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By David Poland email@example.com
Lost A Days: April 27, 2011
Driving to Urbana-Champaign…
Yesterday seemed to be an all-birther Bobby Ewing day. The Sirius XM new channels were a joy to have.
Restaurant Reviews: Sandwich Week in Chicago… Gramwiches were pretty amazing… Never had a pork belly sandwich (or any other) with corn bread IN the sandwich… special grilled cheese (thanks, Cameron)…. And the great Xoco didn't disappoint on repeat returns… And now, take-out.
Ebertfest opened in the drizzle, loaded with far-flung correspondents (6 countries outside of the country in the house), familiar faces, and an opening night double feature.
Of course, none of this is End of Days material… Back again tonight.
57 Responses to "Lost A Days: April 27, 2011"
It's sad to live in a country where the first non-white president felt it necessary to release his long-form birth certificate to placate the likes of Donald Trump and the birther queen. At least the Diesel and Paul Walker are here to make everything OK.
And now the Son of Jor-El has renounced his US citizenship. Is it because he's a birther racist, or he's protesting immigration policy?
Funny how Vin Diesel's big again. I see he's reuniting with Rob Cohen for XXX 3.
obama triumphs over state of hawaii bureaucracy with a personal phone call, i wonder why he didn't do this earlier to nip it in the bud, why now. i feel sorry for him feeling he even has to do such a ludicrous thing, it must be hard not to let the lunatics get you down.
For the record (literally):
Since I'm the one who brought it up last weekend, the NYT has finally seen fit to publish a review of "Atlas Shrugged, Part I" (two, hmmmm, weeks after it opened) in Friday's edition.
They must have had a hard time finding someone to cover it since none of the usual fourth (and fifth) stringer/suspects got the byline. Instead it was somebody named Coco….not to be confused with the dead French fashion designer, I'm sure.
The problem Leahnz is that it will never be 'nipped in the bud'. If it isn't his birth location, it's now his intellect. And these same people never question Sarah Palin's intellect. You can't bring logic to illogical people and expect to get a common sense result. Trump's and the birthers assertion is that the USA has a president via affirmative action, who's not a christian, (like somehow that should be a requirement), whose alien, whose the antichrist, whose the very embodiment of everything evil. He's different, and therefore he's not fit for the job.
This will never end, even if he wins the next election, it will never end, and even after he has served eight years in the white house, sorry to say, Obama and his family will always be a target for race baiting, hatred, and the personification of evil by stupid, ignorant, master race sympathizers, fueled unfortunately by what was supposed to be level headed republicans who were supposed to keep their right wing nuts in check, but were too coward and had absolutely no backbone to stand up and say that this birther stuff is absolute and utter bullshit, that they disagree with Obama's policies, that he can't balance the budget or reduce the deficit, any of those, but he's black, no wait, 1/2 black, which means he's not white enough to get into the country club. Huckabee, Boehner, Graham, and many career politicians who ought to know better. Obama, to them, is just an uppity nigger that should be kept in his place.
well gee bulldog, why don't you just tell it like it is! i couldn't agree more (trump/the birthers/their ilk are questioning obama's INTELLECT now? if that's not irony i don't know what is, bloody hell — it would be pure comedy if it weren't so real and frightening)
Leahnz. I feel much better. I have exorcised the demons…this house is clear.
not to be doomy and gloomy, but look what happenend to the house afterwards, yikes! (i can't figure out how all y'all do the yellow faces, this is my best attempt:
(edited to say, clearly i don't know how to do it properly)
I find it astounding that certain factions would question the "legitimacy" of an American-born President elected by a 7% margin, but not the legitimacy of his predecessor, whose first election was decided in the courts and whose second rested on dubious electoral math in Ohio. Almost as astounding as blaming our financial mess on the guy who inherited a $14 trillion deficit, not the fella who dug us $14 trillion into the hole.
The thing is Nikki, the legitimacy of those elections were questioned, and even made the subject of movies, as far as I recall, but this question of Obama's legitimacy is far removed from an issue of a free and fair election. No one questioned whether Bush was fit, qualified, or educated enough to be President. Sure, jokes were made about the dumb dubya, but nothing seriously beyond that, not even a whole big smear campaign about his drinking history was seriously mounted. Bush was always just a bad boy member of the frat house.
What we have hear is 21st century civil rights redo. A black man needs to be legitimized in the eyes of whites in order to be viewed as equal. It can't be on his own merits or terms, or the content of his character. It's the back of the bus all over again.
From the 'baby daddy' to the 'terrorist fist jab' via faux news, the bias and bigotry has been fed and a well financed machine that understands how to play on the fears of it's close minded viewers and listeners, who remember the good ole days as if it were all a pre-Tobey Maguire episode of Pleaseantville. They would walk two miles to their favorite fishin hole with their young sons in tow, and on their way they would pass a tree with a rope hanging from it, or a burnt out cross sticking up from the charred ground, and the lesson from father to son would be that people should know how to keep their place, and once you knew that, everything would be alright.
ahhhhh…bring back the good ole days, when a Coke was a penny, the women cooked a mean apple pie, and all the Presidents were white.
to be clear, in my earlier comment i meant the 'house' as a metaphor for the lunatic assault on obama's presidency, not bulldog's psyche, it kinds sounded that way re-reading it
(but now i'm craving apple pie, curse you bulldog, i'm going to have to bake!)
I understood what you meant leahnz. No worries.
I have never been a real fan of apple pie for some reason. I'm more into strawberry pie. Always felt the berries had more flavour.
cherry pie is THE BEST (tip o' the hat to special agent cooper and 'the peaks', i can not watch that show without making a cherry pie afterwards and enjoying a damn fine cup of coffee during). the trick to good apple pie is using 2 kinds of apples for more flavour and don't skimp on the cinnamon
And Leahnz, I know that the name Michael Bay stirs up quite a bit of a shitstorm with you, but damn it, the Transformers 3 trailer looks fucking awesome. And I hated Transformers 2. Sorry leahnz, I'm lining up for this one.
weirdly i'm actually a bit of a fan of the first 'transformers' – it's goofy as hell and suffers from typical 'fake bay-itis with too much cheese and gag-me rah rah USA' syndrome, but has an earnest, endearing quality that kinda gets to me, some good set-piece action sequences (the scorpinok attack in the desert is bonza), and a good rousing score, so i'm rooting for those crazy kids sam and michaela to make it and optimus and the gang to prevail (bear in mind my boy as a littleun was THE biggest 'transformers' toy fan in th history of the universe, so i know that crap like the back of my hand).
having said that, i rather loathed the second one – what a waste of space – and i haven't seen the trailer for the third yet so no comment there, but i'll be there at the cinema likely with six 12-14 yr old boys in tow to see 'trannies trois' for myself. i took a gaggle of tween boys to 'fast five', that was a hoot (very violent tho, much more killing than the previous installments)
Why is everyone afraid to just say that birthers and those who question such silly things are RACIST. It's because he is black. He is (to many) an "other." I mean, we're all film fans, right? Look back to the sci-fi movies of the 60's when integration was the buzz hot on the heels of McCarthyism. Fear of "the other," be it alien, foreign, gay, etc. has been a mainstay of human beings forever.
The sooner we (like, smart…non-frightened, sensible) people can quit handling this idiocy with kid gloves and just GET IT OUT THERE, the better off we'll be. It's like we're waiting for a bulb to go on, expecting it to go on…seeing it sitting above people heads and waiting. But yet, we never flick the switch.
Two most amusing things of London this morning:
All the Burger King crowns in the audience.
Souvenir flag hawkers trying to sell their wares right next to the tabloid magazine stands which are giving away their souvenirs (branded with the various "OK!" or Hello!" magazine labels, of course). A metaphor for paywall internet content?
ETA – re: Birthers
Ditto to everything leah said about the TRANSFORMERS flicks. The first one was the first Bay film I liked, so I had hopes for the second, which I ended up hating. Will have to check out the new trailer.
movie I find it highly amusing that Atlas Shrugged's producer, while moping about whether or not he is going to bother with parts 2 & 3, blamed critics for its box office performance (it's also funny that he seems to admit it was a box office dud while Fox News proclaimed it a hit in spite of the bad reviews). As if the target audience gives two shits what critics say about a movie like this. As if those reviews don't just prove to them what they already believe about the media. As if the second-weekend drop was only because of the negative reviews and not because pretty much every single person in America who wanted to pay to see Atlas Shrugged Part 1 in theaters did so.
The right's insistence that Obama is to blame for this birther nonsense is hysterical. They claim the issue only lived because of him and not because countless GOP members of Congress and GOP presidential candidates continually brought it up and made reference to it. They also claim 9/11 Truthers were worse because they insinuate Bush is a mass murderer. How many times was Bush asked about that in a press conference? How many Democratic members of Congress publicly stated they were a 9/11 Truther? The GOP is a farce at the moment. Regardless of Obama's current popularity rating, if the election were held today it would be a landslide.
Finally, I watched the Transformers 3 trailer with the sound off to see if any shots of the Milwaukee lakefront are shown since they did some filming there. Alas no Milwaukee in the trailer, but some of those scenes featuring the mayhem in Chicago are very impressive.
1. Hillary's team got the ball rolling with the birther mess. And while I'm sure there are those motivated by racism, the political machine for 20 years just tries to delegitimize whoever's president. I do find it funny that Pew found MSNBC spent twice as much airtime on it than Fox or CNN. I feel about the birther issue the same way I do about Koran-burner Terry Jones or 9/11 truthers. Except Trump came along and made it a bigger story, and now Trump's saying "How about them school records?" Whose picture is in the dictionary by the word 'sideshow'?
