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03/12/2009, La Cruz
Our last 7 days have been filled with construction projects working with vendors and installing all the stuff that came down in our recent shipment from the states. The biggest of these was the stainless work, providing a support structure for the solar panels, a mount for 800 feet of nylon line on a spool and our stern anchor. Carlos and the rest of the stainless crew did a very nice job but required lots of attention to get the design details right. Then the rigger showed up (a week late) but did a great job helping ensure our rig was up to the task at hand. Next the electrician showed up to survey the rough-in of all the electrical cables for the solar, and then to top it off, "Teapot Tony" the Yanmar engine guru showed up ahead of schedule, and I was close to losing it, moving between 4 vendors at the same time feeding them what they needed to know for what seemed like an eternity. Four days later, the intensity has subsided and all of the big jobs are done. See the gallery for detailed pictures, but in short:
1. New stainless support structure for two 175W Kyocera solar panels, connected to the arch and the stern pulpits. Lots of fine tuning required getting them level and low enough where they don't conflict with the traveler. They also provided a base for the satphone antenna and stern light, removing a flimsy pole mounted to the starboard rail.
2. Two new halyards, one replacing the useless topping lift, which can be used as a spare main halyard, and a second halyard made of spectra, which is VERY strong facing forward, which will be used as a topping lift for the new whisker pole, but also can be used in an emergency as a replacement forestay or shroud. Along the way Jorge inspected and lubricated the in mast furler and main halyard, re-tensioned the forestay and fixed the jib furler so it furls more cleanly. We found two shackles at the top of the mast that were loose, normally buried inside the mainsail that could have easily come loose on the long passage. They both now have stainless wire holding them together for safety.
3. The trusty Yanmar turbo-diesel is now trustier after Teapot Tony installed a relay between the starter switch and the starter. Refer to our earlier blog entry about starter motor drama, but this will solve the intermittent starting problem. We also changed coolant and transmission fluid, adjusted valves, aligned the propshaft and blew out the carbon on the turbo exhaust blades. She's now purring nicely.
4. The new solar panels are delivering 15 amps at peak sunlight to the batteries, and over the course of the day, should deliver about 100 amp-hours, which will supply everything the fridge/freezer needs and about 60-70% of our daily needs, dramatically reducing the need to run the generator.
5. Installed the 6-man Viking offshore liferaft just in front of the companionway. Easy install, then Rina built a nice sunbrella cover for it.
03/09/2009, La Cruz
The picture above does a pretty good job of showing an overview of our passage to the Marquesas. We plan on leaving March 21st weather permitting, and arriving in Hiva Oa between the 10-15th of April. The boats that are leaving now are running into light westerly winds and making only 80 miles a day. Visual passage planner says we will average 144 miles a day, but we are planning on a more conservative 125 miles a day.
Leg 1 is usually the most difficult, and many cruisers motor this section due to the fickle winds off the coast of mexico. Our strategy is to quickly get out to the Northern tradewinds, about 2-300 miles offshore, which are more consistent in speed and direction. Leg 2 and 3 takes us to just above the equator, where the wind usually dies somewhere around 5-8 degrees North latitude. Whenever that happens, we will turn due South and motor across the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) to avoid the frequent squalls and thunderstorms. (Leg 4)
We will stop right on the equator to toast Neptune with a bottle of Vueve, take a swim, then keep going until we run into the Southern tradewinds, where we will turn west again and sail downwind to the Marquesas. (Leg 5 and 6)
During our passage, we will be communicating with the fleet every morning to provide our position and let them know everything is alright. We will plan on doing daily blog updates via satphone where you will be able to watch our progress on the "current location" section of the blog and hear how the crew is faring on this long passage. If we miss a day or two, please do not fret, as sometimes life does get busy on the boat. Knowing that you all will be watching closely will motivate us to update it, however. We will also have email aboard from our fyfm2008 email account only, but please make your messages short and with no attachments, as there is a filter that will defer all messages larger than 10Kbytes. If you do a text email, rather than html, you can easily write several paragraphs and get under the 10K filter. Further emergency contact information will be provided to Gene Wollen, who will be monitoring our passage.
If you have any questions about the plan, whether or not we have lost our sanity, ask now, as we will be largely "off the grid" in just under two weeks.
03/06/2009, La Cruz
Check out the March Latitude 38 for an article, including Rina and I, about people who have attended local sailing schools and went on to cruise. The interview, by John Riise, was conducted while we were in Barra, via a skype call on our computer, which was a first for John. He especially got a kick out of the fact that we bought the boat before we really knew how to sail her.
Rina and I took many classes at Club Nautique in San Francisco Bay, then Orange Coast College's Alaska Eagle, with a trip down the Baja coast. We followed that up with a series of more and more challenging voyages with the help of friends and family over the last 5 years. Special thanks goes out to Gene, Corey, Pep and John for their guidance, inspiration and assistance.
We are still learning TONS out here every day, and the humility engendered by stubbing our metaphorical toes is wonderfully grounding. We expect to be on a steep learning curve for quite a while as we head west.... frankly it freaks me out a bit, but I (we?) love a challenge.
You can find Latitude 38 online at http://www.latitude38.com/eBooks/Mar2009.html
03/06/2009, La Cruz
Over the past month we have been fine tuning our float plan for the South Pacific, working with friends and family to coordinate visits with us and make sure we have all the navigational aids we need for safe passage through the region. Here is the current plan, subject to change and the vagaries of mother nature.
Big news is that we will be joined by 2 crew for the crossing to the South Pacific. We had such a great time with Jan Selderijk on the way back up from Ztown that we decided to invite him for the the crossing to the Marquesas, giving us 3 qualified crew. Our 4th crew member will be daughter Alyssa who will join us for 2 months before starting summer school at Gavilan college in Gilroy.
