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A marginally improved showing by the Keo boys last week and that trend should continue into the fourth round. JC and Vrede agree on all results, including the Reds to turn over the Sharks at Kings Park.
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CHIEFS vs BRUMBIES, TAURANGA, FRI 08:35
JC'S CALL: The Chiefs have made some massive strides over the past two weeks. They've always had the firepower out wide and the finishing ability to be a threat in broken play, but what's impressed me in recent matches is the forwards' controlled aggression at the point of contact. It will be interesting to see how the change to the back row effects the breakdown dynamic, but playing in front of their home crowd you'd expect them to beat a Brumbies side that is punching above its weight. If their forwards replicate their previous showing against the Crusaders, then watch for Sonny Bill Williams barging his way over the gainline and bringing team-mates into the game with that trademark offload. Chiefs by 12
VREDE'S CALL: I've always lamented the Chiefs' stubborn refusal to add a more pragmatic string to their bow, but having done that in the form of an greater willingness to keep the ball in the heavies, they are looking an accomplished side. There are shades of the 2009 group that made it to the final. I don't see the Brumbies' forwards blunting their counterparts sufficiently for the Hamilton boys' dynamic backs to be nullified. How often have you heard this about the Chiefs: The forwards, superior across all facets, will lay the platform for this victory. Chiefs by 10
Chiefs – 15 Robbie Robinson, 14 Richard Kahui, 13 Jackson Willison, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Tim Nanai-Williams, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Liam Messam (c), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Tanerau Latimer, 5 Brodie Retallick, 4 Craig Clarke, 3 Ben Tameifuna, 2 Mahonri Schwalger, 1 Arizona Taumalolo.
Subs: 16 Marcel Cummings-Toone, 17 Josh Hohneck, 18 Kane Thompson, 19 Scott Waldrom, 20 Augustine Pulu, 21 Andrew Horrell, 22 Maritino Nemani.
Brumbies – 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Pat McCabe, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Joseph Tomane, 11 Henry Speight, 10 Christian Lealiifano, 9 Ian Prior, 8 Ben Mowen (c), 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Peter Kimlin, 4 Leon Power, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Subs: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Ruaidhri Murphy, 18 Sam Carter, 19 Ita Vaea, 20 Nic White, 21 Zack Holmes, 22 Cam Crawford.
STORMERS vs BLUES, CAPE TOWN, FRI 19:10
JC'S CALL: It's a good time for the Stormers to be making attacking promises: the Blues have suffered significant losses in their pack and are coming off a successful yet bruising encounter against the Bulls. The Stormers traditionally enjoy attacking success against the Blues, and providing their forwards continue to fire, the scoring opportunities will be there for the taking. The re-introduction of Peter Grant will help in terms of their go-forward but that 10-12 axis of the Stormers needs to do more than just take the ball to the gainline; they need to create space for devastating runners like Juan de Jongh and Gio Aplon to exploit. I'm not advocating an adventurous approach and I'm sure the Stormers will still play for territory before upping the ante on attack, and in this regard the tactical kicking performance of Dewaldt Duvenage and Joe Pietersen will be influential. The hosts should win comfortably and produce an improved attacking performance, but I reckon it could be another couple of games before they really hit their try-scoring stride. Stormers by 10
VREDE'S CALL: Wasn't it just typical of the Blues to defy expectations and produce a high quality performance to beat the Bulls at Loftus last week? Despite being inferior in the territory and possession stakes, they were so clinical with the chances they created through pressure-building phase play and granitic defence. In Gareth Anscombe they seem to have a highly competent pivot, skilled at all disciplines of his position and he could be influential if allowed to be. However, I think the Stormers are too experienced and too well drilled to get themselves into the desperate position the Bulls did last week. They must retain faith in the territory-based approach that has brought them success. If they open the game up the Blues will be in business. This needs to be a purposeful suffocation not a quick stab to the jugular. In this regard their primary strike runners in the pack must dominate the gainline, their tactical kickers must pressure the Blues with accurate punts and their famed defence must front. I sense all these thing will come together to make for a comfortable win. Stormers by 10
Stormers – 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers (c), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Duane Vermeulen, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Skara Ntubeni, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Nizaam Carr, 20 Louis Schrueder, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.
Blues (revised) – 15 Lachie Munro, 14 Ben Lam, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Sherwin Stowers, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Chris Lowrey, 7 Daniel Braid, 6 Luke Braid, 5 Ali Williams, 4 Filo Paulo, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 Keven Mealamu (c), 1 Pauliasi Manu.
Subs: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Tevita Mailau, 18 Brad Mika, 19 Peter Saili, 20 Alby Mathewson, 21 Hadleigh Parkes, 22 Francis Saili.
HURRICANES vs HIGHLANDERS, WELLINGTON, SAT 08:35
JC'S CALL: The Canes may have enjoyed a surprisingly good start to the season, but they're in for a reality check this weekend. They don't have the forwards to match the mongrel of the Highlanders, and without quick ball they will battle to penetrate what is an organised defensive line. While territory will be important, the Highlanders may be reluctant to kick too much on that mercurial Hurricanes back three, and will instead look to starve the hosts of possession. The form book suggests a win is on the cards for the Highlanders, but the Hurricanes will push them close. All it takes is a couple of defensive lapses for the men from Wellington to complete a 14-point turnaround, so the Highlanders will know that no lead is safe and that this is one of the fixtures where the phrase 'maintaining the intensity for 80 minutes' takes on a literal meaning. Highlanders by 5
VREDE'S CALL: The Canes had six try-scoring opportunities against the Force last week and took them all. Whether they will be granted as many by the stingy Highlanders is unlikely and the Landers certainly won't be as wasteful as the Force were with the chances they create. Like the Chiefs, the Landers have added a measure of controlled aggression in their forward ranks. This has been at the heart of their success. The Canes have looked vulnerable when asked to counter abrasive, direct surges, and this is what the Landers will build their victory on. With a shaky set piece, the Canes won't trouble the efficient Landers in this area. Their biggest strength lies in broken field situations, but the Landers are too organised to feed them as often as the Force, or indeed the Lions, did. Highlanders by 5
Hurricanes - 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith (c), 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ben May.
Subs: 16 Motu Matu'u, 17 Michael Bent, 18 James Broadhurst, 19 Brad Shields, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 22 Charlie Ngatai.
