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God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had ° by himself purged ° our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

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1:1 divers manners. The Old Testament Scriptures were all from God, but He used many different writers over the ages, and different manners of inspiration to write them. Whatever method was used, however—whether direct dictation or special revelation or the individual knowledge and ability of the writer—all were so guided and illumined by the Holy Spirit that the words finally written down were as though spoken by God Himself.

1:1 by the prophets. The epistle to the Hebrews is neither addressed to a particular church nor to a particular person (as are all Paul’s other letters), but there are several reasons for believing Paul was the author, as follows: (1) its ending is a typical Pauline ending (Hebrews 13:25); (2) its author was associated closely with Timothy (Hebrews 13:23); (3) Peter implied that Paul had written an epistle to the Jews (II Peter 3:15-16); (4) it was written from Italy (Hebrews 13:24), possibly as one of Paul’s prison epistles; (5) he had been prevented from giving his message to the Jews by his arrest in the temple and transport to Jerusalem, so he undoubtedly wanted to give a full exposition of the Christian faith to his beloved countrymen (note his testimony in Romans 9:1-3). Although he had written many epistles to the Gentiles, he had written nothing yet for his Jewish brethren, and may well have proceeded to do so in prison, after the Jews in Rome had rejected his spoken message (Acts 28:29-31).

1:2 by his Son. God spoke intermittently and partially by the Old Testament prophets, but finally and fully by His Son, through the apostles (Hebrews 2:3).

1:2 heir of all things. See note on Romans 8:17; also see Psalm 2:8.

1:2 made the worlds. The Son is the Creator of all things (John 1:1-3; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:16). Here the Scripture notes that Christ created the “space/time” cosmos. He is Creator of time as well as space, and all things. The Greek word aion, can be translated either “ages” (e.g., Ephesians 2:7) or “worlds” (e.g., Hebrews 11:3). It embraces the idea of time as well as space and matter, thus beautifully reflecting the scientific concept of the universe as a space/matter/time continuum.

1:3 brightness of his glory. “Brightness” is from a Greek word used only here in the New Testament, literally meaning “off-flashing.” In context of both this passage and modern astronomy, it could well be understood as “radiation.” As the “express image” of the Father, the Son of God is analogous to the life-giving rays from the sun. Just as the Father dwells “in the light which no man can approach unto” (I Timothy 6:16), so can no man gaze long at the sun without being blinded. Yet, physically speaking, as the sun’s radiation provides both light and life to the world, so the Son is spiritually both the “light of the world” (John 8:12), and the “life” of the world (John 1:14; 14:6; Acts 17:28). See also notes on Psalm 19:1; 65:8; Micah 5:2.

1:3 word of his power. The eternal Son not only created all things by His omnipotent Word (Psalm 33:6; Hebrews 11:3) but is now “upholding all things by the Word of His power.” Note the remarkable relationship here between “things” and “power,” or in modern scientific jargon, between mass and energy. The atomic structure of our very bodies is being held together (or “sustained”—see note on Colossians 1:17) by mysterious nuclear forces or binding energies that keep the atoms from disintegrating into chaos. Scientists do not yet understand such energies or their origin—they merely name them! The fact is that we (and all things) are being upheld by the out-radiating energy of the Son of God, so that He is “not far from every one of us” (Acts 17:27), whether we believe in Him or not. “Where the word of a King is, there is power: and who may say unto Him, What doest thou?” (Ecclesiastes 8:4). This passage in Hebrews 1:2-3—like Colossians 1:14-20 and Romans 11:36—beautifully summarizes the past, present and future work of Christ in relation to the whole universe.

1:3 by himself. The purging of our sins was accomplished solely “by Himself;” we have contributed nothing whatever to His great work of saving our souls.

1:3 right hand. Out of the twenty-one references to Christ being at the right hand of the Father (the first being in Psalm 16:8), five occur in Hebrews (Hebrews 1:3,13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2).

1:4 Being made. The Son, by His essential deity, is acknowledged as “being” (Hebrews 1:3), but in His perfect humanity, He was “being made.” He created all the angels, but when He became man, He was made “a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death” (Hebrews 2:9), but now, having been “appointed heir of all things” (Hebrews 1:2), in His glorified humanity, He is forever better than angels, even in His humanity.

1:5 said he. This is the first of at least forty quotations in Hebrews from the Old Testament Scriptures. A perennial objection of the Jews to Jesus has been that God has no son, since He is one God (Deuteronomy 6:4), so Paul (assuming he is the writer) begins by showing that their own Scriptures prove God to be both Father and Son. This particular reference is from Psalm 2:7, referring not only to God’s Son, but also to His coming resurrection, as the first begotten from the dead (Acts 13:33; Colossians 1:18).

1:6 And again. This reference to the coming Son is from II Samuel 7:14. The terms of that particular promise to David had a precursive fulfillment in Solomon, but its eternal terms could apply only to the coming Messiah.

1:6 he saith. From Psalm 97:7, where the angels are called “gods.” In the psalm, the “gods” are evidently fallen angels who have promoted pagan worship of themselves. However, its citation in Hebrews indicates that all angels, whether faithful or fallen, are commanded to worship (which means, essentially, to bow down to the will of God) the true God of creation.

1:8 unto the Son. Christ is the Son of God by: resurrection (Hebrews 1:5a; Acts 13:33; Romans 1:4); human generation (Hebrews 1:5b; Luke 1:33); proclamation (Hebrews 1:6; Matthew 3:17); nature (Hebrews 1:8-9; John 10:30); eternal generation (Hebrews 1:10-12; Colossians 1:15); and inheritance (Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 1:2). In contrast to the eternal Son, angels are sons of God by special creation (Job 38:7; Psalm 104:4-5).

1:8 he saith. See Psalm 45:6-7.

1:10 in the beginning. See Psalm 102:25-27. Modern big-bang cosmology says the earth evolved about ten billion years or more after the heavens evolved, but God says He made the earth before the stars of the heavens. Also compare Genesis 1:1, 9, and Genesis 1:14-19.

1:11 wax old. This revelation, originally given in the Psalms and now doubly verified, as it were, by being quoted in the New Testament, makes it clear that the universe is not evolving, but running down. This revelation anticipated the discovery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which it illustrates, by almost three thousand years. Also called the law of increasing entropy, this law is considered one of the most certain, best-proved laws of science, specifying as it does the observed fact that every thing in the universe has a tendency to run down or deteriorate and eventually die. The universe as a whole is heading toward an ultimate heat death, with all the stars burned out and the whole cosmos at a uniform low temperature.

1:12 thou art the same. Although His creation is now decaying, the Creator and His Word remain the same forever (Matthew 24:35; Hebrews 13:8; I Peter 1:24-25; etc.).

1:13 Sit on my right hand. See Psalm 110:1. There are five references in Hebrews to Christ, the Son of God, at the right hand of God (Hebrews 1:3,13; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2).

