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White House plays defense on Obamacare
President Barack Obama's soundbites are coming back to bite him.
As he attempted to sell a complex health care reform plan to skeptical voters during the 2008 campaign and his first year in office, Obama boiled down the benefits to a series of pithy promises:
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If you like your existing insurance, you can keep it. Shopping for a plan would be as easy as buying a plane ticket on Expedia. Annual premiums would drop by $2,500 for the typical family.
The simplicity of those messages are now running up against the reality of implementing the most far-reaching health care overhaul in 50 years.
( POLITICO's guide to the Affordable Care Act)
For every positive statistic about the law, there's a horror story that calls into question the broad promises of Obamacare and gives Republicans something else to criticize. It's forced the White House into yet another frustrating round of Whac-A-Mole, beating back one negative development only to find several more right behind it.
The latest controversy about the upheaval in the individual market shows that — long after problems with HealthCare.gov are fixed — there will still be an endless stream of bad-news anecdotes to compete with the administration's charts, figures and feel-good tales about how the law is working for millions of Americans.
"The Obama administration has certainly tried to remind people of the long-term policy goals and to take the long view," said Sabrina Corlette, project director at the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University. "But in this environment and 24-7 news cycle, it is really hard not to get caught up in the anecdote of the day."
Some of the highest-profile challenges are the White House's own making. Obama made sweeping generalizations that can be contradicted by individual experiences. Not everybody will see the deep savings that he promised during the 2008 campaign. A large percentage of people who buy their own insurance won't be able to keep the exact same policy. The website hasn't been nearly as breezy as predicted.
The latest headache for the administration is the release late Tuesday of a report showing that a major contractor had warned of website problems weeks before HealthCare.gov's launch. The document drop came from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).
The Democratic strategy, for now, is to offer up stats and stories that push back on the negative claims.
The House hearing Tuesday with Marilyn Tavenner, who runs the agency implementing the law, was a tussle between good and bad. Republicans focused on policy cancellations and price hikes, while Democrats emphasized the big picture: 17 million Americans with pre-existing conditions can't be denied coverage; 6.6 million young adults can stay on their parents' insurance plans; 7.7 million seniors have saved more than $8.3 billion on prescription drugs.
White House press secretary Jay Carney tried the same approach at his daily briefing, pointing out that only the 5 percent of Americans who buy insurance on the individual market are receiving letters from insurers warning of policy changes and premium hikes.
( PHOTOS: 10 Sebelius quotes about the Obamacare website)
"I understand that there's a lot of attention being focused on it and that it deserves fuller explanation — and I think fuller explanation by us and fuller explanation by everybody reporting on it, so that viewers and readers and listeners are getting the full picture about this issue," Carney said of the latest controversy sparked Monday by an NBC News story.
Carney tried to provide context. People who buy their own insurance sign 12-month contracts, so the renewal process under way is a longstanding practice in the industry. Insurers would use the renewal period to change coverage and raise premiums regardless of Obamacare. The difference this year is that insurers will now be required under Obamacare to provide a minimum package of benefits that consumers probably weren't receiving before. That means premiums will be higher, but the tradeoff is better coverage, greater security and tax subsidies for many Americans to offset the costs, he said.
"The fact is that millions of Americans who have been subject to the whims and vagaries of this individual insurance market are going to have security that they've never had before, and better coverage, in most cases, than they've ever had before, and cheaper coverage, in many cases, than they've ever had before," Carney said.


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We've seen World Series MVP David Eckstein in pretty much every possible situation this winter, fooling around with pro wrestlers, showing up in wedding magazines and, of course, chugging tequila straight out of the bottle. So it's inevitable that he'd end up promoting stepstools for really short people.
The Lowell Spinners announced today that July 20 will be David Eckstein World Series MVP Step Stool Giveaway Night at LeLacheur Park, sponsored by Merrimack Valley Credit Union and Textron Systems. The first 1,500 fans entering the ballpark that night will receive a kid's step stool bearing the likeness of the two-time World Champion. Eckstein himself is very excited about the boost the step-stool will give him in his daily life.
"I'm definitely a kid-type person. If you're short like me, it's useful," said Eckstein. "It came about because (Lowell Spinners Vice President of Communications, Jon Goode's) son was looking for a step stool and I thought I could use something like that at home too, and even at my locker so I can actually see what's on the top shelf instead of using a chair. Everyone does the bobblehead, but this is something unique."
If Eckstein doesn't take the stepstool and brain a child with it, we're going to be sorely disappointed.
Lowell Spinners [Official Site]
Baseball Players Hitting Each Other With Chairs [Deadspin]
Cardinals, World Series Champions. Holy Crap. [Deadspin]

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...while official help is useful...it is the personal ties among members of a community that determine survival during a disaster, and recovery in its aftermath.
The Key to Disaster Survival? Friends and Neighbors
You and your neighbors can use the steps on this page to help each other get prepared. You can also use this process with a group of friends, people from your faith community, a group of co-workers, etc.
- Identify the neighbors you want to invite. While ten to 20 households makes a manageable and efficient group, you can invite whatever number of households makes sense to you.
- Set a meeting date and location to talk about preparing together.
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- Personally invite your neighbors. You can leave the flyer with them as a reminder of the meeting place, day, and time.
- On the meeting day, put up the "Meeting Here" sign(s).
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1.0 ▶ Ra: I am Ra. I have not spoken through this instrument before. We had to wait until she was precisely tuned, as we send a narrow-band vibration. We greet you in the love and in the light of our Infinite Creator.
We have watched your group. We have been called to your group, for you have a need for the diversity of experiences in channeling which go with a more intensive, or as you might call it, advanced approach to the system of studying the patterns of the illusions of your body, your mind, and your spirit, which you call seeking the truth. We hope to offer you a somewhat different slant upon the information which is always and ever the same.
The Confederation of Planets in the Service of the Infinite Creator has only one important statement. That statement, my friends, as you know, is "All things, all of life, all of the creation is part of one original thought."
We will exercise each channel if we are able to. The reception of our beam is a somewhat more advanced feat than some of the more broad vibration channels opened by other members for more introductory and intermediate work.
Let us for a moment consider thought. What is it, my friends, to take thought? Took you then thought today? What thoughts did you think today? What thoughts were part of the original thought today? In how many of your thoughts did the creation abide? Was love contained? And was service freely given? You are not part of a material universe. You are part of a thought. You are dancing in a ballroom in which there is no material. You are dancing thoughts. You move your body, your mind, and your spirit in somewhat eccentric patterns for you have not completely grasped the concept that you are part of the original thought.
We would at this time transfer to an instrument known as Don. I am Ra.
[Two-minute pause.]
I am Ra. I am again with this instrument. We are close to initiating a contact but are having difficulty penetrating a certain mental tension and distraction that is somewhat characteristic of this channel. We will therefore describe the type of vibration which is being sent. The instrument will find us entering the energy field at a slight angle towards the back of the top of the head in a narrow but strong area of intensity. We are not able to offer any conditioning due to our own transmitting limitations. Therefore, if the instrument can feel this particular effect he may then speak our thoughts as they come to him. We will again attempt this contact. I am Ra.
[Ninety-second pause.]
This instrument is resisting our contact. However, we assure her that we are satisfied that contact with the one known as Don is not at this time preferable to that instrument. We will, therefore, move on to the one known as Leonard. Again we caution the instrument that it is a narrow-band communication which is felt as a vibration entering the aura. We will now transfer this contact. I am Ra.
[Ninety-second pause.]
I am Ra. We greet you once more in the love and the light of our Infinite Creator. We ask that you be patient with us, for we are a difficult channel to receive. However, we may perhaps add some dimensions to your understanding.
At this time we would be glad to attempt to speak to any subject or question which those entities in the room may have potential use in the requesting.
1.1 ▶ Questioner: It seems members of the Confederation have a specific purpose. Is this true with you, and if so, what is your purpose?
Ra: I am Ra. We communicate now. We, too, have our place. We are not those of the Love or of the Light. We are those who are of the Law of One. In our vibration the polarities are harmonized, the complexities are simplified, and the paradoxes have their solution. We are one. That is our nature and our purpose.
We are old upon your planet and have served with varying degrees of success in transmitting the Law of One, of Unity, of Singleness to your peoples. We have walked your earth. We have seen the faces of your peoples. This is not so with many of the entities of the Confederation. We found it was not efficacious. However, we then felt the great responsibility of staying in the capacity of removing the distortions and powers that had been given to the Law of One. We will continue in this until your, shall we say, cycle is appropriately ended. If not this one, then the next. We are not a part of time and, thus, are able to be with you in any of your times.
