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"Aquaculture" is the term used for fish farming. A growing number of Harare residents have been acquiring the skill as a form of earning a livelihood. According to Aquaculture, Zimbabwe residents wonder whether it is feasible to farm fish in a swimming pool using the City Council treated water or their own borehole water. They suggest that if you are unsure, call in the experts to have your water tested under laboratory conditions.
There are three main breeds of fish which are farmed in Zimbabwe – tilapia (bream), trout and Kapenta. Tilapia is the best for urban fish farming on a small scale level because of its simple reproduction and breeding cycle and rapid growth rate. It has good tolerance to high stocking densities, intensive rearing conditions and good resistance to physical handling.
To start urban fish farming you need to drain your swimming pool and clean it of contaminants by scrubbing the inside of the pool with vinegar and then rinsing it clean. This is important, or the fish you introduce to the pool could die. Before introducing fish, however, plants need to be established as well as oxygen generating algae. Algae will grow on its own when allowed and the best plants to introduce are those you'll find in natural freshwater environments in your area as these are suited to the climate. You can even introduce a couple of plants that are regarded as pests like salvinia, a fast spreading and floating fern. Rather than being a pest, the plant serves a purpose here as 'chicken feed' for the fish.
Another good method to make your pool water more fertile is by using animal manure and mixed compost made both of plant and animal matter which is placed in a crib or basket in the pond. This turns the water green and creates suitable conditions for bream fish rearing. Add a bucket of manure every week to keep the water green. The water will be ready for you to introduce bream after about a week. A good size for a pond is 20 by 25 metres or 500 square metres. You'll need 25 juvenile fish for every ten square metres. If the pool is 500 square metres stock it with 1,250 fish. Try to keep the water temperature the same from where the fish are to where they are going.
Feed your fish with finely ground grain mill sweeping, rice bran, beer wastes, termites, mown lawn cuttings, animal waste, fruits, and vegetables. Feed your fish at the same time every day.
Harare News spoke to Vurayai Zvarevashe, Senior Project Officer at Aquaculture Zimbabwe, who said "In Harare we are slowly seeing more activity happening as many people are converting their swimming pools and backyards into small scale fish farming ponds. But most activity is seen in rural communities where people form groups and start fish farming on a community level."
Aquaculture Zimbabwe offers training courses aimed at building capacity to support the development of fish farming in Zimbabwe. The training course includes an introduction to fish farming, fish production, fish species selection and fish biology basics, fish farm management best practices, post-harvest management and fish farming business management skills.
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I dont think its a good idea to encourage people to use invasive alien plants such as salvinia in aquaculture. These plants will end up in our rivers and dams in someways and cause an environmental disaster.
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Hi there, please look out for our February issue next year when our writer will do a follow up on this piece, including providing contact information.
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servant and then on 30 cents a day helping out at a barbershop
where he smoked every day. Thoughts of suicide entered his
mind but now less than 10 years later he is running for history
although last year's crazy fall
at Chicago hasn't helped him as
he had to go back to the hospital just 3 weeks ago.
Confident Deena Kastor Looking Forward To Bad Weather And Hoping To Be
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looks like a big cross-country race, and I love cross-country.
Im going out there and push the pace...The last
four months have been so flawless, so consistent.
Benoit Samuelson's Advice: Be Tough The article
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his life in similar conditions
Preview of Race
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Times Profile of Jelena Prokopcuka
Post Preview
The WP is saying the race will have the "the
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Astronaut Will Run Boston From Space - She will start at the
10 am start time.
*Live on Versus Network, Eurosport and Supersport 10 am
Cheruiyot Says He's Not 100% after Chicago Fall, But He Ran 2 Half
Marathons Sub 1:01 bostonherald.com
Just Wants the Win in Boston bostonherald.com
to Run Boston in Spira Shoes We hope Boston does
not give them any prize money. But actually we think this is all bs pr
for Spira anyway, as these guys aren't any good. As far as we can tell,
none of the guys seem to be on the Boston website elite list.
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Suni Williams to Run Boston Marathon in Space as Same Time as Real
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Expecting Tough Challenge in Boston
Kastory Trying to Be 1st American Boston Winner Since 1985
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Herald: *Toshihiko Seko to Throw Out 1st Pitch at
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straight year and the 1989 Champ Abebe Mekonnen is
in the master's race.
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the reason Sara is not married to a Stanford football player.
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Wicksell, Daugher of First Sub 2:00 800m Runner in South Africa, and
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Encourage Disney to Make Endurance a DVD
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Gebrselassie Audio Interview: Haile Talks About the Upcoming Flora
London Marathon
Athletics Coaching Forum The same guys did the
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when he gets out.
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Look at the IT Requirements
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Wins European Cup 10k IAAF
Pavey Rethinking Plans After Failing to Qualify for Worlds at 10k at
European Champs BBC
Blake Runs 10.11 at CARIFTA Games IAAF
Borden Uptown
8k Simon
Ndirangu Wins Again A week after winning the
Carlsbad 5k, he runs 8:14 for his last 3k to win in 22:32 in snow (yes
SNOW) in Dallas, easily outdistancing Juan Luis Barios
and Richard Kipligat.
Cheptanui won the
women's race.
LetsRun.com World XC Coverage As Wejo Was On-site
*Wejo's Post-Race Recap of the action
*Race Day Photos
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Unusual Sight of Bekele in 2nd
*Video of Crowd Going Nuts When Bekele Drops Out
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*Celebration after Kenyan Men's Team Victory *Crowd
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Crowd During the Junior Girls Race Going Crazy
*Pre-Race Photos From Kenya
*Wejo's 2nd Report From Kenya
*Wejo's 1st Report From Kenya
Bekele Is Defeated. Wejo
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title didn't happen, as on the last lap just after he took a lead that
Wejo was certain enough was big enough to get the win, Bekele suddenly
lost it, dropped back and quickly dropped out as the Kenyan crowd went
wild. Olympic 10k bronze medallist Zersenay Tadesse
won Eritrea's first individual title. Wejo said the Kenyan crowd
was unreal as people were watching from the trees. The atmosphere was way, way crazier than Boulder
apparently. He said the Kenyan crowd only seemed to care about two
things - having a Kenyan in front in each race and seeing Bekele lose.
He said they didn't really acknowledged ex-Kenyan Lornah Kiplagat who
won the women's race. *Results here.
*News Flash From IAAF on Race: Bekele's dropout unexplained.
*BBC Article on Race as Mo Farah Gets 11th
*AP Preview of Race
Ever: Ask Wejo: High Mileage Training, Evil Stop Watches, the NCAA
Season, and Ryan Hall
answers your training questions on AT pace (whatever that is), 140 mile
weeks, and the collegiate racing season. Plus confidence,
overconfidence, Ryan Hall's race in
Jacksonville, and runners choking at NCAAs. All just an attempt to be
more self-marketed than Dean K.
59:43 for RYAN HALL
Yep, sub 1 hour in the half marathon for an American on American soil
a certified course. One of the best American distance performances ever
as Ryan Hall won the US Title, the Aramco Houston Half, picking up
$21,000, to become the 9th fastest ever on a record certifiable course.
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Photos Kip Keino Comes to Ithaca The
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letsrun.com. See photos of the event including Olympic champ Peter
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go out and run each day, and let the racing take care of itself"-
Jack Foster of New Zealand, who
ran a 2:11:17 marathon at the age of 41 to win silver at the
Commonwealth Games in 1974. He died in a bike accident yesterday at the
age of 72.
In case you
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In our lengthy 3 part interview, Todd Williams, the premier 10,000m
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Part I
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here, Part III
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at World Cross Country.
isn't always better:
"I had over-trained. I put too much pressure on myself because I wanted
that gold medal too much. If I had trained 15 per cent less, I would
have won. I was training like a crazy person. There was a lack of
self-confidence and a lack of maturity. An athlete does not only train
with his body. He trains with his mind."
-Hicham El Guerrouj on
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JK Speaks: Progressing
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coaching guru John Kellogg talks
about progression runs and the art of the sport versus the science of
the sport.
