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I smiled as I drove across the state line into Michigan Friday morning. I was returning home from spending most of the week in Ohio, speaking at user groups throughout the state. I spoke about Managed Extensibility Framework at four user groups over three days in four different cities. Tuesday, I spoke at an internal user group of the Cincinnati Financial Corporation, before heading over to the Cincinnati .Net User Group in Mason, OH. Wednesday I drove up to Dayton to speak at the Dayton .Net Developers Group. Thursday I presented to a packed house in Columbus at the Central Ohio .Net Developers Group. The trip was a great success. At each stop, the crowd was larger than their average meeting. Everywhere I went I heard probing questions that indicated that I was communicating the concepts of MEF and loosely-coupled architecture. This was gratifying as most people had no idea what MEF was when they arrived at my talk. The best of the trip was that I had a chance to see old friends. I spent ten years living and working in the Cincinnati area and many of my former colleagues came out to hear me. Some I hadn't seen in years. I once worked for a Columbus-based company, and through them I got to know much of the developer community in that area and I saw many familiar faces in Central Ohio this week. Tuesday and Thursday night, we went out for drinks after the meeting, which gave me a chance to talk one-on-one with a lot of smart people. I also got a chance to see the inside of the Sogeti offices in Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus and talk with some of the team in these offices. I had a great time on this tour and I'd love to do another one. Thank you to all who came out to hear my talk. Thank you especially to Mike Wood, Jim Holmes and James Bender, who allowed me to stay at their homes on my trip.

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Biles withdrew from the team finals. AP PHOTO TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. She convinced herself she was prepared for the pressure. That she was through the doubts that crept into her head as she’s done so many times before, she decided enough was enough. Biles withdrew from the competition following one rotation, a stunning decision that opened the door for the team Russian Olympic Committee to surge to gold. Her American teammates held on for silver after the 24-year-old realized following a shaky vault she wasn’t in the right headspace to compete. “I didn’t want to go into any of the other events second-guessing myself,” Biles said. “So, I thought it would be better if I took a step back and let these girls go out there and do their job.” Biles spent the final three rotations serving as head cheerleader while Grace McCallum, Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles carried on without her. The U.S. drew within eight-tenths of a point through three rotations. ROC, however, never wavered on floor. And they erupted when 21-year-old Angelina Melnikova’s score assured them of the top spot on the podium. The victory came a day after ROC men’s team edged Japan for the top spot in the men’s final. Great Britain edged Italy folooking up at the scoreboard at someone else. Biles posted on social media Monday that she felt the weight of the world on her shoulders. It affected her practice. It affected her confidence. And when she stepped onto the vault run way, it finally found its way to her performance, too. “To see her kind of go out like that is very sad because this Olympic Games, I feel like, is kind of hers,” Lee said. Biles was scheduled to do an “Amanar” vault that requires a roundoff back handspring onto the table followed by 2 1/2 twists. Biles instead did just 1 1/2 twists with a big leap forward after landing. She sat down and talked to U.S. team doctor Marcia Faustin, then headed to the back while her teammates moved on to uneven bars without her. When Biles returned several minutes later, she hugged her teammates and toohe Games. She said she will regroup on Wednesday before deciding whether to continue.