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3:9 worship before thy feet. These Jews who were of the synagogue of Satan would not worship the Philadelphia believers themselves (not even angels will accept such worship—note Revelation 22:8-9), but in the presence of these believers, they will bow down to the Lord whom they had rejected on earth (Philippians 2:10).

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Universal Vaccination In Alaska Has Nearly Eliminated Hepatitis A

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There is no evidence that links autism to vaccinations, but still the myth persists. Even the US President spouts this unscientific nonsense via (where else?) his Twitter account. The result: disease outbreaks that we can, and should be able to, prevent.

So it’s refreshing to see some encouraging vaccine-related news. In this case, the success of vaccination programs in Alaska, which have seen a drastic decline in both hepatitis A and B cases across the state.

Stephanie Massay, an epidemiology specialist at the Alaska Division of Public Health, and colleagues presented their data at this year’s World Indigenous People’s Conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Their results show the virtual elimination of hepatitis A among the native people of Alaska.

Hepatitis A is caused by a virus (HAV) that infects the liver. It can result in symptoms like fever, weakness, nausea, pain, and loss of appetite, though it can also be symptomless.

In Alaska, an epidemic of the virus broke out every 10 to 15 years from the 1950s to the 1990s. It was the native population who were the worst affected, being up to 13 times more likely to be affected than the non-native population. In response, the state began a policy of universal vaccination for children between two and 14 years of age. By 2001, vaccination became a requirement for school entry.

The results have been impressive. Rates of infection have declined from 60 cases on average per 100,000 people annually (1972-1995) to 0.35 cases per 100,000 (2008-16). Of the 23 people infected, 88 percent may have caught the virus while travelling.

Also at the conference were Brian McMahon, director of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) Hepatitis Program, Rosalyn Singleton, and colleagues, who showed their findings, first published in 2000, indicating the near eradication of hepatitis B in Alaska.

During the seventies and eighties, the native people of Alaska experienced the highest rates of hepatitis B in the States, according to the World Hepatitis Alliance. Like hepatitis A, hepatitis B is caused by a virus (HBV), affects the liver, and can be symptomless.

In the eighties, the government began a program of universal vaccination for newborns. This was followed by a catch-up program targeting school-aged children.

Again, it's been a huge success. Data on HBV rates reveal that incidences of acute hepatitis B have declined from 19 per 100,000 native alaskan people aged 20 and under in 1981/82 to none since 1992. Numbers of native Alaskan people under 20 affected by chronic hepatitis B have reduced dramatically since 1988, when 657 infections were reported. In the past 18 years, there have been just two cases, the last of which was identified in 2010.

This all goes to show how effective and simple vaccination programs can be – and exactly why anti-vaxxer "alternative facts" can be so damaging.

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Every business has its own style. What is the office environment and culture like at Trojan Technologies Inc.?

Are people dressed in business casual, jeans and t-shirts, or full-on suits? Do folks get together for Friday happy hours and friendly get-togethers?

What is a typical day in the life of an employee at Trojan Technologies Inc.?

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The company culture at Trojan? well it is very short sited and still a company that is unprofitable. A deep sense of entitlement slithers thru the entire Trojan organization, especially top management. ( who by the way spend over $20K just on caring for a dozen fish in the lobby pond) Despite the take over by Danaher corp. several years ago, Trojan continues to struggle in making a profit. Perhaps if they replaced the current company president, who has only not for profit experience, then they would not be currently shopping around for someone to by Trojan from them.

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Do Smarter Politics Make for Better Films?

Do Smarter Politics Make for Better Films?

In one of my first blog posts, in 2004, titled “Not My Passion,” I took the somewhat controversial position that independent films should be evaluated by their politics. “When a movie caters to the tastes and prejudices of that [mainstream],” I wrote, “it just can’t be considered ‘independent.'” I recalled the argument after reading some recent remarks made to the Yale Political Union by culture reporter and correspondent Alyssa Rosenberg, who argues art shouldn’t merely be judged on aesthetic grounds, but on political ones, as well.

She outlines a handful of reasons why this makes sense:

1) Given that we spend so much of our time consuming art and popular culture, it would be unwise to ignore the political subtext of those cultural products.

2) If our goal is to give art full credit for the power it’s capable of exerting, we should hold artists responsibile for how they express those ideas.

3)  When political and policy debates have become hyperbolic and unproductive, politically engaged art can be a particularly important forum for thinking about our values, and future.

“We do a disservice to art when we evaluate it only on aesthetic terms,” she writes, “reducing it to a sensual experience and denying its power to influence us long after we’re finished consuming it.”

“Part of what makes art compelling, and what lifts it over other forms of communication, is that it can intervene in multiple forums and on multiple levels. We can best show our respect for compelling art by engaging with its ideas as well as its beauty, and by holding artists at least somewhat responsible for their civic roles and impact on public debate.”

Rosenberg goes on to cite many examples, from “Triumph of the Will” and “The Ides of March” to “Primary Colors” and “Avatar”  (“a useful spur to more timid studios and more timid filmmakers, a constant reminder that nudging your audience can be as profitable as soothing it”).

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That's right - they do not. Not one
That is because in my ship which is run by an iron-hand, we have no rules left standing. (Psst... iron hand belongs to the 2 year old).
(And here you can commence judging my parenting skills)

I recently read a post someplace, where a mother said that she was breaking every rule in her book by allowing her child to have his dinner in front of the TV, on the couch! And several mommies sympathized with her, scolded her, judged her and said many things, some of which included 'Control yourself'; 'What are you drinking'?; 'Your child will be a terrorist'.

They will have a field day with me!

My 2 year old won't eat (jokes on her - when she gets to my age, that's all she would want to do without getting fat!). And no, we never have sit down, 'let-ask-each-other-about-our-day' dinners. BK and I sit at the table, at either ends so that we can face the TV. At no point, do we even look at our plates let alone at each other's face. Actually she won't go to her room or get on her bed to sleep. She sleeps whenever (way past the acceptable bedtime) on the couch, in front of the TV.

Another thing that she does - she runs around in church (also at stores, doc's offices, every office, any and everywhere) and when everyone is quiet and contemplating - she will yell 'Wherrr you doing oveerrr therrrre Dada?'.
Lil O tells her cousin 'Come lil N, run, run'. He says 'No! Look at Appacha (grandpa)'. They take a break to watch their Grandpa. Such a heartwarming moment.
So what did I teach my toddler - nothing much. What did she learn? that in the absences of rules (actually even with rules), set your own. She runs all around the living space and pretends to eat - all the while watching TV. Yes, treat this as a confessional. Does she have her own chair(s) and table? YES! Does she have a seat at the table? YES! Do I want to wrestle her to the table and have her toss her food all over the place? NO! Do I want to battle her, encounter the yelling and tears so that she eats her paltry morsels? NO!

She eats whatever she wants, whenever she wants and whereever she wants. Yes, she is a terrorist. And I, a lowly accomplice. The antics I employ to get her to eat are found in several of the parenting books - in the section where it says 'DO NOT DO THIS'!