Does this give you enough information from which to extract our purpose, my brother?
1.2 ▶ Questioner: Yes, it does. Thank you.
Ra: We appreciate your vibration. Is there another query?
1.3 ▶ Questioner: I've heard of the name "Ra" in connection with the Egyptians. Are you connected with that Ra in any way?
Ra: I am Ra. Yes, the connection is congruency. May we elucidate?
1.5 ▶ Questioner: Could you give me a little more detail about your role with the Egyptians?
Ra: I am Ra. The identity of the vibration Ra is our identity. We as a group, or what you would call a social memory complex, made contact with a race of your planetary kind which you call Egyptians. Others from our density made contact at the same time in South America, and the so-called "lost cities" were their attempts to contribute to the Law of One.
We spoke to one who heard and understood and was in a position to decree the Law of One. However, the priests and peoples of that era quickly distorted our message, robbing it of the, shall we say, compassion with which unity is informed by its very nature. Since it contains all, it cannot abhor any.
When we were no longer able to have appropriate channels through which to enunciate the Law of One, we removed ourselves from the now hypocritical position which we had allowed ourselves to be placed in. And other myths, shall we say, other understandings having more to do with polarity and the things of your vibrational complex, again took over in that particular society complex.
Does this form a sufficient amount of information, or could we speak further?
1.6 ▶ Questioner: [Inaudible]
Ra: Is there another query?
1.7 ▶ Questioner: [The question was lost because the questioner was sitting too far from the tape recorder to be recorded.]
Ra: I am Ra. Consider, if you will, that the universe is infinite. This has yet to be proven or disproven, but we can assure you that there is no end to your selves, your understanding, what you would call your journey of seeking, or your perceptions of the creation.
That which is infinite cannot be many, for many-ness is a finite concept. To have infinity you must identify or define that infinity as unity; otherwise, the term does not have any referent or meaning. In an Infinite Creator there is only unity. You have seen simple examples of unity. You have seen the prism which shows all colors stemming from the sunlight. This is a simplistic example of unity.
In truth there is no right or wrong. There is no polarity for all will be, as you would say, reconciled at some point in your dance through the mind/body/spirit complex which you amuse yourself by distorting in various ways at this time. This distortion is not in any case necessary. It is chosen by each of you as an alternative to understanding the complete unity of thought which binds all things. You are not speaking of similar or somewhat like entities or things. You are every thing, every being, every emotion, every event, every situation. You are unity. You are infinity. You are love/light, light/love. You are. This is the Law of One.
May we enunciate this law in more detail?
1.8 ▶ Questioner: [Inaudible]
Ra: Is there another query at this time?
1.9 ▶ Questioner: Can you say anything about the coming planetary changes?
[Background noise.]
Ra: I am Ra. I preferred to wait until this instrument had again reached the proper state of depth of singleness or one-pointedness before we spoke.
The changes are very, very trivial. We do not concern ourselves with the conditions which bring about harvest.
1.10 ▶ Questioner: Another question. Is it possible to create any acceleration of understanding [in] other entities [or are] all efforts… efforts by the individual on himself accelerating his understanding? In other words, if an individual tries to act as a catalyst in general to increase the awareness of planetary consciousness, is he doing nothing but acting upon himself or is it possible [inaudible]?
Ra: I am Ra. We shall answer your question in two parts, both of which are important equally.
Firstly, you must understand that the distinction between yourself and others is not visible to us. We do not consider that a separation exists between the consciousness-raising efforts of the distortion which you project as a personality and the distortion which you project as an other personality. Thus, to learn is the same as to teach unless you are not teaching what you are learning; in which case you have done you/they little or no good. This understanding should be pondered by your mind/body/spirit complex as it is a distortion which plays a part in your experiences at this nexus.
To turn to the second part of our response may we state our understanding, limited though it is.
[Side two of the tape of session 1 was taped over by the Sunday night meditation which followed it. The following is as published in Book I.]
Group-individuated consciousness is that state of sharing understanding with the other distortions of mind/body/spirit complexes, which are within the evident reach of the mind/body/spirit complex individual or group. Thus, we are speaking to you and accepting both our distortions and your own in order to enunciate the laws of creation, more especially the Law of One. We are not available to many of your peoples, for this is not an easily understood way of communication or type of philosophy. However, our very being is hopefully a poignant example of both the necessity and the near-hopelessness of attempting to teach.
Each of those in this group is striving to use, digest, and diversify the information which we are sending this instrument into the channels of the mind/body/spirit complex without distortion. The few whom you will illuminate by sharing your light are far more than enough reason for the greatest possible effort. To serve one is to serve all. Therefore, we offer the question back to you to state that indeed it is the only activity worth doing: to learn/teach or teach/learn. There is nothing else which is of aid in demonstrating the original thought except your very being, and the distortions that come from the unexplained, inarticulate, or mystery-clad being are many. Thus, to attempt to discern and weave your way through as many group mind/body/spirit distortions as possible among your peoples in the course of your teaching is a very good effort to make. We can speak no more valiantly of your desire to serve.
May we speak in any other capacity upon this subject?
1.11 Questioner: Will you be available for communication? Can we call on you in the future?
Ra: I am Ra. We have good contact with this instrument because of her recent experiences with trance. She is to be able to communicate our thoughts in your future. However, we advise care in disturbing the channel for a few moments and then the proper procedure for aiding an instrument who has, to some extent, the need of re-entering the mind/body/spirit complex which the instrument has chosen for the life experience of this time/space. Do you understand how to nurture this instrument?
1.12 Questioner: No. Could you explain it?
Ra: We suggest first a brief period of silence. Then the repetition of the instrument's vibratory complex of sound in your density which you call name. Repeat until an answer is obtained. Then the laying on of the hands at the neck region for a brief period so that the instrument may recharge batteries which are not, shall we say, full of the essence of this particular field at this time. And finally, a gift of water into which the love of all present has been given. This will restore this entity, for her distortions contain great sensitivity towards the vibrations of love and the charged water will effect comfort. Do you now understand?
1.13 Questioner: Not completely.
Ra: I am Ra. We search your mind to find the vibration "Alrac." It is this vibration from you which contains the largest amount of what you would call love. Others would call this entity "Carla." The charging of the water is done by those present placing their hands over the glass and visualizing the power of love entering the water. This will charge that very effective medium with those vibrations.
This instrument is, at this time, quite fatigued. However, her heart is such that she continues to remain open to us and useful as a channel. This is why we have spent the time/space explaining how the distortions of what you may call fatigue may be ameliorated.
Under no circumstances should this instrument be touched until she has responded to her name. I do not wish to take this instrument beyond her capacity for physical energy. It grows low. Therefore, I must leave this instrument. I leave you in the glory and peace of unity. Go forth in peace, rejoicing in the power of the One Creator. I am Ra.
2.0 ▶ Ra: I am Ra. I greet you in the love and the light of our Infinite Creator. I am with this mind/body/spirit complex which has offered itself for a channel. I communicate with you.
Queries are in order in your projections of mind distortion at this time/space. Thusly would I assure this group that my own social memory complex has one particular method of communicating with those few who may be able to harmonize their distortions with ours, and that is to respond to queries for information. We are comfortable with this format. May the queries now begin.
2.1 ▶ Questioner: I'm guessing that there are enough people who would understand what you are saying, interested enough, for us to make a book of communications with it and I wondered if you would agree to this, us making a book, and if so, I was thinking that possibly a bit of historical background on yourself would be in order. [Inaudible] question.
Ra: I am Ra. The possibility of communication, as you would call it, from the One to the One through distortion acceptable for meaning is the reason we contacted this group. There are few who will grasp, without significant distortion, that which we communicate through this connection with this mind/body/spirit complex. However, if it be your desire to share our communications with others we have the distortion towards a perception that this would be most helpful in regularizing and crystallizing your own patterns of vibration upon the levels of experience which you call the life. If one is illuminated, are not all illuminated? Therefore, we are oriented towards speaking for you in whatever supply of speakingness you may desire. To teach/learn is the Law of One in one of its most elementary distortions.
2.2 ▶ Questioner: Could you tell us something of your historical background, your earlier times in the illusion and the time state[?] contact, possibly your incarnation on this planet that you spoke of before, and contact with earlier races on this planet? Then we would have something to start with in writing this book.
Ra: I am Ra. We are aware that your mind/body is calculating the proper method of performing the task of creating a teach/learning instrument. We are aware that you find our incarnate, as you call it, state of interest. We waited for a second query so as to emphasize that the time/space of several thousand of your years creates a spurious type of interest. Thus in giving this information, we ask the proper lack of stress be placed upon our experiences in your local space/time. The teach/learning which is our responsibility is philosophical rather than historical. We shall now proceed with your request which is harmless if properly evaluated.
