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5 Ways Staying At The Hershey Lodge Will Make Your Hersheypark Vacation Sweeter
I have said that you CAN'T do Hersheypark in one day. There is just too much to see, do, experience, enjoy. I don't see how it can be done in one day. So to get the MOST out of your Hersheypark vacation I suggest staying at one of the Hershey Resorts.
Here are 5 reasons why staying at The Hershey Lodge will make your Hersheypark vacation sweeter! If you have kids you are going to want to look into the Kids Play Stay And Eat Free Package. I give you my opinion and tips in THIS POST.
On this trip we were ESPECIALLY happy we were staying at a Hershey Resort because of the RAIN. But our fun did not stop because we got a little wet. In fact, the fun was just beginning!
Here is a little video of our recent trip to Hersheypark when we stayed at The Hershey Lodge:
1.Early entry to the park.
When you stay at The Hershey Lodge or The Hotel Hershey you get 1-hour early access to select rides and attractions at Hersheypark! Walk through the park getting photos that you want, get in ULTRA SHORT lines to ride your favorite rides and enjoy the park before it is open to the general public! This is a very VIP perk!
2. Kids' Check In
There is a desk specifically designed with the kids in mind! Kids can sign the kid guest book, receive a lanyard with their name on it, pick up coloring pages and crayons and take a guess at how many Hershey treats are in the jars on the counter. Prizes are given to the closest guesser! PLUS there are seasonal kids' activities, including s'mores making on select evenings.
3. A Place To Rest
One of my BEST tips when visiting ANY theme park is to take a break mid day. Go back to the hotel and take a rest. Especially during the summer months, theme parks are HOT and the sun can zap the energy and the fun right out of your day. You can't go back to a hotel if you aren't staying at one! By staying at an official resort of Hersheypark you have free transportation to and from the park. Head back to your hotel mid day for a rest, a dip in the pool or even a spa treatment at The Hotel Hershey.
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Return to the park when all the hot and tired families are leaving for the evening. You will be refreshed and ready to enjoy the rest of the park as the sun sets, the temperatures drop and the lines get shorter.
4. Hershey Water Works
New for 2016 Hershey Water Works is a 30,000 square-foot indoor pool complex that includes Twizzler's Twists water slides, a Reese's Water Walk adventure, a zero-entry pool (GREAT for little kids and handicap accessibility!), sandcastle spray zone, lighthouse tipping buckets, basketball hoops in the pool and so much more! Seriously, I would stay at the Hershey Lodge JUST to play in Hershey Water Works.
Where can you ride a dolphin indoors?! At the Water Works at The Hershey Lodge if course! This is harder than it looks! 🐬Those dolphins are tethered to the floor of the pool but they move! A fun challenge for kids and adults alike. #sweetestmoms #hersheypa @thesweetestplaceonearth hosted #familytravel #mocktravels #waterpark
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I am considering doing so when they call for a blizzard. Just so we can play in the water while the snow falls!
No sunscreen is needed, towels are provided, there is a snack bar, an adult bar, a game room and an arcade.
5. Included Passes
Just by staying at The Hershey Lodge each member of your party is given a pass to the Hershey Gardens (open seasonally) and The Hershey Story's Museum Experience. Learn more about the Hershey Gardens in my post Getting the Most Out of Your Trip To Hershey post.
The Hershey Story museum experience takes visitors on a journey through his life, his chocolate company, his generous philanthropic legacy and the town of Hershey, PA. Engaging museum exhibits explore Mr. Hershey's early failures, how he successfully revolutionized the process of making milk chocolate, and how the orphan boys of the Hershey Industrial School became heirs to his fortune.
Our family attraction is also an interactive experience perfect for kids. The Apprentice Program and "I Spy" activity are special ways we present the Hershey Story to younger visitors, allowing them to guide themselves along a "scavenger hunt-style" exploration of the museum exhibits. We also develop special exhibits and hands-on museum displays with kids and families in mind…
Here is a bonus tip:
If you are within driving distance to Hershey, Pa you don't need to use the passes to the Hershey Gardens and The Hershey Story Museum on your trip! The tickets are good for one week from check in to the resort. If you are staying just one night you can come back a few days later, like we did!
See? I told you that is hard to expereince all the sweetness that is Hersheypark and Entertainment.


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With the command of higher technology in today's very technological world, the fields of online education has been growing by leaps and bounds. The online classroom has both advantages and disadvantages as the traditional classroom does. And when it comes to healthcare education, there are some changes with regards to the online classroom that the student must adjust to. It seems however, that the positives for both the online classroom and the traditional classroom far outweigh the negatives. Let us look at the positive differences between the Traditional Classroom, versus the positive differences of the Online Classroom.
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|Grantville Gazette II
|Eric Flint
|The Grantville Gazettes
|Alternate History
|Publication date
|March 2006 (Hardcover edition)
|Followed by
|Grantville Gazette III
Grantville Gazette II (Baen, 2000) is the third collaborative anthology published in print set in the 1632 series. It consists of a mish-mash of main novels and anthologies produced under popular demand after publication of the initial novel which was written as a stand-alone work.
"Steps in the Dance"Edit
- By Eric Flint
Note: This story only appears in the print editions of Grantville Gazette II.
Anne Jefferson and Harry Lefferts pose for Rembrandt as part of a complex political situation.
"Collateral Damage"Edit
- By Mike Spehar
Hans Richter's flying instructor is still heartsick over his loss. He volunteers to fly a special mission to Paris that specifically targets the unsuspecting Cardinal Richelieu.
"Euterpe, Episode 1"Edit
Composer Giacomo Carissimi is directed by Cardinal Mazarin to visit Grantville, and finally obtains adequate funds.
"The Company Men"Edit
The ambassador from the powerful Mughal Empire of northern India is held captive in Austria, but Grantville does not have enough troops to rescue him. Instead, Mike Stearns hires a mercenary unit run by an Englishman and an Irishman.
No dates are given, but references to autumn, the Confederated Principalities of Europe, and "war breaking out with the League of Ostend" suggest that the rescue mission started in September of 1633.
