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John Morris Russell, conductor, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
A remarkable artist with boundless enthusiasm for music-making of all kinds, John Morris Russell is a modern conductor who engages and enthralls audiences with the full breadth of the orchestral experience. Now in his third season as Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Mr. Russell's diverse programming and electric stage presence have infused new creativity and energy into one of the world's most iconic pops orchestras. From orchestral classics, works for stage and screen, world music, and the gamut of American styles, Mr. Russell is redefining the Pops, resulting in double digit increases in attendance and a reemergence of the globally popular Cincinnati Pops into commercial recording and touring.
Consistently winning international praise for his extraordinary music-making and visionary leadership, this Ohio native is also Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina where Mr. Russell's commitment has yielded a new level of artistic excellence. A popular guest conductor throughout the United States and Canada, he also holds the title of Conductor Laureate with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra in Ontario, Canada, where he served as Music Director for eleven years.
Mr. Russell often quotes Edward "Duke" Ellington, who said, "If it sounds good, it is good," and infuses eclectic musical styles into programs and recording projects alike. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where his lifelong passion for music was ignited. The Russell family frequently attended concerts at Severance Hall, and he performed in band, orchestra and theatrical productions offered in public school. He gigged in "garage" and jazz bands around the city, led several church choirs and later taught in the school system where he was raised.
With the Cincinnati Pops, Mr. Russell regularly leads sold-out performances at Cincinnati's Music Hall. Additionally, he conducts the Pops at the Riverbend Music Center and in concerts throughout the Greater Cincinnati region and on tour—serving as a musical ambassador to cultivate the burgeoning reputation of the Cincinnati region as one of the world's leading cultural centers. Mr. Russell led the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 World Choir Games in Cincinnati, the USO Tribute Cincinnati Gala in the fall of 2013, and shared the podium with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Music Director Louis Langrée during the groundbreaking LumenoCity concerts in the summer of 2013, drawing 35,000 people to Washington Park over two nights. He's also the creator of Cincinnati's acclaimed Classical Roots series, celebrating African-American musical traditions. Mr. Russell has collaborated with generations of great performers including the late Ray Charles and Rosemary Clooney, as well as Idina Menzel, Vince Gill, Branford Marsalis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Megan Hilty, Michael McDonald, George Takei, Amy Grant, Brian Wilson, Katharine McPhee and Marvin Winans.
Mr. Russell is also a champion for new music, conducting over fifty world premieres during his tenure with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. In December 2013, he led the Cincinnati Pops in the world concert premiere of Macy's "Yes, Virginia in Concert" at Music Hall. In April 2013, he premiered "Waiting for Wings" by Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown, which is scheduled for release later this year on Mr. Russell's third CD with the Pops, Carnival of the Animals.
The Pops' next recording project, American Originals: Live at Music Hall, will be recorded in January of 2015 with Rosanne Cash, Dom Flemons, and the indie rock duo Over the Rhine, among others. His two recordings released with the Cincinnati Pops on the Orchestra's Fanfare Cincinnati label, Home for the Holidays and Superheroes!, have both appeared on the Billboard charts. In December 2014, Mr. Russell will lead the Cincinnati Pops on a Florida tour, the first tour since the Pops performed in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics under the late Cincinnati Pops founder Erich Kunzel.
A sought-after guest conductor across the continent, Mr. Russell returns to the Hollywood Bowl this summer to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a trio of concerts. Other recent engagements include the New York Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, among many other ensembles. Across the Atlantic, he conducted the Strauss Festival Orchestra at Vienna's famed Musikverein, featuring the Harlem Boychoir, the Vienna Choir Boys and the late actor Gregory Peck. The performance was recorded for DVD and televised throughout Europe, Japan and in the United States on PBS.
John Morris Russell's passion for music education has made him one of North America's leaders in orchestral educational programming. Since he became Cincinnati Pops Conductor in 2011, the wildly popular Lollipops Family Concert series in Cincinnati has expanded and frequently sells out the 3,400 seat Music Hall. He also oversees the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's educational concerts. From 1997 to 2009 he conducted the "LinkUP!" educational concert series at Carnegie Hall, the oldest and most celebrated series of its kind, created by Walter Damrosch in 1891 and made famous by Leonard Bernstein. The "Sound Discoveries" series Mr. Russell developed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra as Associate Conductor remains a leading model for educational concerts across the country. During his tenure with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, his educational initiatives engaged over 100,000 young people and his recording of Peter and the Wolf garnered the orchestra its first Juno nomination. For his exceptional leadership, Mr. Russell was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Windsor in June of 2011.
From 1995 to 2006, Mr. Russell was Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra. He also served as Associate Conductor of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra, Director of the Orchestral Program at Vanderbilt University, and Music Director with the College Light Opera Company in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He received a Master of Music degree in conducting from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Williams College in Massachusetts. He has also studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, and the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors in Hancock, Maine.
Mr. Russell lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Thea Tjepkema, and his children, Jack and Alma.
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Families and business owners are cleaning up damage after Sunday's severe storms. Some of the hardest hit areas are in Fredericksburg and Stafford and Warrenton counties.
Fredericksburg resident John Bettis has lived in this house for nearly half a century. It was damaged in Sunday's storm.
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I'm seeing evidence, in name and not responding, that we have actual Chinese and Japanese players here in the American server. I'd suggest being careful about shooting people who don't respond to us asking for help.
In other news, I have fully researched the KV-13 and found it a better tank than I thought it would be, but it certainly forced me to learn to play it as a medium. From that researching I was able to buy the T-43 for a lateral-move to that tier 7 (to move up the Soviet medium line while bypassing some crappy lower level mediums). So far I think I have 4 or 5 wins in the T-43, and only one loss. The wins aren't something i can take direct credit for since I have only been top tier maybe once, but the tank seems to be doing well for me now that I'm using the 'medium' skills I learned on the KV-13.
I've had days and days of far more wins than losses lately... the shame is that with 10k battles my win-rate percentage is just barely going up... been stuck at 52% for weeks when my friends and I have really been winning 80% to 90% of the games we've teamed up together for. I'm lucky because I get to platoon with two up-and-coming guys that are blowing me away (
- i hotlinked their stats there). They've just come into their own lately and are owning tiers 7 through ten. Either one, IMHO, are ready to be taken in to the main Guerrillas clan (we (Rebellion) are a feeder clan for Guerrillas)... I don't know why they keep allowing me into their platoons, lol.
