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Ann Curry
Ann Curry Covers Ladies' Home Journal August 2012 » Gossip - She's in a career transition after having been replaced as anchor of the "Today" show, and Ann Curry was chosen to cover the August 2012 issue of Ladies' Home Journal.
The 55-year-old TV personality showed off her endearing smile on the front page while dishing about everything from her passion for TV news to where she sees herself five to ten years down the road.
Highlights from Miss Curry's interview are as follows. For more, be sure to pay a visit to Ladies' Home Journal!
On the 'Today' show vs 'Good Morning America' ratings war:
"It's hard not to take it personally. You worry, Am I not good enough? Am I not what people need? Am I asking the right questions? When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt. I know NBC pays my salary but I have never doubted who I work for. I think about the people who watch. They're the ones who matter to me. I want to feel I haven't dropped the ball when it comes to them."
On what she'd change about herself:
"I don't always understand my worth. I think it's a chronic condition for women. I'm not talking about professionally. I'm talking about in our personal lives. We constantly punish ourselves with degrading thoughts when we look at ourselves in the mirror. We allow people to treat us poorly, we allow our husbands or boyfriends to get away with things or we have relationships with girlfriends or colleagues who don't treat us well. We don't defend ourselves as we would our own children. Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves. We waste too much time beating ourselves up. I think at my age of 55, it's time to stop doing that."
On where she sees herself in 5-10 years:
"I've been at Today for 15 years and I'd love to make it to 20. I think eventually I want to become a teacher, like my father wanted to be, and hopefully positively influence the next generation."
On what she loves about the news:
"I'm in this business because I want to have a life of value. For me that means giving people information that can give them a better life."
Ann Curry
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Don Quixote Volume 2, Chapter 16
As Don Quijote and Sancho travel on, Sancho begins to believe he had truly seen his friend from home. Don Quijote asks him to listen to reason -- why would the real Samson Carrasco behave in such a manner? Also, if these evil magicians can alter Dulcinea's beauty to homeliness, they surely could alter enemies to take on the appearance of friends.
A man, beautifully outfitted and wearing a green overcoat, rides past them and Don Quijote offers him to journey with them if he is going the same way. The man says he would be glad to if they are sure his mare will not disturb his horse. They assure him that aside for one incident, Rocinante can be trusted. Don Quijote becomes aware of the man's frank appraisal of him (the man is taking in Don Quijote's strange appearance) and informs him that he is none other that that celebrated knight Don Quijote of whose life thirty thousand books have been printed. The man says that his literary tastes lean toward non-fiction and has never read tales of chivalry. He introduces himself as Don Diego de Miranda.
It turns out the man has a son who insists on being a poet, which is a bit of a disappointment to his father. Don Quijote waxes eloquently on poetry and poets, impressing Don Diego who begins to doubt his first impression of Don Quijote (that he's insane) and revise his opinion of him. Meanwhile, Sancho is buying cottage cheese from some shepherds he spotted. A cart bearing royal flags is approaching and Don Quijote tells Sancho to fetch his helmet.

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Alice, My Co-worker's Breath Stinks!
Dear Alice,
I have a co-worker that consistently has bad breath. He sits right next to me and I can smell his exhalation constantly throughout the day. It is something that affects me all hours of the day, and short of asking to be moved, which is totally obvious since I work in an open floor plan office, I don't know what to do about it. Do you have any tips?
Can't Breathe
Dear Can't Breathe,
Since this is a professional setting, not a friendship, you need to tread even more carefully than you normally would in this delicate situation. I'm sure you know that you absolutely should NOT complain about his breath to anyone else in your office. Talk about undermining his professional credibility!
As far as action items, I'm afraid that it's not your place to take him aside and tell him the truth — I'd leave that approach for people in his life who are closer to him than desk neighbors relationship you currently share. You need to stay subtle.
Offering a mint or gum (as you take a piece for yourself) could just be construed as a nice gesture or, if you do it all the time, could get him thinking about why you keep offering (so he takes some breath-freshening action). It's worth a shot. Depending on your relationship, you might even go so far as to ask him if your breath is okay, but tread very lightly. Be casual. Best case scenario: you both decide to brush after lunch from now on.


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This is a weekly feature highlighting friends who have met celebs.
I have written about Josh Watko a couple times. He runs JW's Wrestling Memorabilia, a website loaded with wrestling pictures, stories and nostalgia.
A couple weekends ago, Josh had a great experience at the NWA Fanfest in Charlotte. Much like his site, this weekend was full of wrestling nostalgia. I asked Josh to share a story and as always, he graciously agreed, but deciding which story to tell was challenging. Finally he settled on Sting, stating that he had the most appeal to fans young and old.
With so much to do at NWA Fanfest, it can sometimes get a little overwhelming. Between waiting in line to get autographs from the featured guests to perusing the vendor floor to trying to meet the extra "vendor guests" who only appear for a few hours, you rarely have time to catch your breath. One guest that fans young and old had to make time to meet was NWA/WCW Legend and current TNA headliner Sting (Steve Borden).
Sting was brought to Fanfest by the promoters of the northeast's premier wrestling convention Legends of the ring. Fans, who paid for a "Superfan" package, received a signed 8x10 TNA promo photo, one of their own items signed and a photo op with Sting, which was quickly printed as a beautiful 8x10, also signed by the legend.
The Stinger, who is known to be one of the more private and reserved wrestlers, was very friendly to his fans of all generations. Dressed in his current TNA attire and face paint, these particular photo ops were some of the most amazing to come out of Fanfest. While fans chose items from all eras of his career, I chose a 1990 WCW Wrestling Wrap-Up magazine from my collection. The entire run of this particular title, albeit short-lived, are extremely hard to find and rarely turn up for sale. This issue features a shot of Sting just after he won his first World Heavyweight Championship from Ric Flair at the 1990 Great American Bash.
It was great that Josh got to meet Sting. I just missed him at the Bound for Glory pre-show event a couple years ago. Josh also met Jim "JR" Ross, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, Terry Funk, Harley Race, Mickie James and many others. You can check out all of the photos and stories on his site. Hopefully, in the future, he'll share more of his stories here.


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Kyoku for men is a skincare brand that has products that have been specifically designed for men and with a male skincare concerns in mind. They have a huge array of products, many targeting male acne, but they also do facial and body scrubs, body lotions and body washes. Their brand representative reached out to me and asked if my husband might be interested in trying a few of their products. I immediately said yes and within 2 days, their Elements (Wind) body wash and body scrub arrived at our door step. They have a range of these Elements products in Wind, Fire and Water varieties, which are just various scents as far as I can tell.
