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The Chico Basin Ranch is a major flyway for migratory birds, due to the abundant springs, lakes and bird habitat on the ranch. The ranch works closely with Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and has over 300 birds on the ranch bird list. Many people come to the ranch in the spring and fall to bird.
Bill Maynard is one of birders that comes most frequently. When we asked him if he would keep the ranch birding journal, he was pleased and agreed to do it. Thank you Bill! Bill has taught high school biology, worked as a naturalist for the National Park Service and as a biologist for a variety of government agencies. He has also worked for the American Birding Association at their national headquarters in Colorado Springs.
Click Here to download the Ranch Bird Checklist
Click Here to download the Birding Trail Map (4mb PDF)
Click Here to download the Ranch Dragonfly and Damselfly Checklist
Birds are scarce but...
The coyote appears in Native American tales, often as being very savvy. Sometimes called prairie wolf, they once lived primarily in open prairies and deserts, but they now are found in forest and mountain habitats too. They have even colonized cities like Los Angeles.
They eat almost anything...rabbits, rodents, fish, frogs, insects, snakes, grass, carrion, bird eggs, and even Russian olive fruits. Pests to many, to others they are God's dog. They can run up to 40 miles an hour, forming packs for effective hunting. This individual was feeding withing 3 feet of 7 cows, each ignoring the others.
Fans of coyotes should enjoy reading Skywater, a fable about Brand X and his fellow coyotes by Melida Worth Popham with a very sad ending.


text: Crescent City Combo will be bringing hot New Orleans style Funk, Blues and dance music to the stage featuring some of Fayetteville's hottest jazz and funk talents. The band includes the Big Brass sound of trumpet and trombone, sizzling hot guitar and a rhythm section to match any in the real Crescent City. Whether you want to get down funky and dance or just tap your foot you will be glad you came to join the party!

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thread: 2009-04-10 : A Moment of Judgment
On 2009-04-14, valamir wrote:
John, no I don't think it depends on CA...although it might be flavored differently for different CAs. Internal Consistancy is an Exploration level concern...fundamental to all CAs.
When I argue* with my DM over getting hacked by a minotaur's axe...its not because of a gamist concern that I don't want to take damage. Its because I can't visually justify how a 7' Minotaur can effectively swing a 6' axe in a 10' tall / 10' wide corridor. It just doesn't make sense in the fiction.
Some things are easy to judge and everybody quickly can get on the same page about what makes sense in the fiction. But there are plenty of examples of things that aren't so easy to get on the same page about. Not because someone want's an edge (although it can happen...masquerading as concern for internal consistancy)but because what seem reasonable can reasonably be different to different people, especially people with different areas of knowledge and different priorities about what sorts of details snap their disbelief suspenders.
* and when I say "argue" here I mean any disagreement in what makes sense that has the potential to leave one or both players dissatisfied in the outcome...whether or not it actually involves throwing dice at their head.


text: Drayage drivers who picketed a large motor carrier at the Port of Long Beach violated federal law, the National Labor Relations Board announced recently. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has been battling Carson, Calif.-based Green Fleet Systems because of the classification of independent truck drivers. In mid-June, news reports highlighted multiple charges the NLRB was investigating intimidation and other behaviors the company allegedly used to undermine the unionization of its employees. The NLRB's finding against the Teamsters is the latest punch in the battle. The labor board's Region 21 office found the Teamsters picketing to be "excessive," as defined by the NLRB Act, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported. Picketing with a goal of representing nonunion employees and exceeding a specific length of time may reportedly be classified as excessive. "After months of providing evidence of union misconduct to the NLRB, we are pleased that the NLRB has announced action will be taken against unlawful recognitional picketing," Thomas Lenz, Green Fleet Systems legal counsel said, according to the newspaper. Barbara Maynard, a spokeswoman for the Justice for Port Drivers organization, told the Press-Telegram intimidation has been a two-way street throughout the labor dispute. "While there are many open union supporters, many others support the union in silence out of fear that they will be retaliated against if they make their union support known," Maynard told the newspaper, adding that the company had asked drivers to sign an anti-union petition. "Employees are petrified to make their true support for the union known." Green Fleet Systems has a major presence among drayage trucks at the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles and Savannah. The company is alleged to have taken several actions to quell union organization among its drivers. The Teamsters' complaint alleges Green Fleet Systems terminated union activist employees Mateo Mares and Amilcar Cardona in retaliation for the employees' union activities. The NLRB also alleges the company threatened to terminate employees for engaging in union activities, threatened to close down in the face of union activity and threatened legal action against employees who engaged in union actions. Some employees were allegedly interrogated in a backroom in November 2013. In January 2014, the complaint says, employees were questioned about union "membership, activities and sympathies," the complaint reads. The complaint also says Green Fleet Systems coerced employees to sign anti-union petitions, encouraged and allowed non-union supporting employees to harass or assault pro-union employees and threatened "that union supporters deserve to die."


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The Formostar Heat Wraps
How the Formostar Infrared Body Wrap Treatment Works
The core temperature of our body is 37 degrees Celsius and constantly reduces toward the
outside. Consequently, the outer areas of the body tend to be around 10 degrees Celsius colder
and this is where excess fat is typically deposited.
In order to achieve body toning, it is necessary to undergo sustained cardiovascular exercise for a
minimum of 30 minutes, 3 to 4 times per week. During exercise, the body temperature rises and
sweat is generated as the body attempts to cool itself. At the same time, the heart works harder
pumping blood at a greater rate to boost circulation. Heart rate, cardiac output and metabolic rate
increase, while diastolic blood pressure drops, improving overall cardiovascular fitness and
burning off fat deposits.
Guyton's Textbook of Medical Physiology reports that one gram of sweat requires 0.586 kcal.
The JAMA citation above goes on to state that "A moderately conditioned person can easily
sweat of 500 grams in a traditional sauna, consuming nearly 300 kcal-the equivalent of running
two to three miles. A heat conditioned person can easily sweat off 600 to 800 kcal with no
adverse effects. While the weight of water lost can be regained by rehydration, the calories
consumed will not be."
The implications are that Far Infrared heat applied directly to the body via the Formostar's silicone
treatment pads will allow between 970-1400 kcal to be eliminated via perspiration during a 60
minute session.
Easy To Use
One of the most appealing aspects of Formostar is that there is no need to remove clothing for an
effective session. The silicone treatment pads should not be directly applied to the skin. Natural
fabric such as cotton clothing is recommended. Clients simply lie down on a comfortable
massage table, have the silicone treatment pads wrapped around the areas to be treated and relax for 50 minutes.
Benefits: Cellulite Reduction
What is Cellulite?
