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When making your selection between boats, safety is a very important consideration.
And . . .
Sometimes, (when you need it most), there is a need - "the need for speed"!
The best way of surviving a storm, is to not be there when it arrives. In making crossings (such as the gulf stream), being 25% faster, can get you out of a lot of trouble when weather windows close down on you unexpectedly.
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It is a mighty fine problem for you to have to solve, when choosing between 3 fine ships. You are most fortunate indeed, if this dilema is one of your biggest ones.
Best to ya,
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Thanks for the follow-up, El. Hang in there on the homework and its good to hear this is helpful.
I completely agree with Jeff''s point about a longer boat (for that 20K displacement) being preferable. The snag is when it comes time to afford that boat, as typically longer boats suitable for long-term cruising and that have (for their length) lighter displacements are more carefully engineered and built, are fewer in number in the marketplace, and will consequently be more pricey. But that doesn''t impeach the preference.
A couple of thoughts about systems for your planned cruise, as those decisions and your choice of boat are inter-related. Being clear about system needs up front can help you buy more boat if shopping on the used market. Finding the right gear, carefully maintained, on a used boat will help you avoid subsequent gear purchases and the time/cost of installation, thereby allowing you to plow more into the boat purchase itself. And Id like to challenge your basic notion that the boat you buy for a Caribbean cruise could not eventually become a good choice for crossing the Pacific. You will find it immensely more cost and time effective to pick a strong and capable boat initially, and then incrementally improve her, should you decide on longer passagemaking, rather than trade up later, pay tax a second time, change out or add the necessary systems, and start a new learning curve. And some of the cruising challenges in the Caribbean can be formidable in one way or another. When you look at the sea conditions you might face off the Venezuela and Columbia coast enroute the San Blas Is., that can be tougher sailing than anything youll find enroute the central South Pacific outside storm season. And if planning to cruise e.g. the Roques and Aves off the VZ coast or the atolls off Belize and Mexico (common cruising destinations) the need for adequate water capacity and alternative forms of electrical generation are not unlike those youd have in the Marquesas or Tuamotus of French Polynesia.
Your gear decisions seem compatible to me with your planned destination and route, with perhaps the following quibbles. Just about any boat you find with pressure water will have a water heater; I suggest you insure it is heated by the FW side of the engine as well as electrically. Any layout that offers a workable shower arrangement (ideally, a small stall) will, all by itself, make life aboard much more enjoyable AND allow you to consider less expensive dockage where shoreside amenities ashore are cruder, as you wont need them. Using a fridge and SSB (since you have time, I hope you will consider a ham license so you can benefit by the excellent Winlink system www.winlink.org) will mandate a high-capacity DC electrical system (at the least, a hi-cap alternator, 400+ amp/hr house battery bank and some form of alternative energy; wind suits best in the Caribbean trades). There are numerous vendors who can help you in this area re: education and system configuration (see e.g. www.jackrabbitmarine.com nice folks). And please think carefully about redundant self-steering: you will be sailing short-handed, sometimes in robust conditions, and gear does break. You can passage-plan to reduce the length of your passage legs but losing self-steering when its just the two of you can really take the bloom off the rose.
Two final thoughts:
1. I strongly encourage you to join the SSCA so you can receive their monthly bulletins, and especially to purchase their CD of their last 8 years of bulletins (only about $15, I think www.ssca.org; go to the Store, shop under Publications). There is a huge collection of helpful, relevant info from other cruisers in there and its easily searchable by computer).
2. Within the Caribbean Basin, it is relatively easy to upgrade or add systems later, based on your own cruising experiences, rather than trying to have all the right answers upfront, before youve even headed out. There are reliable, affordable supply chains straight back to the U.S. in Puerto Rico, the VIs, St. Martin, Trinidad, Grand Cayman and up the Rio Dulce in Guatemala. The more you can stick with the basics picking a good boat and getting sound, basic systems set up the more time youll have to sail her before shoving off and build your skill sets, which in turn will reduce anxieties and increase the pleasure factor once you leave.
Believe it or not, you will find you need ALL of that 2+ years of remaining time to adequately prepare yourselves and your boat for your new adventure.
Good luck to you both.
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Yep, I''m still here. We have been digesting all the excellent and greatly appreciated information from everyone. We have pretty much started over. The displacement/length issue really changes the landscape, leading us to consider longer (I no longer use the term larger) boats with medium displacements. This change in thinking has been welcome since the longer boats allow for more stowage, larger tanks, more livable space and should provide a more comfortable motion at sea.
Jack made reference to our crusiing plans. In short I will retire in 2 yrs - 4 months - 9 days (but who''s counting). We will both be in our early 50s and hope to cruise as long as our health allows. We intend to crusise the Bahamas, VIs, Hispaniola and Latin America. As most sailors do, we dream of the South Pacific & the Med, but we realize that will require a totally different boat.
One of the big issues we wrestle with is: exactly how much "sailing" will we actually be doing and how many multiple day runs will we be making? Will we be spending 90% of our time at anchor? If we will only be making 2-3 multi-day jumps -vs- numerous 4-5 day runs, how should this influence our choice.
To the issue of safety: this IS our number one concern and those issues go into all of our discussions. There will never be a compromise in this area.
Gear: NO = freezer, water maker, electric winches, propane
YES = SSB, refrig, pressurized water, GPS/Chartplotter, ORIGO stove/oven, autopilot, solar, wind gen.
MAYBE: water heater, small Honda genset, radar
Thanks again for all the excellent info!!
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Well written as usual.... I do want to touch on just one of your points. (In as much as I basically will concede to your points on the Beneteau 42s7.) My point on the long boat arguement is this, if you are looking at a 20,000 lb 37 footer with a 29 foot waterline, you would be much better served with say a 41 foot 20,000 boat with a 38 foot waterline. (Its my size is set by displacement not length arguement). In that scenario the longer boat will have large tank tank capacities and a better ability to carry the kinds of gear that one needs to go cruising. In saying that I think you hit the nail on the head when you say that not all long (light) boats are made the same. In many of not most cases the longer lighter boat is laid out to be a coastal cruiser and so may not be suitable for distance cruising or for a particular person''s taste.
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The more this topic is explored selecting a good cruising boat the more its complexities and challenges emerge. Theres good stuff here; I hope the archives allow its retrieval.
El, are you still with us or have you gone off and bought your boat? <g>
Ill attempt two tag lines, one of which relates to Jeffs additions:
1. Heavy/big is no panacea, and light/long will generally be more fun to sail. But no matter where you place your own preferences on this continuum, theres no justification IMO to accept clear safety risks such as the 42s7 foredeck I mentioned. Dont cave when it comes to obvious safety issues, nor allow the good stuff to average out what you know to be unsafe. Longer at-sea times with more engine hours is not something to aspire to (altho it doesnt kill anyone), which is partly why we were both negative about the CB 38. But todays light/long, nice sailing boats often suffer to a significant degree from major compromises when used for extended cruising. They preclude extended motoring because they have sail drives which dont provide for sail-leg gear oil changes without hauling the boat (a big downside if cruising the Pacific Northwest, coastal California & its offshore islands, the East Coasts ICW or the Gulf Coast, just to name some U.S. venues); they offer inadequate tankage (which typically drives owners with cruising plans to a) install a watermaker & its associated plumbing the downsides being cost, space, spares, and required maintenance and b) create jug farms on their side decks with their own risks); and they frequently feature dysfunctional layouts (from a long-term cruising perspective) because they are appealing to a mix of customer groups, the vast majority of whom only aspire to weekending, charters for large groups, and the annual vacation. To this list of inherent issues, one can add the light/long boats limited ability to absorb cruising junk if thats ultimately what one desires. None of these impeach the long/light boat from being the right choice for the right person (see next point), but they will all need to be reckoned with.
2. Im struck by how there are some huge variables that we arent addressing but which El and her husband must face. To mention just a few, lets start with the intended length of their cruise, as stated in both miles and months, all by itself a critical factor. The second is their actual passage plan: even if staying within the Caribbean, what makes sense will vary depending on where they actually go within that one confined body of water. Another is the certainty of the time period they have chosen to be living aboard and cruising. The same choices about systems and system complexity can look like profligate overkill or thoughtful upfront planning, depending on how long the investment in effort and money pays off. And theres Thoreaus advice about being true to thyself: what actually fits and makes sense for El and her hubby, reflects their values and fills them with pleasure, which is in part what this cruising gig is about? Its impossible for us to know about this second category of variables, and yet they may be and deserve to be the truly influential ones.
Come on, El give us an update. Inquiring minds and all that <g>
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While as usual Jack raises a lot of valid points here, I did want to touch on a few. I agree with Jack that a boat like the 42s7 is at the lower threshold of a distance cruiser and in fact expressed my mixed feelings about these boats. Still a lot of these boast have done a lot of very successful long distance cruising.
