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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Nov 2008
Location: Benson, Oxfordshire
Oddometer: 164
Just put him in his Plaice
Onwards and upwards
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2009
Oddometer: 152
19/04 Friday
After a couple of days trail riding in Wales I had better get back to the serious matter of the Three Stooges Tour as the pressure is on to finish it before I head to France next weekend.
We awoke fresh as daisies due to the lack of alcohol and an early night a nice breakfast and we loaded the bikes and headed off. The first lane was wet and rocky but we soon climbed up high into the mountains using the firebreaks. It felt as if we were in the middle of nowhere.
Early on in the rocky section one egg head meets another.
The scenery was great.
The fire breaks were great to ride you could see for miles.
A funny moment was miles from nowhere we saw a couple of pickup truck and some guys with strimmers cutting back the vegetation, what was that all about. It was very windy up here and we got buffeted about quite a bit.
After descending down to a river we came to a wide ford. It looked OK but having drowned my DRZ twice this winter I was understandably nervous (funnily enough both times were with Uncle Eddie).
Timpo was keen so after a quick recce the X Challenge started its journey across.
Just as it got deeper it looked to get a little trickier but Timpo made it across with no problems.
With those long legs Dicky Dakar made it look easy.
With my riding skills I made it across standing on the seat popping a little wheelie at the end.
Before Timpo chokes on his beer I should add one of Ricks photos
My Dakar pants were great until the water got to the vents.
After I had filled my boots we carried on through trails that went the eucalyptus groves still following the river great riding with only the lingering smell of deer as the trails had not been used for some time.
The scenery was rubbish.
The trail went somewhere up the green bit.
We saw a few deer and I had the shock of my life as a brown fox jumped through a fence and across the trail in front of me.
We came across another ford that I pushed across although it was pretty easy with a sandy base. Rick and Timpo had no problem.
We were now in stork country and I could see Kermit looked a bit worried as the circled overhead. Although by now his corak was gradually back to his normal roar.
We were going well but nowhere where we had arranged to meet the Portuguese lads that night. After needing a soft drink and crisp lunch (staple diet) we head off the track straight into some sort of Police action with guys with guns including automatic rifles.
Timpo had been doing a good job hiding the flat screen telly from earlier in the trip in his Rally jacket which he kept zipped up at all times. I thought that he shoulders had suddenly looked much wider.
We found a cafe and after the standard fare we headed off in the scorching weather using a trail to avoid the road block.
We carried on for as long as we dared before slabbing it to get to Rodao. On the way in a peculiar smell pervaded the air which turned out to be a paper mill.
We went looking for somewhere to stay which was tricky as it was already 19:30. After a few wrong turns we ended up at someones private house. Luckily the guy spoke good English so with his directions we headed up the hill to the hotel whilst Timpo carried chatting about paper mills.
After checking in and saying that some of our friends would be arriving soon we showered and met for a few cold ones. We had a lovely meal followed by the odd bottle of wine or 3.
Rick and I were shattered so headed for bed leaving Timpo to greet the Portuguese lads who arrived at around 23:00.
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Downtown Wombatislava, England.
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The Rave Generator......
Fat Old Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Preston, England
Oddometer: 87
3 Stooges..
Great memories Matt,
as it was only 2 weeks ago I can still remember most of it!
Get the feckin' Orange Strap!
Carry on!
Cheers, Rick.
Studly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2005
Location: Market Deeping, Lincs UK
Oddometer: 500
3 Stooges do Portugal--again!
Great write up and phots---submit to TBM?, become professional etc.
Look forward to the Dordogne and similar coverage!
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2009
Oddometer: 152
20th April Saturday
Following a good nights sleep we all joined up for breakfast. The Three Stooges, Paulo, Rami & Hugo from Portugal and Rob from Ireland.
To save money I set my tent up in the kiddies playing area. Not sure how waterproof it would be though.
Rob was on a GS1200 and Rami on a 990 so we had some heavy metal with us.
A good selection of bikes outside the hotel.
Paulo who has a reputation for always being the last to get ready was busy packing before all of us and to be fair he was the first ready to go.
We head up to the top of a nearby hill to admire the view and see both vultures and golden eagles circling above us.
We carried on along some flowing fast tracks along meadows dust was a bit of a problem and Hugo learnt never to follow a bike with a CO2 on too closely through rocky sections as they spit them backwards like bullets which resulted in a broken headlight.
We went through one ford which turned the GS into a 600 single but eventually it cleared itself.
We headed into a town for lunch and in the roasting heat chose to shelter under the sun shades. Timpo chose to give himself a few more rays out in the thick of it. "Mad Dogs and Scousemen go out in the midday sun" you decide which he is.
Lovely tapas style food and plenty of craic we jumped back on the bikes and headed off again. We encountered a few locked gates which we navigated around but that is part of the fun in finding your way. We ended the day dusty hot but satisfied with our fill of trail riding. Monsanto was a spectacular rock outcrop a real tourist attraction.
At one point the track lead us down to this dam which was the only way across the river but with a crane in the middle of it that we would have to lift the bikes over it was a no go so we had to make our way around.
