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Cost Analysis of Mohs Micrographic Surgery in High-Risk Facial Basal Cell Carcinoma
a Servicio de Dermatología, Empresa Pública Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
b CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Empresa Pública Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
c Laboratorio de Anatomía Patológica, Empresa Pública Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
d Departamento de Económico, Empresa Pública Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
e Unidad de Investigación, Empresa Pública Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, Spain
KeywordsMicrographic surgery. Mohs. Cost analysis. Cost-effectiveness.
Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is the treatment of choice for high-risk facial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) as it offers the greatest chance of cure with maximum preservation of healthy tissue. Its use in Spanish public health care hospitals is still limited, however, due to the controversy surrounding its cost.Objectives
To determine the cost of MMS with fresh tissue to treat high-risk facial BCC and compare this to the estimated cost of conventional surgery in a Spanish public hospital. A secondary objective was to identify cost-optimization strategies for MMS.Material and methods
Cross-sectional study of a consecutive series of patients with high-risk facial BCC who underwent MMS at the Department of Dermatology at Hospital Costa del Sol in Malaga, Spain between July 2006 and December 2007. We performed a descriptive analysis of the clinical characteristics of the patients and surgical factors. We calculated the total and mean cost of MMS and compared the results to the estimated costs of conventional surgery using patients as their own controls. Differences were analyzed according to tumor site and size, histologic subtype, and recurrence.Results
Seventy-nine patients (mean age, 62 years) with 81 high-risk facial BCCs, 97.5% of which were primary tumors, underwent MMS. The most common tumor site was the nose (57%) followed by the orbital region (25%). Histology showed that 64% of the tumors were infiltrative or micronodular carcinomas. Tumor-free margins were achieved in all patients, with no more than 2 stages required in 88% of the cases. The most common surgical reconstruction techniques were direct closure (21%) and closure with a local skin flap or graft (71%); the corresponding estimates for conventional surgery were 2% and 89%, respectively. The total and mean cost of MMS was €106 129.07 and €1325.80, respectively (compared to €97700 and €1208.70 for conventional surgery). The difference in mean costs between MMS and conventional surgery was not significant (P=.534).Conclusions
MMS is a viable, effective technique that does not generate significantly higher costs than conventional surgery in selected patients with high-risk facial BCC. Certain technical and organizational strategies could contribute to optimizing the cost of MMS.
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Two men were charged with terrorism-related charges on May 20, bringing the number of men who have been accused of planning "terrorism" against the NATO summit up to five people. The authorities claim their cases have no connection to the first three men, who were charged with plotting terrorism on May 19. However, attorneys for the men, who are the first to be charged with terrorism under Illinois state law, consider them to be connected because there were two individual infiltrators involved – "Mo" and "Gloves," who helped the FBI, Secret Service and Chicago police ultimately make arrests of these people.
The cases break down as follows: Brian Church, 22, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Jared Chase, 27, of Keene, New Hampshire, and Brent Betterly, 24, who lives in Massachusetts, are each accused of "possession of incendiary or explosive device, conspiracy to commit terrorism & providing material support for terrorism." Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, who resides in Chicago, is charged with a felony offense of "falsely making a terrorist threat." Mark Neiweem, 28, who also resides in Chicago, is charged with the "felony offense of solicitation for possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices."
Each of these men has been labeled "anarchists" by the Illinois State's Attorney Anita Alvarez. They have been cast as "members of the 'Black Bloc' group, who traveled together from Florida to the Chicago area" and were prepared to commit "terrorist acts of violence and destruction directed against different targets in protest to the NATO summit—targets that include President Obama's re-election campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and downtown financial institutions. Senakiewicz is characterized as an "anarchist" who was "upset with the lack of chaos in Chicago" and a member of the "Black Bloc." (There are no specific details on Neiweem's political views in the State's Attorney's proffer.)
Betterly, Chase and Church were each arrested in a raid on an apartment in Bridgeport, Chicago, late Wednesday night. Police broke down the door of the apartment with guns drawn. They proceeded to ransack the apartment. They turned every single bag and drawer upside down and seized property. They also destroyed a good amount of the property in the apartment by throwing it around.
The three were arrested along with eight other people. All of these individuals were taken in unmarked vehicles to the Organized Crime Division. The National Lawyers Guild had no idea where these people were. They were disappeared. Then, late in the afternoon, NLG attorneys were able to meet with arrestees for the first time and shortly after four people were released after arrestees were transferred to the Kedzie & Homan (District 4) station in Chicago. Two people were released on Friday night and then on Saturday the three men were hit with terrorism charges.
Only nine arrestees were jailed, even though eleven people had been in the apartment during the raid. The two individuals who went missing are believed to be "Mo" and "Gloves," a man and a woman who the NLG says were the infiltrators.
The involvement of infiltrators has led the attorneys to suspect that the FBI, Secret Service and Chicago police department were all involved in an entrapment scheme. Michael Deutsch, lawyer for Church, believes the infiltrators met up with Betterly, Chase, and Church at the May Day demonstration in Chicago. He believes these infiltrators then went about trying to convince the three men to engage in a terror plot against the NATO summit. When they failed, the infiltrators planted materials for the authorities to find when they raided the apartment, making this case "worse than entrapment."
The alleged plot hangs on the fact that Betterly, Chase and Church allegedly went to a BP gas station for gasoline that could be used in the production of "Molotov cocktails." However, the attorneys for the three men have been shown no evidence of any "Molotov cocktails." Instead, it appears the FBI, Secret Service and Chicago police want to claim a home-brewing beer kit could have been used to produce "Molotov cocktails" and, therefore, these men are "terrorists."
The authorities assert the three men charged in the first plot intended to "destroy police cars and attack four Chicago Police district stations with destructive devices, in an effort to undermine the police response to the conspirators' other planned actions for the NATO Summit." The prosecutor claims defendants possessed and/or constructed "improvised explosive-incendiary devices" (IEDs) and "various types of dangerous weapons including a mortar gun, swords, a hunting bow, throwing stars, and knives with brass-knuckle handles." But, these claims made at a bond hearing were all claims the attorneys for the three men heard for the first time. To Deutsch, the charges sound like completely "fabricated charges" that came from the work of "police informants and provocateurs," which have been used against movements before.
As for the additional two men, NLG attorney Sarah Gelsomino finds the charges are "sensational, politically motivated, and meant to spread fear and intimidation among people protesting the NATO summit," just like the terrorism-related charges against Betterly, Chase and Church. The charges are trumped-up charges based on fabrications, as the city has not shown any "actual evidence of criminal activity or any weapons, though prosecutors have callously made several serious criminal allegations."
There are several abuses of authority that have transpired in the cases of these five men: the disappearing of arrestees after the raid; the refusal to show arrestees' attorneys a search warrant; the detention of arrestees without charge for one day to two days before six were released without charges; the interrogations of the six released without charges that were intended to intimidate and force them to falsely confess or snitch on others in the movement; the refusal to show any evidence against the arrestees charged with terrorism prior to a bond hearing on Saturday and the decision by someone in the department to show police records on the arrestees to the Chicago Tribune so they could be turned into boogeymen ahead of the bond hearing.
The three men appeared in a video that went viral weeks before the NATO summit and showed Chicago police harassing them in Bridgeport. As NLG attorney Sarah Gelsomino describes:
They were driving in a car and were pulled over without any kind of justification or reason by the Chicago police department. They were surrounded by police and they were questioned for a very long period of time about what they were doing in Chicago, why they were here to protest, what their political affiliations were, how they identified politically—All kinds of absolutely outrageous questions that certainly do not indicate any kind of illegal behavior because it is not constitutional simply to accuse them of a crime because of a political belief.
In the cases of the two men charged with terrorism on Sunday, both were held far longer than "their constitutional right to go before a judge within 48 hours. Senakiewicz was held for 68 hours before a hearing, without access to a phone or his attorney," according to the NLG. Lawyers were unable to meet with Senakiewicz until the morning of his bond hearing. Nieweeem "was taken to the hospital at least three times" during the period that he was held without charge " for vomiting and pain, but was not properly treated for his medical condition. According to the NLG, on several occasions Nieween was forced to choose between seeing his attorney and going to the hospital."
And all of the people arrested in the raid had participated in a "Fuck the Police" march or anti-police rally in Bridgeport that was led by black-clad protesters or anarchists on Tuesday night.
