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What Cross-Cultural Workers Ought to Know about Re-Entry
Ronald Koteskey
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You are excited about going "home" to the country and church that sent you to another culture as a cross-cultural worker. Of course, you will miss the people you have been ministering to while you have been in your host country, but you begin to daydream about what it will be like to be greeted by friends and family when you arrive home.
This is usual for everyone who has been away from home a while. However, many times cross-cultural workers' expectations are so high that they experience high re-entry stress. When you get "home," you may find yourself feeling lonely, isolated, disillusioned, misunderstood, depressed and irritated with people back home as well as with your own culture. Let us look at how you can prevent some of these feelings by leaving well, entering well, and being aware of some of the pitfalls in going home.
Leaving Well
One of the things that may increase your re-entry stress is not leaving your host country correctly. The last part of Acts 20 gives us a good example of cross-cultural workers leaving well. Paul had spent three years in Ephesus and was headed back to his passport country and headquarters in Jerusalem. Dave Pollock is fond of saying that to leave well you should build a "RAFT," so let us see how Paul fulfilled that acronym.
- Reconciliation. When leaving, you may try to deal with tensions in relationships by ignoring them, hoping they will just disappear. However, they do not. We carry them inside, and they interfere with new relationships. If we ever spend time with the other party again, the tensions will still be there and even harder to settle. Paul reminded the Ephesian elders how he had lived among them the whole time he was there and that he never even took support from them but was always giving.
- Affirmation. Let others know how you respect and appreciate them by telling them how important their friendship has been and how you enjoyed working with them. As you acknowledge how people have blessed you, you will become aware of what you have gained. Paul commits the Ephesians to God's grace and warns them of potential difficulties.
- Farewells. Say good-bye to people, pets, places, and possessions. Take pictures and small reminders of the good things that have happened to you. After Paul was done speaking, they all prayed, wept, embraced, kissed, went to the ship, and tore themselves away.
- Think destination. While saying your good-byes, begin thinking realistically about where you are going. Think of it as a visit to the place you used to call home and imagine realistically what it will be like there. Paul wanted to be in Jerusalem by the day of Pentecost, but he also realized that there were hardships facing him there.
One thing that is particularly difficult is being forced to leave the field before you really want to. This can be because of health problems in yourself or family members, difficulty with a teenager, and a host of other things. In such cases you may have feelings of failure, depression, discouragement, resentment, and guilt. In such cases it helps to acknowledge your grief, face present realities, draw a healthy line on the past, and commit yourself to the present task.
Airplanes are wonderful for getting home in a hurry, but they provide little time to "leave" your host country in your thinking. There is little time to grieve your losses and anticipate your arrival as you fly home, and sometimes you are still "traveling" in your thinking even when your body has arrived back home. In one sense many people are still transitioning for several days or weeks after they arrive home. They unpack their suitcases long before they unpack their minds.
Although Paul was in a hurry to leave to get home in time, he had time to think as he traveled. Remember that he was covering more than 600 miles by ship at the mercy of the winds, and he had to make a "connection" (find another ship headed his way) after the first 200 miles. People back home may not understand and think it is extravagant, but a week in Hawaii or in Europe on the way home is a good way to transition more effectively.
Re-Entering Well
Of course, the first steps to re-entering well are to build a good RAFT and give yourself some time to transition on the way home. Now you find out if your expectations are realistic or not. Your expectations form the basis for evaluating everything back home, and everyone has expectations even if they deny them.
Unfortunately expectations may be based on what was true one, two or four years ago. However, during that time everything has changed—you, your friends and family, your church, and your culture.
- You have changed. Before you left, you drove your car to the corner store, threw away food, and discarded plastic bags without thinking. Now you walk half a mile, take food home from the restaurant, and hoard bags. Paul had changed, and he told the people in his passport country about persecuting followers of the Way, being struck blind on the road, and then being sent to the Gentiles (Acts 22)
- Your friends and family have changed. You used to belong to the group, know where you fit with everyone, and friends confided in you and listened to you. While you were gone, new people came into the group, and your friends are involved in different activities. You now feel like a marginal person, do not understand the jokes others laugh at, and misinterpret some of the things they say and do.
- Your church has changed. When you left, it may have seemed to be so interested, but now no one seems very interested in cross-cultural work. When you try to talk about your cross-cultural experience, people may listen politely for a few minutes, then launch into an excited conversation about how the local football team is doing. When Paul came home from his first term (Acts 15) of cross-cultural service, people from the church maintained that his converts were not saved. At the end of Paul's third term (Acts 22) people in his own denomination were excited. However, when he went to the big church in town, the people basically listened politely until he mentioned his cross-cultural call; then they called for his death.
- Your culture has changed. Alvin Toffler wrote Future Shock to point out that cultures now change so fast that even the people living in them can barely keep up with the changes. People gone for several years often return to a culture quite different from the one they left. Something as simple as walking into a store and buying something can be overwhelming.
Pitfalls to avoid
You will face many difficult situations. Here are some of the most common.
- Frustration. Things will be different, and some of those differences will be very frustrating. For example, while overseas, your family may have been closer because there was no TV and you home-schooled your children. Back home TV, school activities, many church activities, sporting events, club activities, etc. will separate family members.
- Disillusionment. You return home all excited about what you have been doing, but everyone at home seems so apathetic. As one person put it, "They are comatose and don't even know it."
- Judgmental. It is very easy to become critical, condemning others in the face of their apparent apathy. You may confuse the narrower functions of the organization (outreach and training for most) with the very broad functions of your local church.
- Bitterness and Hostility. If you let these things progress far enough, you may become bitter inside and let that express itself in hostility toward the very people who supported you financially and with prayer.
Suggestions for avoiding pitfalls
Pitfalls can be avoided, or at least made less disruptive to your life and witness. Here are some suggestions.
- Grieve your losses. If you have not taken time to grieve during leaving or traveling, take some time to do so after you arrive. Although time will be at a premium, set aside a few minutes each day (perhaps during your devotional time) to fully grieve what you have left behind.
- Be honest. Do not let pride (spirituality?) keep you from sharing your struggle with someone. Find someone(another cross-cultural worker, a close friend who will keep a confidence, a counselor who understands cross-cultural workers, etc.) who will mentor you in adjusting to life back home.
- Adjust to changes in ministry. Most likely you will not be doing the same kind of ministry that you were on the field. What you do may seem quite mundane in comparison. However, all avenues of service are pleasing to God, and you can find a way to be a servant in any local church.
- Thank your supporters. Even if you are not given the chance to speak to all the people in your church during a service, find some way to thank those who have helped you. Perhaps you can invite them over for a meal you learned to prepare while in another culture and share what God did in and through you.
- Reach out to people. Whatever you do, continue to reach out to people as you did on the field. As you reach out, people will see how you have changed and perhaps want to experience the same changes in their lives.
Ronald Koteskey is
Member Care Consultant
GO International


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Well. Okay. But just a warning, I would think twice about wearing green and gold against us. #justsayin.
Maybe a press release with an plethora of useless adjectives will help me comprehend what I am looking at here.
Oh, look! A MSU press release:
Like the ferocious Spartan warriors of ancient Greece, the Michigan State University football team views every game as a battle, requiring the right equipment and attitude for victory. Accordingly, the Spartans are one of nine teams chosen to wear the innovative Nike Pro Combat system of dress for the 2011 season. When the gates lift for their battle against archrival Michigan on Oct. 15, the Spartans will sport a unique design with bronze colorways, honoring the heroic armor of their historic namesake. Bronze is visible throughout the uniform, adding an authentic strength and durability synonymous with the Spartan name.I wonder if a baselayer of strategically placed seems, Flywire-threaded collar, Deflex padding and strategically placed cooling zones helped keep King Leonidas cool and wick away his sweat during his classic battle against the Persians?
