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In February 2015 Scholars of the North American Nature Photography Association produced a film for the San Diego National Wildlife Refuges.
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The Living Coast Discovery Center is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit organization, and runs in partnership with the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Visitors can enjoy environmental education programs and view live animals.
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Belding's savannah sparrow is a State and Federally protected bird. It is a rare subspecies of the Savannah sparrow, however it is common on the marshes of San Diego Bay, and the Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge. It is distinguished from the Savannah sparrow by having heavier and darker streaking, and a smaller beak profile.
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The poet starts the poem with a sentence that is very direct and describes his feelings from the beginning which is "I know what the caged bird feels, alas", the word alas is an expression of the grief and sadness the poet is going through.
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"When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, and the faint perfume from its chalice steals" here Dunbar is describing the nature around the caged bird in more details by specifying the season as spring, which we realized from the birth of a new bird and the birth of flowers which are all signs of the beautiful season. A metaphor is also used here which is comparing the smell of the bud or flower with a chalice, a chalice is metal drinking cup that is used by Christians to serve wine in church, so that is to compare the soft and pale smell of the new flower with the metal cup.
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We inherited a pasture with a terrible weed problem. I'm new to farming and would like to some how "magically" transform it into a wildflower meadow with some food for our hens. From my reading i understand that the best way to do this is to till it a few times and then plant several generations of cover crops that will die back as the new one is seeded in order to smother the weeds and make room for our meadow. Can you recommend some varieties or mixes that we can grow to make this happen? My first concern is crowding out the weeds, next is that we would love it if our chickens can eat it. We can irrigate if necessary although it's 2/3 acre so that's not too desirable. We live near Portland OR and we would like to get started before our weeds have another year to take over. As a bonus question, I'd love some suggestions for meadow mixes that would help feed the hens as well. Thank you for any advice you may have!
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It has struck hotels and cruise ships and now the Norovirus is impacting two local elementary schools.
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MONTPELIER — The Vermont Apportionment Board (VAB) last week voted 4-2 on a final recommendation for redrawing boundaries for the Vermont House of Representatives that leaves most Addison County districts the way they are now.
Lawmakers will discuss VAB proposals for the House and Vermont Senate during the 2012 legislative session before voting on a final reapportionment plan.
MIDDLEBURY — Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7823 has flown many flags through the years at its Exchange Street headquarters in Middlebury.
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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police are investigating an Aug. 10 traffic accident that seriously injured a 75-year-old Washington, D.C., woman who was struck by an Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) bus at the intersection of Merchants Row and Main Street.
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MIDDLEBURY — Poet Philip Levine mentored scores of aspiring wordsmiths during the 1980s as a faculty member of Middlebury College's Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
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Librarian of Congress James H. Billington last Wednesday announced Levine as the nation's new Poet Laureate for 2011-2012.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard last Tuesday formally approved a warning for a Sept. 27 vote on whether the town should spend $250,000 to further refine plans for a major makeover of the town's two fire stations.
The Sept. 27 vote will be a precursor to a $4.875 million bond referendum to pay for replacement of the East Middlebury fire station and a substantial renovation and expansion of the department's headquarters on Seymour Street.
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just to balance this place out I'm going vegan
just to balance this place out I'm going vegan
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I have read the nutritional information and ngrediants for Protein bars so I do not eat them. I will eat Trail Mix on long rides. It provides a nice balance of Protein, Carbohydrates and unsaturated fats. I usualy wait until my body tells me it needs food which is typically 20 miles into the trip. On ride days, I eat enough extra calories to replace at least half the caolories I burn on the Bike.
veganism started! Kale salad for dinner. With a side of jerk chicken. Jerk is vegan, yeah?
you are what you eat.
chickens do not eat meat.
chickens are not meat.
