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Coupeville is the heart of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve on Whidbey Island, centrally located between Port Townsend, Deception Pass State Park (and bridge), Anacortes, LaConner and Langley. Make Coupeville your base to see the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, Anacortes' Oyster Run, and other area attractions.People Make This Town
The aquatic life of Penn Cove and Admiralty Inlet, as well as Ebey's Prairie, attracted native Americans to the area. Isaac Ebey and Captain Thomas Coupe were instrumental in European settlement of Central Whidbey. Today, town leadership draws from retired military, educators and businesspeople. Volunteers are the driving force behind activities as diverse as the Arts & Crafts Festival, Penn Cove Mussel Festival, Concerts on the Cove, Island County Historical Society, Ebey's Trust Board and many other civic programs.Links
Whidbey PanoramasVisit Coupeville, On Scenic Whidbey Island
Come to Coupeville, and come closer to art, history, and nature. This quiet waterfront farming community—the heart of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve on Whidbey Island—still reflects the character of a frontier seaport when Puget Sound was being settled.Beyond its historical significance, Coupeville and Whidbey Island offer a combination of geography, flora and fauna that lift spirits and fill the heart. Throughout Ebey's Reserve, from the Madrona Way shoreline of Penn Cove to the beach and bluff at Ebey's Landing, you'll share space with farmers and bald eagles, gray whales and bicyclists, sea otters and kayakers.
Use this site to find central Whidbey activities, Coupeville area accommodations, places to eat, sights to see in Ebey's Reserve and more ways to enjoy your visit.
Creativity In Coupeville
Coupeville is a Mecca for artists of all stripes: visual, performing and culinary. Visual artists in every medium find inspiration in the shorelines, forests, prairies and waters of central Whidbey Island, as well as in the structures and spirit of the town of Coupeville. Many are attracted to hone their talents at the Pacific Northwest Art School. Some settle on Whidbey Island to assimilate the aura. Their studios and galleries offer literal and figurative representations of the life and landscape of Coupeville, Washington, executed as paintings, photographs, encaustics, pottery, baskets, jewelry, woodcarving and more. Coupeville is also the hub of the annual Spring and Summer Studio Tours, showcasing Whidbey's finest artists and craftspeople.Food artistry is manifested in a range of dining opportunities. The coffee shops, chocolate purveyor, cafes and restaurants are all conducted with individuality and creativity that attract Whidbey Island residents as well as visitors.
Professional, retired and talented amateur musicians (and visiting performers) contribute to the lively concert series throughout the year. You might find them at the band shell in Coupeville's Town Park, singing in the streets or adding auditory dimension to an art show at the Coupeville Recreation Hall.
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The annual revival of the historic Coupeville Water Festival returns May 18, 2013 to bring families together to enjoy Native American canoe racing, entertainment, crafts and culture while learning how to appreciate and protect the water environment that shapes life in Puget Sound.
The annual revival of the historic Coupeville Water Festival returns May 18, 2013 to bring families together to enjoy Native American canoe racing, entertainment, crafts and culture while learning how to appreciate and protect the water environment that shapes life in Puget Sound.


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Posted 26 March 2012 - 02:25 PM
Coming soon: "Express (Train) Mail from Amtrak, when it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight unless there's a grade crossing incident or maybe some flooding or UP's computers go blooey, in which case it may be a few hours late."
Edited by reefgeek, 26 March 2012 - 02:29 PM.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 06:00 PM
There is also the need to have mail trains everywhere you have tracks, and for many locations the tracks are also gone, so there is no possibility of restoring the trains at all.
When you were hiring guys that grew up on farms where you were out in all kinds of weather, and a lot still animal power for the machinerey, a job of this nature was not considered bad. Also, these guys were doing this with a 38 on their hip. Again, if you grew up shooting for the fun of it, carrying a piece that you know how and when to use was no big deal either.
Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:24 PM
Posted 26 March 2012 - 09:28 PM
A couple of times, I've seen a pallet of mail going on or off the baggage car; but, in general, I don't see the volume to start regular service via passenger train. The USPS already has a contract with FedEx, and continues to move mail on commercial air passenger flights.Maybe Amtrak could get some business with UPS and FedEx, which both seem to send less-than-overnight shipments at a reduced cost, and concentrate on parcels.
UPS already uses rail for its ground packages. I've watched the tracking as packages boarded an NS train to Chicago, and then a BNSF train to San Pablo. Heck, I had a package in a derailment once!
Posted 27 March 2012 - 10:25 AM
Posted 27 March 2012 - 12:37 PM
Yes, and they handled mail even in the earliest days. However, this discussion hasn't so far differentiated between the RPO mail, first class mail which was sorted and handled enroute, and storage mail, which was largely 3rd class. RPOs were pulled out of service by the Post Office in 1967 with a very few exceptions, and railroads were paid very well for handling this mail, including fares for the RPO clerks. The infrastructure that other posters have pointed is the infrastructure to handle RPOs and that is all gone. RPOs are never coming back because it makes no economic sense to sort mail on the fly, even if the network was still in place. Much more efficient to use large sorting centers which can leverage technology, instead of clerks tossing mail into sorting slots in an RPO car.Amtrak used to haul mail, even in the 1990s. But the system was cancelled by Davis Gunn because the mail was causing more problems than benefits.
Storage mail remained on the train after 1967, but were pretty much at freight rates, and the private RRs sometimes handled it on passenger trains, sometimes on fast freights. Amtrak retained this storage mail business on passenger trains, sometimes tried to grow the business, until, as pointed out, David Gunn got out of the business.
Finally, much of the bottom line of the private RRs passenger trains was supported by first class mail and express from Railway Express Agency, with something like 40% of the revenue coming from "head-end" business. When the mail went, and when REA pulled away from many trains and moved to trucks because the network had gotten so thin, that was the final blow and trains came off with the loss of that revenue. So there very much is precendent for handling express on passenger trains, and it was a key component of the economic equation of passenger trains, back in the day.
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 12:54 PM
As has been mentioned above, UPS uses rail freight extensively. They try and put every package going more than 500 miles (IIRC, the figure may actually be even less than that) on a train. FedEx is starting to do so for some freight shipments, but have not had any interest yet for their small package division. As fuel prices increase, I think you will see FedEx be more willing to utilize rail. I firmly believe the USPS should start utilizing rail to a greater degree, but passenger rail is not in the cards - any future involving rail is going to be trailer on flatcar or transported in containers. Utilizing Amtrak trains, with their limited capacity and frequencies, simply doesn't make sense from the point of the USPS. Devoting enough capacity on the train to make it worthwhile for the USPS doesn't make sense for Amtrak (see the mail & express era and all the problems it caused). Same thing with UPS and FedEx. This is what a UPS train looks like. Amtrak wouldn't have space for one trailer's worth of parcels in a baggage car, let alone the whole train!
