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Discussion in 'Fan Productions' started by Maurice, Dec 9, 2010.
Great post Maurice!
Hey! I resemble that remark.
Also the "people talk too much" thing. Go figure.
I'll add one more thing that fan filmmakers also tend to ape is having characters tell us who they are rather than showing us who they are.
In other words, having drawn out scenes where the character whines about this that and the other thing, which is often used to pass as characterization. Or having characters with a series of like and dislikes, and calling that characterization. For example, the captain likes poker or the counselor likes chocolate or the executive officer plays the trombone. Those are traits and not real characterization.
Characterization, or who a character is, is shown through the actions that character takes in the story. For instance, Kirk deciding not to save Edith Keeler shows us something about who Kirk is as a person. Same when Kirk destroys the computers of Emininar VI so that its people can truly know the spoils of warfare. Or when Kirk steals the Enterprise to rescue his friend.
And those choices show us how far a character is willing to go for what I tell my creative writing students is the "I want". What choices does a character make to get what he or she truly wants in the story.
Many fan film scripts are fraught with plots that drive the characters along, where they rarely make any choices of consequence. But character choices not only show, but also help drive the plot along.
When characters drive the plot through their choices, then it becomes difficult to interchange those characters with different characters.
Would Kill Bill be the same movie if Beatrice Kiddo wasn't the main character and it had been Bill's brother instead? No, because Beatrice's choices are what drive the story. It probably wouldn't even be called Kill Bill.
Or compare the novel Tapping the Source by Kem Nunn with the movie that was supposedly inspired by it, Point Break. In the book, Ike's choices drive his quest to know what happened to his sister. In the movie, there's FBI agent Johnny Utah (a riff of Johnny Yuma?) instead, and it changes the entire story and its plot.
Choices. Don't be afraid to let your characters make choices, good or bad. Don't strap them to the captain's chair and absolve them of making any difficult decision by allowing others to do so for him.
I think the point about over explaining is well taken and I think it helped me put my finger on the problem I had with Blood and Fire. It was nothing to do with having gay characters, it just seems to me after seeing "Enemy Starfleet" that the background was well enough established just by having Peter look at the picture. It lets you know quite clearly that this character is gay and after the sympathetic dialogue between Jim and Bones in the teaser it's clear that there is no concern over anything except trying to help Peter recover from the loss of his lover. The sex of the lover being immaterial. In short, you learn just as much from those two quick hits about Peter as you do from Blood and Fire. I hope that's all taken in the context of my general admiration of Phase II and my appreciation for the quality of Blood and Fire in particular. Just because it doesn't work for me,doesn't make it "bad" or "wrong", it's just one viewer's opinion on particular aspect of the episode.
I would just like to inject here that I found Blood and Fire well done. I disagree that the whole story was just about Peter being gay, that the nature of his relationship was explored and that this type of complaint is, IMHO, offbase. (Not a fan of ES, btw.)
Maybe I missed something, but I don't think anyone here is saying that Blood and Fire is just about Peter being gay, but, to use the current topic, it's handled through a lot of talky scenes rather than being conveyed by more visual means... His rolling around with another man notwithstanding.
It's very difficult to express the feelings I had about Blood and Fire. I think Maurice has it right: too much is explained. That's my opinion and of course, when a controversial topic such as this is tackled, everyone's mileage will vary. While I have enjoyed every episode of Phase II, including B&F, I don't see any harm in discussing what worked for me and what didn't about any particular episode.
Funny, I personally didn't think anything in Blood and Fire was "controversial" given how commonplace gay characters are on TV these days. But the handling of the relationship is related to the topic of showing not telling. We're practically TOLD we should feel for Peter Kirk, but the story doesn't give us a reason to. We certainly aren't shown anything to make us like him. Telling us that a character that we've just met is "in love" isn't enough for us to identify with him when we haven't even gotten to know HIM yet.
^^^I agree "controversial" wasn't the right word....as I said I really have a hard time getting my arms around where B&F got off track for me. I think Enemy Starfleet gave us some reason to think that he has the potential to become a fine officer and that makes him a lot more likeable than just showing us that he's gay.
"Blood and Fire" would've had more bite some 20 years ago when the script was originally conceived. However, the Phase II iteration isn't any more daring than a melodramatic prime-time soap opera.
As you've astutely stated, we're TOLD Peter and Freeman are "in love" and what we are shown of the relationship is sophomoric, hardly sophisticated and, honestly, a bit one-dimensional. It's all surface and no depth.
Not only that but the characters themselves seemingly have no identity beyond their sexuality and border on two-dimensional stereotypes.
It's a shame because there was potential to truly show how complicated it is being in a relationship with a career-driven officer, one that also happens to be between two men.
However, the script gives us a maudlin relationship that hinges more on the fact that it's between two men rather than it being an actual, breathing relationship with all the strife that goes along with it.
For me, I would've looked for ways to not make the relationship so cookie-cutter. Say Peter Kirk was as career-driven as his uncle. That he really came to the Enterprise to further his career and not really be with Alex, but that's not what he told his lover. That the relationship wasn't working out because Peter could only give so much and Alex was frustrated by that.
