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The Navy is increasingly excited about building a superpowerful laser to shoot down missiles and rockets that might attack its ships. But don't expect the long-planned Free Electron Laser weapon to replace the guns the Navy stations on its ships – or to be shipboard for years. And definitely expect the laser to do more than just zap stuff out of the sky.
Sure, everyone wants a "death ray," as the Navy's chief of research, Rear Admiral Nevin Carr, put it yesterday. But the program manager at the Office of Naval Research for the Free Electron Laser, Quentin Saulter, tells Danger Room that the Navy is looking at "multiple uses, not a single use" for its "Holy Grail" of lasers. And that might lighten the laser's energy burden.
What would the laser do when it's not trying to blast a missile out of the sky? "It can be used as a sensor," Saulter says in an interview during the Office of Naval Research's science and technology conference in Virginia. "It can be used as a tracker... It can enable kinetic kill systems to be more precise. It can be used for location, time-of-flight location, information exchange, can be used for communications, it can be used for target designation, it can be used for disruption."
Of course, spending hundreds of millions on another laser tracker might raise eyebrows. But this laser isn't like others. All lasers work by using energy to charge atoms into generating and then focusing light, requiring a medium – some use crystals, others use chemicals – to filter that light into powerful beams along a particular wavelength. But the Free Electron Laser uses supercharged electron streams to operate along multiple wavelengths, making it more powerful.
Little wonder the Navy's embarked on an open-ended, $163 million project to develop one into a weapon. Last September, it gave Boeing $26 million task order to develop a prototype design for the laser – the company completed a preliminary design in March – that'll deliver by early 2012. If it works, the Navy will be on its way to a speed-of-light weapon aboard its ships that won't have to reload, since it'll rely on a ship's energy source for powering up. Not a bad thing if you're worried about a cruise missile slamming into your hull.
But that's still a big if. Boeing's design has to generate the 100 kilowatts of energy generally considered to be military grade. The Free Electron Laser at the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab in Virginia generates only 14 kilowatts. Particles in the air like condensation can reduce the potency of even a free-electron laser – and there's a lot of condensation in sea air. And 100 kilowatts is pretty much the entry level to weaponize a free-electron laser. It's going to need a lot more power to take down powerful projectiles like the huge "carrier killer anti-ship ballistic missile the Chinese are developing. And how much power will it require from ships, especially now that the Navy leadership is trying to get half its energy from alternative fuels by 2020?
Saulter isn't sweating it. "All lasers are inefficient users of energy," he says. Right now, the model at use at Jefferson uses an oscillator, with energy stored up in its cavity, and runs at 10 percent efficiency. He's "99.99 percent confident" the Free Electron Laser can get to 100 kilowatts: Boeing will have to improve efficiency or pump ten times more power into it. The same applies to scale up its energy output.
That should be an easy energy burden to shoulder, Saulter figures. "One Naval generator, on all the ships they're planning on building in their more-electric fleet capacity, can put up to two megawatts of power," he continues. "Of course, the Navy plans on having more than one generator on its vessels... 100 kilowatts is not a power constraint for a naval weapons system for an FEL. It is something that is doable today for a hundred-kilowatt system."
But use the laser for something other than burning a missile out of the sky, and the required energy dose drops. "Being that there are multiple different types of ways to protect" a ship – using the laser as a targeting system for on-board guns or a sensor, for instance – "means that not all things require 100 kilowatts. Maybe some of those waves only require 1 kilowatt. Maybe some of those waves only require only 50 watts."
Development is to take place at Boeing's directed-energy labs in Albuquerque, with additional research taking place at the national laboratories at Argonne, Los Alamos and Brookhaven; the Naval Postgraduate School; Yale and other locations. It'll be years before shipboard tests can even take place, let alone getting it out into the fleet.
But for now, the Office of Naval Research wants you to stop thinking of the laser as just a zapper. "If you were to develop a car, you would want your car to go from zero to 100," Saulter says. "You wouldn't want to turn your car on and immediately go to 100... The way that we think of defense and protecting our people is to have layers of capability to ensure the protection of our people before we ask them to go into harm's way." He pauses, grinning. "We still want the car to go to 100, though."
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Several thousand jet mechanics who work for American Airlines hope President Trump will swoop in and prevent their jobs from flying away.
At a Times Square rally on Wednesday, TWU leader John Samuelsen said he'd written to the country's commander-in-chief to make him aware of the possible loss of thousands of U.S.-based jobs to company outsourcing, even though the airline denied that such a plan is in the works.
Backed by hundreds of cheering American Airlines employees — including more than a dozen of the company's pilots — Samuelsen said it was a national security issue as much as an economic one.
"This is a total offshoring of U.S. jobs, blue-collar jobs and it will hurt American families," Samuelsen said.
At the same time, the TWU leader said, it raised security concerns for planes outside the reach of federal inspectors and federal oversight.
"Unlike workers performing aviation maintenance on American soil, foreign-based airline workers are not subjected to extensive background checks, drug and alcohol testing, licensing requirements or ongoing FAA oversight and unannounced inspections," Samuelsen wrote in his July letter to Trump.
The rally was one of several around the country Samuelsen and his team of TWU negotiators have attended as they try to bargain a contract with American Airlines.
The two sides are negotiating over a deal to define wages, health care and other benefits for thousands of American Airlines ground workers.
But the sticking point is American's contract demands to move more maintenance jobs to overseas plants, which it aims to do through attrition and other means, said Samuelsen.
The company's also looking for ways to outsource some of its work to third-party vendors based in the U.S. but who are non-union, according to TWU.
Since filing for bankruptcy in 2011, the airline has bounced back financially. It merged with US Airways in 2014 — absorbing some workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
In 2015 it turned its first profit since 2007, and claimed a spot on the S&P 500.
Last month American Airlines CEO Doug Parker told reporters the company would never lose money again.
"We have an industry that's going to be profitable in good times and bad," he said.
Parker made the remarks as he detailed a plan to bump up revenue by $3.9 billion over the next four years through new deals with credit card companies and more seats on planes.
A spokesman for the airline on Wednesday said TWU was misrepresenting the threats of outsourcing.
"In July, we presented them with a proposal that contains the highest pay rates in the industry and will ensure that American continues to do more fleet service work in-house than any other airline," said American spokesman Matt Miller.
He denied that American Airlines' contract demands involved offshoring jobs.
"Nothing the proposal that we put forth a couple months ago has any outsourcing component as it relates to that," he said.
But Samuelsen said the company was playing semantics and trying to keep the public in the dark about the airline industry's "dirty little secret."
Many in the U.S. are unaware of just how many vital maintenance jobs have gone overseas to improve profitability for airlines, he said.
