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Nature at its Naked Best – Adventure/Experiential Travel Hits a High Note in Monterey County, California, with Condor Camps, Cattle Round-Ups & Kayak Surfing
MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF. – Travelers today seek more than a hot little hammock to tick away their vacation time. According to the Travel Industry of America, adventure pursuits are taking a front seat in travel planning, including activities such as kayaking, scuba diving and mountain climbing. The new breed of "experiential travelers" is also on the rise, according to TravelZoo's Gabe Saglie. This concept translates into less time "zoning out" and more time learning or experiencing a destination's assets from the ground up. According to Saglie, more than 50 percent of Americans are interested in this type of travel.
This new travel niche is one of the fastest growing sectors in the travel industry, largely driven by Baby Boomers who are no longer content being tourists, and would rather break out as adventurers. It's the "do" versus "see" mentality, the demand for "real" experiences that are putting companies like Mountain Travel/Sobek, National Geographic Expeditions and Mansour Travel Company into overdrive. According to Gary Mansour, "Experiential travel is the hot ticket these days and 'authentic' is the prevailing buzzword. These global nomads are not content sitting poolside; they want genuine experience, stunning natural surroundings and locally inspired activities."
Safari with sea lions, cavort with California condors or dive for monsters of the deep… the region's natural assets are a ready-to-wear adventure for travelers seeking the real deal, California-style. With 99 miles of pristine coastline, the 5,312 sq. mile Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, stunning string of California parklands and outback of Big Sur, this region is rich in rewards year round.
Dive in for an adrenalin-based escape fresh with bracing sea breezes and wide open spaces. New on the radar of ocean experiences is Kayak Surfing. For the ultimate challenge, dump the longboard and take to the waves in a kayak. Learn the art of carving, roll techniques and how to get in/out of the wave in a safe, serene environment. Lessons and a full line of specialty surf kayaks are available at Kayak Connection. Those hot on Laird Hamilton's new sport can hit the waves running with classes in S.U.P. – or stand-up paddling. This trend emanating from Hawaii combines surfing with canoe-style paddling in a stand up position, exercising the core and sense of balance. Learn to walk on water via classescovering the basics of balance, strokes and paddling techniques.www.adventuresbythesea.com, www.kayakconnection.com, www.montereybaykayas.com.
Avid SCUBA divers can track the monsters of the deep — reportedly sighted just off the Big Sur Coast — or the bizarre giant squid with three hearts, blue blood and enormous brains spotted in the depths of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Novices can sleuth the seas via Monterey Bay Dive Center with a full day Discover SCUBA program. Instruction and dives at the Sanctuary (with an underwater canyon twice as deep as the Grand Canyon), Point Lobos State Nature Preserve or San Carlos Beach offer insight into the region's rich diversity of sea life. www.montereybaydivecenter.com. For the smaller set, Monterey Bay Aquarium's Underwater Explorers program treats kids 8 – 13 years to an aquatic adventure with a surface SCUBA dive in the Great Tide Pool on Monterey Bay. www.mbayaq.org
For a vivid postcard of this region's ecosystem and wealth of wildlife, naturalists can dial into the Elkhorn Slough Safari, a classic outback tour aboard a 27-foot pontoon. Spreading 1,400 acres and reaching inland nearly seven miles from the coast, the Elkhorn Slough Reserve steps up with some 400 plant species, 80 kinds of fish and 340 types of birds, including such rare species as the Peregrine Falcon and Snowy Plover. Photo safaris and birding workshops are also available. Kayaking the slough is another option. www.elkhornslough.com
The enormous depths of Monterey Bay paired with a 99-mile stretch of coastline draw a rich and varied lineup of whales and wildlife. Among the most impressive are gray whales, some 7,000 behemoths, migrating from the Bering Sea to Mexico's Baja Peninsula between December and March. Also popular are humpbacks and blue whales, the largest animals in the world, which feed on the nutrient-rich waters from June through October-November. Visitors can tap into a whale watching tour, rent a sailboat or stay closer to shore with a naturalist-led kayak tour with Adventures by the Sea. www.chriswhalewatching.com , www.adventuresbythesea.com
Clock the comeback of the California condor at Ventana Wildlife Society's newly-constructed (4/09) condor base camp. With a wingspan of nearly 10 feet, North America's largest land bird and one of the largest flying birds in the world is truly a magnificent sight to see. Enthusiasts can overnight at the rustic rearing/release facility set 2,800 ft. above the Pacific in Big Sur and participate in tracking and feeding these giants of the sky. Happy hour includes watching the birds fly in to roost as the sun sets, followed by a hike to the feeding grounds. On the endangered species list since 1967, the California condor now thrives on Big Sur's rugged coastline and at Pinnacles National Monument in Soledad. Since 1998, Ventana Wildlife Society has re-established 42 condors to the wild. Other options include day trips to base camp and two-hour tracking tours led by a wildlife biologist using specialized equipment to monitor nesting, feeding and flying habits. www.ventanaws.org
