a man on the moon. Nowadays, we are facing complex grand challenges such as Ageing Population, Obesity, Clean-Water for everybody, Safe Society etc that need to be addressed in concert. Hence, the perception of science – from a community perspective – has become more and more important. In a further reduction and in one sentence, it is all about engagement of the citizens – and ultimately to knowledge empowerment of the consumers/citizens. This new paradigm implies that we have to be able to tell and explain our scientific and engineering world to the common people in the streets. In short, this is our scientific social responsibility.
We need to articulate clearly our role in problems that the younger generation is interested in, i.e. to convey the importance of Vacuum Science in relation to social innovation and societal development and thereby increase the interest of young people for becoming members in national societies and for work within IUVSTA, i.e. making students and post-docs more interested in the subject of Vacuum Science. Here our new initiatives for awards and prizes for younger scientists will be instrumental. Presently, internet-of-everything, industry 4.0 and augmented reality/virtual reality are hot subjects into which IUVSTA have to discuss its role.
I believe from the bottom of my heart that IUVSTA has a very important role to play in the research, technology and innovation processes fostering a sustainable societal development. I will work together with all members of IUVSTA and specifically together with the officers, to develop IUVSTA to become an influential entity that students and professionals in the vacuum community worldwide will be proud of being a part of.
|Executive Council Meetings
09 - 11 February 2018
Cebu Island, The Philippines
|International Vacuum Congress
1 - 5 July 2019
Malmo, Sweden
|Meetings and Conferences
|Planned IUVSTA conferences 2016-2020
17 - 22 June 2018
Geneva, Switzerland
13 - 16 August 2018
Sydney, Australia
26 - 31 August 2018
Aarhus, Denmark
17th JVC
10 - 14 September 2018
Olomouc, Czech Republic
|Workshops and Schools
86th IUVSTA Workshop
"Nanoscale Oxides in Physics and Chemistry"
1 - 5, July 2018
Avila, Spain
83rd IUVSTA Workshop
"New Horizons in Boron-Containing Coatings: Modelling, Synthesis and Applications"
2 - 6 September 2018
Vadstena, Sweden
84th IUVSTA Workshop
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2 - 5 September 2018
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Seggau, Austria
17th IUVSTA School
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Braga, Portugal
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May I never wish them older.
May I not entangle their moments of childhood wonder and uncomplicated joy in the snares of adult expectations or my own silly-selfish needs.
Instead: Yes, yes, go!, I'd like to breathe in a tiny ear, gently moving a single golden hair beside her head with my breath, as her eyes are taking in the delicious possibilities of a world full of pond fish and tadpoles and fallen tree trunks and tiny bugs.
Yes!! stretch out your hand, little one. Touch the bark, the feather, the fluffiness on that leaf. Bite into that sun-warm tomato and press your nose deep into the grass, letting that smell, that glorious, green smell come live in your memory forever.
Taste the red dust, listen to the wind and the rain and the birds and the sound of your Mama's heart as you rest for just a moment on my lap..I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU...before you flit off again - my wonder-filled, spectacular little butterfly children!! See what Glorious Father God has made, and ENJOY it! It is a feast, a breathtaking celebration of His goodness, His creativity that causes your tiny heart to want to explode in a rainbow of joy at His beauty, His greatness!!
Discover the Truth for yourself in the gentle unfurling of a fern leaf, in the life-hungry open beak of a baby bird, in the scurry-scurry-scurriness of those little black ants!
But then...what is there but a tiny patch of grass, and not even enough of it for you run on. The grey pre-fabricated wall and the windows of the next house peering over it into our lives like a rude intruder, making me want to keep the curtains drawn. I don't, because it will just make your little world even smaller.
I ache for your sakes. My dreams are vast expanses of rolling green fields and air so blue you can just about taste its crispness. But I wake with fears of muscles atrophying and lungs shrinking because there.is.no.space. and another neighbour suffocates a patch on our walking route with dead paving.
Oh, Lord!! I read to them this morning about how You lead us to green pastures, to those quiet streams of rest. Lead me there. Show me a way, Father, show this city mother how to be grateful in the midst of all this brick and concrete and the tarred roads and the never-ceasing noise. Make me blind for the smallness of the patch of grass, and instead magnify for me the miracle of each green blade that grows there. When I look up at that piece of sky the size of a postage stamp, help me, please, to not forget how amazing it still is that it is there, that I can see it, that I have them to show it to. Open my eyes to the miracles, the miracles, so I can show them.
Come whisper gently in my ear, let me hear You tell me Go, sweet daughter, go and explore what is there! and open your eyes to all the delicious possibilities of the world I made for you:
Plump green pea pods
and the first lemon
and an abundant harvest of fat tomatoes in my pot-garden...
and the birds: the sparrows and doves and bishops - a shock of red feathers amongst the lush green of the White Stinkwood.
A tree!! Alive! A life, growing right in our front garden! Look children, look, and rub the glossy green leaves between your fingers and smell that grass -the best smell in the world!
And do you hear the Hadeda's - your favourite birds, Little Boy! - they are coming in at sunset now to rest in the blue gums next to the busybusy road before flying off to wherever they sleep tonight.
Tonight...there will be the moon, it's silvery orb so gentle, and yet not all the lights of this great big city can compare to it.