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Usually there is more time between posts but I’m caught up and there is a relatively long story to tell, so here goes… GUADELOUPE BOUND The racing was over, all the guests had left except Dave, Compass Rose was ready for sea. It was time to leave Antigua and begin sailing south. The first hop was from Falmouth Harbour, Antigua to Deshais, Guadeloupe. The trip is a little over forty miles almost due south. We kept going back and forth over which day to go to get the best weather. We had actually cleared out stating our intention to go the following day, but when we got back to the boat we realized we had no need to stay. We did the final bits to ready Compass Rose for sea, raised the anchor, and hoisted sails. We got out of Falmouth Harbour and found the wind to be a bit lighter than we had expected, but we pressed on. It eventually filled in, but we had to sail pretty high to keep from being pushed off course by the prevailing current and our speed was less than we hoped for. Dave was at the helm and stayed there keeping us on the wind – a bit difficult in light wind. Dave at the helm The helming paid off by putting us in a good position to take advantage of a favorable wind shift towards the end of the sail. Unfortunately the late start and the low wind speed caused us to come into Deshais after dark for the second time this year. We managed to find a good spot in the anchorage, run up the yellow flag, and settle in for the night. MARCHING INTO LES SAINTES We got up the next morning, had a leisurely breakfast, and headed south for Les Saintes, a group of islands just south of Guadeloupe. The trip took us down the leeward side of the island, which can be an interesting trip because the high mountains effect the wind. We have actually sailed at another boat that was on the same tack as us, so the wind was hitting each of us from opposite directions. We sailed, motored, and motor sailed as needed to reach the south end of Guadeloupe. As we cleared the island, the wind and waves settled in from just south of east. We couldn’t sail southeast to get directly to Les Saintes so we just did the best we could and planned to tack back in the lee of the islands. Rosie rolled along well under autopilot, but I took the helm when we decided to tack. Jackie released one sheet and Dave hauled in the other while I steered us through the wind. We had just settled in on the other tack with the boat sailing nicely When a noise came from the front and the duckbill popped up. (The duckbill is a piece of wood about three feet long that sticks out in front of the boat like a small bow sprit. The forestay attaches to it and holds the jib and keeps the mast from falling over backwards.) This was very bad. If the duckbill let go the main mast would fall down. I got the boat into the wind to take the load out of the sails and started the motor while Dave and Jackie rolled in the jib. 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We found a sailmaker on the island who thought he might be able to point us in the right direction, but when he saw the parts he realized no one on the island had tools big enough for what we needed. He recommended a company in Pointe a Pitre on the Guadeloupe mainland. We tried contacting them, but had no luck. We did, however contact another rigger there who could make a new bobstay while we waited. POINTE A PITRE ODESSEY The adventure begins. We have to figure out how to take the ferry to Trois Rivieres, rent a car and drive to Pointe a Pitre, have the part made, and return. We get some info and early the next morning we catch the 6:45 AM ferry for the ride to Trois Rivieres. The sailmaker assured us that there were two rental car companies on the dock in Trois rivieres, but one had no cars left and the woman at the other only spoke French. We never figured out whether she was out of cars or just wouldn’t try to rent a car when the deal couldn’t be completed in a common language. We talked to someone from the ferry company and he told us where we could catch a bus. It was a ten minute walk up a steep hill to the next town. Once there we happened upon a woman who spoke no English, but was going to Pointe a Pitre – just follow her. The bus comes and we get on. We ride a short distance, get off, and run for another bus. Our leader gets on and gets right back off. The bus is a local, not an express. We wait a few minutes and catch the express to Pointe a Pitre. We’ve been to Pointe a Pitre before, so the rest is easy. We catch a taxi to the marina, find the rigger and show him what we need. He can make it – be back at 12:30. We head for the chandlery and grocery stores to get some supplies, then grab some lunch. We return about 12:15 and find the rigger starting to drive his wife to the airport. We misunderstood the time. He gives us the part, we pay him, and we head for downtown Pointe a Pitre. We don’t find a taxi, so we get on a local bus. Unfortunately the bus driver is going off shift and we have to wait for the next driver. Finally the bus takes us downtown and we walk to the main bus terminal. We know we need a bus that goes beyond Trois Rivieres and after asking around another bus driver directs us to the lane for that bus. The bus arrives and we show the note with our destination to the bus driver. He says oui and off we go. We begin to realize something is not right. The bus is making a lot more stops than it did in the morning. We are on the local! Our tickets say the ferry leaves at 3:45, the bus is moving slow, the clock is moving fast, and it’s a long swim from Trois Rivieres to Les Saintes. We are sweating a lot more than usual for a warm Caribbean afternoon. The bus finally drops us off at our stop, but we still have to get a local bus. We wait. Jackie starts hitchhiking. The bus comes and the driver seems to understand where we need to go. The street through town is one way, so the driver has to drop us off a few hundred yards from where we were picked up in the morning. We start walking down the hill with time to spare. We come to a little snackette where we can see the ferry dock. We decide we have enough time to split two beers among the three of us before we have to board the ferry. The cold beer tastes especially good after the fast hike down the hill. We finish the beer and walk to the dock. There is no ferry. We had originally been told that the ferry left at 4:45, but our tickets said 3:45. People are slowly wandering in to the area and some are sitting down and placing orders at another snackette next to the dock. We finally join them. Dave and I have more cold beers. Jackie has to find out what the tall green drinks are on many other tables. After playing 20 questions and pointing at a lot of glasses on tables she finds it’s cold Crème de Menthe and water. Very refreshing. 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Earlier in the year I talked to Leonard from Saudade about crewing and he was for it if he was still in Antigua. As luck would have it Gaucho didn’t show and Saudade was gone. I walked the dock on the morning of the first race and found a spot on Ocean Nomad, a Carriacou sloop. These are traditional wooden vessels a little over 40 feet in length and originally designed to carry cargo. They are built largely by eye on the beach in Windward, Carriacou. It turned out that Ocean Nomad is normally used for day charters in Antigua but was chartered for the regatta. The deal was put together at the last minute because the crew were flying in to sail on another boat, but it left before the regatta started. The boat was Saudade, so I guess I was destined to sail with this group one way or another. Ocean Nomad at the dock Ocean Nomad at speed The crew turned out to be a great bunch of people. We sailed hard, had a lot of fun on the water, and eventually finished fifth. 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Peter and a delivery crew that included my brother Dave, and friends from DC Bob and Dee were to sail the boat from its berth in Trinidad to Bequia for the Easter Regatta. They would then sail to Guadeloupe for the feeder race to Antigua. The boat would do Sailing Week and then return to Trinidad. Crew would join or leave the boat at various points along the way. Bob’s wife, Terry, would fly into Antigua and she and I were to try to find a ride to Guadeloupe for the feeder race. Once we were all in Antigua, Bob, Terry, and Dave would stay with Jackie and I on Compass Rose. The trip started well, but while leading the first race in Bequia the rudder broke off. The captain and crew managed to keep the boat off the rocks long enough to get a tow. Peter arranged to have an emergency rudder made and took the boat to Grenada where a new rudder would be installed. Jaguar’s broken rudder post As you can imagine this had a huge impact on everyone’s plans. Terry had to decide whether to fly to Antigua before Bob knew what the situation would be with Jaguar. Bob helped sail the boat to Grenada and then caught a flight to Antigua. Dave and Dee found a ride on Merengue, a crewed charter. Dave at the wheel of Merengue. He claims the autopilot failed, but we think he just likes to steer Terry and I started looking for boats for us and got hooked up with Hobart, a Bavaria 42 Match. The owner, Rainer, wanted to do a long term charter, but couldn’t arrange for a boat, so he bought Hobart. He, his wife Renata, and their daughter Alina sailed the boat to the Caribbean, did some cruising, and then stopped in Antigua for Sailing Week. They were joined by the twins, Michael and Christian, their girlfriends Maria and Angie, and friend Franz. They were looking for a grinder and foredeck person and Terry and I volunteered. We practiced Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. Merengue arrived late Thursday night and since I was practicing Friday morning Jackie met their captain and crew at Customs and Immigration to get Dave and Dee transferred to our crew list. The entire Merengue crew was there. Only the captain (or his agent) is supposed to go to shore before the boat and crew are checked in and Immigration decided to hold them to the rule. They waited for hours to get processed and for Customs to search the boat – another unusual move. Eventually all were free to go. The Merengue crew waiting at Customs and Immigration We practiced again Friday afternoon and Dave came along with us. I was inventing new ways to screw up spinnaker launches and drops, but we kept things sorted out. Friday night was the Mount Gay Rum Red Hat Party where you could turn in the tickets you got for buying rum drinks during the previous weeks for Mount Gay Race hats and other goodies. Bob flew in from Grenada that afternoon and took a taxi to the party. Everyone was finally together on the island. Saturday was the race around Antigua. We were in the first fleet off and were the second boat until we were about three quarters of the way around, when the bigger boats finally started catching us. We kept most boats behind us, but corrected to sixth place on handicapped time. Three quarters of the way around the island ICAP Leopard finally catches us Around the buoy racing started on Sunday and continued through Friday, with Wednesday off. Not knowing what crew he would pick up in Antigua, Rainer had our boat rated to use nothing larger than the #2 headsail. Despite not using our largest genoa we still rated the fastest boat in our fleet. That meant we had to finish in front of all the boats in our class and by enough margin that they wouldn’t beat us on corrected time. The racing was tough and the wind was a bit light the first three days, so we couldn’t sail upwind very well with the small sail and gave up ground to the other boats. We made a lot of it back going downwind, but not enough for any high finishes. We had more wind on the last two days and that evened things up quite a bit. We crossed the finish line in 5, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 3 positions for the races but never got higher than third on corrected time. We had a lot of fun racing and saw some old Jaguar crew who were racing against us on Legacy, a Trini boat. Crossing with Legacy Hobart threads the needle Getting the spinnaker ready to launch – that’s me on the pointy end Preparing the spinnaker – that’s me almost in the water Out on the rail You will notice in the last three pictures that I’m the one wandering around out on the foredeck a.k.a. “adventure land” and when sitting on the rail I’m the first one in line to take the wave. Brother Dave is farther aft kibitzing with the ladies. Most of the time when I looked aft I would see Michael calmly steering the boat with a perfect poker face no matter what was going on around us. 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Yes, this is a little smaller than Hotel California Too, the SC 70 Jackie did the Around Antigua race on a couple years ago, but she wanted something a bit sportier for the buoy racing. Cuba Libre Sailing Week is not just bashing around a race course. There were evening parties and the lay day events at the beach. We loved the lay day because it gave us a chance to rest our tired and battered bodies. The Legacy and Hobart crews team up for a restful day at the beach We spent quiet evenings trying to gain back our strength. The Carib girls stop by to suggest a brand of beer… …do you think it worked? Sailing week finally ended and people eventually found flights back to the US. A calm descended over the Compass Rose crew. Compass Rose had been in and around Antigua for over a year. We spent some time in nearby islands, but we had spent the end of last cruising season and most of this season in Antigua. It was time. Dave, Jackie, and I prepared for our next move south. 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JOLLY HARBOUR We are getting to like the Jolly Harbour anchorage in that we can slide up to near the front of the crowd and find a shallow spot to anchor. We stayed out there for a couple days, but a swell came up that got all the boats rolling and we moved to the inner harbor and picked up a mooring for a few more days. One day we hiked out the peninsula that separates Jolly Harbour from Five Islands Bay. The route took us through gated community that surrounds the inner part of Jolly Harbour. Typical street scene in the village at Jolly Harbour There’s more than one way to catch a crab SPAINISH POINT, BARBUDA Barbuda is Antigua’s sister island to the north. We have wanted to go there, but never had the right weather at the right time. We saw a window coming up when we were in Guadeloupe and we also met some friends who had the same plan. They came around to Five Islands the day before we were to leave, so we coordinated with them over the VHF radio. Five Islands is just to the north, so we raised anchor about a half hour before the other group was to leave with the hope that we would meet them as they started out. They all started a bit late so we motored slowly out in front of the group giving them a chance to catch up. The wind filled in just as they were catching up to us. We initially took a conservative course that would take us west of Codrington Shoals, but after some discussion we joined Bill and Coleen on Dolce Vita, Tom and Leslie on Farhaven, and Rob and Ellen on Miclo III on a new course between Codrington Shoals and Dodington Bank that saved us a couple miles of motoring into the wind at the end of the trip. Chuck and Barb on the trawler Tusen Takk II stayed on the more westward course. Dolce Vita sailing to Barbuda Tuesen Tak II cruises smoothly The line began to run off our fishing reel as we entered the mile wide passage between the shallows. Jackie eased the main and then helped me land a two foot long rainbow runner. By the time we had the fish on board and stowed we were the last of the armada entering the Spanish Point anchorage. We were concerned there wouldn’t be enough room for the eight boats in our fleet plus the four or five others already there, but we found a spot among the coral with no problem. This is probably one of the bigger groups of boats to be in this anchorage at one time and was certainly the largest “organized” group we ever sailed with. In addition to the boats already mentioned there were the cats: Robin and Cheryl on Just Imagine, Chris and Sheila on Never Bored, Morris and Elizabeth on the other ketch, Viking Angel, and Sandy and Kim who were already in the anchorage on Kewayden. The Armada anchored at Spanish Point, Barbuda ABOUT BARBUDA Barbuda is a low island. The highest point is about 125 ft. It is very dry and the small population is mostly clustered around Codrington. Donkeys and horses roam freely about the island. It has long, deserted beaches and beautiful aqua water. It’s a lot like what you dream about when you start cruising. The Codrington family leased the island from England starting in 1685. They used the island as a hunting preserve and kept slaves to raise cattle and root vegetables. When emancipation came, the slaves stayed on the island and continued to live in the cooperative way that they had been. There are so few people that they use whatever land they need – no land is actually owned by anyone. And although Barbuda was forced to join Antigua when the islands became independent from England, Barbuda has kept somewhat apart. They like their way of life and have resisted almost all commercial developement, even going so far as to push a resort developer’s office trailer and equipment over the cliff into the ocean, thus stopping the project. STUFF WE DID IN BARBUDA The weather started to pipe up and promised to remain so for five or six days, so most of us were here for the duration. The exceptions were Kewayden leaving for Antigua after a couple days, and the trawler Bodacious arriving with guests. I will talk about some of the highlights rather than go into a day by day narrative of the activities. The group is very active and have done hikes, snorkeling, and island tour, and happy hours on some of the larger boats. Happy Hour We snorkeled in a few different places in the anchorage and on the east coast. We spotted a few of these crabs hiding in the sand near our boat. Lots of little crabs were hiding in the sandy bottom near our boat Snorkeling The King Helmet was wandering around the “kiddy pool”, a shallow area on the Atlantic side that was well shielded from the waves and warmed by the sun. King Helmet While snorkeling behind a reef on the Atlantic side I spotted the stingray (top) buried in the sand and then the other one (bottom) nearby. I saw these two southern stingrays near the beach There are a couple sink holes and many caves on the island. We visited some on both hikes and the tour. Looking down into the sinkhole At the bottom of the sinkhole Cave we hiked to on the first day Chris climbs up in a cave we visited on our tour Barbuda’s coastline is a mixture of coral, rock, and beaches. The east coast gets the brunt of the Atlantic’s wind and waves, so much of it is rocky. But in between are beaches protected by coral. Unfortunately the onshore wind and waves deposit a lot of flotsam and jetsam on the beaches. Some are a virtual trash dump, but others remain clear and pristine. Here we are on Barbuda’s Atlantic coast Much of Barbuda’s Atlantic coast is very rugged in contrast to the beaches on the Caribbean coast We also arranged for a trip to the Frigate Bird colony, one of the largest in the world. The trip started with a taxi ride to Codrington and then a boat ride to the colony. As you approach you see that the sky is filled with frigate birds. As you get closer you see that the mangroves are filled with roosting and nesting frigate birds. Just a small part of the frigate bird colony The most interesting birds were the fuzzy headed chicks and the males advertising for mates by inflating their red neck pouches. Male frigate bird displaying his inflatable throat pouch Frigate bird family (l to ) Mom, Chick, Dad Typical fuzzy frigate bird chick RETURN TO ANTIGUA The plan was to be in Antigua for the Classic Regatta and when a weather window came we took it. We had a nice sail with small seas and the wind on the beam. As we approached Antigua we got a hit on our fishing line and pulled in what we think is a Bonito. We caught this Bonito on the way back to Antigua We anchored in Jolly Harbour so we could do some reprovisioning. This concluded our Leeward Island cruise that we reported in the last few posts. We started in Antigua and cruised to Nevis, St. Kitts, sailed past Montserrat on the way to Guadeloupe, and returned to Antigua. We then sailed to Barbuda and back to Antigua. We sailed from Antigua to Nevis to St. Kitts to Guadeloupe to Antigua to Barbuda and back to Antigua We will stay in Antigua for the Classic Regatta and Sailing Week, and then start the trip south to Grenada. NEXT: ANTIGUA CLASSIC REGATTA Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment » Three Island Tour March 29, 2014 posted from Jolly Harbour, Antigua JOLLY HARBOUR It was time. We motored out of English Harbour and sailed around the southwest corner of Antigua to Jolly Harbour. This was a relatively short cruise that gave us a chance to make sure we had the boat rigged right and that all systems were working. The trip was uneventful and only a couple small items needed attention. We anchored in about 7 feet of water – always an interesting experience because Compass Rose draws just under five feet. Jolly Harbour has easy access to a fancy and expensive food store where we can get items not available in the local island stores. It also is home to the main Budget Marine store on the island, so last minute items were easy to get. We also discovered a couple good bird watching ponds on that side of the island. One is in easy walking distance and the other is off the bus route. We spent parts of a few days visiting these areas. The nearby pond was good, but the one farther away had only a couple birds – a letdown from last spring when it was teeming with birds. We also took a bus and taxi to a salt pond on the north side of the island and saw lots of birds there. VAMOOSE SKEDADDLES Cruising life is full of hellos and goodbyes as boats move from harbor to harbor and island to island, but the goodbyes are usually just until your paths cross again. Unfortunately some of the goodbyes are because someone is quitting cruising. This time it was our friends Dave and Nancy on Vamoose. Dave set sail solo for the US and we have been tracking him via Single Sideband Radio and reporting his progress to Nancy. We are going to miss them a lot. Dave sails Vamoose past Nevis on his way north GOODBYE ANTIGUA After about a week in Jolly Harbour we had all our provisioning done, got the weather we were waiting for, and headed west towards Nevis and St. Kitts. The forecast was for relatively light winds and calm seas. There was supposed to be a swell coming in from the north, but it never amounted to much. We started early and motored for a few hours until the wind filled in. The wind came up from directly astern pretty much as expected. Compass Rose doesn’t like the wind directly aft, so we pointed a bit north and aimed for the cut between the islands. This was a longer sail than going around the south end of Nevis, but we sailed a lot faster. After all this time we still know what to do with those big white things on the boat We did a little bird watching along the way. The most interesting was the frigate bird. He was trying to scoop some small fish who were jumping out of the water to try to escape some bigger fish. This is a tricky operation because a frigate bird cannot take off from the water. Frigate bird trying to scoop up fish I hope the frigate bird did better than me. THREE STRIKES, THREE OUTS Things got interesting in another way after we got the sails up. I was in the middle of doing something with the sails when the line began spooling off the bigger fishing pole but by the time I got to the pole, the fish was gone. A little later the line began spooling off the smaller pole. I ran back and grabbed the pole and cranked in some drag to stop the line. Then I cranked in some more drag. Then more drag. The line kept spooling off in bursts and there was nothing I could do to stop it. I looked out behind the boat and saw a sailfish jump! I looked at the reel and the line kept running out in spurts. Soon I could see the spool, the all that was left was one loop and the knot. Then the line broke. The sailfish put on quite a display jumping behind the boat as we sailed away. It was probably for the better, because we would have a terrible time trying to land and deal with a five foot sailfish. The line started spooling out a third time as we approached the narrows. I got the rod, put in some drag and started reeling the fish in. This one was much smaller and more manageable and he mostly skimmed on top of the water as I pulled him in. Then just as I got him close to the boat I lost him. I pulled the line and lure aboard and found that one of the hooks had broken off – probably when the first fish struck. Lure missing hook, reel missing line HELLO NEVIS We found our way between the islands and down to Charlestown. Our information was that all the anchorages in Nevis had been converted to mooring fields, so we grabbed a mooring, put the dinghy together and went in to town. We just caught Customs, Immigration, and the Port Captain before they went home for the day. We found out that the mooring we were on was private, so we moved up the coast to Pinney’s Beach and picked up an official mooring, one of the last left in mooring field. This group of moorings are in the shadow of the volcano. We got some spectacular sunsets to the west as the nearly full moon rose over the volcano to the east. We got one of the best green flashes we have ever seen. Sunset Cruise ship on the horizon Our first day on Nevis we took a tour with a taxi driver we met on the dock. He “scratches the guitar” under the name Watusi, and is sometimes referred to as Bird Man, but his friends seem to call him Dave. He made me look short and heavy. He is into holistic stuff and claims that the crumbling masonry in old buildings on the island is good to rub into your skin. Exfoliation by mortar When we got back to the boat we decided to move to a mooring closer to town. It was a lot more convenient, but just as rolly. GOLDEN ROCK The next day we took a bus to Golden Rock, an old sugar plantation now run as a restaurant and guest house. There is a road and trail that leads up one of the mountains into the rain forest. We thought it would be a good place to see some different birds and it would be much cooler hiking than what we usually get on the islands. Golden Rock itself is beautiful. There are beautiful flowers, guest rooms, and a nice restaurant, not to mention birds, caterpillars, and monkeys. Frangipani caterpillar loves the leaves of the frangipani tree and turns into a big, brown moth Find the monkey Resting poolside at Golden Rock The hike is a road that goes up the mountain to support a water pipeline. The first part is paved and goes through a small settlement. Then it turns to gravel, and finally just rocks. The pipeline brings rainwater from the mountain top down to cisterns. Goat herd we saw on the road Pipeline brings water down the mountain from the rain forest. A fairly typical water supply solution in the islands Unfortunately we didn’t have a lot of luck with birds that day. BOTANICAL GARDENS The next day we took a bus to some botanical gardens. So here is where you get a break from all the bird pictures and get to see some beautiful flowers. Unfortunately I don’t know the name of many of them. Blue flowers As is usual in work areas, five bees were leaning on shovels watching one gather nectar Interesting yellow and orange leaf Pink flowers Yellow flowers Pink flowers Pink and green flowers ST KITTS We tried three different moorings in Nevis, but all rolled. We motored up the coast to check out some of the other mooring fields, but in the end we sailed over to St. Kitts. We picked Majors Bay on the south end of St. Kitts facing Nevis. It looked well protected. We motored into the bay and realized that one of the terminals for the car ferry between Nevis and St. Kitts is in the bay. We anchored and waited to see what the ferry would do. As it turned out we were well out of his way and he created very little wake, so we stayed for a couple days to get a chance to explore the south end of the island. Ferry under full moon in Majors Bay Nevis mooring ball that escaped to Majors Bay, St. Kitts. You just hope there was no boat attached when the mooring went walkabout. BASSETERRE, ST KITTS We moved to Port Zante Marina in Basseterre, St. Kitts. Basseterre is the biggest town in St. Kitts and Nevis. The marina is next to the cruise ship port, which is full of duty free stores and houses customs and immigration, so it is the best place to stay when you need to clear out of the country. The cruise ships looked huge Port Zante Marina with more working fishing boats than cruising yachts The big city is convenient because there are grocery stores nearby and it’s an easy walk to the bus terminal. We took advantage of the local buses to visit a couple tourist attractions and a restaurant along the coast. The first place we visited was Brimstone Hill, site of one of the oldest and most well preserved forts in the Caribbean. It was improved over the years and became known as the Gibralter of the Caribbean. We got off the bus and started to walk up to the fort. A van came down from the fort, picked up some people, and then stopped for us. It was the employee shuttle and they gave us a ride to the fort, some 800 feet above sea level. Jackie and I at the fort with Statia (St. Eustatius) in the background Just a small part of Fort George, Brimstone Hill The next day we took the bus to the Clay Villa, an old plantation and the only one on St. Kitts that did not use slave labor. It is owned by a woman who is a direct descendant of a Caribe, the native tribe that inhabited St. Kitts when Columbus discovered the island. We got there early and did some birding around the grounds before the tour. The tour was of the old plantation house and its gardens. Lizard Rare white winged pigeon BIRDING WITH PERCY We spent our last day in St. Kitts birding with a local bird watcher named Percy. He took us around to many of his favorite spots and we saw fifty different species that day. GUADELOUPE We had a good time in St. Kitts, but the wind was coming a bit north and that would be good for our sail from St. Kitts to Deshais, Guadeloupe. This trip would be about eighty miles and could easily take fourteen hours. We had planned to move to Nevis and start from there, but we had trouble catching anyone in the marina office so we could pay our bill. Also, the customs officer was having trouble printing out our clearance. He let me leave his office and he brought it to the boat when it was done. We left the marina at 3:45 AM and motored southeast past Nevis. The wind finally filled in and we had a pretty good but bumpy sail to Montserrat. We expected the seas and wind to calm down a bit behind the island, but both wrapped around the south end of the island and we had to motor directly into them. At times we were down below three knots trying to push through the wind and waves. The only good thing about it was that we got a great view of the lava flows from the volcano. West lava flow Southwest lava flow The wind and waves came back to a more normal direction when we cleared the south end of the island. The wind picked up and we flew to Deshais. We arrived about 8 pm, some 16 hours after we started, and anchored in the dark. The next day we cleared in and rested. MORE FLOWERS Deshais is a little seaside tourist town. It has some restaurants, some souvenir shops (one hosts the customs and immigration computer), and a couple grocery stores. Just outside of town at the top of a long steep hill there is a very nice botanical garden. Naturally we hiked up to visit it. There were lots of interesting trees and flowers and of course a few birds. Banyon tree drops shoots from its limbs which take root Flamingos sleeping Flamingo looking for insects under a rock Purple-throated Carib Sun shining through the leaves Red flowers More flowers Let’s see..put in 50 cents…food comes out the tube..WAIT!! I FORGOT THE CUP!! Blue flower Kapok tree NEXT: RETURN TO ANTIGUA (Where there are no botanical gardens) Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment » Laid Back in Antigua (Sort of) March 5, 2014 published from Ordinance Bay, English Harbour, Antigua I don’t seem to be able to blog as fast as things happen, so this post keeps growing and may be getting a little disjointed. Here we go. BOAT WORK After a boat work semi-marathon we launched Compass Rose on January 22. Since then we have split our time between relaxing, hiking, hanging out with friends, and – of course – more boat work. The work encompasses all aspects of the boat. Some items are improvements like making an awning for the aft cabin hatch to keep out rain or moving the shower sump to a more accessible location and replacing the float switch; some are maintenance like touching up the rusty spots on the engine or oiling all the padlocks that we use to secure items on deck; and some are repairs or replacements of parts that have failed, such as the fresh water pump, the anchor snubber, and the watermaker. Sometimes I tell people I would be happy if I could just fix things faster than they break. One of the more involved problems was with our portable Honda generator, which we use when running power tools and the sewing machine. We were doing a few days of sewing projects and the Honda ran fine one day and wouldn’t start the next. I tried everything, but no luck. It seemed like the compression was low. I did a little research online and found that the motor has very tight tolerances in the valve guides and that if you run old fuel it can leave deposits that will cause the intake valve to stick open. I dug in and sure enough, the valve was stuck. Luckily I was able to grab it with vice grips and work it loose. Performing surgery on Mr. Honda We have done a few hikes into the middle ground – the peninsula between English Harbour and Falmouth Harbour, and along the coast up to the flagpole near Freeman’s Bay on the southeast side of English Harbour. We have coordinated some of the hikes with local boating events – finishes of more of the Talisker Whiskey Challenge transatlantic rowboats and the Antigua Superyacht races. ROWBOATS We walked out to Fort Berkeley to watch one of the rowboats come in – and got rained on as we walked back. Fort Berkeley and English Harbour as seen from the flagpole Coastline where the sailboat ran aground (see previous blog entry) Not everything stops when rowers finish. Here we see Mannix cruising in his water taxi and a couple divers are helping the big yachts with their anchors. These guys had the good fortune to arrive mid-morning when they could see and lots of people were about to welcome them. A couple boats arrived in the wee hours of the morning. Another transatlantic rowboat finishes This pair arrived around dinner time and had only a small reception One team still remains to finish. The two women team – Inspirational Friends – had to have a new rudder dropped off to them and after 90 days still have 757 miles to go. SUPERYACHTS The Antigua Superyacht Challenge is a three day semi-pursuit race. In a pure pursuit race each boat is assigned a start time based on its handicap with the slowest boat starting first. If the handicaps are perfect and all boats are sailed equally well, they will theoretically finish at the same time. To avoid a pileup at the finish, the organizers started the boats at three minute intervals. As it turned out, the finish was pretty exciting on the final day. Here is a quick description from the Superyacht Challenge Antigua blog: “126′ Schooner, Gloria finished the regatta in style scoring their second bullet to elevate the team into third overall, but only just, Gloria was tied on points with 180′ Hoek designed ketch, Marie. Gloria took the podium place ahead of Marie by virtue of two first places in the regatta. Gloria getting cruising around before the race 182′ Dykstra Schooner, Adela was runner up to Gloria in Race 4, assuring the the Adela team of second place overall, just a point ahead of both Marie and Gloria. In the last race, Adela beat Unfurled by just 2 seconds after time correction. Significantly if Unfurled had beaten Adela, the 112′ sloop would have tied for an overall victory for the regatta. However, the overall winner of the 4th edition of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua was the 102′ Ketch, Marama by a single point from Unfurled.” Adela on a spinnaker run Marie hard on the wind Just another day at the office Marama going onto the marine railway before the race. The diver is Fire, the fellow who hauled and launched Compass Rose AROUND THE ANCHORAGE Each anchorage on each island has its own character. English Harbour can be thought of as three areas: Freeman’s Bay, the outer anchorage off Galleon Beach; the middle area with Slipway Marina and Boatyard and Nelson’s Dockyard Marina on either side; and the lagoon anchorages consisting of Tank Bay and Ordnance Bay. We are at the edge of Ordnance Bay, which along with Tank Bay are homes to liveaboards who will probably never move their boats and abandoned boats. We ended up here because Freeman’s Bay was too crowded when we launched. Some boats are here to stay Anchor too close to the mouth of either bay and the park people will tell you to move. They seem to like to do this late in the day, so you have little daylight left to find a new spot. Quite a contrast between our neighbors on either side of us Freeman’s Bay is the main cruiser anchorage, although there are a few more or less permanently anchored boats there. This is a nice anchorage except that when the wind goes light or swirls and/or the tide changes the boats can swing in different directions relative to each other. And just to make it more interesting, just today they moved one navigation marker a couple boat lengths into the anchorage, thus widening the channel and reducing the anchoring space. On the lighter side, we do see a lot of interesting craft in the anchorage. Zebra boat in Ordinance Bay We see a wide range of vessels Commuting to work. It actually folds. How would you think this guy makes a living? The boat never moves. (Hard to see but the boat’s name is Daily Bread) Reality check (sailboat is named Illusion, the dinghy is named Reality) Jackie paddling back from her afternoon swim with the ladies HIKES We do a bit of hiking in the hills around Antigua’s south coast. It’s a combination of bird watching, exercise, and just doing something different. We often start our middle ground hikes by walking past this old rainwater catchment. Rainwater catchments like this are common on the islands. This one seems to feed a shade tree car wash operation Jackie hiking We haven’t seen too many interesting birds this year, but the goats are out in abundance. On one of our first hikes this year we came across a baby goat that was young enough to be showing an umbilical cord. It had no fear of humans and walked right up to me. Goats. They are all over the Middle Ground Enjoying a little coconut water on the beach after a long, hot hike BIRDS I mentioned that we have not seen many interesting birds this year, but the birds we do see have kept life interesting. We are still getting visited by Bananaquits flying into the boat and there always seems to be a frigate bird nearby. Frigate bird soaring over the anchorage But the most entertaining are the pelicans feeding. The fly around the anchorage and go into a steep dive when the spot a fish. Just as they are about to hit the water they tuck in their wings. There is a huge splash and the bird bobs back up and either swallows a fish or takes off to look for another one. Pelican cruising The pelicans love to roost on the local boats This is what a pelican looks like as it dives into the water to catch a fish MONTSERRAT When Jimmy Buffet sings, “I don’t know where I’m a gonna go when the volcano blows” think “Montserrat”. This island is just to the southeast of Antigua. We have sailed past it twice – both times at night – and we could smell the sulphur each time. The volcano has had three major eruptions since the early 90’s. The last was just a couple months before we sailed by the first time on 2010. We have always wanted to visit the island, but the lava from one eruption filled in the old harbor. The new harbor has little anchoring space and a reputation for being rolly so we decided to fly over. Our friends Jack and Bobbi from Moonrise joined us for the trip. The plane was pretty small. Eight seats and two engines. An airport employee escorted the four of us and our three fellow passengers across the tarmac to the plane. When we got there one of the other passengers decided to lead us in prayer and it was pretty clear he wasn’t getting on the plane until we complied. A fellow passenger led us in prayer BEFORE he found out who the copilot was We took off and turned south which took us right over English and Falmouth Harbours. Flying over English Harbour and the edge of Falmouth Harbour. Compass Rose is by the red arrow The flight to Montserrat went quickly and we got some great views of the island. Approaching Montserrat East side of the volcano Our guide met us at the airport and took us to a trail in the rain forest where the Montserrat Oriole is known to hang out. They were there, but they stayed in the tops of the trees and were very hard to see. The elusive Montserrat Oriole Despite the difficulty in bird watching, hiking in the rain forest was a refreshing change from the arid and mostly shadeless south coast of Antigua. From there we worked our way to the south end of the island to see the volcano. Our guide took us to the observation center where we saw a really good movie on the history of the volcano eruptions. The eruptions impacted the most densely inhabited parts of the island. Many people left the island because there was nowhere for them to live. Our guide has lived on Montserrat all his life and he lost his home to the volcano as did most people. Jack and Bobbi from Moonrise pose with us at the observation center with the volcano in the background The island has various exclusion zones. The main one includes the old capitol city of Plymouth and can only be entered by scientists. The next one was closed until a couple years ago and is now only open during the day. People can live in the next zone, but must be ready to evacuate within 24 hours. Much of Plymouth was destroyed outright, but many buildings still stand and some are largely untouched except for ash. Unfortunately no one can live in the exclusion zones because of the uncertainty of whether or not the volcano will erupt again. Plymouth was largely wiped out by the volcano Some buildings are relatively untouched, but many are buried in ash The flight back was almost as interesting as the flight over. We passed over Jolly Harbour and got a good look at the Five Islands area. NEXT? Will our heroes ever get out of Antigua? Stay tuned. Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment » Whirlwind January 24, 2014 Posted from English Harbour, Antigua WILMINGTON We flew from Morocco to Wilmington, NC and visited our new house. It was essentially done – just waiting for them to screen in the back porch – or as they call it here: the “Lanai.” The new house Obviously we need help decorating ST. LOUIS Then it was on to St. Louis to spend Thanksgiving with our niece, Nancy, and her family. It was cold – much colder than Morocco or even Wilmington for that matter. The visit was great. Thanksgiving was fun and filling, we decorated for Christmas, and we went to the zoo to see the Christmas lights. Smiling for the camera Aren’t they cute? Willow models her new hat Putting the angel on the tree WILMINGTON – AGAIN We returned to Wilmington after Thanksgiving and spent a little more time in the house and see how the screened in porch turned out. The porch is screened in DC Early December found us driving to Washington, DC. We spent a couple days with our friends Bob and Terri, then I flew to Antigua and Jackie started a round of visiting friends in the northern VA/DC area and family in Michigan. ANTIGUA It was nice to get back to the tropics after all the winter weather in the US, but it was strange being here by myself – especially with the mob of people in town for the Charter Boat Show. I thought it would get a bit lonely, but I started bumping into people who I knew. Everyone’s boat was in the water at either English Harbour or Falmouth Harbour. Unexpected visitor on the boat. At least he stayed outside – the bullfinch flew in. Compass Rose I commissioned the dinghy so I could get back and forth between the boatyard and Nelson’s Dockyard. From the Dockyard I could get to stores and restaurants. I could also visit friends anchored in English Harbour. Unfortunately the dinghy was leaking water, so I had to pump it out a couple times a day until I could take it our of service long enough to patch it. It took two tries. For the most part Compass Rose survived the six month layup pretty well. The big problems were that the fresh water pump was locked up and I discovered a propane leak when I made coffee one morning. Luckily we had a spare pump so I could get water out of the tanks and we had a spare pressure regulator for the propane, so I could cook on the boat. I also found that the cutlass bearing was worn out, and there was no replacement of the proper size on the island. There were also quite a few small things that either stopped working or needed repair or maintenance, or just needed to be made better. I spent three weeks getting the boat ready to launch. I also had to arrange for a survey because the insurance company wants one at least every five years. Then I flew back to the US for the holidays. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS The trip to Antigua was about 12 hours of waiting in airports or flying. The trip back had an overnight stay in Toronto. The weather had been bad the day I arrived and many flights were cancelled. The next morning the airport was a zoo with people whose flights were cancelled trying to rebook. It took so long to check in that I would have missed my flight if it hadn’t been delayed. Jackie met me at the Cleveland airport and we went to my mom’s. We got to spend Christmas eve opening presents with my siblings, their kids, and even one grand nephew. The ongoing background entertainment was having the NORAD Santa tracker going on the TV so we could keep track of when Santa would officially arrive. Big kid – little kid Eighty eight years old and one phone is not enough We also spent an evening with some old friends who I worked with and paddled whitewater with when I got out of college. I hadn’t seen most of them in twenty years or more, but it was like it had been just yesterday. Old friends. Joe, Eric, Joan, JoAnne, Kim, MaryAnne, John, and brother Dave From there we drove to Michigan to visit Jackie’s family. She has enough siblings that we can spend a long time visiting them without ever overstaying our welcome at any one place. We had an early New Year’s gathering with quite a few of the family and then fireworks in the evening. We started back for Wilmington via Ohio, but the roads were so bad we bailed out at another of Jackie’s brother’s houses. The weather was much better the next day and we eventually arrived in Wilmington. BACK TO THE ISLANDS We did a quick stop in Wilmington to swap winter clothes for shorts, t-shirts, and bathing suits and then we hopped a plane for Antigua. There is nothing like stepping out of the plane and walking down the steps (no wimpy jetway here) into the warm, humid, palm-treed environment – especially when you just left feet of snow and sub-freezing temperatures. We spent a week in a local hotel while we got Compass Rose ready to launch. It was nice if you didn’t mind the music from the Improve Rasta Shack next door. The info sheet in the hotel room said that you should contact the management if the music didn’t stop by 3 AM. A week passed and our reservation was used up, but we still weren’t ready to launch, so we moved aboard. The surveyor had looked at the bottom of the boat while we were away and gave us a list of things to check – none of which were on our to-do list. I was going to list all the things we did to the boat, but it would have been too long. We found a couple interesting things in the boatyard when we got back. The first was that the motor mount bracket for our outboard broke. We usually mount the motor on the inside of the rail where it is supported by the deck. Luckily it didn’t fall off. Dinghy motor mount bracket fails The other interesting thing was that a boat sailing up from Trinidad crashed on the rocks just outside English Harbour. The single-handed captain was asleep below when the boat sailed into the rocks. This is what happens when you fall asleep Life in the boat yard wasn’t too bad. We got a lot done and met some nice people. We also had a little excitement in the harbour. The Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge is a rowing race from the Canary Islands to English Harbour and three teams finished while we were here. Each team is raising money for a charity. Team Locura was first in the open class and first to finish. The two rowers raised money for the Generous Hearts Foundation, a foundation set-up in Romania to aid on improving the living conditions of orphaned children The first of the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge boats finishes The second boat in, Atlantic Polo Team, consists of four guys who have been professional sportsmen and horsemen for at least 10 yrs. Their charity is Right to Play. This is what you look like at over 40 days at sea in a row boat The third team in, Row2Recovery, consists of two amputee soldiers who rowed across the Atlantic alongside two able-bodied comrades, to raise money for HELP FOR HEROES who work tirelessly to improve the lives of injured service personnel and their Families. They arrived a little after dark which made for some fantastic photos and pyrotechnics. Third team finishes at night. Crewed by two amputees and two able bodied comrades to raise money to help wounded vets and their families. The reporter asked, “What kept you going?” The answer was essentially: Knowing my wife would be at the dock to meet me – and the smell of beer LAUNCH Finally everything we had to do was done and we were ready to launch. The work list had been exhaustive and exhausting. We couldn’t ‘wait to get in the water and get the anchor down. We wanted to fill the water tank, but there was no water in the yard, so after they put Compass Rose on the trailer, they moved her through the yard to another water supply. Then they ran the trailer into the water and waited while I checked for any leaks. Then I tried to start the engine and nothing happened. I swapped in the spare starter and when I was hooking up the wires I found one I couldn’t account for. It is the ground for the starter relay and I forgot to reconnect it after I worked on the water pump a few days earlier. Once ALL the wires were connected the engine started right up. It was late when we launched and by the time we got out to Freemans Bay all the spots were gone, so we had to move into Ordinance Bay and anchor there – just across from Nelson’s Dockyard. Our view of Nelson’s Dockyard Marina Foreground – Tank Bay, Ordinance Bay in back. Compass Rose is the second boat from the right SIGHTS AROUND THE ANCHORAGE Check out the guy in the little skiff – He lives on the boat behind him Just another visitor to Compass Rose You know you have been in the mangroves too long when they start growing out of your boat Hummingbird we saw in the Middle Ground between English Harbour and Falmouth Harbour NEXT – LIFE AFLOAT Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment » Going Transatlantic January 10, 2014 posted from The Anchorage Inn, English Harbour, Antigua. We have been building a house in North Carolina. Our builder kept telling us that we should leave town when our house got to the drywall stage because there would be nothing but dust everywhere. We took the suggestion to heart and not only got out of town – we left the continent. By plane. Jackie and Mohammed, our guide, outside Rick’s Cafe, Casablanca, Morocco No, it’s not the Ricks Café from the movie, but we still had to go, because as Louis Renault said in Casablanca, “Everybody comes to Rick’s.” So here we are in Morocco. We got a good deal on a last minute tour. I originally was going to walk you through the tour place by place, but I think it will be better to talk about aspects of the country. There could easily be twice as much text in this post and I had a terrible time culling the 2000 or so photographs down to what I included. Here is the story: We had an overnight flight to Casablanca, met our guide and our fellow travelers, and started the whirlwind tour. We traveled from Casablanca to Rabat, the capital city. From there it was on to Meknes and then Fez (the city, not the hat). After Fez, we passed through the Atlas Mountains to Erfoud. We spent a couple nights on the edge of the Sahara Desert, and then visited Tineghir, Marrakech, and Essaouira. MOROCCO IS A MUSLIM COUNTRY Let there be no doubt, Morocco is a Muslim country. Everywhere you look you will see a mosque. More that that, five times a day they broadcast the Call to Prayer from every mosque. In older times, each call was repeated four times – once from each side of the mosque. Now the call is prerecorded and can be heard in any place of any real population. It never ceased to be a somewhat unreal experience because it was so pervasive and because of the tone of the announcement. Our guide even had an app on his smart phone to give the call to prayer at the appropriate times each day. One of our first stops of note was the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca. It is the largest mosque in Morocco and the only one in the country that can be entered by non-Muslims. Hassan II mosque in Casablanca Inside the mosque This amazing structure was our introduction to Moroccan architecture. Mosques have separate areas for men and women to cleanse themselves before prayer and separate areas for actual prayer. You can’t wear shoes in a mosque Local buildings may be old or in ill-repair, but you will still see a well-kept mosque PEOPLE The people of Morocco were generally friendly and helpful. Most are Muslims, but they are more relaxed in their attitudes than in many other countries. We saw a lot of women wearing non-traditional dress, but almost all had some sort of covering for their hair. Every once in a while we would see a woman in traditional dress covered head to foot with only her eyes showing. The next picture is a good example of the range of women’s dress. The one after shows a couple women in the plaza in very conservative attire. There was a wide variety of dress among Moroccan women In the next picture it looks like the woman in western dress is considering getting her hand decorated with henna which creates a tattoo-like design that can last up to a few weeks. It was hard to tell how many women stay with the very traditional dress, because they would be most likely to seldom venture out into public. Women in the market plaza wearing very conservative dress doing business with a woman in Western attire We also found the people to be fairly tolerant of other activities such as drinking alcohol. Our first night in Rabat our guide took us to a to dinner, but we stopped at a local bar on the way. A couple days before we went to the desert we stopped at a local store for provisions. The store was about the same size as the average convenient store here. There was a separate room that had a good selection of beer, wine, and liquor. We found that about half of the time a restaurant would serve alcohol. But not all locals turned their heads when we did something wrong. Just as our guide was telling us that it is not allowed to photograph policemen, even at a distance, one our fellow tourists who had wandered off to take a picture was being politely told the same thing by one of the gendarmes. Oops! We met a lot of people, but mostly interacted with our guides. Mohammed, our guide, did a great job. He was interesting, informative, and had a sense of humor, all while keeping us together – a bit like herding cats. Her he is in one of his lighter moments guide demonstrating that the cork tree nut is edible – although mostly used for animal feed. Our guide Mohammed. Earlier I mentioned that Mohammed had an app on his phone to call him to prayer. He had to do his job as our guide so he couldn’t always observe the call to prayer, but sometimes when we were settled – like in the middle of lunch – he would excuse himself and find a secluded place to pray. We also had a few local guides for specific historic sites or to shepherd us through a medina. This was our guide in Tineghir. Our guide in the Tineghir Roadside vendor Woman cooking traditional flatbread in a wood fired oven Local women going about daily life It was common for us to see men sitting at small roadside cafes, but never any women. Men relaxing at a cafe Just one of the many street musicians we encountered. Woman in traditional dress waiting for her son to ride back? Our travel company provides some support to a school in Morocco. We stopped there to visit and have lunch. A couple students shared a table with us. One was rather quiet, but the other was fun to talk to. We even had a geography lesson using a couple big wall maps in the lunch room. Fellow traveler, Betty, Jackie, student Lhoussaine and I after lunch Some businessmen start young. This fellow would let you pose for pictures holding his baby fox – for a small fee, of course. Young boy with what we thought was a baby fox. It turns out this is a Fennec fox and never grows any larger. They are thought to be the precursors to chihuahuas.You can pay to have your picture taken holding the fox. GOVERNMENT Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament. The king, King Mohammed VI, has broad powers and has ongoing programs to make sure all households have electricity and that school is available to all. The king has palaces in all the major cities and towns, but the primary Royal Palace is in Rabat. We visited the Royal Palace , but there are no tours for visitors, so we could only look from the outside. Main entrance to the Royal Palace. The king isn’t in. ANTIQUITIES There are many ancient sites in Morocco and we visited a few on the trip. One site included the Chellah necropolis from the 14th century and the Andalusian Gardens. Chellah, a 14th century Merind necropolis Hassan Tower We saw the Hassan tower, an unfinished mosque built mostly in the 12th century. On the way to Fez we stopped at the Roman city of Volubis. This is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is one of the best-preserved Roman archaeological sites in North Africa. Roman ruins Original Roman mosaic floor Jackie looks on while the guide explains the olive press Roman columns In Tineghir we visited an old mosque and religious school that is no longer being used but is being slowly restored. Former mosque and religious school Mausoleum Mohammad V is a modern structure, but it sits on the site of a mosque that was destroyed by an earthquake in 1755. The tower, floor, and parts of the roof support column remain. Columns that supported the roof of the mosque Long ago they dug aquaducts to bring water from the mountains to the plains. How do you keep a straight line while digging underground? Every so often you dig a well. In this picture you can see the rope hanging down to the bucket. Ancient underground aquaduct MEDINAS AND SOUKS On the way home from a party with a lampshade on his head? Welcome to the souk Everywhere you go, you have to buy things. The towns and cities have areas that we would find typical – streets with shops along them. But the two traditional places where goods are sold are medinas and souks. Strictly speaking, a medina is an old city. They are usually walled and filled with narrow streets. Many streets are lined with shops. Souks are open air markets or commercial quarters. Souks often begin outside cities or towns, but can eventually be walled and become part of a town. The souk might be the commercial part of a Medina. Thus the distinction can blur – at least to this western observer. Marrakech has a large market plaza outside the medina There is a lot to see in the marketplace in Marrakesh Many vendors had a lot of inventory We visited quite a few market plazas and they were quite interesting, but they were nothing like the souks in the medinas. Every older city has marketplace, or souk. These are the older portion of the city enclosed within walls. They are streets lined with stall after stall of goods. Some are quite open and others are very narrow and maze-like. Many are covered over so you find yourself in an enclosed maze. In the souk in Marrakesh Inside the souk you can find almost anything. In some souks will find similar shops in the same area, but in others they are completely mixed. Some are large and open, others a little narrow rooms. And everyone is ready to deal. “For you a special price” Spices for sale in the souk They sell everything in the souk….. …everything Some souks are old and dingy – others are more open and well lit. Typical view in the souk Sometimes the souks were narrow and crowded and you had to dodge delivery animals and vehicles Some souks are restricted to foot traffic although that includes push carts and donkeys. Other souks are open to vehicles and in those you have to be careful of fast moving scooters and motorcycles. We toured the large souks in Fez and Marrakech. Our guides were careful not to lose us in these mazes. At the end of our trip we returned to Marrakech and stayed in a riad in the edge of the souk. The people at the riad gave us a map and armed with that and a compass we managed to find our way through the souk to the plaza and back. SPECIALTY PRODUCTS We constantly passed rows of shops in very small towns and in the cities. Some were retail establishments, but most were manufacturing, fabrication, or repair establishments. Typical storefronts We typically passed by places like those in the picture above, but we conveniently stopped at some places that produced local specialty items. And even more conveniently most accepted credit cards. On the way to the Sahara Desert we stopped a place that made furniture and art objects out of rocks with embedded fossils. They were quite beautiful. A table made with stones containing fossils After that we visited a rug factory. Local women made rugs on hand looms. We were served tea and shown rugs that were for sale. Rug hand loom We were served tea and then shown rugs for purchase We stopped at a place that made leather goods from scratch. They started with hides and ended with very nice leather clothing and articles. I didn’t get any pictures of the merchandise, but I did get some shots of the leather tanning vats. Vats for processing hides into leather In Fez we visited a ceramics shop where they made a wide variety of items. A potter shapes what appears will be the top to a tagine – a covered serving dish All ceramics are decorated freehand… …with a practiced eye… …and attention to detail We watched quite a few artisans decorating the pottery. They drew simple lines like these – straight and smooth – and repeated identical patterns on piece after piece, all by hand. A table that looks like this… It was quite interesting to see how some things were made. For example, the table pictured above was made face down as shown in the picture below. …is made by placing the colored pieces face down and pouring the grout around them We stopped in a textile shop where they did very nice needlework and beautiful weaving. Women doing needlework Samples in a textile shop Not a product, but more of a service, decorating the body with henna is a popular addition to a woman’s outfit. One evening we went to the home of a woman who creates this body art. She paints it on and the customer dries it under a lamp into a hard crust. The next day the customer cleans off the henna and the result is a temporary tattoo. Jackie gets a henna tattoo These tattoos are generally used for decoration, but they are also part of a bride’s preparation for her wedding. The groom has to be her servant as long as the henna lasts – as much a two weeks if good quality henna is used. The finished product Jackie removed the crust to find a rather pale design on her hand. We were a bit disappointed that it wasn’t a bit darker. ARGAN OIL Although argan (pronounced like the gas “argon”) oil is a specialty product it merits its own section. It is used as a cosmetic and as a food product. Argan nuts are harvested, the shells cracked open and the meat is ground to release the oil. We visited a coop where the oil was processed and sold. This was one of the few places where we felt we could get the pure oil. The oil in the souks was often cut with other substances. Even tourists get to grind the argan nuts Some livestock – notably goats – like argan nuts. They eat the nuts, but do not break the shells, but the shells soften as they pass through the goats. We have been told that people collect and process these nuts to produce oil. Yes, goats climb trees to eat argan nuts I saw this with my own eyes on the way to and from Essaouira. THE SAHARA DESERT We spent two nights in the Sahara desert in the tour company’s camp. The terrain has areas of hard packed dirt and areas of massive sand dunes. We traveled by camel and 4-wheel drive SUVs. Resting up for caravan duty Jackie the camel jockey Sometimes 4-wheel drive is not enough. I am the second butt from the left. Our tent in the desert The first morning we got up early to watch the sunrise. It was nice. Sunrise To the west we saw camels on the ridge of the high dunes. Camels silhouetted against the sky Sunsets were pretty cool, too. Sundown behind the dunes Sand dunes outside our camp We visited a nomad family. Nomad tent Nomad woman and her daughter host the tourists You can’t leave the nomad camp without checking out the trinkets for sale Jackie tries on some headgear More nomads We also visited a small farm irrigated with water pumped to the surface with pump powered by solar panels. Solar powered water pump for irrigation Young children man the “gift shop” at the farm IRRIGATION We left the Sahara and passed through the Atlas Mountains. We passed a small river that has been dammed up. The impoundment is used to generate hydroelectric power and then the water downstream is used for irrigation. A man made lake used for irrigation and hydroelectric power Our next stop was the town of Tineghir. This city is built around a small river. The land along the river bank is fertile and much of the water is used for irrigation. The result is a green strip of dense farmland through the valley. Water cascades into this gorge and is channeled off for irrigation throughout the valley. It’s amazing what a little irrigation will do. Crops being raised in the valley LANDSCAPES Morocco has a very dry climate. Except in the heart of a city, earthy tones of brown and red and pink and yellow dominate. But when you look closely you can often see a light undergrowth of green tinting the landscape. Despite the arid environment, small grasses and shrubs find a way to grow. Rolling hills were common Sheep grazing in the desert Much of the land was cultivated The Atlas Mountains were impressive. Atlas Mountains Mountains tower over a fertile strip in a river valley. The view from our hotel room Sometimes the green in the landscape was quite amazing Lush green in a dry land But more landscapes were like the next one where a faint hint of green could be seen in the pinks and browns. Adobe, brick, and concrete blend into the surroundings The roads through the Atlas Mountains were twisty – and sometimes exciting. One of the many winding roads we encountered passing through the Atlas Mountains We actually encountered some roads more impressive than the one above. More rolling hills We would see planted fields where we least expected them. OLIVES No one serves a meal in Morocco without olives – yes, that includes breakfast. Olive trees grow everywhere. People use ladders and special small, rake-like tools to pull the olives off the trees. Olives ripen in the sun, so olives in the middle of the tree ripen more slowly than olives on the outside. A single olive tree can have a variety of olives. Olives in the market Harvesting olives Olive picking tool. All these olives came from the same tree TRANSPORTATION We traveled by tour bus most of the time, and by four-by-four and camel in the desert. The most common form of local transportation was the scooter. Everyone rides scooters We saw a few of these livestock trucks. Sort of like those double deck tour buses except they are for livestock Typical donkey drawn cart made from car axles and wheels Horse drawn carriage that we rode. Not exactly the Marrakesh Express Luckily these carriages do not operate at high speeds It was entertaining to see what people would carry on their vehicles. No wonder you don’t see any U-Haul franchises in Morocco But the most interesting vehicle we saw was this hand powered tricycle. Evidently the rider has a problem with his legs, so he rigged up this tricycle with a hand crank using bicycle sprockets and pedals. Hand powered tricycle ESSAOUIRA Our tour ended in Marrakech. We said farewell to our guide and fellow tourists and got on a bus to Essaouira, a seacoast town a few hours ride from Marrakech. The bus ride was uneventful. Someone met us when we got off. We were sort of expecting a taxi, but we weren’t sure because our riad was in the souk and cars usually can’t travel there. The fellow who met us piled our bags in a hand drawn two-wheeled cart and set off into the streets of the walled city. Cart like the porter’s and motorcycle This souk was more open and had wider streets than most we had visited and soon we were at the door of the riad. The road in the following picture is typical for this souk although some were wider and some were very narrow. Typical road in the souk This was the third riad we stayed in and similar to the previous ones. It had four floors of with the common rooms on the ground floor and bedrooms on the rest. In the center was a nice little courtyard and there was a small patio/dining area on the roof. The rooftop where we ate breakfast each morning View of the sea from the riad rooftop The riad was very nice inside. The riad courtyard Our room in the riad We walked through the souk to the sea wall. The view was impressive in many respects. The seawall and fortifications were quite substantial and the coast looked so rocky that you wouldn’t think canons would be needed, But even more memorable was the relentless wind. Old fortification along the seawall The coastline outside the fort was very rough We walked out of the fort into the harbor area where we found many small fishing boats like the blue ones in the picture below as well as larger fishing boats. Just some of the many small fishing boats in the harbor There were many large fishing boats in the harbor as well Boats were built in the harbor. Wooden boats at different stages of construction Old boats are floated onto frames and dragged up the ramp for repair We also found a few cruising boats and met a couple who had recently arrived from Europe. Inna and Nikolche on their boat, Nikita Hopefully we will see them again in the Caribbean. We walked around the harbor and came to a magnificent beach. Once through the surf the water was pretty flat and the steady wind made a great place for wind surfing and kite surfing. The amazing beach was home to wind surfers and kite surfers We met a British couple who were staying in the riad. They had heard of an interesting market and we thought it would be fun to go. We talked with the riad owner about it and his description didn’t quite match what we were expecting, but we thought it sounded like fun. He arranged for a taxi and off we went. We drove out into the country and he dropped us off in a little village. We arranged to meet him at the same spot a couple hours later. We wandered into the market area – sort of a free form souk. The people were wall to wall and at first we were going against the flow like salmon swimming upstream. We obviously didn’t look like locals and we were the only foreigners there. Other than a couple guys walking around selling cheap jewelry no one seemed to pay us any attention. After a short time we realized that outside of our group there were only a couple women in the souk. We spent almost two hours wandering around. It was probably the closest we got to a pure, non-tourist experience on our trip. Finally we met the taxi driver at the appointed place and drove back to Essaouira. After marching along on a guided tour for so long it was nice to have had a couple days to just relax. The porter took our bags to the bus station and as we were about to check our bags we realized that we had left our passports in the safe in the riad. We had fifteen minutes until the bus would depart, so Jackie waited in line while I ran back to the riad. I found my way with only minor hesitation and was there in five minutes. The owner ran up to our third floor room and brought down our passports. He offered to go back to the bus station with me on his bicycle, but I told him he didn’t need to. I started running back, but I had time to spare so I stopped and walked a couple times. I went out through the city gate only to realize that I missed a turn somewhere and had to run around the outside of part of the town. I arrived at what we thought was the departure time only to find out it was the boarding time and I had another fifteen minutes to cool off after my morning exercise. We spent the next night in Marrakech, flew to Casablanca, and then back to the US. A FEW ODD PICTURES Storks are common in Marrakesh Wardrobe adjustment Mosque at dusk COMMUNICATION It’s funny how signs translate from one language to another. Are you checking in to rihab? Might this make you a little nervous? Because it’s the end of the post Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments » Summer Vacation 2 October 26, 2013 posted from Washington, DC So what have we been doing this summer? Building a House We have been building a house near Wilmington, NC. It has taken a lot of energy, but it is well underway now. Front of house Back of house And to answer the question we always get – the boat stays in the Caribbean. Sailing You don’t have to be in the Caribbean to go sailing. We visited our friends, Bob and Terry, in DC quite a bit this summer while our house was being built. The most recent visit coincided with the Annapolis Sailboat Show and the Good Old Boat Regatta. We sailed in the regatta every year when we had a boat on the Bay, so it was great to do it again this year on their boat, China Rose. We didn’t exactly win, but we had a great sail. China Rose beating to windward in the Good Old Boat Regatta The China Rose crew (l to r) Karen, Bob, Jeff, Terry, and Jackie We also had a chance to sail with them a couple more times while we were in town. Thanks to the government shutdown our other friend, Bob, had plenty of time to go sailing. So I got a chance to see his newly acquired Saga 43, Phaeton, and go for a sail. Not a lot of wind, but still a nice day on the water. Phaeton in her slip Birding We took a few days and went to Cape May, NJ for some bird watching. This is fall migration and the birds heading south get funneled down the east coast and stop at Cape May to rest before flying across the Delaware Bay. Here are a few birds we saw. Black-throated blue warbler Downey woodpecker Unidentified Raptor Pair of ducks Warbler Wigeon Yes, there is such a thing as a yellow-bellied sap sucker Shots just for fun Spider in web Grasshopper Sunset I wanted to add a little more but we are out of time. The next adventure starts today Stay tuned…… Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment » Summer Vacation September 5, 2013 posted from Flat Rock, MI It has been a long time since our last post and a lot has happened. I will try to hit the high points. Summertime. It was already past Memorial Day when we left Compass Rose in Antigua and flew to Florida. It is now after Labor Day and we have not stopped moving. We traveled from Florida to the DC area via Wilmington and Oriental, NC, and back to Wilmington, NC. Then two round trips from Wilmington to Michigan and back with stops in between. Here’s the story – not necessarily in order. WHEELS We decided that in the future we will spend a little more time on land than we have over the last four years, so it finally makes economic sense to buy a car. We landed in Florida and began car shopping. This was an interesting experience because neither of us has bought a car in the past ten years or owned one in the last four. Most models have changed from what we remember. To add to the fun, I misplaced my license in the Caribbean and would not be able to pick up the replacement until after the first weekend we were there, so Jackie got to do all the early test drives. We eventually settled on a late model Ford Fusion. Our slightly used Ford Fusion DICKERSON RENDEZVOUS We had wheels and we were ready to roll. We checked our schedule and found we had just enough time to cruise to Oriental, NC, pick up Don and D (Dickerson 41 #1, Southern Cross) drive to the Chesapeake with Don and D for the annual Dickerson Owners Rendezvous. On the way we stopped to pick up their new half hull model. Don and D get their new half hull model The rendezvous was a lot of fun. We got to see many other Dickerson owners who we only ever see at these gatherings. We stayed on Bruce Franz’s boat, Hemisphere Dancer, and crewed for him on the race from Cambridge, MD to Oxford, MD. Bruce peeks around the dodger We placed second in class behind overall winners Dave and Siobhan Fahrmeier on Down Home. Racing got a bit close at times Down Home negotiates some traffic on the way to her victory After the rendezvous we sailed to Galesville on Down Home for a small gathering. It was a lot of fun to sail into the West River after being gone for so long. Rafted up in Galesville HEADING SOUTH We said goodbye to our Dickerson friends, collected Don and D, and headed back to Oriental. We got there in time for open mike night at The Silos and spent the evening listening to good music and hanging out with people we met when we stayed there in 2011. Dinner at The Silos Peter (right) from Jabaru has kept us entertained from Oriental to Grenada and back ROAD TRIP Somewhere in here we did a road trip to the DC area, Newbury, Detroit, Mackinac Island, Cambridge, OH, and back to Wilmington – more or less in that order. DC was to get our annual doctor visits out of the way. While there we managed to take a little kayaking trip on the Potomac with our friends Mark and Elizabeth and their kids. In Ohio we stayed at my mom’s house and visited with her, my siblings and their families, and my aunt who was visiting from Florida. While there we went to a unicycle drill team practice to watch my sister and niece. Mom and Mimi Jackie and Aunt Ruth demonstrate their hula hoop skills My sister Suzy and niece Sarah practicing We worked our way to Michigan to meet niece Nancy, her husband, Corey, and their daughters Sumer and Willow. We rendezvoused with them at Jackie’s brother’s house. (l to r back row) Frank, Linda, Cory (l to r) Mike, Jackie, Pat, Sumer, Nancy, Willow While there Sumer took her first bike ride without training wheels. Corey spots Sumer as she “solos” without training wheels We then spent most of a week with Nancy, Cory and kids at Mackinac Island. No motor vehicles are allowed on the island, so all transportation is by walking, bicycle or horse drawn conveyance. It was a very fun, relaxed week. All those horses provide street sweepers with job security Horse drawn carriage tour of Mackinac Island The trip from Michigan back to Wilmington included a stop in Cambridge, OH, to celebrate Jackie’s aunt Mari-an’s 93rd birthday. We were joined by some of her siblings for the event. LABOR DAY WEEKEND PART 1 We went to Ohio and Michigan for Labor Day weekend. The trip actually started with a stop in DC to visit friends Terry and Bob. While there, their friend Mary stopped by for a couple nights as she breezed through the area. (l to r) Mary, Terry, Bob, and Jackie We left DC on Wednesday and arrived at my Mom’s house in Newbury (near Cleveland) with a couple days to spare before our nephew’s Friday wedding. The wedding was held at a park on the Lake Erie shore and the reception was at my mom’s house. All my siblings, an aunt, cousins, nieces, and nephews and some friends were there. It was great to see all these people at the same time. Nephew Michael and his new wife Becky cut their cake LABOR DAY WEEKEND PART 2 Saturday was a travel day. We drove to Michigan so we could attend a family picnic at Jackie’s brother John’s house on Sunday. We spent Saturday night at Jackie’s sister Beth and her husband Mark’s house. Mark and I tend to do “guy stuff” when we get together. (Mark was half of the crew that helped me sail Compass Rose from North Carolina to the Virgin Islands a couple years ago.) This weekend was no exception. Saturday evening started with beer and cigars. Sunday started at 3 AM when a friend picked us up for the opening of Goose season. Sunrise over Lake St. Claire By 6:30 we were at the lake and in position to slaughter those poor geese. Hunting party (l to r) Matt, Mark, George and stealth hunting craft Mighty Hunter Don’t let the gun fool you – it was just a prop for the picture. Given the cost of a hunting license for a non-resident, I did all my shooting with a camera. Animals are smarter than you might think. The geese knew they were in season and the few we saw were way out of gun range and almost too far away for my camera. On the other hand the ducks knew their season hadn’t started yet and landed near our decoys. We never fired a shot. By early afternoon we had made it back to Mark’s house, put the hunting gear away, showered, and driven to John’s house to join the rest of the family at the picnic. Lots of good people and good food. Swimming off the party barge in the lake. Just what you would expect on Labor Day weekend. Friends and relatives hanging out on the back porch You have to make the most of the end of summer, so on Monday we joined Jackie’s childhood friend, Maureen, her husband, and a bunch of friends at their new fixer upper lake house. It was much like the day before, but with fewer people and a bit cool for swimming. A nice end to the summer. OBLIGATORY BIRD What would a blog entry be without a couple bird pictures? Goldfinch in DC Cedar Waxwings OK, so it’s not a bird Ospreys always remind us of the Chesapeake Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment » Antigua Wrap July 3, 2013 posted from Wilmington, NC ANTIGUA We sailed into Falmouth Harbour, Antigua and found it nearly empty. There were some local charter boats, liveaboards, stored boats, and a few cruisers, but nothing link the huge crowd that was there for the regattas. We thought we would be all alone, but as we cruised in we spotted Wings (Fred and Ruth), some friends from Grenada who had been in Antigua since before the Classic Regatta. A day or two later we heard our friends Jack and Bobbi (Moonrise) on the radio. They were also anchored in Falmouth Harbour. Although both boats moved on before we did, it was nice to have a little relaxed company. Hanging out at Shirley Heights. (L to R) Jackie, Ruth, Bobbi, Jack, Fred View of English Harbour from Shirley Heights View from Shirley Heights – Falmouth Harbour is the water on the far right We spent a lot of time getting the boat ready to haul out, but we took time off once in a while. One day we hiked the middle ground – the area between English Harbour and Falmouth Harbour. The hills are full of goats and sheep. Usually we see a few here and there, but that day we encountered them in larger than usual groups. Sheep doing some people watching We walked down to an area near the shore that we had not explored before. An large ditch had been cut through and the ground graded. There were a few birds, but what was more interesting were the shells we found in the graded area. One was like none we had ever seen before. Another was more common, but it was essentially cut in half exposing the interior. A cool shell we found – our friends Mark and Michelle on Reach tell us this is a murex What’s a shell look like inside? Cashew we found during a hike – the green part is the nut Life was quiet in Falmouth Harbour. Once in a while we saw locals doing some fishing. Local fisherman But the really interesting thing that happened was that we got a surprise visitor. Jackie got up one morning and when she ventured out into the cockpit she found a white pigeon sitting on the aft hatch. It was quite docile and didn’t seem to mind Jackie walking around nearby or trying to shoo it away. Our surprise visitor We finally got the pigeon to take off (he left a mess behind). We watched as it flew in a large circle passing by many other boats. It then came to land on one of the mizzen spreaders. We tried making noise, snapping halyards, and various other things to try to dislodge the pigeon. Finally it hopped off the spreader – and landed on top of the radar where we could no longer see it. For all we know it could still be there. Why did the pigeon pick our boat? We have no idea. We had not seen a pigeon like it during our travels until we visited The Saintes the week before. Coincidence or stowaway – who knows? ENGLISH HARBOUR We had traveled over to Slipway Boatyard and Marina in English Harbour and made arrangements with Deon, the manager, to haul Compass Rose, but then spent some time getting ready for the big event. Finally we motored around to English Harbour and anchored off Galleon Beach. Jackie works on her aqua aerobics off Galleon Beach We had heard that boats tended to wander around their anchors, so once we were settled we talked to a neighboring boat. While we were talking our boats drifted closer and closer together. We promptly pulled up the anchor and moved to another spot. English Harbour and Galleon Beach anchorage (right) The Galleon Beach anchorage is small and when the wind drops, boats tend to wander around in all directions relative to each other. The entertainment was to watch boats come in and try to find a spot to anchor when all the boats were pointed every which way.. When the wind and/or currents were right our neighbor had a lot of space around them. Boats would anchor and our neighbor would explain the situation and ask them to move. They would then move the next biggest spot – right next to us. The guy in the first boat to do this was fine at first, but as I was going to bed I noticed that our boats had drifted close together. I gave a couple toots on our horn to get his attention and asked if he was going to do anchor watch. He said he would and I went to bed. That boat left the next day, but another came and anchored nearby later. They weren’t obnoxious and they kept an eye on the boats. We did drift to within a boat length of each other the next morning. The cat drifts nearby Close friends The other recurring theme was boat rescues. Not too long after we arrived we noticed a boat coming from the direction of Falmouth Harbour that wasn’t making much progress against the wind and waves. A boat in the anchorage raised anchor and headed out. Then a guy got in his dinghy and headed out towards the ocean. It turned out that the boat at sea had an engine failure and was anchored. The guy in the dinghy lent them a hand and the other boat towed them in. Our dinghy was still up, so we just kept an eye on the process. The next day a boat sailed in from the east, missed the channel, and anchored between the channel marker and the fort. The fellow who took his dinghy out the previous day again went to the rescue. I hopped in our dinghy and joined in the fun. We put the dinghies on either side and pulled the boat in to the fuel dock at the boatyard. I helped them get lines ashore. The captain looked familiar – it was Deon, the boatyard manager we talked to about hauling out our boat. LONG HAUL After a lot of preparation the day finally came to haul the boat. We raised anchor and motored over to the fuel dock to top up the tanks. We checked to make sure they were ready and motored around to the ramp. Most places use a travel lift to pick up the boat and move it around, but Slipway uses a trailer. The boat sits on supports on the middle of the trailer and the arms support it so it doesn’t fall over. To haul your boat, they back the trailer into the water and then direct you to drive the boat in over the trailer. Once there they raise the arms on the trailer and adjust them to support the boat. The trailer operator was a guy called “Fire” – we didn’t ask where the name came from. He guided us in helping us account for the cross wind. Once over the trailer he raised the arms and “captured” our boat. Then the process began. Fire would move the trailer arms to better position Compass Rose and then check how she sat. This often included him swimming under the boat to check the position of the arms. Fire adjusts the position of the boat on the trailer When he thought everything was ready he signaled the winch operator to pull the trailer up the ramp. As the trailer came out of the water Compass Rose would settle in place. It took a few tries, but finally Fire got us settled. Then the winch operator pulled the trailer out of the water and they hooked it to a yard tractor. 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It’s Valentine’s Day in Winterspell, but not everyone appears to be feeling the love. And no, I’m not talking about my date-less self. Instead of being wooed by candlelight, I’m working in a candle shop. Cora Hearth, Winterspell’s magical chandler, has teamed up with Sugar Shack to create party favors for the lucky couples, and they’re counting on us to spark some magic for their special night. So, when a thief breaks into my delivery van and swipes the goodies, Cora and I—and her persnickety talking cat—have to join forces to track down the culprit in time to save Valentine’s Day. Buy it Now Learn more Book 1 Witchy Whiskers Have you ever wished your cat could talk to you? If so, allow my story to be your cautionary tale. My life was going just fine by most standards. I ran a successful business in a tight-knit magical community, and lived just blocks from a beautiful lake and series of hiking trails. Then Selene showed up. According to some magical code I inherit my aunt’s ancient familiar; a grumpy ten-pound cat with a broken filter. She fancies herself something of a saber-toothed tiger, and claims to have wrestled the thread of her ninth life from the hands of the Fates themselves — although, I’m pretty sure that last part isn’t true. Almost positive. I’m still looking into the magical fine print, but in the meantime I’m stuck as the guardian to a cat with the personality of Sophia from the Golden Girls. Oh, and by another cruel twist of fate, my ex-husband just moved back into town. I thought I couldn’t take any more, but when a murder rocks my small community, I wind up entangled in the investigation thanks to a handsome stranger. If only life came equipped with a rewind button. Buy it Now Learn more First in Series Books: Buy it now Learn more Series: Beechwood Harbor Magic Mysteries Buy it now Learn more Series: Standalones Buy it now Learn more Series: Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mysteries Buy it now Learn more Series: Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries Buy it now Learn more Series: A Touch of Magic Mysteries Buy it now Learn more Series: Nine Lives Magic Buy it now Learn more Series: Winter Witches of Holiday Haven Previous Next Available in Audio! Previous Next Magic, Mayhem, and Mystery! Book 1 Book 2 Book 4.5 Book 1 Book 1 Book 1 Book 4 Previous Next Privacy Policy Menu Privacy Policy Join Book Club © 2022 Danielle Garrett Website by GoCreate.me This site