Book Reviews 2 Good Reads on Milers 50 years apart:
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Maurer, in The Gift, not
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Paul Tergat
*"As the holy scriptures say, 'for whoever much is
given, much is
expected,' it is, therefore, my duty and privilege to help in any small
way in giving back to society."
world record holder, Paul Tergat, speaking after
founding a sports foundation that will help disadvantaged youths.
hamstring injury has healed and he
says he's ready to go at NYC: "I
expect good results as I am in good shape"
but he's
out of next week's Half Marathon in Britain, but
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"Everybody in
Kenya is trying to come to America. I had
no dream about coming because I knew this was impossible. It was a
miracle," Kiplagat
said. "That is why I take advantage of
opportunity. I came here, graduated in three years, and count myself
blessed"- Richard Kiplagat who graduated from Iona in 3 years and had a
is not coming out of retirement, this is just me showing that
if you just enjoy what you are doing and stay in there and set little
goals. I do a lot of speaking, I've spoken to every group in Australia
and I
tell them back when I ran I set little goals and I think here I am
telling these guys, but I've got to do it myself and tonight was really
a chance to walk the walk"
-Steve Moneghetti, who at age 43, broke the world
best for the 1 hour run for master's, averaging sub 5 minute pace the
whole way as Ron Clarke, John Landy, and Robert
De Castella watched him run.
A Staff of
"Perhaps the most
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willingness to share lessons learned by their editorial staff, which
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Athletics Australia Loses $1 Million a Year Sponsorship from Telstra
Man Runs Boston Marathon in a New York Yankees Jersey
Former World Record Holder in Steeple Bernard Barmasai Headlines Next Weekend's Vienna Marathon IAAF
Pictures of Desecrated Memorials to Abeba Bikila and Mamo Wolde
Alvina Begay and Brandon Leslie Trying to Go from Navajo Reservation to Beijing Olympics
WADA Says it Will Have to Go After Doping Manufacturers in Drug Fight USA Today
New Running Fiction: Into the Irish Night: Chapters 3-6 link fixed A letsrun.com viewer got very positive feedback on his first 2 chapters so he is now publishing for all to read chapters 3-5. *Chapters 1-2 are here.
News From the Weekend That We Missed: Hansons-Brooks Distance Project Offers $100,000 Income Guarantee The Hanson brothers have spent a ton of their own cash promoting American distance running.*Abraham Chebii Defeated Mottram at BUPA Ireland Run IAAF
Lananna Does it Again: Signs Chad Hall Hall is the high school XC champ and brother of Ryan Hall. Lananna is the best recruiter in the country.
A Look at New Zealand's Top Milers Are the glory days returning for the Kiwis?
Kip Keino Mile Update: Masters Prize Money, Come Take Part in the Weekend May 13th, Special Dinner Open to Public with Kip on May 12th
Wall Street Journal Update on Leonard Mucheru (Subscribers Only) He has his Bahrain passport pack after saying what a privilege it was to compete in Israel, but he will not be allowed to compete for the Bahrain national team.
Boston Commentary::*Bob Ryan of Boston Globe: Kenyans Have Established a Tyranny "Dominance? Did I hear someone say "dominance"? That would be an
improvement. What the Kenyans have done to the Boston Marathon, and a
few other marathons, is establish a tyranny that certainly should be an
embarrassment to the rest of the running world...Well, guess what? You think the outcome would have been much different if it had been 80 degrees and sunny?"*LetsRun.com Rojo Speaks: Inspired By a Kenyan Robert Cheruyiot Cheruyiot is a true star in the sport and a truly unbelievable rags to riches story.*LetsRun.com Wejo Speaks: Spira Shoes Attempting to Make a Mockery of the Boston Marathon 2 guys wearing what we thought at the time were "illegal" (now USATF is saying they are not) shoes led the Boston marathon for the first half of the race in what if emailers are correct was just a publicity stunt.*Update: USATF is Saying the Spira Shoes are Not Banned Just maybe they could have told us this 1, 2 years ago? If they're not banned and Spira knew this, Spira (and USATF) should be ashamed. If they are, Spira should be ashamed.*Weather Better Than Expected in Boston Boston Globe
*Rotterdam: Joshua
Chelanga Crushes Field In Hot Conditions as Kiromia Ominami Joins Twin
Sister In Winner's Circle Chelanga was the
only one to break 2:10 as he ran 2:08:21 in weather that approached
80 (25 celsius) and swas so hot the race was called
off after 3.5 hours. The field went out fast (29:58 at 10k) but the
heat started to take its toll and a lot of people cratered. In the
women's tace, Ominami won just as her
twin (Takami) did in 2002.
Mubarak Hassan Shami Remains Unbeaten In Marathon Runs World
Leading 2:07:19 In Warm Weather Fresh
off an 8th place at world XC, Shami won his 5h straight marathon. Magarsa
Tafa won the women's race in 2:25.
*Nagano :
Nephat Kinyanjui Defends Title in Photo Finish
Kinyanjui joins two-time Olympic medallist Eric Wainaina
as the only two-time champs as he edged Georgiy Andreyev
in the stadium finish. 2:06er Toshinari Takaoka
ran 2:15:00 as a training run.
*Turin Marathon 2:29/2:10
Good Enough To Win in Hot Conditions
O'Sullivan Falters In Farewell Road Race In Ireland
She finished 11th in Sunday's Great Bupa
Ireland Run won by Victoria Mitchell
End Is Near For Sonia O'Sullivan At 37, she admits its harder to train and Sunday's
Great Ireland Run in Dublin may well be her last competitive road race
of her career in her native Ireland. She still plans on racing a
marathon in the next year before calling it quits.
Oil Oil Oil
Dubai Marathon To Feature $1 Million Purse and $1
Million World Record Bonus
List of Elite London Entries Rojo didn't realize Khannouchi was running
Mt Sac Shalane Flanagan Sets American 5000m Record
(14:44.80) Shalane's fabulous 2007 season kicked off outdoors
like it did indoors, with an American record. This time she took down
drug cheat Regina Jacobs 5k record, (14:45.38) as Flanagan ran
14:44.80 thanks to a strong final k. And in the men's 5k, Juan Barrios
won, but
4 American hit the World Championship "A" standard, led by
Anthony Famiglietti who was 2nd in 13:11. (Ryan
Kirkpatrick, Ed Moran, and Josh McDougal
are the others) Fam's huge pr was less than a month after his American
8k win in NYC. Juan Barrios of Mexico won the men's 5k in a world
leading 13:11.
Recap of Mt. Sac Including Juan Barrios World Leading 13:11 5k
*VIDEO: Flocast
Has Recaps of All the Top Races (and
even the "B" races)and Interviews with Shalane and Fam.
*Scott Davis,
Mt. Sac Meet Director is Calling it Quits as Meet Director God gave him another chance at
life and being a meet director no longer is in his plans.
O'Sullivan Running Great Bupa Ireland Run This Weekend As Her Final
Road Race BBC
Riddick Fraud Case Gets Underway, His lawyer Accuses Tim Montgomery of
Brokering Kilo Drug Transactions If
true, Montgomery's case is getting sadder by the minute.
Devine Racing
Still Trying to Tarnish Whatever Little Reputation it Still Has Left The
way we read this article the checks have been in the mail for over a
month as Devine still has not paid last year's prize money for the Salt
Lake City Marathon (this year's race is next week). USATF also
is a joke for continuing to sanction such an event. We need to start a
section on here where you all can rate the
road races you run.
Deem and Pat Henry to Coach US Teams at 2007 Worlds
Landis Loses Arbitration Ruling over Procedures in His Doping Defense
track athlete/actor Roscoe Lee Browne dies
Pleased with How Kenya Hosted World XCs
Hasay Not Allowed to Run Open Mile at Mt. Sac Because of Stupid High
School Rules High school officials rarely seem to
get it right.
with Ray Treacy from RunProvidence.com A few of
his runners are at Mt. Sac, (Wejo's favorite meet, although they have
70+ guys in one heat in the 10k this year. Weldon ran back in the pack
of the slow heat there twice)
UK Athletics Performance Director Max Jones Named Director of Irish
Athletics BBC
O'Sullivan Praises Max Jones' Appointment
Ex Ryan Hayden Trying to Move up in Distance at Vancouver Sun Run 10k
Pataki, Top Masters Thrower, Who Defected to US, Dies at 60
Soi Wins Giro Media Blenio International 10km in Switzerland over Micah
Kogo ran 27:07 last weekend on the roads yet is out chasing the dollar
again this weekend.
