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Volunteers at Castlemaine, Campbells Creek and Guildford Fire Brigades are receiving a welcome funding boost, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government.
Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards today announced that the Guildford Fire Brigade will receive $310,000 to purchase a new Medium tanker.
Ms Edwards is also pleased to announce $46,667 to the Castlemaine Fire Brigade for a new Field Command Vehicle, and $11,600 to the Campbells Creek fire brigade for a new car park and Driveway area.
Emergency services volunteers across the state will share in $13 million in grants to help them keep Victorian communities safe.
The program funds operational equipment, including vehicles, trucks, tankers, watercraft, trailers and minor facility upgrades.
Across Victoria the grants package assists all our emergency services volunteer organisations, including:
The Labor Government is also allocating almost $2.5 million in state-wide initiatives. For more information about the grants, visit the Emergency Management Victoria website: https://www.emv.vic.gov.au/
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"CFA Volunteers across our district do an incredible job keeping the local community safe and they deserve nothing but the best equipment."
"This funding boost will help the Guildford brigade to upgrade their Tanker 2, a truck which is over 17 years old, with the tray and tank being almost 50 Years old."
"The new carpark and driveway will be a welcome addition to the Campbells Creek fire station"
"The new Field Command Vehicle for the Castlemaine Fire Brigade will replace the old vehicle after many years serving our region."
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NFL fans have seen both perennial stars and unheralded outsiders shine on football's biggest stage over the years, and that's part of what makes the Super Bowl so great.
Last year, we watched Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller win the Super Bowl 50 MVP award, and he became only the second defensive player to do so in the past decade. With two of the best offenses in football set to square off on Sunday, this year's winner will most likely be an offensive player.
Here are the eight most likely candidates to be named MVP of Super Bowl 51, with their current listed odds of accomplishing the feat (via 5Dimes Sportsbook).
8. Chris Hogan
The ex-Buffalo Bills wide receiver is tearing it up in his first postseason. Following a monster nine-catch performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship game, Hogan has 13 catches for 275 yards and two touchdowns in his last two games for the Patriots, and he leads all wide receivers in catches of 20 or more yards during the postseason with eight.
Hogan has gotten fewer targets than his teammate, Julian Edelman, but he has been able to do more with less, averaging 21.2 yards per catch.
Current listed odds: 37.5-to-one
7. Dion Lewis
After missing most of the regular season while recovering from knee surgery, Lewis has come on strong during the postseason, especially in the divisional round, where he scored three touchdowns to help the Patriots rout the Houston Texans.
Lewis became the first player in the Super Bowl era to score on a rush, a catch and a kick return in a postseason game. The jack-of-all-trades running back is a game-changer for the Patriots despite playing second fiddle to LeGarrette Blount in the backfield.
Current listed odds: 30-to-one
6. Devonta Freeman
Despite sharing time at running back with Tevin Coleman, Freeman is one of the Falcons' most gifted offensive players with his ability to catch passes out of the backfield and pick up big yardage. In fact, he leads all running backs in postseason receiving yards with 122.
Freeman is also a beast on the ground, having averaged 4.8 yards per carry during the regular season. If the Patriots find a way to bottle up Julio Jones, then it might be up to Freeman to get the Falcons' offense going.
Current listed odds: 30-to-one
5. LeGarrette Blount
Blount has the difficult task of finding running room against a Falcons defense that hasn't allowed more than 34 yards on the ground to any non-quarterback this postseason. In Blount's defense, the Falcons haven't faced a running back of his caliber since the regular season ended. The Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, who the Falcons beat to get to the Super Bowl, ranked near the bottom in rushing during the regular season.
Meanwhile, Blount finished with the eighth-most rushing yards in the league (1,161), and he's one of the most difficult running backs to bring down because of his 250-pound frame.
Current listed odds: 23.5-to-one
4. Julian Edelman
Believe it or not, Edelman has more catches (16) and receiving yards (255) than the Falcons' best receiver this postseason after a pair of stellar performances against the Steelers and Texans. The favorite target of Tom Brady is having one of the best seasons of his career, and it would come as no surprise if he were to have another big game on the biggest stage of them all.
The Falcons had one of the worst passing defenses during the regular season, and with Brady throwing him the ball, Edelman could feast on Sunday.
Current listed odds: 20.5-to-one
3. Julio Jones
Quite possibly the best non-quarterback on the field come Sunday, Jones needs to have a big game if the Falcons are going to pull this one out. A sprained toe has limited the Falcons wide receiver in practice, but he gutted it out in the team's last game, putting up nine catches for 180 yards and two touchdowns in a blowout win over the Packers.
Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler could possibly cover Jones at some point during the game, and he once tweeted he wanted to "check" Jones when he was playing college ball at the University of West Alabama back in 2012. This is Jones' opportunity to show Butler and the rest of the world he can't be checked.
Current listed odds: 17.5-to-one
2. Matt Ryan
A fitting end to this season would be for Ryan, an MVP candidate, to take home both awards: the MVP and the Super Bowl MVP, but we're getting ahead of ourselves. The Falcons quarterback has been nothing short of incredible, throwing for 730 yards and seven touchdowns with no interceptions this postseason. In both games against the Packers and Seahawks, he threw for more than 300 yards and completed better than 70 percent of his passes.
The Falcons enter the game on a six-game winning streak, and Ryan has tossed 18 touchdowns and no interceptions during that span. The veteran is playing the best football of his career, and is making smart decisions with the football. If the most likely way to beat the Patriots is by outgaining them in yards, then the weight will be on Ryan's shoulders to lead the Falcons to victory.
Current listed odds: two-to-one
1. Tom Brady
Was there any ever doubt that Brady, a three-time Super Bowl MVP, would be the favorite to win the award a fourth time? The Patriots quarterback will be making a record seventh Super Bowl appearance on Sunday. He's coming off another masterful performance in the postseason, throwing for 384 yards and three touchdowns in the win against Pittsburgh.
Patriots fans would like nothing more than for Brady, who was suspended for the first four games of the regular season for his involvement in Deflategate, to stick it to the NFL commissioner by leading the team to a win in the Super Bowl. And another Super Bowl MVP award would add to an already impressive postseason resume for the 39-year-old.
Current listed odds: one-to-one (even money)


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Alvaro Morata angry at Real Madrid for pricing him out of Man Utd and Chelsea transfers
ALVARO MORATA is angry at Real Madrid for demanding Chelsea and Manchester United pay £80million to secure his signature, reports claim.
Real Madrid star Morata has been linked with moves to Chelsea and Manchester United throughout the summer transfer window.
United initially looked in pole position to snap him up but instead rocked Chelsea by signing the Blues' top target, Romelu Lukaku.
Chelsea have since registered an interest in the player but their efforts to replace Diego Costa with his compatriot have so far hit a brick wall.
Comments made by both Jose Mourinho and Juan Mata hint United still have some desire to lure the 24-year-old to Old Trafford - despite Chelsea's interest and their purchase of Lukaku.
Alvaro Morata is angry at Real Madrid for preventing transfers to Manchester United and Chelsea
And Spanish outlet Diario Gol claim Morata is unhappy at Real Madrid for pricing him out of a move to the Premier League.
It is said the forward is hellbent on quitting Real as he does not want another season spent behind Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo in the pecking order.
Chelsea are reluctant to pay £80m for a player that has spent the majority of his time at the Bernabeu stuck on the bench.
Alvaro Morata wants to leave Real Madrid with Manchester United and Chelsea keen
Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte both want the Real Madrid striker
And Real's hard stance was also what deterred United from going all out in their pursuit.
However, an end to the saga could soon be in sight.
AC Milan have joined the running and are determined to make him the focal point of their new-look side.
Vincenzo Montella's men have already splurged well over £100million on new recruits, luring big guns such as Andre Silva, Leonardo Bonucci and Ricardo Rodriguez to the San Siro.


