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Hello! I am an artist in Nova Scotia and this is where you can find all I have on offer. There are links above that will direct you to various destinations depending on what you are interested in. I have a wonderful children's book, called CATalphabet! which I hope you check out. I am very proud of it. I sell prints of my work in my Etsy shop called AliceinParis. (Alice was my grandmother's name) I teach art classes!
I paint in various styles but am known for my use of colour and imagery. I do commissions and sell my originals around the world. The painting below is Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia. I always have projects and new paintings on the go so check back often!
Underneath this post is my blog which I update frequently with new paintings, photography, recipes, musings and basically whatever is in the forefront of my life! You can follow along by bookmarking this page or subscribing (on the right sidebar) to get updates via email each time I do a new post or have a painting to sell. If you have any questions about anything at all, please contact me. firstname.lastname@example.com
It's December already!
First off…this is happening on December 16th. In the historic Women's Council House on the corner of Young Ave and Inglis Street. I've taught a few painting classes there and it is a lovely spot with loads of parking. There will be hot cider and cookies and live music! My friend Bill Jardine will be singing and playing guitar for us. Most things will be on SALE too! I do hope you can join me.
We are in the midst of a really cold snap at the moment. Unusual for Nova Scotia this time of year. I'm not out walking as much as I normally do. I am a wimp when it comes to extreme temperatures, hot or cold. My internal thermometer likes middle of the road…. This is part of the rails to trails walk in Bayers. Lake. The water is frozen here but it loos like glass.
I have been doing a bit of painting…. only just started consistently. My mum has been ill and things are now stabilizing and I can get back to work! This is 24 x 24 on beechwood with deep 1.5″ sides painted pale turquoise. On my monitor it looks a bit bright and garish but the real colours are lovely! Every monitor is different so be aware that it will look slightly different for everyone.
This painting is called "The Red Wellies" I love it. 16 x 20 x 1.5″ and the painting wraps around the sides.
I hope you have a great week!
Summer Bogo Sale!
BOGO Sale!! My twice annual buy one get one free sale is on for a week! Stock up on Christmas gifts and that special print you have always wanted!
Lots of new prints in my shop.
INSTRUCTIONS: Purchase the prints you want and in "notes to seller" write down the print you would like for FREE!
Please spread the word:) Bargain hunters will be thrilled. Thanks so much for your support as always! XO
Artist Coleslaw
Yum! This is incredibly delicious, beautiful to look at and healthy too! I have to share this recipe with you and apologize for the lack of measurements. I just kind of winged it. Into a big bowl you toss a finely chopped half of a red cabbage and two medium carrots.Throw in a handful of pistachios and slivered almonds. Finely chop some green onion or chives.
Toss in some halved or quartered seedless grapes. About half a cup. They are a secret ingredient adding a wee burst of sweetness amidst the crunch. You could also substitute some sweetened dried cranberries or perhaps some mango! Remember, as with all salads, you add more of what you like and less of what you don't! Experiment and see what happens:)
Mix it all together. See how gorgeous that looks!!
The dressing is a blob (two large tablespoons?)of vegan mayo or regular, A tablespoon each of maple syrup and apple cider vinegar. Stir it up and taste to see how you like it. Add and adjust to your taste buds. Salt and pepper.
The consistency you want is a pourable one….. Just enough to coat the veggies. Toss and let sit for a bit to marinate.
And…….voila! A perfect salad for any gathering. Better the next day!
International Women's Day 2018
Happy International Women's Day! This is my grandmother Alice. The woman who I named my business after. My grandfather was a sea captain (he is on her left) and she travelled the world with him. She was also an entrepreneur with a keen sense of what worked. I celebrate her and ALL the women who forged the future that we inhabit now.
Warehouse Market on Isleville Street
I discovered this on a walk today! The Warehouse Market (2867 Isleville Street) held on Thursdays and Fridays. I was meeting a friend for a coffee and arrived early so decided to have a stroll around the neighborhood. What a nice surprise to stumble upon it!
It was this little sign that caught my eye and over I went to check it out…
The warehouse of Afishionado a local fish monger hosts Abundant Acres Farm, Holdanca Farms, Maritime Gourmet Mushrooms Inc., Gold Island Bakery, Pop Culture Brew Co., and Expresso 46 Thursdays and Fridays 11-7pm and Saturday 9-1pm They also have a wide selection of frozen product and an ever-changing supply of fresh seafood.
Espresso46 serves amazing coffee and mouth watering Italian hot chocolate, dark and classic:) through their little window on the world:) A well kept secret except to those who are fervent customers! I ventured into the market and was pleasantly surprised. It is a utilitarian place with a friendly vibe.
There was a nice selection of produce from Abundant Acres Farm. I purchased some fresh pea shoots.
