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two nights ago in the Chat room someone mentioned the game War Rock.
I can't remember who it was..but THANK YOU! I started playing tonight and it's realy fun. We should start a clan.
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What exactly does War Rock entail? My personal recommendation is Frets on Fire. I don't own a ps2 and GH wii is a long ways off
War Rock is nothing like Guitar Hero, it's a free Online First Person Shooter that's very similar to Battlefield 2.
On a side note, where do you find your FoF songs, Brawny? I wanted to test out the program, but the stock songs are lame.
~Well, it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God, I know I'm one ~
I wasn't saying guitar hero, just recommending good free game.
I thought the base songs were very good. Anyway, use the FoF fan forum for songs, or Freetar Hero Forum, will have to convert though. There is also a new thing where you can import all songs from GH1 and GH2 discs
I suggested war rock to ya . And i love it too. but its not working for me at the moment. I found it at www.download.com thought it was neat so i gave it a try. The game is full of hackers though. If anyone has xfire what if your username. Mine is surprisingly bubbaganush.
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wow. right after a read this post i saw it mentioned on alot of sites i go to lol. since its free im gonna check it out
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Yeah, Punk Buster is down right now so there are a good amount of hackers. It realy doesn't matter though, they get kicked quick.
I'm having a blast playing though. I went up a lvl already. I just need to buy some new guns next chance I get to play which will probably be Tuesday.
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I would love to be playing it right now but my computer just have 1000 too many things wrong with it. It's like the most unstable thing.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That away, when you criticize them, you're a mile way and you have their shoes.
Anybody still playing it regular?
I downloaded it last week and am really into it
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I'm at MOTR more often than not on a Friday night. Or Saturday. Even Tuesday. (Sorry, mom.) One of these nights in June I had an experience music nerds like me geek out over.
I stumbled upon a band that I absolutely loved, and it was pure serendipity. I'd never heard of them, didn't even know they were on the bill. They drew me in with sweet, sweet bass lines, and I stayed for raucous organ playing, lots of long-hair swaying, impeccable vocal harmonies, and some of the best dancing music I've had the pleasure of experiencing.
And now they're back in the 513 playing the tenth anniversary of MidPoint Music Festival. I love when this happens. I spoke with Jack, Curt, AJ and Jo of The Bright Light Social Hour, a four-piece of funky Southern rock from Austin—via phone—in order to make sure you don't miss them this weekend. We talked about food, clubhouses, 1970s promotions, and their unique musical styling.
Leyla: Hi guys! You just started your second national tour. Where were you last night?
Jack (impressively mustachioed bassist): We were just in Fort Worth at the Wild Rooster Bar last night. It was cool, it was a good time; the guy from the Toadies came out, which was really cool.
Curt (guitarist/vocalist): They had a really good chicken-fried steak special, hand-breaded, it was great. You'll have to track yourself down a chicken-fried steak.
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L: So you're playing MidPoint Music Festival!
J: We're really excited about MPMF,. That's definitely one of things that's going to be a highlight of our tour.
L: What can MPMFers expect to hear?
C: A lot of us were raised by classic rock dads, [so] we like mixing elements of that with funk and soul and psychedelic music and modern dance music. We like electronic dance music a lot, so we try to kind of condense those elements into something fresh and exciting.
L: How did the band come about?
J: Curt and I met at Southwestern University. We started a band that was pretty different from now, very like kind of hardcore, strong key screamy experimental rock. We got a couple line up changes, spent some time abroad and brought Jo on, found him on Craigslist, and AJ was a friend of my brother's and an awesome keyboard player and singer, so it's been like four years the four of us have played together. We've just been keeping busy touring and playing and writing and everyday we get to spend time on what we love—it's great.
L: You have really intricate vocal harmonies and lots of layering musically. How does your creative process work?
J: We all know each others' voices and what they do well and what they don't do well, [and] usually Jo's the one who makes the final call. He's usually pretty right about it, depends on what the part calls for.
C: We also develop a lot of music improvising together, spending long hours playing music. We work best when we're all in a room together hashing it out.
L: I feel like you guys live in a clubhouse together with lots of brightly painted walls. Is that close?
C: We spend most of our week out at this house that Jack and Alex (TBLSH's manager) live at, and we just write music all day and make meals and do the sort of fun things you get to do with a bunch of guys hanging out.
J: It's a little cabin out on the lake outside of town and so we just hang out and write music and jump in the water, clubhouse style. We're really lucky to have that place.
L: Austin's a hard city to break. How'd you guys do it?
J: It took us a long time. Austin's a city where it just has so many musicians and so much music culture, it takes a lot to get noticed in a sea of other bands. After hanging in there and working on our live show, it encouraged us to improve our live show and improve our music and get something that was pretty competitive. Playing South by Southwest and some other things helped us get recognition too, but it was definitely [a] slow and steady wins the race kind of thing.
L: A lot of bands these days are finding that not having a label isn't a big hurdle. What do you guys think?
J: We're doing very well without one. Every day it's kind of looking less and less like we need one, but we're definitely open and it would all just depend on it really being the right relationship. There's things we need help with like distribution and getting carried in stores, on a large scale and international play, but all the rest of the things, we're able to hire our friends to help us when we can. We're open to finding the right relationship with someone to help us out.
L: What do you do on the tour van out on the road to occupy yourselves?
J: We're all starting to teach ourselves French in the van. We just got Rosetta Stone. Jo (prolific drummer who doesn't sing) set it up on our computers. We may be traveling to Canada later in this tour so we may get a chance to use it. *Just announced: TBLSH will be in Toronto on October 17. Parlez vous-francai, boys.
L: You have a pretty interactive web presence. Tell us about Brick Cat.
J: Actually, Jo and I were outside of a venue talking about what people did in the '70s, before we had the internet to promote shows, and we were just joking how you had to go door to door or you could just send a cat because people love cats and you could just throw it through people's windows and we were like 'Oh my god, we should make a video!' And we were totally joking, and then I was like no, let's actually do it.