The case of the three men first charged with "terrorism" is a classic case of entrapment. Making the men seem like "Black Bloc" anarchists was intended to spread fear because the majority of the American population agrees that anyone who is "Black Bloc" thinks violence is an acceptable tactic in protest. Any time violence occurs at an Occupy protest or demonstration, the media has jumped to labeling these people as "Black Bloc." All violent protesters have been assumed to be anarchists.
Chicago business leaders, police and media incessantly repeated suggestions that people would be coming to Chicago to commit violence. Reuters took a weeks-old tweet that mentioned "Black Bloc" and made it seem like violent protesters would be laying low until the time was right to wreak havoc on Chicago. Businesses were boarding up out of fear that "a storm was going to hit" when protesters came to protest NATO. Police even bought new equipment for the protests because they hysterically believed "anarchists" might throw urine or feces at them.
People like David Frum for The Daily Beast helped amplify this hysteria with elitist nonsense about how Occupy activists could protest properly. In particular, Frum highlighted the "Black Bloc":
Organizers of left-wing protests always present themselves as helpless to contain the violent margin, the so-called Black Bloc. Maybe. But that self-presentation would carry more conviction if they announced from the start their intention to cooperate with police. "If you break the law, we'll turn you in ourselves and testify against you in court" is a message that would have powerful effect. The unwillingness to cooperate with police to prevent violence likewise sends a message about who you are, what you believe, and what your aspirations are.
This perception is what made it so easy for authorities to charge these men with bogus terrorism charges. Few would stand up and condemn authorities and risk being seen as sympathizer to people who are intent to allegedly commit violence to achieve political goals.
Authorities also had the NATO summit as a pretext for the terror charges. The presence of worldwide leaders in town made it possible to preemptively prosecute and remove people off the streets who authorities choose to target. People like Chicago police chief Garry McCarthy could say, "What would you have us do? Sit on our hands?" Most would not want the authorities to take a chance that someone might launch an attack and so it is easy for McCarthy to say these people posed an "imminent threat" and had to be arrested and charged. (He also could make the investigation seem ominous by refusing to talk about it.)
All the men have histories that make it easier to demonize them. In so-called "Black Bloc profiles" put together by the Chicago Sun-Times, Betterly is reported to have been "charged in Broward County, Fla., with burglary to an unoccupied structure, grand theft and criminal mischief" back in October. Chase is reported to have been "arrested in Dade County for loitering and petty theft, a misdemeanor." Neiweem is known to have had mental disorders. They all with the exception of Church are the typical people the FBI would target in a politically-motivated operation to frame people up on charges.
At the time of this writing, the NLG has not been shown any of these materials that authorities claim the men intended to use to commit "terrorist acts of violence." What the NLG has heard are allegations that these individuals said things that indicated they intended to commit violence.
The "material support" statute has been used to preemptively prosecute a number of Muslims. In the case of the NATO protesters, the authorities appear to be criminalizing speech or statements that were made by protesters in private to infiltrators that took these statements back to authorities and shared what they thought these people said to them.
The cases of the five NATO protesters are not unlike the five men who were accused of being involved in a bomb plot to blow up a bridge on May Day. They, too, were described as anarchists. While the arrests and charges did not happen together, like the Cleveland 5 the intent seemed to be to chill dissent ahead of a major event.
Recall, in Cleveland, groups canceled May Day demonstration plans after the FBI announced five connected with the Occupy movement were accused of terrorism. The Cleveland 5 was another case of the FBI "inventing terrorists."
A distinct parallel between the five NATO protesters and the RNC 8 preemptively arrested ahead of the Republican National Convention is also clear. The FBI used an informant named "Brandon Darby" to infiltrate the group and eventually charge the eight activists with terrorism-related crimes. Authorities then claimed to have recovered Molotov cocktails. But, the terrorism-related charges were eventually dismissed. Three activists had their cases dismissed. The other five pled guilty to misdemeanors.
Preemptive policing has become permissible conduct for law enforcement. As Perlstein noted in his coverage of the Cleveland 5 case, the media no longer condemns this sort of policing when it did in the 1970s. The people of America have also changed, making it easier for the federal authorities to target people:
…Entrapment is illegal – but the question of whether law enforcement set up a legal sting or illegal entrapment is for a jury to decide. Entrapment was why juries acquitted the defendants in the Camden, VVAW, and Harrisburg cases. "How stupid did those people in Washington think we were?" a Harrisburg juror told a reporter. The feds don't have to worry about folks like that any more. Not a single "terrorism" indictment has been thrown out for entrapment since 9/11 – not the Liberty City goofballs supposedly planning to blow up the Sears Tower who had no weapons and refused them with offered; not the Newburgh, New York outfit whose numbers included a schizophrenic who saved his own urine in bottles. (Even the judge who sentenced them said "the government made them terrorists.")
The reality is that once the State gets a person and attaches a terrorist indictment to their name there is little chance that person will have be able to go about their business as a normal person again. There is little chance that person won't do some time or be convicted of some charge, whether it be a lesser charge like a misdemeanor. That person is guaranteed to move on after the fact with a criminal record that is all a result of being involved in a movement that promotes ideals that are deemed despicable by the State.

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British Nuclear Fuels is preparing for an end to the moratorium on Britain's nuclear power programme with plans to build giant pressurised water reactors at two of its sites. The moratorium lasts until 1994, when the government completes a wide ranging review of nuclear power. BNFL, which is owned by the state, will not make any decision before that date, but last week it announced the result of preliminary studies which have shown Sellafield in Cumbria and Chapelcross, just over the border in southwest Scotland, to be suitable locations for over 1500 megawatt PWRs. The company currently operates 240 megawatt Magnox stations at the two sites.
BNFL now plans to spend 30 million Pounds on a more detailed study. It is also exploring the possibility of joint ventures with Nuclear Electric, Britain's nuclear power generating company (also state-owned), and overseas companies.
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The longtime "Prince of Pork" has now miraculously become the "Count of Cuts."
Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers, R-Ky., was once known for his zest for pork-barrel spending as a senior Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, which holds the purse strings of government spending. But Rogers desperately wanted to assume the chair of the committee after the Republicans won control of the House last November, which meant he would have to embrace the Tea Party gospel of cutting spending and eschewing special interest "earmarks." In other words, he would have to go from eating the bacon to sipping the tea.
For months the mild-mannered, grandfatherly Rogers has found himself in an unaccustomed position of hard-nosed chief budget-cutter. And by all accounts, he's succeeding, mostly because he has to.
"It's made the job a lot more difficult, but I assured everyone there was a moratorium on earmarks and I would be the enforcer," Rogers said in a recent interview with The Fiscal Times just off the House floor. "It's worked perfectly. We've not had a single earmark yet in all these bills."
New conservative members of the House were rightly skeptical that Rogers, 73, a lawyer, could change his stripes after more than 30 years in Congress. They petitioned Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to find someone else to head the committee, but Boehner decided to stick with the veteran Kentucky lawmaker, as long as he toed the line of Republican fiscal discipline. "It was the policy of our conference and I agreed with the conference," Rogers said. "There are no earmarks, either soft or hard."
House GOP: "Hold the Pork"
Unlike the broader appropriations process in which Congress grants an annual lump sum to a federal agency to operate, earmarks direct a specified amount of money from an agency's budget to be spent on a particular project – one that usually benefits a congressman's district or a business or special interest. In the past, billions of dollars have been allocated through these special earmarks, usually approved secretly and with no public accountability.
Following in the footsteps of their Senate counterparts, House Republicans last November unanimously adopted an earmark ban for the 112th Congress. Freshman Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., offered the ban, which was praised by GOP leadership.
"Earmarks have become symbolic of congressional excess," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., one of the most vocal critics of earmarks. "We're not going to be able to balance the budget and reduce the debt by simply eliminating earmarks, but it's a huge signal to taxpayers that Republicans are serious about getting the federal government back on solid fiscal ground."
But no longer having the leverage of approving or rejecting members' requests for earmarks makes it harder to wield the chairman's gavel, Rogers admits. And most other House members interviewed about the Appropriations Committee chairmanship said they were happy to leave it to Rogers because cutting the budget is not nearly as much fun as handing out money.
"I was in this position for six years and I'm really glad he has the job," said Rep. C.W. "Bill" Young, R-Fla., chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee on defense, who will be making cuts of his own. "I had 9/11 to deal with and Hal has this great budget dilemma. Well, I'm happy that he's chairman."
