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Transportation News: downtown buses, Robson Square, community health and regional transit vision
Sharing a few items of note for those interested in our work in transportation before you head out into this weekend.
The City of Vancouver and TransLink's Downtown Local Bus Service Review embarked in a series of activities to consult the public on its proposals emerging from its second phase of activites, back in April of this year. They have now made available a report on what they heard in the course of that consultation for Phase 2.
(Haven't heard about the review? This review is meant to address the impacts on bus transit of changes in travel patterns on the downtown peninsula since service was last reviewed as part of the Local Transit Plan in 2005; and to anticipate the effects of proposed projects like the removal of the Dunsmuir Viaduct. The second, most recent phase of consultation involved 3 potential alterations: the first change had two proposed routes involving the 5, 6, and C23 buses; two possible re-routings of the 17 bus; and buses heading to East Vancouver and regional destinations to the east.)
Owing to our interest and the VPSN's past work in Robson Square, we have been particular interested in the proposed re-routings that seek to take into account ongoing seasonal (and potentially permanent) pedestrianization of the 800-block of Robson.
Here is what the consultation report has to say about what they heard from people on those two proposals:
- The L-shaped Loop concept received much more support than the Rectangular Loop concept for its enhanced ability to connect neighbourhoods and regions in the downtown to each other. The Rectangular Loop concept, while easy to understand, was said by almost half of respondents (46%) to be worse or much worse than what exists now.
- Many remain concerned about being able to continue accessing regional rapid transit or the impact of new routes on bus service reliability.
- The report also highlights concern that pedestrianization of Robson Street impacts access to destinations near Granville and Robson; and that travel times on transit are impacted.
We look forward to continuing to follow the City and TransLink's work on this topic as they perform final evaluations on the concepts they have identified, and put forth their recommendations for implementation to improve bus service.
Relatedly — this weekend's Vancouver International Jazz Festival activities also serve as a kickoff to the seasonal pedestrianization for Robson Square. The folks at Viva Vancouver will be putting into place Urban Reef, the winning design from this year's Robson Redux competition. If you are looking for information about how the 5 bus will be affected, here is the information we have on this, as it's slightly different from years past:
During events at Robson Square, the 05–Robson/Downtown bus will operate via Burrard and Pender Streets. Also, the necessary trolley overhead work has been completed to allow for the new left turn from eastbound Robson Street to northbound Burrard Street. This service change is scheduled to take effect on June 21st, 2014 and will resume in early September.
Please note that TransLink's official quarterly service change signage will not be present at affected bus stops until June 23rd, however there will be temporary event signage for notification of this detour on June 21st and 22nd as the 800-Block of Robson Street will be closed for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
You can also download a map showing the re-route.
If you are interested in active transportation (walking, cycling and transit) and its impact on health, take a look at the My Health, My Community survey. It's a research project involving two regional health authorities (Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health) in collaboration with UBC's Faculty of Medicine to examine the role community planning plays in our physical health
The My Health My Community survey is an exciting opportunity to learn how our lifestyle, our environment, neighbourhood characteristics and daily interactions affect our health over time.
Their survey is open until June 30 and they are seeking as many and as diverse a range of a participants as possible. Check out their video (embedded below) to learn more and we encourage you to share the survey around. The video is also available on YouTube with Punjabi or Chinese subtitles. (And there is a chance to win a prize for taking the survey too!)
And finally… the big news from late last week was that the Mayor's Council of TransLink released their vision for the future of regional transportation investment. A lot of interesting and insightful commentary on the plan is out there, both locally and from further afield:
- Frances Bula, Globe & Mail — "B.C. cities approve transit revamp, but funding still unclear"
- Business in Vancouver — "TransLink Mayors' Council pushes for $7.5-billion transportation plan"
- Andrew Coyne, National Post — "Vancouver's road pricing proposal a revolutionary fix for gridlock"
- Gordon Price ran a poll on his blog to see how others are feeling about the proposal, and finds that most of us seem pretty optimistic.
Check out the Mayors Council's vision (involving both what to build and how it will be paid for) online at mayorscouncil.ca. A summary of the process of coming up with the vision and the problems it is trying to address is also available in this video below.


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- That was a hard fought game. The game was closer than I thought it would be. I didn't think Carolina would be able to keep up as I assumed our offense would be in redemption mode after last week. But Carolina hung in there until the very end.
- Our run blocking today was very good. Aaron Jones averaged 7.2 ypc and Williams averaged 4.8. Of course both backs are really good RBs which helps. But the line opened up some really nice holes.
- The defense continues to give up huge yards (nearly 430 today). Going into the game today we were averaging giving up 402 yards per game. Good for 5th worst in the NFL. But true to form, the Packers followed their bend don't break formula to hold Carolina to 16 total points. Coming into the game the Packers ranked 12th for fewest points per game. As much as the defense does concern me overall, it counts for something that scoring against the Packers is much harder than getting a bunch of yards.
- I agreed with Aikman today when he pointed out a few times that Rodgers had guys open and just missed them. It was odd – Davante, Lazard, Graham all were pretty wide open on a few plays and he didn't even see them. Conditions may have contributed to his ability to see things out there but still, not ideal.
- There were a few concerning calls made by the officials today – that went for the Packers. That roughing the passer against Rodgers in our own end zone was such a bad call and it changed the game in that moment. Frustrating that the officiating still has such an impact on the games.
- Overall – I'd call this a good victory. Imperfect, but a victory nonetheless. Carolina is not a bad team. Kyle Allen was pretty impressive to me – I think he's better than Cam Newton. Nice for the team to head into the bye week with a victory like this.
Game Thoughts Packers/Panthers
One Response to "Game Thoughts Packers/Panthers"
Dave in Tucson Says:
November 11, 2019 at 2:03 am |
I'd be curious to know what you thought of going for the TD at the end of the first half instead of taking the FG? Personally, I like the aggressiveness, but hate the rather unimaginative "run it up the middle" play call.
Also, WRT to the roughing the passer call, I could see how that could easily look like driving him to the ground in real time. It's only with the benefit of the endzone view that you can see McCoy didn't land on top of Rodgers.
McCoy also doesn't make contact with Rodgers until the ball was thrown, so the lateness of the hit could also be a factor.

