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New Mural at Abercrombie headquarters unveiled
The Governor also announced that Discover's Day would be changed to Indigenous Persons Retribution Day. In addition, Hawaii's beloved Lei Day on May 1st would also be changed to International Labors Day and feature a huge parade showcasing fake nuclear missiles, goose-stepping local 5 members and gay floats.
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Abercrombie appoints new Director of Diversity
Today, Governor Neil Abercrombie announced the appointment of Georgette "Bitch Boar" Devereaux to be Hawaii's first State Director of Diversity. The Governor said the role of the new department will be to oversee Pono Choices and other LGBTQ promotional programs.
"Neil wants our Gay Revolution to move a little faster." said Devereaux. "We have a long way to go transforming our school kids; and, the Governor is worried he might not be around too much longer."
"The 'Q' in LGBTQ stands for questioning youth. And, if they aren't now they sure as hell will be when we get done with them," gushed Devereaux.
The new Director said that Pono Choices will now be featured in all grades from K-12, and greatly expanded. Devereaux unveiled a roster of new curriculum that will cover the full spectrum of sexual diversity.
"It is a matter of civil rights and acceptance of people who are different." continued Director Devereaux. "If you're gay, like to diddle children, poo on your friends or dress up in a furry suit with your dick hanging out, it's all just the way you were born."
Devereaux herself has a story that's a picture of diversity itself. Born as a male he was mercilessly teased and bullied for torturing small animals during recess. A 23 year old George Devereux underwent sex-change hormone treatment and then surgery. Several years later, the now Georgette Devereaux, discover she was gay and attracted to women. "That was a frustrating few years," confessed Devereaux "especially when the penile re-attachment surgery failed.
"Now I'm past that and pretty much moved on to corprophilia. You know…doo doo."
"I myself have suffered oppression from hateful, bigoted homophobes." said Devereaux. "The lack of acceptance on people's faces when I was exercising my constitutional right to play with my own poop at the Word of Life service cut like a knife."
Devereaux cited Representative Bob McDermott as a example of what's wrong with Hawaii. "The fact that that bully can actually stand up and say that a shoe is not a genital is just plain ignorant," said the Director. "It's discrimination!"
"We simply can no longer tolerate intolerance." added the Governor.
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Peculiar Pakalolo Proposal Pitched
Representative Rida Cabanilla has proposed a bill to allow the growing and export of marijuana products as the solution for the state's growing unfunded liabilities.
"This is something we already know how to do," said Cabanilla. "And the market is getting bigger every day."
Ironically, the bill does not legalize the use of the marijuana products in Hawaii that our local workers would be exposed to during the growing, product manufacture, packaging and distribution. The operations would employ thousands of people who would never legally be able to possess their own products.
Cabanilla admitted she did expect a little "cock-a-roaching."
"We already have established brands that are known worldwide…like Kona Gold, Puna Buds, Maui Wowie!" continued Cabanilla. "We just need to get the state behind large scale agricultural operations and promotions."
Cabanilla has been consulting with marketing whiz Habin Aghoudtime, who is in charge of Afghanistan's burgeoning opium poppy exporting business, and is considered to be an expert in international drug distribution.
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Hillary explains bizarre New York Times cover
"It's no big deal," said a bemused Hillary Clinton. "I'm just a little puffy from my Botox injections…it'll all be gone in a couple of days."
The image of "Planet Hillary" on the New York Times Magazine has caused an Internet sensation and spawned dozens of parodies in just a few hours. Clinton explained that she had posed for the illustration immediately after receiving a Botox treatment and the artist simply drew what they saw.
"It's not the artists fault," said Clinton. "I'm still a little puffed up."
Asked by the media if this recent round of cosmetic treatments was an attempt to appear younger for voters in the upcoming presidential race, Clinton would only repeat that she's just trying to look nice for Bill, and it had no connection to any future political plans.
You never know what will pop up at the opening of the State Legislature
Here's a brief sampling of some of the proposed legislation in the works this year competing to waste your tax dollars:
HB 823 – Tom Brower introduced a bill permitting the open carry of sledgehammers, fire axes and cricket bats; also the right to carry concealed claw hammers, for self-defense against rogue shopping carts. Brower has reported being attacked by abandoned carts in his Waikiki district and wants citizens to be able to defend themselves.
HB 378 – Kaniela Ing has submitted a bill that redefines the "anus" as a "mangina." This is in response to Rep. Bob McDermott questioning the redefinition of "anus" as genitalia in the Pono Choices sex ed program. "That should fix everything," said Rep. Ing. "Mostly it will keep McDermott from saying anus again."
HB 443 – Rep. Jessica Wooley, Chair of the Ag Committee, is advancing a bill to make the cultivation of any genetically modified food punishable by life in prison. Any existing products still available with any GMO content must be labeled with 48 pt. type: "THIS PRODUCT WILL FUCKING KILL YOU." Governor Abercrombie has asked that an exemption for GMO Marijuana be attached to the bill.
SB 112 – A related bill submitted on behalf of the Governor was for additional funding for his rooftop garden being installed on the 5th floor of the Capitol Building.
SB 342 – Senator Sam Slom, whose perennial bill to make the Hoary Bat Hawaii's official mammal has failed repeatedly, will not put out another "bat bill." Instead he appointing an actual Hoary Bat to be the Minority Whip for the Senate Republicans. "I'm the only Republican left, so I can do whatever I want over here," said Slom.
SB 953 – Sen. Hee announced a bill to restructure state elections. Under the Hee proposal the State will save millions by conducting all future elections in a closed Democrat primary by voice vote. "We won't have to bear the cost of printing ballots, counting them or enduring silly campaigns," said Hee. "Since there are only Democrats left, we can move things along a lot faster and more efficiently now."
SB 119 – Representative Scott Saiki, in a related election bill, is seeking to eliminate terms limits for the office of Governor. When an existing governor passes away a new governor will be chosen from among the Democrat leadership. The media will be allowed to watch the exhaust fan from the majority caucus room. When the cigar smoke changes from black to grey a new governor will have been selected.


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Many children who grow up in a family business have two choices — join it or do something else. Elizabeth Rees of New York has found middle ground.
Ms. Rees, 30, grew up watching her father and grandmother run Kubin-Nicholson, a Milwaukee printing business, established in 1926, that specializes in large-format prints, such as billboards, bus-stop posters and building wraps. "I found it all neat and cool," she said, but she was never inspired to stay in Wisconsin and run the presses.
Instead, Ms. Rees studied journalism, worked for National Geographic and took time to travel the world. But in her late 20s, after receiving a master's in global communications, she decided to dip her toe into the family business, helping Kubin-Nicholson with sales and digital marketing from New York. Read more…

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Seafood Seduction Cruise Times & Prices
Tasmanian Seafood Seduction
Cruises depart daily at 9am, returning by 5pm.
Bookings Essential.
Relax as one of up to 10 guests, looked after by 2 local guides. Throughout the day you will enjoy a range of local Tasmanian produce, including:
- Abalone - your guide will jump in and snorkel for fresh abalone, which are prepared and served onboard the boat.
- Crayfish - delicious fresh crayfish is the centrepiece of your gourmet lunch. Tasmanian Rock Lobster are extremely sought-after and exported all of the world.
