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REMINDER: Delridge/Highland Park Greenway meeting will share requirements, neighbors input
Information from the City of Seattle
Establishing a route in the city that's safe for pedestrians, and skaters, bikers and others is the aim of a greenway, which is the subject of a meeting Nov. 19 near White Center. An Open House for a project to establish a greenway for the Highland Park/Delridge neighborhood. Over the past four months the City of Seattle has been gathering input and studying a neighborhood greenway along 21st and 17th avenues SW between the W Seattle Bridge Trail and SW Cambridge Street. The Open House is set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Project Update/Most Promising Route
Neighborhood greenways provide people of all ages and abilities with comfortable and attractive places to walk, ride a bike, skate and run. They are residential streets where speed and volume traffic calming measures discourage cars from avoiding main streets by cutting through on neighborhood streets: and signs and pavement markings are used to guide people along the route. Local access to homes along neighborhood greenways is always preserved. Visit our neighborhood greenways home page to learn more.
Project Description
The city is studying the neighborhoods to the east of Delridge Way SW to determine the potential for a greenway. Our study is focusing on the routes shown on the map shown here. SDOT is working with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) to find opportunities to combine a greenway with natural drainage – rain gardens built along the edges of streets. Over the next six months staff will meet with community members to discuss the best route, what type of traffic calming and natural drainage improvements might be needed and develop a design. Improvements may include:
- Wayfinding signs, 20 mph speed limit signs and neighborhood greenway signs and bicycle pavement markings
- Medians or rectangular rapid flash beacons at major intersections
- Speed humps to help lower speeds
- New stop signs to control traffic crossing the greenway
- ADA ramps, crosswalks and crossbikes
- Bicycle parking at destinations along or near the route
- Natural Drainage Systems
- Project Funding
Project design of the neighborhood greenway is locally funded by the nine-year voter-approved Bridging the Gap Levy. The natural drainage portion is funded by SPU.
Project Schedule for Neighborhood Greenway Portion
July 2013: Public Meeting
Fall/Winter 2013: Meetings with community groups and preliminary design
Winter 2014: Final design and 2nd public meeting
Visit SPU's web page to learn more about the schedule to construct natural drainage in Delridge.
Last July, the city conducted a survey and held a public meeting to discuss possible routes for a neighborhood greenway in the Delridge/Highland Park community (read the presentation and display boards for more details). After analyzing data and reviewing public input, the most-promising greenway route is 17th Avenue SW from Roxbury to SW Kenyon or Holden Streets. More studies will be done to see how to best make the connection north of Graham Street up to the West Seattle Bridge Trail. We will have a meeting this fall to get additional input from community members on this alignment. Potential east-west neighborhood greenway routes are also being considered for implementation in the future.
What kind of public input did we consider?
Neighborhood survey responses (more than 280)
July 9 public meeting (more than 80 participants)
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Traffic safety concerns
Known drainage or sewer back-up problems, and
Places people wanted to walk and bike
Staff also walked and biked around your neighborhood to review different routes and observe locations and grades. Other information considered included traffic volume, speed, and collision data.
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Project Open House
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Brandon is a Wired Science reporter and freelance journalist. Based in Brooklyn, New York and Bangor, Maine, he's fascinated with science, culture, history and nature.
A Day in the Life of NYC's Hospital for Wild Birds
In a city famed for its oddities, New York City's Wild Bird Fund is a rather unusual place. It's the city's first wild animal hospital;...
Bee-Killing Pesticides Found in Midwest Rivers
Pesticides linked to declining bee and bird populations have been found in streams and rivers across the upper midwest, raising yet more concerns about these...
The Epic Fight to Protect Whales From the U.S. Navy
On the morning of March 15, 2000, 17 beaked whales stranded themselves on beaches in the northern Bahamas. It was an terrible and extraordinary event:...
Not Just Bees: Controversial Pesticides Linked to Bird Declines
Evidence continues to mount that a highly controversial class of pesticides blamed for widespread bee declines is also harming other creatures, perhaps catastrophically.
Scientists Translate Chimpanzee and Bonobo Gestures That Resemble Human Language
Scientists have described the communications of chimpanzees and bonobos in new and unsurpassed detail, offering a lexicon for our closest living relatives and even a...
How Your Bee-Friendly Garden May Actually Be Killing Bees
Even as they try to help the bees, people may inadvertently poison them by planting pesticide-laden plants purchased from big-box garden centers, suggests a new...
The Next Generation of GM Crops Has Arrived—And So Has the Controversy
The first of a new generation of genetically modified crops is poised to win government approval in the United States, igniting a controversy that may...
Increasing the Fragmentation of Natural Landscapes May Help Spread Disease
The modern natural world is an increasingly fragmented one, with islands of ecological integrity isolated in vast sprawls of human development. An environment arranged such...
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The modern world is a mess of meetings and deadlines that can seem impossible to make sense of. However, once you start to develop routines and good habits, you can begin to see where time is wasted during your day. These six important tips and tricks are designed to help you function without constantly looking at your blackberry to find out what you're doing next.
1) Start Clean, Finish Clean
One of the most underrated office activities is dedicating some time to a clean desk. You should walk into your space and immediately be able to focus on articles of importance, without having to search for them. Keep organizer trays, folders, and information for everything. Dedicate twenty minutes a day to putting things in their place and making notes for the next day. When you return the next day, you're reminded of your tasks simply by the way you've arranged your desk.
2) One Inbox to Rule Them All
Every day I walk into my office and see my coworkers flipping through piles, making phone calls while shuffling documents, and searching for paperwork. At my desk, I have an inbox, an outbox, and an urgent box. Things that need to get done go on top of my inbox, and I take them off from the bottom and handle them one at a time. When I'm done, they go in the outbox. Nothing could be more simple, and "must-handle" things have their own clearly defined spot.
This is less chaotic than one big pile of documents and less time-consuming than filing away in multiple cabinets and stacks. Urgent bills such as business insurance and expense notifications always make it to the top so they don't get missed, and yet they are separate from the inbox which defines the steady flow of progress throughout the day.
