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MANIACWILL wrote:personally i dont like the idea my 2 cents
MANIACWILL wrote:imagine you are a pickpocket a thief a lumberjack ect and you get incarcerated inprisoned otherwise occupied for several years. You still retain the knowledge of how you did what you did. In real life people keep thier knowledge and add to it. Say you have a real life accumulation of 100 pick pockets skills and you get busted and locked away for 5 years often times you can devise better ways of doing what you got busted for while in prison and be better when you come out. Say you are a lumberjack and you have an equivilant of 100 in axe and you break your leg and are down for 6 weeks when you get back to the job you wont have lost anything in knowledge you will be slightly worse off physically due to not using your skills for awhile but overall you still know exactly what you knew before you had to take a break. these are estimates since in real life there is no skill system you either know how to or dont. I think to be realistic people dont lose knowledge of how to use skills or lose the knowledge of how to use a gun or weapon skill ect. the only things that change are if over a very long time like say a matter of years they change physically a process of getting older that they lose the physical ability to do stuff as well. There are exceptional people that never lose thier strength and energy of youth but these are unfortunatly far and between. It just doesnt make any sense to lose a skill that is knowledge based when people naturally get smarter and learn even when not using a skill. Most people that can do something very well actually learn albeit at a slower rate when they are not doing something and often times will come up with a new way of doing something when they are not doing it that will improve the effectiveness of a skill. Basically it goes against what is normal in people to take away skill when they would normally at least in the time you are mentioning gain in the skill. Granted if you dont use a skill in 6 months or a year you might forget it but it quickly comes back often times with one use what you forgot. my 1.00 sorry i didnt have change for the 2 cents this time around
SHRTY wrote:do we have to hunt something challenging? like whatever critter would teach the skill to that point?
Goharo wrote:Maybe if i could walk away from hunting and really see where i learned something i would feel diffrent but thats not the case so no i dont like this at all and do we gotta hunt up with what our skills learn at to not lose them? and what if we go kill something does that make us good on combat for a while? or is it a constant working of the skill that stops it from being lost?
QUEENAMANDALA wrote:Well, I guess I'll put my two cent in too.
I sorta don't find it realistic, in that, I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't forget how to do something in a matter of days or even weeks. It takes me like several months even years to forget how ta do something. And if I do forget, if I go to do that thing again it takes me like no time ta be right back where I was before I forgot.
I do play for long hours at a time and in 8 hours if I don't practice one skill, because I dunno I'm hunting or playing castles or RPing being goofy or something then I lose like a rank or something. If 8 hours IRL = 3 days IG and that's how much I lose then that would make me pretty forgetful I think...
Anyhoo, there's me two cents, hope they was helpful 8-)
MANIACWILL wrote:someone just pointed out another way of viewing it i didnt see. Part of the game is to roleplay and part of that is to interact with players besides can you pop this box i need healed and ect. castles and hopefully more will be to let people enjoy just hanging out online in game with friends and people are going to feel that they are being penalized if they have to hunt and dont really have the time to sit and visit with friends thanks
Goharo wrote:heres the messed up part i went and got a small bleeder so i could stay fresh in healing and was still losen the skill so from what i can draw ima haft to walk around with no torso just to keep my healing even and steal hunt sneak do boxes while haven no torso just to keep myself even that is so not cool i dont care what reasons for what is what on this system i dont like it the way it is now. i aint totaly against the idea really close to being not for it. but with some tweaking i guess MAYBE it wont be as bad
Goharo wrote:think of people that cant really learn from hunting and have capped skills they gotta just endlessly hunt over and over just to keep combat skills even then find time in the middle to do other things to keep those other important skills even.
BALTIMUS wrote:also i am at 269 with dual weapon tactics, it adds .01 to the skill for every hit or every other hit, that means it takes between 100 and 150 dual hits to raise just 1 point. i can be in stone giants working on a new weapon and blocking and watch points drop of the skill. if i spend a night there it could take days to get back what i lost in one night.
Goharo wrote:i agree i just hope more people agree and leave so this hast to be fixed
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Book her! Outback goes up stairs
All Cheryl Longnecker wanted was to return some borrowed books. Instead, she ended up a media spectacle when she accidentally backed her car up the front steps of the main public library.
"I'm so embarrassed," says Longnecker shortly after the April 12 accident. "What can I possibly say?"
Longnecker, a nurse, explains that a work-related stress fracture had put her right foot in a cast topped by an open-toed boot to make walking possible.
If only it made good driving possible.
"I was parallel parking and went to tap the pedal to back up just a hair," says Longnecker. "Then I couldn't find the brake pedal. It was over in two seconds."
Within minutes of the approximately 12:15pm event, police began rolling out yellow caution tape. Then someone had an idea.
Like all Subarus, Longnecker's Outback features all-wheel drive. And although the accident ripped off the rear bumper and mangled the exhaust system, a driver from Charlottesville Wrecker started the engine and navigated the vehicle down the stairs and on to Market Street.
One of the library's granite steps split and collapsed, another cracked, and the bronze railing was bent, but there were no injuries. City spokesman Maurice Jones says that although no charges are pending, Longnecker or her insurance company will probably be liable for the "$10,000-plus" damage to the library.
"The police officer says one day I'll laugh about this," says Longnecker. "I'm just so grateful nobody was on the sidewalk or the steps."
"All I wanted to do was return these library books," says Cheryl Longnecker of Lake Monticello.

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The Optimum Game Selection Tool
- Tony Ackroyd(1000rpm)United Kingdom
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# Players
Game Genre you want to play
Game Weight (Light, Medium, Heavy, and a few Very Heavy)
Obviously the Weight category is massively subjective and Medium Wargames are heavier than Heavy Kids games, Gamer games are heavier than Family games, etc, so the Weight is varied based on the Genre you select.
I referenced a lot of BGG resources to help put this list together. Notably were the following geeklists, but there were many more:
Monty Circus's "Plays best with 2? 3? 4? 173? You tell me! Ultimate Optimum # of Players List"
jaquino's "75 GeekLists About Number Of Players: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8"
Robartin's "A Tribute to Ameritrash"
1000rpm's "Little Kids Games Championship: THE FINALS"
Dalestephenson's "The Thumbs Up List of Party Games"
YOU can improve this tool!
