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Inscriptions for Headstones
Inscriptions for Headstones
(Outpost 19, 2012)
Inscriptions for Headstones, the essay collection from Matthew Vollmer, reads more like a group of experiments in form and narrative structure than one of essays. For one, the thirty essays that comprise the collection are bound by a singular theme—epitaphs composed for the deceased (all male) that unravel in one sentence. On a second, more entertaining level, they read as stories: replete with characters, a backwards-working plot, and boundless metaphor. But taken as essays (and there is a case to be made), the prose may actually teach us about the ways in which we arrive at bits of information and nostalgia, and how nostalgia informs, upholds, or distills our memories.
It is precisely nostalgia that epitaphs are after—the ability to tap into a consciousness, either recognizable or repressed, and help relive a person's life. And though it's an endgame, it's also a form. Vollmer is intensely aware of how using only one sentence to tell each essay entangles our expectations of who each man is. Rather than memory as a straight line, Vollmer weaves in and out of many, hurdles time frames, and mixes sentimentality with honest humor as well as any eloquent pastor. He renders consciousness an everlasting phenomenon, one that, should we be grateful enough to let it in, belies even death. Written like long exhaled breaths, we are sure to receive it, and better yet, sure to pass it on to those with lives yet to live. Vollmer understands that lives are not perfect—they are fractal and incongruent and sometimes plain unfortunate, but written in memory of someone, their moral lessons are guileless and deserved.
The collection begins with "here lies a man who felt compelled to visit time and time again the house where he'd spend the majority of his childhood," a simple line that complexly unravels as it becomes a meditation on dreams, home interiors, ghosts, and, suggestively, reincarnation. The deceased wanders through rooms of his childhood house, engineering "makeshift haunted houses" and "revealing the decapitated bodies of dolls," though "none of this was nearly as scary as the deceased like to think." In swift and surprising turns, the man's memories are replaced by reports of the house's new owner feeling haunted by its previous owner, whom she has no idea still visits them "in dreams." Traversing time and viewpoints, Vollmer packs a startling amount of information in these first five pages. Indeed, not only have we been presented vibrant images of the deceased's childhood, but we have seen what succeeds his time spent in the house; the two viewpoints converge when the deceased "would go back and take a tour of the place where he'd lived and think how small this house was." Vollmer cleverly circles back to the way he begins the essay, though our impression of the house, and consequently, the man whom the house has borne, has changed.
Many of the essays in Inscriptions are mystical and burgeoning with frontier lives, such as one where a boy steps on a copperhead snake and "lived to tell about it." The boy lives on land full of venomous snakes and is told by his parents to rid these snakes with a pair of tongs or a shovel. While danger in this story is a clear and decipherable enemy, the real conceit comes when the father says to the deceased, "We'll bury you," a statement that makes the deceased question the reckless manner in which he clears the land of snakes, but also the irresponsible ways his father shows his love toward him.
In another gorgeous essay, the deceased is described as standing underneath an orange maple before his dog pulls him along to a street where "Bus 127, piloted by balding and mirthful Gene, would soon perform the miracle it performed every day at more or less 3:50 post meridian, which was to deliver back to the neighborhood its children, who had gone away for the day to learn about treble clefs and subtraction and the Lakota Indians, who themselves believed that plants and trees like the one mentioned earlier had been sent by the benevolent spirit Waken Tanka to rise from the ground, the idea of which, along with everything else the children had learned, would be more or less forgotten once they streamed down the stairs of the bus and along the windswept lane." The "miracle" of transporting kids safely back from school should not be miracle at all, but it touches upon how characters in this essay and the one described before are unaware of their demises, as well they should be. It's an astonishing but circumspect fact of life: knowing we will one day die but not wanting to be aware of when or how or why it will come. To call the spaces in-between, the spaces in which we live "miracles" is to preserve their ephemeral truths.
Søren Kierkegaard said that repetition is forward-looking while recollection is backward. We can shorten his identifier to mean that by recalling memories, faith and hope have been eliminated and that by looking into the past, we are setting ourselves up for painful experiences. Vollmer's elegiac, original, and probative essays set us up for pain, but cut it with notions that any of these stories (car rides, insect infestations, snow sledding, public speaking classes, aliens) are shared experiences that derive pleasure through a collective consciousness. Why else should we care about John Doe who lived here or lived there and died on this day? Because for us, the ones still here, there is profound gratitude in knowing that we too will go, and how nice would it be for people to listen to our tales? Vollmer, who authored the short story collection Future Missionaries of America and, most recently edited with David Shields, Fakes, an anthology of found documents, understands the value of collective experience. It's an offshoot of fiction writing, sure, but it's also an integral part of people-writing, and Vollmer knows a great deal about human emotion. The essays sing, rejoice, yearn, insist, or sometimes, just patiently wait for us to arrive until, just as patiently, we harbor their merciful lessons.


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Ferrari Museum on Google Maps
If you're a Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] enthusiast, you can now save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on an airplane ticket, train tickets, hotel rooms, and all the pasta you can eat: The Ferrari Museum has been added to Google Maps' StreetView.
This means anyone with an Internet connection at their disposal can virtually walk around the legendary Italian sports and racing car manufacturer's hallowed grounds in Maranello.
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Of course, nothing can really replace the experience of actually visiting the museum itself and beholding the masterful sports cars in the metal. But there's no doubting a computer visit to the museum makes a nice diversion if you're sitting in your office with nothing to do.
Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy
To access the museum, simply type "Ferrari Museum" into Google Maps and then drag the little orange man to the museum itself. Using your cursor, you can navigate through the museum and view remarkably high-resolution static imagery of some of the world's most famous—and valuable—Ferraris.
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The museum itself offers a balance between road and racing cars from Ferrari's history, as well as a few concepts. The 360-degree imagery was taken in December of this year, so you can view the "Genius and Secrets" temporary exhibition.
Unfortunately, you can't actually buy anything from the gift shop, but Ferrari will happily sell you some of its merchandise online.

