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March 2017 – Journal #1
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"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect."
— Anaïs Nin
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.
Did you know I'm an English major?
You probably did.
Besides it being Caesar's worst day, it's also (as of this writing) nearly St. Patrick's Day! I mostly dig this holiday because everything is MINT flavored, which is awesome. And yes, I do have a dash of Irish in my heritage . . . somewhere. It's true! Don't pinch me!
(Gosh, that was awful tradition in school . . . as an adult, aren't you glad those days are behind you?)
March thus far has actually been a rather stressful month: I did my taxes (never ever fun for freelancers), had a few doctors' visits, and work is still pretty slow. But I've had like, three Shamrock Shakes from McDonald's, so I mean, it hasn't been all bad.
Anyway, on with the first part of this month's journal challenge! As always, please feel free to join the conversation in the comments! I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts and whatever awesome things you all are up to!
Somewhere that's green
Am I wrong that this is the first thing that popped into my mind?
(also, i first typed "pipped" instead "popped," and now i'm thinking of like, orange pips from Sherlock Holmes sprouting in my brain. i'm tired)
Your most fantastic dream
This is a tricky one for me because I don't really dream. (Yes, I know that technically everybody dreams every night, most of us just don't remember them, yada yada yada.) I'm also not a fan of dreams; whenever I dream, I wake up more tired than if I hadn't. I think it's because being able to remember your dreams means you're in a lighter stage of sleep, when I'd much rather be in the deepest, blackest sleep possible. On the other hand, dreams do that time warp thing where it feels like a dream is hours and hours long, but it's really only lasted five minutes, and so it kinda seems like you're getting more rest, and you are technically asleep, so . . . whatever. I don't like them that much. I did try once to keep a dream journal, so I have about two years' worth of dream writings from that time, but as those who do this kind of thing know, writing down dreams usually makes you have more of them, and I was overall just grumpy all the time and tired of having write those nonsense things down. But I digress.
As for a fantastical dream . . . I guess I'll say this one I had in high school and which I luckily have the journal entry for:
It started off as most dreams often do – a fluffy blob of nonsensical colors, shapes, and sounds as the real world and its properties merge with the dream world and slowly dissipate. Somehow I ended in my gramma's house, celebrating some sort of celebration or other. Two of my friends [D and A] were there, slightly less baffled than I. D, for some reason, had acquired a giant balloon hat, and had busied herself with making it more "presentable."
I remember that the house was dark, unnaturally so. We slowly crept around the house (which was not in its current state, but utterly different), sometimes on hands and knees, sometimes on foot. My aunt and uncle, agitated, almost caught us peering around a corner, but we managed to evade their gaze. Why we were sneaking around escapes me.
Then it was time to go. My mom came to pick us up and take us home, and suddenly we were in the car on the freeway. D was still engrossed in fixing her hat, having now draped it in a black cloth with the Jolly Roger symbol embossed upon it. A and I were in the back, enjoying a few laughs at some stupid joke as we went towards the offramp leading home. I then noticed, with a fair amount of alarm, that the road was covered in patches of fire.
Firefighters were all around, trying to put out the fire with their great hoses. The road itself had dissolved into a sort of slippery black sand and ashes. The firefighters tossed squares of sandpaper on the road for the car to travel on, one man in particular coming so very close to getting hit by our car as he threw the last few sheets.
Suddenly the car disappeared, and we were all sliding down the incline, unable to slow because of the slippery black sand. We reached the bottom, and I was more dazed than hurt. D especially seemed unperturbed – she stuck a feather into her undamaged hat and proclaimed, "Now my muffin is complete!" I was torn between two emotions – half amazed at the splendor that was her hat muffin and half surprised at her ignorance of the present circumstances.
I looked over at what should have been streets and buildings, only to discover it was a black sandy beach, with a brilliant sunset shining over the water. The sights was mind-blowing: the sun was a vibrant yellowy-red, the water a translucent pink-blue, and the sky a disconcerting purple. I immediately thought of my camera, which to my dismay, I remembered I had left on the pull-down tray in the car (which my car does not really have). I looked up at the ramp we had come so unceremoniously down (I was still lying on the ground) and saw my camera, along with other accessories, lying there picture-perfect on the black sand.
I, for some reason, could not get up, and I called out to A to take a picture of the sunset for me, but she (sitting on top of me) said she had to take a picture first, whipping out her cell phone. I was not pleased, and said irritably that the sun was going to set. And indeed, by the time I was able to get up, the sun had set.
It was a horrible, yet beautiful sight, the kind that you cannot bear to watch and yet cannot turn away. The sun was gone and there was no moon. The water had turned pitch black, so dark nothing could have been reflected on its surface. The sky and the surrounding area was purple and black, but in such an array of shades that I had never seen before. The sky seemed to whirl, with spiraling gray swirls. It was only then I noticed the fire.
Fire raged the opposite side. Hundreds of firefighters milled over the scene, vainly squirting puny water hoses at the flames. Bulldozers and cranes moved chunks of dirt around. The fire was not red or orange, but a vibrantly light blue, contrasting sharply with the dark sky. It raged and roared and burned and seethed and surged. It went on for miles: the harsh purple sky, ash-smeared firefighters, shiny black sand, smoke-stained machines, and that bright, bright blue fire…
Then I woke up.
Now, if you're thinking that this doesn't seem like the half-coherent scribbles one would expect dream writing to be immediately after waking up, you are quite correct. This was written quite a bit after the fact, and I'm pretty sure I shared it on Facebook, hence the very dramatic style.
Do you like green tea?
