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Quebec: Stunning Fall Foliage and Scenery Along the St. Lawrence River
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Author: Carolyn Boyle
Date of Trip: September 2014
This review describes an 8-day/7-night (6 nights ashore and 1 night onboard a cruise ship) stay in Quebec City and the surrounding area along the St. Lawrence River. It is primarily a journal of how we spent each day, including web links to tourist information web sites and maps.
Although our visit was the prelude to a cruise, we thought that the Quebec City area is a highly interesting destination in its own right. It is also an excellent cruise embarkation city or port call because of the many sights within easy driving distance. We felt sorry for those passengers who boarded the ship shortly before it departed and were unable to experience any of the numerous attractions in this area.
REGION IN QUEBEC AREA: SIGHTS SEEN
Cote de Beaupre: Montmorency Fall, Bridal Veil Fall, Ste Anne de Beaupre Basilica and Shrine, Les Sept Chutes, Mont-Ste-Anne, Jean Larose Waterfall, Canyon Ste Anne, Cap Tourmente Wildlife Refuge
Ile d'Orleans: Vignoble de Ste Petronille, Les Fromages de l'Isle d'Orléans, La Ferme d'OC, Boulangerie Blouin, Domaine Steinbach, Isle de Bacchus
Charlevoix: Mountain Route, River Route, Malbaie, Jean-Noel waterfall, Baie St Paul, Pont Couvert de St Placide
Chaudiere-Appalaches: Terrasse de Levis, Parc des Chutes de la Chaudiere
Quebec City: Lower Town, murals, Place Royale, Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires, Royal Battery, Funiculaire de Vieux Quebec, Parc Montmorency, Upper Town, Place d'Armes, Terrasse Dufferin, Champlain Monument, Parc des Gouverneurs, Chateau Frontenac, City Walls (Porte Prescott, Porte St Louis, Porte Kent, Porte St Jean), Parliament Building, Tourny Fountain, Plains of Abraham, Governor's Promenade, St Louis Forts and Chateaux, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Notre Dame de Quebec Basilica-Cathedral, Artillery Park, Citadel, Pierre Dugua de Mons terrace, Joan of Arc Monument and Garden
John and I (Carolyn) are retired Mississippi State University professors in our mid-sixties, who currently reside in central North Carolina. Both of us are natives of New Orleans and, as such, are interested in good food (and wine!) and good times.
We have traveled extensively worldwide and enjoy both land tours and cruises; often our trips combine the two. On cruises, we prefer DIY port tours, private tours with other CruiseCritic.com roll call members or shared public tours. We favor nature and wildlife tours that involve snorkeling, SCUBA diving or hiking. In particular, we will hike for miles to see waterfalls, volcanoes, caves or other interesting geologic features. We also enjoy lighthouses, forts, castles and anything else we can legally climb up on for a good view.
REVIEW OF THE TRIP
DAY 1: FRI, 09/6/14 RALEIGH/DURHAM (RDU) TO QUEBEC CITY (YQB)
We really lucked out today! The flight we had originally booked left RDU in mid-morning, connected through Newark and arrived in Quebec City in the early afternoon. However, United had canceled that flight and re-booked us on a later flight through Chicago. We objected to the change and made United put us on an earlier flight through Newark that got to Quebec City in the late morning. Although we grumbled about having to get up at 3:00 a. m. to make that flight, we were very happy that we did NOT go through Chicago when we learned that over half the flights through ORD were canceled today because of a fire in a FAA air-traffic-control facility in Aurora, Illinois.
Although we only had a two-hour layover in Newark, we used our United Club coupons (which would expire in October) to have a light breakfast and a quiet, comfortable spot to relax before the second fight. During the flight, we had some nice views of picturesque farmland and lots of colorful fall foliage.
Our small plane arrived at YQB (www.aeroportdequebec.com/en/) just after a large one, so there was a very long line for immigration, which took about 45 minutes. While we were waiting, an announcement was made in French but not repeated in English. Using my high school French from 35+ years ago, I understood maybe 10% and guessed that we were being told that we would go through customs inspection after retrieving our baggage. There was no problem about that because there were only a few other bags left on the carousel besides ours by the time we made it through immigration. Customs were no problem either and we were soon in the small terminal building.
We could see the car rental offices across the street but there is no way to cross there; we had to walk to the end of the terminal building, cross the street and walk almost the same distance in the opposite direction. Once we arrived at the Budget Rental Car counter, we had a much pleasanter experience than our recent disasters with Enterprise and National. Our rental documents were printed out and waiting for us, so we were at the car (a Hundai Elantra) within five minutes. However, the instructions we were given for returning the car to the Hilton in downtown Quebec City on Thursday proved to be mostly fiction.
The Budget desk did not have any local road maps but we had brought our Garmin (Samantha) along, loaded with up-to-date Canadian road maps. Samantha the Garmin pronounces French even worse than we do, which caused a little confusion understanding the street signs when leaving the airport. We also had a little cultural confusion when a street light changed to green and started flashing; we later learned that indicates a protected left turn signal. Also, our phrase book did not include the highway sign "Demi-Tour," which literally means "half-tower." By careful observation and brilliant deduction, we realized that this is a way of making a U-turn by exiting to the right and then making two left turns.
By the way, Quebec Province is resolutely French. Anyone who has ever studied French at any level would be well advised to brush up on his/her basic vocabulary; a good phrase book would be useful as well. John and I ran into a number of people who did not admit to speaking any English whatsoever and we needed the phrase "Je ne parle pas francais" several times. Everyone was friendly though and did not seem insulted that we needed to communicate in broken French and sign language. I found that saying, "Bonjour! Good morning/afternoon!" generally returned a response in English without my having to ask "Parlez-vous anglais?" Of course my American accent probably made it abundantly clear that I was not going to be parler-ing much en francais. Fortunately, being from New Orleans, John and I do know a lot of French food words and thus were in no danger of starvation.
Eventually, we made it to our 4-bedroom condo (www.chmsa.com/en/) at the foot of Mont-Ste-Anne in the Cote du Beaupre area (www.cotedebeaupre.com/en/). We checked into the condo and had some time to reconnoiter the area for sights to see over the next few days. There was quite a lot of fall color here and the temperatures were in the low 70s (F), with warmer weather predicted for the weekend. We tried to visit a farm market (www.lescanardises.com) at a duck farm (ferme) but it was closed (ferme'). One little accent mark makes all the difference! We couldn't buy any fresh-from-the-farm pates but we did get some photos of the ducks and ducklings. We searched for a goose farm that was supposed to be nearby but we never found it.
We ended up going to the IGA grocery (www.iga.net/en/contact/find_a_store/0041_iga_extra_chouinard_fils_inc/) to get some things the condo lacked (like bath soap and paper towels) plus a roast chicken and some deli salads for dinner. We had imported two bottles of wine in our checked luggage and enjoyed one of those. No bottle shock!
DAY 2: SAT, 09/27/14 COTE DE BEAUPRE AND ILE D'ORLEANS, QUEBEC CITY AREA
That early start yesterday really wore us out (two 1-1/2 hour flights don't allow for much catch-up sleep), so we slept in a little this morning. Today we planned to visit Montmorency Fall and then go over to Ile d'Orleans in search of local pate, wine and cheese.
Montmorency Fall (www.sepaq.com/ct/pcm/) is higher than Niagara Falls but much narrower. We took a cable car ($9.25 CAD pp plus $10 CAD/car for parking, plus taxes) up to the top of the cliff. We stopped at the Manoir Montmorency, where I found a Quebec Province flag in the souvenir shop. Then we walked along the cliff, stopping at several overlooks (called lookoffs in Canada). There is a suspension bridge across the top of the fall; nearby there are some earthen fortifications built by the British during the Siege of Quebec in 1759. Down the other side of the fall is a "Panoramic Walkway" with more overlooks and a footbridge back to the parking lot. All of that gave us some wonderful views of the fall and many colorful trees.
Bridal Veil Fall (AKA Dame Blanche Fall, gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/dameblanche.shtml) is right outside the park, so of course we had to drive over to it too. John had a hard time getting nice photos of it with all the power lines in the way. When we were up on the walkways at Montmorency Fall, we could see an incredibly long line of cars heading from Quebec City, trying to exit the highway and crossing the bridge to Ile d'Orleans. Fortunately, being at Bridal Veil Fall put us on the main road to the bridge and that huge line had to merge into our lane. It turned out that most of those people were heading for the "pick your own" apple farms, so they turned in the other direction from us once we got over the bridge.
