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Friday, November 18, 2011
The Ivancha Reclamation Project
As each of our fellow work traders left UFO Studios to continue their travels and pursuits, we began to spend more and more time getting to know Margaret and exchanging our ideas for art with her. To utilize our passion for street art, Margaret encouraged us to wheat-paste in Ivancha, even going so far as to generously allow us to dedicate our work hours to the effort. So, invigorated, we took the opportunity to do something on a larger scale than we were used to, and immediately set out into the village to scout for the most interesting areas to wheat-paste. Our wanderings culminated in the derelict schoolhouse, a massive, beautiful, and once useful building. Saddened by its condition, we felt moved to inspire a change. That, combined with the beautiful natural light flooding the building and the empty classrooms, all unique and full of curious detritus, made us feel we had found our ideal location. Our idea for a theme to unify the project was reclamation, to reclaim the neglected spaces for constructive or creative endeavors, and we spent an entire week preparing work to symbolize it.
Catherine wanted to fill an entire classroom, to open up an otherwise unused space into a place with energy and life. Honoring what has inspired her in Bulgarian communities and culture during our travels here, and hoping to evoke a curiosity about the people depicted. The images, read like stories across the walls, describe the landscape through paper-cut silhouettes and oversized portraits of women who play interesting and important roles in traditional village life: Fatme, a woman who keeps all the traditional textile patterns in her memory like a library for the other women to consult, and Thikra, the vrachka, a wise woman and powerful folk healer who makes potions and bring people all the way from Sofia to seek her help.
Roy felt compelled initially to connect with Ivancha by pasting images of her youth in the empty and disheveled rooms of the schoolhouse. To juxtapose the harsh spaces against the bright and hopeful faces of the youth as it once harbored. However, the likelihood of connecting with the scarce youth of the village was nil, so Roy decided instead to paste portraits of his friends alongside a poem for each, as a way of honoring them so far from home and sharing a personal part of his own life with the locals. Due to his plodding pace and meticulous style, he was only able to complete five drawings and five poems in time.
It took over two hours to paste all the pieces up.
It is our hope that the people of Ivancha, along with the volunteers and artists at UFO Studios, will be inspired to take part in the Reclamation project in whatever way they see fit - reclaiming and restoring Bulgaria's neglected buildings into personal, creative sites. Perhaps one day the project will spread.
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Labels: Abandoned Building, Art Project, Art Share, Bulgaria, Ivancha, Reclamation, Street Art, UFO Studios, Wheatpasting
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Ivancha's Derelict Buildings
With a steadily declining population of only seven million inhabitants, the landscape of Bulgaria is freckled with abandoned structures. With the fall of communism, individuals struggled to find work in the rural villages they called home, and were forced to move to the cities, often abandoning their former homes entirely. In other cases, elderly individuals in the rural villages have passed on, leaving their homes to their children, which as a result of the societal changes, primarily reside in the larger cities and leave their parent's homes to rest, having no means to sustain them or market to sell them. As a result, entire villages have perished, and others have experienced exponential population loss. Ivancha is no exception to the transitions, having gone from supporting a population of over two-thousand people, to less than five-hundred in a matter of years. The village schoolhouse now rests in a state of perpetual decay, destined one day to be no more than rubble, and the percentage of derelict public and private buildings is substantial. Now, one can walk room from room through the old houses and observe a time past. Most of them are still furnished, and all are slowly being taken back by nature in one form or another - some harbor plants, rodents, or martens, and others, serpents.
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UFO Studios, Ivancha
Arriving in Veliko Tarnovo late after an entire day of bus travel, we had no time to explore the heralded city, and took a taxi from the central bus station to our hostel in the old city center. Exhausted by the day's travels, we went to sleep early, and woke up early the following morning to catch another bus to the nearby town of Polski Trambesh. We had arranged for our new host, Margaret (from Glasgow, Scotland), to meet us there and take us to her home turned art project. After introducing ourselves, we piled into her sedan and drove the fifteen minute distance to Ivancha - the site of Margaret's UFO Studios, a project set to attract artists of all types. We arrived to be greeted by a gorgeous property, two playful dogs, three lovely cats, and two fellow work-traders, an American named Suchi, and her Argentinian partner, Ezekiel. Charmed by the new surroundings, we quickly settled into our new room and got to know the property, which included an orchard, several barns, a disheveled cottage, and numerous outbuildings destined to one day serve as studio, event, workshop and residency space for visiting artists.
We soon fell into work roles, with Roy mainly landscaping, pruning, and preparing wood stores for the coming cold. Catherine found herself gardening, baking, sweeping, and quickly got to work on a mural to cover an outbuilding wall. In the evening, we'd share cooking duties and occasionally play a fiercely competitive game of Scrabble with our housemates. One morning we greeted the arrival of another worktrader in Toru, from Japan, then Michael, from Scotland, and the next week, Helen and Bruce arrived to make it a full house.
Soon after their arrival, Bruce and Helen began paving a patio area using local stone, bricks, and antique bottles for accents. After finishing it, we suggested continuing it as a path around part of the garden, and asked if we could help. We enjoyed the work and spent the next week adding onto their original design to create a lovely path around the garden well. As we started the final section, Roy noticed a beautiful ammonite fossil remnant in one of the paving stones that the Australians had found earlier in the week. It ended up the perfect focus to the final section, and we surrounded it with bottles and bricks to catch the attention of future visitors.
One weekend we accompanied Bruce and Helen to Veliko Tarnovo, to better visit the picturesque city. We had a lovely time walking along cobbled streets and taking in stunning views of the cliffs along the Yantra river. Unfortunately, the galleries were closed, and most of the pubs and music venues were slow despite the presence of a university in town. On the bright side, we chanced upon some interesting shops, and Catherine managed to pick up an antique hand-knit Bulgarian wool sweater for about fifteen dollars.
We were also surprised at the amount of street art in Veliko Tarnovo, including some of the more interesting pieces we've come across in our travels.
Soon after finishing the path, we took a break from work one morning to explore the local market in Polski Trambesh. There were scores of vendors selling produce on one side, and on the other vendors sold clothing, tackle, hunting supplies, and home-made goods. Roy bought some hand-knitted socks and slippers from a lovely little old lady, and Catherine picked up some local bee pollen to spice up our morning cereal. A few days later we celebrated Guy Fawkes Day, and said a sad goodbye to Bruce and Helen, who left to continue their travels in Romania.
With the leaves falling heavily, we decided to take advantage of the remaining sun and explore the hills behind Ivancha before the inevitable cold. The landscape was beautiful in its own way, transitioning from grazing lands to pine plantings. We delighted at the sight of several pheasants (all of which eluded us for photographs), and some of the local livestock.
