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Pelicans remain undefeated in Pre-Season, striking fear into the hearts of all
"Terrified!" James said, when asked about the Pelicans untarnished dominance in Pre-season. "I mean, we're the champs, but have you seen those guys play?"
"I wish I was still in New Orleans." Birdman Andersen broke in from across the room. "Playing next to Anthony Davis . . . wow! He's almost averaging a point a minute! You know who has never managed that? LeBron James."
As James hung his head in shame, the veteran mercenary Ray Allen removed the stub of his cigar from his mouth and nodded knowingly, "Them guys. They's tuff. I been in some real scraps man, but those cats? I wouldn't tangle with them even if I had a fi'ty cal and a ban-do-leer fulla grenades."
With the Heat trembling in the Eastern Conference, one wonders who exactly in the West could stand up to the new powerhouse Pelicans. Speaking from the Grizzlies locker room, a worried-looking Marc Gasol frowned, "We'll grit and grind them. Madre de Dios! How do you even catch Davis? I'm just glad I'll guard Stiemsma. I'll be able to grind all over that guy." The explosion of mirth from the big Spaniard's teammates at his poor understanding of English idiom was welcome and almost hysterical. The grim tension gripping the room whenever the Pelicans come up was nearly palpable.
Another potential Western Conference rival, Chris Paul of the LA Clippers, merely looked sad when asked about the Pelicans. "I'm happy for New Orleans, you know? I never wanted to leave. And now?" Paul broke off, rubbing at his nose. When he looked up, his eyes were bright. "Well, I got Lob City, right? Blake – he can dunk! And DeAndre . . . oh god! I have to play with DeAndre! Why? Why! Tyson, where are you?"
The general consternation at the Pelicans monster winning streak was summed up best by a member of the Suns front office who spoke on condition of anonymity. "I'm just glad we're tanking already. Why even try the next few years? Hell, I should probably start trading my 2014 picks for 2018 picks. I mean, what's the point with those guys out there?"
Only time will tell if any team in the NBA will be able to bring an end to this stretch of unnatural brilliance by the Boys from the Bayou.
- Yeah. Unbeaten! Pre-season is a little absurd. Hard to figure out what's real and what isn't. So, I decided to go with a partially absurd recap! Hope you enjoyed it. 🙂
- Holiday's turnover woes continued. Tonight Oladipo showed why I loved him so much as he picked Jrue clean three times. Happily, Holiday was also connecting nicely with Davis. As they grow together, they are going to be deadly.
- Austin Rivers and Anderson had a nice pick and pop going.
- Functioning primarily as point guard, Rivers did a solid job despite some shooting woes. He even managed to drill two big free throws to help stave off a surge by the Magic. That's right, I said Austin Rivers hit some free throws. Take a moment.
- Davis dominated a six minute stretch of the third quarter, drawing and hitting nine free throws and throwing down two dunks and getting a putback. Nicholson and Maxiell didn't have a hope against him. The only thing that stopped him was Monty putting him on the bench.
- That stretch in the third gave the Pelicans the margin needed to withstand a spirited come back by the Magic triggered by Vucevic, who simply had his way with Lance Thomas and Onuaku. (It started the moment the starters went to the bench with an 11 point lead and 4 minutes to go)
- Monty refused to put his big guns back in and after Thomas fouled out made a line-up of Withey, Onoaku, Morrow, Rivers and Roberts gut it out. In the end, holding on to a 2-point lead, they snagged four straight offensive rebounds, burned another 30 seconds of clock and forced the Magic to start fouling. They then iced it with six straight free throws.
The Pelicans don't play again until Sunday. I'm chomping at the bit for October 30th.
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Man, if Anthony Davis keeps this up, he is gonna be special to watch. And not living in NOLA is sad not to be able to witness it personally, but I've got League Pass and I'm gonna be on them every game. I think he's just scratching the surface of his greatness. We're definitely on the upswing.
So in ONE season and THREE pre-season games..
Davis is on par with BLAKE GRFIFIN, defensively and especially offensively..
It's funny to see those fake quote from the NBA best players like they really funny PR.At the same time it is true the Pelicans will have best turnaound season in years.With Davis averaging 22ppg this kid could be an All-Star this year.Our Pels will be scary to deal with Geaux Pelicans.
Papa Pelican I'd love to see him an All-Star with the game being held in NOLA.
"Pelicans, brah."
He looks like a young Kareem who has more than a sky- hook and can score from anywhere on the court. Wait till we get Gordon and Tyreke back. With Davis and Cheif (Amino) young frontcourt the sky the limit. With Jrue who Charles Barkley said is one of the best players in th NBA Go Pelican! Go Saints! Go New Orleans! So much for the big cities thanks Birdman, Paul,
WHY in God's name would anyone buy this?
lawstar Appreciate the support from "Sir" Charles but he has said some rediculously stupid things in the past, which makes me question his opinion.
Caffeinedisaster lawstar You right about Sir Charles just had to put that in but Jrue is an all-star
Caffeinedisaster I know what I'm being for halloween!


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There were a few reasons why I decided to try Maybelline's versus L'oreal or Garnier or other brands.
- They have sample testers at Walgreens and CVS for you to test your shade!
- The tube has a safety seal inside (see below) to prevent tampering with. I hate it when I feel like someone has tried the product!
- SPF 30! L'oreal Youth code has spf 15, L'oreal nude magique has spf 12, and Garnier skin renew has spf 12. None of which feels enough to me.
- It isn't gritty. I have heard that L'oreal's Nude Magique bb cream has a gritty texture.
- This last point isn't extremely important (for your skin, that is), but the color and print is the cutest of all brands out there.
Missha Perfect Cover BB cream in No. 21 (right)
As you can see, Maybelline's formula is very watery compared to the Asian brand Missha. Maybelline's coverage is definitely very light to barely any difference due to its watery consistency. See below for before and after coverage.
Fragrance: No detectable fragrance.
Application: Very easy. The consistency is very watery and blends right into your skin.
Coverage: Very light. Hardly any coverage; simply blur out slight discolorations.
Overall: If you have pretty good skin (i.e. slight discoloration), this product would help keep your skin moisturized and nice. It doesn't seem to slide around on my oily/combination skin even after 10 hours! However, if you have blemishes, you will definitely have to use concealer to cover up. The BB cream can still act as a good moisturizer before you apply makeup since it has spf 30, but don't expect a foundation product. The lack of fragrance is good for anyone with a strong nose or sensitive skin. Products without fragrance seem to be less irritating. In the end you will have to try it for your own skin because everyone is a little different, but I hope I helped in picking which to try!
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text: Manage to demonstrate their potential, Learn to see everything and be always first. After all, this always require from the boys. If you can correctly calculate and think through the tactics of defense and attack tactics properly combat, make sure you'll be the same, and a good soldier and a warrior. So all of you to come, and everything will be prepared and you have to go clear. Good luck to you in all things and always.