Called Out: Sub
4 Hour Marathoners are A**holes "According
to research conducted by Lillian Smith, a sociologist at Berger-Smith
Junior College, in Errand, Iowa, 84-percent of runners who complete
marathons in under four hours are "complete dicks." Smith arrived at
her conclusion after extensively reviewing reader comments on
Magness Talks About the Hate on LetsRun Steve, most people on here
like you.
More Money
Needed: Concerns
on Effectiveness of LH, T/E Drug Testing
Good News: Montana
State to Add Men's and Women's Track
All Great
Runners are From Dallas: Emily Field
Supposedly she did 280 miles
in a week. We're not so sure.
Look at Gent Okken, the Surprise European 800 Champ
Footwear Sues IAAF, USATF over AntiTrust Violation
This company seems to be more of a joke than
anything else. Every year around Boston they do something for
publicity. Their lawsuit will make the IAAF rule quicker on whether to
continue to ban their spring shoes.
Texas Relays
Unseasonably cold weather was the storyhere and at Crescent City, but
the weather was much worse in Austin. Olympian Michael Stember
won the mile in 4:14 and Flotrack has a
video on his comeback.
*Manzano Anchors Texas to DMR Win at Texas Relays in
Horrible Weather With Small Crowd s
*Weather is the Story at Texas
Relays IAAF
Relays Results, Quotes, Photos
Video: Flotrack
Has videos of a Ton of Races
of Arcadia High School Meet IAAF
High School Invite Results
Athletes Warned To Not Taint National Image With Doping Scandals
Old Mutual
Two Oceans
of Friday's Action at Texas Relays
Interview With Chasing Kimbia's Dieter Hogan
Tadesse and Micah Kogo to Go After Gebrselassie's 10k Record at Great
Manchester Run in May Kogo is an amazing talent who
ran 27:07 last week and Tadesse is the World XC champ.
Should All
Pro Sports Just Be Shut Down?
*Jan Ullrich DNA Linked To Doped Blood
*German Media Says It Best: "Jan Ullrich the Liar.
German sport definitely loses one of its heroes"
In Depth Talk
With USATF CEO Craig Masback from FloCast: 65 minutes with
USATF's boss. At least watch it before you bitch . We haven't seen it
yet but Mark of Flocasts says its good and its 3am.
*Part 2 Hardest
Part of the Job
*Part 3: Poker (He'd better not knock
our favorite sport)
*Part 4: TV
5: Future Goals
6: Beer, Gambling and Women
Testing Guru Don Catlin to Step Down as Head of UCLA Lab to Dedicate
More Time to Research Washington
Post In case you haven't realized the real bottleneck in
drug testing is on the research side,
so it might be better to have Catlin doing research full time. And
until the pro sports or the Olympic movement get serious and pony up
some serious cash ,there will be no HGH test, etc.
Catlin Says Drug Testers Need More Money, Fortunately USADA is Loaning
Him a Key Piece of Equipment
Catlin Says Urine Test for HGH May Never
Be Developed
Drugs, Drugs,
II is Here
In case you didn't know the drug testing in the major sports isn't too
effective. Pharmacists and doctors all over America were arrested in a
new huge steroid scandal. NFL, MLB players, and boxer Evander Holyfield
are implicated along
with the Pittsburgh Steelers' team doctor who ordered up $150,000 of
HGH on his private credit card.
*Longer Recap from Albany
Times Union
Reap Tons of Money
from Prescribing Drugs
*Unrelated but in the news: Barry
Bonds' Camp Has Never Disputed Steroids Evidence in Game of Shadows Book
buys Running Times Seriously we think Runnersworld
magazine has improved recently. Usually 1 article worth reading plus Ed
board thread
Gets Unsolicited Buyout offer
Boulder XC Coverage
Kastor Dominates, Culpepper Upsets
A NewDay for US
Cross Country
It was a
momentous day in US
cross country history as 10,000 spectators
poured onto the Boulder golf course to witness
the return of a single champion at the US championships. Alan
Culpepper got the come from behind victory that could define
a career, and Deena Kastor put on a clinic,
showing she is still the best cross country runner in America by a
from all the races
Video of the Men's Finish nd Culpepper Pumping His Fist
Great Flocast
Race *Women's
Photos: Women's
Race Photos
(Other races
coming soon)
Post Coverage:
Kastor Get Titles
Running Reputation Solid
10,000 Fans Turned Out
of Fans Touches Kara Goucher
Daily Camera Coverage:
Does it Self Proud
Feels Right at Home
Kastor Dominates
Results Weekly Recap of 2007 USATF XC Nationals
*LetsRun.com Boulder 2007 Preview No
more hype, no more talking. It's time to lace them up and race so we've
got our prerace preview and picks.
2007 LetsRun.com Fan Predictions
Hasay Ready for Junior Race
Friday: Wejo
in Boulder: The
Buzz In Boulder? 'Who's Going to Win' That's
what everyone wants to know and it's refreshing to be in a town where
people actually care.
and Shayne Culpepper Balancing Family and Running
Thusrday: Gouchers Ready To Go
*Adam Goucher Profile: In an in-depth LRC profile, Adam Goucher talks
about his current fitness level, his thoughts on 2006, his goals for
2007, the end of 4k xc, his relationship with Mark Wetmore
and even what it's like to pass Cragg Mottram in a
race. (Goucher is 31, not 32 as re originally said in the article)
*Kara Goucher Interview: The
American set PRs at 1,500, 3k, 5k and 10k last. She has since upped her
training by at least miles per week and is expecting big things in 2007.
*Meb Issues
Statement on Pulling Out He
got a cold and London is the focus.
Ready to Rumble, Says the Course is In Great Shape
Torres Ready for Battle in Boulder
Keflezighi is Out
Wednesday: Alan
and Shayne
Culpepper Speak
talks about the showdown in Boulder, the most disappointing year of his
career, returning to the track, the economics and professionalism of
the marathon, Mary Wittenberg, and the good 'ole
days of American distance running- which are now. Shayne
talks about 10 minute miles, the 1500m, the advantages, (and
disadvantages) of being forced to take time off from the sport, and the
incredibly strong women's field assembled for the US champs this
Tuesday: LRC Deena Kastor Excited to Return to Her Roots Before she was America's greatest marathoner, she
was America's greatest cross country runner and she's returning to her
XC roots this weekend. In an depth LetsRun.com
profile of America's greatest female runner, Deena explains why
she was 'disappointed' with 2006 despite being #1 in the world in the
marathon, and how she is training harder than ever. Plus she talks
about the Boston Marathon, Shalane Flanagan, Ryan Hall and
even letsrun.com.
Kastor Profile in Ventura Newspaper Racing more is the plan in 2007.
Ready for Happy Return to Boulder for XC Champs It's
hard to believe, but Adam says he didn't really become a pro until
moving to Oregon and training under Alberto, "One of the main changes
for us was becoming professional athletes". Boulder
Daily Camera
Julian, The Man Behind Boulder 2007 If
everyone in the world was like Pete Julian it would be a much better
Monday: LRC Ritzenhein
Ready to Battle in Boulder
One of
the greatest American XC hopes ever is ready to take on all comers in
Boulder at the US championships. He talks about the race in Boulder,
his 2006 season, his marathon debut, running more mileage, his
relationship with Mark Wetmore, Ryan Hall,
his plans for 2007 and whether he intends to run the Olympic Marathon
Upcoming: Interviews with the Culpeppers,
the Gouchers,
Sara Slattery (who is now officially
out of the race with a hot spot on her foot.
*Meet website here.
*The snow is melting (photos
of the course from Brad Hudson's Boulder Performance Trainng website)
and the
forecast is for warmer temps for the middle part of the week
but possibly more snow on the weekend.
*Other LetsRun.com Boulder Profiles: Abdi Abdirahman and Shalane Flanagan
Thanks to LetsRun.com:
"I don't want to say it. It sounds crazy but it was a dream come true"
-John Stiner, on getting married to his
wife, Sarah, who he met on the LetsRun.com message
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Tom Cruise was reunited with his daughter, Suri, in the U.K. on Tuesday.