"Just One Of Those Days"Edit
A string of mishaps keeps a Finnish cavalryman from action against the Croats attacking Grantville High School, while an up-time German is uniquely positioned to pick off attackers.
"God's Gifts"Edit
- By Gorg Huff
Down-time German Lutheran pastor Steffan Schultheiss in Badenburg is wary of the citizens of Grantville shortly after its appearance due to their modern views on religion; in which he warns his flock against Grantville in order to keep their modern progressing influence from corrupting his congregation. However, Schultheiss's religious warnings were not heeded due to politics and economics both made Grantville attractive to Badenburg. Schultheiss continued to condemn Grantville's practices until his outcries infuriated his wife, who has a positive view on Grantville. Eventually, with guidance from his wife, Schultheiss changed his stance on Grantville and becomes more tolerated on the Americans' ideals, including freedom of religion.
- By John Zeek
This story is a police procedural that follows two policemen Jurgen Neubert and Marvin Tipton through a murder case. Jurgen is a down time farmer turned mercenary soldier turned policeman, and Marvin is a veteran cop.
"An Invisible War"Edit
- By Danita Ewing
Danita Ewing's"An Invisible War" is a short novel and was the first serialized piece of longer fiction that spanned this and the next Gazette in their e-published versions—though the whole (110 pages) was published in the hardcover release of Grantville Gazette II. The tale establishes important canonical background. The story is set mostly in 1633 after Grantville has had time to settle-in a bit and can look beyond immediate survival issues. It deals with public health and efforts to integrate and disseminate medical knowledge during the end of the Confederated Principalities of Europe and early United States of Europe period, as the various Stearns-led administrations have been repeatedly reminded by Dr. James Nichols and Melissa Mailey how vulnerable populations are and were to diseases in the seventeenth century. From the outset, beginning in the novel 1632, the up-timers have been taking steps -- within their capabilities and resources -- to mitigate any preventable health problems.
To add urgency, as time goes by, some of the historical research conducted in Grantville's libraries reveals that on the OTL, local plague outbreaks occurred in diverse regions during 1632 and 1634, and that 1635 saw a large epidemic-scale outbreak. Worse, the historical record might also indicate other outbreaks, which were poorly documented.
The story is one of Grantville's medical personnel meeting head-on with down-timer University practices, prejudices, and a college curriculum based in large part on the Classics and Theological studies. The town establishes the Leahy Clinic hospital near the Grantville High School and establishes a local nurse training program in 1631–1632, and by the summer of 1633 has reached out to the faculty of the University of Jena, but the only medical personnel who can be spared to head up a college of medicine are women.
Fact EssaysEdit
"A Quick and Dirty Treatise on Historical Fencing"Edit
"So You Want To Do Telecommunications In 1633?"Edit
"Mente Et Malleo : Practical Mineralogy And Minerals Exploration In 1632"Edit
- by Laura Runkle
"The Secret Book Of Zink"Edit
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Chester County Hospital is continually recognized and awarded for health care excellence. Here are just a few of the honors and acknowledgments we have received.
Breast Health Program at Chester County Hospital Recognized for Achieving NAPBC Accreditation
Chester County Hospital has been awarded a five-star rating - the highest possible score - by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the second year in a row.
In late 2017, Chester County Hospital received full re-accreditation as a Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation from the American College of Cardiology.
The Cancer Program of Chester County Hospital has been granted a three-year accreditation with commendation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons.
The hospital demonstrated to the IBLCE and the ILCA that it has completed activities that help protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
Chester County Hospital Receives 'A' for Patient Safety from The Leapfrog Group
Chester County Hospital's nursing staff has been recognized once again by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® for its excellence in patient care.
Chester County Hospital has been designated as the only American Association of Diabetes Educators Diabetes Prevention Program approved site. The hospital achieved this singular designation because of its successful track-record for serving the community and its dedication to reversing the prevalence of diabetes in the Keystone State.
Chester County Hospital has been certified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.
Chester County Hospital has been named by IBM Watson Health™, as a 100 Top U.S. Hospital.
Penn Medicine Hospitals ranked among top in the nation for 2019; Chester County Hospital ranked #7 in the Philadelphia region, #13 in the state.


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Crafts is a premium Magento 2 theme available on UberTheme. It suits best for fashion, jewelry, and accessory stores. The theme offers premium design and powerful functionality. Below, we shed light on the templates core elements.'
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Real Madrid will make an attempt to sign Neymar if a deal for No. 1 transfer target Paul Pogba fails to materialize, a source told ESPN FC's Julien Laurens and Rodrigo Faez.
Paris Saint-Germain, however, are apparently unsure how genuine Madrid's interest is. A source told ESPN FC that PSG are yet to receive an offer from Los Blancos for Neymar.
PSG are reportedly happy to sell Neymar to any club. Barcelona have also flirted with the idea of re-signing the player they sold in 2017 for a world-record €222 million.
But the Ligue 1 giants could use their amicable relationship with Madrid to send Neymar to Barcelona's rivals. Sources say PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Madrid counterpart Florentino Perez share a very good rapport.
Al-Khelaifi appeared to target Neymar in public comments in June, saying that he won't tolerate "celebrity behavior" from the club's star players.
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Welcome back, everyone! Hope you had a great July 4 last week – I got in a nice early(ish) morning workout last Thursday, spent some time at the pool, and got started on what looks to be a new opportunity (more on that coming once everything is finalized).
I broke out a brand new warm-up tonight, as well as a few songs we haven't heard in a while. Here's tonight's Spinning playlist, straight off the bike:
Warm-up (Flat Road; Resistance 3-4 on a Scale of 10)
Best I Ever Had – Gavin DeGraw
Building Block #1 (Start Resistance 4-5, Build to 9)
Sweet Nothing – Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welsh
Closer – Tegan and Sara
Titanium – David Guetta ft. Sia
Come to Me – Diddy ft. Nicole Scherzinger
Inside of You – Hoobastank
Building Block #2 (Start Resistance 5, Build to 9+)
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera
Take Me On the Floor – The Veronicas
Without You – David Guetta ft. Usher
Give Me More – Britney Spears
Find Your Love – Drake
Building Block #3 (Start Resistance 5, Build to 7+)
Endorphins – Sub Focus ft. Alex Clare
The Other Side – Jason DeRulo
Firework – Katy Perry
Desert Rose – Sting
I Want Crazy – Hunter Hayes
Ho Hey – The Lumineers
Just a reminder that I am on vacation next week, but Jen will take care of you in my absence – have fun with her! I'll see you when I get back all tan after a week of sitting in the sand, looking at the ocean, reading a couple books and hanging out with the family. Until next time!