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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Seasons End
16 comments:
- Greensboro Daily Photo said...
Yes, the season has ended. Very reflective shot. I REALLY LOVE the old barns you featured the other day. So much character!
Thanks for your frequent visits to Greensboro Daily Photo. And, by the way, we didn't go out for Black Friday either.
- November 27, 2010 at 6:19 AM
- MARGARET GOSDEN 2 said...
I see two eyes peering across the lake! A restful shot!
- November 27, 2010 at 6:27 AM
- These Nine Acres said...
That's the truth. I hate the time right after New Years...spring seems so far away. It always drags. *sigh*
- November 27, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- 'Tsuki said...
I just love the color on this picture... Very smooth...
- November 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- Pagan Sphinx said...
For us in New England, this is a dreary season. No more autumn color and unless the heavy snows fall early, it will stay this way until the first snowfall, probably in December.
Nice shot!
The Pagan's Eye
- November 27, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- SouthernSass said...
Very nice photo - our leaves are almost gone too. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
- November 27, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- Dimple said...
Simply beautiful. We are covered in white today, and seeing late fall is a good reminder of what was.
- November 27, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- Gattina said...
yes, it looks cold ! we are waiting for snow in Belgium.
- November 27, 2010 at 11:34 PM
- Melissa B. said...
Definitely a winter season, but beautiful, nonetheless. Thanks so much for sharing this idyllic view!
- November 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- Springman said...
And so the year winds down into beautiful reflections!
- November 28, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Sally in WA said...
It still looks very peaceful even though the leaves are just about gone.
- November 28, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- Becky and Gary said...
Your picture is so much like we see here. No more leaves, and very soon it will all be white. The next step will be counting down the days till Spring. LOL
have a great week.
- November 28, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- The Church Lady said...
The Fall season is too short. I would love to see it last a few more weeks with mild temps and the beautiful foliage. Oh well. Christmas is an exciting time. So much to do! Busy, busy, busy!
- November 29, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- SouthernSass said...
We still have oak trees with leaves but their color isn't as nice as some of the maples were.
- November 29, 2010 at 1:00 PM
- EG Wow said...
Ah, yes. Winter will soon be here. :)
- November 29, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- Pam said...
One beautiful season ends as another one of natures beauties begins.
I look forward to seeing all that nature has in store for you to share with us, Jan.
- December 1, 2010 at 5:03 AM


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Some interesting analysis of the controversial phone call President-elect Donald Trump made to the leader of the outlaw republic of Taiwan. –
Analysts are divided on whether it represented a mix-up between the two governments or a more significant signal about the type of foreign policy that can be expected from the president-elect.
"My guess is that Trump himself doesn't have clue," said Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "That he had no idea about Beijing's neuralgia on Taiwan."
Susan Shirk, chair of the 21st Century China Program at the University of California at San Diego, said it was an "impulsive" move and a "bad sign for Trump foreign policy."
If a simple, one-time phone call is all this ever amounts to, then that's all it is. But how wise is it for any incoming president to immediately begin picking fights with one of America's most cunning and capable adversaries? In the past, leaders could communicate to each other secretly, but literally everything is made public now. So, at the very least, we always have a clue as to what these lunatics are up to. Don't worry, though, there will not be a war: We won't be able to afford to fight it …
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A kingfisher rattles and swings out over the river where it curves smooth and green around a pine bank, flies overhead and disappears as we beach the canoe on a gravel bar across from our temporary camp.
My first impression on following the kingfisher into the silver maple floodplain is that my companion and I, two slightly grubby canoeists smelling of wood smoke and bug dope, have stepped into the wrong story.
This story is about the East Branch of the Penobscot River, which runs through a controversial piece of the northern Maine woods that the owner, Roxanne Quimby, wants to give to the National Park Service to turn into a national monument — which could occur as soon as August 25, the centennial of the National Park Service.
But this spacious floodplain is unlike the doghair spruce and fir forests of the northern Maine woods or the young poplar and birch growing back after a clearcut. With its stately silver maples and extensive carpet of sedges, coiled ferns and yellow trout lilies, it looks nothing like the older hardwood forests of sugar maple, yellow birch, and beech, either.
The floodplain is broken up by small isolated ponds that are so regular in shape and size they look like part of a landscape design. In two weeks, the arching branches of the silver maples will shade a knee-high garden of ostrich fern, maiden hair, royal, and sensitive ferns.
This is an idealized version of nature.
Years ago, when I worked in exile in Washington, D.C., I went to see the grand landscapes of the Hudson River School by mid-nineteenth-century painters who popularized and dramatized Yosemite, Yellowstone and Acadia with transcendent and almost Biblical light.
I feel as if I have stepped into just that kind of romanticized wilderness. Frederic Church, one of the Hudson River School painters, made several trips to paint Katahdin. As far as I am aware, though, Church did not capture the magical spring light of the silver maple floodplains on the East Branch.
We set to work snapping off fiddleheads to fill gallon containers. It's fast work among the acres of ferns. Later, Glen will cook some in a pot over the fire, then dress them with vinegar and butter. The rest will make their way back to civilization to be turned into cream of fiddlehead soup.
A local selectman from the small town of Patten, which is located near one potential entrance to the proposed national monument, told National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis there was nothing special about Quimby's land that gave it national significance. He had been all over that land, all of his life. He knew what was there.
Jarvis was in East Millinocket at the first of May, listening to concerns from local people about the proposed Maine Woods National Monument, which is located to the east of Baxter State Park and north of Millinocket and East Millinocket.
"Have you even been up there?" the man from Patten asked Jarvis, with undisguised disgust. "There's nothing but cutover land with truck ruts so deep you could catch trout in them."
Nothing but truck ruts? The man from Patten can't have been here; not here beneath the silver maples on the floodplain in spring.
There is a lot of big forest in Maine and it is easy, at times, to assume it is all the same. We have been cutting it for centuries. It keeps growing back. Earlier in the spring I had a long conversation with Lucas St. Clair, the spokesperson for the Quimby family effort to give their land to the National Park Service.
I asked St. Clair why he thought the East Branch country was special.
Surprising me, he said he had heard so many people say that it was just a bunch of trees, over and over and over again, that sometimes he started to believe them.
"Yeah, I do. I start to believe them," said St. Clair. "Yeah, you're right. It's just a bunch of trees."
"And then, I think of the history of what it is and what it was and what is there and I think, 'No, it's always been more than a bunch of trees.'"
The river has impressed me, it's true. How could it not? With its series of rapids and long isolated stretches, deep history of logging and historical significance in American literature and politics, it makes a hell of a story and one well worth telling in the way the National Park Service is capable of doing well.
Still, if the river has made a convincing argument for its recreational value, it has not necessarily made one for being under the management of the National Park Service.
The uncommon beauty of the floodplain forest poses questions in a way that the river hasn't thought to ask.
This floodplain is more than beautiful, it turns out.
It is rare.