3) Quick Reference
For important notes and documents, I have vanilla file folders in a filing cabinet. My top drawer is stuff that I work on and work with regularly. It is labelled "active". When I'm done with an activity, it immediately goes in the bottom drawer – "completed". My top drawer is only ever about a quarter full and I never have to hunt for anything I need. No fancy colors or highlighting or sorting structure – I just put the things I use often in a place that is easy to find. When I don't need them any more, I put them away to avoid clutter.
4) If You're Overworked, You're not Working
If you find yourself constantly scrambling from place to place and working on multiple difficult projects at once, the multi-tasking you're doing is most likely destroying your productivity. Not only do you have to conceptualize and act on many different ideas that require different actions, you have to mentally schedule and divide your time between these actions, check deadlines, get feedback and process the same information over and over.
Ask yourself, do I have time to separate these tasks and hammer them out one at a time? Are there recurring interruptions to my already busy day that I can delegate? Are there actions that I can consolidate? Am I just tackling the mess, or am I taking the time to sort the mess into manageable pieces?
The answers to these question can be quite revealing. If you see your work as a mountain of things to chip away at instead of achievable small tasks, its going to strain your productivity. You could use that time to sort out the mountain – and save time in the process.
5) Errand Time
When you have some away-from-desk errands to do, make a pile for them. When they start to pile up or you need to do one immediately, go do them all. Nothing is more distracting than having to run around the office all day looking for supplies, forms, your boss and the company Rolodex. Consolidate these tasks into one motion and save time and energy.
6) Dedicate a Day to It
You won't need a planner if every Monday is Meeting Day and every Thursday is Deadline Day – you already know what you're doing on those days. Simple, right? You'd be surprised how many people just try to handle everything as it comes in. Save time by associating days with important business habits.
Utilizing these tips will make you effective in managing your workload at the workplace, whatever that workload may be. Organize your habits first, before you pick up your planner. Once things are running more smoothly according to these tips, you will be more efficient than you ever thought possible without constant task lists.
Additional Reading on Time management:
The Best Time Management Techniques
Author Bio: Carl D. is an entrepreneur and business writer for an auto insurance website. He makes frequent use of these steps to synchronize his day of management and deadlines online. He has also consulted about ways to save money on auto insurance.


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Is it safe to get your tongue pierced while you are pregnant?
IT IS NOT SAFE TO GET PIERCED WHILE PREGNANT! If you go to a tattoo/piercing shop, one of the questions they ask before they'll touch you with a needle is "are you pregnant?" When you get pierced...
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Is it safe to get your tongue pierced while pregnant?
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Is it a good idea to get your tongue pierced while your DRUNK or buzzin it why or why not?
No, because it is stupid even when sober!
Can you get your tounge pierced while pregnant?
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As per the revised OFS rules, non-retail investors could bid for NHPC shares on Wednesday while retail investors would do so on Thursday.
At least 21 hydro projects are facing time overruns of 5 or more years, with those hanging fire for over 10 years.
This CSR project of providing toilets in schools under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyaan implemented by NHPC.
Union power ministry has invited representatives of 27 different organisations including KMSS, AAS, AJYCP to a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.
At present, 35 per cent of the shares in IPOs and FPOs are reserved for retail investors up to a cap of Rs 2 lakh.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has cleared sale of govt's 11.36 per cent in NHPC…
Union Minister of State for Power Piyush Goyal also attended the meeting.
Decision of the concerned administrative ministry to keep a particular post in abeyance in several of these cases has lead to prolonged delays.
Both AASU and KMSS have hit out at the Centre and announced separate agitations beginning next week.
Goyal said a large number of appointments get stalled because of Central Vigilance Commission inquiries that carry on for long.
Will also attend high-level security meeting at 15 Corps headquarters in Srinagar.
The lower Subansiri project is an initiative of the Arunachal Pradesh government as part of its decision to tap 50,000 MW power potential in the state.
The 690 MW Salal and 390 MW Dul Hasti have been constructed over river Chenab by NHPC in Reasi and Kishtwar districts respectively.
The firm plans to buyback shares of R10 each at R19.25 apiece aggregating to R2,368 crore.
Of the 25 projects totalling over 11,000 MW allotted to developers in Arunachal Pradesh,construction has not begun on even a single project.


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Hair Loss, skin, Itch
Although my mother has been shedding some hair all her life, things really got worse over last one and a half year. We tried to see a no. of doctors and clinics nationally and internationally but somehow none have been able to identify the problem for sure, let alone the cure. After consulting a list of doctors and researching on google it seems she has Alopecia, I am not sure. Can it be treated ? Kindly advice. This has taken a massive toll on her self confidence/esteem and she seems to be going into depression. Now and then she talks about how disgusted she feels when she looks into mirror. It's hard to see her like this.
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Any hair loss is termed as Alopecia, and it may have different causes. You have mentioned there is itching, but exactly where she feels itching. Difficult to say by pics only, but it seems to be Cicatricial Alopecia by what is visible from pic. In this condition, I am afraid hair already lost may not be regrown back, but treatment is given for preventing further hair loss. To improve her self confidence, she should be offered hair prosthesis (wig), to camouflage her hair loss that will boost her cosmetic appearance and self esteem.
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Bike Night Set to Make Its Bismarck Return in June 2017
Townsquare Media, Sickies Garage and ABATE of North Dakota are excited to announce that Bismarck's Bike Night will return on June 7th, 2017!
Townsquare Media, Sickies Garage and ABATE of North Dakota are excited to announce that Bismarck's Bike Night will return on June 7th, 2017!
The Bike Night Finale was a huge success as we named 'Bike of the Year,' gave out thousands of dollars in prizes, and filled the parking lot of Bismarck's Sickies Garage.
Bismarck-Mandan bikers flooded Bismarck's Sickies Garage parking lot for the second to last Bike Night of 2016!
Even the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally couldn't keep the dedicated Bike Night goers away from Sickies Garage on Wednesday, August 10th.
We decided to make this week's Bike Night at Bismarck's Sickies Garage a little more interesting with a chicken wing eating contest.
Wednesday, July 27th brought perfect weather and over 100 bikes to Bismarck's Sickies Garage for our weekly Bike Night.
After a couple weeks of rain, we didn't complain about the 100 degree weather for Bike Night on Wednesday, July 20th!