Under the debt ceiling compromise signed by President Obama last week, the House and Senate will be tasked with immediately cutting spending totaling $917 billion for the coming decade, with half coming from defense and national security and half from domestic programs.
Rogers said that the nine of the 12 appropriations bills that have already passed his committee will be modified slightly by the deal, with the main cuts coming in the other bills, particularly defense.
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
Rogers represents the 5th congressional district in mountainous eastern Kentucky, a mixture of heavily Republican and Democratic pockets that have long been hungry for federal aid. The need for pork is great in this overwhelmingly rural area, where jobs are hard to come by and residents have a median income of $27,324.


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The Morning Routines Of The Most Successful People
Does your morning look like Margaret Thatcher's, or Ben Franklin's? These routines might inspire you to create your own.
Whether you're a morning person or a night owl, we all start our day at some point. And we all seem to start it differently.
Some of us hop online to check social media, others dive in to email, still others eat breakfast, exercise, or pack lunches for the kids. There're a million different ways a morning could go.
Which morning routine might be best?
While there's probably not an ideal morning routine that fits everyone, we can learn a lot from the morning routines of successful people as well as from the research and inspiration behind starting a morning on the right foot.
I collected a wide range of opinions on how best to start a day, from the scientific to the successful. Here's the best of what I found—maybe it'll help you get a little more productivity, creativity, and enjoyment out of your morning.
Science says: Willpower is highest in the morning, so start strong
You've maybe heard the advice that your first work of the day should be something meaningful and significant, a task that might take a lot of focus, will, and determination to accomplish. The reason: We're limited with our self-control.
That's the idea purported by the strength model. Self-control draws from a common resource that gets depleted over time. You can think of self-control as a muscle—fatigue sets in after exertion.
Researchers at the University of Nottingham and the National Institute of Education in Singapore reviewed 83 studies on self-control to come to the following conclusion:
Results revealed a significant effect of ego depletion on self-control task performance. Significant effect sizes were found for ego depletion on effort, perceived difficulty, negative affect, subjective fatigue, and blood glucose levels.
For those scoring at home, that's both a psychological and physiological effect on your ability to get work done.
The longer the day goes on, the more fatigue your self-control experiences, the more important it is to make those early morning hours count.
The easiest way to hack your morning: Tomorrow List
From research and meta-analyses to Mark Twain, the advice is the same: Get big work done early.
Twain's advice stems from this famous quote of his:
Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
We've co-opted Twain's saying to mean, "Do your biggest tasks first." When you start with a big item (a project/frog), the rest of your day looks pretty great by comparison.
The saying even inspired the title of a best-selling time-management book, Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy. Fast Company highlighted Tracy's work in an article about morning rituals and asked Lifehacker founder Gina Trapani to explain how exactly one implements the frog strategy into a daily system.
Step one: Choose your frog.
Once the frog is chosen, Trapani continues, write it down on a piece of paper that you'll see when you first come into your office the next day. Then when your alarm goes off in the morning or when you arrive at work, bon appétit!
There are many examples of this specific method of frog-eating, a couple examples of which you'll see below. The concept is something I like to call a "Tomorrow List."
- At the end of your day, write down the tasks you need to complete tomorrow.
- Look at the list when you start the next day.
- End your day by creating another list for tomorrow.
And keep repeating.
Steve Jobs's morning routine: One simple question
In a commencement address he gave at Stanford back in 2005, Steve Jobs revealed the motivational tactic that he used to start each and every day.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?"
And whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Pretty powerful stuff. Would asking that question help keep your morning to-dos in perspective?
10 morning rituals of successful people
OK, we've talked about the science behind morning rituals, the frogs to eat first thing, and the inspiring questions to ask to get you started. Now it's time for some specifics.
Here's how some famous names in history, some entrepreneurs, founders, and executives do first thing in the morning.
Ron Friedman, founder and author
An inspiring morning reminder is one shared by founder and author Ron Friedman. It goes like this:
Ask yourself this question the moment you sit at your desk: The day is over and I am leaving the office with a tremendous sense of accomplishment. What have I achieved?
For many of us, checking email or listening to voice mail is practically automatic. In many ways, these are among the worst ways to start a day. Both activities hijack our focus and put us in a reactive mode, where other people's priorities take center stage. They are the equivalent of entering a kitchen and looking for a spill to clean or a pot to scrub.
Kenneth Chenault, American Express CEO
The last thing Chenault does before leaving his office at night is to write down the top three things he wants to accomplish tomorrow. Then he'll use that list to start his next day.
Anna Wintour, Vogue editor-in-chief
One of the more enthusiastic morning routines I found was Wintour's daily ritual of playing tennis. Starts each day at 5:45 a.m. with an hour-long tennis match.
Margaret Thatcher, former U.K. prime minister
Thatcher was believed to be a short sleeper (a person who can get by on less sleep than usual), so her late-night political meetings never kept her from waking up at 5:00 a.m. the next morning to listen to "Farming Today," a popular program on BBC Radio about food, farming, and the countryside.
Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the United States
Franklin's much-lauded to-do list (seen below) included some specific rules for how he started each morning. His three-hour block of morning routine stretched from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. and included addressing "Powerful Goodness" and setting a plan for the rest of his day.
Every morning Franklin asked himself, "What good shall I do today?"
P.G. Wodehouse, author and humorist
When Wodehouse woke at 7:30 a.m., he'd head right to the back porch for his "daily dozen" calisthenics. Then he'd come inside and make breakfast (always toast, coffee cake, and tea) and read a "breakfast book," some sort of entertaining mystery or adventure novel.
(Wodehouse's writing routine was also quite neat. He'd start by sitting in an armchair, writing a few paragraphs in pencil before moving to the typewriter to write out the rest.)
William Styron, novelist
As evidence that our mornings do not all begin at the same time, look no further than William Styron. He slept until noon, and his "morning" routine involved staying in bed for another hour to think and read.
Eva Chen, editor-in-chief of Lucky magazine
First thing when she wakes up, Chen checks Twitter and her favorite websites. She'll skip TV because she tends to get sucked in to shows like "reruns of The O.C.." After checking the web and putting on makeup, Chen dresses herself from the shoes up.
Once she arrives at the office, her first order of business is a venti green tea.
David Karp, Tumblr founder
Karp saves all of his e-mail until he arrives at work at 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., after a 15-minute walk (or even faster Vespa ride) from home. "If something urgently needs my attention," he said, "someone will call or text me." Once at work, email is Karp's first task. He'll check his inbox, which contains only emails from Tumblr staff and from his girlfriend. Then he'll sift through an "unsorted" folder of other emails, all the while making a list in a notebook of the things he needs to get done.
Craig Newmark, Craigslist founder
How does the Craigslist founder start his day? When the question was asked on Quora, Newmark answered: "Customer service." Few founders have taken the path Newmark has; he considers himself a customer service rep at Craigslist. So while other executives might start their days with meetings or email, Newmark focuses on the customer.
Six tips to form a better morning routine
We've talked before on the blog about the daily routines of successful entrepreneurs, including six helpful tips that these successful morning routines had in common.
If you're interested in starting a great morning routine of your own, here are some ideas.
- Eat a good breakfast (it can be fast and easy).
- Listen to your body clock. Do creative work when it feels best.
- Set an alarm to wake up and an alarm to go to sleep.
- Disengage: Zero notifications from apps and phones at night.
- Develop a morning routine that works on weekends, too.
- Track your habits to better understand yourself.
Do you have anything in common with Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, Margaret Thatcher, or others? What does your unique morning ritual entail?
Mine has evolved quite a bit over the past several months—and will likely keep evolving. It feels like I've settled into a pretty good rhythm with this schedule:
- Wake up at 5:30 a.m.
- Consult my Tomorrow List
- Head to the computer and start writing a blog post
- Shower/breakfast at 7:00 a.m.
- Back to writing
I'd love to hear about your routine, too. Feel free to share your morning schedule here in the comments.
This article originally appeared in Buffer and is reprinted with permission.
[Image: Flickr user Ben Seidelman]
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"There're a million different ways a morning could go."
"There is a million different ways a morning could go."
Death by contraction.
