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Immortality is a primary goal of many transhumanists, but not all. How many do or don't want eternal life, and why? I recently conducted a survey - funded by Terasem Movement Inc., and fiscally sponsored by World Future Society - that queried hundreds of transhumanists on this question.
The Terasem Survey was conducted via a surveymonkey poll that was set up by my project collaborator, Teresa Dal Santo Ph.D., a Research Associate at University of California San Francisco, with expertise in conducting qualitative and quantitative studies, and specialties in research methods and statistical analysis.
Getting transhumanists to complete our poll was easy; we garnered a total of 818 respondents very quickly. My thanks to everyone who assisted us, especially:
David Orban, who notified his 2,798 Facebook friends, his 3,480 Twitter followers, and his 5,732 Google+ people-in-whose-circle-he-is
Alex Lightman who notified his 5,000 Facebook friends and his 3,500 subscribers
Rachel Haywire, editor of hplusmagazine.com, who made our survey thefeature article on July 12.
IEET also permitted me to post an announcement.
Amara Angelica declined to post a link to the survey at KurzweilAI.net, where she is Editor, due to various reasons, such as concern about privacy issues and the methodology of the survey.
The completed survey left me with about 500 pages of raw data. I will be delivering all of this info to the funder, Terasem Movement Inc., plus I'm preparing a summary for one of the Terasem Journals online. Additionally, I will be publishing statistics and comments from the survey in multiple short sections, at IEET and the World Future Society website.
The following statistics and comments are in response to my question:
"If you don't want immortality, what is your primary reason?"
All of the respondents are self-defined as transhumanists.
The result?
76.2% replied that they "did want immortality."
4.6% replied that they didn't want immortality because "the earth would be overpopulated."
8.1% said they didn't want immortality because of the "boredom" they feel they'd endure as a consequence.
3.7% said they didn't want immortality because they wanted "to go to an afterlife."
Many of the respondents left comments that I found extremely valuable. In my own particular case, I checked "immortality" as my choice, but after reading through the comments I had to admit that I agree with those who say they are afraid of eternity if it means living in a "silenced" or "suffering" body.
A more correct answer for myself now would be the same as the first comment below.
I recommend reading all the comments; your opinion might similarly be influenced.
I would like the option to end my life, but to be able to live for as long as I desire.
Lack of renovation in human society
If there is afterlife, I do not want immortality. If there is no afterlife, I want immortality.
I do not want to be immortal, I want to stop aging.
Wanting doesn't get these things done; I do not view my death as a tragedy but rather accept it as the way things happen in this world.
Both the concern that the earth would be overpopulated and the sense that there is an afterlife
I am already immortal.
I don't want immortality, but the choice of when to cease existence. Existing for infinity would be madness
Technical concerns related to memory.
Other than over-population, a fear of not having the capacity for friends and family to have it, or having their choice to be mortality. That comes with it though, loss and all.
We must each be prepared to die at the age that will most benefit humanity, eg by maintaining an ideal population profile, which probably peaks early on and then has a very long tail.
I want to have the ability to live forever, but I also want to have the option to die whenever i want to.
human life would lose its sense
dont have any
Given the finite amount of resources at our disposal, humanity could not sustain infinite growth.
transmutation into a higher form of existence.
immortality: cancer
There is no logical reason to see death as something good.
An imminent shortage of strawberry icecream due to the drought in the midwestern United States
as long as i can die when I wish (seen it all after a few hundred/thousand years, crippling pain, or to avoid the heat death of the universe) why not be immortal?
I want immortality with the option to unplug myself or whatever you want to call it. Not because of any of the reasons listed above, but because I feel that all things must go at some point in time. I feel that I too will want to see what happens afterwards.
Fear of being trapped in a silenced body
boredom earth would be overpopulated and cash
To experience death. But for some, continuity and memory MUST be present.
Fear of a rising sense of uselessness, having lived so long, no longer finding new purpose. Not so much boredom as just a sense of being lost in the world.
You can get the best out of your life and love the people around you most, when you know that death will come some time. having immortality can make you careless, and appreciate things less
fear of bordom
Constent loss of friends and loved ones.
universe is finite
I have bipolar disorder and some related problems. I think there would be value in my pattern of cognition persisting over at least a few centuries, but the depressions that accompany my disorder make it challenging to imagine continuing for so long.
My interest in tranhumanism has more to do with bettering social and other conditions on this planet while lengthening the human lifespan across the board so that people can experience what is often referred to as a complete life. In my opinion at least 100 years is a good age, but living beyond this would be fine as well. I do believe in reincarnation, although this notion is a belief that I do not think about very much but have assimilated into my layers consciousness and take for granted at this point for some reason which has alot to with intuition I think, as well camparative religion and other studies. Immortality would be fine I suppose.
I want immortality. I also want to ability to end my life when i want.
I reserve the ability to divvy
I want infinite choice; a number of years between zero and infinity
Death has it's place. If no-one died, why do we need life?
being a burden
The loss of loved ones
It' intestino to knowledge what means immortality. If it means that I coud remain lived without my body for a lot people, I'd like to be immortal. I intend books, arts, human espressione and not something liike esotherism or memoriies in my dear
Not to mention the fact that you would lose all traces of humanity
Being immortal is none issue. I want to be physically 30 years old when I die as 65 or 95 years old. Thats not possible medically today.
complacency, societal inequality
But I don't necessarily think I'll survive in my current nature or the general nature of humanity. "Surviving" will be different.
It is impossible to achieve.
Dealing with a failed culture in decline for an interminable period.
I do not think that the future will be a nice place.
I'm not sure. At some point I will probably prefer to die. It's way more than a biologic fact, it's a philosophical and psycological question.
If I sharply lost mental capacity, and / or my ability to be physically mobile, even robust — I would not wish to continue on as an invalid or in a mental deficient state.
Technically every age is less then immortality. Also, in my opinion an unlimited lifespan while maintaining one's identity is not possible. When the identity is lost, the entity holding it dies.
I'd only want to die if trapped in pain
If a medical process to change one's species membership proves impossible, then I don't want to extend my time living a in a human body.
Unforeseeable need to die
Unless my body can adapt with mankind's evolution, I do not want immortality.
Life continues after death, after we leave these knowable 4 dimensions
wrong question if it is true that there is a multiverse (Stephen Hawking et al)
I would like to be immortal - that would be great!
I want an indefinitely long life but I don't call that "immortality" which seems mystically absolute.
I prefer an abyss.
I dont think the universe is endless and I don't want to outlive the universe / Lack of interest
I do want immortality but I want to be able to hibernate/shut down through bad/boring time periods.
Unless I can indefinitely do something that has never been done before
Whether I want to be immortal or not depends on the capabilities I still posess, when I grow old. I don't want to be immortal, if that means, that I will be sitting around in a chair, doing nothing for the rest of my life (that is eternally, or until the sun explodes, or whatever). In that case it would just be boring.
Don't know really. Depends on whether or not Death is reversible, and also on how I'd adapt psychologically yo a long lifespan.