Despite the heat there were still some muddy puddles around which Rob managed to find. It was a multi person job to get the GS out of this hole.
A classic ford which led through some Roman ruins which we all made it through unscathed.
Its always a worry that you will over pay or be ripped off when looking for digs but we had our secret weapon in Rami who is very good at chatting and negotiating the best deal. Whilst doing a deal Rami came out and asked if anyone had a cork screw. As if by chance muddymatt had one in his rucksack and it made short work of opening the bottle of Port that the landlady wanted us all to have a glass out of.
The ladies name "Stella" !
Rick Timpo and myself stayed with a lovely eccentric jewish lady in quite some luxury. Like a little prince I had my own luxury double bed.
We thought we might need this to get Dicky dakar to the top of the hill where the bar was the thought of a cold beer helped him through the pain barrier.
Superb views out across the plain a really fitting end to a great day.
The houses in amongst the rock were really quaint.
Seeing some for sale we wondered how you would get the raw materials up through the narrow streets. We then thought of a craftsman mate of hours and realised that 690 side panniers line with fertiliser bags would be the way forward for transporting materials such as sand, cement and bricks.
After a few beers we headed to a local restaurant for a really nice meal. We sent a runner back to the bar to ensure it remained open for us.
The fun then really started. Mead shots all round I think we did a couple of bottles of that. Hugo crashed into the jewellry display case causing it all to fall down. This bloke then started ridiculing my phrasebook we has got me around wonderful Portugal for 6 weeks over the last few years.
As I was recording this in the book Timpo then snapped the pen of truth in half. Luckily another was procured and I carried on. Boys will be boy and the book started to fill with playground swearwords and sayings. The only one that I could remotely repeat is by an unknown person.
"Everyone's a *!*! except Paulo he's a proper bloke.
Rob's words of wisdom were "All ferry companies are a shower of tits"
Anyway more of this continued and eventually we all stumbled back to our sleeping quarters.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2002
Location: I live in Hope
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Great report and photos. hope you dont mind I have saved a couple
Huh eh woo
Hew screwed with this post 05-08-2013 at 12:21 AM
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2009
Oddometer: 152
21st April
Always reliable staying with "Stella" meant we had slightly fuzzy heads in the morning.
She made a breakfast that we ate and slowly got ready. Before she headed off she asked for her picture to be taken with us.
What I had forgotten as I wrote up the tale last night was how much Stella had taken a fancy to Uncle Rick. She grabbed him and said she wanted him to be her bodyguard. She came through a back door into their bedroom with the breakfast tray luckily Timpo and I were there but she had obviously wanted to catched Rick flexing in the morning.
Suprise suprise as Cilla would say Paulo was the last to get ready proving that the first day was just a one off.
Rob had to head off to Porto to go to work so we said our goodbyes and he headed off on the GS leaving a cylinder head guard as a momento.
WE headed off in great weather yet again on some lovely trails although I think it is fair to say we were all a little detuned.
Paulo the numpty managed to fall of his bike trying to put it on its side stand. We carried on through some woods and along an irrigation dyke. The riding was fast with some steep sections so out fuzzy heads were soon a distant memory and we were all buzzing.
We needed to stop for lunch then the Portuguese lads would be heading for home. The first restaurant we went to was full so we went further afield and found a celtic restaurant to dine in.
A fine KTM Enduro R lowrider.
After dining we said our goodbyes and the Three Stooges were once again alone relying on the wit and charm of muddymatt to keep themselves fed and watered or at least amused. The trails were great including some old roman roads and an old toll bridge. At one point we were trapped in a barbed wire enclosure and it was like the great escape untangling it all to get through all great fun.
A confident approach paid off on this bridge.
As usual every day seemed too short and the afternoon had been a full one with tricky rocky climbs and nadgery trails between stone walls. We arrived in the citadel town of Almeida at 18:45 parking near some sort of monument Timpo and Rick sent I the cultural attache over to a bar to sort out some digs. The man told me to go through the gap in the wall and then well to be honest I thought I would make it up or at least follow my nose.
The outer wall and entrance.
Anyway after heading through the gap it was a sizeable maze of streets inside the citadel and I headed upwards looking for any evidence of a suitable place to stay. An old man sat enjoying the last of the sun and I rode up to him asking if he knew of any suitable residences with ensuites and pretty receptionists and bar staff. Sadly on look at me and all he wanted to do was direct me in the direction of a bar and kept saying beer. Despite being a specialist subject of mine beer was not at the front of my mind so I rode onward with my two colleagues behind me. Another chap understood me enough to indicate we needed to go round a corner and there it was a hotel.
It being late and we were tired seeing a pretty lady outside who spoke English was enough.
Timpo's words will be immortal "Matthew sometimes you amaze me"
Checking was done until Rick shook a bee out of his jacket. Timpo and I went back out to lock the bikes up suddenly he became rather agitated and proceeded to remove his boots and also his trousers outside the front of the hotel. The bee had flicked from Ricks jacket into Timpo's trousers. The nice old lady I had been chatting to earlier looked rather bemused as she came out to find a semi naked man outside.