Seeking a rendezvous with a Townsend's Big Ear Bat or talusing under 23 million-year-old volcanic rock formations? Hightail it to the Pinnacles National Monument. Home of the California condor release program and a crazy collection of crimson conical spires marking the remnants of an ancient volcano along the San Andreas Rift Zone, this is ground zero for ranger-led bat walks, "experiential" night hikes and eyeing 20+ condors who reside on this lunar-scape. The Monument sports two "talus" caves – a system of passages snaking under and between house-size boulders- offering a natural habitat for bats. Visitors can strike out solo to the Balconies Cave and Bear Gulch Cave, housing some 14 species of bats including the Townsend's Big Ear bat and Western Mastiff bat, with a wing span of 12 inches. Opened in 1908, the monument is a true character builder for hikers, climbers and nature lovers. Learn the ropes via Sanctuary Gym, which offers instructional rock climbing day-trips complete with gear.www.nps.gov www.rockgym.com
"Monkeying around" is redefinied at Wild Things, an exotic animal training facility housing 100+ animals on 50 acres of rugged outback. Set in Steinbeck country just outside the city of Salinas, this working facility and rescue camp offers a deluxe seven-hour Walk with the Animals program. Sign up for a stint washing an African elephant, training session with Brandi (an American black bear of Grizzly Adams fame) or take the ultimate catwalk with an exotic cat or Elvis the kangaroo. Also allowed: monkey play dates or quality time fluffing up the lions. Guests can overnight in four safari-style suites on a remote savanna, with breakfast delivered by an elephant. www.wildthingsinc.com
Pack those chaps and spurs for an authentic cattle drive at V6 Ranch in Parkfield, the self-proclaimed "Earthquake Capital of the World" where residents prefer their eggs scrambled and martinis shaken. Just 23 miles from Highway 101, this rustic town of lodge pole cabins and wide open spaces is officially the most studied spot on earth for earthquakes. Here, wannabe cowboys can saddle up for a real Western cattle drive on 50 miles of trails at the Varian family's 20,000 acre ranch. Rides include plenty of daytime cattle work, delicious ranch style fixin's and fireside sing-alongs once the suns sets. V6 also offers a "Ranch Life in California" program teaching traditional Vaquero horsemanship from a Hall of Fame Honoree, including the basics of team sorting, rope handling and working cattle by horseback. www.parkfield.com. True city slickers can opt for day rides at Holman Ranch, Pebble Beach Equestrian Center, Molera Horseback Tours and Marina Equestrian Center. www.holmanranch.com; www.ridepebblebeach.com; www.molerahorsebacktours.com
Hunting for a little breakfast is harder than it sounds, especially if wild boar is on the menu. Hunters with an ancestral urge bag a boar and pack home a little homemade sausage can get their fix on 30,000 acres of fertile hunting grounds surrounding Fort Hunter Liggett and King City, often called the "Wild Boar Capitol of California." Weighing in at 200+ lbs., with two-inch tusks, wild boar are not an easy big game get and are usually tracked on private land requiring a qualified guide. Daily treks in Steinbeck Country's verdant rolling hills dotted with California oak and the meandering Salinas River are offered by a variety of outfitters. Pack a sense of adventure. www.edrothhunting.com
If tracking migration patterns of tropical insects is on the agenda, the Monarch Grove Sanctuary is the call for an up close peek at thousands of butterflies. Tucked into a residential enclave in Pacific Grove, this free frolic is a top winter spot for Monarchs who flutter as far as 2,000 miles at a height of 10,000 feet. Led by the earth's magnetic field and position of the sun, each year new butterflies arrive en masse to cluster in the pine and eucalyptus trees from October to February. Docents are available for informal tours. www.pgmuseum.org
If tracking migration patterns of tropical insects is on the agenda, the Monarch Grove Sanctuary is the call for an up close peek at thousands of butterflies. Tucked into a residential enclave in Pacific Grove, this free frolic is a top winter spot for Monarchs who flutter as far as 2,000 miles at a height of 10,000 feet. Led by the earth's magnetic field and position of the sun, each year new butterflies arrive en masse to cluster in the pine and eucalyptus trees from October to February. Docents are available for informal tours. www.pgmuseum.org
What better way to learn you're ABC's than a hands-on tour of the "Salad Bowl of the World"? Ag Venture Tours hit the fields running with an exploratory look at planting, harvesting, new farming techniques and the wonders of the region's artichokes, broccoli and cauliflower. This is a full sensory experience from walking through the row crops to sniffing the salad greens and in-depth look at America's top greens producer. www.agventuretours.com.
