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Enlarge / Artist's concept of the Europa lander. Note the sample arm in the foreground with a rotary cutter.
DEEP IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM—A darkness has spread over the grim, airless field of ice that threatens to swallow us. Night has come to the nightmare glacier. But then we see the shiny spacecraft, with its four gangly legs extending outward to find purchase on the jagged ice. Within, scientific instruments begin to blink on, one by one. Soon, they will start sniffing for any hint of life on this most alien and mysterious of worlds in the Solar System: the Jovian moon Europa.
Europa truly does represent a singular chance. Crossing 800 million kilometers with a sizable, robust payload will require vast sums of money—there won’t be a second chance. But Europa represents a gamble in another sense, too. No one knows whether NASA will discover a frozen, dead world far from the Sun or if the organization will make the most profound of discoveries just below the ice.
During the last decade, NASA has recast its human and robotic space exploration programs around the search for life both in our Solar System and beyond. Much of this effort has focused on Mars, which is relatively close to Earth and may have harbored life in the past. Culberson has pushed the agency further to seek extant life. He and a lot of scientists believe the best place to find extraterrestrial life in the Solar System lies in deep oceans below Europa’s inhospitable surface.
During the last five years, Culberson has bull-headedly shoved about half a billion dollars through Congress to give NASA’s elite planetary probe scientists and engineers a chance to land on Europa. Now, in late February, he has come to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in the hills just north of Los Angeles, to visit the wizards here who conceived the Voyager spacecraft, developed Cassini and Galileo, and landed Curiosity on Mars. What progress, he wondered, had they made toward teasing out the secrets of Europa?
US Rep. John Culberson left, and famed director James Cameron, right, during the briefings at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in late February.
Europa Lander science team leader Kevin Hand talks about finding life on the Jovian moon.
Grace Tan-Wang, a JPL engineer, discusses the orbital mechanics of landing on Europa.
Culberson, right, speaks in "Left Field" at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Culberson examines a 3D-printed model of the Europa lander.
Culberson, in the foreground, along with Thomas Rosenbaum, president of the California Institute of Technology (center) and JPL Director Michael Watkins, right.
Quite a lot, actually. During more than five hours of briefings in “Left Field,” a room named for its encouragement of ideas out of left field, scientists and engineers explained to Culberson how they plan to tackle the challenges of landing on Europa. A year ago they weren’t even certain it could be done, but now they’re increasingly confident.
Notably, the JPL team thinks it has solved the vexing problem of planetary protection, the concern that any stray microbes from Earth could contaminate Europa’s ecosystem. The solution has come straight out of the pages of science fiction—the lander mission will be the first interplanetary spacecraft to carry a self-destruct mechanism.
Before launch, the spacecraft’s exterior will bake at high temperatures to remove all contaminants, while the delicate scientific instruments inside are shielded. Then after the spacecraft reaches Europa and finishes its work, an incinerator will burn the scientific innards at 500 degrees Celsius. “What a glorious way to go out after discovering life for the first time on another world,” Culberson says, approvingly.
Of all the myriad, multicolored balls of gas, dust, rock, and ice that spin around the Solar System, Europa offers the greatest extremes within just a few kilometers—from highly lethal on the surface to potentially lush below. Few worlds are as infernal on the surface as Europa, where the area sits utterly exposed to the vacuum of space and ever marinates in the deadly radiation of Jupiter. And yet, this same radiation may be critical for life in the oceans below.
As ionizing radiation from Jupiter’s magnetosphere strikes the water ice on the surface of the moon, it breaks down water molecules into hydrogen and an OH molecule. Over time, these OH molecules combine to form hydrogen peroxide. One of the scientists who spoke to Culberson, Kevin Hand, has a lab in which he has created an extremely cold, irradiated environment like that on the Jovian moon. With this “Europa in a can” experiment, he has found that hydrogen peroxide on the surface decays into hydrogen and oxygen.
Although the hydrogen molecules are light enough to escape into space—Europa has one-seventh the Earth’s gravity—the oxygen molecules remain on the surface. Europa’s surface age appears to vary between about 10 million and 100 million years old. This means some process resurfaces the top of Europa, periodically subducting the ice shell into the ocean. “We’ve done some calculations on how much oxygen is being delivered into the oceans below, and it’s not too hard to get Europa’s ocean oxygenated to a level where you could start supporting multicellular life, if not more,” Hand said.
The subglacial Lake Vostok, beneath the continent of Antarctica, may offer an analog of sorts for life in Europa's ocean.
Scientists must work with limited data, because the one NASA probe that studied Jupiter and its moon system extensively, Galileo, didn’t prioritize the ice-covered world. But from Galileo’s data, scientists estimate the ice shell may be a few kilometers to a few tens of kilometers thick. Below that, an ocean probably extends more than 100km down, and scientists anticipate that Europa harbors more water than all of the oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers on Earth combined.
The external pull of Jupiter’s gravity tugs on the core of Europa, and this tidal flexing provides a source of internal heat. It seems likely that structures similar to hydrothermal vents, which on Earth support thriving colonies of life, line the bottom of the ocean. So Europa has oxygen, energy, and lots of water. Certainly, no one expects to find whales, sharks, or other large sea creatures in Europa’s oceans. Chemosynthetic microbes seem far more likely, but really, we have no idea.
Culberson, of course, believes the chance of life existing on Europa is not only high, but he believes that there may well be more advanced life forms. During a discussion of the potential for plumes outgassing from the ocean below and lander sites, he offered the following suggestion to the mission’s science team. “I want you to land where it’s going to snow krill down on your head,” he enthused.
Europa will not give up its secrets easily or cheaply. Two years ago, engineers at the lab proposed a complex mission that combined a small lander along with a mission that would make multiple flybys. Eventually, the engineers decided this was too much for a single mission—too heavy, too risky, and ultimately not enough of a scientific payload.
Moreover, planetary scientists wanted time to extensively study data collected by a flyby spacecraft, which is now known formally as the Europa Clipper. This would allow them to find an ideal place to land on the moon, whether near plumes (if they do, indeed, exist as some Hubble Telescope observations suggest), “fresh” ice, or other areas of interest to maximize the chance of finding life with a lander. This is the prudent pathway preferred by NASA, with a flyby mission before a lander so the agency won’t be flying blind. And Clipper will provide an amazing set of eyes, flying to within 25km of the surface in long, looping orbits and returning images with a resolution of up to one-half meter per pixel. By comparison, even the best images of Pluto captured by New Horizons were about 70 meters per pixel.
The Hubble Space Telescope has found evidence of plumes emanating from Europa, but nothing definitive.
Prudence has a cost, however. Clipper remains on target to launch five years from now, and it's budgeted to cost $2.7 billion in real year dollars. That price tag does not include the launch vehicle and a few other expenses. Total costs, therefore, will reach as much as $3 billion to $4 billion for the flyby mission; the lander will come in a second mission. This has caused some consternation in the planetary science community. While exploring Europa rates atop their “wish list” for planetary exploration, does the icy moon deserve two flagship missions?
Moreover, some scientists wonder whether Clipper could itself find signs of life. It will certainly look, but generally the odds of finding life on Europa, if it exists, will be significantly higher if a spacecraft lands and makes in situ measurements. “The most important goal is searching for life,” Hand said. “That is admittedly extremely hard to do with remote sensing.” Even if Clipper got lucky and could sample plumes, it might collect nanoliters of material. As a baseline, the lander mission will collect and investigate five samples of seven milliliters each, a million times more material. Finding life, therefore, will almost certainly require testing the ice.
The Clipper will serve another purpose, too: testing technology needed for the lander. When the second Europa mission launches in 2024 or 2025, the lander spacecraft will carry a module similar to the Clipper called the “carrier,” which will serve as a communications relay between the lander and NASA’s deep space network.
Because the carrier will derive from Clipper hardware, the JPL engineers estimate the total cost of flying it will be about the same as the Clipper despite the lander spacecraft's larger size. That means another $3 billion to $4 billion, so all told getting to Europa and examining its surface will cost NASA, and the US government, as much as $8 billion.
Even for the powerful chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee of House Appropriations, this is a lot of money. Even now, during the planning and early hardware development phase of both the flyby and lander missions, the money is starting to add up. For fiscal year 2018, alone, Culberson will need to find $495 million to continue moving both missions along. Instead of cutting other missions from NASA’s planetary science budget, he wants to sell Europa to his colleagues on Capitol Hill as a worthy addition. For that, he has a plan.
Culberson’s passion for Europa can be traced to roots in both family and faith. As a child in the 1960s, he and his brother read popular science magazines, built telescopes, and shot off model rockets in Houston as nearby Johnson Space Center planned and flew the Gemini and Apollo programs. The gee-whiz in his attitude toward science is genuine, but it only partly explains his passion for Europa. To understand his messianic zeal for the cause is to know that the congressman believes God created the universe, filled it with life, and called John Abney Culberson to help reveal its majesty.
After the Europa briefings in late February continued through a working lunch, Culberson joined another politician, Adam Schiff, for a town hall at JPL to rally the scientists and engineers there. It was easy to understand Schiff’s presence. The democratic House member’s district includes La Cañada Flintridge, where JPL is based.
But Culberson? He represents a well-to-do west Houston district. By all rights, he should most concern himself with Johnson Space Center, where the astronauts train. And while Culberson professes an interest in human spaceflight, he clearly feels more at home at JPL and visits the California center often.
A false-color composite image of Europa.
This enhanced color image shows the region surrounding Pwyll, a 26km diameter impact crater thought to be one of the youngest features on the surface of Europa.
View of a small region of the thin, disrupted ice crust in the Conamara region showing the interplay of surface color with ice structures. The white and blue colors outline areas that have been blanketed by a fine dust of ice particles ejected at the time of formation of the large crater Pwyll some 1,000km to the south.
This synthetic color image shows three distinct spectral units. The bright white areas are ejecta rays from the relatively young crater Pwyll, located about 1,000km to the south. Also visible are reddish areas that can be seen along the ridges in the region of disrupted terrain in the center of the image and near the dome-like features where the surface may have been thermally altered. Thus, areas associated with internal geologic activity appear reddish. The third distinct color unit is bright blue and corresponds to the relatively old icy plains.
A close-up of Thera and Thrace, two reddish regions that disrupt the older icy ridged plains. Thera (left) is about 70km wide by 85km high and appears to lie slightly below the level of the surrounding plains. Thrace is longer, shows a hummocky texture, and appears to stand at or slightly above the older surrounding bright plains. One model for the formation of these and other chaos regions on Europa is complete melt-through of Europa's icy shell from an ocean below.
This image compares the size of Europa's ice rafts with a similarly scaled photo of the California Bay Area.
This mosaic of the Conamara Chaos region clearly indicates relatively recent resurfacing of Europa's surface. Irregularly shaped blocks of water ice were formed by the breakup and movement of the existing crust. The blocks were shifted, rotated, and even tipped and partially submerged within a mobile material that was either liquid water, warm mobile ice, or an ice-and-water slush. The presence of young fractures cutting through this region indicates that the surface froze again into solid, brittle ice.
This view of the Conamara Chaos region shows cliffs along the edges of high-standing ice plates. The washboard texture of the older terrain has been broken into plates that are separated by material with a jumbled texture. The cliffs themselves are rough and broadly scalloped, and smooth debris shed from the cliff faces is piled along the base. The height of the cliffs and size of the scalloped indentations are comparable to the famous cliff face of Mount Rushmore.
This composite image shows the distribution of ice and minerals for the structure named Tyre, the largest and likely one of the oldest on the moon. Tyre, at 140km diameter, is the size of the Island of Hawaii and thought to be the site where an asteroid or comet impacted Europa's ice crust. The blue in this image indicates areas with higher concentrations of mineral salts. These salts are similar in composition to those found in the bottom of Death Valley, California. The yellow-orange regions are areas that have a high surface abundance of water ice.
False color has been used here to enhance the visibility of certain features of the Minos Linea region. Triple bands, lineae, and mottled terrains appear in brown and reddish hues, indicating the presence of contaminants in the ice. The icy plains, shown here in bluish hues, subdivide into units with different albedos at infrared wavelengths probably because of differences in the grain size of the ice.
This is the highest-resolution image of Europa at 6m per picture element. The image was taken at a highly oblique angle, providing a vantage point similar to that of someone looking out an airplane window, albeit 500km high. The features at the bottom of the image are much closer to the viewer than those at the top of the image.
Perhaps this sounds like bluster. But if NASA really goes to Europa and lands there, it seems entirely possible that not a penny of the $8 billion will get spent in Culberson’s district, perhaps not even in the entire Houston area.
Other politicians concern themselves a great deal more about such on-the-ground benefits. US representatives and senators from Alabama and Florida care a lot about NASA’s big Space Launch System rocket, which is being designed and developed at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama and will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Culberson’s counterpart in the Senate, the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee over NASA’s budget, is Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican.
A few years ago Culberson began insisting that the mission to Europa launch on an SLS rocket. It is defensible to say that such a launch brings value, in that the powerful SLS rocket will get a spacecraft to Jupiter far more quickly than any other booster. But there is a more pragmatic reason. Culberson needs Shelby’s agreement on NASA’s budget, and Shelby needs missions for the SLS rocket. As it turns out, more than just about any other conceivable mission, Europa justifies the costly SLS.
The Juno spacecraft, weighing about 3.5 tons, launched in 2011 on top of an Atlas V rocket. It reached Jupiter almost five years later. The Clipper spacecraft weighs 6 tons, and the Block 1b variant of the SLS will throw it to Jupiter in just 2.7 years, directly, with no gravity assists. The lander mission will weigh even more than the Clipper, and still it will reach Jupiter in less than five years.
Arguably, the lander can’t be done without the SLS. Sitting on the launch pad, a Block 1b version of the SLS rocket will weigh 3,000 tons. That is “wet mass,” as most of the weight is liquid hydrogen and oxygen propellants. The spacecraft represents just a tiny fraction of the overall mass, a few tons. Of this, the lander preliminarily weighs a mere 477kg, or 0.016 percent of the launch mass. The scientific payload is about a tenth of that. Put another way, the rocket will expend 99.999 percent of its mass to get a handful of scientific instruments onto Europa.
With SLS, the scientists get their data faster. The Congressional contingents from Alabama and Florida are happy, too, because their booster shines. And Culberson gets much needed Senate support for his expensive quest to find life on a frigid moon deep in the Solar System.
Culberson had hoped the lander mission might be ready to launch just a year after Clipper, in 2023, but during the February briefings the JPL engineers cautioned that they needed extra time to develop the incinerator for planetary protection, as well as other new technologies. With enough funding, 2024, or more likely 2025, was doable. Culberson can live with these kinds of delays.
For several years this has been the reality of the relationship between Culberson, NASA headquarters, and JPL, which takes its direction from Washington. Several times during the February briefings, he asked the scientists and engineers whether NASA HQ had been responsive, helpful, and moved expeditiously. Of late, it had. Whereas Culberson had a fractious relationship with former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, who dragged his feet on a Europa mission, he says acting administrator Robert Lightfoot has been “extremely supportive.” Later, Culberson told me he has been meeting with Trump administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, to ensure their support.
The long-term future of the two missions seems at least moderately secure. True, Culberson’s deep red Republican district, which he’s represented since 2001, has trended a little bit blue during recent years. But the Tea Party Republican still managed to handily defeat two primary opponents who came at him from the right in 2016, and he won the general election by a margin of 56 to 44.
If he can continue winning elections, Culberson has four more years as chairman of the NASA budget subcommittee and then he might be in line to chair the full Appropriations committee. This is important, because while the flyby mission is now far enough down the line in development to be on fairly secure footing, the lander mission remains vulnerable without his full backing and proselytizing in Congress.
The lander will undoubtedly find a sterile world, at least at first. A pristine microbe, even if it were accustomed to a vacuum and temperatures just 100 Celsius degrees above absolute zero, would die in days to weeks from Jupiter’s ionizing radiation. But scientists believe markers of life in the oceans below would show up on the surface, especially if the spacecraft lands in the right location.
By burrowing down just 10cm below the surface, the lander will reach an area where the effects of radiation are negligible, increasing the odds of finding fragments of life. To this end, the Europa lander’s sampling arm will come equipped with a “cutter,” essentially a small rotary saw. At Europa’s surface temperature, the ice is considerably harder than granite, so engineers have tested 35 different blade types on 25 different surfaces, including several variations of cryogenic ice, and powered them with three different drive trains.
This is what scientists expect Europa's surface and deep ocean may be like.
A closer look at the surface features and what might lie just below.
How to get a lander to Europa.
It is almost a five-year transit, even with an SLS Block 1B rocket.
Follow these simple steps to deploy lander.
Stabilizers will help you land regardless of jagged terrain. (Hopefully).
How do you deploy the lander and get the carrier into orbit? It's complicated.
How to sample the ice.
This is what the subsurface of Europa might look like.
This should provide plenty of time for the collection of five samples. A recently released report from the lander mission’s science definition team, led by Hand, goes into detail about the various instruments on board, from a microscope capable of seeing cells down to 0.2 microns to two kinds of spectrometers that will corroborate any evidence of life. An “announcement of opportunity” for scientists to submit proposals to build the instruments should come this August, with a final selection in May 2018.
Thanks to the ominous warning in Arthur C. Clarke’s novel, 2010: Odyssey Two, much of the science and technical community shares Culberson’s fascination with Europa. But for the general public, the icy moon remains largely an unknown. Eight billion dollars to peck at the ice on some moon around Jupiter? What is the sense of that? As he works on his peers in Congress, Culberson will eventually have to convince Joe the Plumber, Ken Bone, and the rest of America about the relevance of Europa, too.
For this mission, he has a secret weapon. During the briefings at JPL, Culberson brought a friend with him, the famed Director James Cameron. The two men share an interest in exploring the depths of oceans, and periodically Cameron peppered the JPL presenters with questions about batteries, the chemistry of Europa’s ocean, and so forth. But mostly, he came as Europa’s storyteller-in-chief. “If you want to talk to the world, this man knows how to do it,” Culberson said of his friend. It’s true in some sense. Titanic and Avatar are the two highest-grossing movies of all time.
Enlarge / The iconic "Earth rise" image taken during the Apollo 8 mission.
Hand noted that since Europa is tidally locked to Jupiter, only half of the moon ever sees the gas giant. You really wouldn’t want to constrain your landing site just for a photograph, he explained.
From the congressman’s nod back to his friend, it seemed pretty clear that the most important person in the world when it comes to exploring Europa had heard Cameron’s message. Loud and clear.