I go to bed around 11-midnight. I fall into a deep, dreamfilled sleep and wake up automatically between 3:00-4:00 am, stay in bed for 20 minutes praying, then get up and walk the 20 feet to my computers which I turn on, and while they are booting up I turn on the electric kettle to boil water for my tea, and then on to take a shower. After the shower, I set my tea to steeping, drink a cup of hot water with lemon and eat a clove of garlic (because I love garlic). I read my 'to do list' for the day, check my emails for family/friends emails (I have a rule set up to send those emails into a sep folder). i don't have cable tv but I do have a roku, so after answering personal emails I watch news on roku's news channel, then it's time for breakfast usually an eggwhite omelet with mushrooms, green peppers, onions, dash of spices and a slice of buttered rye toast, & a cup of black tea, then I work on my to do list w a 4-5 mile walking break in the middle, then a salad, then work, then bed.
I struggle in the morning to get up at 8:30am. I've literally tried for years.
I LOVE staying up late. I go out in NYC late.
Yes these routines people speak of are nice, but man oh man.... haha
Founder of Tri Mark Golf morning routine... Wake up at 4:45 am, spend 30 minutes in God's Word, workout for 30 minutes, check email at noon, work until 3 pm, check email again at 3pm, achieve to do list, phone a loved one and let them know how much I care and appreciate them, eat a healthy dinner, make my to do list for the next day and in bed by 9 pm.
Founder of Tri Mark Golf morning routine... Wake up at 4:45 am, spend 30 minutes in God's Word, workout for 30 minutes, check email at noon, work until 3 pm, check email again at 3pm, achieve to do list, phone a loved one and let them know how much I care and appreciate them, eat a healthy dinner, male my to do list for the next day and in bed by 9 pm.
Great article! I am not a morning at all. I face difficulties on waking early in the morning and sleeping early at night. I've tried my best to sleep early at night, but it just doesn't workout for me. I wake up at 7:30 am while my room mates are still sleeping and take a shower. Then pray for a minute and leave to office at 8:30. I 'd love to take more time in the morning, but it hasn't happened. Come back home by 6:45 pm and talk to my room mate and walk with him , then call my mom . By then it is 8:30 pm. Then go for dinner and watch TV and browse the internet for a while and get to sleep. But it takes at least 80 minutes for me to sleep once I am on the bed.
Never wake up before Noon Never get out of bed without an hour of reading/ movie watching/ email Never forget to stretch/ exercise Always eat breakfast
Great article. My morning routine is to wake up at 5:30 AM have something light to eat, prepare my gym's bag and cloth. Hit the gym by 6:15 AM and working out 'till 7:45 AM then take a shower on the gym and dress up and head to work. Then working from 8:30 AM 'till my break 12:30 PM - where I head home for my lunch & 45 minutes/1 hour nap - then around 2:30 PM/2:45 PM get myself back to work. At 6:30 PM, I'm done with work and finish anything before heading home again. By 9:30 PM/10 PM I'm asleep :)
I really love this routine. Specially when working out first thing in the morning, it gives me a good boost to start the day right ;)
I wake up by 5.30 am, off to my morning walk, come back, prepare the first coffee for the day, an SMS to my wife, with an interesting quote from an influencer, pick up Robin Sharma's book and read for the next half an hour, with my strong cup of coffee. Later prepare my break fast, an apple, oats with almonds and walnuts, and off to shower. Within the next hour i am on my way to work. Where i first begin with the To Do list
Here is my current morning routine: 4.30 AM Wake up, brush teeth, and drink water 4.40 AM Shower and warm-up exercise 4.50 AM Get dressed 4.55 AM Brew morning beverage 5.00 AM Work on my most important task of the day 7.00 AM Eat breakfast 7.30 AM Get on with the rest of my day
Once again, great article Kevan. Tried implementing different morning rituals: from jogging to starting early with my writing. Will definitely continue with the second one.
A good friend and business coach Honoree Corder turned me on to Hal Elrod's "The Miracle Morning" and I've - been a disciple ever since. One of the best moves I've ever made. The simple glass of water, 5-10 minutes of meditation time, 4-mile run and writing\journaling has helped me focus before the emails and phones start shaking up the day.
I wake up at 6:30 am, put relaxing music while taking a shower and making breakfast. Good breakfast is crucial for me. It's always very energetic and healthy breakfast such as fresh made smoothie with lots of carbs, protein and a little fats on the side. Starting to work at 8. Working out everyday before dinner.
Hi Kevan, I liked your article.
I work in New Product Discovery at 3M in Saint Paul MN.
One thing I've started doing at work comes to mind: printing out my weekly calendar every Monday morning.
Here's the interesting part: As I'm working, all week long, I write in what I'm doing and with whom.
After about 8 months of doing this some very interesting things have occurred.
Would you like to chat sometime?
It world be great to examine the results with someone talented at and interested in examining behaviors.
You can reach me at 781 864 3584.
Can't believe you put your phone number in here.... hmmm. I should call you at 3:00 am one day just for the joke of it. :)
Hal Elrod's The Miracle Morning has changed my life. Getting up early (for me it's 4am) has helped me become more productive and live a happier life. Check it out at www.HalElrod.com
If you are looking for a way to live the best life you can then I encourage you to check out this important information. This can transform your life in a very short time! Check out other testimonies of people just like me that are living our Miracle Mornings @www.facebook.com/groups/MyTMMCommunity www.MiracleMorning.com.
My morning Routine has changed my life. I was already implementing a morning routine and then was handed the book The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. It clarified and focused my routine even more. It's lead me to starting my own company and changing the way I think about myself. Morning routines are one of the most powerful things you can do. - bradley thomas - theartofchangingyourlife.com
I am going to repeat other comments- I get up early and practice "The Morning Miracles" by Hal Elrod- I do my S.A.V.E.R.S and my days start out much better. I have lost 12 pounds in a month, quit smoking and am working on some goals that I have been too afraid till now to tackle. If you feel stuck in a rut- this is the plan for you.
Great article- thanks. In a nutshell, I have used Hal Elrod's 'The Miracle Morning' to revolutionize my life and those who I have shared it with. I went from dreading my day job and sleeping 10 hours a day to waking up at 4 am, running over 140 miles in 2 months, starting 2 side companies, traveling all over the place and starting a podcast show that is featured in the new and noteworthy of iTunes. I had the chance to interview Hal in episode 16, and to put it bluntly- he is an extraordinary dude. You can listen here- he gets super pumped up: http://www.artsynow.com/16


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Camera trap survey snaps cheetahs in AlgeriaFebruary 24th, 2009 in Biology /
Researchers working in Africa's central Sahara have captured images of the elusive Saharan cheetah using camera traps. They are the first camera trap photos of cheetahs in Algeria. Credit: Farid Belbachir/ZSL/OPNA
A Wildlife Conservation Society-supported survey of the Sahara has captured the first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Saharan cheetah in Algeria. The survey was conducted by researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Office du Parc National de l'Ahaggar (OPNA), and the Université de Béjaďa, with support from WCS and Panthera.
The photographs were taken as part of the first systematic camera trap survey across the central Sahara, covering an area of 2,800 square kilometres (1,081 square miles).
Overall, the survey identified four different Saharan cheetahs—a subspecies of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki)—using spot patterns unique to each individual.
"The Saharan cheetah is critically endangered, yet virtually nothing is known about the population, so this new evidence, and the ongoing research work, is hugely significant," said Dr Sarah Durant, Zoological Society of London Senior Research Fellow.
"This first camera-trap confirmation of cheetahs in Algeria is a landmark success toward our efforts to save these big cats," said Dr. James Deutsch, Director of WCS-Africa. "Findings like these help us refine our conservation strategies for the cheetah across its entire range."
Farid Belbachir, who is implementing the field survey, said that "This is an incredibly rare and elusive subspecies of cheetah and current population estimates, which stand at less than 250 mature individuals, are based on guesswork. This study is helping us to turn a corner in our understanding, providing us with information about population numbers, movement and ecology."
The Northwest African cheetah is found over the Sahara desert and savannas of North and West Africa, respectively, including Algeria, Niger, Mali, Benin, Burkina-Faso and Togo. The populations are very fragmented and small, with the biggest thought to be found in Algeria. The ongoing surveys in the region will also work with the local Tuareg pastoralist community to find out more about the ecology of the cheetah and identify threats to it.
