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California's camping season is on the horizon. Warmer temperatures and longer days signal time spent in the outdoors, stargazing, roasting marshmallows, searching for lost tent pegs and wondering how that rock materialized under your sleeping bag.
Sadly, choices for campsites among California's popular state parks are steadily decreasing, making a carefree and inexpensive activity much more difficult. Budget-strapped California is slated to close 70 of its 278 state parks by July, for a savings of several million dollars a year.
State park camping is part of my family's collective memory — quiet strolls to look for clamshell fossils in the sedimentary layers at Portola; wading in the creek and listening to fog dripping from redwood trees, beating a tap-tap on our tent at Samuel P. Taylor; and walking through a cathedral of towering trees to hidden beaches at Del Norte Redwoods. It's hard to imagine experiences like these closed off to future campers. They're just too good to allow them to slip away.
Though camping at many state parks will be business as usual, some of the parks in jeopardy are already limiting their options for campers. While last-minute negotiations could eventually save 35 of the 70 parks, the next two months may be the last chance to pitch your tent or park your RV and revel in the natural beauty of a number of threatened California parks, including the 10 we profile here. So choose your site and head out — under the redwoods, along rivers and lakes and in desert landscapes.
In Humboldt County, Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park is a 430-acre, lush green park dominated by coastal redwoods and the flowing waters of the Van Duzen River. The quiet habitat invites various bird species, including the endangered marbled murrelet, as well as deer, bobcats and river otters. Cheatham Grove boasts 300-foot redwoods with an understory of wild ginger, trillium, calypso orchids and Douglas iris. The waters of the Van Duzen and Grizzly Creek are popular spots to swim, fish and kayak. Grizzly Creek campground is bordered by redwoods and the river, with several hiking trails nearby.
Farther south in Mendocino County, Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area sits on the south fork of the Eel River, known as the "gateway to tall trees country." The park is home to the 1,200-year-old Miles Standish redwood and a mixed forest of Douglas fir, oak, alder, madrone and buckeye. The river cuts through the park for two miles with excellent fishing spots and deep pools for swimming, while 10 miles of hiking trails wind through steep canyon bluffs, second-growth forest and pockets of old-growth redwoods. Two campgrounds offer wooded and riverfront sites for family camping.
Portola Redwoods State Park in San Mateo County is off the beaten track in a rugged, natural basin thick with coast redwoods, Douglas fir and live oaks and a deep canyon bisected by Pescadero and Peters creeks. Hikes along 18 miles of trails lead to the pools and cascades of Tiptoe Falls; dense forest that combines bay laurel and tan oak with huckleberry, redwood sorrel and native ceonothus; and canyon walls that reveal evidence of marine deposits from a former under-ocean landscape. The campground sits beneath a forest canopy home to various bird species, blacktail deer, coyote, raccoon and bright yellow banana slugs.
Four huge kilns deep within the forest of Big Sur give Limekiln State Park, in Monterey County, its name and focal point. Within its 716 acres, the Santa Lucia Mountains meet the Pacific Ocean, amid redwoods, fern-lined trails and Limekiln Creek. The dense forest welcomes more than 200 species of birds, including the California condor that glides above its canyon. The creek's year-round water provides habitat for bobcats, deer, ring-tailed cats and foxes, while sea otters search kelp beds offshore. Fern-lined trails lead to the limekilns and a fan-shaped 100-foot waterfall. Three camping areas offer wooded sites along the creek and ocean-view sites on the beach.
McConnell State Recreation Area sits on the banks of the Merced River in Merced County, a perfect location for water recreation and river-side camping. Towering cottonwoods and sycamores, valley oaks, box elders and elms create a shady oasis for campers and picnickers, along with resident valley quail, muskrat, weasel and hawks. The easy-flowing river attracts river-waders, swimmers, rafters and anglers after black bass, catfish and perch. There are grassy fields for playing and a picnic area that overlooks a wide, sandy beach. The well-developed, shady campground contains tables, food lockers, rock fireplaces and hibachi-style grills.
In Stanislaus County, Turlock Lake State Recreation Area sits nestled in the rolling foothills between Turlock Lake and the Tuolumne River. The grassy hills are dotted with oaks, cottonwoods, sycamore and willows for shade, while a wide variety of riparian plants line the river, creating habitat for more than 100 species of birds. The 26 miles of Lake Turlock shoreline make this a popular spot to swim, fish, boat and water ski. The secluded campground sits between a bluff and the shady side of the river, one mile from the lake. Its setting and dense blackberry bushes make this a popular camping destination.
Brannan Island State Recreation Area, in Sacramento County, is the gateway to the maze of 700 miles of rivers and river channels, marshes, levees and sloughs that makes up the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta. The park contains numerous islands and marshes with a number of wildlife habitats for heron, river otter and turtle. Its riparian landscape of scrub, willow, oak, alder, pine and cottonwood is home to several rare plants and dozens of bird species. This is a popular destination for picnicking, swimming, boating and fishing for striped bass, bullhead and bluegill. Camping options offer family, walk-in and boat-in sites.
On the California side of the Colorado River, Imperial County's Picacho State Recreation Area is a remote site with a diverse desert landscape and complex geology that includes a volcanic outcropping at Picacho Peak. In spring, the park bursts into acres of wildflower profusion, including blossoming beavertail cactus and ocotillo, amid desert ironwood, palo verde, mesquite, cottonwood and mesquite trees. Bighorn sheep, coyote, bobcat and wild burros make their homes here, while thousands of migratory waterfowl pass through. The peaceful Colorado River welcomes all type of water recreation, while campers can choose from the main campground or walk-in and boat-in sites, supplied with solar showers.
Salton Sea State Recreation Area, in Riverside County, covers 14 miles of the northeastern shore of one of the world's largest inland seas and lowest spots, 227 feet below sea level. This arresting landscape includes desert scrub, creosote bush, fan palm and desert saltbrush. Tamarisk, cottonwood and willow grow alongside the area's freshwater streams. The area attracts boaters, bird-watchers, campers and anglers on the prowl for tilapia. Several campgrounds vary in services from developed to primitive. Salt Creek Beach has beach sites, Mecca Beach has easy beach access and Headquarters Camp is near the Visitor Center.
In Los Angeles County, Saddleback Butte State Recreation Area sits atop a granite mountaintop, high above the alluvial plain of Antelope Valley. At the western edge of the Mojave Desert, the 3,000-acre park protects the solitary butte and the oddly shaped Joshua trees scattered across the high desert landscape and boasts vivid spring wildflower displays. Its habitat provides homes for coyote, kit fox, rabbit, snake, lizard, desert tortoise and the dangerous Mojave green rattlesnake. Hiking trails climb the 3,651-foot peak, and a self-guided nature trail focuses on the natural history of the park and area. Campground sites offer shade ramadas.
National Park Service rangers will pitch in at Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, giving a one-year reprieve to this park near Crescent City that combines old-growth redwoods and eight miles of wild coastline within its 6,400 acres. Throw in a mixed forest of spruce, fir and alder; a rich understory of madrones, maples, bays, giant ferns, wild rhododendrons and lush mosses and isolated beaches, and it's no surprise that this park is a designated World Heritage Site and Biosphere Preserve. Damnation Trail takes hikers through a tropical rain forest experience to a hidden rocky beach, and Mill Creek campground offers quiet, private, well-sized campsites surrounded by dense greenery and a burbling creek in a peaceful, beautiful setting.