Now let me tell you this as well - Lil O does not hit or bite kids in her class or anywhere. She fetches her sister's diaper when I sit down to change lil A; before I can tell her, she throws away dirty diapers; if ever she sees an open cabinet or drawer, she will drop everything she is doing including watching her favorite shows to run and shut it; when BK and I pretend-fight physically to elicit a response, she takes one of our sides and rubs away our boo-boo. She will say 'P(l)eeeeesseeee' and 'Tttank Quu' with a huge smile.
If she sees lil A crying, she will come and say 'Chakkareee (sweets), no cry, O-chechi here'. She makes lil A laugh and when A is all laughed out, she will stop, wait and tell lil A - 'Laugh, Laugh, look at O-chechi, Laugh'.
When you sneeze, she will come running to say 'Bleeehhhssss you Dada, Blessss you'.
When I am running late and rushing them to daycare, while driving out, she will remind me, 'Mama, pray' and then we pray and she will say 'Ammmeeeeen. Lil A, sayyy Ammmeeeeeeen'.
Yes, she is perfect.

I am not going to bully her into sitting at the table or eat her greens or drink her milk or stop running around. Yes, I do want her to do all that but I am not going to sweat it. There are kids who do all of these sweet things and sit at the table - mine do not. You know what? We have so much more fun this way! I am ok with that. As long as she behaves with people around her, I am fine.

What do you 'not' sweat out with the little ones?

01/29/2013 11:31am

Good parenting all comes down to raising a good human being. I constantly hv to remind myself not to sweat the big stuff :-)

01/29/2013 12:40pm

I hear you! That's what we need - a nice smelly human being! :D

01/29/2013 12:34pm

I wish there was a 'like' button to this one. Reading it made feel as if u read my mind. I m a mother of 2 gals. 8 & 5 yrs. and I have raised them exactly like this. And mind you they the best behaved with ppl around them.

01/29/2013 12:42pm

Your job seems almost half done (almost!) - rude and loud kids are hated everywhere! You are doing great!
(There is a 'like' below the post :) I think it goes to FB... just saying! ;))

01/30/2013 1:30am

I use the TV to my advantage during meal times and I try to restrict it to that... another thing is the potty training... wiser parents say a kid should be trained by 3 and as Z's 3rd bday approaches I am breaking into a sweat... I have no idea how to do it!!!

01/30/2013 11:44am

Wise Parents?! No, there are no wise parents - each tries 10 different things and one of them strikes gold depending on what day in the week it is, or what time of the day it is or what you are wearing. Nothing makes sense when you are dealing with someone who you can't reason with. They are children for a reason - the reason being to give all parents the illusion of wisdom!
PS: If lil Z is going to pee his pants forever - that's his choice, let's see how he likes it when he is trying to date. :D

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Intermediate Urban Living: the Midterm

Our friends had an interesting urban encounter last week!

The cast of characters included:

Three aggressive men who had cornered a street person and were threatening to beat
the crap out of him.

Now that sounds pretty bad, of course. Immediately, you are thinking "those three aggressive men are bad. I don't like them." But then there was:

The street person, who had just urinated on the three men from atop a parking garage.

As events unfolded, the street person kept making mild slurs at one of the three men who happened to have dark skin. This did nothing to calm them down.

This being the City of Roses, the scenario would not be complete without:

An earnest but arrogant young man who kept saying that he wanted to "stop the violence."

Now our friends found this to be an ethically interesting situation. They found themselves deeply sympathetic to the impulse of the aggressive men -- to wit, to lay a beating on the guy who had peed on them. But, they also didn't want any actually bloodshed to occur. And although that theoretically put them in the camp of the young man -- ie., wanting to stop the violence -- they also kind of secretly wanted to see someone lay a beating on HIM.

Rebel said...

Were the "three agressive men" police officers by any chance? This is Portland afterall. =/

Elaine said...

Oh, dear. How about just calling the police? Aside from the 'assault,' I am guessing that the homeless guy was drunk as a skunk; how else to explain the terminal stupidity?

For some reason, my Google identity keeps disappearing on this site, and I am caught in some kind of loop whereby I put in Username and Password, only to have a verification word that I must enter. Then I get an 'Incorrect Password' message--and I know it's correct. Any ideas?

The Calico Cat said...

Too many Microbrews in one town...

DrSchnell said...

Put all three in an ultimate fighting ring, and let 'em duke it out on pay-per-view TV, then use the proceeds to fund homeless shelters.

Jenners said...

No bloodshed. The street person is probably being punished enough already.

Aviatrix said...

I recommend that the victims of the initial assault retaliate in kind, and pee on their assaulter, while completely ignoring the earnest young man.


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Billericay Soapbox Derby

Inner Wheel District 24 were pleased to attend the Billericay Soapbox Derby.  We held a competition to guess the name of the lamb.

BETTY is the name of the Lamb.

Robin is the lucky recipient of the rather large toy lamb! CONGRATULATIONS.

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Quick Guide – Changes To Google AdWords

Any marketer should have heard of Google Adwords and its wonderful lead-generating capabilities. However, the advertising trends are rapidly changing and Google Adwords have already taken note of this with the plan of implementing a few changes (listed below) to its long-standing platform.

1) Change to expanded text Ads from standard Ads(Already implemented)

In May 2016, Google announced its reformatting of ads to help consumers and advertisers succeed in a mobile-first world. The new format, called Expanded Text Ads, allows for 23% more text. This new format is available on both the Google Search Network and the Google Display network. It features two headlines with 30 characters each, to replace the single headline of 25 characters. The new description also allows 80 characters and replaces the two descriptions lines of 35 characters each. The display URL has been replaced with two 15 character paths, and the characters do not include the root domain. Emojis, and other uncharacteristic characters, are not allowed and reviews can be requested.
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2) Able to bid uniquely based on device

You would be able to set mobile bids, desktop bids and tablet bids individually or make them connected to each other. This would allow more control based on each device that you wish to target.

3) Responsive display Ads

Google would be able to figure out automatically what format is best for your ad depending on where it is displayed. This would save the hassle of creating multiple formats of the same ad.

4) Ads to appear in Google maps

Google maps has a huge user base and they plan to leverage on that and show ads, for example a company logo and if someone clicks on the logo, they can see the offer or promotion that company is offering. This could be a big boost for businesses as if a consumer searches the vicinity in Google maps, they would be able to see your ad if they are nearby and could come physically to your store.

How SEO Benefits Your Business

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a web search engine’s unpaid results—often referred to as “natural”, “organic”, or “earned” results. In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine’s users, and these visitors can be converted into customers. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search, academic search, news search and industry-specific vertical search engines.
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Benefits of SEO:

1) Drive Interested Traffic To Your Website
Customers who visit your site via your SEO strategy, for example through unpaid results such as organic search are already interested because of the keywords or descriptions you have used.