If USPS goes rail, they'll go with trailers on intermodal cars, not with shoving a few pallets on a heritage bag. With the exception of some highly congested freight cities, the freight roads are more efficient at moving packages than Amtrak could ever hope to be simply because of the frequency of the trains they run. How many trains does the NS run between Pittsburgh and Philly each day? Several dozen. How many trains does Amtrak run? 2
Posted 27 March 2012 - 01:13 PM
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 01:30 PM
True, but can you actually send ANYTHING across the country by freight rail faster than by passsenger rail - even in the most optimized of conditions?
Yes because you aren't limited to the routes that Amtrak runs. You want to ship a package from Washington DC to Houston TX. To go via Amtrak, it is going to be routed through Chicago. There have to be more than half a dozen better freight routes that a package train could take. Want to ship something from Cumberland to Albany? You're better off walking it there yourself than shipping it Amtrak, but it is one zone for UPS which means it will be there typically in 2 days even with ground service.
Posted 27 March 2012 - 01:45 PM
True, but can you actually send ANYTHING across the country by freight rail faster than by passsenger rail - even in the most optimized of conditions?
Probably not, but if a high priority intermodal freight train is too slow, then likely air freight is what's desired. The fundamental problem is that Amtrak has a small number of trains with baggage service and limited cargo capacity in each baggage car. So there's a very limited market in what they can transport efficiently. Any business shipper is going to want to be able to move volume, which Amtrak can't handle.
Posted 27 March 2012 - 01:56 PM
Posted 27 March 2012 - 04:42 PM
Intermodals are only 10mph slower than passenger but sustain their speed for longer periods of time (no station stops) The average end to end speed is possibly higher due to preferential dispatching.
Wouldn't argue there, I was just factoring in the time required for unloading of the train and drayage in the freight example. Whereas in the passenger example, I was assuming the shipment would be immediately available upon arrival (though likely it still would need to be transported to it's final destination). But I'd agree with you, in the end, the speeds are probably neck and neck, if not the freight being faster.
Posted 28 March 2012 - 02:59 PM
In the old days, the main PO of a city was almost always nearby the main passenger station. No longer.
Actually, our main PO is still just two blocks from the passenger station. It is just that the passenger station is abandoned and falling down, and the rails have been ripped up from the bed.
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2013-06-19 19:14:00 (16 comments, 58 reshares, 300 +1s)
Fancy a little theatre with your summer solstice? The +Royal Shakespeare Company worked with some creative Googlers to bring you "Midsummer Night's Dreaming," an interactive digital theatre project. This weekend, alongside a real, live, classic performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a parallel play will be acted out online, with help from Internet thespians around the world. Visit http://dream40.org/, follow +Royal Shakespeare Company or join the Midsummer Night's Dreaming community: http://goo.gl/r7aCL to learn more and join the fun with Puck, Oberon, Titania and all the rest.
2013-06-19 16:20:03 (7 comments, 16 reshares, 217 +1s)
Congratulations to the 84 recipients and finalists of the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship and Google Scholarship for Students with Disabilities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa—two scholarships aimed at encouraging underrepresented students to enter the computing field. Find a list of all scholars: http://g.co/8jr2
2013-06-18 22:34:10 (40 comments, 68 reshares, 603 +1s)
The next time you're whipping up food in the kitchen, consult Google Voice Search on iOS or Android. Say that you want to impress your friends with delicious potato salad for a picnic. Tap the microphone in the Google Search app and ask "What's the best recipe for potato salad?" If you've got messy fingers while dicing up those spuds and want to know a measurement conversion—for instance, from pints to liters—just say "How many pints are in liter" and Google will tell you. You'll be done in the kitchen before you know it!
#searchtips #googlesearch
2013-06-18 19:59:25 (76 comments, 93 reshares, 509 +1s)
We have long pushed for transparency so users can better understand the extent to which governments request their data—and Google was the first company to release numbers for National Security Letters. However, greater transparency is needed, so today we have petitioned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow us to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures, separately. Lumping national security requests together with criminal requests—as some companies have been permitted to do—would be a backward step for our users.
2013-06-18 16:40:25 (61 comments, 299 reshares, 982 +1s)
Starting today, when you search Google for restaurants, bars or other local places on your desktop, you'll see an interactive "carousel" of local results at the top of the page.
Give it a go—type or say "mexican restaurants," or try any similar search for restaurants, bars or hotels. Click on one of the places in the carousel to get more details on it, including its overall review-based score, address and photos. If you want to see more places, click the arrow at the right of the carousel. And you can zoom in on the map that appears below the carousel to restrict your search to only places in a specific area.
While some iPad and Nexus tablet users have seen this new look since December, we're excited to expand to desktop. The interactive "carousel" is rolling out in English in the U.S.—we'll add more features and languages over time.
2013-06-18 15:01:42 (6 comments, 29 reshares, 315 +1s)
Join the live Hangout on Air with Susan Wojcicki, SVP of Advertising and Commerce, and three AdSense publishers to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We'll share stories from the early days and discuss the future for publishers and online advertising.
We'll add the Hangout On Air link to this event page when the session begins on June 18th at 10am PDT (5pm GMT). Hope to see you there!
Submit a live question about AdSense to Susan using the hashtag #adsense10onair. Please note that she won't be able to address individual account questions.
2013-06-17 20:45:15 (51 comments, 166 reshares, 566 +1s)
"Dear Girls of the World, the technology industry needs you." Read +Susan Wojcicki's open letter on why it's important for more women to work in tech—part of CNN's "Girl Rising" project: http://goo.gl/8EDYf
2013-06-17 19:16:01 (43 comments, 42 reshares, 400 +1s)
Beginning this summer, you'll be able to find Chromebooks in 6,000+ stores around the world—more than 3x as many as before—including +Walmart and +Staples in the U.S., Tesco in the U.K. and more: http://g.co/77rd
2013-06-17 16:15:22 (34 comments, 56 reshares, 795 +1s)
A doodle for Henry Lawson, one of Australia's most famous writers, who captured the outback life in his poems and who was born 146 years ago on June 17, 1867.
2013-06-17 15:18:46 (22 comments, 134 reshares, 362 +1s)
To the builders, bakers and bear-resistant cooler makers: Happy Small Business Week! In celebration of all the small businesses out there, we've put together a site with some Google tools that are designed to help you take care of your business: http://g.co/sjmt
We'll also be sharing stories of some great small businesses all week on the +Google+ Your Business page, so stay tuned.
2013-06-17 01:20:10 (43 comments, 126 reshares, 1123 +1s)
In Spain Sunday we marked the 1,000th anniversary of the Kingdom of Granada with a doodle illustrating the city's iconic architecture and the Moorish palace, the Alhambra.
2013-06-17 00:08:25 (42 comments, 50 reshares, 638 +1s)
As part of our continued commitment to combating child exploitation online, we've announced $5 million in support to child protection partners like the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, as well as a $2 million Child Protection Technology Fund to encourage the development of more effective tools to detect child sexual abuse images. Read more on our blog: http://g.co/2t2z
2013-06-16 17:32:19 (56 comments, 118 reshares, 1571 +1s)
Happy Father's Day! On our homepage, find an interactive salute to dads of all kinds—visit google.com to see it.