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Ted Gwartney, shown here in 2005, has been Greenwich's assessor for the past nine years. Gwartney will retire Feb. 1, 2012, he announced Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011.
Town Assessor Ted Gwartney, who led Greenwich through two property revaluations during the real estate boom and bust, has decided to retire, and will step down Feb. 1 from the position he has held for nine years.
Gwartney, 71, said he and his wife are planning to join their children and other family members in California.
"It has been a pleasure and an honor to have served the Town of Greenwich for the past nine years," Gwartney wrote in an email Tuesday to Board of Estimate and Taxation Chairman Stephen Walko, First Selectman Peter Tesei and other town officials. "This is a unique community, with many extraordinary residents. Working for Greenwich has been both professionally fulfilling as well as frequently quite exhilarating."
Gwartney oversaw Greenwich's grand list, which is larger than any other in the state. Before coming to Greenwich in March 2003, Gwartney had been the assessor in Bridgeport and in Hartford.
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"It was interesting because we saw the property values really climbing in 2005 when we did that reval," Gwartney said, "and then they had dropped off by 18 percent when we did the 2010 revaluation."
Tesei, who served as BET chairman when Gwartney was hired, said he has done an excellent job.
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The pivotal days were May 26-28 when the War Cabinet deliberated the choices for three days. Churchill´s strategy of (blind) resistance prevailed in the end and this decision had far reaching consequences for Europe as it is known today. One should keep in mind that the Soviet-Union was a close ally of Nazi-Germany until June 1941 and just as aggressive in Eastern Europe, striving for the destruction of Great Britain and the last powerful democracy in Europe. Churchill was fully aware about the ability to go on alone and his defiance was supported by the view of the Chiefs of Staff: “To sum up, our conclusion is that prima facie Germany has most of the cards, but the real test is whether morale of our fighting personnel and civil population will counterbalance the numerical and material advantages which Germany enjoys. We believe it will“ (Winston S. Churchill, The Second World War, volume II, Their Finest Hour, page 29).
Seventy-five years and a referendum about EU-reforms later, European business leaders warn Theresa that they move out of the UK, although the EU refuses to reform and is becoming a eurocratic subsidized and protectionist plan economy French style with an Italian currency, Spanish unemployment figures, infamous corrupt members and free access for organized crime. The EU doesn´t want to reform and is heading towards the total European Union. That is the reason of Brexit. Wollt er die totale Union ? No was the answer of one of the oldest democracies and trading nations.
Twenty-five years ago, in 1992, big business proclaimed exactly the same at the eve of the Swiss EU-referendum. 50.3% voted ´no´, 77% voted ´no´ in 2001 and around 90% will vote ´no´ in case of a new referendum. The Swiss Government even withdraw the formal application for EU-membership last year and the Swiss National Bank (SNB) broke with the euro, because of the corrupt, illegal and ill fated policy of the ECB (two German directors Weber and Starck also resigned). Switzerland is still booming however, big companies didn´t leave, but chose for this country instead, although Switzerland is surrounded by the eurozone, which is being subsidized by the European Commission, its flawed competition and states aid policy and subsidies (75% EU-budget) and the illegal money printing scheme and absurd interest policy of the ECB. Switzerland is being harassed, intimidated and threatened by the European Commission, because of the outcomes of referendums, the same way Great Britain is being blackmailed and intimidated nowadays (a.o. pet travel ban, cruise ships ban, air planes ban, no trade deal et cetera).
The Brexit bill is just as unlawful, ill-founded and arbitrary, as remainers are undemocratic, opportunistic and short-sighted. It just shows the great and rare luck of Great Britain, Europe and the world when Winston Churchill made the difference in the pivotal days in May 1940, when he was surrounded by dealmakers. Former East-bloc countries left the Comecon Bloc and the Soviet-Union allowed them to do so on basis of cooperative negotiations and pacta sunt servanda. The European Union is not willing to accept democratic outcomes however and just wants to punish leavers.
The real test is the moral of the people, the innovative, creative, trading and industrial powers and rule of law of a nation however, not the political and monetary European fantasy construct and the usual solemn declarations, treaties and laws which are not worth the paper they are written on.
The EU and the self-proclaimed Great Europeans know that the present European political, monetary and economic pillars are built on sand, subsidies, ambitions, hot air, protectionism, states aid and illegal interference by the ECB. They only know one direction: forwards, immer vorwärts, ever deeper into the financial, fiscal, economic, democratic, moral, social and above all hazardous morass.
Churchill was not just the saviour of Great Britain, Europe and the world, but the Hercules of democracy, rule of law, free trade and pacta sunt servanda. Churchill didn´t foresee the present-day bureaucratic, undemocratic, protectionist, centralized and notoriously corrupt EU when he mentioned the United States of Europe in 1946. He was already disillusioned about this European federal dream a short while afterwards, like many communists changed their opinion about the other European (socialist) utopia. He didn´t mention the United States of Europe anymore soon afterwards, but explicitly confirmed the sovereignty of Great Britain: “I say great sovereign nation with design and emphasis, for I reject the view the Britain and the Commonwealth should now be relegated to a tame and minor role in the world. Our past is the key to our future. Let no man underrate our energies, out potentialities and our abiding power for good. The Atlantic community is a dream that can well be fulfilled to the detriment of none and to the enduring benefit and honour of the great democracies” (9 April 1963).
It is rather likely that Churchill would have voted Leave in June 2016 and would have chosen for the open seas, the Commonwealth and the Atlantic Community instead of a Europe dominated by French, Italian and German (the old (Vichy) allies) eurocrats, apparatsijks and their national patronage networks of journalists, bureaucrats and lobbyists in other member states of the EU, to a large extent financed by their eurojobs seeking Dutch footmen and valets in The Hague. (Source: www. https://www.winstonchurchill.org).

