During John Williams's 14 years as executive chef at the Ritz London, cooking styles and dining experiences have generally been simplified and become more informal.
Not so at the Ritz, which continues to pride itself on serving the finest food in the most splendid surroundings. With its swathes of gold leaf and marble, alongside soaring floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Green Park, this has been the location in the capital for the past 112 years to celebrate a special occasion for everyone from royalty to presidents. My husband and I toasted our 30th wedding anniversary here and it was brilliant in every respect.
Williams describes his food as haute cuisine because it "epitomises true gastronomy and purity" and involves constant refinement to accomplish the very best. Rooted in the writings of Auguste Escoffier, a consultant chef at the Ritz in the early years after the hotel's opening in 1906, Williams' style is firmly classical, while at the same time constantly evolving.
The recipes in this book, which reflect the four seasons, frequently appear with a Williams' twist, as in the case of a starter of fillet of turbot, leeks and morels, served with a Champagne sauce. Dover sole à la meunière is a dish that has been a long-term and hugely popular Ritz dish, while tomato elixir with Parmesan foam and carpaccio of scallops, avocado, crisp crudités and citrus are more recent inventions.
A book of Ritz recipes would not be complete without afternoon tea dishes. The hotel is one of London's busiest afternoon tea venues, serving 5,000 finger sandwiches and 1,000 scones daily, and here the reader can find out how to make exotic mousse with mango, alongside custard mousse with rhubarb and ginger.
Co-written with journalist James Steen and with photography by John Carey, this book is a real tour de force. The style of food is not necessarily what every chef will want to replicate today, but an understanding of the methods will boost the repertoire of anyone with a serious interest in the craft of cooking and is definitely the stand-out recipe book of the year for me.
Chef, John Williams, The Ritz London and Book Review.


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SFMMA Biennial III: The Human Condition (1984)
San Francisco. San Francisco Museum of Art. 1984. Softcover in slipcover. Book Condition: Near Fine, mild creasing and signs of shelf wear and tanning to pages. 23pp. (exh. cat.)
Exhibition booklet from the third San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Biennial in 1984. Themed "The Human Condition," the publication here is comprised of installation photos, work documentation, writing, and interviews related to the ever-relevant theme. Essays like "The Politics of Emotion," "The Transavant-Gard," and "Painting in an Age of Anxiety" are all titles that remain intensely relevant today. Included in the exhibition were artists that blurred the line between the body and the boundaries of its societal, psychological, and physical outlines; like Francis Bacon, Leon Golub, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Philip Guston, Keith Haring, Alice Neel, Jenny Hoolzer, David Salle...and more.
Pub. on the occasion of the exhibition "Human Condition (SFMMA Biennial III)," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA, 28 June – 26 August 1984.
Cover ill. by Keith Haring; specially designed for the exhibition.
Foreward by Shirley Davis.
Int. by Henry T. Hopkins.
Essays by Dorothy Martinsonm Wolfgang Max Faust, Achille Bonito Oliva, Klaus Ottomann & Edward Kienholz.
The Grand Gestures by Doug Palmer
Half Serious: An Anthology of Short, Short Poems; ed. by William Cole
Penguin Poetry Series: Selection (c. 1958–1969)
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The Diva's Weekly Challenge #233: "New Official Tangle - Zenith"
Zenith is a marvellous border type tangle that can stay slim or blossom outwards. Combining curved and straight lines it flows with a happy vibe.
Talking about happy vibes, Paul and I are packed and ready for our flight to Europe where we will experience a train travelling adventure. I am also excited about meeting Mariët in Amsterdam. We have been following each others blogs since we 1st started tangling so it will be a wonderful treat to meet up and speak our common language - Zentangle.
More excitement is that I will be joining Beate Winkler in Hamburg for a Zentangle workshop!! How special is that?
When you are addicted to Zentangle like me, there are many side effects, like making delightful friendships from all over the world, I am so very fortunate and truly appreciate this amazing time of my life.
Thank you for visiting, I will be back on line after the 10th of October!
Beautiful work, I especially love your first tile! Nice red touch.
Enjoy your trip, we look forward to hearing about this wonderful adventure. Travel safe.
Great tiles. Like the simplicity of the ATC tile. Like your combination of tangles in the second one. Enjoy your time away.
Enjoy your trip! Will miss your voice and tangles in the meantime!
Love your tiles and tangle combos! Have a GREAT time on your trip, and visiting Bea! Countdown to my trip to see her is on, too! :) Peace.
I love both of these and the restrained use of colour to enhance the patterns. Come to England while you're in Europe - I'll make you tea and scones. Have a great trip and I look forward to reading all about it when you get back.
Have a great trip. If in England you are welcome to come to Dorset.
Your tiles are so lovely!
I wish you a graet time in Europe (where I live) !
I am also in vacation this week at the North Sea and I have two of your books as an inspiration for tangling with me... Is that great?!
I love both of your ATCs, but I just can't get over how you morphed from one tangle to another in the second one! Amazing! Have a fabulous trip and be sure to fill us all in when you return!
I can't agree with you more Michelle! This Zentangle family is really the best! Love your tiles, as always. Enjoy your trip!
Great tiles and have a wonderful trip!
So you did the challence between packing, and as always a wonderful job with Zenith..
You achieved so much depth with Zenith! I'm truly inspired.
I love the way Zinger is escaping from Zenith!!! Europe by train must be a great experience and I wish you and Paul a fantastic time. Nice to meet Mariët and Beate too!!!
Love it so much!! In the first using zinger is very clever!
Great ATC's. I agree totaly with you, since I did the CZT seminar in october 2013 I Met a lot of nice people and friends all over the world. Unfortunatly I cann't make it to Hamburg, because of a fundraising event for Duchenne distrofy. I hope you have a marvelous time with Beate and lots of laughter. And of course great time with your trip to Europe!
Oh Didisch it would have been a treat to meet you too!
Hope you have a wonderful time in Europe. Enjoy and give a big hug to your lovely husband Paul.
I hope you enjoyed Oktoberfest and wish you and your husband Paul a wonderful time in Europe! Hope to read from you here soon!


