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Studio designer John Storyck (Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland) and his wife Beth Walters contributed the designs of the studios and control rooms, which play host to a Recording Camp each August, headed by Grammy award-winning engineers Leslie Ann Jones and Roma Baran. For our latest women in industry feature, Wears The Trousers talks to Ann about her political roots and how the IMA, which she affectionately calls the "the love child of an educational activist and a rocker", got started.
You helped to run the Women's Center at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts after finishing your studies there in 1980. Was it your work there that inspired the larger-scale vision for the Institute?
I had been building a vision since I was young, I guess around thirteen, when I began to think critically about methods used in the public school system. Later, as a college student I was involved in work targeting institutionalised racism and sexism and class bias, so that added to the vision. Before I got to Hampshire I had been at another college, Lawrence University in Wisconsin, and it was there that I began to develop an understanding of the ways that racism distorts and divides us. Toward the end of my time at Lawrence I was asked to join a mixed (race, religion, class, gender) group of other students and faculty interested in starting an alternative learning community. We were all so young and conflicted in so many ways that we didn't get very far, but it set the stage for possibility. It was then that I became interested in building organisations that were intentionally multicultural. My mentor at Hampshire was Gloria Joseph, who is African-American and a feminist, and I did work with her around differences in Black and White feminism.
My work with the Women's Center specifically helped me to develop organisational skills like program development, grant writing, promotion and budgeting, which have contributed to the work with IMA. I also got to try out my first ground-up venture of working on a project with women of diverse cultural backgrounds. We put on a conference called 'Survival & Visions', and the organising committee was a veritable feminist rainbow coalition, bringing together academics and activists to discuss the basic survival issues in their communities and their visions for creating a world where everyone's basic needs are met.
How did you and June meet? What did you bond over, and how was the idea for IMA born?
June and I met in 1981 when she was coming through the area to do a gig. The concert producer called the Women's Center to see if we wanted to hire her to do a workshop on campus. We hired her to talk about being a woman of colour in the music industry. She came again the next time she did a show in town in 1983, and did a workshop on demystifying the recording process. That would be the one way to answer to the question. Another way to answer would be to say that the moment we saw each other is permanently seared into each of our minds; you could say it was love at first sight. We didn't become lovers until 1984, and shortly thereafter she began living with me at my apartment on campus when she was off the road. We were there, in Amherst, until 1986 when we decided to head to California. June wanted to be closer to her family, most of whom lived in California, and I was ready to move on.
We drove across the country that summer and all the while talked about our future. By the time we'd gotten to the West Coast we'd decided to start an institute for women musicians. June sat down and wrote thirteen pages about why an institute for women in music was necessary. I took that to a friend of mine who was a professional grant writer and she helped me distill it all down to one page and, like that, the IMA was born. We booked our first fundraising show at Hampshire College and then spent the rest the year touring the country, with June doing solo shows promoting the idea of and raising funds for the school. We got our non-profit status in 1987.
The IMA is an inspiring example of DIY activism that has really worked, in a sense that it's still active and still creating positive change twenty-five years down the line. What is the key to keeping a large-scale project like this going? What kind of skills and resources have you relied on, or developed as the journey has progressed?
There are so many variables that go into getting a project aloft and keeping it afloat that I can't say for sure there is a 'key' to it. I know that June and I sharing the passion for the project has been very important, so having at least one other committed person helps. The other thing I'd say is to start where you are; just do the next small thing to make the project happen. I've seen too many people wait for their idea of how much money or which people or whatever it is they think they need before they can start a project. Just commit to the project and build it bit by bit. Walk through the open doors, don't get caught up banging on the closed ones.
When June and I started out we had no money to speak of but we had the passion for the project and each of us brought our own skills and contacts. Specifically, I brought my ideas for building a multicultural feminist learning community as well as organisational and certain basic social skills, like how to listen and mediate conflict. Over time I have also developed skills in cooking, book-keeping, long-range planning, budget proposing etc., not to mention carpentry, plumbing and landscaping. I wear a lot of different hats, which is great because if I get tired of working on one thing I can do something completely different to change my energy and clear my head.
You've said that you "wanted to change the world very early on". Where do you think the roots of your activist ideals came from? What were the particular issues that spurred you into action?
I'd have to say the first things were around gender inequalities. I was a tomboy, and while I couldn't put my finger on it I knew something was off about me being treated differently than my friends who were boys. I was probably not more than five or six when I was told one hot summer day to put my shirt back on, even though my friends didn't have to, and the only answer they gave me to my "Why?" was "Because you're a girl." Also, my family was upper middle class and the neighbourhood I grew up in was mostly working class. We also belonged to the Country Club, so I had two distinct sets of friends, and by the time I was nine or ten I began to notice class differences. Later, as the public school system began to stratify us, I started to see the ways in which people were kept in their place by the schools. It's subtle in America because we are all supposed to have equal opportunity, but the caste system is firmly in place. In addition to my direct experiences, I was a child during the 1960s and news of the Civil Rights movement in particular filtered through to me. I was ten years old in 1966 and the country was already on fire, literally and figuratively, over the Civil Rights of African-Americans, and that was just the beginning of the social justice movements to follow. While I wouldn't say I understood what was going on – in fact, stories of the turmoil frightened me– I knew there was something really wrong with the picture I was being presented of who we were as a nation and the reality of who we were at that time.
I grew up in a small, all-white Midwestern town and the "United States of America" that I was being taught about in school – the one in which we all believed in equality, freedom and justice for all, the one where Americans were the good guys and everybody in the world loved us – was essentially reflected back to me except for some seemingly small inconsistencies. Learning that black people had somehow been excluded from the equation did not make sense to me, and I couldn't make that fit in to who I thought 'we' were. Also, when I was twelve, a teacher gave me John Hersey's book Hiroshima to read for extra credit. Learning that our country had used such a horrible weapon on civilians also seemed incomprehensible to me. I really did believe in the ideal version of America that was presented to me in school. At the time I concluded that something had gone wrong somewhere, and because the school system was the thing right in front of me I decided the problem lay there. I could see that we did not educate according to democratic principles and I thought that if we did do that we would create a truly democratic country, the place where everyone really did have equal opportunity for participation and growth. That was before I understood that the school system was simply supporting the economic system, which is in no way democratic.