In the end, when Alex dies ... the real tragedy is that Peter is both saddened and relieved, because it makes the one choice he couldn't — breaking it off.
Or better yet, reverse that and make Alex the more career driven officer who choses to sacrifice himself because he can see no other way out of his relationship with Peter.
By doing so, I think Phase II would've said something more interesting about relationships than it did. That no matter whether you are gay, straight, bi or transgendered ... we all still suffer from the same hang-ups, struggles and conflicts of being in a relationship with another person.
The problem I had with BAF is the incessant screaming of "Alex, Alex, Alex!" It was a deal breaker and way over the top. The story line that had the Klingons watching all of this was equally unbelievable. The 2nd part just fell apart in logical storytelling.
You continue to discuss the episode as if the story was about the Peter-Alex relationship. It was about the blood worms, (Doomsday biogenic weapons) and the issues about the blood worms, and the relationship was supposed to merely be a consequence of the main plot, as was the Klingon intervention which complicated it. The Klingons show that a crisis is not just a crisis, it effects other ongoing problem, and the death of Alex is no different than a lot of other deaths in TOS, just to demonstrate that the crew is vulnerable, and some people who aren't red shirts with targets on them get hurt and killed. Making him Peter's friend instead of James T.'s friend just avoided giving James T Kirk a new love to lose.
Ideally the show was about the bloodworms, but the choice was made to put the Peter-Alex relationship up front...it's so up front that the biggest scene about it (which is longer than most TOS teasers) comes before the real story actually starts. The relationship is then milked for melodrama.
Since I'm trying to be constructive rather than destructive, let me address how this could have been addressed. First, in the BAF Pt. 1 Teaser we see Peter get hurt, but since we've never seen Peter before, he's just another redshirt at that point. If fact, when he next appears, I didn't connect at first that he was the previously-nameless redshirt. Even if we didn't know who Alex was, if he's done something that illustrated his character, then once we find out who he is the preceding scene would have had some impact.
Back to showing v. telling, having Peter exhibit some characteristics or even charisma might have made him relatable and likable, and then there'd be a reason to care what happens. Instead, we're told he's a Kirk and he's in love, but absent him being an actual character those are just empty words.
Honestly, just about no one is going to remember "Blood and Fire" for the bloodworm story no matter how much running time that consumed. Interestingly enough, the issues that Gerrold sought to address with that storyline were a great deal more front-and-center when he wrote it in 1986 than they were by the time Phase II shot their version.
You could argue that was the intent, however the way the episode is constructed, the bloodworms are just a second background to the story of Peter Kirk. The Klingon sequences seem to be just padding to get the episode to be a two-parter.
Yep. The whole premise seems to set up the Peter-Alex relationship. In fact, you know Alex is going to die from the outset and that that is what this story is going to be about.
Quite so. I don't see much of a discussion of the bloodworms or the Klingons watching TV. It's all about Alex and Peter.
Timing is everything. You strike when the iron is hot, so to speak. Nearly 15 years later, it's old hat.
Obviously, I liked the story better than most of you. At this point, I'll save my comments for my very favorable review of it, and people can disagree. I will reference other reviews on my website (I always try to give links to several) so my fellow fan film newbies will have several opinions to read. Phase II's work is widely reviewed.
I can't be sure why we see this so differently. One possible reason is that I waited until the final version of both parts to watch either part, and then watched them together. Another is that I am not as interested in relationship stories as most people (and maybe even less than most guy-people, says a lot...) and therefore focused my attention on the bloodworms.
A third possible reason we disagree is that y'all are filmmakers and therefore get less caught up in the special effects than innocents like me who are just film WATCHERS. You're thinking, "I'd have made that worm wiggle differently..." and I'm thinking "Ugh! Creepy! Gross ..."
Well, except that the so-called "gay storyline" is what you'll find that the majority of people who've discussed this online anywhere - not just "film makers who are more interested in special effects" - discuss the most.
Arguably those of us who are supposed to be "more interested in special effects" could be expected to devote more attention to those aspects of the episode - the bloodworms themselves, or the various spaceships - than to the Peter Kirk stuff. So I don't think that rationale holds up under examination.
The bloodworms don't get discussed because they just aren't very interesting. Frankly, the horror aspects of the episode were undermined totally for me when Nick Cook's character got eaten. Once he was still screaming after his lungs were clearly gone the whole scene teetered into unintentional comedy. It was impossible for me to take the worms seriously after that.
And I'm not sure the bloodworms even make sense from a scientific point-of-view. They're just a plot device for the Alex-Peter story.
Some would argue I'd do a far better job without lungs.
There's a catalogue of plot points throughout Star Trek history that don't make much sense from a scientific point of view, so that's hardly anything new.
