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NPG of Oregon Inc., a cluster of television stations that broadcasts live news on the NBC and FOX affiliates in Bend, Oregon is accepting applications for News Producer. This position will be responsible for producing our top rated newscasts. We are looking for a Journalist with the ability to be pro-active in connecting with the people in this community and to enterprise stories that aren't just on the wires or in news releases.
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Gov. Bill Ritter praised the University of Colorado at Boulder for being awarded $2.4 million in Recovery Act funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a smart grid workforce training program. The funds will help CU-Boulder to build an engineering graduate program focused on smart grid technologies.
"CU-Boulder will help to train the workforce of Colorado's New Energy Economy in smart grid applications and technologies," said Gov. Ritter. "We know that our future generations will use and create energy differently than we do and smart grid technologies will be critical to how we manage our energy consumption. Congratulations to CU-Boulder for receiving these funds and moving Colorado forward."
CU-Boulder will use these funds to build a sustainable graduate engineering program with a focus on networking, wireless communications, and cyber security within electric power systems. The academic program is designed for students seeking a full Master of Science degree or a shorter certificate and can be flexibly completed on-campus or from anywhere online.
The joint program will be offered by the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program and the department of electrical, computer and energy engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. It is expected to begin in the fall.
"New technologies for distributed generation, communications and control, facilities automation, renewable energy sources and operations management are all changing the workforce requirements for the industry," said ITP Director Timothy Brown. "There are exciting opportunities for a new generation of leaders who understand networking, wireless communication and security in the context of the energy industry."
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced award selections for nearly $100 million for 54 smart grid workforce training programs that will help prepare the next generation of workers in the utility and electrical manufacturing industries. These projects will leverage more than $95 million in funding from community colleges, universities, utilities and manufacturers to develop and implement training programs. The selectees estimate that the programs will train approximately 30,000 Americans. These workers will help to modernize the nation's electrical grid and implement smart grid technologies in communities across the country.
At least $6.7 billion in Recovery Act funds is expected to come to Colorado through more than 100 different programs. For more information about the Recovery Act in Colorado, visitwww.colorado.gov/recovery . Visit the U.S. Department of Energy for full details on the announcement.


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Hunters begin boycott over Colorado gun laws
Associated Press – 2 hours 12 minutes ago
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Hunters across the country say they are boycotting Colorado because of recent legislation meant to curtail gun violence.
Colorado last week became the first Western state to ratchet back gun rights in response to mass shootings at a suburban Denver movie theater and an elementary school in Connecticut. Opponents warned the gun controls would hurt hunters, especially an expansion of background-check requirements to apply to personal and online gun sales.
Republican opponents of the new background-check law said it would make criminals of hunters lending each other weapons for weekend hunting trips. In response, Democrats changed the bill to give people a 72-hour grace period to share guns without triggering background-check requirements. Republicans then complained the bill would imperil weeklong hunting trips.
Gun-rights advocates who said hunters would boycott Colorado in protest say they are following through on their threats.
Michael Bane, a freelance producer for The Outdoor Channel, announced he will no longer film his four shows in Colorado. And hunting outfitters say people began canceling trips after the legislation passed, The (Colorado Springs) Gazette newspaper reported (Colorado hunting faces backlash over gun control laws - OutThereColorado.com ).
Northwest Colorado hunting guide Chris Jurney expects more state defections in a major tourism industry. Out-of-state hunters accounted for 15 percent of hunting licenses last year, 86,000, compared with 489,000 for residents.
"There's a united front of sportsmen that are tired of having their freedoms and liberties and fundamental rights taken away from them," said Jurney, vice president of the Colorado Outfitters Association. "That kind of unity among sportsmen is going to be big, and unfortunately for those of us who live here, we're going to suffer the consequences of this misguided legislation."
Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton said his agency has asked the state attorney general's office for advice on impacts to hunters. While legal possession of high-capacity magazines is grandfathered in, officials want to make sure they are still legal to use.
"We believe there's the potential for impact. That's out of our control," he said. "Hunting is a tool to manage wildlife populations, and we do not believe the impacts will affect that part of our mission."
Jurney said he expects the actual impact of gun regulations on Colorado hunters will be small. Varmint hunters tend to use high-capacity magazines, so they might be limited.
The Colorado Tourism Office, which tracks travel spending in Colorado, did not immediately return a call seeking details about whether a hunting boycott was being felt.
Hunters begin boycott over Colorado gun laws - Yahoo! TV
Black Blade: No surprise here. I read of several folk cancelling guided group elk hunts this fall in Colorado. Gun owners and firearms business people have a strong history of boycotting places where they are not welcome. Organizers of a Pennsylvania outdoors gun show cancelled the event after a backlash over a ban on assault rifles. Seems those who bought space at the event were not happy and they cancelled - in fact over a third of exhibitors cancelled causing the Brit owned Reed Exhibitions to cancelled the event altogether. Seems the Brits underestimated the American gun owner (again like they did in 1776). Now the leftists in charge of Colorado are learning the lesson as well.