Pounding the pavement in Monterey County is sheer bliss; just ask any athlete who has crossed the finish line at the annual Big Sur International Marathon, Sea Otter Classic or Seagate Triathlon in Pacific Grove. The Monterey Recreation Trail is a solid start for pairing pavement with unsurpassed scenery. This path traverses the Monterey Bay coastline past Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row and Fisherman's Wharf. The trail also gives riders a view of surfers tackling frothy waves at Seaside State Beach, as well as hang gliders catching a breeze over the dunes of Marina State Beach.Pebble
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For off-road enthusiasts, Fort Ord steps up with a massive network of 86 miles of trails on 7,200 acres of biking nirvana. Experts can head for the Hurl Hill Trail or Staircase Trail, often compared to the great rocky trails in Moab, Utah. The Oil Well Road route is an excellent introduction to the single-track wonders of Fort Ord. The 11-mile loop delivers riders through beautiful wooded areas in the northeast corner of the park. For a bigger burn, tackle the Guidotti/Goat Trail Loop, a 13-mile, clockwise ride with a mixed bag of terrain including high ridges, maritime chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands and wetlands. Another off-road option is the Old Coast Road in Big Sur, an 18.5-mile loop including steep climbs through towering redwoods and babbling brooks before reaching the ocean at Bixby Landing. http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/content/ca/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html
Hikers and trail runners can slip into a variety of venues spanning Point Lobos State Nature Reserve to the outback of Big Sur as well as the hillside trails of Toro Park and Garland Ranch Regional Park in Carmel Valley. For a true Raiders of the Lost Ark adventure, Big Sur Hiking Guides lead visitors to a magical site cutting deep through towering redwoods along several lush creeks to 100-year old lost limekilms. Other top picks include the strenuous hike to Sykes Hot Springs or moderate Ewoldsen Trail, a 4.5-mile loop tucked deep in the redwood forest along McWay Creek. The Pfeiffer Falls Trail and McWay Waterfall Trail both culminate with spectacular waterfalls. For top views, the Andrew Molera State Park/Creamery-Ridge Trail features a 7.3-mile loop with a moderately strenuous climb gaining over 1,200 feet in just over two miles. www.SeeMonterey.com
Need a tune up on technical driving skills? Check out the Land Rover™ Experience Driving School in Carmel Valley where signing on the dotted line will deliver a sweat-inducing spin through 80 acres of rugged terrain in a plush$76,000 Range Rover. Rev things up on the off-road obstacle course with one-on-one training on advanced techniques like winching and vehicle recovery. Not for the timid, the school puts drivers through the paces of maneuvering over sand traps, boulders, tricky wooded trails and descents steep enough challenge a veteran Everest climber.www.landroverusa.com
Foiling urban idiots just got easier with one-day courses at Skip Barber Racing School at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Cut loose and pull some "g's" in a 150 h.p. formula racecar for the true testosterone test. The "One Day Combo" puts the pedal to the metal with instruction on high performance defensive driving skills including slide and recovery techniques, trailbraking and race-style heel-and-toe downshifting. Strap into a high-octane Dodge Viper on the world-famous 2.24-mile, 11-turn track and approach the Corkscrew Turn at 100 m.p.h., practicing braking, downshifting and cornering in split second intervals. www.skipbarber.com.
Push the automatic "Rush" button and take the plunge via the "world's highest tandem jump" at 18,000 feet with Skydive Monterey Bay. A quick 20-minute training and safety briefing, paired with an instructor and dual harness, is all that's required for the tandem skydive, one of the safest and certainly surreal experiences for first time divers. Get a condor's-eye view of the Monterey peninsula and Marine National Sanctuary following a throat-choking one-minute freefall clocking in at 120 miles per hour. www.skydivemontereybay.com. For a more sedate experience, strap in for an aerial sightseeing tour aboard a beautiful Cessna 172 at Monterey Bay Aviation. Soar over the Salinas Valley, Carmel and Big Sur in a climate controlled cabin with a direct ear to the pilot. www.montereybayaviation.com.
On the waterfront, Marina State Beach has become the tipping point for hang-gliders and kite boarders, thanks to its infusion of powerful afternoon and early evening winds. Visitors can set up and launch just south of the parking lot. Punctuated with surfers silently riding the horizon and a scenic boardwalk threading through the Marina Dunes Preserve, this area celebrates its qiomtessemce with an annual Festival of Winds and Steeple Chase Event every May.
Monterey County is located 120 miles/192 km south of San Francisco and 345 miles/552 km north of Los Angeles along the classic California corridor. The region boasts 99 miles of prime Pacific Coastline, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, three historic missions, 40,000 acres of premium vineyards, 25 golf courses and over 200 lodging properties. Monterey County includes the Monterey Peninsula, Big Sur, North County and the Salinas Valley. The Monterey Peninsula Airport (MRY), just three miles from historic downtown Monterey and minutes from the area's major attractions, is served by non-stop flights to and from Denver (DEN), Las Vegas (LAS), Phoenix (PHX), Los Angeles (LAX), San Diego (SAN) and San Francisco (SFO). www.SeeMonterey.com
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I'm using RS2013. My stacked walls are not displaying in preview when editing them. Why would this happen? Even the out of the box walls are nnot showing. The wall shows fine in the model. This is the first time I have has this happen. I tried scolling and panning the preview to look but to no avail.