There are some minor points that I am not sure that I agree with in Jack''s post, have a different perspective on, or which have been altered during the Beneteau production run. The 42s7 that I was on seemed to have the metric equivilent of the ORC required lifeline height, which is roughly 65 cm or a touch over 24 inches and in intermediate lifeline as well. I can''t recall being on a Beneteau first series with shorter lifelines but these boats are sold in a lot of different ways and I may only have seen a US market or racing version. That boat also had nice toe rails but I agree with Jack that a part of prepping a 42s7 for going offshore would be to install a centerline grab/foot rail.
I agree with Jack that rub rails really adds some protection in a docking situation and the lack of rub rails on the 42s7 means that greater care must be taken when coming and going than a boat that has rub rails. That said, walking around boat shows these days, you see fewer and fewer boats with rub rails (even on solely cruising oriented boats). (It meant a lot to me in the selection process that my boat had rubrails as compared to almost all of the other boats that I had considered.)
I don''t agree with Jack''s point about motoring into a head sea with these boats. Their veed bow sections combined with a fairly fine bow means that they should be able to motor into a steep chop easier than a more traditional vessel that would be colliding with each wave with greater force. This is a similar hull form to my own boat on which I have found motoring into a steep chop is surprisingly gentle compared to more traditional boats that I have owned or sailed. But more to the point, the better windward ability and more comfortable upwind motion of boats like these may mean that you sail and don''t motor to windward to get down there.
I strongly agree with Jack''s main point about comfort being more than motion comfort.I think that any boat that is intended as an offshore distance cruiser should have at least have one good seaberth for each crew person, a full sized nav station, a head and the galley located near the center of buoyancy of the boat. (The current fad of placing head in the very bow of the boat really makes very little sense to me.) The seaberths need to be safe on both tacks and should not be located under the cockpit or next to the engine. A secure and workable galley at any heel angle, good footing and good handholds are essential on any boat heading offshore. (as a side note here, down below I think that Beneteau does a very nice job on the 42s7, much better than some of the so-called ''blue water cruisers'' that I have been on as of late.)
I also want to say that I agree with Jack''s point about the J-40. However, I think this raises a different point than Jack intended to make. There are a lot of ways to go long distance cruising. As has been pointed out on this very BB, people have made all kinds of long voyages on pretty spartan boats. These days I seem to see an increasingly pervasive belief that one can''t go distance cruising without a massive quantity of gadgets and gilhookies. If you are of that school any boat that displaces less than something like 18000 lbs or so is going to be severely challenged to carry the weight and windage of a rib, and all of the electical stuff involved with that lifestyle decision. I am not making a value judgement here, but if you are of the ''You must take it with you'' school of outfitting then a boat like the J-40 or J-37 probably won''t work for you, but neither will a more traditional boat of that displacement which of course would be somewhat shorter in length. For those of us who believe in going simply but who see being able to sail as much as posible and motor as little as posible as the biggest luxury then a boat like the two J''s would seem to work fine. Individual J-40''s and J37s have made tremendously long passages and one gent that I spoke to at a Storm Trisail party had circumnavigated on his J-40 and only had high praises for the boat.
In way of an example of what that kind of thinking is about, a sistership of my boat was single-handed from South Africa to the Carribean and then cruised up the Atlantic Coast. The sistership left Capetown just behind a friend with a much larger heavier displacement cruising boat. On the leg from SA, (the first ten days were in 30-50 knots winds and then later sailing through the duldrums),I believe that the fellow told me that he beat the cruising boat to the Carribean by over a week. On top of that the sistership used less than a full tank of fuel (roughly 15 gallons or less than 24 hours of motoring time)compared to the heavier cruiser who motored nearly half of the trip. I am sure that the heavier cruiser had more amenities but to me this represents the extremes in our ''there is no one right answer here'' sport. The answer for most people usually seems to fall somewhere in between the two extremes.
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El, sorry to have bowed out on this thread for a while. Theres a lot to comment on but you deserve some praise up front: youre clearly using this discussion to broaden your own understanding of the issues, and youre focusing on some important stuff (like suitability for short-handed sailing and maintenance costs). Keep at it; youll end up getting much closer to the boat you want and will enjoy it a lot more due to your perseverance.
As usual, Jeffs remarks deserve a lot of consideration. Some of my comments will seem to challenge his, but this is primarily to broaden the discussion a bit more. And Im sure you realize, to the extent you weigh one criterion too heavily, youll be distorting the total constellation of issues youll want to consider. As an example, Jeffs been generally very positive on this BB in his comments about the Beneteau First Series, citing their build quality, design parameters (theyre good sailers) and value. I view them a lousy choice for cruising despite these attributes, as they simply are not designed with important cruising realities in mind. IOW they are heavily weighted around some criteria but not around nearly enough criteria. Right now, a 2001 42s7 is across the dock from us, recently returned from Denmark and a summer on the Baltic. The young couple had a really tough time cruising the boat, as almost any slip/berth they approached involved fitting between or riding alongside pilings or bulkheads and their boat has no rubrail, and has plastic ports on a beamy, unprotected hull which was constantly in danger of being damaged. The foredeck on the boat is, mostly, one wide/long blister no handholds, useless outward oriented lifelines of 22 height, and some of the surface which would be horizontal when the boat is heeled is smooth gelcoat. I think you would find its sailing qualities exciting when coming back but youd find its ability to motor(sail) into stiff head seas somewhat limited, which is what youll be doing going down, and the first time one of you was heading up to that foredeck in bouncy conditions, youd worry about it being a widow(er)maker.
The point Im trying to make is to think about LOTS of criteria and avoid zooming in on a few. Speed is far more helpful on longer passages than on the shorter ones youll be making. E.g. we made several runs that were long by conventional Caribbean standards including one from VZ up to Puerto Rico, lost the engine in a storm, but in the end averaged 6 knots. Our boat is a beamy, not fast, shallow drafted Pearson ketch; how many hours longer were we really out there than e.g. if we were in a Sabre? This 440 NM run is probably longer than any youll need to make. By contrast, how about using the galley offshore? Even if you live on sandwiches during your 2-3 day runs, someone will need to make them. How convenient to your seaberth and cockpit is the head and how useable is the head in a seaway? How functional is the chart table, with the boat bouncing around and/or on its ear? These things are more important than speed for the kind of cruising youll be doing, IMO.
Jeff is right about the CR 38. We sailed in company with one from Grand Cayman to the Honduran Bay Is. and, while they left well before us, we arrived 2.5 days later well ahead of them and at times we were only using our jib and mizzen. Also, I think you should expand on Jeffs notion of comfort. Its not just about boat motion in a seaway; I think it has even more to do with ergonomics as designed in by the builder. One of the things that IMO distinguishes a Hallberg Rassy (or Malo or Najad) is that they are built by Swedes, and Scandinavians have an appreciation for and ability with ergonomics thats superb.
We saw a J40 in St. Lucia that typified to me the care one must exercise when drawing specific conclusions about suitability for cruising based on the standard from-the-factory design. This boat had a family of 4 aboard, it was tricked out with a bountiful set of toys, most of them hanging off a radar arch, and it had stout anchor gear, rollers, windlass et al. And then there was the RIB and big outboard, the hard dodger and big bimini (Oh my, the windage ), multiple extra sails, and on and on. It looked to me like a Porsche that had been outfitted as an RV, and I have to wonder how the boat actually was to cruise vs. how it probably day-sailed in its homeport before the crew got the Caribbean gleam in their eye. I think the Hanse (and obviously the J37) suffer from the same issue.
I think youd benefit highly from some selected reading. Both Beth Leonards Voyagers Handbook and Nigel Calders Cruising Handbook do an excellent job of outlining design characteristics and systems issues from a cruising perspective. Beths work is especially useful, as she ties boat choice directly to cruising budgets and helps lift the veil on ALL of the financial variables when one makes the decision to head out. I find women in particular seem to resonate well to Beths writing, tho men praise it highly, as well.
Good luck and keep us posted on your decisions.
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To a great extent to boats of equal displacement but different lengths will have similar maintenance costs. Sail areas, rigging sizes, ground tackle, engine sizes, fule consumption, and those kinds of things should be similar. Depending on how the work is priced the longer boat may have a higher price for bottom painting although I have successfully pointed out the lack of bottom surface area and gotten a break with a light boat. Dockage may be (and generally is) more with the longer boat.
The longer boat of equal displacement will generally have a more easily driven hull and so get by with less sail area in a blow. Within reason, the longer boat should be easier to sail at the extremes of the wind ranges and generally will be able to sail into much lower windspeeds with less sail area. That ability to get by with smaller working sails means fewer sail changes and easier sail handling.