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ESPN ScoreCenter has been developed by ESPN Inc, the well-known TV Channel which is also focusing on the development of Sports mobile apps with remarkably success.
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The quote at the beginning of this post made me think of that bee tree and wonder how long anyone has verified that a colony has lived. Perhaps some of you have some stories to share. I am also curious about the average length of colony life.
The quote at the beginning of this post made me think of that bee tree and wonder how long anyone has verified that a colony has lived. Perhaps some of you have some stories to share. I am also curious about the average length of colony life.
This would be a good question for feral colony observer Dr. Tom Seeley. He has kept track of bee trees in the Arnot Forest near Ithaca,NY as part of his study of bee behavior.
I removed a colony of bees from the eaves of the Church I attend because a new roof is being applied. That location had been a home for bees for well over thirty years. I have observed it for some 12 years myself. Max Coots, two ministers ago, mentioned this hive and another one in one of his Sermons. Over the last 12 years there have been years when it was unoccupied, but most years it was occupied.
This could be an interesting question to see the answers to. Thanks for asking it.
Mark Berninghausen
I have six colonies in a yard that have survived since 2006 with no assistance from me. The most common cause for colony failure in my area is failing to requeen themselves when needed.
In keeping with these thoughts,
How soon MIGHT a swarm / colony move into a recently vacated hive?
As in : If you have bees checked monthly? / weekly? / daily? and find them continuously when can you be certain it is the same colony?
Trying techniques that I doubt will work because I like to be right!
i took two huge hives out of a building and i was told they were in there for over 50 years best honey i ever tasted much of it had turned to sugar
I still have my original colony which was caught as a swarm in spring of 2010. I'm sure that pales in comparison to other folks here. -js
James Wagner
My oldest queen was 3 years old, she was replaced by the bees this summer. In the last 5 years we have lost one hive. I have to agree with AR Beekeeper failure to raise replacement queens is something you have to watch out for. Probably the number one mistake, followed by Varroa. I check my hives at least once a month for queen-rightness.
I ask myself, what difference does it make? Maybe honeybees are only supposed to stay in a hive 3 to 5 years and then die out or leave. Maybe this is the natural rejuvenation cycle of honeybees. maybe wax moths are good! Humans tend to define "good" as it pertains to them in the short cycle (always looking at the bottom line). I wonder how "good" would be defined looking through a honeybee's eye?
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Maybe it makes little difference what the average life expectancy of a honey bee colony is, but knowing that info may be useful to a beekeeper who wants to evaluate his performance.
One should evaluate ones performance by how well one can keep their equipment occupied, not how long a particular colony stays alive. Though that could be the same thing.
Mark Berninghausen
This is also one of the dilemma I have and now at least I have an idea. I think the lifespan of the hive depends on the life span of the queen which is according to my research would be 3-4 years. When the queen dies, the workers will create new queen and start new hive.
The hive's lifespan only depends on having a continuous presence of a queen or a succession of queens. The lifespan of a particular queen is of little importance to the hive. As long as it has the resources to requeen itself, the hive continues on, sometimes many times the lifespan of the average queen.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
I received my bees from a beekeeper who received his bees via a swarm. The swarm was caught 7 years ago and the same hive genetics have been present in that hive since that time. The beekeeper made a nuc for me from those bees in the spring of 2011. That very generous beekeeper never treated with any chemicals and would intermittently sprinkle some powdered sugar when he remembered to. I made a nuc from those bees for a friend (as a "pay it forward" kind of thing) this spring.
I decided to treat last fall and after seeing what I just saw yesterday, looks like I'll be doing it again. I hate varroa mites.
ferals appear to be making a comeback in my area. I have been monitoring a tree hive that has been alive for 3 continuous years [others say it has been there longer]. I check it every spring, long before drones are flying and it has been alive. I believe that's the best time to determine if a hive has been surviving for a period of time.
Cam Bishop
My oldest continually occupied hive/colony is six years old, treatment free. Second oldest is 4 years. rest are younger, as I just started with two hives six years ago. Of course it has had different queens in six years.
I wonder how many feral "comebacks" are the result of swarms from managed colonies, esp. survivor stock? I would guess quite a few. That's part of why I don't worry about swarms too much, my way of helping repopulate the feral population.
"If all you have is a hammer, the whole world is a nail." - A.H. Maslow
The people that let me keep my hives on their land have a feral hive in their chimney and it has been occupied every year since they moved in, which was 15 years ago!! Who knows how long that hive was there for before that!
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Launchpad Toys is the creator of Toontastic and other apps that facilitate digital storytelling and digital play. When it first emerged with its iOS apps I was taken by its approach and philosophy that was driven by a belief and understanding of the importance of play – for both learning and just as a thing we should do, part of what makes us human. The team understands that play in the digital space can be as enriching and purposeful as play in any other space. They know that children learn through play. They promote the fact that play is fun and frivolous and immersive – and that is required in a life full of learning.
Toontastic has been used by educators across the globe, with thousands of children telling their own stories and creating their own narratives in classrooms and at home. I was one of those educators who engaged children in an app that didn't just offer a space to tell stories, but taught children about the structure and form of storytelling through the design on the app. This is what puts Toontastic above all the other similar apps.
However, there was an issue. When I tried to use the app with younger children the interface was too much. The complexity of the process and the storytelling became limiting for children. Launchpad Toys observed this as well. And it has done something about it, along with adding features that explore how digital technology offers play experiences and a co-presence that is important for families and friends who live far apart.
Toontastic Jr. Pirates offers a way for younger children to tell and record their stories on the iPad and share them with family and friends in new and dynamic ways. Continue Reading "Toontastic Jr: Pirates App – A Toy Box With a Telephone" »


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Long began to exhibit watercolours early in his career, while he was a student of Julian Ashton.
Most of Long's watercolours, however, were painted at the beginning of the 20th century, and can be viewed as part of a Federation period revival of interest in watercolour painting.
In many of his watercolours he delighted in depicting the reflections - in the canals; on the sea and in the puddles on the street.
He often used evocative, pastel colours – and frequently captured the scenes at the 'mystic' hour at the end of the day. Wherever he went, Long sought the poetic in the landscape and introduced this into his watercolours.


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Sponsored programs office offers SAAF training
(Sept. 24, 2007)--The UTSA Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will present eight training sessions in October on the procedure for submitting grant applications to the San Antonio Area Foundation (SAAF).
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
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For more than 40 years, SAAF has distributed funds to local initiatives for the betterment of the community. Thanks to generous contributions, in 2006, SAAF awarded grants and scholarships totaling $10.9 million. The foundation awards competitive grants in the areas of animal services, arts and culture, biomedical research, community and human services, education, environment, historic preservation, medicine and health care, visual research and visual services.
Divided into two categories, research and community, the grants are awarded based on how projects would meet the community's most essential needs.
UTSA has a longstanding and successful tradition of submitting SAAF grant applications. Individuals are encouraged to attend one of the training sessions to become familiar with the new electronic application process and to learn general information on the OSP routing process.
Each session is limited to 10 participants. To register, e-mail Claudia Guzman.
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To be used once or twice a week, after cleansing and toning. Apply mask with a brush or with finger tips to face and neck, avoiding eye area. Mask should be left on for 5-10 minutes and gently removed with a soft, damp cloth. May be used in conjunction with any cleanser, toner, reparative treatment and moisturizer appropriate for skin type.
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Gift lifts bid to bring Bend's first fire truck home
BEND, Ore. - Earlier this month, the Bend Fire Historical Society announced plans for a golf scramble tournament to be held at Broken Top Club on June 28. The purpose of this fundraiser is to enable us to buy back Bend's very first motorized fire engine, a 1919 American-LaFrance currently owned by the Poulsbo (Washington) Fire Department.
"In an amazing display of community spirit, local business owner (Lava Lanes) Les Mombert has made a $5,000 cash donation toward purchasing Engine 1," said Cindy Kettering of the Bend Firefighters Foundation.
"Thanks to Mr. Mombert's generosity, we are now within just a few thousand dollars of the funds needed to bring Engine 1 home," she said Friday. "Many, many thanks to Mr. Mombert and all who have purchased golf tickets or made a donation to the Bend Fire Historical Society.
"If we can raise the remaining funds within the next week, Engine 1 will come home in time to be driven in the 4th of July parade through downtown Bend," Kettering said.


