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While many people follow special diets to alleviate symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), there's no dietary cure-all.
However, a diet rich in vitamins and nutrients is beneficial to your overall health. Certain foods may even help cut down bouts of inflammation.
Keep reading to find out what foods are the most beneficial for AS and which may be best to avoid.
Foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids include:
- flaxseeds
- walnuts
- soybean, canola, and flaxseed oils
- cold-water fish, including salmon and tuna
Other foods contain smaller amounts, including Brussels sprouts, kale, spinach, and salad greens.
Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables is a great way to get most of the vitamins and minerals your body needs to stay strong and healthy.
Fruits and vegetables are a healthy alternative to packaged snacks that are full of calories with little or no nutritional value.
Including fresh produce in your everyday diet doesn't have to be difficult. A hearty vegetable soup will warm you up on the coldest nights. Or try a berry-filled smoothie for a delicious and portable weekday breakfast. If the recipe you use calls for yogurt and you can't eat dairy, you can substitute coconut or soy yogurt.
Whole foods and grains are high in fiber and may even decrease inflammation. However, even whole grains can trigger symptoms in some people with arthritis.
A one-month elimination diet is one of the best ways to identify any foods that trigger symptoms.
It's important to keep a food diary during the elimination diet and when you reintroduce foods to determine if grains, and specifically gluten, cause a flare-up. If not, add some healthy whole grain foods to your daily diet, such as oatmeal and buckwheat.
Highly processed foods, and those that are high in sugar and fat, may cause inflammation. For some, dairy products can also cause inflammation.
Limit foods that come in boxes, bags, and cans whenever possible. Read labels and avoid foods that contain too many extra ingredients that your body doesn't need, such as:
- added sugars
- high sodium content
- saturated fats
- trans fats (hydrogenated oils)
- preservatives
If your diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, lean meats, nuts, legumes, and whole grains, you're less likely to require dietary supplements. But if you're lacking nutrients, you may benefit from an extra boost.
Just be aware that some supplement manufacturers may make false claims. Talk to your doctor to discover which supplements, if any, might be useful for you.
Tell your doctor all of the medications you're taking, as some supplements may interfere with your prescriptions. Also ask your doctor to recommend reputable supplement manufacturers.
Limit your alcohol intake or avoid it altogether. Alcohol can interfere or interact with medications, causing side effects.
Excessive amounts of alcohol can damage your liver, the lining of your small intestine, and your stomach. This can make it hard for your body to digest nutrients and interfere with your ability to absorb and store certain vitamins.
Many people with arthritis take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which can cause damage to your gut lining. Bananas and active- or live-culture yogurt taken with NSAIDs may help protect your gut lining.
Some people with AS report improvement while on a low-starch diet. More studies are needed, but some older
These items all contain starch:
- breads
- pastas
- potatoes
- rice
- pastries
- some prepackaged snack foods
The low-starch diet, or London AS diet, allows:
- fruits
- vegetables
- meat
- fish
- milk and milk products
- eggs
Sticking to a healthy diet can be difficult. Eating slowly, choosing smaller portions, drinking plenty of water, and saving sweets for special occasions are things you can start doing today to eat healthfully.
As always, avoid extreme or fad diets, as these can do more harm than good.
Talk to your doctor about your current diet, supplements, and all over-the-counter and prescriptions medications that you're taking.


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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Style
Welcome back to the Brook Arbor Blog! It's March and that means holidays such as Pi Day, Johnny Appleseed Day, and of course, St. Patrick's Day, which is what we're focusing on in this month's blog post. We've rounded up three ways to celebrate everything Irish here in Cary, North Carolina from raising a pint, to catching a leprechaun, to watching a full-on parade. Check it out!
Head on over to Doherty's Irish Pub to Celebrate St. Patrick's day in style. With a nice variety of stouts, porters, and browns on tap, you'll be sure to find something you fancy. Add a menu featuring Irish (and American) dishes for brunch, lunch, dinner, and late night, plus live music and you've got the perfect recipe to celebrate St. Patrick's Day (or simply have a night out), right here in Cary, and it's only 5 minutes away.
Recreational Adventures: In Search of Leprechauns — Historic Yates Mill, March 16th
From the website: "The mischievous leprechauns have been playing tricks at Yates Mill. Listen to Irish music, read leprechaun stories, and build your own leprechaun trap to help us catch these clever creatures. Be sure to wear green! For ages 6 & up; fee: $1/person. Registration is required for all family members, and children must have adult accompaniment." Yates Mill is about 20 minutes away from Brook Arbor.
St. Patrick's Day Parade in Raleigh
Get your green on and head on over to Raleigh to catch the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival. The parade begins at 10:00 AM beginning at Lane and Salisbury Streets. It takes about thirty minutes to get there from Brook Arbor, so plan for that and allow extra time for traffic and parking. The Courthouse Steps Stage is home to performances by the NC State Pipe Band, Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance, Rince Go Halainn, and others. There will also be an Irish jam session — all musicians welcome. Check out the Festival page for more information on entertainment and vendors.
What is your favorite way to celebrate March in our apartment community and beyond? Let us know in the comments. Thanks for reading today's post.


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6 foreign soldiers wounded in Bagram car-suicide attack
6 foreign soldiers wounded in Bagram car-suicide attack
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Six foreign soldiers and three civilians were wounded in a vehicle-borne IED attack in the Bagram district of central Parwan province on Monday afternoon, NATO spokesman in Afghanistan said.
Bill Salvin said none of the injuries were considered life threatening. All of the injured service members were being treated at the US military hospital at Bagram Air Base.
The incident happened at around 1:15 pm, he added. Bagram District Chief Abdul Shakor Qodusi said there was no information about the losses of foreign troops, but three injured civilians had been shifted to the hospital from the site of blast.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for attack. The group spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said killing 13 foreign soldiers were killed and 11 others injured in the attack. Three military tanks were also destroyed in the attack, added Mujahid.
Four-day back foreign forces convoy was targeted by suicide bomber in Bagram.
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Food and Innovation in Rural Transition: the Tuscany case
"European rural areas are populated with small farms. They contribute to the production of food that is, later on, self-consumed or acquired by consumers in both rural and (peri)urban areas. For the mere fact that they operate in rural areas, small farms are part of rural dynamics (e.g. economic, social, environmental) that influence rural transition. In other words, in Europe rural transition goes along to issues related to agriculture and food production and consumption, many rural areas and businesses operating there contributing to food provisioning and acquisition.The Summer School explores if and how small farms impact on sustainable rural transition while contributing to food provisioning and acquisition. In particular, the programme walks students along the investigation of four themes. These themes fall into the four above mentioned factors influencing the sustainability of rural transition and keep a focus on small farming.
The themes can be synthesised as it follows:
1. Small farms, sustainable tourism and territorial valorisation. This theme explores how small farms contribute to creating opportunities for a sustainable, experiential and multi-seasonal quality tourism sector. This theme includes analysis of rural tourism supply systems with particular reference to local production and agro-food supply chains and other traditional local products; multi-functionality and diversification of agriculture, agro-tourism, social agriculture, analysis of short supply chains
2. Small farms and political agenda. This theme focusses on if, and which, policy acts support directly (e.g. subsidies) or indirectly (e.g. by mentioning small farming as part of broader political strategies) small farms.