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There is nothing that pisses me off more than paying somebody to make me look like a complete idiot.
It was cool enough yesterday, and Nancy was running a slight fever, so she was cold. She turned on the furnace.
About 5:00 p.m. she came in and said "hear that motor running? Wonder what it is?" After lurking around the house, she said "it's been making that noise all day."
Damn tinnitus. The only way I could hear it was to turn everything off. As we stood in the hallway next to the thermostat, I turned off the furnace. The noise stopped. It wasn't the fan motor it was some other sound.
That's the extent of my diagnostic skills when it comes to furnaces that are in a crawl space with a dirt floor.
Nancy called the service guys and they came out today, walked in the house, turned on the switch I turned off, the furnace fired up, the fan fired up and they gave her a bill for $69 and said, "if he wants a new furnace we are extending the rebate program through the end of the year."
Guess whut? That $69 bill you gave for walking in my house and flipping a switch just cost you a shot at selling me a new furnace.
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The federal government has subpoenaed a Baxter International employee as part of a criminal investigation related to a nationwide shortage of intravenous saline solution, the Deerfield-based company revealed Friday.
The subpoena asks for documents about the pricing, sale, manufacture and shortage of intravenous solutions, including saline solution, which is used in IVs to hydrate patients, and other injectable medications. It also seeks Baxter's communications with competitors over the issue, according to a regulatory filing.
The subpoena was issued by a federal court on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division. Baxter did not disclose the name of the employee who received the subpoena.
Baxter said in a statement Friday that it "cannot speculate" on the reasons for the subpoena but it looks "forward to explaining to the Department the background and history of these issues."
Baxter said it has responsibly priced its IV solutions.
"Baxter has remained a continuous supplier of IV solutions and has made extraordinary efforts to maximize the availability of these critical products, including investments to both improve manufacturing capacity and increase supply to ensure patients can receive the therapies they need," Baxter said in the statement.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has listed intravenous saline solution as being in short supply since 2014. That year, the FDA issued a notice blaming the shortage on a range of factors, including a reported increase in demand by hospitals, potentially related to the flu season.
In 2015, a bipartisan group of senators asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether companies supplying saline solution had taken advantage of the shortage in ways that violated antitrust laws and posed risks to patient care. The senators alleged that suppliers had raised IV saline solution prices by 200 to 300 percent since late 2013, costing hospitals as much as millions of dollars each.
The FTC doesn't disclose whether it's conducted specific investigations, an FTC spokeswoman said Friday. The FTC has not filed a complaint in the matter.
Baxter also is facing a class-action lawsuit, along with Hospira, alleging they conspired to hold down the supply of intravenous saline solution and fix or raise prices of the product. Baxter and Hospira, which is a Pfizer company, control about 90 percent of the $1.2 billion a year IV saline solution market in the U.S., according to the lawsuit, which was filed by hospitals in New York and Pennsylvania, among others.
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Lover's Discourse
As if materializing out of thin air, one day I just bumped into Tsang and Wan's first-time, self-directed semi-anthology film Lover's Discourse [Leun Yan Sui Yu]. Motivated only by the beautiful poster art and a somewhat vague screenshot, I sat down to ready to be surprised. And surprised I was, as the film turned out to be a charming yet effectively honest tale of romance that transcends the genre's endearing and feel-good image and puts up a worthwhile fight with its final segment.
I say semi-anthology because even though the film is clearly divided into four separate shorts, they do connect to form one overarching storyline. Only the second short seems disconnect from the other three, but I probably just missed a simple connection somewhere. At first I was somewhat disappointed to find out that the film was cut up like this, as it was quite difficult to let go of the characters of the first short, but Tsang and Wan justify their choice with their fourth and final short and afterwards I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
Lover's Discourse takes a flying start with Hidden Love, where two childhood friends meet up after work for a friendly drink. Both are in a relationship, but not too happy about how things are working out. Karena Lam and Eason Chen have a lot of chemistry going on between them, the tepid pace of the short and the small yet charming details that betray their feelings towards each other are a joy to behold. One thing that's immediately clear is Tsang and Wan's exquisite feel for the visuals, the soundtrack is nice enough though somewhat poppy in places. And even though the short doesn't feature a true happy ending, it does leave you with a warm and contented feeling.
Secret Crush is the second short, also the most light-hearted one of the bunch. It follows Gigi, a young girl working at a laundry shop who's rapidly developing a crush for one of her daily customers. She hardly dares to look him in the eye, but rigorously searches his clothes for clues about the boy's character. With the little information she has she construct several elaborate, far-out and genuinely funny fantasies. Interesting detail here is that the boy in her fantasies is always portrayed by a puppet, which is somewhat made clear during the final scene as Gigi is clearly more in love with the idea of romance instead of the boy himself.
With One-sided Love the anthology takes a more dramatic turn. One-sided Love superficially ties in with the fourth short (at that time still unclear) and plays like a memory of Paul's childhood days. When Paul encounters Sam by chance he recalls falling in love with Sam's mother as a young boy. At that time Paul found out that Sam's father was cheating on his mom and Paul saw his opportunity clear to try and separate the two of them. But Paul is clearly unaware of the commitment and love between two people who've been together for almost a lifetime. One-sided Love may be quite bitter and dramatic, it still shows us one or two essential things about love.
The final short (Bitter Love) proves to be the key to unlocking the film's true brilliance. One day Paul gets a message from an unknown woman (Kay), claiming Paul's girlfriend is cheating him with Kay's boyfriend. Somewhat reluctant Paul decides to find out if there's any truth to this claim. Careful viewers will probably see it coming, but it's not so much the twist that stuns but the way Tsang and Wan allow the viewer to see one event from two different sides without judging any of the parties involved. By detaching both stories from each other the viewer is allowed to feel for both sides, resulting in a much more powerful (and admittedly somewhat confusing) experience. It does leave you a little down, so those of you expecting a feel-good ending should be warned, but the finale really becomes all the more powerful because of it.
Visually Lover's Discourse is a stunning film, the soundtrack is solid but not too spectacular and the acting is all-round impressive. In the end though it's the overarching vision of this film that makes it stand out from its peers, turning it into a beautiful yet somewhat painful romantic story. Unless you're dead set against watching any romantic films, consider this a clear and strong recommendation.


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When Olympic swimming champion Kyle Chalmers completed what he knew would be his final training session before the coronavirus shutdown, his overwhelming feelings were of sadness and the fear of what was to come.
Fear does not come easily to the strapping 21-year-old Australian, who has endured two heart operations since winning the 100 meters freestyle title in Rio and raises crocodiles and pythons for a hobby.
While it took some "processing" to digest the fact that his dream of defending his Olympic title in Tokyo had been shifted back 12 months, it was the prospect of not setting foot in a swimming pool for half a year that really had him rattled.
"That was my hugest fear, not being able to do what I love which is swimming and if I couldn't do that for six months, I was getting pretty edgy about it," Chalmers told Reuters by phone from South Australia.
"I love training and I love exercising. I think I love training more than I love racing."
Chalmers is one of the thousands of athletes whose dreams have been put on hold following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, while thousands more around the world are in lockdown with their sporting careers shelved indefinitely.
"Unknowns are quite challenging, especially for athletes whose days are mapped out from the minute they wake up to the minute they go to sleep," Chalmers added.
"And that's everybody's fear, and especially mine, getting out of that structured routine and just trying to work out what to do with that free time now."
Shock phase
Health experts warn that prolonged isolation could take a big mental toll on people whose livelihoods and self-esteem are intrinsically linked to the competition.
"A lot of athletes are still in an initial shock phase, probably confused and also with some relief after all the chaos," Caroline Anderson, a psychologist who works with professional and Olympic athletes in Australia, told Reuters.
"Probably their two main coping strategies in life are having that competitive edge and being able to really push themselves physically for six-seven hours a day. They haven't got that anymore which is very difficult."
Chalmers has taken to yoga, hiking and an exercise bike to keep in shape mentally and physically while he awaits the arrival of a loaned swimming pool housed in a shipping container for his backyard.
Former Olympic butterfly champion Chad le Clos is trying to make the best of the situation by tethering himself to a bungee cord as he swims in his own small backyard pool in Cape Town.
"It is not ideal, but you have to be creative given the limitations you have," the South African told Reuters.
"That will help to keep me going."
The top athletes possess the exceptional drive, talent and the ability to perform under relentless pressure but they are no less vulnerable to mental health problems.
Many have spoken openly of their battles with depression and their recoveries from nervous breakdowns. Others carry their burdens quietly. A slew have committed suicide in recent years.
Self-isolation raises the threat of acute psychological events, and not just for athletes with preexisting conditions, psychologist Anderson said.
"That sudden stopping of the sport, from a physiological or biological standpoint, there's a reduction in endorphins but also (a loss of) identity," she said.
"They see themselves as athletes and sport is very tied up in that. Without the sport, the inability to train, these are absolutely risk factors."
'Wigging out'
Many athletes are putting a brave face on the lockdown, converting garages and bedrooms into home gymnasiums and posting cheerful videos of themselves on social media keeping fit by "bench-pressing" their children.
Tennis great Roger Federer cheered fans with a video of himself practicing trick-shots against an outdoor wall as it snowed at his Switzerland home.
American middle-distance runner Emma Coburn, who took bronze in the 3,000-metre steeplechase at Rio, told Reuters: "I'm not feeling stress or anxiety about it. I enjoy in general being at home."
But the weeks and months of the lockdown will be a time when mental health experts on the payroll of teams and federations earn their keep as they try to plot a path for athletes in what is effectively uncharted territory.
Frustration at the confinement has already spilled over on occasion, with high profile soccer players getting into hot water for breaching government orders on social distancing by hosting parties and drinking sessions.
Such incidents usually occur as celebrations after competition, said Gearoid Towey, the founder of Crossing the Line, a charity focusing on the well-being of athletes.
"I think this is slightly different. There isn't anything, per se, to celebrate. People are locked up in their houses," he said.
"You're probably going to get some incidents but with all the mental health resources in place, sports will generally know which athletes might be prone to 'wigging out.'
"You'd like to think they'd have extra support for them."


