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Barack Obama created history by becoming the first black President of the United States of America. Since then he has always been in limelight and got immense media attention. In the course of being the President he won many admirers and critics as well. Well, political leaders are a lot whose every member has received his/her fair share of criticism and Obama is no exception. The media keeps taking digs at him with regard to his various actions and attitudes and we are well aware of it. Newspapers have featured numerous cartoons that made us laugh and see the funny side of the events associated with the significant man but there are funny Obama pictures too that make you see the funny side of the man himself.
Have you seen them? Some of you must have. The creative liberty prevalent on the online space has invested us with a cool advantage that lets us do funny things with significant people too. Here you can easily find funny pictures of celebrities, political leaders and other significant men and women. The post featured below takes you through one such enjoyable journey having 30 funny Obama pictures as stopovers. So, take a look and laugh your heart out.
If you liked our selection, perhaps these other posts will interest you too, Clean Funny Pictures, Funny Harry Potter Pictures, Funny Pictures With Quotes and Cool Optical Illusions.
Childish Obama
Obama looks funny, drinking some beverage with his mouth holding the straw in a peculiar manner.
The Obama Strut
Walking tall, Obama's coat and pant seem to be having a walk of their own through the multiple creases.
Obama Laughing
Obama does not know how funny he looks while laughing with his eyes closed, mouth wide open and numerous wrinkles gracing the face.
Street Level Fun
Funny Obama poster showing him having a lip lock with Chinese premier that makes you smile.
Cool Obama Laughter
The US President's hearty laughter makes for a badass, funny portrait as you can see here.
Obama Toy
President Obama's toy look-alike smiles just like him, toothy and bright, bringing smile to the face of onlookers.
Funny Obama Speech
Cool motivational liner pasted under Obama's speaking photograph that makes you laugh at the simile drawn.
Wrinkled Face
Get a glimpse of how Obama would look like when he is in his old age through this laughing close up.
Funny Humor Obama
Brilliant, funny picture that shows the plight of the taxpaying public in a naughty manner.
Big Boss Obama
The super cop might not say it in words but the thought crosses his mind and this funny picture shows it here.
Obama Funny Hairstyle
Catch a glimpse of President Obama's cool curly hairstyle that looks superb on his face.
The sight of the President participating in a marathon in his formal suit makes you giggle.
Taking A Dig
Sarcastic humor that takes a potshots at the way Obama is handling the economy.
Nose Picking Obama
Wearing an Obama mask, the guy indulges in the naughty act of picking his nose.
Obama The Egotist
This funny picture of Obama makes fun of his arrogant attitude and calls him an egotist indirectly.
Merry Obama Portrait
A laughing Obama watching a funny program creates a cheerful portrait.
Messiah Barack Obama
The two baby birds seeking mercy from Obama make for an extremely funny portrait.
Heavy Weight Campaign
Had the president known that he would have to hold the fat baby during the campaign, he would have never picked up the area.
Cool Funny Talk
A teasing commentary over Obama's reluctance to talk over issues when America's motives are questioned.
Known Funny Face
This gesture of Obama is a very popular one and makes for an amusing portrait.
The Dramatic Change
A drastic change from the funny face and total transformation into a serious politician looks interesting.
Politics Stinks
Obama blowing his nose creates a funny picture that also tells us what he thinks about politics.
Looking Lost
Obama looks ridiculous, somewhat like a fool, in this picture that also shows his cool wrinkles on forehead.
Hilarious Obama Portrait
A missing tooth and unusually large ears create an amusing picture that tickles the funny bone of onlookers.
What Goes Inside
Who knows the President might be thinking about some funny things while giving a totally opposite expression.
Funny President
Watch out a completely different photograph of Obama that brings instant smile on your face.
Cute Obama Toy
An action figure of Obama that looks sweet and makes you smile invariably.
Forked Tongue Obama
A sarcastic humor photograph that makes fun of Obama and calls him a double faced man.
Playful Obama
Making a Star Wars pose with the light saber, President Obama presents a funny picture.
Laugh Out Loud
A simple look at this photograph and we can bet that no would be able to control his laughter.


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April 2018
With Chvrches, Goat Girl, Years & Years, SXSW and more.
As Chvrches prepare to unleash third album 'Love Is Dead' into the world, we talk to Lauren, Iain and Martin about relocating Stateside, working with superproducer Greg Kurstin - and Harambe. Years & Years' Olly Alexander gets us up to speed on what his band's been up to, we recap all things Austin, TX at SXSW, plus Goat Girl, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Speedy Ortiz, IDLES, Two Door Cinema Club and much, much more.

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Alzheimer's to be diagnosed online
(Medical Xpress)—The early onset of Alzheimer's disease could be detected using a simple online test, according to scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland (UQ).
Study coordinator Professor Lizzie Coulson said her research team at QBI had identified how Alzheimer's disease impairs the cholinergic basal forebrain in undertaking navigational tasks.
"One of the areas known to degenerate in Alzheimer's disease is a region called as the cholinergic basal forebrain, implicated in memory and attention," Professor Coulson said.
"It has been unclear whether loss of function in this brain area causes the cognitive changes seen early in Alzheimer's disease."
The researchers examined the cognitive changes in rodent models with basal forebrain degeneration mimicking Alzheimer's disease.
"Surprisingly, the mice behaved normally on most of the cognitive tests," Professor Coulson said.
"However on a recall navigation task akin to 'dead reckoning', the mice become disorientated."
Professor Coulson said this demonstrated that recall navigation tasks relied heavily on cholinergic neurons, which were known to deteriorate early in Alzheimer's patients.
"By asking patients to perform these navigation tasks, doctors may be able to detect symptoms of Alzheimer's disease much sooner and more cheaply than the MRI tests," she said.
"We envision this test could also help to identify patients who would benefit from early administration of current Alzheimer's disease treatments."
She says early diagnosis is critical as current Alzheimer's disease treatments enhance the function of cholinergic neurons only when the cells were still healthy.
Professor Coulson, in collaboration with a team from the Czech Republic who developed the human recall navigation tasks, are currently validating the findings in humans.
Volunteers are asked navigate a simple arena on a computer monitor touchscreen.
Some subjects also have a brain MRI.
Professor Coulson says the diagnosis tool could be widely used as early as 2015.
Patients would perform the online test at a memory clinic, but the examination could one day be undertaken on their home computer says Coulson.
Alzheimer's disease patients, known to show specific memory impairment, are currently diagnosed using a range of cognitive tests as well as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, which can pinpoint the regions of brain degeneration, a symptom of the disease.
The paper, "Lesions of the basal forebrain cholinergic system in mice disrupt idiothetic navigation," is published in the journal Plos One.
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Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive or birth a baby. Causes of infertility may involve the female's health, the male's health, or both. Other causes are undefined. It is estimated that about one in eight couples struggles with fertility. That breaks down to about six percent of married females dealing with infertility, and nine percent of men seeking testing or treatment for infertility.
What causes infertility?
Many factors can cause infertility. Your symptoms will help your doctor or other provider identify a potential source for your problems. The most common cause of infertility in men is problems with sperm production. For women, the most common cause is an irregularity with ovulation (for example, due to polycystic ovary syndrome). Other causes of fertility issues include:
- Issues with ovulation
- Problems with the uterine lining
- Difficulty with the egg moving through the fallopian tube
- Poor sperm quality or number
- Difficulty staying pregnant
- Being overweight or underweight
- Smoking
- Having had previously untreated chlamydia
Each of these fertility issues is treated differently. Some people experience a combination of factors that lead to their inability to conceive.
When should you seek help?
In general, it's recommended that you seek help if you have been trying to get pregnant for one year with well-timed intercourse and without birth control. You should seek help after six months of trying if you or your partner is over 35.
What should you do if you think you have a fertility problem?
Start with your regular practitioner who provides your well-woman care. For example, this could be your gynecologist or family doctor. They will already have a baseline set of information about your health and be able to point you to the appropriate specialists for any potential testing. They may also be able to do some of the initial testing and/or treatment themselves.
What can you expect at your first fertility appointment?
Your first appointment will usually take a while. The first thing your doctor will do is ask detailed questions about your medical history and your partner's medical history, from when you were young until the present. This medical history can shed some light on potential issues with fertility. They will also talk to you about medications you take and any conditions you have, including things like hypothyroidism, high blood pressure, or sexually transmitted diseases.
They will also ask questions about your lifestyle. Simple things like how much you exercise and how often you drink alcohol or smoke can alter your fertility. Be sure to be honest with your doctor.
How is infertility diagnosed?
Because infertility can have multiple causes and be related to both partners, you and your partner are usually tested at the same time. Sometimes your medical professionals will screen your partner first because it is easier and more cost-efficient to run a sperm sample through tests than it is to test female fertility. There is usually blood work done to check the reproductive hormone levels for both partners.
The woman will also have other lab work done, including an ovarian reserve test to give the doctor an idea of how many eggs the woman has left. Some of the blood work must be timed with the woman's cycle, like the progesterone testing. Other tests, such as thyroid testing, can be done at any point. You may also be asked to track your cycles at home using basal body temperature (BBT), a method of detecting ovulation by taking your temperature daily, or with the use of urine testing kits to monitor your luteinizing hormone (LH) levels. If these tests are all clear, you may also be asked to do slightly more invasive testing like an ultrasound or a hysterosalpingogram (HSG) of your reproductive organs. These tests can help assess the activity in your ovaries or check to see if your fallopian tubes are blocked.
