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Waverley Care is Scotland's leading charity providing care and support to people living with HIV and Hepatitis C and to their partners, families and carers. They have urged women in Scotland to get tested for HIV because many are being diagnosed dangerously late.
Waverley Care have warned that women in their 40s, 50s and 60s are slipping through the net of diagnosis because doctors assume they don't fall into a high risk category.
The key to managing HIV is to catch it early, when it is a manageable chronic disease and not the death sentence it was once deemed to be.
But last year, more than a third of people who tested positive in Scotland were diagnosed late – at a point when the virus had already done significant damage to their immune system.
Martha Baillie, a senior manager with the Edinburgh charity, said that cases were being missed because of the ignorance of women themselves and the medical profession.
Women no longer feel pressured to stay in long-term relationships but when they become sexually active again, some are playing Russian roulette with their health by having unsafe sex.
Martha said: "Women are back on the relationship scene in a way they haven't been for a long time and there is still an assumption that HIV is about gay men and drug users. They don't believe they are at risk but they are.
"It is less frowned upon for women in the 40s, 50s and 60s to have different partners. That is not a bad thing.
"It is about being informed and confident enough to protect your sexual health, that's where the gap seems to be. Women need to be tested. They should know their status. That is about taking responsibility for yourself."
Women are being diagnosed when they are much older, some in their 50s and late 60s. Martha said: "They are not necessarily old infections, they are often new infections."
One third of people living with HIV don't know they have it and there is an increasing number of cases now in middle-aged and older females.
Beth, a worker with the charity, who is also HIV positive and doesn't want to be identified, said that an HIV test was too often the last resort of the medical profession, even when women presented with all the classic symptoms.
She said: "GPs aren't testing. They may see a professional woman who is together and well dressed and so they don't register that HIV might be an issue.
"Those are the women in danger, who end up in hospital, having lost a few stone, with doctors scratching their heads until finally someone suggests an HIV test.
"They end up so ill because they didn't fit the mould of someone with HIV. "The point is – there is no mould. It no longer exists.
"There are all those who, in middle age, find they are back out there and don't have enough education on HIV because there hasn't been any, since the terrifying adverts of the 80s."
This year is the 30th anniversary of the first cases of HIV in the UK.
In Scotland, the epidemic was initially identified among intravenous drug users and then increasingly among gay men however in the last 10 years, HIV has become primarily sexually transmitted. There are very few new transmissions between injecting drug users as the introduction of free injecting equipment and methadone dramatically reduced infection in that category.
New infections are increasingly being seen among women – particularly those who are thought to have acquired their infection abroad in countries with a high incidence of HIV, such as sub-Saharan Africa.
In the early days of HIV, Edinburgh experienced more women testing positive than other parts of the UK as the key group infected was mainly heterosexual drug users.
When they opened in 1991, Waverley Care were pioneers in recognising that women and children needed support and have been providing group and individual support since then.
The charity also want to see more campaigning to highlight that HIV is still a risk – but would always stop short of the "scaremongering" of the 80s.
Britain had the second highest rate of female infection in Europe in all age groups.
The number of women with HIV is increasing and 32 per cent of cases in Britain are now female, with at least 27,000 having the disease. Doctors at a recent International Aids Society conference in Rome said many over-50s emerging from long-term relationships had little experience of contraception.
Expert Professor Jane Anderson said: "The number of cases in the older age group are going up significantly."
The professor, who launched an education programme to support women with HIV, added: "The phenomenon in the over-50s is because of cultural changes – 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 30.
"They are living full lives and experiencing partner changes. They have not had to think about condoms and contraception because they were married or in long-term relationships before.
"They don't consider the risk and therefore we are seeing more becoming infected."
Waverley Care are based in Edinburgh, you may contact them on 0131 558 1425 or online at http://www.waverleycare.org, or if yo live within Leicestershire or Rutland, we can provide support. We offer a completely free and confidential rapid HIV test and you'll get the results within 60 seconds from a simple finger prick test. We use the Insti HIV test produced by BioLytical laboratories. The test is 99.96% accurate from 90 days post contact for detecting HIV 1 and 2 antibodies. Appointments are not always necessary, if you would like a test, please contact us on 0116 2559995


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Briefs Providing Additional Factual and Legal Context
To help court-watchers sort through more than one thousand pages of amicus briefs in Gill v. Whitford, the Brennan Center has prepared an annotated guide breaking down each brief's most important arguments.
Brief of the Plaintiffs in the Maryland Redistricting Litigation, Benisek v. Lamone (Formerly Shapiro v. McManus), Supporting Neither Party
Summary: This brief, filed by the plaintiffs in a concurrent partisan-gerrymandering lawsuit in Maryland, urges the Court not to issue a ruling in Whitford declaring partisan gerrymandering claims categorically non-justiciable. The amici contend that single-district partisan-gerrymandering claims are justiciable under First Amendment retaliation doctrine. The law firm Mayer Brown is counsel for this brief.
Brief of Common Cause in Support of Appellees
Summary: This brief, filed by Common Cause, highlights differences between the facts, evidence, and legal theories at play in Whitford and those in Common Cause's concurrent challenge to North Carolina's 2016 remedial congressional map, Common Cause v. Rucho. Common Cause advises the Court that declaring partisan-gerrymandering claims categorically non-justiciable would be problematic for democratic governance. The law firms Paterson Belknap, Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, and Poyner Spruill are co-counsel for this brief.
Brief of 44 Election Law, Scientific Evidence, and Empirical Legal Scholars in Support of Appellees
Summary: This brief, filed by forty-four scholars specializing in election law, scientific evidence and empirical legal methods, explains why the Court should (a) exercise deference in evaluating the three-judge panel's factual determinations regarding the discriminatory effects of Wisconsin's gerrymandering, and (b) affirm the panel's determination that the partisan effects of the gerrymander were not justifiable. Professor Andrew Chin of the University of North Carolina School of Law is counsel for this brief.
Brief of FairVote and One Nation One Vote in Support of Appellees
Summary: This brief, filed by FairVote and One Nation One Vote, explains alternative voting systems and redistricting methods that states could implement to mitigate or eliminate the threat of partisan gerrymandering. Fair Vote and the law firm Susman Godfrey are co-counsel for this brief.
Brief for Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce in Support of Appellants
Summary: This brief, filed by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, argues that Appellees' theory of their case is conceptually and legally flawed because it fails to account for the uniqueness of individual voters and the many factors, beyond partisan affiliation, that amicus claims influence voters' choices. The law firm Husch Blackwell is counsel for this brief.


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This week we're visited by Denise of Edible Harmony, a Costa Rican, wife and mom who is sharing her love for real food with all who will listen! Today Denise helps us soak up the very last drop of summer with a seasonal twist on a standard breakfast dish, Blueberry Banana Frittata. This recipe caught my attention in the title alone, and impressed me with its simple creative flair. Enjoy!
I know that the thought of mixing bananas with eggs doesn't seem appetizing at first, but if you think about it, eggs and sweeteners are basic ingredients in baking. If you properly mix the eggs with the rest of the ingredients, they don't stand out as odd.
The same thing happens with this dish after you mix in the eggs with the banana– it really tastes like some sort of banana bread pudding, but it is lot easier to make.
This recipe was inspired by one of my most popular breakfast options: "The Banana Scramble" (www.edibleharmony.com/banana-scramble/). The Banana Scramble is the perfect healthy fix for a "sugary" breakfast, yet it is protein rich, nutrient dense and really simple and fast to make. My girls just absolutely love it and they ask for it everyday, but after a year plus of having the same breakfast almost daily, I got a little bored and decided to start experimenting with the recipe and adding different ingredients.