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Brushfire caught fast on BLM land E. of Redmond
Several acres scorched, firefighers quickly knock down blaze
REDMOND, Ore. - A brushfire ignited on BLM land east of the Redmond Airport on Sunday burning several acres before fire fighters put it out.
About 30 Redmond Fire and Forest Service firefighters responded with multiple engines and tankers.
The fire broke out on Bureau of Land Management property south of Highway 126, used by the Oregon Army National Guard's Biak Training Center, said Lisa Clark of the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center in Prineville.
"We're throwing the world at it," Clark said minutes later.
Two Oregon Department of Forestry and two BLM engines were dispatched, along with a 10-member hand crew and water-dropping helicopter, assisted by Redmond Fire and Biak crews.
The first crews to arrive reported the fire was about a half-mile east of the airport, moving slowly to the south on the west side of the North Unit Irrigation District Canal, between the canal and a dirt road.
In less than an hour, Clark said crews on scene were reporting it was "pretty well knocked down," though they would be on scene for some time, making sure it was out.
No word yet on the cause of the fire, but officials said it was highly likely it was human caused, as there has been no recent lightning in the area.
Residents who live a couple miles from the blaze told NewsChannel 21 that the land is a heavily used area.
Area neighbor David Anderson said he was out mowing the grass outside his home when he spotted the smoke and called 911 around noon.
He and his family then went to check out the fire and watch firefighters battle the flames.
"People like to come out here and mess around with their toys and truck and guns," said neighbor David Anderson. "And sometimes they're very careless on what they do and don't pay attention, and this is what happens."


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Evil overlords have a tough time when it comes to punishing geeks. We're so good at retreating into our imaginations and replaying scenes from our favorite movies and TV shows in our heads that we can often weather physical punishments without any psychological consequences. To really punish us effectively, you need to find a way to really get into our heads and aim straight for our geeky psyches.
Here, then, are ten strategies for doing just that, for all those evil overlords — or those who'd like to become one — who could use a little help. Some are more broad punishments that would be effective against many geeks all at once, and some specifically target one geek at a time.
10. Six words: Offer regular coffee, serve only decaf.
9. Force him to watch the movie Waterworld without the ability to mute or fast-forward.
8. Release a new game-changing smartphone that runs all kinds of apps and that everyone instantly wants, but neglect to put in such basic features as copy-and-paste and undo until two years later.
7. Force her to write an article for publication, defending the existence of Jar-Jar Binks and the casting of Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker.
6. Reprogram his electronic music players so that before listening to anything by Weird Al, Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm, Marian Call, or the podcast of any public radio show, he must first listen to an entire song by Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, or Britney Spears.


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Posted by Suresh Vittal on June 10, 2011
Guest post by Emily Murphy (@ekmurphy):
A few weeks ago, Zach Hofer-Shall led a tweet jam on social influence. It garnered such a good response that we decided to take another Customer Intelligence approach to the #IMChat. But this week -- at 2 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 14th -- we're going to talk about a different hot topic: customer loyalty.
Personally, I would consider myself something of a loyalty program junkie. I sign up for lots of programs and willingly share loads of information about my preferences and interests. But in my experience, most loyalty programs don't do much with that information. I get discounts and accrue rewards, but the offers are rarely customized to my interests or past transactions.
In this tweet jam, I want to get a sense of your experience with loyalty programs. More specifically, we'll address the following questions:


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Rights Versus Markets: The Heart of the Debate in Cancun?
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In the middle of week two at COP16, protests have begun to erupt, both inside the halls of the Moon Palace, and outside in the streets of Cancun. When la Via Campesina, the world's largest movement of peasant and smallholder farmers, called for a global day of action yesterday, people around the world responded. The day of action was called '1000 Cancuns'.
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By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
The venom spewed by public school principals toward the private schools and their dominant football programs reached a new high Friday when Louisiana High School Athletic Association principals voted to separate public and private schools for the football playoffs in each of the next two seasons.
The principals will get to enjoy seeing the private powers beat up on each other in the playoffs, but the action taken Friday hardly creates a perfect situation.
What it does is satisfy the blood lust of principals and coaches who are tired of seeing a few private powers, most notably John Curtis Christian and Evangel Christian, but lately Parkview Baptist, Notre Dame, Karr and Ouachita Christian as well, form an oligarchy that passed most of the football championship trophies among themselves.
Ensuring private schools won't win the Class 5A-1A football trophies is the only sure thing the split accomplishes in the short term.
In the process, the split creates a new set of problems, some of which must be quickly solved before next season begins. Others may lead to long-reaching problems that could include the departure of private schools from the organization.
As things stand, as few as 27 public schools could be competing for next year's Class 1A championship. In a 32-team bracket. Grand Lake may have a playoff bid secured before it ever takes the field for a varsity game as part of the program's rebirth.
It has not been determined how the private school playoff teams will be selected, only that participating coaches will vote to seed them. The power ratings that are used now can't be applied because the public schools will be competing in various classes for the regular seasons before being lopped together into two divisions for the playoffs.
That's probably an issue the public schools, which voted overwhelmingly in favor of the split, are not concerned with. They just wanted private schools out, and got their wish.
There are still several schools that offer dual curriculums that might be sent to play with the private schools. Schools that get more than 25 percent of its enrollment from outside their designated attendance zone will be designated "select" schools and sent to play with the privates for the postseason.
One of the big questions now will be, What price did the desired split cost?
It could be a big one.
Being shunned, with widespread recruiting and varying eligibility rules among the reasons given by the public schools, does not give the privates much reason to remain in the association, in terms of football.
With the private schools also filling the trophy cases with titles from other sports, it is probably not too long before a similar split occurs in other sports as well.
At which point, necessity might be the only motivating factor that keeps the private schools in the organization.
There were alternatives the principals could have considered, including a past proposal — which failed — that would have allowed private schools to play up just in football, on the condition that they move into the highest class, which would have been a "super class" made up of those powers looking for the highest level of competition and the schools with the highest enrollments.
But, at Friday's meeting, the intentions of the principals were clear: get rid of the private powers so we have a shot at the trophies. Everything else will be worried about later.
Now they have the private schools out, but maybe not really a better shot at the trophies. There is no guarantee a small group of public schools — such as West Monroe and Acadiana in 5A, Neville in 4A or Haynesville in 1A, won't dominate the championship games the same way the private schools did.
The proposed solution passed Friday may simply result in new, and still few, powers ruling the land. Should that occur, the only things gained will have been animosity from the private schools and further dilution of the championship trophies with two more being given out in a state that probably has too many classifications to begin with.
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Posted By: peace On: 1/30/2013
Title: out of district enrollment
What about public schools who get kids that's out of thier district and go on to dominate the schools from which those kuds belong.
Posted By: Noon On: 1/28/2013
Title: Learn the rules
The above poster is obviously oblivious to the rules of the LHSAA THE SAME RULES THAT APPLY TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPLY TO THE PRIVATE PROTESTANT SCHOOLS regarding ZONE OF ATTENDANCE
Posted By: Neil On: 1/27/2013
Title: unfair to public school what was happening
It is unfair to public school kids when they have to compete against private school that has no legal boundary but public school kids have to play only with kids inside the district boundary........this has made a mockery of high school sports for the past 10-15 years in Louisiana.........one coach has to work with kids in district but another coach gets to have kids from all over the parish and there has been recruiting by private schools so it has been unfair to public school kids.....If you think just a little bit you will realize WHY the principals voted as they did.......It is high time the public school kids should not have to compete against recruited private school teams..........Private school teams were like all star teams when public school teams are only kids in that district.........This is fact and I bet you do not post this.


