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The mortuary-science program at Amarillo College will have its accreditation reviewed next month by a national board after repeated problems with graduates unable to pass a national exam.
Funeral service program failing
The mortuary science program at Amarillo College is in danger of losing accreditation by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, which accredits 56 programs in the country and four in Texas. The programs must ensure a 60 percent passing rate on a national exam to remain in good standing.
Mortuary science national board exam results:
2004 Amarillo College: 4 taken, 3 passed, 75 percent Three other Texas programs: 71.58 percent
2005 Amarillo College: 16 taken, 11 passed, 69 percent Three other Texas programs: 72.93 per
2006 Amarillo College: 8 taken, 4 passed, 50 percent Three other Texas programs: 71.25 percent
2007 Amarillo College: 12 taken, 5 passed, 42 percent Three other Texas programs: 72.85 percent
Source: American Board of Funeral Service Education
For three straight years, fewer than 60 percent of AC students have passed the accreditation exam. The national benchmark is at least 60 percent, and the inability of students to meet that threshold places AC's program in jeopardy.
"They lose their accreditation unless they show good reason why they shouldn't lose accreditation," said Michael Smith, executive director of the American Board of Funeral Service Education in St. Joseph, Mo., which accredits 56 programs in the country and four in Texas. Six of those, including AC, offer degree programs online.
The program trains students - about 150 are enrolled at AC - to work as funeral-service professionals and embalmers.
Most students are in the certificate program, which allows a graduate to practice as a funeral director in Texas. Associate degree students, who can practice anywhere in the country after passing the exam, would be affected by AC's possible loss of accreditation.
The American Board of Funeral Service Education's committee on accreditation will meet April 29 and 30 to discuss AC's program.
"It's really premature to say what's going to happen," Smith said. "If they do lose it, they are certainly eligible to reapply."
Jerry Moller, AC's acting vice president and dean of instruction, said the committee could grant the college an extra year to improve the passing rate.
"There is a little confusion for the 2008 pass rates," Moller said. "It possibly could be over 60 percent. Right now we are collecting data on that."
Smith said two programs were reviewed last year by the accreditation committee. Both programs lost accreditation.
This year, AC and Ogeechee Technical College in Statesboro, Ga., will be reviewed by the committee.
Like every school whose graduates fail to pass the national exam at a rate of at least 60 percent, AC had to submit a report as to why the rate was below the national benchmark and ways to improve it.
After three straight subpar years, programs have their accreditation reviewed.
"Amarillo College is investigating all possible reasons for the pass-rate situation," Moller said.
"There may be numerous reasons for the current pass-rate situation.
"We will address each and every one of these when we have more information and data."
If AC does lose accreditation, it will probably hire an outside consultant to assess the program.
"We are committed as an institution," Moller said. "We will fix this problem. ... We're going to have to take a good, hard look at our program's admission."
He also cited lack of engagement from students taking courses online and possible lack of administrative oversight.
In an effort to improve, students now must complete a course that's meant to better prepare them for the exam.
Graduates of the three other mortuary-science programs in the state passed at a rate from 71 percent to 73 percent from 2004 to 2007. Those programs are in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
AC's graduates passed the same exam at a 45 percent rate in 2006 and 2007.
Amarillo College and the board declined to release data from last year.
"In the event accreditation is lost, we have a policy to make sure students aren't hurt by that," Smith said.
If the college were to lose its accreditation, students enrolled at the time will still be allowed to take the certification exam.
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The Jervis McEntee Diaries - December 6, 1887
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Tuesday, Dec 6, 1887 Pretty cold. Walked down the Bowery and bought a little machine for cutting leather for Sedgwicks Xmas present. I also got a little scale for Jamie for weighing letters. Have been at work on my picture, changing it. It is a little better but does not please me. I heard last night at the club that Eastman Johnson had some trouble with his eyes and went up this evening to see him. I found him suffering from an ulcer on the eye and unable to work. I staid there until nearly 11 oclock talking with him. Saw Mrs. Johnson and Ethel who has grown into a young lady.


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Few players have awaited the start of the new softball season more than Jordan Schepps, the senior pitcher for Stamford High School.
And if you had to rank the players in the FCIAC who will be most integral to their team's success, Schepps would be high on the list.
That sounds like a heavy burden to put on a high school athlete. It is also one that Schepps shakes off with the ease of someone who doesn't like the pitch call from her catcher.
"There's always pressure," Schepps said. "But I don't feel like it's all on me. I want to do well. We have good players on the team. I know if I don't do well, they will back me up."
If hard work translates into success, there will be a 10 month umbilical cord linking Schepps back to last June. After spending a good deal of the regular season as a reliever, Stamford coach Tony Esposito elevated her into the starting role for the postseason.
Schepps was outstanding in the state tournament, first shutting out South Windsor, 2-0, then losing a pitchers' duel, 1-0, to top-ranked Southington in the second round. The run was unearned.
"It was so exciting and showed the team how much potential we had," said Schepps, who is steadfast in refusing to talk about herself. "It was a good ending, but it was definitely not about the end."
Schepps, encouraged by her results, stepped up her offseason work. She said on average she threw about two to three times a week since October — in typical Schepps fashion, she was quick to point out that Christina Joannou, the Black Knights' other pitcher, put in the same time.
Esposito is encouraged by what he has seen from Schepps since practices began two weeks ago.
"She's been working since the summer really hard," Esposito said. "Last year had to be a motivator, had to be a confidence builder. To throw that kind of game against a team like that. She's going to be our starter and we have all the faith in the world in her. We are really looking for big things from her."
Esposito said he has noticed a difference in Schepps' mental approach as well as her physical performance.
"Jordan is very confident in her ability," he said. "I've seen that in the scrimmages. If there is a runner on second or third she really bears down."
Schepps is one of five seniors in the Black Knights' starting lineup, and she has earned praise from the team's highest profile player.
"She looks great," said Stamford shortstop Krista Robustelli. "She doesn't get nervous. Hard situations don't affect her. We have so much confidence playing behind her."
Schepps said she still thinks back to the Southington game. She said she can remember virtually every pitch.
With the Black Knights looking to take the step from a very good team to a championship contender, they will send to the mound for Wednesday's season opener against Fitch a pitcher with the perfect makeup for what lies ahead.
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MLB Betting Preview: Los Angeles Angels vs. Cleveland Indians
Starting Pitchers: Los Angeles (Haren) vs. Cleveland (Gomez)
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No one could have possibly predicted that 20 games into the season the Los Angeles Angels would be tied for the second worst record in Major League Baseball at 6-14. Cleveland is 7-2 away from home this year, and they are actually on top of the AL Central. The Angels have too much talent to stay down for too long, but when will they finally start to realize their potential?