2013-06-15 16:29:30 (69 comments, 121 reshares, 811 +1s)
We have always believed that it's important to differentiate between different types of government requests. We already publish criminal requests separately from National Security Letters: http://goo.gl/OCFck Lumping the two categories together would be a step back for users. Our request to the government is clear: to be able to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures, separately.
For more background please read this New York Times piece: http://goo.gl/t5P7e
2013-06-15 03:22:09 (87 comments, 505 reshares, 1527 +1s)
For 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. Today we are unveiling our latest moonshot from Google [x] - Project Loon: balloon-powered internet access. Learn more: goo.gl/3VUHC
2013-06-15 00:33:48 (42 comments, 101 reshares, 1086 +1s)
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the mountain viewing
Wishing a happy birthday to Japanese poet and haiku master Kobayashi Issa. Issa often wrote about insects, snails and other small creatures, such as the frog that's the subject of today's doodle on google.co.jp.
2013-06-14 23:12:54 (128 comments, 39 reshares, 269 +1s)
This month, the Supreme Court will likely rule on the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California's Proposition 8. In anticipation of these decisions, next week +msnbc will host a series of Hangouts on Air discussing marriage equality. Find out more about the full slate of Hangouts, which will bring together MSNBC anchors with experts, celebrities and members of the Google+ community, on our Politics blog: http://goo.gl/DsGul
2013-06-14 14:55:08 (10 comments, 30 reshares, 224 +1s)
Here's a link to the U.S. wildfires map from Google Crisis Response: http://goo.gl/B1zcd It features the latest from coemergency.com, fire locations, shelter info and more.
2013-06-13 22:46:38 (45 comments, 123 reshares, 1046 +1s)
Let's say you're planning a trip to Maui and want to see images of the beaches so you can visit the best ones. Try using Google's related images at the top of the results and you can find the most relevant pictures for your destination. A search for [maui beaches] will show you tons of gorgeous beaches, but checking out those related images at the top of the results like Black Rock, Makena and Maui Beaches Maps will help you see more specific results. When you click on the related images query, you'll see a snapshot of the results and you can click View all images to see even more and visit their sites to learn more.
#searchtips #googlesearch
2013-06-13 15:34:38 (20 comments, 109 reshares, 608 +1s)
From nutrition info to bike trails and awesome playlists, getting healthy just got a little easier using Google tools: http://goo.gl/vUKDr
2013-06-12 21:03:46 (97 comments, 177 reshares, 871 +1s)
When you use your phone, sometimes it's easier to handwrite and use gestures than type. We've updated our Gesture Search app (http://goo.gl/9LNRC) for your Android phone or tablet to recognize a mix of over 40 languages for quick access to content in an array of languages. You can simply draw a number or letter and access, contacts, applications, bookmarks, settings, music, and more all with the swipe of your finger on the screen. You can even use transliteration across many languages so you could write [pinyin] for Chinese instead of writing native characters potentially use more strokes. This also works for other languages where transliteration is used more often. For example, you can write [arhus] for [Århus]. Update your app and start drawing your searches today!
2013-06-12 17:12:47 (31 comments, 102 reshares, 395 +1s)
Play Cube Slam face-to-face against your friends in Chrome!
Cube Slam is a Chrome Experiment built with +WebRTC, an open web technology that lets you video chat right in the browser, without installing any plug-ins.
To play Cube Slam, visit cubeslam.com, click "Play a friend," and share the unique URL. You and your friend's video feeds will appear across from each other in the game arena, so you can video chat while you play.
Have fun!
2013-06-12 13:21:41 (65 comments, 182 reshares, 599 +1s)
We've partnered with +Burberry to create a new experience that lets you send kisses around the world from any device. This is the latest project in Art, Copy & Code, our ongoing series to re-imagine how brands tell stories in a connected world. Pucker up at kisses.burberry.com, and learn more on our blog: http://goo.gl/9ZpJN
2013-06-11 23:53:39 (80 comments, 262 reshares, 1601 +1s)
Hang tight! Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival with a doodle in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.
2013-06-11 22:05:21 (77 comments, 253 reshares, 1088 +1s)
Breaking news. For the first time ever. MSFT agrees with Google.
2013-06-11 20:46:33 (5 comments, 10 reshares, 134 +1s)
The first-ever Google Journalism Fellows (http://g.co/eczr) kicked off their summer with a week in Miami hosted with the Knight Foundation, profiling local startups for WLRN. After hitting the NPR airwaves, the Fellows are now at their host organizations, which include Pew Research Center and ProPublica. More about the Fellows' time in Miami:
2013-06-11 19:28:49 (30 comments, 34 reshares, 388 +1s)
With wedding season in full swing, turn to the Google Search App to help you look your best for the big day, whether it's your own or not. Do your nails need some love? Ask "Where can I get a manicure?" Haircut looking shaggy? Say "Where can I get a haircut?" For these questions, you'll see the top listings for businesses in the area near you. Plus, you'll get user reviews and ratings so you can pick the best spot, especially if you're an out-of-town guest without local know-how. And while you should probably plan your outfit ahead, know that you can ask "Where can I rent a tuxedo?" Fear not, the Google Search App won't think less of you for it!
#searchtips #googlesearch
2013-06-11 17:33:38 (58 comments, 135 reshares, 445 +1s)
This morning we sent a letter to the offices of the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation asking the government to allow Google to publish more national security requests for data. Read the full letter on our blog: http://g.co/j3u5
2013-06-11 17:00:52 (10 comments, 32 reshares, 325 +1s)
Hurry! Click over to www.GoogleScienceFair.com right now! Be one of the first to find out who the the 2013 regional finalists are and remember to explore the interactive map.
2013-06-11 16:09:17 (19 comments, 32 reshares, 181 +1s)
Last week we hosted an event, "How Green is the Internet?", to explore the impact of the Internet on the environment. Today, we're building on that discussion with the release of a study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), which shows that migrating all U.S. office workers to the cloud could save up to 87 percent of IT energy use—about 23 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, or enough to power the city of Los Angeles for a year. Read more about the study on our blog: http://g.co/re3k and watch our video for highlights from last week's summit:
2013-06-11 15:48:14 (53 comments, 258 reshares, 800 +1s)
To help you outsmart traffic, today we're excited to announce we've closed the acquisition of Waze. We look forward to working with them in our ongoing effort to make a comprehensive, accurate and useful map of the world. Read more: http://g.co/253t
2013-06-11 14:11:31 (83 comments, 171 reshares, 1372 +1s)
Happy National Day to Portugal! The Galo de Barcelos helps us celebrate the occasion with a doodle on google.pt today.
Update: Thanks to those of you who corrected us - June 10 is Portugal's National Day, not Independence Day.