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Gene Cassidy thought he was lucky to survive being shot in the head twice 25 years ago when he was a Baltimore policeman, so a second near-death ordeal recently seemed unreal.
Just 27 years old, Cassidy lost his sight after a man he was trying to arrest on an assault warrant fired at him.
The shooting, and his survival, made Cassidy a legend in Baltimore police ranks and became fodder for "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets," the book by David Simon, and later a TV series, about crime in Baltimore.
Last year, bad news struck again. This time Cassidy was diagnosed with end-stage cirrhosis of the liver caused by hepatitis C. He contracted the disease from blood transfusions while being treated all those years ago — in the days before blood was tested for the disease.
Once again, Cassidy faced death. And again he has survived.
In June, the now 52-year-old Cassidy received a desperately needed liver transplant. He shared his story Friday at a news conference at University of Maryland Medical Center, where the surgery was performed.
It wasn't an easy journey. He had to wait months for a transplant, and Cassidy said his body and mind deteriorated. He refused to give up and tried to stay positive, continually telling himself he was a fighter; that he would continue to live.
"You keep going and swinging away," he said.
Cassidy and his family began to suspect something was wrong in May 2011. His entire body was swollen and his feet hurt so much that he couldn't walk. Doctors couldn't figure out what the problem was until a blood test revealed the hepatitis.
He became one of the thousands of baby boomers who contracted the slow-progressing disease unknowingly and have been walking around with it for years. It is so prevalent that the federal government recently called for all members of Cassidy's generation to be tested for the disease.
After the shooting, Cassidy learned to live without sight. He earned a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University and went back to work teaching at the city's police academy. His presence was a powerful message to recruits about what could happen in the line of duty.
His children, Lauren and Kevin, now 24 and 21, respectively, hadn't been born when their dad was shot. All they knew was the strong father who took them to Ravens games and loved his job.
"He was like any other dad, except he couldn't drive," said Lauren, who works for a staffing agency.
Kevin said his dad didn't allow negative talk.
"He always told us to stay positive and to never give up, no matter what it is," Kevin said. "He would tell us there is always someone in a worse position than you."
It was rough watching their dad succumb to hepatitis, they said. He dropped 60 pounds from his muscular frame, developed over years of daily workouts. He was always tired and eventually had to stop working.
Despite his illness, Cassidy kept the rest of the family hopeful.
"Every time we would get down, he would say it's just a bump in the road," said his wife, Patti.
Simon chronicled Cassidy's story in a March article in The Baltimore Sun. As he interviewed Cassidy, the once-vibrant man looked gray and weak. Simon said the sight of Cassidy worried him. But Cassidy himself wasn't worried.
"We were scared. Gene wasn't," Simon said. "There is something very Zen about the way he's dealt with everything since the shooting."


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More videos with throwing a glider from the top of the hill and fun with RC sailplanes and slope soaring. Things don't always go as planned, but as you will see, slope soaring with a RC glider planes is a whole lot of fun and great challenge.
In case you're not that familiar with RC glider planes, note that (most) these RC sailplanes don't have motors in them and they are thrown to the air by hand. The planes are then flown by utilizing the lifting air currents caused by the heat of the earth (thermal soaring) or the wind blowing into a slope (slope soaring).
Very cost effective fun I'd say :)
Before going for the videos, if you're new to slope soaring, you might want to read our introduction on slope soaring glider planes.
Slope Soaring RC Sailplane
RC slope soaring in Dorset. Video by willpalmer13 on Youtube.
RC Slope Soaring at Mill Hill
RC slope soaring at Mill Hill in Sussex near Shoreham Airport. Video by microsomma. Various models flown by various people, including an ASW 24 scale sailplane by FVK Modell.
Easy Glider Electric Slope Soaring in San Jose
Video by ssgtakeo flying Easy Glider Electric on the slopes of Communications Hill in San Jose, CA.
The Easy Glider Electric flown on the last video is a good RC sailplane for beginners and doesn't cost that much. There's usually some Easy Glider Pro kits on eBay for a good price and you can always check the other RC sailplanes on sale there if you feel like starting RC slope soaring yourself.


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YIELD: Makes 24 cookies
Finely grind almonds with 2 tablespoons sugar in a food processor and transfer to a 2 1/2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan. Whisk in remaining 1/2 cup sugar, then whisk in flour, ground cumin, and salt until combined well. Add whites and almond extract and whisk to combine well.
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Butter barquette tins using a pastry brush and softened butter.
Melt stick of butter in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, then cook until butter is golden brown and has a nutty fragrance, 12 to 15 minutes. Heat almond mixture over moderately low heat, whisking constantly, until just warm to the touch, then remove from heat and add butter in a slow stream, whisking constantly. Let batter stand, uncovered, 5 minutes.
Stir batter, then spoon 2 tablespoons into each buttered tin, filling them three-fourths full. Sprinkle with half of cumin seeds. Put tins on a baking sheet and bake until financiers are firm to the touch and edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Turn out onto racks to cool completely. Stir batter and make 12 more financiers in same manner, sprinkling with remaining cumin seeds before baking.


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The star of the BBC's Saturday Kitchen will join patissier Eric Lanlard to run the cookery classes aboard the P&O Cruises 3600-passenger vessel Britannia.
The ship's restaurants will have creations of chefs Marco Pierre White, Atul Kochhar and Olly Smith.
P&O Cruises said the ship will sail on its maiden voyage from its home port of Southampton on March 14 next year. The 14-night Mediterranean voyage will include stops at Barcelona, Monte Carlo and Rome.
After it is built in Italy, the ship's maiden British Isles cruise will be a 12-night voyage starting on July 6 2015 and including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin and Cork.
The opening season for the 1837-cabin vessel includes sailings to the Caribbean, the Baltic and the Canaries.
Britannia will feature a children's club, 13 bars and 13 different places to eat, a spa, a sports arena, four swimming pools, entertainment arenas, a dance hall and an art collection worth more than £1 million. All outside cabins have balconies and there are 64 suites.
