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In France, parents often make it their mission to find the perfect "doudou" for their baby before he/she is born. This doudou, or lovey, is so important because it becomes a child's first and most-treasured possession.This feminine little owl has velvety wings and voluptuous lashes atop her wide eyes. With cute tulle feathers shooting upward from the top of her head and adorable little feet dangling from her soft wings, this lovey is easy for tiny baby hands to grasp. The lovey also features a velcro strap to attach a pacifier. Measuring 10-inches wide, this Madame Chouette lovey is safe for tots aged 0+ and is machine washable.
Designed with bright, airy shades of turquoise, yellow and pink, the characters of Moulin Roty's Mademoiselle et Ribambelle collection are said to reside in an enchanted forest somewhere in France. There, little Miss Charming and her animal friends - Monsieur Lapin, the rabbit; Madame Chouette, the owl; Mister Otter and little miss mouse - gather to sing, dance and celebrate the awakening of Spring each year. With their flowing skirts and tutus, the ladies dance and sing while Mister Otter provides a beat and Monsieur Lapin entertains all of his friends with laughter.
Presented by Bonjour Petit, Moulin Roty is a French toy company that has been crafting quality toys and their accompanying stories for 40 years. With a focus on preserving the childhood soul, Moulin Roty is devoted to promoting "softness, fantasy and tenderness." Each character is designed in France using the finest French fabrics and materials. Moulin Roty is also very proud to be a worker-owned cooperative, putting quality, creativity and excellence first!
Launched in January 2015, Bonjour Petit is an online retailer whose French/American team is dedicated to bringing the finest toys from Europe to the United States. Based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Magic Forest, Ltd. sources these fantastic toys to Bonjour Petit's customers and has been sourcing toys that meet the highest quality and safety standards from Europe since 2004.
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- Brand: Moulin Roty (Mademoiselle et Ribambelle) - 2015
- Product Type: Baby Lovey
- Age: 0+
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- Material: cotton, polyester, elastane, polyamid
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John, main character, was driving through a fog when he saw her. Half-asleep with his vision engulfed by darkness, he saw her when it was already too late. Next thing he knows, John is in a dark room with locked doors and he is all alone. Suffering almost complete amnesia, the only thing John remembers is a woman in red who he hit while driving on that foggy night.
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Hi guys, Ive had an issue with one of my forms for a few months now and have exhausted any ideas I have had in regards to fixing it. I am using oracle forms 10g and basically we have a system that takes over 300 photos on a daily basis, this all works fine and with no issues except for say maybe 2-3 photos a month. Occasionally we will get a 'corrupt photo' (it not actually corrupt, it displays in everything as it should except forms) . When we encounter these photos forms just crashes out and the user is unable to query the record with the associated photo until it is deleted and a new one is taken (or alternatively if we take the photo from the database open it in paint.net and just hit save it will then work). There is no difference that we can see in the photo which doesnt work and those that do work. I have tried using WRITE_IMAGE_FILE to save the photo to disk and Read_Image_File to read from the disk to see if that makes a difference. If i save the file as jpeg and no compression it still crashes, if i save it with low compression it works fine but we lose quality which we dont want to lose. Bitmap wont work at all. Saving as JFIF and GIF works fine without any compression but we still lose quality.
The photo will display fine if we use a javabean to display it but in this instance a javabean is not an option.
One weird thing we noticed is that when we are on the form that crashes with these photos and query back a working photo first, and THEN query the 'corrupt photo' the corrupt photo displays fine, but if we go into the form and query a corrupt photo first forms crashes as explained.
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Chris found this awesome black and white Dansk enamel bowl at the Salvation Army. It has a great spherical shape, and the enamel is in excellent condition.
We were pretty happy to find more Dansk in the same week: this set of eight yellow plastic Dansk plates (I think they were designed by Gunnar Cyren) look awesome stacked and would be perfect for outdoor eating this summer. We found them at the Salvation Army, as well, but on a different day.
We sold one of these Ericofon style phones (it's a modern version with pushbuttons and even a flash button, as opposed to the rotary on the original Ericofon phone) in red awhile ago, so Chris was excited to find this one for a very good price at Beverly Bootstraps this week. It looks gorgeous, but we forgot to test it out, so we'll make sure it actually works before we post it.
I spotted this pair of Georges Briard teacups and saucers at Savers one afternoon this week, and I love the mod design and sunny colors.
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This brown, gray, and blue super fuzzy one. It's actually sitting on my lap right now!
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Thanks to a comment from Mid Mod Mom and seeing some nice full sets on PDX Picker, Chris headed back to the Salvation Army and found a pile of little blue Temporama plates to add to our lot we bought there last week. We found five small plates and three saucers, and since there weren't enough to add to our set of six place settings, we're dividing the rest up into two mixed lots to be sold on Etsy.
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Shipping would be really expensive if we put it all together, so we split it into two (approximately) even groups and people can contact us if they want to make a mix-and-match set (or they could just buy it all!).
It was a small week, but I think everything we found will be great in our shop. We're preparing for our own yard sale next week (more on that another day for any local readers), and a much bigger very exciting event earlier in the week - don't worry, we'll keep you informed :)
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Agrium (TSX: AGU) (NYSE: AGU) announced today its 2017 second quarter results, with net earnings to equity holders of Agrium of $557-million ($4.03 diluted earnings per share) compared to net earnings to equity holders of $564-million ($4.08 diluted earnings per share) in the second quarter of 2016. The slight reduction in net earnings was driven by weaker nitrogen and phosphate benchmark prices, which were partially offset by higher Retail earnings, strong potash results and lower fixed costs across our Wholesale business.