The parking lot filled quickly for a rain-free Bike Night at Sickies Garage in North Bismarck.
Dedicated bikers stuck through the light rain on Wednesday, July 6th to enjoy another Bike Night at Sickies Garage in Bismarck.
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Former Bulgarian MEP: Old Election Code Allows for Vote Rigging
Chetin Kazak is a former Bulgarian Member of European Parliament from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).
Currently, Kazak heads Bulgaria's Parliamentary Commission on Legal Affairs. He is a former MP from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS).
Mr. Kazak spoke to Novinite.com on the topic of the draft Election Code, which has led to heated debates in parliament discussions.
Mr. Kazak, will the new Election Code be adopted before the European Parliament Elections in May?
Yes, I think we will manage, even if this means working day and night, and over the weekends. We must pass it through.
In what ways will the new Election Code differ from the previous one?
In many ways. There are a number of improvements.
Can you specify some of them?
It is better structured. It will improve the procedures for opening polling stations abroad as well as in terms of civil appeals for those placed on the prohibitive lists. We are also envisioning a trial machine voting system. The new code improves the possibilities for those with disabilities to vote. There is still discussion on certain texts in the code, which could be amended or dropped.
Why is it taking so long to adopt the new Election Code?
There are various reasons, including the lack of quorum in parliament. There is an evident tendency from the opposition GERB party to delay the adoption, through constant debates. Meanwhile, the previous session on this topic was suspended due to the tragic death of the Socialist MP Dimcho Mihalevski.
There were allegations that the ruling coalition is delaying the Code's adoption for fear of early Parliamentary elections. What would you answer to that?
We are not the ones delaying the code. The delay is coming from GERB and Ataka. Our interest is to have it voted as soon as possible.
In case it does not pass, what is the problem with holding elections with the old Code?
The problem is that under the old Code, GERB will once again have the chance to manipulate the results, together with members of the Central Election Committee, which they nominated themselves.
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"In case it does not pass, what is the problem with holding elections with the old Code? - The problem is that under the old Code, GERB will once again have the chance to manipulate the results, together with members of the Central Election Committee, which they nominated themselves."........................
An idiotic statement from an idiot. His paranoia is misplaced. This misguided fool seems to think and is inferring that BSP and DPS have never manipulated anything. Ha ha ha, no of course they hav'nt, have they? We all know that the Commies and the Turks are squeaky clean and have an impeccable reputation! LOL, oh look, there go the flying pigs again!


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Who I Used To Be
Scathe parted ways with his allies and went down an alleyway. As he walked he thought back to the events that led to this point. He shook his head in frustration. "Why does it matter who I used to be? Where I have been does not matter, it is where I am going that holds meaning."
Then his mind flashed further back... to when he was a child... before he took the name 'Scathe Harmastier'. "I will never be that weak ever again."
His parents lying dead in front of him... no, not him... someone else... a foolish child wanting power, wanting knowledge... which took him into dangerous territory. The being the child summoned from the nether granted him the power and knowledge that he wanted... and took everything he held dear as payment... his parents, his brothers and sisters... his sweetheart... his sweet, sweet Kailyn...
In an act of sorrow, the child grabbed a nearby knife and attacked his face, because he couldn't bear to look at it as it was anymore... all he saw was the deaths of his entire village... and he could not stand it anymore. How the new face turned out not even he knew... The child lost more than the village, his family, and his sweetheart.
He lost his identity.
Scathe shook his head. "I am not that stupid child... I am Scathe Harmastier... and I will feel much better after a good night's sleep."


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One and the Same
My mind replayed the events of the day as I got back on the bus. Somehow, I felt satisfied and at the least, content with what a day it had turned out to be. Annabelle and I hadn't been on each other's backs (at least the not whole while through) and in the end, she'd ended up asking for my number. Which...I hate to admit...excited me.
But I'd masked it with a pokerface as I'd scribbled my contact number onto a small paper and handed it to her. She was smiling, that beautiful smile that had drawn me in on that day. Of course, I distracted those thoughts, saying to her, "You'd better catch your bus."
We'd walked out together, side by side in a pleasent silence that floated in the air between us. She'd gotten on her bus first, and waved 'bye' at me. When I turned my back, I couldn't help but for a smile to play on my lips.
Now two girls had my number; strangely enough, the worry of the predicament I'd just placed myself into didn't strike me. Instead a childish glee spread through me.
I must be quite irresistible.
I grinned to myself the whole ride home, praises flooding through my mind. A year back, I would never have placed myself into the category of being a guy who girls would take interest in. But I'd scored two of 'em.
My house was unoccupied, and silent. With mom still at work, I had the whole place to myself. I decided to do my pending homework and term papers, keeping my phone near me. I waited for a message; from Poppy (whose number I had saved) or from Annabelle.
You're a two-timing prick!
A part of me poured insults down; the practical part that knew I was doing something very, very bad. But the playful side just wanted to have fun. But that wasn't the side that reacted to the message I got.
My phone vibrated on the surface and my hand immediately reached out for it.
You have one unread message from Poppy!
Excited, I clicked on the "Open". It read:
Hey Drew! It's Annabelle. This is my number so don't forget to add me!
I stared at it for a while...letting the message sink in. No longer did I feel mischievous. I felt utterly confused. How could Annabelle have sent a message from Poppy's phone?
For a while, I puzzled over it.
But then it came crashing down on me.
Annabelle was Poppy. Poppy was Annabelle.
They were both one and the same.


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Drakmor Vayr
The man walked among the people of Galabria, feeling lonely and out of place. He shouldn't be here, but, then again, he knew he must. There was something he wanted to see. Something he was promised. It all depended on if he could find it.
"Mister, mister!" a nearby merchant called, "Come see my wares! I guarantee you will not be-"
The merchant went silent once he saw the man's silver-tinted face and long silver beard. A long cloak hid him from the world, but his face was still visible to those he looked at. The man quickly pulled his face back into the shadows of his cloak. He needed to hurry before they chased him off once more.
The man continued to walk down toward the docks of Galabria. It had been a long and arduous journey from the Northern lands, but he had made his way and was nearing the end of his journey. He had heard of the Galabrian airships that flew into combat and lost lives daily. The man hoped to become a worker on board.