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So here I am, with you, and all that shit seems to have disappeared. I am sitting at the computer, the headphones are on and I am listening to It's Been Awhile by Staind. I quite like this song, I find a lot of myself in it.
Anyway, it's been a while since I last wrote anything, last October in fact. I've been struggling to write anything since then. I've started many times but never get past the first few lines. Was chatting to a friend in Melbourne the other day and he said to just sit down and write. So here I am. I may not make much sense as I haven't thought of anything to write about so, to fit in with my blog title, here are some ramblings of a man just trying to survive and keep himself together.
One of the things I have found over the last year on twitter is that there are many, many people who struggle in a similar way as I do. Each person has their own way of trying to cope. Some have a pet that helps. Some do exercise. I listen to music and write. Some of my writing ends up here. I find it interesting that the choice of music for me does not seem to matter (except polka maybe, I don't listen to polka). My music tastes are very eclectic; I listen to anything from opera to classical to heavy metal and everything in between (did I mention that I don't listen to polka?). And when I write the world just seems to disappear and I am here, with you, in the words I write and the songs I am listening to. I should be able to sleep well tonight.
A friend just sent me a text and asked "Why do we pretend to be what we are not?". I was unable to provide an answer. Her answer "To make everyone else feel happy". Do we do that? Do I do that? And does that affect me? If I am being honest I am pretending to be someone else to please my family and friends. How does that affect me? Sometimes I struggle to talk. Scared to say things. Things that may hurt. Things that may cause conflict. Things that may have big consequences. So I will keep my mouth shut and continue pretending.
Anyway, it's past my bedtime, again. So hopefully I will be back again soon.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Bette Davis Month Bonus: Deception (1946)
Davis plays a part somewhere between a romantic lead and a femme fatale - she's not really dangerous until the end of the film, although as the title suggests, she's a bit devious, keeping her relationship with Alex a secret once she reconnects with Karel. She spends most of the movie desperately trying to keep Karel from finding out about her past with Alex (even though she and Alex are no longer intimate), and Rains is enormously entertaining as the spiteful and wounded playboy who toys with his ex once he finds out that she's thrown him over for this wholesome musician. Henreid has to play the oblivious straight man much of the time, but he too gets to express jealousy and hurt as Karel tries to rebuild his relationship with Christine.
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In the March 6 "Election Scorecard," Chadwick Matlin mistakenly included Vermont instead of New Hampshire in a list of states Barack Obama would likely win in the general election, according to SurveyUSA.
In the March 5 "Explainer," Chris Wilson incorrectly stated that by the 1990s, members of the Marine Corps were described as "jarheads" because of their buzz haircuts. The term has been used since at least World War II, perhaps in reference to the Marines' high-collared blue dress uniforms, which looked a bit like Mason jars made of blue glass.
In the March 4 "Explainer," Juliet Lapidos stated that the Latin word vixi is the past tense of to leave. It's actually the past tense of to live.
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'Clouds of Sils Maria' won the Prix Louis Delluc 2014!
Congrats to Olivier, Kristen, Juliette, Chloë, Charles Gillibert, the whole cast & crew and of course Les Films du Losange!
FINALLY something for this SO amazing movie! I'm so happy & proud!
Gilles Jacob, Olivier & Juliette at the Award Ceremony at Fouquet's restaurant in Paris right now :)
November 27, 2014
That's an awesome news!!!! Le Prix Louis-Delluc, a French film award, honors every year since 1937 (on the second Thursday of December) the best French film released during the year. The jury is composed of 20 members: the president Gilles Jacob (former Cannes Film Festival president), film critics and people from the industry. :)
Here're the nominees:
- «Adieu au langage» de Jean-Luc Godard
- «Au bord du monde» de Claus Drexel
- «Bird people» de Pascale Ferran
- «Eastern Boys» de Robin Campillo
- «Saint Laurent» de Bertrand Bonello
- «Sils Maria» de Olivier Assayas
- «Timbuktu» de Abderrahmane Sissako
- «Trois coeurs» de Benoît Jacquot
The winner will be announced on December 15 during the Award Ceremony at Fouquet's restaurant in Paris. :)
Congrats to Olivier & the whole cast & crew! :))


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My favorite comment from one of the frequent Free Republic threads on how Barack Obama's mom secretly flew to Kenya in July 1961 even though she never actually visited the country.
"Good thing Bruce Springsteen didn't sing "Born in the USA†while campaigning for BHO."
It's probably no accident that he DIDN'T play it…he was probably told in no uncertain terms, to NOT play that song. That in itself is strange, insofar as that is one of the songs that he is best known for….
Yes. That's the explanation. It's not that "Born in the U.S.A." is actually a depressing song about Vietnam, and that the only people who never noticed this are brain-dead wingnuts.