What types of treatments are available for infertility?
There are many treatments for infertility. The treatment recommended for you and your partner will depend on the cause of your fertility issues. For example, sometimes correcting hormone imbalances can be helpful. Medications might be tried to encourage ovulation or to alter the menstrual cycle to be more favorable to conception. There may also be the need for surgery to correct damage to the organs. Some couples may also benefit from in vitro fertilization (IVF).
The good news is that there is help available in both evaluating and treating infertility. Seeking help from your doctor can get you on the right path toward parenthood.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Evaluating Infertility. October 2017. Accessed November 2017.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Treating Infertility. October 2017. Accessed November 2017.


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In February this year, fines were handed down to three workers in Victoria, Australia, who physically and emotionally bullied a teenage co-worker who later committed suicide.
These fines were among the highest penalties ever issued to individuals under Victorian occupational health and safety laws.
Café employees were fined A$45,000, A$30,000 and A$10,000 for relentlessly insulting and criticising 18 year old waitress, Brodie Panlock. One of the employees, who managed the café, also taunted Panlock over a failed suicide attempt. The employees were witnessed pouring fish oil into Panlock's bag and then pouring it over her hair and clothes, reducing her to tears. The Melbourne magistrate said that the cafe had 'tacitly approved' of the 'persistent and vicious' bullying of Panlock and that 'the atmosphere in the cafe was poisonous'. The court regarded the cafe's behaviour as being in the worst category. It fined the company $220,000 and the company's director $30,000.
This issue has not been as publicised in New Zealand as it has been for our Trans Tasman counterparts. However, the New Zealand Department of Labour has addressed workplace bullying on its website including how to prevent bullying, what to do if it occurs and the effect of bullying. We recommend you have an anti-bullying and workplace violence policy in place and discipline employees in accordance with the policy.
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DLA Phillips Fox is one of the largest legal firms in Australasia and a member of DLA Piper Group, an alliance of independent legal practices. It is a separate and distinct legal entity. For more information visit www.dlaphillipsfox.com
This publication is intended as a first point of reference and should not be relied on as a substitute for professional advice. Specialist legal advice should always be sought in relation to any particular circumstances.


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As a leading digital advertising firm, Nett Solutions' Inc. 5000 rank is fitting. The company has posted an impressive 46% in growth over the past three years, earmarking over $14 million in revenue in back-to-back years.
Aliso Viejo, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/11/2015 --It's official: Nett Solutions (http://www.nettsolutions.com) has received the coveted Inc. 5000 Honoree recognition for the fifth consecutive time. The prestigious award is only given out to the top 5,000 companies in the United States, which are ranked by Inc. annually.
Nett Solutions' current Inc. 5000 rank is 4882 (2014). It has been recognize by Inc. for being: "A search engine marketing agency that specializes in flat fee search engine placement, as well as SEO, display ads and boomerang retargeting."
As a leading digital advertising firm, Nett Solutions' Inc. 5000 rank is fitting. The company has posted an impressive 46% in growth over the past three years, earmarking over $14 million in revenue in back-to-back years.
Inc. 5000 honorees share a prodigious platform with other household names. These include the likes of: Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Jamba Juice, Timberland, Clif Bar, Pandora, Patagonia, Oracle, and other notable alumni. The 2014 list added such powerhouses as GoPro, Bridger, Fuhu, Tough Muder, Bowlmor, and Lending Club, to name a few.
Nett Solutions offers white-hat search engine optimization (SEO) services with flat fee, no-hassle pricing. The company also specializes in display ads, boomerang retargeting, website design, search engine placement, social media and much more.
"We are thrilled to be included on the Inc. 5000 Honoree list for the fifth time in a row," explained Michael Won, Vice President of Strategy & Organizational Development at Nett Solutions. "As a leading SEM firm, we strive to keep our rates and services transparent while delivering the highest quality for our customers. This recognition reflects that long term commitment."
Learn more about Nett Solutions by visiting: http://www.nettsolutions.com.
View the Nett Solutions Inc. 500 Honoree profile here: http://www.inc.com/profile/nett-solutions.
About Nett Solutions
Nett Solutions is a top-rated internet marketing firm that specializes in white-hat, Google Webmaster Approved SEO. They use a hybrid combination of proven and time-tested, search engine friendly techniques to help get their clients top rankings on all major search engines.
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We have the skills and design systems to provide you with a superior performing house, we strive for Passive House / Passivhaus standard however can tailor accordingly.
Through increased performance you will be more comfortable, cut energy bills, breathe cleaner air and save on house maintenance.
Our designs are architecturally beautiful but also focused on build-ability. We analyse each component of design and where able find simpler and cheaper solutions to achieve the same outcome.
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'The most common misconception about Passive House is adherence to the stated reference values and that meeting these criteria are required for certification, which states that triple glazed windows are required; in most areas of Australia, thermally broken double glazed windows are sufficient. These reference values apply to a Central European (read Germany) cool moderate climate that enable a constant temperature within the house of 20deg. The beauty of the performance based system is that it is relevant to the climate of the location of your house and that the criteria may be relaxed to suit your situation.'
'Another common misconception is that Passive Houses need to be shut up all the time to work. The goal of a passive house is to reduce the energy consumption required to maintain the house at a comfortable temperature. If the weather is fine enough to have windows and doors open then by all means keep them open. If it is cold or hot outside though, the house should be shut up in order to work effectively in maintaining a comfortable temperature. Fresh filtered air is provide through a HRV system which provides a much healthier environment than when you use an air conditioner or heater in a closed house.'
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The Alexandra Groover Black Label ANCESTRAL collection Short Crux Ansata Robe features an oversized cowl neck and a curved hem at the back. Designed for layering over your favorite top, or top and skirt or trousers.
Available in natural (cream colour) organic cotton jersey or black organic cotton jersey. Made in London using English-made fabric.
Model Andro is wearing one size fits all.
Note: For the natural-coloured option, because the fabric has not been bleached, small brown flecks of cotton seed are naturally present in the knit and are part of the character of natural, unbleached cotton.
Photo: Tom Medwell
Model: Andro
Makeup: Patrycja Grimm
Stylist: Matteo Cortes
Set Design: Monk
Location: Dalston Pier
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Contrary to popular belief, designing a kids room is not as easy as it sounds. Designing a room that will be appropriate for a younger kid growing up can be tricky, as kids preferences change drastically from year to year, depending on current trends, new Disney characters, or simply just because of growing up. What is their favorite thing now, they could outgrow in as little as in a few months.
This is why I created this post, to point out the most important points to consider when designing a kids room. Links to products are all below, on images and in links.
1- I prefer to have a neutral bed without any cartoon characters. etc.. this way the bed will stay a longer time with them, the only thing they can outgrow will be the bed sheets.
2- Have storage space to avoid a messy room as much as possible. Whether that includes containers, drawer units, under bed drawers etc..
3- Have different types of lighting, a bright light and a dimmed or simply a night table lamp for the night time. There are also many dim lights that can just be plugged in the socket to light up the path to the bathroom.
4- Don't splurge on tiny furniture that they will outgrow fast. If you need small chairs and tables, get ones that you don't mind giving away in a couple of years.
5- Use preferred characters or age related patterns in items you can easily replace such as bed covers , bed sheets, cushions, and artwork.
6- Get standard size beds not the very narrow ones. If space does not allow use bunk beds or drawer beds.
7- Have a nice soft rug with anti bacterial and anti allergen properties.
8- Use interesting decorative items that are not easily breakable and don't take up too much space.
9- Whenever possible use furniture made of sustainable materials, try to avoid paint with lead as much as possible.
In the room above I used basic colors sparingly with neutral colored furniture, the above room can be for either a boy or a girl. I am totally not with the concept of pink for girls and blue for boys. I remember the first room for a teenager I ever designed was for a girl and the main colors were green and blue.
I love the concept of this bed, I know it is not new but it is convenient if you don't need a second bed and just need it for guests. This way you are not stuck with a bed that takes up half of the room and you barely use it. If you have more than one kid however, I recommend each kid have their own bed, you can have bunk-beds if space is an issue.
- Includes one twin size panel bed, headboard and trundle
- Contemporary design
- Gray color
- Woven fabric
- Upholstered tufted headboard
- Twin sized trundle
- Assembly required
- Twin Panel Bed: 41" H x 81" W x 42" D
- Twin Trundle Bed: 9.5" H x 71" W x 39.75" D
- Weight : 90 lb.
Simplicity Blue, Full Set, 4 Piece
For this room I used simple bed cover and sheets, this is the item you can play around with the most.
All in cotton print fabric.
Full Comforter: 87×78. Full Bed Skirt: 54x74x14. Sham: 25×32.
Nourison Miles Kids Area Rug, Ivory, 4'x6′
I love this rug, goes with almost any theme. I like how it is discrete and doesn't overpower the room.