L: You'll be in Cincinnati all three days of MPMF. Who are you going to check out?
J: We're super excited to see Washed Out, Cut Copy, Toro y Moi. Those are some of our total favorites.
L: Last words for Cincinnati?
J: We love Cincinnati. We were there the first time in June, and it was amazing, Just tell [everyone] to tell their friends in other places, 'cause we're going all over Ohio. We'll be in Akron and Columbus and Youngstown and Cleveland.
Don't miss The Bright Light Social Hour, a Critic's Pick for MPMF2011, at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club King Records Room, on Saturday, September 24, at 12:30am. I'll see you all there!


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> In Costa Rica we are ending the "dry" sseason and "rainy" season will
> shortly be sending an everyday rainfall, and my HP49G+ got to sleep
> today again.
> Periodically (once or twice a year) my HP49G+ got to sleep, and now I
> am convinced that its because of the climate change. More humidity in
> the air, lower temperature, should condensed water inside the machine,
> and some protection circuit should turn it off, until this humidity
> disappear.
> I just have to put it on the hair drier for a while, and goes on
> again.
> Has someone else have this particular function on their HP 49 - 50 ?
> Thanks.
> Daniel.
I think your HP is having a bad hair day.


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What are you most proud of? OOOHHH! Only two more blocks to go! Then I am putting this puppy together and quilting the you know what out of it! It will be done just in time for some cold weather enjoyment.
What advice would you give someone starting this project? If you are thinking about starting this class, I highly recommend it! It's lots of fun and you can see from the variety of work that people have submitted, there are many ways in which to express your creativity within these confines! Enjoy!!!
AMAZING... what wonderful blocks you have created and ofcourse your fabrics are super
Gorgeous blocks, looking forward to seeing how you join them together. The replacement block works so much better, you were correct to replace it. Now you have a block to start another quilt from.
Your blocks are gorgeous but the first July block is the most amazing block I have seen in my life!! Totally awesome! Do you ever go to www.quiltinghaven.com?
Hi Cherylsea, no I haven't been to quiltinghaven.com I'm not much for chat rooms because I work full time at a doctors office so I don't get to check in but a few times.
Thank you for the complement on the July block, I do LOVE that one as well, one of my favorites!
So what did you do with your first Balkan puzzle block? I really liked that one! Of course all your work is great, but I read that you didn't like it. Hope it found a good home!
it's wandering around in a drawer right now. alone in the dark...haha
Ahh...it's getting the red[headed stepchild treatment! Personally I like a couple renegade elements in my quilt to catch the eye. Maybe you can make it into a quilt for your cat?
,,,or a throw pillow to go with the quilt! So it can have a stare down with its replacement! (:


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Ruth is a contemporary artist, though her preferred medium of encaustic is ancient. Her love of the physical process of painting with beeswax transcends into the art itself. With translucent, deep rich colors her work comes across as organic, serene, and tranquil.
Although Ruth began her interest in art with photography, her journey has led her to the art of encaustic. Encaustic is an ancient medium, now coming into its own in the modern era. As the earliest painting method it was practiced by Greek and Egyptian artists thousands of years ago. Encaustic means to burn in. The paint consists of all natural materials; beeswax, pigment and Darmar tree resin. The paint is melted and applied in its molten form. Ruth's paintings are created with many layers of wax, as many as 40 layers, painted with a brush, fusing with a torch after each layer is applied.
Like many artists who work in encaustic, Ruth is intrigued by the physical process itself. The process infuses the physical act of painting with the naturalness of the materials. The painting involves all of her senses; the scent of beeswax melting, the sound of the torch hissing, the physical touch and tactile feel of the wax. Ruth finds the work cathartic and looses herself completely in the physical process of the work.
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As a full time studio artist, when I am working with encaustic, I become completely involved in the process. My hope is that my love for the process transcends into the art itself. That the Zen like feeling of the actual painting comes through in the art and speaks to the viewer of my work as serene, tranquil and introspective.
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Paula Roland - Assist teach with Paula for last 4 years Santa Fe, New Mexico 7 Day Comprehensive Workshops Beginning - Advanced R&F Encaustic Paint Class, 4 Day, San Francisco, CA Larry Vogel Photography Master Classes in Encaustic Joanne Mattera Sonoma, CA Tuscan, AZ Paula Roland Abiqique & Santa Fe, New Mexico Jeff Schaler Sonoma, CA Lucinda Tucson, Arizona Miles Conrad Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucsan, Arizona Tracy Spadadora Boston, MA Teaches R&F Paints, NY Sandi Miot Boston, MA International Encaustic Retreat, Carmel Valley Annual International Encaustic Conference, Boston.
- 2010 Work included in: "Encaustic Art, The Complete Guide to Creating Art With Wax Lissa Ranklin
- 2010 Book: "Secret Gardens of Laguna Beach" One of five photographers
- 2006 City of San Clement Cover Financial Report
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- 2006 Irvine Art Center Honorable Mention All Media Show (Regional)
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Bungie had tough choice between Reach and Halo 4
Bungie's community director, Brian Jarrard, has been talking about their fond farewell to the Halo series.
Jarrard revealed that they had thought about doing Halo 4 as their final hurrah but doing another sequel carried too much baggage with it.
He said: "Even before the idea to build a game based around Reach came about, a lot of other concepts were explored, up to and including a proper 'Halo 4,' where Master Chief was going to wake up from cryo-sleep and we were going to tell that story."
On the Halo 4 concepts Jarrard added: "It just wasn't as interesting to the team to just pick up where that left off and all the baggage that came with it."
In the end the idea of Reach was the most appealing.
Jarrard continues: "I think it was a little bit liberating. Hearing the guys talk about working through the trilogy and the obligation of keeping the themes moving forward and tying them up systematically. And 'ODST' was also kinda nice 'cause they could do something different, something separate, and it's totally self-contained. I definitely think that, for 'Reach,' a lot of the same attitude carried over. We don't want to open up a whole bunch of doors that we're not going to close. By the end of this, it's all going to come to a nice, neat finish, and if people want to then go play the Halo trilogy, I think they'll have a better understanding of what's going on, but it's not required at all."