The 7-year-old, who lives in New York City with her mom, Katie Holmes, flew in to spend some quality time with her dad, who's back in England to re-shoot scenes for his upcoming film Edge of Tomorrow.
According to a report in the Daily Express, Cruise's youngest daughter is staying with the Mission: Impossible star, who has rented out the entire floor of a five-star hotel and even installed his own private gym.
Cruise, 51, is spending three weeks in the U.K., while his ex-wife (who was awarded primary custody of their daughter last August) is heading to her native Ohio to shoot a new movie. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Holmes will be there for a month, filming the comedy Miss Meadows.
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New Pakistan army chief General Bajwa faces tensions with Afghanistan, India2 min read . Updated: 29 Nov 2016, 05:11 PM IST
Observers believe General Qamar Javed Bajwa will offer more support to Nawaz Sharif's efforts to improve ties with India and Afghanistan
Rawalpindi: The new head of Pakistan's army takes over Tuesday as tensions have jumped with arch-rival India over disputed Kashmir and as ties with Afghanistan remain rocky.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa will be installed at a ceremony in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, replacing General Raheel Sharif, who steps down after completing his three-year term during which the military launched several operations against al-Qaida, Taliban and local militants to dismantle their sanctuaries near Afghanistan and elsewhere in the country.
Bajwa was fourth in seniority on a list of five army generals sent to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and had been little discussed until Sharif picked him. According to the constitution, the prime minister can pick any officer from the list forwarded to him by the defence ministry.
Also Read: Pakistan focus to remain on India border under new army chief
The change in command takes place when the outgoing army chief publicly gives his "Malacca stick" to his successor at a ceremony which is witnessed by civilian and military leaders, and diplomats.
The Malacca baton, which is made of bamboo produced in Singapore, is part of the Pakistan army uniform. The change in command has taken place this way starting in the British colonial days. Pakistan became independent in 1947 when Britain gave independence to Pakistan and India, although the military has ruled this Islamic nation for nearly half of the time since then.
Tuesday's ceremony in Rawalpindi near the capital Islamabad comes as tensions have climbed between Pakistan and neighbouring India over Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan region which is divided between the two nuclear-armed rivals and claimed by both.
Pakistan and India have been working with reduced number of diplomats in each other's capitals for the past several weeks when both sides withdrew some of their diplomats amid tension over Kashmir.
Observers believe Bajwa will offer more support to Sharif's efforts to improve ties with Pakistan's neighbours, including Afghanistan and India. Pakistan's relations with Kabul have also soured amid allegations from Afghan officials that Islamabad shelters the Taliban, who have intensified attacks against the government of president Ashraf Ghani.
Pakistan's army says it has dismantled many militant sanctuaries in the tribal regions, but the militants have still been able to carry out high-profile attacks. Bajwa, who was commissioned in the 16 Baloch Regiment in October 1980, is a graduate of Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Canada, and the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. AP
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
My Little Reader's Not-A-Box
I pulled Not A Box (Antoinette Portis) off the shelf this week and have been reading it with My Little Reader. We read this one last month in Literacy Launchpad. And I didn't really have any plans to do a Literacy Launchpad at-home lesson with My Little Reader with this particular book. I simply wanted to read it with him. But when I saw how much he loved it, the wheels turned.
As you may know, Not A Box is a story about a rabbit that imagines that his big, cardboard box is anything but a box. "It's not a box!" Instead it's a car, a robot, a burning building, a hot air balloon, a rocket...
My Little Reader is moving into that stage where he is memorizing text from the books we read over and over, and he will "read" the books with me. Not A Box lends itself well to this, because "it's not a box" is repeated over and over throughout the book. Very simple text. I love congratulating My Little Reader when he reads with me. " What a good reader you are," I tell him.
"Wanna go see if we have a big box to play with?" I asked My Little Reader. Oh boy, did he ever! He waited very impatiently as I dug through the garage looking for a couple boxes. I had an idea.
My Little Reader loves play houses*, and I was pretty sure I could concoct one out of a couple large boxes. Turned out to be pretty easy (doesn't hurt that My Little Reader isn't very particular about most things yet). I used an box cutter to make a door and a window, and then a little bit of tape to hold my boxes together and... voila!
He's been having a blast coloring the inside and outside of the box. All this fun has been keeping him busy, which is an added bonus. And I'm thinking we can still transform the "not-a-box" into something else after he gets tired of imagining it as a house!
* We were at the park this week and there were little house-like structures built around the all the garage cans. My Little Reader kept wanting to go in the "house." Ugh! Yuck!
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If you're not an expert at spotting tax-saving oppor-tunities, it may be time to give your business a tax check-up. Here's your chance to see how much you really know about keeping Uncle Sam's hand out of your pocket while staying off the IRS' audit list.
Take this quiz, prepared by Tom Lauletta and Susan Jacksack, attorneys and analysts for the CCH Business Owner's Toolkit, a Riverwoods, Illinois, provider of legal, tax and business information, to see whether you're up to date on the ins and outs of income taxes for business. (Watch out--some questions have more than one correct answer.) To find out how you rate, check out the answers and score card at the bottom of the page.
1. When figuring your deductible costs for business use of a car, the 1996 standard business mileage rate for passenger automobiles, vans, pickups or panel trucks is:
a. $1 per mile
b. $.25 per mile
c. $.31 per mile
d. $.10 per mile
2. Fill in the blank: In 1996, self-employed people pay Social Security taxes on the first _________ they earn.
a. $42,100
b. $60,000
c. everything they make
d. $62,700
3. Most small-business owners must pay estimated taxes during the year. When is the first quarterly tax payment due?
a. April 1
b. January 31
c. April 15
d. March 15
4. The tax-advantaged pension plan for unincorporated small-business owners is called a:
a. 401(k) plan
b. Keogh plan
c. SEP plan
d. 403(b) plan
5. If you're self-employed, how much of your health insurance is a deductible business expense?
a. 25 percent
b. 30 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 100 percent
6. The highest federal income tax rate individuals may have to pay is:
a. 36 percent
b. 39.6 percent
c. 49.2 percent
d. 28 percent
7. The highest federal income tax rate a corporation may have to pay is:
a. 15 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 34 percent
d. 39 percent
8. The profits of which of the following business entities will be taxed at the owners' individual income tax rates?
a. sole proprietorships
b. partnerships
c. corporations (other than S corporations)
d. limited liability companies
9. In an IRS audit, the best kind of evidence to prove your business expenses is:
a. receipts and canceled checks
b. computerized records
c. statements from your accountant
d. an eyewitness's testimony
10. If you take one of your employees out to lunch and spend most of your time discussing business, how much of the tab is deductible?
a. all of it
b. 50 percent of it
c. 50 percent of the employee's lunch only
d. none of it
11. During 1996, you purchased a new computer, replaced the heating unit in your office, incorporated your business (with significant legal fees), and bought a new car. Which of these expenses may be totally deductible in 1996?
a. computer, heating unit and legal fees
b. car and heating unit
c. the heating unit only
d. computer and legal fees
12. To qualify for a home office deduction, you must regularly and exclusively use a designated portion of your home for business purposes. Exceptions to this exclusive business use rule apply to:
a. areas used for a licensed day-care business
b. areas used within the first two years after a business began
c. areas used to store business inventories
d. no areas: there are no exceptions to the home office exclusive business use rule
13. To compute your home office deduction, how do you determine the percentage of the home used for business?
a. divide the area of the business portion (in square feet) by the total area of the house (also in square feet)
b. divide the number of rooms used for business by the total number of rooms in the house
c. divide the value of the area used for business by the value of the whole house (less the value of the land it's situated on)
d. divide the income generated by the home office areas by the amount of your total family income
14. All businesses having inventories must use the accrual method of reporting purchases and sales.
a. True
b. False
15. On January 1, 1996, Rose Bushe purchased Virginia Wool's floral shop for $100,000. Bushe also agreed to pay Wool $15,000 for signing a three-year noncom-pete covenant. Wool suffered a debilitating stroke on January 1, 1997, and has been in a nursing home ever since. What part, if any, of the cost of the agreement not to compete can Bushe immediately deduct because Wool is no longer a threat to Bushe's floral shop business?
a. 0
b. $10,000
c. $15,000
d. $15,000, plus any court costs, professional fees and other expenses necessary to prove that Wool is permanently disabled
16. In 1995, Tom Teak, a carpenter, received a boat from the Sunshine Marina in exchange for carpentry work done on a new dock. The fair market value of the boat is $2,000, although it cost the marina only $1,600. What amount, if any, is taxable income to Tom?
a. $2,000
b. $1,600
c. $400
d. $0
17. Charlie, a cash-basis salesperson, received commissions in February 1996 based on sales made in the last quarter of 1995. The commissions should be reported on his 1995 income tax return.
a. True
b. False
18. Fill in the blank: Status as an S corporation (a
corporation whose shareholders report their allocable portions of
corporate profits on their individual returns) may be revoked if
the shareholders who collectively own more than ___ percent of the
outstanding shares in the
S corporation stock consent to its revocation.
a. 331/3
b. 50
c. 662/3
d. The ownership percentage is not relevant; once S status is elected, it cannot be revoked by shareholders.