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Dave Cooper, Command Master Chief SEAL (Retired) for the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), has authored a threat assessment concluding TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is potentially at-risk of a terrorism attack.
In the report, Cooper concluded operational security vulnerabilities for the pipeline have been overlooked by the U.S. government. Cooper — most famous for overseeing the Abbottabad, Pakistan Osama Bin Laden raid as the commander of Navy SEAL Team Six — wrote the report as a consultant for billionaire Tom Steyer's advocacy group NextGen Climate Action.
"The very nature of Keystone XL's newsworthiness, should it ever be built, increases its attractiveness as a target to terrorists: Keystone XL, aside from being a 'soft' target just like any other pipeline, has a built-in emotional impact that can't be denied or wished away," he wrote in the report's introduction.
"That simple fact, a newsworthy proposal that engenders strong passions, should clue in pipeline owners and government officials to the very real possibility of intentional attack."
For the report, Cooper utilized a "red cell" methodology, parlance for U.S. special operations forces performing pre-mission reconnaissance, using open source data readily available to terrorists on the internet. In so doing, the special operations forces snuff out operational security ("OpSec" in military lingo) weaknesses, which they use as actionable intelligence in defense missions.
In the report, Cooper explained he "designed [the methodology this way] to showcase weaknesses in the current reality by exploiting the same information to which an outside terrorist group would have access."
Cooper's probe included a due diligence trip out three redacted Great Plains locations*, where Phase I of the Keystone Pipeline System is currently operational (the northern leg of Keystone XL is Phase IV). Going out into the field, Cooper came away shocked by his discoveries.
His findings raise a troubling question: have real Keystone XL terrorism threats been ignored, while non-violent activists have been labeled potential eco-terrorists? Cooper offered his take on this question to DeSmogBlog.