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6.4 If Mintec has not received payment within the period specified on the Order Form, and without prejudice to any other rights and remedies: (a) Mintec may on 30 days' notice to the Customer, without liability to the Customer, disable the Customer's Authentication Credentials and access to all or part of the Services and Mintec shall be under no obligation to provide any or all of the Services while the invoice(s) concerned remain unpaid; and (b) interest shall accrue on a daily basis at the rate of 1.5% of the outstanding balance per month, or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is lower on such due amounts, commencing on the due date and continuing until fully paid, whether before or after judgment.
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8.2 Each party undertakes that it will not at any time hereafter use, divulge or communicate to any person, except to its professional representatives or advisers or as may be required by law, or any legal or regulatory authority, any Confidential Information concerning the other party (or of any member of the group of companies to which the other party belongs) which may have come to its knowledge and each of the parties shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent the publication or disclosure of any Confidential Information.
8.3 Unless otherwise specified on an Order Form the Customer permits its name to be added to Mintec's Customer list, and for Mintec to refer to the Customer as a Customer and user of Mintec's services in its marketing and public relations materials, including, the use of the Customer's logo (whether or not a registered trade mark) and name.
9.1 The Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Mintec against claims, actions, proceedings, losses, damages, expenses and costs (including without limitation court costs and reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with the Customer Data or Customer's or User's breach of the Acceptable and Fair Use Policy, provided that: (a) the Customer is given prompt notice of any such claim; (b) Mintec provides reasonable co-operation to the Customer in the defence and settlement of such claim, at the Customer's expense; and (c) the Customer is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
9.2 Mintec shall defend the Customer against any claim that the Services or Documentation infringes any United Kingdom patent, or worldwide copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality, and shall indemnify the Customer for any amounts awarded against the Customer in judgment or settlement of such claims, provided that: (a) Mintec is given prompt notice of any such claim; (b) the Customer provides reasonable co-operation to Mintec in the defence and settlement of such claim, at Mintec's expense; and (c) Mintec is given sole authority to defend or settle the claim.
9.3 In the defence or settlement of any claim under clause 9.2, Mintec may procure the right for the Customer to continue using the Services or Documentation, replace or modify the Services or Documentation so that they become non-infringing or, if such remedies are not reasonably available, terminate an Agreement and provide the Customer with a pro rata refund of any prepaid fees for the remainder of the current Services Term after the date of such termination, but without any additional liability or obligation to pay liquidated damages or other additional costs to the Customer.
9.4 In no event shall Mintec be liable to the Customer to the extent that the alleged infringement is based on: (a) a modification of the Services or Documentation by anyone other than Mintec; or (b) the Customer's use of the Services or Documentation in a manner contrary to the instructions given to the Customer by Mintec; or (c) the Customer's use of the Services or Documentation after notice of the alleged or actual infringement from Mintec or any appropriate authority. 9.5 The foregoing clauses 9.2 to 9.4 states the Customer's sole and exclusive rights and remedies, and Mintec's (including Mintec's employees', agents' and sub-contractors') entire obligations and liability, for infringement of any patent, copyright, trade mark, database right or right of confidentiality.
10.1 In the event that Mintec Processes Customer Personal Data under an Agreement, the parties record their intention that Mintec is the Processor and the Customer is the Controller of such Personal Data. Annex 1 to the Master Services Agreement sets out the subject-matter and duration of the Processing of Customer Personal Data, the nature and purpose of the Processing, the type of Personal Data and the categories of Data Subjects. The parties may amend Annex 1 from time to time by written agreement.
10.2 Each party shall comply with its obligations under applicable Data Protection Law. Except as required by applicable law, Mintec shall Process Customer Personal Data only in accordance with the Customer's documented instructions and shall not transfer Customer Personal Data outside of the European Economic Area without the Customer's consent. For the avoidance of any doubt, any configuration of the Services by the Customer shall constitute 'written instructions'. The Customer warrants that it shall not instruct Mintec to Process Customer Personal Data where such Processing would be unlawful.
10.3 Mintec shall ensure that individuals engaged in the Processing of Customer Personal Data under the Agreement are subject to obligations of confidentiality in respect of such Personal Data. Mintec shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk involved in Processing Customer Personal Data pursuant to an Agreement.
10.4 Mintec may engage such other processors ("Sub Processors") as Mintec consider reasonably appropriate for the Processing of Customer Personal Data in accordance with the terms of an Agreement (including in connection with support, maintenance and development and the use of third party data centres) provided that Mintec shall notify Customer of the addition or replacement of such Sub Processors and the Customer may, on reasonable grounds, object to a Sub Processor by notifying Mintec in writing within 5 days of receipt of notification, giving reasons for the Customer's objection. The parties shall cooperate to reach agreement on the engagement of Sub Processors. Mintec shall require all Sub Processors to enter into an agreement compatible with this clause 10 and Mintec shall remain responsible and liable for Sub Processors' acts and omissions. The current list of Sub Processors is set out in Annex A.
10.5 In the event that any Data Subject exercises its rights under applicable Data Protection Law against the Customer, Mintec shall use reasonable commercial efforts to assist the Customer in fulfilling the Customer's obligations as Controller following a written request from the Customer. Mintec may charge the Customer on a time and materials basis in the event that Mintec considers, in its reasonable discretion, that such assistance is onerous, complex, frequent or time consuming.
10.6 Upon discovering a Personal Data Breach, Mintec shall notify the Customer without undue delay and shall assist the Customer to the extent reasonably necessary in connection with notification to the applicable supervisory authority and Data Subjects, taking into account the nature of Processing and the information available to Mintec.
10.7 In the event that the Customer consider that the Processing of Personal Data performed pursuant to an Agreement requires a privacy impact assessment to be undertaken, following written request from the Customer, Mintec shall use reasonable commercial endeavours to provide relevant information and assistance to the Customer to facilitate such privacy impact assessment. Mintec may charge the Customer for such assistance on a time and materials basis.
10.8 Unless otherwise required by applicable law, following termination or expiry of an Agreement Mintec shall, at the Customer's option, delete or return all Customer Personal Data and all copies thereof to Customer.