Writing this list certainly exposed my own areas of ignorance, in particular around Abstract games, Negotiation games and Heavy wargames.
1. If you can think of a game which you think would be an as good or better result than the one(s) you get then add a Comment to that geeklist item and state the other game, ideally with reasons. Unfortunately the popups don't let you add comments so you have to do this in the main list.
2. If some other games have been added as comments then give the game you like most a to support that suggestion.
Many thanks to Boltongeordie for teaching me how to do dynamic links within a geeklist!
Many thanks to rooboomr for summarising the list in an Excel file as of 6 July 2007:
As an aside, if you haven't used "I don't know, what do you want to play?" to create yourself a set of cards of the games you own then you need to check this out now! Go to:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/28567 to understand it
http://www.superpowernosissies.com/games/idkwdywtp/ to do it
Update: The poll feature on games about ideal number of players has made it easy to add games to this list - thanks Aldie! Using that I have made some more lists you could use to solve the age-old problem of what game to play:
The Best Games for 1 Player
The Best Games for 2 Players
The Best Games for 3 Players
The Best Games for 4 Players
The Best Games for 5 Players
The Best Games for 6 Players
The Best Games for 7 or more Players
And my full reference geeklist for choosing games:
The Which Game to Play/Buy Metalist
If you liked this list, here is the version 2:
The Optimum Game Selection Tool v2.0
And this is really useful and more updated:
How Many Players? Play This..... (2017 Edition)
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- Posted Mon Jul 2, 2007 6:10 pm
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Tropical Storm Jose forms; monitoring disturbance in Gulf of Mexico
All eyes are on powerful Category 5 Hurricane Irma, but a new tropical storm formed Tuesday in the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Jose is churning with 40 mph winds and is moving west-northwest at 13 mph. The storm is currently over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Jose is the 10th tropical storm of the 2017 hurricane season.
WDSU meteorologist Kweilyn Murphy said Jose is forecast to reach Category 2 hurricane status by Sunday, but it's track after that is uncertain.
The National Hurricane Center said advisories are being issued for areas near Jose. The storm is forecast to move toward the west or west-northwest for the next few days.
"The environment in which Jose is located in appears to be quite conducive for development for the next three days," the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday.
Jose is forecast to move into less conducive conditions after that when it runs into vertical shear that might lessen the storm's intensity.
Elsewhere in the tropics, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico with a 70 percent chance of development over the next five days.
The disturbance, currently over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, is producing numerous showers and thunderstorms. Officials said conditions are conducive for gradual development and the system could become a tropical depression over the next few days.
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Montreal Canadiens - Framed Scoresheet Collage 1993 Stanley Cup Champions
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This commemorative 1992-1993 Stanley Cup frame showcases two 8x10" photos, and an exact NHL licensed replica copy of the scoresheet from the final game in 1993. The descriptive metal plate at the bottom of the frame recaps the glory of the championship and reads the following: "It took an NHL record 10 overtime wins, but the 1992-93 Montreal Canadiens' were able to beat Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings' to captuire their 24th Stanley Cup. Patrick Roy won his second of thre Conn Smythe Trophies boasting a 2.31 goals-against average and helping the team win 16 of the 20 games played. The frame is accompanied by a Frameworth Certificate of Authenticity that states the product is officially licensed through the NHL & HHOF and includes a replica of the actual score sheet from the 1992-93 playoffs." The finished frame size is 25"x36"x1".
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Arizona is supposed to be hot right? Well the wind kicked up today and dropped the temperature down to 45 degrees in the morning. It seems like the players got the memo and got out to the practice fields early to stretch. It also meant most of the team ran right by the autograph seekers to avoid the cold and wind. Nonetheless it was neat to see the team close up running through their drills. Also, got to see Sandy Koufax tutor some of the lefties on the practice pitching mounds.
The weather seemed to cool off the bats of both teams. It might have also been that fact that Greinke was dealing and Ryu, besides that triple he gave up, was sharp. I've never seen either pitch before, so it was a real treat to see a preview of the pitching goodness to come this year. Puig started, but didn't look so hot and seemed to give up on his second at bat. However, that kid sure looks like Bo Jackson at the plate. I was also able to walk around during the late innings and watched Matt Palmer in the bullpen throwing to Matt Wallach and just loved hearing the ball crisply smack the catcher's mitt.
One more game tomorrow against the Cubs, then vacation is over. Until next time, Go Blue!
Sunday, February 24, 2013
At-Game Recap: Preseason Game 2 Dodgers vs White Sox
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The Dynamics of Adrenaline – Getting Pumped in Queenstown
Travel Writer, Sarah Bond, recalls her adrenaline inducing Bungy experiences.
I've watched a YouTube clip of AJ Hackett, looking very 'Eighties' in a black polo shirt and Raybans, explaining how the art of bungy jumping is "all inside your head." Having spent time in Queenstown, and jumped off the Kawarau Bridge Bungy, The Ledge and The Nevis, I can confirm this theory.
The cords used for bungy jumping are made of industrial latex. You could literally swing a mini-van off one of them. And, it's reassuring to know that AJ Hackett Bungy was the first bungy operation in the world to be awarded the 'S' mark for safety and quality assurance.
Yes, it's safe and the real challenge is reconciling the low 'actual risk', versus the high 'perceived risk'. The not so subtle human emotion of fear is controlled by the amygdala, or lizard brain. It evolved early on in our human development and allows us to either fight our enemies, or take flight out of harm's way.
With each jump, I went from being extremely nervous to totally exhilarated in a heartbeat, and that's the magic of bungy, a complete mood change in seconds. By taking my head out of its comfort zone and hurling myself of a platform, I was rewarded with a massive adrenaline pump.
So, if you want to create your own mind war, try jumping off the Kawarau Bridge, hurling yourself off The Ledge or diving 134 metres into the Nevis Canyon. Get pumped legally with AJ Hackett Bungy Queenstown!
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Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!!
• Justin Verlander is the is the 2011 AL MVP. Now get ready for 4 months of debates over what "most valuable" really means.
