text:
|Thread Tools
|Search this Thread
|Display Modes
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Canyon de Chelle, South Rim
We planed to spend a full day riding the south Canyon Rim looking at the beautiful red Canyon and it's cliff dwellings. We left in the morning for the ride along the rim. It's roughly 20 miles out with a half dozen view sights from the rim and one that allows you to walk down into the canyon.
Here are scenes from the South Rim. With the north rim included there is about 40 miles of canyon bottom with a bunch of tillable land for crops. There is a ruin in that alcove on the left
Indians still live and work the land down there. The park services runs all sorts of guided tours, taking care not to bother the residents....often thru an active stream, by the way. It's not cheap though. Ruins in the far wall.
One of the ruins called the 'White House' allows you to visit. The walk is just over 2 miles total with a 700 ft elevation change. It's a tester.
Here we start down...
The trail is interesting. Nip waving for the folks...
A second tunnel....
Finally at the bottom
Sometimes there is a lot of water, and a bridge is required.
We round a wall down there and are greeted with these Indians trying to make a living. It was the last thing that I expected, but I don't blame them...money rules.
There's the White House, and look at that humongous cliff.
That's as close as we could get....gotta respect how fragile that stuff is, as well as how many people want to see it.
Nip and I tried to see the hand holds and path that the Indians used to get to the second level for some time. Later a ranger told us that the bottom level was five stories high when folks were living here. We felt kinda dumb after that.
....and I was there.
......We start back up the hill...There are a few benches in a bit of shade along the way. You feel pretty good sitting on one of those benches. Then another geezer comes along but you're still sitting there. They go on by.
Well, payback is hell at the next bench, and those folks that just passed you by are sitting there on the bench that you would die for.
Our trail is gradual and winds around a lot, very gradual decent. We watched a pair of teen age kids just taking a direct route down the hill like this picture. They said they had to tend the sheep after school. They didn't even know the hill was there.
We finished out the day running out to Spider Rock. This rock has been in many commercials. I think one had a jeep on top of it. My camera ran out of battery so go here to see Spider Rock. It's the third picture down.
Back at camp we prepared hamburgers for dinner.
Alcohol stoves performing as hoped...
Fed well, we went to bed happy. Tomorrow we'd head out the North rim to see the sites and then head for Albuquerque. Taos is in the distance. I've never been there.
See you in the morning.....
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Moving on to ABQ
Today's route
View Larger Map
I've dabbled around Albuquerque in the past, but not near enough. So today we went out along Canyon De Chelle's north fork. We spent till 11am looking at more rim shots of the beautiful Canyon.
Here's another ruin....
Indians lived here long before the Spanish of Coronado's time. And of course this was Mexico's land up till little over a 100 years ago, so the Indians and the Spanish have had a long running battle over the years. Even the French, who ruled Mexico for a while got in their licks at the Indians. It's no wonder the Indians sot out hard to get at places to live.
There's a park plaque of a dwelling that is call 'Two Fell' along the cliff top. It's a small alcove some 50 feet from the rim. Story has it that some Spanish soldiers had gotten into the alcove to do a bit of massacring, and one soldier was surprised by an Indian woman that caught him not looking. she knocked him off the ledge. The 'Two Fell' 500 ft to the canyon floor.
Current Indian hogan down there.
After we left the CdeC we travels on the couple hundred miles thru Window Rock and Gallup to Abq. There was a lot of photo worthy scenery, but I had trouble with my camera as I shot while riding, and couldn't look at the shots that I took. I didn't know that the camera was malfunctioning.
We arrived in ABQ around 5pm. It had been running in the High 90 degrees. We decided that it was motel time. We'd last showered 5 days ago in Fredonia. It was time to clean up and catch up on the Net. The night in the motel was well deserved........
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Ratman screwed with this post 07-03-2011 at 08:01 AM
rider of the blue gnu
Joined: May 2009
Oddometer: 24
Great ride report. Good luck in your travels and keep the rubber side down.
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Bandelier Natl Park and Taos
This is the ABQ/Taos area, and where We/I traveled for the next several days. You have to zoom out and move the map around a bit.... I haven't quite leaned how to get the size map I want zoomed in and centered properly. I'm a work in progress. LOL
View Larger Map
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Ratman screwed with this post 07-03-2011 at 04:25 PM
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Bandelier Park
That morning we abused the motel for their free breakfast and coffee, and prolly got out of there by 8am. First we headed over to long time biker friends Steve and Linda who lived on the north side of town.
It was hard to get past their 4 nice bikes in the garage. A '98 ST1100 with 16000 (for sale, PM me for info), a Veradero, a KLR, and Steve has a nice liter Sport bike.
In spite of all those nice bikes they still talk to me. It was great to see them again, but I had ulterior motives. They both know the local roads from a moto point of view.
They got their maps out over a fresh pot of coffee, and we talked roads from ABQ to and around Taos. They routed us on the little roads where the things to be seen were. It worked out very well.
We found out that they are eager to get relocated to Colorado where they bought a few acres last year. Steve is retired and Linda needs to find a good Job up there. They figure sometime around next spring.
We were on the little roads on the way north on 550 then 4 by the Caldera and past Bandelier Park.
On the way, hardly 30 miles out of town, we stumbled into these hot spring like deposited.
In general we just tooled up the road looking at olden times, and great twisties in the mtns. It was a great day and we were high enough that the temps were moderate.
There were big fires in Northwestern AZ and NM but the smoke that was bad earlier in the week wasn't bad while we were there.
Not far into the mountain we stopped at a view point over looking 'the Caldera'. A caldera is a huge earth crust explosion usually. In this case it's a bowl 10 miles wide and 15 miles long. This one is grassy with no trees. It's protected from hunting and has a large herd of Elk out there.
If you noticed the little animals at all, a mile or more out there, you'd think it was cattle, but signs will correct you if you read them.
They are still little even with my 10 power zoom.
Some other bikes pulled up while we were there. One of them on an FJR said, "I've seen you and that trailer rig on ADVrider". He took a hard look at it up close, thinking that pulling a DS bike with him to Alaska later this summer interested him.
We moved on. Next we passed the entrance to Bandelier Park. I wasn't going to stop thinking it was a day use place with camping. Nip hauled me down and said that we should go there as he'd been there, and it was a good deal more than I expected.
As we entered the Park the Ranger asked if I was going down to the lower level...if I was, I couldn't take the trailer down there. Huh?? OK, I found a place and parked it, then we went the several miles down to the Visitors Center slash gift center.
I'm really glad we stopped at the park as there were major ruins and cliff dwelling down there.
Here's the major Round House. It was surrounded by probably hundreds of cliff residences. Many of which were hollowed out soft rock rooms.
These pictures will explain.....
Cliff hollowed out dwellings. The cliffs even look soft.
There was also lots of masonry housing at the base of the cliffs a few stories high.
Perhaps the most complete of all the ruins.
The holes show where roof beams were plugged into the wall for stories no longer in existence.
After leaving Bandelier we enjoyed curves all the way to Penasco where we had dinner.
Evening approached. We needed food and a campground about the time we rolled into Penasco. There was a small Mex Food trailer on the right.
The place wasn't much but the food was good.
I asked the owner where I could take a wizz. He said to go out behind the dump truck around back....my kind of place for sure.
There were a couple Mex seniors there when we got there. We asked about camping. The eager one said sure, go thru town make a turn and go a couple miles to a National forest campground.
I tried that and got about a mile out of town on a dirt road....hummm .....this can't be right. I stopped and asked some Indian/mexicans at a ranch where the campground was. They said it was a few miles further on that dirt road.
I elected to go back to Pavement and look for a campground over there which we found inside of 10 miles. We had camp set up by 7:30. I don't think I lasted to 9pm before my lights went out.
Red River, Wagon Mound, Springer and more tomorrow......
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Taos Country
We woke to more wonderful weather. The nights are cold at altitude. Nip is on the verge of being cold. He's resorted to sleeping with all his clothes on including his long undies. Complicating his sleeping is a leak in his permarest mat.
Finally we soaped his mat up and found his leak and put tire patch cement on the hole which stopped the leak. Nip was now hopeful of better nights sleeping to come.
There is a 100 mile figure 8 couple of loops in the Taos Mtn for a great ride of the area. We would do most of that today.
Here we are at a historic building just outside of Penasco...Nip and his Harley make a great model.
We stopped at Kristi's Kafe, near Mora, for breakfast. It was a good choice. Good food and good quantity. By the time we finished the temp had warmed to perfect.
Lots of open country
Lot's of old ranch houses/barns returning to dust....
Nip follows along passing another old relic of a building. We went north from Mora.
The folks have time for their churches up there.
Back to the relics...
I have great respect for these guys. Looks like fun if you can just subtract the pain in the legs.
Springer NM is east a bit. I needed to go there as my last name is Springer. A true adventurer had to go there. To that end we took 120 east. I hadn't noticed that a bit of it was dirt, but only about 15 miles.
We went up to about 9000 ft, and saw a Cinnamoned colored 200 lb Black bear who was all about getting the hell away from us. That was cool with us. I'd have a hard time doing a quick u-turn for an escape.
Shortly we regained pavement, but at the hotter high planes level of 5000 ft.
Look at those blue skies and cotton ball clouds.
Wagon Mound next......
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Wagon Mound and Springer NM
The 25 miles out to Wagon Mound was sweet. Lots of decaying old ranch building as almost all the old small towns along a freeways (in this case I-25) are drying up.... Still they have a charm all their own.
Photos often lose their sharpness when you shoot from the saddle....talk about distracted driving.
I love a red barn......
the ride was complete with antelope......
We stopped at a convenience store for sodas to help with the new found heat of the Praire. Oh....it's Sunday and small town America may be closed. Today was that day. Wagon Mount school, across the street, was good sized.
We rode 25 miles north to Springer....It was another town bypassed by I-25. That kills the commercial aspect of a town which soon religates the town to hardly more then residential....with some quaint older downtown buildings.
We stopped at the town museum...they had a tribute to a fallen soldier from last year, RIP.
I'll bet the Cozy Motel could tell some stories about the good old days, but those days have faded into the past.
We had spent enough time down here in the heat, and I had seen the town of Springer. This was a far east as we'd go on this trip.....it was all west from here. We headed toward Eagles Nest back on the Taos figure 8.
We found a place to eat in Eagles nest. It was kinda an upscale restaurant, but their country fried steak burger was huge and inexpensive.
I'll remember this place as we had a 15 or 16 year old waitress. She was actually the dishwasher, but her older sister, the real waitress had let her handle us.
We were the second customers that she'd ever waited on. She was cute, and made a lot of rookie mistakes, but still she was a highlight of our day.
A nice red bike sat out front....
We moved on to Red River. Our first stop was at the CofC building. It was closed but their Wifi reached to the shaded tables out front.
I wanted to check mail so Nip went for an hours ride, and I fired up my netbook. When I was finished I wandered around out back and found the original Snowmobile.
Nip came back...we went to gas up. There was a nice air supply there so Nip took the time to check and air up his tires. I noted that he had a time getting the air chuck to seal on his tires valve stems.
Soon we were on the road.....it was about 5pm. I'd been watching the map and thought that we would soon run out of FS campgrounds....like in 10 miles or so. Nip thought it was too early to camp. Yeah it was early, so we continued
We road on to Questa and made the proper left turn in town. As we left town, Nip who was leading made an out of the ordinary stop on the road's shoulder. Whas up....I wondered.
Nip said that his rear tire suddenly went flat...WTF. Sure enough it was dead flat. What to do now. A guy and gal walking told us that at the last Maverick station, just a 100 yards behind us, they had a tire bay and would fix that tire. No crap....how's that for luck?
Nip wobbled the bike back and the store owner who ran the tire part came down to work on our tire problem. Apparently when the tire was installed with a steel stem it wasn't tightened enough, and when Nip had trouble airing the tire up he had knocked it so that it leaked.
Our new best friend, the Maverick station owner, was able to get it tight, and within a half hour it was all aired up and ready to go.
We asked about campgrounds on down the road toward Taos. They said there were none so we back tracked to a campground a few miles back, and set up for the night.
Nip enjoyed a much better nights sleep with a mat that held air.
Tomorrow we would see the legendary Taos.........
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Ratman screwed with this post 07-04-2011 at 11:34 AM
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
We had our coffee in camp next to the creek that passed by our campground. We looked forward to Taos.
Taos was only 20 miles away. After trying to get breakfast in Questa and finding everything closed on Monday...or not open yet, we just soldiered on to the McDonnalds in Taos.
Traffic was a bit of a clog for three of four blocks downtown. There was lots of art for sale along the streets as well as galleries.
I had no idea of what Taos would be like, but it was clearly up scale. Up scale is good, just not for me.
Across from Micky D's was a custom motorcycle shop. We went in for a visit. Nip was more interested in the cruiser items inside.
Turns out Taos is 2 towns. The old Taos Indian Pueblo, and the commercial Taos that has grown up a couple miles away. The Indians are trying to maintain the old village ways with lots of booths and tables to sell Indian crafts and jewelry.
I think hard times have hit the Indian vendors as well as the rest of us. I'd heard there was a charge of 8 dollars just to get into the Pueblo. If so, there's no longer a charge as they don't want to drive people away.
On this day (Monday) there were only 5 or so tables and those were folding up by 1pm. There were Indians on top of the houses yelling a traditional chant. We were told there would be an Indian dance later.
It just wasn't our cup of tea. Although in the beginning....50 to 75 years ago....Taos Pueblo was a hell of an authentic Indian Village. There might have been a couple thousand inhabitants. Indians still live in the mud/adobe dwelling.
The houses now sport electricity and stove pipes sticking out of the roofs. It all seems a bit of a fleece job of the tourists. An hour in Taos and I'd seen enough. In all honesty I may have been getting tired from traveling every day.
I wanted to start working my way back to Dolores Co for the biker meetup next Thursday. Nip on the other hand had been trying to connect with a high school buddy that lived down east of Santa Fe a little south of I-25.
We agreed to separate. Nip would go south and I'd go east. Goodbyes were said, and then we were alone.
I had to go a mile north to find Hwy 64. I gassed everything up before I left town. I spotted a Natl Forest on the map some 50 miles away. There appeared to be camping there near El Rito. I was all over that.
I had scarcely got 10 miles out of town when I discovered, purely by accident, the Rio Grande George. What a grand surprise....
Of course the Indians had a large crafts concession on the east side of the river. That's a good distance down there.
just after the bridge, I turn south toward El Rito. El Rito is an old town...recently most of it's downtown has closed up. El Llano Bar sells some convenience store items and liquor....and there is a 15 foot wide Mex restaurant left in town....later I found a library.
They have to go 30 miles to get gas....Matin's general store closed a couple years ago.
I found the NF free camping not far from town and settled down for a couple days. I pumped up my air mat and got comfortable.
I had a few hours to kill so I got my Tony Hillerman Indian novel out and started storing up some energy. I had plans for tomorrow.
I had a little camp fire later...it was probably against the law....and went to bed about 9pm.
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Ratman screwed with this post 07-04-2011 at 07:16 PM
Joined: Jul 2010
Location: Hocking Hills
Oddometer: 3,653
Pete, I'm glad you got to ABQ...I spent a couple years there just after university. Didnt see nearly enough of the area, but I did go up to Santa Fe a few times...loved it there.
anyway, a good ride, a good camp and a Tony Hillerman novel...you got it made my friend...
keep up the good reports
I say, there's no such thing as a bad day's riding. -metaljockey
whats the value of good gear?: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...ostcount=49301
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
I was a little too eager to camp.
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Carson National Forest Ride
I made coffee in the morning heating water with my alcohol stove. I must have brought 8 or 10 stoves to try out my latest designs. Of note is that tin can with all the holes in it on the seat.....that one burns twigs or balled up paper.
I usually put a handful of twigs in the can, and add a splash of alcohol for fire starter. The twigs are free and it burns in a breeze unlike alcohol stoves....and you can add more twigs at anytime.
My IC map showed a bunch of dirt roads in the area. I figured to give the DR a workout today. Looked like a 100 miles of forest roads in the area.
There were a few relics of the past.......
A family of beavers had been busy in the area.
Note the trees stumps in the middle of the pond.
These beavers were very busy...kinda over achievers.
These stumps were 16" or 18" thick.
I took a little video today....please ignore the thumb. Note that the road is not challenging...just right for me or anyone with a big Adventure bike.
I had chosen to go to Canjilon some 30 miles away. I didn't have a full tank when I left so I needed to gas up there.
I took a side road out toward '15 springs'. I never saw the springs but scenes like this one were all I needed to make the side road worthwhile.
I got as high at 9500 ft at Canjilon Lakes.....
The other lake
Canjilon was a nice little town, but no store of any kind. I had to go out to 84 and north a few miles to Anthony Martin's Maverick store/bar/gas station. Anthony was a pleasant guy so I had a couple drinks with him.
Anthony had a Maverick station with some old out building. He showed me a brand new Corvette and a show Harley in one of them with a new pickup out front. Yes Anthony, behind me was doing ok. Nice guy....
I got back to the ride and reentered my route back at Canjilon. I'd take the southern route back to my camp at El Rito.
Not far south of Canjilon my DR ran out of fuel. I knew it was fuel starvation as I couldn't drain any fuel out of the float bowl via it's drain. I figured it must be another booger in the float needle....damn.
Well if a booger can flow into the needle then I should be able to suck on the fill line and get it out of there. I took the fuel line loose from the tank and gave it a few good sucks. The fuel began to flow out of the float bowl drain....and more to the point was that the DR started and I was able to finished the ride.
Somehow I lost all the rest of the pictures of the day. But no matter, it was just more beautiful mountain forest scenes.
I finished the circuit at about 1:45. I was in time to get a seat at Farlito's 15 ft wide Mexican cafe in El Rito before they went to siesta at 2:pm. Damn good food.
Cody was an engaging young man doing waiter duty. He was born and raised in Long beach Ca. I've no idea how he got to this BFE small town. He was doing online courses to get into the computer game business. I can't imagine what that entails. Cody told me of the free wifi at the library down the road a couple miles.
The wifi tip was great....after lunch I went to the Library and spent an hour on one of their computers. Good stuff.
About 4:30 I was back at camp. I stumbled around there for a while...I'd finished my Hillerman book....what to do, what to do.....
Well there was another forest road that went 15 or so miles over to Vallecitos where it connected to a paved road to Canon Plaza....where'd that name come from, I'll never guess.
The new forest road was cool, as they all are. It went up for a while...I passed a bicyclist. I slowed as I went by and asked him where he was going. He gave me a weird look and said 'Canada'. Wow, I thought, and rode off.
A few miles later I came on another bicyclist. I matched his speed and again asked where he was going. He was more talkative.
I found out that he and the other biker were in a 15 man race from Mexico to Canada along the Continental Divide Trail. Ah soo....now I know why the first guy looked at me weird.
This guy, Russ Mcbride, had broken a petal in Abq and it took a day to get his bike fixed. Because of that he said he was fresh, and would ride another 6 or 7 hours today, about 180 miles for the day. I learned that I could track them at the 'Tour Divide race' tracking page.
I did track him for the next week. somewhere near the Montana border Russ was listed as scratched. I'll alway wonder what happened to him. Maybe he was eaten by a bear.
I rode on, and not far away I ran into a biker with a trailer who was from Minnesota. He was just out here kinda following the bike race and testing himself as he might try this race one day.
He had time to talk so I learn a lot about what was going on. Pretty interesting stuff. 15 riders had started out from Antelope Well on the Mex border racing north, and 75 guys had started out at the Canadian border heading south. As we talked, I began to appreciate gasoline all the more.
I continued on to Canon Plaza and a few miles beyond, then I turned around and back tracked to camp passing all my new bicycle friends.
Back at camp I had a bowl of Ramen noodles and finished up a bag of chips for dinner.
I would leave my little paradise in the morning.....
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
The Apache reservation
View Larger Map
I broke camp by 10am. I was in no hurry. BTW, there should be a law against being on tour and in a hurry. I went by the Library....it wasn't really open but a geezer was there doing something so he let me in for a web session. He was a husband of one of the ladies that I met yesterday at the library. He said that she told him that a mtn man was in there yesterday.
I reckon I needed some house breaking and a clean up.
Anyway I got out of El Rito before noon. I had about 3/4 tank of fuel....I figured I was in good shape gas wise, but I had to remember that the DR was low so I couldn't count on that for much gas.
I drove up to Tres Piedres, no gas there.
It would be 60 more miles east on 64 before gas could be found. I didn't know if I could make the sixty, and I wasn't sure that the next town had gas as it's map letters were the same size as Tres Piedres. I elected to go back 30 miles to Taos for gas.
It was just as well that I did because that took me past/over Taos Mesa where all the Earthships were built. Earthships are weird ultra green houses that I've seen in pictures. There must be 25 of them on that Mesa....most too far away for camera shots. They are all similar to this one. See the others in the back ground?
As I passed the Rio Grande Gorge the vendor were out in full force.
Now I was back to heading west on 64 ultimately with Bloomfield or Aztec as the goal for today, Wednesday.
Hwy 64 was a beauty. It went up to 10500 and was spectacular with both scenery and road surface.
I gassed up in Tierra Amarilla before I cut across the Apache Res at Lake Heron
This route took me between Heron and Vado lakes, then it would spit me out on a dirt road as I entered the Apache Res.
The Indian Road started out poorly, and I was worried that I might get into some soft sand, but that wasn't the case. Let me say here that the big tires on the trailer let it roll easily in sand
I wound through a beautiful canyon. The road got better and better till I was again on pavement. I breathed a sigh of relief and began to enjoy the ride again.
This village looked like summer shacks bay a lake on the Res.
I spent the rest of the day marveling at the landscape naturally, but more than that at the amount of Oil drilling Gobernador to Bloomfield and north to Aztec.
I arrived in Bloomfield at about 6pm, and looked for a motel room, but there were none. I moved on to Aztec and found a nice room at the Enchantment Inn.
I retired after McDonald for dinner and used the free wifi for a few hour before going to sleep. I had less than a hundred miles to go tomorrow. I'd have to find a scenic route.......
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
Scenic ride to meet the boys
It's Thursday. A few riders from all over Colorado, and at least 4 other states will be represented in Dolores tonight. Most have left this morning and a few like me left days ago. We would all have a few beers together tonight. I looked forward to it.
But first I had to spend at least 8 hrs riding in order to not get there too soon. I perused the map and found a road that went out past Navajo Dam then up to Bayfield, and north to another Velocitos before going to Durango.
I followed the San Jaun River east toward the dam. The rivers were full all over as the snow continued to melt in the mtns.
That's the dam. The spillway is on the left looking like my road. But no the road is that diagonal line going up the dam to the left. I'd never seen a road built on the back of a dam like that.
The lake is huge and goes for 15 or twenty miles back into the hills.
I rode on to the Valecitos area. It was beautiful. It had lakes, luscious green fields, and snow covered Mtns. I was glad that I rode that way today.
It had only been a 100 mile ride to Durango. I rode thru town and got out of town without trouble. While I was riding thru town I was spied by a young ADVrider that was riding in Calif a couple years back. He ended up staying in an adjacent condo unit to mine.
We introduced ourselves and actually went on a couple local rides together. He was freshly graduated from college as an engineer and was looking to relocate from Michigan. As it turned out he couldn't find a job, and he went back to MI. I figured that we'd probably never run into one another again.
His avitar is xdbx. I didn't see him but he called my cell phone and left me a message that he'd seen me pass thru town....there aren't many bikes pulling a bike. He could hardly be wrong.
It really is a small world. I sure hope that he managed to escape from MI. I liked Daniel.
I set my course toward Dolores. Soon I was there, and had camp set up in the Dolores River Campground and RV park, with the Dolores River less that 50 yards away.
A couple of my riding buddy showed up a little later. LD walker on the right and Dave Snell, left. These boys were from over around Westcliffe Co.
We'd do some riding tomorrow....
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
Lucky Rider
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Baja is good
Oddometer: 1,211
At this point I've done 2 weeks of reporting with pictures adnauseum.
The ADV stats show 2000 watchers. I can't tell if you guys are clicking in for a look and deciding the report is not for you, or if there is a core of viewers who keep returning for the next installment.
I'd appreciate you all letting me know.......TIA.
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
OLDEN DAYS...mostly BAJA
|Thread Tools
|Search this Thread
|Display Modes
Linear Mode