2) Content On Website
With a strong SEO strategy, content on your website should match what people expect to see when they read about your product/service and click to visit. This in turn would reduce bounce rates for your site and increase your chance for a sale.

3) Brand Awareness
With SEO, if your brand appears higher in Google search than your competitors based on keywords relevant to your industry, would go a long way in placing your brand at the top of people’s minds.

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C. H. Tung, the first Chinese-appointed chief executive of Hong Kong after the handover in 1997, offered me a three-sentence summary the other day of China’s modern economic history: “China was asleep during the Industrial Revolution. She was just waking during the Information Technology Revolution. She intends to participate fully in the Green Revolution.”

I’ll say. Being in China right now I am more convinced than ever that when historians look back at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, they will say that the most important thing to happen was not the Great Recession, but China’s Green Leap Forward. The Beijing leadership clearly understands that the E.T. — Energy Technology — revolution is both a necessity and an opportunity, and they do not intend to miss it.

We, by contrast, intend to fix Afghanistan. Have a nice day.

O.K., that was a cheap shot. But here’s one that isn’t: Andy Grove, co-founder of Intel, liked to say that companies come to “strategic inflection points,” where the fundamentals of a business change and they either make the hard decision to invest in a down cycle and take a more promising trajectory or do nothing and wither. The same is true for countries.

The U.S. is at just such a strategic inflection point. We are either going to put in place a price on carbon and the right regulatory incentives to ensure that America is China’s main competitor/partner in the E.T. revolution, or we are going to gradually cede this industry to Beijing and the good jobs and energy security that would go with it.

Is President Obama going to finish health care and then put aside the pending energy legislation — and carbon pricing — that Congress has already passed in order to get through the midterms without Republicans screaming “new taxes?” Or is he going to seize this moment before the midterms — possibly his last window to put together a majority in the Senate, including some Republicans, for a price on carbon — and put in place a real U.S. engine for clean energy innovation and energy security?

I’ve been stunned to learn about the sheer volume of wind, solar, mass transit, nuclear and more efficient coal-burning projects that have sprouted in China in just the last year.

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Knowing key seasonal implications and likely conditions at each individual destination is an essential ingredient in planning your tarpon fishing excursion. . .

by Garrett VeneKlasen - Owner InterAngler LLC and Reel-Time Contributor

  There are a handful of truly legendary saltwater gamefish -- those whose fighting prowess gives rise to addictive behavior among the fly anglers who pursue them. The kind of quarry that can make an angler daydream and grow increasingly listless when away from the water. Tarpon -- the "silver king" -- is just such a fish.

The tarpon's sheer size is partly responsible as there are very few fly-fishable species, either offshore or inshore, that commonly reach such massive proportions. There is something quite unnerving, even humbling, about casting to a fish that has twenty-five pounds on you! And this initial intimidation factor never seems to go away, as even seasoned tarpon veterans still experience a slight bit of insecurity when first faced with that 200-plus cruising submarine.

But size alone is only a part of the equation. For it is the tarpon's fighting ability that truly sets "the king" apart from the commoners. To be hooked to a 100-plus pound fish that repeatedly clears the water over twice its body length is enough to fluster even the most composed sort of individual.

Sailfish and wahoo are the only other heavy-weight saltwater gamefish (capable of being pursued with a fly) that can even hold a candle to the tarpon's size and combined aerial antics. The offshore contenders fall short when you consider the actual angling conditions involved. Aesthetically speaking, offshore angling pales in comparison to the sight-casting in the clear shallows which often comprise the tarpon's watery world.

Finally, the tarpon's eagerness to take a fly completes the species' already- impressive list of virtues. Actually, unless they've really been pounded by anglers, tarpon are neither finicky nor particularly spooky. Unlike some of the other less-compassionate flats gamefish such as the often fickle permit, when tarpon are in the feeding mood, they're eager, even forgiving, takers.

  But not all tarpon fishing scenarios are the same. The most exhilarating encounters occur in clear, shallow flats. Tarpon can be encountered in these conditions from southern Florida, to the Texas Gulf in the west, to northeastern Brazil, and in parts of Africa, but consistently finding clear water/flats tarpon angling is tricky business, which makes knowledge of seasonal fluctuations and conditions of each individual destination key planning a tarpon fishing excursion. In addition, effective planning requires taking an individual angler's personal tastes into consideration, so before making a final decision on a specific destination, do your homework in advance of the trip carefully considering the following factors:

Specific Physical Conditions of Each Fishery -- Does your chosen destination match or exceed your expectations? Tarpon fisheries vary worldwide from clear flats, to tannin or mud-stained rivers and lagoons, to roiling surf and deep-water river mouth or ocean conditions.

Fish Size/Numbers -- Is fish size more important than sheer numbers of tarpon or vice versa? Tarpon size and abundance varies greatly from place to place, and can be influenced by the seasons depending upon the location. If you're after big fish for instance, you shouldn't even consider a destination such as Rio Chico, Venezuela where there are hordes of small fish, but the average size is only about ten pounds. Some people, however, prefer to catch a lot of smaller fish, as the action and excitement can be almost never-ending. Yet even though any tarpon of more than one hundred-plus pounds can be exhausting to catch, many anglers won't even bother with a trip unless they can get a shot at a 200-pounder.

Seasonal Considerations -- Make sure that the date of your trip is going coincide with the optimal fishing times of any particular destination. Since tarpon are highly migratory and "resident" fish are often temporarily joined by migratory schools of transient tarpon, virtually every tarpon fishery has its optimum window of time, when fish numbers are at their peak . Weather is often an important variable in tarpon fishing. Choose those months known for their particularly cooperative behavior. Strong wind, rain and cold are often the angler's nemeses. Light wind, dependable warm weather and sunny conditions are ideal. Many veterans consider moon phase to be important. Stay away from full-moon periods if at all possible. Optimal fishing times for each destination can often get booked up months and even years in advance.

Incidental Species -- Are you interested solely in tarpon, or do you want the option of catching other species as well? If you're rabid about catching only tarpon, choose a destination where this species is the main focus. Often snook, bonefish, permit, reef and even offshore species can caught within close proximity of a given tarpon fishery. You are always at the mercy of nature's whim no matter how productive the particular tarpon fishery. Remember that "back up" species can save the day when the tarpon fishing takes a down turn.

Accommodations, Access, & Budget Considerations -- There is often a range of accommodation and access choices for a particular tarpon destination. If you have the money, "full-service" lodges are often the best option. If you want to save money, try booking guides on a daily basis separate from your accommodations. If you have the time and patience, "do-it-yourself" trips can be a great adventure, but these require a great deal of research and time. At the least, hire a guide initially to learn the ropes of a new area.

Destination Specifics. . .