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So the LORD told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant. I am going down to see if their actions are as wicked as I have heard. If not, I want to know.” The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham. Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked? Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes? Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” And the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.” Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes. Suppose there are only forty-five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And the LORD said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five righteous people there.” Then Abraham pressed his request further. “Suppose there are only forty?” And the LORD replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.” “Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded. “Let me speak—suppose only thirty righteous people are found?” And the LORD replied, “I will not destroy it if I find thirty.” Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue—suppose there are only twenty?” And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.” Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.” When the LORD had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent. GENESIS 18:20-33 NLT
Reflects: God’s peace
“The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” PHILLIPPIANS 4:7 ESV
Motivation: to be at peace, avoid conflict and create healthy spaces for people to thrive
- Peacemakers see multiple sides to any given decision or scenario
- Peacemakers are inclusive, patient and accepting of others
- Peacemakers are good listeners and great mediators
- Peacemakers are considerate of the perspective of others
- Peacemakers desire to see the world as a more peaceful place
- Peacemakers avoid conflict at all cost
- Peacemakers do not declare their own needs
- Peacemakers are passive-aggressive
- Peacemakers can be stubborn
- Peacemakers are indecisive, inactive or prone to procrastination
- Peacemakers don’t do the important or necessary things required for growth
Core Sin: Laziness
“But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! MATTHEW 25:26 NLT
A healthy Peacemaker is always in pursuit of embracing healthy conflict and declares their wants and needs as a means of deeper connection with themselves and others.
How a Peacemaker can be real with Self:
- Own and resolve your feelings
How a Peacemaker can be real with Others:
- Make declarative statements
- Embrace that conflict isn’t necessarily bad and can lead to a resolution
How a Peacemaker can be real with God:
- Pursue faith with action
“Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.” ROMANS 12:11 NLT
How to Love a Peacemaker:
- Recognize their hidden power
- Create an environment where their voice is heard and it matters
- Don’t shield them from all conflict, but encourage them to actively engage
- Celebrate with them when they finish projects
- Don’t push them to sprint
- Thank them for their gift to see the other side of things
Personal Reflection Guide
Take a minute to slow down from the day’s events. Start by taking several slow, deep breaths, releasing any burdens you might feel as you exhale. Invite God into this time, asking him to reveal any undeclared needs you might be experiencing right now. Press into this area with God. As he reveals your needs, list them in the space below.
As you look over your list, which needs have you failed to communicate to others? Ask God which of these you need to speak up about, perhaps marking these on your list. Ask God for the courage to speak up and declare these needs this week.
- LEADER’S NOTE: Take the first 5-10 minutes of group time to have everyone do the Personal Reflection Guide (linked on the sermon notes). You may want to set a timer, play some soft music, etc. Once you notice people finishing up, transition to group discussion time with a short prayer, then open by asking people to share what that experience was like, if they feel comfortable.
- REAL WITH SELF: How do you view conflict? Do you see it as an opportunity for resolution, or is it cause for intense fear? What factors into these feelings for you?
- REAL WITH GOD: Describe a time in your life when you felt like God challenged your perspective on something. What was it like to see the issue from another side?
- REAL WITH OTHERS: What does your pursuit of peace look like? Do you talk with peaceful people? Do you avoid people? Run to God? Share with the group what things work for you to find peace.
- REAL WITH OTHERS: Describe a time when you were afraid of conflict, but entered into it anyways. How was that experience for you? What went well? What do you wish would have gone differently?
- TAKE ACTION: Is there any particular project, task, or conversation that you are procrastinating on right now? What is causing you to stall? What positive outcomes might surface if you were to tackle that this week?


Daisy Hunting Air Pistol
It is a compact but a resourceful pistol that you can have for small game hunting and a number of other purposes. It is a CO2 powered semi-automatic type of a gun, which has great potential to do the best job in this category of guns. Apart from the pellets, the BB ammunition can also be used in the cannon. The main attraction of this equipment is its smooth and sturdy bore steel barrel which mimics a real gun with very close approximation. The built in magazine will allow you 21 BB shots. The speed of shooting is measured in Feet Per Second (FPS) and this one can shoot at 500 FPS. It comes with a useful kit as well and the major things included in the package are 3 x CO2 cylinders, shooting glasses and BB tube. For compact gun lovers, this is a great option to consider for buying. The price is amazingly low and you really wouldn’t have any second thoughts in purchasing this pistol.
Crosman American Classic Pump Air Pistol
This is really an amazing product in terms of its style and feel. It is a cowboy type of an air pistol with a relatively wrong barrel as compared with the standard pistols that we usually come across. It is a .177 caliber pneumatic air gun. The equipment is fairly easy to use with its single action bolt feature which ensures easier cocking and the loading of the gun. The shooting velocity is reasonably good to be at 600 FPS. It comes with an adjustable rear sight or open sights with a fixed blade front. The weight of the gun is 32 oz, which is ideal for cannon having such velocity and will give you comfort in shooting with precision. The length is 13.6 inches which is again something unique, but extremely useful for the shooter. Price is affordable and if the specifications are well within your requirements then it is not bad going for a deal.


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The Effects of Visualization and Guided Imagery in Sports Performance
Ekeocha, Tracy C.