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I have long known that preparing food in one big session is a great way to save time during a busy week. When I get home from the office at 6 PM, Itry to head right into the kitchen and start dinner, but sometimes that doesn't seem to happen. Either the kids need something, or I decide to check one thing on the computer first–usually because I go to pull up the recipe and get distracted by other things–or I need to do a bit of a cleanup in the kitchen before I start cooking, I am embarrassed to say. That last one doesn't happen nearly as often as it used to, but some nights we just don't get the cleanup done before bed. You know what would help with that? Making dinner earlier, which leads to the explanation of the whole cycle of cleaning up first, cooking and eating late, and not feeling like going back in to clean the kitchen again.
When my daughter was a toddler, I even did once a month cooking, which was great, but it is hard to fit that big cooking session in my schedule now that I am working full-time, and I don't have the freezer space anyway.This week, though, I came across a brilliant idea through the Menu Plan Monday links: doing the prep work for one week's worth of dinners on a Sunday afternoon. Even if I don't prep everything up to the point of popping it into the oven (we do a lot of stove top recipes, and meals that start with sauteeing an onion and some garlic before adding everything else), some pre-chopping would certainly streamline the process of a week night meal.
Ideally, I would like to start making the following things on Sunday afternoons to make our week go more smoothly:
- A veggie soup–soups are a fantastic easy way to get more vegetables in our diets. Plus, they are easy to reheat for a quick snack while dinner is cooking.
- A large batch of slaw–I love a cabbage slaw, but a good carrot or broccoli slaw is a good option here. There important thing is to have a veggie that can handle sitting in a bowl with dressing all week, so lettuce salads are right out.
- Something easy to grab for breakfast–We are always rushing though breakfast, it seems. It is downright embarrassing how many times we just eat a pre-packaged granola bar in the car. We do occasionally have the time to make smoothies in the morning, which I think is an excellent way to start the day, but it would be good to have something else relatively quick to grab.
- Cut up veggie tray–the kids are more likely to eat veggies that are already prepped for them. So, broccoli florets, sliced bell peppers, and baby carrots on a tray with some hummus in the fridge might get eaten if they are ready to go.
- Chopped veggies for the weekly dinners–it is faster to go ahead and chop five onions in a batch than one onion every night, and it gives a nice head start to meal prep. Also, I find that cooking with whole foods does really add a lot of time to my nightly cooking–it is time-consuming to chop all those veggies! Doing it all in one go at least means I only have to do it once. Maybe I can get better about suing my food processor to save me some work, too.
Here is what I made so far this week:
Cream of Baby Carrot Soup
Broccoli Slaw with this slaw dressing
The cream of baby carrot soup is actually one that we all like, or at least, will eat. I am going to serve the broccoli slaw and hope the kids will eat at least a little of it.
I am going to the grocery store soon, and I hope to make a few more things:
Veggie tray–bell pepper strips, snow peas, broccoli florets, carrot chips, edamame
Various preps for the week–chopping onions, picking and prepping kale from the garden, etc.
Ginger-Lime Slaw
A big pot of oatmeal
I know, I already made one slaw, but I really do love that ginger lime slaw. I already had the broccoli slaw mix, so I needed to use it, and I think I can handle two slaws this week. It will break things up a bit. I do already have the oatmeal ingredients here, but I want to get to the store before it gets too much later, or I will be tempted to buy convenience food so I am not cooking dinner too late.
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Thursday, 11 July 2013
The Shale Gas Panacea (Part 1)
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Conventional natural gas is pumped from vast underground pools like the deposits found under the North Sea, in Russia and in Saudi Arabia. Geologists have long known that there was also a huge amount of gas and oil trapped in tiny bubbles in sedimentary rock called shale, spread across vast territories around the world. However, traditional drilling techniques could not access this gas in a cost-effective manner; by comparison, it was far more cost effective to build and operate a drilling rig in the North Sea than drill for shale gas in Montana.
Two technological breakthroughs changed all that. The introduction of horizontal drilling meant resource extraction companies could drill a network of wells covering a huge area from a single drilling site, without displacing overlying farms, fields and even towns. Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", meanwhile, provided a means of crushing shale rock using high-pressure fluid, without strip mining the area. Once the rock is crushed, any pockets of gas or oil trapped in the rock would flow out along the path of least resistance - typically back along the tunnel created by the drill.
Suddenly, it became possible to extract tremendous quantities of shale gas and shale oil, overturning common assumptions about the availability of fossil fuels. As a result of the shale gas boom, natural gas prices in the United States are a fraction of the international gas price.
By 2015, the U.S. is expected to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest gas producer as energy companies tap the Marcellus, Bakken and other shale basins. In the UK, meanwhile, analysts are reporting breathlessly about the potential of the Bowland Basin, which some claim can supply the country with gas for the next 43 years. I'll be taking a closer look at that number next time, but for now let's agree that there's a lot of gas down there.
Why might this be good news for environmentalists? Per unit of energy, natural gas has a much lower greenhouse gas emissions intensity than coal or oil. In the United States, an abundance of cheap shale gas is ruining the economics of coal-fired power plants. In 2005, gas accounted for 19% of the country's electricity production; in 2012 this figure was 30%. Largely as a result, America's greenhouse gas emissions are falling rapidly - even before President Obama's proposed regulation of power station emissions comes into effect. Here in the UK, low prices for EU ETS permits reduce the incentive for power station operators to reduce emissions; it's cheaper to burn coal and buy a permit than use expensive gas. In addition to its CO2 emissions, coal combustion also releases mercury into the environment and contributes more to ambient air pollution than does burning gas. A massive influx of cheap gas could reduce output at the UK's coal-fired power plants, and force operators to shelve plans for new coal-fired generation. A cleaner environment and lower greenhouse gas emissions would be the result.
Why might the fracking revolution be bad news for environmentalists? For one thing, we need to be clear about what fuel shale gas is displacing. Not all that American coal is staying in the ground: as demand for coal falls in the U.S., its price has plummeted. As a result, it has been cost effective for some European utilities to buy (relatively) cheap American coal instead of more expensive European and Middle Eastern gas. Coal imports from the U.S. were up 23% in 2012. Seen at a global level, shale gas production may be displacing...gas, not coal.
In addition, hydraulic fracturing is not a tidy process. The hydraulic fluid is a potent chemical brew and has the potential to contaminate local groundwater supplies. Changes to underlying rock formations have led to a spate of earthquakes in some areas after the introduction of fracking. And many environmentalists are concerned that the gas may not always flow as intended - unplanned releases of inflammable gas can pose a safety hazard, and with a 100-year global warming potential 21 times greater than CO2, natural gas releases from fracking could undo some of the benefit that comes from displacing coal. Other studies argue that this fear is overblown, and energy companies have both the capability and financial incentive to minimise leaks.
While this debate will rage on, I predict that there will be some fracking in the UK, and it will continue to grow in the U.S. The question, then, is whether we can mitigate potential harmful environmental impacts, and use this resource boon as wisely as possible.
We'll return to this issue in a subsequent article.
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The conference introduced new technology that will help Skycasters become even more efficient. Although still a way off from mainstream availability, the team learned of some exciting advances regarding the transmission of data compression (excluding video). This would improve bandwidth and maximize "actual" throughput by helping to isolate it from compressed data amounts.