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Bullet Holes & War
an homage to Gertrude Stein
Here they lie, Daddy.
Here they lie.
They are here – still here.
They lie here, still, Daddy.
Under this dirt, they lie here,
Daddy – under this dirt and
this grass and dirt and grass.
They lie here still, Daddy –
under this dirt and grass.
They are still, Daddy,
sent under this dirt and grass –
by bullet holes and war.
The bullet holes killed them,
Daddy, and now
they lie here still, under
this dirt and grass.
The war and bullet holes
killed them, Daddy –
bullet holes in their heads –
and this is where they lie.
Yes, under this dirt and grass,
Daddy, this is where they lie.
Too many, Daddy, too many
to count. Too many died, Daddy.
Too many lie here – under
this dirt and grass –
too many lie here still.
The war and bullet holes
killed too many, Daddy, and
they lie here – under this dirt
and grass.
Forgive them, Daddy –
they didn't know – they didn't
mean to die. They didn't want
to kill and didn't mean to die.
Forgive them, Daddy.
The bullet holes and war killed
them – and here they lie, under
this dirt and grass.
Too many of them didn't know –
didn't mean to die.
Forgive them, Daddy,
forgive them.
Too many that lie here still
(yes, under this dirt and grass)
didn't want to kill.
Here they lie, Daddy,
under this dirt and grass.
Forgive them for dying –
for killing – forgive them, Daddy.
Under this dirt and
under this grass, where they lie.
The war and bullet holes killed
them, Daddy, and here they lie.
Can you blame them?
Forgive them, Daddy, forgive.
Here they lie – they lie still –
under this dirt and grass.
Three piece suits and speedos
and fruit on the heads of men dressed as women —
painted nails, painted faces, big hair, and evening gowns.
A rush at knowing it can't be ours —
a freedom, unreachable.
Two men kiss and a heat runs though my veins —
through the veins of all who are new to this life,
who forgot that they are also gay.
There is little pride here —
only vulnerability, concealed fabulously
with glitter and feathered boas — fear.
Young boys gather here, hoping secretly to not be noticed —
to not be picked up by a man twice their age.
Secretly, they do not know why they are here —
why they even showed up.
They think of parents and sex and how terribly hot it is
for June. They can't love — not themselves,
not each other. Pain.
Young women need to make a statement here —
in this crowd, but they can't.
Nothing is different; nothing unique.
They are frustrated by the uniformity
and long for a spark of difference.
In the sun they all wither.
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The peacocks called for help as they always did,
the red dust had dulled the color of their feathers.
I figured that was the reason they called for help.
We arrived at my uncle's farm that morning – around ten.
The hotel breakfast – a pastry and juice – was enough.
I don't remember everything – just that
I liked those birds – and somehow
always ended up at the creek – I had chased
one of the peacocks down there, through the long vacant
hog pen – our usual route.
It was a game – and the peacock played along.
Sometimes the chase was interrupted by
Uncle Earl's large black turkey.
The turkey would warble and hiss.
I would try to scare the turkey away,
while my companion would wait
on a nearby chicken coupe or fence post.
The birds would never follow me down to the
hay barn – I went down there for that reason sometimes.
It was always quiet and still.
I'd always find myself, eventually, on the roof
of Earl's house – my brothers would be lost
in their world of video games,
my mother might be chatting with her cousin
on the porch – catching up from last summer.
But I would be on the roof – looking out at the immensity –
from the hay barn (just barley visible) to the creek,
running the length of the farm.
I was almost scared of it, and sitting up on the roof,
I'd plan my next rendez-vous
with the peacocks.
Preston's Hold
for Johnny
The fear. Consuming fear and self-denial.
A dream of love – a school-boy fantasy –
crushed by the vise of injustice for self, by
society. I can't give myself to you if you hide.
Can two people know each other in darkness?
Can a heart survive the cruel coldness
of lonliness? Kiss me (I know it won't happen)
Dream of me – of us. Kill the fear of damnation.
It is over and you are gone. I always held on
too loosely, never tried hard enough. I needed
your hands, your touch, your morning voice –
soft and honest. I needed plans, and you…
Kiss me again, this time tenderly, and tell me
it is all okay – love me from wherever you are.
More importantly, be my friend – remind me
of who I wanted and who I wanted to be.
Need is dangerous – I still feel you.
The Day the Sun Died
spark! flash! DARKNESS - the sun went out (it's Friday afternoon) coldness settling bringing death, sleep frozen. Long live the King! the sun is gone. The Son is gone. Darkness fading into light cold to warm warm from cold death is a pause - unmoved, still, restless, alive. flash! spark! fires from heaven (days since death) the sun has returned. The Son has returned. belief, sincerity - death succeeded them. heaven opens - sky doors take Him back. love is dead - it died with him. departure brings peace, chaos, hypocrisy. Long live the King! the sun has returned. the Son is gone. Light is darkness. coldness is warmth. spark! flash! gone.
little SUPERHEROES
we considered our capes
and took them seriously.
my brother and i, we were
powerful and strong.
we defended the universe
(or our little piece of it)
from evil forces; frogs
and butterflies and
we claimed a tall elm
for our hideout. the
arsenal placed there
at our feet was perfect
to fight evil forces.
occasionally we would
capture a horned-toad,
just as we were called in
for dinner. we'd let
the horned-toad go and
we would "fly" inside.
all in a days work for
Swish, swish
wind and cold — who was there?
Who is there?
I knew you lived there —
but I don't think I know you…
She said you'd be here —
aren't you early.
rush, rush
confusion, speed — hold on to me…
Don't jump ship.
She's lost, but had a great
life. 20 years and it's
time to sink.
Get out before your happy and
Go to Virginia or California or Washington State.
Sitting in the middle of a
crowd — right in the mosh pit —
it's like suicide… Great Plains
murdering innocent natives.
Take me with you — Let's go to Canada or
Connecticut — I need a coastline.
Toltec Princess
Through blue and green,
through yellow grass –
she picks up her body, still heavy
from the long winter.
She yawns, stretches, begins
to creep across her home –
across the earth.
Sleep fades – the beautiful
black goddess begins to move
more swiftly than before.
Her muscles shimmer with
sunlight, moist with sweat.
She reaches up and brushes
her hundred-year-old hair,
gray with age. It trails her –
the wind catching it off her scalp,
raising it to heaven.
This feat of racing – charging through
the wood – draws a crowd –
restless spectators through the forest.
And then the enchantress sings.
Her followers' hearts stop a moment –
they came here to hear her song.
They came for the song and the
sweet black perfume, which
rains as dust on their bodies.
She knows these people – they were
here last year, and years before;
and she loves them.
She moves her children – body and spirit.
She is strong and swift.
She is sweet.
This is 497's dance –
a melodical ceremonial dance –
mysterious and magical and
routine. Will you wait for her?
Will you listen?