To make this frittata I used my oven to finish cooking the top, but depending on your large-pancake-flipping skills you may get away with cooking the top of the frittata in the pan as well. I'll give you some tips on how to do it at the end of the recipe but if you are using a cast iron or heavy skillet, this step might be more challenging.
- 3 bananas
- 5 eggs
- 1/3 cup of almond flour or 2-3 tablespoons of coconut flour
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- ½ cup of fresh blueberries
- 2 tbsp of coconut oil
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. (read below for a no-bake method)
- In a medium bowl mash the bananas.
- Mix in the eggs and whisk until well combined.
- Mix in the flour and the blueberries.
- In a medium oven-safe skillet, heat the coconut oil on the stove over medium/low heat.
- Pour the mixture in the pan.
- Cook uncovered until the middle of the frittata is cooked.
- Put the frittata in the oven and cook until is fully done.
- Turn the broiler on to brown the top (optional step).
- Cook one side until the frittata is firm and at least two thirds of it are cooked.
- Cover the top of the pan with a large plate.
- Hold the plate firmly while you turn the pan upside down to drop the frittata onto the plate.
- Return the pan to the stove and slide the frittata back into the pan with the cooked side up.
- Continue cooking until it is fully done.


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Most people probably associate heart attacks with chest pain. However, some people don't have chest pain but feel more subtle symptoms instead. If you know all the possible signs of a heart attack and act on them quickly, you may save your own - or a loved one's - life.
Heart attack symptoms can include:
People experience chest discomfort differently-it can be sudden and severe, but often it can be an intermittent feeling of pressure or just a general feeling of discomfort that eases when you rest. Some people even feel discomfort in their abdomen, shoulders, arms or jaw instead of their chest. Sometimes symptoms are so subtle that the possibility you could be having a heart attack may never cross your mind. That's why it's important to know the symptoms. If you experience any symptoms, call 911 right away. Minutes count.
More than half of all serious heart attacks happen to people age 65 and older. The following symptoms become far more common as people grow older:
Women experience nearly half of all heart attack deaths. But they are less likely than men to believe they are suffering a heart attack. One reason could be that they are more apt than men to experience less obvious heart attack warning signs, such as:


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{steven at lunch - he doesn't know I snapped this picture!}
Steven is in the middle of his super-busy right now. This is his third season with the MU softball team so we're both familiar with the routine, but it's still rough. He's busy every single weekend, Friday through Sunday, from February until the beginning of June. If they are traveling, they leave Thursday. We say our usual morning good-bye and I don't see him again until the middle of the night Sunday. Sometimes they travel to away games on Wednesdays as well.
It's hard on both of us. When he is home, I want to smother him and go out to eat and do all the things I don't do when he is gone. When he's home, Steven wants to relax and play video games and do the things he can't do while he is gone. I totally understand where he is coming from and I think we have figured out a good balance over time. He appeases me and we go out to lunches, get frozen yogurt and spend time together. I appease him by giving him alone time and not balking when he wants to have alone time or play video games.
We've {mostly} figured out the balance of give and take. Spring is a stressful season for us, but we've gotten through it before, and we will again. The season will be over before we know it and we will start checking things of Steven's "June List."
Do you have a busy season? How do you handle it?
xoxo, christa


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The Bunnyman of Clifton
One Artist's Rendition of The Bunnyman
1904 Virginia
In 1904, Fairfax Country residents in Virginia successfully petitioned to have a nearby insane asylum/prison closed in Clifton. This meant that the current inmates had to be transferred to another facility.
As (bad, no - awful) luck would have it, during the transportation of inmates to another facility, the transport vehicle crashed, allowing all the inmates to escape!
The wreck was pretty bad and many inmates were killed from the crash, found right at the scene of the accident. Others who didn't die in the crash fled into the woods.
A search party was immediately engaged to find the escaped prisoners, and the search team found all but 2 inmates over a period of 4 months. There was not much that authorities could do about the 2 remaining missing men, however, I'm sure most people hoped that the two had sustained injuries in the crash and wouldn't get far or survive too long both from their injuries and from the out of doors.
Soon, locals began finding neatly skinned rabbits and half-eaten carcasses, hanging from trees in the area the two escaped men had fled to. This disturbed the locals greatly and obviously, so another exhaustive search was brought upon the area.
This additional searched turned out the body of escaped criminal, Marcus Wallster. Because of all the rabbit corpses turning up, the bridge in the area had already been named "Bunny Man Bridge," and at this bridge, the body of Marcus Wallster was found. Wallster's body was recovered from its hanging position and was found to have a strange man-made utility gripped in a dead hand. Like the rabbits, Wallster had been hung, and while he was hung from the bridge, rabbit carcasses swayed from the trees surrounding the area.
Authorities assumed the rabbit carcasses were the work of the remaining escapee, and named him "The Bunny Man."
Douglass J Grifon was the last escapee, and officials finally did locate him, shortly after having found Wallster, however, the authorities were not able to quickly apprehend the man. Grifon was chased and made it to the Bunny Man Bridge area, on Colchester Road but was hit by a train while fleeing.
People who were involved said they heard laughing sounds coming from the site of the Bunny Man Bridge, even after it was clear that Grifon had, indeed, perished due to a collision with a train.
Once the worry over the escapees passed, people learned that Grifon had been institutionalized because, on an Easter Sunday, he had killed his family, including his beloved children. People in the Fairfax/Clifton area were just glad that all the escaped inmates from the transport crash from a few months earlier were now identified and spoken for. Life could go on in the region.
Except that...
...several months after Grifton was killed by the train, on the evening of Hallowe'en, carcasses were again spotted in the trees and at the bridge overpass...
No sightings of an actual Bunny Man were recorded for several years, even if dead bunnies were visible. Sightings of an actual man sized Bunny Man began in October 1970.
However...from 1904 to 1970, The Bunny Man's presence was more than apparent.
The Stealthy Bunny Man - Not Fluffy and Fun - He's Dangerous!
On Hallowe'en 1905, a group of teenagers was hanging out (oops no pun intended - yet), partying at the Bunny Man Bridge. The teens drank a bit, and because most were still a little shaken up about the events from the very near past, all but three of the teens went home early, before midnight.
The three teens who didn't leave with their peers were all found dead the following morning. Their throats had been slashed and their chests were mutilated and cut as well - by a crude weapon - probably like the one found in Marcus Wallster's hand when he was found hanging by the bridge several months earlier.
The Bunny Man had slashed the teens, gutted them, and hung them by the overpass by their necks with their legs left to dangle in the clear view of any traffic which might use the bridge.
Halloween 1906 saw seven teens succumb to the same fate as the three teens in 1905 - or, at least 6 of the 7 teens suffered the same fate...while one teen witnessed, in part, the destruction of her friends.
One teen, named Adrian Hatala, had stood farther away from where her friends stood under the bridge just as midnight approached. She had wanted to give herself some room for escape in case the Bunny Man really did appear.
Naturally, as midnight arrived, what happened next would forever make a believer out of Adrian with respect to the reality of the Bunny Man.
Suddenly, Adrian witnessed a small, dim light 'walking' the railroad track just seconds before midnight. The light stopped right above the bridge at midnight, and then it disappeared at the same time that a bright flash appeared underneath the bridge.
Adrian heard the near-deafening screams of her peers, and when the flash subsided, she was horrified to be looking upon the dead bodies of her 6 friends. They were all hung from the bridge, slashed and gutted.