You've said you realised that changing the public school system was the best way to set up a more fair and productive infrastructure. How did you set about doing this? Would you say the IMA provides an alternate kind of education that the public school system doesn't offer?
I should clarify that before I got to college I thought it possible to change the world by changing the school system. Then I learned about realities of capitalism and imperialism. Understanding that the country had been built upon the genocide of the native peoples with labour of enslaved Africans, and that the public school system was designed specifically to keep everyone in their proper place in order to support a structure in which economic, political and military power is held by a small self-serving group, did not become clear to me until I was in college. At that point I realised that there would be no radical change in the public school system unless there was a complete (and highly unlikely) overhaul of the economic system. Eventually I turned to alternative living and learning communities and accompanying movements. That's how I ended up at Hampshire College, it was a new and 'alternative' college at the time.
In answer to the second part of your question, yes, IMA offers an alternative kind of education but it is more than that. Because it was founded by and has grown up out of the experience, needs and concerns of women from diverse cultural backgrounds it is an all-too-unique organisation that will eventually, with June and my passing it on, become an institution. As far as I know there are not very many, if any, institutions that have grown out of women's relationships in this way. Most of the women's organisations and colleges are modeled on men's colleges, or on men's idea of what women should be doing. Throughout the industrial world men have been running the show and women are relegated to a sub-class. That arrangement has created some huge imbalances in the world and we have come to a place in the last sixty years or so where the technology that has come out of that imbalance is poised to destroy us. I think an antidote to this dangerous precipice is to move toward integration. I don't mean integrating women into men's world, or black people into a white world, or indigenous peoples into a colonial world, or Muslims into a Christian world. I am talking about bringing the content that each of us hold as individuals and as cultural groups together into a whole, and operating from there rather than compartmentalising, categorising, subjugating and suppressing.
Could you tell us a little about how June's experience as a musician helped to shape and inform the IMA? As an innovative musician who started out in age when women rockers were a minority, she undoubtedly had invaluable first-hand knowledge of what girls and women need when starting out.
I think June understood early on that playing music, and in particular playing in a band with other girls, was completely empowering. She is working on her autobiography and the sense of liberation she describes in her first band as they practiced and gigged each weekend – getting better and better at their craft, doing more and more shows and driving further and further away from their homes – and the limitations put on them for being girls, is palpable. The fact that they were a band made it easier to take the insults and ignore many obstacles because they had a group identity.
While some things have changed in the fifty years since they started out, the reality is that it is still difficult for girls and women to develop their musicianship without having to overcome limiting expectations both from within and from the outside world. June knew very early on that having a place to go with other girls and women to learn their craft is essential. Also, she felt that having access to equipment and understanding the recording process was critical. One of the places women traditionally have lost control of their music is in the studio. IMA had its own recording equipment right away. In fact, I think we had a board before we even had a place to put it! We now have a state of the art recording facility and train girls and young women in studio recording, engineering and producing. A girl who comes through our programmes will gain understanding of how to run a sound system, how to play a variety of instruments, how to write and arrange music, how to run a band rehearsal, how to set up to record, how to run a recording session, how to engineer and mix.
Can you tell us a little about the programmes you offer, and how they have developed from the Rock Camp pilot programme you launched in 2002?
The programme has grown from the five-day pilot programme for teens we did in 2002 into four separate summer sessions. All the programmes are residential, and enrollment is limited to fourteen girls per session. We start the summer with a five-day session for preteen girls (ages 9–12) called Explore Rock 'n Roll. Here the girls have an opportunity to explore various instruments, get their feet wet in an ensemble of some sort, start songwriting and put on a short show at the end. Then we have two sessions of the Rock 'n Roll Performance Program For Teenaged Girls. These sessions are ten days long. We generally run the preteen and the teen programs similarly in that we start the first day with the girls introducing themselves to us and each other through their music, either via music they like or music they have written. The first evening, both age groups are introduced to the gear, and that first night they learn to run the sound system so they can come in and power up and play without any adults around. There are three classes a day: a vocal class, a drum and percussion class, and then June's class which is called 'Music As A Second Language'. She covers a lot in this course: some theory, chart writing and arranging, as well as listening to the foremothers in music, starting with Bessie Smith.
We teach all of them to write charts – that's one of the tools used to help them come together as bands for the final concert. Generally, each girl brings one song to full fruition over the course of the program. The piece is often an original composition, which they develop from little more than a 'poem' written in their journal into a fully-fledged song, which the faculty help them develop the music and arrangements for, rehearse and perform at the end. The bands come together organically for the most part. The teen programme has no bedtime, so the girls are doing a lot of hanging out – sometimes just goofing around, or trading stories – doing the kind of bonding that allows for their creative voice to emerge. It's sort of like a big musical playhouse. We have tonnes of gear: guitars, basses, banjos, ukes, a sitar, violins, cellos, a grand piano, and lots of keyboards, vibes and more. They are encouraged to experiment on all of them, and they do. They seem fearless about trying out new instruments and playing them for the show. Because they all learn to play drums we often have a girl who has never even sat at a drum set playing drums on something because she's just got a natural affinity for it.
There are classes all day, and usually one night a clinician comes in. For the last few years it's been singer-songwriter Erin McKeown, and she's done either songwriting or performance technique classes. It depends on what the girls seem to need more. Now that we have girls who return year after year, they pretty much hit the ground running so we don't have to do much to get the them up and jamming. And because the group and the returnees are leading with the confidence and collaborative skills they have picked up here, the new girls find their confidence more quickly now. It's stunning actually. The final concerts are usually about sixteen songs: most of them originals, most of them written or at least arranged at the camp. We also usually open the whole show with a big group percussion piece that often is choreographed sort of Taiko drummer-style.
The final session is the Studio Recording, Engineering & Production Programme for girls who have been through our programme and college students who are ready for studio recording or interested in engineering as a career path. This is a hands-on program so the participants are learning how to engineer and how to be in the studio as musicians. Most of the participants are musicians who want to learn about being in the studio as recording artists, but they also learn how to run the recording equipment, how to select and set up mics, how to isolate sound and tracks, how to arrange for the studio and prepare to come in to record. At the end they have produced a CD in which they have all played on tracks, if not recorded one of their own songs, engineered, produced and helped to mix. We call the compilations 'Studio Dogs'. I think we're up to volume five.