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Bill Gates has this OpEd about the solving world's toughest problems and why measurement makes a difference. Says he:
"In the past year, I have been struck by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal ..."
Perhaps measurement and commitment can be enough ... as long as it's not a wicked problem. Policy wonks often use that term to describe an interlinked nest of dilemmas that resists all straightforward solutions. Thoroughly wicked examples from today's headlines include international drug trafficking, medical cost control, and runaway global warming.
Why so wicked? Entrenched interests lie deep inside. Such interests are happy with the current situation, and they know how to scratch up would-be reformers. It's why B'rer Rabbit loved his patch of thorns.
Athough the phrase hadn't been invented in 1903, "wicked problem" described a set of hazards growing up around a railroad terminal at 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. Even so, regulators, engineers, and the New York Central came together to craft a world-class solution. Just as visitors marveled at shafts of sunlight through the high windows, Grand Central threw new light on breakthrough problem-solving. (Photo © Royal Geographical Society, London, UK / The Bridgeman Art Library)
The lessons are still useful one hundred years after the complex opened in February 1913. It wouldn't have happened without an unreasonable man, a brilliant and self-taught engineer by the name of William J. Wilgus.
While the big ground-level railyard cut apart the neighborhoods and the steam engines showered the neighborhoods with ash, New York Central refused to do any more than renovate its station to pack in more passengers. The station was profitable but posed many risks to passengers, trainmen, and nearby residents.
Things began to change on January 8, 1902, when one steam engine in a tunnel leading to the station smashed into another train that had stopped. The incoming train's engineer couldn't see the danger signal for all the smoke and steam. All the papers covered the fatalities in horrifying detail, and the New York City Council, working with the state legislature, ordered that operations at the station shift from steam power to electric. The city gave the railroad five years to finish the job.
At this early stage, just making the sudden switch from steam to electric power would be a huge headache. Certainly no reasonable person could have expect the railroad to triple its workload by choosing to tear down its newly renovated station and to rip up the half-mile long railyard to the north so it could be put into a big hole. And to restore the streets. And to keep daily traffic moving through the station even as it was torn down and rebuilt. (Photo: Library of Congress)
Fortunately for posterity, William Wilgus was simultaneously unreasonable and pragmatic. Born in Buffalo in 1865, he had risen to the position of chief engineer and vice president of the sprawling Vanderbilt-owned railroad network.
In one remarkable September afternoon, eight months after the rail disaster, Wilgus sat down at his desk and listed all the biggest problems facing the railroad and its station. In a few hours, with one Eureka moment after another, he arrived at an elegant solution: not just a win-win, but a win-win-win.
Wilgus started with the bitter fact that government was forcing the railroad to do something it hadn't wanted to do: shift quickly from steam to electrical power. While that seemed a bad thing for the railroad's bottom line – don't Ayn Randians tell us that all government mandates are outrageous? – Wilgus saw that shifting to electric power might be a good thing. Maybe a great thing. Why?
Electric power opened up entirely new options. One option was putting buildings on beams over the railyard, since the occupants wouldn't be smoked out by steam engines. But why not sink the railyard below street level and put the new buildings at street level instead? Wilgus realized that if he took the railyard deep enough to split the underground rail traffic into two levels, and added loops around the new station, this would greatly improve the traffic flow. Before the sun set that day, Wilgus drew a plan that would meet the government deadline, more than double the station's passenger capacity, transform midtown Manhattan, and turn a liability to an immensely valuable asset.
Wilgus advised the railroad executives that if they erected stout columns and beams between the tracks, these would form a foundation for skyscrapers above the railyard, standing along Park Avenue. Land developers would pay to construct the buildings but write annual rent checks to the railroad, which would cover costs at the new Grand Central Terminal.
The excavation required blasting a pit as much as 70 feet deep, which brought a bit of the Panama Canal into midtown New York. The excavation proceeded one "bite" at a time, moving from Lexington Avenue on the east to Madison on the west. This required tearing up the permanent track, stripping away the soil to expose the bedrock gneiss and schist of Manhattan Island, so they could blast it loose. The pit then filled with massive and complex steelwork to support the two-layer track, along with the streets above. All told the railroad created 15 acres of artificial ground over the hidden railyard, propping pavement and sidewalks and trees atop two miles of steel framing. This is what the new streets looked like before skyscrapers filled in the holes:
The new terminal opened just after midnight on February 2, 1913, to much fanfare. Even as rail traffic diminished after World War II, it survived each economic crisis because New Yorkers valued its beauty aboveground and efficiency underground.
So, New Yorkers, during Grand Central's centennial look beyond the magnificent building at street level and see the deeper lessons. The usual way to tackle a wicked problem is to use reasonable approaches like a direct attack with legislation that fills in all the unhappy details, or else to try and buy out the problem with huge public subsidies. Much of the time, even most of the time, such reasonable approaches fail.
Grand Central Terminal, the miracle at 42nd Street, suggests that sometimes we need the unreasonable. When I was in law school we studied the "reasonable person" standard and that's fine for Contracts and Criminal Law, but I like to think of Grand Central Terminal as a triumph of the unreasonable man.


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No human astronauts have ever ventured to our neighbouring red planet, but that doesn't mean research projects haven't been considering it. The MARS-500 exercise has been designed to understand how astronauts will deal with the isolation during a mission, and the health side-effects of sitting in a metal tube for several months.
Taking place between 2007 and 2011, MARS-500 involved a complex setup of rooms resembling a space ship, with a section devoted to replicating the Martian surface. Several smaller experiments were performed before the larger 520-day 'mission' took place.
Crew were placed in these rooms, with a realistic communication time delay of 25-minutes, and given a small number of luxuries in line with what would be found on a mission. Throughout the transit period, the crew carried out experiments to test the effects of radiation, stress, hormone regulation and sleep quality – all factors in an extended mission into space.
Once 'arriving' on Mars, crew were able to walk around a mock-up surface and perform various experiments, similar to what would be undertaken during an actual mission.
"A better understanding of these aspects is essential for development of the elements necessary for an exploration mission," a release from the European Space Agency website stated.
"The knowledge gained during the study is invaluable in providing the basis for the potential development of countermeasures to deal with any unwanted side effects of such a mission."
It's uncertain when an actual mission to Mars will be undertaken, as NASA appears to be focusing on low Earth orbit operations. The private sector would certainly appear to be a primary candidate, with companies such as SpaceX announcing plans for Mars vehicles and possible missions.
When humans eventually begin planning for a Mars mission, it's likely the efforts of simulation programs such as MARS-500 (and others like it) will be extremely useful.


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Just got back from a great Angels game this afternoon with the kids. Was a treat to ditch work and spend time with the family. Difficult loss for the Halos, but hanging with Jake and my kids is always a good time.
The highlights:
Getting 4 tickets for free
Getting a free premium parking pass
Getting Jake to come help me watch the kids … and the game, too
Sitting in nice enough seats they bring the food to you
Super nachos!
The kids being excited about the 7th inning – the song and the cotton candy
The kids asking me each inning what inning it was, every single inning until the 7th
Watching them dance and sing to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Sticky hands
Watching them fall asleep on the way home, hands stuck to their faces


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Healthy Body
Exactly What Is A Healthy Body Image and Weight?
We're all unhappy with this physiques in some manner. We would like smaller sized thighs, a flatter stomach, better arms, etc. But with regards to our physiques, the most crucial factor are going to is cultivate a sound body image along with a healthy total body weight.
Our physiques and also the skin on the physiques act like a rubber balloon. Without having enough fat or air within your body, this balloon mechanism is deflated, wrinkled and sagging. If you possess the correct amount of fat within your body or air within the balloon the skin is trained, although not extended. Finally for those who have an excessive amount of fat or air within the balloon your skin stretches. Ideally you would like the 2nd scenario in which you have sufficient fat to inflate this balloon mechanism and your skin trained. Understanding this cheap everyone's is different is the initial step to acquiring a sound body image.
Let us see this balloon example in relation to the way we age. Whenever we achieve age twenty-five many skincare professionals repeat the bovine collagen within our face begins to degrade and disappear. Therefore as we age our face has a tendency to become longer and leaner, with increased defined cheekbones. When our physiques do not have sufficient fat, this lack of bovine collagen is much more noticeable sooner within our lives, and may frequently leave us with the look of sagging skin. When our physiques possess a healthy quantity of fat in the face, the degradation of bovine collagen within our skin just leaves us having a leaner searching face. Finally, when our physiques must much fat, losing bovine collagen within our face is less noticeable because of the overabundance of fat within our skin. For this reason people who are heavier earlier within their existence after which slim down have a tendency to look more youthful than other people of the identical age.
So what exactly is a proper weight for you? Thankfully there are lots of sources now available on the internet that enables us to rapidly calculate exactly what a healthy Body mass index or Bmi is perfect for our physiques using our height and our weight as calculating standards. Body mass index isn't the only calculation we ought to take a look at to obtain a better assessment in our body's all around health, but it is a good start. Understanding what our percent excess fat and height to waist ratio will also be key elements in figuring out total body health.
You should take heed to the body to be able to have a sound body image, although not too conscious. Getting some fat on bodies are not necessarily a bad factor, only the possible lack of fat or even the excessive existence of fat is exactly what could be harmful to the health. Make use of the health sources available online like a reference to find out if you are keeping the body healthy.