Not particularly. I drank it quite a lot early on in my weight-loss journey, but I'm a disgrace to Chinese and English tea drinkers everywhere because I need sugar in my tea and overall vastly prefer iced tea. Green tea just doesn't cut it for me, but I will have some like, in Japanese or Chinese restaurants, because it's like, legit tea leaves and a kettle, with tiny cups that the leaves sink to the bottom of, and I can pretend I'm either Miss Spink and Miss Forcible from Coraline ("Dangah!") or Professor Trelawney from Harry Potter ("The Grim!").
NEW ALBUM COMING OUT AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
Do you believe in fairies?
Not in actuality, but in my more imaginative states of mind, I like to think they're real and we can only see them when we're little (classic "children are special" trope) and forget when we're older — or at least, most of us do. Hm, there's a story idea there . . .
Also, I spent way too much on Neopets when I was younger because I still usually want to put faerie instead of fairy. If I had to try to make a legitimate distinction, I would put modern-day fair folk as "fairies" — like Tinkerbell — and Tolkien elves as Faerie (also note the capital letter).
Things you think are a bunch of blarney
Is this where we got "a bunch of baloney" from?? Google mostly turns up the actual castle of Blarney but also this interesting article about the history of "blarney."
Things that are a bunch of blarney to me tend to be in the moment: Printer won't print anything but blank pages with a single black spot? Blarney! You tell me that there's no such thing as too much chocolate? BLARNEY! Irish people probably don't really say this word that often? BLARNEY!
Is the pen mightier than the sword?
YOU BET IT IS!
Is the number 13 bad luck? Do you have any superstitions?
I'm combining these two questions because I have the same simple answer for both: No.
I don't knock anyone who does have superstitions — I mean, everyone knows what it's like to seemingly jinx something — but I personally don't have any. To me, the world is just too random for one thing or ritual to be consistently blamed for something else happening.
But I am tempted to toss salt over my shoulder whenever I spill some, just because of this scene in Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow:
Things that help you calm down
For someone who has panic attacks, I don't really have an answer for this question! There's nothing that I consistently turn to, anyway. It also probably depends on why I need to calm down; if I'm angry, then stepping away from whatever is inducing the anger helps (CURSE YOU, IKEA ALLAN WRENCHES!). If I'm anxious, then doing something mindless, like watching TV, helps. If I'm sad, then I tend to cry, which can be embarrassing, but I always feel so much better afterward if I allow myself to cry. The BF also likes to send me cute puppy pics and comics when he knows I'm sad. ❤
Personal Prompt
I'm stealing this one from Spontaneanation again because it's #TryPod month, and everyone should listen to this podcast:
What clubs were you in, in high school?
I went to a very small school (my graduating class had ninety kids and that was the biggest class in history before and since — the very first graduating class had TWO seniors! a boy and a girl! did they date?? my friends and I, looking through old yearbooks, always wondered this), and so we didn't really have that many clubs. I did participate in a book club of sorts, initiated by my English teacher, and it was just a little group of us that read a few books over the year. I know we read at least two, but the only one I remember is The Kite Runner, and in hindsight, that's a pretty shocking choice in a tiny, conservative Christian school! Maybe that's why it only lasted one year . . .
I was also part of the Tennis Club, though I fully admit it was to try to get some sort of extracurricular activity in my school records, because I did not know how to play tennis. Luckily, that was fine, as most of the kids didn't, but I also never learned because we met barely once every other month, and it was hot and sweaty business, and I'm pretty sure I skipped most of those sparse meetings.
(Slight TMI warning ahead.) This week, I went to see the OB/GYN for examination and pap smear. I'd never been before, which is . . . not great. (You're supposed to go regularly at least after 21.) And I had a rough idea of what the appointment was going to be like and what to expect. So I thought I wasn't nervous. But the whole morning that day, I felt sick and faint. When I exercised, I had to take a break in the middle because I wasn't sure I could go on. I didn't eat much, and I was overall just on edge. And I kept telling myself that it couldn't be because of the appointment, because I didn't feel nervous! But in the end, of course, that's exactly what it was. I was totally stressed out about it, and I had just squished it down so as not to think about it, and it was messing me up. The appointment ultimately went fine, my gynecologist was very nice and answered all my questions (I'm healthy, yay!), and as soon as I left, I felt better. I was peppier, my appetite came back, etc. It's very interesting to me how much your mental/emotional state can physically affect your body, even in less-than-obvious ways, even when you think telling yourself that you're not nervous means that you won't be. That's not to say, however, that having a sort of mantra isn't an effective coping method — whenever I feel an emetophobic panic attack coming on, I tell myself repeatedly, "I'm not gonna get sick, I'm not gonna sick . . . " and that can help. Not all the time, but trying to keep rational thought above the raw anxiety usually keeps me from slipping into pure panic.
My little brother's birthday was earlier in the month, and he got the new Nintendo Switch! IT'S PRETTY LEGIT, YOU GUYS. The BF has one too, and both have been playing Breath of the Wild like, nonstop. I'll also probably play that game, but I'm still happily tending to my farm in Stardew Valley, XD.
Yesterday was Pi(e) Day! THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
The BF and I went to this delicious sandwich place like, two weeks ago, and I'm still thinking about it, it was so good.
How's your March been so far?
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4 thoughts on "March 2017 – Journal #1"
TinderellaAnna says:
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And I'd be glad to check out your book blog (literally!) — what a cool idea!
davidguerrieriwrites says:
My March has consisted of a sprained ankle! But luckily there is a Birthday at the end of the month – not sure if that's such a good thing either! Your dream is quite vivid. I enjoyed and look forward to future posts. Best, DG.
Oh no, I'm so sorry about your ankle! I hope you have a quick healing period! And birthdays are awesome, don't be silly. Getting older is better than the alternative. 😉
Thanks so much for visiting and commenting, it really means a lot! 8D