I do not want to simply exist forever, of course. Suffering in a body as it falls apart, with no hope of ever being myself again, would certainly make me suicidal. But if we could prevent the aging problems, I'd love to continue indefinitely.
Why repeat it all over again?
I do want immortality, as I foresee the issues that will arise finding solutions. For example, I want immortality and do not want children.
I will be happy to die once I have accomplished my dreams.
Becoming trapped in a body that deteriorates. What if the brain, even after digitalisation, continues to degrade?
Can't extrapolate whether my self-hood can continue that long.
I want to choose my time.
Every beginning must have an end
Low self-esteem/depression as is, I don't want to make it go on any longer than necessary, but I think it's great if other people want to extend their lives.
This is an irrelevant question to someone who already understands their immortality.
My biohost would not have much to do past 1000 years. Time to move on then or sooner.
I want to live indefinitely, not immortality.
where the term "painful" could also mean pointless.
Fundamentally it's pretty selfish… vast use of resources and no thought of future generations.
Don't like absolutes. Would prefer 300 years at a time
I think immortality is difficult to conceive abstractly, but for now i wish to keep living
I don't care to watch everything I loved in the past decay and die.
Overpopulation aside, immortality could prove to be a deleterious technology unless the problem of cognitive changes in aging brains are dealt with. Society often makes great leaps forward simply because the older generation retires and gives way to a new generation that is more open to newer or more transgressive ideas.
but i feel being a space pirate i would meet my end sure enough
We have to maintain an evolutionary imperative.
To complete the cycle of my mortal existence.
It's unlikely to leave me human
Our deepest wants are the product of our evolution; evolution mostly selects against immortals.
I'd rather live until I decide to die, not immortality
the concept of a continious isolated personality will have little meaning, outside of baseline human holdouts, in 200 years time
I want to my body/bodies to be immortal, however, I don't intend on being aware forever.
It's not a question of WANT; I'll live until I can no longer do so.
my civilization would have changed too much, or died out
continue to next host body.
Depending on what technologies of life-extension exist, life may not be worth living forever.
Humanity is limitless, boredom would be irrelevant. If we have the tech to live forever, we should have the tech to cancel neural responses to pain. I could always find a way to destroy myself if I thought otherwise.
vernor vinge says you wouldnt be the same person after long enough if you continue to grow intellectually. and otherwise you would become an automata
Death gives life its value
I would like immortality, but not unconditionally - quality of life is more important than quantity
I don't create wants where there is a zero probability of success. I reserve the right to want this LATER if and when someone else achieves it. But to want more than 150 when there's no evidence of the ability for humans to do this is fantasy and wish upon a star stuff.
No reason.
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Several questions, including this one, were strangely worded or incomplete. When addressing transhumanists, it's probably better to refer to immortality as indefinite lifespan.
On another note, even though the Singularity and SENS were mentioned throughout the questionnaire, neither Vernor Vinge nor Aubrey de Grey were listed as prominent transhumanists to worship, er I mean look up to. I forgot to write them in, as I responded quickly.
Herve—thanks for your feedback. You are right, both of those individuals should have been mentioned. I hope that their names were written in, because they deserve considerable praise.
In regards to being "strangely worded"... this question perhaps seems that way because it follows two other questions on the same topic. When read as the third question of a sequence, I believe it is not confusing.
>3.7% said they didn't want immortality because they wanted "to go to an afterlife."
Hmm. so you can get a walk-in role on one of those foolish ghost-hunting show on cable?
I don't see how an afterlife solves the problems that people expect it to solve. Suppose you die, enter an afterlife and still feel that your existence lacks meaning & purpose?
I have surveyed (informally) tons of people I meet, and only one person (my best friend) wants to live longer than a "normal" life-span. In particular, my parents (and uncle), who are set financially and live a pretty good life, are in the depth of senescence, and say they look forward to death. Yeah, some seem to think if you live forever it will be in a old decrepit body, but others just want to get to heaven (but their religion bans suicide).
In other words, living and dying is viewed as a natural thing by a overwhelming majority of the people - but then, so was Smallpox. I estimate that the cultural resistance to radical life extension will be massive.
One other thing, soon we will have virtually unlimited energy so cheap we won't bother to meter it, and it will dramatically change our culture from a Paradigm of Scarcity to a Paradigm of Abundance (overpopulation and scarcity is one main reason cited by people who advocate a "normal" lifespan):
"A volume about the size of a #2 pencil eraser of water provides as much energy as two 48-gallon drums of gasoline. That is 355,000 times the amount of energy per volume – five orders of magnitude." ( http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/New-LENR-Machine-is-the-Best-Yet.html ).
This phenomenon (LENR) has been confirmed in hundreds of published scientific papers: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJtallyofcol.pdf
"Over 2 decades with over 100 experiments worldwide indicate LENR is real, much greater than chemical…"—Dennis M. Bushnell, Chief Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center
"Total replacement of fossil fuels for everything but synthetic organic chemistry."—Dr. Joseph M. Zawodny, NASA
By the way, here is a survey of all the companies that are bringing LENR to commercialization: http://www.cleantechblog.com/2011/08/the-new-breed-of-energy-catalyzers-ready-for-commercialization.html
For those who still aren't convinced, here is a paper I wrote that contains some pretty convincing evidence: http://coldfusionnow.org/the-evidence-for-lenr/
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CNJ file photo The annual Smoke on the Water fireworks show will begin at dusk Friday at Greene Acres Park.
By Keely McDowell: CNJ staff writer
Husband and wife team Jay and Debbie Scott of Oklahoma have shot off the traditional Independence Day fireworks for Clovis the past eight years, but they say it is hard work and takes a year of careful planning.
According to the Scotts, the Western Enterprises team which also includes Kameron Kralik and Cody Brooks, are glad to be back in Clovis for Smoke on the Water, the community's annual Independence Day celebration.
"We're excited Clovis has given us the opportunity to blow up $20,000 this year," Debbie Scott said jokingly.
According to the Scotts, much planning has gone into the display, but they are remaining practical in their hopes for the show.
"What I really want is for the shells to get at least 10 feet off of the trailer," Debbie Scott said laughing.
Rain, falling sparks, and misloaded fireworks are just some of the uncontrollable issues the team it faces during each show.
"It only happened once, but I remember there was a shell that had been loaded upside down, and it set off the entire show at once." Debbie Scott said. "I was like 'What do I do now?' Our entire show was exploding in the air, and there was nothing we could do about it."
This year's Smoke on the Water has been choreographed by Gary Caimano of Western Enterprises, and if everything goes as planned the fireworks will coincide with music aired on Q101.5, according to Debbie Scott.
The team said to watch for words highlighted in the music by the fireworks, such as a heart during the word 'love'.
This year Smoke on the Water is organized by local broadcasters Rooney and Moon and the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce.
Ernie Kos of the Chamber said the holiday and event is one of her favorites.
"The music, the lights reflecting off of Greene Acres Lake, and being with my family and friends make this such a wonderful event," Kos said.
By the numbers:
• 365 days of planning
• $20,000 for the 2008 fireworks display
• 918 firework shells
• 600 square foot safety perimeter
Fast facts:
• Smoke on the water was started by Taco Box's Tom Martin in 1995.
