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In these days of relatively common cross-over success between TV and motionpictures, it's strange to consider that television directors were onceviewed as second-tier talents by the film industry. Movie producersregarded the new medium as an electronic poacher, a wooden box that enabledviewers to get - for free - the very product that they had been shelling outgood money to see in theaters for over 30 years. Many TV directors wholater enjoyed significant movie careers were given the cold shoulder whenthey first attempted to carry their skills to "the big leagues."
That was certainly the case with John Frankenheimer, whose first feature,The Young Stranger (1957), was a critical success despite the largelyuncooperative producers and technicians who worked on it. Frankenheimer(who was only 26 years old at the time) was adapting a story he first shotfor television, so he was at an even greater disadvantage in the eyes of hisco-workers. He was so stung by the experience of filming The YoungStranger, he avoided movie work altogether for the next few years,preferring instead to stick to TV. However, even with the extra agitation,Frankenheimer constructed a straightforward juvenile delinquency drama that washeartfelt and effective. Its understated tone is a nice contrast to thefiery, sometimes overtly melodramatic path blazed by Rebel Without a Cause(1955).
In The Young Stranger, written by Robert Dozier, James MacArthur plays Hal, the sixteen year-old son of Tom Ditmar (James Daly), a famous movie producer. Tom continuallychastises Hal for his semi-surly attitude and youthful rebellion. One night at a movietheater, Hal puts his feet on the seat in front of him. He winds up in anargument with another patron and is asked to leave. On the way out, he'sprovoked by Mr. Grubbs, the theater manager (Whit Bissell). Hal beltsGrubbs in the mouth and gets hauled to the police station, where his unruly behavior is noted by Shipley (James Gregory), a kindly police officer.Hal's dad, of course, is appalled by all of this, but he and his son willeventually reconnect...after another fight and the help of concerned OfficerShipley.
Years later, Frankenheimer was completely open about the ordeal of shootingthis picture. "I was panic stricken on my first day at the studio," hesaid. "We rehearsed in continuity, and the actors began to use one scene toget into the other. When we shot the film out of continuity they were lostand had to start all over again."
But that was a common beginner's error. The more formidable challenge wascommanding the respect of the crew and a tight shooting schedule: "The cameraman had been under contract at Metro for years, and didn't want to do the stuff I wanted him to do. Heinfluenced the way the rest of the crew reacted to me. We had two weeks'rehearsal and a twenty-five day shooting schedule, and I was told that if Ididn't finish the film in twenty-five days, the lights get turned out. Sowe finished in twenty-five days."
It must have helped that Frankenheimer had a talented cast. MacArthur (theson of legendary stage and screen actress, Helen Hayes) received strongreviews for his performance as Tom, but would have to wait until the late1960s, when he co-starred on TV's Hawaii Five-O, before he wouldachieve real stardom. And Gregory, who would later appear as a bumblingSenator in Frankenheimer's political thriller The ManchurianCandidate (1962), played one of the great recurring characters in TVhistory - Inspector Luger, the morbidly lonely, loud-mouthed detective onABC's Barney Miller.
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Screenplay: Robert Dozier
Producer: Stuart Millar
Photography: Robert Planck
Editing: Robert Swink and Edward Biery, Jr.
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Art Direction: Albert D'Agostino and John B. Mansbridge
Principal Cast: James MacArthur (Hal), Kim Hunter (Helen), James Daly (TomDitmar), James Gregory (Shipley), Whit Bissell (Grubbs), Jeffrey Silver(Jerry).
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When I arrive for my eight a.m. Biblical studies class at el Seminario Teologico de La Paz (a TEAM Mexico partnership), Joe is usually already there waiting for me. His enthusiasm for learning the Word of God and how to communicate it is contageous to both students and faculty.
Joe is retired, recently married for the second time, and had a silent heart attack in the recent past. Many might think that he should be relaxing and enjoying his golden years, but Joe doesn't want any part of that.
Joe was born in Portugal and raised in the United States. At one point, he had a successful business and a family. Things worked out well for Joe for years, but eventually he lost the company, got divorced, and became disillusioned with the "American" dream.
Searching for something new, he began to vacation in La Paz, mostly in search of sunny beaches, tequila, and women. One night, he dropped into a local music and drinking establishment where he met Mari, a recent widow with two young boys. Before her husband died, Mari had given her life to the Lord, but her husband's death and other issues left her adrift. But God had a plan. Joe and Mari began to date and fall in love.
Through all of this, Mari still went to church and Joe decided to go with her one day. The pastor asked Joe if he wanted to be saved, and Joe found himself saying yes. Together, they found their way to God. For Mari, it was returning to her first love. For Joe, it meant being reborn. They married and visited the TEAM church, el Faro (the Lighthouse) just a few blocks from their home. There they found the community that they both desperately needed.
As God is healing Mari, she is reaching out to other women who need God's touch. She and my wife Susie visit, counsel, and pray for many other needy women every week. As for Joe, he's available at the church for whatever needs to be done. Additionally, he's learning about God and his Word at our seminary. Joe and Mari were two broken individuals who God never stopped loving. He brought them together and is making them whole once again.
-Written by Martin Gonzalez, TEAM missionary in Mexico
-Photo by Martin Gonzalez

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Obtained At: Minnesota's Largest Candy Store
Container: 12 ounce glass bottle
Ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar, caramel color, natural and artificial flavor, salt, sodium benzoate, and citric acid
Calories: 180
Sugars: 45g
Caffeine: No
This is another one I have seen online recently and really wanted to try. I really enjoy different twists in root beer, especially butterscotch root beer. So when I saw this at Minnesota's Largest Candy Store I was very excited. The label has a city skyline with caramel running through it, which is pretty cool. The taste, however, is not as good as I was hoping. It has no head or fizz and doesn't blend as well as the butterscotch ones. It definitely tastes like caramel, but the root beer doesn't quite come out enough. I still think that all root beer enthusiasts should give this one a try, but temper your expectations.


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When Jorja Smith's debut single "Blue Lights" hit Soundcloud at the start of the year her life working in Starbucks was destined to change forever. Almost half a million Soundcloud plays later, the track released last week, today had its music video premiere.
Jorja has quickly been established as the newest vocalist to watch, down to her stunning vocals, which call for your attention. The lyrics are partially a social commentary while the production relies on an understated R&B beat. The 18-year-old took inspiration from Dizzee Rascal's "Sirens" which the song originally sampled. She's since garnered plenty of comparisons to songstress Lauryn Hill.
"Blue Lights is a song I wrote around a year ago. It questions why you should have a guilty conscience if you've done nothing wrong," Jorja explains to i-D. Adding that the powerful visuals to match the track, "is about a black male who portrays three different paths he could've gone down in life… as a boxer, a police officer and just a guy in a hoodie. This man is fighting with himself and the perception that society and authority have given to him."
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Alwoplast S.A
High performance power and sail boats -German Boat Builder
Company Information
Alwoplast S.A. is a German managed, Chilean based company, situated at the entrance of the roaring forties.
We have earned the respect of both the local and international yachting fraternity, thanks to our proven track record over 20 years.
The boatyard is in the only navigable river in Chile, which provides a sheltered and safe environment.
There is no shortage of mainstream production vessels on the market and we are not in competition with the marine production builders.
Our objective is to produce the very finest custom built multihulls, or the occasional monohull up to 100ft that delivers exceptional performance.
Our Chris White designed Atlantic 57's currently under construction are a fine sample of our interpretation of highest quality standards of professionalism, cooperation and integrity throughout all aspects of construction. Learn more...
- Rataplan
- Manutara
- Navtec 38 Ft
- Crowther 40 Ft
- Crowther 42 Ft
- Crowther 44 Ft
Ronald Klingenberg/Production Manager
Ricardo Perez/Head of Production(Naval Engineer)
Mauricio Vidal/Head of Engineering(Naval Engineer)
Systems Support
Carolina Tiznado/Programmer
Alwoplast S.A. Catamaran Manufacturer | Publications
First Catamaran Tourist Ferry in the Chilean Patagonian Channels
Built by ALWOPLAST S.A.
- Chile By Alex Wopper
published The Power of Multihulls - Fall 2005
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a high-speed ferry for the notoriously rough Patagonian channels in the south of Chile. Because of the constantly increasing flow of international tourists into that overwhelming and exuberant wild and untouched nature, maritime excursions, as the only means of transport in that area, became of utmost importance. Southern Chile is considered as one of the stormiest areas on the globe and offering a safe and efficient water-borne transport system isachallenging undertaking. Especially because of the required high speed if you plan to see places in a vast and generous channel landscape plagued with hurricane-force williwaws.