Dr Luke Hunter, Panthera's Executive Director, said "This is very exciting news. The photos are the first new data on this endangered sub-species, which also represent months of hard work by a very talented Algerian scientist and his team. Panthera is delighted to support Farid as part of our Kaplan Graduate Awards Program"
The species as a whole has just been put on Appendix I on the Convention of Migratory Species, at the request of Algeria with support from other parties. This affords protection of the species from all signatory countries.
Source: Wildlife Conservation Society
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Again, this is in my own experience, but I can have my phone in my dash cradle, plugged in and charging, playing MP3s through my car stereos aux input (not usb) and leave the screen on for 8+ hours and when I disconnect the phone, the battery is fully charged. If I do the exact same thing, but have google maps onscreen as well, the phone will die after a few hours and I have to let it charge back up for a bit before turning it back on. I'm sure it's not all just the GPS that's doing it, but having the screen and backlight on with the charger plugged in leaves the battery topped up, as soon as google maps (I'm hesitant to say "gps" only) is running, my phone starts draining faster than it can charge, assuming that it does continue to charge after starting google maps.
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Though the traditional Energy Dome is red, several variants of the dome have existed. In 1981, they wore green dome hats while performing "Whip It" on the Solid Gold television show. In a Diet Coke advertisement, Devo sported white domes. Silver chrome domes were worn by Devo in concert in 2002. (These domes were actually covered in silver tape, not properly chromed). A Devo fan made two dozen chromed energy domes for the 2003 DEVOtional convention. In 2004, for Devo's shows on the Nike-sponsored Run Hit Wonder race/concert, blue domes were used. In the music video for "Go Monkey Go", Mark Mothersbaugh can be seen wearing a white dome with a purple bottom tier, similar to the headgear of Mojo Jojo. An appearance by Devo on the VH1 show TrueSpin featured charcoal gray domes. Two variant Energy Domes are in the collection of Michael Pilmer — one clear, and one made of textured black plastic.
In addition, Energy Domes sold through Club Devo have come in several forms. The original Club Devo domes were of a smaller size than the stage-worn domes, and had raised "DEVO" text on the top. In 1996, Devo began to sell domes that matched the stage-worn model, though the new stage domes were slightly smaller than the original. The first versions of these domes were white, but spray-painted red. These were later replaced with domes made in a solid red plastic in 2004. In 2005, energy domes were sold as Halloween costumes. These domes were made from the original Club Devo dome mold.
Energy Domes have been a regular part of Devo's stage costumes since 1980, worn in their 1982, 1988, and 1990 tours, as well as most performances since 1997.
According to Gerald Casale on the Devo website:
It was designed according to ancient ziggauratmound proportions used in votive worship. Like the mounds it collects energy and recirculates it. In this case the Dome collects energy that escapes from the crown of the human head and pushes it back into the Medula Oblongata for increased mental energy. It's very important that you buy a cheap plastic hardhat liner, adjust it to your head size and affix it with duct tape or Super Glue to the inside of the Dome. This allows the Dome to "float" just above the cranium and thus do its job. Unfortunately, sans hard hat liner, the recirculation of energy WILL NOT occur.
In keeping with Devo's love of constructing truths, several origins of the energy domes exist. According to one story, the band took the design for the hats straight out of a Little Lulu comic book. Another involves inspiration from an old art deco lamp from Jerry Casale's collection. Mark Mothersbaugh also liked to refer them as "ziggurat hats" in interviews.


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Gotye Blasts Glee Cover, Says Darren Criss' Version Sounds "Dinky and Wrong"
Update: Gotye has since changed his tune a bit, calling the song "clever" and saying that his original remarks were taken out of context.
While we were swoonin' ourselves into a tizzy last Tuesday, takin' in the wonder that was those two dueting Anderson brothers Blaine (Darren Criss) and Cooper (Matt Bomer), one person was not quite so taken with their performance of "Somebody That I Used to Know" – the man behind the hit song!
Gotye has been outspoken about his distaste for the show's cover, telling papers in his native Australia that the track was minimized to sound "dinky and wrong."
He told the Sunday Mail, "They did such a faithful arrangement of the instrumentals but the vocals were that pop Glee style, ultra-dry, sounded pretty tuned and the rock has no real sense, like it's playing to you from a cardboard box."
Tell us how you really feel, man!
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Ours? IT WAS AWESOME! – but with the track climbing the Billboard singles chart post Glee-ification last week, we're pretty sure we wouldn't have much room to complain (espesh when our beef against the cover includes deriding a Glee performance because it was in "that Glee style"..... y'know, just a thought.)
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Player airlifted to hospital and may be out for season
Last updated at 21:04, Thursday, 12 January 2012
Barca 32 player/manager Paul Skipsey had to be taken to hospital by air ambulence after suffering a knee injury during their Workington & District Sunday League clash at Silloth.
Fortunately there were no broken bones and Skipsey was later released but he will need to return to hospital to check for ligament damage.
There are fears he may be out for the rest of the season.
Silloth went on to win the division two encounter 6-1 with Adam Carr and Shane Collins both bagging hat-tricks. Kevin Foley scored for Barca.
This game was one of only two games which went ahead – pitch problems wiping out the rest of the programme.
The other game was the President's Cup round two clash between Westfield and Waverley.
Westfield came out 4-0 winners with two goals each from Dave Byers and Gary Messenger.
Fixtures Premier: Borough v Workington Reds House, Dearham v Northside, Red Lion v Grasslot, Senhouse v Hall Park Hotel.
Division one: Lounge 41 v Golden Lion, Miners v Maryport Bounty, Deer Orchard v Waverley, Real Red House v Re-Session.
Division two: Barca 32 v Royal Oak, Broughton v Galloping Horse, Seaton Jnrs v Flimby Vikings, Westfield v Silloth.
First published at 19:22, Thursday, 12 January 2012
Published by http://www.timesandstar.co.uk


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All Aboard for XC Skiing
Izaak Walton Inn is a rail fan's haven. The Amtrak trains have two stops each day at the inn, which is located on the Great Northern Railway. Izaak Walton Inn was a flagstop on the Empire Builder Line and is full of historical railroad memorabilia. Accommodations include a great lodge and real cabooses that have been renovated to comfortably outfit a romantic getaway. The Kick Out the Kinks – Huckleberry Hustle Weekend will be December 7 and 8 with free lessons, demos, ski Frisbee and races. Huckleberry food bars, muffins and other treats. The inn borders Glacier National Park and guided tours are available. (406) 888-5700 or on the Web at www.izaakwaltoninn.com.
Alaska Ski for Women
Women in Anchorage, Alaska have got something brewing on Super Bowl Sunday, January 26th with the Alaska Ski for Women a fund raiser day of races. Last year 1,500 females participated and raised $80,000 for a local charity. They have partner categories that add together race times for placement in either classic or freestyle such as mother-daughter, relatives, or friends. For more information, www.alaskaskiforwomen.org or (907) 345-1913.
Sun Valley's Boulder Mountain Tour
On Saturday, February 1st the 32 kilometer Boulder Mountain Tour begins at Galena Lodge (outside of Sun Valley, Idaho). The course is gently rolling and drops 1,000 feet over its 20-mile length. It ends at the Sawtooth National Recreation Area HQ just north of Ketchum. There will be bus transport back to the start. Approximately 1,000 skiers enter this race. Enter online at www.bouldermountaintour.com or call (800) 634-3347.
The following day on Sunday, February 2nd is the Backwards Boulder and XC Ski Festival at Galena Lodge, which is the Boulder Mountain Tour in reverse (that's 20 miles uphill). The 9th annual festival features equipment demonstrations and ski clinics. Factory teams will be attending and relay races, children's adventure course, and prize raffles will be held.
Call (208) 726-4010.
Tubbs Takes on Cancer in the West
Tubbs Snowshoe Company has announced a new national event series for both women and men in North America, the 2003 Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer. This series will benefit local affiliates of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Tubbs will help bring awareness of this program by using hang tags and in-store signage on all women's snowshoe products. The Romp series will be held in the west at Salt Lake City, Utah on February 1; Portland, Oregon on February 22; Seattle, Washington on March 1 and Denver, Colorado on March 15. For more details call (800) 882-2748
or www.tubbssnowshoes.com.
Learn about Avalanches
The Alpine Avalanche Institute offers courses in avalanche safety throughout the west from December through February. Level I and Level II courses will be held in locations such as Jackson, Wyoming, Taos, New Mexico, Alta, Utah and others.