In Santa Clara County, where 87,000 acres of mostly undeveloped wilderness were set aside for Henry W. Coe State Park, a three-year agreement was reached between the state and a new nonprofit group, the Coe Park Preservation Fund. Here the landscape alternates between open mountain ridges and steep canyons; grassland and chaparral in scenic hills; and riparian habitats along creeks. The open countryside bursts into wonderful spring wildflower displays, while a combination of live and blue oaks and big berry manzanita provide shade. With its 250 miles of trails and many small lakes, this park is popular with hikers, bikers, backpackers and anglers willing to hike to its remote lakes. Ridge-top Coe Ranch Campground offers fantastic views, with shade provided by shady oaks or shade ramadas.
Also originally part of the July closure list, Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Marin County will remain open through an agreement signed between California State Parks and the National Park Service, making it another of the lucky ones. Into the summer and beyond, Camp Taylor fans will be able to roam shady canyons, verdant with coastal redwoods, live oak, Douglas fir, madrone and laurel, listening to the tumbling waters of Lagunitas Creek and sampling the chilly water of its swimming hole. On the open grasslands, they'll watch raptors soar and gaze out to the surrounding hills. They'll hike the Pioneer Tree Trail, picnic in cathedral-like redwood groves and camp in beautiful campsites.
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Sites IN JEOPARDY
These 10 California state parks, and their campsites, are scheduled to shut down. Here's how to book a site in the final months. Some sites are reservation only; others are first come, first served. Because the closure situation is changing rapidly, state parks officials recommend that you check the state website, www.parks.ca.gov, and the reservations site, www.ReserveAmerica.com, for details on availability and booking before hitting the road.
Brannan Island State Recreation Area: 17645 Highway 160, Rio Vista, 916-777-6671. Standard campsites, $24-$50/night, Friday-Sunday only.
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park: 16949 Highway 36, Carlotta, 707-777-3683. Standard campsites, $35/night.
Limekiln State Park: 63025 Highway 1, Big Sur, 831-667-2403. Standard campsites, $35/night.
McConnell State Recreation Area: 8800 McConnell Road, Ballico, 209-394-7755. Standard campsites. $25/night.
Picacho State Recreation Area: Winterhaven, 760-996-2963. Primitive campsites, $10-$15/night.
Portola Redwoods State Park: 9000 Portola State Park Road, La Honda, 10 miles off Highway 35, 650-948-9098. Standard campsites, $35/night.
Saddleback Butte State Park: 43230 172nd St., East Lancaster, 661-946-6092. Standard campsites, $20/night.
Salton Sea State Recreation Area: 100-225 State Park Road, North Shore, 760-393-3052. Standard campsites at Headquarters Camp, Mecca Beach, Salt Creek and Corvina Beach campgrounds, $15-$30/night.
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area: 69350 Highway 101, Leggett, 707-925-6482. Standard campsites, in Hickey and Rock Creek campgrounds, $35/night.
Turlock Lake State Recreation Area: 22600 Lake Road, La Grange, 209-874-2056. Standard campsites, $30/night.
CAMPSITES Staying open
These three parks and their campgrounds have won reprieves. Here's how to book a campsite:
Henry W. Coe State Park: 9000 E. Dunne Ave., Morgan Hill, 408-779-2728. Coe Ranch Campground has 27 primitive sites, $20/night, available by reservation through ReserveAmerica.com.
Del Norte Coast Redwood State Park: 7 miles south of Crescent City on Highway 101, 707-465-2146. Mill Creek Campground has 143 campsites, $35/ night, available by reservation from May 25 through ReserveAmerica.com.
Samuel P. Taylor State Park: 8889 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Lagunitas, 415-488-9897. There are 76 campsites, $35/night, available by reservation through ReserveAmerica.com
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BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY
(1875- 1917)
Clay and Shelby County, Alabama
Dr. Orlando E. Black was a young physician of merit and promise located at Wilsonville He was born April 16, 1875, at Harlan, Clay county, Ala. He was reared on a farm and attended the common schools of his county when a boy, later entered and graduated from Ashland college, attended the Birmingham Medical college for two years, and graduated from the medical department of the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., in 1900. He located at Wilsonville, Feb. 15, 1901, where he had a good practice.
On Oct. 29, 1902, he was married to Johnie May Densler, daughter of John E. Densler and Sarah Arthur Densler, deceased. Mrs. Black was born at Wilsonville, Feb. 1, 1880. To this marriage was born one son by 1904, Densler Black, Oct. 5, 1903.
The paternal grandfather of Mr. Black, George Walker Black, was born in 1817, in Elbert county, Ga., being one of the pioneer settlers. He died in Crossville, Ala. He married Jane S. Vernon, who was born in South Carolina in 1814, and died in August, 1901, at Crossville, Alabama.
Shelby County Alabama Pioneers Volume I
William LaFayette Black, son of the above couple and father of Dr. O. E. Black, was born at Goldville, Tallapoosa county, Ala., July 22, 1848, and died at Ashland, Clay county, Sept. 26, 1900. He was reared on a farm, but the last twenty years of his life were spent as a successful merchant at Harlan and Ashland, Clay county. He married Martha Adella Toland, Dec. 10, 1868. She was born March 14, 1848, at Tylersville, Laurens district, S. C. Her father, James Toland, married Mildred A. Street, May 6, 1847. He was born in Laurens district, S. C., June 27, 1816, and died at Oxford, Ala., July 25, 1903, and she was born in Halifax county, Va., Nov. 14, 1827, and died at Bluff Springs, Ala., Jan. 28, 1859. Hugh Toland, father of James Toland, was born in Ireland in 1787 and died May 22, 1864. His father was a cousin of Robert Emmet Toland, engaged in the Irish rebellion, and to escape the fate of his distinguished cousin, fled from Ireland. He bribed the captain of a ship to allow him to remain in the hold of the vessel until it reached American waters. His family had boarded the same ship at Londonderry, and knew nothing of his being on it until they reached their destination. They landed in 1797 at Charleston, S. C., when Hugh Toland was ten years old.
He was married, in 1812, to Mary Langston, daughter of Henry Langston and Sarah (Murphy) Langston. Henry Langston was born June 1, 1761, fought during the Revolutionary war under General Francis Marion, and died Sept. 14, 1845. His wife, who came over from Ireland when a small child, died in 1855. Hugh Toland died in Laurens district, S. C., in 1870.
The maternal great-grandfather of Doctor Black, Hezekiah Street, the father of Mildred A. Street, was born in Pittsylvania county, Va., Nov. 13, 1789, and died Feb. 5, 1865. His wife, Nancy L. Talbot, was born in August, 1804, and died Sept. 1, 1863. They removed to Bluff Springs from Virginia, where Hezekiah Street became one of the wealthiest planters and slave owners of Alabama. His father, David G. Street, was born and lived in Halifax county, Va., but little is known of his life, except that he was a Baptist preacher. He married a Miss Jennings and died in the early part of 1853.
Doctor Black was a Democrat, a member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a Baptist, as were all the members of his family. Mrs. Black was an Episcopalian. Dr. Black passed away Mar. 13, 1917 and is buried in Wilsonville Cemetery, Wilsonville, Shelby County, Alabama.
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The Window's in RMMV are rather interesting. Today we go into the depth of the Window class. First, let's discuss what the window class truly is.
Windows As Sprites
Sprites are containers as we mentioned in a previous post. Since the sprites are containers for bitmaps, the concept works well for Windows. Why? Let's go a bit deeper and talk about the specifics of the backbone of RMMV: Pixi.js.