• The fireworks for this Fourth of July were purchased by Western Enterprises on July 5, 2007.
• This year the team also shot off the fireworks for the Smokin' Third of July Bash in Portales.


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Is Diddy Dating Cameron Diaz?
Are Diddy and actress Cameron Diaz hooking up? Multiple sources have reported that things are getting hot and heavy between the rapper/mogul, 42, and the actress, 39. Talk about an unlikely couple!
Since striking out with New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, Diaz has been spotted out on the town with Diddy, who pursued her during Oscars week in late February. Diaz was caught getting cozy with Combs in a booth at New York restaurant Catch on Oct. 24, and were reportedly "inseparable — they had their hands all over each other," an eyewitness told Us.
Another Us source claims that Diddy and Diaz have been each other's on-again-off-again hookup buddies since 2008, following her split from Justin Timberlake! "Since then, when she's single, she'll booty call him," the insider reported. On Nov. 11, the pair lunched at Scarpetta in Beverly Hills, where they were "making out, acting romantic," according to another eyewitness.
Reps for both stars insist Diaz and Combs are "longtime friends," and have been meeting to discuss a possible comedic film project.
Meanwhile, Combs is still dating his model/singer girlfriend of three years, Cassie, 25. A source close to the music mogul joked, "Diddy's single whenever there's a better offer on the table!" Ouch!
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Pinnacle Home Care RI has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™ for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission's national standards for health care …
Pinnacle Home Care RI has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™ for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission's national standards for health care quality and safety in home care. The accreditation award recognizes Pinnacle's dedication to continuous compliance with the Joint Commission's state of the art standards. Pinnacle is one of only 17 Rhode Island home care agencies to achieve Joint Commission accreditation.
Pinnacle Home Care RI underwent a rigorous unannounced on-site survey in February, 2012. A team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated the organization for compliance with standards of care specific to the needs of patients, including infection prevention and control, leadership and medication management.
Established in 1988, the Joint Commission's home care standards address performance in specific areas, and specify requirements to ensure that patient care and services are provided in a safe manner. The Joint Commission develops its standards in consultation with health care experts, providers and researchers, as well as measurement experts, purchasers and consumers.
"In achieving Joint Commission accreditation, Pinnacle Home Care RI has demonstrated its commitment to the highest level of care for its patients," says Margherita Labson, R.N., executive director, Home Care Accreditation, the Joint Commission. "Accreditation is a voluntary process and I commend them for successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate its standard of care and instill confidence in the community it serves."
"Achieving Joint Commission accreditation is a major step toward providing the excellent care our customers deserve. We now have a blueprint to build upon and we will continue to build upon our quality improvement initiatives," commented Ken Anderson, President.
Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States, including more than 10,300 hospitals and home care organizations, and more than 6,500 other health care organizations that provide long term care, behavioral health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services. The Joint Commission currently certifies more than 2,000 disease-specific care programs, focused on the care of patients with chronic illnesses such as stroke, joint replacement, stroke rehabilitation, heart failure and many others. The Joint Commission also provides health care staffing services certification for more than 750 staffing offices. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
Pinnacle Home Care RI provides top quality home care services throughout Rhode Island. Information about the company's services can be found on www.pinnaclehcri.com.


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You never expected that, when your friends invited you to the local skating rink, you'd be heading to your very own surprise party! Confetti flutters in the air - its tiny circles flickering in the same marigold, pink, purple, and green colors as the pom-pom and stripe-like accents of your soft, broad-knit, grey hat. As you take to the ice, both arms of your violet peacoat linked around the elbows of giggling friends, your heart is warm with the joy of friendship, fun, and this comfy, cozy topper!
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Hank McNeil, who just sold Rittenhouse Square's legendary McIlhenney Mansion to Bart Blatstein, is suddenly having a serious 15 minutes of fame. After a flurry of press about the mansion, McNeil gets highlighted in the Wall Street Journal for a piece about the mansion he actually lives in. The 13,000-square-foot residence at 19th and Delancey represents a new design trend: preserving a historic facade but transforming the interior into a contemporary design showcase. "Faced with strict codes and steep construction costs," says the Journal, "more homeowners are installing modern interiors in old homes."
WSJ: Philly Is Perfect Case Study for the Latest Twist in Home Design
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Sonar Jewellery At Bridal Couture Week 2013-2014
Sonar Jewellery Designs at pantene fashion week has been held on 2013. This is established by Hamna Ameer. She is one of the celebrated fashion designers in Pakistan which is supported by Syma Raza in USA. For the ultimate erect goblin this. These all sets revolve thrown the presence of the women and construction them greater than a lot deranged for the prettification. These exclusive and latest jewelry combined speculation of Hamna Ameer fashion designer and Syma Raza which is graphic designer supporting in USA, based in Lahore. They have absolute proficiency in manipulative and producing their personage and idiosyncratic stylishness in bridal jewelry. Model is wearing a headpiece and back necklace in white and sky semi precious stones in platinum encrusted in finniest decoration. Bridal remains incomplete without bridal jewelry. These all fashion jewelry collection is looking amazing and fabulous. Model is displaying huge size ear rings and bracelet in old time fashion style and design. Gorgeous and elegant necklace and ear rings embossed with expensive stones. Wonderful green color necklace and head piece looking most vibrant and chic in antique look. Extra large leaf designed luxurious stones are astonished the center of this jewelry. All models are wearing heavy and pricy bridal sets are adorable and festooned with different stones, kundans, lacquer gold and polished gold, platinum and much more.
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Accessibility services
The City of Ottawa is committed to creating a barrier-free city for its residents, visitors and employees regardless of their visible or non-visible disabilities.
The annual City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan 2013 (COMAP) Report is provided to Committee and Council in accordance with the Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA) 2001 and describes the work completed by the City of Ottawa to make services more accessible.
For 2012, this includes:
- maintaining compliance with the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service Regulation 429/07;
- implementing specific 2012, 2013 and 2014 requirements from the AODA Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR) 191/11; and,
- reporting on additional non-legislated initiatives that remove and prevent barriers for residents and visitors.
In addition, the COMAP report provides highlights of the upcoming initiatives which demonstrate how the City will continue to address the identification, removal and prevention of barriers to persons with disabilities through by-laws, policies, programs, practices and services. Details about the initiatives undertaken in 2012 are provided in Document 1 to this report.
This report also provides a status update on the City's first multi-year accessibility plan covering the years 2012 to 2016. This legislated multi-year accessibility plan approved in April of 2012, provided a full view of how the City will meet the remaining requirements contained in the AODA Integrated Accessibility Standard Regulation enacted on July, 1 2011 and amended on December 14, 2012.
Through the City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan 2013 (COMAP) the City continues to support the goal of provincial legislation called the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). This legislation requires the City, as well as businesses and groups such as community agencies, hospitals and schools to follow accessibility standards. Our community benefits as the City continues to identify, remove and prevent barriers.