text:
June 12, 2006 5:15 PM PDT
Craigslist suffers third outage in a week
- Related Stories
Craigslist's laid-back approach to successFebruary 1, 2006
Google wants your car listings, eventsOctober 25, 2005
Report: Craigslist costing newspapers millionsDecember 27, 2004
An unidentified glitch prevented many visitors to Craigslist from accessing the site for about an hour, Jim Buckmaster, the company's chief executive, said in an e-mail interview. The problem, which began at 11:05 a.m. PDT, is still being investigated by the company, Buckmaster wrote.
Craigslist went down twice last week and the company's technicians suspect all three outages are related, Buckmaster said.
"(The outage is) highly unusual for us," Buckmaster said in his e-mail. "Our total downtime (planned and unplanned) is generally less than five hours per year, and we've had years without so much as a single hour of downtime."
Craigslist operates in about 190 cities across the U.S. and abroad. Each month the site generates 3 billion page views from about 10 million unique users, making it the seventh most popular site on the Internet in terms of page views.
Founded by Craig Newmark in 1995, Craigslist operates with a staff of less than 20 but has increasingly become the destination for people interested in posting help-wanted, automobile and real estate advertisements.
These classified categories once generated millions for newspapers.
See more CNET content tagged:
Craigslist, outage, e-mail
1 commentJoin the conversation! Add your comment