For a full schedule see www.avalanchecourse.com or contact email@example.com or call (307) 733-3315.
Lone Mountain for Kids
The staff at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, Montana has coordinated a new Kids Program with activities for the full day including lessons, sledding, snow cave building, tubing, racing workshops, obstacle course, arts and crafts, etc. It will be based out of the Lone Mountain Discovery Center. And Lone Mountain announced 25% early season discounts off regular lodging rates on December 9-21. For more info call (800) 514-4644.
Midwest XC Ski Bible
For in-depth news about cross country skiing on public and commercial trails in the midwest including news about ski products, go to www.skinnyski.com.
Weekly Gourmet Glide at Garland
Every Saturday, skiers can gorge themselves at Garland Resort in Lewiston, Michigan on easy trails in a 10 kilometer Nordic ski tour to five food stations. It starts in the morning with a breakfast stop in the main lodge topped off with mimosas. The favorite station is the trout camp, where skiers go ice fishing and have their catch filleted and cooked for them right there at the camp. It's a great group outing, where 75% of the participants are novice skiers, but all feel like experts in the eating department. There is a limit to the number of participants, so call to reserve your space at (877) 442-7526 or on the Web www.garlandusa.com.
Justin Trails Welcomes Daughters
Justin Trails Resort in Sparta, Wisconsin will be hosting a "Take Your Daughter to the Snow" event during the week of January 27-February 2 this winter. This national snow industry grassroots event promotes girls' and women's participation in snow sports. Justin Trails will offer a 2 for 1 package, which includes trail passes and free lessons. Overnight guests at the lodge get free rental equipment to use. Kids can go dog sledding with two huskies, which offers a great photo op for parents. For a complete list of Daughter's Week participating resorts and trails see www.daughterweek.com and for more info about Justin Trails Resort call (800) 488-4521 or on the Web www.justintrails.com.
North American Telemark Organization
In the cross country ski world, NATO means learning how to telemark turn. There are workshops, adventures and instructors courses scheduled all winter long (from November through April) up and down the east coast from West Virginia to Mt. Washington in New Hampshire's White Mountains. They also have scheduled events in Minnesota and Alaska. For more info email email@example.com or call (800) 835-3404 or on the Web at www.telemarknato.com.
New Nordic Center Opens at Bretton Woods
At the southern base of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire lies Bretton Woods. Its new Nordic center now has convenient parking and will house the ski school, rental equipment, warming and waxing rooms and a new Swix Concept Store that offers the entire line of Swix clothing, waxes, and accessories. The Bretton Woods Mountain Resort features 62 miles of cross country skiing and snowshoeing trails, including several with snowmaking capabilities. The grand hotel is a visit to old New England and the five-mile downhill run on the Mountain Road Trail at the alpine ski area across the road (requires a ride on the ski lift) are not to be missed. (603) 278-3320 or on the Web www.brettonwoods.com.
Green Mountain High
Blueberry Hill in Goshen, Vermont has finished work on the Romance Trail, which at 3,100 feet is claimed to be the highest groomed trail in Vermont. This cozy inn, tucked away in the mountains above Middlebury, was also recently awarded "Green Hotel" signification after passing a rigorous inspection for environmental stewardship by the Green Hotel Association. The association, which encourages, promotes and supports the "greening" of the lodging industry, rewards properties whose management institutes programs that save water and energy and reduce solid waste. (802) 247-6735.
Smugglers' Notch Resort for Families
Many areas talk the family game, but Smugglers' Notch Resort in northern Vermont delivers at its Nordic Ski and Snowshoe Adventure Center. The Mom or Dad and Me lessons match an instructor with a parent and a child who want to learn to Nordic ski together. The Resort also has an outdoor ice skating rink. Snowshoeing is also big at Smugglers'. Programs include the Family Snowshoe Walk, an hour long stroll through the woods; the Snowshoe Night Tour - a guided tour using headlamps on the darkened trails, and a private workout on snowshoes tailored to the individual guest's goals and interests. Group cross country ski lessons are included in the resort's Club Smugglers' package. For more info, (800) 451-8752 or www.smuggs.com.
Tubbs Takes on Cancer in the East
Tubbs Snowshoe Company's new national event series for both women and men in North America, the 2003 Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer will kicke off on January 25 at Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton, Vermont. This series will benefit local affiliates of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Tubbs will help bring awareness of this program by using hangtags and in-store signage on all women's snowshoe products. For more details call (800) 882-2748 or www.tubbssnowshoes.com.
New England Telemark Festivals
New England Telemark is an organization of telemark instructors and enthusiasts dedicated to the growth of telemark skiing. Each of the festivals will feature free clinics for skiers of all ability levels. And there will be a special "cross over" clinic for alpine skiers wishing to try telly. Festivals will be held January 11 and 12 at Sunday River, Bethel, Maine on February 1 and 2 at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire and April 5 and 6 in Stowe, Vermont.
For more information www.netelemark.com or (603) 356-8177.
XC Skiing in Maryland
For skiers in the metro areas of Pittsburgh, Baltimore, or Washington DC one of the closest xc ski areas that offers groomed cross country ski trails is New Germany State Park in Grantsville, Maryland. There are seven miles of snowcat groomed trails, extensive acreage of backcountry skiing and rental ski equipment. Allegany Expeditions runs the operation. For more info, call toll free (800) 819-5170 or on the Web see www.alleganyexpeditions.com
The Grand Challenge at Windsor Park
Windsor Park Nordic Center in Winnipeg will award a season pass to the first skier to ski 1,000 kilometers at Windsor Park this season. There is also a Kids Challenge open to skiers 17 years of age or younger, where prizes will be awarded based on the amount of time spent skiing each month. The Windsor Park Nordic Center is located along the Seine Rive in Winnipeg.
(204) 986-3006 or 3029.
Camps and Demos
Silver Star Mountain Resort in Silver Star, British Columbia is hosting the Fischer Swix Cross Country Ski Camps between November 15 and December 8. The camps include accommodations, meals, coaching, demo equipment and a souvenir item. Weekend tune up programs start at $495 and five-day programs start at $1,095 (both Canadian). The special "Demo Days & Waximania" event will be held November 19-23 in the Silver Star Village Center. For more info check www.silverstar.com or call (250) 542-0224.
The Mother Lode of Nordic Skiing Information
In Canada, each province has an organization that offers in-depth information, lists of local clubs, race schedules, events, and much more:
Ontario – www.xco.org
Saskatchewan – www.crosscountrysask.ca
Manitoba – www.ccski.mb.ca
Hardwood Hills Demo Days
There will be a free equipment and product demo at Hardwood Hills XC Ski Centre in Oro Station, Ontario on January 11th. Many of the major Nordic ski brands will be offering products to try. For more info call (800) 387-3775 or on the Web at www.hardwoodhills.ca.


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Rough and Tumble Historical Association, Inc. is a unique 501(c)(3) non-profit museum located on 33 acres in Lancaster County in PA that helps preserve America's Agricultural and Industrial history by holding events throughout the year. We have many operating exhibits as well as numerous Steam Traction Engines including the 2nd Oldest running Steam Traction Engine in the US, the Schiedler built in 1886 newly restored! See the video of the first test of this engine in our 2012 Photo Gallery.
Ride two special Steam Trains that loop around our grounds. There is a huge collection of Gas Engines including the Oldest Internal Combustion engine running in North America built by Otto and Langen in 1867. We have a large building of Stationary Steam Engines all running. You will see some of the best restored John Deere, IH, and Rumely tractors around to name a few. Our Model Shops have many very unique hand built items on display and running. Watch our Blacksmiths forging items. Founded in 1948, we are celebrating our 67th year in 2015 with the unique history as one of the longest and earliest running organizations of this type in the U.S.
Rough and Tumble is "The Most Complete Operating Steam and Gas Engine Show in the East"! Our Threshermen's Reunion attracted thousands of visitors from across the U.S breaking attendance records last year. Come visit us and see up close the wide range of unique operating equipment of all types on our grounds. Counting Down to the Show!
The 67th R & T Threshermen's Reunion is the 2nd Oldest in the Country to be held again August 12th to the 15th in 2015 featuring Case, Maytag, and Briggs and Stratton!
