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- Desiree21 August 2011 at 09:03
Ha ha, yes, Buffalo definitely doesn't live up to its Wild West name! One of those places that is no one's favorite town!ReplyDelete
Here is Billy Joel - The Great Wall Of China: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2euxWiym_fEReplyDelete
Winston Churchill supposedly called the road along the Niagara Parkway - that passes Niagara Falls - "the prettiest Sunday afternoon drive in the world."ReplyDelete
I think it might actually be EASIER to get to Timbuktoo than to North Walsham by bus from Norwich after 3pm.ReplyDelete
Thanks for mentioning the Gullfoss waterfall - nice to hear about other waterfalls, as well as Niagara Falls!ReplyDelete
Here's Niagara Falls by Sara Evans, which is kind of lovely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eGROIZQAW4ReplyDelete
I often find your timing very appropriate and sometimes spooky, Geoff (this time you wrote about Niagara Falls right as someone was being swept over! - http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1039520--student-swept-over-niagara-falls?bn=1).ReplyDelete
Ah, Chicago! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrgynt9mC6k - and also, they could have picked any mountain to add to "stands" in order to rhyme with "man" but presumably they picked Gibraltar because of the saying "solid as the Rock of Gibraltar", which is used to describe a person or situation that does not fail. I reckon they deserve a (tiny) bit more poetic credit than you give them here!!ReplyDelete
It's a great rhyme, the one by Lil Wayne in Love me or Hate me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRV0-iaChMo. Especially because he could have rhymed Niagara with "pellagra" instead (a disease characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances). Good choice there!ReplyDelete
Ah but Geoff, you forget that it's House of Horrors & Haunted Catacombs - I think the fact it has catacombs makes it so much more exciting as the major attraction in poor Buffalo!ReplyDelete
- spencer21 August 2011 at 09:09
I have my own version of the Billy Joel song - in case you enjoy it!ReplyDelete
The mention of Timbuktu reminded me of another song about places - New Minglewood Blues by the Grateful Dead, which manages to mention Texas, Timbuctu, and in the original version Memphis as well.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 August 2011 at 09:10
I wrote From Kalamazoo to Timbuktu. And the spelling of Timbuktu is important - it's Tu not Too. Although actually, it's Tomboctou on most maps in Mali (the French spelling). I enjoyed your blog.ReplyDelete
Harriet Ziefert
i went over the falls in 2003. i am the first human person ever to go over without anything, any protection, and survive. afterwards i felt that life is worth living. there is no video of it because my friend couldn't work the camcorder. Kirk R. JonesReplyDelete
I think - as someone who grew up in Buffalo - I must step in and defend my hometown! It also has the Buffalo Museum of Science, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo Zoo and countless galleries, theaters, restaurants and unique stores. Buffalo is blessed with an abundance of stunning architecture, including several buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. A must-see is the Darwin D. Martin House Complex, where you can see Wright's prairie-style buildings being lovingly restored to their original 1907 glory. The nearby city parks system was planned by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of Manhattan's famous Central Park. Another restored wonder is the beautiful Victorian-era Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, containing domed greenhouses situated in the Olmsted-designed South Park.ReplyDelete
Thanks for that, Ingrid -I am sure I only saw a small bit of Buffalo.ReplyDelete
This is an article about Kirk Jones re comment above: http://www.niagarafrontier.com/jones.html
Thanks for the correction of spelling of Timbuktu, Harriet.
Geoff, what do you mean about being able to switch off the waterfall??ReplyDelete
I love your ending Geoff - echoing the whole blog's title!ReplyDelete
I totally agree that Buffalo should look like an Old West town with tumbleweed! Or in other words, a little but how the little-known and tiny Buffalo Texas really looks!ReplyDelete
The rate of flow can be reduced at night or other times, Jackie-and there was a time in 1969 when the whole Falls were diverted-as in these photos:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338793/Niagara-Falls-ran-dry-Photos-moment-iconic-waterfall-came-standstilll.htmlReplyDelete
Yes, thats just what Buffalo should look like!Replies
- Anonymous30 October 2013 at 00:53
but that was only the American Falls that was blocked offDelete
Wow, thanks Geoff - I had no idea!ReplyDelete
Geoff, I wrote a little piece a while back about the idea of "new Dylans" - here it is, in case you want it!ReplyDelete
I remember the days when, no matter which bar you went to in Greenwich village, you'd get ten guys, one after the other, torturing a chromatic harmonica in its neckstand, driving a C chord into the ground, and intoning a horrendously nasal talking blues about how disaffected he felt.
With such a parade of jokers and thieves -- to borrow some Boblike imagery -- it made perfect sense to describe these people as pretenders to the throne of the great Weezer himself. Sometimes, as in the case of a now almost forgotten minstrel from Asbury Park, it made sense. In other cases, calling someone THE NEW DYLAN was either a marketing ploy, a lack of imagination on the part of the critic, or maybe just a reflection of how imitative and rote the rock scene was (and of course, still is).
Just to maintain our sanity, let's acknowledge that some of these people didn't have much in common with Dylan. On the other hand, they probably never would have done what they did if Bob didn't invent the whole category of rock songs that weren't only about getting laid and driving in your car.
And as a final irony, let's remember that Bob himself was very self-consciously imitating someone -- Woody Guthrie -- when he started out. So he shouldn't be throwing any stones through the glass windows of his beautiful Malibu beachhouse.
STEVIE FORBERT -- Remember him? What was it, "Romeo's Tune" or something? This fresh-faced kid made nice music, still does. But the hype of being saddled with the NEW DYLAN label killed his career more quickly than the occasional dud song could.
TRACY CHAPMAN -- Yes, a woman can be the new Dylan. Especially when she starts out taking herself very seriously, plays an accoustic guitar, speaks for the dissafected, etc. The irony is that her first album, filled with frankly depressing songs about policemen coming into projects to harass people, working deadend jobs in checkout counters, and so forth, quickly became background music at yuppie dinner parties. Proving once again, who listens to lyrics, anyway?
BECK HANSEN -- The most recent new Dylan. Which I don't buy at all. With his knowledge of the studio he feels more like the new Todd, but with his hybrid of rock and rhythm grooves he feels comes off as more of a genre mixer like Prince. But thank God he doesn't get naked on his covers. And as for being the spokesperson for his generation, a la Dylan, Beck himself says his generation is too fragmented to have a spokesperson. Smart guy.
STEVE GOODMAN -- Who? He wrote "The Train They Call the City of New Orleans." Arlo Guthrie had the hit with it, though, which pretty much sums up the luck this guy had in his career.