But, not just any ship. He wanted to board a ship that was famous in its own right. A ragtag vessel made for speed and in constant need of new crewmembers. It was a dangerous place to be and the captain an extremely powerful man, from what the rumors said. He needed to be on that ship before it set sail again. He only hoped it was in Galabria.
The man passed by several more crowds before he finally got to the docks. He was disappointed to see no airships landed in the airship docks. Only regular ships were docked in their respective places. The man decided to leave and come back another day. Time was one thing he had plenty of. His stomach grumbled. Food was not.
Just then, a massive ship dropped from the sky. The man let his hood fall back, revealing his long silver hair and longer beard show. Luckily, any who could have seen him were staring at the massive machine falling from the sky as well. The Jackdaw.
Propellers were the first thing the man noticed. Many covered the expanse of the Jackdaw, so the man assumed they were what made the ship fly. There were large bat-like wings that were probably used for balance and a brass and wood frame instead of fully metal. That would reduce weight and increase speed of a vessel. Although the ship had weapons, it was clear this ship's purpose was speed.
The man, now feeling a little happier, walked to where the ship was docking in the specialized docks for airships. It only took a few moments to get to the gates, but the man was still impatient. He needed to hurry and get the captain to accept him into the crew. He needed to face the danger.
And fall to it.
Yes, the thing Drakmor Vayr wanted was not thrill nor adventure. It was none other than Death. Sweet, beautiful, tempting, peaceful Death. He would die somehow. He would relish it. It would finally be what he deserved! Drakmor laughed silently as he moved through the gate and towards where a stern looking man in a nice looking outfit stood.
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
Exploring Quito with Kids: Things to Do
By Carmen Cordovez
Quito, Ecuador — InCultureParent.com
As I relive the city of Quito of my childhood with my kids, so much has changed. There are so many more possibilities for families to experience the city. Quito is almost 9,000 feet high and located in a long set of valleys in the skirts of the Pichincha volcano. It is composed of a beautiful colonial downtown, which is the center, the southern part of the city, which is an industrial area, the busy northern part, which is the modern town and where the financial area resides, and a couple of nearby residential valleys, including the very prosperous Cumbaya valley where the San Francisco University of Quito resides. Though the city was quieter, safer and less populated when I was a child, there were few parks and facilities for middle class families. The Quito of my childhood was one that had a small middle class, a small upper class and a large, poor lower class. Classism, racism and lack of diversity from Colonial times were also pervasive in the Ecuador of my childhood.
As I have explored the city with the kids, visiting friends and family, parks, museums and even malls to watch the world-qualifying soccer games on a big screen, I analyzed what has happened with the city in the past years. I realize that Quito still drags its feet in certain areas, but it is definitely a step ahead in others. To my surprise, I still heard racist comments about the soccer players, who are mostly afro-Ecuadorian, when they lost the games (if they won they were kings). I still saw perfectly manicured, enclosed neighborhoods while the city, particularly the nearby valleys, lacked city planning that would benefit all, and I still saw poverty. Also, as the city has grown, the culture of respect for the pedestrian has not and you have to cross the busy streets very carefully so that you don't get run over.
But even though I was bothered by all these issues, I was also delighted to discover positive changes. Though a privileged upper class and poverty both still exist, the city now is mostly composed of a large and vibrant middle class. This middle class, who gained a lot of liquidity in the past 10 to 15 years due to a considerable improvement in economic conditions and job opportunities in Ecuador (complex to analyze), is now eager to use good public facilities. Though you can still hear undesirable comments, people are now respectful and wanting to promote religious, racial and sexual diversity. When I grew up there was always an admiration and desire for anything foreign. Now there is a strong sense of Ecuadorian pride as well as recognition of Ecuadorians as multicultural, diverse people.
As we visit the museums and parks, I see beautiful photos of the diverse cultures and races of the Ecuadorian people on large displays. As I go around shops and restaurants I see pride in consuming and buying what has been made in Ecuador, such as the Ecuadorian straw hats known as Panama hats, coffee and chocolate.
Since the school year in Quito ends at the end of June, I have not been able to send my kids to summer camps and have been constantly searching for places to go within the city. Though there is much more to be done in regards to public facilities, the city has a lot more to offer now to families.
We have gone walking in the amazing Parque Metropolitano, a huge and gorgeous public park on a hill between two valleys, with amazing views of both valleys, that has several play areas for kids.
You can easily loose yourself on long walks throughout the forest and rent areas for barbecuing on the weekends. We have gone to a couple of other parks such as the La Carolina Park, in the middle of the northern part of the city, where we rented bikes one day, boats on the lake on a different day and visited the Botanical gardens within it. We have explored the Itchimbia Park, situated on a hill between the New and Old town, where you can walk or bike around with amazing views of Old town. On top of the park, there's a beautifully restored glass building that used to house an old market and has different exhibits throughout the year as well as a nice restaurant below it. I have taken the kids to see a couple of grown up museums such as Casa del Alabado, a small colonial house in downtown Quito which has been restored and houses a great collection of pre-Colonial artifacts with interactive explanatory screens throughout, and Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, a newly restored old hospital that houses contemporary exhibits. We took a gondola (called Teleferico) up the Pichincha mountain and enjoyed a gorgeous view of the city and then went down and played at the amusement park below.
As a parent of kids going to a public school in San Francisco, I was delighted on my visit to the fantastic Interactive Museum of Science (the MIC), to see public schools on field trips there. The MIC is a large science museum for kids of all ages (and adults) that is located in an old textile factory and has ample gardens and exhibit areas. We spent the whole day there, ate lunch at a nice coffee shop, loved the exhibits about the brain and the elements of physics and will come back to see the dinosaur exhibit and the parks.
Another day, we visited the Museo de la Ciudad (housed in what used to be an old hospital) during our visit to the old town. Museo de la Ciudad is a beautiful museum with permanent exhibits, showing interesting displays on the history and way of life in Quito during Colonial times, the visit of the scientists who came in the 1800s to measure the center of the world and a history of the old hospital, plus some more temporary exhibits. We have a lot more to explore within Quito, including walking around old downtown visiting the churches, and all the museums, displays and restaurants there, The Water Museum, Mini City museum in Cumbaya, going to Termas Papallacta hotsprings an hour away from Quito, visiting the Middle of the World 30 minutes from Quito, The Museum of Guayasamin and the El Ejido park. Also, my sister, who is currently living in Costa Rica with her two children, and my husband are coming to Ecuador and we will travel throughout Ecuador with them.