Cellulite is best described as a condition of uneven deposits of fat, water and wastes that have
become trapped in connective tissues of the body just below the skin's surface. Cellulite occurs
primarily in the hips, upper thighs, abdomen, buttocks and upper arms. Studies of cellulite found
the biggest contributor toward a cellulite condition was poor blood circulation. However, toxic
accumulation and fluid retention are major contributing factors in the formation of cellulite. Loss
of blood flow to an area, whether from lack of exercise, excessive sitting, clogged arteries, or
nutrient deficiency, can have a disastrous impact on cellulite formation. According to cellulite
experts, cellulite generally accumulates in areas with poor circulation, and as a result, the toxins
and waste materials get more clogged and harder to remove.
Get Rid of Cellulite
Formostar treats cellulite and adipose tissue with far infrared radiation and specifically, is a
method of selectively delivering targeted infrared energy to each client's individual areas of
concern on their bodies. The treatment shrinks the fat stores and removes the toxins beneath the
surface of the skin that are the root cause of the dimpled appearance of cellulite. In addition, the
Infrared Body Wrap heat penetrates deep into the client's body to start liquefying the
subcutaneous fat so that it gets released via the sweat and other body elimination systems.
The Formostar treatment significantly improves your blood circulation and by improving the
blood flow to the target area, you can eliminate the conditions that caused cellulite to form in the
first place. In summary, when you shrink the subcutaneous stored fat cells and remove the toxins
and retained fluids from beneath the skin surface, cellulite will no longer cause dimpling on the
skin surface.
Burns Calories
A calorie is a measure of energy expenditure. The calories referred to in diet and exercise, are
kilocalories (kcal). A pound of fat stores 3500 calories (kcal). To lose half a kilo of fat a week a
person must eat approximately 500 fewer calories (kcal) per day than he/she expends. The range
of daily calorie burning is from 1600 for a sedentary woman or older people, to 2800 for active
men, very active women and teenage boys.
You can burn up to 900 to 1400 calories or more in just one 50 minute session in the Formostar.
Your body will burn off those calories through the day. Best of all is that the inch loss from infrared
is permanent.
Increases Metabolism
The heat produced by the Formostar Infrared Body Wrap Treatment is similar to that of a cardio
or physical workout all while laying down for a period of fifty minutes. This infrared heat
stimulates the metabolism and increases blood circulation just like it would with a workout
session. It will also increase your heart rate and increase blood circulation. This increased
circulation will also increase your Basic Metabolic Rate and by doing so consumes or burns
As you relax in the gentle Infrared Body Wrap treatment, your body is actually hard at work
producing sweat, pumping blood, and burning calories. As your body increases sweat production
to cool itself, your heart will work harder to pump blood at a greater rate to boost blood
The amount of calories burned during one session will vary from person to person depending on
their size, but calories will be burned as if you had exercised. Your metabolism will also be
stimulated for at least 24 to 36 hours after using this treatment. This means that your body will
be burning calories at a higher rate for the next few days after using one treatment. Best
results will occur by using an Infrared Body Wrap Treatment at least twice per week. And drink
lots and lots of water.
Fat Loss
When we accumulate body fat, blood circulation becomes worse. Because of a lack of blood
circulation, we cannot metabolize or burn body fat. In addition, very little heat is being circulated
to that part of your body. This is what we call "cold spots." When we take away the heat from
that area of your body and it cools, the fat then turns from subcutaneous fat into cellulite.
Subcutaneous fat is very soft and easy to lose. Cellulite is almost like hard muscle that is
hardened from lack of blood circulation.
The purpose of the Infrared Body Wrap Treatment is to apply heat to the body in order to get
underneath the fat tissue and thin the blood to allow it to get into the areas where fat tissue
Bringing the blood back into the areas that have had restricted blood flow causes the metabolism
rates to rise. The heat softens the fat tissue causing it to break up and be released into the blood
stream in the form of calories to be burned up as energy. When we have an excess of calories,
the body stores them as fat. The Infrared Body Wrap Treatment reverses this process by breaking
the fat down into calories and placing them back into the blood stream to be used as energy.
You can burn up to 900 to 1400 calories or more in just one 50 minute Infrared Body Wrap
Treatment. Your body will burn off those calories throughout the day.
Q: How long does each client treatment last?
A: The customer is wrapped for 50 minutes, with around 10 minute machine warm-up.
Q: What parts of the body can be targeted?
A: There are six high-density silicone treatment pads providing several wrapping options. For
most women, the silicone pads are wrapped around the thighs, hips, abdomen, and arms. For
men, the usual configuration is thighs, abdomen, chest, and arms. If the arms don't need much
toning up, the calves can be wrapped instead. The heat to each of the silicone pads is individually
controlled therefore the level can be set according to the client's comfort level.
Q: How & Why Does Formostar Far Infrared Body Wrap Work?
A: Far infrared energy is a part of the natural light spectrum minus the UV element. The
Formostar Far Infrared Body Wrap has been designed to output energy in the 5.6 to 25 micron
infrared ray band also peaking around the 9.4 micron level to achieve maximum effectiveness.
When Far Infrared energy penetrates through the skin it transforms from light energy to heat
energy and elevates the temperature of the subcutaneous layers. The body's absorption of this
energy simulates a workout, burning up to 900 to 1400 calories in a 50 minute session providing
body shaping and detoxification.
Q: How often can clients repeat Formostar treatments?
A: This will depend on a person's lifestyle. If a person is very physically active undertaking
significant walking, jogging, working out, or competitive sports, then Formostar treatments can
be as often as every 2 days. For best results it is preferable right before a workout as this will
help burn the most dramatic amount of calories and also has maximum impact on body
definition. With relatively physically inactive people, a minimum of 3 days between sessions is
recommended. More regular sessions are unnecessary and may actually be detrimental to results.
Upon reaching the intended body shape, it is possible to revert to maintenance only schedule,
which for most people, should be around 2 to 4 times a month.
Q: Can clients use multiple infrared treatments, such as Formostar and a tanning session,
on the same day?
A: Both the Formostar and a tanning bed give off infrared heat therefore it is possible to receive
a burn or heat rash if both sessions are undertaken on the same day. It is not recommended,
especially if the client is fair skinned and prone to burning. Tanning the previous or the next day
should be perfectly fine.
Q: Who can use Infrared Heat?
