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Viking Cruises, Heidelberg

We disembarked from the Viking Eir with Viking River Cruises in Mannheim and all boarded a bus for Heidelberg. The journey was very short and after about only 25 minutes we arrived in the city of Heidelberg. The city of approximately 156,000 people is located in Southwest Germany on the Neckar river, which flows into the Rhine river and is basically a university town.

The University of Heidelberg was founded in 1386 and is Germany’s oldest and is one of Europe’s most renowned. Heidelberg the city itself, is home to several internationally esteemed research facilities located adjacent to its university, among them are the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and Molecular Biology Organization, the German Cancer Research Center and four four Max Planck Institutes including the Institute for Medical Research, Astronomy, Nuclear Physics and Comparative Public Law and International Law.

Viking Tour Bus

Heidelberg can be traced back to the fifth century, but its first written reference was in 1155. It is known as the romantic popular tourist destination due to its romantic cityscape, including Baroque style architecture, especially in “Old Town”. The city has so much to offer: charm and character in abundance between the Old Bridge and the mighty castle, an unparalleled choice of culture and entertainment, generous yet heavenly cuisine and a picturesque setting nestled between the Neckar river and the foothills of the Odenwald forest. The 1925 song “I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg” composed by Fred Raymond was a major hit and inspired a stage musical and two films. It remains the theme song of Heidelberg.

Heidelberg Castle Entry Arch

Our first stop was Heidelberg Castle, a ruin in Germany and one of the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps. The main structure was erected in 1214 and expanded into two castles in around 1294. In 1537 a lightening-bolt ruined the upper castle. In 1764, another lightning-bolt caused a fire which destroyed some of the rebuilt sections. The castle was partially rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries after wars and fires damaged several portions of the castle. Once you pass through the entry arch you start to view the ruins and damage that the years have done to the castle. The area also presents magnificent photo opportunities, as this was of the dry moat with all the green flora and fauna growing.

Heidelberg Castle Moat

Of particular interest was this photo of the castle’s ruins with the round tower in the right section. Apparently it was customary in those days to have the toilet just off the dining area, the excrement dropping to be used for fertilizer on the gardens below. Kim toured the Marksburg Fortress the day before and her guide explained the door to the toilet could only be locked from the outside because in the event of an attack the enemy could enter into the “heart” of the castle through the toilet.

Heidelberg Castle Ruins

As you enter the castle and walk through the tunnel you view these iron spokes above. They were lowered if enemy forces were attacking and kept armies at bay, at least temporarily until the castle occupants could prepare. It was actually a little nerve wracking to walk under the spikes. I was glad we didn’t suffer an earthquake and have them dislodged accidentaly.

Heidelberg Castle Gate Guard

Once inside the castle you come upon walls and walls of intricate manifestations filled with Baroque style art and sculptures of the various period emperors, princes and kings. One cannot imagine the detail that went into these facades. Sculptures of the former German kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire that adorn the facade are one of the earliest examples of German Renaissance architecture and are gorgeous in appearance.

Statues on the Facade of Schloss Heidelberg in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The German Museum of Pharmacy Foundation was established in 1937 and the museum itself opened in 1938 in Munich and was closed down during World War II. In 1957, the German Museum of Pharmacy was officially reopened in Heidelberg Castle where it offers striking views of the most complete collection of items worldwide, highlighting the history of pharmacy on a maximum quality level to hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. The museum is home to over 20,000 objects displaying a trip through the history of medical science, especially focused on the progression of pharmacology as first nearly a magic art, then a science.

Heidelberg Castle Pharmacy Museum Entrance

Berthold, our Viking guide was humorous and very knowledgeable of the history of Heidelberg Castle. One of his points of interest was this “tree of love” where several young lovers over the years would meet and extend their arms through the gap in the base trunk and large limb to secretly hold hands. As any close contact was forbidden at this time, it was a way of showing your love to your special person and being able to hide your contact from the public.

Heidelberg Castle Viking Guide Tree of Love

These statues on the side of the castle tower portrayed the Dicker Turm, Thick Tower or Fat Tower adjoining the English wing and Featuring two Palatine Electors (Counts), Ludwig V (von der Pfalz) on the left and Friederich V (von der Pfalz) on the right, who built this section of the Schloss Heidelberger (Heidelberg Castle).

Heidelberg Castle  Ludwig V and Friederich V

This villa (Heinertowner) is located on the hill adjacent to the castle and clearly visible from the valley overlook of the castle. It is reportedly a student house for the University of Heidelberg. My apologies, but I was not able to conform this. It was a lovely structure and I decided to photograph it with my new 80-200 zoom lens.

Heidelberg University Student Housing

Heidelberg Castle is located on the Konigstuhl hillside and served by the Heidelberger Bergbahn funicular railway that runs from Heidelberg’s Kornmarkt (grain market) to the summit of the Königstuhl (1,863 ft high hill in the Odenwald Mountains). The castle is located approximately 250 feet up the mountain. The castle overlooks the beautiful Baroque “Old Town” and one can see for miles down the Neckar valley, all the way to Mannheim where we disembarked from our Viking Longship.

View from Heidelberg Castle

Another view from the castle overlook is the The Karl Theodor Bridge, commonly known as the Old Bridge, is a stone bridge in Heidelberg, crossing the Neckar River.  It connects the Old City with the eastern part of the Neuenheim district of the city on the opposite bank. The current bridge, made of Neckar Valley Sandstone and the ninth built on the site, was constructed in 1788 by Elector Charles Theodore and is one of the best-known and amazing landmarks and tourist destinations in the history of Heidelberg.

The Karl Theodor Bridge or Old Bridge,

After going out on the overlook, which is a magnificent place for photos, especially panoramas, we then strolled through the courtyard and came upon this Sundial that was in use hundreds of years ago and according to Berthold our Viking guide, the sundial is more accurate than most clocks.

The Courtyard Sundial in Heidelberg Castle

I am sad that my photos of the world’s largest wine-cask, didn’t turn out. It is named the “Heidelberg Tun” and holds approximately 219,000 liters of wine or 58,574 US gallons. One hundred and thirty oak trees were sacrificed for this barrel. The vat is credited in several novels including “Five Weeks in a Balloon” by Jules Verne, “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo, “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville and “A Tramp Abroad” by Mark Twain. It is located underneath the castle.

Perkeo of Heidelberg (born Clemens Pankert) was a jester and court dwarf for Palatine Charles III Philip in Heidelberg. He was originally a button maker in Salorno Italy, South Tyrol. In about 1718 Perkeo met Prince Charles III Philip who ruled Tyrol and a portion of Austria. When Philip was made the Electorate Palatinate, Perkeo moved to the Heidelberg Castle with Charles III. His name represents his famous response “perche no?” (“why not” in Italian) when asked if he desired another cup of wine at royal events.

Current narratives allege he drank from five to eight US gallons of wine a day. In addition he oversaw the previous mentioned wine-cask, which many found comical, given his propensity for drinking. Per local legend he lived into his eighties never ingesting anything but wine. One day he took sick and the Doctor ordered him to drink water. He died the next day according to folklore.