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Grain boundary scars and spherical crystallography
A. R. Bausch, M. J. Bowick, A. Cacciuto, A. D. Dinsmore, M. F. Hsu, D. R. Nelson, M. G. Nikolaides, A. Travesset, D. A. Weitz
We describe experimental investigations of the structure of two-dimensional spherical crystals. The crystals, formed by beads self-assembled on water droplets in oil, serve as model systems for exploring very general theories about the minimum-energy configurations of particles with arbitrary repulsive interactions on curved surfaces. Above a critical system size we find that crystals develop distinctive high-angle grain boundaries, or scars, not found in planar crystals. The number of excess defects in a scar is shown to grow linearly with the dimensionless system size. The observed slope is expected to be universal, independent of the microscopic potential.
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Bausch, AR, Bowick, MJ, Cacciuto, A, Dinsmore, AD, Hsu, MF, Nelson, DR, Nikolaides, MG, Travesset, A & Weitz, DA 2003, 'Grain boundary scars and spherical crystallography', Science, vol. 299, no. 5613, pp. 1716-1718. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1081160
Bausch AR, Bowick MJ, Cacciuto A, Dinsmore AD, Hsu MF, Nelson DR et al. Grain boundary scars and spherical crystallography. Science. 2003 Mar 14;299(5613):1716-1718. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1081160
Bausch, A. R. ; Bowick, M. J. ; Cacciuto, A. ; Dinsmore, A. D. ; Hsu, M. F. ; Nelson, D. R. ; Nikolaides, M. G. ; Travesset, A. ; Weitz, D. A. / Grain boundary scars and spherical crystallography. In: Science. 2003 ; Vol. 299, No. 5613. pp. 1716-1718.
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Her name is Net Savoen, the only survivor from the 30 women who were taken by the Khmer Rouge to be raped from dusk to dawn before being brutally murdered in Pursat Province, 1978.
He was only a child when he experienced sexual abuse and decided not to clean himself as defence for what had happened.
Both are survivors of trauma and both chose to live their lives despite the horrors of the past hunting them until this day. Their stories may be different from the rest of Khmer people who suffer the physical, psychological and spiritual harm caused by trauma. But the complexity of healing will always be the same. In order to shed light on those issues, the Heinrich Boll Foundation Cambodia invited various experts from the global North and South last July 22-25, 2018 to the Cambodian-German Cultural Centre Meta House, Phnom Penh, to discuss with practitioners, students and the public to develop a deeper understanding on the origins, impact and recovery from trauma. "Healing is nothing easy for both the victims and perpetrators. Therefore, this conference aims to encourage people to talk about the past to give us direction." (Benjamin Knodler, Deputy Ambassador from the German embassy in Phnom Penh during the opening speech). Indeed it is true that a direction is needed to move forward for the future by revisiting the past and having a space to evaluate what had happened and a discussion on what should happen in the present.
"Baksbat" or "broken courage" is described by Dr. Chhim Sotheara from Transcultural Psychosocial Organization TPO as a culture based trauma in Cambodia. It means being afraid forever, a psychological breakdown of courage, a state of oppression or a pain that is non-transferrable. The question was raised in which way Khmer culture and spiritual practice influence this syndrome.
Kep Dei's mother, a survivor from the Khmer Rouge regime suffers from 'thinking too much' about the past. "They dont bring it up and we don't ask questions." According to Dr. Carol Kidron from Haifa University, this is physically and cosmically damaging not just to the individual but also to their family because trauma is transferable from one generation to the next through the interaction of survivors. "Even if Khmers are strong, proud and forgiving, we are not forgetful and we don't like to speak about the past, just listen if it comes up." In other words, respect for survival silence wherein faith or karma is accepted without hesitation. This is pointed out by Dr. Kidron as culture specific mentality of the Khmer people largely influenced by Buddhism wherein suffering is emphasized and accepted as part of life.
It is suggested that medical (e.g. consultation) and non medical treatment can counter problems coming from "Baksbat" while family support and descendants saving stories of their predecessors are necessary in liberating the silent voices of genocide. It's not just the survivor's responsibility to work on their problem but also the people around them who need to take time, be understanding and listen actively. People need a space to speak out without worry of being harmed and audiences listening and being open without judgment.
Her name is Vivienne. She's hard working, kind and vulnerable. Every time her husband gets drunk; screams, cries and the sound of a woman being punched and pushed against the wall can be heard. During the first months of the abuse, the community security and the police came to intervene. Also, the women neighbors encouraged her to leave the relationship. With all of these warnings, she chose to stay. After 4 years, from the streets to the houses, almost everything had changed but, the situation of the couple remains. Except that now, there's a kid screaming and crying too.
This story is not uncommon, especially to patriarchal societies. Jolene Hwee from Womancare Singapore raised the question of why a woman can't leave or why she stays in that type of relationship despite the obvious wrongs that the partner has done puzzles everyone outside of the relationship. Reasons behind this decision vary; from denial, cultural stigma, social isolation, dangers in leaving, abusive behaviour, manipulation and the beauty and beast syndrome wherein the woman expects the guy to change for the good. According to Ms Hwee one should also consider that a brain in trauma does not function like a healthy brain wherein the judgment of reality is often limited. There's also the unpredictability of rewarding the victim by the perpetrator that encourages the former to cling on the latter. Thus, a never ending cycle of abuse is established. To combat the culture of violence against women, public education is deemed necessary but dissemination of related stories would be difficult if women's voices are silenced in the media.
This is the reason why Story Kitchen Nepal, an organization that aims to process the stories of varieties of women and make their voices heard emphasized the role of fair media towards healing. "Shame is a powerful silencer." (Mibusha Ghimire, Project Officer). Indeed it is, therefore spaces are necessary that embrace and understand the difficulties faced by women to generate publicity and raise awareness amongst the masses.
Trauma is defined as a result of a distressing event. Consequently, most people envision art that deals with trauma as negative, dark and unpleasant creations. However, "Art does not have to be beautiful. Art can hurt and polarize. Art does not come with a menu" (Nico Mesterharm of Meta House).
Firstly, art is an expression. It does not have a set standard that should be followed. The creator's purpose is to convey what had happened or how he/she feels from the event. When audiences perceive what was expressed by the artist, it becomes a dialogue and they have a responsibility to give back to the artist and society by interpreting the piece with an open mind and share what they have felt to other people to raise awareness of what had happened. "Art should not be deprived of the potential to communicate and to offer a concept of what it is to be human." (Ellen Steinmuller, Dance Therapist).
Secondly, art is where healing process is channeled. One example is dance where the body is the actual resource of strength rather than an object of trauma. Emotions are deeply embedded in the body and communicating with it is expressing oneself to build connection by telling a story through dance. This is where relationships are built to self and others and where healing occurs. Since it promotes opening up the experiences that was deeply locked up. "Dance is cathartic and dance can create. We are physically and emotionally present in dance." (Ellen Steinmuller).
Are museums places for healing or reminders of the atrocities that can ignite revenge? Chhay Visoth, director of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum answered this by comparing it to a scar in the hand wherein a wound has healed and a scar remains as a reminder of what had happened.
As human beings, forgetting the bad memories and retaining the good ones are ways to move forward. But in some cases, trying to forget the former and clinging to the latter just makes people live in the past. In the end, it depends on the how an individual perceives a scar. It can either be a symbol for healing wherein an event is accepted or a constant reminder that it did happen therefore moving on is complicated.
For museum experts, having a space where commemoration of memories is necessary for a nation to heal, to preserve an event, to move forward is a sign of a healthy democracy. For some spectators it could be a source of fascination, a familial connection, a means of finding out the truth, searching for someone's identity or purpose which can guide in answering questions such as Why them? Why did this event happen at that time? Why not now? What should I do?
There will always be a constant need for knowing what had happened wherein museums are there to provide proof. Museums are spaces for reflection but healing and closure will depend on the interaction of the individual with the space. Most importantly, museums are sources of knowledge to rebuild what was once lost.
The norm that society sets to have a good and meaningful life is that a person must be okay. In reality, not being okay is what many people's situation is. Issues may occur due to financial, physical, social and emotional distress and the truth is that not everyone is okay. Therefore, being not okay must be okay as well. Working on how to be okay should not be discouraged. It might be a difficult task but it does not mean that it is impossible.
Healing takes time. However, time alone is not healing. It's the effort of the individual and the people around him/her that can provide healing. Society also has a responsibility in the process of healing. This is done through respect for the survivors, by not judging who and what they are now because of what they have gone through, nor sympathizing with them. Instead, they should empathize. Governments have the obligation to support the survivors through the provision of healing programs that are accessible and affordable. Inclusion of genocide history and mental health in the curriculum of schools and universities is needed as well as providing spaces to discuss traumatic events. Civil society organisations can also provide platforms in that regard. Either way, all sectors should cooperate with each other to deal with trauma in society. In this way survivors will know that they are not alone in their daily struggle. In the end success will depend on the question whether or not the survivor is willing to help himself/herself first.


