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Our home away from home
After a week of skyscrapers, we flew to Bali and headed on a two hour drive to Puhu village Ubud to be surrounded by a panoramic view of luscious tree plantations. According to our cheery driver Gede (who drove us to many different places in Bali later, so recommended), Padma is the only resort currently in an area that's untouched by tourism so when you finally wind up in the village and head down the long road, you know you're heading to a peaceful slice of Bali away from it all. And you are. Even Ubud central is about a 40 min shuttle away. But it's all good because chances are, you won't really be leaving. Whether it's sunset yoga overlooking the forest, lounging by the endless infinity pool, enjoying a spa treatment, heading down the jogging track or more, there are so many things to do to keep you well occupied. Here are some images from our stay here..
The hidden infinity pool most people don't know about.. (just down some steps from the main one). Wearing: ASOS blocked striped midi bandeau dress | Country Road colour block hat.
Buffet breakfast at Puhu restaurant serving fresh juices daily – I think this line up is something like pineapple, honeydew and mango
Breakfast overlooking the resort and its famous infinity pool. Wearing Gorman Giant Squid beach dress
In early mornings you can see both Mount Batur (smaller left side one) and Mount Agung (right side) from behind the forests. Magical.
Afternoon tea for two with sweet and savoury bits, Balinese style.
The little corridor that leads you to the pool! Wearing Alice McCall Waiting for the Sun dress
Bali's longest infinity pool (89 m long) from the balcony of the Wine Lounge. It's so long that unfortunately I can't fit it all in one picture!
Lunch at the Pool cafe. Wearing Love Bonito pleated cami.
By the main pool, below is the jogging track which is dotted by bales along the way & ends up in the bamboo forest. On a clear day, you can see Sanur beach behind the hills towards the right side of the pool!
The bamboo forest and little river that is found at the bottom of the jogging track. Wearing Mister Zimi Laguna Tina dress.
One other activity we loved signing up for was the cycling tour. Our guide was Wibawa. He took us around on a nearby cycling track which I originally had misheard him, thinking he had said it was 'not difficult for beginners' when really he said it was 'difficult for beginners'. Probably the hardest trail I've ever done (as I generally only cycle casually) but still doable for beginners. We cycled through rice paddies, visited a farm, passed banana, durian, jackfruit, snakeskin fruit and papaya trees & ended up visiting a Balinese house complex which happened to be owned by a friend of Wibawa's. It was so nice to learn about Bali from a local and it was so interesting to learn about Balinese living. Wibawa told us that in each housing complex there are multiple buildings housing the sleeping area, kitchen, temple and other rooms.
Evening cocktails (or in our case, mocktails because we don't drink alcohol) & snacks in the wine lounge. So sweetly presented for two!
Evening by the pool. Top floor of the building is Puhu restaurant (where they serve buffet breakfast and dinner) with the wine lounge on the right side. The floors below it are where guests stay. One night when we were sitting in Puhu having dinner, we saw fireflies flying nearby. It was magical :')
I hope you enjoyed this travel diary! We got a little snap happy when we arrived at Padma as it was not officially opened yet and only a limited amount of guest rooms were available to book. The grand opening is this month so congrats to the Padma team and thank you to Yohanes, Ari, Aggya, Ary, Ellis, Wibawa, Sukri, Sudarya, Ketut and everyone else who met along the way for making our stay so beautiful.
See my Padma Resort Ubud check-in post here.
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I just installed the new Pixel x86 on a virtual machine and can't not run raspi-config.
I see nothing in the pull down on the desktop either.
I must have missed something obvious. Has anyone else run into this? Thanks in advance!
+1Martin Frezman wrote:I don't think it has anything to do with running it in a VM.
It's just the way that it is - there is no raspi-config in Pixel86.
These 3 sentences are all mutually contradictory.It doesn't exist on the bootable ISO because there's nothing configurable. There's a preferences dialog as part of the GUI.
If you've got timezone or keyboard problems try the raw sudo dpkg-reconfigure commands.
Just to give you a comparison, I have run 'Pix86el' on two different real physical 'x86' based systems and in both cases Sonic-Pi ran as expected and generated sound through the on board speakers.I was hoping to getting audio. I wanted to fool around with Sonic Pi and noticed... no sound.
It is listed as an equal along with macOS and Linux on the project's website home page.Windows version (sonic pi)??? Ahhh, that would be interesting. Odd a search hadn't turned that up.

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'Cheriton Bishop' - MR235/
A member's departure forced East Bedfordshire Model Railway Society to make big changes to their club layout. The result is this beautiful Devonshire branch line terminus. Club chairman ALAN COOPER explains how the team managed to remodel the entire layout.
The 30-year-old 'Cheriton Bishop' started life as a South Wales branch line terminus called 'Ambleddwyn'. But when club member Peter Relf moved away, his collection of GWR stock went with him. The club was faced with a difficult decision: amass a new collection of motive power and rolling stock, or amend the layout to suit members' existing BR(WR) collections. They chose the latter…
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"Athènes, du climat tropical. 3,189 palmiers. 2,909 palmiers malades."
But this is not just a story about a red beetle that kills a palm tree, it is a visual elegy to identity, connection, and loss. It's an affirmation that there is a fresh generation of artists eavesdropping on the changing world around them. It's a nomination for the prestigious Golden Bear Award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
"At first it was only the palm trees. There was no story. Just the vision of an exotic Athens where palm trees were dominant," says Konstantina who grew up in Komotini, a city in Northern Greece, near Turkey, surrounded by the mixed scenery of eastern, Balkan, and Greek images. "I dreamed of the giraffe," she continues, "this strange animal trying to enter my house in my dream through the window and somehow it started. I found out about her big, big heart and the inspiration puzzle started to gain a structure. I instinctively felt that the core of the film is love and heart, big or small. After that, I came up with the myth of the giraffe and I started thinking about my Washingtonia characters who suffer from their non-love-heart syndrome—like the palm trees who are dying from their half-eaten hearts."
You seem to be drawn to animal myths quite a lot when you are creating. I get connected with each of my films through an animal. The first one, Pigs, is about maturation, to let the wolf come in. The second one, Zodiac, [is] about genders coming out and a snake's transformations. The third, Arundel, is a film about freedom and a dog's second life. Then Morning Prayers [is] about purification, the colors of a jellyfish.
What did you want to grow up to be when you were a kid? Of course I wanted to heal the world, to be a doctor.
So why are you a director? Because then I changed my mind...
What do you dream about doing in the future? Making films and eating pasta.
What do you do to have fun? I call strangers.
What are your friends like? They are pasta lovers.
Photographer: Yiorgos Mavropoulos at yiorgosmavropoulos.com. Stylist: Sofia Tsakiri. Hair & Makeup: Sissi Petropoulou at sissisite.com. Location: The National Garden, Athens, Greece.
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CapCity Title Agency was established in 1997 and has been involved in over 7,000 real estate transactions.
Jim Sanderson (President) has worked in the title insurance industry for over 35 years. He has been an escrow closing officer/office manager for over 20 years. He has managed CapCity Title Agency since the first day in October 1997, and has been the owner for 6 years.