Like so many other families, our summer to-do list was loooong. After a lengthy, cold winter, we come alive in spring and summer and we want to get ALL the stuff done! So many things around the house to spray paint, beautify and organize, organize, organize. One of the biggies still on our list at the end of August was the garage. It was a little piece of not-so-hidden chaos that was painful to look at. And embarrassing. Who wants to open the garage door to neighbours and passersby when the space is crammed to the door with junk? Whenever I see neighbours with tidy, organized garages, I think, "How do they do it?"
Well, I guess all it takes is a little planning and some effort. It was time for us to take up the challenge! Our kids are 12 and 15 so I'm thinking they don't need a hundred toys in the garage at this point. Our goal was to organize our 2-car garage in such a way that we can get the cars in it this winter - well, at least one car anyway. What does that mean? It means finding other locations for the bikes, outdoor furniture and assorted sporting and camping equipment. And it means creating organized areas within the garage that harness the ample vertical space rather than taking up the floor.
That's without all the mess. We had to move a lot of stuff just to have room to stand and take a photo. As you can see, the wall was abused over time. The window was untrimmed and kind of sad looking. While we did hang a few things to take advantage of vertical storage space, we really didn't think it through and plan the space well.
Decide what size you want your pegboard to be. Cut it to size using a circular saw. We made ours 3 1/2 feet by 5 feet.
Make a framed box to mount the pegboard on, in the same dimensions as the pegboard. Cut 1x2 wood strips into 4 pieces and fasten them to the wall with nails long enough to reach studs. We used 2 1/2-inch nails and a Ryobi 18-gauge nailer.
Fasten pegboard to wood frame using screws and a drill. We put in a screw every 8 to 10 inches, starting at a corner. Paint the pegboard if desired. We used some leftover white interior paint.
Frame the pegboard with the rustic barn board. Cut four pieces to the size of the pegboard. We chose straight cuts (ie. we butted the pieces straight against each other, for a more rustic look). Glue the corners together with carpenter glue for extra stability. Use 2-inch finishing nails to fasten the exterior frame to the mounting frame. We used a nail every 5 or 6 inches. The part of the wood that Home Depot cut for us faced the wall so that all of the visible wood had the rustic barn board finish.
Choose the tools you want to go on the pegboard and map out where you want them to go (for ease of use and also aesthetics). Install hooks and hang tools! Enjoy your newly organized garage!
We were really taken by the selection of barn board planks at Home Depot. They come in a selection of greys and browns and they have a nice rustic quality that we thought would contrast the smooth pegboard well as a frame.
Pretty cool right? My daughter is now thinking of doing homework in the garage so she has her own quiet space, haha. This will be a good spot to pull up a stool and do tasks such as gluing and painting.
We painted the garage walls with Behr's Premium Plus Ultra interior paint in Lunar Surface, a soothing medium grey that adds a pretty, calming feel to the space. My husband framed the small window as well, to make the garage a little more attractive. I mean, I know it's a garage, but it's also nice to feel more at home in your space, whatever its function is.
We have more work to do in the garage - we want to clean it out entirely so we can wash the floor. There are a couple of boxes of papers that my husband has had for 20 years that I'm hoping might soon go bye-bye. We also have plans to create a recycling bin organizer/holder. Right now the bins are loose on the floor and I find it irritating.
But right now we're really pleased that we've managed to create this organized, efficient pegboard wall storage for our garage. It's a big step towards the better-functioning garage space that we want. And there's no more need to search the house for hammer, level or measuring tape!
What about you? If you have a garage, do you keep it organized? If so, how? Your advice is most welcome!
Wow! It looks cleaner and lighter. Really like the paint colour you chose for this project. A pegboard with a work bench makes a pretty cool place to hang out. I totally get your daughter's idea!
In regards of organizing ideas. Have you thought about making the most of the ceiling and walls yet? I am talking about vertical storage. The garage is part of the house, another big room or even an extension in some cases. It should look good as well.
We had a garage and could never keep it organized so we turned it into a family room...which surprisingly is kept quite tidy. My favorite aspect of your fixing up here is the peg board...it is so very pleasing to the eye.
My husband has put up many pegboards over the years, but none were this attractive. I am sending him this post. Thank you.
wow! what a great project! I love the pegboard, and the way the work bench folds out of the way. our garage is a disaster. ugh. we could really use something like this; it would make it so much easier to find things!
Wow we So need this.Seems like a fairly simple project,too.Thanks for sharing!
Awesome idea. My tools ares stuffed in various drawers throughout my apartment. I haven't seen my hammer in a year or so :0 So I could use this pegboard idea.
I especially like that little shelf! We had a great tool organizer in our past garage and have been meaning to get something done in our current garage. This may be my impetus to get it going.
the pegboard is impressive! I would like to have one for kitchen tools.
Peg boards are for sure the way to go. I love how it keeps everything so neat and tidy. We had a peg board in our last house but this one does not have a garage. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I love your.
I'm not a super handy person, so I don't have a lot of tools for renovating / fixing things, but I could definitely see myself making one of these to store other things in my house - kitchen items, home office stuff, etc.
I would like to make a smaller version to put in my laundry room because I have my own tools, separate from hubbies.
What a difference a bit of organization makes. My hubby just hung a peg board for me in my craft room and I'm enjoying knowing where to find things for a change.