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- 1.25kg beef rump or chuck steak, cut into 2cm cubes
- 40g (1/4 cup) plain flour
- 60mls (1/4 cup) olive oil
- 1 medium brown onion, finely diced
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 125mls (1/2 cup) red wine
- 2 400g cans whole peeled tomatoes, undrained, crushed
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Salt & ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 sheet (25 x 25cm) frozen Pampas Puff Pastry
- 1 egg, lightly whisked
Step 1Place the beef into a plastic bag with the flour and shake until the beef is coated evenly. Shake away any excess flour.
Step 2Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan and cook 1/3 of the beef with the onion, stirring, for 2-3 minutes or until beef is browned. Remove beef from the saucepan and set aside on paper towel. Repeat with remaining olive oil and beef in 2 more batches.
Step 3Return all the beef to the onion in the saucepan and add the garlic, red wine, undrained tomatoes and parsley and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer gently, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes or until sauce has thickened and the beef is tender. Remove from heat and set aside for 10 minutes to cool slightly Season with salt and pepper.
Step 4Preheat oven to 200°C.
Step 5Remove the puff pastry from freezer and cut evenly into quarters. Spoon the meat into 4 individual 440mls (1 3/4-cup) pie dishes or ramekins. Place a pastry square over the top of each dish and press the pastry against the dish edges with a fork to seal. Brush with the whisked egg and cut 2 slits in the top of each pie for the steam to escape.
Step 6Place the dishes onto a baking tray and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until the pastry is puffed and golden. Serve immediately
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In many parts of Africa, defenseless children are being labeled as "witches", and the orphaned, sick, disabled and poor, are most likely to be accused. If they are lucky, they are just abandoned by their parents and survive. Tens of thousands children have been accused over the past decade. Thousands have been murdered or have died due to injuries after beatings, torture and/or exorcisms.
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7 year old Mary was accused of causing her younger brother's death. Three men came to her house and beat her. Afterwards they dragged her to the church for an exorcism. The next day, her mother tried to kill her with poisonous berries, and threatened her with a barbed-wire hanging. Then she threw boiling water and caustic soda over her head and body. Her father dumped his screaming daughter in a field. "My mother doesn't love me," Mary said. A tear streaks down her beautiful face.
Mbet's mother accuses her daughter of giving her an illness – which sounded like malaria – so she tried to kill her. Ekemini's father and elders from the church tied her to a tree, the rope cutting her to the bone, and left the 13 year old there alone for more than a week. Udo nearly lost his arm after villagers hacked at him with machetes, and Jane's mother tried to saw off the top of her skull. Magrose's mother dug a pit in the wood and tried to bury her alive. Rita told her mom she had dreamt of a lovely party where there was lots to eat and drink; she was denounced as a witch and abandoned. Rachel was chained up by her pastor, starved and beaten. Jerry was tortured by a priest and then set on fire by his father. "Please stop the pastors who hurt us," said Jerry quietly, touching the scars on his face.
Labeled a "Witch"
In many parts of Africa, children may be "identified" as "witches" by powerful religious leaders at extremist churches where Christianity and traditional beliefs have combined to produce a deep belief in and strong fear of witchcraft.
Many evangelical Christian churches spread the message that witches exist and that child-witches bring misfortune, such as poverty (e.g. loss of job), disease (e.g. cancer, HIV), and death to their families. And they claim that, once possessed, these children can cast spells and contaminate others. Those identified as witches must be cleansed through exorcism. If that does not cure them, they must be abandoned or killed. They take literally the biblical exhortation, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Evil spirits and satanic possessions can be found aplenty in the Bible, and references to killing witches turn up in Exodus, Deuteronomy and Galatians.
The belief in child witches is also spread by DVDs and books. There is a film, widely distributed, called "End of the Wicked", which tells, in graphic detail, how children become possessed. It shows them being inducted into covens, eating human flesh and bringing chaos and death to their families and communities. There is also a popular book which tells parents how to identify a witch. For children under two years old, the key signs are crying and screaming in the night, high fever and worsening health.
Power and Money
Churches who claim to identify children as witches are seen as spiritually powerful because they can detect witchcraft. The more children a pastor declares witches, the more famous he gets and the more money he can make. So, religious leaders that didn't use to accuse children of witchcraft are often sucked into it by their hunger for power and money.
Priests claim that only they have the power to "cure" the witches by performing exorcism (also called "deliverance"). These exorcisms are highly lucrative for the religious leaders, many of whom enjoy a lifestyle of large homes, expensive cars and designer clothes.
Parents pay priests a lot of money for an exorcism, in the hopes the ceremony will cure their child – often as much as three months salary for the average working man. Some families are bankrupted.
During the "deliverance" ceremonies, children are shaken violently and have potions poured into their eyes. The children look terrified. The parents look on and pray that the child will be cleansed. If the ritual fails, their children will have to be sent away, or killed. Many children are held in churches, chained, starved, beaten, until they "confess" to being a witch.
In Nigeria, a shelter for children who have been labeled as "witches" was founded in 2003. In 2009 it had between 100 and 200 children at any given time. Every day, more children arrive at the refuge, often with severe wounds. Once a child has been labeled as a "witch," it is very difficult to get his/her parents to accept their child back. If they go back to their community, they risk getting killed. The shelter is under constant attack. Neither the local schools nor the hospitals will care for children accused of witchcraft.