My companion fills one gallon container with fiddleheads and starts filling another, while I keep getting distracted by other ferns and flowers. The morning bird chorus of cascading flutes and high-pitched violins tapers off as the day grows hot. Wood ducks nesting about thirty feet above the camp kitchen in a snag have settled down, too, but the squawking baby crow in the pine above our tents that started yelling for food at four in the morning won't shut up.
Beyond the fiddleheads and silver maples an even more uncommon forest grows. There, in natural terraces also prone to flooding, multi-trunked grandfather oaks, silver maples, and American elms grow among interrupted fern, silvery spleenwort and the rare wild ginger and leek. Wood turtles and silver-haired bats, which are both listed as species of special concern in Maine, likely live there, too; it is their kind of forest. The terraced forest itself is so rare that Maine Natural Areas Program considers it imperiled.
Ecologist Bart DeWolf, who spent three field seasons collecting data in the East Branch country with field teams, concluded that the floodplain forests there make up about 1,700 acres. All of the intact ecosystems, including the floodplain, make up just nine percent of the land surveyed by DeWolf. (The Quimbys have bought additional land since he concluded his studies in 2014). Across the Quimby ownership, it isn't much. About 40 percent of the land DeWolf and his team surveyed is forest that has been logged, to one degree or another.
It turns out that nine percent is enough.
DeWolf fills in the story at the landscape level.
It is the relationship between the small number of intact ecosystems and the larger surrounding forest that is most important, says DeWolf. It is the connectivity between them that counts. The 202,000-acre "forever wild" Baxter State Park sits on the western border of the 87,500-acre East Branch country owned by the Quimbys. Taken together, these properties encompass an enormous block of diverse habitat, reports DeWolf, with the sheer size unparalleled in Maine and allowing for the movement of large wildlife, including moose, bear, lynx, and fisher, along river and stream valleys and horseback ridges. And the rare species, like the endangered Atlantic salmon and the fragrant wood fern, are buffered by the undeveloped forest of varying complexity that surrounds them.
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Mr. Stewart Goes to Vietnam
The B-52 flight back to Guam was uneventful until they began their final approach, when the co-pilot shouted, "The flaps are splitting!"
It had been nearly 12 hours since Captain Bob Amos had taken off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on a B-52 bombing mission to strike targets near Saigon. As he piloted his Stratofortress into its approach for landing back at Andersen, slowing to 220 knots and lowering the flaps, his co-pilot, Captain Lee Meyers, shouted out, "The flaps are splitting!"
Amos ordered Meyers to raise the flaps as he corrected a rolling moment to the left, and then declared an emergency as he pulled out of the bomber stream and climbed to gain altitude. What had been an uneventful flight was now getting hairy, all the more so because of the man who was seated behind Amos in the instructor pilot seat. Visions of screaming newspaper headlines hitting doorsteps across America raced through his head: "Jimmy Stewart Killed in Bomber Accident with Bob Amos Piloting!"
Early the day before, February 20, 1966, Captain Amos was thumbing through the flight schedule in preparation for the mission he and his crew would fly the next day, and he was surprised to see that there was a "Brigadier General Stewart" listed as an extra pilot to fly with them. Figuring this Stewart was probably from Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters coming along as an observer, Amos nonchalantly asked his squadron commander, Lt. Col. Collins Mitchell, who the visitor was.
"You know, Bob, it's Brig. Gen. Jimmy Stewart, the actor! He's over here on an active duty reserve tour, and we wanted him to fly with a young crew that would be reminiscent of the World War II crews he commanded while flying B-24 Liberators out of England, and to see how we were supporting the troops in Vietnam."
Amos could hardly wait to break the news to his crew, a lead crew that had already flown 20 combat missions over South Vietnam. Strategic Air Command had been reluctant to contribute the B-52 to the war, but General William Westmoreland asked for the B-52 to hit known Viet Cong strongholds in the south. Amos' crew was of the 736th Bomb Squadron, from the 454th Bomb Wing, under the command of the 3rd Air Division. Originating out of Andersen AFB, Guam, there were no short flights—missions generally took at least five hours just to reach their targets.
General Stewart and the 454th Bomb Wing commander, Colonel William Cumiskey, attended the special mission briefing late that afternoon. It would be a long, nonstop mission, requiring aerial tanker support. Captain Amos' crew had prepared a series of extra maps and charts depicting the operation over South Vietnam, and Amos outlined the mission, air refueling and recovery procedures back at Guam. The sortie would be against a suspected VC stronghold and bivouac area northwest of Saigon, where the potential threat was from Cambodian-based MiG-17s.
Amos' bomber would be designated Green-2 in a 30-ship bomber stream mission named New Car-1. Before leaving, Amos had his tail gunner, Tech. Sgt. Demp Johnson, go to the commissary and buy fresh eggs, bacon, bread and cheese so they could have scrambled eggs and bacon along with grilled cheese sandwiches on the long five-hour flight back to Guam. With the B-52's large upper cockpit and power outlets, the crew had gotten accustomed to using an electric frying pan to prepare hot meals to supplement the standard in-flight lunches provided.
Jimmy Stewart had developed a love of aviation long before he became a famous actor. He took his first airplane ride in a Curtiss biplane while he was in high school—15 minutes for $15 that he had saved while working around the family's J.M. Stewart Hardware Store in Pennsylvania. When Charles Lindbergh made his historic ocean crossing from New York to Paris in 1927, Stewart created a window display of it for the store, complete with a model of the Spirit of St. Louis that he built. The 19-year-old Stewart would race across the street to the newspaper office to get updates of Lindbergh's progress off the teletype, then return to the store window to move the model plane closer to the Eiffel Tower he had fashioned.
After graduating from Princeton University, Stewart passed a screen test in New York in 1935, and moved to Hollywood under contract to MGM. His success allowed him to fulfill his lifelong dream to fly, and he received his private pilot's license that same year, followed by his Commercial Pilot Certificate in 1938. He owned a Stinson 105 two seater and often flew cross-country to visit his parents in Pennsylvania. The leading role in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington made Stewart a mega-star in 1939, the same year that Adolf Hitler's army stormed into Poland.
Stewart, whose father and grandfather had both served during wartime, wanted to fight for his country—but MGM did everything it could to dissuade him from enlisting. Then he was drafted in 1940, and after he was turned down because his weight did not meet the required minimum, he decided to volunteer. In February 1941, the 32-year-old Stewart finally managed to pass his physical, and in early March, seven days after receiving the Academy Award for Best Actor in The Philadelphia Story, he received his orders to report for duty as a buck private.
Assigned to the Army Air Forces, he was sent to Moffett Field in San Francisco and quickly met the qualifications to start flight training. He won his wings in early 1942 and received a commission as a second lieutenant. His ultimate goal was to fly combat overseas, but he got bogged down Stateside as a flight instructor in Boeing B-17 bombers. The main obstacle to getting into combat was not with Stewart's piloting ability but the fact that commanding officers did not want to risk losing a high-profile movie star in combat.