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"Dennis Pernu, my editor at Motorbooks, thought the concept would be my kind of book, and I jumped on it," said Hayes. Car and driver. "Small cars are often fascinating, sometimes very good, sometimes very bad, or sometimes just crazy. "
The Small Car Ledger: A Century of Small Automotive Quirks
As the book explains and illustrates beautifully, the history of the automobile is literally littered with pettiness. This great book covers it all. From the first mass-produced automobiles, like the Curved Dash Oldsmobile of 1901, to pre-war smallness like the Austin Seven, to the heyday of the European small car in the post-WWII era world, the Japanese Kei car boom of the 60s and 70s (and the 80s and 90s and so on), attempts to make small cars happen in an America's OPEC-oil crisis, and across the more recent efforts to increase the range of electric cars by reducing mass and scale.
Of course, Hayes has his favorites. It points to the 1957 Zündapp Janus, the mid-engined bubble car with back-to-back seats and a door at each end, named after the two-faced Roman guard god, who looked forward and backward simultaneously. He mentions L'Oeuf Electrique 1942 by the Parisian artist Paul Arzens who also appeared in Lost beauties, another of our recent car book picks. "And the Orange Bond Bug Forever never fails to please," he said, referring to a ridiculous, wedge-shaped, three-wheeled, canopy-topped death trap.
Sadly, a few of Hayes' favorites didn't make the final cut. "My apologies to the 1920 air-cooled Rover 8, the tiny 1956 passenger-carrying Fiat 600 Multipla, the 1970 Invacar three-wheeler and the 1999 aluminum Audi A2," he says.
Although much of the book was produced during the lockdown, Hayes was able to take a research trip to the excellent Louwman Museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. For microcars enthusiasts in America, we can recommend the equally amazing and totally insane Lane Motor Museum in Nashville. He never disappoints and constantly brings back new treasures.
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Park and pedal scheme updated during Covid-19
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The reduction in car use and public transport during lockdown has encouraged councils to consider reallocation of road space to cycling, walking and other uses
There are three park-and-ride sites in Canterbury.
Prior to Covid-19, motorists paid to park and then used the free bus into the town centre.
Canterbury City Council (CCC) introduced a park and pedal scheme at the Wincheap park-and-ride in June 2018 (part-funded by Kent County Council) with a capacity of 28.
This offered free, secure parking for subscribers to leave their own bikes overnight to enable them to cycle the last mile into Canterbury.
Although it was oversubscribed initially, it was consistently used at about 50% capacity.
Users registered their car number plates and were added to the white list for the ANPR camera enforcement for the car park, so they could park for free.
Although there were teething troubles with vandalism, the county council planned a bigger scheme with new features, having learned from the Canterbury site.
This was ready to launch just as lockdown hit.
Park-and-ride sites were initially closed, but they reopened on Monday, June 15, as long-stay car parks only, without a dedicated bus service.
Motorists pay 50p/day and CCC has identified walking and cycling routes to the city centre or the location of the nearest bus stop where they can catch a scheduled bus.
The two cycle compounds are open to all without needing to pay or register, and without the doors being locked.
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Ephraim | Utah's Heart of Scandinavia
Fun Run, 1K, 5K, & 10K
Pickleball Tournament
Viking On A Bike
Quilt Show
Heritage Museum & Cabins
Co-Op & Ephraim Square
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Ephraim Heritage Museum & Cabins at Pioneer Park
Located in the Pioneer Park 75 West 100 North. Come and stroll along our new sidewalks throughout the park. Sit in the shade on the conveniently located benches. Bring the family and have a picnic! Many service hours have gone into making Pioneer Park a hidden gem in our little community.
Hans Hansen House
Hans A. Hansen was born in Denmark and immigrated to Utah in 1853. This American 1 and 1/2 story home with a central passageway plan was one of the first large homes built outside of the fort. He painted the doors with green paint he had brought from Denmark. The interior carved circular staircase was constructed of pine and consists of three sections expertly joined by master carpenter and painted to resemble oak. The center passageway and upstairs rooms and halls retain the original oak-grained woodwork. The exterior of the house is of adobe – a rough, mud brick-plastered over, and back then, was carefully scored off to simulate stone masonry with incised lines painted red. The home underwent a renovation I 2020/2021 and is now a modern museum housing many wonderful pioneer artifacts from our community.
Peace Treaty Tree
This is where Canute Peterson and Chief Black Hawk agreed on peace in our community. The Chief and his group went to each community and "smoked the peace pipe". Efforts were made to save the tree but were unsuccessful.
Bailey Cabin
Anders Christensen built this as a granary. It has a unique narrow tongue and groove ceiling that is still in its original state. Frank Bailey married Anders' daughter and this became their home. Later it was called the "Honeymoon Cottage" because many Bailey family members started their married lives there. It has been used as a granary, home, and shop. It was moved to Pioneer Park in the early 90's. it stood vacant and was being being vandalized until the Fort Ephraim DUP purchased it for $150. It has new floors , doors, and interior paint. It is filled with artifacts lovingly donated by Ephraim descendants, and cared for by the D.U.P.
Sorensen Cabin
Soren A. Sorensen built this cabin in 1879 on third South and Main Street. This cabin was preserved through the efforts of the City Council and DUP. After moving it to the Pioneer Park and decorated for Scandinavian Festival, it was vandalized, marked with graffiti and fire was set by an arsonist, which destroyed a portion of the new roof, east walls and floor. The quick actions of nearby citizens and merchant saved the cabin.
Water Wagon
This water wagon was used to build the roads in the early days of Ephraim.
Marcus & Christine Hermansen converted to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denmark, and immigrated to Utah in 1886. Marcus had owned a windmill flour mill in Byrsted, Denmark. After arriving in Salt Lake City, they eventually made their way to Ephraim where Marcus was offered the position of running a little burr mill that was already in operation. The mill was known as the climax mill. The climax mill was a new type for Marcus to operate. This burr mill was named for the burr stones which were used to grind flour. These stones were a very special, hard type of stone found only in buhr, France. They were chiseled to be large, flat, and round. The flat sides were corrugated with a little crevice cut in one side of one stone and were put together so as to have an agitating motion to grind the wheat. When it was fine enough, the wheat (flour) went out through the little crevice ready to be sacked. These stones were made in many sizes usually ranging from 12 to 48 inches but could be up to 60 inches. These larger 60 inch stones were used the most here. as you can imagine, this was a slow process for making flour. The climax mill was located across the creek from guard knoll southeast of Ephraim. A group of men later built a new mill above the burr mill where the water ran more swiftly. The new mill made the burr mill obsolete, as the new mill was run by a water wheel.
Jensen Granary
This property was first deeded to Hans C. Jensen by George Taylor, Mayor of Ephraim City on January 17, 1872 (Block 14, Lot 2). At that time the property included the Ross P. Findlay Lot. Granary was moved to Pioneer Memorial Park in July 2003.
Hans came to Utah from Denmark and married Nellie Lundstein who came from Sweden. Hans ran the Christian Williardsen Lumber Mill located Southeast of Ephraim just below what was known as Guard Knoll. He milled the lumber for the home, granary and barn. The rock for the barn and the home were obtained from the Quarry in Pigeon Hollow. The barn was subsequently torn down by the City. The home, granary and barn were built by A. C. Nielson (called Mormon Preacher by the people of Ephraim).
Hans and Nellie had 10 children and they all lived in the Granary. Nellie died with the birth of her tenth child. One of the ten children was Amelia Dorothy Christina Jensen who married Christian Bjerregaard and one of their children was Helen Bjerregaard Rigby. Helen's tireless work was instrumental in the initiation and success of the Ephraim Senior Center.
The objective of the DUP
– perpetuate the names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers in founding this commonwealth
– Preserving old landmarks
– Marking historical places
– Collecting artifacts and histories
– Establishing photographs, maps and all such data as shall aid in perfecting a record of the Utah pioneers
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The Hungry Sailors is a British lifestyle show produced by Denhams TV. It aired on ITV from 2011 to 2013 and was hosted by the father and son team of Dick and James Strawbridge.