The longer boat will generally have better dampening and so have a more comfortable motion. Studies as diverse as the Report on the Fastnet Disaster, The Coroners study of the Sydney-Hobart Race, and the CE study developing STIX, all seemed to look at length as being one of the single most important determinants in how much abuse crews took in adverse conditions.
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Again, thank you for your helpful input. To expand upon what you have said here and in other posts: Extending the loa and lwl while maintaining the same displacement & displace/ballast ratio should help to eliminate the p&r (while also providing more livable space). Am I getting this correct?
Another question: assuming 2 sailboats of equal displacement, one is 38'' and the other is 42'', would the maintenance costs be roughly equivalant, all other things being equal? (I know this is an over-simplification, but I''m still at the macro- economics stage) Two of our primary considerations are maintenance costs and ability to sail shorthanded. We have steered away (perhaps needlessly) from 40-42 footers. If it is displacement that drives both these factors and the boat with the longer loa/lwl would have a more sea-kindly motion, as well as providing more speed, we need to re-examine our choices as they relate to these areas!
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My comments on the Cabo Rico is based on both my own limited experience sailing one in a short chop and then a conversation with the owner of that boat after he sold her in which he said, he did not realize how badly that boat pitched and rolled until he sold her and bought different boat.
He also told a story about getting really beat up in a 30 knot blow. While 30 knots plus can be a lot of wind which when combined with an adverse sea state can really offer some pretty rough going, his description of the CR 38 was not complimentary. This was a very experienced sailor and not someone who was new to the sport or going offshore. He was also the person who said that the bigger CR''s did not seem to be as rolly or pitchy.
As far as owner''s opinions I think we all get used to what we sail. So, I think of my boat as having a great motion (albeit slightly on the quick side) but with excellent dampening and minimal roll and pitch. I was out sailing with my father on a day that was gusting into the mid-20''s or so and we were driving into a short chop. Now dad sails a heavier displacement 42 footer and frankly probably would have carried a little less sail than we had up. If you asked me, I would have told you how impressed I was at how smoothly we were driving up wind in that steep a chop. From dad''s perspective, it was a pretty wild sail.
Another aspect of this is the individual in question. As I have said before on various BB''s, based on US Navy studies, about one third of people who are prone to seasickness are impacted by the amount of movement but not the accelleration of the movement, about one third are affected by the accelleration of the movement but not the amount, and the remaining third are affected by both. Large amounts of movement will grind down a crew just as quickly as quick motion.
I happen to fall in the category impacted by the amount of movement but not the accelleration of the movement. I find boats like the CR, with high roll moment of inertias and high vertical centers of gravity,very uncomfortable and so I am accutely aware when I am on a pitcher and roller. An owner who is more comfortable with large roll angles would not have that same complaint.
The Pacific Seacraft 37 feels a bit claustrophobic to me as well. I thinkl of them as 35 footers with a bustle.
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I take a break every spring when the weather finally turns nice and I go raid the outdoors for a while. I always come back because I enjoy WoW and, specifically, the people I play WoW with. I just can't stay cooped up indoors when the weather is great. But after a long day at work, sometimes you just want to sit back, put your feet up and goof off. So I keep coming back to WoW.
Taking a short hiatus myself...being hacked is fun! :/
iv been taking a break for 2 months now, I dont really feel strong urges to come back, I grace wowhead maybe once a week to check out whats going on, but thats because i used to hit up wowhead everyday for 2 years.a rather fresh thinking game dev named jonathan blow (creater of Braid, try it, its a breath of fresh air after playing wow) put WoW into a good prespective.The WoW DrugHe clarified, "I'm not saying bad, I'm saying you can divide them into two categories – some are like foods that are naturally beneficial and can increase your life, but some are like drugs."Continued Blow, "As game designers, we don't know how to make food, so we resort to drugs all the time. It shows in the discontent at the state of games – Radosh wanted food, but Halo 3 was just giving him cheap drugs.""The game industry is chasing bigger player base, and we're exploiting them in an unethical way," Blow asserted. "We don't see it as unethical because we refuse to stop and think about the magnitude of what we are doing. You can smoke, have fast food, and play World of Warcraft sometimes – when you talk about these things at a societal level, it becomes a societal problem.""The thing I want to get at is – I'm not trying to blame players here – what I am saying is, if you're the CEO of McDonald's, you should not feel good about your job, you should feel ashamed. We don't have that in the games business -- we don't have that sense, because we feel like they're 'just entertainment.' We don't feel like we can do things we can be ashamed of yet," he added.Blow believes that according to WoW, the game's rules are its meaning of life. "The meaning of life in WoW is you're some schmo that doesn't have anything better to do than sit around pressing a button and killing imaginary monsters," he explained. "It doesn't matter if you're smart or how adept you are, it's just how much time you sink in. You don't need to do anything exceptional, you just need to run the treadmill like everyone else.""You don't come away from WoW with that in your head, but that comes through subtly and subconsciously," Blow added. "It's like advertising and brand identity. People identify with their activities – same thing with games, people are products of their origins and their environments. We're giving them these environments and helping to determine what they're going to be."(http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16392)hes right you know, its simple rewards and running the treadmill of the game that keeps people attached to it, simple lore and a gameplay thats so easy anybody can do it.nothing about WoW is hard or deep, thats how its addictive, and thats why its so bad.it was fun for sure, but the main catch is you need loads of Time-> (some) money to get the meager rewards of gear.sorry for the chunk of text, try out braid, theres a demo on the steam site, not trying to pull anybody off WoW, its just healthy to try something differnt and use your mind while you play a game.
@ above:The joy of WoW is twofold. The social benefit and friendships of a guild/friends to hang out with (who actually share similar interests), and the sheer fun in killing other players. PvP is a big reason many people still play, simply because they find it fairly 'hard' and 'deep'. If you don't believe that PvP is hard or deep, I'd like to see your Arena stats. :PLets just say I have friends who help me pay for my retail subscription, so that isn't much of an issue. ^_^Running a guild has its perks. ;)And no, I'm afraid I won't reveal my armory info.As for WoW growing stale, I have to disagree. The addition of DKs added a lot to the already delicate class balance (or attempt at such) that Blizz has been trying to perfect. The problem has been that Blizzard has been making recent Class/Balance changes almost entirely based on the whining of the 'anti-(class)' people. Pallys are one of the reasons I seem to 'take a break' after every nerf and come back about a week or so later (with full rested exp on alts). Exorcism in 3.1 working on players was one of the very few shining moments when I was actually going to really enjoy playing a Paladin again. I hadn't been that excited since they added Crusader Strike to the Ret tree. And this was like that only a RANGED attack. =DThen they nerfed it a week later. >_>I doubt a ton of Pallys suddenly caused a huge shift in the Arena and PvP brackets. Holy Pallys could finally do something other then heal.Players seem to have always hated Pallys for their bubble, yet Blizz not only has nerfed them to hell, buffed them in the opening days of the LK expansion, then heavily nerfed them *again*, but on top of all this they've made very specific changes to 'nerf' us in PvP since everyone always cries about 'Plate/Heals/Bubble'.If pallys had some better utility spells (ranged attack on a short CD without going holy, decent reliable dps that isn't all about burst damage) then we wouldn't even need a bubble at all. I've dueled and PvPed and beaten the hell outta people both with and within any 'bubbles' or 'heals'.Then again, if you take away a Pallys bubble, then you have to remove Stealth from Rogues, Fear from Warlocks, and so on. Its a part of the class as much as those other skills are a part of their classes. Without Stealth, a Rogue is useless. And since Pallys have poor CC abilities on long CDs and very short duration in PvP, we wouldn't be able to have anything against more then one caster at a time, and even then we wouldn't have anything against them. The other 'melee-only' classes all have abilities specifically to spell-interrupt and counteract casters and ranged attackers. Pallys do not.Take away the bubble, and give us something that's actually useful. Everyone would benefit.
I haven't played since October 25, 2008. I took a break to focus on school work, etc.I'm going to start up again once summer begins.
I took last summer off and I'm not sure why. Just wasn't home to play the game. I didn't miss it at all, either, until a friend mentioned that WotLK was coming out and it must've planted a seed. I downloaded WoW, BC, bought LK on the second day of release and have been playing again ever since. I, too, enjoy the company of others in the game because honestly it is not that great of a game. But, it keeps me occupied and out of trouble and I guess that is all that really matters. :)
I usually keep myself from burning out by playing other games, usually with a slower pace or (in some cases) a faster one. Team Fortress 2, Spore, The Sims 2, Saints Row 2, Portal, Fallout 3, even Fable 2 help to kill off the feeling of burning out.And should I burn out, I just take a day off from the game and I'm fine.
I felt the burnout pretty bad near the end of TBC, having played since release of Vanilla WoW and having run out of things to I ended up quiting for about 2 weeks. Felt refreshed after that and decided permanent quitting wasn't required, just short breaks. Came back and prepared for wrath and have been in Azeroth ever since. Raiding 3 days a week with my guild is always great fun.