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Last night I followed a random tweet that linked to this report from Nina Shea at National Review's Corner:
In its latest move to effect religious cleansing in Africa's largest country, Boko Haram — the Nigerian Islamist movement that claimed responsibility for the deadly Christmas Day bombings of a Catholic church, an evangelical church, and three police stations — is now reportedly warning all Christians in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north to evacuate by Friday or else face new attacks. It also vowed to confront Nigerian troops sent to quell four of the northern states it has targeted with violence.
Well that sure sounds like big news. Unfortunately, it's not big enough to get into the Washington Post. Or The New York Times. There is, however, an op-ed in the New York Times arguing against the U.S. getting involved in Nigeria's problems. Headline: "In Nigeria, Boko Haram Is Not the Problem." (Not everyone agrees.) That op-ed contradicts, in part, what was reported in the news section of the New York Times in August. Which is fine, of course, but it's problematic that there's no news on Boko Haram's ultimatum. There's also nothing in the Los Angeles Times about this latest action.
But other media outlets are interested. Agence France Presse covered it. So did The Telegraph. I embedded the CNN video above which talks about Boko Haram's ultimatum as well as some of the background on simmering problems in Nigeria. There's a print article on CNN as well. Headlined "Islamist militants in Nigeria warn Christians to leave north within 3 days," it is actually a somewhat terrifying read that ends with a warning about how quickly things could explode beyond repair in Nigeria. (And following Twitter makes it seem like things are on the precipice now.) Here's a snippet:
Nigeria has almost equal numbers of Christian and Muslims, with the south predominantly Christian. Boko Haram and other Islamic groups claim the north has been starved of resources and marginalized by the government of Jonathan, who is a Christian.
Boko Haram (which according to the group means "Western civilization is forbidden") is demanding the imposition of Islamic sharia law across Nigeria.
Christian leaders have demanded a stronger response to the attacks from the government and the Muslim community. Ayo Oritsejafor, head of the Christian Association of Nigeria, complained last week that the response of Islamic leaders had been "unacceptable and an abdication of their responsibilities."
"The Christian community is fast losing confidence in government's ability to protect our rights," Oritsejafor said.
David Cook of Rice University, who has studied the rise of Boko Haram, said that "if radical Muslim violence on a systematic level were to take hold in Nigeria ... it could eventually drive the country into a civil war."
Corruption, poverty and a lack of government services have helped Boko Haram gain support, especially among young Muslims out of work. So has a perception that the Muslim north has been marginalized by a political establishment drawn largely from the Christian south.
Reuters FaithWorld is a great site for updates on what's going in Nigeria. Here's a link to a few of their recent reports.
Anyway, while many U.S. media outlets ignore the ultimatum or Jonathan's state of emergency, other outlets are covering things. Here Reuters describes what the first tank patrols look like. Here Reuters speaks with a Muslim ex-warlord about the looming fight against Boko Haram.
Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a Muslim who led a rebellion in the delta until a peace deal with the government in 2004, said bomb attacks by Boko Haram could provoke retaliation by mostly Christian southerners, including those living in the delta. ...
Asked if northerners could be targeted by some from the majority Christian south, he replied: "It is seconds away ... Nigeria is on the precipice of a civil war."
"For Niger Delta people to take up arms is just a minute away. It's just Goodluck that is holding us back," said Asari, who is from Jonathan's southern, mainly Christian Ijaw tribe, but who converted to Islam.
"We have all reached the extreme. There is nothing anybody can do about it except we fight."
Super interesting story.
The Pew Forum had some helpful information on threats to religious freedom in Nigeria.
France 24 has some interesting background on the group's religious goals here.
On top of the rather serious religious strife we've been talking about, a strike has been called for Monday -- because of the government stopping fuel subsidies -- and protests are already being reported. Nigeria is a place to watch. Let's hope the U.S. media develop a bit more interest in the story.


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Nestled in the heart of Northern Arizona, StoneRidge Golf Course offers players scenic views and more than 350 feet of elevation changes from the highest tee to the lowest green. The course is carved out of the spectacular stone ridges and boulder outcroppings of Prescott Valley which makes for a breathtaking round of golf. You will either love this course or hate it. If you love elevation changes, tight fairways (on some holes), occasional long carries, and a thinking man's course, you are going to love StoneRidge.
This course is a challenge for the advanced golfer as well as the novice, yet fair and rewarding. Remember that distances tend to play shorter due to the "Mile" high elevation, so your club selection will vary due to altitude and elevation changes on each hole.
By By Alice and Danny Scott
When temperatures soar in the valley, zip up to Prescott Valley where the air is cool but the golf is hot! Situated on Bluff Top Drive, there is no bluffing on this course. Bring your A-game for a sacred round of golf. Sacred, you ask? Built on traditional Native American land, respect for ancient burial grounds was a serious consideration in the way architect Randy Heckenkemper carved the StoneRidge course out of the desert canyons. A medicine man blessed each hole before completion. It might also be a sacred round for all the "Thank Gods" expressed for lucky bounces, birdies and an eagle.
The diversity of desert, valley and canyon landscapes, require a variety of shot strategies. The mile high altitude naturally creates the opportunity for dramatically elevated tee boxes such as number 8's par 3. Special club contemplation ensues when the "windage" consideration exceeds that of the elevation. The key positive thought on the tee or fairway for many holes on this course should be "canyon carriage!" It is a big hitter's delight, but aesthetically and mechanically fun for all. The air is fresh; the Bradshaw mountain views are fresher still.
Hole #5, par 4, 383 yards from the tips: Heed the GPS tip on this hole for premium placement strategy. The large landing area is deceiving since it slopes and then narrows to a small green guarded by a river wash and ravine. Shaped like an enlarged comma, this hole can produce expletives from players. The ideal shot is between 180 to 200 yards. This gives you a short iron into the small green.
Hole #9, par 5, 575 yards from the tips: A sizeable ravine separates the fairway of this uphill par five. The big hitters can ease up to the large wash if they perfectly place the ball on the left side. Anything right will disappear into the desert as the fairway slopes in that direction. It requires another uphill carry to a small two-tiered undulating green with hillside bunkers for protection. This must be a target approach shot to have a prayer of a par victory.
Hole #12 Par 3, 230 yards from the tips: Traversing the first two holes on the back nine may make you feel like a mountain goat, but the long par 3 12th is a straightforward tee box to green that is the closest consideration of anything flat. However, you face a large canyon scrub brush graveyard awaiting anything short, left or right. Windage and depth perception are two components that compound the difficulty of this hole.
Hole #18, par 5 630 yards from the tips: This is the mother of all finishing holes. The S shape from tee to green is due to the earlier mentioned consideration of burial grounds. Ladies get a huge distance advantage on this one, but the shots still have to be carefully placed to optimize the downhill roll and take advantage of the advantage. Drive up and take a peak before determining your target drive spot. Trees that border the ravine to the right side could block even the best tee shot. Second shots to the green are possible but require the best of execution. Getting close on the approach will not be good enough due to the false front of the green. If short, make sure your chip shot will reach the table or your ball will roll back to you and cause repeated chipping until you do. A good score on this hole is as satisfying as golf can get.