Cindy Fox (Administrative Assistant) has been in industry related fields for over 20 years.
Please let us put CapCity Title's experience to work for you!
The real estate marketplace can get expensive. We keep our prices low for your clients. We give discounts where we can, when we can!
Compare our prices, CapCity Title Agency will save you clients money.
We are located on the edge of Downtown Columbus. Centrally located in Central Ohio (plenty of parking, and its free)! And Central Ohio gives us quick access to the whole state. We will travel anywhere in the state to give you and your clients the kind of fast service expected in our industry today!
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The meeting room is named after one of the most famous volcanoes in Iceland. Eyjafjallajökull erupted in the most memorable way in 2010 and made travelling to and from Iceland as well as within Europe quite a challenge with the heavy wind-blown volcanic ash fall that traveled in long distances to Europe. The meeting room is designed to meet a variety of events and venues for groups of different sizes and has the possibility to be set up in various ways. It has floor to ceiling windows, two large drop down screens and is equipped with state of the art technical facilities. It opens up into a spacious conference lounge with tables, chairs and bar facilities along with access to out door area.
We offer various types of catering for Eyjafjallajökul's meetings.
Meeting room layouts
Banqueting style
No. of meeting room guests: 64
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It's Laugh Week – 20 Quotes that will make you Laugh
Quotes that will make you laugh: 'Laughter is the Best Medicine.' Yes, it is and that is why we celebrate World's Laugh Week that begins on April 1st every year on the April fool's Day. The week is dedicated to have fun at work. The week is celebrated to recognize the worth of laughter and humor in one's life. Humor and laughter are important parts of any workplace and these needs to be added in the normal routine of any person. There are some nice Quotes that will make you laugh and make your week cheerful and happy.
There are a lot of benefits of having laughter at the workplace like it relieves stress and increases productivity, team work and creativity and of course, job satisfaction. So, go on having laughter and fun at your workplace and enjoy working with my collection of the Quotes that will make you laugh and your friends too.
Hilarious Quotes that will make you Laugh out Loud
I'm going to stand outside. So if anyone asks, I am outstanding.
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.
Mom, what's it like to have the greatest daughter in the world? I don't know dear… You'll have to ask grandma.
My teacher pointed at me with his ruler and said "at the end of this ruler is an idiot!" I got detention after I asked him which end he was referring to.
An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
You found it offensive? I found it funny. That's why I'm happier than you.
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
I was standing in the park wondering why Frisbees got bigger as they get closer. Then it hit me.
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then it's you.
There is no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people who ask questions.
When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and leave the world wondering how the hell you did it.
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words … words might hurt me deeply, causing great emotional, mental, and psychological damage leading to a lowered self-esteem and decreased work-related efficiency.
Shopping is better than sex. At least if you are not satisfied, you can exchange it for something you really like.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
We can find happiness anywhere and at anytime. These quotes are only a way of making you laugh with your loved ones around. Go on and celebrate the Laugh Week.


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When the evening shadows and the stars appear, and there is no one there to dry your tears. I could hold you for a million years to make you feel my love.Bob Dylan
My sister had just taught me how to make bubble letters, which I thought would surely impress all of my friends. So, before all the other children arrived, I drew and meticulously colored, in big wobbly red bubble letters, "GOD IS LOVE" on the green chalkboard in my kindergarten Sunday School classroom.
Not long into class, after all the children had arrived and pretty much ignored my artistry, one of my all-time favorite teachers picked up an eraser and began to swipe over the dusty old board, much to my dismay. But I was even more dismayed that my artistic creation did not seem to be fading despite her vigorous attempt. Mysterious. Miraculous, perhaps. Turns out, that red chalk that was—in my defense—on the chalk tray was actually a stumpy little red crayon. The tears started, as I recall, right about the time friends began whispering that I was definitely in big trouble. I was as mortified as a 6-year-old can get.
I was mortified, that is, only until that beautiful, wise Sunday School teacher scooped me into her arms in a clear moment of amazing grace. I heard her deep, alto laugh in my ear and she said, "Oh, no! No one is in trouble! Don't you see, dear children, this is just perfect! What can erase God's love? Nothing!"
She ended the warm hug with a squeeze and then gleefully picked up a piece of white chalk and began quickly writing, around my unintentionally semi-permanent crayon art, all the things that we could think to yell out that might make us feel unlovable in the eyes of God: Lying. Cheating in school. Cussing. Hitting your brother. Cutting in line for the slide. Chewing gum in church. (It was a lot for a kid, those conservative religious rules in the 70s.) But then with
In big wobbly red bubble letters.
It is my only memory of a lesson from
Spirit of Love, when we try hard but make a mess anyway (because we are all only precious children, after all), may we remember to laugh, hold each other close, and marvel at the truth that remains; which, in the end, is only LOVE.
[This article was published on Braver/Wiser, a part of the UUA Worship & Inspiration Resource.]
Rev. Misha Sanders, MDiv '18, is mostly a mom, but also a hospital chaplain and a fiery preacher of the good news of Unitarian Universalism. She believes that the whole world is built and rebuilt by the stories we tell ourselves and each other.


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TRAVIS from Virginia
- Age 18
- Gender Male
- Location Virginia
- Ethnicity NA
- Case Number SVA019372
- My Siblings BRANDON
- Inquire about this child
- Favorite this child
Travis and Brandon are two sweet and articulate boys who are searching for a patient forever family to give them love, guidance and support.
Travis, 14, loves playing football with his younger brother, who looks to him for support and guidance.
Brandon, 11 is a bright young man who loves attention. He is very articulate and hopes to one day be like his older brother.
Both of the boys have strong Southern Baptist Christian ties. The two are looking for a family that will adopt them together, as well as provide them with love, nurturing and support.


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A Lawyer With Experience Who Can Create the Trusts You Need
There is a widely held misconception that trusts are financial and estate planning instruments meant only for wealthy families. This is not entirely true. Families without significant wealth can have numerous reasons for creating a trust. It is essential to discuss your situation with a knowledgeable estate planning attorney before taking this step. I help individuals establish trusts only when it makes sense as part of their comprehensive estate plans.
Many of my clients who contact me do not intend to establish trusts, primarily because they do not know what trusts can accomplish. Only after meeting with a knowledgeable estate planning lawyer who will take the time needed to learn about their situation do many people discover that a trust fits their needs.
General Information About Trusts
The person who creates the trust and transfers property into it is known as the grantor, donor, or settlor; the person who invests and protects the property placed in a trust is known as the trustee; and the person who receives the benefit of the property held in the trust is known as the beneficiary. The grantor "funds" the trust by transferring ownership of assets to the trust. Trusts can be funded with cash, residences, stocks, bonds, life insurance policies, business interests, or any other asset.
A trust can be revocable (also known as a "living trust") or irrevocable. In a revocable trust, the assets can be removed, and the trust agreement can be amended or revoked at any time by the creator of the trust, and may be used in place of a will. An irrevocable trust cannot be amended or revoked — the assets must remain in the trust and the trust provisions cannot be changed. Trusts for accomplishing more specific needs include:
A special needs trust. This allows a beneficiary who is physically or mentally disabled to receive financial help from a trustee without jeopardizing that person's right to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Medicaid benefits.