Is the IMA affiliated with Girls Rock Camp and Ladies Rock Camp, or the film 'Girls Rock! The Movie' at all?
No, not in any official capacity. Our work with girls came out of the work with adults at the Institute and our approach is different, but we share the same goal of empowering women and girls to get out there and rock the world.
You've said on your Leading From The Kitchen blog: "When June and I founded IMA we had lots of ideas about what we wanted it to be. Not once did we think about the kitchen; yet, as the institute has evolved the kitchen has become the very center of all that we do." Please elaborate.
Around the mid 1990s, a local women's newspaper asked me to write about IMA for an issue focused on women's relationships. I wasn't sure what to write so I just started describing what was going on in the moment as I sat upstairs in my office at the Old Creamery [in Bodega, California], which was then our home. I realised while writing that article that everything and everybody was filtering through the kitchen, and that's when I understood that we were growing an Institute from a seed planted in women's relationships rather than building one from a static blueprint or an idea of what it should be. We have rarely had a lot of money to spread around, but everyone knows they can get a good meal here. Having a great meal with others goes a long way toward making the work that needs to be done worthwhile. That's a no-brainer I suppose, in many cultures, but not so much in America.
What is different about what is unfolding at IMA is that this universal human activity of cooking and eating together is a central point from which what will become institutional relationships are forming. Out of necessity I ended up cooking for the camps and there have been some, on our board for instance, who have felt that I, as the Executive Director, should not be "stuck in the kitchen". Initially I felt somehow ashamed that I liked to be in the kitchen while the camps were running, but later I realised that it was the perfect place for the Director to be. It clearly showed that command central was the kitchen. When the girls want to find me the first place they check is the kitchen. So the whole feel of decision making and problem solving is very different when it is done in the kitchen as opposed to my office. Being in the kitchen is also a great way to be present for the girls without being intrusive. The kitchen is open 24/7 during the summer programmes, and the girls are welcomed in at any time (except when we are rushing to get a meal finished on time).
Sometimes I just go about my business when they are hanging out in the kitchen, and at other times I join or initiate conversation. Either way, it is a point of interaction and a way to keep an ear to what is up with them. The whole concept of leading from the kitchen seems like an oxymoron until you begin to explore it. We have begun to explore it simply because we maintained the vision of developing from scratch a women-centered institution – we didn't let our ideas get in the way of what was really happening.
I want to refer to something you wrote on your blog after you found out, coincidentally, that 'ima' is the Hebrew name for mother: "Because IMA was founded by women and has a goal of supporting women and girls, it can hardly help but take on a mothering role. What, though, does it mean to remove mothering from the individual and weave it into an organisation – a non-profit corporation to be exact. It's hard to say, really, I'm not sure there are any models." Have you/the IMA come up with its own model over time? What advice would you give to other women who want to manage that balance of business and giving that the IMA has perfected?
I have always believed that IMA is a model simply by virtue of its all-too-unique origins of having been built from the ground up by women of diverse cultural backgrounds. 'Leading from the kitchen', or putting the nourishment aspect of our work first, changes the dynamic dramatically. We are modelling raising the feminine (the nourishing, receptive, intuitive, birthing, intuitive, empathetic aspects of who we are) and cultivating an institution which reflects an integrated masculine and feminine self so that we might all move from the imbalances created through the deification of either side of the equation.
Because I am so inside it all it's hard for me to step back and point to specifics, but the focus on maintaining small intimate groups, cultivating collaborative leadership skills, and creating healthy relationships toward the self, each other and the Institute itself is an alternative to institutions that focus on working with large groups in a competitive setting, which cultivates specialisation at the expense of relationship and health. If we simply trust our own intuition while building businesses, schools and other organisations rather than bowing to the pressures of the masculine culture to do otherwise, we will achieve that balance. In short, the less we compartmentalise and compete and the more we integrate and cooperate the better.
What makes your job difficult?
Cultivating and then staying connected to my own inner truth, while at the same time paying attention to the needs of others and the Institute itself.
What makes your job rewarding?
I can honestly say that there is not one thing that is unrewarding, whether I am cleaning a toilet bowl or speaking to an audience, because I know it is all part of my contribution to positive creative expression in the world.
Helping women and girls to explore their creativity and overcome ideas of permission must be an inspiring, and mutually rewarding process. Are there any particular moments or people you have met and helped that have stood out for you?
Wow, there have been so many moments. The work with girls is especially fulfilling. There are performances each summer at the end of all four sessions; the courage, creativity and transformation that happens during the session is exhibited so powerfully during those concerts and is an incredible joy. I did have a moment a few years ago that literally stopped me in my tracks. It was walking up to our newly finished world-class recording studio and seeing Leslie Ann Jones through the window teaching a row of girls about recording gave me great pause. It was a culminating moment where the dreams and work of so many women became visual for me in a profound way. It brought tears to my eyes.
For more information on Ann and June's work, visit Institute For The Musical Arts and Ann's blog Leading From The Kitchen.
June Millington and her sister/fellow ex-Fanny member Jean Millington released their newest album, the Kickstarter-funded Play Like A Girl, earlier this summer. Girls from IMA's programmes sing and play on several of the album's songs. Last year, Rhino Records issued a limited edition 4CD boxset containing all four of Fanny's albums for Reprise. For more information, visit fannyrocks.com.
Top photo: All photos courtesy of Ann Hackler/IMA.
Tagged ann hackler, erin mckeown, fanny, jean millington, june millington
What a wonderful article! I've had the pleasure of being a part of the IMA sisterhood for a number years. I recorded an album and did concerts in Bodega and have been the vocal coach for a number of years in Goshen.
I have witnessed the transformation of sometimes shy, timid girls turn into strong, creative forces to be reckoned with. Anne and June are creating a place where life happens in a really organic way: Connect a girl to her own self..plug in, bang a drum and find you voice: WE ARE BIG DOGS-WOOF!