2. The national debt was $5.7 trillion when Bush was sworn into office in 2001. The natl debt was $10.6 trillion when Obama was sworn in. The natl debt now is $14.3 trillion.
3. I liked the first Transformers movie too. The second one ruined the first one for me in every way.
4. Never read Atlas Shrugged; the trailer screamed "Wait for it on Netflix, if you see it at all."
I think there is more racism than you allude to Krillian. The use of code words, the constant insinuations and declarations of the president being an "other" and "not sharing our values" and being schooled in Kenya and being a socialist. Wondering how he got into an Ivy League school. Those aren't merely attempts to delegitimize the president. It's thinly veiled racism directed at the first non-white president. And whoever started the birther mess, the GOP sure ran with it while making it seem as if it was all Obama's fault.
Are you suggesting that the national debt will help the GOP and make for a close election in 2012?
the transformers 3 trailer does look great.
i think both transformers films feature great action pieces but are a joke in terms of the human aspect. painful, badly written, ridiculous stuff. i don't care if they make a billion dollars a piece, it doesn't change the fact that Michael Bay could not direct a believable scene between two actors with 200 million dollars and every resource at his disposal.
and the major failing of the transformers films creatively is that two movies later do we know any of the transformers? Do they have personalities? are they individual characters?
Transformers movies are like disaster films. Instead of a tidal wave or a meteor, you have these robots that are constantly trying to kill each other and end up destroying cities and killing countless innocent people. Because there's no effort to make these giant, awesome robots into characters rather than destructive forces you lose any kind of weight when they live or die.
When Optimus Prime was destroyed in Transformers 2, did you care? Did it matter? It was a cool fight. But it was meaningless since there's no time spent developing them as characters rather than excuses to blow up cities.
You could call these films SAM WITWICKY AND THE VIOLENT ROBOTS THAT TURN INTO VEHICLES.
And i'm still not clear why these robots are fighting. It's like an intergalactic middle eastern conflict. I don't know why the Decepticons have declared a robot jihad against the Autobots.
Yes, these are silly gripes. Transformers was nothing more than a cartoon to sell toys to children. The movies manage to make a shitload of money AND sell toys to children. You can't ask for much more in terms of success.
But creatively, these movies are awful for anyone over the age of 12. Awesome action. Embarrassing acting. Michael Bay is the personification of style over substance.
I'll still see Transformers 3. Because i'm an action junkie and the action is awesome. And at this point i'm well aware that i'm walking into a movie that is going to look phenomenal and feature awesome action but will make me cringe when the human characters start talking.
Speaking of mindless action, how about that 77% RT rating for Fast Five? Not that it wouldn't open to $80 million with a 5%. Anyone here going to check it out? Also heard an interesting segment with Boston Globe critic Wesley Morris on NPR yesterday declaring the F&F movies to be progressive for the way they "promote race as this very normal thing."
you know what the positive reviews for fast five are?
critical relent.
ive seen all the f&f movies. at the core, they are very similar. tokyo drift being the most different because of the change in characters. the other 3 are basically the same movie. and they haven't changed. they're built on momentum, action, and abandonment of logic and reason.
these reviews for Fast Five could easily have applied to the others. Instead of faulting the movie for being stupid, pointless fun the critical mass is now praising it for being stupid, pointless fun.
That's why critics don't matter for most tentpole films. They can fault a film or praise a film for the same reason.
Here's a pull quote from Rotten Tomatoes for FAST AND FURIOUS.
"Fast & Furious is a piece of junk, but at least it is an entertaining and endearing piece of junk"
This was a "Rotten" review.
Here's one for Fast Five
"If you're in the mood for the cinematic equivalent of sugar and trans fats, the film delivers with one physics-defying set piece after another."
This is a positive review.
Is there are a difference?
The same things the series has always been beaten up for is now the reason to celebrate it.
critical relent.
Count me in with those who hated Transformers 2 (and I mean HAAAATED), but dammit if the trailer for 3 didn't kick some ass.
I feel very conflicted now.
story, it's because there's a part of you that wants to believe that no matter how bad the last one was, this time it will be better.
I call it 'Star Wars Syndrome'
Good points anghus. Critical relent seems to be a solid theory (I have only seen the first 2 and can barely remember a thing about them).
Before seeing Fast Five a couple weeks ago, I went and watched the previous four Fast/Furious films, all for the first time. Didn't like any of them (part 2 has a pulpy amusement, I'll admit). But I really really liked Fast Five. It truly is a better, sharper, bigger, and just plain better picture than what came before. It's a terrific caper that works on its own, but it also earns kudos for being a sequel that openly acknowledges its predecessors and integrates what came before into its narrative. Unlike so many later sequels that basically ignore everything but Part I, Fast Five uses its continuity to its dramatic/emotional advantage. It won't win any acting/writing Oscars, everyone acts just well enough to make the token dramatic elements work. Its technical merits are top-notch and it's just a great movie. Whether you like it or not is up to you, but the critical praise is not just a case of critics giving up. This really is a superior action picture.
For those who care – http://scottalanmendelson.blogspot.com/2011/04/review-fast-five-2011.html
You're on to something there. I liken it to Austin Powers, and I could be in the minority on this, but I thought the first one was okay, the second one was bad, but the third one, even though it was telling the same jokes, worked better for me, perhaps due to the familiarity of the franchise trappings.
I've seen all four F&F movies and barely remember anything about them beyond some of the cast and there are cars involved. Even then I have no idea how many Ludacris was in before or if this was his first one. But I still want to see this one.
As to the natl debt, it will help the GOP in 2012, even though with economics there isn't much difference between the parties beyond tax cuts for the rich. Whoever wins, Goldman Sachs and the Wall Street coke-fiends will still run that section of the country.
Story really? Come on!
Scott, indeed!
The fact is, the Obama administration let the birthers run wild because it was politically advantageous to so. Now, they released the long-form birth certificate because it was politically advantageous to do so. Word is, they were getting a little antsy about the conspiracy gaining traction. Now its fodder for his campaign. Cynical, but smart.
There's not one issue for which the left doesn't charge its opponents with some sort of bigotry: racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia, xenophobia, islamophobia, etc. Why should this be any different?
Yes conservatives love to whine about how all the left does is label them racist every time they say something negative about anything. Nice rhetoric, plays well with the base, and also completely absurd and untrue. Isn't that playing the victim, something the right claims only the left does?
mystery, when people like Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich and other Republicans talk about Obama being an other or not sharing our values, when they wonder how he got into an Ivy League school, when they call him a socialist/communist/Marxist, when they mention the time he spent living abroad, when you add all that up, what do you really think they are talking about? How should a person read between the lines? You honestly don't think there is even a hint of racism there? It's simply more name-calling from the left?
There's no pleasing the birthers. They will continue to believe he wasn't born here. They will never vote for him. I was enjoying the spectacle though and wish he would have let it drag on.
i really hated fast and furious tokyo drift ..
the movies have pretty cool looking posters ..
they should have run the first 3 fast and furious films on
basic cable worldwide
also why no dp/30 with any of the films ?
sometimes i think DP hates really popular films..
no pirates of the caribbean films dp/30 – no harry potter films dp/30 – no scream films dp/30 – no saw movie films dp/30
Or maybe Paul Walker and the Diesel don't like doing 30-minute video interviews?
Mmmmmmm. Cherry pie, Leah. How awesome was discovering that show every week with no internet spoilers or cranky bloggers or live tweets?
And I always thought the line was, "This house is CLEAN."
Vin Diesel does 10 minute interviews
all these big budget action films always has a few
new actors that do other cool films after ..
so the dp/30's are worth doing .
DP should really balance out the small indie films with
the 100 million dollar blockbusters..
Never said they're not worth doing, but I'm sure a lot depends on David's schedule, actor/actress availability and willingness, etc.
Kevin: "this house is clear" is taken from Ace Ventura, Pet Detective.
DP really should outsource these things to other people…
just find somebody in nyc / london / …get this worldwide
with over 1000 interviews a year ….
Hello? Ace Ventura was referencing Poltergeist….
"The fact is, the Obama administration let the birthers run wild because it was politically advantageous to so."
Those clever liberals, oh they're cunning alright.
Funny thing is Storymark, I knew that, but the Jim Carey take was just so gosh darn funny.
Ok, just checking.
A Repcon and provided us with a checklist for all of their problems:
"There's not one issue for which the left doesn't charge its opponents with some sort of:
"bigotry": CHECK!
"racism": CHECK!
"sexism": CHECK!
"ageism": CHECK!
"homophobia": DOUBLE CHECK!
"xenophobia": BORDER FENCE CHECK!
"islamophobia": NOT A FAN OF DETROIT, CHECK!,
"Why should this be any different?"
Oh it's who you are. You are a bunch of racist, sexist, bigoted, islamphobic, xenophobic, homophobic, and old people hating assholes. Seriously, the sooner the media starts treating every single one of you this way. The sooner things will hopefully change and we can finally get the shit that you are, off of our shoes.
kevin: watching (particularly season one of) 'twin peaks' on tv for the first time – one of the most satisfying, creepy experiences of my life. to this day every now and then i still see 'bob' lurking at the foot of my bed in bad dreams.