2013-06-10 18:07:48 (16 comments, 109 reshares, 395 +1s)
Enjoy a short film sharing the story of the WEIZAC, Israel's first computer, which performed its first calculation in 1955. Read more about the WEIZAC: http://g.co/9ur7
2013-06-10 14:21:25 (77 comments, 153 reshares, 1385 +1s)
Let the wild rumpus begin! Our homepage in the U.S. and other countries today is a rousing tribute to children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. Visit google.com to see a veritable parade of Sendak's beloved characters, from Max to Bumble-Ardy.
2013-06-09 00:51:23 (52 comments, 92 reshares, 1314 +1s)
In Slovenia Saturday, our doodle marked the 505th birthday of Primož Trubar, author of the first Slovene language printed book.
2013-06-08 06:18:22 (287 comments, 374 reshares, 1419 +1s)
From +David Drummond, Chief Legal Officer: We cannot say this more clearly—the government does not have access to Google servers—not directly, or via a back door, or a so-called drop box. Nor have we received blanket orders of the kind being discussed in the media. It is quite wrong to insinuate otherwise. We provide user data to governments only in accordance with the law. Our legal team reviews each and every request, and frequently pushes back when requests are overly broad or don't follow the correct process. And we have taken the lead in being as transparent as possible about government requests for user information.
2013-06-07 20:03:17 (75 comments, 159 reshares, 668 +1s)
Dear Google users—
You may be aware of press reports alleging that Internet companies have joined a secret U.S. government program called PRISM to give the National Security Agency direct access to our servers. As Google's CEO and Chief Legal Officer, we wanted you to have the facts.
First, we have not joined any program that would give the U.S. government—or any other government—direct access to our servers. Indeed, the U.S. government does not have direct access or a "back door" to the information stored in our data centers. We had not heard of a program called PRISM until yesterday.
Second, we provide user data to governments only in accordance with the law. Our legal team reviews each and every request, and frequently pushes back when requests are overly broad or don't follow the correct process. Press reports that suggest that Google is providing open-ended ac... more »
2013-06-07 18:05:03 (39 comments, 37 reshares, 604 +1s)
When you're out and about in a new place, knowing fun things nearby can help you make the most of your visit. Say that you're moseying around Washington, D.C. and want to take in some of the sights. Check Google Now on the Google Search app for iPhone and Android and you'll see a card for Nearby attractions like the White House, National Mall and Washington Monument. Each attraction is labeled with the distance from your current location and when you click on one, you'll be taken to a page that highlights info such as contact info, hours and reviews. To embark on your adventure, simply tap on Directions and Google Maps will help you find your way.
#searchtips #googlesearch
2013-06-07 15:18:50 (24 comments, 189 reshares, 568 +1s)
Want to tell a visual story of interesting places—from your favorite restaurants to newly discovered hiking trails? Learn to do all this and more with Mapping with Google, a new online course beginning this Monday, June 10. It's not too late to register—visit g.co/mappingcourse today. All registrants receive an invite to the new Google maps. #mappingcourse
2013-06-06 23:37:12 (30 comments, 71 reshares, 278 +1s)
Attention, bug hunters! In an update to our Vulnerability Reward Program for web properties, we're paying higher rewards for security bugs we can fix to make our most critical services even more secure. Are you up to the challenge?
2013-06-06 21:42:01 (54 comments, 46 reshares, 461 +1s)
In 2007, I partnered with Davis Guggenheim, Jeff Skoll and a talented team of movie-makers to bring the discussion of the climate crisis and how to solve it into the mainstream. Seven years later, the discussion continues and the stakes have never been higher. Every day we continue to see the terrifying power of rising global temperatures—from stronger storms to larger floods, from fierce wildfires to parching droughts, from rising seas to the extinction of species —we must halt the climate crisis.
Join Jeff Skoll and me as we discuss the climate crisis and its solutions—live on Google+ on June 11th at 2PM EST. We want to hear from you. Please submit your thoughts, ideas and experiences to the Science on Google+ Community and we will pick the most insightful responses .
I look forward to hearing from you. Post your ideas here: http://ow.ly/lKmN5
2013-06-06 16:30:07 (15 comments, 33 reshares, 342 +1s)
+Al Gore, +Eric Schmidt and industry experts are on stage today to discuss the environmental impacts and benefits of the Internet at our "How green is the Internet?" summit. Watch the live stream now at www.youtube.com/googlegreen.
2013-06-05 21:00:43 (27 comments, 73 reshares, 965 +1s)
Happy 295th birthday to furniture designer Thomas Chippendale! We've made over our U.K. homepage today in recognition of the cabinet-maker's quintessentially British designs.
2013-06-05 19:03:29 (34 comments, 94 reshares, 926 +1s)
In Spain, we're paying tribute to 20th century poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca, known for his rich symbolism and works such as "Bodas de sangre," the inspiration for today's evocative doodle.
2013-06-05 16:57:59 (23 comments, 72 reshares, 537 +1s)
A couple of weeks ago, we revamped Google Trends to include Top Charts, a monthly roundup of 40+ top 10 lists that showcase the people, places and things that captured people's attention on Google Search (http://g.co/a3fa). Today, we're releasing Top Charts for May, and we're expanding some charts to include the top 20 or top 100 search topics in the category. You can do take a deeper dive in the Top Charts for People, Sports Teams, Athletes, Actors, TV Shows and many more: http://g.co/gb46.
We've also expanded Hot Searches to Germany (http://g.co/y87s).
2013-06-05 16:00:12 (97 comments, 79 reshares, 392 +1s)
Tune in tomorrow at 9:30 am PDT to hear +Al Gore, +Eric Schmidt and industry experts discuss the environmental impacts and benefits of the Internet. Watch the live stream of our "How green is the Internet?" summit at www.youtube.com/googlegreen.
2013-06-04 21:46:02 (98 comments, 644 reshares, 1644 +1s)
Heard about +The Internship, the new Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy coming out this Friday? See what it's really like to spend the summer at Google from five of our #realinterns: google.com/students.
2013-06-04 19:47:49 (55 comments, 86 reshares, 570 +1s)
When you're stressed out at work, have you ever considered meditation as a way to relax and regain focus? A few years ago, one of our massage therapists based in Kirkland, Wash. started a guided meditation program, "MindBody Awareness," as part of the Googler-to-Googler (g2g) program in which Googlers teach, share and learn from each other. Employees who have participated in the class tell us that they're better able to manage work stress thanks to some of the techniques they've learned there.
Read more about g2g meditation at Google, plus a few de-stressing tips from us: http://g.co/vqd4
2013-06-04 17:17:44 (21 comments, 56 reshares, 449 +1s)
At #io13 , we announced another addition to the Knowledge Graph: populations. Say that you're watching "Portlandia" and want to find out how many people live in Portland, Ore. On your mobile device, ask Google, "What's the population of Portland?" In addition to providing you with an answer to your immediate question, Google also shows you the answers to potential follow-up questions people often ask. On the card, you'll see the current populations of Seattle and San Francisco charted against Portland on an interactive graph that allows you to see each city's population change over time.