- Oysters - pull wild oysters from the farm of the multi-award winning producer 'Get Shucked'.
- Salmon - visit the Tassal salmon farm, benchmarked as the world's leading salmon farmer.
- Sea Urchin - your guide will gather these delicious seafood delicacies from the crystal clear waters around Bruny Island.
- Beer & Cider - savour locally made organic cider and boutique beer including Moo Brew and Willie Smiths.
- Wine - taste some of Tasmania's cool climate wine varieties including Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and sparkling.
Getting There
Tasmanian Seafood Seduction departs from the Pennicott Wilderness Journeys Booking Centre, situated on Franklin Wharf, next to the Constitution Dock Lifting Bridge on Hobart's waterfront.
8 Hours
Daily, except Christmas Day
Departs From
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Dock Head Building
Franklin Wharf
Hobart TAS 7000
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against all odds
my heart still beats.
well it's not really too
surprising, but still,
sometimes, i thought it
might stop, leaving me
cold in my sleep. but
it hasn't. and for that,
i'm pretty happy with it.
against all odds
my heart still beats.
well it's not really too
surprising, but still,
sometimes, i thought it
might stop, leaving me
cold in my sleep. but
it hasn't. and for that,
i'm pretty happy with it.
are terrible. absolutely terrible. there's a soap opera here too about people in the medieval ages, i think. they wear helmets with horns and have swords and breastplates of unbearable awkwardness so i think it's something like that. they jabber at each other all the time and almost chop each other's heads off every 15 minutes. there is a lot of fake lightning too.
in my entire career of digital picture taking (i use career here as a measure of time, not meaning to infer occupation or wage) i have printed a grand total of 3 pictures. they are from a trip i took to new york my junior year of college and serve to remind me that there is a place in this world populated by good friends and wrapped in cold weather.
today i printed nearly 200 pictures. i don't really know how to describe how it feels to have hung them around the room and look through the moments captured. it begins like a fog, but not one in which i've become lost.
does any of this make sense?
be here now.
this man is a total badass.
"what troubles me is a sense that so many things lovely and precious in our world seem to be dying out. perhaps poetry can be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what's to come."
i think i've tortured you long enough with my writing, please read some of his.
I have always intended to live forever;
but not until now, to live now. The moment
I have done one or the other, I here swear,
no one will have to drag me, I'll come
but never will I agree to burn my words.
i just finished reading a farewell to arms by hemingway for the first time (i know) and my there's now a dull ache hovering in my chest.
here are a few parts i enjoyed.
"We slept when we were tired and if we woke the other one woke too so one was not alone. Often a man wishes to be alone and a girl wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say that we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. It has happened to me like that once. I have been alone while I was with many girls and that is the way that you can be most lonely. But we were never lonely and never afraid when we were together. I know that the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist, and the night can be a dreadful time for lonely people once their loneliness has started.
If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
"'My life used to be full of everything,' I said. 'Now if you aren't with me I haven't a thing in the world.'"
"'You'll get other things.'
'No. We never get anything. We are born with all we have and we never learn. We never get anything new. We all start complete..'"
"'I couldn't be any happier,' I said. A fat gray cat with a tail that lifted like a plume crossed the floor to our table and curved against my leg to purr each time she rubbed. I reached down and stroked her. Catherine smiled at me very happily. 'Here comes the coffee,' she said.
"'Hell,' I said, 'I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?'
'Yes. I want to ruin you.'
'Good,' I said, 'that's what I want too.'"
"That's what you did. You died. You did not know what it was about. You never had time to learn. They threw you in and told you the rules and the first time they caught you off base they killed you. Or they killed you gratuitously like Aymo. Or gave you syphilis like Rinaldi. But they killed you in the end. You could count on that. Stay around and they would kill you.
Once in camp I put a log on top of the fire and it was full of ants. As it commenced to burn, the ants swarmed out and went first toward the centre where the fire was; then turned back and ran toward the end. When there were enough on the end they fell off into the fire. Some got out, their bodies burnt and flattened, and went off not knowing where they were going. But most of them went toward the fire and then back toward the end and swarmed on the cool end and finally fell off into the fire. I remember thinking at the time that it was the end of the world and a splendid chance to be a messiah and lift the log off the fire and throw it out where the ants could get off onto the ground. But I did not do anything but throw a tin cup of water on the log, so that I would have the cup empty to put whiskey in before I added water to it. I think the cup of water on the burning log only steamed the ants."
i used to sit on the peaked roof of my house and look at the san diego bay, the surface of the water and the windows on the tall buildings glaring and blinding in the sun.
on a porch surrounded by trees and other living green things that would shift slowly into the wind coming off the ocean, i sat drinking whiskey from a cup late into the night, early into the morning.
i used to ride bikes with friends down steep hills and to costco, to eat cheap hot dogs and pizza.
airplanes used to fly directly over my house in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evenings. i don't remember when i stopped hearing them.
i think we can learn to bear almost anything.
in spain we lived in an apartment and from the window we could see the ocean and sometimes the clouds would gather and the wind would blow off the ocean and the rain would fall.
when the rain fell over the ocean it looked like a gauze was being spread over the horizon and it would move and then it would be on us falling hard against the apartment window's glass.
there were metal shutters we could close and when the rain fell against them it made a sound that was louder than it seemed it should be and we would imagine the rain falling but we could not see it.
in the morning when the storm had passed the sky was clear and the clouds were gone and sun glinted blindingly off the surface of the ocean and the children played on the toys in the park.
sometimes i would draw the shutters against the window in my room and they would make it completely dark and even when it was past noon the room would be dark and i would sit inside and be alone in the dark.
the apartment always smelled like smoke but no one would smoke in the house. it was the wood of the furniture that retained the smell of generations past, people who were now gone from that place.
in the mornings i would walk on the boardwalk that ran along the ocean in the predawn dark and stop at a cafe for a coffee and a baguette.
the coffee was strong and the bread crisp and the air was clear and cold and the cold made the hunger strong.
after a bit of walking the sun would begin to show over the ocean's edge and the sky would turn pink and orange and grey and blue but it would still be cold and i walked quickly to stay warm.
when the tide was high there was a place at the end of the walk where the waves would crash under an outcropping and then explode up and through metal gates placed into the boardwalk.
the spray would go high into the air and then the mist would fall and even though it was cold it was beautiful and when the water that had mixed with the air fell on our faces we would feel alive.
i haven't put anything up for a while. sorry.
so where to start.
the last few weeks have been intense. every since leaving the orphanage just about three weeks ago it's been go go go. i think rather than just going from place to place in a big strung out travel itinerary i'll give you the destinations and forms of transportation.
night bus from chiang mai to ayutthaya - lauren cried her eyes out over leaving the children and all the thai people looked at us funny.
ayutthaya - the old ruined capitol of thailand. a nice relaxed city where lauren broke into our guesthouse early the morning we arrived. the old lady that ran the place was upset and kept saying to her, "very bad." we slept in hammocks strung over a lotus pond with a million and a half (i'm not joking) catfish lurking just below the surface.
bus from ayutthaya to chumphon - seven hour ride in a bus so hot it must have come straight from the lower depths of hell. sweaty. gross.
