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"Sinofuturism is an invisible movement. A spectre already embedded into a trillion industrial products, a billion individuals, and a million veiled narratives. It is a movement, not based on individuals, but on multiple overlapping flows. Flows of populations, of products, and of processes. Because Sinofuturism has arisen without conscious intention or authorship, it is often mistaken for contemporary China. But it is not. It is a science fiction that already exists.
Sinofuturism is a video essay combining elements of science fiction, documentary melodrama, social realism, and Chinese cosmologies, in order to critique the present-day dilemmas of China and the people of its diaspora.
With reference to Afrofuturism and Gulf Futurism, Sinofuturism presents a critical and playful approach to subverting cultural clichés.
In Western media and Orientalist perceptions, China is exotic, strange, bizarre, kitsch, tacky, or cheap. In its domestic media, China portrayed as heroic, stable, historic, grand, and unified. Rather than counteract these skewed narratives, Sinofuturism proposes to push them much further.
By embracing seven key stereotypes of Chinese society (Computing, Copying, Gaming, Studying, Addiction, Labour and Gambling), it shows how China's technological development can be seen as a form of Artificial Intelligence."
Lawrence Lek: 'It isn't a manifesto, it's a conspiracy theory'
'It's a mechanism for pattern recognition' says Lek, who himself has recognised these patterns from afar. Born in Frankfurt, Lek moved frequently as a child, following his parents' jobs at Singapore Airlines. He spent his formative years in pre-handover Hong Kong – 'It was in the '80s, skyscrapers were going up... when I think back on it now, it's really that kind of Wong Kar-wai romanticised modernity' – and came of age in Singapore, later moving to London to study architecture. For the last five years he's worked primarily as a visual artist, creating depopulated video animations depicting near-future scenarios in which architecture is inhabited, if at all, by art world ruins and flitting, autonomous drones. Sinofuturism – one of three pieces by Lek in the UCCA's current group show, The New Normal – grew out of research he was doing on machine learning, artificial intelligence and inherently Chinese visions of the future. 'I basically realised [these] were all the same thing,' Lek says of his eureka moment.
Capital-'F' Futurism typically refers to an Italian artistic movement spearheaded by the 1909 publication of poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Manifesto del Futurismo, a tome worshipping speed, industrial development, and the violent destruction of the past in the name of erecting a new phase of Western civilisation. At its best, the movement gave form and meaning to a rapidly changing era, closely influencing the aesthetic of 20th-century art, architecture, and music. At its most insidious, Italian Futurism, which praised the political expediency of fascism, presaged some of the worst horrors to come, clearing way for the rise of Mussolini and later being echoed in the brutal ideology of the Cultural Revolution.
More recently, several non-Western Futurisms have been proposed to reflect today's post-colonial globe. The term 'Afrofuturism' gained currency in the early '90s, and has been retroactively applied to the work of African-American sci-fi writers Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler, as well as to the avant-garde jazz luminary Sun Ra, who attached an interstellar, Afrocentric cosmology to his compositional process. 'Gulf Futurism' was coined in a 2007 essay by Qatari- American artist Sophia Al Maria to identify a distinct aesthetic and vision of future engendered by the prevailing economic interests of the post-oil-boom Persian Gulf.
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For Lek, Sinofuturism moved from a vague topic of interest to a concrete speculative idea after a conversation with Steve Goodman, better known as musician and Hyperdub label founder Kode9. Goodman is no stranger to this paradigm, having himself explored topics such as 'Afroatlantian rhythmic futurism' during his time as a philosophy student at the University of Warwick's notorious Cybernetic Culture Research Unit. 'He's been exploring this idea of non-Western futures for a very long time,' says Lek. 'So I asked him, why is it that there is no Sinofuturism? And then we were talking about how if the symbol of Afrofuturism is this super robot, or hyper-human, there's no equivalent [for Sinofuturism]. That conversation really got me thinking, and I realised that actually, the robot is for Afrofuturism what the AI is for Sinofuturism.'
In the eponymous video, which is composed entirely of footage found online, a non-human narrator informs the viewer that Sinofuturism is 'a science fiction that already exists… a massively distributed neural network focused on copying rather than originality.' Lek identifies seven cliches about Chinese society – computing, copying, gaming, studying, addiction, labour and gambling – and uses them to argue for Sinofuturism as a self-interested artificial intelligence that employs deep-seated cultural qualities like Confucian filial piety and agrarian-industrial labour capacity to spread itself across the planet in a Darwinian conquest of ideas; it is an agent of meme warfare. Sinofuturism's seven core components are visually reflected by media reports such as a BBC documentary on internet gaming addiction and paranoid rants on the dangers of globalism from the far-right talk show Infowars.
In an opaque way, Sinofuturism manages to tie together many of the most salient and bewildering features of contemporary China into a grandiose narrative that's so outlandish, it almost seems obviously true. In historical terms, Lek places the beginning of Sinofuturism in 1839, a date corresponding with the launch of the first Opium War. It ends in 2046, an explicit reference to Wong Kar-wai's film of the same name and a tentative prognostication of some flashpoint of technological singularity that Lek expects we might reach within 30 years. 'Globally speaking, [this time period] is the peak of a certain kind of hard technology, like mechanisation, to industrialisation, to digitisation,' he explains. 'I think these 200 years, without being able to look into the future, are what will probably set the blueprint for a lot of things to come.'
The blueprint metaphor is apt: according to Sinofuturism, the 'things to come' will be more machine than man. Post-humanism is a theme that recurs through many of Lek's works. Shiva's Way, another video featured in The New Normal, tells the tale of a Buddhist nun who 'journeys to Korea to help rebuild the Seoul Museum of Art' after an apocalyptic civil war. Its figureless terrains literalise the uncanny condition of art – decontextualised Chinese landscape paintings; a half-submerged statue of Maitreya, the future Buddha – after the death of all human observers. One of his latest creations is The Nøtel, a collaboration with Kode9 that sets the latter's 2015 album Nothing in a 3D-rendered hotel that hosts no human guests. Lek and Kode9 will bring The Nøtel to Beijing in May as part of the Wetware music festival – keep an eye on the Time Out Beijing website for event details.
Lek is careful to point out that Sinofuturism is not a call to action, nor an instruction manual. 'It isn't a manifesto, it's a conspiracy theory,' he says. Referencing Marxist theorist Fredric Jameson, Lek explains that 'the reason conspiracy theories are so popular is that they give people a way to understand the world. Our cognitive map of the world is too impossibly complex right now. So the thinking is that reality is like a branching tree, and if we go back to the very root of it, we can solve things. This isn't true, of course, because the problem is never that simple. But the conspiracy theory is like a map to help us understand the world. So Sinofuturism is not a manifesto for the future, it's more like a conspiracy theory to understand the present and maybe parts of the past, and maybe parts of the future as well, through these patterns.'
Nevertheless, like the Italian Futurist manifesto, Sinofuturism can be seen as intellectual preparation for difficult transitions ahead. One irony deeply embedded in the video is Lek's awareness of the potential for AI to usurp even his own line of work. 'In the same way that the Government might subsidise the coal industry, they'll have to subsidise the knowledge industry,' Lek says of a near future where AI art trumps the work of humans. Lek envisions an 'anti-AI art law' that might come into being to safeguard the cultural value of human artistic output, if only in our own minds.
