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The goal of Seaworks is to promote maritime history associated with the Port of Williamstown and the early settlement of Victoria by facilitating the use of the premises by the public for recreational, educational, tourism and commercial activities.
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Hundreds of new cars, trucks and SUVs filled the Albuquerque Convention Center for the 2016 New Mexico International Auto Show ! It's been our second time attending this family event, and just like a year ago, we had a great time this past weekend :-)
Drive FCA! Experience made it possible for attendees to drive and experience the latest models from Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and FIAT with no additional charge or pressure to buy (all without leaving the show). My husband really enjoyed getting behind the wheel and test driving the latest models. Here are his FCA Impressions:
At the 2016 New Mexico International Auto Show I drove four vehicles from Fiat-Chrysler America (FCA). Specifically, the Fiat 500 Abarth, Chrysler 300, Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Renegade. I'd say the biggest surprise was the Renegade. It seemed well appointed and for my size/style a very good fit. I would have liked to have spent more time in it. I drove the 300 because last year I was very surprised at it's solid delivery, smooth power, comfortable ride, and a drive that belied it's large size. It was a pleasant surprise in 2015, and it seemed only better in 2016. I am typically a small car buyer, but if I was in the market for a larger family car, I would definitely shop the 300 against well known foreign examples. The Cherokee met expectations, and again, like the 300, drove smaller than it seems on the outside. Comfy, with a more spacious cabin than I recall from previous encounters. I can't say I like the rotary shift knob, however, it's just unusual for me! Last, the 500 Abarth--small, very fun, and definitely punching a class above its weight. I daily drive a modified Golf GTI, so I was hoping I knew what to expect from the 500 Abarth, and I was not disappointed. The car rags always gush about the engine note in the Abarth 500 when it's wound-up, and it's every bit true. It sounds fierce! It seems like the perfect fun car for someone who doesn't need much room and has an itch for having fun on every corner.
I got a chance to enhance my knowledge about different brands of cars :-)
One of my favorite cars were: Volkswagen Golf R, Ford Focus RS and Volvo S60 Cross Country.
Our daughter had a blast driving battery powered vehicles, as well as getting inside the biggest vehicles she could find :-)
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THE CULT announces "Alive in the Hidden City" U.S. tour dates. The live shows will kick off February 5th at the Tower Theater in Los Angeles, CA to coincide with the release of their newest CD "HIDDEN CITY" in stores February 5th. Limited seating at the Tower Theater, Los Angeles, the Gramercy Theater and Music Hall of Williamsburg, New York! More dates to be announced soon!
It is The Cult's first album in three years and their 10th studio album. "Hidden City" – a brutal and beautiful masterpiece – is the third and final part of their critically acclaimed trilogy that began with 2007's "Born Into This" and was followed by 2012's "Choice of Weapon." "Hidden City" is currently available for pre purchase on all music sites.


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Vester Flanagan: TV Shooter's Autopsy Photo Being Shopped To Media
The autopsy photo of Vester Flanagan, the man who horrifically shot and killed Alison Parker and Adam Ward on live TV before turning the gun on himself, is reportedly being shopped around to the media. The chilling photo isn't anything taken for official purposes.
Vester Flanagan, 41, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after killing his former WDBJ colleagues, Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, while they were live on the air on Aug. 26. The gruesome death photo of Vester, also known as Bryce Williams, is now being shopped around to various media outlets, showing the shooter on the autopsy table.
The photo shows Vester mid-autopsy with a slit open chest, according to TMZ, who was contacted about buying the photo but passed. The person who took the photo appears to have lifted the sheet for a better view of his dead body. Northern Virginia Medical Examiner confirmed to the outlet that the photo was not taken for any official purposes. So chilling.
Vester was fired from the Virginia TV station in 2013, and even filed a lawsuit against them in March 2014, claiming wrongful termination, racial discrimination and sexual harassment. On the day he was fired, Adam filmed everything that went down, which ended in the police escorting him out. Before working for WDBJ, Vester reportedly sold sex for money via America Online chat rooms.
Though Vester shot himself hours after shooting Alison and Adam, authorities discovered that he had an extensive escape plan after searching his car. Authorities discovered a wig, sunglasses, a shawl and six magazines full of ammunition. He was ready to disguise himself to avoid being captured. However, he ended up calling ABC News and admitted to shooting Alison and Adam, along with sending a 23-page suicide note. The note praised other mass killers, and seemed to detail why he committed the horrific murder, alleging that he had been a victim of harassment, discrimination and bullying during his time at WDBJ.
Our thoughts continue to go out to Alison and Adam's loved ones during this difficult time.
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SOURCE: Industrial Info Resources
August 05, 2016 07:30 ET
SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 5, 2016) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Industrial Info Resources recently released its North America Heavy Lifting & Material Handling Equipment Spending Forecast (2009-2020). Despite continued market uncertainty, the forecast highlights the North America industrial market continuing to present a sizeable demand profile of spending for the heavy lifting and material handling equipment (HLMHE) market out to 2020.
Current spending projections for the 2009-2020 historical and forecasted outlook is based on analysis and modeling of the 77,000 active and completed capital and maintenance projects, totaling almost $3.3 trillion worth of investment in North America. The forecast highlights a spend demand outlook for HLMHE of some $7.96 billion between 2016 and 2020.
Despite the continued pressure on key consuming sectors, the forecast period shows a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 49% over the 2016-2020 period, or a 14% increase in spending demand for HLMHE on the $1.45 billion estimated for 2016, versus the $1.65 billion total projected in 2020. The forecast also tracks spending demand historically back to 2009, which has shown a comparative CAGR of 71% over the 2009-2015 period and reflects the continued pullback in project spending currently being seen in some sectors going forward.