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Thanks for all your work on these curtains. It's been wonderful, and they make such a huge difference in every room. I only wish now we had more windows that needed curtains!"


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Enterprise Systems Catalog (SB 272)
What is an "Enterprise System"?
An "Enterprise system" means a software application or computer system that collects, stores, exchanges, and analyzes information that the agency uses that is both of the following:
- A multi-departmental system or a system that contains information collected
about the public; and
- A system of record (a system that serves as an original source of data within
an agency).
What is Senate Bill (SB) 272?
Governor Brown approved SB 272 in October 2015, adding section 6270.5 to the California Public Records Act (the "Act," Government Code Sections 6250-6276.48). Section 6270.5 (SB 272) requires local agencies to create a catalog of multi-departmental systems or systems containing information about the public that store original records and post the catalog (or list of systems) on their agency website.
To learn more about which systems are included/excluded, read the full text of SB 272 here.
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Twin Cobra
|a game by
|Toaplan, and American Sammy
|Flying, Shooting Games
|Genesis, NES
|Editor Rating:
|8.1/10, based on 8 reviews
|User Rating:
|8.0/10 - 2 votes
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|Helicopter Games
- Number of Levels: 15
- Theme: Shooter
- Difficulty: Average
- Number of Players: 1
- Available: December, 89
Invade In Your Helicopter Gunship
One of the best arcade shooters of all time is Twin Cobra, a machine that perfectly balances power-ups, difficulty, and Bosses in a good-looking package loaded with targets and incentives.
The home version of this all-time favorite, while rough around the edges, includes most of the features that made the game such a mega-hit in the arcades. The most noticeable deletion from the NES Twin Cobra, however, is the two-player feature, instead we get Single Cobra that plays like Twin Cobra without the extra support.
You must fly over various landscapes and enemy installations, blowing away anything (from attacking helicopters to battleships) that moves.
Along the way, enemy transport helicopters will appear and release weapon and bomb enhancements as well as a power-up ball that cycles through different types of weapons. Grab the one that suits you and blow 'em away.
People say:
I'm a great fan of shooters and Twin Cobra is tops in the arcades! The NES version has retained most of the options found in the coin-op version, but some of the intensity and a lot of the graphics clarity is lost. Still, it's one of the better NES shoot-em-ups to come along in a while.
Twin Cobra is above average thanks to several options like selecting different weapons and powering them up to incredible heights. The backgrounds are well-detailed and colorful and the whole game is easy to play. Twin Cobra is better than most shooting games in this class.
The action in Twin-Cobra is pretty good - there's always something to shoot at and something shooting at you. The graphics aren't outstanding, however, and most of the backgrounds look as though they've been done in pastels. Not a fantastic game, but a good shoot-em-up.
One of the better overhead shooters on the Nintendo. Twin Cobra has plenty of power-ups and lots to shoot at. Highly recommended for fans of games with a lot of shoot, shoot, shoot! Others may find the theme repetitive, but I liked it.
Download Twin Cobra
System requirements:
- PC compatible
- Operating systems: Windows 10/Windows 8/Windows 7/2000/Vista/WinXP
- Game modes: Single game mode
Player controls:
- Up, Down, Left, Right - Arrow keys
- Start - Enter (Pause, Menu select, Skip intro, Inventory)
- "A" Gamepad button - Ctrl (usually Jump or Change weapon)
- "B" button - Space (Jump, Fire, Menu select)
- "C" button - Left Shift (Item select)
Use the F12 key to toggle mouse capture / release when using the mouse as a controller.
System requirements:
- PC compatible
- Operating systems: Windows 10/Windows 8/Windows 7/2000/Vista/WinXP
Game Reviews
- Manufacturer: Sammy
- 10 scenic zones - fight over land and sea
- Faithfull arcade translation for NES
- 4 different types of ammo to choose from
- Bombs and superchargers increase cobra's firepower
- Levels: 7
- Theme: Shooter
- Players: 1
- Difficulty: Average
It took the Genesis to do the hot arcade game justice! You must fly behind enemy lines to try to crush the enemy weaponry so that their plans of conquest are thwarted!
Take to the skies as you prepare to singlehandedly blow away the entire land, water and air based armies of an evil dictator who threatens to take over the world. The odds are thousands to one, but by being able to steal some of the enemy's weapons you just might have a chance! Each level puts you up against a different configuration of enemy forces but with your doomsday bomb you can do it!
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This is one of my favorite arcade vertical shooters of all time and Sega has done a remarkable job of capturing the action. Everything is here, practically to the pixel, from the giant Bosses to the intense build-up of weapons. The graphics are edgy but the play is top-notch!
Yet another shooter from the masters at Sega. Twin Cobra is very good but it's more of the same only vertically scrolling this time. The two player option would have made it better but it was left out. No new ground broken here but it is a good shooter if you aren't tired of them yet.
A great shooter that's a classic favorite to me as well as most veteran gamers. Great graphics and sounds and superb game play make this one of the best shooters around. Definitely not for wimpy shooter fans.
Twin Cobra is a fun shooter with lots of power-ups to satisfy the shooter fan. Listen to some cranking tunes and blast your way through the enemy tanks! This game is a lot of fun to play, but it would have been nice if they kept two-player option in the game, like the arcade.
- Number of Levels: 15
- Theme: Shooter
- Difficulty: Average
- Number of Players: 1
- Available: December 1989
An all-time arcade favorite comes home courtesy of American Sammy. Twin Cobra, labeled by many coin-op players as one of the most intense shooters of all time, has captured most of the good looks of the original in the NES version, as well as the pulse-pounding feeling of all-out war generated over a dozen waves of non-stop action and mega-weapon exchanges!
The basic theme of the game (shoot everything in sight, pick up bonus stars, and collect weapon power-ups to enhance your firepower to staggering proportions) remains intact, along with the different options available to build the abilities of your Twin Cobra attack chopper. A diversified cast of enemy war machines, ranging from tanks and transports to helicopters and battleships, helps turn up the heat, and all-new features, like the special invincibility stars, add even more to a shoot-em-up that has it all!
There are six different power-up items that can be collected in Twin Cobra as well as two different types of Power Stars. In addition to the weapon enhancement (which can be upgraded a maximum of five times) and extra bombs that are left by downed transports, you can change your weaponry into any one of the four types of firepower shown to the left.
- Red - Rockets
- Yellow - Pulse
- Green - Rapid
- Blue - Spread
Twin Cobra is an outstanding translation of the coin-op mega-hit that represents American Sammy's first strong entry into the Nintendo Entertainment System sweepstakes. Twin Cobra is more than just another action game, it was the arcade title voted "The Best Shooter of 1988" by the U.S. National Video Game Team! High honors for a game that is destined for the video game Hall-of-Fame!
The premise is simple and straightforward: guide an attack chopper into enemy territory and lay waste to everything in sight! But what may first seem like nothing more than another run-of-the-mill shoot-em-up quickly becomes an intense battle involving a wide array of power-up enhancements, bonus points incentives, and high-tech hardware mean enough to blow similar types of game out of the sky!
One of the best features in Twin Cobra are the different weapons that can be collected. Occasionally an enemy transport helicopter will appear on the scene to release a special capsule when destroyed. This capsule will slowly shift through four different colors, with each new color representing a different kind of weapon for your attack copter! You can choose between missiles, wide beam, side beam, and machine gun! Different areas require different weapons and learning the best power-ups to use is just part of the challenge in the game! You can also improve your existing armament by capturing the enhancement symbols that are also released whenever an enemy transport is gunned down!
Also at your command are special "Bombs" that both protect and destroy. Whenever one of these super-weapons is released, a tremendous explosion appears around the blast radius, inflicting incredible damage on the enemy and eliminating any of the missiles that may be heading your Way. You must be careful, however, since you are only given a limited number of bombs per chopper.
Supporting this hard-hitting game play are some of the best arcade-quality graphics ever seen in a Nintendo game! The vertically scrolling playfield floats by smoothly, introducing new and more deadly terrors as you infiltrate the enemy territory. All of the game characters are rendered in an equally outstanding fashion, with an abundance of graphic flair and realistic, arcade-quality, animation.
- Take on the Boss tank on level one!
- Grab the Power-Ups to energize your chopper and increase your weapons!
- Uncover the golden stars - these turn into big points if you get to your ship.
Twin Cobra is a dynamite game that is certain to rip up the American charts in the same way that it is currently commanding a high profile in the Japanese game rankings. A perfect blend of high action shooting, risk-incentives, secret bonuses, and spectacular graphics practically guarantee this title a place in our Top Ten. Keep your eyes tuned for more info on this hot game, as well as maps and layouts that show all of the firepower that this title is packed with! TC is a hit!
The popular Romstar arcade game is being converted for the Mega Drive. Similar to the NES game but graphically improved to make this version one of the best vertically scrolling shooters. With tremendous firepower and flicker-free action.
The arcade classic Twin Cobra is coming to the Genesis. This vertical shooter famous for challenging veteran players has been translated pixel for pixel with almost nothing lost. All four power-ups are there as well as the super destructive Mega Bomb. Great graphics and sound and super challenging game play that will give even the best gamers a run for their money. Twin Cobra is a welcome addition to the Genesis library and will be out sometime in May 1991.