You said you tried with scrolling and panning. Did you try "zooming" with the wheel inside the preview window?
Yes I tried the zoom. I tried to repair Revit 2013. I reinstalled Revit 2013. I tried using the out of the box stacked wall. I turned off Hardware acceleration. All my software is up to date. The stacked wall preview is just not working on my RS2013. The preview works on this machine in RS 2012. The basic wall works on 2013 just not the stacked wall.
Well, it must something in particular in that project or that wall type, because it works without any problem here. If the file is not large, maybe you could post it here, to see it.
Thanks.for answering. It's not the file. Itried starting a brand new project using the out of the box template.Still won't show the preview. I sent a support request to Autodesk.
I'm having the same problem. It worked well before an update. Now it's not working.
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I was having the problem with Revit Structure 2013, update 2 as I recall. Then came my revit 2013 suite subscription upgrade. I uninstalled RS2013 and installed Revit Suite 2013. The problem went away. The problem is in the 2013 software not your hardware. The stack walls displayed correctly in my older Revit versions too. I would try uninstalling and reinstalling the most up-to-date Revit program you have. Be mindful of turning off virus protection and the like during installation.
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the average life of struts is 50k. they may not be leaking but may be worn out from a stability standpoint.
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Um..they didn't say..just gave me an esitmate of 2K
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way overpriced unless they are electronic struts. shop around with shops other than dealers for quotes.
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Struts on older heavy American cars used to need to be changed frequently newer lighter cars you would expect them to last longer.Are the shocks showing signs of leakage or are you getting unusual tire wear?
Front struts may be as high as $150 each depending on brand, labor guide says 2.5 hours to replace both front struts,maybe $60 to align afterward if needed.
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Surveys were distributed to local business owners and residents last week, and Monday, June 16, the results of the surveys were revealed at the council meeting.
Across the board, the surveys reported a majority of positive remarks about the festival, however there were still residents and business owners who noted negative impacts of the festival, as well.
The surveys reported 64% of local residents and 72% of local business owners agree the festival should get a five year extension.
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At the city council meeting Monday, the majority of citizens who showed up to voice their opinions for public discussion had very positive comments, something that surprised some city council members.
"We expected a lot more negative if you will, because there's a lot of anecdotal stories and experiences that people are sharing," said Councilman Steve Jones, "I guess some that are widely impacted living very close to the festival site, and most of the comments tonight were positive which I was again surprised to hear."
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AUGUSTA - Governor LePage has signed into law a bill sponsored by Rep. Amy Volk that seeks a comprehensive evaluation of state investments in economic development.
"We have a lot of economic development programs in the state, but we're not doing a great job at measuring their effectiveness," said Rep. Volk (R-Scarborough). "One of the principles of good business is that you have to measure results to get maximum performance. With this law, we begin a new era of making sure the state is getting a strong return on its investments."
The new law is based on LD 323, "An Act To Implement a Coordinated Strategy To Attract New Businesses, Expand Existing Businesses and Develop a Consistent and Recognizable Maine Brand." The measure passed the Legislature with strong bipartisan support.
The legislation encompasses an extensive number of changes designed to strengthen businesses, generate more employment and promote the sale of Maine goods and services. For example, it eliminates the Maine Tourism Commission and directs the state's Office of Tourism to seek direct input and consultation from the tourism industry on its marketing and promotional plans and the strategy to implement them.
Additionally, it requires the Office of Tourism to give quarterly presentations beginning next January to tourism industry stakeholders. The Office also must provide an annual report to the governor and the Legislature summarizing its goals and achievements.
"Through regular reporting on these programs, along with input from people who are directly affected through their work, we can begin honing in on which of our economic development strategies are most effective, while shedding light on those that are no longer useful," said Rep. Volk, who serves on the Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee (LCRED).
To enhance oversight, the measure requires the commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) to report every two years on the overall performance of programs being evaluated, as demonstrated by the number of jobs created and increased state tax revenue. Candidates for evaluation could include such programs as the Loring Development Authority of Maine and the Pine Tree Development Zone program.
The new law introduces a sense of urgency to program reviews. For instance, it requires the DECD commissioner to convene at least five meetings with marketing personnel from eight departments to gather information on the marketing strategies they are employing in order to determine if the state can sell its goods and services more efficiently. The LCRED Committee is authorized to submit a bill to the next Legislature that could encompass the findings from these meetings.
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Orange-juice futures rose the most in four months on mounting speculation that this year's hurricane season poses a greater risk than normal to Florida citrus groves, the world's second largest.