Perkeo Court Jester at the Heidelberg Castle

After we left the castle we toured Old Town and were released to walk on our own for a brief period. In the middle of Old Town is their beautiful Church of the Holy Spirit. A gorgeous sanctuary completed in 1426 while the Spire was finished in 1439. The famous Palatine Library, “Bibloteca Palatina” originated and was retained in the gallery of the church, where light was appropriate for extensive reading. Maximillian I, Elector of Bavaria took the entire collection of manuscripts and books and gave them to the Pope during the 30 years war between 1618-1648. Only 885 were returned of the original 5,000 books and 3,524 manuscripts.

The remainder of the books stayed at the Vatican Library in the Bibliotheca Palatina section. During the University of Heidelberg Jubilee several of these books were temporarily returned and placed on display. In the beginning the Church was was used by Catholics and Protestants and even at the same time. A wall was erected in 1706 to separate the two congregations until 1936 when the wall was removed and the church became exclusively Protestant.

Church of the Holy Spirit

A block or two away from the church was Sofiestrabe street which leads to the Old Bridge. The overpass has been destroyed and rebuilt at least eight times since it was constructed as Roman wood pile bridge in the first century. In the second century a stone bridge was erected by the Romans and eventually collapsed. It was over a thousand years before in 1284 a written mention of another bridge was stated. The first five bridges all collapsed when hit by ice flows in 1288, 1308, 1340, 1400 and 1470.

Heidelberg Street Going to the Old Bridge Gate

There are no renderings of these initial five bridges, but there are of the 6th bridge which had a wooden covered wooden roadway that was open at the sides. There is a much more detailed illustration in Sebastian Munster’s Cosmographia of 1550. In the Heidelberg Panorama a bridge on eight stone pillars is evident. The two towers of the bridge gate can be made out at the southern end of the bridge and the monkey tower is on the seventh pillar, towards the north end of the bridge. Had to capture this moment with a photo of Kim in front of the Old Bridge Gate.

Kim at the Old Bridge Gate in Heidelberg

The “Cosmographia” was one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. It encompassed 24 editions in 100 years. This accomplishment was a result of extraordinary woodcuts by Hans Holbein the Younger, Urs Graf, Hans Rudoplh Manuel Deutsch and David Kandel. It was most important in establishing cartography in 16th-century Europe. Among the notable maps within “Cosmographia” is the map “Tabula novarum insularum”, which is credited as the first map to show the American continents as geographically discrete and interprets from Latin as “New board islands”

Old Bridge Gate in Heidelberg

Directly behind the double towered gate on the south end is a statue honoring Karl Theodore who reigned as Prince-Elector and Count Palatine from 1742, as Duke of Julich and Berg from 1742 and also as prince-elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1777 to his death in 1799. He was a member of the House of Palatine-Sulzbach, a branch of the House of Wittelsbach. During his reign he oversaw construction the “Old Bridge” which was completed in 1788. The statute was built by Franz Conrad Linck and the three female figures at the foot of this statue symbolize piety, justice, agriculture and trade.

Statue of Karl Theodore on Old Bridge in Heidelberg

Heidelberg City Hall (‘Rathaus’) is located right on Market Square in the backdrop of the historic Old Town, the world-famous Castle ruins and the banks of the river Neckar. It is the focal point for local politics and the nerve center of the city’s governmental services. For citizens of the Old Town, it is also their local municipal main office, the “little city hall”, as it is known. Each neighborhood has one, so locals do not have to travel too far for help and advice.

Heideleberg Rathaus City Hall

Cafe Gundel is one of the oldest artisan bakeries in Heidelberg and serves a myriad of cakes, pastries and sweet goods along with seasonal goodies. The perennial goods include rhubarb cake in March, cherry jock (lattice pie) in June, onion cake in September, Easter bunnies and various handmade chocolates at Easter. Sandwiches and breakfast items are also offered in an original house constructed in 1720 and run by Christian Gundel a fourth generation owner.

Heidelberg Castle Cafe Gundel

The Cafe Knosel is located across from the Church of the Holy Spirit and is the oldest coffeehouse in Heidleberg. They use a small number of handpicked, regional specialist suppliers on their provider list. This is to ensure that only fresh goods are processed and served on the table. They offer breakfast from 8:00 AM until 11:00 AM and lunch from 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM, serving a wide variety of items priced reasonably for your budget’s sake. Dinner is served until 10:00 PM nightly. The menu includes a myriad of desserts along with an extensive presentation of beer and wines.

Heidelberg Cafe Knosel Oldest Cafe in the City

I cannot go to Europe without treating Kim and myself to Gelato. It’s a little bit of heaven in my opinion. Even though our traditional US ice cream is laden with butter fat, it’s not the same. In Heidelberg I managed to snap a photo before diving in to my bowl. I have to recommend “That’s Gelato” which has several outlets in Heidelberg area. It was delicious and definitely up to our expectations!

Gelato in Heidelberg Old Town

Our Viking bus dropped us off at this inn to the iron cross on Karlsplatz and then we walked in the direction of Kornmarkt in Heidelberg. Here at the Galthaus zum Eisernen Kruez inn in Heidelberg’s old town on Karlsplatz, we started our city tour of Heidelberg with our guide. We visited several points of interest mentioned above and returned to this spot to catch our bus back to the Viking Longship Eir.

We ended our visit to Heidelberg and began thinking about Strasbourg and Kim and my first visit to France! Little did we know how much we would love their pastries, candy and other sweets. We went crazy! Can’t wait to  show you what we bought and ate. I think I gained seven pounds on this cruise and most of it can be attributed to the pastries, cakes and sweets we bought in Strasbourg!

Heidelberg Beer Haus on the Square

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On India, Nepal, and being thankful

It hasn’t quite been three weeks since we returned from our trip, and yet it seems like months. Even though we haven’t posted much about it yet, we’ve certainly been thinking about India and Nepal every day since we got back. I still have the yellow and red string a sadhu at Pashupatinath tied around my wrist, right before he showered me with bright orange marigold petals and blessed my family. I have not removed it because I want to remember…remember I really was there, standing half way around the world in a place that was at once overwhelming and peaceful, foreign and familiar, scary and sublime.

Because the thing is, the further in time you get from any trip, the more distant the memories become, and the more surreal it seems that we were even there at all. Finally getting all of the photos uploaded to the computer, we sort through them with a sense of wonder at how much we really did and saw there. Moments captured in images remind us of just how amazing this trip was.

And amazing it was. From the spice market in Old Delhi, where we climbed narrow, steep stairways up an ancient building where sack after burlap sack of chili peppers were stored, and watched while a man rolled out fresh pappadums and laid them on mats to dry in the sun; to the spectacular, vast forts and palaces of Jaipur, silver urns larger than any other in the world, mirrored rooms to rival Versailles; kalito the gritty streets of Kolkata, where on Kali Puja truckloads of people drove by us on street corners, cheering and singing, carrying their neighborhood statue of the goddess to the river, and to the Mullik flower market, where thin men carried impossibly large baskets of garlanded flowers on their head, and everything was technicolor; to the funky streets of Kathmandu, filled with hippies and stoners and backpackers, where we sat on pillows at low tables, shoeless and happy to be just there, together; and finally to a mountain flight over the Himalayan foothills, crawling up to the cockpit in a 16-seater plane full of Buddhist monks to snap our own, prized shots of Mount Everest, more spectacular than you even expected.

Amazing? Oh, yes.

Since we’ve been back, several friends have asked us “Was it everything you expected?”