"Jet mechanics in the U.S. have to pass serious background checks, while there's no verification in, say, South America," he said. "For all we know an Al-Qaeda mechanic is working on our planes down there."
American Airlines was adamant it was not making plans to move its maintenance to a new hangar it built in Brazil. But it did say it was looking to bring in a third-party vendor in the U.S. to take over some non-mechanical jobs, like de-icing planes.
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The safety concerns were enough to bring out more than a dozen American Airline pilots, who are members of the Allied Pilots Association.
"We are supporting TWU 100%, we have attended all their rallies," said spokesman James Talbott.
"We want them to get a contract, a fair one and we also want these safety concerns addressed. American pilots want to fly planes serviced in the U.S., by U.S. workers and under U.S. oversight," he said.
First Capt. Susan Washington said she trusted the TWU workers "with her life and those of her passengers" every time she flew a plane.
"We rely on them. And we're out here for them," she said.

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Swift 3 and Xcode 8 were released in Fall 2016. In this workshop Pasan Premaratne will show some of the things you'll need to consider or be aware of when migrating your projects from a previous version.
Pasan spends most of his time learning and the rest trying to figure out how to pass that knowledge on to others. It's a hard job but he loves it all the same. You can find him everywhere as @pasanpr
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Tej Pratap is the fifth member of the Yadav family owning benami property, including his parents, siblings and brother-in-law.
Patna: Under the provision of Benami Property Transaction Act, the Income Tax (I-T) department on Friday attached 7,105 square feet of land in Patna's Sheikhpura district, registered in the name of a factory belonging to Lalu Prasad's son Tej Pratap Yadav.
The I-T had earlier charged four members of Lalu Yadav's family with owning benami property under a tough law that attracts seven years in prison and a hefty fine for those found guilty.
The people involved in this scam are Lalu's son and former Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti along with her husband Shailesh.
Earlier in January, the I-T department stepped up actions under Benami Act, which provides provisional attachment and subsequent confiscation of benami properties, whether movable or immovable.


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Here at HNB Assurance, we pride ourselves on providing innovative solutions to satisfy the various needs of our customers. With that in mind, we decided to promote HNB Assurance Takaful. This is the first company in Sri Lanka to get clearance from the Insurance Board of Sri Lanka (IBSL) to operate as an 'Islamic window' model insurance operation.
2. What is Takaful?
Takaful is an alternative to conventional insurance. This is based on the principles of Sharia, where a group of people pool their financial resources to guarantee each other against loss/damage which they may encounter.
3. Products Offered
Broadly speaking, HNB Assurance Takaful focuses heavily on Mortgage Reducing Takaful, which is aimed at homeowners or those who are looking to buy land/renovate a house. On the other hand, HNB General Takaful offers both motor and non motor Takaful solutions. The non-motor Takaful solutions cover Fire, Construction, Medical and Marine Takaful.
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- Surplus: is paid at the end of the financial year on the surplus left in the risk fund, it shall be distributed to Participants on agreed ratio based on the type of Takaful plan, provided that the Participant has not incurred any claim and/or the Certificate Holder has not received any benefits payable under each type of cover under this certificate whilst it is in force.
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The Passion of The Christ: A Meditation on A Film
The Passion of The Christ, produced and directed by Mr. Mel Gibson, is the single finest cinematic representation of the Nonviolent Jesus of the Gospels and His Way of Nonviolent Love of friends and enemies ever presented to the consciousness of humanity…
…The Passion of The Christ was about love-not Caesarian love, not Aristotelian love, not Platonic love, not nationalistic or ethnic love, not Hollywood love. It was about Christic love. That is, it was about the love that Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, was ordained by Love Itself to reveal and to bestow on humanity by His words and deeds, for its temporal good and its eternal salvation. It was about the only kind of love, the only kind of power, that can conquer evil,
vanquish death, bring peace and lead one and all to an eternally graced union with God…It was about the omnipotence of Christ-like love and the omnipotent God who is love (agapé).


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May 23, 2013
Brooklyn Bridge 130th Anniversary Group Show
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A collaborative piece I did with Hannah Lee for the Brooklyn Bridge 130th Anniversary Group Show. All the works in it use in some way the "Chocolate Brown Enamel" paint used to do touch ups on the Brooklyn Bridge. Yes, … Continue reading
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May 5, 2013
'Am I an Immigrant Writer?' for The New York Times
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'Am I an Immigrant Writer?' A piece for this past weekend's The New York Times Sunday Review. Art director, Matt Dorfman. Read the article and see the illustration on The New York Times Opinion Pages blog here.
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May 2, 2013
Wider Than a Postcard
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Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Swan Ganz Catheters
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CaO2 = (1.34)(Hgb)(SaO2) + (0.0031)(PaO2)
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Oxygen Delivery = Q * CaO2;
Oxygen Delivery = Hgb (g/dl) * % O2 Sat * (1.39 * CO)
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Ambassador Susan E. Rice, the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, will join Mashable's CEO Pete Cashmore for a live interview at the Social Good Summit. The Social Good Summit is a three-day conference where innovators, influencers and activists come together to discuss the power of technology to solve the world's greatest challenges. Ambassador Rice, an avid user of social media, will highlight the essential role that international public servants, from American diplomats to UN peacekeepers, can play on behalf of social good.
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|And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and they came unto a people who were given up to idols which they had. They said: O Moses! Make for us a god even as they have gods. He said: Lo! ye are a folk who know not. (Al-A'raf : 138 - Meccan)
|And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh with his hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression, till, when the (fate of) drowning overtook him, he exclaimed: I believe that there is no Allah save Him in Whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who surrender (unto Him). (Yunus : 90 - Meccan)


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I have just completed "faces, pillars of the lost community" which is kind of cool with more faces planned. Two pieces in famdango red.
If you are a boat and water person with a little bit of love for a country stone wall thrown in you must see "stone boat". This is a hand built Chesapeake Bay skiff imbedded in stone that has, after two years and much pondering by myself and others, has just been completed. This piece brings together the fishermen of our many bays and shores with the farmer of the past who, with horses and a stone boat, cleared the many fields you see today.
The Common Threads Annual Open Studios Tour will be held on June 23rd and 24th. Unfortunately I won't be at the studio on the 23th because our beautiful granddaughter, Shaina, is graduating from high school that morning. Pray for a sunny day for us because if it rains, it will be held inside and we won't be able to attend for lack of space in the auditorium. The studio will be open for the tour and my daughter, Lainy, and our friends will be there for you. For more info on the tour check on facebook or email email@example.com. Hope to see you all at the studio.
Work in progress is a grand staircase created from slate and stone trucked to the property from the Beemer farm in Plumbsock, NJ. It has been put on hold due to a pulled muscle in my back and preparation for the studio tour.