Because of fhe clear performance improvementon the 50-ff high-speed displacement catamaran "Molly," after installation of a set of foils designed by Profes- sor Hoppe of F. A.S.T.cc in South Africa, the decision was made to commission Prof. Hoppe for a completely new design for the private high-speed cruiser mar- ket. We ended up with a 45-foot asymmetric, jet-driven planing hull, especially developed for a tandem foil system with emphasis on seakeeping and a projected sprint speed of 50 knots. The first hull shell was about to be finished when a Chilean hotel group approached us regarding Austro Hotels and ALWOPLAST S.A. came to an agreement, and the basic design concept had to be adapted fo the new require- ments.Seakeepingand seaworthiness were still a very high priority, but the design speed was reduced to 35 knots for passenger comfort. F. A.S.T.cc provided the hull lines and hydrodynamic calculations, including foil design. ALWOPLAST S.A.. the vessel's builder, alsoconducted the overall concept, styling and interior design, plus systems layout. Navtec Chile Ltda. did the complete structural design, finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics studies.
The new hull particulars for the 60-passenger cat are now: LOA - 54 ft. BOA - 16.8 ft, Draft 3.3 ft. Displ. fully loaded - 48500 lbs. Divinycell foam-core construction with Vectorply stitched multiaxial fabrics and BASF Vinylester resins. Two Cummins QSM-11 with 580 hp each directly coupled toHamilton HJ362 jets. "FIORDOS DEL SUR" based in Puerto Natales, Chile 51 °44" South, will be the first power mullihull ferry in the Chilean Patagonian channels and is considered as a significant milestone in the development of the tourist industry in that part of the world. Launching was in July and the first sea-trials in the roaring forties were conducted in August. The same basic hull concept , but with a completely custom-built superstructure, will be available as a private high-speed cruiser or game fisher.
Alwoplast LTDA Valdivia, Chili Alex Wopper
Alwoplast S.A.
is Celebrating its 20th Birthday
Alwoplast in MULTIHUU-S Magazine | January/February 2007
As if to elevate the celebratory moment... Alwoplast S.A. (Chile) also just received ISO 9001:2000 certification, something only very few yards have and the entire staff is proud of that achievement! The Gcrmanischer Lloyd certifies that Alwoplast has estab- lished and maintains a Quality Management System relevant for compound material craft design, engineering and manufacture of up to 80 feet, including its me- chanical, electrical, electronic and navigation equipment, accommodations and interior com- pletions and manufacturing and associated facilities. Certificate No. CS-4017 HH. Beyond the many happy owners of sail and power multihulls already plying the worldwide seas there are nine catamarans on the premises right now, at different stages of completion. One almost ready for delivery is a 47- foot sailing catamaran for a US client with the world's first com- plete OSSA hybrid diesel electric propulsion system, based on two 25kw gensets and twin electric drive motors. All appliances run on 220V DC. Also almost ready for delivery is a brand-new 50-foot cruising sail cat for Patagonia.
Approximately two years ago, Alwoplast stopped building sail- ing cats and dedicated all its efforts toward power cats, com- mercial and private one-offs, but as things tend to go in cycles, the company is back to sail cats, where its founder and CEO Alex Wopper started 20 years ago. "We are even building nega- tive hull molds for a Chris White - Atlantic 57. The first one is sold to a client from Cali- fornia (will be our third sail cat in CA). That's all epoxy vacuum bagged with stitched fabrics and about 6000 feet of carbon units. A real lightweight, high-performance round-the-world cruiser!" was Wopper's proud statement. However, power cats have not been forsaken, there is a superb
60-foot one-off high-speed dis- placement one Cayman flag ready for delivery at Wopper's docks.
It is absolutely state-of-the-art equipped and ready to cruise all oceans on the globe.
Part 1:
Trawler Kinds Of Cats
Located in Chile, Alwoplast builds custom multihulls, both sail and power. It focuses not on competition, but on the customer. The company is a member of ABYC and has a highly skilled group of German- managed engineers, project managers and craftsmen. Alwoplast builds multihulls in the range of 35 to 80 feet and in models ranging from a ferry-like Sea Bus to a family-oriented cruising cat. One of the most recent power cats built has been described as a "trawler cat" based on her performance, range and sea-keeping ability. This boat made a great debut at the 2002 United States Powerboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, and seems to have influenced other Alwoplast trawler cat designs.
A 65-foot model under development is being designed specifically as a long- range trawler catamaran. With the ability to carry 3,160 gallons of fuel and cruise between 12 and 15 knots, this catamaran is easily comparable to an offshore-going trawler. Bill and Shari Henderson of Evergreen, Colorado, are eagerly awaiting the delivery of their 50-foot sport cruiser catamaran and follow her progress via email. By the time you read this, they will be on board their new boat, on which they plan to spend winters in Florida and summers cruising up north. The Hendersons were more than pleased with Alwoplast in that they were able to truly customize their boat from the hulls up. For the Hendersons, it was important that the two of them could handle the boat alone and that they could spend 6 to 7 months a year on board. They also wanted to be able to walk into their engine rooms and get to all sides of the engines. They helped design their boat, and ultimately, they got just what they wanted.
According to Alex Wopper of Alwoplast, the boat handled extremely well in high winds and surf off the coast of Chile. Added buoyancy from the bulbous bows, as well as larger rudders, allowed for easy compensation of steering resistance. Cruising at 15 knots, the delivery crew experienced a variety of weather conditions and had only good things to say about the boat's performance. They also found that the boat was quiet, with no vibration under way, and that the engine's placement under the cockpit rcduccs noise and significantly minimizes the level of heat transfer to the interior.
With a comfortable and spacious galley, ample saloon room (thanks to a 20-foot beam), and high-quality engine-room gear, this boat was designed for offshore cruising, but it can just as easily hop from island to island off the coast of Florida. It will all depend on the cruising desires of the Hendersons, but the custom-building techniques and Alwoplast's attention to detail helped to guarantee their cruising goals would be met.
published: PASSAGEMAKER Mar/Apr 2005
a Lovely Story about
Delivery of "Dalilah Sue" - 57 ft trawler catamaran from the Roaring 40's up to Miami- Beach Marina
Delivery of Dalilah Sue From the Roaring 40's up to Miami
published: Winter 2005 - The Power of MULTIHULLS Magaine
Finally the rwd sea buoy came into sight and the sensation of riding a wild mustang for the last 30 hours also came to an end. The last 495 nm from Isla Mujcres, Mexico to Miami was a beating, straight into the wind and the Gulf Stream, against 25 knots of prevailing trade winds, that can produce a very confused sea and Dalilah Sue had no troubles fitting into that nasty wave pattern. Being honest, I guess the fatigued crew had more troubles to adapt to the conditions than the catamaran, because DS took the waves like a minor discomfort. Anyway, we were more than happy to power up into the channel. Flagler Island to port, a last VHF call with an US Coast Guard officer and Miami Beach Marina, the agreed meeting point was ahead of us.
What a satisfying moment! Shari and Bill, the happy owners standing on the pier and
waving enthusiastically, and here we were. At 08 00 a.m.. exactly as promised after a 5000-nm-long delivery trip from its birthplace in Valdivia/Chile, 40° Fat. South in the Pacific, all the way up north to Miami. What a compensation for all the suffering and efforts put into thai trip. The joyful eyes and the warm hug we received made us forget the last four weeks and a deep feeling of accomplishment settled into us. Mission successfully completed! What made us really proud was the fact that after a thorough wash-down, the custom-built 50ft powerhouse was absolutely ready for more adventures. After having cleared all arrival procedures, we lired up the two trustworthy caterpillars and moved DS to her final destination in Ft. Lauderdale. What a welcome difference to the rough open ocean passages during the last month. Traveling the ICW at a leisurely pace, but... let's start from the beginning.
Alwoplast S. A.
hadavery seaworthy and proven 57 ft trawler catamaran, Barbara Mae at the 2002 Annapolis Powerboat Show and her owners Barbara and Hob made ex- actly the same trip from the building yard hometotheUS (see Power of MULTIHULLS Mag Vol.2 No.3). For them, the 8000 nm trip (in total) up to Massachusetts was the trip of their lifetime and the purpose was to enjoy and see places, not just a plain delivery trip on a tight schedule. Shari and Bill met BM's owners at the show, talked about their building experi- ence and asa result, signed a contract with the ya rd for a not her serious one-off trawler catamaran (see POM, Spring '03 issue).