Pixi.js Sprite Specifics
Pixi.js sprites are the backbone of many of the sprites displayed in RMMV. Now, Pixi.js sprites have some peculiar effects which affect RMMV windows too. Pixi.js sprites can't have bitmaps as children; a sprite can only have another sprite or containers as a child. This is incredibly important; this means you have to compose multiple bitmaps as sprites. Another important specific is that the order in which you add sprites matters; the last sprite added is always on top of the previous ones. Lastly, Pixi.js sprites use textures (equivalent to bitmaps) as the picture contained within the sprite. Keep all of this in mind, because this is what the Window class is; a complex version of a Pixi.js sprite. Now, before we mentioned textures — aka bitmaps, this is another important factor of the Window class.
The Window Content Area
In RMMV, you can show windows with text, icons, perhaps pictures. How does that work? The reason is the window content area. Now, the window content area is a bitmap within the Window class for drawing content inside the created window.
That means you can use any of the bitmap functions on the content area. Things such as drawing text, rectangles, filling it with color, etc. Take a closer look at Window_Base and the Bitmap class in your RMMV help file for more information on those functions. To draw anything within the window or to make new functionality, understand these concepts are key.
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You can add a window as a child of another window or sprite. This means you can control them like any other sprite and position them relative to their parent sprite! Also, because they're the sprite's children, you can control visibility with the parent. Furthermore, the other windows will move with the parent.
You can also add new drawing functions for the content area; you could draw lines, squares, etc. You could also go deeper and use the PIXI.js functions within RPGMakerMV on your windows. Use that to your advantage with the windows you create.
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Episode 56: Debt Limit Flip-Flops, and the ObamaCare Math
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I had a nice conversation with a Twitter follower on the flipping and flopping may Democrats have done on the whole debt limit issue. They were very much against raising it until one of their guys is sitting in the White House. What a difference an administration makes! I was pointed to a quote by Dick Cheney saying that "deficits don't matter" as an example of Republicans changing course as well. But that quote is categorically different than what Democrats are saying today. (And Cheney is not what anyone would really consider a conservative.) (And at the time he said that, I disagreed with him.)
Dave Ramsey recently did a segment on the math of ObamaCare. Never mind the politics of it all (and he certainly lets both conservatives and liberals have it on spouting talking points rather than "original thought"), the math just doesn't work out. Math isn't political; it's just math. If you respect Dave, you should watch the video. Like my podcast, it's less than 10 minutes.
Mentioned links:
My Twitter conversation with Andrew James
Bush Sought 'Way' To Invade Iraq? (source of Cheney quote)
Political Cartoon: Spending, Then and Now (personal blog, "Considerettes", on the Cheney quote)
Dave Ramsey Destroys Obamacare
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My Twitter account is typically used to send out links to interesting stories that come out between episodes. Sometimes those stories wind up as subject matter for the next episode of the podcast. Recently, it turned into a good conversation with Andrew James, whose Twitter user is @OneWhoSeesDimly. And thus comes [tada] the first Twitter feedback! Now yes, others have occasionally tweeted me back before, but this conversation was more along the lines of actual feedback. I'm not dissing those of you who may have replied to a tweet in agreement. It's just that this was something that made for an interesting segment on the show.
I had tweeted a picture of 4 Democrats who were against raising the debt ceiling before they were for it. I had quotes from Nanci Pelosi and Charlie Rangel in 2004, and Harry Reid and Barack Obama in 2006. Obama's quote you would recognize from last episode's Name That Quote segment. Andrew replied with this, "So now the roles have reversed does that really surprise anyone? Dems and GOP play games and America takes the hit. Good times" I replied "While Dems sound like GOP now, GOP has (far as I know) never sounded like Dems do now."
Andrew replied with a link dating back to 2004 when Dick Cheney said that "Regan proved that deficits don't matter." That wasn't in reference to a specific debt ceiling issue, but it is something that matters to conservatives. Indeed I replied that Cheney was wrong, and that he's never been what one would consider "conservative". OK, yes, I did move the goalposts a bit, going from saying that the GOP had not sounded like current Democrats to saying that conservatives didn't sound like that. I should have been more specific the first time, but two things in my defense. One, "GOP" takes less space in the Twitter 140-character limit than does "conservative". And two, Cheney wasn't saying what Democrats are now. He said deficits don't matter. Democrats, led by Obama himself, are now saying that raising the debt limit doesn't increase the debt. Cheney said a rising debt is no big deal. Democrats are saying there is no rising debt. (I guess it's all a game the Matrix is playing with us; there is no spoon. If you've seen the movie, you know what I mean.)
To show that I'd been consistent in this, I noted a post on my personal blog where I said just that, and highlighted it with a political cartoon by (the excellent though unfortunately retired) Chuck Asay. All these links are in the show notes, including the cartoon. Amazing what a difference an administration makes.
Andrew and I closed the conversation on good terms, though I don't think it was ever on bad terms. I appreciated the comment and the follow-up, and so Andrew, thanks so much for your thoughts.
Dave Ramsey is a very popular radio talk show host, specializing in economic issues. Specifically, he concentrates on getting individuals and families out of the crushing weight of debt. In addition to his radio show, he has books like "My Total Money Makeover", his Financial Peace University DVD classes, and even has an organization to do personal financial counseling. He does speaking tours around the United States. He's trusted by millions, because most of them have reduced or removed their debt using his methods.
I say that to say this. When it comes to debt, the federal government could really use a Dave Ramsey intervention. Recently, he discussed an action that the government has taken that will make it harder to stay out of debt for many of us. It's bad enough that the government can't stay out of debt, now it's inflicting it on us. Here are just some excerpts.
[ Excerpts from the above Dave Ramsey video ]
Ya' get the impression that it's all about the math? Not the politics; the math. If you respect Dave Ramsey, I encourage you to head to the show notes where I have the full video of this less-than-10-minute segment. There is so much more he has to say, explaining that these are not just glitches that need to be fixed; they are a foundational problem with ObamaCare.
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Sometimes it feels as though the world is suffocating from a thick need for perfection. Social media is no help – we see the highlight reels of everyone's lives constantly. TV shows, Facebook, Instagram… most of it is very staged and only a rare few will share their mistakes or "low points" with the world. So even when it comes to living and working with other animals, we can feel defeated.
Are we all so perfect? In addition, I wonder why it is so important to be perfect. Honestly, it is exhausting to imagine a life in which I would need to be astounding 24/7 in my social life, work, education, fitness, diet and also with my companion animals. In the end, it is an impossible goal. That shouldn't mean that we don't attempt to reach it, but I also wish that more of us would laugh at the little "mistakes" or quirks that our animals and we ourselves have. Will the world come to an end if your dog or horse does not act perfectly for 10 minutes? Even a day? Or for 4 years? Or for their whole life? What will happen? You will be frustrated?
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Public Art Commission
February 18,2004
Regular Meeting Minutes
Siskiyou Room, 51 Winburn Way 8:15 a.m.
Commissioners Bayard, Benson, Todd, Dvora, Wilkerson, Jorgensen, Jackson (Council liaison), Seltzer (Staff liaison) were present.
Debbie Wolfe
Call to Order
Bayard called the meeting to order at 8:20 a.m. Todd motioned to approve of January meeting minutes, seconded by Benson. Motion passed.
Committee Reports
Committee reports were tabled for a future meeting to allow time to discuss other items on the agenda.
Dvora explained that she is leaving the commission for personal reasons but also expressed frustration with how commissioners work together as a group. Bayard expressed frustration in his leadership role and noted that as a group the PAC voted to focus energies on the short-term goals but that other commissioners are introducing projects not on the list and he is having difficulty keeping the group focused. The addition of other interests divides the focus and the energy of the commission as a whole.
Todd is concerned that there is no real support from the City since there is no financial support. You can't do public art without some souce of funding.