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Marching into Spring on Pine Lake
By flyinggma
Tags: "Pine Lake", Minnesota, puddles, spring
Category: Nature, photography, Spring scenes
An after work walk down by the lake reinforced the idea that Spring is truly on its way here in Minnesota. The sound of running water and water puddles everywhere and my grandson's boots stomping in the water let me know that we won't be frozen in Winter for much longer! Yay!


text:
October 18, 2006 5:13 PM PDT
HP regains spot as No. 1 PC maker worldwide
- Related Stories
Dell's dog days of summerJuly 21, 2006
Macs see growth spurtJuly 19, 2006
Dell whacks prices on select notebooks, desktopsMay 1, 2006
Vista delay could sting PC makersMarch 21, 2006
The analyst firm said Wednesday that HP edged out Dell by a mere 110,000 units shipped in the third quarter. Rival PC market trackers at IDC found HP had a larger volume of PCs by 28,000, which that firm called "a statistical tie."
"In the scale of a market of 59 million units, it's a relatively smaller bounce," agreed Charles Smulders, research vice president at Gartner. "But I think more telling is the market share trajectories of Dell and HP, with Dell declining and HP continuing to gain share."
Dell had its lowest year-over-year growth ever, with its global PC shipments growing 3.6 percent, said Gartner. Its worldwide market share decreased to 16.1 percent, from 16.5 percent in the same quarter last year. Smulders attributed the Round Rock, Texas-based company's slowing growth to its reliance on the U.S. corporate market, which is showing weak growth.
"We're in the trough of a replacement cycle. Large accounts are buying fewer machines," he said. IDC said the delay of Microsoft's Vista operating system is a factor as well, with some consumers and businesses waiting to replace desktops and notebooks until the final version is released.
Meanwhile, HP performed well in all regions, with its global PC shipments increasing 15.4 percent since the third quarter of last year, according to Gartner. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company's worldwide market share went from 15.1 percent last year to 16.3 percent this quarter.
Gartner pegged worldwide PC volume growth at 6.7 percent this quarter, while IDC's tallies showed a 7.9 percent increase. Though the numbers differ slightly, both give the sense of a global slowing of PC shipments.
Both firms also found that the U.S. market experienced negative growth this quarter, with IDC reporting a 0.7 percent year-over-year decline, and Gartner a 2 percent decline.
"We had forecast just over 5 percent growth in the U.S., but actual final growth was negative. A big part of that was Dell, which is a third of the market," said Loren Loverde, IDC's director of PC research. But Dell is not the only one at fault. Gateway, the No. 3 U.S. PC maker, showed almost no significant growth this quarter at 0.3 percent.
Dell has seen a significant slowdown in its shipment growth over the past year, Loverde said, and for a number of reasons.
"They've looked at non-PC technologies. They've had some pressure from Wall Street to focus on profitability, some criticism of their pricing. They're in the middle of refocusing their efforts on a balance of profitability and volume, and maximizing customer satisfaction," he said. "That's all well and fine, but they're not growing as fast as they used to or, in this case, as fast as the market."
The bright spot in the gloomy U.S. market was Apple Computer's better-than-expected quarter. Gartner tallied the Cupertino, Calif. company's growth at 31 percent since the third quarter of 2005, its U.S. market share jumping to 6.1 percent.
Both PC analyst firms attributed Apple's success to the completed transition to Intel processors.
See more CNET content tagged:
Gartner Inc., shipment, PC company, Dell, Apple Computer
6 commentsJoin the conversation! Add your comment
- Quit Advertising HP!
- For the past month cnet has talked about HP's blunders and such, and now they're talking about HP's rebound, it's quite annoying to have the constant advertising from cnet.
- Like Reply Link Flag
- It's called News not Advertising...
- And I don't see the HP stories about the boardroom as flattering or advertising.
If you don't like HP then just say it but don't try to peg every story about HP as advertising.
Also if you don't like CNet then don't read it.
I like it because it gives a means of feedback just as you excersized with your criticism.
It even lets people disagree with other posters like my disagreeing with your ignorant statement.
- Like Reply Link Flag
- Glad to see HP, not Dell on top
- For a change.
I beleive competition is good for consumers because it offers us
more CHOICE.
Now if only we could do something about Windoze.
- Like Reply Link Flag
- HP Comeback
- I would think that the Dell slippage has also to do with some of their PC's (battery recall and mobo/capacitor problems).
BTW..this same story is on usatoday.com, not just cnet.
- Like Reply Link Flag