I periodically leave for up 3-12 months at a time then return to see whats going on. I leave is because I run out of content. I love questing, but leveling up an alt gets boring because the low level zones are sooooo empty.I try to play when there is a major release or update. The number of people playing make it fun for me. I'm casual enough that I can't commit the time to being in a major guild or doing the raiding scene. But after awhile I have trouble finding people that I like to play with.I wish they didn't charge to move characters between servers. It would make it much easier for casual players to find each other, simply "move" to the server where there are people actually playing in the barrens. By limiting server moves to those willing to pay, its hard to get a decent group together that wants to play.
So much for an MMO
I moved to another part of the country and started a new job just before Wrath and took a break cause of it. I tried it for a bit around december but it never got interesting again. It was good for about 4 years which in it self ofc. is amazing but now it feels like I've left for good...So as an answer to the question I guess I "just love visiting Wowhead", ;-)
A while back (a year or so), I quit WoW for a good 4-6 months. I just got bored of leveling my pally. Then I came back, and started leveling characters to 10 or so, then deleting and remaking, then finally my friend made me level my pally, so I did, got it to 80, and got bored, took another break and just recently got back into it.I don't know what makes me get bored of WoW it's a great game, and that's why I keep coming back.
I am currently taking my break. In the past I would take a break at or around endgame, as my goals were never related to gear progression so much as environmental progression. Endgame just felt stagnant to me, as endgame was more about repeating content for gear rather than completing then moving on to the next. When it got to the point where it didn't feel like I was going anywhere, I would slow down drastically or take a break. Patches with open content or an upcoming expansion would bring me back. This last time, I came back for Wrath, leveled to 73 (I think...), and quit. Had no real problems or complaints. Just that the stagnant feeling I had at endgame seemed to cross over into regular leveling. I am not sure what will bring me back again, but I try to stay interested, read game info and wait for something amazing to happen.
I've been bored of the game some times. But came back everytime. Not exactly sure why i grew tired of it, but I think its a natural thing, that when you do something constantly you eventually get bored doing it. What keeps me coming back is probably what you describe; atmosphere, lore, the gamer universe that wow has become.
I couldn't agree more. I haven't subscribed since February, but the lore is fantastic. I have the Sunwell Trilogy, Ultimate Edition, and really love it. I have yet to venture further into the books, as I seem to get less and less time to read hard copy material, but most definitely recommend the fantasy stories that go along with the great Warcraft universe to readers everywhere.


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Clubs v schools
A HASTINGS school has aborted a soccer plan that some believe was pushing students and their parents to make decisions under duress.
Hastings Boys' High School first XI coach Tony Simons says they will not field a team under the Havelock North Club banner in the men's Pacific Premier League this season, which kicks off early April.
"The whole journey has stopped because we only found out [on Sunday] Central Soccer doesn't allow two teams from the same club to play in a grade," says Simons, who is a teacher at HBHS and also a member of the Havelock North club.
Some people, wishing to remain anonymous after having read a letter from HBHS principal Rob Sturch, claim forcing schoolboys to pick between a school team and a club is tantamount to bullying and blackmailing.
In the newsletter, which requests parents to agree with the proposals or prefer not to have their sons involved, Sturch says the need to affiliate with a club alleviates the need to form their own club to foot it in the men's domain.
"... but to do that it will cost us a considerable sum as well as having to start the team in the third division and gain promotion every year until we reach the premier league," he says.
HBHS agreed to affiliate with the Havelock North Wanderers because of their facilities and clubrooms where after-match functions could be held.
"Other clubs we have considered hold their after-match [function] at a bar which restricts our players being able to attend," the letter states.
HBHS intended to enter a team into the First XI League of Hawke's Bay Secondary School Football to ensure players who didn't make the cull for the Wanderers would still be able to foot it at the top level.
Secondary schools severed ties with Central Football two years ago after demanding accountability from the parent organisation regarding what they considered to be high costs when they said all it did was prepare draws for games.
In the letter, Sturch states most players would have either played on Saturday mornings for the first XI or afternoon with the Wanderers, although the two teams were to have trained together.
The city's clubs, he says, have constantly hindered the school, affecting the long-term development of individuals and the teams' success.
"This includes players not being able to play because of injuries they receive playing club football, player burnout near the end of the season when tournaments take place, learning bad habits playing against men and, perhaps the most annoying trend, players not turning up for school matches without notice because clubs have taken them to play in other cities," says Sturch, adding HBHS had lost at least four titles in the past six years because of player no-shows on game days.
Consequently the school had developed a policy of playing for the school only.
"If they play for any other team, including a club side, they will not be eligible to play for Hastings Boys' High.
"Of course, this means that they will not play inter-school matches, participate in tournaments, be nominated for Hawke's Bay rep teams or have any involvement in the school's football programme.
"We ask for your support in this matter as we have had enough of what we consider very poor support from clubs."
Sturch has confirmed receiving letters from two parents expressing concern. He says the school has given no ultimatum to the boys or their parents.
"If they don't want to play for the school and want to play for a club then it's their decision."
Simons says the reality is few players from school level ended up representing Kinetic Electrical Hawke's Bay United at the elite level of the ASB Premiership in summer.
"Well look around, you'll find it's probably just Dakota Lucas and Fergus Neil at the moment," he says.
Lucas left the Bay to study at high school and play in Auckland for a while under coach Kevin Fallon before joining Waitakere United's stable as a youth player before graduating to foot it at the O-League level.
The former New Zealand age-group international striker, who represented the Oly Whites at the London Olympics, also played for Team Wellington and in Australia last summer before gravitating to the Bay to recover from injuries and be close to his whanau.


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Praying for all those in the path of Sandy.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Praying for all those in the path of Sandy.
Be safe everyone in the path of Sandy. Here in Mississippi, yesterday the wind was blowing HARD...like hard to walk! Temps have drop considerably.
well, here in NE Ohio we will get some snow-not much I don't think and it has rained all dang day! with you coastal folks it it scary indeed. stay safe-hunker down or get outta town!!
You never stand taller than when you stoop to help a child.
Prayers to all out there in the path of this storm. We are going to get some of it's wrath here in Canada in the next couple of days but nothing like what you all in the States are going to get. Our East Coast: PEI, Newfoundland etc. will probably get the worst of it in Canada. May God keep everyone safe.
Dance like no one is watching
Left Ontario Wed -not sure what weather we would find in south west Fl - pleasant but breezy. Arrived Fri afternoon TV's didn't work and no phone either so very concerned but not due to storm. Repairman coming Mon afternoon.
Naturally, we were low in min on the cell phone but bought more to call Centurylink. At least it's sunny and warm to go in the pool and exercise my knee. Hope there is not a lot of damage as now the storm is going towards my
northern home.
I am not raking leaves hoping they blow away today.
Happy Quilting
Judy in Lower Michigan
I am worried sick because my son and girlfriend are leaving Tuesday night (upstate NY) and driving to Florida. I can only hope that they will be o.k. When do we stop worrying?
Prayers for all of you in the storm's path. Down here in New Orleans we're used to such storms but it's unusual for you guys. In my preparation for a hurricane I make sure everything's charged, have some real books on hand and lots and lots of applique or hand piecing I can do while the power's out. Everyone keep safe.
"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when I can see footprints on the moon..."


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From pies to condoms: the royal wedding cash cow
LONDON (Reuters) - From plates and pies to underwear and condoms, retailers are gearing up to cash in on the upcoming wedding of Britain's Prince William to Kate Middleton.
Whether it's manufacturers of specialist china, or novelty items, or even the company founded by Middleton's mother, shops and businesses are looking to make the most of the couple's big day on April 29.
"Every time there's a royal wedding or a coronation or anything like that, everybody suddenly decides, I think I'll manufacture a few mugs or tea towels or whatever it happens to be," said royal biographer Christopher Wilson.
"They've been doing that for centuries. It's a boost for the economy. People will make these things and people will buy them."
Buckingham Palace has issued strict guidelines on what can and cannot be used on official souvenirs and commemorative merchandise, only allowing tea towels celebrating the engagement after protests from manufacturers.
All such items must be in "good taste," it said.
But that has not stopped a slew of unofficial memorabilia hitting the streets and internet shopping websites.
Already on offer are "Crown Jewels" condoms, featuring a picture of William and Middleton gazing into each other's eyes and bearing the famous motto, "Lie back and think of England."
"In years to come, they will be a timeless memento of a magical wedding day," said spokesman Hugh Pomfret, although would-be users might be slightly disturbed to see the condoms described a as a novelty product not intended as a contraceptive. Continued...


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As I've noted here before, the current crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing the border has had one upside. It has forced the actual GOP stance on immigration out into the open, increasingly boxing Republicans into a position where their main solution to the broader immigration crisis is effectively advocating for maximum deportations from the interior, including of the DREAMers.