The Kyoku Wind body wash and body scrub (8.4 oz each) retail for $15.99 each on their Amazon site. Kyoku's wind body wash is a richly lathering body cleansing gel with a fresh green herbal scent. This deep cleansing and stimulating wash contains an antioxidant blend of cloud-berry and holy-herb to give a tingling sensation on the skin, while protecting and soothing. The Kyoku body scrub is engineered for men of all skin types, this wind body scrub by Kyoku for Men was specifically formulated with today's modern man in mind. Scientifically proven to upgrade your skin, each product has been rigorously tested and uses the best natural ingredients for men's skin and works to refresh and renew with a sense of purpose.
The two plastic bottles came nicely packaged, in an olive green color, with a top that allows the product to be poured without unscrewing it. The bottles also come with a pump, which was lovely as I prefer to use pumps rather than pour out too much product.
My husband has spent the last week using these products, body wash in the morning and the scrub during his evening shower (after the gym). He has really enjoyed the scent which is the same for both the products, it's a warm herbal scent that makes the bathroom smell like a spa for the entire day. He found that the scrub was quite scrubby, i.e. the gel was suspended with enough little beads to make it a good scrub. He has fairly normal skin, and did not find the products drying or irritating in any way.
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text: Costamare Inc. is a leading international owner of containerships. With a fleet of vessels ranging from about 1,000 TEUs to about 14,000 TEUs capacity, Costamare Inc. serves ocean carriers that demand a high standard of safety and reliability and are, in most cases, among the world's largest liner companies. Costamare Inc. and its predecessors draw on a history of more than 41 years in transportation of goods by sea, with more than 30 years of these in container transportation.


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Dynamic Memory is a new feature in Hyper-V that helps you use memory more efficiently on your Hyper-V hosts. Memory is now treated as a shared resource and you no longer have to decide how much memory to give your workloads. Dynamic Memory automatically adjusts the current memory needed for workloads based on demand and the settings you specify.
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Spring is most certainly on the way.
Shoots are pushing their way through the chilled earth and the birds are once again making themselves heard in the early mornings.
It almost seems too soon to celebrate the lighter mornings and evenings.
We could certainly still be hit with a patch of the winter weather which has largely eluded us in this part of the world, but there is hope for optimism.
It always seems such a shame then, that when for many of us our spirits rise, for our exam students the stress really begins to kick in.
Throughout my years of teaching I have seen far more incidents of panic attacks, and children finding it more and more difficult to cope with what education has to throw at them. I'm not just talking about the children who find academic studies more difficult than some either.
Even the brightest students struggle – maybe more with their own and others' expectations – but the struggle is still the same.
Similarly I'm not referring to one particular social background either. Both with and without money and parental support, children suffer.
It's certainly right that these anxieties amongst pupils are addressed.
The Duchess of Cambridge did just that the other week when she spoke of the need to support young people who suffer mental health problems. But increasingly teachers are struggling too.
I know the nation sees us as a bunch of complainers and whingers, but I've seen the very real effects the pressures of teaching can have on colleagues.
This last half of term has been particularly difficult for many with protracted and prolonged illnesses and I am sure that is partly due to the stresses of the job.
I suppose we are seen as strong and bossy, because we have to give the impression of being strong and bossy to our students. If we didn't, we would be ineffective in the classroom.
But I don't think the nation sees us as we really are. Two of my colleagues instantly spring to mind.
The impression they have given to children, to parents and to staff over the years, to those who don't really know them very well is probably one of 'I don't care what people think' and 'I'm always right'.
They are neither soft nor 'wet' and they are not people you would take on in a physical altercation.
What onlookers don't always see though is the questioning and self-doubt which goes on in private and lies underneath, but still, very close to the surface.
As a profession we constantly question ourselves and ask if we have done enough.
Is what we are doing good enough for the young people whose future we can so dramatically impact?
I always remember my old maths teacher from primary school. She utterly terrified me, and I am sure that is where my fear of numbers arose, despite having a maths teacher father. At the age of five or six, I needed something very different from what she provided.
Similarly though, I remember a wonderful maths teacher I had several years later, who in the short time I had as a teacher, encouraged me and made me believe I really could do it and that I wasn't quite as stupid as I believed myself to be. He is the sort of teacher I would like to be.
As teachers we all carry these memories around with us. We know what sort of teachers we want to be and what sort of teachers we do not want to be.
I know that I do not want to pass on to my pupils any 'bad days' I might have. I fear I do sometimes, but I do not want to be like my former maths teacher.
As teachers we can all berate ourselves without any help from anyone else. And we do. We all have the same insecurities as any of our pupils. Why? Because we care.
Certainly no one in their right minds would do the job, if they didn't care. If that's how they approached the job, they would be robots – and unhappy robots too – if that's really possible.
So as spring begins to kick in and as the exam season begins to loom closer, we will support and help our students through the stresses they will inevitably face.
We will try to guide them through the fears and tensions that arise. Just spare a thought for us too - if you can!


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The Association
VRBB (short for "Virtual Reality Berlin-Brandenburg e.V."), is a publicly funded association dedicated to advancing the virtual, augmented and mixed reality industries. VRBB is bringing together the diverse group of immersive technology players and their expertise in Germany's capital region, forming a virtual conglomerate that can effectively partner with international associations in the area of 360° media, virtual-, augmented- and mixed reality. Our members are HighTech companies, established Media Companies, Research Institutes and Universities, Start-Ups, Freelancers and plain VR enthusiasts.
VRBB is a One-Stop shop for innovative and high-quality VR and AR products.
Our mission is to develop a growing and sustainable VR industry by bringing together the multiple players and their expertise in Germany´s capital region in order to form a virtual conglomerate that can effectively partner with international associations in the area of 360° media, virtual-, augmented- and mixed reality. We will do this through international cross-industry networking and by actively generating business opportunities for our members. We are boosting know-how and technology sharing through our own platforms and events. We are supporting members getting access to public funds and subsidies. We are investing in Professional Marketing and Communication activities to position our members on the international stage.
The international market for immersive technologies is growing fast. Virtual- Augmented and Mixed Reality are not just another medium or another technology for media content, it is an entirely new computing platform. To stay at the forefront of this innovation one needs more then digital high-tech know-how. Germany's Capital region, Berlin and Potsdam, are a unique combination of "story telling" competence and tradition with one of the worlds most vibrant high-tech start-up scenes. Potsdam with Studio Babelsberg and its more then 100 years of film making tradition just became one of 12 digital:hubs of Germany and the only one focusing on MediaTech. The region has a very active and large VR community, VRBB is the framework combining these different skill sets needed to take advantage of these new immersive technologies.
VRBB entertains different chapters focusing on different areas, from sales&marketing, events&communication to knowledge transfer and R&D. These chapters have regular meetings and communicate digitally. VRBB is also a key driver in the MediaTech Hub and pushes for the development of a VR/AR innovation center. One of the most visible activities is VRBB's VR NOW CON, an international conference, trade show and VR award taking once a year with satellite events happening across the year. Our Holographic Academy is another event format run by VRBB.