The group discussed focusing the energy on the Calle project and on the Policies and Procedures manual as those are the short-term projects nearest to completion. Todd does not want to back away from the other identified projects. Benson asked why the Calle takes precedence over the McGee memorial. Jackson agrees that PAC should not back away from the Gateway project but that for now the Calle should be the focus. Wilkerson emphasized that we need to be focused on current projects at each meeting.
Suggestions for improving monthly meetings include setting a limited timeline on the agenda for each topic and sticking to the allotted time. It was also suggested that each meeting be devoted to one project to allow time for a full committee discussion.
Bayard reminded the sub-committee to e-mail reports to Seltzer on the Wednesday prior to the upcoming meeting and that Seltzer would e-mail the agenda, reports and minutes by Thursday of the week prior.
The commission agreed to meet in two weeks (March 3) to discuss the presentation for the Council study session on April 7.
Action Items
Dvora to provide an outline on how to incorporate the McGee memorial into the Calle project.
Seltzer to draft an outline of the study session presentation.
Next Meetings
March 3, 2004 (study session work)
March 17, 2004, next regular meeting
Meeting was adjourned at 9:40 a.m.


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When Saturn is conjunct, square or opposite Neptune in the natal chart, it helps to ground the inspirations, dreams and longings into some kind of practical form. The immense creativity, imagination and symbolic life of Neptune is anchored by Saturn into something tangible. However, Saturn can also repress, frustrate and block the inner chaotic world of Neptune, leaving the individual with a feeling of isolation, challenged in their ability to express their aspirations in life.
The combination of these two planets is commonly linked with sacrifice, duty, and suffering from feelings of guilt. Inadequacy and a feeling of depression are common when one cannot live up to their ideals. The planets combine the yearning for higher meaning, unity and connection associated with the watery realm of Neptune, with the forces of separation, boundaries and concrete reality related to Saturn. Sometimes they have a sinking feeling they have lost something precious or irreplaceable. A sense of hopelessness that makes it incredibly hard to connect to a higher source for a spiritual refill.
Neptune has a talent for putting its finger on collective feelings. Poets, artists and writers are all challenged to create something and offer their gifts to the greater whole. We may treat Saturn's influence in the chart as a need to be an authority in some area of life. Saturn-Neptune might be drawn to artistic and creative areas, leaving a lasting achievement in the imaginative realm. Similarly, the individual may feel pulled towards healing and medicine, charity work, or spiritualist matters.
There is always a danger with Saturn-Neptune aspects of drug and alcohol addiction in an attempt to fill a spiritual void. This was stated in Liz Greene's Neptune and the Quest for Redemption. A reliance on alcohol provides a loss of control or escape route from the hard task of responsibility and having to be in control. Saturn conjunct, square, or opposite Neptune can be fearful, anxious, and full of phobias. Saturn-Neptune is commonly known as the "sickness" aspect and so systematic ailments can occur. Tiredness, lack of energy and illness can thwart the individual from achievement. When the type wants to be practical, grounded and realistic they can be lost, undisciplined, and unrealistic. It can cause problems on both a physical and psychological level.
Saturn-Neptune: When these two are in conflict, feelings of separateness and isolation tend to negate one's connection to others and the collective whole of humanity. Often there seems to be an unbridgeable gap between one's dreams and visions and practical reality which may be felt as a gnawing sense of exile: being far from where one belongs and wishes to be. Essentially, this conflict poses a spiritual challenge. The image of the divine is wounded – the feeling is that God doesn't exist or is entirely indifferent – and may give rise to a 'job complex', a sense that one is left out, a victim about whom no one cares. This in turn may cause bitterness and indifference to others' hurts and needs. Character and Fate: The Psychology of the Birthchart (Arkana's Contemporary Astrology Series)
Wherever Saturn is we feel insecure. Neptune will try and erode our natural protection, defenses, and armor, making the individual feel vulnerable to outer currents which threaten everything they have worked so hard to build up. They watch helplessly, as it all falls away into nothing at all. It's like buying a house only for it to flood. Perhaps a part of the individual holds onto guilt about achieving something substantial.
Neptune tends to undermine what Saturn has worked for, and many times they can be left feeling dissatisfied and struggling with what goals are realistically achievable and what are just pipe dreams. The individual may have had to face hard reality with extremely difficult choices to make and may have given up their cherished dream. A Saturn-Neptune type may often find their dreams challenged, criticized, and harshly received. However, art, music, drama, or some other Neptunian pursuit can be made into something real. Long-held dreams are accomplished after much hard work and the individual realizes that it wasn't all just a dream.


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Before I took this photograph I had planned for months. I wanted something different than the 'normal' skyline of Rotterdam photos and one day I came up with the idea to include the moon in the night skyline of Rotterdam. But to do this, there were a few major problems to figure out! One, the moon only apears on this location (between the buildings) just two times a year! Two, the photograph could only be a statement if it was a 'full' moon. Three, there had to be enough light to not overexpose the moon, but enough light in the sky to lighten. And four, the composition had to be killing!
With these major problems I had to plan this carefully. With TPE I figured out the best date and time to go and unfortunately I had to wait for 2 months! In those two months I scouted for the best possible compositions that could work for me.
March 16th was the day that everything came together. I had just one oppurtunity at my chosen location to get my shot. To get to the location I had a special request needed and I got permission. The weather cast gave me a small window of 30 minutes before the moon went behind the clouds. At my location I waited for the right moment that the sun set down and the full moon rose. After 20 minutes the full moon was just between the two buildings (the Rotterdammer and the New Orleans) and the light was just perfect! Because of the stunning sunset earlier that evening, there were still some reds and purples in the clouds.
Finally, after 5 failed and not satisfied trips to Rotterdam I've got my skyline photograph of Rotterdam! A location and scenery that has been photographed by many many people and many many times. It was very difficult to find a composition that differentiate of the rest, but here it is: Moon over Rotterdam!
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Albion Online seems to be lacking the play / counter play part of PvP
I thought about not spending the time writing this, because there are so many of these types of posts out there, but a friend of mine suggested I should; just in case others liked the ideas.
First of all, some of these ideas aren't my own, but they're in here to give people the better overarching experience. A lot of people when they suggest ideas to one specific part of the game, don't see the larger aspect of the game as well. Changing the one little thing such as crafting and allowing people to mine X more than usual changes more of the game than just faster mining. The ideas within are supposed to complement each other and work together, not just "change X thing!"
PvP, Yellow and Red:
We all know the map needs to be bigger, and it's been addressed multiple times, but just for prosperities sake I'll say it here as well. Yellow needs to be bigger, offering a larger buffer between Green and Red, Guards on each section.
Red Needs to be expanded more, and there should be no safe zones beyond green in the slightest. The reasoning for this is that this game is supposed to be about team work, co-operation, and the sandbox. Anything beyond Yellow should be that sandbox, from guilds having to take and hold territory, to alliances forming to help better defend themselves, to roaming Guilds patrolling their own lands and kicking out anyone they don't want there. Those should be part of the game. Red needs to be expanded so much more for such a thing to exist, allowing more space for people to spread out, slip through the gaps and in otherwise guard.
Black itself needs to do the same, but with the ability for Guilds to control entire zones with much more efficiency. Red needs to be the smaller guilds banding together fighting over and defending what's theirs. Black needs to be far more rooted in large guilds, or alliances, coming together and imparting their own rule and laws upon their zones, along with who may come and go as they please.
Something that's desperately needed is a reputation system. If you're out there slaughtering people in Yellow zone time and time again, you need to have consequences for that. There needs to be a system that either makes those people Perma-Reds in the long term, or otherwise penalizes their actions in other ways.
