This is just too weird.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The poor, poor Maple Leafs.  They blew a 4-1 lead with 10 minutes left in the 7th game of their series with the Boston Bruins. Then they lost in overtime.  The Maple Leaf horror just continues.  Will it ever end?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never under-estimate the creativity of human beings.  Especially when it comes to the meaning of life.  Many groups are in the seeker category.  They are seeking the ultimate truth, the meaning of existence.  One such group that seeks the truth in a very secretive way are the Rosicrucians.

 

 

 

Rosicrucianism is a generic term referring to studies or membership within a philosophical secret society said to have been founded in late medieval Germany by Christian Rosenkreuz. It holds a doctrine or theology “built on esoteric truths of the ancient past”, which, “concealed from the average man, provide insight into nature, the physical universe and the spiritual realm.” Rosicrucianism is symbolized by the Rosy Cross.

 

The Fama Fraternitatis presented the legend of a German doctor and mystic philosopher referred to as “Frater C.R.C.” (later identified in a third manifesto as Christian Rosenkreuz, or “Rose-cross”). The year 1378 is presented as being the birth year of “our Christian Father,” and it is stated that he lived 106 years. After studying in the Middle East under various masters, possibly adhering to Sufism, he was unable to spread the knowledge he had acquired to any prominent European figures. Instead, he gathered a small circle of friends/disciples and founded the Rosicrucian Order (this can be deduced to have occurred around 1407).

During Rosenkreuz’s lifetime, the Order was said to consist of no more than eight members, each a doctor and a sworn bachelor. Each member undertook an oath to heal the sick without payment, to maintain a secret fellowship, and to find a replacement for himself before he died. Three such generations had supposedly passed between c.1500 and c.1600, a time when scientific, philosophical and religious freedom had grown so that the public might benefit from the Rosicrucians’ knowledge, so that they were now seeking good men.

 

Another philosophical position is that there is no ultimate meaning to life.  There is only the here and now (Zen position).  The question is: Where were you before you were born? Nowhere.  So when we pass on we go back to Nowhere.

 

WELL WE KNOW WHERE WE’RE GOIN’
BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHERE WE’VE BEEN
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE KNOWIN’
BUT WE CAN’T SAY WHAT WE’VE SEEN
AND WE’RE NOT LITTLE CHILDREN
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT
AND THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN
GIVE US TIME TO WORK IT OUT

We’re on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin’ that ride to nowhere
We’ll take that ride

I’m feelin’ okay this mornin’
And you know,
We’re on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go

CHORUS

Maybe you wonder where you are
I don’t care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there…take you there

We’re on a road to nowhere
We’re on a road to nowhere
We’re on a road to nowhere

There’s a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it’s all right, baby, it’s all right

And it’s very far away
But it’s growing day by day
And it’s all right, baby, it’s all right

They can tell you what to do
But they’ll make a fool of you
And it’s all right, baby, it’s all right

We’re on a road to nowhere

 

 

 

LONGUEUIL, Que. – Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who became a worldwide sensation thanks to his tweets, musical performances and stunning photos from the International Space Station, was back on the ground Monday night.

Hadfield touched down in Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz capsule which was also carrying Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn – the same pair the Canadian astronaut blasted off with on Dec. 19, 2012.

During his five-month mission at the International Space Station, the 53-year-old space veteran became the first Canadian to command the orbiting laboratory.

It looks like the Soyuz capsule heated up real good!

 

 

 

Reports have been swirling that two new high rise buildings will be going up in downtown Winnipeg.  One report is that one will become the tallest building in Winnipeg at 36 stories.  The location of this building is being kept secret, but rumour is that it will go up directly north of the old post office/new police headquarters building on Graham.  The building would be a combination condo/office tower.  The other building would go up right beside the formerly named TD Tower at Portage and Main.  The reported height of this building would be 26 stories.

 

 

 

 

Fortress Real Developments Inc., based in Richmond Hill, Ont., plans to build a mixed-use sky-rise at an unspecified area in Winnipeg’s Sports, Hospitality and Entertainment District (SHED) by 2014 at the earliest, CEO Jawad Rathore confirmed last week.

While speculation is that Fortress will erect twin towers 36 storeys high — which could make it Winnipeg’s tallest structure — Rathore hedged when asked about those details.

“There is a lot of chatter out there and people are pretty excited,” he said. “We are looking to do something pretty iconic and impactful.

“It’s going to be like a little city, but we’re still working on the design.”

 

 

Tepuis are flat table-top mountains found in the Guayana Highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela. In the language of the Pemon people who live in the Gran Sabana, Tepui means ‘House of the Gods’ due to their height.

Tepuis tend to be found as isolated entities rather than in connected ranges, which makes them host to hundreds of endemic plant and animal species, some of which are found only on one tepui. Towering over the surrounding forest, the tepuis have almost sheer vertical flanks, and many rise as much as 1,000 meters above the surrounding jungle. The tallest of them are over 3,000 meters tall. The nearly vertical escarpments and dense rainforest bed on which these tepuis or mesa lie make them inaccessible by foot. Only three of the Gran Sabana’s mountains can be reached by foot, among which the 2,180m-high Roraima is the most accessible.

 

 

Tepuis are the remains of a large sandstone plateau that once covered the granite basement complex between the north border of the Amazon Basin and the Orinoco, between the Atlantic coast and the Rio Negro, during the Precambrian period. Over millions of years, the plateaus were eroded and all that were left were isolated flat-headed tepuis. Although the tepuis looks quite barren, the summit is teeming with life.

The high altitude of tepuis causes them to have a different climate from the ground forest. The top is often cooler with frequent rainfall, while the bases of the mountains have a tropical, warm and humid climate. Many extraordinary plants have adapted to the environment to form species unique to the tepui.

Some 9,400 species of higher plants have been recorded from the Venezuelan Guayana, of which 2322 are registered from the tepuis. Approximately one-third of the species occur nowhere else in the world.

There are 115 such tabletop mountains in the Gran Sabana region in the south-east of Venezuela where the highest concentration of tepuis are found. The most famous among them is Mount Roraima. Roraima, was unexplored until 1884. Today, the plateaued summit is a popular destination for backpackers and home to small waterfalls, natural quartz-lined pools and Punto Triple, the point at which the borders of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana meet. Mount Roraima is said to have inspired the Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle to write his novel The Lost World.

The other famous tepui is Auyantepui, home to Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world. Auyantepui is also the largest of the tepuis with a surface area of 700 km².

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cursed Toronto Maple Leafs are still alive and kicking in the 2013 NHL playoffs.  They can use all the help they can muster.

 

 

 

The new football stadium (official name Investors Group Field) is 95 percent complete and will be ready for action in the next few weeks.  It has to be ready for a huge religious event in the first week of June.  I’m sure those event organizers are praying for everything to be on schedule.  It will be a great venue and I can’t wait to check it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location	University of Manitoba Chancellor-Matheson Road Winnipeg, Manitoba
Broke ground	May 20, 2010
Opened	May 26, 2013
Owner	Winnipeg Blue Bombers City of Winnipeg University of Manitoba
Operator	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Surface	Turf
Construction cost	$200 million
Architect	Raymond S.C Wan
Capacity	33,422 (40,000 with temporary seating) (football)
Executive suites	46
Tenants
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Manitoba Bisons (CIS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The facility will have very spacious and comfortable locker rooms.