3. Small farms, economic viability and socio-cultural suitability. This theme explores how small farms are organised and work. It focusses on their dimensions with respect to production, income generation, employment capacity, market capacity.
Moreover, the theme investigates the ability of small farms to produce services (e.g. employment opportunities) and goods (e.g. food products) that are adequate to the local expectations and needs as they are influenced by the socio-cultural and demographic features (e.g. jobs and products for which there is demand of; practices of food provisioning and acquisition that are in line with food traditions).4. Small farms and the environment. This theme focusses on the impact of small farms on the environment. Namely, on the way small farms activities impact on the use and reproduction of genetic resources, agroecosystem services and abiotic factors. Work planThe Summer Course is organized into 3 learning sections:
1. Literature review
2. Research Methodologies
3. Food and Innovation in Rural Transition (case-study)
Some of the main concepts that students will elaborate and debate during the Programme as listed as followings:
• Transition and sustainable development in rural areas and in agriculture
• Rural-urban divide and bridge
• Policies for rural areas and small farms
• Small farming, concepts and (economic, social, environmental) implications
• Multifunctional agriculture: concepts and implications;
• Social learning approach to innovation. Discussing about selected case studies in Tuscany, students will be stimulated to reflect on the issues emerging from the theoretical framework. The part of "Research Methodologies" uses a participatory learning approach, where students will be actively involved in observing and understanding the empirical reality, engaged in reflection, discussion and reporting – elaborating concepts individually as well as in groups. This part of the course is articulated into a series of workshops that will introduce and reflect on methodology for fact-finding activity, analysis and reporting (i.e. individuation of focus and specific objectives, specific methods, etc.)
• Interviewing methodologies;
• Visual monitoring activities;
• Group work facilitation;
• Data elaboration;
• Reporting methods.
Visual methods will be integrated in this framework, being very useful to build, elaborate, exchange and communicate new knowledge."Food and Innovation in Rural transition" case study introduces students to the application of the theoretical and methodological background to the empirical cases. A guided tour of field visits to the Tuscan northern territory, together with meetings and interviews with special informants and stakeholders, will be organized in order to expose students to the specific issues of the course. Within this section of the course, main tasks for the students will be to collect, elaborate and report data and information, according with the theoretical background received and by implementing research methodologies"
Course leader
Prof. Francesco Paolo Di Iacovo
Target group
EU and Non-EU students (University degree or Bachelor degree, Master degree) as well as PhD students
Course aim
The course aims to increase awareness and competencies about food issues and transition in agriculture and rural areas and to prepare students in order to design future sustainable transitions pathways able to meet medium and long-term societal and consumer demands. The Course would provide students engaged with agricultural and rural studies an immersive experience on the Tuscan territory
Fee info
EUR 1600: euro 1.000 fees + euro 600 accommodation
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Letter to the Chief Justice and Attorney General
The Honourable Patrick J. LeSage
Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice
130 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
The Honourable Charles Harnick
Attorney General
Ministry of the Attorney General
720 Bay Street, 11th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Dear Chief Justice and Attorney General:
We are pleased to submit for your consideration the Supplemental and Final Report of the Civil Justice Review team.
In our First Report, submitted in March 1995, we set out what we believe to be the blueprint for a civil justice system which meets the benchmark criteria established at the outset of our earlier deliberations, namely those of:
- fairness
- affordability
- accessibility
- timeliness
- accountability
- efficiency and cost-effectiveness
- a streamlined process and administration
This completes the broad review of the civil justice system which your predecessors in office requested us to undertake. The blueprint drafted in our First Report forms the foundation and basis for the further recommendations contained in this Supplemental and Final Report, which are intended to supplement, not supplant, the proposals of the First Report. The two must be read together.
Much of a constructive nature has been accomplished towards implementation of the First Report's recommendations. We have summarized those efforts here. At the heart of the Supplemental and Final Report, however, is a more comprehensive examination of the case management system and supporting rules which we propose be introduced on a province-wide basis and of the manner in which ADR techniques should be integrated into that system. In addition, we make further recommendations in the areas of family law, landlord and tenant, small claims, construction liens, enforcement and venue.
While in some of these latter subjects we have not been able to offer "final" recommendations because it became apparent to us that to do so would take us beyond our mandate to propose "specific and implementable solutions" -- we have made what we believe to be important recommendations with respect to each of them, and we have put forward suggestions as to how they might be further pursued. For instance, we have recommended strongly that a separate Family Justice Review be created to carry out in the family law area the same sort of "congealing" exercise for which the Civil Justice Review has been a catalyst in the civil justice system generally, and we have proposed reforms for further consideration in the areas of small claims and enforcement.
None of this could have been accomplished without the dedicated efforts of the Civil Justice Review staff and without similar contributions from our advisory participants and others who generously offered the benefit of their wisdom and experience.
Nor, of course, could any of this have been accomplished or any of our previous recommendations implemented without the acceptance and support of you. We are grateful for that, and for your trust and support throughout our endeavours.
We look forward to your considered response to the recommendations in this report.
Hon. Robert A. Blair
Ontario Court of Justice
(General Division)
Civil Justice Review
Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Courts Administration Division
Civil Justice Review
|Terrence J. O'Sullivan
Barrister and Solicitor
McMillan, Binch
Task Force Member
Civil Justice Review
Executive Director
Ontario Association of Children's Aid
Task Force Member
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The Football Fan Spot: First, a little bit of background stuff, when did you start playing football? Who did were some of your favorite players to watch as a kid? Favorite team to watch? When did you first realize that you had a really good shot at the NFL?
Brooks Reed: I started playing football at about the age of 8 or 9. I grew up watching the desert swarm at the UofA (University of Arizona) with Tedy Bruschi and co. I never watched that much NFL, mostly college on Saturdays. I knew I wanted to play in the NFL when I was young but I never realized my potential until later in college.
TFFS: It's been roughly 2 or 3 months since the end of your season. In what ways, if any, do you think you've improved since the end of the season?
BR: I had a great learning experience at the Senior Bowl. I had a chance to be coached by the Bills D-line coach, and really learned a lot in a short amount of time. It was nice to see how NFL coaches ran practice. The speed and intensity of practice was about what I expected, considering every player was trying to impress scouts and coaches. I also had a great opportunity to work with Barry Gardner, my linebacker position coach. I feel like I have come a long way with his help.
TFFS: Which, if any, NFL teams have met with you up to this point?
BR: I talked to a lot of 3-4 teams looking for a standup linebacker, and a few 4-3 teams looking at me as a D-end.
TFFS: I have always found it very interesting to ask prospects what round they believe they will be drafted in, so, honestly, putting aside where you think you should be drafted, what draft range do you think you will be drafted in?
BR: The lowest I have heard was 2nd-3rd round, but I try not to put too much into mock drafts. I guess I don't want to get my hopes up.
TFFS: Who do you compare yourself most to in the NFL? Is there anyone you model your game after?
BR: I don't really compare myself to anyone particularly, but I try to emulate my game after DeMarcus Ware, Dwight Freeney, Clay Matthews.
TFFS: Which NFL players, if any, have been helping you through the draft process?