- Paul (continued)23 August 2011 at 07:36
JAKOB DYLAN -- of the Wallflowers. He actually has some claim to the title, being the the fruit of the master's loins. He's also very charismatic (probably because his looks and very attitude eerily echo his Dad's). As second generation pop stars go, he's certainly better than the excruciating Julian Lennon, less of a bummer than Roseanne Cash, and God knows, infinitely more palatable than those twin blond himbos Ricky Nelson sired.ReplyDelete
JOHN PRINE -- Dark humor, sentiment that only occasionally gets treacly, genuine insights about people. Sometimes all in the same verse. Wrote the best song about loneliness and old age (Hello in There) since Eleanor Rigby.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- Well, the guy has a bit of a case here. He was discovered by the same talent scout that found Dylan (John Hammond). He plays a dreadful harmonica, just like Dylan. Wears a similar leather jacket. In his early records, he even tried the same kind of spontaneous ramblin' talkin' rock poet wordplay that Dylan invented. Listen to Tom Joad, and he's even emulating Bob's own role model, Woody Guthrie. Currently, it's not hip to like the Boss. Just as it was au courant to dig him a few years ago. Eventually, he'll probably end up like Merle Haggard, a singer and songwriter of great quality who goes in and out of fashion, but who's always good, whether you're embarrassed to put him on your cd player or not.
DONOVAN -- Bob himself had the first and last word on this guy in the documentary film about Dylan's first English tour, "Don't Look Back." His pithy evaluation of the ballader who shamelessly ripped him off in the then current song "Catch the Wind": "He aint nothin'." Look, no one ever said Dylan was nice.
BILLY BRAGG -- People love this guy. Why, I have no idea.
BOB DYLAN (himself) -- It seems a fair question to ask, after all this time, if the Dylan of 1997 is worthy of being called Bob Dylan. And frankly, I don't think he can cut it. To paraphrase Gary Giddins (in an article about late period Miles Davis), Bob is the Death's Head Sphinx of rock. He looks like Bob, he sounds like Bob, but he's just phoning it in, and who can blame him after thirty years of doing this shit. Even if it is some of the best shit ever. However, it's comforting to know he's still out there, heading for another joy. In fact, it's a miracle the guy didn't choke on his bile years ago.
Wyclef Jean is calling himself the new Dylan. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/05/wyclef-jean-interviewReplyDelete
Why are so few women singers ever called the new Dylan? I mean, it may not be that complimentary (sorry, not a huge Dylan fan here), but still the ladies deserve equality here!!ReplyDelete
Apparently Kristian Matsson has also been called the new Dylan:ReplyDelete
- Elliott23 August 2011 at 08:03
I never thought I sounded much like Bob Dylan until the famous Rolling Stone Review came out calling me "the new Bob Dylan" and then the shit hit the fan and everybody in the music business wanted to know who I was. My hero Lou Reed came to see me play one night at Max's Kansas City and said I needed a new record company and introduced me to his manager Dennis Katz who arranged for RCA to buy my contract from Polydor for over one hundred thousand dollars. In nine months my life had changed completely. It was 1973.ReplyDelete
You may like my novel Poetic Justice, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poetic-justice-Elliott-Murphy/dp/2012357644, which has a travel theme, kind of. Writing fiction keeps me sane and I also have published Cold and Electric (a rock 'n roll novel) and Café Notes (short story collection).
Here are the lyrics to the Harlem Shakes song:ReplyDelete
I don't even know if you're still with me
I don't even know if you're still new
But I can find you in Poughkeepsie
Drive all night til the names ring new
Niagara Falls, your beauty calls
You taught me all I need to know
Always awake, you break and break
And crash and crash, and flow and flow
I don't even know what I'm in the game for
I don't even get your T-shirt's pun
Let's chase a night there ain't no name for
We can drive all night til beneath new sun
Niagara Falls, your beauty calls
You taught me all I need to know
Always awake, you break and break
And crash and crash, and flow and flow
[Da da ...]
That's a great photo of the Falls - you must have been there at a particular time of year, as they don't always do that multicolor lighting.ReplyDelete
I was really bummed when Harlem Shakes broke up up 2009 after only being around for 3 years. I had the fortunate opportunity to catch probably a dozen Shakes shows and every time they would put on a great performance of songs that were new, but still felt familiar. While we will likely never hear from these guys again, Technicolor Health, along with their two prior self-released EP's, will forever be labeled as classics in my book.ReplyDelete
Guitarist Todd Goldstein of Harlem Shakes still creates music to this day. However, his current music is all under the name "ARMS". His music is also quite enjoyable; a little bit of a different touch. Below is a live acoustic performance of "Heat and Hot Water" by ARMS"ReplyDelete
I love that on the album Technicolor Health, apparently the Latin music that plays outside the bands' windows at night is said to have a particularly major impact on the album's sound, as evident in the form of the "Latin Mojo" setting on their Dr. Groove drum machine. The setting was used to "authentically capture the spirit of Latin percussion" they said.ReplyDelete
My favorite song from that album is "Sunlight," which combines a great beat with funny, ironic lyrics: I had a coat of many colors / sold it off online. And on the opposite end is the melancholic "Unhurried Hearts," which (to me) laments the way life just rushes on like a freight train, and love sometimes misses us entirely.ReplyDelete
- Julian23 August 2011 at 08:25
Man, does the rote club-beat pop of Harlem Shakes' "Niagara Falls" sound like a hundred other "quirky pop + studio trickery" bands - not a huge fan! Great column though!ReplyDelete
- Camille23 August 2011 at 08:27
Love the catchy piano melodies!ReplyDelete
Thats an interesting piece on the 'new Dylans'-though I have never really seen why Billy Bragg gets put into those lists, other than playing a guitar and singing political songs. He seems to be from a very English tradition.ReplyDelete
- Clinton25 August 2011 at 22:31
Geoff's column this week made me wonder if Niagara was a 7 wonder of the world, and it turns out it's not! The only waterfall on there is Victoria Falls in southern Africa! - http://sevennaturalwonders.org/the-original. Then I felt sad that I haven't seen ANY of these seven!!!ReplyDelete
- Garrick25 August 2011 at 22:38
I proposed to my partner while on the Maid of the Mist at Niagara.ReplyDelete
- Johnny25 August 2011 at 22:38
My wife and I love chasing waterfalls! We have traveled the world, gone on and off the beaten path, and ventured to places where we knew little or nothing about in search of them. We've hiked the trails, taken the photos, figured out ways to tailor our schedules, and honed our skills at finding them.ReplyDelete
Check out our music video, which showcases some of the falls we've been to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGuhHjaNRcc
Actually, Clinton, there is no consensus on a list of seven natural wonders of the world. Many lists exist. Here is one site I like - http://www.new7wonders.com/ - where you can vote for the top 7 though. Angel Falls in Venezuela is there, but not Victoria Falls. Or Niagara Falls.ReplyDelete
- Roberta26 August 2011 at 06:15
There is even a song called "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day":)ReplyDelete


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These are my thoughts and who am I? not somebody. more or less just plain everybody who might be anybody and to some are simply nobody.
but then, here's my thoughts.
