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The designer showed a collection filled with mannish silhouettes, pinstripe suiting, and plaids.
Old English mennisc "human, human-like, natural," from Proto-Germanic *manniska- (cf. Old Saxon mannisc, Old High German mennisc, Gothic mannisks), from *manna- (see man (n.)). In some cases a new formation from man (n.) + -ish.
Sense of "masculine" is from late 14c.; in reference to women seen as masculine, from late 14c. Of adult males (opposed to childish) from 1520s. Related: Mannishly; mannishness. The proto-Germanic adjective became, in some languages, a noun meaning "human" (cf. German Mensch), and in Old English mannish also was used as a noun "mankind, folk, race, people."


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ODESZA - My Friends Never Die
Promotional teaser for the first anniversary of Cathedral—a monthly nightlife celebration of high concept drag artistry and performance art.
I provided video coverage for Loveball SF edition—an art auction and vogue ball celebrating fashion, dance, and creative expression. Proceeds from the event benefit Openhouse SF; an organization that builds housing, services and community for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender senior citizens.
Microsoft's Office team needed an informative guide for retail service providers that explained the features and benefits of their software during the holiday season. I designed this whimsical and informative illustration highlighting Office's top selling points so that Microsoft RSPs can easily relay its value to customers.
Created while at Gluten Free Studios.
Series of portraits featuring members of the House of HUH, an evolving collective of queer creatives and performers.
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Nark at Night is a series of hilarious and sleazy late-night TV promos for the 2014 Nark Pride Festival; mainly taking cues from horribly produced infomercial programming of the 90s.
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Flyer design and event promotional materials for Kitsap County drag show "Cucci's Cake Batter".
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This short film collaboration with Nark Magazine promotes the 3 year anniversary of their ongoing monthly party called DICKSLAP. See what happens when Ambrosia Salad leaves her loving husband Kitty The Bear home alone with Baby Bear the plumber.
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Step 1: Clean and chop squid
Squeeze behind the head to extrude the beak, and remove it from the center of the tentacles. Cut just below the eyes to free the tentacles, then add them to the bowl with the body rings.
Tentacles are the best part. No, really- they're fantastic.
Step 2: Season
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Flip and stir the squid around with a pair of heat-proof tongs, and remove the squid IMMEDIATELY when it turns opaque. This should take just about a minute.
Yank the squid out of the pan, and let them cool on a paper towel.
The saying goes that squid should be cooked for two minutes or two hours; intermediate cooking leaves it rubbery and gross. It's easy to do a quick-cook if you pay a bit of attention and cook the squid in batches.
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Coarsely chop 3-4 shallots, or finely mince a quarter of a purple onion.
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J.B. VanHollen just another NRA member in denial. This clueless moron probably believes that that guy needed those assault weapons to defend himself from those 6 and 7 year olds and their unarmed teachers.IF THERE WAS A BAN ON THOSE TYPES OF WEAPONS HIS MOTHER WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE THEM AND HE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THEM. VanHollen continues to show how incredibly stupid he is every chance he gets.Hide replies
Not true. She also had two pistols, which combined had more bullets than the rifle.
The Columbine monsters didn't have access or use those types of weapons during their killing spree. And that was during the middle of an "assault weapons" ban, the same ban the clueless Brady Center and anti-gun nuts want now.
I want to do the best I can to protect my family from killers.
I want assault weapons banned.
I will be voting for a new attorney general, ande a replacement for any other politician who stands in the way of gun law reform.
The same things being discussed now were discussed after the Sikh Temple shootings, and after Aurora, and after Gabby Giffords, and after Columbine, and after....
How in the world can you honestly call that "knee-jerk"?
(I guess I answered my own question there, didn't I?)Hide replies
We were in the middle of an "assault weapons" ban in 1999 when Columbine happened. How did that work out?
Automatic and semi-automatic guns exist only to kill quickly and repeatedly...ban them.Hide replies
That is a foolish generalization and only shows your ignorance in regards to firearms. By your comment, you are suggesting we only allow guns that are not automatic or semi automatic because they kill quickly and repeatedly. This would leave single shot guns, and maybe black powder guns. Would you want your home protected with only one bullet? I doubt that.
liberals think semi-automatic means automatic, but slower.
"....I want to buy into anything people can show me will reasonably reduce horrible senseless acts of violence like this,"
Reasonably reduce? Mr. Van Hollen, reducing the count by even one is reasonable enough, don't you think?Hide replies
Same reasoning could be said by pro gun: if putting armed guards in schools saves one life is that not enough?
Fair enough. So I ask how exactly does one become an armed guard at a school? What would the job posting look like?
I mean seriously what's going to happen on that day when one of those guards dates a teacher and it goes wrong and then well you know where I'm going....
I'm glad that he's at least talking about it although I'm not sure that I follow his logic.
Security guards at schools could not have prevented the Sikh Temple shootings or the salon shootings. Unless his plan is to put security guards at every store, church, school and work building in the state, it seems that banning assault weapons would be more effective (and certainly less expensive).
Most mass-shooters are not well-connected gang members capable of acquiring guns on the black market. They are mentally troubled young adults who get guns easily by either legally purchasing the weapons or getting them from close relatives. We should at least make acquiring high-powered assault rifles (which are not protected by the 2nd amendment) more difficult.Hide replies
You realize the gun he used for the school shooting was not an assault rifle
"Adam Lanza blasted through the glass doors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School clutching a military-style Bushmaster rifle with 30 rounds in the clip and hundreds more at the ready."
Yes, let's focus on the exact terminology, and parse the words used *very* carefully.
Because THAT'S what is important here.
(Sorry, forgot the link to where the quoted line came from; information about how the NRA rendered the Conn ban somewhat - and absurdly - toothless.)
"military style" just means it was black with accessory rails, open to any crazy interpretation you want to use.
Capable of firing 45 shots per minute at high velocity...
Soldiers were doing that in World War One with their bolt rifles.
It never ceases to astonish me how all of you people who have never touched a gun can judge.
Armed police officers in schools? That is JB's latest great idea? If that is the solution will we be showing our papers or our tattoo ID next? Are we really a just sheep being lead to slaughter? One does have to wonder.Hide replies
I like the armed idea
Columbine had an armed officer on site & he didn't do much good. So far with this & your Chines knife mass murderer you are 0-2
What is your suggestion?
Many of the schools already have armed officers present, getting guns out of homes will do more to end the carnage.
And how would you accomplish "getting guns out of homes"? Who does that? What is the criteria for removal?