Finally in summer 1943, through a friend in higher places, Stewart managed to wangle a transfer into a Consolidated B-24 bomber squadron that was in its final stages of training for combat in the European Theater as part of the Eighth Air Force's 445th Bomb Group. He arrived in England in November 1943, and two weeks later Captain Stewart was flying his first bombing mission against Nazi Germany.
As squadron commander of the Brunswick mission over Germany in February 1944, Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, for holding the formation together during Luftwaffe fighter attacks and heavy antiaircraft fire, and for directing a bombing run in which the bombs were accurately released over the target. His abilities as a pilot and his leadership skills moved him up the ladder quickly. In March, after flying 12 missions with the 445th, Stewart was reassigned to the 453rd Bomb Group and promoted to operations officer.
He directed the bombing operations of approximately 48 Liberators, as well as still being permitted to make occasional combat flights as a pilot. He flew eight more such missions, including one over the heart of Berlin, in which he lost several of his men. Badly shaken, but not physically injured, Stewart recuperated in the hospital for several weeks and, reluctantly, agreed to end his combat flying. For the rest of the war, he conducted combat briefings at Hethel Airfield in England while serving as wing operations officer and chief of staff for the 2nd Combat Bomb Wing. By war's end, Stewart had reached the rank of colonel and had been awarded a number of decorations, including two Distinguished Flying Crosses and three Air Medals.
Stewart received an honorable discharge that summer and returned to his Hollywood career, maintaining his military career as well, as a colonel in the Air Force Reserve. Even though his return to movie making took up most of his time, Stewart conscientiously attended his Reserve drills. In 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower promoted the 51-year-old Colonel Stewart to the rank of brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve, a controversial appointment in which his celebrity status had actually worked against him. At the first mention of Stewart's one-star promotion two years earlier, a political firestorm had erupted, but the Air Force stood behind Stewart and reassigned him to a more prestigious post, easing his eventual confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Throughout his years in the Reserves, Stewart maintained familiarity as a SAC bomber pilot in the B-36, then the B-47, and finally the B-52.
Now, 22 years and one day since he had earned his first Distinguished Flying Cross for his Liberator mission over Germany in 1944, General Stewart was going on another combat mission—to Vietnam—seated in a B-52 behind Captains Amos and Meyers. The pilots ran through the checklists, fired up the engines and departed Andersen field for the 5-plus hours flying time to their target. When it came time to refuel, some three hours later, Amos contacted the tanker's boom operator while in the precontact position behind the KC-135.
Amos had Stewart repeat the command: "Green-2 stabilized in the precontact position. Ready for contact." There was an unusually long pause before the tanker boom operator responded, as though he might have been trying to remember where he had heard that voice before. "Cleared for contact," he finally said. At plug in, Stewart replied, "Contact." After refueling, Amos let the tanker know who the extra pilot was. The boom operator replied: "Thank you sir, it was our pleasure to serve you. Today we are giving double stamps." Stewart had a good laugh.
As they approached the coast of South Vietnam and were running their checklists, Stewart asked if they were at the Pre-Initial Point on the map. He then moved to the edge of his seat so he could view the bomb impacts of the aircraft ahead of them. Green-2 was at 33,500 feet, 500 feet above and two miles behind the lead bomber, Green-1. Green-3 was 500 feet above and two miles behind Green-2. The radar navigator, Captain Irby Terrell, found and tracked the bombing offset, and the Time to Go (TG) indicator started the countdown. At TG zero, they started the release of 51 M-117, 750-pound bombs.
Each of the 30 B-52s had an individual bombing aim point so as to completely saturate the rectangular target box where the VC were reportedly located. The bombs were fused to penetrate the many caves and fortifications that were in the target area. When the strike camera film was processed back at Andersen, the crew learned that their bombs fell well within the desired Circular Error of Probability (CEP) that was required to hit the desired target.
When safely outbound off the coast of South Vietnam, Captain Kenny Rahn plugged in the electric frying pan and prepared the planned meal for the crew. "You all really know how to top off a successful bomb run," Stewart said as he enjoyed his scrambled eggs, bacon and grilled cheese sandwich.
The flight back was uneventful until they began their approach to Guam. Thinking his flaps were damaged, Amos knew that a "flaps-up" landing in the B-52 was possible but he had only practiced it in training down to an altitude of 500 feet above the runway and no actual touchdowns were ever made. The B-52's attitude during the approach to landing is dramatically different in a flaps-up approach and landing: The normal nose-down attitude becomes a nose-up attitude and requires a different technique in flaring and controlling the sink rate of the aircraft for touchdown with its bicycle-type landing gear.
Now in an emergency situation, Maj. Gen. William J. Crumm, 3rd Air Division commander, came on the radio and asked if they could verify that the flaps had actually split. Amos radioed back: "There was a mild rolling moment to the left, but it wasn't severe and could have been from the B-52 in front of us….By the time the tail gunner got a view of the flaps, both of them were back in the up position." Crumm then asked Amos' thoughts about trying the flap extension again, after moving General Stewart down to the instructor navigator position in case of a possible bailout should the aircraft become uncontrollable. Amos gave the thumbs up to Meyers, who concurred.
"I'm going to extend the flaps again," Amos told Crumm. "With a 20-degree flap differential, we should have experienced a more severe rolling moment." General Crumm agreed, and they proceeded to the planned bailout area north of the base where ground- and water-based survival support was on alert.
As Amos flew into the abort area north of Andersen, the crew started to calculate the flaps-up landing data: airspeed plus-35 knots; landing roll—longer; if drag chute failure—50 percent longer. He then escorted Stewart to the instructor navigator position on the plane's lower deck. "If I lose control of the aircraft," Amos said, "I will call out over the intercom 'bailout' three times and activate the bailout light. The navigator will be the first to go, creating a large hole by his downward ejection seat." Amos reassured Stewart that he would do everything he could to regain control of the bomber and would be the last to leave the aircraft.
"Do you understand, General Stewart?" Amos asked.
"Yes, Captain Amos, I understand," Stewart very calmly answered in his familiar granular voice.
Amos verified that everyone was prepared for a possible bailout, and they began their approach in the abort area. "Lower the flaps," Amos ordered to Meyers. The gauge again indicated a splitting condition, but both left and right flaps were extending normally without any rolling moment! Amos informed the command post: "It was a bad flap gauge, not a flap malfunction…our previous rolling moment was probably turbulence from the B-52 ahead of us in the bomber stream." A relieved General Crumm told them "to bring her in."
In the meantime, everyone knew that Jimmy Stewart was aboard the Green-2, and the airfield was abuzz with emergency equipment and several staff VIPs and aircrews awaiting the flaps-up landing. Later, Amos would recall: "We popped over the horizon heading westerly to the Andersen runway with flaps down. There was to be no flaps-up landing that day!"