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Thanks for writing. Herniated disc of the lumbar region exercise contraindications (things you shouldn't do) are when you combine rotation (twisting) and side-bending which creates shearing and torsion forces to the discs. This is a general answer and your doctor would be able to specifically tell you what you can and can't do. We have a workout called Vertical Ab Toner that's on our Total Strength and Conditioning DVD with three levels: seated, modified standing (gentle) and full standing workout so you never have to get on the floor. Our Get Stronger Bones has a back strength and stretch workout. This workout has physical therapy moves that includes strengthening the accessory muscles needed for a healthy back.
As far as your shoulders - so sorry to hear you are going through that. I had two rotator cuff injuries and I know how painful they are. Went from 0 to 99% function with lots of hard work. Again your doctor would be the one to advise you what you are able to do since I don't know your specifics. The arthritis exercises in the Arthritis Relief may be good for your condition, provided your doctor gives you the OK. You would need to be past the stage of doing the exercises in supine (lying down).
If your doctor says you are able to progress to active range of motion exercises, the arthritis walking workout has physical therapy exercises in it for the shoulder with an exercise band. Start without the band and progress to active resistant exercises with the band according to your tolerance level. When it warms up, I highly recommend our Arthritis Water Therapy DVD/CD/booklet as that offers pain relieving healing moves for the entire body, including shoulders and back.
Wishing you the best of health and a very happy New Year!