While Tropical Storm Alberto probably poses no threat to Florida's orange groves, "indication of early tropical activity in the vicinity is getting the markets jittery," Donald Keeney, a senior agricultural meteorologist at MDA Information Systems Inc., said today in an e-mail. The Atlantic hurricane season typically starts June 1. Before today, orange-juice futures had tumbled 43 percent in the past year.
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Inside an Israeli Defense Lab
Israeli military specialists and university researchers are developing new drones and new ways to protect buildings and buses from attack.
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So, to begin such a collective transformation, I propose one day. One day a year. Let's call it Law in Medicine Day ("LMD" for short).
To make it easier, I also propose we make LMD an easy day to remember – the already dreaded, infamous April 15th, historically reserved in our national psyche as the deadline of filing our tax returns, now becomes a day for every physician, every medical practice to comply with a number of other, critical legal obligations – a goal never more paramount for every physician.
So, what of LMD? What do we address in this new annual ritual?
HIPAA – Virtually every practice will admit, if asked, that it has not taken down their original HIPAA materials developed several years ago and placed on the shelf in the Office Manager's office. Unfortunately, since that time, HIPAA has moved on, been updated and grown even larger. HHS has issued regulations requiring health care providers, health plans, and other entities covered by HIPAA to notify individuals when their health information is breached. These "breach notification" regulations implement provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, passed as part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
RED FLAG REGULATIONS – These new identity theft regulations require every practice develop and maintain a formal written program to identity, prevent and mitigate the risk of identity theft within their practices. At the very core of these new regulations is the requirement that the policies be routinely and continually updated.
REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTS – Faced with the dramatically expanding use of investigative audits, every physician must review each of their payor relationships to determine (a) is the payor-contract to be continued and if so, (b) is the practice compliant with each of the payor's policies and procedures? If not, it is almost certain that the practice will face an adverse audit by the payor, seeking not only reimbursement but interest charges, costs and extrapolated damages.
MEDICAL PRACTICE POLICIES – Policies as to infection control, proper sterilization of equipment, handling of medical waste and other practice protocols all need to be updated (as technology, disease and prevention measures all progress) and keeping staff abreast of such changes will be critical to preventing unintended, or unknowing, violations of these policies.
CREDENTIAL/PROFILE REVIEWS – An essential aspect of a physician, or practice's, ability to protect itself, and its reputation, in today's climate is to be ever diligent in reviewing and re-reviewing their standing – both from a professional/credentialing perspective and a public/internet perspective. What specialty is designated in credentialing can dramatically change reimbursement models and what information a prospective patient can, and cannot, find on the internet may well dictate choice of physician – without the practice ever knowing it was harmed by either set of misinformation.
EMPLOYEE MANUAL – most practices do not even have an employee manual, but for those that do, and for those that now will, the laws pertaining to work place claims such as hostile work environment, sexual harassment, discrimination, along with the application of family leave acts, are ever changing and failure to be aware of, nonetheless comply with, new standards of law expose the practice to high levels of risk.
Each of these items, after being reviewed and updated, should be the subject of a training (or hopefully, re-training) session with the staff of the medical practice – including every physician. Attendance should be mandatory, attendance sheets should be completed and every employee should be required to sign a copy of the new policies, acknowledging they've been trained in same and that they understand their obligations under these new/updated policies. These signed policies should be retained by the practice for future protections.
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When the FBI, OIG, IRS, OSHA (etc., etc.) Knocks on Your Door, December 2011by: Michael J. Schoppmann, Esq.
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Understanding The Process of Merging Your Practice with A Large Mega Group or Hospital, October 2011by: Mathew J. Levy, Esq. and Stacey Lipitz Marder, Esq.
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When Adult Siblings Fight–6 Steps To Heal The Hurt
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By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
The court reporter was readying her equipment while waiting for the next case to begin. The bailiff brought in the defendant. The court reporter glanced up to see the next man on trial. Imagine the her shock to see that the defendant being brought into criminal court was her mother's court appointed guardian!
This man was accused of embezzling from his nephew's trust account. Was this the same man who was managing her mother's affairs through the county's Public Guardian Office? Yes, it was.
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I am the eldest daughter of a Dad with Alzheimers, he lives with us. I have 2 brothers and a younger sister. We have fallen out badly. One brother lives in Australia another in S Africa just come home to England (for now). We have Power of Attorney and have tried to register it. They have objected mainly on the relationship between my husband and my father. We are waiting for the Court of Protection to decide. I am feeling so very hurt and bewildered and now it is impossible for the others to see Dad as I do not want to see them. We look after him full time they haven't rang to see how he is for months. How do we carry on like this.


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I'm a photographer, who dabbles in graphic design from time to time as well. What are the differences between the various color spaces?
RGB is a additive, projected light color system. All colors begin with black "darkness", to which different color "lights" are added to produce visible colors. RGB "maxes" at white, which is the equivalent of having all "lights" on at full brightness (red, green, blue).