text:
Fashion. Culture. Community.
This item cannot be found.
by Amber
by Michelle Boutilier
by Nicholl Beltran
by Jillian Balandran
by Marta
View All
Search Photos
Sort by:
LatestMost PopularRandom
by Carolyn Keys Cutter
by Tahitia Belle Fille
by Connie Sawyer
by Pin Up Cosmetics
Welcome toPinup Girl Style
Sign Upor Sign In
Or sign in with:
Started by Shy Anne in PUG Fans Around The World. Last reply by Connie Sawyer on Wednesday.
21 Replies
Just wondering if anyone has a Blog?Mine is: http://writerinadress.tumblr.comFeel free to share yours and I'll add you to my reader :) Continue
Started by Pin Up Cosmetics in PUG Fans Around The World on Tuesday.
0 Replies
1 Like
Hello Ladies!I'm the owner of Pin Up…Continue
Started by Gypsy St. Sparkle in PUG Fans Around The World Jun 20.
0 Replies
Looking for carole top size large or Xlarge in white and harlequin. If you have one or both that you want to sell please message me.
Started by katrina in PUG Fans Around The World Jun 19.
0 Replies
WANTED:Loren dress in black or plum size LContinue
© 2015 Created by John at Pinup Girl Clothing.
Powered by
Badges |
Report an Issue |
Terms of Service
Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator.


text:
We added the under cabinet outlets and lights after we got granite countertops, and then tiled the ... read more
These whimsical accessories are made of metal and finished in multiple tones of green, red, blue, and orange with silver plated metal accents. Sizes= Sm-5x5x2, Med-8x7x4, Lg-10x8x4
Width: 9.63
Height: 8.00
Weight: 6.00
Finish: Miscellaneous
Compare at: $265.93
No Sales Tax!
Fast and Free Shipping!
Our Price: $229.95
*Free shipping on all Legrand orders. Free shipping on non-Legrand orders over $49. No sales tax except on orders to Missouri
eCommerce Design by Solid Cactus.


text:
Does it disgust you too?
My sis and her friend were pondering across videos yesterday and found this video. When I watched I was just waiting for that pony to flip over on her or break her nose. The draw reins are not helping at all. Well anyways, to the point, we want to know if we are completely wrong about this?


text:
DC has big news coming up for the New Year. Check this teaser to see what that big news might be.
Jan 23 2012
Lucky Bearings Introduces Josh Matthews
Jan 02 2012
Nyjah Huston and Mike Mo Capaldi on DC
Dec 12 2011
Taylor McClung Welcome to Expedition Video
5Boro Join or Die Teaser
Nov 25 2011
The Chocolate Video Trailer
Nov 10 2011
SB Chronicles Vol 1 Trailer
Anyone who disagrees with me is crazy! CRAZY! Like flitirn' with Lindsey Lohan kinda crazy.If you were a boss, would you rather hire employees who are motivated by a pay cheque, or those who are motivated by doing exceptional things?If you were a car manufacturer, would you buy products from a supplier whose only concern is greater profit, or a supplier who takes pride in superior products?If you were a hockey GM, would you sign a player who only seems to play awesome during a contract year, or a player who absolutely loves doing great things on the ice?Yes, revenue and profit are important. They are the oxygen that feeds a business. And when I'm trickin' out on my board in the half-pipe, I need oxygen man. But I don't do it for the oxygen. I do it for the love of boardin'. Dude. That's what makes me so rad.
The crew at Politic Skateboards want to give you some free stuff! Head inside and sign up.


text:
The following is an archive of a post made to our
'vox mailing list'
by one of its subscribers.
On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 11:57:41AM -0700, ME wrote:
> Prisoner:(Number 6) "I am not a number, I am a free man!"
I always wanted to do a video game of The Prisoner on my Atari.
With the big bouncing 'rover' balls, lots of candy-cane stripes and
weird umbrellas. :)
Oddly enough there IS a Prisoner game for the Atari, although I believe
it's more text-based, like Zork and those.
Who owns the entire The Prisoner series on DVD. Damn you, Leng!
vox mailing list
Hosting provided by:
Sunset Systems
Sunset Systems offers preconfigured Linux
systems, remote system administration and
custom software development.
LUGOD: Linux Users' Group of Davis
PO Box 2082, Davis, CA 95617
Contact Us
LUGOD is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization
based in Davis, California
and serving the Sacramento area.
"Linux" is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.


text:
Mickey Mouse dead
By Tony Hicks
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 12:57 pm in Uncategorized.
I just saw this story about the man who was the voice of Mickey Mouse for more than three decades. And I can't help but think it's the cutest friggin thing I've ever heard that his wife happened to be the woman who voiced Minnie Mouse.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wayne Allwine (AHL'-wine), the actor who voiced Mickey Mouse for more than 30 years, has died.
The Walt Disney Co. says Allwine died Monday of complications from diabetes. He was 62.
His wife of 20 years and the voice of Minnie Mouse, Russi Taylor, was by his side.
Allwine has voiced Disney's main mouse since 1977. He joined the company in 1966 when he took a job in the mail room and went on to work in the sound effects department, where he began trying his voiceover talents.
He won an Emmy Award in 1986 for his sound editing on the NBC series "Amazing Stories."
[You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.]


text:
Privacy Policy
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to the http://www.xsories.com and XS Commerce, LLC dba XSories.com and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to XS Commerce, LLC dba XSories.com include http://www.xsories.com and XSories.com. The XSories.com website is a ecommerce site. By using the XSories.com website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
XSories.com may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name. If you purchase XSories.com's products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction. We may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by XSories.com. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the XSories.com website.
XSories.com encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from XSories.com so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. XSories.com is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the XSories.com website.
Use of your Personal Information
XSories.com collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
XSories.com may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from XSories.com and its affiliates. XSories.com may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
XSories.com does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. XSories.com may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to XSories.com, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
XSories.com will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on XSories.com or the site; (b) protect and defend the right or property of XSories.com; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of XSories.com, or the public.
Security of your Personal Information
To secure your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure, XSories.com uses the following:
GoDaddy Standard SSL
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
Children Under Thirteen
XSories.com does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from XSories.com by contacting us here:
- Web page: http://www.xsories.com
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 702-586-6525
Changes to this Statement
XSories.com will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. XSories.com encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how XSories.com is protecting your information.
Contact Information
XSories.com welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that XSories.com has not adhered to this Statement, please contact XSories.com at:
XS Commerce, LLC dba XSories.com
3073 W. Tompkins Ave
Las Vegas, Nevada 89103
Email Address:
[email protected]
Telephone number:
Effective as of March 19, 2012


text: On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:39, Jeremy Katz <katzj redhat com> wrote: > Also, most filesystems don't support the needed > security xattrs required for SELinux -- I know that reiserfs does not at > present, for example. XFS is a file system to consider, it has full SE Linux support in recent 2.6 kernels. The only thing to note with XFS is that it's strongly recommended that you use a 512 byte block size. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page


text:
Viewers: in countries Watching now:
In this course, author George Maestri explains how to model and render 3D objects and scenes using Google SketchUp 8. The course covers the fundamentals of the application, from navigating the user interface, manipulating objects, and building basic shapes to importing objects from Google Earth, animating a scene, and modeling organic terrain using the Sandbox tools. The course also explores SketchUp Pro features, which are available as an upgrade. These include tools for creating dynamic components and adding interactivity, as well as sophisticated importing and exporting options for working with outside applications.
The first thing we need to learn within SketchUp is how to get around, how to navigate in a 3D viewport while looking at a 2D screen. So if we look in our Camera menu you'll notice we have three major options here; we have Orbit, Pan, and Zoom. And also notice that the keyboard shortcuts are O, H, and Z. These are also duplicated on the Large toolbar as well, so we have Orbit, Pan, and Zoom. So you can get to these in a number of ways, you can get to them here on the toolbar, you can get them here through the menu, or you can get to them through the keyboard shortcuts.
So let's go through these top to bottom so that way you know how to use each of them, and then we'll start using them in combination. So if I select Orbit or hit the O key, you'll notice how my cursor changes to this kind of double-arrow cursor, and that means we're in the Orbit mode. So if you left-click and move the mouse up and down you'll notice that you're orbiting vertically. If you go left and right you orbit left and right pretty intuitive, and if you go in circles you can orbit in circles.
So we can just orbit around, if we want to look at the back of this, of these buildings we can look at them, or we can -- really basically go wherever we want. There's another tool called Pan and that's the letter H, and if we select Pan it goes to this hAnd and what we can do with the hand is we can actually pan left to right or up and down. And it's really just a matter of moving where our focus is in the scene, so it's basically very similar to what you'd see in something like Photoshop or something like that.
It basically just pans where you're looking at on the screen. Next is Zoom, which is the letter Z, and that brings up this little magnifying glass and if we left-click and drag, if we go left and right, if we go up and down, it will zoom in and out. Left and right doesn't really work, this is an up and down kind of zoom thing. So if we want to zoom out we can zoom out, make this really tiny, or we can zoom in if want to go in really, really close. So if we want to use these in combination we could, for example, pan over to something.
Let's say, we wanted to see this bench, we could orbit so we can get a little bit closer in, and then we can zoom so that we can actually see this bench that's in the yard. Selecting each tool individually sometimes could be cumbersome, we have to keep going over here, or we have to use the keyboard shortcuts and the O, H, and Z keys are not really located right next to each other. So sometimes it's not as easy to get to each of these tools. So another way to do it is to go out and get a three button mouse.
If you don't have one I'd highly suggest you get a three-button mouse because it makes navigation that much easier. So when you use a three-button mouse you can still use the Pan tool and left-click and Pan. If you have a middle mouse button, if you middle click and hold notice how it comes up to the Orbit tool, so you can left-click and Pan, middle click and Orbit. Now if your middle mouse button has a scroll wheel which most of them do, you can scroll in and out to zoom.
So with your index finger you can Pan, middle finger Orbit, and then roll that middle mouse button to Zoom. And if you can do this, it makes it much easier to navigate around within SketchUp.
There are currently no FAQs about Google SketchUp 8 Essential Training.
Access exercise files from a button right under the course name.
Search within course videos and transcripts, and jump right to the results.
Remove icons showing you already watched videos if you want to start over.
Make the video wide, narrow, full-screen, or pop the player out of the page into its own window.
Click on text in the transcript to jump to that spot in the video. As the video plays, the relevant spot in the transcript will be highlighted.