Head to the clubhouse after the round, where renovation is nearly complete to compete with the best of private facilities. Open to the public at reasonable rates, memberships are also available. Check out the summer specials online along with their latest great offer with special green fee and a sleeve of premium golf balls through July 31st. Must call or visit website to receive this special offering.
The spacious new banquet room will seat 120 and the Grille restaurant is cozy with a large outside patio providing panoramic views to make any event as memorable as the golf.
Heckenkemper brings individual character to each and every hole making StoneRidge a blast to play. Just 90 minutes from Phoenix, with temperatures almost 20 degrees cooler than the Valley, when you try it you will want to come back again and again.


text: Hitchhiking generally doesn't qualify as a creative endeavor—but that was before Filmgraphics launched Hitchhike, a special portal on the Australian production company's new website dedicated to branded content production for viral and mobile. The highly interactive portal features two distinct areas: "Launched," a gallery of existing video clips, short films and TV spots that have already hit the web; and "Primed," a group of creative forums for writers, directors, actors and animators to post original concepts, scripts, pitches and other crazy ideas for all to see. The goal is to match these undiscovered talents with agency creatives in search of fresh raw material to take to their clients, and then use the production company's resources to develop this raw material into polished viral campaigns, interactive games, live-action and animated mobisode series and more. All without the hassle of standing by the side of a road with your thumb in the air.


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What's up guy and girl players of World of Warcraft. This is ryutarou aka tarou. and in this video I'm going to show you a quick way to level Skinning 1-450. For the FREE complete guide and many others check out my website at tarouwowguides.com In this video I'll be giving the view point of both Horde and Alliance until they merge at skill level 175. First, you'll need to learn Apprentice Skinning from any Skinning trainer. If you're not sure where one is just ask a guard in a major city. Next, buy some cheap gloves and enchant them with advanced Skinning or Gatherer. This'll give you +5 to Skinning or essentially allow you to skin a mob one level higher than normal. To figure out the max level of a mob you can skin.
Simply follow the two mathy type things on the screen. For less than skill level 100, take your skill level, divide it by 10 and add 10. For over skill level 100, just divide your skill level by 5 as shown in the info below the skill. Leveling Skinning is extremely easy to level 1-450 and should take an average player around 5-6 hours. Before starting any profession powerleveling session, make sure to empty all your bags out. If you have the extra gold, it may help to purchase a few Leatherworking bags as well. Alright, now that all the preperation is done, the powerleveling Skinning 1-450 can begin! For Horde simply exit Orgrimmar into Durotar and make a loop around the northwest quarter killing and Skinning all the boars, scorpions, and raptors until reaching 75 in Skinning.
At skill level 75, head back to the trainer and learn Journeyman Skinning. For Alliance head outside of Stormwind into Elwynn Forest towards Westfall killing and Skinning all coyotes and bears. Continue onward into Westfall killing and Skinning all boars and coyotes until skill level 75. At skill level 75 head back to the trainer and learn Journeyman Skinning. After getting Journeyman Skinning Horde will want to exit Orgrimmar out the west side into the Barrens. From there head south killing zebras, raptors, and other beasts until reaching around Skinning skill level 125. At Skinning skill level 125, head to Camp Taurajo and learn Expert Skinning. Then continue south killing any beasts along the way until reaching skill level 175. For Alliance continue killing boars and coyotes into the south of Westfall and loop back around until reaching Skinning skill level 105. At 105 cross the river into the north of Duskwood and follow the river bank east killing all the coyotes until around Skinning skill level 140.
At 140 head to a Skinning trainer and learn Expert Skinning and go back to Duskwood. In Duskwood go to Brightwood Grove and kill and Skin the packs of Worgen until reaching over 175. At 175 both Horde and Alliance should head to Gadgetzan and cross over into Shimmering Flats. From there make a shortened circle around the zone until reaching 225-ish. Once hitting 225 head to a trainer and learn Artisan Skinning. After that, head back to Gadgetzan and head west towards Un'goro killing beasts until Skinning skill level 260 or more. At Skinning skill level 260 or more, head into Un'goro towards the North of the zone. Once reaching the north kill the Gorillas outside and inside the cave until Skinning skill level 300. At 300 head to Shattrath's Lower City and learn Master Skinning. From there, fly into the south west of Hellfire Peninsula and kill the Razorfangs until you reach Skinning skill level 330-ish. At 330 fly over Shattrath into Nagrand and kill the Clefthoofs and Talbuks until Skinning skill level 350 or more. At Skinning skill level 350, head to Borean Tundra and learn Grand Master Skinning. In Borean Tundra kill the Rhinos just north of Warsong Hold.
The packs are nicely clumped together and great for AoE'ing. Continue killing the Rhinos or Mammoths until Skinning skill level 385 or more. At Skinning skill level 385 head north into Sholozar Basin and then head to the southeast of the zone. Once there, circle around and kill the packs of kill and skin the Gorillas. This area is also great for farming skinning materials. A lot of people know about this area though so expect to see some players farming it. If it's too crouded you can always head to Storm Peaks instead and kill Rhinos east of the Engine of the Makers. Whichever you choose, kill and skin the beasts until maxing out at Skinning skill level 450.
Grats you're maxed in Skinning and around 1,000g richer! Skinning is one of the most profitable professions for not allocating farming time. Simply raid or instance as normal and skin whatever to make some gold. Ontop of making a decent gold flow, the extra 40 critical strike rating is a nice bonus as well. well, I hope you enjoyed the video and for other FREE WoW gold and leveling guides visit my website at www.tarouwowguides.com Finally, don't forget to subscribe as I will be coming out with more videos to help all players have more fun in the World of Warcraft… Thanks for watchin'^^ NOW GO … tell me in the comments section your favorite profession OR something! Mines definately Alchemy!.
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I am now writing this more than 6 weeks since we returned to the UK. Our story needs to be finished and it is time for me to say goodbye to Africa.
My last entry left us leaving Swaziland and heading into South Africa for good. We made the decision not to visit Kruger but instead to visit Hluhlwe-Infolozi which is not at all far from the Swazi border. A much smaller gamepark but we had heard great reports about it and with limited time we felt we might get to see more animals due to its smaller size. We stayed at a nice backpackers place just 1.5 kms from the gate and we made an extremely unrealistic aim to get up at 6 and into the park early to try and spot the more nocturnal animals. Obviously being us this didn't go quite to plan but we were still in the park pretty early and we spotted a fantastic array of animals including, giraffes, zebras, elephants, rhinos (x 4!) and lots of lesser known animals such as wildebeast and nyala.