CMYK is a subtractive, reflected light color system. All colors start with white "paper", to which different color "inks" are added to absorb (subtract) light that is reflected. In theory, CMY are all you need to create black (applying all 3 colors at 100%). Alas, that usually results in a muddy, brownish black, so the addition of K (black) is added to the printing process. It also makes it easier to print black text (since you don't have to register 3 separate colors).
Most screens (computer, phone, media player, television, ect) are RGB (e-ink screens being an exception), the pixels have little subpixels that just show red, green or blue.
Most printers print in CMYK color (though some photo printers will print with expanded colors beyond those 4).
So if you're ever doing something for a screen, use RGB, if you doing something for print, use CMYK.
Update: Please keep in mind, that you can't display the exact same colors in RGB and CMYK.
LAB (aka CIELAB), space is quite useful. It's good for exaggerating color differences, relating colors to color opponent theory. I do a lot of image enhancement and digital art creation from photographs in CIELAB or spaces that resemble it. Its main advantages are separation of color from brightness and roughly evenly spread out color changes - two points some given distance apart anywhere in that space are about the same subjective color difference, not to great accuracy but certainly better than RGB, CMY or HSV.
Sites to peruse concerning CIELAB and other color spaces:
CMYK and RGB are the two colour spaces, methods of creating colour.
CMYK is subtractive, like paint/pigment. you start with nothing (white paper) and as you add more colours it eventually turns black. CMYK represents the standard coloured inks that printers use to create colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
RGB is additive, the way light creates colours. You start with black (darkness) and as you add lights of more colours you eventually get white (all colours shining together like a regular lightbulb.. a blue lightbulb makes blue light because it filters out the green and red light.)
If you're working on computer monitors like on the internet, you will be using RGB because that is how monitors (and cameras and televisions) display colour. You don't have to worry at all about CMYK on the internet. But once you start printing things out, is when it matters. Most programs these days can convert between RGB and CMYK (although keep in mind whenever you see a cmyk image on your screen it's just an approximation because it is actually being displayed in rgb).
The main thing I've run into regarding rgb and cmyk is black. In cmyk you can make black by mixing cyan, magenta and yellow at their maximum strength, but you can make blacker black by also adding black ink at 100%. So be wary if you need to match two blacks, depending on your program they may appear the same.
Also keep in mind that not all colours can be reproduced in CMYK. This blew my mind when I first discovered it. But certain colours (generally very bright, bold colours like a very bright turquoise colour) can only be approximated in cmyk in a somewhat muted version. That's not to say the colour can never be printed, it's just very complicated, needing either paper treatments or additional colours of ink.
There's a few things you might run into in relation to colours, though, that I'll mentionAnother colour space you may run into is Indexed Colour. This is where each colour in the image is given a specific index to save space. This is technically separate from RGB/CMYK because it doesn't control how colours are formed, but rather how that information is stored on a computer. It does show up in the same lists sometimes.. And in photoshop you can't edit indexed colour documents without first converting them to rgb or cmyk, so keep that in mind!
You might also see HSB. This is Hue/Saturation/Brightness and is another way of objectively describing colours, and can be used to describe either rgb or cmyk colours. Hue describes the 'colour', around the rainbow from red to green to blue and back again. Saturation describes how colourful the colour is from grey (0 saturation) to as full and rich as possible (100). Brightness describes, well, the brightness; from black to somewhere in the middle to white.
HSV (also called HSB) is based on the RGB system - it's actually just a transformation of the RGB color space (so it's still additive, and is intended for computer displays). The three components of this color system are:
So full red would be RGB(255, 0, 0), which is the same as HSV(0, 100, 100).
Another interesting color space which I've only recenlty discovered is the Munsell color system, and it's been helpful when choosing colors. I'm quoting from Why Programmers suck at Picking Colors here:
"While this feels a lot like HSV on paper (where chroma can be used as saturation), this color system is different in many important ways:
This is more for UI designers than photographers, but there's quite a bit of info on this NASA research page.
Your original question has been adequately answered, but since you're a photographer, it's important to recognize that there are different RGB color spaces.
The three you'll most often come across in photography are "ProPhoto RGB", "Adobe RGB" and "sRGB". They all measure color using the RGB model (amounts of Red, Green and Blue light), but differ in their gamut. I've listed them in descending order of gamut.
You can look up each of them on Wikipedia, but the short version is that gamut is the range of colors that a color space can represent. sRGB is the standard for web graphics, but can't represent as many colors as AdobeRGB can. Likewise, ProPhoto RGB can represent colors that don't exist in AdobeRGB.
As a photographer, you generally try to shoot in the widest gamut color space that's available to you, to preserve as much of the "real" color as possible. Then, you convert to the appropriate color space for on-screen display, web, or printing.