  South Florida

South Florida still remains one of the world's top tarpon destinations for many
reasons. Reliable sight fishing to some of the world's largest tarpon is the primary attraction, though its in-country location certainly doesn't detract from the allure. Proximity does have its drawbacks though. Increased fishing pressure combined with an almost non-existent boating etiquette (from the recreational jet skiers and boaters) can be a frustrating factor in the daily angling routine. It is a well known fact that the Florida flats guides are some of the best trained outfitters in the business. Guides are fairly expensive from a global perspective ($300- $450+/day) and must be booked at least a year in advance to secure bookings during optimal angling periods.

Seasonal implications are essential: a substantial number of Florida's tarpon stock are seasonal fish migrating up from Mexico and Central America. These are spawning fish that move into the area each year, remaining only for a given period of time before dispersing again. Secondly, tarpon move onto the flats only when warm water temperatures suit the fish's comfort zone. April is said to be a fairly decent tarpon month in Florida. The largest tarpon of the season are typically caught at this time, though many think this month is simply too early to fish. "Northers" and other similar detrimental weather patterns can completely ruin fishing in April. May is ideal, however, with June and early July being reliable back-up months.

Primary access points are separated into three distinct areas;

- Islamorada,
- Marathon and
- Key West.

Key West is the southernmost location (approximately 130-miles from Miami) and usually the spring's first "fishable" spot. Marathon is located some 25-miles up the coast from Key West. Islamorada is closest to Miami (approximately 85 miles). Most guides will closely follow the tarpon's local migratory patterns and concentrate on the access points offering the highest concentration of fish.

Belize has a variety of distinctive tarpon fisheries ranging from inland river and lagoon systems to the shallow and clear flats of Ambergris Cay, to the shallow, clear waters and creek channels of Turneffe Island. Belize is considered to be the best value in international tarpon destinations, as lodging and guide prices are some of the lowest in the industry.

Ambergris Cay has been a long-time favorite of many anglers as it is one of the world's only locations supporting a year-round resident tarpon fishery. Ambergris' 20-60 pounds tarpon are on average somewhat smaller than the Florida fish (80-150 pounds), but many anglers consider this "intermediate" tarpon size to be the most sporting of all. Ambergris' tarpon fishery is fairly small and heavily pressured, so fish can be quite spooky. Wind is an essential variable at Ambergris, as it has a nasty reputation for ruining fishing by stirring up the area's flats. Optimal angling months are from April through early-July. Slackened wind combined with an influx of migratory tarpon maximize the cay's fishing conditions. Anglers have two options: one is to fish out of El Pescador Lodge; the other option is to stay in one of San Pedro's (Ambergris' only town) small hotels and hire a local guide to take you out on the flats. If you know what you're doing, this can greatly reduce the cost of a trip. Decent bonefishing (and spotty permit) is also available on surrounding flats.

Turneffe Island is not necessarily known as a tarpon resource, but can offer fantastic tarpon fishing during the months of July and August. Tarpon here often run well over the 100-pound mark, substantially larger than at Ambergris Cay. The tarpon of Turneffe are found primarily in the tidal creek channels and lagoons, but can also be encountered on the flats' dropoffs and along the reef and ocean side of the island. There are two full-service lodges on Turneffe:

Turneffe Flats Lodge, and Turneffe Island Lodge.
Turneffe Island Lodge is said to be a bit more diver-oriented, while Turneffe Flats focuses more on angling. Turneffe's tarpon population receives almost no angling pressure, and both lodges often offer discounts during the summer months. Aside from tarpon, Turneffe supports a strong permit and bonefish population.

Belize's River and Lagoon Fisheries include the Manatee, Sibun, and Belize River water sheds. Tarpon move into these rivers in May and June to spawn in the numerous inland lagoons and then disperse again in July. Fish run on the smaller side (10-60-pounds), but can be quite numerous. Keep in mind that Belize's coastal rivers are at the mercy of inland rains, and can fluctuate on a weekly basis. Even during optimal periods, river fishing can get "blown out" by heavy precipitation. Belize River Lodge specializes in river fishing, and offers attractive packages combining river and flats angling at attractive prices. Local guides can also be hired out of Belize city on a daily basis, but this can be a sketchy experience.

Costa Rica
Costa Rica's tarpon fishery is composed of a series of large, tannin-stained freshwater river systems feeding into the Caribbean. The primary rivers include the Colorado, Parismina, and Tortugero water sheds. In its heyday, Costa Rica was known for its fabulous freshwater tarpon angling. Huge schools of 100-plus-pound fish would enter the rivers and lagoons to feed and spawn presenting an easy target for fly casters. Agricultural runoff and increased boat traffic (both angling and eco-tour oriented) has significantly diminished the rivers' once consistent tarpon fishing. This is not to say that great fishing cannot still be encountered in the rivers, but the majority of Costa Rica's feeding tarpon are now found in the river mouths outside the Caribbean's often-times tumultuous surf line. A typical day of fishing often involves blind casting from rocking skiffs. The tarpon themselves usually hold in cloudy water from six to sixty-feet deep. High-density sinking lines are the rule, with sight- fishing limited to the times when tarpon schools push bait onto the surface. For the fly fisherman, this is not exactly the most aesthetic experience.

Though all Costa Rica's rivers hold resident populations of fish, May is definitely the month to plan a trip as spawning fish tend to maximize tarpon populations during this month. Judy Heidt's Rio Parismina Lodge seems to get the unanimous vote for best lodge, as her facility offers fantastic accommodations combined with state-of-the-art game boats designed to get anglers out into the river mouth no matter what the surf conditions. There are a dozen or so other lodges spread out on the other rivers. Choose your lodge carefully! Incidental species include snook (the largest snook run in September and October) and the freshwater scrappers such as guapote (a species of Cichlid), machaca (a species of Colossoma that looks like an overgrown bluegill) and mojara (small bluegill-like Cichlid).

Venezuela's tarpon resources are divided into two distinct areas -- developed and undeveloped. Rio Chico is the only "developed" location, and if you're looking for a place to catch hordes of small tarpon (5 to 20-pounds), this destination is definitely the place to go. Surface fishing with small poppers and sliders on light- weight tackle is quite thrilling if you aren't particularly concerned with breaking any record books. Rio Chico is considered a year-round destination, though optimal months run from September through November. The Orinoco Delta is has a significant tarpon population, but logistics seem to prevent the construction of a permanent camp. There are also two river systems (Bireme and Macura Rivers) on the Guyana/Venezuela border that are rumored to offer decent small tarpon fishing, but they too are in the early stages of development.

Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
The Yucatan peninsula should not be considered "primarilly a tarpon destination as the fishing is often times spotty and highly restricted: the area's attraction is its combined strengths of bonefish, permit, reef and offshore (spring and summer) opportunities. The Yucatan's tarpon population is comprised of a mix of resident and migratory fish that combines forces during the optimal months of May and June. Resident fish range from 5 to 50-pounds, and reside mainly in a series of inland "seep" mangrove-lined lagoons and tidal creek channels that run below Cancun, Mexico to the Belizean border. Migratory tarpon can exceed 150-pounds. These fish run along the coastal flats and creek channels and can even be taken from the surf in certain conditions.