Do visualization and guided imagery enhance an athlete's performance? If so, how does this performance compare to that of an athlete who does not practice visualization and guided imagery? Past studies have shown proof of sports visualization exercises being beneficial to performance in sports. Though there is proof in these studies of positive effects, it is still not a common method implemented among athletes in training. Could this be because the effects are not reliable or valid? If the exercises are reliable, why are they not being implemented more among athletes? The purpose of this study is to provide more support that guided imagery and visualization are effective when used as a method to enhance sporting performance.
Imagery, Visualization, Performance
Ekeocha, T. C. (2015). <i>The effects of visualization and guided imagery in sports performance</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.


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Puppies on Planes
Puppies on planes are as safe as you or I flying. I have shipped dogs for more than 30 years now. I always try to ship direct non stop when flying puppies and adults. In my experience and opinion, my puppies are very comfortable and the new owners tell me that their new puppy has arrived happy and not at all stressed.
All puppies are flown with ice water, bedding and food attached to their crate if needed.
NO drugs or tranquilizers are given as they are NOT needed. It is dangerous to do so.
Shipping varies, but here in the USA I prefer to use United Airlines. They are wonderful with animals and have new planes with compartments made especially for kittens, puppies, birds, insects, etc.
Shipping requires more paperwork, Health Certificate in the U.S., shipping outside of the US requires USDA paperwork and stamps and also many times a Rabies vaccination no earlier than 12 weeks of age, and the rabies vaccine must be 30 days old in the puppy before the puppy can be shipped into a new country.
Delta Dash and American Airlines also can ship animals via cargo too.
When shipping overseas to Denmark, Germany or countries in Asia, for example shipping costs can go from $550 easily to $2,500 and more depending on flight, and agents that are needed to handle the dog and possible quarantines. If you are contacting me via a country outside the US, please contact your embassy and find out what your countries shipping requirements are.

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Best chewing fun quality: the high-quality, especially delicious chicken chanterelles are freshly prepared with pure meat - without added sugar, soy, wheat, egg, dairy and meat flour products. A fun animal treat snack that is sure to please your darling!
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In more than four decades of covering elections across four different states, half of those in Nevada, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like the results this past week in the Republican primary for Congressional District 4, which covers the southern half of rural Nevada and a chunk of Clark County, where most of the district’s voters reside.
Yes, Crescent Hardy won the right to advance to the general election against incumbent Steven Horsford, capturing nearly 43 percent of the votes cast, besting Niger Innis’ 33 percent. But — as reported in this week’s newspaper column, available online at The Ely Times and the Elko Daily Free Press — how to explain how Mike Monroe picked up 22 percent of the votes cast?
Monroe is a cipher. He did not campaign. He raised and apparently spent no money. He did not debate. He did not go door to door. He gave no media interviews. Few have even seen a photo of him.
Conservative pundit Chuck Muth dismissed it as just a protest vote, since voters did not have a choice of “None of these candidates” as they do in statewide races. He called the Monroe vote “a ‘pox on both your houses’ vote, not a vote for an unknown candidate.”
But if so, why did Monroe get 22 percent of the vote, while Carlos Poliak, who at least submitted his photo and information about himself to the press, garnered only 2 percent? Poliak got 523 votes to Monroe’s 5,392.
Liberal pundits scoffed at the very notion anything possibly be wrong with the ballot count.
But Roger Johnston, head of the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory, reports electronic voting machines can be easily hacked by someone with a $26 remote control device and knowledge of high school science.
Blogger Brad Friedman remarks, “The voting machine still used across the Silver State — the horrible, hackable, failure-prone Sequoia AVC Edge touch-screen voting machines with VeriVote “paper trail” printer add-on — has a storied history.”
Might fraud or even a bug in the software explain why Monroe won the race in White Pine and Esmeralda counties. He had only two votes fewer than Innis in Lyon County. He had more votes than Hardy in Mineral County.
Innis concedes he lost the primary to Hardy, but said he plans to ask the secretary of state, the office in charge of election integrity, to audit the returns.
“Was it computer error? Was it a glitch in the system? We don’t know,” Innis said in a press release. “But I believe until we investigate, until Secretary of State (Ross) Miller investigates, we won’t know the reason for Mr. Monroe getting 22 per cent of the vote. And believe me, there is a reason out there somewhere. We just have to work together to find it.”
Or is this what happens when less than 20 percent of the state’s voters bother to go to the polls? Actually, in White Pine County approximately 40 percent of registered Republicans voted and 33 percent of Esmeralda Republicans turned out — yet Monroe won both.
Nevadans have made some odd election picks before, but this is most curious. Be careful who you cast a protest vote for, because you might have to live with him as your congressman for two years. And be sure and read the printout on your voting machine.


WASHINGTON – President Bush yesterday threw his “full support” behind embattled Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld amid an escalating campaign by some retired generals to force out their ex-boss.
“Secretary Rumsfeld’s energetic and steady leadership is exactly what is needed at this critical period. He has my full support and deepest appreciation,” Bush said in a statement.
He also rebutted charges that “Rummy” rides roughshod over military brass, saying, “I have seen first-hand how Don relies upon our military commanders in the field and at the Pentagon to make decisions.”