text:
30 October 2013-14 December 2013
Deakin University Art Gallery (Melbourne Burwood Campus)
In its fifth year, this annual acquisitive award and exhibition is organised by the Art Collection and Galleries Unit at Deakin University. One outstanding entry is awarded $10,000 and becomes part of the Deakin Univesrity Art Collection.
Julie Nolan03 firstname.lastname@example.com Willis03 9244 firstname.lastname@example.com
4 December 2013-13 December 2013, 9.00 am-5.00 pm
Burwood Campus Library
Deakin is proudly encouraging the spirit of giving this festive season by supporting the annual Whitehorse Christmas Toy Appeal. New and unwrapped toys or gifts can be placed under the Deakin Community Christmas Tree in the Burwood Campus Library Foyer (Building V), prior to 5 pm Friday 13 December. Donations will be collected by the Eastern Emergency Relief Network and distributed through more than 140 welfare organisations to families in the City of Whitehorse and adjacent municipalities.
Additional information
Trevor firstname.lastname@example.com
15 December 2013, 4.30 pm-9.30 pm
Whitehorse Civic Centre Lawns, 379-397 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading
Embrace the Christmas spirit by gathering with family, friends and neighbours for a picnic on the lawn, captivating performances, and all your favourite carols, featuring Marina Prior, Donald Cant, and an array of talented local and children�s performers.
Consider supporting the Whitehorse Christmas Toy Appeal, by bringing along a new, unwrapped toy/gift to place under the Deakin Community Christmas Tree.
Free children�s rides & photos with Santa, gourmet food, coffee & beverage stalls on
Additional information
CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B
Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility | Glossary | Site map | A-Z index
Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.


text:
Jeremy Jubenville
I joined the Szendrei lab in 2013 as a Master's student after receiving my B.S. in Biology from Western Michigan University. My interests are centered around insect ecology, conservation biological control, and sustainable agricultural practices. As a result, the predominant theme of my research is that of pesticide input reduction in annual cropping systems. Currently, I am investigating the biology and ecology of two celery insect pests: the celery leaftier (Udea rubigalis) and aphids. This work will consist of a variety of components including the identification of biological control agents, pheromone compound analysis, and the development of integrated pest management protocols. The ultimate goal is to develop economical pest management tactics and strategies that minimize disturbance and take advantage of the regulating services provided by our ecosystems.
Email: jubenvi3 'at' msu.edu


text:
(All fields required)
Please enter a valid email.
Please enter your name.
What is : (So we know you are human.)
Please supply the correct answer.
Both in the presynaptic terminals of neurons, and the membranes of neuroendocrine cells, the specific site of vesicle fusion is tightly regulated. Using an advanced microscopy technique – evanescent wave or total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) – to assess both the extent and localization of secretion in a neurosecretory cell line (PC12 cells), we are investigating how cellular architecture specifies the site of vesicle fusion. This method relies on the evanescent field that penetrates a short distance into the low refractive index medium upon total internal reflection. Its depth of penetration depends on the angle of incidence, and decays exponentially as a function of distance away from the interface. Excitation intensity drops by a factor of >0.5 for ~80nm, and is insignificant beyond 200-300nm. It is this very tightly restricted layer of illumination that allows TRIF microscopy to observe the processes that occur only around the membrane of the cell without optical contamination from the rest of the cell. Using this approach, we have shown that the actin cytoskeleton acts as both a facilitator of secretion (by delivering vesicles to a membrane proximal zone) and an inhibitor of fusion (by restricting access to the plasma membrane). We are investigating how the lipid composition of the membrane regulates release dynamics and site specificity.
click to enlarge
3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3026 | 1-513-636-4200 | 1-800-344-2462 | TTY: 1-513-636-4900
New to Cincinnati Children's or live outside of the Tristate area? 1-877-881-8479
© 1999-2015 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center


text:
Tnooz-WEX Webinar VIDEO: Success stories for e-payments in travel booking
Are high volumes of hotel booking payments creating an accounting nightmare for your payments teams?
Are you sacrificing control, or having difficulty managing to contracted rates with your supplier base? Do you spend too much time resolving payment disputes?
This webinar attempts to answer these questions as well as highlighting two case studies of how a large travel brand and a startup have adopted or used e-payments with suppliers.
Panelists for this FREE webinar were:
- Monica Fallo, WEX Bank, director US sales
- Nicole Tackett, WEX Bank, manager payment solutions
- Chris Richter, Expedia, senior project manager
- Jared Simon, HotelTonight, COO
- Kevin May, Tnooz, editor and moderator
- Gene Quinn, Tnooz, CEO and producer
Here is the full video of the webinar:
And the slides:
About the Writer :: Kevin May
Kevin May is editor and a co-founder of Tnooz. He was previously editor of UK-based magazine Travolution for nearly four years and web editor of Media Week UK from 2003 to 2005.
He has also worked in regional newspapers (Essex Enquirer) and started his career in journalism at the Police Gazette at New Scotland Yard in London. He has a degree in criminology and a postgraduate diploma in magazine journalism.
Great presentation thanks for posting.


text:
Privacy and Cookies
Uruguay's government is trying to save a part of the country's flag carrier, Pluna, and is offering all its routes and at least 50% of its staff as part of a package of seven Bombardier CRJ900s it is offering for auction, according to local sources.
The deal has been offered to BuqueBus, SOL Lineas Aereas as well as a number of other parties, indicates the source.
Pluna ceased operations on 6 July after running into financial difficulties.
The first batch of aircraft, built in 2008, will be auctioned off by the country's government on 3 September. According to public works and transport minister Enrique Pintado, the auction will have a $135 million starting price, with a $100 million floor price.
Aircraft | Aerospace | Aviation | Military | Business aviation | MRO | General aviation | Space | Airports | Engines and propulsion | Flight tests | Accidents and incidents | Flightglobal blogs | E-newsletters |
Flightglobal dashboard | ACAS | MiliCAS | Ascend Fleets | Flightglobal Insight | ICAO | CapStats | Airport charges | Ascend Values | Aviation Exchange | Aircraft Ratings | Helicopter Fleets | Market Commentaries | FlightMaps Analytics | Industry resources
Browse by job role | Career advice | Jobs by email | Jobs search | Recruiter services
Airline Strategy Awards | Air shows | Conferences | Exhibitions | Flightglobal events
… part of Reed Business Information Copyright © 2015


text:
Back to the Bible
Featured Offer from Back to the Bible View All Resources
Make twice the impact and get a gift
Few things in life cause more stress and strain than money issues. That's why we want to send you our brand new book, Everyday Finances for the Everyday Family. Request a copy with your gift today, doubled in impact by our Challenge Grant.
More Resources from Back to the Bible View All Resources


text:
Young County sheriff's officials say one of four people wanted in Tuesday's drug trafficking raid in North Texas turned himself into authorities this morning.
Young County sheriff's officials are releasing the mugshots of more than 20 people arrested, and accused of being in an organized drug trafficking ring.
A Wichita Falls man arrested during a large scale drug sting operation last year will spend the next 97 months behind bars in a federal prison.