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After countless long weekends in Florence over the years, I thought I knew every gallery and museum in the city. But, on a recent holiday on the Arno, a friend took me to an as yet unfamiliar one that he promised would be the highlight of my trip.
Just south of the Palazzo Pitti we entered La Specola, the Museum of Natural History (entrance €5), first founded by Grand Duke Peter Leopold in 1775. The unprepossessing entrance and a shabby attempt at a gift shop were deeply uninspiring, but what followed was remarkable.
Le Specola has the most wonderful collection of stuffed animals and skeletons I've ever seen. It's not just the variety of animals – from insects to a fearsome hippo, which is reported to have lived briefly in the Boboli Gardens in the 17th century – but the way in which they've been exhibited, in fine wood and glass cabinets. There's no attempt at taxidermical tableaux not-so-vivant, as at the American Museum of Natural History. The beasts are starkly lit and exhibited like fine art, or objects in a gentleman's outfitters. It's charming, and a little Hirst-like, particularly the primate room where you are invited to enter a cabinet and see yourself in a mirror as the highest primate in the collection.
After 24 rooms of zoology, the collection shifts to 10 rooms of anatomical waxes (third picture), which are as gruesome as they are intricate and beautiful. This could be the spooky period milieu for a Dr Who story, or perhaps a Sherlock Holmes adventure. Many of the exhibits, from flesh-stripped bodies to dissected organs, are 17th-century sculptures by the great Gateano Zumbo, one of the greatest wax modellers of his period. The whole thing has the ambience of a Grand Guignol Victorian art exhibition; truly spectacular stuff – although the squeamish may wish to go no further than the zebras, butterflies and rainbow-coloured birds.


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Wednesday, October 25 – color CIS orange for National Unity Day
Make it ORANGE and make it end! Wear ORANGE Thursday – 10/25 to support combating bullying? To show support of safe and supportive schools and communities make your color ORANGE on Unity Day. Show that the CIS community believes no child should ever experience the physical and emotional pain of being systematically hurt, harmed or humiliated. Send the message that every child deserves to feel safe from bullying while at school, online or in the community.


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New Logo and CD Art for The Liberators
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The Liberators were doing some recording with Sean McPherson at East Atlanta Recording studio. The same recording studio that our band, Black Leather Jet recorded. I've done some work for Sean before, so he referred The Liberators to me for their new cd art and logo design. What they wanted…was something….psychedelic! Check out their new release Colorado. Here's […]
Black Leather Jet CD Layout
Posted on May 31, 2015 Leave a Comment
I created this for my band, Black Leather Jet. We have an album release show coming up on June 13th in Atlanta, GA. We ordered 20 CD's, 100 download cards, baseball tees and stickers. The CD layout includes a logo that was designed by our friend Rick Lara and a photo that was taken by our […]


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Rendezvous Park :
Another of Jackson Hole's "Hidden Gems".
Well…it's not really that hidden! Instead, you might suggest the 40 acre park is hiding in plain sight along the Snake River at the junction of US Highway 22 and the Moose/Wilson Road (State Road 390). The R Park is nestled next to the Wilson Snake River Boat launch and the bike path.
Rendezvous Park (R Park) is a program of the Jackson Hole Land Trust. Owned by a nonprofit, the R Park is made possible through private donations. The park features a variety of ponds, trails, picnic tables, and artsy features.
A portion of the trail covers the old Levee Road and connects with the pedestrian bridge over the Snake River, seen below.
The R Park seems to have two different faces. Get there very early when things are quiet and still. Dew is often still on the flowers and leaves, the water is calm, and have a good chance of seeing wildlife. Go later in the day and you'll likely see people at the picnic tables, kids playing, and paddle boarders in the ponds. At times you'll see a few fishermen working the wind ruffled water.
The parks hours are Dawn to Dusk, but they occasionally offer special night time star viewing events. Check out the Park's web site at Rendezvous Park.
The "West Bank" is home to quite a few Moose. They roam the wooded and aquatic areas along the river—occasionally through the R Park. They are not always there, but frequent the area enough to make me look when I go by. Several of the bulls are large and well worth the time and effort.
The bull Moose above and below was photographed from the bike path passing through the Park.
This younger bull was photographed only a few feet from the R Park entrance sign. Interestingly, hundreds of vehicles passed by while I was taking the photos. They were totally oblivious to the photographic opportunities as they whizzed by.
As I mentioned before, if you want to see wildlife, go early! I've seen Hawks, Herons, Warblers, Robins, Geese, Ducks, Red-winged Blackbirds, and other bird species. Also, watch for Raccoons, Squirrels, Foxes, and other small mammals.
Wildflowers are common at the Rendezvous Park, especially in early Summer.
The larger mound on the left, in the image above, has a trail to the flag pole at top. The same hill is often used for young sledders in the Winter.
This rock bridge across the main pond is an example of the charming nature of the R Park.
Art and function go hand in hand at the R Park. You will be pleasantly surprised how well the designers integrated artsy elements next to the trails.
I'd hate to "oversell" the Rendezvous Park but I still suggest you check it out! I've been there lots of times. I can easily say that some days are better, or more photographically productive than others. I usually go there for the smaller opportunities, but am sometimes pleasantly surprised when a Moose or other larger mammal is in the area. I usually go early, check it out, then head on up the Moose-Wilson Road into Grand Teton National Park at the Granite entrance station.
Please, if you like this post, SHARE it on social media! MJ
"Planning" for Night Photography in the Tetons!