Highlanders - 15 Ben Smith, 14 Kade Poki, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Phil Bureligh, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 John Hardie, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Nick Crosswell, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Ma'afu Fia, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Jamie Mackintosh (c).
Subs: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Cullum Retallick, 19 James Haskell, 20 Aaron Smith, 21 Chris Noakes, 22 Buxton Popali'i.
WARATAHS vs FORCE, SYDNEY, SAT 10:40
JC'S CALL: No need to spend much time mulling over this dud. The woeful Western Force are in for a whack. Waratahs coach Michael Foley has made the right call to go with five forwards on the bench, as this contest will be particularly physical. The Force backline has battled to make an impression thus far, and will be further limited with their pack set to cop a beating. I don't expect this to be a particularly entertaining game, but the Waratahs will view it as a good opportunity to build some momentum. Waratahs by 12
VREDE'S CALL: I backed the Force last week and they subsequently produced a performance that reminded why I had so seldom done so. They can only improve, but not by a margin nearly significant enough for them to beat the Tahs. The hosts are vastly superior across all facets of the game and the Force's casualty list, which includes three first-choice backline players, will further undermine their cause. Hammering on the cards for the feeble Force I'm afraid Waratahs by 15.
Waratahs – 15 Bernard Foley, 14 Tom Kingston, 13 Rob Horne, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Daniel Halangahu (c), 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Tevita Metuisela, 7 Jono Jenkins, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Subs: 16 John Ulugia, 17 Paddy Ryan, 18 Sitaleki Timani, 19 Lopeti Timani, 20 Chris Alcock, 21 Brendan McKibbin, 22 Tom Carter.
Force - 15 David Harvey, 14 Samu Wara, 13 Will Tupou, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 Alfie Mafi, 10 James Stannard, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Matt Hodgson, 7 David Pocock (c), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Nathan Sharpe, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Pek Cowan.
Subs: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Kieran Longbottom, 18 Phoenix Battye, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Justin Turner, 21 Ben Seymour, 22 Winston Stanley.
SHARKS vs REDS, DURBAN, SAT 17:05
JC'S CALL: Ewen McKenzie's selections indicate the Reds are going after the Sharks pack, with five lineout options in the starting eight and as many as five forwards on the bench. The Sharks haven't been consistent at the lineout, and will be vulnerable now that Ross Skeate has been ruled out of this clash. Their scrum hasn't fired although this may not be as decisive given it's an area where the Reds are not especially proficient. The Brisbane boys will instead use their lineout as a launchpad, and from there employ the breakdown skills that won them the 2011 trophy. The Sharks haven't been accurate enough in this department and may struggle to handle the pressure. And in Mike Harris, the Reds have a reliable means of translating Sharks transgressions into points. Reds by 6
VREDE'S CALL: Gone are the days when the Reds were a soft target on the road. The defending champions believe they can win anywhere, and will do so in Durban off the back of a dominant physical display. Ewen McKenzie's selections indicate that the Reds are willing to win ugly – building their success on erosive phase play that will seek to open holes in the defensive line or force the Sharks into infringements at the breakdown. The Sharks didn't have a telling rebuttal to this method against the Bulls or Stormers. Reds No 12 Mike Harris has kicked 15 of his 17 penalty attempts to date and will build their lead with his boot. There's little to inspire confidence about the Sharks on attack. The synergy of their pack has been compromised by injuries. They have therefore struggled to provided their back division with a platform and there is no reason to believe that that situation will improve at Kings Park. The Sharks won't be walkovers, but the Reds have the game to ensure their indifferent start to the season continues. Reds by 7
Sharks – 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Keegan Daniel (c), 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Anton Bresler, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Subs: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Jandre Marais, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Frederic Michalak, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Louis Ludik.
Reds - 15 Rod Davies, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Ben Tapuai, 12 Mike Harris, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Ben Lucas, 9 Will Genia, 8 Radike Samo, 7 Beau Robinson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Van Humphries, 4 James Horwill (c), 3 James Slipper, 2 James Hanson, 1 Greg Holmes.
Subs: 16 Saia Faingaa, 17 Ben Daley, 18 Rob Simmons, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Liam Gill, 21 Nick Frisby, 22 Luke Morahan.
REBELS vs CHEETAHS, MELBOURNE, SUN 07:10
JC'S CALL: How do you choose between the chokers and the unpredictables? The Cheetahs held a commanding lead against the Brumbies but poor decision-making and a drop in intensity saw them relinquishing the advantage. Some will remember this match for the referee's poor calls, but the bottom line is that it was another close game the Cheetahs should have won. Then there's the Rebels, who took a hiding in their first match and then so nearly upset the current champions at home in their second. What will happen this week? I don't think anybody knows for sure. They may be one of the worst teams in this competition, but they're playing in Melbourne against the lowest-placed team in South Africa. It's one of the few times this season you'd back them for a win. Rebels by 7
VREDE'S CALL: I've never seen either of these sides produce good performances back-to-back, so I can't predict this one with any certainty. I sense that, on their home patch, the Rebels have an edge. Expect a free-running pattern, with the winner coming from the team who shows more appreciation for earning the right to play that way by allowing the heavies a touch of the ball. Rebels by 5
Rebels - 15 Julian Huxley, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Mark Gerrard, 12 Lloyd Johansson, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 James O'Connor, 9 Richard Kingi, 8 Gareth Delve (c), 7 Tom Chamberlain, 6 Tim Davidson, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Luke Jones, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Adam Freier, 1 Nick Henderson.
Subs: 16 Ged Robinson, 17 Rodney Blake, 18 Alister Campbell, 19 Jarrod Saffy, 20 Nick Phipps, 21 Danny Cipriani, 22 James Hilgendorf.
Cheetahs – 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Cameron Jacobs, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Willie le Roux, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 George Earle, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Subs: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Justin Downey, 19 Ashley Johnson, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Rayno Benjamin.


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Our 2nd Prize Winner will be receiving an ivory-colored linen throw pillow with a hand-drawn image of a vintage bike, teal-colored ribbon stripe and bow and teal embroidered word "free"
- Add Spotted Umbrella to your Circle on Etsy!!
Happy Birthday Sweetie and hope you are having such a lovely day! This is a pretty awesome giveaway :)
I am following you via GFC
I am following you on Bloglovin'
I wrote about your giveaway on facebook!