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The Slow University blog post series: #2 Scholarship in a Public University
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In The Hidden Injuries of Class (New York: Knopf, 1972), Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb described how poor people internalized the judgment that they had failed, were 'losers' in the gutter-speak of Donald Trump. It is important to understand how social context shapes aspirations and self-esteem. A book like Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber's The Slow Professor (University of Toronto Press, 2016) can serve as a self-help manual helping us recognize how the neoliberal university diminishes us and cultivates a sense of inadequacy that will never be retired. In 'The Slow University: Work, Time and Well-Being' (Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research 15:3 (2014), Art. 14), Maggie O'Neill identifies the anxiety that is fostered among academics by the corporate culture within which university staff are judged and found always wanting. In her seminar at MUSSI, Maggie gave us ways to name and resist this new subjugation.Our own feelings are important data as we try to understand what is done to us. So, how does the audit culture in universities make me feel? In Ireland, the tone of politicians and commentators when they call for evaluation to be extended suggests two things to me–they dislike public provision tout court, and, secondly, they don't appreciate scholarship.
A Public Ethos
First, then, the universities are targeted alike with the rest of the public sector. Particularly in Ireland, and especially from Fine Gael but also from Fianna Fáil, there is a hostility towards public provision that takes ideology almost to the point of mania. Conor McCabe's Sins of the Father: Tracing the Decisions that Shaped the Irish Economy (Dublin: History Press, 2011) gives some of the background to this but for anyone coming to Ireland from abroad, as I did after living in GB and the US, the contempt that the political class shows towards public sector is overwhelming. It is almost as if it would be unfair competition for a state agency to provide anything that private enterprise could venture even if the state agency were able to do so at lesser cost and with greater benefit. So the first form of resistance we need to develop is a pride in the public nature of our work. We should invite commentary and review on this aspect of our universities.
We need point out that Irish universities educate a good share of the populace to a decent standard at a modest fee – the comparison with student debt in US and UK is striking, the standards of instruction indicated by modest attrition rate and decent international placement of graduates etc. We need to point out that university folk are prominent in public debate in Ireland to an extent that is striking in comparison to Britain, certainly to the United States and depressingly so with respect to parts of Eastern Europe. While we may bemoan the sliver of academia that is recycled through TV and radio studios, the healthy reading public in Ireland is fed by academic works that address matters of public interest in a fashion that almost matches the middle-brow culture in France. We need to remark that international business is drawn to Ireland not only by the low rate of corporate taxation but also by the quality of the skills in the workforce and much of this speak to a training and research culture fostered in universities.
And why is the public character of our universities important in this regard? First, because private institutions accept no such obligations to serve a broad swathe of the student class–notwithstanding the endowment funded scholarships for a few of the less wealthy, privately funded universities are businesses that serve the needs of the rich, validating their education with expensive prestige. Only public universities accept a broad responsibility to serve equality of opportunity, and while they should do more in this regard only public institutions can be brought to accept that they should redress those hidden injuries of class that mark the poor and ethnic minorities as 'losers' long before leaving cert. It is evident to me that the public obligations of universities need to grow rather than to be allowed wither.
Second, it is evident that who pays the piper calls the tune. Some of the most shrill voices for homophobic and patriarchal regulation in the United States are 'experts' funded and promoted by evangelical-Christian universities (all of them private institutions). Likewise, many 'expert' lobbyists come from think-tanks funded by the interests they serve. Allowing private companies to own medical research means that drugs are unaffordable. Allowing private interests to commission the bulk of the research in any one area means that they can simply choose not to publish findings they find sits ill with their private benefit. When it comes to producing critical knowledge of general benefit, the public principle is an important one that even needs extending rather than diminishing.
Planning for the employment needs in a changing economy needs two things that private institutions do very poorly. First, it needs a long-term perspective when the horizon for a business might be no more than the annual declaration of profit or at most the period over which a loan might be amortized or an improved business readied for re-sale. Second, the private sector will not take a general view resulting perhaps in over-provision where there is a short-term need, or where the high-salary and high-fee opportunities appear to be, resulting in under-provision of training for lower-wage but vital professions.
I am not saying that all public universities at all times provide the very best in educational access, in independent critical thinking about society, and in preparing a workforce with the flexible skills needed for a changing economy, but I am saying that these are essentially public goods and that private institutions would only serve them inadvertently if at all. I am also saying that the public ethos of universities should include pride in serving these ends.
The audit culture wants to operationalize scholarship into oblivion. Scholarship can only be judged and not weighed. The audit culture resists this claim insisting that two publications are always better than one, other things being equal. Scholarship doubts that they ever are. The audit culture believes that only what can be counted should be allowed to count. Scholarship thinks otherwise, relying upon qualitative judgments. The audit culture suspects that everyone who is not pressured to produce more will be idle. Scholarship trusts academic ambition to spur intellectual creativity. The audit culture can only think within a bourgeois capitalist calculus. It gave us ideas like lesser eligibility, the undeserving poor, and thus the workhouse for the indigent or unemployed.
Scholarship, at least in the fields I know best, is more anarchic. In fact, some of the best writing about how universities should function has come from anarchist thinkers such as Paul Goodman whose The Community of Scholars (New York: Random House, 1962) still inspires. In other words, academics can evaluate the work of colleagues, and can self-organise for conferences, teaching, and publication. Stefan Collini has recently asked that we be ready with answers to the question: What are Universities for? (Penguin, 2012). I would begin with scholarship, making new knowledge, offering critical reflection on existing knowledge and interpretations. I would then go on to say that this is a very good context in which to educate people. I would begin my defence of university teaching with an insistence upon the independence of the university from direct external control, much as John Henry Newman did when he defended a secular university in The Idea of a University (1852). We could talk then about the synergy between independent thought and education. Is it possible to impart the ability to read and think critically if you are unfitted to occupy the intellectual frontier of a discipline? Maybe, but there must surely be a limit to the ability to teach what you cannot fully understand. Only those making new knowledge in a field fully understand its limits; or at least so it has seemed to me.
Does the sort of independence that I have described as essential to scholarship require public institutions? Perhaps not. Can it be achieved in public institutions? I think so, and I think academics should submit to this sort of judgment.
Finally, I believe that if the public ethos were encouraged, then, we might even get more scholarship that volunteers itself to have a public purpose, more teaching that avows a public purpose. The audit culture breeds academic productivity that accepts direction from the corporations that own the journals, the corporations that invite research-partners at public expense but for private gain. The audit culture spawns anxiety, reduces reflection, rewards mindless repetition.
Private vice does not make public virtue.


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Q: I Have a Question on Borel Sets. Consider any topological space $(X, \tau)$ and suppose that $\mathbb{K} \subset \tau$ is a basis for the topology $\tau$. Suppose further that $\mathbb{K} $ is a countable basis. Is it true that the Borel sigma algebra of $\mathbb{K}$, $\sigma(\mathbb{K})$, equals the intersection of sigma algebras that contain $\mathbb{K}$?
By definition, $\sigma(\tau)$ is the sigma algebra generated by $\tau$, which is the smallest sigma algebra containing $\tau$ in the sense of being a subset of all such sigma algebras.
In the question, I think this is true since $\mathbb{K} \subseteq \tau$ this implies that  $\mathbb{K} \subseteq \sigma(\tau)$. Therefore, this implies that  $ \sigma(\mathbb{K}) \subseteq \sigma(\tau)$.
I am not sure what to say next. I want to show that $\sigma(\tau) \subseteq \sigma(\mathbb{K})$. Am I on the right track? Can you only give out hints please? Thank you very much!

A: The proof so far is correct.
For the other direction, since $\mathbb{K}$ is a basis for the topology every open set $O\in\tau$ is a union of open sets from $\mathbb{K}$, and since $\mathbb{K}$ is countable $O$ is necessarily a countable union of open sets from $\mathbb{K}$. This shows that $O$ is in the sigma algebra generated by $\mathbb{K}$, so $\tau\subseteq\sigma(\mathbb{K})$ and hence by minimality $\sigma(\tau)\subseteq\sigma(\mathbb{K})$.

A: Of course the smallest $\sigma$-algebra containing $\Bbb K$ contains $\tau$ (as all open sets are (countable) unions of base elements. This holds already in hereditarily Lindelöf general spaces and certainly in second countable ones.
So $\tau \subseteq \sigma(\Bbb K)$ and so by minimality $\sigma(\tau) \subseteq \sigma(\Bbb K)$.