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A neutron star is one of the possible endpoints of stellar evolution. A neutron star, with a mass of 1.4 to 3 solar masses, forms from the collapsing core of a massive star immediately following the star's exhaustion of its fusion energy reserves. With the outflow of radiation from the stellar core suddenly switched off, the core can no longer support the overlying layers against the inward force of gravity. The rapidly mounting pressure of the infalling layers squeezes the electrons and protons of the core together to create neutrons and neutrinos. The neutrinos immediately escape into space but the neutrons crowd closer and closer together until they reach the density of an atomic nucleus. At this stage, if the compressed stellar core is less than the Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit of about 3 solar masses, the neutrons are able to resist further collapse. Otherwise, a black hole forms.
The star's collapsing middle layers rebound against the newly-formed solid neutron core. This generates a shock wave which heats and blows off the surface layers as a Type II supernova explosion. Left behind is a rapidly spinning neutron star which has a strong magnetic field with poles that are usually aligned with the pole's of the star's rotation. Two oppositely directed beams of radio waves escape from the poles and sweep around like a lighthouse beam, producing a series of regular radio blips that can be detected from Earth. The result is a pulsar.
A neutron star is typically only about 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) across, yet within this small region may be over 2 solar masses of material. The result is a gravitational field at the surface of a neutron star about 70 billion times stronger than that on Earth. Neutron stars have a density of about 1014 grams per cubic centimeter, or roughly a million times that of white dwarfs, so that a sugar-cube-sized sample of neutron star would outweigh the human race. Strangely, the higher the mass of a neutron star, the smaller its radius (gravity pulling the contents in ever more tightly).
In structure, a neutron star more closely resembles a solid, miniature planet than it does an ordinary star. Its core consists mainly of densely-packed neutrons, with a sprinkling of protons and an equal number of electrons, in a liquid-like state known as neutronium. Surrounding this is a mantle topped by a crust, perhaps 1 kilometer thick, consisting of a stiff lattice of nuclei of the same elements as found on Earth through which flows a sea of electrons. The highest possible "mountains" (surface irregularities) rise to a height of about 5 millimeters (0.2 inch), while electrons and heavy nuclei evaporate in the surface temperature of 8,000°C to produce an "atmosphere" maybe a few micrometers thick. As a neutron star cools and shrinks, strains develop in the crust so that it buckles, causing starquakes. Such events are marked by glitches in the otherwise remarkably steady periods of pulsars.
Life either on or in the vicinity of neutron stars may seem extremely unlikely. However, planets have been found around pulsars (see pulsar planets) and the possibility of life on a neutron star has been considered by Frank Drake and explored in fictional form by Robert L. Forward.