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While this argument can be applied to AI and culture generally, it has a special relevance in China, where critics often reject visual arts and music coming out of the country today as imitative copies of Western originals. Sinofuturism suggests that this cultural reaction is a desperate gambit of Enlightenment-Western thought in defense of its own conception of the ego, its own Futurist fetishisation of the new. Sinofuturism puts no stock in originality, only useful copies. 'Because the physical components of high technology are literally made in China,' its robot narrator intones early on, 'it makes no sense to produce visions of the future. It's already here.' - www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Art/157605/Lawrence-Lek-It-isnt-a-manifesto-its-a-conspiracy-theory.HTML
Geomancer is a CGI film by Lawrence Lek about the creative awakening of artificial intelligence. On the eve of Singapore's 2065 Centennial, an adolescent satellite AI escapes its imminent demise by coming down to Earth, hoping to fulfil its dream of becoming the first AI artist. Faced with a world that limits its freedom, Geomancer must come to terms with its militarised origins, a search that begins with a mysterious syndicate known as the Sinofuturists…
As the geopolitical axis tilts further to the East, and as once-dominant technological models are cast into doubt, Geomancer alights on a longstanding tension between the place of the human and the role of the machine, sharpened by contemporary hopes and anxieties around the rise of East Asia, and by speculations that new forms of artificial intelligence, already outperforming mere mortals in matters of automation, will challenge us in more creative skills as well.
Featuring video game animation, a neural network-generated dream sequence, and a synthesised vocal soundtrack, Geomancer explores the aesthetics of post-human consciousness.
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After the popular uprising in the Republic of Moldova on the 7th of April 2009 the government began a campaign of terror and human rights violations. In desperation Dorin Chirtoaca, the General Mayor of the Municipality of Chisinau, published a letter condemning these actions and appealing for help from the International community and the European parliament.
With the letter, the City Hall of Chisinau is also publishing pictures of victimes of acts of violonce and torture. The letter was designed to touch the moral cord and to raise serious legal issues in terms of human rights violations. The strategy is to use the Internet to spread the message as whidelly as possible in order to force western institutions to act.
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Alright…the party's over. Back to business.
Our discussion over all that fabulous food was productive! Especially Debbie's thoughts on the design process and Tim's input on mapping.
What I took away from that and reviewing Mollison's, Whitefield's and Morrow's design processes was that we need to take time to dream and then step back into the real world and find a way to make it happen. And that we all do things differently and that's good.
So for me, I like to start with stating a goal in present tense. For example, "I grow the majority of my family's food while regenerating my soils and community". This isn't actually happening yet, but it sounds better than "I'd like to someday, if all the variables work out, to grow most of our food". The present tense makes things more real. Say it like it is already happening, like it is totally possible. Do the dreaming, visioning, creating in your head of what would be fabulous
Then, I go with the observation step and take clipboard and pen in hand and go walk around and do some sketches. At this point, it's hard, but you sketch only what you see or the invisible structures that you should note as well. Or, if you want to design something non-gardeny, make flowcharts or diagrams or lists. (This isn't the time to draw in the fancy dairy barn of your dreams.) You can do a zone and sector analysis of energy flows, too.
Tim suggested making a photocopy of your base map then do different ones with different aspects so no one map is too busy. Or overlay clear sheets over a base.
Then with all this information and the motivation of your dream, you can evaluate what you've got. Whitefield listed an acronym SWOC-strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and constraints-that seems like it could be very helpful in deciding how to use or what to do with individual components.
So, you've know what you want and you've know what you've got to work with. It is time to put it all together.
You've got a dream and you need functions to achieve it. For me, rainwater catchment is essential for irrigation which is essential for a sustainable vegetable garden in Virginia August. So I'll need elements to perform this function. Remember redundancy and resilience. Each function is supported by many elements and each element performs as many functions as possible.
At this point you can take some basemaps and draw in what would be wonderful. Think about where the elements are located in relation to each other and how you can connect everything. This is where the design principles come into play. How can you generate NO waste, how can you get a yield, can you create more edge?
Unfortunately, I don't have all the flat, irrigated land I need to grow all our food. So I'll proceed with what I have now and work from that beginning. Start small and expand. Acquire skills and elements as time, money and resources allow. Maybe I don't need 5 acres of flat land, maybe a forest garden on a hill could meet some of our needs. My point, and I think Debbie's as well, was that each little bit we do matters and is worthwhile.


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Actor Julian Morris is about to be all over our screens in 2017, and that is a testament to how much demand he is in right now. Acting since he was a child, his path from The Royal Shakespeare Company to international TV and film showcases a talented and versatile actor, who is determined to keep pushing himself into new experience and more challenging roles.
Morris is perhaps best known for his roles in New Girl, Pretty Little Liars, 24, and Once Upon A Time. And as a good-looking guy who knows how to flash a smile, it's easy to see why he's been cast in his fair share of love-interest roles. But it's the heavier roles which will be shaping 2017 for him. He's acting opposite Liam Neeson in the movie The Silent Man, playing journalist Bob Woodward, who helped uncover the Watergate scandal. He's also starring alongside Vanessa Redgrave in a two-parter for the BBC -- Man in An Orange Shirt -- which tells two gay love stories, 60 years apart.
1883 met Morris at Ninetyeight Bar & Lounge near Old Street -- an eclectic venue boasting a plethora of sculptures and art, a tiki-style bar room, and a lounge which feels straight from Alice in Wonderland. It also has a bandage room, where everything is bandaged including the walls, the ceiling and the furniture. (Yes, it's as just as cool and weird as it sounds.)
So 2017 is going to be a big year for you. You've got a film coming out, and you've got Man in An Orange Shirt with on the BBC. Tell me about that.
I'm really excited about it. It was the first opportunity I had for filming in London -- the city I grew up in, so that in itself was incredibly exciting. And it was with Vanessa Redgrave, who was phenomenal, and she was every bit as challenging and exciting and wonderful as I hoped that she would be. And then you have this material -- this searing, strong, deeply moving material -- that looks at the life of a gay man and, I think, at probably what's true for many gay men and minorities, where you may be in a society that is welcoming of you, supposedly, but the shame that you grew up with becomes its own form of oppression. And I think that's the worst kind of oppression, when it's self-imposed oppression.
How difficult is it to play a role like that?
It was very difficult. It was probably the most difficult role I've played in terms of where the character goes, what happens to him. You know, there was a kind of rape scene of sorts, which was obviously very difficult to film... And surprisingly difficult, I didn't think it was going to be that difficult. I thought I'd be able to handle it fine, but it did affect me... in quite a profound way. Shooting it, and certainly afterwards. But at the same time, the themes that were explored I believe are vital, and in that sense it was wonderful knowing that I was doing something that had higher aspirations other than just simply to entertain. It is entertaining -- it's a beautiful love story at its heart and its core -- but it's also an eye-opener. It certainly was for me, reading the script. I got to think about things that I perhaps hadn't thought about. And I think when people see it they'll enjoy the love story, they'll enjoy watching it, but they'll also get to think of things that they perhaps haven't. In that sense it's really important, and I think it will be really really special.
So you grew up in North London, but you're filming in L.A. all the time. What are the differences between filming with the BBC and filming in Hollywood?