(it IS "this house is clean", but i myself am THE WORST at mucking up movie quotes in small ways so i felt loathe to correct bulldog's either typo or small error when his usage was clever — also my 'look at what happened to the house afterwards' comment only works in reference to poltergeist, ace's house (or flat i guess) remained awesome at all times filled with all those animals and the penguins in the freezer, too adorable)
re: fast five, i actually disagree with whoever said up there it's the same movie as all the others
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there is far more emphasis on the heist angle this time out and practically NONE on the drag-racing angle (as a matter of fact, the one big race that matters where they race to win cars to use in the robbery isn't even shown at all on screen, v. bizarre), enough so to completely change the tone from the previous flicks, it actually more called to mind the remake of 'the italian job' in many respects.
also, it is FAR more violent, there is a great deal of killing in the heavily-armed shootouts, which imbued proceedings with a 'nastier' undercurrent (and the stunts are outrageously implausible but well executed; when mia and brian jump thru that hodgepodge corrugated iron roof there would have been slicing of limbs and gore galore, but not a scratch on our family-way lovebirds, how sweet). but i had a great time seeing it with my gaggle of tween-teen boys, they went ape-shit for it (and of course the scene toward the end of the credits left those of us who have followed the series to wonder exactly how the hell the spectre of lettie raises her head, ahoy 'faster six: ghost heist')
also: interesting to see i'm not a lonely camper in my affection for 'trannies' and yet disliking what i consider the inferior in every way 'trannies deux'
edited to say: re: the trannies trois trailer, i don't trust trailers. deux had a decent trailer too and look what happened. i'd think m. bay movies are a trailer-cutters dream, seeing as his movies are often like one big trailer
Looks like Ace said "clear" and Poltergeist said "clean", from the quick bit of research I was able to do on my iPhone. Who'd a thunk it?
Leah, I think Bay cuts his own trailers, but that TF2 trailer pales in comparison to the TF3 trailer. Yeah, we were all burned with TF2 but dear fucking god, if TF3 just has the tone of that trailer. The film will be tremendous.
I did enjoy the first Trannys movie, though I wasn't too gung-ho about seeing the 2nd prior to it coming out. Sometimes, even if I really enjoy the first, I'm not too psyched to see the follow up. Or like after Spidey II and X:2, I was like "Best Thanksgiving meal EVAR! No, I've had seconds. I'm full. Really." I still went and saw the 3rd installs on each and was like, Uleck!
I thought some of the effects on Trannies 2 were really seamless but among other things I thought it suffered from sensory overload. Well, I suppose I did. But, I have to tell you, seeing that trailer for Trannies 3 during the Super Bowl was pretty impressive. I mean you think change from a car into a robot, we've seen that before. And done really well. Even though I can't really remember a story point or sequence from it, I did give me reason to hope.
IO – The sooner things will hopefully change and we can finally get the shit that you are, off of our shoes.
Hatespeech for the hundreth time. Hypocritic Lives.
I'm sorry – what happened today Alex to make you so angry? Someone screw up your comic hold?
Paul – When Howie Dean was leading the '04 pack, he went on Diane Rehm, got asked about 9/11 Truther nonsense.
Physician, heal thyself. The left either has terrible memories or you guys spend a lot of time bullshitting yourselves.
As I said before, I never cared about his long-form, but the way 0 safeguarded it eventually made me think there was something of a personal nature with his parents he didn't want out. That fact it really was nothing makes this easy to ascribe to Axelrod/Plouffe games, but, once again when every other presidential nominee gets probed to the nth degree, and he gets a media firewall by Klein, Alter, etc…that shamed anyone from asking…what do you expect to happen?
Why do I know W was a cheerleader at Yale and seen photos of it, but nothing about Obama at Columbia? I can hand you details about Clinton at Oxford, Kerry at Harvard, Hillary and Wesleyan, Gore and Tommy Lee Jones, Palin and hear college quest for identity, etc…nothing on 0 at Columbia and chunks from Harvard.
So why does it matter? Because that's the basis for his critical thinking. I know a good deal personally about Columbia and to depart Occidental for this school and the groups he's admitted to actively seeking out, generates questions. For example, he was friends with Edward Said, who was at Columbia at the same time, but no one will explain the relationship. Said was a transformative figure in Mid-East/Western politics and if Obama's outlook was shaped by him, it would explain a lot.
bulldog: correctamundo, ace says 'clear' (or 'cleah', his weirdo accent way of saying 'clear') so you weren't even a sloppy quoter like i so often am, ace is the misquoter
Martin, you seem to be under the impression that I care what a scalawag like you thinks.
Martin, during Bush's presidency, did the number of Democrats in Congress insinuating he may have had something to do with 9/11 come close to equaling the number of Republicans in Congress and GOP leaders who have suggested that Obama wasn't born here? Can you tell me how many times Bush was asked about 9/11 being an inside job at a press conference? How many Republican leaders went out of their way to denounce birthers? How many of them were more than happy to talk about the issue without prompting from the media? The idea that the right played no role in keeping this issue alive and well is flat-out ridiculous.
And what about the reasons for the constant declarations that Obama is an other? Why do you think the right does that Martin?
You know a lot about Columbia? Great. What does that prove? You start to sound a lot like a birther and a truther when you mention concern for a lack of photographs and a friendship he had back then. Wasn't McCain friends with nefarious fellows like G. Gordon Liddy, a convicted felon? What does that say about him?
So, Martin, you're suggesting a kind of calvinistic easter egg hunt with regard to Obama's academic career?
I'm sure Edward Said was a vigorous terror warrior as well. The ideological roots of the surge are no doubt hidden in these dark days spent in a global polyglot metropolis simpering with all kinda racial mixin' and thinkin' and such hmm. And that's why the Obama admin is continually forced to carry diplomatic water for Israel.
ha, at least obama is capable of "critical thinking" (even if it is subversive black-panther fist-pumping 'get whitey' NEGRO thinking, lawwwwd no!), the previous pres couldn't critically think his way out of a paper bag. wait, did g. w. bush's riding his daddy's coat tails, draft-dodging, drunk out of his gourd and coked-up to the gills stint also "generate questions"? looking at the shit-level you're standing in created by the vacuous daddy's boy cheerleader (and sadly inherited by the critical thinker), perhaps you're not asking the right questions
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Comfort and Challenge from 2 Corinthians
"Traditionally, Paul's two letters to Timothy and his one letter to Titus are called the 'Pastoral Letters.' But 2 Corinthians has a strong claim to be regarded as the supreme pastoral letter because it witnesses so vividly to the 'daily pressure' (11:28) of Paul's anxious concern for the Corinthian believers. 'Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?' (11:29). Paul, the matchless pastor, penned a profound, though brief, autobiography. In this letter we have beautiful examples of the tenderness of a spiritual shepherd sensitive to the needs of his flock; the pleading spiritual father jealous for his children's affection, purity, and unity; and the fears of a spiritual mentor as he confronts the persistent sin of his charges." (NIV Study Bible)
For fourteen years as Senior Pastor of Rosebank Union Church, I have joyfully carried "the daily pressure of my concern" (11:28) for this wonderful church. It has been an honour beyond words. Now, as I prepare to move on, I can think of no better way to conclude my preaching ministry among you than to dip into 2 Corinthians and share Christ's heart, Paul's heart, and my heart with you.


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Day[9] Daily #90 – Nazgul ZvP @ Blistering SandsDay[9] goes over a few games that involve expanding behind a very aggressive Zealot push in order to delay Zerg economy and force units. Day[9] demonstrates that the player is able to safely expand because he makes a Forge to ...
Day[9] Daily #89 – Jinro vs Haypro TvZ @Desert OasisDay[9] examines a game in which a great deal of harass is being done by mass Reapers, Hellions, and Banshees allowing Terran to abuse Zerg while still being able to expand. The game contains significant use of Reaper building damage ...
Day[9] Daily #84 – ZvP timings and OpeningsDay[9] pays close attention to the ZvP matchup in the SC2 beta from the Zerg's point of view, focusing heavily on timings, such as the timing of a Stargate off one base or the amount of Larvae that should have ...
Day[9] Daily #83 – TvZ Midgame and OpeningDay[9] focuses on the TvZ matchup during the SC2 beta. He meticulously goes over early game build orders for Zerg and gives a good idea on how a player can adjust and tighten his own builds, what specific small details ...
Day[9] Daily #82 – Oversky's Zerg AnalysisDay[9] looks at more games from Oversky showing us some of the early Zerg play in SC2, including Roach-based play and Hydra-based play and some Mutalisk-based play.
Day[9] Daily #79 – ZvP 2 Gate OpeningDay[9] discusses the pros and cons of doing a 2 Gateway rush versus Zerg. He goes over how he felt the strategy could, and should, work and what paths it forces upon both players.
Day[9] Daily #75 – Jaedong vs Stork @ Match PointDay[9] takes a look at how to squeeze extra uses out of your units and how to make your units work overtime. Part 1
Day[9] Daily #74 – SC2 Zerg OpeningsDay[9] goes over some Zerg openings in all matchups. He takes a look at when it is a good time to power Drone with the use of Queen power inject.
Day[9] Daily #69 – SC 2 Battle Report 3 AnalysisDay[9] does an analysis of Starcraft 2's Battle Report #3. He applies his knowledge of Starcraft Brood War, to look at the new Wings of Liberty game.