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The Csiky Gergely Theatre is one of the most beautiful buildings in Kaposvár. In Hungary this is quite a famous theatre.
In Kaposvár Plaza there is a Cinema where you can watch the latest movies, of course in Hungarian language. Check the program for English speaking movies with Hungarian subtitles.
Kaposvár Sports Center: there is an Ice Skating Ring, Gym, running track and football fields, tennis court etc.
Kaposvár has got a new swimming pool and spa, there you can find a lot of different ways to enjoy the water.
Krisna-valley: For further information see Social programme for EILC Students, and below.
Shopping times: Most shops are open between 9.00-17.00, or untill 22.00, and open at 6.00, 7.00. Most shops are not open on Sunday. 24 hour shop a little shop on Coach Station. There is a weekly market for clothes, groceries on every Sunday.
Krisna-völgy, Krisna-valley Indian culture center and Biofarm.
Here you can see the beautiful Church, try some Indian musical instruments and some Indian food, dishes. They would ask every visitor to bring something from home to Krisna, for example flowers.
In the Krisna-valley area smoking, eating meet, drinking alcohol, and bringing dogs are prohibited.
This village was the Center of Somogy County for centuries.
Here you can see the ruins of the benedictine Abbey, from 11. century and the „Szentesica " spring .
Balaton, located in Hungary, is the largest lake in Central Europe, and a popular regional tourist destination. Due to Hungary being landlocked, it is often affectionately called the "Hungarian Sea". The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and the canalized Sió is the only outflow. With a surface area of 592 km² has a length of 77 km and a width ranging from 4 to 14 km-s. The lake's surface is 104 m above sea level, and its depth varies up to 12.2 m (mean depth is 3.2 m).
The major resorts around the lake are Siófok, Keszthely and Balatonfüred. Siófok is known as the "Party Capital of Hungary", which attracts many young party goers in summer due to its numerous large clubs. Keszthely is the site of the famous Festetics Palace and Balatonfüred is a historical bathing town home to the annual Anna Ball.
The high tourist season extends from June until the end of August. The average water temperature during the summer is 25°C, which makes bathing and swimming possible. Most of the beaches consist of either grass, rocks or the silty sand that also makes up most of the bottom of the lake. Many resorts have artificial sandy beaches and all beaches have step access to the water. Other tourist attractions include sailing, fishing and other water sports, as well as visiting the countryside and hills; wine areas on the north coast and night life on the south shore. The Tihany Peninsula is a historical district. Badacsony is a famous volcanic mountain and wine growing region as well as a lakeside resort.

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Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Ba2 long-term issuer rating and corporate family rating (CFR) to Tibet Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. This is the first time that Moody's has assigned ratings to Tibet Financial Leasing.
Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Baa3 long-term issuer rating and a Prime-3 short-term issuer rating to Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. Minsheng Financial Leasing's Baa3 long-term issuer rating incorporates the company's standalone credit profile of b1 and a four-notch uplift based on affiliate-backed support from Minsheng Bank. At end-2017, Minsheng Financial Leasing ranked the third largest by total assets among the financial institution affiliated leasing companies regulated by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC).
Moody's Investors Service says that China (A1 stable) continued to make progress on limiting risk in the financial sector with coordinated measures in the first quarter 2018, according to banking system statistics released by the People's Bank of China and the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. "In particular, we are noticing slowing asset growth and stabilizing asset quality, as well as accelerating loan growth as banks are returning to conventional lending and away from shadow banking activities," says Nicholas Zhu, a Moody's Vice President and Senior Analyst. Moody's conclusions are contained in its just-released report "Banks -- China: Quarterly snapshot of credit profiles ".
Moody's Investors Service says that the new supervisory structure implemented to strengthen the regulation of all leasing companies in China reduces risks for asset-backed securities (ABS) supported by leasing receivables, a credit positive. Until, 20 April, supervision of the sector had been split between the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).

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Freemasonry is not a service club. Since the earliest days of Masonic Lodges the institution has exhorted its members to practice relief and charity, both for the benefit of its own members as well as for the needy in their district.
In 1724 the first Grand Lodge developed a centralized charity scheme which has evolved over the centuries. But this has always been additional to the charity support provided by individual Masons, their Lodges and, later, by Provinces and Districts. Charity formed part of the masonic legacy our early Freemasons brought to North America and particularly to Canada.
These charities are supported by Ionic Lodge No. 526 and it's members.


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Thank you to all who have applied to be volunteers at Spirit Day!
Disclaimer: The Archdiocese of Vancouver strives to be consistent with Catholic Church teaching in all its content. On this page, you will find links to outside resources, including some from non-church organizations. These links do not constitute an endorsement by the Archdiocese of Vancouver of all content on these sites and none should be inferred. The Archdiocese of Vancouver is not responsible for the content of these outside organization’s websites.
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Under the dazzling captaincy of Mahindra Singh Dhoni, India won the first ICC World T20 which was played in South Africa, beating Pakistan in the final. During 2007 ICC World T20, MS Dhoni played his first match of the tournament as captain against Scotland which was abandoned due to rain. The next match was between India and Pakistan where Indian bowlers defeated Pakistan 3-0 in first ever World T20 Bowl Out and moved to Super 8s and then into the Semis. India faced its arch rival Pakistan in the final and the nail biting match ended in India’s favour where Dhoni held the first T20 World cup Trophy. The year 2009 was the year for Pakistani team who won the ICC World T20 trophy under the captaincy of Younis Khan. Younis Khan played 7 matches as a captain of which he won 5 matches, ensuing in a success ratio of 71% during 2009 ICC World T20. During 2010 ICC World T20, the best captaincy crown was kept on the head of English Skipper Paul Collingwood who led the England to win the 2010 ICC World T20 Cup by defeating Australia. These are the best captains of 2007-2010 ICC World T20.
A fast tracked strategist, a keen observer and decision maker under whom a cricket team play as a unit is none other than a captain of the team. He is the binding force who is not only a source of inspiration for any team in their crucial matches but also take advantages of opponents’ weaknesses and improvise strategies according to the rhythm of the game. All these qualities are well knitted in one person Graeme Smith of South Africa who has rebuilt the confidence of South African team and emerged as the most successful and best captain during 2007-2010 ICC World T20. Graeme Smith’s captaincy during T20 cricket world cups has remained phenomenal. He played 16 matches as a captain of the Proteas, of which they have won 11 matches across the board, ensuing in a winning ratio of whopping 68%. Under his captaincy, South Africa has lost 5 matches in ICC World T20, while none of the matches were ended as a draw.