Size/Weight: W 48″ / D 72″ / H 0.75″ / 12 lb.
Color: Ivory
Materials: 100% Polypropylene
Tween 2-Pc. Foam Chairs With Handles
If space allows, it's great to have comfortable and soft seating, I really liked this one.
Size/Weight: W 25″ / D 29″ / H 28″ / 27 lb.
Materials: High density foam; 100% polyester; upholstery fabric; plastic zipper
ACME Playground 1-Drawer Door Kids Nightstand, White and Yellow
A night table is essential, it's the last item we go to first when we wake up and last before we sleep. It has to hold the essentials, such as books, table lamps, medication etc..
- Finish: White and Yellow
- Material: Pine Wood, MDF and Plywood
- 1 drawer
- 1 open compartment
- 1 door
- Metal glide
- Drawer front & back with French dovetail
- Overall Product Dimensions: 20″ H x 24″ W x 18″ D
- Overall Product Weight: 41 lbs.
ACME Playground 3-Drawer 2-Door Kids Dresser, White and Green
- Finish: White and Green
- Material: Pine Wood, MDF and Plywood
- 3 drawers
- 1 open compartment
- 2 doors
- Metal glide
- Drawer front & back with French dovetail
- Overall Product Dimensions: 36″ H x 36″ W x 18″ D
- Overall Product Weight: 93 lbs.
- This house-shaped lampshade is a beautiful decoration piece that will add a modern touch to your children's room.
- It is very easy to install and can be used with a PLOG-IT cord or FIX-IT incandescent lightbulb.. Includes shade only.
Luxor Grommet Cotton Room Darkening Solid Panels, White
- Organic 100% Cotton
- Style: Modern Simple Solid pattern looks good in contemporary or transitional rooms
- Silver 8 Grommet/Eyelet with 1.6 Inch Internal grommet diameter, 2.3″ outside diameter
- Room Darkening, Noise Reduction, Energy Saving, More privacy
- Royal Tradition Collection
- Machine wash
Available Sizes Include:
- 54 inch wide x 63 inch long Each Panel (108″W X 63″L, Set of two)
- 54 inch wide x 84 inch long Each Panel (108″W X 84″L, Set of two)
- 54 inch wide x 96 inch long Each Panel (108″W X 96″L, Set of two)
- 54 inch wide x 108 inch long Each Panel (108″W X 108″L, Set of two)
"Snoopy" Peanuts Framed Art Print
- Top quality Giclee print on high resolution Archive Paper
- Professionally framed and mounted on acid free archive matts
- High quality durable non-warping frame
- Arrives ready to hang
- Includes a certificate of authenticity
- Artist signature on front
- Made in the USA
- W 18″ / D 1.5″ / H 12″ / 5 lb
Balloon Dog Bank, Royal Blue, 12″
Size/Weight: W 4″ / D 12″ / H 12″ / 2.5 lb.
Materials: Ceramic
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Actually BFD stands for Bidirectional Failure Detection, but its not catchy so I chose to call it blazing-fast failure detection. Let us understand what it does and what is so cool about it.
If you had 2 routers connected to a switched network and the router needed to maintain neighbour relationship between themselves. What will they do? Simple, they send Hello to each other. How often they send Hello to each other depends on various aspects, for instance, OSPF will send hello every 10 seconds or 30 seconds depending on the type of Layer 2 network. EIGRP will send hello every 5 seconds and BGP will send it every 60 seconds by default.
What does this mean? It means that if the switched network failed it would take the Hello interval for the Routing protocol to even get a clue about the failure of the network resulting in the failure of the neighbourship. In fact these protocols are designed to miss a number of hello before concluding that the neighbourship is down. So OSPF will not take 10 seconds but 40 seconds before it concludes the failure, EIGRP will take 15 seconds and BGP will take 180 seconds by default.
BFD can provide failure detection on any kind of path between systems, including direct physical links, virtual circuits, tunnels, MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs), multihop routed paths, and unidirectional links.
BFD is a protocol which uses UDP to find if the other Layer 3 device is still reachable using a similar Hello mechanism, but the difference is that it can detect failure in miliseconds. And it does this very efficiently, its hello packet size is really small, it is 24 bytes in size. Compare this with OSPF (at least 48 bytes), EIGRP (at least 24 bytes) and BGP (at least 10 bytes). Mind you they are at least, whereas BFD uses at most 24 bytes.
BFD detects the failure faster and reports it immediately to any Routing Protocol.
Compared to other protocol the size of the packet may not seem so small but if you consider UDP then you will see that BFD is faster as it doesn't have to rely on TCP or RTP, which is slower than UDP.
BFD is independent of the routing protocol that runs on top. For example if you are running BGP along with OSPF between your routers you can choose to run just one instance of BFD and ask both BGP and OSPF to make use of the same. In case of any layer 2 failure BFD will inform both the protocols about their respective neighbour failures within milliseconds.
In the next part we will see how to configure BFD in our devices. And how to reap the benefits of using it.


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Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa and 13th largest in Africa. Located within the African Great Lakes region it includes the 'Spice Islands' of Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia and contains Africa's highest point – Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano. Tanzania borders Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west; and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south. The country assumed its present form in 1964 after a merger between the mainland Tanganyika and the island of Zanzibar, which became independent in 1963.
Few destinations in Africa can rival Tanzania's diversity of wildlife, cultures and landscapes. From the classic savannah destinations of the Serengeti, Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater to the beaches and coral reefs of Zanzibar and the tropical coast, a Tanzanian safari holiday delivers one epic experience after another. This is all before discovering the off-the-beaten-track experiences such as chimpanzee trekking in the magisterial rainforests of Mahale and Gombe or game viewing in the super-remote Selous Game Reserve.
Tanzania is renowned for offering some of the best game viewing and safari experiences in all of Africa. Famous for the iconic Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti Plains, the country also boasts some less-visited fascinating parks and reserves, including the Selous, Ruaha, Mahale and Katavi. Approximately 38% of Tanzania's landmass is designated as National Parks and Game Reserves in order to protect the wildlife within the area. These areas have excellent concentrations of game and the Big Five, which can easily be seen over the course of a couple of days' safari.
The Serengeti Plains, along with Kenya's adjoining Maasai Mara, is home to one of the greatest natural spectacles in the world - the Great Migration - also known as the annual migration or the wildebeest migration. One million wildebeest, 200 000 zebra and 400 000 gazelle move throughout the southern and eastern plains of the Serengeti in an indistinct clockwise direction between the patches of fresh green grass as they follow the rains. The herds are followed by prides of lion, as well as spotted hyena, striped hyena, golden jackal, side-striped jackal and black-backed jackal.
It's not just the wildlife that enchants. Tanzania's Indian Ocean coastline is also magical, with tranquil islands and sleepy coastal villages steeped in centuries of Swahili culture. The Zanzibar Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of East Africa offering powdery white beaches, turquoise waters and pastel-hued sunrises.
The tropical climate varies significantly within Tanzania. Coastal areas are hot and humid, while the north-western highlands are cool and temperate, with temperatures ranging between 10-20 °C during cold and hot seasons. The rest of the country has temperatures rarely falling lower than 20°C. There are two rainy seasons: the short rains are generally from October to December, while the long rains last from March to June. The central plateau tends to be dry and arid throughout the year. Tanzania is a destination which can be visited year-round, although the best time for travelling is outside of the rainy season between June and October, when temperatures stay well below their summer peaks. Beach-side locations like Zanzibar are good to visit during the hotter months of December to January, when ocean breezes make the high temperatures bearable, although humidity can still be high. December to January is the most popular time for beach holidays, especially for those travelling from Europe wanting some winter sunshine, and hotels can book up early, especially for the Christmas and New Year period.


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A little over a year ago, a few dozen artists, organizers and advocates met in Pioneer Square and discussed rumors about a potential Seattle Art Fair. Seattle had never had an international art fair of scale, and it seemed to be coming out of the blue. In some ways, it still seems unbelievable that it is actually happening, even as the final preparations are being made for the opening tomorrow at CenturyLink Event Center, where a little over sixty exhibitors from around the world will be displaying carefully selected works from top artists. Even more unbelievable is the involvement of some of the world's biggest blue chip galleries, including Gagosian and David Zwirner, who have declined to be part of more established fairs in cities better known for having an avid collector class.
Seattle has a large potential collector class, and the Seattle Art Fair may be the first international art fair attended by some of these locals. Art fairs have become a big business unto themselves, designed with collectors—new and established—in mind. They are excellent points of entry for newcomers, who get to see top-notch works from many cities in one place, while established collectors enjoy courtship by gallerists and their artists. Fairs bring notoriety and new audiences to their host cities, and off-site events around them invigorate other venues and commercial galleries to host their own events, creating a critical mass of art for a brief period.
However, it's a sword that cuts both ways. Being a crystallization of the market, art fairs put an emphasis on a transactional approach to art rather than a purely aesthetic one; they become less about seeing art than being seen around it. For those in the industry, there is a financial risk involved. Galleries will pay tens of thousands for a modest booth, and hopefully break even while cultivating clients in other regions. That is not easy amidst a throng: Art Basel a month ago had 283 exhibitors, while many middle-range fairs have between 100 and 200. Press and buzz is often diverted to the larger galleries, who might debut a "blockbuster" work from a big name. In short, fairs have a certain desperation about them, and frequently benefit the big guy at the expense of the little guy, including attendees on the periphery.