Demand for HLMHE associated with capital projects being tracked (which consist of grassroot construction, unit additions, plant expansions and other in-plant capital projects) accounts for 61%. Spending on the maintenance, repair & overhaul of HLMHE also looks strong and accounts for $3.1 billion over the forecasted period.
Industrial Info's forecast model is designed to provide the necessary level of granularity required to support fact-based and data-driven input for strategy & planning and market sizing initiatives. Spending intelligence has been gathered across nine different industries and for 12 different HLMHE equipment types via extensive telephone-based surveys from operational plants and active projects. The forecast is segmented by Overhead Lifting Equipment, split by Trolleys, Rigging Equipment, Nylon Slings and Overhead Cranes, with this category further split by Bridge & Gantry Cranes, Load Chains, Manual Hoists and Power Hoists, and finally Balancers and Winches.
The forecast shows that Overhead Cranes account for 91% of the spending demand between 2016 and 2020, with the biggest component of this being made up by Bridge & Gantry Cranes at 69%, or $3.75 billion. Another category within this group is Power Hoists, which accounts for 12.3% or just over $1 billion.
The forecast model has been created specifically to size the North America market, but can be further adapted and expanded to other market regions and countries or globally on request.
Industry Spending Drivers
Despite continued low Metals & Minerals commodity prices continuing to push much of the large grassroot projects off most planned budgets, there are still a large number of mining projects active and being planned that are associated with replacing depleting reserves. There is also the shift in the composition of capital spending into more process improvements, upgrades and production optimization. This continues to shape spending demand for HLMHE out to 2020 within the North America Metals & Minerals to a projected $2.2 billion or 28% of the total 2016-2020 spending forecast.
Industrial Manufacturing, which is the biggest spender on HLMHE, accounts for 31% of the spend forecast. The combination of a steadily increasing stock market along with low fuel costs drove capital spending and also attracted reshoring at levels not seen since before the Great Recession. Industrial Info expects the Automotive Sector to be a big contributor going forward, even though the sector has continued to move away from constructing grassroot plants and has, instead, focused on retools, revamps, expansions and additions at existing plants. This is not likely to change significantly going forward under current market conditions. Other key drivers are the Transportation Systems sector, which includes freight rail, passenger rail, and inland and deepwater ports, which are trending to remain the highest-spending sector among all the sectors that make up the Industrial Manufacturing Industry. Project spending within the Heavy Manufacturing sector had previously been driven by supplying and supporting the oil & gas sector. While the need for drilling equipment and other associated equipment is tailing away, some activity continues along these lines, but the focus has shifted to supporting the aerospace, shipping and rail sectors. There is $2.47 billion of spending demand projected between 2016 and 2020.
The U.S. Chemicals sector continues to move from strength to strength. The prolonged outlook of plentiful natural gas supply continues to promote additional grassroot and major unit additions across the U.S., particularly in the Midwest and Gulf Coast regions. Investments in key building-block chemicals like ethylene, ammonia and methanol will continue to dominate the scene of major projects. Even as new capacity that began construction in the last two years progresses swiftly towards completion, new and additional capacity announcements continue to be planned out to 2020, supported not only by domestic producers but foreign developers looking to capitalize on the cost-advantage available from shale gas supply. The 2016-2020 spending forecast on HLMHE is around 15% of the total demand, accounting for around $1.23 billion.
The Power Generation market accounts for 10% or $786 billion of the 2016-2020 spending forecast. The sector is undergoing a transition as demand for electricity is expected to remain flat over the coming decade due to increasing levels of energy efficiency measures and modest economic growth. Increasing pressure on coal-fired fleets is resulting in greater levels of in-plant capital spending, with more grassroot natural gas-fired projects being developed to replace coal-fired fleets that are uneconomical to make compliant with the wave of environmental mandates being directed at them. Renewal of the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) continues to push substantial momentum in the new build renewables project space. Spending estimates on HLMHE are expected to show a slowdown of -12% CAGR over the 2016-2020 forecast period from $160 billion estimated for 2016, down marginally to $153.5 billion in 2020.
To learn more about this or other equipment forecasts, contact customer service by phone at (800) 762-3361.
Scope Summary
5-year Historical and 4-year Forecasted spending split by Capital & Maintenance (2009-2020)
Covers spending demand segmented across 11 heavy lifting & material handling equipment types
Spending can be segmented across nine industries by equipment type and/or industry
Spending can be further segmented by Country /State / Province or Market Region for North America
Available as an online interactive analyzer tool, or as datasheets completed with pivot tables
Browse other breaking industrial news stories at www.industrialinfo.com.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, five offices in North America and 10 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle™, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. To contact an office in your area, visit the www.industrialinfo.com "Contact Us" page.
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Letter's Live
I must tell you how must I enjoyed listening to Letter's Live in London's iconic Freemasons' Hall read by some of the most talented and inspirational creatives.
I can't believe I forgot to hit "publish" on this blog post.
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Maureen Lipman got the most laughs. Jude Law read a VERY funny letter from Fred Allen in 1937 which was a letter to an insurance company detailing his strange experience with a barrel, bricks and a pulley – Jude Law's American accent was also rather brilliant, of course.
The one and only Benedict Cumberbatch read a 17-year-old Tom Hanks's letter to the film director George Roy Hill asking to be discovered. I found most of the letters emotional and uplifting, especially this one, there's something so uplifting about it.
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Keep your eye's peeled on tickets for the next one. I'll be definitely snapping mine up, too.