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Carlton: Once again, Nebraska enters Big 12 championship game with issues on offense
LINCOLN, Neb. Once again, Nebraska comes to Cowboys Stadium as one-half of a potentially great team.
All-American Prince Amukamara and his fellow defensive backs are decimating offenses as effectively in a different way as force-of-nature Ndamukong Suh did last season. But the offense, hobbled by injuries, remains the biggest uncertainty for Huskers fans Saturday.
Among Big 12 offensive coordinators, only Texas' Greg Davis may draw more flak than Nebraska's Shawn Watson, who has called plays in six Big 12 title games. He must generate an offense without leading receiver Niles Paul (foot) and maybe without freshman starting quarterback Taylor Martinez, who is battling an ankle injury as well as turf toe, adding to the uncertainty.
Maybe that's an example of why Watson makes a point of never second-guessing a fellow offensive coordinator, even watching TV.
"You just don't," Watson said. "There are things that happen that you don't know. There are a lot of things going on behind the scenes that you don't know. The objective is to manage wins and what it takes to win."
Last season, quarterback Zac Lee battled a flexor tendon injury in his throwing arm, and Nebraska's entire title-game scoring was generated by kicker Alex Henery in a 13-12 loss to Texas. It was one of three Nebraska losses by a total of four points and kept the team from reaching the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
This year, Nebraska has been impressive when Martinez has been healthy, scoring 56 on Washington, 48 on Kansas State and 51 on Oklahoma State.
Now Martinez is limited in doing what he does best, which is keeping the ball and using his natural running skills to make plays on the edge. He ran for 974 yards (7.3 average) despite missing the Colorado game.
Martinez was one reason Nebraska has rushed the ball 550 times and thrown it just 233. His foot was in a walking boot as late as Monday.
"I thought at times we were hitting on all cylinders. I thought at times we weren't," coach Bo Pelini said.
"A lot of that has to do with injuries, but injuries are part of the game. I have a lot of confidence in Wats and the offensive staff. I think they've done a good job."
The Cornhuskers might not know the starting quarterback until just before kickoff, adding to the task.
"What time does the game start Saturday?" Pelini said when asked about a timetable.
Watson said his main criterion for Martinez in practice this week is that "he needs to be able to run our offense."
If Martinez can't play, then Nebraska will turn to Cody Green, a sophomore from Dayton, Texas. Green completed 10 of 13 passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns.
"Our whole mindset is to basically practice like you're a starter," Green said. "Doing that, it really molds us into believing that at any point in time, we can start."
Or maybe Nebraska can use Plano product Rex Burkhead in the resurrected Wildcat formation.
Regardless of where it comes from, the Cornhuskers must generate offense or run the risk of wondering what-if again after the Big 12 title game.
Rushing revival
After a hiatus for parts of five seasons, the running game is back in the Nebraska offense in a big way. Here are key Cornhuskers rushing stats since 2005:
Year Ypg* Season leader 2005 96.0 Cory Ross, 882 2006 170.5 B.Jackson, 989 2007 144.4 Marlon Lucky, 1,019 2008 169.8 Roy Helu Jr., 803 2009 147.1 Roy Helu Jr., 1,147 2010 269.2 Roy Helu Jr., 1,120 * Team yards per game


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Parents: Talk to your kids about the risks of illicit substances
February 17, 2014
Peer pressure weighs heavily on adolescents who may have the impression that "everybody does it." Everybody DOESN'T, but unless they become informed, enlightened they aren't going to know this....
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Groupe Bel is back in France
Kito de Pavant's monohull arrived in the Forêt-Fouesnant (Finistère) port on Tuesday, February 19, coming from Cascais, Portugal, where she had been moored since hitting a fishing boat in November. The mast and keel will be taken to Brittany by truck while two crew members, Hervé Giorsetti et Sylvain Raimbault, sailed the engine-driven hull home.
Groupe Bel was taken out of the water the next day and is now under renovation in the CDK shipyard, where experts have been manufacturing spare parts for weeks so a 2-metre piece of deck and hull can eventually be added to the monohull.
The boat should be back at sea in the end of April, first in the Atlantic Ocean and then in the Mediterranean before competing in the Normandy Sailing Week in Deauville in June, the Med Race and the Générali Solo in September.
As for Kito de Pavant, he has already launched a new « Made in Midi » project, which he presented to potential new partners in Montpellier on February 21.


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1997 Amateur Draft
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Brothers J.D. Drew (Philadelphia Phillies) and Tim Drew (Cleveland Indians) were both drafted in the 1st Round. It was the first time a pair of brothers had gone in the 1st round of the same draft.
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A combination of two devices could save the lives of thousands of cardiac arrest patients each year if implemented nationwide, suggests clinical trial results published in Wednesday's online edition of The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals.
The study shows that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed using the combination of two new CPR devices, the ResQPump® and ResQPOD®, gave patients who suffer out of hospital cardiac arrest a 53 percent better chance of survival, as compared with standard CPR.
Dr. Robert Domeier, EMS medical director for the Washtenaw / Livingston Medical Control Authority and emergency physician at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor was the lead investigator for this study locally. He worked with researchers at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, Huron Valley Ambulance, Livingston County EMS, 27 fire-based EMS agencies, and other local hospitals; along with six other study sites in the United States to conduct the study.
"We're very excited that survival rates in this area improved dramatically as a result of the study. It's a testament not only to the value of the devices but to the dedication of our systems' EMS providers," said Domeier. "The goal of resuscitation during cardiac arrest is long-term survival with preservation of brain function. Previously we have focused on bystander CPR and defibrillation. This new, effective intervention is potentially the most significant advancement in the treatment of cardiac arrest since defibrillation."