VRBB entertains different chapters focusing on different areas, from sales&marketing, events&communication to knowledge transfer and R&D. These chapters have regular meetings and communicate digitally. VRBB is also a key driver in the MediaTech Hub and pushes for the development of a VR/AR innovation center. One of the most visible activities is VRBB's VR NOW CON, an international conference, trade show and VR award taking once a year with satellite events happening across the year. Our Holographic Academy is another event format run by VRBBVRBB is actively assisting its members with business development. We help clients to understand VR/AR production and find the best match among our members for high-quality VR/AR content/hardware/research. For larger scale projects, VRBB can be used to form a project-partner team of multiple players, distributing the tasks to dedicated experts (conceptualization, storytelling, modeling, animation, programming, sound design, etc.). Our structure and agile processes constantly bring up new talents and accelerates development of new products.
Board Members
The VRBB association was founded early 2016, bringing VR companies together to develop a sustainable VR industry in the region of Berlin-Brandenburg. Prior to establishing the association, frequent informal meetings with a group of people from different industries, institutions and government representatives were discussing the opportunities VR and AR present to the region and its players from the media and high-tech industry. The formation of VRBB was the outcome of these multi-lateral meetings. Its mission and the formation was publicly announced by Brandenburgs Minister of Economics during re:publica TEN the 16th of March 2016. The founding of the society happened at the Film University Conrad Wolf Babelsberg. The association organised multiple public events and set up their first international event, VR NOW CON in November 2016 with over 500 attendees and more then 30 speakers. VR NOW CON has meanwhile created multiple satellite events, such as the VR NOW business mixer organised in co-opertion with Berlinale and the European Film Market.
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Founding members
our founding members includes
ALLVR, Studio Babelsberg, SMI,Mediadesign University for Applied Sciences, UFA GmbH, LALA Films / YOU VR, i-mmersive, Filmpark Babelsberg GmbH, CPU 24/7 GmbH, Exozet Potsdam, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Micromovie, Metropolis VR, Universität Potsdam, Malchemie GmbH, MIRIQUIDIFILM, Booster Space UG, RBB, FXtoGo, Boehmert und Boehmert, Philip Hausmeier, Morean Digital Realities, INVR Space, Pimento, Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf, MIZ, Slice production studios – vfx Box, Thomas Bedenk, Institute of Electronic Business (IEB), Relais Communication, Deutsche Telekom AG, T-Labs, Stiftung Planetarien Berlin, Clipessence, Hasso Plattner Institut, IRIS Media, Illusion Walk KG, House of Research, VAST Media, Colorfy, Cbe, Trixter, Heinrich Herz Institut, Interlake, Arri, REALITIES.IO, Transfer Media, Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK, Reallifefilm, Wonderlamp Industries GmbH
Know-how database
Examples of specialized field, 360 video: company explanation, Entertainment, Games, 360 documentary, VR movie, Research (unis, etc), Industry cases, Architecture, Medicine
VRBB digital lounge
The VRBB digital lounge can be accessed by members when login onto the website. The digital lounge gives you access to member's communication channels (management of projects, blogs and chats).
The members have regular meetings to discuss VRBB has set up various focus groups and their members are meeting on regular meetings to collaborate on the development of the mission to further the local VR industry.
Business development and marketing
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Business Development and Marketing group
The Research and Development group
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The group focuses on elements that help companies to grow. The market growth is discussed along side of deciding what channels we should have priority on. Also is discussed how to improve our structure as a one stop shop for high quality vr production.
Research and development projects are discussed together with sharing solutions for research funds. The group is also encouraging ways to connect R&D with existing business and connecting companies to research program.
In the VR world, lots happens during events through network and VR demonstrations. This group discuss how to improve the association's events and what events should be attended in different cities/countries.
The association plans to set up co-working spaces for VR companies/startups/freelancers. This topic is discussed here.
Code of Conduct
To keep a fair attitude while collaborating on projects or within business interactions, the VRBB member's have agreed on a Code of Conduct.
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As a one stop shop, our association helps our clients to get VR projects produced. We not only advise on what companies are the most suitable for your project but we also manage large scale projects combining multiple skills from multiple member companies. Contact us to get more information or project quotes.
Upcoming Events
media.connect: COFFEECLUBJanuary 24 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am CET
The 2019 VR, AR, MR Industry ConferenceFebruary 2 - February 3
EFM VR Now SummitFebruary 10
VRDC@GDCMarch 18 - March 22
NAB ShowApril 6 - April 11
Past Events
Jobs in VR
Our members are looking for talented people with a passion for VR. Take a look at our job market for new job opportunities and contact us to place your own job offers.


text: Arva June Howell Nelson6/5/1930 ~ 12/21/2011Arva June Howell Nelson passed away peacefully December 21, 2011. She was born in Riverton, Utah on June 5, 1930 to Charles Albert and Pearl Miller Howell. Her parents moved several times in her early years before settling in Draper, Utah, where she learned to work on her father's farm, and attended Draper Elementary School. She graduated from Jordan High School, and later attended BYU, where she met her future husband, Karl K Nelson, whom she married on October 16, 1953 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.Arva was a dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and her life reflected her devotion to the gospel of Jesus Christ. She served others in the youth programs of the church, as a ward relief society president, and often as ward organist and choir accompanist. She served those around her with a personal touch, which her children noticed and remembered. Everyone knew of her genuine love and concern. Even in her latest days, when communication by speaking became difficult, she expressed her very conscious wit and gentle love to everyone around her.Arva loved music and played and studied piano almost all of her life. She shared this love by teaching many students, and by frequently and expertly accompanying Karl's beautiful singing voice in church services, funerals, and other occasions. Karl was grateful for her gift. Arva's other hobbies included needle point, cross stitch, flower gardening, and being a kind neighbor.Arva served four LDS fulltime and service missions with her husband Karl: Denmark Copenhagen Mission, Utah Provo Mission office, LDS Social Services mission, and a church member locator mission.Arva and Karl became the parents of five children, whom she loved dearly: Steven (Leslie), Tanya (deceased), Linda, Barry (SueAnn), Kristen (Brian) Akers; eleven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Arva was looking forward to the birth of a fourth great-grandchild in April. Other survivors include her two sisters, Arlene (Alan) Christensen and Joan (Norm) Wood. Arva was preceded in death by her daughter, Tanya; her granddaughter, Nicole Mickelsen; and her brother, Kenneth Rex Howell.The family wishes to thank Inspiration Hospice and Bee Hive Homes of West Jordan for their truly loving assistance in Arva's last weeks and months.Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 11:00am in the River Ridge 8th Ward Chapel, 10191 South 1000 West, So. Jordan, UT. Family and friends may call Tuesday evening from 6:00pm-8:00pm at the same location, and again from 10:00am-10:45am Wednesday prior to the services. Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com.


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Frogs (1972)
"If you are squeamish stay at home!!!"