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March 24, 2009
Wreck diving off San Diego, California
Diving the Yukon
No, not the Yukon up north but the HMCS Yukon, a Canadian McKenzie Class destroyer that now sits in 105 feet of frigid water a couple of miles off the coast of San Diego. As far as wrecks go, the Yukon is a big and imposing one. It's 366 feet long, displaces almost 3,000 tons, and has some menacing looking guns. The ship was launched in 1961 and sunk in July of 2000 to form an artificial reef. Unlike ships that sink all by themselves, the Yukon was helped along, after having been thoroughly prepped for scuba diving adventures by cutting a large number of holes into its sides and decks. The actual sinking of the Yukon was supposed to be an orderly event witnessed by thousands of boats. Maps had been drawn, cutouts were all neatly marked, and there were even laminated "You Are Here" orientation maps in many strategic points inside the vessel. (see article "Map the Yukon" in Geospatial Solutions)
The Yukon, however, had other plans. Rougher than anticipated seas made the ship take on water through the cut-outs in its side, and so she simply sank, ahead of time. She also did not neatly settle on the sandy bottom, but rolled over and came to rest sideways. Some of the planned cutouts remained unmade as the shape charges never went off, and the nice, neat map, while still technically accurate (except for the cutouts), isn't of much use with the ship now laying on its side. Those who want to see how the Yukon rests at a depth of 105 feet should get Franko's HMCS Yukon Deck Plan. It shows an exploded view of all six decks as well as floor plans and all the current cutouts.
I had been invited to dive the Yukon early on in my scuba career, but at that time I had not been ready yet. Now I felt I was, and so I had signed up for three days of wreck diving with our friends at Fisheye Scuba. We drove the 500 miles or so from Folsom to San Diego's Mission Bay area and stayed at the Dana Hotel that was right across the street from our dive charter, Waterhorse. The Dana Hotel is also very close to SeaWorld San Diego, but, in all fairness, why go to an expensive seaworld theme park when a mile away you can see and experience the real thing?
About 16 people had signed up for the trip, some doing their PADI wreck diving certification dives and others, like us, just doing the diving itself. I had no idea what to expect. This was going to be my first time in the waters of the Pacific. Kate of Fisheye Scuba had said the water temperature was going to be in the high 50s on the surface and 52 or so at the bottom. Half the divers were going to wear drysuits and the others wetsuits. Not having a drysuit, I brought along my 7mm Scubapro Form wetsuit. And hood, and gloves. And not one but two pairs of Shammyz to keep warm, one of them with the special windbreaker that zippers on the outside.
Set the alarm for 6am and made it to the dock by 7:30am where there were already a number of folks unloading trucks, donning gear, signing papers and using a big dolly to get tanks and gear to the dive boat. Half an hour or so we were all on the boat, which was a cozy affair with a head, a nice cabin where the captain had set up snacks, fruit and beverages, and even a hot shower. The boat had its own compressor so they didn't even have to take the tanks off the boat to fill them. Carol had brought her two Nitrox steel-80 tanks (US$12 per fill as they had to take those off the boat); I used the rental aluminum 80s that came with the trip.
The weather was typical San Diego, that is all foggy so that it looked like it was a gray, overcast day. It's just fog, of course, but it feels coldish and dreary anyway. The fog usually burns off around 11am or so, but not always, and sometimes it goes away and then comes back. Kate gathered her wreck class group for a briefing, and then the captain did a dive briefing of his own. The first dive was the big one, the Yukon. She's a big one, we learned, just look at the bow and stern buoys (they were far apart for sure). Viz isn't very good, like 20 feet or so. Look out for the surge as it can suck you right into an opening and spit you back out. Other than that, go down the line, do the dive, and come back up. It's actually refreshing that it's all so straightforward in something so potentially dangerous.
After having checked all my stuff and gear at least five times, including the Canon G10 in its underwater housing, the Scubapro dive knife I had strapped onto my right arm, and the little dive light, I did a giant stride into the darkish sea. You always heat up quite a bit in a 7mm wetsuit, and so the 56 degree water actually felt quite refreshing. Carol and I had vowed to stay close together and so I waited for her before I descended. Turns out she didn't have enough weight and had to add another two pounds. I had guessed 24 pounds for me, and that ended up being just right.
Going down, the water was all green. I had a bit of a sinus pressure ache in my forehead at around 15 feet. So I stopped rather than force it and end up with a big nosebleed as I had in Honduras. The ache subsided and I resumed the descent. It quickly got colder and darker, and two minutes later giant shapes came into view, the Yukon. If you are not a diver you may think it must be quite interesting to simply float and look down onto a sunken ship. It is very interesting, but ship wrecks hardly ever sit in crystal clear water so you can really see them. Instead, they may be so broken that you hardly recognize them. It's amazing what the sea can do to a ship in just a few years. Or it is so dark and murky that you can only see what's practically in front of your nose. Now imagine a 366 foot vessel lying on its side, and you're looking at it essentially in the dark and with a visibility of no more than 15 feet or so.
What that means is that things come into view and then disappear again. You don't quite know what they are or where you are. I had thought the map would help me orient myself, but it was much too dark and murky for that. I was so enthralled with the adventure of it all that I actually completely forgot that the ship was sideways. All I could concentrate on was the encroaching cold, checking my gauges to make sure I didn't get too deep or run out of bottom time, and, most importantly, not to lose Carol. We both had cameras and I was determined to at least take a few shots.