A gift trust. This not only reduces estate taxes, but also allows a grantor to retain some control over when his or her beneficiaries will receive assets and how those assets may be used.
A life insurance trust. It is intended for high-asset individuals who have a taxable estate worth more than $5.34 million ($10.68 million for a married couple). It can also help the beneficiaries of a life insurance policy avoid federal and New York state estate taxes.
A testamentary trust. This is created by the terms of a will and does not go into effect until the death of the testator, and is most often used by parents to protect their minor children.
After consulting with me, you will know whether a trust is necessary to meet your needs. If it does, I will take decisive action to create the trust as part of your estate plan.


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Stockton Accident Attorney Explains Premises Liability Law
Have you incurred an injury or personal damage due to negligent maintenance of a physical space such as an apartment complex? You may have a case under Premises Liability law. Speak with a Stockton accident attorney if you've been injured.
The owner or possessor of a property is required to maintain the premises such that an individual will not experience harm or damage during its use. This responsibility is even greater when considering children as they do not have the capacity to assess risk and act with appropriate caution.
In order to have a strong case against a defendant, the plaintiff must establish the following:
- The defendant was in control of the property. (Liability)
- The defendant did not adequately maintain the property to prevent injury. (Negligence)
- The plaintiff was harmed.
- The defendant's negligence was a significant factor in the plaintiff's injury.
Determining liability:
Who owns, possesses, and controls the property? This is the person or organization who is responsible for maintaining a reasonably safe space and thus may be at fault for injuries arising from the condition of the physical space.
**It is very important to establish who is in control of the property. Control of the property is the basis on which these cases are built as this is what enables the implementation of safeguards to prevent injury or damage. Without definitive evidence that an individual or organization is in control of the property, it is impossible to prove that they have a responsibility to maintain the premises to prevent damage or injury. A defendant does not need to be the owner or lessor of a property to be deemed liable – so long as he or she is the controller of that property, he or she is responsible for the reasonable maintenance of safety on the premises.**
The duty for a property owner to maintain a safe environment is not transferable to independent contractors! If you have questions regarding liability of your case, speak with a Stockton accident attorney.
Establishing negligence:
Negligence is the failure of the duty of the property owner to maintain the premises as to prevent exposing individuals to unreasonable risk of a known harm. If there is a concealed or not readily known danger on the property, it is the responsibility of the owner or possessor of the premises to either remedy the problem or inform individuals that the danger is present. The defendant is not required to warn individuals of harms that are readily or easily observed.
It must be determined that:
- There was an unreasonable risk of harm present on the premises
- The controller of the property was aware of this harm
- The controller of the property did not remedy the cause of harm nor establish clear warning of this risk of harm
Premises Liability is often seen in slip and fall and trip and fall ' cases, but also relates to dog bite injury cases, construction injury cases, and injuries resulting from intentional or negligent action by a third party on the premises.
Not only does the controller of the property need to ensure the premises itself does not pose a danger, it must be ensured that no activities on the property pose a risk to individuals visiting said property.
The controller of the property must also take precautions to prevent damage or injury by third parties that may come onto the property, should this danger be reasonably anticipated. For example, certain safeguards should be provided in areas with higher crime or previous incidences of damage or injury. The foreseeability of this danger is very important to the case and is determined in court on a case-by-case basis. The court also must balance the foreseeability of a third party danger and the burden imposed on the controller of the property to prevent third party damage or injury. A Stockton accident lawyer can explain the foreseeability of danger in your case specifically.
The court will take the following into consideration when hearing a case regarding premises law:
- The manner in which the plaintiff came onto the defendant's property
- The probability of exposure to injury
- The seriousness of the probable injury
- The burden on the defendant of preventing such injury
- Whether the condition of the property itself presented an unreasonable risk to harm within the normal parameters of use of that property.
- The location of the property
- The amount of control of the defendant
Landlord Responsibilities
Before move-in:
- A landlord must inspect the property for potential cause of harm before giving released possession of a property to a new tenant, upon lease renewal, or upon repossession of a property after a former tenant vacates. A landlord must make reasonable efforts to remedy any conditions that may cause injury that were discovered or that reasonably should have been discovered upon this inspection.
During the lease:
- A landlord must inspect and prevent conditions that may cause injury in areas under the landlord's control. The landlord must be aware of the dangerous condition and have the right and ability to remedy this situation. If the condition cannot be immediately resolved, a warning of such dangerous condition must be provided.
If you have been injured on someone else's property, or a property you rent as the result of an unsafe condition, or property hazard, you should contact a Stockton accident attorney. You may be entitled to compensation for your injuries, and contacting an attorney with premises liability knowledge and experience will help you get the compensation you deserve. Call an attorney today for a free consultation!
Get Legal Help About Your Premises Liability Case Now
Call us today to speak with a Stockton accident attorney about any property damage or injuries you've suffered while being on someone else's premises. Email us to schedule an appointment or call us for a free initial consultation.


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Critics of bullfighting have long argued that the act of spearing an animal to death for the enjoyment of spectators is in violation of animal rights, but it's also bad for kids. Earlier this month, a United Nations committee released a report stating that exposure to the traditional "sport" of killing bulls actually violates children's rights.
According to the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child, the violence of bullfights is harmful to youngsters forced to attend or participate in them:
"The Committee is concerned about the physical and mental well-being of children involved in the training of bullfighting, and performances associated with it, as well as the mental and emotional well-being of child spectators who are exposed to the violence of bullfighting."
Although opposition to bullfighting still primarily surrounds stopping cruelty to animals, others have begun to note its negative impact on society at large. Last year, as Spain considered protecting the tradition by formally declaring it part of cultural heritage, 140 scientists and academics signed a letter arguing that bullfighting desensitizes young people to violence.
Committee Vice-president Sara Oviedo says "the participation of children and adolescents in bullfighting activities constitutes a grave violation of the articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child... as they are being indoctrinated for a violent act."
The UN's report is aimed at Portugal, in particular, where parents can enroll their children in schools that teach bullfighting techniques to students of any age. Bullfight matches there are milder events than elsewhere as bulls are killed out of view, but children of any age are allowed to watch as the animals are mutilated beforehand.
The report suggests raising age limits for attending bullfighting schools and matches to ages 12 and 6, respectively -- a small first step, perhaps, but one that still significantly calls into question the social impacts of the controversial tradition.