After the cat was finished, Alwoplast had to face the task of delivery because the owners couldn't do it due to time constraints. Costs and logistics for shipping the vessel as deck freight were prohibitive, and inquiries regarding profes- sional delivery crews proved fruitless. We were faced with the challenge of a brand-new vessel, during winter in the Southern Hemisphere, espe- cially since the boatyard is located at the entrance to the "roaring 40s" and it was still a very active hurricane season in the Caribbean. We had a big ad vant age. We knew the eat very well and what kind of product we deliver. After building only catamarans for over 15 years with a very personal, diligent and pro- fessional staff, we knew we could handle what surprises Mother Nature had to offer and we fell prepared to take on the task. Of course, we were also very keen to get the feedback of a one-month trip aboard one of our own constructions and as the three of us considered ourselves seasoned sailors withacombined experience of about 150.000 tun. we accepted the challenge. Because of nasty latewinter weather with lots of northerly storms, we had to delay departure several times. We expected that the approaching spring weather would bring the trustworthy high-pressure system in the South Pacific more to the south. That system is normally nourished by cold air coming up from the Antarctic and that means reliable southerly winds along the Chilean coast. That truth turns into a nerve-wracking one for the sailors trying to come down from Panama, because they have to beat into constant 20+ knots of southerly winds. But, as the book "Ocean Passages of the World" says on its lirst page, "the prevailing wind is the wind in your nose" and that is where we started.
Buoy weather reported 25knots westerly windsand seas from 14-17 feet. DS did 15 knots at 2200 rptn with quite some banging on the underwing. Waves were very confused because of the still active wind/seas from the dying southerly wind and that lured us out of the harbor. But we couldn't slow down because of an approaching front and the building northerly sea was not a good sign at all. We had to try to maintain speed and gel under the protective cover of the high pressure system farther north with the much desired southerlies. We all paid our tribute to Neptune and the developing conditions were not really supportive to our efforts. The first night out at sea could be best described as confidence building, and provided avery positive attitude towards ouradaptation process and growing sea legs again. The following sunrise rewarded us with more and more southerly windsand it looked as though the weather gods were on our side. From the same direction, a steady 25 knots of wind and building seas provided us with some thrilling surfs and the log often showed 25-26 knots with only 2000 rpm. We agreed that a really seagoing cat should have solid footrestson the dashboard, be- cause that was the only way to brace ourselves into the captain's chair with our legs against the instrument panel. There was no need for a windshield washer as the breaking waves were doing the job. but the windshield wipers were in constant use. The engine start keys were definitely close to the wiper switches and it took a lot of concentration and acrobatic effort to hit the right buttons.
Whenever a following sea picked lis up, DS lifted her sterns, her foredeek almost down to water level, and the speedometer warned us of another building acceleration. Our bulbous bows made us feel very comfortable and the extra buoyancy around the nose was very much appreciated. Every couple of minutes the spec- tacle repeated: sterns up, nose down, riding the wave, reaching 10 knots above average speed and then, when the wave collapsed, there was an enormous hole in front of the boat. Looked as though somebody pulled the plug and there was no more water! Who lalks about flipping catamarans side- ways? It takes good judgement and the right speed to stay on top of things. Shooting over waves like that or losing steering could be a very bad experience. But isn't good judgement the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement? I cannot imagine driving a similar size monohull in the same conditions with the same speed. Next day in the morning wo reached Coquimbo. our first fuel stop, and I he log showed that wc averaged 15.5 knots in adverse conditions with a fuel burn of 1.17gal/nin.
As we had no system failures or breakdowns during the first 059 nm leg, we thought that we had reached the end of the shake-down cruise and now we were into the more enjoyable part. Big mistake. The next goal was Arica, the northernmost Chilean port and close to the border of Peru. The high-pressure system was very protective and gave us perfect sailing weather. We were really missing a mast and some sails and the 15-IS knots from the south assured good progress. After hours powering north and parallel to The Chilean desert, on a routine check we dis covered an inflated hydraulic steering hose. There was not enough spare hose on board to change an entire 15ft-longhydrauliccircuitand had to look for the next available harbor. The Chilean coast doesn't offer too many options and the old mining town of Iquique. 20rgadus Lat. South was the logical choice.
The little "Club de Yates" is not really prepared for a 50ft catamaran. but we managed to convince the sea lions to move a little bit from the beach and with the bows almost touching sand we could get the aft starboard rear swimming platform next to a floating dock.
The inner core of the hose was somehow punctured in one spot and the hydraulic fluid leaked into the outer hose liner. That made the hose look like an overly stuffed sausage, a scary sight.
As we were slill in Chile, we managed to get spares from the yard and fixed the problem wit hout greater difficulties. Later it turned out that this was the first and last technical problem over the 5000 nm. I had to fly back home to the yard because of all the other new constructions taking place at Alwoplast for the US market and Wolfgang and Ron i had to takeover the remaining trip to Panama on their own.
Because of unfavorable reports from different sailing vessels, the intention was to power directly to Salinas in Kcuador, leaving Peru on starboard. That was a 1300nm + trip and PS was running almost 1) knots with 1230 rpm, burning 0.7gal/nm. The constant southerly winds around 10-12 knots and calm seas made for excellent sailing conditions. Doesn't get any better, and the crew had time to adapt to constantly rising temperatures. Thelogbook really had nothingexciting to offer.Alittledinghy trip on the open ocean, a nice Dorade on the trolling line ami a dive to check the underwater appendages and props.
A friendly, but not very efficient reception from port authorities marked again the difference to Chilean habits. It always surprises the sailing folks when they enter Chile. Nothing to do with the rest of South America. Friendly, efficient and no charges. Very professional. The950gal. of fuel had to be replaced, also some fresh food, and wc were out to sea again. Sea conditions were st ill perfect and DS purred along again at 15 knots, far away from the Colombian coast, just to play it safe. Water and air temperatures were constantly rising and the next morning found us in the middle of a small outboard-powered fishing fleet way out at sea. The tropical convergence zone was up to her reputation. Rain showers out of nowhere, constantly changing winds and sudden squalls up to 40 knots.
Two nights before reaching Panama we had strong winds right on the nose, a very short-but-steep sea and barely tolerable heal. The fatigued and very tired crew called the yard via SAT. phone and asked (tongue-in-cheek) for a Taxi to bring her back home! Speed was down to 1050 rpm, averaging 7.5 knots. Landfall before Panama was at "Isla San Jose" in the group of "Las Perlas" islands. The perfect anchorage was at 08 l.VN. 79 "06' W. over 18 feet of crystal-clear water and what a temptation to stay for a while, but this was not a holiday cruise. The cat and crew were supposed to be in Panama the next day in order for me to rejoin them for the remaining trip. The name of the game is "delivery." FlamencoMarinain Panama had usforthreedays.toprepare for the transit to the Atlantic.
As it was the weekend, we enjoyed the busy life around the restaurant at the club house. It looked I ike we found the absolute in-place in Panama, where the rich and beautiful had created their hide-out. Some club members looked at us in disbelief when they heard that DS had just come up from 40° South, doing over 3500 nm in just two and a half weeks and basically we did only general maintenance work like washing the salt off and polishing the stainless. It seems that a good agent is the way to go, regarding the transit documentation and lirst time measurement. On Tuesday. November 16"', thanks to the agent we got two extra line handlers antl were right on time at the lirst Miraflores lock with our "canal transit advisor." The transit was an enjoyable experience (alongside a small cruise vessel going up and ahead of a big ship and along side going down). I lowever. t he Atlantic welcomed us wit h lousy and very windy weather conditions for the next leg up north.
Anchored that night at the flats in Colon and as the town had nothing special to offer, the next morning we headed out to sea again. After rounding the breakwaters, the reality of a push, push delivery trip sneaked back into our thoughts. A caulions sailor would never have left harbor undergiven climatic conditions, but as we had to meet a deadline in Miami and our confidence in DS'seagoing capabilities were now really sky high, so we decided to continue. For the first two clays we had to deal with trade winds against us, between 25-30 knots and rain squalls with 35 knots. Seas were extremely nasty and the heat did the rest to the crew. During twodaysnobody took in any food and we basically tried to find a place somewhere aft and low in the boat to get some rest bet ween 3 hours of watch periods upon the helm. Theamount of floating debris and entire trees, most likely the result of the last big hurricanes of a couple of weeksearlierwerefrightcning. During daytime we managed to maintain about 12 knots with a sharp lookout but, at night, we slowed down to 7 knots because of threatening collisions with floating tree trunks.