Adrian ran home as fast as she could.
Once the incident was reported, Adrian was actually charged with the murders of her friends and was committed to an asylum - Lorton Asylum.
Timothy C. Forbes tells the story about The Bunnyman
Now, even though this legend/myth is technically busted - interest in The Bunny Man of Clifton still keeps growing.
This tail - oops, I mean 'tale' is busted because, according to the details that supposedly happened earliest in a series of events, a main component of the story NEVER EXISTED in 1904 Virginia!
There was never an insane asylum in Fairfax in the year 1904...or 1905 or '06 or even '07...
This VERY IMPORTANT and CRITICAL detail doesn't prevent people from still telling 'the story' of The Bunny Man from Clifton. Consequently, this tale is still highly spooky and hasn't lost its effect to frighten teenagers today.
It is almost as if people choose NOT TO INCLUDE the fact that Fairfax area in Virginia didn't have an asylum as far back as the real events supposedly happened in 1904, and away people go, still telling about a Bunny Man that haunts the area near Clifton.
Halloween is usually the new central focus of the Bunny Man legends told nowadays. Most likely, people are able to use the fear and hype of a questionable and spooky yearly date in order to draw listeners in - to hear a totally terrifying cautionary tale (don't stay out late, don't go where you've been told not to go - don't go to Bunny Man Bridge). People still get away with saying there is a crazed killer Bunny Man on the loose - who carries a man-made weapon and exacts death upon unruly teens who stay out too late on Halloween night or who go to close to the Bunny Man's territory.
The Legend - Alive and well for over 30 years.
Fittingly enough, this legend has survived for well over 30 years (1920's to 50's) between the time the first alleged Bunny Man 'events' (the transportation of inmates from the asylum, the transpotation vehicle crash, etc) occurred, until even now...and this legend has endured without even having had a real 'great event' to start with to use as a core story. To boot, it seems that every 20 years or so, the legend changes but is accepted quite well by a new generation of tale-tellers, teens and listeners.
The 'newest' versions of the Bunny Man Legend are becoming more spectacular, the Bunny Man - more sinister - as time moves forward. Perhaps these elements (spectacular claims, more sinister murderer) of newer versions are distractions to keep listeners away from the fact that no asylum ever existed in Fairfax in what should be an original truth in a first version tale from 1904...
The Bunny Man early versions were about a madman in the flesh, while newest versions are about some sinister ghost-like killer.
Though debunked already as a legend made up of untrue events or events that mainly could not have occurred, The Bunny Man of Clifton has already proven to be unstoppable!
In our present decade, tale-tellers are STILL scaring people by telling about The Legend of The Bunny Man...
Bunnyman of Clifton Short Documentary
About the Short Documentary Above:
When I viewed this documentary a second time, I noticed that one of the film-makers appeared very genuinely frightened in the telling of how an officer caught him and another peer filming the area around the Bunnyman Bridge late one night.
Althought I cannot verify information on this video, what I can say is that the young man being recorded seems to have had a very authentic experience on his visit to Bunnyman Bridge for the filming of this short documentary. I do not know if what he heard was the Bunnyman or any sort of spirit(s), but I was sure glad to see him announce something like, "It's ten minutes to midnight," and a few seconds later, "I'm getting out of here" or "I'm not sticking around."
As he and his partner were leaving, a police car pulled up and an officer warned them away from the area. The policeman noticed the cameras and confiscated them immediately (very strange), however, one of the men says some of this footage comes from another camera that the officer did not know was running, so some footage was saved...
I wonder why the policeman was so adamant about the men turning over their videotapes right away. Near the end of the documentary, one of the participants talks about this, so listen closely to what he says!
mabay the bunnyman is relateted to the goatman
If this was real, the real bunny man would have died long time ago, unless he had a protégé.
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"Why are you wearing that Human suit?"
Another new one on me, and yet just as eerie as ever, whilst giving me chills up my spine. Keep 'em coming :)
WOW!! Another interesting hub. I always learn about so many mysteries from your hubs. Keep them coming. Thumbs up


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The MAM Feeding Bowl was one of the items MAM Baby UK sent to me to check out, early this year. I have put it through its paces over the months and here are the top 5 things I really like about it.
1. Separate compartments
I really like the fact that I can put and store up to two different food items in the bowl, to offer to my toddler at home, and when we are out and about. This 2 in 1 feature has reduced the amount of containers I pack when going out of the house with my toddler; fab, isn't it. 🙂
I mainly use it to store grapes and blueberries; but I've also used it for items like my avocado dip. I tend to portion the food into the bowl, and then put it in the fridge until I need it; for a few hours to a day.
2. Tight fitting lid
I like the fact that the MAM feeding bowl makes click sounds as I press the lid around it. This confirms that it has been closed properly; I don't have to worry about it opening accidentally in the bag that I keep it, when we are out and about.
This also means that I don't mind my toddler holding the closed bowl (under supervision), because I know he can't open it on his own.
3. Good-sized handle
The handle is long and wide enough for my toddler and I to easily hold it. I've got bowls that are not this generous, which means you have to hold on tightly to the little bit of handle they have; not the best with a toddler.
4. Easy to Wash
I don't like containers with little corners that are difficult to reach when washing. Well, this bowl isn't like that; its shape makes every part of if fully accessible for good cleaning.
5. Cute but practical design
The MAM Feeding bowl is not too small or too big, too shallow or too deep; it's just the right size and it doesn't take too much space. This is important when you have to take a lot of things with you when leaving the house.
The bowl is also durable, when you see and feel it, you know it's not another flimsy children's bowl. The bowl is sturdy and its lid has the right amount of flexibility and rigidity. Indeed, I see myself using this bowl for a very long time to come.
I also like the colour scheme of the bowls; different shades of the same colour – another opportunity to teach my little one about colour shades 🙂
The MAM Feeding Bowl is one of the products in MAM's Feeding line, and you can buy it for £5.99 on the MAM online shop, (it's currently on sale for £3.59).
I couldn't figure out the meaning of all the usage symbols on the back of the packaging and the insider of the lid, but the instructions for use are clearly written in the inside of the packaging.
You can win one here, courtesy of the lovely people at MAM.
What key feature do you look out for when choosing storage / feeding bowls?
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27 November 2018
KRT riders Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam have completed their final test sessions before the mandatory winter break, with Rea fastest of all on the 2019 Ninja ZX-10RR and Haslam jumping up to set the third quickest time later in the final afternoon of action at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain.