Dan Haren will be on the mound for the Angels in this one. Haren started the season with two bad games, but he has been very good in his last two outings. The last two years he has had an ERA of 2.87 and 3.17. He has had a quality start against the Indians three times in a row. Ace Jered Weaver couldn't stop the bleeding last night, so it will be up to Haren to do the job Saturday afternoon.
Albert Pujols hasn't homered all year, but that really isn't the biggest concern. The biggest issue is that he is only hitting .225 and has just four RBI's through 20 games. Torii Hunter is the only Angels regular with a batting average above .260. This team is loaded with talent offensively, but they've got to get their act together.
Cleveland won in walk off fashion last night over the Angels. The Indians started strong last year before falling apart and finishing 80-82. Cleveland is a young team that is improving steadily, and they hope to contend even longer this season. Just as he did last year, Asdrubal Cabrera is leading the way for this young Indians team. Travis Hafner hasn't had good years of late, but he is also hitting .321 and has 10 RBI's this year. If he can keep hitting the ball this team becomes much more dangerous. Cleveland averages 4.72 runs per game, which is 7th in the majors.
Jeanmar Gomez isn't a highly touted prospect, but he has been a solid pitcher for the Tribe the last couple years. He has only thrown a little over nine innings this year, but he has a stellar 1.93 ERA. After last night's 3-2 win, the Indians are now 6-0 in one run games this season.
The Angels are 0-5 in Haren's last 5 starts. The Indians are 7-1 in Gomez's last 8 starts. The Angels are just 5-11 in their last 16 games as the favorite. Los Angeles is bound to start playing better soon, but for now the value is with the Indians at home.
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BiologyThis anemone is often found in very large aggregations in suitable habitats, particularly on vertical surfaces (2). It reproduces asexually by means of 'longitudinal fission', in which means that individuals spilt in half. Sometimes this fission is not complete and two anemones may remain partially attached (5).


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GeoMesa is a LocationTech project that manages geo-time data within the Accumulo key-value data store so that those data can be indexed and queried effectively. Supporting the GeoTools API, and offering a GeoServer plug-in, GeoMesa aims to be easily accessible to a wide audience of developers already familiar with these platforms.
This article describes how we took an interesting geo-time analysis, and scaled it up.
GeoMesa is an open-source, LocationTech project that manages big geo-time data within the Accumulo key-value data store so that those data can be indexed and queried at scale effectively. Supporting the GeoTools API, and offering a GeoServer plug-in, GeoMesa aims to be easily accessible to a wide audience of developers already familiar with these platforms. The main ideas to understand as part of GeoMesa are: 1) it provides a very flexible way to linearize geo-time data so that they can be queried efficiently; 2) the data are distributed across the nodes in a cluster to exploit parallelism in computationally intensive queries to guard against hot-spotting; 3) the library supports open OGC APIs, making the transition from other databases to GeoMesa relatively painless.
Relational databases typically use some variety of R-tree for geo-spatial indexing, and then rely on a secondary index for time. In a NoSQL database such as Accumulo, all of the entries are stored lexicographically, meaning that indexing is a matter of choosing a good encoding for the data going in. Furthermore, there is no explicit support for secondary indexing, so the challenge becomes: How can you encode 2- or 3-dimensional data in a single string so that its ordering in a key-value table allows it to be queried efficiently?
Space-filling curves address this need very well. A common example is the GeoHash, which uses interval halving on latitude and longitude to build up a bit-string of alternating dimensions: the first bit is a 0 or 1 denoting whether the point of interest is less than 0.0 degrees longitude or not; the second bit is for latitude; the third bit is for the second sub-division of longitude; etc. At four bits precision, this space-filling curve will divide the flattened globe into 16 separate regions, and the sequence of values from 0000 to 1111 will trace out a Z-order curve as shown in Figure 1. Planning a query is simply a matter of finding which subsets of the space-filling curve fall within the polygon of interest.
Figure 1. A space-filling curve (Morton, or Z-index that underlies the GeoHash algorithm) applied at 4-bit precision over the surface of the flat latitude-longitude earth.
To accommodate time, GeoMesa supports a printf-style index schema-format that allows the user to define a custom space-filling curve by interleaving portions of the location's GeoHash with portions of the date-string when expressed as YYYYMMDDHHmmSS. The index schema is customizable so that users can tune the structure to the resolution of their data. Storing data specific to a single city would likely benefit from a different schema-format than would global data. The default schema-format has been tuned to perform reasonably well on large, global data sets that we have ingested.
The space-filling curve has some draw-backs when used to index geo-time data, chief among which is its susceptibility to hot-spotting. A hot spot is a situation in which all of the data satisfying a given query are contained in a single node (in Accumulo, this means a tablet-server). To guard against this, GeoMesa index schema-formats default to pre-pending a partition or stripe number to the row key; this can be configured as part of the printf-like definition when the managed feature is first created. Figure 2 illustrates what events in San Francisco might look like when colored by their stripe numbers.
Figure 2. How events in San Francisco might be randomly allocated to partitions (stripes). Each star on the map is a single event. The fill-color represents the partition to which that event is assigned. The map shows how the colors are uniformly distributed across the events, and the right-hand bins show how the events are uniformly distributed across partitions.
The advantage of striping is that the data, no matter their location or time, are spread uniformly across the nodes, so that any query for a non-trivial amount of data is federated out across many of the nodes. This prevents any single node from being over-tasked, and helps to balance the work-load across the cluster in the face of multiple queries, because a hundred incoming queries for the same data do not all have to wait for the same node to finish.
It is important to GeoMesa not only to be open-source, but also to provide an easy on-ramp for new developers, and to be a good member of the community. Both of these goals are facilitated by supporting open geographic APIs; specifically:
LocationTech provides the open-source governance, long term commitment, and engineering tools to not only build an open source system like GeoMesa but to sustain it over the long term.
The Global Data on Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) is a collection of machine-curated data extracted from plain-text news stories. Going back to January of 1979, the dataset is updated daily, and contains more than 220 million individual records, each of which contains, among other data elements: a (point) location; date; and the type of event. We have ingested these data into a GeoMesa-managed table as a relatively small-scale test case.
GDELT is interesting technically, because the data are significantly non-uniformly distributed, and that clumping -- that can cause problems for some other indexing methods -- does not impede GeoMesa queries. There are two main reasons why the data, as depicted in Figure 3, are so concentrated:
These two causes are shared by many other data sets. In fact, this "80%/20%" distribution of data elements to locations is fairly common (reference power-law and Pareto distributions).
Figure 3. Non-uniform distribution of event counts to geographic locations within the GDELT data.