Again we were very happy about our strongly built bulbous bows and the protection they offer in case of a head-on collision. We thought of all the poor souls who lost their lives during the last hurricanes and realized how close we were to possibly becoming delayed victims of the same terrible natural phenomena. I cannot recall how often we checked (in our thoughts) the laminate schedulesand our established quality-control systems, whenever a big wave crashed under the bridge deck.
Incredible how strong and fatigue-resistant a well-built vacuum-bagged composite panel can be (Divinycell foam core, VectorPly re- inforcements and Vinylester resin from BASF). Again, under normal conditions, a careful seaman would never put himself and the boat through a test like that, but we had to and we were sure about the integrity of the structure.
Thanks to modem electronic charts, (GPS, radar, paired with old-fashioned seamanship, we managed to get safely around all the reefs and little islands in that area. It was a constant gamble between angle to the wind, speed and acceptable discomfort, but altera treacherous 884 nm, we tied up at Enrique Lima's Marina in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Obviously DS took all the st rain wit hout any complaints, something that the crew cannot boast of! After the customary two-day lay-over with cleaning, polish- ing and refueling we left Mexico for our last leg. again against prevailing wind conditions.
Because of fuel burn considerations and avoiding too much discomfort, we never saw engine loads over 50% and the preferred speed was around 15 knots with 1.17gal/nm. For a real long distance: cruising speed of 9 knots burning 0.7 gal/nm seems to be perfect.
We learned a lot about how well the catamaran performed over very long distance passages and a wide range of diverse sea and wind conditions. We have satisfied ourselves that we arc producing the ultimate long-distance cruisers and have nothing to change on our structures or design, and only minor improvements to make in system layouts. "For sure it was a hell of an adventure," as Barbara and Bob had said two years earlier about the Barbara Mae. See Dalilah Sue at the Miami Int'l Boat Show. Feb. 17 - 21


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Our amazing new kourse Let's Make A Map starts today! All over the world, students are getting ready to dive into klasses where Nate Padavick, master map maker and co-founder of the map art website They Draw And Travel, will be teaching them how to map their favorite places.
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Tom and Judy Pattinson's Poll Dorset-sired lambs get the attention of every buyer in the market.
Farming at Marrar, 40 kilometres north of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, the Pattinsons run 1200 first-cross ewes joined to Poll Dorset rams across 800 hectares. They also grow canola, milling oats, barley, wheat and lupins.
They join their Merino-Border Leicester ewes to rams with length, good fat cover and soundness bought exclusively from the nearby Armdale Poll Dorset stud.
Lambs are dropped onto lucerne pastures before being weaned in June, when they are then finished on Wedgetail grazing wheat.
About 70 percent of Tom and Judy's lambs are sold through the sucker market, with the remainder grown out for the export market. Early drafts are sold in late-July and August to try and capture the premium sucker price.
"I believe only Poll Dorsets have the quick maturity for lambs to be sold off as early suckers," Tom says. "This year we have already sold our first draft of 320 suckers at an average of $157 a head."
"An added bonus is the clean, white skin. At different times sucker skins have reached anywhere up to $15-$20, adding to our bottom line."
Tom is also an avid fan of the versatility Poll Dorsets provide.
"If selling a store lamb, a trade lamb or a heavy export lamb, the Poll Dorset will attract a premium in any saleyards," he says. "Over the years I have found the constant improvement within the Poll Dorset breed more than keeps pace with any changing market signals."
Tom and Judy target a lambing percentage of between 130 and 140 and have had great success achieving these figures with Poll Dorsets as terminal sires.
"Buyers – whether chasing culls or export lambs – all prefer the Poll Dorset first-cross, which I think comes down to the lamb's shape, fat content, yield and clean, white skin."


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Kirby: Triple Deluxe Trailer: Beanstalks in Dream Land
Kirby takes his fight to the skies above Planet Pop Star in this newest trailer for Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
Our favorite, upbeat, pink sphere of hunger is back in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, which will mark the franchise's debut on Nintendo 3DS. Triple Deluxe will bring about some of Kirby's trademark inhale-oriented style of platforming while utilizing the 3D technology and capabilities of Nintendo's latest handheld. Just from the trailer, you can tell that swallowing an enemy and stealing its powers isn't going to be enough in order to get far in Kirby's newest adventure.
Triple deluxe will also include two new subgames unique to this 3DS title. The first of these subgames is Kirby Fighters, where up to four Kirbies can fight each other in a Super Smash Bros. style of combat -- you even get to customize your own Kirby to help him standout from your enemies. The other minigame included with Kirby: Triple Deluxe is Dedede's Drum Dash. Drum Dash stars Kirby's nemesis who must rhythmically jump on drums while avoiding enemies to collect points as he tries to match the beat of some of the Kirby series' most recognizable tunes.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe is anticipated for a release date of May 2 and will be sold exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS.


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Back in 2007 I discovered the television phenomenon that is Loose Women. It is a show that I connected with instantly and felt that the rapport I had with my TV set was just as strong as that the ladies on the panel had. One of these delightful panellists is Yorkshire lass Jane McDonald. Since starring on 'The Cruise', Jane's voice has become known all over. She has a great vocal range with almighty lungs that will take any song by storm. Combining these factors with her wonderful sense of humour makes Jane such an asset to Loose Women. I'd seen her briefly outside ITV studios but running behind schedule, she didn't have time to stop. However that quick few seconds I saw her in front of me, I was blown away. So when I found out that she had another concert lined up, I jumped at the chance of going.
Unfortunately the closest concert to me was being held at Dundee in the Caird Hall. Though since I am such a fan of Jane's music, I was willing to pay the price of ticket and travel. The ticket itself for the concert, bought from Ticketmaster, cost just short of thirty pound, which I think is a delightful price to pay! With a return train ticket costing just twelve pound, I was getting to see Jane McDonald live for barely fifty pound! For me, that is a real bargain! Less than a week later the tickets flung through my letter box, and all that was left to do was wait a few months until it was time to go!
The concert in Dundee was on the 3rd September, so I wasn't expecting glorious sunshine. However when I woke up on the morning and saw that the sky had opened and the rain was belting down, my heart sank. I didn't want the weather to damped my mood before the event. What was worse though was I still had to get through the whole day before catching the train! Finally I walked off to the train station and boarded the train at five o clock completely soaked through. The internet on my phone wasn't working and I had a headache. So far, things weren't going terribly well.
After a long and dull journey I finally arrived in Dundee. I'd never been to Dundee before so prior to my journey I had drawn up a little guide with the help of Bing Maps so I could find my way to the theatre. I trotted along in the pouring rain again (I'd hoped it was different in Dundee!), and found Caird Hall no bother. The building itself is quite grand. There are ten or so large pillars at the front of the long building sheltering it, and there are a few steps you have to climb up (disabled are able to enter through the stage door), before you come to the main doors. At this point, it was just after half six and I had to stand thankfully for no longer than fifteen minutes in the cold before the doors were opened and I could find my seat.
I was situated in the stalls – M7. 'M' is quite a long way down the alphabet so I'd imagined I would be seated quite far back in the hall, but to my surprise I discovered that I was just twelve rows from the front. This was the first concert I'd been to so I did expect a bigger gap between the stage and the first row, so only much to my delight was I proven wrong. After an impatient wait, half seven finally arrived and the musicians walked onto the stage, picking up their instruments as the audience glared at them. The hall went dark and we were told to give a huge welcome to Jane McDonald. Naturally, we all started clapping and cheering (not so much cheering as about 70% of the audience were over 50!). Jane walked out onto the stage as the spotlight hit her, and I gasped. She was seen in the most gorgeous dress I've ever seen – aquamarine blue with a mermaid style fin at the bottom. It was utterly gorgeous! And then she opened her mouth and the evening just got better! The first song she sang I didn't know, but the second was the one I had prayed for! After performing 'It's Getting Better' on the Loose Women end of season finale this year, I'd fallen in love with the song and this was what she sang next. I must have looked quite peculiar as the biggest smile broadened across my face.
In between songs Jane would talk to the audience, which is always a comfort. She told jokes, such as one about a brown paper bag who wasn't feeling well, and putting money between her butt cheeks. She also interacts with her musicians, especially the piano player (who is also the voice of the Compare the 'Meerkat' adverts!) and her backing singers. One backing singer out of the three particularly stood out for me: Jo Boyd. That woman has such an energetic personality, and an amazing voice too – she took centre stage at one point, and it was most amusing to see Jane with the backing singers. Jane mentioned Loose Women a few times, and also talked about her mother a bit. To my delight, Jane's mam was also in the audience, and Jane had the house lights put on so we could all turn round and see her. I was delighted at this, and her mam must be so proud!