Now, as the battle over the crisis continues to roil the political landscape, the point is being underscored by none other than Ted Cruz:
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz plans to take a hard-line stand that could rile up conservatives just as lawmakers — including two from his home state — are struggling to address the growing humanitarian crisis along the southern border.
The conservative firebrand believes that any bill to deal with the unaccompanied migrant children at the border must also include language to stop a 2012 immigration directive from President Barack Obama — a proposal unlikely to go anywhere in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
It's true that Cruz is differing from his two fellow Texans — Senator John Cornyn and Rep. Henry Cuellar — on how to respond to the short term crisis. Cruz is pushing for any GOP legislative response to it to include language ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — i.e., the program deferring deportation of the DREAMers — while the two other Texans aren't.
But the policy goal that Cruz is advocating is widely shared by many in the GOP, even if they aren't advocating for it to be included in the party's immediate response to the crisis. Republicans have long attacked Obama for failing to "enforce the law" on immigration, by which they mean Obama's deferral of deportation of the DREAMers has shown him to be lawless. Criticism of this is effectively a call for Obama to deport them all. But when Republicans have previously been pressed on whether that's what they are advocating for, they have tended to sidestep the question.
Yet now that the widespread GOP response to the current crisis is that Obama's failure to deport the DREAMers is to blame, because it has created a "magnet" for more kids to come, it has grown impossible for Republicans to obscure the true implications of their argument.
And so, Ted Cruz is essentially calling on Republicans to formalize in their legislative response to the crisis what is already their actual position on immigration in general. (House Republicans already voted in 2013 to end DACA.) And not only that, National Review reports that more and more conservatives are now giving voice to the Cruz stance, arguing that Republicans must not offer any legislative response to the crisis because Obama's "amnesty" for the DREAMers proves he cannot be trusted to work with them even on the current border debacle.
In the short term, this Cruz gambit could make it tougher for John Boehner to get any border bill through the House, and increasingly reliant on Dems to do so. But beyond this, it's a reminder that even if the crisis is very tough politics for Obama and Dems, it is also putting Republicans in a terrible position, dramatizing that they have only moved further to the right on immigration since their 2012 loss led to a big round of soul searching about how to broaden the party's appeal beyond core constituencies. As Steve Benen notes, they are now farther outside the mainstream on this issue than ever.
Republicans like to say they can do reform in 2015 and begin to get right with Latinos in time for the 2016 presidential election. But if anything, reform could get harder next year, particularly if the GOP presidential primary gets going and Cruz demagogues the immigration issue to win far right GOP primary voters. Indeed, we're now getting a preview of what that might look like.
* CAN BOEHNER PASS BORDER FIX THROUGH HOUSE? Republicans appear to be moving toward a proposal that would cut the level of funding Obama wants, while changing the law to speed removals. But the Hill reports that it will be hard to get even that through the House:
Republican sources…say Speaker John Boehner will have difficulty passing a smaller supplemental — in the ballpark of $1.5 billion — paired with policy changes. They estimate Boehner needs 50 to 60 Democratic votes to pass it because conservative members are leery about emergency spending, which adds to the deficit, and want a harder line taken against the illegal immigrants.
As noted here the other day, the likelihood of conservatives balking at any spending on the border crisis is looming as a big test for Boehner. The problem is that any such policy changes to speed removals designed to win over Republicans risk losing Democrats.
* DEMS FACE CHALLENGE ON BORDER CRISIS, TOO: The Post has a good overview of the tensions between Congressional Democrats and the White House over the crisis, as Dems harden their opposition to any changes in the law that would expedite removals of arriving minors. Here's what happened at a meeting yesterday:
During the meeting Obama told the group that he wanted "to find a way to ensure due process but also speed things up" in the processing of young migrants, according to another lawmaker in the room who asked not to be identified in order to frankly describe the president's opinions.
It's still unclear where this goes from here. The question is whether Senate Democrats move their own bill forward that only provides funding to address the crisis, with no legal changes to speed deportations.
* CONSERVATIVES SOFTENING ON IMMIGRATION? Don't miss National Journal's nicely reported piece detailing how South Carolina conservatives and evangelicals are softening their attitudes towards immigration. As always, this raises a key question: Is the GOP base really all that opposed to reform?
Or is it more likely that in blocking reform, GOP leaders are catering only to a very far right slice of Republicans who are the only ones genuinely adamant in their opposition, as even some GOP pollsters have argued?
* REPUBLICANS NOT SO HOT ON BOEHNER'S LAWSUIT: Jeremy Peters has a nice overview of the skirmishing around the GOP lawsuit against Obama, noting that some top Republicans are actually tepid in their support for it. Note this concession from Rep. Virginia Foxx:
"I get many letters every day from constituents who say, 'O.K., you have the power of the purse; now cut off the funding,' " Ms. Foxx said, describing a plea that many conservatives have made for Congress to defund the health care law. "What they forget to note is that when the laws pass the House, they also have to pass the Senate. So it is not a unilateral authority that we have in the House."
So the GOP lawsuit — which is ostensibly about Obama's supposed flouting of the separation of powers — is partly about assuaging GOP frustration over the Republican-controlled House's inability to impose its will on the whole system, thanks to divided government.
* WHY REPUBLICANS MAY NOT WIN SENATE: Kyle Klondik has a terrific piece diving into obscure historical facts to explain that the GOP quest for a Senate majority may be complicated by the party's poor record of ousting incumbent Dem Senators:
If Republicans are to win the Senate, they probably are going to have to do something they haven't done since 1980: beat more than two Democratic Senate incumbents in November…Republicans have had some good Senate elections, like in 1994 — when they netted eight seats and took control of the upper chamber — as well as 2004 and 2010, when they netted four and six seats, respectively. But these were electoral triumphs built mainly on winning Democratic seats where incumbents were not running…Republicans have some obscure but relevant history to overcome.
Read the whole thing. If you give Republicans three seats at the outset — West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana — they still will likely have to oust three remaining Dem incumbents. And these Dems are proving pretty resourceful in emphasizing their brands and roots in the states.
* COLORADO SENATE RACE VERY CLOSE: A new Quinnipiac poll finds GOPer Cory Gardner with a slight edge over Senator Mark Udall in Colorado, 44-42, which Quinnipiac describes as "tied." This is at odds with yesterday's NBC poll finding Udall up seven points.
As always, go back to the polling average: It shows Udall up by one, 45-44. As always, what happens here (and in Iowa and Michigan) will provide clues to whether the GOP is meaningfully broadening the map beyond the core red state battlegrounds.
* HOW DEMS WILL TRY TO SPLIT GOP: E.J. Dionne has a good column laying out the Democratic strategy of trying to use the right's extreme anti-government sentiment to split the business community (which sees a valid role for government in the economy) from the GOP:
In the past, conservatives have used social and cultural issues as wedges to split Democratic constituencies. Now, Democrats view the GOP's attitude toward government as a wedge issue that might make pro-business populism possible. In American politics, stranger things have happened.
As noted here yesterday, the battle over infrastructure investment (which the business community wants) is a good example of an area where GOP leaders are willing to stiff-arm the anti-government Tea Party. There are very few other such areas, though, a fact Dems will try to exploit.
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As the centenary of the Great War draws ever closer, Monash University researchers are leading the field in researching the effects of war on Australian families, communities and the nation.
Led by the University's Chair of History and Australian Studies at the National Centre for Australian Studies Professor Bruce Scates, a team of PhD students and historians are taking to cities and towns to ask people directly about their thoughts on the day as part of the Anzac Day at Home and Abroad: A Centenary History of Australia's National Day project. The project is of part of the preparations to mark the 100th anniversary of Anzac Day in 2015.
PhD candidate in the National Centre for Australian Studies Rebecca Wheatley will accompany American historian Professor Jay Winter to Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance dawn service. Professor Winter is visiting from Yale University to present lectures and seminars in the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation and the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies. As the general editor of the forthcoming Cambridge history of the Great War, he is a keen observer of commemorative practices around the world.
In the UK, the Director of the University's Australia and International Tourism Research Unit Dr Keir Reeves will observe commemorations in Cambridge, where he has been working as a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge since March.
Professor Scates will be heading to Auckland for Anzac Day services there. With the increased attention given to Australians in the Great War, it is sometimes easy to overlook the 'NZ' in Anzac on this side of the Tasman. The differences and similarities between the two countries serve as an important comparison in this research. Newly-arrived PhD candidate Margaret Harris, a former member of the New Zealand Defence Force, will also be applying her research to the ways in which Anzac services differ between the two countries.
Laura James from the National Centre for Australian Studies, whose research centres on Anzac commemoration in regional Australia, is travelling to Hay, NSW, to interview and survey citizens of this prosperous agricultural and pastoral region.