• The Rockies traded Ty Wigginton to Philadelphia to make room for this guy.
• The Marlins think Albert Pujols may be older than we've been led to believe. Hmm. Wasn't that the same reason he fell so far in the draft way back when?
• The Yankees and Red Sox appear to be getting closer to talking themselves into Roy Oswalt and his assorted back ailments.
• The Reds are the first team to be linked to Oakland closer Andrew Bailey.
• Jonathan Broxton is shockingly popular on the free agent market, elbow surgery and last season's 5.68 ERA and all.


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Kirin 50% Blend
Nose: Butterscotch, blanched pears, vanilla, creamed corn, oak, mixed herbs, shellfish.
Palate: Creamed corn, green apple skin, butterscotch, rye, red grapes, a tad soapy.
This whisky was rated very highly by Jim Murray this year. Not sure if it's as good as he says but it's definitely great value.
When I was last in Japan I took a bottle of this & a bottle of Super Nikka Rare Old on my travels so I could have my daily dram. Both of these offer a lot of enjoyment for ridiculously little money! At home in Australia you can barely get a bottle of cheap & nasty blended Scotch for the price of one each of these. Bargain!!
Where would I find this bottle in Tokyo will be heading there in January 2013. Thinking of buying it to try.
jerrychng, this stuff is available every where. Go to a supermarket and you should be able to get a bottle for around 900 yen.
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"I Am the Resurrection and the Life," Liahona, Apr. 1995, 11
"I Am the Resurrection and the Life"
An abridged version of a presentation to the Quorums of the Seventy, 17 March 1994.
No one can adequately portray the greatness of the Holy One of Israel, who died for us and rose again to become the "firstfruits of them that slept" (1 Cor. 15:20). To portray the Resurrection in its fulness of glory and effulgence of hope is, I believe, beyond the ability of mortal man. We cannot explain the Resurrection intellectually; it defies the rest of human experience. We can only glimpse it—the Truth of Truths—as though through a glass darkly, discerning only its dim outlines.
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The epic tells of the search by Gilgamesh for the greatest of all prizes: immortality. After the death of his beloved friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh struggled to find meaning for his life and sought—through adventure, travel, the pursuit of pleasure—to find immortality. His attempts were in vain. Life, he concluded, is bounded by the cradle and the grave.
That same doleful conclusion—shared by millions of modern men and women separated from the ancient world of Gilgamesh by the mists of 45 centuries—must, I think, have been in the minds of the Zoramites to whom Alma and Amulek preached. Amulek perceived their puzzlement over "the great question": "whether the word be in the Son of God, or whether there shall be no Christ" (Alma 34:5).
Our answer to Amulek's question provides a ringing rebuttal to those who are the spiritual heirs of Gilgamesh of Sumeria. To all who long to learn of immortality but know not where to find it, we proclaim that Jesus of Nazareth, who lived on earth 25 centuries after Gilgamesh, brought immortality to humankind. He, the literal Son of God, offspring of a virgin mother and the mighty Father, Elohim, preached His wondrous gospel of love, was betrayed by one of His closest associates, was subjected to the cruel mockery of a farcical trial, and died on a cross between two thieves on Golgotha's hill. His lifeless body was buried in a borrowed tomb, its entrance sealed by a great stone and Roman soldiers placed to guard the sepulchre. Yet, when faithful women came that first Easter Sabbath morning to dress the body of their beloved Master with spices and ointments, they were greeted by an empty tomb and angels who spake these wondrous words, the most sublime in any language: "Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen" (Luke 24:5–6).
Luke, who may have heard the account from eyewitnesses, perhaps even from the mother of Jesus, records that the women returned from the sepulchre and told all these things to the eleven Apostles and others. They were not believed at first. Their words seemed to the disciples "as idle tales, and they believed them not" (Luke 24:11).
There are many reasons why the ancient Apostles did not at first believe Jesus had risen from the dead, and most were rooted in human experience. Death is universal. It is as uniform an experience as being born. Everyone does it, and it is irreversible. So it was perhaps natural that the disciples did not at first believe Jesus had risen from the dead. It is true they had seen restoration of the life of the son of the widow of Nain (see Luke 7:11–15); the daughter of Jairus, the ruler of a synagogue (see Mark 5:35–43); and Jesus' beloved friend Lazarus (see John 11:43–44). But that was restoration to mortal life, to die again when that life was finished. Christ's resurrection was different from all other human experiences. It was a rising from the dead, not to finish a mortal life, but to live eternally. It changed mankind's destiny forever.
One of the gifts of the Lord's atonement is that all humankind will rise from the dead, that immortality is given to all, that the enemy called death is destroyed forever. Amulek declared: "The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form; both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame. … Now, this restoration shall come to all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female, both the wicked and the righteous" (Alma 11:43–44; emphasis added).
The Bible indicates that Jesus provided "many infallible proofs" of His resurrection (see Acts 1:3), appearing to many during the 40 days before His final ascension. The first mortal to see the resurrected Christ was Mary Magdalene (see John 20:16–17). Other women also saw Him, including Mary, mother of James; Salome, mother of James and John; Joanna; Susanna; and others (see Matt. 28:1–9; Mark 16:1; Luke 8:3; Luke 23:55–24:10). Jesus appeared also to two disciples on the road to Emmaus (see Luke 24:13–32); several times to the remaining Apostles (see Luke 24:36–43; John 20:26–28; Matt. 28:16–19), including at the time of His ascension (see Acts 1:11); to several of the Apostles as they fished (see John 21); to Peter (see 1 Cor. 15:5); to James (see 1 Cor. 15:7); to more than 500 brethren at once (see 1 Cor. 15:6); and to Paul, who counted himself the "least of the apostles" (1 Cor. 15:9).
Perhaps the most glorious message of the Book of Mormon is that the resurrected Savior also appeared at numerous times to the faithful Nephites. The first occasion is portrayed poignantly in Mormon's abridgement of Nephi's account:
"And … behold, they saw a Man descending out of heaven; and he was clothed in a white robe; and he came down and stood in the midst of them; and the eyes of the whole multitude were turned upon him, and they durst not open their mouths, even one to another, and wist not what it meant, for they thought it was an angel that had appeared unto them.
