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|Representational Rock Art: Elements within the representational can include: Anthropomorphic (human-like) figures (Figs. 02 & 03). These figures usually have trapezoidal shaped bodies with arms, legs and splayed fingers and are sometimes elaborately decorated with headdresses, ear bobs, necklaces, clothing items and facial expressions.
|A wide variety of zoomorphic (animal-like) figures include bighorn sheep, deer, dogs, birds, snakes, lizards and other creatures (Fig. 04). Other elements may include hand prints and plant-like images.
|Abstract Rock Art: Abstract designs and geometric shapes include spirals, dots, circles, ladder-like forms, sunbursts, "squiggles", "wheels", and mazes just to name a few, are quite common (Figs. 05, 06 & 07). Many times these designs have been used to record religious or mythological events, migrations, hunting trips, resource locations, travel routes, celestial information and other important knowledge. Often they were created by a shaman (an intermediary between this world and the spirit world.) during vision quests. Individual panels, or rock art sites, can be comprised solely of elements from one or the other categories or a mix of both depending upon how many different cultures lived in the area over time.
|Identifying Rock Art Styles and Themes: Nevada's rock art offers a wide variety of themes and subjects and has been divided into several "styles" based on cultural phase or time period, geographic region, method of execution, subject matter and attributes. Bearing in mind that any one, or sometimes more, of these components may overlap other style boundaries, i.e. hand prints may appear in both Archaic and Anasazi sites, one can visit a rock art site and approach it with a basic understanding of when it was made and who made it. Rock art was created for many purposes by the indigenous people who lived in the area. All that being said, applying a style to one rock art site is not always a simple task. Sites dating from the Archaic hunter-gatherer peoples to modern Native Americans can be found across the state. Rock art may have served to identify cultural differences, record celestial events, or was used as a form of communication. Though certain rock art sites are known to have been used for seasonal time-keeping, many archaeologists are confident that there are rock art sites where the elements reflect a religious or spiritual purpose, or have symbolic meaning. However, when it comes to definitively interpreting prehistoric rock art images archaeologists, historians and even modern Native Americans can only speculate as to what they mean because prehistoric rock art exists outside of living cultural context.
|Abstract motifs that are highly ambiguous in meanings and references are the most abundant motif types portrayed. Most of the themes and subjects of prehistoric Nevada rock art are not directly apparent to external observers. Though it is believed that much of this rock art portrays important social and religious themes, or significant scenes from everyday life, without insider commentary it is impossible to really know. This may have been a meaningful, deliberate choice on the part of Nevada's prehistoric artists; by choosing ambiguity, prehistoric artists would have made information about rock art's meanings the subject of a special knowledge. This highlights that rock art's symbolism was culturally significant and mostly not intended to simply depict events in daily life.
Identifying regional and chronological differences in rock art styles may eventually allow archaeologists to identify differences in cultural uses and cultural affiliation. The broad cultural context of Nevada is generally a long continuum of hunter-forager groups practicing varying economic and settlement systems, punctuated in eastern and southern Nevada by a period of semi-sedentary horticulture. Stylistically distinctive portrayals of the human form (anthropomorphs) and animals (zoomorphs) appear to accompany these changes in economic and settlement practices in southern and eastern Nevada. Similarly, archaeologists have attempted to find whether rock art can be related to changes in hunter-forager practices.
Rectilinear Symbols: These include abstract motifs similar to curvilinear except the elements are more square and rectangular composed of straight lines, angular designs, and perpendicular forms, such as grids, rectangles, squares, triangles, lines, cross-hatching, rakes, zigzags, diamonds, etc. (Figs 11, 12 & 13). It has been determined that these are younger than curvilinear, dating back to ca. 5000 BC
|Naturalistic Depictions: Less common are schematic and naturalistic depictions (Fig. 14) that sufficiently resemble real-world objects. These designs, representing humans (anthropomorphs), animals (zoomorphs), tools, weapons, and hunting scenes have particular resonance for contemporary observers as the "meaning" of this class of rock art motifs can, at one level, be inferred from simply identifying their subject and themes. Most common are humans portrayed as stick-figures and bighorn sheep depicted with curved horns. These are sometimes combined as hunting scenes where a human bearing a bow and arrow is placed beside a bighorn sheep motif. Interestingly, hunting scenes where atlatls are portrayed (Figs. are virtually unknown in Nevada and very rare in general. Atlatls, when they are portrayed with anthropomorphs, are usually shown being held but not being used. The atlatl is seen in both (Figs. 15 & 16).
|Zoomorphs: Bighorn sheep are by far the most common animal species depicted in Nevada rock art (Figs. 17 thru 19). The distribution of bighorn sheep motifs is more pronounced in eastern and southern Nevada and, although present throughout the state, seems less common at sites in the north and the west. Other animals portrayed in rock art include deer, elk, lizards, coyotes, and mountain lions. The prominence of bighorn sheep in rock art perhaps attests to this animal's symbolic importance in prehistoric cultural thought as it was not a staple of the prehistoric diet. Small mammals (rabbits, marmots, ground squirrels, etc.), were probably more important sources of meat and deer and antelope were also hunted. Plants, which at all times, made up the bulk of prehistoric diets, are very rarely identified in Nevada rock art.
|Anthropomorphs: Some stylized depictions of the human form are found that are regionally restricted in distribution and are formally distinct styles of anthropomorphs. In southern and eastern Nevada these are associated with archaeological remains of Fremont and Ancestral Puebloan cultures (ca. 1500-800 BP)-semi-horticultural cultures with variable reliance on harvesting of wild plants and animals. The rock art of these cultures portrayed the human form variously as stick figures (Figs. 20 & 21), hourglass shapes, rectangular shapes, or as triangular bodies lacking legs. Often these forms have bodily adornment (headgear, "horns," or jewelry), or internal decoration that might represent clothing.
|Uncertain in its age and cultural affiliations is the Pahranagat anthropomorph style, which is only found in the Pahranagat Valley area of southeastern Nevada. Traditionally the style is dated to the late Middle and early Late Archaic based on associated archaeological remains and the fact that some figures wield atlatls. This style comprises two distinct types of anthropomorphs. One is a rectangular form internally decorated with grids, dots, or geometric motifs, "fringed" by short vertical lines (Fig 22). It often lacks a head but has stick-figure legs and short arms (Fig. 21) sometimes bearing an atlatl-like object (Fig. 22). The second type has a solid-pecked ovoid or rectangular body, large eyes (indicated by using negative space), and a line protruding from its head; their arms are portrayed down-turned and with long fingers (Figs. 23 & 24). Click the following link for more detailed information on Pahranagat Valley Rock Art ... Black Canyon Petroglyphs.
|Summary: The life of desert archaic peoples who created Nevada's rock art was extremely hard and difficult. Eight and a half thousand years ago in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, the time had come for change. A 2000-year period of cool, wet weather was giving way to a time of heat and drought. Playa lakes, once filled by rainfall, had begun to evaporate. Lower elevation forests, previously nurtured by the rainfall, had begun a retreat into the mountains. Basin grasslands had begun to wither. Many large game animals had begun a migration to more favorable areas. The onset of a prolonged drought meant that the Paleo-Indians of the region had to redefine themselves, following a more diversified life based on desert hunting and gathering at the expense of ancient traditions rooted in wood and grasslands big game hunting. While a new life arrived gradually, it would take deep root, evolving into the culture which many archaeologists now call the Desert Archaic period. Over some six and a half millennia, the Desert Archaic peoples would have to adapt successively to the onset of a hot dry desert climate, the "Great Drought," which would last from about 8400 to 5000 years ago; the return of a cooler and moister climate, the "Sub-Boreal Period," which would last from 5000 to 2800 years ago; and, finally, the return of a desert climate, the "Sub-Atlantic Period," which would last – with some interruptions – from 2800 years ago into modern times. Ultimately, their adaptations, seasoned by influences from peoples far to the south, would become the foundation of the Pueblo cultures.
|The beginnings of the Desert Archaic culture is cloudy to say the least. Some archaeologists suspect that the Desert Archaic culture of the southwestern U. S. could have originated in the deserts of southern California, southern Nevada and western Arizona, a region which has yielded some of the earliest evidence. If so, the Desert Archaic peoples would have spread new ideas and innovation eastward slowly, piecemeal and irregularly, gradually introducing change across Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, southern Utah, southern Colorado, northern Sonora and northern Chihuahua. Over time, they left a ragged cultural mosaic, one now marked by large gaps in the archaeological record and by poorly understood regional similarities – and differences – in community relationships, band structures, technology, subsistence, outside influences and spiritual beliefs.