Enjoying two days on track with the new Ninja ZX-10RR, Rea set a 1'38.713 lap time on qualifying tyres in the final morning, even though the track surface was beginning to show signs of wear and tear in some areas. Rea was quickest on both race and qualifying rubber, as he and his technical crew tried new chassis balance and suspension initiatives that delivered positive results all round. With two days of largely dry weather, the pace of the top WorldSBK riders improved steadily from the beginning of the final day, with the slightly cooler conditions early on providing the best conditions to go for a best lap time. Rea set his best time in the morning today but new KRT signing Haslam made his greatest progress towards the end, as he works his way back into the WorldSBK paddock. Leon set the third best time overall, a 1'39.766, but also showed good pace over race distance. With a winter break from track action now kicking in Kawasaki will evaluate the data from the Motorland Aragon and Jerez tests before heading back to Jerez and then Portimao in late January for their final European based winter tests of the 2019 season. Jonathan Rea, stated: "It was a positive final day. We are putting the pieces together and we have to be satisfied with the work. It is always difficult when the track is not in great shape. In all those tight corners, with the ruts developing, it is difficult to feel the confidence to push to the maximum. Aside from that, the track temperatures are very critical here with the base tyre that we have. Like yesterday, we tried some different things with the bike and at the end of the day we tried something quite interesting with the balance. I felt really good with an old tyre so that is something to keep working with in 2019. I also did a longer run in the middle of the day. We did pretty much what we set out to do at this test and I was on the pace on day one, so we could go testing straight away." Leon Haslam, stated: "I am really happy with these two days. We really worked on my feeling with the bike. Not making too big a change and not trying any of the soft, experimental tyres. Every time we put a new tyre in we did not really gain much time but we just worked on the race set-up and race distance, and on changing my style to adapt to the bike. Every time out, every session, every day, we are getting a few tenths closer and in the end I was really happy with my pace on tyres with a lot of laps on them. I managed to get out on track with Jonathan for a few laps and see how he has changed in his style to make the bike go forward. That helped a lot." Pere Riba, Crew Chief for Jonathan Rea, stated: "Honestly speaking, maybe we missed a little bit of time to still try a couple of things, but not the important ones. The priorities, the important points to work with and understand the direction for next year, have been tested. They have been good and some we even tested and then tested again to reconfirm. We have a new engine so we have to confirm some points for next year. We have been focused on the balance of the chassis and we have made another step forward. We have been working with Showa, to improve our package, and it has been positive. We also gave Pirelli information on the new tyres. Finally, Johnny was able to do the fastest lap with the qualifying tyre and then the fastest lap with race tyre. We have collected all the information we needed and now we will start thinking about the best points to prepare for more tests in January." Marcel Duinker, Crew Chief for Leon Haslam, stated: "This test was good because the time we had in Motorland Aragon at the previous sessions was a bit short but we continued our text programme here and I am very satisfied with the result. As everybody knows Leon has been out of this championship for three years, and now he is mixing with riders who have been winning races in the last couple of seasons in WorldSBK. Leon being one of the fastest guys with a qualifying tyre makes me confident. We did 100 laps today and he was fit, motivated and we did not make so many changes to the bike. Leon adapted himself to the bike and in the end, especially over distance, he is there. He is more than there. After ten laps his speed is very, very competitive."Guim Roda, KRT Team Manager, stated: "Jerez has been the final test of the season and the last time all at KRT will work together in 2018 to give our riders the best package to challenge limits and attack the stopwatch. We are so happy with Rea's end of year performance and we are all together working so hard to start in Australia with a Jonathan Rea nobody has ever seen before. The biggest surprise is that he is the most motivated of any team member! Leon has accepted a difficult challenge this year but after three years out of this championship he has demonstrated a huge motivation to be on top again and to give his best again. In his blood he has racing fuel and we are sure we can help him a lot to make the best of himself. It will not be easy with only three months to arrive at 100% in Australia for the first race. But, for Leon to be so high in the rankings at this test, ahead of several WorldSBK race-winning riders from last year, is something we must recognize in him. Big credit to him and we can be sure he will be in the show next year. I want to use this last event of the year for KRT's racing activities to thank all our sponsors. Especially Kawasaki but also Monster, Motocard, ELF and all the others that make this dream possible. Thanks to the fans to give us power to continue working hard every year and especially the KRT riders. They are the ones who always give their maximum on our ZX-10RR. Big respect to them." 2018 KRT Rider WorldSBK Statistics Jonathan Rea: World Champion 2015, 2016, 2017 & 20182018: Races 25, Wins 17, Podiums 22, Superpoles 2Career Race Wins: 71 (56 for Kawasaki)Career Podiums: 134 (92 for Kawasaki)Career Poles: 16 (12 for Kawasaki) Leon Haslam:2018: Races: 4, Wins 0, Podiums 0, Superpoles 0Career Race Wins: 5 (0 for Kawasaki)Career Podiums: 39 (1 for Kawasaki)Career Poles: 3 (0 for Kawasaki) 6 x Riders' Championships (Scott Russell 1993, Tom Sykes 2013, Rea 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018), 1 x EVO Riders' Championship (David Salom 2014)4 x Manufacturers' Championships (Ninja ZX-10R 2015 & 2016, Ninja ZX-10RR 2017 & 2018)4 x Teams' Championships (KRT/Provec Racing 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018) Kawasaki FIM Superbike World Championship StatisticsTotal Kawasaki Race Wins: 127 – second overallTotal Kawasaki Podiums: 380 – third overallTotal Kawasaki Poles: 81 – second overall #NinjaSpirit
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The Internet Tablets niche is going to see a huge amount of innovation coming through in the next few months. "Adam" is a Internet tablet and e-Book reader, which was announced back in December by a India based startup Notion Ink.
Notion Ink also demoed the gadget during the electronics expo at CES 2010. We got a chance to catch up with Notion Ink's CEO Rohan Shravan and asked him a few questions about "Adam" and other interesting developments around it. So without ado, here is the interview with Rohan Shravan.
Keith: First of All Could You Introduce Notion Ink to us?
Rohan: Notion Ink is a firm for Innovation. Very very young and very different. Average age of employees is 22 yrs! Based out of India. It was my dream to design devices which can do anything. And thats what we are doing right now. The first thing you do to realize your dream is to write is somewhere. And thats what we will help other to do. We will be their Notion Ink.
Keith: Back in December 2009, we were surprised to see a tablet from an Indian startup? Why did you choose to get into an industry which was not yet established worldwide, leave aside India?
Rohan: We are working on it since last 3 years. It took the final shape in 2008 end. The device we want to make is still technologically not possible and we will work till we achieve the same.
Keith: How and why did you come up with the name "Adam" for your Tablet? Did it have to do anything with "Adam & Eve"?
Rohan: I wanted a named series. Something people can relate to. Adam tablet is the first of its kind. Its an ebook reader and tablet, both, hence a new species which brings a new convergence. And hence the name Adam. Eve will be there, soon.
Keith: What according to you sets Adam apart from the rest of the competition?
Rohan: It will bring in new user input mechanisms, new UI trends, OS behaviors, Cloud computing relations, Content Eco-system, ebook and tablet convergence, open system and already a huge fan base!
Keith: Do you follow the developments behind iPad, Joojoo, Slate and other upcoming tablets? How do you see them as a competition?
Rohan: I do. But only as developments. Competition is healthy. It is good for end user. And it brings innovation.
Keith: How was your experience at CES 2010? Did you find recognitions for Adam there?
Rohan: CES was wonderful. It made it clear that people are waiting for it. And it is the right time for this product.
Keith: Given the current Indian market which basically is made up of cheap or mid-range cell phones, do you think that Adam will do well, or do you have different markets in mind right now?
Rohan: Firstly, thats not true. There is a huge market for smart phones and mobile internet adoption is one of the fastest.
Secondly, Notion Ink does belong from India, but Adam was not designed with India as its reach. It is designed for people who are ahead of others. For those who will be the leaders in technology. And they happen to belong in all the countries. Some have many, some have few.
Keith: Are you collaborating with big partners to get the device out?
Rohan: Yes, we are in good stages of these collaborations.
Keith: What are the Specifications for Adam, not that we don't know it, but we would love to hear it from the horse's mouth?
Rohan: I believe what we don't know is not in the public domain yet.
Keith: Are you planning any variations in the device based on where you launch it, to narrow down the costing?
Rohan: Not necessarily.
Keith: Where do you plan to manufacture the device? Will it be in India or from within US, considering that your major market will be US and Europe, and you have to pass through tough manufacturing standards to be able to export to these continents?