P&O Cruises marketing director Christopher Edgington said: "Britannia will introduce cutting-edge design, combined with a range of innovations."


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solar magnetic fields, and the surface pressure waves (p-modes). Further, ground-based observations provide the critical data required by the designers of space missions. Finally, ongoing nighttime observations of brightness and magnetic activity of distant solar-type stars are demonstrating the varying states of activity the Sun may have achieved in other centuries. These observations, combined with data on Earth's atmosphere, indicate that variations in the Sun's radiative and plasma emissions are capable of influencing the weather and climate at Earth's surface.
The task group believes that the primary tasks of ground-based telescopic research should be the following:
Obtaining a long-term synoptic record of solar activity: The National Solar Observatory, the High Altitude Observatory (HAO), and independent observatories—including, for example, Mt. Wilson, Stanford-Wilcox, Big Bear, San Fernando, and Marshall Space Flight Center—have an important role in this effort.
Studying the solar interior and the generation of magnetic fields by mapping subsurface flows and interior magnetic fields through long-term helioseismological observations; and
Observing the interaction of convection, magnetic fields, and radiative transfer by imaging with high spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution.
For convenience, the task group divided its discussion of the current U.S. ground-based solar research program into (1) major solar observational facilities; (2) data, theory, and modeling; and (3) people, programs, and institutions—the means by which elements 1 and 2 are integrated to advance scientific understanding.
The National Solar Observatory, a multisite facility of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO), is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. The current responsibilities of the NSO include the following:
Continued operation of the Kitt Peak (NSO/KP), Sacramento Peak (NSO/SP, "Sac Peak"), and Tucson facilities;
Operation and upgrade of the multisited telescopes of the Global Oscillations Network Group (GONG) for continuous studies in helioseismology;
Fabrication and operation of the SOLIS array for synoptic optical long-term investigation of the Sun; and
Archiving and distribution of data, and providing specialist-supported access to NSO observing facilities.
The NSO operates the two largest U.S. telescopes for ground-based solar observation—the McMath-Pierce telescope at Kitt Peak (commissioned in 1961) and the Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) at Sac Peak (commissioned in 1969). NSO facilities are available to both local staff and visiting scientists worldwide. To maximize scientific productivity, NSO policy


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...it is time I considered a tartan trolley on wheels...
No! Don't do it! That way madness lies! What next? Donkeystoning your doorstep in your curlers? Neighbours muttering, "She used to be a rock chick - what happened?"
"a rucksack is well big enough for 20 Marlboro Lite, 2 recycled toilet rolls, an organic lettuce and a box of redbush."
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ONU's head coach Ralph recorded his 700th career win on Saturday
HAMMOND, Ind. — With the fourth straight win and ninth in
11 games for Tiger men's basketball, Olivet Nazarene University's own Head Coach Ralph Hodge won his 700th
career game on Saturday, Feb. 1. Hodge joins only five other active NAIA coaches who have reached
this career achievement. Hodge accomplished the mark with a win over Chicagoland
Collegiate Athletic Conference opponent Purdue University-Calumet (Ind.), defeating the Peregrines 92-82. ONU moves into a tie for
first place in the CCAC South Division with Holy Cross College (Ind.) with the
ONU got back to .500 with three outstanding efforts. Sophomore
Aaron Larson (Tolono, Ill.) scored a
career-high 30 points on 12-of-19 field goals. Sophomore Zach Wagner (Roselle, Ill.) finished 9-of-13, good for a
career-high 23 points. Senior Tony Banks
(Peoria, Ill.) finished with his first career double-double, scoring 11
points and dishing out 10 assists.
Head Coach Ralph Hodge commented on his 700th career win: "Great win today by a determined, hard-working group of guys, just like it has
been throughout all the rest."
The Tigers (11-11, 9-4) used a 13-point first half lead,
their largest of the game, to get things started as Aaron Larson poured in 18
points in the first segment, converting on 8-of-12 shots. Olivet led
only 45-40 at the break as Purdue-Calumet (16-7, 8-5) closed the final 3:31 of
the half on a 15-8 run. The Peregrines scored 10 points from the free-throw in
the first half, but were plagued with 10 turnovers leading to 12 Olivet points.
In the first half, Olivet shot 20-for-36 from the field (55.6
percent), 1-for-5 from the three-point line (20 percent) and 4-for-6 from the
free-throw line (60 percent). They outrebounded the Peregrines 19-11. The
Tigers had 10 offensive rebounds and committed eight turnovers. Purdue-Calumet
shot 52 percent from the field, 66.7 percent from the three-point line and 71.4
percent from the free-throw line. The Peregrines committed 10 first-half
turnovers and had four offensive rebounds.
In the second half, Olivet built their lead to
12-points only 1:42 into the half; but by the 9:33 mark, Purdue-Calumet closed
the gap to 65-61 after two Roddy Richardson free-throws. Again, the Tigers went
on a 10-2 spurt that would allow them to keep the Peregrines at arm's length as
they led 75-63. The closest that Purdue-Calumet would get over the final seven
minutes would be six points (86-80) after a Noah Allen steal, but ONU's ZachWagner scored the Tigers' final six
points to seal the win.
Sophomore Aaron Larson led the Tigers with a career-high 30
points on 12-for-19 shooting from the field, 2-for-3 from three-point line and 4-for-4
from the free-throw line. He added five rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 34
Junior Zach Wagner finished with a career-high 23 points,
making 9-of-13 field goals and went 5-for-7 from free-throw line. He also
finished with seven rebounds and three assists in 26 minutes.
Senior Tony Banks
(Peoria, Ill.) recorded his first career double-double with 11 points on 5-for-8
shooting and 1-for-2 from the three-point line. He added four rebounds, 10
assists and four steals in 38 minutes.
Sophomore Reid
Farchmin (Mahomet, Ill.) finished with 12 points on 5-for-6 shooting,
1-for-1 from the three-point line and 1-for-2 from free-throw line. He added nine
rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes.
Off the bench, junior Matt
Ryan (San Diego, Calif.) finished with eight points, going 3-for-4 from the
field and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line. He added three rebounds and two
assists in 16 minutes. Freshman Tyler
Crater (Hampshire, Ill.) had seven points and two assists in 21 minutes.