#searchtips #googlesearch
2013-06-04 16:10:20 (28 comments, 71 reshares, 756 +1s)
Wishing a happy birthday to Ukrainian architect Vladislav Gorodetsky, known for his many contributions to Kiev's urban development, in particular the "House with Chimaeras," an Art Nouveau building ornately decorated with sculptures of exotic animals.
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Karl, I missed your second post before I responded. To reiterate - I am not a proponent of hard money, per se. Rather, I am a proponent of a free market in money - private money, metal money, money made out of giant round stones, doesn't matter to me. My point is that I wish for no government mandates or favoritism, other than they get to tell me what kind of money I must use to pay their transaction taxes with. You can continue to use FRNs, I'll use gold. It's called freedom. 2011-05-22 23:07:28


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"The Last Recruit" reminded me very much of the song "One Day More" in the musical theatre version of Les Miserables. Both Lost and Les Miserables involve epic stories with ensemble casts. Although I've not seen the episodes to come after "The Last Recruit," what's clear is that the, like "One Day More," the episode served to move all characters into place for their final act. Both TLR and ODM occur right before an intermission – on Broadway, the lights come up and you get to pee and buy ju-ju bees. On TV, Lost has a one week hiatus before hitting the home stretch. Finally, both TLR and ODM temporarily bring the entire cast together before sending them all back out on their respective paths of destiny. Of course, the comparison is not perfect. ODM is a legitimate show stopper – the kind of rousing anthem that makes you buy the overpriced soundtrack album in the lobby after the show lets out. By contrast, TLR, for all its advancement of the plot, and its solving of one particular lingering mystery, felt a bit lurchy, like the chess pieces were being yanked and pulled around, sometimes in uncharacteristic ways, just so they can get where they need to be going forward. In the larger scheme of Lost, this doesn't bother me, and the episode was fine in the watching, mostly because so much happened. It just wasn't a classic the way "Happily Ever After" was two weeks ago. Anyway, on with it!
Flash-Sideways: Alterna-Everybody
As with "One Day More," or, more appropriately, the Oscar-winning movie "Crash," the entire principal cast crossed paths in little flash-sideways vignettes this week. First, we got the return to Alterna-Locke in the wake of last week's vicious Desmond2-inflicted hit and run. Dr. Linus rides with him in the ambulance. The paramedics blurt out the line that I suspected last week – Locke2's wheelchair saved him from taking the full impact of the car crash (which, if, like me, you believe Desmond2 was not expressly trying to kill Locke2, explains part of how he knew his actions would not prove fatal). Ben2 says he barely knows the substitute, except for his last name and the fact that he's paralyzed (and yet, this version of Ben Linus didn't hesitate before accompanying a virtual stranger to the hospital to look after him – something I doubt even "new" Ben would contemplate on the island). Locke2 says he "was gonna" marry Helen Norwood. Ben2 assures he still will because he'll be ok. As they arrive, Locke2 and Sun2 (who is taken from the next ambulance over, fresh from her Mikhail2-inflicted gunshot wound) are wheeled in in parallel. Sun2 sees Locke2 and recognizes him, and says, in Korean, "no, no, it's him, it's him."
Aside #1 – Since the method to Desmond2's madness seems to be to try to get the alterna-Losties to flash recognize their island selves, let's view these scenes through that prism. I interpret Locke2's reference to his pending marriage to Helen2 in the past tense as a sign that he's been infiltrated, in part, by his (departed) island self. He seems as surprised as anything by the realization that he was bound to marry his lost love, which I take as a sign that the "real" John Locke is no longer dead, and now has something to live for in his broken Sideways body. Of course, the other alternative is that Locke2, who already urged Helen2 to leave him over his paralysis, now just assumed, whatever the outcome of this accident, it somehow cost him the marriage he never felt he deserved. I prefer my first reading.
Then there's Sun. Rather than gain insight into herself, she recognized Locke. The terrified reaction suggested she remembered him, not as his former wacky self, but more as the monster whose offer to reunite her with Jin she rejected. That said, it's hard to tell if she had a full Hurley-type download of her island memories, or if she's just skimming the surface of additional insight.
And now…the big continuity problem of the episode. We know from "The Package" that Sun2 was shot within 2 days of having arrived from
Det. Ford2 offers Kate2 an apple. He reads her rap sheet. "Funny, you don't strike me as the murdering kind," he grins. "That's because I'm not," she insists. (I kind of believe her…more on that in the next aside) "You be sure to mention that to the Feds when they get here," James2 retorts. He asks if she thinks it's weird they met up at the airport before she smashed into his car. It's as if someone was trying to put them together, he surmises. He denies having seen her handcuffs at the airport. She thinks he let her go because he didn't want anyone to know he was in
Aside #2 – At this point, I see no reason to revise my assumption that the characters' sideways lives reflect an opportunity they've been given to change one thing about their pre-815 existences. As such, it's telling to see what has changed for Kate2. She did not choose to have her life on the lam erased (if indeed conscious choice was involved). Rather, the change in her sideways life is that, while she's still accused of murder, she's actually innocent. Yes, that's right, I really do believe her when she says she didn't do it, since island Kate was always about justifying her violent act, and not pretending it didn't happen. So if her heart's desire was to not have the crime on her cosmic conscience, it suggests that her justifications to herself never quite worked on a fundamental level.
Now, about James2's assumption that someone is trying to bring them together: I don't get the sense that this particular happenstance has Desmond2's fingerprints on it. What this suggests is that, whichever universe they're in, course correction is in full effect (and Desmond2 is simply functioning as "course correction's agent," in much the same way Eloise Hawking did in "Flashes Before Your Eyes").
Claire2 signs in for an appointment with the Western Pacific Adoption Agency. Desmond2 greets her at the security desk, and recalls meeting her at the airport. Creepily, he reads her name off the sign-in sheet and introduces himself. She says he was right about it being a boy. He follows her, and suggests she should have some legal representation before going to an adoption agency. He says he knows a lawyer, who he's on his way to see at that very moment. She selects 15, and he says he's going there, too. He urges Claire2 to see this lawyer, and promises it won't cost her a cent. He leads her to the lawyer's office, and… it's Ilana2 (sans accent)! Ilana2 hugs Desmond2, and when he introduces her to "Claire(2)
Sayid2 returns to Noor2's house and starts packing, quickly. She asks what's going on, and he tells her, "everything will be ok for you, now, but I have to leave." He says he's never going to be able to come back, again. The doorbell rings, and he says, "stall them." It's Miles2. She opens the door. He sees the suitcase, but as Sayid2 tries to flee out the back, Ford2 catches him in the backyard.
Aside #3: I thought the story was going to take Miles2 and James2 to the hospital, to interview Jin2, perhaps with the aid of Korean-speaking Charlotte2. Instead, they somehow were able to figure out from a single photo of Sayid2, not only who he was, but what local relative's house he'd be staying at. Again, a little herky-jerky, but I guess it served to move the plot forward. Given island Sawyer's increasing animosity towards the possessed Iraqi, I wonder if spending time together will get these two to have their flashes.