For those who are discontent with the "art market" and "art" being treated as synonymous, the proliferation of art fairs is problematic in other ways. Dozens of fairs are happening globally in both established and more reliable emerging markets, courting scores of newly minted millionaires in Asia and European oligarchs. The art market's tastemakers are trained admen who know how to stir a frenzy of speculation and desire among collectors at the highest echelons, and for the majority of people and artists looking on from the margins, this is all invidious. It turns art solely into an exclusive commodity, which is at odds with how most people want to view art, especially if they have practiced art at any point in their lives. But the market is a tool and not impenetrable to positive influences, and we need more of that savvy in Seattle so gallerists can take more risks, more galleries can open, more artists can get representation and—naturally—get paid for their work.
This is why, in spite of my own misgivings about art fairs, I view the Seattle Art fair as vital and momentous. It raises the profile of Seattle as a place one ought to look for art. Despite an abundance of art being produced here, the city's devoted collector class is not buying much here, and its lower profile on the national scene makes it harder for Seattle's local galleries to cash in on the passion for collecting during travel.
That idea—buying art while traveling—is one not readily appreciated by those who have not done it before. To acquire work during a memorable trip imbues it with additional meaning and romance for the collector. Even during the frenzy of a fair, one sees examples of this. Prominent gallerists routinely cultivate interest in a work even before it debuts at a fair. Ideally it will be snatched up by a collector who might appear to be impulsive, but has actually been courted for months. That courtship is part of the romance of art for collectors. They aren't just buying an object; they are saying, "I do," and the romance can be contagious for those who bear witness.
This is why galleries take the financial risk of participating in art fairs elsewhere. It is also for the sake of the artists, whose careers require exposure beyond their own neighborhood. Artists who are not represented in other cities begin to feel trapped. We have seen this happen in Seattle. The net result is a sense of stagnation and provinciality that is unappealing to collectors, pushing them further away. Perceived apathy drives legions of lesser artists to produce apathetic work. The new money in town sees it for what it is, and if they are already inclined to believe that art is a farce, this will be the proof that the emperor has no clothes. The market further stagnates; everyone loses.
This rut has existed for years in Seattle, and the critical push to get us out of it requires intellectual and financial capital. The Seattle Art Fair could be a turning point, and it has been exciting to see galleries and artists bring their A-game in preparation. The fair is no act of charity; the organizers and the money behind it—Paul Allen via Vulcan—expect a return on their investment, and big-name galleries like Gagosian and Zwirner need a reason to come back. The participation of big names like those lends a stamp of market legitimacy to fairs around the world. It is safe to assume that they wouldn't be here if it weren't for Vulcan's backing, the presence of some other very serious collectors, and the production being led by art fair veterans artMRKT.
As I said before, art fairs are already good entry points to the art world, but the Seattle Art Fair appears to be a good entry point to art fairs as a whole. Its highly concentrated and selective roster of galleries is showing an array of work that is diverse and full, but not overwhelming. I fully endorse attendance, and I have some recommendations below.
Art in Technology
In the prevailing rhetoric, Seattle's large tech industry has been put at odds with art. In this false binary, it is disruption versus tradition, technicians against creatives. The Seattle Art Fair is smartly including substantial programming and art that uses new technology and media, to bridge the perceived gap between these worlds—a gap which never existed for well-rounded people.
A suite of works and programming called CreativeLab will be on display throughout the fair, presented by artists from bitforms gallery (NYC, booth 601) and 101/EXHIBIT (LA, booth 115). Artist Micah Ganske will collaborate with re:3D, the creators the Gigabot 3D printer to create a limited run of 3D printed objects for select visitors. Ganske has also created a 3D-printed "Ocular EVA Pod" that works with Oculus Rift technology to create an immersive tour of the artist's paintings and sculptures. Artist Addie Wagenknecht creates paintings utilizes a different kind of new technology—specially equipped drones—and there are live demonstrations scheduled each day of the fair. Fellow bitforms artist Manfred Mohr will also be presenting digital and machine-assisted works at the gallery's booth.
Pace Gallery (NYC, Booth 105) also dives right into new media with work by Japanese art collective teamLab, who offer a new iteration of their interactive digital installation titled Flowers and People. As visitors pass by screens with projected images of ethereal flowers and vines, a shower of glimmering petals and pollen is triggered. In a town that loves nature as much as it loves tech, this installation feels particularly at home.
Prominent Locals
Thirteen of the galleries represented at the Art Fair are either based locally or have a Seattle location. Winston Wachter (Booth 403), for example, is based in both Seattle and New York, and at its booth it will be showing works by Brooklyn-based artist Dustin Yellin. When I learned about this, I nearly came out of my skin; I adore Yellin's work, which builds anthropomorphic figures from layers upon layers of painted and embedded media in resin.
Platform Gallery (Booth 609) presents the abstracted photography of Erin O'Keefe and sculpture by Scott Fife, whose larger-than-life busts and sculptures are formed from layers of painstakingly cut, folded and formed cardboard. Greg Kucera Gallery (Booth 103) will show sculptures from acclaimed artists Deborah Butterfield, Peter Millett and Sherry Markovitz, plus work from hometown hero Buster Simpson, who after years of work based in the public sphere and social practice just recently had his first gallery show, following a retrospective at The Frye last year. Elsewhere at the fair, the gallery is also presenting a large work by Millett titled "Rusty Cake."
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery (Booth 207) is one of few local galleries that focuses almost exclusively on work from international artists, especially those working in photography. The gallery's booth will show work from three artists who fit that bill: Fabrice Monteiro, Kimiko Yoshida and Jean-Claude Moschetti. A new painting by Sergio Lucena will also be on display at the booth, while at the gallery itself in Pioneer Square there will be a solo show of just Lucena's work. Also at the fair, another artist in Ibrahim's stable, Iran-based Negar Farajiani, will present her traveling installation "Made in China"—a 4-by-4 meter inflatable beach ball, which as toured cities across the globe, inviting both harmless playfulness and questions about globalization and power differentials.
Select Visiting Galleries
It's hard to narrow this field, so I have to rely on personal preference. There are the big names that demand a look: a large sculpture by art star Takashi Murakami in his trademark Superflat style, presented by Gagosian Gallery (NYC, Booth 203); a porous pumpkin sculpture by art doyenne Yayoi Kusama, presented by David Zwirner (NYC, booth 111); and prints from blue-chip stalwarts James Turrell, Ed Ruscha and Debra Bloomfield at Richard Levy Gallery (Albuquerque, booth 407).
For me, the booth of Gana Art (Seoul, Booth 201) is a must-see, featuring paintings by Yi Hwan-Kwon and Youn Myeung-Ro, among others. There's an intriguing mix of painting and sculpture from Patricia Sweetow Gallery (Oakland, Booth 208), one of two galleries showing work by Markus Linnenbrink. And I'll be damned if I don't get a close look at the big works at Catharine Clark Gallery (SFX, Booth 209), including an early scroll painting by Masami Teraoka and a recent oil painting by Chester Arnold.
Maxwell Davidson Gallery (NYC, booth 405) is presenting a swath of eye catching, graphic work at its booth, plus two kinetic sculptures by George Rickey, which display what the artist calls "excentric motion." One titled "OPEN TRAPEZOIDS EXCENTRIC ONE UP ONE DOWN VARIATION V" is 13 feet high.
James Cohan Gallery (NYC, booth 303) is showing paintings by Shi Zhiying and Spencer Finch at its booth. Zhiying's work repeats figures in monochrome. Finch's work is all light, shape and color. A pendent sculpture (110 in in diameter) will be hung at the Fair, but Finch is also presenting an unusual installation titled "Sunset" at the outdoor cafe. "Previously presented at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and in Central Park by Creative Time," the work takes hues from a watercolor painting Finch made and imbues them in soft serve ice cream cones. The SAF site says: "Each ice cream cone becomes a deliciously poetic gesture in reverence of summer sunsets." The important part is: "ice cream."
The Signature Exhibition
Last but not least, the Fair has its own signature exhibition, "THINKING CURRENTS," curated by Leeza Ahamdy, who is director of Asian Contemporary Art Week in NYC. Ahmady has assembled a roster of artists from "the Pacific Rim and beyond" who work in new media, video, sound and film. Expect to be astounded.
Every day of the fair offers scheduled programming, and you should check out the full roster, but I am particularly drawn to the heady sounding panel discussion in connection with the signature exhibition, "Liquid Territories & the Flux of Myths, Dreams and Reality."
A keynote discussion on the role of the Pacific Ocean, historically and today; mapping a set of interlacing inquiries by contemporary artists around pressing environmental and geo-economical concerns within and around the Pacific Rim territories (Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia etc.) in connection to the Pacific Northwest and the world at large.
That happens Saturday, August 1 from 3:30 to 5 PM at the CenturyLink Event Center.