There will be lots of "artsy" stuff to see, ever for me, as I gather up work to display on the studio tour. The studio is looking pretty cool after a winter of working in there. You have probably never seen a place like this except maybe in Weird NJ. The property where I do a lot of my work even looks good. Maybe you can pick up some ideas.
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It's been a long time since I've been on here so it's good to be back on a new computer.
We've just got home after being away for three plus weeks. Visited friends in Fl, Ga and Pa. and went to Chatanooga and Nashville, Tn. We enjoyed ourselves immensely and got to see a classic country at the Ryman Auditorium. Would like to go back to downtown Nashville!
But, now the party's over and it's time to get back to work and get ready for the Common Thread Open Studio Tour and the Sussex County Art and Heritage Garden Tour. Lawn is mowed (although it will need it again & again before then) and weed wacked. I've been busy last winter making more birdhouses and just finished two Wave Hill adirondack chairs. The Beemer Grand Staircase is completed and I just have to finish the railing. Picked up some flowers in Pa on our way and they need to go in the ground along with others that we still have to get. The guineas are out and eating ticks so come on over for the tour! Hope to see you!
Summer is over and we had a busy one. Spent a week with our daughter, Manda, her husband Jon, their four kids and Jon's Mom and Dad at a summer house on Cat Head Point in Michigan. Had a wonderful time! Back to their place in Ada, MI and worked on a platform for a zip line and future treehouse for the kids. We spent four weeks there before coming home. We love being with the kids, but it's nice to be home. Once home, I started on a new walkway with paving stones that I made, red bricks and some stones from Tenn., MI and Fl. I'm almost finished with it now. Had a nice day yesterday at the Elephamt's Trunk Flea Market in New Milford, St. It's a great flea market and so easy to find stuff to make art pieces with. Met a fellow artist there, Joe Sorge, who does some very nice pieces in metals. Check him out on sorgetown.com. He's got some great pieces of art.


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Portlaoise bus axed
A Portlaoise bus service has been axed, as part of Bus Éireann's efforts to improve city to city journey times.
Bus Éireann have confirmed that as of last week, changes to their X8 Dublin/Cork route came into effect. Portlaoise and Urlingford have been axed from the service, to provide a city to city journey time between Dublin and Cork of 3 hours 45 minutes.
The company will continue to run 12 coaches a day in each direction from Portlaoise to Dublin on expressway route 12 and 12X.
This is the latest Laois service to be cut from the Bus Éireann schedule. Last summer, Abbeyleix, Durrow, Cullahill and Johnstown were all cut from the Dublin/Cork service.
Meanwhile, the National Transport Authority will soon commence a procurement competition to run a shuttle service between Portlaoise and Cashel stopping at Urlingford, to maintain connections between Portlaoise and Cashel.


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November 12, 2009
There Be Monsters!...Somewhere in Highland Park, Ca.
This heads-up was sent to me by The Bicycle Tree:
The Bike Oven and Flying Pigeon LA, two great bike shops that neighbor each other in Highland Park, will be hosting a group art exhibition entitled "Monsters on Bikes!".
The show opens Saturday, November 14th from 6 PM - midnight and runs until December 10th.
The show's opening coincides with the monthly Spoke(n) Art ride, a bicycle tour of the area's art galleries that leaves from York & Figueroa streets at 6:30. The ride returns to The Bike Oven around 9:30 to join the party.
A portion of the proceeds from the show will benefit The Bike Oven and The Bicycle Tree. The Bike Oven has been an inspiration for The Bicycle Tree. They have been helping the good people of Highland Park learn how to fix their bikes for years!
If you live in LA County, and Orange County, especially, but in neighboring counties, as well, you might find this an interesting even to check out.
Monsters on Bikes now has a Website, with 4 blog posts so far.
The 1st entry talks about the dispaying, and selling of art at the event (Submissions were no long accepted as of Halloween.
The 3rd entry talks about the show, and Opening Night, and provides a link to a Flickr page with a preview of artwork that is thought-provoking, very cool, and very funny.
It also provides links to the websites of all the participating artists.
The most recent entry is an image of the event poster, which incorporates the cool image on the header of the blog itself.
"Monsters On Bikes! For all fans of monsters and their two-wheeled riding habits" appeals to my peculiar sense of humor. ;-D
The Spoke(n) Art bicycle ride is a free, once-a-month, bicycle tour of art galleries in North East Los Angeles. The ride takes place on the second Saturday of each month - a special night in North East Los Angeles. Area art galleries open their doors late into the night as part of NELAart's "Gallery Night".
Learn more about the event, here. (Saturday? Hmm, If my day off comes on the designated day, then I just might check the event out myself someday!)
The Bike Oven Shop has had a Blog since Aug. 2007? Cool! I'll be adding them to the Blogroll, and checking them out!
The Bike Oven is a volunteer-run bicycle repair collective that started in a single car garage on Avenue 42 in Highland Park.
The Bike Oven endeavors to serve the community and improve the quality of urban life by promoting and facilitating, through culture change, the use of bicycling as an alternative to the non-sustainable and climate damaging fossil-fuel powered motor vehicle transportation system.
Flying Pigeon has a Website and a Blog...oh, and promotes an every 3rd Sunday Dim Sum Ride to Chinatown, or venues in the San Gabriel Valley, and other parts of LA! (Sunday? Hmm, If my day off comes on the designated day, then I just might check the event out myself someday!)
Flying Pigeon LA is a company, started by two brothers, located in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Flying Pigeon LA sells, maintains and evangelizes the Flying Pigeon brand bicycle (A famous bike brand in China) in Los Angeles.
The About Page has a lot of links about this very inexpensive bike, and a cool video.
The Blog has been up since July 2008 and, like Bike Oven, I'll be adding it to the Blogroll, and checking it out!
November 12, 2009 in EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others), Riding Los Angeles County | Permalink | Comments (1)
October 06, 2009
Bicycle Tree to Hold 2nd Annual Pancake Breakfast in Orange, Ca.
The Bicycle Tree is a project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE),
a non-profit, public charity based in Orange, Ca.
I first wrote about The Bicycle Tree in June 2007, when they were located in Anaheim, Ca., and I visited them, and took photos for my story: A Bicycle Tree Grows in Anaheim.
By December 2007 of that year things had changed as they announced that "December 8th will be our last weekly public bicycle repair clinic, and we will thereafter be using that time to focus on processing and liquidating our sizeable collection of bicycles. We intend to donate several yet-to-be-working bicycles to a worthy organization. We will suspend major repair activity in February."
Bicycle Tree Grows, Ends Weekly Public Bicycle Repair Clinic.