We are thrilled to be here and see new things happening within this vibrant city, which is hoping to walk ahead while preserving the charm of its old days, both in its architecture and values.
© 2013, Carmen Cordovez. All rights reserved.
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Foundation Capital General Partner Charles Moldow wrote one of the biggest checks in the firm's history last week when he backed LendingClub.
In a conversation last week he explained to me why he thinks the peer-to-peer finance startup could be as big as eBay or LinkedIn and why he thinks there is a lot more to Big Data than even recent hype has promised.
Moldow came to Menlo Park-based Foundation after building several startups to more than $100 million in revenue and hitting exits at or near $1 billion.
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He was part of the founding team at TellMe Networks, which was sold to Microsoft for $760 million. He was also on the founding team of @Home Network back in the dotcom days and helped with its $7 billion acquisition of Excite Network.
Here are some excerpts of our recent conversation.
I hear you are particularly excited about Big Data these days.
People talk a lot about Big Data. But I think that there's a secondary derivative impact that is in the insights associated with Big Data that's going to drive a lot of innovation.
For example, all of the data that is now available for analysis associated with the financial services industry is really changing that industry, from lending and borrowing to underwriting and investing and payment. Those industries are changing as a result of the insights associated with Big Data. There is a democratization of information that consumers can get access to and they can do their own analysis on, which is putting a lot more power in their hands. That's really causing a lot of strain and change for the financial service industry.
It seems like Big Data has crept into almost every pitch I hear these days. How much of what you hear being called Big Data do you think is actually hype and me-too-ism?
I think that Big Data is in its infancy, quite frankly. The infrastructure required, both hardware and software, is what people tend to focus on when they talk about Big Data. The insights that come as a result of Big Data, I think, are in very, very early stages.
Let me offer one random example. Think about your FICO credit score. The system has been around for quite some time. It is well understood. It has been predictive capabilities as a result of the back-testing of data.
But there's a lot of additional data that is now available. I think that's a Big Data problem. There are correlations of insights they are going to be able to generate from that data. How it is going to completely change the models is still completely unknown. But it's going to change those industries and the practices associated with those industries. That's why I say I think we are still early on. We don't understand how those businesses are going to change as a result of the insights and the correlations that we uncover.
Big Data is hot right now but it can take a long time to crunch and it can be quite expensive to do the analysis. There seems to be a growing number of people spinning out of Google and Facebook with new ways to make that less expensive and faster, right?
No question. I was at the recent Y Combinator Demo Day a couple of weeks ago and there were three Big Data startups from people out of Google and Facebook, almost back-to-back-to-back. That's just within one YC class. There's a tremendous amount of innovation occurring in that space.
I was at Demo Day, too, and it really struck me that there is wave of new technology that could dramatically enhance the availability of Big Data analysis for people.
Historically the only people who had access to data sets that size were people who sat in a few very large companies. It wasn't easy to get your hands on data sets that large. But now you've got all of this Facebook data, Google data, LinkedIn data, that's becoming available. All of a sudden there is all this data that people can play with, without having to be in some huge airline or bank or some company for like that.
Have you guys backed any specific Big Data companies?
We've backed a few companies in the data and cloud and security space. Should we label them as Big Data or big or analytics? I would.
For example, Guardian Analytics, I guess, is an analytics Big Data play we invested in years ago, even though that wasn't called a Big Data play when we invested in it.
Tell me a little bit about Foundation and about your personal focus.
We are an 18-year-old firm. I think we've always been early stage investors. We've always been partners and active participants in our companies. We are very hands-on. We are all ex-entrepreneurs with successful exits behind us. I think that has been consistent across the history of Foundation Capital.
My particular focus has generally been consumer Internet, mobile and lighter-weight enterprise — software-as-a-service and cloud on the enterprise side. We don't try to over specialize. We tend to be fairly broad.
So you've got a foot in both camps of the shift that's been going back and forth between consumer and enterprise?
You never want to be overly rotated on one or the other. And these days the two are tending to blend together. So it is really nice to have both perspectives in a representative on the board of a company.
What is it about LendingClub that convinced you to make them the single biggest check Foundation has written?
It was a few very specific things.
First is market size. Every venture investor for every investment says I invest in big markets, right? But in this specific instance we are talking about a $900 billion market available for this product. We've never in our history seen a market size this large.
Second is that we like to find situations where we have a sustainable competitive advantage. In this case, against the incumbent competitor set, our price offering is of significantly greater value to both the lender and the borrower. And that's a sustainable advantage.
So it's a huge market that we can penetrate with a better product for the long term.
Third is that there are very high barriers to entry as a result of the approval processes associated with the SEC such that it's causing difficulty for anybody to go through it. There are only two companies that have entered that have ever made it through it.
When did you guys start getting involved with LendingClub? Were they still at Plug and Play or had they moved on the next level?
It was at the next level. We took a very close look at the series 'B' and we passed. Then we came in about nine months later in the CBC.
Are you guys expecting an exit in the near future?
Actually our investment thesis on this is that we plan to hold this for quite a number of years, because we think that this will become one of those iconic companies that comes along maybe every five years or so again. Akin to eBay in its time, Yahoo in its time, and LinkedIn. It's that variety of company that's going to be a 15-year run. We are going to want to participate in it for as long as possible.
How many years have been in it now?
Charles: Three.
How about other companies that you're involved in that you are excited about?
I will give you another example of services company that is playing off the exact same trend and innovation as Lending Club. It's called Motif Investing. Motif is trying to put more information in the hands of the individual investor than they've ever had in the past. They are similarly trying to disrupt the investing space through the use of data and analytics like never before. We are really excited about it. Goldman led the latest round of funding of $25 million in them.