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mother's day. here we are again. rarely do days, in and of themselves, carry with them the ability to disappoint, pick at sore spots, and lay folks low as this one. perhaps your mother has caused pain or has left you prematurely, died long before she should have or by means too painful to mention. perhaps the mothers in your life wish for more recognition than feels possible or you feel inadequate to honor them appropriately. perhaps, as a mother, you secretly long for some certain kind of day and feel powerless to receive (or ask for) it. or maybe things are much more complex. perhaps you've lost a child, never gotten to love the child you wished for, or more. perhaps the whole day just makes you angry or sad or lonely or confusingly cranky.
it's o.k. i get it. and so do others. they just might not know how to communicate that they do or how to get the message out to others.
on days like this there are easy things to do and there are more difficult ones. the easy things often feel like sitting and licking ones wounds. this can be important, for a season. at some point, however, this only makes the wounds larger and harder to treat. at that juncture the worst thing to do is to keep licking.
today, if you hurt, might you try a new way? not to encourage denial or to discount your pain but, rather, to nurture, to "mother" (to give the word it's truest honor as a word that, i believe, is intended to be associated with all things loving, deeply accepting, comforting, and soothing), to care for your self. in case you need a few helpful ideas of how to apply this maternal salve and move through the day with less reactivity and discomfort, here are my best tips for "parenting your self" to a better way through a painful day.
1 acknowledge what hurts. ask a friend if you can talk for ten minutes, unleashing everything painful and negative around "mother" or "parent" without them judging or responding. if you prefer, do a brain dump and write it all out for ten straight minutes. (this might also look like you releasing the resentment or hurt of not being recognized as you wish you were. this is the other primary cause of pain today.) at the end of the ten minutes of writing or talking, imagine all the pain and difficulty outside of yourself. the words and the emotions are all released. see them there and simply let them be. there's nothing to be done about them right now other than to let them be heard or seen and then left. focus on a sense of relief in having them expressed and determine to live as many minutes or hours as you can with the weight of them outside of you. decide this. firmly. leave them there.
2 from the place of freedom that clearing out clutter (even if only for a short period of time...because if the clutter is intense it's not realistic to imagine that this freedom will last forever) look up and around. what new possibility might exist for you in the next bit of time that didn't exist when you felt weighted down and focused upon your pain, disappointment, loss, or more? getting it outside of you for a bit might allow you to see the world or other people with less "biased" glasses.
3 ask yourself what might be light hearted or meaningful to engage in from this freer place. does a nap sound good/possible? would a walk feed your soul? would reaching out to someone (for them, not you) allow your pain to recede even further (this won't be applicable to those of you who tend to meet your own needs by making yourselves indespensable to others)? could you leave a hand picked bouquet on someone's door step, deliver coffee to a friend who is working, hand a power bar to someone who needs one on the street, write a letter to an old friend or to the self that will one day pick those pains and hurts back up? movie theaters, favorite restaurants, parks, and music venues are all great places to take your self (even alone...sometimes especially alone). doodling, listening to your favorite music while lying between the speakers, baking your favorite treat for yourself, applying lotion...all these and more are ways of caring for yourself like the ideal mother would.
4 follow through. don't lose this opportunity to "mother/parent" your most needful and honest self. the worst thing to do is to sit in the pain, to hang out where it hurts, until pity sets in and robs you of opportunity. yes, denial is unhealthy. repression doesn't help. "mothering," in it's truest form, however, is neither of these and is most potent when applied to a hurting other. sometimes that "other" is our self.
the "easiest" thing is often the most problematic for your health and healing in the long run. trust that release is o.k. (even if only to the paper in front of you). look up and around, get creative and get moving. let the "mother" that is you love you well and imperfectly. in doing so it just might pour out to others as well. as a mother's love ideally does...


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Why you need a morning routine.
How do you start off your mornings? Do you have a routine or ritual that you go through? Or, is it more of a haphazard series of activities as you rush to get out the door?
Most successful people I know have a morning routine. And, it makes sense. There are several advantages to having one:
- A study by the American Psychological Association shows that creating and following a morning routine leads to a drop in your stress, depression, and anxiety and an increase to your life satisfaction levels. Your motivation goes up and your to-do list becomes less daunting.
- You're more likely to eat fewer calories. In fact, a study conducted by Northwestern University discovered that, overall, late sleepers ate more calories on a daily basis.
- You are likely to be more productive and focused. Research shows that not only are people more proactive and productive in the morning, but self-control is strongest at the beginning of the day.
- The structure of a morning ritual gives you a direction for your day resulting in more things getting accomplished.
More willpower…less stress…better health…more productivity.. sounds fantastic!
You may say "I have a routine – but I don't feel like I get the benefits outlined above! What gives?!" Here's the kicker – just having a routine isn't enough. It's what you do in in that routine that counts.
Let's start off with two bad habits that I know most people have built into their morning routine:
- Hitting the snooze button. A recent survey found that more than 57 percent of Americans hit the snooze button each morning. So what's the big deal? By hitting the snooze button first thing, you are starting your day off procrastinating ("I'll wake up later"). You are effectively sending a message to your subconscious mind that you don't even have the self-discipline to get out of bed in the morning!
- Checking e-mail and social media right away. What this does is start your day off with other people's lives and priorities. Wouldn't you rather use your mornings to focus on YOU?
So what are some things that you can do instead?
- Meditate to clear your mind
- Exercise to get your body ready for the day
- Have a gratitude practice
- Journal
- Read or watch something inspirational (Ted talk, podcast etc.)
- Eat a healthy breakfast with lean protein, fruits and vegetables.