10.9 Where requested by the Customer, Mintec shall make available all information necessary to demonstrate its compliance with this clause 10 and shall contribute to audits conducted by the Customer or another auditor mandated by Customer.
11.1 This clause 11 sets out the entire financial liability of either party (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the other: (a) arising under or in connection with an Agreement; (b) in respect of any use made by the Customer of the Services, Content or Documentation or any part of them; and (c) in respect of any representation, statement or tortious act or omission (including negligence) arising under or in connection with an Agreement.
11.2 Except as expressly and specifically provided in an Agreement: (a) the Customer assumes sole responsibility for results obtained from the use of the Services, Content or Documentation by the Customer, and for conclusions drawn from such use; (b) Mintec shall have no liability for any damage caused by errors or omissions in any information, instructions or scripts provided to Mintec by the Customer in connection with the Services, or any actions taken by Mintec at the Customer's direction; (c) all warranties, representations, conditions and all other terms of any kind whatsoever implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, excluded from an Agreement; and (d) the Services, Content and Documentation are provided to the Customer on an "as is" basis.
11.3 Nothing in an Agreement excludes the liability of either party for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
11.4 Subject to clause 11.3: (a) Mintec shall not be liable whether in tort (including for negligence or breach of statutory duty), contract, misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise for any loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses or loss or corruption of data or information, or pure economic loss, or for any special, indirect or consequential loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses however arising under an Agreement; (b) except for breach of clause 8 (Confidentiality) or Mintec's indemnification obligations, Mintec's maximum total aggregate liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation (whether innocent or negligent), restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of an Agreement shall be limited to the total fees paid or payable under the Agreement in respect of which the liability arose during the 12 months immediately preceding the date on which the claim arose; and (c) Mintec's maximum total aggregate liability for breach of clause 8 (Confidentiality) or arising from Mintec's indemnification obligations, shall be limited to 200% of the total fees paid or payable under the
Agreement in respect of which the liability arose during the 12 months immediately preceding the date on which the claim arose.
12.1 An Agreement commences on the date stated on the Order Form and continues for the Services Term specified on the Order Form. Except as otherwise specified on the Order Form, Services will automatically renew for additional periods equal to the Services Term, unless either party gives the other notice of non-renewal at least 30 days before the end of the then current Services Term. The Customer must provide such notice of non-renewal by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Except as otherwise specified on the Order Form, the fees during any renewal Services Term will increase by up to 7% above the applicable fees in the prior Services Term, unless Mintec provides the Customer with written notice of alternative pricing at least 30 days prior to the end of the then current Services Term, in which case the alternative pricing as notified by Mintec shall apply during any renewal Services Term.
12.2 Either party may terminate an Agreement with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other if: (a) the other party commits a material breach of any term of an Agreement which is incapable of remedy or (if such breach is capable of remedy) fails to remedy that breach within a period of 30 days after being notified in writing to do so; or (b) the other party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors.
12.3 Mintec may terminate an Agreement with immediate effect by giving written notice to the Customer if there is a change of control of the other party (within the meaning of section 1124 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010) in which a competitor of Mintec obtains an interest in the Customer.
12.4 Upon termination (or expiry) of an Agreement for any reason: (a) the Customer shall immediately pay to Mintec all of Mintec's outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of Services which have been performed but for which no invoice has been submitted, Mintec may submit an invoice, which shall be payable immediately on receipt; (b) all rights to use the Services granted under an Agreement shall immediately terminate; (c) each party shall return and make no further use of any equipment, property, Documentation and other items (and all copies of them) belonging to the other party; (d) Mintec may destroy or otherwise dispose of any of the Customer Data in its possession unless Mintec receives, no later than ten days after the effective date of the termination of an Agreement, a written request for the delivery to the Customer of the Customer Data, in which case Mintec shall use reasonable commercial endeavours to deliver the Customer Data to the Customer within 30 days of its receipt of such a written request, provided that the Customer has, at that time, paid all fees and charges outstanding at and resulting from termination (whether or not due at the date of termination) and the Customer shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred by Mintec in returning or disposing of Customer Data; (e) subject as otherwise provided herein and to any rights, obligations or liabilities which have accrued prior to termination, neither party shall have any further obligation to the other under an Agreement; and (f) within 30 days of expiry or termination, the Customer will delete all Content in its possession or under its control and will provide written confirmation of the deletion, unless otherwise agreed with Mintec in writing, or as required by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, where applicable law mandates the retention of certain Content beyond the 30 day period, Customer agrees that it shall only be retained to the extent required under such law and shall not be used for any other purposes.
13.1 Any notice given under an Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by email to the email address as set out on the Order Form or advised by each party to the other from time to time for this purpose, or sent by pre-paid registered post or airmail by a recognised mail carrier (return receipt requested) to the address of the relevant party as set out on the Order Form or to such address as subsequently notified to the other party pursuant to this clause. In the case of email, the notice shall be deemed to have been delivered on acknowledgement by the recipient. In the case of post, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered on the date given on the proof of delivery.
13.2 All Agreements shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. The parties expressly reject any application to an Agreement of (a) the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and (b) the 1974 Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods, as amended by that certain Protocol, done at Vienna on April 11, 1980.
13.3 An Agreement is not intended to convey a benefit on any person not a party to it and no third party shall have any rights to enforce any of its terms.
14.1 Neither party shall be liable for any delay in performing any of its obligations hereunder if such delay is caused by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the party so delaying and such party shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of time for the performance of such obligations. If the affected party has been prevented from performing its obligations under an Agreement for a period of 60 days (or such other period agreed between the parties in writing), then either party may terminate an Agreement immediately by providing notice to the other party and the provisions of clause 12.4 shall apply. 14.2 Any variation or amendment of an Agreement must be in writing, referenced to this clause
14.2 and signed by an authorised representative of both parties.
14.3 The Customer shall not, without the prior written consent of Mintec, assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under an Agreement. Mintec may at any time assign, transfer, charge, sub-contract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under an Agreement.
14.4 If any party fails to rely on its rights under an Agreement or otherwise, that shall not prevent it from relying on those (or similar) rights in the future.