Our first stop on Ile d'Orleans (tourisme.iledorleans.com/en/) was Vignoble de Ste Petronille (vs-p.ca). We had a wine tasting and bought a bottle of the reserve white; the tasting fee varies depending on the wines tasted. From there, we continued counterclockwise around the island. There are a lot of strawberry farms, so we stopped to buy a small box and snacked on them as we drove along. The south side of the island does not seem quite as touristy as the north side, although there were a number of farm stands selling strawberries, apples, potatoes and other vegetables. We even saw "pick your own" potatoes!
As we continued around the north side of the island, we began to see more traffic and many more apple farms. We stopped to buy cheese at Les Fromages de l'Isle d'Orléans (www.fromagesdeliledorleans.com), a store that still makes the first type of cheese produced in the New World. We tasted the first stage of the cheese, Faisselle, which is like a cottage cheese, and the second stage, Paillasson; the fully-ripened cheese was not available. Tastings are $1 CAD pp for each cheese tasted; each of us tasted a different cheese and shared the samples. The Paillasson is supposed to be roasted and served hot, sort of like raclette. We got some of that plus a Brie-type cheese from a different part of Quebec Province. Then we stopped at La Ferme d'OC (tourisme.iledorleans.com/en/membre/la-ferme-doc/) and tasted six duck pates; we bought three of those. Next we stopped to buy a baguette and some apple pastries at Boulangerie Blouin (tourisme.iledorleans.com/en/membre/boulangerie-blouin/).
We did a tasting of mustards, chutneys, jams, jellies, pates and hard ciders at Domaine Steinbach (www.domainesteinbach.com/english/index.php) and a wine tasting at Isle de Bacchus (www.isledebacchus.com/vignoble/index.html) before heading back to the condo. Both of those tastings were $4 CAD pp. We ate some of the things we had bought for dinner tonight. We enjoyed the duck pates much more than the cheeses.
DAY 3: SUN, 09/28/14 COTE DE BEAUPRE, QUEBEC CITY AREA
Today we got up a little earlier and had time to tour most of the Ste Anne de Beaupre (or as Samantha the Garmin says, "Sweet Anne de Bohper") Shrine before attending Mass. There are only a few Masses celebrated in English and the one we participated in was poorly attended. The ones in French did not seem to be any better attended but the televised Mass looked packed.
The Shrine (www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/ste-anne-de-beaupre-basilica/) is a huge Romanesque Revival style church with twin bell towers that are visible for many miles; admission with parking is $2 CAD pp (cash only). In addition to a miraculous statue of Ste Anne (Jesus' Grandma), there is a replica of Michelangelo's "Pieta", a copy of the "Holy Stairs" that Jesus climbed at Pilate's praetorium and a life-sized "Way of the Cross." I have to say that I thought the Shrine was a bit hokey, especially the mosaic ceiling with scenes from the completely-unsubstantiated "Life of Ste Anne" (e. g., an angel appears to Ste Anne to tell her she is going to be a Grandma). Nevertheless, this is a major pilgrimage site and the pillars at the entrance are covered with crutches from those who prayed to Ste Anne and were cured. For an additional fee, there is a museum ($5 CAD pp) and a cyclorama of Jerusalem ($9 CAD pp); we did not visit those.
After Mass, we went to see one of our favorite things, a waterfall. And not just one waterfall but seven at "Les Sept Chutes" park (septchutes.com/en/, $10.50 CAD pp plus tax). I'm not sure one of the chutes should actually count because it is a dam and two others are more like cascades, Notwithstanding those flaws this was a lovely canyon with lots of falling water and colorful trees. We had a great time hiking the trails. As a bonus, the gift shop sold pate from the goose farm (www.lafermequebecoies.com) that we could not find on Friday; we bought a jar of the pate and it was definitely worth seeking out. There was a tour of the power plant but it did not start for an hour and takes 45 minutes; we decided that it was not worth waiting for.
Instead, we headed back to the condo for a beer break before making the short walk up to the gondola for a ride ($19.13 CAD pp plus tax) to the top of Mont-Ste-Anne (mont-sainte-anne.com/en/). This morning it was foggy and the mountain was covered in clouds. Now it was still a little hazy but the clouds had lifted and we had great views riding up in the gondola. We hiked the three summit trails (www.chalets-village.com/docs/map_randonnee.pdf) and enjoyed the views of the mountainside and the Laurentian Mountains in the distance. John said the red and orange leaves made the mountainsides look like they were on fire. After we came down on gondola, we took a hike around the resort's lake.
After all that, we went back to the IGA to get some more provisions. There was a lot of traffic with all the people who had spent this beautiful day out in the countryside and were now trying to get back to Quebec City.
DAY 4: MON, 09/29/14 COTE DE BEAUPRE, QUEBEC CITY AREA
The weather forecast for today was for rain and a high temperature in the 50s (F). The morning brought a light mist and a lot of wind, so we decided to take a chance and hike to a waterfall. The resort's lake was formed by damming the Jean Larose River; the trail head is right across the highway from the lake. This trail is called the "Chemin des Chutes" and passes the 3-level Jean Larose Waterfall (gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/jeanlarose.shtml). The trail down the canyon is pretty steep and the section near the falls is a staircase with over 400 steps. The falls are quite beautiful and the canyon had some nice fall color but not as much as we saw yesterday.
The trail (www.chalets-village.com/docs/map_randonnee.pdf) is a loop, so we continued down to the point where the Jean Larose River meets the Ste Anne River. Even though the trail back up had a few short sections of stairs, the ascent was more gradual than the descent along the river. While we had been down in the canyon, the wind had been blocked off. When we emerged at the trail head, it was very windy and the rain had picked up. We made it back to the condo without getting too soaked. Hot chocolate warmed us up!
We decided to consider this a "sea day" and not try to go out again in the bad weather (except to venture out to a boulangerie for a baguette). I did some laundry and John reviewed a paper for BAMBED. Then we just relaxed and read for the rest of the day.
DAY 5: TUE, 09/30/14 COTE DE BEAUPRE, QUEBEC CITY AREA
This morning the weather was a little better: cool and overcast but less windy. We spent about an hour at Canyon Ste Anne (www.canyonsa.qc.ca/canyon-waterfall-attraction-quebec.html) or as Samantha the Garmin says, "Canyon Street Anne". There is a beautiful waterfall here. Boardwalks with viewing platforms line the rim of the canyon and two bridges cross the canyon at that level. There is a staircase down into the canyon and another bridge that lets you view the fall from the bottom. Of course, we walked all the trails along and into the canyon as well as the nature trail, which is really designed more for kids. This is a major tourist attraction and there were three tour buses here when we arrived. Nevertheless, this is obviously the slow season and the park was not crowded.
After the canyon, we drove to Cap Tourmente wildlife refuge (www.ec.gc.ca/ap-pa/default.asp?lang=En&n=0533BC0A-1). The refuge is in the low area between the St. Lawrence River and the high bluffs that line the river; the bluffs had some good fall color. Snow geese spend the summer in the arctic, then gather and rest up here before flying to North Carolina for the winter. The rangers estimated that there were 50,000 geese in the refuge right now. It didn't seem like that many because they were spread out over such a large area but it was an impressive sight. This park is nicely developed with boardwalks through the marshes to observation huts and stands. A ranger was giving a talk at the observation point but it was in French, so we read the posters instead of waiting to ask questions in English. There are many other well-marked trails (www.ec.gc.ca/Publications/BC1F5E50-BB9B-4B15-A961-9288DBCBA8E6/COM1544_eng.PDF) in the refuge and we took one up the bluffs to an overlook that had a great view of the entire area. We took a couple of other trails along the base of the bluffs, out to the river and to an observation tower. At a couple of spots we encountered apple trees growing in the wild and covered with beautiful apples.
Although the air temperature was not too bad (about 50 F), the wind was very strong along the river. We decided to head back to the IGA (we hoped for the last time) to get more hot chocolate mix and some brownies. We also got some French onion soup to have with dinner tonight. This grocery is clearly set up to accommodate people staying in the condos and resorts in the area. There are many prepared foods, both ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat-and-eat. The deli also has a fair selection of local cheeses and other products but the wine selection is not great. The best things we ate during our stay were the duck and goose pates that we bought on Ile d'Orleans and at Les Sept Chutes; those were outstanding!
DAY 6: WED, 10/01/14 CHARLEVOIX REGION
Our original plan for today was to hike part of the Mestachibo Trail (www.mestachibo.com/index_en.htm) from the St Ferreol les Neiges church end; this trail is 12.5-km (7.8 miles) one way. However, we decided that we had had enough hiking for awhile. Instead, we took a scenic drive to the Charlevoix region of Quebec Province (www.tourisme-charlevoix.com/en/), which is about an hour or so east of Beaupre. It was a beautiful sunny day although a bit on the cool side.