In late July 2013, John Beieler -- a Ph.D. student in Political Science at Penn State -- published a map that shows protest events world-wide from January 1979 through June 2013. The map is animated, with each frame depicting a single month. (Protest events can be identified as having been tagged with a CAMEO code beginning with 14; see "Resources" at the end of this article for a reference to the coding system.) Though it was not made using GeoMesa in any way, Beier's original map was engaging, and led us to wonder: If an animated map showing one slice of GDELT data over time is this engaging, what would it take to recreate the map using GeoMesa, and how easily could we create maps for all of the top-level CAMEO codes?
The tool-set we used for doing this included the following:
The entire stack of extractions, transformations, visualization, and packaging was completed in a single afternoon, yielding 20 animated GIFs totalling more than 354 megabytes. That so little time was needed to assemble these resources and execute the plan is a testament to the quality of the open-source tools in the chain mentioned above.
Figure 4. A screen-shot of one frame in a single animated GIF generated from GDELT data using GeoMesa.
GeoMesa, with a collection of other open-source software packages, enabled us to recreate not only Beier's original data visualization from more than 220 million GDELT data points, but to scale it up by a factor of 20 in a single afternoon. As so often happens, the most difficult part of the exercise was knowing when to stop: In addition to the sequence of animated GIFs, we produced an additional series of illustrations based on aggregations of these same base data. Figure 5 is one such example. The key take-away is that GeoMesa and its peers in the open-source processing chain allow us to focus on what is engaging in geospatial analysis.
Figure 5. Yet another visualization of 30 years of GDELT data, separated by high-level category.
GeoMesa, with a collection of other open-source software packages, enabled us to recreate not only Beier's original data visualization from more than 220 million GDELT data points, but to scale it up by a factor of 20 in a single afternoon.
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RUSH: By the way, CNN just had a crawl up, a graphic -- get this-- claiming that for every 10 cents price increase in gasoline, highway deaths are reduced by 2.3%. Now, how can Obama lose with a media like that? So now all of a sudden gas prices going up saves lives; gas prices going up is great news!
Okay, then, why stop at five bucks a gallon? Let's go to ten bucks a gallon and reduce highway deaths by 10%. This is how this works. Look, this is why -- I'm sorry for the long monologues today, but this is why -- we can't succeed if we're gonna be overwhelmingly concerned what people think of us. CNN? We're never gonna get a fair shake out of them. We shouldn't even make it one of our objectives. (long sigh) I guess some of us want to be guest commentators on CNN. Who the hell knows?
RUSH: Jim Avila, ABC's World News Tonight had a report about gasoline prices approaching the five dollar per gallon mark, and there's also another guy in this, Moody's Analytics economist Chris Lafakis, fill-in anchor George Stephanopoulos. Here's the exchange.
AVILA: The dreaded five-dollar mark. It's a price point economists say will hurt not only personal budgets but could thwart the recovery.
LAFAKIS: We're right on the cusp. It's not gonna take too much more of an increase in oil prices to start triggering these changes in consumption behavior. There's nothing more pernicious for the economy than an increase in oil prices. It acts as a tax.
AVILA: A tax that does little to benefit the American taxpayer. It doesn't pay police and firefighters. In fact, 60% of the oil dollar goes overseas. And, George, that's a transfer of wealth no one here wants to see.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Absolutely not.
RUSH: Oh, wow, they're lamenting the high price revenue not going to government. It's going overseas. And of course the gas tax is a locked-in number no matter how high the price goes, I think the tax, federal tax, stays the same, and they're upset about that.


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Red linesJanuary 22,2014
Red-line offenses appear to be multiplying in Syria.
Red line is the phrase used by President Obama with regard to chemical weapons: If the Assad regime used chemical weapons, Obama said, it would be crossing a red line and there would be consequences.
It turned out that there was little interest either in Congress or among our allies for a military response to Bashar Assads use of poison gas. Instead, diplomatic pressure has forced Assad to surrender his chemical weapons, a process that has already begun.
As evidence of the use of chemical weapons became known last summer, critics noted that they were responsible for only a small fraction of the deaths in the Syrian civil war. What about Assads other murders?
Now we have evidence of crimes by Assads regime that far surpass his use of chemical weapons in scope and brutality. The BBC has reported that photographic evidence smuggled out of Syria shows the regime has murdered 11,000 detained persons, many of them after undergoing starvation or other forms of severe torture.
These deaths exceed the toll suffered in Srebenica in 1995 during the Bosnian war. In what was the largest single massacre of a brutal war, Serbian forces in Srebenica killed more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys an incident that shocked the world into action, leading to the Dayton peace accord.
The extermination policies of the Syrian regime now place it among the most heinous regimes of recent times. Serbian leaders were eventually charged with war crimes, and there is little doubt that high officials of the Syrian government are also guilty of war crimes.
The Obama administration found that the use of the term red line with regard to chemical weapons had painted it into a corner, forcing it to demand action it was not prepared to take. The use of chemical weapons justified a military response, but without political and diplomatic support or a clear plan of action, the administration remained hobbled.
Now Obama has directed his effort toward the diplomatic push for peace unfolding this week in Geneva. And yet with the Syrian opposition grievously divided and the Syrian government faring better militarily, there is little likelihood of a meaningful outcome one that would lead to the removal of Assad.
Meanwhile, the new evidence of Assads brutality provides further justification, if not for military intervention, then at least for a hard line seeking a resolution of the war. It has already become an appallingly costly conflict with an estimated 130,000 people dead and between a fourth and a third of the nation uprooted. The divisions it has sown among peoples of the region are already yielding violence in Iraq and Lebanon. And at the center of the conflict is a regime that ranks with the villainous regimes of history such as Milosevics regime in Serbia.
International efforts to apply pressure have been hindered by Russia and Iran, which have continued to support Assad. The attempt by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring Iran into the negotiations in Geneva, though thwarted by the Syrian opposition and the United States, at least recognized Irans importance in the conflict. Irans role in supporting Assad also underscores the importance of the potential rapprochement between the United States and Iran.
Any regime that has developed the military and bureaucratic machinery capable of murdering, then documenting the murders, of 11,000 people has strayed beyond the pale of civilized humanity. It is a regime captured by delusional paranoia and the lust for revenge. The international community has dithered as Syrian has burned because it has not been clear what ought to be done or could be done successfully. It is still not clear.