PvP, Yin and Yang:
There needs to be a much bigger balance based around information of zones. At the moment people are using unclothed characters to run through gates to give them information on the other side, or other such scouting. Unfortunately, because of the zone-ing system, there will always be those who send something worthless through to the other side to check. However, once you do get a group through, there needs to be some way for them to know what, who and where, other people are in this zone. I'm not talking about having everyone as a dot on the minimap, but some form of spells that help with locations.
At the moment, we have but a single utility role within Albion Online: The Healer, and you can say what you like about the levelling of them, when it comes to fights – these guys can turn the tide. There needs to be more in terms of utility, Spells that allow you to know how many are in the zone, spells that give you X information within a certain radius. Other passives that allow you to be hidden from those spells. Albion Online seems to be lacking the play / counter play part of PvP. The cat and mouse game of hunter and hunted. At the moment it's very much a case of who can run the fastest and avoid the CC. There needs to be a dedicated scout spell class, or other such information gatherer. (For those of you whom have played Eve, think of this very much as your D-scan and your Probe frigates; those roles, and the equivalent stealth counter play, aren't existent in Albion Online PvP making most encounters a "We stumbled upon X group" rather than any tactics being involved in zoning and territory denial).
The Unknown:
There needs to be better, and more, ways to travel through Albion Online Red and Black. The underground cave systems that have been introduced with blue dungeons and Gateways, need to be expanded into a full blown system of their own.
The Cave system needs to expand to cover almost all of Albion Online, and allow alternative travel means but with a twist. Minimaps need to be disabled here, people need to either map and learn these tunnels themselves, or rely on others whom have. The information of tunnels and their fastest routes to and from, can be a great boon for Guilds, attacking and defending alike.
These areas can offer not only more opportunities for guilds to outplay their opponents through tactical movement of troops and outflanking, but will also allow those more inclined to explore bigger and better riches than those already marked out upon the map of the world above.
This will not only open up a new system of exploration for Albion, it will also offer the ability for smaller groups to evade and travel, along with making overworld Territory control choices even more crucial. Who knows what lurks below your zone in terms of caves and what possible riches they might hold? Could be sat on a nice mine, or maybe a great fame farming spot. Unless you explore it to find it, you'll never know.
This not only will
Increase the importance of owning specific land, making it more valuable.
Coupled with the above spell and counter play of scouting make scouts even more important
Offer Guilds and groups various modes of transportation and routes, and information on tunnel systems even potentially becoming guild guarded secrets on best routes to and from areas.
Allows people to outflank their enemies when, not only defending territory, but also attacking territory, offering another dimension to large scale PvP tactics. In terms of troop movement.
Bbreak up a few zergs, without the minimap and with various routes, more people will need to cover different exits and locations. Meaning sure you can run around with a single zerg slaughtering all you find, but it's going to be much easier for small groups to slip through the cracks. Or you can split up into smaller groups and cover those cracks, offering smaller scale engagements, with the ability to call backup across the zone.
But, far more importantly, this will benefit those who know an area. This will give groups local knowledge and be a boon when it comes to getting the most out of a region, making invaders really have to scout out ahead of time to know what is potentially there to invade and take, but also giving defenders advantage on their own lands. Bringing Skill and knowledge to the forefront of guild conflicts and territory control.
Finally – Player Made Fast Travel:
The fast travel system for PvP areas needs to be removed and placed into the hands of players. Allowing players to form and create networks of fast travel routes, charging what they wish for those routes, and allowing them to control those routes. Travel should cost more than just Albion Online silver, and should come with penalties. Owning Territory in X zone, and in Y Zone which is two away from X, should allow guilds, or alliances of guilds, to build some form of Teleportation / Fast travel building – upgrading it as another building. Making a whole new host of utility style buildings. Travelling should cost a specific type of resource between locations, and it should be possible for Guild to tax use of the system. Meaning they may open up said fast travel route to other guilds, or alliances… but it's going to cost you whatever they damn well please.. and if you don't like it. Build your own.
Travel shouldn't be from A all the way across the map to Z, it should happen in legs and jumps. Having a specific max Zone reach for each Teleport, meaning you must go A -> B -> C -> D, rather than a single teleport. This means that if you're travelling through zones, other groups will be able to not only jump you and intercept your troops, but it will also mean information on who is travelling where and along what route can be filtered to Alliances and Guilds; offering more information on who is where, allowing them to suit up and respond if necessary.
I had a few more ideas for Greezone Carebear guilds in terms of progression and exploration but this post has been way longer than I thought it would be so won't bother lol
To make the distinction between Red/Black and Green bigger and more defined. The further out you go the more hostile the land should become, not only in terms of PvP, but also in terms of the general content and Mobs you'll find within them. Yellow should, in theory, be not only the first stepping stones for people heading out into PvP, but also the demilitarized zone between the heavy conflicted areas of Red and Black, and the general safe harbors of green. If people are running their own fast travel network through Red Zones, they shouldn't then only be a single zone run through yellow to Green to sell whatever it is they have. There still need to be that risk, reward and grouping of travelling to stop any potential ganks from happening in Yellow from those who will most likely make a living from it.
With Yellow being larger it'd be possible to play the inbetween bandit, especially with a reputation system. A sort of nomad who doesn't belong in green and refuses to make the step into Red, preying on the week and any easy supply runs from Red he can get his hands on. When Albion goes live, if the current Closed Beta numbers are anything to go by, people are going to be swarming those zones for their levelling (the type of situation we're seeing now) with a large zone buffer the bandit can live, thrive and have enough land to move between.
If people introduced a Perm-Red right now for deaths in Yellow / Red, that limits that Characters choices to what is essentially the tiniest of tiny islands in terms of zones they can exist in. And we'll instead see even less PvP because of it. (No one wants to be limited to an even smaller area of an already small map), so you need to widen Yellow to make that choice to become "wanted" and "hunted" available, but still one that will have you hunted from both sides, Red and Green.
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I suggested that instead of making albion gear able to be looted
Think of a match making system where you could either queue as a group or as a solo. Your matched against another team w/ people based upon a mean-average of items totals (So you're not queuing as a T4.2 going against T6.3s)
When I booted up Albion for the stress test - Better, or worse?
All because someone gets 50% more albion online silver because they paid money? Feel free to disagree, but that looks an awful lot like paying to be better off than your competitors.


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Anderson, Andrew Edward (2011). Leadership or management: an examination of the expectations on a Head Teacher in a serious weaknesses school. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.
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This thesis is an ethnographic study over an 8 year period of the leadership and management strategies involved in school improvement. The study takes place in a residential special school for pupils with BESD. The research specifically explored whether it is possible to distinguish between leadership and management activities, explores the role of the head teacher in relation to leadership and management and looks at change management against the context of school improvement. The methodology involves the interrogation of key documents covering the period from central government, local government agencies and documents produced by the School. There is a focus on identifying specific leadership approaches, matching actions to the National Standards for Head Teachers, matching change management actions to models defined by the Audit Commission. Use is made of document analysis methodologies in particular verb use to explore these matches. Findings suggest that the concept of leadership has been exploited commercially, and that leadership is defined by what an individual perceives it to be. That there is lack of clarity within central government about leadership in terms of its role and in education it has been used politically as opposed to practically. That models of leadership and management could not be clearly identified from the documents analysed. That it was not possible to identify many leadership actions through verb analysis. That verb analysis predominately identified administrative and management based actions. The findings suggest that head teachers should be able to model leadership strategies which are responsive to changing circumstances. That for change to be effective, the process needs to be considered, manageable, incremental, meaningful and owned. That Ofsted needs to measure the effectiveness of school leadership and management from an outcome based perspective which is derived from the National Standards for Head Teachers. The thesis provides a rational from which head teachers faced with leading a failing school can measure their thinking.