They had made the long leap from big game hunter to village dweller, but they left an archaeological record cloaked in riddles. During their 6000 to 7000 year odyssey from nomadic big game hunter to sedentary villager, the peoples of the Desert Archaic period manufactured and used assemblages of artifacts which were similar in function but often different in detail and relative abundance. For poorly understood reasons, bands in the desert lands of Nevada never adopted agriculture at all. Probably all the bands used grinding stones for milling, but the forms may have been different depending on traditions of the band, types of available rock materials, and the size and hardness of the wild or domesticated seeds. All used stone-point-tipped spears and the atlatl in big game hunts, but they often used different flint knapping techniques and manufactured different shaped points. Some bands wove plant fibers into baskets, matting, nets, cordage and sandals, but they frequently used different weaving techniques and produced different styles. The relative abundance of artifact types differed depending on the band's emphasis on gathering, hunting and agriculture. Based on what they know so far, archaeologists can paint the Desert Archaic culture only with a broad brush as evidenced by the varying examples in the pictures above, which come from more than a dozen sites found in south east Nevada. Each site is unique. The patterns and motifs may be similar but are never quite the same. Styles vary from place to place, and from people to people. Many diverse cultures inhabited this area over a period of more than 10,000 years each leaving a "piece" of their life and culture for others to see.

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MY FAVOURITE SHORT STORIES PART 50 – LOVE and ROMANCE.
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MY FAVOURITE SHORT STORIES PART 50 – LOVE and ROMANCE.
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A Short Story
I have noticed one thing. In the colony where I live in Pune almost everyone's children have migrated to the USA to realize the American Dream (That's why Computer Science, Software Engineering and IT is so popular – it is the easiest way to go abroad). But one thing is very funny about this Indian (Puneri) diaspora. In their professional lives and careers they quickly adopt "modern" western American values but in their personal lives they still cling on to traditional Indian values. This story explores this dichotomy…
A middle aged woman watches the sun set from the balcony of her tenth floor flat of one of those ubiquitous residential "townships" rapidly sprawling and proliferating around the once remote suburb of Aundh on the outskirts of the once beautiful and picturesque city of Pune in western India.
The doorbell rings. It's her husband back home from work.
He's tired and aching all over after the long bone-rattling, back-breaking and lung-choking commute on the terrible roads and in the polluted atmosphere.
"Good news," his wife says exuberantly, giving him his customary cup of tea.
"What?" the husband asks nonchalantly, carefully pouring the precise amount of tea from the cup into the saucer and lifting the saucer to his lips to enjoy his tea in his usual habitual manner.
"Our daughter Nalini is pregnant," the wife exults.
"At long last – I thought she didn't have time for mundane things like procreation – I am so glad she found time from her busy schedule," the husband comments acerbically and noisily sips his tea in his customary acerbic style.
"Don't be sarcastic. She's a career woman. Aren't you happy…?"
"Of course I'm happy. I'm 56 now – it's high time I became a grandfather."
"I'll have to go…"
"For her delivery."
"To Seattle…?"
"Yes. Her due date is sometime in December. I better go as early as possible, maybe in October. Poor thing, it's her first child. You better get the visas and all ready well in time. Nalini wants me to stay for at least three-four months after her delivery."
"Three-four months after her delivery…? So you'll be away for more than six months…?"
"Yes. I'm her mother and I have to be there to help her. Poor thing. It's her first delivery. And that too in America… poor thing…"
"Poor thing…? Who asked her to go there…? And what about me…?"
"You also come and help out."
"I won't get six months' leave."
"Come for a month. To see the baby. In December or January…"
"I'll see. But I don't like it there. It's too boring. And in December it will be freezing cold."
"Then stay here."
"I wish we hadn't shifted from Sadashiv Peth."
"Why…? Isn't this lovely apartment better than those two horrible rented rooms we had…? And it's all thanks to Nalini."
"I know… I know… Don't rub it in. But sometimes I wish we hadn't pushed her into Computers and IT. We should have let her study arts, history, literature – whatever she wanted to."
"And it would have been difficult to find a decent boy for her and she would be languishing like an ordinary housewife with no future… slogging away throughout her life like me."
"And we would be still staying in the heart of the city and not in the wilderness out here… and you wouldn't have to go all the way to America for her delivery…!"
"Don't change the topic…." the wife says.
"I am not changing the topic," says the husband firmly. "You are not going for Nalini's delivery to America. Let them, she and her husband, manage on her own."
"But why shouldn't I go…? She is sending the ticket."
"It's not a question of money. The fact is I don't want to stay all alone at this age. It is difficult. And here, in this godforsaken township full of snobs, I don't even have any friends."
"Try to understand. I have to be there. It's her first delivery."
"Tell me one thing."
"Don't the women out there have babies…?"
"Yes. So…?"
"And do they always have their mothers around pampering them during their pregnancies and deliveries…? And then mollycoddling their babies for the next few months, maybe even a year…?"
"I don't know," she said evading an answer, "for them it's different."
"Our girls are najuk."
"Delicate…. fragile."
"Nonsense. They are as tough as any one else. It's all in the mind. It's only our mindset that's different."
"What do you mean…?"
"Thousands of women who have migrated from all over the world are delivering babies out there every day, but it's only our girls who can't do without their mothers around, is it…?"
"Don't argue with me. It's our culture… our tradition. A daughter's first delivery is her mother's responsibility."
"Culture…? Tradition…? What nonsense…? It's not culture… it's attitude…! Our people may have physically migrated to the modern world, but their mental make-up hasn't changed, isn't it…?"
"Please stop your lecturing. I'm fed up of hearing…" the wife pleads.
The husband continues as if he hasn't heard her: "What they require is attitudinal change and to stop their double standards. Nonsense… Nobody forced them to go to America… They went there on their own and it's high time they adopt the American way of life instead of clinging on to roots and values they themselves have cast off…"
"Please. Please. Please. Enough… I beg of you. Don't argue. Just let me go."
"No. You can't go. I can't stay alone for six months. Why should I…?"
"Try to understand. I've told you a hundred times. It's our only daughter's first delivery. I have to be there."
"Okay. Tell her to come here."
"Yes. Here. To Pune. We'll do her delivery right here in Pune. We'll go to the best maternity hospital and then you can keep her here as long as you want. She'll be comfortable, the weather will be good and you can pamper your darling daughter and her baby to your heart's content."
"What do you mean 'No'…? You went to your mother's place for your deliveries isn't it…? And you came back after the babies were more than three months old."
"That was different. I wasn't working."
"Oh. It's about her job is it…? I'm sure they have maternity leave out there. She can take a break. Come here to India. Have her baby. And if she wants to go back early we'll look after the kid for a couple of months and then I'll take leave and we'll both go and drop the baby there."