My favourite item from the spotted umbrella is http://www.etsy.com/listing/71152561/leaf-cluster-necklace-in-gold
The leaf cluster necklace in gold, so pretty!!
If I was the blogger of the week I would blog about Australian fashion :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you have the happiest of birthdays!
You are so amazing, giving US the chance to win these beauties on your birthday! I cannot put into words how much I love everything!
I follow you with GFC. :)
I hearted Spotted Umbrella on Etsy.
The Leaf Cluster Necklace in gold or silver is definitely my favorite. Love it!
And I am now following you on Bloglovin.
yes,i'm a follower! GFC
hearted them on etsy
jlaw1407 - username
fav item? maybe the vintage postcard necklace.
what would i blog about? hmm....something to do with with my euro-travels, i suspect :)
Wow I LOVE awhitish to win that bicycle pillow! I am a huge fan of cycling and the color teal is perfect. (entry #1)
PS: the bicycle pillow is my fav item :). (entry #2)
Happy birthday girl!! Hope you have a fabulous day! :D
If I'm already a follower, does that count as an entry? hehe
Happy Birthday Girl!!!!
I need that pillow. Just saying.
Happy Birthday Girl!!!!
I need that pillow. Just saying.
Happy Birthday Girl!!!!
I need that pillow. Just saying.
happy birthday girl! i follow you via GFC!!
i love the silver lining necklace and the Pink Floral and Lace Notebook Journal Sketchbook!!
Hey Gentri! What a great giveaway. I now follow you! Sorry I wasn't before, but I fixed that!
I favorited her shop
I love the black decor hooks!
Gentri, I love your blog! The prizes are adorable. I'm a fan of entry 1 and 2. Hope you have a fabulous birthday! :)
Happy birthday!
so many pretty things. you're so sweet to do this :)
i follow you via GFC.
Of course I'm a follower. Happy BIRTHDAY! This is such a fun giveaway.
I hearted the Spotted Umbrella on Etsy!
I like the gold necklace with the green bird and vintage book page. So cute!
I officially follow you on bloglovin!
If I were your blogger of the week... wow I have no idea what I would post. But I certainly would think good and hard about it and come up with a great one!
Happy Birthday! I'm a follower :)
That is an awesome giveaway! You sure are a generous birthday girl.
Happy day of birth.
Me please! I am so in love with that pillow.
I follow you on bloglovin!! :)
Kelly <3
If I was blogger of the week I would blog about my upcoming wedding nuptials. hahah. or an outfit
I follow you via GFC
I hearted the spotted umbrella on etsy
my favorite is the Gray Red Silver Ornate Cameo Feather Necklace
I blogged about your give awa!:)
If i were blogger of the week, I have no idea what i would post about because im kinda new to blogging. id probably post about something random thats happening in my life!!
im not sure what's wrong with ym computer but it won't let me follow blogs right now, but this is a GREAT giveaway and your blog design is so so cute!
hey girl I am following you on blogger :)
happy birthday!!!!!!!! The Leaf Cluster Necklace in gold is amazing and I would LOVE it!
i mentioned your giveaway on my facebook and I just added you as a friend on facebook so you can see :) my name is megan loar, so don't be alarmed haha!
Now following! Great giveaway, Gentri!
Monica @ Ask the Duplex
Happy Birthday! Hope it's filled with everything wonderful and people you love :)
Looooove those cameo hairpins and the necklace! So cute!
I'm following via GFC :)
Have a lovely day!
Happy Birthday! Great giveaway items.
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Gentri my dear HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope it's everything you wished for. I follow you! (obviously) :)
I just hearted the Spotted Umbrella on Etsy as well
my favorite item on their store is the Silver Lining necklace! http://www.etsy.com/listing/72081889/the-silver-lining-necklace
just put this on my facebook right here ---> https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/GuavaSparkle
now follow you on Blog Lovin darlin! http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/2563369
and if I were blogger of the week, I would post about either my photography, or ways to find expensive looks on a dime! :)
Wow, when I first came on here, there were no comments and then I went to bed. I woke up and there were 50!
I follow you on here at blogger. This giveaway is such a lovely idea, the Etsy shop is fantastic!
ALSO, happy birthday! Your enthusiasm is catching and making ME excited for my birthday... in November, haha! Seriously, have a lovely day.
Here is my present to you, I'm not sure if you found the SNL parody of Oprah's favourite things but I found it on another blog. http://kaycaskey.blogspot.com/2007/11/oprahs-favorite-things-snl-parody.html
If I won, I would post a 'Day in My Life' picture post. They're always so much fun to do and I enjoy seeing them on other people's blogs.
And now I am going, leaving in my wake a GIANT comment :)
Follower :)
I love their Aqua Cameo necklace!
YAYA Happy birthday! I am a follower, DUH! :)
If I was a guest poster, I would probably write about something awesome and hilarious. Maybe about me and Clint's dating story. Or about how to find the right guy. Not hilarious so much, but awesome :)
oh awesome happy birthday!
Hello! Well, firstly HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)
I am going to enter your giveaway and hope that it's open to australia! this is my first one ever!!!
so, I'm already your follower i think... or am i.. i will check that!!
Oh No! I wasn't a follower! Well, I am now :)
And my Favorite item on The Spotted Umbrella is The Silver Lining Necklace or Peacock Feather Turquoise Teal Headband!
I am also following you on bloglovin'
Aaand .. if I was your Blogger of the Week, I'd post about my day of creativity and be sure to theme towards your blog! So it would be Gentri Lee inspired creativity! Fun!
What a fun giveaway! I am just excited I found your blog as I am now a follower. That purse pictured is super adorable and chic for summer!
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cute giveaway, the prizes are so gorgeous and amazing. and happy birthday!!!! you are so sweet. i follow you on gfc <3shelby
My flavorite isssss.....the black and white bicycle pic!
Happy Birthday my dear I am a follower
happy birthday gentri! you deserve an amazing one!
I don't need no prizes. But I did want to wish you happy birthday! so Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! I'm a follower!
& I hearted the Spotted Umbrella on Etsy!
The black & white bicycle magnet board is one of my favorite items - so cute!
heck yeah i'm a follower :) and you rock.. happy birthday!
I am a follower!
I shared your link on facebook!
I'm following you on Bloglovin'!