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mixed field greens tossed with grilled chicken, seasonal berries and mango. topped with toasted coconut, roasted pecans and served with a slice of sourdough bread
our turning point salad sampler: mixed baby greens, a small scoop of chicken breast salad, tuna salad and shrimp salad with plum tomato, sliced onion and julienned carrots. served with multigrain bread
Classic Caesar
cold romaine with zesty croutons, fresh parmesan cheese and classic caesar dressing add grilled chicken breast
Blue Point Crabcake
mixed greens, ripe avocado, diced mango, peppers, diced onions, cilantro and tomatoes topped with two jumbo lump crabcakes
Santa Fe
spicy chicken breast over mixed greens with red onions, tomato, black beans, sweet corn, mixed cheeses and crushed tortilla chips. servedwith a slice of multigrain pita
Fruity Chicken
a scoop of homemade chicken salad accompanied by fresh seasonal fruit on a layer of baby spinach leaves with english muffin
Garden State Salad
crisp cool romaine, fresh avocado, sliced cucumbers, red onions, plum tomato, sprouts, julienned carrots and mixed cheeses. add turkey breast or grilled chicken breast
Baby Confetti
a mix of baby spinach and baby mixed greens with sliced apples, pears, dried cranberries, red grapes, toasted pecans and a zero fat cranberry honey dressing on the side, add grilled chicken, add sauteed shrimp
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Pavo Cubano
our version of the popular cuban sandwich made with ham, roasted turkey breast, swiss, tomato, pickles and honey mustard pressed on the grill. served with a side of creamy sweet coleslaw
Turkey Burger Supreme
the perfect blend of spices and ingredients make our turkey burger irresistible. enjoy the same taste as its bovine counterpart, with none of the guilt. served the old fashioned way with your choice of cheese, pickle, tomato and romaine
Chicken Pesto Panini
grilled chicken, zucchini, roasted red pepper, fresh mozzarella and a basil pesto spread. a turning point classic
Seaside Jersey Club
roasted turkey, crisp bacon, plum tomato, alfalfa sprouts, onions and domestic swiss cheese on toasted thick sliced multigrain. shore to please
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grilled chicken, sauteed mushrooms, onion and bell pepper topped with melted monterey jack cheese
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our lite version of a monte cristo. grilled thick bread, turkey breast, lean ham and melted swiss. fresh cut fruit and a side of strawberry reduction for dipping
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fresh mozzarella, sliced tomatoes, a spread of basil pesto and a side of balsamic vinaigrette dressing
T.p. Salad Sandwich
your choice of any of our homemade salads: chicken, tuna or shrimp salad piled high with plum tomato and spring lettuce on toasted multigrain or sourdough bread chicken or tuna 8 / shrimp
Turkey Reuben Melt
toasted sourdough with turkey breast, homemade julienned coleslaw, melted swiss and a sweet honey dijon spread
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homemade tuna salad piled high on a foccacia roll with plum tomato and melted domestic swiss cheese
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portabello, roasted red peppers, roasted zucchini, and fresh mozzarella. served with a side salad and your choice of dressing
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a cup of homemade soup and your choice of a small sensational salad or 12 savory sandwich, sandwich & salad combo extra, blue point salad extra
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loaded with sliced turkey breast, smoked bacon, romaine, red onions, plum tomato and mixed cheese. served with a side of peppercorn ranch
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filled with roasted turkey breast, loose leaf spinach, bartlett pears and a honey cranberry spread. served with a small confetti salad
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cajun spiced grilled chicken breast, baby spinach, plum tomato, red onion, monterey jack cheese and a cool ranch spread
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plump chicken breast, caesared romaine lettuce, and fresh grated parmesan cheese
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wheat tortilla loaded with fresh chilled portabellos, julienned carrots, red onions, basil pesto, roasted peppers, mixed greens and fresh mozzarella served with a side of balsamic dressing
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loaded with fresh seasonal vegetables sauteed to perfection and melted jack cheese
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creole dusted jumbo shrimp, cool mango, ripe avocado, sweet onion, chopped cilantro and monterey jack cheese
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By Robert Barossi
ARLINGTON, MA - Their efforts often overlooked, volunteers play a vital role in the environmental solutions of our time. Freely giving of their time and devotion, environmental volunteers are ordinary citizens who consistently give back to their local communities, both man-made and natural. These are the stories of those volunteers and their extraordinary work.
Being Where You Are: How Environmental Volunteers Impact Their Community and the Planet Every Day features the stories of an eclectic group of environmentally involved citizens. They include a frog song monitor who used to be terrified of frogs, a man whose personal mission and life's work is to clean his town's beaches, and a mother-daughter team of suburban beetle ranchers, among others. Their efforts run the gamut from monitoring osprey nests and banding songbirds to pulling trash out of rivers and educating children at nature centers. While the locales range from small coastal towns and mountain villages to major cities, all of the volunteers have a deep connection to the special places where they live. They also have a lot to say and teach about the environmental problems we all face and how every person, regardless of location or stage of life, can get involved and do their part.
Told by the volunteers, in their own words, these are stories of giving back to the community and the planet. Stories of finding special connections to special places. Stories of the many ways that anyone who is willing and able can have a powerful and lasting impact on those places. This includes stories from Michael Ripple and Karen Buck, both active volunteers for the Mystic River Watershed Association who give of themselves, their time and effort, in many ways. These dedicated and passionate citizens demonstrate how volunteers can and do get involved in important environmental work along the Mystic River and in similar watersheds everywhere.
Being Where You Are is currently available as an eBook, with a print version planned for the near future. It can be downloaded for $1.99 at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, the Apple iTunes store, KoboBooks.com and other online eBook retailers.
About the Author: For more than three years, Robert Barossi has been immersed in the world and work of environmental volunteers. In April of 2011, he began working with the Trustees of Reservations, the largest land conservation organization in Massachusetts, on a public relations project aimed at the group's volunteers. Robert spent that spring and summer attending volunteer events, meeting with volunteers, speaking with them and interviewing them, at Trustees properties across the state. Over the summer and fall of 2011, he worked with the Trustees' Public Relations Manager, writing press releases detailing the stories of the interviewed volunteers. The following spring and summer, Robert began the process of contacting and interviewing volunteers for the work that culminated in Being Where You Are. Over the course of the project, approximately eighty environmental organizations were contacted. Many volunteer program directors and managers responded, enthusiastically interested in taking part and willing to facilitate contact with the organization's volunteers. He then contacted volunteers at all of the responding organizations, eventually interviewing roughly sixty of them, from Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, varying in age from twenty-three to eighty years old. Those interviews now make up the chapters of Being Where You Are. Robert is a recent graduate of Green Mountain College, where he received his Masters of Science in Environmental Studies, with a concentration in writing and communications. Recently, his environmental writing has appeared on the blog for The Trustees of Reservations, as well as a new environmental blog which he helped to launch, The Ecotone Exchange (theecotoneexchange.com). He has continued to tell the stories of environmental volunteers at his own blog, Being Where You Are (beingwhereyouare.com) and can be followed on Twitter @RobBarossi.


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I love yummy appetizers and this brazen bourbon meatball recipe really fits the bill!
One of the things that I find hard about facing any appetizer is not eating the whole darn thing. And when it's just Christopher and I eating whatever the delish appetizer happens to be, I make a small batch so we won't be tempted!
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Unit 2 - Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations
In the eighteenth century, European political theorists responded to the great changes through which they were living. They built on the legacy of the Enlightenment's (the cold logic of the Enlightenment) praise of the power of reason to define "how man should live" in the wake of the American, Napoleonic, and Industrial Revolutions.
The rising middle and commercial classes found their interests and ideals best expressed in the doctrine of liberalism. Liberalism affirmed the dignity of the individual and the "pursuit of happiness" as an inherent right. The ideology's roots were set firmly in the eighteenth-century constitutionalism, laissez-faire economics, and representative government.
Liberals thought in terms of individuals who shared basic rights, were equal before the law, and used parliament to gain power and carry out gradual reform. In addition, liberals believed that individuals should use their power to ensure that each person would be given the maximum amount of freedom from the state or any other external authority. In economics, liberals believed in the fair competition among individuals responding to the laws of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental regulation or interference. Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790) best expressed this view in his Wealth of Nations.
Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, on June 5, 1723. Between 1740 and 1746 he attended Oxford University. After leaving Oxford, he gave lectures on English Literature and Economics, and in 1751 became professor of logic, and in 1752 of moral philosophy, at the University of Glasgow.
Long before Adam Smith, political economy had been studied, but with the publication of the Wealth of Nations economics may be said to constitute a separate science for the first time. The book met with immediate success and in a few years had taken an authoritative place with both philosophers and men of affairs. In the following year Smith was appointed a Commissioner of Customs and moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he lived till his death on July 17, 1790.
The most notable feature of the teaching of the Wealth of Nations is the statement of the principle of natural liberty. Smith believed that "man's self-interest is God's providence" and held that if government abstained from interfering with free competition, industrial problems would work themselves out and the goal of efficiency would be reached. This same doctrine was applied to international relations and the argument for free trade.