BR: Earl Mitchell (former teammate of Reed's at Arizona, a 2010 3rd round pick by the Houston Texans) has helped me through the process, mostly words of wisdom.
TFFS: There is a very serious threat of a lockout in the NFL, how are you prepared to deal with that once you get drafted?
BR: I am prepared to just stay in my home town and train until it's over.
TFFS: Give me a little bit of a self scouting report, what do you say you could contribute most to an NFL team? What is your biggest weakness or thing you need to work on most?
BR: I would contribute versatility and the ability and desire to play special teams. I would say my biggest weakness is being comfortable dropping into coverage and pattern reading due to the fact that I did very little of that in college, but that is a work in progress.
TFFS: A lot of rookies have to play significant amounts of time on special teams. What is your experience playing on special teams and did you enjoy it?
BR: I was a pure special teams guy in 2007, and just did punt team while I started at D-end for the remaining of my career. I love special teams, especially kickoff coverage. It's something I take pride in.
TFFS: The general consensus around your Combine performance was that it helped your stock. Were you satisfied with how you performed at The Combine or are there some things you wish you could have done a little better?
BR: I felt pretty satisfied with my 40, but I felt a little disappointed with some of my other timed drills. I felt good about my position drills overall.
TFFS: You got a chance to play in the Senior Bowl. What was that experience like?
BR: The Senior Bowl was a great warm-up for The Combine, as far as interviews and competitive nature. It was cool playing with and against some of the best players in the nation. It really exposed things I need to work on at the next level.
TFFS: Depending on who you ask, you had anywhere from 18 to 21 sacks in college. Did you have a favorite sack, one you remember more than the others?
BR: One of my favorite sacks was against USC in 2008. It was a strip sack, and really was a momentum changer.
TFFS: More and more teams in the NFL are switching to a 3-4 scheme. Both the Packers and the Steelers ran a 3-4, as did teams like the Patriots, the Jets, and the Ravens. How do you think you translate to a 3-4 as a so called "rush" linebacker? Have you played linebacker extensively before? Are you comfortable dropping back into coverage and rushing the passer from a 2 point stance? Is that something you've been working on this offseason?
BR: I think I would translate well and I believe I have the athleticism to stand up and rush. I have zone dropped in college before and that was never really a big deal. I think the 3-4 rush linebacker is the best position on the field, but I feel like you have to be the most complete player, pass rush, play run and cover.
TFFS: Something that really stands out to me about your game, and I'm not alone in this, is that your motor never shuts off, ever. That kind of thing is actually pretty rare in the NFL. Has this just been the way you've always played or something you've had to work at?
BR: It is something that I really worked on in college, or when I made the position change to D-end. I have made a lot of plays with downright hustle, even with little technique. A great motor is essential for a defensive player, it's all attitude.
TFFS: One final question, if an NFL GM were standing right in front of you and asked you, why should we draft you, what would you say to him?
BR: I am a player that will provide versatility and a player that will give 100 percent effort every play.


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Best we can do in the circumstances
Recently I led a week-long retreat for some 60 people at a renewal centre. Overall, it went very well, though ideally it could have gone better. It could have gone better if, previous to the retreat, I had more time to prepare and more time to rest so that I would have arrived at the retreat well rested, fully energetic and able to give this group my total undivided attention for seven days.
Students inspired to play like champs
HAMILTON, ONT. - At Hamilton's St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, members of the senior soccer teams are learning more than just tactics, strategy and skills specific to their sport; they're learning how faith contributes to their game.
PHOTO GALLERY: Students from other faiths are included at Brebeuf College, an all boys' Catholic high school in Toronto. See photos from the students' Holy Week pilgrimage to Rome.
This photo gallery is an example of what Digital Edition subscribers have access to. The Digital Edition features the same articles as the print edition PLUS colour photos, videos, audio clips and links. If you are not a subscriber, you can try a free subscription by going here:http://www.catholicregister.org/digitaledition
Toronto's Brebeuf College School has a vibrant faith life, and not only for Catholic students.
While attending a school of a different faith can be daunting, the experience has proven worthwhile for the school's Catholic and non-Catholic students alike.
Nun has found her happy place
In Sr. Anna Chan's earlier career in retail management, she sought happiness through a love of fine clothes, shoes and bags.
"I was looking for happiness," said Chan, "but I was looking in the wrong place."
Retreat and Renewal Centres
The Catholic Register is proud to present its annual feature on retreat & renewal centres which help the mind, body and soul.
You can browse the articles below and see all the ads on the Digital Edition. The original pull-out section appeared in the April 19, 2015 issue.
Retreats & Renewal Centres: Catholic Register Special Feature 2015
- Retreat will be a workout for body and soul, by Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register
- Where strangers leave as friends, by Michael Chen, The Catholic Register
- Taking retreats online, by Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register
- TD Ameritrade founder pours energy, resources into new retreat centre, by Joe Ruff
- Carmelite invokes Elijah at retreat for Pope and Curia, by Laura Ieraci
Retreat will be a workout for body and soul
It's not just our bodies that need a workout, our souls need training too.
That's what St. Paschal Baylon Church's young adult ministry will be doing this year for its annual retreat April 25-26.
Where strangers leave as friends
Earlier this year, I had a "dilemma." There were five retreats happening in the same month — some landing on the same weekends. Which retreat should I go on? There was a Chinese Catholic students' retreat, a quad university chaplaincies including my alma mater, one with the University of Toronto, another one on discernment and the silent retreat with the York University chaplaincy. In the end, I chose the days of discernment retreat. Funny enough, I ended up making a decision to go on a retreat to learn how to make better life decisions.
Taking retreats online
For the busy person who can't get away for a spiritual retreat weekend, all they may need is to turn on their computer.
Virtual retreats are a fairly new concept — a retreat conducted through online media, often based on a time and place of the individual's choosing.
OMAHA, Neb. - Working to establish and build a business that would become one of the largest discount brokerages in the United States — TD Ameritrade — Joe Ricketts found some 20 years ago he was drifting away from the Catholic faith and values that formed him growing up in Nebraska City.
Carmelite invokes Elijah at retreat for Pope and Curia
VATICAN CITY - Just as the people they preach to must be reawakened to God, so to must the Church's pastors — right up to those holding the highest positions in the Church — a Carmelite priest told Pope Francis and members of the Curia at their recent retreat.
To be a Catholic man of the Church
I recently attended a men's retreat and got three surprises. First surprise, a men's and women's retreat were happening at the same venue. Second, no one would be allowed to talk because it was a silent retreat. (Okay, participants were allowed to talk but only during the talks and during Mass.) The third surprise, and most important, is what I learned about masculinity and the role that men play in the Church. We also learned about what it means to be a "husband to the Church."
Regis' Lenten retreat takes aim at busy youth
TORONTO - Everyone needs spiritual direction at some point in their life, said Sr. Mechtilde O'Mara.
Pope begins retreat, encourages prayer, fasting, charity
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI asked Catholics for their prayers as he began his weeklong Lenten retreat Feb. 26.
Before reciting the Angelus prayer at midday with visitors in St. Peter's Square, he also prayed that all Catholics would "embrace the spirit of this holy season, through prayer, fasting and almsgiving."