Rohan: Even the educated people in India would demand FCC certifications. Quality is first goal. Nothing gets manufactured in US. Our bases will be same as US houses.
Keith: How do you foresee the future of Internet tablets, not as a manufacturer, but as a end-user?
Rohan: As end user, i see carrying only tablets. All other things will vanish. Phones will be just headphones, laptops will be on clouds, and tablet will even replace books and notepads.
Keith: Lastly, would you be able to tell us when this device will be out and how much it will cost along with how people can buy it?
Rohan: It is definitely not as costly as iPad.
Thanks to Mr. Rohan for sparing the time to answer our questions. Hope you had a great time catching up with the CEO of one of the most waited upon device, the "Adam". You can check what Notion Ink is all about by visiting their website, or keep up with the latest updates from the company by visiting their blog.
For those who haven't yet got a chance to see "Adam" in action can watch the embedded video below.
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The hummingbird comes and goes as quickly as the moments in our days. If you don't catch a glimpse of it when it's here all you can do is hope for another tomorrow. Hummingbird don't fly away.
Sometimes my days are like the hummingbird, they come and go before I've had a chance to stop and enjoy what it had to show me. Today is the beginning of longer days to enjoy, offering us more sunshine, giving us a brighter light to see with, and warm energizing rays beaming down on us giving us the energy we need to enjoy every moment. Soon we'll be sitting on our porches watching the hummingbirds as they come and singing to each other, Haven't you noticed the days somehow keep getting longer.
But, don't let today fly away before you've had a chance to see what it has to show you because it is the hummingbird after all who shows us how easy it is to miss the most important moments in our life. Capture it before the hummingbird flies away.


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6 August (Part 1) - Correction
Bexley council's suggestion that Abbey Wood station is in Travel Zone 5 was removed from their website yesterday. Now that they know that it is in Zone 4 and gets a more frequent and cheaper train service to London than any of Bexley's stations they will begin to realise why it attracts commuters by bus and car from far afield and make suitable provision for them. All that has been done so far is to reclassify a few residents' bays and slap a £3.80 charge on them.


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Baptist Bible College exists for the primary purpose of preparing men and women to pursue selective Christian ministry careers for which the Bible major is foundational or essential. BBC graduate programs exist for the primary purpose of preparing men and women to be godly servant-leaders for selected Christian ministries. By using the Scriptures as the foundation and basis for all instruction, BBC seeks to produce graduates who are able to serve effectively in a variety of educational, counseling, church, and para-church ministries. Baptist Bible Seminary exists for the primary purpose of preparing men as they acquire the knowledge, commit themselves to the spiritual ideals, and develop the skills that will enable them to qualify for ordination and enter into a worldwide Baptist ministry.
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Parrot Life® Behaviour and Training is a unique business to Australia and New Zealand, beginning in the Perth (Western Australia) in January 2014. Due to the high demand from parrot owners outside of Perth, Parrot Life® quickly expanded to offering online video consultations worldwide soon after opening, and we are now beginning to open different locations throughout Australasia! Parrot Life® has been developing quickly, with courses, seminars and workshop products now being offered (see What's On page). In 2016 we began an internship programme, which eventually gave us our second and third staff members, and have now opened our Parrot Life® Shop!
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On a Monday last month in -Myeongdong, a popular downtown shopping haven in Seoul, the pedestrian walkways were slippery from the previous day's snowfall. Despite the chilly minus-7?C, the district was abuzz with life as shoppers flocked to the stores looking for good bargains.
The most prominent sight was the cosmetics and beauty stores that beckoned shoppers in nearly every street.
Brands including the Etude House, the Face Shop, Tony Moly, Missha, Nature Republic, Skin Food and Laneige were all vying for shoppers' attention. Conversing in fluent Mandarin and Japanese, promoters were busy dishing out free samples to usher in customers at the store fronts.
Among these prominent brands was a rising force, AmorePacific Corp — the largest cosmetic enterprise in South Korea that owns more than 20 brands of cosmetics, personal care and healthcare products.
Its cosmetics include skin care, make-up and fragrances. Its personal care products consist of shampoos and toothpastes; while green tea and mineral water are examples of its other goods.
AmorePacific's well-known cosmetic brands are Hera, Mamonde, Sulhwasoo, Laneige and Iope, to name a few.
The company's stocks closed at 1,077,000 won (US$970) on Jan 28, beating tech giant Samsung Electronics Co's 1,010,000 won. Since that day, AmorePacific's 52-week high was 1,223,000 won, while that of Samsung was 1,014,000 won.
At the end of last year, AmorePacific enjoyed a dominant position in South Korean's beauty care market with a 39 percent share, ahead of its local rival LG Household & Health Care Ltd's 17 percent (whose brands include the Face Shop), AmorePacific international strategy team's manager Park Nam-ki said in an interview at the firm's Seoul headquarters late last month.
However, the company — which prides itself on its corporate philosophy of being an "Asian Beauty Creator" — isn't content just with success on its home turf.
It has a rather ambitious vision: By 2015, it aims to be among the world's top 10 cosmetic brands in terms of revenues. Overseas sales would make up about 30 percent of total sales by then, up from 12 percent last year.
AmorePacific ranked No. 20 in 2009 in the global beauty care industry. It had US$1.8 billion in revenues in 2009, up 20.7 percent from 2008.
Top firm L'Oreal Group of France reported flat sales of US$24.4 billion in 2009, while No. 2 Procter & Gamble Co of the US saw sales dip 6 percent to US$18.6 billion. The British-Dutch brand Unilever took the No. 3 spot with US$15.4 billion in sales, up 4.1 percent from 2008.
The only two Asian brands in the top 10 were Shiseido Co at No. 6 and Kao Corp at No. 8 — both from Japan.
"AmorePacific has the know-how to achieve success. We are the most established cosmetic firm in South Korea and we own the biggest pool of R&D [research and development] staff," the firm's public relations specialist Lee Yoon-ah said.
The company has more than 350 researchers studying red ginseng, green tea, bamboo sap and other botanical ingredients in Asia for use in its entire portfolio of products, she said.
AmorePacific, which was founded in 1945, opened the first lab in the history of South Korean cosmetic industry in August 1954.
It unveiled its first R&D center in October 1978, and its second facility, called "Mizium," became operational in September last year.


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It's time for another installment of the search terms people use which bring them to the Champ Box. The most popular searches continue to be for Steve McGarrett's cargo pants, Steve McGarrett's tattoos, and yes – is Lori Weston returning to Hawaii Five-0. There are clearly some die-hard Lori fans out there who just won't.give.up. […]
Happy Birthday, Infant!
Happy Birthday to our resident McNerd and military/SEAL expert – @GLBali – aka Gracie – aka Infant. Hope your day is totes awesome! Lots of love from Andrea and westy. x0x0 ***Warning: you will need to set aside ten minutes to view Gracie's birthday present. And be prepared…the story and the video -they're full of […]
Pt. 3 – I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Steve McGarrett's cargo pants, Steve McGarrett's T shirts and Alex O'Loughlin's tattoos are the top three searches that bring people to this blog. Whatever happened to Lori Weston (and who cares, really) follows closely, and Granny's panties are pretty popular too. (That didn't really come out the way I intended.) Here, in no particular order, […]
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A Post of Five-0 Past – S2
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Adam is a member of Chicago Ventures' Investment Committee and Partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
Adam joined Pritzker Group Venture Capital in 2004 and primarily focuses on companies dedicated to bringing novel SaaS applications, marketplace-driven solutions or interactive health applications to market. Prior to joining Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Adam held various senior operating and business development roles at Sportvision (the world's leader in technology-based enhancements for live sports programming, and a Pritzker Group portfolio company), helping the company grow from the "business plan" stage to eight figures in annual revenue. Prior to Sportvision, Adam worked at Berkshire Partners, a leading private equity investment firm with $11.5 billion of capital under management. His experience at Berkshire included investment evaluations and closed transactions in several industries, including business services, retail and manufacturing, in addition to significant work helping portfolio companies achieve their strategic objectives. Before joining Berkshire, Adam worked as an investment banker for Alex Brown (now Deutsche Bank) and participated in a broad range of merger and acquisition and public equity transactions for mid-sized companies.