The Wealth of Nations used relevant illustrations to provide some of the fundamental principles of the science of economics. Smith's achievement was to combine insight, information, and anecdote, and to express it in a consistent framework.


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Republic of Korea Air Force
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF; Korean: 대한민국 공군; Hanja: 大韓民國 空軍; Romanization: Daehanminguk Gong-gun), also known as the ROK Air Force, is the aerial warfare service branch of South Korea, operating under the South Korean Ministry of National Defense.
|Republic of Korea Air Force
|대한민국 공군
大韓民國 空軍
Daehanminguk Gong-gun
|October 1, 1949
|South Korea
|Air force
|Aerial warfare
|65,000 (2018)[1]
700 aircraft
|Part of
|ROK Armed Forces
|Gyeryong, South Korea
|"ROK Air Force", "ROKAF", "South Korean air force"
|"Air Force Anthem" (Korean: 공군가; Hanja: 空軍歌; Gonggunga, lit. "air military song")[2][3]
|Haneuli and Purumae
|Korean War
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
Global War on Terrorism
|President Moon Jae-in
|Minister of National Defense
|Jeong Kyeong-doo
|Air Force Chief of Staff
|General Won In-choul
- 1 History
- 2 Organization
- 3 Current projects
- 4 Aircraft
- 5 Military ranks
- 6 Roundels
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Shortly after the end of World War II, the South Korean Air Construction Association was founded on August 10, 1946, to publicize the importance of air power. Despite the then-scanty status of Korean armed forces, the first air unit was formed on May 5, 1948, under the direction of Dong Wi-bu, the forerunner to the modern South Korean Ministry of National Defense. On September 13, 1949, the United States contributed 10 L-4 Grasshopper observation aircraft to the South Korean air unit. An Army Air Academy was founded on January 1949, and the ROKAF was officially founded on October 1949.
The 1950s were a critical time for the ROKAF as it expanded tremendously during the Korean War. At the outbreak of the war, the ROKAF consisted of 1,800 personnel but was equipped with only 20 trainers and liaison aircraft, including 10 North American T-6 Texan advanced trainers purchased from Canada. The North Korean air force had acquired a considerable number of Yak-9 and La-7 fighters from the Soviet Union, dwarfing the ROKAF in terms of size and strength. However, during the course of the war, the ROKAF acquired 110 aircraft: 79 fighter-bombers, three fighter squadrons, and one fighter wing. The first combat aircraft received were North American F-51D Mustangs, along with a contingent of US Air Force instructor pilots under the command of Major Dean Hess, as part of Bout One Project. The ROKAF participated in bombing operations and flew independent sorties. After the war, the ROKAF Headquarters was moved to Daebangdong, Seoul. Air Force University was also founded in 1956.
To counter the threat of possible North Korean aggression, the ROKAF underwent a substantial capability enhancement. The ROKAF acquired North American T-28 Trojan trainers, North American F-86D Sabre night- and all-weather interceptors, Northrop F-5 fighters and McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom fighter bombers. Air Force Operations Command was established in 1961 to secure efficient command and control facilities. Air Force Logistics Command was established in 1966, and emergency runways were constructed for emergency use during wartime. The Eunma Unit was founded in 1966 to operate Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft used to support Republic of Korea Army and Republic of Korea Marine Corps units serving in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.[4]
The ROKAF was posed with a security risk, with an increasingly belligerent North Korea throughout the 1970s. The South Korean government increased its expenditure on the ROKAF, resulting in the purchase of Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighters in August 1974 and F-4E fighter-bombers. Support aircraft, such as Fairchild C-123 Providers and Grumman S-2 Trackers were also purchased at the time. Great emphasis was placed in the flight training program; new trainer aircraft (Cessna T-41 Mescalero and Cessna T-37) were purchased, and the Air Force Education & Training Command was also founded in 1973 to consolidate and enhance the quality of personnel training.
The ROKAF concentrated on qualitative expansion of aircraft to catch up to the strength of the North Korean Air Force. In 1982, Korean variants of the F-5E, the Jegong-ho were first produced. The ROKAF gathered a good deal of information on the North Korean Air Force when Captain Lee Woong-pyeong, a North Korean pilot, defected to South Korea. The Korean Combat Operations Information center was soon formed and the Air Defence System was automated to attain air superiority against North Korea. When the 1988 Seoul Olympics was held in South Korea, the ROKAF contributed to the success of this event by helping to oversee the entire security system. The ROKAF also moved its headquarters and the Air Force Education & Training Command to other locations. Forty General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters were purchased in 1989.
South Korea committed its support for coalition forces during the Persian Gulf War, forming the "Bima Unit" to fight in the war. The ROKAF also provided airlift support for peacekeeping operations in Somalia in 1993. The increased participation in international operations depicted the ROKAF's elevated international position. Over 180 KF-16 fighters of F-16 Block 52 specifications were introduced as part of the Peace Bridge II & III program from 1994. In 1997, for the first time in Korean aviation history, female cadets were accepted into the Korean Air Force Academy.
The last of the old South Korean 60 F-5A/B fighters were all retired in August 2007, and they were replaced with the F-15K and F/A-50. On October 20, 2009, Bruce S. Lemkin, deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force said that the ROKAF's limited intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities increased the risk of instability on the Korean Peninsula and suggested the purchase of American systems such as the F-35 Lightning II to close this gap.[5]
The South Korean Air Force also expressed interests in acquiring the RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) and a number of Joint Direct Attack Munition conversion kits to further improve its intelligence and offensive capabilities.[citation needed] The South Korean Airforce acquired 40 F-35s and +20 additional F-35
- Republic of Korea Air Force Headquarters
- Air Force Operations Command
- Air Combat Command
- 1st Fighter Wing, based at Gwangju
- 8th Fighter Wing, based at Wonju
- 10th Fighter Wing, based at Suwon
- 11th Fighter Wing, based at Daegu
- 16th Fighter Wing, based at Yecheon
- 17th Fighter Wing, based at Cheongju
- 18th Fighter Wing, based at Gangneung
- 19th Fighter Wing, based at Chungju
- 20th Fighter Wing, based at Seosan
- 38th Fighter Group, based at Gunsan
- Air Mobility & Reconnaissance Command
- Air Defense Missile Command
- 1st Air Defense Missile Brigade
- 2nd Air Defense Missile Brigade
- 3rd Air Defense Missile Brigade
- Air Defense & Control Command
- Air Combat Command
- Air Force Logistics Command
- Air Force Education & Training Command
- Basic Military Training Wing
- Air Force Academy
Current projectsEdit
F-X fighter programEdit
- F-X Phase 1
The first phase of the air forces fighter procurement programs was the addition to the ROKAF of the F-15K Slam Eagle to fulfill the requirements of the "F-X" next generation fighter program in 2002.
- F-X Phase 2
For the second phase of the F-X program, ROKAF has purchased 21 additional F-15K to compensate for the retirement of their F-5A/B in August 2007.
