There's nothing quite like a cold smoothie on a hot day. Except maybe a cold milkshake on a hot day- but don't worry, this smoothie is as creamy as any milkshake! We've been having a bit of a mini heat wave here in New York, so I whipped up these smoothies last weekend to beat the heat.
I love a good fruity smoothie, tropical mango-kiwi, or sweet strawberry-coconut, but my newest smoothie find is creamy date smoothies. My favorite smoothie shop whips up a mean date-almond-banana-cocoa-coffee smoothie that I adore, but I had something else in mind.
I'm not a big coffee person, but I love tea. I like all tea, from matcha to hibiscus to earl grey to rooibos. My favorite morning wake up tea is a nice spicy chai. So I thought, why not make a creamy banana-date-chai smoothie? Turn my favorite breakfast drink into a a meal (or dessert!).
I used Tea Pigs Chai, but you can use any type of chai you prefer. When I lived in Washington State, I used to make my own chai mix from loose black tea and spices I would buy from a quaint little spice shop downtown. My favorite combination was clove, cardamom, star anise, black peppercorn, and extra cinnamon. I liked to make mine super spicy, but I think any chai would be delicious in this smoothie.
The best chai I've ever had was in Portland, Oregon. I don't usually like to talk up Portland because everyone already knows Portland is great, and the Northwest has so many wonderful but overlooked towns, but I have to give credit where it's due. The wonderful chai I had in Portland came from Spella Caffe, but back then it was just a little street cart, not a brick and mortar cafe.
The man in the cart made the chai to order while you stood on the corner waiting in the chilly morning air, mixing together a melange of spices and boiling them up, then carefully pulling the chai- pouring it from pot to pot, moving his hands farther and farther apart until he was pouring the chai about 4 feet from pot to pot. Then he poured it off into a cup and passed it to me. That first spicy-sweet-clovey-cardamom-y sip was like a sublime revelation.
This smoothie takes that same spicy-sweet complex chai flavor and pairs it with caramel-y dates and creamy coconut, a heavenly pairing. The spiciness of the chai really plays well with the mellow banana and coconut, and the caramel flavor of the dates adds just the right amount of sweetness to the chai.
S and I sipped these smoothies for breakfast, but we agreed they would also make a brilliantly decadent, yet healthy, dessert. This recipe makes two generous pint size smoothies, but could easily be stretched to four servings, especially if being served as a dessert or snack. Enjoy!
There are two do-ahead steps for this smoothie. You can do these the night before you want to make the smoothie, or as much as 3 or 4 days before.
Date Paste: Place the dates in a bowl and pour 1 C warm water over them. Allow to soak for 1-2 hours, then put the dates and about 2 tbsp of the soaking water in a food processor and process until smooth. Scrape into a bowl or tupperware and keep in the fridge until you need it.
Chai ice cubes: boil 12 oz water, pour into a heat-resistant measuring cup, add the three chai teabags, and allow to steep 3-4 minutes. Remove tea bags, give them a little squeeze to get any extra chai out, and discard the tea bags. If using plastic ice cube trays, allow the tea to cool a bit before filling, if using silicone ice cube trays, you can fill the ice cube tray right away. Pop them in the freezer until frozen solid. I was able to make 9 ice cubes in my tray.
When your ice is frozen, your date paste is made, and you're ready to make your smoothie, place the bananas, chai ice cubes, and date paste in a blender, pour the vanilla extract and the coconut milk in, put on the lid and blend on high until smooth.
Pour into two pint glasses and serve immediately. Enjoy!
So these brownies are super chocolatey, like deep-dark-double-chocolate. They taste like one of those Fine Extra Dark Ritter Sport bars. They're moist and fudgy, with caramel-y date notes, they're loaded with equally dark melty honey-sweetened chocolate chips. Oh, and they're gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar free. You could almost call them healthy.
Now, I'm not always gluten free, typically I am a classic American omnivore, consuming just about any food laid in front of me (except mushrooms. I just don't do mushrooms). But I have a bit of a skin condition, and when it flares up I eat an anti-inflammatory diet to help speed up the healing process. What that means is: no nuts, no gluten, no dairy, no refined sugar. In other words, no fun at all.
I'm kidding about the no fun, of course! It's actually a bit of a fun challenge trying to come up with tasty meals, especially when so many gluten/dairy free recipes rely heavily on nuts. Last weekend I really, really wanted brownies. I have an excellent gluten free chocolate cake recipe, but it involves a lot of almonds. I searched online, but was put off by the idea of running out to buy arrowroot powder or tapioca starch. I decided I would just make something up.
I borrowed ideas from a plethora of recipes full of other things I didn't have or couldn't eat and when I put it all together and popped it in the oven I was not 100% convinced it was going to bake up into a solid object at all, let alone fudgy dark chocolate brownies like I was hoping for. But I was in luck, the baking gods smiled upon me, and 27 minutes later I was pulling a pan of super dark chocolatey, ooey-gooey fudgy brownies out of the oven.
These brownies are delicious. The chocolate is super dark and intense, not-too-sweet, but with plenty of caramel-y date flavor, and if you go ahead and whip up the honey sweetened chocolate chips you'll find pockets of melted bittersweet goodness sprinkled throughout. Enjoy!
First, make your date paste (if using date sugar, skip ahead). You can do this up to several days in advance, and keep the paste in the fridge. Pit the dates, and place in a bowl of warm water. Allow to soak for half an hour. Drain dates, reserving about 2 tablespoons of the soaking water. Add dates and the 2 tbsp of water to a food processor, and blend until a thick paste is formed. Scrape into a small bowl and set aside.
Line a 8x8 inch pan with aluminum foil, then coat foil lightly with coconut oil. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Add the coconut oil and chocolate to a double boiler (or heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water), and place over low heat, stirring occasionally, until water and coconut oil melt. When the chocolate-oil mixture is completely smooth, remove from heat and stir in the date paste (or date sugar) in three increments, stirring well after each. The chocolate will become quite thick as the dates cool it down. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well.
In a small bowl sift together the cocoa powder and buckwheat flour. Stir into the batter. Now begin to beat the heck out of your batter. I know, it's thick, it's hard work. But just go to town. I use a big wooden spoon. As you mix, the batter will begin to get glossy and pull away from the edges of the bowl- this is good! Keep going! Mix the heck out of the batter for about 2 minutes.
If you're adding the honey sweetened chocolate chips, mix them in now. Scoop the batter into your foil lined, coconut oiled pan, smooth it out, and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the center feels just barely set. Remove from oven, place the pan on a cooling rack, and let it cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over low heat until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the honey. Pour into a small parchment paper lined pan or dish, pop into the freezer for 20-30 minutes, then chop into small bits with a large knife.