The wife says nothing.
"Give me the phone. I'll ring her up and tell her to come here as early as possible. I'll convince her she will be more comfortable here," the husband says.
"I've already spoken to her and tried to convince her exactly what you suggested," the wife says.
"She wants the baby to be born there. It's something about citizenship."
"So that's the point…" the husband says, "She wants the best of both worlds, isn't it…?"
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About Vikram Karve
A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories, creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional research papers in journals and edited in-house journals for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for almost 14 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse – his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
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Early morning.
Chill in the air.
But true.
What's outside just doesn't matter; it is what is inside that matters.
Remembering good times when I am in misery causes me unimaginable agony.
The small blue toy train pushed by its hissing steam engine comes on the platform.
Dot on time.
As it was then.
Now I feel the bitter cold penetrating within me.
But I know it is not.
Time stands still.
Because I cannot answer.
I am struck dumb, swept by a wave of melancholic despair.
My vocal cords numbed by emotional pain.
I am trapped.
So I decide to put on a brave front, and say to Avinash, "Coming from Chennai?"
He pauses, then asks me, "And you, Roopa? Going to Ooty? At the height of winter! To freeze over there?"
Because I cannot say anything.
So I suffer his words in silence.
I cannot describe the sense of humiliation I feel sitting there with Avinash.
The tables seem to have turned.
Or have they?
As the train begins to climb up the hills it began to get windy and Avinash closes the windows.
I remember the lovely moments with Avinash.
Avinash is easy to talk to and I am astonished how effortlessly my words come tumbling out.
But still, everything had gone wrong.
Abandoned by my only son at 52.
Banished to an old-age home. So that "they" could sell off our house and emigrate abroad.
"They" – yes, "they" – those two who ruined my life, betrayed my trust – my only son who I doted upon and lived for and that scheming wife of his.
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|Venice lace pinned on waiting for me to get it sewn down.
I'm looking forward to embellishing and hand embroidery next. My last "Prairie" sewing kit was a bit plain. I plan to really load this one with embellishment. As always, Sharon B's WIP is a real inspiration to get things done!
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Good People Don't Defend A Bad Man by JOHN PAVLOVITZ
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2018/01/12/good-people-dont-defend-bad-man/ Good People Don't Defend A Bad Man JANUARY 12, 2018 / JOHN PAVLOVITZ "At times in this life it can be a challenge to figure out who the bad people are, but sometimes they help you. Sometimes they do the work … Continue reading
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INTERCONNECTIVITY: Gun Control Begins with the Man/Woman in the Mirror!
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Busch Gardens is in need of riders to assist with an upcoming Travel Channel Taping on two rides. Here are the details:
Date: Sunday, Oct. 18
Time: 7am to 10am
Rides: Falcon's Fury and Kumba
Other details:
-All participants must be tall enough to ride the rides AND able to ride multiple times in a row
-Everyone can stay in the park following the taping
Please remember that this is NOT an ERT event. You may get one ride on each or you may get many rides. Also keep in mind that the time between rides may be lengthy as they set and reset cameras. For the many of you that have participated in these types of tapings in the past already know, they can be fun and rewarding and you may see yourself on TV. Please register as soon as possible so that I can get the list over to the park. Please note: At this time this taping is only open to valid ACE members. If you want a guest to participate, please consider having them join ACE. If per chance we do not fill the needed spots, we may allow guests.
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Vin Diesel Gets Choked Up Over Paul Walker At 'Furious 7' Screening — Watch
Grab your tissues because Vin is going to make you cry all the tears. The 'Furious 7' star got incredibly emotional talking about losing his beloved co-star and best friend at a screening of the highly-anticipated new movie. Click to watch.
Vin Diesel, 47, will never forget Paul Walker, and he's making sure that everyone knows just how important Furious 7 is to him. At a recent screening of the film, Vin broke down while talking to fans as he paid tribute to his "brother" and dedicated the film to Paul.
Vin Diesel's Paul Walker Tribute At 'Furious 7' Screening
It's been over a year since Paul's tragic death, but with the upcoming release of Furious 7 right around the corner, Vin's emotions are running high. At one point during his speech, Vin fell silent because talking about Paul still struck a vulnerable chord inside of him.
"It was in some ways the hardest movie I ever had to do because the relationships that you see on film are so real," Vin said at the screening. "When the tragedy happened, I lost my best friend. I lost my brother."
This is Paul's last film appearance in the Fast & Furious franchise. Vin wants to make sure it's the best send-off Paul could have ever asked for.
"Please from my heart, know that we made this movie from our hearts," Vin continued. "And know that this is our gift to you and more importantly, it's for my brother there." Vin then pointed to a picture of Paul on the big screen.
Excuse us, we're just in a puddle of our own emotions and tears. It's hard to believe that this is Paul's bow in a movie.
'Furious 7' Trailer: An Epic Goodbye For Paul Walker
Dom (Vin) and Brian (Paul) are teaming up for one last ride in the franchise's seventh installment. From the looks of it, this is going to be one epic tribute.
In a voice-over, Vin's character says, "The most important thing in life will always be the people right here, right now. That's what's real." The entire Fast & Furious crew is then seen sitting around a table like family. Cue all the emotions.
With epic car crashes and a car crashing through an actual window, Furious 7 is going to be one hell of a ride. Furious 7 hits theaters April 3.
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Some of Italy's most popular tourists sites were named by the State Department on Thursday as "potential targets" for terrorist attacks, as ISIS renewed its separate threat to America.
The U.S. Embassy in Rome identified the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica, the Duomo and La Scala theater in Milan, and "general venues" like churches, synagogues, restaurants, theaters and hotels as locations possibly at-risk.
"Terrorist groups may possibly utilize similar methods used in the recent Paris attacks," the message to American citizens added. "The Italian authorities are aware of these threats."
Americans were advised to stay vigilant, monitor local media and "factor updated information into personal travel plans and activities."
It came as ISIS separately released another propaganda video warning President Barack Obama that it would carry out attacks against Americans. The video was verified by NBC News terror analysts, Flashpoint.
In an interview with state broadcaster RAI Thursday, Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni also said St. Peter's Basilica and the Duomo and La Scala could be targets, adding that the country's security services were looking for five possible suspects.
Italy raised its security alert level to 2, the highest possible in the absence of a direct attack on the country, following the attacks in Paris on Friday.


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Can I switch my hard drive to a different hard drive (as a master drive)that has windows on it and expect the computer to boot from the new hard drive (and to work.
I did it and I get a "ntldr is missing" error message.
Thanks for any help
If you install a hard drive from another machine, you need to undertake a repair install, it may request a product key and need to be activated....
How do I do a repair install, do I insert the installation disk into the DVD ROM and let the computer boot from there and then choose repair install instead of a completely new install? Do I need to change the order of booting in the BIOS so it boots from the DVD ROM?
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"We are so exceedingly apt to take our blessings as a matter of
I was lucky, she says. I always am.
"In Russia one-seventh of all children were said to die of it"
I never get hurt too bad, just a bit.
"From love and smallpox, none remain free"
Like getting a vaccine – hurts a little,
"vaccination is like a section of pearl on a rose-leaf"
but then, whatever the bad thing might be,
"a little chilly, lost his appetite, and … slight headache"
I don't get it bad. Just enough for me
"Today, in the community, its fatality is negligible"
to understand what it's like, how it feels,
"The child had a slight illness from which he rapidly recovered"
enough to be sympathetic, enough
"Language was not strong enough to convey the fear"
to make me want to protect other folk.