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In August, Audley and I celebrated our nineteenth wedding anniversary. According to everyone we work with, that’s a really big deal. Personally I think everyday spent with my husband is a really big deal, but that’s for another day. It is a wonderful feeling though, knowing that we have made it through the awesome good times as well as the really bad, always fighting for us, our marriage and family in every thing we do. I can’t say everything we’ve done has come easy (13 moves in 6 states, a hubby who had a heart attack at 33, various other health issues including my own obesity, and even in-law issues), but I can say without a doubt that the good, the bad; its all been worth it! We were so young!! It’s also a really good feeling that after nineteen years, people still notice that we are madly and passionately in love with each other. Even MacKenzie Grace recently had a girl that she works with make the comment that based on the way she (MacKenzie) acted and the comments she makes that she still had parents that were happily married. Recently, we have a friend who has been going through a rough patch in their own life and marriage. While in conversation with Audley and I a couple of weeks back they made the comment that they wanted a marriage like ours and then asked our secret. Audley told them: “God First; Each other Second; and Self Third”. Sounds simple enough, but so many choose not to have this kind of relationship. It may be one person in the marriage or it may be both who are not putting the focus on where it should be. It does take a toll on a marriage, maybe not early on but even twenty to thirty years later as couples are divorcing when they hit the empty nest. There are many ways to keep your marriages strong, especially having a strong spiritual life together, but one way we keep our focus on each other is by dating. Yes, after nineteen years of marriage, I still date my husband. Regularly. I know that may sound odd, but just like the whole six and a half months we dated prior to our wedding, we still make plans and go out for the evening without our kids. It’s not always been easy and at times we have had to be very creative (check out our carpet picnic here), but we have always made time for each other. Really, dating is a great thing to benefit your marriage; a break from your element, downtime from the kids, time to reconnect with your spouse and talk about everything going on in your lives or the silly things that can keep your mind off work for a little while. Yes, we all need it. But, seriously, why do I date my husband? I think my Audley actually says it best…. “If you have an expensive car like a Mercedes, BMW or Lexus, you’ll do whatever you must in the way of maintenance to keep that car at peak performance. You know that vehicle, it’s quirks, what makes it run well and you know when it’s not at its best, and needing maintenance. It’s the same way with your spouse. You learn when things are well with your mate, what they like and dislike, when they are struggling, and even every little quirk they have. They are precious and should be treated as such. You do whatever maintainance is needed to keep your marriage fresh, alive and always growing; always at it’s best.” “Wives submit (offer respect) to your husbands as to the Lord…. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for it…” ~Ephesians 5:22,25 Yes, our marriage relationships are precious, special, and lovely indeed! Date night! I do love to date my man though. It’s our time to disconnect from the stresses of the world and reconnect with one another. We laugh, we talk, we share, we still dream and oh how we love! Song of Solomon 3:4 Since Audley travels during the week for work, I have returned to the workforce this last year, and we have three very busy teenagers at home, our nights out are even more important to us now than even ten years ago! Sometimes we dress-up and go to the theater (if you have a man that will watch Broadway AND ballet with you…. he’s good one!!), sometimes we go casual just strolling through a park (Audley will even go to the Country Living Fair at Stone Mountain with me), it may be sushi night, out to the movies (we have very opposite tastes so that isn’t too often), NASCAR races, slipping away for weekends in a hotel, watching football either live or at Buffalo Wild Wings, and sometimes we never even leave the house! There are times we keep it cheap (or free) and times we go way out of our budget, but each and every moment is treasured and precious to us. No matter what we do, we have found plenty of things that we are interested in together. And that is the key…. together. I have been very blessed to enjoy four girls weekends away this summer with girlfriends, bloggers, and my sisters. Audley enjoys golf with the guys. But in the end, the most fun we have is always together. Which is as it should be. Just out of curiosity, how long have you been married and what do you do to keep the romance alive in your marriages? I would love to know! Share this: Click to share on Facebook (ation ← Fit Friday: Easy at Home Circuit & Skinny Iced Coffee Refuel Wine Bar → One thought on “Dating My Hubby” Vee 2014/10/01 at 8:37 PM Oh we’re past that! ;> Happy Anniversary! You two look very happy together and you always have. LikeLike Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... 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Dividends4Life: Stock Analysis: SUPERVALU INC (SVU) Dividends4Life: Stock Analysis: SUPERVALU INC (SVUSUPERVALU INC (SVU) Posted by D4L | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | analysis | 2 comments » Linked here is a PDF copy of my detailed analysis of SUPERVALU INC (SVU) (alt.1, alt.2). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis: Company Description: SUPERVALU INC. is one of the largest U.S. food wholesalers, this company is also one of the biggest supermarket retailers in the U.S. Fair Value: I consider four calculations of fair value, see page 2 of the linked PDF for a detailed description: Avg. High Yield Price 20-Year DCF Price Avg. P/E Price Graham Nums and average the remaining two, SVU is trading at a 38.7% discount. SVU earned a Star in this section since it is trading at a fair value. Dividend Analytical Data: In this section I consider five factors, see page 2 of the linked PDF for a detailed description: Rolling 4-yr Div. > 15% Dividend Growth Rate Years of Div. Growth 1-Yr. > 5-Yr Growth Payout 15% of avg. SVU earned one Star in this section for 3.) above. SVU has paid a c section compares the earning ability of this stock with a high yield MMA. Two items are considered in this section, see page 2 of the linked PDF for a detailed description: NPV MMA Diff. Years to >MMA SVU earned both of the available Stars in this section. The NPV MMA Diff. of the $6,799 is in excess of the $2,500 minimum I look for in a stock that has increased dividends as long as SVU has. SVU's current yield of 6.11% exceeds the 4.61% estimated 20-year SVU has strong market share positions and is well positioned within its regional markets. However, the company operates in a highly competitive environment with constant threats of new entrants into its markets. Risks include acquisition integration issues, further deterioration in the economy and increased competition. 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gic trading star center Nikola Vucevic to Bulls By Dan FeldmanMar 25, 2021, 12:04 PM EDT Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) 0 Comments The Bulls dug themselves into a hole by trading their only star in Jimmy Butler in 2017. Chicago hasn’t even sniffed the playoffs since. Now, the Bulls have two All-Stars and more-formidable postseason odds. Chicago is trading for Magic center Nikola Vucevic, pairing him with fellow All-Star Zach LaVine. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN: Orlando is trading Nikola Vucevic Al-Farouq Aminu to Chicago, sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 25, 2021 Bulls are sending Wendell Carter Jr. and two first-round picks to the Magic, per sources. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) Marchvey to Orlando. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 25, 2021 That’s a HEFTY price to pay for Vucevic. Even if the Bulls (19-24, 10th in the East, 3.0 games out of fourth place) make their desired surge, they’ll probably convey a pick in the teens this year. Trading for 30-year-old Vucevic (who’s due $46 million over the next two seasons) also lowers Chicago’s ceiling in future years. That 2023 first-rounder could land fairly high in the draft. The No. 7 pick in 2018, Wendell Carter Jr. has shown flashes. However, he has struggled to stay healthy. Presumably, taking Al-Farouq Aminu was part of the Bulls’ cost. He’s 30 and depleted physically and has a $10,183,800 player option for next season. But Vucevic is a talented and productive center who should fit well (at least offensively). He brings credibility to a team desperately seeking it. A big question, though: Is this the right time for Chicago to prioritize the present? The answer is in the eye of the beholder. Winning more immediately can be gratifying. There’s also something to patiently building for a larger payoff down the road. Would making merely the play-in satisfy? The Bulls could reach the playoffs, but that’s far from a certainty. Winning a series is even less likely. The Magic – who faced a similar dilemma for years and often prioritized the present – finally make the wise move to rebuild. This roster has stagnated. Thankfully for Orlando, it wasn’t too late to sell high on Vucevic. This trade could presage other moves. The Magic are already trading Evan Fournier to the Celtics. Dealing Aaron Gordon makes even more sense now as Orlando enters a rebuild. Otto Porter looked valuable in Chicago just two years ago. But he has fallen into a reserve role amid injury issues, leaving him to be included in this deal as matching salary. Porter (who’s on a $28,489,239 expiring contract) won’t do much for the tanking rebuilding Magic this season. Perhaps, Orlando will flip him before this afternoon’s trade deadline. If not, the 27-year-old sweet-shooting forward should hold plenty of appeal if bought out. In Chicago, Lauri Markkanen is an imperfect fit with Vucevic and has already come up in trade rumors. More on the Bulls Billy Donovan to choose Bulls’ starting PG during training camp Lonzo Ball says ‘I can’t run’ or jump; Bulls’ Donovan... ‘Last Dance’ Jordan jersey from 1998 Finals sells for $10.1 million Leave a comment Scroll Down For: Report: Price tag on Phoenix Suns could be more than $3 billion By Kurt HelinSep 28, 2022, 4:06 PM EDT Harry How/Getty Images Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) 0 Comments In 2004, Robert Sarver bought the Phoenix Suns for a then-record $401 million. When Sarver sells the team now — pushed to do so following the backlash prompted by an NBA report that found an 18-year pattern of bigotry, misogyny, and a toxic workplace — he is going to make a massive profit. The value of the Suns now is at $3 billion or higher, reports Ramona Shelburne and Baxter Holmes of ESPN. There will be no shortage of bidders for the team, with league sources predicting a franchise valuation of more than $3 billion now that revenue has rebounded following the hei

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The world’s largest trade union associations - ITUC, ETUC, IndustriAll, IUF - with their affiliates, the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) have launched a global campaign in support of the strike movement in Belarus. 24-08-2020 ITUC ETUC Send a letter to the Belarusian authorities condemning all forms of repression against workers and their family members and demanding to stop the wave of violence, expressing solidarity with Belarusian workers who are implementing their right to strike in defense of democracy and human rights. Strikes continue at enterprises throughout Belarus with demands: to recognize the results of the presidential elections as invalid, to release all political prisoners and demonstrators, to prevent the persecution of strike participants and to cancel the system of short-term contracts. The administration and security forces are putting pressure on strikers, members of strike committees and their families. Many are threatened with dismissal. The most active are detained by the special services. At the same time, workers began to set up strike committees to prepare for a general strike in support of democratic change.