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This article is about the theatre in Weymouth, England. For other uses of the same name, see Warehouse Theatre (disambiguation).
The Warehouse Theatre started out in the c.1930s being the main coal storage for the local Devenish Brewery, located in Hope Square, Weymouth.
When the brewery stopped mass-brewing in 1990 the building was redundant until the Weymouth Drama Club came along in 1993. After a good cleaning effort, the space was made available for rehearsal and now holds an extensive costume store that is available for hire to the public, as well as a props store, workshop and lighting and sound facilities.
The Club strive to maintain the original character of the building, while maintaining an up-to-date multi-purpose facility. Fundraising events are held at the Warehouse to maintain the upkeep of the space, and also to fund the Drama Club's productions. The club recently completed a campaign to buy new seating for productions. This is mainly due to Friends of the Club.
In 1997, the club decided to start using the Warehouse Theatre for main productions as well as the Weymouth Pavilion.
This page was last edited on 27 January 2019, at 21:34 (UTC).

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SeaBird has said it is in an exclusive process to acquire the seismic vessels BOA Galatea and BOA Thalassa in a transaction which values the vessels at NOK 185 million (close to $22 million).
The BOA Vessels are well suited for source and 2D operations, as well as EM seabed logging, for which BOA Thalassa is currently contracted with EMGS until September 2019 with options for EMGS to extend for three periods of six months each.
In order to finance the acquisition of the BOA Vessels, as well as to finance an upgrade of BOA Galatea to high end 2D / source capability, the company said it is contemplating a private placement of new shares in the company raising gross proceeds of minimum NOK 225 million and maximum of NOK 250 million $26.4 million – $29.3 million). The subscription price in the private placement will be determined through an accelerated book-building process.
The BOA vessels are owned by BOA SBL, a subsidiary of BOA Offshore, and the process is based on irrevocable acceptances from a majority of BOA bondholders.
As part of the transaction, certain BOA SBL bondholders have elected to receive consideration in the form of new shares of SeaBird valued at the offer price for an amount corresponding to approximately NOK 54 million, which will come in addition to the private placement.
BOA Galatea and BOA Thalassa are rigged and fully operational as EM vessels, and are well suited for upgrade to high end 2D / source capability. SeaBird said it estimates such upgrade to cost approximately $11 million per vessel. The net investment for BOA Galatea is expected to be limited to $8 million, as the company can use existing unutilised equipment in the upgrade.
Posted on April 12, 2019 with tags BOA Galatea, Boa Thalassa, Fleet Expansion, SeaBird, Seismic Vessel.

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(AP) — Hub Group Inc. said on Tuesday that its third-quarter profit jumped 28.3 percent as it carried more goods and raised prices.
The company said it earned $12.6 million, or 34 cents per share, during the quarter that ended Sept. 30. That was up from $9.8 million, or 26 cents per share, during the same period last year.
Revenue rose 23 percent to $478.4 million, from $388.8 million a year earlier.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting a profit of 33 cents per share on revenue of $486.3 million.
Revenue for rail-to-truck shipments grew 25 percent to $338 million, helped by higher volume and prices. Truck brokerage revenue rose 16 percent to $86 million. Revenue in its Unyson Logistics business rose 23 percent to $54 million.
The company's shares had fallen 51 cents to close at $29.34 before the results were released.

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Spendwise Moms: How Do You Make Balanced Meals From This?
How Do You Make Balanced Meals From This?
"My question is how do you have dinners when there is only the one meat purchase?"
When people look at the list of groceries bought each week, they don't see how you can make balanced meals with the things bought that week. Keep in mind, that each week there is food that is leftover or frozen or can carry over from another week. For example, I didn't buy any meat this week. But, I did have meat in the freezer from a month ago that I am still using. Even though you don't see the meat for the week, and wonder how I can make a meat dish if I didn't buy meat that week, I already have it on hand. By stocking up on things and having extra, you can make balanced meals even if you only buy sale items or fresh produce that week.
I bought 8 grain hot cereal and a rice hot cereal this week. They won't last the whole week because I only bought enough for one meal. I also bought oat bran which will be used to make bread for toast the rest of the week. I already have flour, yeast and sugar on hand. So, even though it doesn't look like I have enough food to feed us breakfast for the week, I really do. Do that make sense? When you see posts about shopping trips, don't assume that the only food they have to work with is what they bought that week.
I totally get it because that is how I shop. I buy meat as it goes on sale or is on markdown and put it away in the freezer. Some months I don't buy meat at all. If I buy meat I buy less fresh produce or canned goods. When I don't buy meat I buy more produce and canned goods. No brainer.


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Beginning in November 2017, my heart began to deteriorate. So, after much prayer and talking with my family, I decided to have an LVAD implanted. I realized that I wanted to live to see my grandsons grow up. On November 6, 2017, I had the surgery. On November 20th, almost exactly 3 months to the day i went in the hospital, I went home. It took some getting used to but, because the awesome support of my family, I have been able to make tremendous progress. Rather than feeling sorry for myself, I'm trying to get back to the things I used to do.
My main concern after coming home was, what am I going to wear and how would I look with all of this equipment on me. I did not want to wear vests and look like I was going fishing. I wanted to still be feminine. My sisters bought me xxl tops which were fine at first. I would wear my Lvad shirts from lvadgear@live.com under the tops. They looked fine but I was still not satisfied. I went to a friend, who made me some beautiful tops which make me look and feel feminine. She has a website, elenashcdesigns@gmail.com or you can find her on Facebook at Elena's Handcrafted Designs. Check it out ladies. It does make a difference.
To anyone who is considering an Lvad, it is an adjustment but I am thankful that I am still here to live the life the Lord has planned for me.