By May of this year things were looking up again as I reported that they had a new website, and new outreach efforts set to begin:
"The Bicycle Tree is pleased to announce that we will be holding bicycle repair workshops on the last Saturday of every month from 11 am - 4 pm at The Road Less Traveled store in Santa Ana!"
The Bicycle Tree is an organzation that "incorporates bicycle education, bicycle recycling, and do-it-yourself repair."
They offer programs and services for youth and adults, promoting the "excitement and accessibility of cycling, the fulfillment of conservation, and the rewards of education".
The Bicycle Tree IS a unique, empowering resource for Orange County cyclists, and now comes their latest Press Release, updating event of the year so far, and issuing an invite to local cyclists....
You are cordially invited to the Second Annual Pancake Breakfast benefitting The Bicycle Tree, to be held on Saturday, October 24th from 9:00 am - 11:30 am at Hart Park in Orange. The invitation is attached - feel free to share it with all who may wish to come!
Dear Friends and Supporters,
It has been a good year for The Bicycle Tree since our first pancake breakfast in September of 2008. In February 2009, we taught bicycle repair to students of Morasha Jewish Day School at their Leave Only Footprints Environmental Awareness Festival in Rancho Santa Margarita. We have had repair booths twice at the seasonal Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival in Santa Ana. Since May, we have been holding workshops the last Saturday of every month at The Road Less Traveled Store in Santa Ana. In August, we were at the Second Annual Townsend-Raitt Community Street Fiesta and Resource Fair, also in Santa Ana. All in all, we have provided hands-on bicycle repair education for over 90 participants, and helped keep an equal number of bicycles rolling smoothly!
In July of this year, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (otherwise known as REI) generously awarded The Bicycle Tree a $5,000 grant to develop our mobile workshops! This boost, in addition to the gracious donations of countless workshop participants, has really gotten our wheels rolling!
To celebrate our progress, and to set the stage for another year of growth, we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting our Second Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser on Saturday, October 24th from 9:00 am - 11:30 am at Hart Park in the City of Orange!
Last year's pancake breakfast was a lot of fun and a strong success. We served pancakes with real vanilla maple syrup, blueberries, bananas, oranges, apples, bagels, tofu scramble, spiced tempeh, organic OJ, and organic fair trade coffee. We had a great silent auction with items from REI, Orange Cycle, Rock n' Road Cyclery, Fullerton Bicycle, Thuyen Vien, Harvey's Original Seatbelt Bags, Sprouts Farmer's Market, GoZilla, and local artists and photographers.
We hope this year's breakfast will be even better! We invite you to come out for a morning of food and friends in support of The Bicycle Tree. It will be a great opportunity to spend time with friends and family, meet new people, get a deal on donated items, fill your belly, honor our volunteers, and celebrate another amazing year! There is a $10 suggested donation for adults, $2 for kids.
We look forward to seeing you there!
If you would like to help prepare for the breakfast or lend a hand that morning, please contact us at email@example.com
If you have great items you would like to donate for our silent auction, please contact Paul at firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you for reading!
The Bicycle Tree
P.O. Box 881
Orange, CA 92856
I live a few short miles away from the park, and hope to be able to attend the event. ;-D
October 6, 2009 in EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others), Pedaling Advocacy | Permalink | Comments (0)
May 16, 2009
Bicycle Tree to Offer OC Cyclists Bicycle Repair Workshops
The Bicycle Tree is a local organzization that I have visited, and written about in the past and they describe themselves as an organzation that "incorporates bicycle education, bicycle recycling, and do-it-yourself repair."
We offer programs and services for youth and adults at affordable prices. Bringing together the excitement and accessibility of cycling, the fulfillment of conservation, and the rewards of education, The Bicycle Tree will be a unique, empowering resource for Orange County cyclists!
I have just received a Press Release about an upcoming project they will be undertaking in co-operation with a local business:
New Monthly Workshops!
The Bicycle Tree is pleased to announce that we will be holding bicycle repair workshops on the last Saturday of every month from 11 am - 4 pm at The Road Less Traveled store in Santa Ana!
The first of these will be held this month on Saturday, May 30th.
We invite you to bring your bicycle - our volunteers will work with you to keep your bike running smoothly. We will have repair stands and a solid assortment of tools available to make almost any adjustment. We suggest a $5 flat rate donation for unlimited stand use for the day, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
The Road Less Traveled store is "an environmentally & human conscious store dedicated to bringing alternatives to every aspect of life," located at 2204 N. Main St., Santa Ana 92706
For the workshops, please park on the opposite (east) side of Main Street.
Please visit The Road Less Travelled to learn more about this great place! We thank them for their generous support!
If you are interested in volunteering for these monthly workshops, please contact us at email@example.com.
I wish them great success with their efforts!
May 16, 2009 in EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others) | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
February 08, 2009
Steve Dennis Portrait of Christian Vande Velde Unveiled At ArtBike Exhibition
In 2007, and 2008, I spread the word about an artist who bicycles, Steve Dennis, here, and here.
On Friday I got an update from Mr. Dennis:
My recently completed portrait of Christian Vande Velde is being hung at The Big Car Gallery in Indianapolis tonight as part of the NAHBS' ArtBike! activities.
"Artbike! is a street art/sculpture/installation art exhibition, that is open to all and brings creative progressive people together through community, bikes and art!"
Then on February 27th Artbike! is holding a party at the gallery:
"Music!, Dancing!, Raffle!, Gold Sprints!, NAHBS VIP Room!, Art!, Bikes!"
The party will be hosted by NAHBS (North American Handmade Bicycle Show) and 02 Sports Marketing and sponsors include Momentum Magazine."
The Vande Velde painting will be one of the items in a silent auction that night.
Did I mention that it is an original piece of art signed by the rider himself?
If you live near Indy or are travelling to the NAHBS this is your opportunity to bid on this great painting and other exciting pieces of BikeArt!
Artbike will also have a 20'x20' booth at the NAHBS displaying some of the artwork - some of which will be for sale and will include my painting 'NYVelocity'.
All sales from the events will be split 50/50 between the artists and local cycling charities and non-profits.
Not only will you buy some recession proof art but you will also be investing in the cycling lives of needy causes.
If you are at the show and/or party do introduce to me - I will probably have my 9 month old strapped to my chest.
See you there,
To see the full image read Steve's Blog Post, and explore his website, Velopaint, and Blog.
February 8, 2009 in EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others) | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
January 19, 2009
Cycling Dude Invited to Speak to 117 yr. Old Riverside Bicycle Club
Shortly after New Year I received an E-mail:
Dear Mr. K,I am the 2009 president of the Riverside Bicycle Club. Our club holds monthly meetings and we are always looking for fun, interesting and motivating speakers for our meetings. Would you be interested in coming to one of our meetings. We would love to have you. Please let me know.