- F-X Phase 3
The third phase of the F-X project is a bid for an advanced multi-role strike fighter aircraft by 2014, intended to replace the aging F-4 Phantom II and F-5. The F-35A Lightning II was selected in November 2013 following the cancellation of the previous competitive tender, with 40 Block 3F aircraft to be acquired beginning in 2018. 20 additional unspecified fighters will also be purchased.[6] The contract became formal on September 2014.[7]
E-X Early warning aircraft programEdit
The E-X Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft program (also known as 'Peace Eye') was undertaken by the Republic of Korea Air Force to purchase AEW capability to strengthen ROKAF's ability to detect and distinguish between friendly and hostile aircraft. The two candidates for this program were the Boeing 737 AEW&C and a consortium of Israel Aerospace Industries, Elta, L-3 Communications and Gulfstream Aerospace offering a Gulfstream G500/G550 aircraft equipped with Phalcon radar.
Originally, the ROKAF preferred the Gulfstream as it was cheaper than the Boeing counterpart. The Gulfstream was, in turn, less capable than the Boeing. However, the fact that almost no other nations, barring Japan, has advanced AWACS gave the Koreans the impression that the Gulfstream would be adequate to handle the given task of the E-X project.
The United States issued a warning to the IAI/Elta consortium that several of the AWACS technologies employed aboard the Gulfstream was developed by the United States, such as the IFF system, TADIL A/B (Link 11) and J (Link 16), satellite communications and AN/ARC-164 Have Quick II radios, and thus that Israel was obliged not to resell any of these technologies to another country without the permission of the United States.[citation needed]
In August 2006 DAPA announced that the Gulfstream was disqualified from the competition because of the failure to obtain US export licences for the datalinks and satellite communications, leaving the Boeing as the only proposal.[8] In November 2006, the Boeing 737 AEW&C was announced to be the winner of the E-X AEW aircraft competition. In 2011, the first two of four Peace Eye aircraft were delivered. The final two aircraft were delivered in 2012.
KF-X future fighter programEdit
The KF-X program is an early-stage project to develop an indigenous fighter aircraft. The current proposal is to develop an F-16 Block 50 class aircraft with basic stealth capabilities to replace the F-4D/E Phantom II and F-5E/F Tiger II aircraft. South Korea is reportedly seeking technological assistance from Saab, Boeing and Lockheed Martin for the production of the KF-X. On 15 July 2010, the Indonesia government agreed to fund 20% of the KF-X project cost in return of around 50 planes built for the Indonesian Air Force after project completion. In September 2010, Indonesia sent a team of legal and aviation experts to South Korea to discuss copyright issues of the aircraft. In December 2010 the program shifted from an F-16 class fighter to a stealth aircraft in order to respond to North Korean pressure.
The KF-X is envisioned as a medium fighter to at first supplement, then replace the ROK Air Force's KF-16 fleet. It will have capabilities in between the light FA-50 fighter and the high-grade, long range, heavy payload F-15K and F-35 Lightning II.[9]
Mid-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (MUAV)Edit
South Korea will resume a once-aborted program to develop Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle to bolster its monitoring capabilities of North Korea's missile and nuclear programs. The state-funded Agency for Defense Development launched the indigenous drone development project in 2006 and made a prototype in May 2010. The medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV is designed to fly at an altitude of up to 10 kilometers and its radar can scan as far as 100 km. Korea hopes to complete development of the combat drones by 2018.[10] The overall performance of the drones under development in Korea is believed to be similar to the MQ-9 Reaper.
HALE (High Altitude, Long Endurance) UAVEdit
Seoul had shown interest in the high-altitude, long-endurance Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk drone to conduct intelligence missions on North Korea, as it is preparing to take over wartime operational control from Washington at the end of 2015. But the price was nearly a three-fold jump from the initial price estimated by the defense ministry, and much higher than $875 million offered by the U.S. government in July 2011.[11] The U.S. Congress approved the sale to South Korea for 4 Global Hawk UAVs, but Seoul could have reconsidered the deal because of the high costs.[12] Northrop Grumman was awarded the contract to provide South Korea with four Block 30 Global Hawks in December 2014, with all to be delivered by June 2019.[13]
Aerial tankerEdit
The Air Force is to acquire four aerial refueling tankers between 2017-2019. Potential candidates include the Airbus A330 MRTT and the Boeing KC-46. The tankers will be used to refuel combat jet fighters. Previous attempts to buy tankers had been delayed due to budget constraints.[14] On 12 August 2013, DAPA approved the plan for tanker acquisition. Bidding was to begin in February 2014, with the winner to be announced in October 2014 after evaluations of price and performance. Air-to-air refueling will increase the endurance of the KF-16 by 70 minutes, and the F-15K by 90 minutes. DAPA declined to reveal the budget for the plan and estimated to be over $1.3 billion.[15] A plan to buy four aircraft was to be approved in November 2013, with evaluations to proceed from March to May 2014. The contract is valued at $940 million.[16] Along with the Airbus A330 MRTT and Boeing KC-46, Israel Aerospace Industries is offering a version of the Boeing 767-300ER-derived multimission tanker transport.[17]
Current inventoryEdit
Retired aircraftEdit
Previous aircraft operated by the Air Force consisted of the P-51 Mustang, North American F-86 Sabre, F-4 Phantom II, Curtiss C-46, Douglas C-47, Lockheed T-33, North American T-28, North American T-6, Sikorsky H-19, and the Bell UH-1 Huey.[32][33][34]
Air-defense weaponsEdit
The ROKAF Air Defence Artillery Command transferred from the Republic of Korea Army's air defense artillery and was established as a basic branch on 1 July 1991.[35] Following the establishment of the ROKAF Air Defence Artillery Command as a separate service in 1991, the army began to develop further its own air defense artillery assets (short range SAM, SPAAG and man-portable air-defense systems) in support of ground operations.
|In service
|MIM-104 Patriot
|United States
|ABM / SAM system
|8 batteries
|to be upgraded to PAC-3 standard[36]
|MIM-23 Hawk
|United States
|SAM system
|Republic of Korea
|medium range ABM / SAM system
|10 batteries
|Republic of Korea
|portable air defense
|portable air defense
Military ranksEdit
Officer ranks can be learned fairly easily if one sees the pattern. "So" equals small; "Jung" equals medium; "Dae" equals large. "Jun" equals the prefix sub-.. Each of these is coupled with "wi" equals company grade, "ryeong" equals field grade, and "jang" equals general. This system is due to the hanja or Sino-Korean origin of the names.