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Vegan Food Pyramid (Infographic)
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"Although most of my work is realistic nature, I have always and continue to enjoy telling stories with my art in much the same way as Norman Rockwell did with his talent." That may be a child's first steps, first time playing with kittens, puppies tearing up your best Sunday shoes or memories of time shared with family and friends. Join me and celebrate the little things in life with art that will continue telling stories and bringing smiles for years to come. My work continues to reflect my Texas roots and everyday life. My goal as an artist is to continue expanding upon the success I had as a child, where at age 13 I was publishing Greeting cards and logos and by age 16 selling most of my work. Back in 2004 and 2005 my work was being published on 5 continents worldwide with over 750,000 prints sold in the U.S. I was also named the fan favorite at Via Colori Houston in both 2010 and 2011.
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When life socks you in the jaw, you have to get right up and sock it back. Bethlehem resident Jennifer LoConte received that blow in the fall of 2009 when her mother, Joan Stein, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died a short 51 days later. The family that picnicked together happily on Labor Day was mourning an unexpected death by Thanksgiving.
LoConte, who had just come back from running when she learned of her mother's frightening diagnosis, managed to get right back up and do something about fighting what has become the fourth deadliest cancer in America. The J's Run 5k Run/Walk that she created as a fundraiser in memory of both her mother and another pancreatic cancer victim, neighbor Jennifer Reeves, will enjoy its third outing on May 12, beginning and ending at the Asa Packer Elementary School grounds in Hanover Township.
"I wanted J's Run to be family friendly, but there's also a competitive edge to the Race/Walk," admits LoConte about the 5K (3.1 mile) course that winds itself through the peaceful Hanover Township neighborhood adjacent to the school. "Speed counts for the runners and we have some great prizes for best times this year, including gift certificates from Aardvark and The Finish Line and other great items all donated by local merchants."
Last year's race attracted more than 200 participants. LoConte says J's Run supporters, including this year's sponsors, Nationwide Insurance and Lehigh Valley Health Network, enjoy knowing "where the money raised is going to – directly to The Alliance of Families Fighting Pancreatic Cancer (AFFPC). A clinical trial of 100 cancer patients will take place under the direction of Dr. A. James Moser, recently promoted to the Institute for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston."
One doesn't have to be either a runner or a walker to help further the J's Run cause. A pasta dinner fueling race participants with delicious carbs for energy, sponsored by Carrabba's Restaurant in Allentown, is slated for May 11 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Bethlehem.
Dr. Ranju Gupta, of LVHN, and motivational speaker Cathy Griffith, whose husband Greg succumbed to pancreatic cancer, will be guest speakers. A new race feature this year is the "Dedicated Mile," in which individuals can donate to have a professionally made sign lining the race/walk route with the name of a loved one positioned at mile markers one, two and three.
"The statistics about pancreatic cancer are really eye opening," admits LoConte when asked what surprises most J's Run participants about the disease. "I didn't know a thing about it myself until my mom was diagnosed."
"It's usually very late when it's diagnosed as Stage IV and there's really very little treatment options by that time. Patients live on average six months after diagnosis. What's scary is that we don't know what causes it and (it's) just scary that there have been no advances in detecting it since the 1970s."
LoConte believes events such as J's Run and the funds it generates make a real difference in raising public awareness.
"It can be very depressing because there is no national spokesperson to raise awareness. Only the death of someone well known like Steve Jobs causes more people to notice this disease."
But local efforts such as J's Run are raising awareness one person at a time. Kevin Wenrich, whose Kevin Wenrich Nationwide Agency is one of this year's race sponsors, explains: "I became aware of this event through my son's preschool, Wesley Circle of Friends, where Jennifer Reeves taught. So my agency chose this particular event because I want to help raise awareness about pancreatic cancer."
With a goal of raising $15,000 this year, J's Run, in its short three-year existence, is a testament to the power of the individual and the power of the local community to make a difference in the fight against pancreatic cancer. Count on Jennifer LoConte to be there on Race/Walk day at the finish line to cheer on every participant and to thank them for making that difference.
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Get Involved
When: May 12
Where: J's Run starts and finishes at Asa Packer Elementary School, Hanover Township. The race is open to all ages.
Register: Online at jsrun.org.
Early Bird registration: Cost is $25. After May 8, registration is $30, kids under 10 cost $15.00.
Pasta Dinner: May 11, Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., $15 for adults, $5 for children.


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What Is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a way to redesign your living by following guidelines you learn from observing nature. It is based on the principle that everything we do in our life, should be based on three principles:
- Take care of people
- Take care of the earth, and all that it contains
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Patients joined in doing their own research
"Imagine patients around the world coming together to share quantitative information on over 500 medical conditions. They talk about sensitive symptoms and compare which treatments work best for them. They track their health. New research discoveries are made based on the patient-contributed data. This is happening at CureTogether, and we believe it can have a massive global impact. Alexandra Carmichael and Daniel Reda launched CureTogether in July 2008 to help the people they knew and the millions they didn't who live in daily chronic pain. Starting with 3 conditions, it quickly expanded as people wrote in to request that their conditions be added to this ongoing study."
Patients come together and rate what really helps and what doesn´t to make them feel better.
Two examples of infographics generated by the data from the site:
Hack yourself – self knowlege through numbers
"The Quantified Self is a collaboration of users and tool makers who share an interest in self knowledge through self-tracking. We exchange information about our personal projects, the tools we use, tips we've gleaned, lessons we've learned. We blog, meet face to face, and collaborate online."
This site gives that warm feeling of finding friends in a warm café after a long chilly November walk. There are great videos from the show-and-tells on Vimeo.


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Discussion in '3DS - Games & Content' started by ryan90, Sep 29, 2010.
(Thanks Zeroneo)
EDIT: i can see it nao! it doesn't look too bad, exactly what I would expect from the 3DS
there is all ready a thread for this though i did not imbed youtube because i wanted the highest quality so i linked to the official site please discuss this there.