Miscellaneous Destinations
Africa, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guyana, Surinam, Guatemala and Brazil all offer tarpon fishing to a certain, unpredictable degree. Nicaragua has two locations with river fisheries similar to those found in Costa Rica. The first is the Matagallia River located almost dead center on the east coast. The other is the San Juan River that borders Costa Rica (flowing out of Lake Nicaragua). Both these rivers are rumored to offer the outstanding inland/river tarpon fishing once commonly encountered in the other previously-mentioned Costa Rican rivers. What actually develops remains to be seen.

Tackle Considerations

Sizing fly tackle to the fish's proportions is essential. If you try to handle large tarpon on light tackle, you not only risk increased breakoffs (not to mention a broken rod), but possibly jeopardize that particular fish's health by over exhaustion. Conversely, catching a five-pound tarpon on a stiff eleven-weight rod is downright sacrilegious! As a general rule, small tarpon (5-20-pounds) can be handled on a stiff 8-weight rod, while mid-sized fish (25-80-pounds) should be fished with a stiff 10-weight. Anything larger (80+pounds) should be taken on a stiff 11 or 12-weight rod with a fighting grip for added leverage.
Reels should be sturdy, saltwater models with smooth, dependable drag systems. Spools must hold 100-300 yards of backing (the larger the tarpon, the more backing you might need). Fly lines and leaders should also be considered. You can't catch tarpon on a floating line if the fish are holding in thirty feet of water. All tarpon need to be fished with a shock leader, as even the smallest fish's abrasive teeth will chew through most small diameter monofilament. Fly choice and color depend on water color, light intensity, and the primary bait types in each particular fishery. The list of tarpon flies is extensive and varied, though typically large, bushy "Whistler-type" flies are used in cloudy water. More realistic/streamlined flies are often needed for clearwater tarpon.

  About the Author
  A native of New Mexico, Garrett VeneKlasen began fly fishing at the age of six. He has fished extensively throughout the world. Television credits include ex-host/writer of ESPN's Fly Fishing America and ex-writer/producer of TNN's North American Sportsman. Writing and photography contributions include such publications as Field & Stream, Men's Journal, Fly Fisherman magazine, The Angling Report, and The Orvis News. He now free-lance writes and operates a specialized angler's information research service called InterAngler LLC.

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Jupiter is joining a trend to bring offshore hedge funds into regulated onshore environments, by merging its Cayman-domiciled Europa hedge fund with a sub-fund of its Luxembourg Sicav.

It cited some investors’ need for transparency, increased liquidity and regulatory oversight as reasons.

Allocators who wanted to make “hedge fund-type investments”, but onshore, would not face “some of the perceived limitations” of investing in an offshore variant, the group said.

The Sicav deals daily, on five days’ notice.

Shareholders for the European equity long/short fund agreed the move today.

After assets in the hedge fund have moved across, the offshore vehicle will close.

Investors have been given the choice of redeeming for cash, or having their shares rolled into the Jupiter Europa Sicav.

The investment policy of the fund will be adapted to that of the original hedge fund.

This portfolio weathered 2008’s market storm relatively well. Whereas global shares fell about 43%, Europa’s US dollar denominated shares fell 15.2%, according to investors. Hedge funds overall lost 20% of their value that year, said Hedge Fund Research.

The onshore fund will be run by European fund manager Stephen Pearson, who managed the hedge fund for almost a decade since its launch. Michael Buhl-Nielsen will be deputy manager.

Cedric de Fonclare, co-manager of the Jupiter Europa Sicav since its launch in January 2010, will step back from management. He will continue managing the Jupiter European Opportunities and Jupiter European Special Situations funds, said a spokeswoman for Jupiter.

Richard Pavry, director at Jupiter Asset Management, said the hedge fund and the Sicav had “similar objectives within different legal frameworks. We believe the Sicav’s sophisticated investment powers, plus the fact that it is registered in Luxembourg, could help to make it more appealing to potential investors, particularly in mainland Europe and in the institutional market.”

Pearson said: “Jupiter Europa will continue to be managed as a bottom-up stock picking European long/short equity strategy able to access the full spectrum of European markets with the same management combination in place. I am delighted we are able to make this investment strategy available to investors in a more liquid, transparent and regulated form with minimal impact on our strategy.”

Jupiter has two more offshore hedge funds, Global Financials and Hyde Park. But the spokeswoman said Jupiter would have to receive sufficient indication investors in those funds wanted a similar shift, before considering similar moves.

“It depends on what the client demand is, you have to look at all of the funds separately.”

Jupiter’s shifting of Europa onshore – the first such move the London-based group has made for its hedge funds – comes at a time opinion in the hedge fund industry is divided over whether to remain offshore, come onshore, or run a hybrid model.

A study by KPMG and RBC Dexia Investor Services last quarter found 49% of managers it canvassed were not moving offshore funds onshore and had no immediate plans to do so, while 51% either had, or were considering it.

The study pointed to “likely increased interest in redomiciliation in 2012 in advance of implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive,” the EU’s plans to regulate its hedge fund industry while potentially making life more difficult for funds remaining offshore.

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Theft at ISKCON temple, Ujjain

Ujjain : In yet another incident of temple theft, unidentified persons broke into ISKCON Temple in Mahashweta Nagar and stole Rs 100000 cash from the donation box in the early hours of Wednesday.
Temple PRO Raghav Das (36) lodged the complaint at the Madhav Nagar police station. Police said burglars broke into the temple by tampering with the lock latches on the main door.
 They took away the money sometime between 1 am and 3.30 am on Wednesday. Police have registered an offence under sections 457, 380 of the IPC.

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You will build an application that allows a person to play tic-tac-toe against the computer. Your application will print out the board, ask the user to select a spot, update the spot selected, and make a move on its own. This will continue until the game ends (3 sequential spots having the same mark in the same row, column, diagonal, or if no more moves are possible due to the lack of vacant spots). Your application will also do limited error checking to ensure occupied spots won't be overwritten with new values.

  • Create an Outlab5 project and paste this into a Driver. You won't need to change the Driver.
  • Read through the Driver and understand the flow of how this program will execute.
  • Here are some specifications and assumptions for you:
    • The board will always be a standard 3-by-3 tic-tac-toe board. No need to have your code generalizable to other sizes.
    • No player is allowed to mark an already marked spot. If the human tries to do that, an error message must be printed and the player is to be prompted for another spot until they enter a valid one (however many times it takes).
    • No other error checking on user input needs to occur. Assume that the user will only type in row and columns that are valid (0-2).
    • The computer move method will randomly select a spot for the computer to place its mark. The spot to be marked must not already be occupied (if it is, just randomly select a new spot).
    • The printWinner() method does not need to say which player (computer or human) won, just the mark that won (X or O).
    • Here is output when the computer wins, human wins, there is a tie, and where occupied spots are attempted.