Hush, now, sweet ones, and dream of those little black ants that scurried over the paving today, and remember the wonder as we watched the snail sail up the sliding door for us to see its foot, and may God guard your dreams and give you visions of green pastures...


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Today is a gloomy day, even though my iphone tells me it's going to be 99 sometime in the next couple of hours...go figure. Because it's a bit chilly, so I decided to throw on this salmon colored knit top I got a while ago. My mom actually picked it out for me and I was hesitant at first, but fell in love with the color and the feel of it after I tried it on. It's the perfect little quarter sleeve sweater to wear over any dress. Just enough warmth for 79 degree weather :)
floral dress-Brandy Melville
sweater-Forever 21
suede booties-Target


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Case study
Satellite Applications Catapult (Malaysia) Environmental Monitoring
Earth and Sea Observation System for Malaysia
Project Title
Earth and Sea Observation System (EASOS)
Target Country
Project Lead
Satellite Applications Catapult
Project Consortium:
Satellite Applications Catapult, Janus TCD, Stevenson Astrosat, Geocento, Ambiental, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, AutoNaut, Riskaware, Telespazio Vega, Earth Observation Inc., Leicester University, Sterling Geo, Oxford University, eOsphere
International Partner
National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM)
Project Summary:
Environmental challenges present a serious social and economic threat to the Malaysian people. In 2014 alone, the combined impact on the Malaysian economy of flooding, marine pollution and illegal logging was estimated at more than $12.5Bn, and the government has consequently identified these three major challenges as critically important priorities to be addressed.
The Earth And Sea Observation System (EASOS) programme will deliver, trial and evaluate solutions for flood risk, marine pollution and illegal logging with the respective Malaysian government departments, encouraging common information sharing and applications to support infrastructure. This will create sustainable, long-term operations capability in-country, and deliver economic returns to the Malaysian government and improved quality of life to its people.
- To assist Malaysia in improving the social and economic prospects of the country by making it more environmentally resilient
- To provide informed and coordinated decision making capability to 23 Government agencies in Malaysia through an integrated user-centred dashboard
- To deliver information and analysis on three environmental challenges
i. Reduce the degradation to the mangrove coastline in Malaysia by reducing marine pollution in the Malacca Straits.
ii. Reduce the social and environmental impact of illegal logging and increase the economic benefit from legal logging for Malaysia.
iii. Reduce the economic and social cost of flood events.


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Estepona is the largest town west of Marbella. It stretches over 22km of coastline (some of the best beaches on the Costa del Sol) and has around 60.000 inhabitants.
In the last three years there has been extensive re-development resulting with Estepona's 'new golden mile'. This has become the most up-market area to the east of Estepona with luxury properties on either side of the motorway and several 5 star hotels like the Ritz Carlton and the Kempinski. Indeed Estepona has just received an award from the Ayutamiento for having the best development in a town in Andalucía. Walking around the Old Town in Estepona is similar to visiting the Old Town in Marbella.
One can only say that Estepona has become the new 'in' place. The port remains unspoiled. The town center has squeaky clean and well cared for streets lined with hanging baskets, fantastic restaurants and bars. For horticulturalists and visitors alike, there is the recently opened orchid house (the largest in Europe) and botanical garden visited by thousands each week. Estepona is often referred to as "the Pearl of the Costa del Sol". On Wednesday you can visit the market in Avenida Juan Carlos (feria ground and stadium), a bargain shoppers paradise. There is something for everyone, fruit and vegetables, clothes, antiques and much more.
For those with a larger budget Laguna Village, a mere 10 minute's drive away is a must visit. It is renowned for their two beach clubs Puro Beach and Camurai as well as brand name boutiques and fine dining throughout.
The glorious San Roque Club is close by which plays hosts to many events including weddings and concerts where guests can stay in their opulent suites, with all amenities included. It is renowned for their 2 golf courses designed by the Dave Thomas and also has a magnificent equestrian centre.
The next port of call west of Estepona is Sotogrande. Probably the best hidden secret on the Costa del Sol. It has a lovely marina with Venice-like canals and lots of available moorings with dozens of restaurants and hotels including the NH Sotogrande, Club Maritimo de Sotogrande and Hotel Almenara. There is also a new shopping street at the entrance of the marina.
Sotogrande undoubtedly has been put firmly by golf enthusiasts map throughout Europe for hosting the Ryder Cup and Volvo Masters at Valderrama. Within a short distance is the world famous Santa Maria Polo Club which for the past 44 years has hosted Europe's principal polo tournament. This year saw 24 polo teams from 14 different nationalities participating. Each year, thousands of spectators descend on the Club throughout July and August including 'A' list celebrities and royalty. Indeed Santa Maria is one of the largest continental polo clubs with 9 fields and over 200 stables.


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Declan: "It's a lot of pacing, a lot of coffee..and a lot of trips to the therapist!".
Declan O'BrienInterview conducted by John Townsend25 January 2013
Declan O'Brien is a writer,
director and producer with many films to his credit. He is most famous
however for the popular 'Wrong Turn' series of films which he has helmed
since the third installment. Also acting as the writer of 'Wrong Turn 4' and 'Wrong
Turn 5', which will see its UK DVD release this coming Friday (28 Jan), Declan took a few moments out of his tight schedule to chat with us.
Wrong Turn 3 was very much a
character piece and Wrong Turn 4 revolved around teenagers trapped in an
asylum. What can we expect from Wrong Turn 5?