The Tigers' starting point guard, junior Austin Davis (North Augusta, S.C.),
missed his second game this season with a sprained ankle that he suffered earlier in
the week during practice.
Noah Allen led Purdue-Calumet with 26 points on 10-for-17
shooting from the field, 2-for-3 from the three-point line and 4-for-8 from the
free-throw line. He added three rebounds, six assists and eight steals in 39 minutes.
Roddy Richardson finished with 21 points on 6-for-13 shooting, 2-for-9 from the
three-point line and 7-for-7 from the free-throw line, and had three rebounds
in 38 minutes. Kaspars Brencans added 11 points, three rebounds and three
assists in 30 minutes.
Overall, the Tigers shot 37-for-61 from the field (60.7
percent), 5-for-12 from the three-point line (41.7 percent) and 13-for-17 from
the free-throw line (76.5 percent). They outrebounded the Peregrines 38-19, and
committed 21 turnovers and totaled 27 assists, with 13 offensive rebounds and eight
Purdue-Calumet shot 27-for-57 from the field (47.4 percent),
6-for-18 from beyond the arc (33.3 percent) and 22-for-28 from the free-throw
line (78.6 percent). The Peregrines had 15 assists, 15 turnovers, six offensive
rebounds and 14 steals.
ONU will be back in action Thursday, Feb. 6, at home against
conference opponent University of St. Francis (Ill.) at 7:30 p.m.


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BOCA RATON, FL--(Marketwire - February 19, 2013) - Equisolve, LLC, a service and technology solutions company, will be attending the Wall St. Investment banking Conference Wednesday, February 20
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Intelligent Systems Services will exhibit at the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Established in 1994, Intelligent Systems Services Inc. is located near Washington, DC, with representatives and partners nationwide. ISS's well-established track record is based on the continuous pursuit of excellence in designing, implementing and supporting nationwide clients' ...
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The Internet of Things is not only adding billions of sensors and billions of terabytes to the Internet. It is also forcing a fundamental change in the way we envision Information Technology. For the first time, more data is being created by devices at the edge of the Internet rather than from centralized systems. What does this mean for today's IT professional? In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists addressed this very serious issue of pro...
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo in Silicon Valley. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place Nov 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with 17th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading in...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that MangoApps will exhibit at SYS-CON's 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MangoApps provides private all-in-one social intranets allowing workers to securely collaborate from anywhere in the world and from any device. Social, mobile, and easy to use. MangoApps has been named a "Market Leader" by Ovum Research and a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner. 20,000+ business custome...
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IT data is typically silo'd by the various tools in place. Unifying all the log, metric and event data in one analytics platform stops finger pointing and provides the end-to-end correlation. Logs, metrics and custom event data can be joined to tell the holistic story of your software and operations. For example, users can correlate code deploys to system performance to application error codes. In his session at DevOps Summit, Michael Demmer, VP of Engineering at Jut, will discuss how this can...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that kintone has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. kintone promotes cloud-based workgroup productivity, transparency and profitability with a seamless collaboration space, build your own business application (BYOA) platform, and workflow automation system.
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Live Webinar with 451 Research Analyst Peter Christy. Join us on Wednesday July 22, 2015, at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET In a world where users are on the Internet and the applications are in the cloud, how do you maintain your historic SLA with your users? Peter Christy, Research Director, Networks at 451 Research, will discuss this new network paradigm, one in which there is no LAN and no WAN, and discuss what users and network administrators gain and give up when migrating to the agile world of clo...
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The cloud has transformed how we think about software quality. Instead of preventing failures, we must focus on automatic recovery from failure. In other words, resilience trumps traditional quality measures. Continuous delivery models further squeeze traditional notions of quality. Remember the venerable project management Iron Triangle? Among time, scope, and cost, you can only fix two or quality will suffer. Only in today's DevOps world, continuous testing, integration, and deployment upend...
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Discussions about cloud computing are evolving into discussions about enterprise IT in general. As enterprises increasingly migrate toward their own unique clouds, new issues such as the use of containers and microservices emerge to keep things interesting. In this Power Panel at 16th Cloud Expo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists addressed the state of cloud computing today, and what enterprise IT professionals need to know about how the latest topics and trends affect t...
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You might think that after winning a Super Bowl ring that Donald Driver would kick back during the offseason.
That's not exactly what he had in mind.
The seasoned wide receiver used his speed, agility, and finesse to take the infamous Mirrorball Trophy in this year's Dancing with the Stars.
He beat out the likes of Martina Navratilova, Gavin DeGraw, Jack Wagner, Jaleel White, Sherri Shepherd, Melissa Gilbert, Roshon Fegan, Maria Menounos and Gladys Knight.
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ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Sultanate of Oman to support food assistance programmes that will benefit people suffering the effects of drought and conflict in West Africa.
31 May 2013
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29 July 2008
WFP is expanding operations in West Africa to feed an additional 1.4 million people hard hit by high food prices in Guinea, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Senegal.
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16 October 2007
FAO has called for a renewed commitment to guarantee the right to food for the world's hundreds of millions of hungry people.
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Read UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon message to mark World Food Day, which this year promotes the Right to Food.
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WFP has warned that floods in Mauritania are putting greater pressure on its dwindling food supplies for 470,000 people who are among the most food insecure in West Africa.
26 September 2007
WFP teams in many countries across Africa are delivering food to people hit by floods across the continent that are the worst in decades in some places. But WFP urgently needs new contributions to cope with the crisis.
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Melissa Dumas (East Hartford High School) and Stacy Savoyski (Danbury High School) analyze soap bubble "survival" as a biological model by counting seconds after the bubbles were blown during the AP Biology Workshop last year.
The AP workshops are a collaborative effort between Eastern, Hartford-based "Project Opening Doors," and the Willimantic-based "Project Access for All." "Project Opening Doors" is a national incentive program focusing on raising math and science Advanced Placement scores. Both projects are funded by a grant from the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), in partnership with the Connecticut Business Industry Association, which runs the program. Exxon Mobil provides NMSI funds for its program.
"Even though some workshop participants may not be teaching AP courses, they will be better teachers as a result of this experience," said Elizabeth Cowles, professor of biology and coordinator of the collaborative workshops at Eastern. "The more AP courses added to high school curriculums, the more prepared students will be for college."
