We made it! Our house will be more peaceful now. Finally! This 6-month long construction period wasn’t as bothersome as last summer’s though. Aircraft were allowed to veer left, northward, after taking off to the east. Of course, enough veered to the right, right over our house too. And plenty still flew straight ahead. We’re just one-half of a mile from the flight path if the planes fly straight.
I decided to set my mind to consider the positive aspects, to minimize these twelve months of repeat audio interruptions. It turned out to be much easier than I thought.
And now we have a brand new and wider north-south runway in which the largest commercial planes can now use.
Overall, I think it was a good experience; though, I’m glad it’s over.
Kring havet – Around the sea 1. Preludium 2. About eternity 3. Far from grace 4. The horizon awaits us 5. The arrival of winter 6. A rare gift
1. Preludium
2. Om evigheten (About eternity)
When the wind chill for the evening is quiet I want to go to the beach
Take a look at the horizon inhale everything I see I enjoy glittering daisies fires burning loud in the sunlight
Steer the rowing boat towards the horizon as far as the eye can reach surrounded by sea waves wandering roaring wave chambers constantly changing
When darkness falls The sun has said goodbye Am I being taken by thought that tests my soul
About eternity Everything that happens is just a coincidence that life gives To the stars of space are so many more than all grains of sand on the shore of the earth The days of man a moment Drop in the sea of infinity
3. Kaukana armosta (Far from grace)
Lord have mercy on me Have mercy on user
I hear a lonely plea A voice among many Desperate and alone in the eye of the storm
Request for mercy A form of longing To come home safely Finding peace of mind
Large waves raft surround As the storm rages grace far away
Stormy foam heads hit the barren coast Searching for beaches in vain, the sea merciless
4. Horisonten väntar oss (The horizon awaits us)
When then goodbye and when the wind rests still Still marveling of the secrets of the sea
In the winter nights stay the stars will calm down They were presented in the times of an invisible hand
Late ancient times we have traveled across the sea to add into foreign ports
All languages from all the countries of the world sounded loud and everyone was talking Despite many unfamiliar dialects everyone understood each other
A man’s days just a little while on earth A short breath for our timeless mother
Our people year after year has left the beach full of trails Still late antiquity life continued in peace and war
Weigh anchor Go to sail with a steady and warm open wind Forget your concern, your sorrows The horizon awaits us
Beyond the sea there is a longing indescribable but fundamental Bitter battles Broken hearts but folks it exists
Yet people and things are brought over roaring waves Despite all the development segregated nations
One day we all understand and returns to the depth We come and we go but the world sea it exists
5. Talven tulo (The arrival of winter)
The earth is cooling, cooling, cooling preparing to snooze, to come Free ice crystals ascend to the heavens
The weather changes, it gets colder The day is getting shorter, the evening is getting longer The inhabitants of the sea retreat to the depths
Ice covers the lake blanket, white, conceals life
Our winter has arrived
6. En sällsam gåva (A rare gift)
The scent of conifers and the noise of the sea Makes me remember the house of the hometown Illuminated windows a large family and tremendous wealth
The spirits of the walls take me away Häikäistyessä the glory
The security of our home community give confidence the future Simple community as a pastime is shared joy honest and free
A rare gift affinity There the soul finds peace
Kebu: Kring havet – Meren ympärillä (complete performance)
Old Man: I have seen what you can do. All I have in this world is this sword. It’s yours if you do what I want done. An eye for an eye.
KCC: Keep your sword!
Old Man: You’re a man. You feel. Don’t you care about what happened?!?! They raped my little girl!!
KCC: I am a man! I care!
Old Man: Then do something about it!!
KCC: (He grabs the sword) I will do something. I will break the necklace’s beads of vengeance. There has been enough killing (He breaks the sword). I will end it.
Old Man: If I don’t have a right to revenge, who does?!
KCC: No one.
Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others…….
…..Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all..
….Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!
At the very end of this short video, UPS freighter tails can be seen. Our NW Airlines cargo facility, where we did all the transloads, used to be between UPS and the trees showing behind the tails.
Video: Bear sprints past parked planes at Anchorage’s airport
At first, James Batman thought a black, furry dog had sprinted by him at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, near where FedEx parks its cargo planes.
“Then I looked back again and saw it had no tail….
The bear had gotten into the area by burrowing under a nearby fence, said Trudy Wassel, division operations manager at airport. Airport staff had since repaired the area.
Wassel said the airport has two, full-time wildlife biologists to handle wildlife issues.
“We take it very seriously,” she said.
The airport borders Point Woronzof and Kincaid Park, areas where it’s not uncommon to see black bears, said Ken Marsh, a spokesman at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
It was six years ago today I got whacked by that bear and, really, changing my life forever. Yesterday, as validation that the incident is not going to change what I’ve always done, I participated and completed the most epic endurance event I’ve ever attempted in my life: the Alaskaman Extreme Triathlon. A 2.6 mile ocean swim in 55 deg water followed by a 113 mile bike ride climbing 4,200, and ending with a 27.5 mile run and mountain hike event climbing another 6,000’ , up and down Alyeska twice! It’s billed as the hardest single day endurance event in America, which I can now personally attest to. Add in a chilling heavy morning fog you could barely see in front of you and close to the hottest day of the year, only added to the challenge.
On Saturday, Alaskaman extreme triathlon started with a 2.6 mile swim in the ocean to Seward. Then they rode bicycles 113-mile to Girdwood. It ended with a warm 27.5-mile run, including running up and down the skiing elevations of Mt. Alyeska twice!
800-pound boulder falls off truck in Rosemount, killing mother and daughter from Shoreview
A boulder estimated to weigh 800 pounds fell off the back of a truck in Rosemount [Minnesota] and struck a car going in the opposite direction, killing a mother and daughter from Shoreview. …
Scott estimated the boulder was about 3 feet by 3 feet.