night boat from chumphon to koh tao - awesome. we get off the bus and head to the docks to catch the midnight boat to koh tao (an island) and get there way too early. sit around at the docks eating spicy food and drinking beer and listening to music for hours while smoking and shirtless thai men loaded the boat with all sorts of cargo. eventually we crawl into the cramped space for sleeping and see that our beds (thin pads on the ground) are about 6 inches wide. lauren had a dog sleeping next to her. i had an old thai lady that kept putting her arm in my space all night. before falling asleep i sat out on the front of the ship and watched as we cut through the black water towards a piece of land i couldn't see but believed was there.
koh tao - scuba diving is neat. the place is small and beautiful and under the water there are all sorts of crazy things exclusively designed to blow your mind. you should go.
night boat from koh tao to surat thani - a freezing slave ship. air conditioning is nice when you have a blanket or a jacket. travelling through southern thailand, i had neither. sleeping in a room so cold it could snow on a boat with 150 other people crammed all around you is nuts. try it.
suratthani - got an airbrushed picture taken. pretty glamorous. lauren called and said she'd lost her wallet and needed me to head out to koh samui. i said ok.
boat from suratthani to koh samui - big giant ferry ship. tons of people. the coast of thailand is really beautiful and as we got further away i saw it slip into the water and hover dimly on the horizon. i sat on top of the boat and drank a beer.
koh samui - huge. biggest effing island ever. not as big as australia, but damn big. taxis are expensive and so are places to stay. beautiful, yes, but more expensive than beautiful. we went to a show with a hypnotist and he was terrible. there was an ice bar but it cost a lot of money, so we didn't go in. lots of western bars, western people, and pretty young thai girls dancing around on poles. yeehaw.
boat from koh samui to suratthani - uneventful.
suratthani - three hours spent packing lauren's things up, retrieving laundry, and getting the eff out of dodge.
night train from surat to bangkok - rotten. i hate those trains. all night spent sitting up with the lights on. on time, but freezing.
bangkok to siem reap, cambodia - this was complicated and basically involved taking a bus to a thai border town, taking a truck taxi to the actual border, being accosted by people trying to sell us expensive visas, having to bribe the actual border people because i forgot to bring a passport photo, getting into a bus on the cambodian side and heading to a taxi station and finally getting into a 1982 carolla driven by an insane cambodian man who drove on the wrong side of the road for just about 93 percent of the time.
siem reap and angkor wat - cambodia is nuts. people are very poor, very nice, and most speak very good english. siem reap is a nice town, lots of western style stuff, but nice nontheless. there's a river running through it that's filthy as they come, but that doesn't stop people from bathing and fishing in it. it was really relaxed and even though the seemed like it was 10 feet above you the entire time, pretty great. there was a market in the old part of town selling all sorts of great souveniers including two dollar beer t-shirts, 10 dollar calculator watches (score), and pretty little pots to smoke opium out of. angkor is freaking incredible. crumbling temples with the sun rising over them, jungle temples with trees growing out of them, and big tall temples with steep stairs that made my leg cramp up halfway down. there are pushy little children trying to sell you stuff everywhere you walk and if you say no enough times, they'll tell you in no uncertain terms what they think of you (i'm talking about the eff word. shhhh).
boat from siem reap to battambang - this was advertised as a picturesque way to get to the next city we were heading to. it was either a 3 hour bus ride, or a 5 hour boat ride. boats are nice we thought. this will be fun we thought. maybe even an adventure we thought. somewhere between the seventh and eighth hour i realized that we had thought wrong. after an eventful night of drinking on a balcony sitting just out of reach of the rain pouring down outside onto the stone streets, we woke up at six to head to the dock. the boat on the ticket is a nice large two story fishing style boat. the boat at the dock was a sizeable canoe with a motor on the back. maybe 25 feet long packed with 20 people on two benches running the lenghts of either side knees touching the entire time. the water was so low the boat got grounded and we had to get out and push, feet sinking into the sucking mud just inches below the water while the sun blazed away on the canvas roof the entire day. the up side was that for almost the entire trip we were passing people who lived on floating houses along the river. not what i had imagined, but looking back, something i'd probably recommend.
battambang, cambodia - it's said to be the place in cambodia where remnants of french architecture are most readily apparant. i think someone played a joke on us. the streets were busy and dusty and the first night we got sucked into a ghetto hotel where shirtless smoking cambodian men yelled all night long right outside the door. there were some nice places once we got out into the countryside though including a monkey inhabited temple on top of a pretty big hill from which you could see miles and miles in any direction and a giant white buddha statue sitting peacefully in front of a temple that the khmer rouge had torn down but had been mostly pieced back together not entirely successfully. also, the markets in thailand don't have shit on the markets in cambodia. fish scaled and cut open seconds after being taken out of the water (at least you know they're fresh), eels writhing in plastic bags, baby sparrows plucked of their feathers and tied together by the feet, shell-less pregnant turtles with eggs visible in their stomaches, skinned frogs glistening in the heat and fried snakes curled around the wooden sticks they were tied to. during the walk through fish blood and scales from a particularly violent knife wack exploded onto lauren's leg. she loved it.
also, did you know there's a channel in cambodia that plays nothing but wwf wrestling twenty four hours a day?
battambang to bangkok - same as getting there, only this time entering bangkok was a nightmare. people had been killed in the riots the night before so highways were shut and traffic was immobilized. the subway was shut down and having a train to catch, we jumped into a cab and were prompty in gridlocked traffic. after a half hour of speaking english to a man who only spoke thai and having thai spoken to people who only understand english he finally understood where we were going and what time we needed to be there and got us to the train station with 20 minutes to spare with a triumphant hooray and fist pump. a very nice man indeed. lauren and i got on our respective trains, said a rushed goodbye, and woke on opposite ends of the country. so it goes.
three weeks of travelling: two islands, five boats, eight buses/four hour taxis, two overnight trains, nine cities, two cans of budweiser and one can of miller high life consumed, thirty something pictures taken with a diana camera that probably won't come out, one red bracelet made from string put around my wrist by a lady in a temple in the forest, and some seriously dirty clothes.
i realize i've switched tenses a few times through this. i feel ok about it.
school starts tomorrow. let's see how it goes.
in bangkok's northern bus terminal waiting to hop into a sweatbox and head to cambodia.
see you soon.
the sky is pink and birds are floating in a vacant space above the blue green water.
sun thinned reds and pale blues glow on old but renovated thai fishing boats sitting low in the water.
soft grey clouds float in this landless void and there is rain on the horizon but it looks like a haze, a thin moth eaten curtain not fully drawn.
this morning under the surface of the sea a fish picked at a wound on my ankle and a soft red bloomed into the water.
shark island is in the distance and dim yellow lights twinkle at its base but the top remains forested, uncrowned.


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Tao Te Ching Chapter 49
The Master has no mind of her own.
She understands the mind of the people.
To those who are good she treats as good.
To those who aren't good she also treats as good.
This is how she attains true goodness.
She trusts people who are trustworthy.
She also trusts people who aren't trustworthy.
This is how she gains true trust.
The Master's mind is shut off from the world.
Only for the sake of the people does she muddle her mind.
They look to her in anticipation.
Yet she treats them all as her children.
Tzu, L. (2010). Tao Te Ching. (J. H. McDonald, Trans.) London, England: Arcturus.