A: Virtually everyone from all walks of life can gain benefit from a Formostar Far Infrared
program. However, sessions should not be undertaken unless clients have received their Doctor's
advice where any of the following conditions exist: over activity of the thyroid gland, cardiac
infarction, cardiac weakness, constriction of the coronary blood vessels, marked high or low
blood pressure, diabetes requiring insulin treatment, disturbances to the function of the kidneys
and associated organs, fever, severe general infection, contact allergies, skin diseases, open
wounds, newly acquired shingles, pregnancy, prescribed medicines causing increased sensitivity
to physical stimulation (for example antibiotics), cases of severe varicose veins. As always, if
any doubt exists, it is recommended that clients seek their doctor's or health practitioner's advice.
Q: Should I drink water before or after a session?
A: It is recommended that drinking water before, during and after a session allows the body to
stay hydrated and replaces body fluids that have been sweated out during the session.
Q: Will changing dietary and health habits improve results from the Formostar Far
Infrared sessions?
A: Of course any diet and lifestyle improvement will be of benefit whether or not people decide
to undertake a Formostar program. However, if a client has made the commitment to the
Formostar program then more value will be derived from that commitment if other lifestyle
improvements are also undertaken.
Additional Notes & Instructions:
- This is a system (process). You can't get thin going to the gym once a month. And you can't
get thin doing the Formostar once a month. To get real results, you need to come
- Just because you burn up to 1,400 calories per session, you can't go and eat a McDonalds
burger and say "It's ok… I burned tons of calories already today." So still watch what you
eat like any other diet routine that you are on. Eating poorly can easily negate the great
results from Formostar so don't treat it as a 'license to eat poorly.'
- Other benefits:
- A) Boosts your immune system
- B) Helps to relieve pain from joints/ muscles and stress and/or arthritis
- C) Detoxifies your body from most metals and chemicals
- D) Helps to reduce your cholesterol
- E) Helps to rejuvenate skin tone and clears your skin of blemishes
- F) Helps to reduce stretch marks/ scares or cellulite
- You NEED to drink LOTS of water. This is so you do not get dehydrated.
- If you have high blood pressure, as a precaution, please contact your doctor and have him
sign for you to do the Formostar. This is a machine that will increase your blood flow with
infrared heat. If your doctor has any questions, he/she may call anytime to discuss.
- If you have any metal pins or plates in your body, we don't want to wrap directly over them,
as the system can cause them to heat up. Having you wrapped in other areas will be fine.
- If there is any chance of pregnancy, please wait and take a test to be sure.
- To prepare for each session, it is advised that you bring:
- Sweat Suit – without zippers – to change into when you get here. Cotton long sleeve top, cotton long sleeve pants & socks
- A change of undergarments for after your session (you'll sweat a lot). You are welcome to have a shower.
- Take off all jewellery before session including belly rings.
- You can bring your IPOD, Cd's, books, magazine or DVD.
- Wire Bras – please take off.


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This week, I've chosen a letter from one of our beautiful readers, Elizabeth. She's suffered a huge heartbreak and she's wondering how she can let go, move on, and finally find happiness in her life.
Here's her email:
I've been reading your blogs for a few years now.
I know you have answered questions and given advice about letting go, freeing yourself from your past, etc. I feel like I have a unique situation though and I am really at a loss for how to truly put it in my past.
I dated the same guy off and on from 2007-2016. Our break-ups were always very bitter and sad, and I would spend months trying to heal and forgive him and myself. Every time, once I got to the point of finally accepting everything with him, he would pop back into my life.
He would tell me how he loves me, how sorry he is for everything, and would want to give us another try. He knew I never fell out of love with him.
The break-up before the most recent one, I wrote him a letter telling him why I think our relationship didn't work and I was ready to accept that we will never be together, but I needed some closure so I wrote the letter.Continue Reading


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Mathematics & Statistics at Carleton College
Carleton College offers 2 distinct undergraduate degree(s), concentrated into 2 major(s) within the field of Mathematics & Statistics. Across all specializations under the umbrella of Mathematics & Statistics, Carleton College awarded 55 undergraduate degrees in 2016 - 2017.
|None of the awards was for a degree taken exclusively "on-line".
|None of the awards was for a degree at the associate level (2-Year).
|A significant percentage of degrees ( 22.0% ) were awarded to foreign nationals.
|The majority of degrees ( 65.0% ) were awarded to men.
Domestic Ethnicity
The following chart and table show how the 43 undergraduate awards given to U.S. citizens in Mathematics & Statistics were distributed at Carleton College.
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EYFS Phase Leader
- Recruiter
- Harris Garrard Academy
- Location
- Thamesmead
- Salary
- MPS (Outer London) + TLR + £1.5k Harris Allowance
- Posted
- 20 Feb 2018
- Closing date
- 20 Mar 2018
- Ref
- 3318
- Contact
- Harris Garrard Academy
- Industry
- Schools, Primary leadership, Key Stage/Phase Leader, Primary teaching, Nursery & Early years, Reception/Foundation
- Job level
- Experienced (non manager)
- Hours
- Full time
- Contract
- Permanent
- Listing type
- Job vacancy
We are looking to appoint a qualified teacher to join our Early Years team as Phase Leader.
Harris Garrard Academy is an all-through 3–18 academy with approximately 1350 pupils on roll and joined the Harris Federation as a sponsored academy in September 2017. The academy is based in Thamesmead in a purpose built building. We are now on a journey towards "Outstanding", led by highly experienced executive principals with proven track records of school transformation. Our vision is clear: nothing is impossible and everything is possible, irrespective of personal characteristics or background. Every problem has a solution. We believe we are more robust, resilient and determined as a team than as a group of individuals. We support, challenge and hold each other to account at all levels within the academy to ensure that our students achieve their potential, are motivated, engaged and fully prepared for life beyond our academy.
Your role:
You will be working in partnership with the Leadership Team to secure our academy's success and improvement, ensuring high quality education for all our pupils and improved standards of learning and achievement for all. Your main responsibilities will be:
- To work with the SLT to accelerate progress for all pupils particularly in EYFS
- To support, develop and coach teaching and learning across EYFS and lower Key Stage 1, so that the school has a consistently good or better teaching
- To lead and co-ordinate assessment across EYFS, maximising pupil and parental engagement
- To support day-to-day leadership in school
About you:
Holding QTS (or equivalent) and an undergraduate degree, you will have an record of excellent classroom practice in the EYFS, with involvement in whole-school initiatives. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills at all levels, and an outstanding passion and drive for raising standards of teaching and learning.
Please download the candidate information pack via the apply link for more information on the role and responsibilities.
Why work at Harris Garrard Academy?
- The opportunity to be involved in the transformation of a school from the very start
- A stunning working environment, in a purpose-built school designed by Norman Foster and nominated for the Stirling Prize for architecture in 2004
- A highly motivated team, led by exceptionally experienced and talented senior leaders
- All the advantages of a successful academy group, with a strong central team of support, teaching and leadership staff
- Generous Harris rewards and benefits package
Visits are strongly encouraged and very welcome. To arrange this or for a confidential discussion, please contact Nicola Jones, PA to the Senior Executive Principal, on 0208 320 4800.