Gun control alone won't fix this problem. Banning assault rifles is fine, but we need to look at how the mentally ill are able to roam our streets. The mother of this monster clearly had no idea that her little nut job shouldn't be around guns. So where is the outrage that this kid wasn't removed from society like he should have been?Hide replies
Where is the outrage that his "gun-nut" mother failed to propely secure her arsenal from her extremely troubled son? In fact, some reports indicate she exposed him to use of these weapons knowing how troubled he was. This is not a kid with a violent criminal history. In fact, I've heard absolutely NOTHING to suggest he had ever touched or harmed another human being, yet you are quick to say he should've been removed from society. Where's your outrage at her utter irresponsibility?
Pretty sure she paid the price for her irresponsibility.
attc44-yes, she did. But so did so many others unnecessarily.
There is no evidence Lanza's mother was irresponsible. There is still much information to be made public about this terrible event, but, for now, let's show some respect the murdered woman.
How do we know banning assault weapons wouldn't have stopped Lanza?
Answer: because they didn't
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/17/how-do-we-know-an-assault-weapons-ban-wouldnt-stop-lanza-because-it-didnt/Hide replies
Thumbs down...
Facts kill liberals
"Adam Lanza blasted through the glass doors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School clutching a military-style Bushmaster rifle with 30 rounds in the clip and hundreds more at the ready."
Yes, let's focus on the exact terminology, and parse the words used *very* carefully.
Because THAT'S what is important here.
When the assault rifle ban was put into effect, those are the guidelines they used to define an assault rifle, not mine.
Semi automatic 30-06 is more dangerous than a semi automatic colt .223
Yet only one looks like a military rifle so we should ban it?
If he burst into the school with 100 5 round magazines for my semi auto 30-06 is that any different? I would argue more dangerous, yet no one wants to ban the very popular deer hunting rifle
"Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said Monday that he would reintroduce legislation to ban magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition."
From the same article.
So he just needed to come with more magazines then... Doesn't take long to reload
The shooter in Arizona that shot Congresswoman Giffords, and others, was subdued when he had to stop to change clips. So, yeah, "5 round magazines" sounds better to me than "30 round clips".
People who are uneducated on firearms assume tactical weapons are more dangerous because of how they look. Not wise.
Exactly bowhunter!!!
Look up what classifies a weapon as an assault weapon. It's purely cosmetic
Because they "look" dangerous, people think they are. Blaming guns for murder is like blaming Haagen Daas for making Chris Christie overweight.
Another great article
Wait a minute---
=Man accused of driving car into crowd of people, injuring 2
=Knife attack at Chinese school injures 22 children
=The baseball bat, according to Baltimore City police crime statistics, is a commonly used weapon.
=Johnson City man charged with assaulting three with tire iron on Hamilton Street
AHHHHH where does it end?
In high school I was stabbed in the back with a pen. If those weapons would have been banned it wouldn't have happened.Hide replies
There are several types of cars we do ban...
@gman: Better idea . . . Ban stupid posts.
No more stupid than to ban guns. Just imagine what would happen to the economy in WI would be like if all guns were banned. Enforce the laws already there and leave us law abiding/gun toting/Christian Conservatives alone.
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Who Invented The Chewing Gum?
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Like many ideas in the world, the concept of chewing gun has been around since before any one of was born, including historical figures. It is widely speculated that the concept was even around during ancient times within our oldest civilizations. But it was not truly invented until a man named Thomas Adams made a mistake. That's right, chewing gum was invented purely by an accident.
Thomas Adams
In 1869, we meet our friend Thomas Adams, cited as the creator of chewing gum/bubble gum. He was attempting to create some sort of rubber inducing products with the help of a chicle. Earlier that year, a friend of Tom had shown him an interesting form of elastic sap from what was known as a sapodilla tree. This sap had been chewed on by ancient Mayans thousands of years before. Adams wanted to take the concepts of this sap and create rubber based products like tires, toys and boots.
It didn't work
He failed in his endeavor to create those substances and in his bored fury after the failure, he decided to chew on the substance. Hey if the Mayans did it, why couldn't he? He would note after chewing on the sap that it was actually really good. It had a nice flavor and it was completely edible. He decided to add his own flavor to the substance and would start selling the sap at a penny for each one. Later in that same year, he would open up a factory that would mass produce this delicious tasting substance.
Chewing gum
By the year 1888, a name was given to the substance "Chewing gum" and a flavor was also put out there for all to see, "Tutti-Frutti". It would be available for all to gain access to with vending machines and it was sold commercially in New York City all over but mostly in subway systems and other indoor locations. It would continue to be developed throughout the years with an outpouring of new flavors and awesome delights that would appease not only children but adults alike. This was all started by one man, a man who made a mistake.
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The additional dimensions captured in assessments of health-related quality of life could be particularly useful in evaluating services for the Medicare population in which chronic disease is so prevalent. For example, two interventions might be equally effective in extending survival, but they might differ in the extent to which the extra years of life were lived with or without pain or serious limitations in physical or mental functioning. A number of methods and tools have been developed to assess health-related quality of life including methods for assessing people's preferences for different health states (e.g., a year of life lived in severe pain versus nine months lived pain free).
Although formal cost-effectiveness analyses are useful in trying to understand the "value for money" of particular interventions, the committee's charge called only for estimates of the costs to Medicare of extending coverage. Even if the committee had gone further, it would have encountered difficulties given the limited evidence of effectiveness and the lack of quality-of-life or patient preference data for the interventions examined. Studies have compared health-related quality of life for patients on renal dialysis with posttransplant patients taking immunosuppressive drugs, but the committee did not find comparable data on the other conditions considered here. Nonetheless, the approach used here—estimating only the costs to Medicare—provides an incomplete picture of the value for money of covering a service.


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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Quest for Souvenir Part 1
I want to preface this post that it might not be of interest to the usual readers here. Ostensibly, it deals with the font of the Tom Moldvay Dungeons and Dragons rules and the font of the original X1 Isle of Dread. It is a font that I have talked about before and is mostly known as ITC Souvenir Demi Bold.
I am reminded by a post over at the Daddy Rolled a 1 Blog, about viewing life through the gaming lens.
I enjoy the fan created works that hearken back to the earliest days of the hobby. Greg Gillespie Barrowmaze uses the Avante Garde font (or something similar) and that style of font helps to invoke the feel of the older TSR modules such as B1 In Search of the Unknown.
I have some background in working with the printing and advertising industry and it has always been a quagmire of issues concerning when and how to use a font in publication. The key concept that is initially hard to grasp (for some) is that the font is "licensed" to be used and that license contains clauses about how it can be used. This is a subject that has gained more notoriety with the Internet age, because most software works in a similar manner. The software running on the machine you are using is most likely a licensed version with restrictions on how it can be used or sold. Such topics are debated in court on a regular basis.
A list of what font was used by TSR in their early products was done by Arrdy DeVarque in the 90s, but that list is filled with font clones that have questionable licenses (or are just outright illegal copies). So, I set about trying to find "open licensed" versions of the fonts that were used in the earliest TSR products. Pop on over to the TSR Font list to find some really great open license font equivalents. But note that Souvenir Demi Bold has remained elusive.