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It's been an ugly week in more ways than one and while a week ends, the problems spawned in that week continue on. Israel has set a precedent that not only encourages kidnapping soldiers and civilians, but makes it clear that the kidnappers don't even need to keep them alive. America has appeased North Korea and Iran. And the Louvre is getting a veil, I have to wonder how long it will be before the paintings of women in the Louvre have veils painted on them too.
At Catherine Falsani's blog, we have a clear demonstration that Obama's ties to Trinity go deeper than he's tried to pretend after he threw Trinity and Wright under the bus.
At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2004, when I was the religion reporter (I am now its religion columnist) at the Chicago Sun-Times, I met then-State Sen. Barack Obama at Café Baci, a small coffee joint at 330 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, to interview him exclusively about his spirituality...
Do you still attend Trinity?
Yep. Every week. 11 o'clock service. Ever been there? Good service.
Yeah. God damn America. Hail Hamas. Best service ever I imagine for Bill Ayers' buddy.
Meanwhile Michelle Obama thinks all a 600 dollar stimulus check can do is buy a pair of earrings. Talk about a woman who truly understands the poor. Let them eat cake. Let them buy 600 dollar earrings. Marie Antoinette has nothing on Michelle Obama.
Over in the blogsphere Dinah Lord takes on the Louvre's new Islamic art wing
As you know, depictions of the human form is haraam in Islam and I mean really, how many old stinky rugs and patterned tiles can you look at before you go off in search of something more visually exciting?
It's no surprise that the museum was started by that old reprobate, Jacques Chirac in 2003 and was funded in large part by Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, whose €17m contribution to the project is one of the biggest private cultural donations made in France. The last "grand project" between France and Islam, François Mitterrand's, L'Institut du Monde Arabe (the Arab World Institute) was formed to:
Boker Tov Boulder has her own punches to throw in the direction of the Galling Gallic, beginning with Sarkozy
The Keli Ata blog has her own take on the Omar Khadr jailhouse performance
I don't have children but friends with kids tell me they can always tell when their kids are lying and fake crying. That is the same way I feel about Omar Khadr. I like to think of myself as a sensitive person who has a decent gauge on when people are truly in distress but I'm just not picking that up from what little I've seen of the Khadr interrogation video. Sure, the kid's probably miserable and itching to go home to Canada, to go home period as any criminal or suspected criminal that is incarcerated would.
But torture? Nope. I just don't read that. We've all seen hostage video either on TV or You Tube. Usually westerners or non-Westerners in acute distress. Some very quite, subdued, in shock, others in great distress (such as the Christian Science Monitor journalist who was ultimately released). I watch the clips of this Khadr kid and it comes across as totally contrived.
Bad acting if you ask me.
Lemon Lime Moon meanwhile wishes Obama all the best for his upcoming engagement with Iran and thinks he will make a very lovely bride and has a post about why you dare not , must not joke about Obama
Debbie Schlussel has this piece about the phony Saudi tolerance conference and the Dhimmi attendees there
The New Centrist has Part of his Leaving the Radical Left: Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and Jewish Response on his blog.


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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police need help identifying a baby girl after a woman left the child with a stranger and never returned.
Authorities received a call around 7 a.m. Friday to the 1600 block of Remount Road in Charlotte. A male caller said he met a woman around 9 p.m. Thursday while she was walking through the Lakewood Manor complex on Watson Drive.
The woman asked the man to watch her baby for a while and she never returned.
The woman is believed to be the baby's mother. She is described as a young, black female, weighing about 170-180 pounds. She was last seen wearing shorts and a tank top.
The infant is a female, possibly 6-8 months old.
If anyone knows the identity of this infant they are asked to call 911 or the Westover Division Team Office at (704) 432-2442.


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As it turns out, the most unlikely to be drafted Frogs ended up signing last, with both Nick Frey and Stefan Crichton coming to terms with their respective teams in the last week.
Here is the full list of Frogs who have signed, their teams, and their reported signing bonus:
Billy McKinney (1st Round, Oakland Athletics): $1,800,000
Andrew Mitchell (4th Round, Chicago White Sox): $413,000
Trevor Seidenberger (12th Round, Milwaukee Brewers): $125,000
Paul Hendrix (18th Round, Cleveland Indians): $100,000
Stefan Crichton (23rd Round, Baltimore Orioles): $50,000
Jantzen Witte (24th Round, Boston Red Sox): $1,000
Nick Frey (33rd Round, St. Louis Cardinals): Estimated $100,000 or less
Outside of this group, there is only one more remaining Frog interest in the draft... LHP Tyler Alexander from Southlake Carroll HS. Alexander was drafted in the 23rd Round by the Detroit Tigers.
Before the draft, it was rumored Alexander had a hard draft bonus demand of $1 million or more. The Tigers took him late, hoping they might be able to save some draft pool money to give to Alexander so that their draft bonus pool wouldn't be exceeded, thus negating the penalty for going over.
But, I am starting to hear that the Tigers may in fact go after Alexander, the feeling being his demands may be softer than previously expected. A Tigers source mentioned to me last week that the team had about $700k in money to give to Alexander should they wish to not incur a penalty, but could give up to $1 million if they wanted to. The team would then be subject to a cash penalty for going over their bonus pool, but wouldn't have to forfeit a pick. For what it is worth, this is still incredibly unlikely to happen... As of today (Monday the 8th), a source intimated while possible, there was less than a 5% chance of things getting done before the deadline.
This would obviously be bad news for TCU, as Alexander is a very highly regarded prep left-hander who has garnered a ton of attention over the last two years. The only reason he fell out of the top five rounds of the draft was due to the perception that he was a hard sign, committed strongly to TCU/college.
If he is indeed thinking about signing, the Tigers will have a decision to make. Keep your fingers crossed folks, the deadline for signing a pro contract is July 12th, less than four days away.


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Every Wednesday night, Josh will share updates and unseen footage of his worldwide adventures. He will also interview celebrities and experts from across the globe, connect with fans, and chat with personalities from the Discovery family.
The new series comes on the heels of Expedition Unknown's most watched season ever. This past season reached over 9M total viewers and ranked as the highest-rated season in series history. The first episode of Josh Gates Tonight ranked as the #3 unscripted cable telecast in timeslot. In addition to watching the series on Discovery, viewers can check out new episodes each week by downloading the Discovery GO app.