"We don't. We're trapped," I wanted to say.
I never intended to write this blogpost. The title, yes; the content, no. Karitos 2015 was supposed to be a lovely artistic post about all the techniques and spiritual life applications from a gathering of creatives. It wasn't supposed to be this mess.
But Karitos 2015 wasn't a conference, it was a retreat. The classes were designed to delve into the creative's mind and heart, not their skills and art. So unplanned by me, I was faced head-on with my anxiety, that thing that I shouldn't blog about again so soon because I'd just finished telling everyone about it.
I sat outside the writing room, curled up, begging no one to notice. Hoping that the class had fallen for it when I picked up my phone and ran out, as if I had a call though there was no ringing. And I breathed and cried and hoped to God this wasn't who I am. Then the girl came up – limping along in an uncertain scurry as if something was chasing her. I'm a mess, but she doesn't seem too great either. Desperate. I saw it in her eyes. She asked how to exit the building – "How do you get out of here?" – and I told her to turn left and then right. What I wanted to say is "There's no escape." That's what it feels like, and I wonder if she felt it too.
It struck me. I know. I know that all this pent-up anxiety and fear and panic, it's lies I somehow believed at the core, that somehow own me at the most inopportune times. And I knew that managing, what I'd been doing for years, wasn't enough. I would fight this.
But a fight doesn't look pretty. A fight doesn't mean as soon as I know the answer it's all over. And I think that's what the Christian world pretends, that enlisting in the fight means it's all perfectly won that instant. Physical illnesses the church can understand if someone believes in healing but isn't healed. But mental illness and the like, somehow the problem is that the person hasn't been preached to enough.
In the few short weeks I've had a problem large enough to be on medication, to speak out about it, consult others, I've been told so many things I never need to hear.
Those with anxiety don't need a sermon, an answer. We have that bottled up within us, terrified to face it yet seeing it every. single. day. When my emotions are in a panic, my thoughts are overrun with dread, and my body experiences chest pain or twitching, the anxiety has taken my mind, emotion, and body, and in that state what more to a person is there? The anxiety is me, it's all me, is what I believe. And all the while as I scream at myself "BE REASONABLE, AMY" nothing changes. Though it seems controllable, I have no control. Though it seems like it's all my own doing, I can't do anything but let it pass. I'm a prisoner to it. I'm fighting, but it's not me. It's not me. And that's what I remind myself every. single. day.
And if anyone feels this way, I just want to take a moment to say what I most need to hear: You're strong! I see that. That the victory is slow does not mean it's any less. I hope healing and freedom is instantaneous for you, but if it is not, know this: That you get back up every time to fight, you. are. strong. Keep going. And I'm with you in it.
I won the battle at Karitos 2015. My unexpected panic attack where things should have been safe, it made me stronger. I'd like to say I won everything, but I'm still getting there. I opened up. I pressed forward. And I will keep on going.


There's an idea floating around out there in the literary community that suggests a strict, x number of words milestone per day to qualify one as a real writer. I've talked before about my indifference to structure; if some preparation or plan works for you I figure there's no reason to call in the chaos. But maybe this advice isn't appropriate. Maybe there is room for a writer to change his or her habits even if the current writing process and regiment appear to work just fine.
The question to ask oneself: Are my current methods actually working?
More often than not, the writing process seems to be a part of the writerly ego. Our art, our craft, is not just defined by the product but by the transformation a single piece of writing has undergone to become what it is. We hold onto the methods that have produced good work. In my case, I often hold onto obscure methods that allowed me to produce any work at all. At times, I found myself hung up on the fact that I'd finally acquired a writing space. Rather than analyzing the functionality of that space and its affect on my stories, I fixated on what was there and not what was being done.
It took awhile for me to realize that yes, I had a writing space but no, it was not helping me write better. My simple writing space had a bedroom desk with a tall hutch with ample space for books notebooks. But seeing as I'd had this desk since I was nearly twelve, the legs were short and the surface was tiny. I had no room to fit my legs beneath my desk without grazing the tops of my thighs; i gave up trying to squeeze the arms of my executive desk chair underneath. My work at the desk was sporadic at best. I turned to my bed, the couch, the top of a short file cabinet, and the kitchen counter for writing. The inconsistency was maddening, although I wasn't ready to realize it.
In addition to space, my regiment was off. I worked and took classes at strange hours, tackled homework whenever the mood hit me (procrastination abound), and found myself sitting down to write at the odd moments in between. Did the inconsistent process and regiment affect my prose? Possibly, although I haven't strayed from these methods long enough to notice a difference.
So here's where you come in. Does process and regiment affect the quality or perhaps, the quantity of your writing? Do you write better in specific places, in certain mindsets, or at particular times? What is your process, your regiment, your devotion to a writing space, and do you think any of it matters? Let me hear your thoughts.
Thank you for bringing this up! I do not have a set time each day for writing. I've always said I don't want to schedule a time to write because my life is full of scheduled appointments and structure, and I feel like I want to let creative stay outside of a "set time." But, I find I don't always find the time to write, and after a couple days, I feel all itchy inside and realize I haven't "carved out time." Starting tomorrow, I'm going to test it for a week. I'm going to write for 30 minutes from 6:30-7:30am. That time is going to be FOR ME TO WRITE ONLY.
Re: place. I just found one. In my car. Out of the stationary boxes (e.g. coffee shops, libraries, my house). I get in a moving box. No one else is around. It is quiet and there is a constant "white noise" as the car moves, and I can't stop thinking in poems. I've started speaking aloud and recording my poetic moments in the car. It's amazing how free I feel and how able to think without boxed in logic.
I think the car recording is wonderful! I found a recorder app for my phone which I occasionally use to record my thoughts and ideas, although I haven't been able to draft anything while driving. Perhaps I should try harder to weave my car thoughts into some kind of narrative.
I've always felt guilty about not writing every day. But I realized that when I wasn't writing I was thinking about writing. I think writers need room to ponder but we are such an action oriented society that often we only value the time we are actually writing as productive. Also, I think we want a comfortable writing space because the act of writing can be so uncomfortable and filled with fear. Thanks for the post!
I like that you use the words "fear" and "uncomfortable" in association with the writing process. When discussing process with others, I always neglect to talk about the discomfort. I think non-writers especially don't realize how terrifying it is to sit down with the intention to write something beautiful and compelling. I squirm. I fidget. I sometimes get up and pace. It's a fear and an anxiousness, although overcoming those, in the end, is just another part of being a writer.


Rediscover the loopy fun and the darker corners of J.M. Barrie's original novel with this faithful, fast-moving adaptation. When the carefree and careless Peter Pan flies into the nursery of the Darling home, Wendy follows her instincts for maternity and adventure, bringing her little brothers along to the magical Neverland to take care of the motherless Lost Boys. Soon the Darling children are swept into Peter's deadly battle with Captain Hook and his mostly-fearsome pirate crew. With so much excitement, why ever go home again?


Becoming great is not about doing great things. You first have to do more. Education is a process of experimentation. Knowledge is a byproduct of many iterations. Quantity is the prerequisite for quality. But quantity is not enough either. Our bodies are aligned with the 24-hour window we call a day. In order to tap into your full biological potential, you need consistency. We follow a circadian rhythm, so practicing your craft on a daily basis takes advantage of this mechanism by alternating periods of intense focused work and rest.
A marathon runner doesn't prepare for a marathon by jogging: the training is focused on high-intensity exercises. It's the same thing with growth: you have to sit down and put in a high-intensity work regularly so that your results can compound into a huge amount of work. Doing something consistently is fundamental to ease the learning curve. This statement is only true for creative practice. When it comes to repetitive tasks, it's better to batch them to perform them less frequently, thus freeing time.
Consistency has a much deeper effect than the quantity or quality of your work, which is why you need to develop habits. A daily habit is easier to develop than a weekly habit because it won't sap your willpower: no calendar to check and less quantity to deliver will make your daily habits more achievable. Saying "I'm going to talk to 50 customers per week" is not optimal. Instead, talk to at least one customer per day, or one customer per working hour if you're on a frenzy. Increasing the frequency of your practice is much more powerful than increasing the quantity of less frequent outputs. When you are doing something on a daily basis you are already setting yourself apart from other practitioners who do things less often.
Consistency builds identity: "we are what we repeatedly do". It will impact how you perceive yourself: writing every day will make you a writer. Being consistent demands you to reorganize your life. Remaining publicly accountable will also affect how others perceive you. Consistency creates trust. Showing up everyday signals dedication while establishing predictability. In this aspect, consistency is the root of social proof. It contributes to positioning you as a subject-matter expert.
Growth is created when you manage to both over-promise and over-deliver. Powerlifters grow muscles by using progressive overload. Consistency is the first step toward growth, but it is not enough. You have to train at regular intervals, but your workout program is meant to change over time. Muscles need resistance to break down and be made anew. Increasing the weight you lift or the number of repetitions of a given exercise is mandatory to progress. This method is called progressive overload.
Similarly, your brain needs to acquire new experiences in the form of ever-increasing challenges. I released a book after going through a habit of writing at least 200 words per day for 140+ days. I started with 200 words as a daily target because it is both realistic and achievable. Publishing a book led me to write more than 2000 words per day, which is ten times my regular amount. After returning to my regular program, I feel much more skillful at the craft. The amount of effort required allowed me to break through my past limitations and reach new levels of personal growth.
The road is never-ending, but that makes it a mystical and exciting journey. It is tempting to keep your eyes on the prize, yet you must learn to cherish the journey. Being consistent is having faith your work will compound in something magnificent. Instant gratification is short-lived. Cathedrals took several generations to build, but their glory is eternal. Consider you are your own cathedral, the path to your personal growth lies in front of you.
Basile Samel is an INSA Lyon engineer turned nomad entrepreneur. Founder of 200wordsaday.com (winner of the Product Hunt Makers Festival 2018), he is on a mission to empower people with both writing and technology.