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We're about halfway through September and summer is still here in the sunny emirate of Sharjah. With day temperatures in the high 30 degree (°C) to low 40 degree (°C) range, it is essential to stay hydrated. There's nothing more refreshing than a glass of ice cold water on a hot summer day.
Inspired by my husband's love of iced lemon water, I gave these easy citrus ice cubes a go. We all know citrus fruits are rich in Vitamin C, but did you know the content in Vitamin C help reduce high body temperatures? A good reason to stock up on lemons and oranges!
What You'll Need:
Any Citrus Fruit
Mint Leaves
Ice Cube Tray
Begin by zesting your fruits and set aside. Cut and juice your fruits. Use a 1:3 ratio of juice and water and mix well. Insert one to two mint leaves and add a pinch of zest into each cube of your mould. Pour the juice mixture in and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.
I recommend adding three to four ice cubes per glass of water. Add less if you want a subtler taste of lemon. You know you're doing something right when your husband is increasing his water intake! Be sure to make plenty of these flavoured ice cubes. (They run out fast).
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Maputo — Mozambique's Minister of Land, Environment and Rural Development, Celso Correia, declared on Wednesday that collective and global action can lead to victories in the battle against the effects of climate change.
Speaking in Maputo, at the opening of the second International Conference on Climate Justice, Correia stressed that climate change was not just a passing fad, but a real problem that is having impacts on Mozambique.
"We are sure that on our own it will not be possible to attain the objectives we propose", he said, adding that he regarded the country's participation in last year's United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 21) in Paris, as the first step towards attaining environmental sustainability.
He warned that Mozambique's natural heritage is coming under attack from various directions, including not only poaching, and illegal logging, but also the persistence of slash and burn agriculture, which destroys native forests, and the use of charcoal as the main cooking fuel for much of the population.
Correia added that the greatest contribution Mozambique could make against climate change would be to halt the devastation of its forests. Defending the country's forests, he said, is "a national and international imperative".
He warned that climate change leads to extreme weather events. These are becoming more frequent in Mozambique and result in the loss of human life and incalculable economic damage.
Anabela Lemos, director of the Mozambican branch of the NGO Environmental Justice, said that the long march to climate justice demands the massive education of societies and of political decision makers about the causes of the current climate crisis, and a vigorous affirmation of real alternatives.
"We recognise that, as the climate deteriorates, so resources will become more scarce and migrations will increase, which will cause more conflicts between peoples", said Lemos.


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Every class has one annoying know-it-all student that everyone hates to a degree (if yours didn't, think carefully because it was probably you). In my class, and at my Sunday school, it was me.
I knew the Bible stories inside-out and could answer the questions without thinking and it was this that could have been the cause of my spiritual downfall – if it wasn't for Scripture Union camps, that is!
I was sixteen years old when I first attended an SU Holiday and was first properly challenged to think about Jesus for myself. I learned more in a week than I thought was possible and came home already raving about returning the following year. It was this second camp that I had spent a year anticipating that changed my life – I properly devoted my life to Jesus for the first time.
Now, a few years on, I am no longer young enough to attend holidays as a camper, but I have graduated to being a leader which brings with it both new joys and new challenges.
If I am completely honest with myself, I initially agreed to be a leader for purely selfish reasons: camp was always the highlight of my summer and I couldn't bear to give it up! The thought of going the rest of my life without the unique wonder of spending a whole week surrounded by young people who are excited by and enthusiastic about the Lord and exploring His word was too horrible a thought to comprehend.
Having said that, there are many other reasons why I continue to volunteer at SU Holidays. For one, I learn just as much at camp as I ever did as a camper and living in a Christian "bubble" for a week of the summer never loses its ability to psych you up for a life of following Jesus.
Moreover, the other volunteers who lead SU Holidays are amazing! It is a real privilege to get to know such a wide range of Christians from very different walks of life and benefit from their experiences. The fellowship of camp lasts not only for one week, but all year round and that is something SU should be very proud of achieving.
The main attraction of leading at an SU Holiday, however, is being able to help young people to nurture their faith and grow closer to God. At camp we have the unique opportunity of being able to spend every minute of every day for an entire week witnessing to these young people and sharing our stories with them. We can get to know them, show God's love to them and present God to them in a way which is nigh on impossible in everyday life.
I feel very lucky to be returning to AV2 this year where I can yet again regurgitate all the answers my camp leaders gave me in the hope of giving someone the same epiphany I had at camp when I was right where they are.
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There lived the elder Zosima in a monastery, and a rumor circulated that miraculous healings happened by his prayers. A lot of people came from distant places to ask for his help. Monastic brethren were proud that their monastery had such an elder. But there were also many of those who envied, thinking: "Why does God not hear our prayers no matter how much we pray? We make so many bows, but all in vain! Yet God somehow accepts the prayers of this elder…"
Once a young novice decided to find out how Zosima performed wonders and why God listened to him. He thought that since the elder was kind, he might teach him… He came to the elder and asked: "Why do your prayers perform miracles, but ours don't? Teach me your secrets! What if you die suddenly, who will glorify our monastery then?!" The elder looked kindly at him and said: "It's hard to explain… I would say that I don't pray at all… "It's just necessary to kindle in the human heart the light similar to that of a candle or of an icon-lamp! "This light originates from love. "And one can expand this light of the soul up to immensity, like the light of the Sun!"
And then — the Great Light of the Holy Spirit appears and is ready to help! And I can see everything inside that Living Divine Light, as if there were no walls of my cell and as if there were no towers of the monastery. And inside this Light, every human body can be seen through and every soul can be understood regardless of distance. "It happens like this: I just need to start saying the words of the prayer addressed to the Holy Spirit, and It comes! The Light of God begins to flow like a river and embrace everything with Itself!