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Board Meets January 8th, 2015 6:00pm
As predicted there is one very critical item on the Board's agenda this month that we would like to call to your attention. The last item in unfinished business is the replacement of the water impoundment devices (the dam). The full documentation for the meeting can be found at the following links.
There is additional information in last month's article on the dam removal. If you cannot attend the meeting please use the additional information provided to let the board know of your concerns.


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Colin Kaepernick, the outspoken NFL star, is a man of his word.
In tune with his pledge to donate $1 million to organizations in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities over 10 months—$100,000 a month—the San Francisco 49ers quarterback allotted half of his December donations to the Mni Wiconi Health Clinic Partnership at Standing Rock, which has provided free healthcare to those resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Half of the $50,000 will cover the salaries of doctors and nurses; a quarter will help offset the materials required to build the mobile clinic; 15 percent is earmarked for medical supplies and the remaining portion will go toward liability insurance, according to the football player's website.
The Do No Harm Coalition at the University of California at San Francisco issued a call for donations in September 2016 after the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe invited it to create a free clinic at their camp. Its goal? "To create a space for the imagining and practice of decolonized medicine in order to further the health of the community in the short-term with the expanded population due to pipeline resistance and in the long-term after the encampments have dissolved," according to its fundraiser.
Kaepernick also donated to a North Minneapolis food justice organization, Appetite for Change, and Chicago's Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation. Since the announcement of his $1 million pledge in September, he has donated to organizations working on police violence, housing rights and youth empowerment.
Kaepernick's activism gained global attention when he began protesting the national anthem in August 2016 by taking a knee during the NFL season.


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Necessary Qualifications
- A YWCA Rape Crisis Center Advocate must reside in or near Lucas County
- S/he must be at least 18 years of age
- S/he must have a genuine interest in assisting adult and teen victims of sexual assault and their family members
- In order to be accepted into the program, prospective volunteers must complete an application, a fingerprint check with the Bureau of Criminal Investigations (provided by the YWCA)
- Proof of insurance coverage of at least $100/$300 thousand, a valid driver's license with a clear record and a screening interview.
- Advocates must also sign a confidentiality agreement and a code of ethics contract that states that they agree to abide by Center procedures.
The YWCA Rape Crisis Center is well established in Northwest Ohio and is highly acclaimed as an excellent program for survivors of sexual assault and their families. Like any worthwhile volunteer experience, it will require a considerable time commitment. Volunteers are required to attend a 40-hour training course and then commit to serving time on the hotline. In addition, there will be monthly meetings for a case review of clients and a business meeting of the volunteer group. While this may seem like a lot, we are confident that the enthusiasm you bring with you will quickly join with the commitment shared by the other volunteers in the program and counter the hours of training involved.
Although this process may seem extensive, the nature of this crime and the diverse clients we see necessitates that volunteers are thoroughly screened and trained. We feel this process will help us ensure that you receive all you can from this volunteer opportunity.
Advocates are required to fulfill a minimum commitment of 3 shifts per month. During volunteer shifts, Advocates must be immediately accessible by phone. Volunteer shifts are scheduled as follows:
|Monday- Friday
|5 pm to 5 am
|Primary Saturday & Sunday
|all day
|Backup shifts available all weekend
The primary role of the Advocate is to provide crisis intervention, support, information, and referral for victims of sexual assault and their family members.
Our Advocates can choose to be Hotline and/or Outreach Volunteers. Hotline Advocates answer the 24-hour crisis line from their own home. Face-to-face crisis intervention is also provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in the Lucas County hospitals and police departments by our Outreach Volunteers. In special circumstances, during normal business hours, volunteers could also provide face-to-face crisis intervention to victims of sexual assault at the area courts, schools, Rape Crisis Center office, and the local jail. Following an initial contact with a client, volunteers normally provide limited "follow-up" contacts with the victims in order to clarify information, check that referrals have worked out, and make sure that the clients' concerns have been appropriately addressed.


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LIVING ONLINE Virtual and augmented reality
By Kristina Payne
Technology and online life aren't just about social media. Virtual and augmented reality are real technological advances that can help push the vacation industry into the future. They are accessible to the everyday consumer and can help people explore resorts and get details that aren't available from a normal computer screen.
Virtual reality (VR) is different from augmented reality (AR); both have specific uses and drawbacks. VR is a 3D computer-generated environment with which someone can interact. It hooks up to your computer, and you put on a headset that covers your eyes and ears. You're then completely immersed in and able to explore another world. It's not as extensive as experiencing real life, but it's a good way to get a full look at an environment. Virtual reality is on the consumer market right now, with many options from which to choose, and is used mostly for video games.
A window to reality
Augmented reality refers to a spectrum of different things. It isn't as immersive as VR, but it's a lot less expensive, because you don't need to buy a headset and new software to use it. AR still allows you to explore new spaces, but in a less upfront way.
The most popular versions are 360-degree videos on Facebook and YouTube, where you can use your smartphone as a window into a concert or, for our purposes, a timeshare suite. You can physically move your phone around in a circle to see all angles of the video.
More advanced versions of AR would integrate technology into a pair of glasses for use as a handless computer. These models exist, though they aren't as successful. The drawback of AR is that you can't explore the space as you can in VR. The distance from the camera to the event you're watching will stay the same.
All the way around
The basis of both AR and VR is 360-degree video that can show the entirety of a room instead of a fixed perspective on just one area of a room. The cost of these videos varies because they can be complicated to make. Making content for VR is more expensive because the environment needs to be fully immersive and computer-generated.
Most people who use VR will want to interact with and walk around the environment. The obvious application of VR and AR to the vacation industry is in-depth tours of hotel rooms and resorts. These tours will allow consumers a new perspective on resorts, and could convince more people to buy a timeshare. This technology also can revolutionize the dreaded timeshare presentation. Prospects may choose to take a virtual tour that would be almost like a personal visit to the resort. This won't end up replacing actual vacations, but could be a great way to get more people to see a resort before they go. One drawback is that VR headsets can give some people motion sickness, so the technology won't work for everyone—but VR and AR are becoming widely adopted in households today. It's another part of online culture that the travel industry can embrace.
Kristina Payne is the social-media coordinator for TimeSharing Today.


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There are many motorists in the UK who will be planning a summer holiday in Europe and getting there by driving their own car. Therefore, you may be interested to read that the number of car accidents involving people in the UK whilst on roads in the likes of France has been on the increase according to some recent research.
In the last 5 years, Admiral, who provides car insurance, has seen the number of car insurance claims go up by 160%. We are sure that you will agree this is a large increase and is most concerning.
It probably does not come as a surprise to read that there are more accidents by motorists from the UK in France than any other country overseas. In fact, 46% of car insurance claims resulted in accidents taking place in France whereas Spain only had 9%. Germany had 7%, Republic of Ireland had 7% and Belgium had 5%.
11% of car insurance claims made by UK motorists whilst travelling abroad were from drivers of BMWs. 9% of claims were from Audi and Volkswagen drivers. 8% were from Ford motorists and 7% were from people at the wheel of Mercedes-Benz cars.
Now you may have thought that it was the younger motorist who was most likely to submit a claim for a car accident whilst travelling overseas but this is not the case. In fact, only 19% of claims were from drivers in the 20 to 29 year age bracket. The biggest percentage of claimants were aged between 30 to 39 with them making up of 30% of claims. Even those aged between 40 to 49 made up for 24% of such claims.
It is important that you check what cover, if any, your existing car insurer provides whilst you are travelling abroad as you would not want to find that if you were involved in a road traffic accident that there is no car insurance cover in place. You may also wish to ensure that you have adequate breakdown cover in place to get the car and you and the occupants back to your home in the UK.