Conducted between 2005 and July 2010, the trial compared survival rates of a control group of 813 cardiac arrest patients receiving standard CPR to an intervention group of 840 patients receiving Compression/Decompression CPR (ACD CPR), performed using the ResQPump and the ResQPOD. The study reported a 53 percent improvement in survival-to-hospital-discharge rate with good neurologic function. Overall survival improved from 5.8 percent to 8.9 percent.
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What is the success rate of recovery in AA? That depends entirely on who you ask, and on exactly what you are measuring.
For example, there is documentation that proves "early AA" had a success rate of about 75 percent.
On the other hand, there are some people who claim that AA actually has a negative rate of recovery, and that people actually relapse in AA who might have recovered "spontaneously" through spontaneous remission of the disease.
Finally, there are a large number of estimates out there that put the success rate of recovery at around 3 to 5 percent.
But it is indeed a tricky thing to measure. For one, what exactly are we measuring? Complete abstinence for life? Alcoholics who successfully make it to one year sober? What exactly determines "success" when we are talking about success rates? This is the first half of the measuring problem.
The other half of the problem is that it is very difficult to obtain truly accurate results across a large sample. There are a number of reasons for this, not the least of which is the anonymity that the program is based on. Add that to the shame and guilt associated with relapse, and you have the potential to seriously overestimate the success rate based on an anonymous survey.
What does AA themselves have to say? Here is a piece of an actual memo from the Alcoholics Anonymous GSO (General Services Office), based on an analysis of a survey period that ran for 12 years:
"After just one month in the Fellowship, 81% of the new members have already dropped out. After three months, 90% have left, and 95% have discontinued attendance inside one year." (Kolenda, 2003, Golden Text Publishing Company).
Of course, this doesn't really tell the whole story, as many people will leave after AA after being first introduced to it, and then later return once they have truly been beaten by their alcoholism. Most people who are a success story in AA tell of how they struggled–sometimes for years–going in and out of AA before they finally "got it."
On both sides of this issue, people are very passionate
If you follow the 2 links at the beginning of this article, you'll see that one is definitely pro-AA, and the other is vehemently anti-AA. One is claiming up to a 95% success rate, while the other is claiming AA is actually detrimental and has a negative success rate (lower than spontaneous remission). And you'll also notice that both people are very passionate and firm believers in the stance they are taking. Why such a discrepancy here?
I believe the reason is that AA is effective for some, but it is clearly not for everyone. It is not a one-size-fits-all program. There are plenty of people who have achieved success and meaningful sobriety in AA. There are also those who have honestly gave it there best shot, only to eventually relapse and die. This is unfortunate, and it begs the question: "What are the alternatives?"
Unfortunately, there aren't a whole lot. Yes, there are a few out there, but they are spread few and far between, and there are many disadvantages with all of them. While many of the alternatives to AA claim to have superior success rates, their method of measurement suffers from the same flaws as AA, and their is very little widespread support in these programs.
If you are on the fence about going to AA, here is what I suggest you do: Ignore the success rates you hear about and give it a chance. Do this knowing that AA is the single biggest support system of recovery in the world. The program may not be perfect, but it's the best our planet has. The alternatives might talk a big game, but they don't have meetings in every city in the world. AA does. You can find support just about anywhere. And it's technically free to boot.
Here's another suggestion: find someone in AA who has multiple years of sobriety and ask them what the success rate is for AA. They will likely tell you that they don't care. It works for them.
Action items – What does all this mean for you?
1) Give AA a chance, because the meetings are everywhere and therefore the level of support is mind-boggling.
2) Don't get stuck in thinking there is only one path to recovery – that is NOT TRUE. There are many paths.
3) Stay open. Regardless of what you choose, implement the spiritual principles into your life. Practice gratitude.


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By Deal W. Hudson
My recent articles on the problems at the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, for example, "Is It Time for a Catholic Tea Party" elicited some strong words about me from four different "Catholic" journalists in the last two weeks. Some used words stronger than others, but what they all had in common was a complete avoidance of the arguments and evidence about the problems at CCHD.
Three of the four dismissed my arguments on the grounds I am a Republican — how silly! If arguments could be dismissed on those grounds, only bona fide independents could be trusted.
I ask for your prayers as we at Catholic Advocate, and others, push ahead with the effort to keep Catholic money from being spent on organizations who support or advocate abortion or same-sex marriage. Please take a moment to sign the petition to Reform CCHD NOW!


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God does not cease to be Himself to reveal another part of himself. The Bible reveals God as loving, compassionate and merciful. God also is revealed as a judge.
For many years men and women of God brought strong warning that a judgment day was coming when all peoples of all nations would stand before God and give an account of their lives. God has tried to prepare people for that coming judgment.
First, He has given us a conscience. "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord," Proverbs tells us. The danger of not listening to your conscience is that it becomes "seared," past feeling. Not listening to your conscience is like traveling at night without your headlights.
Second, God sent his word to heal and deliver and enlighten us. Then God came Himself in human form. They called him Immanuel, God with us. He also was called Jesus, who would save His people from their sin. For those who would receive and obey Him, He gave the power to become sons and daughters of God and escape the great wrath to come. Jesus then commissioned disciples to carry the message of hope and to continue to warn people to flee the wrath to come. In one of his many warnings, the Apostle Paul writes, "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor coveters, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists will inherit the kingdom of God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).
There are many who get upset and angry and vehemently disagree with the Bible's teaching. But that will not alter the fact that all will stand before God and give an account and be judged according to God's Word. Jesus said, "He who rejects Me, and does not receive my Word, has that which judges him; the Word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day" (John 12:48).
There are some that get all bent out of shape, upset and angry against the teaching of the Bible. Yet I would pose this question: What if the Bible is right and there is a lake of fire and an eternal punishment? Even if there were one in a million chances that the Bible is true, would it not be just common sense to search it out? Ask God if He is real to reveal Himself to you. Listen to his promise: "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13).