First we drove the Mountain Route (www.tourisme-charlevoix.com/public/files/guide_route_des_montagnes_2014-2015.pdf) with great views of the Laurentian Mountain ranges. There was a lot of good fall color throughout the area. From that drive, we swung down to Malbaie and took the River Route (www.tourisme-charlevoix.com/public/files/guide_route_du_fleuve_2014-2015_en.pdf) west along the St. Lawrence River. We stopped in Ste Irenee for a short walk to a nice waterfall on the Jean-Noel River.
We continued on to Baie St Paul (www.baiesaintpaul.com/media/docs/carte2013.pdf); there is a scenic overlook as you approach from the east that gives a panoramic view of the whole area. The downtown part of Baie St Paul is sort of an artists' colony, with a lot of boutiques, galleries and restaurants. Everything was decorated for fall with pumpkins, squash and other seasonal paraphernalia. We noticed that the shop we parked in front of was closed until 2:30 p. m. but we did not realize anything was wrong until we stopped at the Boutique de la Cidrerie Des Vergers Pedneault, where we thought we could have a tasting. Quelle suprise! The electricity was off all over town! No wonder many of the shops were closed and the restaurants were empty! We were able to buy a baguette at Boulangerie Charlevoix (www.boulangeriecharlevoix.com) only because I had exact change—no one could take credit or debit cards.
After walking around Baie St Paul a little more, we drove to a nearby covered bridge. The Pont Couvert de St Placide, built in 1926, is the only one in the old style still in use in Quebec (fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_de_Saint-Placide-de-Charlevoix). While we were taking pictures, an older lady came out from a nearby farm and told us that her father, Joseph Normandeau, had built the bridge. Her English was about as bad as our French (on which she complimented us) but we had a nice, short conversation that probably did not do too much damage to US-Canada relations.
By the time we made it back to the condo, we decided to call it a day. I had another load of laundry to do and we needed to repack the suitcases for boarding the ship tomorrow. We ate the baguette with the last of the cheeses and the duck and goose pates for supper.
DAY 7: THU, 10/02/14 CHAUDIERE-APPALACHES REGION AND QUEBEC CITY
We checked out of the condo as soon as the office opened at 8:00 a. m., forgetting our bottles of water in the refrigerator. Oh well, if that's the only thing we would forget on this trip, we would be ahead of the game.
We had more fun with Samantha the Garmin as we tried to drive to Terrasse de Levis, directly across the St. Lawrence River from the cruise ship terminal. I thought Samantha would take us north of the city, then to the bridge across the river. However, she sent us downtown to the docks and then across the river with no bridge to help. Uh-oh, I didn't turn off the option to use ferries and Samantha was trying to take us on one. At least we got to check out the area around the cruise ship terminal. As we drove upriver and passed Pier 107, we could see the HAL Veendam, which was stranded in Quebec City because of mechanical problems. The Hapag-Lloyd Europa and the RCI Legend of the Seas were also in port today.
We finally got over the bridge and on the correct side of the river. The terrace (www.tourismelevis.com/en/activity/history/historical-sites/levis-terrace/) is a small park with picture-postcard views of the Quebec City skyline with the iconic Chateau Frontenac in the middle and the Ruby Princess docked in front. This is the general area from which the British bombarded the city during the Battle of Quebec in 1759, destroying much of the Old City.
We could not miss the opportunity to see another waterfall, so we went to the Parc des Chutes de la Chaudiere (www.chaudiereappalaches.com/fichiersUpload/fichiers/20140711133304-parc-des-chutes-de-la-chaudiere-pamphlet-eng.pdf). The Chaudiere River was dammed above the falls for a hydroelectric plant but the area around the falls is still quite scenic. The park has paths on both sides of the river with many viewpoints. We walked to most of the viewpoints and down to the river bed. The geology there is canted beds of alternating brown and gray rock. The brown rock apparently eroded faster than the gray, so there are interesting fins of the gray rock running across the riverbed.
We gassed up the rental car and drove back along the river to the cruise ship terminal. John left me and our baggage there while he dropped the car off at the Hilton. When he got back to the terminal, we went rapidly through the check-in process and were soon in our cabin. We dropped off our hand luggage there and then were off to explore Quebec City (www.quebecregion.com/en/what-to-do/activities-attractions/tours/?f=1#circuitsList).
The Ruby Princess was docked at Pier 22, which is right next to the Lower Town (Basse-ville). This area was formerly run-down but is now full of shops, galleries, restaurants, museums and historical buildings. Two of the buildings in this section of town sport large, trompe l'oeil murals that depict the history of Quebec. The entire district is reminiscent of the Vieux Carre in New Orleans, complete with the cobblestone-paved streets. Of course, there are no wrought iron balconies and the roofs are a French provincial style. Nevertheless, the ambiance, street performers and artists displaying their works gave the area a very familiar feel to us.
The hub of the Lower Town is the Place Royale, where Samuel de Champlain established the first permanent settlement in New France in 1608. We visited the Eglise Notre Dame des Victoires (www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/notre-dame-des-victoires-church/), which was built on the ruins of that first outpost. Nearby is the Royal Battery, whose cannons responded to the British fire from across the river at Levis.
Naturally, where there is a Lower Town, there is an Upper Town and ways to connect the two. Besides the steep streets and stairways, there is also a funicular. The building housing the Funiculaire de Vieux Quebec was once the home of Louis Jolliet, the fur trader who (with Pere Marquette) explored and mapped the upper Mississippi River. We considered riding the Funiculaire for fun but the short ride did not seem worth the cost ($2.25 CAD pp), so we just trekked up and down the streets and stairs. Partway between the Lower and Upper Towns is the rebuilt Porte Prescott (one of the four remaining gates in the city wall) and Parc Montmorency (a nice viewpoint with more cannons).
Once in the Upper Town (Haut-ville), we walked past the Place d'Armes (with an ornate Gothic-style fountain) over to the Terrasse Dufferin for more fine views of the river and the Lower Town. Near this end of the terrace is a monument to Champlain. Behind the terrace and in front of the Chateau Frontenac is a large park (Parc des Gouverneurs) with a monument to the opposing generals in the Battle of Quebec, Wolfe and Montcalm, who both died as a result of the battle. The Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac is reputedly the most-photographed hotel in the world and is definitely an impressive building. We walked under the arch into the courtyard where the main entrance is located. The lobby is elegant but not ostentatious; there are many upscale shops and boutiques there.
From the Chateau, we walked along Rue St Louis to Porte St Louis, another gate. There are stairs up to the top of the gate but not to the top of the walls; you can scramble up to walk on top of the walls at your own risk (like we did) or walk a path alongside them. Parcs Canada offers guided walking tours of the walls but we walked clockwise on part of them on our own for free (www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/fortifications/activ/interpretation-animation.aspx). If you choose to walk on top, there are occasional spots where it is necessary to hop down and walk to another section. From the walls, we could see other landmarks such as the Parliament Building and the Tourny Fountain.
We continued past the Porte Kent to Porte St Jean, where we left the walls and walked through the Artillery Park. We wandered over to the Notre Dame Cathedral but a Mass was going on, so we decided to return there tomorrow.
We walked back to the Lower City and wandered around for a little more before returning to the ship to freshen up for dinner. After this full day, we turned in a little early. Tonight we would overnight in Quebec City but the Ruby Princess would reposition to another pier during the early morning hours.
DAY 8: FRI, 10/03/14 QUEBEC CITY
This morning, we awoke to find the Ruby Princess docked at Pier 103, which is about 1.5 miles further upriver than Pier 22. The Regent Seven Seas Navigator was docked next to us; the Europa and Veendam were slightly further upriver. The Legend of the Seas was still in port by the Lower Town; she was joined there by the Norwegian Dream and the HAL Maasdam.
Surprisingly, there was a free shuttle running between the ship and the Place Royale. However, John and I planned to take the Escalier du Cap Blanc stairs up the bluff to the Plains of Abraham (www.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/en/contact-us/map-the-plains-abraham/), site of the Battle of Quebec. Although the stairs are steep and almost 400 steps, they were no worse than anything we climbed on our trip to Italy in the spring. Once on top of the bluff, we followed the Cap aux Diamants road to a cannon marking the remains of a blockhouse. Tour buses we also going this way and stopping briefly to view the cannon before proceeding to the kiosk at the beginning of the Governor's Promenade; the kiosk was our destination too.
The Governor's Promenade is a walkway along the cliff face that passes under the walls of the Citadel down to the Dufferin Terrace; there are several nice viewpoints along the way. We descended to the terrace, walked past a ramp (which we later learned operates as a sled ride during Quebec City's winter carnival) and headed to the Parcs Canada kiosk at the other end of the terrace. At the kiosk, we purchased tickets for a guided tour of the excavations of the St Louis Forts and Chateaux and for the museum at the Artillery Park.