"And it came to pass that he stretched forth his hand and spake unto the people, saying: "Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world" (3 Ne. 11:8–10).
In our day, the Prophet Joseph Smith saw the resurrected Savior on several occasions, beginning in 1820 with the First Vision (see JS—H 1:16–17). Later, he and Sidney Rigdon received that glorious visitation at Hiram, Ohio, on 16 February 1832, when they saw Him "on the right hand of God" and learned that "by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created" (see D&C 76:22–24). Equally wondrous was the vision given to Joseph and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple on 3 April 1836:
"The veil was taken from our minds, and the eyes of our understanding were opened.
"We saw the Lord standing upon the breastwork of the pulpit, before us; and under his feet was a paved work of pure gold, in color like amber.
"His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying:
"I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father" (D&C 110:1–4).
Doubt and cynicism about Jesus, about the reality of His resurrection, and even about His historical reality, increasingly have become the hallmark of our age. We observe with sorrow learned scholars who make a mockery of Christ, denying His virgin birth and resurrection, deriding His commandments, substituting pallid situational ethics for the eternally relevant certainties of the Sermon on the Mount.
What a great victory Satan would win if he could persuade men there is no Christ! Indeed, he has waged that war from the beginning. Matthew recorded that the chief priests gave "large money" to the soldiers guarding Jesus' tomb, to have them spread the tale that "his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept" (Matt. 28:12–13). It is sad to report that the soldiers "took the money, and did as they were taught" (Matt. 28:15).
Increasingly today, even many who call themselves Christian do not take Christ's resurrection and longed-for return to the earth literally. For them, Christ's gospel is primarily a social agenda, concerned almost entirely with righting the wrongs of poverty, ignorance, and injustice. Some say Jesus was a great teacher, an inspired moralist, a healer and miracle worker. But His unique role as the atoning, resurrected Savior receives increasingly less attention. Yet, as Paul said, "if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. … If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable" (1 Cor. 15:14, 19).
The Prophet Joseph Smith's views on the Resurrection stand in stark contrast to the cynical disbelief of the world: "It [the spirit] existed before the body, can exist in the body; and will exist separate from the body, when the body will be mouldering in the dust; and will in the resurrection, be again united with it" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, page 207).
The faith of the Latter-day Saints is different from that of the world. Ours is a faith anchored in the holy scriptures and in the words of the living prophets, which proclaim Christ as the pioneer of life. With Jacob, we proclaim to all the world, in words of solemn testimony, that "death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored one to the other; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel" (2 Ne. 9:12).
Jesus, by His resurrection, opened a new chapter in cosmic history. He is the one who appears at the beginning, the center, and the end of all history. When we learn to read the "signs, and wonders, and types, and shadows" (Mosiah 3:15) with the eyes of faith, we will realize that all truth testifies of Him (see 2 Ne. 11:4). He is the very personification of truth and light, of beauty and goodness, but supremely of life and love. All that He did, including His death on the cross, was done out of love. In Nephi's words, "He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him" (2 Ne. 26:24).
C. S. Lewis, who had such unusual insight into "things as they really are" (Jacob 4:13), had this to say about what we can do once we get the perspective of immortality clearly in our minds:
"The command be ye perfect is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He [Christ] is going to make us into creatures that can obey that command. He said (in the Bible) that we were "gods" and He is going to make good His words. If we let Him—for we can prevent Him, if we choose—He will make the feeblest and filthiest of us into a god or goddess, a dazzling, radiant, immortal creature, pulsating all through with such energy and joy and wisdom and love as we cannot now imagine, a bright stainless mirror which reflects back to God perfectly (though, of course, on a smaller scale) His own boundless power and delight and goodness. The process will be long and in parts very painful; but that is what we are in for. Nothing less. He meant what He said" (Mere Christianity, New York City: Macmillan Paperbacks, 1960, page 160).
The command "be ye … perfect" (Matt. 5:48) cannot be executed overnight, or even by the end of mortality. It takes much, much longer to overcome all our weaknesses and qualify ourselves for godhood. Christ's resurrection, which assured our immortality, provides the time necessary for us to at least seriously attempt to pursue the goal of perfection.
The promise of life beyond the grave gives us a different perspective as well on the other boundary of our mortal existence. As we learn we are immortal creatures, we realize that life, which does not end with the grave, does not begin with the cradle either. We lived before we came to this earth. We are creatures of the stars, time travelers, who come from afar and, if we are true and faithful, may return to celestial halls and live again with the mighty God who is the Father of our spirits. God's Holy Son, our Savior, whose glorious resurrection makes it all possible, will be there to encircle us "in the arms of [His] love" (D&C 6:20).
As the Son of an Eternal Father and a mortal mother, Christ inherited the power to die and rise again in resurrected glory. His resurrection showed His complete power over matter in all its manifestations and demonstrated His ability to put all enemies, even the enemy of death, under His feet (see Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, page 297). He controls matter, and it obeys Him. He commands, and the worlds are framed; at His word, the tomb is emptied.
The reality of the Resurrection is for us an object lesson in faith. Increasingly, as the world ripens in iniquity, faith in Christ wanes. With the dimming of faith, fewer can answer positively the question posed by Job: "If a man die, shall he live again?" (Job 14:14). To that query Christ's reply rings down through time to this very hour: "Because I live, ye shall live also" (John 14:19).
I finish where I began, with the story of Gilgamesh, the ancient king who longed for immortality but could not find it. What is the meaning of his search for ultimate truth? It is simply this: man, despite all his efforts and inventiveness, cannot find the true meaning of life using his own resources. He cannot, with his own power, escape the existential despair which grips mankind in its icy embrace. Only Christ's resurrection provides that escape, by breaking the seal of the grave, by revealing death as the door not to extinction but to immortality and eternal life.
How great is the Holy One of Israel, how wondrous His sacrifice, how indebted to Him we are and ever will be! The miracle is that in spite of all our weaknesses, He loves us and will never forsake us. The Resurrection is profound evidence of God's love for His children and of the love of the sinless, sublime Savior who died to save us all. Of Him we sing in humble gratitude:
I know that my Redeemer lives.
What comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, he lives, who once was dead.