F/1.4 and Be There!
Normally, I "plan" to stay out late for night skies. My wife sees me packing up and I tell her I am planning on heading out for stars. Occasionally, my wife modifies my plan when she reminds me of the party we are going to that night. Of course, weather can thwart my best laid plans. Thick clouds have sent me home early on numerous occasions. There's a saying that goes something like this: "Make a plan. If the plan is not working, make new plan." The saying works equally well for photographers and fishermen. There's another saying, "If you can't write your plan on the back of a business card, you haven't thought your plan trough well enough." Such is the nature of planning.
Grand Teton National Park can be quite busy during the Summer months. One good way of beating the crowds is stay out long past their normal visitation hours! Everyone already knows Jackson Hole has a lot to offer, and is great in the daytime, but it's also great at night. Northwest Wyoming, which includes Grand Teton National Park and much of Yellowstone, has some of the clearest and darkest skies in the continental US.
My truck usually has most of the gear I might need for most photography. For night photography, I need a lens capable of picking up a lot of light. A few months ago, I bought a Sigma 24mm F/1.4 Art Lens. Nikon also make a good one, but it is much more expensive. The Sigma lens not too large nor too heavy, so its not much of a burden to keep it in the truck and ready for an unexpected "change of plans". Similarly, I usually have a light jacket, a several flashlights, bear spray, water, and a few snacks in the truck. A cell phone is a good tool—if only to call my wife to let her know I will be out late. It could come in handy if I fell or get hurt. Insect repellent is usually a worthwhile addition, especially on calm nights. Last night, they weren't a problem. In other words, I am usually prepared.
Last evening, I was waiting for a this bull to get close, or cross, the Gros Ventre. Another nice bull appeared from another zone, so I stayed out much longer than normal. By the time I made it back to the highway, it was well past sunset. Stars would be out soon if I felt like staying in the Park. You guessed it….time for a new plan.
It was calm and relatively clear, so I opted to go to a few spots with water. Reflected stars are always good feature in a night shots. The Colter Bay Marina and Leeks Marina often offer worthy and sometimes challenging possibilities. Light from the buildings and security lamps help artificially light the scene. This was one night I wanted to hit quite a few places, so I didn't try anything "fancy" at any of them. Maybe someday I'll go back to the Colter Bay Marina and try some of shots with multiple exposures. The lights from the Marina light up the boats nicely.
My initial "night plan" was to hit some of the easy spots near calm water, get a few captures and keep moving. I went to Oxbow Bend first, then thought about going to a location near Signal Mountain, and on to Colter Bay. The Milky Way as already high in the sky, so I decided to go to Colter Bay, then maybe Leeks Marina. While at Colter Bay, it looked like there were some possibilities along the bay, so the Leek's Marina shoot was nixed. Mars is large this year, so I hoped to included it in some shots. I headed out the Lakeshore Trail at Colter Bay and took a few shots along the way.
It's about half a mile to this spot. Of course, it was dark, and there were numerous "Bears in the Vicinity" signs posted along the way. I scooted my feet a bit more than normal and kept the flashlight active watching for them. I can tell you that ANY sounds in the bushes will get your all of your attention! Luckily, I made it to the point in one piece. It's a good night time spot, and unless I were to get mauled, worth the hike. The leaves on the left in this shot were from the Colter Bay Marina lights. The distant orange glow is from the town of Jackson and Jackson Hole Airport.
This pano was created by taking five vertical captures on a Nikon D5. The images were stitched in Lightroom and tweaked in Photoshop. I used a Sigma 24mm F/1.4 Art Lens on a all the shots from last night, captured at ISO 2500. Most captures were between 20 and 25 seconds in duration. Note: This image could be misleading if you consider it is covering almost 180° of the landscape! Click it to see it much larger!
After a few dozen captures, I headed back to the truck. The brisk hike gave me plenty of time consider new plans. I could go to Leeks Marina. I could go to String Lake. Or, I could stay out all night and work more with the Milky Way as it rolled across the sky. At 1:00 am the Milky Way was directly overhead. I have a couple of places scouted out for an early sunrise from Togwottee Pass. I could do that, but I'd have to sleep in the truck—which I've done on numerous occasions. That would mean another Blueberry Granola Cliff bar. Or, I could head home and try to get some sleep. I chose the latter, but decided to modify that plan by stopping at Schwabacher Landing. I retuned home at roughly 1:45 am and went directly to bed. At the time, that felt like the perfect plan! MJ
If you are looking for additional night shots with reflected pools of water, consider String Lake, Leigh Lake, Jenny Lake, Hedrick's Pond, and other locations along Jackson Lake. There are probably a few side channels of the Snake River with quiet pools such as the boat launch at Pacific Creek.
Night Time Photography and Post Processing:
I am never sure how to faithfully process a shot like this. It was taken at 1:00 am, well within the astronomical midnight period. On a moonless night, it is DARK. When I say DARK, I mean I can't even see the Grand to know here to point the camera. If there is any color at all when shooting towards the West, it would be the amber/orange glow will be from distant lights in Victor, Driggs, and Tetonia, Idaho. The larger image above is the more accurate version, even if it is not as sexy as ones where I applied a little color!
It is not uncommon for a plane or satellite to track across the night sky on a long exposure. I usually use the Content Aware tool in Photoshop to remove a few of the "stars" in a straight line. Occasionally, a climber will have their flashlight on while on the side of the mountain. I remove them. Vehicle lights are also fair game in my book! Manmade distractions are almost always removed.
In most cases, I prefer the hour of "blue light" before astronomical midnight and the hour immediately after astronomical midnight. Click the image above to go to a site that shows the Night, Transitional hours, and Day times.
Ask Siri: Normally, I can look at my computer to establish sunrise, sunset, moon rise and moon set. It takes only a couple of clicks. When in my truck, I often ask Siri, "What time is sunset today", or "What time is moon rise tonight". As long as I am in a service area, she will respond with the necessary information. I simply add or subtract two hours to know when to expect astronomical midnight, or to know when the moon will begin to affect my shooting.