Project co-ordinator Dr Damien Williams from the School of Journalism and Australian Studies will also be turning his attention to regional commemoration. He will be travelling to Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale – two places that share a strong rivalry as well as links with colonial defence, telecommunication and the life of one of Australia's greatest prime ministers, Alfred Deakin.
Other Monash researchers will be present in Sydney and at alternative Anzac Day services in Melbourne.
Well-founded criticisms of the mythology around Anzac underscore the need for concentrated research on what motivates people to remember such a bloody event of almost one hundred years ago. Monash researchers are continuing to make an original contribution to understanding how this aspect of the past continues to have such a prominent place in the present.
The Anzac Day survey can be found on the Monash website.
Professor Scates and Dr Williams will be interviewed on these topics (and more) on ABC Radio National'sLife Matters at 9am on 25 April.
Related links
- More Anzac related stories
- Anzac Remembered website
- Anzac Study Tours
- National Centre for Australian Studies
'It makes one feel and realise what a dreadful thing war is' – a nurse's story
by Janet Scarfe, Monash University Five thousand Australian nurses served during the second world war. … Continue reading 'It makes one feel and realise what a dreadful thing war is' – a nurse's story
Consuming Anzac: some thoughts on the Anzac centenary
If prizes were given out for the enthusiasm with which nations commemorate the centenary of the Great War, Australia would be first by a long shot. Dr Carolyn Holbrook looks at 'Brandzac'.
From hostility to lasting friendship: cultural reflections from Turkish and Anzac soldiers
For the first time in Australia, stories of Turkish soldiers will be told alongside those of Anzac soldiers in a bilingual exhibition at Monash Univeristy about the Gallipoli experience. The exhibition has been curated by Dr Azer Banu Kemaloğlu, of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University.
On remembering and forgetting war
Join us this Remembrance Day for the launch of – World War One: A History in 100 Stories – a path-breaking social history written by Monash historians Professor Bruce Scates, Rebecca Wheatley and Laura James.
Monash MOOC: World War 1 history in 100 stories
Due to the remarkable success of the free online course, 'World War One: A History … Continue reading Monash MOOC: World War 1 history in 100 stories
Soldiers' real stories are the best defence against Remembrance Day conditioning
Our politicians ask us to imagine that our 'fallen' soldiers 'sacrificed' themselves for a higher … Continue reading Soldiers' real stories are the best defence against Remembrance Day conditioning
Monash University commemorates the Great War Centenary
One hundred years ago today, on 1 November 1914, the first deployment of Australian troops … Continue reading Monash University commemorates the Great War Centenary
The untold stories of World War One now online at "One Hundred Stories"
One hundred years after the beginning of "The Great War", it may surprise some people … Continue reading The untold stories of World War One now online at "One Hundred Stories"
What have we forgotten this Remembrance Day?
by Bruce Scates Red poppies are a familiar sight in November. We see them pinned … Continue reading What have we forgotten this Remembrance Day?
Book launch: Maestro John Monash, Australia's greatest Citizen General
A new book by Tim Fischer, Maestro John Monash: Australia's Greatest Citizen General, is to be launched … Continue reading Book launch: Maestro John Monash, Australia's greatest Citizen General
A family at war – the Allshorns of Peel St, North Melbourne
By Elizabeth Johnson On January 7, 1915, Frank Allshorn and his eldest son both enlisted … Continue reading A family at war – the Allshorns of Peel St, North Melbourne
Who owns the myths and legends of the Great War centenary?
By Ben Wellings and Shanti Sumartojo When prime minister Tony Abbottdeclared at Villers-Bretonneux that "no place … Continue reading Who owns the myths and legends of the Great War centenary?


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Afterlife and Salvation
Written by: Arlene Sanchez WalshPentecostals believe in an afterlife and have traditionally believed that one can reach the afterlife in heaven only through belief in Jesus. There will be an afterlife for everyone, but not everyone will be redeemed. Pentecostals have articulated a complex understanding of the afterlife and salvation, which includes the existence of a literal hell and an elaborate system that attempts to discern how the world will end. In heaven, the soul joins God in heaven and remains there in perpetual worship with angels around the throne of God. There is little discussion in Pentecostalism about what happens after this initial entry into heaven, or what happens to the soul as it waits in heaven for the culmination of time when Jesus comes back.
Most Pentecostals are eschatologically-oriented, meaning that they are awaiting the second coming of Jesus, which will be precipitated by a series of cataclysmic events. Many Pentecostals, like other conservative Christians, await the Rapture when they will be literally taken up in the air by Jesus and spared a time of great trial for those who remain on earth. Others believe that they will remain on earth to endure this interim time, the Tribulation. This refers to a period when Christians will rebel from the rule of the Antichrist and see fierce persecution before the second coming of Jesus. After the Tribulation concludes, Jesus will return to judge those who remain. There will then be a 1000-year reign of Jesus on earth before Jesus and Satan engage in the final battle, after which Satan will be banished forever. The world will then be destroyed and a "new heavens and new earth" created according to Revelation 21:1.
Great diversity exists in Pentecostalism over the minutia of the end times. There are full-fledged ministries dedicated to deciphering when the end times will begin. These ministries spend much time examining current events to see if they correspond to their reading of particular biblical passages. Many disagree over when the Tribulation begins and when it ends. There are many interpretations of key biblical references, such as "man of lawlessness" (2 Thessalonians 2:3), which is taken to mean the Antichrist. The Antichrist is also a matter of great debate-not the idea, but the identity of the person who will usher in the end times. Since many Pentecostals believe they will be spared the Tribulation and be taken up into heaven as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, they expect to be spared the worst of the end times, the floods, fires, earthquakes, disease, and unspeakable violence, that will occur before the second appearance of Jesus.
There are at least two different ideas about what occurs to a person upon receiving salvation after conversion. In keeping with the Wesleyan holiness roots of the faith, some Pentecostal groups-most prominently the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee, and the Church of God in Christ-adhere to the theological significance of sanctification as the second blessing after salvation, and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as the third blessing. Other groups, notably the Assemblies of God and Church of the Foursquare Gospel, adhere to William Durham's early theological innovations-namely that salvation and sanctification occur at the same time. What adherents should be preparing for after salvation is Spirit baptism.
For some Oneness groups, who follow early leader G. T. Haywood's theology, salvation is linked to being baptized in the name of Jesus. God works all of salvation through one act, which is means that one can be saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Spirit all at the same time. To be fully saved, in Haywood's theology, one had to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, so that someone who confessed that Jesus was God and had not received Spirit Baptism was not completely saved until they had that experience. Not all Oneness groups adhere to this schema, but many would support variations of Haywood's initial offerings on Oneness salvation, which, of course, is very different from Trinitarian perspectives.
For other Pentecostals, salvation includes more than eternal life; it includes healing. F.F. Bosworth, a Depression-era evangelist, was one of many in the healing ministry who believed that healing was the visible proof of what some have called "spiritual salvation." Healing is the first step in the process of salvation. In other words, salvation is evident in the atoning work of Jesus, therefore, healing is a birthright for adherents. Most importantly then is the idea that some Pentecostals have made the exercise of spiritual gifts a key part of the salvation schema, an idea that places them outside the traditional Protestant idea that salvation is a free gift that requires no action.


text: I had fun at girls' night on Friday the 21st. The time that girls' night started was at 6:00 pm and it took place in the Lake Square Mall and at Friendly's. The people who were there are Kristen, Hannah, Katie, Katelin, EB, Marissa, Ashley Fogg, Ashley C., Andrea, Blair, Angel, Julie, Kelly Hickman, Sandi Webster, Talia Wright, Talia's partner, Susan, Courtney, and me. We watched the movie The Dilemma and ate ice-cream at Friendly's. We meet once every semester, and it will be at the mall and at Friendly's. We hope you come and join us next time!


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Two members of the city-based Lalgarh Sanhati Mancha were arrested here for allegedly funding Maoist leader Chhatradhar Mahto, police said on Tuesday.
Prasun Chattapadhyay and Raja Sorkhel of Lalgarh solidarity platform were arrested late Monday for allegedly backing People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) leader Mahto, a police officer said.
"They were arrested from southern Kolkata's Jadavpur locality last (Monday) night," the officer said.
He said both Chattapadhyay and Sorkhel were arrested on the basis of information provided by Mahto.
Mahto was arrested Sep 25 by a team of Kolkata Police's Special Task Force (STF). Later, the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) took him into their remand for interrogation.


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Most men long to shoot bigger loads of ejaculate so that they could enjoy more intense orgasms. Not only this, men desire to have a better tasting semen so that women have nothing to complain. Fortunately, the taste of semen is a lot more under your control than you may expect. The food and chemicals that you put into your body affect your sperm taste. The taste of your ejaculate is affected by a lot of factors including diet and here are a few simple tips to improve it.