"If the kids are united, they will never be divided" – SHAM69
"If the kids were divided, they'll simply be separated" – I hope it was me but perhaps somebody else has already said it, who knows.
i noticed how Mohamed Morsi government is in a mess right now and thought to myself, could there be an unseen conspiracies there?
remember how he stands up and condemn the Israelis during their last attack on Palestine a few months back? to the Muslims nation, he is respected. here's a leader who is brave and outspoken. many of us would just stop there. proud.
but, do we think that the one condemned would just stop there when there's an outspoken Muslim with voice heard by the world and respected by all.
there are always dissatisfaction and don't we think that it may be exploited to silenced any out spoken leaders? it could, couldn't it.
thus, my friends and brothers, be wary.
don't we think that the same may happens here? to our loved nation. division means destruction.
we may have disparate opinion on a certain matter but then again, be wary, as extremes may lead to another extreme and at the end corrupts our future.
fight for your rights but be cautious as we do not know when we may be exploited. there are many cunning opportunist out there who are just waiting for any opportunity to suck all our wealth without we even knowing so.
do remember that worst is that we could be living in a famish economy. imagine and oil producing famished country. with standards of living reaching poverty.
this is not a warning, this is not a discouragement. fight for your rights but please, be very wary. use more rational thoughts rather than emotional outbreaks.
"peace no war"

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those who I was once close to can leave in an instant.
those who I thought didn't care ended up caring more than ever.
bad things happen for a reason.
it's important to see the good in others.
memories are meant to be cherished.
don't believe what anyone says until it's evident that they actually mean it.
apparently it can take a few days to get rid of certain feelings.
apparently it can take what seems like forever to get rid of other feelings.
everyone is worth an explanation.
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Quote of the day
The beginning of philosophy is to feel a sense of wonder.
Leaving the Emerald State for the Golden State.
I have to relate what one of my residents(patients) said to me at work tonight. This lady, in her 80's, was laying in bed, and I had just given her her medicine. I had my back to her, and was washing my hands at the sink. She said "Did I ever tell you about the time I peed on a cow?" Yep, that's what she said. Of course I turned around and said, "What did you just say?" Her reply: "Well, I grew up on a farm in Oklahoma... my sister and I were up in the rafters of the barn. We were bored and didn't have anything to do, we looked down, and there was the cow under us, so we peed on it."
Here's the last 10 CD's I've listened to:
This was just popping around in my head this weekend. It has to do with the other chapter we discussed at book club last week, The Theology of Worship. There were a couple different points he mentioned, this is only one(or two) I was thinking about. Of course, everything comes back to me comparing it to protestantism, because that's what I was raised with.So of course, someone, like my mom, would say "Why the icons, or the candles, or the robes(vestments), etc?" so because I am a newbie and I don't claim to come up with Theological truths, I will point back to what I've read "without the sense of mystery we are not truly human. Worship is more than a form of proclamation through the spoken word, and the liturgical assembly is more than a public meeting with speeches and announcements."
As I mentioned in an earlier post, my mom and step-dad are on a cruise from Greece to Italy. I received an email a few days ago, as they have internet on the "luxury cruiseship". Which of course, first off, is not my idea of a vacation, it's like a giant floating mall. But that's not my point. In her email my mom said (I'm already laughing hysterically), that Greece is nice and quaint, but not as beautiful as Maui! Granted Hawaii is beautiful, in the non-touristy sections, which are getting fewer and farther between...but Greece is NOT the sub-tropics. I wish they would think outside of their little box more. Well, I guess at least they are there, even if it is a cruise, and at least it is not the condo on Maui. My mom's idea of camping was renting a luxury motorhome. Which is why I always went camping with my dad. My mom would rather spend the weekend laying by the pool. Yuck. Anyways, I thought the comparison of Maui and Greece was too funny, of course I had to email her back and scold her. She didn't respond.
I forgot to mention yesterday's book club. We discussed two chapters of the book(Inner Kingdom, Bishop Kallistos Ware). Here's some passages from the chapter titled A Sense of Wonder, about the Great Blessing of Waters:
But to know truly, to see reality in an adequate manner, it is not enough to look, listen, or even to love. We must also have a pure heart capable of finding God beyond the darkness which hides Him. Just as an unclear eye projects its own shadow on all it sees, so an impure heart cannot judge or see things in the way that God sees them.
Two cars were broken into at work tonight, in the public parking lot next to the building. Many of us on the evening shift have to park there, because the morning shift people are still working when we get there, and there is no where else to park. I am so glad I had an alarm put in the truck, after it was broken into in my apartment parking lot in Kirkland. At first I didn't even turn it on when I moved over here, it's Poulsbo, after all. I have been turning it on all the time at work now. There are car break-in's so often here. I just don't understand.
After Liturgy on Sunday, and packing up the church (the burden of not having our own space), I drove home and then decided to keep going up the road. I drove around Seabeck for a while, and then found a place to stop and get out, Guillmot Cove Nature Reserve. It had some trails down hill, and was very peaceful and quiet. I spent a good hour on the trails, it was very nice. I will have to go back, if I can find my way :)
My upstairs neighbor's cat had kittens yesterday morning. If all goes well, I will have one for my home. We'll see if Nani can make a friend. I wanted someone to keep her company when I'm not home. I have never seen baby kittens, they are so small.
I had a long talk with my Priest. I've figured some things out about myself. It took a long time. I'm a recovering shy person. I figured out, that for me at least, I was always more worried about what people thought than about living my life. I still call myself shy, but I am going to stop. I enjoy living life. I'm not worrying about what so and so thinks, I will just do what I feel comfortable with, and leave it at that. In the context of my Faith, and my working out of my salvation. I want to experience life, do things. So I am not going to hide behind my old self. Part of this also has to do with thinking about the fact that I haven't seen my ex in over a year. I was a different person in so many ways. I can't regret what happened, because I can't change it. But I have moved on, and learned from it. I almost feel like it wasn't me in that marriage, but a shadow. I have owned it though, and like I said, it's over. I may not be making any sense now. So maybe I'll come along later and delete this. I'm blessed to have people in my life now that are loving, and open, and enjoy life, and love God. I am so thankful for my friends. I may come back and say more on this later.
I tried to go to vespers tonight. I got all the way to the church. The parking lot was empty. I looked down at my cell phone, and saw the little lcd envelope. A message from Fr that it's been cancelled tonight. I didn't want to turn around and drive another 45 minutes. Then someone else pulled up from church. She invited me to follow her to Bainbrige Island to the state park for a walk. That was awesome. She doesn't come very often, and I don't talk to (new) people very much, so it was nice. The sky had cleared enough to see some blue, and it was nice and cool. I love the water, and I could see Seattle across the way. Just enough to remind me that it's good to be on this side. :) There was an otter swimming and playing in the water. We talked about church, and things in the news, such as the Orthodox Church in North Korea. Also about the Bishop Kallistos Ware book, she hasn't come to the book club, but just finished the book. Anyways, it was a nice evening. The sunset was beautiful. It was so nice to be outside. I love the fresh air. The island is so pretty, green, and peaceful. Did I ever mention that I love the pacific northwest? I do. On the way back to the highway, I saw a deer. Now of course I am back at home. Earlier today I cooked Chicken Adobo for coffee hour tomorrow, and the house still smells like it. But it's cold from when I had the windows open all day before I left for church.