Its basically about this Mountain Man festival that takes place outside
of town and when one of the hillbillies gets arrested along with a load of
kids by the local Sheriff it kinda becomes a bit like Rio Bravo. The bad
guys are trying to get the other bad guy back and so on. I left it
ambiguous on purpose though who this hillbilly is, what his relationship
is and so on.
So with the Wrong Turn films,
as this is now your third involvement, what is it about the characters,
their enduring quality if you like, that keeps you coming back to
Well, in each one I try and do a different and interesting story so that
every one can be watched on its own, you dont need to watch the entire
series to enjoy the film itself. Here you have a new story and introducing
this Maynard character, we have someone who talks as opposed to just
grunts and laughs. He gives voice to the evil and psychologically tortures
everyone through the film. What someone says can actually be more
frightening than what happens.
The Maynard character you
mention is played by horror icon Doug Bradley (Hellraiser). How was it
working with him?
Doug is an absolutely fantastic guy. He was brilliant on set during the
long hard days and we worked together to create that character. He brought
things to the role such as the last minute idea of when Maynard calls
three guys Pinheads (laughs)
Declan: "You don't have
James Cameron's budget so the best way is old school".
In the past you have referred
to the series as almost being a guilty pleasure. Do you see the films and
yourself satisfying a particular demand in the current
Yeah, obviously there is a demand otherwise I wouldnt be making the
films. This is a type of horror film in which I want to give the fans what
they want whether its the over the top kills or subtle humour or even
some pretty people dying!
After all the kills that have
take place in the series is it difficult to come up with new and inventive
ways time after time?
(laughs) yeah it is. Its a lot of pacing, a lot of coffee
and a lot of
trips to the therapist!
So of all the kills you've
written and directed which would be your favourite?
(laughs) My favourite would be from Wrong Turn 4, the f***ed up fondue
scene, where they're cutting pieces off and eating them while he's alive
With the large commercial
successes of the Saw and Hostel film franchises do you think the audience
has a greater expectation and tolerance of what they want to see when it
comes to gore on screen now?
Yeah, theres definitely a higher bar in the last few years for the more
outrageous kill you can do. For example there is a scene in this film with
a guy buried up to his neck in a football field who then gets run over by
a snow blower. It was difficult to shoot but it was something I hadnt
seen before so I thought it would be cool.
When watching your films it
seems to me that youre a filmmaker who likes the practical set up of
scenes as opposed to CGI where possible. Would that be
Yeah, Ive made movies before with thousands of CGI shots but with slasher
movies I try and stay away from it. Its not like Avatar, you dont have
James Camerons budget so the best way is old school, practical
Declan: "Stanley Kubrick was a
Difficult question but do you
have a favourite from the Wrong Turn series?
No I dont think so. Theyre all different and I dont favour one or the
other. I had a fantastic time making them all and I think they all turned
out well. Each one is new with different characters and an original new
Where does Wrong Turn 5 sit
This was kinda of doing a Lucas! Theres 1, 2 & 3 and then 4 was a prequel
and this is also before 1.
Did you set out to explore the
origins of the characters or did it just come from a good idea you
Mainly from an idea really. I wanted to create a character this time who
spoke evil as opposed to just grunting, kinda telling you how he was gonna
kill you before actually killing you and that's what Maynard brings. I
felt it was about time for that.
This film was shot in Bulgaria
where the last was shot in Winnipeg, USA. Was there a specific reason for
that or do you just have a fondness for Bulgaria?
Well Ive shot a lot of films there so I can practically speak the
language; I know enough to direct anyway!! (laughs)
As a more general question,
which films or directors have influenced you or your style?
Well The Shining was the scariest film ever and Stanley Kubrick was a
Would that be your favourite
horror film too then?
I would say its probably my favourite. Who doesnt like Jack with an axe?
With a view of the horror
genre as a whole do you feel its in a healthy place at the moment with
the amount of big budget remakes around? From a writers point of view in
Theres a bunch of big budget remakes out there and a bunch that are
financed outside the studio such as Paranormal Activity. Every now and
then they break through to tap into what people are really hungering for
and that's great. I always want to see more original pieces out there.
So what about future projects?
More Wrong Turn films?
It all depends on getting a good story idea, whatever it is.
Thank you very much for your
time today.
Thank you, bye.
"Thank you ever so much for taking part in this interview.And we wish you the very best of luck in the
'Wrong Turn 5' arrives on DVD here in UK from 28 January.


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Not Breaking, but Interesting News
22 April 2015
Remember that thing I said about not being old yet? Well, time's marching along and if you're reading this, you're probably already old. I don't care what age you are. There. I said it.
In the rest of the world, where people are just recently getting connected to the Internet regularly enough to maintain an online presence, FB is still the jam. Remember when FB was your jam? This world is so vastly different in so many ways, huh?
Do you think FB will then make it cheaper for the people that run those pages to promote their posts, you know, since they're not going to be displaying them as prominently? Whatever happened to benevolence? Oh right, the bottom line.
You can almost hear him saying, "I love the environment and everything, but I'm not swimming in a giant, New York toilet to prove it, not anymore. This isn't The Shawshank Redemption."
In other words, no one will ever scratch your back if you don't scratch theirs first.