The conception and birth of IMA is a story that should be re-told and replicated many times over. What a beautiful reality Ann and June have created! Thank you, Ann, for offering your powerful philosophical foundation, both in words & deeds.
As I sit here 2 days away from my 6th recording camp I am honored to have been involved with IMA for so many years. Most of us who teach at the camps did not have this when we were coming up. We had to make our own way without women mentors to learn from. The world has become a more difficult place than it was when I was growing up and that makes IMA all the more important in helping girls and young women find their own voices, no matter what form that might take. Music is the perfect expression for that. Thank you June and Ann.
Ann, I am so proud to have known you. I just finished your article and I am amazed, but not suprised by what you have done and who you are. From the first time (and only time) we skipped lunch hour in grade school to go to your house and then later in years when we traveled to France together I always knew you were special. I wanted to be "just like you!" These girls you work with are lucky to have you and June. I wish I would have known about your program several years ago. My daughter is 22yrs old and all she has ever wanted to do is be in the music business. She tried college but things didn't work out. Any suggestions for her? Love to hear from you!
Ann has a unique viewpoint grounded in experience and all of us can learn from it. Thank you for taking the time to do this in depth interview with her. The impact of both her work and your focus on her work is greatly felt!
The coolest part of the IMA is the caliber of the musicians they are churning out. It keeps getting better- scary better. Plus the network is pretty large. What a cool base of like-minded women players and engineers and business-folk. So happy I was/am/can be a part of it!
Ann, Thank you for sharing the stories of your journey and your motivation for wanting to make a positive difference in the world. IMA is truly powerful magic for the girls who attend camp, the women who work there, and everyone who experiences a workshop, concert or meal. You gals rock!
Dear Ann and June,
This is an incredible article! How wonderful that they were able to go so in-depth with you. I loved reading it and feel it truly captures the essence of the amazing work you are doing at IMA. Thank you for sharing and best wishes, from my heart!
-Anna Dagmar


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"It's relatively clear that you can make good returns for investors in clean tech--the outlook is pretty good," said Dennis Costello, a managing director at venture capital firm Braemar Energy Ventures. "But it's going to take a lot longer--probably more like decades--to change the total energy production portfolio because the (current) infrastructure is expensive and well-established."
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Reinventing the energy infrastructure is like trying to redevelop a city, from the traffic signs to the skyscrapers. In a lousy economy, the attractive projects are the most affordable and practical. The green-tech equivalent of flashy homes or skyscrapers--giant projects like solar farms--will be the toughest to get built.
Right now, "practical" means companies with a strong information technology component that help make existing electrical systems more efficient and companies that provide relatively low-tech, people-intensive consulting work. As Google became a tech powerhouse by doing the relatively mundane task of Web searches better than anyone else, the company most likely to break out of the green-tech pack is the one that does simple things such as improve energy efficiency better than the rest.
Out of the $787 billion in the stimulus package, about $39 billion in spending is set aside for energy, with much of it aimed at creating "green collar" jobs.
Businesses specializing in energy efficiency, such as home energy auditors, stand to benefit from measures like the $5 billion set aside to weatherize the homes of low-income people and $4.5 billion to make federal facilities more energy-efficient over 10 years.
Other building-related businesses, including home solar installers, stand to gain. Changes to renewable-energy subsidies in the bill will deliver an "adrenaline boost" to the solar industry and create 67,000 jobs this year, according to Rhone Resch, the president of the Solar Energy Industry Association.
Making the network smarter
Cisco Systems arguably became one of the most powerful companies in high tech because no one did a better job of directing packets of data around a computer network.
On electrical networks, there's a similar need for so-called smart-grid technologies to improve automation. And a hefty portion of the $4.5 billion in planned government investments to the grid infrastructure over the next 10 years could add rocket fuel to that niche.
Although it covers many technologies, the basic idea behind the smart grid is to add communications and data reporting to the existing electricity network to make it more efficient and reliable. Smart-grid companies are capital-efficient, compared to other parts of the energy business: the total amount of venture capital invested in smart-grid technologies last year globally was $345 million, out of $8 billion for green tech overall, according to the Cleantech Group.
Companies such as Tendril and Greenbox provide in-home displays or Web-based software for homeowners to manage energy consumption using so-called smart meters that can communicate information back to utilities in real time. Google, which is developing a Web-based home energy management dashboard, argues that just surfacing more detailed data with smart meters and software can cut energy use 5 percent to 15 percent.
Outside the home, the 200,000-mile electrical-distribution grid also needs more intelligence. Companies such as start-up Silver Spring Networks--an outfit some think has a good chance of going public--and General Electric are working on ways to add networking smarts to the hardware along the grid. Adding communications to transformers and other distribution points can, for example, alert a utility of the location of a problem along the grid and prevent an outage.
IT-related companies bring another high-tech tool to the grid: The "platform" concept. PCs, for example, took off because they offered a common platform for which software developers could write applications. The same could be said of databases or even Web browsers.
So it is with the creaky old electrical grid. Smart-grid advocates aren't sure what will be the proverbial killer application of a Net-savvy power grid. But they predict that real-time updates on energy supply and demand will lead to many new applications, some aimed at helping consumers find the cheapest time to run their dishwashers; others to help utilities more efficiently control the flow of electricity around the grid.
"Just like the Web in the mid-'90s became a fantastic new platform, where millions of new applications were conceived, we're looking at the same thing in a decade's time on the grid, where we end up with a platform where there are lots of unimagined applications that will sit on top of the upgraded energy infrastructure," said Drew Clark, director of strategy for IBM's venture-capital group.
IBM, through its systems integration arm, is working on a number of smart-grid pilot projects around the world, including in Texas and Malta. "The government is giving utilities more leeway to invest in IT--that's not lost of VCs, and it's not lost on IBM," Clark said.
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Day 2: They got their green-tech bill. So now what?
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Podcast: Green-tech companies adapt
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And expand it did. Having wait-listed many exhibitors in years past, GWSAE added 125 booths this year, for a total of 702 booths, and there were 35 percent more visitors, according to Susan Sarfati, CAE, president and CEO of GWSAE. More than 4,500 people attended Springtime, including 865 exhibitors, a record number of attendees, according to GWSAE.