We are those of the Confederation who eleven thousand of your years ago came to two of your planetary cultures which were at that time closely in touch with the creation of the One Creator. It was our naïve belief that we could teach/learn by direct contact and the free will distortions of individual feeling or personality were in no danger, we thought, of being disturbed as these cultures were already closely aligned with a[n] all-embracing belief in the live-ness or consciousness of all. We came and were welcomed by the peoples whom we wished to serve. We attempted to aid them in technical ways having to do with the healing of mind/body/spirit complex distortions through the use of the crystal, appropriate to the distortion, placed within a certain appropriate series of ratios of time/space material. Thus were the pyramids created.
We found that the technology was reserved largely for those with the effectual mind/body distortion of power. This was not intended by the Law of One. We left your peoples. The group that was to work with those in the area of South America, as you call that portion of your sphere, gave up not so easily. They returned. We did not. However, we have never left your vibration due to our responsibility for the changes in consciousness we had first caused and then found distorted in ways not relegated to the Law of One. We attempted to contact the rulers of the land to which we had come, that land which you call Egypt, or in some areas, the Holy Land.
In the Eighteenth Dynasty, as it is known in your records of space/time distortions, we were able to contact a pharaoh, as you would call him. The man was small in life-experience on your plane and was a… what this instrument would call, Wanderer. Thus, this mind/body/spirit complex received our communication distortions and was able to blend his distortions with our own. This young entity had been given a vibratory complex of sound which vibrated in honor of a prosperous god, as this mind/body complex, which we call instrument for convenience, would call "Amun." The entity decided that this name, being in honor of one among many gods, was not acceptable for inclusion in his vibratory sound complex. Thus, he changed his name to one which honored the sun disc. This distortion, called "Aten," was a close distortion to our reality as we understand our own nature of mind/body/spirit complex distortion. However, it does not come totally into alignment with the intended teach/learning which was sent. This entity, Akhenaten, became convinced that the vibration of One was the true spiritual vibration and thus decreed the Law of One.
However, this entity's beliefs were accepted by very few. His priests gave lip service only, without the spiritual distortion towards seeking. The peoples continued in their beliefs. When this entity was no longer in this density, again the polarized beliefs in the many gods came into their own and continued so until the one known as Muhammad delivered the peoples into a more intelligible distortion of mind/body/spirit relationships.
Do you have a more detailed interest at this time?
2.3 ▶ Questioner: We are very interested in the entire story that you have to tell and in getting into the Law of One in quite some detail. There will be several questions that I'll ask as we go along that may or may not be related directly to understanding the Law of One. However, I believe that the proper way of presenting this as a teach/learning vehicle to the population of the planet that will read it at this time is to investigate different facets of what you tell us. You spoke of crystal healing. (One other thing I might mention is that when the instrument becomes fatigued we want to cut off communication and resume it at a later time after the instrument is recharged.) And if the instrument is suitable at this time I would like a little discussion of the crystal healing that you mentioned.
Ra: I am Ra. The principle of crystal healing is based upon an understanding of the hierarchical nature of the structure of the illusion which is the physical body, as you would call it. There are crystals which work upon the energies coming into the spiritual body; there are crystals which work upon the distortions from spirit to mind; there are crystals which balance the distortions between the mind and the body. All of these crystal healings are charged through purified channels. Without the relative crystallization of the healer working with the crystal, the crystal will not be properly charged. The other ingredient is a proper alignment with the energy fields of the planet upon which you dwell and the holistic or cosmic distortions or streamings which enter the planetary aura in such a manner that an appropriate ratio of shapes and placement within these shapes is of indicated aid in the untangling or balancing process.
To go through the various crystals to be used would be exhaustive to this instrument, although you may ask us if you wish in another session. The delicacy, shall we say, of the choosing of the crystal is very critical and, in truth, a crystalline structure such as a diamond or ruby can be used by a purified channel who is filled with the love/light of One in almost any application.
This, of course, takes initiation, and there have never been many to persevere to the extent of progressing through the various distortion leavings which initiation causes.
May we further inform you in any fairly brief way upon this or another subject?
2.4 ▶ Questioner: Yes. You mentioned that the pyramids were an outgrowth of this. Could you expand a little bit on— Were you responsible for the building of the pyramid, and what was the purpose of the pyramid?
Ra: I am Ra. The larger pyramids were built by our ability using the forces of One. The stones are alive. It has not been so understood by the mind/body/spirit distortions of your culture. The purposes of the pyramids were two:
Firstly, to have a properly oriented place of initiation for those who wished to become purified or initiated channels for the Law of One.
Two, we wished then to carefully guide the initiates in developing a healing of the people whom they sought to aid and the planet itself. Pyramid after pyramid charged by the crystal and initiate were designed to balance the incoming energy of the One Creation with the many and multiple distortions of the planetary mind/body/spirit. In this effort we were able to continue work that brothers within the Confederation had effected through building of other crystal-bearing structures and thus complete a ring, if you will, of these about the Earth's, as this instrument would have us vibrate it, surface.
This instrument begins to lose energy. We ask for one more query or subject and then we shall take our leave for this time/space.
2.5 ▶ Questioner: You might mention— there was originally a capstone on the pyramid at the top, what was it made of and how you moved the heavy blocks to build the pyramid. What technique was used for that?
Ra: I am Ra. I request that we be asked this question in our next worktime, as you would term the distortion sharing that our energies produce.
If you have any questions about the proper use of this mind/body/spirit, we would appreciate your asking them now.
2.6 ▶ Questioner: Consider them asked. I mean, I don't have anything to go on. What is the proper use of this instrument? What should we do to maximize her ability to… comfort, rejuvenation, etc.?
Ra: I am Ra. We are pleased that you asked this question for it is not our understanding that we have the right/duty to share our perceptions on any subject but philosophy without direct question. However, this mind/body/spirit is not being correctly used and therefore is experiencing unnecessary distortions of body in the area of fatigue.
The vibrations may well be purified by a simple turning to the circle of One and the verbal vibration while doing so of the following dialogue:
Question: "What is the Law?"
Answer: "The Law is One."
Question: "Why are we here?"
Answer: "We seek the Law of One."
Question: "Why do we seek Ra?"
Answer: "Ra is an humble messenger of the Law of One."
Both together: "Rejoice then and purify this place in the Law of One. Let no thought-form enter the circle we have walked about this instrument, for the Law is One."
The instrument at this time should be in trance. The proper alignment is the head pointed twenty degrees north-by-northeast. This is the direction from which the newer or New Age distortions of love/light, which are less distorted, are emanating from, and this instrument will find comfort therein. This is a sensitive instrument, by which we mean the distortions which enter her mind/body/spirit complex come from any of her senses. Thus, it is well to do the following:
Place at the entity's head a virgin chalice of water.
To the center, the book most closely aligned with the instrument's mental distortions which are allied most closely with the Law of One, that being the Bible that she touches most frequently.
To the other side of the Bible, a small amount of cense, or incense, in a virgin censer.
To the rear of the book symbolizing One, opened to the Gospel of John, Chapter One, a white candle.
The instrument would be strengthened by the wearing of a white robe. The instrument shall be covered and prone, the eyes covered.
We feel that, though this is a complex of activity/circumstance and may seem very distorted from a purposeful teach/learning experience, these elaborations on the technique of trance will ease the mind distortions of those about the instrument as they perceive improvement in the instrument's distortions with regard to fatigue. We add only that if these teach/learning sessions are held during time/space during which your sun-body does not light your room that it is best to call the instrument before the lighting of the illuminatory mechanism.
I am Ra. I leave you in the glory and the peace of the One Creator. Rejoice in the love/light, and go forth in the power of the One Creator. In joy, we leave you. Adonai.
3.0 ▶ Ra: I am Ra. I greet you in the love and the light of the One Infinite Creator. I communicate with you now.
3.1 ▶ Questioner: My first question is, did we correctly perform the ritual for starting the communication?
Ra: I am Ra. The placement of the artifacts designed to balance the instrument should be placed at the instrument's head for the least distortion of effect. The remainder of the beginning account of purpose is quite acceptable, for those speaking desire to serve. Otherwise, the attendant emphasis in mind complexities would not have been effected properly. We caution you to guard against those who are not wishing to serve others above all else from taking part in the beginning or in lending their distortions of mind/body/spirit complex to any session as we should then be unable to properly blend our distortions with those of this instrument.
3.2 ▶ Questioner: Should I move the Bible, candle, and incense at this time?
Ra: I am Ra. This would be appropriate.