People who fake being deathly ill should then have to go through the processes, just to see what it's like and so they never forget. Justice feels like more of a vicious bitch in my head. It's counter productive to wish negative karma upon another person, though, isn't it?


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|Opening procession at Holy Rosary church
An ecumenical pub crawl? Yes, that was one of the ideas floated when the theme of the Octave/Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, taken from John 4, was announced: Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
The goal behind the Week of Prayer is to encourage churches to build relationships with one another and pray together, and to that end, celebrations were held at several churches in our community.
On Monday, January 19, representatives from more than seven denominations participated in a prayer service at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church that was planned and sponsored jointly by Rio Grande Presbyterian Church. The opening procession included representatives from the Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Roman Catholic, Disciples of Christ, and United Church of Christ faith communities. The executive director of the New Mexico Conference of Churches, the Rev. Dr. Donna McNiel, and the ecumenical officer of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Monsignor Bennett J. Voorhies, also participated. Representatives carried pitchers of water from their respective churches, and then poured them into a communal font while the choir led everyone in singing "All Are Welcome."
Rev. Sue Joiner of First Congregational UCC Church in Albuquerque gave a reflection on John 4, noting that God meets us and quenches in us a thirst we didn't even know we had. Recognizing the significance of holding this service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Rev. Joiner connected the thirst for living water to the thirst for justice that Dr. King possessed.
|ValLimar Jansen at Annunciation church
The next evening, Saturday, January 24, the NMCC's Turquoise Chalice Award Dinner was held at St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church. The Rev. Dr. Donna McNiel presented the Turquoise Chalice Award to the Rev. Carole McGowan of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande. Rev. McGowan was a longtime NMCC Board member and a passionate ecumenist.
It was a full week of celebrating our shared Christian faith – a sharing that should continue throughout the year as we exemplify the unity that Jesus prayer for in John 17:21: "that they may all be one." Invite a fellow Christian to break bread with you or share a drink – it could very "well" mark the beginning of fruitful ecumenical relationship!
For more pictures, visit NMCC's Facebook Page
(The author coordinates community outreach for the Ecumenical Institute foir Ministry in New Mexico. She was recently elected as chair of the board of the New Mexico Conference of Churches)..


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Camera manufacturer Leica's new "a la carte" ordering system means you can trick your Leica out in the manner of a car, albeit with slightly more options--around 4,000 different configurations.
CLDFX tested the possibilities:
Choose your type of camera, you can either choose the Leica M7 or the Leica MP which is completely manual and independent of battery power.
From here everything is possible, one can choose between 3 different surface finishes, whether one likes the classic vintage engraved top cover or not, if the controls should be chrome or black.
The 6th step probably has the most eye catching result, here you pick the leather cladding, Leica offers 13 different materials and colors from red over to an awesome black lizard look.
After having chosen the body it's time for the viewfinder magnification, most interesting for people wearing glasses and the bright-line frame sets. The last part deals with the personal engraving.
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As you can see it may need some tweeking here and there. Specifically I will need to fix up some of the mini-map icons and work out some layering issues. But besides that all it needs now is content which I will add as I go. For the moment the mini-map is exactly where I want it to be.
Oh and what's more, you may have noticed the giant floating
Yes the asteroids current graphics are shocking, but like the starbase itself that system is awaiting a major graphical overhaul. So patience, I will get around to prettying up the game one day.
So now the mini-map is finally down what's next?
-Build/research/resources/menu buttons/tabs all need to be added.
-Main menu, in which I will be adding everything possible ranging from a load, new game, campaign, tutorial, options, and so on.
-More environmental features; Like Nebula and Suns.
-Resources! Can't build a starbase on nothing. So Right after all the ingame tabs and buttons complete I'm moving straight onto this. Possibly may add some components like solar panels, hydroponics, water collectors, Oxygen Recyclers so you can collect resources and actually build/expand. This might mark the end of my TechDev series and mark the start of my Indev series. I may have closed beta testing from that point onwards but I'm very cautious about releasing this game too early. Especially in it's current state this game gets very boring very quickly.
I'm also contemplating an internal high-score. What do you think?
Sincerely TinnedEpic - A Robots Game


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Visit the Master Calendar for upcoming City Council and Boards & Commissions meetings.
CSSJ, formerly known as the Environmental Sustainability Plan, is a City of San José initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and ensure a long-term water supply. Climate Smart San José will make San José a climate leader, putting the City on a path to meet GHG reduction targets under the Paris climate agreement. The plan has three components: energy, mobility and water.
The City will release a draft of the plan this month. Residents are encouraged to provide their feedback at that time by visiting the Climate Smart San José website at www.sanjoseca.gov/cssj.
The town hall meeting will inform the community about the plan and give residents an opportunity to ask questions. The City Council will consider adopting the plan on Feb. 27.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Orange Glazed Rolls
Taste: 5 (out of 5)
Difficulty: 3 (out of 5)
Source: Gingerbread Bagels blog
For the dough
- 3/4 tbsp / 1 package active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup lukewarm water (110 – 115F)
- 1/4 cup sugar (195 cal)
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature (140 cal)
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted (610 cal)
- 1/2 cup sour cream (250 cal)
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (1595 cal)
For the filling
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, softened (305 cal)
- 2 tbsp orange zest, finely grated
- 1/2 cup sugar (390 cal)
For the orange glaze
- 6 tbsp sugar (280 cal)
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened (200 cal)
- 1/4 cup sour cream (125 cal)
- 3 tbsp orange juice, from about 1/2 orange (20 cal)
Total: 9 rolls, 4110 cal, 410 cal/ roll (because you discard an equivalent of one roll)
For the dough
1. In a large mixing bowl or container combine the yeast and warm water and let it sit for 5 minutes until the yeast dissolves and becomes bubbly.