- COMAP Report Final [ PDF - 209 KB ]
- 1a Accessibility Policy [ PDF - 132 KB ]
- 1b COMAP Chart 2012 final [ PDF - 231 KB ]
- 1c Document 3 WCAG Workplan [ PDF - 69 KB ]
What's New
20/06/12 – City opens sledge hockey-accessible arena in Stittsville
An official puck drop with Mayor Jim Watson, Councillor Mark Taylor, Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee, Stittsville Ward Councillor Shad Qadri and members of the local hockey community marked the grand opening today of Goulbourn Recreation Complex's Arena B, which is a NHL-sized ice surface that was built to meet new provisions of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act for sledge hockey.
"The City of Ottawa is committed to providing families and kids with the opportunities they need to participate in sports and healthy activities," said Mayor Jim Watson. "That's why we froze recreation fees in our first two budgets and that's why we're breaking down the barriers faced by residents in our community who have disabilities."
"Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to the Goulbourn Recreation Complex each year and with this expansion, the City can offer them improved services in an extraordinary structure that meets their recreational needs," said Councillor Qadri.
The opening of Arena B represents the final phase the City's $8.7 million multi-year expansion and renovation of the Goulbourn Recreation Complex. The expansion also included six new change rooms, an expanded referee room and a tournament reception lobby.
A few of the accessible features include: widened team benches to accommodate sledges; synthetic ice that can be installed when sledge hockey teams are playing to link the ice surface with dressing room, and extended and lowered board glass to provide enhanced viewing capabilities.
The new arena was built to meet high environmental standards and incorporate energy-efficient technology. For instance, there are now designated parking spots for electric vehicles, which are equipped with "pay for use" electrical outlets, where visitors to the complex can charge their vehicles for a nominal fee.
New Service Ottawa Website
Earlier this year the City of Ottawa launched its enhanced ottawa.ca website, which includes the new Service Ottawa gateway.
Service Ottawa provides 24 hour online access to 250 services including the ability to book and pay for last-minute ice time, request a garbage and recycling calendar, report a pothole, or view floor plans, audio files and videos of city facilities.
Public response has been positive to this new online service, including a feature on CTV news. To date, almost 170 service requests have been filed, and upwards of 64 requests are received per day.
The City will continue to work with its residents to improve the ottawa.ca website including the addition of more online service requests, enhanced usability for mobile devices, and a more user-friendly interface that will allow the City to better meet the needs of all residents.
Accessibility Checklist
The City of Ottawa strives to be an accessible city that is inclusive of all people.
On October 13, 2011 Council, approved motion FEDCO 10/1 that requires all reports tabled for consideration at Committee and Council tocontain a section that explains how the report recommendations will impact people with disabilities and/or seniors in terms of reducing, removing or preventing barriers.
The Accessibility Checklist has been designed as a tool for all staff to utilize and assist as a reference guide to ensure that accessibility goals, as set out by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the corporate Accessibility Policy, are included in all decision-making and to assess potential accessibility impacts of proposed policies and projects
Transit, transportation and recreation
- OC Transpo's website for accessible transit
- Accessible taxi program
- Audible Pedestrian Signals
- Request an audible pedestrian signal, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
- Recreation services
Snow Go Programs
The City of Ottawa partners with the Seniors Citizens Council and eight local home support agencies to deliver two winter programs for seniors and persons with disabilities.
The Snow Go Program helps seniors and persons with disabilities find reliable contractors and/or individuals who will perform the service of clearing snow from their private driveways and/or walkways.
The Snow Go Assist Program provides financial assistance to eligible low-income seniors and persons with disabilities to pay for a portion of their snow removal costs.
For more information visit ottawa.ca/snowgo or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401).
Contact us
If you would like more information or have some comments on accessibility services in the City of Ottawa, there are a number of ways you can get in touch with us.
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Accessibility Services
Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa, Ontario
Provide comments on customer service
We value your feedback on the accessibility of the City of Ottawa's customer service. Fill out the online form to provide your comments.
Welcoming your feedback on the accessibility of our services The City has a formalized feedback process in place that is followed when addressing any complaints, comments and inquiries received in relation to accessible customer service. Feedback will be forwarded to the appropriate personnel, responded to, documented and tracked. A copy of the feedback process is available in various accessible formats upon request.
You can contact us:
- in person at any Client Service Centre
- by calling 3-1-1 (613-580-2400) / 613-580-2401 (TTY)
- by completing the online form
- by e-mailing email@example.com
- or by memory stick, disk/diskette or other means.
For more information visit any Client Service Centre, go online to ottawa.ca/accessibility, or call 3-1-1 (613-580-2400), TTY 613-580-2401.
Request for documents in an accessible format
Documents are available in various accessible formats upon request. Contact us or fill out the online form.


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ABU reschedules concert
PHILIPPI – The School of Music at Alderson Broaddus University has rescheduled its annual Christmas Festival Concert for 3 p.m. Sunday in Wilcox Chapel. Only one concert will be presented, and admission is free.
Two concerts were originally planned for Dec. 8, but bad weather forced
The concert will feature various musical ensembles from the School of Music, as well as carols and Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" with audience participation


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Shareholders of Northern Foods and Greencore vote on their proposed merger to form Essenta Foods. However, the board of Northern Foods would prefer shareholders to accept a rival offer from Boparan Holdings.
Greene King is expected to echo its rivals, saying that while third-quarter trading was hit by snow before Christmas, the brewer and pub operator bounced back in January. Its managed pubs are tipped to report like-for-like sales growth of about 2 per cent in the past eight weeks and 3.5 per cent for the financial year to date.
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One of the first questions many people who are considering adopting a child ask is, "Is it better to adopt domestically or internationally?" The answer to this question differs for every family. Below, parents explain why they chose one or the other.
Choosing to adopt a child from the United States
"We chose to adopt domestically because we wanted our child to have the opportunity to know his birth parents at some point in his life. We also wanted to experience all the stages of a child's life, beginning from birth."
— Mark
"We adopted domestically. We're a gay couple, and it was important to us to be able to adopt under California law. While gay couples can adopt from most international sources, many foreign governments won't knowingly allow gay couples to adopt — so we would have had to hide the fact. We also feel like you get a better idea of the birth mother's health history domestically, and it was quicker and wound up being cheaper (even using a private agency) than the time and costs for most international adoptions."
— Patrick
"We chose domestic adoption. We wanted an infant because the traveling would be difficult for me (I'm a teacher). Domestic adoption was also less expensive." — Jen
"We decided to adopt domestically. We wanted a newborn, and my husband didn't want to go into debt adopting our baby. We found out that all adoptions are expensive in one way or another. Going with the domestic adoption from the first thought until our angel was in our arms took a while — two years and five months. And the total cost was about $10,000."
— Deborah
Choosing to adopt a child from another country
"As a single 41-year-old woman, I didn't think I had much of a chance of adopting a healthy infant from the United States. But at the time, the China program welcomed single moms- and dads-to-be, and actually preferred that adoption applicants be over the age of 35. For once, I felt I fit into the right demographics and was fairly certain that I'd be able to adopt a healthy baby. (Eleni was 7 months old at the time of her referral, and 8 1/2 months old when I received her.) As a single mom-to-be, I was also drawn to the fact that China had so many girls in its orphanages. I felt that if I was going to be a single mother — at least at the outset — that it would be easier to parent a child of my own gender. In China, the chances were excellent that I'd be able to request and adopt a little girl."