From your Etsy site Spotted Umbrella I love the White Vintage Vase Milk Glass Waffle Vase!
your blog is sooo very adorable!!
Of course I am a follower! Oh, and you said not to go to QDoba (that is how you spell it...) and funny thing I AM OBSESSED WITH QDOBA!!!! Def not the same as Cafe Rio/Costa Vida but I LOVE THAT PLACE...hilarious when I read that comment you said! And sweet- I didn't know you lived in Orlando before...holy humidity!
And I have to say I love the elephant necklace because that is my favorite animal! :)
I just followed you via Bloglovin' :)
AND...if I were your Blogger of the Week...I would blog about...maybe a favorite dance, something fashion-y, maybe something about my awesome long-haired chihuahua, or anything that would fit with your blog's content...I am not a very specific blogger as you know haha.
You knwo I follow you already, and I freaking LOVE this necklace the blue pearl and cameo. GORGEOUS. Machelle and Malissa are so talented! http://www.etsy.com/listing/67582585/bronze-aqua-cameo-pearl-antique-gold
I left a link on FB. I want something haha! JK!
Happy Birthday! We are followers via Google Friend Connect.
Posted a link on my blog to your blog and the etsy shop!
There are so many wonderful things on that esty shop. I love the blue and green peacock hairclip and the bronze elephant necklace.
We are also following you on bloglovin.
And I just blogged a tidbit saying you are having a giveaway on my latest post! http://www.sloanbook.com/2011/06/my-love.html/
:) All about tomorrow girl!
definitely a follower girl on google! love this giveaway :)
Happy birthday girl!! And I am already a faithful follower. :)
Oh my gosh I love it all- happy follower here!
LOVE the bronze elephant necklace!
I follow you on Bloglovin!
If I were blogger of the week I would probably blog about food, being that it is my only area of expertise;-)
hello! so I'm entering too. I love that cushion with the bike, I sat here and drooled for a few minutes.
So even if I come in second place, that would be totally fine. Although, I would love to do a guest post. And I can't tell you here what I'm going to post about, because that will ruin the surprise. Right? Am I right? hahaha
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! said in a very Oprahish voice.
And my favourite things in the shop is all the bike things. The picture on the wall and of course the bike cushion. Love bikes. My friend Tracy would freak about all the pretty hairclips. Okay, that's my entry.
I added her to my circle :)
I am a follower! DUH!
Happy Birthday Pretty lady by the way!
I LOVEEEEEEEEE this:
Green Bird Gold Necklace with Green Beads Vintage Book Page and Clip Art
It is so fabulous. I may just have to BUY IT for myself, since you gave me the go-ahead to spoil myself today :)
I added her to my circle on ETSY!
I am gonna win win win win win
I hearted the Spotted Umbrella on Etsy!
If I was the BLOGGER OF THE WEEK I would blog about my crazy GLUTEN FREE trial I am going through right now. And maybe some fun photos.
read 'em and weep baby!
just added spotted umbrella to my circle! still learning what 'circles' are on etsy but I did it! :)
This is such an awesome give away!
I follow Gentri Lee on GF! YAY!
I love love the leaf cluster necklace at Spotted Umbrella!
oh and I just barely blogged about this right here---> http://makersofshoes.blogspot.com/2011/06/photos-11-15-of-photo-challenge.html :) Just added the link to my current post!
So glad I found this - I love the bicycle pillow! Beautiful!
Hey my 100th follower!! Im following you too!! What an awesome giveaway?!?!
Im following on bloglovin!
I blogged here ---->>> http://lisforlindsey.blogspot.com/2011/06/giveaway.html
If I were blogger of the week, I would blog about my recent happening and new nursing grad status, and the chapter I am about to begin! :)
Happy Thursday.
you have such an awesome blog!
Following you on GFC :)
your Etsy store is AMAAZINNG love all d stuff.. specially the vintage glasses necklace :)
following you on bloglovin'
If i were your blogger of the week, i would probably write about my hometown, Jodhpur :)
This is a really lovely giveaway Gentrilee! Certainly I am your follower through GFC! =)
And my favorite item in the shop is the leaf cluster necklace- so very pretty!
i am still hoping I win something good! hahahahaha
thanks for the opportunity Gentri Lee Lee Lee! like the new nickname?
GREAT giveaway. I'm going to enter a few times so this will be my email and follower comment.
email: email@example.com
and i follow via GFC (rach.)
thanks for having this giveaway, it's so great! hope to win! i love all of their stuff sooooooo much, it's so cute and totally up my alley. ;)
hearted on etsy. (rach)
my favorite thing of theirs is the Bronze Aqua Cameo Pearl Antique Gold Necklace. so cute.
following you on bloglovin'. (rach)
and if i was your blogger of the week i would post about the upcoming fashion trends for fall. or some yummy food, or cute animals. i'm a random type of blogger. :)


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Vasque Women's Wasatch GTX Boot
The Women's Wasatch GTX Boot by Vasque. Often touted as a near perfect backcountry companion, this understated, quality boot lives up to its namesake mountain range. Incredible fit with the choice of three widths has earned this boot its rock solid reputation.
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I backpacked 50 miles through Iceland in these boots and despite snowfields, persistent rain, and many stream crossings, my feet stayed dry the entire time. I didn't have a chance to break them in before my trip and yet had no problem with blisters. They are pretty heavy but not so much that it outweighed the benefits of dry and blister-free feet. I found them to run true to size. I love these boots and would highly recommend them to anyone.
I bought these boots over half a year ago for my job doing trail work out in the Mojave Desert.My Vasques have been with me from the Mojave Desert to Denali and through various backpacking trips in rough, rocky, muddy terrain.They're also great if you're in a trail crew, the extra protection on the toe is great for tool mishaps. Although if you're working out in a dry area I'd recommend lubricating the leather (Vaseline works) to prevent it from cracking/wearing too quickly.Cons: The laces tend to come undone. They're also a bit bulky/heavy but you get used to it after a couple weeks. Overall they're great shoes and I would definitely recommend them.
These boots are amazing. I've had them a couple of years now and they definitely hold up. They got me thru my trip to Peru and the Inca Trail this past December with my feet and body intact! Great ankle support, traction and shock absorption. And they're waterproof to boot (hah!) which was a must have for hiking during the Peruvian wet season. Definitely take time to break them in. I wore them to work a couple weeks before taking hiking the first time, and I'm sure glad I did. But after they were broken in a bit, they were very comfortable.