What is becoming clear is that Syria is the tortured victim of war criminals desperate to maintain their power. Who knows what will follow? The chaos following the end of the Assad regime could make Iraq look like a Sunday school picnic. If its possible for the United States and its allies, together with the United Nations, to manage a transition to something new, it would be a service to humanity.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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Water War in Libya – Gaddafi Is Not NATO's TargetCurrent Events, Food & Medicine, Freemasonry/Illuminati, N W O, Vatican July 31, 2011, 0 Comment
Fri, Jul 29, 2011
Subject: Rape of Libya : Great Man Made River Reason for Nato Attack
Rape of Libya : Great Man Made River Reason for Nato Attack
BREAKING NEWS- IMPORTANT- NATO is targeting the pipe factory of the Great Man Made River in the city of Brega, where pipes are manufactured to compensate for damaged pipes of the river, THE ONLY SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER and irrigation for 4.5 MILLION the people of Libya!!! IMMINENT HUMANITARIAN DISASTER!!!!! ALERT!!!ALERT!!!!
July 22 2011. A date for humanity to remember. NATO hit the Libyan water supply pipeline. It will take months to repair. Then on Saturday they hit the pipeline factory producing pipes to repair it.
Sine when is the water supply pipeline itself a legitimate target?
The Libyan leader Moammar Al Gaddafi informed members of the Security Council in his message that the alliance decided to carry out mass murder against the Libyan people by targeting their only drinking water source, where billions were invested and without it life stops in Libya. He wondered what's the relation between this factory and the protection of civilians that NATO claims it is carrying out? www.mathaba.net/news/?x=627659
Muammer Al Gaddafi Visiting The Project
A unique Libyan project, the "Great Man Made River" has brought water from under the Sahara Desert and made it available to various historically parched areas which can now be cultivated and developed into a breadbasket for the region. The US-led international banking consortium is of course poised to seize this most valuable asset now that it is coming to fruition. Wars will be fought over access to water throughout the Arab land in coming years.Control of water could become even more decisive than petroleum reserves in decades to come.
Schematic map of the project. Designed in five phases, which eventually combine to form an integrated system, it is an estimated 25 years from completion.
Gaddafi-Central Bank used $33 billion, without interest rates, to build the Great Man-Made River with three parallel pipelines running oil, gas and water supplying 70% of the people (4.5 of its 6 million) with clean drinking and irrigation water. This provides adequate crops for the people and would be a competitive exporter of vegetables with ISRAEL and Egypt.
Great Man made River Project facts:
These are some Facts and Figures about GMRA :
– Approximately 500,000 pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipes have been manufactured to date.
– Approximately 500,000 pipes transported to date. Pipe transportation is continuous process and the work goes on day and night, distance traveled by the transporters is equivalent to the sun and back.
– Over 3,700 km of haul roads was constructed alongside the pipe line trench to enable the heavy truck — trailers to deliver pipe to the installation site Phase I Total Length 1,600 Km.
Phase II Total Length 2,155 Km.
– Volume of Trench Excavation 250 Million Cubic Meter.
– The amount of aggregate used in the project : 30,000,000 Ton.
Enough to Build 20 pyramids the size of the great pyramid of Khoufu.
– Total Weight of Cement used 7.0 Million Tones.
– Total Length of Pre-Stressing Wire 6.0 Million Kilometers
This would circle the Earth 280 times. libyanpeoplesbureau.com/manmaderiver.html
"The river is a new lesson and an example in the struggle to achieve self-sufficiency, food security and true independence. No nation that depends on a foreign country to feed its people can be free. The Great River is a triumph against thirst and hunger. It is a defeat against ignorance and backwardness. It reflects the determination of Libyans to resist colonial pressure, to acquire technology, to develop, to improve their lives, and to control their own destiny in accordance with their own free will."
Since when is a water pipes factory in al-Brega a legitimate target to impose a no-fly zone to protect civilians? Sine when is the water supply pipeline itself a legitimate target?
this maybe as close as we ever to get the real reasons why Libya gets a NFZ that i doubt any other countries will have to put up with..all constructed without borrowing a cent..thats must really piss off the usury loving roths..now..if you have time..go and look where the attacks are taking place..and remember they hit a "southern" compound of gaddafis..why would he have a south compound in the desert?..maybe they were instead hitting the GMR stations?..food for thought methinks..
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Disorders: Pelvic Pain and Pudendal Neuralgia
There are many causes of pain in the abdomen and pelvis – the place to start in any investigation is with your internist, general surgeon, urologist or gynecologist.
However, sometimes, the cause of pain and numbness in various areas of the pelvis remains a mystery. MR neurography has a proven track record for diagnosing pelvic pain problems that are due to problems with the nerves.
The nerves involved form a complex alphabet soup of different syndromes that many general doctors are just not familiar with. In the front of the groin area – the problem may be with ilioinguinal or genitofemoral nerves. In the inner thigh – it may be the obturator nerve. Buttock pains can come from the superior or inferior gluteal nerves, the cluneal nerves, or from the nerve to the obturator internus. When pain or numbness affects the area between the legs – the pudendal nerves may be involved.
The pudendal nerves travel a long complex course – they may be entrapped in the upper pelvis near the piriformis muscle, in the mid-pelvis near the Ischial spine, or in the low pelvis along the Alcock's canal that travels over the obturator internus muscle.
An MR neurography study can be the first step towards unraveling the knot and finding the source. Even these small nerves can demonstrate a tell-tale signal of injury or entrapment on an MR neurography study. Then, together with a physical exam by a pelvic nerve specialist and targeted injections and blocks you may finally be able to get a solid and treatable diagnosis.


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Barry Cleveland: Volcano
But what is most revealing about his approach, as evidenced by Volcano, is that Cleveland sees the guitar more as a means to an end rather than the end itself, and that places him firmly in the ranks of players more concerned with musicality than virtuosity. While some of what Cleveland does could be called fusion, it's not the kind that one normally associates with guitar antics, lightning fast soloing, and unnecessarily complex arrangements that are more about posturing than meaning and truth.
Cleveland is clearly intrigued by rhythm and its potential to open things up for thematic exploration. While there is plenty of improvising on Volcano, it's not in the context of defined solos. Instead, by using a bevy of percussion to explore African and Afro-Haitian rhythms, mostly courtesy of Michael Pluznick, who forms the core quartet with bassist extraordinaire Michael Manring and versatile woodwind multi-instrumentalist Norbert Stachel, Cleveland is then freed to draw on other sounds, natural and otherwise, to create a world view that is far more inclusive than exclusive.
In the same way that guitarist Steve Tibbetts and percussionist Marc Anderson have created their own take on world music, arguably most successfully on the '94 ECM recording The Fall of Us All and '02's A Man About a Horse, Cleveland combines Western harmonies with those from farther afield to create an intriguing blend that can best be described by what it isn't rather than what it is. It isn't fusion per se, but it has some fusion elements, in particular some of Cleveland's guitar tones; it isn't exactly progressive, yet some of the complexities and thematic development might make it so; it isn't specifically world music although the multirhythmic approach, melodies, and some textures certainly would place it within that definition; and it isn't jazz by any stretch of the imagination, yet collective improvisation plays a large part.