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We were delighted to look into the women that served in the SWH that came from Aberdeen. Our inquiries this far have discovered 20+ women all living in the area. Subject to finding out more information on these women it’s hoped that this year there will be enough information for an exhibition and we hope to provide a presentation for Aberdeen Museum.
Below is a small taste of some of the story’s. More detail will be on the women page.
Margaret Stuart Fowler was born 2/10/1884 at Ardenville,Woodside,Old Machar,Aberdeen.
In August 1916 Margaret joined the SWH as a nurse, she joined what was know as the American Unit And by the 4 th of August had boarded the HM Hospital ship ” Dunluce Castle” in Southampton and set sail for Salonika( Thessaloniki) in Greece.Margaret was stationed in Salonika for the first 2 weeks and then moved to the 200 bed hospital at Lake Ostrovo( now part of Macedonia) The units job was to support the Serbian Army who at the time were trying to take the mountains of Kajmakcalan.
Margaret returned home for a short time but returned in July 1919 with the Girton and Newnham unit where she worked in Belgrade Serbia as a driver till December 1919. Margaret married a Serb Major Dushan Hitch In 1925.
Margaret Warrender Kinnaird born 3/6/1890 in Banchory Devenick,Aberdeen.
Margaret at the time of joining the Scottish Women’s Hospital’s lived at Braefarm Mannofield Aberdeen. She joined the SWH as a nurse in August 1916, signing up to work with Elsie Inglis Russia unit. she sailed from Liverpool on the 31st of august the voyage took her to Archangel in Russia and then by train to Odessa. We know she returned in August 1917. Maggie died in Canada,on 4/10/1969.
William Smith, born Aberdeen, painter of landscapes in the Highlands in oil and watercolour’s. William smith joined the SWH as a clerk on the 1st of December 1914 and headed to Kragujevac south of Belgrade in Serbia. Nursing the Serbian Troops often around the clock in desperate conditions, IN 1915 Serbia could fight no more, out numbered by 10/1 and with very little ammunition left, the decision was made to retreat. The retreat was to be know later as the Great Serbian Retreat and took men, women and children manly on foot in the dead of winter hundreds of miles down through Serbia and into Kosovo and over the Albanian and Montenegrin mountains and down the Adriatic sea, its estimated that some 200,000 men , women and children perished on the route.William and many of the Doctors and nurses choose to remain with the Serbs and went on the retreat with them. Williams ability at painting and drawing is well demonstrated in the many pictures and maps he made on the retreat. On arrival at Adriatic sea he boarded a ship for Brindisi Italy and from their came home via France.
Jessie was living at 128 spital in Aberdeen when she joined the Scottish Women s Hospitals in July 1915, she like William Smith went to Kragujevac in Serbia, She with went out from Southampton as a nurse on the 12th of September 1915 on board the “oxfordshire” However unlike William she and around 60 other Doctors and nurses including Elsie Ingis refused to leave and therefore ended up a POW. For the next two months were taken from camp to camp, first to Belgrade then Vienna, Kerevara in Hungry and finally the German border town of Waidhofen. Jessie arrived back in London on 12th of February 1916.
Mary Moir Trail was born in 1891 in the district of Old Machar,Aberdeen.She was the third child of Orkney born,Professor of Botany at Aberdeen,James William Helenius Trail and Aberdeen born Katherine Elizabeth Molligan. ary was still living on the High st Aberdeen when she joined the Scottish Womens Hospitals in May 1916 as an orderly. She worked at the beautiful Abbey at Royaumont under the command of the French war office. Royaumont was opened in 1915 and remained open till march 1919. Mary’s time there during the summer of 1916 was no place for the fainthearted, Royaumont was only 25 miles from the front line and it was common the hear the thunder from the cannons and no stranger to the horrors of war, but on July the 2nd all hell broke loose for the next 20 days Trains carried men to Royaumont like streams the SWH own 4 ambulances recovered over 100 men in the first 24 hours. The Battle of the Somme had begun. For the next two months the unit and hospital were tested in every way.
Dr Laura Sandeman ran a Medical practice in Aberdeen for 25 years, born in 1862 her father was Colonel Frank Stewart Sandeman who ran Stanley mills in Perthshire.
In May 1915 the SWH were requested by the French War Office under the command of General De Torcy to proceed to the Chateau Chanteloup just on the outskirts of Troyes in northern France. The hospital was stationed in the grounds at Chanteloup. 250 beds were erected under large marques and by June they were full.
By October 1915 the unit was invited to join The French Expeditionary Force in Salonika and they accepted as the hospital at that time had been quiet for a few months. In late October they sailed from Marseilles to Salonika where the unit worked in a 1000 bed hospital for a large part of the war.
Laura however returned to Scotland, running the Dundee poorhouse for a while, she even contested the Aberdeen North seat in 1924 and in the same year she also unveiled the war memorial in Stanley. She died of Pneumonia in 1929 at 22 waverley place Aberdeen.
What did you do in the Great War, grandma?
Unable to make this, but will be a great insight into life of Flora Sandes as told by Louise Miller.
As part of this years centenary Jacques Fournier is working on a project to commemorate the people of Troyes in northern France that served during ww1. We will be over the course of the year be helping him with information and vice versa on the work carried out by the Scottish Women’s Hospitals in Troyes. Although the hospital was only in existence for 5 months it’s important to acknowledge their effort’s so close to the front line at that time.
In May 1915 the SWH were requested by the French War Office under the command of General De Torcy to proceed to the Chateau Chanteloup just on the outskirts of Troyes in northern France.
The hospital was sponsored by the Girton and Newnham school for girls and the unit was therefore named The Girton and Newnham Unit. The Chief Medical officers for the unit were Dr Louise Mcllroy of Northern Ireland and Dr Laura Sandeman from Aberdeen and staffed with around 40 other women who worked as Nurses, orderly’s, cooks and drivers.
The hospital was stationed in the grounds at Chanteloup. 250 beds were erected under large marques and by June they were full. Operations were carried out in the Orangerie( similar to a large conservatory).


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Learn tools of the trade that empower you to confidently explore a bright future in the entertainment and music industry with mariachi.
The Mariachi Pathway provides instruction in mariachi-style guitar, guitarron (bass guitar), vihuela, harp, violin, and trumpet. The program is dedicated to preparing students for both careers and college by teaching them leadership, teamwork, and dedication through music. This multi-semester program will help teach students how to play – and then advance a student’s ability to play. Through this coursework and expert guidance (and practice!), students can excel both musically and in their college career.
If you’re interested in music and want to learn about the rich history, fascinating culture, fantastic costumes, and vibrant sound of mariachi, then Adolfo Camarillo’s Mariachi Pathway is for you. Maybe you have a passion for music or crave the camaraderie of being in a mariachi band. Here you’ll have the opportunity to learn, build, and refine your skills in mariachi music.