My mom and step-dad flew to Athens yesterday. They are going on a cruise, in Greece and Italy. I am very excited for them, as they never go anywhere new for vacations. It's always Maui. I found out about their trip when my mom called me on the phone one day (she never calls me...I call her, so this itself was a shock) and said "So what do you want from the Vatican?" This still makes me giggle. I said "What are you talking about?" "Oh, we're going on a cruise to Greece, and Italy." So of course my reply was, "I don't want anything from the Vatican, bring me something from Greece." They are still skeptical about my conversion, and don't want to really hear what I have to say. So I don't say much anymore. It's one of those things where if they are really wanting to know, they can ask. Otherwise they ask just to argue a point. But maybe they will learn a little more just being there in Greece. I pray it would be so.
I was talking about this subject with a friend last night. It's a new term, and idea for us converts to Orthodoxy. So I am working out my salvation daily, with what I do, how I talk to people, and treat them. My friend is working out her salvation in her marriage and family, being a wife and mother. Another thing we were talking about is prayer, how it is done and what it means, in opposition to how we were raised with it in protestant churches. We both come from a background of, pray to God for what you want. In my mind I picture Benny Hinn slapping people on the forhead, though that is an extreme example, and I don't know anyone who follows him. There is a prayer in my commemoration book, to pray for someone more diligently, and at the end of the prayer it says "And do whatever is profitable for our souls." What a new idea to my little world! I love that. It is a very difficult idea. For God to do what he will, not what I would like, I have found that many things that I have wanted for my life have not been for the best. Though to look at what I just said, that's not to say that if they weren't the best they were not profitable to my soul.
Today at the book club we discussed the chapter on repentance (from the collected works of Bishop Kallistos Ware, vol 1. It starts off with a bang ..."This life has been given to you for repentance. Do not waste it on other things." St Isaac the Syrian. The discussion on the meaning of that was interesting. Questioning what does St Isaac mean by other things? Well a thought that made sense was to continually live your life facing Christ. The ideas in this chapter continually build on another, and are really fleshed out. Coming from a protestant background, the Orthodox teachings of repentance are very different. The joy of repentance, "To repent, in other words, is to recognize that there is good as well as evil, love as well as hatred; and it is to affirm that the good is stronger, to believe in the final victory of love. The repentant person is the one who accepts the miracle that God does indeed have power to forgive sins." This chapter really helped me with my understanding of confession, being still fairly new at it. Also the explanation of the Greek metanoia"change of mind" "...not just regret for the past, but a fundamental transformation of our outlook, a new way of looking at ourselves, at others and at God." I have definitely felt a significant change in all those areas. Not to say that I am done by any means, and here's another quote, from St Sisoes as he lay dying "I am not sure whether I have even begun to repent." How much more for me. Someone today mentioned an idea that on the singing of Many Years, is for God to grant you many years to keep on repenting. Lord have mercy.
We have a book club at the mission that meets once a week. We're on our second book, which is The Inner Kingdom by Bishop Kallistos Ware. We actually didn't meet this week because of the Washigton Orthodox Clergy Association meeting. I really like this book so far, though I was sure I would. Two of the first books I read when inquiring into the faith were The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way. The first chapter in The Inner Kingdom is about his journey to the faith. It was a really interesting discusion because then we all told about our conversions. Since everyone there that days was converts. One quote from the chapter that explained exactly how I felt "The more I learnt about Orthodoxy, the more I realized: this is what I have always believed in my inmost self, but never before did I hear it so well expressed. I did not find Orthodoxy archaic, foreign or exotic. To me it was nothing other than simple Christianity." That really sums up my experience. Fr Christopher even said he thought I would have a lot more reservations on certain things, coming from a Protestant/Pentecostal background. Such as venerating icons and things like that. I think though that I was ready, I had become so disillusioned with Protestantism that I didn't even look back at all. I will have more comments on that at another time. So here I am. At our next meeting we will discuss the third chapter, which is on repentance. I've already read it, but I'll go back through it again. I'm actually in the fifth chapter now. But I haven't read anything this week. I am now 88 pages into The Brothers Karamazov ( Fyodor Dostoyevsky in case you don't know). Which I had never read yet. There are several books that I have yet to finish that I am partially through.
Well, here I am. I'm just trying this out. After I told someone I definitely would not do this. I don't have anything to say right now though. So I'll come back later.


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Date: 10/15/2013
Time: 7:00 pm
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Sweater and skirt: Goodwill — Boots: Hand-me-down — Earrings: Gift from Katie — Belt: Thrifted
I wore this sweater and skirt together winter-style just about 14 months ago, but now it's time for a springier rendition!
Or, at least, it was time for a springier rendition a couple of days ago. Today we've got rain, rain, rain, although I can't say I'm complaining. It makes me drowsy and unproductive, but it's so soothing.
It feels like we've actually been having a fairly lengthy spring this year (maybe because the warmer weather started so early), so I'm trying to get some good mileage out of all of my in-betweeny transition-type clothing, like short-sleeved sweaters and wearing boots without tights.
These boots specifically are about as in-betweeny as you can get–they're utterly useless in any really inclement weather and are calf-stifling on warmer days, so I've got to wear them while I can if I want the little birdies to get some airtime.


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I was kinda mystified as to why anyone would make forms using php rather than just doing them with html, but the PEAR forms module seems to be popular and before Zend put a forms module in their framework there was a lot of moaning about its absence, so I thought I'd try out the ZF module and find out what the fuss is about.
Still mystified. Using Zend_Form wasn't any quicker from a coding point of view than just making the a form in a view and having a separate validation object, and it's way slower to run. Won't be rushing to use it again.


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From the Radio Today Site
Ditchy and Salty back together for podcast
Former Real Radio North West breakfast duo Ditchy and Salty are teaming up to do a weekly podcast together.
It comes after they were moved to separate overnight shows on the station after being told last month that their time on the station's breakfast show was over.
Since their departure from breakfast a number of Facebook groups have been set up calling for them to be reinstated on the show.
Now, a new website from the pair says they will be doing a weekly free downloadable podcast.
Ditchy – real name David Ditchfield – previously worked at stations including Key 103, Radio Aire and Real Radio Yorkshire before joining Century FM breakfast's Paul Salt in 2008.
The duo said in a statement on their website: "We enjoy working together and whilst that no longer seems an option at the minute we had a chat in the pub last week and after a month apart felt we wanted to repay you for all the support you continue to give and at the same time highlight to prospective employers that we will soon be on the open market (for a job!!) although we may have to work on one soon!