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Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) with Tomatoes and Capers
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Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) – This raw 5-Ingredient zoodles is a healthy zucchini noodles recipe you'll make all through the warm months. It's fresh, fast, and furiously flavorful.
Summertime Recipes
It's that time of year when we all internally decide we only want to cook outdoors… Or not cook at all.
Obviously, I can't condone not cooking. Especially if that means living off take-out for the rest of the season. However, I fully understand the desire to spend more time in the gorgeous warm weather and spend less time over a hot stove.
Preparing your own meals not only satisfies a deeply rooted ancestral urge we all share. (Or at least most of us share.) It also provides a creative outlet and offers complete quality control. You should definitely do it.
However, I have a solution to the not cooking scenario…
Raw Zucchini Noodles
How about incorporating a few RAW meals into your weekly menu? Raw foods provide all sorts of healthy vitamins and minerals to your diet, cut down on prep time, and eliminate cooking altogether. If only for a night or two.
One popular raw dish you should give a try is "zoodles"… Also known as a zucchini noodles recipe.
By shredding zucchini with a spiralizer, you can create long raw noodle strands.
Spiralizers are inexpensive, and a fun kitchen tool to have on hand. We've used ours to make apple noodles for fruit salad, raw beet and sweet potato salads, and even cut potatoes for curly matchstick fries.
Once your zoodles are spiralized, you can simply toss them with other fresh ingredients for a quick light meal.
Summer Night Dinner
Today I'm sharing 5-Ingredient Zoodles with Cherry Tomatoes and Capers, a fast and healthy go-to zucchini noodles recipe you can make in moments!
I tossed these zucchini noodles with sun-dried tomato pesto until well coated. Then I mixed in sweet cherry tomatoes, briny capers, and a handful of freshly shaved parmesan cheese.
This 5-ingredient recipe offers a sweet and salty combination that is extremely satisfying…
Especially on nights, you don't feel like cooking.
Zucchini Noodles Ingredients
- Zucchini
- Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto or Homemade Red Pepper Pesto
- Cherry Tomatoes or Grape Tomatoes
- Drained Capers
- Shaved Parmesan Cheese
How to Make Zoodles
- Grab your spiralizer and your zucchinis. Cut off the ends of the zucchini and then spiralize them into long strands. Put them in a large bowl and set aside.
- Take your cherry or grape tomatoes and cut them in half. Put them to the side in a separate bowl.
- Mix the pesto in with the zoodles and make sure that it is well mixed and all the zoodles have a good coating of the pesto.
- Top the pesto zoodles with the tomatoes and capers. Add a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.
- Serve it up!
Get The Full (Printable) Recipe Below For How To Make Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles).
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it last in the fridge?
This recipe can last in the fridge for 3-4 days. One thing to be careful of is the excess water that you might find in your air-tight container. The zucchini will release it's moisture over time, so you may need to pour off the excess liquid when you eat the leftovers.
Why are my vegetable noodles soggy?
There are a few reasons why zoodles become soggy. The water content in the zucchini could be a factor. If your zoodles seem very moist, try using a paper towel to squeeze out some of the noodles before adding the pesto or any other ingredients.
You also have to be cautious about which kind of pesto that you use, because if it has higher water content, then that is going to turn the pesto from a thick sauce to a watery sauce.
Other Vegetable Recipes
- Braised Brussels Sprouts with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Artichokes, and Olives
- Holy Guacamole (Healthy and Authentic)
- Oven Roasted Broccoli Recipe
- Roasted Cauliflower Rice Recipe
- Perfect Baked Plantain Recipe
- Ultimate Mashed Sweet Potato Recipe
- Healthy Baked Zucchini Tots Recipe
- Baked Kale Chips Recipe
- Baked Turnip Fries (+ AirFryer) Recipe
Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) with Tomatoes and Capers
- 4 zucchini average sized
- 1/3 cup sun dried tomato pesto or homemade red pepper pesto
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes
- 2 ounces capers drained
- 1/2 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
- Trim the ends of the zucchini and cut into noodles with a spiralizer. Place the "zoodles" in a large bowl. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
- Add 1/3 cup pesto to the zoodles and mix to coat. Then top with the tomatoes and capers. Lightly toss, and serve with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
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27 comments on "Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) with Tomatoes and Capers"
Easy and delicious! My husband and I really enjoyed this and will make it again.
5 stars for sure!!! I will definitely be making this again soon!
great zoodle tweak, capers are too seldom used (at least by me), thank you!
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just LOVE zoodles!!! and these look delicious!
Don't you just love these spiralizer recipes? I mean, i wouldn't even know these weren't regular noodles. That recipe looks awesome…and I love the new look on your site!
Your site looks great, Sommer – and I'm loving this fresh and flavorful recipe!
Your zoodles look awesome!!! I need to break out my spiralizer again!
Love zoodles!! And these are gorgeous!
I love quinoa! Delicious recipe :)
I am a huge fan of not cooking…sometimes. I am so a huge fan of people cooking for me…{cough,cough} hint hint.
I need a spiralizer like woah. These photos proove it! GORGEOUS!
And I am super impressed with all your upgrades!
This is a healthy meal that I would love to share with my family. Plus it is super easy to prepare.
Okay, fine – I'll go buy a spiralizer! Seriously, these look AWESOME! Way better than takeout and a great main course or side dish for spring and summer.
Lovin' the zoodles! This looks delicious!
I have many those nights when I don't feel like cooking, so this is great for it.
That's it – I have GOT to buy a spiralizer. This looks amazing!!
We had zoodles last night!! Love that you made a raw dish with them!!
I really need to get my mitts on one of those spiralizers! These noodles look amazing!
I totally get that too! I mean who wants to be inside cooking when it's gorgeous outside?!
I've been really meaning to buy a spiralizer. Zoodles look so fun and we always have a great harvest of zucchini in the summer.
New site looks fab!
Love the new design, Sommer! It looks really good and I did notice the faster load!!!
This recipes looks wonderful! I need a spiralizer!
Such pretty Zoodles! can't go wrong with these flavors!
Love the new site, so pretty!
Love the new site Sommer! Zoodles are on my to-do list this spring!
I neeeeed to get a spiralizer! The zoodles look SO good and I bet I won't even miss the carbs. Your new site is so well-thought out! Love it!
Why have I never tried using my spiralizer? After looking at this I must take it out of the box!