I also bought one of these!! or at least I thought I did:) The watermelon daikon. A bright pink mild and sweet radish, the size of a large potato..I actually picked up the other one…more on that later…
They sell wonderful breads… One of which was a Rye, Walnut and Prune bread which really appealed to me, but next time I will try it.
Fresh Shitake mushrooms…
There were quite a few people there filling their bags with produce and eggs and yummy goodies to take home.This little child was fascinated with me snapping away on my iphone:)
We became friends…
So back to the Daikon…..when I got home and peeled it, I got this!!!
and then this… after slicing into thin coins.
I then did this……
and added pea shoots, some pepito seeds salt/ pepper and tossed it all with a mild vinagrette! Yum! Purple Peaple Salad. The radish is crunchy and mild and slightly sweet.
So if you find yourself in the North end of the city on a Thursday or Friday or Saturday morning. Pop in and have a visit…
Mo & Jules Eatery Vegan to Meat Lovers
Mo and Jules is a very unassuming place tucked into what used to be part of the Esquire Motel on the water side of the Bedford Highway, 813 to be exact. The kind of place you might just drive right by…. don't! The M stands for Mahogany and the J for Jules!
These two delightful women opened their doors 8 months ago and are super friendly and dedicated to customer service and good healthy food!
Before opening M and J's they had a busy catering business and clients told them they should open a "real" place:) They found this sun filled spot and decided to put down some roots. (By the way they still cater. Today they had two big catering jobs on the go..).
What is wonderful about this place is that everyone and anyone can eat here!! People with food sensitivities and those who can eat whatever they want and those who choose to eat plant based.The menu is divided into two halves, on the left is everything vegan and on the right is anything goes. This is a sample of the all day breakfast menu! (top is cut off) Tofu scramble available.
M and J's have daily specials as well, Tuesday was All you Can Eat Taco day!
A freezer holds meals you can take home and have later. I took my mum to lunch here and she took home home a split pea soup and veggie lasagna for later..
When you come in you can serve yourself coffee or a drink from the fridge and then Jules will pop by to have a chat and take your order and answer any questions you might have.
We both chose this!!! Basically a pile of veggies on a bun, and it was tasty!
I had a broccoli salad side with coconut bacon and mum had the sweet potato fries with curry mayo.
The menu is customer driven and both Mo and Jules are anxious to hear what you liked and what you might like to see on the menu and may try it as a special! They love creating food that pleases.The sunlight streams through the windows but from the outside, as I mentioned, it is a place you might not notice.
This is what my mum ordered, the avocado sundried tomato burger with sweet potato fries…
and here she is in blissful contemplation…. YUM!!
People are starting to become regulars and there was a small steady stream of customers. I will be back for sure!!! I hope you pop out to give them a try and say Shelagh sent you:)
Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
"You must first accept that while there are things that have happened in your life that you had no say in, YOU are 100 percent responsible for what you do with your life in the aftermath of those events. ALWAYS, every time, no excuses." – Gary John Bishop
I am reading, well actually, listening, to a book on Audible called Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life I'm only about halfway through but this book is a real kick in the butt.The ideas are not new, and Gary is not a soft and fuzzy hugs all around kind of guy, but does a great job telling us to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and ACT. If you don't like something, change; change how you view it or act change the situation.
We all have good intentions, grand ideas and plans but……
We are not our thoughts, we are what we DO.
Bishop insists that we need to act on those thoughts and dreams, starting in the tiniest of ways if need be, even if we don't feel like it.When we choose not to act, we have to face the fact that we're not willing to move toward what we really do want. Inaction IS an action and can be debilitating, and have a domino effect, leading you deeper toward what you don't want. You may feel safe and protected in your inaction but it is not serving you.
I hadn't planned on writing a book review, "pep talk" when I started this post but his words have had an impact on me. There's nothing in this book I have not heard before but his language and words are to the point and basically tell us life is short and YOU are the key to changing it if you are not happy where you are in it!
Here are some more quotes….
"Remember, everything is solve-able, and if you can't see a solution, it only means you haven't worked it out yet."
"You have the life you're willing to put up with."
"Positive self-talk can dramatically improve mood, boost confidence, increase productivity, and more. Much more. In fact, as evidenced by Professor Hart and his studies, it can be one of the key components to a happy, successful life. The bad news is, the reverse is also true: Negative self-talk can not only put us in a bad mood, it can leave us feeling helpless. It can make small problems seem bigger – and even create problems where none existed before. Here's the breaking news, your self-talk is fucking you over and in ways you can't even begin to imagine."
Some takeaways…..
-You could change your life overnight if you gave up the idea that other peoples' opinions matter. Be willing to be judged by others and not let it get to you.
– No one can read your mind. Say what's on it. Share your plans and ideas. That thing that's making you crazy, might not be on their radar. They could be completely oblivious.