"We feel the simplest way of achieving both is to start producing a weekly free downloadable podcast that you will be able to listen to whenever you want!! It's the best we can do at the minute and we hope you will enjoy it."
GMG Radio has announced that news teams at Real Radio, Real XS and Smooth Radio are to be scaled back, following a full review of its news resource.
The group's total of 39 journalists is expected to be cut, but Chief Executive Stuart Taylor said he didn't anticipate the changes would have an impact on 'overall listener experience'.
GMG Radio says all its stations will continue to produce 'appropriate national and regionally produced news programming during peak hours' and that each studio base will remain staffed with a 'sufficient number of trained senior and broadcast journalists'.
GMG Radio's Chief Executive Stuart Taylor said: "GMG Radio's award winning news team has set new standards in commercial radio journalism during the last 10 years and our stations will continue to provide a high calibre of news programming that is relevant to the listener. The decision to reduce what's been an extremely well-staffed team has been an incredibly difficult one but if we are to remain commercially competitive during these tough economic times then we have to ensure that we're operating as efficiently as possible."
At the moment, the group runs 'news hubs' in Manchester and Glasgow, which provide news for Real Radio and Smooth Radio in the evenings and during weekend afternoons. GMG says outside of peak programming hours, stations will 'utilise an external news provision service where appropriate'. Smooth and Real currently only take IRN bulletins from Sky News overnight.
"We don't anticipate that the planned staffing changes will impact materially on the overall listener experience," Stuart Taylor added.
GMG Radio says it employs 39 staff and freelance contracted journalists and the restructure is expected to be completed in March. It has newsrooms in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds and Cardiff. News bulletins for Smooth Radio have been produced by the Manchester hub since October 2010 when five regional licences in London, East Midlands, West Midlands, North West and North East merged to become a national station but have maintained regional content during daytime hours.
Following the departure of former Group News Editor James Rea to Global Radio last year, GMG announced changes which included a 'brand news editor' for each of the Smooth and Real brands.
The BBC Trust has begun the process to find the next Director General of the BBC, even though current postholder Mark Thompson has not announced plans to leave.
Trust chairman Lord Patten has confirmed a firm of headhunters have been appointed to scope out the type of candidates that would be required for the job.
Thompson has been in post since 2004 and has overseen the start of around £700m worth of cutbacks under the Delivering Quality First (DQF) programme.
There have been suggestions he may stand down after the London 2012 Olympics this summer.
But Lord Patten insisted in an interview with The Times that Mr Thompson would keep the role as long as he wanted. "He's now embarked on what is the biggest year in the BBC's history, with the Diamond Jubilee and Cultural Olympiad, the Olympics, Paralympics and so on," he said. "So long as he wishes to remain Director-General, he will remain so and a very good one."
Lord Patten added: "But we can't simply ignore the importance of developing what they call in the corporate world our bench strength. I want us to be able, when the time comes, to have an intelligent view of who are possible successors and where successors should come from and what sort of job we would want them to be doing."
The Guardian says former Radio 4 Controller and Radio Academy chair Helen Boaden is one name likely to be in the list of potential internal candidates for the DG job – along with BBC Vision director Geoge Entwistle, chief operating officer Caroline Thompson and BBC North director Pete Salmon.
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The BBC's controversial proposed cuts to local radio stations across England have met opposition from the corporation's governing body, the BBC Trust. Trust chairman Lord Patten is expected to ask management to go back to the drawing board with its plans to cut £15m from the budget of the BBC's 40 local radio stations, which if implemented would lead to the loss of 280 jobs.
This proposal prompted thousands of complaints, more than for any other part of BBC director general Mark Thompson's Delivering Quality First (DQF) initiative to save £700m a year. The BBC Trust, which met to discuss the cost-saving proposals last Thursday, is keen to reduce the level of the cuts and is said to be particularly concerned by the proposal for neighbouring BBC local stations to share afternoon programmes.
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AOL Files With FTC to Refute Unfair Ad Charges
EXCLUSIVE : Executives at the nation's second-largest cable network filed a response toconsumer concern over charges of anti-competitive practices.
EXCLUSIVE : Executives at the nation's second-largest cable network filed a response toconsumer concern over charges of anti-competitive practices.
AOL Time Warner general counsel filed a letter with the Federal Trade Commission chairman Wednesday in response to charges of anti-competitive violations to terms in its merger agreement earlier this year.
In an email interview with internetnews.com, Mike Luftman, vice president of media relations at AOL Time Warner, said the company's actions to restrict competitors from advertising on their network does not violate the letter of the law.
"It is standard practice throughout the media industry not to accept advertising from direct competitors, as SBC and Verizon are with cable operators," Luftman said. "There is nothing in our agreement with the government that touches on this issue whatsoever."
According to Mitch Katz, a FTC spokesperson, AOL/TW's letter will go through internal channels, where a determination will be made whether an investigation should be conducted or not. To protect a company's reputation from wrongful accusations, the FTC doesn't announce the launch of an investigation and, Katz said, "you won't ever hear about it until after we've make our determination."
On Friday, consumer advocacy organizations weighed in with their thoughts on the media giant's unofficial policy to deny ads from competitive broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) by filing a letter with the FTC.
Advocates from the Consumers Union (publishers of the Consumer Reports magazine), Consumer Federation of America, the Media Access Project and the Center for Digital Democracy filed a letter addressed to FTC Chairman Timothy Muris, urging him to investigate AOL/TW's policy to refuse digital subscriber line (DSL) ads from competitors.
"…the Commission prohibited the merged company from discriminating against competitive Internet service providers (ISPs) seeking to promote DSL services," the letter read. "As the company appears to now be violating this requirement, we urge the Commission to investigate this anti-competitive behavior and remedy this problem."
The filing is the end result of a letter sent by long-time AOL/TW critic Stephen Heins to a group of reporters last week. In the letter, Heins related the story of a Wisconsin ISP's unsuccessful attempts to promote DSL service on a local affiliate of the Time Warner cable TV network.
The letter produced a media frenzy, giving national attention to a practice that, while not technically illegal, raises many anti-competitive questions.
AOL/TW officials have since maintained their innocence.
But officials at Verizon Communications, one of the four Baby Bells in the U.S. and essentially one-fourth owner of the nation's DSL network, were puzzled by the AOL/TW response, saying they don't have a similar television platform for their DSL services.
Catherine Lewis, Verizon spokesperson, said that you can look in any phone book and find Time Warner cable listed there, if they provide coverage in the area. Another form of advertising, flyers found in the customer's phone bill, is typically reserved for companies providing billing services.
"I mean, Campbell's soup isn't advertising in our telephone bills, so it's not like we deny them because they're a cable service provider," Lewis said.
While a good lawyer will be able get the media giant out of any anti-trust violations, industry experts agree, AOL/TW is doing it at a particularly crucial juncture in DSL development.
DSL, one of the three broadband pipes for transporting high-speed Internet traffic (along with cable and wireless), has been beset by technical and operational difficulties. The end result: DSL, predicted to be the broadband choice over cable, is reeling on the ropes.