The tale of the quest for Souvenir begins with a German type foundry named Schelter & Giesecke. This was an important and popular font company that was founded in 1819 and was in business for over a hundred years. In the 19th century, product catalogues were made that showed off various font samples and arrangements for customers to peruse. Some of these books are so old that they are now in the public domain. You can even find some books by Schelter & Giesecke on Google Books. See Muster-Sammlung. And if you search through Google Books, you will find a plethora of papers and publications from the late 19th and early 20th century that talk about Schelter & Giesecke. One particular article shows that even in 1913, the idea of licensing and rights was a contentious issue. See The Inland Printer, Volume 51
In summary, Schelter & Giesecke sent a letter to "The Inland Printer" and asked where they got the font for their front cover, because it matched their Salzmann font. It mentions the "National Registration League" as an attempt to bring uniformity in laws across nations to protect designs. And, remember, this is in 1913. The question of copyright, licensing, and patents is still disputed between countries til this day, albeit, it seems to become more uniform and all encompassing as time marches on. It appears that in 1913, the German government took issue with American manufacturers copying German fabric designs, much in the same way the American government of today is trying to keep the rest of the world from copying American companies "Intellectual Property".
Part 1 on a series about Souvenir (Part 2, Part 3)
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Hey, thanks for the nod to my blog post, above!ReplyDelete
And, this stuff about fonts is really interesting, at least to me. I actually have a bit of a graphic design background and took a few classes that involved fonts and lettering back in high school and college before ultimately switching majors.
I found a bunch of those old TSR faux-font knock-offs a few years ago and held onto them for personal use, like making character write-ups and game recaps from our old-school Friday night games, but I'd never thought about the legal repercussions of using a font in a published product. Very cool stuff.Replies
Thanks for dropping by. I can't even begin to fathom how many things I have learned because I played Dungeons and Dragons. It has driven me to learn history, computer programming, astronomy, design, and now fonts (heh). I even setup fontographer and learned a little about making my own font. I could actually now go about making a Schelter-Kursiv inspired font, but I am not a professional and decided it would be too time consuming for me at the moment.Delete
And prosecution of using a font without permission still happens today.
P22 type foundry sued Universal Studios for using their font in the Harry Potter products and sign.
Typotheque filed a suit against RaiseDigital for using their font in Rick Santorum's website.


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This week, Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman became a proud father.
Born July 18, Amelia Nell Wiseman will eventually grow into a student with homework to study, careers to consider and problems to solve, and when she does, Parker Wiseman will be ready. She is the Wisemans' first-born, but the mayor already has experience mentoring a child.
"I've had the privilege of working with Jaylyric Petty for the past three years," Parker Wiseman said. "He will begin his second year at Starkville High in the fall. We've worked a lot of math problems, making me realize how much I've forgotten over the years. We've also talked about growing up, career goals, family and life in general. I hope the experience has brought something positive to Jaylyric's life. It's given me a friend, and that is priceless to me."
Parker Wiseman and Petty met through the Achievement Involving Mentoring (AIM) Project, a division of the Starkville School District's Family Centered Programs.
Joan Butler, Family Centered Programs director, said mentors who invest their time in young people through AIM can change lives. There are currently 62 mentor-mentee pairs active in AIM, she said, and they meet for one hour per week during the school year, with opportunities to communicate by phone, email or other means during the summer with parental consent.
"Every year, we're assessing the impact of the program on our students, (and) it has shown every year to be highly successful," Butler said. "It couldn't be made possible without the wonderful support from our community, the volunteers who are the mentors. I would really like to see more mentoring going on in our schools, because I think it really has such great potential. I just think it's one of the most powerful tools we're able to use in education to reach young people."
Butler said those interested in becoming mentors can call 662-615-0033. Mentors go through a background check followed by orientation training, she said.
"Then we look carefully at the student mentees and find out the students' interests and try to find common interests that would make a good match in talents and abilities," Butler said.
Martha Wells said she began mentoring Makayla McCarter when she was in fourth grade, and she is now a rising eighth grader. Wells did not know what to expect going in, she said, but AIM provided helpful resources, and she built a strong relationship with McCarter from day one.
"She was easy to talk to and was a good listener," Wells said. "She always seemed intensely interested in whatever subject we chose to discuss that day. Initially, we exchanged pictures of our favorite people and things, worked on math and reading skills and played table games. Checkers was her favorite, as she often played with her grandfather."
McCarter said mentoring is special to her because Wells has taught her many things she didn't know.
"I love her so much for helping me all these years," McCarter said. "Mentoring is a fun and helpful place for your children to be because the people you meet are very kind and caring."
Wells said she has been amazed to watch McCarter mature. She said McCarter is not only developing academically, with genuine interest in her school work, but also athletically, with involvement in sports.
"Games have moved from checkers to chess," Wells said. "Our conversations are more serious now as we talk about what the future holds for her. It has been a pleasure to work with her, and I hope that I have made a difference in her life; she has in mine."
Ranjita Bandi said she began mentoring Flavia Gallegos, a rising 12th grader, three years ago. Bandi said those three years have been one of her best experiences ever, and the time flies by whenever the two meet.
"I remember the first time Flavia and I met," Bandi said. "She was quiet, shy, not open. Now we talk about everything (and) anything, and she can talk forever, if you let her. I'm so proud of who she's become, and I'm blessed to be a small part of her life. I've made a friend, a little sister."
Gallegos said Bandi is like family to her as well. She said the mentoring relationship has changed her life, and she believes mentoring can change the lives of others as well.
"She's more than a friend and is definitely my big sister," Gallegos said. "Mentoring, to me, means caring, teaching and guiding another person. Ranjita has taught me a lot and been there for me countless times."
Another mentor, Angela Clinton, said she first met mentee Krea Self in sixth grade, and they have worked together for three years. Clinton said she not only taught Self life lessons but also learned from her; while Clinton helped Self with reading, Self gave Clinton fashion tips.
"My proudest moment was during the second year, when Krea and I went out for ice cream and talked about her career goals," Clinton said. "After I said goodbye to her at her mother's house, I headed home only to notice a piece of paper on the floor board of my vehicle. It was a handwritten letter from Krea explaining how much my presence has meant to her life and how grateful she was to have me as a second teacher to her."
Self said she also discovered Clinton was a relative of hers, and Clinton helped her not only with school work but also personal problems.
"I especially liked mentoring because I could talk to Ms. Angelia about anything," Self said, "including girl 'stuff.'"