NATO Code
|OF(D) and student officer
| South Korea
|Marshal of the ROKAF
(Korean: 원수)
(Korean: 대장)
|Lieutenant general
(Korean: 중장)
|Major general
(Korean: 소장)
|Brigadier general
(Korean: 준장)
(Korean: 대령)
|Lieutenant colonel
(Korean: 중령)
(Korean: 소령)
(Korean: 대위)
(Korean: 중위)
|Junior lieutenant
(Korean: 소위)
NATO Code
| South Korea
|No equivalent
(Korean: 원사)
(Korean: 상사)
(Korean: 중사)
(Korean: 하사)
(Korean: 병장)
(Korean: 상등병)
(Korean: 일등병)
(Korean: 이등병)
|Chief Master Sergeant
|Senior Master Sergeant
|Master Sergeant
|Technical Sergeant
|Staff Sergeant
|Senior Airman
|Airman First Class
|Airman Basic
Warrant officersEdit
|ROK Air Force's rank
|ROK Air Force's insignia
|Jun-way (warrant officer)
See alsoEdit
- ^ "2018 Defence White Paper" (PDF). December 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
- ^ "공군가" (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ KY Karaoke (금영노래방 공식 유튜브 채널) (12 December 2014). "[KY 금영노래방] 군가 - 공군가 (KY Karaoke No.KY4574)". Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ Larsen, Stanley; Collins, Lawton (1985). Allied Participation in Vietnam. Department of the Army. p. 131. ISBN 9781410225016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Korea Urged to Secure Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems". 20 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ^ South Korea to obtain 40 F-35As Archived 2013-11-28 at the Wayback Machine - Flightglobal.com, 22 November 2013
- ^ "South Korea's biggest-ever weapons buy: $7B for 40 F-35A jets". Archived from the original on 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ^ Brendan Sobie (3 August 2006). "South Korea selects Boeing 737-based AEW&C system over Gulfstream G550 platform". Flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ Seoul Plans Phased-Development, Typhoon-Size Fighter Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine - Aviationweek.com, 29 April 2013
- ^ Korea to begin development of mid-altitude UAV"[permanent dead link] - english.yonhapnews.co.kr, June 14, 2013,
- ^ "U.S. Congress approves the sale of four spy drones to S. Korea". arirang.co.kr. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Korea rejected the U.S. Global Hawk UAV ?". news.dbv.vn. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ Seoul finalises $657 million Global Hawk purchase Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine - Flightglobal.com, 17 December 2014
- ^ Air Force to acquire 4 aerial refueling tankers by 2019 Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine - Globalpost.com, 6 August 2013
- ^ S. Korea To Extend Range of Jets With Aerial Tankers - Defensenews.com, 12 August 2013
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It's been a while since I've taken the time to really go through my thoughts and write them down so I figured with so much going on in our lives right now, I needed to take a few moments to do just that. I think clearing your head is a necessary part of life and the way I clear mine happens to be through writing. Unfortunately my cat chewed through yet another computer cord which is why I haven't blogged in ages. I'm writing this on my iPhone notes so I apologize for the inevitable typos to come.
My life, and coopers, has been consumed, as of late, by all things baby. Most of the time, these are all happy and fun things that make us more excited to enter into the world of parenthood. Occasionally, just as I'm sure all expecting parents feel, we go through phases of what are we getting ourselves into and the fears of money and just life in general come creeping into our souls. I feel like these thoughts are normal, Cooper and I both do a pretty good job at facing those things and discussing them and then moving forward in excitement when we center our thoughts around the love of God and the joy that we know this little boy is going to bring us.
The thing that was consuming my life in an incredibly negative way was the fear of the birthing process. My entire life, I'm blessed to say, hasn't led me to this fear. I was blessed by so many incredible women in my family that never made me fear the birthing process and many girls growing up today can't say that. It is filtered in through media and pop culture that we are to expect the most indescribable amount of pain. As young women how could we not fear something that when displayed on television is portrayed as the worst moments of a women's life? All that we hear is the screaming, the yelling for an epidural, and intervention after intervention.
We are brainwashed from a young age to use the birthing process as a crutch (along with things that we go through as women that allow us to be pregnant in the first place) we hear, "well WE have to go through the pain of childbirth" and many other variations of that as women use it against men regularly..as if they have any control over who is the person going through it.*
I have a deep challenge to all of you women and mothers out there, APPROACH IT DIFFERENTLY. If we took the time that we do instilling the fear of the pain to teach girls and other women the indescribable BLESSING we have in carrying and birthing a precious human being into this world…maybe many births would turn out differently.
When you approach something in fear, your body naturally tenses up, which creates more pain (viscous cycle you guys). News flash ladies, no matter how tense and fearful you are, that baby still has to come out at some point or another.
I'm indebted to the makers of hypno birthing and hypnobabies. This program is meant to help you enjoy your pregnancy and look forward to your birth for what it is, an absolute miracle and blessing no matter how it takes place. It centered my mind again, it brought me back to what I'd always known growing up. Instead of approaching birth negatively and in panic and fear, I now look forward to the process and with every step I'll be closer to holding the gift that is my son.
I challenge you other mothers to THINK before you open your mouth when speaking to an expecting mother. For some reason, many women take it as a chance to tell horror stories about birthing..do you not remember being in that position leading up to birth? That is the last sort of story an expecting mother needs to hear. Instead, how about staying positive and saying, no matter what happens, you were literally made for this.
I love that in my hypnobabies courses they change the terms we use for all parts of the birthing process from negative to positive terms. We go from using the term labor, to birthing time and contractions to pressure waves Ect. It has helped reshape my thought process and I'd encourage any expecting mother to invest in classes or the home study course.
I'm not in any way saying that people don't have negative birthing experiences. Nor do I ever want to come off as insensitive to other mothers for what they went through. Look at it as, maybe it's insensitive to expecting mothers to instill fear in them when birth is inevitable. I know of many women who go into it trying to stay positive and leave with a negative story. What I'm trying to say is, change your focus. Instead of focusing on the negative which you can no longer do anything about, focus on the positive. No matter what, there is a positive to every situation. If you genuinely can't think of yours, tell me your story after I have my baby boy and I'll point it out for you.
I think our country needs to make a change for women. We are strong. We were made to be mothers and made to give birth to little miracles. I've heard some people say, well God even made it to be painful as a punishment on women because of Eves choice; I have a rebuttal for this. Maybe, just maybe, the real curse is fear of pain and the unknown. Maybe God wants you to approach it in complete trust and peace in him and only then can you see the beauty in the curse.
No matter what I do, my son is going to come into this world via my body. I have two choices, one is to live in fear because of it and approach it wanting interventions to take away the feelings. The second, and much better option in my opinion, is to approach it with joy and peace because at the end of whatever experience I have, I'll have a little baby to stare down at and think, look what we've accomplished.
These have been thoughts that have been growing and just festering in my brain that I needed to share and for any other expecting mamas who read this, WE CAN DO THIS!!!! For any mamas who have had negative experiences, my heart hurts for you but let me just say, GO YOU because you did it, you brought a baby into the world and for that you deserve a giant hug. For those of you who aren't even thinking about children yet or maybe don't even want them because of the way we've been brainwashed, I challenge you to look at birth through different eyes and give yourself a chance.
So, as I go forward into my last 10 weeks of pregnancy, I am putting my focus on the joy of my baby boy that I'm going to get to meet soon and I can't help but have a giant ridiculous looking smile on my face.
Side note: *Please don't assume I mean that men shouldn't be supportive and comforting during birth because that's absolutely ridiculous.


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