The Plan:
Depart PV on or about March 21st
20-30 day passage to Hiva Oa, Marquesas 2800 Miles
Arrive Hiva Oa April 15
Crew: Allan, Rina, Alyssa, Jan
Marquesas April 15 - May 5
Visit Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, Fatu Hiva, Tahuata
Crew: Allan, Rina, Alyssa, Pep and John
May 5 - May 9 - crossing to Tuamoto Islands 450 Miles
Tuamoto Islands May 9 - June 2
Visit 3-4 islands, some combination of Makemo, Tahanea, Raraka, Kauehi, Fakerava, Toau, Apataki, Rangiroa, Tikehau
Pep and John depart Mid May
June 2-6 - crossing to Tahiti 350 Miles
Crew: Allan, Rina, Alyssa, Jan
Society Islands (Tahiti) June 6 - July 15
Visit Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora, Maupiti
Megan arrives early June for 2 weeks - Schedule TBD
Alyssa departs Mid June
Jan Departs early June
Megan arrives for 2 weeks early June
Jeffrey arrives for time TBD in June
July 15-21 crossing to Cook Islands 610 Miles
Cook Islands July 21- Aug 15
Visit Rarotonga, Aitutaki
Aug 15 - Aug 22 - crossing to Vava'u/Tonga 862 Miles
Vava'u/Tonga Aug 22 - September 22
Visit Vava'u/Tonga ( more islands TBD)
Sept 22 - Nov 15 TBD
Nov 15 - Passage to New Zealand via Minerva Reef
02/28/2009, La Cruz
Follow You and many other boats are busily preparing for the puddle jump to the Marquesas, with the first boats departing next week. The best time of the season for the 2800 mile crossing is mid-March to end of April, when the tradewinds are more consistent and best for an easier downwind sail. The docks are a veritable hive of activity, with most boats finishing up boat projects and loading provisions. There is no relaxing around here, as Rina and I can attest. We plan on departing on or about March 16th, when we'll have plenty of time to chill on the expected 20-26 day crossing.
We are making good progress on our own projects, especially after receiving 4 boxes of goodies from the states. A very large debt of gratitude is owed John Papadopoulos and Stephanie Faillers for staging many many shipments in their living room, providing guidance on a whisker pole purchase and then schlepping it all down to San Diego where it was driven across the border and put on a plane to PV.
We now have all the spare parts we need to deal with most contingencies, and Rina is busily sewing our last shade covers. If there is one thing we did not anticipate, it was the need for easy to deploy shade for the cockpit that can handle significant winds. We also got many treats not easily found in Mexico, like thin swim skins, LOTS of earl grey tea, Jasmine Rice, Sushi making materials, 12 boxes of tofu and spicy curry. The liferaft and solar panels are still in transit and will arrive next week, but we have lined up the electrician and stainless steel guys, so those projects are likely off the critical path.
The biggest and most important part is provisioning, which we will start next week. We've done all our research, comparing prices at Mega, Soriana, Mexicana Commercial and Costco. It's a big deal too, since we are buying significant quantities of most staples with are hard to get or very expensive in the South Pacific. For example, we are buying 3 months of orange juice in 1 liter boxes. At one box a day between us, that's 90 boxes, presenting both a storage issue and a cost one. We have been paying up to 20 pesos per box, but found it at one store for 10. And don't get me started on the alternatives.... Frozen vs. powder vs. gallon jugs, etc....
Upper left picture , project 1 was cleaning and lubricating the steering system to try to get rid of an annoying squeak. Lubing did not work, so I pulled it apart and found the culprit... the wheel brake, which doesn't work, had a bunch of dirt that caused all the noise. Cleaned and re-greased all the gears and re-aligned the autopilot (Phil will be happy) and made sure everything was fastened down securely. Rina getting reeelly tired of sewing all these little projects I come up with. Bottom left, the bow has a 3 x 8 inch opening for the anchor chain to drop into a big locker. Problem is when you hit big seas, you can stuff your bow into the wave ahead of you and fill that anchor locker with more water than can drain out quickly. The additional weight helps stuff your nose further into the waves and the boat hobbyhorses. I cut ½" rubber to cover the opening and mounted to the anchor locker cover. Bottom right shows the new stanchion mounted whisker pole on the port side. Now we just need to learn to use it!
02/26/2009, La Cruz
Nothing like a nice dock environment to get your stuff done. After pulling the floorboards and finding a local carpenter with a table saw, I was able to fabricate the access ports to the starboard side bilge. I got immense pleasure from the excercise in woodwork, countersyncing screws, sanding and finishing the access hatches and putting it all back together again.
Pane 1 - Blue tape outlines the cuts in the floorboard, pulled away from the starboard captains chairs.
Pane 2 - securing the braces for the floor boards so that the new openings do not weaken the structure
Pane 3 - Gluing the braces - liquid nails is great stuff
Pane 4 - The finished product - clean looking access ports that are solid to walk on and do not rattle.
What a thrill, enjoy.
02/26/2009, La Cruz
We arrived at 1am Tuesday in La Cruz, looking forward to hanging out in the Marina after being on the hook (at anchor) for 4 weeks. At anchor, we always have one eye and ear open for what is going on around us... winds, anchor holding, power and water management, rocking and rolling with the swells. In the Marina, the power and water is endless and there are noooo swells.
We are at dock 3 at Marina Riviera Nayarit, populated with 10-20 other boats that are going west to the South Pacific in the next 30-45 days. After 5 months of cruising, the conversations with other boats come easy and frequently. Dietmar and Suzanne from Carinthia are here and throw a "welcome back" dinner, inviting Richard and Suzanne from Kuamoana as well.
Bending Time - Over the past weeks, we have built a list of 75 items to complete before we head to the Marquesas. In classic manic driven form, I hit the ground running, wanting to ensure that we get a fast start and are on a path to getting everything done by March 15th. All the supplies from the US will arrive next week, so this week is focused on lining up vendors to fabricate stainless steel, electricians and riggers. It also helps greatly that Carinthia has rented a car for the next two weeks, making it MUCH more efficient to get into PV in 20 minutes for supplies and provisions. MUCH easier than the 1 hour chicken-bus ride or the $35 taxi ride. We have already knocked off 15 items, giving us confidence we will make our date. SJ and Theresa would be proud of our project management skills!