Are you an Aspiring Middle Leader?
At Harris, we have a strong culture of school improvement, and professional development is at the heart of the Federation. We can offer you the opportunity to gain your NPQML, a qualification that provides a national recognition of your leadership development and professional achievement as a middle leader. This programme is for teachers aspiring to take up middle leadership positions, and led by some of the most talented principals in the country who are highly experienced in improving outcomes for pupils and students. Find out more at our website.
For NQTs, we provide our highly successful Harris Federation NQT programme where you will train alongside other NQTs from across the Federation. This enables aspiring teachers to support and learn from each other, in the true collaborative spirit of Harris. There is a structure of support and challenge with customised professional learning, and every NQT has a professional mentor.
Harris academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. In line with our commitments to safeguarding, the Harris Federation uses preferred agencies and is unable to work with any agencies where Terms of Business have not been agreed by both parties prior to an engagement.
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Who we are
For specific projects Perseus collaborates with other service providers that operate according a similar philosophy and customer orientation.
Our main partners are:
Agricultural BioTechnology Regulatory Network
The mission of this global network of experienced regulatory professionals is to help technology developers and marketing companies to meet the challenges of pre-market approvals for genetically engineered plants and plant products.
Working cooperatively, the ABTR Network serves the agricultural biotechnology industry from product conception through commercialization. It is a unique network offering academic groups, developing countries and start-up business the same quality and diversity of regulatory support that currently only large multi-national corporations have in place.
Dr. Rüdelsheim is one of the founders of the network.
website : www.abtrnetwork.com
Qarad offers assistance to manufacturers of medical devices, in particular of in vitro diagnostics, to achieve compliance with the European regulations and quality systems.
Its services include training, consulting, translations, mock conformity assessments and auditing of the manufacturer's quality system against both the European Directives and ISO9001/ISO13485 quality system standards.
Qarad also acts as the Authorized Representative for medical device manufacturers who do not have a registered place of business in a European member state.
Furthermore, Qarad guides biotechnology companies in the implementation of quality systems for ISO17025 accreditation for test activities.
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today we watched and talked about our videos and we went over storytelling. the storytelling part was very boring, most of us was sleep or not paying attention. but even though chou had us not on the couch we and i was still falling asleep. after such we just watched videos.
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Hi there! My name's Ryan Levin, and I'm DJ Ryan the DJ. Nice to meet you.
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As your DJ, my job will be to make sure that a) your ceremony goes smoothly and sounds delightful, b) you and your guests have a blast at your reception, and c) everyone tells you how awesome you are and what great taste you have.
How? Good question. By providing a complete music planning guide to make soundtracking your special day a breeze. By having a totally free consultation meeting to answer questions, hear about your vision, and help you prepare your timeline. By being a professional in every sense of the word — from equipment, to attire, to timeliness and flexibility.
But don't take my word for it. I mean, definitely do take my word for it, if you'd like to. I'm very trustworthy. If you don't want to, though, keep reading and you'll see testimonials from couples who had an incredible wedding and couldn't even hold back their enthusiasm. You could be next.
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Complimentary music planner to make it easy to map out your special day. Choose from hand-picked selections, decide on your own favorites, or leave it all to me and relax. I'll even help you write your timeline!
I know how to keep your special evening flowing along smoothly. You can just relax and enjoy your wedding — I'll make sure you don't miss a single moment.
"Ryan was literally the most organized, pleasant and professional human! He remembered every single detail we went over, followed up like a champ, and delivered a 100 star (on a scale of 1-5 if that tells you anything) service. We seriously adored him and would hire him again in half a heartbeat. Thanks Ryan, for making our day flawless!
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Fashion is gradually growing and as time goes by, different fashion ideas are introduced to adapt to the change in lifestyle. When it comes to and old form of fashion trend, fashion that does not seem like ending any time soon, one idea that comes into many people's mind is the wearing of old vintage clothes.
Old vintage clothes is an idea that has been there for quite a long time now and good thing about these kind of clothes is they continuously seem like having a significant influence in the ongoing fashion trend. An example of an old vintage cloth wear is the old t-shirts.
There are various benefits of wearing an old vintage T-shirt and one of them is on the gender part of it. Old t-shirts can be worn by any gender, be it the male, female or even the old or the young generation.
As a fashion idea, old vintage t-shirts, just like the current made t-shirts, have a guideline that one should following if looking to wear them. Looking at some of the guidelines one should apply when wearing an old vintage t-shirt they include;
Good thing about fashion is there is no limit to what one can wear all in the name of latest fashion trends. It all depends with your creativity in the cloth designing and how you will be rocking them every now and then. With the old vintage t-shirts, they come in different designs and materials that one can choose from depending on your taste. Learn more here!
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Red Bull Gmbh Business Information, Profile, and History
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Company Perspectives:
Red Bull is much more than a soft drink--it is an energy drink. It was made for moments of increased physical and mental stress and improves endurance, alertness, concentration, and reaction speed. In short: it vitalizes body and mind. The effectiveness of Red Bull Energy Drink has been proven by a large number of scientific studies and is appreciated by many of the world's top athletes and drivers, opinion-leaders and hard-working people with active lifestyles.
History of Red Bull Gmb H
Red Bull GmbH produces the world's leading energy drink. More than a billion cans a year are sold in nearly 100 countries. Red Bull holds a 70 percent share of the world market for energy drinks, or functional beverages, a category it was largely responsible for building. Its dominant position in the fastest-growing segment of the soft drink market in a number of countries has drawn a number of imitators. Red Bull has become a case study in successful guerilla marketing in the United States and United Kingdom. Marketing is aimed at hip young people with active lifestyles, though the formula began as a popular tonic for blue collar workers in Thailand.
Globetrotting Origins
Dietrich Mateschitz was born in 1946, a native of the Styria (Steiermark) region of Austria. As a student in Vienna, he studied world trade and commerce. After graduating, he worked for Unilever, then Blendax, a German manufacturer of toothpaste. This position involved much global travel.
In 1982, Mateschitz visited Thailand and brought home with him a number of energy drinks he sampled there. According to The Economist, Mateschitz was sold on a product called Krating Daeng after it took away his jet lag. He later claimed to consume up to eight of the drinks a day.
Krating Daeng, which is Thai for "Red Bull," was a drink popular among cab drivers and other blue collar workers. It had been produced since the early 1970s by the T.C. Pharmaceutical Co., founded in Thailand in 1962 by Chaleo Yoovidhya, a Blendax licensee. (T.C. Pharmaceutical eventually formed the subsidiary Red Bull Beverage Co. Ltd.)