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Re: My grandmother's family
In reply to:
My grandmother's family
Debbie Harris 8/31/06
I can share some information on the maternal grandparents of your gg-grandmother Prudence Breeden.Prudy's grandmother was Esther/Easter Carter Terry, b 1805 in NC. Prudy's grandfather was Joseph Terry, b 1775 in VA.Esther was Joseph Terry's second (or maybe third) wife.Joseph and Esther had two children: Sarah Terry and William Terry.Sarah went on to marry William Henderson Breeden, as you know. I show (but am not certain) that the parents of William Breeden are Evan Breeden and Abigail Hinds.
1850 Census, White Co TN
Husband: Joseph Terry, age 75 years, born VA
Wife: Esther Terry, age 45 years, born NC (obviously his second wife)
William Terry, age 24 years, born TN
Sally Terry, age 15 years, born TN
Also in household, Mary Carter, age 30 years, born NC (Esther's sister)
1860, Montgomery Co TN, Easter Terry, age 55,is head of household, living with her is her daughter Sally and son-in-law William Breeden, and a 1-year old granddaughter,Mary.
1870, Montgomery Co TN, Easter Terry is living in the household of William Breeden, his wife Sally, and their 4 children (Mary is absent-must have died): William, Alice, Sarah, and Lucy.Easter's age is given as 65, and blind.
1880 Montgomery Co TN, Easter Terry, Widow, is living in the household of Wm Breeden. Wife Sally is deceased. William is a widow. Easter's age is given wrong as 55, should be 75.Also in the household are William Jr,and son-in-law John Bell, married to Alice. Sarah, and the addition of 2 more children: Prudence "Prudy" and Orville.
I am researching the Terry line of Joseph Terry, b 1775 in VA.Joseph, and his parents John Terry and Elizabeth Bounds Terry lived in White Co TN at the time the county was established (1806).
If you are interested in sharing data, please contact me.
Dona Terry, Houston


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During this study the addict received the quantity of drug required, which was administered to him by the nurse in charge of the ward. As
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NewsMay 03 2012
Purchase your ticket to Taste of Home Cooking Show at Herald home
The Chamberlain/Oacoma Sun, along with Cedar Shore Resort, Al's Oasis and Andy's Appliance will present the Spring Taste of Home Cooking Show Saturday, May 5, at Cedar Shore Resort.
"We're so excited to bring this national cooking show to the Chamberlain/Oacoma area for the first time" said Sun publisher Lucy Halverson. "Local interest has been very strong."
Call or visit the Lyman County Herald office to purchase your $10 general admission tickets.
Guests will be entertained by culinary specialist Guy Klinzing.
Guests will leave the fun and entertaining event with a goodie bag full of product samples, promotional items and coupons from national and local show sponsors.
The Taste of Home event will kick off at 11 A.M. when the doors open to the vendor shopping area, located in the hallway of Bridges Convention Center and the Resort's meeting rooms.
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If you enjoy food, fun, entertainment and the chance to win prizes, the Taste of Home Cooking School at Cedar Shore Resort is the place for you to be on Saturday, May 5.
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|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING GEOSTEERING INFORMATION - A method and system to render a graphic display that includes a color-coded risk indicator to facilitate the steering of a drill string during subterranean drilling. The system comprises a receiver to receive measurement data from downhole instrumentation forming part of the drill string during the drilling of a well bore in a geological formation, and an exit risk determining module to determine an exit risk value based at least in part on the measurement data. The exit risk value is indicative of a risk of exiting of the formation by the drill string. A display module is provided to render the graphic display of decision information, to assist steering of the drill string. The color-coded exit risk indicator comprises a colored area having a color indicative of the exit risk value, the color of the colored area being changeable in response to changes in the exit risk value. The graphic display may show a wellbore trajectory in relation to a formation boundary, with the color-coded risk indicator comprising an area extending between the wellbore trajectory and the formation boundary.
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TiN - Bear with Me by timsplosionWatch
©2014-2016 timsplosion
You hear that? Bears. Now the whole station is in jeopardy.