As always I soon made any nice clean room look like a tip.
It was nice to have a religious man man looking over me as I slept, normally I am fearful of a man in a fleece, ron hills and sandals who doesn't look so pious.
We headed out looking around the citadel it was an impressive fortification. Like moths to a lamp we soon found the bar we had stopped at and headed inside for a few cold ones. It was a real locals bar and a football match was in full flow on the telly. Rick and I ordered snacks and we were not to be disappointed. A bottle of wine and we watched the footy until we decided to head for home. As usual for 3 experienced bar flys we headed towards some loud music and went straight into a local bar full of football fans. The bar was smoky but worst of all the barman gave us small bottles of sagres ! One sip and they were gone.
Deciding the hotel was the way forward we left and headed back. Arriving back we had a 50/50 moment bed or bar ? I would have been more than happy to retire but the other two twisted my arm and frogmarched me to the hotel bar where the receptionist appeared after I called out.
Hmm CRF seemed the order of the day the receptionist told us off as she had only had 2 diners in the restaurant all night and claimed she had been waiting for us. Anyway after getting a wax encrusted bottle of reserve CRF down we helped her crack it open, she then ask us how much to put in the goldfish bowl glasses we had.
We sat down and had a good chat and banter bolstered by another CRF.
All too soon it was 00:30 and time for bed.
Joined: Apr 2011
Location: South West France
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Fantastic, just what a great ride report should be, plenty of good pictures. I am liking the look of those Portuguese fire breaks.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans........John Lennon
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2009
Oddometer: 152
22nd April
I have a comment in my book no in my handwriting saying"The lovely Emma and Jason arrived" but more of that later.
We awoke and had a nice breakfast in the hotel. By now getting ready was a pretty slick affair. We carried on retracing our steps along the Spanish border doing some trails that we had done on the way down by the scenery was stunning so it didn't matter at all.
We went through the beautiful vineyards heading back towards the Roman Road.
The trails were great as usual with a mixture of surfaces and scenery.
We had enjoyed a good day and Rick decided that he fancied a shower and beer at the campsite at around 17:00 hrs. We sorted out routes and Timpo and I headed off for another hour or so of riding first along the border trails then going down to a river. There was clearly a ford but the river was wide fast and deep. Timpo actually walked across the weir looking for a way across but the risk of failure at this late stage was too high so we retraced our steps.
As ever all was not lost as we enjoyed some al fresco trails off route just riding our bikes and heading in the right direction.
A quick down the new road to Braganca not on any sat navs which was fun and then some more off route riding out in the hills saw us back at the campsite Cepo Verde.
Rick was there with a cold beer in his hand and also Emma and jason who were staying there on a trail riding holiday.
A great night followed with wine, port and some nice steaks.
23rd April
After a rather late start the jaded 3 Stooges emerged into the sunlight. Rick decided a day in the campsite was in order whilst Matt and Timpo headed off to do some of the WYOA 2011 last day in reverse. Great weather we headed up into the forest and took various trails and making our own way about. It was amazing how many trail were on the mapping Lusitania that we were using. At around lunch time we stopped at a lakeside beach for a sandwich unheard of on other days. Rick will be jealous I thought.
We waited for the ladies beach volleyball teams to arrive but we were on the wrong day.
Lovely place though I had ridden past it twice before.
We headed back to the campsite for another good meal with wine and beer before retiring.
24th April
We got up breakfasted and said our goodbyes at the campsite. We first headed for a cash and carry to stock up on some booze. Suitably loaded it was on the new road into Spain and then the pretty mundane drive up. To make the journey more interesting we played the game of spot the house of ill repute and we headed North. There are quite a few it seems.
Into Santander we left the port and went for a walk and a meal in a cafe. Before heading back and twiddling our thumbs. There were quite a few vans with traveller type people in so we thought customs could be interesting.
The ferry was loaded and after dropping our things off we headed to the bar for a few beers, watched the entertainment and hit the sack.
25th April
Starting the day with a commodores breakfast we then killed time until the ferry docked at Plymouth. The weather was not quite what we were used to.
Due the customs shed being full of the crusties vans we exited the port quickly and started on the long drive back to Timpo's punctuated with a quick stop for a Burger King.
I knew we were nearly there because Timpo burst into song singing "Ferry across the Mersey"
After a rapid unload and reload we said our goodbyes and Rick and I headed home. Getting home late I crawled into bed ready for work the next day.
Many thanks to Timpo for driving us there and back, Uncle Rick for his company and the Portuguese lads for a great couple of days.
Portugal is a great place for trail riding the people friendly and the changing scenery makes for a great experience.
Just got to finish loading the van ready for France on Sat.
Trail riding you can't beat it.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Portugal
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Great report Matt! It was a shame we didn't manage to ride with you guys for a couple more days... at least during those days Rick thanked us for getting Timpo to stop for lunch as you weren't used... Timpo's Riding Diet so they say! (useful in any riders bookshelf side by side with the KTM Book of Lame Excuses)
Eagerly waiting for a next ride...
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great report Matt, ?ve love to read it.