According to a recent report by Cahner's Instat Group, cable modem subscribers will continue to out-number DSL subscribers in the U.S. and Canada through 2004. The report also finds that broadband subscriber rates will more than triple, from 6.8 million to more than 19 million.
Michael Powell, since his appointment as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has geared his policy decisions with competition between broadband platforms in mind. His vision is for cable, DSL and wireless technologies to spur competition in the U.S.
That vision is threatened by AOL/TW, which owns the second largest cable network in the nation, behind AT&T Corp. If the company starts blocking advertisements on its network, competition will skew, since many local and regional ISPs depend on cable station advertisements to promote their DSL services, along with the newspaper and radio.
With more than 12 million broadband users slated to enter the broadband market, anti-competitive measures taken now by any broadband provider will have a negative affect on Powell's broadband wishes.
Powell seems to recognize this, and used a recent cable venue to deliver an indirect warning
In an address to cable executives at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association in Chicago Tuesday, the Associated Press reports, Powell warned those assembled against abusing their position as market leaders.
"Cable will be one of the great digital gateways to the consumer, you must be cognizant of not misusing that power," Powell said. If executives do, it "could result in the erosion of the healthy regulatory environment that currently exists."


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Pigeons and Doves of the World, Third editionby Goodwin, Derek
Pigeons and Doves of the World, Third editionby Goodwin, Derek
Format: Hardcover
Status: Out of print
Code: C619
Condition: Used, Near Fine
Dust Jacket: Good
Edition: 3rd edition
Product Details
Very good hardcover in dust jacket. Jacket has water stains, not affecting the book. An authoritative guide to all living or recently extinct species, revised and updated, with three new color plates. Color plates and b&w line drawings by Robert Gillmor. Comprehensive species accounts include distribution maps.
Publisher: The British Museum (Natural History)/Cornell University Press
Year of Publication: 1983
Page Count: 363
Shipping Weight: 4.50


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Here's a story to explain why you should always be "Training Up" – or, put another way, training with riders that are well beyond your current abilities.
This week a few guys on the team agreed to meet up one morning in Central Park for laps to include 4-minute efforts. We basically broke this down into 2x efforts per lap, so it was roughly 4-mins of hard effort, and 5-mins of light spinning to recover. Both efforts were to include the most uphill portions of Central Park: the East effort from Horseshit Alley to the Met Finish (a little past Cat's Paw) and the west effort from the bottom of Harlem Hill to the end of Three Sisters (effectively the Central Park Alps segment on Strava.)
One teammate posted the team rankings for Central Park Alps for motivation – my PR was 4:07 and breaking 4:00 would push me in front of two teammates; another 0:03 saved and I'd topple two more. And since that segment is the hardest part of every CRCA Club race for me, it made sense to focus on it and set my sights on a sub-4 minute segment.
After a half-a-lap to get the four of us in sync and loosened up, we did the Horseshit Alley segment first. Chris and Thomas lead out on this one and I was comfortable on their wheels for about two minutes. Then, of course, we came to Cat's Paw and I barely held on till the top of this short but notable climb. From there until Chris backed off, I wasn't on a wheel, but I kept pace effectively. I had worked pretty hard, but I hadn't killed myself, so now I could recover before my first attempt at "The Alps."
Knowing my abilities through multiple laps, I knew that my first attack on The Alps was likely going to be my best, so as we descended to the base of Harlem Hill, I readied myself to push hard for the next 4-minutes. Chris again lead out on the climb with Thomas and then Gavin following closely. I was barely on Gavin's wheel and pushed hard to stay with the group as we headed for the top of the roughly 1-minute long climb. I was about four lengths behind as we came over the top, but I knew I could make that up on the descent and by the time we were rolling up the next incline, I was comfortably on Gavin's wheel again.
The Live Segment on my Garmin said I was 3-seconds ahead of my PR and I needed to more than double that improvement to break 4-minutes. Since I was near my red line and getting some efficiency gain from the group, I simply stayed in with them for the rollers hoping to use my sprint abilities near the end to make up some time. But, alas, I lost contact and immediately felt how hard it was to keep pace without the draft of my teammates. I was close enough to the end of the segment that I knew I needed to start the sprint, so I got up and began to hammer. I was about 5-seconds BEHIND my PR now! Gavin had lost contact at this point as well and I blazed by him on the final uphill section, but that glory was short-lived as I had peaked too soon. The sprint put me ahead of PR again, but with 0.2 miles left, I could barely muster a steady cadence, so I drifted back to finish the segment at 4:09.
While I was disappointed with this, I realized that my PR was in a race peleton and therefore much easier than on my own. (I still want to beat it on my own, but that will be for another day.) Recovery did not come easily this time and when we reached Horseshit Alley, I was barely back to Z2 as the effort picked up again!
Fast-forward to our last lap. I told the team I'd do the Horseshit Alley effort, then climb Harlem Hill, but cut off after that and head out the north end of the park to roll home. Chris lead out with me on second wheel and felt really solid all the way to Cat's Paw. In fact, as we started the ascent, I powered to the front and pulled the team up and over. However, soon after the top I realized I was cooked and might not finish the segment with the group.
As my teammates passed me, I felt like I was done – totally done. Chris was third-wheel and hollered at me. I don't recall the words, but something both motivational and slightly insulting. By the time his comments weaved through my brain I was about ten meters back and losing ground quickly. I stood up and sprinted back to the group in about 10-15 seconds, finishing the effort last wheel, but with the group.
As we recovered, Chris congratulated me on the effort and I said I was giving up on the last Harlem Hill climb. He was having none of this, "man, finish your plan!" Again, motivational and slightly insulting; tough love perhaps? Either way, I did, in fact, finish my plan and then limp home from there.
Once home, showered, and breathing like a human being again, I looked at my stats. I set my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd best times on Horseshit Alley. Had I not been "Training Up" and had Chris not given me encouragement, there's no doubt those numbers would not have been as impressive today.


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Friday, 15th June 2012
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys answered a series of key questions for The Daily Telegraph:
- Is Racing NSW still on schedule to deliver minimum race prize-money increases for metropolitan, provincial & country racing from July? Yes. We see increasing prize-money as our 1st priority for the benefit of owners & all industry participants. The punter benefits from quality racing on surfaces that play fair, tracks that are conducive to competitive racing & with the tightest integrity controls.
- Is Racing NSW intent on centralising racing & training facilities in country centres? John Messara (Racing NSW chairman) & I recently toured 8 country & regional centres to hear the views of country participants. Our immediate lifting of country races (prize-money) from $10,000 to $15,000 reflects our commitment to country racing & that's stage one only. The most important message we could give was that the word rationalisation is not in our dictionary. Considerable infrastructure investment will be made across the board to country clubs, but where it makes sense to build on an existing large population of horses in training we will.