I was stunned at how much aquatic life had already taken hold on the ship. Anyone expecting a gleaming high-tech destroyer to still look pretty much the same after nine years underwater, not so. There's a thick crust of coral, anemones and other sealife, with thousands of large and totally white anemones giving the ship a surreal look. Some kelp was floating around, too, showing just how strong the surge was. I tried to take pictures, but between the unfamiliar layout of the button controls of a new camera and the eerie surroundings, I didn't get much. When the flash did go off, I saw that the coral surrounding the anemones was bright red.
Every dive is different. Even though the surroundings were quite intimidating, I felt calm and free of anxiety. I seemed to spend equal time taking in whatever sight I could of the massive wreck, making sure I did not lose my buddy, trying to take pictures, and checking depth and air. I did not come close to penetrating the wreck, or even come close to one of the openings. I really wanted to see the big guns but there was no time to do any exploring. While the wreck laid in semi-darkness where the lights came in handy, I could see light above and quite a few fish, whole schools. There wasn't, though, anywhere near the variety I saw in Honduras. I looked at the dark shapes of encrusted metal and felt that anyone who got lost in there would hardly have a chance to come out alive or be found and rescued in time.
Time went very quickly. It was a bit hard to clearly see the data on my Uwatec Smart-Z wrist-mounted dive computer in the near darkness and so I made extra-sure to stay on top of remaining air. After 25 minutes at the wreck, at depths between 65 and 82 feet and at a constant temperature of 51 degrees, I was down to 850 psi and 6 minutes of nitrogen time. Though we had not moved around much, I had no idea where the descent line was and motioned to Carol that it was time for me to go up. Carol did know (it was only a few feet away) and we went up, doing a four minute safety stop at 15 feet. Using less air and being on Nitrox, she still had a good third left, and nitrogen time had never been an issue.
Back up on the boat I felt both elated and quite cold. Even a bowl of steaming hot minestrone soup didn't eliminate all the shivering and so, after two test divers reported poor visibility at the second dive site (the cutter Ruby E), I decided to call it a day. I had dived the Yukon, and that felt really good.
No two wrecks are the same, and every wreck dive is different. Temperature and visibility can make a huge difference. A wreck in good light and clear water is totally different from a wreck in the semi-dark at almost no visibility. I am glad I did this dive. I enjoyed myself and I did not feel anxious. I did well. But I realized once again that this is not a harmless sport. The margin for error is very little.
Diving the Ruby E
After the very cold, murky dive to the Yukon I wondered what Day Two of our wreck diving trip would bring. I'd been asking myself why the dive boats go out early in the morning when just about every day in San Diego seems gray and foggy until about the time the dive boats return. I've heard a number of explanations, from the sea being calmer in the morning, to dive boat captains wanting to go home early, to the tide and such. I still don't know what the actual reason is. It's definitely no fun to get up early for a few hours of dreary fog when one knows the weather will most likely clear up around 11AM or so.
Anyway, I really didn't feel too hot as we made our way across the street to the dock. Everything was damp and clammy and I racked my brain trying to figure out the best way to stay reasonably warm and dry through the process. At 8:15AM we took off onto the grayish sea under a grayish sky. First stop was a lobster trap rescue operation. Seems one of those crude, yet effective lobster trap cages made of chicken wire and rebar had gotten stuck. Ryan of Fisheye Scuba dove into the frigid waters. After a few minutes he re-emerged, mission accomplished. The captain of the tiny fishing boat was happy.
On we went to our first destination, which was the wreck of the 165-foot Coast Guard Cutter Ruby E originally designed to enforce prohibition and launched in 1934. The vessel then had a checkered history (including submarine control, fishing, salvage and even a bit of drug smuggling, and she ran under various names. The Ruby E is a much smaller ship than the massive Yukon and had been sitting on the bottom since her sinking in 1989, 11 years longer than the Yukon.
We geared up, with Carol donning the Liquid Image camera mask. The camera mask was invented by a camera located in the Sacramento area and combines a 5-megapixel CMOS camera that can also do video with a regular dive mask. This sounds somewhat gimmicky, and looks it, too, but the thing seemed well designed and we'd actually had had dinner with Liquid Image executives a few days prior to the trip. They'd explained the device, how it came about, and what it could do. We had offered to take it along for an underwater test. And while this version of the camera mask only had a 33-foot depth rating, we planned to take it down to the Ruby E, which sits in about 85 feet of water.
The water was green as we went down the descent line and it got dark quickly. By the time we reached the sandy bottom we could barely see the bow of the cutter. It was cold, barely 50 degrees, the visibility was poor (perhaps 15 feet), and there was a strong surge back and forth. Without being able to see much, exploring a wreck becomes a matter of slowly examining what appears in front of your eyes. The Ruby E was reasonably intact, but all surfaces were totally overgrown with a dense cover of small strawberry anemones and similar critters. There were none of the giant white anemones here as we'd found on the Yukon. We saw a good number of starfish that come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Carol, aware that the camera mask was recording, kept moving so that her exhaust bubbles did not obscure the recording and also made an effort to keep her head still, which with the data mask meant the same as holding the camera steady. The mask apparently worked as it wasn't fogged up and she did not seem to experience any problems.