Hey, after all you do write very well ;)
I also share Paulo's sorrow for not riding some more time with you.
Studly Adventurer
Joined: May 2008
Location: Accross the pond
Oddometer: 962
GReat report and great pics!
Funny enough by looking at them many places we been there already in VaP 2011 & 2012
Growing old is mandatory... growing up is optional!
Raid de L'Amitié 2011 RR (link)
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Downtown Wombatislava, England.
Oddometer: 2,109
True. We used VAP3 from Braganca to VVdRodao, then PaP2003 and a new track from Paulo to head back North.
Paulo's track was......interesting! Large rocky hill climbs and some vegetation...... the bushes had me pinned at one point, but a few expletives were whispered and I broke free.....
So, we have done VAP2 and VAP3, I guess we owe Quim a few beers....
The Rave Generator......
Fat Old Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Preston, England
Oddometer: 87
Another Great Report!
Well done Matt,
Captured the ride a treat!
Can't wait until the next one!
Er, that will be tomorrow then................
Cheers, Rick.
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Concerning this CS Electronic Fiber optic cable: Is this like a "splitter", getting two out of one outlet?
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CS Electronics Fiber Optic Cable - LC to LC
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No. Many Fiber "connector plugs" actually utilize TWO strands of fiber. 1 to "talk" in each direction simultaneously. This fiber cord generally plugs into an SFP, which itself, plugs into a socket on a fiber channel card. Search the Apple store for item: TK720LL/A. That's an SFP. You generally need one in each socket on a Fiber Channel Switch.
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If you do not understand how fibre optics work, and in particular this product then steer clear. This is a network cable and nothing to do with audio/visual. It is split because of the way fibre communications work.....
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Frank Cardaropoli thinks he's come up with an idea that will revolutionize the world … of back yard chicken raising. It's called The Chicken Fountain, a no-fuss device that hooks up to a garden hose and automatically delivers water to your birds, even if you're not there.
That may not seem such a big deal. But with the growing popularity of urban and suburban chicken-raising, a new generation of amateur farmers is discovering that chickens need attention. You can't just leave your poultry for the weekend unless you solve the watering problem, Mr. Cardaropoli said in an interview.
"Once they get it, people go, 'Oh my god, you can go away on a weekend and don't need a chicken-sitter,'" he said.
Mr. Cardaropoli lives on six acres on Grey Road in northeast Davidson, where he keeps goats and chickens, which roam the whole property. (He once had 60 chickens, but coyotes thinned his flock. Actually, they decimated his flock – he's got four left: Lucy, Ethel, Glenda and Michelle.)
A year ago, he built a Chicken Fountain for himself, assembling it from store-bought PVC plastic piping, a control valve, and off-the-shelf nipples that drip water only when the chickens drink. Unlike other watering devices, which include a tank or well, this one doesn't have to be refilled. And with chickens drinking anywhere from 2.5 to 5 liters of water a day, that's important.
Other prototypes are now being used by the Cardaropolis' neighbors – one who has 50 birds and another who has a flock of peacocks, he said.
Mr. Cardaropoli is a Springfield, Mass., native, who has lived in Davidson since 2000. He moved here from Richmond, Va., to take a job at the Lowe's Corp. headquarters in Mount Mourne. A couple of years ago, he left to start his own logistics consulting firm. He says if the Chicken Fountain takes off, he could put that work on hold.
Mr. Cardaropoli received provisional approval for a U.S. patent on The Chicken Fountain in June, and he's now shopping it around to magazines and via the internet. So far, he has made 50 or 60 of the devices for friends and as prototypes to help with marketing. He sent a couple to the magazines Mother Earth News and Grit, and they've already published a note about the invention.
He has three sizes – small, medium and large – depending on how many chickens you have. They run $60, $70 and $80 each. He'll also sell you a special heater sleeve that keeps the device warm in colder weather. And he notes that chicken owners can add vitamins, worming additives and medicines to their chicken's water using the semi-sealed device.
Mr. Cardaropoli hopes his new company, Chicken Fountain LLC, can ride a wave of interest in backyard farming. (Davidson passed an ordinance in 2010 allowing people to keep hens.) "People are more and more concerned where their food is coming from, and people are getting back to growing their own food," he said.
We tried to interview the birds, but they had no comment. They were seen drinking at the Chicken Fountain, though. Guess that's comment enough, isn't it?
July 2, 2012, Mother Earth News reprints The Chicken Fountain's press release (see text below)
TheChickenFountain.com, official website. The business also has its own Facebook page.
Dec. 15, 2012, "Board gives thumbs up to backyard chickens."
The Chicken Fountain, LLC announces the release of The Chicken Fountain Poultry Watering System
Davidson, NC June 23, 2012 – The Chicken Fountain, LLC, a provider of poultry watering systems and products, announced the release of their new product line of passive flow semi-sealed poultry watering devices. The Chicken Fountain is a fully automatic low maintenance watering system designed to meet the need of the individual who chooses to keep a backyard flock.