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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Catherine M, Aug 20, 2012.
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I might be mistaken, but I believe the last local food challenge was in Samoa, Russell's first season. They made "Survivor Smoothies" for that one. Bleargh.
This would only work if they gave the tribes the recipe on a Sprint phone.
We're here at last! Big Brother promises to be a photo finish, so hopefully we are in for a great night all round.
Remember no season spoilers please, and no hints either!!
No comments on the first episode yet? Well, first impressions...interesting to see the number of people who are hiding their identities and who had them figured out - I'm very curious to see who will be outed. RC is probably fairly safe, as she doesn't have the issue of someone recognizing her.
Not disappointed that Zane got booted out, as he was already getting annoying...although Russell was also pretty irritating, so I felt like it was a win-win situation either way. I really like the Malcolm-Denise alliance on that tribe. Penner reminded me why I liked him all along and I hope his tribe keeps winning so he doesn't get the boot right away. Skupin also had a good start, although I had to laugh at the observation about "now I know why he had to get med-evac'd".
I know it's been ages since the Australia season, but I really don't remember Skupin being that much of a klutz (aside from the accident that took him out, I guess). He's worse than Fabio was!
Russell made me and then with the whole "I'm not the leader. Now let's do this, and then we'll do this, and then after that we're going to do this ..." Way to not be the leader there, dude.
RC and Abi were annoying the crap out of me, which probably means they're the final two.
Lisa seems very sweet but like she really doesn't have a clue how to bond with the other players. Skupin's excitement over her was very cute, though.
I'm kind of going to miss Zane even though he was annoying. His explanation of his Frankenstein tattoo had me rolling.
I forgot this was on until 8:30!
Zane was entertaining for 2 minutes. And then he way overplayed his hand by blatantly making alliances with everyone, and then bragging about it. He thought he was so unique, but his plan was straight out of the Russell Hantz playbook, down to the Dumb Girl Alliance - only it looks like there's only one dumb girl on this tribe, so too bad!
Good for Russell for realizing that he made a huge mistake, but if he can't rein in his behavior in the first 3 days of the game, is he likely to check himself as things get tougher?
I like Denise and Morgan on that tribe.
Penner is also playing way too hard, but I missed the beginning, maybe he realized there was no shot with this group anyway?
OMG Skupin and his constant injuries!
I don't understand Zane. His big ploy to get people to favour him and keep him in the game...and then he tells everyone that Russell, the one they would have voted for instead of him..."most definitely" has the immunity idol. So after you set yourself up to stay, you evict your stupid ass by telling everybody "you can't vote for the guy with the Immunity Idol". That was just all KINDS of stoopid...
God, yes. Loathe them both. But I did nearly fall off the couch laughing when Abi sort of pushed herself right in front of Pete (?) the engineering student and then stretched while standing too close to him, arching back so her boobs were right in his face. PML! Subtle she is not.
I couldn't understand half of what he said.
Not from what they showed; he started looking for the HII right off while everyone else sort bonded.
You could easily tell from the edit that Zane was going to get the boot.
Russell's "i'm not the leader, but do as I say" bit was really stupid, and may still come back to haunt him.
I now think that unless Jeff's knee is really bad, he may hang around for a while. Until he get's outed that is! Nobody is going to want to keep a zillionaire around.
And I'm really impressed with the sex therapist. She seems very wise, and could be a dark horse in the competition.
And I sort of felt sorry for Lisa. Being shunned as the "older woman" is probably hard for her to deal with. But she's got to find a way to hang around.
BTW, baseball fun fact about Jeff. he is a big motocross rider, but one year he was fooling around on his bike and he fell off and broke his wrist right before the spring training. He then lied to the Giants about how he did it, only to get found out later. So deceit is definately in his makeup.
Great start, lots of people who seem to be there to play.
I can see why the tribe voted out Zane, even though he was fun and not annoying like Russell (in addition to his I'm not the leader/I'm the leader, he was constantly doing the I've done this before thing, quite tiresome). The obvious point is that he was playing way to hard out of the gate - I hope that fells RC too, loathe her. I think it's also the shock of how hard the first comp is, and the panic that they really need people who can do comps in the first weeks, so in the end I think that's why Zane's gone.
Too bad - interesting player, interesting personality. Too hard, too fast and also too fancy - complicated strategies are for the Boston Robs and the BB Dans of the world, and need to come later in the game when you really know who you are dealing with.
And I see the casting department has delivered me a cute southern boy for the third time, sigh.
Yes. Malcom is eye candy for da Mama this season.
Zane is either an egoist or an idiot. Blowing the challenge and then stating that you should be voted off because of that, all the while expecting the others to like you well enough to keep you, is not very sound strategy.
But it was reverse psychology, silly. It's just that his tribemates were too stoopid to get that!!
Great start.
Love seeing Skupin again. I wonder if all the injuries are edited and occur over more than the first few days?? Of the 3 returnees - I love that he is not on his tribe's radar for eviction. His reaction about Blair/Lisa is very sweet like somebody said. Just a nice guy, one that I feel what we see is who he is in real life.
Lisa is so not Blair! Seems like a really nice person, but it does look like the typical outcast of the older person.
Penner - why is he here, oh he is a friend of Probst. I found I liked Penner at times and other times he annoyed me. He was getting in the annoying territory.
Russell - other than his fainting, I could not remember him initially, now I do. Please go and not lead somewhere else.
Denise - shrink - like her, smart and I love that a young guy (Malcolm ??) bonded with her. Smart to ally with people not in your demographic, people might not suspect and move further.
Jeff - seems like a nice guy, and if not injured, will be nice to have around. But since at least 1 person knows who he is, he probably won't go far. I loved his comment about needing the money as basis to judge the winner - this is a game and that is what matters. Maybe they should just cast a bunch of millionaires and see how it goes (or a celebrity survivor which would be so fun).
Zane - he just seemed almost a made up person - trying to be too many things - a little Russell Hantz, a little bit of Colton, and crazy like little Hantz (and I think Zane thought he was charming like Boston Rob - but not true).
The first time this strategy was used successfully was way back to season 2 - Tina and Colby formed an alliance very early, kept it underwraps, and made it to F2.
Surprised people don't employ this more often - but then again nowadays there are so few true alliance that start early and last to the end. Everyone forms alliances all over the place and breaks them within days.
Plus, unfortunately older women seem to have a hard time connecting on this show, maybe because so many young people tend to be cast, and none of them want a mom around?
Also, if Lisa doesn't want to be recognized, she should have her hair tied back all the time. That 80s hairstyle of hers is iconic and probably what first caught Mike's eye.
Someone asked Jeff last season how many of the Survivors he kept in touch with and he said that the only one he talked to was Boston Rob and that was it.
The Sucksters were agog--what happened to Colby and Andrew Savage, who were his friends for years?
Jeff does like Penner as a player, though. I'm not really sure why; Jonathan gets the game but he doesn't seem play it very well.
To me, Penner sounds like Alan Alda, so I sometimes think he is a wonderful person, like Hawkeye. They look nothing alike, but the voice!
Happy to see Zane gone! He was beyond annoying after the first minute or two.
Yeah, even though I like the guy, I agree that he doesn't seem to play it very well. But maybe the reason that Jeff likes him is that he does get it. And he seems to make things interesting at least. Jeff likes guys that make good TV and Jonathan is always good for a sound bite.
I finally watched the premiere. Not much to add except I'm SO happy to see Mike Skupin back.
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I wonder if Lisa's divorce right before leaving for Survivor affected her game play.
Re-watching the episode to get a better grasp of players and names and tribes and such...
First general impressions are that the Philippines are completely BEAUTIFUL. I'm watching in HD for the first time, and it was like a whole new experience. And a nice departure from Samoa (which was used 4 times in the last 6 seasons).
Also I'm glad to see they are doing a season with 3 tribes again. I am betting that they'll do what happened in All-Stars in that one tribe will be dissolved a few episodes in, which is unfortunate, but I guess has to happen to keep things relatively even if one tribe starts losing a ton.
You all know me, I am not a fan of returning players, and this is no exception. Either have all returning players, or no returning players. Blah. I liked Roxanne almost immediately because of the look of disgust on her face when Jeff announced there would be returnees. Also on a side note, has a woman ever had to leave the game due to medical purposes other than the girl who broke her wrist last season? When Jeff was introducing them at the start of the episode and they showed some clips, it had me thinking about it and I don't remember any women being plucked from the game due to dehydration/cuts & infections, etc.
I think that Russell is a complete dumbass. No leaders! One team! Oh hey, let's do it this way, our shelter will be here, you, the track athlete, will be working on the puzzle! Wasn't this the genius who chose the pillows and blankets for a reward over a tarp/fishing equipment/some other survival essential necessity just so that the women on his tribe would be happy? However I was super impressed that their tribe was able to start fire without flint or with using a lens. I don't think that's ever happened on Survivor before..?
Early favorites are Roxanne, Denise, Malcolm (I really thought he was going to be a royal douche-canoe going in, but as of the first eppy, he's good), Dana, and Lisa.
I recognized Jeff from being a casual baseball fan in my teens, I know he can be a hot-head, but he seems quite down-to-earth here. I hope he does well, too. It appears from the preview for next week that Lisa has the token middle-aged woman episode-2 breakdown. It happens almost ever season, it seems, and most of them have been able to rise above it and completely shine... thinking of Holly and Dawn in particular, I hope that Lisa can do the same!
I can see RC becoming the Conda (from Biggest Loser) of Survivor. Dear god, please no I'm also just waiting for her bra to come busting open, good grief.
Zane was one scatterbrained dumbass. I think announcing to half his tribe that he's made an alliance with everybody on their beach is up there as one of the dumbest moves we've seen over the years. Did he seriously think that was going to work to his advantage? Oyy.
I'm so much more amped up for this season than I have been the last few! It's probably the HD...
ETA: How ironic would it have been had they brought Boston Rob back for a season in the Phillipeans Philippines when it was his inability to spell the country correctly that got him and Amber booted off of Amazing Race All Stars?
Good question. Do you count Kathy on Fans vs. Favorites who had somewhat of a breakdown and left? In some ways, you could call her a quitter, but the show treated her more as a medical evacuation. Anyway, if you are speaking strictly of physical health, you're right that it was just Kourtney last season. I do remember hearing that way back in Season 3, two people were hospitalized for dysentery, one of whom was Lindsey (who I only remember for being extremely annoying). But since they didn't miss a challenge, they were not medically evacuated...I wonder if the rule around that has changed because it seems that we see a lot more evacuations now than in early seasons. It seems kind of odd that there was 1 evacuee in the first 11 seasons and then 8 evacuees in the next 13 seasons.
Yep, that's the guy. Hence why I was not excited about him coming back.
Boston Rob did it in Heroes vs. Villains
That kid on the blue tribe, he looks like a reject from the Orlando Bloom factory. And that is never a bad thing.
I went back and watched the first half hour - and realized that half the people weren't really shown in the last hour of the premiere at all
RC is annoying and her main strategy seems to be her boobs, but I did appreciate her saying she's an executive assistant (with Abi-Maria totally ooooooooooo! I've done that!!!!!-ing over it ) instead of an investment banker, because it's (sad but) true that highly competitive/successful women are seen as targets. She's smart - I just wish she were more likeable.
Abi-Maria is a waste of space. The sooner she leaves this show, the better.
I'm really interested in the red team. I feel like we got to see the least of them. That could mean they all stick around and we'll see more later - or they get picked off and there's no point in getting to know them.
Russell is so bad at this game