After the break, which lasted about twenty five minutes, Jane came back on and before any stage lights were on, you could see her twinkling away on the stage. As soon as the lights did come up, she sparkled with every movement. She wore a deep red dress which, to the delight of the men in the audience, had a slit at the side which came up to her thigh. Whenever she moved the slightest, it would seem that she had a thousand gems sewn onto her. She truly looked like a firework in the night. The second half of the show is the more emotional part, where she sings more meaningful songs, such as The Hand That Leads Me, Even Now and One Voice. She actually brought a tear to my eye, which was no surprise to me as even 'mp3 Jane McDonald' makes me weep!
After more joking and chatting to the audience, Jane finished off the show with a lively melody of various songs after she'd received her standing ovation. The majority of the audience were on our feet, dancing and clapping along to the music. Her voice echoed all around, and despite its volume it was one of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard. Within the space of two hours I'd gone through a roller coaster ride of emotions, faced with excitement and nerves, as well as being too emotional for my own good! When Jane walked off the stage into the wings at the end, and the houselights came up, I could have cried! I could have stayed there forever and listened to her amazing voice. It's like nothing I've ever experienced before. It gives me such joy and such hope – and I owe it all to you, Jane!


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I took Jessica to get the ultrasound on her thyroid today. It seems that it was normal.
Then we had an appointment with the doctor because she'd been complaining that her ears were hurting. It's from all this allergy stuff, congestion, etc. I wanted him to check her ears. Her ears were fine, but her throat looked bad. So he gave her some medicine.
As far as the other that's going on with her, he's been researching. He found a doctor in Texas (Dallas area I believe) that evidently specializes in Epstein Barr and fatigue. He suggested we try to contact him. He also said that he has two other patients that have had Epstein Barr - and they aren't getting any better either! He'd mentioned this Texas doctor to his other patients and they'd already contacted him, and one lady said she'd already taken her husband down to see him. Other than that, everyone's just baffled and frustrated.
The appointment with the rhuematologist isn't until June 5th. So, I guess we just keep doing what we're doing for now.
Jessica was tired, and didn't go back to school, or didn't go to school at all today. She took two naps, one for about 30 minutes before our doctors visits, and one for a little over an hour this afternoon.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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I took Jessica to get the ultrasound on her thyroid today. It seems that it was normal.
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Ive had another busy month so far, but ive managed to find some free time to get 4 units of half orc archers done for my Mayhem / KOW 10mm army.
Here they are,
All 4 units .
Heres a close up of one of the units. I have had a go at a bit of multilevel basing in an attempt to make the bases slightly more interesting, and to use up some of the old bases from earlier rebasing shenanigans.
Next for the 10mm Fantasy stuff will be some Humans, once they are done ill be putting in another order to Copplestone for some cavalry, wolf riders and characters.
I have also started painting my Epic scale Novamarines again, I have so may of them I think ill be painting them for ever!
Latest additions....
Here we have some landraider Helios. I have made these myself using missile turrets from steel crown productions, they should provide the landraider company some fire support!
This is a really old (vintage even!) metal multipart Rhino APC that I converted into a command varient using a comms pod from steel crown productions (SCP).
I really like the older Epic stuff, it reminds me of my youth.....
And finally, here are my converted land speeder typhoons,armed with missile pods, yep you guessed it, from SCP. My growing Epic collection can be seen in all its (small) Glory here EPIC PAGE
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Why should you go to Bordeaux? It's the city where you'll have the most fun in France. Last year, 58 cows were unleashed in the city making it the most colorful city I have ever seen.
Charles Dickens once said: "Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows – and china."
Bordeaux and Cow:
Cow Parade was the most fun cultural event I have seen in France. They were all made by local artists and sold at an auction to help La Banque Alimentaire (the food bank). La Banque Alimentaire got 180,000 euros from the proceeds of the auction. All I can say is, Holy Cow!
My favorite cow was this one :
I wished I had it! But for one thing, I didn't have any money to bid on it and another, I'm not sure how it would fit in my one-bedroom flat in London.
But if you are lucky enough to have a house or palace in London you may purchase a cow on: http://store.cowparade.com/LIFE-SIZE-COWS/products/38/
The Cow Parade is moving from city to city (Cow Parade events have been staged in over 50 cities since 1999 ) so watch out for news and events on: http://www.cowparade.com/
And wouldn't it be amazing to bring the Cow Parade to London and get them involved with Lomography?
If enough people submit this idea, who knows what could happen!
With over $20 million raised for different charities since 1999, Cow Parade is my favorite cultural event. Don't forget to follow them on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ronfoxCOWPARADE
Still want to see more cows? Then go to: http://www.cowparade.com/WorldwideGallery.php
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The Sunday Tour of Homes is a quick and easy way to preview several Newmarket area homes in a couple of hours without any pressure or hassle.
The Sunday Tour of Homes is a great way to get an overview of what area homes and features are available in your price range.
Here's how it works: Each Sunday, we conduct one or two tours of six homes each. The tours run between 1:00 and 3:15 pm, and you can meet us at any home on either tour. Feel free to drive by the homes before their scheduled tour times, but once the tour starts, don't be late for the one(s) you want to preview. There will be lots of other buyers on the tour, and show times are exact.
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Traditional open houses are sometimes uncomfortable for both buyers and sellers because you've often got a hovering agent watching your every move. Most importantly, they're NOT very effective at selling homes either. In fact, according to industry statistics, less than 1% of Newmarket area homes are sold as a result of a traditional open house. That's why we don't do them.
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Thank you so much to all those who voted and many thanks to Elizabeth Krumbach (pleia2), Jessica Ledbetter (jledbetter), Cheri Francis (Cheri703) and Valorie Zimmerman (valorie) for their willingness to run for these positions. Many thanks to Melissa Draper and Leigh Honeywell for serving on former leadership team.
Below is the New 2011-2012 Ubuntu Women Leadership Team:
- Elizabeth Krumbach (pleia2)
- Jessica Ledbetter (jledbetter)
- Cheri Francis (Cheri703)
If you voted in the poll you can see the results by clicking on the link sent to you with your voting key. Many thanks again to all those who participated and congratulations to the new leadership team.
Originally announced on the Ubuntu Women Mailing List and the Ubuntu Fridge.


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AUD to USD Exchange Rate
Ahh, America: the global behemoth that brought the world the automobile, the airplane and the iPhone--where innovation reigns supreme even though 7% of the population believes the moon landings were a hoax.
What influences the AUD/USD exchange rate?Since the signing of the 2005 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the U.S. and Australia, goods and services trade has more than doubled between the two countries. Keep in mind that the US dollar accounts for about 85% of all forex trading volume and announcements from the Federal Reserve may influence the daily rate.
In addition to the relative strength of the two economies, factors that affect the AUD/USD exchange rate may be based, in part, around demand for Australian commodities such as iron ore, coal and gold. Because 85% of Australian exports go to Asia, the value of the Aussie dollar may fluctuate when growth reports for major Asian economies differ from expectations.
AUD/USD snapshot
The United States is the world's largest economy. US GDP (nominal) was estimated at nearly US$ 17.42 trillion in 2014 or around 22.5 per cent of global GDP. The United States is a major driver of the global economy and a world leader in terms of international trade and investment, innovation and new technologies, research and development expenditure, stock market capitalisation and its share of large global corporations .1
---Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
- Americans spend about $37 billion per year on pizza.2 That's roughly ⅓ of the global market and amounts to a consumption rate of about 100 acres per day. While Australia is amongst the top 5 in pizza consumption per capita, burgers take the top spot for Aussie diners making Australians the world's biggest meat eaters as of 2015. 3 Higher education is a popular export for both countries. For Australia, it's an A$ 19 billion industry, while for the U.S., it's a $30 billion contributor to the economy. 4, 5 Australia's richest native is Gina Rinehart, mining mogul. As of 2016, her $10 billion dollar stockpile (down from a peak of almost $31 billion in 2012) leaves her at number 12 on the list of the world's richest women well behind the heiresses of Walmart and Mars (candy). 6
Whether you're paying for an overseas education, starting a global pizza empire or sending money back home to friends and family, OFX can help you save on your international money transfers. If you need to make a payment to the U.S., use OFX so you don't get stung by high bank margins and fees. Register today to get access to our low rates and personalised service.
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iPhone May Be Used as a Console for 2014 Electric Scooters
iPhone integration with cars, bikes etc. is quite a usual thing today. However, if to consider the latest rumors, Smart is going to make your smartphone one of the major elements of the vehicle - its console.