19. A cash-basis taxpayer may not claim a bad debt deduction unless the amount to be deducted has previously been included in income. (T/F)
20. Joe Davis, a landscaper, traded in his old truck, which had an adjusted basis of $4,600, for a new one costing $10,000. The dealer allowed $6,000 on the old truck, and Davis paid $4,000 in cash as well. What is Davis' basis in the new truck?
a. $4,600
b. $6,000
c. $8,600
d. $10,000
1. c. The standard mileage rate was raised to 31 cents per mile for 1996 (for 1995, it was 30 cents).
2. d. The Social Security wage base is now $62,700. Inflation causes it to increase each year. However, you must pay Medicare taxes on everything you make.
3. c. Quarterly tax payments are due on April 15, June 15, September 15 and January 15 the following year.
4. b and c. Both Keogh plans and SEPs are tax-advantaged pension plans for small-business owners.
5. b. In 1995, the deduction for self-employed people's health insurance was increased to 30 percent.
6. b. Currently, the highest official tax rate for individuals is 39.6 percent, although the phaseout of personal exemptions and deductions can cause your actual effective rate to be even higher.
7. d. The highest corporate income tax rate is 39 percent.
8. a, b and d. Only corporations are taxed at the business level and are allowed to accumulate some profits without passing them on to be taxed at the shareholders' individual tax rates.
9. a. The IRS likes written evidence, created at the time the expense was incurred, and receipts and canceled checks are the best.
10. d. Working lunches where all the diners work for the same company aren't deductible.
11. d. The heating unit must be depreciated over a number of years, and the deduction for the car will be limited by the luxury auto limit to approximately $3,060.
12. a and c. Day-care operators, and retailers or wholesalers who store inventory at home and whose only fixed place of business is their home, are granted exceptions from the exclusive use test.
13. a and b. Although the IRS allows you to use any reasonable technique, methods a and b are the ones suggested in IRS publications.
14. True. Businesses with inventories are not allowed to use the cash basis of accounting.
15. a. The noncompete covenant cannot be written off as worthless: The fact that Wool is unable to compete with Bushe's business is irrelevant.
16. a. If business services are paid for in property, the fair market value must be included in the recipient's income.
17. False. Unless a taxpayer uses the accrual method, compensation generally must be reported as income in the year received, regardless of when the services giving rise to the commissions were performed.
18. b. An S corporation election can be revoked by a vote of shareholders who own more than 50 percent of the outstanding corporate shares.
19. True. As a practical matter, this means cash-basis taxpayers typically cannot take such a deduction since money is normally not included in income until it is received.
20. c. The basis of the new truck is the sum of the adjusted basis of the old equipment ($4,600) and the amount of cash paid ($4,000).
- 0 to 7 right: You need help with the basics, according to Lauletta and Jacksack. "Consider taking one of the tax training courses the IRS offers," says Jacksack. (Call your local IRS office, and ask for information about a course near you.) The pair also suggests following up the course with one or more tax-planning sessions with your accountant for specific advice about your company.
- 8 to 14 right: "You're on the right track," says Lauletta, "but you may need more information to operate your business as tax-effectively as possible." His suggestion: Read at least one book on taxes for small-business owners, and keep up to speed by subscribing to business periodicals or visiting tax-related Web sites.
- 15 to 18 right: "Anyone in this range knows quite a bit about business taxes," says Jacksack, "but could still benefit from periodic updates on annual changes."
- 19 to 20 right: "Outstanding!" Lauletta and Jacksack say. Have you considered becoming an accountant?
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Lawmaker calls for voting process investigation
Machine problems, confusion among issues
A Pennsylvania lawmaker called for an investigation Wednesday into voting issues that came up during the recent election.
The election may be over, but some Democrats have concerns about how it played out.
Issues range from machine malfunctions, to voter confusion to in accurate voter rolls.
Outgoing Democratic state Rep. Babette Josephs, of Philadelphia, said the issues need to be investigated.
"The obnoxious ads about 'just show it, just show it,' I can't even paraphrase them without making fun because they are so annoying and useless, completely incomprehensible to average voters," Josephs said.
Republican supporters of the voter ID law said if there's going to be an investigation; it should look at all of the Election Day concerns.
"If we want to talk about investigating, I think we need to look at the issue completely," said Rep. Rob Kauffman, R-Chambersburg.
The photo ID requirement is designed to curb voter fraud, Kauffman said. He pointed to last week's election results in Philadelphia as evidence of its need.
"When you have 39 precincts in the city of Philadelphia with no votes for Mitt Romney, not even a mistake," Kauffman said.
Josephs replied, "Which makes perfect sense to me. Who would vote for Mitt Romney?"
When asked about voter fraud, Josephs said, "If there's no evidence, it doesn't exist. There's no in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania."
Meanwhile, the voter ID law is scheduled to be enforced for the first time in the May primary election, pending a legal challenge.
The judge overseeing the voter ID case has set a meeting with both sides for the middle of December.


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Passion Creek by Avery Flynn
Uptight history professor Sam Layton may have the abs of a movie action hero, but he stopped believing in the joy of adventure a long time ago. However, when a one-night stand with a tattooed bombshell leads to a treasure map for the long-buried Rebecca's Bounty, the call to action is too strong to ignore.
All Las Vegas cocktail waitress Josie Winarsky wants to do is paint. But when she lands smack dab in the middle of a mob plot, she has to push aside her dreams to find a treasure in Dry Creek, Nebraska and save her family from harm. With Sam at her side and a Vegas loan shark on her tail, the treasure she finds turns out to be much more valuable than emeralds and rubies.
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11 amazing ways to experience Africa from the air
By Joe Yogerst, for CNN • Updated 6th November 2014
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Africa from the air is a breathtaking sight -- vast herds, sprawling wetlands, snow-capped peaks and rising cities.
Thanks to creative safari outfitters, aerial views of the continent are a lot more accessible than they once were.
The 11 options below showcase the best aerial tours of Africa.
1. Huey helicopter flight
at Victoria Falls (Zambia)
Based in Livingstone on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls (the falls form a border between Zambia and Zimbabwe), United Air Charters introduced 20-minute flights in a "Huey" helicopter -- the widely used military helicopter -- in 2013 as a radical way to experience Africa's largest waterfall.
With fully open side doors, the 13-passenger Huey zigzags through the 125-meter-high (410 foot) rock walls of Batoka Gorge, skimming close to rapids that make this stretch of the Zambezi one of the continent's best for whitewater rafting.
Upon reaching the violent clash of water and rock called Oblivion, the chopper rapidly rises up and over Mosi-oa-Tunya ("The Smoke that Thunders") at the falls.
United Air Charters
Huey tours over the falls with an open door are $175 per person for 15 minutes and $330 per person for 20 minute
2. Private flying
afari (Namibia, Botswana)
Private flying safaris take visitors over the Kalahari Desert and Okavango Delta.
courtesy African Profile Safaris
Little trumps the glamor of a private flying safari in southern Africa, which takes visitors over the Kalahari Desert and Okavango Delta and delivers them to some of the most exclusive and expensive safari camps on the continent.