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A Nomination that was submitted by the SES Deputy Chief Officer, Dermot Barry on behalf of the Coober Pedy Mine Rescue/SES received a Ministerial commendation at a ceremony on 19 November 2018.
The Nomination: The year ending 30 June 2018 was a busy year for the unit on many fronts, due to its outback location and responses varying from Road Crash Rescue, storm support, vehicle assistance and confined space (being Mine Rescue).
The Coober Pedy Unit has both increased its visibility and recruited 7 new members over the last year which, due to location and the difficulty recruiting in regional areas, is exceptional. As a consequence, a full crew has been available for each response and the Unit hopes to be able to form even larger and more varied crews.
For an outback unit, training has increased, skills enhanced, and members are keen to support their community in the best way they can.
Roles the Unit has been active in; In recent years, especially when the Mine Rescue/SES assisted police with the search for the remains of missing teenager Karen Williams who was last seen alive in August 1990. The Unit volunteers assisted in November 2013 with temperatures of 40 degrees plus, and again in September 2014 after police received fresh information. Both searches involved many volunteers over several days.
The renewed search in November 2013 saw our Mine Rescue SES volunteers liaise with the local council to enable them to have the use of Council's heavy equipment in the search, as over time opal field diggings had altered, with new mines added and old ones filled in.
In November 2013 police charged Nicola Novakovich with her murder, having last been seen in his vehicle. Karen was allegedly raped and murdered with her body then thrown down a disused mine shaft. Novakovich was found not guilty of murdering Karen in August 2016; whilst the judge was satisfied that he and an associate "had some involvement in the death of Karen Williams and the disposal of her body', but took issue with the evidence. The case still remains open.
Besides its core role, Coober Pedy Unit has also increased its visibility and presence within its local community through participating in events such as the Breakaway Marathon and Opal Festival.
Additionally, the Unit had several training courses delivered in the region so that volunteer members can continue to support their community in the best way they can by maintaining or enhancing their skills levels.
Coober Pedy SES volunteers also assist Emergency Aircraft that need to land on the Traeger Road Airstrip in between Coober Pedy and Glendambo. SES store and manage the emergency lighting for this strip to allow Emergency Aircraft to land at night on the main highway. Setting-up these airstrips is a complex operation and must comply with very strict standards to meet CASA and Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure requirements. Again, our volunteers just see it as another way to support their local community.
During the year, the Unit continued to develop its new mine rescue specific truck by refining the storage for equipment and updating both required tools and the equipment.
The Unit also increased its membership by 7. The effort by members with the vehicle has proven worthwhile with a mine rescue earlier in the year and then more recently in June 2018, when a man plunged down a 15metre mine shaft. Two people had been scouring for opal when one slipped and fell down the vertical mineshaft late at night. The rescue operation took just under two hours.
"The unit has a strong and rich history due to the hard work of past, and current members. This strong history, and hard work, has placed us in a strong position to be able to serve the community," said Michael.
"We, as a Mine Rescue/SES Unit, currently have a solid membership base with diverse backgrounds, professions and a broad range of life skills. We have a number of new members at the moment who are building their own unique skills and capabilities within the unit; no contribution is too small or insignificant," he said.
"There are both operational and non-operational volunteering options available. Everyone has something to contribute, no matter how small you think it may be. Please call 0407 724 966, 1300 364 587 or email sesrecruitment@sa.gov.au to register your interest," Michael concluded.


Hello! This week in books, matters are somewhat silent, and in print, we gave that a webpage to our colleagues in film because of our Academy Awards coverage. I'm Carolyn Kellogg, publications editor, also this week's newsletter is going to be a rapid one.
Walter Mosley is widely famous for his Easy Rawlins series, with noirs such as "Devil in a Blue Dress" set in south L.A. in the 1940s. However, his thing is a lot wider, even as he reveals in his latest puzzle, "Down on the River Unto the Sea." Set in contemporary New York and following a disgraced former cop turned private investigator, also it is a compulsively readable tale that deals with racism, false imprisonment and the temptations of corruption, " writes Steph Chawithin our inspection.
Last year in the L.A. Times Book Prizes, we given Thomas McGuane the Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement, however, it hasn't stopped him from composing. His new novel, "Cloudbursts," is a colossal selection of short stories, nearly 600 pages in all, that stretches from the commencement of his career in the 1960s to eight new stories. It is a "lovely, fundamental new group," writes reviewer Gabe Habash: "All these 45 career-spanning stories contain more artistry, comedy, eyebrow-raising plot turns and surprising diction than seems possible in one book." Read all about it.
And a longtime favourite of Southland readers — for 23 weeks now — is Celeste Ng's"Little Fires Everywhere," a riveting novel of two families whose lives lived in a wealthy Cleveland suburb. The book returns to the top spot on our fiction list today, which makes it our No. 1 fiction bestseller again.
We've recently looked at a couple of books published 50 years ago; this week, on the anniversary of East L.A. school walkout, The Times takes a deep dive into the information 1968. It was a very challenging year.
Novelist Jennifer Egan ("A Visit in the Goon Squad," "Manhattan Beach") was named president of PEN America, that has now completed its unification with west coast PEN to make one big national nonprofit fighting authors' rights.