14.5 The provisions of an Agreement and the rights and remedies of the parties under it are cumulative and are without prejudice and in addition to any rights or remedies a party may have at law or in equity. No exercise by a party of any one right or remedy under an Agreement, or at law or in equity, shall (save to the extent, if any, provided expressly in an Agreement, or at law or in equity) operate so as to hinder or prevent the exercise by it of any other such right or remedy.
14.6 Nothing in an Agreement is intended to or shall operate to create a partnership or joint venture of any kind between the parties, or except as set out in clause 5.2 to authorise either party to act as agent for the other, and neither party shall have authority to act in the name or on behalf of otherwise to bind the other in any way (including but not limited to the making of any representation or warranty, the assumption of any obligation or liability and the exercise of any right or power).
14.7 If any provision of an Agreement is found by a court or other competent authority to be void or unenforceable that provision shall be deemed to be deleted from an Agreement and the remaining provisions of an Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with whatever modification is necessary to give effect to the commercial intention of the parties.
14.8 An Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to in it) supersedes all prior representations, arrangements, understandings and agreements between the parties relating to its subject matter and is the entire complete and exclusive agreement and understanding between the Parties relating to its subject matter. Each party acknowledges that it has not relied on any representation, arrangement, understanding or agreement (whether written or oral) not expressly set out or referred to in an Agreement.
Annex 1 Data Protection
Subject-matter of the Processing of Customer Personal Data:
• Mintec Process Customer Personal Data for the purpose of providing the Services.
• Mintec Process Customer Personal Data for the purpose of providing Support.
Duration of the Processing of Customer Personal Data:
• During the Services Term. After termination of expiry of an Agreement the data may be returned to Customer or deleted at Customer option.
Nature of Processing
Purpose of Processing
Type of Personal Data
Categories of Data Subject
Mintec receive data provided by Customer and uploaded to the Services by Authorised Users where it is stored in a cloud environment.
Use of Services.
Name, email address, telephone number, job title, IP address.
Authorised Users
Mintec receive support requests by email or telephone during support hours, log the request in the ticketing system, respond to the request by email or telephone, mark the request as complete, retain the support log for the future development and support of the Services. The Personal Data is deleted from the support log following expiry/termination of an Agreement.
Provision of IT support.
Name, email address, telephone number, job title, IP address.
User support contacts.
Provision of IT support.
Name, email address, telephone number, job title, IP address.
User support contacts.
Sub Processors
Microsoft Azure
Annex 2 Service Credits
Monthly Uptime
Service Credit
Less than 95% but greater than 90%
Mintec will make the Services available to the Customer for an additional seven days without charge.
Less than 90%
Mintec will make the Services available to the Customer for an additional thirty days without charge


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A Day in Tivoli: Villa d'Este
When did you first hear about the gardens of Tivoli in Italy? I have a confession: I've wanted to visit Tivoli, specifically Villa d'Este, for about 15 years now. Why? The Lizzie McGuire movie! If you grew up watching Lizzie McGuire, then you probably watched the movie. Brief synopsis: Lizzie and her friends go to Rome. Lizzie meets an Italian singer, tours Rome with him on his red Vespa and she performs at the Colosseum, impersonating an Italian pop star! Total dream, right? What stuck with me were the sights, the food, the cobblestoned streets, and the beautiful fountains at Villa d'Este. I had to see those fountains in person.
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On my third visit to Rome, I finally made it to Tivoli. Let me tell you a little bit about my day in Tivoli, Italy (not to be confused with the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen).
We (my dad and I) had originally planned to spend 3 days exploring the gardens of Tivoli. There are 3 villas/gardens to explore in Tivoli: Villa d'Este, Villa Adriana and Villa Gregoriana. We wanted to see them all but after careful consideration, we decided to visit Villa d'Este for the day and go to Rome for the remaining time of our trip. The gardens are enchanting but we opted to explore the cobblestoned streets of Rome because well, we just love Rome. I mean, it's Rome. But I highly recommend making a half-day or day trip to one of the gardens from Rome. Unless you really want to see all 3, you'll only need a day in Tivoli. Insightful Travel & Tours shares how to get to the gardens if you are not driving. If you are driving, there is a lot of parking catered to tourists coming in to visit the gardens. We chose to park in a parking lot and paid about 5-7 euros for our half-day. There are also a lot of really helpful street signs pointing you to the different gardens. It is really easy to get around but when in doubt, just ask!
We arrived in Tivoli at around 10 am on a beautiful, sunny Sunday (be sure to check the opening days and times – Villa d'Este is closed Mondays and some holidays). After parking, we made our way to the town square. We weren't sure where to go exactly but once at the main Piazza (square) Giuseppe Garibaldi we found our way to the entrance of Villa d'Este in less than 5 minutes. Villa Adriana and Villa Gregoriana are not too far from d'Este – but might require a slightly different entrance point. Once at the inner entrance, we bought our tickets (8 euros each) at the counter. Since we visited during low season (late November), it was a smooth experience with little waiting. There were not too many people – mostly what I assume to be Roman families taking a day trip to the villas. If you are visiting during high season (May to October) I suggest purchasing your ticket online before hand.
Villa d'Este
Villa d'Este was just as I had imagined: grand, majestic and awe-inspiring. There is so much to see – not only will you frolic through the gardens of the once Cardinal/Governor but you will take in sweeping views of Lazio, and explore the showy rooms of the Villa.
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My favourite fountains are Fontana dell'Ovato (Oval Fountain, pictured above) and Le Cento Fontane (the Hundred Fountains). I also appreciated the smaller, humbler fountains throughout the garden – the ones with a certain charm owed to the corrosion of centuries worth of water pressure. Missing pieces (a hand or a head), faded copper, green moss growing wildly. Strolling along the Hundred Fountains, making your way up and down the grand staircases, and up to the Fountain of Neptune you can just imagine the Villa and gardens as a private residence. I imagined the Cardinal/Governor pacing up and down the fountains and flowerbeds, discussing business – or silently contemplating how to once again, out-do his peers.
Another fountain, the Fontana dell'Organo (Water Organ Fountain) plays music similar to that of an organ – crazy amazing hydraulic engineering for over 500 years ago. Crowds will gather around the fountain every hour to admire the "music" coming from the fountain.