Safety Considerations: I should also suggest that you carry bear spray, and NOT carry a lot of food in your jacket or backpack. I usually carry at least one backup flashlight to make sure I can walk out safely. Most people would suggest to go out with a companion. It's a good idea, but seldom fits into my outings unless doing a tour.
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Terry O'Banion
For centuries, educators have cited Chaucers description of his scholar as the ultimate motto of our profession: Gladly would he learn and gladly teach. Unfortunately, the emphasis has been selective, underscoring, for the most part, gladly teach as indicative of what educators most value.
For example, in community colleges, the value placed on teaching is clearly reflected in their mission statements. Robert Barr, director of institutional research and planning at Palomar College in California, says:
There is nothing inherently wrong with placing great value on teaching except that it has led to placing more value on teachers than on learners. As a result, educational institutions accommodate the needs, interests, and values of teachers more often than learners. This accommodation created an embedded time and place- bound architecture of education--so many minutes in class, so many classes a day, so many days a term, so many units a diploma or degree, and so on--that restricts students and faculty to a learning environment designed for an earlier agricultural and industrial society. Schooling today is no different from schooling a hundred years ago. For better or worse, the book, blackboard, and lecture continue to dominate education (Green and Gilbert, 1995, p. 10).
Some critics suggest that education as we know it is doomed. In The Monster under the Bed (1994), Davis and Botkin declare that Over the next few decades the private sector will eclipse the public sector and become the major institution responsible for learning (p. 16). Lewis J. Perelman (1992) observes, Contrary to what the reformers have been claiming, the central failure of our education system is not inadequacy but excess: our economy is being crippled by too much spending on too much schooling.... The principal barrier to economic progress today is a mind- set that seeks to perfect education when it needs only to be abandoned (p. 24).
The Wingspread Group on Higher Education, in an open letter to every president of an institution of higher education in America, urged a redesign of our learning systems to align our entire education enterprise with the personal, civic, and workplace needs of the 21st Century (1993, p. 19). The reengineering and TQM movements are attempts by educators to redesign and overhaul the current educational system. Paul Privateer finds American education in general at a strategic anxiety point in its evolution. Were at a very odd midpoint between the death of one kind of paradigm of learning and the yet-undefined formation of an entirely new way of learning (Gales, 1994, p. 22).
A great many high schools, community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities are struggling to operate within established paradigms that are dying while they explore yet-undefined new ways of learning. These institutions are working hard to adapt new technologies, to incorporate collaborative learning models, to implement assessment and outcome measures, to realign organizational structures, and to make learning organizations of their institutions in the process.
These leading-edge institutions may survive into the twenty-first century, but even they are caught, as Robert Frost said, Betwixt and between the forest brown and the forest green. Saddled with old paradigms and insecure and reluctant faculty, how are these institutions to ride into the sunset of the twentieth century well-equipped for the new adventures promised just over the hill in the next century? The truth is, most institutions will not be part of this future if they continue to tweak the old paradigm for incremental changes; only those institutions that are capable of swift and radical change will see the promised land.
Toward One Model of Radical Change
We need dozens of models of radical change in education today to encourage experimentation by all sectors of education. This brief article outlines the basic elements of one model, based on the assumption that educational experiences should be designed for learners rather than for teachers. The term the learning college is used throughout as a generic reference for all educational institutions, including secondary schools.
Learners Engage the Learning College.
For the next decade at least, there will be formal institutions--high schools, community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities, owned and operated by many entities--that will attract learners to participate in their activities on established campuses and other locations through technological links. At the point of engagement (first day of tenth grade, summer admission to fall freshman year, beginning graduate school, in-plant six-week training module) the learning college will initiate a series of services to prepare the learner for the experiences and opportunities to come. (In a later version, in a seamless educational system, learners will begin this preparation as early as age four or five and continue it throughout their lives.)
In the learning college, services will include assessing the learners abilities, achievements, values, needs, goals, expectations, resources, and environmental or situational limitations. A personal profile will be constructed by the learner in consultation with an expert assessor, to illustrate what this learner knows, wants to know, and needs to know. A personal learning plan constructed from this personal profile will enable the learner to negotiate a contract that outlines responsibilities of both the learner and the learning college.
As part of the negotiated contract, the learner will purchase learning vouchers to be used in selecting from among the learning options provided by the learning college. The assessment information, the terms of the contract, historical records from previous learning experiences, and all pertinent information will be recorded on the learners personal disk which serves as a portfolio of information, a lifelong record of lifelong educational experiences. The disk will belong to the learner, who will be responsible for keeping it current with assistance from specialists in the learning college. The disk will contain information on learning outcomes and skill levels achieved, work experience, and external evaluations; other learning colleges and employers will develop their own systems to verify what they need to know about the learner.
As an additional service, the learning college will provide orientation and experimentation for learners unfamiliar with the learning environment of the learning college. Some learners will need training in using the technology, in developing collaborations, in locating resources, and in navigating the learning systems. Specialists will monitor these services carefully and will be responsible for approving a learners readiness to fully engage the learning opportunities provided.
Learners Select Learning Options.
The learner will review and experiment with options regarding time, place, structure, and methodology. Entry vouchers will be exchanged for the selected options and exit vouchers will be held for completion.
Each learning option will include
specific goals and competency levels needed for entry as well as specific outcome measures
of competency levels achieved. Learning colleges will constantly create additional
learning options, including:
A major goal of the learning college will be to create as many learning options as possible in order to provide successful learning experiences for all learners. If the learners goal is to become competent in English as a second language, there should be a dozen or so learning options available to achieve the goal. If the learners goal is to become competent in welding a joint, there should be a dozen or so learning options available to achieve that goal.
To manage the activities and progress of thousands of learners engaged in hundreds of learning options at many different times, at many different levels, in many different locations, the learning college will rely on expert systems based on early developments such as the General Motors Computer Aided Maintenance System or the Miami-Dade Community Colleges Synergy. Without these complex systems, the learning college cannot function. These systems reflect the breakthrough that will free education from the time-bound, place-bound, and role-bound systems that currently manage the educational enterprise.
Learners' Needs Define the Roles of Education Providers.