[Laughs] The craft service! So on bigger-budget American stuff… it's my favourite thing about being an actor, you get the crafty table, which is like a table of snacks. Or in L.A.'s case, it's a room or a whole trailer. And it's like munchie heaven [laughs]. So you'll just go in, and anything you could possibly want, like popcorn, or little hotdogs, or sweets. And I have a huge sweet tooth, and I love to snack. So it's like my dream… Whatever anyone ever tells you about acting, the best thing about it is the craft service!
So the BBC don't spoil you like Hollywood?
The BBC spoils you in other ways. That said, I didn't really have a lot of time to sort of go and get snacks.
You mentioned that the part you just played for the BBC was really challenging. I'm sure being an actor has huge ups and downs, so how do you reflect on your career's trajectory so far? Has it been an upward curve?
I think what I've tried to do in the past few years is make careful choices, and so choosing the projects that I take on, I do with consideration to whether it will be an enjoyable experience, a challenging one, an artistic one… and also making the choice not to do something. The best thing you can do in terms of your career as an actor is to say 'no'.
And that's got to be difficult.
It is and it isn't. It's more difficult when you have the good fortune of being offered more than one thing at the same time. And they may be two or three great projects, great directors, and you have to say 'no' to two of them. That's when it becomes difficult. However, I'm very clear on what I want to do, in terms of the challenges that I want to take on. I want to be scared by a role, by a project. And I'm director driven. So ultimately, it's always the director. It's my favourite part. It's the relationship and the dialogue with a director which makes the character.
You've been acting pretty much your whole life, very early on you were on stage with The Royal Shakespeare Company…
...Well I never saw it as acting. You know, it was always just fun.
But it seems like your life has always been propelling you in that direction. If you hadn't done acting what would have chosen instead? Is there something else you would have loved to have done?
Yeah, I would love to have, um, I love the idea of working in a kitchen.
Right. Another high pressure environment, I guess.
Yeah, I just think… I like the energy. And I think similar to when you're on set, you've got a whole team of people making something, and you know, you're stressed for time and everything else. That idea of being in a kitchen appeals to me. I love people, I love talking to people, and trying to understand people. So maybe journalism?
Yeah, journalism is alright! We get some perks too, sometimes.
And I mentioned that you grew up in north London, but you've moved around so much. Does anywhere feel like home to you?
I feel very at home in London, and I feel very at home in Los Angeles. But, you know, if you were to ask which city do I feel most at home in it would be London. I love spending time in Los Angeles, it's an amazing city, despite what some people may tell you. And despite what some people may tell you, it's filled with phenomenal, interesting, very deep people, and that's been a joy to be around.
So with all your travelling… how are you accents?
[Laughs] My accents?! I love doing accents. In fact, the thing I've enjoyed most over the last few years is doing accents for a character, to become another hook to understand a character and to portray the character. So whether it was Victor, in Kelly + Victor who was scouse, or Paul in Hand of God who has a slight southern twang, or even the character I play in the BBC show, who probably, I think, had a better education maybe than I did... so he speaks a little bit more posh.
And you're in a movie, The Silent Man, which is coming out this year as well.
Yes, I'm very excited. Another accent! Yeah, that movie was a dream come true. It's playing Bob Woodward, a journalist, opposite Liam Neeson, playing Deep Throat. I think it's going to be a phenomenal film. The performance that I saw that Liam gave was exceptional, and I think quite possibly one of his best. And I think the film's subject matter couldn't be more relevant or pertinent to the climate politically that we're in now.
And for an event which is that famous where, of course, you're portraying a real person, what's the pressure like for that?
The pressure is the same with any character. You want to move people.
But the real person might be looking back at you, in this case.
It's irrelevant. All that matters to me is am I able to convey the truth of that character in the way that I see the truth? And is the audience able to understand something about the person they're seeing? And hopefully a great deal about the person that they're watching through my performance. So whether Bob Woodward actually watches it, if he decides to do so... I'd like him to, of course... But whether he approves or doesn't approve, whether he enjoys it or not, really doesn't matter in terms of my grand mission, which is to convey an emotion of what a young man was going through, and who this young man was, in order to secure such information. Such… such flammable, important, dangerous information that it would eventually bring down a government.
So we talked about Man in An Orange Shirt for the BBC, but the second season of Hand of God is also out this year.
Yeah, so I'm really excited for the second season. I think it builds terrifically on the first. Where my character goes and where he's taken by the writers is really challenging and really exciting and really fun to play. It was awesome being back on set with the cast and crew who in the time between the first and the second season had become very good friends. So it sort of The Silent Man kind of like coming home in many respects. And I think the themes that are explored in the second season are really important and intelligent and imaginative. And I think people are really going to enjoy where it goes.
You were in a music video, around a decade ago.
[Laughs] I've been in a few music videos, yeah. Which one?
Sugar Babes, right?
Well, I did an S Club 7 one as well.
Did you?! I'll have to check it out. If you could choose any song to star in a music video for now, which song would it be?
One song if I was in the music video? That's such a great question... Oh god there are so many I'd love to do... I'm thinking David Bowie, I'm thinking George Michael, I'm thinking the Smiths. But one song? One particular... Oh, this is the best question. This is the best question ever.
[Julian leans back as he thinks, and hits his head on a shelf behind the sofa]
Oh shit. Fuck. I'm knocking myself out just thinking about it! [laughs]
[Laughs] We can come back to it at the end?!
No, I love music so I'm just thinking of all the things I've been listening to…Em, The Passenger - Iggy Pop. I think it would just be fun.
Got it! So what's next on the horizon for you?
Next on the horizon...
...As if you don't have enough happening at the moment!
[Laughs] So next on the horizon, I just want to continue doing what I'm doing. I want to just continue to work with great directors like I've been doing. Marc Forster, Hand of God; Peter Landesman, The Silent Man; Kieran Evans, Kelly + Victor; Michael Samuels at the BBC. Next is trying to find another project that inspires me, has a brilliant story, and a phenomenal director at the helm.
I mentioned The Royal Shakespeare Company earlier. Do you think that the theatre part of your career is behind you, or is it something you'd like to return to?
It's something that I would love to return to in the future. I don't know, I don't have any plans to in the immediate future. Theatre doesn't hold the same power to me as film does. I love film. I like photography. I love it. I like performing for a camera. I like the relationship you have with a director when you're working on film, as opposed to when you're in theatre. I like that during filming you're going after moments each day and every hour, and have to nail them. As opposed to theatre where you kind of work and find the character before you start performing on stage with the audience. Em, I asked Vanessa Redgrave, 'Should I do theatre to make me a better film actor?', and she said, 'No, I do film to make me a better stage actor'. And I think she's right. So my journey right now is in film. But certainly, I'd be open to something terrific in theatre.
Finally, you have to eat one food for the rest of your life. What is it?
Are we talking like an ethnic food, like italian, french, japanese?
No, it's one item, that you have to repeatedly eat.
Oh, easy! Roast chicken.
Easy! Roast chicken [laughs].
Not what I was expecting. Is that the Brit in you coming out?
No. So when I was doing the BBC show -- because I no longer have a place here in London -- I stayed with my parents a for lot of it. And every night my mum would make me roast chicken, and it was just phenomenal. It's like my go-to home dish. I love it. I love it [laughs]. I could eat it every fucking night.