Visiting Tivoli was really magical – I was transported. Not to mention, Villa d'Este is one of Italy's 50 UNESCO World Heritage Site. I hope you take a day (or even just a half-day) to visit the majestic gardens, be it Villa d'Este, Villa Gregoriana and/or Villa Adriana.
Photo by Max Goldberg via Creative Commons
Tivoli (town)
As for Tivoli, we did not spend much time exploring the town. We parked and made a beeline for Villa d'Este. But after having visited the gardens and before leaving for Rome, we were hungry and decided to get some food (and briefly scope out the city centre). We found a lot of "tourist trap" restaurants. Usually, it seems that any restaurant with pictures of food will be subpar (with some exceptions). We almost ate at an okay-looking restaurant (with a picture menu) until we discovered that they were serving frozen food! Frozen food in Italy? No thank you! We decided to venture a little further (about a 7 minute walk) and fell upon a restaurant that was quaint and full of local families gathering for Sunday lunch. Score! We enjoyed an authentic Italian lunch (brick-oven pizzas, roasted potatoes, a plate of grilled vegetables and red wine) at Ristorante da Sandrina. Grazie Sandrina! And grazie Villa d'Este, Tivoli! You were grand.
Your turn! What is it about the Villas of Tivoli that make them special to you?
Will you be visiting Tivoli and Villa d'Este soon?
It's added to my list when back in Rome!
I promise myself that when I go back to Rome I will go to Tivoli and do all three villas…my husband and I wanted to go in 2013 but we did other 'stuff'…we can't do everything all at once, in one trip!
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Wool is making a big and welcome comeback in the pastures of the North Coast. And nowhere is that renaissance more evident than in and around pastoral Valley Ford, which has become the Northern California epicenter for wool processing and new lines of wool products.
Not long ago most of the wool from area ranches was going to the county dumps or ending up as mulch on rural property because there was no market for it. But that is all changing as new uses and amazing opportunities surface for this remarkable, natural product.
The opening of Casey Mazzucchi and Ariana Strozzi's Valley Ford Mercantile & Wool Mill in Valley Ford and the launch of Amy Chesnut's Sonoma Wool Co., just a few miles away, has secured Valley Ford's position as a thriving wool center. And there's no better place considering the flocks of woolly sheep that graze in the pastures around the small town bisected by Valley Ford Road as it meanders through farmland to Bodega Bay and the Sonoma Coast.
The wool renaissance and the birth of Sonoma Wool Co., in particular, are an outgrowth of Joe Pozzi's Puregrow Wool, which Pozzi founded in 1993. Over the last 21 years Pozzi's business and influence on the dynamics of the wool market have grown like gangbusters. Today Pozzi, a director and past president of Sonoma County Farm Bureau, markets more than 80,000 pounds of wool a year. All that wool comes from about 14,000 sheep, his own and from other flocks on ranches along the West Coast. PureGrow Wool is used in all natural bedding, pillows, comforters and mattresses that are sold around the country.
Chesnut, who is Pozzi's fiancé, last year began using some of Pozzi's Puregrow Wool for a line of her own products, sold under the Sonoma Wool Co. label. The line now includes dish drying mats, dog toys and dryer balls, wool tennis balls that can be tossed into the dryer to whisk moisture and reduce drying time. Chesnut is developing other new product lines and will soon be marketing an ironing board pad made from wool. Her products are sold online at sonomawoolcompany.com and locally at Whole Foods and other retailers.
"We are creating a line of wool products to add value to the wool we produce on the ranch. There are thousands of practical uses for wool, which is an incredible fiber," said Chesnut, whose day job is at the Sonoma Land Trust in Santa Rosa.
She said wool not only keeps you warm, it cools you down as well. It absorbs moisture, resists mildew and mold and is inflammable. No wonder coastal sheep are so content in their woolly coats.
Casey Mazzucchi, a fourth generation Valley Ford rancher, and Ariana Strozzi, a neighboring sheep rancher in Valley Ford, teamed up to open the Valley Ford Mercantile & Wool Mill in an old barn last August. They invested $135,000 – and tons of sweat equity — to buy the wool processing machines and equipment, most of it salvaged from old textile mills in the South. They now proudly own and operate the only needle point loom west of the Rockies. They admit they are still learning what this magnificent piece of machinery can do in transforming wool into useable fabric and material.
The Wool Mill's birth and launch is a tale of grit and gumption by the two very determined ranchers, who are partners in business and in life. The couple, members of Sonoma County Farm Bureau, secured a line of credit on their property after finding their business plan – based on purchasing used wool processing equipment – didn't meet the criteria of commercial financial lenders. Not deterred, they staked their ranch to start the wool mill.
"This business is the evolution of our love of the land and the rural way-of-life in this wonderful place we call home," said Strozzi. "We are taking wool to the next level in Sonoma and Marin counties and beyond by custom processing wool for sheep owners and by creating beautiful products made from our own sheep."
Mazzucchi and Strozzi have 150 ewes with breeds that include horned Dorsets, Ramboulliet, Shetlands and Navaho Churro sheep. Strozzi's son, Jack Strozzi, 17, a senior at Tomales High School and active member of the FFA, helps manage the sheep flock, loving the life he was born to. His mother has hopes he will one day carry on the sheep ranching and wool processing business.
"I am excited that what we are doing now may give Jack some future opportunities to keep the ranch a working ranch and contribute to the local economy too," said Strozzi.
Strozzi said the demand for local wool by craft artisans and fiber mongers is similar to the consumer push for locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables.
The strong demand for wool processed from the Sonoma-Marin Fiber Shed hardly gave Mazzucchi and Strozzi time to get their heads around the machinery and equipment when they opened their wool processing facility, housed in an historic barn in the center of town. Within weeks wool from nearby flocks was arriving by the sack full for processing.
"We can't keep up with the product line fast enough," said Strozzi. She said ranchers and crafters are pleased that, finally, a local wool processing plant has opened in the North Bay.
"I kept hearing from everyone that a wool processing facility has been talked about for years but no one could ever pull it off. Well, we rolled up our sleeves and invested more than $100,000 to make it happen," said Strozzi.