Jack2 and his son arrive at Ilana2's office. David's mother (who we still don't see – anyone at this point think it's not Juliet?) calls, and Jack2 says he'll have him home at 5, but a longing glance from David, and he pushes it to 7. Jack2 assures him it will be sad to hear the will read, and David says he's sad for Jack2. Ilana2 asks if Jack2 believes in fate. In the conference room, he's introduced to Claire2. Jack2, who only knew her name from the will, asks how she knew his father. And she tells him – he was my father, too. As Jack2 processes this, he gets a call, and he tells the hospital to go ahead and prep. He apologizes to Ilana2 (and, out of politeness, Claire2), but he has to get to the hospital for an emergency.
Aside #4: For any other character, the discovery that Claire2 was his sister would have been enough of a jolt to push Jack2 to have his island flash. But Jack2 is right back in the "man of science" mode his island counterpart is only now shedding. Mysteries and miracles don't faze him, not when he has crises and medical emergencies to tend to. So, at least at this point, no island flash (and, after getting past the appendix scar, the Charlie2 rescue, and seeing Kate2 on the run, you kind of wonder if he'll need to have a lighthouse literally fall on him to "see" his other life).
Sun2 awakens, Jin2 asleep, holding her hand. She calls for him. He wakes up. She asks what happened. He tells her she was shot, but will be ok. She asks about the baby, and he says the baby is fine. He tells her it's over, and they're all going to be ok.
Aside #5 – "the baby is fine" was a nice moment for these two, but it pales in comparison to their big island moment this episode. There's also no real sense that Sun2 awoke with the same realization of her island life as she had while bleeding from a gunshot wound. Jin2, of course, has shown no sign of flashing.
In the hallway, Jack2 and David walk by Jin2 and Sun2. David can't believe Jack2 never knew he had a sister. "Grandfather kept a lot of things to himself," Jack2 apologizes for his departed father. "Now I know where you get it from," David playfully observes. David wishes him luck. Jack examines the x-ray, which, of course, belongs to Locke2, and sees a tricky dural sac problem. "Yeah, I got this." He goes into the O.R., and sees himself in the mirror under the operating table, and then sees Locke2's face in it. Jack2 suddenly realizes, "I think I know this guy."
Aside #6 – Ah, spinal surgeon Jack and his dural sacs. Astute Lost watchers will recall that, back in the pilot, Jack told Kate about his first solo surgery, in which he nicked a dural sac, and nearly killed the patient, before he dug down and found the strength and focus to continue. In last season's finale, we learned that this episode in his island life widened the wedge between Jack and his father, and immediately preceded his touch from Jacob. Now, Jack2 confronts the same surgical crisis, only here, it's at a time where it most likely will serve to jumpstart his personal island flash. Moreover, it comes at a time when the life at stake is another sideways Lostie, also on the verge of self-realization. So, the question that remains is, does Jack2 recognize Locke2 from their LAX airport exchange, or does his view of his island frienemy bring back memories of their other selves' connection, of his desperate (failed) attempt to save Boone, of the whole "last recruit" status the island bestows upon him in this very episode? Indeed, Jack2's almost willful blindness to his other existence suggests he is, indeed, the last recruit in both worlds.
Island – Also Everybody
Picking up where "Everybody Loves Hugo" left off, Flocke greets the last member of Team Hurley to enter the clearing. "Hello, Jack. I was hoping you'd come." Flocke takes Hurley's torch, and invites Jack to "catch up" with him. Jack follows, but only after getting the blessing (a better you than me) from his new spiritual guidepost, Hurley (who may just as easily have been relinquishing the reigns on island destiny to his once and future leader).
Flocke plants his torch. Jack marvels, "you look just like him." "Does that bother you," old Smokey asks. "No," Jack responds, "what bothers me is I don't have any idea what the hell you are." "Sure you do," Flocke responds.
Aside #7: What the heck does Flocke mean here? He had always insisted deep down he was a man, who just wants to go home. I don't get that at all underlying the "sure you do," as though Flocke knows he's more than just that, and more than just a "smoke monster," and, what's more, he knows that Jack knows this, too. I'm betting we'll get smokey's backstory two episodes from now. But now back to our scene…
Changing the subject (deep realizations are never Jack's strong suit), he asks, "why John Locke?" "Because," Smokey eagerly explains, as though he has longed to unload this on someone worthy, "he was stupid enough to believe he was brought here for a reason, because he pursued that belief until it got him killed, and because you were kind enough to bring his body back here in a nice wooden box." He confirms someone has to be dead before he can take their form. Jack tries to build to his real query by asking who else Smokey has been, but when prompted instead to ask the "real" question, Jack asks if he was his father. "Yes, that was me," Flocke candidly admits. "Why?" Jack asks, and we wonder if he means "why him" or "why me?" Flocke shrugs, "you needed to find water. This may be hard for you to believe, Jack, but all I've ever been interested in is helping you." "To help me to do what," an incredulous Jack asks. "Leave," says Flocke, his familiar diatribe just getting started. "But because Jacob chose you, you were trapped on this island, before you ever even got here." He assures Jack, with Jacob dead they can leave, but it has always had to be to be together. Jack protests that Locke was the only one who believed in the island. "He did everything he could to keep us from leaving this place." "John Locke was not a believer, Jack," Flocke responds. "He was a sucker."
Aside #8 – I'll let Doc Jensen (who never thanks me, by the way), take over at this point: "What were some of Man-Thing's previous disguises? Man-Thing didn't answer the last one. Instead, he huffily asked Jack to ask him the question he really wanted to ask. Yes, Man-Thing wanted Jack to cut to the chase. But I also wondered if Man-Thing was trying to derail Jack's philosophical investigation, lest he find himself dealing with questions he didn't want to deal with, including the ones that I really wanted answered, like 'What's your name?' and 'Where do you come from?' and 'Who's your mom?'
"When Man-Thing said that John Locke wasn't a believer but rather a 'sucker,' I didn't disagree. The story of John Locke plays like a cautionary tale about faith, not a glorious affirmation of it. Jack and the castaways have surely been negatively impacted by their dead friend's scary need for The
Flocke calls out Claire, who was following them, but did not expect her leader to see her. She was following them because "he's my brother." Flocke leaves them to catch up. Claire asks if Flocke said he was the one pretending to be their father. Claire says she pretty much gave up hoping Jack ever come back, but now that he's here…(pregnant pause)… it's great to see him (phew! She put away the crazy…right?) She says it means a lot that he's coming with them. He corrects he hasn't decided to come, but she says, "yeah, you have, you decided the moment you let him talk to you, just like the rest of us. So, like it or not, you're with him, now."
Sawyer and Hurley compare notes on their post-Temple experiences, including Widmore and the sub, and Sawyer's plan to leave. Kate tells Sun simultaneously now. "Sayid ain't invited," Sawyer tells Hugo, "because he's gone over to the dark side." Hurley insists Sayid can be brought back from the dark side, like Anakin. Sawyer, who has no idea who "Anakin" is, tells him to keep his mouth shut. Claire, Flocke and Jack return, and Flocke announces, "it's so nice to have everyone back together again."
