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March 13, 2018 March 15, 2018 Stocks & Economics 2 Comments amazonBain CapitalBankruptcyE-commerceG.I. JoeGamestopjinglenintendoPS VitaswitchTargetTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesToys R UsWalmart
An Ode to Toys R Us
"I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid
they got a million toys at Toys R us that I can play with
they got the best for so much less, it'll really flip your lid
From bikes to trains to video games
it's the biggest toy store there is (gee whiz!)
I don't wanna grow up, cause maybe if I did
I couldn't be a Toys R Us kid
more games, more toys, oh boy!
I wanna be a Toys R Us kid"
As a kid growing up in the 80s and early 90s, I knew the jingle like many of my friends. The commercials blanketed Saturday morning cartoons, and after trips to the mall (remember when those used to be popular, along with mall arcades?) my parents would take us to Toys R Us.
It was a magical place for an 9 year old. It had basically everything you could ever want. You first walked into a maze of filler (even 9 year olds knew the real toys were in back) and then reached the back aisles. For me and my brother, we would go straight to the Nintendo aisle, which was essentially a bunch of pictures of various nintendo games all the way down the aisle along with a ticket you would have to pick if you wanted to take the front to buy. My brother and I would pool our money. If we had 20 bucks each, we would magically spend $40 on one game. If we had $10, we would get a $19 game, and so on. There were games of many price points for a broke kid to choose. The selections were limitless. Kmart didn't have it. Walmart didn't have it. K-B Toys certainly didn't have it.
When it came to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and G.I. Joe, Toys R Us was the joint. It had to display the largest assortment of action figures and vehicles. It didn't matter what wave it came in. Searching wasn't required. It was a one stop toy wonderland.
Sometimes, my budget was only $3.15, only enough to cover a G.I. Joe plus tax (I had the largest collection in my grade). I would browse for 30 minutes all the toys I could never buy from all the commercials I saw. Ghostbusters. M.A.S.K. Thundercats. He-Man. Whatever. I didn't know what the hype was with Star Wars. To me, I found it strange my friend's older siblings used to collect them, kept pristine in the packaging. For a 9 year old, this was blasphemy. My toys were always opened during the ride home in the car.
We moved to Germany after elementary school, so I never again visited a Toys R Us until I became a parent. In fact, I don't think I ever saw a commercial again with the jingle stuck in my mind. My kids watch Netflix. There are no commercial jingles to seep into their consciousness. They certainly know the McDonald arches, but Toys R Us, I don't think they've ever asked. It's a place they go to see a giraffe sometimes and do a lego demonstration.
This is the inherent problem with their business model. It's outdated.
Sandwiched between Target and Walmart, which cleaner and newer stores, and online delivery with Amazon, Toys R Us is in a pricing vortex of hell. They simply can't compete on price while supplying enough cash flow to pay off debt. Some blame Vornado Realty Trust and Bain Capital and KKR and the debt load saddled on Toys R Us. I say perhaps. Take one look at K-Mart, and you can see what happens when you don't win on price and invest very little into your locations. It's a branding death spiral.
I've been to Toys R Us a few times in the last couple years, and in my opinion, it was clear bankruptcy was inevitable. The parking lots were often crumbling. The facade and paint was worn. When you walk inside, there was the same maze of worthless stuff when you entered, except now, to get to the video games it was usually near the cash wraps. The Lego aisle was always the best of any store (even THE Lego store), the board game section had every expansion known to man, and Star Wars had every variant. The prices always seemed above retail so their promotions would seem like a deal (Buy one get one 50% off isn't a deal when Walmart already sells it for 40% off all year around). Amazon ships faster and has a larger selection and a return policy where you don't have to look at an employee to get a refund. Who returns their kid's toys?
Despite the nostalgia, I was guilty of almost never buying from Toys R Us unless I was exploiting a price mistake or flipping some rare exclusive, despite having the funds to do so. Even for a measly $5, I would simply have my kid wait and buy something online, sometimes right there in the store.
The only hope was store exclusives (which got destroyed by resellers simply clearing the shelf and adding it to Amazon's inventory) and a better customer experience (toy demonstrations and the giraffe (which will be missed). As for more knowledgeable customer service, I would admit, Walmart toy people are really shelf stockers who can't tell you anything about anything and seemed angry to be there. Target toy people are really teenage employees in the electronics section spending their time hitting on their coworkers. Amazon, well, you'll get a customer service rep from India. Toys R Us actually had knowledgeable people in most of the store, and some are downright kids that took the song to heart. One time, I bought a video game at 9pm and didn't leave until 9:20pm because the guy who rang me up talked about the upcoming Nintendo Switch launch and said he stayed up all night to watch the launch and spouted off all the advantages and reasons why it would be huge. This compares to a visit at Game Stop the same month, where a customer came in, and I heard the guru behind the counter saying the switch would fail like the PS Vita (If you are under 28 and working at Gamestop, you don't realize the purchasing power of the Nintendo generation). Clearly, my sample size is small, but generally speaking, Gamestop hires assholes paid to lowball people on trade-ins and Toys R Us hires people spending their day in a toy store where a lot of children come in (exception: Toys R Us Managers always tended to be assholes for just about any issue).
What did we lose? Really nothing I suppose. The business model is long broken. The only thing that can't be replaced is customer experience and having a place ours kids can go if they get good grades on a report card. Everything else, parents can fill in for. We can actually play with our kids and show excitement with the toy, not just forking over cash in the store. We can take them to a Lego convention instead of seeing the Giraffe to build 50 cents worth of legos to a "Batman car." We can pick up another controller and play with them the video game they want. For experts, we can read blogs and watch youtube toy reviews. One nostalgic experience can be replaced with something newer, and hopefully better for the next generation.
And we can all still pay the lowest damn price possible. May the best retailer win.
June 5, 2016 Food & Travel 2 Comments action figuresArcadeAtaribaseball cardsBirdsFlea MarketGamecubenintendoNintendo 64San Antoniosuper nintendoTourTrader's VillageTravelvideo games
Travel Blog (Traders Village, San Antonio, TX)
If you have never been to Texas, you have not quite experienced the pride that the people here get by doing everything bigger. This was my first visit to Trader's Village, and it was one of the largest flea markets I've ever been to. The place has so many shops and booths that you might not have the time see everything you wanted. I know I sure didn't.