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[quote user="AsianGiant"][quote user="mjg407"]AG,
Would you recommend we start an new thread? Would that speed stuff up?
[/quote] Yeah we can, it just can't have a political title... This mb wasn't designed for this behemoth thread haha[/quote]

WHY would it have a political title, like "YOU GO SARAH!!!!"

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While the internet has enabled human rights defenders to gather easier, share knowledge more efficiently and report news faster, it has also exposed these same groups to surveillance by authoritarian states. Human rights defenders on the internet require strong protections for the right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly.
However, recent studies have shown that authoritarian states are less concerned with restricting unwanted association, but prefer instead to harass individual human rights defenders. This is typically done through the police or intelligence agencies, and is made possible by monitoring the online activities of human rights organisations.
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Federal Indictment Unsealed Charging Two Persons with Stealing $163,000 from the U.S. Department of Education
Washington, D.C. - United States Attorney Roscoe C. Howard, Jr. announced the unsealing of a federal Indictment, returned on September 6, 2002, against Silvader Denise Estep, 48, of 9900 Gayle Dr., Fort Washington, Maryland, and Jean Williams Stancell, 53, of 11102 Constellation Avenue, Fort Washington, Maryland, charging them with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Theft of Government Property for their roles in a scheme to steal property and money from the U.S. Department of Education. In addition, Estep was charged with False Statements and Stancell was charged with Witness Tampering. The Indictment also seeks forfeiture from both defendants. Estep was arraigned on the charges today in U.S. District Court. Stancell's arraignment date has not yet been set. If convicted of these offenses, Estep could face incarceration from 30 months to 46 months; Stancell could face 30 months to 37 months in prison under the federal sentencing guidelines.
According to the nine-count Indictment, from 1996 through 1999, Department of Education employees Stancell and Estep stole property and money in the amount of $163,000 from Department of Education ("Education") by charging goods and services for themselves and others on government-issued credit cards. During the conspiracy, Stancell and Estep both worked for the Quality Workplace Group ("QWG") at Education. QWG was the facilities management component of Education. Its mission was to hire contractors to perform maintenance work at Education buildings and to purchase furniture and office supplies for Education employees. Education issued VISA credit cards to certain QWG employees in order for them to pay for goods and services. Education developed the following procedures to prevent fraudulent use of credit cards: employees were required to obtain invoices from contractors and vendors when possible, maintain logs of charges, reconcile monthly statement logs, and certify, under penalty of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, that the charges were legitimate. Estep was assigned one of these credit cards. In April 1998, she became the Acting Team II Leader of QWG. This position allowed her to supervise employees and gave her access to the numbers and expiration dates on credit cards issued to her QWG colleagues.
The Indictment charges that Estep and Stancell approached various vendors of Education and asked them to charge the government-issued credit cards for work performed for the benefit of themselves and their associates. At times, Estep, it is alleged, asked a vendor to charge a government-issued credit card without doing any work and to give her the majority of the cash generated by charging the government. In order to disguise the theft, Estep allegedly asked others to create false invoices. At times, Stancell asked a vendor for money in exchange for work orders from Education. Later, Stancell allegedly suggested that this vendor make false statements to the grand jury.
In announcing this Indictment, United States Attorney Howard commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Education's Office of Inspector General. In addition, he praised Paralegal Specialist Jeanie Latimore-Brown and Auditor Sandra Henderson. He also commended Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ann Rosenfield, Elizabeth Coombe, and Virginia Cheatham.
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Only who lived in an historical centre can know: thanks to the old building technique, walls are massive and thick; this makes indoor temperature spontaneously fresh, even in the hottest summer days. In the day the fan can move the air to refresh it even furtherly, while in the night light & fresh air comes from outside via the "persiane" (ancient wooden shelter over the windows, characterized by a special shape; it's our traditional method of indoor air conditioning, coming from Middle Ages). You will feel comfortable anytime, always without needing to close the windows or to turn on an electric air conditioner.
TIP: Long Stays in Florence
Florence is a good base to live for a couple of weeks and more, exploring Tuscany and Italy with one day trips as a local resident does.
This is because of the following facts:
1) The location of Florence is strategically placed in the center of the main point of interests which go from Rome to the Alps.
2) Regional railways are quite efficient here, and they let you arrive from the Firenze SMN Station to all the big cities and almost all the famous small towns of Tuscany in a short time. For example: Pisa 1 hour, Lucca 1h20min, Siena 1h30min.
3) National high speed trains - so comfortable! - connect Florence and the major cities of Italy in a flash. For example Bologna 40min, Rome 1h30min, Milan 1h45min, Venice 2h. And their price starts from 9 euro for any destination, if you book in advance.
Long stays in Florence have also another advantage: they make you feel the Florentine atmosphere in the most complete way, with all the shapes and shades that different days offer.
About my apartment, Natural Home: it is located in a quiet district of the historical centre, and the Firenze SMN Railway Station is in the centre too (in a busier district). This means that you can catch the trains to any Tuscan and Italian destination with only a nice short walk across the central pedestrian area - I usually do it in around 15-20 min.
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3) enjoy Florence!
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We had a great residence in Florence, thanks to Flavio for his attention, the house was excellent and very clean.
My daughter Naomi and me had a very good time in Florence. The hospitality of Flavio and Yukari was great and we got some nice suggestions. The apartment felt like home and that's important for Florence is so overwhelming that you need your rest.
we had a wonderfull stay in florence, the apartmend was located very central location. it was very clean and yukari and flavio were very nice and helpful. a visit to florence and the natural home is worth...
We had a great stay at Natural Home. Flavio and Yukari were very friendly and accommodating and the apartment was both very nice and extremely convenient for seeing the sights. Highly recommended.
We had an wonderful experience we had at Natural Home. Flavio and Yukari were helpful, respectful, kind and all round lovely - qualities which are reflected through this apartment.
The place is exactly as in this photo's, with extra's that make for refreshing stay such as comfortable beds and clean, high quality bed linen. There is noise from passing traffic, but the place is otherwise a bit of breezy refuge away from the intensity bustling summer crowds.
A highlight for us was a early morning run along a path Flavio had recommended, and mnarked out for us on a map (amoungst other handy things). This place has been our best accomodation so far.
-I loved the little balcony to hang out your washing (and in my case a chance to live out some romantic ideal domestic european living..)
We are very happy that we decided to stay with Flavio and Yukari. Appartment was clean and just like in the pictures,It's just 3 minutes from ponte vecchio, lovely neighbourhood. The host are very helpful and so nice and hosbitable. I reccomend this place.
I have a great time in this house. Room was very clean and compotable like a picture. Host is very kind. So I think this house make your trevel more happier.
We have booked just for one night, but Flavio and Yukari were very endeavoured, as if we stay for a month: gave a lot of tourist advices. Very hospitable, friendly, kind and helpful. Just perfect hosts.
The flat is comfortable, clean, full equipment. Highly recommended.
This house is the best on our honeymoon. Clean House. Well Equipment. wide space. and place!!
It's on hill. nomally my wife doesen't like hill. but really really beautiful hill. u can feel that in Italy.
Really kind owner.
i'm sure if i go to Firenze i will stay here.
and unbeliveble price also.
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But I lost some respect for gerrity. I understand Biyombo has some promise, but at this point he is not much more than a raw, big body. What does he like about Biyombo? He has a decent game every 15 games out? Omg what a future! It's not like Anderson is old. He's 24 or so. There aren't many big men like him who can stretch the floor like he can. He's a pretty strong asset to a young team. Moreso than a guy that might be good in 4 years
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It is really a very small but nice apartment. Expect a small hotel room with a kitchenette and a lovely balkony. It is close to Paddington Station so in the middle of everything.
If you don't need too much space it is a good place to stay.
We wouldn't recommend this studio. Too small. In a basement. Shower mixer broken. Bathroom not really clean. Only the location was ok. 5 minutes from the tube.
Reasonable option. Very good location. Very small, but I guess that's normal in london city centre. Good balance price-quality
Good location and to visit London. No cleaning during our week-stay
Great location, it is perqueño with good conditions (bed, kitchen and utensils), but only 4th floor with stairs (no ansensor) is not easy upload them after a few drinks
Excelente Ubicación, es perqueño con buenas condiciones (cama, cocina y utensilios), pero 4º piso solo con escaleras (sin ansensor) no es fácil subirlos después de unas copas
Ideally located for visiting London apartment, located in a nice square near Paddington station, with very good communication by bus and metro. Just steps from Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. The apartment is in good condition, although the room is small when the sofa is used as a bed for a third person. It is suitable for two people.