Edith Reasons
Wonderful!I was surving the web trying to find Riverside Bike Club history. Didn't find much on that but did discover your site.Would you be able to join us for our Wednesday, February 18th meeting at the Coffee Depot, 3204 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, @ 7 pm.It'd be great if you could tell us about your cycling experiences, your blog, etc. for 20 +/-minutes.Some of us are interested in touring, we have some work/home commuters, we have mountain goats.I look forward to meeting you soon. E
Forgot something -- do you charge a fee? E
God No! That has never crossed my mind.I'm nowhere near being experienced enough to give that a thought.
Look, I'm no expert on cycling, just a blogger with 150 hits a day glad for the opportunity to spread the word about cycling, and about his blog.
Will something more ever come from that down the road?
I do not know.
I can't even get people to place Cycling Ads in my Blog Ads, hee, hee! ;-D
You are the 2nd presentation of any sort that I'll have ever given.
January 19, 2009 in EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others), Life, The Bike Trail, and Everything | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 26, 2008
Serfas Bicycle Swap Meet Set for Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca.
Yesterday I got late word of a Bicycle Swap Meet to be held here in the South of Orange County.
The Serfas Company has its Headquarters in Rancho Santa Maragita, and for 14 years it has been known in the Cycling Industry for its variety of quality, innovative, products, including Saddles, Shorts, Gloves, Saddle Bags, Computers, Pumps, Tires, Lights, and Spectacles.
James Thomas sent me the following Press Release:
There will be a Bicycle Swap Meet, hosted by Serfas 29752 Avenida De Las Banderas Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca. 92688 on December 6 2008 from 8am – 2pm.
Open to the public and admission is Free.
Everyone is invited to participate in the swap: Dealers, Reps, Distributors, Friends, Family, etc.
We would encourage anyone that wants to Buy, Sell, or Trade bicycles and bicycle accessories to attend.
We already have participation confirmation from the following: Serfas, Profile Design, Bellwether, Titec, Vigor Helmets, Intense BMX, THE, Rock N Road Cyclery, and Ladera Cyclery and many other independent sellers.
Booth space is limited so please RSVP to James Thomas 800-424-0047 or email@example.com by 11/26/08 if you plan on selling merchandise.
James Thomas
P.800-424-0047 F.800-825-9641 email@example.com
I asked James how he learned of little ol' me, and this is what he wrote:
I found your site through word of mouth.
I asked around the office for local blogs and one of our sales guys said he checks your site regularly.
I really like your site, it seems pretty informative.
I especially like the "Oldest shops in the country and the world" stores, and List.
In the soon to be 6 years of the existence of this blog (As of the 1st week of January!) I've never been sure just how much, or how varied, an audience I have, especially locally, or in SoCal as a whole, but from time to time, I get e-mails, tips, and event alerts from folks in the industry, and that is very cool indeed.
This has not been the best of years for me, for opportunities to go on my bike riding adventures, or for BikeBlogging, and I hope to do better next year, but I am glad that folks are still getting something worthwhile from my efforts.
With 2 weeks to go before the Swap Meet I hope some of my fellow SoCal Cyclists learn of the event through this post, and can attend.
November 26, 2008 in EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others) | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
November 14, 2008
New Specialized Concept Store to open in Palos Verdes
In the words of the Press Release:
PV Bicycle Center was already arguably the best bike retailer in the entire South Bay area of Los Angeles. Well known for having a state-of-the-
art Specialized certified professional bicycle fitting studio, enthusiasts are more than willing to take the scenic trip up Hawthorne Blvd to visit with proprietor Steve Bowen and talk about the racing or touring scene.
Yeah, so?
Maybe some folks were whining...What have ya done for us lately? or something... because there have been some changes in them thar hills lately. ;-D
They have moved 1/2 mile from their original location into a new, state-of-the-art stand-alone retail space located at the intersection of Hawthorne & Silver Spur, at the 4B Peninsula Center, in
Rolling Hills Estates.
On the weekend of November 21-23 there will be a Huge Ass Shindig to acquaint SoCal Cyclists with what the place now has to offer.
Something about a "Completely New Retail Experience in this latest Specialized Concept Store."
PV Bicycle Center will change all your impressions about bike retail environments and set the standard for the future. Then, during this grand opening weekend, there will be a bicycle cornucopia of events, games, group rides, prizes, free stuff, demonstrations, industry super stars, and fun for everyone in the family.
There will be rides around the area every day, and on Saturday...
From 12:00 - 5:00 there will be booths set up in a mini exhibition of leading edge products for all your cycling needs. Expected exhibitors include Specialized, Look, Raleigh, Mavic, Kona, Fluid Nutrition, Bonk, Sigma, Easton, and Ennervit. Learn about new product breakthroughs and ways to enjoy the sport even more than you already do. Free samples and special sales offers are also part of the day.
PRESS RELEASE with all the details: Fun Filled Grand Opening Party at PV Bicycle Center in Palos Verdes California
Visit the PV Bicycle Center Website.
November 14, 2008 in Cycling News Network, EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others) | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
October 27, 2008
Amputee Blogger Spends 4.5 hrs. on Stationary Bike For Charity
One of Southern California's best, most respected, Bloggers is Keven Korenthal.
It is one of greatest shames that his longtime, popular, blog, SoCal Pundit, was shut down by despicable hackers, a while back.
One of the great things about his old blog was that he occasionally wrote about bicycling.
He now is a respected contributor to Red County, a well known Right of Center, national website.
Well, yesterday I received the following in my e-mail, from Kevin:
Today I joined 200 riders and countless staff and friends at the Challenged Athlete's Foundation Tour de Cove fundraiser.
The event which included a half Triathlon (in which I did not participate) and a 4 ½ hour stationary bike ride event (which I did) that included various spin instructors and participation by various "celebrity" amputees.
Some of the stars that each participated in the Spinathon (as well as parts of the half triathlon included Sarah Reinertsen, Major David Rozelle and Oscar Sanchez.
While they cycled on stationary bikes and hand cycles positioned on the stage, I and 200 non-amputees did our thing on bikes facing the stage.
Of all the amputees that attended and participated today, only one of them spun for the whole 4.5 hours.
It was tough work and I was exhausted by the time it was all done. But I put my all into it because I want everyone who donated money to CAF in my name to feel they real got the most for their hard earned dough.
It felt pretty great when the MC announced the fact at the end of the ride. I felt like I really accomplished something today.
Which reminds me, just because this event is over does not mean you can't still donate to the effort.
Go here, to my page, to donate if you have not already
And don't forget, I still have the Solvang Metric Century coming up. 65 grueling (but scenic) miles of 8% grades, switch-backs and blind corner descents await me on November 15, 2008.