Camille Vautor, president of "Project Opening Doors" is very pleased, "The collaboration between Eastern and "Project Opening Doors" represents a unique opportunity for Advanced Placement teachers in the areas of math, science and English. The paring of university professors with nationally known AP instructors will give participants both the content necessary to teach complex concepts and the perspective of college-level expectations for students. Also, this healthy exchange of ideas will help university personnel better understand the challenges found by high school teachers on a daily basis."
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The English Language and Composition workshop is designed for teachers who are new to the AP program, and will focus on the main components of AP language and composition and the strategies used for teaching certain texts. Leslie Abbatiello, a certified trainer and College Board consultant with Area Cooperative Education Services(ACES) and Daniel Donaghy, associate professor of English, will teach this workshop.
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Okay, did you see it? It created quite a buzz amongst the Mainstream Media: "Little Evidence Of Health Benefit From Organic Foods"
You know, I just hate when the Headline of an article is written primarily to draw the reader's attention BUT has little to do with the article. And, this is another case in point!
This Stanford article is just wrong on so many levels. First of all, it isn't a study. All they did was go back and look at "past" studies and give another synopsis.
Unfortunately, this same literature has been reviewed before with a completely different take.
If you get past the title of the article, which is horrible, you will actually find that there is plenty to like about Organic Foods!
But, here are my thoughts on what you should take from this "new" look at "old" studies.
1. If you consume organic foods vs. conventional foods you will be consuming less pesticides.
2. If you consume organic foods vs. conventional foods you will not be consuming foods that have antibiotic resistant strains and genetically modified growth hormones (rBGH) in them.
3. If you consume organic foods vs. conventional foods you will be improving the environment and not destroying it.
4. If you consume organic foods vs. conventional foods you will be supporting farmers that are making an effort to do "it" right.
5. If you consume organic foods vs. conventional foods you will be consuming foods that are more nutrient dense.
Look, this article didn't even mention that conventionally farmed foods are allowed to be Genetically Modified (this should scare you) AND have Artificial Sweeteners in them.
Plus, I didn't even mention the taste discrepancy…
Here are a couple articles posted by "The Healthy Omnivore" in the past concerning organic foods:
Okay, that is my take, so here are a couple other articles that also speak to this very important issue. Enjoy!
1. Michael Pollan, "The Omnivore's Dilemma"
"Michael Pollan Responds To Study"
JON BROOKS: Let's say you're a consumer standing there at your grocery store and you have a choice between an organically grown piece of produce grown far away and a conventionally grown piece grown locally. All things considered, which is the best choice?
MICHAEL POLLAN: It depends on your values. If you're concerned about nutritional value and taste, you might find that the local food, which is more likely to have been picked when it was ripe, is better. Because any food that's traveled a few days to get to you or been refrigerated for a long time is going to have diminished nutritional value. That argues for fresh being more important than organic.
But if you're concerned about pesticides – let's say you're pregnant or have young kids you're feeding – than you might choose organic, because it will have on balance fewer pesticide residues. You may also be concerned with the welfare of the people picking and the farmers growing your produce, or you may be concerned about soil health — that would argue for organic too.
I tend to favor local food, whether it's certified organic or not. Most of the local food available to us in the Bay Area, though, tends to be grown organically, even if it's not certified. So it is possible to have it both ways. If you're shopping at your farmer's market, you're getting food that's very fresh, probably very nutritious, and probably grown without synthetic pesticides.
2. Mike Adams, The Health Ranger
A total Psyop to confuse the public and push GMO's
Ultimately, this study comes down to being a total Psyop pushed by the mainstream media for the purpose of confusing the public and ultimately promoting GMO's.
3. Alliance For Natural Health
"New Junk Science Study Dismisses Nutritional Value of Organic Foods"
What the Stanford study didn't mention is that by definition, organic foods cannot contain GMOs, so they are far healthier than conventional foods. Even though the biotech industry keeps saying GMO is "safe" and equal to non-GMO crops, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary. Organic farming is also healthier for the environment because it does not employ large-scale factory farming conditions (not to mention being more humane toward the animals being raised for meat).
Charles Benbrook, PhD, a professor of agriculture at Washington State University and former chief scientist at The Organic Center who reviewed the Stanford study and most of the underlying literature, found the study misleading. He noted that several well-designed US studies show that organic crops have higher concentrations of antioxidants and vitamins than conventional crops. For crops like apples, strawberries, grapes, tomatoes, milk, carrots, and grains, organic produce has 10 to 30 percent higher levels of several nutrients, including vitamin C, antioxidants and phenolic acids in most studies.
As the Environmental Working Group notes, the Stanford study also contradicts the findings of what many consider the most definitive analysis in the scientific literature of the nutrient content of organic versus conventional food. In that 2011 study, a team led by Dr. Kirsten Brandt of the Human Nutrition Research Center of Newcastle University in the UK analyzed most of the same research and concluded that organic crops had approximately 12 to 16 percent more nutrients than conventional crops.


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Transport Scotland presented the members of the A83 Taskforce with the draft report by commissioned consultants, Jacobs, during its last meeting on 14th December.
We reported on the emergence of the report and made it available as a download, leaving our evaluation of it until we had time to analyse it methodically – which we have now done and publish on a day when the A83 is yet again on landslide alert.
The first thing to be said is that it is virtually unheard of for consultants not to deliver what they are hired to deliver – and that is the case in this instance. It can be shown to be so by the internal contradictions in the report's own evidence, demonstrably distorted and managed to appear to support its unsurprising and flawed recommendation.
As anyone is aware, who has read the report or has read brief accounts of its summary conclusions in the print media, the consultants first considered six possible approaches to a permanent solution to the vulnerability of the A83 to closure through landslides.
The options
In summary, these six options were:
- more debris netting and more drainage with the planting of vegetation on the hillside;
- a debris shelter over the road, allowing landslip debris to flow over the shelter, leaving traffic unimpeded;
- a new 1.5km two lane single carriageway section parallel to the current A83, built on a viaduct, allowing debris to run below it;
- a new single carriageway in the valley below the A84, then entering a 1.9km long twin bore tunnel at a maximum 4% gradient, 'rejoining the existing A83 in the vicinity of Loch Restil';
- a new single carriageway in the valley below the A83, climbing steeply at a maximum gradient of 8% around the top of the glen before passing west of the Rest and Be Thankful car park and rejoining the existing road before Loch Restil;
- a new 4.0km single carriageway on the opposite hillside to the current A83 and following the line of existing forestry tracks;
The process
As the report describes, three options were discounted after initial appraisal – the debris shelter; the tunnel and the hill climbers delight of another set of chicanes up to the car park.