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Researchers at the University of Kansas have been looking at outcomes in 657,877 patients admitted for bypass surgery or carotid endarterectomy either alone or in combination. The risk of death or postoperative stroke was 38 per cent greater when the procedures were combined compared to when they were used alone. The increase in death rate may be because of the degree of narrowing in the carotid arteries or a history of stroke among patients who had combination therapy. Further trials are needed to establish the value to the patient, if any, of combination therapy over bypass surgery or carotid endarterectomy performed as separate procedures.


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Adventure Bound!
Joined: Jul 2012
Location: Perth, Australia
Oddometer: 34
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi or bust!
Hi All,
First time trip report here:
4 of us are heading off to Vietnam in 2 weeks time on 6th Aug 2012 and planning on riding from Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to Hanoi over 3 weeks.
Let me introduce the riders:
There's myself (Steve) 49yr old guy from Perth, Australia, had plenty of bikes in my younger days but it's been around 20 years since I have ridden! WOW where did all that time go?
Richard (My Cousin) is the instigator of this ride, Another Perth lad. He's 52 (or thereabouts) and this trip is one he has always wanted to scratch off his bucket list. The rest of us are just going along to keep him company! Richard also has some early years bike riding experience, but it's been many a year since he has sat in the saddle!
(Richard has business interests in Vietnam and is a regular traveller there)
My Mate Mick from Brisbane, Australia, another 52 year old with loads of bike experience and his current ride is a Triumph Tiger 800.
John another Perth boy and I think the oldest of the group at about 55? Not sure if that's his exact age, but he is old! hahahaha. Not sure on John's bike experience but I think it is limited and a long time ago also. (Will upload pic later)
We also have a local HCMC guy called Vincent who will be joing us for part of the ride on his Ducati Monster 795, Vincent will at least be able to guide us out of HCMC!
The bikes! Now don't get too excited about these powerful machines! Richard is currently in Vietnam and has just today purchased the 4th and final bike for our ride!
Not yet sure on the exact years and models of these bikes, but will update once I am in Vietnam and can get a better look.
Bike 1. 150cc Husky
Bike 2: Suzuki GN125cc
Bike 3: Daelim 125cc
Bike 4: Another Daelim 125cc
Richard is having the bikes checked over by the local mechanics and getting racks fitted/extended etc and just making sure everything is ready to go when we get there!
We are all getting excited and are a bit apprehensive about the first day riding in the HCMC traffic! The plan is to arrive on the 6th, drink loads of beer that night and become aquainted with the bikes the next day. Planning on riding out of HCMC on the morning of the 8th Aug 2012 and heading to Vung Tau, if we feel ok from there and everything is running well then we will keep on going to Mui Ne. But we do like our beer! So only planning on riding 4 or 5 hr days with the odd big day thrown in here and there.
We aren't too concerned with where we end up so long as we have fun getting there! I'll be posting up pics and vids as we go. Yeehah! Stay upright and stay safe!
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: High Point, NC
Oddometer: 1,771
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi or bust!
Subscribed! I was in Vietnam many years ago on the so-called "American Plan" and teamed up with some Australian government workers. We worked just over the mountains from Vung Tau. Anyway, here's a pic I took in Saigon before the traffic got bad:
Have fun and stay safe.
Duty- Honoring a Friend
Adventure Bound!
Joined: Jul 2012
Location: Perth, Australia
Oddometer: 34
Hi Gavo and Mikegc! Glad to have you aboard.
Gavo it was when I read your trip report that I decided to sign up here! Loved the pics and vids you posted.
mikegc, Man! I wish the traffic was going to be that light, great pic.
I'll be posting a little more often once we are underway and time allows on our travels. Our proposed route is below but very subject to change! We will be stopping for a couple of days in Nha Trang to help out with a bit of building repair works at a local school for Disadvantaged kids. Other than that we have no real plans and will just head where ever we feel like!
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: Cackilackistan, Concord Oblast
Oddometer: 178
I'm in! I've always been fascinated by Vietnam. My old man two uncles and father in law were over there on "the American plan" so I grew up on their stories. They would beat my ass if I tried to go over there!
If you go to the gym everyday and workout you don't feel as sore. Same with riding bikes. The more you ride the easier it gets. -JDowns
Working stiff
Joined: Sep 2006
Location: Oregon
Oddometer: 597
You are going to enjoy Vietnam. This past March a friend and I did a similar trip from Hanoi to Saigon in 8 days.
The traffic around Saigon is insane, so be careful.
Enjoy your trip and keep posting
Vietnam Adventure Oregon BDR Arizona BDR
"All human beings by nature desire to know" Aristotle
Joined: Jan 2010
Location: Gympie QLD
Oddometer: 1,876
G'day Steve, Vietnam is atop place, food and people terrific,i would head back for a month or 2 if I could talk the missus into it again.
your mate must have some connections the taxes on bikes over 250cc are enormous
Old Australian Bull
Joined: Dec 2010
Location: Katoomba Australia
Oddometer: 90
Looking forward to your trip
Hi Guys, would love to ride your trip in Vietnam and look forward to following your ride. best Wishes. Rod
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: High Point, NC
Oddometer: 1,771
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi or bust!
You guys will love Vung Tau! I have some old photos but cannot lay my hands on them. They've been packed away for 42 years! Nha Trang is a wonderful place, too. When I finally got out of the "camping out" phase of my tour, I was stationed there. Just south of town, there are villas that may be open to the public. Reportedly, they were resorts for high ranking government officials:
Just north of town, you should pay a visit to the temples. They were old when Christ walked the Earth:
Here's a Google Earth photo to show you where the temples are located:
From the temple area, I took a photo of Hon Tre Island:
I went over to Hon Tre once and snapped a photo of the Nha Trang:
If you visit the temple, nearby are the Chong Rocks, a popular gathering area on a beautiful beach:
Also, don't miss the huge statue of Buddah. He looks over the city and you see him from just about every place in town. Hey, sorry the quality of my photos are so bad. I scanned them from some old slides and the years haven't been kind. I'm really looking forward to seeing the pictures from your ride. I think you'll find Vietnam to be a beautiful place.
Stay safe,
Duty- Honoring a Friend
Studly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2008
Location: Midland, WA
Oddometer: 780
Top Gear Vietnam !!!!
G'day Steve - looks like you and your mates have been bitten by the Top Gear Vietnam bug - good on ya I spent a fortnight riding around the north of Vietnam in March 2010 - here's a brief ride report - http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...1#post12514721
what are you guys doing for licences ? ... It was only when I got back from Vietnam that I had a closer look at my IDP and realized that it WASN'T valid in Vietnam. We never got stopped by the police in our travels - as soon as they saw we were foreigners we were waved through any checkpoints, but there's some recent discussion here you may be interested in - http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...urists-51862-2
Have a great adventure!