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Carolyn Holcomb, 75 passed away peacefully on December 30 at Thedacare Regional Medical Center. Carolyn was born in Brownsville, TN to Wesley and Elaine (Lawson) Mills. Carolyn enjoyed spending time with her family and her dog, Tinkerbelle. She served as the President of her resident council at Oneida Heights and made many friends during her time living there. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Larry and her sister Marilyn. She’s survived by her son Mike (Sharon) Rhoades, daughter Tanya (Brian) Walkem. Grandkids: Debra Rhoades, Michael Rhoades, Matthew Rhoades, Tyler Walkem and Trevor Walkem. Great-grandkids: Breanna Hutchison, Cameron Hutchison, Eian Hutchison, Matthew Rhoades and her Aunt Mattie Jann. Carolyn had a lot of friendships at Oneida Heights and she cherished all of the people who helped her with her dog and kept her company on a daily basis. She enjoyed summer bingo games, riding around town in her mobile chair and enjoying the summer heat. She will be forever missed and we hope she is living a pain free life surrounded by her family and friends in heaven. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Carolyn Elaine Holcomb, please visit our flower store.

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Jonathon and I were exhausted last night to have sexual relations, and I thought of describing how to best perform an often misunderstood role in sex, the doggy style. There are a few other questions you should talk about with your partner before making this move: Which hole? Many women (myself including) aren’t a fan of anal sex. It’s not our thing for those who are enjoying it. Good for you. Doing your best to impress your girlfriend with an anal is not the best option unless you plan to sleep outside later. It’s best to ask for it. It’s courteous. Do you want to finish this way or another? The majority of guys have to develop an amount of speed before they can finish. The position of a woman, particularly for someone who hasn’t had sexual contact all frequently, could be uncomfortable if he speeds up. So, be sure that you know what your partner can handle and, if they tell you to”stop,” then you must stop. With that over, we can get right into the business of it. There are some rules to be following to ensure that you both enjoy the job: Be sure that enough supports the admitted person. Your arms will become tired quickly If you think that all you require are your arms. I use two pillows to put them on top of my body, right beneath my breasts. Find the best fit for you. It’s about being comfortable. In addition, if your partner is speeding up, it will require help to stay standing. Check that your arse is at a high enough level. Anyone who enters is likely to have a tougher entry if they cannot discern what they are doing. Standing in that position is easier to see the angle involved. Kneeling or standing? Jonathon is standing as he’s taller than me, and there is a ceiling fan right above our mattress, so we know there is no chance of him hitting the fan accidentally If he’s standing. I typically sit at the edge of my bed, and Jonathon stands instead of the image above (I haven’t found a picture of a person standing); however, whatever is most for your needs. The usual procedure is to begin in a different posture and then move to doggy mode since the person who is entering will have to be well-lubricated to perform this specific position. In other words, it’s like you’re getting an injury to your rug over and over again in a delicate area. Make sure that your area is oily, whether by yourself or artificially. START SLOW. A cocky smack to your vagina is bound to be painful and especially the first time. So be sure to go slow. It’s too important to stress this point. The vagina can swell up like a terrified turtle, and it will ruin your night when he enters too quickly. Therefore, take your time and take pleasure. Increase speed as you progress. There’s nothing the female can do aside from rocking around, so most of the work is left to the male. However, it would be best if you only moved as quickly as both of you feel comfortable. Finally, Enjoy it. This is an ideal place to be if you’re open-minded and enjoy trying something new, so let yourself relax and enjoy the experience. Until next time,

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This Vermilion Flycatcher put on quite a show at the Gadwall Unit (Lot D) of the Los Banos Refuge. It repeatedly sallied out for a meal and returned to the same twig. This video shot by Leslie Lieurance is Windows Media. If the file fails to load, try downloading and installing the player from the link below, then return.

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CDP Private Cloud CDP Public Cloud Cloudera Data Science Workbench Data Engineering Data Hub Data Warehouse Machine Learning IoT/ Connected Products Security, Risk, & Compliance by Daniel Valdez Balderas Posted in Business | November 15, 2021 8 min read The word “data” is ubiquitous in narratives of the modern world. And data, the thing itself, is vital to the functioning of that world. This blog discusses quantifications, types, and implications of data. If you’ve ever wondered how much data there is in the world, what types there are and what that means for AI and businesses, then keep reading! Quantifications of data The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that by 2025 the sum of all data in the world will be in the order of 175 Zettabytes (one Zettabyte is 10^21 bytes). Most of that data will be unstructured, and only about 10% will be stored. Less will be analysed. Seagate Technology forecasts that enterprise data will double from approximately 1 to 2 Petabytes (one Petabyte is 10^15 bytes) between 2020 and 2022. Approximately 30% of that data will be stored in internal data centres, 22% in cloud repositories, 20% in third party data centres, 19% will be at edge and remote locations, and the remaining 9% at other locations. The amount of data created over the next 3 years is expected to be more than the data created over the past 30 years. So data is big and growing. At current growth rates, it is estimated that the number of bits produced would exceed the number of atoms on Earth in about 350 years – a physics-based constraint described as an information catastrophe. The rate of data growth is reflected in the proliferation of storage centres. For example, the number of hyperscale centres is reported to have doubled between 2015 and 2020. Microsoft, Amazon and Google own over half of the 600 hyperscale centres around the world. And data moves around. Cisco estimates that global IP data traffic has grown 3-fold between 2016 and 2021, reaching 3.3 Zettabytes per year. Of that traffic, 46% is done via WiFi, 37% via wired connections, and 17% via mobile networks. Mobile and WiFi data transmissions have increased their share of total transmissions over the last five years, at the expense of wired transmissions. Classifications of data A first analysis of the world’s data can be taxonomical. There are many ways to classify data: by its representation (structured, semi-structured, unstructured), by its uniqueness (singular or replicated), by its lifetime (ephemeral or persistent), by its proprietary status (private or public), by its location (data centres, edge, or endpoints), etc. Here we mostly focus on structured vs unstructured data. In terms of representation, data can be broadly classified into two types: structured and unstructured. Structured data can be defined as data that can be stored in relational databases, and unstructured data as everything else. In other words, structured data has a pre-defined data model, whereas unstructured data doesn’t. Examples of structured data include the Iris Flower data set where each datum (corresponding to a sample flower) has the same, predefined structure, namely the flower type, and four numerical features: height and width of the petal and sepal. Examples of unstructured data, on the other hand, include media (video, images, audio), text files (email, tweets), business productivity files (Microsoft Office documents, Github code repositories, etc.) Generally speaking, structured data tends to have a more mature ecosystem for its analysis than unstructured data. However –and this is one of the challenges for businesses– there is an ongoing shift in the world from structured to unstructured data, as reported by IDC. Another report states that between 80% and 90% of the world’s data is unstructured, with about 90% of it having been produced over the last two years alone. Currently only about 0.5% of that data is analysed. Similar figures of 80% of data being unstructured and growing at a rate of 55% to 65% annually is reported here. Data produced by sensors is reported to be one of the fastest growing segments of data and to soon surpass all other data types. And it turns out that image and video cameras, although making a relatively small portion of all manufactured sensors, are reported to produce the most data among sensors. From this information, it can be argued that images and video make up a very significant contribution to the world’s data. The IDC categorizes data into four types: entertainment video and images, non-entertainment video and images, productivity data, and data from embedded devices. The last two types, productivity data and data from embedded devices, are reported to be the fastest growing types. Data from embedded devices, in particular, is expected to continue this trend due to the growing number of devices, which itself is expected to increase by a factor of four over the next ten years. All of the above figures are for data that is produced, but not necessarily transmitted, e.g., between IP addresses. It is estimated that about 82% of the total IP traffic is video, up from 73% in 2016. This trend might be explained by increased usage of Ultra High Definition television, and the increased popularity of entertainment streaming services like Netflix. Video gaming traffic, on the other hand, though much smaller than video traffic, has grown by a factor of three in the last five years, and currently accounts for 6% of the total IP traffic. Now let’s explore some of the challenges that copious amounts of data bring to the AI, business, and engineering communities. The challenges of data Data facilitates, incentivizes, and challenges AI. It facilitates AI because, to be useful, many AI models require large amounts of data for training. Data incentivizes AI because AI is one of the most promising ways to make sense of, and extract value from, the data deluge. And data challenges AI because, in spite of its abundance in raw form, data needs to be annotated, monitored, curated, and scrutinized in its societal effects. Here we briefly describe some of the challenges that data poses to AI. Data annotation Abundance of data has been one of the main facilitators of the AI boom of the last decade. Deep Learning, a subset of AI algorithms, typically requires large amounts of human annotated data to be useful. But performing human annotations is expensive, unscalable, and ultimately unfeasible for all the tasks that AI may be set to perform in the future. This challenges AI practitioners because they need to develop ways to decrease the need for human annotations. Enter the field of learning with limited labeled data. There is a plethora of efforts to produce models that can learn without labels or with few labels. Since learning with labeled data is known as supervised learning, methods that reduce the need for labels have names such as self-supervision, semi-supervision, weak-supervision, non-supervision, incidental-supervision, few-shot learning, and zero-shot learning. The activity in the field of learning with limited data is reflected in a variety of courses, workshops, reports, blogs and a large number of academic papers (a curated list of which can be found here). It has been argued that self-supervision might be one the best ways to overcome the need for annotated data. Data curation “Everyone wants to do the model work, not the data work” starts the title of this paper. That paper makes the argument that work on data quality tends to be under-appreciated and neglected. And, it is argued, this is particularly problematic in high-stakes AI, such as applications in medicine, environment preservation and personal finance. The paper describes a phenomenon called Data Cascades, which consists of the compounded negative effects that have their root in poor data quality. Data Cascades are said to be pervasive, to lack immediate visibility, but to eventually impact the world in a negative manner. Related to the neglect of data quality, it has been observed that much of the efforts in AI have been model-centric, that is, mostly devoted to developing and improving models, given fixed data sets. Andrew Ng argues that it is necessary to place more attention on the data itself – that is, to iteratively improve the data on which models are trained, rather than only or mostly improving the model architectures. This promises to be an interesting area of development, given that improving large amounts of data might itself benefit from AI. Data scrutiny Data fairness is one of the dimensions of ethical AI. It aims to protect AI stakeholders from the effects of biased, compromised or skewed datasets. The Alan Turing Institute proposes a framework for data fairness that includes the following elements: Representativeness: using correct data sampling to avoid under- or over-representations of groups. Fitness-for-Purpose and Sufficiency: the collection of enough quantities of data, and the relevancy of it to the intended purpose, both of which impact the accuracy and reasonableness of the AI model trained on the data. Source Integrity and Measurement Accuracy: ensuring that prior human decisions and judgments (e.g., prejudiced scoring, ranking, interview-data or evaluation) are not biased. Timeliness and Recency: data must be recent enough and account for evolving social relationships and group dynamics. Domain Knowledge: ensuring that domain experts, who know the population distribution from which data is obtained and understand the purpose of the AI model, are involved in deciding the appropriate categories and sources of measurement of data. There are also proposals to move beyond bias-oriented framings of ethical AI, like the above, and towards a power-aware analysis of datasets used to train AI systems. This involves taking into account “historical inequities, labor conditions, and epistemological standpoints inscribed in data”. This is a complex area of research, involving history, cultural studies, sociology, philosophy, and politics. Computational requirements Before we discuss the implications of data and their challenges, it is relevant to say a few words about computational resources. In 2019 OpenAI reported that the computational power used in the largest AI trainings has been doubling every 3.4 months since 2012. This is much higher than the rate between 1959 and 2012, when requirements doubled only every 2 years, roughly matching the growth rate of computational power itself (as measured by the number of transistors, Moore’s law). The report doesn’t explicitly say whether the current compute-hungry era of AI is a result of increasing model complexity or increasing amounts of data, but it is likely a combination of both. Addressing the challenges of data At Cloudera we have taken on several of the challenges that unstructured data poses to the enterprise. Cloudera Fast Forward Labs produces blogs, code repositories and applied prototypes that specifically target unstructured data like natural language, images, and will soon be adding resources for video processing. We have also addressed the challenge of learning with limited labeled data and the related topic of few shot classification for text, as well as ethics of AI. Additionally, Cloudera Machine Learning facilitates the work of enterprise AI teams with the full data lifecycle, data pipelines, and scalable computational resources, and enables them to focus on AI models and their productionization. Conclusions Perhaps the two most important pieces of information presented above are Unstructured data is both the most abundant and the fastest-growing type of data, and The vast majority of that data is not being analysed. Here we explore the implications of these facts from four different perspectives: scientific, engineering, business, and governmental. From a scientific perspective, the trends described above imply the following: developing fundamental understandings of intelligence will continue to be facilitated, incentivized and challenged by large amounts of unstructured data. One important area of scientific work will continue to be the development of algorithms that require little or no human annotated data, since the rates at which humans can label data cannot keep pace with the rate at which data is produced. Another area of work that will grow is data-centric model development of AI algorithms, which should complement the model-centric paradigm that has been dominant up to now. There are many implications of large unstructured data for engineering. Here we mention two. One is the continued need to accelerate the maturation process of ecosystems for the development, deployment, maintenance, scaling and productionization of AI. The other is less well defined but points towards innovation opportunities to extend, refine and optimize technologies originally designed for structured data, and make them better suited for unstructured data. Challenges for business leaders include, on the one hand, understanding the value that data can bring to their organizations, and, on the other, investing and administering the resources necessary to attain that value. This requires, among other things, bridging the gap that often exists between business leadership and AI teams in terms of culture and expectations. AI has dramatically increased its capacity to extract meaning from unstructured data, but that capacity is still limited. Both business leaders and AI teams need to extend their comfort zones in the direction of each other in order to create realistic roadmaps that deliver value. And last but not least, challenges for governments and public institutions include understanding the societal impact of data in general, and, in particular, on how unstructured data impacts the development of AI. Based on that understanding, they need to legislate and regulate, where appropriate, practices that ensure positive outcomes of AI for all. Governments also hold at least part of the responsibility of building AI national strategies for economic growth and the technological transformation of society. Those strategies include development of educational policies, infrastructure, skilled labour immigration processes, and regulatory processes based on ethical considerations, among many others. All of those communities, scientific, engineering, business, and governmental, will need to continue to converse with each other, breaking silos and interacting in constructive ways in order to secure the benefits and avoid the drawbacks that AI promises. Daniel Valdez Balderas Research Engineer More by this author Editor am EST Excellent article… Thank you for providing such valuable information; the contents are quite intriguing. 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AF Symposium 2020: Use-as-needed NOAC strategy is safe and effective for selected AFUse-as-needed NOAC strategy is safe and effective for selected AF patients 24th January 2020 3210 Francis Marchlinski Speaking today at the AF Symposium (23–25 January, Washington, DC, USA), Francis Marchlinski (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA) reported that selected atrial fibrillation (AF) patients could safely and effectively take non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) “pro re nata” (PRN) without increasing their risk of stroke. Marchlinski commented that, after successful catheter ablation, some AF patients are “reluctant to continue anticoagulants in the absence of symptoms” and express “legitimate concerns” about the risk of bleeding with these drugs. He added that some of these patients may not actually need continuous anticoagulation, noting that ablation is associated with a “dramatic reduction” in AF burden and that “duration of AF seems to be a critical factor in putting a patient at increased risk of stroke”. Therefore, for selected patients, a strategy of using NOACs PRN (i.e. as needed) may be feasible as long as there was ongoing pulse assessment to monitor for uncommon AF recurrence. He reported that he and his colleagues are currently evaluating the safety and efficacy of such a strategy in eligible patients ( increased risk of stroke based on CHA2DS2VASC ≥1 (≥2 in women) and no AF on extended monitoring after AF ablation) in an ongoing study. In the study, patients only take NOACs [for a limited time] if they have a documented or suspected episode (detected by pulse assessment) of atrial fibrillation. “We tell patients to start taking NOACs if they have an irregular pulse for more than five minutes, with the direction to take them for two weeks if the pulse irregularity was for less than 24 hours and to take them for one month if the pulse irregularity was for more than 24 hours (and there was no additional AF detected on ECG monitoring),” Marchlinski explained. We initially had the duration of the arrhythmia that triggered NOAC treatment at more than one hour but decreased it to more than five minutes to be extra cautious. Pulse assessment is used, he said, because “we know that this type of pulse assessment has a high negative predictive value; ‘slow and steady’ means that they are in sinus rhythm”. Therefore, to be included in the study, patients have to be able to take their pulse (which they have to do at least twice a day and if they develop any suspicious symptoms). Marchlinski stated: “If they can’t, they are excluded [from the study]. A large proportion of AF patients are also excluded because of shared decision making after reviewing standard treatment guidelines, the presence of an atriopathy based on increased LA size or LA scarring on voltage map or a history of having asymptomatic AF episodes. ” Furthermore, at least once a year, extended ECG monitoring is used to ensure patients do not have any episodes of asymptomatic AF. “Routine monitoring is important because while asymptomatic AF is rare, it does occur,” he said. Initial results from the study were published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology last year. Of 99 patients for whom follow-up data (30 ± 14 months; a total of 244 patient-years) were available, 22% went back to continuous NOAC use. Some patients, Marchlinski reported, went back to continuous use because of non-compliance with pulse assessment while others chose to go back because they did not want the pressure of having to repeatedly take their pulse. However, 16% returned to continuous NOAC use because of suspected or documented AF episode(s). According to the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology data, a further 14% did use NOACs but did not transition back to daily use. Only one patient had a cerebrovascular accident felt to be due to a atheromatous emboli on brain magnetic resonance imaging for an overall stroke rate of 0.4% per year of follow-up. Since this initial report, data for 190 patients have become available followed for a total of 576 patient-years. According to Marchlinski, these findings show that about “again, 25% restart continuous NOACs and 60% still not initiate NOACs”. He added no further cerebrovascular accidents and no episodes of major bleeding have occurred. Marchlinski concluded: “In a selected group of motivated patients with no AF on extended ECG monitoring and CHA2DS2VASC ≥1 (≥2 in women) after ablation, monitoring for AF with pulse assessment coupled with PRN use of NOAC when AF is detected is a safe and effective strategy to maintain a low risk of stroke and low risk of major bleeding”. He added that he looked forward to randomised controlled trials to confirm these findings but such a strategy of constant vigilance was needed to best “protect patients” from bleeding and stroke after stopping anticoagulants. TAGS AF symposium 2020 dawnpowell RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Novel lattice tip catheter safe, feasible, and durable in RF ablation AF Symposium 2020: Cryoablation pulmonary vein isolation is safe and effective for persistent atrial fibrillation at one year AF Symposium 2020: Myocardial specificity of pulsed field ablation provides safety advantage for persistent AF LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Please enter your comment! 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In conversation with Paul Gandar from Stitch-AI on however WhatsApp development is moving towards capturing multi-forms of communication… Omnichannel on your phone. See the full interview and find out more about Stitch-AI-> Here. Quality vs Quantity: Driving better contacts by RO-AR 13 April 2021 11 February 2022 Does the contact app and channel drive differences in contact quality. Paul Gandar from Stitch-AI explains what he has been hearing. See the full interview and find out more about Stitch-AI-> Here. Using messaging to handle peaks and troughs of call volume by RO-AR 3 December 2020 11 February 2022 In conversation with Paul Gandar from Stitch-AI on how the asynchronous nature of messaging can be really helpful in the managing of peaks and troughs of call volume. See the full interview and find out more about Stitch-AI-> Here. What’s new with WhatsApp? by RO-AR 3 December 2020 11 February 2022 Interview with Paul Gandar from Stitch-AI on the future of communications technology. In particular developments with WhatsApp and how with the release of its business API it is creating changes and new opportunities for communicating with customers. Find out more about Stitch-AI -> Here. Stitch-AI by RO-AR 3 December 2020 21 November 2021 Who: Stitch-AI What: Stitch-AI are a digital messaging company. Focused on WhatsApp, they at close to all details of the API, and have been building services to drive and handle communications messages via this channel. They are able to leverage the ever-evolving WhatsApp ecosystem. Wh

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rgument against the reliability of intuition Share Tweet Share I’d like to get some feedback on an argument. Here’s the rough outline of the premises. Our intuitions and our ability or inability to imagine (i.e., “conceivability“) are contingent upon cognitive capacities. Our cognitive capacities are contingent upon our material composition (e.g., the structure and function of our brains [Assumption]. Our intuitions and ability (or inability) to imagine is contingent upon our material composition [1,2 HS]. The seeming truth of many philosophical premises are contingent on philosophers’ intuitions or ability (or inability) to imagine [Assumption]. The seeming truth of many philosophical arguments are contingent upon the material composition of philosophers [3, 4 HS]. The truth of a non-contingent truth is not contingent upon anything—e.g., the material composition of the philosophers who seek it [Tautology]. Premises that are contingent upon a truth-seeker’s material composition will be sound if and only iff the truth-seeker’s composition happens to be such that their intuitions and ability (or inability) to imagine systematically track non-contingent truths. A truth-seeker’s composition will be such that their intuitions and ability (or inability) to imagine tracks non-contengent truths only as a matter of (evolutionary) chance. If there exist non-contingent truths, then arguments that appeal to intuition and our ability (or inability) to imagine will lead towards non-contingent truths only as a matter of chance [7, 8 HS]. If our intuitions are reliable in any way, they will only be so by chance. Is this a problem? It is not obvious that it is, especially if it turns out that we do not have other more reliable judgments or methods upon which to rely (e.g., science, logical analysis, conceptual analysis, etc.). Also, it might be that intuitions have nothing to do with truth. After all, truth is probably a metaphysical concept (Laudan, 1996). It should not be surprising that intuitions, which I take to be cultivated and realized by physical processes, would have any systematically reliable bearing on metaphysical stuff. You will notice that I have not offered arguments for the assumptions (denoted by “[Assumption]”). Doing so would probably amount to…appealing to intuition. So, such a move seems suspicious at best. With this über-meager defense, I invite you to weigh in. Laudan, Larry. 1996. Beyond Positivism and Relativism. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp. 77-87. Featured image: “Michelangelo, Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo via Wikipedia. Public domain. SaveSave Published by Nick Byrd Nick is a cognitive scientist at Florida State University studying reasoning, wellbeing, and willpower. Check out his blog at View all posts by Nick Byrd Posted on September 5, 2012 August 12, 2020 Author Nick ByrdCategories Epistemology, PhilosophyTags Intuition, Metaphilosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind 4 thoughts on “An Argument against the reliability of intuition” John Danaher says: September 14, 2012 at 8:37 am If you get a chance, you should check out Herman Cappelen’s book Philosophy without Intuitions. It’s a relatively short monograph, that has a bit too many bullet points for my liking, but it does make some interesting points about the role that intuitions actually play in philosophy. If you want the gist of his argument (from page 1 of the book) here it is: “it is not true that philosophers rely extensively (or even a little bit) on intuitions as evidence. At worst, analytic philosophers are guilty of engaging in somewhat irresponsible use of “intuition”-vocabulary. While this irresponsibility has had little effect on first-order philosophy, it has fundamentally misled metaphilosophers. It has encouraged metaphilosophical pseudo-problems and misleading pictures of what philosophy is and how it is done.” Nick Byrd says: September 15, 2012 at 9:52 pm Thanks John! I will definitely check out this argument as it might pose a serious problem to the thrust of the argument. And I appreciate you taking a minute to summarize the argument for me! As usual, you aregh, is that it’s sample size is hopelessly small to make generalizations about philosophy. If one wants to make his claim generalize to all of philosophy, then one would want to look at more than a handful of cases. So, in a recent draft, I have proposed that we do just that (I’ve posted the abstract to academia.edu here). This proposal involves exploiting some methods from computational corpus linguistics. I hope that someday someone, maybe me if I can find the time, will try this.

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MY NEWS Banks are ready to finance but there are no takers for bankable... ECONOMY NEWS FINANCE NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS MONEY MANAGEMENT Banks are ready to finance but there are no takers for bankable loans: SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar says
 By Prangya Paramita Barik - Saturday, 6 June 2020, 09:38 EDT Stating that there’s a very skinny line between danger aversion and danger prudence, State Financial institution of India Chairman Rajnish Kumar on Tuesday mentioned the banks are able to finance however there aren’t any takers for bankable loans. He additionally mentioned the financial institution could be very bullish in regards to the Rs Three lakh crore credit score assure scheme for MSME, and through the scheme, the federal government has not directly infused Rs 30,000 crore into public sector banks. Advertising Talking about criticism for parking deposit cash with the RBI, Kumar mentioned, there may be a deluge of funds however there isn’t any commensurate demand for a mortgage. So, banks don’t have any selection however to park with RBI as there may be danger aversion from the aspect of debtors as nicely, he mentioned whereas addressing India Inc at CII Annualersion and danger prudence could be very skinny. One query which I’ve been asking is — is there danger aversion solely amongst lenders or there may be danger aversion amongst debtors additionally. Are they prepared to leverage? Are they prepared to take a position?” he questioned. Citing an instance, he mentioned, when the federal government slashed company tax fee drastically in September final yr, many have been of the view that funding will happen, but it surely has not taken place. “As a banker and because the chairman Rajnish Kumar of the biggest financial institution, I’m saying I’ve the cash, there aren’t any takers of the cash. Funding if you happen to look within the final 5 years, the CAPEX has gone down distinctly…No main tasks have been introduced. And by the way in which, the companies sector significantly IT do not devour any main capital,” he mentioned. In the end, he mentioned, it’s the manufacturing or infrastructure sector, which consumes cash. Between 2008 and 2015, it was the ability sector that consumed most capital for placing up 75,000 MW capability, he mentioned. Rajnish Kumar mentioned that the company sector shouldn’t count on a lot from the federal government however need to be self-reliant or “atmanirbhar”, given the fiscal place of the federal government. “Perhaps the company sector must search for all of the alternatives themselves,” he mentioned. He additionally mentioned that if extra needs to be given to the system, banks would require capital assist from the federal government. On the Rs Three lakh crore credit score assure scheme, Kumar mentioned, danger weight for the scheme is zero and public sector banks don’t have to supply any capital for this. So, in a method there may be an oblique capital infusion of Rs 30,000 crore, he mentioned. “We’re very bullish on this scheme. In a single day, we’ve got disbursed 22,000 loans of price Rs 3,000 crore. 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Ah, The Hobbit–the fantastic prequel to Lord of the Rings published by J.R.R Tolkien way back in 1937. A wonderful story of action adventure. Dwarves off to a mountain to kill a dragon. Hobbits, Elves, Dragons and Dwarves galore! Wait, no. We’re talking about director Peter Jackson’s movie-trilogy adaptation, here, aren’t we? Well, that’s a different story. The Hobbit is a three hundred and ten page book. It doesn’t have to be adapted into three movies. It could have been done quite well in one movie, possibly two. Unfortunately, people involved in production wanted more money. Yes, The Hobbit has been split into three movies, and as a result, it has been packed to the brim with sub plots that were never in the book, long, drawn out scenes to fill that gap that I call, “The Peter Jackson- length movie,” and more. Some fans cry foul, that such a wonderful book is being (dare I say it?) desolated in favor of packing unnecessary plot points into the story. But you know what? It works. Peter Jackson has the entirety of Middle Earth at his disposal. Why stop with one movie that’s just the book when you have an entire world you can dig into? Now, the second movie, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (pronounced smowg), picks up where the previous movie left off. As the story went on things began to tie into the book when the spiders entered. The following scene, however, where the movie takes a very different turn from the book. This is when the elves enter. Orlando Bloom reprises his role as Legolas, and is given a great backstory. It follows the book while still giving viewers something fresh and original enough to keep them guessing. I love the fact that it is explained where Gandalf continually wanders off to, and there are several nods to the original trilogy. The performances are amazing. Martin Freeman has an especially well done scene involving a spider and the One Ring. Evangeline Lily plays the elf Tauriel, who, in Tolkien’s posthumously published book, the Silmarillion, was a man. This displeased many fanboys, however I can’t complained. If it wasn’t for her, the cast would have been 100% male, which is not a good thing. In fact, there have been several arguments online as to why that’s a bad thing. The long and the short of it is that women need representation (But that’s a different article). The best in the cast, however, had to be Benedict Cumberbatch, who voiced and did the motion capture for the dragon, Smaug. I went in there expecting to hear the dragon and think, “Oh, that’s Benedict Cumberbatch playing Smaug.” WRONG! What I saw on the screen was not Benedict Cumberbatch playing Smaug; I heard that and my first thought was how the studio managed to hire an actual dragon to play, well, the dragon. Benedict plays a convincing role as a dragon. His voice is intimidating and the way he moves (translated through motion capture) builds the tension. The cinematography whenever Smaug is on screen is brilliant. The camera snakes around the set, mirroring the slithering movements of the dragon. It’s almost as if we’re watching it from the dragon’s perspective. It builds the tension as Bilbo frantically tries to hide. Overall, there are a few minor disputes with the movie. Packing in unnecessary details, overdone chase scenes where everyone knows they’ll make it out alive. Even if someone hasn’t read the book, the chase scenes alone are so death defying if shatters everyone’s thoughts that someone might lose a life. Even for Middle Earth physics, some of their stunts are questionable, at best. Despite this, it is a highly enjoyable movie for fans of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the casual viewer. It’s worth a look, and it’s definitely time well spent.