While Mazzucchi keeps the machinery and ranches running, Strozzi oversees the retail shop while also designing and creating wool products like bedding, clothing and novelties such as wool hand warmers and computer covers. She is a whiz at the sewing machine and relishes the creative process. Her handiwork is among the items sold in the Mercantile's retail shop, which is open Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Monday from 11 a.m to 3 p.m.
Mazzucchi and Strozzi's Wool Mill is too small to handle the volume of wool that Pozzi markets each year. He sends his wool to Texas where it is washed and processed, eventually, the greasy wool is transformed into what are called batts, which are rolls of clean and carded wool ready to be used for bedding and other finished products.


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Larger businesses typically offer employees clear and defined paths to success. They often start with well-structured training programs to encourage new employees to feel they are set up for success from day one. This training may be followed up with structured mentoring programs and additional learning opportunities to expand employees' knowledge and skill bases. Career tracks and opportunities for advancement are typically well-defined.
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Alignment is a characteristic of a town type and its associated heroes and creatures. Heroes and creatures have the same alignment as the towns they are associated with, not the towns in which they are hired. There are three town alignments in Heroes of Might and Magic III: good, evil and neutral.
|Good towns are:
|Evil towns are:
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Alignment has almost no direct impact on the gameplay, and it is mostly used in the game storyline. In Restoration of Erathia the only things alignment affects are Morale and Altar of Sacrifice, which allows heroes with good alignment to sacrifice artifacts for experience, evil alignment heroes to sacrifice creatures and neutral alignment heroes to sacrifice either one of their choosing.
Shadow of Death expansion introduced magical terrains Clover Field, Holy Ground and Evil Fog, which affects the morale depending on the alignment of the creatures.
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|Town alignments in the army:
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- In terms of Morale deficits for having creatures of different alignments, each town is considered its own alignment (i.e. having Castle, Rampart and Tower troops will result in -1 morale) and Neutral creatures count as their own town.
- Angelic Alliance allows a hero to have creatures from good and neutral towns without causing them to suffer from morale penalty.


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All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Recruitment Has announced the job opening for Senior Residents, Demonstrators. All India Institute of Medical Sciences looking for the fill up the required vacant places As soon as possible. The application will be accepted on or before the last date is 1st July 2017. As per the Current notification, the AIIMS need to fill up 193 vacant places. The AIIMS has to define minimum educational qualification for Senior Residents, Demonstrators is MD/MS/DNB, MBBS degree Pass.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences the minimum age limit of 18 years and maximum age 33 years. For Age relaxation Check the official notification publish on their official website. Salary will be given Rs. 15,600 – 39100/- With Rs. 6600/5400/- Grade Pay. stated in the notification for the post Senior Residents, Demonstrators.
All require Job eligibility like age limit, Education Qualification, payment and other charges, important job application start and last date, type of job application mode with published job notifications details describe as follows.
Recruitment www.aiimsbhopal.edu.in. 2017
Name Of the Organisation- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Job Location: – Bhopal
Name Of the Vacancy: –Senior Residents, Demonstrators
Total No Of Post:- 193 Vacancies
Salary and Grade Pay Detail: Candidates can get salary Rs. 15,600 – 39100/- With Rs. 6600/5400/- Grade Pay.
Qualification Eligibility: Candidate should have minimum completed MD/MS/DNB, MBBS degree from a recognized Board/University.
Candidate Age Limit: Ideal minimum age limit is 18 Years and Maximum age 33 years. For Age relaxation Check the official notification publish on their official website.
NATIONALITY: Candidate must have Indian citizenship at the time of application for the job.
Last Application Date: Candidate apply for this job application is 1st July 2017
How to Apply: All interested and eligible candidate may apply for this job by filling online job application on official website www.aiimsbhopal.edu.in After successfully submitting the application, candidate must send hard copy of application along with relevant testimonials to the following Address before or on or before 1st July 2017.
Official Link:–www.aiimsbhopal.edu.in .
Application Form :- APPLY HERE
Official Notification in PDF: – DOWNLOAD NOW
Official Notification in PDF: –DOWNLOAD NOW
Selection Procedure: – The selection will be based on Written Exam & Interview.
Mode of Application: – Applicant may apply this post Offline as per notification.
Application Fees: – All India Institute of Medical Sciences candidate belonging to General/OBC Candidates Application Fee is – 1000/- & For All Other Candidates (ST/SC) Application Fee is – Nil.


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Latest fashion accessory
This is my latest fashion accessory! I got this on Tuesday and haven't stopped wearing it since. Isn't it lovely!!??
My tendinitis continues to plague me and thus my doctor prescribed a fitted wrist support that also stabilizes the thumb more. My previous version (in beige) did not. I was in agreement to try this. At least the black color goes well with my fall and winter clothes which most are black and brown. I go back to doctor in two weeks; I see a cortisone shot in my future!
My sewing mojo has taken a vacation this week. I am hoping I can do some sewing this weekend. There is some Velcro issues with this new accessory and will need to try placing some sort of wrap around this so as not to hurt fabric. I may find that this thing may be too prohibitive to sew. My current project still needs a zipper and to be hemmed.


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Sofa – Shackletons // Coffee Table – via Houzz // Faux Fiddle Leaf Fig – Ikea
Plant Pot – Anthropologie // Basket – Serena & Lily // Chairs – One Kings Lane
Leather Rug – Zara Home // Drawers – Target
I do love all the natural elements in this rustic living room design. It's a lot of brown, but it doesn't feel too woodsy when it's combined with industrial touches like the coffee table and bookcase. And, seriously, aren't those cane chairs are killer?
The rug, which I've been pining over for a while, is from West Elm. If you love it as much as I do, though, keep an eye out on daily decor deals sites like One Kings Lane. I've seen it pop up for considerably cheaper on those sites a couple of times.
On a separate note, we're moving again, and soon! I'll spill the beans as soon as I can, but for now, I'll just say that it's very exciting.
I received compensation for this post on behalf of Shackletons. All opinions are my own.


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Welcome to my blog, here I plan to share news and information pertaining to my writing. Don't worry, I will not be bombarding you with daily posts or anything like that, just the occasional update. Stay tuned for more to come. :)
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Spring Not Spring
Then yesterday this white stuff started coming down from the sky, but the thermometer read 35.8*F. What is this sorcery? My bulbs are all coming up, my crocuses are in full bloom and this happens?