Off-Site Events
The fair has inspired numerous other shows and events throughout the city from independent curators and artists, but it has its own off-site projects as well. This includes a temporary installation of decoys and sculptures in Volunteer Park by artist Wendy Red Star, a "Portrait Party" by Jenny Heishman in Myrtle Edwards, and an installation by Robert Montgomery co-presented with the ongoing ALL RISE Seattle project at the site of the future Denny Substation.
There are so many other events, too. Satellite Seattle is a site that has been set up to help everyone find independently presented shows around the city, and the massive Out of Sight show at King Street Station is practically a small fair unto itself, with framed work and installations from a hundred local artists. That critical mass that Seattle needs to mature as a city for art is happening
If you are local seeing these artists for the first time, you are in good company with international attendees. Whether you are an aspiring collector or just an enthusiast, if you have hesitated to dive into the art world before, the time is ripe. Hesitate further and you may find yourself less aware of what is happening in your own city than the jet-set from elsewhere. At the very least, you are going to miss a very good time. And ice cream.
The Seattle Art Fair opens to the public this Friday, July 31 and runs through Sunday, August 2. One-day tickets are $20. Three day passes are $35. VIP Patron passes are $150 and grant access to special events and the opening party on Thursday night. Get tickets and more info online.
For visitors: Welcome to Seattle. Check out advice from our travel writer, Jiawen Shi, on traveling in Seattle like a local (if you can find the time between events).


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MUD and the Government Launch Vatican-mediated Negotiation
After an all-nighter at La Rinconada, the government and the opposition (minus VP) have set up a new negotiation track to work through the mess. In unrelated news, it's Halloween.
After an all-nighter at La Rinconada, the government and the opposition (minus VP) have set up a wide-ranging, Vatican-mediated dialogue effort to try work through the crisis.
A tense series of handshakes were the preamble to a marathon session that yielded a complex, four-front approach to negotiations: with the Vatican leading one table, and each of the three former Presidents (Zapatero, Torrijos and Fernandez) leading the other three.
Naky has all the details.
In his messaging, Chúo Torrealba is stressing the election of a new National Elections Council board.
For opposition supporters, this raises all kinds of longstanding, deeply entrenched fears about getting played again. Because we've seen this too many times: the government only seems to want to talk to us when it's against the ropes, playing for time, looking for ways to demobilize opposition protests.
Nobody is more aware of this dynamic than MUD, which have been on the receiving end of this kind of tactic. This, of course, is why MUD insisted on — and obtained — a credible mediator, in the form of the pope's personal envoy.
In his messaging, Chúo Torrealba is stressing the election of a new National Elections Council board. The thinking seems to be that there's a real threat that you'll just never have another fair election again without it. But of course, all the old demands are on the table too: freeing political prisoners, allowing the Legislature to legislate, moving towards early elections, etc.
What's underlying all this? I think, basically, it's that Chúo and MUD's other moderates agree with Rodrigo that you can't improvise non-violent resistance, and in current circumstances, radical street action would surely turn violent. On his RCR show this morning, Chúo argued that there's nothing the government would like more than a violent confrontation on the streets, because violence is the only domain where they're clearly superior to us.
For one thing, Perú's call the Interamerican Democratic Charter to be activated is now surely a non-starter.
Where does this leave the escalating agenda MUD promised just a few days ago? I have no idea. Chúo can repeat that "dialogue is jut one more arena for our struggle" until he's green in the face, he can keep saying that the street agenda will run parallel to dialogue from now to kingdom come, and it won't make it true.
For one thing, Perú's call the Interamerican Democratic Charter to be activated is now surely a non-starter. Talk of "political trials" and abandono del cargo is thin on the ground as well. The crisis is volatile as ever, but MUD's seeming inability to stick to one course of action for more than a day or two is…not doing much for our confidence.
Amaneció, y todavía no hemos visto…
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To Be Released FEBRUARY 23 On OBLIQSOUND
Brooklyn, NY -- Brooklyn saxophonist John Ellis is gearing up for a busy 2010. On February 23, ObliqSound will release Puppet Mischief, the second album with his New Orleans-based band Double-Wide, which in addition to Ellis features Brian Coogan on organ, Matt Perrine on sousaphone and Jason Marsalis on drums, plus special guests Gregoire Maret on harmonica and Alan Ferber on trombone. The recording continues the former New Orleanian's love affair with the Big Easy, drawing inspiration from the rich vein of music the city has given the world, while also taking cues, in Ellis' own words, from carnivals, state fairs, children laughing, clowns and dancing."
The highlights of Puppet Mischief begin from its very first funky moments. The leadoff track, Okra & Tomatoes," takes its title from a phrase that represents life's perfect pairings. That's followed by Fauxfessor," a tightly synced, off-kilter New Orleans romp full of surprising twists. The elegiac Dewey Dah" displays each instrument's individual colorings, particularly Perrine's sousaphone, and reaffirms Ellis' penchant for compositions that are never static, always morphing. Among the album's other standouts are the wild, teasing title track, featuring a stunning harmonica solo by Maret, and the back-to-back Carousel" and Dubinland Carnival." The former, which Ellis calls a wistful circus tune," takes on a bluesy patina and incorporates several dramatic transitions, while its companion piece, which Ellis likens to the feel of a Fellini film, features an epic sax-trombone conversation and some of Marsalis' most fired-up drumming of the set. Chorale" speaks for itself -- written originally with string quartet in mind, it instead became a beautiful showcase for the four horns. Hroes de Accin" is Ellis' idea of soundtrack music for a Spanish cartoon crime-fighting hero while the album's closing track, This Too Shall Pass," is the perfect sendoff, a calming, almost whimsical paean to the acceptance of flux as the one constant in life.
The release of Puppet Mischief follows up one of the busiest years in Ellis' career, one that saw him accompanying a diverse array of musicians ranging from Sting to Mos Def to the Cuban drummer Ignacio Berroa, touring Europe with the John Patitucci Trio and, most significantly, the debut of The Ice Siren, Ellis' hour-long through-composed narrative composition for string quartet, tuba, percussion, guitar, vibes, winds and two singers. The piece, a collaborative effort with playwright Andy Bragen, debuted at New York City's Jazz Gallery in May 2009.
Ellis, now 35, has never been an artist who stays in one artistic place very long. Born in North Carolina, he took piano lessons as a child, soon switched to clarinet, and first became seriously drawn to music when he heard the music of legendary ragtime composer Scott Joplin. After moving to New Orleans, Ellis' jazz chops improved radically as he gigged with the likes of Ellis Marsalis and Walter Payton. After three years in the Big Easy, he went north to New York City, graduating from the New School and settling into the city's thriving jazz scene. Along the way, Ellis spent six years as a member of jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter's group, cutting four albums with them while also developing his own sound. He cut his debut as a leader, The Language of Love, in 1996, then didn't record under his own name again until 2002, when he released the critically acclaimed Roots, Branches and Leaves. That was followed by One Foot in the Swamp (2005), By a Thread (2006), and his first with Double-Wide, Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (2008).
John Ellis & Double-Wide will perform throughout 2010, including a January residency at Snug Harbor in New Orleans. Upcoming winter dates include:
January 8 | Export NOLA @ Sullivan Hall | New York, NY
January 9 | Nublu | New York, NY
January 20 | Snug Harbor | New Orleans, LA
January 27 | Snug Harbor | New Orleans, LA
March 1 | 8X10 | Baltimore, MD
March 2 | World Cafe Live | Philadelphia, PA
March 3 | Beehive | Boston, MA
March 4 | Red Square | Albany, NY
March 5 | Jazz Gallery | New York, NY
March 6 | Jazz Gallery | New York, NY
This story appears courtesy of Calabro Music.
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171. Early rising for McDonald's breakfast and Swinch coffee.
172. Conversations centered around dreaming and praying.
173. Coming back to Rome – I honestly can't wait for CR to be back here.
174. Being okay with the silence.
175. Office change.
176. Frozen pizzas, even if they're the least healthy.
177. Friday afternoons at B&N.
178. Netflix marathons.
179. Workplace puns.
180. Cover letters… I know, I thought I'd never say that either, but really… sometimes it's fun summing yourself up really quick and letting people know who you are.
181. Sticky traps to catch large hairy spiders.
182. New pants.
183. Pumpkin spice lattes.
184. Bucket lists.
185. Paperless Post
186. My purple "Celebrate" cup from Relay for Life.
187. How one story, like Kate's, can touch millions of lives.
188. Remembering that "God is still God & He is still good."
189. Pacing driveways and talking out dreams.
190. The bridge on Little Texas Valley
191. Church with Amy & Drew.
192. Letters & packages all in one week.
193. Lipstick.
194. Ice dream Fridays.
195. When it rains.
196. Morning jams on the way to work.
197. Quiet Friday nights.
198. Permission to rest.
199. That feeling of being involved.
200. Perfect sunsets when you're nowhere near a camera.
201. Wednesday dinners and "black little baby" songs that aren't really.
202. Pals to ask outfit advice.
203. Pals who call in an S.O.S. for you.
204. Holidays and baseball and the bittersweet ending of a season.
205. Friends who remind you to count it all.


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The Great Experiment – A Lesson in taking a risk
Inspired Middle Management: The Komen PR Nightmare
Regardless of where you stand on the issue of Komen's funding of Planned Parenthood, rarely do we get such a public example of a personal agenda being pushed to the detriment of the organization, which is why it's our topic for discussion today.