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The Sun May Soon Set On A Couple's Self-Sufficient Solar Haven.
By Arthur Jacobson
JIM AND MINDY Phypers have accomplished what the highly publicized and publicly subsidized solar community of Civano has not been able to do.
They've built a home that generates its own electricity, and collects, stores and purifies their water. Hot water for domestic use and for heating is delivered from solar panels; a greenhouse-Arizona room with a lap pool provides passive solar heating and a place to grow their own food. A compost pile consumes their biodegradable trash.
And it's very likely that Pima County will make them tear it down.
The Phyperses had originally planned to build a 1,600-square-foot adobe house. The County approved their plans and bids were coming in. They had their lot in the failed Diamond Bell development graded, a trench dug for a phone line, and a septic system dug.
They had planned to live in their single-wide mobile home while the adobe house was built, so they moved the trailer on site.
That's when the slow slide toward disaster began: Jim's health suddenly started to deteriorate.
Already disabled as the result of peripheral neuropathy, a progressive neurological disorder that makes standing or walking extremely painful, Mindy now had to devote time to looking after Jim. This meant that she gave up work outside the home.
With no regular job, any real chance at a mortgage to finance the adobe glimmered away. They had a nest egg, but now the family's only regular income was Jim's monthly Social Security check of $507.
Unfamiliar with the ins and outs of county zoning and building codes, with Jim's health declining and their savings beginning to drain away, the Phyperses decided to use the trailer as their permanent residence and began work on what they called their Solar Haven.
Jim and Mindy admit, in retrospect, that they're in part the architects of their own problems. They believed that the temporary trailer permit they'd received from Pima County was in fact permanent, and that it was legally possible to convert a mobile home to a single residence. They claim that this impression was reinforced by a telephone conversation with county staff.
The Phyperses are a well-educated couple. Jim is retired, with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and Mindy's background is nursing with a B.S. in environmental health. In the development of Solar Haven the research and design jobs have been Jim's responsibility.
Although they have been able to hire occasional workers to help with the heaviest jobs, much of what Jim calls the work work was Mindy's responsibility. When it came time to run the tubing for the floor heating system it was Mindy who spent days in the crawlspace underneath the trailer.
In order to prepare for full solar mode, the trailer had to be insulated. First the unit was covered with plastic sheeting as a vapor barrier. Two-inch-thick insulating panels covered the entire structure and were screwed to the trailer studs with three-inch screws, then wire mesh was attached and stucco was applied. The walls were further supported on a steel frame buried in 12 inches of concrete.
With the addition of a carport and a front deck, each anchored in cement and connected to the original trailer, all resemblance to a trailer home disappeared, and the entire structure is about as "mobile" as A Mountain. The only way to move it now is with a bulldozer and a wrecking ball.
The couple might have lived happily ever after except that a neighbor, their only neighbor, who lives about a quarter-mile away, was annoyed. Jim thinks it's because the Phyperses wouldn't pay thousands of bucks to have Trico Electric string in a power line to their home, which would have made it easier and cheaper to bring power to other Diamond Bell lots and increase property values.
So here they were with a perfectly insulated solar home that proved better than Civano what could be done if you set your mind to it, and they all of a sudden found themselves up to their armpits in building and zoning code violations. The initial threat was "move it or lose it"--but of course if they tried to move it they would lose it.
To be fair to Pima County staff, once they understood what was involved they were sympathetic enough to give the couple seven months to get things sorted out, to get the proper permits, submit the proper plans and have engineers certify the safety of the additions to the original trailer.
That may be a forlorn hope.
So far, 11 engineering firms have refused to touch the job of passing judgement on a retrofit project like this, pleading insurance and liability issues. Without an engineering firm willing to take on the job, it's goodbye Solar Haven.
Civano was subsidized by the City of Tucson to the tune of $3 million. The Phyperses, in contrast, haven't benefited from any public or private largesse. To date, no one in the renewable resources or solar technology industries has stepped forward to help. But Jim and Mindy could sure use it.
Tour Solar Haven online at www.azstarnet.com/~recorder/
Arthur Jacobson
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16 Best Free Offline Games For Android
Don't you get annoyed when your favorite Android game requires an Internet connection to play? Don't be! Get any of these best offline Android games and start playing games on Android even if you are offline!
Ankush Das
Last updated on January 21st, 2018
Are you on a metered data connection? Experiencing a reduced network connectivity? Can't play Android games which work online? Fret not; you can get the best free offline Android games to play on your Android device. However, you would just need to download it the first time (of course), and there's nothing to worry about the next time! While there are numerous free offline games for Android but few of them are actually good enough!
Normally, users prefer to install such games which offer worthwhile in-app purchases, challenging gameplay, and original objectives. So, we have compiled a list of 18 of the best offline Android games including the best offline shooting games, offline puzzle games, offline RPG games, considering the factors usually a gamer would look for while installing a game on an Android device.
Best Free Offline Games For Android
Best Free Offline Games For Android: Offline Shooting Games
Best Free Offline Android Games: Puzzle Genre
Dots: A Game About Connecting
Best Offline RPG Games For Android
Minecraft: Pocket Edition (Paid)
Best Free Offline Games For Android – Racing
Stickman Downhill
Best Free Offline Android Games: Endless Runner
Best Free Offline Games For Android: Strategy Genre
Best Free Offline Android Games: Multiplayer Games
Air Hockey Ultimate
Doodle Army 2: Mini Militia
The list below contains 18 of the best offline games available for Android. However, do note that you will still need an active Internet connection for in-app purchases, downloading levels, and so on. Once you have all the assets needed, you can play them offline.
It is the sequel to one of the most popular offline shooting games, i.e., – Shadow Fight 1. It was also one among the most addictive Android games we have ever had. The game presents a mixture of RPG action and severe fighting. It includes a lot of traditional (but lethal) weapons that you can use. Also, there are some new modifications to the weapons as well.
The armors, weapons and magical powers available to unlock are attractive and would keep you willing to fight for them. The opponents are way more powerful and appealing than the characters you encountered with the first iteration of the game.
There's a slim difference (negligible) between the real physical reflexes and the in-game character reflexes. So, it is a game where you can experience life-like martial arts techniques.
War starts now! Crazy animals are trying to attack you, and you will have to defend the swamp cottage you live in. It offers more than 300 interesting single-player levels and eight episodes to be exact. I am sure you would find the mighty shotgun to be the best.
It is surely one of the best free offline games for Android. And, unquestionably one of the best offline shooting games out there!
Nova 3: Freedom Edition
Nova 3 is one of the best action games for Android. It offers a superb gaming experience, quite similar to that found on Crysis PC game series. Well, not the same but Nova 3 takes it to the next level of action games on your smartphone.
For the same reason, you need an incredibly powerful or well-optimised Android device to run it without any stuttering issues. It presents you with two modes, one for the campaign, and the second being the multiplayer mode. Of course, you need an active Internet connection for the multiplayer mode, but you can still enjoy playing ten levels of campaign mode. The story line offered with the campaign mode is very impressive and fun to play along with.
Nova 3 could be obviously considered as one of the high-quality graphics – offline game – that you can have installed.
Last Hope – Zombie Sniper 3D
It is an arcade zombie shooter game. Indeed, it is one of the best offline Android games to have installed. We recently added this game to the list as per our reader's suggestion. Here, you will have to defend your home and survive an endless wave of zombies.
It presents you with a decent graphics quality and does not demand much resources. As you play along, you will be able to unlock a set of unique skills which would even make the game more enjoyable. The Last Hope is one of the most loved offline shooting games for Android as well.
Last Hope - Zombie Sniper 3D
Dots is one of the best free games for Android in the puzzle genre that you can play without Internet. It is all about connecting the dots to complete the challenges.
You need to connect only the same-colored dots either horizontally or vertically. Even better, make a square for a bigger score! It offers three different modes of gameplay, time mode (race against the time to complete the challenge), move mod (strategically think about the best moves!), and finally, an Endless mode where you get the complete freedom to try connecting the dots in the right way.
It is an award-winning puzzle game title on the Play Store. The game brings in a lot of creativity baked in. It is probably the best side-scrolling adventure game we have seen so far. The graphics quality is good enough for high-end devices. The physics-based gameplay is innovative indeed.
Multiplayer support? Yes! It offers support for up to 4 players to play on a single device, and also you can connect up to 4 players in Single Player campaign mode. It depends on you whether you feel the multiplayer support is convenient or not.
Unquestionably, it is one of the hottest free offline games for Android out there!
Puzzle Retreat is surely one of the best offline games for Android in the puzzle genre. It may not be a popular choice as a game to play without Internet but it surely is interesting.
You just have to slide all the blocks to fill the holes. You need to utilize the special blocks to change directions in order to achieve the objective. Why not give it a try and let us know?
Minecraft is a masterpiece. We couldn't resist adding this (even it is not available for free!). The graphics quality may seem to you as something weird. However, the game's concept revolves around the pixel block designs of the character and the texture as well. It is a highly addictive game, and you would definitely enjoy playing it.
Quite a high price to pay for a game. However, on Black Friday deals, you would probably get it at $0.99. So, if you can wait, you can save a couple of bucks.
Price: $6.99+
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Hill Climb Racing is a very popular Android game. It is one of the craziest free offline games for Android. I am already in love with this game! So, I will surely recommend this one. However, irrelevant to my opinion, this game deserves to be listed here. I'm sure, you agree to that?
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All you have to do is keep driving. You would always get limited fuel. Moreover, there would be checkpoints where you can refuel the vehicle. It has been intelligently crafted to make it look easy but it isn't actually.
Yes, you do have to utilize your brain (that you have!) while playing the game. Simply, decide the right vehicle according to the terrain and you will be alright. For instance – if you have a wet track to drive on, you should consider the Monster truck for a better grip than a bike. You will find a bunch of interesting vehicles listed as well.
You are a stickman! It is similar to Hill Climb Racing. However, it is easier and fun to play. You are driving your way through creative obstacles being a stick man (yeah, that is the best part!). The developer team has put their creative brains to introduce such excellent gameplay.
Stickman downhill is an impressive game for Android devices. Although you always complain about the people being too skinny, you will love being the stickman in this game.
Asphalt 8 is one of the best car racing games for Android. It provides a breathtaking gameplay experience. You can play the campaign mode offline but you still have to download a lot of data initially.
Asphalt now downloads the race circuits separately. So, if you have a slow Internet connection, you should wait longer to play it perfectly offline. Overall, the game is superb.
The graphics quality is indeed excellent. However, the multiplayer experience is far more addictive, where you compete for real prizes sometimes. It is an excellent piece of creation on the Play Store for gamers who opt for car racing games all the time. If you think that you cannot wait to download gigabytes of data for the game initially, you may try Asphalt Nitro, which provides a similar experience in a compact file size.
The sequel to Vector 1 is a lot better. Vector 1 was surely one of the only popular offline Android games to represent parkour to its fullest potential. Let's face it – the people who have mastered performing parkour for real – are not monkeys jumping around but the best athletes who have learned to have the control over their body. Vector 1 offers exciting gameplay, with the lead character on the run for his life. You will have to keep running and avoid obstacles to prevent getting caught. It was never easy.
Now, Vector 2 presents the same with a modern concept. This time, you get high-tech gears and a steep track to run on. It is a worthy sequel to the previous adding sci-fi approach to the game.
Undoubtedly, our favorite pick while considering the free offline Android games in the Endless Running category.
Alto's Adventure
Have you ever used the classic Sony Ericsson mobile devices? If yes, you would know about the awesome snowboarding games that came pre-installed along with the device. That's history! Nevermind!
So, if you are looking for some snowboarding adventure on your Android device, Alto's Adventure will not disappoint you being one of the best free offline games for Android.
Action-strategy adventure? Yeah, it is a mixed pack of them. You already know that plants do count as a living thing. However, have you seen them fight?
Plants vs Zombies 2 brings in a complete package of action and strategy where plants are lively as never before. It is an interesting game.
The opponents are stronger and scarier this time (compared to Plants vs. Zombies 1). You will observe that the plants and zombies have got cooler names that you might have imagined for yourself.
Plants vs Zombies™ 2 Free
Air Hockey Ultimate delivers a rich gaming experience even with a compact package size. This game is the perfect solution for the users with an Android device which fails to handle graphic intensive games such as Asphalt 8 and the Nova 3.
You do not need a super fast processor to play this game. It is fun to have it installed. You can even make the most out of it when you have a friend at your house because it supports a two-player mode as well.
Doodle Army 2: Mini Militia is known to be one of the most popular offline shooting games available for Android. It surely needs an active Internet connection if you want to connect with the global players and utilize the multiplayer mode.
Fret not, if you do not have an Internet connection, you can play it over WiFi (creating a hotspot and players connecting to the network).Well, technically, you are creating a WiFi network to play it with your friends but without the need of an Internet connection.
Mostly, it would work well when each of your friends is under one roof. You can increase the range for connecting more players nearby with a robust WiFi network.
Did we miss any of your favorite free offline games for Android? If that is the case, hit us with the games you like in the comments section below.
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Dale Bronniman Jul 16, 2016 at 6:52 pm
Zombie Sniper Last Hope
MUKESH MAJUMDER Mar 17, 2017 at 1:41 pm
I am regularly played Doodle army 2. It is one of the best game for me on offline. It always reduce my boar ness at office.
Louis ryan Mar 27, 2017 at 11:31 am
Valuable post about sharing here offline android games..It is exactly what i was looking for. I have got much clear idea regarding from this article.
Tabby Jan 17, 2018 at 2:55 am
I can relate to what this article is conveying. As a daily apps user, I believe in the value of a great app and a great app needs to have a recognition for being great therefore I started an award to recognize these apps, you can read about it here http://tabbyawards.com/winners/2017-mobile-app-game-awards/ if you like.
Mohd Salman Jan 18, 2018 at 4:56 pm
Great list of free android action games. I liked mortal Combat 5. Please add more games in the list.
Ankush Das Feb 1, 2018 at 6:20 pm
Sure, Will be adding more exciting games 🙂
Corden james Jan 28, 2018 at 11:54 am
Hello Techlegends,
I'm corden james, come from Guadalupe. Thanks for your awesome post share. I'm a gamer, and specially I love action games, that's why I found some best offline action games in 2018. can you suggest me which is the best for me?
Hello James,
Well, I do not have any idea of what you prefer. So, I'll recommend you to try the genre of games you like. I'll be updating the list soon 🙂
Nisha T Jan 29, 2018 at 2:36 pm
Really awesome group of Games. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it 🙂
hams ahmed ansari Oct 1, 2018 at 4:32 pm
Great list Vector 2 is most amazing in your list i have this list of game hope you like that https://theblackgamer.com/top-10-action-games-for-android-offline/
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## Usage