— Laura
Editor's note: You can read more about Laura and her daughter Eleni in Laura's parenting journal.
"We were interested in international adoption, and China in particular, from the get-go. Several factors explain our interest. First, compared with domestic adoption, the international adoption process in general, and Chinese adoption in particular, is very dependable and predictable — there are generally no "surprises." Second, because we live in the Bay Area, with its very strong Asian-American and Chinese-American community and cultural presence, adopting from China seemed like a natural choice. Third, we really liked the idea of becoming a multicultural family and learning about our daughter's birth culture."
— Madeline
"I went with my gut a lot, and not from any books. We knew we wanted a child and the biological way wasn't working. We loved the idea of becoming a multicultural family. I'd lived in China years ago, spoke the language, knew the culture, knew the issues with abandoning baby girls, and asked my Chinese friends if indeed there was a need to adopt baby girls (or was it some hideous baby factory). They said yes there was a need. So then it was just a question of finding an agency that did Chinese adoptions."
— Linda
"We adopted our daughter from China because I felt drawn there, and because we wanted a daughter. We also didn't want the chance of birth parents wanting to take the child back." — Sharyl
"We chose to adopt internationally, in part, because at that time there were more agencies doing international adoptions than domestic. But we also felt that with domestic adoptions too much can go wrong. The birth family can show up years later and still have rights to the child, and I didn't want to worry about that or put my kids through that." — Lynn
"Originally I chose to adopt internationally because I was single and found that domestic adoption by a single parent is almost impossible. I was discouraged at every turn. Social workers wouldn't even talk to me. I wasn't requesting a 'healthy Caucasian infant.' Biracial or any race was fine, but preferably under age 5. I was told I wouldn't qualify because there's already a long list of couples waiting for those children.
I'm married now and my partner and I are in the process of adopting a second child from China. We wanted our daughters to have the same heritage. We have an appreciation for Chinese culture, and we know the process works with China. There can be delays, but most cases are successful if you fit the requirements of the Chinese government. We wouldn't consider domestic adoption because of the time, cost, and frustration involved. Being older parents (late 30s), we found that international adoption offered more options for us. We were told that younger couples had a better chance adopting domestically.
We do get comments from people such as, 'Why don't you adopt one of your own (or a baby from the United States).' We feel that all children, regardless of race or nationality, deserve a home. Domestic adoption works for some families, while foster parenting or international adoption works for others. A couple (or single parent-to-be) needs to do what's best for their own family and circumstances."
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I'm always searching for the perfect nude polish. They're always either too yellow or too pink and make my skin tone look awful and sick. When I spotted this shade in the OPI Germany collection I knew I had to have it! My Very First Knockwurst is a pale pink beige creme. I am wearing false nails here (Nailene Petite Square 200s - discontinued and quite hard to find but they're awesome!) and found I only needed one coat. I would say you'd need 2 or 3 coats on your real nails but personally I found one was enough with falsies. Application is effortless, formula is creamy but light and it dried really fast too. Not at all what I was expecting from such a pale shade! I cannot sing its praises enough, if a simple, wearable shade is what you're looking for. Some may find it boring but I think it's absolutely gorgeous and easy to put on when you're not sure what you're going to be wearing! I've linked to the eBay seller I bought mine from, personally I always buy from US sellers as it's so much cheaper over there. I only buy a couple at a time though otherwise the value will go over the threshold and you'll have to pay a customs charge too. Just a heads up!
What do you think of this shade and the rest of the OPI Germany collection? Are you a fan of nude polish shades?


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Louis Vuitton's Paris Show Included Kate Moss, a Carousel
And jingle bells with pearls inside them.
Kate Moss closed the Louis Vuitton show in Paris today, but unlike last season, she was sans cigarette, bondage-free, and wore a feathery white dress. According to Marc Jacobs, it was Moss's idea to walk again. "[I have] an attitude about being consistent, so I thought, you know what, we're going to consistently close the show with Kate Moss," he explained afterwards.
The show commenced with a curtain drawing back to reveal a life-size white carousel, complete with models perched atop the horses. Jacobs explained to the Telegraph
There's a carousel in the Tuileries, and I'm a hopeless New York Francophile, and it's very Paris ... It's also a bit of a metaphor about this cycle of fashion and how it goes around and around, and regardless of what your references are, whatever you choose to look at, it's just cyclical...We had one of the horses in the office, because all the girls had to pose on it during the fittings. So I did get on it and did some crazy poses.
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My George Foreman grill finally arrived! It is from 'The Heritage' range of George Foreman grills in striking red. You may be familiar with Russell Hobbs Heritage collection of kettle and toaster, this George Foreman grill is actually designed in close partnership with Russell Hobbs.
The machine is 132 x 320 x 338 (mm) in HLW and is surprisingly light, about 2.5 kg. At a glance, it looks like a larger and classier version of my toasty maker. Like the toasty maker, it comes with a ready to cook indicator light. The light comes on once you switch on the machine and when the plates are heating up, the light goes off when it's ready for use. It has two non-stick heating plates - top and bottom. Unlike the toasty maker, the grill comes with floating hinges that enable cooking of extra thick food and the bottom grill plate is tilted at a certain angle allowing fat and grease to flow into the separate drip tray. And, it comes with a long shiny Chrome handle - nice.
To kickoff the National Grilling Week, I made some burgers - 2 different burgers but both using the same beef patties. On the first day, I made this awesome Jamie Oliver's Botham burger that I saw on Zurin's blog. Beef burger with caramelised onions and curry mayonnaise. I added ground ginger and garlic to the patties for extra flavour. It turned out amazing - there was just the right amount of spices, not too overpowering, and the curry mayonnaise complemented the spiced beef patties really well, adding extra flavour and creaminess. The addition of caramelised onion was genius, adding sweetness to the spiced savoury burger.
The next day, I made an adaptation of Malaysia's famous Ramly burger. If you've never had Ramly burger, you are missing out big time. Ramly Burger stalls are roadside burger vendors usually found outside a 7-11 store at night. The opening times vary depending on the location, but usually late at night until wee hours in the morning. Each Ramly Burger stall has its own secret recipe but the ultimate Ramly Burger consists of 2 meat patties, lots of margarine and cheese, wrapped in a very thin layer of egg and topped with onions, cabbage, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce and Maggi Seasoning. Which is the best you may ask. Almost all KLites will tell you it's the stall in Ampang (OM Burger located at Lorong Kolam Air Lama 1 (in front of 7-11), Ampang). They have the sloppiest, greasiest, tastiest burger you've ever had. These artery-clogging burgers are extremely EXTREMELY tasty. Please add this to your to-eat list if you ever visit KL!
Check out my Flickr for more Ramly burger porn.
Back to my version of sloppy burger.