text: DigitalThe pain points of app developmentBy Jon Robinson|January 7, 2014 ShareBy Jon Robinson|January 7, 2014 ShareThere were over 50 billion app downloads in 2013, and while many developers struck gold, an overwhelming number of companies suffered through growing pains significant enough to set them back from competitors."I'd say that the biggest mistake, from our perspective, is not considering how the app will be supported," says Jason Mitchell, director of product management at MokiMobility, a cloud-based mobile device platform and development company. "Apps are the new face of business and you'd never launch a new business without having a fleshed-out customer support experience in place. Customers are expecting more from their apps – especially when they are line-of-business."In the following infographic, Moki breaks down the five significant app development pain points, from app support to compliance, all issues the company addresses with their platform, MokiManage."Our solutions don't necessarily intend to solve the pain points of app development – we aim to solve the pain of supporting and tracking the performance of the app in the field," adds Mitchell. "With our help, developers won't have to build those support and performance monitoring tools from scratch." Sharehttp://adweek.it/2k8y9gJ copy Adweek Adweek


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Billy Ray Cyrus, 'Hope Is Just Ahead' [Listen]
'Hope Is Just Ahead,' the new single from Billy Ray Cyrus, takes a big picture look at the world we live in while offering some consolation to those buried in a depressing news cycle. While it's not clear if the singer penned this song about any specific event, fans will no doubt recall horrible tragedies from the past 12 months every time they hear it.
Previous singles from Cyrus' 2012 album 'Change My Mind' were rowdier, relying on riffs instead of deep lyrical content. 'Hope Is Just Ahead' reminds fans that the singer is capable of providing perspective..
"I wondered why I had the blues / So I turned on the evening news / Children runnin' from their school, because of some damn fool, who had no morals he must prove," Cyrus sings to open this ballad. It's a softer and more sincere approach that isn't new to his longtime fans.
The understated delivery allows one appreciate the grit in his voice. It's not a true vocal showcase. Instead, it's a performance that leaves plenty of space for the singer to add the emotional garnish he finds necessary.
"Hope is just ahead / Sorrows just behind us / From what the good book says / The truth will never bind us / Who's to say what we shall find / I guess the proof was sure in time / To them let's keep the dreamers fed / Surely hope is just ahead."
In one sense, 'Hope Is Just Ahead' feels like a response to the Newtown, Conn. shootings, but it was released on 'Change My Mind' two months before the Sandy Hook tragedy. Cyrus' message isn't new, but familiarity is often what one relies on after an extremely trying time.
Why Fans Will Love It: Country music's response to tragic shootings like the one in Newtown, Conn. has been slow. 'Hope Is Just Ahead' joins George Strait's 'I Believe' as a rare effort to encourage the healing process.
Key Lyrics: "Another kid laid in the blood / Another town drowned in the flood / Just a tragic trail of tears, lessons not learned through the years, heaven save us from our fears."
Did You Know?: A songwriter named Don Von Tress helped write 'Hope Is Just Ahead.' He's not a well-known songwriter, but he has one other familiar Cyrus cut to his credit: 'Achy Breaky Heart' from 1992.
Listen to Billy Ray Cyrus, 'Hope Is Just Ahead'


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Evenflo Triumph Premier Convertible Car SeatReviewing: Evenflo Triumph Premier | Rating:
I hate this car seat. It's heavy, which means once it's in the car I don't take it out until I postively have to, and that is usually when it has to be cleaned. Cleaning this car seat is an all day event!
To remove the seat cover, you have to remove 8 screws, undo some plastic clips (which feel fragile) take off the straps, undo all the clips and then you can wash it. Don't dry it in the dryer! Putting it back on redoing all the sscrews, clips, rethreading the straps-- takes about 30 minutes. Don't turn the car seat over if the seat cover is not on, the stryrafoam pieces fall and out and break-- making the car seat unuseable. I speak from experience. Evenflo did send me out replacements, at a cost. Luckily I had a back-up!
The seat padding is thin, we are still using the hip roll so the baby isn't sitting on plastic; the one place that gets used the most, the seat, has the least amount of padding!
The clips are easy, so easy that the baby can do and undo them herself! To tighten the strap, you have to turn a handle, which is in a bad spot, it's hard to turn and the straps don't always tighten with it, I double check it constantly.
This car seat is the 2nd spare now and it was bought to be the primary; it is safe but can be a real pain to get the straps tightened correctly and the child being able to undo the clips is a hazard.
There are better car seats on the market for less amount of money and that are easier to clean.


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Tressie McMillan Cottom, PhD | Sociologist
Tressie McMillan Cottom, PhD, is an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and faculty associate with Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She has published on race, class, gender, education, and technology in the new economy, and she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in race, theory, and digital sociology. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR's Fresh Air, The Daily Show, Slate, and The Atlantic. Dr. Cottom is also the author of Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy, and co-editor of two volumes on technological change, inequality, and institutions: Digital Sociologies and For-Profit Universities: The Shifting Landscape of Marketized Higher Education.
In her talk, Tressie explores for-profit universities as parasitic industries for underserved communities.