So I'm watching Frogs. After my nights in the caravan, up in Darwin, surrounded by billions of the ravenous beasties all thirsting for my blood—or at the very least, determined to slightly hamper my attempts to sleep—it seemed the thing to do. If you really want to watch this movie for yourself, if you really don't want any spoilers, look away now… No really, read no further if you ever want to find out for yourself how this gem of cinematic excellence turns out!
Here be spoilers…
Okay, I thought those poor deluded fools would never leave! Those of you who are still with me, let me tell you about Frogs!
A family of rich white folks—along with their two black servants, and a middle-class white photographer who just happened to be in the area—gather on the island home of the family patriarch, a cranky old guy whom nobody likes but who will one day die and leave them all a lot of money if they're nice to him. It's the combined 4th of July / patriarchal birthday celebration, and the old guy sure does know how to party. Apparently. If sitting dourly in your wheelchair and glowering at everybody who dares to have non-scheduled fun is partying, this guy knows how! Not even the mildly unfortunate deaths of a number of his family members is gonna stop him from having a good (or bad?) time!
Death #1: This poor guy was dead before we ever saw him—and nobody really cared because he didn't seem to be actually related. He was dead before the movie began. When he was finally discovered, face-down in a boggy puddle—several minutes after the music had warned us to expect him—he was covered in hundreds of … well, about six frogs. However, the person who discovered him—who may well be a frog sympathiser—later claimed he'd been "hit by a snake". Number of frogs actually involved: zero.
Death #2: This guy, patriarchal grandson #1, while following the phone lines in his jeep to determine why the phones were dead, inexplicably stopped, leaped out of his vehicle, and fired his massive gun—at birds. Then, equally inexplicably, he went racing off into the undergrowth, stumbled, and shot himself in the leg. On the ground he was attacked by, um, creepers. Creepers and spiderwebs. There were spiders present—but not the sorts of spiders one normally associates with spinning webs. Actual cause of death may have been spider bite—although I'm not sure those huge tarantulas are overly venomous—but it seemed to be mostly asphyxiation. By creepers. Number of frogs involved: zero. Number of shots of frogs sitting around watching. And croaking. And hopping. Quite a few…
Death #3: The third guy, patriarchal grandson #2, was poisoned. In the greenhouse. By lizards. They pushed bottles of poison—many, many bottles of poison—off the high shelves on which they were rather foolishly stored. When his body was finally discovered, it was covered in hundreds—well, about six—of tiny, tiny geckos. Similar to the geckos which swarm through my house in great numbers (of, y'know, six or more…) Number of frogs watching—from outside the greenhouse—quite a few. Easily several. Number of frogs actually involved: zero.
Death #4: The fourth death was that of the daughter-in-law of the patriarch, an old biddy who had gone running off into the swamp in her frilly party dress, net in hand, chasing butterflies. After accidentally almost strangling herself with a piece of vine which was strung across the path—and she looked really distressed before realising that this was not her death scene and she could just step back out of the "noose"—she got well and truly off the beaten track, and was mildly startled by a trio of croaking frogs in her path, which led her to run wildly, thrashing and screaming, into the undergrowth, where she was attacked by snakes. Several of them struck at her, but missed. She next fell into a puddle full of snakes, crawled out covered in leeches, peeled them off and screamed some more, ran through more undergrowth, finally returned to the spot where she'd dropped her net, and was bitten by the snake which had taken residence when she bent to pick it up. Number of rattlesnakes living in the swamp: more than you might expect. Number of frogs on the grassy knoll: three. Number of frogs actually involved in her death: zero.
Death #5: Patriarchal son #1, husband of the fourth victim, was out wandering through the swamp looking for his wayward wife. After stumbling blindly past her corpse without seeing it, he was eaten. By alligators. Frogs involved: zero.
At this point, the photographer—perhaps slightly rattled at having discovered two bodies (one bit by a snake in the swamp, one fallen foul of a bizarre, tragic accident in the greenhouse)—is talking about abandoning the island in case this is happening everywhere, although it's not entirely clear what he could possibly think this is. Needless to say, the patriarch wants to stay and have his grumpy-party no matter who might be dead…
The black folk want to leave, and grandson #3 takes the three of them—the maid/cook, the butler, and the gorgeous supermodel girlfriend of poisoned grandson #2—to a deserted jetty on what is presumably the mainland. "Jesse", who apparently should have been there—and who had apparently, until very recently, been both fishing and barbecuing—was missing. As grandson #3 wanders around looking for him, the others head off into an equally undeveloped wilderness where they are attacked. By Alfred Hitchcock. No wait, that can't be right; they are attacked by birds. Nearby, some frogs hop menacingly as the people are attacked by birds. One of them may have even croaked…
And while we don't actually see it happen, my guess would be: birds, three; black folks, nil. Frogs: zero.
Death #6: Grandson #3, tired of looking for the missing Jesse (or is it Jessie?) returns to his boat to find it has drifted out into the river because the mooring rope has been cut clean through—apparently by a lizard. Although surely it must have been a frog that wielded the blade? We may never know. We may never want to know. The same frog (or lizard) had stolen the keys to Jesse's (Jessie's) boat, so grandson #3 is forced to swim out to his boat. In the water he is attacked by … you thought I'd say frogs, didn't you? Nope, he was attacked by snakes. Well, at least one snake swam through water that may have been the same water he was in, and then his hand got all covered in blood, and he went under. Number of frogs involved: zero.
Death #7: The wife of grandson #3, having just watched all this happen through binoculars, runs down to the waters edge—in heels—and takes two steps out into the water where she promptly gets stuck. Unable (or unwilling) to simply abandon her shoes and scarper, she screams for help as she is very slowly menaced by a large turtle. Fade to blue sky as not even the producers could figure out how that death was going to happen. Number of frogs which hopped into the water afterwards: one. Number of frogs involved in the turtle-related homicide: zero.
Patriarch still wants to stay—and the inference is that anyone who leaves (by this point, there's the granddaughter, and grandson #3's two orphans, and the photographer) doesn't get the inheritance… This implied threat is not enough to prevent the rest from leaving—although we're not sure how they're gonna get off the island without the boat.
Oh yeah, the photographer's canoe. They're gonna need a bigger boat!
Death #8: After the others have indeed escaped (with obligatory question mark: they got to the road, but the boy in the front seat of the car that picked them up was holding a frog…) we return to the patriarch who dies of, um, death. Anxiety-induced heart attack, would be my best guess—and there were certainly a large number of frogs in the room when he fell over, grimaced, and passed away. Actual frogs involved in his murder: zero. And while the implication is that they phoned him before they "killed" him, and apparently cut the power afterwards, my response to that is: "how could they cut the power, man? They're animals!" Besides, it was more likely the lizards who cut the power…
Frogs sure did a lot of hopping, and croaking, and staring—but I'm not sure they actually did anything to merit being given the title of the movie!
I'd say the best reason to watch this movie is for a glimpse of Sam Elliott in a rare non-cowboy role (before he had the white stetson surgically implanted.)