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Established in 2007, Mooroolbark Dojo is the latest addition to the Wado Ryu of Japan, Australia Dojo list. Mooroolbark Dojo has gone from strength to strength since it began, with many of the students competing, placing and winning AKF (Australian Karate Federation) approved tournaments and in 2008 Mooroolbark Dojo became Wado Ryu Victorian Champions, the first team to beat the year-long competition's previous Champions in 12 years. And they have not lost one since!
Mooroolbark Dojo caters for students of all ages and abilities. With junior classes to work on basic, traditional techniques as well as competition training the well rounded approach encourages children to develop their motor skills as well as their attitudes, behaviours and social skills.
Adult classes, like the junior classes allow for beginners through to advanced students. Again with the focus on the traditional style of Wado Ryu students not only gain the positive physical aspects such as fitness, flexibility and weight loss but also learn the mental and spiritual qualities of determination, self discipline and will power.


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A Voyage Round my Father at the Freud Museum | Visual arts reviews, news & interviews
A Voyage Round my Father at the Freud Museum
The DreamWork exhibition builds a bridge between a daughter and the early life of her obsessive-compulsive father
What would Sigmund Freud say to newcomers infiltrating his priceless collection of Greek, Chinese and Egyptian antiquities? His study on the ground floor of 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, where Freud and his family lived after fleeing the Nazis in 1938 (he loved the house, saying it was "incomparably better" than his flat in Vienna, but only lived in it for a year before he died in 1939) has always been filled with his Egyptian gods and goddesses, bodhisattvas and buddhas, Eros figures, mummy masks and Greek vases. He was "like a curator in a museum", said the American poet Hilda Doolittle, one of his patients. He used these "old and grubby gods", as he called them, as a source of inspiration in his work, and said that a psychoanalyst, like an archaeologist, "must uncover layer upon layer of the patient's psyche before coming to the deepest and most valuable treasures".
Christie Brown, a professor of ceramics who has spent several years in analysis herself, was inspired by this analogy. Her DreamWork figures have joined the grubby gods at the Freud museum. Seven small turquoise ceramic teddy bears, looking Egyptian in colour and shape, as well as a white porcelain doll in risqué black satin lying brazenly on his famous Iranian-rug-covered couch (pictured below), are in residence in Freud's ground-floor study. On the landing, on a desk in front of shelves filled with Anna Freud's books, are more of Brown's objects – heads, torsos, feet, dolls, more teddies, and a sphinx-like figure.
Upstairs in the Anna Freud room – she lived and worked in the house till her death in 1982 - are groups of small figures of children cast from wax ex-votos. Next to the video room is an extraordinary exhibit called Sleepover. It's a surreal experience, listening to Anna Freud's high-pitched voiceover in Home Movies, a documentary about Freud and his family in the 1930s – lots of weddings and family gatherings - while looking at this crowd of pale alien ceramic beings, some with animal heads, others more or less human, some with pronounced mouths and genitals, some veiled, all with black, haughty eyes that follow you. It's nightmarish, and the longer I look, the more hostile they seem. "An uncanny narrative has been interrupted which may resume at any time," says Christie Brown about Sleepover.
It's even more uncanny for me because my father must have come to this house countless times, probably starting in the 1940s and continuing through the 1950s and 1960s, during his analysis with Anna Freud. She was his last analyst – others I know of were Ernest Jones and Karen Horney. He never talked about any of them with me (he died in 1980), though my mother took me to Anna Freud's children's clinic once, not for analysis but to donate my old tricycle.
I look at the Sleepover figures with their angry black eyes and think about what Jones, Freud's colleague and biographer, said in a letter to Freud in December 1930. My father was 29 at the time and he was, wrote Jones, "one of the most difficult cases I have ever had to handle. It is a case of obsessional neurosis [now called obsessive compulsive disorder], with a basis of melancholia, but the main analysis has been a characterological one. He has throughout shown the most implacable hostility I have ever known and this has been coupled with the typical negative therapeutic reaction to progress." My father was hoping that Jones could arrange a meeting in Vienna between him and Freud, and Jones did write a letter of introduction, but Freud was "turning away all visitors" at the time and told Jones that my father's bad behaviour should not make him an exception, and that he probably was just looking for "fresh material for difficulties with his analysis".
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5 Lipsmackingly Good Lemonade Recipes
How to make lemonade: Refreshing and lip-smackingly delicious recipes!(5 Photos)
Lavender Honey Lemonade
Getting fresh honey, lavender and lemons at the farmer's market is best. Use a mild honey such as wildflower or clover. If Meyer lemons are available in your area, try using them in this recipe; they have a sweetness that regular lemons don't have.
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Nantucket Lemonade
This punch gets its name from a concoction the author whipped up for a dockside get-together on the island several summers ago. The ginger ale balances the tart lemon and lime citrus tones, while the cranberry juice adds sweetness and vivid, festive color. After all, if you're going to name a drink after one of the cranberry capitals of the world, the juice should star.
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Strawberry Limeade
Lemonade is a summer classic. This recipe offers a refreshing twist!
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Homemade Lemonade
It's refreshing on a hot day and packed with vitamin C!
Get the recipe here!Recipe courtesy of "The Toddler Cookbook" by Annabel Karmel, copyright 2008. Used by permission of Dorling Kindersley Children. All rights reserved.
Watermelon Limeade
Wow! This flavor-packed limeade is a real thirst quencher during the dog days of summer, when watermelon is at its best. Should a festive occasion arise, it also makes a wonderful margarita mixer when paired with premium white tequila.