Adam currently serves on the boards of Advantage Optics, Alliance Health, Analyte Health, Apervita, Curiosity, Firm58, G2 Crowd, Kollective, SilverVue and Sittercity and works closely with Viv and X.AI. Adam also serves on the Investment Committee for Chicago Ventures – a seed-stage investment fund, and on the board of Techstars Chicago, a mentor-driven seed investment program. Adam graduated with a B.S. in economics with concentrations in finance and international management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received his M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management with concentrations in organizational behavior and decision sciences.


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Volleyball world mourns passing of Japanese great
Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2013 . It is with great sadness that the Japan Volleyball Association announced the passing of Masae Nakamura (nee Kasai) on Thursday. She was 80 years old.
Yuichiro Hamu, the President of Japan Volleyball Association, commented, "We are all deeply shocked to hear the sudden death of Ms. Nakamura (Kasai). Our thoughts are with her and her family at this most difficult time of loss. We have no words to express our gratitude for her effort to the development of volleyball in Japan. In particular, she led the Japanese women's volleyball team to the gold medal at Tokyo Olympics in 1964. She was the person who established the foundation of volleyball in Japan. I promise that we won't give up our effort to make volleyball popular in Japan to respond to Ms. Nakamura's wishes."
"It is with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of the volleyball legend Masae Nakamura," FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F° said. "On behalf of the FIVB and the volleyball comunity around the world, I pass on our sincere condolences to her family and the Japan Volleyball Federation. She was a leader of her time and set the bench mark not only for Japanese volleyball but volleyball around the world."
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The island of Tanna, one of the largest islands of the Vanuatu archipelago (550 km2), belongs to the southern segment of the recent Vanuatu arch and is home to the active Yasur volcano.
It faces the North Loyalty basin, where recorded subduction speeds are rapid and reach 12 cm / year. Tanna Island is located about 130 km east of the Vanuatu Trench, about 40 km west of the Coriolis Trench and 127 km above the Yasur-level panel.
The first traces of volcanism are recorded in the Pliocene with the formation of the Green Hill massif in the north of the island, then the volcanic activity moved to the south with the construction in the middle Pleistocene of the Tukosmeru massif, which culminates Currently at 1084 m altitude.
Recent volcanic activity has been established in the southeast of the island since the Upper Pleistocene to form the Siwi rocks. The Yenkahe then formed an ancient volcanic cone, then very recently (probably less than 20,000 years ago) a paroxysmal eruption affected the island, leading to the deposit of Siwi ignimbrite, and the formation of a caldera d About 24 km2 along the Siwi fracture.
Since this event, the new arrival of magma has led to the progressive uplift of the Yenkahe resurgent block (3 x 6 km) at a high speed of 15.6 cm / year during the last millennium, and to the formation of slag cones Ombus and Yasur. The current volcanic activity of the island is focused on the strombolian cone of Yasur (360 m altitude) which has been building for about 800 years on the southwestern edge of the resurgent block of the Yenkahe. It is an asymmetrical cone with a summit crater 700 m in diameter and 200 m deep, sheltering 3 eruptive mouths. The historical activity of the Yasur, first recorded in 1774 by Captain Cook, is characterized mainly by strombolian eruptions in vulcanian. The frequency of eruptions is between 1 and 3 per minute during periods of high activity.
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Online learning has permitted a great deal of autonomy and independence in today's educational climate: you now choose what you want to learn, how you want to learn it and in what pace you want to learn that in, anywhere. Yet we don't focus enough on the opportunity that it creates: the coming together of people and their ideas.
Steven Johnson set out to answer the question – Where do good ideas come from? In this remarkable quest, he discovers that creativity and innovation evolve when small 'hunches' collide and combine to form bigger ideas.
Sir Ken Robinson, one of the most viewed TED speakers to date and a prominent educator and creativity expert, in his speech on Changing Education Paradigms, lamented the need to stimulate learning between people. He advocates that "most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth."
Collaboration has grown massively from its earlier definitions – having two or more people working towards a task or a goal. Instead, it has shifted to open, learning relationships and innovation. With 21st century learning competences leading the talk on educational change, how does collaboration come into play?
Large online courses make it impossible for teachers to answer every student's post, question or assignment. To add to that, student anxieties in subjects like mathematics increase because of the lack of a 'personal element' in their learning. Nonetheless, learning environments like SOWISO, have another excellent resource to tap into: its students.
Learner to learner engagement is the foundation of collaboration and we might be missing out by not harnessing online collaborative learning. Students have shown high levels of satisfaction, learning and performance with increased student interaction (Swan, 2002; Beaudoin 2001). Learners can have a healthy discussion with other students and are presented with different perspectives of the same material. Alongside this, they can provide and collect feedback of their work from their own peers.
But how do we do that, online?
As student to student interaction happens organically in a natural classroom environment, an online setting may necessitate you to build certain formal and informal engagement opportunities throughout your course. We'll run through some tasks and activities that you can use in your online course as well some key points to remember:
Opening activity – For your course, you can start things off with an opening activity to connect students through a simple forum question or encourage students to upload their own avatar to build a sense of belonging.
Asynchronous forum – These discussions encourage continuous participation while problem-solving and provide insights for you as a teacher on the current collective and individual understanding of your class. If your students attempt to ask you a question, ask if they have already asked this same question to their peers. I'm sure you'll be tempted to respond often. Sometimes, you must trust the process and let your students engage in conversations with one another. This can be more fruitful if you model your expectations and explain clearly how you would like them to engage. It's important to be there to facilitate and come to intervene when necessary.
In SOWISO, students can ask questions or clarify certain concepts from a theory page or an exercise – make sure to discuss with your students the possibility of supporting their peers or even provide certain incentives when students help each other.
Encourage sharing – Allow your students and provide space for them to share data, information or content from other sources through the forum or a separate channel. This engages students in healthy conversations and gives them the chance to share resources with one another. This can be trending, statistical or historical data, impossibly difficult problems to solve, latest research or a new graphing tool to help in their coursework – anything under the sphere of your course to make their learning more interesting and efficient.
Group assignments and activities – Provide a chance for students to bring together their individual ideas to complete a task. This strategy is best done for courses that are completely online (distance education), when they don't have any chance for face-to-face interaction. Supply a small group of students with a mathematical concept to explain or a problem to solve and ask them to present it through a report collaboration, a presentation, wiki page or an online debate.
Case Analysis – For a more purposeful learning experience, give your students a case to analyse. These discussions can proceed in cycles of developing, evaluating and revising of models to produce a mathematical model for issues that students can find meaning and deem worthy of their time and effort.
You can post this in the forum and track their discussions in groups. It's another option to give partial credit for individual work or group participation. We previously wrote about real-world applications and math modelling scenarios which will be great to adapt for a group. Have a look at some of our ideas here.