'14 GSAW '07 GSX1400 + DJP sidecar
Here's a plug for my on-road riding group - http://www.meetup.com/Perth-Motorbike-Sidecar-Riders/
Adventure Bound!
Joined: Jul 2012
Location: Perth, Australia
Oddometer: 34
Hi Vince and Rod, welcome along!
The top gear show was a long time after this trip was initially planned, but we did think about painting someones bike pink after watching the show! Might affect the resale value a bit though (hahaha) I am sure some of our crew will get up to some Shenanigans as we go along though!
Nice pics Mike! Thanks for the tips, will try to visit if we get the time in HCMC. The initial plan is to get plastered on the night we arrive, and on the 2nd day we will probably head to some of the old tunnels for a look and become aquainted with the bikes. We have another guy (John II) coming with us who is a Non-Rider, he's an ex SAS guy and spent a lot of time in Laos/Vietnam after the war . John II will be meeting us in different place as we go along and if possible will have the hotels and beers at the ready when we arrive!
We discussed and researched our license options at length, as we are aware that Vietnam is not a signatory to the international license scheme. We have ended up deciding to just do it and deal with the local law as and if the need arises. We have found an insurer (QBE) who will cover us in the event of any personal injury, including if we are riding bikes. Only stipulation was the bikes have to be under 250cc, wear a helmet and have a full Australian Bike license. ( I have this stated in writing from them)
That being said we are still not covered for any property or 3rd party personal injury, so if the worst happens then we have other contingencies in place. Although we always like to think these things never will happen to us, I guess that's why they are called accidents! Nobody expects them to happen. We will certainly be very aware of what is going on around us when riding and take the path of least resistance if available! The licensing issue is a bit of a pain in the arse, but like everyone else doing similar trips in Vietnam, the options are limited!
Great Trip Report you had there also Vince! Thanks for the links!
I am getting so excited by this upcoming trip that I can't sleep! Bring it on! yeehah! 12 more sleeps!
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh - Hanoi August 2012
Studly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2008
Location: Midland, WA
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I'm subscribed :)
Thanks for the tip re QBE Steve - I'll keep that in mind. I enjoyed myself so much in 2010 I had intended to ride again in Vietnam last year but as I couldn't figure out the license issue I did about a month in northern Laos instead - and Laos is an awesome riding destination you may wish to consider in the future. From memory it has about 60% of Vietnam's land mass but only 10% of Vietnam's population .... a brief Laos RR here - http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=676762
'14 GSAW '07 GSX1400 + DJP sidecar
Here's a plug for my on-road riding group - http://www.meetup.com/Perth-Motorbike-Sidecar-Riders/
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Location: Arnhem land Australia
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Hi Steve thanks for the report and the info re the insurance, I have done 2 rides in Vietnam in the last 2 years and I'll be there again this October doing the NW NE loop from HANOI .I love the place and can't wait to get there. You will have a ball. Safe riding and looking forward to hearing about your adventures.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2012
Location: Siicon Valley, California
Oddometer: 214
Vietnam is a beautiful country! Enjoy your trip.
Btw, I rode my bicycle from Hanoi to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh) and had a great time, here's a pic taken just north of Nha Trang on Highway 1
Adventure Bound!
Joined: Jul 2012
Location: Perth, Australia
Oddometer: 34
Well we arived in Ho Chi Minh yesterday and so far things ae going according to plan!
We got absolutely shitfaced last night and were a sore and sorry bunch this morning. We managed to recover enough by around 2pm ish and set off to pick up our bikes. Well that was an adventure by itself! Two of the bikes wouldn't start, so we stuffed about for a while and found they both had water in the carbs! A quick drain and refill of the tanks and we were on our way back to the hotel.
The first thing I discovered when I nearly ran up the back of Micks bike was my front brakes don't work! and I also discovered how much I hate the straight 4 down gear configuration of the Husky! Even after not riding bikes for a long time, I am still used to a one down and 4 or 5 up configuration. I lost track of the wrong gear changes!
Our first ride in HCMC traffic was a little nerve racking but we made it back to the hotel in one piece, although we thought we had lost John for a little while. He had a minor break down at a major intersection and had to push his bike out of the way of oncoming traffic! I took my bike to a mechanics near the hotel and had the brakes and a couple of clutch problems sorted for the sum of 20000 VND (About $1.00) Then we set about celebrating our survival on the first ride in HCMC.
So tomorow our plan is to head off at around 10:00am to Vung Tau, which is about a 3 hr ride and spend a night there, we had our helmet cams on today but for whatever reason they had lost the battery charge, so no video recorded :(
I will upload some pics etc in a day or so and hopefully a bit of video of our 1st real ride! For now we are just glad to no longer be HCMC traffic virgins! Off to bed for a good nights sleep and looking forward to tomorrow!
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Praiz is no doubt a very talented singer and with his recent "Ladies' Heartthrob" status, the Ego Fix TV crew just had to get him to perform "I Love You" for them.
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It's one of those ultra crazy ER days with all the beds full, waiting room restless, and the hallway filling up as well. A rescue call comes in over the "bat phone" for an elderly gentleman needing assistance with depression and suicidal ideation. Where can I put him to keep an eye on him and keep him safe? Which nurse can take another patient? I wonder what medical issues he has as well?? I have no actual room to put him in.
The patient arrives, somewhat inebriated, with sad eyes and with oxygen on. I'm told by the paramedic that his medical issues include COPD, hypertension, and depression. He is placed on a stretcher in the hallway in between my charge nurse station and another nursing station…the more eyes on him the better. He is attended to by a nurse and my mind returns to the rest of the department.
Hours go by with no change in the bulging at the seams ER. I go to the bathroom and return to see our elderly, depressed gentleman making a beeline for the ambulance bay exit, minus his oxygen and shoes. I take off down the hall after him and catch up to him as he reaches the outside. He stops once outside. I stand beside him. "Whatcha doin?" I ask.
"I just wanted some air."
"I get that, sometimes I come out here for a minute just to catch my breath too."
We stand still in the warm sun and take a few breaths of gorgeous 75 degree air.
I turn to look at him and notice for the first time his ball cap…a veteran.
We really need to get back inside. I am the charge nurse and I need to know what's going on in there and you need to put your oxygen back on. "ok"
I settle him back on the stretcher and put his oxygen back on. His sad eyes pierce my heart. I grab a stool and sit. "So you are a veteran I see. What branch of the military did you serve?" He tells me.
"I was just a boy over there and I saw things that I never should have seen. "
His sad brown eyes bore into mine. My heart cracked. "I cannot even fathom what you saw."
"My best friend got his head blown off right beside me and I ran… fearing I was next."
I said nothing as my eyes filled with tears. Our eyes never moved from each others. "I see this happening over and over just about every day now and I want to die."
"Is that why you are here today, because the urge to kill yourself is too strong?"