Beeline is not renewing contract with Apple
Hi-Tech Mail reports that Beeline will not be renewing its contract with Apple. Beeline is the last of Russian carriers who make such a decision. Beeline is planning to offer Samsung devices instead of iPhones.
Last month Apple established an online store for Russia; it was high time Cupertino Company did it. Now that three major Russian carriers are not working with Apple any more, its remaining contract with Svyasnoy will not be a good sell.
Apple components contain illegally produced tin
Apple's representatives of environmental task group are visiting Indonesia to find out whether tin is really supplied from illegal mines.
Bangka Island, located in Indonesia, is the world center of tin production. Recently, rumors appeared of illegal and unregulated mines operating in the region. That is why Apple initiated a fact-finding visit to carry out a study of local mines so that the situation was under control.
Apple works with nearly 250 suppliers who use tin in producing components. It remains to be seen whether the tin is illegal or not. Meanwhile, Samsung admitted using illegally mined tin in its products.
Verizon is likely to owe Apple $14 Billion
A recent marketing research discovered that Verizon may end up owing Apple 14 billion dollars for selling less iPhones than it committed to do in 2013.
According to Craig Moffett, a telecommunications analyst, in 2010 Verizon signed an agreement with Apple to sell iPhones worth 23.5 billion dollars during 2013 alone. However, the figures of 2012 show that Verizon failed to fulfill the commitment by two times. This will undoubtedly influence the dividends, as the 12-1 billion means 4-5 dollars of each share.
Apple and Google are getting on better
Google and Apple seems to be improving their relationship. It is proved by Google's chairman Eric Schmidt, who says : "These are two proud, well-run, different companies."
Apple and Google met on Allen and Company Sun Valley Conference where tech moguls meet every year. In fact, the two companies have always been quite close as the CEOs, Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs knew each other for years. Eric Schmidt was even one of Apple's directors, before Android OS was launched and they competition with Apple began.
Apple's Looking for New Suppliers
iPad trade-in by BestBuy
This Friday and Saturday Best Buy is launching a trade-in program for iPads. You can get a 200$ or more gift card for bringing in your iPad 2 or 3. The gift cards can be used in offline or online stores.
Best Buy has already had experience with trade-in programs. It launched one for iPhones, and it was an instant success. However, Best Buy has not commented whether they will offer trade-ins in the future or not.
Groopic for iOS - Be Part of Each Photo You Make
There's one more great app released these days. It is called Groopic and it lets anyone create a group photo that includes the photographer. At last you can be present literally on every pic you snap with your iPhone. Let's find out how it works.
New Calendar App by Any.DO
Yesterday Any.DO released its new app called Cal. Those who either already use Any.DO task manager, or simply need to get their time thoroughly planned would certainly be interested in this new application. But what it's all about?
Creating an auto-reply message
When someone calls you and there is no possibility to answer, auto-reply is exactly what you need. There is no need to type a message, just send one of the saved default ones.
You can prepare three different auto-replies, so that you can simply answer wherever you are, at a concert, dancing in a club or having a business meeting.
Now enjoy the tutorial for creating these auto-reply messages.
Disney honors Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs is getting the 2013 Disney Legends Award. It will take place on D13 Expo, a memorable three-day-long event. This Disney tradition goes back the year 1987, when Walt Disney Company established this Award.
Steve Jobs changed the world of consumer electronics as the founder of Apple, and was known throughout the world for his visionary attitude and penchant for innovation. He was an early investor and chief executive of Pixar, and became the Walt Disney Company's largest shareholder overnight when it acquired Pixar Animation Studios in 2006. That same year, he joined the Disney board of directors, and remained a valuable sounding board and advisor to the company until his passing in 2011.
According to Bob Iger, Disney Chair and CEO, the Disney Legend Award is the highest honor for those, who "push the limits of innovation and creativity."
Facebook is updated
The new updated Facebook version boasts verified accounts, better place editing and fixed bugs.
Facebook is the most wide-spread social network. Its iOS app helps you to keep in touch with your friends wherever they are, share pictures and videos, comment and like different posts and even play games.
In the updated version you will be able to find verified celebrities, public figures and brands (verified accounts have a blue check mark next to the name), improved places editing to fix categories, phone numbers and other info on iPad and a fixed a problem of slow News Feed loading.
Some More Lower Cost iPhone Photos
Here's another suggestion on how would the new lower-cost iPhone look like. This time it's
Crew Building Apple Store Discover 15th Century Ruins
Construction workers building a new flagship Apple Store at number 1, Puerta del Sol in Madrid have found ruins of a 15th century hospital, demolished in 1854. That, however, doesn't mean that the renovations would be put off or stopped. And here's why.
Apple and Amazon end App Store dispute
According to Reuters, Apple has decided to end its lawsuit with Amazon about App Store name. Cupertino company did this on condition Amazon does not countersue.
U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, on Tuesday ordered the case be dismissed at the companies' request.
Amazon was sued by Apple in March 2011. The Cupertino company wanted to prevent Amazon from using the "App Store" name, as customers could get confused by the double use of App Store name.


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I've spent the last two days at Breaking Convention, a conference on psychedelics at the University of Greenwich organized by some brave academics. It's my favourite academic conference, by a long stretch.
Academic conferences are typically uptight, dull, low-energy events, driven largely by ambition, fear, awkwardness and resentment. Breaking Convention isn't like that at all, it's a warm, friendly, freaky place, that brings together chemists, neuroscientists, therapists, artists, historians, philosophers, shaman, witches, performance artists, and a lot of DIY psychonauts. There's some great critical research there, but it's also totally fine to discuss your own weird experiences – they're also valid data. And there's a healthy pluralism of philosophical viewpoints, from naturalist to animist. That's totally different from the exclusive naturalism of most academic conferences.
When I attended the previous Breaking Convention in 2015, psychedelics looked on the verge of going primetime. We heard reports from scientists at institutions like NYU, Imperial College and Johns Hopkins of the remarkable therapeutic benefits of psychedelics: just one or two doses of psilocybin (the drug in magic mushrooms) helped 60% of participants in a small trial to overcome chronic depression; as well as 80% of participants in another trial to give up smoking. Psychedelics also significantly lowered death-anxiety in people with serious cancer, apparently by triggering a 'mystical experience'.
In the two years since then, I've been struck by how positive media coverage is of psychedelic therapy, even in the right-wing media. There have been enthusiastic articles in the Daily Mail, the Express, the Telegraph, and even a segment on micro-dosing on BBC daytime TV show, Victoria. If psychedelics really do help people overcome depression, anxiety, addiction and the fear of death (and they do), then it seems only a matter of time before they're legal, and available as a therapeutic treatment through the NHS.
I remember Rick Doblin, head of the psychedelic research organisation MAPS, saying in 2015 that psychedelics needed to stop being a transgressive counterculture and go mainstream. Less hippy freaks, more soccer moms. Well, microdosing for emotional healing is likely to be the way that happens. With careful microdosing, your reality is barely altered, you don't even get any visuals, but the psychedelics apparently still have an emotional or neuro-chemical effect at the subliminal level. Look at the citizen science movement in the US to legalize microdosing for cluster headaches – they don't want a revolution, they just want to stop having awful headaches (preferably paid for by medical insurance).
Keeping it weird
Yet what struck me most, during this Breaking Convention, was an anxiety about what might be lost if / when psychedelics are legalized and go mainstream. While there were sessions on new therapeutic trials of psychedelics, the main emphasis seemed to be on 'keeping it weird' – to quote the title of one session. I mean, look at the conference poster – this is not a movement rushing into the mainstream.
At one presentation, religious studies scholar Erik Davis said he wanted to resist the instrumentalization and medicalization of psychedelics. He liked the psychedelic counterculture – its weirdness, its trashiness, its transgressiveness. The audience – a motley crew of thai-dye freaks and feathered urban shaman – cheered their support. They're a guerrilla movement not ready to come out of the jungle.
Next to him, Dennis McKenna – ethnobotanist and brother of famous psychedelic guru Terence McKenna – told the story of a legendary psychedelic trip his brother and he undertook in their 20s, when they munched a huge amount of magic mushrooms in Colombia. Dennis disappeared for 14 days, 'dislocated in the space-time continuum', while his brother witnessed a giant UFO landing and spent the next decades of his life trying to construct a magic box which neither he nor anyone else fully understood. The psychedelic counter-culture loves this sort of weird tale, which eludes easy classification.