First off, eating foods with natural sugars gives a sweeter sperm taste. This includes most fruits, such as apples or pineapples. The sugars enter the body and affect the flavor so that your semen tastes better. Similarly, foods that contain a lot of water are also good for eliminating toxins and create a sweeter taste in your semen. Foods such as parsley or celery are mainly water, and this helps to flood out toxins that usually make sperm taste bitter or salty. Other foods that have the same effect are lighter vegetables since they offer healthier sugars into your diet. Overall, you should keep in mind that having more water itself is generally helpful for your semen flavor. In fact, most people do not consume nearly enough water per day. If you don't drink a lot of water, consider seriously changing that habit.
You should avoid naturally stinky foods and spices. For example, you may love garlic, but garlic also makes sperm taste bitter or salty. Foods that are known for giving you a lot of bad gas tend to give your semen a bad taste. For instance, avoid foods such as cabbage or cheese. These will only give you strong smelling semen. Similarly, most foods that are known for giving bad breadth are known for being bad for semen taste.
Consider consuming lighter/ leaner proteins. This is both good for your health and for your semen taste. For example lighter meats lead to a less salty taste, so, instead of beef, consider switching to fish or chicken. This is a healthy choice that has the added bonus of improving the flavor of your sperm.
Choose healthier foods over unhealthy foods. Your body tends to produce worse tasting semen when it is given bad chemicals. Bad chemicals make your sperm taste bitter and stinky. The basic theme to pay attention to is that what you put in your body affects what you put out. A lot about better tasting semen is avoiding things that put toxins into your body. Putting junk food into your body will give your semen an awful taste. For example, fast foods will make your semen stink more. Similarly caffeine, cigarettes or alcohol are awful for both your health and sperm flavor. Avoid these unless you want to turn her off with its taste.
Moreover, there are some supplements that can be a big help increasing the quality and quantity of your seminal fluid. These supplements are comprised of highly potent herbs and other nutrients that not only help you on the above counts but also enhance overall sexual function by ensuring rock hard erections and increased sex drive. Put simply, choose healthy choices over unhealthy choices. It helps both health and semen taste.


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NEW YORK, Thursday—After lunch at Haverford College on Monday I went to see the school library in which there is a Quaker section. This room has a very full collection of books written by Quakers and about Quakers.
They showed me some of the William Penn pamphlets and certainly in those early days our forefathers spoke and wrote exactly what they thought in no uncertain terms. I am not quite sure that we could get away with some of the things they said about one another and about their neighbors. The Quakers were under attack in those days because they did not conform to some of the beliefs and customs of other religious groups.
There is one pamphlet that was written about the refusal of the Quakers to take certain oaths. You see, back in William Penn's day, to some people it was a matter of principle not to swear their allegiance in certain ways and about certain things. History seems to be repeating itself in our country today. We again have people going to jail because, on principle, they will not swear to certain things.
There is also a collection of signatures in the library covering all but one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. I was interested to have Gilbert F. White, president of the college, tell me that he had no disciplinary problems. The college is governed almost entirely by the student council and functions under the honor system.
Sometimes, Dr. White said, the council would report to him that a student had been suspended for a year. Such action apparently is the council's right, but there are certain things the council does not approve of, and in those cases they refuse to enforce those particular regulations. At such times disciplinary measures must be taken by the college.
As I said goodbye to my friends, Mr. and Mrs. Pickett, in these lovely, quiet surroundings, I could not help remembering that I had read the other day that Louis Budenz, the reformed ex-Communist, had recently named Mr. Pickett and Earl Harrison, among others, as Communists.
I have often felt in similar incidents where other persons were concerned that because I did not actually know them I could not say what I thought of such accusations. But in this case I have known Mr. Harrison for some time through his work and I have worked closely with Mr. Pickett for many years and have felt privileged to have had a little part during the depression years in the type of welfare work that his group, the American Friends Service Committee, accomplished so efficiently and so well.
Mr. Pickett not only is not a Communist, but he is one of the best and the finest type of citizens that any country could possibly have. If we are going to begin to smear the type of people we should look up to and be proud of, then I think the time has come for those of us who love our country to state what we know in the hope that there will be greater care exercised by those people who are prone to make such rash statements.


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أعلى شجرة في العالم اكتشفت عام 1872 في أستراليا و هي من نوع اوكاليبتوس ، وبلغت 152 مترا. أما حاليا، فإن أعلى شجرة هي من نوع السكويا في كاليفورنيا وتبلغ 112 مترا، وهذا النوع من الأشجار قد يصل طوله إلى 140 مترا أحيانا. ثم يليه شجر الصنوبر دوغلاس الذي يعيش في الولايات المتحدة ويصل إلى 94.5 م. و أقصر شجرة هي من نوع الصفصاف العشبي الذي يعيش في المناطق القطبية ولا يزيد علوّها عن 2 سنتم.
السكوبا أو الخسب الاحمر : شجرة عملاقة تُعد من بين أكبر وأقدم الكائنات الحية التي تعيش على ظهر الأرض، حيث نمت منذ ملايين السنين في غابات كبيرة في كل مكان من العالم. وكان يوجد منها أنواع كثيرة مختلفة، ولكن لم يتبق سوى نوعين اثنين من السكّويا الحقيقية، بالإضافة إلى شجرة أخرى صينية قريبة الصلة بهما. وهذان النوعان الحقيقيان، هما: الشجرة الجبارة، والسّكويا العملاقة، ويوجدان بصورة رئيسية في ولاية كاليفورنيا بالولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. ويرجع اسم السكويا إلى أحد هنود الشيروكي الذي اخترع ألفبائية للكتابة لقبيلته.
تنمو الأشجار الجبارة، والمسماة أيضًا بشجر الخشب الأحمر الساحلي، أو أشجار كاليفورنيا الحمراء على الجبال المطلة على ساحل المحيط الهادئ من منتصف ولاية كاليفورنيا حتى جنوب ولاية أوريجون. وتزدهر الأشجار هناك، حيث يكون المناخ دافئًا نسبيًا ورطبًا.
تعتبر الأشجار الجبارة أطول الأشجار الحية، حيث تنمو حتى ارتفاع أعلى من 90م، أو ما يعادل ارتفاع مبنى مكون من 30 طابقًا تقريبًا!!!!. ويمكن لجذورها أن تمتد إلى عمق 45م!!! من سطح الأرض. وقد يصل قطر جذوع العديد من الأشجار الجبارة إلى أكثر من 3م.
يتراوح سُمك قلف أشجار السّكويا العلوية ما بين 15 و30سم، ويتميز بأخاديد عميقة، يتراوح لونها بين البني المحمر والبني القرفي. أما لون الخشب، فأحمر صاف فاتح، وعندما يتعرض الخشب للعوامل الجوية، يتحول إلى الأحمر الداكن. ويمتاز خشبها الخام بالمتانة والقيمة. ويمكن للشجرة الواحدة أن تعطي كمية، قد تصل إلى 1,130م§ من الخشب الخام. !!!!!!!!
Tallest tree in the world: coast redwood
The coast redwood, the world's tallest tree, is one of
the three sequoia tree species, together with the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) grows in natural stands in a long, thin coastal area along the Pacific Ocean in the west and northwest of the US (mostly California). It is the tallest tree in the world.
With its relatively slender silhouette this tree can grow even 20 meters higher than the tallest giant sequoias, that are nevertheless the biggest trees in the world, when looking at the volume of the trunk. The tallest known living tree, named Hyperion, is 115.55 m or 379.1 feet (measured in 2006) tall! This gets close to 120 to 130 m, that, according to a 2004 biological study, is the maximum attainable height [1] of a tree.
Foggy coastal forests of the Pacific
During the whole year it rains quite a lot in this thin coastal strip and it is quite foggy most of the time. This way the tree can absorb enough water and does not suffer that much from evaporation stress. Most of the tallest trees can be found in the wet river valleys on fertile, alluvial deposits, although unexpectedly a couple of recently discovered record breaking trees appeared to grow on the valley slopes. The coast redwood forests have an abundant undergrowth (amongst which there are a lot of ferns). However, the biggest biodiversity can be found tens of meters up: differents species of plants, lichens, salamanders, ... live high up in the sky between the complex branch systems of the redwoods. Prof. Steve Sillett, who studies these redwood canopies, compares them with "hanging gardens".
The get an impression of the size of these redwoods: the images above show some of these trees. On the left is the "Del Norte Titan" in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California (© Bob Van Pelt). Notice the people in the left bottom corner. The tree on the right is called "Screaming Titans", also in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
The Del Norte Titan has a height of 93.6 m and a girth at breast height of 22.7 m. He is definitely not the tallest coast redwood, or the thickest, but has the second largest trunk volume ("The Lost Monarch" comes in first, depending on your definition of a "single tree"). Nevertheless he is surpassed in volume by the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron), of which about fifteen specimens have a bigger volume with "General Sherman" on top of the list.