"Yes, I want to die…I don't want to kill myself because of my children, but I just cannot turn off my mind. Please don't send me back home."
I sit with him for several more minutes listening to his thoughts. For these few moments it was just he and I. I was unaware of the chaos around me. I just wanted to stay there and listen…stay present in that moment with him…the bat phone rings and catches my ear…and I have to go. "I have to answer that phone, it's another ambulance call."
"Thank you for your time and for your compassion."
I thought about this man for most of the night. I had to write about him today. I pray that once crisis got to him they came up with a plan that would actually help him. I may never know. Those few moments of my 12 hour shift touched my soul, and I hope that I touched his. It is truly sad to me that medicine has become such a business model that it takes nursing away from their patients! We are so budget conscious that staffing is reduced~~ taking time away from nurses so that they can actually CARE for their patients. We have just enough time to do all of the tasks required in the patient care (the IV, the blood draw, the EKG, the medications, the xrays…etc) but it is the time required to sit and be present that has been taken away. It is not right. That patient needed more of my time…and I wanted to give it to him…


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Introducing Rosalind Gould
The Library has recently gained a new librarian. Let's get to know her!
Name: Rosalind Gould
Job title: Access Services Librarian
Location in Library: 1M
Tell us what you do in 50 words or less: I work with a lot of the folks at the library and around campus to make sure that Wheelock students, faculty, and staff have access to the books, films, laptops, journals, and databases that they need. Basically, I'm here to help people access library services.
Choose one service that your department provides that you most want the Wheelock community to be aware of: The people! The librarians and other folks at the Wheelock College Library are the best resource for getting research and resource help. A close second: reserves. We work with faculty to provide course readings to students in the library. Check them out, literally!
What is a typical work day like for you? I mainly spend my time between the Library Service Desk and my office on 1M. I communicate with people inside and outside the library to make sure that we are providing the best service to the Wheelock Community. We love making sure you have what you need when you need it, and we love when materials are returned on time. It's a win, win!
What is your favorite website? The Biodiversity Heritage Library. This is such a rich source of historic literature in the biological sciences. The BHL digitizes books from the world's top natural history libraries (think Smithsonian, Harvard, etc.) and makes them freely available online. Many of these books have beautiful illustrations that are online and in the public domain.
What is your favorite book in the Wheelock Library collection? I am not typically a big fantasy reader, but Graceling by Kristin Cashore is such a fun and imaginative book. I like to imagine what my grace might be…probably sleeping.
When I'm not at work, you can find me… At the Arnold Arboretum, most likely looking for birds.


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Belief barrier: What Palin's religion could mean for the race
Journalists are still searching for Sarah Palin's religious ties to her policies, but Family Research Council President Tony Perkins doesn't see any yet.
This is a clip from a CNN interview:
Roberts: Do you have any idea at this point about how her faith will inform how she governs?
Perkins: No. There's not a lot of evidence in Alaska other than, you know, she's conservative. I mean there's not – you can't point to a lot of policies that people say [she adopted] because she's a conservative evangelical.
Steve Waldman at Beliefnet created a list of statements Palin has made that seem to tie her faith to her policies. Waldman tries to explain which ones could be scary to those on on the left and which aren't.


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Salmon Vegetable Loaf
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Salmon Vegetable Loaf
A favorite dinner of mine growing up was my mom's salmon loaf. I have changed around some of my mom's original ingredients to create a healthier version that is gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, SCD friendly and includes more vegetables. An oldie but a goodie, salmon loaf is so moist, so flavorful, so satisfying, and the best part is it only takes a handful of ingredients and about ten minutes to prepare.
- Prep Time : 10 min
- Cook Time : 40 min
- Ready Time : 50 min
- 1 cup Grated Carrots Approximately 3 whole
- 1/2 cup Grated Zucchini Approximately 1/2 of one
- 2 eggs
- 1, 213 gram cans pink or red salmon
- 1/4 cup almond flour any gluten free breadcrumb substitute will do
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
For the Topping
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
Preheat oven to 350 and line baking dish with parchment paper or oil (I use a pyrex casserole dish). Grate carrots and zucchini–either with a hand grater or the food processor. Drain excess liquid from zucchini.
Remove large bone and any unappealing skin from canned salmon and mix together with vegetables, eggs, gluten-free flour of choice, salt, pepper and mustard. Top with mixture of tomato sauce, honey and vinegar.
*Optional: surround loaf with any vegetables that you have in stock.
Bake uncovered for 40 minutes and enjoy!
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Map of Ragged Lake and Roach Pond, ca. 1893
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
John W. G. Dunn, a sportsman from St. Paul, Minnesota, enlarged this map of Ragged Lake and Roach Pond, which he visited every year, from one published by Lucius L. Hubbard.
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- Title: Map of Ragged Lake and Roach Pond, ca. 1893
- Creator: Dunn, John J.G.
- Creation Date: 1893
- Subject Date: 1893
- County: Piscataquis
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 447, V. 2
- Collection: Dunn, John W. G. (John Warner Grigg) photographs and diaries
- Object Type: Image
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L. Sprague de Camp had his paperback deal and he had books to flesh out. De Camp had already converted four Robert E. Howard stories into Conan stories a decade earlier. He drifted out of science fiction instead writing popular science books and articles and a handful of historical novels. Now he had to get back into the fantasy fiction writing game. His Pusad series had sputtered out probably due to a lack of ideas. Most of those stories were dependent on a joke at the end. There was a bit of luck when Glenn Lord tracked down a box of unpublished Robert E. Howard stories in 1966. Included were four incomplete stories with synopses, a synopsis for another story, and one fragment. De Camp was able to create the stories "The Drums of Tombalku,"The Snout in the Dark," "Wolves Beyond the Border," and "The Hall of the Dead" from these incomplete stories.
The publication of the incomplete stories, synopses, and fragment in the Del Rey editions allows any reader to contrast the old Lancer/Ace stories to the Howard source material. I can remember reading "The Drums of Tombalku" in Conan the Adventurer and thinking it was not up to par. Yet, I just read the Howard synopsis for the story in The Bloody Crown of Conan and was getting enthused. The old magic was back. Also, the synopsis for "The Drums of Tombalku" is longer than the synopsis for "The Hour of the Dragon." That means Howard had meant for the story to be a novel. There is certainly enough going on in the synopsis for a novel in skilled hands. De Camp rushed through the story in his usual five mini-chapters. He didn't even fully explore the story that Howard had laid out. This could have been a complete novel, another paperback in the series but de Camp could not do it.