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Raja Ampat - World Class Diving in Papua (Indonesia)
Where to start writing about one of the most beautiful places in the world? How to express the beauty and exclusivity of this paradise? It is incredible what you can see on a single dive, countless marine species, colorful fish and soft corals everywhere! WOW!
It is diverse, it is loaded with fish and the visibility has been great on most of my dives here (even in off-season). Just go here!!!
Since we went here in July (off-season) the sheltered waters between Kri and Mansuar and Gam and Waigeo were our best options. The north shore of any island is protected from the winds at that time. We had sunny days and actually could have used some wind, especially during the nights a breeze would have been nice... so do not worry too much about off-season!
Each dive center, or lets say the dive guide, organizes the dives its own way. It all depends on the number of divers, their experience and wishes - combined with the availability of guides, boats, tanks and equipment.
What I really loved about diving with Cedric from Wobbegong Dive Adventures were the long explanations and briefings about the dive plan beforehand. He likes to dive in a sporty way, against the current and deeper every now and then. Cedric left Raja Ampat in the meantime, but Ruben will take excellent care of you.
Enzo is the owner of the (newish and well maintained!) dive equipment and guiding the dives from Kordiris Homestay. He has been taught by his father who was a dive instructor in Italy and he grew up learning everything about diving. Costumer service and experience is high on his list to make sure you dive the way you like it. Before every single dive he does a current check by jumping in the water and making an exact dive plan together with the skipper that has been on these waters all his life. There were no negative entry dives here but I have to say the current was not that strong either.
|Dive area name
|West-Papua, Raja Ampat
|Dive center
|Wobbegong Dive Adventures
Kordiris Dive Center
|Famous for
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|Various package deals available, check the websites above
|Hotel recommendation
|Royal Mamberamo Hotel (Sorong)
10 dive sites of Raja Ampat
Mansuar JettyThe reef around the jetty of Mansuar was nice, the bottom was overgrown with Lettuce corals and a lot of sponges and anemones. On the sandy bottom there where Whitetip reef sharks resting. There was a light current pulling us over the top reef. A nice and easy dive to start-off the Raja Ampat adventure!
Dive site Mansuar Jetty in Raja Ampat, Papua
Cape KriCape Kri is one of the famous dive spots of Raja Ampat! Even-though we had a mild current the changes in direction are challenging and you need a lot of focus here. Bumphead Parrotfish and reef sharks were the reward as well as an amazing bed of colorful soft corals and Redtooth Triggerfish everywhere in the blue.
Dive site Cape Kri in Raja Ampat, Papua
Kri House ReefRight in front of the homestays at the Northern part of Kri there is an amazing reef without a lot of current. Many Whitetip reef sharks and Bat fish swim around as well as Turtles and many Antias on the Table and Staghorn corals. This place is awesome for snorkeling too! We dove in between Yenkoranu and Korany Fyak Homestay.
Dive site Housereef Kri in Raja Ampat, Papua
Blue MagicBlue Magic = Blue Magic, the name could not have been picked better. Look in the blue and see the magic! There are too many fish species to name out but the school of Barracudas was really impressive. It was high traffic down there! Schools of fish from all directions using the current in different ways, what a show! The reef had a lot to offer as well, many Anemones and Clown fishes around! We even spotted a Pygmy Seahorse!
Dive site Blue Magic in Raja Ampat, Papua
Sardine ReefSardines I have not seen here but this is the place where I saw my first Wobbegong Shark! Laying on the floor bed we could only see his body and tail but check the amazing pattern on his skin! The reef is healthy and colorful. It is hard to take a really great wide-angle shot with a small digital camera but WOW!
Dive site Sardine Reef in Raja Ampat, Papua
Melissa GardenOn our Fam trip we did a dive at Melissa Garden. The garden is filled with hard corals, it must be meters deep. I loved it to slowly swim along the corals to spot all the animals living inside and colorful fish around it. The highlight was a Wobbegong Shark cruising by - like a flying carpet!
This was our last dive with Cedric of Wobbegong Divers, we thought the last dive of our trip - but we got an extension!!!
Dive site Melissa Garden in Raja Ampat, Papua
FriwinSince we arrived last minute at Kordiris Homestay with only a few dives possible Enzo arranged a boat dive for us in the afternoon straight away. It was one of the best even though the visibility was not so good! After all the current dives I really loved a nice and calm dive to take some macro photos. I saw many lovely nudibranch along the way. The changes in bottom structure made it a really interesting dive, from a slope to a wall with overhangs and a 'big blue' viewpoint with schools of fish just around the corner.
Dive site Friwin in Raja Ampat, Papua
Mike's PointMike's Point was one of the 'highlights' we missed on our first trip, even-though you can dive one dive site multiple times here easily. Soft corals where everywhere and the reef was just filled with marine life!
Dive site Mike's Point in Raja Ampat, Papua
Chicken ReefThis was my favorite overall dive. The colors where amazing, reef life was great and the current just moved us along the reef in a pleasant way. From the surface this site looks like an atoll, a huge ring of reef with a bright blue lagoon in the middle. The visibility was superb and especially at the shallow part around 5 meters I could have spend another hour.
Dive site Chicken Reef in Raja Ampat, Papua
MioskonBat island or Mioskon is a small inhabited island in Raja Ampat with countless bats. It is a lovely place to have lunch on the beach in between dives but it is also a really nice dive site. Different kinds of sharks, schools of fish and again plenty of soft and hard corals to brighten-up the dive site with all their colors. A lovely dive site without a lot of current, perfect to finish our trip.
Dive site Mioskon in Raja Ampat, Papua
Comparing dive destinationsClick here for more information about comparing dive destinations.
|Bottom structure
|Reef structure
(big stuff in the blue)
|Big reef
(bigger stuff on the reef)
(small stuff on the reef)
|Flat bottom with bumps/big rocks/pinnacles
|Hard corals tree-shape
(not moving)
|No current
|Slope (going down slowly)
|Soft corals tree-shape
|Sea horses and pipe fish
(you can easily swim against it)
(steep but you see the bottom)
|Scorpion/frog fish
(you can swim against it for a little while/higher air consumption)
|Drop off
(steep and you can't see the bottom)
|Strong/reef hooks
(you cannot swim against it)
(no reference)
|Pumping/washing machine/OMG/hold your regulator
* The transparent boxes are the things I have seen down below and / or are spotted on almost every dive in that area.
* The dark blue boxes are the 'things' that are unavailable - things I have not seen and/or that are uncommon in that area.Click here for more information about comparing dive destinations.
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How To Change Your Life?
So for how long are you going to push through this mediocre life?
for how long are you planning to stay unhappy?
What are you waiting for? what is holding you back?
Do you want to improve your life?
Or just keep on making excuses?
Do you want to try new things in life?
Or just master playing PUBG for the rest of your life?
Do You Really Want To Know How To Change Your Life?
To begin with, I have to clarify one misconception a lot of people fall for.
That misconception is " wanting to change ".
You have failed many times before trying to change because basically, you can't "change".
And that is because you can't truly and clearly define yourself in the first place, to change it.
Instead, you should be aiming to improve yourself.
Yes, clearly everyone has something they want to change, an old habit or a behavior.
You shouldn't look at self-improvement as something you want to erase and replace, instead, you should view it as a step by step process of adding the good and removing the bad.
After we got that out of the way, let's start off with the right way of approaching self-improvement.
Do you want to improve?
Or do you like to improve?
Neither! you should be obsessed, you should be crazy about improving.
That Is How To Change Your Life!
And how can you achieve that?
Simply, hit rock bottom!
For most of you, you live in a situation that is not bad enough. Apparently, you are reading this from the comfort of your home. So your survival instinct is not going all crazy now. You're stuck in a limbo – your survival isn't directly threatened, and so you never get that burst of life or death motivation.
The worst thing is, in today's comfortable, secure world, your survival will probably never be seriously threatened, and thus you will not be able to easily leverage that part of you.
You are just not that happy, and not being happy won't kill you.
Your best solution is … to hit rock bottom, to fool yourself, to actually convince yourself that it can't get any worse than this, To get your instinct involved.
Believe me, if you continue living like this, if you live life stumbling around in the pathetic mediocrity.
You will eventually hit rock bottom, you will not like it, and most likely, it would be too late to do anything about it.
So it is far better to hit rock bottom willingly rather than just waking up one day discovering that you are there.
Realizing that you are at Rock bottom comes in different forms and shapes,
You might realize it seconds before blowing your brain out with a 9mm.
You might realize it after you wake up hungover, drenched in piss and vomit.
You might realize it while walking into a prison cell for doing some stupid shit.
None of those are particularly fun situations to be in, so…
it is better to take yourself there willingly.
To do that…
Take a full day for yourself… a Sunday, a weekend, or whatever.
Turn off your cell phone and all forms of communications and just sit by yourself in a room.
If you drink or smoke get your favorites, a bottle of whiskey and some cigarettes will do.
Start drinking by yourself… get really fucking drunk it doesn't really matter… but focus on why your life sucks.
Why you're living a miserable pathetic life, get everything all out, all the memories all the regrets.
Get it all fucking out… fell the pain, the shame, the anger, the jealousy… indulge fully in it.
Think about the girls you never had the balls to approach. Think about everything you regret not doing.
Think about all the years you wasted, think about all the things you missed on.
Think about how you're a fucking loser. Think about how you got nothing going on for you.
Remember every time you failed. every time you were scared. every time you were rejected. every time you were bullied.
Cry actual tears if you can, because, for you, this is it.
The last tears I will cry over how pathetic I am, after today, it is fucking over.
How To Change Your Life!
After wallowing in your own tears and depression, wake up and have a cold shower… shave, brush your teeth and wear the nicest clothes you have. put on some nice cologne and feel like a million bucks. get some fine cigars if you can, blast your favorite music and start your day.
Focus on your past, whatever it was, regardless if you were a rock star or a nerd… and just let it go.
let it go completely… it doesn't matter if you fucked Angelina Jolie while Brad Pitt was filming, it doesn't matter anymore, the past is the past.
Whether it was a glorious or a painful, shameful past. NOW, your past is gone.
Your past will bring you back to that shitty frame that you are stuck in.
You are framed by your past to behave in a certain way, as long as you hold your past.. you will always behave the same.
Your old friends, your family, they will drag you back un-knowingly to that old you.
They expect things from you, they expect you to behave in a certain way.
Most of them will do it without realizing, they won't be fighting the improved you, they will be expecting your old self.
But some will try to drag you down knowingly, they will poison you to stay the same and not break the shackles of mediocrity.
You have to let them go, with your past.
I would recommend minimizing connections to a minimum with everyone for the first couple of weeks. after that, cut off those who want to poison you and drag you down, those who do nothing but be an extra weight in the race of life. cut them off… and make no apology for it.
This is your fucking life.
After getting your vision cleared, after getting on track, Start owning life the hard way.
Start grinding and hustling for everything you ever wanted… money, girls, status, traveling the world.
whatever it is, cut the crap and start working.
There won't be any instant gratification… you're not a fucking dog, you don't get a treat after doing the right thing.
This is life, and it is the way it is, you need to put on hard work… and there is zero chance that putting some serious hard work won't pay off.
ZERO fucking chance
Do you remember that guy that always try hard to do something but it never works out?
It is because he is either not trying hard enough or giving up way too soon… get the idea of some lucky people make it in this life and others waste their effort for nothing out of your mind, your hard will never go for nothing.
That is just a pathetic fucking excuse made by mediocre people who are too afraid of going out of their shitty comfort zone.
Get real, work hard, strive and you will get what you want.
The answer to How To Change Your Life is HARD FUCKING WORK!
And for god's sake cut the bullshit.. whatever you want to do
there is enough information on the net that covers it completely for free.
You have this blog and a thousand other telling you how to get this and that…
start fucking reading, go get some books.. start googling how to do X and Y.
Hit the gym, nothing can teach discipline like the gym.
stop existing as a mere entity and start fucking living.
Can you make the world different just by existing in it?
Or will you be just like the billions of people
dead and forgotten.
Live for something greater, a dream that only you can see, and devote EVERYTHING to it,
and life will be there for you.
Just don't post and nag on this website or any other website on how some people are just lucky and the rest aren't meant to have it…
That was it Gentlemen, How To Change Your Life, start working!