As one of the region's leading flying safari outfitters, African Profile Safaris lists corporate tycoons, politicians and movie stars among its clientele, and organizes flying safaris anywhere in Africa, from week-long trips around Namibia, Botswana and South Africa to month-long Cape-to-Cairo journeys.
African Profile Safaris
offers 13-day fly-in safaris in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia from 60,900 ran
($5,770) per person
MORE: 26 of the most stunning spots in Africa
3. Table Mountain Cableway (South Africa
Table Mountain Cableway opened in 1929 as a vertigo-inducing way to rise from Cape Town to the 1,084-meter (3,558-foot) summit of the giant, flat-topped peak.
In the late 1990s, the vintage cable cars were replaced by new pods that can carry 65 passengers and rotate 360 degrees.
From the top of the mountain, visitors get breathtaking panoramas of central Cape Town, the beach towns along the western edge of the peninsula, the Cape of Good Hope stretching off to the south and the old prison on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years.
Table Mountain Cableway
adult return journeys are 215 rand ($20) per person
MORE: Table Mountain secures spot on 'new wonders' list
4. Nile High Bungee (Uganda
It took European explorers hundreds of years to come into contact with the source of the Nile.
Now it can be done in a matter of seconds at Nile High Bungee.
Located in the town of Jinja near the spot where the Lake Victoria turns into the world's longest river, the jump is 44 meters (144 feet) from platform to water.
Tandem and night jumps are offered.
Leapers can also choose a full dunk -- a brief submergence in the Nile.
Nile High Bungee
jumps start at $115 per person
5. Skydiving (Kenya
An hour's drive south of Mombasa, Skydive Diani offers a year-round slate of tandem skydives, full training courses and solo jumps for qualified skydivers.
Most jumps are over a permanent drop zone at Diani Beach, but the company runs tandem operations on the coasts of Malindi and Kilifi and in the central highlands outside Nairobi.
Each March and November, Skydive Diani and the Nairobi-based
Kenya Skydivers Association
organize Beach Boogies, a week-long skydiving festival over the white sands and turquoise waters of Diani.
Skydive Diani
offers skydives from $350 per person
READ: 9 ways to travel Africa in style
6. Climbing the West Face at Mulanje (Malawi
The West Face of Chambe peak is one of the continent's greatest rock-climbing challenges.
courtesy Mountain Club of Malawi
Rising 1,700 meters (5,500 feet), the hulking West Face of Chambe peak on the Mulanje Massif is one of Africa's greatest rock-climbing challenges.
The wall features two distinct sections -- a 610-meter (2,000-feet) Lower Face and a 1,067-meter (3,500-feet) Upper Face.
Those who want to experience the view from the top without the death-defying climb can trek the Skyline Trail, a three-hour hike between Likhubula guest house and Chambe mountain hut.
The Mountain Club of Malawi
offers tips on how to trek or climb Mulanje. Expect to pay around $162 per person for a week on the mountain.
7. Trekking Moun
Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
The six-day trek up and down Africa's highest mountain (5,895 meters/19,341 feet) is one of the continent's iconic adventures.
The main routes to the top require no technical climbing experience, but trekkers should be in fairly good shape for an uphill walk that takes three and a half days.
Above 11,000 feet, head aches, shortness of breath and other symptoms of altitude sickness are common, and pulmonary edema is a real danger.
Tanzania's National Parks Authority requires that all climbers be accompanied by a licensed guide.
Ultimate Kilimanjaro
offers seven ways to reach the summit. Hikes start at $2,200 per person
MORE: 20 years of photographing in Africa
8. Busanga Plains hot air balloon tri
"There's nothing like it," says balloon pilot Erik Hesemans of the low-level gliding he does over Zambia's wildlife-rich
Busanga Plains
Namib Sky Balloon Safaris
"Sometimes we're only three meters above the ground -- close enough to look straight into the face of a lion or hippo as you're flying past."
Hesemans pioneered the maneuver over the red hot dunes of the Namib Desert and brought "skimming" to Zambia's savannah country in 2012.
Hesemans brings his balloons to Busanga during the dry season between June and October, when animals are drawn to waterholes and are thus easier to spot from the air.
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Busanga Bush Camp
starts at $799 per person per night; hot air balloon safari is complimentary (and only) for guests who stay minimum three nights
9. Microlight flights over Kruger National Park (South Africa
Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve's private microlight flight.
courtesy Kwa Madwala
Microlights -- lightweight, fixed-wing aircraft -- have been a fixture at South Africa's Kruger National Park for more than a decade, offering bird's-eye views of elephant, rhino, buffalo and other African wildlife.
Kwa Madwala Private Game Reserve on Kruger's south side is one of the few lodges with its own microlight -- a sturdy little Bantam that takes off from a grass runway.
A six-cylinder engine powers the small aircraft on 15-minute, half-hour and hour-long flights over Kruger, including a glide down the Crocodile River.
Kwa Madwala's Manyatta Rock Camp
starts at 1,600 rand ($150) per person per night with microlight flights from 650 rand ($61) per person
MORE: The haunting wildlife photography of David Yarrow
10. Cairo Tower (Egypt
Inspired by the lotus columns of the Temple of Luxor and other ancient monuments, Cairo Tower rises 187 meters (613 feet) above Egypt's brooding capital city and remains the third tallest building on the continent more than 50 years after it was first built.
From the open-air observation deck at the top, visitors gaze down on central Cairo, up the Nile Valley to the Great Pyramid of Giza and across to the great citadel that dominates eastern Cairo.
Cairo Tower
observation deck access is 70 Egyptian pounds ($10) per person
11. Tsitsikamma
ipline (South Africa)
Africa's best zipline soars through the extraordinary wilderness of Tsitsikamma, featuring an hour-long "flight" through the Kruis River Gorge over three waterfalls.
The zigzag route features eight different "slides" or cables, one of them the length of two soccer fields.
Thanks to a patented braking system, fliers can control their speed and come to a complete stop midway along the slides to take in indigenous flora and fauna.
zipline rates are 350 rand ($33) per person
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WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Wireless Sensor Networks Market Shares, Strategies and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019. The 2013 study has 640 pages, 266 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the Wireless Sensor Network is used to implement the Internet of things.
Advanced technologies for wireless sensor networks are associated with energy harvesting and thin film batteries. Emerging wireless sensor networking is based on leveraging the feasibility of making sensors work independently in groups to accomplish insight not otherwise available. Advanced storage devices are emerging simultaneously with the energy harvesting devices that are economical, making sensor networks feasible. Storage devices can leverage the power captured by energy harvesting when sensors and devices are interconnected as a network. Energy storage technologies of super-capacitors and thin-film batteries with cost-effective market presence are set to power wireless sensor networking.
Energy harvesting devices have attained workable levels of efficiency. There are significant cost reductions for wireless sensor networking that have been accomplished in the past few years. Many applications are related to smarter computing that depends on sensors capturing change in conditions and making adjustments to the environment based on measured change. Worldwide wireless sensor network device market driving forces relate to an overall trend toward implementation of the Internet of things addressing disparate initiatives toward adoption of the smarter planet for buildings, roads, transportation, and mobile health initiative for chronic conditions. This smarter planet trend promises to become prevalent as people learn how to use small core processors combined with sensing technology to keep the cities more livable and themselves healthier. Healthy behaviors such as exercise, good diet and stress management have the potential to reverse aging on a molecular level and partly restore the vitality of a person's cells with sensors and communication of the sensor data over wireless sensor networks playing a significant role in management of life. Healthy lifestyle choices can increase the length of DNA sequences found at the end of a person's chromosomes and reverse aging. This discovery is likely to increase interest in monitoring and testing DNA sequences and looking at the ends of the chromosomes. This discovery is likely to increase a shift toward wellness initiatives. It has stimulated the need for better communication between clinicians and patients.
New sensor technology creates the opportunity for monitoring and testing. Wireless sensor network devices can be used to send alerts to at risk people who are exercising. Wireless sensor networking is set to grow as sensors are freed from the grid and networks implement connectivity that is mesh architecture based. Converting ambient energy to useable electrical energy harvesting (EH) systems creates the opportunity to implement wireless sensor networks. These networks interconnect an inexpensive and compact group of devices and sensors. The networks use wireless capability to power portable electrical devices.