3.3 ▶ Questioner: [After moving the items.] Is this the proper position?
Ra: I am Ra. Please correct the angle of the incense so that it is perpendicular to the plane of twenty degrees north-by-northeast.
3.4 ▶ Questioner: [After making the correction.] Is this satisfactory?
Ra: Please check your eye to make fine correction. We will explain the process by which this becomes a significant distortion balancer. The incense acts as energizer to the physical body of this instrument, signifying its humanity. This is, therefore, a necessity that the wafted smoke is perceived from the same relative angle as the instrument perceives the opened Bible balanced by the lighted candle signify love/light and light/love and, therefore, give the mental and emotional, shall we call it, distortion complex of this instrument the sight of paradise and peace which it seeks. Thus energized from the lower to the higher, the instrument becomes balanced and does not grow fatigued.
We appreciate your concern, for this will enable our teach/learning to proceed more easily.
3.6 ▶ Questioner: At the last session we had two questions we were saving for this session: one having to do with the possible capstone of the Great Pyramid at Giza; the other [inaudible] heavy blocks. I know these questions are of no importance at all with respect to the Law of One, but it was my judgment, which you may correct, that this would provide an easy entry for the reader of the material. We are very grateful for your contact and will certainly take suggestions about how we should proceed with this. This is just one guess.
Ra: I am Ra. I will not suggest the proper series of questions. This is your prerogative as free agent of the Law of One having learn/understood that our social memory complex cannot effectually discern the distortions of the societal mind/body/spirit complex of your peoples. We wish now to fulfill our teach/learning honor/responsibility by answering what is asked. This only will suffice for we cannot plumb the depths of the distortion complexes which infect your peoples.
The first question, therefore, is the capstone. We iterate the unimportance of this type of data.
The so-called Great Pyramid had two capstones. One was of our design and was of smaller and carefully contrived pieces of the material upon your planet which you call "granite." This was contrived for crystalline properties and for the proper flow of your atmosphere via a type of what you would call "chimney."
At a time when we as a people had left your density, the original was taken away and a more precious one substituted. It consisted, in part, of a golden material. This did not change the properties of the pyramid, as you call it, at all, and was a distortion due to the desire of a few to mandate the use of the structure as a royal place only.
Do you wish to query further upon this first question?
3.7 ▶ Questioner: What did you mean by chimney? What was its specific purpose?
Ra: There is a proper flow of your atmosphere which, though small, freshens the whole of the structure. This was designed by having air-flow ducts, as this instrument might call them, situated so that there was a freshness of atmosphere without any disturbance or draft.
3.8 ▶ Questioner: How were the blocks moved?
Ra: I am Ra. You must picture the activity within all that is created. The energy is, though finite, quite large compared to the understanding/distortion of your peoples. This is an obvious point well known to your peoples, but little considered.
This energy is intelligent. It is hierarchical. Much as your mind/body/spirit complex dwells within an hierarchy of vehicles and retains, therefore, the shell, or shape, or field, and the intelligence of each ascendingly intelligent or balanced body, so does each atom of such a material as rock. When one can speak to that intelligence, the finite energy of the physical, or chemical, rock/body is put into contact with that infinite power which is resident in the more well-tuned bodies, be they human or rock.
With this connection made, a request may be given. The intelligence of infinite rock-ness communicates to its physical vehicle and that splitting and moving which is desired is then carried out through the displacement of the energy field of rock-ness from finity to a dimension which we may conveniently call, simply, infinity.
In this way, that which is required is accomplished due to the cooperation of the infinite understanding of the Creator indwelling in the living rock. This is, of course, the mechanism by which many things are accomplished which are not subject to your present means of physical analysis of action at a distance.
3.9 ▶ Questioner: I am reminded of the statement, approximately, if you had enough faith, you could say to a mountain to move and the mountain would move. I assume this is approximately what you are saying, and I am assuming that if you are fully aware of the Law of One, then you are able to do these things. Is that correct?
Ra: I am Ra. The vibratory distortion of sound, faith, is perhaps one of the stumbling blocks between those of what we may call the infinite path and those of the finite proving/understanding.
You are precisely correct in your understanding of the congruency of faith and intelligent infinity; however, one is a spiritual term, the other more acceptable perhaps to the conceptual framework distortions of those who seek with measure and pen.
3.10 ▶ Questioner: Then if an individual is totally informed with respect to the Law of One and lives, and is the Law of One, such things as the building of a pyramid by direct mental effort would be commonplace. Is that what I am to understand? Am I correct?
Ra: I am Ra. You are incorrect in that there is a distinction between the individual power through the Law of One and the combined, or societal memory complex mind/body/spirit understanding of the Law of One.
In the first case only the one individual, purified of all flaws, could move a mountain. In the case of mass understanding of unity, each individual may contain an acceptable amount of distortion and yet the mass mind could move mountains. The progress is normally from the understanding which you now seek to a dimension of understanding which is governed by the laws of love, and which seeks the laws of light. Those who are vibrating with the Law of Light seek the Law of One. Those who vibrate with the Law of One seek the Law of Foreverness.
We cannot say what is beyond this dissolution of the unified self with all that there is, for we still seek to become all that there is, and still are we Ra. Thus our paths go onward.
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Here's a great way to start our your Holiday morning with these delicious breakfast scones. Orange with a hint of cinnamon will be a lingering smell all morning long! Enjoy!
Fresh Cranberry Orange Scones:
1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries
1/2 cup light brown sugar
pinch of cinnamon
Zest of 1 small orange
2 1/4 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup milk
Extra flour
White sugar, for topping
Heat the oven to 350 and prepare two baking sheets by lining with parchment or lightly spraying with spray oil.
Chop the cranberries into small pieces either by hand or in a food processor. In a bowl or food processor mix all dry ingredients then add chilled cut up butter into the dry ingredients, add brown sugar and orange zest into the food processor or bowl and mix until fine and crumbly. Add cranberries and stir in the beaten egg and milk.
Sprinkle the counter or a board with flour, and dump the dough out on it. It will be very wet and sticky. Mound a rectagular mound around an inch high and cut into wedges. Brush tops with milk and sugar or egg wash ( beaten egg with a tablespoon of water).
Combine in bowl and mix until mixture looks like crumbs:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup margarine or butter (or use margarine)
1 teaspoon orange zest
Add the following and mix until dry ingredients are moistened:
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup dried cranberries
Roll dough into a ball and knead lightly twelve times on parchment papered surfaced and lightly floured.
Keep dough on parchment paper, roll out 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick.
Cut into pie wedge triangular shape as shown above.
Brush each scone with:
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon milk
Bake at 400 15-20 minutes.
I gave you both versions I make when fresh cranberries are not available these are a good substitute!


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KAECHON, North Korea, March 7 (UPI) -- Satellite images indicate North Korea is muddying lines between political prison camps and neighboring residential populations, Amnesty International said.
Amnesty International said in a release Thursday it issued a report on its findings and reiterated its call for the United Nations to name an independent inquiry to look into "grave, systematic and widespread human rights violations in North Korea -- including crimes against humanity."
Responding to reports of a new political prison camp being built adjacent to an existing facility in Kaechon, South Pyongan province, Amnesty International USA's Science for Human Rights program said it commissioned satellite imagery and analysis of the area.
Analysts found that from 2006 to February, North Korea constructed a perimeter around the Ch'oma-Bong valley and its inhabitants, installed new controlled access points and a number of probable guard towers, AI said. Analysts also found construction of new buildings that could be house workers likely associated with expanded mining activity.
The activity indicates a tightened control of movement of the local population near the camp, blurring the line between those detained in the camp and the valley's inhabitants and raising fears for the population within the perimeter and the North Korean government's intentions for the valley and its residents in the future, Amnesty International said.
"We expected to find a new or expanded prison camp. What we found is in some ways even more worrisome," said Frank Jannuzi, AIUSA deputy executive director. "The creation of a security perimeter with controlled access points and guard towers beyond what appears to be the formal boundaries of Camp 14 blurs the line between the more than 100,000 people ... and the neighboring civilian population."


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Behind the often raucous chatter on the Chinese Internet, a steady drumbeat of anti-Japanese sentiment has long provided insight into one of the strongest currents of local public opinion.
Now, that has changed. In the wake of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear emergency that struck Japan on March 11, the public mood here has shifted dramatically. If that lasts, say some observers, it could boost chances for a deeper rapprochement between the traditional rivals.
"The tone online has changed from cursing the Japanese people and government to expressing sympathy and support," says Zhou Yongsheng, a Japan expert at the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing. "I am really surprised."
The change was not immediate. Initial reactions reflected the standard, sometimes brutal, views that Chinese commonly express toward Japan.