Man In An Orange Shirt will air on BBC Two this Summer
Interview by Louise Jo McLoughlin@tweetLouiseJo
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Vatic Note: This below is a must read. There are quotes and pieces of information from the most elite of the elite about what is truly going on and who is behind it. The secret societies are used as a network, and organizational apparatus to impliment the agenda of the illum bloodlines which include international banking families and bloodlines.
Think of this entire operation as "levels" and this below covers those in the second level on down to the third and fourth levels. The top levels are the ancient bloodlines and the royalty of the Khazar Bankers marrying into the RH positives to cement their legitimacy with the world.
There is no way they would have succeeded in their efforts on their own. They needed these royalty, whom they later said and agreed would need to be done away with when all of this global domination was done, so the slaves would have no one to lead them in rebellion. I am a bit confused on that part of it. Or is infiltration and taking over the way these internationalist bankers intend to fulfill their agenda and then dispose of those they used or are not part of their group?
The secret societies served several purposes, the recruitment of those with the intellectual and charismatic ability to carry off a scam of this magnitude, is one purpose, and the other is ensuring the securing of those key positions for their secret society members, by supplying a mentor to the trainee.
Atlantian Conspiracy - The Secret Society Network
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"Beneath the broad tide of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depths the changes that take place upon the surface"
A. E. Waite (Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn)
The largest mechanism used by the bloodlines to implement the New World agenda is the global secret society network. Politicians, bankers, businessmen, and media personalities the biggest names in history and world affairs form a huge secret society matrix.
This hierarchical pyramid-structured network is constantly recruiting and placing members in key influential positions.
In order to orchestrate global events and policy decisions from behind the scenes, many niche secret societies groom and position politicians, media personalities, and other "yesmen" so they may best aid the Great Work.
"You see, if you amount to anything in Washington these days, it is because you have been plucked or handpicked from an Ivy League school Harvard, Yale, Kennedy School of Government you've shown an aptitude to be a good Ivy League type, and so you're plucked so-to-speak, and you are assigned success. You are assigned a certain role in government somewhere, and then your success is monitored and tracked, and you go where the pluckers and the hand pickers can put you."Radio Talk show Host Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 7th, 1995
World leaders are made offers they cannot refuse, bribed, even blackmailed, or otherwise recruited and sworn into these secret societies. Then, often under blood-oaths to which they must remain loyal, these Brotherhood initiates follow orders throughout their terms in office.
In this way, the electorate constantly changes giving the illusion of discontinuity of leadership when in fact each successive leader "coincidentally" belongs to the same secret societies.
A few of the more influential ones include the Freemasons, the Illuminati, Bohemian Grove, Skull and Bones, CFR, RIIA, Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commission.
"A disturbing majority of the House and Senate representatives hold membership to elite organizations publicly sworn to destroying America in favor of a Globalist one world order system. This trend ranges from the now public U.S. centered Council on Foreign Relations through the Trilateral Commission to the quasi-secret internationalist Bilderberg Group."
At the end of the spectrum we even see occult influences like Skull and Bones along with the Freemasons. The justification for a zealously ordered One World Government is chaos. Terrorism is the premier method for fomenting this chaos."Paul Joseph Watson, Order Out of Chaos (125)"The conspiracy to create a centralized global fascist state is orchestrated in the five-sense 'world' by a secret network known collectively as the Illuminati or 'Illuminated ones'. They manipulate through secret societies and groupings like the Freemasons, Knights of Malta, Knights Templar and the Jesuits.
These and others feed carefully chosen recruits into the Illuminati and they are installed in positions of power throughout the world, infesting all colors, races, creeds and countries. It is not that everyone in the secret societies is aware of the plot; the overwhelming majority are not. The Illuminati operate like a cancer to infiltrate and covertly control other organizations. Most Freemasons never progress higher than the bottom three levels of degree, the so-called Blue Degrees and they don't realize what their organization is being used for."David Icke, "Tales From Time Loop"
Just look at the recent US Presidents:
- George W. Bush (Mason and Skull and Bones)
- Bill Clinton (Mason, CFR, Bilderberg, Trilateral)
- George H.W. Bush (Mason, Committee of 300, Skull and Bones, CFR, Trilateral)(VN: Baptized Magog at Bohemian Grove in 2009, and at the same time, given the Medal Of Freedom, the highest civilian award, by Obama. Now how is that for strange?)
- Ronald Reagan, (Mason, Knights of Malta)
- Jimmy Carter (Mason, CFR, Trilateral)
- Gerald Ford (Mason, CFR),
...and on it goes, most every American president has belonged to one or many secret societies.
To deny the influence secret societies have in world affairs is naïve, but the mainstream media seem complicit in their exclusion of any coverage involving them.
As shown in the chapter on "Media Manipulation," this mainstream media blackout is also maintained through secret society membership. The 5 largest multimedia providers controlling 90% of America's media are bloodline/secret society controlled.
For example, the following are just a few of the hundreds of CFR, Trilateral, or Bilderberg owned/managed companies:
Not only are the media CEOs and boards of directors usually secret society members, so are the show hosts and news anchors! Here's a sampling of some mainstream anchors and media personalities found on secret society rosters:
"There can be no argument regarding the reality of secret societies today. The existence of groups like the Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, and the Bilderbergers is well documented. The only question is the extent of their control and manipulation of major world events. Likewise, there is no question that members of these societies exert inordinate control over many of the largest corporations and banks in the world.
These corporations, in turn, control essential minerals, energy, transportation, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, telecommunications, and entertainment—in other words, the basics of modern life. They also provide an inner core of ranking government officials on a revolving door basis. These officials often implement the very policies conceived and desired by the societies.
These societies hold considerable sway over national elections and policy, yet seem strangely immune to any investigation, whether by government or the mass media. Since its inception in 1913, there has never been an outside, objective audit of the Federal Reserve System despite periodic calls for such."Jim Marrs, "Rule by Secrecy" (10910)
After Bush was elected he immediately placed 5 Skull and Bones brothers in his administration. Clinton and Nixon had over 100 CFR members in their administrations. Ronald Regan's 59 man transition team alone had 28 CFR members, 10 Bilderbergers, and 10 Trilaterals.
Secret society members are prevalent at all levels of government, and not just in America, but worldwide.(VN: that is why the only enemy we have are those listed and that is who the world war should be fought against and no one else)
For instance:
- Saddam Hussein, Yasser Arafat, Mikhail Gorbachov, George Bush and Tony Blair are all 33rd degree Freemasons.
- Marx, Engel, Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, and Mao Tse Tung were all high-level Grand Orient Lodge Freemasons.
- Winston Churchill was Committee of 300 and a Mason.
- Cecil Rhodes founded the Round Table, was Committee of 300 and a Mason.
- Henry Kissinger is a Mason, Knight of Malta, Committee of 300 and a Bilderberger.
- Dick Cheney is CFR and Trilateral Commission.
- David Rockefeller founded Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission, and is also CFR, Committee of 300 and a Mason.
These are the biggest, most powerful names in politics, all meeting in secret with no minutes, and no media coverage. Our public servants making private policy decisions behind closed doors. This has been the rule, not the exception, for longer than most people realize.