Mateschitz founded Red Bull GmbH in Austria in 1984 as a 49 percent partner with Chaleo Yoovidhya and his son. The company began marketing its namesake drink in Austria in 1987; a million cans were sold in the year.
The original formula was altered for Western palates. Some ingredients were dropped and carbonation was added. Components of the legendary elixir included B vitamins, glucuronolactone, sodium, and caffeine. One ingredient, the amino acid taurine, was derived synthetically, not from bull testicles, as rumor had it. Red Bull's selling proposition was that it increased stamina and mental concentration, making it a natural for one of the original target users, long-distance drivers. The taste of the thick yellow beverage, said to be akin to liquid gummi bears, lent added distinction to the brand.
International Expansion in the 1990s
Red Bull's distribution expanded into neighboring countries Hungary and Slovenia in 1992. Red Bull was introduced in Germany in March 1994. By June, it was claiming a quarter of the sports drink market there, reported the Associated Press, putting it ahead of Gatorade. It was priced about three times as much as a can of Coca-Cola. Red Bull was introduced in the United Kingdom in 1994 and marketed there as Red Bull Stimulation after 1996.
Red Bull entered the United States in 1997, focusing at first on four western states: California, Oregon, Texas, and Colorado. It was marketed to Americans as a non-corporate alternative to Coke and Pepsi, and both packaging and pricing helped set it apart. The drink was sold in unique, narrow 8.3-ounce cans for $2 a pop.
Red Bull associated itself with the nascent extreme sports movement. The company sponsored snowboarding and freeskiing contests and Flugtag, a homemade flying machine challenge (Mateschitz was an enthusiastic collector of vintage aircraft).
While Red Bull had appealed to athletes and, in the United States, tired white collar workers, the real story of Red Bull's growth lay in the promise of further endurance at clubbing, giving it a special appeal for young people exhausted from working hard all week. The Los Angeles Times reported that the beverage appeared to glow green under the fluorescent light of nightclubs. The drink became a very popular mixer, especially with vodka. Red Bull deepened its involvement with the club scene by sponsoring a month-long school for deejays in New York City called the Red Bull Music Academy.
Worldwide sales were logged at 300 million cans in 1998 by Beverage World. By the end of 1999, Red Bull was sold in more than 50 countries, and sales estimates varied between 600 million and one billion cans worldwide. Red Bull led the energy drink category in the United States and the United Kingdom, where it displaced the venerable Lucozade brand owned by pharmaceutical company SmithKline Beecham (later GlaxoSmithKline).
The company promoted the lift the beverage offered with the slogan "Red Bull gives you wings." Traditional advertising was limited, as the company focused heavily on getting product samples into the right hands. The company sometimes put up edgy, graffiti-style billboards. In the late 1990s, Red Bull produced animated TV ads for mature markets.
By this time, Red Bull GmbH was the most highly valued company in Austria, worth about $11 billion according to one estimate. This made Mateschitz, with his 49 percent holding, the country's richest individual.
Continued Success in the 2000s
Mammoth beverage marketers such as Coca-Cola Co. and Anheuser-Busch were pouring out new drinks designed to capture a share of the success of "cult" energy drinks, a $300 million market. PepsiCo acquired South Beach Beverages, maker of the SoBe brand, in 2000, and Quaker Oats, owner of Gatorade, the next year. Liquor distributors were also eyeing Red Bull's share of the mixer market, introducing pre-mixed premium drinks such as Smirnoff Ice. Former Red Bull employees launched a competitor, Roaring Lion, in 2001, its marketing and distribution tailored for the nightclub market.
Red Bull sued a number of bars for surreptitiously substituting knock-offs when customers ordered mixed drinks specifying Red Bull. Red Bull's Australian distributor rolled out its own competing beverage called LiveWire. A court later found Sydneywide Distributors copied Red Bull's packaging too
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- 1982: Dietrich Mateschitz samples Krating Daeng, a Thai energy drink.
- 1984: Beverage producer Red Bull GmbH is founded in Austria.
- 1987: Red Bull's product begins sales in Austria.
- 1992: Red Bull GmbH expands to its first foreign markets.
- 1997: Red Bull enters the U.S. market via California.
- 2003: Red Bull Sugarfree is introduced. closely. The Bangkok Post reported that more than a hundred other brands had tried to copy Red Bull's formula in Europe.
- Red Bull made its first forays into the southern hemisphere, via South Africa and Brazil, in 2001. In October 2002, Red Bull opened a regional headquarters in Dubai and was planning to build a plant there as well. Red Bull's worldwide sales were estimated at EUR 1.4 billion ($1.32 billion) in 2002.
- Much of Red Bull's success in the United States can be attributed to the dedicated, one-brand distribution network operated by the company. Mateschitz set up a separate company to develop and market other drinks, including LunAqua, a New Age brand of water bottled during full moons. A sugar-free version of Red Bull was rolled out in January 2003.
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Election Day HK-style
September 4, 2016
I walked out of my apartment building in the Midlevels to the scene below.
It's September 4th, which means it's Election Day in Hong Kong. However, this is not like the election days we know in the U.S. where you can vote for candidates at the federal, state, and local level. Today's election here is only for the Legislative Council or LegCo and while all 70 seats are being contested, only 40 will be chosen directly by the people. The remaining 30 are chosen by smaller groups of voters representing various industries and social groups, most of whom are thought to support Beijing. Historically, the LegCo has been comprised of two parties or factions, those pro-Beijing and those arguing for more democracy in Hong Kong. This election marks the introduction of a third faction, those identifying as "localists" meaning they're calling for greater autonomy for Hong Kong and at the most extreme, independence from China. This election is is also being closely watched because it's the first one since the Umbrella Protests in 2014, which many credit with giving rise to the localist movement and rousing Hong Kong's youth from their much written-about political apathy. The outcome of this election is already being discussed as determining the trajectory for Hong Kong as it rides out the remainder of "one country, two systems", which does not come to an end until 2047. Such talk may sound dramatic, but the inclusion of any localists in the next LegCo will formally introduce a new dimension to the political debates in this city and if played correctly by those in the chamber, could mean greater gains in future elections.