Day[9] Daily #68 – Hogil vs Stork @ 2 GamesDay[9] goes over a few games between Hogil and Stork. He looks at interesting scenarios that occur, how they effect the way the game plays out, as well as general ZvP strategy on the two maps.
Day[9] Daily #67 – SC2 BattleReport 2Day[9] analyzes a game from the brand new StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty Alpha, using his StarCraft: Brood War knowledge to discuss strategy, new units and buildings, and unit movement and placements.
Day[9] Daily #62 – Day[9] vs Gosi[Terran] BO3Day[9] takes a look at a game where he played against gosi[Terran] in the 2009 WCG USA qualifiers. He explains how important it is to have a well-organized, clear plan.
Day[9] Daily #61 – LowLevelRepsDay[9] takes a look at a viewer-submitted replay to analyze some of what the player does, and what a low level player can do to improve their gameplay in Brood War. He emphasizes the need for a game plan, and ...
Day[9] Daily #60 – LowLevelRepsDay[9] takes a look at a viewer-submitted replays to analyze some of what the player does and what a low level player can do to improve their game play in Brood War. He emphasizes the need for a game plan, ...
Day[9] Daily #58 – Upmagic vs NaI_rA @ NemesisDay[9] analyzes a game exhibiting unorthodox style: a bio-army of Marine/Medics with additional tanks pitted against Protoss. Upgrades play a significant role in this game. Both players use drops to distract before hitting with their main armies.
Day[9] Daily #56 – Iris vs Calm @ Neo HarmonyDay[9] examines a TvZ game, which is easily controlled in the middle with Vultures or Lurkers. The game is very back and forth with the Terran being starved due to the sheer amount of Hatcheries. Counterattacks by both are present ...
Day[9] Daily #51 – July vs FirebatHero @ ChupungA TvZ Daily with great insight on Overlord/Lurker placement in a very tight game against a TvZ expert. Day[9] examines utilizing fast tech switches for both players as well as harass and timing pushes for Zerg.
Day[9] Daily #49 – GGplay vs Iris @ PythonDay[9] examines one of the TvZ games he has found most influential and inspirational, looking at initial Terran control over the middle of the map and how GGplay used small counterattacks while playing defensively and expanding when he could to ...
Day[9] Daily #47 – Day[9] vs G5 @ 2 GamesDay[9] takes a look at his own game vs G5 in the ESWC tournament. Part 1
Day[9] Daily #45 – Flying vs Effort @ Heartbreak RidgeDay[9] looks at the importance of waiting for the right time to get Mutalisks rather than the fastest time. He looks at how the Mutalisks force a reaction from the Protoss while taking back map control from the Corsairs. He ...
What the Deck w/ Brian Kibler | Ep 7: Clone Wars
Each week, we'll play outlandish decks against our guest. Submit decks for us to play that fit into our weekly theme here: https://discord.gg/day9tv in #deck-submissions
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We are gonna play again woohoo!
DayKnight Festival Stream Day (Sept 1st Community Day)
The Festival is an online gathering where DayKnights meet, play games together, and have fun. Join the DayKnight Discord say hi and play any of the featured games together.


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Augmentative Communication
The Fife Augmentative and Alternative Communication Team (FAACT) provides a Fife-wide service to children and adults whose communication ability is limited due to a severe oral communication difficulty. This may have resulted from conditions present from birth, such as cerebral palsy or learning disabilities, or develop later in life, from conditions such as head injury, motor neurone disease or stroke.
The service is jointly funded by Education and Learning Directorate, Social Work and Health, and the aim of the service is to match individuals with augmentative and/or alternative communication devices and systems, to enable them to speak for themselves. The equipment provided could be as basic as a picture or symbol book, or an alphabet-spelling chart. Alternatively, it could be more complex, such as a computer-based communication device with speech output.
Assessment of an individual's communication abilities and follow-up support may be carried out at various locations including home, pre school or school, day centre and hospital. The team also provides advice and training in the wide range of augmentative and alternative communication systems and devices available and resources to view and borrow.
An individual with a communication difficulty can be referred through an open referral system. The agreement of the individual, parents or carers and key professionals involved is required. Referral forms are available from various Education and Health Service locations or from FAACT.
Tel: 03451 55 55 55 + Ext 44 20 55 Contact Alan Chalmers online
By Post: Rothesay House Rothesay Place Glenrothes Fife KY7 5PQ


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Marble Crushing Plant in Philippines
XSM is a professional Mining Process Equipment ( Marble Crushing Plant in Philippines) manufacturer, Marble Crushing Plant in Philippines Manufacturing from XSM,and in many places a practical application.
If you want to buy the product, asking price or have any questions, you are free to contact our customer service.
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Marble Processing in Philippines
Philippines is one of the largest marble exporters of the world with exports totaling to around a 100,000 tonnes per annum. Marble products are widely used for construction materials and many other industrial uses. Marble and Granite is included in the list of largest minerals extracted among chromite, coal, rock salt, lime stone, china clay, dolomite, fire clay, gypsum, silica sand etc.. In Philippines, there is a great demand for a fully equipped marble processing plant and marble production line. Finished goods include tiles, slabs and strips, construction aggregates.
Marble Production Line in Philippines
There are many marble quarries producing marble products. In order to optimize the production capacity and efficiency, it needs to improve the mining technology and apply new types of marble mining equipment. XSM Machinery is specialized in providing technology and services for mining and processing equipment. Our experts analyze the quarry condition and marble property, successfully designed marble production line and processing plants for our Philippines customers, which has been proven the most effective production solutions, and greatly improves production efficiency and create more wealth for customers.
The marble production line involves several different types of machines, such as jaw crusher, impact crusher, cone crusher, ball mill, ultrafine mill, belt conveyor, washing machine etc. It can deal with many types of minerals such as calcite, feldspar, talc, quartz etc.
Marble Crusher Machine
In the marble production line, marble crusher machines maybe required to produce certain final products. Marble chips are tiny pieces normally of crushed marble used in flooring and facing in the construction industry. Crushed marble powders are widely used as construction aggregate. It need stone crushers of various grades such as jaw crusher, impact crusher, cone crusher, vertical crusher, mobile crusher etc. XSM provides all types of marble crusher machines for sale. We have installed many marble crushing plants all over the world, especially in Philippines.


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There are as many opinions about how to get your carbohydrate intake as there are fitness professionals out there. Some people count vegetables as useful carbs, while others claim they provide no useful energy to the body. I'm not going to really make any bold claims here, because we all know that vegetables count as carbohydrates, but they're usefulness does depend on what you're wanting to get from your exercise.
The topic really boils down to one, simple question: Are you training for performance, or are you training to lose weight???
The answer to that question will tell you what you need to be putting more of into your body. Simply put, if you're wanting to just lose weight, you're going to want to stick with vegetables (and LOTS of them) as your main source of carbohydrate. However, if you are wanting to improve your performance – in ANY endeavor – you ARE going to need some starchy vegetables in your diet. Any intense type of activity, whether it be sprinting, swimming, weightlifting, etc, requires a VERY FAST utilization of glucose. Starchy carbohydrates provide a perfect avenue for this.
Many people do not approach diet from the "I want to improve my performance" side of things. Most will approach it from the weight loss standpoint. There is nothing wrong with that. If you are one of those who wants to improve at what you are doing, though, you might want to rethink a few things. I have found a great article, which you can read here, that deals with looking at food as a means of fueling the body for activity as opposed to a weight loss tool.
Again, there is absolutely nothing wrong with slow, low carbohydrate diets. They work wonders for those looking to trim some fat. But, if you are concerned at all with how you actually perform in the gym or on the road, consider a different approach to fueling your workouts.


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Ireland Genetics is the international arm of the National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC) based in Naas, Co. Kildare.
NCBC is co-owned by Ireland's leading cattle breeding service companies, Munster Cattle Breeding Group and Progressive Genetics who are responsible for more than 75% of all cattle inseminations and 98% of all milk recording services in Ireland.
The company is the sole sponsor of the Commercial Cattle Club NI Young Stars event.
Ireland Genetics is committed to bringing superior Irish beef and dairy genetics to the global farming community. Genetics are developed by the National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC), created through the application of pioneering innovation and expertise combined with unrivalled infrastructure and research. Their beef and dairy breeding programmes are the largest and most successful in Ireland. Consequently these independently proven sires are nine out of 10 of the most used beef sires in Ireland, and nine out of 10 of the most used dairy sires in Ireland.
The team at Ireland Genetics will have a stand at Monday's Beef Expo in Dungannon.
A new beef catalogue will be launched at the Ireland Genetics stand featuring top performers including, Moondharrig Knell (LM4217), No. 2 Limousin available on Replacement Index, Keltic Handsome (OKH), No. 3 Limousin available in Replacement Index, Cavelands Fenian (LZF), Ireland's No. 1 easy calving Charolais, Serpentin (ZSD), the No. 1 beef sire on Carcass Conformation, Lisnacrann Fifty Cent (SI2469), Ireland's No. 1 easy calving Simmental, plus rising stars including Cavelands Levi (CH4252) and Carrigroe Nationwide (AA4375).


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Can you read what this message says?
The "danger" part is easy. But danger of what, exactly?
So here's a missing piece of information: I saw this warning yesterday on the door of a storage shed next to a hotel swimming pool.
Did "chlorine" jump instantly to mind?
Context changes the meaning of messages—and the complexity of understanding (and solving) communications challenges.