Way to go Kevin!!! ;-D
October 27, 2008 in EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others) | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
July 04, 2008
You have a Bicycle, but don't know where to ride it?
A website has come to my attention that has as one of its aims to help you find ineresting places to go bike riding.
Things You Should Do is a Blog/Website by Julie Gallaher, the Irish Lass.
Begun in 2004 it has had over 500,000 visitors.
Things You Should Do is a list of things we've done, our friends and family have done and the things we want to do.
We provide direct links to the hotels, restaurants and activities so you can find out if they're right for you.
So far she only has 10 cycling links, but hey ya have to start somewhere, and in appreciation for the fact that she has added this blog to a list of recommended blogs, and as a spur to her to add more info about cycling, I've added a link to her Cycling Archive in the sidebar.
Don't let that stop you, though.
Explore the other sections for your own ideas about where to take a ride, in the US, or somewhere else in the world.
July 4, 2008 in EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others) | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
April 06, 2008
Cycling Study Tours Offered by Brit Family Living in Netherlands
I recently received the following Press Release from Hembro Cycling Holidays/Cycling Study Tours, and let me say, up front, the resources they steer readers to are extensive, and interesting, and the many photos, and videos are a pure joy to look at, and will most likely make you extremely jealous and probably lead you to wonder why the hell can't the greatest nation in the world do some of this, too? ;-D
FACT GUARANTEED TO BLOW YOUR MIND: All Dutch railway stations seem to have thousands of bikes parked at them. ( Just watch the videos if you don't believe it. ;-D )
A Study Tour in the world's most cycle friendly country.
For transport professionals, politicians, campaigners and journalists.
There have been many words spoken about reducing CO2 emissions to tackle climate change, increasing the amount of exercise taken by the population to fight obesity and about the streets being made into places where people matter instead of motor vehicles. However, the English speaking world still does not invest sufficiently in truly sustainable transport. In fact, new infrastructure is still designed very much like the old infrastructure, emphasizing flow of motorized traffic above all else, reducing opportunities to take exercise as a part of everyday life, and decreasing the freedom of people to make use of the space outside their home. As a result, use of sustainable transport is low, obesity is growing and children are not given the freedom to get sufficient exercise.
Many countries seem to produce more words than action. Announcements of available money often sound substantial, but they're spread thinly and have low priority. Along with the lack of money there is the problem of a lack of vision about what good quality design for cyclists and pedestrians actually means. Low quality infrastructure makes the use of alternatives to the car unattractive.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Having made different policy decisions over many decades, the Dutch now travel travel by bicycle more often than by car. There is universal well designed infrastructure which makes cycling an appealing option for most people. As a result, most people cycle. Cyclists feel safe and their journeys are efficient and direct. Virtually all children cycle to school daily, incidence of obesity is comparatively low and reliance on fossil fuels is lower.
The Dutch are doing the right things and they have the results to prove it: More cycling, with a better safety record, than any other nation. Real, proven results, not just good intentions or hot air. Their success could and should be copied elsewhere.
Quick Facts:
In the entire Netherlands around 30% of all journeys are by bicycle. The second highest country is Denmark with around 14%. Most countries have under 2% of their journeys by bicycle, some fewer than 1%. Around 40% of journeys within Dutch cities are made by bicycle.
In the Netherlands, more journeys under 7.5 km / 5 miles are made by bicycle than by any other means.
In the Netherlands, older people are also mobile. Over 10% of cycle journeys are made by over 60s.
Virtually all Dutch school-children cycle to school.
Dutch cycle paths frequently offer shorter routes than the roads. They are smooth and well maintained. Dutch cyclists are not expected to share space with pedestrians, and the standard width for cycle only two direction paths is 4 metres ( 13 feet ).
Levels of public transport usage in the Netherlands are not much different than those in other countries. There is far greater potential for reduction in fossil fuel reliance by encouraging cycling than by subsidizing public transport. In addition it leads to a far greater cut in fuel usage and other benefits for society such as an increase in general health and a reduction in noise and fumes.
London recently announced its largest ever figure for walking and cycling: £500M. This sounds remarkable, and it's very welcome, but breaks down to a level of expenditure which is not particularly high by European standards. The sum is to be spread across several years. For instance, in 2008/2009, £62M is to be spent for both Walking and Cycling. Across London's 7.5M population this amounts to a little over £8 (approximately US$16) per person per year. Another European capital, Amsterdam, currently spends around €26 (approximately £20 or US$40) per person per year on cycling alone. Walking has a separate budget. Unlike UK cities, Dutch cities are not starting from nowhere. They have been spending this much for decades.
So what are we up to with our Study Tours?
Who are we ?
We are a British family who have lived and cycled in many parts of the UK including London, Cambridge, Somerset and Yorkshire. Our cycling experience includes commuting, shopping, tours with and without children, a little racing and even riding Land's End to John O'Groats (the entire length of Great Britain - 1700 km / 1100 miles).
We now live in the green city of Assen in the North of the Netherlands. Winters are cold here and headwinds are fierce, but the population of 63000 people nevertheless makes an average of 70000 cycle journeys per day. We make our share of those journeys.
What are we doing ?
We are organising Study Tours for all interested parties to show how much has been achieved in this country. We will be showing participants the result of design for people rather than for motorised vehicles. We will show the practical results of putting into action long term plans to achieve a more mobile and fitter society.
Over 3 full days we will show commuting routes, school routes, city centres, residential areas, links between villages and the design of new developments. All these were designed with cycling as a priority. We also have a presentation from local experts giving their rationale.
The cost of participating has been kept low in order that it will be accessible to as many people as possible.
Full details of the Study Tour, including photos and feedback from previous participants, can be found on our website:
The first Study Tour this year runs from the 13th to the 15th of May. This tour is now fully booked.
We are now taking bookings for the second Study Tour which runs from the 20th to the 22nd of May and soon will be taking bookings for the third Study Tour which runs from the 10th to the 12th of June.
Articles in English about Dutch cycling policies
Photos of Dutch cycling conditions.
Contact Details:
David and Judith Hembrow
E-MAIL: david at hembrow.eu
WEBSITE: Hembrow Cycling Holidays
David Hembrow has sent me an interesting E-Mail in response to this post. ;-D
April 6, 2008 in Cycling News Network, EVENT GUIDE (California and Selective Others), Have Bicycle, Will Travel | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack


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The Laws of Warfare--Part 2
Jan 17, 2008
In Matthew 12, Jesus was confronted by the Pharisees for harvesting grain on the Sabbath. No, they were not really "harvesting" grain. They were merely taking some of the grain from a ripe field in order to eat, because they were hungry. So why didn't the Pharisees accuse Jesus of theft? Because it was lawful for a hungry person to get a bite to eat as he traveled, provided he did not take any of the grain (or fruit) with him in a container. Deut. 23:25 says,
"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain."