So what, in the final analysis, is Volcano? It's a series of rhythm-based pieces that draw on inspirations from a multitude of sources to create a sonic landscape that becomes an entity unto itself. It's an album that leans towards Eastern harmonies and yet clearly comes from players with a Western background. And, in the end, it's an appealingly multilayered aural experience that continues to reveal new things with every listen.
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Track Listing: Makanda; Tongue of Fire; Secret Prescription of the Bedroom; Black Diamond Express; Ophidian Waves; Obsidian Night; Volcano; Rhumbatism; Dervish Circles; Dark Energy
Personnel: Barry Cleveland (electric and acoustic guitars, ebowed, bowed and biwhammered guitars, synth bass, pulse guitar, synthesizer, electric bass, vocalizer), Michael Pluznick (congas, shaker, anlungs, talking drums, bata, box drums, clavé, incidental drums, gourds, bongos, clay pot, low drum), Michael Manring (electric bass, ebowed harmonizer bass, ebowed bass), Norbert Stachel (flute, EWI, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, bass flute, alto flute, soprano, tenor and sopranino saxophones, piccolo flute), Michael Masley (bowhammer cymbalom, reed slide, Lokota slide, phenix), Lygia Ferra (voice), Arthur Hull (congas, box drums, bongos), Kim Atkinson (congas), Chris Walker (congas, bell, shaker), Maxwell Taylor (voice),
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Very good info, its odd, i see alot of crappy amps being sold for way too much, nothing new, however, Profile seems to make good quality stuff for as cheap as it gets. I run the CL800 for my sub. $100.01 shipped. Signal / Noise Ratio- >105db Total Harmonic Distortion->0.05% Bridged RMS at 4 ohms- 600 watts and 2 30 amp Fuses. Any one see anything really wrong with theese amps? I am really impressed with them, and am about to recomend them in my next amature install.
Hae, you know I love you... Wow, its been many months and I come back to see this wickedly nice read. Thanks for making time at work actually informative! Anyways... Very wonderful read and you certainly deserve the certification thing under your name(cool as heck idea).
And he was saying simply that your amp may not be capable of its listed power. Just try and find a RMS rating number for it. If there isn't one of those available than one of the guys can explain a better way to try and figure it out. I just wouldn't rely on it, my personal opinion though.
Yes, that's exactly what he's saying. What kind of fuses are in that amp?
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Warner Bros. promotes Besser to vp post
July 22, 2002-- Home Textiles Today,
Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced that Grant Besser has been promoted to vp, international commercial marketing.
Besser will report to Mark Matheny, executive vp, international for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. He will be responsible for all international commercial marketing, including overseeing the development of regional and local international marketing plans, advertising strategies, trade shows and promotional events. Besser will also continue to build international marketing relationships with other divisions within the corporation and identify new international marketing opportunities.
"Since Grant first joined the division, he has been a great asset to the international team, establishing effective systems, strategies and tools to better support the international marketing business throughout Warner Bros. Consumer Products," Matheny said.
Besser originally joined Warner Bros. Consumer Products in 1996 as marketing manager worldwide. He was subsequently promoted to theatrical marketing director in 1998 and marketing director, international licensing in 2000. He has also worked for Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
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Executive summary:
- Insider buying on the open market at prices from $10.40 to $10.59 by President & CEO Gregory Waters indicates it's time to follow his $1.05 million purchase with a position riding his coattails.
- A cover called strategy allows you an upside potential gain of 40% annualized rate of return while providing an effective entry price BELOW that paid by CEO Waters.
- Downside risk is limited by $3.00/share cash and a technology moat provided by its largest selling product.
Integrated Devices Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDTI) is a mainstream supplier of its products to the rapidly growing LTE/4G market. Management is moving to focus on this high growth, high margin business segment while divesting itself of profitable lines in slowing business lines as described in Asean Century's recent PRO article which discusses the operating activities, prospects and management of this fine company.
Factors which limit the downside risk of this opportunity include:
- $429 million cash on hand coupled with further targeted divestitures expected to bring its cash on hand to over $460 million (over $3.00 per share)
- No debt
- Use of covered calls to lock in potential upside gains of 20% within 6 months (40% annualized) as discussed further below.
- An effective entry price of $10.00 per share, a price BELOW the $10.40-$10.59/share most recently paid by insider CEO during his $1 million buying spree on the open market over 2 of the past 3 trading days. (Refer to the covered call strategy discussed further below)
- Integrated Device's moat offered by the deep penetration of its RapidIO switch technology.
Integrated Device's RapidIO switches are found in every 4G based bankcard system and used by every major OEM in the LTE/4G build-out. This moat in the highly profitable communications market segment accounted for 61% of IDTI's total revenues in the 3rd quarter.
3 factors converged over the past week to signal a strong buy to score with this hat trick:
- A fair value of $13 per share (as described in Asean Century's article referenced above).
- The purchase of over $1 million worth of shares in the open market by CEO Waters for his personal account in the past 3 trading days.
- A current trading price of $11.01 per share
For investors looking for an asymmetrical 40% annualized upside gain, limited downside risk buttressed against strong cash per share and a better effective entry price than CEO Water's $10.50/share open market buys this past few days, a covered call strategy is the solution.
Buy shares at the $11.00/share close of today (Tuesday) and sell the August covered $12 covered call for its closing $1.00 per share. This will provide a net effective entry price of $10 per share with potential $12 sale price on called away shares. This is a 20% gain within the 6 month contract window (40% annualized rate). In the event share prices fall below $10 by contract close, you will still have a 9%+ annualized yield from your $1/share call premium and can then look to further covered call strategies on your shares to generate additional returns while waiting for a better time to liquidate your shares. Thus, even the downside scenario provides a superior rate of return on your investment.
More risk oriented investors may prefer to follow on Mr. Waters coattails with a buy at the $11.00 range and hold for potentially greater gains then offered using the covered call strategy. Others may pick a different call contract Strike-Price/Date combination to adjust for their personal reward/risk appetite.
Disclaimer: I am not a licensed securities dealer or advisor. The views here are solely my own and should not be considered or used for investment advice. As always, individuals should determine the suitability for their own situation and perform their own due diligence before making any investment.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in IDTI over the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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This has been one of the most trying and emotionally exhausting seasons for White Sox fans in recent memory. On paper, this is a team that should steamroll the American League Central and be a serious contender for the AL pennant. Instead, they have been a team mired in mediocrity with more ups and downs than a roller coaster at Six Flags.