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Seidenberg, Redden practice with Bruinsby Matt Kalman
BOSTON -- Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien might be one step closer to having a couple difficult lineup decisions on his hands.
Injured defensemen Dennis Seidenberg and Wade Redden both joined the team for practice at TD Garden on Monday. Julien said both players will be game-day decisions for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the New York Rangers on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, TSN, RDS).
Neither player, in addition to Andrew Ference, has played yet in this series. In their place, rookies Matt Bartkowski, Torey Krug and Dougie Hamilton have proven to be more-than-capable replacements.
"On [Seidenberg], he practiced with us. He's getting closer," Julien said. "Whether that's the next game or not, we'll see how he feels [Tuesday]."
Prior to practice, Seidenberg skated with strength and conditioning coach John Whitesides. Seidenberg then stayed on the ice for the full-group practice, but did not take any contact and sat out a 4-on-4 drill that had some risk of contact.
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Steam-powered math, music and romance are at the heart of the upcoming Linfield College Theatre production, "Ada and the Engine."
The production features the full-length play by Lauren Gunderson, "America's most popular playwright," as Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, the Ronni Lacroute Chair in Shakespeare Studies at Linfield College, has dubbed her in The New Yorker. This year, Linfield Theatre's 98th season, features the plays of Gunderson.
"Ada and the Engine" runs Nov. 2-4 and Nov. 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall at Linfield, with a matinee on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. It is directed by Janet Gupton, associate professor of theatre arts.
"Ada and the Engine" explores the life of Ada Lovelace (daughter of flamboyant Romantic-era poet Lord Byron and Lady Annabella Byron) as the British Industrial Revolution dawns. Spurned and abandoned by her husband, the embittered Lady Annabella insists her daughter stay away from the impassioned, perilous life of a poet, and encourages Ada to study the sciences. When Ada meets the noted mathematician, inventor and mechanical engineer Charles Babbage, her "intellectual vibrancy" and "leaps of mental acuity" create an instant attraction between the two. However, because of their age difference, Lady Annabella has other plans for her daughter to marry a proper husband. Despite her mother's concerns, Ada and Babbage begin a 20-year friendship, where their work on the analytical machine paved the way for the first computer and computer programming.
In addition to the play, there will be a short question and answer discussion with the entire production team following the opening night performance.
This production is presented by the Linfield Theatre Program and is a Linfield PLACE event (Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement). This year's PLACE them is the "Digital Citizen." It is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
Tickets are $9 for full price; $7 for seniors (62+), $7 for Linfield faculty and staff (two tickets per ID); and $5 for students (age 10+, any school, one ticket per ID); with a $2 discount on all tickets on opening night. Seating is reserved. Tickets are available online at www.linfield.edu/arts and tickets will be available at the Marshall Theatre Box Office beginning Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. Located in Ford Hall, the box office is open Tuesday through Friday, 3-5 p.m., and until performance time on performance days. The box office will also be open Nov. 4 and 11, 3-7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 5, noon-2 p.m. The box office is closed Mondays. For more information, call 503-883-2292. The Marshall Theatre is fully accessible.
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I know! Peaches on the BBQ! What a delicious and easy way to use those tasty summer peaches. I was trying to come up with a gluten free dessert to make for Matt's parents who are in town. I thought about a cobbler, a pie or even a crisp. Then I thought about how much work I would have to do to make batter or dough. But since it took me so long to look up recipes, I had basically timed myself out of being able to make anything. Then I saw this recipe on Food Gawker. Of course I made a few changes, because I'm lazy and forget what I'm supposed to do. The peaches were really good and better topped with Haagen Dazs. (Isn't everything?)
First you slice the peaches in half and remove the pit. Then you dip them face down in a mixture of brandy and honey, then dip them into a mix of brown sugar and cinnamon. This is the peaches ready for the grill.
Here are the peaches post-grilling ready for ice cream. Aren't they pretty?
BBQ Peaches: How To
There really isn't a recipe per se, just ingredients thrown together. Here's what I did:
Drizzle on a plate: Honey and Brandy- enough to coat the face of all your peaches
On another plate: 1/4 cup brown sugar mixed with 1 t cinnamon.
Dip halved and pitted peaches into honey mix then brown sugar.
Make sure grill is REALLY clean. You don't want old charred chicken bits sticking to the peaches! Then spray PAM so they don't stick.
Grill peaches face down first for 3-4 minutes (depending on how ripe your peaches are)
Flip over and grill face up for another 3-4 minutes or until a knife easily drops through. You want it soft enough to eat with a spoon. We had our grill at about 350-375.
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Turner wants to stay sharp despite changes
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – Since joining the Atlanta Falcons in 2008, Michael Turner has become one of the NFL's most productive running backs, rushing for the second-most yards in the league in '08 (1,699 yards) and leading the NFC last season.
Each year, questions arise as to how he has grown a year older – he's 30 now – and as to whether the many punishing carries he has amassed will finally take their toll on the 5-foot-10, 247-pounder. Turner has run the ball 1,189 times over the last four seasons, an average of 297.
So far this preseason, Turner has run for 14 yards on eight carries. So is that cause of concern or is it "just preseason"?
"No, not worried about it," Turner said. "It's preseason. This stuff doesn't matter right now. Just get a little work in and get out there."
Entering the 2012 season, there also is another dynamic at work that could affect Turner's production and role in the offense. Turner racked up all of those carries with Mike Mularkey as offensive coordinator, as Mularkey preached a smash-mouth running attack. Two-tight end formations with a fullback were commonplace.
With Dirk Koetter at the helm, the Falcons have taken on a new look in their first two preseason games. The emphasis is different. The screen game will take on a much higher priority – somewhat like Philadelphia and head coach Andy Reid, with whom Koetter worked in three different places in the '80s and '90s, ties that would seem, at last on the surface, to make for some kind of philosophical affinity. Koetter seems more willing to use three-wide receiver sets and also to throw to running backs more out of the backfield.
"I think every coach is different, that's for sure," quarterback Matt Ryan said of the new attack, "so, obviously, he's going to stress different things. We've really been working on some of the things that are different in our offense during training camp and during the preseason, so I think we'll still have a solid run game for sure."
Head coach Mike Smith disagreed with the notion the biggest adjustment for any offensive player might belong to Turner.
"No, I don't," Smith said. "I think Mike is going to be an integral part to our offense. We've done some work on some different areas in the first two preseason games. Again, you're not game-planning. You're trying to look at things and work on certain things. Michael, he's our No. 1 back. He's going to get his touches just like the other guys, and it's going to be based on how people try to defend us."
Catching the ball out of the backfield is not exactly what earned Turner trips to two Pro-Bowls since arriving in Atlanta. So, an adjustment seems to be in order. He caught only 11 passes in his first four seasons with San Diego and 40 over the last four seasons with the Falcons, but in last week's preseason game the Falcons threw to him four times alone in the first half, with Turner catching three for 14 yards.