Finding solitude amidst the silence on retreat
STAMFORD, CONN. - They say silence is golden. Well, silence is also tough. I learned just how challenging it is to be completely silent during a young women's retreat with the Sisters of Life in Stamford over the Feb. 10-12 weekend.
Going into the retreat, I knew there were going to be periods of silence. But I didn't quite know the full extent of it. Following our first talk of the weekend on the theme "Love Never Fails," the sisters informed us — to my dismay — we would start our silence after compline, or night prayer. We'd break the talking fast the next day with dinner at 6 p.m. About 20 hours, with talking only allowed within the context of confession and Mass.
Wake up to the Risen Son
I am not a morning person. I automatically hit the snooze button a couple of times before I finally drag myself out of bed. But during Lent I got a wake up call that I couldn't ignore.


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Wow what at fantastic night at the Georgian theatre, Stockton for the annual Teesside Brew fest to raise funds for Teesside Hospice. £12,000 was raised over the 2 nights so well done everyone involved!!
So many people pulled together to make this an amazing night: Cameron's brewery donated and sourced casks for the event.
Golden Smog helped with set up and close down of the evening and The amazing Georgian Theatre provided the venue, such an amazing venue, check out their website for future events, not to be missed!!!
Lauren Agar was on hand all night and the following night to capture this fantastic event on camera and took some amazing pictures, Thankyou Lauren xx
And not forgetting the amazing volunteers from Teesside Hospice who kept the evening flowing well all night and worked so hard without failing to smile and enjoy the evening, such a lovely bunch of people. it was so nice meeting you all xx
fantastic dancing form you all all night to, makes our job a delight xx
We felt extremely honoured to share the stage with 2 fantastic performers: Finn Forster was amazing, such a beautiful voice and so many of my favourite songs, we absolutely loved listening to you and look forward to seeing you again some time, highly recommended. Look him up on Facebook Finn Forster Acoustic xx
Thankyou Lauren for this lovely photo of us performing on the Night and to the Georgian theatre and Teesside Hospice for inviting us to perform, we loved the night. Last but not least Thankyou to the wonderful audience for singing and dancing with us all night and for you're fantastic feedback and support, we really do appreciate it xxx


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This is one of the premier waterfall hikes in our area.
This is one of the premier waterfall hikes in our area.
Latest revision as of 19:38, 24 August 2020
- Start point: Lower Lewis River Falls Trailhead
- End point:Taitnapum Falls
- Trail Log: Trail Log
- Hike Type: Out and back
- Distance: 6.6 miles
- Elevation gain: 320 feet
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Seasons:Year round
- Family Friendly: Yes
- Backpackable: Yes
- Crowded: Yes
Hike Description
Update posted 7/31/2020 by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest: Lower Falls Day Use Area is closed to prevent spread of COVID-19 due to overcrowding issues during the Summer of 2020. Please visit the Gifford Pinchot NF website for updates. Lower Falls Campground is open by reservations only. It is extremely popular, make reservations well in advance.
This is one of the premier waterfall hikes in our area.
From the Lower Lewis River Falls Trailhead make your way down any of the use paths to views of Lower Falls. The trail on the edge of the bluff is the Lewis River Trail (#31). Walk to the right as far as you like for different views of the waterfall. There are dozens of different segments and literally hundreds of vastly different photographic possibilities. There are a couple of informal side paths that lead to the river for views at water level. When you've had your fill of Lower Falls head back up the Lewis River Trail.
Continue past the trailhead and the restrooms. This first part of the trail travels through the large campground and is quite busy. There are lots of use paths, but if you stay right, you can't go wrong. Soon you'll climb a small hill to the edge of the campground. There's a sign here marking the Lewis River Trail. Continue east up the hill and head upriver.
The trail soon passes quite near FR 90 and you may hear and see cars. After a bit though the trail drops away from the road and crosses a seasonal waterfall on small footbridge. The concrete remains of Sheep Bridge are soon visible in the river far below. Next you'll come to a couple of trails coming from the left, first the Wright Meadows Trail, the second the Middle Falls Trail. The main trail used to continue straight at this junction, but a landslide has resulted in a detour. A sign in the middle of the trail directs you to switchback uphill to the left to the Middle Falls Trailhead.
At the parking lot veer right and pick up the trail a few feet away on the other side (watch for a sign). This trail meanders down, crossing Copper Creek above Copper Creek Falls. The trail continues downhill until a junction. The main trail goes straight but take the switchback downhill to the left to see Middle Falls. The trail beyond there is closed due to the landslide.
Back on the main trail you'll walk about a mile to the base of Upper Falls. There's a lot of alder growing up here, but you'll see a steep path that goes to the river bank and allows unobstructed view of the falls.
The next part of the trail is a steep climb, but the climb is short and the rewards are great. The trail works up the side of the Alec Creek Canyon gaining about 150 feet in a quarter mile. Then the trail heads back along the top of the bluff. Look for the signed side trail on the right - it goes steeply down to impressive Upper Falls Viewpoint.
The last waterfall is the smallest of the bunch, but it's only a 1/4 mile, so it's worth the trip. This is Taitnapum Falls. There's no access to the river here, so your only view is the from the trail. You may continue another 2/3 of a mile to the end of the trail at upper trailhead on FR 90. Return the way you came, or if you are doing this as a hike and bike, continue to the Upper Lewis River Trailhead to retrieve your bike.
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|Reviews for TRANSFORMERS: Blood & Iron
| Kamen Rider Chrome chapter 3 . 12/5/2006
Okay, THAT was good! Wonder what Prime's alternate form will be. Well, just gonna have to wait, won't I? Quite a good spin on the transformers mythos.
| Ten-Faced Paladin chapter 3 . 6/10/2006
Unbeliveable. This kicks butt! Update! Please!
| Patrick chapter 3 . 1/28/2006
Great story. all the historical figures play their parts well.
pictures of the autobots and decepticons would be good.
especially what they look like in the 19th century.
| Gripfang-Wildblade chapter 3 . 2/28/2005
Pretty good story... I like the introduction of so many major historical players into the story.. especially Rasputin, Lenin, and Stalin..
a couple things though..
Megatron is now a Smith and Wesson revolver, not Smith and Western...
please run a spell checker, there were too many grammatical errors to count.
overall very promising so far.. can't wait to read more...
| Brax The Great chapter 3 . 7/15/2004
To Lein, you have written a masterpiece of a fanfiction, and I love the idea of getting some of histories most notable figures involved with the transformers, as well as the alternate history thing! I hope you decide to update your story sometime soon!
| Philip S chapter 3 . 4/30/2004
I just read the first few chapters of your story and I have to say, I'm impressed. Not only is the premise very interesting (Transformers in the 19th century), but you obviously did a lot of research regarding prominent people and political situations of the time.
I'm definitely pitching in for those pictures you mentioned of how the Transformers would look when adapted to 19th century machines. Megatron as a Smith & Wesson was obvious, but what about Prime? If my memory serves me right there weren't really any trucks back then, just the first generation of cars, still topless for the most part. And what about the flying Transformers? No planes back then. So you can see I'm curious.