text:
Are home prices accelerating too quickly?
We asked the U-T Housing Huddle, our group of 10 real estate experts
San Diego housing prices in November were up 13.7 percent from a year ago, influenced by falling foreclosure inventory and a tight housing supply. Are prices accelerating too quickly, leading up to another potential housing bubble? Please state yes or no, and why.
•Paul Barnes, president of Shea Homes San Diego:
No. The pricing phenomenon that we see here in San Diego is a factor of diminished inventory and San Diego's jewel, its climate. What can we say? San Diego is such an incredibly desirable place to live, crystal blue skies and 68 degrees today. You just can't beat it. And the ocean, priceless. Couple this with very limited inventory and little new production possibilities and the laws of economics go to work. Too much? That is for a buyer and seller to determine. Historically though, San Diego has a reputation of a very fast incoming tide.
•Murtaza Baxamusa, directs planning and development for the Family Housing Corporation, of the San Diego Building Trades in Mission Valley:
Yes. If the rate of growth in home prices exceeds the rate of growth in family incomes in the region, then it creates instability. As home sale prices exceed affordability, families are driven to risky borrowing. The market then bubbles with speculative investors. For stable growth driven by local factors, incomes and prices need to be balanced.
•Kurt Branstetter, loan officer and mortgage manager at W.J. Bradley Mortgage in San Diego:
No. All pricing recovery is a welcome relief for San Diego's housing market. Each percentage increase in price eliminates another layer of problem properties and steers the market to good health. I wish there were more owner-occupied/first-time homebuyers versus investors, but we'll take it. Home prices are accelerating mainly because of today's historic low 30-year-fixed rate loans that make it attractive for people to buy or buy another home as an investment. Because every homebuyer is required to qualify for the new loan and because they are buying at/near market bottom, any risk of a bubble will be constrained.
•Clemente Casillas, broker and president at South County Real Estate in Chula Vista:
Yes, it is unsustainable. Investors with cash are coming in, making it hard for regular buyers. In turn, buyers are now starting to pay above appraised value just to get a property, creating an artificial bubble. For a stable recovery, not only do we need more jobs, we also need better-paying jobs. Controlling the market by holding down interest rates is not a good thing because you create internal factors that are not market driven but politically driven. Now the Feds at their last Federal Open Market Committee mentioned they want to hold down interest rate till unemployment goes below 6.5 percent. We are at least 2 years out.
•Patricia Kramer, realtor with Kramer and Martin at Prudential California in Rancho Santa Fe:
No. Most of the acceleration in pricing has occurred in neighborhoods hit hardest by the housing downturn. Going deeper, you will find many neighborhoods have seen only a modest increases in price. However, 13.7 percent is a dramatic jump, even after a five-year decline in home prices. More importantly, there is far too much uncertainty in our financial markets with the threat of a "fiscal cliff,"real or imagined. With many American's facing confiscatory taxation, in addition to the threat of losing the mortgage interest deduction, there is little chance of a "housing bubble" in the near future.


text:
Visiting Hours
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM and
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM daily.
Front Lobby
5:00 AM – 8:00 PM daily.
Career Opportunities
- Registered Nurse (PACU)
October 22, 2013
- Per Diem Registered Nurse (ED)
October 15, 2013
- Physical Therapy Assistant
October 11, 2013
- RN Nurse Manager
October 11, 2013
- Registered Nurse (CCU/NOCs)
October 3, 2013
What Do You Do If You Get Sick With The Flu?
This is the time of the year when people can get sick with the flu and respiratory illness. Most people with the flu have mild illness and do not need medical care or antiviral drugs. If you get sick with flu symptoms, in most cases, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people except to get medical care. This gives your body a chance to heal more quickly, and also reduces the risk of spreading the flu to other people.
If, however, you have symptoms of flu and are very sick or worried about your illness, first contact your health care provider (doctor, physician's assistant, etc.) or your local urgent care center. The Emergency Room should not be used for routine medical care.
People who get the flu exhibit a variety of symptoms including:
- Fever
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Runny or stuffy nose
- Body aches
- Headache
- Chills
- Fatigue
- Sometimes, diarrhea and vomiting
Some people are at greater risk of serious flu-related complications (including young children, elderly persons, pregnant women and people with certain long-term medical conditions). If you are in a high risk group and develop flu symptoms, it's best for you to contact your doctor. Remind them of your high risk status for flu.
If you have one of the following emergency warning signs noted below, seek medical attention immediately.
In children
- Fast breathing or trouble breathing
- Bluish skin color
- Not drinking enough fluids
- Not waking up or not interacting
- Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
- Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
- Fever with a rash
In infants
- Being unable to eat
- Has trouble breathing
- Has no tears when crying
- Significantly fewer wet diapers than normal
In adults
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
- Sudden dizziness
- Confusion
- Severe or persistent vomiting
- Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
For more information about taking care when you have the flu, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/takingcare.htm and http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USHHSV-66d2ac.
Lompoc Valley Medical Center, Infection Prevention Service(adapted from Santa Barbara County Public Health Department News Release 2013-01-16; 300 N. San Antonio Road • Santa Barbara, CA 93110|(805) 681-5102 • FAX (805) 681-5191| www.countyofsb.org.


text:
The following is an archive of a post made to our
'vox-jobs mailing list'
by one of its subscribers.
Web Application Programmer temp position
To apply email firstname.lastname@example.com
Position Description:
This is a contract position onsite at Nokia thru a payrolling service.
Experienced web developer sought to create data-driven web applications using HTML, XHTML and XML plus Java, PHP, PERL, Python, and/or Ruby. Must be comfortable with rapid development cycles while creating solid, reusable code. Graphic design skills not necessary -- emphasis on code quality, development speed and flexibility. Good communications skills and the ability to follow directions and deliver on schedule are all mandatory.
Business Unit Description:
This is a contract position expected to last three or more months, working with an extremely innovative and fast-moving team within Nokia's Multimedia business group. Exact work hours and location flexible, though must be available for easy and reliable contact. Equipment will be provided.
vox-jobs mailing list
Hosting provided by:
Sunset Systems
Sunset Systems offers preconfigured Linux
systems, remote system administration and
custom software development.
LUGOD: Linux Users' Group of Davis
PO Box 2082, Davis, CA 95617
Contact Us
LUGOD is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization
based in Davis, California
and serving the Sacramento area.
"Linux" is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.


text:
'And the Oscar goes to…': Bayern Munich win Bundesliga title
James Hunt praises a side who has wrapped up their domestic title at the beginning of April.
James Hunt praises a side who has wrapped up their domestic title at the beginning of April.
Ciaran Kelly believes that Pep Guardiola's move to Bayern Munich is reminiscent of something we've seen before.
Alex Richards looks at the future for one of the last members of the Chelsea 'old guard'.
James Hunt believes that it's Germany's turn to dominate on the international stage.
Ciaran Kelly looks at Bayern Munich's recent revival that has seen them have a flying start to the new season.
Ciaran Kelly has high hopes for the future of the German national team and gives a detailed breakdown of their setup.
With another World Cup down, Kevin Coleman reviews the competition with some select award categories.
The nominees have been announced for the World Cup Golden Ball award and there are few surprises on the shortlist.


text:
About Us
Contact Us
Calendar / Events
HOLY SPIRIT / Study Now
PARTNERS of Hope
SUBSCRIBE to Our Newsletter
Download / Sample mp3 Music
Power UP! Word/Spirit/Worship
Charles Finney-Hope Reeder
Eagle-Dove is Hovering Over America
Prophetic Words & Articles
One Time Gift
Partners Of Hope - Donate
Praise Alive Ministries, Inc.
Impacting the Destiny of People and Nations for Jesus Christ
r T
July 3, 2015
Partnership with PAM Inc.
provides international opportunity to help fulfill the great commission and reach many souls for Christ.
Eph. 6:8 (NIV) because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
become a Missions
Sending Force
and join 'Partners of Hope' and reap God's rewards. '
Partners of Hope' Monthly Support and One Time Donations can be made right here through
Paypal, credit or debit cards
. Thank you!
Please read more below or watch the videos about what we do, below the Paypal buttons. Thank you
Safe & Secure Credit Card or Paypal Account through Paypal
$30.00 Faith Member
$50.00 Silver Member
$100.00 Gold Member
$250.00 Platinum Member
$500.00 Executive Investment
$1,000.00 President Investment
$1,250.00 Excalibur Investment
You select the Amount or One Time Donations Here
Please use the email firstname.lastname@example.com
Safe & Secure Credit Card on Paypal Account through Paypal
Please use the Email: firstname.lastname@example.com for donations.
If for some reason there is an internet glitch, please contact us by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you for your time, prayers, finances and sacrifice of love
Praise Alive Ministries, Inc. International
Impacting the Destiny of People
and Nations for Jesus Christ
Roger & Hope Reeder
Praise Alive Ministries passion is to take the Gospel to other nations, and reach people with the love of Christ. We desires to help win the lost though many different tools. One such tool is our sports ministry which helps provide means to mobilize churches in
Ethiopia and Thailand
. Our
Unified by Grace
project helps provide basic health care and help stock anti-malarial medication and mosquito nets for the impoverished two thousand people at the Nyambabare Clinic in West Ankole in
southwestern Uganda
. This ministry helps bring hope through the Feeding Programs for children and adults in Bishop Lavis shanty towns in
Bishop Lavis, South Africa
, helps train and encourage Pastors and leaders both nationally and internationally, helps impart into youth for Godly leadership, and helps evangelize the unreached. As you partner with us, you are impacting lives around the world with eternal reward. Thank you.
This year, along with other ministries, Praise Alive Ministries, Inc. helped purchase a delivery truck for a church in South Africa which helps them to start a delivery service business thus creating job opportunities which will help enable them to become self-sustaining. Their business will ultimately helps support the daily feeding program for the hundreds of homeless, poor and hungry living in cardboard and tin box homes in the community. We are honored to now have you become a part.
The 'Unified By Grace' Cd project, by Quickstar Productions, was created by one of the founders Brenden Bosmans of Quickstar Productions based out of Baltimore, MD. The inspiration for this CD came from a mission trip to West Ankole, Uganda that he served on in November 2007. The goal of this CD is to help raise money to help purchase anti-malarial medicines for this health clinic, which is another way this ministry is changing lives in other nations.
It features like sounding Christian artists from the East Coast scene.
Hope Reeder's song 'Who Can Compare'
was chosen as a perfect fit on this project. Amazingly so, as Hope's heart has forever been and will always cry out with love, for the people of Africa, South Africa and beyond.
With your heart-felt compassion to fulfill the commission of God
your generous donations to Praise Alive Ministries, Inc. helps spread the love of Jesus Christ and will be used to further God's plan to 'go' as we literally take His love to many Nations. Please become a Partner of Hope and make a difference in other nations without leaving home.
To become a
Partner of Hope
, simply go to our website
and click on '
Partners of Hope
Roger and Hope aim to take students to parts of South Africa each September/October to help with hands on experiences of feeding the poor, street evangelism, youth ministry, Woman's conference, leaders conference, Pastors conferences, orphanages, the safe house project and more. Your year round commitments will help further the spread of the gospel. We are purchasing wristbands to take, bible bookmarks, and some clothes, some medications and candy for the kids. If you would like to make a special one-time donation or become a year round partner to help on this project and more, please sign up to donate on our website page '
Partners of Hope
Your gifts will help this ministry impact the destiny of people both children and adults, churches and nations for Christ through discipleship, teaching, training, Cd sales, conferences, prophetic worship, and the preaching and teaching of the Word of God both nationally and internationally.
As Jesus said in
Matthew 25:40,
"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
We sincerely appreciate your participation as a partner, your love and continued prayers.
or go online to
to go to
'Partners of Hope.'
You are able to make donations on Partners of Hope page. Photos are also available there of national and international events. Thank you. God bless all you do to further the Kingdom of God.
Going beyond normal limits,
Roger & Hope Reeder
See BIO on 'About Us' page
Praise Alive Ministries, Inc.
P. O. Box 410422, Charlotte, NC 28241
501c3 non profit organization since 1990
Celebrating 22 Years in Ministry 1989 - 2011
Impacting Lives Around the World