### CSS

```php
use MatthiasMullie\Minify;

$sourcePath = '/path/to/source/css/file.css';
$minifier = new Minify\CSS($sourcePath);

// we can even add another file, they'll then be
// joined in 1 output file
$sourcePath2 = '/path/to/second/source/css/file.css';
$minifier->add($sourcePath2);

// or we can just add plain CSS
$css = 'body { color: #000000; }';
$minifier->add($css);

// save minified file to disk
$minifiedPath = '/path/to/minified/css/file.css';
$minifier->minify($minifiedPath);

// or just output the content
echo $minifier->minify();
```

### JS

```php
// just look at the CSS example; it's exactly the same, but with the JS class & JS files :)
```

## Methods

Available methods, for both CSS & JS minifier, are:

### __construct(/* overload paths */)

The object constructor accepts 0, 1 or multiple paths of files, or even complete CSS/JS content, that should be minified.
All CSS/JS passed along, will be combined into 1 minified file.

```php
use MatthiasMullie\Minify;
$minifier = new Minify\JS($path1, $path2);
```

### add($path, /* overload paths */)

This is roughly equivalent to the constructor.

```php
$minifier->add($path3);
$minifier->add($js);
```

### minify($path)

This will minify the files' content, save the result to $path and return the resulting content.
If the $path parameter is omitted, the result will not be written anywhere.

*CAUTION: If you have CSS with relative paths (to imports, images, ...), you should always specify a target path! Then those relative paths will be adjusted in accordance with the new path.*

```php
$minifier->minify('/target/path.js');
```

### gzip($path, $level)

Minifies and optionally saves to a file, just like `minify()`, but it also `gzencode()`s the minified content.

```php
$minifier->gzip('/target/path.js');
```

### setMaxImportSize($size) *(CSS only)*

The CSS minifier will automatically embed referenced files (like images, fonts, ...) into the minified CSS, so they don't have to be fetched over multiple connections.

However, for really large files, it's likely better to load them separately (as it would increase the CSS load time if they were included.)

This method allows the max size of files to import into the minified CSS to be set (in kB). The default size is 5.

```php
$minifier->setMaxImportSize(10);
```

### setImportExtensions($extensions) *(CSS only)*

The CSS minifier will automatically embed referenced files (like images, fonts, ...) into minified CSS, so they don't have to be fetched over multiple connections.

This methods allows the type of files to be specified, along with their data:mime type.

The default embedded file types are gif, png, jpg, jpeg, svg & woff.

```php
$extensions = array(
    'gif' => 'data:image/gif',
    'png' => 'data:image/png',
);

$minifier->setImportExtensions($extensions);
```

## Installation

Simply add a dependency on matthiasmullie/minify to your composer.json file if you use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to manage the dependencies of your project:

```sh
composer require matthiasmullie/minify
```

Although it's recommended to use Composer, you can actually [include these files](https://github.com/matthiasmullie/minify/issues/83) anyway you want.

## Try it

Simply try it out online at <http://www.minifier.org>.

## License

Minify is [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) licensed.

## Challenges

If you're interested in learning some of the harder technical challenges I've encountered building this, you probably want to take a look at [what I wrote about it](http://www.mullie.eu/dont-build-your-own-minifier/) on my blog.

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What happens if Inc registration name exists?
You know how everyone must protect their trademark. But what happens when your name has been registered and incorporated?
I run a small design business and haven't incorporated (yet). Was planning to do it at the appropriate time.
I was searching the California SoS website and found that the exact same name has been recently incorporated by someone else!
So what happens to me when the time comes for me to incorporate?
I think duplicate registrations are not allowed.
Would I have to file as MY COMPANY #2 or something like that.
Can't seem to find any answer on this. Anyone know? Thanks in advance!
Re: What happens if Inc registration name exists?
If I had a lawyer I wouldn't come here and ask, now would I?
Everybody in business should have THEIR Accountant and their Lawyer.
2. You cant use a name that is very similar that could be confused as being the same or basing off of another companies name.
They allow business owners to challenge other names if they feel one is to similar to theirs.
Whoever got the name first can challenge the other name and their is a board that reviews these requests and determines what course of action to take including making the second owner choose a new name.
Does the business have to be incorporated to claim the name?
You should be able to call the Secretary of States office and get someone in the corporation division that will answer this for you without getting into legal issues right away.
Smiths Electric Supply 2 could be a problem in the future. But like I said I dont see any need for a lawyer just call the corporation division and ask them. Most likely this is a scenario that they have had before and should be able to get you a reasonable answer quickly. If they will allow you to challenge the new person since you had the name you may need a lawyer then but I would not advise you to take the other advice given of going straight to a lawyer. I dont know many new small business owners who have an attorney dedicated so soon simply due to costs. Good luck to you though.