I halved the beef patties and made them into smaller patties as I wanted to sandwich a cheese slice in between and wrapped the whole thing in egg. The patties were still too big and fat and I had to use 2 eggs to wrap them. I'd flatten them more next time (YES, there will certainly be a next!).
I topped the burger with curry slaw and tomato sauce. The tomato sauce is a must IMO for that extra sweetness and tang, it went amazingly well with the curry mayo. The wild boar drowned his potato chips in that curry mayo and tomato sauce. He was on the verge of licking that bowl clean. Another amazing burger meal.
I used butter and oil to fry the eggs. Tip: use more oil and butter! You will be rewarded.
I topped the burger with curry slaw and tomato sauce. The tomato sauce is a must IMO for that extra sweetness and tang, it went amazingly well with the curry mayo. The wild boar drowned his potato chips in that curry mayo and tomato sauce. He was on the verge of licking that bowl clean. Another amazing burger meal.
All in all, I am quite happy with the new grill. Stylish design and compact, grilling was easy and quick. By grilling the top and bottom simultaneously, the food cooks over twice as fast. The unwanted fat and grease gets channelled away into the drip tray, which makes food much healthier. Besides, the plates leave nice grilled marks on the food! The cleaning was a breeze too. Since it's non-stick, the charred bits came off easily. It would be perfect if the grilling plates are detacheable. Maybe it's the OCD in me, but I would like to be able to clean and rinse the whole plate under water just to be sure. The charred bits do get stuck in awkward nooks and crannys while you wipe and clean the plates (especially the top plate) and that can be a pain (like my toasty maker!).
Spiced BurgersPrintable recipe
Adapted from Cherry on a Cake (Jamie Oliver's Botham burger)
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 1 hr (most time spent on caramelising the onions)
Yield: serves 4
For beef patties: makes 4 patties
For curry mayonnaise:
- 500 g lean minced beef
- 1/2 (about 120 g) red onion - finely chopped
- 1/2 tbs coriander seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp Schwartz ground ginger
- 1 tsp Schwartz garlic granules
- 1 tsp Colman's mustard
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
For caramelised onions: enough for 2 burgers
- 6 tbs mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 tsp curry powder (or to taste)
- 2 tsp Colman's mustard (or to taste)
For curry slaw:
- 1 large onion - cut into wedges
- Oil
- A pinch salt
- 1 tsp brown sugar
Other ingredients:
- Curry mayonnaise (recipe as seen above)
- Raw cabbage - shredded
- Carrot - shredded
- Red onion - thinly sliced
- Agave nectar (or honey)
- Burger buns
- Cheese slices
- Eggs
- Fresh tomatoes - sliced
- Tomato ketchup
For beef patties:
For curry mayonnaise:
- Mix all ingredients together and form 4 large patties.
- Cook in a Foreman grill for 5 mins or 230°C for 15 mins. [the patties were completely cooked through for that amount of time. Remove patties from grill earlier if you want the middle to be pink. For smaller meat patties i.e. the Ramly-style burger, 2 mins was sufficient.]
For caramelised onions: start early or do this first as it takes about 1 hr.
- Mix all ingredients. Curry powder and mustard to be added to taste.
For curry slaw:
- Place all ingredients into a pan with a little bit of oil. Leave to cook until browned, stirring occasionally. Before removing form the pan, add a splash of water or stock to deglaze the pan.
- Place cabbage, carrot and red onion in a mixing bowl. Mix in enough curry mayonnaise till you get the desired consistency you want.
- Add agave nectar to taste.
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What does this headline tell you?
Seen today on an MSN newsfeed:
"Gingrich, Rove and the right for the Republican Party"
What does it say? It says the GOP is more screwed than we ever understood.
The "old ladies" are still predominant and now are fighting among themselves and attacking the Tea Party, which should, if you believe GOP propaganda, be a natural ally.
As long as that condition prevails, the GOP will remain a minority party in national politics. And yes, I know, there are some new faces attempting to emerge. But between the left, the media and the old ladies, their chances of emerging anytime soon without having their character assassinated are likely slim and none.
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Oh please. Keep your teeth in your mouth.
This is part of the standard realignment of things between elections.
Of course, if this were happening this time next year, I'd say there is a real problem.
Having Gingrich defend the Conservative wing is rich.
If its come to that, its time to melt and repour.
The real problem that always seems to go missing is that since the Republican stand bearer retired the day after the election, the Republican Party doesn't have any clear "top man." Even Dana Milbank recognized this when he lamented that Romney should come to DC so the Left wing press and beat him some more.
Boehner and McConnell will never run anything beyond the House and Senate, which already has they hands full. Rubio is now the "lightning rod" of the party, a position Newt once held, which is never a position to be envied.
I'm having problems with labels. What passes for Republican sure looks like early 1960's Democrat, What passes for Democrat sure looks like early 1960's European Socialist. Neither legacy party seems to have even a nodding acquaintance with fiscal responsibility. I think our moment of opportunity has already passed, but if there is even the slightest chance to save the Republic, we can't let the media drive the conversation, they are too vested in Dependency Government.
When it comes to Gingrich and Rove, character assassination is a bit of problem as the two of them committed character suicide a long time ago.
The problem with the GOP establishment is that it is more interested in its own power than keeping any sort of promises about limited government and fiscal restraint. If the likes of Gingrich and Rove are the future of the GOP then that future is pretty bleak.
Horseshit. Who BUT Gingrich kept his CONTRACT and managed to bring us the first balanced budget (albeit with some magic accounting) in years? Who arm-twisted Slick Willy into reforming welfare?
I hate history revisionism, whoever authors it.
His personal life is a train wreck and his last run for president was an unmitigated disaster. If you have to go back to the 90s to find something worthwhile about him then you're reaching.
Gingrich is part of the establishment GOP whether or not he pretends to be.
You would have just hated Ben Franklin.
His last run for president was one of the best chapters of that campaign.
You opinion of who is and is not "establishment" is meaningless. He is one of the best thinkers and messagers on the right, and he IS, and HAS BEEN a conservative. He is hardly without his flaws, but…Ronald Reagan.
I smell a "cat among the pigeons" operation all over the Mushroom Media-generated stories we've been seeing.
There are competing (not very disjoint) ideas of how we should best reorder for victory. That is not "being screwed".
THAT is healthy. A call for unified GroupThink is NOT. I'm confident that good, strong, fundamental Conservative ideas can emerge.
And WTF with this "Old Lady" BS, McQ?
1. It is the job of centralized government (in peacetime) to protect its citizens' lives, liberty and property. All other activities of government tend to diminish freedom and hamper progress. The growth of government (the dominant social feature of this century) must be fought relentlessly. In this great social conflict of the era, we are, without reservations, on the libertarian side.
2. The profound crisis of our era is, in essence, the conflict between the Social Engineers, who seek to adjust mankind to conform with scientific utopias, and the disciples of Truth, who defend the organic moral order. We believe that truth is neither arrived at nor illuminated by monitoring election results, binding though these are for other purposes, but by other means, including a study of human experience. On this point we are, without reservations, on the conservative side.
– William F. Buckley, 1955.