The original Howard synopsis for what became "The Hall of the Dead" describes Conan encountering a "monstrous being." Reading the synopsis, I was thinking of Clark Ashton Smith's "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" which is a scary story. I imagine Howard had something along similar lines in mind. L. Sprague de Camp turned the "monstrous being" into a GIANT SLUG!!! Slugs are not scary unless they are eating your tomatoes. They are not carnivorous-they eat vegetables and they love burdock. This coming from someone who lectured readers on how snakes can't ram with their snout. I used to kill big slugs in Texas with a dash of salt. Was de Camp trying to slip in some sort of joke on unsuspecting readers? Instead of getting a shoggoth or Tsothuggua, we get a mollusc that is regularly eaten in some countries. The Howard synopsis has Conan hacking apart the "monstrous being" after throwing blocks of stone on it. In the de Camp version: "A sword, Conan thought, would be of little use against such a monstrosity." You also get de Camp's stopping of the story to engage in a lecture. Ever the engineer, he describes the gate as having "two valves." In another passage you get: "So meticulous had been the construction of this building, however, that close inspection was needed to show that it was not an ordinary composite stucture." The sliderule is never far away with de Camp. This story was actually published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for the February 1967 issue. The magazine has a long history of being one of the most literate science fiction and fantasy magazines. Edward L. Ferman had become the editor the year before and started to publish some sword and sorcery. Anthony Boucher would have never allowed Robert E. Howard into his magazine. Ferman first published Jack Vance's stories that became The Eyes of the Overworld and then Howard's "For the Love of Barbara Allen" for the August 1966 issue. He would publish scattered sword and sorcery including Tanith Lee's Cyrion during his tenure as editor. Ferman must have wanted a Robert E. Howard sword and sorcery story or a Conan story.
"Wolves Beyond the Border" has a very typical de Campian touch when he takes over. The Wizard has swamp demons in a bag that is stolen by Gault Hagar's son. When released the demons will attack only those who are upright. The Howard synopsis has "turn their magic against them, and rout them." Again de Camp is having fun at the expense of the story. It reminds me of his The Clocks of Iraz in which an enemy uses a tower with a clock on each wall to coordinate attacks. They are foiled by having each clock showing a different time. Clever but not the stuff of great sword and sorcery.
The fragment that became "The Hand of Nergal" had originally been in de Camp's hands. In the end he couldn't write a story without a Howard synopsis to guide him. It was turned over to Lin Carter who created a story out of the fragment. The story is very typical Lin Carter with the deus ex machina climax that he was so fond of using. Conan becomes a bystander while two magic talismans battle it out. Carter claimed to have written "The Hand of Nergal" after carefully studying Robert E. Howard's style and storytelling but the result of all that study was very Carteresque. Had the name been changed from Conan to Thongor and inserted into a Lin Carter book, no one would have noticed.
"The Snout in the Dark" is longer than "The Drums of Tombalku" even though there is less story. It also has a horrible title. There is a reason for its length. First you have a Howard draft for the first four chapters in addition to a synopsis for what would become a seven chapter novelette. Secondly, Lin Carter was brought in as an indespensible third wheel. De Camp made changes to Howard's story. The Howard story has Diana to be presented to the King. Diana is kidnapped by Tananda. De Camp changed this in having Diana presented to Tananda. De Camp just removed an element of tension from the story. Who wrote the line "Not every shaft hits the butt?" Was it de Camp or Carter? My guess is it was Carter. "Spells and spooks" is another term in the de Camp & Carter Hall of Shame. Another line of gruesome prose is: "You cannot do anything with these people; they are as hide-bound and as thick-headed as the barbarians of my own north country–the Cimmerians and Aesir and Vanir." Robert E. Howard would have never written a line like that. You hear of Hollywood screenplays that get rewritten by someone other than the original author. Then that version gets rewritten by yet another all the while as it gets worse with each change. "The Snout in the Dark" reminds me of those Hollywood screenplay disaster stories.
De Camp's efforts in fleshing out these stories are perfunctory to say the least. These stories are routine and superficial. He removed elements from Howard's plots that weakened the stories. The end result was boring in comparison to the original Howard source material. He managed to screw up Robert E. Howard story lines. De Camp just was not cut out to be a writer of sword and sorcery. He needed a co-writer and worse was to follow.


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Following the World Water Conference in 2000 in Dakar, Senegal, gathering nearly 200 countries but with Liberia and Somalia absent, most countries in the Africa region have since placed water and sanitation under a single umbrella and elevated the sector to a ministerial level for its effective coordination and management.
Some of these countries which had a ministry of mines and hydrology or ministry of health and sanitation or ministry of rural development and water, etc., created the ministry of water and sanitation to form leverage when heads of the water sector in Africa meet to discuss issues concerning its proper management and use on the continent.
A major resolution which emerged from that conference called for ensuring the availability of clean water, being the source of life, under the management of governments.
Most Ecowas countries, except a few like Liberia, have since created water and sanitation ministries on par with counterparts in other parts of Africa, and rejected placing the water sector into private hands.
Their argument, according to the resolution, is: the private sector dwells on profit, whereas the government which is obliged to provide water for its citizens, including the indigent, should take charge and subsidize it if necessary.
War-torn Somalia and Liberia were conspicuously absent at the World Water Conference in Dakar 2000; for Liberia, perhaps due to wangling among heads of government agencies who must coordinate and decide about water and sanitation issues.
A summit of African ministers of water and sanitation followed the World Water Conference, where WASH was proposed, and no doubt, many attendees are today benefiting from decisions taken at both conferences.
For Liberia, managing water, especially pure water for consumption, has for years, not received adequate attention, most likely due to fragmentation of the sector under several line ministries and the parastatal Liberia, Water & Sever Corporation (LWSC).
Cognizant of the fact that water is life, the government created LWSC to manage the water sector in the country, but its performance over the years has suffered painful bureaucratic constraints because decisions needed for its adequate management hinged on several ministries whose operation are connected to the sector, and therefore, must be part of its decision-making process.
Aside from the LWSC, the ministries of health and social welfare, public works, planning and economic affairs, agriculture and internal affairs, all form integral part of the decision-making process about ensuring that water resources in the country are developed for the benefit of the entire population.
Recognizing the inherent weaknesses in this sector, the German government through its technical assistance cooperation, GIZ, built treatment plants and overhead reservoirs for pipe borne water in the capitals of nearly all counties and territories in the mid '70s.
GIZ then used urban development maps and planned routes for galvanized pipes intended to convey pure drinking water to an increasing urban population in the capitals of nine counties as the system expanded.
But the project stagnated after the 1980 coup and especially the execution of Foreign Minister C.
Cecil Dennis, then a close counterpart to Germany's Hans-Dietrich Genscher, who reportedly advised Bonn to suspend bilateral relations with Monrovia and even vowed never to visit Liberia again.
GIZ built water facilities in most county capitals stopped functioning due to lack of support and maintenance.