2. Add in the sugar, salt, eggs, melted unsalted butter sour cream and 2 cups of flour. Mix the ingredients together with a wooden spoon (if you like me don't have a stand mixer). Gradually add in the remainder of the flour. At this stage you might need to start working with your hands.
3. Knead the dough for 6-7 minutes. Put the dough in an oiled bowl (or use the same container in which you mixed the ingredients) and cover with plastic wrap or lid. Place the bowl in a warm place to rest and rise for about 1.5 hours. After the dough has risen you can also refrigerate it, covered (not airtight) for several hours or overnight (that's what I did); or you can proceed to the next stage without the refrigeration.
4. Sprinkle flour on the counter and your rolling pin. You don't need much flour; the dough is not very sticky and really easy to work with (even for someone like me, who dreads rolling the dough). Roll the dough out into a 14×18 inch rectangle. Spread the softened unsalted butter over the dough. Leave a 1 inch border. Mix the grated orange zest with the sugar. Sprinkle the orange zest/sugar mixture over the butter and press it down a bit. Make sure you still leave a 1 inch border.
5. The 18 inch (the longer) side should be closest to you. Starting with the shorter sides, roll the dough over once on each side. Then from the bottom (the end closest towards you), tightly roll the dough away from you (see very instructive photos on Gingerbread Bagels).
6. Cut the ends of the dough off with a serrated knife or with a string and discard. Then cut the dough into 1 1/2 inch rolls. Place the rolls into a lightly greased 9 inch cake pan. Cover the rolls with plastic wrap and let them rise for 45 minutes. Bake the orange rolls at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
For the glaze
7. When the rolls are almost done baking (the last 5 minutes), begin on the orange glaze. In a small pot, whisk together the sugar, softened unsalted butter, sour cream and orange juice. Bring the mixture to a boil and continue to boil the glaze for 3 minutes.
8. Once the rolls are done baking, pour the glaze over the rolls. Serve warm.
- I've always loved the idea of cinnamon rolls, but… I can't stand cinnamon … So I was super excited to see this recipe on Gingerbread Bagels blog (a wonderful website, by the way). And I had all the ingredients, so I knew it was my fate to make these rolls this weekend :-). And they turned out absolutely amazing! Yum yum yum!
- I made only very minimal changes to the original recipe – primarily I refrigerated the dough after the initial rise overnight, because it was getting very late, and then I rolled the dough out first thing in the morning. I don't think this hurt the taste.
- The only thing I would have changes – I placed the rolls a bit too far from each other on a 9-inch square pan, and they were not pressed together when they baked, so they "unrolled" a bit :-). They don't look as nice as the ones on the Gingerbread Bagels, but I could eat them with my eyes closed ;-).
15 comments:
- Jamie @ Wokintime said...
These look so amazing. My father-in-law is like the only person I know who hates cinnamon, but loves sweets. This is perfect for him!
- April 25, 2011 at 10:09 PM
- Angie's Recipes said...
Those non-cinnamon rolls look terrific!
- April 25, 2011 at 10:23 PM
What a great idea! I am constantly adapting recipes to accommodate people's taste preferences and food allergies. I welcome the challenge and it looks like you do too.
- April 25, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Parsley Sage said...
Nice! I saw these babies over at gingerbread as well and was contemplating giving them a try myself. Yours look soooo good. I kinda like that they're not all smooshed together :) Well done!
- April 26, 2011 at 6:14 AM
Your blog is amazing! Gorgeous photography too! Everything is making me so hungry! But I would love an orange roll for breakfast yumm! I am now following! =]
- April 26, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Jan said...
These are beautiful! I really need to make a batch.....
- April 26, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels said...
I'm so happy to see that you made my Glazed Orange Rolls! They look fantastic. Now I'm craving one. I'm glad you enjoyed them!
- April 26, 2011 at 8:47 AM
- Emily said...
I am scared to know these exist. They look so good. My husband loves the Pilsbury orange rolls but I hate to buy things like that. Good to have a recipe handy!
- April 26, 2011 at 10:46 AM
- megi said...
Wow, these look so good, and so pretty with the shiny orange glaze on top, they must taste delicious with the orange zest and juice!
- April 26, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- Carolyn said...
You did justice to Lindsey's recipe, for sure. They look great!
- April 26, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- Giulietta@Alterkitchen said...
Uhmmmmm.. I love orange in dessert and sweets (but I love cinnamon, too)! I certainly try them! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
- April 27, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- Rumana Rawat said...
This is very beautiful and delicious rolls:)
- April 27, 2011 at 8:50 AM
- Lucy said...
Oh boy these look tasty! Thanks for sharing:)
- April 27, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- Irena Stanisavljevic said...
This is not fair....I am trying to wean myself from making dough recipes but look at these rolls...they look delicious:)
- April 28, 2011 at 8:29 PM
- Sanela Mallory said...