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Articles about German watch brand, A. Lange & Sohne.
Around the World: An Insider's View of the A. Lange & Söhne Glashutte Manufactory
By Roberta Naas / June 13, 2011
This past week I was fortunate enough to be part of an elite group of journalists who were treated to the distinct pleasure of joining A. Lange & Sohne for a behind-the-scenes tour of the brand's outstanding workshops in Glashutte, Germany. (We also visited Salzburg Austria for the brand's sponsorship of the Whitsun Festival, but…
9 years ago in A. Lange & Sohne, Around the World / Watch stops, Features, Timepieces News, Reviews and Articles, Watch Industry Interviews, Wristwatch Reviews
A Timely Event: NY TimeCrafters Show Open to Collectors this Weekend
By Roberta Naas / May 14, 2011
If you are an avid watch lover and collector then get in gear and head to the Times Center (at 242 west 41st between 7th and 8th) this weekend for an amazing display of the newest timepieces from some of the most luxurious top-notch brands on the market. The TimeCrafters show officially opened yesterday, and is a…
9 years ago in A Timely Event, A. Lange & Sohne, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, IWC, News about Wristwatches/Brands, Panerai, Timepieces News, Reviews and Articles
Time Capsules: News – Plan a Watch Trip to NY in MAY for TimeCrafters
By Roberta Naas / February 19, 2011
Last week we told you about the Wall Street Journal sponsoring Watch Week in April. Well if you couldn't schedule that visit, plan a trip in May, when the New York Times hosts its own event. May 13-15 is New York's TimeCrafters Exhibition at The Times Center. At TimeCrafters, more than 18 luxury watchmakers will…
9 years ago in A. Lange & Sohne, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, IWC, News, News about Wristwatches/Brands, Panerai, Timepieces News, Reviews and Articles, Vacheron Constantin
Watch Stops: SIHH 2011 – A. Lange & Sohne Makes Beautiful Music
By Roberta Naas / February 8, 2011
Easily one of the shining stars at this year's SIHH, and guaranteed to be a much-clamored-for watch by collectors now that it has come into the limelight: the Lange Zeitwerk Striking Time by A. Lange & Sohne. This stunning mastery is a work of art form and function – technology and beauty come together in…
9 years ago in A. Lange & Sohne, News about Wristwatches/Brands, Timepieces News, Reviews and Articles, Watch Stops, Wristwatch Reviews
Time Capsules: News—A. Lange & Sohne Releases newest Tourbillon
By Roberta Naas / December 20, 2010
This beauty is a sneak peek — the Richard Lange Tourbillon "Pour le Merite" — to be released at the upcoming SIHH in January by A. Lange & Sohne – and to make its way to the market later in 2011. The fourth distinct watch to house the fuse-and-chain transmission, along with a tourbillon with…
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Time Capsules: News – Lange & Sohne Reconstructs 1902 Grand Complication Pocket Watch
By Roberta Naas / October 14, 2010
Lange & Sohne's Master Watchmaker Jan Sliva spent the past five years of his life on an emotional journey. Sometimes his rollercoaster had him thinking he had bitten off more than he could chew. Other times he was overwhelmed with emotion and fulfillment. Sliva was the first watchmaker at A. Lange & Sohne to lay…

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Region Forward Coalition Vice-Chair & District of Columbia Planning Director Harriet Tregoning and Transportation Planning Board Member & Bowie City Councilman Todd Turner appeared with COG Executive Director Chuck Bean on NBC4's public affairs talkshow, Viewpoint, this past Sunday. They discussed our newest planning reports, Place + Opportunity and the Regional Transportation Priorities Plan.
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Federal cabinet to decide again on pipeline
Category : Canada News
Updated On : June 17, 2019 01:51 AM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet will decide Tuesday whether to greenlight the Trans Mountain expansion project, amid political and legal uncertainty for the pipeline the government bought last year for $4.5 billion.
The Liberal government was forced to put the project through a new consultation process after the Federal Court of Appeal quashed past cabinet approvals for the long-delayed project and halted construction last summer.
The court said the government didn't do adequate consultation work with Indigenous peoples before it first approved TMX in November 2016. The court also said the National Energy Board (NEB) did not do enough to study the effects of this project on the marine environment in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.
The NEB did the required environmental review work and conditionally approved the pipeline expansion in February.
Citing the need for more time to finish Indigenous consultations, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi punted the decision date to June 18. The government failed to comply with legislated timelines for approving a project after an NEB report.


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INTERNATIONAL investment firm Catcha Group has announced the formal launch of Catcha Ventures, a division focused on minority investments in high-growth new media, technology and mobile companies in South-East Asia.
Catcha Ventures will invest between US$50 million and US$100 million in selected companies over the next three to five years, the company said in a statement.
Although venture capital and angel investments in startups have increased throughout the region, growth-stage funding has been largely overlooked, Catcha Group said.
Catcha Ventures has been founded to address a lack of funding for business that have matured from a startup and entered their 'growth phase,' it added.
"Over the last 15 years we have created a number of highly successful digital companies in the Asean region," said Catcha Group chief executive officer Patrick grove (pic above).
"We are excited to bring our experience and knowledge to bear in working with the next generation of disruptive entrepreneurs to help them create amazing digital businesses," he added.
Since 2007, Catcha Group has taken four of its portfolio companies from start up through to IPO (initial public offering) and still controls all four public companies today.
One such company, iProperty Group, recently attracted a US$100-million investment from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in return for a 17% stake.
The challenges faced by companies in their growth phase are inherently different, Catcha Group said. These new issues often include rapid revenue and customer growth, establishing and scaling management and technology systems, dealing with competition and regional expansion.
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"We have enjoyed enormous benefits from knowledge-sharing between our companies and will deploy the exact mentorship and investee community management model across our Catcha Ventures portfolio companies," said Grove, a Digital News Asia Digerati50.
"We will pair each investee company with a senior mentor and advisor from within our group to help it navigate challenges as its business grows.
"Chances are, for any digital business encountering growth-related issues in South-East Asia, a company within our network has already successfully resolved that same challenge. Funding is one thing, but this experience and access to our network of executives and advisors is both invaluable and unique," he declared.
Catcha Ventures has already begun to make investments, the company said, without elaborating.