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We hope you're having a safe and happy holiday season!
We're excited to announce the latest issue of Murray & Murray Co., LPA's Living Safer magazine is now available to view online!
In this issue, we take a deep dive into how to protect your property, your family and your finances in the wake of a disaster. We go step-by-step through the recovery process: what to do, what not to do, who to call and when, deadlines to remember and more. We also offers tips on how to avoid scammers—both on and offline.
We also hit on some everyday topics to help keep you and your loved ones safe, including:
When you're reading through the magazine, please be sure to check out three articles written by Murray & Murray attorneys. On page 13, attorney Charles Murray gives his point of view about how Not All Hospitals Are the Same. Attorney Florence Murray provides information about Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Brain Injuries on page 16 and on page 28 she discusses Why It's Good for Your Mental Health to Like Your Coworkers.
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Sony has released a huge FAQ for its upcoming Playstation 4 console, one which settles a number of outstanding arguments and reveals all sorts of new information.
The PS4 launches in North America on November 15, just a few weeks from now, and fans of Sony's console will be pouring over this guide to learn every scrap of information it contains.
Some of the information confirms prior speculation, like the console's lack of analog video or audio output and the blessed absence of any external power brick. However, much of it is brand new information, and it has prompted a flurry of both celebration and upset.
One major concern seems to be the console's underwhelming functionality as a media hub. It does not support the playback of audio CDs (an admittedly small loss), nor can you play back MP3s. Puzzlingly, the PS4 will not support external hard drives for file-sharing and storage expansion.
The biggest foul seems to be the fact that Sony has chosen not to allow the PS4 to use home PCs as media servers. Set to do battle with the Xbox One, a machine built on the promise of being a media hub as well as a games console, such media concerns could prove to be a bigger issue than Sony anticipates.
Though Sony will be moving to a pay-to-play model and requiring a subscription for online multiplayer gaming, one seemingly modeled after Microsoft's Xbox Live, users will still be able to access Hulu, Netflix, and similar third party services without a subscription to Playstation Plus. The Xbox One will carry on with the 360's tradition of locking such access behind a pay-wall.
The FAQ is refreshingly direct with the bad news, actually. When it comes time to state that online multiplayer is going pay, Sony lays out a chart so you can see just how free it used to be. The FAQ feels surprisingly conversational and restrains the use of superlatives to a minimum. Sony definitely seems to have confidence in the decisions it has made, and wants to be judged on the facts.