If there is one thing I don't like about the story it's the somewhat slow pace. I hope you pick up a bit of speed these next few chapters and get things going. Apart from that, no complaints. Keep at it!
| Stormy chapter 3 . 2/15/2004
I'm a little curious what you're going to do about the seekers, there wasn't any controlled flight in 1898, no fighters, no planes whatsoever.
| Elwing chapter 3 . 12/13/2003
Really (100x) GOOD! I can't wait to read more! Well, on the down side, some spelling errors, but if the story's this good, what's a few typos, right? May I also make a humble suggestion, like say, the Transformers encounter The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? (the graphic novel, not the movie)
| Deaths-Head chapter 3 . 12/11/2003
This just keeps getting better and better, yes? Please do up some drawings, as I'd like to see what you have in mind for some of the 'other' Decepticons and Autobots. A couple questions do pop to mind. One : Will the gestalts appear in this story, and Two : Will those ever fun lving, powerful and extremely dangerous, Dinobots, make an appearance? That said, what about Omega Supreme or Skyfire?
Sorry, getting ahead of myself here. Still, it'd be nice to see what those Autobot badasses, the Dinobots, could get up to, and what trouble.
| DocDragon chapter 3 . 11/28/2003
I say, go for the drawing! I'd like to see what Megatron looks like as a Smith'n Western.
| Cyrelle chapter 3 . 11/23/2003
This is SO GOOD!
Do draw them ;) Id love to see that.
Primus, this story is jsut amazing. You jsut got two favourites from me.
When will the next chapter be up?
Great work, please continue.
| metgear5 chapter 3 . 11/20/2003
Getting better by the minute. Please draw the nineteenth century versions, it would be great to see old favorites in a new light. Soundwave's alt mode should be very interesting. Great stuff, keep it going.
| Cyblade Silver chapter 3 . 11/18/2003
That sounds very interesting. I hope Ironhide still has his southern accent, as it would be interesting to see what the Russians think of that.
| Ashes2 chapter 3 . 11/17/2003
Please, most definitely draw their alt modes. I opened up another window in my computer and did a search on Smith'n westerns to see what exactly Megatron looked like. It was interesting, to say the least. I would love to see what the others' appearances.
This story is so original. Way better then any of the crap I keep trying to write.
| Pivot chapter 3 . 11/16/2003
Excellent! This is really interesting...Keep it up!


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This is a list of stuff that we actively dislike and generally always leads to disciplinary action, but there's always going to be that point where you can be like "Well, I only barely mentioned something political, but this guy went on a whole rant and yet he didn't get punished and I did!" or "I just did some really minor thing that I didn't even mean to be trolling, but this guy seriously trolled this other guy and he didn't get punished but I did!".
There's also the point where it gets really hard to define where the rules are. So we can say "No trolling!", but how do you define trolling? Where do you draw that line? Or we can say "No swearing!" but what counts as swearing? When is it appropriate and inappropriate? Which words count as "swears" and which don't?
Here's the honest truth. Sometimes, people will break the rules and we leave it in because it's topical, or because it adds to the discussion, or because we know that person better and know what they actually meant, or sometimes just because we think it's funny. And other times we punish people because of those same reasons; it isn't topical enough, or funny enough, or we don't know you enough to know your intentions, or whatever other reason.
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It really depends on what we're feeling at the time, and what you've done or said before, and if whatever you're doing has been done before by others and we're tired of it and you're just the straw that broke the camel's back. It's called bias and I really wish we could say that we will not be biased but in all honesty that is simply impossible,
I mean, just being on this site is playing with fire, honestly, because you can be punished for something you didn't even mean. It's happened to us before, and we understand what it's like to be blamed for something you didn't do, but you also have to realize that anyone can say anything to get out of trouble. How are we supposed to know you didn't mean it, or that you didn't have those intentions?
So the only solution we have is to be up front with you and tell you that we treat everything case by case. Yes, we totally realize that it sounds unfair, and to be honest, it totally is, but there is honestly just no way to be 100% fair in every situation. If you've been on a site before or been staff on a site before, you know what I'm talking about.
We're going to straight up tell you that our decisions are going to probably, at some point, seem unfair to you, because at some point they totally will be unfair to you. We just aren't able to make sure that everything is fair because we can't see every thing that's happened. We can't judge how antagonistic someone has been, what people have said on other sites, what you were thinking when you made that post or whatever other reasons were at play. We can't always be fair. We really wish we could, but we can't. That's just life.
That's the risks of being on this site. If you're willing to gamble with them, that's your decision. You're going to see people, friends, enemies, staff, that to you clearly broke the rules we've listed here, and they aren't getting punished for it, and to be honest that's because they gambled and they won. And you're going to see others, maybe your friends, maybe your enemies, maybe staff, maybe even you, break the rules and get brutally punished for it. That's because they gambled and lost.
We're not saying that it's arbitrary, because we will try our best to stick by these rules and deal with things as fairly as we can. But "as fairly as we can" is not "always fair all the time". So we apologize in advance and hope our little bout at honesty, while it won't make up for being unfair, at least makes you aware that it is very possible and can happen.
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Jetpack Joyride Gets a Free Update, Adds More Jetpacks
One of my favorite iOS games ever is the $.99 Jetpack Joyride, which we gave a rather glowing review. It's fun, addictive, time-consuming and a great way to waste away a few spare minutes here and there. Well, the title just got an update that adds in-game leaderboards and some new jetpacks, as well as some other new items you can pick up with in-game coins. The update is free, and, like I mentioned, the game is only $.99, so if you have an iOS device, you have no excuse to not check it out.


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UTSA Aerospace Engineering Certificate
The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering is pleased to announce the new Aerospace Engineering Certificate beginning in the Fall of 2019.
The Certificate in Aerospace Engineering is designed to prepare mechanical engineering degree-seeking students and non-degree-seeking students with a mechanical engineering background with the fundamental engineering knowledge necessary for successful careers in the aerospace industry. It certifies to employers that students awarded the certificate have completed coursework essential to success in entry-level positions in aerospace.
The Aerospace Engineering Certificate is sponsored by the Dee Howard Foundation, whose mission is to inspire, challenge, and empower innovators in aerospace while training a skilled workforce for the San Antonio, Texas Region.
The Dee Howard Foundation also established the Dee Howard Faculty Fellow Endowment in 2013, benefitting a select member of the Mechanical Engineering Department as they advance research and scholarship in aerospace engineering and support undergraduate and graduate students interested in the field.
The Dee Howard Foundation was established in memory of aviation pioneer and entrepreneur Dee Howard for the support of programs that enhance excellence and global leadership of the aviation and automotive sectors in the San Antonio, Texas Region.


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This system variables has the values 0 (false) and 1 (true). In 5.4 we have changed our scheme for how a module node inherits its color.
The old inheritance scheme: pre-5.4 a module would inherit its color from a containing module.
The new inheritance scheme: in 5.4 and after a module inherits its color from the color of the module class as set in Node style defaults, which make module color inheritance consistent with non-module node color inheritance.
However, there are legacy pre-5.4 models still usable in 5.4 and, in case bringing them up in 5.4 is expected to have them use the same colors as before, we provide this system variable to control which scheme is used. If this is set to true, we use the new scheme. If this is set to false, we use the old scheme.
If we bring up a model that indicates it was last saved before 5.4, we set this variable to true and if this model is saved in 5.4, we save the value of this variable as true with the model, so we have a permanent indication that it is a legacy model.