The water situation in Monrovia, inhabited by half of the population, became acute after rebels destroyed the national water treatment plant at White Plains, 35 km east of the capital.
Most of the population in Monrovia's slum communities use water from wells dug alongside polluted river banks including Slipway, Vaitown, Logantown, West Point and New Krutown.
And aside from how water is managed in Monrovia and a few urban centers, many Liberians, especially inhabitants of most parts of rural Liberia, have been users of water from unsafe sources, including rivers, creeks, streams and unprotected wells.
An indisputable example was the caterpillar invasion that contaminated many wells and creeks to the detriment of thousands of rural people in Bong County in 2009.
Begin the solution of this problem by forming a ministry of water and sanitation pooling experts from all ministries handling water affairs in those ministries, so that Liberia's leverage with other nations in the sub region can be effective and assured.
The more this is not done, African ministers of water and sanitation would continue to shun the head of the LWSC, considered lower than their ministerial level during any African water summit.
It is noteworthy to mention how six months after ascending to the presidency following the death of President William VS Tubman in 1971, William Tolbert replaced 'secretaries' as cabinet positions with ministers in order to save our cabinet heads the enormous embarrassment and confusion in documentation the Liberian title 'secretary' caused them at regional and international conferences.
For instance, Tolbert changed 'Secretary' of the Department of Education, et al. to 'Minister' of Education, etc. to get Liberia on par with cabinet nomenclature in other African countries as opposed to cabinet titles in the U.S.


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Will Man City and Arsenal outshine their visitors this weekend? Ed Chamberlin tries to figure it out...
Last Updated: 20/01/12 9:58am
That is what Super Sunday is all about this weekend and it promises to be an absolutely sensational day of Premier League football.
Tottenham will be looking to avenge the 5-1 defeat to Manchester City while Arsenal will be searching for pay back from the 8-2 humiliation at Old Trafford.
I'll be presenting both games live from the Emirates alongside Graeme Souness and Gary Neville from 1pm on Sky Sports HD1, Sky Go and in Sky 3D. It promises to be quite a day, I hope you can join us.
Sky Bet's title odds: 1/2 Man City, 12/5 Man Utd, 12/1 Tottenham, 40/1 Chelsea, 100/1 Arsenal, 500/1 Liverpool
It's the most important day in the title race so far and likely to see a shake-up in Sky Bet's odds.
Last weekend's action saw Manchester City shorten with Sky Bet to 1/2 after an unconvincing win against Wigan, United cut to 12/5 following their cruise against Bolton, while Tottenham surprisingly doubled in price to 12/1 after they were held by Wolves.
However, that price will be slashed if they can win at the Etihad on Sunday.
Man City 5/6, Draw 13/5, Tottenham 16/5
Spurs are out for revenge after Man City won 5-1 at White Hart Lane on August 28 when Edin Dzeko scored four in City's biggest ever win at White Hart Lane. City were on fire at that stage but this time it looks like Tottenham are catching them at just the right time.
The league leaders are missing key players, have lost three of their last five games in all competitions and dropped 10 points in the last nine Premier League games, having dropped only two points in their first 12.
Spurs also have a great record against Manchester City in the Premier League. Tottenham have won 19 games versus Man City and not won more top-flight games against any other side, despite City missing five of the 20 Premier League seasons. Tottenham have won five of their last seven visits to Man City and garnered more away wins against Man City than against any other club.
Unlike City, Spurs remain in excellent form. They have now taken 46 points from 21 games and are the closest they've been to the top of the table at this stage of a season in 27 years, since they were top on New Year's Day in 1985 alongside Everton. If Spurs made this start last season, they would be top of the Premier League, one point clear of Man United.
The problem they have is that Manchester City are such a different side to the team Spurs have played over the years and these days are an absolute juggernaut at home. City are the only club in all four English League divisions with a 100 per cent home record.
Only once in English top division history has a team gone a whole season without dropping a single point at home - Sunderland in 1891-92 (they did play only 13 home games that season). To put it in to perspective, no top division side has ever completed a season with a 100 per cent home record in Germany or Italy.
Man City have won their last 15 PL home games since a 1-1 draw against Fulham in February 2011. Fulham were the only visiting PL team to avoid defeat here in 2011 and City have now taken 58 points from 60 available at home since Christmas 2010. If they win on Sunday it will equal their all-time club record of 16 successive home League wins set between November 1920 and August 1921
Tottenham are in great form but face a massive task on Sunday. For me, this is the most telling stat: Spurs have only won a Premier League away game against a side at the top of the table once. It came in their first ever PL away win in November 1992 - 2-0 at table toppers Blackburn.
Arsenal 9/5, Draw 23/10, Manchester United 6/4
All eyes will then turn to the Emirates. I'm sure the return of the legends - Arsenal's record goalscorer Thierry Henry and Man Utd's 10-time title winner Paul Scholes - will hog the headlines, but the game itself revolves around Arsenal's defending.
Gary Neville explained their problems at the back brilliantly on the Monday Night Football. Miguel and Djourou really struggled at full-back against Swansea and you wonder what damage Nani and Valencia could do on Sunday. The Arsenal team news will be crucial at 3pm and I can see a flood of money for United at 8/5 if Wenger's back four is the same.
Arsenal have lost their last two Premier League games and conceded five goals, but they have been strong at home. They have only conceded six goals at the Emirates and have taken 23 points from last 27 available at the ground.
During the last campaign, Man United only claimed five away wins but they have the best away record in the top flight this season: most away wins (7), most away points (23) and best away defensive record (just six goals conceded).
If Arsene Wenger's injury problems clear up at the back, we will be in for a fascinating and close contest. So, is revenge on the cards?


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Since 1996, Second Ascent has been giving back to the local community and outdoor related organizations through donations, fundraiser events and volunteer efforts. Many of these include local schools, business and those entities that play a role in the safety, education and preservation of our outdoor playgrounds.
For 2012, we focused on strengthening our relationships with the community by supporting organizations like The American Alpine Club - Cascade Section, The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center / Friends of the Avalanche Center, The Washington Climbers Coalition as well as local businesses like Vertical World, Mountain Madness, Redeeming Soles, Treehouse for Kids, and the Seattle Bouldering Project. We've also worked hard on providing a great experience for slideshows this year with a focus on creating that perfect social atmosphere and making contributions/donations to our presenters towards their future endeavors.
With 2012 coming to a close, we're looking forward to getting more involved in 2013.
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A Leader-In-Training (L.I.T.) is a Senior Girl Scout who is taking
her first step to becoming a camp leader. She has a desire to
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outcome, and responsibility are the core of this Leadership
A summer as an L.I.T. is not required before young women
become C.I.T.s; however, it will provide the foundation for
C.I.T. I & II. Leader-In-Training is a three week program that
runs concurrently with the Counselor-In-Training Leadership