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Battlestar Wiki Rapture
"Rapture"
An episode of the Re-imagined Series
Episode No. Season 3, Episode 12
Writer(s) Bradley Thompson
David Weddle
Director Michael Rymer
Special guest(s) Lucy Lawless as Number Three
Production No. 311
Nielsen Rating 1.4[1]
US airdate 2007-01-21
CAN airdate 2007-01-21
UK airdate
Population 41,401 survivors ( 1)
Extended Info Season 3.5 Premiere
Episode Chronology
The Eye of Jupiter Rapture Taking a Break From All Your Worries
Official Summary
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With an impending supernova, the Colonials and Cylons see their time running out as they endeavor to unlock the secrets of the Eye of Jupiter. Meanwhile, Number Three executes her plan to know the faces of the Final Five and Sharon Agathon tries to get her daughter back.
1.1 Teaser
1.2 Act 1
3 Analysis
4.1 Answered Questions
4.2 Unanswered Questions
5 Official Statements
6 Noteworthy Dialogue
7 Guest Stars
Others in Galactica's CIC, particularly Colonel Tigh and President Roslin, become increasingly agitated and shocked as Admiral Adama continues issuing orders to arm and launch several nuclear missiles at the Temple of Five. He instructs Colonel Tigh to enter his launch codes as Adama does the same on his command console.
On the algae planet, Lee Adama's resistance movement is preparing. However, the Major and Samuel Anders are still fighting over saving Kara Thrace after her Raptor crashed from a Cylon missile attack. When Anders angrily proposes that he will shoot Major Adama if Thrace is dead, Adama snaps, "If she's dead, I'll let you," no longer attempting to hide his feelings about the downed pilot. Their impasse ends when Adama calls his wife, Lieutenant Dualla, and orders her and Sergeant Fisher to attempt to rescue of Starbuck.
In the previous episode, the Colonials warned that they would destroy the continent where the ancient temple resided if the Cylons attempted any landing there. Six Heavy Raiders are now heading to the planet, and Adama is intent on showing the Cylons that he is not bluffing.
The Cylon basestar command detects Adama's continued missile preparations and become visibly worried that Adama will indeed destroy the Temple. Each of the available models immediately agree to a recall, except for the Number Three model, who defies the command group's consensus, and refuses to recall the last Heavy Raider.
Galactica notices the recall of all but one of the Heavy Raiders, which gives Admiral Adama a moment to reconsider. After several tense moments, Adama rescinds the launch order and orders his battlestar to stand down.
The Cylons are relieved as well, but after the Three in the command room leaves in satisfaction, the others realize that the Cylon, a race predicated on consensus and not defiance or distinctive personality clashes, have a serious problem. A Cavil voices that the Threes are out of control, and that a decision regarding their actions must be made, sooner rather than later.
In their quarters, Helo is angry, saddened and unable to talk his wife, Sharon Agathon into letting him take a Raptor or another transport to rescue their daughter, Hera, from the Cylons. In the end, both embracing, Helo shoots his wife to force her consciousness to download and resurrect on the Cylon Resurrection Ship so that she can attempt the rescue alone.
Galen Tyrol and his team continue deciphering the glyphs inside the Temple of Five for discerning the location of the Eye of Jupiter, believed to be an important artifact that gives further data on the road to Earth. Their investigation does not go well, although Chief Tyrol believes he is close to translating the writing.
Admiral Adama and President Roslin meet with Helo and question his wisdom in the Agathons' rescue attempt of their daughter. Adama is concerned that the Cylons may gain critical tactical data from their defected former colleague, whether she volunteers it or not. When Roslin criticizes Helo, he angrily reminds her that if she hadn't stolen their daughter, none of them would be in this situation.
Dualla and Sergeant Fischer make their way to Starbuck's location, but are soon attacked by a Cylon sniper. Fisher is killed, and Dualla scrambles, weaponless, along an alternate path to Starbuck's location.
Starbuck has survived her crash relatively unhurt except for severe burns on her hands. The pain is so severe that Thrace hasn't sufficient dexterity to inject herself with a morpha shot for the pain. When she hears a noise outside, however, Starbuck suppresses the pain long enough to raise her sidearm at her Raptor's open door.
Dualla appears at the entrance, and Thrace admonishes her for not making her presence known. After administering a morpha shot, Dualla proceeds to assess the Raptor's damage. She tells Thrace that she was ordered to "bring Starbuck to Apollo," a choice of words meant less to describe the rescue order and more to describe her pain over the "secret" affair between Adama and Thrace.
Sharon Agathon downloads successfully. Through fortune or design, it is Caprica-Six who greets her at the Cylon rebirthing tank. Six tells Agathon that her child is ill and her condition is worsening, to the confusion of the Cylons.
On the planet, Major Adama's team have set a bomb kill zone in a ravine which all attacking Cylon forces must walk through.
When the Centurions spot the trap, Jean Barolay is forced to detonate it before the Cylons completely enter the blast radius.
The explosion removes the lower torso of one Cylon, but it, along with the two undamaged units, return fire. The Colonials destroy the legless Cylon, but lose one of their own in the firefight. Having lost their only chance to hold back a Cylon advance, they begin a retreat to the highlands of the planet to await rescue.
Major Adama calls Chief Tyrol and orders the immediate evacuation and destruction of the Temple of Five lest it fall into Cylon control. A reluctant Tyrol orders his team out and soon follows, with a detonation cord reel to the G-4 packs in his hands.
Dualla continues to repair the damaged avionics from cannibalizing datacord from the ship's communications system. When Thrace's pain increases, Dualla (with an apparently less-than-cordial "bedside manner") stabs Thrace's leg with another morpha injection. As she drifts into a sedated delirium, Thrace confesses her confusion about the romantic entanglements she is in. Dualla slaps the pilot both in annoyance and in an attempt to keep Thrace focused on a major problem: the former petty officer on Galactica is not flight-trained and cannot fly the Raptor, while Thrace's injuries make it impossible for her to fly.
Gaius Baltar, the "D'Anna" Three, and a Cavil prepare to enter the Temple. Baltar's virtual Six appears to remind him, despite Three's feelings, that Baltar himself and not Three is the "chosen one" who is meant to activate or access the Temple's secrets.
Reunited with the other Colonials at a safe distance from the Temple, Tyrol is reluctant to detonate the Temple's explosives. When Major Adama wrestles the detonator away from Tyrol and activates it, nothing happens. Unknown to them, Cavil, Three, and Baltar have removed the detonator caps from the G-4 immediately after they entered the Temple.
Chief Tyrol and the team see the atmosphere ripple and pulsate as the star begins to go nova. The star's corona (or its effect on the atmosphere above the Temple) takes shape to form a likeness of the circular multicolored starburst-like mandala that decorated the Temple. Tyrol quickly realizes that the star itself is the Eye of Jupiter. The Colonial team goes to investigate.
The algae planet's home star has made a helium burst of its outer atmosphere. The star is going nova. Everyone, Cylon and Colonial alike, have less than an hour to escape the system.
Sharon Agathon and Caprica-Six arrive at Hera's room, where Agathon's Galactica predecessor, Sharon Valerii, is tending the child. Valerii is visibly angered at Agathon's presence. When Agathon picks up her crying daughter, the child's cries cease momentarily. Caprica-Six curiously realizes that, while both Agathon and Valerii are biologically identical, Hera is able to recognize her mother.
Agathon's human first-aid training recognizes that Hera's stomach is too firm, suggesting a possible intestinal blockage. When Valerii comments that the Cylon doctors detected no such problem, Agathon reminds her that the Cylons have no pediatric care experience, having medical experience only with the adult humanoids of their kind.
Agathon tries remind Valerii of her love for Chief Tyrol and Admiral Adama, but the former "Boomer" denies her past and reject any possibility that humans and Cylons could co-exist, remembering only too well the events on New Caprica.
Agathon pulls Caprica-Six from Hera's bedside and tells her that, for Hera to survive, she must see a human doctor -- which means returning to Galactica. When Caprica-Six seems reluctant to go through with this, Agathon tells her that the child is so important to the Cylon God that their God would never forgive her for letting child die. Meanwhile, Valerii grows increasingly unstable and physically threatens to break Hera's neck. Agathon pleads for Hera's life as Caprica-Six manages to knock out Valerii. To prevent her from coming to, Six breaks Valerii's neck.
Caprica-Six finally agrees that Hera (and others that come after her) are too crucial to the future of the Cylons (and, by implication, the Colonials) for her to let the child remain in the hands of the Cylons. She helps Agathon escape to Galactica by way of one the Cylons' captured Raptors.
Inside the Temple of Five, Baltar quietly notes a Colonial sidearm left behind while Cavil and Three examine the structure. When the virtual Six points out the only mandala on a raised section of the floor, Baltar notes it, and Three gravitates to it as well.
The light created by the supernova is channeled through the central spire's crystalline mechanisms and activates a beam of light on the floor's sunburst.
Cavil attempts to stop the Three from using the beam, and tells her he knows that she's not doing this to find Earth, but to seek the forbidden identities of the Final Five. He points a gun to shoot Three, but Baltar shoots and kills the Cavil from behind.
Three walks into the light and immediately sees the vision of the five she's seen before. Unlike before, however, she is able to discern the specific faces. Three stands in front of one face (not visible to viewers) and immediately recognizes it, apologizing to the being for past transgressions saying, "You . . . Forgive me I . . . I had no idea," before the vision abruptly stops.
Dualla manages to fly the Raptor into space, with Starbuck's guidance.
Admiral Adama orders an immediate Raptor rescue of everyone on the planet after the Cylons baseships retreat to escape the pending nova shockwave.
Three's eyes cloud as she apparently suffers fatal damage from the Temple's vision mechanism. Baltar catches her as she falls.