The plight of the White Sox fan is whether to stay the course and maintain the belief that the team will come to its baseball sense and start playing like they are capable, or make like the women and children of the Titanic and abandon ship.
For the optimistic minority that believe their beloved can overcome the Tigers and Indians, and the pessimistic majority that have turned their focus to the NFL and their upcoming fantasy football drafts, here are the five deciding factors that will determine if the White Sox will be chanting "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner" or if their failure to win will have fans holding their heads in pain saying, "That's Gonna Leave a Mark."


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Washington Nationals Announce 2009 Winter Caravan and Natsfest
Courtesy of the Washington Nationals | 1/6/2009, 4:46 p.m.
The Washington Nationals have announced the schedule for their 2009 Winter Caravan, as the team will make several stops throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area, including visits to Annapolis, MD, Martinsburg, WV, and Richmond, VA. The Winter Caravan will take place Thur. Jan. 22 through Mon. Jan. 26 and include NatsFest, the first-ever FanFest at Nationals Park, on Sun., Jan. 25.
The Caravan is an opportunity for the Nationals team members to connect with their fans and the community in the region before they head to Viera, FL for the start of the Spring Training season in mid-February. Nationals players, coaches, front office executives and broadcasters will take part in appearances throughout the city and surrounding areas during the five-day event. The Caravan will begin with a stop in Martinsburg, WV on Thur. Jan. 22.
Players will compete in a celebrity cook-off at the ESPN Zone in Washington, DC on Fri. Jan. 23. The team will make an appearance in Richmond, Va., on Sat. Jan. 24 and return to the District for Sunday€s NatsFest. The Caravan will conclude on Monday, Jan. 26 with visits to Amidon- Bowen Elementary School in Southwest Washington and Children€s National Medical Center.
NatsFest, which will be open to the public, will take place on Sun. Jan. 25 from
1:00pm €" 5:00pm. Fans will have the opportunity to interact with Nationals players through autograph, photograph and question-and-answer sessions. Nationals executives will also take part in a Q&A with fans. All Nationals Season Ticket Holders are eligible for four complimentary tickets per account. The cost of the event is $10 for adults and $5 for children under the age of 12.
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At some point in their lives, many people see what looks like small specks of dust or wispy threads drifting across their vision. They notice, however, that blinking does not get rid of the specks or threads. And when the eye moves, the specks or threads move too. These are called floaters.
There are a few different types of floaters, and each has its own cause. In general, though, eyes that are injured, inflamed, or nearsighted (cannot see objects far away) are more likely to get floaters.
The jelly-like fluid in the posterior chamber, which is the space between the back of the iris and the front face of the vitreous, is surrounded by a very thin membrane. The fluid also contains many fibers that are usually invisible. This whole structure is called the vitreous body.
Sometimes the fibers in the vitreous body pull loose from where they are normally attached. When this happens, they can make shadows inside the eye. This is what causes the floaters that look like wispy threads.
Very rarely, something that looks like a floater turns out to be tiny droplets of blood from the inside lining of the eye. This could be caused by an injury or by several conditions of the eye. When there is bleeding, there is a greater danger of losing vision.
There is no way of knowing the cause of floaters without a careful examination. This is why it is important for anyone who starts seeing floaters to schedule an appointment with their eye doctor as soon as possible.
Most of the time, floaters are not the sign of anything dangerous. Floaters caused by loose cells, for example, are usually not that bothersome and often go away on their own in a few weeks or months.
The floaters that look like wispy threads tend to be more visible, and in most cases they will also go away with time. In some cases, however, they can signal other problems.
The fibers that cause the wispy-thread type of floaters are usually attached to the inside of the back of the eye. This surface is called the retina, and it contains the special nerve cells that react to light.
When the fibers of the vitreous body separate from the retina, floaters in a small area of vision are usually the only problem. In some eyes, however, many of the attachments between the vitreous body fibers and the retina will be broken.
Most floaters are caused by a posterior vitreous detachment. This occurs when the jelly-like fluid in the eye liquefies with age.
Sometimes the vitreous body fibers can pull some of the retinal nerve cells with them, causing a retinal tear that can lead to a retinal detachment. This can cause significant damage to vision. (More information about this condition is available in the "Retinal Detachment" fact sheet from the Cole Eye Institute.)
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Little did Darrell Wade, Intrepid CEO and co-founder, know that an impulsive journey 26 years ago would lead to an Intrepid Travel adventure that's been going strong now for over 20 years…
"In 1984 I headed out from Kathmandu on a 3-month adventure that would change my life. I was in a 4 wheel drive overland truck operated by Encounter Overland. There were 19 of us and we spent the next 14 weeks crossing India and Pakistan into Iran, Syria, Jordon and Turkey. Amazing landscapes, diverse cultures and a brilliant group. It's no exaggeration to say that every day was an adventure and it absolutely changed the way I looked at the world.
On that trip we met up with a competing company called Dragoman at a border crossing in Amritsar in the Punjab. I started chatting to a guy called George Dury, who was the driver but also the co-founder of the company. He was amazingly knowledgeable and also remarkably personable – overlanding drivers weren't known for their people skills in those days!
As luck would have it, we ran into the group again some weeks later in Jordon and I jumped truck to join the Drago group for a few days. A few of us made an ever so slightly illegal night time trek through the famous lost city of Petra – we climbed high into the hills above Petra and camped overnight. Full moon and all. Amazing.
That expedition inspired a friend and I to buy an old Bedford a couple of years later for a 6-month overland across Africa – then Intrepid arose out of that trip.
As much as I love the Intrepid way of travel, somehow my heart still goes back to my overlanding days and the sheer adventure that entails. And so I was interested to see a Times article published recently on Overlanding. The words are by Charlie Hopkinson – the other founder of Dragoman – and it traces the history of overlanding from the 60's when Tony Jones of Encounter Overland drove an old Austin from London to Kathmandu with a bunch of people. Tony formed Encounter Overland on the back of that journey, and Overlanding was born.
As luck would have it, Intrepid are now minority shareholders in Dragoman – and Tony Jones. after selling Encounter moved to Nepal where he still lives – and heads up our Nepal operations. (It's a small world in overlanding!)
If you'd like to read about the history of overlanding and get inspired about the ultimate journeys, take a look at the article at timesonline.co.uk. Be sure to look at the photo albums for some great photos of current overlanding – and also some archive photos going back to the 70's. Better still – get out there and do it yourself. It might change your life too!"
* photo by Tamalee Roberts – Intrepid Photography Competition
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My EO adventure from London to Kathmandu departing in April 1976 was highly memorable and changed my life, since I eventually married a great Swiss girl also on the truck. Our driver was named Tony, who I heard
died prematurely 10 years later. So sad that many of the places we passed through have been destroyed or
maimed by recent wars..Bamayan, Kashmir, etc. Our Bedford broke down in eastern Turkey and I fondly
remember the hospitality of the Kurdish people we met there. If any of my co-conspirators out there, pop me
an email!!!!