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- UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY UK
Julia Shaw
- BA, MPhil, PhD
- Lecturer in South Asian Archaeology
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- Course Co-ordinator: ARCL3035 Archaeology of Early South Asia
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCL3040 Archaeology and Art of Early Historic Asia
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCLG276 Cities, States and Religions in Ancient India
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCLG277 Archaeology of Buddhism
- Contributor to Degree Programme: MA Archaeology and Heritage of Asia
- Member of Editorial Board, World Archaeology (Routledge Journal)
- Member of Editorial Board, South Asian Studies (Taylor and Francis Journal)
- Member of Editorial Board, Studies in Asian Art and Culture Series (University of Bonn/EB-Verlag Berlin)
- Member of Editorial Team, Archaeology and Religion Series (Routledge India)
- Member of Editorial Board, Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Space and Place
- Member, UCL Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World
- Non Stipendiary Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
Research Interests
- Archaeology of South Asia
- Early Indian religions
- Archaeology of Religion and Ritual
- Archaeology and Environmental Humanities
- Archaeology and environmental ethics
- Religion, Nature and Ecology
- Environmental and climatic change
- Urbanisation and state formation
- Water management and irrigation
- Archaeology of natural places
- Archaeologies of well-being
- Sectarianism, politics and archaeology
- Landscape and survey archaeology
- Geographical Information Systems
- Satellite remote-sensing
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- Buddhist monasteries and monasticism in ancient India
- Environmental Ethics in Ancient India
- Landscape, Water and Religion in Ancient India
- Ramtek Survey
- Sanchi Survey Project
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- British Academy Mid-Career Fellow 2014-15: Archaeologies of Environmental Ethics in Ancient India
- Sanchi Survey Project: Multi-phase survey project around Sanchi, a major Buddhist hilltop complex in Madhya Pradesh. A recently declared UNESCO World Heritage site, it is one of India's best preserved and most studied Buddhist sites with a continuous constructional sequence from c. 3rd century BCE to 12th century CE. The project, initiated in 1998, has sought to relate Sanchi to other aspects of the archaeological landscape including settlements (particularly the ancient city of Vidisha), ritual centres, rock-shelters, and aspects of land-use and water-management. The principal research question is 'how did the spread of Buddhism from its cradle in the Gangetic valley relate to other key processes such as urbanisation, state-formation and innovations in agriculture during the late centuries BCE'? The initial phase of exploration over an area of approximately 750 sq km, took place between 1998-2001, resulting in the systematic recording of about 35 Buddhist sites, 145 settlements, 17 irrigation works and numerous sculpture fragments. In subsequent years, the survey has been developed in several ways including the application of intensive site-mapping, satellite remote-sensing, and the collection of dam and reservoir sediments for geological dating and palaeo-ecological analysis. Endorsed by the British Association for South Asian Studies.
- Sanchi Dams Project: Focuses on a group of ancient irrigation works in central India, documented during the Sanchi Survey Project described above. Using a range of methods including satellite remote-sensing, geological dating of buried dam and reservoir deposits, the study of surface remains, local present-day hydrology, and ancient pollen sequences, the project has been aimed at building a model for understanding dam chronology and function, associated crop usage, and the relationship between innovations in irrigation technology and the history of Buddhism, urbanisation and state-formation in central India.
Current and Previous Collaborations
- Atman and psyche: cosmology and the self in ancient India and ancient Greece. Richard Fynes (De Montford) and Richard Seaford (Exeter).
- Seshat-Global History Databank. Harvey Whitehouse (Oxford), Pieter Francois (Oxford), Peter Turchin (UConn), and Edward Slingerland (UBC).
- Exultation and fear: the interactive dynamics of culture and ecology in changing human responses to large carnivores (project development stage). Aleks Pluskowski, Reading.
- Relics and Relic Worship in the Early Buddhism of India and Burma (from 2003). Janice Stargardt (Cambridge)
- Vidisha Research Group (2000-2007). Michael Willis (British Museum)
Previous posts and educational background
- 2002-5. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford ; Junior Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford University.
- 2002. Visiting Research Fellow and Lecturer, Archaeology Center and Center of Buddhist Studies, Stanford University, California.
- 1998-2001. PhD in Archaeology, University of Cambridge. Thesis title: The Sacred Geography of Sanchi hill: the archaeological setting of Buddhist monasteries in Central India .
- 1996-7. Mphil in World Archaeology, University of Cambridge. Dissertation title: India's Sacred Landscape: the elements of archaeological continuity, ritual contestation, and the invention of antiquity at Ayodhya, north India.
- 1990-1993. BA in Hindi and Religious Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Dissertation title: The Tree and the Axial pillar in Indian Mythology, Art, and Architecture.
Research Publications
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First Supervisor
- Alessandro Ceccarelli From Harappa to Aryavarta: the Painted Grey Ware and the link between the Late Harappan and Proto-Historic cultures in North-Western India (Second Supervisor: Patrick Quinn)
Second Supervisor
- Raminder Kaur Cultural and environmental variation in Neolithic of South Asia: A comparative perspective on the archaeobotany of the Southern Neolithic (principal supervisor Dorian Fuller)
- Ellie Kingwell Banham Early rice agricultural systems in India (principal supervisor Dorian Fuller)


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Hour 3 started with a modern rager from Exodus, into Caught In A Mosh, our most brutal 15 minutes of the night! We kicked off CIAM tonight with Kataklysm, into Wormrot, Abominable Putridity, Cattle Decapitation, Graf Orlock and lastly the mighty Nasum. To give your ears a break, we debuted brand new Katatonia with a song called Dead Letters from their forthcoming record titled Dead End Kings. Ryan The Bearded Intern took us back into the Metal Shop Lounge for a "stab" at Brutal Poetry with an entry by Devourment - Choking On Bile! We gave out tickets to see Lamb Of God (Free Randy!), Gojira and Dethklok this hour and payed homage to Randy with some LOG and Gojira requests. Also, it never hurts to hear local forefathers Forced Entry!


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Bridgeton City Council considered a $3,000 boost on Tuesday night to their council member and mayor salaries. What's more, the raises would not go into effect until the current administration is out of office.
If it withstands a veto by Mayor Albert Kelly, council will be bumped up by $3,000 to $10,000; council president will go up $3,000 to $10,500; and the mayor will make $13,000 instead of $10,000.div>
"I don't want it,'' said Kelly, before the regular meeting.