He lives, my ever-living Head.
He lives to bless me with his love.
He lives to plead for me above.
He lives my hungry soul to feed.
He lives to bless in time of need.
(Hymns, 1985, number 136)


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Karin Herzog sent me a set of skincare to try a week or two ago and as usual, I have collapsed into a tired heap at night, unable to properly use the skincare in the manner I am supposed to.
BUT! Its a new week! I want to it be a good week. I have exciting things happening in my "real" life, so I am also going to take care of my skin, properly…
My consultation seemed a little complicated at first. If I am honest I am still getting my head around it, but I think I've got it now more or less.
So, at night my first step is to CLEANSE with the Chocolate cleanser, wiping off with a hot flannel:
This is quite a thick gel cleanser – it smells like chocolate, reminds me of a doll I used to have. So far I have double cleansed with it to get all the slap off (if I have been wearing it in the day).
I use this Oxygen Face Cream day and night:
Its got a light texture and it felt sticky for a moment, but this quickly disappeared. Doesn't really smell of anything in particular. (The morning routine is very simple, I use this Oxygen cream and thats it – skin doesn't need cleansing).
Twice a week I use this Rose Exfoliating Gel at night, and use 2-3 drops of the facial oil:
Other nights I use this mild scrub mixed with a bit of water to work away blackheads:
Its a fine textured scrub…
This Vita A Kombi 3 is for spots, would you believe! I apply this day and night to any spots:
Not like a normal spot cream. Only used a few times will let you know if it works!
Finally the Oxygen Body cream is used to massage into the Lymph nodes to clear blockages in the areas. I am still trying to fine mine but I will do this every night (or get the Mr to do it for me :D)
This has a very light, very airy texture:
It sinks in ok, the texture is unusual. It made my skin tingle a little. Once again too soon to say but I like the concept behind it (oxygen being suspended in the cream).
By the way, you can win your own Karin Herzog skincare set & consultation but the way, enter here.
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Middle Level Emphasis Program
What is middle level?
The middle level (grades 5-8) is a time of exploration, discovery and challenge for young adolescents. Students between the ages of ten and fourteen are experiencing rapid changes in their physical, intellectual and social development and require schools and teachers well-equipped to support them. Middle schools generally include grades six through eight (sometimes grades five or nine) and offer a variety of schedules and support systems to address students needs. Team teaching, intellectually demanding curriculum, block scheduling, differentiated instruction, advisory groups and exploratory electives are just a few examples. In addition, some elementary schools (K-6) support middle level learners in self contained classrooms or with students that include team or interdisciplinary teaching for grades 5-6.
Why choose a middle level emphasis?
Credential programs in California provide preparation for multiple subjects (grades K-8, with a focus on elementary grades) and single subjects (grades 7-12, with a focus on high school students). The teacher who wants to teach middle level is often forced to choose one or the other without particular emphasis on the strategies, skills and knowledge necessary to meet the unique teaching and learning needs of the young adolescent. The middle level emphasis program at SJSU is specifically designed to overcome this problem (see program description below). Whether you plan to teach middle level students in a middle school or upper elementary setting, a middle level emphasis will assist you to be successful with young adolescent learners.
Is middle level right for you?
Take our quick quiz for the answer:
- Do you enjoy working with 10-14 year-olds?
- Are you passionate about teaching one or more of the following subject areas: lanaguage arts, history-social science, science, or mathematics?
- Are you excited about teaching kids who are ready for more sophisticated intellectual tasks?
- Do you want to teach students who are at turning points in their academic and personal lives?
- Are you excited about helping kids navigate the challenges of social, emotional, and physical change?
- Do you have a sense of humor?
If you answered "Yes" to all 6 questions, you are ready for middle level teaching.
Application Process
- ATTEND A GROUP ADVISEMENT SESSION. These orientation sessions, held twice a month, are required of all students who wish to enroll Multiple Subject Credential Program.
- APPLY TO THE MULIPLE SUBJECT TEACHING CREDENTIAL PROGRAM. Follow the general applicaton for admission to the credential program through the Department of Elementary Education. On the application form, indicate your interest in the MLE Program.
- Interview with MLE program coordinator and/or team.
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The program timeline below reflects a full-time schedule. We also offer a part-time option.
Summer Semester (prior to starting program)
- EDTE 162: Meeting the Needs of Second-Language Learners (3 units)
- EDEL 108A: Curriculum/Reading & Language Arts (Developing Readers)-PART ONE (3 units)
NOTE: Financial Aid not available in summer for incoming Fall students.
Fall Semester
- EDEL 102: Psychological Foundations of Educaiton (3 units)
- EDEL 108A: Curriculum/Reading & Language Arts (Critical Content Literacy)-PART TWO (3 units)
- EDEL 143A: Orientation to Student Teaching (5 units) NOTE: Requires 12-15 hrs/wk
- EDEL 108B, C, D, or single subject equivalent (choose one)
Spring Semester
- EDEL 103: Multicultural Foundations of Education (3 units)
- EDTE 246: Classroom Management and Governance (3 units)
- EDEL 143B: Student Teaching (10 units) NOTE: Requires 20+ hrs/wk
Summer Semester 2
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- EDEL 108D: Math
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- EDTE 190: Health Education for the Classroom Teacher (3 units)
- EDSE 192A: Including and Supporting Students (3 units)
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Crunch Fitness brings the gym vibe to your computer.
NEW YORK — Music selection is an important consideration for every health club. Deciding what genre to play and for whom and how often, while still satisfying most of the club's members, is an undertaking worthy of Hercules.
Crunch Fitness has decided to use technology to get a boost up on the musical dilemma. This past March, Crunch teamed with Listen.com to launch Crunch Radio, featuring two specially programmed Web radio stations that will be played in all Crunch gyms nationwide. Listen.com has also created a customized Crunch player that allows Web visitors to listen online.
"Music is very important to our customers," said Doug Levine, chairman and founder of Crunch, of the club's primarily 20-to-40-something members. "They don't want to listen to prepackaged, canned music. They don't want to listen to the radio."