I'm pretty happy with these boots overall. They've made a number of trips through the DWGNRA and served me well. They provide good support, shock absorption, waterproofness and traction. On slippery rocks however, they lose traction fast. To be fair, so do most other boots. Other than that, the only gripe is the unroomy toebox and the fact that they are made in China. Overall a good boot but there are better out there. However, if you can get it at 50% off like I did, then it's a spectacular boot for the money.
To break in my new boots, I took them on one day hike and then went straight to the real test a three day thirty mile loop. The terrain was varied with many mountains and the most water crossings I've ever seen on a trail. And, I'm pleased to report that these boots definitely stood up to the challenge. It rained over 12 in. during my trek and my feet stayed warm, dry and smelling like roses. Okay, maybe not roses, but honestly, the boots are great. Waterproofing was awesome - not the slightest hint of a blister and uber-comfy! I highly recommend these boots which have also been rumored to have magical powers when worn south of the Equator during summer months with 31 days.
good boots, after they're broken in... i bought them a week before a trip and did not have enough time to break em in thus leading to wicked bad blisters 2 days into the trip good new though, by the end they were super comfy and now i love em!
I love these boots! They run true to size, with more than enough room in the toe box and no heel slippage espeically when using the extra lace loop. I typically have tons of trouble finding boots that fit me correctly. I've tried Asolo, Merrill, and Montrail but I'm sold on Vasque. These boots are comfortable from the first time on. I hiked with them for the first time this past weeked -- a rough, hilly 7 mile hike on the Appalachian Trail -- and they required no break-in. No blisters, no sore feet!
So far really good! I haven't had the chance to run through puddles or hike a snow field...but they've been pretty comfy in desert hiking. A little heavy...what good boots aren't...and the tongue on one of them keeps slipping a little to the side. Weird back-slanted tread on the heel, doesn't really seem to be negative. The hard rubber protecting the toes is awesome...a lightweight sub for steel-toed boots. I think we'll be a pretty good match.
After I started wearing this boot, I found a dog that had a 45,000 reward on it, won a new car from a sweepstakes, started dating a guy that looks like a climber version of a Ken-doll, married the ken-doll-climber-guy, and am now the successful CEO of a multi-billion dollar wrapping paper company. But seriously - they keep your feet SUPER dry on the trail. Trust me - I was standing in a puddle when I found that dog, and I didn't get wet at all...


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If I had a time machine, I would first visit...
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- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
If I had a time machine, I would first visit...
Back to the Future (Score:5, Funny)by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, 2012 @09:51AM (#41498427)
Give your past self a sports almanac?
Re:Back to the Future (Score:5, Funny)
I'd go back just far enough to beat you to first post
Last Tuesday night so I could pay my phone bill on time
(apologies to Weird Al)
Re:Back to the Future (Score:5, Funny)by Homr Zodyssey (905161) on Monday October 01, 2012 @09:11AM (#41512321) Journal
"I'm Feeling Lucky" is good enough for The Doctor, so it's good enough for me.
I'd go for stock history for the next 100 years. It's easier to play
But yes - and that's the reason travel to the future will never be possible. Big bankers won't allow it
Travel to Future IS Possible (Score:5, Informative)by Roger W Moore (538166) on Saturday September 29, 2012 @02:17PM (#41500271) Journal
But yes - and that's the reason travel to the future will never be possible.
Actually travel to the future is technically possible (and not just at the usual one second per second rate). With a sufficiently fast spacecraft time dilation makes any future date achievable in an arbitrarily small amount of local time. There are just two problems. First you will need an unbelievably huge amount of energy to achieve relativistic speeds - far more than the mass-energy of your spacecraft - to go fast enough. Second it is a one way trip, so if you don't like what you find in the future there is no going back.
Re:Back to the Future (Score:5, Insightful)Stock market? Pffft, too slow. I'd go a few months into the future and check out the winning lottery numbers.
I'd go for stock history for the next 100 years. It's easier to play
But yes - and that's the reason travel to the future will never be possible. Big bankers won't allow it
You're looking to get rich? That's way too easy....
Have you considered influencing/changing religious history? How one might prevail to influence the naive cultures of 6000 years ago and forward?
I know it would greatly alter future outcomes, but the introduction of critical thinking and logic into earlier states of our human culture, however possible, would be amazing.
Re:Back to the Future (Score:5, Informative)by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, 2012 @10:10PM (#41503237)
It might suck. The spread of Islam on the Arabian peninsula stabilized regional geopolitics, allowing for a blossoming of the academies. Today we enjoy the fruits of the works of many amazing Islamic philosophers and mathematicians, and the Islamic empires linked Europe to Asia, something it hadn't enjoyed for millennia. Without the combined efforts of Indian, Persian, Arabian, and European mathematicians and scientists, the world we know today might be far bleaker.
It might also be far nicer. It's tough to say. But I wouldn't presume that the rise of Islam was a net loss. I tend to think of it as a net gain.
Yes there will be wars and terrorism all in the name of someone else. Religion doesn't cause violence it is mean people who cause it. While religion is currently the biggest excuse, there is political ideology, cultural traditions, money... many many other reasons to be generally crappy to one and other.
The Middle East, once the center of civilization, slowly went down hill. Now countries that once were considered to be barbarians are the new centers and center of civilizations tend to push their culture
John Titor (Score:2, Funny)My father was a time traveler from the future stuck in the present, you insensitive clod!
Never back before my own birth ... (Score:4, Insightful)Whenever I visited, I would never, ever go back in time before my own birth. Once I start interacting with *anything* there is no knowing how it would affect the future. Who is to say that it wouldn't be another of my fathers sperm cells that impregnated my mother, or some other random occurrence caused different mutations or what not? I would no longer be me. My clear preference is to visit the future, though I am uncertain if I would be able to not sneak a look at my future history.
At first I voted for a 100 years into the future, but then I realized that one hundred years from now; I'll be dead.
So if you travel backwards towards pre-birth, then you're stuck in this loop forever, and the moment you get into your timemachine; you essentialy commit suicide the very second you decide to loop your life.