  • You won't be able to give this lab a good honest effort until we talk about multi-dimensional arrays on 24 Oct. Before then you can still map out how you expect objects to interact.
  • This is a hard lab and will take many hours. This is why you have 3 weeks to work on it, and it is worth 10% of your total class grade. Take it seriously. It WILL take you a lot of time. My solution has close to 300 lines of code.
  • You will probably jump back and forth between the two classes, but to get you started, kick things off with the Board class. Think you need something in the Board class to represent the actual board? The point of the constructor is to give things an initial condition. Can you think of a good default initial condition for a tic-tac-toe board? What should the spots be filled with? Do you mean literally nothing (null), or do you mean an empty space (" ")?
  • After you make the Board constructor (and maybe an instance variable...), work on the print method. It will be hard and will take you some time, but will be good practice dealing with 2-d arrays in preparation for the rest of the assignment.
  • After you have a 2-d array working and printing, think about the rest of the assignment. In English, what do you need to check to see if the game is over? I check four different things (1 - Do the rows have a winner? 2 - Do the columns have a winner? ...). Perhaps each thing you check, should be its own method.
  • Start with plain English when building your methods: How should the move methods operate? Generate (randomly or through input) row and column values. If that spot is empty, place the mark. If not...
  • My Player class has only two non-constructor methods, and they are both called from the Driver. My Board class has nine non-constructor methods and some are only called from insde the Board class, some are called from the Driver, and some are called from the Player class. It is important to be organized when building this program.
  • Think about some lessons from previous labs. Which class should be responsible for reading input when the human wants to make a move? Which class should be responsible for changing the board? Perhaps I need a method in the board class that will enable Players to check whether or not a space is vacant, or maybe another method that will enable a Player to add a mark to the board.
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Online DJ Courses- Setting New Trends in Finding Career Options

Competition in the market has taken a completely new level, and as a result of it, youngsters are hunting for alternative career options that would not only grant them some job security but also give their passion some food for a living. For those who love music, and love mixing the tracks to entertain the crowd, deejaying can indeed be an interesting option for them. However, it really took time for DJ music to get involved in the culture, because it was considered to be a fad even a couple of decades back. However, with time, it staked its claim, and now it is indeed one of the most favorable career options and gives a favorable option to earn some money as well.

However, there are still people who are completely oblivious of the term Disc Jockey, and what are the responsibilities a DJ shares. One must have a great taste in music, and apart from that, it is necessary to understand what actually the crowd demands. Understanding the pulse is the urgent need for a DJ, as it helps them to engage the crowd with the music they play. However, the term came from the word discs which were referred to as the gramophone records.

Even though there aren’t much of eligibility criteria, the aspirants must go through at least one professional course to have a better understanding of what actually it is. There are multiple online DJ courses which not only save time but also comes at a much cheaper price. Knowing the music might be taught, but what music is to be played is something that the DJ’s acquire with time and experience. Technical aspects and the rhythmic intricacies are something that these online courses can help, but it is the experience on the console that counts the most.

Most people get to find DJs who make it their profession by choice since it helps them to explore their knack for music and entertain people with their flair for music. But then as the crisis for mainstream jobs started increasing, youngsters started taking a de-route and joined the online courses and learn the ropes practically either by working at the FM stations or by interning at big media houses.

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  • Digital DJing is the new trend, so most of the updated online classes focus on digital DJing and help the aspirants learn and choose confidently between the different digital methods that exist.
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Alexander Nderitu’s guide for Kenyan writers.

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Alexander and his treatise.

A look at “Changing Kenya’s Literary Landscape” a paper by Alexander Nderitu who I met when I went to visit ailing author Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye.

When I joined that delegation to see the ailing Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye two Fridays ago I joined writers in fervent discussions about getting one’s work out. My strength at the discussions was the media angle seeing as I have been in the business for a while now. My concern was that writers aren’t taking time to know how media works us taking ensuring their message.

As discussions were going on fast and thick a guy I had never seen before called Alexander Nderitu started giving his opinion on new technologies and how to use them to get your word out there as a writer. He spoke about Print On Demand (POD) a technology that allows a book to be printed when it is ordered by a reader meaning that there are no stocks to deal with.

After the visit I had a chat with the guy The Star describes as an “Kenyan novelist, scriptwriter and self proclaimed Internet guru” and it was enlightening. He told me about a book he had authored to help writers which I quickly downloaded from his official website. All I had to pay for it was my email address which isn’t a bad deal considering that he would probably not have been trying to sell me Viagra and Cialis which we all need once in a while. I never got to read the document at that point for some reason (OK sex drugs and rock and roll – that’s my story and I am sticking with it).

So last night as I watched Croatia do bad things to the Republic of Ireland at the Euro 2012 that is currently happening in Ukraine and Poland I powered up my laptop to have a look at what I could do on my computer. While looking around my desktop and saw this PDF called “Changing Kenya’s literary landscape” written by Nderitu that had kept saying I will read. I figured, Hey I am not doing anything so let me have a look at this…

What I found was amazing. Seriously. This guy has sat down and simplified the life of every one considering making a living from writing in Kenya. Even maybe on the planet. It tells you about the publishing industry locally and internationally its downsides and the future and its opportunities. Publishing is dissected and now authors need not think only of publishers but can rethink using author services and self publishing itself. There is even a little section motivating you to keep writing even if you get rejection slips.

Unlike other tomes talking about the problems it gives solutions for the aspiring author including how to leverage using other media like music, TV, cinema and more in an easy to understand manner. No purple prose here. Mostly. The only downside is the numerous plugs for the authors works which I suppose is only fair seeing as this valuable document only cost of one email.

The thrust of this paper is that the future is e-books; they are selling more than the paper books we love to not read and squish as we sleep on them on our pillows. The author seems to know what he is talking about using numerous examples including his own as one of Africa’s first E-book authors. The only downside to his enthusiastic advice is little evidence of how successful he has been in his own publishing endeavours. Apart from having been published and translated internationally as well as having books on Amazon, and other programs available to you he doesn’t talk a whole lot about the money he has made from his involvement in E-books or even the wondrous cities he has visited. It would have been really nice if he had said; since I put my book on Amazon I already have 100,000 downloads. At 10 US cents per download I am well on my way to finishing my second palatial home in Nyari…

I may be nit picking here but this is a valuable document for those who want to try a new way of getting their word out there. My best advice for you is to download this droll look and get to know what’s up. You won’t regret it of you want to get into the business of writing.