The learning college will contract with many specialists to provide services to learners. Specialists will be employed on a contract basis to produce specific products or deliver specific services; many will work part time, often from their homes, linked to learners through technology. Learners will assist other learners. Teachers and administrators will be of use in the learning college only if they can deliver special skills and abilities required by learners. Learners in the learning college will need specialists who can:
These basic skills and abilities will be indispensable to creating optimal conditions for learning. (Learners will also benefit if many of the individuals with these skills and abilities exhibit characteristics of intelligence, compassion, integrity, humor, and patience.)
In this briefly sketched ideal of the learning college, there is, not quite by accident, little mention of teaching or of teachers. Perhaps it is possible after all to place learning first, to make Chaucers gladly would he learn the dictum of a future system of education. The obstacles to creating a learning college similar to that outlined here are overwhelming and familiar to all who desire change. Several years ago, however, it was inconceivable that Russian communism would crash or that Republicans would reign in the U.S. Congress. The surprise of change these days comes about fairly regularly; maybe education is next on the list.
Barr, R. B. A New Paradigm for Community Colleges. San Marcos, Calif.: R. P. Group News: The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges, 1994.
Davis, S., and Botkin, J. The Monster under the Bed: How Business Is Mastering the Opportunity of Knowledge for Profit. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Gales, R. Can Colleges Be Reengineered? Across the Board: The Conference Board Magazine, Mar. 1994, 31, 1622.
Green, K. C., and Gilbert, S. W. Great Expectations: Content, Communications, Productivity, and the Role of Information Technology in Higher Education, Change, Mar./Apr. 1995, 7(2), 818.
Perelman, L. J. Schools Out: A Radical New Formula for the Revitalization of Americas Educational System. New York: Avon Books, 1992.
Wingspread Group on Higher Education. An American Imperative: Higher Expectations for Higher Education. Racine, Wis.: An American Foundation, 1993.
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Maalpua is a famous dessert of various north Indian states like UP, Bihar, north-western state like Rajasthan, along with other Indian states like Orrisa, Maharashtra, Bengal. It is generally made at festivals like Holi and is also prepared as a food served to lord during worship. Normally it is taken as dessert but can also be eaten as snacks.
First time, I tasted Maalpua at my neighbour aunt's home during my childhood days. I got to have it at her home when I visited hers place for Holi milan (a tradition to meet and greet friends and relatives by visiting each one's place and taste their festive special food prepared). She was from Bihar and she has tradition and culture of preparing maalpuas at Holi so I got to taste that deliciously sweet dessert there. Though it was not very prevalent dish at my home's tradition because of community difference but my mom managed to have its recipe from her but hardly she have ever tried it at home. This time after Holi, I got reminded of that dessert I used to have at aunt's home, my then neighbour who is now residing far from my present home. Hence later I could not taste it and never made an effort to prepare at home. But this time, I made my mind to prepare it and relive its flavor again.
As hers version of recipe was still fresh in my mom's mind and she informed me to include banana too, otherwise I was not going to include it. As generally I have seen people making maalpuas without adding banana and including some Mawa instead. But as per my mom's instructions, I included banana in the recipe for extra softness and it also provided sweetness to the batter. Somewhere it is soaked in sugar syrup, somewhere not. But here I am soaking it in sugar syrup as in other few desserts also I included sugar syrup soaking like in gulab jamuns/Rasgullas and Badami Shahi Tukda Recipe of Maalpua varies from individual to individual and region to region. What recipe I have applied for my Maalpua is here:
Time taken- For Preparation-15 min
For Coooking-20 min
Servings/Yield- 6-8 maalpuas
Category- Dessert
Milk- 500 ml
Banana- 1
All Purpose flour (Maida)- 1/2 cup
Semolina (suji)- 1 tbsp optional (roasted light brown)
Sugar- 1 tbsp+ 3/4 cup
Water- 3/4 cup
Cardamom Powder- 1 tsp
Saffron (kesar)- few strands
Pistachios- few to garnish (cut and chopped)
Silver garnish/leaf (chaandi-wark)- 1 to 2
Oil- for shallow frying
Steps to follow-
1. Boil milk and keep stirring it until it reduces to its half.
2. Remove from flame and let it cool off to warm.
3. Now mix in all-purpose flour, banana, roasted semolina and 1 tbsp of sugar (for slight sweetness). Beat and whisk well, for that you can use hand blender. The resulted batter should be having the consistency like of Uttapams or used for making fritters (not too thick nor too runny)
4. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry both sides until light brown. Or grease a pan with oil, put one ladle-ful of batter in the center and with the back of ladle spread out this batter in the form of circle that is not very thin, a little bit thick like uttapams. After few seconds you'll notice small holes there in the circle and puffing at the center.
5. At this time, drizzle few drops of oil around the circle, and scratch in with flat ladle from all over.
6. When prepared maalpua stats getting light brown from base side, flip it over and light brown other side also.
7. Likewise prepare all maalpuas. Meanwhile you are preparing maalpuas, take one vessel and put in sugar with equal quantity of water. Let it heat on other flame until one wired sugar syrup is formed.
8. Remove from flame and mix some saffron strands and cardamom powder in sugar syrup.
9. Now either soak maalpuas in sugar syrup or pour that syrup over maalpuas.
10. Plate up garnished with silver leaf and cup pistachios. Enjoy warm or chilled as per your liking.
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"Once you are an artist you put your hands to many things." Sketa
How does a young Toowoomba singer and dancer become a Korean icon in television, a translator of the Korean opera, Pansori, an educator with degrees in Visual Arts and Modern Asian Studies, and more recently the author of four published children's books with her own publishing house?
According to Selina Kucks, you jump right in and get hugely wet! "My blinkers were wide open and I was in the right place, at the right time, doing the right things" she says.
Formerly a ballet dancer with the Brisbane City Dance Company, Selina jumped at the chance to sing and dance in Korea during the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Little did she know the seed had been planted, and Korea would play an indelible role in her future. A part-time job at the Australian Embassy's Queensland House in London followed, supplementing Selina's role as student dancer with the Royal Ballet. But the bug had bitten, and an interest in learning the Korean language led to a Degree in Modern Asian Studies with a Korean major, and she spent another six months in Korea studying the politics and language, singing opera and generally experiencing the country, its people and its culture.