With this new partnership, Crunch members get to listen to cutting-edge selections from one of two channels. Churn is an up-tempo station featuring artists such as Madonna, Underworld and Fatboy Slim to accompany a high-energy workout. Chill offers members music from acts like Air, St. Germain and Portishead, appropriate for yoga, stretching and cooldown sessions.
The partnership between Crunch and Listen.com came about after company representatives contacted the fitness chain. "We basically have 30,000 people a day going into these gyms," explained Levine.
"They help influence trends throughout the country. Listen.com said, 'Listen, we'd die to get that audience and get that type of exposure,'" he continued.
Crunch intends to make money off the Web station by selling banner ads for the site. In addition, Crunch has an in-gym concert series (co-sponsored by RCA Records) for its L.A. and New York locations, as well as a new CD entitled Music To Sweat To, released by TVT records. The album is selling well in Tower, Virgin Records and Borders, according to Levine.


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A Sioux Falls teenager is being sought for allegedly holding his 17-year-old girlfriend against her will and dragging her several blocks. It happened early Wednesday in the 800 block of West 6th Street.
Officer Sam Clemens says the 19-year-old showed up at his girlfriend's house, but she came out of the house to tell him he should go.
Clemens says the man hit and punched the girl, and then dragged her to 5th and Walts:
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Today, I'd like to take a look at the trinkets available to kitties in 3.3, and do some analysis on the best choices available. (Yes, I'm working on a post on DPS rotation mods as well, but that requires screenshots and installing and stuff, so that'll take a few days.) There's quite a few choices out there…some of the old items remain quite good, however. Let's check them out. First, the list, sorted by location:
- Deathbringer's Will (ICC25H) / Deathbringer's Will (ICC25)
- Tiny Abomination in a Jar (ICC25H) / TinyAbomination in a Jar (ICC25)
- Whispering Fanged Skull (ICC10H) / Whispering Fanged Skull (ICC10)
- Death's Verdict/Choice (TOC25H) Death's Verdict/Choice (TOC25)
- Victor's Call/VOTF (TOC10H) / Victor's Call/VOTF (TOC 10)
- Comet's Trail (Uld25H)
- Blood of the Old God (Uld25)
- Wrathstone (Uld25)
- Dark Matter (Uld10H)
- Mjolnir Runestone (Uld10H)
- Pyrite Infuser (Uld10)
- Grim Toll (Naxx25)
- Needle-Encrusted Scorpion (FOS H)
- Banner of Victory (TOC5 N)
- Herkuml War Token (60 EoFs)
- Shard of the Crystal Heart (50 EoTs)
- Mark of Supremacy (50 EoTs)
- Mirror of Truth (40 EoV's)
- Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Turn-in from crafted Nobles Deck)
Before we jump in, the largest factor affecting the value of trinkets for ICC25 raiders is the critcap. Many of these trinkets have or proc crit. Crit has always been a decent stat for us…not as good as Agi or ArP, but better than anything else (not counting Str, since that's not usually found as a secondary stat on leather). Once you reach the crit cap for white attacks, however (pretty easy in ICC25 gear), then crit drops in effectiveness. It's not "bad," so to speak, since it still affects your yellow attacks (especially with the 4pT10 bonus) but it becomes a worse stat to stack. At this point, you'll be preferring ArPen proc trinkets until your ArPen is high enough, then Haste or AP.
ICC gives you three trinkets- one great, one meh, and one crap. Deathbringer's Will is by far the BiS trinket for ferals. The static ArP really helps with stacking ArP (as any feral raiding ICC25 should be trying to do), and all of the procs are good for you. (Plus, you can shift to flight form and fly as a Taunka, stealth as a Taunka, etc. Really cool.) You'll have to fight several others for a chance at it, though. Sadly, I haven't seen one drop the past four weeks. The Tiny Abomination in a Jar is absolute crap, though. Don't touch it. The proc'ed Mote attack uses your unimproved paw damage, and can't proc OOC. It's about as strong as a blue for us…just ew. Finally, the Whispering Fanged Skull from 10M is very good. Unfortunately, it has +crit (see above.) Good for ICC10, but falls off a bit after that.
Just like ICC, you have one great trinket and one mediocre. Death's Verdict/Choice is an excellent trinket (currently my #2). Unfortunately, it has the same critcap problem as the WFS since it procs agility. The agi proc is so massive, though, that the increase in special attack crits mostly compensate. Victor's Call/VOTF from 10M is pretty bad, unless you're very well geared and have 0 expertise (ie the lack of expertise is causing you to be prematurely crit-capped).
Ulduar is trinket heaven, especially on hard mode. The cream of the crop here is the Mjolnir Runestone. Of the three ArP proc trinkets, this is the best in most situations, and remains a very good trinket until your ArP level is high enough to make the proc less useful. It's better than the Scorpion since it procs on hit, not crit, giving it a better uptime. Comet's Trail is also very good, and has no cap issues, but it's not exactly easy to get (Algalon 25 drop). Blood of the Old God is decent, but the large amount of +hit makes it hard to use fully. If you can use it and keep under the +hit cap, it's pretty good. The rest? Dark Matter is good but will critcap you very quickly (612 crit rating proc? Ouch), and it's hard to get (Algalon 10). Wrathstone and Pyrite Infuser are obsolete, though they're still decent and better than some other options.
Grim Toll is generally the worst of the three ArP trinkets, but it actually retains its value a bit longer. T10 gear tends to lack hit in favor of crit; if you're critcapped, then GT can be used in place of MR or NES, and actually is the superior option (especially if you have enough ArP that you waste some of the proc from MR or NES). There's several other trinkets here that are decent for starting ferals, though finding a Naxx run is almost impossible these days.
Besides some blue trinkets from the normal instances, there's two you're looking for: The Needle-Encrusted Scorpion from H FOS and the Banner of Victory from N TOC5. As previously mentioned, the Scorpion is a great trinket and remains competitive up though ICC25; however, it's not as good as the Runestone, and depending on your situation, may be worse then Grim Toll. The Banner is a great starter trinket, seeing as you can grind N TOC until you get it- be prepared for a wait, though, because it only has a 7.5% drop rate.