According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the WinterGreen Research team that prepared the wireless sensor network market research study, "Wireless sensor network markets are evolving as smart phone devices and technology find more uses throughout the landscape of the Internet of Things. Sensors can provide monitoring that has not previously been available. Differential diagnostic tools support provide differential information that helps manage our daily lives from traffic patterns to crime detections, to medical treatment." "The decision process take into account clinical findings from the home monitoring devices and from symptoms verbally communicated in a clinical services setting. Improved economics of healthcare delivery implementation is facilitated by wireless sensor networks. This is true across the spectrum of things that can be monitored by sensors" These wireless sensor networks in the past have relied heavily on batteries that need to be changed by a human.
Energy harvesting technology combined with solid state batteries power an increasing number of consumer and industrial products that are untethered or need to become disconnected from electrical outlets. The markets for wireless sensor networks at $552.4 million in 2012 become very big, very fast reaching $14.6 billion by 2019. Market growth is dependent on emerging technology. As the wireless technology, the solid state battery, the sensor technology, smart phone technology and the energy harvesting technology all become commercialized, these devices will be used to implement wireless sensor networks. The wireless sensor networks markets will be driven by the adoption of 8.5 billion smart phones by 2019, creating demand for apps that depend on sensor networks.


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Hetepu (Peace) Family.
I have tried to avoid posting this dialogue for some time now, but after watching a documentary, seeing a disturbing incident and having similar experiences, I had to say something. As most of you know, I am the eldest son to a Pentecostal preacher. My mother was the first in her family to get her high school diploma, bachelors and master's degree in teaching. After my father supported my mother in getting her degrees, he went to school and got his college degree. Both of my parents are college educated because they came from parents and grandparents who didn't have an education, but understood that it was essential in order to make it in this society, they needed an education. Consequently, I have a college degree and one of my brothers has a degree. Not only that, most of my extended family, close friends and associates also have a degree, which is reflective of two popular ideas that stems from post slavery.
One was from W.E.B. DuBois and the other was from Booker T. Washington. Both of these men were brilliant, but their brilliance is constantly overshadowed because Booker T. Washington inspired Marcus Garvey's movement, which to date was the most successful African American movement in the history of the country and Afro-Diaspora. Because DuBois' ceased agreeing with Garvey and both attacked each other in the media (DuBois for the NAACP and Garvey for the UNIA), DuBois was painted as being a sellout, which has indirectly branded just about any Black man or woman that gets an education and works for some major organization outside of the community, as a sellout as well.
It's not stressed that DuBois was the first African American to graduate from Harvard, the leaders of an African American activist group that advocated civil rights, who was also an advocate of Pan Africanism. What most people know about him is that he was one of the founders of the NAACP and believed to be a conspirator to Garvey's demise.
Was DuBois a sellout? Is anyone that gets a college education a sellout? Hell, for that matter, is Barack Obama a sellout or a house Negro?
Ok. Before we answer that let me share this story with you. I use to work at this job in the oilfield and there was this kid who just got hired. Now, he knew when he got hired that they required him to be on call, because he worked at a similar place of employment. So, the job would call the entire crew about two to three hours prior before the job. Now, this kid on several occasions when called was late getting to the work site. Finally, the manager decided he had enough and called him and fired him. In the midst of him being fired, this kid yells out for me to save him from getting fired and when I refused. He called me a "Sellout."
Okay. What was it that I did that resulted in me being called a sellout? Did I do anything wrong? Should I have jeopardized my employment, me putting food on the table for my loved ones, etc. for him? Would this kid have done the same for me? If I lost my job, would this kid come to my home and shell out some cash for me to put food on my table for my family and provide a roof over their head?
No. I don't think so.
Let's revisit the scenario. This kid knew ahead of time that he was going to be on-call. Why was he late arriving to several jobsites is not important. The fact is that he was not RESPONSIBLE period. I was called out as being a sellout because I was RESPONSIBLE and taking care of my business.
Now, that United States has their first African American president, we have seen an increase in African Americans in the media, but we can all agree. They haven't been the most positive images. Well, several decades ago, there was a few actors that tried to address this issue. Do you remember him? His name is Bill Cosby. Cosby was a well-known comedian and actor who had traveled all over the world, so when he created the Cosby show, he knew that this was the image that would be broadcast all over the planet.
What happened? Cosby's show after numerous seasons was canceled because "It wasn't Black Enough!" What was the complaint that many of us said, "No one in our community lives like this, with a father that works as a doctor and a mother as a lawyer." We claimed that it wasn't "Real."
Now, I must admit that I appreciate what Tyler Perry has done in regards to building his studios, creating jobs and everything, but it is another example of someone not looking at the whole picture. You and I know that the Madea and Brown from Meet the Browns, image is not the norm, but people who don't live in our community around the world, don't know this. And my God! If they have an all day marathon, imagine these images being shown for 24 hours what an individual would think? The crazy thing is that I have actually had some white people ask me if certain things that were done in his movies were true. Again, this doesn't make Perry a bad guy. He is fulfilling his dream and doing what he was destined to do, which was to make films from his perspective. He has done a good job at it and has a knack for story writing, after all he made "Daddy's Little Girls" followed by "Dairy of a Mad Black Women," which I think were his best films ever. So, there's nothing wrong with what he is doing. The Divine within me helps me to see that Perry just isn't seeing the whole picture and doesn't see how certain images affect the greater whole, and that's when someone with a better script is supposed to come into the picture.
Now, let's return back to the DuBois and Garvey scenario. DuBois came from a much different background than Garvey, which is the reason he saw life for his people differently. This did not make him a bad man because he had a different perspective. He was just a man that had a different perspective than Garvey and saw things differently. In fact, when DuBois proposed his Talented Tenth theory, what he was saying was that he understood that not every African American was going to be able to go to college, but those who did manage to do so were the ones that would help the remaining 90%. But, what happens all too often, because of our warped ideas of what we should be (in someone else's image) combined with our lack of knowledge of our history, and narrow perspective of the world. When our loved ones get a higher education, we ostracized them, tear them down and ridicule them for thinking outside of the box. This is what happened to DuBois.
As a matter of fact, did you know that one of the ideas that Garvey supported was that Africa be ruled by African Americans, which prompted DuBois to declare that Garvey was reckless. Not only that, did you know that part of the problems that occurred in Liberia, Africa were due to migrating African Americans imposing their American ways on the indigenous Liberians? This is the reason DuBois was against this concept in the first place. Understand that I am not saying that Garvey was a bad man, because he surely was not. At the time, he was rash and rough around the edges. Not a bad guy but I think that he didn't see the whole picture and most of us are missing it too, we will keep getting stuck on superficiality and refuse to see each other's divinity.
When we look at both DuBois and Garvey objectively, it can be said that DuBois wanted all black people to take responsibility for their own wellbeing. Garvey on the other hand was about nation building, which focused on centering or focusing upon a leader. Both philosophies were needed, neither was better than the other. One however was able to outlive the other because it was well planned and organized, while the other fell apart, inspired other groups, which had the same results. I wish both of these men would have had a chance to collaborate before their death, because it would have been phenomenal, but one of the points that I am making and hope you can see is that there is a difference between thinking and doing. In other words, there is a difference between being proactive and reactive. Our enemy fears us realizing the difference.
We see the same problem played out between Malcolm X and Martin L. King Jr., both were two different men that had different perspectives on how to reach a similar goal. But, the man most identify with is Malcolm because we love his direct, brash; I don't give a damn approach over Martin's alleged passive approach. This is why in earlier recordings Malcolm called these individuals approaching the situation as such "house Negroes."
What people don't understand is that Martin was a brilliant revolutionary that looked beyond the superficial. Martin understood that no matter how much black people in the 1960s wanted to have an arm revolution; it was not possible because of various factors. For instance, where would the elderly, women and children live while people were fighting? Who was going to supply the money for food, ammunition, etc.? This is why Martin didn't agree with everything Malcolm was saying and for this reason Martin was branded as being a "sellout" or "House Negro" initially.
Malcolm didn't understand this in the beginning, but when it finally dawned on him. All of a sudden you find him visiting world leaders. Question, where do you think he got that idea from? I am not suggesting that he got it from King but, I am suggesting that he finally came to his full senses with the help from fellow intellectuals.