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Transcendence (by James Thornbrook)
Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic
centered on the acceptance of imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes
described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
If an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene
melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could be said to be
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Cartesian Vision by René Descartes, 1644
This woodcut from Descartes' 1644 Principles of Philosophy diagrams Descartes' theory of vision and its interaction with the pineal gland. Descartes believed that light rays impressed subtle particles into the eyes. The image was then transmitted to the pineal gland, which served as the nexus between mind and body. In this sketch the external stimulus is translated into an act of will (pointing) by the pineal gland.
The allegory of a cave of shadows, put forward by Plato in Book VII of The Republic, is one of the defining images of the Western philosophic tradition. Plato suggests that we are each the prisoner in the cave, so long as we remain caught up in "the region revealed through sight," the world of the senses. In order to escape, we must focus our minds on the intellectual and climb up the "steep and rugged ascent" to the mouth of the cave, beyond which is the sun, the rational and transcendent source of all that is real and eternal.
This allegory lies at the heart of a Western tradition that associates images of light with knowledge and realization, and images of darkness with ignorance and deception. Light clarifies while darkness is ambiguous. Brightness and brilliance connote intelligence, and truth is illumination and enlightenment, while the unknown takes the form of a cloud, is shrouded behind a veil, or is seen dimly, through a glass darkly. The period of intellectual decline that fell across Europe following the collapse of the Roman Empire is known as the Dark Ages, while the Age of Light and Reason that began in the sixteenth century saw the flourishing of science and rationality, with its ratios and radii, words which all share the same linguistic root as radiant; an era defined by the intellectual fire of Plato's sun.
–Rob Percival, THE TWILIGHT OF CERTAINTY: Raised in darkness, they strive to save the Earth, Parabola, Fall 2012."
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Their book is available in the UK this month. It is entitled, "Unfit for the Future: The Urgent Need for Moral Enhancement".
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Heidegger always rings twice.
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Leonora Carrington: The Floor 4706th, 1958 - Oil on canvas
"One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever." ― Leonora Carrington, The Hearing Trumpet
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U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas, left, congratulates Russia's Aliya Mustafina for winning the gold for the uneven bars during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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Lasting images from the London Olympics.
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Back in November, NuForce showed us how easy it is to pump up the power of streaming devices, using its Dia digital audio converter (DAC) product. Now, the company is adding another option for streaming CD-quality music via the Air DAC Wireless System.
This basically means that you can take a bunch of speakers currently collecting dust and start streaming wireless audio right to each one. Just plug the included transmitter into your computer's USB port or an iPod, iPhone or iPad. Then, the receiver hooks to that available sound system.
Once the system is set up, just start playing music from your audio device and it will be streamed to any speakers with the receiver. According to NuForce, each transmitter can support up to four receivers. On the flip side, each receiver can connect to as many as four transmitters as well. No Wi-Fi routers or IP addresses are needed.
If you want to pair the Air DAC with your computer, the Air DAC uWireless System is shipping now for $179. Apple users will have to wait and should expect to pay $20 more for the Air DAC iWireless System. All of the included goodies in both packages are available separately, which translates into $149 for the receiver and $59 to $79 for the transmitters.Follow Electronic House on Facebook and Twitter.
Officially, the company says the acquisition will not affect current users of Revolv systems, but that the product will no longer be offered for sale.
Massive JBL Synthesis audio, AMX automation, Kaliedescape server, bring life to this award-winning home theater and gaming room.
A look at the current and upcoming Blu-ray discs t that will support the new Dolby Atmos audio format.


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Has anyone explored the possibility of making use of Windows 2000 Private
DLLs to solve this issue? For example, the "side-by-side" approach could be
used to specify where DLLs for an application are stored to stop the search
Older applications can be retro-fitted for private DLLs but using the
myapp.exe.local file to tell W2K to load DLLs from the directory where the
executable exists and not the search path or current directory.
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From: "Timothy J. Miller" <cerebus () SACKHEADS ORG>
To: <BUGTRAQ () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: Double clicking on MS Office documents
I suggest that this problem, and subsequent problems of this nature,
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November 1, 2004, 12:00 AM
By C.J. Chivers
A HEADLAMP SWITCHES ON IN THE DARKNESS of a September night, illuminating a pale fish twisting on sand in a narrow cone of light. The fish is perhaps a yard long. Dark stripes run along its length. Its yellow eyes are bright. Odor rises through the salty mist, reminiscent of cucumber or melon rind. An unmistakable aroma, tied to memory's deepest chords: the smell of live striped bass.
I inhale. A ritual resumes. The left hand lifts the fish by its bony bottom lip, the right turns the hooks free of its mouth. Out comes a small knife. The blade plunges down into thickets of brilliant red gills. Blood rolls down the fish's flank. I place the fish on sand and kneel, continuing the work. The blade traces the creature's length, unzipping hide, exposing guts. Steam rises from the hole. One hand reaches in. Knuckles loop around intestines and tug. The other hand slides with the blade through the pocket's pooling blood, freeing dark knots of innards but sparing the heart. Two last strokes open channels near the tail.
Every cut has a reason. The guts are cut away to remove the sour juices from proximity to the fish's flesh. The heart remains to pump blood out the sliced gills and tail. Even as the bass expires, it will drain itself, making its flesh ever more sweet.
The bass flops, slapping reddened sand across my face, one last show of vigor in the conversion of life to meat.
THE EASTERN SEABOARD'S SCHOOL OF bass might have vanished twenty years ago had not the slide down extinction's path taken an unexpected turn. In 1984, as bass were becoming rare, Congress enacted the bass conservation law. Over the next years, several states prohibited killing bass of almost any sizea common status for threatened wildlife, an extraordinary protection for a fish. Nature took over. Little is as fecund as a large female fish, which can squirt eggs by the pint. The survivors bred by swarms. Within a decade, large schools roamed the shore again, perhaps more than at any time in our lives.
The return has revived an intensely pursued blood sport. I am a member of a loose nocturnal fraternity known as surf casters, for whom Atlantic striped bass occupy the role white-tailed deer fill for inland families, providing fresh protein, ritual, technical challenge, and a reverential connection to the natural world.
MY FATHER SQUINTS THROUGH RAIN TRAVELING SIDEWAYS in a gale, sizing up waves slamming Old Harbor jetty on Block Island's eastern side. An October nor'easter lashes the dunes. Wind moans in the dark. The waves come in sets of three or four, throwing spume twenty feet in the air. We watch: a hump, a shuddering slop of spray, then the remains of each wave sliding backward, sucking the jetty clean.
"What do you think?" I ask. I look at him, his whitening eyebrows, raindrops rolling down his face, hazel eyes scanning the dark. I have watched this face stare into inscrutable surfaces of water since I was a child; it is older now.
He is silent in oilskins. The gale roars around our hoods.
Now is the time for fish. Striped bass are migratory the way geese stream overhead; as fall days shorten and weather fouls, they pulse south. The eastern end of Long Island, Montauk Point, forms an obstacle around which schools bound for spawning grounds in the Chesapeake must pass. It is a geographical circumstance that blesses Block Island, to Montauk's east, making it a staging area for hungry, moving fish. They come especially close at night.
I ask again: "Should we try?" Before my father became a lawyer, he had considered becoming a commercial fisherman. He is eager for fish of all sorts. He is also tempered by decades of chasing them. "I'm not sure," he says.