You can also combine group assignments or a case analysis with peer assessment to drive student accountability. But this means more than just earning a mark. It's the process of evaluating what one intended to learned against what was learned, the quality of the outcome and the series of decisions made to reach the outcome or the solution.
Before you engage in any of these activities, make sure to remember the following:
- Set a goal – Whether we are conscious about it or not, students prepare for their learning in several ways. Make sure to establish these learning objectives and desired outcomes at the beginning of your learning task.
- Provide clear instructions – Define how a specific learning experience is relevant to the students, what is expected from the course and why being part of the group will work on their benefit. Elaborate on different ways to ensure maximum participation.
- Have low-stakes opportunities for teams to work together
- Keep group sizes neither too big nor too small – Ensure more active participation and better tracking when you keep groups small.
- Give ample time to accomplish the task – Provide enough time for brainstorming, application and summarizing of information. Make sure to set the due date when you give out instructions so your students can plan their time wisely
- Provide logistical assistance when necessary – If you are assigning the groups yourself, you should consider their interests, time zones if they are in different parts of the world or if they're working students or what they're majoring in
Of course, there are other ways to engage your students online such as through student to instructor or student to content interaction. We found that student to student interaction is the least exploited but holds great potential if implemented thoughtfully.
SOWISO supports collaborative learning through our 'Forum' feature. Engage your students and let them become active participants and authors of their own learning experience. There's a lot of value in creating and participating in knowledge creation. You never know what big ideas might come up!
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Peak week for leaf peeping
The lino tool is wounded, the season is escaping, and I've been feeling that sort of mild panic that comes with knowing that the best outdoor weather is NOW, and I'm missing it.
Thankfully I wrapped up a couple of jobs last week and could take some time off this weekend without guilt. It's "Peak" around here, the height of autumn color for aspen trees, so once again we trundled in to the car and went off on an adventure.
Yesterday we trekked over Independence Pass to the infamous town of Aspen. It's about a 2.5-hour drive from here when the pass is open. Once the pass closes for the season it takes more than 5 hours to get there. One might think we still have plenty of time before said closure occurs. But one would have to keep in mind that it's SNOW falling around me here at the summit and on the peaks in the background. We're at... hmmmm..... 12,000+ feet elevation.
The DM on the Lake County side of the Pass. I dunno. I just like this picture.
I suppose I should say something about The Aspen Experience... but about the most telling thing I can think of is this: On one street corner alone we saw three stores selling furs. And in the Farmer's Market we saw little girls trying on "mink" vests (probably they were just mink substitutes, but one never knows).
We also saw a lot of offices occupied by psychics. They were second only to offices occupied by accountants.
Anyway, you can see that the weather wasn't totally cooperative for this venture. Mostly good down below, but cloudy and rainy and snowy in the higher elevations. Not so good for getting out and stomping about.
The journey to Aspen and back took the better part of the day and we pretty much crashed when we got home. But I was determined that we would get out for some "local" color today, so we got an earlier start and headed up Marshall Pass.
From Salida to the summit of Marshall Pass is only about 26 miles, but it took us the same 2.5 hours that it took to cover the 90 miles to Aspen. 1) The Marshall Pass road is dirt, not paved highway. Rocky and bumpy. And we're in my Geo Prizm. 2) The weather was SPECTACULAR, and the color equally so. We had to stop a lot. Take pictures. Wander a little ways down trails and come back. You know: Slack off!
So... some highlights from the day, and then it's time to turn my attention back to things that need doing around here. Enjoy!
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where is Marshal and ouray?ReplyDelete
your pict is very nice...
nice to meet you
Hi, Niar! Marshall Pass and Mount Ouray are in central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the US. Thank you for visiting! Your thesis about child soldiers is an important story to tell. Thank you for telling it.ReplyDelete
hi sherrie - came accross your site today via Lynn Weir's. Love your reduction cuts - summer aspen is a favourite I think. As for those pictures from your recent trips to see the autumn aspen - well I'm envious (being a fan of autumn leaves who doesn't get to see many here in Australia). Keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Hi Pete! Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for letting me KNOW you're stopping by. Lynn's work is lovely, isn't it?ReplyDelete
But Australia's having SPRING now! Transitions are good everywhere. (It's those tedious winters and summers in between that make us crazy, eh? ;-)
Check out the ogle-meat! You'll have to come visit me at the new place I'm working and paint some REALLY cool and absurdly rare animals! http://www.mtnviewconservation.org/ReplyDelete
Thomas! Where the heck have you been? Fleeing the country, apparently. Not a bad idea at the moment. Thanks for ogling at me again... it's been a while!ReplyDelete


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Thursday, June 4, 2015
City's Minority Business Development Holds Third Money Smart for Small Business Program Graduation
Mayor Dwight C. Jones and the City's Office of Minority Business Development recently held a graduation ceremony for the third round of participants who have successfully completed the City's Money Smart for Small Business program. The Money Smart program is a nationally acclaimed, comprehensive financial education curriculum developed jointly by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the U.S. Small Business Administration, to assist minority and emerging small businesses in specific areas that will increase their ability to be sustainable and successful.
"The Money Smart for Small Business program provides small and minority owned businesses with a wealth of business resources and knowledge which strengthens the diversity of businesses, consumers and employers. Entrepreneurship and a vibrant small business community are vital components in our efforts to reduce poverty and the city's unemployment rate," said Mayor Dwight C. Jones.
Since the program's 2012 inception, the 10-module training curriculum provides introductory training for small businesses in the basics of organizing and managing a business and prepares entrepreneurs for more advanced training and technical assistance. The modules are: organization types, time management, financial management, record keeping, banking services available for small businesses, credit reporting, risk management, insurance, tax planning and reporting, and selling a small business and succession planning.
"I would like to personally thank Wells Fargo, State Farm, Money Management, and all of our partners who volunteered their time and teaching talents to this program," said Pat Foster, interim director of Minority Business Development. "We are proud of all of the Money Smart program's graduates and the overall program success as we celebrate its third year."
The Office of Minority Business Development will offer additional Money Smart for Small Business programs this year in addition to other technical assistance classes and individual counseling. For more information, contact Minority Business Development at (804)646-5947 or visit www.richmondgov.com/MBD.
Posted by Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayor at 4:39 PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Richmond Fire Encourages Everyone to Practice Water Safety This Summer
The City's Department of Fire and Emergency Services will be operating a two person bike team on Saturdays and Sundays through Monday, September 7, 2015, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Belle Isle. These teams have had a direct impact on the safety of visitors and they will serve as water safety ambassadors during peak season. This year alone, the department has responded to 30 emergency calls resulting in 24 people rescued from the James River, two body recoveries, and responding to four good intent calls.
The James River Park System is Richmond's largest, most unique and best known park and receives well over 500,000 visitors a year. It is actually a system of parks along both sides of the James River as it passes through the city, making Richmond the only urban city in the country with Class IV white water rapids in the middle of downtown. Regardless of its natural beauty, there are many dangers when visiting the James River or any body of water. Here are some water safety tips we recommend you follow:
- Ensure that everyone in the family learns to swim well and swim in designated areas supervised by lifeguards.
- Always swim with a buddy; do not allow anyone to swim alone.
- Never leave a young child unattended near water and do not trust a child's life to another child; teach children to always ask permission to go near or in water.
- Have young children or inexperienced swimmers wear approved life jackets around water, but do not rely on life jackets alone, supervise them!
- By law, when the James River water levels are at 5 feet and above, everyone on the river must wear a lifejacket. When water levels are at 9 feet or above, no one is allowed on the river without a permit.