From 1985-87 I was stationed at the American embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi. I let every truck coming through Bujumbura camp out in my yard. One expedition had been attacked by locals the night before and they were very grateful for the assistance. I enjoyed speaking English with people that I didn't see every day..
Now the political situation does not allow over landing through this part of Africa. But I am grateful for the memories.
Bruce of Bujumbura.
I took one of the first Encounter Overland trips from London to Kathmandu in 1970. Martin was our fantastic driver and leader. We were a great group. We got along so well that one of us said, "We must have been puppies in the same litter in a past life." It was a life-altering experience, and remains one of my fondest and most vivid memories. There's a great Facebook page, Hippie Trail, if you want to meet other Overlanders. Thank you, Tony Jones, for all you have done to open the eyes of so many to our vast world.
I was on the encounter Overland trip that left London at the end of 1970 going to joburg. Rebecca Mellor was on the same trip and we are meeting up again with another member Mary also on the trip next year 45 years later and I am very excited about that. Rebecca and I are going to do a road trip around NZ.
in September 1976 I travelled from London to Kathmandu on a penn nomad adventure, and remember every day as if it was yesterday. we had a great driver, calvin , from neighbouring rowlands gill, and what became a real group of friends from uk, usa, Holland, Australia and nz.
we didn't really appreciate how lucky we were to travel through iran and Afghanistan before that region fell apart, even managing to see bamian before it was destroyed. I'm still in touch with penn folks whom i'll always regard as a unique set of friends!
Hi, My fiancé Val and myself travelled from London to Katmandu Oct 7th 1971Trip SK1011, we had a wonderful trip, we also were caught up in the Indo/ Pakistan war. We had to get out of Pakistan into India quickly as the war started. Big disappointment was the Taj Mahal this was closed and covered in scrim so as not to attract Pakistan jet fighters. Our trip was held up in Katmandu for one week as no planes were allowed to fly out. We down graded our hotel as money was short. We were on the first flight out to Bangkok via Calcutta.
Gino was our driver.
I've just stumbled on this site and a stack of the old memories fired up again.
I was on the 1977 Encounter Overland trip that left Kathmandu in July heading for London.
I was 22 years old and it was my first trip out of Oz – talk about going in at the deep end!
I've traveled quite a bit since but this one still remains one of the big adventures of my life – Kathmandu & Nepal, India and the onset of the monsoon, the NW provinces of Pakistan and the Pathans, Band-i-Amir lakes and the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, Iran before the revolution, Eastern Turkey before it became too popular – all brilliant memories now (although there were the usual minor downsides of malaria, dysentery etc., but those memories have faded with time and are now used as a bit of spice for the retelling).
We had the EO hybrid Bedford/Leyland Super Comet truck and according to my diary we did 24 tyre changes in 11 weeks and I got 5 hot showers. The driver for our trip was Halford Hewitt and there were 24 of us on it – an even mix of males & females, half of us were Aussies and the rest from Britain, NZ, Canada and Switzerland. A number of us ended up in a flat in London through the winter of 77/78 but all contact has been lost now. I was an avid amateur photographer and carried a Pentax Spotmatic SLR along with lenses (all wrapped in plastic bags and carried in a crappy old ex-army gas mask bag). Had to ration my film but I ended up with some pretty decent photos of the trip, now scanned from the original slides, digitally cleaned up and available for viewing.
So if there's anyone out there from that trip (or anyone else) who wants to go down the nostalgia trail then please get in touch. Suzie, Cathy, Kerrie, Geoff, Jan, Dale, Hugh – where are you now?
In 1971 Penn Overland advertised a shorter overland trip – 42 days – I went on this. The longer trip left not long before us, but we never expected to be stranded in Kathmandu together! We started on 24 October and the trip had all the usual bus problems. By the time we entered Pakistan we could see large posters everywhere with a drawing of a closed fist and the slogan 'Crush India'. We didn't quite know what was going on until we arrived in India, and found that blackouts in Delhi had started. We had acquired two extra passenger about this time Tara, a Tibetan lion dog puppy & a mongoose named Rikki. It was seen as advisable to get out of India as soon as possible. So we made it as fast as possible into Nepal. Air strikes started in India in early December but by that time we were safely in Kathmandu. In stead of the few days in Kathmandu that the Penn brochure had promised, we were there for nearly a month until the war ended. Many of us had run out of money and we're frantically sending telegrams home. We managed to have a good Christmas at the best hotel in Kathmandu, and even went to a carol service at the British embassy. I was amongst the last to leave on 30 December. For a number of years after I used to joke that I knew three places well – Melbourne, London & Kathmandu!
Huge pride when reading this stuff. But easily, oh so easily, trumped by the sheer luck of finding oneself always in what looked like the wrong place at the wrong time. Tony Jones, Founder Encounter Overland
Tony Jones, that a name that is a blast from the past, was it your brother who was the Encounter Agent in Blaigowrie Johannesburg all those years ago. I went to his house and learned all about the trip and subsequently did one in September northbound to London in the early 70's, what a fantastic experience it was, still fondly remembered. Ray (from London) and Clive Imrie (NZ) were the drivers. All the best to you in Nepal.
Hello any E O fellow travelers from the 1971 trip London to Nepal departed UK on October 1971. Our driver was Barry. Names I remember on the truck were:
Carol and Norman (Canada); Terry and Carol (Canada); Rick (UK); Linda (US); Fran (US); Bob and Sue (US); Gordon (Australia); Caroline (UK); Louise (UK); Dan (Canada); ?Yvonne (Australia) (not sure I have the correct name); me Geraldine and, Barry our dedicated driver.
I have wonderful memories of our trip and the many adventures. Anyone else from that trip around? I would love to hear from you. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com
Hi, looking for survivors from 1989 Encounter Overland African trip. Bill and Phil were the drivers. Still in touch with Jo from Brisbane, slowly lost contact with John G, Richard R and Morton T. My kids love looking through old African photos. So do I. Great memories of that trip and all the people.
I too did the overland trip in 88-89. The names you mention don't ring a bell with me though. We did the London -Katmandu trip so it may have been a different journey to yours. I know there was another set of traveller in Africa we would meet up with every now and again, even had some of them travelling with us for a while. Our driver was from Australia, I'm terrible with names. Some of the people I can remember on my trip was myself, Liz and my ex Jim (Brits). Along with Ken (Ozzy), Sue (brit), Tim (Can), Dave (brit), Jenny (Ozzie), John (dutch). Renee and Renata (swiss), two Icelandic boys, another dutch guy, two more Canadain guys and an American girl. It was a wonderful trip, I just wish I was in contact with some of these people.