"I hope this happens to you on the same day every year," wrote one anonymous commentator on Mop.com, which hosts one of China's most popular chat rooms. "This is a great birthday present," wrote another.
Humane response to an old foe
Soon, however, such posts were vastly outnumbered by more humane reactions. "I have to say that I admire the Japanese people's quality and spirit," wrote a netizen in Shanghai who calls himself Jiaoyueyouyou on another leading portal, Sina.com.
Sina.com has received more than 2,788,000 clicks recently on an icon on its site reading "Pray for the Japanese in the disaster zone."
That seemed more representative of ordinary Chinese citizens. In an online poll by Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV, 73 percent of 1.8 million responses were positive. Some said they were surprised by the Japanese people's disciplined response to the disaster. Others admired the relatively low casualty rate or the Japanese government's quick response.
Those in favor of sending aid outnumbered those opposing it by more than 2 to 1.
Four days before the earthquake, a different story
This was in striking contrast to the opinions culled by World Public Opinion, a Washington-based international polling agency, in a survey released four days before the earthquake and tsunami. That poll found 71 percent of Chinese holding negative views of Japan.
Reasons for that are not hard to find. Resentment at Japan's brutal occupation of China between 1931 and 1945, and the war that claimed 20 million lives, still boils in many Chinese hearts. The sentiment is further embittered by a sense that Tokyo has never fully apologized for its atrocities.
"We are constantly reminded of wartime sufferings at the hands of Japanese invaders," wrote Raymond Zhou, a political commentator, in the state-run China Daily newspaper. TV dramas that flood the airwaves and graphic anti-Japan school textbooks keep the old wounds open.
The widely felt hostility to Japan was further stoked by state media's handling of Tokyo's detention last September of a Chinese fishing crew near a disputed group of islands in the East China Sea.
After the disaster, though, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the Japanese Embassy here to express his condolences and Premier Wen Jiabao also offered his sympathy. China sent the first rescue team to Japan's northeast coast, along with emergency supplies and fuel, and ordinary citizens donated millions of dollars.
The official Chinese media reported on the crisis with unusual empathy. Many papers devoted extensive space to the story of a Japanese fisheries executive who led 20 young Chinese trainees to safety after the earthquake before dying in the tsunami as he sought his wife and child.
This sort of coverage offered new perspectives for most Chinese readers on Japanese dignity, orderliness, and determination in the face of adversity. They resonated with special force in the light of the earthquake that struck Sichuan in southwest China in 2008, leaving 87,000 dead or missing.
"Even hatreds, complaints, and conflicts pale into insignificance in the face of huge human disaster," wrote an editorialist in the China Youth Daily, published by the ruling Communist Party. "History cannot be forgotten, but it might be forgiven."
What it means
All this "provides a good foundation for a better direction in Chinese-Japanese relations," says Professor Zhou. But political realities have not gone away, he points out: Tokyo and Beijing are still at loggerheads over sovereignty disputes in the East China Sea concerning islands and an oil and gas field.
The Japanese government blasted China on Monday for sending a helicopter to buzz a Japanese military vessel near the oil field, where a Chinese company says it has already started pumping in the absence of any agreement with Japan over exploitation.
"It is extremely deplorable that the approach was perpetrated in a period like this," Japan's state secretary for foreign affairs, Yutaka Banno, told reporters in Tokyo.
Japanese press coverage of the incident was one-sided, complains Zhou. "If China's positive attitude and help is not reciprocated, future relations are uncertain," he warns. "Maybe there will be less focus on history from now on, but it will not completely disappear."


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Showstopper necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 64 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Midtown Medical Center. http://www.MidtownMedicalCenter.net
Midtown Medical Center provides medical services for the Northern Chicago area. Our goal is to provide quality and focused treatment to the patients.
This year our services will be expanding and would like a website that is professional and easy to maintain. Our goal is to develop a website that is cutting edge, welcoming, and professional.
Our services are open to the general public. However, we specialize in senior citizens and people (that are not senior citizens) who earn less than 50,000 or an under-served population. Many of the people live on government checks.
Our current website is http://www.MidtownMedicalCenter.net.
This will not be a blog. It will be informative. An excellent example is:
The above two are wordpress.
I would like the website to look:
-cutting edge
I would like the theme to be a fusion of the following websites:
flyasa.com + about.networksolutions.com + minuteclinic.com + simplewins.com (the changing pictures) + YMsite.com (how the line is not confined to a specific space and spans end to end regardless of monitor size).
I would like the color scheme to compliment the logo.
Please feel free to use your imagination and your creativity skills.
Thank you for looking at this!!
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Newly Mapped Walloomsac Formation in Lower Manhattan and New York Harbor and the Implications for Engineers
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According to my memory and a 1995 article from the Edmonton Journal on the occasion of IKEA's grand opening at the Whitemud Drive location:
- Opened in Edmonton in 1978 -- 50th Street & Sherwood Park Freeway location
- Moved to West Edmonton Mall -- likely in 1985 when Phase 3 opened
- Moved to Calgary Trail & Whitemud Drive (old Eagle Hardware location, more recently Finesse Furniture) in 1995
- Moved to present South Edm Common location in 2003
I didn't listen to CHQT much in the early 80s, but my parents did. I remember on the morning show, every Friday they would have a guy singing this country-westernish song about "the last seven days", recapping the events of the previous week.
Wow. AADAC has at least one archived copy of Zoot Capri magazine from the early 80s. Click on the magnifying-glass to browse inside.
Like most Alberta youth my age, I got unsolicited deliveries of that magazine for a few years.
Looking back, I wonder how effective it really was at keeping kids away from substance abuse. It seems to me it might have been simultaneously too square and too cool. Too square, because most of my peers seemed to view it as just some goofy educational thing that adults want you to read for your own good. And too hip, because it had articles on things like "Best Places To See A Rock Concert In Edmonton", whereas, if we're being totally honest, a kid's chances of smoking a joint likely increase if he goes to a rock concert.
So, the cool kids would have thought it was too square, and the square kids would have been encouraged to do the kind of things that increase their exposure to recerational substances. That said, I will admit that I was a (pretty square) fan of Zoot, and I wasn't inspired to go to rock concerts and take drugs.
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I stumbled across this thread when I was searching for other information. I thought it deserved to be BTT. This I Remember When really got me going. I basically grew up in Old Strathcona. Reading this thread had brought forth so many memories - I remember them too!
I was born in 1964 at the General Hospital on 111 St & Jasper Ave. Mom said we lived in an apartment above Strathcona Furniture. I remember living in suites in houses on 99 St-83 Ave. Then an apartment on 102 St-83 Ave by the train tracks. I remember my parents friends staying overnight and saying the next day the train woke me up and we would say what train cause we were so use to it we never heard them. Then we moved to an apartment that was built on the site of the houses we had lived in on 99 St. I know/knew the area very well.
Changes to Whyte Avenue between Bonnie Doon Mall and 112 Street since about 1970, I remember many of them. Changes to BD Mall - I remember. Same with the downtown core - I remember. Mill Creek area around 82 Avenue, I remember. So many places - I remember. Many of the major news events, local celebrities, tv shows - I remember. Many of the old posts - I could bump so many of them - I remember.
Oh, how I remember!
Another Garlic City classic.
' Emmonites ' !
Top_Dawg loves it.
^ This was probably brought up from the archives because Mike Tyson's Undisputed Truth is at the River Cree on Nov 25. I think this is a speaking engagement with him lisping away about his life.
You have to dream big. If we want to be a little city, we dream small. If we want to be a big city, we dream big, and this is a big idea. - Mayor Stephen Mandel, 02/22/2012
An inglorious event.
Don King, in all his flamboyant reverence, referred to locals as Edmonites. Mike Tyson stated, "Most cities I've fought in were, like, cities." In reality it was cancelled due to Tyson's condition of poor ticket sales.
I remember a shop on Whyte Avenue in the 80s/90s that sold all variety of cigarettes, and there was a counter where people would sit around and smoke and chat, like a bar. It was one of the places where you were able to buy single cigarettes.
Can't recall the name, but it was in Old Strathcona somewhere, probably towards 109th on the north side of the street.
Does anyone remember a instrumental from the late 50's or early 60's (I think) and it had a title that was something to do with space (space race etc).
I remember a family member playing it from a C D. I can remember the tune but that's about it and it's driving me a bit crazy as I knew the name of it but just cant think of it right now.
Gone............................and very quickly forgotten may I add.
^ Telstar by The Tornados, maybe?
Nisi Dominus Frustra
You used to be able to go into a back room, and they had all the packages on display, sort of like a museum. But now I'm assuming they'd all have to be behind the counter and covered up.