Another that I'm very excited about is AdRoll. I led that investment in AdRoll about a year ago. They retarget ad space for the mid market. They have a little less than 10,000 customers and they are serving billions of ads a day. You talk about a Big Data problem... They are trying to understand and derive insights to enable ads to be higher performing across 10,000 customers and across thousands of websites. It's a huge data analytic challenge. They are very good at it.
Are there trends in the venture industry that you think are interesting or noteworthy now?
There is what people have labeled the Series 'A' crunch. I think we still are trying to sort through all those companies that were angel-funded and how those companies are going to end up resolving themselves. There are just too many for the venture industry to absorb and not enough of them are at a high enough standard. A lot of companies will struggle to capitalize their business in the way they want and I think that is going to play itself out for quite some time.
There have been some recent studies that suggest that Series 'A' isn't where the crunch will really be felt because it takes less money at that early stage to do something with companies now. They suggest it is in the following rounds, where you really need lots more money to scale, when it will be felt.
What I have noticed across the venture industry if that the bar of what the firms want to see just continues to go up. It used to be that years ago that you would go raise your series 'A' money to build your product. You had an idea, give me some money and I'll go build the product. It wasn't until Series 'B' that you would try to go sell it to somebody. Now as Series 'A' you need to have built the product and even sold it to people. The bar is much higher.
There are more firms firms getting involved with some seed rounds as well. Do you guys do that?
We do. Being oriented towards the early stages, our networks kind of bring up opportunities. We really want to be involved with these entrepreneurs that we like regardless of what capital they raise or need to raise. It's more about being associated with a prospect rather than about when we want to get in on it.
Is there a company that you passed on that you regretted later on or you couldn't get to that you wished you had?
I had an opportunity to buy a big chunk of secondary stock in Facebook in mid-2008 when the markets were getting ugly. The company at the time had no revenue. I really thought about it. I was negotiating it and we had a gap in valuation. I walked away as a result of that gap which was actually pretty small. And to me that was, in hindsight, a mistake.
Cromwell Schubarth is TechFlash Editor at the Silicon Valley Business Journal.


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He's been mixing around the world in clubs such as the Rex (Paris), the Panorama Bar (Berlin), Unit (Tokyo), Robert Johnson (Frankfurt), Subtonic (New-York), l'Usine (Geneva) and festivals like Mutek in Montreal and Mexico. For six years now Cabanne is also well known for his live shows with Ark, Krikor, Thomas Brinkman, Dan Bell or for example when he takes part to the "Narod Niki" project ...
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CABANNE - Discography
Au Canada (12") Telegraph 2000
L' euphorie des Glandeurs (12") Telegraph 2000
Dans La Bergerie (12") Telegraph 2001
Can't Stand (12") 7th City 2002
DTC 02 (12") Karat 2002
Le Crapin & La Sooket (12") Telegraph 2003
Cabannazik EP (12") Minibar 2006
Dirtcology Part #1 (12") Sthlmaudio Recordings 2006
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Blackstage Re-works (CD) Blaxploitation (J.Thomas & Cabanne Rmx) Logistic Records 2002
Blackstage Re-works Part 2 (12") Talking Machine (DBX vs. Cabanne) Logistic Records 2002
Re-Processed - Interkontinentale Remixe (2xCD) Agaric Traum Schallplatten 2002
My Way (The Remixes) (12") My Way (Cabanne Rmx) Force Inc. Music Works 2002
Party News - Electro House (CD) Van (Cabanne Rmx ) DJ Beat Records 2003
The Norris Division Sucked EP (12") Van (Cabanne Rmx) Telegraph 2003
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More than half a million people will be newly saving into a workplace pension by Christmas due to a landmark initiative to automatically place employees into schemes, the Government said today.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said that around 600,000 more people will be saving into a pension for the first time by the festive period, and by May 2015 some 4.3 million more people will be saving for their retirement.
From October 1, the largest employers, with 120,000 or more workers, must place eligible workers into schemes, with firms gradually being enrolled in a staging process over the next six years.
The automatic enrolment scheme, which has been described as the biggest pensions shake-up in more than a century, aims to tackle concerns about a growing old age poverty crisis, as people are living for longer but failing to put away enough for their later years.
Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, said: "Automatic enrolment will get up to nine million more people saving into a workplace pension and for many it will be the first time they have had the opportunity to save.
"It will allow people to start planning for their retirement and this will make it easier for them to start putting something aside, along with a contribution from their employer."
Figures released yesterday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the number of private sector workers paying into pension schemes has plummeted to its lowest level since records began in 1953.
There were 2.9 million private sector workers placing money into schemes last year, marking the first time active membership has dipped below three million.
Steve Webb, Minister for Pensions, said: "Few policies affect as many people and this will be a truly radical social change.
"All the international evidence shows people respond positively to automatic enrolment, and I'm determined to make sure that pensions are no longer seen as the preserve of the few."
Some analysts have said the Government should go further in encouraging people to save, for example by making pensions more flexible so that workers can take some cash out if they need to or by increasing Isa allowances.
People are struggling to find accounts to give them real returns on their savings and to put money aside in the first place amid high living costs and the Bank of England maintaining the base rate at a historic low.
Saga director-general Ros Altmann said yesterday that people's confidence in pensions has been knocked by scandals, disappointments for people whose pensions have not turned out as they expected and low annuity rates which have "left many pensioners receiving much poorer value for their pension savings than ever before".
She described the UK's pension system as "the most complex in the world" and filled with jargon.
The Government says that 11 million people in the UK are not saving enough for their retirement, and while pension saving has fallen across all age groups, the decline has been steepest among those aged between 22 and 29, falling from 43% in 1997 to 24% today.
Estimates over opt-out rates have been varied, although the Government believes the reforms will eventually lead to between six and nine million people newly saving or saving more in all forms of workplace pensions.
Employers will eventually contribute 3% of earnings, individuals 4% of earnings, and there will also be 1% of tax relief to make up a total contribution of 8%.
A new advertising campaign featuring TV stars including Theo Paphitis and Nick Hewer has been launched to raise awareness of the scheme, which will see anyone who is aged over 22, currently earning more than £8,105 and working for a firm which is affected automatically enrolled.