- What is your view on night racing at Randwick? It is an attractive proposition. You have an iconic racecourse located on the fringe of Australia's international city & from 2013 the best grandstand in the world. Stay tuned.
- What is the future of Canterbury & Warwick Farm racetracks? That is principally a question for the ATC. There is a need to balance the need for multiple turf tracks with putting capital to better use. There's nothing more dispiriting than seeing the massive infrastructure at Canterbury catering for only a couple of hundred people. Funds derived from its sale would benefit the industry to a far greater extent. We shouldn't be afraid to examine & debate these issues. The demands of racegoers & punters have evolved in line with general community trends & racing must compete with other recreational & gaming industries that go all out to capture the gambling dollar. If we just keep doing what we've always done we'll never grow.
- Is enough being done to program races for stayers? Yes. The problem is not programming but breeding of stayers; hence the rush to import them. There's good stake money on offer & owners & trainers have brought horses from around the globe to win it. Now it's up to the Australian breeding industry to meet the demand. Our BOBS Extra initiative for older horses is also contributing to the resurgence in stayers.


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8 THE WASHINGTON POST: SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1910. H EAD HUNTERS ON JAPANS HANDS Dance of tbe devils, Formosa. Skull collection of a Fonnosan chief. Fonnosan warrior and bis boat. A Formosan devil in costume. More Than 700 Tribes in Formosa to Be Killed Off or Civilized Within Twelve. Months Because Stivdgcs Are Interfering Interfering With the Camphor Trade of the Mikado's I* to pie. F y.-ars had been allowed, '!i,- pl.ut contemplated, ; n ; i ^ i n , t or pacifying the ; -; f i-'nrmosa. But now j · ' f - arrompMshed insido '!. i i i i ' i the Japanese gov- u l i - ,i spe'-lal appropria- tion of J7,175,000 to pay the military expenses. expenses. * This Is on account of the camphor business. Until recently the entire world has practically depended for Its supply of camphor upon Japan, which has held almost almost a monopoly of the production of that necessary drug. But the Germans have begun to manufacture artificial (synthetic) (synthetic) camphor on a large scale, and thus are competing In, the market to an alarming extent. It is necessary under the circumstances that the supply from Japanese sources shall be malntaine'd. lest It be replaced and crowded out by synthetic camphor. The camphor trees, which formerly grew plentifully In southern Japan, have been to a great extent destroyed, owing to neglect of a regulation that used to require require the planting of one seedling for every tree cut, and so the Japanese are obliged to look to Formosa, where the camphor laurel flourishes over a great extent of territory In virgin forests. Formosans as Head Hunters. Unfortunately It is In the mountainous Interior of Formosa, that the camphor laurel grows--that Is to say. In a region which has been since prehistoric times and Is today under savage dominion. The savages who occupy this territory aro very fierce and earnestly addicted to head-hunting. Hitherto the camphor of their forests ban been obtained only with their consent, and It has been customary to pay money to their chiefs as an inducement inducement to refrain from destroying the distilling outfits. Nevertheless, trouble has been frequent, and the stills have been constantly destroyed. An unlimited number of laborers can be "hired In Japan for 10 cents a day, · but not for any such -price, nor for many times that much, 'can men be obtained to go Into the forests of Formosa, cut down the camphor trees, and distill the gum, at the serious risk of losing their heads. I-t is well known that the Japanese do not lack bravery, but head-hunting to the Formosan savage Is a religion. Nothing, from his point of view, Is so Important, and he will lie In wait for many days at a time near a lonely path in the woods for the sake of getting one chop at a passing camphor seeker. Formosa is a · big Island--as large as Sardinia and Corsica put together. It Is 235 miles long and 75 mile's wide. More than half of Its entire area Is today in the possession of the savages. For some years Japan has pursued-a rather interesting interesting method for the purpose of bringing bringing about'their eventual subjugation. She has established a "guard line" all around the mountainous Interior, with small military military outposts at intervals along it,' and has pushed this: artificial frontier steadily forward, so as to restrict the wild people to a slowly but surely diminishing domain. domain. 723 Tribes in Hills. By this means It was expected that within fifteen years of the present Time the entire Island would be brought under civilized control. But commercial necessity necessity has made necessary a change of plan. Camphor must be had, and it has been decided to wipe out or pacify all the savages within the coming year. They can take their choice.which It shall be. Thejr numbers are not accurately known, of course, but It understood that they are split up Into no fewer than 723 tribes, whose villages' comprise from three to upward of 300 houses. The tribes are divided Into nine groups, which are mutually hostile, and which differ from one another In customs and languages. Some of them, particularly at the south end of the island, have already already been partly civilized, and there Is even established among them a sort of rural free delivery mail service, by native native letter carriers. In the central range of mountains dwell the tribes of the Vo- nuum group, which are very fierce and enterprising head-hunters. In 1906 they became so troublesome that a military attack was made upon them, resulting in their partial pacification. The Atayal, or northern savages, are the largest and most, powerful . group. They look upon head-hunting as the chief end and aim of existence. A human nead is necessary as an offering ih' L all their religious ceremonials. When a dispute arises .between individuals, decision Is awarded to the one who first secures a head. ' A lad is not recognized as adult until he has taken a head. But it must be the head of a Japanese or a Chinaman. Chinaman. - Their customary method Is to lie in wait In the'jungle, near a frequented Jpath,, sev«ral r ;bf -them together, In the ^hope of i obtaining the much-coveted trophy. '· Thus: clyjllzed, existence anywhere near to the. savdge border Is beset with' no little peril. T,'At·'· the same tlnie the land of the Atayal;Is particularly tempting on account dt its'richness; In "forest products, especially : camphor. It also contains much gold. It should be added that the Atayal tattoo their faces elaborately, and bulm elegant huts of'bamboo, over the doorways doorways of whtch areihung, as trophies, the skulls of wild'boars and apes, and sometimes sometimes those- of Japanese and Chinamen-^- the latter with pigtails still picturesquely attached. Chief Had Taken 94 Heads. The Atayal tribesmen make bags of a peculiar network ^expressly to carry human human heads. One' chief, when captured and about to be executed, said: "1 have no fear of death. I have taken U4 heads, and wanted only 6 more to make the hundred." hundred." , ' · History tells that the- Spaniards took possession of Formosa Jn the year 152B. They were expelled by the Dutch In 1642. Nineteen years - later a Chinese pirate chjef named Koxlnga drove out A Formosan .belle, showing'tattooed lips, and cheeks. the butch and proclaimed himseJt king of the Island; but In 1682 the Chinese dethroned dethroned his successor, and Formosa remained remained a--province of the Middle Kingdom Kingdom up to the war,, between China and Japan, as a result of which It passed into the possession of the mikado's empire. empire. A glance at the map will show that .Formosa is really the northernmost island of the group which we call the Philippines, Philippines, being situated only a short distance distance to the north of Luzon. Its wild people are undoubtedly of Malay origin. But Its earliest inhabitants were black dwarfs, belonging to the same race as the pygmy negritos who still survive in small numbers in Luzon. Many of their Skeletons have- been found in the mountainous, mountainous, interior, and it is reasonable to suppose* that' they were exterminated by the savages who .now occupy their .territory. .territory. From ,an ethnological point of view, the savages are more thari ordinarily interesting. interesting. Their garb ranges from nudity to gay-colored garments of their own weaving, made from the fibers of banana and ramie. The women, are kindly treated, treated, and have equal rights with the men. But if a wife loses her husband after the birth of a child, she is not allowed to marry again, the idea "being that her business .thereafter -is.to. attend- to the upbringing of her offspring. Twms are a bad omen, and among some of the tribes it has beencustomary to tie them to a tree and permit them to perish. Sickness Is supposed to be a punishment punishment inflicted by the spirits of the dead. Dreams afford a medium through which the spirits of the dead communicate with the living. The Atayal and Paiwan groups believe the virgin forests to be j the'abode of the spirits of their ances- [tors, and on this account trees within I certain designated areas are never disturbed. disturbed. Old men and -women have supernatural supernatural powers of the kind usually | attributed to witches, and for this reason i they perform the religious rites for the tribes. Spirits of dead persons other than ancestors ancestors are dangerous and .possibly malevolent. malevolent. The Atayal consider that the ghosts of their forebears will not be satisfied satisfied unless a human head is part of the offering made at ceremonials. Likewise, in the case · of a dispute between two persons, the, spirits of his ancestors will guide and protect the one whose cause is Just, so that he may obtain the first Head, and thereby win. The soil of Formosa is exceedingly rich, and nowhere is a finer quality of tea produced.' The eastern half of the island is covered with jungle, in which grows the valuable creeper known as rattan. Barbaric Tribes, Hiding in the Fastnesses of Island Island Forests,Have Successfully Successfully Defied Demands Demands of Commerce for Many Years--Some Queer Customs and Beliefs. But the most precious vegetable product is camphor, which is the resin of a* trea that grows to huge size, sometimes attaining attaining a diameter of 12 feet. The only way to get the camphor is to chop the tree, into chips, which are subjected subjected to a crude process of distillation, the vapor, when condensed, being deposited deposited in crystals on bamboo screens. This is crude camphor, which comes to m a r l o in wooden tubs. It is refined by reiiis- tiliation. At the present time Japan exports exports about 5,000,000 pounds of amphor annually, one-fourth of it being shippod to the United States. 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This post is going to be a little away from the subject of policing. Yet not entirely away if use of public spaces is looked at as an issue requiring a look from the police viewpoint of public security.
The process of town planning is typically seen as a subject entirely within the expertise of engineers and architects, with no need felt for non technical inputs. So typically, after initial administrative decisions on creation of new urban centres, the identified landmass is plotted into neat blocks and assigned for future uses like parks, schools, police stations, residential and commercial areas. And construction begins vigorously towards what looks in brochures to be lovely, happy places. The reality however could turn out different.
In Maharashtra, the government, as early as the 1970s, formulated a policy to de novo create new towns outside growing industrial cities, to accommodate the growing migrations into these cities, in a planned way. So fringe cities were set up outside Mumbai ( Navi Mumbai), Aurangabad, Nasik, Nanded etc. Wherever the pressure of population migrating into these new towns was intense, the new, well planned cities were quickly well populated. A lot of futuristic thought went into laying out wide roads and building large railway and bus stations for the anticipated traffic, creating the underlying infrastructure of office and commercial spaces for the future business needs and also creating public parks and large sports stadiums, community halls and other welfare facilities.
Few issues in these planned cities stand out for me:
1. The operative word for Engineering creativity being 'large', one does not see 'small' or local level models for say, garbage disposal, sports facilities etc. The users could probably feel more civic responsibility towards local level maintenance activities in certain domains than the more centralised approach currently followed.
2. Utilisation of public spaces does not necessarily follow because they are built well or the space is in abundance. In a recent visit to one of Maharashtra's 'new towns', I saw vegetable markets and bus depots built decades ago, still unutilised. Such places look dead if they are not frequented by people. Such spaces also have serious implications for public safety and security. Some thought needs to be given at the planning stage, on what will make the proposed built public space, friendly and therefore more used and safer. Town planning will do well to be more people-friendly instead of only engineering-friendly.
3. Gardens and horticulture are seen as non core departments in city planning. To me, it appears, they should occupy centre stage in planning, if beautiful cities are to be created and maintained. Avenue trees, greenery and water fountains are known to reduce road rage and violence in general. Why not plan for peaceful citizens in a newly emerging city?
4. Once built, the city planners believe their job is done. But there is enormous learning for future projects, by understanding the public safety issues of usage in roads, bridges, mass congregation points like auditoriums, temples, bus stops etc which could be had from coordination meetings with the law enforcement agencies, over the lifetime of the utility. This learning is presently missing due to lack of formal coordination mechanisms.


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I never know how the depression is going to present itself or to what degree. Sometimes, it's sudden and other times, it's inexplicable and manic. One thing is for certain, it's expected around the months of April, August and the holidays so it's safe to say that for the past five years I feel this heaviness, this weight, pretty much a third of the entire year. And that's not counting the other two thirds of the year when the minutest thing can send me spiraling downward into the dark abyss of grief, loneliness and sadness. It all comes down to the hard to swallow fact that living in a world without my mother has been an unwanted learning experience, one where simply not existing myself often feels more ideal than celebrating another one of her birthdays without candles that will be extinguished by her very breath.
Tomorrow, April 8th, I will wish my mother another happy birthday, the fifth to be exact, since she took her last breath. There is no guidebook for these types of things – how to celebrate the birth date of a deceased loved one – filed under the self-help section of your local bookstore. Or maybe there is? But I sure as hell don't want to read it. And just as there isn't sufficient guidance on how to conduct special occasions in light of death, there isn't warning of the so-called chemical imbalance in the brain that is sure to rear its ugly head. Sure, I know what month is approaching but as I stated above, one cannot anticipate depression's presentation, its severity or its effect. One can only ride it out, go with the flow per se.
This particular year, I have found it increasingly difficult to lift my body out of bed every single morning this week. I guarantee the people with whom I conduct my weekly routine are none the wiser. Should I applaud myself for this? Is this an accomplishment? Let me just pause and pat myself on the back for being able to conceal my detrimental grief for eight hours a day. And if you're not grasping the hard sarcasm in those last few sentences or sensing the exaggerated rolling of my eyes whilst I wrote it, you're missing something.
In some ways, the daily routine aids in easing some of the tremendous sadness that has surrounded this particular month for the past five years. I'm immensely grateful I just so happen to be exceptionally busy at work this week. But nighttime inevitably comes enveloping me in its bulging, sorrowful arms and then the early morning rudely awakens me to yet another awful, unwelcome reminder, "Your mother is dead."


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