The real star here is the Herkuml War Token. It's expensive (60 EoF's) but it's currently the #2 BIS trinket, once you have enough ArP to devalue the ArP proc trinkets. Haste scales with haste and has no cap issues (so you really need the WF/IIT buffs to make this effective, but it'll keep getting better). Shard of the Crystal Heart and Mark of Supremacy are much easier to obtain, but they're pretty mediocre. They have tons of +hit, which isn't a great stat for ferals at early gear levels…and once you get to higher gear levels, you'll have access to better anyway. It's an option if you're unlucky with drops, I suppose. If you're just starting out, the Mirror of Truth is still a very decent trinket, and cheap as well. Finally, the Darkmoon Card: Greatness remains very good for its item level, and it's also a great tanking trinket. I highly recommend new feral druids picking one of these up if you can afford it.
Top 5 List/Conclusion:
To conclude, I've come up with three different Top 5 lists. Why 3? Well, a list including ICC 25 items isn't very useful for an new player/alt just starting heroics. :P I've run appropriate gearsets with appropriate buffs through Rawr, and the numbers are below (100's of dps…so 2.5 means 250 dps…take numbers as very loose approximations).
Starter (Heroics):
- Needle-Encrusted Scorpion (HFOS)- 2.5
- Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Crafted)- 2.1
- Banner of Victory (N TOC)- 1.8
- Mark of Supremacy (50 EoT's)- 1.7 (assuming you can use all the hit)
- Mirror of Truth (40 EoV's)- 1.6
The Scorpion and the DM:G are easily your best options at this level; the others are pretty interchangeable. If I was starting over, I'd purchase the DM:G and toss some random blue/green in the other slot until I got the Scorpion.
Pugger (TOC 25/ICC 10, no access to Algalon, saving EoF's for T10):
- Whispering Fanged Skull (ICC 10)- 3.9
- Death's Verdict/Choice (TOC 25)- 3.8
- Mjolnir Runestone/Needle-Encrusted Scorpion (Uld10HM/HFOS)- 3.5
- Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Crafted)- 2.8
- Banner of Victory (N TOC)- 2.3
Not much to say here: WFS/DV (or DC)/ArP trinket…pick two.
Raider (ICC 25)
- Deathbringer's Will (ICC 25)- 5.6
- Herkuml War Token (60 EoF's)- 4.9 (my #1 atm)
- Whispering Fanged Skull (ICC 10)- 4.7
- Death's Verdict/Choice (TOC 25)- 4.6 (my #2 atm)
- Mjolnir Runestone/Needle-Encrusted Scorpion (Uld10HM/HFOS)- 4.6
Things get interesting here. DBW is massively better than the alternatives, but #2 is pretty close. The ArP trinket can fall anywhere from #2 to #5 (or lower) depending on your current amount of ArP, among other things. If you're just starting ICC25, then it'll be ranked higher; once you pass the ArP softcap, its value will drop. If you get to ICC hardmodes and start shooting for the hard ArP cap, there's not much change: Heroic DBW, DBW, Herkuml, Heroic DV/DC, Heroic WFS, WFS.
Well, that should wrap it up for trinkets until Cata! If you disagree, have questions, or whatever, post a short comment here, or feel free to use the TFD forums. Thanks for reading!


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Last night the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed it would revisit the case of Shelly Adams following a damning review which condemned her care of Bradley and Jayden, who died within three months of each other.
After being prompted by a Daily Echo investigation, they will now consult with Hampshire police – who once arrested the 28-year-old on suspicion of killing her sons but a lack of evidence meant no charges could be made.
It comes after three serious case reviews slammed Southampton's social services for failing to protect ten children under their care – including the Adams brothers.
As reported yesterday, council bosses apologised for the catalogue of errors that saw a six-year-old girl suffer 92 injuries and a family of seven children abused by their own father.
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When the Daily Echo asked CPS Wessex whether it would revisit the case of Shelly Adams after the review confirmed her neglect, a spokesman said the service would consult with police.
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Hampshire Police had previously said it would take no further action against Ms Adams following her initial arrest after Bradley's death in April 2011.
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The Daily Echo also contacted Ms Adams' solicitors, Hannides & Co, to request a comment from her but their response was to hang up.
The other two serious case reviews related to incidents in 2012 and 2013 and parents of those children have been jailed.
Meanwhile, the decision not to discipline any staff at Southampton City Council has been criticised by Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead.
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"It is a very sorry catalogue of events. The agencies, which did not cause the neglect, had a big say whether the perpetrators of neglect could have been either stopped or apprehended at any stage."
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He said: "If this is the case that is not right. Councils should not be employing people who have not performed; people who have not just failed, but failed drastically.
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Former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie signed a one-year deal with the Denver Broncos. The Eagles signed Kenny Phillips of the New York Giants and Cary Williams of the Baltimore Ravens to help fill the void in their secondary left by the departure of Rodgers-Cromartie and the release of Nnamdi Asomugha earlier this week.
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Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah is a poignant and highly readable novel that recounts a teenage girl's mission to realize her grandmother's dream to touch the soil of her beloved Palestine. Abdel-Fattah's book was recently awarded Australia's Golden Inkys Prize, reflecting its popularity among teenagers in Australia.
Renowned Palestinian author and architect, Suad Amiry, read from Nothing to Lose But Your Life: An 18-hour journey with Murad, her newest book published by BQFP. In this engaging memoir, Amiry details the exciting account of her efforts to illegally cross the Israeli border to seek work alongside a busload of men. BQFP publishes Amiry's book in English this spring and later this year in Arabic. Amiry enjoyed great acclaim for her previous book Sharon and My Mother-in-Law, which was an international award-winning bestseller translated into 11 languages and adapted into a play.
Also on Monday April 26th, booklovers, authors, editors, teachers, professors, students and distributors participated in book-making activities and the launch of the non-fiction title, Qatari Voices featuring 21 essays by local writers in the Waqif Art Center. The most striking characteristic of Qatari Voices is the diversity of themes—ranging from the personal to the global: narratives of childhood memory, essays about future aspirations, and differing perspectives on current issues.
BQFP is a publisher with a unique community development mission to enrich and foster a literary culture of reading and writing for enjoyment. Through its reading and writing development programs including World Book Day, writers' workshops and discussion groups, BQFP has already started to build a culture of reading and writing in Qatar.