If shooting in JPG, set the Color Mode setting on your camera to the widest gamut color space you can get. If you're shooting in RAW, there's no color space applied until your software starts interpreting the RAW data, so you can put off selecting a color space until that point. One of the many advantages of RAW.
I'd also like to second what DarenW said about Lab space. CIELAB 1931 is the product of an intense study of human vision, and is actually the granddaddy of color spaces. It's against CIELAB that all others are judged. Graphs of the popular RGB spaces gamuts' are often overlaid on the CIELAB gamut to illustrate how well they compare.
That said, using the Lab color mode for color correction can take a while to get used to, since we're so ingrained with RGB, but it is EXTREMELY powerful. Most of this comes from the fact that it separates color from brightness, as our eyes do, and allows you to adjust them independently.
For a quick look at some of the practical things you can use it for, check out this video by photographer Dan Margulis: http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/labcolor
It is a misnomer, or at least confusing, to say both: "RGB is based on light and it's additive because you start with no light" and "CMYK is based on ink and it's subtractive because you start with no ink".
It is easy to understand how RGB works, as the usual displays create colors by adding the additive primaries, red, green and blue, together in appropriate proportions. But what is being added and in relation to what?
In the context of RGB and CMYK the terms additive and subtractive both describe how the color models relate to perceived light.
Let's start with RGB. Your display is off and it does not produce any light rays on its own. You perceive only black.
You turn the display on and get a (totally) blue screen. Ideally all the blue sub-pixels emit light at the same wavelength with the same intensity. Compared to blackness, you've added some light and now perceive a blue color.
Next up, your display turns all the red sub–pixels on as well. The sub–pixels are close enough to make you to perceive a mix of lightrays at "blue" wavelengths and at "red" wavelengths. The lights don't get mixed up per se, but rather the perceived pink color is a result of how our eyes work.
Adding up third additive primary, green, the viewer ideally perceives white.
What is different in CMYK is that you have a physical object—let's say a piece of paper—that you view under illumination. All the light that hits the paper gets neutrally reflected to the perceiver and all you see is the color of the paper mixed with the color of the illumination; both ideally neutral.
Now you add cyan ink—what happens? You do not add some color that emits "cyan", but rather the cyan ink absorbs, subtracts, other wavelengths and passes "cyan", which is in the end reflected back to the perceiver. You perceive cyan not because you've added cyan, but rather because you've subtracted all the rest.
Understanding this will help you understand why prints look different on different types of paper even if you have specified exactly the same CMYK values. Paper, ink and illumination all affect how the colors are perceived. If you wish to calibrate your display for soft–proofing, you must take all of these into account.
From a digital photographer's viewpoint, in the majority of the cases the camera captures light rays in a RGGB (or similar) matrix, which is then interpolated to a RGB image. If you wish to print a RGB image, the RGB data must be converted to a color model your printer understands, e.g. CMYK or CcMmYK. If your RGB image has a color space included, the printer's raster image processor can do this for you.
What's happening backstage is:
LAB is always used as a "glue" between different color spaces—even between color spaces under the same color model (sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto RGB, …) . It is designed to approximate human color vision; although some of its colors fall outside the human vision gamut. It is device independent and as such it is better to understand as more or less theoretical color model—not something you could print with.
On some occasions, LAB could be a useful tool for a graphic designer: if you want a color that has the same hue, but half the perceived lightness, you just halve the L-component of the LAB-value.
Note that this is different (and arguably better) than the brightness component in HSB (hue–saturation–brightness) representation. This is because LAB approximates human color vision and HSB just represents RGB with different coordinates. As human vision doesn't perceive changes in brightness in a linear fashion, neither is the L-component in LAB linear in relation to HSB brightness. 50% gray may be
In practice, that doesn't mean we see only 119×2=238 shades of gray, but rather that if we could make a gradient from
Long story short:
RGB is an additive color space. If you mix the three base colors (red, green and blue) you get white. That is the model monitors use, if the red light and the green light and the blue light is mixed, it becomes white.
CMY (cyan, magenta and yellow) are suubtractive. If you mix all, you get black. That model is used by printers. If on a dot are printed all three base colors, it gets darker. But it is somewhat hard to mix a good black, thats why often Black is added to the color mix (thats the K in CMYK).
More information can be found in Wikipedia.
The difference between RGB and CMYK in simpler (and visual) terms :) Useful for beginners in starting to understand the difference without getting lost in the jargon. The infographic is long so i just linked it.
In addition to the systems above, there's the Pantone spot colour system - used to print colours and finishes which would otherwise be impossible with CMYK (bright turquoise, purples). Often, companies will have their heart set on a certain branding colour that just happens to be not approximated well enough by CMYK, this is when you tell them the price for spot colours and they run away with their legs wheeling like in cartoons.
This system works by having each colour printed individually using custom dyes and finishes with no mixing with others.