Aside #9: Doc Jensen on the "Anakin" reference: "Sawyer looked at Hurley like he was speaking Korean when the ex-Dharma chef (and would-be rewriter of The Empire Strikes Back) invoked the name 'Anakin' when he likened Sayid's potential for redemption to Darth Vader's character arc in the complete saga. Sawyer knew enough geek stuff to make a 'dark side' reference, but not enough to know the significance of the name Anakin. Three thoughts: 1. Sawyer is most likely a prequel hater. 2. Sawyer is offering us a metaphor of Kant's Thing-in-itself. He knows Darth Vader only by appearance, but doesn't know the reality behind the mask. 3. Sawyer probably only ever saw Star Wars: A
Kate joins Jack, watching Sayid. She says he's different now. "I guess we're all different now," Jack responds, in the second loopiest line of the episode. Jack tells her FLocke said he wants to leave, and they all have to go together, but he's not sure yet if he believes him.
Zoe walks into their camp and asks for the man in charge. Flocke comes out. She says she wants what they took from them. She orders into a walkie-talkie, "show them what we're capable of." And a rocket detonates a few feet away. "You have until nightfall to return what you took, or next time we won't miss." She leaves him the walkie and says, "call me when you're ready for us to pick him up." As she leaves, he smashes the walkie, and says, "well, here we go."
Aside #10 – no astute observation here, but doesn't Zoe kind of make you question if Nikki really was Lost's worst character, ever?
Claire asks what's going on, and Hurley responds, matter-of-factly, "people trying to kill us again." Flocke says it was only a matter of time before confrontation. He directs Sawyer (with Kate) to a boat moored around the island. Flocke then takes Sayid off for another mission.
Sawyer takes Jack, and says they're not going to the rendezvous point. He says to bring Hugo, Sun, and Frank away from Flocke and meet up with them at the dock. "Sayid ain't coming and Claire's nuts."
Aside #11 – for me, the weakest part of "The Last Recruit" was Jack's response to Claire. Sure, Claire is Kate's mission. But learning that he has a sister, and that she's one of the ones he left behind, was what made Jack start to question his off-island life, and what cost him his relationship with Kate and Aaron. Now he finally sees Claire, for the first time sharing space with her as his sister, and, odd behavior or not, he is content to just sit back and let Sawyer say she's getting abandoned? I know Jack has had some "growth" in his ability not to always be in charge, but ditching your sister? Cold, man. Just cold.
Flocke tells Sayid to go kill Desmond. "You do still want what you asked me for, right," urges Flocke. "Yes, I do," responds a wavering Sayid. "Then you'll do what I said."
Sayid comes to the well, gun in hand, and spots Desmond at the bottom. He points the gun. Desmond asks, "so what did he offer you? If you're going to shoot me in cold blood, brother, I think I have the right to know" Sayid responds, "he told me I'd get back something I lost... the woman I loved." He explains that he believes Flocke will be able to bring her back, because, "I died, and he brought me back." "So what will you tell her," Desmond asks calmly." "This woman, what if she asks you what you did to be with her again? What will you tell her?"
Aside #12 – If it was effective, this was a far cooler Jedi mind trick than "these are not the droids you're looking for." Doc Jensen on some possible motivation behind Desmond's tactics: "If we are to believe that Island Desmond shares a mind with Sideways Desmond, then clearly Island Desmond knows that Man-Thing's Faustian bargains won't quite play out the way that the castaways are expecting. (This assumes that the Sideways world is the payout for said bargains.) So why didn't Desmond just say so? Because Desmond can only help bring enlightenment through indirect means. Oh, and by running people over with a car. Fortunately, Desmond's brand of indirect can be pretty damn effective."
Sawyer and Kate find the boat – Desmond's boat,
Flocke leads his group. Jack approaches Claire. He asks how long she's been with FLocke. "Ever since you left." (Okay, Claire, we get it. You're pissed about being left behind). "You trust him," Jack asks. "Yes. He's the only one that didn't abandon me." (Seriously, Princess Koo-Koo Bananas – you're the one who wandered off with him and abandoned your baby.) Flocke asks Sun if she's seen Sayid. She looks at him. "Oh, the silent treatment," he smiles. She writes, "you did this to me," but he apologizes that he didn't do anything. Flocke goes to find James, and Jack pulls Frank, Hurley, and Sun out, and says they have to come now. Claire watches them leave, steels herself, and follows.
Aside #13 – According to Doc Jensen, a number of on-line posters have surmised that Sun's loss of English resulted, not from Flocke, but rather from a reverse link to her Sideways self, who didn't know English. That link may have been forged, I'm assuming, by Sun's decision not to follow Flocke with his promise to reunite her with Jin. Hey, if we're going that far, perhaps her getting shot in Sideways world was a consequence of her not quite buying into Flocke's brand of wish fulfillment. In any case, Flocke can do all sorts of things, but I kind of believe he didn't really cause her aphasia, particularly since she did, in fact, hit her head pretty hard.
Flocke finds Sayid, and asks where he's been. "Doing what you asked," Sayid says coldly, and Flocke seems to detect for the first time since Sayid's conversion a bit of rebellion in his voice. "What took you so long," Flocke asks. "I just shot an unarmed man, I needed a moment," Sayid says, somewhat sarcastically. "Did you do it," Flocke asks pointedly. "Of course I did," Sayid says. "Go and check if you like." Flocke considers this, then says, "come on, we got a boat to catch."
Aside #14 – the germ of a theory begins here. I believe that, of all the Sideways characters, Sayid2 is the one who began his journey most in touch with how he got there. I believe the reason he, back in time, pushed Nadia to his brother instead of loving her himself is that, in order to make this alternate world happen, he did, indeed, have to kill Desmond. This, and not the actions he committed in
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Aside #15 – again, I would have preferred just one line of Jack telling Sawyer it had to be this way. Jack's indifference towards Claire really doesn't work for me.
On the boat, Frank asks Sawyer the plan. "Make for the sub, put a gun in someone's face, and make him take us home." Frank and Claire go below for food (would you want to be alone with Claire?). Sawyer goes to talk to Jack. "Taking orders doesn't seem your strong suit," Sawyer observes. "Glad to see you came around." Jack tells him leaving the island doesn't feel right, because he remembers how he felt last time. Channeling his inner Locke, Jack says, "we were brought here because we're supposed to do something." And if Flocke wants them to leave, maybe it's scared of what we'll do if we stay.
Aside #16 – Jensen's take on Jack's plea: "In that line, it seemed to me that Jack was applying several lessons of his Island experience, including all the hard lessons Ben had taught him over the years about
James tells Jack to get off the boat or stow it. "You want to take a leap of fate, you take it," he says, his tone getting harsher. "Get off my damn boat." Jack apologizes for getting Juliet killed, and then, channeling Sawyer, Season 4, jumps off the boat. As he swims for shore, Kate demands to know what Jack said to Sawyer. She says they have to go back to get him, but Sawyer says they're done going back, channeling Season 4 Kate.