I simply would keep it obscure and ask someone to press the red button (marked from age of 3) as a last wish when i'm at my dearhbed. Unless the entire universe would never split of and dev
by frovingslosh (582462) on Saturday September 29, 2012 @05:36PM (#41501707)As far as I can tell, every time someone invents a time machine he eventually goes back to some point before the time machine was invented. Things Change. And the machine never gets invented.
Re:Close, but there is a more critical limit (Score:4, Informative)
Some scientists insist that although you could theoretically build a time machine, you can only go back as far as the moment it is first turned on.
I love Dickens' and his contemporaries' work so I'd go to find out what 19th century England was really like.
Just go to a Foxconn factory in China today to get an idea what life was like in the Victorian era of the UK? People tend to remember the positives of the past and not real life for everyone else. Ancient Greece sounds exciting too, but instead of debating with Plato more than likely slave catchers would find a foreigner an easy subject to work the dreaded silver mines.
I used to romantice about that period too until I took a college level history course. Even in the US life was very rough and if you think t
> I'd go to find out what 19th century England was really like.
Ugh. I have a fair idea what the nineteenth century was like (London in particular), and I can tell you for free, you don't really want to go there (err, then). Streets literally _running_ with decaying fecal matter is one of the highlights. Also, it would probably take a couple of days for most modern folks (anyone who hasn't studied historical linguistics) to get enough of a handle on the accent to be able to communicate effectively. By
I love Dickens' and his contemporaries' work so I'd go to find out what 19th century England was really like.
I love Dickens too, and therefore I don't want to find out about 19th century England for myself.
I'd go back to the points in time when major religions started and make sure to kill their leaders before they ever plant their first poisonous seeds. I'd then make sure the Roman Empire never falls and the dark ages never happen. At this rate i'm not so confident there will even be a distant future for the human race. In the nuclear age we're far too likely to kill ourselves collectively over some sky fairy.
by Roger W Moore (538166) on Saturday September 29, 2012 @02:25PM (#41500341) Journal
I'd go back to the points in time when major religions started and make sure to kill their leaders before they ever plant their first poisonous seeds. I'd then make sure the Roman Empire never falls...
Hmmm....your real name isn't Pontious Pilate by any chance?
Nope. It's not that I have some particular fondness for Rome, it's just that it was the largest, most developed society at the time in that part of the world and starting off from scratch would kind of suck.
Sadly, you might be better off killing Colombus somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. The native Americans had more advanced astronomy than Europe at the time. And from what I've read about, which is mainly conjecture at this point, the natives were more domesticated than we thought, with crops and cities, but the plague brought in by the first explorers killed off 90% of the natives, and 100% of the cities, and they turned nomadic and more tribal to survive. But to know for sure, you'd need a time machine or something.
Be careful, by killing the religions we have you might provide an opportunity for something even worse. Read up on what Aztec priests did for a living (the Conquistadors couldn't count all the skulls, but estimated something over 100k lined the walls of the main temple).
If your goal is preventing wholescale slaughter of humans and destruction of bodies of knowledge, Genghis Khan and the Mongols were responsible for more deaths directly ( 30-60 million [wikipedia.org]) than any other war except for WWII. Proportionately, no other regime has ever killed as much of the world population, at 7.5 percent to 15 percent. By comparison, the highest death rate for WWII is estimated at 3.1 percent. If you count Timur as one of the Mongols (some do, some don't), the figures go from 45 to 80 million killed. Using the broadest possible definition of Holocaust deaths, including the high estimates for Roma and all Soviet/Polish POWs, there were 17 million deaths.
If you count the probable indirect death toll, one of the unintended consequences of the improved trade routes through Asia was the Black Death, which would make the Mongols the most destructive force ever in terms of human loss of life. Bugs coming out of obscure locations to kill millions due to improved travel capacity didn't begin with WWI, ebola, or SARS.
Stopping Mao from the policies that led to the Great Chinese Famine of 1958-63 would have saved 15 to 43 million lives. These policies included such idiocies as killing all the sparrows and small birds that allegedly ate crop seeds, which of course left crops vulnerable to the much more destructive insects; collectivization of farms in ways that put the most loyal rather than the most competent farmers in charge; refusing to use farming methods that were too bourgeoisie, and so on.
Depends on the dimensionality of time (Score:4, Interesting)I wouldn't go into the past unless A, time is at least two dimensional (ie my arrival in the past splits off another time stream), and B. I could get back to my original time stream. Don't want no paradoxes that result in me slowly disappearing while playing a guitar at a high school dance.
And really the first order of business is going to the distant future to steal acquire advanced technologies like FTL drives, immortality tech, loyal nanites, etc. After all that, then there is time for exploration. Of course, if my trips to the future are interfered with by my return to the less distant future or present, that result in the disappearance of all my cool stuff, then I would just have to learn how to make it all and rebuild it myself from present materials on my return, and afterwards, time travel would become a "look but don't touch" affair.
Dunno. Seems that there's enough enabling technology commonly available now, that being universally acknowledged as a god 3000 years ago would not be all that difficult, provided that you're sufficiently armed. I don't know if you could do it alone though. If you tried it alone, there would be logistical problems. So maybe a small financially obsessed group? Think about the return on investment when you're done.
On a bad day I feel like we don't have that much time left between climate change, oil depletion, bad governments and general idiocracy.
I'd like to see if we're still around in 100 years, if we have done something to change things and if somethings has actually changed.
And maybe a quick peek at how my life turned out, why not?
Yeah, good luck with that, I'll be loading up on stock market reports and racing results.
by carnivore302 (708545) on Saturday September 29, 2012 @10:54AM (#41498753) Journal
On one hand I'd like to go 10K years in the future, to marvel at the technology we have then. But I'm afraid what it will do with me psychologically if I discover there's nothing there any more...
My fear is that in 10,000 years from now we will be primptives, poor, and filthy. As oil goes away mankind will go back to using horses. With so many people on this planet I do not think we can sustain ourselves and we will have an Easter Islands style tragedy.
Once the inhabitants used up all the wood they couldn't build boats to leave nor nets to fish. They resorted to cannabilism, disease, and mass starvation.
We just keep buying trucks and SUVs like there is no tomorrow and use cargo ships that use 50 mil
Once we run out of oil, we'll produce it. It'll be more expensive than just pulling it pre-formed out of the ground, but there are plenty of sources to create biofuels and petroleum components.