"avoid giving a false sense … of freedom from harm"
The other guy who raped me? No, not him,
"The same men who dressed these abscesses milked cows"
the OTHER other guy. Well, the woman
"never eat into the fleshy parts"
he raped before was in the hospital
"which affected three servant men, two of whom had"
a long time. He'd smashed her face. She needed
"all we can do is to look them full in the face"
reconstructive surgery. Me? Nothing
"the efflorescence around the incisions"
like that. I was lucky. It wasn't much.
"the book is free from the sanguine and exaggerated air"
A long scary night, and then afterwards
"which assumed rather a darker hue"
I cried. Wiped my eyes off with ice water.
"the state of the limpid fluid"
Then I went to work and tried not to look
"like those which are commonly of a bluish cast"
up all day, hoping no one else noticed.
"Now this kind of argument is a very common one with statistically immoral persons, and is known as the suppression of the ratio."
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Dock, George. The Works of Edward Jenner and Their Value in the Modern Study of Smallpox. Reprinted from the New York Medical Journal For November 29 and December 6, 1902.
Harris, D. Fraser. Edward Jenner and Vaccination. The Scientific Monthly Oct 1915, 1(1):66-85


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A rare Francis Barker 'Shallow Hunter' brass cased compass, manufactured c.1890 to 1905. Although it does not have the distinctive 'TML' Barker trademark, the design was registered by Barker and was exclusive to that firm. Most of these compasses were supplied by Barker unsigned to the retail trade. This one is simply marked 'England' on the dial. The design was known as a 'Shallow Hunter' because of the exceptionally slim case, which is only 10mm thick. It has a distinctive milled crown, English bar needle, jewelled pivot, and an automatic transit lock. At only 38mm diameter this is an unusually small version of the shallow hunter: most of these compasses were made in the larger 50mm size.
This compass has an engraved inscription on the lid: 'Insp. Isherwood from D. O. Goldsmith, 27/10/40'. Presumably 'Insp. Isherwood' was a Police Officer, who received the compass as a gift during WW2. Further information on this type of compass can be found on p.182 of Paul Crespel's excellent book, Trade Mark London, at trademarklondon.com.Condition:The compass is in very good condition and finds North well. The push button crown opens the case and it shuts just as it should. The transit lock is present and working. The original glass is in very good condition. The aluminium compass card is in excellent condition. The case is in good condition, with some wear to the original gunmetal coloured oxidised finish. The oxidised finish inside the lid is in excellent condition.
Dimensions: 38mm diameter (50mm inc. crown & loop), 10mm depth


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UGANDA: Police arrests two, uproots marijuana farm
Police has uprooted a three acre farm of marijuana in Bulwanyi, Ssisa Subcounty,Wakiso District.
Two suspected cultivators are already in custody.
The two suspects arrested are Umar Ssentongo aged 28 years, Hakim Kibwiika aged 35 yrs believed to be involved in the cultivation of the illicit drugs and are being questioned at Bulwanyi Police Post.
These suspects confirmed being involved in this trade for nearly 7 months and have been having a steady supply market in areas of Kikoni and Kisenyi, Kampala City.
They have been charged with cultivation of prohibited plants from which a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance may be extracted under SD REF: 08/07/03/2018 (Bulwanyi Police Post).
This is provided in the Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Control Bill 2007.
This operation was through a tip off from a land owner discovering the marijuana plants and two men weeding as he toured through his piece of land and rushed to police for assistance.
"Our team of officers and crime preventers responded,apprehended suspects and helped in uprooting the "African soft killing weed"," said Luke Owoyesigire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson.
The marijuana plants uprooted have been disposed at an isolated location where public have no access to avoid the negative effects inhaling the smoke produced.
"We shall be visiting communities in Wakiso and speaking to respective leaders to reaffirm our commitment in working together and ensuring the protection of communities," Luke said.
He added: "We appeal to people who engage in marijuana farming to refrain from such activities for these drugs are dangerous for one's health and may cause mental illness. Such an activity is illegal and we will continue to track down people responsible for such activities."


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It's not what you say to your prospects, but how you say it. In the video below N5R's Chairman and CEO, Roman Bodnarchuk, explains how you can make a great impression on your prospective buyers by communicating the right way.
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by Joanna Poppyfield, undergraduate student
Recently, I penned a post on STATIC entitled "Sex and Cis-tems of Oppression" (NSFW) in which I opened up about my sex life, sexuality and gender identity to analyze veiled transphobia that affects the choices many people with regards to their sexual and romantic attractions. I got a lot of positive feedback, which surprised me somewhat, but I was thrilled to receive it.
A wonderful, amazing web editor of STATIC asked if she could contact other blogs on behalf of me to see if they would publish my piece. I agreed — I want this conversation, and other conversations about how ableism, racism, classism and other –isms can negatively influence how we experience sexual and romantic attraction, to occur in as many spaces as possible.
So she emailed a bunch of different blogs, some we never heard back from, others wanting to publish. And a few days ago, she got the following email from one of the editors at Autostraddle that made me want to vomit. Continue reading


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However not everyone is so savvy when it comes to adjusting their camera settings or choosing the right white balance, but the good news is that Google Photos wants to take some of the guesswork away for you. According to Google, it seems that Google Photos will now be able to automatically correct your photos' white balance.
According to Google, "Now, when you open the photo editor in Google Photos and select a look, we'll not only correct exposure and saturation, we'll also automatically correct the white balance in the image. And if you want to tweak it even more, just go into Color and adjust the Warmth and Tint."
Of course this isn't saying that Google's algorithms are 100% accurate, but basically if you have no idea on how to post-process your photos or use the more advanced tools, this should help out a bit. The feature should already be live so fire up the app, edit some photos and see how it treats you.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
ASL~Love Story Video
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I wish I had a video of our song in college. They are so cute!
- February 18, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- AudyCamp said...
aubrey what song did we do? I can't remember. I LOVED that class though. I wish I remembered more than I do.
- February 18, 2009 at 3:52 PM
- Stephanie said...
We think alike... I WAS GOING TO PUT THIS ON MINE!
Tell Spencer I put a song on my blog just for him.... he sang disturbia for 2 weeks in while we were there.
- February 18, 2009 at 8:46 PM
- Tracey said...
So cute! I love that song.
- February 18, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- A day in the life of the Campbell's said...
How sweet they chose to do that. I think he really likes her are they dating? He was even getting a litlle dancing in there! I loved the smile on her face when he pulled out hte ring!
- February 20, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- Unknown said...
AW I love that, that is so cute, is she in college or is this a high school class, very cute!!!!!
- February 24, 2009 at 5:54 PM
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What a SWEET video!!!!!!! How I WISH that song could come true. What a fun video - thanks for sharing! They did a GREAT job.
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Word has reached us that crazed Fox News commentator Glenn Beck was recently pitching around Hollywood to create an animated series based on his life as a child.
I'm sure someone saw this as a good idea in the same way that someone thought Happy Days, Gilligan's Island and The Harlem Globetrotters would make good cartoons.
But Beck will need something now that his Fox TV show is going to be cancelled at the end of this year.
We asked around the various Hollywood studios and got a list of the rejected pitches for various Beck-based cartoon shows, none of which have materialized.
"Development Hell" must also be part of a vast conspiracy.
Here then, are the Top 10 Beck cartoon projects that may yet find their way to your flatscreen:
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The following report is forwarded with permission from Tom Stehn, USFWS biologist and US Whooping Crane Coordinator.
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A whooping crane census conducted October 19, 2005 of the wintering grounds located a total of 3 whooping cranes. Two migrant cranes were together on San Jose Island, and the whooping crane injured last spring that over summered at Aransas was present near the refuge's Sundown Bay and continued to look fine. The two cranes on San Jose were the first migrant whooping cranes to arrive and could have arrived shortly after a cold front crossed the Texas coast on October 8. This has been the only low pressure system to reach Aransas this fall. The average date for the first whooping cranes to arrive at Aransas in the fall is October 16.