The Dufferin Terrace was built over the ruins of Fort St Louis and the chateau of Quebec's governors (www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/saintlouisforts/index.aspx). When the terrace was renovated in 2005, the opportunity arose to excavate this historic area. Archaeologists uncovered the foundations of various buildings associated with the fort (built by Champlain and the city's first fortification) and the chateau (which underwent many changes over the course of different governorships). The tour guide explained the ruins and their significance; there are also many artifacts on display that were found during the excavations. Although work is continuing, part of the site is under the Funiclaire and thus inaccessible.
After our tour, we visited the city's two cathedrals. The first was the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/cathedral-of-the-holy-trinity-/). This is an austere church on the outside and the inside is fairly plain; it does have some lovely stained glass windows though. The Catholic Notre Dame de Quebec Basilica-Cathedral (www.patrimoine-religieux.com/en/our-churches/notre-dame-de-quebec-basilica-cathedral-/) is naturally much more lavish, with an ornate canopy over the main altar, both of which are gilded. Although many bishops and some of the French governors are buried in the crypt, the only conspicuous tomb in the main part of the church is that of St. Francois de Laval (first Bishop of New France and founder of the nearby Seminary of Quebec, now Laval University).
Now we returned to the Artillery Park (www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/fortifications/natcul/natcul2.aspx). The museum here is in two buildings; at each building, the ranger on duty gave us a good explanation of the exhibits before we started our self-guided tour. The first building was an ammunition factory; it houses the remains of a gunpowder magazine and a scale model of Quebec City in the early 19th century. The other is the Dauphine Redoubt, which was used for officers' quarters. There are a number of other buildings in the park but they can only be viewed from the outside. Because there were so few visitors (only one other person) the ranger let us enter the Officer's Mess for better photos. As we were leaving, he pointed out holes in the side of the building into which posts could be inserted to form scaffolding for painting or repairs. If the redoubt was under threat of attack, the holes would have to be camouflaged to prevent the enemy from using them to scale the walls. The ranger also said that there were three remaining redoubts from the city defenses; one of the others is part of the Morrin Centre and the third is in the Citadel.
The last site we planned to visit today was the Citadel (www.lacitadelle.qc.ca/en/), which is still an active military base and can only be toured with a guide. Unfortunately, the next guided tour in English was not for another 40 minutes and the tour itself is an hour long; we thought that was cutting it too close to the time we needed to be back on the ship. However, we were able to view part of the Citadel from a terrace inside and we could walk the walls outside. First we walked the west walls, which gave us a nice view of the Plains of Abraham. The east walls give a nice view of the city and there is a path down to the Pierre Dugua de Mons terrace with an overlook of the river.
From the terrace, we walked back to the Porte St Louis and along the edge of Battleground Park to the Joan of Arc monument. Quebec City's "Joanie on a Pony" is surrounded by a small garden, which at this time of year is turned into a "Haunted Garden." The various displays relate to characters and legends from Quebec's history. One was "The White Lady of Cap Diamant," who would only consent to marry a man who could ride his horse up the steep cliff to claim her; two brothers perished in the attempt. Then a third young man came to woo her but it was foggy for several days and he could not attempt the ride. During that time, she fell madly in love with him and did not want him to attempt the ride. However, he made the ride successfully and she was overjoyed. At that point he revealed that he was a brother to the two who had perished and he had come from France to avenge their deaths. He spurned her and sailed back to France; she went mad and fell of the cliff. Today she is said to haunt the cliff, dressed in her white wedding gown. After touring the garden, we took the Cap Blanc stairs down to the riverfront and walked back to the ship.
At dinner this evening, we were seated at a table by the window and enjoyed views of Quebec City, Montmorency Fall and Ile d'Orleans as we sailed away. We were very glad that we had chosen to spend a week in the Quebec City area before our cruise!
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LOS ANGELES – The National League of Cities (NLC) presented the Service to Cities Award to Clear Channel Outdoor this past weekend for its outstanding contributions to cities across the nation. Through Clear Channel Outdoor's support of NLC's 2018 infrastructure campaign, Rebuild With Us, the company raised awareness of the country's critical infrastructure gap and helped municipal governments fight for federal investment.
Awarded at NLC's 2018 City Summit Conference in Los Angeles, the Service to Cities award is given to NLC partners who have demonstrated a strong commitment to building stronger, more innovative and resilient cities and towns.


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Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI ) is de Indonesische publieke staatsradio. De dekking van de RRI bestrijkt de gehele Indonesische archipel met vier zenders, daarnaast is er ook een station dat bedoeld is voor het buitenland, de  Voice of Indonesia. De RRI werd opgericht op 11 september 1945 en maakte toen gebruik van het oude koloniale zendstation in Yogyakarta. Het hoofdkantoor is gevestigd in het centrum van Jakarta.
De vier stations die door de RRI uitgebaat worden:
 Pro 1 (algemene zender)
 Pro 2 (muziekstation dat zich vooral op jongeren richt)
 Pro 3 (Nieuws station)
 Pro 4 (Cultureel station)).

Externe link
  Officiële site van de RRI

Bibliografie
  Djamalul Ass ... Abidin et al. (1985)  40 tahun Radio Republik Indonesia : sekali di Udara tetap di Udara  Panita Peringatan Radio Hari ke-40, Jakarta.

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UX (User Experience) design is one of the most important elements of a site. Essentially, sites with good UX design are intuitive and usable while sites with bad a UX design are not. Employees who can navigate their site with ease are less stressed and can do their jobs more efficiently. For more information on the effects of UX design, check out The Importance of a Quality UX Design.
So how can you tell if your intranet has a decent UX? Test it. The only way to be absolutely sure is through UX testing. But if you don't have the resources for full UX testing, there are some common signs to watch out for.
When it comes to an intranet, more isn't always better. On a well-designed site, only essential information is immediately visible. It's an easy mistake to make but "more" tends to read as just "crowded," rather than impressive and sleek. In some cases, there is so much happening on a single page that truly valuable information gets lost in the crowd. The home page just becomes a nuisance.
This also touches on the idea of "too much," but in a different context. While the previous point focused on content, this is more about functionality. Sites that try too hard hurt the average user experience. For example, if a user submits a form, there is no reason for the site to play a special animation each and every time.
Any well-designed product should be a guide, teaching user what to do and what not to do as they use it. But this doesn't happen in sites with bad UX. File misnaming, uploading incorrect documents or document types, or other similar errors, are allowed by their intranet. If you have too many people misusing your intranet, you probably have an intranet with poor UX design.
An intranet should give users feedback when something happens on a site. If a user submits a form, they should know whether it was successfully submitted. If they have a process is running behind the scenes, they should be able to check on it.
Employees should never be left in a limbo of uncertainty about did an action take place or not. Because that uncertainty about the outcome of an action is a sure-fire way to make your intranet frustrating to use.
Out of all 6 points, this one is the biggest warning sign. Intranets lacking widespread adoption tend to have major UX design issues. If employees in your organization don't want to use their intranet, clearly something is wrong with it.
When something is too hard or frustrating to use, people just find ways to work around it. Intranets are an investment, of time, money, and effort – and disuse is a complete waste of that investment. So if your intranet isn't getting the engagements that you thought it should, maybe it's time to look at the UX again.
These are just some of the more commonly seen signs of the problem. In many cases, once UX design problems have been identified, they can be fixed. Just isolate the part of the site causing problems and make the necessary changes. Just make sure that the issue lies in site design and not in the underlying software or in the site's governance.
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This Week in Fandom, Volume 63
2017-09-26 2017-09-26 Retired Personnel This Week in Fandom
Welcome to This Week in Fandom, the OTW's roundup of things which are happening! Before we start, have you been taking part in the celebrations for the OTW's 10th anniversary? If not, here are some links for things you may have missed so far: Transcripts for live chats with Lev Grossman, Christina Lauren & Catherine Roach, and Seanan McGuire & Martha Wells, plus a guest post from Henry Jenkins. That's not all we've been up to, though, so go poke around our news posts for more!
There's been a victory for fair use and parody in the US recently. As The New York Times reports, the Off-Broadway production Who's Holiday!, was recently ruled as acceptable by a federal judge. The play parodies the cheerful nature of the Dr. Seuss story How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by creating a version where "Cindy Lou Who is all grown up. She is now a hard-drinking, prescription-drug-abusing middle-aged woman who lives in a trailer park and served time in prison for killing her husband, the Grinch." While Dr. Seuss Enterprises initially issued cease-and-desist letters, the playwright, Matthew Lombardo, fought back in court and ultimately won. Mr. Lombardo now plans to stage the play this November.
According the The Denver Post , Noah Kaufman, a physician who has also been a competitor on American Ninja Warrior recently partnered with other ANW veterans and opened an obstacle course gym inspired by the television show to encourage children to live healthy lives.