Smith said he can do it.
"I think that a knock on Michael prior to him getting here was that he didn't have very good hands," he said. "I think he's had more catches since he's been a Falcon than when he was a Charger. We've had an opportunity to throw him the ball a couple of times when he was in the game last week and we did some of that in training camp. I think Michael has got good hands."
Turner said it's something the team's running backs practice every day.
"I'm comfortable with it," he said. "I've caught more pass than I have before last year so just trying to get in the groove of things and just getting accustomed to the offense."
With the new offensive coordinator and the increasing mileage on Turner, it's also becoming obvious that Jacquizz Rodgers is going to take on a larger role. After last Thursday's preseason game against Cincinnati, Smith went out of his way to say that he views Rodgers as a three-down back, not just a change-of-pace back.
The small, quick Rodgers seamlessly fits the concept of a back catching the ball out of the backfield. Rodgers realizes he will be used more this season. So far in the preseason, he has 57 rushing yards on 13 attempts (4.4 per carry) and three catches for 23 yards.
"Probably more than last year," Rodgers said of the potential of increased touches, "but you still got to wait to see how the game is played and how productivity goes and go from there. Whenever my name gets called, I'm going to take full advantage of that."
In fact, Turner is welcoming a larger role for Rodgers, saying it looks like Rodgers is "ready to take the next step."
"No doubt," Turner said in answer to whether Rodgers will help to lighten his load. "A talent like that, he needs to be on the football field and help this ball team win."
At Miami on Friday, the Falcons will game-plan for the only time during the preseason. Turner said that game will matter most until the real ones begin on Sept. 9 for Atlanta.
"This is the game," he said, "where everyone wants to look the sharpest."
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Another five writers or should that be books?
Like Rachel Fox, I too remember reading To Kill a Mockingbird, being part of the curriculum of growing up in Norn Ireland. Harper Lee wrote a novel that convincingly told of a youngster, Scout Finch, growing up in the South of the US and whose father Atticus had taken on what seemed like a no-hope case. The man her father is defending, Tom Robinson, is accused of raping a white girl. The themes of racial discrimination and childhood are so well drawn in this book that I remember racing through it long before our English teacher had got us to finish the book. Deeply affecting at the time, I guess, about thirteen?
In third to fifth year, about fifteen years old, there was a textbook we had in English, which I remember as being called Soundings. Try as I might, I can't locate this on t'net, probably because it's not a terribly original name, or I have it all wrong. Anyway, herein lay poets like Robert Frost, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Ted Hughes (oh, how we tittered at Dick Straightup), Wilfred Owens, Siegfried Sassoon and many more. I still recall lines from 'The Windhover' and 'Dulce et Decorum Est,' whether I want to or not.
Just as influential was a book called Exploring English, which was an import from the South. In this I read the stories of Frank O'Connor (First Confession, Guests of The Nation), Brian Friel (The Potato Gatherers, A Man's World), Brian MacMahon (The Windows of Wonder) and Sean O'Faolain (Up the Bare Stairs).
Macbeth was a revelation, the way our English teacher showed us - in fact all three, poetry, prose and plays were well handled by Sister Olive, as I remember her. I'm not so good at quoting from Shakespeare by rote (I developed a bit of a phobia against the rote (or rot, as me Mum used to call it) way of learning), but I remember how the words turned, in Sister Olive's patient distillations, into clear drops of understanding that came alive. She has a lot to be thanked for, that lady.
The most important book, in our house at least, was the Encyclopaedia Britannica. There's a myth in our house as to why we are missing one volume of this heavy reference book set. One version of it involves a bet, a drinking spree and an inability to pay for that month's edition of the series. Another version of it involves a simple loan-out that was never returned. Whichever it was, I'd often cause to curse the reasons why we hadn't got it, when the index books referred you to M-N... or was it P-Q...? These days, google is so much handier... and just as hard to interpret correctly!
3 comments:
- Michael Farry said...
Soundings was edited by the late
Augustine Martin. There are copies on sale at www.abebooks.com, seem to be quite expensive for an old textbook.
- March 15, 2009 8:53 PM
- Liz said...
Yes, I remember Soundings and Exploring English - made an impression, I still have them tucked away in an old suitcase somewhere in our attic!
There seemed to always be a travelling salesman trying to sell us the Encyclopaedia Britannica ...never got one though so the excuse of having to go to town to the libraray always worked : )
Thanks once again for triggering memories...
- March 16, 2009 8:18 AM
- BarbaraS said...
Ah, Michael, so you're saying that the English fare we had in Our Lady's Grammar School Newry was completely borrowed from the south - I am really intrigued as to why... but I'd say it had a lot to do with our proximity to the border :)
Liz, if you have them tucked away somewhere, do you fancy liberating them for a week or two..?
- March 16, 2009 6:50 PM


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This is a very savory, simple soup that can be whipped up in less than 15 minutes. Sounds good, no? Make sure to serve it with some crunchy toasts, or even better, with a Tenderloin "En Crosta" like I made tonight. You won't be disappointed.
Mushroom Soup
serves 2
2 Tbsp butter
olive oil
1 medium shallot, finely chopped
1 8-oz. package button mushrooms, stemmed and thinly sliced
1 6-oz. package cremini (baby Bella) mushrooms, stemmed and thinly sliced
1 c. homemade chicken stock*
1 c. vegetable stock
.5 c. dry white wine
1 beef bouillion cube
fresh parsley, coarsely chopped
fresh tarragon, coarsely chopped
sea salt
fresh ground pepper
*The chicken stock I made was pretty thick and viscous, so I chose to mix it with some boxed vegetable stock I had on hand. Feel free to use 2 cups of whatever stock you have instead.
Heat butter in a medium saucepan over medium high heat until foamy. Add mushrooms and saute until the excess moisture evaporates and they are golden brown. Mushrooms love to soak up oil, but they do release it, so fight the temptation to add more. Spoon into a bowl and set aside.
Reduce heat to medium. Add a splash of olive oil to the pan, if necessary. Saute shallots until soft and translucent, but not too browned. Add the wine and bouillion cube, stir until combined and slightly reduced. Add the stock and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes. Toss the mushrooms, and whatever juices have accumulated, back into the pot, along with the fresh herbs. Simmer for 3-4 minutes more, taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper, then serve.


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I thought this book was……..AMAZING!!!!! I loved the illustrations because they looked like real pictures. It was also amazing because it kept me guessing, I couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen next. The character Jeff reminded me of my brother because he is an older brother and I have an older brother. This book is in the Cabin Creek Mysteries Series. My favorite part was when Jeff and David's dog Rascal found the first clue because it was where the mystery began.