Whereas this may seem like a case of theft by modern standards, it shows that God is more concerned with the stomach of a hungry man than with the rights of the field's owner to claim every grain for himself. Jesus, in His response to the Pharisees, reminded them of this principle of law, saying in verse 7, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice."
Upon this principle, the law was given, for it reflected the mind of God. By this same principle, the poor received the gleanings from the fruit trees and from the fields, and if a harvester bypassed a sheaf of grain inadvertently, it became the lawful property of the gleaners. Boaz truly knew the spirit of the law when he told his workers in Ruth 2:16 to bypass extra sheaves of grain so that Ruth could glean more grain.
So what does this have to do with the laws of war? It has everything to do with it, because the Sword of the Spirit was given to us in order to provide mercy and not sacrifice when carnal men beat the war drums.
God used this spiritual Sword upon His own people Israel in order to give them mercy. Hosea 6:4-6 says (NASB),
" (4) What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes away early. (5) Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; and the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth. (6) For I delight in loyalty [mercy] rather than sacrifice, and in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."
In other words, the prophets used the prophetic word, the Sword of the Spirit, to chop them into pieces. The prophets brought judgment upon Israel "like the light that goes forth." Why? Because God delights in mercy and not sacrifice. If His priority had been sacrifice, He would have used a physical sword upon them, and the judgment would have been fatal, instead of enlightening.
The people, of course, ultimately refused to hear God's voice. They continued to rebel against His character as expressed in the law which they had been given. They rejected His mercy. But they loved sacrifices and continued to bring them to the temple. They did not know the mind of Christ, and they either disregarded or disagreed with the law. Injustice prevailed, and the leaders and rich men oppressed the poor and the strangers.
And so, after God had used the merciful Sword of the Spirit against Israel for centuries, only then did He bring the physical sword of judgment upon them. In essence, He declared war upon Israel and hired the Assyrians as His mercenaries. Later, He hired the Babylonian army to make war on Judah and Jerusalem and to destroy the temple. Still later, He hired the Roman army to destroy Jerusalem, as Jesus tells us in Matt. 22:7.
So this shows plainly that physical warfare is not God's priority, but neither is it unlawful. War brings judgment, but it is called "sacrifice." A sacrifice is an offering to God. It was the death penalty enforced usually in an international arena. As I have said earlier, the death penalty was God's final way of appealing a case to the Supreme Court of Heaven--that is, giving (or offering) the offender to God for judgment at the Great White Throne.
Such appeals are to be made when the earthly courts are incapable of restoring the lawful order on earth. The death penalty puts the offender into a timeless sleep. He is not sent to "hell," as so many have been taught, for that in itself would be unlawful. Jesus Himself stated this principle in John 7:51,
"Our law does not judge a man, unless it first heard from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"
It was unlawful for the earthly court to punish a man before it had heard the case. So also is it with the Divine Court. It will not judge or punish a man before God has heard His case at the Great White Throne judgment. The fact that God already knows all the circumstances of the case before they even happened is not relevant. God follows the procedure which He established, because it is part of His character to do so.
Understanding these principles of biblical law are very important if we desire to know the manner in which God intends to judge the nations in our own time and in the future. Many point to the book of Revelation and shudder at all the horrible things that God might do when He judges the nations. But the Christ that is portrayed in that book is never pictured as holding a physical sword. Have you noticed this? He is always portrayed as hewing the nations in pieces with the sharp sword that comes out of His mouth.
In other words, He wields the Sword of the Spirit--the same Sword that He used upon Israel and Judah in the mouth of the prophets (Hosea 6:5). John saw Jesus in Rev. 1:16, "and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword." See also Rev. 2:12 and 2:16, where He tells the Church of Pergamos to repent before He comes to make war with that Church using the Sword from His mouth.
In Revelation 19, picturing the second coming of Christ, He comes armed with that same Sword of the Spirit. Verse 15 says, "And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may smite the nations." This does not speak of conventional warfare, as it is usually thought. It speaks of a war on the forces of evil by the power of the spoken Word. Rev. 19:21 says,
"And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat upon the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh."
Christians read this with horror, not realizing that it is describing a scene of mercy and not sacrifice, using literary imagery of physical warfare. The key is in knowing the type of Sword that Christ is using here, for the actual results are the same as described in Hosea 6:4-6. The Sword of the Spirit will kill "the flesh." That is the essence of the Christian life even today. And God even uses the "birds" to clean up the mess. Jesus identified the birds in Matt. 13:19 as "the children of the wicked one." God uses wicked people (the vessels of dishonor) to destroy "the flesh" (carnal mind) in the vessels of honor.
At any rate, the results speak for themselves. Isaiah 2 says of this time,
" (3) And many peoples will come and say, 'Come, let us go up the mountain [Kingdom] of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that He may teach us concerning His ways, and that we may walk in His paths.' For the law will go forth from [heavenly] Zion, and the word of the Lord from [New] Jerusalem. (4) And He will judge between the nations, and will render decisions for many peoples; and they will hammer their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war."
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GREENHILLS, Ohio (AP) — The site where the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four Kent State University students during a protest on May 4, 1970, is among three new National Historic Landmarks in Ohio.
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Nice view in Clearwater bay First beach, Hongkong
Every summer has a story. Beach a place of relaxation, rest, and tranquility. I love to visit beaches and spend many hours at the beach.
It relieves our tensions. I go with my friends when we have a day off.
Clear Water Bay ( Tai Wan Tau, Clear Water Bay Road) is located in the New Territories of Northern Hongkong.
Keep Calm and enjoy Clear Water Bay First Beach
- One Sunday, my friends and I went to the beach, after packing some food and drinks. When we reached the beach, it was very quiet not many people.
- We found a place under a shady tree to put our things. Enjoy the fresh air and the sounds of birds singing.
- Clear Water Bay First Beach people can enjoy the clear and gorgeous water for swimming. Some Expats and local Chinese and of course some Filipina who are off duty enjoying the sunshine.
- I love the beach and especially I take so many pictures of trees and water.
- Being passionate about what you do is a good start.
- You need to be the best at what you do.
- My friend enjoying the sunshine and fly like a bird. We love to do jump shots.
- Surrounds yourself with the best people. While working abroad you need to find time to relax that you have a fresh mind to start your work again.
- That's the secret that you don't feel homesick while you're working abroad. I did my best to overcome as an overseas worker far from family.
- Learn to enjoy life. I meet much Filipino only work even on their day off. They don't take their holiday just to earn money. They forgot that they need to rest too.