If we bring up a model that was saved in 5.4, the last value of this variable has been saved in the model file, so this handles both cases, of models created in 5.3 or before and saved in 5.4 or created and saved in 5.4.
You can of course change this back to false to get the new inheritance scheme. But you can then change it back to true to get the old.
To make this user friendly, if your model is recognized as being created in 5.3 or earlier, but you use Node style defaults to set the color of any module type, we automatically set this variable to false to that your setting in Node style default takes over. You can always set the variable to true again to back this out.


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Robert and Kathryn Hughes, Wesco: "Who doesn't want to throw their alarm clock at a wall?" In this revealing business sale advice video, Robert and Kathryn Hughes, formerly of Wesco, explain the unlikely origins of their successful business in the novelty toys and gifts industry, and how and why the took the decision to sell up.
The couple are a good example of what happens when the thrill of running and growing a business wears off, when "there are other things you'd much rather do". Here they offer the insiders' perspective on the business sale process, and explain why competition is the key to getting the best deal. They are clearly enjoying a very different lifestyle post-sale...Kathryn has even forged a second career as a best-selling novelist!
"Don't hang on to your business too long...and use your imagination," advises Robert. "There are so many things other than your business to occupy your time that will give you satisfaction in many other ways."
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When winter hits Melbourne, we're alllll about the comfort foods and nothing warms us up like a hearty soup. Whether you're a fan of Japanese miso broth, love a rich seafood chowder (the more cream and white wine, the better!), or keen for a veggie-packed blend, here are Melbourne's best cafes and restaurants for satisfying that soup urge.
#1: The Soup Place, Melbourne CBD
The clue's in the name here, folks. Tucked down Centre Place, ten paces off Flinders Lane, The Soup Place is home to delicious to-go soups that span everything from spicy Moroccan chicken to creamy pumpkin. Not satisfied with feeding Melbourne's more fortunate soup slurpers, The Soup Place also lets you add a mere $3.50 to your order to 'pay it forward', providing soup for someone who is currently homeless in Melbourne. We salute you, soup lovers with soul!
#2: Isit, Prahran
Prahran cafe Isit is a firm Urban List fave, largely due to its rich soups that come with mouth-watering garlic toast. While the flavours change almost daily, we're always hoping for a bowlful of their pea and ham hock masterpiece. The perfect spot for a bite to eat on a cold Melbourne day.
#3: Borsch, Vodka & Tears, Windsor
Beetroot broth, chicken broth, rye broth… They've got it all at Windsor borsch mecca, Borsch, Vodka & Tears. If you're looking for maximum comfort food points, we'd recommend the white borsch, which comes with a side of mash for spooning into your soup—genuinely like eating a hug for lunch.
#4: Fish & Chippery By The Atlantic, Southbank
Okay, so you might have a hard time tearing yourself away from that platter of freshly shucked oysters at Fish & Chippery By The Atlantic, but if you can manage to, you'll thank yourself for ordering the prawn and smoked fish chowder, which comes packed full of mushrooms, leeks and sweetcorn, and is served IN A SOURDOUGH BOWL. Seriously, why had we not thought of this before?! Seafood lovers, you know what to do.
#5: Moroccan Soup Bar, North Fitzroy
Somewhat of a northside institution, the Moroccan Soup Bar goes light on its service and heavy on its heartwarming Middle Eastern soups. More like a stew, these spiced chickpea-laden soups are definitely on the more filling end of the spectrum. Lock in your next Moroccan dinner date, pronto.
#6: Bistro Gitan, South Yarra
When it comes to rich, creamy soups, the French do it best. Bistro Gitan is always worth dropping into for a bowl of their daily soup, whether it's cheese-topped French onion (our ultimate favourite), or another masterful concoction. And we wouldn't blame you for having a cheeky glass of Champagne with your decadent soup feast…
#7: Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne
Yet another chowder hotspot, Claypots Evening Star is the go-to if you're in need of a mussel broth or hearty chowder on a cold winter's evening. Using market-fresh ingredients that make the most of the day's catch, you can guarantee you'll be tucking into a bowl of something delicious here, and if you need a sweet treat for dessert, there's always the market nearby!
#8: Hakata Gensuke, Melbourne CBD and Hawthorn
Praise be to the god of ramen! Hakata Gensuke's noodle-filled bowls are filling, super-flavoursome and come with all the ramen egg and chilli oil trimmings you could wish for. Feeling brave? Go for the 'God Fire' spicy ramen at ither the Hawthorn or Melbourne CBD location. Now THAT will heat you up on a cold day.
#9: Little Ramen Bar, Melbourne CBD
Sometimes, when it comes to soups, simple is best, and nowhere's doing no-frills ramen quite like Little Ramen Bar in the CBD. With the option to add just about anything you want for an extra dollar or two, this is our top pick for a DIY bowl of Japanese goodness.
For our full round-up of Melbourne's best ramen, click here.
#10: Chef Lagenda, Flemington, Deer Park
Authentic laksa doesn't get better than at Chef Lagenda, Flemington's up-and-coming soup specialists who are making some of the best traditional soups in the city. When it comes to the colder days, we all know spicy is best, so it's curry laksa all the way. Delicious!
For the complete guide to Melbourne's best laksa, click here.
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New development side puts Buccaneers back on track
FOOTBALL: AFTER a bumpy start to the year, there may be hopes for senior players in the Wide Bay Buccaneers
Football Queensland Wide Bay general manager Peter Guest announced the team will field a development side in the Wide Bay Premier League for 2019, following a meeting with clubs and players across the region on Tuesday.
It follows the team announcing last week an under-18, under-20 or open men's team would not be fielded this season.
The new development team will consist of several senior players who will help train and develop younger Buccaneers players.
Guest told the Chronicle the development team was "basically an under-20s side" that had played in higher levels of football.
"It's good news for us, it allows us to keep a core group together and build on that through 2019," Guest said.
"With the agreement from FQ that we're able to have an under-18s in 2020, which is basically our under-16s that will come through, this gives us a core group for our under-20s in mens."
Senior clubs struggled through last year's premier league, with the open men's team failing to win any matches and the U18s forfeiting several matches due to low player numbers.
But in their stead the junior sides soared, with the U13s finishing just outside of the top four in last year's competition.
Guest said the club was also looking at making several changes across the board to ensure players were looked after during and after their games.
"With Bill Mitchell coming on board as our technical director, he brings a wealth of knowledge in that area," Guest said.
"We're looking to bring in someone to help us with our player performance model, so someone that will work on strength and conditioning, health, mental health, a whole package we're looking at.
"It helps to show the players we're trying to be as professional as we can."


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Douglas A. Anderson
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Douglas Allen Anderson (born 30 December 1959) is an American writer and editor on the subjects of fantasy and medieval literature, specializing in textual analysis of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
He was born in Valparaiso, Indiana. His first published book was The Annotated Hobbit (1988), which grew out of a study of the revisions made by Tolkien to the various editions of The Hobbit following the publication of The Lord of the Rings. The Annotated Hobbit won the Mythopoeic Award for scholarship. A revised edition was published in 2002.
Anderson's textual studies of The Lord of the Rings are the core of the Houghton Mifflin revised American edition of 1987, incorporating various changes made to British editions at Tolkien's direction. He also contributed a "Note on the Text" discussing the history of these changes, which was subsequently incorporated into later editions with various minor revisions.