Mr Duncan Smith and Mr Webb were visiting a Co-op store in the Fulham area of London today to explain the reasons behind the shake-up.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "This is a truly historic advance. For the first time every employer will be compelled to contribute to the pensions of their staff - a union objective for many years.
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Theft arrests are on the rise at OPRF
At least three students charged this month
By Devin Rose
Oak Park and River Forest High School has seen an increase in student arrests in recent weeks resulting from rising reports of theft, and officials have come up with a couple of different reasons for the spike.
So far this month, at least three students have been arrested in connection with thefts at the school.
On Nov. 1, a 16-year-old boy was arrested at the school for stealing an iPod and $10 that belonged to a girl who put her book bag underneath a table in the cafeteria. Two days later, a 17-year-old was arrested for his role in the same incident. Oak Park Police Commander LaDon Reynolds said the two worked together to commit the offense.
There was insufficient evidence to arrest a third subject in the incident who is also an OPRF student, Reynolds said.
On Nov. 4, an Oak Park boy turned himself in to police after he allegedly took a girl's iPhone from her desk on Oct. 31.
Reynolds confirmed an increasing number of theft reports from the school, 201 N. Scoville Ave., in recent weeks and months, and said the arrest in August of 17-year-old Pawel Borowski-Beszta might have "shed some light" on the issue of theft.
Borowski-Beszta, who was a student at OPRF, faces felony charges after police found cocaine, marijuana and a handgun at an apartment in the first block of Harrison Street. Police also found calculators, cellphones and iPods that had been reported stolen from the high school. He is due back in court Nov. 30, Reynolds said.
Police Chief Rick Tanksley said the discovery of the stolen property in August might be an incentive for students to report thefts to police now, which they don't always do.
The school does not mandate that thefts be reported to police. School officials can determine punishment for offenders according to the code of conduct, but it's up to victims and their parents if they want to report the theft or press charges.
Deputy Chief Anthony Ambrose said the August incident might have made people realize that, if items aren't reported stolen, people won't get them back.
"If we don't have the information, we can't address the issue," Reynolds said.
School officials attributed the increase to a recent swap of about 2,000 locks on the school's gym lockers after a 15-year-old student was arrested last month for breaking into a locker.
The student allegedly used a copy of a master key he said he got from a former student. He faces three felony charges.
School spokesperson Kay Foran said the change of locks has driven theft into classrooms, which "makes investigation and apprehension of responsible parties much more likely." The classroom limits the pool of potential suspects, she said.
Jeremiah Wiencek, assistant principal for student services, also said securing the gym lockers has pushed theft into other areas. He did acknowledge, however, that a cellphone was stolen last week from a gym locker. Foran said the offender switched the lock with the victim's lock before taking the phone.
Wiencek said the spike in thefts is "concerning," and staff want to continue to remind students to keep their goods secure. Staff members have been catching students who commit crimes, though, and "hopefully that'll be a deterrent," he said.
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"…this time in the form of Ifacle, these creatures are Salinerca in human form. The humans are slaves to them. The Ifacle, lead by their emperor Scethrog appear in the form of pale humans with red eyes and sharp teeth, every now and again they have feasts upon human flesh, but always leaving enough left to maintain their working force. They have a ceremony where they have to kill and eat the flesh of a human. My father saw this and thus I have too. They kill a human and then eat it, as they eat, a dark form appears and smothers the human murderer, turning them into Ifacle. If they wanted, they could transform the whole human race into Ifacle, but they wouldn't have a working force and the Ifacle hate work. Humans between the ages of 12 to 16 can have this ceremony and are often forced. Ifacle born have pale skin and red eyes, otherwise they are identical to human children but they are accepted more and have no chance of being eaten as long as they stay in line of the Ifacle rules. Thus it has happened for 100 years since they first appeared. Now, they are becoming more adventurous and there are fewer humans in the world. They are trying to free The Dark One."
I nodded, it was almost the same as last time then, just with Ifacle as well instead of just the Salinerca. Arelia was sitting there with her eyes wide and her mouth slightly open. Sighing I turned my attention to her. "What's the matter, child?" Arelia half shook herself then murmured "I just don't understand, Alroth." Horace sighed and looked at me "How much have you told her?" he asked. I glared at him, and said "How long do you think it's been since I hatched?" Horace laughed, "I'll start from the beginning then shall I, little one?" I grimaced; the owl was obviously not good at humour. "Yes, please Horace" I snarled.
Taking the hint, Horace began, "In the beginning…"
Arelia sighed, "Horace do you always start with 'In the beginning'?"
"No, sometimes I start with 'Please don't interrupt' ", Arelia blushed, "…now where was I? Ah yes, in the beginning, there were two brothers, The Light One and The Dark One. They were the first Dragons. There was nothing but Them, and They got bored. The two brothers put Their might together and formed the World. It became Their plaything. As thousands of years went by, days for Them, Their plaything, our world, changed. The bubbling, molten ball They had created cooled and several pieces broke off, becoming the moon. Mountains formed as the outside of the planet cooled into crusty plates that crashed into each other. Seas formed from the gases surrounding the planet. In those seas, bacteria started to grow and adapt into plants and small fish. The Brothers were excited at what had happened. They began watching these creatures carefully. Gently, They prodded into their minds and created seeds of intelligence. Slowly, the bacteria grew, the plants spread over the lands first, and the animals stayed in the sea. The brothers slowly planted ideas of land into some of the animals. They surfaced all over the world and adapted, some with tails, some with no legs, some could hide in the plant-life, their skin camouflaging them. Some of the animals learnt to fly. There were apes in the trees and, where the seed of intelligence was strongest, there were apes walking upright, losing their tails, creating clothing and attacking danger. These were the first humans and the brothers were fascinated by them most of all. Unfortunately, they had different ideas about why they had wanted life and a world. The Light One wanted to care for it and nurture it, The Dark One wanted to rule it. The Dark One would take humans and merge them with other animals, wolf and man merged to become half man, half wolf, a were-wolf. In that terrible time, many humans were changed. But the Light One's prodding and nudging the humans into how to survive better in their environments affected many more. He too made changes; He made skins darker in the hotter places, to help prevent sunburn and diseases in the people there, He showed people in deserts how to find water where there was none in view. He disagreed with The Dark One's experiments. The Dark One would possess people and encourage pain and hatred. He didn't stop when the Light One told him to. The Dark One claimed it was His right as Creator.