I tried to get some good shots with my Canon G10, but it was mostly a futile effort. Between the surge and the cold, things just weren't very pleasant. If a bit of cold and dark does not seem like a big deal, consider that this is a cold one cannot escape from. Down there, you cannot duck into a doorway to get reprieve from an icy blast or wind. You also cannot button your coat or pull up the zipper or a hood. What you're wearing is all you got, and it cannot be changed. The dark and surge makes it worse. Add to that an unfamiliar place that remains largely hidden from sight, and things can get somewhat stressful in a hurry. I never felt truly anxious, but also did not enjoy myself. It was just too cold. Eventually it got so that I began to shiver. It was time to get back up anyway and, as usual, Carol almost instantly found the descent line (how does she do that?). At the 15-foot stop the water was back to 57 and, comparatively, felt like bath water. I was glad.
Back on the boat I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do a second dive. Even sitting inside the cabin I was shivering, and even hot soup and a big cup of hot chocolate did little to warm me up. I felt annoyed by that as I am not usually that susceptible to cold. I really did not want to miss another dive, and so I willed myself to stop shivering and get ready to brace the cold water again.
In the meantime, Kate's wreck diving students compared notes and had a critique, though I am not sure how much people actually heard over the noise of the engines. I don't think much wreck penetration was done, but they got to practice site surveys, handling their reels, and other wreck diving techniques.
Diving kelp
The second dive was in a kelp field. I had read a lot about the kelp forest off the coast of California and didn't quite know what to make of it. It sounded quite intimidating and invoked unpleasant memories of fighting off sea weed and assorted algae when I was a child. Whatever I'd read of the underwater kelp forests was invariably positive, though I'd also come across references of people getting caught in kelp and having to use knifes or requiring assistance to extricate themselves. Kelp, apparently, was also where a lot of fish and other critters hung out, and there were many accounts of divers suddenly finding themselves with a big fish or a sea otter or some other creature.
When we arrived at our destination, it really didn't look very pleasant. A lot of what I used to consider "sea weed" was bobbing on the surface, making the water look murky and somehow not clear or clean. In his briefing, the captain described a ledge and rocky area underneath us and said we might expect to see some larger animals. He said stay below the surface to keep from getting entangled in the kelp once we came back up, and, should we get stuck, to simply drop down rather than fight the kelp. I didn't quite know what to make of that, but in I went.
The water wasn't much clearer here, but at least we didn't descend into darkish depths. Instead, as soon as I dropped below the surface I saw the kelp forest, which turned out to be a magical world of gently swaying leafy plants vertically in the water. Far from being mere "sea weed," kelp is intricate, beautiful, and unlike anything that grows on dry land. It isn't just a stalk and leaves ether; instead, the plant makes a multitude of different tendrils, spirally growths, leaf-like structures held up by battalions of bulb-like floaters, and it all sways together in a gentle concert of fluid motion. It is captivating and Carol took numerous pictures.
We quickly reached bottom that looked much like the coral reefs of the Caribbean, only without the variety of fish and colors, or the clarity of the water. Instead, there was strong surge back and forth. Examining the bottom we found a lot of urchins and many starfish, a Garibaldi or two, and some other critters. I had read a book on urchin fishing in California, which had been a lucrative trade and industry in the 1980s and 90s when the Japanese bought up whatever enterprising professional divers could bring up. I somehow thought the urchins were just sitting on the ocean floor, but the vast majority is actually burrowed into the surface in roundish cubbies. I don't know if they ever come out or simply stay there. Some are quite large, much bigger than I thought they get. Some seemed the size of basketballs.
We swam between rock outcroppings that rose to within 25 feet of the surface, then dropped down vertically to lower ground in the mid to high 40s. The water was colder and less clear on this side, but it was still fascinating to swim between the kelp plants. They were not dense enough to get lost in them or having to fight one's way through by any means. There was plenty of room. I was getting cold again and began my ascent after 35 minutes or so. I'd found the boat's anchor line and so had a clear shot straight up. Carol followed, taking many beautiful close-up and macro pictures of the kelp plants and some of the amazingly colorful critters that live on and between it. Some look downright psychedelic and when you look at the pictures later, it's hard to believe that something that beautiful is in the cold and dark water.
Me, I was glad I'd overcome the cold and made the dive.
Another dive to the Yukon
Our last day started like the first two, with a gray sky and a chill in the air. In addition to getting ready for diving, we also had to pack up our stuff, put it in the car, and check out. Logistics can get a bit overwhelming at times.
This time I decided to wear my Akona dive skin underneath the 7mm wetsuit and see if that helped me fend off the penetrating cold. The wetsuit certainly goes on easier when you wear a dive skin, but when you have to go to the bathroom, it's yet another item to somehow get out of the way.
The first dive was a second descent to the Yukon. That was certainly alright with me, but I wondered whether a repeat dive was due to the wreck diving class or whether there were no other suitable wrecks. This was, after all, "wreck alley." On this dive we were going to be testing the Liquid Image Camera Mask again, recording and documenting the entire dive. The water was 57 on the surface, but quickly got colder as we descended down the line into semi-darkness. This time our mooring line got us to the center of the Yukon. The world was all green down there and once again, it was difficult to make out anything but darkish shapes at the very edge of the 15-foot or so visibility range we now found ourselves in. They were parts of the ship, but it was mostly impossible to figure out which parts.
The top of the ship had a lush growth of kelp or weeds on it, and they were moving with the surge that washed over the ship. I descended down what must have been the deck surface in front of the bridge and found the water to be both calmer and darker. I was at 91 feet in 51-degree water; trying to get my bearings, trying not to get lost, staying calm, and figuring out where I was. Since it was so dark and murky, everyone stayed reasonably close together and so I was watching dive lights of my fellow divers as they shone into some of the cutouts, tied off lines, handled reels, and slowly entered the wreck.