Bending Space - We need to bring enough food on board for 30 days, which really means 60 days, in case something goes wrong. Conventional wisdom and sailing orthodoxy says 6 lbs per person per day.... Do the math... That's 720 lbs of provisions for 2 of us! Add on top of that the fact that the South Pacific is not populated by Wally-worlds or Costco's, much less Cost Plus or Whole Foods. This means we have to think way in advance about what we want and where we will store it. To make space we have purged clothes, un-needed supplies and goo-gaws, and cut into the boat to find more storage. Interestingly, Hunter saw fit to NOT open the bilge on the starboard side of the boat, but weighted the boat with 100 gallons of diesel, galley stores, washer/dryer and settee (dining room) seat storage on the port side, resulting in a 2 degree list to port. I learned from another Hunter 466 owner that the bilge on the starboard side was wide open. Sure enough, I pulled the floor boards and found 3 compartments for storage. Finding a local carpenter with a table saw, we cut up the floor board and punched holes similar to the other floorboards, added bracing, sanded and finished for a clean looking increase of storage of 15 cubic feet.
The compartments on the left hold 3 batteries providing 675 amphours of power, good for 2 days of cruising. The bottom left compartment contains the manifolds for the 4 water tanks, twin water pumps, gyro compass, starting battery and 3 bilge pumps. The bottom right compartment holds one of the 4 25 gallon water tanks. The other 3 compartments are empty for the time being.
02/23/2009, Chamela Bay
We were doing boat projects here in Chamela Bay after feeling guilty for laying around for several days... I was trying for the 3rd time to fix the leaky mast base and noticed that the generator was running dry... no water in the exhaust. I turned the genset off and tried to restart and got a coolent temp error. Here is where I usually go try to solve the harder problem first before trying the simple stuff.
First, checked the sea-strainer. It was clean, but noticed that the inflow was reduced. Checked the impeller, it was fine. Dove into the water and checked the thru-hull to see if there was barnacles growing in or around it.... cleared out some, but it didnt account for the slow flow. Ok, time to pull the hose off the sea-strainer and see if I can see any blockage.
Sure enough, when I took the hose off, out popped two little fishies at a 90 degree elbow. I *did* notice that there was a bunch of small fish swimming around the bottom of the boat when I was down there.
A scene right out of "Finding Nemo" without the happy ending....
02/23/2009, Chamela Bay
We had a tough time reeling this guppy in, but in the end we won. Sushi for everyone tonight!
02/20/2009, Tenticatita
Rina, Jan and I enjoyed several days touring Barra de Navidad, attending a benefit concert for local children's shelter, and generally soaking up the atmosphere of this funky little town. (for the second time)
As we walked the sleepy streets of Barra to check in with the Port Captain, we could see where many American expats have made this their home, building small houses with high walls around them. Built on lots 50 by 100, they are little gringo oasis's (locals too, for that matter) and by all accounts inexpensive to build and maintain. The local infrastructure, however, leads a bit to be desired. Streets, electricity, water are all dicey affairs here. Rina and I often play a game of "could you live here?" in each place we visit. While this kick back town has a vibrant music scene, a nice blend of gringo and local businesses and a great marine environment, it's just a bit too rustic for Rina. We've come closer to saying yes in places like La Cruz, Mazatlan and Zijuatanejo, each for very different reasons. (Don't worry mom, it's just retirement fantasizing!) The common theme has been proximity to the water, a vibrant arts scene, rural, yet close enough to modern commerce, and oh yea, away from heavy industry that spoils many otherwise great areas of the Mexican coastline.
On Wednesday we left Barra and made the short 10 mile hop up the coast to Tenecatita Bay. While the Barra lagoon ensured quiet nights with no rocking from ocean swells, the water in the Barra lagoon is not very clear nor conducive to swimming. At Tenecatita, northwest ocean swells are mostly inhibited by the rocky point but the bay is open enough to ensure good circulation for swimming and running the watermaker. The weather has been perfect, with ocean breezes keeping the boat cool, a bright blue sky reflecting in the waters of the bay, cool nights in the low 70's and a fine-grained sandy beach for walks. An added recreational bonus is the jungle river, which winds for 2.5 miles to a nearby bay with beach palapas and small tiendas.
We met up with Justin and Dalia from Steady Beat Thursday and made the journey up the river, which at times narrowed to only 8 feet, with thick Mangrove trees beside and above. We forded the bar at the mouth of the river, with waves nearly breaking over the stern of our little dinghy. Luckily we came through unscathed and dry, thanks to our wheels, which were extended down to keep our prop off the rocks. Others before and after us got sideways and flipped over, sometimes with an out of control outboard motor at full throttle coming close to the boats former occupants.
The first part of the river had many shallows, requiring constant vigilance, but later, as the jungle canopy closed in, we were mostly concerned with the pokey roots of the mangroves reaching for our vulnerable inflatable pontoons. While there are many reports of crocodiles in the river shadows, we did not see any. Rather, we saw a wide variety of birds, colorful crabs and fish. The most exciting part (Rina would say un-nerving) was the pangas flying down the river at high speeds. Panga drivers have no concept of "slow" and can be counted on to zip by your boat in the quiet mornings at full speed, rocking you till you wake. The same held on the river, with only 1-2 feet separating us while they passed us with their boatloads of camera-toting hotel tourists. The end of the river opened into a pristine wide open lagoon that backed into the beach palapas where we had a long lunch with several other cruisers and caught up on current events with Justin and Dalia.
We plan on catching up with some boat chores Saturday before heading to Chamela Bay on Sunday. Our long list of "to-do's for the South Pacific has been getting steadily shorter, but the excitement will start when we return to La Cruz on the 27th and receive/install all the gear we have been gathering in the states. Our preparations and an update on our South Pacific itinerary will be coming in the next blog or three.
If I can keep this shaky internet connection, I'll update the gallery with more pictures of our river raft adventure.
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Tehran admits being targeted by what could be most sophisticated malware yet; says 'massive amounts of data lost.' Computer experts say such complex virus takes national resources to develop
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Iran's MAHER Center said Tuesday that the Flame virus "has caused substantial damage" and that "massive amounts of data have been lost."
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The center, which is part of Iran's Communication's Ministry said that the virus' level of complexity, accuracy and high-functionality – noted mostly by the information corrupted – indicated that there is a "relation" to the Stuxnet virus.
Iranian experts said that Flame was able to overcome 43 different anti-virus programs.
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The Sovereignty Series - You Can't Make Me!
You Can't Make Me!
Self Victimization through Personal Speech Patterns
The Sovereignty Series
Cognitive Dissonance
Introducing a new portal into the mind of Cognitive Dissonance
We've all heard of word association tests administered by the psychiatric profession which are used to determine our unconscious psychological makeup. The same goes for various other tests, such as the Rorschach test, that are (supposedly) designed to detect underlying thought disorder and overall personality characteristics.