"The Chicken Fountain takes the mess out of providing your flock with clean and fresh water", says Frank Cardaropoli, Owner of The Chicken Fountain, LLC. "Backyard flock owners can now enjoy a truly maintenance free system that cannot be fouled by their flock. The Chicken Fountain is easy to operate, and its design prevents rodents and wild birds from transmitting disease through contaminating water supplies. Supplements and wormers, if used, can be added directly to the system to keep your flock it top shape," Cardaropoli says.
The Chicken Fountain is shipped partially assembled to save transportation cost and only requires a few minutes of assembly time. (For an additional shipping charge the unit can be shipped fully assembled.) Each unit is constructed from heavy duty PVC material approved for safe water distribution. There are three standard sizes of The Chicken Fountain, but it can also be custom designed to meet the diverse needs of the ever growing population of those maintaining backyard flocks. "The system's design makes it a perfect solution for not only chickens but all types of fowl," said Cardaropoli, Owner of the Chicken Fountain. "Besides the maintenance and health value flock owners will experience, there is also peace of mind knowing your flock will always have a fresh supply of clean water."
The Chicken Fountain, LLC, founded in 2011 and headquartered in Davidson, NC, provides products to the backyard poultry keeping sector. In addition to The Chicken Fountain, the company provides accessories to support the sales of The Chicken Fountain.


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A little Arab town on the road to Jerusalem has gained fame as the hummus capital of Israel after one of its residents won the lottery in Chicago.
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Thousands of wounded birds, as well as reptiles, snakes and lizards, are nursed back to health at the Israeli Wildlife Hospital in Ramat Gan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp5lNoQkTpw Hidden away in the far reaches of the popular Ramat Gan Safari park (Zoological Center …
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Philippines: 800,000 displaced from their homes
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Do leaders make history or does history make leaders? This course will address this question by focusing on leaders and leadership in particularly trying historical circumstances. How did certain people arrive at leadership positions? What choices did they make in difficult situations? How do we evaluate their successes or failures? What makes them stand out (for better or worse) or recede from memory over time? What kinds of lessons can we learn from their careers? We will address these core questions through a critical examination of a series of twentieth century historical cases, proceeding in rough chronological order. Some are considered unquestionable successes and others partial or even abject failures. In some cases, these were national or world leaders; in other cases, these were unsung or informal leaders. Often the leadership in question was not by any particular individual but by a group or collective. We will also look at social leaders, leadership within bureaucracies, reluctant leadership, self-defeating leadership, non-heroic leadership, and dissenting leadership. Through the use of history and historical thinking, and drawing on a variety of sources and cases both American and international (with an emphasis on films), the goal of the course is to permit you to become more self-conscious, historically-minded, and reflective in thinking about leadership-your own and that of others-in a variety of public and policy settings.


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Dear Silver Shores Family,
Hello and welcome to the website of "The Greatest Corner in the Universe" – Silver Shores Elementary School. I am very excited to begin the 2014-2015 year. I'd like to invite you to navigate our website and find out all of the incredible things that happens daily at "The Shores." We have an A+ faculty and staff who are talented, innovative, and committed to providing your child(ren) and you a quality education in a safe, warm, energetic, and nurturing environment.
Silver Shores had an incredible 2013-2014 school year. The following list includes some of our highlights:
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· Variety of produce and herbs from our Silver Shores Organic Garden (STEM Initiative)
· Whole-School participation in the Hour of Code, which taught computer coding to all students. Ari Ozder, NBC6 Education News Correspondent, highlighted Silver Shores, specifically Mrs. Bagiotti's 4th Grade Class' participation, on the 6:00pm news (which aired June 2nd, 2014).
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> > system("rm '$filename'");
> > or something similar so that the shell sees the quoting.
> cool. i didn't know that the shell would see $filename when it's enclosed in
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perl will expand the $filename itself, and pass the ' on to the shell.
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Congressional candidates David Jolly and Libertarian Lucas Overby agree on a lot of issues, but not on whether or not to normalize relations with Cuba. Jolly, a Republican, has said he supports the current restrictions on trade and travel with the island country. During a debate I moderated Tuesday night for the Disston Heights Neighborhood Civic Association in St. Petersburg, Jolly said there are some circumstances in which hed support lifting the longstanding trade embargo.
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One can easily imagine this divide widening thanks to the "self-tracking" movement, which stands to revolutionise doctor-patient relationships (see "Quantify thyself: Tracking your life from food to mood"). Monitoring your own vital signs promises significant benefits: continual health checks, advance warning of illness and personalised medicine.
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Heinz Kohnen, a geophysicist from Munster University, was active in the field of polar research from the 1960s, taking part in various expeditions to the Antarctic, Greenland, Alaska and the Canadian Arctic. He prepared the path for AWI logistics even before the institute was founded in 1980: in 1979/80 he lead the "Polar Circle" expedition to the location chosen for the first (west) German Antarctic station. The establishment of a station was one of the conditions under which Germany agreed to sign the Antarctic Treaty. It was initially decided to build the research station on the Filchner/Ronne ice shelf. When the construction team of the "Ice Look-out" expedition, also lead by Heinz Kohnen, were unable to build at the designated site owing to unsuitable ice conditions, an alternative location on the Ekstrom ice shelf was found. On March 3rd 1981 the German 'Georg von Neumayer' station was inaugurated, and Germany was accepted as an Antarctic Treaty Member State.