Ignore both of these rules at your own risk.


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Getting More from Jira Workflows (Public Virtual)
Do you want to learn how to configure and customize Jira workflows? In this course you'll discover advanced workflow features like conditions, validators, post functions, triggers, and commonly used status and transition properties. You'll learn workflow best practices and how to find solutions to common workflow requirements using real business scenarios. By the end of this hands-on course, you'll be able to build more effective Jira workflows by using all available workflow features. By the way, the concepts taught here apply to workflows in all Jira products.
Should Cloud customers take this course? It depends. What you learn in this course about Jira workflows applies to Jira Cloud Classic projects. (This course is not applicable to NextGen projects). However, the UI and navigation in the course differ from the Cloud product you have. If you are OK with this, then you will benefit from taking this course.
Duration: 8 hours
Level: Intermediate
ObjectivesAfter attending this course, attendees should be able to:
- Use advanced workflow features
- Deal with complex workflow requirements
- Implement best practices for creating and managing workflows
This course is primarily designed for Jira administrators who are new to customizing workflows. However anyone who's responsible for, or interested in, designing and maintaining business processes and translating real-world business needs into Jira workflow requirements can benefit from taking this course.
Atlassian University's Jira Admin Parts 1 & 2 or equivalent. You should also be comfortable with:
- Managing users / groups / roles
- Creating and using screens, fields, projects, issues, and schemes
- Creating and using workflow statuses, transitions and schemes
- Reviewing basic workflow concepts and configuration
- Addressing complex real-world process requirements using Jira workflows
- Creating conditions and validators
- Automating your workflows with post functions
- Triggering transitions
- Extending workflows with properties
- Implementing best practices using advanced workflow features
What is Public Virtual format?
Enjoy real-time interaction with an instructor and students from other companies in our public classes. We offer them virtually, and you join a WebEx session at a scheduled time. No travel is required - you can join from wherever you want, as long as you have a good Internet connection. You'll also get access to your own lab environment during the class to perform guided exercises. You'll have access to course materials prior to class so you can take notes during class, and they're a great reference after the session..
Setup Requirements
Students use an individual virtual lab machine for hands-on exercises. This requires access to a fast broadband Internet connection with a capable computer.
Please review our Technical FAQ sections page here.


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Look out of any window
Any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
Birds are winging, no rain is falling from a heavy sky
What do you want me to do
To do for you to see you through?
For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago
Walk out of any doorway
Feel your way like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you
What do you want me to do
To watch for you while you're sleeping?
Then please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too
Look into any eyes
You find by you; you can see clear to another day
Maybe been seen before
Through other eyes on other days while going home
What do you want me to do
To do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon long ago
Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams to another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
To do for you, to see you through?
A box of rain will ease the pain and love will see you through
Just a box of rain, wind and water
Believe it if you need it, if you don't just pass it on
Sun and shower, wind and rain
In and out the window like a moth before a flame
And it's just a box of rain, I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it or leave it if you dare
And it's just a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long, long time to be gone and a short time to be there
When I was hoppin' freights and makin' payments on the farm
Here between the angels and the deep blue sea
You were runnin', laughin', growin' sheltered from the storm
Dreamin' of the day the moon would set you free
Yeah, to sing your siren song so sweet and warm
River run deep
River run slow
Get a little restless
Wanna see some whales blow
River run cold
River run clear
That feeling always gets to me
'Round about this time of year
Scoutin' unknown borders under multi-colored moons
In the wildest flights of cosmic mystery
Rang a single soarin' tone that strung the sky in tune
As the silence in my heart rose from the sea
Aaah, to greet you in the dawn with a pale harpoon
River run restless
River run high
Runnin' thru a hailstorm
Try to catch a star on the fly
River run muddy
River flow like tears
Cocoon of life surroundin' us
Holdin' all our hopes and fears
Reach behind the wind
Search beyond the stars
We're the life on Mars
When the day grows dark and scary scatterin' the light
All the colors run away and hide behind your knees
The same sweet thunder tumbles rollin' down the night
Like a mothership that calls for you and me
Come on, and drift along that sky river bright
River run swiftly
River run wide
Feel like sailin'
On the morning tide
River run golden
River run true
Set a course and follow
Ooooh, the star that leads to you
Chopped olive sandwiches, roses and wine
Cold ripe persimmons, my sweet Clementine
There's a chill in the meadow, of bottomless time
I go on, I go on, I cannot fill my cup
There's a hole in the bottom, the spring has dried up
I run through the forests of linear time
Chop through the branches and cut through the vines
I'll be back in a moment, though it may take me years
In the lava rock canyons corroded with fears
Of corruptible bodies and grief beyond tears
I'll go on till I hear the sweet voices behind
That I've left for the comfort of cold Clementine
Will your high hopes get you there
Goal so far and yet so near
You can't ignore the writing on the wall
Every time you rise you fall
End's nowhere in sight at all
Why should you pick it up and try again
Give it up, 'cause you can't win
Let it go while you still can
Gave it all you had, now you're feelin' bad
So you're gone, ready to roam
You come on so strong with that same sad song
Wherever you go
Run along, take your ball and go home
Promised yet another chance
Forbidden just a single glance
So much rides on what you say and do
Discarded truths and famous myths
Tales that life deceives you with
Certain things you always thought you knew
Helpful hands that pull you down (note 1)
Smaller minds turn you around
Friends in need are never really true
So why should you put trust in this
The bridge above the dark abyss
You never learned you can't make all the rules
Run along, take your ball and go home
Take a hike, we ain't got all night
Take your ball, get out my house, go home
When the cardboard cowboy dreams and his cornucopia
Opens up the sky and blows my mind to the corners of
[Far in bar rent shine] running beneath high trembling dove
Leaving me transfixed and raving in the wake of the hammer blow
On my way out of town I stumbled on the shards of a hungry [scream]
And further up into the backdoor circle, where the [power and crystal sea]
[Could this go rise by all allow brater] on the strength of an anguished sigh
And a paranoid re-entry blanket flies sleeping on a sling shot ride
As my patchwork [world/quilt] unravels, I ramble yes too high
[From the looping antrobus with his magic meant so high]
Shining out a masquerade from dawn to alpha plus
Watching mashed potatoes dribble in the heat of reality's earth
[For the intro doom from] running to him
It wasn't ever so
Turns the wall into the sky above me, there is no place to run
Can you see me?
Shine on, glowing
Brief and brightly
Could you imagine (note 1)
One summer day
That same night
Be on your way
Do you remember?
Hearts were too cold
Seasons had frozen us (note 2)
Into our souls
People were saying
The whole world is burning
Ashes were scattered
Too hard to turn (note 3)
Upside out
Or inside down
False alarm, the only game in town
No man's land, the only game in town (note 4)
Terrible, the only game in town
Don't you hear me?
Seen unclearly
What is a man
Deep down inside
But a raging beast
With nothing to hide
No more time to tell how
This is the season of what
Now is the time of returning
With our thought jewels polished and gleaming
Now is the time past believing
The child has relinquished the reign
Now is the test of the boomerang
Tossed in the night of redeeming
Eight-sided whispering hallelujah hatrack
Seven-faced marble eye transitory dream doll
Six proud walkers on jingle-bell rainbow
Five men writing in fingers of gold
Four men tracking the great white sperm whale
Three girls wait in a foreign dominion
Ride in the whalebelly
Fade away in moonlight
Sink beneath the waters
To the coral sands below
Now is the time of returning
Blue light rain, whoa, unbroken chain
Looking for familiar faces in an empty window pane
Listening for the secret, searching for the sound
But I could only hear the preacher and the baying of his hounds
Willow sky, whoa, I walk and wonder why
They say love your brother but you will catch it when you try
Roll you down the line boy, drop you for a loss
Ride out on a cold railroad and nail you to a cross
November and more as I wait for the score
They're telling me forgiveness is the key to every door
A slow winter day, a night like forever
Sink like a stone, float like a feather
Lilac rain, unbroken chain
Song of the Saw-Whet owl
Out on the mountain it'll drive you insane
Listening to the winds howl
Unbroken chain of sorrow and pearls
Unbroken chain of sky and sea
Unbroken chain of the western wind
Unbroken chain of you and me
Gonna wave, gonna wave
Gonna wave to the wind
Gonna wave my way
My way on through the wind
Gonna wave, gonna wave
Gonna wave to the wind
Gonna wave my way to
Places I never have been
Gonna wave to the curious people (note 1)
Looking on from the side of
The road as I'm rolling on by
Wave goodbye to the trouble
That's always on my mind
Gonna jumpstart my life
Or go down trying
Gonna wave to the memories
I carry in my heart and the
New ones I'll find along my way
To the new millennium
Reeling round the bend like
A dove or some dark-winged bird of prey
Gonna wave, gonna wave
Gonna wave to the wind
Gonna wave my way
My way on through the wind
Gonna wave, gonna wave
Gonna wave to the wind
Gonna wave my way to the
Edge of the world and jump in
Gonna snap like a rippling banner (note 2)
Sailing sheets to the breeze over
Cloudy oceans to the moon (note 3)
I could hold out forever
Keeping it together
Or wish upon a star and call the tune
Lift my voice like the young man (note 4)
Broken in the war who
Cries out to know the reason why (note 5)
Gonna stand and deliver (note 6)
A passionate song to the
High wide and handsome morning sky
Gonna wave, gonna wave
Gonna wave to the wind
Gonna wave my way
My way on through the wind
Gonna wave, gonna wave
Gonna wave while the wind
Plays the stars, the sky, the
Moon and the night like a hymn
Gonna ride with the rolling thunder (note 7)
Let the sky crack assunder
As lightning cries out of the rain
Gonna wade across rivers
Gathered in the stream from the
Mountains that rise above the plain
Wave away my confusion
That drives this delusion (note 8)
So long I forgot that I could fly
Soar aloft like a songbird
Dancing in the wind
Singing long, singing loud, singing high
Gonna wave, gonna wave
Gonna wave to the wind
Gonna wave my way
My way on through the wind
Gonna speak to the breeze
Add my voice to the wind
Singing: say, can you see
By the dawn's early light streaming in?