"This Light understands the love of the heart but not the words muttered by a person! "You ask how miracles occur… When the soul merges with this Light, I stop distinguishing where my love is and where — God's Love! "In the River of Light, there are numerous Arms. It seems that they are mine but at the same time not mine fully… "I see those Arms of God That do His Work! Just as the arms of a ploughman or cook do their work so the similar Arms of the Holy Spirit work! "It is these Arms That can heal. If the Holy Spirit wants, I can — with these Arms — cleanse filth and diseases from the bodies. But if the Holy Spirit do not want — I can't move even a finger tip. "Inside this Light of God, I can see diseases in the body of a sick person and vices in the soul.
"However, not every soul can be cleansed, not everyone can be helped… "The soul needs to be taught to love first! Otherwise, later it may become a debtor of God for that miracle!" … Zosima said this and smiled gently. But the young novice, in fright of the elder, fell to his knees and set his head against the floor… Then, crossing himself devoutly, he jumped out of the cell… Zosima sighed quietly: it seems that again not that man had come, whom God was talking about… This novice did not want to know about the warmth of the heart or about the spiritual heart love… So many years had passed already since Zosima began to look for a worthy disciple…
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Tanawha Trail Via Beacon Heights is a 11.8 mile lightly trafficked point-to-point trail located near Collettsville, North Carolina that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, fishing, and fly fishing and is best used from September until November. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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This Trail is a slammalammajamma and one I often enjoy hiking in the nude
This is a very long trail with multiple starting points. I choose to do a 2 mile loop that starts from a trail head on Holloway Mountain road which is accessed from Church road in Foscoe. From the Holloway Trail Head parking lot cross the road and turn left, walk about 25 yards and look for a gated forestry road on your right. The out trail after a mile connects with the Boone Fork Trail. Make a left and hike about 400 yards on Boone Fork and make another left into the forest to connect up to the return trail. Nice trail for walking the dog and when wild flowers are in bloom. I have also hiked this trail from the Holloway Trail Head towards the Parkway. From the parking lot hike straight up the hill /cow pasture in front of you and bear right. Watch out for cow pies. This section of trail goes all the way to the Parkway about 13 miles. I usually only hike it about 4 miles rt as an out and back. Lots of nice scenery and open meadows.
Great hike! Takes you under the viaduct, up and over, in and out of the woods with just enough views to keep you anticipating. I will give away a secret here. There is a location just after you come up from the viaduct, maybe mile 1 or 2 that gives you one of the best views overlooking the viaduct. This is where A LOT of famous pictures of the viaduct are taken.
Stumbled upon a famous photographer just sitting on this rock/overlook and found out later that a picture he captured that day was going to be featured in a nationally published Calendar and Magazine. It was neat to see it with my own eyes and then in the calendar! And it should be noted, I traveled in the fall with the brightest leaves I had ever seen in the Appalachians.
Since the Linn Cove Visitor Center was closed off to cars driving in, we hiked from the Stack Rock parking area to Rough Ridge and back. I would consider the section from the Viaduct to Rough Ridge a rocky and moderate one - definitely NOT in the easy category. This made for a 6 mile out and back point to point. Would love to finish the rest of the trail sometime from Rough Ridge going north to Julian Price!
Started the trail at beacon heights, lots of great bouldering spots. Favorite trail to take my dog on!
Scott L.
Beautiful misty day- hiked from the viaduct to Holloway Mointain Rd.
My fiancé and I started the trail at beacon heights this morning and finished in around seven hours. First off the trail is over the measured to be 13 miles one way... second the rating of easy was true for myself whom is an experienced hiker but for someone who is not very experienced the portion of the trail from rough ridge to beacon heights is the hardest with a good portion of it being what I would consider "stairs". This portion is also the most scenic with good views, large walls to check out and rough ridge which is one of the better places to see on the parkway. Overall the hike was good and I will do it again.
Need to go back & explore the greater area! Nice & cool today.
We did a nice section of this trail today. Beacon Heights to Rough Ridge! I was surprised at how rugged the trail was... For it to be rated easy, it was pretty tuff on my knees! There was a lot of diversity from the green grasses, Boulder fields, tunnels of rhododendron... Surprising little water falls nestled among the rocks. Definitely like this trail and maybe we can complete the other half soon! *** this was one of the cleanest trails we've hiked... Very little trash and litter! Nice to see people taking care of Mother Nature!
I have somewhat mixed feelings about this trail, honestly. It wasn't too hard, in terms of the hike itself, really, although it's somewhat long. It does also have some interesting things to see, especially when you go under the Viaduct, and near the start/end when you cross over a river with a small waterfall. Part of the trail is just a nearly endless stretch of rhodedendrons, though. For us, it was the last... I'd say quarter... of the trail, and it was a bit boring to me. Perhaps because I'd been hiking a while, instead of doing it at the beginning, but it just seemed to drag on.
Now, I know, nature should never be boring, but it was to myself, and to the guy I was hiking it with. Despite that, it was a very enjoyable hike. We also found, by pure happenstance, a geocache along the way, on a rock outcropping that climbed up and overlooked the parkway itself. It was a really cool surprise in the middle of our hike.
Hiked this trail today, it was great! It is really easy, I took my 12 year old lab with me and she did just fine. Very gradual incline, some nice little creeks, and leads to Storyteller's Rock and some good-looking campsites. Took only 2 hours, and that included a plenty of "sniff stops" and a small break. I would recommend this trail to anyone, and dogs and kids can handle it, no problem.
oh....and it took us 11 hours...but we did have about an hour and a half to 2 hours of breaks along the way.
an amazing journey from end to end! I completed this on Saturday with 2 friends. We started at the Price Lake entrance and finished at the top of Beacon Heights for a spectacular ending place to rest and wait on the sunset. This is technically "backwards"but we wanted the grand finale experience at the end. As with any long hike, the toughest part was around miles 9-11...which for us was from Rough ridge to Linn cove...but it was a truly spectacular hike. From peaceful wildflower filled pastures to rhodedendron tunnels to boulder fields and panoramic views, quiet waterfalls and most forests...this trail never fails to awe and inspire.