Old Harbor jetty forms a platform of boulders jutting several hundred yards from the beach to protect a ferry landing. In moderate storms, the ocean to its right churns while to its left the inlet remains calm. In big storms, swells blast the jetty's top. Sometimes they sweep over the rim, roughly ten feet above the sea.
This is a big storm.
Here is another of surf casting's characteristic dilemmas: The jetty is safe in gentle weather, but in gentle weather surf fishing is usually poor. It is when swells rumble that bass almost magically congregate at the jetty's end, holding in the lee's foaming edge to ambush tumbling fish and squid. We have cast along the calm side and caught three small fish. Why not try where calm meets rough? I look at my father, then at my watch. The tide is almost low. Perhaps before the water rises it will be safe.
"Okay," he says. "While the tide is out."
The jetty's ends are slightly higher than its middle, which means we must cross a more exposed portion, perhaps a hundred feet long, between sets. We move through stinging spray. In ten minutes we arrive at the end, beneath the navigation beacon whose signal turns our tiny perch into a luminous orb of green storm.
Limb by limb, pelted by spume, we climb down the lee side to water level and from a pocket of safety begin to cast small, fish-shaped plugs into the waves. Almost immediately we have a strike. The fish is small, less than two feet long. A few minutes later we have another, smaller still. Then nothing. Now and then, the waves clear the wall's top; we press flat to stones while water crashes down. Two little bass.
The jetty's black spine, poking through the foam, is the lone solid thing; our universe is reduced to wind, froth, and black bridge. Then we see something that cannot be: a silhouette running toward us on the knobby spine, through wind and spray, an apparition moving by bounds. Before a wave bursts on the stones, it drops, folds to a ball, and disappears in a tower of spray. When the water slides back, it alights and runs again. It reaches the jetty's end and stands above usa man in a parka with a long fishing rod.
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The company that started out as Veno Automotive before changing its name to Arrinera has presented several iterations of its V8-powered supercar model over the years, with the styling of the first sketches and prototypes being reminiscent of the Lamborghini Reventon.Fresh nameplate aside, the Hussarya features a revamped exterior and interior design, though we only get to see the outside of the car for now.
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No matter what happened tonight, it's still too early to give up on '13. The National League West makes it so. By the time the trade deadline approaches at the end of this month, the answer might be different. The Giants have to start hitting. They have to believe what they said in the clubhouse tonight — what manager Bruce Bochy was thinking as he leaned on the dugout rail to watch the Bailey celebration.
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Thur 2, 9:45am-1pm Invasive Plant Removal at Swan Lake. We will be removing invasive plants, and learning about all the restoration work happening in the beautiful Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. Rain or shine! Greater Victoria Green Team. Details here.
Thur 2, 5:30 - 8:30pm International Day of Nonviolence. Jamie Swift, Author of Warrior Nation: Saul Arbess, Department of Peace Initiative; Restorative Justice and Nonviolent Communication workshops. St. Ann's Academy Chapel (Main Entrance) Free; voluntary offerings
Thur 2, 7pm Andy MacKinnon, Native Trees and their Associated Mushrooms Pacific Forestry Centre. Free. SVIMS membership encouraged ($20/yr) svims.ca/
Thur 2-Sat 4 Alternative to Incinerators and Landfills: International Zero Waste Conference and Dialogue 2014. 50 speakers from over 15 countries, support of over 50 not-for-profit organizations, businesses and government organizations who all want authentic Zero Waste solutions. Speakers: http://www.zwia14.com/p/speaker-profiles.html . Coast Bastion Hotel, Nanaimo. Register here: www.zwia14.com/p/about.html
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Tue 7–Tue 28, 10am-12pm Integral Spirituality II with Bill Wilson. $75 or $20 drop in | Friends Meeting House 1831 Fern St. Victoria firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com 250-220-4601 www.earthliteracies.org
Wed 8, 9:30am-12:30pm Grow a Native Plant Garden. Free workshop on gardening with drought-resistant native plants. Call Swan Lake 250.479.0211 to pre-register.
Wed 8, 9:45am-12pm and 1:45-4pm EarthFest Ivy Removal at UVic. Join a large group of volunteers to combat ivy and other invasive plants in Cunningham Woods at UVic. Meet Cinecenta, SUB Building, UVic Campus. Greater Victoria Green Team. Details here.
Wed 8, 6:30-10pm Permanomics!! Right Livelihood: Using Permaculture and Holistic Management to design a profitable and high quality life. Living the New Economy Education in Action Series 2014, Sunset Labs 401 Herald Street, Victoria, permanomics.eventbrite.ca
Wed 8, 7pm Defensora, a film about Mayan Q'eqchi resistance against Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals in Guatemala and their struggle for justice and remedy in Canadian courts. Awareness Film Night Season Premier. Post screening discussion hosted by the Mining Justice Action Committee. Edward Milne Community School theatre, 6218 Sooke Rd, Sooke. By donation. www.awarenessfilmnight.ca
Wed 8 Bike to Work Day & CRD Courtesy Ride.?Free. Various times & locations. www.biketoworkvictoria.ca
Thur 9 Earthfest - festival and conference for a more just and sustainable future. All events free. Student Union Building (SUB) at University of Victoria. For details please see Facebook: http:/tinyurl.com/earthfest2014
Thur 9, 4:30-7pm Franke James: The Real Poop on Social Change, with Aiden Abram, The Dock, BC Civil Liberties Association's Charlotte Kingston, and DeSmog Canada's Carol Linnitt. Chat about social change art over a glass of wine or beer. Franke James is the blacklisted author of Banned on the Hill and the recipient of the 2014 Liberty Award for Excellence in the Arts from the BC Civil Liberties Association. Franke's 'social change' artworks will be on display, including her "Do Not Talk about Climate Change" protest poster that was up on bus shelters in Ottawa, Halifax, and Calgary. www.eventbrite.ca/e/franke-james-the-real-poop-on-social-change-tickets-13030457449
Thur 9, 7pm-11pm For the Love of Soil Fundraiser and Dance Party. Live music from Knacker's Yard, delicious local hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar serving Hoyne beer and BC wine, and a great selection of silent auction items to bid on. Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Ave, Victoria. Tickets here.
Thur 9, 7pm Reinventing Nature – Creating New Ecosystems, including Urban Farms, Rain Gardens, and Lakes in Garry Oak Ecosystems. Restoration of Natural Systems Speaker Series. UVic main campus. No cost but registration required. http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/Course/RNS-Speaker-Series/ASER900/ or call 250-472-4747 to register.
Sat 11, 8am Viaduct Flats Saturday Birding Group. Open to all level of birders. Great place to learn. Meet viewing tower near the intersection of Interurban and Viaduct. The water birds are returning and there are lots of birds in the woods. VNHS, Agnes 250-721-0634.
Sat 11, 9–11am Ocean Birds Guided Walk (9 years+) at Witty's Lagoon, Metchosin. Join CRD Parks guest naturalist Geoffrey Newell to look for gulls, cormorants, loons, grebes and sea ducks in their winter plumage. Meet Tower Point parking lot off Olympic View Drive at 9am or join us later at the end of Tower Point. BC Transit #54 or #55
Sat 11, 9:45am-1pm Invasive Plant Removal at Cuthbert Holmes Park. Greater Victoria Green Team will be contributing to ecological restoration by removing pesky invasive plants. Details here.