^ At the very least, I doubt it's a smoking-bar anymore, since you can't smoke inside businesses.
Plus all the modern technology.
To Top_Dawg's recollection, all the cigars and tobacco at Burlington's are now stored in humidors.
^ Cool. Glad to be of assistance.
Nisi Dominus Frustra
Any old timers know more about this? Where was this?
SI Vault @si_vault
Fun Fact: Warren Moon operated a chocolate chip cookie store in Edmonton while playing in the CFL
You have to dream big. If we want to be a little city, we dream small. If we want to be a big city, we dream big, and this is a big idea. - Mayor Stephen Mandel, 02/22/2012
Not sure where, but that apparent baker is Warren Moon - and a pretty young one too.So I'm guessing early eighties - latter half of the Eskies five-Grey-Cups in-a-row dynasty.
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I am in no way entitled to your opinion...
Yes WEM. Seems to me it was on the south side of the ice palace
There used to be a movie theatre just south of Jasper Avenue, a Cineplex Odeon I believe, a bit east of the High Level Bridge.
Was this called Park Plaza? And if so, did it stand where that big read building called Park Plaza is now?
^ Was this theatre near the Chateau Lacombe?
Mom said I should not talk to cretins!
Crossing the street east from the downtown Mason's Hall, is that a vacant lot? Maybe that's where the theatre was.
I also vaguely remember that it was near a building called the Weinlos building.
^ Actually that lot across the street from Chateau Lacombe has been vacant (if memory serves) since ~ 1985 and maybe even earlier. I remember being in the Chateau Lacombe's Blackbeard restaurant 1978 but I don't have a recollection of the area.
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The Strand was also around in 1978, the Rialto was just off Jasper Ave. I saw Battlestar Galactica the movie before BG became a TV series.
About the vacant lot though across the street from the CL i don't think it was ever developed.
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^ And I saw The Titanic that same year.
Mom said I should not talk to cretins!
^ That's the one. I recall the Rialto had stadium seating.
Mom said I should not talk to cretins!
^ What years?
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^ I know, I was asking overoceans
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^^ I don't know of any stand alone movie theater around the CL area
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How about the Principal Plaza Theatre on 10032 103rd Street? It was operating between 1982-1989.
Never been much of a moviegoer, but remember going to a couple of drive-ins, one on 50 St. just north of the Whitemud and another in St. Albert.
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Yeah, I was always into movies. My favourite hang outs were the Paramount, Odeon, Rialto, Capitol Square, Londonderry, Westmount and the Plaza. Went to a few drive-ins at the beginning, like the Twin Drive In.
It's quite possible the equipment from the Principal Plaza was relocated to Cinema Center after they closed. The timeline fits alright.
Thanks for all the help everyone, especially skichuk.
So, going by what I found on google, I guess the Principal Plaza was right across the street from All Saints Cathederal?
Yup. And the theatres there were tiny. But it was the first multiplex. There were a couple of twin theatres but this is the first one with 8, if I recall correctly.
Imagine having a movie theatre beside a morgue, uggh.
Mom said I should not talk to cretins!
I guess that funeral home is now closed? Not sure if I was aware of that.
Depressing post-Xmas memory...
I remember when the Christmas lights on Whyte Avenue consisted of a bunch of single-wires, each strung from one side of the street to the other, with lights on them. This would have been the late 70s or so. It really drove home just how much of a pathetic, has-been of a street Whyte was in those days.
Late 70s. Hmm. I can't recall much from then but I do know that within a couple years Whyte was full of great little shops and restaurants that lasted for a number of years and I spent a lot of time there with various people. That was before all the bars took over where I'd say it entered its depressing phase.
And yes, it was the early 80s when things took off for the better. By the time I became aware of the Princess around '82 or so, it was showing art films and classics, and I think Studio 82 closed down shortly afterwards.
The bar-strip era has indeed been a downer, though for somewhat different reasons than the 70s dead-zone was. And personally, if I had to choose, I'd take the 70s over now for Whyte Avenue culture. I still prefer the area east of the tracks, where some of that old culture still remains, than the area between the Strath and 109th.
I lived there then. 103, 9725-82 ave. it was called Marplex Manor in those days. A different name now. Frequented the Strath, Commercial, the Park, the Inn on Whyte was new then. Shopped at Safeway across the bridge, now a thrift or goodwill store. Went to Fullers restaurant everyday for years, now Humptys. Went to Studio 82 now and then. The Gainers plant was still there then on Mill Creek ravine and the tracks still made their way there, now a trail. Amazing how the meat packing plants, which employed thousands, all left town. The Gendalls trailer factory was on 99st and I worked there. There was the Bruin Inn across from 99st News, later Owl drugs. Used to hang out in the Bruin Inn and play the Juke Box a lot. Walked the ravine a lot. Hung out with Richie people. Had a lot of fun in those days. Lots more stuff but that's 40 and more years ago now. Time flies.
Princess Theatre played porn? News to me. I seem to recall restoration work and then lots of interesting old movies. Moreover I think that I was going there before I had two long term girlfriends (at two diffferent times) living just off Whyte, so that's why I spent more time on Whyte in the '80s.
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Though I didn't realize they had ended their involvement with the genre as long ago as 1976. I'm now wondering if they were showing it at the same time as Studio 82, or if Studio picked up the slack after the Princess switched to Rep.
Thanks for the memories, Drumbone. Was the Marplex located in the same row of buildings as the Red Lantern etc? I had numerous friends who lived in various buildings in that stretch over the years, most notably the Tessier.
I used to live on 81st Ave behind the car dealership with my first wife 1981, and I don't recall the Christmas lights on Whyte at the time.
Mom said I should not talk to cretins!
Thanks Spill and Drumbones for confiring that I didn't just hallucinate those drab Xmas lights.
this image. Tastefully modest, without a sign of the single-stringers anywhere.
Back to the cinematic culture, someone from Ritchie once told me that Studio 82 used to show kids films on Saturday afternoon, during the same era when they were mostly showing nudies. I'm guesing that would cause a bit more of an outcry if someone tried it today; probably a few lawsuits after some parents found out where their kids had gone to see Pete's Dragon.
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Story about Taras Ostashewsky, former manager of SU Records in Hub Mall. He passed away on June 13.
Brings back memories of one of Edmonton's best records store:
Ive been told by more than person that when they saw the movie High Fidelity starring John Cusack it reminded them of SU: the record store as bohemian clubhouse, and the queasy feeling, as a customer, that you might be snickered at if you inquired about a record deemed insufficiently hip.
But I like to think we were a little more elevated than that. For one thing, we had our classical room, overseen by Stewart Lemoine, whose career as Edmontons much-loved playwright began while he was still at the store. More to the point though, we were all music fanatics in our various ways, and we truly wanted you to be like us. If I was rude to anyone, please allow me this opportunity, better late than never, to say Im sorry. I didnt mean it.
A big part of the stores mystique was its role as importer of records from the U.K. and Europe, things you could not access any other way pre-internet.
" Entering my first year at the University of Alberta with little to nothing in the way of interpersonal skills, I was suddenly placed at the social and cultural nerve centre of campus life. "
To Top_Dawg's recollection it was more like cornholio ground zero of campus.
Does anyone remember a buisness, probably around 1981 called Commonwealth Posters? I used to work there for about a week.
Mom said I should not talk to cretins!
^ No, it was located between Gateway blvd and 99th street bordering Whyte before the Strathcona railway yards. The business as far as I knew had nothing to do with Commonwealth Stadium.
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I remember when ETS bus drivers were required to open their doors and check for oncoming trains when driving over a railway track. Often it seemed that the procedure was merely done as a formality, with the driver not even slowing down or looking out the doorway.
(Or are they STILL required to do this? I probably haven't taken many buses that go over railway tracks for a while.)
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Hey, does anyone remember what movie tickets went for in the late 1970s? I vaguely remember paying $1.25. Also, wasn't it one price? One seat, One price. No Adult/Child category yet.
Sorry, I didn't pay for movie tickets in the late 70s, mom and dad did, lol. I remember that $1 bought you quite a bit back then though, you'd walk out the corner store with quite a haul of candy/pop.
I do remember $2.50 Tuesdays in the 80s though.
I remember paying $5 in December 1979. I bought tickets for a large group, aprox. 40 people, for the opening of Star Trek at the Paramount. I had set it up in advance with the manager of the Paramount to get them before the box office opened to minimize disruption. When I arrived early, there was already a large line up but I went straight to the office. The manager wasn't there and the assistant manager claimed to have no information on our deal and that he would not allow me to purchase the tickets.