I don˙t like oranges, but I don´t bake/cook only what I like; so a few times I´ve made a version (similar to this one) with orange zest: some people like it better than cinnamon. This time I´ve decided to try out your version.
And… naturally:) I had to change something: instead of rolls I´ve made hearts :)
- May 5, 2011 at 4:30 AM


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We had the distinct pleasure to attend Shelby Gardens "Flowers In Bloom" Christmas light extravaganza this past week. New members of this wonderful facility, I am constantly amazed at the versatility of this gem in Sarasota.
As we reached the end of the gardens on Sarasota Bay, in the afterglow of another gorgeous sunset, we were greeted by the view pictured above.
A Wishing Tree. Volunteers and peopled gathered below at tables. Writing their wishes on ribbons. Different colors for different wishes. Red for confidence, courage vitality. Green for change, freedom, ambition. And more. We wrote our wishes specifically for loved ones' health. A problem for several close family members this year.
The ribbons were then tied to the tree or the lit baskets hanging from the tree. Laden with multi-colored wishes swaying gently in the breeze.
The colors. The movement. The setting. The people, young and old. Releasing their wishes out into the Universe. Profoundly simple. Deeply moving.
On this eve of the New Year, take a moment to make a wish. My wish for you is that it comes true.
Happy New Year.


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May 4, 2014
Adjectives Market and Unhinged
25 comments:
- Heart Vintage Design said...
Great post Carol and you are so right. We can work in the workshop when we have to hobble in the door, lol.
- May 4, 2014 at 10:41 PM
- Denise said...
I <3 Adjectives Market!
- May 5, 2014 at 12:35 AM
- Ros Crawford said...
OMG I wanna go there!! What a terrific place!!!
- May 5, 2014 at 6:24 AM
- Teresa said...
They must Love you - this is a wonderful shout out, Carol! Oh, the places and people you know makes my heart sing of envy.
I went to an antique fair this weekend but I tend to get lost among the antiques and just odd things. I wish I had you nearby to help me going through. I wish I was in Orlando - Talk about respect for things and people.
Thank you for sharing,
- May 5, 2014 at 7:42 AM
- Diane said...
Those do look too cool! Great idea too!
- May 5, 2014 at 8:40 AM
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
Looks like an all day excursion, Carol! : ) We have a place here like that in size {upstairs/downstairs} about 40 minutes from me. I haven't been in awhile. Now that the weather is nicer I think a trip is in order!
- May 5, 2014 at 9:03 AM
- Julie Shelander said...
Oh my gosh! I love it! It's on my "wanna go and check it out", list! Thanks for sharing, Carol!
- May 5, 2014 at 12:02 PM
- DownTheLaneWithDaisy said...
I'm drooling over the photos. What a place! I'll bookmark it for my travels.
- May 5, 2014 at 1:11 PM
- ~Damita's Pretty Wrap~ said...
What great treasures in those photos!! I would love to visit there someday!! :) Happy sweet week! xo Holly
- May 5, 2014 at 1:50 PM
- CelestinaMarie@SouthernDayDreams said...
Hi Carol, what a great shop. WOW I could spend a lot of time there and $$$ too. I would love to make this trip one day.
- May 5, 2014 at 2:00 PM
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
That would be so much fun! I love shopping at places like this and even more...getting ideas and inspiration! Have a good week! Hugs, Diane
- May 5, 2014 at 3:19 PM
- Ceekay-THINKIN of HOME said...
That looks like a great shop!!
- May 5, 2014 at 3:23 PM
- Charm Bracelet Diva {at Home} said...
Both look like such great places to shop! It WOULD be great to have that workshop at your fingertips, wouldn't it? xoKathleen
- May 5, 2014 at 3:23 PM
- Amy Jo said...
I love adjectives! I have gotten some great finds there. Not to mention I love picking up my Annie Sloan Chalk Paint there.
Amy Jo
- May 5, 2014 at 4:16 PM
- GARAGE SALE GAL said...
Very cool concept at the storage lockers!
I hope all is going smoothly for your Venue!!! and that you are staying coll, calm and collected!
- May 5, 2014 at 5:43 PM
- Melodee said...
looks like a heavenly place to go! love the pix!
- May 6, 2014 at 12:04 AM
- Melodee said...
looks like a heavenly place to go! love the pix!
- May 6, 2014 at 12:04 AM
- Sherry@Back2Vintage said...
That was a fun tour...Thanks for taking us along!!!
- May 6, 2014 at 8:57 AM
- Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures said...
What a great concept, but I'd never get anything accomplished...it would be more like a social hour for me, lol. Thanks for sharing with us Carol.
- May 6, 2014 at 9:48 AM
- Donna said...
I would be in heaven shopping there, Carol! I love the idea of having a work space and shop, how fun would that be! It could be dangerous if I lived closer, I would be spending all of my money there:) Bet you are getting super excited about your upcoming show!!
- May 6, 2014 at 10:13 AM
- Debbie said...
I just know I could get lost in that place, and it would be a GOOD getting lost too.
Loving the idea of the Unhinged part. That's the kind of place that our town is too small to support. I wish they had something like that at least in Savannah. What a great concept.
- May 6, 2014 at 5:58 PM
- Kathy said...
What an amazing concept!! Loved hearing about it and wish we had something like that up here in Portland.