Truly, I don’t recall what we “expected”…I’m not sure we had any expectations, other than to see and eat and do all the things we had read about. Despite all the research, reading, and watching of videos, you cannot prepare yourself for India, and there’s no way to expect what you experience when you arrive.

Are any two people’s experiences in India the same? I can’t imagine they are. The country is so diverse, and the cities so vast, and there are so, so many things to see in a few short days. When you’re there, India feels like a gamble, like a roll of the dice as to what you’ll be able to manage on any given day. Where will this cab take us? Did he understand? What is this street? Should we just get out and walk?

After India, Kathmandu felt downright laid back. But that’s just a matter of perspective, I suspect.

Today is Thanksgiving in the US, and no matter what your feelings on the origins of this holiday, it has, for better or worse, evolved into a day when generally people get together with friends or family, have a nice meal, and ostensibly think about what they are thankful for. Celebrating with food and loved ones is not unique to this particular holiday or to the US, of course. People in every country, no matter how rich or poor, celebrate moments in life.

After one long day of sightseeing in Kathmandu, where we had a car take us to several temples on the outskirts of the city, we were returning to Thamel after dark. Driving through a neighborhood we passed some people gathered in a circle, singing, clapping, dancing. I don’t know what they were celebrating, but it looked lovely, and they looked happy.

So, what are we thankful for?

After our trip, we are thankful for clean drinking water, the absence of honking, and personal space.

But most of all, we are truly thankful for the ability to travel, and glimpse, however fleetingly, other lives, other places, other ways of doing things. For the chance to see the world in a new way each time we get on a plane, and for the home and friends and family we return to.

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So along with on going drama at work we had the added dramatics of yet another flood. The building we work in can’t really cope with heavy rain or should I say the roof can’t! This is now I think the 4th or 5th time we’ve flooded in two years, it’s bad that I’m losing count isn’t it!

This was the first time that I have been day off for it though so unfortunately had to leave my guys to deal with it, which they did admirably. Having a showroom that you take great pride in, being ruined, albeit temporarily, is very soul destroying. Thankfully we are back on track now, dried out and tidied up like nothing ever happened other than a lot of ceiling tiles missing having been turned to pulp.

Here are a couple of videos to show how bad it was, I don’t think really shows the severity but the sound gives you a good idea, that is the sound of it raining indoors.

Thankfully I work with an amazing group of people who now take this in their stride, not that we should have to, but sometimes life just throws these things in your path, and you either turn back or clear the way forward and after the past couple of weeks, I’ve learnt you have to keep moving forward because standing still is just as bad as going backwards. Sometimes you just have to let stuff go rather than dwell on things you wish were different.

Life is better than you realise and every second needs to be appreciated

Here’s to a better week x


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… it’s been a long time …

It’s been some time since I wrote about my guy friend, and
there are several reasons for this rather long gap…
When I last was recounting our time together, I had just
arrived in Rio for the second visit, to be a lengthy one, and
re-entry was becoming difficult for many reasons.
I stopped mid story, because frankly it was so completely
depressing me, and it was confusing, and draining,  to be
taken back to such an emotional six months stay.

rio at night with christ

Rio has such romance and magic, and particularly for me in
the last 28 years, because of a Brasilian I met waaaay back
in the Eighties…. ah yes, the party decade!
He was diving for Urchins, I was a local, a friend brought him
to dinner, and the rest just unfolded as it did.  Great chemistry,
great romance, excitement, charm and mystery.
Then he vanished, as he used to love to do, and then two years
later, called me from Rio, to tell me that he loved me.
Then more years…. and then finding eachother on the internet,
making plans to meet, a month long visit, crazy mad love,
plans to return….. a painful year, at least for me…. and then
at last an extended stay.  We planned to marry… or at least
be together in a new way.

So there we are… we have some context as to the ‘picking up
where we left off’ part.  But see, there’s a catch… during this
interum, while I put away the turmoil, the ugliness, the long
and terrible confusions of to stay or not to stay…. and trying
hard to figure out this very convoluted man…. a completely
unforseen thing happened.
He emailed me…………..
Yes……. out of the Blue….. and here he is, briefly touching
in, with deep and sincere apologies, and wishes to perhaps
be able to converse.  I soon agreed, and we began what is still
going on today… long and heartfelt conversations via SKYPE,
with the most delightful videos, the most touching shares.
And that was Nine months ago…. hmmm?  rebirth?
He is living on his boat in Norway, soon to throw himself to
the wind, literally and as he is fond of doing.  And so there’s
more stories to tell, videos to enjoy, and a new blog site
in the future.

The true miracle of all of this is…. we have become real friends.
When you are ‘in love’ with someone, you know it will change
and turn into something else…. but to move from all of that
to Being Friends, and sharing things that really mean something…
Well, that my friends is an impossible Wish Granted.

6 thoughts on “… it’s been a long time …

  1. J says:

    Wheres the like button? LOVE stories of friendship. xoxox

  2. Sylvia says:

    Such a grace that there can be completeness and understanding after all this time.

    • Yes, insightful comment as usual… so glad you’re still with this and savoring it’s nuances. The completeness is such a blessing, and especially for him. His load is heavy and although he has chosen to be a loner, this intimacy is something he never expected and never knew before. And he is grateful each day.

  3. Thank you Syl… I know you understand so well.

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Gina Visits Matt

Matt was looking out of the window. It was Wednesday night just after nine. He had put Cam to bed an hour earlier. He had just finished working out in the den which he had set up as a gym. He took a quick shower and fixed himself a cup of Chamomile Tea. As he drank it, he went over to the window and looked out.

After he finished his tea, he was going to call Melania and make plans to see her over the weekend. He still couldn’t get over the feeling that something was up with her, though. He felt it when they were at Natalie’s cocktail party last month. She had been unusually quiet when they left the party and he was taking her home. He had asked her what was wrong and she had said that she was tired. He left it at that. He walked her to her door, they kissed and then, he left.

The doorbell rang. Frowning, he put his cup down and went to see who it was. When he saw that it was Gina, he opened the door. “Gina? What are you doing here?” he asked.

“I need to talk to you.”

“All right. Come in. Excuse me while I go and put on a shirt. The living-room is through there,” he said, pointing. While she went there, he went to the bedroom to pull on a tee shirt, wondering what she needed to talk to him now and why it couldn’t wait until tomorrow.

She was standing by the window when he joined her. “I couldn’t let another day go by without telling you something that I feel you should know about.”

“What is it?”

“It concerns Melania.”

“What about Mel?”

“Has she told you anything about Tanner?”

“Graham’s cousin?”

“Well, she said that Tanner worked at the same company where she was an intern. She mentioned that they had bumped into each other at Yorkdale and she called me when they were going out for lunch.”

“Is that all she told you about him?”

“Yes. Why?”

“Matt, I don’t know how to tell you this.”

“Tell me what, Gina?”

“That Mel and Tanner have a history–and I don’t mean just a working history.”

“What exactly do you mean, Gina?”

“Tanner and Melania dated each other when they were both living in New York.”

“How do you know this?”

“I was in his office the other day and I happened to see a photo of them together. It was a selfie of them in a hot tub.”

“And how did you happen to see this photo?”

“It was in his desk drawer. He wasn’t there so, I wanted to leave him a note letting him know that I had stopped by and that’s when I saw the photo.”

“It could have been totally innocent.”

“She had her arms around his neck and was kissing him while he was taking the photo.”