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|Around 200 women attended the Safe Motherhood Caravan in Barangay Dulao, Bago City organized by PBSP with Intellicare and the Bago City Government
Rietchelyn Jalea was 18 years old when she had her first child. She was a former restaurant employee in Siquijor when she met her partner, who decided that they leave for his hometown in Bago City, Negros Occidental and build a home there instead.
|Rietchelyn Jalea, 21, speaks about her experience
on availing post-natal care and family planning services
Soon after, she got pregnant and since she was too young to handle the rigors of motherhood, she had a difficult time balancing her roles as mother and wife. Their elopement also made her family unprepared for sudden expenses needed for a new family.
"The worst experience was when my baby got sick. It made me realize how hard it is to take care of a child. I didn't know what to do because I am a young mother and no one is there to guide me," she said.
Jalea is one of the 13,000 women in the country who received life-saving maternal and child care information services through PBSP's Safe Motherhood Caravans (SMC). PBSP has been organizing annual caravans since 2013, where women attend sessions on pre-natal and post-natal care, responsible parenthood, self-care and nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, and child care.
"I am really thankful that I was able to attend the Safe Motherhood Caravan because I learned a lot about family planning. After the activity, I decided to get an implant so that I wouldn't get pregnant yet. I still want to take better care of my child," Jalea said.
In the Visayas, a total of 10 caravans were held this year in the cities of Cebu, Bacolod, Bago, Himamaylan, and Kabankalan, which reportedly have the most number of teenage pregnancies.
PBSP has organized SMCs in these areas since 2014 with help from its corporate donors and local government health partners.
With the help of the annual caravans, the contraceptive prevalence rates in Himamaylan and Bago cities have collectively increased from 44.86{a21e6da08482d397a607007d7d78265068006afe8b45ef39eb0952d5fa730076} in 2014 to 47.41{a21e6da08482d397a607007d7d78265068006afe8b45ef39eb0952d5fa730076} in 2016. Infant deaths have likewise dropped from 14 in 2014 to 2 in 2016.
Contraceptive prevalence is the percentage of women who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is currently using, at least one method of contraception.
"The good thing about the Safe Motherhood Caravan is that it really teaches women and mothers how to properly plan for a family and provide easy access to services after every session. And results show: in Barangay Dulao, for example, they used to have the most number of teenage pregnancies within Bago City. But with the Safe Motherhood Caravan, they are now ranked eighth this year," Bago City Health Office Nurse Angie Licañel said.
In collaboration with the local health units, participants also receive free prenatal consultations, application of implants, vitamins for their children, HIV testing, and other medical services.
"My son is now a year old and my husband and I plan to finish building our own home first before having another child. I also do not want to experience again the difficulties in my previous pregnancy and child-rearing. I am truly thankful for the SMC for teaching us how to be a better mother," Jalea added.
PBSP's flagship program on health focuses on maternal and child health, which is anchored on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 3, which is to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.
The Philippines failed to reach the Millennium Development Goal of reducing its maternal mortality rate from 209 to 52.2 per 100,000 live births. The Department of Health has identified at least three contributing factors to the non-achievement: the delay in reaching appropriate centers, delay in providing health, and delay in seeking medical help.
The annual sessions aim to reduce maternal and infant mortality in the country by educating women about safe motherhood practices; promoting the utilization of life-saving maternal, newborn, and child health services; and learn various strategies on responsible parenthood. (PR)


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The iPhone 12's charging cable could see yet another big change to the contents of the iPhone 12's box, but this one might actually be good news.
Mr. White from Twitter posted an image of a braided USB-C to Lightning cable. Although the tweet doesn't mention the iPhone 12, this is the kind of cable that Apple has already included with the Mac Pro, and a plastic version is bundled into its iPhone 11 Pro and iPad Pro boxes for use with their included 18W fast chargers.
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If you've owned an iPhone before, you're likely familiar with the flimsy plastic-sheathed cable that came supplied with the phone. They're notoriously easy to damage, often requiring you to buy a replacement. Braided cables however are much tougher, meaning that you may be able to go through the whole life of your iPhone 12 without being forced to buy spares.
Braided Lightning Cable ♻ pic.twitter.com/R96GkU52GaSeptember 24, 2020
This starts to look like a decision Apple has made in line with the rumored removal of wired EarPods in the box and, more controversially, the charging block. This is supposedly being done in the name of reducing electronics waste, which a more durable cable would also help to cut down on.
Apple has already gone ahead and removed the charging block from the Apple Watch 6 and Apple Watch SE, leaving only a cable. So while it's only a rumor for the iPhone 12, there's already precedent giving support to the idea.
The rumors and leaks we've been hearing about the iPhone 12 over the past year will finally be confirmed or proven false next month, with the iPhone 12 reveal tipped to take place on October 13. That's later than normal due to COVID disruptions earlier in the year, with many rumors also claiming Apple will stagger the retail releases of the different handset models.
There will be four models to choose from, with the smallest being the iPhone 12 Mini, measuring just 5.4 inches across, and the normal iPhone 12 (also perhaps called the iPhone 12 Max) measuring 6.1 inches. These two phones will both have OLED displays, 5G-ready A14 Bionic chipsets and two rear cameras — a main sensor and an ultrawide sensor.
For users seeking the pinnacle of iPhone 12 performance, there's the rumored 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max. These offer the same internal parts and cameras as the other two models, but add on a telephoto camera and a LiDAR sensor to the rear array for better long-distance, close-up and portrait effect photography.