Almost everything is covered in shed type booths. There are carnivals rides in the "arcade" and food venders, which all seemed to be doing more business than many of the venders. I talked to one owner of a baseball card and action figure themed shop, and he said the rain keeps customers away if the morning looks bad. He pays around $260 a month to keep his shed and seems to be pretty happy with his cash business. His business plan centers of "keeping customers back" by pricing everything for $1, even if he knows he could sell it for $10, so that people check his place first week to week and he can build a customer base weekend after weekend. I nicknamed him the Sam Walton of the Flea Market.
Do you want to buy some birds? There are plenty to buy for cheap. Cages. Food. Why go to Petsmart when you can go to a flea market? Um …
I was pretty impressed with some of the booths. This booth specialized in toys and games and most of it was stuff you can't find in stores anymore. Maybe 60% was still new in the package and the prices varied. I'm not an expert on prices of newer toys, but it seems they were all priced for collectors to buy. I looked for the owner, and he wasn't even in the shop. He was chilling 50 feet away at a seating area just watching his place from afar.
And there I was, the reason why I came here. I've been searching for an original nintendo, but wanted to find one on the cheap with perhaps a stack of games. I visited one impressive shop and it seemed to specialize in everything electronic. He had gaming systems of all kinds: Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Playstation, Wii, XBOX, and even a few Atari systems. I got straight to the point and asked about the Nintendo in the box, and the owner (who said he'd been doing this since 1990) said he wanted $200 for it. Holy crap. This is beyond even ebay pricing. Okay. He saw the shock on my face, and said he also had two "new in the box' Nintendos. How much did he want for them? $2000.
I rolled my eyes and now understood why his shed was filled with stuff, all the way to the ceiling as you can see. He had nintendo games, supernintendo games, and Nintendo 64 games in glass cases along with maybe a couple thousand playstation/xbox games for each system. I asked how much the games were, and he told me "depends on the game." God damn. Where the hell was I? His business model is to actually eye each customer and play the negotiation game with each person? I had $300 in my pocket ready to outfit my game room, but he lost me with this gimmicks. I didn't feel like negotiating him down from $60 he probably wanted for the original Super Mario, down to the $5 you can get it for on ebay. He probably feels people will believe it's a win-win to get it for $30 after he haggles you to death. He did point me to a nintendo (console only) that was slightly cracked, for $80. I walked out around 2 minutes after.
This was my experience with many of the shops: Gem shops, antique shops, comic book shops, book shops … even used baby strollers were priced at $100. This is absolutely ludicrous.
We left after spending a $4 for parking and $2 for a slushie for the kid.
May 21, 2016 Game Reviews Leave a comment Bo JacksonChicago BearsNESNFLNFLPAnintendoRaidersTechmo BowlWalter PaytonWashington Redskins
Game Reviews: Techmo Bowl (NES)
It didn't get more real that this in 1989 in which Techmo Bowl, the first NFLPA licensed game, was released. This was around the same time I began rooting for my team, the Washington Redskins.
Except in this game, I separated loyalty from awesomeness and seldom played with them.
Out of the 12 teams, there was only two real choices in a game that offered two pass plays and two run plays each time, in which I would only use master half of them: The off-tackle run, and the all go pass.
The team I would pick would be the Chicago Bears. Why? Because it had the best player in the game, Walter Payton. He was fast as hell and could rarely be stopped. If he got out in the open, watch out because he was going to take it to the house (and make a ton of players miss) For the pass play, I would roll back and off to the side and throw a bomb down the sideline every time, without seeing the receiver at all. The game had this little highlighted flag at the edge of the screen that told you approximately where the receiver was and you had to have faith to let your players make a play.
That's what playmakers do.
On the season mode, I would beat it pretty easily. I think I beat the game with half the teams, including the Washington Redskins just to see if I could do it.
The real rivalry, was when I played my father. He used the only team that could really rival the Bears, the Raiders. You see, if you couldn't play Techmo Bowl with Walter Payton, you would play with Bo Jackson. He was fast a hell too.
I don't remember the final tally of who won the most. Most of the games would come down to the final possession, or one rare interception from one of my throws … because I'm sure even my father figured out that I ran only two plays in my offensive playbook. It was essentially a 50/50 guess each time.
It was awesome and fun, and I hope to find another copy of it someday.
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May 19, 2016 Game Reviews 2 Comments DonatelloGame ReviewsLeonardoMichelangeloNESnintendoRaphaelShredderTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTMNT
Game Reviews: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
This was the second game I ever beat on the Nintendo. Well, when I say "I" that means it was really a group effort. You see, this was a game that took a little time to beat. One couldn't merely load a checkpoint and continue from a previous day. Nope, back in those days we had to blow on our cartridge, stick in the game, and hope for the best.
Some things in life don't change.
The game was famous for allowing players to switch between Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. If you lost one in combat, you would start the stage over, less one turtle, but no matter, you could rescue them during certain stages (I believe the long stage 3 come is the first opportunity).
Back to the group effort. You see, I was pretty good at the first couple stages. We had this thing where my brother and I would test to see if we could beat the swim stage without getting hit once. This proved pretty easy. Then we would test if we could beat it on a single breath without getting hit, and we never could. I dare you to try. It wasn't until stage 3 that we had some difficulty.
This is because of the fucking scrolls.
I looked online for some pictures of a turtle actually throwing one of these weapons of mass foot soldier destruction, but couldn't find one in 10 minutes of searching. You see, the scrolls were the only weapon that could beat Shredder, so my brother and I loaded each turtle with the max (I think 99).
Then, this is where the plot thickens, because the biggest gamer in the house happened to be my father, who actually seemed to play this game more than us. So on stage 4, we would hand the controller to our father, who had come the closest to beating the game on a random Saturday.
The goal was simple.
We wanted to beat the game as a family. So over and over, my brother and I were essentially tricked to becoming my father's scroll mules as we essentially became his restart button. I can't blame him, this is what I would do today if there was no save function. Just truck the kid that it was a quest together, and they would do the hard work getting the turtles prepped for the harder stages to come.
In any case, I still remember each time "we" would descend down to Shredders lair, which was the most boobytrapped place since King Tut's tomb. The walls would collapse in with spikes and there was this maneuver where you had to drop three levels just in time. If you lost a turtle, you were fucked, because you needed four turtles to beat Shredder.
This is where my father came in. He had a certain sense of timing. So on the day of reckoning, my brother and I watched as he made the drop and we finally saw Shredder for the first time. My father then unleashed a shitload of scrolls on him, in a deadly battle of wills. My father didn't have the full compliment of scrolls, but he had enough to win, in which we all jumped in gamer glory.
Then the hard part happened. My brother and I wanted to beat it by ourselves and never could. We tried and tried but always hit a wall (pun intended).