Though I was very careful I temporarily lost sight of Carol, white fins and all, and felt a sense of frustration over that as I wanted to experience and explore for the precious minutes down on the wreck rather than spend the time searching for my dive buddy. At this depth and under these conditions I really didn't want to dive solo, and I also didn't just want to join another group. Fortunately, Carol found me after a few minutes.
My total time down by the Yukon was 22 minutes, from the time I arrived at the bottom of the descent line to the time Carol and I began our ascent. It didn't feel that long, but it also wasn't long enough to do, or even start, anything meaningful. So the dive was mostly looking at this and that, and simply holding it together at this murky depth. I took some pictures of the white anemone, marveled at just how colorful the growth was. The ever-present strawberry anemone, whose scientific name is corynactis californica, covered large areas of the wreck, bursting in bright red whenever touched by a flashlight or dive light. These are really neither anemones nor coral, but somewhere in between. Individual strawberry anemone don't grow larger than an inch, but they can cover something as large as the wreck of a destroyer.
Again, I cannot overemphasize the difference between 90 feet in warm, clear, bright Caribbean waters and 90 feet at 50 degrees, poor visibility and near dark. It's a bit like the difference between cruising along in sunny daylight, enjoying yourself, and driving at night and in the rain or snow and having to really concentrate on what you're doing.
The ascent means a progressively lighter shade of green, and also noticeably warmer water. Warmer, of course, is relative as it is only the difference between 51 and 57 degrees. I swam to the dive boat, took off my fins, climbed up onto the deck and plopped down, exhausted, but happy. It'd been a good dive, and it felt like a monumental thing.
Carol thought the camera mask had given up its ghost as it looked like the lens had condensation or water inside. Later I found that the mask had recorded the entire 40-minute dive in one giant 2GB file.
After the dive I was unable to warm up and couldn't stop shivering no matter what I tried. So I decided to skip the second dive, another kelp dive, and watch the goings-on on the dive, the San Diego coast, and the bubbles of my fellow divers. The bubbles hardly moved. When you're down there you think you're moving around quite a bit, but the bubbles tell otherwise, at least when there is no current to carry you away.
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Rated 4 / 5 stars
I did as you commanded...and also without...I must admit that with my headphones on you can appreciate your work that much more!
Its very well done and I enjoyed it very much!
You have spent some time adding little bits of detail that I certainly noticed!
One thing that I think would elevate your track would be a touch more progression but overall a very enjoyable track!
well done mate!
Rated 4 / 5 stars
I must have some good headphones cause this is awesome.
Starting at 1:16 to 1:32 I think that repeated too much, I heard the little sounds you put in with it, but it still got old just a tad.
Liked the slow section nothing much to say about it.
I think overall the song got a tad repetitive , the main distortion was pretty much the same the whole way through, but it was a good song overall.
Good work, in the final version I'd just recommend switching it up just a bit more.
Also super abrupt end. . . :\
Excellent work/wip!
You're right about the end, it ends so abruptly because it's not finished.
In the slow section, and in a lot of other parts, I have plans to slip in some vocalizations. Repetitive parts won't be as repetitive, I promise.
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On A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Brian O'Donovan, the host of the Celtic Sojourn radio show, compiles a collection of songs that mixes the contemplative with more raucous fare, ancient melodies with modern, and the earthy with the ethereal. The musicians come from all corners of the Celtic world, and include the Breton choir Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde, who blend medieval vocal harmonies with modern instruments such as the tin whistle and the guitar; Dordan, the masters of Irish baroque music; and the pan-Celtic band the Boys of the Lough. Also included are English performers Maddy Prior (the lead singer of Steeleye Span) and the family group Waterson:Carthy, who deliver a hearty version of the "The Ditchling Carol." The majority of the tracks feature vocals, but the instrumental selections–particularly fiddler Bonnie Rideout's haunting "Gloomy Winter" and the lovely "Midwinter Waltz" from the Boys of the Lough–do a beautiful job of wordlessly evoking the season. By passing over too-familiar Christmas songs in favor of less-well-known melodies, O'Donovan has come up with that rarest of all holiday treats–a gift that that both surprises and delights.
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Those of you who are going hiking or to the mountains, I'll have something for you very soon! Since I haven't actually been hiking properly, I need to do some research for that one before writing it;) (Edit: I got a guest post on hiking packing essentials!)
The following list is for the city-trippers! As you can probably imagine, a packing list for a city trip will look very different from one designed for a beach outing. Oh, and if you haven't checked out my beach packing list yet, you can do that here.
I'm actually going to a few cities this summer, so this list of essentials is definitely going to be a useful reminder of what to bring.
Here we go:
Card Holder
I know that us girls like our big wallets where you can literally put EVERYTHING, like 10'000 loyalty cards, cute pictures of us with our friends, and so many coins. Yes, I do that too.
But, if I'm traveling, I usually don't like lugging around my giant wallet, since I have to fit a lot of other things in my handbag, like a bottle of water, or wet wipes, or a digital camera (I'm old school like that).
That's why I purchased this handy Dardon card holder, so I can bring the most important things (money, debit/credit cards, ID, business cards) using a minimum of space. It has 2 card slots on each side on the outside and the 2 strappy compartments on the inside. This is also an awesomely unisex product. The leather feels very high-quality and nice!