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Two years ago today I was ordained to the presbyterate by Cardinal McCarrick in Washington, DC. It is hard to believe that it has been two years. On the one hand, time has flown and it seems like yesterday that my classmate Steve and I were processing into St. Camillus Church at the beginning of the ordination liturgy. On the other hand, it seems like my experience over the two years feels longer than the actual time, making me wonder whether it has really only been two years now.
These last two years have been marked by a number of grace-filled moments, experiences of both gift and challenge, encounters of joy and sorrow. During the first year of ordained ministry everything was new. First weddings, first masses, first funerals, first anointings, first confessions, first baptisms, and the like. During the second year of ordained ministry, the newness fades, but the diversity of experiences and the surprising moments of the Spirit continue.
As I have settled into this aspect of my life, I feel that the line from the Second Eucharistic prayer, which concludes, "…giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you," summarizes the experience of the ministerial priesthood.
Contrary to those who believe, either about themselves or others, that the ministerial priesthood is really about some sort of "magical change" that transforms someone into something else, this prayer of the church at the Eucharistic celebration reminds us that the work of the college of presbyters is one for which none of us is inherently worthy, but nevertheless remains a call from God to service within the whole community of the baptized. Some people get uncomfortable when I point out that being a priest is not "special." It is important, it is a real vocation, it is a necessary office in the church, but any sense of exulted specialness or uniqueness distracts a minister and the rest of the People of God from the foundational truth that the ministerial priesthood is founded on the priesthood of all the baptized as Lumen Gentium no. 10 so pointedly states.
I have become more comfortable over these years with my role as presider, as one who calls the community to prayer, as one who serves and comforts, who preaches and teaches, as one who has been ordained for that purpose. But, nevertheless, I continue to be uncomfortable with a number of my brother priests and with lay women and men who want to make more of ministerial priesthood than our orthodox theology would affirm. I still encounter seminarians and young priests who hide behind habits, collars, and titles, who understand themselves to be above and apart, who view themselves more in a cultic sacerdotal sense than as servants in the community, as those called by the Spirit and affirmed by their sisters and brothers for an important and difficult, yet still human ministry. I remain even more allergic to the various cultures of clericalism that continue to infect the Body of Christ, which is the Church, even in the age of Pope Francis. And this is very saddening.
Yet, I remain hopeful that this might become a discomfort alleviated with time and deeper theological reflection on the part of the whole community and facilitated by the reflections, model, and challenge of Pope Francis.
I look forward to continuing to grow in this ministry, grateful that I have, although I don't deserve it, "been found worthy to be in God's presence and minister." Whether presiding at the Eucharist at Babson College on the weekends or at various places around the country, whether teaching in the classroom or in a public space, whether trying to get out of God's way so that the Spirit may comfort the afflicted in the sacraments of healing — I'm grateful for this particular call to ministry. Having done so for two years already, may God continue to guide me in the years to come and may I always be open in responding to that direction.
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I really enjoy waching cum shoot. Not all cumming is the same as sometimes cum just dribbles out, sometimes it shoots out in steady streams, It seems some coks are just not able to pour forth a big stream. There are those who can shoot a heavy stream once, twice, three times or more ands me additional pleasure so that when I shoot I will shoot more then if just masturbating alone. I also enjoy the sounds associated with cumming, the moans and groans and the shudders of a body undergoing real pleasure. When I cum I usually shoot 2 or 3 streams and part of my pleasure is watching my own cum shoot as my balls are emptied. I have been in booths where the floor was covered with jets of cum as two of us shot our loads together. How about you? Write your feelings and thoughts. Do you like to watch?
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I really love semen, the slippery little fish. If and when I go to my ABS, I love when I arrive to my favorite booth and enter. Then I look on the floor and see loads of spent pleasure on the floor. I'll feed the machine, take off my clothes, and with my bare feet splashing and splashing in the pools. Oh boy my dick gets hard with out one rub!! Then I'll look and see if I have a guy on the other side. If he's jerking and looking at me, I'll invite him to give his dick to me, so I can pleasure that hard cock. His dick comes through and I French kiss his tip and pee hole. Move my quivering tounge to his ring of foreskin then pull his skin up. My tounge is now between his helmet and his skin. I wiggle the tip of my tounge around his head then take all of the length. After sucking and before ejaculation, I'll stop and lean back and place my soles on that rod and slid/rub it to orgasm. At each spurt I'll push his skin down hard to his scrotum and hold it there till another ejaculate cums, then again push the skin down and hold. Try to catch his ejaculation on me. I'll scoop it up in my palm and furiously stroke my cock to orgasm. If he wants seconds, the rain coat goes on and he can have a second in my boy pussy. That is something I'll always treasure and remember to masturbate to again.
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|United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 49th.
|49th Iowa Volunteer Infantry photo album
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During the Spanish-American War the 49th Iowa Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service with 50 officers and 750 enlisted men on June 2, 1898. Most of these servicemen came from the northeastern part of Iowa. The 49th Iowa became part of the Second Division of the Seventh Army Corps. The unit would still be in Jacksonville's Camp Cuba Libre when the finding ended on August 13, 1898, and remain there as late as October of that year. Eventually, the unit became part of the occupation forces in Cuba, leaving Savannah, Georgia on December 19, 1898 aboard the Minnawaska. The unit would remain in Cuba until April 5, 1899. The 49th Iowa was mustered out of service on May 13, 1899. At the time of muster out, the unit consisted of 49 officers and 953 enlisted men. During its term of service, two officers and fifty-two enlisted men died of disease. One enlisted man died as a result of an accident, and two more deserted. Eleven were discharged on disability. --- The Spanish-American War Centennial Website (http://www.spanam.com/49thiowadeparts.htm). Retrieved 2014 February 20.
The collection consists of one photo album of the 49th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. The photographs depict the unit before their deployment, during their occupation in Havana, Cuba, and some of their travels after the war. In addition the photographs, there are some National Tribune clippings from 1933-1935, which cover several people and events from the Spanish-American War, including General Fitzhugh Lee and his staff and the wreck of the Maine in Havana Harbor.
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Early this year I organized a rainforest tour for some French tourists in the jungle of Sorong regency. There were 3 ladies and 1 gentleman. We went hiking in the tropical jungle of Klaglass forest to see colorful wild flowers, trees, shrubs and creeping plants as well as butterflies, birds of paradise, wallaby (a kind of kangaroo), and a lot of species of birds. The forest is located approximately 2 hours ride from Sorong town (the entrance gate to Raja Ampat islands). A lot of tourists contact me by email to do land tour before or after their trip in Raja Ampat. So, I highly recommend Klaglass as the rainforest tour destination for them.