During the series, Dick and James travel round the coastline of South-West Cornwall on their boat, the Morwenna, visiting local food producers, inviting them onto their boat at the end of each show for a competition to see who cooks the best dish.

As well as travelling around Cornwall, the show also has visited the Channel Islands and the Isles of Scilly.

As of July 2020, the programme is being repeated on new ITV lifestyle channel, Merit.

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AP Source: Bahrain-based investor in talks to buy AC Milan
By ROB HARRISApril 15, 2022 GMT
AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts after an injury from a header during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Bologna at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A Bahrain-based private equity firm is in exclusive talks to buy seven-time European champion AC Milan and become the Italian league's first Middle East investor, a person with knowledge of the process said.
The buyout by Investcorp could see the Serie A leader sold for around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), the person told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss details of the exclusive talks which began this month.
The U.S.-based hedge firm Elliott Management has owned Milan since 2018 after the former Chinese owner failed to repay part of a loan. Milan declined comment while club director Paolo Maldini remained tight-lipped about the deal on Friday before the team's 2-0 win over Genoa.
"I know little," Maldini said. "It's normal that there could be a sale in the future of Milan. I don't know when that will be.
"With a few rounds remaining, I think it's in the interest of everyone to try to win this championship."
Investcorp, which was founded in Bahrain in 1982, delisted from the Bahrain stock exchange last year after almost four decades as it continues its global expansion of investments.
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Investcorp executive chairman Mohammed Alardhi has been involved in the talks with Milan, the person with knowledge of the process said.
With offices across the Middle East, the U.S., Europe and Asia, Investcorp has assets valued at more than $37 billion, including from corporate investment, real estate and hedge funds.
The potential takeover comes with Milan on top of Serie A with five games remaining. Milan looks to win a first title since 2011, and a 19th overall, after a period of domestic dominance by Juventus broken by crosstown rival Inter Milan only last season.
The two Milan clubs share the San Siro stadium and they are looking to build a new stadium jointly as part of "The Cathedral" project.
AC Milan is also looking for investment that would allow the team to return to the pinnacle of European football having not won the Champions League since 2007 during the ownership of former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi. The team, which features Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, went out in the group stage in December after ending a seven-season absence from the lucrative UEFA competition.
Milan reported debts of around 100 million euros in the last financial year, to June 2021, as the club reported pandemic-impacted losses halving to 96.4 million euros.
While Investcorp would mark the entry of Gulf investment to Serie A, the English Premier League has Abu Dhabi funding of Manchester City and Saudi ownership of Newcastle, and Qatari investment has transformed Paris Saint-Germain.
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Lucy MacAlphin Trelaine, about to turn 30, raised in orphanages and foster homes, has had and lost many jobs since flunking out of Harvard, but those failures take second place to her stubborn, unsuccessful attempt to find her roots. That search is suddenly reinvigorated by the legacy of a Celtic brooch, found on a shawl wrapped around the infant Lucy in the aftermath of a car crash outside Boston and stolen by a hospital worker. The trail now leads to New York, where Lucy's new job is with Tak Wing, the elderly, endearing owner of a string of fast-service funeral parlors. When events point Lucy toward Scotland, it's Wing who insists she fly to the tiny island of Lis, where the trail ends in a many-layered series of discoveries, a narrow escape from death, and a final pilgrimage to new beginnings hack in the New World. Crammed with incident, narrated in lively conversational style: a first novel that blends elements of gothic romance with vivid characters and the contemporary scene into a dazzling story--bizarre, believable, and riveting to the end.
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Q: Are $\varphi$ and $\varphi^3$ the only powers of $\varphi$ that are also metallic ratios? Given the sequence generator function: $$F_\lambda(n+2)=\lambda F_\lambda(n+1)+F_\lambda(n);\quad F_\lambda(0)=0, F_\lambda(1)=1$$ where $\lambda=1$ corresponds to the Fibonacci sequence, $\lambda=2$ corresponds to the Pell numbers, and so on, is it possible to generate a sequence such that $\lim_{n\to\infty} \varphi^c=\frac{a}{b}=\frac{a+b}{a}$ where $b=F_\lambda(n),\; a=F_\lambda(n+1),\,$ $\lambda \not\in \{1,4\}$, and $c \in \mathbb{N}$?

A: After Claude's comment, I suspect you are asking for the values of $w$ in
$$ w^2 - 5 v^2 = -4. $$
These are every other Lucas number, beginning with $w_1 = 1$ and $w_2 = 4,$ then continuing with $$w_{k+2} = 3 w_{k+1} - w_k$$ For example, with $w_3 = 11,$ the metallic number is
$$ \frac{11 + \sqrt{125}}{2} =  \frac{11 + 5 \sqrt{5}}{2} = \left(  \frac{1 +  \sqrt{5}}{2} \right)^5$$
$$  $$
With $w_4 = 29,$ the metallic number is
$$ \frac{29 + \sqrt{845}}{2} =  \frac{29 + 13 \sqrt{5}}{2} = \left(  \frac{1 +  \sqrt{5}}{2} \right)^7$$
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In the last 100 years, the planet has gone through dramatic and detrimental environmental changes due to industrialization and urbanization. Population growth and modern living standards have increased energy demand, driving widespread environmental degradation as we still rely on fossil fuel to meet the vast majority of energy needs.
These environmental issues are a global problem that every country is responsible for addressing, but it's especially pertinent to those of us in the United States. In honor of Earth Day—which falls on April 22nd—we encourage you to find out what you can do to reduce your impact and make changes for greater sustainability.
From pollution and deforestation to global warming and habitat loss, our environment's health is looking increasingly grim as the years go by—but all is not yet lost. We can still turn things around if we make a serious commitment to changing our habits and investing in sustainability.
Focusing our efforts on wildlife conservation is more pressing than ever. Due to an unfortunate confluence of factors—like habitat loss, invasive predatory species, and disease—wildlife populations have declined at a rate 1000 to 10,000 times faster than what would be expected without human impact. Indeed, 99% of the current at-risk species are directly threatened by human activity.
Wildlife conservation is vital to our ecosystems to preserve our planet's biodiversity, the variety of life found in a given ecosystem. Every species native to a specific ecosystem has a specific job to do, no matter how small. Biodiversity ensures survival across species, from animal, to plant, and even insects. Consider bees. Population collapse of bee colonies around the world imperils not only insect biodiversity, but as pollinators, bees also ensure the survival of thousands of flowering plants and the animals that consume them—including humans.
Coral reefs only cover a small percentage of the vast ocean, but they're home to about 25% of all ocean species. Ocean acidification, overfishing, physical destruction, and human pollution bleach and destroy reefs. Climate change disrupts corals' food chain, compromising their ability to survive while encouraging the proliferation of opportunistic fungi that transform these colorful coral forests into underwater graveyards.
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Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs are released into the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels that power our cars and houses, fertilizers, deforestation, and decomposing waste. An increase in these gases leads to a warming planet that promises to drown the large coastal cities where much of the world's human population lives.
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Natural disasters include hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and drought. The economic costs of these disasters are staggering. From 1980-2018, natural disasters caused $1,537.4 billion in damages in the United States alone. These disasters also affect the survival of entire ecosystems and the plants and animals that rely on them. As the world continues to warm, scientists expect the effects and costs to worsen if global warming continues unabated.
We all know that our planet is in danger, but many people, especially those in power, prefer to put their heads in the sand rather than alienate or frighten their supporters. Climate change over the past 50 years has been easy to write off since these changes are difficult to see year over year—especially in areas that have yet to experience the devastation wrought by climate change—but the hard evidence, like extreme weather and severe droughts, is increasingly difficult to refute.
Responsible organizations and companies can drive the way to greater sustainability with responsible resource management and transparent manufacturing practices. Customers like you can likewise refuse to buy products and services that are produced irresponsibly, while supporting companies whose ethos align with yours. We only have one planet and it's up to all of us to take better care of it for the generations to come.
What can you do about the issues facing Earth today? Here are some of the practices that will help you reduce your overall impact.
Consume less overall: commit to buying fewer things and trying to make your belongings last.
Declutter: find new homes for the items you don't use.
Compost: set up a vermicomposting bin or drop your organic waste off to be composted.
Invest in renewable resources: buy recycled products or offset your energy usage with a green energy plan.
Turn off the AC: open the windows when it's nice out and reduce your energy consumption.
Spend more time walking, biking or using public transportation when you can.
Avoid single-use items: skip the take-out and dine in.
Buy mindfully: support sustainable and environmentally-conscious businesses or buy used items.
Get informed and vote: support green initiatives, especially those concerning waste disposal and renewable energy.
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3 "Corals and Coral Reefs." Smithsonian Ocean. December 18, 2018. Accessed April 02, 2019. https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/corals-and-coral-reefs.
4 "Climate Change Causes: A Blanket around the Earth." NASA. February 05, 2019. Accessed April 02, 2019. https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/.
6 Nunez, Christina. "Deforestation and Its Effect on the Planet." Deforestation Facts and Information. February 25, 2019. Accessed April 02, 2019. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation/.
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8 Vahedifard, Farshid, and Amir Aghakouchak. "The Risk of 'cascading' Natural Disasters Is on the Rise." Phys.org. October 22, 2018. Accessed April 02, 2019. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-cascading-natural-disasters.html.