But the highlight for most was the keynote by Tom Peters, management guru and author of a gazillion management books, and Roger Dow, senior vice president, Marriott International. Rather than a canned presentation called "Winning in a World with No Rules," which we expected, Sarfati posed a series of provocative questions to the two men (whose appearance was sponsored by the Washington Speakers Bureau), about the future of face-to-face meetings and associations.
Peters said that we're no more than 10 years away from having no more lifetime employment, which means that associations will become everyone's community, because physicists, for example, will not form camaraderie at work, but will look to their association for like interests. "That gives you the ability to use your trade shows as the utter centerpiece. So electronically and physically, this can be associations' great moment in the sun."
Dow added, "Get the young people on your education or program committee if you want to deliver the right content. We can't keep offering last year's program with different speakers."
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- Make every member transaction a WOW Experience. In 2003, "good enough" is not good enough. I see all too many "normal" shows and marginal publications.
- Apply the Cirque du Soleil standard to every show! You must give people far better and more compelling reasons than before to attend. Why shouldn't this trade show be as exciting?
- Brand the daylights out of the association! Be crystal clear as to what your P.O.D.D. (point of dramatic difference) is. P.S.: Branding is as much or more about what we "are not" as what we "are." Be especially aware not to be "all things to all people (the kiss of death)."
- Get wildly serious about member re-education, continuing education, information exchange. Use the Web relentlessly in education. Peter Drucker has said that continuing education of executives will become the biggest industry in the U.S. You ought to own this industry!
- Get serious about talent. We need highly imaginative, freaky people to seek careers in associations.
- Pay special attention to "Leadfrogs," who are two years ahead of the pack. Innovation stems from being dragged into the future by the obstreperous ones. Beware of conservative, non-representative boards of directors. Enough of boards of associations run by shockingly old white guys.
- I despise motivational speakers who quote old dead people, but, I'll quote Michelangelo:" The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
And from Dow: Get rid of the word supplier and replace with partner; re-imagine your value proposition; I believe that you do not build long-term relationships by suing people; we should have people from Stanford Business School coming to our meetings; become a sought-after source; recognize and reward your franchise players; and become incredibly convenient.


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The Climate Watch section of Unknowncountry.com has been updated, and indicates that exceptional heat is gripping the whole northern hemisphere, even as intense cold affects the southern. Dangerous drought conditions are affecting the Southwestern US and the Horn of Africa, and if these droughts do not break by October, there will be serious water shortages in the US and a catastrophic failure of viability in Ethiopia. The high Arctic is experiencing exceptional polar melt and the Gulf Stream continues to weaken at this time.
We are working to make it easier for Unknowncountry.com subscribers to search our vast archive, and have completed a new "subject cloud" for Whitley's Room. By clicking on any subject on the right after entering Whitley's Room, subscribers can see everything posted on that subject. For example, clicking on "Audiobooks" brings up links to Communion, the Secret School and Majestic, or clicking on "General Meditations" brings up Whitley's whole numbered meditation series. We will continue to work on completing the subject clouds in the other subscriber areas.
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Research shows parents can play an important role in managing their child's eating disorder. And with insurance reimbursements for hospital stays dropping, parents are being called on more and more to manage their child's illness at home.
But most families have neither the tools nor the support to address eating disorders at home, says Nancy Zucker, PhD, director of the Duke Eating Disorders Program.
"Any parent can do this for a week, but these illnesses can run for years, and it's hard to keep up," Zucker says.
To help, Zucker created a parent-training program that combines skills training with support groups. Instead of working individually with parents, Zucker meets with them in weekly group sessions.
"We developed a group skills program because parents really need a forum to feel supported, and, if necessary, vent their frustrations. The parents support each other, rally each other to get through this, and, in the process, learn how to manage life better themselves," Zucker says.
The parent-training program is one of a handful in the U.S. aimed at helping parents learn the necessary techniques and behaviors to help change their child's eating habits. For example, instead of creating conflict, especially battles over food, parents learn to model the healthy behavior they want to see in their children.
Each week parents have an assignment that focuses on changing behaviors in themselves and their children. The homework targets unhealthy behavior in their children, suggests a healthy coping strategy parents can model as an alternative, and requires a self-care task.
But children aren't the only ones with negative behaviors. The training program helps parents create a home environment that doesn't foster unhealthy perfectionism in themselves or their children, Zucker explains. Parents also learn to regulate emotions and avoid negative communication.
Zucker recently received grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Eating Disorders Association to assess the effectiveness of the parent training program.
Preliminary results show that parents strongly agreed the training program was essential for their children's improvement.


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Gartner Measures EU Web Platform Activities
The EU distinguishes itself by stressing cooperation and technical interoperability in the digital age through various online platforms. To measure its success, it contracted the Gartner market research firm to do a survey. The results are now available.
Gartner conducted the "Exchange Platforms Survey: User Experience and Expectations" at the end of February and has published the results. The market research firm, under contract from the European Commission, measured the success of three European webportals, Semic, OSOR and ePractice, as to the requirements and participation of users.
The researchers based their results on a questionnaire sent to 800 individuals in 65 countries. More than half (close to 500) were users of ePractice.eu, a community platform with the most users (3,000, compared to 600 for Semantic.eu and about 500 for OSOR). Practically the remaining responses were divided between Semantic and OSOR. Italy was the top respondent (about 100), followed by Spain, Germany and Belgium (at 60 respondents). Gartner concludes that these countries have the largest activity among the three platforms.
The largest percentage of users come from IT. The EU can be happy that about half of the users are "ambassadors," that is, they often and gladly recommend the platforms. A slightly lesser percentage recommend their favorite platform only if there is real interest shown. Ease-of-use and mission criticality are therefore quite high among user perceptions. Some lack of agreement, however, surrounds whether the platforms could be merged. Some fear information overkill and confusion while others claim time-saving and scope expansion possibilities. Because the user population is high or at least increasing for all platforms, the EU consultants give them a green light for promotion and expanding content, usability, and Web 2.0 functionality.
The detailed Gartner survey results (at 75 pages) are available as a PDF from the OSOR.eu news website.
The Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (ISA) program from the EU runs from 2010 through 2015 and focuses on back-office solutions for interaction between European public administrations or those that implement community policies and activities. ISA is the successor program to the IDABC that expired in 2009 and which brought the OSOR.eu information service to life. OSOR (Open Source Observatory and Repository) meanwhile has instituted an open source code-sharing platform, OSOR.eu Forge. Semic.eu (Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe) is an exchange platform for interoperable file formats, such as XML schemas that European agencies can use in common. The ePractice.eu platform, a professional community site for European web activists in the eGovernment, eInclusion and eHealth domains, has also helped the EU enter
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Khloe bought her new home $7.2 million
The singer Tweeted her delight at being fit and well again
The couple looked relaxed as they left The Arts Club after her six-date run at the O2
The pop star's mother posted a snap of her cuddling up to a friend's child
Has the One Direction star gone back to his older women ways?
The Walking Dead works his charm on these romantic texts.
How nice...
Teenager Bindi Irwin reveals partnership with aquatic amusement park.
He thinks her fall on the red carpet might have been an act...
The pop divas feud gets extra kinky.
Burke will bring Christina's story "full circle."
Ed strums through the first few bars of Queen Bey's sexy single.
Bangerz singer pulls out another shocking prop.
Well your doing a very good impression with those abs Ray!
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Spider-Man actor makes up their cancelled Oscars segment.
Jokily slates fellow popstar on Twitter
Kim was approached by a man in blackface pretending to be Kanye West
The former pop star tries to reconnect with ex after more than 10 years.
Had a mammoth catch-up
The BBC plans to scrap the channel in 2015
The video he's been trying to block is out
Singer explains why it wasn't released sooner
The star looked happier than he had been seen in recent weeks
X Factor winner took the test in an ASDA toilet
Hints that she'll strip back the elaborate theatrics
Second honeymoon?
The beauty has no time for romance right now
Wes Anderson's latest all-star drama is whimsically wonderful
She's a popular lady
The girls have perfected the rock look for their separate Fabulous magazine covers
The channel is facing risk of being turned into just an online channel
The 'Burn' star also says she feels 'confident' in her body
We check out the most likely locations
Actress was front row at the Miu Miu show yesterday alongside Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o
Singer B Howard claims his mother slept with Jackson in the 80s
The star had heavy security
JJ also became a dad in November
The star was getting 'glammed up'
It was the 'birthday weekend of a lifetime' for the actress
Harry has also been surrounded by reports he's been offered a role in Wicked the movie
Supernanny Jo Frost was on hand to give some words of wisdom to the media mogul
Star claims she's seen as 'serious'
The Theo James and Shailene Woodley movie will do big business at the box office
The actress had her sword confiscated during filming
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FCC member Mignon Clyburn (l.) visited Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. -- and CEO David Zaslav.
Unveiling the History en Español/Sedano's Supermarkets "Colors of My Culture" mural painting event in Coral Gables, Fla. (l. to r.): Nani Shin, A+E Networks; Jeanie Hernandez, Comcast; Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado; Pedro Mesa, Sedano's Supermarkets; Nicole Siegel, A+E Networks; Derek Cooper, Comcast; and Javier Herrran, Sedano's.
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This article describes and illustrates the history of use of pre-cut wood framing lumber in the development of high-speed, mass-produced housing in the United States. We describe and define the different types of dimensioned lumber: full-sized and modern (smaller) framing lumber such as rafters, studs, and joists. This FRAMING METHODS, Age, Types article series, lists common building framing materials used in different epochs of residential construction. Knowing when certain materials were first or last in common use can help determine the age of a building. The age of a building can be determined quite accurately by documentation, but when documents are not readily available, visual clues such as those available during a professional home inspection can still determine when a house was built. Related articles: see Sears Kit Houses (Sears kit homes used pre-cut lumber), and see these two subsequent factory-housing methods: Panelized Construction and Modular Construction. Also see ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING COMPONENT ID and Framing Materials Age for the history and date ranges of various building framing materials. Also see NAILS & HARDWARE, AGE and SAW CUTS, TOOL MARKS, AGE for additional building age clues likely to be available when examining building framing materials. Page top sketch courtesy of Carson Dunlop Original source of photographs used in this article: creative commons film: "Our Home Town: Leavittown, PA" a 1954 advertising film of Leavittown PA, one of the planned communities built by William Levitt & Sons. Green links show where you are. © Copyright 2014 InspectApedia.com, All Rights Reserved. Pre-Cut Homes & Home Kit Construction - Early Mass Produced HousingPre-cut framing describes the use of dimensioned lumber that was pre-cut to standard lengths at the lumber yard where it was produced, then shipped to a building supplier or directly to a building site in order to speed, simplify, and reduce the cost of construction of homes. Before dimensioned, pre-cut lumber was in widespread use on construction jobsites, lumber was often dimensioned and rough-cut, or cut to order at local lumber yards and building suppliers.
Leavittown New York Pre-Cut Lumber Constructed HomesAccording to the Leavittown Historical Society, the default of the Strathmore development project by a Rockville Centre Long Island developer in the 1930's Great Depression forced lawyer and real estate investor Abraham Levitt to take over and complete development of the project even though he and his sons were not trained in construction. That experience led to Levitt & Sons successful bid on a Navy contract to building homes for shipyard workers in Norfolk, VA where they perfected the techniques used for high-speed, low-cost, mass production of homes built in what became Leavittown at the end of World War II. On Long Island, in Island Trees, a golden nematode infestation that wiped out much of the area's potato crop led to farmers' selling off land in order to survive.