Love blossomed, and more opportunities arose, including to translate Pansori opera – Korean stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, television game shows, appearing on the KBS Morning Show, reporting for cultural shows and hosting cooking events. A foreigner speaking Korean was a novelty. The skills Selina acquired at Queensland House led to her becoming chief editor with UNESCO translating magazines, speeches and documents, and simultaneously working at the Foreign School teaching dance.
Next, in what she describes as the most fulfilling time of her life, Selina was teaching in a very poor area of Seoul, a forgotten area. She would write books for the children to read, helping the kids grow in their learning and confidence so they could have a chance of a brighter future. From there, another series of stories – tales within tales – evolved. Selina's books include The Parchment, The Parchment Tale Unfolds, The Magical Parchment, and the latest, Possum Tales, all written under the alias of Sketa. "I never thought I would be a novelist, nor have a publishing house, but I want to develop educational books in Korean or English to help kids understand another culture when they take on language studies through the Australian system. I also want to encourage corporate businesses to give meaningful gifts in the form of books which will help kids with deficits in literacy skills. Illiteracy strikes any family at any point in time. Those kids are left by the wayside."
A Korean husband, a son and after a span of 25 years in her adopted country has found Selina back in her home town of Toowoomba, where she teaches Korean language at various schools on the Downs in between book writing, illustrating and publishing. The tale within tales continues…
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"545 People"
by Charlie Reese
by Charlie Reese
"Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are really against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are really against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
• You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
• You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of representatives does.
• You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
• You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
• You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices. 545 human beings out of the 309 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 309 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted - by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
• If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
• If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
• If the Army and Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way. If they were on Social Security then they would fix it fast.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do. Change the law so that it is unlawful for quasi public companies (like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) to donate to politicians or political parties etc and unlawful for those persons/organizations to accept donations from those over which they have oversight.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power. They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses... provided the voters have the interest and incentive to manage their own employees."
- http://rogerwendell.com/politics.html


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October 5, 2019
Virginia informed us that the anthology is too short. Some people only gave one submission. You are able to submit more than one piece of writing so if you have more, please forward them to Virginia. We have extended the deadline to December 31st. If we still don't have enough pages to make a book we will hold it over until next year.
Marilyn is holding a free workshop on self-publishing at the Orangeville Public Library on Saturday, November 9th from 10am-2pm. Register with Shannon McGrady at email@example.com.
On Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at 7pm, join the library for An Evening with Maureen Jennings. Maureen is the creator of The Murdoch Mysteries. She will be discussing her new book Heat Wave.
The Trouble with Turkeys and Other Table Terrors
1. The trouble with turkey is....
2. Never make a pumpkin pie with the insides of a Jack O' Lantern.
3. My mother-in-law finally gave me her recipe for stuffing. Now I know why they can't get enough of it.
4. How was I supposed to know candied yams weren't made with candy?\
5. I thought it would be great to pick up some fresh corn from the stand outside the farm, but when I peeled back the husks, I was shocked at what I found.
6. Usually I open a can and let gravity pull out the gelatinous mold we know as cranberry sauce, but with my son bringing his gourmet chef girlfriend for Thanksgiving this year, I knew I had to step up my game.
7. Gravy can usually cover a multitude of culinary sins, but this year I was going to have to make mine using holy water.
October 20, 2019
Diane has HWG mugs available for purchase.
1. While driving my car, I noticed....
2. When I was a teenager, all I wanted was....
3. What the hell are you doing here?
4. When the judge looked at me I prayed for the first time in many years.
5. When I awoke on the couch this morning I didn't know where I was.
6. The rain came on so suddenly I couldn't...
Next Meeting is Sunday, November 3rd
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Eagles View with Chrisna Ashforth
Chrisna Ashforth's Journey
I started my spiritual journey when my son was diagnosed with ADD. After two years I realised that Ritalin was doing more damage than good. It wasn't an easy journey, but I persevered. I did every course under the sun and read every possible book. I am now qualified as a Reiki Master, Body Spin Facilitator, Mind Coach, More to Life Facilitator, an International Kundalini Yoga Instructor and a Kinesiology Practitioner. After I finished my teachers training degree at the University of Pretoria, I moved to Durban Yoga changed my life the way I see and perceive people and life in general. The practice and Yoga Studio in Hillcrest accommodates children's programs which help bring the child back to the path of righteousness as well as daily Tai Chi classes. The Artists Way by Julia Cameron has stimulated a passionate interest in helping women. The beauty of this venue is that my sister, Salome, and I run it in perfect sync with me concentrating of raw food awareness, Native American work and yoga, and she focuses on the psychological work. My spiritual journey included my Reiki masters certificate, body spin and co host retreats in nature for women and teenagers.
Studied at the university of Pretoria where I completed a degree on physical education.
Played beach volleyball for South Africa.
I started practicing Kundalini Yoga in 94.
Sure to all the physical injuries and demands of the the sport
Something in me began to change. Not only did it heal my body, I started to get to know myself and my body more.
In 2010 I completed the international yoga teachers training
There is no identification for you; Except your spiritual identity
There its no grace
For you but to learn
There is no achieve ment
Other than to become learned
There us no power but to share what you have learned with alland everyone
Share with compassion
You will be compensated and you will have no complex
Keep up and you will be kept up – Yogi bhajan
I have my own yoga studio where I teach 5 days a week
I have seen what this beautiful scientific yoga can do
How it uplifts and change your whole life
Kundalini Yoga teaches the 5 sutra s
1 – Recognise that the other person is you
2 – There is a way through each block
3 – When the time is on you start a xx the pressure will be off
4 – Understand n through compassion or you will misunderstand the Times
5 – Vibrate the cosmos
The cosmos will clear the path
My life journey had changed since I started doing Kundalini Yoga
I'm here to share, Teach and uplift every yogi, every person I deal with.