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Hetty is certain that the treasure is buried on King property and begins a fierce rivalry with Janet over the rights to the bounty. The rivalry between Hetty and Janet is well played out over the treasure, exhibiting the greediness in Hetty's character.
This story is paralleled with the more serious Crane and Borden rivalry, in which Borden is willing to kill anyone in his path for the real treasure. Apparently, Borden and Crane had been searching for this treasure for many years.
Borden stabbed Crane and the map was torn in half during their struggle. Hetty and Janet also tear their map in half while feuding over the treasure that Hetty claims is buried on King property.
In a hilarious scene, Alec informs the two women that the map was used for placing the King well. The greediness expressed by the King women, Crane and Borden is contrasted with Gus's meek nature. When asked what he would do with the treasure, Gus simply replies that he would buy a home.
The rivalry between Crane and Borden ends in a sea cave, where Borden threatens the lives of Felicity, Gus and Sara. After a struggle, Borden pushes Crane down a crevice and into the cave's depths.
Gus eventually realizes that Crane not only survived the fall, but also tricked Borden out of the real treasure. Crane leaves the island, but not before giving Gus his home at the lighthouse and a ruby red ring, which will prove significant as the series progresses.
Ezekiel Crane's cry when he falls into the cave's dark crevice is about as excessively phony as the bleached skull in the cave. It looks like they dragged the skull out of a biology class!
The ending was predictable and it's unlikely that the shifty Captain Borden would have fallen for Crane's scheme for long. It's most likely that he would have returned to the island to seek revenge and Gus would have been the first person he questioned about the whereabouts of Crane.
If Borden did return, it was never mentioned in the series.
If Ezekiel's the one who wants the treasure, then why is Gus doing all the digging and putting his neck on the line sneaking into Borden's room?
If Ezekiel said he came to the island to keep an eye on Gus, then why is he saying he came because of the treasure in this episode? Does this guy keep getting shadier or what?
(3) Reverand Leonard and Rachel Lynde find a bible in the church cellar containing names, birth dates and marriages of the first pioneers, who arrived from Scotland to christen the town of Avonlea.
(4) Captain Borden is the second person to call Ezekiel Crane a 'sea ghost.' Sara was the first to use the term when she suggested to Felix that Crane was a 'sea ghost' risen from the deep in the previous episode.
He clumps down the steep stairway in rubber boots, his hair long and scraggly. His thick navy sweater, under a leather jerkin, badly needs washing. Old socks are clothes-pinned to the rope rail, drying in the cramped lighthouse. There are cobwebs over the cupboard next to the unmade bed. The lantern in his gloved hands casts gloomy shadows in his unkempt bushy sideburns. The rest of his face is unshaven.
Can that grumbling old man really be Michael York? The bright blue eyes are still those of Pip in Great Expectations, of Liza Minnelli's co-star in Cabaret. But in two episodes of The Road to Avonlea (Sunday, CBC at 7 p.m. and Jan. 20), York plays a scary, scruffy sea captain. Why would the swashbuckling hero of The Three Musketeers disguise himself so drastically?
Between takes on the Toronto studio set, York laughs gently. "I wanted to do something my two grandchildren could see.
The ending was too predictable. The greedy rivalry between Hetty and Janet was funny. Gus's acquisition of the lighthouse and the ring was great for setting up future stories.


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Opening of the Peach Centre for Business and Economics
Mr Roger Peach OL opened the eponymous Peach Centre for Business and Economics in our new Sixth Form Centre. Mr Peach was inspired to make a substantial donation to his old school by the memory of his old economics teacher Mr Chris McNally. After a career in banking, Mr Peach set up his own business. He is a great supporter of the OL Society and a Foundation Member. Pupils, teachers and friends of the College were on hand to tour the facility and thank Mr Peach for his generosity.