The other three were then evaluated against 'a more detailed economic appraisal' – these were more debris netting with more draining and planting; the viaduct section; the section following the hillside forestry track on the far side of the valley.
The decision
The consultants' recommendation is for the option of adding more debris netting, more drainage and the planting of vegetation on the troubled hillside.
This is, as everyone has, of course, noticed, the cheapest of the six options considered.
Why the recommended option is incontrovertibly the wrong one
In the detailed descriptions of each of the options in the body of the report, the chosen option is the ONLY one of the six that cannot be said to reduce to NEGLIGIBLE the possibility of the A83 being closed again with landslip debris.
The best that can be said of this option is that it can be 'expected to significantly reduce the frequency of occurrence of landslide debris reaching the A83 Trunk Road at a much lower cost than the other options.'
No definition is given – or could be given – as to what 'significantly reduce the frequency of landslide debris reaching the A83′ actually means. Nowhere, in this report or elsewhere, has it ever been stated what weight of debris material travelling at what speed the debris netting can take before being overcome.
At another point in the detail of the report, this chosen option is described as 'offering 'a significant step-change [Ed: NOT a permanent solution] in the landslide hazard reduction for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful.'
Moreover, the report declares that: 'The planting of vegetation may also help contribute to this strategy though the beneficial effects of vegetation would be realised during a period around 15 to 35 years after planting.' [Ed: our emphases]
The report goes on to say that: "The Emergency Diversion Route being brought into use by Transport Scotland would be required until the proposed measures had provided sufficient protection to the A83.'
Since the proposed measure in the recommended option includes the planting of vegetation on the insecure hillside, the emergency diversion route would therefore be required in use for between 15 and 35 years, until the vegetation had delivered its potential beneficial impact.
Then, because it cannot reduce the risk of landslides closing the road to more than a 'substantial step change', the recommended solution will still see the road subject to hazard warnings of increased risk of landslides in very wet weather or melting heavy snow.
The necessary frequency of these alerts – as detailed below under 'The major distortion' – is the real economic killer for Argyll.
The high degree of uncertainty of access to the area dictated by the fragility of its only major point of road entry does untold damage to its economic stability and development.
The major distortion
Amongst many serious failures in the report – of factual accuracy and of conveniently inadequate interpretation of evidence [the most glaring of which are listed further below], there is one standout manipulation.
The selection of the cheapest option, supported by Transport Scotland, is buttressed by the shrugged claim that the A83 was only closed for three days this year [in any case it saw four dates in six months with closed notices]. The implication of this reductive claim is: 'You can't expect us to spend serious money for the sake of three days?'
The key fact is not the number of absolute closures but the number of days when this road is under formal warning of increased risk of landslides – and therefore MAY close at any moment.
For Argyll has, from the 1st July 2012, meticulously logged and published every occasion on which Transport Scotland has issued these warnings of increased risk of landslides on the A83 at Rest and Be Thankful.
To date those notices have appeared on no fewer than 54 dates, four of which [noted below] saw the road actually closed with landslides.
The breakdown has been:
- July: 9 dates
- August: 18 dates – including three consecutive dates with 'closed' notices due to a major landslide of 1,200 tonnes – 1st, 2nd and 3rd August, the middle of the tourist season]
- September: 5 dates
- October: 10 dates
- November: 7 dates – including one,19th November, with a closure due to landslide
- December – to date: 5 dates.
It is the frequently recurring uncertainty about the safety and accessibility of this road that does the serious economic damage to Argyll.
54 dates of increased risk warnings out of a total to date of 181 days from 1st July to 28th December is 29.8%.
That is very far from being a negligibly negative statistic, with road users formally advised on each of these occasions – as they are today - 'to exercise extreme caution'.
This statistic is the unchallengeable case for a competent and permanent solution to the economic fragility this unable road bequeathes Argyll.
It is the case for the outright rejection of what is described by the report itself as no more than 'a significant step change in the landslide hazard reduction for the A83.'
How the evidence is managed to achieve the desired solution
The evidence of the report itself has been modified and, in other instances, ignored, in order to support the selection of the recommended solution.
In the 'more detailed economic appraisal' which produced the recommended option – in the Table listing all three of the shortlisted three options against their 'Performance of Options Against Appraisal Criteria', the evidence is simply dishonestly distorted.
All three final options are scored equally for reducing the possibility of landslide debris reaching the toad and consequently for reducing the economic impact on Argyll of lost journeys.
Their equal scoring on this criterion is transparently dishonest since the debris netting option was the only one of the original six that could not earlier be described as reducing to 'negligible' the arrival of landslide debris on the road. At best it could only be described as 'a significant step change'.
The detail of the timescale [15-35 years] of the beneficial impact of the proposed planting in the recommended option is tucked away in the body of the report and is not put forward as part of the upfront consideration of this option by Taskforce members.
Under 'Environment' the recommended option of more debris netting is given the best rating of the three finalists – described as 'Neutral', where the viaduct option is given 'minor' and the road on the opposite hillside 'moderate'.
So the visual impact of littering this powerful hillside with a collection of baggy bottomed fishnet tights is environmentally 'neutral'?
Moreover, the report makes no consideration whatsoever of the environmental impact of more debris netting over the hillside on the golden eagles seen hunting there regularly, swooping on their prey. Is this impact also 'neutral'? Where is the evidence?
Other failures in the report
What follows are the most centrally relevant of the failures of the Jacobs report.
- Material inaccuracy: the incidence of landslide closures at the Rest
Under 'Previous landslides', the report declares: 'In August 2004 Scotland experienced rainfall substantially in excess of the norm. The rainfall was both intense and long lasting and as a result, a large number of landslides in the form of debris flows were experienced in the hills of Scotland. A small number of these intersected the strategic trunk road network including the A83. On this occasion, Rest and Be Thankful was not directly affected but landslides occurred at several locations between Glen Kinglas and Cairndow, the most significant being at Cairndow.'