It was en route to Hluhlwe Backpackers that Alex observed that the idle speed sounded out of synch on the Landy. Not another problem. He adjusted it and hoped for the best. Driving through the gamepark the acelerator suddenly sounded as though it was stuck, revving loudly and smelling horrible. We stopped the car and hoped there wasn't any lasting damage. We carried on from the park to St Lucia. St Lucia was another place we had been recommended by South Africans and also by my Mum who visited a few years previously. We decided to check it out. We found a half refurbished backpackers lodge that was nice and cheap and had a television, and we settled in for a few days. The weather was terrible, everyone we met observed at how at home we must feel as the weather was behaving in such an English fashion! Being British we braved the weather and went for long walks along the beach spying hippos, monkeys and birds.
St Lucia had a very villagy feel about it. Everyone seemed to know each other which was a bit weird. It did, owever, seem to be very safe, no electric fences of prison bars of residents gates here! The locals warned us that our only concern regarding our safety in St Lucia would be Hippos strolling up and down the high street!
The curse of the piston rings.....
It was when we were leaving St Lucia that our final disaster struck. After a few few minutes of the engine turning over she finally cranked into life and barely 200 yards along the main high street the accelerating sounded stuck again and smoke poured from the exhaust covering the entire high street. We came to a stop and oil was pouring out from the engine bay. Really not a good sign. I think we both knew at that moment that it was the end of the road for Carol the Land Rover. Alex ran back to 'Budget backpakcers' where we had been staying and a nice chap called Quentin drove down in his Toyota to tow us to the one and only garage in St Lucia. We examined the engine, the force of whatever the problem was had pushed open the oil cap allowing all the engine oil to explode out. The mechanic pinpointed the problem as a broken piston ring and informed us that it was a very BIG job! We pretty much accepted it was over then. We knew we needed a new engine and there seemed to be no point repairing the old engine when we had such a small distance to travel now and with so many other issues not even connected directly to the engine we would still have problems. We had still been contemplating what to do with the Landy when we reached Capetown and we were getting shipping quotes daily. It was prooving expensive. Another option, selling the vehicle in SA was even more problematic due to import regulations now the vehicle was a right off we had even less clue about what to do. We placed a panicked call in the direction of Paul Gowen at the RAC in the UK to discuss our options now that the car was effectively off the road!
It turned out there was a way out for us and Carol. We could surrender the landy to the South African Revenue Service. SARS. Basically, we would hand it over to them, they do what they want with it and get a free car and we get all the relevent squiggles and signatures on our carnet de passage and hopefully our deposit back in the UK. We did not want Carols final resting place to be with a mean customs department but in a way it was kind of fitting as now she would always be in Africa where she belonged. Afterall she was no good to us in the UK in working condition let alone after the engine had blown up.
It was Friday September 11th when the engine blew up in St Lucia, we were expected to be at Durban Airport by Sunday morning to pick up Alex's parents on Sunday morning. We had to think fast. We reserved a hire car from Durban arport and organised a lift in the back of a pick up truck to Durban. The guy that gave us a lift was a bit mean (he tried to charge us a small fortune to sit in the back of a bakkie on a trip he was making anyway) but eventually he got us to a back packers in Durban. As we had no time at all before the arrival of Pegrams senior we had to leave Carol behind. We left her with the mechanic and aimed to go back post Capetown to sort through our stuff and get Carol towed down to the nearest SARS office for unconditional abandonment. it out a lot of extra miles onto our journey but if we could fly back from Durban it would work out ok.
That day a lot of tears were shed, by me mainly. I felt as though our trip was over and I just wanted to go home. Neither of us could believe that the car had actually given up the ghost and that we were now just backpackers in South Africa rather than part of a special overlanding club that we had grown to love. Carol had become our home since Febuary and we were seriously attached to her.
The rest of our time in South Africa passed quite uneventfully. We travelled with Alex's parents in our speedy little hire car - a Toyota no less which just sealed the irony for us. We visited some beautiful places, gorgeous baches, game parks, mountains, and we made it to Capetown. It was great to get there but it would have been so much better and more significant if we had been with the Land Rover. Nevertheless we enjoyed our final few weeks in Africa.
We dropped the Pegrams off at Capetown airport and we set off back in the direction of St Lucia to deal with all the paperwork and say goodbye to Carol. Apart from the slightly dodgy mechanic who we left the car with at St Lucia, we suffered no crime in South Africa. Note to anyone who ever breaks down in St Lucia - don't use the mechanic Shawn - he may steal all or some of your things and pretend to be a nice guy.
We flew back fro Johannesburg in the end. A whole month after the demise of Carol. I was incredibly sad to leave Africa, but so excited to go home and see all my family and friends after 8 months on the road. 8 months in Africa changed me in many ways. My opinions have changed about a number of things and my outlook on life has changed a great deal. I miss Africa so much, I completly fell in love with the continent and anyone who is reading this and even vaguely thinking about setting off on an overland trip across Africa, what are you waiting for? Just go!
Remarkably we have both settled back into English life quite quickly and without trouble. I expected it to be a lot harder. Yes I had post trip blues for a few weeks but it has passed and now I am finally able to reflect on what we have actually done!
We drove over 17 000 miles, across 3 continents, over 8 months in a Land Rover purchased for 800 pounds!
It is a pretty remarkable feat and leaves me thinking what can we do next that will top what we have just done. To answer that I am not sure we can beat that for some time, I have certainly got the travelling bug and after just 6 weeks back home I have a serious case of itchy feet but I also think it is time I grew up, settled into a career of some sorts and returned to real life, so to speak, at least for a while anyway. So until next time...wherever we decide to go.....Goodbye!
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I remember during college, a friend had advised me. "In a fight, even if there are more guys on the opposite side, you should be the first to slap the other person. After that, even if you get beaten up, no one will remember it. They'll remember that you were the first to slap the guy."
I think I have mutual friends with Harvinder Singh.
Harvinder Singh, whose rendition of 'Chaanta Laga' with Sharad Pawar (link) has made him a celebrity on Facebook and Youtube, also realised the importance of a slap.
Funnily, people are commenting 'Jai Mata Di' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' under his videos. Like he singlehandedly slapped the Britishers out of India or something. There's also a spin-off of the Kolaveri video on the guy. The jokes are a little below the belt, but then, most of the fun in life is always below the belt, right?
However, Harvinder Singh is not my hero.
My hero is someone else. Someone who has been forgotten in the annals of time.
The year was 2006. Greg Chappell was appointed the coach of the Indian cricket team and was paid $ 1,75,000 to destroy Indian cricket. Chappell broke two of the golden rules for Indian cricket coaches:
1. Don't fuck with senior cricketers:
He tampered with players. Reduced Irfan Pathan from a swing bowling prodigy to a left arm fielder. He exposed a letter from Ganguly to the press, and ultimately had him dropped.
2. Don't mess with the crowd.
While getting on the team bus in Calcutta, Chappell pointed his middle finger to media people and fans. Of course, no one bought his argument that he 'had fractured his finger in practice sessions'. Even if they did believe him, no one wanted to know how it had happened.