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The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide is both a reference and a tutorial on shell scripting. This comprehensive book, the equivalent of 1,000+ print pages, covers almost every aspect of shell scripting. It contains 382 profusely commented illustrative examples, a number of tables, and a cross-linked index/glossary. Not just a shell scripting tutorial, this book also provides an introduction to basic programming techniques, such as sorting and recursion. Included scripts are the Game of Life, a Perquackey variant, a Morse code trainer, and an implementation of the Gronsfeld Cipher. This book is suited for both individual study and classroom use. It covers Bash, up to and including version 4.2. Note that users of miniaturized single-board computers running Linux, such as the Raspberry Pi and the Beagle Bone, would find this Guide useful for learning and running Bash scripts to explore and expand the capabilities of these small, but powerful machines.
white_dune is a graphical VRML97/X3DV editor, simple NURBS/Superformula 3D modeller, animation tool, and VRML97/X3DV commandline compiler in development. VRML97 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) is the ISO standard for displaying 3D data over the Web via browser plugins ("HTML for realtime 3D"). X3DV is the direct successor of VRML97. VRML97 and X3DV have support for animation, real-time interaction, and multimedia (images, movies, and sounds). white_dune can read, create, and display VRML97/X3DV files and let the user change the scenegraph/fields. It also has support for stereoscopic view via "quadbuffer"-capable stereo visuals, and support for 3D input devices like a joystick, spaceball, or magnetic tracker.
Monit is a utility for managing and monitoring processes, programs, files, directories, and devices on a Unix system. It conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations. It can be used to monitor files, directories, and devices for changes, such as timestamps changes, checksum changes, or size changes. It is controlled via an easy to configure control file based on a free-format, token-oriented syntax. It logs to syslog or to its own log file and notifies users about error conditions via customizable alert messages. It can perform various TCP/IP network checks, protocol checks, and can utilize SSL for such checks. It provides an HTTP(S) interface for access.
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The number of hens and pullets of laying age, at 4.37 million, increased 1 percent from July 2012 and the rate of lay increased 4 percent to 2,515 eggs per 100 layers.
United States egg production totaled 7.73 billion during July 2012, down slightly from last year. Production included 6.68 billion table eggs, and 1.05 billion hatching eggs, of which 983 million were broiler-type and 68 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during July 2012 averaged 335 million, down slightly from last year. July egg production per 100 layers was 2,307 eggs, up slightly from July 2011.
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So what the heck is The Hit Squad?
The Hit Squad is an animated comedy movie about an 80's band. The movie is made with 8 bit animation, meaning it totally looks like the 80's too!
What is this all about?
Roddy Stones and his band 'The Hit Squad' were the worlds biggest band in the 80s, now they're in 2012 they have run out of money, dignity and cocaine. They haven't released a hit record in years. The world has moved on and the corporate Scourge Studios are going to buy The Hit Squad's studio unless the band can raise $1 Million within a week.
Who is making this movie?
Chris Blundell - creator / director, been making short animations online through YouTube and Machinima. Created The Hit Squad 5 years ago
Jordan Fuller - producer / co-writer, seasoned comedy writer and part-time drummer
Laura Mulhern - assistant producer, head of Southwest Artwork, Laura is very very Irish
Ana Franca - assistant producer, Ana deals with press, PR and Portugal.
Where does the money go? What do I get?
We're tying to raise at least $25,000 to pay everyone involved with the film, we have a team of animators, a composer, director, actors, production team, recording studios. We're doing this on a completely minimal budget, pulling favours from friends and generally working flat-out to get this movie made.
If we don't hit our goal then the movie will still be made, but it will take longer than it should. To get this movie made we need YOUR help!
If you contribute, then there are loads of cool perks you can get including DVDs, Posters, Tickets to the premiere, or you can even be IN the movie.
Wait... I can be IN the movie?
So, what happens when you raise the money?
Regardless of how much money we make from this we will make the movie. If we raise the full amount then we will be able to make it the way it was intended to be made...
After crowdfunding, we'll begin production immediately. We'll document what is happening along the way with video and blog posts. When we're finished, we'll prepare it to be released later this year.
We have a distributor who will be releasing the movie in cinemas in the UK, as well as worldwide on DVD, iTunes, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, LoveFilm and Amazon. It will be available worldwide on all platforms from day 1.
I don't have any money, what else can I do to help?
The perks start from just $5! But if you really have zero money, then getting the word out to blogs and press will help enormously. Ask your friends to contribute, email your favourite blogs and news sites and let them know about the movie and that you think they should feature it.
If you want any more information, any questions or to help in any other way then please email email@example.com help you give is more than appreciated. Help us get this movie made and be part of the worlds first 8 bit film!
We have 49 days to make history! :-)
Chris Blundell - Writer / Director
Press links!
Killscreen - http://killscreendaily.com/headlines/will-chris-blundells-hit-squad-be-first-8bit-feature-film/
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Ripten - http://www.ripten.com/2012/04/28/insert-coin-this-week-in-kickstarter-april-28-2012-edition/
The Indie Mine - http://theindiemine.com/hit-squad-funding-plea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hit-squad-funding-plea
Geeks of Doom - http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/04/27/doom-digest-lotr-the-hit-squad-book-people-unite-the-simpsons-game-of-thrones/
Shezcrafti - http://shezcrafti.com/the-hit-squad-the-worlds-first-8-bit-feature-film/
Gameranx - http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/6351/article/the-hit-squad-is-a-pixelated-adventure/
Filmcourage - http://filmcourage.com/node/792
My Film Habit - http://www.myfilmhabit.com/2012/04/hit-squad-indie-plug.html?spref=tw
Gameswrite - http://gameswrite.com/gameswrite-spot-light-the-hit-squad/
Limited Release - http://limited-release.com/interview-chris-blundell-the-hit-squad/
Cutting Room Floor - http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/audioPop.jsp?episodeId=620053&cmd=apop
Inside Out Cast - http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3360:the-insideoutcast-enhanced-139-dead-puppies&Itemid=215
Press2reset - http://press2reset.com/2012/05/08/42nd-transmission/
Poptimal - http://poptimal.com/2012/05/the-hit-squad-the-future-of-8-bit-animation/#.T67-PetrOSq
Battle Royale With Cheese - http://battleroyalewithcheese.com/2012/05/sledge-again-speaks-to-the-hit-squads-chris-blundell/
Forever Geek - http://www.forevergeek.com/2012/05/the-hit-squad-worlds-first-pixellated-feature-film/
Pop Eighties - http://popeighties.com/index.php/the-hit-squad-a-pixellated-comedy/
Team on This Campaign:
Chris Blundell
Writer / Director
Jordan Fuller
Ana França
Laura Mulhern


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Providing a peaceful co-existence between man and nature, the Khwai Community Concession allows you to experience the best of wildlife in Botswana's iconic Moremi Game Reserve, combining your safari with a taste of culture in the old village of Khwai.