The official time in the air for the mission was 12 hours and 50 minutes. After taxiing in, the plane was greeted by a number of VIPs, and Stewart suggested a photo of himself and the flight crew to commemorate the mission and successful landing. While the crew proceeded to the mission debriefing area, the general was escorted to the famous "Beer Barrel" area to lift a few with the flight and maintenance crews, swapping World War II and Arc Light stories. Amos' crew joined the Beer Barrel celebration later.
The following morning as Amos and his crew were planning for the next mission, an announcement came over the loudspeaker that the wing commander wanted Captain Amos to meet him in front of the building immediately. As he rushed outside, he found General Stewart seated in the CO's car. Stewart told Amos, "I wanted to thank you for a successful combat mission and your professionalism during the in-flight emergency." Stewart then presented the captain with a set of personalized autographed photos, taken after they landed, for each member of the crew, and he wished all of them good luck. For the general, it was his last combat mission.
Captain Amos went on to fly a total of 34 combat missions in the B-52F over South Vietnam and later 126 missions in the F-105D, including 100 missions over North Vietnam. He retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force in 1984, after 26-plus years with a total of 5,094 flying hours. In his last flying assignment, as the director of operations of the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., he commanded two B-52H Squadrons, and a K-135A and RC-135 Squadron.
Amos still fondly recalls the B-52 mission and close call he had with Jimmy Stewart. "It was a great experience and an honor to have Brig. Gen. Stewart fly with us. He was truly the same gentleman in person as he had portrayed in his many films!"
Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1968, but his Vietnam War experience wasn't over. In June 1969, Stewart's 24-year-old stepson, Marine 1st Lt. Ronald McLean, was killed in action when his unit was ambushed while on a reconnaissance patrol near the DMZ.
Warren Thompson has been researching and writing on military aviation history for 40 years and has conducted hundreds of interviews and amassed a collection of thousands of photographs from World War II through Desert Storm.
Jimmy Stewart lost his stepson, Marine 1st Lt. Ron McLean, when the young man was killed in an ambush in the DMZ. Click here to read the story.
You can find this feature in the August 2009 issue of Vietnam Magazine. Subscribe today!
24 Responses to Mr. Stewart Goes to Vietnam
July 8, 1967 – a B52 (56-0601) made an emergency landing in Da Nang Vietnam and exploded leaving only 1 survivor, tailgunner Albert Whatley. Do you have any pictures or information regarding the destruction of this airplane or the crew members? And, do you know if the whole plane was scraped afterwards or was part sent to a museum? My father, Donald J Reynolds, was killed and I would really like any information you might have.
Thanks for your help,
Great story by Warren Thompson! It only increases my already great admiration for Jimmy Stewart-what a man! Not many people would abandon the 'golden situation' of Hollywood and risk their lives for the defense of their nation-over and over- like Stewart did.
Also, kudos to Colonel Amos for a long and great service to his nation with the Air Force. What a achievement, to go from '52s to '105s-and not just in a training or reserve status, but in combat situations. I greatly admire all the 'Thud' drivers!!
My dad, Maj A B Robertson Jr flew 50 missions in B-24s with the 15th AF out of Pantanella, Italy Mar '44-Feb '45. Read about him and his a/c the 'Three Cornered Kid' at http://www.USAAF.com > forum > stories by Robbie4m.
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Paula Hammock: The B-52D crash at Da Nang is as follows, from what I remember. Da Nang was an emergency landing field for B-52s, the only base in S. Vietnam capable of handling the aircraft. The plane had suffered some damage during its mission, and elected to land at Da Nang as it could not reach U-Tapao in Thailand or Andersen, Guam. I believe the plane had suffered hydraulic failure and was unable to brake before reaching the end of the runway. It slid into the overrun beyond the runway, which unfortunately also consisted of the perimeter fence and a minefield. The mines exploded, causing the aircraft to explode into flames. The tail gunners position was just outside the mine field perimeter and they were barely able to extract him before the rest of the aircraft burned. I'm sorry for your loss, I hope this answers your questions.
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I saw Brig.General Jimmy Stewart flying and taxing the B58! Hosting the Champion of Champion TV show of the accomplishment of the this Cold War bomber! He also in 1963 actively promoting a brand new Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs on \My Three Sons\ TV series and awarded \Micheal Douglas\ a Scholastic letter sweater to promote both the importance of education along with the CAN DO spirit of the 50's and 60's before we lost the country to the Harry Reids' and Nancy Pelosis' who were the radicals of the 1960's! Nothing can save us now but a total Draconian revolution within the two Houses of Congress and a Balance budget President! Who proclaims \In God We Trust\! Protection of the State of Israel, period!
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I was in the 454th Bomb Wing, OMS Sqd, on this same deployment. I was Crew Chief of B-52F, 57-058, \ SUSIE Q\.We were there with the 320th Bomb Wing from California. This mission was one of the few that we flew all 30 airplanes at once. We called the mission\THE DIRTY THIRTY\ A lot of memories return to me reading this story ,GOOD and BAD.
The B52 is still the best airplane flying after all these years. Loved flying on them!!!
30 Buffs in a single mission,amazing.That sure put the \dinks\in the hurt locker.I have always been told that the \BUFFS\ were the most feared weapon of the NVA & the V.C. I certainly can understand that 51 750lb bombs
per 30 aircraft-Do the math!!That will jar your molars! Bacon,eggs,cheese sandwiches made right in the aircraft on the way back,GREAT.I really had to smile while reading this. Served with 3 men who survived the siege of Khe Sanh thanks to the B-52's who were responsible for breaking the backs of the enemy. May God Bless you all and the mechanics who kept those magnificent beautiful planes aloft. Gunny G.L.Mitchell, USMCR (former)
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i attended orme school with ron mclean, jimmy stewart's stepson.
i met him when he flew in to visit the school. i am a colonel in caf.
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I have a number of relatives and friends who, along with myself fought/served in WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Most, if not all of us feel that we fought to protect and preserve the rights of all Americans. Yes Randall, even the peace-lovers and peace-makers like the Nancy Polosis' and the Harry Reids'. If you feel that your country was lost to (them), these other Americans, radicals as you call them, then maybe you're in the wrong country. Most of us Randall, do not need saving. Try fascist Germany, about 1939
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BG Stewart and his wife paid a visit to out battalion (19th Combat Engineers) on a USO tour, which was an additional service they offered to the nation.
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Periodically Hillsdale College in Michigan sends me a new letter containing a speech recently given to the student body, and a request for funds.
Once or twice a year I reply with a modest gift because I whole-heartedly believe with what they are trying to do – teaching conservatism.
It is not done surreptitiously; students and parents know this is going on. At my alma mater there was only one economic theory discussed and that was Keynesian as espoused by Samuelsson – never a word about Adam Smith, Burke, or Rose and Milton Freidman.
A 25th anniversary is nothing to scoff at. Proudly noted with a precious metal, the Silver Anniversary is difficult to obtain in marriage, work and many other areas of life.