“That was in the past, Gina. Tanner’s with you now and Mel’s with me. They’re just friends.”

“Is that what she told you–that they’re just friends?”

“No, she didn’t tell me that but it’s what I believe.”

“All right. How do you explain this?” Gina took out her cell phone and flipped through a couple of screens until she found what she was looking for. She handed Matt the phone.

He found himself looking at a photo of Melania. She was squatting in a black close fitting dress and high heel sandals, looking over her shoulder. “This was taken in her living-room. Where did you get this?”

“It was on Tanner’s computer. He had it as his wallpaper. He must have taken it which means that he was at her place.”

Matt handed the cell back to Gina. “Having a photo as a wallpaper doesn’t mean that they are more than friends.”

Gina took it and after deleting the photo, she put the phone back into her handbag. “When we were at the cocktail party, didn’t you notice how she was acting?”

“She seemed a bit distracted.”

“That was because she was jealous.”

“Jealous? Because I wanted to have a word with you?”

“No, Matt. She wasn’t jealous of you and me. She was jealous of Tanner and me.”

“Tanner and you?”

“Yes. She hated seeing us together. I saw her watching us, especially him. Didn’t you notice that later in the evening, they were both gone for a while?”

“Mel went to the washroom and I saw Tanner with you.”

“Yes, but he left for a while and shortly after she came back from wherever she went, he showed up. I think that they were together. Matt, open your eyes. There’s something going on between them. Don’t let Melania fool you. Even though she’s with you, it’s Tanner she really wants to be with.”

Matt’s expression darkened. “Maybe Tanner’s attracted to Mel and you’re maligning her because you’re jealous.”

“They’re attracted to each other, Matt. I’ve seen them together and I’ve seen the way they look at each other. Did she tell you that while Natalie and I were playing tennis at Bayview Village park, she and Tanner went for a walk?”

“No, she didn’t but I’m sure it’s not what you’re insinuating.”

“Prove me wrong then. Ask her about Tanner. Do it in person so that you can tell if she’s lying to you or not.”

“Gina, I think you’d better leave now.”

“I’ll go. I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I thought you ought to know what your girlfriend has been up to. Don’t bother seeing me out, I’ll see myself out. Goodnight, Matt. Please give Cam a hug and kiss for me.” She turned and walked out of the living-room.

Matt stood there, his mind reeling. He heard the door close behind Gina and then, there was silence. Only the ticking of the clock on the wall could be heard. Why did Gina have to come here tonight and turn his world upside down? He knew she hadn’t done it because she gave a damn about him. She did it because she wanted to get even with Melania. She still blamed her for the divorce.

But, was what she had said true, though? Was there something going on between Melania and Tanner? Why hadn’t Melania mentioned running into Tanner at Bayview Village park and going for a walk with him? It was true he had noticed that she hadn’t been herself lately and how distracted she had been when they were at the cocktail party. Was Tanner the reason for her sudden change in behavior? Did she still have feelings him? And what about the photo he had in his desk drawer of them in the hot tub or the wallpaper on his computer of her in her apartment? It was obvious that they had been lovers in the past but was there something going on between them now?

He dragged his fingers through his hair. There was only one way to find out. In the morning, he would call Melania and arrange to meet her tomorrow evening so that he could talk to her. He hoped with all of his heart that Gina was wrong.

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Lenovo Z2 Plus Review Everything you need to know

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Lenovo Launches its new smartphone Lenovo Z2 Plus in india. So here i am to tell you Lenovo Z2 Plus Review Everything you need to know. The phone costs Rs 17,999 for the base 3GB RAM and 32GB memory version, while the top-end version with 4GB RAM and 64GB memory will cost buyers Rs 19,999. No matter, which variant you buy, you will get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor under the hood. The Snapdragon 820 is currently Qualcomm’s latest and greatest mobile processor, available in a commercial device. Technically, its successor, the Snapdragon 821 is also available now, but the first phone to launch with the SD 821 — the LeEco Le Pro 3 — will be commercially available for buying from September 28 and that too in China to begin with.

Lenovo’s new Z2 Plus has me hooked, not because it has a Snapdragon 820 inside. It has me hooked for a different reason. The Z2 Plus is the cheapest Snapdragon 820 powered phone ever. At least in India, it is. Period! Well before, Lenovo’s new phone came along, this distinction was held by the Xiaomi Mi 5, and that phone — with all its merits and some demerits — costs upwards of Rs 20,000. The Lenovo Z2 Plus, even its top-end version, costs just Rs 19,999. That’s a big deal.

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Lenovo Z2 Plus Review Everything you need to know

Come to think of it, it’s not very surprising. Its predecessor, the Zuk Z1, was equally high on raw power. It came with a Snapdragon 801, which again, was (is) a mighty powerful processor, and it cost under Rs 15,000. That Lenovo skipped the hot-as-hell Snapdragon 810 and launched the Z2 Plus with a Snapdragon 820 is very thoughtful.

There’s only so much that high-end hardware can do, though. If it is not complimented by a slick user interface — the software part — a phone with hardware bragging rights is, well, a body without a soul. I have never been a fan of Lenovo’s Vibe UI. Thankfully, its Zuk-series phones don’t run Vibe UI. While the Zuk Z1 had Cyanogen OS at the epicenter, the new Z2 Plus has a very different version of Vibe UI under the hood. Lenovo calls it ZUI and it is based on Android Marshmallow. I would have liked Cyanogen OS more, but ZUI is not that bad, you know. It is just a fancier version of stock Android, with a few more colours and a control centre that has been borrowed from iOS. Swiping down from the up brings out the notification shade, while swiping up from the bottom takes you to the quick settings toggles. Although, a lot of stock icons have received a fresh coat of paint, ideally ZUI doesn’t go overboard with most of the things, which is nice. I like stock Android. Sometimes I like colours too. Lenovo’s ZUI gives me best of both worlds. Most importantly, it is slick with minimum bloat or unwanted apps. That’s a huge thing, considering, the Vibe UI has been overloading Lenovo phones for as long as I can remember.

The Lenovo Z2 Plus has its hardware and software in place. Clearly, it doesn’t get any better, for a Lenovo-branded phone. Lenovo calls it, its most powerful phone ever. It is also its most power efficient phone ever, it says. I couldn’t agree more, even though; I do reserve my final verdict for my full review of the phone. On paper though, the Z2 Plus — at its price — ticks all the right boxes and then some more.

Activity tracking is a major USP of the Z2 Plus, according to the company. It actually makes use of Qualcomm SD 820’s sensor processing unit and always-on capabilities, to make the phone a dedicated fitness tracker. So basically Qualcomm gives Lenovo the desired hardware, all that Lenovo has to do is add sensors to it, and the phone is good to go. Lenovo has done just that in the Z2 Plus. The phone comes with a built-in pedometer, gyroscope and accelerometer. The phone also comes with something called as U-Health application that can track users’ steps, distance travelled, calories burnt and more, using all the sensors mentioned above. This is one more instance where the Z2 Plus’ hardware compliments its software well. In fact, Lenovo is banking on the fact that since the functionality comes built-in to the phone; users won’t need to buy a separate fitness tracker, should you buy the Z2 Plus.