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1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.


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A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in). Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structure gauges, and lighter rails, they can be less costly to build, equip, and operate than standard- or broad-gauge railways (particularly in mountainous or difficult terrain). Lower-cost narrow-gauge railways are often built to serve industries and communities where the traffic potential would not justify the cost of a standard- or broad-gauge line.
Narrow-gauge railways have specialized use in mines and other environments where a small structure gauge necessitates a small loading gauge. They also have more general applications. Non-industrial, narrow-gauge mountain railways are (or were) common in the Rocky Mountains of the United States and the Pacific Cordillera of Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, and Costa Rica. In some countries, narrow gauge is the standard; Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Australian states of Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania have a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge, and Malaysia and Thailand have metre-gauge railways. Narrow-gauge trams, particularly metre-gauge, are common in Europe.
A narrow-gauge railway is one where the distance between the inside edges of the rails is less than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in).[1] Historically, the term was sometimes used to refer to standard-gauge railways, to distinguish them from broad-gauge railways, but this use no longer applies.
The earliest recorded railway appears in Georgius Agricola's 1556 De re metallica, which shows a mine in Bohemia with a railway of about 2 ft (610 mm) gauge. During the 16th century, railways were primarily restricted to hand-pushed, narrow-gauge lines in mines throughout Europe. In the 17th century, mine railways were extended to provide transportation above ground. These lines were industrial, connecting mines with nearby transportation points (usually canals or other waterways). These railways were usually built to the same narrow gauge as the mine railways from which they developed.[2]
The world's first steam locomotive, built in 1802 by Richard Trevithick for the Coalbrookdale Company, ran on a 3 ft (914 mm) plateway. The first commercially successful steam locomotive was Matthew Murray's Salamanca built in 1812 for the 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm) Middleton Railway in Leeds. Salamanca was also the first rack-and-pinion locomotive. During the 1820s and 1830s, a number of industrial narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom used steam locomotives. In 1842, the first narrow-gauge steam locomotive outside the UK was built for the 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 5⁄16 in)-gauge Antwerp-Ghent Railway [3] in Belgium. The first use of steam locomotives on a public, passenger-carrying narrow-gauge railway was in 1865, when the Ffestiniog Railway introduced passenger service after receiving its first locomotives two years earlier.[4]
Many narrow-gauge railways were part of industrial enterprises and served primarily as industrial railways, rather than general carriers. Common uses for these industrial narrow-gauge railways included mining, logging, construction, tunnelling, quarrying, and conveying agricultural products. Extensive narrow-gauge networks were constructed in many parts of the world; 19th-century mountain logging operations often used narrow-gauge railways to transport logs from mill to market. Significant sugarcane railways still operate in Cuba, Fiji, Java, the Philippines, and Queensland, and narrow-gauge railway equipment remains in common use for building tunnels.
The first use of an internal combustion engine to power a narrow-gauge locomotive was in 1902. F. C. Blake built a 7 hp petrol locomotive for the Richmond Main Sewerage Board sewage plant at Mortlake. This 2 ft 9 in (838 mm) gauge locomotive was probably the third petrol-engined locomotive built.[5]
Extensive narrow-gauge rail systems served the front-line trenches of both sides in World War I.[6][7] They were a short-lived military application, and after the war the surplus equipment created a small boom in European narrow-gauge railway building.
Narrow-gauge railways usually cost less to build because they are usually lighter in construction, using smaller cars and locomotives (a smaller loading gauge), smaller bridges and tunnels (a smaller structure gauge), and tighter curves.[8] Narrow gauge is often used in mountainous terrain, where engineering savings can be substantial. It is also used in sparsely populated areas where the potential demand is too low for broad-gauge railways to be economically viable. This is the case in parts of Australia and most of Southern Africa, where poor soils have led to population densities too low for standard gauge to be viable.
For temporary railways which will be removed after short-term use, such as logging, mining or large-scale construction projects (especially in confined spaces, such as the Channel Tunnel), a narrow-gauge railway is substantially cheaper and easier to install and remove. Such railways have almost vanished, however, due to the capabilities of modern trucks.
In many countries, narrow-gauge railways were built as branch lines to feed traffic to standard-gauge lines due to lower construction costs. The choice was often not between a narrow- and standard-gauge railway, but between a narrow-gauge railway and none at all.
Disadvantages and solutions
Narrow-gauge railways cannot freely interchange rolling stock (such as freight and passenger cars) with the standard- or broad- gauge railways with which they link, and the transfer of passengers and freight require time-consuming manual labour or substantial capital expenditure.[9] Some bulk commodities, such as coal, ore, and gravel, can be mechanically transshipped, but this is time-consuming, and the equipment required for the transfer is often complex to maintain.
If rail lines with other gauges coexist in a network, in times of peak demand it is difficult to move rolling stock to where it is needed when a break of gauge exists. Sufficient rolling stock must be available to meet a narrow-gauge railway's peak demand (which might be greater in comparison to a single-gauge network), and the surplus equipment generates no cash flow during periods of low demand. In regions where narrow gauge forms a small part of the rail network (as was the case on Russia's Sakhalin Railway), extra money is needed to design, produce or import narrow-gauge equipment.
Solutions to interchangeability problems include bogie exchanges, a rollbock system, variable gauge, dual gauge or gauge conversion.
Another problem commonly faced by narrow-gauge railways is that they lack the space to grow; their cheap construction was engineered only for initial traffic demands. Many narrow-gauge railways were impractical to improve; speeds and loads hauled could not increase, so traffic density was limited. In Japan, a few narrow-gauge lines have been upgraded to standard-gauge mini-shinkansen to allow through service by standard-gauge high-speed trains; due to the alignment and minimum curve radius of those lines, however, the maximum speed of the through service is the same as the original narrow-gauge line. If a narrow-gauge line is built to a higher standard, like Japan's proposed Super Tokkyū, this problem can be minimized.[10]
If narrow-gauge rails are designed with potential growth in mind (or at the same standard as standard-gauge rails), obstacles to future growth would be similar to other rail gauges. For lines constructed to a lower standard, speed can be increased by realigning rail lines to increase the minimum curve radius, reducing the number of intersections or introducing tilting trains.
Successful railways
The heavy-duty 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge railways in Queensland, South Africa, and New Zealand demonstrate that if track is built to a heavy-duty standard, performance almost as good as a standard-gauge line is possible. Two-hundred-car trains operate on the Sishen–Saldanha railway line in South Africa, and high-speed Tilt Trains run in Queensland. Another example of a heavy-duty narrow-gauge line is Brazil's EFVM. 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge, it has over-100-pound rail (100 lb/yd or 49.6 kg/m) and a loading gauge almost as large as US non-excess-height lines. The line has a number of 4,000-horsepower (3,000 kW) locomotives and 200-plus-car trains. In South Africa and New Zealand, the loading gauge is similar to the restricted British loading gauge; in New Zealand, some British Rail Mark 2 carriages have been rebuilt with new bogies for use by Tranz Scenic (Wellington-Palmerston North service), Tranz Metro (Wellington-Masterton service), and Transdev Auckland (Auckland suburban services).