"At the recently opened Wolf Den Ninja Training Facility in Loveland [Colorado, USA], Kaufman and the other co-founders are on a mission to battle [trends of childhood obesity and related diseases]… People can take part in challenges similar to those found on the show, such as swinging on ropes, jumping across pedestals and scrambling up a smaller version of the show's popular 'warped wall' — experiences that can be a lot more fun than running around an indoor track."
Would you enjoy an ANW-themed workout? Would it make you more likely to be active? Let us know in the comments!
In other news, BuzzFeed is holding a themed celebration (?) called This is Stan, "a collection of stories about the ever-changing culture of standom – the good, the bad, and the ugly — that explore what it means to be a super fan right now." While there are many articles written for the collection, a standout is an essay on queer pop music stans.
The essay, which starts with Leave Britney Alone, veers all the way back to Frank Sinatra, and then fast forwards to today, is an in-depth discussion of what marginalized people gain and enjoy from their fandom.
"This presentation of pop fans as feminized hysterics is part of a long-standing media fascination with the "excess" of fandom that can be traced back to the teen bobby-soxers associated with Frank Sinatra in the early 1940s. But just as those white teenage girls were using fan performances for their own ends — and gaining something of value from the community they formed in the process — so are modern stans. Stan wars aren't just irrational fan fights; rather, they are shade-throwing contests and spaces for queer of color performance and reading; they are often spirited debates over the racial and sexual politics of pop fandom. Ultimately, standom represents new critical perspectives in the ongoing theater of enthusiasm that is pop music."
Does this essay resonate with your own experiences? Or do you know a different kind of standom? Why not write about your experiences on Fanlore?
We want your suggestions! If you have a story you think we should include, please contact us! Suggestions are welcome in all languages. Submitting a story doesn't guarantee that it will be included in a TWIF post, and inclusion of a story doesn't mean that it is endorsed by the OTW.
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A Little Piece of Gundam Wing and Soul Circuit are Moving to the AO3


With each new wave of higher frequencies we further raise the vibrations here on planet Earth. Awakening spreads like a virus in the matrix. It corrodes control algorithms, waking otherds with healing therapies, epiphanies, health, wellness and guidance. The heart led beauty of true light warriors and way-showers will always shine through. But the charlatans are clever, wily and slippery. We must always be street wise, always have our wits about us. These are times of war, for our hearts and minds and bodies, it is well to stay vigilant. Always listen to our energetic responses to people, places and situations. Our energy is a far more accurate measure of how we really feel about something than our other senses. Our other senses can be fooled by a handsome face, a silky smooth voice, charisma, confidence and craftiness. The matrix algorithms programme us to be vulnerable to slimy, snaky, lizardy behaviours.
Crystal of the moment Labradorite. It's mystical, magical and mysterious. Healing and calming with a splash of third eye activation and a dash of shield up love protection. Wear it, carry it, keep it by your bed at night. Let the crystal frequencies tune us into psychic wavelengths in higher dimensions. One love beautiful people.
Well hello September 23rd nice to finally meet you. The 888 Gateway closes and this accelerated tidal wave of cosmic frequencies passes. Phew! These last three months have offered zen bliss highs and dark night of the soul lows. We are learning to quantum surf, to stay balanced grounded and centred as the waves crash and flow all around us. Upgrades to our DNA affect our trinity mind, body, soul system. This is a holistic process of evolutionary transformation. Multiple timeline shifts are now available. The game is wide open. Matrix manufactured timelines, infinite reality timelines and cosmic shifts vie for prominence in our psyche. The cabal continue to bombard us with low frequency fear to keep us manifesting negatively. It is up to us to fight this, to be warriors of light, of Gaia, to remain in love, in gratitude and in compassion. To laugh, dance, sing and be joyful. To see and believe in a better world. To know that peace is possible. To manifest peace and abundance on Gaia.
We've made it through the toughest tidal wave of DNA upgrades so far. For those who passed on we thank them for their love and we wish them well on their journey. For those who are struggling to stay in light frequencies we ask their guides and higher self to offer them guidance and protection in turbulent times. To those who held space for us, who have loved us and shared with us through dark times, we thank you. We have more ahead, portals and gateways, tidal waves and cosmic ebb and flow. We have disclosure of intergalactic races present on Gaia. We have turmoil and trauma on global economic and political scale as the war for our hearts, minds and souls rages on. We step into love frequency. We activate our heart chakras. We draw all low vibration emotional energy into our heart chakra. We strengthen, balance and clear each chakra, realigning, in the light of universal love vibration. We reset our wavelength to love. We release fear, anxiety and stress. We manifest love in our lives and love on Gaia.
We are warriors of Gaia here to anchor our light to her grid, to raise the frequencies from ground zero, to trigger and challenge matrix algorithms. To break the codes, hack the system and corrode it from the inside out. We can do all of this by mindful heart led living. By sharing compassion and wisdom. By signing petitions and going on marches for freedom, for peace and for equality. We can stand up and be counted in a world that is changing by the second. We can reset our timelines to positive, to love wavelength. We can share love, we can receive love, we can be love. Happy Equinox friends, manifest wisely with peace in your heart.
Mantra I am one with universal love frequency.
I am a warrior of Gaia, I anchor my light to her grid.
Dear friends I've been quiet recently because I've been ill. A stomach virus that has made me feel like I'm being changed from the inside out. I've also been sleeping lots. My vibration has felt low because of this. To recalibrate we change at a cellular level, this transformation can affect us profoundly in our minds, bodies and spiritually. The transformation can be felt physically, mentally and emotionally. Having a holistic approach to our lives, seeing everything as connected is the beginning of quantum existence.
When cosmic flow of higher frequencies is very powerful, as it is during this Great Shift Gateway, our guides and higher self ground us by keeping us embedded in lower frequencies. To ground us is to help us stay in this lifetime, this dimension, otherwise we may soar off into the cosmos and not have the skills to reintegrate back into this lifetime. This is a careful, if accelerated process. With each new set of upgrades, we move up the spectrum of universal frequencies. Shamans have been taught and shown how to manage the transition to higher dimensional wavelengths, how to get there and how to get back.
During this illness I've found it difficult to meditate or do yoga, and have not been able to go out and realign in nature. When we begin meditating and we touch those Zen spots of bliss we can be overtaken by an overwhelming wish to be there all the time. This is good as it encourages us to change our lifestyles, to clear out energy vampires, stress and clutter from our lives. Meditation is a lifestyle not a hobby, it transforms us, bringing us back to our true selves. Similarly we find true inner peace in mindfulness. The combination of mindfulness and meditation is the holy grail of awakened existence. We use both to deprogramme from matrix algorithms of greed, hate and fear. The emotions of gratitude and humility reset our vibration, raising it to higher frequencies. There is a lot going on for us!
Our bodies become less able to tolerate matrix toxins, portions get smaller, food becomes fuel, a source of energy rather than simply for pleasure, convenience or driven by addictive substances like sugar. By eating and drinking mindfully we savour each bite, we slow down, become more connected to the food beyond our taste buds, we feel it in our stomachs and are increasingly aware of how it affects us. This can also be said for how we nourish our minds. By filtering out news, religious dogma and mainstream media twisted by fear and seeking active ways to change and improve our world, we move away from fear towards love. By raising our awareness of the sources of literal and subliminal programming in popular culture, politics, education and religion we take the reigns back. We choose what goes into our minds rather than being the drones, the sheeple the matrix wants us to be. We stop being defined by fascist rhetoric and labelling or capitalist consumerism. We regain our sovereignty.
Spiritually we meditate to immerse ourselves in love frequency. This takes seed in our core, our solar plexus is activated and we find the inner calm we experience in meditation seeps into our lives. We are calmer in our day to day interactions, we find compassion where before there was bitterness or anger. We learn the language of energy, for protection, for clearer vision, using our instincts more than our eyes to inform our thought processes, emotional responses and behaviour. As our third eye is triggered and cleared we become more in tune with guidance from multi dimensional soul tribe, integrating this into how we live our lives.
None of this is an easy process. We are not passive mannequins, recalibration doesn't just happen to us. We must respond to and make the necessary changes in our mind set and in how we arrange the furniture of our lives. To integrate upgrades is an active process. We open our minds as our upper chakras come online. We release old and new karmic weight through painful emotional rollercoasters that require courage, self care and belief in our place in the multiverse. This karmic release further activates our chakras, heart, solar plexus and root, encouraging flow of high frequency energy throughout our system.
As we awaken to the deception, oppression and manipulation of the matrix we must free our egos from algorithms of self harm. We clear our sacral and root chakras of blockages, letting go of anxiety, toxic foods and drinks, to balance and strengthen our beleaguered sacral chakra. The programming of 'short term fixes' money, status symbols, addictions and distractions attacks our sacral chakra. Interconnected with the fear conditioned into our fragile egos at very young ages, our sacral and solar plexus chakras require a complete overhaul for maximum integration of upgrades. We cannot be passive in this process, we have to heighten our awareness of our mind body soul system and take care of it accordingly.