Lenovo Z2 Plus Review Everything you need to know

Lenovo Z2 Plus Review Everything you need to know

The phone has one more USP, vis-a-vis hardware. It comes with a front-mounted physical home button with fingerprint sensor that Lenovo calls U-Touch 2.0. It works quite well even when your fingers are sweaty or wet, but not completely drenched, claims the company. The home button supports up to 7 different functions that can be manually programmed by the user. Some of these include: single touch for back, swipe from left or right to switch between apps, so on and so forth.

The Z2 Plus comes with a 5-inch 1080p display which is fairly rich and vibrant. Brightness levels could have been better, but more or less, for the price, Lenovo’s new phone doesn’t look all that bad in this regard. The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime, also launched recently, around the same price point appears to be slightly sharper. But, in Lenovo’s defense, the Z2 Plus comes with an option to manually correct colour saturation. The J7 Prime doesn’t.

The Z2 Plus sports a 13-megapixel camera on the rear with f/2.2 aperture, phase detection autofocus and LED flash along with EIS stabilisation (there’s no Optical Image Stabilisation). The rear shooter is capable of recording 4K videos, slow motion and time-lapse videos. You also get an 8-megapixel camera on the front.

The rear camera — in my brief usage — was able to shoot pretty detailed photos in outdoor good lighting. But then most phones, these days, are capable of doing that anyway. I will have more to say about the phone’s rear shooter in our full review. One nitpick, however, is that the phone does not have a full-fledged Manual mode. Clearly, photography is not something that is high on its wish-list. For a quick reference, the J7 Prime’s rear camera produced more encouraging results in indoor situations. So, I have my fingers crossed about this one.

The phone is backed by a 3,500mAh battery and supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 technology out-of-the-box. It comes with an intelligent charge cut-off tech for optimising charging so the battery doesn’t lose its efficiency over time, accordingly to Lenovo. A 3,500mAh battery, at this price point is a good thing and definitely something to look forward to.

The dualSIM phone supports 4G LTE (VoLTE-ready) and comes with USB Type-C port for connectivity and data syncing purposes.

And now the design and build. I have been keeping this for the end, because well, it’s something that I did not find very encouraging. The phone is built out of fiber glass — boasting of a roll cage design — which is stronger and lighter than metal, as per the company. Basically, it’s a fancier form of polycarbonate. It is light, yes. It is comfortable to use, yes. It may be strong, sure. But, there are three issues. One, the design is not the most original. The phone looks remarkably like the OnePlus X, and a cheaper version of it. Second, it is very glossy and accumulates smudge and fingerprints by the millisecond. And third, it is very prone to scratches. No wonder, Lenovo is selling protective cases for the phone separately. If however, you don’t mind these issues, the Z2 Plus is definitely one of the easiest phones to use and operate, even with one hand. There is one more nitpick that I would like to add. The phone does not support expandable storage.

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Heritage Foundation: Don't Force States to Unionize

The Heritage Foundation warns of the negative implication of forcing states to unionize firemen and police forces:

The Senate may soon consider a bill that would force states to allow for the unionization of public employees. In addition to the extraordinary amount of mandates imposed under President Obama, Congress has been attempting to extend the burden of collective bargaining imposed upon every state and local government. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) recently reintroduced the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act in an attempt to rush it through Congress before Republicans take control of the House in January. This legislation would mandate collective bargaining for police, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel—even in states that have passed laws to ensure this can’t happen.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty made headlines today with his editorial against government unions. It is no secret that unions have increasingly resorted to government employees to boost membership. Minnesota has362,000 union members, and Governor Pawlenty has had his fair share of battles to keep taxpayers from footing the bill.

Government is the easy way to avoid pesky things like efficiency and competition. In September, Heritage expert James Sherk exposed the fact that since last year, most union workers now collect a check paid for by taxpayers. Some of that money is automatically deposited into union coffers to pay for their dues. This is made possible through a taxpayer-funded payroll system.

The rise of government unions has had many troubling effects.

            • Federal workers already receive up to 22 percent more than their private counterparts, resulting in $47 billion in additional taxes.

            • Many states force government employees to join a union or lose their job.

            • Since the beginning of the recession, private sector employment has fallen while federal employment has risen. Government employees have not faced the same hard decisions that many Americans have confronted during the recent economic decline.

            • Unions are able to take the money they receive from their members and lobby for increased wages in the form of more taxes.

Congress should let each state decide whether it wants to force its taxpayers to fund overpaid union employees.


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This handout highlights 10 spiritual practices that Dallas Willard describes in The Spirit of the Disciplines

Some practices involve taking a step back from something or abstaining from it (“disciplines of abstinence”). Other practices require engaging (“disciplines of engagement”). We’ve included what each practice might help with and some practical ideas, but remember, it’s not a formula! God will meet us in these practices and help us to grow in the ways we need to most.

Use this for reference as inspiration in your personal discipleship or with a partner or small group.  Pick a practice to try during your next small group, quiet time or plan a spiritual retreat.

Practices include:

  • Solitude
  • Silence
  • Fasting
  • Frugality
  • Secrecy
  • Study
  • Worship
  • Service
  • Prayer
  • Confession

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Five Republican House incumbents secure GOP nominations in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky’s five Republican US House incumbents have secured the GOP nomination in their bids for reelection.

US Reps. Brett Guthrie, Thomas Massie, Hal Rogers and Andy Barr defeated primary opponents in Tuesday’s contests.

James Comer, the GOP incumbent in the 1st District, was unopposed in the primary and will face Democrat Jimmy Ausbrooks, a professional counselor, in the general election.

Guthrie defeated two challengers in the 2nd District primary. The veteran congressman holds a key assignment on health policy. He’s the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee.

Guthrie said if Republicans win control of the House in November, the GOP can bring President Joe Biden’s “liberal agenda to a halt.”

“This November, let’s stop Joe Biden cold and get America back on track!” Guthrie said in a statement from his campaign.

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If Republicans win control of the House this November, we can take Nancy Pelosi out of the Speaker’s chair and bring Joe Biden’s liberal agenda to a halt.

Rogers, who has held Kentucky’s 5th District seat since the 1980s, will run against Democrat Conor Halbleib, a law school student, in the general election. Rogers is Kentucky’s longest-serving member of Congress.

Massie defeated a handful of GOP challengers in Tuesday’s 4th District primary. The libertarian-minded congressman represents a district stretching across northern Kentucky. Massie won an endorsement from former President Donald Trump leading up to the primary.

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Rep. Thomas Massie was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
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Rep. Hal Rogers will be pitted against Democrat Conor Halbleib in November’s midterm election.
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Kentucky’s lone Democrat in Congress, John Yarmuth, is retiring, leaving open the Louisville-area 3rd District. State Sen. Morgan McGarvey, who has Yarmuth’s endorsement, is facing state Rep. Attica Scott in the district’s Democratic primary.

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State Leaders Enact Historic Beaver Restoration Program!

Blogpost published on: Thursday, June 30th, 2022

SACRAMENTO (June 30, 2022) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to launch a new Beaver Restoration Program at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will be enacted at the urging of more than 100 conservation, agricultural, business, and tribal partners with advocacy led by Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s (OAEC) WATER (Watershed Advocacy Training Education & Research) Institute. When the state’s new fiscal year begins on July 1, the Department will initiate new efforts to hire the professional scientific staff needed to “truly support and manage this native keystone species through the implementation of nature-based solutions.”