Councilman Bill Spence pointed out that surrounding municipalities are "being paid about the same as what we're proposing.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Should teacher pay be tied to performance? Grand Rapids Press readers say are concerned lawmakers are moving too quickly and should wait until a panel of experts creating evaluations is finished with its work.
Readers writing letters to the editor also opine on a plan to raise Mayor Heartwell's pay, political polls, trickle-down economics and other topics.
Teacher evaluations shouldn't be based on student performance
According to the article "Lawmakers debate teacher performance" the House Education Committee is working on a bill that would make teacher job performance the primary and driving factor in determining pay.
There is currently a committee, the Michigan Council for Educator Effectiveness, working on coming up with a framework to grade teachers and assess student growth, and its recommendations are expected next month. One of its members made the comment that it would not be good to pass a bill regarding this subject until all the research was made available.
Rep. Pete Lund (R) and Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R) want to vote on a bill making student performance on standardized tests the driving force behind pay for teachers before the recommendations are made public and before the legislature takes its summer break, scheduled for July.
Why pass a bill before the recommendations are made public? Could it be that they have already made up their minds and intend to ignore the recommendations, regardless of what they may be?
If it is so important to enact a bill, perhaps they legislature should stay in session and forego their summer break, so that they may take advantage of the committee's findings and make an informed decision. Maybe that way, they might even earn their salary, which makes them among the highest paid in the United States.
RELATED: Teacher evaluation methods using student exams to be tested in 14 Michigan districts
Save the camp and preserve the dunes
We are writing this letter to address the issue of the sale of the Saugatuck Camp on the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan to a developer who is planning to develop the property into 12 single-family homes. This unique property has been home to this camp for 100 years. Closing the camp would deprive thousands of children and families the opportunity to attend camp in a beautiful setting where they can enjoy nature and truly enjoy the beauty and serenity of God's handiwork.
Our family has personally experienced this camp when we rented a section of it for a family reunion. Also, our children have attended this wonderful camp for many summers. It is a sad day when permission is given to let something so rare and unique and appreciated by so many be sold to be used by so few.
Saugatuck is such a fun place to visit. This camp attracts thousands of people into the Saugatuck community where they enjoy not only the camp itself, but Oval Beach, Mount Baldhead, and ferry rides into the town where they shop, eat and support the local economy. Certainly closing this camp would have an effect on Saugatuck's tourism industry!
Finally, do you really want to change these pristine dunes by building roads and homes? Once this zoning regulation is changed and this major development is done, you can't take it back. We urge you to preserve this rare and unique property!
Trickle down economics does work
As a teenager working part-time at Steelcase, I can still recall times when I would complain about something about the company. When my Dad heard my complaint his response to me was "what did you bring to the company to put it in business?"
That response really struck me in that here I was a young adult male working for a company that had been in business for a considerable period of time and yet I was complaining about something that I had no control over.
That's not to say that "management" should mistreat employees but all too often young people getting into the workforce come with the opinion of themselves that says "here I am, where's my vice president position."
I can't help but thinking how it is true that the "trickle down" theory does in fact work. Most companies wouldn't be in business if it weren't for the "up front" funding that they receive from individuals or funding firms that give them the money to start the business. That's been the way for many businesses.
DAN DeVRIES
Jamestown Township
Who, exactly is being polled?
Polls indicate, numbers show, survey finds...
Just ask good solid citizens personally and, most will say they have never been asked to participate in any of these supposedly studies.
Questions arise of who, then, are all these people being surveyed when polls or surveys are taken?
Could it be that those who do get polled have no facts before them on issues being asked pertaining to a poll?
Could some just give any answer to give one?
When random telephone calls are made to poll on a subject, Who is it on the other end of a telephone? Who is the caller really polling?
Is it someone from the entitlement generation? Could it be someone underage? Could it be someone participating with no morals?
Why are the names of those polled not being published? Where did it come to the point that what anyone believes, it is all right?
Compromising one's convictions based on poll or survey information designed to influence, could be a reason our country is in the shape it is today.
Survey or poll the right group and get any result you want to get!
Grand Rapids
Wyoming schools are in desperate need of help
I infer that the general public of the Wyoming Public Schools district does not want their tax dollars going toward maintaining and building their public schools, even though the school district is already in desperate need of revenue.
I thought the quotes chosen from Thomas Reeder and Paul Huizenga were great as a red flag to raise awareness toward the problems that voting this bond issue down will cause in the near future.
It's a shame to see the people of a district fail its public school system like that. It appears to me that you personally took the initiative as a reporter to raise awareness about the problem, and hopefully change the hearts and minds of Wyoming's citizens. For that I applaud you.
As I learn more in my government class about how a democracy works, the more I realize that the media and the press have the biggest influence on the outcome of elections. Hopefully your article has an effect on the people's choices during the next bond proposal election in Wyoming.
Women should schedule check-ups as health care changes
If you are a woman it's time to ask yourself: are you due for a breast cancer screening or Pap test? On the heels of Mother's Day, this is National Women's Health Week (May 12-18), the perfect time to schedule your recommended preventive checkups to help keep you healthy – not only for yourself but for your family and other loved ones.
At Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan, we know firsthand the importance of regular checkups in protecting women's health and preventing serious health issues. Regular screenings can rule out or detect life-threatening diseases such as breast and cervical cancers and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, and others which can cause infertility.
Not everyone is aware that under the Affordable Care Act, women's preventive health care like cancer screenings, STI testing, and birth control will be covered without co-pays. Some women with insurance are already receiving these benefits, and more women will soon, as the ACA kicks in across more health plans. Rest assured, Planned Parenthood is here to provide you with the care you need, no matter what. And that includes your ability to pay.