With Verlyn Flieger and Michael D. C. Drout, he is co-editor of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, (Volume 1, 2004; Volume 2, 2005; Volume 3, 2006; Volume 4, 2007; Volume 5, 2008; and Volume 6, 2009).
Anderson has also edited modern editions of works by other fantasists including Leonard Cline, Kenneth Morris, Evangeline Walton and William Hope Hodgson.
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Departures: Indonesia
Dances, Dragons, and Colorful Coasts: A Cruise Through Indonesia
Immerse yourself in the Komodo National Park and Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands, cruising through a panorama of islands and encountering new wonders on a daily basis. This adventurous, eight-day inclusive voyage of discovery aboard the 24-passenger Ombak Putih or the 12-passenger Katharina offers a cross-section of remote beaches, quiet coastal villages, jungle-clad mountain ranges, towering volcanoes, rivers, waterfalls, tribal rituals, a mysterious lake, and the legendary Komodo Dragons. There will be ample opportunity to snorkel and view the kaleidoscopic beauty of the underwater world. Unlimited use of the stand-up paddleboards and sea kayaks onboard will add yet another dimension to your nature explorations.
We believe that to travel responsibly, a portion of our tour cost should benefit communities where it's most needed. For this trip, we will donate to ROOM TO READ who seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in Indonesia and worldwide by supporting literacy and gender equality in education.
*$3,280 per person
For more information and to get started, contact us at How to Book.
April – August 2020
8 Days, 7 Nights
Day 1
Enjoy a coastal drive heading east from Sanur, with stops at the traditional village of Tenganan, renown for double ikat weavings and at the Royal Water Palace temple of Tirta Gangga. Afternoon arrival in Amed – an exotic royal Balinese kingdom of forests and mighty mountains, emerald rice terraces and pretty beaches. Overnight at a beachfront resort where you may choose to relax and unwind with a swim or a snorkel. This evening, get acquainted with fellow passengers at a welcome dinner overlooking the beach.
Day 2
Cruising to Sumbawa
After breakfast, board our traditional Indonesian sailing vessel and settle in before heading off for a snorkel on the lovely reefs that the area is famous for. Back on board, we raise anchor and head east to the Lombok Straight and cross the 'Wallace Line', the transitional zone with divides the Asiatic flora and fauna to the west from the Australian species to the east. Enjoy sunset drinks from the deck before a delicious dinner on board.
Day 3
Kenawa Island
Wake off the beautiful white sands of Kenawa Island in West Sumbawa, where we will snorkel, paddle board, kayak or swim. Explore the island's beaches, grasslands and corals throughout the morning. After lunch on board set course for Bungin Island, home to a group of Bajau 'Sea Gypsies', famous for their stilt houses built above the water. After a village visit, we set sail for Moyo Island.
Day 4
Explore Satonda
Morning visit to Labuan Aji village on the island of Moyo followed by a walk to Diwu Mba'i waterfall. Our next stop will be Satonda, a mystical volcanic island with a sunken saltwater crater lake at its center. Local people believe Satonda to be magical. Walk to the lip of the caldera to view the mysterious lake, surrounded by trees believed to grant wishes. Spend the afternoon swimming and snorkeling the soft and hard corals and colorful tropical fish that surround the island. Look up to see thousands of fruit bats that commute at dusk from the island to feed on the mainland, returning before first light the next day.
Day 5
Banta Underwater
Wake up off the coast of Pulau Sangean, an active volcano that towers 1,800 meters above sea level. This morning we'll go ashore to a small hamlet, which, because of the active nature of the volcano, is only inhabited for short periods during the year when the local people come to tend their crops and small herds of buffalo. Snorkel the reefs and see volcanic gasses escape in the form of bubbles from the sea floor among the corals. Then, it's off to the island of Banta and its white sand beach for an afternoon of swimming, snorkeling and hill climbing for those who want a challenge.
Day 6
Komodo Island
Wake up off the coast of Komodo Island, one of approximately 80 islands that make up the Komodo National Park. We'll go ashore for an early morning ranger-led trek through the park in search of Komodo dragons. This savannah-like setting of dry, rugged landscape is home to a variety of lora and fauna. Spot Indonesia's "dinosaurs" and possibly deer, wild boar, sulfur-crested cockatoos, butterflies, rare orchids, and jungle chickens among the strangle-fig trees and the distinctive lontar palms. Back on the boat for a cruise and visit to Komodo Village. There will be several opportunities to snorkel this afternoon, ending the day with a sunset climb at Gili Lawa Darat.
Day 7
Rinca and Kukusan
Today, visit Rinca Island for another ranger-led nature trek in search of Komodo dragons. Rinca is also well known for its diverse wildlife; we may spot monkeys, wild buffaloes and possibly deer. In the afternoon, snorkelion beautiful Siaba Island before perhaps visiting Kelor Island. There's also the opportunity to visit the adjacent island of Kukusan where we will meet a settlement of 'sea-gypsies,' the Bajao people who build their homes on stilts over the sea. End the day with a beach barbecue. With a raging bonfire, great food, dancing and the crew singing and playing guitars, this end-of-cruise celebration under the stars is the perfect end to an incredible journey!
Day 8
Flores to Bali: Depart Home
Early morning arrival in Labuan Bajo harbour. After breakfast, we disembark and visit the mountain top village of Melo for a traditional dance performance. Here the local 'strongmen' will perform the 'Caci,' — a ritual whip-fight between two rivals in which the players, each armed with a rattan shield and a whip, will try to hit each other while moving to the rhythm of traditional acoustic instruments. Transfer to the airport for departure flight back to Bali and onward.
Extend Your Stay
Enjoy more time exploring the beautiful island of Bali, known for its artisans and gorgeous beaches or ask us about extending the above cruise to include a river cruise on the island of Borneo to see orangutans in their natural environment. Ask us for details.
For pricing and hotel information, contact us at How to Book. The specifics of this itinerary are subject to change based on local conditions at the discretion of Ponte Travels.
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Couple Was Carrying Methamphetamine Prior to Wednesday Afternoon Arrest
Arcadia officers implemented a high risk after traffic stop on Santa Anita in the parking lot of Denny's on the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita.
As Arcadia police ran the plates of the suspect vehicle, they learned that the vehicle they had stopped, a white 1993 model Honda Accord, was reported as stolen in the jurisdiction of the LAPD.
An involvement at gunpoint ensued as officers carefully approached the vehicle. The two suspects, John Alvardo, 30 from Los Angeles and Jennifer Estrada, 18 from Glendora were taken into custody after they were ordered out of the vehicle.
The two suspects were arrested for grand theft auto and also for having a quantity of methamphetamine in the vehicle.


text: Stranger Things fans will have to wait until 2019 to find out what Eleven, Nancy, and the Hawkins Middle School A.V. Club has been up to since the events of season two. But we're not the most patient folks here at The A.V. Club. So we partnered with IMDB to bring you the latest news and theories about what to expect when season three of Stranger Things hits Netflix next summer.


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Political science is a social science which deals with systems of governance, and the analysis of political activities, political thoughts, and political behavior. Civics are the things people do that affect fellow citizens, especially when that relates to the maintenance of urban development. Civic education is the study of the theoretical, political and practical aspects of citizenship, as well as its rights and duties.