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If you look for perfection, you'll never be content
To escape criticism — do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. ~Elbert Hubbard
- I know working abroad it's not easy so many difficulties you need to overcome. Living abroad it's not easy you will feel homesick and also get sick. No one will take care of you but you need to do it by yourself.
- Working abroad is nice but you need to do much hard work. I know it by myself how difficult it is. Not only sending money to your family but you need to take care of yourself too.
- How can you work when your body is not strong. I love to relax on the beach where we can sleep while off duty even if only hours.
- Have you tried to word abroad far from your family? Beach in hong kong you don't need to pay an entrance fee. It's FREE.
- You only need food or fare to go there. It's nice too there toilet's and shower are clean. Although tired, we were happy because we had a great time at the beach.
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When I first started writing, I think the percentage of my work that was "worth publishing" was pretty close to zero. Isn't that true of most writers? We start tentatively putting words on the page, unsure if we are communicating effectively even with ourselves, let alone any outside audience. We might have a burning story to tell, but however much it burns inside of us, our audience won't be interested in reading it until our writing abilities and skills have improved enough.
What is enough? That's the hard question. Who of us can honestly judge when our writing is good enough, affecting enough, clear enough, to give or sell to our readers? Even best-selling and award-winning writers still went through a rigorous editing and revision process before their books were published.
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In a recent lecture on writing, I heard the words: All of us have sent out something too early. Yes, I thought, me, too. A picture book I thought was just "brilliant", until I received the polite rejection, re-read it and thought, Oh no, why did I send that out. Unfortunately, this is also something I've heard several self-publishers say. Often they've had multiple rejections for a work that they feel very strongly about, that they are sure is being rejected for unsound reasons, so they go ahead and self-publish. Sometimes they spend thousands on printing, sometimes they spend a few hours formatting into an ebook. Either way, it's out there, and with a few months or years more experience and craft knowledge, they recognize where the work's faults lie.
It's a hard call. Other writers are too afraid to risk rejection and spend years working on the same book, over and over. I've heard several full-time writers wish for the days when they could write whatever they wanted, however they wanted, because they are at the far end of the spectrum where everything they write has to be worth publishing so they can please their publishers and pay their bills.
But I think it's an evaluation you have to make on a regular basis, for several reasons. One is simply to save editors (at publishing companies and magazines) and agents from the horrors of the slush pile. You save yourself a lot of time and money. You save yourself the heartache of constant rejections. And the more you take this evaluation seriously, the more you can work out what skills you still have to improve and develop and deepen.
Evaluate your percentage
How can you evaluate where you are on the percentage line? If you are a total beginner and think you have never yet written anything publishable, you'll be at one end on 100/0. If you write full-time and are no longer getting rejections, you're at the other end on 0/100 (there won't be many at that end!). For the rest of the spectrum, try making your own decisions on what constitutes a percentage.
For example, if you are a children's writer, some magazine credits or educational publications might put you at 15/85. Achieving publication of your first novel might put you at 40/60. Only you can decide – but honestly, if you haven't achieved real publication of anything yet (real being a YES from a publication or publisher that other writers and readers respect), then you are pretty close to 0/100 still.
The good news is that you are on a great journey. It really is true – the only writer who fails is the one who gives up. I'd add to that – the only writer who fails is the one who thinks they already know all there is to learn about becoming a better writer. Where do I sit? I'd like to think it's 60/40, but if I'm honest (and I am toughest with myself), I'm around 50/50. And looking forward to getting better and better.
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Wow, I don't think a poll has ever turned out this way before!
Last week I asked if you'd ever found a lost item on transit and turned it in [1]. And after 102 votes, the poll was split right down the middle: 50% have turned a lost item in, and 50% have not!
In the comments, Cow had one of the few stories about turning an item in. It's all about karma!
I've turned in a few things over the years. About two years ago, I found a U-pass in a bus shelter at Granville and Pender, and turned it in to the Lost Property Office. Six months later, I left mine on a bus, and someone else was kind enough to turn it in — I got it back! So, TransLink, we're even on that front. :3
Most of the stories were just great anecdotes about recovering items that you thought you'd lost. For example, here's Holly:
I lost my videocamera on the Sea Bus during the Olympics and it was turned in and I picked it up from the Lost Property office!
And scottclayton had a similar story, but with a tip for others!
During the Olympics, my wife and I (collectively) left a camera on the Seabus. A few days later, we got a phone call from the Lost Property office informing us about it and where we could pick it up. Luckily we had attached a little thermal-label-maker label with our name and phone number to the camera strap. We hadn't even realized the camera was gone by the time we received the phone call.
Great stuff!
Lost Property was pretty excited about it: they said that they get a lot of cameras turned in, but they often don't get returned as there are almost never any names or phone numbers on a camera that can trace it back to its home. They highly recommended putting labels on stuff like cameras.
You need not have a label printer to make waterproof labels—you can make them easily enough with tape, paper, and some sort of marker (or printer).
But some people shared some different experiences! Sungsu lost and found an item and didn't even have to get to Lost Property:
A few years ago, my daughter left her jacket on the bus on the way to a gymnastics class. A little over an hour later on the way home, we caught the exact same bus back, and the exact same operator had the jacket hanging behind him, ready to hand in to the Lost Property Office. We were happy to relieve him of the chore.
And NS saw a great act of collective caring during the Olympics:
During the Olympics, upon exiting the Skytrain, a girl forgot her umbrella. As she was leaving, we tried to let her know, but she didn't hear us. Someone decided to toss her umbrella on the platform just as the skytrain doors were closing (this analogy is for football fans, he basically threw a perfect completion in tight double coverage). She looked up, smiled and waved. Awesome moment.
Last but not least, Steven passed along a link to some of the crazier items found on public transit in London, England [2]. A case full of dentures! I only saw one pair [3] when I visited our Lost Property office in 2008 :)
Visit the original post [1] to read all the comments: there is a great bicycle story from Cliff there! And thanks again to everyone who voted in the poll: I'll have another little something for you next week.


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This one day course is designed to offer participants a wide perspective on the theory and practice of beekeeping. It is aimed at those who feel that they may be interested in taking further steps towards becoming a beekeeper.
We will discuss the natural history of honeybees, their social organisation and the way that bees work and communicate with the hive mind. We will look at an outline of the year's work for the beekeeper and what you can expect to happen with your hive. We will consider the range and cost of the major items of beekeeping equipment – the tools of the trade - and the relative merits of the various designs of beehive.
If conditions are right we will view our observation hive and open up the brood box and see what is happening. (You will be able to use our protective equipment but do bring a bee suit if you have one and wear trousers!) We will also look at the products of beekeeping: honey, wax, pollen and propolis
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