Still true today, too! Would you call Buckley an "Old Lady"…!?!?
Limbaugh is 62. We could go on…
Tea party a natural ally of the GOP? Not the GOP of McCain and Boehner it isn't.
The GOP kinda wants to go the way of the Whigs doesn't it?
Fine with me, a necessary part of burning from what I can see.
After this morning's news reading I'm thinking of becoming a mindless Democrat anyway.
Sorry I've been absent from the conversation lately (I'm sure plenty of people have missed my input), but right-wing politics have gotten real boring lately, so I've had to seek other forms of entertainment.
I've got a suggestion: I heard of the Thom Hartman Show that he was looking for some people to give him an example of one instance where libertarianism (which I call conservative libertarianism for clarity) has worked—other than Somalia (my joke).
Other than destroying the country or paying off his cronies, give me an example of any instance where Obama's policies have worked.
The United States up until Wilson, then during Coolidge until the Progressives again screwed things up.
Gawd, you are both ignorant and stupid.
The GOP just needs to go away, Let the socons, the war hawks, and the drug warriors have their ever shrinking party. I am all for a new party now. I resisted that for a long time. but I do not feel that the Republicans will ever be able to do anything positive ever again, (not that they have done much that was positive for a long time now)
A fair number of the drug warriors are Democrats, but in all honesty, it doesn't detract from your point.
Bub. Eye. Foo…
OMG, KyleN. Don't you see… You've finally come round to my way of thinking. F*ck them all.
There is little need to attack the Dems if the one you're defending is the description of your evil.
Dude, if you and I can see eye to eye, then there is hope.
I will sleep soundly tonight. Thank you.
So if not from a wealthy private sector, where will govt. (which has zero wealth of its own) get the money to redistribute to small-brained creeps such as yourself?


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The Holy Waters Of Casco Bay August 18, 2000
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The Holy Waters Of Casco Bay
August 18, 2000: Tenants Harbor, Maine
By Bernadette Bernon
Maine from the water is a much different place from Maine on the land, the latter being the only way I've known the state until now. From the land it's an acquaintance with a coast of lovely drives and walks, pretty towns, nice people. But from the water, the drama is breathtaking and intimate. You sail along a granite shoreline dotted with lighthouses. You poke into back coves, rivers and protected archipelagos you otherwise might never know existed. You have reason to meet the locals who work the waterfront — the lobstermen, the dock-masters, the bridge-tenders, and the other sailors — all a colorful lot.
I'm doing a good deal of gushing, I know, but forgive me, please. I'm new to Maine, and these naïve first impressions have come from stunning Casco Bay, not that far really, yet a world away, from Ithaka's home waters in Newport. Between fear of fog and the extra distance, the idea of sailing up here with our last boat, Ruby, a 24-foot Quickstep without much in the way of electronics, had always intimidated us, so we never attempted it, satisfying ourselves with gunkholing around lovely Narragansett Bay and the Elizabeth Islands. But now that we're here on Ithaka, we realize that Ruby and we easily could have handled it, with just the addition of a simple radar.
Bernadette at Five Islands
This week, we first spent a few days in beautiful Portland, around the head of Cape Elizabeth, it's a cosmopolitan little city of brick buildings, great restaurants, and lots of friendly people who've transplanted themselves from other parts of the country. We could see why. The city's cultural life is thriving with galleries, museums and performing arts; the architecture presents a pleasing face; the city is alive with energy and clearly on the grow.
We moored Ithaka at Portland Yacht Services, which we selected (even though it's a bit rolly) because the owners, Phineus and Joanna Sprague, have a nice reputation, it's within walking distance of town, and because it's next to a huge marine supply store called Hamilton's where we hoped to order the new Autohelm wheel attachment to replace the one we'd broken on the way up here. We also wanted to visit some old friends, Daniel Zilkha and Bentley and Brenda Collins at Sabre Yachts, and we wanted to get together with Dan Piltch, of Marine Computer Systems. Dan is the computer and electronics consultant from whom we'd bought our Inmarsat C communications system. We wanted his advice on weather software.
Hamilton's was a destination unto itself, and we wasted a merry hour there strolling the aisles the way sailors do when they're confronted with such a fine array of gear and supplies. An entire aisle was devoted to marine heaters, a reminder that it does get cold in this neck of the woods, despite the glorious sunshine of August. Even the customers help each other out and seemed to think nothing of commenting on the quality of different products you've already put in your basket. This happened to me three times. One sailor who saw me eyeballing the sandpaper selection ended up spending half an hour explaining exactly how to get the best results when I varnish our hatches, a job I'm starting to think about attacking within the next month. He said he'd spent a few years "working yachts" and he knew all the tricks. The next day, as Douglas and I lugged our sacks of laundry up the hill to the laundromat, we ran into the fellow again on the street as he darted into a coffee shop. He'd just jumped out of his Mercedes coupe, dressed to the nines. "Oh, I'm a stockbroker now," he laughed, when I noted that he'd cleaned up considerably since the afternoon before.
Next, we spent a great day with Daniel and Bentley at Sabre Yachts. It was fun for me to watch Douglas's fascination as Bentley walked him through the factory, explaining the different stages and processes of building a high-quality performance cruising boat. The two shared their love of fine woodwork, and Bentley talked of matching the "cathedrals" and the "flames" in the grain of some of the woods. For me, the day brought back fond memories of one aspect of my job at Cruising World that I'd really enjoyed, getting inside different marine production facilities and learning how things are made from those who know it best.
Bentley Collins and Daniel Zilkha.
Our afternoon with Dan Piltch had many unexpected benefits. In addition to giving us a terrific personal tutorial session with the Weather Station 2000 software, we learned that Dan is a devoted cruising sailor who loves to explore Maine on his 33-footer, Kristina, a mahogany-over-oak sloop on which he had lived year-round for several years in New York City. Dan spent a long lunch with us, sharing his favorite hideaway harbors and detours that proved to be as he described them: quiet and stunning. After Portland, that's just what we were looking for. We set out the next morning, the delights of Casco Bay laid out before us.
Looking back on it, now that we've reluctantly left the Bay for the enticements drawing us farther Down East, my favorite of all Dan's Casco Bay suggestions was Harmon Harbor, near Five Islands. Many cruisers flock to the pretty Five Islands Harbor, surrounded by the granite islands that shelter the little anchorage of cruising and fishing boats. But Harmon, a couple of miles to seaward of Five Islands, is a secluded bowl surrounded by firs, its narrow entrance protected by a pair of angry-looking ledges that probably discourage most sailors from entering. It certainly would have daunted us without Dan's encouragement and a fog-free afternoon. Ithaka was the only sailboat in Harmon for the two days we lingered there, tethered to a mooring given to us by a man named John Darling who, when he saw us ghosting in, came out from his house and called to us, insisting we use it.
In Harmon, early in the morning, this pretty boat and its crew of teenagers ghosted around Ithaka and sailed out the mouth of the harbor.