Something I have written a lot about since moving here is a pervading sense of sadness about the path Hong Kong is on. They're damned if they do and damned if they don't because Beijing ultimately calls the shots. This election embodies much of what makes me worry about Hong Kong's future and carving out a path that allows the city to remain dynamic and unique without becoming just another Chinese city. As I was walking to Hazel & Hershey to compose this post over a very refreshing iced Americano, I was stopped by a woman along the stretch of politicking on Robinson Road. She was HK Chinese, but lived in London and had come back for ten days to canvass for the election on behalf of Alvin Cheng and his Civic Passion party, one of the higher profile participants in the Umbrella Protests who was ultimately arrested and sentenced to 21 days in detention. She was telling me how the mainland had "parachuted" people into Hong Kong in the past year and applied for them to get permanent resident cards so that they could vote in the election this year and tip the results in favor of pro-Beijing parties. She proceeded to tell me how she could tell who the Mainlanders were their "style of clothes" and use of Mandarin. She also told me that a lady had come up to her the other day who was from China and told her she was "ruining China" by campaigning on behalf of Civic Passion. While there may have been strands of a conspiracy theory in her talk with Beijing sending people to Hong Kong to tip the election, it's not wholly inconceivable given the embarrassment to Beijing if localist parties win seats and gain a legitimate forum for their calls for greater autonomy and even independence from China and the very noticeable population of Mainlanders living in the city. Yet what I find even more insightful about this woman's comments is the "us vs. them" mentality that if we could graph over time, we'd see a steady increase in such an attitude among a growing portion of the Hong Kong population. Commenting on their dress, physical attributes, and language show a rising awareness of differences between Hong Kong and the rest of China though they are all Chinese. Once again it mirrors what has happened in Taiwan over the last 20 or so years where the Taiwanese identity has superseded any feelings of loyalty or identity with the mainland. Or take another city-state with a sizable Chinese population – Singapore – and while many comparisons are made between Hong Kong and Singapore, few raise the idea that while there is a large number of Singaporean Chinese, seemingly very few identify with China or have an emotional loyalty to the country based on their shared ethnicity. Now Singapore has been an independent country for over 50 years, but what is to prevent Hong Kong from evolving in that direction, at least in terms of forging its own identity distinct from China. If you read the back of the Civic Passion flyer I received, it's interesting to note that they are not calling for independence, but something more akin to advancing a Hong Kong identity and safeguarding the city's autonomy as it was supposed to be when the "one country, two systems" set-up, all through "constitutional reform".
Something noticeably missing from the run-up to today's elections was a spirited debate about the issues. Part of the problem is that the city has a Chief Executive who is not a part of any party sitting in the LegCo, but effectively put in place to be a puppet of Beijing, so the likelihood of bringing a platform to fruition through cooperation between the legislative and executive branches is low. I think the lack of debate is also due to the oversimplification of candidates' positions to either pro-Beijing / establishment or pro-democracy, so with the introduction of the localists this binary oversimplification becomes harder to perpetuate. Of course the democrats and localists need to win enough seats to maintain an effective veto, which would require 24 seats to thwart the passage of those acts that require a super-majority.
The debate that did take place in the run-up to the election was mostly relegated to what was happening on the sidelines. Two weeks ago there was a lot of talk about censoring discussion of independence in Hong Kong classrooms with various comments coming from government officials about the danger of such discussion in the schools and the need to reinforce the notion that Hong Kong is an "inalienable" part of China. Even the Chief Executive, C.Y. Leung, weighed in stating that "there is little, if any, room for secondary school students to discuss [Hong Kong independence]. Because from perspectives such as historical, political, constitutional arrangements and stipulations in the Basic Law, it is very clear that Hong Kong is an inalienable part of our country. What room for discussion is there?" Such talk would seem like a clear violation of the freedom of speech enshrined in the Basic Law, but then again these do not seem to be times where the rule of law means all that much in a city where China has been stealthily and steadily encroaching on freedoms.
So I sit here and wait for the results from today's elections secretly hoping that some of the localists win seats and the pan-democrats, including the localists maintain enough seats to hopefully foster some meaningful discussion in the LegCo about Hong Kong's way forward in the run-up to 2047.
Time For a Divorce?
March 20, 2016
I think back to the Umbrella Revolution protests here in Hong Kong in the Fall of 2014 and how they sparked by Beijing's unwillingness to grant Hong Kong universal suffrage in the next Chief Executive election slated for 2017. Since the protests ended, tensions have simmered in the city with occasional outbursts like the Mongkok riots over Chinese New Year and student-led protests at HKU because of the appointment of a new council chairman seen as being a panderer to Beijing. I often get asked how the city has changed since I last lived here in 2002 and the biggest change aside from the common refrain that the city has become "more Chinese" is the emergence of a Hong Konger identity. The problem as an expat is that you don't necessarily feel this change when you're wandering around SoHo and the Midlevels. The only way to really tap into it is to read the local papers and even better, wander around some of Hong Kong's universities. For this change is not being led by those residents who are well established and living here with families, but by the younger generation that looks ahead and sees a future increasingly limited by China's goal of total control over the city. So it's natural that the student-led magazine, Undergrad, at Hong Kong University (HKU) published a 60-page article the other week about its vision for Hong Kong's future after 2047, the year the Basic Law and the "one country, two systems" framework expires. What stood out the most in this vision was seeing Hong Kong as independent after 2047, probably the first time anything has been published in China sounding any sort of call for independence of a part of its territory. As you can imagine, this sentiment did not go over well with either Beijing or the establishment here in Hong Kong, including its richest man Li Kai-Ching who basically pooh-poohed the idea that Hong Kong could ever go at it alone. Yet, if you think about it, this call for independence is not as radical as it sounds. Putting aside whether Hong Kong could be viable as an independent city-state, when you feel like your future is fairly bleak as your freedoms are under assault and your calls for greater self-determination go unheeded, calling for independence to safeguard your own freedoms ceases to be such a crazy idea. It's like getting a divorce when you're in a bad relationship, which can be bad for any number of reasons. You reach a point in that relationship where you know things are not going to change and it's beginning to seem hopeless, so breaking away is the only thing that might shake things up. The threat of breaking away could be the jolt that's needed to engender change without actually breaking up or it might set off a struggle to actually break away from the partner who is doing most of the harm. The students at HKU have their whole lives ahead of them. Many of them were born around the time or after the handover. They have watched their city decline in importance relative to the rest of China and the city's collective voice get drowned out by the propaganda in Beijing, as well as the naysayers who make up the establishment in Hong Kong, most the tycoons and politicians who benefit from closer ties to Beijing. It's sad that those tycoons who made their fortunes because of Hong Kong being such a special place are now basically in Beijing's pocket because there is more money to be made on the mainland than at home. I'm talking about you Mr. Li. A proud Hong Konger you are definitely not. As for the students at HKU and elsewhere in the city, they are reaching the point where they feel like they have nothing to lose by calling for more wide-ranging action, including independence. Beijing seems to think that all it takes it a little more engagement by the local government with its youth to bring them into the fold, but what they're not realizing is that if Beijing couldn't tame Hong Kong when the mainland's economy was booming and could use that growth as a carrot to demand fealty, what makes the central government think a slowing (and increasingly unsustainable) mainland economy with an ever shrinking civic space is going to be attractive to the next generation of Hong Kongers? Don't be surprised if the calls for independence only grow louder in the coming years.