Read more on Inspired Middle Management: The Komen PR Nightmare…Read the rest of this entry »
How Could They Have Been So Stupid?
We've all witnessed debacles in decision-making, decisions so bad that we on the outside knew at first blush how bad they would turn out to be the second we saw them. I've always been curious about those kinds of decisions, the one's where we all knew better, and yet the people making them thought it was a good idea. (I'm also curious about the converse of that, the one's that no one thought was a good idea that turned out to be world changing like the iPad. And, we're not talking about that today.) Recently, I've studied critical decision-making and the latest neuroscience in much more depth so that I can upgrade our Improve Performance NOW!™ Executive Leadership program for 2012, and I can't resist sharing some of the juicier observations.
Leadership Development: Using Your EQ to Avoid Unnecessary Conflict
My leadership development clients hear me say this so often, they say it for me before I can get the words out of my mouth, "I hear that you feel very strongly about that… what value did that person step on?"
Many times, we have our ideas of right and wrong, fair and not fair, and (oh my goodness!) they may not match someone else's. Does that make us absolutely right?
Leadership Development Gaps Derail Organizations and Careers
Getting Unstuck: Leadership Development Tools For Better Results
Who wants to know how to get yourself and your teams unstuck? Wouldn't that be a valuable skill to have in your leadership development toolkit?
To get ourselves and others unstuck, first we have to explore what's getting us stuck in the first place.
Avoiding Career Limiting Moves at This Year's Holiday Party
Jennifer Luney and I had just a little too much fun on the last segment of the Lunch and Learn TV show today. We skipped over over-imbibing at the holiday party and started right off with holiday party rule #1: No casual sex with your co-workers.
For more shocking leadership development, watch the segment on Justin.TV
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Be Your Best You Today,
Celebrate You 2011
Every year I plan a party a little after the New Year. January is kind of a dull month after the holidays anyway, so one more party to kick off the new year right seems right.
I bring this up because, if you're not local, it become difficult to come to my Celebrate You Party. And so, I invite you to host one of your own. Even better, host one at your company.
Ever Have that Gut Feeling?
This is for your leadership development. Trust your gut! Really interesting video about the hidden brain in your…wait for it… intestines.
Leadership Development Happens Daily
This article came to me via my friend Sharon Armstrong from Stampin' Up. It's a good reminder that by taking intentional steps daily, we grow over time. So many people sleepwalk through their day. The reason vary. Some are too busy with lives that are unsustainably full of stuff to do. Others are in jobs that are boring. Others are in so much pain they shut down. I argue that's no way to live , let alone work. And, increasingly, it may mean the difference between being in demand and being irrelevant. Which is why I leave you with "Be Your Best You Today".


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Whilst there is still CBA basketball being played, the 2011/12 season has obviously ended for the Shanghai Sharks. Although the players are now having enjoy some hard earned holiday, Sharks coach, Daniel Panaggio, remains in Shanghai, working with the club's youth teams. With those very players going through their drills in the background, Coach Panaggio was kind enough to give his thoughts on the Shanxi series, the development of the Sharks'emerging young players and what will be waiting for the squad from their break in a few weeks.
AC: You gave a pretty emotion press conference immediately after that decisive Game 4 against Shanxi. Was that a heat of the moment thing or would you say the same things now about the players and the team as a whole as as you did then.
DP: No, I love them. They're great, they really are- and this group here [motioning to the youth team players in the background]– these guys as well, are just so respectful. I've been coaching in the US for a long time and sometimes the guys there have a little more edge to them. These guys here, they are just so respectful, they work really hard and they're learning. I don't think I've ever had more fun- that's why I'm here.
AC: Looking back, how do you feel that Shanxi series went? Do you think it was a missed opportunity or do you think the better team won?
DP: Well, I think the better team won- I don't think there is any question of that. They beat us 3-1 including twice on our home court and the only win we got, we had to dig in and fight for. They had two really outstanding players in Marcus Williams and Charles Gaines as well as a couple of Chinese players who also played exceptionally well; I thought Lu Xiaoming had a really good series and created some problems for us, and Duan Jiangpeng is a good player as well. Overall, I think we did the best we could. There's some things we could have done better and I think we could have won both of our home games but we made some mistakes that cost us.
AC: For most of the players, this was their first time in the playoffs- what was it like for them?
DP: Well I certainly think they were happy to get there. They were disappointed we didn't do a little better but at the same time, they were really felt great about themselves after that road win [in Game 3]- that was certainly the biggest road win we got this year.
AC: You said in the press conference that for the players, the day after getting knocked out of the playoffs was going to be hard. How did you feel when you woke up the following day [after the Game 4 defeat]?
DP: Its always hard, and that's why I told those guys what it was going to be like. All of a sudden, you've got a big void in your life- the season's over; you don't have any practice to go to, you don't have any film to watch, you don't have any players to converse with, and then there's the disappointment of shoulda, woulda, coulda.
AC: I've spoke to some of the fans who sit behind the basket opposite the players entrance, and for them, their player of the season was Zhang Zhaoxu. Mike Harris says Zhang's also made the most improvement out of all the players in the team- what's your thinking on Max [Zhang]?
DP: I think he's getting better. He has some really unique things for a seven-footer- especially his mobility and his agility. The one thing that holds him back a little bit is his conditioning. He's improved his conditioning in leaps and bounds since October to where we are today. We need to need to keep moving forward with Max in that regard, but we've also got to get him more comfortable with the ball, especially in traffic. There is lots of room for improvement and he's still a young guy; they talk about twenty-five, twenty-six as the age when a player will really come into his own but with big guys, its more like twenty-eight, and Max has got several years before he reaches that, so if he can remain healthy, improve his conditioning and keep learning, [he can go far].
AC: Yao Ming has retired and Wang Zhizhi is calling it a day after the 2012 Olympics- are you concerned at the pressure he will be under seeing as he will be expected to be the next starting center for China?
DP: No, I think it might be good for him. It's always good to be needed and to be depended upon because it forces you to step up. I think after this Olympics, Max is going to be a more confident guy.
AC: Two other young players that fans have been really excited about are Feng Tian and Meng Lingyuan. What have you thought about their form this season?
DP: Sky [Meng ] brings intensity, he brings toughness, he brings defense and one of the things he has done for us this season has been to penetrate the lane and score for us, so I've been happy with his development. Sweet [Feng] is coming around and I'm really looking forward to working with him this summer and try to get him to be a little bit more explosive.
AC: As the season progressed, Liu Ziqui came into the fold more. What did he do to earn that starting shooting guard spot?
DP: Jeffrey [Liu] has got good size for a shooting guard. He's got some athleticism, he's got some quickness and he's got a knack for playing good defence.With Jeffrey, its getting consistent effort and performances in practice so he can climb the ladder, so to speak, of improvement. Those were some of the things we were wrestling with at the start of the season.
AC: Ryan Forehan-Kelly is obviously back in the States already, and Mike Harris and Marcus Landry have gone back now as well- what did they bring to the team besides their athletic skills?
DP: Well those three guys have my utmost respect because they accept and fit into the Chinese culture. Their team mates have a lot of love and respect for them, and that's not always the case when foreign players come to China. Sometimes, those players are a little more ahead athletically and have more basketball experience than some of the Chinese players, and they have a little bit of arrogance about them but these guys did not. If you asked our [Chinese] national team guys here, how they feel about those three- they'll tell you to a man that they really, really like them, and that's important as we all spend so much time together.
AC: How do you feel Tseng Wen-ting has done in his first season in Chinese basketball?
DP: Well it was an adjustment year. He's gone from playing in Taiwan with guys he'd grown up with and was very comfortable with, to coming to a whole new environment so he was a little up and down. I think he had some really good games for us and he showed some things that really whet your appetite for more, so its important that Ding have a good summer with us. He'll have some obligations in Taiwan but we need to get him here as much as we can; we got to get him stronger and in better condition, but also we've need to get him playing with a tenacity and confidence that sometimes wasn't there this year.
AC: You've mentioned conditioning and attitude a couple of times. Has that been something you've had to work on with Chinese players- to get them to be aggressive and get themselves in good condition?
DP: We've set the bar high with these players. We want them to be razor-sharp and the only way they can be razor-sharp is to start in the off-season and to make a commitment to being as good as they can possibly be, and to do so with almost reckless abandon.
AC: Finally, its been a really long off-season. What's the plan for the club over the next few months once the players return from their time-off.
DP: We've got to work on some individual development with these guys. We want them to get stronger and we'll have James [the team's physio/trainer] work with them for the first couple of weeks and just do general conditioning and get them quick and strong but also give their knees and feet a rest. After that we'll get ready for the basketball; we'll work them in small groups, we'll work them altogether but we'll also work them in competition because some of our guys need experience guys like Smile [Zhang Xiaowei]- so we'll be playing in Australia again this year, I think we'll be playing in the Philippines, we'll be training in Italy and maybe in Taiwan as well so we've got quite a good plan for the summer.