The uniform's overall innovation starts at the baselayer, as strategically placed seams, pads and cooling zones help minimize distraction and optimize protective coverage. It features customizable protection, incorporating a thin, incredibly strong carbon fiber plate. This symbolically mirrors that of the Spartan shield, which is emblazoned on the right of the baselayer. The Nike Pro Combat Deflex padding, combined with strategically placed cooling zones helps wick away sweat to keep competitors cool, while the Flywire-threaded collar allows for more breathability, enabling that extra push needed during the rigors of Saturday battle.
Echoing the cry of King Leonidas, the back of the collar is inscribed with the words "Molon Labe," the Spartans' defiant challenge to the competition to "come and get them!" Gloves complete the traditional Spartan headdress look. Armed with intensity and determination, MSU will fight on the battlefield until the last team is standing.


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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Credo in $
I believe in worldwide Ponzi schemes and universal gullibility. I believe that reckless lending can be cured by reckless borrowing and that fraudulent borrowing can be healed by fraudulent lending. I believe that a housing bubble fueled by loose credit can be corrected by easing credit. I believe that each trillion of hallucinated dollars that disappears in a puff of Wall Street smoke then always reappears magically from behind a Treasury Department mirror.
I believe in America's almighty financial geniuses and monetary officials, who destroy wealth indiscriminately and indefinitely, and whose kingdom shall have no end. It is divine justice that those who cause financial catastrophes are rewarded with public money, while innocent bystanders are punished in their stead. I believe that central banks can print all the money anyone will ever need. I believe that if one stimulus package does not work, the next one surely will.
I believe in the redeeming power of financial complexity. I believe that hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds are righteous to enter into incomprehensible contracts having convoluted ownership and no inherent value. And I believe that opaque, secretive companies which pretend to insure those investments are offering a valuable service, even if this requires the use of public money.
I believe that economic stability and confidence will return when every failing business is bailed out, with no failure too small to be left behind. I believe that all dying institutions shall be consolidated, merging the smaller basket cases with the larger ones. The lion and the lamb shall lie down together in a new spirit of national competitiveness.
I believe that the end of days shall come when there is only one institution left, comprehensively unified, far too big to fail, owning everything and controlling nothing. All shall come and supplicate before its holy ATM machines, for they are subtle and quick to anger. It is in this one true financial institution that I put my faith, truly gigantic, truly bankrupt, amen.
50 comments:
- Danny said...
My faith is restored. Amen.
- Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 6:31:00 AM EST
Quite fantastic credo, Frank. Many thanks. Thanks also to Kollapsnik, for posting it.
- Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 9:00:00 AM EST
People who say "too big to fail" have never witnessed wars.
- Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 11:06:00 AM EST
- degustibus said...
Back to buffalo chips and cowry shells...
degustibus - Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 11:18:00 AM EST
Excellent. By the way, it just dawned on me that of course "everything", the total set, is too big to fail. The total system can and will go on... even without humans.
The irony of trying to solve a debt problem by borrowing and consuming more is too precious for words...
Does anyone remember the so-called "Orwell problem", that is, why people firmly believe things that not only contradict the evidence but are also harmful to their own interests?
The old medieval merchant knew that the only positive news was when more was coming into his pocket than was going out. What else is there to say, really? - Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 11:19:00 AM EST
I teach at a floundering public middle school and one of our more recent indignities is that the staff had to absorb a pay cut mid-year. Now the State is projecting massive cuts in funding to schools next year. The water-cooler topic du jour is whether we'll have gigantic class sizes or take another pay cut. When I say it's going to be both, and remain that way for the indefinite future, I get incredulous looks, and a lot of statements like, "when things get better..." or "it'll be bad for a few years...". The district I work for can't even find the resources to fix the vandalized and smashed windows with anything other than duct tape and cardboard. Copy paper was rationed this year. The heat lowered.
More and more kids are asking me for something to eat 1st period because no one fed them breakfast. Half my students experienced financial collapse (foreclosures, lost jobs, living in RV parks) long before it was a debated topic in the media so they're less freaked out by it than the teachers (who live in nice neighborhoods far away). We teach denial and obfuscation for a living so I doubt my peers will do anything other than continue to preach the Credo in $ despite the fact that our kids are going hungry, getting slapped around by recently unemployed, newly evicted step-dads, and our school is falling apart around us.
Thanks for the Credo, Frank. I'll start using it in my Social Studies class instead of the Pledge of Allegiance. - Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 11:44:00 AM EST
Nail hits head.
- Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 1:15:00 PM EST
"More and more kids are asking me for something to eat 1st period because no one fed them breakfast."
I would be surprised if the locally funded public schools are not replaced soon by federally funded (equitably funded) schools.
You fund the schools with local money but the army with federal money? This is an absurdity. It perpetuates class inequalities, among other problems.
I say federal funding but not federal control. The control should be totally local, by each individual school, not even a district.
If the collective of the nation is not amenable to funding all schools equitably, we've got ourselves a serious problem: we don't have a nation. - Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 1:58:00 PM EST
- kingacres said...
The Wall Street Prayer is no less rational, no more fantastical than the Lord's Prayer; both seem inappropriate to the needs of modern times.
A few words on public education (Mr. Emrich) and all the other programs that are about to receive gobs of printing press money: no revolutionary changes in the educational model are contemplated; no great increase in personal savings demanded; no great increase in manufacturing capacity envisioned; no drastic curtailment of military expenditures forseeen; health care without private insurance is not contemplated.
In other words, business, with minor modifications and a bit more oversight, as usual - which amounts to a massively expensive postponement of what is likely to be an inevitable collapse.
Vinton - Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 4:18:00 PM EST
- Admin said...
Pretty good; to show that something is ridiculous, bring it to the extreme and thus expose it.
- Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 8:33:00 PM EST
For those looking for a perfect collection of boondoggles and wrong thinking, I recommend the article "The Big Fix" by David Leonhardt in this Sunday's New York Times magazine.
Just for a taste, here is the crux of the author's credo:
"For centuries, people have worried that economic growth had limits – hat the only way for one group to prosper was at the expense of another. The pessimists, from Malthus and the Luddites and on, have been proved wrong again and again. Growth is not finite."
This is such an astonishing statement that it deflated my desire to write an article for this excellent Orlov duma rebutting Leonhardt's. It would be like arguing with the Flat Earth Society.
In the light of this assumption, any comments on his proposals (essentially, making the Big Fix really Big) would be futile.
If, as I suspect, this article was written in full support and with the participation of the Obama circle of advisors, the only thing I can say is: we are doomed. - Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 4:49:00 PM EST
You know it's happening when Friedman starts talking about the stages of collapse :
"Indeed, the whispers here were that what has been an exclusively economic crisis up to now may soon morph into a domino of political crises — as happened in Iceland, where the bankruptcy of the banks toppled the government on Monday." - Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 7:26:00 PM EST
This broadcast by Canadian radical humanist Stefan Molyneux (freedomainradio.com) may be of interest to the audience here:
It is part of a series, all of it interesting and relevant for those exploring alternatives. - Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 10:53:00 PM EST
Hey anonymous,
Don't get bent out of shape over the statement "Growth is not finite..."