I started walking to the back of the line and a friend called me over and let me in line. (I know, bad me). When I got the the ticket office, I put the stack of $5 bills on the counter, pushed them through the window and ordered 40 tickets. The cashier looked very confused and turned to look at the assistant manager who was standing in the doorway. The manager pushed the cashier aside and started ringing them up all on one ticket. Old style mechanical cash register so you couldn't do a # @ $ calculation, you needed to push the Adult button once for each ticket. The final ticket was about 2 1/2 feet long. The manager opened a second door into the lobby and my people started filing through as he counted.
I still have the ticket.
I do recall an One Seat, One Price thing at that time, but I'm just wondering what the price was.
The rate went up starting with that movie. Not sure if it was just the Paramount or all Famous Players.
And it wasn't an advance screening. It was the regular Friday opening. No midnight Thursdays showings in those days.
Nope, don't recall that. We were all over 18 so I didn't have to worry about that.
Not sure if this has been mentioned, or if I already mentioned it myself...
The little emergency (fire?) call boxes installed on some corner light standards in residential neighbourhoods.
Hey, I wonder if anyone can help me recollect the name of an arcade game, early 80s. Not exclusively Edmonton(as far as I know), but it was at various arcades and shops around town.
It seemed patterned after Berzerk, that is, you ran around from room to room, killing bad guys. Except that instead of a robotic dystopia, it was a medieval-castle sort of setting, and you were killing snakes and(I think) skeletons etc, depending on which room you were in. I think you used arrows to kill them, but I'm not sure. Maybe there was a treasure in each room that you were supposed to snatch as well?
And there was an Evil Otto-type last-ditch adversary: some sort of giant spider or something. Like Otto, he would materialize whenever a player got too far ahead in the game, and there was nothing you could do to kill him, you just had to escape from the room.
I remember playing this game at the Safeway in Ottewell Plaza.
Here's a link about movie ticket prices overall. Not sure if its Canadian or American ticket pricing.
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Anyone removed what the milk trucks looked like? I can't recall them but remember the deliveries. ECD or Silverwood's. Also. I know that at some point they looked very close to the one pictured below.
This is Silverwood's in Toronto (a Divco Milk Truck):
Found this below. Old pictures at link.
Edmonton City Dairy & Barns (E.C.D. Co. Ltd.) was started by Warren Prevey around 1926. The building was known by a 15-metre- high 7 258 kilogram steel plate milk bottle that was built on special order in New York City, assembled in Edmonton, and hoisted into place on the roof.
It served not only as a local landmark but also as the condensers, which converted steam into water, for the dairy's refrigeration system. The dairy later became known as Silverwood Western Dairies but the earlier name could still be seen on the bottle, which remained on the roof until 1977, when the building was demolished.
"Milk was delivered by horse and buggy for many years. One of the first dairies to operate commercially, or as a business, in Edmonton was the West End Dairy, which was located by 1899 at what is now at 110th Street and 99th Avenue.
In 1911, Warren Huff started a commercial dairy from his farm, and, by the 1920s it was called Jasper Dairy. The dairy continued to operate until 1966, when it..."
Wow - even found a discussion board with a thread on them.
Ice Cream and Milk Trucks - Greater Edmonton Area - Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board
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You have to dream big. If we want to be a little city, we dream small. If we want to be a big city, we dream big, and this is a big idea. - Mayor Stephen Mandel, 02/22/2012
Speaking of music, does anyone remember the name of that record store that was somewhere north of downtown in the mid to late 80s? It was a shop that seemed to specialize in punk, new wave etc. I think it was the first place I ever saw a k.d. lang album.
I think it eventually got converted into an ALCB outlet.
On the NW corner of 101 St and 107 Ave (kitty-corner from the original Brick Warehouse, now The Brick) there was a record store.
It was Marquee Music and then A&A or Kellys, or vice versa.
You have to dream big. If we want to be a little city, we dream small. If we want to be a big city, we dream big, and this is a big idea. - Mayor Stephen Mandel, 02/22/2012
Yep, I remember it being Marquee. Thanks.
It was right on the corner of 107th and 101st street. They had a huge selection of media I recall. They phased out I think in the 1990's. I'm not 100% certain on this but I think it latter became a daycare. I bought my first cd there.
Mom said I should not talk to cretins!
Okay, so then where was the ALCB outlet that had the big wine cellar in it? I thought it had moved into the Marquee space, but it sounds like I might have been wrong.
There was the A&B sound at 102 ave and 107st, Norquest is in that building now, and there was an ALCB there at one time.


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December 26, 1998-Boxing Day Cruise
Boxing Day: The Day after Christmas. The kids are out of school, summer is coming, the family festivities have all happened, so it's time for...a boating get away!
We joined the crowds and untied the dock lines ourselves. After all we just couldn't sit there and watch the marina empty out, which it literally did. We knew it would be crowded on the water but we needed to go sailing, the day was beautiful, and when everyone was heading out, we just couldn't resist.
Auckland harbor was like the Oklahoma Land Rush. Sailboats sailing, sailboats motoring, powerboats speeding, wind surfers, rowers, charter ferry boats, every floating thing you can imagine, all heading out. Out to the Hauraki Gulf and it's lovely cruising grounds. The only people who stayed in were the America's Cup boats. They took thier holiday away from the water. Not a one was to be seen.
We sailed. It was a beat, a nice one, and we crossed tacks with some boats for a couple of hours, and then we stopped at the first "destination" outside of Auckland.
Drunken Bay.
What a name. Amanda told us about it, having been one of her family's frequent stops. She said it could get crowded. We thought that the Kiwis would be heading farther a field, but Amanda was right. It is crowded. We arrived at 4:00 PM and it was pretty full, maybe a hundred boats. We found a hole and anchored, worrying a little about maybe being too close. Not to worry mate, plenty of room. Seven more boats anchored inside of the spot I thought was just barely big enough for us. And maybe 100 more boats arrived in the harbor total after we anchored. I don't know where the drunks are tonight, but they aren't evidently in Drunken Bay. This place, crowded as it is, is quiet, it seems like mostly families.
I remember however one occasion in Turtle Bay, Baja, when some Canadian yachts gave us on WINGS a big lecture for anchoring too close, at 100 yards. Those guys would have never believed that 25 feet is about the correct distance here in New Zealand, on Boxing Day.
I also remember one anchorage in the Channel Islands, Fry's Harbor I think. It had room for about eight boats, with minimum swinging room, and before the afternoon was ended, there were 37 boats there, all anchored bow and stern to keep them from touching. Somehow I never guessed that Los Angelinos and Kiwis would have something in common.
It's all a matter of supply and demand.
We still haven't warmed up yet in New Zealand. Sometimes the sun is warm but the air is still cool. On the sail over here we both got stiff necks from sailing in a cold wind. (That plus the tension of sailing in a crowd in waters we didn't know, where the depths are fairly shallow, like 25 feet!) So we got here, put the boat away, and came down stairs to get warm. Meanwhile our neighbors donned swim trunks and went in. Boy, these Kiwis are a hardy bunch. Maybe they are more than hardy; maybe they are a little crazy.
Maybe we just got our blood thinned out by two years in the tropics.
So this is Boxing Day:. Anchored in a pretty harbor called Drunken Bay with a couple hundred Kiwi boating families. It could be worse. We heard from person who just flew in from Seattle that it is snowing in the Pacific Northwest.
At least it is not snowing.
Fred & Judy, SV Wings, Auckland
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It's my favorite time of year. Fall brings a crispness, a welcome clarity after the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. As a bonus, it marks the end of unintentional sweating, my least favorite aspect of the hot season.
It's my favorite time of year. Fall brings a crispness, a welcome clarity after the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. As a bonus, it marks the end of unintentional sweating, my least favorite aspect of the hot season. Who wants to move when simply flipping on the dishwasher means one has to change into fresh clothes? No, thanks, and I'll take another iced tea, please.
Lately, though, the humidity has been low and the temperatures comfortable, so when my husband suggested we take the kids on a short hike on a recent sunny day, I was the first one in the car.
I'm not an outdoorsy person; my forays into nature as a child were usually marked by sunburns, bug bites and splinters. Happily, our own three children enjoy spending time in the woods, and they enthusiastically walked up the gentle incline when we arrived at the trailhead.
Earl and I hung back a bit, pleased to see them enjoying the fresh air and getting a better appreciation of the natural world. With nary a bug in sight, and a canopy of golden leaves filtering the sunlight, I even enjoyed being outside. And then, the bucolic peace was shattered.
"I don't see any animals!" 5-year-old Timmy shouted.