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Advisories August 8, 2018
Government & Internal Investigations Advisory: DOJ Extends FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy to Mergers and Acquisitions
Paul N. Monnin
Minute Read
Our Government & Internal Investigations Team discusses the implications of the Justice Department's decision to extend its FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy to M&A transactions and how acquiring and successor corporations can protect themselves from the full brunt of criminal fines.
How to qualify for amnesty
Married in haste, we can repent at leisure
Step up, be transparent, report and remediate
In a July 25, 2018 speech, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Miner of the Justice Department's Criminal Division announced the extension of the department's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy to acquiring/successor corporations in M&A transactions. The policy, announced in November 2017 (and memorialized at Section 9-47.120 of the U.S. Attorneys' Manual), provides for a presumption against prosecution if a company self-discloses corrupt activity, fully cooperates with the government, and remediates through, among other things, termination of culpable personnel and the adoption of compliance improvements. Miner stated that "this approach provides companies and their advisors greater certainty when deciding whether to go forward with a foreign acquisition or merger, as well as in determining how to approach wrongdoing discovered subsequent to a deal."
The policy originated from a DOJ pilot program aimed at encouraging corporate accountability by incentivizing companies to self-disclose misconduct, cooperate with the DOJ, and remediate flaws in their compliance programs. To qualify for amnesty under the policy, however, the self-reporting company must still disgorge its ill-gotten gains. And a criminal resolution may nonetheless be warranted if aggravating factors exist, including senior executive involvement, pervasive wrongdoing, significant profits, or criminal recidivism. In the event of a criminal resolution, the policy provides that the company—if it has voluntarily self-disclosed, fully cooperated, and timely and appropriately remediated—can obtain a 50% reduction of the fine set by the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (except in the case of a second or successive violation). Additionally, the DOJ will generally not require the appointment of a monitor if the company has, at the time of resolution, implemented an effective compliance program. If a company is forced to disclose, but later fully cooperates and timely and appropriately remediates, the company can obtain up to a 25% criminal fine reduction.
According to Miner, the DOJ will now formally extend the policy to acquiring companies that uncover corruption issues during due diligence, as well as those that uncover foreign corruption post-acquisition. If an acquiring company uncovers corruption issues during the due diligence process, Miner encouraged the company to seek DOJ guidance through the FCPA Opinion Procedure before moving forward, particularly with high-risk transactions. Whether companies will in fact make use of the DOJ no-action procedures in anything other than the highest risk international transactions is doubtful, although Miner reminded his audience of the literary admonition: "Married in haste, we can repent at leisure." If an acquiring company uncovers and then discloses corruption issues after an acquisition, Miner said they should be rewarded "for stepping up, being transparent, and reporting and remediating the problems they inherited."
In sum, "When an acquiring company conducts robust due diligence that unearths wrongdoing, reports that conduct to the Department, and engages in remedial measures, including extending already robust compliance to the acquired company, it frees up resources for the Department that may have otherwise been expended investigating the acquired company."
Because evidence of international corruption is frequently uncovered in due diligence related to the acquisition of foreign subsidiaries or, equally if not more likely, in post-acquisition integration efforts, the policy's extension to international M&A activity is an important expansion of potential corporate clemency.
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First Sloka Of Ramayana, Genuineness Of Location Bithoor - Sri Ramanin Padhaiyil
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In my previous post Lava Kusa Mandir, Valmiki Ashram Bithoor, Kanpur - Sri Ramanin Padhayil, we had wonderful sight of Valmiki Ashram and Lava Kusa Janma Bhoomi Mandir. Now let us continue our journey further.
Deva Rishi Naradhar had come to hermitage of Sage Valmiki located in Bithoor, through which the great epic Sri Ramayana was born. Below is the first sloka of epic Ramayana.
First Sloka Of Ramayana:
"Tapah swaadhyaaya niratam Tapasvee vagvidaam varam,
Naaradam Paripapraccha Valmeekir Muni pungavam"
Valmiki Ramayan starts with, Valmiki asking a question to, constantly self-meditating and a sublime enunciator, Deva Rishi Narada, as he wants to know about a person - Sarva Guna Sampannam Purusham in this world who has the 16 virtues, such as Principled, Potential, Conscientious, Redeemer, truth teller, self determined in his deeds, having good conduct, who is a benign, Adept, Ablest, unique with good looks, Courageous, Controls his ire, Brilliant, Non-Jealous and whom even the Gods fear when provoked. And Narada explains that only Rama has the said qualities and asks Valmiki to write the story of Rama, describing the story of Rama in a nut shell. Thus came, from Valmiki with the blessings from Brahmaji, the "Ramayana", the Immortal Epic, for the human beings. If we go through the story of Rama, we might agree with Maharshi Narada that Rama is the only person with all the qualities mentioned above.
How did you confirm that Valmiki Ashram was located in Bithoor, since you can find Valmiki Ashrams in Chitrakoot and Naimisharanya also. Do you have any historic evidence on this? This question might arise in everyone's mind.
We always take an reference point before proceeding on anything in similar fashion while doing study on epic Ramayana, research was carried out on all the books connected to it. All the information gathered from these were collaborated without any discrepancy. In Valmiki Ramayana we have an incident stating that Lord Rama met Sage Valmiki before entering Chitrakoot. This incident leads to uncertainty in location of Valmiki's Ashram in Bithoor. This uncertainty is cleared below.
Rishi's always don't stay in an permanent shelter or place. If they reside in an permanent place, they get connected with the place and the relationship is built with the families there. Because of which their Yogam (the science of one's relationship to the Supreme), Brahmam (beginning of transcendental realization), Dhyanam (meditation) are disrupted. Hence, they keep travelling from one place to the other. Thereby Valmiki would have been residing in Chitrakoot and met Lord Rama there. Later, Sage Valmiki would have moved to Bithoor from Chitrakoot.
Now lets see how we arrived at the location Bithoor. During Rama's reign, while peace prevailed in most places, Lavanasura continued to torment the innocent and destroy many sacrifices of sages and terrify them in many ways. Many kings were defeated by him and they were all afraid. Therefore, one day all the sages came all the way from Madhupuri to Lord Rama with a plea to protect them. Sri Rama welcomed them and they blessed him with the waters of all the tirthas (rivers and ponds). They offered him many fresh fruits and roots. When they were comfortably seated, Sri Rama asked them how he might serve them. Then Bhargava told him about the Daitya (son of Diti) whose name was Madhu.
Madhu was a daitya of the Krtayuga. (The one before the Trethayuga. Other persons of the Krutha Yuga that are Pulastya, the grandfather of Ravana and Vedavati, the ascetic who immolated herself when disturbed by Ravana). Madhu was a mighty Asura and the eldest son of Lola. He was wise and respectful of the brahmans. He maintained excellent relationships with the Devas.
Rudra (Shiva) was pleased with Madhu and gave him a Sula (spear) made from his own Sula, because he was pleased with Madhu's policy towards the Devas and the Brahmans. Madhu asked Rudra, if his family could keep the Sula forever. Siva did not agree, but not wishing to deny Madhu his wish completely, he said that one son of Madhu could use the sula, and that son would be invincible as long as he held it in his hand.
Madhu was happy. He built a lovely palace and married Kumbhinasi, the daughter of Visravasu and Anala. They had a son called Lavana. Lavana caused much trouble to the Tapasas (the one doing penance - asetics). None of the other kings were able to protect them from Lavana. So they decided to approach the slayer of Ravana, Sri Rama, himself.
Sri Rama asked the Maharshis to describe what Lavana was like and how he lived, so as to plan the best form of attack. He was told that Lavana heft his Sula at home when he went hunting humans and animals for food. Rama decided that Lavana should be killed and he asked which of his brothers would like to volunteer for the assignment.
Bharata volunteered first, but Satrughna made a case for himself. His argument was that Bharata had already done so much in looking after Ayodhya, while missing Sri Rama terribly and living without any comforts while waiting for Sri Rama's return. He wanted an opportunity to be of service and for Bharata to get a peaceful break.
Sri Rama crowned Shatrughna the king of Madhu-nagara, then and there, with Vasishtha Maharshi performing the rites. (Do you know he did the same thing before? He had crowned Vibhishana, the king of Lanka, even before the battle with Ravana was fought.) Satrughna felt bad that he had unwittingly come in the way of Bharata's kingship, and resolved never to speak out of turn again. The consecration ceremony was as grand as that when Indra crowned Skanda.
Then Sri Rama gave Shatrughna a divine arrow. That arrow was created by Sri Maha Vishnu when he wanted to destroy Madhu and Kaitabha. (Sri Rama had refrained from using this against Ravana). He asked Shatrughna to wait on the eastern gate of Madhu-nagari and challenge Lavana to a fight when he was returning from his hunt, with his sula inside the city.
Then he gave him 4000 horses, 2000 chariots, 100 excellent elephants, 100,000 pure gold coins, rows of stalls with goods for purchase and sale and actors and dancers. He advised Shatrughna to keep his army well governed and happy. Because a happy servant is more loyal than a family member or a relative.
He asked Shatrughna to proceed slowly so as to not rouse suspicion from Lavana as to his true purpose. The army was to proceed with the brahmans separately and he was to proceed alone to the city gates in the rainy season, after summer had passed.
Shatrughna told his army chiefs, where to cross the river during summer and where to wait at the pre-appointed places at the beginning of the rainy season.
The he took the blessings of his elders and waited with Sri Rama for 1 month, while his army went ahead. Then he went to visit Valmiki Maharshi, resting only 2 nights on the way. He asked Valmiki permission to stay there for a night before going west again in the morning. Valmiki welcomed him and told him the story of Saudasa-Kalmashapada. That very night Sita Devi delivered two charming boys (twins) in the ashram. Valmiki named them Kusa and Lava after the grasses with which the children were purified. Shatrughna went to see the children, his nephews and to see his (bhabhi) Sitamma. He told her, "Oh mother, you have delivered twins!". That night was Sravana Pournima.
From the above incident we can confirm that, to slay Lavana, Shatrughna traveled from Ayodhya to Mathura via Valmiki's Ashram, which is located in Bithoor. If we draw a straight line from Ayodhya to Mathura in a map, you will get Bithoor in between. Hence we reach to the conclusion that, this place Bithoor is the birth place of Epic Valmiki Ramayana. With these kind of information's and incidents we arrive at conclusion on places related to Ramayana.
In the coming the article, we will be dealing with Sanatana Dharma
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The Louis Calder Center is Fordham University's biological field station. The Calder Center is a protected forest preserve located  north of New York City in Armonk, New York, and is the only full-time ecological research field station in the New York metropolitan area.