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That’s according to a new global study that reveals direct links between how happy a person feels and the condition of their skin. The digital study of 1,400 people was carried out to mark World Psoriasis Day (that took place at the weekend) and illustrates that those living with psoriasis are 24% less happy than the average Brit. Half of people with psoriasis say they have low self-esteem and 41% say they rarely feel confident. There are 1.8 million people in the UK living with psoriasis. Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian West, Cara Delevingne and Alan Carr having spoken publicly about their experiences of living with psoriasis seems to have had little impact on the way other people feel about the disease. Psoriasis campaigner, Holly Dillon, says: ‘It is so important to highlight and address that living with psoriasis is not just a skin condition. It is a condition that also has a huge effect on your mental and psychical health, and this is often overlooked. By gathering and monitoring individuals with psoriasis through the Pso Happy App we can finally address and have proof of how psoriasis affects individuals beyond the visible impact on the skin. ‘This data will allow those living with psoriasis to feel in control and be aware of how the condition affects them, ensuring that they get the correct help in order to live well with psoriasis. Living with psoriasis should not mean that we should settle at being 24% less happy than others. We need to recognise these stats and put psoriasis on the health agenda to ensure everyone is having the best quality of life.

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I fell into the trap. When I started the Intermittent Fasting Regime – which is really just following what nature provided – I lost weight with very little effort. No calorie counting as long as I kept my food – and especially my carb consumption – between 9pm and 5pm and ate mainly ‘keto’ for breakfasts and dinner. This, I assume allowed my body to enter ketosis (or fat burning) for a few hours in the morning and the resulting fat loss (as indicated by my BMI scale). But – after about a month – I was feeling tired and drained most of the time and angry. My sleep patterns were also affected. I was feeling down and sleeping more than normal – or was waking up more often at night. Then some personal stress happened. I started to eat carbs outside the 9-5 window and began to feel better. I am a carb-stress eater anyway. The result is that I gained some of the weight back – but I felt better. I can hear some of you saying and pointing a finger….see….see….carbs are good. Good for the brain, perhaps, but not the waistline. At least for me, more carbs means more insulin. And more insulin means more visceral fat. So what to do? Looking back, I had fallen into a “mind trap”. My mind has been programmed to accept the belief that in order to lose weight, I have to severely cut calories. In other words, in order to lose weight you have to eat less overall – rather than just restricting carbohydrates. I began to realize that I had not been eating enough food during the 12 hours that I could be i.e., 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To make things worse, I wasn’t eating enough protein either – and this is rather critical. Protein is broken down into amino acids – the building blocks of life. The two amino acids that are the most important, in my mind, are tyrosine and tryptophan. Many of the amino acids, including these two, are converted into neurotransmitters. Tryptophan is an essential amino acids and is the precursor to serotonin. Serotonin has many functions in the body and brain in particular. This critical neurotransmitter affects mood, desire, sexual function, appetite, sleep, memory, learning, temperature regulation, the cardiovascular system, the endocrine system and the muscles. Symptoms of serotonin deficiency in the brain include: depression, OCD, anxiety, panic attacks and excessive anger. It is well-known that carbohydrates – especially sugar and starches – raise the serotonin level. This is why people with low serotonin levels often crave carbohydrate – rich foods and eat them compulsively. Carbohydrates temporarily raise serotonin levels and make you feel better. I will attest to this. The problem is, that shortly after carbohydrate consumption, serotonin levels drop dramatically creating more drowsiness, hostility, anxiety and depression. Another way to say this is that increasing carbohydrate intake is not advisable nor the cure. So what is? I believe that the answer is protein. Due to the “mind trick” I mentioned before, my protein consumption also was restricted as was my food intake, in general. Restricted protein means less amino acids, including tryptophan. Less tryptophan means less serotonin, and less serotonin affects mood, sleep and energy. Protein around 25 -30 percent of total daily calories has been shown to boost metabolism by up to 80 – 100 calories per day, compared to low protein diets. A higher metabolism means more fat burning. Protein keeps you feeling full much better than either fat or carbohydrates (one study in obese men showed that protein at 25% of calories increased feelings of fullness, reduced the desire for late-night snacking by half and reduced obsessive thoughts about food by 60%) Another study showed that women who increased their protein intake to 30% of total calories ate 441 fewer calories per day and lost 11 pounds in 12 weeks – simply by adding more protein to their diets. Older adults, like me, have significantly-increased protein needs – up to 50% higher than the DRI (daily recommended intake) – which is also concerning. In Summary, Carbohydrate cravers may be tryptophan/serotonin deficient; Increasing carbohydrate consumption can temporarily make you feel better but will cause weight gain due to the insulin effect; Adding more protein to your diet (especially tryptophan-containing foods) will potentially increase your serotonin level and make you feel better without having to indulge in sweet/starch binging. Eating more protein should keep you feeling full longer and reduce your calorie intake naturally; Increasing your protein makes it potentially easier to stick to any weight loss diet; A protein intake of around 30% of total calories may be optimal for weight loss. Feel free to subscribe to my channel and be notified of future videos. An apple, and a video-a-day, just may keep the doctor away! 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niversary Kushner, Trump admin alums commemorate Abraham Accords anniversary Several high-level former officials spoke at an event hosted by the America First Policy Institute and the Abraham Accords Peace Institute Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Jared Kushner, former senior advisor to President Donald Trump, and Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of America First Policy Institute (AFPI), participate in a discussion hosted by AFPI and The Abraham Accords Peace Institute, in Washington D.C., on Monday, September 12, 2022. By Gabby Deutch September 13, 2022 Share A who’s who of former Trump administration officials and a coterie of diplomats gathered in a Washington, D.C., downtown office suite on Monday to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords. The event was jointly hosted by the Abraham Accords Peace Institute, a nonpartisan organization working to build multilateral ties between Accords member nations, and the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank. Speakers praised former President Donald Trump for his accomplishments in the Middle East and bemoaned the media for not giving him adequate credit for the Abraham Accords. “We knew that we had an amazing opportunity,” keynote speaker and former Trump senior advisor Jared Kushner said of the normalization deals that he helped negotiate with Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. He blamed “Trump derangement syndrome” for the Biden administration’s early tepid response to the Abraham Accords. “The current administration, it took them a year to really call it by its name,” he added, “and I think now they’ve embraced it, because they see how good it is, and that was because it’s been enduring in the region.” Kushner spoke about his work negotiating the Accords and shared anecdotes from his White House memoir, Breaking History, copies of which were available for attendees to take home. (When Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute and the director of Trump’s Domestic Policy Council, quoted from Kushner’s book — “page 64!” — members of the audience opened to the page she mentioned as if they were in English class.) The only speaker at the event who had never served in government was Bruce Pearl, the Jewish head coach of the Auburn men’s basketball team, who just returned from taking his players on a trip to Israel. Pearl participated in a panel discussion with former National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates John Rakolta, former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands and Rob Greenway, one of the chief negotiators of the Accords and the president and executive director of the Abraham Accords Peace Institute. “I’m working on taking college basketball teams next year to UAE, to Dubai, and play some games there, and then get on a plane and go to Tel Aviv and play some games there, and create the Abraham Accords Cup and have it be something that is just normal,” Pearl said to applause. “Bringing ESPN alongside us and just see, yes, this is how it is now, and this is how it can be in the future.” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), co-chair of the bipartisan congressional Abraham Accords Caucus, closed out the event with a rousing speech about American global power that also dove into divisive political and cultural issues. “The last 18 and a half months under a feeble commander in chief, a scripted and ill-equipped vice president and a blindly progressive Congress have temporarily clouded American peace and prosperity,” Ernst said. “Make no mistake, the Abraham Accords were the most significant peace agreement of the 21st century, and history will always remember the pioneers of this peace deal.” Ernst made the case for a strong American presence in the Middle East and around the world. “Like many of you, I believe in America first always, but never America alone,” said Ernst. Everyone who spoke at the event called for the further growth and expansion of the Abraham Accords, but largely refrained from referring to President Joe Biden or senior officials in his administration as partners in those efforts. In her speech, Rollins called the Trump presidency the “Trump first term,” suggesting the speakers gathered at the event think they’ll have another shot at growing the Accords in a couple of years. “I think the biggest disappointment so far is that more countries haven’t been brought into it,” said Kushner, who said the Trump administration had “about six active conversations” ongoing before they had to leave office. He added that the Accords struck at what he described as a long- and deeply held myth among Muslims: that they would not be able to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem until the Israelis and Palestinians made peace. “The Muslim population viewed the conflict with Israel through the eyes of not being allowed to have access to the mosque,” said Kusher. Now, he added, Muslims from around the world can travel through Dubai to get to Israel, and go visit the mosque in Jerusalem. “They put it on Instagram, they put on it Facebook, and people are saying, ‘Wait, we thought that we weren’t allowed to pray there. We thought this was under attack,’” Kushner said. (Although roughly 450,000 Israelis are estimated to have visited the UAE in the past two years, the flow of tourists has not gone both ways, with a far smaller number of Emirati visitors to Israel.) “I do hope that the current administration will focus on that and work to do that,” Kushner said, referring to efforts to expand the Accords, “because once the whole Arab-Israeli conflict is over, I think that you will have an era of prosperity and peacefulness in that region that will endure for a very, very long time.” Diplomats in attendance included Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog, UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba, Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran, Finnish ambassador to the U.S. Mikko Hautala, Hungarian Ambassador to the U.S. László Szabó and Romanian Ambassador to the U.S. Andrei Muraru. Other attendees included Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) Rabbi Levi Shemtov, former Trump administration advisor and Abraham Accords negotiator Avi Berkowitz, former USAID deputy administrator Bonnie Glick, former Defense Department senior official and director of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center William Wechsler and Linda McMahon, former administrator of the Small Business Administration and chair of AFPI.

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Nyx can't remember a time when her world was not consumed by war. Still she soldiers on, first by fighting on the front lines, and then by working as one of the Queen's Bel Dames (think government sanctioned mercenary). Then Nyx's life takes a turn for the worse, leaving her stripped of her title and thrown in jail. After getting out, she forms her own team of independent mercenaries. When the Queen calls upon her to track down an alien located in enemy territory, Nyx agrees to take the job, but will she emerge with her life intact? I read God's War as part of calico_reaction's book club for the month of June (it just took me a little longer than I intended to finish it). What first drew me towards this title was the setting. God's War is a sci-fi book that takes place on a planet called Umayma. The planet's inhabitants are primarily Muslim, although actual interpretations of the faith can lead to radically different results. This leads to a holy war between the Nasheenians and Chenjans. Between the constant loss of life in battle and the threat of radiation, life on this planet is decidedly gritty and grim. What adds an interesting flavor to this already unique world is the magic system, where magicians have a psychic connection to local insect population. I honestly can say that I don't think I've ever encountered a sci-fi universe quite like the one presented in God's War. Between the unique setting and the authors daring tackling of issues such as religion, homosexuality and war, God's War is often a fascinating read. At the same time, God's War is a book throws a lot at you. There are times when it worked for me, and times when it didn't. Very little time is taken to provide exposition, so I occasionally found myself confused by what was going on. God's War is also a very dark book (one of our first scenes with Nyx involves her beheading an adolescent boy). This normally worked for me, given the context of a war torn world. Still, there were times when it felt a little over the top (mostly while dealing with the villains chasing Nyx). Characterization is also a little tricky. I liked Nyx and Rhys and found their relationship to be very interesting. I had a much harder time connecting to the sizable secondary cast. God's War is a complex book. On occasion, I found it to be a bit of a confusing struggle, but for the most part, I enjoyed it. This is primarily due to the unique setting, magic system, and the relationship between Nyx and Rhys. I would consider picking up the sequel in the future. Rating: three and a half stars Length: 287 pages Source: Other books I've read by this author: this is my first Next I will be reviewing The Big Four by Agatha Christie and Fables, Vol 8: Wolves by Bill Willingham xposted to temporaryworlds, bookish, and goodreads Tags: xxx author last name: i-qash Fire by TJ Klune Flash Fire by TJ Klune (The House in the Cerulean Sea) is the sequel to the superhero novel The Extraordinaries. It was a lot of fun, but I didn't… Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi You can travel back in time for as long as your coffee stays hot. Picador, 2019, 227 pages If you could go back, who would you want to… Post a

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6.2016 The Thorn Healer by Pepper D. Basham ~ Review My Review: The scars of war run deep. Nurse Jessica Ross returns to her hometown to find that not only has it become home to a camp of displaced Germans, but that one of them is her grandfather's assistant. Scarred from what she saw and experienced alongside her brother, David, Jessica is bitter against the people that took so much from her. But when her widowed childhood friend dies in child birth, leaving her children Faith and Jude in Jessica's care, she wonders if she will be able to step up to the demands of motherhood. August Reinhold has fallen in love with Jessica Ross through the letters that she has faithfully sent home to her grandparents. He admires her strength and compassion. He knows that despite her coldness towards him and his German heritage, she is the still the same woman from the letters on the inside, and he is determined to win her heart. The third book the series, but don't let that stop you, it stands well on its own. I liked that it told the story of coming home from the front from a woman's perspective, as Jessica deals with coming home and finding that home is not how she left it. I loved seeing her grow in her faith, and as person in love and grace as she becomes a mother to Jude and Faith. People are not all as they seem, and there is a trouble maker framing the displaced Germans, making the townsfolk uneasy that a plot may be afoot. And Jessica finds two men vying for her attentions. I also loved August's sister, Anna and her daughter Sylvie. Anna is a strong woman, who despite everything is full of hope, and strong sensibility. Cliff is Jessica's cousin, who is like a brother to her. He is kind, and open-hearted. I liked August's determination and faith, he is an honorable man to the core of his being and he is passionate about what he sets his mind to. He quickly befriends Jessica's new children, but time is quickly running as his time at the camp is drawing to an end. A well written and characterized read. I loved Jessica and her journey of faith and forgiveness, as she finds herself in a very different position from the one she was in a few months ago, facing the remnants of the battles fought over seas at home. She is a strong woman, who doesn't always like change but finds ways to adjust. There is mystery and suspense as she and August try to prove who is behind the attacks against the Germans. I also really liked the story between Cliff and Anna, as well as getting to see Catherine and David and their young daughter again. A fast paced and engaging romance, filled with tension and faith. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or sdy, and I'm so excited to share it with you. Also be sure to check out the giveaway opportunity at the end of this post! About the Book: Does breaking free require breaking the rules? Cassie Gilbert lives every day in the shadows of her deceased mom’s rebellion.But now that she’s seventeen, she finds herself longing to break away from her grandmother’s suffocating rules, experience what it’s like to be a regular teenager, and fulfill her songwriting dreams. James Russo, former American Spotlight contestant, escapes to small town Willow Creek, SC hoping to flee from his tarnished past. When a school project pairs him with the shy principal’s granddaughter, he’s determined to get to know this Emily-Dickinson- obsessed and typewriter-using girl. His plan? Convince Cassie to co-write songs for his demo album. As Cassie gets to know James over “project meetings” (more like opportunities to match her lyrics with his melodies), she becomes intrigued by his sense of adventure and contagious passion for music. But soon, his past becomes exposed. Cassie’s left to wonder—did she make the same mistake Mom did by falling for the bad boy? Then, Grandma’s control pushes her over the edge. Cassie must choose between remaining in the chains of yesterday, or delving into her own freedom by completing the melody her mom left behind. Where to find Unwritten Melody: Goodreads Amazon Barnes and Noble My Review: Cassie Gilbert longs for freedom, and she finds a refuge in words, poetry and lyrics to songs. She lives a sheltered life with her grandparents, attending a small private Christian school where her grandmother is also the principal. Cassie's life is tightly managed by her grandmother, who only allows her to hang out with her best friend, Shelby, and her cousin, Dakota, and doesn't want her to make the mistakes that her mother did. When teen singer/songwriter James Russo comes to their small school, Cassie finds herself paired with him for an English assignment, to write a song using the words of Emily Dickinson. Though they are different, James and Cassie find in each other kindred spirits, both hurting from the pain of their pasts. James has never met anyone like Cassie, he is amazed by her ability to capture emotions infused with hope. He has been struggling to put together his first album, and whether or not he should pursue a music career or be practical an go to school and get a job. Cassie has him rethinking everything, will they be able to help each other find hope? Told from alternating perspectives this book follows the unlikely friendship between Cassie and James. I liked both of them immediately, and it was easy to see that while most people wouldn't put them together, they were both on the similar journeys of the heart, and were true friends there when the other needed them the most. Cassie struggles to love her grandmother, who holds her to strict rules and curfews, and she often wonders if she is a burden to her grandparents. I liked the relationship that Cassie shared with her grandfather, whom she called "Dad," he is soft where her grandmother is hard and encourages Cassie to spread her wings and to know the truth. Cassie doesn't wear her feelings on her sleeve, but writes them down with her treasured typewriter, expressing them through prose and lyrics. James found fame on a singing competition reality show, but he is still dealing with the demons of his past. I liked how he reaches out to Cassie and makes an effort to really get to know her, he is understanding and is amazed to find someone who understands him in return. James is a likable young man on the inside and out, he knows that he has made mistakes, but he tries to do better. Overall, a heartfelt read, engaging with magnetic characters that had me glued to the page. Well written in a riveting style that drew me to Cassie and James, I enjoyed every moment of this book. Full of hope, this is a heartfelt read that explores the hurts and pain of humanity, as well as the hope that comes from beyond. Highly recommend. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and testimonials in Advertising." Enter for your chance to win the Unwritten Melody Prize Pack! Two winners will be selected and announced on Tessa’s blog the final day of tour (Friday, December 9 th ) and will be notified via email. This prize pack includes… E-copy of Unwritten Melody Signed paperback copy of Purple Moon Unwritten Melody mug, filled with goodies Unwritten Melody swag, including a bookesterday (or a few years ago). The debut novel she wrote at 16-years- old, PURPLE MOON (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas) was a Selah 2014 Finalist. Her second novel, UNWRITTEN MELODY, releases with Clean Reads November 2016. She’s the Founder of PursueMagazine.net, a magazine that inspires teens to embrace their calling. Tessa also enjoys helping writers achieve their dreams through her internship at Hartline Literary Agency. When her fingers aren’t flying 116 WPM across the keyboard, Tessa can be found making healthy homemade lattes, speaking to teens, decorating her insulin pump, and acting in Christian films. 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Mckee Posted by Faith at 1:32 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Contemporary fiction review, Teen fiction review 11.22.2016 The Berenstain Bears Love One Another by Mike Berenstain ~ Review My Review: Brother, Sister, and Honey are helping Mama Bear make berry muffins. When they ask if they can eat them Mama tells them that the muffins aren't for them, but for a new mother, and that there are many ways to show our love for one another. A sturdy board book, about what it is to love one another, with the Bear family. I think one of my favorite thing about this book, is that it showed that small acts of loving kindness can go a long way in showing hoe much you care, it doesn't have to be huge showy acts. A classic story that is great for sharing with children, about being helpful and showing love to each other. Makes a great gift to share with the young ones in your life. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and testimonials in Advertising." Posted by Faith at 12:20 AM No comments:by Belle Calhoune ~ Review Lucie's Review: Ruby Prescott comes to Love, Alaska looking for answers. She lost her memory in an accident 2 years ago, she's been living in Colorado for the past couple of years, but nobody there knew her before the injury. The first person that Ruby sees in Love is the sheriff, who also happens to be her brother-in-law. He immediately calls his brother, Dr. Liam Prescott, who rushes over. Ruby learns that her family thought that she had died in the avalanche that took her memory during a search and rescue mission in Colorado. After he get's over his shock, Liam asks Ruby to stay and get to know their son, Aidan, who was a toddler when she disappeared. Will they be able to be a family again? I love how Liam is willing to go the distance and to do what he can to make Ruby feel at home, and doesn't pressure her to remember him. He gives her space, but is always there and is happy tosecond chances at love in time for Christmas. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and testimonials in Advertising." Posted by Faith at 11:37 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Christmas fiction, Contemporary fiction review 11.11.2016 Newton and Polly by Jody Hedlund ~ Review My Review: John Newton is smitten when he hears the angelic voice of Polly Catlett caroling with her cousin Susanna. He follows her home and discovers that he is her cousin, despite having a job lined up on a ship destined for Jamaica, he lingers with the Catletts, each day making it harder to leave Polly behind him. John is reckless and godless, with very little motivation to work and make something of himself--constantly dismissing opportunities for career advancement. But when John finds himself impressed into service upon a Navy vessel, he begins an arduous journey that will change his life forever. A inspiring and passionate tale of a prodigal's flight from God, his redemption, and the woman who loved him. Before reading this book I'd never really heard much about Polly Catlett, besides the fact that John Newton was a married man and that she was his wife. Oh, how little I knew! I was riveted by this passionate tale of redemption and enduring love, and Amazing Grace. Polly is a beautiful young woman inside and out, with a kind heart, and a bent for following rules to the letter. When impulsive and reckless John comes into her life, she is drawn to him, and finds him unlike anyone she has ever known before. When her father urges her to give John up, do to his lacking character, she struggles to obey her father, but finds that John is a man hard to forget. John Newton is irresponsible and careless, letting important deadlines passtuous and dramatic tale of redemption and God's boundless grace. Highly recommend! Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and testimonials in Advertising." Posted by Faith at 4:30 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Historical Fiction review The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen ~ Review Lucie's Review: This book brings to life a small village in England, full of colorful characters whose lives intersect and intertwine. Upon the death of her husband, Jane becomes the owner of the local inn. When she realizes how many people depend on the inn, she becomes determined to do what she can to keep it open. Jane's friend, Mercy, runs a school for girls alongside her aunt, and she encourages Jane to save the inn herself instead of selling it. She invites Jane to the Ladies Tea and Knitting Society, which is a meeting of all the local business women. This book has many characters, and many storylines to follow about the women in the village, and it reminded me a lot of Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell. This book tells the story of a historical English village through the eyes of the women who live there. It takes a while to figure out who everyone is at first, but is lush with detail description and great dialog. I loved the relationship between Jane and Thora, who is Jane's mother-in-law, and how it grows and changes over the course of the book. Thora returns from living with her sister, to find the inn in trouble, due in part to the fact that Talbot has left. Talbot was the manager of the inn, but he left when he inherited his family's farm. But he is more than happy to lend a hand t help them out, especially since he has admired Thora since the death of her husband. James Drake becomes Jane's rival, he stays at the inn and offers advice on how to improve the inn before acquiring her childhood home and opening a rival inn. Suddenly the two inns are competing for the Royal Mail route. Gabriel Locke has more to him than what meets the eye, he is works with the horses that stay at the inn. but proves to be a good friend helping Jane where he can, as does Sir Timothy, Jane's childhood friend. I loved the real sense of community that I got from reading this book, and the wonderful women and men that make up this town. Decidedly different in tone than previous books by this author that I had enjoyed, and at first I was definitelokShare to Pinterest Labels: Historical Fiction review Cowboy Creek Christmas by Cheryl St. John and Sherri Shackleford ~ Review Lucie's Review: Mistletoe Reunion Marlys Boyd has worked hard to put herself through medical school, yet she struggles to find patients at her Philadelphia practice, so she moves home to Cowboy Creek and places an ad in the paper. Sam Mason was a reporter in Philadelphia before serving in the War Between the States, he wrote a book about his experiences. But he came back to Cowboy Creek for a new start, and bought the local paper. I like the reunion between Marlys and Sam as they become acquainted again. Marlys always makes a point of not ignoring August, Sam's 8 year old son, and encouraging his love of learning. Marlys has a love of learning, and is open to finding new solutions, that serve her well as a Doctor. Mistletoe Bride Colton Werner reluctantly agrees to help interpret for the midwife, with one of her patients that speaks German. He remembers enough to find out that her name is Beatrix Haas, and she came to town to marry the sheriff, who has been recently deceased. The labor is difficult and Beatrix fears for the fate of her child, so Colton volunteers to marry Beatrix in name only to care for her child, that he names Joseph after his deceased twin brother. But when she recovers, Colton is faced with an interesting dilemma, married and the father of a newborn. Beatrix wants to be a good wife to Colton, she tries to get close to him, and is thrifty with his money. But Colton seems to have a wall around his heart. I like how the town welcomes Beatrix and include her in their activities. Colton does his best to show Beatrix that she is safe and that he would never hurt her or Joseph. Two fantastic stories of love and family at Christmas time in Cowboy Creek. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and testimonials in Advertising." Posted by Faith at 10:17 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Christmas fiction, Historical Fiction review 11.10.2016 Wild Montana Skies by Susan May Warren ~ Review Lucie's Review: Kacey Fairing flies helicopters in rescue missions for the military, but her plane was shot down in Afghanistan and now she's home for the Summer hoping to leave the nightmares of war behind. She get's a job flying a rescue helicopter for PEAK Rescue pilot Chet King who has been injured aar old daughter, Audrey, who is a big fan of his previous Country duo. He wants to get to know Audrey, and wants to makes sure that letting her know him as her father is the right thing. Kacey and Ben make a good team, and they work hard to put together the clues to find the missing niece of Ian Shaw, Esme, who disappeared 3 years ago. I loved Chet, he is a man of faith, who gives good advice and isn't above a little matchmaking. He is an impatient patient, but his heart is right on track. This is a riveting, heartwarming read, with colorful characters, and lively dialog. I loved the drama and suspense, entwined with the strong vein of redemption that runs through the story. A fantastic read from beginning to end and I can't wait to read the next in the series. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and testimonials in Advertising." Posted by Faith at 11:19 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Action/Suspense Fiction Review, Contemporary fiction review 11.09.2016 Shielding His Christmas Witness by Laura Scott ~ Review Lucie's Review: The safe house that Kari Danville has been staying at becomes compromised, sending her running for her life. Every person in uniform is a suspect, so FBI agent Marc Callahan must go off the grid to keep Kari safe. Marc and Kari don't know where to turn or who to trust, so he called up his brothers, Mike, Mitch, and Miles who do what they can for Kari without asking questions. I liked how dedicated to his job that Marc is, he is good at what he does, though he can be very serious and rarely smiles. He comes to admire Kari for everything that she has been through, and she helps him come to terms with his past. Kari is a brave, resourceful, quick-thinking woman, new to her faith, and pregnant with her ex-fiance's child. I admired her faith, though new, was strong. She is in danger, because she was a key witness to a crime. The interaction between Kari and Marc was well donmy blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and testimonials in Advertising." Posted by Faith at 11:45 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Labels: Action/Suspense Fiction Review, Christmas fiction A Convenient Christmas Wedding by Regina Scott ~ Review Lucie's Review: Nora Underhill was raised by her brother, Charles, and his wife, Meredith, who don't let a moment go by that they don't remind her of that fact, and how much she owes them for taking her in. Nora finally escapes her manipulative brother by joining Asa Mercer's bride ship to Seattle to marry Simon Wallin. Nora proposes to Simon, in exchange for his name, and protection, she will continue to work in Seattle, and he can return to Wallins Landing, claiming more land as a married man. But when Charles and Meredith arrive and insist that Nora stay with them, Nora changes her plans and moves to Wallins Landing, which puts Simon in a bind as he has yet to tell his family about his marriage. Simon is a good hardworking man, I loved how his family welcomed Nora into their lives. Simon takes his duty seriously, and is very detail oriented, which often leads him to focus on problems instead of finding solutions right away. Nora is my favorite character, industrious, tender-hearted, and always ready to lend a hand. Her faith is strong and shes God's glory in all of creation. I really liked the dialog between Nora and Simon, they always treat each other with respect and come to recognize the other's strengths, and that they are better together. I loved the strong themes of family and Christmas traditions throughout this story, Simon's family si very supportive of his marriage, and I loved the dialog and humorous situations. This was a fast-paced and engaging read that I didn't want to put down. Highly enjoyable read! Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readenever take her seriously as a midwife. Elizabeth tries to encourage her, and does what she can to help her confidence. When Elizabeth's son Benjamin comes home after three years away, she welcomes him warmly and tries to play matchmaker by finding excuses for him to spend time with Anna. Ben's return is not without plenty of challenges, he must overcome the resentment that same with his leaving in the first place. He works hard to prove that he has changed and that he's in it for the long haul. I liked his and Anna's dialog as they come to terms with what happened in the past and become reacquainted. Ben has a way of knowing just when Anna needs a hand, and he shows up just in time. Overall, a sweet tale of Christmastime second chances at love, and mending family ties. I liked how Ben makes an intention choice to prove himself to everyone back home, and to heal old wounds. A Christmas to Remember When Amos Stoltzfus finds a young girl named Polly trying to steal bread from his shop, he gives it to her along with some peanut butter, and follows her home. He discovers that her companion, Linda, is not well, so he offers a hand, taking them to stay with his mother. Linda is recovering from a head injury and memory loss, and finds it easy to be discouraged. Amos helps to cheer her up, but wonders about the wisdom of falling for a woman who doesn't even know herself what kind of woman she is. I liked Linda, and her faith, she knows that God will reveal His will in His own time. And even though she doesn't remember everything, there are things that shine though, showing her genuine character. I liked Amos, he is a kind man, who takes action when he sees a need. Overall, a heartwarming love story of family and making memories at Christmastime. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. Iomings, so that she can avoid becoming a governess like her friend Sarah Peck. Julia attends the local parties as a companion to her flighty cousin Phoebe, who is titled, moneyed, and smitten with the dashing Nicholas Langdon. Nicholas Langdon is on a mission for king and country, tasked with flushing out those trading confidential information with the French, and endangering the English crown. He has reason to believe that Mr. Wilhern, Julia’s uncle, is one of the traitors, all Nicholas needs is the final piece of evidence that will confirm his suspicions. Melanie Dickerson’s signature themes of adventure, faith, honor, and abiding love, run strong in her regency fiction debut, but she doesn’t leave her fairy tale roots behind either. A compelling and riveting read the entire way through, filled with hope, faith, and love. I felt for Julia and her less than ideal situation, though more fortunate than most, she struggled to reconcile herself to her lot in life, trying to follow the laws of society to the letter. Julia is an exemplary friend to her cousin, Phoebe, and tries to guide and shield her as best she can, offering support and sound advice. I admired Julia’s determination and bravery to do what was right in the face of an uncertain future, as well as her compassionate spirit. Nicholas Langdon is a admirable man, strong, honor and duty bound, he is also intentional and he is very aware of his actions.He is kind and compassionate, genuinely charming, and impossible not to admire for his faith and sense of duty. Overall, a riveting read that blended a well curated atmosphere with an Austen-esque romance, and a thrilling suspenseful plot. Julia matures quite a bit over the course of the story, coming to terms with her situation, and taking a stand for what is right despite the consequences A fantastic read, that I would highly recommend to fans of regency fiction and/or fans of Ms. Dickerson. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I aher daughter's bookshelf. She is a big fan of pretty much anything western, with mystery and a good love story.