I laughed at the comic before I got the pun. Forgive me, my sense of humour had the day off today.
's alright. Everyone has slow days sometimes.
I'm having a slow month.
Well, it is the exam period - kinda to be expected.
True. I have a Latin Translation exam on Monday and for some reason I just feel like revising would be pointless. It's not because I don't care about the grade (I've pretty much got to get an A or apparently the world will implode) but I just feel like I've learnt way more than the criteria. I just think there's no point, I'm all "porto-portas-portat"ed out.
Puns... oui
Aww, they look cute as bears
One of the best puns
That's too much to bear. Good job! XD
I give you a round of apaws
hahaha, oh pun jokes. when are they not funny.
What an unbearable pun.
Unluckily for you two, there is no "human" verb.
*clapclapclapclapclapclap* that's hilarious
>Not walking into the woods and eating a doe
Do you even bear bro?
Do you even bear bro?
I'll totally agree with HaVoC1999 in saying: HA!
I can hardly bear this level of bad puns.
Gives you paws for thought, does it?
Now, now, no need to grizzle about the quality, whatever it may bee.
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What: Sunday Streets Alive, 4.2 miles of Vancouver streets will close to motorized traffic in a street fair and exercise route with seven major activity centers. Bikes, scooters, skateboards, in-line skates, strollers, leashed dogs and walkers are welcome. Streets that cross the route will be open, with flaggers to direct traffic, during the event.
Where: Downtown Vancouver, Fort Vancouver, Clark College, Marshall Center, Uptown Village and John Ball Park.
When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 18.
Cost: Free.
Information: <a href="http://sundaystreetsalive.orgFitness">http://sundaystreetsalive.org
What: Sunday Streets Alive, 4.2 miles of Vancouver streets will close to motorized traffic in a street fair and exercise route with seven major activity centers. Bikes, scooters, skateboards, in-line skates, strollers, leashed dogs and walkers are welcome. Streets that cross the route will be open, with flaggers to direct traffic, during the event.
Where: Downtown Vancouver, Fort Vancouver, Clark College, Marshall Center, Uptown Village and John Ball Park.
When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 18.
Cost: Free.
Information: http://sundaystreetsalive.org
Fitness doesn't have to involve weight lifting or an expensive gym membership.
In Clark County, paths to a healthier lifestyle can be found everywhere, including on a circuit around Vancouver at the first Sunday Streets Alive this weekend.
The event will shut down motorized traffic on a 4.2-mile loop with entertainment and exercise hubs at Fort Vancouver, Clark College, Marshall Center, downtown Vancouver, Uptown Village and John Ball Park. Motorists don't need to fret, though — flaggers will direct cars through streets that cross the route during the festivities.
"We believe this is an activity for all ages, all abilities," said Tricia Mortell, an event organizer and program manager for Clark County Public Health. "There will be food, information and vendors, but the focus is really on health and fitness."
Open street events have been taking place across the country — and around the world — for decades.
Unlike street fairs, open street events typically run for a mile or more. The events emphasize opportunities to be physically active and encourage people to get to know their communities through exploration.
Sunday Streets Alive will have a smattering of everything. It's part fitness, part street fair, part carnival and part parade, Mortell said.
"Different activity centers will focus on different things," she said. "John Ball Park will be really geared toward children and families, with things like bike helmet fittings for kids, kid-friendly games, a circus and even a low tight-rope walk. Uptown and downtown, they'll focus a little more on entertainment and activities, music, adult Zumba fitness."
Fort Vancouver will have a station with disc golf and historical activities like sack races; Clark College will have hiking, Zumba and tai chi; and Marshall Center will have Radio Disney and a bike obstacle course for kids.
"Everything is absolutely free," Mortell said.
There's also a flash parade — open to any and all comers — being put together by The Arc of Southwest Washington. It will begin forming at Marshall Center at 11 a.m. and probably head out around noon, said Michael Piper, executive director of the agency.