“We couldn’t be more thrilled that this day is finally here,” said the WATER Institute’s Kate Lundquist, who hailed the legislature’s passage of AB/SB 154 earlier this month. “After decades of missing out on opportunities that beavers provide to create healthier ecosystems, we agree that ‘the Department must take a proactive leap towards bringing beavers back onto the landscape through a concerted effort to combine prioritized restoration projects, partnerships with local, federal, and state agencies and tribes, and updated policies and practices that support beaver management and conservation throughout the State.’”

“Governor Newsom and the legislature have leaned in on beavers and are ushering in a new era of restoration in California that creates the opportunity for nature’s engineer to thrive again,” said Brock Dolman, OAEC co-founder and WATER Institute co-director. “Working in partnership with the state, we see so many opportunities for beavers to create beneficial habitat, help fight drought, wildfire, and climate change, increase abundance of ecologically and significant plants and animals, and improve water quality and flow. We can’t wait to pitch in and assist the Department in any way we can.”

According to the Governor’s proposal, with $1.67 million in FY 2022-23 and $1.44 million FY 2023-24 and ongoing, five new environmental scientists will work to “revise beaver policies and guidelines in development of a comprehensive beaver management plan.” This team “will develop an integrated and proactive approach to mitigate human-beaver conflict specific to reported damage due to known beaver activity. The team will coordinate with other agencies and departments to prioritize beaver restoration projects.”

Occidental Arts & Ecology Center’s WATER Institute thanks Governor Newsom, state legislative budget leaders Senator Nancy Skinner, Assemblymember Phil Ting, Senator Bob Wieckowski, and Assemblymember Richard Bloom, California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Chuck Bonham and Deputy Director Chad Dibble, Jennifer Fearing with Fearless Advocacy, and all our many partners across the state for their strong support and advocacy for this new initiative.

For press inquiries about the new beaver restoration program and the WATER Institute’s Bring Back the Beaver Campaign, contact WATER Institute Co-director Kate Lundquist at . Also refer to OAEC’s publication Beaver in California: Cultivating a Culture of Stewardship which is now also featured on the CDFW website

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Third Estimate of Gross Domestic Product for the Fourth Quarter of 2015

Real GDP growth was revised up to 1.4 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter, reflecting both solid domestic demand and continued external headwinds.

Fourth-quarter economic growth was revised up 0.4 percentage point to 1.4 percent at an annual rate and domestic demand continued to grow. Overall, the most stable and persistent components of output—consumption and fixed investment—rose a solid 2.8 percent during the four quarters of 2015, well above the 2.0-percent GDP growth in 2015. Weaker foreign growth continued to weigh on economic growth in the fourth quarter, underscoring the importance of policies that open our exports to new markets and promote strong domestic demand. There is more work to do, and the President is committed to policies that will boost our long-run growth and living standards, including policies to support innovation and investments in infrastructure and job training.

1. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 1.4 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter, according to BEA’s third estimate. Fourth-quarter GDP growth was boosted by consumer spending (which rose 2.4 percent at an annual rate) and residential investment (which rose 10.1 percent at an annual rate). In contrast, investment in structures declined 5.1 percent, as low oil prices have led to a sharp contraction in oil-related investment. Investment in equipment and in inventories subtracted a combined 0.3 percentage point from GDP growth. Slowing global demand remains the key drag on real GDP growth, with real exports subtracting 0.3 percentage point from GDP growth in the fourth quarter. Overall, real GDP rose 2.0 percent during the four quarters of 2015, reflecting continued domestic strength despite substantial headwinds from abroad.

Real Gross Domestic Income (GDI)—an income-based measure of output—grew 0.9 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter, below the 1.4-percent increase in GDP—an expenditure-based measure of output. (In theory, these measures should be equal, but in practice often differ because they use different data sources and methods.) Real GDI growth was weighed down by a decline in corporate profits, which offset part of the solid growth in compensation of employees (see key point 3 below). The average of GDP and GDI, which CEA refers to as Gross Domestic Output (GDO), increased 1.1 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter and 1.7 percent during the four quarters of 2015. CEA research suggests that GDO is potentially a better measure of economic activity than GDP (though not typically stronger or weaker) over the long term.

Real GDP and GDO Growth

2. Fourth-quarter GDP growth was revised up 0.4 percentage point. The upward revision to overall GDP growth was largely due to upward revisions in consumer spending, reflecting the incorporation of new data from the Census Bureau’s Quarterly Services Survey. In terms of contributions to GDP growth, small upward revisions to net exports and residential investment more than offset a small downward revision to inventory investment.

Revisions to Real GDP Growth in 2015:Q4

3. Real Gross Domestic Income (GDI)—an income-based measure of output—increased 0.9 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter. Both GDP and GDI are designed to measure the total value of the economy’s output but rely on different methods and data, so in practice they often differ because of measurement error. In the fourth quarter, nominal compensation of employees rose by $98 billion. On the other hand, nominal corporate profits from domestic current production declined by $153 billion. However, over half of the decline in profits ($83 billion) was due to a settlement over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, boosting business transfers to the government by the same amount as it subtracted from profits and having no net effect on overall GDI. The remaining declines in corporate profits were largely concentrated in the petroleum and coal products industries. Quarterly profit data can be quite volatile and may not be the best long-run signal. Smoothing through the quarterly changes, real GDI rose 1.4 percent during the four quarters of 2015, in contrast to real GDP’s 2.0-percent growth.

GDP and GDI Growth 2013-2015

4. During the four quarters of 2015, real GDP growth slowed to 2.0 percent despite sharp declines in the unemployment rate—a discrepancy that appears to be due largely to slower productivity growth, though GDP measurement issues may also be playing a role. The pace of the decline in the unemployment rate since 2010 would normally be consistent with annual output growth of roughly 4 percent (assuming, among other things, productivity growth at its historical average), while actual annual growth has been closer to 2 percent. When the labor and product markets send such different signals about the pace of economic growth, it is natural to examine whether biases in the measurement of GDP may have gotten worse in recent years.The size and the persistence of the “missing” GDP growth underscore the importance of this question. The difficulties in measuring real GDP are well-known and are, to some extent, unavoidable in the dynamic U.S. economy. As discussed in Chapter 2 of the 2016 Economic Report of the President, some economists have pointed to high-tech investment goods and “free” online media as possible sources of more biased measurement of GDP. However, available research suggests that biased measurement likely accounts for only a small portion of “missing” GDP growth. Slower productivity growth—which has occurred across all major advanced economies—appears to have played a larger role in holding back output growth. Nonetheless, the debate about valuing “free” online media, which may have benefited leisure activities more than market production, does highlight the potential limits of GDP as a measure of overall wellbeing. In addition, GDP data will be revised in coming years based on more complete source data. These revisions could help narrow the gap between employment-based measures—or could possibly compound the puzzle even further.

Real GDP and Output Predicted by Labor Market

5. Real Private Domestic Final Purchases (PDFP)—the sum of consumption and fixed investment—contributed 2.3 percentage points to real GDP growth during the four quarters of 2015, underscoring the resilience of domestic demand. PDFP growth in 2015 remained close to its average pace since 2011, but stepped down some after strong growth in 2014. Government purchases also added 0.2 percentage point to GDP growth in 2015 and inventories—despite sizeable impacts on GDP growth in individual quarters—were neutral for four-quarter GDP growth. The effects of weaker foreign growth offset some of the strength in domestic demand: net exports subtracted 0.5 percentage point from real GDP growth during the four quarters of 2015 after a similar-sized drag on growth in 2014.