Gods were being toppled off their altars. There was chaos.
And it was then that Biranchi Maharana stood up for the nation.
The Indian team had come to Cuttack to play a match.
Now, we Oriya guys are quite laid back about things. Come from Korea and screw our forests under the garb of development and we'll be fine with it. Give us a lecture about laziness and we'll doze off half-way. But our cricketers? No, buddy. You can't do that.
The team was leaving the airport. Chappell followed the cricketers in the line. Biranchi sneaked up to him, and….
That's quite cowardly, you say? Anyone can sneak up to someone behind his back and slap him, that's not exactly heroic, you say? Well, there's more.
Unlike Harvinder Singh, who shouted gibberish at Sharad Pawar and the others and took out a knife and threatened to cut his wrist, only to be shooed away by the local security guard, Biranchi stood his ground.
How do you add insult to a stinging slap?
By giving the lamest excuse to do it.
"I am angry with Chappell because no player from Orissa has been included in the national team," Maharana said. Of course, he forgot to mention that Debashis Mohanty had not been in the team for seven years. But that's not the point.
The point is that he did it, and gave the flimsiest excuse for doing it. He did it because he wanted to. He did it, yes, for the nation!
Like my friend used to say, "You don't need strength to slap. You need balls!"


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Amazon just keeps rockin' the deals this morning! Here is a nice toy deal for all the Batman fans. Currently you can snag the Batman Dark Kinght Rises Batpod Vehicle Play Set for only $14.83 (down from $34.99)! It looks like a few other stores have this on sale for $21.99 at the moment, so this is a pretty nice price.
Toy features:
- Based on the hit new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises
- One of Batman's most iconic vehicles, the Batpod
- Batman's 2-wheeled vehicled that emerges from the tumbler
- Armor up the Batpod for an even more aggressive attacking machine
- Kids will love reenacting their favorite scenes from the movie
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Glacier worlds
Glacier palace
Who can claim to have explored the inside of a glacier, 15 metres under the surface? Here it's possible!Details
Dossen glacier garden
The Dossen glacier garden invites visitors on a journey of discovery through the world of vanished glaciers and the traces they have left on the landscape.Details
Theme trail | hard
The Gorner Glacier sculpted this landscape over many millennia. Today, hikers marvel at the polished rocks and boulders, the ice of the glacier that still remains in the valley floor, and the larch trees that are inexorably reconquering the landscape.
Glacier trek to the Monte Rosa hut
Mountain tour | hard
The glacier trek to the Monte Rosa hut is a very special experience, but not suitable for all. Zermatt Tourism and the Alpin Center Zermatt recommend that this tour be undertaken only in the company of a mountain guide with local knowledge.
Gorner gorge
The Gorner gorge is a place of exceptional natural beauty. The wooden walkways leading between the towering cliffs provide a dramatic insight into the power of nature.Details
Matterhorn glacier paradise
The highest cable car station in Europe (3,883 m), with its new restaurant, sets fresh standards in sustainable development. The views of the highest mountains in Italy, France and Switzerland are breathtaking. The ski area on the Theodul Glacier is open 365 days a year.Details
Matterhorn Glacier Trail
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This route offers a fascinating glimpse of a world between rock and ice. Walkers approach the glacier on a safe path, close enough to see the meltwater running out: a memorable moment on a special hiking adventure.


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Nichole Hakimian, from Seattle, Washington recently made headlines for being kicked off a public bus because of her son's stinky diaper. The bus driver allegedly told her the odor from her 1-year-old was too strong to handle and dropped Hakimian off about a half-mile from the clinic. (The bus company is currently investigating the complaint.)
The nightmare described above is all too familiar to mothers everywhere. Whether your kid has a tantrum on an airplane, or spills juice on someone's white carpet, or blows out a diaper in a confined space, we've all been there.
You try to plan ahead for all the possible twists of fate, packing that diaper bag with extra onesies, pacifiers, and wipes. But often your baby has other plans, and you find yourself in the situation like this Seattle mom. Do you try to change the diaper on a moving bus or do you hope the time will pass quickly as other passengers understand you've got a sick kid on your hands?
As moms, we all try our best to be conscious of others around us. We have learned to balance a baby on one hip while we pull a stroller out of the trunk and close a business deal on the phone. But to control the pooping schedule of our sick child? Now, that would be a good one.
Let us know what you think of this story!
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Kohana Route not Working: Kohana gives a 404 Error for Route
Kohana Route fails with a 404 Error
So you are ready to begin your first Kohana project and create your customized Route. You placed the Route right above the default Route created by Kohana and all looks dandy. Then you load the URL and are greeted with a 404 Not Found error! Also you notice it is not the Kohana 404 Error "HTTP_Exception_404".
The Solution
Go to your Kohana directory and find the file named example.htaccess, rename it to .htaccess. Reload the URL to witness the Kohana Route's magic in action!
Kohana uses the Apache mod_rewrite module for doing all those fancy custom URL stuff, but before it can do that, it has to set some rules in a file called .htaccess; since you did not have the .htaccess file, Kohana's Routes failed.
So always remember and preach others: "The first step of setting up a Kohana application is renaming the example.htaccess to .htaccess".
- What would happen if mod_rewrite is not enabled on your server?
- What is the difference between the 'normal' 404 Not Found error and Kohana's "HTTP_Exception_404" error?


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Mary Queen of Heaven School opened its nineteen classrooms to six hundred and twenty-four students on February 1, 1951 under the direction of Sr. M. Georgiana, O.P. with twelve Dominican Sisters of Sparkill serving as faculty.
From the opening of the school doors until the present day, Mary Queen of Heaven School has presented a challenging academic environment concurrent with its goals in an ever-evolving educational system. Ideally, a student of the school has developed not only the academic skills in a variety of areas, but has appropriated an understanding and appreciation of the Catholic faith and has incorporated such values and beliefs into his/her own life's experience.
In 1960, recognition of the value of Catholic education was presented in the ideal of our faith, "To Teach as Jesus Did." It is a credit to the present and past faculty that they have recognized the uniqueness of the individual and have provided a vision and mission that strive to impart learning within the religious nature of the school.
Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Academy founded in 2015 and entrusted with the mission of educating students, spiritually, academically, socially and physically, placing emphasis on skills and tools necessary for success in today's diverse society. We strive to maintain a Christ-like atmosphere of respect, love and concern.


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Obama reveals nuclear breakthrough on landmark India trip
In a glow of bonhomie, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveil a deal aimed at unlocking billions of dollars in nuclear trade. Pavithra George reports.
U.S. president Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi breathes new life into a stalled nuclear pact between the United States and India. On day one of a three-day visit, Obama and his Indian host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, unveiled a new deal that would boost civilian nuclear trade between the two countries. SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA, SAYING: "Today we achieved a break through understanding on two issues that were holding up our ability to advance our civil nuclear cooperation and we are committed to moving towards full implementation and this is an important step that shows how we can work together to elevate our relationship." Two issues had brought a 2008 nuclear deal to a standstill ... the liability of suppliers to India in case of a nuclear accident, and tracking the whereabouts of American-supplied fuel. More than 7 years later - this new deal resolves those differences - and unlocks billions of dollars in nuclear trade between the world's two largest democracies.