I have often spoken about the hijacking of language to control and manipulate people, both as individuals and as the collective herd. George Orwell's classic "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is a wonderful examination of the concept of language hijacking. I suggest that regardless of whether you have read "1984" or not, that you do so again in light of what we all see coming round the bend.
I tend to cringe whenever I use the word 'hijack' because it implies that our language has been forcibly taken from us, transformed into a weapon to be used against us, and then placed back in our hands disguised as an everyday tool of essential living. Even if the process I just described is actually what happened (in practice it's more evolution than blunt force trauma) in order for the hijacking to be effective it still requires our consent and willingness to utilize and embrace the weaponized language.
So let's try something a little different here. Instead of a word association test I would like to try a phrase association test with you. And I'll bet that even if you tried you could not stop yourself from inserting a word into the blank at the end of the following phrase.
"You make me so <……….>."
The lists of words you may have inserted into the <blank> are wide and varied. As well if I were to structure the sentence differently, such as "Sometimes you make me….." or "Every time you do that you make me….." the list may grow even longer. Sometimes we even declare that "It makes me so……" thereby giving inanimate objects or situations control over us. If you give it some thought you can come up with all kinds of variations.
The one commonality among most, if not all, of the words we place after 'make me' are words or possibly phrases that describe emotions, usually strong (triggering) emotions. In keeping with the theme of hijacking a language in order to control or manipulate, one of the techniques used is to distort the meaning of words or phrases in such a way as to promote a 'victim' mentality.
Other examples of victim phrases are "You can't fight city hall" or "There's nothing we can do to change the situation", both classics because what we really mean when we say those things is that since we can't change everything immediately why even try. This is what non sovereign entities say to each other and to their masters. We beg for permission from the 'authorities' to do what we as true sovereigns would never consider asking permission to do. This 'conditioning' begins with the language we use to speak and thus to think.
So my question here is simple. Since when is someone else responsible, as in "You make me…," for our emotional 'State of Mind'? Think about that for a few seconds before you respond because I would be willing to bet that your initial response, the one that quickly rolls off your mental or physical tongue, would itself be a triggered response rather than a logical and rational answer.
Now before you say, "Well, that's just something we say. It doesn't mean anything." I beg to differ. Just watch two people verbally fight, or even just argue, and count the number of times one assigns the other blame for their own emotional state. If there is any emotional attachment between the parties, or the confrontation is emotionally triggering, blame will likely be assigned to the other. That's the beauty of left/right politics as a control mechanism, to promote triggering emotions in order to divide and pacify a population.
We are all guilty of this, including myself. Just ask Mrs. Cog. To counter this tendency I try to remain mindful of what I am saying at all times, especially when I'm feeling emotional or I'm triggered by something someone else said. For me one of the signs that I've been triggered is when I won't let the other person finish speaking or I'm just waiting for my turn to speak rather than actually listening to what they are saying.
I attempt to counter this in the same why I try to avoid using the words 'I believe'. Often when I use that term I am simply regurgitating some doctrine or thought bubble that is commonly used among those I associate with. Or it is a label I can quickly assume or wear that enables the view I wish to express to be quickly or easily understood. What I should be saying is that 'I think' or 'My opinion is'. Doing so changes the dynamic of my thoughts and speech because now I am expressing my own 'State of Mind' rather than repeating someone else's.
One of the things that drives Mrs. Cog crazy, especially when we are having 'words', is that I sometimes reject her assignment of blame. She's even turned the tables on me a few times to her everlasting amusement. More often though, whether or not we are having words, I try to slow down and think about what I am saying. If I force myself to take full and exclusive ownership of my emotional state by avoiding the "You make me…" statements, not only must I phrase my words differently, but I must think differently about not just whom I'm talking to or what I'm talking about, but I must also think differently about myself.
By accusing someone else of being responsible for my emotional outbursts I am in essence avoiding responsibility for my own actions. By blaming others for my 'State of Mind' I'm assigning myself to the 'role' of victim status. If it weren't for you I wouldn't be in this 'State of Mind'. So you fix yourself and I'll be all better. That is one of the definitions of a victim, someone who has no control over their 'self', who has had the control of their body and/or mind taken from them, often by force or deceit. Only in this case, because I self assign myself as victim, it is entirely by my consent that I am a victim.
While that assessment might sound simplistic and even childish, I contend that there are few conversations/arguments more childish than two or more adults blaming each other for their own (dysfunctional) emotional state. If you don't believe me, just spend an hour or so in a public park or gathering place where young children are playing. You will hear little fights erupt now and then and if you are honest with yourself you will see the parallels between what is said on the playground and what is said in the heat of an argument with a friend, spouse or other loved one.
So……..are you ready to take the Cognitive Dissonance challenge? For one entire week starting from this moment let 'us' attempt to be mindful at all times, not just when we are emotionally triggered or in the middle of conflict or confrontation, but at all times, of the language we use that sheds us of personal responsibility for our own emotional 'State of Mind'.
I suspect that at some point during our little experiment we will begin to recognize other words, phrases or mannerisms we regularly use that also directly or indirectly absolve ourselves of personal 'blame' or 'responsibility' for all manner of things. No one can 'make you' do, feel or say anything without your consent and the first consent we quickly (and often without conscious thought) give up/away is when someone else triggers our own inner emotional dysfunction.
The ultimate goal of this thought experiment is to elevate our awareness, our mindfulness, and our inner presence in order to begin to reclaim our own personal sovereignty. In my opinion (see, I didn't say 'I believe') we cannot even begin to assert our own personal sovereignty if we can't even accept responsibility for our own (emotional) State of Mind.
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Wait. Think. Stay safe. Copy link and pass on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F584p5kJL-U
Very interesting CD! Thanks. Along those lines I have always said "Happiness is nothing more than a decision".
Being imbued with the ability to choose to be your own sovereign doesn't make it so. The prima facie evidence is to the contrary. For convenience, I choose to refer to the Creator (capital C) and creator (small c) rather than co-Creator. We are creative... He made us that way... but that doesn't make us Him. Can we be "simply connected" and simultaneously not be the collective "Universe" or the singularity? I would describe that as a mystery of Faith.