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ODU-MAC® Blue-Line is an efficient manual mating connector solution with modular versatility designed for applications that require transmission of signal, power, high current, coax, compressed air, data rates and fiber optics in a small space saving environment.
Responding to specific market requirements from the emobility industry and the charging technology, as well as from the test and measurement industry, ODU introduces an additional new high-current module in the ODU-MAC® Blue-Line.
With a contact diameter of 12 mm, this new module can be used for a current load of up to 225 amps and an operating voltage of 1.000 volts (VG3). The two-part contact with torx screw connection makes contact replacement easy from the mating side and the termination part can remain in case of a service call. The crimp terminations are available for 25, 35 and 50mm². For additional info go to: http://www.odu-usa.com/connector-solutions/modularrectangular-connectors/odu-mac-blue-line/
ODU Company Group: global representation with perfect connections
ODU is one of the world's leading suppliers of connector systems, employing some 1,900 people around the world. Aside from its company headquarters in Mühldorf am Inn (Germany), the ODU Group also has production sites in Sibiu (Romania), Camarillo (USA), Shanghai (China) and Tijuana (Mexico). ODU covers all relevant areas of expertise and key technologies around design and development, machine tool and special machine construction, injection, stamping, turning, surface technology, assembly and cable assembly. The ODU group sells its products globally through an international distribution network including eight subsidiaries in Denmark, England, France, Italy, Sweden, the US, China and Japan, along with numerous worldwide sales partners.


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A Nation of Rolex Owners
Press release • Feb 21, 2017 14:30 GMT
Out of all of items HomeProtect insures, Rolex is the brand name that crops up again and again. Over 11% of policies held by HomeProtect include a Rolex.
We recently looked at the watches on our books to try and figure out why there are so many Rolexes out there. We've discovered Rolexes all over the place. They're squirrelled away in the hills of Northern Scotland, the Welsh valleys and the streets of central Sheffield. They grace the wrists and safes of athletes, actors, company directors and business magnates alongside the odd dog walker and yoga Instructor.
One thing is for certain, Rolexes make up a large proportion of the nation's nest egg. But why do many people consider them to be such a good investment? How many families are choosing to keep hold of them to pass onto the next generation? We dived into the data to find out.
Following the Money
With the average model costing northwards of £5,000, Rolexes tend to follow wealth. In fact, it's clearly visible when you look at the distribution of HomeProtect's Rolex customers around the country.
When we looked at the number of Rolexes per town as a fraction of population, we found that the South East is clearly a hotspot for these expensive watches. The towns of Redhill, Kingston Upon Thames, Rochester and Chelmsford all appear in the top 10 alongside the affluent South London areas of Twickenham and Bromley. This is hardly surprising – these towns are some of the most prosperous in England and include a higher than average population of retirees, two factors that clearly increase the likelihood of Rolex ownership.
29% South East & London
Of which: 1st London, 2nd Chelmsford, 3rd Guildford, 4th Kingston upon Thames, 5th Reading
15% East Midlands
Of which: 1st Nottingham, 2nd Leicester, 3rd Derby, 4th Peterborough, 5th Lincoln
11% West Midlands
Of which: 1st Birmingham, 2nd Coventry, 3rd Gloucester, 4th Northampton, 5th Stoke on Trent
10% North West
Of which: 1st Liverpool, 2nd Manchester, 3rd Stockport, 4th Warrington, 5th Chester
10% North East
Of which: 1st Newcastle, 2nd Cleveland, 3rd Durham, 4th Sunderland
9% Wales
Of which: 1st Cardiff, 2nd Swansea, 3rd Llandudno, 4th Newport, 5th Llandrindod Wells
8% South West
Of which: 1st Bristol, 2nd Bournemouth, 3rd Swindon, 4th Plymouth, 5th Exeter
8% Scotland
Of which: 1st Glasgow, 2nd Edinburgh, 3rd Aberdeen, 4th Kilmarnock, 5th Motherwell
While wealth might increase the chances of owning a Rolex, it is clearly no barrier – our list of jobs titles reflects the entire of British society from Classical Musicians and Analytical Chemists to Café Workers and Check Out Assistants.
Interestingly, the towns and cities with the youngest overall populations seem to have the least number of Rolex owners. Recent ONS data named London one of the youngest cities in the UK, and three central London areas appear at the top of our list when we looked at the places with the fewest Rolexes. As do the cities of Bradford and Luton, which has some of the youngest overall populations in Europe.
Rolexes are an Investment
As a piece of technology, time pieces tend to be a risky way to build a nest egg. Any product that relies on being the cutting edge always runs the risk of being yesterday's news – a fact that many Apple owners are acutely aware. According to Ariel Adams, the founder of ABlogtoWatch.com, this is the reason the watch market is so fickle – the emotional pull of a product is influenced by the prevailing zeitgeist.
However, Rolex seems to be the exception that proves the rule. Rated in the top 100 most influential luxury brands, their watches have proved to be a remarkably steady investment. "The vintage Rolex — even the vintage Tudor, 'the working man's Rolex' — are the still the best game in town," renowned watch writer and collector Adam Craniotes told Time Money recently, "especially If you're looking for an investment-grade piece that doesn't have to sit in the safe."
This belief could explain why our study showed that most of the UK Rolexes are in the hands of retirees. Our study showed that the average age of the average Rolex owner is 68, with male owners outnumbering women almost two to one. Their numbers are overwhelming. 66% of the people in our survey are aged over 65 and only 1.5% under the age of 35.
Still a Status Symbol?
The main reason for Rolex's steadiness in the investment sector is the remarkable brand they've built. The company has spent almost a century carefully building a mystique and prestige around the name so that it now ranks among the world's most desirable.
The company has always led the way in innovation and durability. The company is also the official time-keeper for Wimbledon, The Australian Open and the US Open as well as the famous Le Mans 24 Hour race. Famed Oceanographers Jacques Picard and Don Walsh strapped them to their wrists when they explored the 10,916m depths of the Mariana Trench and Tenzing Norgay took his Rolex to the summit of Everest when he accompanied Edmund Hilary on his 1953 expedition.
However, some nifty moments of product placements have also played their part. Rolex's watches have appeared on the arms of Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and even Dwight D Eisenhower. It was a Rolex that was famously used to co-ordinate the 1943 Great Escape, and when Sean Connery wore one in the classic Bond film Dr. No in 1962, sales rocketed.
Our survey showed that Rolexes still feature on the policies of the nation's rich and powerful. Company Directors and Managing Directors are among the largest groups of owners, while a little over 20% of owners have manager or director in the job titles. However, what is even more interesting is that Rolexes can be found in all walks of life – perhaps showing how the timepiece has stayed in the family and been passed down over the years. Over 465 police officers are listed as owners, as well as 175 receptionists and 162 hairdressers. We can even count 11 dog groomers and 12 dinner ladies who have Rolexes on their policies.
Who owns a Rolex?
7% of Rolex owners are Company Directors
3.5% Rolex owners are Housewives
1.3% of Rolex owners are Police officers
0.5% of Rolex owners are Receptionists
0.4% of Rolex owners are Assistant Teachers
0.1% of Rolex owners are Divers
0.08% of Rolex owners are Butchers
0.03% of Rolex owners are Dogwalkers
0.005% of Rolex owners are Chimney Sweeps
The London 'Donut'
The way that Rolex ownership follows wealth and age is clearly illustrated when we look at London. A highly dynamic city, wealth in London seems to flow from the middle outwards, with the population moving further into the suburbs as they get wealthier. In London, this has left an almost donut-like distribution of Rolexes, with an empty centre and a rich, sugary outer.
So, if you're looking for these timeless pieces of timekeeping, then you need to head out into the 'burbs. Outer London has a significantly larger number of Rolex owners than central areas, with areas like Twickenham, Bromley and Dartford having some of the highest concentrations of the brand in the country. It's probably no coincidence that these areas are where the richest and oldest inhabitants of the capital call home. Conversely, our data seems to suggest that Rolexes' tend to have a south-westerly migration pattern, with East and North London having the lowest numbers of Rolex per head in the capital.
Perhaps this is the trajectory of most Rolexes? Despite all of the hi-tech features and flawless style, most people buy them as investment pieces, sitting on them as they increase in value. This is why there are so many Rolexes in so-called 'grey' areas – to loosely paraphrase the slogan of Patek Phillippe, another famous watch brand: you can never really own a Rolex, you simply look after them for the next generation.
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This is my last year of high school. In less months than the amount of fingers I have to count with, I will go to college. Meaning I will be living, experiencing, and working somewhere else. It's a harsh reality and it's a very tangible one. Thousands of teenagers face it every year, I know. But, this is my year to face it.