This trail is also an awesome trail, part of the Mountain-to-Sea. Did the entire trail in 2007, but I do sections all the time. Highlights include Rough Ridge, Boone Fork, and Linn Cove. Great views, and other trails spur off it. The Holloway mtn. rd. access along the east side of the trail is getting a parking area and a trail re-route. Trail ends at the Price Park campground.
I only went from the visitors center to the opposite side of the viaduct. It was a nice little hike and once you get to the end of the viaduct there is a boulder you can climb to get a clear view of the viaduct and mountains beyond. One of the nicest views I have seen.
Just did the Ruff Ridge to Linn Cove section. Nice views across the ridge and under the viaduct, trail was not too strenuous. Made for a good several hour hike.
Great trail. Hiked the upper portion only to Ruff Ridge, awesome views. Some mud, lots of low hanging trees. Five stars!
Amazing views. Amazing topography. Lots of boulder out croppings for several miles. Blazes are far apart and especially near boulders you can sometimes "lose" the trail. But you never get lost. Tree tunnel to open pastures. Can't wait to go back and due this one again.
The Tanawha Trail actually totals 13.5 mi, but is accessible from many sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway. I only hiked a section of it, and proceeded to go up the eastern side of Grandfather mountain. On the section I went on, the trail parallels the parkway, crosses it a few times, and you'll get to see the Linn Cove Viaduct from below. The variety of places to access the trail make it very accommodating, I would do it again and hike the entire trail.


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47-year-old Fargo woman set to deliver 15th child
Meredith Olafson rubs her hands across her swollen belly and says this will be her last baby.
I am retiring after this one, the 47-year-old Fargo woman says.
This uterus is closing shop.
But whenever she says this, her family gently kids her that they've heard that claim before.
Meredith has such a soft heart, explains her husband, Jay. And then his wife will hear the sad story of another couple who can't conceive, and she'll want to help them, he says.
This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on JamestownSun.com
Read more: A walking incubator: 47-year-old Fargo woman set to deliver 15th child, 11th for another couple
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
A quick update...
I was going to post on Saturday, but never did it. I've been waiting to download a video from our video camera and some pictures from our digital cameras before I post, but that still hasn't happened so I decided to just give an update without pictures.
I wish I could put into words the joy that has come into our home with Matthew & Micah. Matthew, we assumed, would bring joy and delight to our lives. Micah is another story. When we first met this little guy, we honestly didn't think we could go through with it. We seriously considered not adopting him. But even in the same afternoon we discussed this (through many tears, I might add), we also said that we couldn't leave him in the institution. So our decision was made to regroup and go forward. In the next 12 hours, we made plans and formed a strategy for the next visit with him and things got better almost instantly. While we wouldn't have left him there, there was a fear that we couldn't do it. That he would be too much of a disruption to our family.
Today, we can say without hesitation that without him, there would be a void in our lives. Not just a void, but a physical ache. That's not to say that both boys haven't been challenging at times. There have been moments when our love for them wasn't as perfect as God's love for us, or even the love we have for our biological kids. Hard to admit, but there it is. There did come a time, though, in the last 2 months (though we can't pinpoint the exact moment it happened) that they became ours. Really ours. It happened pretty early on, but it was a process to be sure.
Before we left Ukraine with them, they were ours in our minds and mostly in our hearts, but an even greater transformation has happened that we are thankful to God for. A transformation that we couldn't plan or force. Simply a gift from our Father.
Mary and I are doing well. We've been so careful to protect our relationship and to still make moments for romance even when they are sometimes rushed instead of lingering together for an evening on the town. We have some dear friends who "forced" us to let them come over once a month so we could have a date. That's been sweet. When we got home, we assumed that it would be months before we could go out by ourselves. Thankfully, that was a wrong assumption. We look for those quiet moments that come along every now and then and enjoy them while they last. Even with the added responsibility we have with our kids, we still put our relationship on the front burner. Not that we put the kids on the back burner (okay...I'm speaking metaphorically here...we do NOT put our kids on the stove for punishment), but we know that if things aren't good with US, things can't be good for THEM. So things are good in our relationship and we're as madly in love with each other as always.
Our five biological kids are doing so well. They finished the year in school with all A's and a couple of B's. They have adjusted so well to the new boys. They are in love with them and treat them as if they've always been in our family. They have astounded us with their compassion and gentleness and patience. Seth, our 7 year old boy who is ALL BOY and is always on GO becomes a tender and gentle caregiver for the boys. He sits with them on the couch and puts his arms around them and hugs them and kisses them. He holds Matthew's hand and rubs it (Matthew's favorite thing in the world). He tells them He loves them (when he thinks no one is listening). Sometimes he tells them in Russian (I think he thinks when he does, he thinks no one knows what he's saying so as not to lose the all boy persona :-) ).
Eli has opened up to us in different ways. He desires our attention more since he sees Matthew and Micah wanting our attention. He comes when we call him now (sometimes). That's something that he would almost never do before. He's more independent (partially because we were away from him so long but also because he sees Micah and Matthew thriving and doing). He definitely makes more of an effort to do things on his own...yet has become more dependent on us in ways that are healthy (he wants to sit with us more, he reaches out for hugs and kisses).