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WHAT WOULD history look like if it were written in the style of the “Solid Cliff (a.k.a. Protective Edge) operation? Advertisement For example: Winston Churchill was a scoundrel.[*] For five years he kept the population of London under the unceasing fire of the German Luftwaffe. He used the inhabitants of London as a human shield in his crazy war. While the civilian population was exposed to the bombs and rockets, without the protection of an “iron dome”, he was hiding in his bunker under 10 Downing Street. He exploited all the inhabitants of London as hostages. When the German leaders made a generous peace proposal, he rejected it for crazy ideological reasons. Thus he condemned his people to unimaginable suffering. From time to time he emerged from his underground hideout to have his picture taken in front of the ruins, and then he returned to the safety of his rat hole. But to the people of London he said: “Future generations will say that this was your finest hour!” Advertisement The German Luftwaffe had no alternative but to go on bombing the city. Its commanders announced that they were hitting only military targets, such as the homes of British soldiers, where military consultations were taking place. The German Luftwaffe called on the inhabitants of London to leave the city, and many children were indeed evacuated. But most Londoners heeded the call of Churchill to remain, thus condemning themselves to the fate of “collateral damage”. The hopes of the German high command that the destruction of their homes and the killing of their families would induce the people of London to rise up, kick out Churchill and his war-mongering gang, came to naught. The primitive Londoners, whose hatred of the Germans overcame their logic, perversely followed the coward Churchill’s instructions. Their admiration for him grew from day to day, and by the end of the war he had become almost a god. A statue of him stands even today in front of the Parliament in Westminster. FOUR YEARS later the wheel had turned. The British and American air forces bombed the German cities and destroyed them completely. A stone did not remain on a stone, glorious palaces were flattened, cultural treasures were obliterated. “Uninvolved civilians” were blown to smithereens, burned to death or just disappeared. Dresden, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, was totally destroyed within a few hours in a “fire storm”. The official aim was to destroy the German war industry, but this was not achieved. The real aim was to terrorize the civilian population, in order to induce them to remove their leaders and capitulate. That did not happen. Indeed, the only serious revolt against Hitler was carried out by senior army officers (and failed). The civilian population did not rise up. On the contrary. In one of his diatribes against the “terror pilots” Goebbels declared: “They can break our homes, but they cannot break our spirit!” Germany did not capitulate until the very last moment. Millions of tons of bombs did not suffice. They only strengthened the morale of the population and its loyalty to the Führer. AND SO to Gaza. Everyone is asking: who is winning this round? Which must be answered, the Jewish way, with another question: how to judge? The classical definition of victory is: the side that remains on the battlefield has won the battle. But here nobody has moved. Hamas is still there. So is Israel. Carl von Clausewitz, the Prussian war theorist, famously declared that war is but the continuation of policy by other means. But in this war, neither side had any clear political aims. So victory cannot be judged this way. The intensive bombing of the Gaza Strip has not produced a Hamas capitulation. On the other hand, the intensive rocket campaign by Hamas, which covered most of Israel, did not succeed either. The stunning success of the rockets to reach everywhere in Israel has been met with the stunning success of the “Iron Dome” counter-rockets to intercept them. So, until now, it is a standoff. But when a tiny fighting force in a tiny territory achieves a standoff with one of the mightiest armies in the world, it can be considered a victory. THE LACK of an Israeli political aim is the outcome of muddled thinking. The Israeli leadership, both political and military, does not really know how to deal with Hamas. It may already have been forgotten that Hamas is largely an Israeli creation. During the first years of the occupation, when any political activity in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip was brutally suppressed, the only place where Palestinians could meet and organize was the mosque. At the time, Fatah was considered Israel’s arch-enemy. The Israeli leadership was demonizing Yasser Arafat, the arch-arch-terrorist. The Islamists, who hated Arafat, were considered the lesser evil, even secret allies. I once asked the Shin-Bet chief at the time whether his organization had created Hamas. His answer: “We did not create them. We tolerated them.” This changed only one year after the start of the first intifada, when the Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin was arrested. Since then, of course, reality has been completed reversed: Fatah is now an ally of Israel, from the security point of view, and Hamas the arch-arch-terrorist. But is it? Some Israeli officers say that if Hamas did not exist, it would have to be invented. Hamas controls the Gaza strip. It can be held responsible for what happens there. It provides law and order. It is a reliable partner for a cease-fire. The last Palestinian elections, held under international monitoring, ended in a Hamas victory both in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. When Hamas was denied power, it took it in the Gaza strip by force. By all reliable accounts, it enjoys the loyalty of the large majority in the territory. All Israeli experts agree that if the Hamas regime in Gaza were to fall, far more extreme Islamic splinter groups would take over and plunge the Strip, with its 1.8 million inhabitants, into complete chaos. The military experts don’t like that. So the war aim, if one can dignify it as such, is not to destroy Hamas, but to leave it in power, though in a much weakened state. But how, for God’s sake, does one do that? ONE WAY, demanded now by the ultra-right-wingers in the government, is to occupy all of the Gaza Strip. To which the military leaders again answer with a question: And then what? A new permanent occupation of the Strip is a military nightmare. It would mean that Israel assumes the responsibility for pacifying and feeding 1.8 million people (most of whom, by the way, are 1948 refugees from Israel and their descendants). A permanent guerrilla war would ensue. No one in Israel really wants that. Occupy and then leave? Easily said. The occupation itself would be a bloody operation. If the “Molten Lead” doctrine is adopted, it would mean more than a thousand, perhaps several thousands of Palestinian dead. This (unwritten) doctrine says that if a hundred Palestinians must be killed in order to save the life of one Israeli soldier, so be it. But if Israeli casualties amount to even a few dozens of dead, the mood in the country will change completely. The army does not want to risk that. FOR A moment on Tuesday it seemed as if a cease-fire had been achieved, much to the relief of Binyamin Netanyahu and his generals. But it was an optical illusion. The mediator was the new Egyptian dictator, a person loathed by Islamists everywhere. He is a man who has killed and imprisoned many hundreds of Muslim Brothers. He is an open military ally of Israel. He is a client for American largesse. Moreover, since Hamas arose as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, General Abd-al-Fatah Al-Sisi hates them with all his heart, and does not hide it. So, instead of negotiating with Hamas, he did something exceedingly stupid: dictate a cease-fire on Israeli terms without consulting Hamas at all. Hamas leaders learned about the proposed cease-fire from the media and rejected it out of hand. My own opinion is that it would be better if the Israeli army and Hamas negotiated directly. Throughout military history, cease-fires have been arranged by military commanders. One side sends an officer with a white flag to the commander of the other side, and a cease-fire is arranged – or not. (An American general famously answered such a German offer with “Nuts!”). In the 1948 war, on my sector of the front, a short cease-fire was arranged by Major Yerucham Cohen and a young Egyptian officer called Gamal Abd-al-Nasser. Since this seems to be impossible with the present parties, a really honest broker should be found. In the meantime, Netanyahu was pushed by his colleagues/rivals to send the troops into the Strip, to try at least to locate and destroy the tunnels dug by Hamas under the border fence to stage surprise attacks on border settlements. WHAT WILL be the end of it? There will be no end, just round after round, unless a political solution is adopted. This would mean: stop the rockets and the bombs, end the Israeli blockade, allow the people of Gaza to live a normal life, further Palestinian unity under a real unity government, conduct serious peace negotiations, MAKE PEACE. [*] The first part of this article was published Wednesday in Haaretz. ← Use Of Nuclear Force: BJP’s Model – OpEd Snowden, A Citizen Of Humanity’s Hopeful World – OpEd → Uri Avnery Uri Avnery is an Israeli writer and peace ac

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Environment and Climate in the Middle East - Aqaba forestation project finds support at London initiativba forestation project finds support at London initiative – Jordan Times Posted by Editor on Saturday, March 2nd 2019 By Jassar Al Tahat – Mar 02,2019 AMMAN — The Sahara Forest Project (SFP), Bellona Foundation and Ernst & Young (EY) signed a new partnership agreement during the London initiative to boost climate-smart food production and a desert greening project in Jordan using sunlight and seawater. “We are proud to be invited to this important high-level conference in London in order to launch a new milestone agreement for the SFP operations in Aqaba, Jordan”, Frederic Hauge, founder of the Sahara Forest Project, said in statements made available to The Jordan Times. The SFP was founded on the idea that deserts can once again be lush and green. “Everything we do on the ground in Jordan is measured against three goals. Our activities need to be good for people, they need to be good for the environment and, with this new EY collaboration, we take a giant step in making our activities good for businesses,” Hauge concluded. Encouraged by both local and national stakeholders in Jordan, as well as the international community, the new agreement with EY represents the next step in the commercialisation and development of the current 3 hectare demonstration facility close to Aqaba airport, according to the statement. Audun Halvorsen, state secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “The SFP demonstrates a unique model for sustainable production of food, water and energy in the desert, which we hope will inspire other initiatives and create new opportunities for Jordan. This innovative project benefits climate, people and businesses. Norway remains committed to continue its support to the project by providing approximately $1 million for the period 2018-2020.” The SFP uses sun, saltwater, desert areas and CO2 to produce food, freshwater, biomass and clean energy to produce up to 130,000kg of vegetables per year, 10,000 litres of fresh water per day from desalination and solar power from photovoltaic panels. Kjetil Stake, managing director of the SFP, in statements sent to The Jordan Times said: “Jordan is a perfect match for SFP as it has optimal solar conditions and an abundance of saltwater and arid land. At the same time, there is a large pool of talented and ambitious people who meet us with warm and investment friendly hospitality, eager to create economic growth for their local communities.” The SFP’s launch station in Aqaba was inaugurated under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, on September 7, 2017.

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Charles Town, W. Va., April 24, 2018 —American Public University System (APUS) today announced that it has been recognized by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE) for a five-year period. APUS joins an elite group of just over 200 regionally-accredited two-year, four-year and graduate-level institutions nationwide to receive the distinction. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has forecasted a 22 percent growth rate in the cyber security industry through 2020, highlighting the critical importance of higher education in defending America’s digital intelligence.The goal of the CAE-CDE program is to reduce vulnerability in the national information infrastructure by promoting higher education and research to help prepare cyber defense professionals for careers in both the public and private sector, according to Dr. Kenneth Williams, director, APUS Center for Cyber Defense (CCD). “We are truly proud to earn this select recognition from NSA and DHS,” said Williams. “It certifies that our interdisciplinary curriculum meets or exceeds the most stringent CAE criteria to help ensure the best possible learning outcomes for graduates encountering ever-changing global cyber threats. It also aligns with our core mission to create the next-generation cybersecurity workforce, and makes our students eligible for both the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship and Federal Cyber Service Scholarship for Service Programs." The American Military University and American Public University cybersecurity program concentrates on the development and planning of security tools, techniques and technologies to detect and prevent network penetration, and the design of effective cybersecurity countermeasures. For further information, visit the APUS CCD website. Press Releases 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Media Coverage 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Contact Info Frank Tutalo Director Public Relations 571-358-3042 Kathleen Liebenberg Public Relations Manager 908-858-0243 American Public University System 111 W. Congress Street Charles Town, WV 25414 877-755-2787 Get Connected Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Social Media Center AMU Edge APU Edge Privacy P

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The BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures will host a celebration, May 6-13, in honor of Utah Prehistory and Heritage Week. Activities will include a lecture on archaeological efforts in Southeastern Utah, Native American story-telling and a demonstration fair. Activities begin on Tuesday, May 9, at 7 p.m. with a lecture entitled, “The Lure of the Canyons: Southeast Utah Archaeology in the 1890s.” The lecture, given by Joel C. Janetski, a BYU professor of archaeology, will focus on the history and importance of early archeological discoveries in Southeastern Utah. “The discovered objects are interesting and valuable because through them we can learn about the Anasazi time period,” Janetski said. The goal of the lecture is to inform the public about the Anasazi people who were farmers and lived mainly in the four-corners area of the United States, he said. The lecture will also explain the history of collecting activities in Southeastern Utah during the 1890s. “The lecture will be very interesting and many of the Anasazi artifacts and objects that Dr. Janetski will discuss are located in the museum exhibit,” said Mauri Liljenquist, coordinator of museum programs. On Thursday, May 11, at 7 p.m., the Native American Performing group, Morning Star, will present Southwestern Native American myths and legends. “The program is entertaining and children will enjoy it,” Liljenquist said. A traditional Native Skills Demonstration Fair Saturday, May 13, will conclude the week’s events. The demonstration fair will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the museum. Participants will learn how to make cordage, fashion arrowheads, grind corn, weave baskets, bake bead, and shape pottery. “There is usually a good turn out for the events on Saturday. Each year attendance increases as people hear about it,” said Liljenquist. “We expect about 200 people on Saturday for the demonstration fair.” All events will take place at the museum, located at the corner of 700 North 100 East in Provo. For more information contact the Museum of Peoples and Cultures at (801) 378-6698. Facebook Twitter Pintere

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At Hire Heroes USA, our top concern is equipping veterans and military spouses with the tools you need to find civilian success. We understand a solid job is the foundation of a stable future. As the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to develop in reach and impact, we are learning with you about the public health and economic ramifications of this pandemic. In the midst of the rapidly developing situation, we recognize the need to take extra steps to protect communities across the United States. We are taking active measures to ensure the safety of our employees and their families, while keeping you, our clients, at the center of our mission. In times of uncertainty, we are still here to serve you. As always, our team is here to help via phone and email. We will continue to offer virtual workshops and webinars to equip you for success in your job search. We understand your schedule is in flux these days. All registrants will receive a recording of the discussion afterward, so be sure to register even if you can’t watch a session live. Here are some of the events we have coming up. You can visit our career events page to see more: Webinar: Interviewing as a Military Spouse Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT Are you a military spouse struggling with interviewing? Do you wonder how to best answer questions about your work experience? How do you explain gaps in employment? Join us for a panel discussion with a group of volunteers who can speak to interviewing best practices as a spouse of an active duty service member. We will be covering all the interviewing basics and be ready to answer any questions you may have. Virtual Federal Career Transition Workshop Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT Through an interactive learning platform, we offer federal employment workshops to prepare transitioning military members, veterans and military spouses for their federal job search. Attendees receive federal resume guidance, application tips and job search strategies from a live facilitator. In this session, we’re diving deeper into resume writing and vacancy announcement analysis. We’ll focus on the common pitfalls federal job seekers encounter and how to develop a strategy for success. We’ve gathered frequently asked questions so we can work through them together. You’ll have a chance to submit your own questions too. Virtual Career Transition Workshop Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 | 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT To jump start your job search, join our employment workshop to cover all the basics. Attendees receive resume writing guidance, learn how to leverage their personal networks to achieve employment goals and practice effective, proven interview techniques with a live facilitator. This virtual workshop will also prepare you to navigate a virtual career fair in advance of our next one in May. Wherever you’d like to go in your career, consider Hire Heroes USA a lifelong resource for your success. As a member of the Hire Heroes Community, you have access to a variety of professional development resources, including personalized career support and our network of volunteers. From aerospace to marketing, we have over 800 professionals eager to share their experience to help you move forward. Contact your Transition Specialist to make a career counseling or mock interview request today. You know building a successful future requires hard work and determination. You have made sacrifices to get where you are today. We want you to know we are on your team, ready to help you meet your professional goals.

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PhD students in the Social Sciences and Humanities who are yet to collect the data on which their study will be based. They will ideally be mixed regarding their prior acquaintance with ethnography, some already having an informed idea of what this entails, others being keen to learn but not having yet been much exposed to it. Organiser Prof. Dr. Marie-Benedicte Dembour Faculty: Law and Criminology Department: International, European and Public Law E-mail: Abstract What kinds of information can ethnographers look for and find? This course develops PhD students’ understanding of, and competence in, ethnographic research methods. Under the guidance of the tutor and through practical exercises, the students will become acquainted with the ethnographic tradition, they will collect data within/about familiar/unfamiliar social lives and worldviews, and they will learn and reflect reflect about the romantic and practical aspects of conducting ethnography. Topic The course stresses the importance of gaining access to ethnographic settings. Another running theme concerns the comportment of the ethnographer in the field. How to record ethnographic data through field-notes and how to interpret observations are also given continual emphasis, with the process of turning fieldwork into a narrative account reflected upon. Research ethics, research design and relations between method and epistemology are not directly covered. (These issues nonetheless inevitably emerge as the students engage with the themes of the course as well as the practical assignments which are core to the course). Objectives - To familiarise students with the possibilities (but also the challenges and limitations) of conducting ethnography for data collection; - To instil the importance of approaching learning as an active and reflective process of which the learner themselves is principally in charge; - To give the students a sense of the way anthropology has developed as an academic discipline, thereby giving them basic elements on which they can choose to build further by themselves; - To encourage an exploratory research attitude which accepts the value of testing research methods and thus the possibility that some of these may fail, requiring flexibility and adaptation on the part of the researcher; - To foster the aptitude to work as part of a research team. Dates Thursday 21 January 2021 (9am-5:30pm) and Wednesday 24 March 2021 (9am-5:30 pm) These two workshops are best conducted face to face although they can take place on-line if absolutely necessary. Each workshop will be followed the next day with 1-2 hours of face-to-face discussion between the tutor and small groups of 3-4 students in a physical space. This will take place on Friday 22 January and on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 March 2021. In between the two workshops, there will also be interaction between the constituted small groups of students and the tutor using digital means. Tentative program 4 January 2021: A number of readings will be set to the students 22 January 2021: First workshop With the support of a powerpoint, the tutor will ‘talk’. This will be done in a way that invites comments and questions by the students. Reference will be made to the set readings and discussions will ensue. At some points, the tutor will make some points, which could be considered to be equivalent to a series of very short lectures. The aim is to introduce the history and practicalities of doing anthropological fieldwork. There will be some short practical exercises done in very small groups of students (e.g. pairs). (If the first workshop takes place digitally, this will be done in breaking-up groups before coming back to the whole group). The last hour of the workshop will be devoted to give time to the students to start thinking about the project they may like to pursue and to share their burgeoning ideas with their fellow students. 23 January 2021: small face-to-face meetings The students get feedback on their initial ideas by meeting the tutor face-to-face in small groups. In the following two weeks up to 5 February 2021: Project design phase he form groups of around 3 students (this could be 2 or 4) and design a project proposal which identifies a ‘field’ to be studied, the questions to be researched and the topics to be explored. The proposal is submitted in writing to the tutor for her comments. There is likely to be a number of ‘back and forth’ between the groups and the tutor in this period, which will happen either by email communication or digital meetings. 8 February-15 March 2021: Execution of the project The students implement their project. This implementation needs to include at least 5 moments of actual ethnographic observation. The tutor is available for commenting on the development of the project. 15 March-24 March 2021: Each group prepares a powerpoint presentation where they put the emphasis on the ‘process’ of the ethnographic research rather than the ‘results’ it produced: what research method has worked, what has not worked, what challenges have arisen. Both problems that were anticipated and those that were not, are to be given attention so as to highlight the idiosyncrasies and surprises of the research process. 24 March 2021: Second workshop The second workshop consists in the group presentations. Each group presents for 25 minutes, and this is followed by a discussion, animated by the tutor but in which all students participate. The aim is to get students to think about the similarities and differences of their experience, and to reflect upon what they have learnt. Each group presentation must identify the ‘problem’ or ‘issue’ which was selected for investigation, the way the group formulated its research strategy and how this strategy has unfolded. Course participants are encouraged to reflect, in particular, on the practical, methodological, ethical, political and other issues and problems arising. The objective is to gain insight into ethnographic research through not only the successes but also, and perhaps even more importantly, through the ‘failures’ of the small research projects which were undertaken, in frank and active dialogue with the other members of the course. 25-26 March 2021: Small face-to-face meetings Small groups comprising about 3-4 students meet with the tutor, offering them opportunities for further reflections to be expressed and insights to emerge on participant observation and other ethnographic methods, and on the possibilities and limitations of these methods within the wider framework of the full array of research methods. This is done in blocks of 2 hours. Registration fee Free of charge Registration Please notify Prof Dembour: with copy to Martine Dewulf [email protected] of your interest to participate. Explain your motivation (no more than 250 words) and attach your CV. Deadline for application is 15 December 2020 at 8 PM. Teaching materials This course employs a mixture of teaching methods. The core learning experience comes from the students grappling concretely with the challenges and excitement of conducting their (very small-scale) own fieldwork project. This is accomplished in groups of around 3 students. In addition to this core learning experience, the students encounter a variety of other teaching/learning methods. These include readings in preparation to class, mini-lectures by the tutor, group discussions, small practical exercises, and group presentations. The emphasis throughout the course is on students learning through doing concrete activities, doing this in groups, and reflecting about the learning points that arise from all these practical experiences.

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nd Cooper State Park Related Articles: State Parks of Alabama External Links: Roland Cooper State Park Roland Cooper State Park Thomas V. Ress, Athens, Alabama Roland Cooper State Park is located in Wilcox County, six miles northeast of the town of Camden. The park sits on the shores of the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir (also known as Miller's Ferry), a 22,000-acre lake that was impounded in 1969 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the Miller's Ferry Lock and Dam. The park was established on land leased from the Corps and was named Bridgeport State Park. The name was changed to its present name in the 1970s to honor William Roland Cooper, a politician from Camden who served in the Alabama Senate. Roland Cooper State Park This 236-acre park is a popular destination for anglers, who use it as a base when fishing the waters of the reservoir. Dannelly Reservoir is one of the most renowned angling destinations in the region for its large populations of game fish, and the park often hosts regional bass tournaments. Largemouth bass and crappie are the most sought-after prizes, and anglers are frequently rewarded with largemouth bass weighing more than three pounds. Channel and blue catfish also are frequent catches in the reservoir, and blue catfish weighing more than 30 pounds have been pulled from the lake. Other common fish are hybrid striped bass, striped bass, and bream. Anglers may rent johnboats, and there are boat launches in the park as well for boat owners. Amenities for non-anglers include a par 36, 3,300-yard, nine-hole golf course with a driving range and a clubhouse, constructed in 1972. The golf course is laid out among hills and offers picturesque views of the lake. Recreational vehicle campers can rent one of 47 modern campsites with views of the reservoir. Campsites include picnic tables, grills, water, and electrical and sewer hook-ups. A bathhouse and laundry facilities are conveniently located within the campground. A separate primitive camping area has 13 sites near the water. Picnic areas are located amid a towering pine forest overlooking the lake and include tables, grills, pavilions, and rest rooms. The pavilions have tables and fireplaces, and there is a playground nearby. The park also has six two-bedroom furnished cabins for rent; each features a stove, refrigerator, dishes, cooking utensils, central heat/air, television, and barbeque grill. The park's 1.5 miles of nature trails provide views of the reservoir. One trail follows the shoreline of the reservoir, offering hikers glimpses of Canada geese, ducks, great blue herons, turtles, and beavers. The other trail winds through pine forests in the heart of the park, and travelers often encounter deer, snakes, and other wildlife. Published: August 12, 2010 | &nbspLast updated: March 12, 2019 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALABAMA Welcome to your free, online resource on Alabama history, culture,

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In 520 AD, the prophet and messenger Muhammad came to spread Allah's word, and his followers became the first Muslims. Islam spread rapidly and this was was due to the choices that the leaders made through cultural diffusion, strategy for the wage of war, and esteemed morals. When Muslim merchants would trade, they would also spread the culture of Islam. The strategic wage of war helped Islam uphold a strong empire. The desirable morals of the faith led people into becoming Muslim. The lucrative location of the beginnings of Islam lead many merchants to trade while spreading the culture. Mecca, Islam’s headquarters, was in the crossroads of the world and in a perfect location for trade, which led to the spread of the culture. In a map created…show more content… While opponents of the empire fought, it helped Islam become a strong empire. Karen Armstrong, a modern writer about the culture of Islam explains how Persia and Byzantium engaged in long and exhausting wars (Doc D). 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In this article, we are going to explore the white aura meaning and how it can vary depending on the shade of white that is visible. We’ll start by exploring the concept of auras. Auras can reveal a lot about a person but being able to see them is just the start, you still need to understand what the different colors represent. However, it goes one step further than this as each color also has several different shades and each of these can reflect different qualities that belong to that specific aura. Table of Contents What is an Aura? What Does It Mean To Have A White Aura? White Aura – The Shades of White Pure White The Two Pure White Groups Non-Pure White Strive to Achieve a Pure White Aura What is an Aura? What is an aura? What is my aura? What does aura mean? These are likely questions you’re asking yourself. Auras can seem a little bizarre when you first start learning about them but the premise is relatively simple. 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Handicap accessibility With a family member wheelchair-bound, I know the hassle some hotels present. Not Hotel Indigo. Elevators and ramps abound, and the pools and spa are disability accessible. Most importantly, nine rooms are ADA-assisted. Details matter. The Hotel Indigo in Del Mar gets them all right. More on Del Mar: Duncan Does Del Mar Hotel Indigo Room Hotel Indigo Room Hotel Indigo Toiletries Hotel Indigo Pool Firepit outside Bar Winning Horses Ocean View Grill Ocean View Grill Ocean View Grill Ocean View Bar Hotel Indigo Ocean View Breakfast Advertisement Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card APPLY NOW Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. That's $750 when you redeem through Chase Ultimate Rewards®. Enjoy benefits such as a $50 annual Ulto to the restaurant. Is it OK to leave the dog crated in the room? The website states “dogs are not to be left unattended in rooms”. 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Just seen Downfall, very chilling and intense movie showing Hitler with the central role in the film, and portraying a human side to him. Well, human in that he was a frail old man towards the end, possibly suffering from Parkinson and seemed to love his dog and secretary. In the next moment though he'd be spitting out hate filled words on how he was pleased he cleasned Germany of the Jews and shuffling non-existent troops around on a map.