She says to Baltar, "You were right." (It is possible she still thinks she is speaking to one of the Final Five.) Baltar tries to get Three to tell her what she has seen; specifically, Baltar wants to know if she saw his face among the image of five beings. However, Three dies before he gets an answer.
Baltar drops Three's body and stands in the mandala, attempting to see the vision himself. However, the Temple's illumination from the star has ceased, and so has the vision mechanism. As Baltar prays to God to help him, he finds the barrel of a Colonial sidearm resting on his head, and Chief Tyrol is holding it. The Chief sarcastically greets the deposed president and pistol-whips him unconscious.
Raptors are seen flying away from the planet and to Galactica. The battlestar is under full sublight power, escaping from orbit while buying time for the Raptors to land and for the battlestar to prep for an FTL jump. The nova shockwave is approaching rapidly.
Galactica barely escapes the remains of the algae planet as the star's shockwave tears through its system. She momentarily reels out of control due to the leading edges of the shockwave reaching her before her escape.
Chief Tyrol and his group unload a body bag from his Raptor onto a gurney. He stops the gurney and discreetly shows Colonel Tigh that Baltar is inside, alive but unconscious. Tigh orders Tyrol to have Baltar taken to the brig.
Samuel Anders and Kara Thrace reunite. Lee Adama and Dualla, each on opposite sides of Thrace and Anders, see this as well. Adama moves to embrace his wife. Thrace and Adama's eyes meet over the shoulders of their spouses. Sharon and Caprica-Six arrive as well and Colonel Tigh orders Caprica-Six taken to the brig while Helo and Sharon take Hera to see Doctor Cottle for treatment.
In a briefing, Tyrol, Lieutenant Gaeta, Roslin, Admiral Adama and Helo analyze the new supernova and compare it to the Temple's mandala, realizing that the Thirteenth Tribe must have wanted anyone who followed after them to look for this mandala, or specifically, another supernova. Gaeta finds the remains of a similar supernova 13,000 light years away, in a cloud of gas know as the Ionian nebula.
Helo is fascinated by a picture of the temple's mandala. He makes his way to Kara Thrace's quarters and asks if she had any photos of her old apartment on Caprica.
He finds a painting that Thrace had made on one of her apartment's walls. It is very similar to the temple's mandala, which was created 4,000 years before.
When Thrace sees this, her mood darkens. She tells Helo that she had doodled this symbol often as child because she liked the patterns, having no prior source for the symbol. She relates something that a Leoben Cylon told her over a year before: Thrace had a destiny, and, according to Leoben, it was already pre-written.
On the Resurrection Ship, D'Anna-Three downloads successfully to find a Cavil sitting next to her tank. Cavil notes curiously that at least Three will not have to go through the process of resurrection again, and explains why.
The other Cylons believe that Three's delusions of messianic intentions have revealed her as an inherently flawed design. Three counters that it is not wrong to seek one's own purpose, that the search for who and why the Cylons were built is an important task.
The decision has been made to box the entire model. Three tells Cavil that he and the others will see the faces of the Final Five one day, but with a press of a button by Cavil, Three and all of her kind are deactivated. The scene expands to show other Cavils performing the same task on hundreds of other resurrection tanks.
Prior to the airing of this episode, James Callis revealed that Gaius Baltar returns to Galactica in this episode.[2]
According to Ronald Moore's podcast, the image in Kara's apartment was a symbol that the actress had decided to paint before the actual shooting occurred.[3]
Moreover, the ground battle was originally shot in more structured manner. Bradley Thompson spent time on location to work out the tactics used by both sides to create a realistic engagement. However, that didn't translate on screen. Partly because of the many closeups, most of the terrain looks the same, making it impossible to get an impression of the location of each fire team. As a result the battle was heavily cut and changed in the editing room, to at least make it the most exciting.
The cigar box from which Helo takes the photo of Starbuck's apartment is the same one she picked up there in "Valley of Darkness".
The Eye of Jupiter and Starbuck's artwork bear a strong resemblance to the Ring Nebula. However, the order of colors from center to edge is different: blue, white and red for true color images of the actual nebula; blue, red and yellow for the Eye. The actual nebula is also a bit more oval in appearance while the Eye is nearly circular.
The leitmotif "Sense of Six" which normally is played for appearances of Baltar's inner Six is played for D'Anna Bier's death scene in Baltar's arms. It is not played, however, for Inner-Six's appearance within the temple.
Dualla was initially meant to drag Starbuck over ground to safety, but this has to be scrapped to due budget constraints. Their scenes in the Raptor were not filmed on location, but on a soundstage (Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three).
The five figures in white bear a striking resemblance to the occupants of the Ship of Lights from the Original Series.
If the device which triggered Three's vision was a viewing mechanism which was programmed when the temple was built, her recognition of one of the figures in white would mean that there is some substantial connection between whomever the Temple of Five was dedicated to and the Cylons.
If the five priests are actually the Final Five, then the Cylons are using ancient genetic templates as indicated by their susceptibility to a virus that the rest of the human race was immune to.
The basestar command apparently does not require consensus of all models, or need not have them to have a representative at the command center. Simon and Number Five are not seen during this episode. Of course, since there are only seven models at this time, four models casting the same vote is decisive. This is exactly what happens when Six, Eight, Leoben and Cavil vote in favor of recalling the Raiders.
Despite no longer being XO, Helo is still included in high-level briefings. This may reflect another facet to his current duties aside from mere Raptor jockeying (this may also be supported by the fact that he is more often seen in uniform rather than flight suit or fatigues currently).
The tension between Athena and Boomer reaches a climax when Athena attempts to rescue her daughter. It has become clear that Boomer, like Athena, was presented with two choices, but unlike Athena, did not choose the path that led to forgiveness. Both Eights have suffered persecution from the Colonials. Athena, however, partly due to her love for Helo and Adama, chose to forgive, while Boomer allowed the failure of New Caprica to push her over to the belief that humans and Cylons should go their separate ways. However, Boomer does not seem to fully belong into Cylon society either, maybe being distrusted because of her association with humans. Given the events of "No Exit" and season 4 including Boomer's awareness of the identity of the Final Five at this time, her relationship with Number One may have to do with this.
Boomer comments that Cavil believes that the Cylons aren't supposed to have children. This is unsurprising, given that model's lack of religious faith and belief that the Cylons shouldn't be emulating humans.
Caprica-Six continues her defiance against Cylon society by choosing to believe in a possible new future between Cylons and humans. This particular Cylon, ever since her deception that led to fall of humanity, has consistently shown increasingly human traits. Like her decision to save Anders by killing a Three to pave the way for a possible new future between Cylons and humans, her decision to kill Boomer to save Hera echoes those same beliefs.
The rescue of the people on the algae planet occurs in an extremely short amount of screen time. This is reminiscent of the short amount of screen time that was given to Galactica retrieving her fighters before jumping away from the Battle of New Caprica. As noted in prior podcasts, sometimes there just isn't enough time available in each episode to show everything in detail, which makes it necessary to compress events.
The survivor count decreased by one at the start of this episode counting the loss of one of the civilian combatants during a gunfight on the planet's surface.
Hera, according to Caprica-Six, is able to distinguish her mother from the other Eights. Whether this indicates that Hera inherited a Cylon ability is yet to be seen. At the very least, on an emotional level, Athena and Hera have a mother-daughter bond that does not exist with Boomer.
According to the podcast, Boomer's jealousy and rage developed over time, especially when she became Hera's primary caretaker. When it became apparent that Hera was not responding well to Boomer, she slowly developed a resentment towards Athena, because according to the Cylons, Hera existed because of God's true love. This implicated that the reason that Boomer and Tyrol were not able to conceive was because they didn't have true love between them. This, and Hera's response once Athena arrives, eventually led to the rage Boomer showed.
After the initial stand-off ends when Adama decides not to nuke the planet, the defiant Three model states that no one would do such a thing over just one ship. However, ironically, that is exactly what Adama himself fears in "Hero" when he believes that the one recon fighter that crossed over into Cylon territory was what eventually led to the genocide of humanity.
Ironically, the boxing of the Threes may actually make consensus harder to come by in the future. Now that the number of known Cylon models is an even six, a true deadlock is possible.
This eventually does happen in Six of One, when the question of whether to "lobotomise" the Raiders after they "malfunction" in Crossroads Part II ends in a vote of 3-3.
The removal of the Threes also exaggerates the uneven gender ratio of the known models, from 4 male:3 female to 4 male:2 female.
Boxing the entire line of Threes prevents any of them from accessing D'Anna's memories to learn what she discovered.
Now that Athena has resurrected into a new body, her susceptibility to the Cylon virus is in question. Athena was immune because her child gave her body human antibodies to the disease (TRS: "A Measure of Salvation"). In a new body that has never given birth, a possible reintroduction of the virus could be lethal to Athena. Conversely, Athena's immunity could have become a programming element that downloaded along with the rest of her consciousness, just as the lethal virus could follow the consciousness of an infected humanoid Cylon to a Resurrection Ship, potentially inoculating all Cylons against the virus.
Three's conversation with Cavil at the end of the episode reveals that the humanoid Cylons do not know who programmed them or why.
Answered Questions