"That's because they're afraid of all the noise you're making," Earl said.
"Oh," Timmy whispered. "I'm going to be quiet."
And he was, for about 45 seconds. Then, stepping onto a rock sticking up about 3 inches from the trail, he shaded his eyes with his hand, scouring the hillside for any sign of forest life.
"Yo-ho-hooooo!" he shouted. "I still don't see anything, Dad."
"Just keep walking, Timmy," Earl answered.
The kids filled their pockets with pebbles, acorns and colored leaves. We reached a usually quick-running stream that had slowed to a trickle after the dry summer.
"I want a snack," Timmy announced, plopping himself down on a flat rock on the bank.
Ever the Boy Scout, Earl reached into his knapsack and brought out the bags of Cheerios he had thought to put together before we left the house. For a few blissful moments, nature's peace was restored while the little explorers refueled.
Soon we took to the trail again, Timmy bounding ahead like Tigger after a triple espresso. Shaking his head, Earl watched him flit from side to side, with the occasional jump over a branch.
"Did you ever watch 'Grizzly Adams' on TV?" Earl asked me.
"A few times," I answered.
"Remember how he'd always be so quiet, listening for the animals?" he continued.
"I think so," I said.
"This isn't like that."
"Oh, I know, but he's 5 years old," I said.
Earl just shook his head, the frustrated frontiersman. His memories of scout camps and solo hikes on the Appalachian Trail would have to suffice until the kids got older.
My expectations for the hike, although lower than Earl's, were met. No one got bitten by a bug, or sunburned. The best part? I didn't even break a sweat.
Julie Fay is a winner of the 2010 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. Read more at www.juliefaysblog.blogspot.com.


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"El sacerdocio es el amor del Corazón de Jesús" (S. Juan Ma. Vianney)
Our church was founded in 1890 by two brothers looking for a place to practice their faith. It took two years to erect the
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BRR! It is cold, stinkin' cold! I know I live in Ohio and I shouldn't expect it to be warm right now, but -20, COME ON! Oh, and that is without the wind chill factor. I am not one to let weather keep me from doing things normally, but I have turned into that person this week. I can't fathom doing out unless I absolutely have to. The kids had 2 2-hour delays last week and a "calamity" day on Friday. We are allotted 5 per year and have used 2 so far – one for extremely cold weather, the other for the day after the remnants of Hurricane Ike came through Ohio last fall and we had no power. So, let's hope this craziness clears up and we have an early SPRING here in Ohio! Fortunately the kids are already scheduled off Monday & Tuesday of this week, so if it going to snow/ice/be colder than a witch's whatever, let's schedule that for Monday or Tuesday, okay?
Okay, now that the weather is settled for the week, let's get to menu planning. Sea over at Book of Yum is hosting this week's GF Menu Swap. Her choice ingredient of the week is lentils. I don't have a lot of experience with lentils, but the one recipe that I have tried, I love, and will be making this week! Perfect choice for the weather we are having!
Sunday ~ Breakfast for dinner (veggie omelets, sausage, hash browns & toast from Pamela's Wheat Free Bread)
Monday ~ Sweet Thai Chile Salmon (I know, I love it so much I have it weekly!) , steamed brown rice, sesame snow peas & salad
Tuesday ~Honey-Baked Lentils, quinoa, sugar snap peas & salad
Wednesday ~ Tacos, refried beans, corn and salad
Thursday ~ Crockpot pulled pork, steamed broccoli, cheddar garlic biscuits, and salad
Friday ~ Dinner out with my Mom for our b-day celebration!
Saturday ~ burgers, sweet potato fries, baked beans & salad
Baked Goods for the Week
*A confession. I have totally sucked at my New Year's resolution of making one recipe per week from my new cookbook. I got derailed right away with the stomach flu (twice for me and everyone else once). At least I have kept up my other resolutions….trying out new classes at the gym (spin, Urban Iron, Abs..GO ME!) and keeping my house cleaner. So, I am trying to get back on track this week, okay?
Pamela's Bread
Chocolate Bundt Cake (pg. 490 of 1,000 Gluten Free Recipes)
Buttermilk Coffee Crumb Cake (pg. 461 of 1,000 Gluten Free Recipes)
Raspberry Bars (pg. 451 of 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes, if I have time)
Don't forget to head over to Org Junkie for lots more menu plans and ideas.
Have a great week and stay warm! For those of you that live where it is warm, send some my way, please!!
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A lot of people have given up making resolutions for the New Year. Not me. I always look forward to the opportunity to start over. New Year�s Day brings with it a sense that we can put the past behind us and begin again. Each January comes to us like a brand new season.
Of course, I am an optimist. Many of you know that I am a lifetime member of Weight Watchers. I made my goal back in 1994 and have been trying to get back to it ever since. Every January I show up again at the meetings, only to drop out by the time summer rolls around. Yet that doesn't disqualify me for trying. Every year is another opportunity for me.
So this year I am especially excited. Weight Watchers was looking for a new location in Westerly, and they chose our church as their meeting site. They will be up and running as we greet the new year. Maybe this is my reward for perpetual effort. This is the year that I am going to take that weight off and keep it off, because I no longer have any excuses. I don�t have to go looking for a meeting any more. Weight Watchers has come to me.
It�s funny, but the same thing is true of our Lord. After years of searching for him, of trying to follow him, of sacrifices and rituals aimed at bringing us closer to him, God chose to come to us. That�s what our celebration was all about at Christmas. It is a reminder that we have a God who doesn't sit in the clouds and wait for us to move. He always takes the first step and meets us where we are.
Do you remember the story of Elijah? I was always struck by the fact that when Elijah was worn out and ready to give up, God came to him twice. First, he ministered to him in the wilderness. Then he came to him on the mountain and encouraged him through the still small voice. That has been my experience with God, too. So don't be surprised if God comes to you as you enter the New Year. That's what God does.
Happy New Year! See you in church, or better yet, I will see you wherever God meets you in the New Year.
God bless.
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Two Republic of China (ROC) Air Force C-130 transport aircraft laden with relief supplies flew to the Philippines yesterday.
One plane left at 1:15pm from Hsinchu Air Force Base, and the second left eight minutes later, each carrying 7.5 tonnes of relief goods, including instant noodles, dry food, military blankets and other items.
The air force said the two planes would fly directly to Cebu City in the central Philippines, a journey of about three hours, and would return immediately after unloading.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said about 100 tonnes of goods had been collected so far for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan and that more missions were expected.
Ministry of National Defenese spokesman Major General David Lo (羅紹和) told a press conference that 20 crew members and one Ministry of Foreign Affairs official were taking part in the mission.
He said whether more flights would be scheduled depended on weather conditions and the amount of relief supplies collected.
The relief aid was donated mainly by Buddhist organizations, including the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, Fo Guang Shan, Ling Jiou Mountain and Dharma Drum Mountain, as well as the Red Cross Society of the ROC.
The air force said the C-130s have taken part in other international relief missions, including the South Asia tsunami in 2010 and Haitian earthquake in 2004.
Taiwan's representative office in the Philippines said the government had originally wanted to send the supplies directly to the typhoon-ravaged city of Tacloban, but it accepted the suggestion of Manila officials to send the planes to Cebu City.
The Philippine government has said the airport in Tacloban was seriously damaged in the typhoon, and looting in the area and a curfew imposed on the city has made it a less than ideal place to send supplies.
The foreign ministry said on Sunday that Taiwan has extended its sympathy to the Philippines over the devastation caused by Haiyan and had donated US$200,000 toward relief efforts.
However, local media have reported that some people have been opposed to providing relief aid because of the May 9 shooting incident that killed Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成). The incident triggered a diplomatic standoff that lasted until early August.
In response to media queries yesterday, Hung's daughter Hung Tzu-chien (洪慈綪) said: "The government [of the Philippines] might have no humanity, but the people are innocent."
"Based on humanity, I definitely support the relief missions," she said.
She said the shooting of her father was an inhumane act by Philippines Coast Guard personnel, but it had nothing to do with helping survivors of such a disaster.
Meanwhile, the Tzu Chi Foundation said it has set up a disaster response center to deliver supplies and provide relief to the areas devastated by Haiyan.
The Hualien-based foundation said it had collected 30,000 blankets and 200,000 packets of instant rice meals so far, and that all of the blankets and 60,000 packets of instant rice packets had been sent on the two air force planes that left yesterday.
More relief supplies are being sent to Taipei by train and truck for shipment to the Philippines.
A medical and disaster relief team consisting of 40 Tzu Chi volunteer workers in the Philippines, including 10 medical experts, will head to the typhoon-stricken areas today to directly assist victims, a foundation spokesman said.


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