During the 19th century, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was quite outspoken regarding the influence of secret societies in politics:
During the 19th century, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was quite outspoken regarding the influence of secret societies in politics:
"The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes."Benjamin Disraeli, 1844
"There is in Italy a power which we seldom mention in this House … I mean the secret societies … It is useless to deny, because it is impossible to conceal, that a great part of Europe – the whole of Italy and France and a great portion of Germany, to say nothing of other countries – is covered with a network of these secret societies, just as the superficies of the earth is now being covered with railroads."Benjamin Disraeli, at British House of Commons, July 14, 1856
"The government of this country has not only to deal with governments, kings and ministers, but also with secret societies, elements which must be taken into account, which at the last moment can bring our plans to naught, which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, who incite assassinations and can if necessary lead a massacre."Benjamin Disraeli, at Aylesbury, Sept. 10, 1876
The Federal Reserve private banking syndicate was set up under Woodrow Wilson's presidency.
The following quotes show his suspicions and regrets regarding this secret society of banking elites:
"Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the Field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."Woodrow Wilson, 1913
"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." Woodrow Wilson, 1916
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a Committee of 300 member and 33rd degree Mason.
In 1920, he spoke from personal knowledge regarding the global conspiracy when he said:
"From the days of Spartacus-Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx, to those of Trotsky, Bela Kun, Rosa Luxembourg, and Emma Goldman, this world wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society on the basis of arrested development, of envious malevolence and impossible equality, has been steadily growing.
It played a definitely recognizable role in the tragedy of the French Revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the nineteenth century, and now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their heads, and have become practically the undisputed masters of that enormous empire."British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
"The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses. This little coterie runs our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen, seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection."N.Y. Mayor, John Hylan, 1922
"The real truth of the matter is that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson"US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933
"The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes."Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, 1952
"Today the path to total dictatorship in the United States can be laid by strictly legal means, unseen and unheard by the Congress, the President, or the people… outwardly we have a Constitutional government. We have operating within our government and political system, another body representing another form of government, a bureaucratic elite which believes our Constitution is outmoded and is sure that it is the winning side.
All the strange developments in the foreign policy agreements may be traced to this group who are going to make us over to suit their pleasure. This political action group has its own local political support organizations, its own pressure groups, its own vested interests, its foothold within our government, and its own propaganda apparatus."Senator William Jenner, 1954
Bloodline president John F. Kennedy was well aware of America's secret society control. His many rebellious decisions against the global elite, his nonparticipation in the Great Work, would ultimately lead to his assassination. He did, however, try to warn the average American of our plight.
On April 27th, 1961 in an address to newspaper publishers, JFK said:
"The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society, and we are as a people, inherently and historically, opposed to secret societies, secret oaths, and secret proceedings … For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence. It depends on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice.
It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific, and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published, its mistakes are buried, not headlined, its dissenters are silenced, not praised, no expenditure is questioned, no secret is revealed ... I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people."
"The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizen of his plight."
John F. Kennedy at Columbia University, Nov. 1st, 1963, 10 days before his assassination
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The aquarium which is held in Nihonbashi that I went last year.
I went this year to watch it because a new work appeared.Though it was the night of Sunday or put it smoothly from the last year, it was crowded because after all it was popular.
Though it is a goldfish, what is attracted by the color beauty is so great.Because I attach a link of the last year, I want to compare it and to watch it.


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"This is a really fine man" Biden on Orthodox patriarch in Istanbul
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meets Istanbul-based spiritual leader Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, calling him a ''really fine man.'' Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden visited Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday (November 23), the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians. Biden was on a two-day visit to Istanbul, where he met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and held talks on the fight against the Islamic State. Turkey has been a reluctant partner in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) insurgents. Ankara argues that the coalition's air strikes in Iraq and Syria are not enough and it has pushed for a more comprehensive strategy involving Syrian Presaident Bashar al-Assad's departure and the creation of a buffer zone inside Syria to protect displaced civilians. Ankara has in turn drawn criticism for letting thousands of foreign rebels cross its borders and for doing little to end the IS siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a battle that has raged for months within sight of Turkish military positions.


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MIAMI (WSVN) - The president of an Ivy League university spoke at a South Florida high school to encourage students to go to college and reach for their highest endeavors.
Harvard University president Drew Faust is focusing on students in South Florida. "First, you have to believe in yourself, and you have to say, 'I am going to college,'" Faust said.
She, along with several Harvard alumni from South Florida, spent the day at Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Thursday.
They are trying to break down any kind of preconceived notion that schools like Harvard are unaffordable. "I'm just like you. I mean, I grew up in the housing projects here in Liberty City, that my parents had no money to pay for college," said Miami Northwestern alumni and Harvard graduate Zarifa Brown, "but because I put my head down and did what I needed to do academically, I was able to go to Brown [University] for undergrad and went on to Harvard Law School."
"If they're talented students who think that they can't afford Harvard, we want them to know we're interested in them. We hope that they're thinking about us," Faust said.
Shaunte Butler graduated from Miami Northwestern in 2010 and then graduated from Harvard in 2014. She is now serving as an example for students who were in her shoes, just a few years ago.
"I want to show them that people from this community can and do have the ability to go to colleges like Harvard," Butler said.
This is the first time a Harvard University president has visited Miami Northwestern. Students who attended the talk said it reaffirmed that hard work and dedication pays off, and it inspired them to add Ivy League schools to their college list.
"I'm proud to say that they actually pay attention to us, and we all have the opportunity, no matter where we come from," said Miami Northwestern student Taneacha Brown.
Faust is the first woman to serve as president at Harvard, which was founded back in the 1600s. It's an accomplishment that allows her to tell students firsthand that they can achieve anything they put their mind to.
"We want to have people think, 'I can do that.' A woman does that, a minority does that, someone like me does that," Faust said. "That's the message I want to send: Imagine yourself there. That's the first step to getting there."
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Since upgrading their devices to iOS 7.0.3, and iTunes to v11.1.2, some people are finding that they cannot sign into iTunes. Instead, they are being confronted with error code 11556. What, exactly does this error code mean ?
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What it means is that you are attempting to do something on iTunes that is prohibited by the iTunes store in your specific country. The error code usually occurs when you are attempting to sign into the iTunes store while you are limited, by parental controls, to iTunes U.
Frustrating though it may be, you will be pleased to know that there is a nice, easy fix for this error message.
Solution iTunes Error 11556 :
- Open iTunes
- Click on the Edit menu
- Click on Preferences
- Navigate to the Parental tab
- Under Disable, make sure all entries are unchecked
- Click on OK
- Try again – it should now work properly
You can see a short video here detailing the above steps:
The problem did not really raise its head until users upgraded to iOS 7.0.3 and upgraded iTunes as well. During the upgrade, for many people, the Parental Controls section was automatically changed to block access to the iTunes store by default. Disabling those controls will eliminate the problem and you will be able to use iTunes properly.
For the unlucky few this fix may not work. If it doesn't, you can try uninstalling and then reinstalling iTunes, making sure you are on the most up to date version. Then check the parental controls settings again. If it still doesn't work, you may need to get in touch with your nearest Apple Care or Apple retail store. Rest assured though, it is not a problem with your iOS device, and the problem seems to lie entirely in the software, both for iTunes and iOS 7.0.3.