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Surnames: Kristiansen, Fradette, Lucas, Bishop, Carpenter, Sheets, Hatch
----Greenwood Gleaner
(Greenwood, Wis.) 10-12-1900
The members of the G.H.S.L.S. have decided to have a fine program and a good supper at the Woodmen Hall Friday evening. The price for the supper and program will be the small, modest sum within the reach of all, namely, ten cents. Now most reverent fathers and mothers and doting sisters and brothers, on the night of Oct. 12, 1900, A.D., you will don your best clothes, your best filled pocketbook, your most pleasant look and repair to the Woodman Hall, where you will sit down and partake of the most bountiful sense of home inspiring repast that ever your eyes rested upon consisting of coffee, cake, rolls, baked beans, chicken, celery, pickles, pumpkin pies and other eatable things too numerous to mention in this my first poor attempt to enlighten the villages of a coming event. Then will follow the best program ever given in Greenwood. Music: Mandolin Club Recitation: Emma Dawes Dialog: Signa Kristiansen and James Fradette Recitation: Mabel Lucas Charade (in four scenes) Mabel Bishop Vocal Duet: Naomi Carpenter, Gail Sheets Music: Mandolin Club Solo: Naomi Carpenter Recitation: Marion Draper Closing Address : Miss Hatch Music: Mandolin Club Therefore! O ye fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, come to the Woodmen Hall Friday evening with your best filled pocket books and most empty stomachs. The G.H.S.L.S. will have their usual meeting Friday afternoon. Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Wis.) 10-12-1900
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1. Would you go up to an anthill and tell them this is a fridge. Let me show you how to build one. No you wouldn't, so why would aliens who are more advanced than us even bother with us.
2. In all the movies aliens all speak our language. In real life would they actually. Probably not. So we wouldn't be able to speak with them.
They're real I trying to figure out why people think they're fake?
You guys need more details theirs nothing on this sit to look foe. I'm doing a research paper on aliens to help people belive in them and this site is not helping at all. you should just research them more and put it on your site for more people to come on thus site.
In the Bible, it never states that aliens exist. It never says that God life outside of Earth. If the Bible says nothing, how can anyone else.
aliens are not real i am not offending people that believe but aliens are not real because i dont think people have a real photage of an alien
REAL LIFE ALIEN ENCOUNTERS SINCE YOUTH, I BELIEVE I AM THE ONLY ONE IN HISTORY OF MANKIND, REAL FACT PROOF, AND BEST OF ALL A 2.7 CM BIRD ALIVE, ALL PROOF INCLUDING BIRD FORSALE AT 3 Billion US , YOU DECIDE IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF INTELLIGENCE YOULL KNOW HOW TO FIND ME.
300 billion stars (avg) in one galaxy. 300 billion galaxies in one universe (avg). Maybe more than one universe (multiverse). Now some people think we are still alone? The odds are there.
Personally, I find it hard to believe all these videos of live aliens or people who saw them. They feel like ghost videos or exorcist. We see alot on the web but that's it!
It's funny how the aliens are presented. So ahead of us, able to exterminate human kind but stupid enough to come to earth with a singe ship just to check us out and some even crash here!? I don't believe it.
As of now, we are already able to look at alot of planets out there like Gliese 581g. We have plans of other planets we have never been yet. Why would advanced aliens come to earth without knowing what to expect.
Would we send 2 astronauts light years away to a habitable planet to just check it out? Ofcourse not!
By the way, aliens don't need our planet for resources. We are able to do so much with our resources. I also saw that water was possible from moon dust which means oxygen too! If we could do this, imagine what advanced aliens could do from the billions of planets out there.
God created adam and eve. They have two sons, kain and able. kain becomes upset with able because able has gods favor and he kills him. God marks kain, moves him, and bevause he no longer has anything to do with the rest of humanity we are told nothing else except not to kill him.
Now, if you want someone to not be killed by someone else what do you do? you isolate them. There's quite a few lovely planets out there really close. God most likely put kain on one of these planets, marked him, gave him a wife, told him to obey god, and left. these alien looking humans would then create a culture based upon that, the not so far away dot they came from that would sit in the sky looking at them and the knowledge God put them here specifically. instant aliens who would work on getting back to earth & eather follow gods laws or throw them out. sounds a lot like aliens to me
PROOF IS. "I am that I am."……….SEE if my coming answer fits. IT fits Every question.
Are you ready for the answer????? The overwhelming answer ,our planet already Knows!
IT is too easy…. The aliens are ANGELS. Evil or Good. all the world has faith.
Atheists have nothing . One does not even have to look. You already know…..
People who say "I've never seen an alien and therefore they do not exist", think again. How many more things have you not seen? Maybe you haven't ever seen the Eiffel Tower? A rocket? A koala? Does that mean they don't exist, just because you personally have never seen one? "Oh, but other people have!", you say? Other people claim to have seen aliens. "Well, they're just lying." Maybe they're lying about the koalas too? "There's photos and videos, though." You say with a smirk. May I point out that there's photos and videos of aliens? "They're faked." I could say the same thing about the 'Video footage' of rockets and koalas, and all those Eiffel Tower photos are just trying to fool you. If you're okay to say that everything you haven't seen doesn't exist, then I'm happy for you to say that aliens don't either. But otherwise, think. The universe is a truly ENORMOUS place.I personally believe that everything, no matter how improbable, exists somewhere. Maybe there's a planet full of Pikachus who are debating on whether humans exist or not, right now, at this moment. Who knows?
Thank you, TanyaTheUmbreon
REALITY CHECK….there are literally thousands of witnesses to strange spacecraft DAILY and numerous alien abductees have come forward to share their story(not even counting those who keep it to themselves for fear of scrutiny by close minded people). If you doubt, I guess your version of science is to call everyone a crazy liar to prove your pre-determined agenda. Need proof….check out Dr Karla Turner, Phil Schneider, Jim Sparks just to start, not to mention declassified police, military and radar reports. Oh and btw, Allen Hynek of Project Bluebook who made up those lame excuses such as swamp gas etc to explain UFOs has since gone on record saying that UFOs are the real deal. Need more proof…..check out the Citizens Hearing on Disclosure and AnonymousFO.com.
Anyone reading this article or similar ones needs to understand that there is an active mis/disinformation campaign by the 'powers that be' to hide the truth from you. Also realize that this extends well beyond our elected officials to a shadow government that is calling the shots behind the scenes. But don't believe me, do the research for yourself and prove it to yourself…..I got my start by wiping the slate clean of any preconceived notions.
If thousands upon thousands of eye witnesses and historically documented accounts up to present day don't sway you to WAKE UP, perhaps you don't believe in convicting someone based on eyewitness testimony in the legal system either? Most people don't come forward because they would rather not get scrutinized by closed minded fools who ignore the evidence that's literally right in front of their face.
Aliens are sooooooo real! And so is big foot, Santa, the Easter bunny, the Tooth fairy, and the Loch Ness Monster!
Do you think aliens exist? I do believe they do.
I mean aliens probably do exist, but there is no way of knowing. If you look at it in my mind you will understand.
First off, the universe is one huge ass place. So for people to believe that WE are the only intelligent life in the universe makes you sound ignorant. There are a shit load of planets and suns. You expect to believe that we are the only on who had this luck of being this certain distant form the sun? C'mon son. Im sure there are aliens, but they always wonder the same thing. AND even if they have the technology to travel space and stuff, why the hell would they check earth, and how the hell would they know that we are actually in this planet? Do you actually believe the aliens have the patients to check EVERY single planet in the universe and galaxy? Get your head out of where the sun dont shine! And have an open mind or life will be really bland for you.
Have you ever felt ill at ease in a new situation? Gone somewhere you've never been, and felt out of place? Have you ever visited another country, or even another state?
If you answered Yes to any of the above questions I have important news for you.
You are or have been an ALIEN.
Do not be alarmed, distressed, or inflammatory! It is very likely that this condition has or will wear off with time and exposure. It has only minor side effects, which include disorientation, memory problems, disassociation, excessive stress, curious behavior, possible homicidal habits, a strong desire to go home, stomachache, nausea, headache, fever, drymouth, constipation, rashes, welts, and diarrhea.
If you have or are surviving your exposure to a new situation, experience, or location, it is likely that you will continue to do so without any ill effects. These feelings of ALIENATION will only worsen if you take medication to alleviate them. Instead, embrace your inner ALIEN! It is an incredible teacher. Increased adaptability is a major result of this process – and as you are more comfortable in a life less ordinary, less will make you feel ALIEN, and you will be able to lessen the ALIEN feelings of others.
Cats are aliens.
That is all.
This one time at space camp I wanted to look at the the stars and there was an alien look back at me and winked Creepy!!
This one time, I got a flat tire on the side of the road. I pulled over to change it and walked around the back to pull the jack out of my trunk. Guess what I saw there?
Aliens are so not real. Have you ever seen one? Have you ever felt one? Smelt one? Hear one? (I hope you haven't tasted on because that'd be weird.) If no one has ever sensed on before it OBVIOUSLY cannot be real.
I don't know if aliens really do exist or not. But if they do, I betcha a million bucks that's were Miss Daisy went. One morning, I saw her playing near that old tree with the wooden swing by the creek, and then that evening, there was some bright light from the sky, and then she didn't come home. I went looking for her everywhere, hollered all over the farm. Hell, I even put her picture up on every single stop sign I could find. I'm not sure what happened, but I bet she was abducted by aliens. I swear it was them aliens.
If you have ever seen the documentary Space Jam, you would know they exist and have frequently stolen professional basketball players athletic abilities.