But just making it though 25 years isn't what makes the Shelbyville Horse Show's run amazing, it's the cultural impact it has left on the community in that time.
Since its inception, the Shelbyville Horse Show has grown from a meeting of those in the horse industry to the must attend event of the year in Shelbyville.
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Several months, an otherwise pleasant evening was suddenly ruined when I stepped onto wet carpet in the basement of our home. Heavy rains had put our sump pump to the test and it finally failed. The water rose and soon our entire basement was in danger of being soaked.
Questioning Diageo waste plans
We could all take a moment and learn from the Shelbyville/Shelby County Parks and Rec. Cardinals instructional league baseball team.
This group of 8-and-under sluggers literally put their teammate on their backs for the season and came through as a gritty underdog to win the league's postseason tournament title.
For a month now the Shelby County Board of Education has tabled a decision on redistricting its voting precincts, but we just can't seem to understand why.
According to Shelby CountY Clerk Sue Carole Perry the school board has not altered its voting districts since 1999.
To us, that seems like a really long time.
We understand that it is not mandatory, although there seems to have been some confusion on that front throughout the process.
Here we sit, less than three weeks away from what is no doubt the biggest retail investment and also one of the biggest investments Shelby County has seen.
And while we're excited for The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass, and the tourism and jobs it will bring, we can't help but feel a bit left out of the party.
It should come as no surprise that a mother, of all people, would go the extra mile for her son.
Mothers have been doing all they could for their children since mothers had children.
But the story of Judith Nigh donating a kidney for her son, Ben, brought tears to our eyes.
Anyone who has a mother can almost hear them jumping at the chance to donate the kidney, stepping up for their child like no other person could do.
Fathers are great, they love their children, too, but moms always hold that special spot.
Somehow we fail to see the problems that are plaguing the city of Shelbyville and its leaders in regards to getting a curbside trash and recycling franchise agreement put together.
Once the ordinance was approved this spring, all that was left was for the council to submit the Request for Proposal and wait for the bids from Republic, Rumpke and Waste Management to come in.
When I moved back to Shelby County several years ago, I was driving east from KY 55 onto Interstate 64 when an idea nearly hit me right in the side of my SUV or maybe right between my eyes.
Because that notion arrived dangerously quickly with the 75-mph motion of oncoming traffic into which I was trying to merge or arose frighteningly fast in front of me in the form of the guardrail at the end of the acceleration lane on that ramp. I can't be sure which, because each seemed about to christen me with opportunity.
A new name will quickly be acquainted to Shelby County as Betty Springate takes over as our new Distict Court Judge serving Shelby, Anderson and Spencer counties.
Mrs. Springate takes over the position after longtime judge Linda Armstrong retired in March.
Mrs. Springate brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position that she will hold until the first of the year. And she will alleviate a great deal of pressure and work from Judge Donna Dutton, who was serving for both Division I and II.
Questions redistricting choices
Each year in late August, the Shelby County Public Schools (SCPS) Board of Education produces "The Tax Show." This year, the Board has added a new production to its theatrical repertoire, and, on June 26th, I attended what might best be described as the dress rehearsal for "Redistricting, Mathis Style."
As you plan your holiday weekend barbeque – or hot dog feast, whichever (see our Neighbors Section) – and family get together, take a minute, or more, to remember that this is more than just a day off from work.
So often Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day and the 4th of July are treated as mere days off work, a way to jump start a weekend or plan a party or extended weekend out of town, but we'd all do better to take time to remember what those days mean and why they're recognized as days off.
Last week we were shocked to learn for the first time about the Rabb family.
What should be heralded as one of Shelbyville's finest families, the Rabbs were introduced to us by Mike Miller and Rev. Robert Marshall.
Francis Regis McKinley Jr. is listed among those soldiers who fought for our freedom during the Vietnam War and who earned a Purple Heart… well, two to be exact, except both are for the same artillery attack in which he was wounded.
He was embarrassed to be singled out for his service since others in the county were in Vietnam and even wounded. Plus he said, "That's all in the past. You have to live for the now."
School Investigation
I too want to join the growing criticism of Shelby County Public Schools Superintendent James Neihof.
The recent divulgence of the theft of an undisclosed amount of public funds by an employee at the SCPS central administrative staff is in itself an indicator of a lack of accountability, responsibility and leadership.
Family history in Shelby County is a cottage industry. The heritage of so many goes back not only to the days of Squire Boone and his bedrock but seemingly to the founding waters of Clear Creek itself.
Names such as Meriwether and Ballard begat Shannons and Matthews and Van Stockums. You read this history, and you connect dots. As my friend Brig. Gen. Ronald Van Stockum often has told me, the things we learn about our heritage in the Internet-driven world is amazing.
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Totally agree! I was thinking high school reunions are not even really necessary anymore thanks to facebook and such. I mean, you always have so much info at your fingertips with phones and computers everywhere! That's definitely nice for people like me and Whit who live farther from home and don't get to see everyone as much as we'd like!
- Sunday, April 26, 2009
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A voluntary recall has been issued for WinCo brand ranch dressing, according to an FDA blog post.
The recall, issued Dec. 18 by VanLaw Food Products, Inc., is for WinCo Foods' Creamy Ranch Dressing product with a code date of Best By 08/23/17, according to the post.
"The back label was mislabeled with WinCo Fat Free Ranch Dressing label, and in particular the label is missing an egg allergen declaration. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product," the FDA said.
The products were available at WinCo stores in multiple states, including Idaho, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. About 460 cases were mislabeled, according to the company. To check your products, look for the code date above the back label on the bottle.
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No other WinCo Foods products were affected, according to VanLaw Food Products, and no illnesses have yet been reported in connection with the mislabeling. The company urges consumers who have questions to contact Suzanne Gibson at (714) 870-9091.
The company said consumers who have purchased the product should not consume it and can return it to their point of purchase for a refund.


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We are now certified Hong Kong Disneyland experts!! Certified by.. me. Having spent 3 days there, I think we are rather qualified to share our experience, what worked and what we would have done differently, for your future reference!
Firstly, we really thank God for the awesome weather. It was a really hot weekend but considering the week's forecast was rainy, we were really thankful God answered K's prayers to hold the rain! That is a miracle for a little girl so excited about Disneyland.
I must say I didn't have high hopes of enjoying myself, what with the rumours about the crazy crowds (true story) and not having any grandparental help, I resigned myself to not riding anything vaguely, potentially heartbeat-raising as I saw myself having to watch the kids all the time. But surprisingly, having spent 3 days there, there was enough breathing space to do just that. Watch and learn –> Directed to Mummy M. Lol…
It's a really long ride on the MTR from Hong Kong Island –> change at Central –> Tung Chung line –> Sunny Bay –> Disneyland (DL). Prepare your kids for that because they are going to ask you every 5 seconds, "Are we there yet???" It took us about 50 min to an hour on the MTR. The last train ride from Sunny Bay to DL is really what started the whole magical experience, even before we set foot into the park. An interesting train approached the platform. With it's iconic Mickey Mouse windows and holding rails, really plush, cushiony seats and DL figurines mounted in glass windows, you can't help but perk up in anticipation of the promise of the wonderful day ahead.