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Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tham Suea), Krabi

On our little 3 day holiday in the Krabi area at the end of April 2017 there were a couple of well known attractions that we wanted to visit. We were not too bothered about beaches although for sure on our next visit I want to see Railey Beach. We did want to see the Emerald Pool, and will visit there again, but have noted that you have to get there early to avoid the crowds! Top of my list was the Tiger Temple, or Tiger Cave Temple as it's properly known - Wat Tham Suea (วัดถ้ําเสือ). Not to be confused with the Tiger Temple near Kanchanaburi (a couple of hours west of Bangkok) which featured tigers cared for by monks and was raided and shut down last year! The Tiger Cave Temple in Krabi has no actual tigers. It does have a cave although we somehow neglected to visit the cave! The main temple and cave are below a tall cliff with a temple on top. It's 1,237 steps up and quite steep. Sounded like a family challenge :)

This is something to be done early in the morning, or late afternoon. You don't want to do this in the middle of a hot Thai day. We were awake about 6:30am and based on this experience, I'd say that if we do this again we will start even earlier! We could actually see the Tiger Temple from our Krabi Town hotel room - on top of one of the hills in the distance (actually only about 7km away as the crow flies).

View from Krabi Town Hotel

We parked at the temple by about 7:15am. Very few people there. A new temple building is under construction and nearing completion. We skipped the cave (and then forgot to visit the cave after the hike) and headed to the start of the climb up the mountainside. First small problem - daughter was wearing shorts that were too short, so she had to rent a skirt (no charge for rental, but a donation is appropriate should you forget to dress properly). Oh, and there is no entry fee here, so I'd suggest a donation anyway, even if you have the right clothes!

Tiger Temple Dress Code

(above) Please dress politely!

So .. we begin a 1,237 step climb. Let's say you should be averagely fit to attempt this. And start early. And carry water with you. Here's us - I am 48, used to be an athlete many years ago, but now mostly sit at a computer and am about 20kg overweight. My dear wife admits that a year ago she'd not have been able to do this climb, but she has been doing a lot of exercise in the last year. Kids - no worries, they are pretty active. Our daughter (15) was worried that she'd struggle, but I think she found it easier than any of us. Our son (12) bounds up and down mountains like a mountain goat.

Tiger Temple 1237 Steps

(above) Ready?

The steps do start very steeply! After just a couple of hundred, I am thinking "1,000 more?!!" Mostly the steps are well built, and easy enough to climb, but in some areas they are quite big - each one is a big step up! There are numbers painted on the railings on the way up, so you can see just how many hundreds more you have to climb! After just a short climb you get a nice view of the temple that's being built below :

New Temple at the Tiger Temple

Steps to the Tiger Temple

(above) I was hoping there would be more shade on the way up, but much of the climb is hot and sunny, even though we started early. I guess, then, that a late afternoon start would be in the shade as you're climbing up the east side of the mountain. This photo taken on the "lower slopes".

Monk on the way up at Tiger Temple

(above) We did see a few monkeys on the way up. I have read that they can be a little naughty and try to steal food and drinks.

Way Up Tiger Temple

(above) Only 491 steps? A long way to go! You start to get nice views as you climb higher, but only looking east across the flat land to the east of Krabi. The mountain views are only seen right at the top ... Keep climbing ...

View from 1000 Steps

(above) View looking east from about 1,000 steps up

Tiger Temple Climb

(above) Our daughter on some steep steps and very nearly at the top! It took us just over 1 hour to climb up. A hot, sweaty climb and we drank all the water that I carried (2 1/2 liters!). I say again - don't try this in the middle of the day! In fact, I'd not start this climb on a sunny day after about 8am. It's hot here in Thailand! My wife's cousin's son did this climb a while back - he's a soldier and he ran up to the top in 15 minutes! Damn!

So ... despite some self doubt about half way up, once we hit 1,000 steps we knew the top was close. And as soon as we got there, it was one of those WOW! moments.

Tiger Temple Krabi

Mountain View - Tiger Temple, Krabi

Thankfully there was some shade at the top. We all needed a 5 minute breather! We stayed at the top for about 20 minutes enjoying the views, the quiet and basking in our family achievement :)

Buddha at the Tiger Temple

(above) Buddha at the top of the Tiger Temple

Buddha Images at Tiger Temple, Krabi

(above) And some more Buddha statues

(above) And time for my wife to say a little prayer

We were pretty thirsty after the hike up despite drinking 5 half liter bottles of water between us. I should have carried more. There is a tap at the top and the sign says that the water is drinkable, but ... well, up to you. We figured that it would not take too long to walk down, and you can buy drinks at the bottom! Well, going down took about 25 minutes, but my thigh muscles were sore and my wife's knees were buckling! We had to stop a few times. The kids got down well before us. It really is quite steep in places! Once back on terra firma we bought some drinks and left some money in donation boxes. Back at the hotel we wished that we'd not taken rooms on the 4th floor in a hotel with no elevator. Ouch! My legs were sore for a few days after the climb. But I think we all agreed that we'd like to do it again.

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Bad Grass

I’ve got the worst lawn in my neighborhood.

It’s not that I don’t try. I mean I don’t have a ’72 Camaro up on blocks hiding behind four feet of grass. Well, not anymore at least. But I also don’t have what everyone else on my street has – a nice green lawn that looks like a work of art.

People stay off of my neighbors’ lawns because walking on grass like that would be sort of like taking crayons to the Mona Lisa.

People stay off of my lawn because they’re afraid that they might catch a fungus.

So I decided to fix this problem. I went to a home improvement store.

“Can I help you, sir?”

“Yes, I have bad grass in my yard.”

“Oh, so you must be the guy who lives in that house. I think your yard would look better if the grass was four feet tall and you had a ’72 Camaro sitting in it.”

Sometimes the people at these stores can be real jerks.

The worker directed me to a bag of something. The directions looked simple enough.

Step One: Remove ’72 Camaro from yard.

Step Two: Apply granules to yard.

Step Three: Enjoy finally not being made fun of by your neighbors. We were starting to wonder what it was going to take for you to come in and by this stuff, Jay.

Pretty specific directions. But then I read the warning. It was in fine print, of course.

Keep away from children. Do not allow children or pets on grass within 16 years of application. Make sure you register your purchase with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. Do not stare at your grass for more than 12 seconds. If grass comes into contact with your skin, quarantine yourself immediately. Do not make your grass angry.

I didn’t buy the bag.

What’s the point of having a piece of art for a front lawn if my kids can’t play on it?

“Boy, that Sanders sure does have a nice lawn.”

“Yeah, but it’s a shame about his kid growing a third arm out of the side of his head.”

Right now there are lines in my grass from where I was teaching my son how to ride his bike yesterday. There’s also a big divot because I forgot to teach him how to use the brakes. It was a nasty fall. Sort of like something one would see on the X Games. But he got back up and rode again. And again. I was proud.

By the time we went inside, half of the grass in my front yard was stuck to my son’s shirtless back. And I think that’s where it belongs. On his back. In his hair. Staining the knees of his pants.

Grass isn’t meant to be looked at.

It’s meant to be walked through, sat in and played on. With your dad.

So if you ever come by my house for a visit, ours is the one with the bad grass.

You won’t find a ’72 Camaro parked on it.

But, most likely, you will see my kids on it. And it on them.

And that’s how it should be.