With fourth generation liquid lead cooled nuclear technology we have enough energy to power us for thousands of years into the future. The good thing with Gen IV is that it burns old stockpiles of spent nuclear fuel rods, plutonium and americium as well so we reduce the toxic hazard and storage of these resources. On top of that we got thorium too that is four times more abundant in the ground than uranium. The core of the earth is a gigantic ball of molten metal, just imagine the amount of free energy avai
I'm brown... (Score:4, Interesting)
I'm brown, so I'll be happy checking out the future. The Western world prior to the 1960s is interesting, but I don't think I'd fare as well as I wish.
If you had a white friend or colleague whom you could _really_ trust, you could go back together and pose as his slave. Dress in rags and keep your mouth shut in public, and nobody would look at you twice: all the attention (and all the pressure) would be on him. You'd be like a fly on the wall.
But yeah, failing that, brown people should probably avoid the past beyond about fifty years, particularly in North America (unless you go back _before_ slavery, but going that far back, anywhere, is dangerous for
Eep. Posing as a slave sounds like a really bad idea when you consider the Stanford Prison Experiment.
FIRST trip? (Score:5, Insightful)
About six hours in the future to see if the damn thing works OK.
Being "stranded" six hours in the future isn't that big of a tragedy. I'm still there to put my daughter to bed if I time it right.
Go back six hours in time, and see your daughter's face when both of you put her to bed.
I'd stop my parents from circumcising me (Score:4, Interesting)by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, 2012 @12:25PM (#41499313)
I'd travel back in time to just before I was born and tell my parents to leave my penis intact, thank you very much.
by fahrbot-bot (874524) on Sunday September 30, 2012 @04:38PM (#41508231)
I'd travel back in time to just before I was born and tell my parents to leave my penis intact, thank you very much.
You're posting on
The far future, obviously (Score:4, Funny)by NoNonAlphaCharsHere (2201864) on Saturday September 29, 2012 @12:41PM (#41499431)I already made a reservation for dinner at Milliways.
by Nationless (2123580) on Saturday September 29, 2012 @12:52PM (#41499557)
I see a lot of votes for the last option and I wonder how many of them are Doctor Who fans.
Personally I'd see little point of going back in time (and scared to due to the "savage" nature of humanity and rampant illnesses)
And I'd be terrified to go forward in time because by then Time Travel will probably be mainstream and regulated and I don't know what to expect from their technology level. (also new diseases.)
I think I'll stay on my couch.
Nice and safe.
Unless the Doctor drops by... Because nobody dies when they follow the Doctor, right?
I'd probably use it for small, practical things.
I could get off work on a Friday, go back in time two weeks plus four hours (to a time when my former self was at work), leave on vacation, and not have to be back for two weeks, *without* having to ask my boss for two weeks off work. If I wake up one morning and just don't _feel_ like going to work, I could go back in time six hours, take a four hour nap, read for an hour or two, and still get to work on time. I could get an answering machine, leave the rin
If you have a time machine and still need to work a day job, you're doing it wrong. Think lottery tickets, sports almanacs, stock markets, etc...
Micromanaging your life using a time machine, that's actually a quite interesting interpretation of the theoretical scenario.
Personally I'd do something stupid like cheat at the lottery to A) Not work again B) See what happens to the time streams and (maybe) see if paradoxes are possible.
Unless the Doctor drops by... Because nobody dies when they follow the Doctor, right?
Depends on how indirectly you're talking about. Technically Rose isn't dead, but she did have to start a completely new life from scratch. I forget how everyone else went, and the interwebs tell me that Amy and Rory cease traveling with the Doctor tonight...
A few hundred years in the future, at first (Score:4, Insightful)
My answer, and probably everyone's, is "all of the above". Let me go hunt t-rex, stop by the future to see if they ever do figure out cold fusion, listen to some ancient Greek debates, maybe end the day with a live performance of one of Shakespeare's lost plays. Asking "when would you go if you had a time machine?" is like asking what countries I'd like to visit - all of them, ideally.
So this question only makes sense with two additional qualifiers. First "when would you go FIRST if you had a time machine?" (my answer: Rome, circa 750 AUC). Second, "when would you go if you had a ONE-USE ONLY time machine?"
That's where the title of this comment comes in. It stands to reason that if you have developed a one-use time machine, that eventually someone will develop a multiple-use time machine. So the first goal is to travel into the future to acquire one of those.
The thing with time travel is that you can't go too far without tons of preparation. If you only speak English, you're useless more than 800 years ago or so, even in England, because Middle English looks nothing like Modern English. Same for any modern language, really. And it's foolish to think that the same does not apply in the other direction - 800 years from now, they won't be speaking any of today's languages (although you can likely find an expert who studied the language, much as you can still find people who can speak Latin, or Aramaic, or Babylonian, but that won't be of too much use for you).
So your best bet for doing this is 400-600 years in the future. That's as much time as I would risk - too much more, I won't be able to do anything, too much less, they may not have developed the technology I'm after.
Read it again.
The language barrier is probably the most important preparation to consider.
However - they didn't have audio recording in ancient greece. We do today. So a language expert from the future would probably have those available and communication would be quite a bit easier. But if, say, English keeps being a live language, then good luck finding an expert not only in (by then) ancient english, but in ancient english from exactly the early 21st century period.
So, yeah, going forward in 100-year steps or somethin
But if, say, English keeps being a live language, then good luck finding an expert not only in (by then) ancient english, but in ancient english from exactly the early 21st century period.
I think you're overestimating the difficulties of two people not speaking the exact same language.
Personal anecdote (because that's totally valid evidence): When I was a teenager, one of my first jobs was at a Brazilian restaurant. I was probably the only native English speaker there - actually, besides the manager and one of the waiters, everyone spoke only Portuguese.
I had my formidable English skills, my three years of Latin, and the smattering of Spanish any American picks up naturally. Oh, and the four
I have been traveling through time for dozens of years until I finally arrived at the chance to make this post, but now I forgot what I was going to say!
I have been traveling through time for dozens of years until I finally arrived at the chance to make this post, but now I forgot what I was going to say!
You were going to mention how you wish you could go back 13 years and get a 2-digit Slashdot UID.
...6000 years ago.
I'm an irrational creationist, you insensitive clod!
Say,"If I was to build a time machine, I'd travel back to now, and tell myself it is possible."