The surprise statement of emphatic support, issued while Bush was spending Easter weekend at Camp David, was a bid to put the kibosh on the highly unusual public revolt by retired generals – six so far.
Rumsfeld has locked horns with some subordinates over Iraq strategy and what critics see as inadequate forces and planning – and over his plans to remake and streamline the military, which has particularly upset some in the Army.


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Support for Sask. Party slipping: poll
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall talks to members of the media in Regina, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (Jennifer Graham / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Published Thursday, April 20, 2017 1:04PM CST
Support for the Saskatchewan Party is dropping, according to a new poll conducted by Insightrix Research.
Just over 800 people were asked in an online poll who they would vote for if a provincial election were held today.
Forty-four per cent of those decided said they would vote for the Sask. Party. That's the lowest level of support for the party since Insightrix began polling eight years ago, and a significant drop from the 62 per cent support the party had in the last general election.
Forty per cent of respondents said they would vote for the NDP. The poll was conducted between April 11 and 13.
In a statement Thursday, Premier Brad Wall said tough decisions were made in last month’s provincial budget to get the budget back to balance.
“We knew the budget would be unpopular and said so prior to its introduction,” Wall said. “This budget was not about trying to win popularity, but rather to do what is best for the province’s finances and economy.”


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I have just returned from an amazing trip to Myanmar/Burma with several friends. This is a country that is ready to explode with tourists. They have doubled their American tourists in the past 2 years and you could see in each city changes that are occurring. Before I begin to talk about the country and its people a few house keeping notes.
First we organized our own tour with the help of Country Holidays, a travel company out of Singapore, http://www.countryholidays.com.sg. This is the 2nd time we have engaged Country Holiday to assist in Asian travels and I must tell everyone, they once again organized an over the top trip.
We departed from Singapore for Yangon for our first night. We were met by our guide and ventured out to the Gem Museum to see all the fine stones that are found in the mines of Myanmar. A couple of the ladies did buy pearl earrings and one purchased a beautiful ring. The prices were very good and everyone loved the opportunity to negoiate for the best price available. (Dr. Khin at May Mon Jewels was a great help, be sure to stop by her booth.)
We continued on a quick over view tour of the city and headed to lunch at Monsoon Restaurant for our first real Myanmar food. On the way to our hotel, The Governors Residence, we stopped for a tour of the old grand hotel of the city, The Strand Hotel. It was lovely and I am sure it was the best in its day. However, I vote for our hotel with a beautiful pool and large cool rooms in a garden setting.
We dropped our things off at the hotel and had a rest before heading out to the most unbeliveable spiritual Shwedagon Pagoda. It is hard to describe the energy you felt as you walk through this massive structure. There were hundreds of families sharing moments in their own special way, some in celebration of young men going to expereince monk hood, others celebrating a passing life. You will need to remove your shoes at every pagoda so having bare feet is something you will get use to as you venture through this country. After we watched the sunset from the high walls of the pagoda we ventured back to the hotel where we ate dinner and got to bed early. Most of the flights in Myanmar will depart early,
We boarded our 6 am flight to Mandalay after only one day in Yangon. Arriving in Mandalay we were met by our new guide and headed out to see a few of the temples along the way. We stopped in Palelk to visit the snake temple. Yes there are real snakes wrapped around the budha’s neck and arm. They seem to be very happy protecting the place, and were well taken care of. There are over 300 lesser know temples some of them now grown over by trees and vegetation. We wandered through the area and visited a fabric weaving project and wonderful small village along the river.
We stayed at The Sedona Hotel, a large modern structure across from the old kings palace. We dropped our luggage and went to lunch behind the hotel at a restaurant called “Unique”, good local food. Then out to Kuthodaw Pagoda where you experience over 700 individual structures housing 729 marble stone slabs with the entire Buddhist scriptures reproduced page for page.
We then went to watch the process of making gold leaf, and visit a couple of local work shops, wood carvers making masks and puppets. Our guide No Nyan Lwin: firstname.lastname@example.org was so patient as we shopped in the markets and asked many questions about how these temples and structures wee built. We did a quick stop at one of the holiest pagodas, Mohamuni Pagoda before heading out to watch the sunset as we walked across the U Being Bridge, the longest teak bridge in the world. What a way to finish the day.
We had a simple dinner in the hotel and went to bed early since we had to get up early for a short cruise on the Ayeyarwady River. We boarded our wooden boat for a cruise to visit Mingus. When we pulled into where the boat would be held while we walked through the area we were met by carts drawn by cows/bulls, their taxi service.
There are ladies and kids running after you trying to sell you beads, cotton pants and hats. If you do decide to buy something, remember the price they ask is about half of what you are going to end up paying. As you walk through the ruins in this area you will realize that the king of this time, 1790, wanted to have everything be created to be the biggest. You will see the world’s largest working bell. Then walk a short distance to see Bodawpaya’s pagoda, at first it appears to be a huge pile of bricks, 330ft, There is a story that the tooth of the Buddha was a gift to the king and he had this pagoda built to house it. It was really never finished and then an earthquake struck and caused a lot of damage. Close to the other memorable sights sits the Hsinbyume Pagoda, worth the climb up the flight of white stairs. We jumped on one of the cow drawn carts and headed back to the boat for lunch and a two hour cruise to AVA.