Before leaving for the Klaglass forest, we bought food in the traditional market of Sorong. I bought a lot of smoked fish, fruits, bread, vegetables, batteries for our torches or flashlight, and bottled waters. I prepared camping tents and two big plastic tarpaulines. When everything was ready, we left Sorong city by a 4WD car. The road was good in the first part of the trip but later we saw unpaved road when we were outside of the town. One our later the car was entering the northern coast of Sorong regency. We saw the sea and some coastal villages. Before arriving at hour destination, our car was climbing very steep slopes. There was a place on the higher ground where most cars stop for the passengers to pee and take pictures of the beautiful scenery of the sea. We stopped there too. After that we continued our trip. This time the road condition was very bad and steeper. But our driver was skillful in controlling his car. Then the car was going down steep slopes again. We arrived safe and sound at the entrance path of the jungle. Local villagers worked as porters for us. They carried our food, and bags. We still had to walk for approximately one and a half hours to reach a jungle village near Klabolo stream. The land was flat so, it was an easy walk for us.
|Tropical rainforest in Sorong regency of West Papua
Watching Courtship Dance of Lesser Birds of Paradise
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The path was slippery. Some of us tripped and fell to the ground. But it was OK, it was part of the adventure of nature walk. We arrived at around 06.00 at the display trees. Male paradise birds had started calling the female birds to attract them. It was a nice attraction. We were watching some Lesser Birds of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) performed courtship dance. When one female paradise bird was impressed with the dance, she would mate with the male paradise bird that gave the best performance. It was amazing. We watched paradise birds until around 09.00 and then walked back to the village again.
|Hiking tour in Klaglass forest of Sorong regency
Klaglass forest was located deeper inside the tropical jungle of Sorong regency. After brunch (combined breakfast and lunch), we left for Klaglass. More local villagers carried our logistical things. They brought mattrasses, tents, food, and water. Dense forest was waiting for us in Klaglass. We had to walk up some slopes but most of the ground was flat. There were a lot of small rivers which we had to cross. Sometimes we needed to walk on fallen trees to cross the rivers. We also saw sago trees, giant pandanus trees until we reached Klaglass river. We arrived at the bank of Klaglass river at around 17.00. Some young men villagers who walked ahead of us to carry our food and bags had arrived. They were clearing the bush and cutting small trees to make basecamps for us. We would stay in tents there for 3 days/ 2 nights to see the plants and animals of the forest.
|Hairy white flowers in the jungle of Klasow valley
The ladies were complaining that they had pains in their leg muscles and body. One of them asked me if I could guve her massage on her back. To relieve the pain, I gave body massage using sandalwood oil. I was very tired actually after the long walk from the village to Klaglass forest but I felt that I must serve them well. I applied some drops of the oil on to my palms. I rubbed both of my palms to spread the oil and generate some heat. After that I began to massage the body of the lady starting from her shoulder. After that I moved down my hands to knead the muscles at the back of her body and further to the legs. Later, the other ladies asked the massage treatment too. Each of the ladies enjoyed the massage for around 30 minutes to 45 minutes. They said they liked the massage very much. Well, it's a bonus for them. I only hoped that after the massage they could sleep well and then could do the hiking trip the next morning.
I went to the kitchen to ask some hot water. We spent our tea time with some cakes besides the river. Dominique, one of the French ladies, asked me whether we had some ginger. I walked to the kitchen again to find the ginger. I returned with the ginger. She cut it into smaller slices and put it into the water. So, when all of us were enjoying sweet jasmine tea, she was enjoying hot ginger tea. Later the other ladies were interested in tasting the ginger tea. So, all of us drank ginger tea by the river that evening. I was so exhausted that evening and fell asleep sooner in my tent.
|Bridal Veil Stink Horn Mushroom
The humidity inside the Klaglass forest of Sorong regency was very high. It became a favorite climate for the growth of mushrooms. We saw various kinds of mushrooms while we were walking in the forest. There were mushrooms that looked like coral reef and there was also a mushroom that was similar to a hard penis of man. It was so unique because it was covered by a net of veil. All of the French tourists stopped for a while to take some pictures of the mushrooms.
We had full day jungle walk in Klaglass forest the next day. We saw orchid plants, birds, tropical trees with very big buttresses, unique creeping plants. At the end of the day, all of the French tourists were swimming in the river. I could not identify the names of the plants because there were a lot of them.
|Pinon Imperial Pigeon
The next morning we walked back to the jungle village near Klabolo stream. Over all the rainforest tour was tiring but all of us could see wallaby (a kind of smaller kangaroo), we heard the sound of cassowary birds, we saw Birds of Paradise, we saw a lot of birds and butterflies. We still had one night walk in the jungle where we saw wallaby. This was a kind of kangaroo but smaller than the one in Australia. We saw some of them. The French tourists told me they would help promote this rainforest tour in Sorong to their friends hoping that more people who are interested in rainforest tour to visit us.
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- First, you need to fly from your country to Jakarta (the capital city of Indonesia)
- Second, take a domestic flight (usually served by such airlines as Garuda, Sriwijaya, Express or Lion Air) to Sorong city.
- I will meet you at the airport to organize your tour to Klaglass forest and guide you during the trip.
You could take this jungle tour alone (as a private tour) or with some friends (as group tour). I will be happy to organizethe trip and guide you, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: email@example.com or whatsapp message to: +6281332245180. I will prepare an itinerary and cost calculation for you.


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text: Water Quality Monitoring with Adafruit FONA and I/O Dylan Sri-Jayantha May 31, 2017 All, DIY, Sustainability, Tutorial I paired up with Voltaic Systems to create a cellular, solar-powered water quality monitor. For phase one one of the project, I configured an Adafruit FONA to a water temperature probe and publishes the results to Adafruit I/O every 20 minutes. In phase 2, I will add a dissolved oxygen sensor and deploy the system near the East River to help monitor the health of the water. Our goal is to show how to use off the shelf components to monitor and share environmental data – citizen sensing. Device's datafeed is here (work in progress, system isn't connected at the moment). Arduino code for device is here. Due to this device's off-grid nature, I focused on power drain and creating a robust startup sequence. Once installed, it should run for a long time. 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text: DONALDSON The public will have two chances Thursday to learn about the new heating and cooling system that is being installed at the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Ministry Center. The Loop Group of Fort Wayne will discuss the system in sessions at 10 and 11 a.m. Thursday in Cana Hall at the Ministry Center, 9601 Union Road. The Poor Handmaids have hired the Loop Group and A. Hattersley and Sons to replace an old steam and chilled water system for the 184,000-square-foot center. The new system will be a hybrid closed lake loop geothermal heat pump system coupled with a hot water boiler. In keeping with their values, the Poor Handmaids chose the geothermal system because of the savings in natural gas that can be realized with this type of system. The new system will also benefit workers, residents, Ancilla College students and guests by providing better control over the heating and air conditioning. Vintage Archonics of Fort Wayne provided the architectural and design services for the system. The new system will use 34 heat exchanger coil arrays that will be submerged in Lake Gilbraith. As part of the project, the Poor Handmaids had to gain approval from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to place the heat exchangers in Lake Gilbraith. Approval was granted in May 2006. The project will take 14 months to complete and is scheduled to be in operation in November 2007.


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