If it's a one time use machine, I wouldn't use it at all. If it's multi-use, I'd check out various parts of the future and find a new home.
and I would tell myself not to do all the stupid things I did. Maybe also tip myself off on the lottery numbers.
... darn it, can't remember
I have a feeling that Doctor Who just continuously hit's the "I'm feeling Lucky" button.
Observe, but don't change anything (Score:4, Interesting)
Most of the posts so far assume a time machine would force you to interact with the past/future.
If I had a time machine that would just let me spectate, I would love to examine details and reasons behind many historic events without altering anything and creating messy alternate time lines. Changing the present might ruin the entire reasons for examining a piece of history in the first place!
Examining the future in such a way would be interesting too. But then it would only be one possible future as observing it might change it.
by 93 Escort Wagon (326346) on Saturday September 29, 2012 @06:55PM (#41502153)
Unless your "time machine" is also a "place machine". At least for those of us in the US.
I suppose if you were to go back 100 million years, it could be interesting - but if I went back, say, 500 years - I'd be sitting in the middle of a forest without much in the surrounding area.
To do things like buy Apple at $2 and get in on some IPOs. Gotta pay for the time machine somehow.
And then it gets interesting...
Really not a simple choice (Score:4, Insightful)
Inputting a figure of 10,000 years into your time machine is pointless. You'd have to be *very* *very* accurate with your jump times to end up in exactly the same physical spot you were when you set off.
In 10,000 years, not only will the orbit of the Earth have expanded out slightly around the sun, but the position of the sun relative to the gravitational centre of our galaxy will have changed also. Likewise, our galaxy will have moved out slightly from the centre of the big-bang too.
Chances are with all these options you'll end up floating dead in space.
The RNA world (Score:4, Insightful)by Michael Woodhams (112247) on Sunday September 30, 2012 @12:54AM (#41503913) Journal
Dinosaurs? Pah! A mere 65 million years away - practically on our chronological doorstep. I'd send a (very very well sterilized) robot back to bring me samples from the RNA world. [wikipedia.org] Then I'd try to find out what preceded the RNA world, jump forward a bit to try to find the origin of the eukaryotes [wikipedia.org] and maybe then go for filling in the minor details, like observing the Cambrian explosion [wikipedia.org].
Brief explanations:
The RNA world is a hypothesized (but very plausible) stage in evolution where RNA performs the functional roles currently filled by proteins and the genetic role currently filled by DNA.
Eukaryotes are the complex cells with a nucleus, including all known multi-cellular life plus some single celled life (e.g. amoebae.)
The Cambrian explosion was a period about 530 million years ago when multi-cellular life suddenly appeared in a great profusion of forms.
by smooth wombat (796938) on Monday October 01, 2012 @11:44AM (#41513817) Homepage Journal
I'd go back with terabytes of memory cards and film for as long as they lasted (and making sure to bring along spare battery packs and solar rechargers).
When done, come back and show Ham and other creationists there were no humans when dinosaurs existed.
And I guess I'd take along some air sampling equipment so scientists could get a firsthand look at what the atmosphere was really like, and a thermometer as well. You know, for the real science.


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Bullens also had an operation at Waikanae. The old Lion Park was a great place. Such a shame it vanished. Very little information is around. The Lion Pride was quite large. The highlight of the day was the caged meat truck they would take out into the main enclosure. One of the staff would be inside the cage part at the rear of the vehicle and use a stick to push the meat out.The cats would leap up on top and grab the met (mainly horse. I remember the camel. They had other attractions as well including the two tigers which you could only drive through their enclosure slowly and not stop. I'll check with Tony on this he may know a lot more since he had a long association with the former Bullens Circus/Safari.ReplyDelete
Your post sent me off exploring on Google maps as I'm sure I was taken there as a child (although I'd quite forgotten until reading your post!). I have memories of being driven in a car around a looping track watching lions being fed. The series of now partially obscured tracks in an area just north of Red Hills Road seem to agree with this memory: http://goo.gl/maps/50I7d.ReplyDelete
Coincidentally I happened to be doing some research on an entirely different topic this morning and came across a familiar aerial photograph. It seems that this location was later used for filming many Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess episodes in the 90s. A page with more detail is here: http://crnz.info/nx/lionpark/lionpark.html
Apparently the series of sets were called "The Lion Park" by actors and crew so there was clearly knowledge of the previous use of the area. The sets are long gone although some of the perhaps more mundane or practical buildings remain, along with a small pond.
I wonder how the land is used now? Farming perhaps?
Wonderful! Thanks so much for tracking that down -- I'll see if I can find some land history info tomorrow morning on the site. It all seems to be in one title at the moment. Auckland Council rates record describes it as "Lifestyle, Multi-Unit" so who knows -- but there is an interesting 1996 aerial on their GIS site.ReplyDelete
we moved to NZ 1983..our kids were told that there were no dangerous animals here...Imagine the fright thry got when our first house at Ranui/Swanson was downwind from the Lions roars and growls at night!! We soon found out the source of the night roars lol We took the kids there a few times. There was a sheep show where all sheep breeds were on display and well trained to move on command. There was also a mini train and rail that went through the woods. The lions were pretty cool, especially at feeding time. There was a separate paddock we could drive through and put your window down at your own risk. We risked it and I have been terrified of girrafes ever since. I also recall the water slide, the petting zoo where the kids bottle fed calves and lambs and held rabbits. The kids slept better after our visits to the safari park knowing the lions were caged in!! Happy DaysReplyDelete
I have lots of photos of this park. Actually, I have lots of photos that might interest you, full stop. Will email or Facebook msg you..ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJune 29, 2014 at 5:38 PM
I would love to see the photos you have can you email them or facebook msg to me please. email@example.com or https://www.facebook.com/amanda.adamson3Delete
My family lived out west Auckland. I remember as a little girl, our family outing at the Safari, my father driving our little red Cortina watching the lions. Didn't they have other activities there as well or was that another fun park? Coincidentally ... my husband & children are also Bullens ... not sure if there is any connection to the Bullen brothers!ReplyDelete


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This collection of previously unpublished poems offers the author's take on squabbling neighbours, off-kilter lovers, would-be hangers-on, and the loneliness of a man afflicted with acute powers of observation. The tone is gritty and amusing, spiralling out towards a cock-eyed wisdom.
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Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.