Sat 11, 10am–12pm Fabulous Fungi (18 years+) at Francis/King Regional Park. Join CRD Regional guest naturalist Kem Luther for this 2-hour slide presentation and talk. Learn to identify some of our common local mushrooms and about the important role that fungi play in the forest ecosystem. $7+GST. Preregistration required before October 10. Space limited. Call 250.478.3344.
Sat 11, 1–3pm Fabulous Fungi Guided Walk (18 years+) at Francis/King Regional Park. Spark your interest in their fascinating variations and adaptations with CRD Parks guest naturalist Kem Luther guided walk on mushroom identification. $7+GST. Pre-registration required before October 10. Space is limited. Call 250.478.3344.
Sat 11, 11-4pm Mushroom foraging, lunch at Deerholme Farm in rural Duncan. Join renowned chef, author and mycologist Bill Jones as he leads you on a wild food experience. Forage food display, show and tell, guided forage, and a delicious meal. Deerholme Farm. Registration required. 250-748 7450. $135/person + tax www.deerholme.com
Sat 11, 1-9pm OUR Harvest Feastival. Enjoy a tour, pumpkin pie making, potluck dinner (we provide the mains, you bring the sides), and community fun at OUR Ecovillage in Shawnigan Lake. OUR gift to the community, but please register www.ourecovillage.org.
Sun 12, 9:45am-1pm Haliburton Biodiversity Project. Come out and spend a wonderful morning of working to restore a wetland and meadow ecosystem at Haliburton Farm, 741 Haliburton Rd. Greater Victoria Green Team. Details here.
Sun 12, 10am–12pm Fabulous Fungi (18 years+) at Francis/King Regional Park. See Oct. 11 for details. $7+GST. Pre-registration required before October 10. Space is limited. Call 250.478.3344.
Sun 12, 1–3pm Fabulous Fungi (18 years+) at Francis/King Regional Park. See Oct. 11 for details. $7+GST. Pre-registration required before October 10. Space is limited. Call 250.478.3344.
Tue 14 - Dec 6, evenings. Organic Master Gardener Course: Only 2 weeks left to register for this 8 week organic gardening program. $695 + GST (Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and a few Saturdays). Register in-person at the Garden Pantry Thrifty Store at 360 Duncan Street, or online. Nora @ email@example.com or 250-748-8506.
Tue 14, 7:30pm Discover the Yukon - 400,000 square kilometres of largely unroaded wilderness, diverse ecosystems populated by bears, sheep, bison, moose and caribou, home to many species found nowhere else in the world. Presentation by Syd Cannings. UVic Fraser 159. Free, everyone welcome.
Wed 15, 5:30–9pm Ride On! Cycling Skills Course, Part I. Bike to Work Victoria and the CRD host an in-class seminar on how to make your ride safe and comfortable in the coming fall and winter months. Ideal for new and experienced cyclists. UVic, Harry Hickman Building, Room 120. $20 or $35 for Part I and on-road section Part II (see Oct 19th). http://biketoworkvictoria.ca/bike-skills/
Wed 15, 7pm Wild Mushrooms: An Introductory Course for Adults. Shannon Berch presents a slide lecture, "Introduction to Mushrooms." Explores the essential elements of mushroom biology, uses and ID. Swan Lake. Registration required. 250-479-0211. $20/$25. 10% discount for all 6 classes in series. swanlake.bc.ca
Thur 16, 7pm Reinventing Nature – Creating New Ecosystems, including Urban Farms, Rain Gardens, and Lakes in Garry Oak Ecosystems. See Thur 9 for details.
Thur 16, 7pm Trans-Form #4: Urban Cycling Made Easy. Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec Street Victoria. By donation to GVCC?www.gvcc.bc.ca
Thur 16, 7:30pm The City Talks: Does Environmental Justice Work for Urban Health Inequities in Canada? Jeff Masuda, Queen's University. Legacy Art Gallery, 630 Yates St, Victoria. Free. www.TheCityTalks.ca
Sat 18 Full day 9:30am-4pm and half day 9:30am-1pm; 12:30-4pm Mill Hill Broom Sweep. Help restore threatened Garry Oak Ecosytems. We provide all the tools (gloves, safety vests, safety goggles, kneelers, clipper and loppers) needed to do the work and snacks, refreshments and water to refill water bottles. Register at: https://www.crd.bc.ca/project/mill-hill-oak-restoration or 250.360.3329.
Sat 18 and Sun 19, 10-4pm Can I Eat That Mushroom? A Mycological Adventure. A Royal Roads extension course (GLNA3879-Y14) facilited by Shannon Berch. $115 + taxes. Best to register by Sat, Oct 4. Royal Roads Continuing Studies
Sat 18, 10-12pm Worm Composting. Free workshop at the Compost Education Centre, 1216 North Park St, Victoria. Register here.
Sat 18,10am-3pm Invasive Species Workshop and Garry oak ecosystem restoration at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site. Learn about invasive species in the morning and then help restore Garry oak ecosystems in the afternoon by planting and propagating native species. Pizza lunch and juice included. RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com or 250-812-8133.
Sat 18, 10am Goldstream 5k Salmon Run RUN – salmon run, so should you! Help support salmon run educational programs by participating in our 12th annual salmon run family fun run/walk. Goldstream Park Campground. Earlybird registration is $15 or $30 with a t-shirt. Call or email: 250-478-9414 firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.naturehouse.ca
Sat 18, 10am-1pm Tod Creek Planting Day with HAT– restoring the watershed with local farmers. Tools, training, snacks and drinks provided. Bring boots, gloves, long sleeves and long pants – rain or shine! Meet on Farmington Rd off Wallace Road just south of Willis Point rd. (closest address: 5648 Wallace Dr). Very close to West Saanich Red Barn Market. Carpooling available. Bus 74 and 81 to intersection of Wallace and Benvenuto, then south on Wallace 3km by bike. Please register for planting and carpooling before Thursday, October 16th - email@example.com
Sat 18, 1pm Elkington Forest & Eco Home Site Tour. Come for a tour of the new eco home and conservation community on the Malahat, 35 minutes from Victoria. Carpooling can be arranged. RSVP. email@example.com
Sat 18, 1–2:30pm Ha-bat-itat Guided Walk (All ages) at Francis/King Regional Park. This guided walk about bats with a CRD Parks naturalist will help dispel fear and misinformation about these fascinating flying mammals. Meet Nature Centre off Munn Road. Strollers not recommended.
Sat 18, 1-4pm Fermented Foods Intensive Workshop. Chris Lambden has been fermenting up a storm since 2008, inspired by his father's prolific winemaking, and that first, questionable batch of kimchi. Chris is a fanatic for all things microbial and fermentive, including sauerkraut, kim-chi, miso, amazaki, kombucha, yogurt, wines and beers, soft drinks, sourdough, condiments and tonic drinks. Compost Education Centre, 1216 North Park St, Victoria. Please register here.