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No, Babylon and the Tower of Babel are Not in Saudi Arabia
From Jim Fletcher, WND columnist and "now director of the apologetics group Prophecy Matters"
A prominent Bible-prophecy teacher claims the true site of the biblical Tower of Babel is in Saudi Arabia and the concept of "Mystery Babylon" actually refers to Mecca, not the Vatican, as some researchers of Scripture claim.
As I've mentioned before, there's no such thing as a "Bible-prophecy teacher"; there are Biblical scholars, some of whom work on Biblical prophecies in historical and literary context, and there are hucksters who instead impose meanings on the texts for their own purposes. In this instance, Fletcher is referring to Walid Shoebat, whose "Bible prophecy" sideline perhaps the most preposterous – although not the most vicious – aspect of the "ministry" through which he collects funds from undiscerning churchgoers:
…Traditionally, many scholars have placed the tower built in an attempt to reach God, recounted in Genesis 11, near Baghdad, Iraq. Some scholars believe "Mystery Babylon" will be located there. Other Bible prophecy teachers insist "Mystery Babylon" refers to the Roman Catholic Church. Shoebat claims these views are incorrect.
He told WND the key is understanding the ancient place names that correspond to modern sites in Saudi Arabia.
…"When it comes to the destruction of end-days Babylon, Scripture makes no mention of any of the ancient Babylonian cities: Nineveh, Ur, Babel, Erech, Accad, Sumer, Assur, Calneh, Mari, Karana, Ellpi, Eridu, Kish, or Tikrit. All of the literal references in Scripture are in Arabia."
…"Isaiah says, the burden against Arabia," said Shoebat. "They [other teachers] most of the time look at the traditions – it's a traditional interpretation – that doesn't encompass the entire oracle of Scripture.
This builds on Shoebat's earlier claim that "666" is actually a misreading of the Arabic "in the name of Allah", and his son's suggestion that Allah is a Babylonian god of "violence and revolution".
First, the Tower of Babel: according to the Bible story, Babel is in the "a valley in the land of Shinar", which had been colonised by people who had moved eastwards. The previous chapter mentions Nimrod's empire in "Babel, Erech and Accad". These locations are all in ancient Iraq, and the author may also have been thinking of Mesopotamian ziggurats. There is absolutely no reason to transpose the story to the peripheral location of Arabia.
Second, "Babylon" in the Book of Revelation: Chapter 17 of the text is an obvious reference to the Roman Empire: the prostitute who bears the name "Babylon the Great" sits on a seven-headed beast: "The seven heads are the seven hills, on which the woman is sitting. The seven heads are also seven emperors", says the text. Rome, of course, sits on seven hills, and its pagan emperors at the time of writing had begun to persecute the Christians. That's the context in which the text was written, and the context in which its first readers and listeners would have found it meaningful. The big mistake of "prophecy teachers" is to assume that a difficult text's full meaning can be discerned only by interpreting it through later events – resulting in a subjective, idiosyncratic, and unhistorical mess.
Third, the "burden against Arabia" in Isaiah 21: this is tacked onto the end of a prophecy about the fall of ancient Babylon (perhaps reworked from a prophecy against Assyria), and a short and obscure passage about Dumah, an oasis in northern Edom. The text urges the inhabitants of Tema to welcome refugees from Dedan: the context is local and specific, and there's no reason to extrapolate from this short passage to the idea that Arabia is actually a central concern of the author, or to infer that the passage refers to eschatological matters.
Shoebat thinks that "nukes" should "take care" of the Muslim world; and he just so happens to have discovered that the "real" meaning of Bible texts is to warn of the wickedness of a religion that came into existence hundreds of years after the author of Revelation had died. What an amazing coincidence!
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Nicolas, on November 21, 2015 at 10:54 pm said:
The beast in Revelation is a mix, leopard, lion and bear. Rome is not part of the beast.
The scriptures clearly say Montains not hills.
Jesus was on hearth under the Roman Empire
Jesus never mentined nothing against Rome.
IN FACT NO ONE DID…
It is all about Jakob and Esau.
Please read Obadiah, Esekiel, Isaiah and Jeremiha.
Richard Nyamuwomba, on October 6, 2020 at 10:34 am said:
True, no prophecy talks about Rome. The Angel said to John – the beast that u saw WAS, AND IS NOT AND SHALL DESCEND FROM THE BOTTOMLESS PIT. The kingdoms come into view here: The beast that WAS (History) is Greece – leopard. Rome had no beast that's why Rome is nowhere in Prophecy. The angel said it well – the beast u saw is not (during the Roman empire in which John lived. But shall descend (future) from the bottomless pit. Read Rev. 11 and u see the beast making war with the two prophets in the last 3 and half years of Daniel's 70th week. That's the kingdom of AntiChrist (Feet of iron and clay) kingdom of the ten toes and ten horns. Pagan Rome killed christians but doesn't feature in the endtime prophecy.
ELI Y AH, on December 20, 2015 at 3:57 am said:
UN the last Babylonian Empire ?
Jeremiah's dual prophecy in Chapter 25:8-12 depicts the downfall of the Babylonian world power and foreshadows the last 70 years of obscured Counsel Government.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts (YHVH of armies); Because ye have not heard my words (rebellion, disobedience, corruption, idol worship), Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar (personified Antichrist ) the king of Babylon (economic and military world powers), my servant (instrument of GOD's wrath), and will bring them against this land , and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them (in 1945 CE ), and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
And this whole land shall be desolation and astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years (1945 CE – 2015/2016 CE).
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished (2015/2016 CE), that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity (corruption, tyranny), and the land of the Chaldeans , and will make it perpetual desolations.
For further information regarding 'THE LAST DAYS': please go to e.g. http://issuu.com/eli.yah/docs/armageddon_2017.docx
Gerald Preston, on September 23, 2016 at 3:22 am said:
The Vatican is not in the desert. The description of Mystery Babylon is in the desert. A desert surrounded by seas. Al Jazeer means desert of the sea. Mount Babel is the 7 mountains. Islam is the final beast Saudi Arabia is the Harlot. Muhammad is the man of sin mentioned in 2Thesalonians 2:3. Anti-Christ is always plural so there have been many. Shoebat isn't right about much but he is correct that the 7 Mountains are in Mecca. He is also correct about the mark of the beast.
The Lion Bear Leopard suffered a fatal blow. That happened during the Battle of Tours
The UN is just another pawn of the Saudi's it's not Mystery Babylon.
Donal, on January 27, 2017 at 4:16 am said:
1. John brought to desert so he watch harlot that sits on many waters from desert ( harlot sits on waters not desert)
2. Harlot is city of power. Mecca was never city of power none of caliphate capital located in Mecca always another city. Rome was city of power that persecute Christian for hundred of years.
3. God said get out of there my people. in fact no Christian nor Jew allow to enter Mecca beside muslim are those worship the beast they are not God's people.
4. 10 horned beast is islam while Babylon harlot is Rome and new Rome is European Union that represent liberal movement.
5. Muslim follow strict religious rule while liberal are free to do what they want (spirit of harloting).
6. Harlot said i'm not widow. The concept of married or bride of God only exist in Christianity not in islam.
7. Rev 17 stated 5 fallen – Eqypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, one is – Rome, other not come but when come only short time (islam under mohamed and Rashidun). harlot sits on the beast no because she worship the beast but because she is 6th (Rome) and the beast (muslim) hate her.
8. 8th is the beast come from 7 (7th). 8th is sunni established by muawiya (Dan 7 little horn) after defeating 3 last horns ali, hasan, husein. 10 horns are 10 kings (mohamed, abu bakr, umar, utman,ali,hasan,husein, jafar abut talib, khalid bin walid, abu ubidah) they rule for one hour aka 41.6 years ( a day equals 1000 years) from 620 (isra mijrad) until 661 (fall of rashidun caliphate)
9. the beast will rule for 42 months or 1260 years from 660-1920.
Rob, on September 8, 2020 at 4:34 am said:
No my friend, quit looking at it out of the FLESH. These beasts are DEMONIC KINGS. Read Daniel 10:13. The Angel was held up in Persia by a chief prince (A demonic spirit) and a demonic king and Michael came and helped him. These 8 Kings are DEMONIC Kings. They are Demonic Kings that ruled over empires and at one time ISLAM during ISLAM's conquest. We know the name of a couple of them now by reading the Word of God. Here I will show you:
1. Egypt
2. Assyria-Today's Syria
3. Babylon-Today's Iraq (Bel/Ba'al was the Demonic King/Prince that controlled Babylon. Bel/Ba'al was thrusted into the Abyss/Sheol the night Belshazzer was killed. This is why Cyrus was able to defeat Babylon. Belshazzer means "Bel who watches over the King")
4. Persia -Today's Iran
5. Seluecid Greeks- Today's Turkey
6- ISLAM
7. Abaddon/Apollyon (The demonic spirit that was given the keys to the Abyss that allowed Bel/Ba'al back out of the Abyss. The 5th Trumpet). Abaddon/Apollyon led ISLAM through their conquering of the mideast.
8. Bel/Ba'al- The Beast out of the Sea (SEA in Revelation means SPIRIT REALM) Bel/Ba'al is the demonic king that had the wounded head. This is why John only sees 7 heads NOT 8 and one of the heads was healed. Bel/Ba'al was released out of the Abyss by Abaddon/Apollyon who was GIVEN the keys. Why? Paul, was SENT to ARABIA and he stayed there for 3 years. Why was he sent there? Because Ishmael's descendants were there. Jesus loved Ishmael so much that his descendants, just like the Hebrews also had the right to the same GRACE that the Hebrews were given. Why? Because Ishmael was Abraham's son. Muhammad is a direct blood descendant of Ishmael. But they REJECTED Paul's message while he was in ARABIA so God had no choice except to send them a delusion because they delighted in wickedness. Everything I just told you about Paul, Paul told us. You must connect what he told us. He told us he went to Arabia and stayed there for THREE years before he even went back to Damascus and then to Jerusalem to see Cepheus (Peter). See how easy people have misunderstood the WORD OF GOD? Just like they have misunderstood Revelation, BIGTIME!!! Church WAKE UP!! Some guy named John Darby has deceived you all with this nonsense of 7 year tribulation period. Its pure hogwash. Revelation period began the day Jesus ascended into Heaven. War broke in heaven because he was the perfect sacrifice that SIN could not be in heaven. Satan and the third were kicked out. These are the TRUMPETS. The SEALS are humans, the TRUMPETS are the fallen angels and how they effected the human realm, in the SEALS. Muhammad was the RIDER on the WHITE HORSE. UMAR was the RIDER on the BLACK HORSE. UMAR/OMAR instituted the ISLAMIC TAX and he didn't touch the OIL and WINE meaning he didn't tax the OIL and WINE. UMAR/OMAR fulfilled 31 distinct prophecies of Daniel. UMAR/OMAR is the LITTLE HORN. Understand Hebrew CHIASM and you will understand Daniel's writings. Nebuchadnezzar's dreams and Daniels four beast are the same thing. God does this and he always has. Think. Genesis 1 vs Genesis 2. Its like God repeating himself. He does this to make a point. So, since Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel's vision of beasts are the same what do they mean? Its very, very simple my friends. I will quickly show you with Daniel's beasts. Daniel is shown THREE BEASTS. Then on his FOURTH beast he was not shown a beast like a lion or leopard or bear. He was shown this beast would have teeth of iron and bronze of claws. So God tell us right here to go back and look at Nebuchadnezzar's dream…Its a loop!!! He's telling us its the same thing!!! The meaning of the beast is this…The FOURTH Beast and the LEGS of IRON is this. The Fourth beast and legs of iron are made up of the PRIOR THREE. Example, the FOURTH BEAST is made up of the LION-Bear-LEOPARD…This is why JOHN seen the beast out of the sea but he seen it in history in reverse looking back at Daniels vision LEOPARD-BEAR-LION…We know these are to be LION (IRAQ)-BEAR (IRAN) and LEOPARD (Syria)…ALL ISLAMIC countries…Whenever ISLAM finished conquering and was finally defeated in France guess where they went? To today's Baghdad and setup their home there. Guess what is located right down the road? The original Babylon!!!!!! Bel/Ba'al was was wanting to go back to his old stomping grounds but realized it would never happened. Zechariah 5:5-11 told us where his new home would be…The Land of Shinar which in fact was Mecca, Saudi Arabia. And trust me Babel will never be rebuilt. In Revelation it reads "God remembered Babylon"….He remembers BEL/Ba'al not Nimrod. He remembers what Bel/Ba'al did with the children and how Bel/Ba'al caused humans to give up their children to him and they offered their children up to sacrifice to Bel/Ba'al…Do you understand? It has zero to do with NIMROD. Look whenever God brings down a human empire it will never, ever be rebuilt, ever!!! Also whenever God said he will never flood the other again, he means it. So, do not ever think the trumpets are comets or asteroids because they are not. They are fallen angels that are kicked out heaven and how they effect man in the mideast. I can proven 110% I am telling you because I have deciphered ALL of Daniel's prophetic days to the tee. Nobody and I mean NOBODY has yet to proven them wrong. They can't because if you use God's formula he showed us, 1 day = one year then you cannot go wrong. Also here is a tip, time, times and a half = 2500 years not 7 years!!! How do I know these things? I come from the bloodline of Benjamin!!! I've studied Hebrew/Aramaic for 24 years. If you only knew what God showed us, it would blow your mind. I can show you that in the very first english words "In the beginning" but in Hebrew God actually told us the end from the beginning!!! Just by those words I can show you the year Jesus was placed on the cross!!! What does that tell you about the Word of God and the Hebrew/Aramaic language? God is real!! Now listen, I don't set dates, but listen carefully, the window is closing its closing fast. Do you understand? If you understand what I just told you "God told us the end from the beginning" you will understand what I just told you!!! The window is closing quickly!!! Whenever I say quickly within 10 years!!! How will you know? 10 ISLAMIC countries will begin to move against ISRAEL in a surprise move. GOG from the far north (TURKEY) will lead this move against ISRAEL. I know who the 10 are, Read Ezekiel then research history!!! GOG from the land of MAGOG is from TURKEY. GOG is a DEMONIC Spirit. MAGOG was Noah's grandson who stayed in Turkey!!!! God Bless…
Hate to bust your bubble but the Harlot is the Kaaba Stone in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Quit reading Revelation with your eyes of the flesh!!! Revelation is FIGURATIVE, not literal. Zechariah told us where the Harlot was going to be located. Also 3 horses was from the NORTH and the 4 from the SOUTH, all locations from Jerusalem's direction. Oh GENTILES you lack wisdom because you know nothing of Hebrew CHIASM that Yahweh taught the Hebrews!!!