Throughout my entire life I have been fundamentally close with my family. I have never been the teenager who "rebels." Throughout middle school and now throughout high school my family has always been my steadfast supporters and community. We are a close knit unit that I, quite honestly, would rather spend time with on the weekends and after school than any of the kids at my school. In fact, that is what I do.
Almost every weekend my family and I will go and do something meaningful and fun. While most families don't even eat together, let alone go out together, my family and I go to museums, restaurants, stores, and so many other interesting places. I love the adventures that my family and I partake in. They are memories that I will take with me for the rest of my life and the experiences that transpire while we are together have played a large part in shaping me into the person that I am today.
Raising my sister and I my mom and dad had always focused on the importance of experience. Instead of talking to their children, us, as if we were stupid, as most parents do, they talked to us on the same level as them. Our conversations were not me talking up to my dad or my mom, but us having an intelligent interaction. This was part of that overarching idea of experience. My mom and dad have taken my sister and I to museums and to go hiking since we were little. I have been traveling since I was little. Now I know that I am privileged to be able to travel so frequently and for that, I am thankful. My mom and dad always made the focus of the trip to have fun and experience new things. Hiking in Yosemite, eating interesting food in San Francisco, taking pictures in Zion, riding the MAX in Portland, and so many more things are just a handful of the adventure and experiences that my parents have exposed my sister and I too. This, to me, is a very innate form of education. I am not homeschooled, which I am thankful that I am not. However, I do agree with the idea that if you can have a kid experience something, instead of just showing it to them, then they will learn it much more deeply. That is what my parents have done in my life.
Those numerous travels, however, were not only to cities. Another main focus of our trips are to experience, intimately, nature. That is a big reason that I became an ultrarunner, because of the love for nature and adventure that my parents instilled in me since a young age. Going to national and state parks, really anywhere that a trail existed, was always a goal in day to day life and on vacation. Of course, since my dad has always been a runner he would run wherever we ended up for nature, but that gave my mom, sister, and I the opportunity to hike in that same place. So everywhere from Mt. Diablo outside of San Francisco to Zion National Park I have hiked with my mom and sister. Of course, those experiences eventually evolved into a love for ultrarunning, meaning now I have run everywhere from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the top of the Sierras with my dad.
With my family we each love so many different things that we can love and experience those different things all together, individually, or with just two of us. For example, my sister and I always talk about YouTube and things like that, because we love that and can connect on that topic. To me a big benefit of a family, is the support and connection that one could have in a family. But, it really depends on the family. A friend of mine's family, actually a lot of my friends's families, do not eat dinner together, do not respect each other, do not help each other, and, it seems, do not love each other. You cannot say that you do not have time to make a healthy dinner for and with your family and to subsequently eat that dinner together. There is always time to accomplish what you want and there is always time for love. However, in a lot of families that I see, I do not even see the love.
To me a solid family unit is the basis of a successful life. Of course you, the child, can sometimes not control what your parents have done, but speaking to parents I think making your children and their positive relationship with you strong is vital. At the basic level of human evolution, some 200,000 years ago, the family unit was always the most important. It was the basis of what would come later. Of course clans, then villages, then towns, cities, states, and countries all developed, but throughout all of that there was a unifying basis between them all, the family. When we go through our lives our family is where we should always be able to turn and I am glad that I know for a fact that I will be able to turn to my family at any point in my life and they will have open arms. As an entrepreneur I know that the life that I have ahead of me will not, to say the least, take a conventional path. But, my family will always be right there behind me. I am eternally grateful for that.
Our world is filled with the idea of singularity. The idea that, "I can do it all on my own." But, nothing has ever been accomplished without community. And from the minute that you are born you have a community, they're called your family. You cannot change the world without a community and you most definitely cannot change yourself without one. In your journey you need support and you have some of your best supporters (at least they should be) right there in your family. A family should not gloss over it's duties to each other.
"Family: a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not."
We must be that group. To build a successful foundation for growing up, let alone for life a family is where you start. They must be the ones that help you develop into the best person that you can possibly be. Most people never truly find themselves and those that do usually do later in life. After a mid life crisis or something of the sort. I have found myself at a very young age and, people tell me, that I am mature beyond my years. That is largely due to my family. I have learned the things that I have learned and evolved into the enlightened person that I am today, mainly because of my family. That is what a family should do. They should not leave their children to find themselves 30 years after they leave the house. No. A family should help its members onto and stay committed to their most fulfilling journey at as early an age as possible so that they can experience life honestly for as long a time as possible. That is what my family has done for me.
It is not only the parents responsibility to foster this true growth. It is, in fact, the responsibility and innate duty of the entire family unit. A family must come together in the hard times just as much as they do in the easy ones. Failure or hardship should not push a family away from one another, it should do quite the opposite. Because, life is difficult for sure, but if you have a steadfast group that is focused on love and support it makes it all the more easy.
However, it is not a question of how much time should we spending together. Family is not a quota that you fill. It is not a checklist of "responsibilities" that add up to insincerity and fickle interactions. Family is a mindset. It is a way of living. It is not how often you come together, it is how you come together. It is not what you buy for each other, it is how you appreciate the small or the large of what you have. It is not what you look like on the outside to society, it is what you truly are on the inside together. Above all family is not meaningless, family is everything. It is the basic stepping stone to fulfillment or despair. If your family stepping stone is cracked or not there altogether then you cannot reach the other steps. That first stone must be the bedrock to the rest of your journey.
So go out into your life and make that bedrock strong. With the family that you have and the family that you will have. Remember that family should always be there for you, so always be there for your family.


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A flash of reddish hair can still
set me all a jangle in the street,
persuading me for the moment
that we should try to make it work.
But the occasions of love are few
and should not be strained or studied;
rather they should be taken gently
and treasured, not mourned for.
And if the writing down, the fet-
tering, can keep love's edge in a-
beyance, why is that the words
still move on the page and jam me up?
We've been apart for a year now
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From The Occasions of Love
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"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was their first hit single. In 2004, the song was ranked #75 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and in March 2005, Q magazine placed "Whole Lotta Love" at number 3 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. It is also the last track the band ever played as a whole.
It was recorded at various studios in New York and Los Angeles during the band's second concert tour of the United States and assembled by Jimmy Page at Olympic Studios in London. Already part of their live repertoire, it saw its first official release on the LP Led Zeppelin II on October 22, 1969 (Atlantic LP #8236). Muddy Waters recorded "You Need Love" by peer Willie Dixon.
In 1966 British soul band The Small Faces recorded the song as "You Need Loving" for their debut Decca LP. Some of the lyrics of Led Zeppelin's version were borrowed from the Willie Dixon song, a favorite of Robert Plant's. Plant's phrasing is particularly similar to that of Steve Marriott's in the Small Faces' version. Similarities with "You Need Love" (and "Bring It On Home") would lead to a lawsuit settled out of court in favor of Dixon in 1985. The song does incorporate lyrical nods to other influences, however, including Dixon's "Back Door Man" and "Shake for Me", the latter recorded by Howlin' Wolf.
Robert Plant, a huge fan of blues and soul singers, regularly quoted other songs, especially live. The practice of borrowing others' lyrics has long been integral to the blues style. To quote Robert Plant: " Page's riff was Page's riff. It was there before anything else. I just thought, 'well, what am I going to sing?' That was it, a nick. Now happily paid for. At the time, there was a lot of conversation about what to do. It was decided that it was so far away in time (it was in fact 7 years) and influence that…well, you only get caught when you're successful. That's the game. Song construction Page played the loose Blues riff for the intro, on a Sunburst 1958 Les Paul Standard through a 100W Marshall "Plexi" head amp with distortion from the EL34 output valves, which ascends into the first chorus. Then, beginning at 1:24 (and lasting until 3:02) the song dissolves to a free jazz-like break involving a theremin solo and the moans of Robert Plant (sometimes called the "orgasm section"). Plant did the vocals in one take. As audio engineer Eddie Kramer has explained: "The famous Whole Lotta Love mix, where everything is going bananas, is a combination of Jimmy and myself just flying around on a small console twiddling every knob known to man." Kramer is also quoted as saying: " At one point there was bleed-through of a previously recorded vocal in the recording of "Whole Lotta Love." It was the middle part where Robert Plant screams "Wo-man. You need it." Since we couldn't re-record at that point, I just threw some echo on it to see how it would sound and Jimmy Page said "Great! Just leave it." " Led Zeppelin's bass player John Paul Jones has stated that Page's famous riff probably emerged from a stage improvisation during the band's playing of "Dazed and Confused". Alternatively, Jimmy Page has vehemently denied that the song originated onstage: "
Interviewer: Is it true "Whole Lotta Love" was written onstage during a gig in America, when you were all jamming on a Garnett Mimms song? Page: No. No. Absolutely incorrect. No, it was put together when we were rehearsing some music for the second album. I had a riff, everyone was at my house, and we kicked it from there. Never was it written during a gig–where did you hear that? Interviewer: I read it in a book. Page (sarcastically): Oh, good. I hope it was that Rough Guide. That's the latest one, the most inaccurate. They're all inaccurate, you know." For this track, Page employed the backwards echo production technique. Release Upon release of the LP, radio stations looked for a track that would fit their on-air formats from the quickly successful LP with the pulsing, skronk-raunch lead track "Whole Lotta Love" being the prime contender. However, because many radio stations saw the freeform middle section as unfit to air they simply created their own edited versions. Atlantic Records was quick to respond and in addition to the release of the regular single in the US (coupled with "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" from the same LP as the B-side) released a 3:10 version of the track with the freeform section cut and an earlier fade-out on November 7, 1969. Both versions were released as Atlantic #45-2690. The edited version was intended for radio station promotional release but some copies were apparently released commercially in the US and are a collector's item for fans.