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Dear friends! Due to Kuningan celebrations (Hari Raya Kuningan) which will take place in Bali on January 5th, the immigration offices in Bali will work on January 4th only half day (8.00 - 12.00). The offices will open again with the standard schedule on January 7th, Monday.
We wish you a happy holiday in Bali!


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Yesterday I saw the snake again that I saw last weekend while mowing the lawn. I got a very long, up-close look at it this time . . . but I wish I hadn't, because the only reason I did is that it was dead.
It's definitely a gopher snake, not a striped racer as I had thought when I caught only a fleeting glimpse of it. Closer inspection revealed that it had some orange markings between its yellow stripes that clearly identify it as a gopher snake. So the range maps were right, and I was wrong. I probably should not presume myself knowledgeable enough to doubt the range mappers. I mean, I know the plant range maps are sometimes a little off, so it stands to reason that the animal range maps would be too . . . but I know so much less about identifying animals that my odds of correctly identifying animals would probably be improved if I trusted the animal range maps completely and only dared to question the plant range maps.
Anyway, it's now a dead gopher snake, dead in my food garden. It was partly hidden under a log that I had used to edge the path. It appeared to have slithered there of its own free will, but I'm not sure why it died. The skin around its neck appeared to have been eaten away, but I think that may have happened after it was already dead, because it had clearly been dead for a few days by the time I found it. Either a neighborhood cat got it (Stardust is innocent because she does not go outdoors) or it died of an illness or just starved to death. I wonder whether it was feeling ill when I saw it last weekend (maybe that's the only reason I was able to catch sight of it at all) or whether its death is related to the destruction of its habitat . . . my next-door neighbor is a 90-something-year-old lady who had a hugely overgrown thicket of blackberries and mulberries and other invasive weeds on the other side of the fence from my food garden, and both times that I saw the snake, it was right next to there, so I suspect it was living in that thicket. This week her grandson came over and hacked away the thicket completely, cut it back to the ground and dug out the roots so there's now nothing left but bare dirt. If he used herbicides that might explain the snake's death, but my impression is that they didn't, since the weeds remained healthy-looking right up until they were cut back and dug up. Maybe the snake just couldn't find a new source of food or shelter when the thicket was removed. But if that was the problem, it ought to have tried wandering farther afield. There are plants it could have hidden among in my front yard. Or in my back yard, as long as Boston didn't notice it, which she didn't when it was in my back yard before.
Today I made a discovery about my next-door neighbors on the other side of me: they are selling their house. Generally our houses are very comparable. They're asking $15,000 more than the asking price on mine in 2012, so perhaps I've made some money by buying at the right time? I'm not sure how to feel about the neighbors moving out. They're devout Christian homeschoolers, but they were actually perfectly polite about having a lesbian couple move in next door to them, and they've been quiet neighbors, and they take good care of their yard, so I really don't have any complaints about them beyond the fact that they and I are not destined to become personal friends. (It would never have occurred to me before I moved from Sacramento to Marysville that anyone could ever regard their neighbors as personal friends. I doubt that I will ever have a neighbor I would count as a friend, but still I have become sufficiently rural that the theoretical possibility of such a thing now seems real to me.) Whoever buys the house next could easily be worse. I do kind of like the idea of not being the newest neighbor at the intersection anymore, though.
I've decided I need to introduce myself to whoever owns the house with the native plant garden in downtown Marysville. I keep driving past it and admiring it and noticing ever more plants that they've squeezed into their tiny yard - redbud trees, toyon, deergrasses, lupines, even (somewhat ridiculously) several redwood trees, all on a lot half the size of mine, with a house larger than mine on it. It's a pretty house, a two-story Craftsman-style house that looks well maintained. I just don't live near enough to be able to catch the residents outdoors and start a conversation. Maybe I could resort to mailing them a letter? Just to compliment them on their garden and offer to give them a tour of mine. It would be nice to be able to exchange notes with them about which plants can be grown here.


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I will just tell my story and offer my intel (simply from reading and researching articles) to ALL Americans, leaving out a couple items which might disturb the intelligence people and bring down the wrath of God on me, NOT to laugh.
I am 60 years old and live in Wooster Ohio where I rent a room from a wonderful charismatic Christian family. The last woman who was here living in this house to whom I was engaged in 2015-16 for about 4-5 months, I believe to have been somewhat far right (at least) and her brother works for the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) and I believe she was not at ALL in line with my various economic ideas. So anyway, sometimes she had a German accent and she could never keep the patterns of the lies she told me straight, until up at a hotel in Akron I finally said "enough is enough" and caught a cab for Wooster, where I am lonely but happy. She was frigid but did not exactly like me because she Thought I was Jewish… and because I support a slightly progressive fair and flat tax. One reason she may have hated me was because she thought I was Jewish, which in terms of blood I am not. My father's STEP-Father was a Ukrainian man named Solson E. Levensky from which we get my name Evans, drop the "L" drop the "KY" and change an E to an A and you get Evans from Levensky. Actually, though, my dad was born "John Gough," and his father was named "Galen Gough," which is a Scottish, Gaelic name, though I am more German than anything else. Quote from a Brooks and Dunn song: "Call me an American."
Let me just warn any neo-nazi elements: The government and especially CIA will utterly destroy you, I KNOW THIS, if you don't just give up and fade into the woodwork. You guys are NUTS. And Donald Trump is standing tall in support of Israel and against Iran, too. There's conservative and then there's neo-nazi, and I am a libertarian Republican these days but would die to prevent this wonderful nation from heading towards any sort of Nazi government, to make myself clear. There are of course factions in any Agency or institution and CIA (or NRO, National Reconnaissance Office, which is headed by Henry Kissinger). [(Best H. the K. quote ever: "90 percent of corrupt politicians give the other ten percent a bad name.")]
Now, there were neo-nazi elements in Akron, Ohio where I lived… and there seemed to me to be a STRONG neo-nazi movement in the tiny town of Shreve, Ohio where I lived mostly by myself. Did you know that Nazi-aligned parties won 29 percent of the vote in Austria in 2008? In Germany in 1938, about, Adolph Hitler took power while only having 22 percent popular support in the German elections. Scary as that may seem, it ain't gonna happen in America.
Four percent of Americans are Jewish, but reckoned by descent through their mothers as the Jews do, some 30 percent of Americans are of Jewish descent, and many of those are nominally Christian (and you will NOT know them).
Boldly I say to you, Hosea 2: 1-2 – "What was not of Israel is now of Israel" and that I am a saved Christian man.
Donald Trump so far as ANYONE of good intelligence can see is a friend of Israel. During the campaign he spent $238,000,000 ($238 million) while Clinton spent $2 billion but Trump had secret backing from Arthur Bloomberg, the Jewish former mayor of New York City who is supposed to be worth $32 billion (Wikipedia). Of course, a pro-Jewish victory in the election was EXACTLY what Lord Jacob Rothschild (head of the largest of the 13 ruling families) would want, since he is an Orthodox Jew himself, read the article on Wikipedia on him.
Actually, now, there may be an actual alliance between the U.S. and Russia, or at least some kind of large-scale treaty. Actually, despite a flurry of articles online about a month-and-a-half ago which supported the idea, news coming out on the web in recent weeks has been running towards no treaty at all. For example, Donald Trump just sent 1,000 special forces to Poland… and IF and when there is a treaty (or alliance) with Russia, it's going to be be on OUR (American) terms… All this is however, typical political posturing before a summit (Iceland, in 2 weeks or less) … I WROTE the article about that proposed alliance between Russia and the U.S. linked to above. Lord Rothschild and to some extent Donald Trump and Putin AND the mob LIKE IT pretty much. Any sort of Illuminati or neo-nazi depopulation is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Ask yourself, where would the mob sell its drugs, for example? BOTH SIDES make a LOT more money with a treaty (and the mob, too), with very good foreign policy gains for both sides, (although China and ISIS may not be too pleased).
The amazing thing, in terms of future Presidential races is that Trump's victory PROVED that these days the social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter, are more important than money. WoW!! (Please share this article.) I firmly believe in my heart and mind that Donald Trump is a good man who will lead this nation to the reforms that must be made and make America better for all Americans
In 2009, I started covering politics as a person who was innocent and liberal. (Then I got sane, LOL.) Parents, do NOT let your kids go into politics, it's a thankless, dirty business; it's "interesting," but anyway, God Bless America! Amen.
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Haramaya Campus
Around Haramaya Campus
Haramaya Campus is the main campus, where the first milestone was laid. This campus is located at about 510 km East of Addis Ababa, between Dire Dawa and Harar towns. This is the nerve centre of the University where the offices of the management of the institution are located. Furthermore, School of Graduate Studies, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, College of Education, College of Natural Sciences, College of Social Science and Humanities, College of Business and Economics, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Law, College of Technology and College of Continuing and Distance Education are located here.


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I have been playing around with Docker for a while now and thought it might be time to document some of this. Today we will cover off installing a Git Web Service (Gogs), Docker, then Jenkins (CI/Automation) for running our build instructions and finally configuration of a Docker repository for our built containers.