History
The Louis Calder Center was founded in 1967 when paper magnate Louis Calder donated his  estate to Fordham University. Buildings have since been constructed, renovated, and modernized.

Buildings
The Louis Calder Center consists of 19 buildings including:
Calder Hall - A 27-room stone mansion which houses seminar rooms, a library, herbarium, insect collection, guest rooms, kitchen, and dining room.
McCarthy Laboratories - a building where a great amount of the analysis of samples is carried out. The lab includes growth chambers, a nutrient autoanalyzer, gas chromatograph, HPLC, carbon-nitrogen analyzer, fluorescence and phase microscopes, spectrophotometers, autoclaves, electronic balances, refrigerators, centrifuges, and other scientific equipment.
Greenhouses
Lakeside Lodge
Routh House

Calder Lake
Calder Lake is a 4 hectare mesoeutrophic lake located within the Louis Calder Center. The lake bottom is more than half covered by a submersed macrophyte community, including Vallisneria americana, Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton amplifolius, and Najas flexilis. Since Calder Lake is relatively small, the surrounding flora (including Quercus rubra, Quercus prinus, Acer rubrum, Fagus grandifolia, and Cornus florida) plays a significant role in its ecology, as falling leaves add nutrients to the water. The production rates of bacteria and larger phytoplankton in the lake are limited by the supply of inorganic phosphorus. Dissolved organic carbon exists between 4–6 mg C/L in the lake.

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Official Website

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Nature reserves in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York
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#elxn41 Primer: Conservative Party
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes...
Give or take, depending on orbital wobble, that's how many minutes are in one calendar year. Criticisms about the amount of time Parliament sits (or doesn't) in a given year notwithstanding, it is worth mentioning that the Stephen Harper Government (TM) has been the longest-lived minority government in Canadian history.
Of course, our man Stephen isn't satisfied with being a trivia answer... he wants to wield REAL power... he wants his majority. And it almost worked out that way... in fact, it still might.
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Stephen had it all planned out... the Liberals under Ignatieff were stagnant in the polls. The Greens were a non-factor to voters who couldn't spell the word "patchouli". The Bloc was facing a backlash against separatist sentiment in Quebec. And the NDP was the NDP. It was the perfect storm... a passed budget would give Harper a mandate from Parliament to push his agenda forward for the year. A budget failure would trigger an election, and almost certainly an increase in seats for his Tories - maybe even into majority territory. Everything was going according to plan...
And then Jack happened.
This isn't to say that the surging NDP are going to form government - although, it's not outside the realm of possibilities. For that matter, the Tories could still capture a majority or minority government, as result of some of the idiosyncrasies of our first-past-the-post system. National polling numbers, while interesting, don't mean much to the people in Goose Bay or Wasa or Acme.
Where the Harper Tories made their first mistake was in assuming that because Ignatieff was stuck in the mud, they were in the clear. Their first major announcement - that tax relief was coming to families within the next 5 years - was akin to Wimpy's old line "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today". I effect, the Tories promised tax relief in 5 years in exchange for your vote on May 2nd - and probably at least one more time after that, as well.
They've stayed quiet on a lot of fronts, hoping for opposition stumbles. While this is usually sound strategy, especially when your opponents are as likely to stumble as the divided Liberal camp and the NDP, it results in next to no momentum - a decision which is coming home to roost in the final days of the campaign.
The Tories are rightly pointing out that Canada is the envy of the first world when it comes to our position emerging from the global economic downturn - our public finances are relatively strong, although a strong dollar relative to the U.S. greenback is hurting Canadian exports. Unemployment is much lower than many of our neighbours, and the stimulus spending that the Tories championed seems - on the surface, at least - to be having the desired results.
Likewise, opposition attacks against the Tories have been far too "inside" to resonate with average Canadian voters - arguments about contempt of Parliament or fighter jets or spending on prisons is fine when you're sitting around a poker table with your fellow policy wonks, but Henry and Martha don't generally care which politicians have been found in contempt of Parliament - truth be told, it's a pretty accurate description of how many Canadians feel about the institution, when they pay attention to the goings-on in Ottawa.
But despite the general satisfaction with the job the Tories have done, they haven't captured the imagination of the populace. "Things are pretty good - let's not change anything" is hardly the stirring motto that the Tory War Room was hoping for. And while the Liberals were the only opposition the Tories were facing, the reality is that the Conservatives were campaigning LESS badly than the Grits, so a majority was inching closer to closer to fruition.
Now, with the NDP making significant gains in British Columbia and Quebec - both provinces where the Tories were hoping to wrest seats from the Liberals - the results are somewhat less sure. Conservatives in ridings they consider "safe" are tending to avoid all-candidates' forums, to the chagrin of local voters.
A result of the conscious choice to run the Tory campaign under the radar? Surely.
A bad gamble? Not necessarily.
The voters will decide on May 2nd.
But if the unthinkable happens, and Jack Layton is measuring the Prime Minister's Office for drapes on May 3rd, expect a very significant number of Albertan Tories to take a good, long look about what steps they can take to protect their home province's energy reserves from the new federal government.
Bloc Albertois, anyone?
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