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Saurabh Shukla
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Mr. Saurabh Shukla has over 10 years of teaching experience and has been associated with Studymate for over 6 years now. He is the Center Principal at GK II and the incharge of Biology for Senior Secondary Classes. Mr. Shukla holds M.Sc in Bioinformatics from CSJM University, Kanpur and is currently pursuing Ph.D with JJT University, Rajasthan. His work has been published in 5 international publications.


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I used Jeana's braid inspiration when I did Anne's hair for the Wiksten photoshoot. It was surprisingly easy to do, although I'm not sure how well I could do it on myself. I love french braiding people's hair. It reminds me of when I was a kid and would braid my sister's hair before school.
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4 comments:
- Neus said...
ohhh so nice, I love her hair!!
- May 27, 2011 at 5:04 AM
- Heather said...
It's stunning, and I totally know what you mean about braiding someone else's hair - so nostalgic.
- May 27, 2011 at 7:44 AM
- victoria / cats dreaming in keylime said...
I actually stalk people at work and ask them to french braid my hair. They hide from me. (Love the tops so much.)
- May 27, 2011 at 8:20 AM
- jeana sohn said...
omg! you did such a great job! i should try that one.
love your new collection and lena's photos. congrats!!
- May 27, 2011 at 10:26 AM
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said he backed "in principle" changes to a law on royal succession that would give any daughters born to Prince William and Kate Middleton the same right to the throne as their sons.
Cameron also said he supported a reform of an ancient rule that forbids a Catholic, or anyone married to a Catholic, from taking the throne.
"In principle I think both changes should be made," he told BBC radio on Tuesday. "But it will take time because it's not just our decision, it's a decision for others as well. We ought to have proper discussion with other countries...
"We have to recognize that the Queen is not only the queen of the United Kingdom but also of many other jurisdictions."
The issue is in focus ahead of next week's wedding of Prince William, second-in-line to the throne and Kate Middleton.
Under the 300-year-old law now in place, William and Kate's first-born son would eventually become king even if he had an older sister.
Male royal heirs have prior claim to the throne under the 1701 Act of Settlement.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Saturday the law needed to change. Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the plans, saying it was a matter for the government.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II only came to the throne because she had no brothers.
If her son Prince Charles had died before having children, the succession would have passed to Prince Andrew, bypassing the Queen's second oldest child Princess Anne.
The government's Cabinet Office has said talks have begun with Commonwealth countries that would be directly affected by any change in the rules, but added that "it would not be appropriate to release details at this stage."


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In these Rag & Bone posts I will attempt to document all the salvaged items
I have recently rescued from swap meets, flea markets, thrift stores, the side of the road, etc. If not for you, for me, so I may reflect upon finding these quality jewels, which somehow survived the many years without being destroyed or lost.
Remington/Dupont ammo crate with impressive finger joints.
Vintage frame and photo of a glacier meeting it's demise upon the water's edge.
One of my favorites! This industrial task lamp has had a base (from?) added to it.
It appears to have been painted black at the time the base was added.
This one needed rewiring.
Found this old molded military frame in a thrift store.
I don't know anything about it, but I love it!


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Marina Beschastnykh was born in Russia, Tyumen and she began to study the violin at 6 years old. She attended the «Lira» music school in Tyumen in the class of E. Zayakina. In 2012 she won 5 Open Regional Competitions for string bow instruments «Vibrato» (Yekaterinburg). In the same year, she was the winner of Grand Prix in IV All-Russia Competition of young performers named Alyabiev (Tobolsk).
At the age of 15 she started to study at the music college named after Rimsky-Korsakov (Saint-Petersburg), with Tatyana Prasnikova. In 2013 she was the winner of the 2nd Prize of International Music Competition named G.Sviridov (Saint-Petersburg). Marina also won in 2013 the V Saint-Petersburg Open Competition for string instruments and harp. In 2014 she won the IV Open All-Russia Competition of young performers for string instruments (Moscow) and International Competitions «Music Art» (Moscow).
In 2016 she entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory in the class of Mikhail Gantvarg. She was the winner of the 2nd Prize of X International youth competition memory of E.A.Mravinsky and won Prize EMCY
She performed at the concert hall of the Mariinsky Theatre with Youth Symphony Orchestra named Paulavichyus and on the stage of palace Belozersky-Beloselskikh with St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra.
Marina has taken master classes with Anna Kandinskaya, Gregory Kalinovskyi, Antal Zalai, Zachar Bron and Maxim Vengerov.
You can listen to Marina here.
If you are interested in working with Marina, please get in touch with the EMCY Office.
J. S. Bach, Sonata No. 1 in G minor (BWV 1001, Adagio and Fuga)
J. S. Bach, Partita No. 2 in d moll ( except Chaconne)
F. Kreisler, Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice (op. 6)
N. Paganini, 24 Caprices for violin solo (op. 1, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13, 16, 20, 21 ,23)
E. Ysaÿe, Sonata No. 4 for Violin solo (Op. 27)
E. Ysaÿe, Sonata No. 6 for Violin solo (Op. 27)
L. van Beethoven, Sonata No 3 in Es Dur (op. 12)
J. Brahms, Sonata d Minor (Op. 108)
R. Gliere Romance op.3
E. Grieg, Sonata No. 3 c moll (op. 45)
J. Massenet, Meditation from Thais
W. A. Mozart, Sonata in D major (KV 306)
N. Paganini, La Campanella op. 7
M. Ravel, Tzigane
C. Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op. 28
K. Saint- Saens- E. Ysaye Etude en forme de valse(op.52)
P.Sarasate, Introduction Tarentelle
G. Tartini, Sonata 'Didone abbandonata'
P. Tchaikovsky, Mélodie (op. 42, No. 3)
P. Tchaikovsky, Valse-Scherzo in C Major (Op. 34)
T. Vitali, Chaccone
H. Wieniawski, Scherzo tarantelle op. 16
P. Tchaikovsky String quartet No. 3 ( op.30)
F.Mendelsohn string quartet No. 6 (op.80)
S. Prokofiev string quartet No. 2 (op.92)
A. Glazunov Violin Concerto A moll (op.82)
J. Sibelius, Concerto in d minor op. 47
P. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto D major (op. 35)
H. Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 5 A minor (Op. 37)
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Local IT consultant for BMA
The IOM Mission to the Republic of Moldova is looking for a Local Consultant according to the Terms of Reference attached, to contribute to development and implementation of IT functionalities of the Bureau of Migration and Asylum of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Method of application:
Please express your interest by sending the CV, Motivation letter and Financial offer either in Romanian or English to the following addresses:
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Even though living room is known as the family room, it is the kitchen where very important conversations happen. After a tiring day, you are going to enter in the kitchen pour yourself a drink or grab a easy snack and remain seated there; with no desire to move or switch on the television. Being the heart of your property, additionally, it gets attention more than its due share.
Kitchen bench tops or countertops encounter heavy use and abuse. Therefore, they ought to be able to weather damage for as long as possible. Modern countertop materials are plenty should it be a metallic finish or something that is more ornamental you would like. And, each material delivers less or more when it comes to durability. For ages, stone has been used popularly as kitchen benchtop. This material is resistant against scratches and stains and is virtually maintenance free and together with these features, it is also highly affordable and great to make use of outdoors like benches, tables and countertop for outdoor kitchen.