Mindfulness brings us into the present. Mindful eating means we are connected to the quality of fuel we are putting into our bodies. Mindfulness by definition relieves stress, we stop obsessing with the past or fretting about the future. We lock into the now, engage our physical and non physical senses, to appreciate the moment. We connect with our friend, partner, child instead of worrying about work emails, bills or what we haven't done on our to do list. When we do approach those emails we are focused only on that job, we don't feel guilty because we are not doing something else. Much of the matrixes control of us relies on keeping us in a semi permanent state of anxiety. This creates a static energy that buzzes and hums around and in our energy field, disrupting the natural flow. Eventually the static will cause blockages that can lead to illness.
Meditation raises our frequency and allows us to spiritually grow. It is the combination of mindfulness and meditation that keeps us balanced on our cosmic surfboard. We are multi dimensional beings with the innate power to manifest our own reality. By being mindful we are grounded in gratitude, in meditation we embrace love, this combination teaches us the skill sets to be co creators of our own reality. If like me you've felt very 3d recently, too grounded in reality, trust that this may have been necessary to allow full integration of recent cosmic upgrades activated by the 888 Great Shift Gateway. If you are meditating and loving it, soaring in the stars, relish those spaces, embed them into your psyche, into your existence. We are not passive players in this cosmic evolution, be an active participant in your transformation, engage with the changes in your mind body soul system. These truly are exiting times friends, be safe in the knowledge it's happening to lots of us. We are feeling our way out of the darkness of the matrix, seeking inner light to manifest outer peace. In love and light beautiful people.
I am part of a vast cyberscape of wonder and beauty. I am safe and I belong.
On 21st century planet Earth most of us operate in several perceived realities simultaneously. Our physical world, our emotional, inner world, and the cyber world. This trinity of parallel realities, of perceived existences, give us a multi dimensional experience. We combine streetwise savvy with heart led living to navigate safely. In each world we are presented with unwanted drama, stress and manipulation as well as beauty, warmth, wonder and laughter. We engage in the wider society around us, responding to and manifesting our outer environment. We are an integral part of an energetic cycle of vibratory fields. Through our senses we create a visual representation of how and what this world looks, feels, tastes like.
Our emotional world is largely affected by interaction with our external world. Other factors also come into play, ancestral and past life karma, childhood and our present circumstances affect our emotional wellbeing. Our emotional wellbeing is our energy, it is our vibratory field, it determines where we are on the frequency spectrum. To raise our frequencies, raise our experience of the outer reality, we delve deep within our emotional, soul being. We excavate, we investigate, we navigate tricky territory. We release. We breathe in calm, peace and love.
Cyber space has become a very real part of the way we experience our lives. We are connected at all times to a vast library of information, of old texts and current opinion, news, fake and real, a worldwide community at our finger tips. We have a profile, images of ourselves projected out onto this cyber universe to be shared, interpreted and commented on. Data, stats, have begun to seep into our lives, affecting our view of ourselves. The cyber world, just like the real world, requires us to be street wise, to avoid dark alleys and hooded strangers.
Cyber space, the internet, is a doorway to anything and everything you ever wanted to know about this world. It is planet Earth's Akashic Records. It is banned or severely restricted in some countries and heavily monitored in others. It generates money and for that reason the Frankenstein elite can never kill off their monster. If there is one thing that would actually spark a revolution in the western world it would be cutting us off from our social media, our uber and google and wiki and youtube and gaming. Besides, the data that is generated is so vast, so dense that the elite will struggle to stay on top of it. The old adage is true 'there are more of us than them', this is our strength. The cyber world has it all, light and dark, shadows and sunlight, it is the other dimensional reality we all knowingly surf.
These three worlds, the physical, inner and cyber make up our 21st century perceived reality. The matrix is a constructed hologram laid on top of the natural world of Gaia. It seeps into its natural host and is programmed into us, distorting our vision. Twisting and bending our natural wavelengths to maintain our frequencies at lower ends of the multi universal spectrum. Concrete, tarmac, chemtrails, pollution all create toxic waste, fumes of poison that corrode the planet, swathing her in artificial coating. We disconnect from higher frequencies of nature, of Gaia. Urban areas are constructed with concrete and tarmac, blocking energy. Pylons march across the country side like giants disrupting flow. Ley lines are built on, polluting their high frequencies. Our physical perception of reality is a strange fusion of both the real natural world and the artificial holographic one layered on top. Our inner wavelength determines which frequency world we engage and interact with. Low vibration inside creates low vibrational outside and vice versa.
The fourth dimension, unlike the matrix which is everywhere, exists much like the cyber universe, side by side, seeping in and fusing here and there. Staying street wise at all times when dealing with the fourth dimension is advisable. Safe, gateway words, protection and shield up are always the best policy. On a lighter note this is where our ancestors, passed relatives and blood guides can access us. This is where our weighed down frequency can reach theirs allowing interaction with loved ones and lost ones. With the right light and protection, with heart led intention, the fourth dimension can be surfed safely.
As sovereign beings we have a right to privacy, to quiet contemplation, to inner worlds, hopes and dreams. This is how the multi verse works, when we strip back armour, karmic layers, matrix static and cleanse our energy fields, we release ourselves from the confines of our matrix avatar, we are more able to become our true selves. This is raising our vibration, bringing us online with higher frequencies, wavelengths beyond the 3d matrix. We begin to experience higher dimensions permeating our perception of reality. We see synchronicity, glitches, lies and deceit. We see truth, we see energy, we see beyond the panoptican prison walls of the boxed in '1984' hologram. We see magic and beauty. Just like the cyber world, the real world, our internal emotional world and the fourth dimension, we can learn to navigate these higher planes. To understand them as being an integral part of our perceived reality, our existence in human form on planet earth.
The fifth and higher dimensions are grounded in love frequency. To get through, to reach these spaces in the time space continuum we embrace and integrate gratitude, humility and love into our lives. We recalibrate, enabling our mind body soul system to reconnect, balance and align. We activate, strengthen, and clear our energetic lightbody, taking responsibility for our bodies, our mind and our soul. Zen, bliss, the rush of unconditional connected love that we experience in these higher vibratory fields restores our inner balance. It offsets the barrage of negativity we navigate everyday through all our perceived realities.
We have been plunged into deep, turbulent waters of cosmic transformation friends. The culmination of 888 Lions Gate and American Solar Eclipse Gateway on 23rd September will mark the most accelerated wave of higher frequencies we have experienced so far. We each respond to upgrades and transmutation of negative energies in our own unique ways. For those who have been consciously and actively welcoming and embracing upgrades this current tidal wave is taking us to heights previously unknown, and depths previously feared. We are realising that to surf higher wavelengths, to integrate upgrades and to embed higher frequencies in our own energy field, is to be aware at all times of this momentous process. Fluctuating between dimensions on the vast universal frequency spectrum of life can be intensely challenging. The impending closure of 888 timeline gateway on 23rd September is cranking up the pressure on a global and individual scale. As the matrix is further decommissioned the elite fight dangerous and dirty in their bid to maintain their control.
Our systems are under constant pressure to ground us into lower or higher frequencies, this affects us in many ways. Disturbed sleep is very common as we flit between dimensions, we wake up to remind our spirit this is the dimension we have life form in. Nausea, stomach upsets and dizziness are experienced, like travel sickness, we are realigning and readjusting our cellular vibration whilst moving at an accelerated rate of evolutionary growth. This can make us feel shaky, sick and tired. The matrix programmes us relentlessly to consume, it poisons us with chemtrails and pollution, toxins that seep into our systems lowering our vibration. We are being pushed and pulled, our higher self urging us to meditate, connect to universal love and lighten our beings for ascension. The matrix dragging us back down. All the while cosmic waves of recalibration and upgrades flood our systems, individual and planetary. Geoengineering of the weather manipulates our mindset, confuses our natural Gaia rhythm and throws us off kilter. Day to day interactions can be fraught as the world unravels around us. People have lost their inner radar of certainty. The so called sheeple are aware of the label and resentful of it. Awakened people are bemused and traumatised by what they see with their now open eyes. Empathy and compassion can cripple us in a reality torn apart by depravity, greed deceit and mind control. We are in an almost impossible situation.
In their own way our guides and higher self are always reaching out to us, reassuring us. We all have good days and bad days, sad days and happy days, scared days and uplifting days. To navigate this vast scale of emotional energetic responses in our system is challenging at the best of times. To do so under a barrage of twisted, upside down, world corporate politics, intensive global mind control programming, constant war, poverty and disasters can bring the highest vibratory people down. When we feel like giving up, when it all gets too much, when our bodies ache, our minds fragment, and our souls despair, take refuge in knowing you are not alone. For many of us the bad days are so challenging now as to rock our very sense of self worth and commitment to this lifetime.