Hi Bob Summers, yes some of us are still fit and well and out there. I was also on the EO trip September 71 from London arriving in J'burg January 1971 with driver Peter. I dug out my old diary to check the names of those on our truck and your's is definately there. I shared a tent and cooking duites with fellow NZ girl, Julie and still keep in touch with her. She in turn has kept in touch with the 3rd NZ girl, Jan. I also have wonderful vivid memories of that trip. Would love to hear from you on firstname.lastname@example.com .
Rick Jowett. new email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Angelika from Australia, contacted me, and we met up in Muldersdrift South Africa,for lunch a Braai, and a long chat.
Anyone out there who was on the EO trip London to Capetown in early 1971? We were nearing Kampala when we heard that there had been a coup d'etat…Idi Amin had just taken over! Being a load of foreigners traveling in an army truck, we were taken up a hill to a military post . Sparing the details, but….talk about an adventure!! Tony Jones flew down from London to meet us in Nairobi.
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Hi Rebecca. I have just found your post. Only 6 years late! I was on that truck with you! "We all live in an orange army truck"
I remember very well the arrest, the army camp, the second hold up as a group of soldiers came over the hill in single file as we headed towards Kenya after being released.
If you are still there, hope to hear from you.
Martin McAvenna
Meeting up with the other overland companies on the road was a highlight for me too during our EO trip from London to Katmandu in fall 77. Life has gotten a little boring since then….would love to find my companions from that happy/frustrating/exciting/maddening trip. And some of you guys are still doing it? Wow…..lace up the old boots and pack the army knife. Reach me on facebook.
I was in the SIAFU group going North that passed the London to Nairobi group on 2 May 1972 in Bangui. We were desperate for money so were more than pleased to meet the group.
I have been doing a trvel log of my journey and it rekindled my love of that whole experience.
I have lost touch with everyone who was on the trip unfortunately.
I travelled with Siafu 1972 March 3rd London to Nairobi. Then on to Johannesburg with Neville Scantelbury Big Rick. Margaret Thompson, Dot. Des Williams etc.
Any one else from that Trip. ? We have had Angelo Visit. Ferd also visited but has since died.
Big John.Idaho. Ted Lewis. Sue Tartalino seattle, Sue (Nurse) Garlick Sue and Ian Chat. Mike. Fred Haupstein, Angie now married and living in Aus.
David. Howie Canadian. Mad Marlow and his modified manifold. Terry A New Zealander with the tip of his thumb missing.
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I also did a couple of overland trips about 40 years ago and would like to catch up with any fellow travellers who are in Australia. I travelled from London To Durban with Siafu in March 1970 and London to Khatmandu with Encounter Overland in May 1972.
Tthe above comments fire up memories. lst overseas adventure Penn Overland May '71 Kathmandu to London 12 wks. Reliable company excellent driver Mike (UK) 39 of us. 2nd Siafu Trans Africa Tunisia-Nairobi May '73, Kev Tipler driver mechanic leader. 20 to start courier left 3 wks into trip then Range Rover owner Paula got malaria she and her son stayed in Kano.A vehicle short, so 17 of us travelled in two 4WDs That was a journey of a lifetime. In 1976 a Penn trip friend and I travelled independently overland from Mexico through Central America, South America side trip to Galapagos on cargo ship, 3rd class on ship from Puerto Montt through Inside Passage Chile to Punta Arenas. In Ushuaia met an ex assoc of Siafu now with EO, small world. A journey of 3 mths turned into 10 mths but what an adventure, Perito Moreno Glacier, Iguassu Falls, 30 days on Amazon local boats and walked the original Inca Trail.
In 2010 hoping for a trip with Intrepid to Morocco.
Back in 1995 I did my first Encounter trip though Peru and Bolivia with 'Stan the Man' at the wheel. Planned around the money available to me at the time it was my only option to see this area as I didn't want to backpack alone. For a hairdryer, makeup loving girl it was a hugh shock. For the first 4 days I wondered what I had let myself in for. Ruff camping and no showers, a bunch of people I didn't know and long driving days. And then on day 5 I woke at dawn in the middle of a dessert to the most amazing sunrise and knew I had to adapt and embrace this amazing trip and in doing so it changed my life.
I later did Kathmandu to Mumbai with Goose and Kev at the wheel of a Drago truck and again found the first couple of days the hardest. Leaving the comfort of your own home with it's modcons for a spell of overlanding is a shock to body and mind but once you get into it, an experience that can't be compared with anything else.
I've since done heaps of Intrepid trips which feel like luxury travel by comparison and loved everyone of those. But last year while travelling for 4 weeks with them from St. Petersburg to Dubrovnik I thought ,maybe it was time for a change. I had a great time but you only meet the people from cities or those that had money to take night trains between. There was nowhere on the itinerary where tourist infrastructure wasn't in place, even our Carpathian Mountain homestay had wifi. Although I will still travel though some countries with Intrepid, I'm now looking at overland trips again and feeling quite excited about the challenge.
Since my first trip I've worked in travel and looking though the different companies that offer overland journey's I always come back to these two. From some of the cheaper operators you hear horror stories of drivers absconding in the night or no money from head office to fix the truck. I urge you to do the homework, pick a company that knows what they are doing and have years of practise. Read the brochure and talk to people that have done these sort of journeys then pack an open mind and go.
Maybe I'll see you out there
All this talk of overlanding brings back great memories of my first big overseas trip – 22 weeks London to London via Cairo and Nairobi – taken with Encounter Overland in 1988. This prompted me to use them again for a 10 day white water rafting trip in Nepal a year or so later and to continue travelling and join Intrepid as Tour Leader in 1994!!!
Just this year I found myself back on an overland truck trip with Drago/Intrepid in West Africa… as Darrell often says, 'the more things change the more they stay the same' and in the case of overlanding, it remains an amazing way to get to remote out of the way places and communities. It sure helped shape the direction of my life!
Loved reading this story. I had also read the Times article and looked at the photos but without realising the full relationship between Darrell/Intepid and Drago and EO. The Times article brought back many memories of my first overland from Lon to Kath in 1977 and then another overland with Encounter around Africa and meeting George on the first ever Drago trip in 1981 as well as meeting Tony and various other members of the EO gang. I have long admired what both Tony and George achieved – true pioneers. Its amazing how Darrell's story has almost come full circle with George and Tony now involved with Intrepid.
PS: I am still doing overlanders, having just completed another one around Africa last year. Yes, get out there and do it. There is nothing like overlanding.


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