Contributions to Real GDP Growth

As the Administration stresses every quarter, GDP figures can be volatile and are subject to substantial revision. Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any single report, and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other data as they become available.


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Almost There.

Since last leaving y’all we were in Rangeley, Maine. Now we have advanced forward to Monson, Maine, our last town stop on the entire trail. Everyone seems to be a little bit sad about this last town stop, reminiscing in the log books. It does seem surreal that we won’t be continuing our walk north towards a far off destination.

We left Rangeley and got to the first shelter two miles out for lunch to find that our friends Moose & Tetherball had finally caught up to us and passed us. Drat! Merf’s friend Inferno had done the same. We climbed up Saddleback mountain and had a beautiful view. Supposedly you can see both Mount Washington and Katahdin from the summit but it was a bit hazy and we could only glimpse what we thought was Katahdin. The next day we had a pretty easy day and had only planned 14 miles but tossed around the idea of doing 17 or so until we came to a stream at mile 13 and Chris decided he wanted to fish so we took two hours and sat around before walking up to the Crocker Cirque campsite.

The following morning we left Merf at the road to Stratton. She has a later finish date and so she wanted to take a nearo and stay in town and we continued on and summited both the West Peak and Avery Peak of the Bigelows and camped down in a notch between those and Little Bigelow. It was a quiet campsite and I thought a nice place to stop. It was another 17 mile day. woo for higher mileage days! The next morning we went up Little Bigelow and found out that our friends Moose, Tetherball, Cubbie and Dilly Dally were only five miles ahead of us and we were fairly certain we were going to catch them that night at Pierce Pond. Sure enough at lunch we ran into them at a shelter! We hadn’t seen M&T since New York when they were slowing down to do some zero’s with family. We did 22 miles into Pierce Pond shelter. The reason to push was so that we could get a super awesome breakfast at Harrison’s Pierce Pond camps about .2 off the trail. The owner walks over in the evening, or you can call him, and tell him if you want sausage and eggs with your 12 pancake breakfast. The next morning you walk over and sit down in his dining area sipping coffee, watching the hummingbirds at the feeders and just chill out. He goes all out, powdered sugar, maple syrup….oh it was really, really awesome.

Our next big “thing” was to cross the fabled Kennebec River. It’s the only ATC sanctioned moving white blaze on the trail. At least one person has died trying to ford the river and many get swept down stream or lose their packs, so for 20+ years during certain times of the day, a paid canoeist will come and shuttle you across the river. We picked up a package in Caratunk and kept on going yesterday and ended at 18 miles. We did 22 miles today to get into Monson and will take the morning off and head out somewhere into the 100 mile wilderness tomorrow.

It’s so insane. We are almost done. Last night we were flipping through our photos on our camera. We switched our card out when we went home in Pearisburg so we only have from Pearisburg until now, but it was hilarious to see my brilliantly pink hair, and so many other photos that you all haven’t seen yet. There will be many more stories to tell.

So far in the animal count, no moose yet. Everyone says we will see them in the 100 but who knows. Everyone also jokes that the only moose they will see will be the ones on the road out of Baxter State Park! hah! We saw two grouse this morning, a ruffed and a spruce. I saw three garter snakes today, too.

what can I say? The journey is almost done. we have plane tickets for the 17th and my mom is coming on the 12th to pick us up/hang out with us in Maine for a few days. Since we were concerned about the whole summit thing we were leery about getting something too close, but I am excited to have some time to tool around Maine. I want to do a trail magic day, go to Arcadia National Park, eat a lobster dinner, and hang out in Bangor some. A mini-vacation.

So….sometime next week I’ll be back with summit photos! 🙂 Until then keep thinking “Class I day….Class I day”. 😉 Class I day is like having the as perfect a day as possible on Katahdin.

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  • kAt

    Wow! We are so proud of you two! It’s so great to know someone like you who actually do something like this…after all, not many can claim to have achieved such a feat. Can’t wait to hear more stories 😉

  • Nuthatch

    Congratulations! You are almost there! The 100 mile wilderness goes SO fast! Congrats on your thru hike, its such a wonderful life event!

  • Meghan

    Awesome, Misti & Chris. I’m so proud of the two of you, it’s really a monumental undertaking and you’re almost there! I can’t wait till we can talk art stuff again. 🙂 Keep safe for the last bit and enjoy your mini-vacation!

    PS- Alek & Cole say HI!!

  • Patrice

    Sending Class I wishes your way … the weather has been great here, so hopefully it’s been great for you guys. We’ll be thinking of you guys the next few days as you finish up the THRU hike!! Definitely go explore Acadia! It is gorgeous and the coastline is so different from Florida’s!

  • marge

    hard to believe you’re nearly finished – what a grand adventure, and one that will provide you with stories for years! what’s next?

  • Gayle

    I’m thinking so much about y’all and hoping tomorrow will be wonderful weather for your last day of this incredible journey. Pray for your safety and that the end will be all you’ve both imagined. Can’t wait to hear all the stories. —-and hopefully read the book some day. Love you both. Hurry home to Texas.

  • Chris

    You guys did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SO happy and excited for you! Amazing, inspirational…you did something so many only dream about doing. You did it. 🙂

  • Vansum

    Thanks! There are some times we need all the cheering on we can get. We have a coulpe of big mountains left called the Bigelows (we’ll get into the tomorrow), then we’ll have some flattish trail for a while.Speaking of boo-boos, Melissa wondered today what we would look like if all the scratches, cuts, bruises, black fly bites, etc. were all still apparent, or showed up at the end of the hike. I think we’d be like something out of some zombie movie. It would be scary!

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[ditty_news_ticker id="27897"] The Relocation of St Vladimir’s Seminary