Interestingly, if you consider Walter Russel or Ilya Prigogine or even Perelman relative to the 2nd (non) Law of Thermodynamics, I feel that it has a more scientific basis than if you are a adoptee of quantum theory ala Marx, Freud, Rosenthal, Sartre, Berlin and even Soros' Reflexivity which are all versions of the same leopard.
Being imbued with the ability to choose to be your own sovereign doesn't make it so.
And you'll have a hard time walking if you cut off your feet. So?
I choose to refer to the Creator (capital C) and creator (small c) rather than co-Creator. We are creative... He made us that way... but that doesn't make us Him.
Blaming the wife for your mental state is so unproductive ... better to evade responsibility by shifting blame to some entity that can't answer back.
Too bad CG's explanation Made You Feel That Way ....
Anyone who quotes my avatar, automatically gets points from me....( :-)
Having said that, the author is spot-on. Language often determines thought, which in turn defines action.
CD, the sovereignty of any nation/society is derived from the consent of many.
In my neck of the woods many of us have withdrawn our consent.
Good luck.
Well attempts to place the above as a response to Blindman at the end of the thread have failed. Attempts to delete the three above have failed. Obviously it is supposed to be my new mantra
here is something interesting that most people
don't think about much. it has been said that
deer "browse" while elk "graze" but the british
call elk "deer". now, that seems quite poetic to
me and in the following context it is just about
enough to blow your mind! speaking of so much to learn.
how wolves change rivers.
it is not that simple and the title is
misleading, still, worth the time and a
testament to the glory and power of life.
Am I ever glad I dropped by, you guys, all of you, are on fire!!!
yea, how true. i am having an issue with paying 30 for what i have been doing on my own for 20 years. but he and she sure can improve my game as they are much better players...
See Cog, you are doing just fine.
Great post Cog!
When someone says they "want to talk to me", I wonder if they expect a post-speech analysis, rather than engaging in conversation. Certainly, you may "talk to" me, but I tend to respond to speech directed at me, so be prepared for some interaction.
Should someone say that they wish to speak WITH me, they may be better prepared to engage in a two-way conversation (unless they intend to speak simultaneously as me).
Somewhat similarly, "We need to talk" usually means, "I want to talk to you. Your job will be to listen."
Statement: "We need to talk."
Response: "Speak for yourself" or "No, I have no such need".
My lady will say to me would you like to chat?
I will respond sure, what would you like to chat about?
I don't know.
O.k. well get back to me when you do.
EDIT: I have learned what she is really saying is, could you entertain me a bit?
When you blame someone else you give them the control... poor Obama
read: a guide to the good life, the ancient art of stoic joy by william irvine.
The devil made me do it, Your Honor:
"....the gun I held was trembling in my hand
No I did not plan to give them any warning
For the devil on my shoulder had command
Oh the snakes crawl at night..."
-- Charlie Pride, "The Snakes Crawl At Night" 1966
salutations CD & ZHealots...one & all, from the basest of neophytes to the wisest of initiate sages; to those and to all the rest of you idling away in the bulkiest portion of the bell-curve, today is the day the Lord hath made, and let us give thanks for it.
yes, i wanted to start things off by provoking a goodly lot of you; and, what's better, by the end of this i'll have successfully infuriated those whose sentiments were buoyed with my reference to The Almighty. fret not, none shall come away from this empty-handed, all of you will at some point clinch your fist, or at the very least furrow your brow at ole janus. and, most blessedly, there's maybe a fraction of a small percent now reading that'll savor the salt of my mirth (and it is you few to whom i dedicate all my efforts...always) and, alas, those are usually the atheists. atheists and agnostics, at least the best among them, are often burdened by a sophisticated wit...but, as far as burdens go, a discriminating and difficult-to-please sensibility ain't all that bad; at least you have janus. and you can thank God for that.
anyway, these thoughts of CD's remind me of something; they call to mind the musings of this philosopher-king i once knew...the man was possessed of the most dexterous and agile of intellects...can't recall his name off-hand, but i believe it started with a "j". anyway, these thoughts pertained to a mischievous, duplicitous, impertinent and malicious species of carbon-based organism, homo-sapien. he eventually came to love these sentient beasts because of, rather than in spite of, their multifarious flaws a foibles; for he was a partaker with them in all the ways that made them so very unacceptable. and due to this philadelphian embrace of all that's best of dark & bright, he was in-turn able to accept himself, and on similar terms.
if he were with us today, i'm sure he'd have some things to add to what CD's here said; and i'm concretely certain he'd have these things to say, and that he'd say them here on the Hedge...he so loved this place, and would do anything to protect, defend and extend the sanctity of its perfectly compatible plurality & singularity.
without any further vaguery, i'll say that individual sovereignty is a two-way street...not just that, it is a broad and evenly graded boulevard sheltered by the fulsome foliage of ancient oaks; it's a great place to visit and even better as a residence. sovereignty not only says "i'm okay" but goes out of its way to stay in its lane, permitting the traffic moving the other direction free and safe passage, perhaps with a kindly wave out of courtesy and respect, it not only says "you're okay" it demonstrates it in its every action.
only true gentlemen, fully possessed within themselves -- so much so that they are willing to protect the rights and liberty of others over and above their own -- are deserving of citizenship in a republic (which is basically why we fore-fitted ours long ago). and so i would like to take a moment and reflect on the manner by which gentlemen mediate and resolve disputes; and, most importantly, in what fashion do they carry-on in the aftermath.
whatever the dispute -- no matter its nature or magnitude -- is to first be addressed with debate and reasoned dialogue. this is not only acceptable in a republic, open and untrammeled debate is the very undergirding of any vibrant, open and self-governing society. no limits, not of any sort -- whether the consideration be to protect the feelings, religious sensibilities, 'scientific' and/or historic certainty with respect to state sanctioned 'facts', or prerogatives of any group, select class or 'threatened' creed -- nothing can be excluded from submission. this is why the first amendment is listed at the head of all the rest; for they all depend upon it; and all of everything associated with liberty is predicated by its inviolate sanctity; liberty is both reflected in and sustained by free and unfettered debate.