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Linked Data: The Future of Data Integration
John Walker of NXP recently discussed Linked Data as the future of data integration in the enterprise. He writes, "The main business drivers for this have, so far, been mostly internal: how to ensure product data is available across internal systems in an easy-to-use and efficient manner. In many areas simple XML messages and other B2B standards are applicable, but within a portfolio of over 20,000 products across a broad variety of functions and technology it simply is not possible to describe the complex properties of an electronic component with a handful of standard XML elements. Also the tree-based XML DOM soon starts to become a limitation when dealing with a highly-interlinked web of information. The answer (as it turns out) is quite simple: think graph." Read more


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Thousands Rally For, And Against, Slovenia's Gov't
By ALI ZERDIN
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) â¿¿ Thousands of people rallied for and against Slovenia's center-right government Friday, adding to the tensions in the small European Union country where authorities have turned to austerity measures to revive the economy.
About 5,000 flag-waving pro-government activists gathered at a central square in the capital, Ljubljana, Friday morning. Hours later, around 20,000 people protested against the leadership. It was the largest anti-government rally since the protests started about two months ago.
The pro-government rally was peaceful, but police used tear gas to prevent a group of anti-government protesters from removing metal barriers that separated them from the downtown parliament building.Demonstrators hurled rocks, wooden sticks and bottles at the police and managed at one point to charge through the barriers, but the police cordon stopped them from reaching parliament. Two people were arrested before the protest ended, police said. Slovenia's government has been on the brink of collapse after two junior partners left the governing coalition over corruption allegations against Prime Minister Janez Jansa. An anti-graft watchdog has accused him of failing to declare more than ⿬200,000 ($265,000) in private assets, which he has denied. Jansa has refused to step down, saying an election now would hurt Slovenia's efforts to pull out of an economic and financial downturn linked to the EU debt crisis. Jansa's government has cut public spending, including for health care and education, moves it says will keep the country from needing an international bailout. But Jansa's measures have been met with massive protests and strikes that have sometimes turned violent in the otherwise calm Alpine country of 2 million. The anti-government protesters insist that the cost-cutting is hurting the middle class and the poor, but not the "corrupt elite." Friday's anti-government protesters chanted "Thieves!" as they marched through Ljubljana, and put a banner saying "Our property" on the Central Bank.
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Chronic anxiety
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|Sun, 09-15-2013 - 11:46am
Hi. I'm just wondering if any one else suffers from day to day anxiety and what causes it to get worse? My son and I moved 2 years ago from Orange County and my anxiety has gotten worse. I'm scared to find a new job BECAUSE of it:( Any suggestions, PLEASE?
|Sun, 10-06-2013 - 1:21pm
I am just curious as to exactly why you are afraid to get a job. Is it because you don't know the area?
|Wed, 10-16-2013 - 8:43am
I don't know if I can help- but I came here for the same reason. I feel anxious all the time but I feel like people don't really get it. Having order helps- I feel better when my house and car are clean, I don't have a mile long to do list, and my kids are behaving. But then I'll have an off day, get a head ache or my legs will ache and I will turn into a crazy person. So- What do you do know that helps?
|Sun, 10-27-2013 - 11:43am
My ds does and so does my dd.
I also have suffered to but seems to have gotten better.
We moved a year ago to to a new city but I really love it here.
My dd and ds like things not to change too much.
My dd is doing much better than her brother, she is living on her own and is three years older.
He has come a long way but it is still pretty tough.
The move was the best thing for us.
Sometimes "Anxiety" can be so de-habilitating that you cannot work.
For some medication or cbt helps either alone or a combination of both.
Baby Steps.
Maybe for some actually going outside can be an issue, large crowds and for some that could me two or more people.
This is very real to us.
It takes time and patience and a really good support system.
My heart goes out to you because I know that it is not easy.
|Tue, 10-29-2013 - 2:08pm
Sometimes "Anxiety" can be so de-habilitating that you cannot work.
Maybe for some actually going outside can be an issue, large crowds and for some that could me two or more people.
I totally agree. I have bad anxiety with going to new places and being around new people. Perhaps that's what the issue is? Not necessarily working — but the environment?
|Tue, 11-12-2013 - 9:16pm
|Wed, 11-13-2013 - 3:59pm
Hi, welcome!
I'm sure the neighbor was angry, but it was an honest misunderstanding. Please don't dwell. I'm not a confrontational person by any means and have had to be with one neighbor. It's nerve wracking for those of us who feel judgement.
The apology note is nice and not letting the dog out by himself is a great step. After you send the note, just breath. :) You didn't purposely let the dog into their yard. Honest mistake. Point made, point taken. :)
I won't say that they aren't talking about you, but even if they are the note will go a long way. Seriously. And I'm sure if you were confronted like that and then continued to let the dog out and do what ever it wanted to do THAT'S when they are more likely to talk/hate you. But that honestly doesn't sound at all like that's the case.
With all that said, I do understand the all eyes on me feeling. {{{hugs}}}