Growth is not finite if he means growth in complexity etc
"Virtus" - Monday, February 2, 2009 at 7:12:00 AM EST
Jim Kunstler has a very good rant today:
It is curious that suburbia and (particularly) the state of American cities are absent from the discourse. Either Obama thinks that places Montgomery --described by Kunstler in this article-- will fix themselves, including a new economy, or he has decided that they will reach their final decay. In either case, the conclusion is inescapable: the American way of life may not be negotiable, and "we" will not apologize for it, but it is a real disaster with much worse to come. Rehabilitating and reactivating cities is not a stimulus, apparently. Better to keep financial institutions on life support, pour money into black holes, and talk about abstractions.
Meanwhile, Paul Krugman has decided to rebel against the stimulus scam. Interesting. - Monday, February 2, 2009 at 10:49:00 AM EST
- Michael Dawson said...
Federal funding of schools? Not in this society, unless people start taking to the streets. Federal school funding is egalitarian and rational and would work well.
Ergo, it is unthinkable and permanently "off the table."
You know, like health insurance and world peace. - Monday, February 2, 2009 at 12:21:00 PM EST
Boondoggle alert:
In an article in today's Washington Post, Robert Samuelson proposes giving a tax credit to those who buy new cars... - Monday, February 2, 2009 at 5:54:00 PM EST
Re: Mr. Emrich-
Do you live in New Orleans? What you speak of sounds just like what's happening here post-Katrina. In fact, most of what you've described was already going on even before the storm. Hurricane Katrina only exacerbated this city's problems.
I know someone who teaches in the public schools here. She has plenty of astonishingly-absurd stories on how the schools work. It truly is sad that many of these children usually don't make it out of high-school. Getting caught up in the gang/drug scene it's usually the grave or prison. Is it any wonder why this place is the way it is?
For such a backwards place, New Orleans is ahead of the rest of this country when it comes to Collapse. Want to see what the future has for ya? Come on down to Nawlins! We'll show you what "good times" will be instore for ya with our moon-cratered streets, violent-crimes gone wild, uber-corrupt politics, hyper-inflated living cost, institutionalized equal-opportunity racism, environmental catastrophes and chemically-dependent brethren to cheer you on.
Excellent book Dmitry Orlov. A vodka toast to you! *raise glass* - Monday, February 2, 2009 at 7:37:00 PM EST
"Do you live in New Orleans? What you speak of sounds just like what's happening here post-Katrina. In fact, most of what you've described was already going on even before the storm. Hurricane Katrina only exacerbated this city's problems."
A country that lets an emblematic city like New Orleans (one of the few American cities that foreigners actually want to visit) go to hell and then doesn't even show up when a disaster happens is a country with very warped values. It certainly is a country without civic honor or pride. - Monday, February 2, 2009 at 7:47:00 PM EST
- Pangolin said...
Money? Take all the money you want. At the current rate of printing US dollars are going to race Zimbabwe dollars for the infinity bill that will buy nothing.
Sure we're behind but we're cooking off CPU's to keep up and that's faster than printers any day of the week.
Energy in+waste >= Energy out.
That's the only social equation that matters. Try to bust that equation and you're going down. Guess which equation nobody on the WSJ editorial board understands?
Some people have been living off of the sweat of others for so long that they simply can't comprehend that you have to feed the bullock that pulls the plow or next winter you starve. Ask a farmer if he has seed money; you won't like the answer. - Monday, February 2, 2009 at 9:17:00 PM EST
Here is a very lucid article by Kirkpatrick Sale on Obama, Lincoln, big empires and local life:
The sad thing is that people like Sale have been writing persuasively on such topics for a long time. They have lots of readers but the consequences tend to be... zero. There is a dissociation between understanding and doing. Until people shake off that sense of impotence, things won't get moving. - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 2:18:00 PM EST
Pangolin says:
"Energy in+waste >= Energy out.
That's the only social equation that matters. Try to bust that equation and you're going down. Guess which equation nobody on the WSJ editorial board understands"
I wonder what society would be like if people understood basic physics...
For sure, Jim Kunstler could not keep making the (good) joke that "Americans believe you can get something for nothing". As it is, he can keep making it forever and getting laughs of recognition. He's hitting a big target.
Question: If the joke hits home, as it does, it means that people know what's going on. Why do they keep believing something that they know is obviously wrong? Back to the Orwell Problem, alas... Maybe teaching physics is not enough. - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 4:14:00 PM EST
The outrageous suggestion (a great boondoggle) by Robert Samuelson about giving tax breaks to buyers of new vehicles has been passed by the Senate:
Abandon all hope. This country won't be fixed. There was very little dissent about this measure... - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 9:52:00 PM EST
Here are a few more boondoggle suggestions, to be added to the subsidies for buying houses and cars (according to Orlov, the two enemies of the American people):
- A break for buying a new TV and subscribing to cable.
- A break for buying drugs.
- A break for buying hormone-loaded meat.
- A break for moving into heavily polluted areas, especially those where air AND water are poisonous.
- A break for buying guns.
Add this to the straight giveaway of lots of condoms and everybody will be OK.
This is getting sinister, folks. - Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 10:39:00 PM EST
I would like to draw attention to a superb article by Prof. Arno Mayer on the subject of corruption in the US:
http://counterpunch.org/mayer02042009.html - Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 11:55:00 AM EST
- The North Coast said...
Mr.Orlov, I hope you do not mind that I posted this great post to my own blog, duly credited to you and "Frank", of course.
I took this liberty because my blog has a local focus, and I wish to expose my neighbors to your great blog...and because the "Credo" is just too delicious not to reach the maximum exposure possible. - Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 12:43:00 AM EST
I recomment Ghost Malls, an excellent article by economist James Quinn on the death of malls:
http://prudentbear.com/index.php/commentary/guestcommentary?art_id=10187 - Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 12:52:00 AM EST
- Dmitry Orlov said...
No, I certainly don't mind. Post away!
- Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 12:53:00 AM EST
Gnashing of teeth, jawboning louder and louder, flailing and flailing in the US Capitol and White House.........the night terror descends, smothering them, they can't move. Alas, the citizenry have awoken from their long stupor and have left the hot air bags in freefall. Squeezing,Pressure builds, Can't breathe....implosion, dead cool arrogant cat..parts everywhere, carrion plenty
- Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 1:41:00 PM EST
Neil Lori Montclair NJ thinks the credo was great. In additon to what Frank writes I steal a bit from Kunstler in the sense that too many Americans believe in something for nothing. I also believe that the Obama Nation will foolishly continue roads roads roads aka highways highways highways. He and his minions are afraid to think out of the box. Big companies should be allowed to crash aka fall aka fail. The bailouts of large greedy corparations pisses the working men and working women of this nation off. How dare they steal tax money from us and distribute it to the rich. This is reverse Robinhood or Welfare for the rich. We need small scale and local projects to feed us in ther future. Those projects would be called organic and natural farms plus victory gardens.
Neil Lori Buy American
Neil Lor Buy USA - Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 2:27:00 PM EST
"Big companies should be allowed to crash aka fall aka fail. The bailouts of large greedy corparations pisses the working men and working women of this nation off."
The companies have already failed, they are carcasses. This includes many banks. The fact that the money is gone will eventually be made manifest. For now, they are doodling around, talking about "propping up", "providing liquidity" and so forth. It is so much hot air.
Consider what they are purportedly trying to do (Obama, Congress and the plutocrats):
1. Save the failed banks. Can't be done. Their value is negative.
2. Save the stock market. Can't be done. If nobody knows what things are worth, nobody buys and many people sell to save their ass.