Which, at this point, we realized we forgot to bring our vouchers for the 2-day ticket. *No…… :O* So no choice, ding-donging back to HK island was clearly out of the question with LimpehZ so he just had to shell out some more money to get a 1 day pass – this explains why the heck this crazy family ended up spending 3 days in HK DL (it's not like it's Florida DL, come on…)
#Tip 1: Bring your vouchers.
#Tip 2: Get DL vouchers at the travel agency instead of buying direct from DL website. They may just be cheaper.
If you study the DL map, there are 6 lands. Each land usually has 2-3 major, thrilling rides and the rest may be interesting, but are usually less popular. Depending on what kind of theme park goers you are (LimpehZ and I are thrilling rides kind), we were trying to hit all the major rides once through before slowing things down. That was pre-kids. Now, we'd be happy if we got to go for 1 big ride a day. So for the first day, we realized we could only hit 2 areas and we went straight for Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. Tomorrowland has 1 major hit ride that even Z can go on! Must do Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters – it's like laser tag. Real fun. We went for 2-3 repeats of this ride. The thing I love about DL is that a good proportion of the rides can accomodate really really young kids – as long as they can sit fairly unassisted and you can sit next to them to hold them safe, they'll let you and your baby up the ride, so mummy doesn't need to miss out on too much fun. There's another big ride here called Autopia – some go-kart ride but there was a height limit so we weren't too keen on any of us going on alone. And of course… Space Mountain. Definitely thrilling so no go for the kids.
#Tip 3: Take Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters and if you child wants to, Orbitron.
Then we headed to
Craycrayland I mean FantasyLand where all the mini Elsas gravitated unwittingly to meet the Mother of all Queens – THE QUEEN ELSA and Princess Anna. They are located near Sleeping Beauty's Castle. Once you cross the bridge over the weird-smelling water, through the doors, you'll find their spot on the left.
When we first stumbled upon their spot, we saw a few people milling around so we joined the queue. When things weren't quite right, the staff told us that the real queue actually snaked all the way behind the castle and the 2 something pm slot was full. If we wanted to take photos with her at 3 plus 4, we had to join the queue NOW. It was 11 am. Wut?!? If your child thinks meeting Elsa and Anna is the point of this DL trip, you'd better get your behinds at the doors at 10 am SHARP (opening hours) and ignore all else and do your best 300m sprint here to beat other parents with the exact same purpose. Otherwise you'll just end up queuing half the day away for a 3 minute magical encounter, which your child will love, not so sure about you.
Anyhow, we took pictures with them but they didn't take pictures with us. Boohoohoo… But life goes on. Anyway, K says she doesn't like Elsa anymore. She likes Ariel now. Such is the undying passion and love of a 3 year old.
Fantasyland is pretty big and there are lots to do and see for children of preschool age. Very toddler-friendly too. There's the Dumbo ride, Cinderella Carousel, Mad Hatter Tea Cups, It's a Small World (*warning.. it will drive you monkey nuts just sitting on it once), the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – which you can get a Fastpass and return at the designated time and you zoom straight to the head of the line (almost). Superb system! By then, we were pretty tired and we laid our heads down on some bench to take a rest. If you go on a weekday, there really are lots of spaces for you to take a rest. However, if you have to go on a weekend, chances are, you'll be fighting with a lot of people. It's really mountain people mountain sea…
#Tip 4: Get your meet and greet with Elsa and Anna out of the way as fast as possible.
#Tip 5: Get fastpass to Winnie the Pooh and Space Mountain (There are only 2 Fastpass rides). I didn't think Winnie the Pooh was that great. Your kid may get scared cuz K was.
#Tip 6: YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE SHOWS!!! Golden Mickeys are in Fantasyland and Festival of the Lion King is at Adventure Land.
I really really am very impressed with the shows and parades. They are spectacular!! You know you go to some theme parks and they put up shows? You get this feeling that they are just side features that you do if you get tired or after you finish the rides. But these! I feel they are good enough to be main attractions on their own with the amount of manpower, stage performers, makeup, props (WOW, you've got to see them). Golden Mickeys is some 'award show' that they incorporate snippets of a lot of Disney movies that we grew up with into the lineup. I don't know.. it must be the swelling orchestra, or the grand harmonious singing of movie theme songs, or the costumes or some witchery going on that I felt moved to tears (ok, only slightly). I think the stupendous success of Disney is that it has managed to retain its charm over generations – that the things my daughter is enthralled with are the same things for me as I was a child. It's a shared experience yet unique enough for each generation that it doesn't feel dated or inaccessible. I loved it!
Festival of the Lion King was really nice too! But for you who have watched the Lion King Musical, which I heard was really spectacular, maybe you won't be too impressed with this. But I didn't so I was floored by the stage, the set-up and the props. Just try to catch both shows. They are equally good in different ways. But if your child is the Disney Princess kind, then the Golden Mickeys will appeal to her more.
There are 2 parades, which we caught on different days. I felt the 3 pm one is way better than the 7 / 7:30 pm one. People seem less crazy about lining up the streets, trying to chope a good spot so it's fairly easy to get a good place, say 1/2 hour, 20 minutes before the parade. LimpehZ chose a park bench which allowed us to sit comfortably to catch the floats going out. It was comfortable and I'm not complaining. But there was a whole dance routine which we couldn't see so if you want a good view, camp along Main Street, in front of the shops.
For the night parade, it was absolute madness! We hauled the kids back to the hotel to take a nap and planned to reach DL at 7-ish. By then, all the streets were jam-packed with people and one could hardly move. We ended up in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle (right corner-ish if you face the castle). It turned out serendipitously to be a great spot! The floats would move in from Fantasyland (the red dotted line is the parade route) and they would stop in segments and performers would do their routine before moving off to the next segment. The floats happened to stop in front of us and we had a good clear view of the performance. Public service announcement though – if you happen to already sit in front, please don't stand up! If everyone sits down on the street, everyone can get a comfortable view. The floats are huge enough! Once the front people stand up and take out their selfie pod, the rest of us will have to stand and put the kids on shoulders, which is really tiring. Don't blame us for giving you the evil eye.
There was a last fireworks display at 9 pm. Best view would be in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. But after the Paint the Night Parade, we went back for more rides! Took one more round of Orbitron and we each took turns to look after the kids and the other went for Space Mountain. So we picked a good spot, dragged some chairs over and watched the fireworks. But the castle itself had some sprinklers and smaller fireworks display so you should totally check that out if you still have the appetite to rush for good spots.
#Tip 7: Along Main Street will be the best place to catch the parade but it gets filled up real fast. Another good place where we were is in front of the castle.