I'm sure there was some gamer trick to it, but eventually, we reached the conclusion that my father and the secret touch. So whenever the time was at hand, we would give the controller to our father, or run outside and tell him to stop mowing the lawn, because we were near the end of stage 6. He would stop whatever he was doing and pull the miracle.
I forget how many times we beat the game, maybe 7 to 10 times or so, but I'll never forget the father would answer the call to arms.
MY REVIEW ON A SNES CLASSIC
May 14, 2016 May 14, 2016 Game Reviews 1 Comment ActRaiserblogcity simulatorgame reviewgamer tipsnewsnintendosnessuper mario worldsuper nintendo
Game Reviews: ActRaiser (SNES)
I got this game as a christmas gift. When I opened it, I said, "Cool, another Super Nintendo game to try out." I thanked my Uncle and went on to play Super Mario World for the next week. To me, that is why I wanted the system in the first place. You see, Mario had this new sidekick Yoshi that he could ride … well, I digress.
Eventually I got to ActRaiser, and at first, maybe due to my age, I didn't know what the fuck was going on. I mean, I would play a stage, and then it would give me some Tinkerbell type angel to help build a city.
I didn't know what the hell I was doing for the longest time, mostly because the game was brand new and my friends didn't even have it (back in the day, most of the key gamer "tips" came on the bus ride to school in the morning and after). Without a key gamer support system, I went out and learned the game by myself, eventually, beating the whole thing. It was a game that could be saved, so there was little problem taking the slow approach. Someone mentioned on my Sim City blog that this was the first simulation they played, and to me, this was more of a mix-sim. There was some city building, but the options were mostly where to build the next section of town.
I still remember attacking the fucker from above. He was like a swamp-gargoyle. Like every stage boss, he had a trick to beat him. To beat this particular foe, was to realize he acted like some programmed robot (for some strange reason) and just jumped up and down and then to the other side to slowly shoot fireballs at you. All I had to do was sit on the edge of the ledge and hack him down.
My favorite stage was the snow stage. The big boss was this cosmic snow dragon who could be beat fairly easily (I think just hitting the attack button to get multiple hits on it everytime it swooped down did the trick).
Eventually, after you vanquished all the mini-bosses and build a town on the entire continent, it was time for the final challenge. You attacked some alien big boss with an "enemy" power bar that seemed to take up most of the screen. It was brief and exciting, but seldom did I want to play the big boss again. I would go back and play the snow dragon, possibly foreshadowing my love for Game of Thrones 25 years later.
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May 13, 2016 Game Reviews 2 Comments babysittingchristmasnintendosim citysuper nintendoutopia
Game Reviews: Sim City (SNES)
I remember my first time witnessing the madness that is Sim City. I was spending the night at a friends house and the teenage babysitter basically ignored us as she stared at the screen and built a city. I walked up and smoothly asked a question on what I was witnessing.
Me: What's the game?
Babysitter: What?
Me: What are you playing?
Babysitter: (with disdain of speaking to a boy 4 years younger) Sim City
Me: Cool. What are you doing?
Babysitter: Building roads.
Me: Why are you building so many roads?
Babysitter: Kid, go get a sliced of pizza and chill.
Me: Ok.
This was my whirlwind introduction to Sim City. I was like 10 years old and a high school freshman chick with a rack was building shit and making stuff happen and looking cool doing it. I would sneak downstairs and get peaks at her city throughout the night until she would pass out on the couch with a controller on her chest, and the city would continue to grow. I was amazed as this "manager of the year" and put Sim City on my Christmas wish list.
It was my first simulation game. With the help of leaving on my super nintendo all night long, I would build grand cities of infinite funds and learn the basic concept of city management (My mother many times crushed many hours of work by "accidentally" turning off the Super Nintendo, thinking it was left on inadvertently). Early on in my Sim City education, I would wake up and check on my city and find half of it burned down. Fuck. The next day, I would discover half the city without power. Fuck.
Slowly but surely, I learned the principles of city management and eventually created masterworks. If there was such a thing as utopia, I built it when I was 10. Yes, I burned down 50 cities in the process, but it's no matter, I became a city building boss that could impress a girl 4 years my senior. I even did the strange peculiar things like bulldozing all the roads in my city and replacing it with a rail system and ensuring everyone was in walking distance of a nice park. Because, you know, that's what we wall want, right?
Eventually, I was ready to show off my city building skills and made plans to impress the babysitter. It took longer than I expected, but a few months later I went over to my friends house to spend the night again, but was disappointedly welcomed by his mother baking cookies.
The babysitter must have been in another castle.
I was a master builder of cities and my only reward was chocolate chip cookies.
Sim City, damn you.
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March 18, 2016 May 14, 2016 Game Reviews Leave a comment 30 man cheat codecheat codecontragame reviewgamingNESnintendovideo games
Game Reviews: Contra (NES)
For those of you born after 1990, you do not know the awesome that is known as Contra. This was the game where you could enter the secret thirty-man code (up up, down down, left right left right, B, A, start!) and boom, you and your buddy would run the through the game blasting the enemy as if you were invincible.
And do you remember the S-gun? Spreading red balls of glory to an enemy near you. It was glorious and epic and deadly. I don't remember how many times I beat the game without the thirty-man code, but it doesn't matter now, does it? It was the coolest feeling you could have without having a damn game genie.
I played this game with friends whenever they came over. The coolest thing you could do to help a bro out was to lend them a life. To ask, "Can I borrow a life" was like "Shit man, I suck."
I don't know how many times I beat it, but I think I want to beat it one more time. It is time to search ebay and score myself a great copy.
Classic Game rating: 9/10
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In Paphos, fishing is a very popular sport. We can say that Cyprus is a fisherman's paradise! Wherever you are in Pphos, a place to fish is never far away. Well stocked with a huge variety of fish reservoirs are founded in Paphos. Deep sea fishing too attracts anglers from all over the world. There are a number of companies organising day trips and also fishing boats can be found at fishing shelters and stations.


If you want to play in the snow, Elm Creek Park Reserve is the place to go. Even when there's no snow anywhere else, Elm Creek will make snow.
That's why this 5,000 acres park, bordering Maple Grove, Dayton and Champlin, attracts visitors from throughout the Twin Cities. The park makes snow every night for its ski trails and hills. It's the only metro park that makes snow for people who want to cross-country ski.
Last year, the guaranteed snow attracted close to 50,000 skiers. Another 20,000 children and adults tried the park's tubing and snowboarding hills.