our society is now so thoroughly sissified, adolescent, fragile, victimized, traumatized and haunted by 'suffering' that the sane man is lucky if he can stave off apoplexy. if you can't find a way to share in the suffering of others, and then find some way of blaming other-others, and then agreeing to whatever measures are offered for 'leveling the playing field' for the others who've been despoiled by the other-others, then...well, there's just no place for you, the individual gentleman, in this world of groups.
we have in this country whole economies based on the exploitation, branding and marketing of suffering...ceasar is demanding his tax be rendered in a quotient of guilt; such that he may leverage it to resounding boos and spirited hurrahs in the colesium. the mob doesn't live by bread and circuses alone; they must have faith to see them through the grim and grey spells seperating the spectacular distractions.
and so this abstract and craftily marketed suffering is magnified by the groups within their individuals, they are fatally wounded and they don't know why...everyone is shamed into filtering their every opinion, word and thought through the guilt matrix, lest they hurt the feelings of another, and dredge up all this pain and suffering he's obliged to carry around for those others that did suffer in the name of his group, allegedly...and typically before it was even a group, or the glimmer in some group-maker's eye.
here's the really vexing part: sometimes feelings do get hurt; sometimes debates get heated; sometimes things are said to make a point in a decidedly hyperbolic fashion (not that such a charge can ever be brought against janus)...used to be, a gentleman would get up, brush himself off, shake hands, forget the whole thing, and move on. but now, oh-no, each camp retreats further into its group, huddling tighter together, staking out more and more extreme positions, holding everlasting grudges...in short, acting like a bunch of school girls. a whole goddam society of catty, bitchy, cliquie, spiteful, self-pitying, spoiled brats and cry-babies.
the flexibility and openness of a mature and healthily-debating society guarantees two wonderful things: 1) it necessarily limits the things we agree upon. whenever the majority agrees upon a matter, they immediately conclude that the the thing must be universally true for all, and so they naturally pass laws to compel and forcibly convince all dissenters of their unpopular and punishable folly. i don't know about y'all, but i'm well-convinced that that government that governs best, governs least. consensus on many things is antithetical to liberty. 2) it ensures that those things upon which we agree, being so very-very few, are as close to right and wrong as we're gonna get.
BUT, and this is a big 'but' (which is why i all-capped it), once all debate -- and every avenue thereof -- is exhausted..once every effort is made to argue in the public arena, in the courts, in the voting booths; and after which, if an offending party remains unmoved and will not of its own accord amend its ways, then, well, i'll get to my other very germane Jefferson quote in just a bit. before i do, i'd like to say that this quote applies to a situation of 'ifs': if, and only if, an offending party has violated the most basic of common understandings (among gentlemen) of right & wrong; if they've committed acts of, say, high-treason and murder (hypothetically, of course); and if the offending party has further abrogated the most basic principals of liberty by insulating themselves from penalty and have effectively subverted the law by lording over it, all while unforgivably using it as a weapon against those who would have them repent and relent...well, then, gentlemen, then it's time for a gully washer to water a very parched liberty-tree (i guess that was more a paraphrase than a quote).
so, gentlemen, what i'm trying to say is that i want a ZH and a republic wherein we 'all' agree on as little as possible and everyone is at liberty to unreservedly endorse any position he so chooses, and to do it in any fashion he fancies; and by the same token, he should do so aware that he may get the shit smacked outta him (metaphorically) for errors, idiocy, obscenity, lameness, or, sometimes, just for the hell of it.
and as to the liberty-tree and the state of the nation, yes, gentlemen, you should be angry...furious, in point of fact. it's not a matter of them controlling your emotions, they've been trying to dilute your well-warrented fury for decades now. the thing of it is, wholesale criminality and lawlessness have a way of upsetting liberty-lovers of every variety; moreover, it's a good thing to hate wickedness -- the moar the better...more than that, even the most servile of slaves despises despotic thuggery, and, really, that's something upon which everyone can agree -- no matter how much suffering your group needs to take out on the world.
i christen this, The Age of Rage.
perfectly justified and coming soon to a central-bank protectorate near you!
like a fire in the sun,
"i christen this, The Age of Rage."
I christen this The Age of Advertising and Public Relations
The rage comes from when you get it home outa the box and it's already broken and you're hungry.
Nothing is done these days in the name of its real agenda. Hence, the rage.
hey Ignatius (or should i say, mr. o'reiley?),
thanks for sayin howdy...i'm rarely neighborly, as i assume all hate me unless they prove otherwise (and, to be fair, i can't blame them...i often go out of my way to be ornery (but i have my reasons)).
anyway, i always check out what you have to say...you see, Ignatius, i'm on to you. you have a very serious problem; i would go so far as to say you're addicted. you have a habit, nay, a compulsion to express your thoughts in an interesting and often humorous way...i know that there is no help nor hope for you; and so i've learned to accept you, irredeemable junkie that you are.
yup, not just a house of lies, a whole goddam nation-state and world-order articulated, stilted and supported by mendacity, duplicity and in-your-face deception...so fully formed in falsehood and determined to stick to the contrived and sickening script that anything hinting at or even slightly tinctured with even a modicum of honesty, integrity or decency is suffocated in its infancy.
tis sad but true: in order to accomplish anything good, you must masquerade as bad.
btw, are you still scribbling away on those 'big chief' spiral notebooks?
here's a dedication for Ignatius and all the denizens of new orleans:
you will know the man of true genius/
for he will be surrounded by a confederacy of dunces,
Can I keep my personal sovereignty intact and also forgive you?
You can do whatever you want. You do not need my permission to do what you want nor do you need my affirmation or confirmation after you have done it.
This is because you are sovereign.
In return you are completely and totally personally responsible for all your actions both before and after.
This is because you are sovereign.
I would suggest that your premise is fundamentally existential. Your response implies that you can declare who is sovereign. You're channeling Sartre. This is Marx because in the absence of forgiveness, the burden of sin is too heavy to carry... and therefore gets transferred to the state or in "2.0" to some reputation corporation or The Hague or "money as a technology". I would suggest that you are confusing being created in God's image with being a creator or co-creator. You can choose to be sovereign, but you cannot assign sovereignty to me with words.
I understand and get your point. With my comment I was illustrating a sovereign mindset rather than assigning sovereignty.