Matthew and Micah have blossomed and have shed many of their "institutional" behaviors (though not all). They have become accustomed to us, our schedule, our lives, our discipline. You can really almost feel them sigh and say to themselves, "Ahhhh. I'm safe. I'm loved. I'm happy. I'm home." It's true joy and contentment. They come to us when they want attention when they're hungry, when they're hurt, when they need a hug, when they're happy about something. They have opened their hearts to all of us in ways that we didn't think could happen so quickly.
So much for a short post, huh??
Matthew has started looking AT us more than he looks past us. You know that feeling you get when you're being watched? Well every now and then I get that feeling and I'll look up and he's STARING at me. When I meet his gaze, he smiles the biggest smile with his whole body. When we're holding him, he will look right into our face and really connect with us. It's a precious gift.
Micah has had less "regressive institutional" behavior episodes and rarely acts like a caged wild animal anymore. There has only been 2 episodes in the last 2 weeks or so that he regressed. We don't know what causes it, but there are moments that he becomes the boy we first met. It only lasts for an instant, but you can visually see it happen. He takes off his glasses, kicks off his shoes and his eyes actually change. They have gotten shorter and shorter and much farther in between. We'll just keep loving them out of that boy!
Over the weekend, the boys had their first watermelon (most likely ever since watermelon isn't that popular in Ukraine and it doesn't taste very good and it's more expensive than other fruits...so it's unlikely he's ever they've ever had it before). Matthew liked it, but when Micah got it, he was laughing and eating it as fast as he could! It was going all over him (an me for that matter) because he was trying to eat it so fast. Like it would go away if he didn't get it eaten. He had 2 large pieces (all we would let him have and was his pullup WET the next morning (as we knew it would be)). We gave him some more last night. Same reaction. Pure ecstasy! It was a joy for us to watch him experience it for the first time. Matthew liked it, but the only thing he gets that excited about is breakfast! Oh wait, Micah gets that excited over cheerios with milk. Hmmm.... they do love to eat. But that's another change. They don't shovel it down so much. They both will leave food on their plate instead of gobbling it all up and begging for more. These are good changes.
Yesterday, the three little guys were watching a movie with me after lunch. After about 30 minutes it was nap time. Micah didn't want to go, but he didn't make an issue out of it. OR DID HE? Mary went to wake him up and get him up and there was something terribly wrong. Before he went to sleep, he stripped, pooped and LITERALLY spread it on everything that he could reach. He was covered top to bottom, every bar on his crib, the sheets, blankets, pillow, then he threw the poop out of the bed onto the floor and went to sleep. It was because he didn't want to go take a nap and I'm sure he thought, I'll show you. Well, in the end, he was the one who learned the lesson, but it's an interesting manifestation of the "institution" behavior raising it's head. It reminds of what a dog does when he's mad at his owner. The only thing he can really control, used as a weapon. Hmmm... Mary disciplined him and made sure he understood it was not okay. I came in from a computer job I was doing at someone's house and made sure he knew from my end too that it was not okay. As soon as I mentioned it and asked him if he took his clothes off and made a mess in his bed he hung his head and covered his face with his arm. He KNEW it was wrong and he knew it was not okay. He's such a blessing.
Mary and I are trying to formulate what God is calling us to do in the adoption ministry arena in our church and area where we live. We've seen what we seen for a reason. Saving Matthew and Micah was the tip of the iceberg. Pray with us.
Well...that was not a SHORT update! I'll try to post some new pics we have of the kids and we have a couple of videos to share. Some day. :-)
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|Saint Louise de Marillac
|August 12, 1591, Paris, France
|March 15, 1660 (aged 68), Paris, France
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|Roman Catholic Church
|May 9, 1920, Rome by Pope Benedict XV
|March 11, 1934, Rome by Pope Pius XI
|Major shrine
|Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Rue du Bac, Paris, France
|March 15
|widows' clothing
|disappointing children, loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, sick people, social workers, Vincentian Service Corps, widows
Saint Louise de Marillac (August 12, 1591 - March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with St. Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. She is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
Early life
Louise de Marillac was born out of wedlock on August 12, 1591. She never knew her mother. Louis de Marillac claimed her as his natural daughter yet not his legal heir. Louis was a member of the prominent Marillac family and was a widower at the time of Louise's birth. His brother, Michel de Marillac, was a major figure in the court of Queen Marie de Medicis and though Louis was not a member of the Queen's court, he lived and worked among the French aristocracy. Thus Louise grew up amid the affluent society of Paris, but without a stable home life. When her father remarried, Antoinette Le Camus, Louise's stepmother refused to accept Louise as part of their family. Nevertheless, Louise was cared for and received an excellent education at the royal monastery of Poissy near Paris, where her aunt was a Dominican nun. Louise was schooled among the country's elite and was introduced to the arts and humanities as well as to a deep spiritual life. She remained at Poissy until her father's death when she was twelve. Louise then stayed with a good, devout spinster where she learned household management skills. Around the age of fifteen, Louise felt drawn to the cloistered life. She later made application to the Capuchins in Paris, but she was refused admission. It is not clear if her refusal was due to her continual poor health or other reasons, but her spiritual director's prophetic response to her application was that God had "other designs" for her.
Devastated by this refusal, Louise was at a loss as to the next step in her spiritual development. By twenty-two years of age, her family had convinced her that marriage was the best alternative. Her uncle arranged for her to marry Antoine Le Gras, secretary to the Queen Marie de Medicis. Antoine was an ambitious young man who seemed destined for great accomplishments. Louise and Antoine were wed in the fashionable church of St. Gervaise on February 5, 1613. Later in that same year, the couple had their only child, Michel. Louise grew to truly love Antoine and to mother her son. Along with being devoted to her family, Louise was also active in ministry in her parish. Around 1621, Antoine contracted a chronic illness and eventually became bedridden. Louise lovingly nursed and cared for him and their child. However, her depression caused her to question her continuing as a wife and a mother.