This year's visitors will find a new, alpine-looking stone visitor center complete with a double-sided fireplace, cedar interior, and a wall of windows overlooking the ski trail. The new visitor center will include a full service café and coffee bar. The building is designed for conferences and receptions at other times of the year.
Elm Creek's trails are a treat to ski. Groomed nightly, they feature lots of curves, pleasant views, and a range of levels. The park rents out skis; fees range from $6 an hour for kids' traditional skis to $14.25 for adult skate-ski packages. All skiers ages 12 and older need a Three Rivers ski pass, which costs $4 per day or $40 per season. Additional seasonal ski passes for people in the same household cost $20. The park also rents out children's ski sleds and offers ski lessons.
The park grooms its ten-foot wide trails for traditional cross-country skiers as well as skate skiers. Elm Creek also has a modest downhill ski area, which includes a terrain park with many features. Lessons for both downhill skiing and snowboarding are offered. Downhill skis or snowboards are available to rent.
Each night, the park lights its main 6-km ski trail loop, which seems to attract many more skate skiers than traditional skiers, but both are welcome on the groomed trails. Elm Creek makes snow for 2.5 km of the trail along the main Valley Trail. The park's remaining 15.4 km of trails rely on Mother Nature for snow. The trails range from the beginner level Valley Trail to the advanced Thicket Trail. The park also features 4.5 miles of multi-use trails for dog sledding, ski-joring, snowshoeing and dog walking.
For trail conditions, call the Trail Hotline at 763-559-6778.
Elm Creek charges $12 for two hours of tubing. That's probably the right amount of time for most kids--at least my sons, ages 10 and 12, thought so. They and I loved sliding down the hill, which reminded us of the Genie Slide at the State Fair. The park has designed 20 lanes that tubers zip down. Staffers at the top and bottom of the hill make sure the lane is clear before the next tubing party heads down. Tubing is like a party--people can tie up to eight tubes together to slide down en masse. The more tubes, the faster the group goes.
Going back up to the top of the hill is another adventure. Just north of the lanes is what the park calls a Magic Carpet Lift, a conveyor lift that people can stand on and be towed up the hill with their tubes. When the lines for the lift got long, my sons and I decided to pull our tubes up the snowy hill just south of the lanes. Clumping up the sugary snow is more exercise--and I thought more fun--but after walking up a few times, my sons were ready for the ramp again. This season a second lift will be added.
One helpful staffer said Sunday nights are the best time to visit the tubing hills--that's when they are least crowded. The tubing area is open seven days a week and reservations are available for large groups.
At the north end of the park, by Eastman Nature Center, Elm Creek offers 7.5 miles of snowshoe trails. Snowshoers can also trek around the beach area in the center of the park. Snowshoeing is free--no passes required, but you can sign up for one of the park's frequent guided snowshoe hikes, which cost $5. The nature center has about two dozen pairs of snowshoes that visitors can rent for $4.50 an hour.
On a recent sunny Sunday, naturalist Vicky Wachtler led fifteen snowshoers on an easy hike along the park's Rush Creek floodplain. Snowshoes make it easy for people to wander off trail, through snowy meadows or shaded woods. For many, including 8-year-old Dillon Tews and his father Frank, both of Maple Grove, the hike was their first time on snowshoes. Wachtler told the group that grouse grow feathers between their toes that act like natural snowshoes, helping to keep the birds from sinking down as they walk on snows.
When the group headed out, people began moving at their own pace, some hiking quickly, others more interested in looking for animal tracks. Dillon Tews noticed a vole, a mouse-sized creature scurrying down into a hole in the snow. Wachtler pointed out tracks for pheasant, which looked like the tracks of a small turkey, with a wide Y shape, as well as fox prints. "Straight tracks are a sign of red fox," Wachtler said.
Standing under a circle of juniper and red pine trees, Wachtler showed snowshoers an owl pellet, which is food residue--mostly bones--which owls cough up after eating. In just an hour and a half walk with a naturalist, snowshoers got to go off trail, hike around in snow, and see signs of animals, from the tiny nest of a goldfinch to the flattened grassy patch of a deer bed.
Elm Creek offers nine miles of groomed snowmobile trails, which link up to other trails outside the park. Snowmobilers can park their trailers at the north end of Elm Creek on Highway 121. The park's website notes that the trail corridor bridge over Highway 169 is closed to snowmobiling.


Oliver is a 12th grade student at Seton Hall Prep. He is on high honor roll and became a member of the National Honor Society in eleventh grade. Oliver is finalizing his college choices for this fall, he will major in pre-dental or biology. He plans to attend dental school after his undergraduate studies.
Oliver has been in scouting since he became a Tiger Cub in 1998. He earned all of the Webelo activity pins and the Arrow of Light. Oliver crossed over into Troop 16 in Livingston in 2003. He has been an active Troop member and is currently serving as a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster.
Oliver became a member of Lenapehoking Lodge IX in April 2004. He has been a very active Brother, serving the Lodge in a variety of roles including, Ceremony Team Chairman, Chapter Chief, Lodge Treasurer, Vice Chief of Inductions and Lodge Chief. Oliver is a Vigil Honor member and a recipient of the Founder's Award. Oliver has provided service at every Ordeal weekend since April 2004 and has attended each Section Conclave since his induction into the lodge. He attended the National Leadership Seminar and has represented our Lodge during two National Order of the Arrow Conferences, in Michigan State University and Indiana University.
Oliver attended National Youth Leadership Training in August 2006. He demonstrated leadership and enthusiasm as a participant and was asked to become a member of the youth staff for the following year's course. Oliver has been a valued youth staff member for the past three courses, last summer serving as an assistant senior patrol leader. Oliver has also served as one of the youth staff members for Woodbadge Courses NEII 160 and 180. Oliver was a staff member for the council's Trainers EDGE course in 2009.
Oliver's scouting experiences have been many. He has spent more than 150 nights camping and has enjoyed a canoe trek at Floodwood as well as a voyage at Florida Sea Base. Oliver attended the National Jamboree in the summer of 2005 and traveled to London to visit the World Jamboree in 2007.
From the very beginning of Oliver's scouting career he has been blessed with the highest quality of youth and adult mentors. As a young scout Oliver has looked up to many older scouts in Troop 16, Lenapehoking Lodge IX and NYLT staff members. Oliver would also like to recognize the many adult leaders who have taken time to help him succeed.


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Q: Upload an image to a server folder (objective-c method to php script) I want to upload an image to a folder on my server. The image is sent to a method in objective-c to a php script. But the upload does not happen! What could be wrong?