Heinz Kohnen began his official service at the Alfred Wegener Institute as leader of AWI Logistics on September 1st, 1982. During his years in this position, the R.V. Polarstern (1982) and the first polar research aircraft (1983) were brought into service, and the Koldeway research station at Spitzbergen (1991), the second German Antarctic station 'Neumayer' (1992) and the Dallmann Laboratory at the Argentinian station 'Jubany' (1994) constructed. The clean-up campain in the Schirmacher Oasis (1993-96), also under Heinz Kohnen's responsibility and during which, amongst other relics, the East German 'Georg Forster' station was dismantled, won worldwide recognition.
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It wouldn't be the 4th of July without fireworks and there are plenty of places along the Grand Strand that you can enjoy a spectacular display. Head over to Second Avenue Pier at the south end of the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk to see fireworks over the ocean or, if you are out and about on the town, check out the display at Barefoot Landing (10:15 pm) or Broadway at The Beach (10:00 pm).
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Travel | Fall Comes to the Lake Country of New Hampshire
Lunching on the piazza, I watched the docking of a vessel older than any racy runabout. The M/S Mount Washington is a 230-foot excursion boat that has cruised Winnipesaukee since 1940. She was launched as the Chateaguay on Lake Champlain in 1888, and was cut into pieces and lugged by rail to New Hampshire some 50 years later, replacing the original Mount Washington, which had burned. From her home port of Weirs Beach, the big white boat stops at Alton Bay, Center Harbor, Meredith, and Wolfeboro, on a varying schedule. She was a bit late pulling in as I watched from my outdoor table, but I recalled something a crew member had once told me: "We're not a train. We don't run on time."
Alton Bay, at Winnipesaukee's southern tail, has the tranquil, lived-in feel of an old Michigan cottage community in one of Hemingway's Nick Adams stories, with fried-clam joints–still serving in October– thrown in for New England effect. The town is, of course, connected by road to everywhere, but when the Mount Washington heaves into view at the head of the bay, it seems as though she's coming to deliver a week's worth of supplies. From the looks of things, that would be bait, flour, a few cases of Moxie, and the latest Saturday Evening Post.
I'd nearly finished circling the lakes. Tomorrow I'd continue northwest on Route 11, stopping at Gilford's Ellacoya State Park to see the broad mirroring of color on Winnipesaukee, then ducking via 11B into incongruous Weirs Beach (a village in Laconia), its big neon sign urging travelers to hang a right toward an ocean resort that seems to be looking for an ocean, and for the 1950s. I'd swing up Route 3 through Meredith, its old linen mill polished and packed with cheerful shops and restaurants, now known as Mill Falls Marketplace. And I might head west from there on Route 104 over to Bristol and then swing up a counterclockwise route around pristine, spring-fed Newfound Lake, stopping to walk the wooded trails of Audubon's Paradise Point Nature Center, Hebron Marsh Sanctuary, and Bear Mountain Sanctuary.
For now, though, I was tucked in at Gilford's Inn at Smith Cove, a place that felt like the big summer camp of a well-to-do family, a camp on a lake that had been enjoyed for generations–a place where wealth had been displayed not in lace and china, but in an abundance of fir wainscoting, floor to ceiling, each room a snug redoubt of warm brown wood.
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Officers of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) of the police swung into action in Maryland County Tuesday and arrested several young people who were protesting against the employment of "foreigners" by the management of an oil company.
Reports said the demonstration took place in Plebo Sodoken District where the protestors claimed that the management of SIFCA, a local palm oil company has employed "foreigners" to work while they (youthful citizens) roam the streets unemployed.
"They illegally arrested and detained the youths for their peaceful protest against SIFCA. ERU has a history of killing our people and this is a strict warning to everybody, be it security or any other person, that if anybody is physically wounded in Plebo, there would be an act of reciprocity. If anybody is killed in Plebo, there would be an act of reciprocity. I hope that they are not staging or planning a war against the people of Plebo Sodoken District," said Rep. Bhofal Chambers who made the disclosure at a press conference yesterday.
There has been a long standing stalemate between the citizens of Plebo and the management of SIFCA over employment issues. In 2011, prior to the elections, a violent protest that saw the killing of some workers by officers of the ERU occurred in Plebo over claims of "bad labour" practices at the SIFCA oil company.
At the press conference yesterday, Dr. Chambers said the arrested youths -
Pindarous Latoe, Rufus Geneyan, Opal Robertson and Jinkins Wufuel - were amongst hundreds of others who converged from various parts of the county to protest SIFCA's "unfair employment scheme"
against them in Plebo Sodoken District.
He claimed that the youths followed all the necessary channels to allow them carry on their protest. But he said the protest was disrupted by ERU officers "who bundled the youths as they prepared the petition to be served against the SIFCA management in the county."
"They (youths) wrote all of the stake-holders. Besides writing, they sat and discussed with them and they even called on the police to give protection to them while they were marching. They also contacted UNMIL in Maryland County to be there while they were marching. So, they did not do anything outside of the law," he said.