You have to walk up to the third floor with suitcases. The bathroom is narrow and may be difficult to use for large people. The kitchen is simple (no coffee), useful for limited use.
Overall, highly recommended an option to visit London.
Apartamento muy bien situado para visitar Londres, situado en una agradable plaza cerca de la estación de Paddington, con muy buena comunicación en metro y autobús. A un paso de Hyde Park y Kensignton Gardens. El apartamento está en buenas condiciones, aunque la sala se queda pequeña si el sofá se utiliza como cama para una tercera persona. Es recomendable para dos personas.
Hay que subir andando hasta el tercer piso con las maletas. El baño es estrecho y puede ser difícil de usar para personas de gran tamaño. La cocina es sencilla (no hay cafetera), útil para un uso limitado.
En conjunto, una opción muy recomendable para visitar Londres.
Wonderful location very close to Lancaster Gate and even closer to Paddington Station.
The flat is underground but it did not matter to us as we were often away visiting the city.
The flat was very clean and towels were even changed during our 5 days stay.
Will highly recommend this address.
Good communication with the host (and the site Wimdu) agency but not easy to find even with the address, it must go to another agency and down stairs in the back of the shop for access. Easy delivery of practical key when you get outside of the host availability schedules, everything went very well. Apartment very small, the walls are not very well insulated and the average bed, but overall okay, and very well located. Satisfactory overall, we had a great stay in London!
Bonne communication avec l'hôte (et le site Wimdu) mais agence pas facile à trouver même avec l'adresse, il faut se rendre dans une autre agence et descendre des escaliers dans le fond de la boutique pour y accéder. Facilité de remise des clés pratique quand on arrive en dehors des horaires de disponibilité de l'hôte, tout s'est très bien passé. Appartement très petit, les murs ne sont pas très bien isolés et le lit moyen, mais dans l'ensemble correct, et surtout très bien situé. Satisfaisant dans l'ensemble, nous avons passé un très bon séjour à Londres!
very convenient location, Paddington station with train to heathrow, underground and many restaurants arround . the flat was clean and good for a few days. we may use it again in our next jouney to london
The room is quite small, more than I expected from the photos presented on our sites. The kitchen is fully served, in fact, missing pots.
The living space is little, if you search for something spacious is not the right solution. The bed is a queen, you sleep well in two, preferably a couple that can then be also very close range without problems.
Cleanliness is good as far as bathroom, laundry and linen ... not good as far as dust on the floor and surfaces.
Overall, for the price at which it is rented, it is a pretty good apartment, is located in an area well served with metro station and in close proximity to various pubs and supermercatini nearby.
I recommend it to those who go to London to be very out, and uses the apartment just as comfortable support for sleeping and a little more.
I would recommend it to those who prefer to spend more time in their accommodation, because the small size limit the habitability for two people
La camera è piuttosto piccola, più di quanto mi aspettassi dalle foto proposte nel sito. La cucina non è totalmente servita, manca infatti di pentole.
Lo spazio vitale è poco, se si cerca qualcosa di spazioso non è la soluzione giusta. Il letto è a una piazza e mezzo, ci si dorme bene in due, meglio se una coppia che puo quindi stare anche molto ravvicinata senza problemi.
La pulizia è buona per quanto riguarda bagno, biancheria e lenzuola...meno buona per quanto riguarda polvere su pavimento e superfici.
Nel complesso, per il prezzo a cui viene affittato, è un appartamento piuttosto buono, si trova in una zona ben servita, con fermata della metropolitana piuttosto vicina e pub e supermercatini vari nelle vicinanze.
La consiglio a chi va a Londra per stare molto fuori, e sfrutta l'appartamento solo come comodo appoggio per dormire e poco più.
Non mi sento di consigliarla a chi preferisce trascorrere più tempo nel proprio alloggio, perche le ridotte dimensioni limitano l'abitabilità per due persone
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Mountains for me have always represented pain...I would stare out the window at them as I hid away in my room, scared to interact with the world. I was happy to get away from the beautiful serene view from my window that many would envy, a mountain close by, another in the distance, and a pond. But those mountains are just mountains, not what I wish them to be...wanting the pain to go away...wanting them to represent serenity.
The day after tomorrow I shall visit that childhood home again, where I felt so much pain, and look on the mountains with fresh eyes, wishing for nothing, good or bad. I will simply say hello and see what transpires.
Mountains are mountains, ponds are ponds, Dosho is Dosho...I'm very glad Taigu is Taigu.
Thank you for this teaching.
If I am posting, I have sat today.
Again Sensei you're timing is perfect, an empty coffee jar this morning and the dentist this afternoon, now as is.
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Drinking tea and eating rice.
Thanks so much for this teaching.
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Vacillation of what things are and what I perceive them to be is dizzying. Thank you for this gentle reminder to let them be as they are.
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We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
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Thank you Taigu, good teaching as always
仁道 生開 - Jindo Shokai "Open to life in a benevolent way"
Remember; sages love mountains and mountains love sages.
(Thanks Shokai)
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Gassho. Thank you for this talk and for reminding us that mistakes are only bad when we look at them that way. Let's all make a few more mistakes and just let them be, not mistakes at all.
PS I have a recipe for gnocchi made with ricotta. Another happy accident, which made the gnocchi so light, just about like little clouds.
Thank you for this teaching - I need to focus just now on allowing things to be as they are.
Thank you Taigu, just beautiful!
Thank you, Taigu, for the wonderful talk! Its great that my first lesson with you resonated so well!
I returned to Pennsylvania from a very FLAT state, partially because I missed the mountains. They really are wonderful, especially up close and personal, even when gravity is trying to make communing a wee bit difficult!
As for cooking, you have my respect: I'm pleasantly surprised if I cook something edible (known to burn boiling water...)
I guess all things really are what they need to be.
Hi, Dennis!
I burned water once... try making soup; it's easy, you just throw a bunch of vegetables, lentils, rice, meat in a pot and simmer it until done. I have a lovely lentil soup recipe that I've made several times over the past few weeks. Hubby loves it, and I even have it for breakfast!
Thanks taigu. Everything as is, even coffee in a can.
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
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Thank you Taigu for this teaching.
Your gnocchi story reminds me of when I was 18 and I had just moved out of my parents house a month prior, trying to be independent and whatnot. I remember being so broke and so hungry, and I had scraped together maybe $5 and walked to the local grocery store so that I could just afford a can of cheap spaghetti sauce and some spaghetti noodles. I spent what seemed like an eternity making the spaghetti, adding some herbs and spices to the sauce so it wouldn't taste like awful canned sauce. Finally, I made the meal, put some parmesan on top and put it in the microwave on top of my little apartment-sized fridge to warm it up. My apartment was very small, I could almost touch both sides of the walls with my hands out and the only source of natural light was a sliding glass patio door at the end of the unit, which faced out to the building's parking lot. When the microwave beeped, I pulled out my piping hot spaghetti, mouth watering in anticipation, when I suddenly held the plate at an odd angle and all the food slopped right off the plate and onto the floor. I was so devastated, I remember bursting into tears with my sliding glass doors open, people staring in at me as they walked by to and from their cars. And then, I suddenly just started laughing hysterically. The situation was so ridiculous and absurd and I just had to laugh because I couldn't bare to cry any more. I went to bed starving that night but the next day someone had brought some food into work and I was able to eat and life went on as it always does.
It was a good lesson for me: not only was it good to feel truly hungry and remember that plenty of people feel that way day in and day out, but that it was also a choice for me to be upset and cry or laugh and shrug it off. Every time since then, I've remembered (sometimes not as soon as I wish to) that being upset about something is a choice. Some things are "worth" being upset about (or at least, understandable, such as the loss of my father), and other things are fairly trivial by comparison.
Great story. Reminds me of driving home recently with the leftover pasta in a container on the front seat. Driving around the circle it slid off and all the pasta went on the passenger side floor. Oh no!! When I got home I got a spatula put it back in the container (it passed inspection) and fed it to my dog. He was so happy. conditioning does affect our reactions and choices but being present helps a lot. Yes Virginia there is a free will. With practice you realize it.
無 (MU, Emptiness) and 氷 (HYO, Ice) ... Emptiness Ice ...
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Thanks Darrell, things are perfect asvthey are even if they do hurt sometimes. I also kind of felt hungry as a University student, your story brings up good-bad memories.
Taigu is Taigu. And I am thankful for that.
Please remember I am only a priest in training. I could be wrong in everything I say. Slap me if needed.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. Mr. Spock
thX taigu
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Very lovely teaching. Thanks so much.
Thank you _/\_
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Please take this layman's words with a grain of salt.
Thanks you very much taigu. Perfect teaching.
Sorry to hear that you had to go in for an opp recently.
In relation to letting things be as they are, i find this my biggest challenge at the moment and therefore this is my practice!