Here the obj-C method:
NSURLConnection *getConnection;
NSData *imgData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(self.imageView.image, 0.7);
NSMutableString *strURL = [NSMutableString stringWithFormat:@"http://.../uploadPhoto.php?ID=2&ph=%@",imgData];

[strURL setString:[strURL stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:strURL]];
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getConnection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:request delegate:self startImmediately:YES];

Here the php script:
$ID = $_GET[ID];
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Please help me!

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NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://api-base-url.com"];
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NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation([UIImage imageNamed:@"avatar.jpg"], 0.5);
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Written by Chrissy Getts
As Teacher Appreciation Week approaches, I've been doing a lot of thinking about the most influential or inspiring educators I've come to know throughout my 15-year career in school. I've been fortunate to come to know a lot of great teachers, some of who helped me foster my passion for English and Politics, others who encouraged me to think in different ways about the world through philosophy and religion, all of whom have helped mold me into the adult I am today.
However, when I think about the most recent teacher who has played a major role in my success, my mind goes directly to Professor Gill of the Criminal Justice Department here at HCC. She taught me in American Government, one of the first courses I ever took here. During that class, she made me aware of the CGA Internship program and encouraged me to apply when I expressed my interest to her. Not only did she motivate me to apply to the program, but she also acted as a huge help in the new and arduous process.
Professor Gill, who had seen HCC students get accepted to this internship program before, was a great resource for me to go to when I had questions about my application. I asked her for advice on how to bolster my resume to feature skills that were most relevant to the job, and I even asked her to review my cover letter. With her busy schedule as a teacher and advisor to other students, she found time to make sure I was getting the help I needed, and to ensure that I felt listened to.
Thanks to the outstanding teaching staff at HCC, I developed the courage to apply for an internship in my chosen field and got accepted! Photo Courtesy of Chrissy Getts
Professor Gill also agreed to write me a letter of recommendation to the program director. Although she had only seen me as a student for one class, Professor Gill really noticed my work ethic and dedication to both my education and success. She was so enthusiastic about helping me, and it made me feel, as a student, that I was more than just someone in her class. I am confident that Professor Gill's letter played a huge part in why I was accepted into the program.
Something I've struggled with in my past years as a college student is not standing out. I've never felt like a teacher really took notice of me or wanted to challenge me to succeed. When I started taking classes at HCC, I expected more of the same, and I am so grateful to report that my outlook has been completely changed as a result of my experiences with the teachers here. Thank you to all my teachers at HCC, especially Professor Gill, for nurturing my intelligence and my passions, which has proven to help me succeed as a student and as a woman in the working world.
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Beth Lisick has published poems, essays, and a short fiction collection; she wrote a weekly nightlife column for SF Gate for eight years. Her stage and screen collaborations with writer/performer Tara Jepsen have yielded some uncomfortable moments, most recently the short film Diving for Pearls. Beth co-organizes the Porchlight Storytelling Series, a monthly show for amateur storytellers in San Francisco. Her book Everybody Into the Pool was a New York Times bestseller; her latest book about her adventures in the self-help biz is called Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, 10 Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone.
Tara Jepsen is a writer and performer from San Francisco. She's toured extensively with the all-female cabaret Sister Spit's Rambling Road Show, and the short film Diving for Pearls (in collaboration with Beth Lisick), won "Most Innovative Short" at the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2004). She co-curates and co-hosts San Francisco's longest running queer open mic, K'vetsh, with Kirk Read. Tara recently completed the first run of her live stage show, written and performed with Beth Lisick, Getting in on the Ground Floor and Staying There.
Don and Phil, or R. Donald Nash and Phil Spalding, hail from San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, where they have been running their boutique design firm for over thirty years. They've worked with princes and princesses, real and figurative, and aren't afraid to nudge a client toward a more adventurous chair. Though they've never fallen on the same side of the great Hummel vs. Lladro debate, they do agree on Italian opera, convertibles (preferably silver and Mercedes), and their shih tzus Betty and Veronica.
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3) Rock on, Don and Phil! (and Betty and Veronica.)


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So it goes in show business — due to scheduling conflicts with the Young Han Solo movie reshoots, Michael K. Williams' role has been cut, according to Deadline. We've all been looking forward to the Young Han Solo movie since, like, literally before it was even a thing that could possibly happen.
So to hear that things haven't exactly gone to plan is a little upsetting.
So urghhhhh, we're sad to miss out!
But film schedules are notoriously difficult.
Especially when you're dealing with in-demand talent like Williams, who was recently nominated for an Emmy for The Night Of. So we understand — and Williams seems to as well.
We're sorry we're going to miss out on what would've definitely been a cool character, but on the upside, Williams is open to returning to the Star Wars family down the line. And there's the Young Han Solo movie in full to look forward to — it hits theaters on May 25th, 2018.


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New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated 7 National Highway projects worth Rs 2,444 crore with total length of 204 km in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, senior minister of the state Mr. Gopal Bhargava, MP from Rewa Mr. Janardan Mishra, MP from Sidhi Mrs. Reeti Pathak, MP Ganesh Singh, other ministers of Madhya Pradesh and all MPs-MLAs, officers were present on the occasion.
Addressing the gathering Shri Gadkari said with the construction of Churhat tunnel and bypass, the length between Rewa to Sidhi has decreased by 7 km. Now instead of two and a half hours, we will be able to cover this distance in 45 minutes. Also, it will take only 4 minutes to cross Mohania Ghat instead of 45 minutes, he said.
The Minister said movement of vehicles in the Rewa-Sidhi section will be facilitated by the construction of the tunnel and white tigers, other wild animals and the entire forest ecosystem will be protected. With the construction of Devtalab-Naigarhi road, the connectivity of Rewa district with Prayagraj and Varanasi will be easy.
Shri Gadkari said with the construction of the Satna-Bela four-lane road, connectivity will become easier for the coal, cement and diamond industries in the region. He said with the construction of this route, the journey from Satna to Rewa can be completed in 40 minutes. Access to famous tourist places like Jhansi, Orchha, Khajuraho, Panna, Satna will be easy. Farmers and other small entrepreneurs will have easy access to the market saving time and fuel, he added.
On this occasion Shri Gadkari announced the widening of the Rewa-Sidhi road, approving the demand to make it four-lane. He also announced 19 km long 2-lane bypass of Rewa to 4-lane. With the widening of this bypass, the connectivity of Prayagraj-Varanasi via Chorhat from Satna will be good , he said.
Shri Nitin Gadkari also inaugurated Madhya Pradesh's first Rs 1600 crore 6-lane twin tunnel of 2.28 km length and 13 km 4-lane bypass in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh today.