Recent reports from the flyway indicated many of the whooping cranes are in Saskatchewan, with only 3 reports in the U.S. (2 from North Dakota and 1 from Montana). Canadian Whooping Crane Coordinator Brian Johns on October 18 observed a group of 19 at Muskiki Lake, SK. That day, he picked up the remains of a whooping crane banded Green-Red as a juvenile in 1977, the oldest banded bird in the flock. This 28-year-old female was with her mate and juvenile, but was not staying close together as a typical family group when observed by Brian on October 3, indicating a possible health problem for the female. On October 8, Brian received a report of only one adult with a juvenile present, and later was able to get to the site and recover the carcass. The cause of death is not known.
Red tide, a microscopic algae that can cause large fish kills, has been present in the Corpus Christi, Texas and surrounding areas since mid-October. None has been reported further north in the whooping crane area. Cedar Bayou, a natural pass between the Gulf of Mexico and Mesquite Bay within whooping crane critical habitat has remained open throughout 2005. This pass, important for many organisms, including blue crabs that reproduce in the Gulf to complete their life cycle, has a history of silting closed.
Tom Stehn
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(361) 286-3559 Ext. 221
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Patty Waits Beasley
Corpus Christi, TX
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3:15 in the morning, I drop off the truck in the desolate U-Haul lot and begin my journey home. A cold wind blows down empty, foreboding streets, perfect for a mugging, and I pull up my hood, put on my mean face, and walk like I have someplace to be, which I do.
By the time I'm almost home, walking down President Street, I start to think my earlier suspicions were silly, as not only have I not seen another soul, but not even a car has passed me in almost 15 minutes.
Then I come around the corner to my house, and there's the garbage truck, with three dudes picking up the trash, and I know I was being silly.
Monday, April 1, 2019
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To see all of the 2014 Swammy Award winners, presented by TYR, click here.
2014 Honorees: Courtney Harnish and Michael Andrew
In every sport, there comes from time to time an athlete who is so far beyond his or her peer group that it's hard to find an appropriate context to evaluate his or her performance. This mind-blowing, once-in-a-generation kind of talent was visited upon the boys' 13-14 age group over the last year or so in the form of Michael Andrew.
The thing about a swimmer like the 14-year-old Michael Andrew in the age of social media is that everyone is immediately aware of everything he does, has an (expert) opinion, and feels compelled to voice that opinion on any number of platforms. We are not here to make predictions, or infer linear relationships between this swim and that, or even debate training methods. We are just focused on the carnage Andrew wreaked upon the 13-14 national age group recordbooks, something it's unlikely we'll see again anytime soon.
Both our 2014 Swammy Award choices are extraordinary talents. Like Andrew, Courtney Harnish is winning this honor for the second year in a row.
13-14 Girls
Courtney Harnish –YMCA of York County, York, Pennsylvania
If you follow age-group swimming there's nothing new about the name Courtney Harnish. But the 2014 version was a whole level beyond the Courtney Harnish we saw in 2013.
Harnish has the breadth and depth of few swimmers of her age. Among her 16 top-ten swims in 2014 were all the freestyle distances from the 50 to the mile. The only stroke in which she didn't post a top-ten time was breast; yet with the top 400 IM time in the country she necessarily holds her own in that discipline, too.
Harnish aged up in mid-April but still finished the year with the top times for 13-14 girls in the 500y free, 1000y free, and 400y IM. She placed 2nd in 200y free and 400m free; 3rd in 1650y free and 800m free; 4th in 200m free; 5th in 100y back and 200m back; 6th in 50/100y free and 400m IM; 8th in 200y back; and 9th in 200y fly and 100m back.
The 13-14 age group may be the last time an IMX ranking is relevant for age-group swimmers, since many of them don't continue to compete in all the events that make up the score. Harnish was ranked Number One among 14-year-old girls for the 2013-14 short-course season but wasn't 14 long enough to register a LCM ranking. She was, however, the fourth 15-year-old in long-course season, and is Number 2 among 15-year-olds this fall.
Harnish gained international experience this summer as a member of the National Junior Team, representing the US at Junior Pan Pacs. There she medaled in the 200, 400, and 800m freestyles, taking home gold in the 400. So far this fall she has the fastest time for a 15-year-old in the 500y free and the second-fastest in the 200/1650y free, 200y fly; she is also top-ten in the 200/400y IMs.
Honorable Mention
In alphabetical order:
- Madison Homovich – North Carolina Aquatic Club, Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Homovich was the top-ranked 13-year-old in the country in IMX for the 2013-14 SCY season and the third-ranked 14-year-old for the LCM season. No one topped her in the 400m/800m free and 400m IM, and she had ten other swims that finished in the top ten: 1500m free (2nd); 1000y free, 200m fly and 200m IM (all 3rd); 200y fly and 400y IM (4th); 500y free and 1650 free (5th); 200m free (6th); and 200y free (7th).
- Isabella Rongione, Nation's Capital Swim Club, Bethesda, Maryland: Rongione moved from The Fish to NCAP at the beginning of 2014 and continued her uninterrupted domination in the distance free events. Rongione was the bronze medalist in the 1500m at Junior Pan Pacs last summer, logging the top time in the country for that event. She had 11 more top-ten times, including 1000y and 1650y free (2nd); 400m IM (3rd); 500y free, 400m free, and 800m free (4th); 200m fly (7th); 200y free, 200y fly, and 400y IM (8th); and 200m free (10th). In IMX rankings, Rongione was fourth among 14-year-olds for the 2013-14 SCY season.
- Taylor Ruck – Scottsdale Aquatic Club, Phoenix, Arizona: Ruck was the Number 2 13-year-old and the Number 3 14-year-old in IMX rankings during the 2013-14 SCY season, and was the 5th 14-year-old last summer. She tends to specialize in the shorter end of the spectrum, and her 13 top-ten times included the nation's fastest 100/200y free, 100/200y back, and 100/200m free. She was also top-ten in the 500y free (2nd); 400y IM and 200m back (3rd); 400m free (6th); 800m free and 200m IM (7th); and 50m free (10th).
Editor's Note: Ruck is technically a Canadian, but given that she lives and trains full-time in the United States, we decided to recognize her accomplishments anyway.
13-14 Boys
Michael Andrew – Indie Swimming, Lawrence, Kansas
It might be easier to say that the only 13-14 short-course records that were not attributed to Michael Andrew during his tenure in the age group were the 500y, 1000y, and 1650 freestyles. Because at one time or another he broke every other record, and most of them more than once. Yes, Andrew is big for his age. He won the lottery when it comes to size and strength, but he still had to get the job done – which he did, again and again, because he loves to race.
Andrew finished the year with 9 short-course and 5 long-course NAGs. Although he only raced as a 14-year-old for a third of the year, he had 15 first-place rankings (50/100/200y free, 100/200y back, 100/200y fly, 200/400y IM, 50/100m free, 100/200m back, 100m fly, 200m IM) and three second place rankings (100/200y breast, 100m breast). What's so hard to wrap one's head around is how much faster he was than the competition: he averaged about a second per 50 ahead of the second-ranked swimmer in most events. Andrew was #1 in the IMX rankings in short-course yards for the 2013-14 SCY season with nearly 6100 points – a simply astounding number.