text:
E-mail this story
Poll Shows State Is Ready To Lead On Gun Control
Because the Dec. 14 Newtown massacre took place in one of our communities, Connecticut should be a national leader in sensible, constitutional gun-control measures. A new poll indicates most residents want that to happen.
January 31, 2013


text:
ATC Public Meetings This Week
A third round of public meetings will begin this week, being held by the company that wants to build high voltage transmission lines from just north of La Crosse to Dan County. Sara Justice of American Transmission Company, says they have recieved quite a bit of public comment already.
The first meeting is at 1pm Tuesday at Stoney Creek in Onalaska. Justice says they will have representatives from transmission planning, engineering, real estate and enviromental and construction on hand to answer questions.


text:
22-9986 - 8" C-Clamp
All metal construction G clamp with fine thread Matt black finish
22-9988 - Table Vise
Heat treated jaws, 2-3/8" wide & 1" deep Open to 3" Locking swivel base turns through 360° Mounting clamp opens up to 45mm Paint coated body Weight: 5 lbs
28-955 - Double Sided Foam Tape
Thousands of uses Fasten accessories to car dash, etc. 3/4" x 61/2' roll
35-5155 - 10MM Headphones White High Performance Earbud
High Performance Earbud Headphones White
Lightweight, stylish, high performance earbuds give crystal clear sound as well as a comfortable fit. Ideal for use with CD, MP3, MP4 and any other small portable audio players.
80-6875 - VHS Head Cleaner
VCR Head Cleaner safely and effectively cleans tape heads and entire tape path Non-abrasive
Exclusive cleaning material prevents debris from re-depositing on heads
Wet type
Always quite happy with MCM.


text:
We have rich conversations with our clients every day, and increasingly these conversations are happening online. We encourage you to ask questions, share your views, and connect with like-minded professionals.
The International Annual Review demonstrates our achievements and reflects the insights and expertise professionals bring to client relationships.
KPMG's Global IFRS Institute provides information and resources to help Board and Audit Committee Members, Executives, Management, Stakeholders and Government Representatives gain insight on the evolving global financial reporting framework.
KPMG's global network of climate change and sustainability practices helps you build long-term value in a rapidly changing world.
Mining organizations need to adapt across the mining asset lifecycle, from expansion to closure, as changing economic, political and regulatory environment demand greater flexibility.
The Chemical industry's landscape is changing fast - global companies are developing or launching new products and services – and appear optimistic - setting sights on geographic expansion.
Over the last two decades many industries have changed their value proposition by developing their customers' capacity to create value.
KPMG Global Manufacturing Outlook 2014 surveyed 460 executives worldwide, and offers practical and provocative insights to help organizations evaluate future strategies.
The global job search tool allows you to search available career opportunities within many of our 150 member firms worldwide.
KPMG's International Case Competition (KICC) is a chance for students to challenge yourself to solve a real business issue and an opportunity to meet new people across the globe.
The most intriguing aspect of Moby's new album Innocents isn't the music, it's the fact that the musician – credited with helping bring electronica to the musical mainstream – has open-sourced the drum, guitar and keyboard parts so fans can remix his songs. So far, Moby's bundle of music has been downloaded two million times from BitTorrent and 21,000 fans have remixed his music to suit their personal taste.
Innocents is the culmination of a revolution that started in 1979 when Sony launched the Walkman portable cassette player. The success of this device – and the CD version launched in 1984 – proved that consumers were willing to pay to play music where and when they wanted to, integrating their favorite songs into their everyday lives.
Yet this revolution had limits. Even with the Walkman, music still had to take a physical form (cassette or CD), be bought from a store – principally in a format (the album) that was profitable for the labels – and the CD player, though portable, was still hefty.
The internet changed all that. With digital files, physical products were a choice, not a necessity. Artists could circumvent record labels by distributing music from their websites as Radiohead did, selling 1.25 million copies of their album, In Rainbows, this way.
The major labels, having invested millions in the 1980s in digitizing their music for CDs, initially saw the internet as a threat, rather than an opportunity. Their business model had been built on revenues generated by the album format. Millions of consumers still liked albums, yet many others preferred to download, share or rent music – and were happier paying 99 cents for a song than $20 for an album with a few fillers.
Anxious not to cannibalize their existing business, the labels allowed 'outsiders' such as Napster and Apple to drive this digital revolution. Then in 2000, global recorded music revenues began to decline – and kept declining until 2012 when they grew, by 0.3%, to US$16.5bn.
To be fair to the labels, the disruptive power of the internet was not obvious. The major known unknowns included: how severely it would hurt traditional music retailers, what kind of consolidation it might trigger among the labels, and how artists would view this revolution. And despite repeated predictions of the CD's demise, CDs still accounted for 57% of the industry's global revenue in 2012, compared to 35% for digital, the fastest-growing sector.
Like many large companies forced to reinvent their business in a hurry, music labels initially found change easier to articulate than to execute. Defining a new strategy was tough. Aligning leaders and divisions behind that strategy, measuring – and reacting to – success or failure and changing behavior was even harder.
Music is now everywhere – and the labels are profiting from new revenue streams. Some have invested in Spotify, a service with six million who subscribe to stream music rather than purchase it. Sony and Universal Music partly own Vevo, the biggest music video outlet on YouTube, on which Miley Cyrus's latest video generated a record 19.3 million views within 24 hours. Some have also negotiated deals to take a cut of their artists' total income, including revenue from merchandizing and live performances.
Moby's fans can remix his album for free, but if his innovation succeeds, artists, companies like BitTorrent and labels could charge consumers to personalize the music they love. Rock and roll is an unlikely open sourcing pioneer but such initiatives suggest the industry is rediscovering its mojo.
© 2015
KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"), a Swiss entity. Member firms of the KPMG network of independent firms are affiliated with KPMG International. KPMG International provides no client services. No member firm has any authority to obligate or bind KPMG International or any other member firm vis-à-vis third parties, nor does KPMG International have any such authority to obligate or bind any member firm. All rights reserved.


text:
Pronunciation: 간기인물
Added on: 2012-06-03 Listened: 1 timesin: Add categories to 간기인물
Pronunciation in Korean [ko]
Could you do it better? different accent? Pronounce 간기인물 in Korean
Accents & languages on maps
- Random word: 지혜롭다
Not satisfied?
Modify word:
· Add languages
· Add categories
Report word:
Is there anything wrong with this word?
Please report it here.


text:
The Secretary of State's office and the state's County Auditors recently completed the posting of voting credit to individuals in the state's central voter file, which is a record of who has voted in state elections.
The process identified nine potential cases of voter fraud out of the 325,862 voters who cast ballots in last November's election, said North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger.
More in Monday's issue of the Times-Record.
Paul Riemerman
[1] mailto:email@example.com
[2] http://www.times-online.com/sites/default/files/vote ballot.jpg


text: The XZR wiki last edited by Jagged85 on 10/24/14 04:56AM View full history OverviewReleased in 1988 for the MSX and PC88 in Japan, XZR introduces the anti-hero and protagonist of the series, Sadler, a Syrian Assassin (a Shia Islamic cult group) on a mission to kill Caliph, his father, in Baghdad.This is the only game in the XZR/Exile series to never receive a North American release and therefore does not have Exile in its title. The gameplay included action-platform elements, switching between an overhead perspective and side-scrolling sections, while the plot has similarities to the present-day Assassin's Creed video game series.StoryThe game centers around Sadler and his mission to assassinate the Caliph. The intro sequence briefly covers the history of the Middle East from 622 CE, the first year of the Islamic calendar, including a brief description of the Hijra, up until 1104 CE, the year of Sadler's birth.The game starts in Baghdad (in Iraq), where Sadler rescues Rumi, and follows Sadler to Persia and then Babylon, where he must defend the Euphrates River from pollution by an oil magnate, encounter the Assyrian queen Semiramis and Babylonian goddess Ishtar, and visit the Tower of Babel in search of unicorns, before heading to Alexandria, becoming baptised in a Jewish village, and searching for Ouroboros. Eventually, Sadler makes his way back to Baghdad and murders the Caliph. It is then revealed that the Caliph was his father and they were separated when Sadler was kidnapped as a baby by the Assassins. The game then switches focus and enters a subplot about a Mongol invasion before Sadler is warped to the 20th century (towards the end of the Cold War), where he must assassinate Soviet Russia's General Secretary and America's President, ending the game.The main character throughout the XZR/Exile series is Sadler, a young Assassin from Syria. He is depicted as someone who fights against oppression and eventually seeking world peace in the sequel Exile. He is often seen smoking a cigarette. The pink-haired Rumi is Sadler's main love-interest. She is repeatedly kidnapped throughout the series.GameplayEach game in the trilogy is an action role-playing game. The player controls Sadler from a top-down perspective and is able to explore towns and other environments. There is no fighting in the top-down segments. Side-scrolling areas are where the player combats the games' enemies. By fighting enemies, Sadler gains experience points, which increase his attack power and hit points. The player can also purchase items or find them in chests. In addition to hit points and magic points, two more statistics are represented on screen: AP (Attack Power) and AC (Armour Class), which are represented by two wavy lines that move and undulate like a heart monitor. These lines are a visual representation of the randomisation during combat, in contrast to later action RPGs such as The Elder Scrolls series where the randomisation is invisible.Alongside the religious themes, one controversial aspect of the game is Sadler's usage of drugs. Instead of potions, medical herbs, etc., Sadler uses narcotics such as hashish, coca, opiates, LSD, marijuana and peyote to heal himself or increase other attributes. The player's AP and AC statistics, represented by a heart-monitor, are also affected by the drugs.