3. Save the lifestyle. Can't be done (for all the reasons that have been made abundantly clear in this blog).
4. Save the housing market. Again, you have to let the losses happen. When a house doubled in value in a few years, as happened in some areas, I didn't hear anybody saying that there was something wrong. Same when prices go down. When houses are cheap enough, people will start to buy them. Schemes will be created to make this possible, but I fear that if we are to go back to a multiple of 3 (median house = 3 times median household earnings), we have a ways to go, nationally. Or maybe the multiple in the new era of collapse will be 2, not the historical 3. Who knows? Certainly not some bureaucrat or politician.
On the questions of food, energy and transportation, which are the most urgent, my conclusion, call me pessimistic, is that we are fucked. The efforts to maintain points 1 to 4 above will make it impossible to attend to these tasks, let alone providing medical attention to the population.
You can't attend to a collapse if you think it just means buying less stuff, being a litle less spoiled. It is a lot worse than that. In fact, it is an entirely different thing.
I thank Mr. Orlov for making this so clear and in such vivid terms. He has earned a place among the respected radical humanists. I only hope that his message affects some people enough to do something about their own lives. - Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 4:55:00 PM EST
I must say I do enjoy watching the futile efforts to prop the system up. Our esteemed host has a lot of good ideas in his Collapse Party Platform, which is as sensible as it is impossible to implement within the confines of our current imperial system.
The other amusing thing I've noticed is that the ruling elites are the last to feel the effects of collapse thus have no incentive to make the necessary drastic changes to a system that has rewarded them so richly. Until they can no longer ignore the possibility of collapse but by that time it will be too late even for drastic measures. - Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 5:45:00 PM EST
- Chris R. said...
At least we're not buying bread with shopping carts filled with marks/dollars.....yet. I'm fascinated at how many relocalizers still resist consideration of a "worst case scenario" in their planning. Thanks for a great piece.
Chris R.
The Localizer Blog - Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 6:06:00 PM EST
"Nihil nove sub sole":
http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/books/lafargue.html - Friday, February 6, 2009 at 3:54:00 AM EST
Kunstlerian adaptation proceeding:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008717626_concrete07m.html - Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 8:09:00 PM EST
- pfh said...
I like your list of "I believe's". I believe... you should look at this comparison between the 100 yr historic DOW Jones average and the 100 yr US total energy consumption in Quads. http://www.synapse9.com/issues/DJ_Energy+exp.jpg
My physical economy science says the end of exponential growth in the energy curve (at ~1967) is when the Fed should have switched policy to prevent the automatic compounding of money that ended up stimulating a Ponzi economy that then collapsed. They didn't know any better, I guess you could say, not understanding what the approach of limits would look like or how it would be needed to change the rules of money so that pricing would not diverge from reality... My first general exposition of it is buried in dust,[http://www.synapse9.com/GenAlloTheory.pdf] and still waiting for anyone to ask me to dust it off, but treats the subject definitively based on well verified physical science principles. If you believe our economy is anchored in physical systems, then you might give a physical systems economy model higher value than the traditional "magic of big dreams" sort of economic theory... ;-) - Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 9:30:00 AM EST
And here is an assessment of the economic situation in the US by Paul Craig Robert, an honest man:
It should be strong medicine against rosy-colored pictures. It is not a question of being pessimistic, folks, it's about seeing reality. Wishes are not worth much. - Monday, February 9, 2009 at 2:20:00 PM EST
Excellent article by Alec Dubro on the scam of "efficient cars":
Very much in line with the objective analyses that we read on this blog. - Monday, February 9, 2009 at 3:45:00 PM EST
- Tiwaz said...
Further proof the Great Orlov speaks the truth. - Monday, February 9, 2009 at 10:01:00 PM EST
The excellent writer Joe Bageant publishes this chronicle from Belize. It should be of interest to people watching the collapse:
There is much truth in what he says. Do you think there will emerge a new kind of shrink specializing in victims of the Collapse? The psychological results will likely be devastating. - Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 2:23:00 PM EST
A clear statement from an economist: the problem is insolvency, not illiquidity:
Is this so hard to understand? Meanwhile boondoggle after boondoggle about "getting credit to flow to families". They're broke! They can't take on more debt and they shouldn't take on more debt... - Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 4:44:00 PM EST
A killer article by Michael Hudson on the Ultima Obama Financial Boondoggle we are witnessing:
I fear that the debacle will occur much sooner than anybody thought. My prediction: within six months. - Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 12:15:00 PM EST
- Pangolin said...
Wall Street and Washington are spinning in circles trying to avoid a single necessary reform. Until real wages go up the economic destruction will continue. I don't mean "family income" meaning two people working 2.6 jobs making what one working man did in 1975. I mean one guy, as in male, being able to support a wife and two kids with an average job and still put some savings back. Plans to lend Joe and Jane sixpack ever more money only to snatch the value away later will result in continued pain. Guess what the current stimulus package is?
- Friday, February 13, 2009 at 12:30:00 AM EST
A great quote from Paul Craig Roberts (should be available from Counterpunch in a week or two):
"Modern economic theory is based on "empty-world" economics. But, in fact, today the world is full. In a "full world," the fish catch is limited by the remaining population of fish, not by the number of fishing boats, which are man-made capital in excess supply. Oil energy is limited by geological deposits, not by the drilling and pumping capacity of man-made capital. In national income accounting, the use of man-made capital is depreciated, but the use of nature's capital has no cost. Therefore, the using up of natural capital always results in economic growth.
For example, the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico from fertilizer runoff from chemical fertilizer farming are not counted as a cost against the increase in agricultural output from chemical farming. The brown clouds that reduce light over large areas of Asia are not included as costs in the production of energy from coal. Economists continue to assume that the only limits to growth are labor, man-made capital, and consumer demand. In fact, the critical limit is ecological."
Yes indeed, and burning capital is not usually considered a profit or "growth", outside of corrupt companies and governments... - Friday, February 13, 2009 at 9:45:00 PM EST
Entirely, totaly, unimagianbly off toppic. I just read 'The New Age of Sail' The box boats that you describe, although much larger, seem to be built exactly allong the lines of the 'Optimist' class dinghies, plentifull in youth sailing clubs on the lakes in Poland. Is anyone aware of any relation between the two designs?
- Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 6:52:00 AM EST
This is the most interesting post I've read in ages! Where is the video that is promised? Can someone make some subtitles for it too?
- Friday, February 20, 2009 at 5:38:00 PM EST
- magicalnet said...
Apparently Soros is on record as agreeing with you:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51K0A920090221?sp=true - Monday, February 23, 2009 at 12:08:00 PM EST
I was in Magadan, Omsuchan and further north, in the Kolyma River valley in 1995, installing a satellite telephone and high speed data network for .. a mining company .. a system that never "formally" entered Russia nor was licensed by any authority other than the mine and the people who fixed things so that a million dollars worth of gear could be transported across Siberia .. a system that then - and even now - could be used to call the mine, north of the Arctic Circle, toll-free on an 800 number that terminated in Denver ...
Mr. Orlov's speaking far more truth than most who had not been there in the post-Soviet period would believe.
We Americans have so far to fall, and we're so close to the edge. - Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 6:45:00 PM EST
"I say federal funding but not federal control. The control should be totally local, by each individual school, not even a district."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA- that's good: "federal funding but not federal control". Have you been in this country long? - Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 4:55:00 PM EDT
- Amanda Crowe said...
Already, no one expects that the market will return to its pre-crisis state. Confidence about future economic prospects will be a critical influence on people's willingness to spend. Confidence took a major hit last fall, and my best guess is that it will recover slowly along with the financial markets.
- Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 4:17:00 AM EDT


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POPLARVILLE – Sophomore Chandlor Mathews of Bay St. Louis is the 2011 recipient of the Dobie Holden Memorial Scholarship at Pearl River Community College. Mathews, 20, is a graduate of St. Stanislaus High School. He is a starting offensive tackle on the Wildcat football team and a business major. Mathews is the son of Donna Mathews of Jacksonville, Fla. Chandlor is a hard-working kid with a lot of potential, said PRCC head coach Tim Hatten. He is very coachable, a hard worker and a model citizen for our program. The late Dobie Holden was a highly successful head football coach at PRCC. From 1948 until 1966, he recorded a 140-43-7 record and his teams were always ranked in the NJCAA Top 10. In addition, he led the Wildcats to 17 straight wins over arch-rival Gulf Coast, while winning four of five bowl games. Holden coached at Picayune for a decade, posting a 72-19-7 record and, at one point, won 37 straight games. He resigned the Picayune job in 1943, took a job with a shipbuilding firm in Slidell, La., and a year later he was back in coaching – this time in Pascagoula. By 1948, Coach Holden had accepted the Wildcats head job and the rest is history. Holden lifetime record was 240-74-15. His PRCC teams won seven state championships. The 1961 team finished 10-0 and also won the NJCAA national championship. Holden died in 1986, but his competitive attitude on life remains alive in so many people today. He was one of the first to be selected into the college Sports Hall of Fame and has also been inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.Keith Daniels Scholarship Sophomore Ketrick Wolfe of Sumrall is the 2011 recipient of the Keith Daniels Memorial Scholarship. Wolfe, 20, a business major, is a starting defensive end, and plays some linebacker, for the Wildcats. He is the son of Ervin and Deidra Wolfe of Sumrall. He one of our team leaders this year, said Hatten. He has been a solid player for us. He gets better with every game. He is a very hard-nosed player. Daniels passed away in 2000 during his sixth season as PRCC head football coach. He had a long, successful career as an assistant coach on the collegiate level before he was hired in the spring of 1995 to succeed Willie Coats at PRCC. Daniels guided PRCC to a 7-3 record his inaugural season. In 1996, his freshman-ladened team fell to 2-8. His overall record at PRCC was 21-34. Mathews and Wolfe will be recognized during the 2011 Alumni Homecoming luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 15) in Olivia Bender Cafeteria.


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The Rise & Fall of a Windows Phone Marketplace Scammer
The name Jesse Dudley should be no stranger to the Windows Phone community by now. I mean, WPCentral has been writing about this Marketplace scammer since September. But rest assured you won't be seeing another post on this subject; I've pulled all of his illegal NES games off the Marketplace. Game over, Dudley.
Read what went down, after the break.
Thou Shalt Not Steal
Back when you were a little kid, you may remember Mom or Dad teaching you not to take things that don't belong to you. (This teaching was oft reinforced via The Belt.) Copyright law at its core is exactly that. Jesse Dudley missed this teaching though and decided it was okay to steal a bunch of NES games, emulator code, and turn it on the Marketplace for a profit.
Dudley's NES games on the Marketplace comprised of the following stolen and therefore copyright infringing components:
- Logo
- NES Emulator (failed SharpNES attribution)
- Digital copy of retail NES game (ROM).
One widely held myth is that video game ROMs are legal to make and/or use if you own the original cartridge. In the United States, this is completely untrue and has been since 1983, as established in the case of Atari v. JS&A in 1983.
My initial attempts to get these games off the Marketplace, through Nintendo and Microsoft, failed. And without owning any of the stolen content, my hands were legally tied. I nearly gave up.
Can I Has Copyright?
Having struck out with both Nintendo and Microsoft, I decided to focus on the emulator itself. Further research revealed Dudley didn't just fail to attribute SharpNES developers per the BSD license – he lifted a modified copy of SharpNES code from XDA Developers member Steven Hartgers (fiinix)!
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Knowing Hartgers was active on XDA Developer, I knew getting a hold of him would be easy. But a few emails in, I discovered he was in another country. And I knew availing U.S. Copyrights across country borders would introduce a bunch of legal complexities. But after more research, I confirmed copyrights – like any property – can be transferred in part and/or in whole. Hartgers trusted I wouldn't take his work and build a Fortune 500 company from his assets, so he signed the transfer paperwork and boom – I was the legal copyright holder for all of Hartger's SharpNES code changes.
Here Comes The Pain Train, Choo Choooo!
Now with the power of the derivative SharpNES code copyright in hand, I felt like a kid with a new set of cardboard boxes. I now possessed the power to avail myself of my newly acquired rights under specific U.S. Copyright law. Yep, I'm talking about that infamously bad-ass Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
The DMCA is a copyright law that includes many provisions, such as those that make it illegal to circumvent copyrighted work protections (e.g. DRM). But it also has safeguards in place to protect websites and service providers from copyright infringing lawsuits based on user submitted content.
For example, Twitter solicits millions if not billions of tweets from users around the world. It's inevitable that its users illegally tweet copyrighted content. To avoid the onslaught of folks looking to sue the pants off of Twitter for housing that material, Twitter implemented the requirements listed in the DMCA to qualify for protection. One of these requirements is to expeditiously respond to copyright owner requests to take down infringing content. These requests are often referred to as "take down notices".
Per the Windows Phone Marketplace FAQ, I had to draft a takedown notice and fire it off to Microsoft's designed DMCA agent. I did just that.
Having sent notices before, I kept my eye glued on the Marketplace, waiting for the applications to go poof. Instead, I received an email from Microsoft 9 hours later, asking me to fill out some cockamamie Microsoft Word form...
The Slow Moving Microsoft Machine
Figure: A snippet of the four page Content Infringement Complaint form I had to complete.
Instead of acting immediately on my DMCA take down notice, Microsoft sidelined me to fill out paperwork to reformat my official request. The four page form used those pesky data fields and was designed to report one application at a time. With 14 applications to report, I refused to fill out the form 14 times. So after a back and forth exchange with Microsoft, they agreed that I could squeeze all 14 applications onto one form. Reluctantly, I filled out the paperwork and sent it in.
I waited impatiently. Days and days had gone by. Nothing seemed to be happening. But finally, a week later, Microsoft pulled Dudley's applications from the Marketplace. I jumped up from my chair and yelled at my monitor in a Rainn Wilson-like voice: "Shut up, crime!"
(The team actually screwed up and missed one of the applications in my paperwork. And they let enough time elapse allowing Dudley to wiggle another infringing game onto the Marketplace. A quick follow up with more paperwork, however, fixed that problem.)
Having successfully stopped the illegal sale and distribution of Hartger's and Nintendo's hard work, I feel pretty good about myself right now. But the process was Ikaruga-hard and I'm still concerned that Jesse Dudley kept the money he stole from others. I'll continue working with Microsoft on improving this process, but do know it does work – if you're persistent enough.


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For many of us, having love in our life is the whipped cream on top of … well… just about anything. It makes life delicious!
If we grew up not feeling loved or understood or as connected as we wanted, we may have blocks to allowing warm, loving connection into our lives now. We may not notice it when it's offered to us. We can literally be blind to love.
Sometimes tapping while we ask for what we want can open new doorways. It can certainly help us understand what our blocks are. And knowing what the problem is makes it lots easier to clear!