On first sight, the needles of the coast redwood do not resemble those of the giant sequoia: they are bigger and flat, much like that of a yew. The crown is conical just like the one of the giant redwood, with an almost equally massive trunk with a reddish brown, soft bark. The egg shaped cones are smaller (2 to 3 cm). In contrast to most other conifers, the coast redwood starts to grow again after being cut. The maximum age is probably around 2500 years.
Heavily threatened by logging companies
This quickly growing tree has straight trunks and the quality of the wood is excellent, which resulted in heavy - and ongoing - loggings. The wood of Sequoia sempervirens has been and is extensively used in construction. About 96% of the original redwood forests have been logged and the deforestation is still continuing. Luckily most of the few remaining stands are preserved in the National and State Parks, which are probably essential for the long term preservation of this species.
The woods outside of the parks (with many trees more than a thousand years old) are still being "commercially managed".... This is source of constant protests, such as the famous action of activist Julia Butterfly Hill (photo). For over two years, she lived in the canopy of a coast redwood named "Luna" to keep the the old growth tree from being logged by the Pacific Lumber Company and to plead for sustainable forestry instead of clearcutting entire woods (which has devastating effects on the natural balance and causes extreme soil erosion). Eventually she succeeded: as a result of the massive press coverage (and the attention for the old growth forest clearcuttings it brought with it) "Luna" and some other redwoods were saved from the chain saw. What a remarkable woman!
It's highly probable that without actions like that and protests of organisations like "Save the redwoods League", "Sempervirens Fund", "Sierra Club", and others, there would be no old growth redwood forests left. These organisations get their money from gifts and buy privaty property themselves to donate them to the State Parks and National Parks.
The images below were taken by Nick Sabadosh in the misty redwood woods near Crescent City, California an are used here with permission [6]. These holiday photos show specimens of Sequoia sempervirens in their natural environment, the foggy forests near the Pacific.
Because of the dramatic atmosphere, these forests have been used as scenery in movies: the scenes with the Ewoks in the Star Wars movies were shot in these woods, just as multiple parts of the Jurassic Park movies. For those last movies this choice is not very unlogic: during the Cretaceous, the top period for North American dinosaurs, these woods could be found all over the continent.
These trees (and especially young ones) are quite sensitive for winter frost and do not grow that well on the eastern side of the Rockies and in most parts of Europe. Biggest limiting factor is drought: it just isn't wet enough. In the wettest European parts, in England and Wales, planted redwoods do already reach 45 meters and more en seed themselves.
Visiting yourself?
Most of the groves are located in the coastal area of California. The largest populations are in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park (Del Norte County), Redwood National Park and Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Humboldt County).
The most visited grove is in Muir Woods National Monument, one of the last remaining stands in the immediate San Francisco Bay Area. The tallest tree in the world
Hyperion, the world's tallest living tree, is a coast redwood and is no less than 379.1 ft (115.55 m) tall!
This enormous tree was discovered only in August 2006 in a remote part of the Redwood National Park, California.
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Scientific classificati
Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endlicher 1847.
Synonynms Taxodium sempervirens D. Don in Lambert 1824 (Watson 1993), Sequoia sempervirens (Lambert) Endlicher (Peattie 1950). It is the only species in the genus Sequoia Endlicher 1847. Horticultural varieties (cultivars) have been selected, like 'adpressa', 'glauca', 'nana pendula', 'pendula' en 'prostrata'. More record trees
The World's Tallest Tree: A Redwood
First posted Octrober 2, 2006 Last updated October 2, 2006
From the SF Chronicle, September 29, 2006
Researchers have confirmed that a 379.1-foot tree in Redwood National and State Parks is the world's tallest -- a foot higher, even, than originally thought. And the naturalists who discovered the tree say it's unlikely that they'll find a taller redwood. The tree, which the discoverers named Hyperion, displaces the Stratosphere Giant, a redwood in Humboldt State Park, as the world-record holder. Two other recently-discovered trees in Redwood National Park have also measured taller than the 370.5-foot Stratosphere Giant. Although researchers took laser measurements of all three of the redwoods this summer, final measurements had to wait until the end of the marbled murrelet's nesting season. The endangered seabird broods in old-growth conifers.
About two weeks ago, one day after the murrelet nesting season ended, Humboldt State University forestry Professor Steve Sillett climbed Hyperion and dropped a measuring tape to the ground. Sillett, who specializes in the ecology of ancient forest canopies, has received global attention for both his academic work and his prowess in scaling the world's tallest living organisms. Climbing the world's tallest tree to the top was no small feat, said Michael Taylor, an amateur naturalist who, with partner Chris Atkins, discovered the three trees this summer. Sillett used a powerful crossbow to shoot a bolt with a trailing line over a limb about 250 feet up the redwood's trunk. The line was fixed to a rope, which was pulled over the limb and anchored to a nearby tree. Sillett and three other climbers ascended the rope into the canopy. Chances of finding a tree that could best or even equal the new champ are remote, Taylor said. "Between us, Chris and I have already covered about 95 percent of the prime habitat for big redwoods," Taylor said. "There aren't too many more places we could look." Hyperion, which may be 700 to 800 years old, could have been taller but for woodpecker damage at the top. "It's possible it could've topped out at 380 feet," Taylor said. Four decades ago, there were thousands of trees Hyperion's size, but they were logged along with more than 90 percent of the state's ancient redwoods. "Thirty years ago, they were cutting in 24-hour shifts (in the basin where Hyperion is located), using headlamps at night," Sillett said. The only thing that saved Hyperion, Sillett said, is the expansion of Redwood National Park in 1978, just before the remaining giants were wiped out. Sillett said redwoods can't reach Hyperion's the lofty heights unless they are protected from wind. In the original old-growth coast redwood forests, the giant trees themselves comprised the windbreak. A universal constraint on tree height is getting water up the trunk and to the treetops. Sillett said the tallest tree reliably recorded was a Douglas fir in British Columbia's Lynn Valley, measured in the late 19th century at 414 feet.
"We don't have a generalized limit on tree height yet because it can vary greatly depending on soil and climate," Sillett said. "But our research indicates (the Lynn Valley fir) may be close to the limit."
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World's Tallest Living and Oldest Teak Tree – Kannimari Teak, India
Another amazing tree in India is a banyan tree that stands in the Indian Botanical Gardens in Howrah. This 200 year-old tree is considered as the world's largest banyan tree, with a circumference of approximately 330 meters. It was really incredible. This single tree looks like an entire forestThe Tingle Tree – Australia
There's only one place where you can find the red tingle tree in the world – Walpole-Nornalup National Park, Australia. They are the largest of all the eucalyptus with a girth of up to 26 meters. Growing up to 75 meters tall these trees, can live to over 400 years old.
World's Largest Teak Tree – Thailand
The tallest and oldest teak tree in the world is the Kannimari teak in India but the largest teak tree in the world is the Big Teak Tree Forest Park in Nam Pat District, Uttaradit. It has an approximate age of 1,511 years, measuring 37 meters in height and 6.57 meters in diameter.
Largest Ginkgo – Japan
The world's largest ginkgo is located in Sarukawa No Ichou. It is 50 meters tall with a girth of 11.2 meters. This ginkgo is about 1,000 years of age and one of the tallest in Japan.The Senator – Largest Bald Cypress in the USA
The Senator is the largest Bald cypress tree in the United States. It is 35 m (115 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of 344 cm, and an estimated stem volume of 119.4 m3. It is located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida, and as of 1993, is estimated to be 3500 years old.Largest Eucalyptus Tree in the US
The largest eucalyptus tree in the US is in Fort Ross Park World's Largest Cryptomeria – Jomon Sugi Tree – JapanGloucester Tree – Australia
Jomon Sugi is a very large tree located on Yakushima Island, Japan. It is Japan's national tree. This large "Yakusugi Cedar" (Cryptomeria japonica)tree was located in 1996 and has since become quite famous. It is said to be the largest specimen of Cryptomeria known. It is 25 meters tall and estimated to be around 2,200 years old. It is called "Jomon-sugi" (meaning Old Cedar though it's not a cedar) and is located in the Yakushima World Heritage Area.
Looking for some adventure and fun and want to experience climbing some of the highest trees in the world? A giant karri tree in the Gloucester National , Australia called the Gloucester tree is the tallest fire-lookout tree in the world. The Gloucester tree has a height of 61 meters or 201feet. Visitors can climb up to a platform in its upper branches for a spectacular view of the surrounding karri forest.World's Largest Cashew Tree – Brazil
Have you seen the largest cashew tree in the world? The largest cashew tree in the world is found in Brazil. The tree covers an area of about 7500 square meters, with a perimeter of about 500 meters.The Square Knot Tree