- May 6, 2014 at 11:45 PM
- Cynthia said...
What great places and yes, Carol, you are cool. That Unhinged is a great idea for people that want a space but don't have a lot of inventory.
- May 8, 2014 at 12:31 PM
- Createology said...
Wonderful places to visit in Orlando...too bad I am on the opposite coast. I see things I really really like. Thank you for sharing and congratulations on this sponsorship for The Fancy Flea! Creative Junking Bliss...
- May 8, 2014 at 4:31 PM
- Curtains in My Tree said...
what a neat place to rent a space, never seen so many benefits before. I would also like to shop there,
The green stand with painted silverware on it would make a great hand towel rack or jewelry rack that caught my eye
- May 8, 2014 at 4:41 PM


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Appointment of staff in Assembly has been minimised: Speaker
SHILLONG: Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Speaker, A T Mondal has claimed that he has minimised appointment of staff in the state Assembly.
Talking to media persons on Thursday, Mondal said that earlier, jobs were given to people due to exigency of work after the heritage building had been gutted in a devastating fire.
"We have appointed them 15-16 years back and how long can we keep them as temporary since they have gained a lot of experience and we also require them," Mondal said.
Mondal also maintained that internal interviews were conducted for the appointments which were made in the Assembly even as he reiterated that he had minimised appointments and there was no direct appointment.
Replying to queries, Monday affirmed that they needed employees since the Assembly complex was scattered in many places.
Mondal also stressed on the need to have recruitment policy for appointment in the Assembly saying they would follow recruitment as well as reservation policy in future for making appointments with complete transparency
"I am not for more recruitment until the special requirements since we have developed a software system," he said while informing that the Assembly Secretariat is planning to go online where everything will be available at the click of a button.
The Assembly Secretariat was in the news after an RTI application filed by CSWO president Agnes Kharshiing said Laban MDC Ricky Shullai was allegedly working as peon in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly even as he had won the by-election to KHADC last December.


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LAKE WYLIE Thursday Night Tournament Trail begins April 3 on Lake Wylie.
Registration begins at 5:15 p.m. at Buster Boyd Access Area. Blast off is at 6:30 p.m. Entry fee costs $40 per boat.
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BFL tournament Saturday on Wylie
LAKE WYLIE The 2014 Walmart BFL season continues with four tournaments on Saturday, April 5.
The Cowboy division will take on Toledo Bend, the Mountain division heads back to Dale Hollow Lake, the North Carolina division is set to fish Lake Wylie and the Savannah River division will compete on Lake Russell. Up to 400 boaters and co-anglers will compete in each event for top awards $8,000 and $3,000 respectively.
Anglers launch from Buster Boyd Access Area, 3990 Charlotte Hwy. Most of the fish are expected to be in a pre-spawn pattern and jigs and crankbaits will be in heavy rotation. Secondary points, rip rap banks and pockets will receive a lot of attention from tournament anglers looking for the fat pre-spawn largemouth bass. The winning weight is expected to be around 17 pounds.
The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 40 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and are competing to finish in the top six, which qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Walmart BFL All-American presented by Chevy. The 2014 BFL All-American is being held June 5-7 on Wilson Lake in Florence, Ala. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Rayovac FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.
For more information about FLW, visit FLWOutdoors.com.
Catawba Catfish Club on Wylie April 12
LAKE WYLIE The Catawba Catfish Club hits Lake Wylie April 12 at Buster Boyd Access Area.
So far, the club has seen 62 teams compete in the tournament series held throughout South Carolina.
Sign ups will be held from 4 to 5:45 p.m., with tournament hours running from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The weigh-in is at 2:30 a.m.
Sponsors include Fish Bite Rod Holders, Boat Sales of Lake Wylie, Hunt Fish Paddle, KangarooExpress and Pepsi. Visit catawbacatfishclub.com for more information.
Nivens Creek Access Area remains closed temporarily
TEGA CAY The Nivens Creek Boating Access Area on Lake Wylie is closed temporarily to allow for paving repairs to the parking area. Due to delays, the access area was not open at the end of March as planned.
Boaters may use the Allison Creek, Ebenezer Park and Buster Boyd access areas as alternates.
Marine group meets monthly
LAKE WYLIE Lake Wylie Marine Commission meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month at various locations in York, Gaston and Mecklenburg counties. The public is invited. For more information and meeting locations, visit lakewyliemarinecommission.com.


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It has been a known for a while now that female gamers are becoming a force to be reckoned with in the online gaming market. In hopes of harnessing this emerging demographic, Sony Online Entertainment has been working hard to appeal to the female gamer and this has become a clear goal in the production of DC Universe Online. Tracey John talks with developers about what appealing to the ladies will mean for DCUO and for female players.
MTV Multiplayer: A few months ago, I spoke with John Smedly and he said that DC Universe Online is trying to be more female-friendly. Can you elaborate on that?
Creative Director Jens Andersen: Well, we definitely want to make sure that people can participate in the action. Obviously, its a comic book game, right? So theres a lot of punching and stuff like that. A lot of my friends play with their significant other or spouse, and they usually like to play the stuff thats not so up-front combat-wise; they like to do the healing, the support, the buffing, and that sort of group management. So we made sure that we tried to make that more than just watching peoples health bars on the side of the screen. It wasnt just playing the interface; it was actually still just playing the game. So our concepts for having the support people involved are very different from what other MMOs have.