When we arrived on the river banks of AVA we boarded horse drawn carts to travel on the dirt roads through the country side and visit many ancient temples. Then our driver pick us up and on the way back to the hotel we had a stop at “The Phaung Daw Oo School and Orphanage—www.phaungdawoo.org—. This was a very special moment in our day. The school houses kids that attend school during the year and then stay during the vacation since many of their families live to far away. Plus they have an orphanage for children that have no family. We gave them things for the school and visited with the staff. Before we left we pooled a small amount of cash as a donation. If you are in the area try to stop for a visit.
Up early for a flight to Bagan, we were the only 4 people on the flight with a whole crew. It was very hot upon our arrival, about 100, after a short drive and visit to two beautiful temples, Ananda and Gubyaukgyi we arrived under a huge tree and were treated to a fun picnic of local food. They had large umbrella protecting us from the sun and lovely dishes to share. Then off to our hotel, ” Aubeum Palace, Jasmine Villa” for a dip in the infinity pool and a rest before an early evening tour in horse drawn carts. We ended by climbing the Pyathagyi Pagoda to watch the sunset. There were two restaurants at the hotel so we just rested and enjoyed local fare at the hotel.
Up early for a magical hot air balloon ride over old Bagan and back at the hotel by 8:30 for breakfast. (Be sure to go on the hot air balloons it was wonderful)!!!
We ventured out to visit the local markets in Pakokku, it was about an hour away but great people watching and huge array of food and products all being sold to locals. We were the only Americans that we saw. On the way back we stopped at a place called “Queen”, it was along the highway but a great find. The entire lunch was about $15 for the 4 of us including fruit drinks. Be sure to allow yourself time to rest during the heat of the day. Then at sunset we went on a river cruise along the Ayeyarwady River, enjoyed all the river traffic and watched the sunset with a backdrop of many stupa’s and pagodas.
Next day we flew to Inle Lake and the cool air of a region about 3000 feet above sea level. We arrived at Heho airport and our driver pick us up and we headed out to a huge local market in the town of Nyaung Shwe. It is called the 5 day market because it rotates cities and only is back in this village in 5 days, so the selection of food to buy and fresh fruits and vegetables, fish and home products was over whelming. When we left we made a stop at the Yan Pyay monastery, where the young monks were having lunch and we watched them looking at their cell phones and chatting. It was a wonderful stop and the small temple next door had many little shrines dedicated to visitors from around the world.
Off to lunch at a local restaurant called “Viewpoint Lodge” located along one of the many canals. The lunch was one of the most interesting selections of local fare, served on small plates. They also had rooms to rent and the location next to the new bridge being built was fun people watching.
After lunch we boarded long boats for our 45 minute ride to our hotel “Villa Inle Resort”, our bags had gone ahead and were waiting for us upon our arrival. The lake is about 60 square mile lake. The trip was a wonderful snarl of weeds, fishermen rowing their wooden boats with one leg wrapped around the paddle. Our hotel was located on the banks of the lake about 36 individual cabins with every detail taken care of. We all headed tot he spa, I enjoyed a great 90 minute massage for $50.00 and went back the next day for another.
We had dinner at the hotel dining room since there is no place to go, they had a nice menu and a simple wine list but good values.
The next morning we were picked up early, stepped into our wooden boat and headed to tour the floating gardens. These gardens, called Kyunpaw are cultivated from boats, usually by the women. We saw rows of tomatoes, beans and cucumbers but they grow crops year round and these are another good source of income for the Intha people. The men are fishermen rowing their slender boats through the water with one leg wrapped around the ore their eyes looking for any movement so they can drop their nets.
When we left the floating gardens we headed out across the lake to visit Phaungdaw U Pagoda and our boat driver worked our little boat through narrow channels. We passed several other hotels along the lake, Paradise Resort was over the water and we also saw a lovely resort, Ana Heritage. Both were more centrally located but we liked our place on solid ground.
It was time for lunch and our guide had reserved at “Inthar Heritage House” we had a great lunch and spent time enjoying the beautiful Burmese cats that are being breed here. This area is home to the Pa O Village people, they are very proud weavers, and have a big factory making cheroot cigars.
The last morning we were picked up early by our boat and guide hades to the boat launch and off to catch our plane. We flew to Yangon to connect to our flight back to Singapore. Since we and several hours in Yangon we had a driver take us to lunch at Padonmar Restaurant for our last feast on local food.
Back at the airport waited for our departure to Singapore, loaded with all our treasures and memories.


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Questions from children on Sex is always difficult to answer.
In addition , if they happen to be innocent,one becomes awkward.
An anonymous middle school teacher set up a box for students to submit note cards with questions they felt too embarrassed to ask in class. According to the teacher, nearly all the questions are about sex. Rather than keep these pearls of insight into the middle schooler brain stashed away, the teacher started the Tumblr page.