I'm thrilled to be discovering the magic of Maine as an adult, instead of having it be a part of the fabric of my life from childhood. But I was fortunate; I had my own Maine growing up, in County Kerry on the rocky southwest coast of Ireland, where I spent summers living in my grandmother's three-room cottage -- no heat, no running water, no toilet, and just a wood fire. My parents, with me and my little brother Mark, would come over from America, to be joined by my Aunty Eileen and her two children, Patrick and Christine, over from England. We'd all pile in with my Granny, and my long-suffering Uncle John was made by my grandmother to give up his bed and sleep outside in a small barn for the summer, to accommodate the volume of family in the house.
The tall fir forests Douglas and I hiked through ashore at Harmon Harbor brought me back to those childhood summers, and as we walked through the shady paths, I told him stories of Christine's and my exploits in the same kind of dark forests that stretched for miles around my grandmother's house and down to the sea. We played, we hid, we explored, always on the lookout for a place in the forest called "The Holy Spring."
Legend had it, my Uncle John had told us, that the spring had never dried up, even during the great droughts, and that the water was so holy that it wouldn't boil. That none of the old people could remember anymore how to find the spring was all Christine and I needed to hear. From that day forward, we'd searched for the spring relentlessly, summer after summer, until one day, deep in the forest, we heard it, and then we found it, hidden by undergrowth. We gasped at our discovery. There it was, a small mossy grotto surrounded by little offerings and relics, broken statues of the Virgin Mary, old Irish coins, rosary beads half eaten away by time and looking as though they were from a hundred years ago. For a long time we stared in silence and took in the solemnity, imagining what had happened there. We each took turns cupping our hands and drinking from the grotto -- a moment of communion I'll remember forever. Then we raced home with a sample in a soda bottle.
I remember being excited and at the same time frightened at the prospect of putting the water in a kettle to boil it on the fire. I was uneasy about testing the faith that had been hammered into me at my Catholic primary school back home in America, but I was hungry to know the truth just the same. Hearing the commotion, my uncle ambled into the kitchen and asked "what in the hell is going on with the two of you?" Breathless, we told him we'd finally found the Holy Spring, and that we were trying to see if we could make the water boil. He contemplated us and the kettle for a long while. "No, yer not," he said. He pulled the kettle off the fire and threw the water outside the front door of the house. "Don't be doubting the qualities of that spring."
We never did find out if the Holy Water would boil or not, although we easily could have repeated the exercise while my Uncle John was at work at the post office. He probably couldn't bear to see the disappointment we'd have had if it had boiled. Or maybe, if it had, he just couldn't bear the disappointment himself.
Walking through the shady forest around Harmon Harbor this week with Douglas, breathing deeply the fecund smells of the thick evergreens, this old memory came flooding back to me like a long-lost treasure, and I shared it with my husband. I have Maine to thank for that.
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WHEATLAND, Mo. — Jimmy Owens successfully defended his DART Show-Me 100 presented by ProtectThe Harvest.com crown on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. Owens earned $30,000 for his second consecutive series victory. In a hard-fought race that went down to the final lap, Owens held off 27th-starting John Blankenship and Dennis Erb Jr. for the win.
The event was co-sanctioned with the Lucas Oil MLRA.
With high-flying passes on nearly every lap of the entire event, it was anyone's race to win. Owens started from the pole and took the lead at the start of the race. Billy Moyer challenged Owens for the lead early on. Tyler Reddick, the 16-year-old phenom, made his presence known early. He was going to a contender for the win as he came from his seventh starting spot to pass both Moyer and Scott Bloomquist to take over the second spot.
Reddick then put the heat on Owens for the lead, diving to the bottom of the track Reddick gained ground on Owens and was gunning for the lead when his engine popped with 16 laps scored. Bloomquist inherited the second position after Reddick's night ended.
Jared Landers quickly became one of the wild cards of the race. Landers started 25th and powered through the field, running third by lap 19. The top three of Owens, Bloomquist, and Landers then pulled away from Erb, who was fourth at this point. The leaders experienced heavy traffic with 30 laps in the books and ten circuits later they were nose-to-tail.
A caution on lap 48 for Will Vaught bunched the field up. On the restart, Landers went for the lead and took over the top spot, passing Owens on lap 49. Landers then led two more laps until his power steering started to go out. Owens regained the point from Landers on lap 53.
Landers then started to fade as several cars passed him. Bloomquist moved into second and he and Erb started to challenge Owens for the lead. Owens began to push in the turns as the cushion became a bit treacherous. He had trouble entering turn two and exiting turn four, allowing both Bloomquist and Erb to stay close.
Cautions for Kevin Sather on lap 74 and Bloomquist on lap 76, only added to the mix of exciting restarts. Erb picked up the challenge for the lead, racing Owens hard until the final caution of the race came out for Eric Wells with 89 laps scored. The field was set-up for the final free-for-all, with everyone gunning for the top spot with only 11 laps to go.
On the restart Blankenship; who had surged through the field, slid up in turn two, directly in front of Owens to briefly take the lead. But Owens dove down beneath Blankenship, and the two went door to door down the backstretch. Owens hung on to just edge out both Blankenship and Erb at the finish line.
"That was an awesome race, I think maybe we broke something on the left rear, I don't know, the car was a handful all night! If I could stay up on that cushion, I knew I couldn't let those guys get by me, I couldn't even take off good on the restarts," said the 40-year-old who won for the 31st time in his LOLMDS career.
"They could get a good run on me on the restarts, and luckily we were able to hang on. John (Blankenship) passed me there after that last restart, and I thought, well we have got to cross back over and kind of return the favor. My hat's off to John he had a great car, and made a great run."
Blankenship earned the title of Hard Charger of the Race. Erb bounced back with a solid third place finish.
Austin Hubbard also made a strong run. He started dead last in 29th place and worked his way up to a fourth place finish in his first appearance at Lucas Oil Speedway. Moyer completed the top five.
The finish:
Jimmy Owens, John Blankenship, Dennis Erb Jr., Austin Hubbard, Billy Moyer, Steve Francis, Jonathan Davenport, Earl Pearson Jr., Eric Turner, John Anderson, Eric Jacobsen, Eric Wells, Scott Bloomquist, Kevin Sather, Jared Landers, Billy Moyer Jr., Will Vaught, Wendell Wallace, Duke Whiseant, Tony Jackson Jr., Jesse Stovall, A.J. Diemel, Jimmy Mars, David Turner, Tyler Reddick, Don O'Neal, Chad Simpson, Shannon Babb, Terry Phillips.
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another slight worry/problem that ive noticed is that it seems that the lord almighty has it in his mind to try and block my travels. i mean consider this....2 days before i leave for thailand the tsunami hits. worst natural disaster pretty much ever. i buy my ticket for mainland usa and the next day katrina hits. i put my paperwork in for an indian visa and 3 days later earthquake kills 30,000. i JUST BUY a guide book for bali and bombs go off. is this just a coincidence? i would think one or two maybe but all of these you just have to be kidding. anyway ive been on the move a bit....from bangkok to pattaya from pattaya to bangkok and then to krabi (current location) my passport is in the indian embassy for another week so i have a bit of time to kill but im not sure what i want to do.


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