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After Tekapo, we're off to Oamaru. For no reason other than it's a sizable town (by NZ standards) where we may get to do some Internet updates, see some penguins and get to a supermarket. Besides, it's on the way South and that's where we're going. I reckon they must get a lot of people just popping in to pick-up penguins because the woman in the visitor centre was enthusiastic beyond the call of duty when she found out we were staying longer than an hour.
There are two types of penguins that you can see in Oamaru. The first are Little Blue penguins. These are in a managed reserve, you can get up to within a couple of metres, there's special lighting and a $20 fee. The second are Yellow-eyed penguins. These are free as proverbial (and in this case literal) birds, they can be found at the end of a long arduous walk under the late afternoon sun, are viewed from a platform so far away that they might as well be chocolate biscuits for the size they appear on photos and you can see them for free. Guess which ones we went to see....Well, at least a couple turned up.
Other attractions wheeled out from the Visitor-Centre Dusty Book of Leisure included a visit to the Heritage square part of town where, incidentally, Oamaru is the best-preserved Victorian town-centre in the world (a bold claim). We were pointed in the direction of an artist who 'specialises in faces' and entered a gallery in an old (Victorian) building. Walking up a creaky wooden staircase, passing illuminated swirls and obscure phrases (in mixed media), we entered a bizarre world. It looked like some sort of Victorian theatre-themed backstage area with caricatured and grotesque faces glaring from all angles. This was night-out-at-the-circus enough for me without the bloody satanic, operatic wailing that was pouring out of the sound system in the middle of the room, just beyond the dusty piano. Wandering around I nearly jumped out of my skin when a bloke not looking unlike the 1980's Michael Bolton startled us by saying hello from behind a couple of mannequins. We said hello, made some appreciative murmurs and promptly fled.


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