First thing we forget to ask ourselves is where we (humans) come from? There is the whole Darwin theory and the biblical implications of GOD creation but really, where are we from? The answer is we don't really know. We pontificate about the science and how evolution changed the balance of the planet's environment producing chemical compounds to create cells that eventually turns into US. Think of it like this. If you ever cut the lawn on your property, the grass particles are thrown all over the lawn. Eventually, you get that same patch of grass growing on a different part of the property. There are samples of dust particles collected from asteroids that suggest some of the collected particles match some of our human genome. However, the science to determine if any of these particles belong to some other solar system is still under investigation. So, it make perfect sense to look back to the question of Aliens. Where are they? Do they come from outside the solar system of are they closer? The answer is they are right here on this planet. My theory is that we are the Aliens. We have landed on this earth from comets and asteroids millions of years ago and the process of the planets evolution cycle produced living subjects that would continue to go through cycles and cycles of Think of it like this. If you ever cut the lawn on your property, the grass particles are thrown all over the lawn. Eventually, you get a patch of grass growing on a different part of the property. That's my take!
You're just joshin' me, right? You can't possibly think aliens exist in any way, shape, or form. In 1950, there was evidence of some cat spotting an alien. But like, being serious, he just needs new peepers. Everyone was in panic and come to find out, it was all an April Fool's joke. All the buzz was for nothing cuzz. These crazy cats just like to pull our legs and take us for a ride. They just like to get a rise out of us. Aliens do NOT exist.
-Curly Sue {Miss Runner Bug's fictitious comment character}
Many of us live carelessly and cluelessly on the mother ship we call Earth.
We do not understand her pain or heed the distress messages she sends.
We take her resources, all that she has, much like Shel Silverstein's famous ingrate human in his dark children's book, The Giving Tree. She gives until she has no more but still we take.
We only speak of our concerns for the future and make token efforts to prepare.
We are too greedy to care for the future of children we can't yet imagine.
And so we rob them of knowing the Earth as the beautiful, life-sustaining paradise she can be.
We have seen aliens and they are us.
You know those random forest fires that seem to start due to "human irresponsibility" or hot dry conditions when no one's around? Pshh! It's not the sun causing these wood engulfing flames, it's the ALIENS!!! They make these when they try to create crop circles, but don't have any cornfields around to make them in. Think about it! No one is ever around to see when these fires start; they just sort of appear and reek havoc! They say the only warning these intergalactic creatures give us before they send their fire-beam is that they send out a vehicle with the license plate labeled "Phire". If you see one of these license plates, get as far away as possible because THE PHIRE BEAM IS COMING!!
As for being visited by aliens from other planets? If we are, then the government sure wouldn't inform the general masses. There's a lot of interesting speculation about the murals depicted inside DIA that have overt alien overtones and other weird, disturbing imagery as well. In fact, there are rumored to be hidden underground tunnels/systems through the airport that nobody has access to, except for high levels of government. Could we be hiding aliens for mankind's personal pursuit of greater knowledge and meaning of life, per se? Who knows.
Whatever became of the Voyager's Golden phonograph record that was shot off into space back in 1977 with 55 different languages? From what I learned about that way back in grade school (and that was eons ago, by the way), that this particular record's intended purpose was to greet alien beings from other planets and invite them to planet earth.
So are aliens real or fake? Well, why would the government keep Roswell and Area 51 top secret for so many years? A downed weather balloon in 1947 was the explanation leading many to believe there was some sort of cover up about the Roswell incident and alien visitation. I think Orson Welles did a fascinating live radio drama when he stirred the imaginations and created mass-hysteria for a lot of Americans in New York and New Jersey on Oct. 30, 1938 when "War of the Words" debuted on the air. However, personally, I can't say for sure if aliens exist or not. I think all the Hollywood movies that depicted alien beings like Men in Black, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and Walt Disney's "Flight of the Navigator" were awesome dipections of what could be and how aliens and humans interact. However, some of the technology displayed in those movies actually came to be now that we're in the twenty-first century. Take into consideration that Close Encounters of the Third Kind debuted in 1977, when computer technology still took up an entire room to operate and most of those computers had RAM and crunched numbers. E.T. debuted in 1982 and Flight of the Navigator came out in 1986. Even back then the entire "technologically advanced" theme was depicted well in these films, too. Men in Black was good as well, but the aliens depicted in that movie seemed a little too "Star Wars-ish" to be believable. I can't say whether aliens do exist or don't and can only go on what I've seen and read about them over the years. I'm not much of a sci-fi "alien" buff, that's for sure.
In the late 1930's a team of prospectors discovered an alien spaceship that had crashed on Earth. No one knows how long ago it crashed. Inside the ship were all sorts of unimaginable technology. It took a long time to figure it out, but it turns out that all the digital technology that we use to make the Internet was discovered on the ship.
So the Internet is proof that there are (or were) aliens. Just read about what everyone is saying about the impact of the internet on education. If you read enough, you soon get the picture that the pre-internet school system was so primitive and inefficient that that we could never have learned enough to invent the internet by ourselves. So it must have come from someone else – that would be the aliens.
Martians, I can't say.
Aliens only exist,
Until we know them?
There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches of Earth. The shear enormity of the universe is virtually incomprehensible. Turn a light on in the room and it appears to illuminate instantaneously. That same light takes 8.3 minutes to travel from our sun to Earth, which means it travels 93 million miles. Now let that light travel for 4 years and go 23,500,000,000,000 miles which is equal to 126 thousand trips back and forth to our sun. Now you've arrived at our CLOSEST neighboring star. Repeat this over and over until you have visited one star for every grain of sand on Earth's beaches, than you can be sure if there is alien life. So even if life is very rare, let's say 1 in a trillion trillion, there is STILL a possibility for it to emerge. It is estimated that there are about a trillion trillion stars, so if the probability of life is 1 in a trillion trillion, there is life around at least one other star. Not to mention the fact that each star could have on the order of hundreds, thousands or even millions of planets orbiting it, each with it's own chance of bearing life.
We as humans can barely even imagine the size or age of the universe. Seemingly impossible events now become possible, given enough time and space, because even things with an insanely small probability have enough opportunities to become reality. Given an unimaginably long amount of time, even a tornado resting on a junk yard will assemble a jumbo jet. Spray perfume in a room, wait a couple trillion years, and those particles will eventually all assemble back in the bottle just as if you never sprayed it. And so is my prediction for life, that given an unimaginable large amount of time, space, and opportunity, an unimaginably large amount of it will arise.
There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches of Earth. The shear enormity of the universe is virtually incomprehensible. Turn a light on in the room and it appears to illuminate instantaneously. That same light takes 8.3 minutes to travel from our sun to Earth, which means it travels 93 million miles. Now let that light travel for 4 years and go 23,500,000,000,000 miles which is equal to 126 thousand trips back and forth to our sun. Now you've arrived at our CLOSEST neighboring star. Repeat this over and over until you have visited one star for every grain of sand on Earth's beaches, than you can be sure if there is alien life. So even if life is very rare, let's say 1 in a trillion trillion, there is STILL a possibility for it to emerge. It is estimated that there are about a trillion trillion stars, so if the probability of life is 1 in a trillion trillion, there is life around at least one other star. Not to mention the fact that each star could have on the order of hundreds, thousands or even millions of planets orbiting it, each with it's own chance of bearing life.
We as humans can barely even imagine the size or age of the universe. Seemingly impossible events now become possible, given enough time and space, because even things with an insanely small probability have enough opportunities to become reality. Given an unimaginably long amount of time, even a tornado resting on a junk yard will assemble a jumbo jet. Spray perfume in a room, wait a couple trillion years, and those particles will eventually all assemble back in the bottle just as if you never sprayed it. And so is my prediction for life, that given an unimaginable large amount of time, space, and opportunity, and unimaginably large amount of it will arise.
I believe Carl Sagan put it most elegantly in his novel Contact: "If there aren't any other lifeforms out there, it seems like an awful waste of space". Sagan also explained in his television series Cosmos how plausible alien life is, statistically.
Life, as we understand it, requires just a few specific atoms to exist. If these elements (which are very common throughout the entire universe) find the right conditions to mix and mature, they can produce what we understand as lifeforms.
Referring back to Sagan's novel Contact, the main character explains it as such: We know there are hundreds of billions of stars in the universe. Now if just one percent of those starts had planets that could produce life, and only one percent of those planets actually produced lifeforms, and only one percent of those lifeforms evolved into intelligent beings, there would be literally millions of civilizations across the universe.
If that doesn't inspire the same awe and impression as any religion, you might need to rethink your world view.


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But my recent purchase of the tan Morro Chelsea Boots from Lipstik Shoes gave me an entire new perspective on boots—no, life. I'd discovered brown looks good on me (like really, seriously, freaking good). I've been wearing them practically everywhere and then feeling absolutely guilty for waisting a good outfit on a not-so-deserving day.
But if Harry Styles can wear his brown boots with everything, than so can I.
How do I style them, you ask?
Night out
Well, It's simple really. Brown loves black! The two complement and bring out the best in each other.
Pair a denim skirt and a slouchy jumper for that laid back, effortless look.
Night out
Pair your favourite black or dark wash jeans with a jumper dress or a simple T-shirt and leather jacket.
brown boots by eaudedevine featuring a a line skirt
Brown boots go well with casual everyday dresses, winter or summer. No matter the season these bad boys are a wardrobe essential and will cater for a large array of outfits.
Accessorise with a wide brimmed hat, fedora or beanie and your go to brown bag.
So, wear them with pride, 'till they're tattered and ripped, and show them the love they deserve!