And also, we dont have death in the game; we just have knock-outs so when you do die, you can get right back up again and into the fight. So theres less critical failure points for people who are more casual and arent necessarily as into a hardcore of an experience. Its a lot more forgiving in a lot of ways. And its not a necessarily a male-female thing so to speak, but its just what Ive noticed when it comes to what characters females tend to gravitate to gameplay-wise as opposed to men.
Wonder Woman is in our game; shes one of the most recognizable female characters in the world. So the appeal that we have as far as just female presence in the [intellectual property] is very large. The amount of customization that you get to do were taking a lot of care in terms of like what types of characters and archetypes that women gravitate to when they play have the cute character, we have the motherly character, we have the sexy character all the different kind of traits you can kind of choose from and can identify with.
MTV Multiplayer: Have you had a lot of women try the game?
Andersen: We actually have a lot of female team members, but certainly, theyre outnumbered by the males on the team for sure. And since were not in the open beta or anything like that, its typically been skewed towards men but we do let people play our game at all the conventions that weve gone to. I would say that the response is both good from men and women that have played the game. And were also live within the company, so there are a lot of females in the San Diego office that have played the game, too. and I think that theyve responded to it very well.
MTV Multiplayer: Do you find it challenging making a game thats aimed at hardcore MMO gamers and the more casual gamer whos just a big DC fan?
Andersen: This game is about the DC universe, bu its not just about the DC universe fans. Were not making specifically for that one gorup. Were making it for everybody including that group. So we have to inlcude a lot of mainstream concepts. Like whats the ideal version of Batman, right? Its Bruce Wayne as Batman. If theyre writing a story in the comics where Batmans back has been broken and its actually this other guy playing Batman right now several people have actually played Batman it wouldnt be Harvey Dent as Batman. That doesnt make sense [for this game].
What were trying to do is make a game that is for the action gamer and the MMO gamer. theres a market there already, and what we want to do is bring a new take to the space. We want to make people that like playing that long-term game, we want them to not play the same game only with capes.
Senior producer Wes Yanagi: I think your question is also about function or usability as opposed to the design. Maybe World of Warcraft would be the best example people say its easily accessible, right? And I think its really because their usablilty at the early stages was really well done. If you took someones WoW character at level 70 even if they didnt use any interface add-ons and if it was just their default interface youd be overwhelmed because thered be too many options. But what [Blizzard] did, they did a good job at gradually teaching you how to become an expert at that game. And I think that a lot of other games, especially MMOs, dont do that very well.
Andersen: You do need to teach people how to play your game early on. Product knowledge is really important to know whats great and not great. But were such a differet game fundametally [from "WoW"], like how you play moment-to-moment is completely different, how you team up with a player or tactically fight against another player because of the physics nature of our game, how you target things is completely different because were not pointer-driven. So there are certain things that we cant take from them. But we can say overall, Hey they did a wonderful job in ramping players up on how to play their game. We should that. But how we do it is dependent on our game.
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Mormon Callings
Essentially, the idea is that it is the Lord that has called, or asked, a person to perform a specific duty in the Church. This doctrine can be found in the fifth LDS Article of Faith,
- We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
For a calling to be seen as legitimate, it must be given by a person that has the authority to give it. For example if a calling is at the ward level such as a teacher, the ward leader, the bishop, calls that person. However, if the calling is on a stake level, someone who has authority over the stake, such as a stake president, must give the calling.
Receiving a calling is not like getting a promotion at work. There is no calling that is above another, they are all needed and are an important part of Christ's Church. Some callings, however, do come with more responsibility. For example, a bishop is responsible for the welfare of his entire ward (or congregation), while a Relief Society President is responsible for only the women in the ward. However, both of the positions are equally important because they help to further Christ's kingdom. Romans 12:3-5 offers an example of this idea,
- For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Thus any calling that helps edify members and strengthen Christ's Church is important.
After a person has been called, their name will be presented for a sustaining vote during Sacrament meeting (if it the calling is at a ward level). A member of the bishopric reads the name of the person called, tells what they have been called to, and asks the congregation for a sustaining vote. Sustaining entails the members of the congregation raising their right arms to the square. By so doing the members indicate that they believe the calling has come from the Lord and that they are willing to support that person in their new calling. If for some reason a ward member feels they cannot sustain a person, they are invited to discuss their concerns with the Bishop after the meeting.
Once the person called has been sustained by the congregation they will then meet with the bishopric, to be "set apart." Being set apart involves receiving a priesthood blessing by the laying on of hands. The person is blessed with all the keys and authority they will need to fulfill their calling.
When the Lord sees fit, or as circumstances dictate the need, a person will be released from their calling. Typically, the person will be given a new calling and a new person will receive their previous calling. During Sacrament meeting, a member of the bishopric will announce that a person has been released and ask the congregation for a vote of thanks (which, like sustaining, involves raising the right arm to the square).
Some of the callings in a ward include: Bishopric (bishop and two counselors), Elder's quorum presidency (all presidencies include a president and two counselors), Relief Society Presidency, Young Women's Presidency, Primary Presidency, Young Men's Presidency, Sunday School Presidency, High Priest Group Leader, Visiting Teacher, Home Teacher, Ward Clerk, Activities Board, Teachers, Ward Librarian, Ward Organist, and many others.