There will be better days. These symptoms of accelerated DNA upgrades are pushing many of us to new limits of tolerance. Seeking comfort in the present, in nature and loved ones will help. Reach out and let others know when the mud you're pushing through begins to feel like quick sand. These are intensely tough times. Know this. Know we are warriors caught in a bitter war for our minds, our hearts and our souls. Look for healing groups to help you. Use the internet as a source of research and reassurance. Experiencing turbulence during this momentous transition from 3rd to 5th dimension of a whole planet, possibly solar system, is to be expected. Stay grounded and hydrated. Be kind to yourself. Release stress, anxiety and fear by embracing love, by being compassionate to yourself. In love and light beautiful people.
I call my soul tribe to me.
I am a sovereign being, a co creator of this world. I am love. Namaste.
Channel hacking is on the increase. Higher wavelengths used to channel our guides are being hacked, accessed, hijacked or compromised. Beings who do not have our best interests at heart are doing this. The 144,000 are being targeted at this time, for disruption, chaos and negativity. When authentic channelling takes place there is a code of conduct implicit in communication. There will be introductions and identities authenticated through transparent communication. 'They' will express who they are, they will explain why they are communicating today. In one to one meditation with guides or higher self, names may be shared, visuals, images of who we are talking with will be shown. There will be energetic resonance. None of this will occur if the being on the other end of the line wishes us harm.
Remaining vigilant when in communication with guides and resetting protection shields of love in meditation are key defence mechanisms. Planet earth is a war zone, we are warriors here to help facilitate a momentous transformation. We should be prepared for attack, virtual or multi dimensional. The primary objective is to disrupt our equilibrium, it is to lower our cellular vibration by causing upset. We cannot be harmed by these channel hackers in this life form. They cannot harm us physically, they can harm us emotionally and spiritually by getting inside our heads through question and answer deception.
When we open a channel of communication with our guides or higher self we are exposing our wavelength to a degree. It can be hacked into, unbeknown to our guides. Depending on the choice of language we feel most comfortable with our guides are possibly alien, or they may be angelic, or both. Channel hackers can be alien, hybrid reptilian, they are not entities or attachments. They have limited emotional capacity. Hackers are very matter of fact about their job. They are not assigned to individuals. They are on a rota, they are opportunistic in their approach, hacking when and where they can. They do not know us as individuals. Their remit is to disrupt our inner calm by answering to bring us down.
1. Reassert your protection ritual, sage, intention language, ensuring energetic protection from all lower frequencies and vibrations.
2. Expect introductions if channelling with ascended masters or beings other than your multi dimensional soul tribe. The Council of 12, the Arcturians, the Pleidians, the Archangels for example will let you know who they are.
3. Go back to the beginning no matter how well and how often you communicate with higher realm beings. Ask gateway questions, personal information only those with your best interests at heart will know. Hackers don't read the files, they won't know the address of your mother's first home or the name of your favourite pet as a child, they will answer incorrectly or erratically.
4. Be vigilant during communication. If answers contradict previous conversations, are random and unpredictable, or lead you into an emotional abyss of negativity… stop.
5. Listen to your energy, your body and activate your third eye. You will sense, know that this isn't one of your guides.
6. Do not be afraid. Like trolls on the internet they can hurt us with words but they can't harm us physically in any way at all.
7. Delete, block, ban, cut and move on. Let all negative emotional responses to the experience dissipate. Cleanse and realign.
8. Hackers are intergalactic trolls without the venom. They aim to upset our equilibrium but are not very good. They have no empathic understanding of the emotions they are trying to trigger. This makes them weak and easy to spot.
9. Be especially vigilant if you feel low vibrational, if you are already sad, upset, angry or feeling negative. This lowered frequency is their access point to our wavelengths. We often seek guidance when we feel low or vulnerable, take evasive protective measures when dialing up.
10. Keep your vibration high with meditation, self care, healing and love protection. Hackers can't reach higher wavelengths, this is the most effective way to block them. Use sage, crystals and scent for further protection.
Cosmic hackers' remit is to influence manifestation on planet earth by keeping us in fear frequency. When we are scared we visualise, worry and invest energy into what scares us. This in turn gives it form substance and energy. We can manifest the very thing we least want because our ego obsesses with it. Our chakra sysyem gets blocked and clogged by fear frequencies. Stress creates static that messes with the energetic flow through our mind body and soul. Questions like 'will I be lonely forever?' will be answered 'Yes' to upset, scare and depress us. Our guides would answer with compassion, love and our best interests at heart. Dividing our mind body soul system by conquering it with low frequencies is a key strategy to maintain matrix control. By deceiving us and manipulating us the elite are able to manufacture negative timelines, by influencing our powers as co creators of our own reality.
Mantra: I anchor my light to Gaia's grid.
I ask my higher self to power up the pyramid of light that surrounds me, protecting me from lower vibrations.
Shield up in love frequency. Namaste.


If your child has asthma, you may worry about how he or she copes with asthma at school. And you're not alone. Asthma is the leading long-term (chronic) illness among children and teen in the U.S. According to the CDC, it's one of the main reasons that students miss school. Research shows that informed, supportive teachers and staff can play a big role in helping students manage their asthma.
Asthma education for all. Ideally all school staff should know the basics about asthma. They should also be taught how to respond to an asthma emergency. Basic information about asthma should be taught in health classes. Your child's asthma action plan should be discussed with his or her teachers, the school nurse, and other key staff members.
School health services. You, your child, and your child's healthcare provider should work together to create an asthma action plan. It should cover issues such as asthma triggers and medicines, peak-flow, and watching symptoms. It should also include emergency procedures, when to call parents, when to call a provider, and when to call 911. Give a written copy of this plan to the school and the school nurse. Make sure your child's teachers and other relevant staff members have the plan and understand it. Be sure staff members know how to give pain relief medicines. Be sure they all know where your child's medicine is stored.
Healthy air quality. Tobacco use should be banned on school property. Good pest control methods can help control cockroaches and other allergy-causing pests. During any school construction or remodeling, steps should be taken to reduce dust and debris in the air.
Safe physical activities. All children need exercise. A child with asthma should be encouraged to do physical activities like everyone else. In some cases, the activity may need to be changed a bit so that it's safe and suitable. Your child should also be able to get any medicines they might need before or during exercise.
Cooperation. The school should tell you about any steps being taken to help reduce exposure to triggers. And you need to update the school and the school nurse about any changes in your child's asthma action plan. Give them an updated copy of the plan.
Community support. The CDC has found that asthma-friendly schools work best when they have strong community support. All school staff need support from the school district and community.
Trigger avoidance. The school and key staff members must work with you and your child. They can help you find and reduce asthma triggers in the school.
So speak up, give suggestions, and share resources. You will you be helping your child. And you'll also be helping other children with asthma.
Good asthma control at school can improve your child's ability to learn and take part in activities. Fewer symptoms also mean fewer limits on fun school activities. These include recess, sports, and field trips. Knowing that the school is ready to handle an asthma emergency means less worry for you. And teachers, the school nurse, and other staff members who understand asthma can better help your child and others.


It's lesson eight of Level 1 and, though barely visible, there is an ember of confidence present in the kitchen. We just finished exam number one and we are ready to take on soups. Though their French designations sound unusual, the recipes' English names are familiar and comforting: split pea, vegetable, French onion. Consommé is the more intimidating of the four, but come on—it's just soup, right?
Consommé is first up and things are going smoothly. Step one requires that I mash and mangle together a mixture of meat, egg whites, and vegetables to a consistency, which, I imagine, resembles stomach contents. My left hand is resting on my hip while I stir; I ooze tranquility and control. While our broths are clarifying, we are told to prepare the vegetables and aromatics for the next dish: potage cultivateur, or "farmer-style" vegetable soup. The name conjures a visual of produce, chunked in rustic glory, the product of a blue-collar worker with dirt under his fingernails. Instead, the soup requires meticulous attention to knife skills. Precision reigns in this dish, and nothing is gone about haphazardly—at least not intentionally. Before I can even contemplate my mise en place, we are expected to have moved on to preparing the split pea soup.
It's here where the lesson unravels, as does my mind. Things are boiling that should be simmering, the consommé is being neglected, bowls are accumulating for no good reason, I'm scrambling for the bacon, the butter, the scale, the peppercorns. My plan is taken hostage by a frenzied attempt at organization. I feel my cheeks pool with blood, my hands become shaky, and my heart is thumping underneath my uniform.
And chef is calling for the consommé.