If we've been so tuned into the lack of love all around us, we may not be sending a clear request to the Universe. Clarifying what we want and asking for it can be a good way to start a new pattern. It may bring up old hurts, grief, and pain at first… if the feelings are intense, get help! You don't have to do this alone. What better way to teach your primitive brain that it can have support and love, than to offer it proof… get a private session, join a group, tap with a buddy.
As you do this tapping, notice what thoughts come up. Is there an argument going on in your head? This is good data! Instead of getting frustrated, write down the phrases. Those phrases make perfect tapping material!
How does your body feel when you tap on this subject? If it feels warm and open, then you're doing great! If you feel tension, resistance, fear, or sheer terror, that's really okay. You just learned something incredibly important… Love doesn't feel completely safe to you.
The beautiful thing is that you can tap on those fears and transform them so you can feel loved and connected. It may take a bit of work, but the results feel incredible! You can get help with this process, too. Having caring support and guidance while you clear those fears and hurts can accelerate your process and help your primitive brain feel safe opening up. Our group coaching program is a great way to connect with others on the same path, and gain insights and personal power:
You can always change the words to fit what feels right to you. What is it that you want? What words to you use to describe what's in your heart?
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Let's do some tapping:
Karate Chop: Even though I've felt alone and scared for a long time, I ask the Universe to bring me warm, loving connections and help me be open to noticing and receiving love.
Even though I decided I must not deserve love because I felt alone and scared so much of the time, a lot has changed since then and I'm healing more each day. I ask the Universe to draw my attention to opportunities to love and be loved.
Even though I was starting to believe I lived in an emotional wasteland, with little love and connection, I ask the Universe to guide me and send me new and wonderful opportunities for my heart to connect with others.
Top of the Head: I've felt so alone.
Eyebrow: I really hurt.
Side of the Eye: I thought this was how it was.
Under the Eye: Never enough love.
Under the Nose: Never enough connection and laughter.
Chin: I felt like I had to earn it.
Collarbone: I thought I had to fight for it.
Under the Arm: I kept trying, until it wore me out.
Top of the Head: I have changed a lot.
Eyebrow: I'm still changing.
Side of the Eye: I'm tapping into new energies within me… as we speak.
Under the Eye: Maybe I can allow love now.
Under the Nose: Maybe I can just ask for it and let it flow in.
Chin: My heart is full of love.
Collarbone: What if I could love myself just a little…
Under the Arm: While I allow others to love me, right now?
Top of the Head: I want soft, tender touch.
Eyebrow: I want safe, respectful play.
Side of the Eye: I want laughter and sharing.
Under the Eye: I want passion and mutual attraction.
Under the Nose: I ask the Universe to send that to me…
Chin: In the form of friends, romance, and unexpected encounters.
Collarbone: I live in a new world now.
Under the Arm: I'm ready for beautiful new interactions.
Top of the Head: I ask the Universe to help me be open.
Eyebrow: Please help me release my fears.
Side of the Eye: I want to enjoy the connections deeply…
Under the Eye: And feel how loved I truly am.
Under the Nose: I ask the Universe to draw my attention…
Chin: To love that is all around me.
Collarbone: And help me to love myself.
Under the Arm: I request deep and beautiful connection.
Top of the Head: And I thank the Universe for all the wonder I receive.
Take a deep breath.
You may find it helpful to tap through this a few times a day for a week or so, until you get used to being open to noticing and allowing love. Some of those patterns may have taken decades to form, so be gentle with yourself as you create new habits that meet your needs better and help you feel really good.
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Hi Bellas,
Happy Friday! It's definitely fall and I'm ready for it! I've got my deep lippies pulled out and today i'm showing you my first Fall look. I went for berries on the lips and eyes and I think it's a look that will look fab on everyone, check it out!
On my lips, I'm rocking Milani Black Cherry lipstick. The color on the tube (looks almost black) is actually much darker than it appears on the lips (a blackberry wine tone). I love the color but the application can be a bit streaky as you can see.
I like matte shadows for fall. On my lids, I went for a nude shade but contoured with a reddish brown in the crease to give it a little dimension.
The key to fall looks is to experiment with bold, deeper colors. If you're not comfortable with such a deep lip, maybe try a gloss or lip stain instead. Have fun with it!
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GQbyCITROEN combines classically sophisticated features and contemporary styling with a sculpted front end, rounded rear, strong body contours and sleek concave rear windscreen – a signature Citroen design.
The car's cabin is accessed by rear coach doors and reveals a spacious, comfortable and futuristic cabin. Completing the car's bespoke styling, the interior detailing and upholstery selections were provided by Patrick Grant, the Creative Director of prestigious Savile Row tailors, E.Tautz, who commented: "Savile Row is all about balance and Tautz's simple military inspired interior is the perfect counterpoint to the Gallic flair of the exterior."
Dylan Jones commented: "I wanted something practical, something cool, and something idiosyncratic – i.e. something surprising that didn't just look like a concept car. The GQ car needed to have the 'want' factor, but it also needed to look, feel and 'drive' like the sort of car no sane man could choose to ignore. We think it looks very very special."
Dynamic performance and environmental responsibility were also key requirements for the project. The GQbyCITROEN concept car is powered by a plug-in Hybrid with a 1,598cc, 4-cylinder direct injection petrol engine offering a sporty 0-60mph time of just 4.5seconds, an electronically limited top speed of 155mph and CO2 emissions of just 80g/km.
Mark Lloyd, Chief Designer of Citroen's International Projects added: "Where this car works so well with GQ is that it fits with the current attitudes of conspicuous consumption. It is understated rather than in-your-face and sleek rather than too macho. With the skills of a Savile Row tailor on the car's interior we have also achieved that bespoke, fitted feel, both inside and out.
"For me, the car that has always represented the pinnacle of automotive excellence and refinement is the GT – the Grand Tourer. It is not the all-out sports car, rather it is something gentlemanly, it has performance and it is for travelling, not racing. We wanted to create something that, like GQ, was aspirational, but also retained the classic automotive ideals. We didn't want a car for the mass market. We wanted a car for GQ.'"


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CC China Mainland launches 3.0 licenses
UncategorizedAfter more than two years of hard work, the CC China Mainland 3.0 licenses are ready for use. Congratulations to Chunyan Wang and the entire CC China Mainland team. Thank you to everyone who helped create these licenses, including the community members who participated in the public discussion.
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First of all, if you're planning a visit to Australia, head to australia.com right now! It is the single most comprehensive site for travelers heading Down Under, in there you can find heaps of information on pretty much everywhere and everything Australia.
Here are some of the things you can find on the site:
- travel by destination – cities
- accommodation – with links to hotels, ratings, etc
- transportation
- restaurants and where to eat
- shopping
- adventures
The information is laid out well, with photos, guides, videos, tips, and even special offers. It is the single most amazing tourism site I've seen.
australia.com website, everything you need to plan a trip
Personally, I've been to Australia twice, both times to Melbourne and I really enjoyed my visits. There's plenty to do, I went skiing at Mt. Buller, visited Chinatown, ate at little Italy, traveled to St. Kilda by tram, walked around Melbourne University, and shopped at Queen Victoria Village.
And since this blog is primarily known for food, lets explore a little bit on what you can expect to find while in Australia. These are just some of the places I went to in Melbourne, but you can find many a variety of dining choices in pretty much every city in Australia.
Food lovers will never be disappointed.
MART 130, excellent breakfast place
There are many awesome breakfast places in Australia, and MART 130 would be one of the excellent examples if you're traveling to Melbourne. The place used to be a TRAM stop, but it is now serving one of the best breakfasts you'd find anywhere. Yes, you can get there on Melbourne's well known tram system.