text:
Via: Open-Site.org
I'm one of the 23% who don't ban Wikipedia.
I don't understand the concept of banning an information resource. I get the criticism of Wikipedia. I understand the limitations of Wikipedia. For the life of me, though, I don't understand banning its use. Why are we in the Educational World so fearful of this Wikipedia thing that 73% of teachers according to this infographic still prevent its use?
We all want our students to be good researchers. Part of this desire, I assume, has led us to develop programs in our classrooms that help to improve our students' Web Search skills. I mention that because perhaps one of our problems with children and Wikipedia is that 99% of its articles end up on the first page of any Google Search. Are we banning Google Search? No. Well then, instead of banning Wikipedia, let's look at whether we are educating our students in how to disseminate accurate information from the garbage. Why? – because the other 9 sites sharing the Top 10 Search page are just as likely to be as potentially unreliable as a source of information as the Wikipedia article, sometimes more so. So let's work out how to support our students in learning good research skills through accessing the tool, instead of avoiding it.
Wikipedia references its sources of information.
Go to any article of useful length on Wikipedia and you will find linked references or quoted text sources. WIkipedia is often a summative recount of all those sources of information. It's why students go there. It does a lot of the hard work for them. Now, if you want them to do the work, require them to seek out some of those sources and check the accuracy of that information. What is the reliability of the source site? What bias might this source have? What type of website is it? ( you can discuss the merit of .com v .org. v .edu or newspaper articles vs blogs or discussions) If we use textbooks instead of Wikipedia, isn't this what we would be doing – comparing and cross-referencing for accuracy? Surely it is an easier learning task to check out 10 sources online than trying to flick between 10 different books and random pages within it? Technology isn't about making it easier so that we don't have to think. It's about making it more effective so we do the job more quickly while still learning the same amount or possibly more. If we teach effective use of Wikipedia, this should be the result.
Wikipedia is no more or less biased than any other source of information.
One of the big bugbears with Wikipedia is that it can be contributed to by anyone. This can definitely result in biased, unsubstantiated garbage that needs to be filtered out. Any Obama/Bush/Gillard/Abbott/Lady Gaga/David Beckham/Charlie Sheen (etc, etc) hater can freely post hate speech on a wiki article. Eventually, though, it is found by Wiki editors and removed, but yes, by then it has already spread to the ill informed. But guess what? This same overheated, one way stream of half truths can be spread by every other form of media from both sides of the political, ideological or religious spectra. We don't ban our Left wing or Right Wing shock jocks from spouting their diatribes of exaggeration on a daily basis. So why ban Wikipedia? Again, let's use it along with the extreme views of other media sources to educate our students about fact and opinion, checking out both sides of the debate, fact checking your information. This is of far more educational value than banning a resource that has much to offer, despite its limitations.
Wikipedia is about as accurate as any other resource. Check the stats.
Look at the above infographic. We're quibbling over 0.94 mistakes per article when comparing Britannica to Wikipedia; 2% accuracy differential when comparing textbooks to Wikipedia. Are those numbers a reason to brand it unreliable and ban it? When any school library would be full of books about the Solar System that still list Pluto as a planet and have atlases without East Timor on the map as a nation? There is no such thing as 100% accuracy. All surveys come with that +/-2% disclaimer. In the 21st Century Curriculum, in which critical thinking is one of the key skills, we should be embracing resources that encourage challenging their reliability and allowing us to edit for accuracy.
Make the students part of the solution, not restricted from the problem
Wikipedia is open source. If we find mistakes, we can fix it. An error in a textbook stays there. A misquote in a news program remains said. If we want to engage our students in truly useful research, then get them involved in editing Wikipedia. Make them check their sources. Get them to be the information creators, not the takers(plagiarisers). That's real learning. And it's far more useful than banning.
Throughout history, banning has never worked. Cigarettes and Drugs are still around. Inappropriate websites find ways to be accessed. Hey, Nazis and KKK members are still out there in numbers. Banning the use of Wikipedia is not going to stop us from using it. Just look at the stats above. So let's get serious in Education and embrace this information provider, using it as a teaching tool for critical thinking. That's my take. What about you? Does your school ban Wikipedia? Do you agree or disagree? How do you encourage good research in your students? Join in the conversation.
7 Responses to "Wikipedia – what are we afraid of?"
OberonViking Says:
March 18th, 2012 at 11:55 AM
I will be sharing this in class on Monday with my students and teacher colleagues.
Fred Bauder Says:
March 19th, 2012 at 4:14 AM
Sounds like you're sane. I remember a few great teachers from elementary school, primary means 1st or 2nd grade in the US. One was a history teacher. We had the "platoon system" in Brush, Colorado. The platoon system seems to have fallen out of the conversation, no Wikipedia article about it… It was a system used in elementary school where there was in addition to a home room teacher, a history or a science teacher. Then when we moved to Denver, the teacher had taught the whole class, 6th grade, how to do math in their heads, Boy, they were all good!
Anyway, using Wikipedia is pretty much a no-brainer, although we do have some articles that are probably not that appropriate for children. As the disclaimer to South Park says, our content should not be read by anyone…
Your students are a bit young for writing and researching Wikipedia articles, but that is the obvious use for Wikipedia in education, as a composition and research lab.
med Says:
March 26th, 2012 at 5:03 AM
This is really a great article. I am one hundred per cent with your views here. We are in the 21st century, a digital age where the access to the information should always remain free and unlimited. Instead of banning Wikipedia or any other information provider website we rather improve our students judgemental skills. Let us teach them how to differentiate a good resource from a spammy one. These are the real skills that they will need even after school. Teachers and schools are not there to dictate and spoon-feed students with only what They want them to know, this is outdated and there must a large scale democratization of knowledge. As the saying goes Teach me how to fish not give me a fish everyday, we should students how to look for information online and filter it not provide them with ready made recipes to regurgitate.
Hayden Says:
April 9th, 2012 at 2:07 PM
YES! I shared this on Facebook and will be showing this to all my anti-Wikipedia teachers. I'm tired of being told that Wikipedia is banned.
Jennifer Says:
October 11th, 2013 at 1:37 AM
I think we should be using Wikipedia from now on. If the information is accurate, and changes to information can be removed, then it seems better than other sites we've been using. Especially because the information is from highly educated people.


text:
Things to do today: 02.02.12
Events happening in the Coastal Bend Thursday
COASTAL BEND - RECITALS: Student trombone recital featuring Valerie Vela begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Frank C. Smith Recital Hal, Bellamah Music Building, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Also a student voice recital featuring Vanessa Mora begins at 8 p.m. Free. Information: 361-593-2803.
ORCHIDOLOGY CLASS: The Orchidology Class meets at 7 p.m. Thursday in the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center Visitors Center, 8545 S. Staples St. Taught by orchid curator Sam Jones. Free. Orchids for sale at most meetings. No reservations necessary. Information: 854-7624.
VALENTINE EVENT: The Independent Artists Group is hosting "Tickled Pink" valentine-themed event from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Art Center of Corpus Christi, 100 Shoreline Blvd. The event features wine and cheese tasting, and artists selling their artwork, jewelry, photography, notecards and other goods. Cost: $10/person; $15/couple. Information: 334-7977. Tickets also will be available at the door.
TRAIL RIDE: The 53rd annual trail ride from Corpus Christi to San Antonio begins with registration at 2 p.m. Thursday at Edcot Gin, Edroy. Trail ride begins at 5 a.m. Feb. 3 in Edroy to Tynan. The ride ends Feb. 11 in San Antonio. Fee: $50/ages 18 and older; $20/ages 6 to 17; free/ages 5 and younger. Information: www.sttr.net or email firstname.lastname@example.com
COMEDY THEATER: Port Aransas Community Theatre, 2327 State Highway 361, Port Aransas, presents "Desperate Ambrose" by Donald Payton and directed by Emily E.J. Regier at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3-4, 9-11, 16-18 and at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Tickets for Thursdays and Sunday performances are $10; $15/Fridays and Saturdays. Ticket office at the theater opens 45 minutes before each performance and tickets also can be purchased on line at Brown Paper Tickets. Information: 361-749-6036.
COUNTRY OPRY: Refugio Country Opry is from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at The Expo Center, Refugio County Fairgrounds, 245 Fairgrounds Road, Refugio. The event features live music show, comedy and "The Best of the Best" Opry band, with special guest Mia Orosco, champion fiddler; Stacey Stark and son Levi, Jo Marie Prukop and David Crawford. Cost: $5. Doors open at 5 p.m. Information: 361-543-4924.
FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION: Free admission day at the Art Museum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd., is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday. Information: 825-3500.
Subscribe to the Caller-Times
Need Help? Call us at 1-800-566-8098.
Monday-Friday: 6am-3pm / Saturday: 7am-11am / Sunday: 7am-11am