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Recap| Box Score| Notes
Ohio State head coach Jim Foster
On the first half
"I thought we were very aggressive in the first half. We always knew where (Lindsay) Whalen was and we made (Janel) McCarville work hard. I believe they are two of the most entertaining and talented players in the nation."
On improving play
"It was important for us to play better tonight. We have become a better team in the past five games. Our team has maturity and is growing and as a result, good things are happening. We are doing the things you need to do to win."
Ohio State junior guard Caity Matter
On her career-high 28 points
"My teammates got me the ball and I took good shots. I was smart with my shot selection and they went in. There was intensity on the floor tonight."
Ohio State senior center LaToya Turner
On Caity Matter's career-high 28 points
"She came ready to play. She came focused and she did what she needed to do to help us win the game."
Ohio State sophomore guard Kim Wilburn
On the game tonight
"I think everybody came focused. I have to step up to be a point guard and do the things that need to be done. Everyone took a step up to be successful tonight. This was a good game. We showed a lot of maturity and growth against Minnesota."
Minnesota head coach Pam Borton
On the game
"We didn't show up in the first half. We got off to a slow start. (Ohio State) fed off our turnovers, which resulted in some fast-break points for them. It was like a flurry that was going on and on. We didn't dig out of it until the second half. "We had to stop the bleeding. We wanted to stop the clock and regroup everybody. We had to take care of the basketball and execute. They would come down the court, pull up and just hit everything. They started strong against Penn State and they came ready to play tonight."
Minnesota junior center Janel McCarville
On Ohio State's LaToya Turner and Jessica Davenport
"They are two big girls who play good defense and don't foul. They keep you in front of them."
On the first half
"We needed to get back in the game. We traded baskets for a while, but they got some steals and launched points. That really deflated our team and they did it to us easily."
Minnesota sophomore guard Shannon Schonrock
On teammate Lindsay Whalen missing the second half
"It was obviously different. She usually plays 36 to 38 minutes for us. It was a tough game and that wasn't what we were thinking about. We had to each step up individually and get it as close as we could. We had to make a run at them."


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Without a scintilla of shame, I'm gonna let my nerd flag fly on this one. Ya see, I just got back from seeing "Star Trek Into Darkness" at the Bay City Mall and, I admit, I was enthralled by the film.
Before I get into specifics, though, let me say that, as an armchair trekker (see, I didn't go with the derogatory "trekkie"), it does me proud to see my nerd-dom so validated by the current mainstream appeal of the rebooted franchise.
With this highly anticipated film, and its 2009 predecessor, "Star Trek" is once again accessible to the casual moviegoer, and that is no easy task.
Like I said, I'm a trekker, but an armchair one at that. I was reared on the original TV series, my dad having a VHS copy of all 79 episodes. From about age 5 on, I went through the whole series more than a couple of times. I remember being so petrified by the M-113 salt vampire that it was a feat of courage for me to look at the TV screen when it appeared, wanting a pet tribble, recreating the classic Gorn-Kirk fight with my friends and viewing Spock, with his cold detachment, emotional vapidity and logical empiricism, as a model to strive toward.
Later, I grew into "Star Trek: The Next Generation," but the franchise lost me after that, with "Deep Space 9," "Voyager" and "Enterprise." What the new series also did was chip away at the appeal to non-dedicated fans. Try going into an episode of "Voyager" blind; with decades upon decades of continuity (or baggage), there's not much of a jumping-on point for newbies.
The 2009 feature film, though, remedied that by dialing it back, resurrecting the classic crew and freeing the franchise from the shackles of its own mythology's excess. At the same time, the reboot doubled as a sequel, as it pacified diehard fans by acknowledging in its own story that this is an alternate timeline, and that the previous chronology does still exist. Again, to open the franchise and make it appealing to those who had never seen a "Star Trek" episode, while simultaneously keeping trekkers' feathers from ruffling, was a small miracle to be sure.
"Star Trek Into Darkness" continues in that same vein, paying homage to the original series without letting such references bog down the new storyline. (NOTE: There are some spoilers from here on out, so those who wish to get off the ship ought to do it now.) The narrative itself is a study in mirror images and deception, a running theme being that the true threat is not the monster presented to you in all its terrifying splendor, but the seemingly benign or friendly person beside you. (Interestingly, this same motif is employed in the spring's other big blockbuster, "Iron Man 3." Perhaps this trend warrants some cultural evaluation? Maybe, but there's no time for that here.)
Scenes or events from the original series are paid homage, though in surprising and often inverted ways. Characters' personalities remain as they were in the original series, yet their interactions are presented in unprecedented form. In a philosophical sense, there is a trace of the eternal recurrence happening here, as though fate is guiding the characters to manifest in certain ways and cross paths regardless of what may intervene.
This is most explicit in the presence of the film's villain. I'm gonna spoil it here, but you've been warned…yep, though those involved with the film commendably kept it under wraps this long, the villain is indeed the polluted übermensch Khan Noonien Singh. A little misdirection keeps this hidden until about the middle of the film, and the reveal is one of the best scenes of the piece. It's a daring move, bringing back the single most iconic villain in all of Trekland, but a necessary one. Rebooting "Star Trek" without Khan is like rebooting Batman without the Joker. Benedict Cumberbatch is fantastic, his scenery-chewing with Chris Pine (Kirk) and Zachary Quinto (Spock) is the film's highlight. Though he's motivated by entirely different factors here, Khan remains true to his essence as a cunning warlord, a force composed equally of sheer brutality and the manipulative intellect of a chess master.
Good as the film is, it isn't without its flaws. More than once, there are scenes of manufactured danger that could have easily been avoidable, scenes that took me out of the movie because it was clear the characters were just written into a plight without the writers asking why the characters would behave in such an illogical fashion. Case in point: the opening scene that lights the fuse on the film's entire conflict depends entirely on the Enterprise being submerged in water to prevent a primitive alien race from seeing it, thereby violating the Prime Directive that Starfleet personnel not influence the development of any planet's native culture. Ummm, couldn't the ship have stayed in orbit around the planet, as it did in every episode of the original series, thereby preventing such a dilemma from arising? Another complaint is that the film employs the trope, so common as of late as to already become a cliché, of having the villain imprisoned as part of his own plan (after "The Dark Night," "The Avengers" and "The Dark Knight Rises," it's just not that surprising a plot twist anymore).