Louise suffered for years with this internal doubt and prayed for resolution, which she finally received during an inner experience of divine communication with God. In 1623, at the age of thirty-two, she wrote, "On the feast of the Pentecost during Holy Mass or while I was praying in the church, my mind was completely freed of all doubt. I was advised that I should remain with my husband and that the time would come when I would be in the position to make vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and that I would be in a small community where others would do the same." Louise also received insight that she would be guided to a new spiritual director, Vincent de Paul. She continued, "I felt that it was God who was teaching me these things and that, believing there is a God; I should not doubt the rest."
Two years after this experience, Antoine died and left Louise to fulfill her next great mission in life. She now focused intently on her own spiritual development. Being a woman of great energy, intelligence, determination and devotion, Louise wrote her own "Rule of Life in the World" which detailed a structure for her day. Time was set aside for reciting the Office of the Blessed Virgin, attending Mass, receiving Holy Communion, meditation, spiritual reading, fasting, penance, reciting the rosary and special prayers. Still, Louise managed to find time to maintain her household, entertain guests and nurture Michel, her thirteen year old son, with special needs. Throughout all this activity, Louise realized she needed guidance and a tempering of her intensity and drive. This was to come from her relationship with Vincent de Paul.
Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul
Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul met around the time of Antoine's passing in 1625. Vincent quickly recognized Louise's power and intelligence and understood her desire for spiritual direction. Over the next four years, Vincent and Louise communicated often through letters and personal meetings, with Vincent guiding Louise to greater balance in a life of moderation, peace and calm. In 1629, Vincent invited Louise to get involved in his work with the Confraternities of Charity. She found great success in these endeavors. Then, in 1632, Louise made a retreat seeking inner guidance regarding her next step. Her intuition led her to understand that it was time to intensify her ministry with poor and needy persons, while still maintaining a deep spiritual life. Louise, at age forty-two, drawn to focus on mission, communicated this aspiration to Monsieur Vincent. By the end of 1633, he too had received the guidance needed for them to bring the Daughters of Charity into existence.
In seventeenth-century France, the charitable care of poor persons was completely unorganized. Many underprivileged people were victims of non-existent care or poor hospital conditions. The Ladies of Charity, founded by Vincent years earlier, provided some care and monetary resources, but this wasn't enough. For, though the wealthy Ladies of Charity had the funds to aid poor people, they did not have the time or temperament to live a life of service and insertion among persons who were poor. Louise found the help she needed in young, humble, country women who had the energy and the proper attitude to deal with people weighed down by destitution and suffering. She began working with a group of them and saw a need for common life and formation. Consequently, she invited four of these country girls to live in her home and began forming them to care for those in need. She also taught them how to deepen their spiritual life. "Love the poor and honor them as you would honor Christ Himself," Louise explained. This was the foundation of the Company of the Daughters of Charity, who received official approbation in 1655.
Louise's work with these young women developed into a system of pastoral care at the Hotel-Dieu, the oldest and largest hospital in Paris. Their work became well known and the Daughters were invited to Angers to take over management of the nursing services of the hospital there. This was the first ministry outside Paris for the fledgling community, so Louise herself made the arduous journey to Angers in the company of three Sisters. After completing negotiations with the city and the hospital, Louise instituted collaboration among the doctors, nurses and others to form a comprehensive team. This model was highly successful and is still in use today by the Daughters of Charity. Under the guidance of Louise de Marillac, the Daughters expanded their scope of service to include orphanages, institutions for the elderly and mentally ill, prisons, and the battlefield.
In working with her Sisters, Louise emphasized a balanced life, as Vincent de Paul had taught her.It was the integration of contemplation and activity that made Louise's work so successful. The Sisters were encouraged to pray and work together, and to live every moment in imitation of Christ by inwardly asking; "What would Jesus do in this situation?" The key for Louise was letting go of her personal plan and surrendering to God's will. She wrote near the end of her life, "Certainly it is the great secret of the spiritual life to abandon to God all that we love by abandoning ourselves to all that He wills."
Louise continued her work with the Daughters of Charity until her death. A present day observer might surmise that Vincent de Paul was the heart of the Daughters of Charity, while Louise was the head. This isn't quite true, for Louise had a big heart, too. However, this statement is made to give tribute to Louise's strong intellect, organizational skills and her ability to get things accomplished Louise was positive and exuberant in her energy, always urging her Sisters to do more and do it well. But along with the activity, she also modeled love. Nearing her death, she wrote to her Sisters: "Take good care of the service of the poor. Above all, live together in great union and cordiality, loving one another in imitation of the union and life of our Lord. Pray earnestly to the Blessed Virgin, that she might be your only Mother."
After increasingly ill health, Louise de Marillac died on March 15, 1660, six months before the death of her dear friend and mentor, Vincent de Paul. She was sixty-eight years of age. By the time of her death, the Daughters of Charity had more than forty houses in France. Today, she continues to live in her spiritual followers: the Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity, Ladies of Charity, and many collaborators serving throughout the world.
Louise de Marillac was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1920 and, in 1934, she was canonized by Pope Pius XI. Her feast day is March 15. To this day, her remains are enshrined in the chapel of the motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity in Paris. She was declared Patroness of Christian Social Workers by Pope John XXIII in 1960. Those with disappointing children, those who have lost parents, people rejected by religious orders, sick people, the Vincentian Service Corps and widows could also take St. Louise as an example and intercessor. As a wife, mother, teacher, nurse, social worker and religious foundress, she stands as a model for all women.
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External links
- Company of the Daughters of Charity
- The Vincentian Center for Church and Society
- Catholic Online Saints
- Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Louise de Marillac
- Vincentian Studies Institute
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