The camp is perfect for small private groups, families or independent travellers with its capacity of 12 beds. Combining luxury with the rustic wilderness setting, Khwai Tented Camp allows for the best wildlife experiences set in a community based wildlife resource area.
Camp opens:All year round
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- Location: On the Northern edge of Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta, the Khwai Community area forms the frontier between Chobe and the Okavango Delta (Botswana). Note that the *NEW* Khwai Tented Camp has been relocated to a lovely semi-permanent site along the edge of a lagoon which runs into the Khwai River.
Coordinates: 19° 9'11.62″S 23°46'18.25″E - How to get there ?
You may reach the camp:
- by charter flight to Khwai airstrip (30 mn away from the camp) from any airport in the region (Maun: 30 mn, Kasane: 1h).
- by road transfer: either from Maun (4 hours), or possibly Kasane, Victoria Falls, Linyanti, Saile …
- Self drive is possible but recommended only for experienced 4×4 drivers:
Please check out our safari maps or contact us for directions. - Camp opens: all year-round.
- Children: are accepted from the age of 7.
- Ideal length of stay: 2 to 3 nights
- Safari itineraries: Khwai Tented Camp is often combined with trips into Linyanti Bush Camp, Linyanti Ebony Footsteps Across the Linyanti in Chobe, or even Somalisa Camp and Somalisa Acacia in Hwange, and Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe). Check our safari itineraries or contact us!
Wildlife & Activities
- The environment : Adjacent to the Northern/Eastern parts of Moremi Game Reserve and to the Southern/Western corner of Chobe National Park, and along the River Khwai, this beautiful wilderness area provides the perfect setting where a community living in harmony with nature and wildlife is completely evident.
The magnificent Khwai River forms a boundary between the reserve and the community area, and is the hub for some of the most outstanding wildlife viewing in the region. As the sole source of water for miles around, the Khwai River attracts wildlife from near and afar. The vegetation here is quite different from the Western section of Moremi where great stands of leadwood and mopane woodlands occur in close proximity to open grasslands and the Khwai River. Read More » - Wildlife : Wildlife encounters include lion, cheetah, leopard, wild dog, elephant and a multitude of plains game including buffalo, zebra, giraffe and impala to name a few. Read More »
- The Khwai Community: This village is home to river bushmen from the Bayei group, who carry out a naturally harmonious lifestyle. African Bush Camps works closely with the community to carry out local development projects.
- Activities : Game drives, guided walks, village visits to the Khwai Community, day trips to Moremi Game Reserve can all be arranged prior to travel.
A benefit of the community concession is that we are able to conduct walking activities, which are not permitted in the National Parks or Game Reserves. The opportunity to explore the surrounding wilderness on foot allows for guests to enjoy up close and personal encounters with the animals, the flora and fauna. Visitors are encouraged to walk through the village of Khwai, meet some of the elders, and learn how the people live alongside animals in close contact to nature. - Our guides are some of the most experienced naturalists and professional guides in Botswana Read More »
The Camp
The camp has an aura of romance reflected through the elegant furnishings of colonial and tribal eras, and yet provides modern comfort and full service.
- Camp situation : Based along a lagoon following into the river Khwai.
- Capacity : 6 luxury meru style tents with a total of 12 beds
Khwai Tented Camp is an intimate safari camp which can be booked for a minimum of 2 people travelling. - Accomodation: Luxury semi permanent camp, Hemingway style.
You will enjoy spacious and comfortable tented accommodation on wooden decking, with oversized twin beds and private en-suite bathrooms. Furniture includes a hanging canvas wardrobe, bedside table, luggage bench and sisal matting. The en-suite bathrooms have a flushing toilet, and open-air bucket showers. Large tin-jugs of hot water are regularly provided to supply the bathrooms and canvas wash basins on the verandah.
The tents as well as the bathrooms are insect proof. - Facilities: Main Area with library/sitting area and bar/dining table.
Set on wooden decking overlooking the lagoon, the main lounge and dining living area is fitted with comfortable Morris chairs and interesting antiques, to enjoy the camp fire and the evening starlit sky in full elegance. - Cuisine : although the camp is out in a remote location, we pride ourselves on genuine cuisine prepared in a traditional bush-style manner with the highest quality and freshest of products. The day starts with an early morning buffet breakfast, before the game drive, and will be followed by a picnic outing. Snacks and cakes are available throughout the day, and sundowner drinks are offered either during game drives or in front of the campfire. A wide selection of drinks is available at the bar.
- Eco-respect : There are no permanent structures at Khwai Tented Camp and everything can be removed to leave the wilderness exactly as we found it, having little or no impact on the environment. The camp uses solar lighting and wind up bed side lamps and torches. Wash basins are filled with hot water and placed in front of guest tents in the morning. Gas stoves, fridges and hot water use clean sources of fuel (Gas). For radios and communication solar powered equipment is used.
- Communications: The camp is in radio contact with the safari vehicles, Linyanti Bush Camp and Maun. A telephone is available in Khwai village if needed.
- 495 US$ from November to June included (low and medium seasons)
- 630 US$ from July to October included (high season)
165 US$ single supplement (high season only)
Learn more about safari seasons »
Children under 12 years benefit a 50% discount when sharing with one or two full paying adults in a twin or triple during Family Months (January, March to June, November to December included). Out of Family Months , they pay full adult rate. For younger children please enquire directly. See our child policy or contact us.
Private safaris: For a private trip, guests must pay for 10 people.
All-inclusive policy: Our rates are per guest per night and include: accommodation based on 2 persons sharing, all meals, all beverages except premium imported spirits and champagne, two game viewing activities per day, laundry, transfer from nearest airstrip and internal transfers if needed. See details in our Rates & conditions page.


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White walls are too formal for a dinning room, I would go for something more colorful, perhaps pale orange or yellow and you can leave the columns painted in white or choose a dark color. Since the table and the chairs are dark you must choose lighter curtains. I did this for my own dinning room and my Vermont furniture stands out.
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