After flipping through the gallery, do you at least feel a smidgen better about your own awkward years? Or maybe you’re just relieved teachers didn’t have Tumblr back in the day.

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Louisiana Deputy Shot And Killed
A Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy who was shot Wednesday (June 22) during a pedestrian stop in Harvey has died.
NOPD Chief Michael Harrison said the officer was pronounced dead at University Medical Center. JPSO later confirmed the deputy had died.
The officer was shot at about 12:21 p.m. near the intersection of Manhattan Boulevard and Ascot Road, Fortunato said. He said the shooting happened during a “pedestrian stop.”
He said the suspect then ran away into the Pebble Walk neighborhood, Fortunato said. Investigators are questioning “several people,” he said, but at this point “can’t say for certain the people we have stopped, that one of them is the shooter.”


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Propagated by cuttings. Direct seeding not recommended due to severe seed predation. Plant at 100-150 trees/ha. Seedlings need shade until 1.5 m height then gradually introduce to more sunlight. Require full sunlight when they reach 3-4 m height. Beneficial mycorrhizal association which can be established with forest soils to help promote growth, and increase tolerance to drought, high soil temperatures, soil toxicity (organic and inorganic), and extremely low soil pH. Grows best on deep loamy soils with a mean annual rainfall of 3300 mm and no dry season. Tree growth is moderately fast and trees reach 40-50 m in 50 years. Natural regeneration in the forest is robust but enrichment planting may be necessary. Resin can be harvested starting at 15-50 years and continue for 30 years. Tree rotation is approximately 50 years due to reduced photosynthetic and metabolic capacity if regular tapped by this age. Tree density of 100 trees/ha has an estimated resin production of 48 t/ ha per year.
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Wood is used as plywood and veneer and its resin is used in paints and varnishes, in the linoleum industry, pharmaceuticals, cosmetic products, and as a food additive. Traditionally, the resin has been used for torches, caulking boats and baskets, and coloring batik. About 20 years after planting, it can become the main source of income and can last 40-50 years (depending on the intensity of tapping).
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This enterprising book, written in the spirit of William James, urges our appreciation of the intensely personal character of spiritual transcendence. Phil Oliver's work has important implications for specialists concerned with the Jamesian concept of "pure experience," and it illuminates significant interdisciplinary ties among philosophy, literature, and other intellectual domains.
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Pt. 3. James and Mysticism. For an Engaged Reading : William James and the Varieties of Postmodern Religious Experience / Grace M. Jantzen ; Asian Religions and Mysticism : The Legacy of William James in the Study of Religions / Richard King ; James and Freud on Mysticism / Robert A. Segal ; Mystical Assessments : Jamesian Reflections on Spiritual Judgments. [REVIEW]G. William Barnard - 2005 - In Jeremy R. Carrette (ed.), William James and the Varieties of Religious Experience: A Centenary Celebration. Routledge.
Review: H.G. Callaway (Ed.) James, A Pluralistic Universe by William James. [REVIEW]Phil Oliver - 2009 - Newsletter of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy 37 (108).
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Manchester United and Man City have continued their pursuit of French wonderkid Lucien Agoumé, according to reports in his homeland.
Previously dubbed the ‘new Paul Pogba’ by Italian media, the 17-year-old is starring in Ligue 2 already having made seven starts since his debut back in October at just 16.
Struggling against relegation, Sochaux have turned to the youngster as they try to get out of trouble near the bottom of the table.
The midfielder is contracted at his current club until the summer of 2020 so with a year to go on his contract he’s is in a prime position to be picked up.
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On a recent episode of the Deliciously Ella podcast, Dr. Spector points to a study a 2018 study published by the American Society for Microbiology. After looking at 11,000 people's gut microbes and their corresponding eating questionnaires, the team of researchers learned an invaluable lesson about gut health. "It turned out that people who had the healthiest guts, which is generally the most diverse guts, were the people eating more than 30 different types of plant in a week," says Dr. Spector.
- Tim Spector, MD, medical doctor and professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London
At first blush, a triple-digit quantity of plants sounds like a lot, but Dr. Spector explains that it's easier than you think. "People forget what a plant is. A plant can be a nut, a seed, a grain. It can be an herb, a spice. So it's actually not that hard as long as you don't have the same thing every day. That diversity was much more important than if you were vegan or vegetarian or meat-eater," he says. So if you eat nut butter and whole grain toast for breakfast, followed by a salad at lunch, and some cauliflower pizza for dinner, you've checked off nearly a dozen of your vegetables in less than 24 hours.
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Fall Preparations for Cow Herds
contributed article by Dr. Vince Collison, Collison Embryo and Veterinary Services,
Rockwell City, Iowa
As we move into fall and winter it’s time to review and expand on a few things from prior articles.