You can visit ppwnm.org to find the Planned Parenthood health center nearest you and schedule a well-woman exam. For more information on ACA benefits and eligibility for coverage, visit healthcare.gov. A trusted health care provider to one in five women, Planned Parenthood hopes every woman will take this week as an opportunity to make herself as healthy as possible.
JANET ISABELL, senior clinician
Planned Parenthood of West & Northern Michigan/Grand Rapids
Think twice about the mayor's pay
Whether Mayor George Heartwell deserves a pay increase is a secondary question. Affordability is primary.
Any increase causes an immediate financial liability. This liability is extended if the Mayor goes on pension. Then the City of Grand Rapids' contribution to the pension fund would increase carrying forward for the life of the individual.
The City's coffers are low, so by how much should we mortgage the future?
Grand Rapids
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Snoqualmie Fire Dept.
Wednesday, Aug. 5
Chest pain: At 1:12 p.m., Snoqualmie emergency medical technicans (EMTs) and Bellevue paramedics responded to Southeast Ridge Street for a 57-year-old man that was experiencing chest pain. Upon evaluation, the patient was transported to Overlake Medical Center by private ambulance.
Tuesday, Aug. 4
Smoke detector: At 4:09 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters were called Southeast Burke Street for an activated smoke detector. The alarm was found to be false and the system was reset.
Monday, Aug. 3
Bee sting: At 1:46 p.m., Snoqualmie EMTs responded to Railroad Avenue Southeast for a 38-year-old woman who was stung by a bee. She was evaluated and left at the scene.
Seizure: At 6:26 p.m., Snoqualmie EMTs responded with Bellevue paramedics to Cascade Avenue Southeast for a 12-year-old man having a seizure. She was evaluated and left at the scene.
Sunday, Aug. 2
Fire alarm: At 9 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at the Key Bank building.
Saturday, Aug. 1
Medical call: At 6:07 p.m., Snoqualmie EMTs and Bellevue paramedics responded to the Snoqualmie Casino for a medical call. One patient was treated and then transported to Snoqualmie Valley Medical by a private ambulance.
Patient assist: At 7:50 p.m., Snoqualmie EMTs were dispatched to the Snoqualmie Ridge area for a patient assist.
Fire alarm: At 10:01 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to Mike's Cascade Grill for an automatic fire alarm. After investigation, it was determined that it was a false alarm and the system was reset.
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Faintness: At 10:49 a.m., Fall City Fire Department, Eastside Fire and Rescue, and Bellevue paramedics responded to the 12300 block of Upper Preston Road Southeast for an 89-year-old man with a decreased level of consciousness. The patient was treated and transported to a local hospital by Eastside Fire and Rescue.
Illegal burn: At 6:13 p.m., Fall City Fire Department responded to the 5500 block of Preston Fall City Road for reports of an illegal burn. On arrival, firefighters found a 400-square-foot brush fire, and were able to quickly extinguish the fire. A cutting torch was found to be the accidental cause of the fire.
Brush fire: At 6:35 p.m., Fall City firefighters responded to the 5200 block of 333rd Avenue Southeast for reports of an illegal burn. On arrival, firefighters found a small brush fire. The fire was quickly extinguished and contained.
Saturday, Aug. 1
Bike accident: At 9:46 a.m., EMTs responded to the 2400 block of 292nd Avenue Southeast for a 50-year-old who suffered a bicycle accident. One patient was treated and transported to a local hospital by Fall City Fire Department.
Breathing problem: At 3:45 p.m., EMTs evaluated an 88-year-old patient who came to the station complaining of shortness of breath. The patient was evaluated and refused further treatment or transportation to a hospital. At 4:05 p.m., the patient returned to the station and was transported to a local hospital by Fall City crew members.
Friday, July 31
Fallen lines: At 10:26 a.m., Fall City firefighters responded to the 32900 block of Southeast 43rd Street for power lines into a tree. Upon arrival Firefighters found a power pole that's broken at the base, and leaning into trees. The power lines in the trees were arching, and causing smoke. Firefighters secured the area until Puget Sound Energy could safely turn off the power.
Thursday, July 30
Breathing problem: At 10:42 a.m., Fall City EMTs evaluated an 88-year-old patient who came to the station complaining of shortness of breath. The patient was treated and transported to a local hospital by private ambulance.
Pains: At 8:26 p.m., EMTs responded to the 34100 block of Southeast 43rd Street for a 45-year-old patient complaining of abdominal pain. The patient was treated and transported to a local hospital by private ambulance.
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What takes 1,100 plastic cups, 20 people, 2,200 mangrove seedlings, 5 hours, 2 ladders, and 4 trays of refreshments? Updating the Museum's Mangrove Wall!
Anyone who has come to the Museum in the last several years has seen the immense wall outside by our Wildlife Center, which has 1,100 plastic cups lining the length and height of the wall. In each one of those cups is a little mangrove seedling (or propagule) sitting in water. The entire wall looks like a piece of environmental "eco-art," and that is in fact what it is, in part. Called The Reclamation Project, it is the brainchild of local artist Xavier Cortada, whose participatory eco-art projects engage local residents to imagine what Miami looked like before the concrete was poured. But this is a science museum, and this exhibit has a much larger purpose. It is a part of the Museum's environmental volunteer-based restoration project, called MUVE (Museum Volunteers for the Environment). Each year new propagules are displayed in these cups, and each May, they are replanted in a native mangrove habitat, thereby restoring that habitat to its natural state. This year several schools will also have eco-art installations, and they will also join us in May to replant their own propagules!
Over the past 6 years, we have planted approximately 6,600 propagules, effectively reclaiming 4.5 acres for nature. This week, 20 Museum staff and Upward Bound students spent an afternoon putting brand new propagules into the cups. That means taking down a plastic cup, emptying the water, taking out the mangrove propagule, putting a new cup back up, filling it with water, and putting a new propagule in. But now do that 1,100 times (that's why the refreshments are important).
Come see the new baby mangroves! And we also want YOUR help in replanting them next year! Learn more about MUVE and how you can help restore your beautiful south Florida environment.