Narrow gauge's reduced stability means that its trains cannot run at speeds as high as on broader gauges. For example, if a curve with standard-gauge rail can allow speed up to 145 km/h (90 mph), the same curve with narrow-gauge rail can only allow speed up to 130 km/h (81 mph).[11]
In Japan and Queensland, recent permanent-way improvements have allowed trains on 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge tracks to exceed 160 km/h (99 mph). Queensland Rail's Electric Tilt Train, the fastest train in Australia and the fastest 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge train in the world, set a record of 210 km/h (130 mph).[12] The speed record for 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow-gauge rail is 245 km/h (152 mph), set in South Africa in 1978.[13][14][15]
A special 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railcar was built for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company with a design speed of 137 km/h.[16] Curve radius is also important for high speeds: narrow-gauge railways allow sharper curves, which limits a vehicle's safe speed.
Many narrow gauges, from 15 in (381 mm) gauge and 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm) gauge, are in present or former use. They fall into several broad categories:
4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) track gauge (also known as Scotch gauge) was adopted by early 19th-century railways, primarily in the Lanarkshire area of Scotland. 4 ft 6 1⁄2 in (1,384 mm) lines were also constructed, and both were eventually converted to standard gauge.
- City of Oxford Tramways Company
- Glasgow Subway
- Padarn Railway
- Bradford Corporation Tramways
- Keighley Tramways
- Wellington tramway system
- Saundersfoot Railway
- Derby Tramways Company
- Reading Corporation Tramways
- Barrow-in-Furness Tramways Company
- Darwen Corporation Tramways
- Central Funicular
- Gardena Ronda Express
- Zagreb Funicular
- Rheineck–Walzenhausen mountain railway
- Schlossbergbahn (Freiburg)
- Appenzell Railways[17]
- Stoosbahn
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) between the inside of the rail heads, its name and classification vary worldwide and it has about 112,000 kilometres (70,000 mi) of track.
- 1,055 mm (3 ft 5 1⁄2 in) in Algeria
- 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 11⁄32 in) on the Hejaz railway in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria; only a few lines survive.
As its name implies, metre gauge is a track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in). It has about 95,000 km (59,000 mi) of track.
According to Italian law, track gauges in Italy were defined from the centre of each rail rather than the inside edges of the rails. This gauge, measured 950 mm (3 ft 1 3⁄8 in) between the edges of the rails, is known as Italian metre gauge.
There were a number of large 3 ft (914 mm) railroad systems in North America; notable examples include the Denver & Rio Grande and Rio Grande Southern in Colorado and the South Pacific Coast and West Side Lumber Co of California. 3 ft was also a common track gauge in South America, Ireland and on the Isle of Man. 900 mm was a common gauge in Europe. Swedish three-foot-gauge railways (891 mm or 2 ft 11 3⁄32 in) are unique to that country.
A few railways and tramways were built to 2 ft 9 in (838 mm) gauge, including Nankai Main Line (later converted to 3 ft 6 in or 1,067 mm), Ocean Pier Railway at Atlantic City, Seaton Tramway (converted from 2 ft) and Waiorongomai Tramway.
800 mm (2 ft 7 1⁄2 in) gauge railways are commonly used for rack railways. Imperial 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways were generally constructed in the former British colonies. 760 mm Bosnian gauge and 750 mm railways are predominantly found in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Gauges such as 2 ft 3 in (686 mm), 2 ft 4 in (711 mm) and 2 ft 4 1⁄2 in (724 mm) were used in parts of the UK, particularly for railways in Wales and the borders, with some industrial use in the coal industry. Some sugar cane lines in Cuba were 2ft3.5in.[18]
2 ft (610 mm) gauge railways were generally constructed in the former British colonies. 1 ft 11 3⁄4 in (603 mm), 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) and 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) were used in Europe.
Gauges below 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) were rare. Arthur Percival Heywood developed 15 in (381 mm) gauge estate railways in Britain and Decauville produced a range of industrial railways running on 500 mm (19 3⁄4 in) and 400 mm (15 3⁄4 in) tracks, most commonly in restricted environments such as underground mine railways, parks and farms, in France. Several 18 in (457 mm) gauge railways were built in Britain to serve ammunition depots and other military facilities, particularly during World War I.


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Momentary by Catarina Hällzon
Stockholm jewellery designer Catarina Hällzon has created a collection of jewellery made from animal and fish remains.
Hällzon used elk teeth, pig intestine and fish skin and scales combined with silver to create the jewellery. The remains were tanned, sewed, pulled taut, dried, and framed in silver. Above and top: jewellery made from perch skin.
The collection will be exhibited from 4 April - 5 May 2009 at the Sintra Gallery in Gothenburg, Sweden. Above: pig intestine necklace.
Above: perch skin necklace. Below is a description by Catarina Hällzon:
Momentary: lasting only for a moment
I went fishing…came home with some new material after a very quiet and beautiful pause. I went hunting for elk…came home with new material after an impressive experience. I went to Egypt…came home totally fascinated with how they once preserved their dead. And how they still reminded me of life when I looked into their faces.
I have taken care of the leftovers, the material that was left when the experience ended. Above: fish scale necklace.
Above: elk tooth necklace.
I found without looking
I experienced the temporary
I let time be
I wanted to preserve moments
I let go
"Crashes the ideals of nature with jewellery made of remains of hunted moose, caught fish and intestines from pig." Above: elk tooth pendent.
They become some sort of trophies, my pieces. Fossil pieces in an attempt to be preserved. They are tanned, sewed, taut, dried, embodied and cast. They are in material that will change when time passes. They are combined with the foundation of all my work; silver, used as protection, framework and skeleton. The recognisable material that will probably last the longest. I would like to believe that in every meeting with a piece you temporarily can give life once again to the material. That by wearing the jewellery you can give new meaning to things in a new context. Above: elk tooth necklace.
Momentary by Catarina Hällzon
4 April - 5 May 2009
Sintra Gallery
Landsvägsgatan 5, 413 04


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Our current immigration system jeopardizes our national security and puts American communities at risk. That's why President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly called for common sense, mainstream immigration reforms such as ending chain migration and eliminating the visa lottery.
Chain Migration
Under our current immigration system, around 70 percent of legal immigrants admitted to the United States every year do so based on family ties rather than merit. Because most immigrants are selected on the basis of their family connections—rather than real selection criteria, like the skills they bring to our economy or their likelihood of assimilation into our society—our current family-based immigration system does not meet the needs of the modern United States economy and is incompatible with preserving our national security.
A recent joint report from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security found that roughly three in four individuals convicted of international terrorism-related charges since September 11, 2001, were foreign-born. As the report outlines, a number of these terrorists were able to enter the United States on the basis of family ties and extended-family chain migration.
Visa Lottery
Each year, the diversity visa lottery program randomly selects up to 50,000 foreign nationals to apply for permanent residence (green cards) in the United States. Many of them have absolutely no ties to the United States, and are not required to have special skills or much education.
Randomly selecting foreign nationals from around the globe, including from state sponsors of terrorism, and admitting them into the United States invites large amounts of fraud and does not serve the national interest.
In 2004, the State Department's Deputy Inspector General warned that the visa lottery "contains significant threats to national security as hostile intelligence officers, criminals, and terrorists attempt to use it to enter the United States as permanent residents." In 2013, the Inspector General recorded with alarm that the visa lottery was subject to "pervasive and sophisticated fraud" perpetrated by "organized fraud rings."
In the last decade, the United States issued nearly 30,000 immigrant visas through the visa lottery program to randomly selected nationals from countries designated as "State Sponsors of Terrorism" by the State Department. In addition, tens of thousands of immigrants admitted from these countries have been admitted permanently into the United States through other immigration categories (such as family-sponsored immigrants, as well as asylees, refugees, and others).