Yar's reunion with her father and brother provided only momentary joy. Their arrival in Ethiopia brought short relief. Rebels overthrew the government in Ethiopia. These political changes led to attacks and violence in the refugee camps. This drove Yar, her father and brother, and many other refugees, back into Sudan.
At one point in this terrible trek, Yar had to cross the River Gilo. You can get a glimpse of this in the movie The Good Lie. Thousands of children drowned, were eaten by crocodiles, or shot by militia as they tried to cross the river.
I remember the endless rains of that spring. Mother Nature cried for us and for our plight, but her tears only made life more treacherous.
Dangerous diseases lurked at every turn and explosive devices waited in every corner.
We stayed in one camp or village until it became too dangerous then we fled to another.
We made our journey with painstaking care, following the footsteps of the person in front so to miss hidden land mines. We marched along single file in order to avoid being attacked by lions or other predators, just as we did on our way to Ethiopia.
Those before us had dug trenches, in which we hid for hours.
The dampness rotted our feet and insects buried themselves in our flesh; never ending fear rotted our hearts and minds.
When I slept, it was with the hope that we would not die before dawn. The devastation was unimaginable and the horror terrifying.
Gunfire and the explosion of bombs no longer roused me far out of my daze, until one fateful morning.
Just one year after we had been reunited, I was alone.
I had no one to care for me.
I was no longer special to someone.
I became another 'Lost Child'.
Though I had never thought it possible, my circumstances instantly became significantly worse. As an eight and a half year old girl, alone without a parent or other adult caretaker, I became more vulnerable than I ever imagined possible.
Terror shook my soul, and life seemed useless to me.
I had nothing to live for, and I contemplated stepping out of line. Just as I was about to make my move, I realized that I could not leave my brother behind.
I was all that he had left; I had to care for him.
Over a year had passed since my father's death, but I had no way of tracking time.
One day merged into the next as my despair grew to depths I did not fathom was possible.
My focus remained solely on survival and rarely did I dare to let hope enter my world.
Yet, as we were ushered into Kenya by food and medicine convoys I could not help but wonder if there would be relief to our misery.
I looked around and saw barren, windswept ground.
There was nothing to set my hope on, nothing to live for, nothing except perhaps a place to rest.
It is believed some 10,000 children arrived in Katuma Refugee Camp. The camp was set up in 1992 to help the refugees fleeing the South Sudan crisis.
We were quickly divided into groups, given materials to build shelters, and ration cards for food.
Supply limited our consumption but for the first time in months, I had food to eat. Although we only had food in scant quantities, it was on a somewhat regular basis.
Based on my ration card number, I was given food once every fifteen days. If I missed distribution day, I did not eat for the next fifteen days.
Being an unaccompanied female minor deeply shaped my life in camp. Relatives or other families took in most girls, whereas boys lived by themselves in groups.
I slept with a 'roof' over my head.
Yet, while the 'normalcy' of life in the refugee camp comforted some, I longed for more.
If you have not watched the movie The Good Lie, now, at this point in Yar's story, would be a good time to familiarize yourself with the journey of the Lost Boys and Girls at this time in history and the events of South Sudan.