There was war, the first war, between The Light One and The Dark One. The brotherly bond was broken. The Dark One changed his subject's appearances and tempted nature even more, The Light One refused to fight his brother and all life suffered. Eventually He started to defend a small place and so Day and Night came forth. The Light One would bring light but not death and each had half of the earth, chasing each other in circles. Finally, The Dark One angered His brother too much. He burnt places in the world that were once rich and green, creating barren deserts. The Light One had had enough and imprisoned His brother's body in the centre of Their once play-thing, forcing His spirit to leave and wander round the world. In despair of what He had done, The Light One released Himself from His spirit and forced it into the world. As His spirit was banished into the land, it created beings to fight the evil that it could not. It created six Dragons from six states of elements; fire, earth, water, acid, stone and air. These Dragons became the protectors of humans and all things good. Alroth, why don't you tell her about Dragons?"
"Dragons…where to start? We are flying lizards, is that good enough? No? Hard luck, that's all I'm telling you for now, otherwise Arelia, your human brain would implode, trust me, I've seen it before and it's not nice.," Arelia looked put down and didn't seem quite sure whether I was joking or not. I sighed, I had a lot of work to do. " I will tell you about my 'lucky guess' at your name earlier though… Dragons always have the same names, and that goes for their…never mind, just forget about that bit…I'll tell you later." I'd done it again! How many times did I have to do that before I learnt? This was obviously not going to plan this time, ah well; at least it was more of an adventure for me!
Thanking Horace, we left from the hollow in the tree, it was almost pitch black under the canopy of the trees by now. We had talked for a long time and it was dusk or maybe even night. I stepped out onto a branch and, surprise surprise, my wings still weren't strong enough. I wasn't a happy bunny, or a happy dragon for that point. Sighing I played the 'poor cute creature' card on Arelia to try to get her to carry me down. She just stuck her tongue out at me and started swinging down the branches. Angrily I leapt off of the branch I was on and flapped my wings. They just managed to hold me up enough in the air so that I didn't fall straight down like a stone but floated down, wings flapping like crazy. When I reached the forest floor, as I landed on the crispy twigs, I glared at Arelia before pouting and stalking off. Laughing, Arelia followed me through the undergrowth. I lead the way towards the settlement on the other side of the forest, changing the direction every now and again. Because of my bad mood, we didn't talk much and so I paid attention when she suddenly whispered, "stop!" I turned my head and looked questioningly at her. "If we go any further then we'll be in the border forest!"
I sighed and told her that it really didn't matter, besides, she couldn't hide in the forest all her life. Scowling, she stubbornly said that she could and would. I continued onwards, shaking my head and pulling the unwilling Arelia forwards with my teeth. As we snuck through the undergrowth as silently as we could, I felt Arelia shaking and felt her fear. Great, I couldn't go on like this, it made me feel like a great big bully, and I couldn't see where I was going. Calling on The Light One for help, I stopped and let go of her. Immediately she scampered back where we had come from. I started to follow her and stopped as an ear-piercing scream ripped through the air. Glancing in the direction of Arelia, I realised I had to make a choice. Find and help whatever screamed or look after Arelia. Asking The Light One for help yet again, I plunged towards the screaming, hoping Arelia would be ok. As I crashed through the undergrowth, the scream came again, louder this time. Adjusting my direction slightly, I carried on. I leapt towards a bush and stopped suddenly. Cautiously, I peered through. There was a deer on the other side of the bush, on its blood covered leg, was a massive boulder. As I scanned the area for any other threat to the deer, I noticed the branches on the floor that had held the boulder up and the simple mechanism that had acted as a trigger. This was a trap, a man-made trap. Shuddering with disgust, I crept out of the bush as the deer screamed again. I ran at the boulder and barged it with my shoulder. It barely moved. Coughing, I tried another approach. A small flame appeared out of my mouth and then disappeared. Trying again I managed to make a slightly larger, slightly hotter flame which then stopped, spluttering. "Alroth?" I heard a distant call. I smiled with relief and the deer screamed again, this time with fear of me. I stopped smiling, stupid, stupid! I should have known that smiling looked menacing with my sharp pointed teeth. "Arelia?" I called, hoping that she would come and find me. Trying my first method of freeing the deer again, I backed off and charged at the boulder again, this time moving it further. I tried again and it came almost all the way off of the deer's leg. Unfortunately, it also reopened my leg wound and bruised my shoulder. I wasn't going to be able to do that again. Hearing a noise, I limped back to the bushes, getting undercover just in time.
Arelia appeared on the right of the clearing the trap was set in. I came out of the bush yet again and snuck up behind her. I leapt forwards at her back, causing her to twirl round and push me over backwards, onto my injured shoulder. Groaning I sat up and glared at her. She glared back then glanced at the deer. Her mouth opened in an astonished O, her eyes full of anger. Simultaneously, we both walked forwards, well, she did…I limped, and began to move the boulder off of the deer. Wincing, I managed to barge the boulder again as Arelia pushed. Finally, the deer was free. Moving slowly, Arelia explained her intent to help to the startled deer. Grabbing a couple of leaves, a stick and part of a vine, she bandaged the deer's leg and put it in a splint, cursing that she needed Lamai leaves and flowers. Gratefully, the deer thanked her and limped off to rejoin her herd somewhere in the forest. By now it was pretty late and, even though it was summer, it was very dark. The sunset had already come and gone so now all that was in the sky were the pinpricks of light emitted from stars and a full round moon glowing like a silver stream. The Light One was strongest for now, later we wouldn't be so lucky. Wearily, Arelia started to talk about going back to her water point and stream. I glared at her. "…or we could stay the night here" she added. Nodding, I helped to set up a cover as a shelter and curled up in a ball next to her. I watched her drift to sleep and crept out. Walking some way from the shelter, I started desperately to create fire. Coughing and hissing, I finally managed to produce a flame. Grinning, I realised that soon I would need it. I crept back to the shelter and let darkness and sleep roll over me, keeping one eye open for a while before the scaly eyelid got the better of me and closed, bringing with it The Dream.


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