But the rabid, furious elephant in the room, however, is Khan's ethnicity. In Trek lore, Khan hails from northern India, and is a Sikh at that. True, original Khan actor Ricardo Montalban was Mexican, but he at least passed for Indian. Cumberbatch, on the other hand, is just a shade tanner than an albino. Don't get me wrong, I'm not mounting some conspiracy theory of not-so-subtle Hollywood racism (and I loathe those empty souls who seek and invent racist undertones in everything), and I despise political correctness as a rule, but such blatant disregard for established continuity cannot be ignored. As I already said, Cumberbatch gives an excellent portrayal as a vengeful and mad despot, though with his schoolboy looks and the English heritage he wears on his sleeve, it appears that, despite Gandhi's efforts, British subjugation of India apparently hasn't ended. And any excuse that the altered timeline explains how Khan could now be paler than a ghost does not hold water. The revamped timeline from the rebooted "Star Trek" franchise is effective from 2233 onward; Khan and his fellow supermen were sent into space in 1996, so he should have been thawed as an Indian here just as much as he was in the 1967 episode "Space Seed."
That aside, I can't wrap this review/rant without lauding Pine and Quinto. Cumberbatch is sure to get the lion's share of praise, but the returning Kirk and Spock actors are just as stellar. When we begin, the two are yet in the nascent stages of their relationship, still trying to reconcile their distinct backgrounds and build a friendship. Throughout the story, we witness a precarious respect evolve into mutual loyalty, one which, at its greatest moment, compels Spock to forsake his stoicism. It is this growing bond that is the film's central plot, Khan's threat providing the background for it. Action and effects aside, "Star Trek Into Darkness" remains at its core what the franchise has always been, namely, a profoundly human story.


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How in the world are we supposed to take a shower in a motel when we
can't figure out how to regulate the water temperature. Or even how to
get the water to flow.
While on vacation last week, I encountered several different types of
faucets. In the Midland Holiday Inn, I got hot water in the shower and
couldn't figure out how to cool it off. So I took a hot shower.
Then in Houston Hobby Airport's restroom, I soaped my hands and felt
around for the magic handle that turned the faucet on. I never did find
it. The attendant suggested I try another sink, and at that one I got a
flow of water, but am not sure what triggered it.
On the return trip, another woman told me you just have to wait for the
flow. I waited and waited. Then I decided that must be the same faucet
that wouldn't work on my first trip, so moved to another one. I'm still
not sure what made the water flow, but I think it was triggered by the
soap dispenser. I guess you can't wash your hands unless you soap them
When I got to St. Louis, the commode baffled me. I've been startled
before by commodes that flush automatically, either when you get up or
on a timed schedule. But this one didn't flush, and I couldn't see a
handle anywhere. Finally I spotted a small red light on the wall and
pushed it. Nothing. Next to it was a little black button. Bingo! That
was the one.
By far the best faucets I encountered were in my daughter's condominium
in St. Louis. The kitchen sink has one of the simple lever types that
lifts up for flow, turns to the right for cold and to the left for hot.
Same for the bathroom vanity, only the knob is crystal rather than
stainless steel.
Somewhere out there is a maniac who sits up late at night devising
means to baffle us country folk with faucet handles. What was wrong with
the two-handle system, where you turn the left one for hot, the right
one for cold, and both for a mixture that you can regulate?
Gripe though I might, I wouldn't want to go back to the pre-faucet days
when we lowered a bucket into the cistern to draw up cold water that had
to be heated on a wood stove for the weekly bath. Better to turn on the
frustrating faucet, let the hot water run in the bathtub, then wait for
it to cool off enough to bathe in.
I have one more day of vacation, so that will give me one more column.
Don't know what I'll write the remaining 16 weeks in this year.
"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious
thoughts." Psalm 39:23, NIV.
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Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, the majestic dusty spiral NGC 3370 looms in the foreground in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Recent observations taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys show intricate spiral arm structure spotted with hot areas of new star formation. But this galaxy is more than just a pretty face. Nearly 10 years earlier, NGC 3370, located in the constellation Leo, hosted a bright exploding star.
NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team and A. Riess (STScI)


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In Memoriam: Corbin Harney
Western Shoshone leader
"Corbin inspired thousands of people, native and non-native, to take action in a peaceful and nonviolent way," his personal assistant, Julia Moon Sparrow, was quoted as saying in a Las Vegas CityLife article.
"We, the people, are going to have to put our thoughts together to save our planet," he said. "We've only got one water, one air, one Mother Earth."
Harney traveled around the world as a speaker, healer, and spiritual leader. He spoke before the United Nations in Geneva and authored two books: The Way It Is: One Water, One Air, One Earth (Blue Dolphin Publishing, 1995) and the forthcoming, The Nature Way. In 1994, Harney established the Shundahai Network to respond to spiritual and environmental concerns on nuclear issues.
Kelydra Welcker
Practical pollution solution
Two years ago, a debate was raging in West Virginia's Mid-Ohio Valley over APFO, a potentially carcinogenic chemical entering drinking water from the manufacture of Teflon®.
Rather than wait for a final verdict on its safety, 16-year-old Kelydra Welcker decided to take a different approach: figure out how to get the chemical out of the water—and quickly.
She began by reviewing basic high school chemistry principles and learning about APFO online. After almost two years of research, Welcker developed an inexpensive countertop filtering device that local families could use to remove APFO from the water. Simply place water overnight in a container with metal electrodes and granulated, activated carbon and voilà! By morning, the APFO is gone.
Although the research continues to take up a lot of her time as she tries to improve the device, Welcker, now 18, says, "Trying to clean up the environment is my passion, so I don't feel like I'm giving up anything to do this."
Rev. Todd Eklof
Weighing in on waste
On Earth Day 2006, Reverend Todd Eklof had something of an epiphany: it was time to make a statement about the excess of garbage in America. His idea: save all his junk mail for one year as a visual symbol of waste.
"If I could have saved all my garbage for a year, I would have," he says, "but I didn't have anywhere to put it."
On Earth Day 2007, Rev. Elkof loaded a cart with more than 50 pounds of accumulated junk mail and pulled it four miles from his church to the local Louisville post office, where he staged a press conference drawing attention to the wastefulness of junk mail.
The press conference included Kentucky state representative Jim Wayne, who proposed a statewide "no junk mail" bill. Modeled after the national "Do Not Call list," it would prevent everyone except nonprofits and politicial candidates from sending junk mail to people who don't want it.
Rev. Eklof is optimistic about its chances of success. "Everybody hates junk mail."
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Lauren Jacobs was one of the first in her family to go to college. She was able to attend college in large part because of the union wages earned by her father and grandfather. Now she's using that education to help other families realize the same dreams by working as a union organizer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
"Parents have to work two or three jobs just to get by," Jacobs says. "These low wages say, 'You don't matter. Your children don't matter.'"
In June, she helped the security guards at Harvard win an average $4,300 increase per year. Her work is part of the SEIU's nationwide security campaign, which seeks to improve conditions, pay, and benefits for the nation's security guards, who are primarily people of color.
Although the job isn't easy—it requires long hours and travel—after 11 years, Jacobs is still excited to start each day. "I've seen workers joining together to fight and win. That gives me a lot of hope."