Psychedelic studies at the moment remind me of 17th-century natural philosophy, with its love of 'strange facts'. As historians Lorraine Dalston and Katherine Park explored in Wonders and the Order of Nature, there was a moment in the 17th century, when natural philosophers circulated accounts of anomalous events – weird animals, odd astronomical events, freaky experiments with electricity – partly as a means of chipping away at the hegemony of the Aristotelian worldview, and partly just for fun. But then, in the 18th century, these anomalous incidents become subsumed into the new consensus of materialism. Wonder and a yearning for the freaky came to be seen as vulgar.
Likewise, many psychedelic explorers are fascinated by the weird and marvellous. But eventually, either psychedelics will become absorbed into the existing secular materialist medical paradigm or – more likely – a new paradigm will emerge, a new consensus on reality, with its own rules and enforcers. What could that new paradigm be? What theology or ethics could emerge from the psychedelic renaissance?
The most obvious way psychedelic therapy is likely to change our worldview is by changing our idea of the self. You can either dismiss all psychedelic visions as meaningless, or you can interpret them as messages from some sort of Jungian or Jamesian subconscious. As Jung said, the subconscious seems to communicate to us through symbolic imagery. Trips are often healing – some intelligence in the subconscious wants to guide us to wholeness. The mainstreaming of psychedelics is also likely to underline the interconnectedness between the mind and the body, particularly the subconscious mind and the autonomic nervous system.
But what about the interconnectedness of our mind with others' minds, with the natural world, with the cosmos? What about people's encounters with spirit-beings?
As Tamara Freimoser and Elena Fountoglou have found, around 50% of people who take ayahuasca report 'encounters with supra-human spiritual entities', as well as 36% of people on DMT, 12% on psilocybin, 17% on LSD. Often, these encounters are healing – psychedelic trips seem to lower death-anxiety in patients with cancer because they report an encounter with some sort of 'higher power' which makes them believe materialism isn't the whole story and death isn't necessarily the end. The animist aspects of psychedelics are sometimes fundamental to the healing experience (though not always).
But not all encounters with spirit-beings are pleasant. According to the 'global ayahuasca project', which has interviewed around 1600 people who've taken ayahuasca, around 20% report the feeling of being under spiritual attack. In Rick Strassman's famous DMT experiment, participants reported encounters with weird alien creatures who probed, devoured and even raped them.
Are these experiences projections from the individual subconscious, or encounters with something real and transpersonal – a collective unconscious, the spirits of nature, ancestor-spirits, cosmic consciousness, aliens, Whatever? Who the hell knows. Strassman himself has now returned to Judaism and insists we need to learn the discernment of spirits to protect ourselves against malevolent spirit entities.
This is the trickiest issue for psychedelics as they go mainstream. On the one hand, psychedelics are very healing, and who's not up for healing? On the other hand, they sometimes involve spirit-encounters, and spirits are just…well…verboten in the existing secular materialist paradigm of medicine.
I would suggest that we, as a culture, don't get too hung up on the freaky. Weird things happen on trips, as they do on meditation retreats, pilgrimages, near-death experiences, and in ordinary life. You may encounter spirit-beings and not be entirely sure if they're projections or independent entities. You can get lost down that rabbit hole. The main thing is to try and become a wiser and more loving being. That's harder, and superficially less interesting, but more meaningful and valuable in the long-run. Maybe a personal encounter with Jesus Christ has hugely helped you to become a wiser and more loving person – that's awesome. But I don't think it's essential.
As the religious scholar Rudolph Otto said, every religion needs to find a balance between the numinous (ie religious or mystical experiences) and the ethical. You shouldn't exclude the numinous, but neither should you obsess over it and forget the ethical. The great theologian Huston Smith, who took psychedelics with Timothy Leary and was sympathetic to psychedelics, nonetheless warned:
A religion made up solely of heightened religious experiences would not be a religion at all…. The major religious traditions address the mysteries (with or without entheogens), but they have other business to do: widen understanding, give meaning, provide solace, promote loving-kindness, and connect human being to human being. This is my litmus test for any mental experience however induced: does it enhance your whole life, and then do you in turn enhance the lives of others?
Psychedelic culture needs to find a balance between numinous experiences like the McKennas' UFO encounters, and more basic ethical tasks – how to help people, how to make them more open, loving and wise. 'Traits, not states', insisted Huston Smith. Don't get hung up on seeking altered states for their own sake. Seek altered traits – are you becoming a kinder and wiser person? Psychedelics can help with that (there's some evidence they help make people more open and more reverential to nature, for example), but so can many other less dramatic spiritual practices like meditation, prayer, volunteering.
On the way to Breaking Convention, I listened to this great interview by Russell Brand with Sharon Salzberg, a leading Western practitioner of loving-kindness meditation (you can download it on iTunes here). I love Salzberg's pragmatic worldview – she doesn't exclude the supernatural, but she doesn't obsess over it. Brand constantly tests the limits of her worldview – does she believe in reincarnation? Yes. Does she believe in God? She notes how the Buddha remained silent on this question, suggesting that – whether there is a God / higher power or not, the human task remains the same of developing our consciousness and trying to become wiser and kinder beings, rather than getting stuck in disputes about whose God is better.
What about weird 'siddhis' or powers like telepathy or bilocation, which some holy people supposedly develop. Does she have any weird powers? No. Has she met holy people who do? Yes, but so what. 'If you really want to, you can learn to read minds, but it's not a path of wisdom, it's a path of power. I had a woman teacher, my most important teacher. She came to practice after losing her husband and two children. The doctor said to her you'll die of a broken heart unless you learn to meditate. So she went to the temple to learn to meditate. When she emerged, she was so compassionate and loving. She was radiant. They say she had powers. They say she could bake a potato in her hands. But so what? When I think of her I don't think of that. I don't care. She's the person who was loving to everyone.'
I think there probably are spirit-beings 'out there', but I don't think we should obsess over them. And attempts to describe God / the higher power are just attempts, we shouldn't get hung up on our imperfect verbal definitions, much less attack others for their different definitions. The main task facing homo sapiens is to become wiser and more loving beings. That's the North Star we need to stay focused on. The weird is fun but it's not the main event.


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Lollibop 2013 - We Had A Blast!
I am an Eastend girl, born and bred and although I now live an hour away, deep in the Essex countryside I do like to pop into Stratford every now and then, so I was thrilled to discover that Lollibop's new home is The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. I love how much the area has changed over the past few years and I really like the urban feel to the venue.
The minute we stepped out of Stratford station we were greeted by Lollibop ladies dressed in bright pink rain jackets, handing out wet wipes. I was immediately impressed because I had forgotten to pack any in my bag. Nice touch, I liked it, a lot.
- Plan before you go. Print off the free information pack and make a note of everything you want to do, especially with the meet & greets, design a T-shirt etc. Make sure you get to these chosen activities/shows in plenty of time.
- Get there early! You will miss out if you don't.
- Think of the weather. Take brollies and rain coats or plenty of water & sun cream.
- Take an extra kid. If like us you are only taking one child, let them bring a friend too. Our Granddaughter had a blast but she would have loved it even more had she brought a buddy, her own age.
Yes!!! Great event, we loved it. Over the past 23 years we have taken our four kids and our Granddaughter to a lot of events and this is right up the top of our list. Having read a few other reviews, it appears that the Saturday was a little too busy so it sounds as if the Friday had just the right amount of visitors as we didn't find it over crowded at all. We think it was well organised, the ticket price is well worth the money, there was plenty to entertain all ages (inc the adults), we got to meet lots & lots of characters and we really liked the fact that we were not pressurised into spending any money, unlike a lot of other places we have visited. A great day was had by all!
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Don't get us wrong, we know that climate change is serious business and hope as much as anyone that the COP 17 delegations in Durban will come up with solid plans to reduce global carbon emissions - but life would be boring if we didn't add a few Zulu Dancers, a brass band, and a climate change train to the mix, right? In true South African style, the environmental agency Indalo Yethu and a handful of partners decked out an old train with a variety of projects that address climate change, including new technologies, plants, and a symbolic Coral Reef art project. The train is making its way across the country for one month, and it arrived in Durban just as COP 17 got underway. It was met by traditional Zulu Dancers, a honking brass band, and even Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The train has already stopped in 17 cities and towns across South Africa to raise awareness about the importance of reducing our carbon footprint – just in time for the 17th climate change conference currently underway in Durban. Throughout its journey, the train's on board educators have opened dialogue with everyone from individuals to community groups, churches, schools, and even businesses. After the conference, it will continue on and eventually return to Cape Town.