Short Course NAGs
- 50 free – 19.76 (3/26/14)
- 100 free – 43.90 (3/26/14)
- 200 free – 1:38.31 (3/18/14)
- 100 back – 47.83 (3/18/14)
- 200 back – 1:43.15 (4/16/14)
- 100 breast – 53.88 (3/26/14)* later broken by Reece Whitley
- 200 breast – 1:55.52 (3/26/14)* later broken by Reece Whitley
- 100 fly – 46.95 (4/16/14)
- 200 fly – 1:45.39 (3/18/14)
Long Course NAGs
- 50 free – 38Tie (1/18/2014)
- 50 free – 23.19TT (1/18/2014)
- 100 back – 57.38 (1/19/2014)
- 100 breast – 1:03.83 (1/19/2014)
- 100 back – 57.13 (2/14/2014)
- 100 back – 56.83 (3/15/2014)
- 100 fly – 54.59 (3/16/2014)
- 100 free – 51.30 (3/16/2014)
As a 15-year-old, Andrew represented the US at last summer's Junior Pan Pacs, medaling in the 100m back. Andrew currently tops the charts in the 50y free, 100y back, 100/200y breast, 100/200y fly, and 200y IM.
Runner Up
Reece Whitley – Penn Charter Aquatic Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Only one 14-year-old took on Michael Andrew and won: Reece Whitley. Whitley now owns all four breaststroke records for the age group, having broken them multiple times throughout the year.
Short Course NAGs
- 100 breast – 53.84p (12/12/2014)
- 100 breast – 53.06 (12/12/2014)
- 200 breast – 1:57.87p (12/13/2014)
- 200 breast – 1:55.52 (12/13/2014)
Long Course NAGs
- 200 breast – 2:19.74 (6/29/2014)
- 200 breast – 2:16.48 (7/16/2014)
- 100 breast – 1:03.82 (7/18/2014)
- 100 breast – 1:03.23 (7/30/2014)
Whitley is more than just a breaststroker, though. He was ranked at the top of the IMX list for 13-year-old boys in 2013-14; during the same time he was fifth among 14-year-old boys, and he was fifth in the summer long-course season as well. In addition to his nation-leading times in the 100/200y breast and 100/200m breast, Whitley was second in the 200/400y IM, sixth in the 100y fly, and seventh in the 200m IM. Still 14, Whitley has the season's top times in the 100/200y breast and 200/400y IM.
Honorable Mention
In alphabetical order:
- Sean Lee – Swim Pasadena, Pasadena, California: Lee appeared on the 14-year-old top-ten list nine times in 2014. He was 2nd in 200m IM, 3rd in 200m IM, 4th in 200m free, 5th in 100y fly and 400m IM, 6th in 200y fly, 400y IM and 200m fly, and 7th in 200m back. This fall he is among the ten fastest 15-year-olds in 100y back, 200y fly, and 200/400y IM.
- Max Miranda – Bluefish Swim Club, Attleboro, Massachusetts: Miranda, too, had nine top-ten appearances as a 14-year-old in 2014. These include: 200m free and 200m fly (1st); 400m IM (3rd); 200y fly (4th); 1000y and 200m IM, free (6th); 800m and 1500m free (8th); and 200y free (10th). Miranda was the second-ranked 14-year-old by IMX scores in the 2013-14 short course season, and led the nation for 14-year-olds in long course. He is ranked #1 for 15-year-old boys in this fall's short course season. Miranda currently has top-ten times in 500/1000y free, 200y fly, and 200/400y IM.
- Vance Sanders – Clearwater Aquatic Team, Clearwater, Florida: Only Michael Andrew had more top-ten swims than Sanders in 2014; his 11 best swims included: 100m back, 200m fly (both 2nd); 100/200y back, 100m fly (3rd); 200y free, 200m back (4th); 200y fly, 200m IM (5th); 200m free (8th); and 100m free (9th). Sanders has had an excellent fall season as a 15-year-old, logging top-ten swims in 200/500y free, 100/200y back, and 100/200y fly.


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"A good life is a life full of Happy Moments."
(Denis Waitley)
Kia Orana,
All of the staff here at Etu Moana hope that your 2017 has been full of happy moments and that life has been good. We all wish you a wonderful festive season, wherever you may be celebrating and a 2018 full of new opportunity, good health and prosperity whatever that may mean to you.
Well done and congratulations to US!! Etu Moana was nominated for one of the A1 Meitaki Awards today from the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation for excellent customer service. All of us here at Etu Moana are extremely pleased to of been honoured with this accolade. Jolene, who works on Breakfast at Etu Moana accepted the award for us. Meitaki Atupaka to all of our staff for achieving this award.
Commitment to the Community
This year so far, our contribution to the community has focused on welfare and sports events. We made a donation towards child welfare during their annual 'Baby Show'. All funds received will go towards Child Welfare here on Aitutaki. We also contributed towards the Amuri fishing competition as we are located in Amuri and the Youth Aitutaki Sailing Regatta that was held here in Aitutaki.
The sailing regatta is open to youths from the Cook Islands and concentrates on encouraging them to compete in open competition on the beautiful lagoon of Aitutaki. The competitors from Rarotonga flew over and everyone stayed on the beautiful Motu of EE for the duration. Ted Tavai is our local, award winning coach here on the island. Some of you may have met him during your stay if you took a trip around the lagoon with him on his Hobie Cat.
Our little island of Aitutaki did really well – 6 of our sailors competed and we managed 2nd and 3rd places in both the Green and Gold Fleet Championships.
Green Fleet Winners were:-1st Griffin Wittwer (Rarotonga), 2nd Dominic Munokoa (Aitutaki), 3rd Marama Rio (Aitutaki).
Gold Fleet Winners were:1st Kohl Horton (Rarotonga), 2nd Shaquille Munakoa (Aitutaki), 3rd Terii Haurua (Aitutaki).
Well done to all who competed – the winds were strong, the sails were reefed but everyone had a great time!
New Lobby Furniture
It was time to upgrade the furniture in our Lobby. We hope that we have managed to create a more welcoming and less cluttered space with our new Rattan sofas and chairs. We have also added some tables made from the wood of coconut trees which is definitely in keeping with our environment here in the Cook Islands.
New Fridge-Freezers
We have replaced some of the Fridge Freezers in the villas to be more in keeping with our environmental philosophy. They are smaller and more appropriate for short term use, but the Freezer compartment is still large enough for a few days of supplies. We hope you like them!
Our Gardens
We are just coming out of the dry season now and our gardens will soon be full of flowers for summer again. Our night blooming jasmine is creating a beautiful scent around the reception area at night. You can ask us where to find it! The ironwood tree on the beach has recently been trimmed ready for its growth burst back into a beautiful shade tree in summer.
Motu2Motu and Vaka Eiva
It's that time again already. After competing successfully last year, Paul and Kirsti will compete again in Aitutaki's premier event – the seven leg Outrigger Canoe race around the beautiful lagoon of Aitutaki. Etu Moana is almost full of paddlers taking part in the event on the 5th December 2017 but do take advantage of our 15% off November and December Special and come and cheer us on! If you are in Rarotonga prior to arriving here over the dates 24th November to the 1st December be sure to catch some of the Vaka Eiva racing action on Rarotonga. Vaka Eiva is one of the Cook Islands largest events and attracts paddling teams from all over the world. It is highly contested and a great cultural experience.
Aitutaki Marathon – Pursuit in Paradise!
Yes! That's right, the first ever Marathon in the Cook Islands is going to be held right here on Aitutaki. The inaugural marathon will take place on Tuesday 1st May 2018. During the same week there will also be a 5km fun run and a Star Wars themed Hash Harriers run on 4th May.
All three marathon disciplines start and finish at Ootu Point, our stunning white sand beach at the gateway to Aitutaki Lagoon.