National Security Threats
Below are just a few examples of terrorists and criminals who entered the United States through chain migration or the visa lottery program:
Chain Migration
- Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi national, entered the United States in 2011 through chain migration. Ullah was allowed to enter the country as the family member of a visa lottery winner. On December 12, 2017, Ullah allegedly attempted to detonate a homemade pipe bomb in the New York City Port Authority Bus Terminal. The failed explosion injured himself and four bystanders.
- Ahmed Amin El-Mofty, an Egyptian national, entered the United States through a distant relative (chain migration) and became a United States citizen after arriving. Last month, El-Mofty was killed during a shootout after allegedly opening fire and targeting police at multiple locations in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- Zoobia Shahnaz, a national of Pakistan, entered the United States through chain migration as the distant relative of a United States citizen. On December 14, 2017, Shahnaz was indicted by the Department of Justice for allegedly laundering bitcoin and wiring funds to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
- Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, a national of Sudan, was admitted to the United States in 2012 as a family member of a lawful permanent resident from Sudan. In 2016, he pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to ISIS, and in 2017 was subsequently sentenced to 11 years in prison.
- Khaleel Ahmed, a national of India, was admitted to the United States in 1998 as a family member of a naturalized United States citizen from India. In 2010, he was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
- Mufid Elfgeeh, a national of Yemen, was admitted to the United States in 1997 as a family member of a naturalized United States citizen from Yemen. Elfgeeh subsequently became a United States citizen through naturalization. In 2016, Elfgeeh was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for attempting to recruit fighters for ISIS.
- Uzair Paracha, a national of Pakistan, was admitted to the United States in 1980 through chain migration. In 2006, he was sentenced to 30 years in Federal prison for providing material support to al Qaeda.
- Mohamad Saeed Kodaimati, a national of Syria, was admitted to the United States in 2001 as a family member of a lawful permanent resident from Syria. Kodaimati entered the United States with the family member. That family member was previously admitted as the unmarried son or daughter of a lawful permanent resident, who earlier received status as the parent of a United States citizen. In 2016, Kodaimati was sentenced to 96 months in prison for making false statements in a terrorism investigation.
Visa Lottery
- Sayfullo Saipov, a national of Uzbekistan, entered the United States in 2010 through the visa lottery program. On October 31, 2017, Saipov was arrested after he allegedly used a truck to run down numerous pedestrians on a bike lane on the west side of Manhattan, killing eight individuals.
- Abdurasaul Hasanovich Juraboev, a national of Uzbekistan, was admitted to the United States as a visa lottery recipient in 2011. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to support ISIS, and in 2017 was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
- Ali Shukri Amin, a national of Sudan, was admitted to the United States in 1999 as the child of a visa-lottery recipient, and subsequently obtained United States citizenship through naturalization. In 2015, he was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS.
- Hesham Mohamed Ali Hedayet, a national of Egypt, was able to claim Lawful Permanent Resident status through a family member who received their status via visa lottery in 1997. In July 2002, Hedayet opened fire at the El Al Airlines ticket counter at LAX airport, murdering two ticket agents and wounding three others.
- Imran Mandhai, a national of Pakistan, was able to immigrate to the United States because he was the child of visa lottery winners. Mandhai pled guilty in August 2002 to conspiring to bomb a National Guard Armory and electrical power substations near Miami.
- Syed Haris Ahmed, a national of Pakistan, entered the United States as a visa lottery winner. Ahmed was convicted in 2009 of terrorism-related activities in the United States and abroad.
- Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, alleged United States Hamas leader, received his green card through a predecessor program to the visa lottery. Marzook was deported in 1997 for terrorist activities.


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Director, Sir Trevor Nunn, and his actress wife, Imogen Stubbs, have separated after 21 years together. The couple, who have two children, split after Miss Stubbs, 50, admitted that she had been in a relationship with another man "for a while".
In a statement issued through her agent, she said:
"After 21 wonderful years together, very sadly Trevor and I are separating. The testament to our friendship and respect for each other is the dignity with which Trevor has dealt with this knowledge."
Sir Trevor, 71, spent the weekend in Cornwall, where he was seen dining with Nancy Dell'Olio, the lawyer and television presenter who once dated the former England football coach Sven-Göran Eriksson. He is said to have been friends with Miss Dell'Olio, 49, since meeting her during his production of Hamlet at the Old Vic in 2004, but the pair are believed to have started seeing each other only recently. Miss Stubbs added that she was "happy about any new friendships he is forging".


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12th Sunday of ordinary Time, year 'C'
"Now it jhappened that he was praying alone, and his isciples came to him and he put this question to him 'Who do the crowds say I am?'
They answered' Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, others again one of the ancient prophets come back to life.'
'But you', he said tot hem 'who do you say I am?' Peter answered 'The Christ of God.'
Jesus' identity is an essential question for the disciples :' But for you, who am I?' they say to Jesus.
The response we give him will have enormous consequences upon the way we are situated before Jesus in our lives. This response will show the way we understand ourselves, the world and other people. This essential question about Jesus' identity say a lot about the way we already understand him.
Peter replies to Jesus, you are 'the Christ of God.' He manifests humanity's cry who is seeking his Saviour and his God. Jesus tells him not to tell anybody for his time had not yet come.
Such sinners are we and so wounded, that we could still turn against God through a wholly human attitude and self interest! WE have to get out of anger and violence that is within us, get out of vengeance and death drowsing in the whole of humanity.
The Words of Jesus are the fruit of his relationship with the Father and if we are to enter into them we need to go about being converted.
God give sus a spirit of love which brings to birth a spirit of goodness and gratitude. This si the gift that has us graciously turn towards Jesus our Saviour! And so we come to realise that God is Love, that He is Love in the heart of humanity in distress.
"But Jesus gave them strict orders and charged them ot to say this to anyone.
He said 'The Son of man is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day."
Jesus speaks to his disciples about his secret, about his relationship with his Father who give shim assurance in his being, who gives him his Mission.
Peter's response : 'You are 'God's Messiah' will become for him the accomplishment of a long road making him recognise Jesus as the Messiah!
And so Jess calls his disciples to be discreet about his path, away that reveals his being , his way of being, but also the way in which he is the Saviour of humanity which will reject him : 'He will be rejected by the elders, the high priests and the scribes.'
Jesus' Cross is announced in a mysterious way, it will save us from death. We ca understand the realism of Jesus' prayer which gives it such a presence. Through baptism we are marked by the sign of the Cross of Jesus announced in the Gospel. To live from the Cross, from the victory of Love following Jesus is before all to live from his immense Love.
"Then , speaking to all, he said 'If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.
Anyone who wants to save his life will ;lose it ; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, will save it."
By these words we come to understand the personal way each one will have to make so as to be determined to follow the crucified Jesus. He dispose them in this way to leave what they are too familiar with in order to accept and receive the revelation of Jesus' messianic identity. He is calling them to follow him : 'Whoever wants to follow me let him follow me!'
We accept how Jesus gives us our true identity, the one his call calls us to be, by being born again to what it is to forgive.
The scret of God's heart is revealed in this manner, he wants to fill humanity with hids Infinite Love.
We need to live in the love and respect of the holy Name of God when going through distressful moments, times of anguish and death.
If we are to enter into God's Love we need to be converted deep down in our being. Jesus who is God announced by the prophets, carries the secret of his greatest Love. This Love, which is sought after in all sorts of ways by the creature, goes from one disappointment to another up until the day when we discover that Jesus is our friend : 'Yes, you are my God, I seek you before dawn. All of my life I shall bless you, raise up my hands in invoking your name."


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