This is factually incorrect. Rest and Be Thankful was indeed directly affected on this occasion in August 2004 and was itself impassable with a landslip at the point where conifers are grown on the uphill slope.
We also recall [and will check] that there was a single landslip at Rest and Be Thankful that preceded this one in 2004 at no significant distance in time – over 2003-2004 – causing road closure.
- Material inaccuracy: incorrect 'study area'
The report declares: 'The area affected by closures of the A83 at Rest and Be Thankful includes Cowal, Mid Argyll, Kintyre, Islay, Jura and Colonsay. This is referred to as the A83 study area.'
This is incorrect and, as such severely limits any competent evaluation of the economic impact of this unpredictable road..
Journeys from Glasgow to the Slate Isles, to Lorn, to Oban Airport and to Oban – with onward journeys to the isles of Kerrera, Mull, Lismore, Colonsay, Tiree, Coll and South Uist in the Western Isles are almost invariably made via the A83 from Tarbet – the most direct route.
The report's inclusion of Colonsay in its chosen impact 'study area' also betrays careless ignorance. Colonsay may be one of the group of islands with Islay and Jura but it is accessed not from Kennacraig but from Oban, by water and air.
- The mysterious economic study
The text mentions that an economic study on the impact of landslides on the A83 [to which the 'study area' relates] was carried out.
It does not say when or by whom this study was done; and it does not reference it to allow access to its method and findings.
We have shown a 2007 'Economic Impact Assessment' carried out by Transport Scotland to be methodologically inept nonsense. How can anyone be sure that this limited and incompetent document is not still in currency here, to some degree?
- Impenetrable and unevidenced Benefit Cost Ratio figures for each option
Under 'Traffic and Economic Assessment' the report's description of the methodology by which these relative figures were produced is impenetrable. We are not ashamed to say we have no idea what this description adds up to and would be surprised if many others did.
Since the report gives no worked up example of how this methodology produced the BCR figures for any one option, there is absolutely nothing for an economist to use to test the validity of the process.
Treatment of Taskforce members
It is completely unacceptable to bounce members in the middle of a meeting with a fat report [padded with the usual practice of wholesale sweeping into it of unedited files from various bodies like the council, enterprise agencies, government departments...] and expect them to be able to say anything whatsoever about it.
This familiar practice deliberately reduces to patsies intelligent delegates who represent the Argyll electorate, its business community and its travelling public.
This is a cynical abuse of good people, making it impossible for them to exercise their responsibilities and leaving them vulnerable to unfair accusations by those they represent of being asleep on the job.
The best solution
The best solution is clearly the viaduct option, which, at an estimated £83 – 95 million (at 2012 prices, excluding VAT), is more expensive than the chosen 'significant step change' option (£9-10 million at 2012 prices, excluding VAT) but is effectively the second cheapest of the six options considered, given its assured reduction to 'negligible' of the A83′s closure through landslides.
The viaduct option can be constructed parallel to the existing section of the A83 with less construction impact on the use of the existing road than the debris shelter option which would have to see it closed.
In terms of visual impact, the viaduct would have positive advantages, if it was well engineered with an eye to its aesthetic.
It could become a unique selling point of road access to Argyll – which would be a major transformation from the heavy economic drag of the current situation.
Argyll needs a decision to move on this option and an early date set for its construction.
Background material
Here are the Minutes of the Taskforce Meeting on 14th December at which thie Jacobs report was produced:
Here is the report itself again, for anyone who missed it first time around:
- A83_Trunk_Road_Route_Study_Summary_Part_A__Draft__0
- A83_Trunk_Road_Route_Study_Summary_Part_B__Draft__0
The report does concern itself, briefly, with the other problems suffered by the A83 and noted in the Argyll First petition, Sign for the A83:
- the other section affected – seldom – by landslides, for which it acceptably recommends debris flow netting;
- the 'pinch points' at Ardrishaig, the Erinnes, Tarbert… for which it suggests traffic lights.
At the A83 Taskforce meeting on 14th December, under question from Councillor John Semple of South Kintyre, Transport Minister Keith Brown said that he was 'looking closely' at the issue of trunking the A83 all the way to Campbeltown. Argyll expects positive action to follow that close look.
The photograph above shows progress by Scotland Transerv on the emergency diversion route on the old military road below the A83, earlier in December. It is worth noting that the 1,200 tonne landslide in early August this year dumped debris on down the hill onto this lower track.


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Even before outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates caused a ruckus earlier this month when he declared that NATO faced "a dim if not dismal future," the long-term viability of the alliance was in jeopardy.
While America's financial commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and defense has remained steady, European spending in both areas has decreased, forcing the United States to shoulder the largest portion of NATO's $2.8 billion annual budget in the alliance's 62-year history. And the war in Afghanistan and fledging NATO mission in Libya shows how member states individually undermine the alliance's global strategy and cause political problems at home.
Gates' speech led to a lot of diplomatic handwringing in European capitals, where politicians have become comfortable with the U.S. as NATO's primary sponsor and military point man. In recent years, according to Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO under President George W. Bush, Europeans have become complacent about the mission of the alliance.
"Russia's not a threat, and Europeans don't like expeditionary missions," said Volker. "They don't believe they work very well."
There is no argument that America is NATO's sugar daddy. In 2009 and 2010, the United States kicked in $408 million and $430 million, respectively, to NATO's military budget; $462.5 million is earmarked for 2011 spending.
The U.S. contributed $66.1 million and $84.1 million to NATO's civil budget in 2009 and 2010
respectively. Some $90 million has been appropriated for this year's budget.
And U.S. contributions to the organization's security investment program, which pays for NATO installations and facilities, were $330 million and $197 million in 2009 and 2010, respectively, with $259 million earmarked for 2011.
Total U.S. financial contributions make up 25 percent of NATO's budget. Germany, the U.K. and France are the largest NATO contributors behind the U.S. Yet the differences between the contribution amounts are substantial. Germany contributes 18 percent, while France and the United Kingdom contribute 9 percent. From 2000 to 2003 between 3.1 and 3.2 percent of America's GDP to NATO, while Western Europe contributed between 2 and 1.9 percent of its GDP.