- Even if you do not plan on swimming, be cautious wading around natural bodies of water including ocean shoreline, rivers and lakes. Cold temperatures, currents and underwater hazards can make a fall into these bodies of water dangerous.
- Never mix alcohol and water activities as it impairs judgment, balance and coordination, swimming skills, reduces the body's ability to stay warm, and isn't allowed in city parks.
- Know how and when to call 9-1-1 or utilize the local emergency call system.
- If you own a home pool or hot tub, have appropriate equipment, such as reaching or throwing equipment, a cell phone, life jackets and a first aid kit.
Posted by Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayor at 9:34 AM
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AG – The most hazardous industry in the nation
Even with the reduced exposure of people to farms and farming operations, the National Safety Council reports fatality rates for those engaged in agriculture are at least 6 times higher than for all other industries.
In the mid-1930's, at the peak of US agricultural labor supply, more than 30 percent of all Americans were living on farms and were involved in cultivation or grazing of just over 1.2 billion acres of land. Even during the drought year of 1934 agriculture produced $9.5 billion.[i]
The population of the US, according to the US Census, was 127 million at the time; therefore, over 38 million people lived on farms. One person, living on a farm, was exposed to farming operations at a ratio of approximately 1 person per 32 acres of land.
By comparison, in 2007 U.S. farms sold $297 billion in agricultural products.[ii] Now, there are over 313 million people living in the US with less than 1% claiming farming as an occupation and less than 2% actually live on farms.[iii] Including 1 million youth, roughly 6.3 million people in the US are living on farms. Farmland has been cut back to 914 million acres. A person's exposure, if living on a farm today, has been diluted to roughly 1 person per 145 acres of farmland.
There have also been other changes in farming practices since the 1930's that have allowed for greater operational efficiencies and reduced exposure to farm operations. People spend much less time farming then they used to. With greater mechanization and chemical developments, technology has also contributed to the reduction of labor required to produce farm commodities. In a century of farming, the US labor efficiency has gone from 27.5 acres/worker in 1890 to 740 acres/worker in 1990; source (EPA Illinois data; Hunt, 2001)iii.
Death rates for agriculture currently range from 22-26 per 100,000 workers compared to an average of roughly 3.8 per 100,000 workers for the rest of industry.[iv],vi
Sadly, since young workers generally live on the farms where they work, agriculture also has the second highest fatality rate among youth workers at 21.3 per 100,000 full-time equivalents compared to 3.6 per 100,000 across all industries. [v]
The leading source of fatal injuries for those living on a farm is machinery. Tractors are the leading cause of fatalities in agriculture.
Non-fatal injuries occur for adult farm workers at a rate of 9.2 injuries every hour.[vi] While injuries to youth living on farms are trending downward, due largely to an aging farm population, injuries still range at 8.4 to 11.9 per 1000 among youth. Livestock, as opposed to "crop only", operations account for higher number of injuries in this group.[vii]
The National Safety Council confirms that agriculture is still the most hazardous industry in the nation, just ahead of mining.
[i] "Farmers and the Great Depression." American Decades. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (October 31, 2013). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3468301232.html
[ii] "Revenues" Economics, Ag101, Agriculture, EPA Home, 2013. epa.com (October 31, 2013), http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/ag101/econrevenues.html
[iii] "Demographics" Ag101, Agriculture, EPA Home, 2013. epa.com (October 31, 2013), http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/ag101/demographics.html
[iv] "Risk Factors for Agricultural Injury Hearing impairment increases likelihood of farm injuries." Agricultural Health Study, 2003. agheath.org (October 31, 2013), http://aghealth.nih.gov/results/IAAgInjuries2003.pdf
[v] Occupational Injuries and Deaths Among Younger Workers-United States, 1998-2007. Journal of the American Medical Association, 304 (1), 33-35 (2010)
[vi] "Worker Safety on the Farm" Center for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2010. cdc.gov. (October 31, 2013), http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2010-137/
[vii] "2011 Fact Sheet Childhood Agricultural Injuries" National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Heath and Safety, January 2011. (October 31, 2013), http://www3.marshfieldclinic.org/proxy/MCRF-Centers-NFMC-NCCRAHS-ChildAgInjuryFactSheet_Jan-2011.1.pdf


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My dear friend, Oceantann, who is an amazing artist and founder and creator of oceaninspace.com, is helping me create some super cute stuff to help build up my little yogi empire, which will be less of an empire and more of a super fun hangout space, maybe something like an ' island of awesomeness ; consisting of yoga, cats, food, and lots of other cool sh*t'.
I call this image, " Everyday ". I'm sure those of you who have pets understand what its like every time you get on your mat to do yoga, workout, or meditate. I'm not complaining, life is more interesting, more full of love with our furry babies.
Stay tuned for more stuff in the next little while!
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text: To The Mods, can I please get this stickied, and tagged with appropriate things I may have missed? Do you have the LG Connect, and have an issue with your wireless connection "looping" or constantly disconnecting, and reconnecting? Well if you do, then I have a solution, and the reason behind it. After spending nearly 4 hours on the phone with LG and metro's highest tiers of tech support in a conference call we finally figured out the reason, and how to temporarily fix it until the software issue is resolved. What's happening? That is something that I would rather not explain in great detail, but the gist of it is that Metro didn't pay for thorough compatibility testing at the LG Development Center, and for that reason, they expect us to spend more money (see later parts to understand what I mean by that.) What's the technical reason? Well, LG refused to (literally) give me an exact cause of it - I guess they're afraid of someone fixing it before they do - kinda like I did with DUN on the LG Rumor 2 For sprint HERE Which will cause a massive amount of hatred for their developers; and a possible change in things (Sprint disabled DUN altogether because of my guide to get it working off of their Network...it happens ) But, the short version of what they told me is that the software wasn't "developed fully." and that because of that there are certain brands/models that just "won't work.". They KNOW that this phone has issues with "N" and DRAFT networks, but they don't care, because metro didn't pay them enough to give a shit when they requested branding for this phone. SO... What can I do to fix this? Well, honestly, a lot, but not much at the same time: 1. You can go buy a standard "G" router, and set it to access point mode (refer to google on how to do that with specific models you have.) 2. You can replace your current router with a standard "G" 3. Fight metro like a mother****er, and get a different phone... These are really your only options. What brand should I buy? I went to Walmart today after taking a look in the back of my local metro store, and noticing that they had a netgear (piece of shit) and it worked just fine. I purchased a series of routers, G, N-Draft, N300, N600, and N750 in all brands (yeah, I have money to test shit like that - besides it's Walmart, I can return what I don't need ) here's what I found out: With MY specific phone Linksys didn't work...at ALL... Nor did Belkin - However, netgear worked fine on standard "G" ONLY!... Here's the screwed up part: The manager at the store closest to me has a linksys router, and her connect works fine on her WRT54GS "G" Mode Linksys... So in short, and closing... If you are having the wifi loop issue with your LG connect, then DEFINITELY try netgear "G" mode routers first unless you can't get ahold of one, in which case Try LG; but it may not work. As for belkin, I tried 6 different models, speeds, and network types, and NONE of them worked Good luck to you, and I apologize for Metro's shitty service affecting all of our wallets.


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A group of grad students from Harvard's Innovation Lab have come up with a start-up to help people unplug from the daily grind. Getaway builds and rents tiny homes that they place in the Massachusetts wilderness and rent out. While feeling like it's in the middle of nowhere, its only about two hours away from Boston, making it the perfect weekend escape.
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