I scatter hastily taillaged vegetables into a bowl and dump in my soup. The broth is frothy and I don't have the capacity to devise a remedy so I bring it to chef and, just as his lips touch the spoon, I feel a wave of nausea as I realize: salt. I forgot the salt. He tries to find something positive to say, but, being there is zero seasoning, he quickly dismisses me.
Back to the split pea soup. The peas are not fully cooked through but I don't have the time to allow them to gently soften. I dump the soup into the communal soup bucket where it is blasted by chef, toting an industrial-size immersion blender. My partner and I finish off the vegetable soup, all the while panicking over the size of the bacon lardons, the lack of carrots, and the location of the doilies for plating. We taste and discover: it's salty. Not a pleasant, puckering brininess, but a burn-the-back-of-your-throat saline solution. With the addition of water, we accomplish balance and present the final product to chef.
He smacks his lips together after slurping the broth, makes a face that tells us he's carefully analyzing the color, the flavor, the mouthfeel, and then he says, "Perfectly seasoned." I am elated, elevated, and, above all, exhausted. We scramble to disassemble our work area; slosh sanitation solution on the countertops, toss bowls and pots and cutting boards onto the cleaning station, buff out stains from the burners with vinegar, which scorches my nose and makes my eyes tear. I can't wait to get home and get the soup smell out of my pores. But I earned the stink on my uniform, the pain in my feet, and the ache in my back. We finish on time and leave, each of us with a quart of freshly prepared and pureed split pea soup and a hunk of crusty French bread.
I enter the subway, squish into a seat, savagely tear into the bread, and dunk it into the soup. The strange looks I receive from surrounding commuters barely penetrate me. I was officially initiated into the culinary world and earned some chops tonight, and I'll be damned if I don't get to eat some soup.
Jax Hubbard is a registered dietitian, freelance food writer, and Classic Culinary Arts student at The French Culinary Institute. She aspires to eat well, cook without inhibition, and live to write about it.


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Martin and Su's Heart Essex breakfast show legacy will live on thanks to the 'Friday Song'
The show ended on Friday after many years on the radio
Updated 20:15, 2 JUN 2019
Martin and Su's popular Heart Essex breakfast show may be over, but it isn't all bad news for fans of the show.
Alex Williamson, who has worked on the show alongside local celebrities Martin Day and Su Harrison for many years, is best known by listeners for his regular 'Friday Song' that he performs each week.
Martin, Su and Alex on their last ever day on Heart
The 'Friday Song' was first introduced in around 2007 and has been a loved part of the radio show and road show events ever since.
After broadcasting for the last time at the Heart Essex studios in Chelmsford on Friday, Martin and Su joined Alex and other Heart employees, friends and family at an End of Heart party at Pontlands Park later that evening.
Martin and Su get perfect Heart Essex send off with hilarious final 'Friday Song'
It was there where Su asked Alex to perform the 'Friday Song' one last time.
However, after initially refusing to take part, Alex grabbed his guitar and headed to the microphone for his final performance.
In a video recorded by one of Alex's family members, viewers can see how co-host Su stands alongside Alex as he entertains the crowd.
In the song, Alex makes joke references to how dated the Heart playlist was, how listeners still refer to the radio station as its former 'Essex Radio' name and how they are all unemployed from Monday morning.
Martin and Su's final message to fans after popular Heart Essex breakfast radio show comes to an end
Similar videos have already been shared over 25,000 times on Facebook in less than 48 hours - showing how much support Heart Essex had from the local community.
Watch the final 'Friday Song' below
Just two days after the final broadcast, Alex confirmed to Essex Live that he had plans to keep the Martin and Su legacy going by continuing the 'Friday Song' on Instagram.
He revealed that he wanted to keep entertaining Heart Essex listeners despite the show coming to an end.
To do this, Alex has set up a brand new Instagram account where he plans to continue performing the 'Friday Song' on a weekly basis.
You can follow his new Instagram account by clicking here.
Live as Martin and Su broadcast their last ever show on Heart Essex
What is happening to the Heart Essex breakfast show?
(Image: Heart)
It is the end of an era for Essex radio fans as Martin and Su will no longer host the Heart Essex breakfast show in the future.
Instead, starting tomorrow (Monday, June 3), there will be just one national breakfast show is replace all the individual regional shows.
The most emotional moments from Martin and Su's final ever Heart Essex show
This national show will be hosted by Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden.
Speaking to Essex Live outside the Chelmsford studios after their final broadcast, host Martin Day thanked listeners for their support over the years.
"Something I'm definitely going to miss, and I speak on behalf of these guys, is the listeners that have stood by us for so many years," he said.
"It's longer than any other breakfast show really.
"You've been absolutely amazing, thank you so much for your support.
"Thank you for making us feel considerably more important than we ever are, or ever have been or ever will be."


I don't get around much like I used to.
I don't cry, not unless I want to.
Might be somethin' in the air.
Might be that I just don't care.
Or it might be my mind, yeah.
Well, you might think that I'm talkin' crazy.
Cuz right now my life's a little hazy.
Can't even put on my shoes.
Or it might be my mind.
That your heart won't tell a lie.
I can't lie even if I want to.
And I know about the Golden Rule.


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Capturing the Splendor of Nature and Divine Light
Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
I am a proud member of the Los Angeles Zoo, which is home to more than 1,100 animals from around the world, representing more than 250 different species, many of which are endangered in the wild. The zoo is also a Botanical Garden, featuring more than 800 different species of plants, which provide food and shelter for many native and migratory birds, and also provides browse for many residents of the zoo.
Adhama, a 3 year old male hippopotamus, who came from the San Diego Zoo in June 2013.
The hippo is the "King of the River," spending most of its time in the water, coming out to graze at night on the grass.
Hippos live in schools of 10 to 150 individuals. The bulls occasionally fight for territory and mates; males can run up to 35 miles an hour for short bursts in order to chase off a rival. Bulls have an odd habit of spinning their tail while marking their territory with dung.
Females give birth away from the herd, while submerged underwater. A single calf is born (rump first), which immediately paddles to the surface for breath then submerges again to nurse. They will bond for two weeks before rejoining the herd. Babies can often be seen resting on their mothers' backs.
The hippo can remain submerged water for five minutes at a time, closing its ears and nostrils. With eyes, ears, and nostrils on the top of the head, hippos are able to hear, see, and breathe while most of their body is submerged.
A whole ecosystem depends on the mighty hippos; for example, their dung provides nutrition for many species, from invertebrates to fish. They also keep the waterways free-flowing by consuming aquatic plants.
Status: Hippos are listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Hippomale hippohippopotamusLA ZooAdhama


Despite the doom-and-gloom that the internet loves to spout about Diablo III's "failure", it seems as though the game is doing quite well for itself one year on.
Diablo III has turned one year old, and Blizzard are celebrating. Previously, they announced that players would get bonus XP and loot throughout the birthday celebration, and the game is currently enjoying a $20 discount on the official Blizzard store. If any one concept represents the core of the Diablo series, it's numbers. You slay monsters to collect gold to buy gear to make your numbers bigger. In celebration of numbers, Blizzard have released a nice, big, number-filled infographic that shows despite all the doom-and-gloom stories we have heard, it's still doing pretty well after its first birthday.
Diablo III is currently exclusive to PC and Mac, but a PS3/PS4 version of the game is in the works, and should be out later this year.


The government says that security at the Colombo Port City renamed the Financial City, would be entrusted to the Sri Lankan Navy and Air Force and not the Chinese.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Thursday that provision of security would be in accordance with procedures adopted worldwide and there would be no deviation in that regard.
Whether it be Amsterdam, Singapore or elsewhere, internationally accepted best practices are adopted,he noted, adding that there was no need to entertain any fears of Chinese military personnel manning the Colombo Financial City.
Responding to accusations that the government was selling the country's assets , he said that it was the previous Rajapaksa administration that had given freehold land to the Chinese to establish the Colombo Port City. We cancelled that agreement and gave the land on 99- year lease. No land has been sold to any foreign company, not even in the case of the Hambantota Port and Industrial Project.
Wickremesinghe revealed that two offers had been received from China for an eighty percent stake in the Hambantota Port and the higher one of USD 1.4 billion had been accepted.
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with India, would be finalised in due course, he added. Indo-Lanka relations date back centuries and canno't be put on the back burner over perceived economic threats.


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Scott Musgrove (Hi-Fructose Volumes 2 and 8) recently sent us a few exclusive pictures of his latest creation, the chromed patina to his bronze, "It's Not a Fragrant World" which we last saw at Musgrove's solo show at LeVine (here). Measuring 30″ x 21″ x 17″, the piece was cast at Metalphysic in Tuscon, AZ. There's not much else we can tell you at this point, but get a quick behind the scenes look at Musgrove working on the piece, as well as the final product, here on Hi-Fructose.