Jack stumbles onto the shore, and Flocke is there. "Nice day for a swim," Flocke observes. The Others are all there, too. "Sawyer took my boat, didn't he," the astute former smoke monster asks. "Yeah," Jack admits.
Team Sawyer takes to the beach on Hydra island. They're greeted with Widmore's armed people. Zoe has them turn the fences off, and, finally, Jin and Sun see each other. Their embrace rivals Desmond's and Penny's call from "The Constant" as one of the most satisfying emotional moments Lost has ever delivered. Sun says – in English – "I love you. I never stopped looking for you." He promises they'll never be apart again, and they kiss. Frank comments, ham-handedly, "hey, look who got her voice back," in the easy winner of the worst line of the episode award, and the scene gets stopped dead by this cornballery, preserving Des/Pen as the best tear-jerking love moment in the series. Zoe takes a call, then tells them all to get on their knees, as they raise their guns. Sawyer says they had a deal, and she says, "deal is off." A missile fires at team Locke. Jack gets caught in the blast wave, and Flocke carries him off as more rockets fire. Flocke assures him it will be ok. "You're with me now." And with that, by happenstance, Jack, indeed, becomes "The Last Recruit."
Aside #17 – I wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge again Doc Jensen, who wrote, "I wish to use this opportunity to acknowledge a school of thought that theorizes that Man-Thing's conflict with Team Widmore is a giant ruse, that The Monster and Charles Widmore are actually collaborators in a conspiracy to manipulate (and ultimately destroy) the castaways in order to achieve mutually advantageous goals. We know that Man-Thing wants to leave The
So there will be no Lost this week, I'm afraid, a decision that seems motivated by ABC's desire to maximize the number of Sweeps period episodes it can air. But when Lost resumes, from its intermission (just as Les Mis did after "One Day More,") it will be in what can only be considered the final, bloody act. Bear in mind that in Les Mis, (spoiler alert, if in fact you never saw the show), one of the most beloved characters, Eponine, is killed almost as soon as the last act begins, and consider that was we head into the home stretch of Lost.
I leave you this week with an observation Doc Jensen posted yesterday about what Lost, from its inception, has really been about. We're almost, but not quite, at the point where retrospective of the entire Lost experience makes sense. So read this, and check back in after the next episode, "The Candidate," airs. Until then, Namaste!
Lost is a show full of mystery, but I don't think finding ''the answers'' has ever been the point. I think the point has been to dramatize the usefulness of mystery. Lost shows us that mystery is an invitation to seek meaning in life. But it also shows us that you can get Lost in mystery, too. And the cost for those who do can be profound. It's about the perils and pitfalls of anyone who dares to seek meaning in such an age — and about the cost to anyone who dares to not seek meaning in life regardless of the age, and especially now. Lost is about the pain of being Lost and the profound challenge of being found. That's what I think Lost is about. That's what I've always believed it was about, even back in Season 2, when I wrote my first serious piece about Lost and identified it as an attempt to make sense of the world in spiritual terms. Time and again in my writing, as I have pursued all sorts of nutty flights of fancy, I have always returned to this theme. And now I'm going to hold fast to it as Lost takes us into its last act.


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To understand and apply Genesis 1 correctly, we have to consider issues of genre and intention. Too often these chapters are read as if they present a purely straightforward historical and even scientific account of cosmic and human origins.
My Faith Shouldn't Be Alive (But It Is, and Here's Why)
By all accounts, my faith should have perished the moment I started asking questions about faith and science. All my life I'd been taught that I had to choose—between believing the Bible and believing my science book, between honoring God and embracing evolution.
Scientists Tell Their Stories: David Wilkinson
"If I have one criticism of my fellow theologians from time to time, it's that they're often stuck in the physics of the 19th century rather than the 20th and 21st centuries."
Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution
Professor Denis Lamoureux presents the theory of evolutionary creation, which claims that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit created the universe and life through an ordained, sustained, and design-reflecting evolutionary process. The view of origins, says Lamoureux, fully embraces both the religious beliefs of biblical Christianity and the scientific theories of cosmological, geological, and biological evolution.
The Biblical Creation in its Ancient Near Eastern Context
"As a Christian and a biblical scholar, I care both about Scripture as truth and about the ongoing scholarly conversation regarding the composition of the Hebrew Scriptures. And so, when I was asked to speak on the story of creation in Genesis 1, I welcomed the opportunity to give my thoughts on the interaction between this text and its ancient Near Eastern context."
Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography in the Bible
Brian Godawa looks at several aspects of ancient cosmography (descriptions of the universe) that also appear in the Bible, and what these aspects of the text mean for our understanding of Scripture.
Recovering the Doctrine of Creation: A Theological View of Science
Philosopher Robert Bishop explores the Biblical doctrine of creation, which he describes as "perhaps one of the most helpful pieces of theology for thinking about science", and describes why the doctrine needs to be recovered from narrower, contemporary interpretations of creation.
An Afternoon with John Polkinghorne
How can a scientist really believe in miracles? How, or why, does a scientist pray? And how could a physicist possibly believe in the Resurrection of Jesus?
Science, Scripture, and the Creation Narrative
In these two brief video Conversations, John Walton discusses the problem of trying to integrate ancient scripture with our modern worldview.
On Genesis 2 and 3
In this video Conversation, N.T. Wright explores how the ancient Jewish audience read Genesis before and up to the time that Jesus arrived. He asserts that readers of Genesis today who focus simply on the number of days of creation and whether there is evidence in the text pointing to an old or new earth—are in effect not reading the complete text.
Understanding Genesis
John Walton offers some important reminders in this video with regard to how we should approach a reading of the book of Genesis. While it is a text that is written for us—in the sense that it was written for all people in all times and places—it was not written to us.
Growing in Faith
As he endeavored to learn more, David was intrigued by Francis Collins book The Language of God because Francis did not present evolution as a rival theory to Christian faith, but as something that described God's method of creation.
John Polkinghorne in a Nutshell
I commit myself to my Christian belief for reasons that are sufficient enough for me to bet my life upon it. But we don't have absolute certainty in the 2+2=4 sense. And that is true of everybody.
The BioLogos Foundation and "Darwin's Pious Idea"
In this paper, theologian John Wesley Wright reviews Connor Cunningham's book Darwin's Pious Idea, a work that deeply explores the integration of Darwinian evolutionary theory and Christian faith.
Barriers to Accepting Creation by an Evolutionary Process: Concerns of the Evangelical Theologian
Renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke considers eleven barriers that prevent evangelical theologians from accepting evolution as a possible means of creation and what these barriers tell us about the tensions perceived by many Evangelicals between science and faith. Waltke's work was based on a survey sent to members of the Fellowship of Evangelical Seminary Presidents and their faculty.
An Evangelical Geneticist's Critique of Reasons to Believe's Testable Creation Model
Biologist and BioLogos Senior Fellow Denis Venema examines the interaction between RTB literature and several lines of genetics-based evidence for common ancestry. In so doing, he also addresses the scientific robustness and reliability of the RTB model.
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