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I may have mentioned it before, but Swamp Thing is the character that brought me into regularly reading superhero comics, and the DC Universe in specific. I’d been reading comics already, primarily in my father’s collected editions that were becoming more prevalent in the 1980s, but it wasn’t until an issue of Saga of the Swamp Thing that I became interested in reading regularly. And that led me to read a story in Gotham City, which led me to reading Batman, then Justice League, and so on. So when I see that he’s part of this “Milk Wars” un-event…I get a little protective. Find out if I’m the smothering type in my review of Swamp Thing/Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye Special #1, right here!
So we all know what Retconn’s milk does now: makes otherwise extraordinary lives into ordinary, mid-20th Century pastiches, perfect for mass marketing. IN the cases of Cave Carson, his daughter Chloe, and Wild Dog, their world has been transformed into a corporate cubicle farm, where Chloe is Cave’s sweater vest-wearing colleague and Jack is part of the security detail. Thing is, the milk isn’t settling so well in Cave’s stomach, and when he vomits all over the floor, we find out why: Swamp Thing was in there! Or rather, Swamp Thing goes there once Cave stuffs a bunch of vegetables down his gullet. It’s a Swamp Thing thing, you wouldn’t understand.
After he makes Chloe and Jack puke up their milk, snapping them back to the actual order of things, Swamp Thing explains that he’d made special arrangements with Cave to while they investigated Retconn headquarters, a building Swampy has brought with him, in miniature. Cave sent his cybernetic eye into hiding, and Swamp Thing leaped into his stomach before they took their waking milk nap, and so here we are. Now reunited with his eyeball, Cave delves into Retconn’s computer systems to learn that they’ve been selling humanity’s hopes and dreams since at least the time of Christ, and this reality-altering milk is helping them make it all palatable for everyone. Except the lactose intolerant, I suppose…no, actually they have Milk Plus for that.
Just then, Wild Dog reappears, again an agent of Retconn, with two gross bug sidekicks in tow. While they scuffle and Cave sprays bug spray on ‘em, Swamp Thing knocks off Jack’s mask, which cuts Retconn’s spell and brings him back to the fold. They head on off to the Human Resources department, where hundreds and hundreds of humans are actually kept in drawers, their minds being mined by Retconn for, uh, delicious memories and thoughts, I suppose. When the denizens of Retconn start banging on the door, Cave records a quick message to his robot eyeball—the very same one we’ve seen in other issues during this event—and tells Swamp Thing to grab Chloe, Jack and the eye and spread the word like Paul Revere. Cave stays to hold off the horde, which winds up being his effective surrender to a bunch of misshapen ghouls and mutants, who probably have a lot of questions to ask him.
So this is a fairly straightforward narrative, considering the weirdness of the story, but I can’t get over the feeling that it’s a Doom Patrol tale, featuring Cave Carson and Swamp Thing in this particular instance. Chloe and Wild Dog, in particular, don’t read the same way as I remember in the initial series. The artwork is good, but I think it was the wrong fit here—considering the unique style Oeming lent to Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, and the numerous artists that have lent their detail-heavy styles to Swamp Thing, this art struck me as a little too playful and tone-deaf to depict the things happening in-panel. This art might have worked better on the Shade the Changing Girl/Wonder Woman Special #1 that came out last week. All considered this singular issue isn’t horrible, but as another wedge in this Doom Patrol pie that goes way too far to be cute, it’s a disappointment.
Our journey through the milk-infused realities of Retconn continue, and it's starting to smell a little sour. The artwork, while adept, doesn't marry to the story's tone, and the narrative is littered with padding. Still, it can be understood from start to finish, which puts this issue in rare company for "Milk Wars."
I tapped out after the godawful WW/Changing Girl Milks Wars issue. And the cover on this is one of the ugliest I have ever seen put to a page. I simply could not buy it. Nice to hear it is easier to understand that the abortion of the previous Milk War issues.
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When Ricardo first came to Mexico City, he ordered beans in a small fonda and the cook asked, "Fritos o refrito?" (Fried or refried?) That was when Ricardo began to understand the various stages of bean cookery. The first stage, frijoles chinos, is a common way of cooking beans in and around Mexico City. The name confusingly refers to the way the bean texture resembles the tightly curled hair of African slaves brought to Mexico in the middle of the sixteenth century.
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Piggy had a good day at Great Witchingham. Cooley Candyman and Flemington Ruby jumped double clears for 9th in the 5YO class and 7th in the BE100Open respectively.
It was Piggy’s first outing with Flemington Ruby, who has previously been competed by Kevin McNab – as was Brookfield Inocent who Piggy rode in the open intermediate. The pair did a 27.5 dressage and show jumped clear but did not run across country.
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In college, Bryan took his sales skills and combined them with his knowledge of photography and established himself in promotional marketing. After 15 years as Director of Sales for a Fortune 500 software company, Bryan took his suit and tie off to pursue a more artistic career in the world of video production. Bryan believes in the old saying, “Do what you love and never work a day in your life”. Growing up with a love of extreme sports, Bryan’s business grew fast in this area. His laid back attitude and a brutally honest approach to business, soon attracted a talented team of incredibly artistic people. This team can handle any type of production opportunity.
Traveling the country and tackling fun projects is a passion his whole family has shared in. He has been coined a great husband, a great father, a great business man….and a pretty good bus driver.

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I’m looking to buy a like new Carter SD-10 Pedal Steel Guitar . Or Emmons LeGrande SD-10 , or any of the top of the line Brand name steel guitars . I like black or bright red , but would intertain another color if it strikes my fancy . 4 knees , three floor pedals , or something close . You can call me or text me or message me . Message me would be best . Ph # 614-774-3109 ,, gppreston@columbus.rr.com . Guitars must be in great shape . Thanks in advance . Gary .
I have a black MSA Vintage XL SD-10, it's a little heavy but it's in good condition and has a heavy duty case. Let me know if you would like pictures.
Looking for something different , thanks .
I have a Mullen RP SD10 4 x 5 in like new condition, hardly played, 4 years old. Pedals and levers all polished, has tone pot, black, 1" higher legs over standard height. Gorgeous guitar.
$2600 with free shipping to lower 48 states.
I will get some today. Sorry for late response, Gary, Hotmail put the Forum's notification in the Junk Folder.
The SD10 is still available.
How tall are you if you don’t mind ?
Gary, it is Emmons setup for pedals 2, 3 and 4. Pedal #1 is Franklin pedal raising string #1 a whole tone.
Sorry for the delay...again. Hotmail dumped the notices in Junk Mail again even after I marked it "not junk".
Guitar will be shipped FedEx in original box.
Gary, are you still interested in buying this guitar?
Hi Gary, I can always build you a new one, built just for you.
let me know if I can help, God bless.
Hi Gary, I have a Carter S-10 4x5 that I'm thinking of selling - can send pics if you're interested.


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Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Little Big Town, and reigning Entertainer of the Year winner Taylor Swift each received three nods, as well. Swift, who releases Red next month, will have a chance to snag her third trophy in the category. She's nominated alongside Aldean, Chesney, Paisley, and Shelton.
Kelly Clarkson broke through in the female vocalist category, joining previous nominees Swift, Lambert, Underwood and Martina McBride. It's Clarkson's first individual CMA nomination. She and Aldean won musical event last year for their duet "Don't You Wanna Stay."
"The 46th Annual CMA Awards" will be hosted for the fifth time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood and broadcast live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Thursday, Nov. 1 on ABC.
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text: The 1923 University of Manitoba Junior Hockey Club won several championships including the prestigous Memorial Cup.Roster: J.A. Wise (Forward), C.E. Williams (Sub Forward), C.S. Doupe (Sub Goal), F. Robertson (Sub Defence), R.E. Moulden (Forward), A.I. Chapman (Defence), B.H. Watson (Forward), J.M. Murdoch (Captain & Centre), A.T. Puttee (Goal), J. Mitchell (Forward), A. Johnson (Defence), S.B. Field (Secretary/Treasurer), R.L. Bruce (Manager), H. Andrews (President), Hal Moulden (Coach), Walter Robertson (Trainer).

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text: The Long awaited and requested 12" LP vinyl version of our latest album "New Horizons" - Re-mastered for Vinyl by Nada Studios in New Jersey, NY. Recorded in Hermosa Beach, CA. Mixed by Cameron Webb at Maple Studios, Santa Ana, CA. Black Vinyl 12".