"In our work, the No. 1 thing that people with disabilities want is to be included," Piper said. "One national expert said the only real disability is loneliness. So this is a parade celebrating being human and part of a community."
Dogs on leashes are welcome, but no signs or banners are allowed in the parade, which is designed to celebrate individuals.
"It's not supposed to be political," Piper said.
So far, he's heard that a dance step group, musicians, a couple of floats and some therapy llamas will be part of the parade, Piper added.
"It's kind of gone viral," he said. "We have wheelchairs, strollers, skateboards, stilts, costumes, somebody making a float with mannequins, all sorts of people planning to participate. We're not sure of everything we'll see yet."
People don't have to sign up for the parade, which will run the entire 4.2-mile route, and they can join in and leave whenever they'd like.
The event came about last August, when representatives from Clark County Public Health, Clark County Community Planning, the city of Vancouver and the nonprofit Bike Clark County got together to discuss bringing an open street event to Clark County. The idea stemmed from Clark County's 2010 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, which identified an open street event as an action item.
"We wanted to show that being physically active and out in the community is for everyone, regardless of their abilities," Mortell said. "We know that chronic diseases are the No. 1 killers in our community, so as a public health agency that's important to us, but we also want to show that you don't have to join a gym to get fit. There are open spaces for biking and walking everywhere."
The agency also asked food vendors to include at least two healthy items on their menus, which they all agreed to, Mortell said.
"Be sure and come prepared with some water and maybe a few dollars if you want to try some healthy food," she said.
The event cost about $70,000 to put together. That includes startup costs, such as website development, logo creation and branding, all of which can be reused for future open street events. The estimated cost for the event, not including startup costs, is about $53,000.
The city will use money from its special events fund, a $20,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente and two additional grants to cover the cost of the event. Clark County Public Health and the Northwest Health Foundation are also sponsoring the event.
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Top leaders strive to build an organization based on accountability, where everyone trusts each other. It's not easy to do, but when you achieve it, everything moves faster within your firm and you gain a serious edge. Here's how.
• Keep your word. Build trust by living up to your commitments, says Stephen M.R. Covey, global leader of Salt Lake City-based leadership development firm FranklinCovey trust practice. If you're not accountable for what you say, people won't follow. "With low accountability, nothing gets done because no one trusts what you talked about," he told IBD.
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• Gain speed. When you have a culture of trust, everything moves faster, Covey says. People don't have to spend time checking on each other and wondering if they'll deliver.
Warren Buffett completed one acquisition in 29 days because both sides trusted each other. "When you don't have trust, speed goes down and costs go up," Covey said. "There is a low-trust tax."
• Share negatives, too. Communicate bad news when it happens instead of hiding it, Matthews says. Own up to it, take responsibility and tell others how you plan to proceed to solve the problem in the future. "People will follow a leader who has vision and who they trust," she said.
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I am a contractor from Indianapolis and I am seeing a trend here with Angie's List. Here is a little bit of my history with Angie's List. I been in business for 20 years and have been with Angie' List for 10 years. Our company receives 99% of our customers lead from Angie' List and pay around 60k per year in advertisements to Angie's List. This year we gross a million dollars For the last 7 years Angie's list has grown in the beginning at a rate of 100% plus yearly and has tapered off to 30% yearly growth rate. As their client base growth rate, they increase our advertising rates as well this year we are paying 30$ more then last year based on there 30% new membership rate. Angie's List Business Model is an all in bet that might pay off becuase they as they are re-investing every penny to gain rapit growth and market share. As they are quickly expanding they gaining new paid members at roughly $69 per year as long. They are also retaining repaying advertisers like me.> Angie's List is making money on both ends from their members and there paid advertisers like us and they have a great retention rate of members along with advertisers. We are noticing We have notice in the Indianapolis areas that many larger companies are now advertising with Angie's List because Angie's list leads are a higher quality lead that have higher closure & contract price rates. We have been advertising with them for 7 years, and will continue to pay their fees as long as it works. Something else to consider. It is very possible that a larger company such as Facebook, Google could purchase Angie's List becuase Angie's List due to Angie's list great success in gaining new members and retaining members along with paid advertisers I personally think Angie's' List will not turn a profit in 2012, and that the stock will drop to $7-$11 I am a buyer at $7-$9 as long as they continue to gain new clients and advertising they can and should turn around to make a profit. Sorry for any bad grammar I kind of rushed this. Good Luck to all of you
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The UNODC Country Office in Pakistan (COPAK) signs an agreement with the Australian Government for a project aimed at strengthening responses against human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Pakistan
Islamabad, 08 April 2016. The UNODC Country Office in Pakistan today signed a one year project with the Australian Government aimed at strengthening responses against human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Pakistan.