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It is damning Arlen Specter with faint praise to note that he never was a creature of either the Republican and Democratic fund-raising machines and was, in his own way far more mavericky than John McCain. While his defeat to Joe Sestak in yesterday's Pennsylvania primary was a result of the anti-incumbent fervor sweeping the land, when the five-term U.S. senator's epitaph is written it will be said that he managed the neat trick of pissing off both parties. The overall primary results nationally for the Dems were not the train wreck that many a pundit had predicted, while the Republicans got clobbered in the one race of consequence -- a real-live election in PA-12 to replace longtime Democratic Congressman Jack Murtha -- because these dumb bunnies yet again tried to make it a referendum on Obama, Pelosi and Reid while the voters had more local concerns

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This week I am featuring a local New Jersey Winery that has their Vineyard in Hammonton, NJ with multiple tasting room locations across the state. *This is not my image I had the pleasure of experiencing a tasting in the Lambertville, NJ location this past weekend with my husband. This location is a tiny little retail store front nestled within the historic downtown – just a few hundred feet to the bridge into New Hope, Pennsylvania. I highly recommend visiting this area and these two quaint towns (you can walk over the bridge from NJ to PA). Bridge from Lambertville, NJ to New Hope, PA. The tasting is $15 per person – this included 8 wine choices & a wine glass to take home. Added bonus, they are dog friendly! *This is not my image My husband and I try to sample different wines when we go to tastings so we can then try each others, this isn’t always easy, because not all wineries offer enough selection to do so. Tomasello was completely different, they had an abundance of wines to pick from. The woman who did our tasting was fabulous, I was afraid being in a small storefront and not at the actual winery it would lose some character. But, it really was a different but great experience. She was very knowledgeable and had a lot of great recommendations. A little bit about the winery. The Tomasello Winery sits on 70 acres in the southern part of New Jersey, it is a family owned winery that has been working this land since 1933. It is the third generation of the Tomasello family that are now cultivating the land and working the vines. They pride themselves on being from the Outer Coastal Plains – this is a regional term for the wine that comes from this area of New Jersey. They have multiple tasting rooms throughout the state – here are the locations To learn even more about the winery – click here. We thoroughly enjoyed all of the wines we sampled – and their wines have won a lot of awards throughout the years. To see a list of these awards – click here. *This is not my image. Since I visited this tasting room during Labor Day Weekend, I decided to bring home a great bottle of their Pinot Grigio to enjoy. Pinot Grigio to me is the perfect summer wine. Chilled to perfection you can’t go wrong serving this wine during the hot months. This Pinot Grigio has hints of grapefruit and is extremely refreshing- pairs well with seafood, grilled chicken, cheeses and leafy green salads. Definitely give it a try! I highly recommend taking a visit to the winery or one of the many tasting rooms Tomasello Winery has to offer. New Jersey is definitely a state that has been upping their wine game and their wines can truly compete on an international level with some of the best. We definitely aren’t a state that should be overlooked when it comes to the present and future of winemaking. Cheers! xo Kait. *Please remember to always drink responsibly. Share this: Facebook Pinterest Like this: Like Loading... Reader Interactions From Summer to Fall. Fall Staples. Leave a Reply C

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Vegas Baby! Las Vegas is a super-popular destination for Americans and it’s easy to get to Vegas from points along the U.S. West Coast. But what about planning a 2 day Las Vegas itinerary from Europe? Getting from Europe to Las Vegas is a much bigger distance and thus a much bigger commitment. I had the opportunity to visit Las Vegas for a very short business trip. Was it worth it to spend 2 days traveling and 2 days in Las Vegas? Read on to find out. Where to Stay in Las Vegas I had the privilege of staying at the over-the-top Venetian (then again, what's not over-the-top in Vegas!) Inside felt like a technicolor palazzo that was very posh. I walked down a marble-floored corridor toward my room. I opened the door and...wow! I had a spacious suite with a view of The Strip. During my stay, I checked out the Canyon Ranch Spa. I opted for a mini-aromatherapy relaxation treatment. For $50 I received a 20 minute hand and foot wrap and massage while breathing in a lovely scented oil. With the cost of the treatment, I gained access to the many wet and dry spa services (eg: sauna, igloo, whirlpool, etc) for the entire day. With this added access, the spa treatment was good value. After my spa treatment, I popped into Bouchon Bakery for a carrot cake whoopie pie. It tasted amazing with the backdrop of the Las Vegas Strip. On to the casino to Press My Luck. I loved the game show when I was a kid so just had to try the Press Your Luck slot machine. Walking the Las Vegas Strip Viva Las Vegas! Immediately after checking in at the Venetian, I decided to soak up the sun and combat the 8 hours of jet lag with a walk to explore The Strip. Gaudy facades fronted the sidewalk. Palm trees alternated with posh hotels. I popped into the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace in search of a bite to eat. Strangely enough, La Salsa caught my eye and I munched on chips and salsa, a quesadilla, and the all-important margarita. Heaven... Who knew that good Mexican food would be easy to find so close to the Trevi Fountain? I spotted another European landmark, the Eiffel Tower, outside the Paris Hotel and Casino. Carrying onward, I spotted the classic Flamingo Hilton. Can you believe that Donny and Marie Osmond were together again and performing to rave reviews when I visited? Great stuff. The next day I set out for another stroll down the Las Vegas Strip. There is sage advice in the name of this bar: 5 O'Clock Somewhere! I passed the Paris and soon found myself surrounded by larger than life cartoon characters. You couldn't pay me enough to dress up in costume in the Las Vegas heat. There is a little bit of everything on the Strip. You can travel from far-flung Europe to New York in just a 15 minute walk. The MGM Grand, another classic, provided a counterpoint to the NYC skyline. Excalibur, the Luxor, and Mandalay Bay eluded me at the far end of the Strip. The sun was beating down on me too hard to press on. SIDEWALK SAFARI SPOTLIGHT: If you prefer to see the real thing rather than Las Vegas' interpretation of the real thing, check out Venice Italy in winter, Paris for Valentine's Day or the High Line park in New York City. Visit the land of the Excalibur legend in Wales with a trip to Cardiff or Conwy Castle in North Wales. The Bellagio Fountain Show I ended my walk at the Bellagio to check out the fountains which were surprisingly playing along to the American National Anthem sung diva-style. The Bellagio is quite simply stunning: inside or outside, day or night. The hotel puts on a spectacular fountain show every 30 minutes set to a different song each time. Vaulted glass ceilings light up the interior with sunshine. An amazing display of artistic glass lines the lobby and casino. At night, a larger-than-life garden enthralls those who pass through. A real butterfly garden features prominently. I definitely recommend popping into the Bellagio for a friendly drink (if you can stand the eye-popping prices). I tried a Bellini and it really hit the spot. Dinner at the Venetian The Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip features a variety of dining options. We stopped at Wolfgang Puck's steakhouse, Cut, for a cocktail infused with cucumber, basil, and lime. The drink was quite tasty but given the price (nearly $20!), I would have preferred more drink and less ice, even noting the fact that the ice was beautifully hewn. LAVO features a lovely patio for al fresco dining overlooking the Las Vegas Strip. Bubbles at the bar before dinner are highly recommended. We were soon led through the cool, dimly lit interior to our outside table. Voila! We were able to watch the pirates at Treasure Island do battle while we dined. We enjoyed a type of arancini as a starter followed by a heaping portion of pasta with bolognese sauce. On the second day or our 2 days in Las Vegas, we decided to try an indoor-outdoor drink at Otto while Venetian characters busked away nearby. This is the life. Cirque de Soleil at the Mirage The Mirage sits right across the Las Vegas Strip from the Venetian. In fact, I had a view of the Mirage from my suite. I wandered across to meet colleagues for dinner and a show. I found myself immersed in an indoor tropical rainforest. I emerged at Samba Brazilian Steakhouse. A meat intensive dinner ensued including chicken skewers presented in a pineapple wedge and glazed chicken wings. I wasn't particularly hungry so I opted for the chicken entree (everyone else I was with ordered a steak). After dinner, we rushed over to pick up our tickets for Cirque du Soleil's Love. We entered into an over-the-top world of Beatle-mania. Prior to the show, performers showered the audience with paper rose petals. Love featured beautiful sets and artfully done numbers with just a dash of the daring and jaw-dropping stunts that you normally see in a Cirque du Soleil show. Tickets were quite pricey (about $150 apiece when we visited Las Vegas) for a performance less than two hours long. However, it was money well spent and worth a look particularly if you like the Beatles. The Fremont Street Experience I've been to Vegas a number of times (all other trips pre-date this blog) and I've always wanted to see the Fremont Street Experience. I finally made it happen on this most recent visit. If you do decide to go, I highly recommend finding a group to cab over with from the Las Vegas Strip as the taxi costs at least $20 each way which can seriously eat into your gambling budget. We emerged from our taxi at the center of it all and were simply dazzled by the copious neon lights. Suddenly, the surroundings grew dark and we knew the signature light show was about to begin. For about 10 minutes, our eyes were transfixed on the screen above us and an ever-changing array of color. After the show, we couldn't resist ducking into the Golden Nugget for a few hands of Blackjack. The dealers were surprisingly patient and friendly with the newer players among us. I definitely recommend popping in here for a lower pressure (and cheaper!) introduction to Las Vegas table games. Somehow I managed to break even as the evening and ultimately our 2 days in Las Vegas drew to a close. Is Visiting Las Vegas from Europe Worth It? I think everyone should visit Las Vegas once in their lives no matter where they come from. The spectacle is real. However, 2 days in Las Vegas from Europe can be grueling due to the time zone difference and a 10-12 hour flight time each way. It’s also surreal to see fake versions of real European attractions like the Eiffel Tower and canals of Venice. 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Reebok and Adidas are combining their technologies and launching a collaborative sneaker for the first time. Titled Instapump Fury Boost, the innovative shoe merges Adidas’ Boost exclusive technology with Reebok’s Instapump Fury silhouette. Reebok/Adidas Reebok first launched the Instapump Fury sneaker in 1994. At the time, the sleek sandal-like design stretched over a thin GraphLite shard that bridged a gaping split sole unit. With the revolutionary Boost technology from Adidas and other minor changes and upgrades, the new version is set to become a hit with the new generation of consumers. “Instapump Fury Boost is exactly something we would have tried back in 1994 if we had the technology," said Steven Smith, designer of the Instapump Fury. “We were always experimenting to find the best cushioning system possible. It is great to build a hybrid of the best of both brands' technologies.” The Instapump Fury Boost will be released across three packs that salute the heritage of the Fury and Boost concepts. The exact look of the new shoes is being kept under wraps by the sportswear brands until its launch in the Fall Winter 2019. The first of the trifecta, the Instapump Fury Boost Prototype will be available exclusively at AtmosCon Japan on 5 October with a limited number of only 50 pairs up for sale. “When the Instapump Fury was released in 1994, there was no other athletic shoe like it. Even today, it feels ambitiously experimental. Now 25 years later, the Instapump Fury is ready for reinvention. Celebrating the legacy of the Instapump and the cushioning of adidas's Boost technology, the Instapump Fury Boost is here for a whole new generation,” said Kelly Hibler, general manager of Reebok Classic. Copyright © 2022 All rights reserved. Tags : Fashion Footwear Sports Col

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On Thursday, I took a mid-day break from work, pulled on my boots and coat, and walked 15 minutes to the pharmacy to drop off a prescription and then to Flavors Coffee Shop where I picked up wraps for lunch for Steve and me. My Word of the Week: Impossible by Charity Singleton Craig | Oct 21, 2015 | Blog, My Word of the Week impossible – adjective | \(ˌ)im-ˈpä-sə-bəl\ : unable to be done or to happen : not possible : very difficult : very difficult to deal with : very irritating or annoying Yesterday, everything seemed impossible. After a series of unexpected activities sprinkled... Re

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October 31, 2018 March 21, 2021 Categories All Posts, Devotionals, Grief, Holidays & Special DaysAutumn, death, healing, life, seasons4 Comments on Beauty In The Valley September–November in Minnesota have always been my favorite months. Rather than seeing endings, I usually see new beginnings. I love to wear deep hues, leather boots and hygge-perfect sweaters. I delight in everything pumpkin. The feeling of a crisp Autumn breeze is one of my most treasured seasonal experiences. My body takes great pleasure in these months as my energy literally soars. My skin holds a certain glow unlike any other season. It is no stretch or exaggeration to say that my soul breathes in the presence of bright yellows, energetic oranges, and deep reds. And yet, just a little over a year ago, I began writing about a harrowing realization. While gazing over an autumn clad valley, it occurred to me that this varied beauty comes directly from death. Dying Leaves When a leaf changes color, it is not doing so just to shed one set of clothes for a new one. No, that leaf is dying. One valley holds a thousand, million, trillion, deaths on every single tree. It’s not just a life cycle thing – these particular leaves will never again be on branches. The falling leaves will never again hold life. When Spring eventually rolls around, new buds on the tress will sprout. But those new green things are not in any way the same as, or replacements for their predecessors. There is a season for these leaves to be born, to grow, to hold insects, and to display the unseeable wind. And then there is this season for leaves to clothe themselves in bold and breathtaking hues; colors which only manifest as they die. In the Western culture of my heritage, death is nearly always associated with an end. While new beginnings often seem ripe with opportunity, final resting is rarely celebrated. For example, when a baby is born, there is great and colorful rejoicing! Yet, at a funeral, black-clad somber faces line every space. Beginnings hold hope, endings dump dread. And this is also true of the seasons leading up to them, I think. In pregnancy we hold anticipation for our new baby. Terminal illness, however, stops smiles. So isn’t it interesting, then, that in Autumn nature, the opposite is true? The golden hour in the lifetime of a leaf is that which it finds after a frost in the crisp air of October. Collateral Beauty Have you seen that movie with Will Smith yet? Don’t worry, I’ll try not to reveal spoilers. But if you’re looking for a thought-provoking, might-make-you-cry, but not quite as emotionally draining as This Is Us, movie: I highly recommend Collateral Beauty. In it, Will Smith’s character, Howard, attempts to face life after incredible loss. The script surmises that it is valuable to keep your eyes open during terrible sorrow in order that you might see the unintended or at least unexpected beautiful things that happen around or even because of suffering. If you close your mind to possibilities of anything but sadness, you may miss the collateral – the unintended – beauty. The loss of a loved one sucks. It just does. I do believe that my late husband is in Heaven, and there is joy in knowing that He is with the Lord – yet we who are left may continue to suffer sadness until we join him. That may be a full lifetime of wrestling with sorrow. After Eric’s death, people approached and wrote to me that there would be blessings to follow this tragedy. That even in my pain there was beauty rising from the ashes. And I didn’t want to hear it! Not then, not ever, I supposed. “They want to tell me it’ll be ok, but that’s not what I need right now. Not while my house is burning down” – “Not Right Now” Jason Gray). And time does NOT heal all wounds. And every single person grieves differently. There are actually no rules about how to grieve. Yet, in my own wrestle with the beast, I’ve been learning to acknowledge some pretty significant beauty rising from the ashes. All around me, though bouts of sadness still creep into happy days and times, blessings have also been presenting themselves in bold hues and joyful varieties. I have learned that, for me, it is the lowest lows that create the highest highs. Hilltops follow heartache. Enlightenment follows disillusionment. Through my saddest tragedy, my Father never let go of my hand. As we walked low in the valley of the shadow of death, He gave me eyes to see new colors I had never imagined. Beauty above the valley On a road trip during Autumn one year, Eric and I were stunned into silence by the colors in that same valley and the bluffs above it. “Do you suppose that there are more colors there than our eyes can even believe? Do you think with fresh heavenly eyes, we’ll be able to see them all when we arrive there?” I asked the question, but Eric now knows the answer. I suspect that just as my eyes were opened to new colors after tragedy, I will behold more breathtaking sights beyond earth’s confines. Someday, in Heaven, we’ll see a blaze of beauty in seasons which we cannot yet fathom. “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face toolden leaf and a crisp Autumn smell of lovely things. This is still my favorite season. My body is here in the beauty I can see, in the joy that varying colors truly bring. In paradoxical glory, this season of some things dying signals life for me. Share this: Tweet Email Share on Tumblr Like this: Like Loading... Published by Lizzie Lindberg Lizzie Lindberg is a Mama to two little boys, a widow, and a lover of words & coffee. As a part-time communications director and grikeLike Reply Lizzie Lindberg says: October 31, 2018 at 11:58 pm Thank you for reading! 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A buttload of Batman games have been released over the years, but this Batman game from Sunsoft on the NES is the real deal, rising from the pile of crap that are the rest of the Batman games from this and the adjacent video game generations, and showing you how quality franchise games should be made. 37 ammo, boomerang selected, kick some ass You play Batman, mission, kill the fucking Joker. The game starts off with killer animation of Batman storming the bad guy base and you start beating up assholes right from the get-go in a cool dark knightish environment. This is a pretty typical side-scrolling action game, in a way like Castlevania perhaps. You jump, punch and use one of your three weapons; boomerang, pistol or the flame discs. You scroll through the weapons with the start button and pick what is most appropriate for each situation. Punching and the boomerang are your bread and butter moves while the pistol and flame discs are more situational. Punching is free, but your weapons have shared finite ammunition. You get ammo from enemies and each weapon takes 1 ,2 and 3 ammo respectively in the order mentioned before, the boomerang taking only one piece of ammo of a total max of 99 so you have plenty if you play smart. Pretty solid boss fights Not only do you have plenty of moves, but they all feel awesome because the game plays so well. The controls are top notch, you are totally in control Batman, and if you mess up, it is your own fault and not the games’. Like the game isn’t smooth enough, it adds a cherry on top by giving you the ability to wall jump,and just like with all the other moves, you can execute them with precision if you get good at it. The wall jumping opens up excellent options for great level design, and with the variants in weapons and original enemies there is not a boring moment in Batman. The bosses are pretty cool, some are better than others but nothing to really complain about. Wall jumping feels fucking great! What you might notice in the later stages of the game is that the games’ difficulty spikes pretty hard. You will die,a lot! But that is okay because you have unlimited continues and never have to start the game from the absolute beginning. We must have played through the last stage of the game 10-12 times, and that is saying something cause we are Sunsoft Batman veterans so be ready for a real challenge! What is great about the challenge of Batman is that it is fair but not frustrating so it will be fun the whole challenging time. I love difficult games, but difficult games have to be fun to play if you are supposed to last all the way through the end, if not then its like….. what’s the point? Well, Batman is fun all the way through. The only problem being is that it lasts only 5 levels. Yes the levels are kinda big and have many sections, but they still could have added a stage or two i feel since i know for a fact that Castlevania 3 had a buttload of levels.The game still lasts well because of the difficulty. Heck it has lasted me twenty-something years since i just played it again, for the first time in quite a while though… Great cutscenes The game looks great, sprites are very well done and the background is dark and eerie which 100% captures the Batman atmosphere. But what stands out even more than the wicked visuals is the insanely good soundtrack. Sunsoft Batman on the NES has one of the best original soundtracks the system has to offer.It will fucking blow your tits off. The only bad thing about the soundtrack is that with more stages it could have added some more, same quality tunes to rock our world. The last stage of the game has the same music as the first stage which was a bit disappointing so maybe they ran out of time or money to make more stuff. Just give it a listen. Check out the longplay to see how smooth the game really is Sunsoft did an excellent job here(27 years ago), the gameplay is impeccable, the levels are great (but a few more levels would have been nice), the presentation is epic as the OST is insane and the visuals are very solid. The games’ difficulty will keep you engaged, and finally beating the game will feel extra good and rewarding. Just overall an awesome game, a must for action game fans and all Batman fans.

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How to get there: The mountain is clearly visible from the center of Tromsø. One must cross the main bridge and hike in the obvious valley that has a gondola lift on the right (south) side, while the mountain dominates the left side of the valley. Route description: We hiked a few kilometers in the valley (Tromsdalen) until near the end of the road, then descended left from the road and crossed the creek (at the very bottom of the valley). We proceeded up the slope on the north side and reached the north-west ridge. The rest of the route follows this ridge to the summit. Comments: This hike was done in the first week of June. There was still quite a lot of snow in Tromsdalen and on the lower part of the mountain. The ridge was wind blown and had only patches of snow. I led a very international group, in fact about 22 people from 12 different nations made the summit. The hike started with an organ concert in the Arctic Cathedral ending around 2300. We went directly from the church and made the summit around 0300 in beautiful sunshine. The view north towards Lyngsalpene was spectacular. The whole group returned safely across the bridge and to the main conference hotel in the early morning hours.

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The Connecticut legislature recently let a proposed flavor vape ban expire after it was rendered toothless by several changes. The proposal would have banned the sale of all flavored vape products in the state. It was introduced early this year as a sweeping ban that would have not only banned flavored vapes but menthol cigarettes as well. A menthol cigarette ban would have gone much further than other legislations that targeted only e-cigarettes. The menthol amendment was later removed after a budget report forecast a multi-million-dollar revenue loss if the ban had gone into effect. After that change, lawmakers continued butchering the bill until even anti-vaping activists admitted that no ban was better than the proposed law. Table Of Contents What Happened to the Proposal? The Changes Made to the Bill Will a New Ban Be Proposed? What Happened to the Proposal? Connecticut lawmakers were set to pass; indeed, they did pass a flavored vape ban that also targeted menthol cigarettes at the beginning of the year. The bill had not yet taken effect when a budget analysis projected a $200 million annual loss of tax revenue. This finding prompted the removal of the menthol cigarette ban from the bill, and the gutting snowballed from there. After menthol cigarettes were exempted from the ban, it was later buried in the state’s annual budget proposal. The ban was then refocused to restrict tobacco products that have already been approved by the FDA, while it said nothing about flavored vapor products. No one is sure who was responsible for changing the bill’s focus, but some lawmakers suspected that either tobacco or vaping lobbyists were involved. There was also suspicion that Republican members of the Public Health Committee called for the bill to be killed, as they perceived it as an affront to personal freedoms. The Changes Made to the Bill With the bill refocused on “modified risk tobacco products,” it would have made the state liable to lawsuits by the vaping and tobacco industry if the state had taken action against flavored vapes in the state. The bill also made concessions for those products granted PMTA (premarket tobacco approval) by the FDA. As of 2016, all vapor products that want to be given market approval must go through the approval process set out by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA is responsible for regulating the burgeoning e-cigarette market after taking a hands-off approach for close to six years. Anti-vaping advocates, meanwhile, felt that the bill left enforcement and regulation action with the FDA, rather than giving state authorities the power to punish violators and enforce laws. Matthew Myers, the president of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, was adamant that the watered-down bill was a disappointment. Myers said in a statement that the “Connecticut Legislature is making it quite clear that it will sell out Connecticut’s kids to do the bidding of Juul and Altria instead.” Myers even went on to say that no flavor ban would be better than the diluted bill that was proposed to pass. After many other objections, Senate Democrats announced that the bill would be tabled and not put up for a vote. Will a New Ban Be Proposed? After the debacle surrounding the first bill, it is unclear whether Connecticut lawmakers will try again to ban flavored vapor products. Governor Ned Lamont made clear his intention to ban the products in the state, joining other states like New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. Several, mostly Democratic lawmakers, have signaled that the ban is a top priority for them. They continue to parrot the narrative of protecting minors and young people from vaping products from organizations like Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The only ones decrying the ban are Republican lawmakers who rightly point out that a ban would negatively impact small businesses and adult smokers who wish to switch to vaping products. Published: July 1, 2021 Christi

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Prince Rogers Nelson, the late singer-songwriter better known as "Prince," once said, "There is joy in repetition." I was brought to mind of Prince’s words in July when, while visiting my dad in New York state, I watched a hummingbird out his window. The tiny bird returned again and again to my dad’s feeder, wings abuzz, feathers glinting in the sun, its long beak taking quick sips as it bobbed and weaved around those plastic flowers at the base of the feeder. Mostly quick sips – playful and teasing, as though flirting. But then, every so often, it hovered for what seemed like a hummingbird eternity and thrust its beak in deep, taking a long quaff, before flitting off to a nearby branch. Where it recovered for a few panting seconds… and then returned to the feeder to do it all again! And then again! I may be imagining it, but I dare say there was an exuberance – a joy – as he perched there on the branch, chest thrust out, proud in his plumage, darting to the feeder again and again. "There is joy in repetition." Our lectionary this summer is kind of like that hummingbird, returning again and again to John6. We’ve heard from John6 for the last four weeks; and we will hear from John6 yet again next week. This summer, we will have heard from John chapter 6 five weeks in a row! (To no other text does the lectionary return so frequently.) In returning again and again to John6, the Spirit must be trying to show us something. And I can’t help but wonder if, given this repetition and the imagery Jesus uses in John6 – "I am the living bread that came down from heaven" – [I can’t help but wonder if] the Spirit is trying to show us not merely where we can find the sustenance our souls need, but also the joy. To give some flesh to this sustenance and joy, I will share with you one of my favorite poems. It is a poem that speaks of a bird, though not a hummingbird but a goldfinch. It is by contemporary American poet Ross Gay, and while the poem is called "Wedding Poem" and is ostensibly about the bride and groom, the poem just might be about John6. Here it is: To Keith and Jen Friends I am here to modestly report seeing in an orchard in my town a goldfinch kissing a sunflower again and again dangling upside down by its tiny claws steadying itself by snapping open like an old-timey fan its wings again and again, until, swooning, it tumbled off and swooped back to the very same perch, where the sunflower curled its giant swirling of seeds around the bird and leaned back to admire the soft wind nudging the bird’s plumage, and friends I could see the points on the flower’s stately crown soften and curl inward as it almost indiscernibly lifted the food of its body to the bird’s nuzzling mouth whose fervor I could hear from oh 20 or 30 feet away and see the tiny hulls that sailed from their good racket, which good racket, I have to say was making me blush, and rock up on my tippy-toes, and just barely purse my lips with what I realize now was being, simply, glad, which such love, if we let it, makes us feel. "Keith and Jen," the finch and the flower. Gay describes not only the finch’s “feeding” in sensuous terms – the goldfinch “kissed” the sunflower, ate with its "nuzzling mouth," ate with such "fervor" that its "good racket" could be heard "oh 20 or 30 feet away" – [Gay describes not only the finch’s feeding in sensuous terms] but also the sunflower’s participation in sensuous terms: the sunflower leaned back, the points on its stately crown softened and curled inward; it admired “the soft wind nudging the bird’s plumage” as "it almost indiscernibly lifted the food of its body" to the finch. (Gay’s imagery makes me blush!) In John6 – to which we are returning again an again – Jesus similarly invites us to feed, using intimate, even sensuous, terms: "The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man… you have no life in you." "Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them." Keith and Jen. The finch and the sunflower. Jesus and us. Each “feeds” on the other, in the flesh. And hopefully… with joy. This feeding is something we do every Sunday, again and again, in the Eucharist, and I can’t help but wonder if, as Prince suggests, “There is joy in [this] repetition.” For Jesus, surely, there is joy. Like the sunflower, he "almost indiscernibly lifts the food of his body" toward us. Perhaps as we stretch out our hands to receive him, he admires the wind nudging our “plumage.” He is delighted we are here. But do we find joy in this repetition? As for me, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t; sometimes the Eucharist is quite rote for me, and at other times I find it profoundly moving. I pray that we may find joy in what we do here “again and again.” I pray that we may find joy and that on account of what we do here our lives might be lived with a “fervor” that might be heard from "oh 20 or 30 feet away." I pray that others out there might see crumbs sailing from our “good racket” in here. I pray that this good racket might make us blush, as it were, and rock up on our tippy-toes and maybe even purse our lips with what I hope we may come to realize is being, simply, glad, which Jesus’ love, shown us in this sacrament, if we let it, makes make us feel.

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COVID-19: Interview With Virus GodVID-19: Interview With Virus God Posted byDCMontreal May 7, 2020 May 6, 2020 Posted inCanada, COVID-19, DCMontreal Commentary, DCMontreal Light, Donald Trump, Humor, Interview, Montreal, OpinionTagssy for governments to act. The keyword was: close. The virus was running rampant and so we were all instructed to stay home. “Stay Home, Stay Safe” was the phrase trumpeted on social media and all other sorts of media. By staying inside, the virus could not spread. To a great extent, we followed that request and the virus … well, it continued to spread. … currently, we do not have a weapon against the coronavirus. We can only hope to stem its proliferation … Of course, not everyone can stay home; essential services must be maintained. From medical professionals to refuse collectors, there are just some things that have to be done. And those who undertake these essential tasks had to put their kids somewhere wh We were all told to wait until the curve flattened; until the virus peaked. At which point we would be in control of it. Ha! Somewhere the god of viruses is not just chortling but is enjoying a devious belly-laugh. This god understands that currently, we do not have a weapon against the coronavirus. We can only hope to stem its proliferation by avoiding usual contact with fellow humans. The virus god gets a kick out of the idea of reopening our communities now that some places have planked the curve The virus god gets a kick out of the idea of reopening our communities now that some places have planked the curve. How do I know this? Well, I recently had an opportunity to interview the virus god (VG)I mean via C’mon, I’m not crazy. DCMontreal: I think the first question as to why you loosed COVID-19 on humankind is why. VG: You guys think you’re t path when he, unfortunately, passed away. You see… DCM: Just a moment, can you tell me who you are talking about, please? A great educator, philosopher, scientist? VG: Calm down big guy. I’m talking about one of those folks who often see things clearer than most of you mortals. A comedian. The late George Carlin was on to something when he pointed out that the earth is over four billion years old, yet the current inhabitants – you – are so arrogant that they think they can bring it down. From where I sit it’s both embarrassing and funny. Four billion years and it will all come crumbling down because of a few million empty plastic water bottles, some ozone smashing cows, and all those cars. I think not. DCM: So you unleashed a killer virus to teach us a lesson? VG: That’s right. I was fed up with you acting too big for your britches. Reel it in Sunshine. The earth was around long before you and will be there long after you’ve gone clogs up. But, if you prefer to think you’re running the show, here’s a little virus for you to come to terms with. Bring you back down to earth, as it were. Good luck. DCM: Okay, so if I say, on behalf of all mankind, Uncle! Will you give me a hint about what we mere mortals should do? VG: Most certainly. First, it is too soon to start going back to normal. The virus I rained down on you has an “anti-herd-immunity” aspect. This is not your Grandma’s Chicken Pox. Attempting to just get back to the way things were too soon will be drastic, dire. In fact, things will never be the same as they were, but they may be better. DCM: Go on, please … VG: For instance, once I see fit to whistle and call home my virus, I hope you will have learned that it is imperative that the absolute best care is provided for your elderly. It is no coincidence that the majority of innocent victims are seniors. Pick-up your game and take better care of those who made you what you are. DCM: Fine, good idea. It’s already being talked about. VG: And, for the love of all deities, don’t elect morons again. Realize just how important it is to have intelligent leaders. Ideally smarter than most of you. With this, an assistant whispered in his ear, and he rose to excuse himself, explaining it was time for him to watch his favourite TV comedy – Dr. Phil. Share this: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Print Pinterest Reddit Tumblr WhatsApp Like this: Like Loading... Related Posted byDCMontreal May 7, 2020 May 6, 2020 Posted inCanada, COVID-19, DCMontreal Commentary, DCMontreal Light, Donald Trump, Humor, Interview, Montreal, OpinionTags:COVID19, Interview Published by DCMontreal DCMontreal - Deegan Charles Stubbs - is a Montreal writer born and raised who likes to establish balance and juxtapositions; a bit of this and a bit of that, a dash of Yin and a soupçon of Yang, some Peaks and an occasional Frean and maybe a bit of a sting in the tail! Please follow DCMontreal on Twitter and on Facebook, and add him on Google+ View more posts Post navigation Previous Post Previous post: COVID-19: Hank Aaron Knew What To Do With A Curve Next Post Next post: Murder Hornets Seek Legal Counsel 3 t it all. We won’t even talk about all the vacant land in Canada and the US. Something interesting in the news from India this week is that they are offering free land to any pharma company willing to come “home.”