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TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A manager at the National Iranian Gas Exports Co. said negotiations were under way with Indian companies to deliver natural gas through a deep water pipeline.
Ali Amirani, marketing manager for the company, said the deep water natural gas pipeline would run through the Sea of Oman for Indian energy needs, Iran's semiofficial Fars News Agency reports.
"Negotiations were held with three Indian companies for [their] purchase of gas from Iran, and general agreements have been reached," he was quoted as saying Monday.
The official said the planned 870-mile pipeline would cost more than $4 billion and deliver at least 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas to India per day.
Iran has proposed Asian and European routes for natural gas deliveries. India was once considered the terminal end of an overland pipeline through Pakistan. Iran's land option has faded, however, because of the ramifications of Western economic sanctions on Iran's energy sector.
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This remarkable image is a double exposure from Tierney Gearon's new exhibition opening tonight at Phillips de Pury & Company in London. One of 40 new works each printed at 40 x 50 inches, the entire series titled "Explosure", is comprised of combined images where the compositions and themes act in counterpoint to each other. It's difficult to follow the image above with anything better, so to see a selection of other images click here.
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9 comments:
- melange muse said...
Wow I love this picture! It is so beautiful!
- January 6, 2009 at 5:38 PM
- NVA said...
It's something like collage...
i like it
- January 6, 2009 at 6:31 PM
- Gabriela said...
My idea of JOY!
- January 7, 2009 at 3:56 PM
- Pine & Lord said...
Wow. So so beautiful!
- January 7, 2009 at 5:31 PM
- shawn rocco said...
Thanks for the head's up. You can spend a bit of time getting lost in these.
Here's some that Damon Winter did for the NYT which I thought were pretty cool and very smart.
an entry point...
and slideshow..
- January 7, 2009 at 10:26 PM
- kat said...
Stunning! Thanks for introducing us to her work.
- January 12, 2009 at 1:25 AM
- Paul Pincus said...
i've been astonished by tierney gearson's work for years. imho, these images have eclipsed all of her previous work. so beautiful and clearly important. thank you, james.
ps happy new year!
- January 12, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- ...love Maegan said...
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Tucked away in a quiet industrial complex in Oxnard is a tribute to fine art on four wheels: the Mullin Automotive Museum.
Honoring the art deco period of French automotive design, the Mullin's stylish vehicles feature long hoods, gleaming chrome and fenders as voluptuously curved as Mae West.
You don't have to be a car person to appreciate the elegant beauty of these coach-built classic French touring automobiles and grand prix racers. Viewed simply as metallic sculptures, they are simply breathtaking.
The collection includes 120 cars with 50 to 60 on display at any one time. The vehicles were individually constructed for the high end of the French auto industry. The names ring with romance: Bugatti, Avions Voisin, Delahaye, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago.
Designed in the style of the Paris Auto Salons of the 1930s, the Mullin museum opened April 15, 2010, in the building where Otis Chandler, owner of the Los Angeles Times, once housed his auto collection. When his heirs sold the cars, businessman Peter Mullin bought the building and had it renovated for his car collection.
Touring cars fan out on the ground level while race cars line the balcony above.
The beauties on display when I visited included a stunning red Bugatti, the last Type 57 built. Once suffering from rust and decay, it was restored 30 years ago and still looks like new, because it has been treated with such love after Mullin purchased it at auction in 1987.
Movie lovers will admire the 1939 Delage D8-120 Cabriolet that was seen in "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," "Carmen Jones" and "An American in Paris." Owned by RKO Studios in Hollywood, the car was shipped back to France to shoot "An American in Paris" and returned to California after the filming.
A Talbot-Lago T150-CSS on display is such a dark eggplant purple that it looks almost black. One of only 14 made, it is one of Mullin's favorite cars, according to our guide, Warner Hall.
Hall said they don't like to talk about how much the cars cost, but the 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic is an exception. One of four produced, the gleaming silver car, once owned by Lord Victor Rothschild, has twice been the most expensive car in the world. In 1971, Dr. Peter Williamson paid an unprecedented $59,000 for the car, which later won best in show at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 2003. In 2010, the Williamson family sold the car for a new record price, something between $30 million and $35 million, Hall said. And they let common people like me look at this automotive royal. Imagine that.
We can look, but don't touch. Hall carried a handkerchief to wipe off any fingerprints he might leave when he pointed out features or opened the oddly hinged door of the futuristic looking 1938 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza H6C Xenia.
And yet, these cars are not static works of art. They are drivable, and volunteers take them out periodically to keep their powerful engines in shape. Hall admitted it's nerve-racking but exhilarating to drive a superexpensive car with a superlong hood.
On the upper level of the museum are the race cars — a sleek sort of elegance built for speed.
The 1937 Delahaye Type 145 V-12 Grand Prix is an electric blue beauty known as "The Million Franc Car" after a racing prize it won. If it passes all the mechanical checks, it will race again in August at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Hall told us. Owner Mullin will drive it himself. If I had a valuable car lovingly restored to pristine condition, I would hesitate to drive it. Then again, what's the point of keeping a race car that never races?
The races are scheduled for Aug. 12-14 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas.
Of all the cars on display, only one belongs to a different museum. On loan from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, the 1928 Miller Special was the most successful racer of its day.
"The Bugatti Factory bought this car and copied the dual overhead cam design," Hall said.
He said they were very lucky to have the exact car that Bugatti acquired.
Also on the second floor is Club Bugatti, which houses 50 to 75 pieces of furniture by Carlos Bugatti, portraits of the Bugatti family and sculpture by artist Rembrandt Bugatti. The artwork of Ettore and Jean Bugatti is mostly downstairs. They were the ones who made the cars, and the Mullin houses the largest private collection of their automobiles.
All of this is part of a special retrospective exhibit on "The Art of Bugatti" that opened March 20 at the Mullin Automotive Museum.
Drawings and factory artifacts, many of which have never been exhibited to the public, trace the evolution and breakthroughs of the Bugatti brand. The retrospective also looks at the family's influence on the automobile as art.
The museum is generally open the second and fourth Saturday of the month but there are additional days scheduled this year.


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