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Damn!! Damn!!...they have even more Cadbury chocolate flavours here to try. For the record, "Marble" (hazelnut praline center surrounded by a swirled dairy milk/white chocolate mixture) gets a thumbs-up (even after it melted on top of the microwave). The six flavour "Snack" bar gets a thumbs down...the 'ice coconut' flavor just didn't cut it.
Damn!!! Damn!!! Damn!!!...When I was buying the Cadbury bars I forgot to buy Tracy her dairy free chocolate (twice!) ...sleeping on the couch isn't so easy when there's no couch!
And one last woeful Damn!!!!...Australia is not New Zealand!
Given that we have only been here a week or so, our dissatisfaction may prove to be a little premature but there has definitely been a letdown (not unlike 1968*). To be fair however, we enjoyed New Zealand so much, I think any destination (except for maybe Maple Lake) would have been a disappointment. It started out okay with our Hyundai Elantra rental car, which is only 3 years old, is bigger than our New Zealand rental, and (at $21 a day) is priced quite nicely. But after that initial "success", Australia started to go downhill for the reasons listed below. But as Juzzie Smith sings "I'm going to blow now, some good vibin' natural dijeridoo, whoo!", and after a week of quiet reflection I realize my initial negative thoughts were radically overblown. As such, each "negative" below is followed by the more rational "reality":
� As soon as we left the airport, we approached a toll highway with no Australian money in our pocket...Arghh, so much for the plan to avoid the service charge at the airports ATM. Reality: my inner self tells me (or maybe it was Tracy who told me) that only doofuses (doofi?) leave the airport without at least a few dollars of the local currency;
� Upon exiting the highway before the toll gate we immediately got lost, and the map Tracy was attempting to use proved to be woefully inadequate
� Unlike New Zealand, the economically priced motels in Australia generally do not include kitchens (which is an absolute must to keep costs down in these countries). This caused me four days of budget angst that no amount of chocolate could cure. Reality: We discovered that the RV/camping grounds here (known as "holiday parks") also have cabins which approximate what we were getting at a New Zealand motel. The added bonus is that holiday parks tend to have more amenities for children;
� Australians aren't as nice as Kiwis, Example 1: When we were unloading our car at our first stop, a van roared by and a thrown beer bottle smashed into the gutter beside us. Reality: We arrived on January 26, also known as Australia Day, so there was a fair bit of nationalistic pride celebrations in progress
� Australians aren't as nice as Kiwis, Example 2: When I went grocery shopping the first day at Woolworths, I went immediately to Customer Service to procure a customer loyalty card that had given us so much in savings in New Zealand. The snippy clerk basically told me that they didn't have that program in Australia, and I could always go back to New Zealand if I wanted to. Reality: After our exchange the clerk headed down some aisle labeled "Feminine Protection"...I've never been brave enough to venture down that aisle before but I can only assume it is a place where women go when they are in a bad mood. I'll give her a pass too;
� We flew into Brisbane and our first destination was Burleigh Heads (Gold Coast), 100 kilometres south of Brisbane. It was in Burleigh Heads that I read the rental car contract [Note: given the "budget" nature of the car rental company they don't actually have an office at, or nearby, the airport...they just leave the car at the airport for you with the keys in a lockbox...you then mail in the signed contract]
� It's rained every day we have been here. Reality: It's rained every day we have been here;
� In the first three days in Australia we went to two theme parks (Seaworld, Wet & Wild Water Park) and also spent a number of hours in a very big mall...it felt like we were in Florida, or worse, Niagara Falls (given the nearby wax museum and the haunted house)
So, in hindsight my initial dissatisfaction with Australia was unwarranted. As I mentioned above, most of our bad vibes were exaggerated. Quite frankly, the theme parks were a whole bunch of fun, and the beaches we have experienced have been gorgeous! The other aspect of Australia that pulled us from our woeful abyss was this country's offerings when you get away from the coast. Twenty minutes inland from the Gold Coast and you are in an entirely different place with mountains, lush rainforests, and a number of natural spectacles. I remember Tracy commenting on a scenic rock outcropping saying that it reminded her of the escarpment back home. I guess I wasn't entirely out of my dark place when I sarcastically replied, "Oh, that would be the escarpment in Niagara Falls?"