So it continues to lightly snow all night and because the temperature dropped we had a very light accumulation as you can see in the picture.
This morning it was cold and rainy/sleety out, which was miserable for standing outside waiting for the bus with the pup (who by the way was loving the weather) to see the boy off to school. After becoming cold, wet rats, we came inside and she pouted on her doggy bed because wet dogs are not allowed on the couch.
I tried to write, but the miserable weather just kills my muse so instead I cleaned the kitchen. Now I am sitting down with a fresh mug of tea and a banana and hoping for warmer weather.
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Gone are the days when children would take to the muddy patch of turf outside their homes for an unceasing summerfest of relenting, unending football.
Many days of many childhoods were littered with the laughter and crocodile tears, gashed knees and hurt egos of playing makeshift football, street football, out of what could be gathered.
Hoodies for posts, pieces of litter marking the sidelines – and even in this writer's own experience when footballs were forbidden in the schoolyard for fear of injury – a zipper for the centrepiece of action.
But in this modern era of council-planned astro pitches and rented sheds for 5 a sides, the game has transcended the childlike innocence of what drew many an impressionable kid to playing the game – scoring goals.
Most if not all young children knew the feeling of want and desire that came part and parcel with the number nine shirt for their U-11 Sunday league sides. All the best players wore it. Ronaldo, Kluivert, Batistuta, Shearer.
It was a badge of honour that drew immediate respect and distinction from all others. Murmurs among the opposition would circle about the other team's number nine. . ."He bagged 40 last season and had trials at United during the summer." Not all were true.
But today's young footballers are not as drawn to the iconic shirt as in previous years. Today's are rather more perplexed and entranced with number nine's partner in crime, 10.
Perhaps it is due to the surge in tactical analysis that has become the mainstream in recent years, be it Gary Neville's insightful swipes onto a touchscreen on Monday Night Football or Jonathan Wilson's crusade to show us that tactics do in fact matter with his dramatic introduction to Inverting the Pyramid:
'Oh, what's the difference?' an English colleague protested. 'They're the same players. The formation isn't important. It's not worth writing about.'
There was a splutter of indignation. As I raised a drunken finger to jab home my belief that people like him shouldn't be allowed to watch football, let alone talk about it, an Argentinian, probably wisely, pulled my arm down. 'The formation is the only thing that's important,' she said. 'It's not worth writing about anything else.'
And there, in a moment, was laid bare the prime deficiency of the English game. Football is not about players, or at least not just about players; it is about shape and about space, about the intelligent deployment of players, and their movement within that deployment.
This is not to say that young children of today's football lie awake at night pondering the futility of a 4-2-4 circa Brazil 1958 in today's game, or struggle to come to grips with the skewed and indeed mixed signals of Louis Van Gaal's supposed philosophy at Manchester United.
But it cannot be denied that children of today have in their midst much, much more tactical nous than in any other previous generation. It may even be subliminal, unconscious learning that has made the players of today read the game quicker and think, really think about the game. Why I made the pass as opposed to how.
And such is the childish fascination with the number 10 that it appears to be gaining the upper ground on the once bashful predominance of the striker who scores the goals.
Maybe it's all too simplistic when we lay it bare: Are we so much more enlightened in 2015 as opposed to twenty, thirty years ago that we now understand that the assist is just as if not more important than the goals themselves.
Goals win games, but what about the pass before the goal, or even the pass before the assist? Schoolyard debates would once stand solely on the goals-per-season basis, but now the arguments are more sophisticated whereby assists leaderboards are drawn into the equation.
"Ronaldo got thirty goals last season so he's the best in the world."
"Messi got thirty as well and got four more assists than Ronaldo, so he's the best."
Messi and Ronaldo aside, Riquelme was the undoubted number 10 extraordinaire. Suave, elegant genius mixed with an overriding sense of nonplussed, "can't everyone do this?" rolled into one.
Riquelme embodies that which literary scholars would deem a Shakespearian tragedy. With his shoulders stooping noticeably low he dances about his game with poetic fluidity mixed with a faceless expression of hardened struggle.
Much has been said about Riquelme's genius, that he is the last dying link between classical romanticism in football and the modern game of action-packed-to-the-rafters saturation. But the beauty of what Riquelme represents to so many people – an effortless ease of acumen that contrasts with the severe technical ability required to make so many of the passes, dribbles and touches he makes – is because he makes it look, well, child's play.
And so we return to the childlike adoration of the man in the hole. The trequartista, the false nine, the playmaker, the regista. Young footballers in the modern age have found in it a refuge from the rigid structure of the present.
Even in describing creativity, much of its beauty and sense of inventiveness is lost on so many coaches of today. FAI Technical Director Ruud Dokter spoke in 2013 about developing creativity in order to produce better players in Irish football.
"Coaches should be focusing on allowing the children to make mistakes", he said. "Because in that way they will develop their creativity instead of stopping and passing, focusing on the result. That's what we have to develop."
But can creativity really be developed in places like La Masia, or even for that matter survive within rigid structure. Perhaps it is in itself a self-defeating paradox of attempting to force something to be that has to come of itself. Nature, not nurture.
And it is in these conflicting schools of thought between coaching and street football, Riquelme and modern football that children have found a source of expression in the number 10.
Riquelme was loved and loathed in equal measure because he was set apart from the team. His role was one of ingenuity and imagination. He didn't track back as ferociously as Argentinian footballers are expected because that would mean to take away time and energy from what he does best.
The number 10 embodies the spirit of a child's imagination because within its parameters of four or five square yards space in front of the opposing centre backs, it possesses its own limitless prism of endless possibility.
But from Riquelme taking Villarreal to a UEFA Champions League semi-final in 2005/06 to the present-day, football has changed so much.
Today's trequartista's are forced to survive in a team-made structure. Mesut Özil shares many of the characteristics of Riquelme but is often labelled lazy and inattentive. Others, like Oscar under José Mourinho is again forced to play according to the manager's philosophy that a team is better than the sum of its parts, thus throwing away creative ingenuity in the face of results.