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Performance for Resilience
Engaging Youth on Energy and Climate through Music, Movement, and Theatre
About the book: This book focuses on Shine, a musical performance about how energy, humanity and climate are interrelated.
Beth Osnes
Weaving together climate science and artistic expression, it results in a funny and powerful story spanning 300 million years. The first half is professionally scripted, composed, and choreographed to convey how use of fossil fuels is impacting climate.
The second half—our future story—is authored by local youth to generate solutions for their city's resilience. In rehearsing the musical, participants themselves embody aspects of climate science and human development. Ultimately, it demonstrates that performance can be a dynamic tool for youth to contribute to their community's resilience.
Osnes to discuss Shine
Thursday, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl Street
Educators can use this book to guide youth in creative expression based on (or inspired by) Shine. Included are the script, links to the music and video of the performance, materials for building curricula, interviews with collaborators, and lessons learned along Shine's year-long international tour.
About the author: Beth Osnes an associate professor of theatre and dance at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is an applied theatre practitioner, a theatre scholar, and a solo performer. She is passionate about using theatre as a tool for women to empower their voices for participation in the development that impacts their own lives and communities. She is a co-founder of Inside the Greenhouse, an endowed initiative on the CU campus to celebrate creative climate communication.
"An important guide for creatively engaging youth on the most critical topic our planet faces today - climate change. Youth not only have a right to be a part of building a resilient future in the face of climate change, they also have the passion and creativity to advance all of our thinking. This book provides practical tools and inspirational stories for involving youth in conceiving of a better tomorrow through the arts.
Dr. Victoria Derr, California State University Monterey Bay, USA
"Through co-created climate communication, Osnes persuasively advocates for the centrality of creative youth participation in building climate resilient communities. In sharing her experiences of using collaborative creative methods, she facilitates an important and vital shift for climate communication and engagement strategies, towards the inclusion of young people's embodied and place-based knowledge as central to achieving inclusive climate resilience."
Professor Julie Doyle, University of Brighton, UK
"This is a project that rouses a sleeping giant — youth — to joyfully engage in authoring a new story for climate, energy, and resilience. It supports them in using their voice through art to act on the scientific knowledge that our climate is changing. This is an educational tool well-suited to anyone who trusts that youth need to be a part of our collective solution moving forward."
James Balog, Director, Extreme Ice Survey and Earth Vision Institute
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If you are friends with me on facebook,or follow me on twitter,or read this blog,(that's always an endearing way to start a blog post)you MIGHT have seen that I've been traveling recently.
Since this blog is partly "for me"I like to record things like travels.Who doesn't?
My trip this time around began with a quick visit to Vancouver,to see my Canadian BFF Jamie,and be a cheerleader while she spoke at ImageQuest.
Then I landed at an unknown airport in an unknown state (seriously. I was confused there for a while. A lady on her phone said she was at a layover in Delaware, the souvenirs said NYC and lot's of other things said "Garden State" which is New Jersey. I felt stupid. And pranked. I also ate at SmashBurger and it was delicious. I finally (after 10 hours of flying) got to the Jamster, we rocked out in the hotel,and rose nice and early for her presentation at 9:00,and I put my belt on the wrong place of my dress. I take really amazing pictures of people speaking. Hire me for all your speaking gigs. Afteeeeer her outstanding talk, we went to her outstanding studio. I'm waving! Then within hours it was time to go to more airports. And eat more airport food, like Rick Bayless brilliance from his new digs Tortas Frontera. When I got home I showered and slept.And woke up just in time for my weekly South Mountain Veggie delivery.
But within hours I was headed back to the airport. With these two crazy cats. We were literally ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT, but we stopped for 20 minutes to eat at a new bbq joint.I'm going back soon. Where was I headed with a belly full of bbq + with those two cool cats?To Florida!To see my family!And the beach!And baseball!And Mickey Mouse! Do you remember last year when Dre, Becca + I got stuck in Florida? We shot a wedding together, but got snowed out of Maryland. So we had a spontaneous "fake family vacation." This year, since my real family lives in Florida, we decided to keep the tradition alive.(Hi Tan Mom!) The tradition was kept alive! And the air was hot! And the sky was blue! After the beach, the first day, we went to see our Beloved National's Baseball team, play for spring training. It was a perfect night. Cool cats with cool eyewear! The next morning, was back to the beach. Why did I ever leave? I'm stupid. That night was my daddy-o's birthday. He loves getting his picture taken.I love you Dad! After the banqueting-feast-of-birthday-dinner, we went to little Dude's football game. My heart pitter-pattered. And my sisters + I hooted and hollered for the Chiefs! And I don't wear my bottom retainer so my teeth are crooked. NEXT DAY! Disney day!In my real family, Disney IS the best place on earth.My fake family almost agrees. They so in lub. I want an umbrella like this when I have a house and porch that needs an umbrella. Lady Cat's favorite ride is "It's a Small World After All." She likes all the animals. And the slow-pace of the ride. Dre Cat and I like the fast rides. The magical space rides! But my favorite part of the whole park is the castle. Because Cinderella is my favorite favorite favorite.I can quote that whole movies and watch it for hours. After we had a perfect dinner (with gravy that ruined me for all other gravy) we watched fireworks! And went back to the hotel. This day was rest day. We went to another Nat's baseball game, but it was hot and some of us were tired and cranky.
Let's skip to the rain day!
You know what happens when it rains?
We did too. Inside the best outlets in the world.
We bought things on great deals.
And before we knew it, it was time to go back home. Mom + Shanny drove us to the airport.Hi Cute Shanny + Tan Mom!I miss you!
and being a grown-up again.
But I mostly just want to get back on the road again?
Sorry if that was the worst blog-post ever.
I just love my real family and fake family and beach and food and traveling so much.
And when I love something, I have to share.


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Punta Gorda Airport continued its growth streak in 2015, serving 836,472 passengers last year.
That's a 33 percent increase over 2014's tally of 628,075 passengers.
Charlotte County Port Authority also shared that, for December, the passenger count was 81,289, a 28.9 percent gain year-over-year.
December was the 27th consecutive month of year-over-year passenger-traffic increases.
The airport's sole carrier, Allegiant Air, has non-stop service to 30 cities now.
You can learn more at www.allegiantair.com or call 702-505-8888.
Car cruise-ins coming to Shell Factory
Got a golden oldie convertible? A muscle car you'd like to exercise?
The Shell Factory and Nature Park in North Fort Myers is inviting car buffs, their families and friends to the new Monday Cruise In, with host Larry Day.
This weekly event will be held every Monday evening in the front parking lot adjacent to U.S. 41, and not far from the iconic seashell sign.
No need to be a car club member to participate at the Shell Factory Cruise In. Trucks, cars and collector vehicles of any year, make and model are welcome.
The on-site Capt'n Fishbones restaurant will give 15 percent off selected dinner items for Cruise In participants.
And to get things rolling, the Shell Factory will throw a cocktail party for participants from 5:30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, with live entertainment.
You might have seen this gathering previously outside the Applebee's at the Merchants Crossing Shopping Center. Day's website said new rules from the center's new owners made it unfeasible to continue there.
And, owners Tom and Pam Cronin are known for adding new events at their Old Florida attraction.
Visit www.shellfactory.com to view other upcoming events and festivals.
Learn more about Day and his list of cruising events at larrycruisinlist-swfl.com.
Mann to preside over airport board meetings
Lee County Board of Port Commissioners elected Frank Mann as chairman for 2016 during its first meeting at Southwest Florida International Airport, on Jan. 7.
John Manning was elected vice chairman.
The board, composed of the five Lee County commissioners, meets bi-monthly as the Board of Port Commissioners to set policy and direct the operations of Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field in Fort Myers.
The other commissioners include Brian Hamman, Larry Kiker and Cecil L Pendergrass.


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Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn and soccer star Alex Morgan are among six athletes featured in this year's Maxim Hot 100 issue.
According to the magazine's release, "The selection process for the Hot 100 issue is an annual search for not only the world's most traditionally beautiful women, but those who are breaking the mold and pushing boundaries."
Vonn wrote a book last year titled "Strong Is The New Beautiful."
Morgan, who was won an Olympic gold medal and a World Cup, is the author of a book series aimed at middle-school readers.
VanZant was runnerup last year when she took a break from UFC to compete on "Dancing With The Stars."
Knight helped the U.S. win at the world championships in April, and the team will be aiming for gold at the Olympics next year.
You may recognize the Austrian snowboarder from her success at the Winter X Games.
Known in the WWE as Summer Rae, Moinet played a few seasons in the Legends/Lingerie Football League before switching careers to wrestling.