Anyway, away from the coast (which, by the way, is called the Hinterland) we went up the scenic Green Mountains, went on a rainforest treetop canopy walk, saw many colourful birds (one of which tried to steal Sarah's sandwich, but was thwarted by her ear-splitting squeal), and even had a wallaby hop right in front of us. Include the brush turkeys wandering about, and the giant lizard we saw on another walk to a funky natural bridge and it all added up to a great day
It was interesting that our first trip inland almost didn't happen because of the two elderly ladies in the natural parks information center. We were thinking that they don't get many "customers" as they tripped over themselves in describing the nearby natural attractions to us. But then again, it probably doesn't help to ask open ended questions like, "What can we do in the area that doesn't remind us of Niagara Falls, or involves feeding each other chocolate bars naked?" (okay, I slipped in that last word under my breath so they probably didn't hear me...but then again maybe they did, as I swear I heard a giggling reference to a Big Turk as we were leaving). Anyway, back to my point, the ladies kept mentioning that all the wet weather has brought out the leeches and we shouldn't really walk in the National Parks...by the time we got out of there we were convinced that the second the sun went behind a cloud we would be attacked by an army of giant blood sucking leeches. You will glad to know that we did in fact get rained on but we made it through the day leech free.
We also discovered that Australia has a whole hippy/New Age culture in various parts of the country. As an example, after our initial stay on the Gold Coast we ventured another 100 km south to a place called Byron Bay
And then there is the nearby town of Nimbin, that started its hippy march to fame with the 1973 Aquarius Festival. Apparently a good number of festival participants never bothered to leave, and Nimbin is now characterized in our guide book as a place where visitors "find themselves hectored by dreadlocked, tie-dyed pot dealers on the main street" but then goes on to say that "this is the stereotype, of course, as not all the pot dealers wear tie dye". Yet, another side to Australia. By the way, Nimbin is also close to a really cool rainforest walk we did to see Protestors Falls...no complaints from the kids at all for this hike, even though we couldn't find any of the red-eyed tree frogs that are prevalent in the area. No leeches there either (even though it was a bit rainy again);
So now, if we weren't already totally confused as to whether or not we like Australia, we start noticing "things" that are neither good nor bad, but just a little weird. To name a few:
� In surfing through the radio while driving, we heard songs #7 and #6 in one station's current Top 10 list
� In driving due south from the territory of Queensland to New South Wales we passed through a one hour time change...go figure!;
� At a children's playground we visited, there was a life sized game of Phosphates and Ladders where the children had to go down the "phosphorous snake" if they landed on squares such as "used too much detergent". It was an educational game, I guess, but still a little strange. By the way, Sarah won because I repeatedly landed on the "washed my car and let the soap run down the drainage sewer" square. Where is the soap supposed to go??...answer me that, Byron Bay hippies!!!