Who does Three recognize as being one of the Final Five? (Answer)
Why are the identities of the Final Five kept a secret? Why would the other seven Cylon models not know the identities of the Final Five, and why would the Number One model want to prevent the others from learning about them? Do some or all of the Cylons not want to know and why would this be so? (Answer #1, #2, #3)
Does a mechanism exist to revive boxed Cylons, given that their memories and thoughts still exist in cold storage? (Answer #1, #2, #3)
What is the connection between Starbuck and the Eye of Jupiter? (Partial Answer)
What is Starbuck's destiny? (Answer #1, #2, #3)
What will President Roslin and Admiral Adama do with Baltar now they he is back in their custody? (Answer)
Will Roslin and Adama's relationship sour now that Adama knows of Roslin's involvement with hiding Hera? (Answer)
What will happen to Caprica-Six now that she is on Galactica? (Answer)
Do the Cylons realize the significance between the mandala and the nova? (Partial Answer)
With the temple destroyed, what is the significance of Baltar being the "chosen one" rather than Number Three? (Answer #1, #2, #3, #4).
Why was the temple dedicated to the five priests who served a separate unnamed god? (Partial Answer).
Are the five priests the Final Five? (Partial Answer)
Who did program the humanoid Cylons and why? (Answer)
What does Three mean when she tells Baltar that he was right? Is she referring to something else that he said to her earlier? Or does she still think she is speaking to one of the Final Five?
Is the empty drape for a god, the chosen one or somebody else?
Now that Athena is in a fresh body, does this mean she is no longer immune to the virus that killed the Cylons on the basestar?
Although it has been established that Resurrections occur with other Cylons present to help the resurrected Cylon get through the process, how did Caprica-Six know to be present for the revival of Athena (why not a Three, or Cavil, etc.)?
Information from the podcast:
"We had talked a lot about what this moment was, in terms of how did the mes— how did they— how does she see the final five and what is the message that is left to Galactica and the Colonials about where Earth is. At first we went out of our way to avoid doing the well of lost souls, which is— y'know you're standing in the well of souls and— Indiana Jones in the first Raiders of the Lost Ark movie, and the sun comes in a certain position and the light shines in. And we tried various versions of all kinds of tech things happened with the supernova that sent messengers or sent arrows and— not literal arrows, but metaphorical light beams in a certain direction— and ultimately, in the cut, we said "No, it's the well of souls." The light comes in, and the light shines down and it takes you to a certain spot. 'Cause it works. And that's what you go with." [4]
"Here's— I like this little bit of business with Baltar's body coming back in a body bag, which I believe was— if I'm not mistaken— was something they made up on the set. Michael Rymer and James came up with this whole thing about hiding him in the body bag, and I heard about this afterward, in fact, I got a call from the studio, from Todd Sharp, who's the head of production at Universal, (laughs) called me and said "Are you aware that Baltar comes back to Galactica in a body bag?" And I said "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah, that was a co— Yeah. Yeah, we talked about that, it was a complicated decision. And we'll talk about that more later.", and then I hung up on him. "Baltar comes back— what the fuck are they doing down on the set!?" And then I called Rymer, and "WHAT?!?", and he said— he explained it to me, and I said "Oh. Well that's smart." (laughs) Sometimes you just have to let— you have to be— you have to be willing to let them be smart, because they come up with some really nice stuff, and that was a really nice way of getting Baltar back aboard Galactica without having to play a whole big thing of hoopla, of bringing him back in chains or something."[5]
Kandyse McClure on her scenes with Katee Sackhoff:
I loved that episode too! I have a great deal of respect for Katee and her work. I was really excited for the opportunity to finally get a real meaty scene with her. Contrary to what the scene is about, there was actually a lot of laughing going on… Katee is hysterical! We definitely don't let what's going on in the writing affect the quality of our work environment.[6]
Noteworthy Dialogue
The Admiral prepares his ship to unleash its nuclear arsenal:
William Adama: Mr. Gaeta, disable launch and warhead safeties on tubes four through ten.
Felix Gaeta: Safeties disabled. Warheads … are armed.
Adama: XO, please input your firing code.
Saul Tigh: These nukes will obliterate anything or anyone within twenty clicks of the Temple.
Adama: I know.
The Cylons react to Number Three's (D'Anna Biers) insubordination:
Cavil: That is not a good sign, my friends.
Number Eight: She defied us. Defied the group.
Leoben Conoy: It's not about the Eye of Jupiter. It's about her.
Caprica-Six: It's like we don't even know them anymore.
Cavil: We may have to so something about this. We may have to do it, sooner [rather] than later.
Chief Tyrol finds Gaius Baltar standing alone in the Temple of Five:
Tyrol: Welcome home, Mr. President. (Pistol-whips Baltar, knocking him unconscious)
Number Three (D'Anna Biers) to Cavil in the Temple of Five:
Number Three: This is my destiny. To see what lies between life and death.
Michael Hogan as Colonel Saul Tigh
Tahmoh Penikett as Captain Karl Agathon
Aaron Douglas as Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol
Nicki Clyne as Cally Henderson Tyrol
Kandyse McClure as Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla
Alessandro Juliani as Lieutenant Felix Gaeta
Michael Trucco as Samuel Anders
Callum Keith Rennie as Leoben Conoy
Dean Stockwell as Cavil
Brad Dryborough as Lieutenant Louis Hoshi
Eileen Pedde as Gunnery Seargant Erin Mathias
Alisen Down as Jean Barolay
Diego Diablo Del Mar as Hillard
Aleks Paunovic as Sergeant Omar Fischer
Tygh Runyan as Private Sykes
↑ "'Battlestar' Ratings Dip on Sunday", Zap2It.com, 24 January 2007. Retrieved on 24 January 2007. (written in English)
↑ Elliot, Sean (2006-09-09). Exclusive Interview: JAMES CALLIS SELLS iF MAGAZINE A BILL OF GOODS ON BATTLESTAR GALATICA SEASON 3 -PART 1 (backup available on Archive.org) . Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
↑ Podcast: Rapture , Act 4. Seek to: 39:16. Total running time: 45:00.
↑ Podcast: Rapture , Act 3. Total running time: 43:18.
↑ Gould, Grant (27 February 2008). battlestar_blog: The CIC's #1 Girl (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 27 February 2008.
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Quatermass 2 (1957)
Horror, Sci-Fi
Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, William Franklyn, Vera Day, Charles Lloyd Pack, Tom Chatto, John Van Eyssen, Percy Herbert
Quatermass' Conspiracy Theory
With his project to colonize the Moon rejected by the Government, Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) is not in the best of moods but finds himself investigating what may be meteorites which have started to fall to Earth. His team discover they are not meteorites but pods which have carried something else to Earth leading Quatermass and his team to Winnington Flats where the pods were found. But what they discover there is a shady Government operation which appears to mirror his own Moon colonization project> It soon becomes apparent to Quatermass that the Government is up to something and the population may be in grave danger from what ever is in these pods.
It came from out of space, it zombified those it came in to contact with, people in high office attempted to cover things up, one man attempts to get to the bottom of things and putting himself in danger doing so. Those statements could be used to describe probably thousands of horror/ sci-fi movies as the theme of something from space taking over humans has been done time and again. It maybe why having watched "Quatermass 2" for the first time almost 60 years after its release I was left under whelmed. I am sure things were different back in 1957 when it was released and the concept was still fresh and maybe why there are many who are more impressed by this movie than I was.
But the thing is that whilst "Quatermass 2" didn't blow me away it certainly was entertaining with a much better pace than the first movie which barely gives the audience time to breathe and think about what is unfolding in front of their eyes. It also adds another layer to the Sci-Fi drama as on top of these mysterious objects falling from space and the mind control aspect of the gas they contain we also have a Government conspiracy. It is a double whammy as not only does the intrigue of what these pods are grab us but also what the Government is conspiring to cover up.
What this all boils down to is that in many ways "Quatermass 2" is a typical 1950s sci-fi/ horror movie and as such I am sure those who love this era of sci-fi will enjoy it. But even if you watch just as a general movie fan the pace, the intrigue, the suggested horror and at times violence makes it still entertaining.
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
After a manned rocket comes crashing down in a village in the British countryside, scientist Prof. Bernard Quatermass (Brian Donlevy - Canyon Passage) and his team rush to the site as they lost contact with the rocket and its 3 pilo ...
X: The Unknown (1956)
In a Scottish quarry British soldiers are running drills on using a Geiger Counter unaware that from deep down in the Earth's crust a shapeless mass of mud has risen which destroys anything in its past. Unable to work out what this ...
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
When a spaceship crashes into the sea off of the coast of Sicily the only human survivor is Col. Robert Calder (William Hopper) who is rescued from the wreckage by some fishermen. But something else survives the crash, an alien coco ...
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Cowboy Tuck (James Franciscus) roles up at the travelling Breckenridge Circus looking to buy the well trained horse belonging to T.J. (Gila Golan) who he once left broken hearted when he left when things became too serious. But whil ...
When an UFO lands on the Mall in Washington DC the whole world is gripped by this unexpected visitor, even more so when the lone passage an alien called Klaatu (Michael Rennie) and his giant robot Gort (Lock Martin) emerge. But desp ...
TOP TEN DORIS DAY MOVIES
1) Pillow Talk (1959)
2) With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
3) Young Man with a Horn (1950)
4) Calamity Jane (1953)
5) Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
6) On Moonlight Bay (1951)
7) By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
8) Young at Heart (1954)
9) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
10) Move Over Darling (1963)
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Vittoria has been the name of several vessels:

 (or Nao Victoria, as well as Vittoria), was a Spanish carrack and the first ship to circumnavigate the world.

British vessels launched in 1813 or shortly thereafter with the name Vittoria were probably named for General Wellington's victory over the French at the Battle of Vitoria.

 was launched in 1811 in the United States. The British Royal Navy seized her in July 1812. She was sold in 1813 and her new owners named her Vittoria. She traded with the West Indies, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. She was last listed in 1834.
 was launched at South Shields. She spent much of her career sailing as a transport, primarily across the Atlantic to Quebec, and later Honduras, though she visited Malta once. She disappeared in late 1830.
 was a schooner launched at Baltimore in 1811 under another name. British owners acquired her in 1813, probably as a prize, and renamed her. She became a privateer sailing out of Guernsey and captured at least three vessels trading between the United States and France. She disappeared from online records circa 1814, though she remained listed to 1818 with data unchanged from 1813. A French privateer may have captured her in 1814.
 was built at Gainsborough. She made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia. She was last listed in 1854.
Vittoria, of 226 tons (bm), was launched by R & J Bulmer, South Shields.
 was launched at Whitby in 1813 as a transport. A new owner shifted her registration to London in December 1817. She then traded with India under a license from the British East India Company. She was condemned at Calcutta in 1820 and sold for breaking up in October.
 was launched at Whitehaven in 1813 as a West Indiaman. Pirates captured and wrecked her in 1822.

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Savannah, GA – June 3, 2008 – The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) and the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) commemorated the launch of an E-tag cargo tracking demonstration project today. With the use of an RFID technology system, the GPA and the SIPG will track cargo movement in real time from its point of origin to its final destination.
The GPA has had a partnership with SIPG, the world's second largest port, since 2004. This partnership includes cooperation on operations, marketing, and information technology. Recently the two ports developed a demonstration project equipping RFID tags, or "E-Tags," on the container boxes of ships sailing from Shanghai to Savannah. Since March 2008, weekly sailings have had about 150 tags per vessel from Shanghai to Savannah. Recently, the GPA has begun sending containers with E-tags from Savannah to Shanghai, making it a two-way operation.
Also today, Georgia Logistics Innovation Center (LINC) in coordination with the GPA and SIPG hosted the E-tag Technology Roundtable: A look at the present and future, which was open to the public. It included brief presentations followed by discussion and commentary by academic, industry and government experts in the area of cargo container tracking technology, its application and future developments.
Georgia's deepwater ports and inland barge terminals support more than 286,476 jobs throughout the state annually and contribute $14.9 billion in income, $55.8 billion in revenue and $2.8 billion in state and local taxes to Georgia's bustling economy.
GPA and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) signed an MOU in Savannah on October 11, 2005. A signing of this document also occurred in Shanghai in August 2004. The partnership enables both ports to jointly promote all-water shipping routes between Shanghai and Savannah and to improve services for their customers. The partnership also enables both ports to share information and expertise in the areas of marketing, information technology, engineering and operations.
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Mainland China alone accounted for 36.1% of GPA's total trade in 2007.
Currently, there are nine direct container services between Savannah and Shanghai.


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Home World News US News Pompeo cancels Europe trip citing Biden transition after Luxembourg snub
In a bid to ensure a 'smooth and orderly transition' of Joe Biden taking office on January 20, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his trip to Europe at the last minute. In a statement, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said this week's planned travel are cancelled. According to a press release issued on January 12, Pompeo, who had refused to recognise Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election, scrapped his trip to Brussels as the State Department is expecting a plan from the incoming administration identifying the career officials who will remain in positions of responsibility on an acting basis until the Senate confirmation process is complete for incoming officials.
"We are expecting shortly a plan from the incoming administration identifying the career officials who will remain in positions of responsibility on an acting basis until the Senate confirmation process is complete for incoming officials. As a result, we are cancelling all planned travel this week, including the Secretary's trip to Europe," according to the statement.
Even though the official reason remains that Pompeo cancelled the trip to coordinate with the transition team, other top officials have said that the cancellation was because European leaders were critical of Donald Trump's role in last week's storming of the Capitol building. The top US official was set to see Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, who had called Trump "criminal" for inciting the attack. Asselborn had described the outgoing US President as a "political pyromaniac who must be brought before a court".
Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel had also similar denounce the riots in Washington. He had tweeted saying that the violence against the Capitol is a heinous attack. He added, "We trust in the strength of the American people and institutions to overcome these times of division & look to President-elect @JoeBiden to take on this task". Further, Belgian deputy PM and foreign minister Sophie Wilmes also called the Capitol siege "shocking".
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US ambassador's trip to Taiwan cancelled
Meanwhile, apart from Pompeo, the US State Department also cancelled the planned Taiwan visit by its UN ambassador that has drawn strong opposition and a warning from China. The department announced it was cancelling all senior-level overseas travels in a decision to assist with the transition to the next administration. US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft was due to begin a three-day visit Wednesday, which would have involved meetings with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu as well as delivering a speech.
The State Department insisted that the agency was "well along in its transition efforts with President-elect Biden's team. We are fully committed to the completion of a smooth and orderly transition process to be finalized over the next 8 days. Both the Department and the President-elect's team have been fully engaged for several weeks toward this end, and we are pleased with the level of cooperation and professionalism that has been displayed".
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