Hanoi Happenings
January 27, 2016
I've been in Hanoi for the past two days on a work trip, but in running around the city have managed to take in and get some feel for what's going on here. It's been nearly 15 years since I was last here, which makes me sound quite old. Frankly, it's odd to think I can utter that I did something like come to Hanoi "15 years" ago, but I guess that's what happens when it feels like the years breeze right by. But I digress.
Hanoi feels like a bit of a boomtown given all of the changes taking place around the city. When I was here 15 years ago, I was dodging bicycles trying to cross the street. Now it's more cars and motorbikes with only the occasional bicyclist pedaling along. I tend to use the means by which people get around a city in Asia as a proxy for that city's level of development and this marked upgrade is a clear sign that Hanoi on the up and up. The other noticeable thing is that the cars are generally brand new and quite nice, meaning a lot of Mercedes, BMWs, and Audis interspersed with the still nice (and probably expensive due to import tariffs) Mazdas, Toyotas, and Lexuses.
Aside from the cars, I noticed all of the new construction around the city. A lot of is Korean and Japanese financed with Korean brands like Lotte and building names like Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower dotting the landscape. When I was here 15 years ago, the charming French colonial buildings were really all there was to see, but now as you look out at the horizon, one notices more skyscrapers and apartment blocks going up similar to what has happened in many Chinese cities.
And that was the comparison that I found myself making – Vietnam to China. It's as if this country is 15-20 years behind where China is in terms of opening up and developing. However, as I sometimes think China is moving backwards as it grows by aggressively going after foreigners and trying to limit investment opportunities, Vietnam seems to be moving in the other direction and reaching out to bring in investment. Even the relative surface things like being able to by an International New York Times or log onto Facebook or Google are different than in China where the Great Firewall and extreme censorship makes all that impossible. But it's not like Vietnam is a thriving democracy. The government is Communist and wields enormous power, but appears to be less insecure than China's leadership when it comes to inviting in and letting foreign influences stay in the country. Perhaps that will change going forward, but right now Vietnam feels like it it is waking up and welcoming in the world and China is increasingly looking to its massive domestic market to spur the economy as the country tries to throw its economic might around to influence and make friends around the world (see President Xi in Iran within the last week). Another interesting point is that China is pushing boundaries in the South China Sea and Vietnam is none to happy about it, so perhaps in some perverse way, China's actions are pushing Vietnam onto a path of relatively more openness. Either way, Hanoi definitely buzzes with an energy that I find quite interesting and look forward to seeing where it takes this city and the rest of the country.
I've been in Hong Kong since Friday afternoon catching up with old friends and meeting new ones, which has been really nice after the relative isolation of Shenzhen. I forget how everyone is connected here and how willing people are to then connect you with others both in the city and around the region. It's a small city, which sometimes makes it feel like a village with high-rises all around. But if HK, is a village than Asia is like a metropolitan area. My friend El actually referred to the region as a "neighborhood" where HK, Seoul, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, and any of the other cities in the region are only a stone's throw from one another and people move seamlessly among these regional metropolises.
No matter how many times I leave and re-enter HK, I am still amazed at how different the vibe is here versus the mainland. It's been starker the past few weeks because I have been hanging out up in Shenzhen, which is about 15-20 miles from Central in HK, but still feels like a completely different world. The differences are not just in how much more pleasant HK feels when you cross the border or how you can basically find every creature comfort you might be missing from home. It's an energy in the air that still has not been snuffed out by Beijing after nearly 20 years of the "One Country, Two Systems" approach to governing HK. Though it's not like China hasn't tried, whether it was passing an anti-sedition law in the early 2000s, revamping the education system to make it more China-friendly, or most recently in Alibaba's purchase of HK's largest and oldest English-language daily, The South China Morning Post. This most recent event has raised some alarm bells in the city because while Alibaba is private, much of its success comes from maintaining close ties with the government in Beijing. While Jack Ma has promised to maintain the paper's independence and journalistic freedom, it's hard to imagine him picking the SCMP's journalists and editors over Beijing if a story were written that somehow displeased Beijing and the Party. I mean, even in China you read about things being posted online, whether on Sina Weibo or directly on a newspaper's website and then immediately the post is deleted. I just read an article about a landslide in Shenzhen over the weekend, which fortunately was in the NW part of the city and nowhere near where I would have been in Shekou, so as far as I know, everyone is okay. But in an article from the NYT, it was noted that the Weibo page of a local newspaper noted that the debris and dirt pile was illegal, but had been approved by local officials. Then somehow those posts were eventually deleted.
It's the hint of transparency or journalistic freedom that quickly gets buried (sorry, no pun intended in light of the recent landslide) by the authorities that makes China so hard to comprehend. I always struggle with how to describe China to people who have never been there, especially when I try to draw a contrast between the mainland and Hong Kong. I read an op-ed in the SCMP last weekend by George Chen or Mr. Shangkong, reflecting his Shanghai and HK ties, where in his farewell column he muses about what makes HK different than Shanghai. His conclusion – freedom. He extols the freedom of choice, to think freely and express those thoughts without fear of being silenced. This freedom flows into everything else that makes HK feel so different than the mainland because as Mr. Shangkong points out, without this freedom, we don't get ideas and thoughts, which are the things that get us not only closer to the truth, but to solutions to the problems that vex our society. Freedom alllows for iterative thinking to come up with creative ways to move forward. In China, the government already knows what it would like in terms of a desired outcome and if you put forth an idea that comports with that outcome, great. If not, you may be rounded up and put in detention. What ends up happening is that sometimes you get a good idea that moves society forward, but you're just as likely to get a bad idea without any escape hatch.
Take a look at the recently completed World Internet Conference in Wuzhen where President Xi Jinping gave an opening speech where he reiterated China's desire to censor the internet on its own terms and basically told the rest of the world to leave them alone. Though my favorite quote from his speech was when he said, "As in the real world, freedom and order are both necessary in cyberspace: Freedom is what order is meant for, and order is the guarantee for freedom." I read that and can barely make out any distinction between "freedom" and "order". It sounds more like total control of the internet from the Chinese perspective, or perhaps freedom as long as it aligns with what the government wants. Deviate from that point and you're in trouble.