That's it for our introduction to Australia. I think the "further" we get away from New Zealand the more we will enjoy Australia. It certainly has a laid back feel about it, and we have already witnessed the spiritual influence it has had on the children...Michael spent an hour successfully digging a small boulder out of the wet beach. When we asked him why, he just gave a faraway smile and said, "Because to me the trapped rock symbolizes the plight of the aboriginal people, and to break this rock free from its prison of sand gives me hope that all of the earth's ancient tribes can break free of the societal chains that bind them"**. Yikes, we have to keep that boy away from Nimbin!
* That would be the year after the Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup, when the team began a letdown that continues to this day.
** In case there is any doubt, I totally made up that quote (but I'm sure that's what he was thinking...)


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We live in a nation which has slowly fallen away from the faith on which it was founded. A nation in desperate need of God and his healing hand. It's time this great nation remembered that it's independence is found in its dependence on God.
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The great nation of the United States of America was founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As we celebrate our independence, let us not forget our dependence on God, our foundation of faith and our need for His hand to guide us.
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DAREDEVIL #-1: When Matt met FoggyApr. 15th, 2015 07:30 pm
Back in 1997, Marvel did Flashback Month, where various titles were given #-1 issues, all set some time before the fateful rocket flight that created the Fantastic Four. Artist Gene Colan and writer Joe Kelly wrote of Matt Murdock's arrival at college and when he first met Foggy Nelson.
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An interlude on Alchemist's [click to read] new album, Chemical Warfare, sees a crew of backpackers and street rap formally deciding a consensus on his contributions to Hip Hop culture. But at this point, such debates shouldn't even be an issue: Alchemist is dope, period. Between his contributions to others' albums and his own solo projects, the Cali native and New York City transplant has displayed the ability to craft beats for virtually anyone who requests them. In the first full-length follow-up to 2004's 1st Infantry, Alchemist shows that he hasn't lost a step.
As to be expected, the guest list here is untouchable. But it's when Alc steps out of his comfort zone collaborators that Chemical Warfare is most exciting. On "Smile," Alchemist's organ-driven backdrop helps mellow out the contrast of Twista's [click to read] rapid-fire flow and Maxwell's soulful chorus. And while Alchemist is known for his collaborations with the east and west coast's best, "That'll Work" [click to listen] avoids contrived southern rap territory by seamlessly meshing elements of the south and the west coasts' Rap scenes with verses from Three 6 Mafia [click to read] and Juvenile. Another impressive curveball here is the respect paid to living legends. Kool G Rap's [click to read] "ALC Theme" and KRS-One's [click to read] "Grand Concourse Benches" see them spitting with as much energy as they would have in their heydays, and "On Sight" goes back to the future by setting rhymes from California staples Dogg Pound [click to read] and Lady Of Rage [click to read] atop of what sounds like a west coast beat from the year 3000.
Don't worry, though: most of Chemical Warfare doesn't stray too far from Alchemist's bread and butter, and that's not a bad thing at all. "Lose Your Life" [click to listen] uses a simple-but-effective soundbed to house venomous bars from Jadakiss [click to read], Pusha T [click to read] and Snoop Dogg [click to read], while layered beats like "Some Gangster Shit" [click to listen] and the title track are fitting playgrounds for Fabolous [click to read] and Eminem, respectively. Add the gritty "Under Siege" and "Acts Of Violence" (the latter featuring a vicious verse from Crooked I [click to view]), and you have an album that essentially captures the essence of virtually all of Alchemist's sounds.
"Keep The Heels On" would be another classic Alchemist/Prodigy [click to read] collaboration with its vintage ALC beat, if it wasn't for P's misplaced sex rhymes. But aside from minimal missteps like this, Chemical Warfare is a great demonstration of why Alchemist continues to be one of the best producers in rap, respected by both his peers and fans. If skeptics like the ones in the previously mentioned solely pay attention to the quality of the music, there shouldn't be any complaints.