Stone benchtops make an outstanding choice. These are well-known and offer a lot of varieties. Listed here is a list of some of them:
1. Quartz. Quartz benchtops are made from a combination of natural quartz, resin pigments and binders that makes it strong and maintains the appearance of the natural stone. They are non-porous and is very hygienic, easy to maintain and clean. Quartz benchtops are heat, crack, dent and scratch resistant and are available in many different patterns and colors. This type of benchtop should be installed by a professional.
2. Granite. Granite was traditionally an expensive material of choice for the typical kitchen but as its popularity increased, and the availability of colors penetrated our market, competition and the trade-skill industry brought with them the finishing machinery, which brought down prices. This gave a fresh look plus a really affordable choice to modern kitchens. Granite benchtops possess special patterns. When buying these make sure all the benchtops flow in the same direction. It doesn't only save your valuable kitchen from an unsightly look but also prevents you from being tricked. A number of fabricators use omitted pieces from a previous job. It saves them cash but provides you with an eyesore. So be careful and insist on same pattern.
3. Marble. Being a natural stone no marble slab could be similar to another. Marble benchtops are preferred by individuals who favor décor over features. The special swirls and veins appearing on marble add a elegance to your décor. They are however not the greatest among other stone benchtops. They are porous and react to acids and food colorings such as vinegar and turmeric. With the passage time your marble benchtop will begin to lose its original color, and could require polish.
Having fantastic endurance properties, stone benchtops have become a popular option for home owners wanting to construct their dream kitchen. Stone has for a long time been the favorite proposed by professional kitchen planners and contractors all around the world. Stone is a really great choice for kitchen benchtops and other work surfaces mainly because of its longevity and toughness.


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9 lines, 5 sky bridges, and a rappel make this Hawaii Island's only full Canopy tour. Set within a towering forest on a private nature reserve, this aerial adventure is perfect for beginners and experts alike. Certified guides ensure safety and comfort and share their extensive knowledge of the area's natural and cultural history.
Highlights include:
- Zip, trek & rappel through a sustainably-built aerial trekking course
- Experience the thrill of flying from tree to tree while reaching speeds up to 45 MPH while taking in the serene beauty of the forest canopy
- Tree-to-Tree zipping means no walking up stairs in between zips
- Enjoy a complimentary treat of local macadamia nuts, trail bars, and fruit snacks
- We comply with the highest level of safety standards set by the industry's internationally recognized governing body: ACCT (Association for Challenge Course Technology)
- Capture the fun with a GoPro camera rental while guides take pictures for you with our photo system designed specifically for ziplines.
What to Bring & Wear: Guests must wear closed-toe walking shoes. Pants, capris, or knee length shorts, and a light sweatshirt or jacket are recommended.
Restrictions: Physical – Must weigh between 70 and 270 lbs. Participants will be weighed at check-in. Must be able to walk over uneven terrain and handle one short walk up about 25 stairs. This tour is not for expectant mothers. Participants must be 8 years old. These restrictions are strictly enforced.


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"My candle burns at both ends/It will not last the night;/But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends/It gives a lovely light." -Edna St. Vincent Millay
Saturday, February 11, 2012
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Great books, Rachel. I have read Ship breaker and I thought it was very good. I hope that you enjoy it as much as me!ReplyDelete
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These books look great! I haven't heard of Ship Breaker, but it sounds pretty cool. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
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Haven't heard of ship breaker, hope you enjoy.ReplyDelete
I have heard great things about Two Truths.. enjoy!ReplyDelete
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Awesome books this week Rachel!! I hope you enjoy them all :)ReplyDelete
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Our Day Jobs Are Intruding....
To all our loyal readers, we want to apologize for not being able to cover the 2011 Men's World Curling Championship fully. Unfortunately we both have other obligations, as well, some of which we simply have been unable to shirk or to fob off onto others.
The upshot is that neither of us was at the Brandt Arena in Regina, SK, this morning for Canada's defeat of the Czech Republic, and neither of us will be there this evening. We're hoping that I will be able to cut my afternoon obligations short and then race to the arena to cover the last half of the draw featuring Canada vs. Sweden. I sure hope so because that could prove to be a VERY exciting game. Sweden ranks right behind Canada in curling percentages.
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From The Cooking Channel to Masterchef, The Today Show to Serious Eats, Linda has made the rounds of screen, digital, and print food media, however she finds herself most at home these days behind the pasta board hand-making elaborate ravioli, tajarin, and even politically-charged pasta. She lives on the honed edge of food and art, and it's often hard to tell which way the blade has sliced. Linda believes that you eat first with your eyes, and if she had to maintain fluency in only one language, it would be pasta poetry. See her creations on Instagram @saltyseattle.
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The World Trade Organization reaffirmed this week that when it comes to seal hunting, European countries aren't buying. Canada has been battling a ban that prevents any products from the country's annual seal hunt from being imported into the European Union. The WTO denied Canada's appeal, ruling on Thursday that the ban will stay in place on the grounds that the ban is in the best interest for the animal's welfare.
In 2010, the EU banned seal products under the premise that the hunt caused seals pain and distress. Canada argued that seal hunting is accomplished in a humane way and that the ban was based on morality rather than science. The Canadian government regulates the hunting and set a quota of 400,000 seals for this season. But thick ice and made it tough for hunters to reach the seals this year, and some reports show that fewer than 55,000 animals have been killed.
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|Hiking with my daughter
|Coast line between Big Sur and Santa Barbara
|Santa Barbara Hills
|On the road to LA
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|Downtown LA in the mist
|View from our friend's house in Calabasas, near LA
|Reminds me so of Italy
|Sculpture on a street divider in Beverly Hills
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|Massive life oak tree
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|Late afternoon at Santa Monica Pier
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Our journey came to an end here, after visiting the Pier and center of Santa Monica we headed to the airport and returned home to a glistening and cold, but welcoming New York! We have many memories and new impressions. The children LOVE California and my husband and I have gotten the feeling, especially LA has made incredible progress since we knew the city more then 20 years ago. It is cleaner and brighter, with amazing cuisine all over and felt safe to us, wherever we went.
What a big and wonderful country we live in...We are so grateful for all!
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Hello and welcome to my very first installment of Flashback Friday!
What is Flashback Friday you ask? Well, we all have stamp sets that we hold dear, and have been in our stamp collections for a long time. I thought it would be fun to feature a card using my oldest, but still very much loved, stamp sets every week on Flashback Friday!
I created this card using one of my oldest stamp sets from Stampin' Up! - Monkey Business. This set really is fun to stamp, and the solid color means no coloring! I stamped my monkey using Early Espresso, and the vine was stamped using Pistachio Pudding. I stamped the heart using Calypso Coral. Cute! To "update" the card I added some super trendy sequin accents. The patterned paper is a sneak peek of the FREE Designer Series paper collection you can earn during the upcoming
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Captain Nestor Alvisa of Hooked on Flamingo Charters reported his clients have had double-digit catches of snook recently. The snook are being caught on live pilchards up against the mangrove shorelines. All of the action has come in the backcountry waters.