The race is on a combination of Bitumen and coral roads, with an average elevation of 20 meters and maximum of 83 meters, an average slope of 1.6% or -1.5% and maximum of 14.4% and -11.4%.
Running conditions are expected to be great with typical temperatures at that time of year being in the low 20's (Celsius) at 6am when the race starts, rising to a high of possibly 25C. Average humidity is likely to be less than 50%. So get your running shoes on and book in with us so you can relax in luxury after the big event. Just Do it!
Sssshhh – we're remodeling!
So you're the first to know. Etu Moana has been performing well for 12 years now and having the place built so beautifully and thoughtfully in the first place has ensured high standards and longevity in the structures and the fixtures and fittings. However, after 12 years, we've listened to your comments and decided that it is time to do some remodeling of the bathrooms. This will happen early next year and is planned for January 14th to February 11th.
During this time the resort will be closed in order to get the work done efficiently and with no disturbance to you, our guests who come here to relax. No details will be published as yet – but be sure to stay tuned to our social media during this time where we will keep you informed of what is happening by regular updates from here along with the finished product.
Continuous ambition: Sustainable Tourism
No Straws Please!
Plastic straws are the new pariah in the new world of Hotel and Catering. Given that they can take up to 20 years to degrade. Just to put it into perspective – it is estimated that in America alone 500 Million single use plastic straws are used every day! We have decided to do our bit and cut out our single use plastic straws. We are now using re-useable stainless steel straws for our arrival coconuts and paper straws for our bar so you can 'drink up' without impacting the environment.
Be Good to yourself and the Reef Too…
Just a reminder to check your sunscreen before you arrive to make sure it is oxybenzone free to help protect yourself and the future of Aitutaki's Reef and Lagoon.
Tripadvisor - Still at the top:
We wouldn't be there if it wasn't for all of you so Meitaki Atupaka for your time and your lovely comments. As far as you, our guests are concerned we seem to be doing well with our service, breakfast and everyone's favourite the honesty bar. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve Etu Moana in any way then please do let us know. We are always open to new ideas on how we can improve our product for future guests and going forward.
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15% off November & December 2017
Book you stay direct with us for November or December and receive 15% off resort wide. Come join us for the festive season!
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And receive $100 Dinner voucher for us at any of our restaurants here on Aitutaki.
And Finally...
Cheers, from you, to you and from all of us here At Etu Moana. We wish you a very Happy Christmas and Wonderful New Year.
Kia Manuia from All of the Staff here at Etu Moana.
Paul Knight & Kirsti Deacon-Smith
General Managers


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Two weeks ago the Royal Ballet announced it's 2018/19 season and I've decided once again to go through the upcoming rep, give my thoughts and any dancers I've love to see cast in the upcoming ballets. Continue reading "The Royal Ballet's 2018/19 Season"
The Royal Ballet's Manon Review
It all makes perfect sense
Giselle In Conversation with Francesca Hayward
I can't be the only person at the ballet fascinated by the thought of what's happening behind the curtain moments before it goes up, can I? Continue reading "Giselle In Conversation with Francesca Hayward"
Giselle at the Royal Opera House
Hayward is the Giselle
Review: Zenaida Yanowsky Takes Final Bow In Ashton Bill
The night's question: Can Steven McRae chaîné any faster?
Continue reading "Review: Zenaida Yanowsky Takes Final Bow In Ashton Bill"
Royal Ballet Quadruple Bill Review
Sambé and Hayward Taran-teared-it-up during this Royal Ballet premiere Continue reading "Royal Ballet Quadruple Bill Review"
Claire Calvert: This Royal Ballerina will wear 'Blobs' for her Sugar Plum Début
Promoted to First Soloist of the Royal Ballet at the end of the 2015/16 season, Claire Calvert makes her début as the Sugar Plum Fairy this New Year's Eve on the Royal Opera House stage. And what will she be wearing you ask? A tutu and 'blob's of course. Continue reading "Claire Calvert: This Royal Ballerina will wear 'Blobs' for her Sugar Plum Début"
Beatriz Stix-Brunell: Ballerinas are nutty about their pointe shoes
Newly appointed First Soloist of the Royal Ballet Beatriz Stix-Brunell débuts as the Sugar Plum Fairy tomorrow, 27th December. She speaks of her preparation for the role, from coaching to putting her own stamp on the iconic fairy and spills details on how she prepares her pointe shoes for performances. Continue reading "Beatriz Stix-Brunell: Ballerinas are nutty about their pointe shoes"
The Royal Ballet's Sleeping Beauty Review: Bluebird and Florine fly higher than Aurora herself
Alexander Campbell and Francesca Hayward are the true stars of the final act
Continue reading "The Royal Ballet's Sleeping Beauty Review: Bluebird and Florine fly higher than Aurora herself"
Nicol Edmonds: Meet The Royal Ballet's New Sugar Plum Prince
Royal Ballet Soloist Nicol Edmonds makes his début as the Prince in The Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker this Tuesday 27th December. Here he discusses the challenges of preparing for the role and what it was like to be coached by Strictly Come Dancing judge and former Royal Ballet Principal Darcey Bussell. Continue reading "Nicol Edmonds: Meet The Royal Ballet's New Sugar Plum Prince"


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Noble Dina Kicks Off in the Mediterranean
- Training & Education
The U.S Navy began the active portion of the regularly-scheduled multinational exercise Noble Dina, along with Greece and Israel in the Mediterranean Sea, on March 26.
Noble Dina is a combined exercise designed to increase interoperability by developing individual and collective maritime proficiencies of participating nations, as well as promoting friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation.
Noble Dina was designed to help create an environment that promotes maritime safety and security in the region, and interoperability among allied military forces. The overall goal of this training is to promote cooperative solutions between participating nations to support regional security and stability.
U.S. 6th Fleet units scheduled to participate in the exercise are the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) and USS Ramage (DDG 61), Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Lenthall (T-AO 189) and P-3 aircraft from Patrol Squadron 9, homeported at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and currently forwarded deployed to U.S. 6th Fleet.
Noble Dina is an annual exercise and serves as an example of how teamwork among different nations with common goals can help increase stability, diminish threats to peace and strengthen relationships.
U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts a full range of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation missions in concert with coalition, joint, interagency, and other parties in order to advance security and stability in Europe and Africa.
Press Release, March 27, 2014; Image: US Navy
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The Most Shockingly Violent Things Batman Villains Have Ever Done
List Rules Vote up the most horrendous things Batman villains have done in the comic books.
A hero is only as good as his villains, and thankfully Batman has the absolute best selection of rogues of any DC hero. There's the egotistical Riddler, the tragic Two-Face, and of course the maniacal Joker, among others. These crazy Batman villains have helped cement the Dark Knight as a legend, and some of them have proven they're strong and complex enough to carry their own comic book series, too.
Below is a list of some of the worst things Batman villains have ever done. Some are grand, doomsday-esque scenarios, while others are more personal vendettas against people who messed with the wrong villains. Either way, all these villains are certifiably insane - and the psychotic things some of them have done definitely prove that fact.
Choosing the most shocking thing the Joker has ever done is really an impossible task. He's just committed so many heinous acts that singling out any one as the worst isn't easy. One of his most heinous acts, though, happened when Brian Azzarello reintroduced the character in his graphic novel, Joker.
The Joker resumed his mantle as the Clown Prince of Crime after spending a long time in Arkham Asylum. Upon his release, he found one of his henchmen, Monty, had started to make a name for himself in the Joker's absence. This might have been okay on its own, but the Joker then learned that Monty hired his beloved Harley Quinn to dance at his strip club. This sent the Joker into a rage. One that led to this scene, where he skinned Monty - alive. The Joker then pushed Monty out onto his own strip club stage so he could get a taste of what it was like to be seen as nothing more than a piece of meat. The scene was gory, disgusting, and absolutely shocking.