At the same time, Germany and the U.K. are in the midst of deep defense cuts that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned could cause long-term damage to strategic alliances, including NATO.
"The United States has decided it needs to behave in a way in which it undertakes any problem it sees fit," said Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information. "The Germans haven't made that decision, and neither have most of the other NATO countries."
Past U.S. Defense secretaries have defended the size of the U.S. contribution as necessary to secure national security interests. Gates' speech was a clear break from this policy.
Afghanistan and Libya
European spending decisions, the attitudes toward conflict they represent, and the political problems caused by the aging alliance are illustrated on the ground in NATO's two active battlefields—Afghanistan and Libya.
In Afghanistan, the vast majority of the fighting is being done by American troops, who, in turn, have suffered the heaviest casualties. According to icasualties.org, 1,623 American soldiers have been killed. The UK has lost 374 soldiers, while Canada, also a NATO member, has suffered 156. Germany, Europe's largest NATO member, has suffered 54 casualties. While Germany is constitutionally forbidden to engage in offensive warfare, it was an active participant in NATO operations in Afghanistan until a 2009 incident in which German troops called in an airstrike that killed Afghan civilians.


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Made it to Key West!
Now I can at least say I've been there, would I go here ever again? Hmmmmm, nope very unlikely!
The problem with imagining things is that in my imagination things are almost always better.
I had envisioned long beautiful stretches of land and water, beautiful bridges to cross over, the sun stinging on my back, and the fresh ocean air in my lungs.
The reality was a tad different.....
Long stretches of roads through towns filled to the brim with one store after another, so much consumerism :( , some beautiful bridges, sun in my have and wind howling around my helmet, and the smell of diesel exhaust in my lungs. Yep, a sad reality.
Anyway, let me backtrack to the beginning.
Left my friend Lorrie's house late, around 11 because I decided to check my oil filter again. Yikes, still metal slivers albeit not that many anymore.
It took me an hour just to get through Naples on Hwy 41. Traffic light after traffic light, neither Spirit nor I cared for it much.
Finally I got to the open road! I smiled again and relaxed. This is what riding is all about, not the congested and polluted town and city rides.
Stopped at a visitor center which one guy I met there called Alligator Alley
Not only where there alligators, there were birds and fish too.
These fish must not realize that they will be dinner at one point or another. Either that or they seem at ease with the knowledge.
Yep, pretty gnarly looking, and definitely not something I would want crawling outside my tent......
Took a couple of okay shots while riding over the bridges, it was windy so I mostly held on to the handlebars
The bridge on the right has a couple of sections missing. I was told by Omar (my unexpected host) that this is where they filmed True Lies with Arnold and
I got to Big Pine around sunset and couldn't find the camp ground. I stopped at a house where two Harley guys were working on a bike, and asked where the campground was. The guy pointed to his yard, and said that if I wanted I could pitch my tent up right there. Wow! That was very sweet. his name was Omar and his friend was Keith. They were both recovering alcoholics and drug addicts, and proud that they had been straight for years. I pitched my tent while they worked and afterward sat with them for a while and talked about the program they were on.
It sounds really cool. They even meditate and get in touch with who they really are.
We talked about books and such.
Omar had even read a few books I had read too, like "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior", Richard Bach's Illusions and Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I told him to read Eckhart Tolle's New Earth and the Power of Now. Wonder if he will like it.
I slept great even though I woke up a few times.
The good thing about going to bed at 8 pm is that you wake up at 6.
This is the first time I hit the road at 8 AM! Wow! The road was still quiet, and the last stretch to Key West was way nicer.
Some other early birds
A McD with a nice view.
I had my oatmeal and coffee, and am heading to the southern most point.
Afterward back North and into the Everglades
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WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Senior forward Steve Saviano (Reading, Mass.) of the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team was named Co-Player of the Week by the Hockey East Association on Monday afternoon.
Saviano recorded four goals and one assist for five points in the 9-1 win over Merrimack on Friday night at Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass. He finished the game with a plus/minus rating of +4 and he scored two even strength goals, one short handed goal and one power-play goal. Saviano and linemate Sean Collins both eclipsed the 100-point mark in their UNH careers in the Merrimack game to become the 59th and 60th players in the history of UNH hockey to accomplish that feat. Saviano's four-goal effort was the second of his Wildcat career. The first four-goal effort came earlier this season in an 8-2 win over Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y.
He has played in all 25 games this year for UNH and has tallied 20 goals and 14 assists for 34 points. He has registered at least one point in 17 of UNH's 25 games this year and has posted five multiple-goal games this season.
Saviano ranks sixth in the nation with 34 points and his 20 goals is tied for second among Div. I players. He also ranks eighth in the nation at 1.36 points per game and his 0.80 goals per game is third best nationally.
He has posted at least one point in his last five games with eight goals and three assists for 11 points in that time, including seven goals and two assists for nine points in the last three contests.
The Wildcats (15-7-3, 7-3-3 HE) return to action Friday, Jan. 30 vs. the University of Maine (17-6-1, 9-4-1 HE) at Alfond Arena. The game begins at 8 p.m. and will be carried live by College Sports Television.


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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that a new power generation peak of 4,502.2 Megawatts (MW) was achieved on Friday, December 21, 2012, and was efficiently wheeled by TCN.
In a statement by the company, signed by its Assistant General Manager (Public Affairs), Mr Dave Ifabiyi, TCN said that the new generation peak of 4,502.2MW is an improvement on the 4,454.1MW attained on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 and assured that as gas supply continues to improve and more National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) come on stream, the transmission and distribution companies will continue to harness every available generation to ensure that stable electricity supply is delivered to electricity customers.
According to the release, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Engr. Olusola Akinniranye, also said that TCN is not relenting in its efforts to continue to strengthen the transmission grid, noting that efforts are presently ongoing to restore the Benin-Egbin 330kV line as well as complete the new transmission - distribution interface projects which will further enhance the company's power evacuation capacity.
TCN further appealed to all citizens to continue to partner with her in protecting electricity installations nationwide.
The need to forestall any act of vandalism, it said, is vital in the transmission and sustenance of power generated, as vandalism constitutes major setback in the improvement of power supply situation in the country.
TCN used the opportunity to wish Nigerians Merry Christmas and joyous New Year.


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