At this point you should have an up to date Ubuntu 16.04.1 (or similar) install, looking similar to below
Your next step is to login to the server using the credentials you have previously configured
GOGS Install
Now that you're on the command line we need to install GOG
Start by creating the gogs user (however you can use whatever username you wish e.g. git)
sudo useradd -m gogs
Next, we need to build out our directory structure, to do this run the following commands
cd /srv
sudo mkdir gogs-repositories
sudo chmod 770 gogs-repositories
sudo chown gogs:gogs gogs-repositories
Now we have our directories in place, we are ready to download gogs and install it. Head over to https://gogs.io/
There is a prerequisite that need to be installed prior to gogs and that is git.
On the command line type the following
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
You may find git has already been installed
The next step is to set up our bin directory for gogs, I always install my custom tarballs to /opt as it makes it easy to find them. You can also build gogs as a docker container but today we won't be doing this.
Let's build that directory now doing the following
sudo mkdir /opt/gogs
sudo chown gogs:gogs /opt/gogs
cd /opt/gogs/
Next, we need to head back to the website and find the tarball for our distribution and then do the ole right click and copy link location.
Now we should be able to download this into our home directory and then unarchive it into /opt/gogs
sudo wget https://dl.gogs.io/gogs_v0.9.113_linux_amd64.tar.gz
Now you need to untar the tarball
cd /opt
sudo tar zxvf ~/ gogs_v0.9.113_linux_amd64.tar.gz
Follow this up with a ownership change
sudo chown gogs:gogs gogs
Now we need to get our init script sorted out so gogs will start on boot
To do this
cd gogs/scripts/init/debian
sudo cp gogs /etc/init.d/
cd /etc/init.d
sudo chmod 755 gogs
sudo chown root:root gogs
Now we need to adjust our init script to our environment
sudo nano gogs
in here we are looking to change the workingdir to our gogs binary home /opt/gogs and our user from git to gogs. (or whatever username you selected back at the start)
Save and exit
Finally, we need to configure systemctl to load our init script on boot
sudo update-rc.d gogs defaults
Finally start gogs with
sudo service gogs start
and you're ready to configure it
On your browser head to http://<GOGS FQDN>:3000/
The first time you start Gogs and head to the website you will be greeted with the installer, it looks a lot like this
First you need to select your database back end, I will be going with SQLite, but for bigger installs you will probably want MySQL.
You will also want to set the repository root path to /srv/gogs-repositories
If you require mail functionality, then you will need to set this too
Finally turn the twisty down on the Admin Account Settings and fill in the fields to build your admin account and then hit install Gogs, congrats your gogs install is complete.
Docker Install
Now, we need to create the Docker repository directory, fortunately this is a quick process
Back on the command line
You need to first install Docker (note: the docker.io below in Ubuntu it is docker.io, other distributions it will be just Docker)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker.io
Next, we need to configure our repository directory
sudo mkdir /srv/docker-repo
sudo chmod 770 /srv/docker-repo
sudo mkdir /srv/certs
sudo chmod 770 /srv/certs
Now we need to configure our certificates for our Docker registry, you can use self-signed SSL certificates here or you can head over to the good folks at StartSSL and grab a free one https://www.startssl.com/
I won't cover generating SSL certificates in this blog but if you require help in this area I recommend checking out the Ubuntu documentation here https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/certificates-and-security.html
Finally, we need to configure the Docker registry container as follows
docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name registry \
-v /srv/docker-repo:/var/lib/registry \
-v /srv/certs:/certs \
-e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE=/certs/domain.crt \
-e REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY=/certs/domain.key \
Should you be putting multiple instances up then there are 2 suggestions, firstly Docker recommend in their best practice guide that you don't use local file system storage and instead use S3, google, etc for your storage engine. Finally, that you add -e REGISTRY_HTTP_SECRET=<secret> across your fleet guard against upload issues.
At this point it worth testing the repository to confirm that your files are heading to where you expect, to do this we will pull an image from the official repo and push it to our new repo.
sudo docker pull busybox:latest
sudo docker tag busybox:latest localhost:5000/busybox
sudo docker push localhost:5000/busybox
Checking /srv/docker-repo should now contain the repository. Typing
sudo ls /srv/docker-repo/
should show this
Confirm that your repository is talking by typing
curl https://<server FQDN>:5000/v2/_catalog
or browsing to that location. You should see the words repository and busybox listed there.
Jenkins Install
Finally, we now need to configure Jenkins to do the leg work for us (automation). From the command line (Following the Jenkins install guide https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins+on+Ubuntu)
wget -q -O - https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian/jenkins-ci.org.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jenkins.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-jre openjdk-8-jre-headless jenkins
Next step is to add Jenkins to the docker group
sudo usermod -a -G docker jenkins
then start and confirm the service is running
sudo service jenkins start
sudo service jenkins status
Next up you need to configure jenkins, your doing to need the initial admin password, the following command will get this for you.
sudo cat /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword
now head to the website http://<server FQDN>:8080/
Fill in the admin password and hit continue.
Next you have given the option to install all plugins or manually select them. I would recommend installing all the plugins so that you see get a feel for what Jenkins is capable of
The installer will now go about installing the plugins.
Once this process is complete you will asked to create the first admin user. Then hit save and finish.
Jenkins is now installed and ready to go
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One of the goals that I have for this year is to write a letter - a letter to work to enact change - once a week. That will be 52 chances to make a difference this year. I have a feeling that next week's letter will be to the Ministry of Education. Ahem.
Dear Nature's Fare,
For sometime I have been meaning to write to you regarding a matter that is very important to me and, I believe, to the well-being of our Earth. For a few years now, my family and my friends' families have been working to reduce our use of plastic. One of the ways that we do this is by refilling our own containers with bulk products in order to avoid using new containers. We would love to see a few more bulk products in your store. Some things that I specifically would like to see are:
-Maple syrup and local honey
-Dr.Bronner's liquid castile soap (I have seen big refill jugs in the Kootenay Co-op in Nelson)
-An earth-friendly dish soap (such as Ecover which has big refill jugs available in other countries)
-Earth friendly/human health friendly shampoo
-Olive and/or grapeseed oil
-Bulk organic peanut butter (in other cities I have seen machines that actually grind the fresh peanuts right into your own jar, I've seen them for almonds too)
I have seen many of these products available in the bulk section of health food stores in other cities, and in those stores customers can bring in their own container, pre-weigh it, and then fill it with the product. I really do hope that you will consider these suggestions and I will hope to see these choices in your store one day soon.
On another note, I just wanted to let you know how pleased I am that you are opening a store in Westbank. On Friday I was in your new store in the Mission and I thought to myself how nice it would be if you opened a store on the Westside too, imagine how pleased I was to see your new store sign up on my way to the library the next day. Looking forward to shopping with you even more often, now that you will be closer to my home.
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In 1874 the Philadelphia zoo was opened and immediately brought fun and entertainment to Philly's steps. It was the first zoo built and opened in the United States and in fact, its opening was delayed somewhat due to the Civil war. Today the 42 acre expanse houses more than 1,300 animals many of which are on the endangered list. But the Philadelphia Zoo is not just another zoo. The exhibits and animals are some of the most amazing in the entire world, and you can get up close and personal with them in this one of a kind zoo.
First Niagara Big Cat Falls
One of the best exhibits at the Philly zoo is the big cat falls exhibit. The habitat for the big cats mimics real life in the wild with stunning accuracy. Some of the endangered big cats in the exhibit include snow leopards, amur leopards, pumas, amur tigers and jaguars. To create socialization for the big cats they are all allowed to roam free amongst each other which provide guests with the rare opportunity to watch cats interact with one another in a unique way. Another cool feature about this exhibit is the fact that you can come face to face with these big cats only separated by a panel of glass.
Bear Country
If you wander over to bear country you will be amazed at the wildlife environment that has been built for the bears that call the zoo home. Sloth bears, Andean bears, polar bears and a single Asiatic Bear all roam this gorgeous habitat. Bears aren't just furry fat mammals they are an essential part of the food chain. You and your family will have a blast learning about these bears and seeing them in their natural environment.
Carnivore Kingdom
This section of the park covers 1.5 acres and is home to giant otters, Canada lynx, dwarf mongoose and a red panda. The giant otters you will meet are actually part of a breading program that is aimed at increasing the number of giant otters in the wild. As you roam through the rocky outcrops of the exhibit don't forget to look in those corner spaces for carnivores lurking and stalking you while you reside safely outside of their reach.
The reptile exercise yard
During warm weather the zoo takes its sizeable reptile population out to an exercise yard where they enjoy basking in the sun and fresh air. If you wish to see these amazing creatures up close and personal then take a trip over to the reptile exercise yard.
If you are looking for more interactive activities for the kids to enjoy then check out the Amazon Rainforest Carousel. Once you finish the Carousel ride put your kiddo on a pony or camel for the ride of their lifetime. There is so much to do and see at the Philadelphia Zoo that you can spend all day there with your family. It truly is a wonderful time.
In-season (March to October): 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Off-season (November to February): 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
|3400 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104
|(215) 243-1100
|Plan your visit to Philadelphia Zoo
|Adult $20 | Child (age 2-11) $18 | Free for members and children under 2
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Channel 6 Zooballoon
Amazon Rainforest Carousel
PZ Express Train