Captain Jimbo Thomas from the charter boat Thomas Flyer out of Bayside Market Place in Miami reported high winds and dirty green water has slowed the offshore bite. Thomas's fishermen are catching a few sailfish, a few dolphins, kingfish and blackfin tuna. Over the wrecks, almoco jacks and amberjacks are being caught. Captain Andy Roydhouse of FishingHeadquarters.com out of Fort Lauderdale reported his drift boats are catching a lot of snappers on the bottom and a few kingfish and groupers. The charter-boat fleet is having decent action on sailfish, scattered dolphins, a few wahoo, kingfish and blackfin tuna. All of this action took place offshore of Port Everglades.
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Brett Hogan out of the Holiday Inn in Key Largo reported the charter fleet out of Islamorada has been catching mutton snappers to 22 pounds on the bottom plus some big grouper and amberjacks. On the surface, it has been a mixed bag of dolphins, sailfish and blackfin tuna. In Florida Bay, anglers are catching snook, sea trout and snappers. Captain Chris Johnson of SeaSquared Charters out of Marathon reported he has been keeping his clients busy by catching a lot of mangrove snappers, a few big groupers, yellowjacks and large sharks. Most of this action is happening next to a few of the Marathon bridges. On the calmer days, he is going into the Gulf and catching a lot of Spanish mackerel.
Captain Scott Collins of Getting Lucky Fishing Charters out of Jupiter reported offshore sailfishing has been fair but should get red hot soon. The sailfish are biting live baits under a kite. Trolling offshore is producing dolphins and wahoo. A few kingfish in the 40- to 50-pound range have been landed recently. On the bottom, there are plenty of trigger fish, vermillion, mutton and yellowtail snappers. Fishermen inshore fishermen have been catching pompano, ladyfish, jack crevalles and snapper. Troung Tran from the Juno Fishing Pier reported pier fishermen have been catching whiting, a few pompano, croakers, sand perch and an occasional Spanish mackerel.
Captain Jim Hobales of Caught Lookin Charters reported doing well on snook, sea trout, jacks and ladyfish. His action has come in the passes outside of Shark River using Rapala Twitchin Raps. Local anglers Steven Isicoff and his daughter Allyson and son Felix fished the shorelines outside of Shark River, and landed four slot redfish, seven out of 13 snook to 28 inches, more than 20 sea trout plus a bunch of jacks and ladyfish. Their guide was captain Alan Sherman of Get Em Sportfishing Charters.
Captain Jon Fetter of Catching the Cure Charters reported the redfish bite has been best on the higher water along the oyster bars and mangrove shorelines. Jigs tipped with shrimp and cut ladyfish seemed to be getting the most redfish strikes. Sheepshead and mangrove snappers have been plentiful along the mangrove shorelines and have been eating pieces of shrimp. In the passes, snapper, silver trout, jacks and ladyfish have been plentiful and eating jigs head tipped with shrimp. Sea trout continue to be in good numbers over the backcountry grass flats. Captain Steve Sewell of Hawgwild Charters reported the offshore bite has been very good when the wind has not been blowing. Working the bottom in 40 to 60 feet of water, his clients have been catching grouper, snapper and big porgies. On the nearshore reefs, cobia, permit, kingfish and tarpon are being caught.
Jim Crego from Slim's Fishing Camp in Belle Glade reported the nighttime speckled perch fishing has really taken off the past few days. Spec fishermen are limiting out in less than four hours. The specs are being caught in the Rim Canal and Dynamite holes and the best bait has been a live Missouri minnow. Most amateur largemouth bass fishermen are catching bass in the 2 to 4-pound class and the fishermen fishing with guides are catching largemouth bass in the 6 to 8-pound range. The bass are eating live wild shiners in the inside grass lines of the Lake. Lake Okeechobee's water level is at 14.8 inches.


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Juventus host AC Milan in Serie A this weekend, in one of the most high-profile fixtures in Italian domestic football. The Bianconieri will be out for revenge after the reverse fixture finished 1-0 to Milan, courtesy of a penalty from Brazilian striker Robinho.
Where to Watch Live
Kick-off is set for 7.45pm BST. Live coverage is on ESPN UK and ESPN UK HD.
The Serie A leaders come into this game on the back of a 2-0 defeat of Lazio. The three points from Rome tightened Antonio Conte's hold on the championship and Juventus now lead second-placed Napoli by 11 points with six games remaining.
The Turin-based club are on a run of five straight wins in domestic football and are unbeaten since AS Roma beat them 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico in February. More importantly, they've won 12 of 16 league games at the Juventus Stadium this season and have conceded only nine times.
It has been an excellent season for the reigning champions; the only blip was the 0-4 aggregate defeat to Bundesliga kings Bayern Munich in the semi-final of the Champions League but, even so, the fact the Italians reached the latter stages of the tournament is a good sign for the future.
Meanwhile, Milan were held to a 1-1 draw, at the San Siro, in their last game. The battle between the third and second-placed sides in the league ended in a stalemate after Goran Pandev cancelled Mathieu Flamini's opener for the Rossoneri.
Milan remain third, four points behind the Naples club and, crucially, four ahead of Fiorentina in fourth; only the top three qualify for the Champions League. The good news is the San Siro club are unbeaten in the league in 2013; the last time they lost was to Roma but that was back in December. The club's away form has been solid, with six wins and seven draws in 16 games. Moreover, they've scored more goals on the road (28) than any other side (except Juventus).
Team Form
- Last Five (all competitions, most recent first): W L W L W
- Last Match: Lazio 0 - 2 Juventus
AC Milan
- Last Five (all competitions, most recent first): D D W W L
- Last Match: AC Milan 1 - 1 Napoli
Team News
Italy international Giorgio Chiellini is unavailable; he was injured in training on Friday. French striker Nicolas Anelka (calf muscle) is also ruled out and the much-travelled former Chelsea and Arsenal forward continues to have a poor time since his mid-season move. The bad news continues for Conte, with confirmation influential playmaker Sebastian Giovinco is also unavailable.
Probable Line-Up: Buffon; Barzagli, Bonucci, Peluso; Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo, Pogba, Asamoah; Marchioso; Vucinic
Milan are without former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli. The 22-year-old is suspended for this game after an automatic ban against Fiorentina that was compounded by verbal abuse of match officials. Flamini, a former Arsenal player, is also unavailable, after a red card in the last match against Napoli. Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong (also a former City player, incidentally) is injured.
Probable Line-Up: Abbiati; De Sciglio, Zapata, Mexes, Constant; Ambrosini, Montolivo, Muntari; Niang, Pazzini, El Shaarawy


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Have you checked out any of the other SLP Trading Post blog posts? I teamed up with Jessica from Figuratively Speeching to check out her Articulation Placemats! I am always on the hunt for more fun articulation activities so I was very excited to check these out.
Jessica has a few packets of placemats that target different sounds. Inside each packet is:
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- 42 Homework pages including: a word list for each weekday, two tick tack toe boards, a section to unscramble words, a section to draw a picture, and a spinner.
I love that she included a parent note explaining what the activities are and why homework is important. Even better, she explains that this activity takes less than 5 minutes… perfect for those busy families!
The homework pages are lots of fun. They are even student approved! I have used these placemats as therapy activities as well as homework activities. You can download a copy of these in Jessica's Teachers Pay Teachers store here!
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