This twin tunnel made of NATM method meets each other in 300 meters, due to which there will be no hindrance in traffic. Due to the curved turn in the Mohania valley, there was a possibility of accident with long time taken by vehicles, which has ended with the construction of this tunnel. State-of-the-art facilities like exhaust fan, Optical Fiber Linear IT Detection System, fire system, control room, cameras, phone facility at 200 meters have been provided in the tunnel.
This is India's first Aqueduct, which has tunnel below and Bansagar Canal above and the earlier road above it is also built. A big and a small bridge, a ROB, an overpass, an underpass, 4 canal crossings, 11 box culverts and 20 culverts have been constructed in this tunnel.
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I finally did it. I made the dreamy Salmon with Leek Fondue and Saffron Mashed Potatoes from Disney World's Be Our Guest Restaurant that I had a year and a half ago. Woah, that sentence had a lot of capitalized words.
Me in the Beast's castle!
I don't remember if it tastes the same (being a year and a half since I've had it) but I remember loving it at the restaurant and I loved this recreation.
I adapted it from this recipe and upped the serving size by a bajillion. Joe ended up eating it all (aside from most of my portion), so it only served two in our case.
I got pretty scared when I added the leeks, orange juice, chicken broth, and chili powder together. It smelled very gross and I was worried it was going to fail. Thankfully I stuck it out and believed in the magic of Disney, knowing it would never let me down.
Rinse leeks thoroughly to remove dirt. Halve lengthwise, slice, and pat try with paper towel.
Combine leeks, onion, chili powder, orange juice, chicken broth, and 1/2 tsp salt. Bring to a boil on high heat. Turn heat to medium and simmer until leeks are tender, around 30 minutes.
Add salmon to baking dish. Brush lightly with EVOO and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, add potatoes and saffron to a pot and cover with water. Boil over high heat about 20 minutes or until fork-tender.
Drain potatoes. Return to pan with milk and remaining 2 tbsp butter. Season with salt and pepper and mash.
When leeks are done, remove from heat and stir in 2 tbsp butter.
To serve, add potatoes to plate and top with salmon, leek mixture, and chives. Bon Appetit!


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Covid-19 epidemic today: 16,40 new infections, the number of cases and deaths in Ho Chi Minh City decreased sharply
About the situation Covid-19 epidemic today, on January 14, the Ministry of Health said that from 4:00 p.m. on January 13 to 4:00 p.m. on January 14, on the National Covid-19 Case Management System, 1,400 new infections were recorded. There were 14 imported cases and 16,026 cases recorded domestically (down 674 cases compared to the previous day) in 62 provinces and cities (there were 11,914 cases in the community).
The following provinces and cities have recorded cases: Hanoi (3,029), Da Nang (765), Binh Dinh (711), Khanh Hoa (680), Binh Phuoc (643), Ben Tre (555), Ca Mau (526), Hai Phong (507), Tay Ninh (432), Hung Yen (414), Ho Chi Minh City (402), Quang Ngai (397), Vinh Long (375), Bac Ninh (319), Thua Thien Hue ( 310), Thanh Hoa (290), Tra Vinh (283), Quang Ninh (265), Quang Nam (262), Vinh Phuc (247), Hai Duong (227), Bac Giang (221), Thai Nguyen (216) , Hoa Binh (199), Nghe An (194), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (185), Nam Dinh (181), Dak Lak (176), Phu Yen (169), Bac Lieu (157), Ha Giang (149). ), Dak Nong (146), Can Tho (139), Dong Thap (135), Thai Binh (125), Hau Giang (119), Kien Giang (118), Binh Duong (113), Tuyen Quang (113), Gia Lai (107), Binh Thuan (103), Quang Tri (98), Dong Nai (92), Phu Tho (91), Quang Binh (88), Ha Nam (87), An Giang (81), Lao Cai (80), Lang Son (79), Dien Bien (75), Soc Trang (74), Son La (73), Yen Bai (72), Ninh Binh (68), Lai Chau (52), Kon Tum (45). ), Ha Tinh (38), Ninh Thuan (38), Long An (3 .) 3), Tien Giang (27), Cao Bang (21), Bac Kan (10).
Covid-19 epidemic map- Source: Ministry of Health
The localities where the number of infections decreased the most compared to the previous day: Ho Chi Minh City (299), Dak Lak (241), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (144).
The localities that recorded the highest number of infections compared to the previous day: Quang Ngai (121), Da Nang (108), Phu Yen (92).
Average number of new infections in the country recorded in the past 7 days: 15,980 cases/day.
Up to now, Vietnam has recorded 50 cases of Covid-19 due to the Omicron variant, all of which were isolated immediately after entry in Hanoi (1), Quang Nam (27), Ho Chi Minh City (12). , Hai Duong (1), Hai Phong (1), Thanh Hoa (2), Da Nang (3), Khanh Hoa (2), Long An (1).
Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has had 1,991,484 infections, ranking 28 out of 224 countries and territories, while with the ratio of infections per million people, Vietnam ranks 143/224 countries. and territories (20,181 cases per 1 million people on average).
In the fourth outbreak, the number of new infections recorded in the country was 1,985,320 cases, of which 1,663,403 patients were declared cured.
Localities with high cumulative infections during this outbreak: Ho Chi Minh City (510,604), Binh Duong (291,917), Dong Nai (99,161), Tay Ninh (84,502), Hanoi (82,435).
During the day, 4,290 patients were declared cured, bringing the total number of cured cases to 1,666,220 cases. The number of serious patients being treated is 5,481 cases.
In the past 24 hours, the whole country recorded 171 deaths in: Ho Chi Minh City (15) of which 2 were transferred from Tay Ninh.
In other provinces and cities: An Giang (20 cases in 2 days), Dong Thap (14), Tien Giang (12), Soc Trang (11), Vinh Long (11), Can Tho (11), Binh Duong (9), Dong Nai (8 ), Kien Giang (8 ), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (7), Hau Giang (6), Tay Ninh (6), Binh Thuan (5), Long An (5), Ben Tre Bamboo (5), Gia Lai (3), Ca Mau (3), Binh Dinh (3), Hai Phong (2), Khanh Hoa (2), Nam Dinh (1), Dak Lak (1), Dak Nong ( 1), Lam Dong (1), Bac Lieu (1).
Average number of deaths recorded in the past 7 days: 209 cases.
The total number of deaths from Covid-19 in Vietnam so far is 35,341 cases, accounting for 1.8% of the total number of infections.