It's my life to serve and teach.
Sat nam
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"They're not taking an action right now. What do they want?" Lin Feng stood on the roof, looking into the distance. They were under siege now. However, the enemies didn't seem to launch an attack. No one could tell what plans the enemies had.
The quieter the enemies were, the more worried they became.
Not far away from the zombie wall of All Beings Base, a few figures were standing on top of the building. A tall and slim male zombie was standing on the edge of the roof. He was about six feet and three inches tall, and had a pretty, chiseled face. His slender eyes were narrowed, face bluish pale. Under his straight nose was a pair of light-purple lips. His skin wasn't dry, and looked like the skin of a healthy person, without any luster through.
A complicated, dark-purple net of veins was seen on the left side of his neck, extending to his left cheeks and looking like the root of a tree.
Those blood veins made that pretty and cold male zombie look evil and spooky.
His narrowed dark eyes were glowing with a purple light of lightning.
That was the zombie emperor which Yun Meng had mentioned before, a level-eight, lightning-powered zombie. Standing behind the zombie emperor was a female zombie leader and two male zombie dominators.
At that moment, two figures leaped up from the roof of a shorter building, each carrying two living human beings.
Those were two zombie kings. They threw the four fainted people to the zombie emperor, then stepped back.
The zombie emperor turned around and walked to the four people, looking at them. After that, he squatted beside a relatively younger man and reached out a hand. His hand was clean, but his fingernails were long and sharp.
Puff! He spread his fingers and abruptly sank his nails into that man's heart.
"Em…" The young man was woken up by the pain. He saw nothing but the dark sky, and felt nothing but the tearing pain from his chest. Then, he lost his eyesight and fell into unconsciousness.
Puff! Following the second slight noise, the zombie emperor pulled his hand out of the man's heart, holding a warm heart.
He put the heart under his nose and sniffed at it, then stood up with satisfaction. He turned and faced All Beings Base while putting the bloody heart into his mouth.
He opened his mouth wide and made a bite. With that one bite, he ate one-third of the heart. Blood flowed out of his mouth corners, yet he didn't mind as he kept chewing.
He soon finished the fresh heart, then turned back and dug out another heart before standing to eat it.
As he finished all four hearts, the female zombie nearby handed him a clean handkerchief.
The zombie emperor took over the handkerchief and first wiped his mouth corners before wiping his hand which was covered in blood. After that, he handed the handkerchief back to the female zombie.
His movements were so smooth that he looked even like a well-educated, posh man. After cleaning himself, he turned and clapped his hands.
Next, the female zombie and the four level-seven zombies behind him split the four fresh human bodies and ate them in an orderly way.
With close observation, one would find that the level-five female zombie was actually pretty. Despite the dark circles under her eyes, her face was delicate, and body shape was good. Her body remained nearly undamaged.
She was wearing a clean black dress, which made her half-invisible in the darkness of night.
As the zombie emperor ate the hearts of the four people, Yuan Tianxing and the other leaders of All Beings Base received the news about four people going missing.
"That is the third batch of people! They must have caught them sneakily!" Lin Feng clenched his teeth. His face even paled with anger.
"I've sensed the scent of blood from that way. I guess those people have already been eaten," Yun Meng twitched her nose and said.
"Those people secretly left their spots, then never came back," said the soldier who came to report.
"Didn't I order them not to leave! Why didn't they listen?" said Yuan Tianxing coldly.
"They were… they were from Sea City Base, so they barely followed our rules," said the soldier.
The people in All Being Base had been kept in the hotel for a whole day. To avoid causing panic or a riot, Yuan Tianxing and the other base leaders hadn't explained the whole thing to the people in details, and only told them not to leave the hotel.
However, some of those people who didn't know what was happening refused to follow the orders.
"Keep a close eye on them!" said Yuan Tianxing loudly.
"Yes, sir!"
"They avoided our detections when making an action!" Yun Meng crossed her arms before her chest and frowned.
"Could it be him?" said Qiu Lili.
"No! He hasn't been hiding his vibe. He's staying over there, never moving," Yun Meng shook her head.
"Has our place… become his sheepfold? Is he keeping us deliberately? So, he can get a few people and eat them whenever he gets hungry?" Yuan Tianxing looked at the others and said uncertainly.
The others looked at him, staying silent.
Downstairs, Mrs. Lin, Lin Wenwen, Cheng Wangxue, Long Qingying, and the other girls were staying in the same room. They didn't know what was going on either, but could clearly feel that everyone was nervous.
The hotel building was surrounded by soldiers and superpowered people. Thousands of people had gathered in the hotel. People were making guesses without knowing what exactly was happening.
Every now and then, some ran out of the hotel and never came back. As a result, the invisible panic soon spread among the people.
When All Beings Base people became like a group of sheep which were surrounded by the wolf pack, Sea City Base received the news.
"What's going on? Aren't they able to control those zombies? Why did those zombies change their sides?" Zou Shihui was confused.
"That… I don't know. Reasonably speaking, there should be no problem with the zombie crowd. Even though Miss. Lu isn't there, Qiu Lili and Yun Meng are," Xiao Yunlong frowned. He felt that what was happening to All Being Base was not normal.
"Our intelligence squad has already lost three members. However, they failed to get closer to see what was going on. I'll go there myself if it's necessary," Kong Qingming stood beside Xiao Yunlong, his pretty face wearing a serious look.
"I think this is not just a simple accident. We shouldn't make any reckless move. Besides, they haven't sent out anyone yet. If there's really something serious, they should at least send us a message," Zou Shihui thought for a moment and then said.
"Perhaps they can't get out. Or, they're somehow limited," said Xiao Yunlong.
"That's possible. Oh, have you prepared the supplies for the trade yet?" Zou Shihui suddenly changed the topic and said to Kong Qingming.
"The supplies are almost ready. We'll be ready to leave by tomorrow afternoon," Kong Qingming nodded and responded.
After being injured severely, Kong Qingming returned to the base and recovered, breaking into level-six. Currently, he was already promoted to a Deputy Chief. He had filled Yan Fangyu's place, and now had more work to do.
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