What we need to understand is that everything is not as it appears. We fail to realize that racism has been so apparent in our lives that it has affected even how we perceive one another. We call everyone that doesn't live in the hood, talk the way we talk, dress the way dress, etc. an Uncle Tom, without realizing that this was a fictional character meant to further sabotage our efforts. If would spend time investigating our own rich heritage we would learn that Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was inspired by the former slave Josiah Henson who fled into Canada and started his own community to help other former slaves. This means that the real Uncle Tom was a revolutionary that made sacrifices to build and develop their own. Just like Uncle Tom is a fictional character, the so-called idea of blackness is a fictional idea as well that was created to prevent us from progressing. This is why I have seen Somalian men come over to this country, strive to rebuild their lives by getting jobs and an education, then all of a sudden start sagging their pants for respect and credibility. Not only that, today we have young people deliberately "dumbing" down their intelligence to appear stupid because they got the idea that to be smart is not cool and not "black".
This stupid idea of blackness is causing us to exclude our own throughout the Afro-Diaspora (particularly those in Latin America), just because they didn't grow up in the United States. Assata knew that blackness was silly, which is why she is dwelling in Cuba to this day.
We need to learn and teach each other to see one another's divinity, so that we help each other grow. The 1960s and 1970s was a powerful time and the reason we all keep referring to it is because that's when everything changed from the better to the worse. Most of the progress that was made even in those bad times was due to Harlem Renaissance era, which occurred prior. During that time we had numerous intellectuals and that's when the attacks began because we were focused on us. Some of the people during the 1960s and early 1970s remember those glorious times because we didn't control all of our community. We did control a lot of it because we respected who we were regardless of status and education.
It was about intellect and muscle, and that same attitude existed in the 1970s. For instance, when Assata Shakur was rescued and exiled to Cuba, it was a collaborative effort on several parts. I heard the story several times from my late history instructor Imari Obadele (born Richard Bullock Henry May 2, 1930 – January 18, 2010), the former president of the Republic of New Africa and strong advocate of reparations, who was wrongly imprisoned himself, but was freed after serving five years thanks to the help of Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit politician, and Amnesty International.
We need to get rid of the idea of blackness and replace it with Divineness. I do not believe that there are people in this world that hates their own kind. That's contradicts the laws of nature. I do believe that there are people in this world that have different perspectives due to different cognizance and a lack of knowledge. This is the reason, every time we base our decisions on this superficial quality, we get played because the other party goes through this song and dance, of trying to prove how "black" they are. Clinton did it and Obama did it.
If people would have focused on one another's divinity, they would have avoided being tricked and saw through the individual's real intentions. For instance, if they would have looked at President Obama as just another man with a divine spark, instead of as a black man, they could have avoided seeing him as a savior that so many people perceived him as being. And instead, saw him as another politician. Now to be honest with you, this is not to say that I was not happy that he won the election because I like comedian Chris Rock mentioned. It meant that I could stop saying that stupid mantra, "You can be anything you want. Even the president of the United States," but I didn't expect anything drastic to happen as a result of him becoming the president either. Because he is a politician and politicians, politic for money. That's politics, so stop being angry at him for being a politician and get angry at yourself for allowing yourself to get duped, again. Obama is doing his job and that is to be a politician. He fulfilled part of his destiny, so calling him a sellout is just like the kid who called me a sellout.
We have to stop putting our faith in other people and start putting our faith in ourselves. If you have in your heart to go in one direction and you come across another who claims to do the same, you will know because it will show in their actions. When you focus on your divinity and see the divine within them, you see what they are all about because they can't hide it. You will always know a bird by the way it poops.
I had to see the divine when the young kid called me a sellout. It was hurtful only because I couldn't reveal to him that I was a Spook Who Sat By the Door, striving to improve not only my own but his as well. If he had only been responsible and did his part. Who knows what we could have accomplished together. I was only able to forgive him because I understood that he was young and like most young people who are rash, doesn't think. The youth corresponds to the Ra moment on the Maa Aankh, which if not managed correctly would lead to one's demise because they are always acting or reacting and not thinking before they act.
We need to appreciate one another regardless of what level of consciousness we are on and see the role it plays in our own development. It is not meant for us all to travel the same path and have the same experience, because we all have different purposes. I have said it before and I will say it again, that if you read about Malcolm's childhood, you would know that there was no way he was going to become a Christian. It was going to take a miracle for that to happen, and it was only because Master Fard appeared to him miraculously that he found Allah (God) in the first place, and became the great man that we know today. Just because someone doesn't take the same path in life as you did doesn't make them of less important. This is a trick from the enemy. Nothing happens by coincidence, everything happens for a reason but if you no plan, you don't take no responsibility for your life and just wait for someone to save you. You will never succeed or achieve anything in life. We need to understand that we each play a role in our growth and development, which means you have to do your part.
You never know that that kid you insulted for walking upright might be the lawyer to save your behind from being incarcerated, or that guy you see as street thug may actually be a community organizer that rallies youths against joining gangs. We all have a stake and the only way to accomplish it is by seeing the spark within.
Don't let the enemy lead you into believing that you are better, worse or not enough of anything. Invest in the understanding that you are a divine being surrounded by other divinities. Now go out and make the world you want.
Hope that helps.
Hetep (Peace)


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David Adair's chickens likely won't be flying their coop.
If one can call their $3,000 custom-made, cedar-sided, insulated henhouse a coop, that is.
Indeed, the Adairs have considered dubbing it the Chicken Palace. Or maybe the Little Spruce Coop. Or even the Blackfish Chicken Shack.
"It's located in our front yard so we wanted to make sure it was esthetically pleasing as well functional for the chickens themselves," said Adair, owner of Blackfish Homes in North Vancouver. "They seem pretty happy in there."
It's not surprising.
The five-foot-high coop, in the front yard at Westview and Larsen Street in North Vancouver, is like a luxury laneway house for chickens.
Elevated 18 inches above the gravel drive, the 4.5-foot by 5.5-foot coop is constructed of cedar planks and is topped by a green roof — a wooden garden bed stuffed with pots of dill, lettuce, bok choy and flowers — to help keep the inside of the coop cooler in summer and warmer in winter and prevent the chickens, dogs and raccoons from eating the spoils.
A black, powder-coated aluminum frame surrounds the chicken run outside with a another garden bed at the foot for more plants or vines that will come after Adair adds a Plexiglas shield to prevent the hens from pecking at it.
A ladder allows the chickens to get from the run outside to the door leading into the henhouse, which has fully insulated, painted pine walls, a straw-covered floor, three laying boxes and roosting bars.
A cage underneath the bars prevents the chicken poo from falling on the ground, keeping the coop fairly clean. And the space under the main living quarters allows the chickens to get some fresh air, along with food and water, when it's raining or cold outside.
There's even maid service of sorts: A big door in the back allows the Adairs to get into the coop and tidy up, while a side door allows their three-year-old son to pop in and collect the eggs.
And just like anything else in Metro Vancouver's hot housing market, if you want one, expect to pay for it. Adair, who received some donated materials for his coop, estimates a do-it-yourself chicken coop job would cost about $3,000. But he maintains the coop is fairly spacious — he's more than six feet tall and could fit into it before he added the nesting boxes and roosting bars. And his three children thought at first it was a playhouse he was building for them.
"Being a builder I couldn't have a regular chicken coop," Adair said. "And there's a little bit of a stigma of having a chicken coop in your yard because they aren't really attractive and nobody wants to look at them."
The family decided to get their own birds because they didn't like the yolks in store-bought eggs and the City of North Vancouver was amenable to backyard chickens. They started with three white Leghorns that Adair's wife Dawn got from an Abbotsford farmer on Craigslist and later added two buff Orpingtons, a Brahma and a golden laced Wyandotte. The chickens were chosen because of their beauty — the brahma has interesting feathers and the Wyandotte an "unbelievable pattern" — as well as the variety and friendliness of the different breeds. The reclusive Leghorns are the main layers right now.
They have been living in their "beautiful custom home" for three weeks. "It's a coop for a more refined taste," Adair quipped. "It could take off. Definitely everyone who comes and sees it says, 'It's not what I expected a chicken coop to look like.'"