The total number of deaths ranked 26/224 territories, the number of deaths per 1 million people ranked 130/224 countries and territories in the world. Compared with Asia, the total number of deaths ranked 6/49 (ranked 3rd in ASEAN), deaths per 1 million people ranked 26/49 Asian countries and territories (ranked 5th in ASEAN).
From April 27 to now, 31,86,872 samples have been tested, equivalent to 76,057,114 turns of people, an increase of 62,516 samples compared to the previous day.
On January 13, there were 1,066,301 doses of Covid-19 vaccine injected. Thus, the total number of vaccine doses administered is 165,524,173 doses, of which the 1st dose is 78,527,765 doses, the 2nd dose is 71,946,807 doses, and the 3rd dose (additional/reinforced injection and nose) 3 of the Abdala vaccine) is 15,049,601 doses.


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What Liverpool's remarkable season owes to Alisson
Liverpool have won the Carabao Cup and are in the FA Cup and Champions League finals. But none of this would have been possible without their goalkeeper
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Alisson scored a remarkable goal last year to send Liverpool into the Champions League. (Getty Images)
By the time May turns into June, Liverpool could end up having won the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup, the Premier League and the Champions League; basically, each of the four trophies on offer every season. This is a feat that no club, in any of the European leagues, has ever managed. While many teams have won a plethora of titles in a calendar year, a true quadruple—the league, the European Cup, and the league and federation knockout tournaments—remains elusive. Teams have won trebles of all possible permutation, but never all four.
This is so for a reason. To win the quadruple, a team has to sustain a run of impeccable form over nine months, avoid disruptive injuries, and play over sixty games. In light of this, Liverpool have already achieved some remarkable firsts. On 28 May, when they face Real Madrid in the Champions League final in Paris, the Reds would have played all 63 games on offer since when the season began. Meanwhile, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has already become the first coach to lead a team into the finals of all three knockout tournaments on offer in a season. Liverpool won one of these, the Carabao Cup, in February, defeating Chelsea. This Saturday, they face Chelsea again in the FA Cup final. After that, Real await.
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A year is a long time in club football. Just ask Liverpool. They may be attempting a nearly impossible feat right now, but exactly a year ago, the Merseyside club were scrapping to get into the top four and qualify for the Champions League. On 8 May 2021, Liverpool were 7th in the Premier League, and in danger of scripting the worst title defence in English top flight history. In a season hobbled by an injury crisis and covid infections, the Reds were fielding youth team players or midfielders in defence, playing without any coherence and losing or drawing most weeks. Two 1-1 draws in end-April had seriously dented the club's chances of playing in the Champions League. The equation was clear. The Reds had to win each of their five remaining league games, while hoping that either Leicester or Chelsea above them slipped up.
On the 8th, Liverpool won 2-0 against Southampton courtesy of goals from Sadio Mané and midfielder Thiago Alcãntara. The next game boosted confidence some more after Liverpool put Manchester United to the sword in Old Trafford, winning 4-2. They were still 5th in the table, but at least things were looking up. And then came an away game at West Brom on 16 May, one that would define Liverpool's season. West Brom had already been relegated by then, and were playing for their pride. They certainly gave Liverpool a game, scoring first and holding the Reds at bay till the end of regulation time. Liverpool were desperate to break down the West Brom defence, the looming draw feeling like a defeat. And then something remarkable happened.
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In the 5th minute of added time, Liverpool won a corner. Desperate for victory, goalkeeper Alisson comes to the West Brom penalty box. Trent Alexander-Arnold swings in the corner, and as West Brom defenders are occupied with Liverpool's outfield players, Alisson jumps, and with a twist of his neck muscles, loops the ball into the goal. Cue bedlam. In all of Liverpool's history since 1892, Alisson became the first goalkeeper ever to score a competitive goal for the club. In a season where he'd lost his father to a tragic drowning accident and couldn't attend the funeral in Brazil due to covid restrictions, it provided for a miraculous dénouement. It was also the goal that rescued Liverpool's season—the Reds would finish third—leading to the position they are in now. When Liverpool play Real Madrid in the club's third Champions League final in four years, we should remember that such a thing wouldn't have been possible without Alisson's dramatic goal. This wildcard unpredictability is what makes football such a fascinating game.
There is a fair chance that Liverpool may yet end the season with just the Carabao Cup. Right now, the Premier League is Manchester City's to lose. Liverpool have given it an almighty go by clawing back a 14 point difference, but right now all they can do is to win the remaining games and hoe City slip up. Meanwhile, Chelsea await on Saturday, keen to save their own deeply troubled season by winning the FA Cup and getting a measure of revenge for Liverpool's league cup win. Finally, there's Real Madrid, serial Champions League winners with an almost magical hold on the competition, seeking to win it for the 14th time.
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Of course, Liverpool are no slouches when it comes to European Cup history. They'll be aiming to win it for the 7th time and go joint second on all-time wins with AC Milan. Just like in all the other competitions, Liverpool have not put a foot wrong in Champions League. They've scored 30 goals, won 10 games, lost one and drawn one in a display of great power and nous. A side that's renowned for its intense playing style and a ferocious counter-press to win back the ball or force mistakes, they have a remarkable 35.9% successful pressures in the Champions League (for Madrid it's 26%, for semi-finalists City 29%). On the other hand, Madrid have created 3.39 goal chances every 90 minutes to Liverpool's 3.08. As the former showed against Manchester City in the semi-finals, they can just turn it on without playing particularly well. This "will to win" can never be fully quantified by statistics, just as it cannot quantify Alisson's magnificent goal.
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Dr. Hawthorne
Dr. Hawthorne is one of 660 characters who have appeared in fewer than six episodes. Not much information may be available about him or her.
Ian Whitcomb
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#403: "Faster Than a Speeding Ticket" (1998)
#597: "Out of Our Hands" (2006)
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#569: "The Invisible Dog" (2005)
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Dr. Hawthorne was a history and math teacher at Odyssey Middle School. He was widely reputed for his stern nature; Jared DeWhite and Cody Carper, two of his students, believed him to be "the meanest teacher in history", and Trent DeWhite was often very intimidated by him. He also has a severe bee allergy, to the point of being terrified of a single bee; when Rodney Rathbone, ignorant of the allergy, exploited his fear by planting a jar of bees in Dr. Hawthorne's car, Trent DeWhite, though unintentionally, saved his life by removing the bees—though not without consequence, as Dr. Hawthorne, believing Trent to have been tampering with his car, gave him detention.
" Dr. Hawthorne: I will now pass out your tests. No doubt many of you will pass out as a result.