An additional feature is Rusty Iron, bring out your rusty iron for display, it has to be running.
What's New!
Summer 2015
Welcome to the Rough and Tumble Web Site. Our site allows members and visitors to join, renew, and update their Membership and purchase Membership and Gift Shop items on line with their credit card via PayPal. Members can also update their profile information, read R & T By-Laws, Club Info, and download and print the quarterly Whistle newsletter.
R & T Happenings and News:
John Deere Days at Rough & Tumble will be held July 24 - July 25. This annual show is sponsored by the Waterloo Boys Two Cylinder Club of Southeastern Pennsylvania. See a Wide Range of John Deere Tractors with Deere History and Tractor Pulling Events.
Watch the Tractor Games and Pony Motor Demonstration. On Saturday there will also be a Kiddy Tractor Pull as well as a Tractor Parade. Don't forget the Raffle Tractor Drawing! More information on the show is available here.
Steam School 2015 was held during two Saturdays in May. Rough and Tumble graduated another full class that was blessed with good weather and an excellent learning class. We had many steam traction engines to run and Little toot. The Shay was not available this year due to the restoration project.
Photos and a video photo story of Steam School 2015 is available to watch on our website here. We would like to also thank all our Instructors who taught safety and operation of our antique steam traction engines and train.
Here is easy access to the 2015 R & T Brochure on our website to download and read. The 2016 Schedule is also announced in this Brochure. You can find the Program and Brochure here.
The IH Spring Show and R&T Tractor Pull was held at Rough and Tumble Friday May 22nd and Saturday May 23rd. Many came out and to see all the Red farm equipment running around the grounds and the track. The show is sponsored by the IHCC of SE PA Chapter #8 International Harvester Collectors Club. Shown and running were IH Tractors & Equipment Displays, IH Trucks & Scout Displays, Cadet Tractors & Equipment Displays, Stationary Engines & Flea Market.
The 2015 Rough & Tumble 1/64 scale die-cast metal truck commemorates the 67th Annual Threshermen's Reunion. This years truck is a two-tone Freightliner Century Class Cab featuring 2 CASE tractors: a DC-3 LP Gas Wide Front and a DC-3 LP Gas Narrow Front. The number of trucks produced will be a limited edition. The commemorative truck is once again MADE IN THE USA by the Penjoy Company, located in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, PA. The order form is available here.
It's been 25 years since a group of enthusiasts sat down and established the Waterloo Boys of Southeastern Pennsylvania. To commemorate this silver anniversary, the Waterloo Boys are offering a 1:64 scale model truck. The truck features the Waterloo Boy tractor and the Model D (the first tractor to wear the John Deere name badge). The Waterloo Boy picture is the actual tractor owned and restored by the club and the Model D is owned by a club member. Trucks are manufactured 100% in the US by Penjoy and cost $56.60 (+ 6% sales tax for PA residents). Orders are due by April 30 and trucks can be picked up at John Deere days or delivery is available for an extra charge. For more information or an order form, please contact Jesse Knaub at firstname.lastname@example.com or download the order form here while still available!
Rough and Tumble is looking for some volunteers to restore our rare Coldwell Steam Lawn Mower and have it available to operate for the special 2016 Steam Show. If you have the interest and time, please let us know. More information and history is available here.
An interesting R & T video slide show has been added to the 2014 photos and videos. Photos were taken by Nikki Brown and I merged the photos into a start to finish slide show detailing the equipment setup up before the Reunion show and displaying equipment now winterized and stored in buildings with autumn leaves. You can view this new video in our Photos and Videos Year 2014 or click here.
A $10.3 million dollar project to relieve traffic congestion in Gap where Rt. 41 intersects with Rt. 30 will begin in the spring. The 2 year Gap Bottleneck Improvement Project will allow two lanes in either direction as shown on the map to help traffic flow. This should also help with traffic at Rough and Tumble during busy shows. We are located about a mile west from the project at the far top left on the map where R&T is. More information is available here.
WGAL TV Channel 8 visited the 66th Annual Thresherman's Reunion and did this special story on "Little Toot" you can listen to here.
Engineers and Engines Magazine visited the Rumely Expo at the 66th Thresherment's Reunion this year. You can find the article from their October-November Magazine 2014 written by Brenda Stant here.
We have some Very Special Photos and Videos of this years Annual Threshermen's Reunion on our Website. Photos and Videos from all events in 2014 including the 66th Thresherman's Reunion are available in our 2014 page here. We would like to thank the members and visitors that posted the great videos on YouTube to share.
The 66th Threshermen's Reunion set more New Records in 2014. Another great weather week with no rain during the show and temperatures in the 70's! Fleamarket filled to capacity. Most exhibited equipment. Parking lot's filled to over flow capacity. Parade stands filled. The widest collection of parade machinery almost anywhere and over 35 steam engines running at the show. Even our new web site broke records with over 1,700 visitors per day during the reunion. In 2016 we will be featuring all types of Steam Traction Engines for the most ever on display and running.
The Saw Mill roof replacement is complete with the beautiful engine exhaust hood! The old roof was removed in June and the new roof is now up with final touches being completed. Watch us cut wood this year!
The photo to the right shows the new roof up and the sawmill is being prepared for lot's of log sawing at Reunion. The new roof is larger and higher and increases the work space available plus a spectator stand to see the action.
The Patriot News of Central PA wrote a special article on what Rough and Tumble has to offer a visit to our grounds during shows. You can read their article "Rough and Tumble's show of power is like no other", here.
Our Circa 1900's, Line Shaft "Machine Works" continues to grow and add more equipment. We would like to thank R & T Director Bud Burdy and his team for the beautiful job they are doing after much research on how to design and build the shop. You can see project photos in the Photo Albums. They are finding more interesting circa equipment as the project progresses. Note the ceiling mounted line shafting.
Bill Hazzard and his team have worked the Cooper Engine Project for many years from dismantling it in Ohio, to bringing it back to R & T, pouring concrete and installing the engine. Bill was able to turn over the engine with compressed air in the summer of 2012 to prove the mechanics. The next step was to complete the exhaust, fuel supply lines, and cooling system which is now complete. The engine first ran for 30 minutes on 7/20/13 as shown on the video. Look at the Cooper Engine Project and New Running Videos in our photo section. New Notes and an engine diagram were added to photos pages.
A Great Piece of Cooper History from Roger Kriebel has been added regarding the Cooper Engine. You can see that information here.


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The political stereotyping which polarized the 2011 Elections was personified in "monkeys" versus "baboons" contestation, with the former attributed to the ruling Unity Party and the latter to opposition Congress for Democratic Change. The genesis, according to pundits who closely followed the contestation, is attributed to elements within the Unity Party who plotted in their war room that having worked hard to give a formerly internationally loathed and domestically disorganized Liberia a better facelift, they would not allow a Monkey Work Bamboo Draw situation, a insinuation that a CDC win would bequeath the credits for the gains of UP's first six year term to the opposition. Thus CDC began branded "Baboons" and UP the "monkeys". But the meaning of the stereotype is changing in the view of the youth league of the ruling party which is saying that having sacrificed for the victory of the people, they aare cast aside and it is the unlike individuals have taken the credit and benefits. H. Branice Cheapoo reports.
Members of Unity Party (UP) Montserrado County Youth Congress have accused President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of excluding them from the formation of her entire government.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues in Monrovia yesterday, Mr. Henry D. Z. Yanquoi argued that there is no group of individuals in the World that can implement the party's platform better than its partisans, as such, the Montserrado Youth Chapter was requesting for a rethought from first partisan President Sirleaf.
Describing their exclusion from the UP led government as a recipe for serious political disfiguration, Mr. Yanquoi asserted that President Sirleaf's exclusion of the youth of the party not only "strongly undermines and contradict article 17 of the Party's constitution," but also threatens her much publicized and anticipated peace and reconciliation drive which is now appears to be "plastered with a huge level of insincerity and dishonesty."
He added: "As mentioned within our Party's Platform, we listed 20 pledged items that we would implement for the Liberian people if given the opportunity to serve for the next six years. Critical among those, is the pledge to create no fewer than 20,000 jobs (short and long term) every year for the next 6 years. As the outcome of this pledge remains questionable to almost every Liberian, we do believe that the Ministry of labor report on the creation of 20,000 jobs did not meet the Unity Party's aspiration."