So I go back to Mr. Shangkong and why HK feels so different from the mainland and perhaps it's this freedom that has survived nearly 20 years of Chinese control. But it's not like this freedom is guaranteed forever. It's only good up until 2047 when the "One Country, Two Systems" period will come to an end and no one knows what will come next. Heck, China could change its mind and end it sooner or continue doing what it has been trying to do since it took HK back, chip away slowly at the freedom that makes HK so special. Either way it goes, what makes HK special is in danger from a central government hellbent on taking HK down a peg or three to the level of the rest of the country.


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Debbie Hemmer, publisher of the Grant County Review at Milbank, was elected president of the South Dakota Newspaper Association during the group's 136th annual meeting May 5 in Sioux Falls.
"From the rising costs of production and postage, to social media and cries of fake news, to the battles over publishing public notices, some days it feels like the newspaper industry is under attack from every angle. It may be hard to be optimistic, but it is in times like these that the value of a hometown newspaper shines through," Hemmer said. "To paraphrase Mark Twain, 'The reports of the death of newspapers is greatly exaggerated.' It is the hometown newspaper that puts the spotlight on what truly matters – the community."
Hemmer added: "A community cannot thrive without a newspaper, and SDNA is here to help newspapers thrive. I'm honored to serve as president of the association, and will look to the good work of the past presidents who have so aptly served for examples to follow as we continue forward in these challenging times."
Hemmer started her career in the newspaper industry as a typesetter at the Grant County Review in 1980, working for owners Phyllis and Clarence Justice. As is typical at weekly newspapers, she learned other aspects of the business as well.
"Phyllis taught me how to develop film and print photos in the darkroom, and Clarence instructed me on laying out the paper on grid sheets, both processes that we no longer use today," Hemmer said.
Over time Hemmer took on more responsibilities at the Review, becoming a sports reporter, office manager and news reporter. She became editor after Phyllis Justice entered the nursing home.
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A couple of things today are conspiring to make me say this:
Today is going to be one of THEM DAYS so bear with me— Jason X Adams (@JAMNPP) October 26, 2017
First off I've got a ton of day-job duties to attend to today, and second off I have a screening (of a certain movie I have already seen three times, you'll never guess what it is!) plopped right in the middle of this afternoon. So MNPP will be erratic, at best, this Thursday. Don't expect much from me. (That really is a golden rule though, ya know?)


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Thursday, October 25, 2012
(another) View from my handlebars...
Dusk and dawn...my two favorite times of the day. It was unseasonably warm today...79F/26C...and it was such a lovely night to be on a bicycle and use it as transportation. This photo was taken about 6:30pm looking east.
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Urban Simplicity.
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DNF, to the uninitiated, means Did Not Finish. There's always a few DNFs (or DNSs: Did Not Starts) at the end of triathlon results lists. I'm one of them now, because I failed to complete the defence of my Scottish Middle Distance Tri Champion title at Aberfeldy yesterday. This has left me frustrated and sad, but has probably given me more valuable racing experience than many of my completed triathlons.
So, two days before the triathlon I got attacked by a sickness bug not dissimilar to the feisty fellow below. Though only wee he left me with nausea, aching skin, no appetite and a strange rattling brain feeling. Given my usual voracious appetite I know I'm properly sick when I don't want to or can't eat. Friday's food intake was a bowl of porridge, and Saturday's was 2 slices of bread and a few spoonfuls of plain pasta (plus energy and rehydration drinks). Further confirmation of my being less than 100% was my turning down macaroni cheese at the pre-race pasta party (yes, we triathletes know how to have a good time). MACARONI CHEESE!!!! I know.
The first decision I faced was whether to even bother travelling to Aberfeldy, given that bed was my preferred location. I decided to make the trip in case my condition improved. After all, it would be a shame to waste the training, prep, race entry and accommodation. Plus there was the little matter of defending my 2015 title. And the opportunity to race in the best weather conditions for the past 3 years (see 2014 and 2015). Once in Aberfeldy race fever hit and I perked up (relatively speaking). I decided to make the final decision first thing on race morning: so when I woke bright-eyed when my alarm went off at 4:30 am I decided it was definitely game on. Scottish Champion 2016 here I come!
Despite my enthusiasm my still unhappy gut was producing copious quantities of a noxious gas that could kill a downwind cyclist at 20 paces, thereby creating my own no-draft zone. During the swim, and due to the water sloshing round my wetsuit, I hadn't been able to tell whether these were just farts or, shall we say, 'non-farts'. So I had become more and more convinced that I'd soiled myself, and worried about how I was going to clean myself up in transition. Fortunately this was a false alarm!
Otherwise I felt OK on the swim, and I also felt OK on the first half of the 90 km bike leg, getting a few Strava PBs along the way. This is going better than it might have done, I thought. But about two hours into the race I had an attack of the dramatic racing metaphors: I ran out of gas, I was running on fumes, I hit a brick wall, I crashed, the wheels fell off. Getting out of the saddle to climb small inclines made me feel weak and faint, and I wondered how I'd get back up Schiehallion. I thought I'd be walking some steeper sections, although fortunately I managed to ride them all. It seems that I'd used up all the calories I'd consumed in the previous lean days, and the energy drinks and gels I was using weren't topping me up sufficiently. My stomach had started to hurt too, so when I eventually got back to race HQ I finished my race there. Not pleasant, but I couldn't have carried on.
<violins> So, as I type from my sick bed </violins> what have I learned?
- Pre-race nutrition (i.e., getting some!) is key (and not just the morning of the race or the day before).
- Respect for people who DNF or DNS. They probably had a good reason for doing so, and it was probably the wisest (and toughest) decision to make. A clubmate congratulated me after for choosing to DNF, given my illness, although for me it wasn't a difficult decision. But I can understand when pulling out of a race is not an easy choice.
- Of all the motivating thoughts to dwell on while racing, wondering if you're marinating in your own diaorrhoea is not recommended.
- Listen to your body. The old adage is so true. This lesson trumps all other considerations, such as what you spent on this race, who has made the effort to support you, or whether you're competing for a championship or trying to qualify for one. We need to look after our bodies to allow us to compete again and again. There will be other races.
- Equally: take responsibility for your own decisions. Only you know how you're really feeling. This goes both ways – others might think you shouldn't start a race but only you can weigh up the pros and cons for you. That said, not wrecking yourself for future races should take priority.
- Don't underestimate your health. If you go into a race not feeling your usual 100% then you won't do as well. On the flip side, marvel at how amazing your health is to allow you to race at or near your full potential most of the time.
- The patent-pending 'macaroni cheese test' for illness: could save the NHS millions.
- DNF could also stand for Deadly Noxious Farts in my case.