And it's MAGIC. No, really. So if you put something in the straight straps on one side, and you open the wallet from the other side, your stuff is magically held by the crossed straps. Crazy, right?? If you can't imagine what I'm talking about, you'll just have to get the wallet and see for yourself.
Plug Adaptor
Ok, this one is kind of unsexy, but necessary. Due to the fact that a lot of different countries have different plugs, you'll want to purchase at least one of these, so your electronics don't die. I tend to go for universal ones, because I'm too lazy to purchase multiple adaptors. Makes sense, right? So, for this summer, I got 2, because I'm paranoid about one breaking and me being left without my phone (the horror)!
The first one has interchangeable plugs (which might be a bad thing if you're prone to losing these small bits), but it has 4 USB ports, which is why I got it. I usually plug in 4 things at once.
The second one I own is a cube and the plugs all come out of it by sliding a lever. This is of course handier as you don't risk losing parts. However, this one only has 2 USB ports.
- 4-port USB universal plug adaptor with interchangeable plugs (Amazon UK, ES, DE), different models on Amazon US and FR
- 2-port USB cube universal plug adaptor (Amazon US, ES, DE, FR), different model on Amazon UK
Comfortable Shoes
So many possibilities for shoes to wear in the city! But ideally, you want something that's comfortable to walk in, and where ideally, your feet don't get grimy from the streets. That's why I often opt for stylish but comfy trainers (sneakers for North America, I don't even know what language my blog is actually in at this point).
I recently got these, and they're soooo comfy! And they don't look too sport-focused, so I feel quite fashionable walking around in them. When I'm daring, I even pair them with a skirt. Screw you, unspoken fashion rules! Obviously, guys can do the same, and wear a pair of casual trainers.
- Men's Nike Roshe 2 Flyknit: Amazon US, UK, ES
- Men's Nike Roshe 1 Flyknit: Amazon DE
- Men's Nike Flyknit Racer: Amazon FR
- Women's Nike Roshe 2 Flyknit: Amazon US, UK
- Women's Nike Roshe 1 Flyknit: Amazon ES
- Women's Nike Roshe Run Flyknit: Amazon DE
- Women's Nike Flyknit Racer: Amazon FR
For more awesome trainers that you can wear on holiday as well as for running, check out this review!
For the sandal-aficionados, there's always the open-toed strappy sandal. I wouldn't go for very high heels, but that's just me. If you can walk around a city for a day in high heels, good on you!! I can't do it… Guys, you can also wear sandals! (Just don't wear them with socks, please… :P)
- Timberland Women's Summer Sandals: various models on Amazon US, UK, ES, DE, FR
- Timberland Men's Summer Sandals: various models on Amazon US. UK, ES, DE, FR
Headphones or Earphones
Headphones actually belong on ANY trip, in my opinion. But they're here, because I often find myself walking through cities wearing them and listening to music to partially block out traffic sounds. Don't turn the music up too loud, or you might get hit by a car. Not good.
Just like with sunglasses and water bottles, I own many many different sets of headphones and earphones. Something like 5 pairs, to be honest. Which makes me kind of an expert (I would love to think.)
Anyway. I own a pair of Sennheiser Momentum in-ear earphones that I use everyday during my commute, and for other day-to-day activities. They have decent sound quality and are quite sturdy (you know, for those instances when they get caught and yanked out of your ears, and the world ends for a second…). They don't stay in my ears that well, though. Might be because I have oddly-shaped ears, or it's the earphones.
- Sennheiser Momentum in-ear earphones (Android): Amazon US, UK, ES, DE, FR
- Sennheiser Momentum in-ear earphones (iOS): Amazon US, UK, ES, DE, FR
Then, I own a pair of Sennheiser Momentum headphones, and they're AWESOME. Great sound quality, and great value for money. BUT, I can't keep them on my ears for a long time before it starts hurting. So these I use for train or plane journeys of 5 hours continued use or longer with breaks in between.
- Sennheiser Momentum Headphones (various colours, for Android/iOS, be careful which ones you get): Amazon US, UK, ES, DE, FR
For sports, I have a pair of Monster Bluetooth earphones. They stay in really well, have good enough sound quality for working out, and the cable-free setup is quite handy. However, the strap at the neck annoys me sometimes, so I tuck it into my sports bra at the back. They charge via a normal micro-USB cable (like Android phones), and 1 charge will usually last me 3 1-hour workouts with music at full blast.
For something to listen to with your awesome new head-/earphones, check out this playlist🙂
Trust me, I'm a big fan of paper books. I'm an avid reader on holidays and I would love to bring all of my books with me. But, I never have enough space or luggage allowance to do that:( So, last year, I opted for a Kindle. It's so practical!! It weighs so little, I take it with me in my handbag.
Then, when I see a coffee shop where I want to take a break from walking around, I sit down, get my Kindle out, and read. Simple! The battery life lasts forever, because you're not connecting to the internet when you read, and mine adjusts its backlight according to the outside lighting conditions. So handy.
I will definitely be bringing it on each one of my trips so I can read on the plane, on the train, at the beach, in a coffee shop, in bed at the hostel/hotel…Endless possibilities!
Travel Bag
No city-tripper post would be complete without a good travel bag. I have one by Freitag for weekend trips. I also ordered a Hershel backpack for week-long trips or as hand luggage on longer trips since I am a big fan of backpacks (not so hard on the shoulders).