Mr. Yanquoi, Secretary General of the Montserrado Youth Chapter emphasized that little is being done by President Sirleaf to realize her job creation strategy, thereby leaving thousands of Liberians jobless.
"Consequently," he said, "we are encouraging the president of Liberia to attach sincerity and commitment to this important pledge if she must succeed."
He said the fight against corruption which is paramount on Party's Platform remains a mere paper tiger rather than an achievable reality.
"Disgustingly," he said further, "president Sirleaf's recent annual message became extremely insensitive to domestic political and economic realities when she refused to address the Oil and Gas sector of Liberia. The president's failure to address this critical segment of the republic during her appearance at the National Legislature can be described as a complete disservice to the Liberian people and a breading space for corruption."
Yanguoi noted: "As we approach the senatorial mid-term elections, we are henceforth cautioning through this medium the National Executive Committee of the Unity Party to take charge and institute peaceful measure preferably primary to elect candidate of high political rectitude to contest the upcoming mid-term senatorial election. Notwithstanding, the Mont. Youth Congress is considering supporting a candidate who will emerge from a transparent and well organized primary consistent with desire of every partisan of the Unity Party."
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Alhaji Katigi Madugu, the Managing Director of Niger State Agricultural and Mechanisation Development Authority, said only 32,000 farmers out of 145,000, benefitted from the Federal Government's Growth Enhancement Scheme in 2012.
Madugu told newsmen on Monday in Minna, that more farmers would benefit from the scheme after the correction of the lapses observed.
He said out of 250,000 farmers expected to be registered under the scheme, only 145,000 registered while 32,000 filled the form correctly.
He said plans were in place to mobilise farmers in the state, to meet the needed target.
Madugu said the federal and state governments would each contribute 25 per cent, while the benefitting farmers would give 50 per cent of the cost of fertilisers and other farming inputs under the scheme.
Madugu said the agency intended to engage more than 100 new extension workers to complement the existing 296 agents in the state.
He said it would enable the state to meet the standard ratio of an extension worker to 1,200 farmers against the current ratio of 1:800.
Madugu said the agency planned to rehabilitate its three zonal offices in Kuta, Kontagora and Bida.
He added that farmers would get premium services for maximum yied on their farm lands. (NAN)


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Day 2: Everglades Park to Collier-Seminole National Park (20 Miles)
Head to Everglades City, the western access to Everglades National Park, via Highway 41 and Route 29. Stop at the Visitor Center (239.695.3311) and sign up for the daily 90-minute naturalist-narrated boat tour through mangrove forest, or, with older kids, do the four-hour ranger-guided canoe tour, offered three days weekly.
After lunch at the historic Rod & Gun Club in Everglades City (239.695.2101) head to Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (239.695.4593; www.floridastateparks.org/fakahatcheestrand), known for its wild orchids. Either drive along W.J. Janes Memorial Scenic Drive, a 11-mile (one way) dirt road through royal palms and wading birds with hiking trails spurring off of it, or walk the 2,000-foot boardwalk at Big Cypress Bend. Spend the night camping at nearby Collier-Seminole State Park (239.642.8898; www.floridastateparks.org/collier-seminole), which provides full facilities, including a washer and dryer. Hike, bike, or canoe the trails.
Day 3: Collier-Seminole Park to Homestead (95 Miles)
Drive back east across Highway 41 and follow Route 997 south to Homestead. Get down under with an afternoon snorkeling excursion out of Biscayne National Park (305.230.7275; www.nps.gov/bisc). Spend the night at one the inexpensive chains in the Homestead/Florida City area. Downtown Homestead is known for its authentic Hispanic cuisine; try El Toro Taco (305.245.8182).
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Production nurseries and garden centres across Australia will soon be contesting the ultimate garden industry awards program. Every year the Australian Garden Industry Awards unearth our nation's garden industry greats. This year the awards will embrace both production nurseries and garden centres, bringing well deserved acknowledgment to the best of the entire garden industry.
Presented jointly by Nursery and Garden Industry Australia NGIA) and the Garden Centres Association of Australia (GCA), the awards are designed to acknowledge the efforts of garden centres and production nurseries which strive to give their customers exceptional service, provide a benchmark for excellence and an aspirational focus for improvement.
Garden centres not only provide everything needed for a garden, but also offer expert advice and guidance. Most centres have well constructed displays designed to inspire and provide solutions to the diversity of Australian garden demands. Collectively the centres' professional staff and their dynamic displays give an understanding of the plants that will thrive locally and bring together unique elements for a fresh perspective.
Production nurseries continue to support and contribute to the ongoing vibrancy of the retail garden industry sector. The engine room of the garden industry, production nurseries deliver diverse and commercially attractive stock for an ever-demanding consumer. Their expertise and understanding and their focus on delivering outstanding product, ensures their garden centre counterparts continue to prosper.
Entrants from across Australia will be vying to be named 'Best Garden Centre' or 'Best Production Nursery' in numerous categories. Other hotly contested categories will include 'Waterwise Gardening', 'Outstanding Staff Member' and the 'Marketing Project Award'.
Once again the Yates company is proud to continue as the major sponsor of this very important program for the entire garden industry. Every garden centre and production nursery across Australia is invited to take part in the Australian Garden Industry Awards.
For an entry form or additional enquiries, please contact Steve Loe at Precedent Productions on (02) 9264 0757.
Colourwise Nursery sold
Ian and Mieneke Collins who have just celebrated 20 years at Colourwise, have announced the sale of the nursery to Malcolm and Penelope Thompson and family. Malcolm's parents, Graham and Beverley Thompson, who are avid garden lovers and owners of `Bisley', one of Mt Wilson's feature gardens, will also have an interest in the nursery.
Ian and Mieneke established Colourwise Nursery back in 1984, on 10 acres at Glenorie around a caravan they lived in. At that time they had a corrugated iron shed, shipping pallets for flooring and no electricity. Today the nursery is 24 ha (60 acres) and employs up to 70 staff in peak periods and is one of the largest and best known production nurseries in New South Wales.
Malcolm Thompson who is a chartered accountant, has spent the last 15 years working as an investment banker in the currency market in Singapore and Tokyo as well as Australia. Penelope has a background in retail management and buying having worked with John Lewis in London and David Jones Australia.
Malcolm says he does not anticipate making any major changes, but aims to bring a fresh and different marketing approach that he believes can raise the business to another level.
Ian and Mieneke Collins are delighted at the outcome. Ian says "we are so pleased to have been approached by a buyer who is positive about the business and its future prospects. The sales terms include an agreement that it will be business as usual with all existing staff retained together with the existing product mix. We will continue to be involved in Colourwise for the next few years - full-time during the hand-over phase, then a part-time advisory role. We would like to thank all those people who have assisted us and traded with Colourwise over the last 20 years."
Colourwise Nursery: tel (02) 4566 6177.
Barry Waldeck memorial launched
Fraser Giftware & Garden Centre, 2004 state winners of the Display Gardens Award in Western Australia, have now launched their latest initiative - a display Parterre Garden centred upon a meditation fountain dedicated to Barry Kniest Waldeck. As many readers will appreciate, Barry was the former owner of this reputable nursery and founder of the Waldeck chain of retail garden centres.
Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC, Governor of Western Australia, Mrs Jan Waldeck, Mrs Sanderson and Mr Peter Daale, CEO, Cancer Support Association of WA.
The display garden and meditation fountain was officially opened by His Excellency Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC, Governor of Western Australia, and Mrs Sanderson in September.
Fraser Garden Centre is now owned and run by Dianne and Ian Blevin who continue to manage and develop the nursery with the assistance of Barry's former staff. Since acquiring the nursery they have created a display parterre garden centred upon a meditation fountain to create space for reflection and spirituality. The fountain is dedicated to the memory of Barry Waldeck. It offers visitors the opportunity to make a gold-coin donation (akin to a wishing well) to the Cancer Support Association (CSA) of Western Australia. As this was not a commercial proposition, the CSA was pleased to endorse the project, especially since it received the full support of Mrs Waldeck.
Fraser Giftware & Garden Centre managing director Ian Blevin said "Our successful display gardens are cross-merchandised and feature various courtyard concepts, unique garden styles and provide design solutions for our customers. We now provide inspiration and a sense of place to gardeners, showing them how an attractive garden can be created effectively utilising the vast selection of plants, ornaments, pots and water features that we stock."
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