Tracking Calving Windows
If you want to use ultrasound for pregnancy checking, the window for accurately measuring fetal age is from 30 to 120 days of pregnancy. This is probably one of the best tools available for managing calving or marketing breds. We will have producers who tag cows with a different color-coded tag for each designated time frame for calving. Usually this is just a blank feedlot tag, using three to four different colors. The intervals are broken up by two to three weeks each depending on the producer’s preference.
We have one producer who will use a different colored zip tie around the neck of the permanent numbered tag. This zip tie is cinched down tight, and the tail cut off closely so as to not catch on anything and tear out the tag. This will save putting another hole in the cow’s ear and the colored zip ties are fairly easy to see.
This program makes sorting a lot easier, but we still like to have the producer keep a record of the fetal age, so they have a precise record of when the cow is due. If you’re selling bred heifers, having this information can help you in the marketing of them.
If your herd has cows that need DNA samples collected for parentage, genomics or genetic defect testing, pregnancy checking is a great time to collect these samples. Most of these tests take some time to run and by doing it now, you will have results well in advance of any future breeding decisions that need to be made next spring.
If you have the ability to feed cows in separate groups, body condition score cows at the time you preg check. If you feed first calf heifers separately, you can also feed the thinner cows with them so they can compete better and get access to more feed.
Administering Vitamin A
With the current drought much of the Midwest is experiencing, you can expect that the vitamin A content in harvested forages and grazed pastures may be lowered. If you feed a total mixed ration in the fall or winter, you may consider adding a vitamin A pack to the ration. This can be done very cheaply per head and works very well.
The other possibility is to use some form of injectable vitamin A product. This also works very well and will provide enough vitamin A to store in the liver for three to four months. The downside of injecting vitamin A is that reactions are fairly common, especially if given at the time other vaccinations are done.
If giving at the same time as other vaccinations, it is best to give vitamin A on one side of the neck and give other vaccinations on the opposite side. Most of these reactions are transient and not fatal, but I have talked to producers who have lost cows after using the injection. It would be prudent to keep epinephrine on hand when injecting vitamin A.
As cows are kicked out on stalks, be sure their protein needs are being met. This can be done with protein tubs, lick tanks or other means. The main role of protein is to feed the bacteria in the rumen that break down the cellulose in forage to make it digestible.
The other role of protein is to increase intake of forages. Studies have shown that cows consuming a diet at 5 percent protein will consume about 1.6 percent of their body weight, whereas cows consuming a diet at 7 percent protein will consume 2.3 percent of their body weight.
Protein is also critical for fetal programing and restriction will adversely affect the fetus affecting its epigenome. When fetal programing is affected in a negative way, it will cause issues that will affect the calf after birth. Replacement heifers that have had optimal fetal programing will produce better and stay in the herd longer. Also, calves born to cows that are restricted on energy and protein can have increased morbidity and mortality. Some of these problems can be attributed to lower birth weights.
Another good source of protein is raw soybeans. If there are harvested soybean fields adjacent to the stalk field, cows can benefit from gleaning the soybean stubble. There are also oils in the raw soybean that will help to develop brown fat in the calf prior to birth. Brown fat is a primary energy source for newborn calves and can help to increase viability and the calf’s ability to deal with stress at birth such as inclement weather and colder temperatures.
Processing of soybeans affects the oil in a way that it will not develop brown fat in the calf in the same way that the raw soybeans will. Years ago, I actually had a client that was having issues with calf viability at birth and the next year he fed his cows 1 pound of soybeans per cow starting one month prior to calving. The results he reported were very good. Calf viability was greatly improved. He stated that if he didn’t get the calf tagged shortly after birth, he was having trouble getting the calf caught to tag.
These are just a few of the many things to think about as we get closer to winter, but we feel these topics are high on the priority list and can make a big difference when calving starts.
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a critical tool for many New York families. This federal program provides health insurance funding for 350,000 children in our state through New York’s Child Health Plus Program. Over the past twenty years, the program has provided check-ups, prescriptions and hospital care to low- to moderate-income children. However, without Congressional action the program is projected to run out of funding in March, and this is unacceptable.
This past November, I supported a bill that passed the House of Representatives to re-authorize the program for five years. The legislation provided the necessary funding and long-term certainty for families which utilize the CHIP program. The re-authorization also included funding for community health centers which are vital for providing primary care in rural and urban parts of our state.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, passing a re-authorization will save taxpayers’ money. Without CHIP, the alternatives for those currently utilizing the program to find healthcare services for their children would cost more than the coverage of CHIP. So, in addition to CHIP being an effective and necessary program for children and their families, it also makes long-term budgetary sense.
This week, I expect a long-term re-authorization of the CHIP program to be added to the continuing resolution funding agreement. Please contact my office or check our website for further updates on this important issue.


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American socialites used to be listed in the Social Register. It was a list of names and addresses of the people who were thought to be more socially acceptable in the socially important families in the 19th century. In 1886, Louis Keller had the idea of combining these lists and selling them. Mr. Keller had great success. By 1918 there were 18 yearly volumes that covered 26 cities.
The term includes many people who are "famous because they are famous". These people are not famous because of something they have done. They are famous most often because of which family they are a member of and/or how they are talked about by the media.
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