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Laura Sayburn Sandfields Care Home Sandfields St George’s Road Cheltenham GL50 3EL Tel: 01242 801 867 Website: Click Here Email yourself a copy of this See all listings from Sandfields Care Home If you have reason to believe this advert is out of date, please click here to report it to Glos.info. Cheltenham care home celebrates launch of renovated residential suite Cheltenham A care home in Cheltenham celebrated the launch of its refurbished suite. Care UK’s Sandfields, on St ite, located on the home’s ground floor, consists of 15 newly refurbished bedrooms, each with patio doors which lead to the home’s private garden. The suite also features a communal lounge and dining area. The layout has been designed to encourage the creation of close-knit communities within the home. The local Mayor, Councillor Sandra Holliday, was invited to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the home’s new suite in the presence of the Care UK team and the first residents moving in. To add to the celebrations, everyone was treated to cakes and a glass of bubbly. Malaika Charles, Home Manager at Sandfields, said: “It was a pleasure to have the mayor join us and cut the ribbon to mark this special occasion – thank you, Sandra! We would also like to thank everyone who joined us to celebrate the unveiling of our new Austen Suite. We look forward to welcoming residents into their new home. “The new suite means we can now meet the demand in Cheltenham and beyond for residential care. It was great to showcase the types of care we will be able to offer to the local community and show what life is like at Sandfields.” Sandfields is a state-of-the-art care home which provides full-time residential, dementia, nursing and short-term respite care. The home, which features 90 en-suite bedrooms, has been designed to enable residents to live active and fulfilled lives, whilst also promoting independence. The care home incorporates space for hobby and leisure activities and includes its own cinema, bar, hairdressing salon and café. For more information about Sandfields, contact Home Manager, Malaika Charles, on or call 01242 801 867. More details about Cheltenham care home celebrates launch of renovated residential suite (External Link)

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omes to long-lasting and super intense lip color, liquid lipsticks have been the go-to choice. It is because no other lip color formula is as highly pigmented as the liquid ones. That is why, in this article, we talk about the best drugstore liquid lipsticks that are long-wearing, feel smooth on application, and won’t make a hole in your pocket. Liquid lipsticks are available in myriad colors, and you don’t have to worry about them being smudged. They look gorgeous on your lips and provide the right coverage. The best part about these lipsticks is that their no melt transfer-proof matte formula has ruled the lippie market over the past few years. As these lip colors come at affordable prices, you can experiment with as many colors as you want. In this article, we have rounded up a list of the best drugstore liquid lipsticks with incredible texture and finish. Keep reading to find out! Our Top Picks Check Price Best Pigmented: Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick - Lover Price on Amazon Best Transfer-Proof: Revlon ColorStay Overtime Lip Color - Non Stop Cherry Price on Amazon Best Waterproof: NYX Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick - Kitten Heels Price on Amazon Best Color Choices: Wet N Wild Megalast Liquid Catsuit Matte Lipstick - Video Vixen Price on Amazon Best Vegan: Lime Crime Velvetines Liquid Matte Lipstick - Bleached Price on Amazon Best Nourishing: Sugar Cosmetics Smudge Me Not Liquid Lipstick - Fine Wine Price on Amazon Best Long-Lasting: L’Oréal Paris Infallible Les Chocolats Pro Matte Liquid Lipstick - Sweet Tooth Price on Amazon Best Matte Finish: Covergirl Melting Pout Matte Liquid Lipstick - Current Nude Price on Amazon Best Silicon-Free: Honest Beauty Liquid Lipstick - Fearless Price on Amazon Best For Full Coverage: Milani Amore Shine Liquid Lip Color - Crush Price on Amazon In This Article 13 Best Drugstore Liquid Lipsticks Of 2022 Worth Investing In Why Trust StyleCraze? 13 Best Drugstore Liquid Lipsticks Of 2022 Worth Investing In 1. Best Pigmented: Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick – Lover BUY ON AMAZON Are you keen to ink your lips in a gorgeous matte lip color? This highly pigmented, drugstore matte liquid lipstick glides on smoothly, delivering intense color, and lasts up to 16 hours through the normal routine of your day. It glides on with precision with the unique arrow tip applicator and is available in a range of 40 super saturated shades, including nude shades to classic red! Just apply this liquid lipstick to the center of your upper lip and follow the contours of your mouth, and then glide the liquid lipstick across the entire bottom lip, and allow it to dry. You are set for the day! If you need further convincing, check this YouTuber’s review out. Pros Highly pigmented Long lasting Smooth application Precise arrow tip applicator Cons Some may find its texture sticky Contains added fragrance Buy on Amazon 2. Best Transfer-Proof: Revlon ColorStay Overtime Lip Color – Non Stop Cherry BUY ON AMAZON Live boldly with this drugstore liquid lipstick that comes in a range of 30 vivid colors from pinks and bold reds, to natural-looking nudes and browns. You don’t need to worry about touch-ups as this longwear lipstick lasts for up to 16 hours and stays intact without smudging, bleeding, or feathering. It contains the antioxidant vitamin E, soy extract, and chamomile extract, all of which are extremely moisturizing. This dual-ended lipstick is transfer-proof and kiss-proof, and doesn’t smudge or rub off. One end smoothes on the plush liquid lipstick, so it feels soft on your lips and the other end is loaded with a clear lip gloss, that acts as a top coat, for a slick look. Pros 16 hours wear Transfer-proof color No smudging Enriched with vitamin E Cons Might take time to dry Buy on Amazon 3. Best Waterproof: NYX Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick – Kitten Heels BUY ON AMAZON Doll up your lips in a vibrant and creamy color with this drugstore liquid matte lipstick that glides on and sets into a striking matte finish in a velvety soft shade. This waterproof lipstick is highly pigmented and has a striking long wear and smooth finish. It’s enriched with nourishing avocado oil and vitamin E which is packed with antioxidants. Its formula provides a matte finish without drying your lips out, and it lasts for several hours, even as you drink or eat something. As a plus, the brand is acknowledged by PETA as cruelty free. Your search for the perfect shade of red may have just ended right here! Check out the review of this product on YouTube to know why it is one of the best out there. Pros Cruelty-free Waterproof Matte finish Smooth application Cons Some may not find it as long lasting Buy on Amazon 4. Best Color Choices: Wet N Wild Megalast Liquid Catsuit Matte Lipstick – Video Vixen BUY ON AMAZON This matte drugstore lipstick glides on like butter and stays put for hours without smudging, bleeding, or feathering. It goes on glossy yet transforms into a highly pigmented matte finish and feels like there’s nothing on your lips after it dries off. It doesn’t dry out your lips, nor does it transfer, and it’s easy to apply as the stick is long and has a smooth and well-shaped brush. It has a lightweight, cruelty-free formula that stays on all day. This lip product keeps your lips moisturized, and numerous shades are available to suit every skin tone. Pros Cruelty-free Moisture-rich Lightweight Highly pigmented Cons Some may find it difficult to remove Buy on Amazon 5. Best Vegan: Lime Crime Velvetines Liquid Matte Lipstick – Bleached BUY ON AMAZON If you have been craving luscious lips with a velvety matte finish, search no more! Probably one of the best drugstore long wear lipsticks, this richly pigmented, gorgeous peachy nude lipstick glides on as a liquid and dries down to a velvety matte finish. It is infused with French vanilla that can make your lips feel luxurious and velvety, like a rose. It also lasts all day with minimal touch-ups, even through meals. It doesn’t smudge or transfer or dry out your lips, especially if you apply a lip balm 15 minutes prior to applying this liquid lip color. In this YouTube video, you will find a detailed review of this product. Pros Vegan Cruelty-free Transfer-resistant No smudging Cons May crack upon applying a thick coat Buy on Amazon 6. Best Nourishing: Sugar Cosmetics Smudge Me Not Liquid Lipstick – Fine Wine BUY ON AMAZON If you are looking to be the connoisseur of elegance, it would be a good idea to try out this burgundy red good drugstore matte lipstick. It has a smudge-proof formula and is long lasting enough to keep your lips vibrant all day long with a luxuriously matte finish. Enriched with a powerful antioxidant vitamin E, it keeps your lips moisturized all day. A single swipe of this lipstick gives your lips a burst of color that stays put through wine, coffee, and food. Available in 52 shades, this range of liquid lipsticks will make you stand apart from the crowd. Pros Cruelty-free Smudge-proof Rich pigment Enriched with vitamin E Cons May not spread evenly on dry lips Buy on Amazon 7. Best Long-Lasting: L’Oréal Paris Infallible Les Chocolats Pro Matte Liquid Lipstick – Sweet Tooth BUY ON AMAZON Chocolate lovers, life can’t get much better! One of the best drugstore liquid lipsticks, it has an indulgent chocolate aroma that will tickle your senses. This liquid lipstick delivers a smooth, even matte coverage that lasts through the day and won’t transfer or bleed. This chocolate nude matte liquid lipstick comes in 6 shades for every mood and each shade is intense, loaded with pigment, and never sheer. It has a quick drying formula and lasts for upto 16 hours without being sticky and without drying out your lips. Its pro-sculpt applicator helps to add shape and dimension to your lips and gives full and even coverage in just one stroke. Pros 16 hours lasting color Transfer-resistant No bleeding Non-sticky Pro-sculpt applicator Cons May take long to dry Buy on Amazon 8. Best Matte Finish: Covergirl Melting Pout Matte Liquid Lipstick – Current Nude BUY ON AMAZON If having hot lips is your thing, do try this out! With upto 24 hours of wear, it’s one of the longest lasting drugstore lipsticks with a 100% vegan formula. It gives you a high impact, super rich color with a lightweight, matte finish. Its cushiony soft applicator ensures that the lip color glides on smoothly and it doesn’t dry your lips out. Its superior consistency ensures that it doesn’t dry in patches or cake up. As it has no flavor to speak of, once it dries, it feels and tastes as if nothing’s on your lips. This liquid matte lipstick is infused with nourishing ingredients to keep your lips soft and smooth at all times. Pros Vegan formula Cruelty-free Rich color Nourishing ingredients Lightweight matte finish Cons Some may find it too dry. Buy on Amazon 9. Best Silicon-Free: Honest Beauty Liquid Lipstick – Fearless BUY ON AMAZON If finding the perfect lipstick seems like an impossible dream, that might just change for you! This brand that brings you an impressive drugstore liquid lipstick is a 2019 Allure Best of Clean Beauty Award winner! It has avocado oil that contains fatty acids to nourish your skin, and hyaluronic acid known to bind water and draw moisture into the skin. It features clean power technology and hydration powered by clean ingredients. It moves with your lips and doesn’t cause that over-drying feeling. Its high pigment payoff and color-drenched shade has a shine to matte finish and is available in 8 colors. Pros Vegan Cruelty-free Silicon-free Fragrance-free No isododecane No carmine No synthetic film formers Dermatologist-tested Toxicologist-verified Cons Some may find it drying. Buy on Amazon 10. Best For Full Coverage: Milani Amore Shine Liquid Lip Color – Crush BUY ON AMAZON You can’t be missed with this drugstore liquid lipstick, one stroke of which delivers full coverage and glides across your lips to give them a sleek, glossy finish. This lip color is creamy, moisturizing and lasts quite long without being sticky. It stays put even after a large cup of hot tea or coffee. It’s ideal for dry lips as it’s amazingly moisturizing. There is no added scent but it has a pleasant minty flavor. Though a lightweight lipstick, it’s creamy without being over-shiny and keeps you looking perfectly turned out through the day. Pros Cruelty-free Moisturizing Full coverage Minty flavor Cons Some may find the product difficult to remove Buy on Amazon 11. Best Moisturizing: Rimmel Provocalips 16HR Kiss Proof Lip Color – Little Minx BUY ON AMAZON Have you always dreamt of being a femme fatale? This drugstore liquid lipstick is kiss proof, transfer proof, food proof, and offers you high-impact endless color through the day. There’s no tight feeling or dryness and your lips feel smooth and moisturized all day long. It’s also easy to remove at the end of the day with an oil based makeup remover. You are free of touch-ups for upto 16 hours with this exclusive 2-step product that locks in vibrant color. Just apply the lip color and let it dry for 60 seconds until the product sets, and then apply the top coat to lock in the color, moisture, and for that added shine. It’s extremely lightweight and flexible and moulds to the movement of your lips and is available in 15 other seductively rich shades. Pros Long lasting Lightweight Moisturizing Comes with glossy topcoat Cons Some may find its texture patchy when used without the top coat. Buy on Amazon 12. Best Dermatologically-Tested: Kiko Milano Unlimited Double Touch Liquid Lipstick – Fire Red BUY ON AMAZON If you have neither the time nor the energy to keep touching up your lipstick, this drugstore long wear lipstick is the answer. You apply it in 2 steps— first a color base and then a lip gloss for a vibrant, bright finish. The dual formula allows you to have a matte or glossy lipstick depending on your mood. The color adheres well and lasts for up to 8 hours. This lipstick’s formula is enriched with film-forming polymers that enhance its feel, offer it an excellent staying power, and deliver uniform color. The liquid lipstick itself is non-drying and very comfortable on the lips and is available in 24 different shades. This product comes with 2 applicators— the flocked base color applicator ensures high precision and coverage, and the fibre lip gloss applicator results in just the right amount of product being used. Pros Cruelty-free Smudge-proof Transfer-resistant Lasts for 8 hours Enriched with film-forming polymers Dermatologically-tested Comes with 2 applicators Cons Some may not be satisfied with its staying power Buy on Amazon 13. Best Lightweight: Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick – Patina BUY ON AMAZON If you crave the natural look without looking washed out, look no further! This iconic drugstore liquid lipstick offers you soft, sheer coverage and stays on your lips comfortably for upto 12 hours. It tints your lips with a light wash of color for a natural, softer appearance. The color is gorgeous, it does not dry out your lips at all and it lasts even through oily and messy meals. Once dry, this lipstick stays on all day with a matte finish, and is extremely lightweight. It’s very soft and moisturizing and is perfect even for extremely dry lips! Pros Lightweight Moisturizing Long lasting Sheer matte coverage Cons Contains alcohol Buy on Amazon One of the most important aspects of liquid lipsticks is how they hardly smudge and provide great coverage. Their no-melt transfer-proof matte formula has been a top favorite among lipstick lovers worldwide! Our list of budget-friendly drugstore liquid lipsticks with effective texture glides easily and provide a seamless finish. Moreover, if you pick drugstore liquid lipstick, you must look out for the highly pigmented ones, which are also rich in moisture. Some of our lipsticks are cruelty-free, vegan, and made with natural ingredients. However, avoid lipsticks that are sticky and not quicky-drying as they become hard to remove later. Why Trust StyleCraze? The author of this article, Chaitra Krishnan, is an avid makeup enthusiast who loves reviewing different makeup products. She has curated a list of drugstore liquid lipsticks after researching and checking reviews online and trying some of the products out herself. Her list is perfect if you are keen on experimenting with different lip colors. These liquid lipsticks can be applied smoothly, are long-lasting and smudge-proof. Frequently Asked Questions What are the benefits of drugstore lipsticks? Most drugstore brands offer different types of lipsticks and in a wide range of shades. The pigmentation of many drugstore brands is so good that it’s difficult to differentiate them from luxury brands. And the cherry on the cake is that they don’t burn a hole in your pocket. What should you look for in a drugstore lipstick? This can be a tricky question because everyone has different expectations from lipsticks. Some may want a long lasting lipstick, some care about its texture and consistency, some only want a cruelty-free product, and some may just buy it for the color. Texture usually is the deciding factor while choosing the best drugstore lipstick. Matte lipsticks are long lasting and make your lips look beautiful without drying them out. Liquid lipsticks are trending now and are comfortable and long lasting. What should you keep in mind before buying a drugstore lipstick? Before you pick up a drugstore lipstick, you need to keep a few things in mind. Some drugstore lipsticks may not be as pigmented as you’d want them to be. And while some drugstore brands allow you to check the products with their testers, many brands don’t have a tester. However, liquid lipsticks have changed that to a large extent to suit the preference of a majority of people. 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Keen to reach a summit without raising a sweat, riding an incline at speed or breezing along a tricky coastal trail? If this is your style, then riding out of the Capital and onto the Remutaka Cycle Trail could be your next biking adventure! I begin my cycle mission on the foreshore at Petone – the official trail start of the Remutaka Cycle Trail. With my GPS units set to record every second of my experience so I can continue building the Great Rides App, I’m away. The sky is blue and there is a little chop on the harbour from the breeze that helps me ride north, upstream along the bank of the Hutt River. The GPS units plot the river edge’s gentle sweeping curves along the reserves on the urban fringes. My tyres lap up the well-formed path, wheeling past Petone and both Hutt cities. Upon reaching the scattered forest pockets, I leave the city behind. After passing under the Wairarapa rail line, I climb a short hill where the trail is on the former railway alignment. I have reached the line that, prior to the mid-1950’s, trains used to travel over the Remutaka Range. Today the electric trains speed along a new line that bores 8.8 kilometres under the range, while my ride goes over the mountain on the old railway line. It’s a popular ride that I am eager try. To my surprise I am launched into darkness only a few metres along the rail trail. The 253 metre Mangaroa Tunnel is the first of many on the ride. I flick on my torch to navigate through to reach the Tunnel Gully recreational area at the other end and my first of many rest stops. Sitting under giant eucalypt trees in the reserve I enjoy the last of autumn’s warmth. Having refuelled my engine and checked the data being captured I ride on towards the range and into the side catchment of the Pakuratahi. Here the trail follows the forest-lined river; the trail is wide and gentle and there is a sense of mystery beyond. Crossing a restored truss bridge (the oldest of it’s kind in NZ) I pass over the river and through another tunnel. This portal was built in 1876 and with rails yet to be laid and no vehicular access to the site, the contractor innovated to make 13,000 concrete blocks on-site. The arched walls of the tunnel made of pressed sand and cement are considered to be our country’s first concrete block structure! ​ While appreciative of the work from long ago, my senses alert me to a train coming my way! Is this a ghost train on a trackless tunnel? As I stop at the tunnel entrance, the rumbling mechanical noise increases in intensity – I can almost feel the vibrations of the advancing bulk. What’s going on?! Then, the sound of the haunting ceases … I am alone again with my wild thoughts in the wilderness. The train sound passed through the valley despite no visible tracks for miles. How could this be? A little rattled, I continue to ride and discover after my trip that I was standing near a vertical ventilation shaft to the current railway tunnel more than 100 metres below my tyres – this was where my phantom train was. It gave me such a fright! I continued onwards reaching the graceful arc and handcrafted stonework of Ladel Bend, a campsite below the trail, and while inviting it is not my stopover. I continue upward as the gradient increases towards Summit. As a cartographer I love how Summit is both a geographic feature and a place. At just under 350 metres above the Cook Strait it is the highest point of the trail and was once a small settlement of railway workers. Little remains of the community today with the most obvious feature being the circular depression where the former train turntable sat. There are a few rusty railway relics scattered about too. Beside the abandoned village a fresh slip blocks the Summit tunnel. An excavator works to remove the debris. I wait. The construction of the tunnel 140 years ago using handtools was both slow and perilous. Skilled miners burrowed a chain length (20 metres) forwards each month. Working conditions were tough. Boring involved poor ventilation, extreme cold and frequent slips – a few months after completion the roof fell in killing one person and severely injuring another. History, however dark, seems to welcome me around every corner. At Summit I am joined by two sets of tandem riders who are also awaiting the go-ahead by the excavator operator. We stand in the sun chatting about our experiences so far, before being let loose on the longest tunnel on the trail. If torch light was useful for other tunnels, then in this half kilometre of darkness it was compulsory. Reaching the exit brings sunlight, a waterfall that cascades beside the terminus, and the start of the speedy descent of the Remutaka Incline. Gravity takes over; I no longer puff like those steam engines of yesteryear on the incline as I free-wheel downhill. ​ Before long I reach a dogleg in the trail, it is the ravine of Siberia Gully, where the trail gradient steepens and the trail surface becomes a stony creek bed to cross. Here I dismount before reconnecting with the trail and look back at the incised chasm. The gully is named after the chilling winds that roared at up to 200 km/hour through this gut during railway construction. They still can. The gully was overcome for rail transport by a circular embankment 30 metres above the creek. The bank dammed the creek water which was channelled down a shaft that is the only structure remaining today. In 1880 two train carriages were blown off their tracks at this site killing four children and injuring 13 adults. The Department of Conservation intends to construct a bridge here – I sure hope it is sturdy and engineered to survive such ferrous winds! I continue down through the bowels of another tunnel and beautifully crafted curved cuttings swooping around the bends. At the bottom of the valley I reach Cross Creek and peer down at my brakes. They’re cooking. The heat from the pads of my grand descent is nothing like the heat generated from the Fell locomotive’s brakes, especially with carriages in tow. The Fell steam locomotives used the innovative addition of a centre rail to both drive from and brake the locomotives on the 1:15 grade incline. The steep grades were gruelling for the rolling stock demanding frequent maintenance … a new set of brakes was typically needed for each return from Summit. Cross Creek once had a school, library, community hall and several cottages that are all long gone. All that remains is the train turntable and the working engine pits of a once busy workshop settlement. Not prepared to settle for camping, I head down the flowy trail to the road, then off the official trail to reach Featherston for the night. Riders who like engineering marvels may choose to visit the local museum for displays on the Remutaka Incline. There’s the option of hopping on the train with bikes at the local station to go through the big tunnel back to Maymorn, Hutt Valley or Wellington railway stations. As dawn breaks I travel southward along the road beside Lake Wairarapa towards the southern coastline. This next section of trail gets interesting once you reach Ocean Beach - the most challenging and exposed section of the trail. A few days before a significant storm had passed through so I was wary about the stream crossings I would encounter beyond Corner Creek. As I rode along the beach I was enamoured with the cute baches tucked into the hillside, presumably handed down between generations of holiday makers. As many of you would know the word ‘bach’ is a kiwiism. A brief search on the word reveals that it may be a shortening of the term 'bachelor pad' or perhaps, less likely, the Welsh word 'bach' meaning ‘small’ although pronounced differently – more like the German composer's name. Where I am from in the deep South we use the word 'crib' for such a dwelling. The term 'crib' is thought to have come from an old English Germanic word 'krippe' meaning 'manger', which later developed into different meanings as the English language developed. For some time the word described a wicker basket used by thieves in the 17-18th century to steal goods. Used as 'to crib' or pilfer a good the meaning lingers today in our language as 'crib cheat sheets'. In the United States, 100 years ago, cribs were small rooms in brothels with sufficient space for a bed. However, in our country, the word has a more savoury meaning as a small holiday home, usually built by families a couple of generations ago and often over a number of weekends. If you have ever spent time in a crib or bach you’ll know they are often packed full of games like cards, and Monopoly, jigsaws, and old magazines - you know; the stuff for wet days. There were collections of mismatched carpet, furniture and fittings - it was a simple, cheap structure in a bygone time. Modern stricter building regulations may endanger these dwellings – I hope these simple dwellings like those at Corner Creek continue to live on. Waiting near the baches are tracked machines and rusting tractors, ready to help their owners launch small watercraft from the stony beach. From the look of the washed out beach road I could see that a dozer would be a handy tool just for reaching these getaways by vehicle. From here the trail was just that … a trail. The road may have once negotiated the rocky headlands but it now peaters out leaving just enough space for my tyres. I had heard stories of how wild the weather can be on this exposed southern coast, and I consider myself fortunate to be riding without wind. However, today the trail is not without its hurdles and I cross a flooded creek which may have been a trickier fording a few days ago. Not far away, I meet up with a laden bike packer at the next smaller ford, she had done well to lift her bike over the current on her solo journey eastward. I ride on and pass a flat concrete slab etched with hoof and horse shoe prints. This is the Drover memorial and I glance down at the bronze plaque, its weathered verdigris letters informing me that the shoreline was the beginnings of NZ’s pastoral industry a century and a half ago. Sheep and cattle were driven around these rocky shores onto the fertile plains of the Wairarapa. At times the pioneers had to carry sheep through the surf and around headlands to reach the safety of the next bay. These animal drives became easier after the earthquake of 1855 when the land rose several metres thereby providing a safer passage. As I ride near Turakirae Point I can see the effects of successive earthquakes that have raised the beaches of the rocky shoreline in the past. Once I reach the point, I take a detour along a challenging wobbly round-stoned track to a fur seal colony – the seal viewing is a real highlight, although they can be a difficult to spot being so well camouflaged on the boulders. I ride back to the main trail and can see its end is near. Civilisation reappears around the next bend as I pass a surfer carrying his board to ready drop in at the point and ride the regular swells that roll into the bay. Having arrived at the trailhead somewhat weary, my face beams with the wide smile of riding satisfaction. I have almost come full circle on the ride from Petone over the past two days of riding bliss. The Remutaka Cycle Trail offers sections of riding for a range of abilities; it’s a trail that starts in the urban heart and ends on the wild coast, the whole way filled to the brim with history. Few NZ Great Rides offer such variety, changing landscapes and fascinating heritage – it’s a ride I will be inclined visit again.

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Registration is now available through Eventbrite for the National Show, Master Breeder Gala and other fun activities! On November 19 and 20, exhibitors from across Canada and the United States will be there to showcase their finest animals! JUDGES: Red & White Show: Mike Farlinger, Morrisburg, ON Black & White Show: Paul Trapp, Taylor, WI FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19: 7:30 a.m.: Red & White Cow Classes 11:00 a.m.: Black & White Heifer Classes SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20: 7:30 a.m.: Red & White Heifer Classes 11:00 a.m.: Black & White Cow Classes Entries via Assistexpo Open: Friday, October 1 Close: Sunday, October 31 (midnight) By organizing this event, we are committed to comply with health measures as prescribed by Public Health, including a proof of double vaccination. For any show inquiries, please contact Jenny Henchoz at [email protected] or 819-993-0630. WANT TO STAY INFORMED? Check out the National Show Facebook Event Page! * Several exhibitors have already booked their accommodations. As a result, hotels in Saint-Hyacinthe are almost at capacity. We are pleased to give you a list of options in the surrounding area. See the list below. * If you have not been vaccinated to date, please note that there is a 28-day interval between your first and second dose. You will then receive your vaccination passport 7 days after your second dose. October 10th is the deadline to be vaccinated in order to meet the double vaccination criteria. Voting Results: 2019/2020 Provincially Submitted Non-Binding Resolutions July 9, 2021 Click here to view the results! "All-New” Canadian Champions 2020 June 28, 2021 Click here to view the results! Holstein Canada maintains its Essential Status for on-farm services January 7, 2021 Holstein Canada maintains its Essential Status for on-farm services. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic is an ever-evolving situation, we will continue to follow and adhere to provincial and regional guidelines and restrictions. As such, the Classification schedule may fluctuate. Please go to the Classification Schedule on the Holstein Canada website for the most up-to-date information related to our Field schedules. If you have any questions, please email Holstein Holiday Hours December 24 Open 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. December 25 Closed December 28 Closed December 31 Open 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. January 1, 2021 Closed Holstein Canada Is Continuing Our Strict Biosecurity Protocols Into 2021 November 26, 2020 Holstein Canada continues to take all matters related to COVID-19 seriously. Since the Association’s services have been deemed essential by all provinces, we want to ensure you that we are taking every method possible to maintain the safety of our employees, our members, and the dairy industry. This way, we can remain in line with our vision: A Healthy Canadian Dairy Industry for All. Please read our Biosecurity Protocols and On-Farm Operational Plan to understand our process and prepare for Field team visits, should you accept our team on-farm:

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