Sat 18, 5-9pm Join renowned chef, author and mycologist Bill Jones for a themed Mushroom Dinner. Theme: Piedmonte Region of Italy. Deerholme Farm. Registration required. 250-748 7450. $90/person + tax www.deerholme.com
Sun 19, 9:30am -1:30pm Ride On! Cycling Skills Course, Part II. Bike to Work Victoria and the CRD host an on-road workshop on how to make your ride safe and comfortable in the coming fall and winter months. Ideal for new and experienced cyclists. Must have taken Part I first (see Oct 15). Meet at UVic, Harry Hickman Building, Room 120. $20 or $35 for Part II together with Part I. http://biketoworkvictoria.ca/bike-skills/.
Sun 19, 11am–3pm Sooke Potholes Hike (18 years+). Explore the Potholes with a CRD Parks naturalist. Wear sturdy shoes, pack a lunch, bring a camera if you have one. Free, but you must pre-register as space is limited. Call 250.478.3344 before Oct. 17.
Sun 19, 12:45pm-4pm Broom Bash at Uplands Park. The annual Broom Bash is taking place in the majestic Uplands Park in Oak Bay - a productive day of removing English Ivy, English Elm, and more. Meet 2900 Beach Drive. Greater Victoria Green Team. Details here.
Sun 19, 1–3pm People, Plants, Places Guided Walk (8 years+) at Devonian Regional Park, Metchosin. Join a CRD Parks naturalist as we discover how people in the past have used our native flora. Meet at the kiosk in the parking lot off William Head Road. BC Transit #54 or #55
Sun 19, 1-4pm Grow a Native Plant Garden. Free workshop on gardening with drought-resistant native plants. Call Swan Lake 250.479.0211 to pre-register.
Mon 20, 8:30am-2:30pm Complete Streets Workshop. Institute for Transportation Engineers. Capital Regional District, 625 Fisgard Street Victoria. $50 early bird?($60 after Sept 30) www.civicinfo.bc.ca/event?/2014/completestreets.php
Mon 20, 7pm Behavioural Change: Empowering people to act and influence others on climate change. BCSEA Victoria Chapter. First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Rd, Victoria. email@example.com
Tue 21, 7:30pm Plants of Costa Rica. Andy MacKinnon will share a sample of his travels in Costa Rica and the plants he has encountered. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature House. Everyone welcome.
Wed 22 to Sun 26, Daily 8:30am to 4:30pm Public Education, Communication, and Dispute Resolution in Ecological Restoration at UVic. This course is part of the Restoration of Natural Systems program but we also welcome interested individuals to enroll. There is a pre-assignment and post-assignment. Contact the Program Coordinator at email@example.com.
Wed 22, 9:30am-12:30pm Grow a Native Plant Garden. Free workshop on gardening with drought-resistant native plants. Call Swan Lake 250.479.0211 to pre-register.
Wed 22, 7pm Wild Mushrooms: An Introductory Course for Adults Session 2. Juliette Pendray presents "Mushroom Field Taxonomy 1." A hands-on exploration of morphological features used in mushroom identification. The program will use fungi collected by students and the instructor. Swan Lake. Registration required. 250-479-0211. $20/$25. 10% discount for all 6 classes in series. swanlake.bc.ca
Wed 22, 7:30pm Bird collisions with Glass—a Real Headache. Collisions with windows are one of the largest sources of human-caused mortality for birds. An estimated 25 million birds are killed annually in Canada and 365-988 million in the US. Krista de Groot will explore the scope and severity of the issue, and what you can do about it. UVic Fraser 159. Free, everyone welcome.
Thur 23, 7 – 8:30pm Film Screening: Journey of the Universe, by Brian Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker with Gertie Jocksch SC DMin. $15.00 Royal Roads, 2005 Sooke Rd. Victoria Registration: RRU Contenting Studies, www.royalroads.ca/continuing-studies
Thur 23, 7pm Reinventing Nature – Creating New Ecosystems, including Urban Farms, Rain Gardens, and Lakes in Garry Oak Ecosystems. See Thur 9 for details.
Fri 24, 11am–2pm Forest Spooktacular Drop-in Event (all ages) at Francis/King Regional Park. Halloween fun with CRD Parks naturalists. Guided walks at 11:15am and 1pm - we'll fill the cauldron with spooky treasures from the natural world. Displays, Halloween crafts and hot ghoulish brew await. Wear a costume and win a prize.
Fri 24-Sun 26, 2014 Cowichan Lake Mushroom Foray. Forestry Research Centre, Lake Cowichan. Registration required. $140.45. Less for Sat only. SVIMS Contact Heather Leary
Sat 25, 9am Regenerative Farm Design - A Working Case Study, hosted by Hatchet & Seed. A one-day workshop and optional permablitz (the following day) exploring farm-scale permaculture to integrate water and fertility management. Held at Green Glade, Sidney. http://www.eventbrite.ca/o/hatchet-amp-seed-events-1612352008
Sat 25, 9:45am-1pm Invasive Plant Removal at Doumac Park. Doumac Park is a little known Saanich park that is quite picturesque with nice walking trails. Greater Victoria Green Team. Details here.
Sat 25,10-12pm Advanced Composting Workshop. Compost Education Centre, 1216 North Park St, Victoria. Free, but please register here.
Sat 25, 11-2pm Forest Spooktacular Drop-in Event at Francis/King Regional Park. See Fri 24.
Sat 25, 11-4pm Mushroom foraging and lunch at Deerholme Farm in rural Duncan. Join renowned chef, author and mycologist Bill Jones as he leads you on a wild food experience. Forage food display, show and tell, guided forage, and a delicious meal. Deerholme Farm. Registration required. 250-748 7450. $135/person + tax www.deerholme.com
Sun 26, 11-2pm Forest Spooktacular Drop-in Event (all ages) at Francis/King Regional Park. See Fri 24.
Mon 27, 7:30pm Fraser River White Sturgeons—Freshwater Incursions and Marine Excursions, with Dr. David Robichaud. The White Sturgeon in the lower Fraser River is listed as a threatened stock. Fortunately, through tagging studies and volunteer citizen science, researchers have an improved understanding of population demographics and movement patterns. UVic Fraser 159. Free, everyone welcome.
Tue 28, 12-1pm The Climate Impact of Food: What Can Food and Beverage Businesses Do? A BCSEA Webinar (at your computer) with Elizabeth Sheehan, from Climate Smart. Register here.
Tue 28, 5:30-7:30pm Green Drinks Saanich Peninsula at the Zanzibar Café, 1164 Stelly's Cross Road, Brentwood Bay.