#Tip 8 : Ariel and Belle appears in the night parade; Aurora, Snow White (what is her name?!), Cinderella and Belle make an appearance in the day parade. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, you are so fortunate because your daughter doesn't remind you everyday.)
Disneyland Hotel was nice! Definitely a good decision because the kids won't be able to last till 10 pm without an afternoon nap. The beds were so soft yet firm and the free bedroom slippers so plush! We took them home! They have both adult and child-sized slippers. They said we could! At first entrance into the room, I guess I expected more… Disney magic, like cups, plates, amenities, beds, sheets to be more Disney-like but it felt pretty plain. However, the room definitely wasn't shabby and it was certainly clean and comfortable. Oh! You can request for guard rails for the children's bed if you require. Free! Very very thoughtful of them. It's a much better option than those small, chunky toddler cribs. There is an indoor heated pool. It's not sauna jacuzzi hot and it was still pretty cold, but the kids had fun swimming. They even provide life vests for children! Really impressed with the thought that goes into making everything kid-friendly.
The only bad thing about the DL weekend was food. There really isn't a painless way to eat there. Seriously paying a lot of money for very bad food. I'm sure there is really good food at even more exorbitant prices, like having breakfast with Cinderella would set us back S$80 per person! Hmm.. Cinderella can eat breakfast by herself and the birds, thankyouverymuch. We prepared cup noodles for 1 dinner and ended up eating popcorn and snacks the rest of 1 day. By the second day, I told LimpehZ I feel weak. I need some real food and carbs. So we went to Lucky Nugget at Grizzly Gulch for some good old fried nuggets and fries. There's a really funky ride there for thrill-seekers! Must take!
#Tip 9: Try the Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars at Grizzly Gulch.
#Tip 10: Big ride at Mystic Point, Mystic Manor, but definitely scary for kids.
#Tip 11: Rafts to Tarzan's Treehouse at Adventure Land is no biggie, can skip if you're not a fan of Tarzan.
#Tip 12: Jungle River Cruise at Adventure Land is fairly interesting but K was scared.
#Tip 13: At Toy Story Land, we sat the Slinky Dog Spin – kid friendly. Didn't try the Toy Soldier Parachute Drop (cuz I'm not a fan of vertical drops) and RC Racer is like a viking sort of ride.
#Tip 14: Go to the shops early cuz by afternoon, there will be nothing much left on the shelves. And be prepared to queue 45 minutes just to pay. Ridiculous.
Just before we left, we went into the Disney shops along Main Street to find a souvenir. It was CrazyTown. Stuff was just flying off the shelves! It was like some mania that people just grabbed random stuff for fear that there would be none left. So some auntie behind me in the queue was advising her friend (and I was eavesdropping) to rush for the shops once the doors open so you get a full selection of the goods. Urm.. Okay. We got this Ariel cup! She has been drinking lots of water from this magical cup today. Worth the HKD75.
*Update: Today (which is the next day from when I first drafted this post), K has decided it is no longer magical and she will not drink water from the cup anymore. *facepalm* *
#Tip 15: Collect stickers from the staff! Collect them all!
This really really fun thing to do if you have the time. Do you know that almost everyone of the staff have these stickers on them? Sometimes they give out voluntarily, most are too busy and you have to approach them to ask if they have stickers. During our last leg, it was like a personal mission for me to get the Ariel sticker for K so I went around asking.
And we finally got our lucky break with the cashier while paying for the Ariel cup. She had the Ariel sticker!!! We got the coveted Elsa one as well but K couldn't care less. I didn't ask the cleaning crew though. Cuz they all look busy and important with their shades… You can try asking them and tell me if they have the stickers.
If you're still reading, thanks for staying with me cuz I almost fell asleep myself. Let me know if there was something you did and I had missed out! Happy holidays and may all your dreams come true – Disney-style.
*This post is not a sponsored post. All opinions are mine though LimpehZ was supposed to give input but he's now sleeping. Disney, if you are reading this, please invite us sometime! 😛 *


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My friend Jim made this video for me for the Dreamascream Halloween Costume Giveaway.
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So head on over to Viddler and get your Halloween video entry in for the Dreamascream Halloween Costume Giveaway.


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According to her,
"Dear Feminist, Let's not fight those who don't get us; especially those who continue to promote the stereotype that has followed the movement for years because of the actions of some and the misconception of others."
Instead let's try to educate them, seeing that a lot of them don't seem to know any better or what the word feminism even means.
If that doesn't work IGNORE and save your energy for a fight that's really worth it.
1. We don't hate men, we just don't like the abusive, oppressive and chauvinist type; we also don't believe our world "should" revolve around them if we don't want it to. (Honey if you want your world to revolve around your man, go right ahead knowing you did it by CHOICE). 2. We don't hate marriage, we just don't believe it's a MUST for every woman, or there's a timeline for when you should just to please society.
3. A lot of feminist are married and even stay at home wives. Author Malaka Grant is a wonderful mother of 4 a stay at home mom and one of the strongest feminist I know. Famed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is equally married with a child. My sis Hajia-Xalia Qassim is equally a mother, wife and a strong feminist. **So where's the proof that feminist hate marriage or never marry.
4. Feminism isn't a word limited to only women, but men too. Because it's all about the fight for equality irrespective of gender; if you're a man and you believe this, you're a feminist.
5. Feminism has no age, class or "look". How you dress, the job you do, your lifestyle etc doesn't determine if you're more or less of a feminist. You can wear a mini skirt, a hijab or dress like a tomboy and still be a feminist.
Ultimately it's about having the right to have a say in how we live our lives, what we do with our bodies etc regardless of how you may feel about it.
You don't have to LIKE what we stand for, but you have to respect our right to do so.
On that note; listen ain't no body got time to be fighting battles that will only exhaust and drain us, if you don't want to be educated we'll take a back seat, get some popcorn and watch you entertain us with your ignorance.


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What is a teacher?
To teach is to transmit knowledge, know-how, and passion through purposeful relationship. This is possible not just through a teaching method but also through our individual character. A teacher's responsibility is defined in the New Testament: "in your teaching show integrity, dignity" (Titus 2:7b, ESV). We undeniably teach from who we are; the more honorable a teacher is, the more effective her teaching.
What do I want students to walk away with?
My goal is to provide a framework for meaningful learning so that students, upon leaving my classroom, are better prepared to use English to make an impact in today's world. I seek to encourage mastery as well as confidence in communication. Also, I expect students to be able to use language in addition to meta-language to discuss the language they know. Finally, I hope to cultivate passion for learning and using the English language.
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Additionally, I want student learning to extend beyond the classroom. An idea I am eager to implement is to get students personally involved in their communities. I would ask students to find a volunteer position according to their interests; students would report on how this experience has benefited them linguistically and personally. This will help them appreciate that language is inherently tied to the people who speak it. In this way then, I will not simply teach an isolated language but provide the opportunity for students to use language in context.
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