07A Canterbury Road,
Middle Park 3206,
Melbourne, Australia
coffee at Brother Baba Budan
For those who love coffee, the caffeinated culture is mature and sophisticated. Coffee houses are among the hot spots where people hang out, and one of the places you should check out would be Brother Baba Budan, the coffee here is one of the best you could get anywhere and consistently praised by critics. I certainly loved it.
Alternatively, chocolate lovers should check out Max Brenners chocolate bar at QV, they serve pretty awesome chocolate drinks, and rather decent coffee too.
Brother Baba Budan
359 Little Bourke Street
Melbourne 3000
real hearty burgers at Grill'd
There are fast food joints all over Australia, but if you're into hearty, thick-pattied burgers, Grill'd would be one of those places you want to stop by. Australia produces premium quality beef, which you can enjoy in their burgers.
Grill'd is available at more than 30 locations.
Grill'd (opposite Max Brenners)
Level 2
210 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
authentic as you can get Vietnamese pho, even has coagulated blood
Since Australia is a melting pot with various cultures and immigrants from different parts of the world, you get many authentic ethnic cuisines.
One of my favorite Asian dishes is Vietnamese pho (soup noodle), so we went all the way to Richmond, the "little Vietnam" near Melbourne for a meal. Pho Dzung did not disappoint, they even have coagulated blood on the menu, something I haven't seen from anywhere else outside Vietnam!
Pho Dzung Tan Dinh
208 Victoria St
Richmond 3121 VIC
Korean food? you're covered at Oriental Spoon
If Korean food is your choice, there are plenty to choose from as well. We went to Oriental Spoon while I was in Melbourne, the bulgogi was huge and yummy, the only small problem over there is that you might end up waiting for a bit to get a vacant table.
Oriental Spoon
254 La Trobe St,
Melbourne VIC 3000,
Japanese food? No problem, Shoya is more than satisfactory
Shoya is an established high end Japanese restaurant that calls Melbourne home. If you're on a bit of a budget,a great way to try high end restaurants would be to go for their set lunches. The photos above are some of the dishes we had for the two sets ordered. The meals ended up with two satisfied customers.
25Â Market Lane, Melbourne.
Victoria, Australia, 3000
Ying Thai 2 offers one of the best Thai foods around
Fancy some spicy food that'll leave a burning sensation in your very own down under? Ying Thai 2 is one of the many Thai restaurants in every major Australian city. Tomyam, green curry, minced meat with basil, and even chicken in pandan leaves, they have it all. Prices are very reasonable as well, a very popular place among students and working adults alike.
Ying Thai 2
110 Lygon St,
Carlton VIC 3053,
Italian cuisine? Plenty of those at Lygon street, pics above from Tiamo 2
There are plenty of Italian restaurants in Australia, and the popular place to go if you find yourself at Melbourne would be Lygon Street. We've been to Cafe Italia for authentic Italian food, Il Dolce Freddo for some of the best gelati, and Tiamo 2 Cucina E Pizzeria for hearty pizzas.
Tiamo 2
305 Lygon St
Carlton 3053, Victoria
seafood at Claypots, St. Kilda
For seafood lovers, most of the major cities in Australia are along the vast coastline of the country. When I was in Melbourne we traveled to St. Kilda for this purpose. Here you find quite a few restaurants that serve fresh seafood, and we had a great dinner at Claypots. The fish was fresh, and prawns were scrumptious. It was indeed very yummy. I remembered ordering a fish that I've never tasted before, though the name of said fish escapes my mind right now.
213 Barkly St,
St Kilda
Victoria 3182
These are some of the places I personally visited from the two trips in Melbourne. There are plenty of great food experiences to enjoy in Australia, and you don't even need to limit yourself to restaurants as there are also fresh produce markets, fruit picking, cheese farms, and many other delicious places to visit for a complete gastronomic journey Down Under.


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Texas is a great state with a rich history. Located in lovely Texas Hill Country, our ranch in Cat Spring is just one of the many charming stops you might make on a historic tour of Texas.
Take a look at Sealy, Texas, if you will. Formed as a railroad town in 1879, our neighbors in the nearby city of Sealy recently received a Texas Main Street Program Grant. The grant was presented by Anita Perry, wife of Texas Governor Rick Perry. Along with a friend, BlissWood owner Carol Davis had the privilege of presenting the Texas and US colors on horseback.
Sealy was fortunate enough to be selected to participate in the Texas Main Street Program. The goal of the TMSP is "to provide technical expertise, resources and support for Texas communities in the preservation and revitalization of historic downtowns and commercial neighborhood districts in accord with the National Main Street Four Point Approach® of organization, economic restructuring, design and promotion."
Across the great state of Texas, there are 84 official Texas Main Street communities. The program works with towns and cities of every size, ranging in population from 2,000 to over 200,000. And all that work is paying off. Texas Main Street communities have seen significant reinvestment into their historic downtowns.
It's extremely important to support and invest in the downtown areas of our Texas cities. Downtown revitalization is key when it comes to preserving the economic and social health of a community. A well-preserved historic downtown is part of any city's charm. It's also a valuable source of cultural heritage.
We look forward to seeing the positive impact the program will have on the beautiful city of Sealy, and we're honored to have been a part of it! Next time you take a trip to BlissWood Bed and Breakfast Ranch, be sure to stop by Sealy!


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This post is sponsored content from BlogHer and Panasonic Lumix.
Have you ever set one of these two goals only to meet with either total frustration or some "consolation-prize" level of semi-success?
- Learn to use a quality DSLR camera.
- Learn to use Photoshop in a really useful way.
If you have, then you and I are in the same boat because I've gone for both of these a few times, complete with buying how-to ebooks and a "decent" DSLR camera. Yet I still don't feel even close to "getting it".
But that, I'm happy to say, is yesterday's news thanks to the camera I'm going to share with you today.
Readers of EverythingEtsy know a couple things about me. One is that I'm not very techy at all. If not for the help of my sweet husband and blogging partner, Tim, I would spend much more of my life in a state of extreme techno-frustration, stubbornly refusing to be beaten down by my "useful" gadgets.
The other thing is that I think pictures are probably the single most important part of success online. They're important for selling on Etsy, blogging, building a great website, social media (Pinterest, Instagram, etc), and more. But most important for me and other Etsy sellers is product photography.
One camera has changed my world, so let me tell you a little about it.
The Panasonic Lumix G5
First things first. If you don't have time to read all the fun details about this camera, let me just give you the most important points I've noticed since I started using it.
It takes incredible pictures. –
Obviously the most important thing. The 16 megapixel sensor coupled with interchangable high-quality lenses makes for outstanding results.
It's smaller and lighter, by far, than comparable DSLR cameras. –
A really big deal when traveling with the camera or holding it still for video recording.
The low-light capabilities are shocking –
I'm really not kidding, it's amazing. This feature totally makes a major difference for me and anyone doing indoor photography (such as products) or who photographs concerts or events (such as weddings).
The video recording is (to my untrained eye) professional quality. –
I'm no expert, but we have an HD Flip camera and the difference is night-and-day.
Maybe I just don't know what I'm doing…
A critical reader of the above four statements might say I just haven't ever had a decent camera before or don't know how to work one. To point A, untrue: we currently own an Olympus DSLR and before that we had a 35mm Canon EOS with a bag full of fancy lenses. To point B, not knowing how to work a "decent" camera, true dat.