Tue 30, 7pm Improvising with an Uncertain World. Dancing for Wellbeing with Joanne Cuffe. $75 or $20 drop in. Friends Meeting House 1831 Fern St. Victoria firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com 250-220-4601 www.earthliteracies.org
Sat Nov 1 & Sun Nov 2, 9-5pm The Work That Reconnects: Finding Our Way in a Troubled World. A life-changing experience based on the work of Joanna Macy where you can offer genuine witness to others, re-awaken your gratitude, and explore the interconnectedness of all life. ?Jackie Larkin and Maggie Ziegler have trained with Joanna Macy and co-facilitated workshops and retreats for fourteen years. $195 + GST Limited Scholarship available firstname.lastname@example.com Royal Roads University Continuing Education. http://cstudies.royalroads.ca/courses/GLEL3877-Y14.htm
Sat Nov 1, 6-10pm Wild ARC's Fall for Wildlife Dinner. Experience the Journey of our Wild Patients! Auction to view video montages following animals through their time at the ARC; bid on an opportunity to be an intern for a day. Four Points by Sheraton Victoria Gateway, 829 McCallum Rd. $80 per ticket or $720 per table of 10 Tickets available online at www.bcspca.ca/wildarc-auction or call (250) 478-9453 (WILD)
Victoria Cycling Adventures: http://www.meetup.com/Vegan-Victoria-Meetup/
Victoria Outdoor and Social Club: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-outdoor-social-club/
Victoria Club Tread: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Club-Tread/
Nature Victoria Explorations: http://www.meetup.com/Nature-Victoria-Explorations/
Victoria Nature Walks: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Nature-Walks/
Victoria Outdoor Club: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Outdoor-Club/
Victoria Sea Kayakers: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Sea-Kayakers/
Vegan Victoria: http://www.meetup.com/Vegan-Victoria-Meetup/
West Shore Cycling: http://www.meetup.com/West-Shore-Cycling/
MEC Victoria Road-Ride Cycling: http://www.meetup.com/West-Shore-Cycling/
Greater Victoria Green Team: http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Victoria-Green-Team/
Net Squared Victoria: http://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Victoria-a-nonprofit-technology-meetup/
Cowichan Valley Outdoor Club: http://www.meetup.com/Cowichan-Valley-Outdoor-Club/
Cowichan Valley Walking/Hiking Group: http://www.meetup.com/Cowichan-Valley-walking-hiking-group/
Monthly vegan events - meetings, bake sales, other activities. http://TheVictoriaVegan.com/events
Biweekly. Garry Oak Ecosystem Restoration at Fort Rodd Hill. Help us win the battle against invasive species and assist in our meadow project at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site. Scheduled volunteer days. firstname.lastname@example.com 250-812-8133
Every Day (except Monday) Victoria Public Market, Hudson's Bay, Douglas St. Maryanne Carmack, firstname.lastname@example.com 250 884 8552 www.victoriapublicmarket.com
Every day. Join RLC Park Naturalists at Goldstream Nature House. www.goldstreampark.com/freeman_king_visitor_center.htm
Every Mon, 10am -12pm Brodick/Bow Parks (Saanich) Invasive Species removal. Volunteers needed. Training, gloves, and tools provided. No dogs. Judy 250-472-0515
Every Tue, 9am Tuesday Morning Birding. Meet foot of Bowker Ave, waterfront off Beach Drive in Oak Bay. Bill Dancer 250-721-5273. Novice and experienced birders all welcome.
Every Wed, 11-5pm Haliburton Food Box Program Room available for winter food. Receive a luscious weekly box of certified organic seasonal produce, become closer to the farmers who grow the food. firstname.lastname@example.com or call 250 658.0758
Every Wed, 3:30pm-5:30pm Cowichan Community Green is looking for volunteers to join us for Work Party Wednesday at the Community Urban Food Forest. If you are new to food forests or gardening, this is a great opportunity to learn lots about plants and ecosystems! Meet Urban Food Forest gardens behind CGC's office @ 360 Duncan Street, Duncan. email@example.com 250-748-8506
Every Wed and Sun, 9am Bird Walks with naturalists, Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary, 3873 Swan Lake Rd. Margaret Lidkea 479-0211
Every Thur and Sat. Volunteer events at Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary. Charlotte Houston firstname.lastname@example.com.
Every Fri 1pm. EcoReality Co-op work party, farm tour, potluck, movie. Bring a dish for evening potluck. Free. Salt Spring, near Fulford Harbour. http://www.EcoReality.org/wiki/Meetings
Every Sat, 10-2pm Moss Street Market for homegrown produce, homemade food, baking and handicrafts, music, kids activities. Moss and Fairfield. www.MossStreetMarket.com
Every Sat, 8am Morning Birding. Call the Rare Bird Alert 250-704-2555 the Thursday or Friday before to find out this week's location. VNHS. Novice and experienced birders all welcome.
Every Sat, 9-12pm Beacon Hill Park Ivy Pull. Volunteers welcome. Cornelia 250-920-3556
Every Sat, 10-2pm Farmgate sales for perennial food plants and nut trees at EcoSense, 3295 Compton Rd, Highlands. www.eco-sense.ca
Every Sat, 9-1 Peninsula Country Market Fresh veggies, crafts, music, parade, fun and games, Saanich Fairgrounds. www.peninsulacountrymarket.ca 250-216-0521.


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Jan Vertonghen is ranked in the top 10 on the Castrol Index for FIFA Player Rankings at the 2014 World Cup.
Following the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil the Tottenham Hotspur and Belgium defender, Jan Vertonghen, is ranked at number 1o in the Castrol Index for players' performances at the World Cup Finals. He is at Number 6 in the defenders' rankings.
The Castrol Index
The FIFA web-site explains the Castrol Index as:
The Castrol Index uses the latest FIFA tracking technology to capture data on each player, which will then be analysed by a team of Castrol Performance Analysts. Every pass, tackle and move on the field is measured and assessed to see if it has a positive or negative impact on a team's ability to score or concede a goal. The team of Castrol Performance Analysts crunch all the data to award each player a Castrol Index score out of 10 – the stronger the player's performance, the higher their score.
Source: FIFA.com
Jan Vertonghen – No. 10
Jan Vertonghen was in the Belgium team which lost by a single goal to Argentina in the quarter-finals of the competition having started 4 of Belgium's matches and coming off the bench in the other game.
Vertonghen missed the final two months of the season with Tottenham due to injury and the World Cup started disappointingly for Vertonghen. He conceded an early penalty as Algeria took a shock lead in their opening game and was omitted from the team for the next game. He returned as a first half substitute and gradually he displayed improved form.
He scored the only goal of the game in Belgium's win against South Korea as they maintained their 100% record in the group stages. He put in a sterling performance as the Belgium side battled through the second half with only ten men and was an important member of the team which defeated the USA in extra-time in the last-16. In the quarter-final defeat he, like his team mates, battled against a well-organised Argentina team which scored early and were determined to hold on to their advantage. He put in a number of telling crosses but the final header was off target.
Vertonghen at Left-Back
Jan Vertonghen is regarded as an outstanding, composed, footballing central defender. He can play, however, at left back as he has done reluctantly in an emergency for Tottenham during the past two seasons and as he does regularly for the Belgium national team.
Vertonghen much prefers to play in central defence but the Belgium manager, Marc Wilmots, with an abundance of centre-backs, opted to play the veteran, 36-year-old, Bayern Munich defender, Daniel van Buyten, in the central position, selecting Vertonghen at left-back.
In a Belgium team which took an overly cautious approach and relied on late goals to snatch victory in their World Cup games, Vertonghen's crosses from the left provided a dangerous threat in most games. In defence, at left-back, he is not at ease but coped with the threat posed by opposing teams.
- Jan Vertonghen was ranked as the 6th best defender in the 2014 World Cup, behind:
Raphael Varane (France) 3rd overall in the rankings,
Thiago Silva (Brazil) 4th overall,
Matt Hummels (Germany) (5th),
David Luiz (Brazil) (7th) and
Stefan de Virj (Holland) (9th)
Top Goalkeeper
Hugo Lloris was ranked as the 5th goalkeeper at the tournament.
Tags: Castrol Index FIFA Player Rankings Jan Vertonghen Tottenham Hotspur World Cup