— #403: "Faster Than a Speeding Ticket"
" Dwayne Oswald: I think there's a mistake on this test.
Dr. Hawthorne: There certainly is—the fact that you got so few of the answers right.
Dr. Hawthorne is voiced by Ian Whitcomb, has appeared in 4 episodes, and has received an average user rating of 83.8%.
#403: "Faster Than a Speeding Ticket" (1)
#549: "Think on These Things" (2)
#558: "A Glass Darkly" (3)
#597: "Out of Our Hands" (4)
Dr. Hawthorne has been mentioned in 1 episode.
#569: "The Invisible Dog" (1)
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Friends from Venus, Theosophists in Space
By boneandsickle | July 22, 2021
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The esoteric teachings of Theosophy, particularly those regarding Venus, were surprisingly influential on the tales told by flying saucer Contactees of the 1950s and '60s.
We begin with a quick review of Theosophy and its principles as defined by the Russian international adventurer Helena Blavatsky in the later decades of the 19th century. Blavatsky had worked as a spirit medium and transformed Spiritualism's spirit guides, into what Theosophy calls its Masters of Ancient Wisdom, advanced adepts from the East secreting themselves primarily in the mountains of Tibet — beings after which the spiritually evolved "Space People" of the Contactees were patterned. Theosophy's myths of previous technologically advanced but morally or spiritually flawed civilizations like those of Atlantis or Lemuria also also offered a framework for Contactees who believed mankind faced a similar dilemma under the Cold War threat of annihilation.
Venus was regarded as the most significant and spiritually advanced of the planets by the Theosophists. In its guise as the "morning star," it became a symbol of esoteric illumination and the dawning of a new illuminated era. It also played a significant role in Theosophy's spiritual hierarchy as a home to advanced beings including the figure of Sanat Kumara, a Master advanced to the level of deity. Unsurprisingly, Venus was also the home-planet to the majority of Space People encountered by the Contactees.
Key players in the Contactee movement coincidentally all shared a first name: George Adamski, George van Tassel, George Hunt Williamson, and George King, the only Brit among the Americans, and the primary subject of this episode.
Before discussing King and his experiences, we take a brief side-trip to discuss another, slightly later Contactee, who provided a bit of audio used in our opening montage, a clip from a 1957 record he sold at his saucer talks called Authentic Music from Another Planet. Along with his bizarre recording of musical scores he claims to have received telepathically on Saturn, Menger is of interest for his marriage to a woman from Venus, or at least the alleged reincarnation of a past-life lover from Venus.
Menger's book featuring the Venusian, Marla.
George King, a taxi driver from London, arrived upon the scene a few years later than our other Georges, but his teachings hew closest to Theosophical doctrines. Some of this, no doubt, is due to the influence of his mother, who was known locally as a healer and clairvoyant. We hear some clips from a May 21, 1959 episode of the BBC show "Lifeline," in which he demonstrates his technique of channeling extraterrestrial intelligences, including that of a Master from Venus named Aetherius, whose name is represented in the organization King founded in 1959, The Aetherius Society.
In the interview King also discusses another extraterrestrial who came to him in the early days of his career as a Contactee for the purposes of teaching him the channeling techniques he would need. In keeping with Theosophical bias, the earth body this teacher had taken is that of sage from India.
King also discusses his relationship with the "Master Jesus" (another resident of Venus) and a meeting between his mother and Jesus on a spacecraft, during which Jesus blessed King's book, The Twelve Blessings, a foundational text of the Aetherius Society.
George King wearing his transmission goggles. (via Aetherius Society)
Channeled messages to date in 1975. (via The Pantagraph)
Another Theosophical principle King seems to have embraced is Blavatsky's notion of a "higher science" using technology to manipulate subtle, spiritual energies (something present in her descriptions of Atlantis and Lemuria). In King's case, this concept lies behind his invention of "prayer batteries" used to capture and then deploy where needed the spiritual energies emitted during group prayers conducted by the Society.
King also takes the Theosophical myth of Atlantis and goes it one better. Rather than a continent being destroyed through human evil, a whole planet by the name of Maldek, he says, was destroyed in a similar manner eons before man was present on earth. The actual asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter he regards as Maldek's ruined remains.
We close with some considerations regarding the Pentagon's release of reports of "unexplained aerial phenomena" this spring. Included is a clip from the 1960 song "When You See Those Flying Saucers" by The Buchanan Brothers.


It might be Sunday but today is the 1st of July and time to report our monthly Social Media Stats – looking at the most popular social networking sites in Australia.
To make these stats most useful we look at the number of Active Australia users on that particular social network. Some social networks release official figures in relation to their user numbers, but not all of these users are actually active (For example, LinkedIn in Australia said they reached 3 million Australian members – however 3 million Australian's don't go to the LinkedIn website every month. We obviously want to pick up on this discrepancy and report more accurate numbers to our readers). As social media watchers the most important figure is active users and the level of engagement.
3. User numbers reported by that particular social network or reputable source.
1. Facebook – 11,008,520 Australian users/accounts (up 40,400) – 13 million UAVs according to Google Adplanner. The difference between the user numbers and UAVs may be users logging in from multiple locations – home, work, school etc.
At the recent 2012 Google I/O conference, Google executives have told us their social network now has 150 million monthly active users. This is the first time Google has given us any indication on the number of active users on Google+.
In comparison, Facebook last reported they have 901 million monthly active users, with 11,008,520 being Australian users. This means the Australian user base accounts for about 1.22% of the global Facebook population.
Taking the same formula (1.22% of 150 million users) – the estimated number of active monthly Australian Google Plus users is around 1,830,000 users. As Google Plus is very US centric at the moment and most social media users in Australian don't use Google Plus, I estimate the true figure of Australian Google Plus users is around 1/4 of the 1,830,000 – ie 457,500 users.
Instagram is slightly down, but this is only measuring traffic to their website. I am confident Instagram mobile app users is growing month on month, but unfortunately there is no way to get the number of Australian mobile users (if anyone can – please contact me). Also the increasing integration with Facebook is certain to be adding more users.
It's clear from these stats, photo specific social networks such Flickr, Pinterest and Instagram are each growing their user base consistently. These shows the shifts in content users are absorbing. We are seeing a further shift away from textual based updates to photo and video based updates.
You can view our report for May or whole archive of Social Media Statistics to see previous data.
Feel free to source our stats on your site- please note our content is under Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0. Stats courtesy: Google DoubleClick Ad Planner tool, Facebook Self-Serve advertising tool and Checkfacebook.com. Figures correct as of 30/06/12.


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