The song was released as a single in the US, France, Germany (as No 1), Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium and Japan (countries where the band had less control). The edited version was withdrawn. In the United Kingdom, Atlantic Records had expected to issue the edited version themselves, and pressed initial copies for release on December 5, 1969. However, band manager Peter Grant was adamant that the band maintain a "no-singles" approach to marketing their recorded music in the UK, and he halted the release. An official statement from the band added that they had written a special number which they intended to be their first British single. This never materialised, and despite much record company pressure, they declined to issue official singles in the UK throughout their career. Several years later, Atlantic Records reissued "Whole Lotta Love" (with its original B-side "Living Loving Maid") on its Oldies Series label (OS-13116) with a slight error. The edited 3:10 version was used for the reissue, but the labels were printed with the unedited running time of 5:33. In 1997 Atlantic Records released a CD-single edited (to 4:50 this time) from the original 1969 recording of the song. This version charted in the UK where the band had maintained control over single releases during their existence.
The song entered the Billboard Top 40 singles chart on December 6, 1969. It remained on the chart for 13 weeks, peaking at #4 and becoming the band's only Top 10 single in the US. A famous show closer at Led Zeppelin concerts, it was usually performed as a medley of blues and R&B covers favored by the band. This included 1950s and 1960s standards such as: * "Let that Boy Boogie", "Boogie Chillen" and "I'm in the Mood" all by John Lee Hooker * "I'm Movin' On" by Hank Snow * "Hello Mary Lou" written by Gene Pitney, a hit for Ricky Nelson * "Mess o' the Blues" written for Elvis Presley by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman * "Cumberland Gap" written by Lonnie Donegan * "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" written by The Four Seasons * "Rave On" written by Sonny West and popularized by Buddy Holly * "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" written by Lloyd Price, a hit for Elvis among others * "Hideaway" by Freddie King * "Fixin' to Die" and "Shake 'em on Down" by Bukka White * "Killing Floor" and "Dust My Broom" by Howlin' Wolf * "Voodoo Chile" by Jimi Hendrix * "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield * "The Hunter" by Albert King * "That's Alright Mama" by Arthur Crudup; popularized by Elvis * "Honeydripper" by Joe Liggins * "Blueberry Hill" by Vincent Rose, a hit for Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino * "Trucking Little Woman" and "I Can't Be Satisfied" by Big Bill Broonzy * "Let's Have a Party" written by Jessie Mae Robinson for Elvis; a hit for Wanda Jackson * "Drop Down Mama" written by Sleepy John Estes and covered by Big Joe Williams * "Some Other Guy" written by Leiber/Stoller/Barrett; popularized by The Beatles * "Susie Q" by Dale Hawkins * "Everybody Needs Somebody" by Solomon Burke; written by Russell/Burke/Wexler * "(Your So Square) Baby I Don't Care" written by Leiber & Stoller; recorded by Elvis * "Licking Stick" and "Sex Machine" by James Brown * "Long Distance Call" and "Honey Bee" performed by Muddy Waters * "Going Down Slow" by St. Louis Jimmy Oden * "Heartbreak Hotel, Jailhouse Rock, and Mystery Train by Elvis Presley * "Only the Lonely by Roy Orbison When performed live, "Whole Lotta Love" also occasionally included segments of other Led Zeppelin songs such as "I Can't Quit You Baby", "You Shook Me", "How Many More Times (inc. The Hunter)", "Your Time Is Gonna Come", "Good Times, Bad Times", "The Lemon Song", "The Crunge", "D'yer Mak'er", "Black Dog", "Out On The Tiles" and "Ramble On". Live versions of "Whole Lotta Love" were released officially on the following titles: * The Song Remains the Same; 2xLP (September 28, 1976; Swan Song #SS2-201; from a 1973 concert and movie soundtrack) * Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions; 2xCD (November 11, 1997; Atlantic #83061; from a 1971 concert) * How the West Was Won; 3xCD (May 27, 2003; Atlantic #83587; from a 1972 concert) * Led Zeppelin; DVD (2003; from a 1979 and a 1970 concert) "Whole Lotta Love" was the last song Led Zeppelin ever played live in their original lineup. It was however performed again at the band's reunions in 1985 and 1988, as well as at the Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert at the O2 Arena, London on December 10, 2007, with Jason Bonham sitting in on drums for his late father. Source – Wikipedia


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Outdoor Allies: Becca Cahall
Tania Lown-Hecht
Our series on Outdoor Allies profiles rad outdoor advocates and their approaches to protecting public lands. Today we're hearing from Becca Cahall, Team Director and Owner at Duct Tape Then Beer. Becca tells us about her time in the Forest Service, the big issues she cares about now, and why working locally is so important.
How did you first start getting involved in advocacy work?
Bored with the waitress-retail-guest services swirl of ski town jobs, I applied for a temp job with the Forest Service in places I wanted to live for a summer. I hardly understood the questions I had to answer, so I was surprised when I received a call from the PNW Research Station based out of Juneau, AK. They needed some to start in two weeks (check), who was comfortable hiking off trail (check), and knew how to identify birds (umm….), or at least was willing to learn (check).
What was your job at the Forest Service like?
I tromped through second growth and old-growth forests, identifying the birds that I heard. Sometimes, the second growth forest was manipulated to enhance wood extraction, or promote wildlife diversity. Up until that point, I hadn't thought about how foresters and biologists could work to potentially balance the continuing demands on an impacted ecosystem.
I continued working on a multiple field research projects that focused on management of forests and the community of birds that could be found in those places. I liked working in forest management because I felt the immediateness of the potential to impact forest policy. And though I was certainly a "greenie", I often found that I shared a similar long-term view of the landscape with the local land managers.
What were the biggest issues with forest management that you encountered?
I worked in a variety of ecosystems while I was field biologist, but the common thread was that each forest area had been disturbed, either by logging or fire, or sometimes both, and that disturbance was large enough that it required some active management. Now, disturbed forests aren't hard to find— often when we go out in the woods, we're going into places that had logging at some point in the last 100 years. The areas I worked in had fires that burned more acreage then would have been expected based on the historic record, or areas that had been clear-cut and replanted to recreate a natural forest.
What was your work's approach to solving these?
Our approach was to look at the value of things in the ecosystem beyond the trees, and how those things contribute to the overall health of the ecosystem. The research I was involved in would see how ecosystem health responded at different tree densities (i.e., no cutting vs moderate tree removal) and at different time periods. I viewed ecosystem health through the lens of bird diversity. Usually a greater number of birds and a greater variety of birds exist in forests that have a deciduous plant understory versus those that don't. That understory provides shelter and food. So, if the one of the goals of forest management is to increase diversity of birds, how do you increase those understory plants? Is there a magic tree density that will allow trees to grow big and have a thriving plant community below the canopy?
What are the big issues you care about that you're thinking about or working on right now?
The transfer of federal public lands to the states. I think it's hard not to, given our current political climate. While our recent work focuses on the recreationalists' point of view, I know that my motivation to protect those lands comes from the biologist.
Ecosystems are complicated— and we, humans, have done an amazing job of altering them. Although management of federal lands may be imperfect, they do provide this national network of ecosystems and more broadly landscapes, that are managed under a similar philosophy. The Forest Service and BLM's shared mission is — "to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America's public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations." Could it be more biologically progressive in action? Sure. But it is a unifying vision that is not guaranteed under state-by-state control.
Let's say you care about protecting a place near you, or taking action on an issue that gets you fired up. Where do you get started, if you've never done advocacy before?
Find a way to participate that works for you and is meaningful. Finding a new job is not a prerequisite to being involved. National issues are often what grabs our attention, but working locally will likely give you more tangible results, both in the ease of proximity to participate, and the ability to see your work making a difference. If you find it's something you're still fired up about, then yes, quit your job and pursue it!


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Please join us in crowdfunding A Grain of Sand, a documentary on Bahraini pearl divers and their music, produced by Jason Carter. Mirroring the fascinating dichotomy of cultural identity in the Arabian Gulf, from a heritage rich in the art of survival, to the dizzying heights of the 21st century where nothing is impossible, Jason will talk us through the process of making the documentary and may also treat us to a live sampling of the music he has shared with them.
Beneath the rapid growth of commercialism in the Gulf lies a strong musical heritage, which is vocalised through the stories and music of the pearl divers. Pearl diving was a simplistic but precarious way of life. Each diver had his own song, sung for him as he dived, the song lasting for as long as the diver could hold his breath. Songs about preparing the boats, about leaving loved ones behind and the vulnerability of life at sea.
The songs themselves are unique, but there are also lessons to be learned and wisdom to be passed down from the men who wrote them. This project aims to give them a voice and an audience. Older Gulf Arabs love to recall memories of standing on their respective beaches, watching the pearl divers prepare for the seas, listening to their songs drift out to sea, then months later, standing on the same shores, listening for the songs, as a sign that they were on their way home….
A Grain of Sand is an effort to provide a window into the culture, heritage and wisdom of these men, illustrated through their songs - the lives and struggles of the Pearl Divers is an amazing story that needs to be told.
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