Cog, Love the forum you create and while you have my sympathies you'll generally see me take a different approach. I had the same reaction as Dave, and I can't let you squirm out with "illustrating a sovereign mindset rather than assigning sovereignty." Cognitive dissonance will result from the attempt by the nature of sovereignty itself, created beings already have a sovereign. Irony intended. The article by John Piper is worth the time.
"Therefore moral inability and moral necessity on the one hand and human accountability on the other are not an antinomy. Their unity is not contrary to reason or to the common moral experience of mankind. Therefore, in order to see how God's sovereignty and man's responsibility perfectly cohere, one need only realize that the way God works in the world is not by imposing natural necessity on men and then holding them accountable for what they can't do even though they will to do it. But rather God so disposes all things (Eph. 1:11) so that in accordance with moral necessity all men make only those choices ordained by God from all eternity."
You choose to be dominated by a human power construction, religion. This is your sovereign choice... which, I think, is Cog's point.
perhaps the source of tension in this dialogue is due to the varying shades of interpretation of the word sovereign itself?
personally, i like the word, as even the sound of it conveys power (say it out loud a couple of times and see if you agree -- the first syllable seems to resonate between the heart & the gut and the second in the lower part of the head).
so when used in the context of encouraging self-empowerment (either one's own or in others), it can penetrate through the barriers to such like a hot sword through stone like few other words can.
but like all double-edged swords (especially those that have been used to signify Kings (and Kings of...) throughout the ages), it comes adorned with blood-soaked connotations and a heavy dialectical sheath.
for clarity's sake, this is not to side with either (personally after reading both cog's and dave's treatises, i personally choose to see both POVs as not necessarily mutually exclusive), but rather questioning the boundaries around which the dialectic is framed.
"Think twice, speak once"
"Never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut"
Two things I never see mentioned in the MSM: willpower or personal responsibility
"measure twice, cut once."
"...againilly..." gets me every time.
"(1984)...is a wonderful examination of the concept of language hijacking."
CD, if you haven't already, treat yourself to Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange.
Kubrick's movie was very good, but the book is well worth the trip.
I see nothing wrong with blaming people when they are to blame.
But the New Age ideologies, as well as libertarian and anarcho ideologies, are taking personal responsibility to an extreme level. Example, I was watching a New Age spiritualist talking in a car while driving by two little children who were obviously very poor and hungry and drinking from a mud puddle. (was in India or someplace). He was saying the children were fulfilling some kind of karma from a previous life and they are NOT victims. He drove past them, his belly well fed, with not a second thought about those kids even though he is a well reknown teacher. The anarchos, New Agers, and some Libertarians think that there are never any victims. Those little kids? They brought it on themselves.
This kind of thinking is growing in popularity, especially since these last 12 years and more since 2008. It could turn dangerous if anyone wants to use the "logic and rational" thinking on where it can develop and go. Seriously, we can probably rationalize ourselves to death on this planet, which seems to be happening. It makes it easier to demonize others as people who need to take responsibility for their plight. We do need to take responsibility but we do not need to take blame where it belongs to others.
"He was saying the children were fulfilling some kind of karma from a previous life and they are NOT victims."
This is not where I say, in my opinon, I believe, it may be, or it would appear that, it could be, I think.............
This is where I say, the dude is a fucking dick and needs to be jack slapped and no I do not mean metaphorically!
great post and well crafted...and thanks for bringing this up.
there is a group out there afflicted by legitimate suffering; it is a group whose agony and identity transcend all the fashionable affiliations of race, religion & sexual orientation...sadly, they're so un-hip, unnoticed and unskilled at PR that we hardly realize they're around; we collectively refer to them as 'the poor'...and even though most americans will pass the entirety of their lives without ever seeing real poverty and only understanding it as an abstract collage of images from third-world hell-holes (well, actually, i suspect many will confront this pitiless horror in a few short years; if we don't clean house and do it immediately).
and in my day, i've read, participated in and even tried my hand at conjuring some policy, program or system for addressing poverty...it is an intractable villian and is forever turning all the most well-intentioned endeavors against the very problem it seeks to remedy. and so i, understanding our collective helplessness in battling it, am resigned to The Savior's commandment as it relates to the numberless masses that lay down each night with a growling belly. we are commanded to treat them with compassion...and i second the notion.
charity covereth many a sin,
"(well, actually, i suspect many will confront this pitiless horror in a few short years; if we don't clean house and do it immediately)"
Experience is the best teacher.
And since this is a thread about communication it has been shown that the "savior" communicated best through parables and metaphors. Still shown to be the best form of communication and a cornerstone of "Stories for the third ear" Mark and Bonnie King. Highly effective when combined with body lanquage and other tricks of communication as important as the words we use. But then people have to listen to hear.
this excellent post drives to the core of the human dilema; personal responsibility without a hidden agenda whilst being intellectually honest. From twenty some odd years dealing directly with fellow humans, very few met this criteria. The more you(and I) strive for this standard the more you(and I) feel alone, almost desparate, but at least comforted that "i was the best a human could be"...
Cogs, I haven't been commenting in a while, but I been starting to again. I feel like we are due for some kind of event, and it has driven me back to posting. At least that is my theory.
How dare you talk about feelings and emotions. Our past does affect our emotions when alone. All that I have to do is look at my dreams. Alot of wild emotions going on there sometimes.
Anyways, I enjoyed your post. Keep up the good work. I'll make an effort to think before I talk, and then I won't put my foot in my mouth. Dam it. What an idiot I am for saying that :+)
"Other examples of victim phrases are "You can't fight city hall" or "There's nothing we can do to change the situation", both classics because what we really mean when we say those things is that since we can't change everything immediately why even try. This is what non sovereign entities say to each other and to their masters. We beg for permission from the 'authorities' to do what we as true sovereigns would never consider asking permission to do. This 'conditioning' begins with the language we use to speak and thus to think."
One of my personal favorites is:
"How are___going to pay for this tax cut?" that has crept into language usage.
Its like, WTF are you talking about? Where does this mindset come from that someone has to "pay" for a tax cut? The government is simply not allowed to HAUL AWAY more. No one is paying anyone less or more, just less is taken from the ones who earned it.
So, apparently it can only mean, someones rights to their own labor & earnings doesn't really mean anything to them.
My next statist-vocabulary-exploding-taxation-micro-treatise will be on the word..."investment".