Indalo Yethu's CEO, June Joseph-Langa told South Africa's SABC news that the train is designed to reach people who lack access to information, and stressed the importance that everyone understand how they will be affected by climate change. We love this unconventional approach, particularly since it's on rails, thereby promoting public transportation at the same time.
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29th Annual photo issue
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It's the most exciting—and difficult—thing he does.
Each fall our art director Luke Duran is faced with the enviable yet heartbreaking task of designing the Montana Outdoors photo issue. Enviable because he gets to look through roughly 1,200 exceptional photographs. Heartbreaking because he can use only 70 or so.
Luke's work on the issue begins in September, when he puts out a call to our long list of professional photographers. He explains that we want their very best images and cautions that shots must have been taken in Montana. (We make an exception for Yellowstone National Park because part of it sits within our state border.) Then he waits.
Over the next six weeks, more than 100 CDs containing delightful and artistic images arrive in the mail. From my office I can hear Luke ooh and aah as he scrolls through some particularly gorgeous shots. "You have to come look at this one," he'll call out, and I'll drop everything to have a peek at yet another knockout photo.
For several weeks, Luke sifts through the JPEG files, picking out the best of the best and then putting them together to create the photo issue. He does a lot of arranging and rearranging, because each image must work on its own as well as with several others as part of the two-page spreads.
Sadly, many wonderful shots don't make the cut. Some aren't sharp enough for magazine reproduction. Others contain subject matter that doesn't fit the Montana Outdoors format. The toughest calls are when we have to pass on a breathtaking landscape or marvelous wildlife shot because it's too similar to others appearing elsewhere in the issue. We sit on some of these for a few months, hoping to work them into another issue of the magazine. But most we send back to the photographers with our regrets—and our encouragement to try again next year.
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Finally End of Vista
Microsoft decided to say goodbye to Windows Vista after 10 years of its release. Support for Windows vista ends today, that means users can need to move to a newer version of Windows to stay secure. It's the end of an era for an OS that arrived late to the market with widespread criticisms.
Having the Codename longhorn, Windows vista was originally presupposed to revolutionise Windows with a brand new filing system and interface. Microsoft's development of Vista spiralled out of control, and therefore the company was forced to reset its plans and specialise in shipping a stable version of Windows within the middle of its development phase. Microsoft had bold concepts for Windows vista within the years leading up to its unleash, as well as a brand new Windows Future Storage (WinFS) filing system.
Here are Windows 10 Best-updated Features
Windows 10 creators update is ready to roll out for existing machines after testing. Here is the listing of top features of creators updates of windows 10.
Cortana Setup
If you install the Windows 10 Creator Update or just buy a new PC with Windows 10, then you will see that the Cortana shows you to guide during the setup process. Cortana will listen to your commands through microphone and speakers.
It's a clean joint, but if you want to set Windows 10 more traditional way, you can always use your keyboard and mouse instead of your voice. In any case, the entire process of installing Windows 10 is quite Has been simpler, especially if you compare it to how long and complex it took just 10 years ago to get a Windows Vista machine ready.
Game Mode
Microsoft also gives his focus on improving gaming experience in Windows 10 Creator Update. A new game mode in the Xbox apps is introduced which will give preference to CPU and GPU resources for the game. It is mainly designed to reduce background functions and other applications from all the system resources being harassed.
Picture in Picture
Microsoft is going to add picture-in-picture support to its Universal Windows zone. Just like Android and IOS, movies and TV app allow you to watch a movie or TV show and pop out the window, so it's always on the top, and Skype will call up from the other window. When you browse or work in other apps, you can see the content. Only a few Microsoft's owned apps will support Picture-in-picture this time but an update will be released soon.
Night Light
With the creator update, Microsoft has released its own version F.Lux is created in windows 10. Dubbed Night Light, you can set to reduce the blue light from the screen at a specific time after sunset or in the evening.
Dynamic Lock
Dynamic Lock is a new Windows 10 feature designed for the situation when you are away from your PC. The dynamic lock can automatically lock Windows 10 PCs. If you have a phone or wearable Bluetooth device, and Windows 10 senses once the Bluetooth connection is too far, it will lock the PC.
Paint 3d
Microsoft's creators update for Windows 10 has been built in the brain with 3D. As the name suggests, this is a 3D version of Microsoft's built-in Paint app, and it is fully modern. You can create 3D objects in Paint 3D and import made by community members of Remix 3D.
Inking in Windows Photos
Although it is not strictly a Windows 10 manufacturer update feature, Microsoft has recently updated its Photo App to support the Inking. This is a very important addition that allows you to choose a photo and annotate it and share it easily via email or social network.
Microsoft Edge Correction
Microsoft has also changed its browser edge, with new feature lets you set up tabs together and save for later use. This is an indispensable method for saving snapshots of your current browser window. If you are a heavy user of tabs then this is a welcome feature, but the new buttons that enable the feature are likely to be confusing for everyone.
Faster Windows Hello
One stunning addition to the Windows 10 Creators Update is that the incontrovertible fact that Windows hello gets quicker. Microsoft also changes in its privacy control.


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David Pogue, New York Times tech columnist, creator of the Missing Manual series, and frustrated Broadway producer, led his Macworld Live! feature presentation in San Francisco Wednesday with a musical riff on Steve Jobs' non-attendance.
Playing the electric piano and accompanied by former Cirque de Soleil bassist J.F. Brisette, he sang, to the tune of Oliver's "Where is Love?"
The performance drew knowing laughter and applause from an audience of several thousand in the basement of Moscone Center's North Hall. But the hit of 90-minute presentation were his three guests:
- Matt Harding, whose YouTube videos dancing at exotic locations around the world have been downloaded 17 million times. See, for example, Where the Hell is Matt?
- Matt Bledsoe and Tyler Hitch, creators of the You Suck at Photoshop series, downloaded 20 million times.
- Ge Wang, the creator of Ocarina, our favorite iPhone app, which not only turns the device into a 4-key musical instrument (downloaded nearly 500,000 times at 99-cents each) but lets you hear — in near real time — the music other Ocarina players are making all over the world.
Pogue, joined by Brissette on bass and Wang on iPhone Ocarina, closed the show with two more musical parodies:
A song about iTunes to the tune of Billy Joel's "Piano Man" ("We might prefer more compatibility but Steve likes to run the whole show!")
- And a "Switcher's Anthem" to the tune of Boz Scaggs' "We're All Alone." ("Ditch your Windows, get a clue, a new cult waits for you.")
Interviewed after the performance, Pogue said that he did not intend to make light of Jobs' health problems. He believes that the real reason Apple's CEO skipped the keynote was that Jobs reviewed Apple's (AAPL) product line-up for Macworld — upgrades of iWork and iLife and a 17″ laptop — and decided it wasn't worth his time. That, says Pogue, not failing health, is why Jobs had senior vice president Phil Schiller give the keynote in his stead.
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Well, I did write this post yesterday, but hey... vacation, lack of internet, all that noise. So... SUNDAYS this week!
The Story:Starting with another flashback, we see Dick come back to town after Tim begins to detox off the Joker toxin, he feels bad about not being there to possibly help, but right now he's focused on being there for those he cares about.
Back to the present(isn), Bruce eventually has to shut down the suit, preventing Terry from beating up on the Vigilante anymore, also pointing out that the Phantasm's smoke contains a fear toxin variant. Back at the cave, Terry presses Bruce on his knowledge of Jake Chill working at Wayne-Powers, but Bruce claims to know nothing of it, saying he's not in the business of keeping track of everyone who works at the company. Terry doesn't buy it, they're not talking about everyone, they're talking about the grandson of the man who killed the Waynes.
The next day, Terry enlists the help of Dana and Maxine to try and track down Chill, who is still hunting the Jokerz despite his run-in with Batman the night before. Knowing he won't get any further help from Bruce, Terry seeks out Dick Grayson for help, and asks his opinion on Bruce and whether or not Dick would trust him on something like this. Dick tells Terry that being a manipulative liar who believes himself as being selfless is the thing Bruce is best at, so no, he wouldn't trust anything Bruce says. Terry senses something more and finally asks for the truth as to what really happened between the two.


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Based upon clause 5 Article 21.1 Law 129-FZ, since September 1, 2017, the tax authorities shall have the right to exclude a legal entity from the Russian Federation Unified State Register of Legal Entities (hereinafter – the Register), if there is made an entry on the provision of incorrect information with respect to such legal entity (for example, with respect to its address, CEO or participants). Earlier, a legal entity being detected to have violated the legislation, was only subject to compulsory liquidation based upon a court decision.
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