And that's probably the most important point about this camera and why I'm so thankful to have one. It takes pictures that look great and I can actually work it. What a concept.
The Two Best Features of the Lumix G5
(aside from the awesome pictures, that is)
1. Easy to Use Menus
The menu system on this camera is intuitive. It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of my most frequently used settings. I can change from one creative filter to another with just a couple of clicks.
The more in-depth settings are also easy to follow and the camera actually explains choices to you as you scroll through options.
2. Creative Filters Built-In
Jumping back to the two goals mentioned at the beginning of this post, the second one was learning to use Photoshop in a really useful way. I already used Photoshop to do some basic edits such as cropping and adjusting brightness and contrast. But I never really could figure out how to really get the great results I knew were possible.
Well my frustration is over. Now, the camera does it for me. And it does it better!
The fourteen creative filters found under the "Creative Controls" menu are amazing. I use one of them with almost every shot I take.
Again, I'm NOT a photography expert, so I really don't know what I'm talking about. This is all about ease of use and results for me. Easy is putting it mildly and the results are great.
These are a few of my favorite options:
High Key
High-Key is the setting that really made a difference in my life. No more waiting for the perfect time of day to get a good indoor close-up with realistic color and great detail.
Dynamic Monochrome
Impressive Art
More Features You Should Know About
16 Megapixels means excellent detail shots. Take a look at the comparison below. I took one shot with my 7.1 Megapixel Point-and-shoot, and the other with the G5, then zoomed in for a closer look.
Image 1 (above) – 7.1 Megapixel point-and-shoot
Image 2 – Lumix G5 – 16 megapixel
The point-and-shoot takes a decent picture for sure, but as you can see when you zoom in, the extra resolution of the 16mp Lumix camera means much better clarity and sharpness even up-close.
Great HD Video Shooting
We've done a couple of videos with the new camera and it was incredible. The same great effects can be used for video which really helped with a less than perfect lighting scenario. We previously used a flip HD video camera, but it now lives on the shelf next to my old point-and-shoot.
Interchangeable Lenses
I can't wait to get a chance to try out some of the available lenses for this camera. I've read that the 20mm f/1.7 Pancake Lens will open up a whole new world of low-light and shallow depth-of-field photography that I've always wanted to do but couldn't. There are dozens of other lenses available for every type of photography imaginable.
A Perfectly Designed LCD Display
I totally love the LCD display on this camera.
It's huge and beautiful
It is a touch screen allowing for snapping the shutter and other functions by touch
It rotates and flips to make it useful in a vast number of shooting positions (like holding it down low on the floor or a table and shooting upward)
It has an auto-off feature to shut the screen off when I want to use the viewfinder, which is really great in its own right.
Advanced Face Recognition and Face Follow
Another feature I've really enjoyed is the automatic face recognition focus option. When this feature is turned on, the camera does a great job of finding the face(s) in the shot and focuses quickly and perfectly. It can also be set to follow the "face" and maintain focus, even as you or the subject move around.
Way More Stuff I Can Actually Use
I'm forcing myself to stop going on and on. This isn't a "photography blog" and I'm really not well-versed in the features of great cameras, so trying to explain them in writing is a little bit of a challenge for me.
The bottom-line is that I can actually use this camera. I have a fancy DSLR that I can't figure out because I don't know much about ISO, shutter-speed, exposure, focal lengths, etc. And I don't really want to learn.
This camera works great and produces professional quality pictures without forcing me to learn more than I want to learn. The transition from a simple point-and-shoot was simple and quick. Now I can increase my knowledge of the more advanced features of the camera slowly, at my own pace, while totally enjoying the camera in the meantime.
Add it To Your Wish List!
The notorious economic downturn of recent years hit our house pretty hard and my spending habits will never be the same no matter what, so I'm pretty shy about telling anyone they should buy anything (unless it's handmade!). But if you're thinking of getting a new camera, and you're ready to invest in something a little above entry-level, then my experience so far with the Lumix G5 has me ready to recommend it without hesitation.
If anything happens to change that opinion I'll let you know, but if you just keep seeing great pictures on my blog, you'll know its just my awesome camera!
This post is sponsored content from BlogHer and Panasonic.


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1 Chimp Dead, 1 Tranquilized After Escaping Las Vegas Home
The female chimp was subdued, but the male chimp was killed.
July 13, 2012— -- Two powerful, adult chimpanzees escaped a Las Vegas backyard and rampaged through a neighborhood, leaping over backyard walls and pounding on cars before police killed one of the chimps and tranquilized the other.
The Las Vegas neighborhood came to a standstill on Thursday morning when two chimps, each standing more than 5 feet tall and weighing more than 150 pounds, broke free from their backyard cage and began to run wild.
The female chimp, Calamity Jane, was subdued with two tranquilizers. The male chimp, Buddy, was shot by a police officer after he charged the cop. No other people were hurt during the ordeal.
Miguel Guiterrez, caretaker of the two chimps, was there when Buddy was killed and says he would have taken the bullet. "I started screaming at Buddy, 'Get back, get back! They're gonna shoot you.' I wanted to go right with him." He added, "He was like a human ... one of my best friends."
"It's crazy. I don't know why they would shoot," David Plunkett, a friend of the chimpanzees' owners said to ABC News station KTNV. "They didn't have to shoot the chimp. It wasn't harming anybody. It came out into the street, so they shot it."
A spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metro Police Department told KTNV that the officer who shot Buddy said he believed the chimpanzee needed to be stopped before he crossed Ann Road into a neighborhood filled with a crowd gathered to see what was going on.
The chimps escaped shortly before 10 a.m. and were on the loose for about 30 minutes. Another one of the chimps' caretakers blamed a loose hinge on the door of the cage. The caretakers believe the two chimps repeatedly kicked the concrete wall until the door came loose.
"This was just a little loose," said caretaker Timmi DeRosa. "There was a hinge there. This was locked, she said. Once they were out, the chimps ran loose as terrified residents ran for cover.
"There were monkeys tearing leaves off my tree," said homeowner Hannah Stevens. "One of them turned at me and saw me, and I was like, 'Get out of here.' And it hoped over the wall. It just swung over the wall."
Police said the chimps look agitated as they made their way through the neighborhood.
"We have reports of a woman saying the animal is on top of a car, that he was pounding on a police car. And there is varying accounts that the animals were very agitated," said Metro Officer Marcus Martin.
DeRosa and Lee Watkinson said they bought the chimps from Watkinson's winnings from a professional poker championship. Before that, Calamity Jane and Buddy had spent a lifetime in captivity.
It's not illegal in Las Vegas to have exotic animals in a home as long as homeowners have the correct permits. A spokesperson for Clark County told The Associated Press that the owners had all the proper permits for keeping exotic animals on the property and outside Las Vegas city limits, but that there would be an investigation into this mishap.
This isn't the first time the chimps have shown a violent side. "He [Buddy] gets mad if he thinks I'm not paying more attention. Then he'll grab my hair," said DeRosa. She also said that Buddy had taken his head and thrown him against the concrete.
Chimps have been known to attack people before. Last week, two adult chimpanzees attacked a U.S. student last month after he entered their enclosure at a primate sanctuary in South Africa. Three years ago, a woman was permanently blinded when her nose, lips, eyelids and hands were mauled by a chimp in Connecticut.
Today, Calamity Jane is back in her cage, missing her partner, while the caretakers are missing a member of their family.
"I am tragically sad about Buddy. He was my baby," said DeRosa. "I loved him so much. I love him more than anything, but I know he's in a better place."