In terms of handbags, I am the proud owner of a Longchamps bag, for fancier occasions such as business trips. For more casual city-tripping, I would recommend the tote bag that I mentioned in my other list, or you could go for something closed, like a little cross-shoulder bag.
- Longchamps Le Pliage Tote (various colours): Amazon US, UK
- Different brand version on Amazon ES, DE, FR
For guys, I would say either bring a backpack like the Hershel one, or a draw-string bag as mentioned in my previous post as well.
Hopefully, that has given you an idea of what kinds of things I tend to bring on my city holidays! I also hope that you enjoyed this list, tune in soon for more!


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I think I played really well today, unfortunately the pots I did win were against short stacks and the pots I lost were against deep stacks. I ran into a number of coolers but I played them fine so it didn't tilt me as much as it usually would. I finished my 1900 hands of 25NL evens for the day, mainly thanks to this hand.
Apologies it's not in the replayer it doesn't seem to be working, at the time I thought I had this read well but in hindsight it may have been a loose shove. I put at least the original shove on a draw and my main aim of shoving over the top of that was to isolate him as I was pretty sure I had him beat, the call from the third player was a surprise but it worked out in the end.
I played 600 hands or so of 10NL but I started getting a little bit too loose and figured I was tired so called it a day after a shove went bad, around 15 down for the day.
I don't appear to be sticking to my goal of playing 2k 10NL and 1k 25NL hands a day, I just feel good about my 25 play at the moment and want to see where it goes. My numbers aren't looking too good at the moment, hopefully that will change over the course of the week.
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The last time we were here was 1993, and the experience has changed a lot due to movie Bottleshock. Kevin hosted our tasting and was very engaging with all of us being served. Bought some nice wine and had it with dinner. Afterward, we stolled...More
Like many others, we were interested in this winery due to the HIGHLY fictionalized but entertaining movie, "Bottleshock". The winery itself did not disappoint at all, and our guide, Mitchell, was absolutely wonderful. I think the high points, though, were the grounds around the lake...More
If you visit only 1 winery in Napa make it Chateau Montelena. Breathtaking grounds, Knowledgeable professional personable personnel,exquisite wines absolutely wonderful experience.
This is our favorite winery to visit in the Napa region. It is a beautiful facility and the wines are excellent. The gentlemen doing the tasting was very knowledgeable and made it a fun visit. The grounds are lovely for a peaceful walk.
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This was my #1 must-visit on our trip to wine country. Having seen "Bottle Shock", I was so enamored of Montelena's story that I couldn't wait to visit in person. It really is a beautiful winery - the chateau itself is vine-covered, I felt as...More
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Frederic Schwartz: I grew up just a couple of towns over from Levittown. When anybody got a washing machine or refrigerator, I would scour the neighborhood for the boxes and bring them home with the help of my dad. I would make things out of them, like tunnels or big buildings. Where I grew up, they were always building houses in the neighborhood, and I was always watching this construction. When I went to Berkeley, I had my first course with Joe Escherick as my professor, who was such a great teacher. He was the only architect I knew who won both the gold Medal for Firm of the Year and the teaching award. We remained very close through the rest of my career. In fact his wife gave me his shirt when he passed away. So when I was a freshman in college, I was already sure I wanted to become an architect. It wasn't just Escherick, there were all these other great teachers, i.e., Roger Montgomery, J. B. Jackson, Richard Bender, Russ Ellis, and Marc Treib at Berkeley, and Jerzy Soltan at Harvard. This was already called the College of Environmental Design in the 60s; so you automatically approached architecture and urbanism recognizing those parameters. I agreed with their philosophy: the school was very much about the relationship of landscape to building.
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A homeless dog has gained Internet fame, and found a home, after following a group of Chinese cyclists 1,700 kilometers (or more than 1,000 miles) on their recent epic ride along the Sichuan Tibet Highway. According to reports, the dog chose to stay with the cyclists throughout most of the grueling 24-day expedition, after being fed a drumstick early during the ride.
"She was lying, tired, on the street around Yajiang, Sichuan province," one of the cyclists, Zhang Heng, told China Daily. "So we fed her, and then she followed our team."
The cute white mutt joined the group three days into the odyssey from Kangding, Sichuan, to Lhasa, Tibet. Along the way the riders, and the dog, ascended 12 high-altitude peaks during an expedition that averaged more than 30 miles a day.
The riders gave her the name, Xiao Sa, or Little Sa (they used the last syllable for Lhasa for the second part of the name).
Zhang occasionally let the dog ride on his back during downhill portions of the ride, because she could not have kept up otherwise.
During the expedition the riders created a micro-blog under the name "Go Go Xiao Sa," to share stories about the dog.
The blog garnered nearly 40,000 views during the ride.
And talk about dogged determination.
Said Zhang, who plans to keep Little Sa: "Many people stopped cycling in some sections, then took the bus, but the dog made it."


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Wellington Phoenix beat top Argentina football club Boca Juniors 2-1 in Wellington on Friday.
The match was the third and final game in the Wellington club's pre-season build up to the A-League competition, which kicks off next month.
The home side scored first with new striker Dylan McAlister putting Wellington ahead 1-0 midway through the first half.
Phoenix captain Andrew Durante scored in the second half, nodding in a header from a free kick.
Durante also got Boca on the board with an own goal 10 minutes from full time.
Boca captain Christian Cellay was sent off late in the game after receiving a second yellow card.
The Phoenix opening A-League is against Gold Coast in three weeks time.