Hush feels like a villain right on the verge of greatness. He's one of Batman's deadliest foes - on both a physical and personal level - yet he's not famous enough to stand among the Joker, Two-Face, Penguin, or any of the other heavy-hitting Batman villains. That's not from a lack of despicable acts, though.
In early childhood, Hush was named Tommy Elliot, and he was extremely close friends with Bruce Wayne because they both came from wealthy families. Tommy hated his abusive father and passive mother, so he cut the brake lines of his parents' car, an act that led to their deaths and sealed his fate as a future villain. He has been part of a few of Batman's most devastating storylines, including Heart of Hush, which saw Hush come back to exact his revenge on Batman after he learned his true identity. To really hurt Batman on an emotional level, Hush hunted down Catwoman and proceeded to cut out her heart. He left her left clinging to life and Batman fell into a deep despair as a result.
The Joker has done some deeply, deeply horrific things to the Bat Family. While some of the members of Batman's rogues gallery are more campy than sinister, those who underestimate the Clown Prince of Crime usually wind up dead - or worse. In the landmark story arc Batman: A Death in the Family, Jason Todd learned that lesson the hard way.
The Joker bludgeoned Todd to death with a crowbar (at the behest of an audience poll, because people are terrible), leaving Batman to find the bloody, mangled corpse of his young ward in the wreckage of a collapsed building. Although Todd later returned to life (a version of Superman punched a hole in reality, it was a whole thing), his death stood out as the Joker's most merciless act for years in the DC continuity.
There are worse things than death, at least for some people. Barbara Gordon, longtime member of the Bat Family and daughter of Commissioner Gordon, learned that when the Joker shot her in the spine. She had devoted her life to fighting crime as Batgirl, and she was robbed of the ability to continue doing so by the Joker.
The worst part? She was just an ancillary part of his f*cked up plan. In The Killing Joke, the Joker sets out to prove that everyone is one bad day away from insanity. The man he chose to prove his point: Jim Gordon. That's right, he wasn't even trying to drive Barbara crazy. She was just collateral damage on his way to Jim Gordon, who in turn was just a pawn in the Joker's eternal struggle against Batman.


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Showing her off on the day I brought her home
Let me tell you about my beloved blue '08 Toyota Corolla LE that I got on Sep. 14, 2007. Her name is Ginny; it's short for Virginia. She got her name because I bought her so that I could move to Virginia! I had never actually had a car before her. I had driven the extra family car (a '95 Volvo named Vlad the Impaler) my senior year of high school, but then my sister promptly took it back when I started college.
So I spent all my college years taking busses, bumming rides, and walking up and down large hills, and then I moved to Jacksonville for AmeriCorps with no money and making no money either, still bumming rides but also riding a bike most of the time (which was then stolen!). Thanks to everyone I bummed rides off of -- I promise I have and will continue returning the favor to friends in need.
As for my car, she has 43,713 miles now and has seen many wonderful things in her life so far. She has had both a Georgia tag and a Virginia one (she had to get holes drilled in her front end for that!), with a Florida one probably coming soon. She has endured countless trips from Norfolk back to Atlanta, and she has been through every tunnel in the Hampton Roads area (her favorite being the awe-inspiring Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, although she was not a fan of the massive toll). The farthest north and east she has been is Pelham, NY, in which trip she had to endure the obnoxious New Jersey Turnpike (and its tolls), and the farthest south and west she has been is right here in Pensacola. Her favorite road to drive is US 58 going east between South Hill and Emporia in Virginia.
She has been in one wreck - a very minor fender-bender on Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach on Labor Day weekend of 2008, but it was not her fault and she got her damaged fixed promptly. In that same year, she got a nail in her tire tread, but it was patched quickly and cheaply. She has had absolutely no maintenance problems and always passes inspection on the first try. She learned how to parallel park on the streets of the Ghent neighborhood in Norfolk. The best gas mileage she has ever gotten was 39 mpg on the highway.
Last year for her birthday, she got a hibiscus tattoo on the bottom right side of her trunk (a "tramp stamp" as my cousin called it), and earlier this year she got some University of Georgia decals for her back window, along with a small yellow ribbon magnet to the left of her back plate. For her birthday this year, she already got new windshield wipers, and she is asking for a new air freshener. And maybe new tires eventually.
That's my car - happy birthday Ginny! Here's to many more happy and catastrophe-free years together!


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Women's History Month: Role models exemplify Army's highest values
March is National Women's History Month. During this observance, the Army pays tribute to the contributions of women in the building of this great nation. The National Women's History Month theme for 2018 is "Nevertheless She Persisted: Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women." Continue Reading Women's History Month: Role models exemplify Army's highest values
MPs test impairment detection skills
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First Call Coalition Meeting
BC Teachers' Federation Building, 550 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
9:15 to 11:30 am – Refreshments served at 9 am
BRING YOUR BEAR TO THE COALITION MEETINGOn May 10, people across British Columbia will bring their teddy bears to work, school, daycare and everywhere to "bear witness" to Canada's continued failure to live up to Jordan's Principle.
In recognition of Bear Witness Day, we invite you to bring your teddy bears to the coalition meeting. We'll take a photo and share it on social media. #JordansPrinciple #Waiting4UCanada
1. Welcome and introductions
2. First Call updates
- As Word Spreads podcast episode 4
- Fostering Change youth policy project
- Living Wage for Families Campaign update
- Campaign to repeal s. 43 of the Criminal Code
- Letter re access barriers to applying for income assistance
- Victoria Day event: Child Poverty Then and Now
- Presentations and other publications (see below)
3. Provincial Election Post-Mortem: Where to from here?
4. Anastasia Gaisenok, Check Your Head: The Youth Global Education Network – Income Inequality Project and other cool stuff
5. Caroline Kent, BCGEU – What is Component 3 anyway?
6. Member updates
7. Adjournment
Community Presentations April 2017
Columbia Institute on poverty and the living wage
Meeting with Unifor workers on the living wage
Provincial election webinar on poverty reduction, child poverty and the living wage
Vancouver Community College nursing class on First Call, child poverty and income inequality
Recent Publications
April: Living wage 2017: Metro Vancouver families face increasing child care and housing costs
April: Deanna Ogle: Living Wage — fill a prescription or fill the gas tank?
April: Election 2017 party responses to First Call coalition questions
May: Open Letter Regarding Access Barriers to Applying for Income Assistance
Media Hits
CBC – On the Coast: Political panel for start of 2017 prov election
Times Colonist: Trevor Hancock: Child poverty is outrageous and unhealthy
Times Colonist: Victoria's living wage for young families eases — to $71,315
My Prince George Now: North Central BC's Living Wage eclipses $16.39 in 2017
Abbotsford News: Fraser Valley living wage drops by 38 cents
Metro Vancouver: Living wage in Metro Vancouver pegged at $20.62: report
Province: Living Wage — fill a prescription or fill the gas tank?
Revelstoke Mountaineer: Study: Revelstoke's 'living wage' is fourth highest in B.C.
Revelstoke Current: A living wage in Revelstoke. Do you earn $18.77 an hour
Sooke Online Daily Pocket News: Living Wage in the CRD hovers around $20/hour
Revelstoke Times Review: Revelstoke's living wage amongst highest in B.C.
Globe and Mail: A growing divide
CBC Early Edition: Softwood lumber and child poverty: Were Clark's debate claims accurate?
Vancouver Sun: Fact check: Liberals says child poverty down by half, but experts question the claim