Rep. Chambers said the youths claimed that they were being marginalized by the management of SIFCA which, he revealed, "have so many foreigners in their employ at the disadvantage of thousands of unemployed youths in the county." But he did not say whether the youths were qualified and ready for work.
According to him, "what the people of Plebo Sodoken want is justice as demonstrated by their continuous protests against the operations of the company.
"What they want is fairness. What they want is what others have.
They did not want more and they don't want less. They want to be dignified like others in the country. Every time it comes to SIFCA, state security must be there, why?
"We are not slaves. Let the government understand that the people of Maryland have had enough. We would not sit down for our rights to be trampled on. We do not want a new war in Liberia and mind you, big things to create war, these (marginalization) are the things that create war. Remember the incident in Tunisia was not because the people's houses were burnt but because of self-humiliation," he said.
He cautioned the government against the Arab springs that resulted in the ousting of several governments in the Middle East and warned them: "Do not create one."
"Because we (the people of Maryland County) are not cockroaches, we are not insects. We are people that have the same breath like any other person. The same thing that other people in Liberia are enjoying today is the same thing that people in Maryland want to enjoy," he said.
However, the police in Harper and Monrovia have not commented on the issue.


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I graduated from high school in 1965. I don't reckon that makes me the oldest graduate in America. But it feels that way some days! One would think my hopes, aspirations and dreams are mostly behind me. But I sure don't see it that way……
Now, when I was lining up beside Charlotte Melton to march into the auditorium "back yonder" I wasn't thinking so much about the future as you might suspect. Mostly I was trying to get to my seat without that awkward flat hat sliding off my head. And I kept glancing back over my shoulder; Buddy Wiggleton, Bobby Brewer or anyone of a half dozen others wasn't going to let this night go by unscathed.
The teachers had been building up to this graduation like they had a dog in the hunt. They had repeatedly praised us, encouraged us and generally let us know what a momentous and historic milestone it was in each of our lives. I was so busy finishing up the baseball season and making sure I got my "cap and gown" money turned in that I hardly had time to notice.
We had absolutely no yardstick to measure what was happening in our lives.
None of us had ever graduated form anything. Miss Katy gave us some ice cream the last day of kindergarten but she didn't pass out diplomas. There was no commencement ceremony when we left the sixth grade. It was just another step up the ladder. We were mostly worried about the nasty rumor Brewer was spreading that "recess" was not a part of the seventh grade curriculum.
High school was a series of ups and downs, heartache and euphoria, endless doubts and tremendous triumphs. We experienced each of these emotions daily, if not hourly! I fell seriously in love in high school. I gave the dumbest answer to that "It was the best of times-it was the worst of times" question ever recorded in Miss Clarks' English class. I scored two touchdowns in the Milan game. I missed a layup against Buchanan that Coach Camp is still shaking mad over. I had almost nothing to do with the "food strike" and the Bunsen burner explosion was over at Don Melton's table. We memorized that near' bout unspeakable prologue to "Canterbury Tales". We fought in P.E. and leaned on each other through the Great Depression and World War II.
Unequivocally, we felt we had earned our right to march down those aisles.
Billy Thompson delivered the Valedictorian speech with his usual insight and purposefulness. He and I had gone to church together all of our lives. His father delivered our mail. I was proud of him, and for him. 'Course, I couldn't help but think, me or Buddy could have been Valedictorian…….if our grades hadn't a'gotten in the way.
The BB hit me behind the left ear as our principal was introducing Mr. W. O. Warren. I didn't have to turn around. Brewer was seated off to my left about three rows back. At least it wasn't a spit ball. We had used all of them up in Latin class our sophomore year! Another missile, from the southeast, bounced off my neck. Where was Bobby King sitting? No one doubted the gravity and importance of the ceremony. But we were doing what we had been doing for years. Making the most of the moment. Being ourselves. Sharing. Expanding. Creating. Taking turns…… It is exactly what they had been teaching us since the first grade.
Pam hugged me twice while we were lining up. Vicki, LaRenda and Diana had all straightened my tie. Marlin Hicks shook my hand. Charlotte stepped up beside me and said, "Ready?" I'm not sure if any of us were.
But the point was: we certainly understood the importance of the evening. We hadn't gotten this far in school by being stupid. Change was, is and would always be inevitable. We were dispersing. Breaking up. Leaping out into the world. Understanding and being ready are two different things! This group had lined up against the wall for spelling bees in the first grade. We learned about Dick and Jane in the Blue Bird reading class. We had memorized "Little Boy Blue" together. We floundered through junior high as a group. We conquered high school side by side.
"Best friends" would be an understatement! Had we truly realized some in the group would never see each other again, we would have spent the evening hugging rather than sitting quietly while our future was being touted. I would have been thanking classmates for the help, support and "touch" each had, and would always have, on my life. We would have been organizing our first reunion before we even disbanded.