Whereas Lionel Messi's performance against Manchester City at the Nou Camp back in March brought out the best of the Barça star, showcasing the undeniable fact that the forward could play anywhere in attack and still be the best in the world in his position, with Manuel Pellegrini admitting the genius had thwarted him: "He created an absolute imbalance."
And it is for this we must hope for hope's sake that the beauty of the number 10, like the chaotic structure in a game of street football or the awe of a child's sense of wonder, the last remaining position in football gone untouched by the pressures of the modern game, lives on in spirit and practice as the sole escape for bewildering childish expression.
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text: Hannibal Buress Launches A Comedy & Music Festival Isola Fest In 800 Population Town It may sound like a joke but it is not. Comedian Hannibal Buress is doing launching a comedy and music festival in Isola, Mississippi. This a town most people have not heard of with a population of 800. Ironically the town is named after the word isolation. The inaugural Isola Fest will take place December 13 to December 15. The lineup for the event includes T-Pain, Flying Lotus, Asa Monet, Serengeti, Open Mike Eagle, Eryn Allen Kane and others. WATCH MEREBA PERFORM ECLECTIC SET ON NPR\u2019S \u2018TINY DESK\u2019 It is a head scratcher why Buress is having the festival in Isola, MS, but he explains why and it makes sense. \u201cI know this sounds like some Fyre Festival part 2 type situation but we have things pretty much in order,\u201d Buress said in a press release. \u201cOur sandwiches are just as equally trash as theirs though. Some things you just can\u2019t control. This is the town my mother\u2019s side of the family is from. My cousin owns a venue called Playaz Palace so I\u2019m getting a deal on these nights. The lineup is gonna be great.\u201d I think it is great for the city and he was able to get great talent come and perform. The festival will cost $30 for a one day pass, $75 for a 3 day pass, and $100 for a 3 day VIP package. More information and tickets can be purchased here. Check out the 3 day Isola Fest below.


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Hi All,
Looks like we are in for some monsoon rain this week. The drop in the temperature is a very welcome relief for athletes training for upcoming events – particularly those doing iron distance training.
Our first event of 2014 (Aquathlon #1) is scheduled for this Saturday and looks like we may get ideal conditions. Wet season is, after all, the reason we change to aquathlon (no bike) format!!
Regarding weather warnings: If there is a cyclone watch in place events will go ahead. If the BoM issues a cyclone warning within 24 hours of an event, the aquathlon will be cancelled but also watch our website and/or Faceback & Twitter for updates.
Don't forget all entries for Saturday evening must be made online (and you will need your TA membership number). Entry closes midday Friday. No late entries taken.
1. Gatorade Series St Kilda, Vic 1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run
Male: Ryan Fisher 1.51.47 Female: Madeleine Old Field 2.08.13
Jason Cook 6th M35-39 2.06.35
Emma Cook 5th F35-39 2.34.09
2. Cadbury Marathon, Hobart 42km
Male: Matthew Fenech 2.33.07 Female: Kirsten Molloy 2.58.02
John Thyne 5th M50 3.43.36
3. Gatorade QTS, Raby Bay, 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run
Male: Daniel Wilson 58.06 Female: Emma Jackson 1.05.19
Aquathlon #1
Saturday 18 January 2014
Lake Alexander
6pm (check in closes 5.45pm)
400m swim, 4km run
Race Director: Daryl Stanley
Registration: Helen Stuart | Robyn Stanley
Fruit | Ice: Katie Kelly
1. Registration for this event is online only. You can enter here now.
2. Entry closes midday Friday 17 Jan 14
3. No late entries taken.
4. If you have not yet collected your timing chip please attend early to collect and sign for.
5. If you have lost your timing chip, please purchase new chip online when you enter and arrive early to collect and sign for early.
1. FOR SALE: TK1 kayak with paddle. Proven Ultra challenge winner! $300 Neg. Contact Ian 0409 283 448
2. FOR SALE: Zipp 808 firecrest tubular rear wheel. Ceramic bearings. Tubular already attached and in good condition. $400. Contact Tim 0410 188 534
3. WANTED: Turbo Trainer. Contact Jo 0435 826 711
4. WANTED: Any inspirational and motivating cycling DVD's to keep me pushing hard on the long wind trainer sessions when I can't get out of the house (training for Tour de Cure ride in March from Sydney to Hobart) Contact Renae 0488 102 939
5. CLUB TRI GEAR STOCKTAKE SALE: 1 x Large Men's Tri Pants $79.00; 1 x Medium Men's Tri Pants $79.00; 1 x Large Men's Swimmers $35.00; 2 x Small Ladies Cycle Top $85.00;
Visor $25.00; Caps $25.00 Email here
6. Items for next E News by Sunday 8pm please
6. Items for next E News by Sunday 8pm please
1. Windtrainer Session: Coach Hollie Goodall advises her windtrainer session resumes this Wednesday 15 Jan 14 6am.
2. Swim Squad: Coach Daryl Stanley advises his Nightcliff Pool swim squad Tues & Thurs 6-7am have resumed.
3. Track Session: Coach Lee Wilson advises his Friday track session as resumed.
1. Big tri news of the week is the launch of the Darwin Long Course Triathlon (16 August 2014). Registration opens in February. We encourage you to share details with your interstate and overseas tri friends.
2. Registration is now open for the Alice Springs Masters Games (11-18 October 2014) triathlon and duathlon events.
3. We encourage you to print and sign the "A metre matters" Amy Gillett Foundation petition.
4. Kent Murray and Kia King are among those heading over to New Zealand this week. Kent for Challenge Wanaka and Kia, Challenge Wanaka Half. We wish them both good luck.
5. Update: The BoM have now issued a cyclone watch. If you are new to Darwin, firstly welcome, and suggest you take a look at the checklist.
Robyn Stanley
Darwin Triathlon Club
E News


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We'll be upfront about it: It rains a lot in Ketchikan. The locals embrace it, even taking pride in not carrying umbrellas, and call the wet stuff "liquid sunshine." The good news for adventurous cruisers is that without the rain, there wouldn't be rainforests in Ketchikan, where the adventures begin. So during your Alaska cruise, […]Read More
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