To be followed by..."customer" ;-)
Citizen devolved -> to a lousy 'consumer' !!!
That one has pissed me off for decades every time I read or hear it.
"GOING FORWARD" -> actually just circling the drain.
and consumer, once outliving one's usefulness, devolved --> into "civilian"
or in the case one gets uppity --> "enemy combatant"
in either definition, the dehumanization & expendibility factors increase exponentially.
as Dewey Cheatum Howe noted last week, "language, people."
Citizen devolved -> to a lousy 'consumer' !!!
lol...good point. Because one chooses to save, they are labeled stingy or a "lousy consumer". Again, its like WTF, I'm not spending on their timeline so I'm a ba person, for not buying crap that I don't want.
Its incredible DP, they think its theirs, on loan to us. It may be Federal Reserve notes (so, technically not the governments either) but it represents units of OUR LABOR.
"Where does this mindset come from that someone has to "pay" for a tax cut? "
Suspect we may know where the mindset came from. Question is how to get others to see it for what it is. Word games to perpetuate business as usual.
In the heat of battle this is quite difficult, but even in hidesight it helps to view ourselves "from outside" and ask questions this like "Who got angry?" "In 100 years, what difference will it make?" "Why is this important?"
Sometimes is takes me several hours before I can confront myself.
This is good stuff COG. You're pointing us to true consciousness.
"In 100 years, what difference will it make?"
I said that to my father 30 years ago regarding a report card I had just brought home. I thought his head was gonna explode!


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University Admissions, part of Enrollment Management, provides central services for prospective and current applicants. Staff are available to assist you in understanding the prerequisite requirements, submitting transcripts, and the online application process. Once you have completed an application, staff can guide you through addtional requirements needed to complete your application.
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- Bulletin of the Medical University of South Carolina
catalog of the university with program descriptions, requirements, curriculums and course descriptions
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Lifestyle/Technology | Users of Google Buzz and Facebook may be surprised at how public their information is
Blogs are buzzing about Google Buzz, a social networking app that works inside Gmail. Many bloggers, including those at Lifehacker, worried about a potential privacy flaw. Apparently, unless users change their settings, Buzz posts to a public profile the names of the contacts you most frequently email.
If you plan to use Buzz and don't want your network of frequent contacts visible to everyone, you need to take action. Go to lifehacker.com/5469388/stop-google-buzz-from-showing-the-world-your-contacts? for help. Or you can do what I did: Go to the very bottom of your Gmail page and turn off Buzz. It might not be the most tech-savvy approach, but it is an easy one.
Facebook users, if you haven't gotten around to reviewing your privacy settings since December, you'll want to do it now. Facebook made many changes that affect privacy, including setting the defaults to "everyone" unless you go in and tighten your settings. If you don't want the whole world to see your pictures, updates, profile information, and videos, you should for once take the advice of The New York Times.
A Times article, "The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now," suggests that you go to account settings (found on the far top right on the new homepage). Choose privacy from the scroll-down menu. Go to profile information, which includes the most important settings to correct. They determine who can see stuff about you-and it is those settings that Facebook sets to "everyone" unless you change them.
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The recession hasn't hurt all business. According to a Nielsen survey, Americans are saving money by buying more store brand products. Buyers no longer have to be convinced that private label food, drug, and grocery items are as good as the national brands: 80 percent think so. That makes sense because many store brand products are produced by the same companies that make national brands. Sales of private label wine are also increasing, but beer drinkers seem to be loyal to the big national brands and their heavyweight marketing dollars.
Memory aids
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Do you need help memorizing Scripture? MemorizeNow.com is a website where you can paste in a passage and then use tools that aid memorization. You can, for instance, see the text with all the words displayed. With a click you can change the setting so only first letters are displayed. Or, from the full text page, you can click and make some words disappear. Scroll over the space where the missing word belongs and the first letter of the missing word appears.
Recommendations: Couple this useful tool with text copied from one of the online Bibles. (See the English Standard Version at gnpcb.org/esv/ or other translations at biblegateway.com.) Get lists of helpful verses to memorize from John Piper's Bethlehem Baptist Church, which has a "Fighter Verse" program that encourages Bible memorization by the whole church. See the 2010 list of verses and sets of verses from previous years at hopeingod.org/resources/scripture-memory/fighter-verse-program.
If memorizing isn't enough, you can make cool artwork based on a passage, a poem, or any text you want. Wordle.net is a free website that makes word clouds from text you paste in. You can choose whether you want the words displayed vertically or horizontally, or in combination. You can choose colors and fonts. Frequently used words display larger than other words. Finished word clouds can be saved and printed out.


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The Sea Of Bamboo Scenic Area is located in Hufu Town, which is 31 kilometers away from the southwest of Yixing City that is at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces. Yixing abounds with bamboos and has been called "The Sea of Bamboos" since ancient times. There is a sea of bamboos there, forming a sea of bamboos. The Sea Of Bamboo Scenic Area is situated in the center of the bamboos. The Sea Of Bamboo Scenic Area, stretching over Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces, is the National Scenic Area, the Provincial Forest Park and the Top 10 scenic spots in Yixing.
The Sea Of Bamboo Scenic Area, covering a total area of 10,000 mu, has the reputation of "The First Bamboo Sea in East China", "No. 1 Source of Taihu Lake" and "The First Peak in Southern Jiangsu". It consists of several scenic areas, including the Jinghu Area, the Jade Promenade Area, the Waterfall Area, Bamboo groves Area, an ancient temple Area and a tea Area. The scenery in these scenic areas differs in seasons. Tourists can go to visit there every season, enjoying the different scenery of a variety of characteristics. When a gentle breeze blows past, tourists will see green waves dance with the wind and hear the sound of the wind going through the bamboo leaves. Besides, many swordsmen films have been shot there, in a sea of bamboos. The Sea Of Bamboo Scenic Area is an ideal tourist attraction for people to relax themselves, go sightseeing and breathe the fresh air.
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Col. Shirlene Ostrov, 376th Expeditionary Mission Support Group commander, hands out certificates to team captains following a youth soccer tournament April 20, 2013, in Nizhne-Chuysk Village, Kyrgyzstan. Service members from Transit Center at Manas presented the certificate and a soccer ball to each team in the tournament. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rachel Martinez)
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