The Relocation of St Vladimir’s Seminary

Source: St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary

We wanted to share with you a major announcement regarding the future of St Vladimir’s Seminary, included below. The Seminary’s Board of Trustees came to this decision after many, many months of prayer, deliberation, and work with multiple professional consulting groups. This will be anything but easy, as much history, many blessings, and many fond memories are tied to the Yonkers campus St Vladimir’s has called home since the 1960s. But the Board feels strongly this is the right course of action in order for St Vladimir’s to carry out her mission for future generations.
Please continue to keep the Seminary and all our seminarians in your prayers.
Yours Faithfully in Christ,
The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield
President & Professor of Pastoral Theology
Board votes to relocate St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
Location to be determined
[SVOTS Communications / YONKERS, NY] To address the growing need for priests and other vocations in the Orthodox Church, the Board of Trustees of St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has voted to relocate SVOTS from its current location in Yonkers, NY. The new location and the timing of the move have yet to be determined, but the Board recognizes that the Seminary will not be able to expand and adapt to the needs of the twenty-first century Church if the campus remains in Yonkers.
Following eighteen months of extensive research and deliberation at five Board meetings, the Board reached the relocation decision on Friday, November 5, 2021. Board members and Seminary administration worked with three professional consulting groups during this process and concluded that SVOTS’ current location is untenable for numerous reasons, including the following:
  • The New York City area’s high and rising cost of living impacts seminarians, their families, and employees and makes it difficult for SVOTS to recruit faculty, staff, and students.
  • The Yonkers campus is landlocked, leaving no room for expansion. Expansion is needed due to rising enrollment, increasing operational and staffing needs, ongoing and future initiatives (such as adding online educational programs to current residential offerings), and other infrastructure needs.
  • The legal and regulatory environment in the New York area makes significant alterations to campus infrastructure or growth extremely difficult, even if expansion of the current campus were possible.
  • Preliminary estimates from contractors have revealed it would take tens of millions of dollars to make necessary improvements to SVOTS’ aging and deteriorating campus in order to be a viable institution in the twenty-first century. Simply bringing the Yonkers campus to an adequate standard could easily cost as much or more than relocating and building a brand new campus to fit the Seminary’s needs for decades to come.
“Much prayer and a long process of due diligence and discussion led to the Board’s unanimous decision to relocate the campus of St Vladimir’s Seminary,” said Dn Michael Hyatt, trustee and executive chair of SVOTS. “We considered doing nothing; we explored investing into the campus in Yonkers; but we believe without doubt the legacy and long-term future of SVOTS lies with relocation in order to expand and meet the demands of the twenty-first century.”
“Over its more than eighty-year history, St Vladimir’s Seminary has relocated multiple times in order to fulfill its mission and purpose, including the move to Yonkers in the 1960s,” said Fr Chad Hatfield, president of SVOTS. “Now we find ourselves again at a critical juncture in the Seminary’s history, and we simply cannot afford to do nothing or to try staying in New York—there is risk no matter which avenue we decide to take.”
“We have a duty to serve the Orthodox Church in the face of the current reality confronting theological seminaries in North America. Over the past decade, more than fifty seminaries accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) have either merged or closed their doors entirely,” added Fr Chad. “The time has come to make a bold move, not just to survive but to thrive and expand for the sake of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
Because of the Board’s decision, a relocation task force will evaluate various cities throughout the country, and Seminary administration will complete a comprehensive project plan, a detailed fundraising plan, and a five-year financial model. The Board will consider the location and timeline for relocation at its May 2022 meeting.
St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
575 Scarsdale Road
Yonkers NY 10707

  1. If changing the location of St. Vlad’s Seminary isn’t an opportunity to merge with St. Tikhon’s, I don’t know what is.

    • Cato the Elder on

      If the Assembly of Bishops was a synod of an administratively united autocephalous Orthodox Church in North America, it would merge all of the Orthodox Seminaries into a single, well-run, growing school with the best faculty and curriculum.

      It would resist the ethno-centrists and diasporists as well as the far-right and far-left extremists and promote a missionary church with outreach to newcomers and re-evangelize those who have left.

      It would understand who its flock is and serve its needs.

      • Cato: Understand, SVS has ALWAYS been a Pan-Orthodox institution. Frs. Florovsky, Schmemann, Hopko, etc. have always supported this. Many Greeks, Antiochians, Converts, etc. have attended SVS. It always focused on the principals of an “Academy” offering the highest and best academic standards. Holy Cross in Brookline, MA was instituted to address the particular needs of the GOA (Greek usage, Byzantine Music, ethnic identity). St. Tikhon’s was originally a Pastor’s School connected to a monastery located in the mountains of PA. There is no need to combine the schools, but allow each their own historic identity and purpose.

        • Cato the Elder on

          So, SVS is perfect and merging HC (and other struggling Orthodox seminaries in North America) with SVS would dumb-down SVS?

          SVS needs to grow and has decided to sell its present location and relocate, because of limitations to expansion and local regulatory obstacles.

          Rather than cursing the darkness (HC’s ethnocentrism, etc.) why not light a candle (the combined resources of HC and SVS+ others) to create a first class theological school?

    • I have been a site selector for years and I believe this is a very good decision. You should seriously consider the SE part of the US. It would be cheaper and you could get a large parcel fairly cheap compared to NY. Additionally, once you sell that very valuable St Vladimir’s property you could pay for a new site and building with the funds. I would like to help you with this, if you like. I have years of experience. Maggie Rogers

  2. Nicholas Zolotov on

    This appears to be an incredibly bad decision. Large institutions are scaling back brick and mortar projects and St. Vlad’s wants to expand? They should be joining forces with St. Tikhon’s seminary not making a decision which could ultimately force them into bankruptcy. Ask the Greek archdiocese how well Holy Cross is really doing. The Claremont School of Theology was for sale just a few years ago. Why? Because their board said it was too costly to maintain. I get trying to lower costs but starting from scratch in a new city when you have another sister seminary right next to you that is also struggling is complete arrogance and stupidity. As an alum of St. Vlad’s I am deeply disappointed in this idiotic, grandiose plan. It seems that the school has truly lost its way.

    • Mr. Zolotov, you are correct! The school has lost it’s way. The Board of Trustees really doesn’t have a handle on Orthodoxy in America, the real challenges of SVS nor providing real direction. They are told what to do and how to act. As previously said, if this is a money issue, find better people to raise money. They want to expand – SVS hasn’t had a full compliment of students in years. People need to ask, “What is really going on?” Why did the Board decide to demote one of the brightest Orthodox theologians in the world and throw him out with the trash. The Board is clueless.
      As far as uniting with STOTS, who really wants to relocate to the arctic wilderness? What is needed is for the Metropolitan to stand up and stop this madness and reorganize the Board and SVS management.

      • Mr. Zolotov: Please also consider this, the push seems to be to relocate SVS to the South, Texas. Where is this coming from? Right-wing Orthodox fringe elements who … believe they are the saviors of the Orthodox Church…I believe we have a serious problem of right-wing nuts infiltrating Orthodoxy trying to infuse their twisted agenda on the Church. If they can capture SVS, then who will stand up for what Orthodoxy really is in America?…

  3. Solon P. Patterson on

    I wish you well and Godspeed.
    Solon Patterson
    P.S. Have you considered merging with Fordham’s School of Theology and it’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center?

  4. A petition will be circulated online shortly opposing this move. It will be presented to the Metropolitan and many will be attending the Spring meeting of the SVS Board. We want to know who is driving this move and the real reason why this is even being considered. Right-wing radical Orthodoxy must be stamped out.

  5. I wish to reiterate, SVS needs to remain where it is. If money is the issue, find better fundraisers. Expansion is ridiculous since SVS has had a full complement of students for years. People pushing to move SVS will DESTROY THE SCHOOL! Those wanting an Orthodox theological school elsewhere should go start one. All of the current SVS Board should be retired along with the current SVS head. A new Board should be installed consisting of people who REALLY have the future of SVS in their hearts and minds. A new leader of SVS is necessary who will not be swayed by outside forces who will destroy the school. It really is a shame Fr. Behr is no longer there to lead…

  6. Pauline Costianes on

    YEARS AGO, there was a push for St Vlad’s to get out of NYC, one of the most expensive cities in the world to operate in, and buy one of the many former Roman Catholic seminaries in the Midwest that were up for sale – cheap! We had one right here in metro Detroit! But NOOOOO! They couldn’t leave and went and built a new chapel and housing, etc, etc…Yes, the Metropolitan and the Synod of Bishops need to stop this in its tracks!…

  7. Institutions of higher learning have always been established in or near major cities where higher learning institutions were established. In this case, NYC. Major libraries, universities and heads of all the Orthodox Churches. the GOA, the Antiochians, etc. The OCA Met to move to Wash., D.C. is another stupid move. Again, if it’s money, get better fund raisers. Expansion? SVS hasn’t had a full compliment of students in years!

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