Mr. Warren repeatedly reminded us of the days ahead; the endless prospects and the opportunities that abounded on all sides. We knew he was right. But we hadn't gone anywhere yet! I reckon the truth doesn't hit you until Jane, Wanda, Skip, Hollis and Ruth Ann aren't there to make fun of your haircut.
I certainly didn't "grasp it" at eighteen. I couldn't get my forward gear in motion. Life simply moved me along. At sixty-seven, the light bulb is finally coming on! I can't wait to see what tomorrow holds…….


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The Encinitas City Council decided this week to commission a study on a citizens growth-control initiative that has gathered enough signatures to qualify for a special election if the council declines to adopt it outright.
"I believe this is the prudent thing to do — to order the report," Mayor Teresa Barth said, and then later added, "I would prefer to do this right, rather than quickly."
The proposed initiative would require a public vote to change a property's zoning or increase its allowable housing density. It would also set a citywide building height limit of 30 feet and expand the city's public notification requirements for development proposals.
The council made its decision at its Wednesday night meeting after hearing from 13 public speakers, with more of them initiative proponents than opponents. Supporters included several volunteer signature gatherers who said it was easy to get the 5,668 signatures required to qualify for a special election.
"It was rather remarkable how many people were anxious to sign," petition collector and New Encinitas resident Denise Martin told the council.
Bruce Ehlers, the initiative's spokesman, urged the council to directly adopt the initiative Wednesday night instead of putting it on the ballot, saying it clearly had the public's strong backing because it received enough signatures to qualify for a special election.
Opponents urged the council not to act in a hasty fashion, saying people didn't really know what they were signing.
Mike Andreen, who represents a New Encinitas business organization, called the proposed initiative a "complicated and confusing measure" and said its passage would create a "chaotic building moratorium."
The council had three choices Wednesday night. It could have directly adopted the initiative without making any changes; it could have decided to place the initiative on the ballot; or it could, as it did, ask for a research report and make a decision next month.
Council members told the city manager that they wanted the research report to come back "as soon as possible," but said it was OK if the city-hired consultants need the full 30 days allowed under law.
Councilwoman Kristin Gaspar said she had a large list of unanswered questions about the initiative. Her questions included everything from what effect the initiative would have on attracting new businesses to town to what the long-term cost would be of regularly holding elections on development proposals.
The two new council members — Tony Kranz and Lisa Shaffer — were among the thousands of people who signed the petitions months ago asking for the initiative to appear on the ballot. They both signed before they were elected to their City Council posts, and they both said Wednesday that they now have serious concerns about the proposed initiative.
Shaffer said she signed the ballot petition because she wanted to send a message that she didn't approve of how Encinitas was handling its update of a citywide planning document known as the General Plan. She said she supports "the concept" of the initiative and some sections of it, but not the entire proposal.


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Civil Society Debate on "Inclusive Democracy", organised by the Conference of INGOs in connection with the World Forum of Democracy on 7 October 2012
Round table on "Building Inclusive Democracy with Women"
Moderator: Karin Nordmeyer (Germany) Zonta International
Speakers: Corinne Kumar (India) Asian Women's Human Rights Council, Sima Samar (Afghanistan) Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Sophia Spiliotopoulos (Greece) Lawyer, member of the Board of the Association of Women of Southern Europe (AFEM)
Rapporteur: Lorraine Spiteri (Malta) Member of the Executive Council, Malta Confederation of Women's Organisations.
The discussion dealt with issues related to the full participation of women in political and public life, the importance for women to be economically independent and empowered. As President of the Conference of INGOs, Jean-Marie Heydt claimed at the beginning of the discussion, we need a paradigm shift.
Karin Nordmeyer stated that although it was true that various legislations and conventions at national and international levels have addressed gender equality and human rights, women continue to be under represented in economic and social areas and especially at decision making levels. Women suffer discrimination not only in employment but also in access to education and health care with the worst expression of violation of human rights being that of violence against women.
Sima Samar mentioned the huge difficulties women are facing with Taliban control and authority on women's emancipation, movements and suffrage also due to lack of awareness but also lack of structures and access to information. She stressed that human rights are also human needs.
Sophia Spiliotopoulos focused on the stark reality that women are suffering worst from the current economic crisis since human rights are not being taken into consideration when placing austerity measures. Those hit hardest are single mothers, and single earner households which have to face exhorbitant taxes and cost of living increases. She also spoke about violence against women through female genital mutilation, and early and arranged marriages. Further instances were mentioned from the floor: femicide, poligamy, forced marriages.
Corinne Kumar talked at length about the new realities and challenges that women are facing today in a new economic and world market system especially in a world of poverty and injustices, wars and intensified violence. She provided a philosophical perspective to finding new knowledges and new possibilities to discern better for future human potential and new recognition that all people must be included that respects diversity. Her plea is that we need another dream.
To conclude, Lorraine Spiteri said that women are continually sacrificing their human rights due to unequal power relations but also emphasised that the discussion should also have included the inclusion of men in the domestic sphere and to redress the historical imbalance of men's participation in the sharing of familial responsibilities. Women find difficulties in reconciling family and work commitments and women and men should work together at all levels towards gender equality.
There will be no true democracy without women's full inclusion.


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