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Professor Alan Robins
Academic and research departmentsDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Sciences.
I am a Professor here at the University of Surrey.
Research interests
Research interests include turbulent flow and dispersion, with applications to environmental aerodynamics and air pollution problems. Work includes experimental and mathematical modelling of turbulent flows, mixing processes and concentration fluctuations, the dispersion of emissions in the atmosphere and their subsequent deposition, wind tunnel methods for simulating atmospheric flow and dispersion, and wind power studies.
My publications
Field measurements and modelling studies highlighted the very short time scales associated with nanoparticle transformations in the first stages after the emission. These transformations strongly interact with the flow and turbulence fields immediately behind the vehicle, hence the need of characterising in detail the mixing processes in the vehicle wake. Very few studies have analysed this interaction and more research is needed to build a basis for model development. A possible approach is proposed and areas of further investigation identified.
during nuclear accident,
Results presented here highlight that the differences in the spatially averaged vertical profiles are actually significant in all six experimental/numerical cases. Besides the building height variability, other morphological features proved to be a significant factor in shaping flow and dispersion at the local to neighbourhood scale in the urban canopy and directly above: building aspect ratio (or, conversely, the street canyon aspect ratio), the angle between the street canyons and the incoming wind and local geometrical features such as, for example, the presence of much taller buildings immediately upwind of the studied area.
tracer fluxes in geometries of real street canyon intersections. The work was part of the major DAPPLE
project, focussing on the area surrounding the intersection between Marylebone Road and Gloucester
Place in Central London, UK. Understanding flow and dispersion in urban streets is a very important issue
for air quality management and planning, and turbulent mass exchange processes are important
phenomena that are very often neglected in urban modelling studies. The adopted methodology involved
the combined use of laser Doppler anemometry and tracer concentration measurements. This methodology
was applied to quantify the mean and turbulent flow and dispersion fields within several street
canyon intersections. Vertical profiles of turbulent tracer flux were also measured. The technique, despite
a number of limitations, proved reliable and allowed tracer balance calculations to be undertaken in the
selected street canyon intersections. The experience gained in this work will enable much more precise
studies in the future as issues affecting the accuracy of the experimental technique have been identified
and resolved.
atmospheric transport from an area source. Modelled flow and turbulence
were evaluated by comparison with on-site meteorological measurements,
whilst atmospheric dispersion was compared with wind tunnel measurements.
The results showed that higher rates of vertical and lateral dispersion were
modelled than were determined in the wind tunnel, though modelled and
measured ground-level centreline concentration data were within a factor
of two. Uncertainties in wind tunnel and numerical modelling were highest
close to the source. Consideration of fine-scale features was only necessary for
receptors in the immediate near-field.
A simple inverse modelling technique has been developed to estimate the source strength and location of such a release using measurements of concentration from chemical sensors. The technique relies on either a fixed installation or rapid deployment of chemical sensors to gather and return data to a base station. These measurements are there used, together with meteorological information, as the input data to an inverse algorithm that attempts to make a ?best? estimate of the source strength and location. The algorithm works to minimise a penalty function that measures the difference between the concentration observations and predictions based on the current estimate of the source parameters. This is an iterative procedure that should converge to a best estimate of those parameters and, in doing so, provide a measure of the uncertainty in that estimate. There is, in this, a trade-off between the desire for an early prediction and the error implicit in that prediction.
Wind tunnel experiments have been used to investigate the propagation of error through the inverse modelling procedure. Firstly, very detailed dispersion measurements were made in a deep boundary layer so that an accurate dispersion model could be established. Four fast flame ionisation detectors were then used to provide long, simultaneous concentration records in the plume from a ground level point source. The output was used to study the sensitivity to sensor placement and then sample duration. Simultaneous sub-samples were taken from the main records and used with the inversion algorithm to quantify the degradation of its performance with decreasing sample duration; i.e. with increasing uncertainty in the concentration observations. Guidelines for application of the inversion technique could then be proposed. The final stage was to move from a simple Gaussian plume to an urban dispersion model, in this case a street network model.
previous models for the large-eddy simulation (LES) of the turbulent boundary layer over a rough
surface. The time and horizontally averaged statistics such as mean vertical profiles of wind velocity,
Reynolds stress, turbulent intensities, turbulent kinetic energy and also spectra are compared with
wind-tunnel experimental data. The purpose of the present study is to obtain simulated turbulent
flows that are comparable with wind-tunnel measurements for use as the wind environment for the
numerical prediction by LES of source dispersion in the neutral atmospheric boundary layer.
component. They play a major role in the dispersion of gases in urban
areas and modern mathematical models often attempt some sort of parametrisation.
An experimental technique to measure mean and turbulent fluxes in an
idealised urban array was developed and applied to improve our understanding
of how the fluxes are distributed in a dense street canyon network. As expected,
horizontal advective scalar fluxes were found to be dominant compared with the
turbulent components. This is an important result because it reduces the complexity
in developing parametrisations for street network models. On the other
hand, vertical mean and turbulent fluxes appear to be approximately of the
same order of magnitude. Building height variability does not appear to affect
the exchange process significantly, while the presence of isolated taller buildings
upwind of the area of interest does. One of the most interesting results, again,
is the fact that even very simple and regular geometries lead to complex advective
patterns at intersections: parametrisations derived from measurements
in simpler geometries are unlikely to capture the full complexity of a real urban
street network,Environmental Fluid Mechanics 18 (4) pp. 1007-1044 Springer Verlag
real-time hazard predictions are needed. This challenge is aggravated in cities, where models need to have some degree of building-awareness, alongside the ability to capture effects
of dominant urban flow processes. We use a combination of high-resolution large-eddy simulation (LES) and wind-tunnel data of flow and dispersion in an idealised, equal-height
urban canopy to highlight important dispersion processes and evaluate how these are reproduced by representatives of the most prevalent modelling approaches: (i) a Gaussian plume model, (ii) a Lagrangian stochastic model and (iii) street-network dispersion models. Concentration data from the LES, validated against the wind-tunnel data, were averaged over
the volumes of streets in order to provide a high-fidelity reference suitable for evaluating
the different models on the same footing. For the particular combination of forcing wind direction and source location studied here, the strongest deviations from the LES reference
were associated with mean over-predictions of concentrations by approximately a factor of
2 and with a relative scatter larger than a factor of 4 of the mean, corresponding to cases
where the mean plume centreline also deviated significantly from the LES. This was linked
to low accuracy of the underlying flow models/parameters that resulted in a misrepresentation of pollutant channelling along streets and of the uneven plume branching observed in
intersections. The agreement of model predictions with the LES (which explicitly resolves
the turbulent flow and dispersion processes) greatly improved by increasing the accuracy
of building-induced modifications of the driving flow field. When provided with a limited
set of representative velocity parameters, the comparatively simple street-network models
performed equally well or better compared to the Lagrangian model run on full 3D wind
fields. The study showed that street-network models capture the dominant building-induced
dispersion processes in the canopy layer through parametrisations of horizontal advection
and vertical exchange processes at scales of practical interest. At the same time, computational costs and computing times associated with the network approach are ideally suited
for emergency-response applications.