– Even when you don't see anything happening, it is. Even when you're not quite hitting the mark, you're making progress. Doing the mental work and shifting your actions accordingly, sets things in motion.
Uncertainty is where things happen; it's your personal pathway to growth.
February 2018 Art Classes!
Sunday, February 11, Valentine Cottage
February 11, we will be doing a version of this little Valentine Cottage! Would make the perfect gift!! Everyone will do their own thing:) No experience needed. All supplies and refreshments included! Are you ready to Unleash your inner artist?? ONLY 6 spots of limited earlybird registration available $75 Regular registration fee is $88 For more info on this class and to register, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/valentine-cottage-painting-workshop-with-shelagh-duffett-february-11-tickets-42003113443
Sunday, February 25 Sea and Sky…..
Sunday, February 25, Sea and Sky… in this class we will be exploring sunsets and skyscapes over the ocean. A peaceful and reflective painting. The image displayed here is just for inspiration only. You will be creating your own seascape…..with guidance from me:)All supplies and refreshments included! ONLY 6 spots of limited earlybird registration available $75 Regular registration fee is $88 For more info on this class, and registration, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sea-sky-painting-workshop-with-shelagh-duffett-february-25-tickets-42001616967
My Annual Birthday Giveaway!
Well, well, well… it is January 8 again!! at least it was yesterday! Ha I'm a bit late posting this…. My birthday! and Elvis, Bowie and Hawking all share it too!! I always give away a gift on that day and this year it is a cornucopia of delights! (and an original painting!) All this and more.
So, if you would like to receive this wee bounty, please pop over to my Facebook Page where the draw will take place on January 12 and leave a comment. If you tag someone and your name gets picked I will send them a wee gift too!!! I'll draw a name on January 12! Happy January 8! Hope you had a good Monday:) Here is the link again: faFacebook Link for prize package
WINTER 2018 CLASSES! The first four are….
ABSTRACT CLASS/ Jan 21 & FLOWER POWER/ Jan 28
Sign up for one or do em all:)
ABSTRACTS Sunday January 21, 12:30 – 4:30
Unleash your inner artist! We will be creating with colour and shape! I will help guide you and give some prompts but in this class, nothing is wrong:) Start the year with some colour and creativity!!
"When I am engaged in art making I am fully caught up in the medium and tools and mission. I've learned not to think about the product that I will end up with because the time spent engaged in the creative activity is what is most important to me. I enjoy the detached feeling I get when working in the abstract—it's like a dance with my hand and my mind and they take turns leading."
—Janet Stupak
Abstract art is like the poetry of colour. Fragments of meaning and feeling represented by carefully chosen brushstrokes and fields of colour that are dictated by the heart and subconscious.Who knows why something feels right or looks right to you. it is a very subjective and personal thing) -Shelagh Duffett
We will be painting with acrylic paint on 11 x 14′ birch wood "canvas" or maybe you might choose to do two smaller works:) They have deep 1.5″ sides and therefore are ready to hang when finished. You can use as much artistic license as you please to make it yours. I will cheer you through it step by step:) NO experience needed but if you do have experience and want to join us for a fun day, all the better!
ALL supplies included!
Please bring an apron or wear something an errant drop of paint might enhance. Casual comfortable,crafty clothing encouraged.
Coffee, tea and yummy snacks will be provided free of charge and maybe even a glass of wine for those inclined. Great music, good company and at the end of the day a work of art to hang and perhaps some new friends:)
To register CLICK HERE! ONLY 6 spots of limited earlybird registration available $75 until Jan 7. Last day to purchase class is Jan 19. Regular registration fee is $88
The class will be held at the historic George Wright House on Young Avenue. It was bequeathed to the Local Council of Women-Halifax by the billionaire upon his death which sadly happened as a result of the Titanic disaster.
FLOWER POWER! Sunday, January 28 12:30-4:30
Flower Power!
This is a do-it-your-self flower class You can paint flowers in a vase, flowers in a meadow, flowers straight and tall, any colour combination you want! Or you can follow along and paint what I will paint, step by step. We all need pops of colour and the vibrancy of flowers this time of year:) Meander through the meadow you create, get lost in your own personal garden:) Paint yourself bouquet of flowers! You deserve it:) These images here are for painting INSPIRATION! You will paint the colour combos and configurations you want.
We will be painting with acrylic paint on 11 x 14′ birch wood "canvas". They have deep 1.5″ sides and therefore are ready to hang when finished. You can use as much artistic license as you please to make it yours. I will cheer you through it step by step:) NO experience needed but if you do have experience and want to join us for a fun day, all the better!
Please bring an apron or wear something an errant drop of paint might enhance. Casual comfortable,crafty clothing encouraged.
ALL supplies included!
Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided free of charge and maybe even a glass of wine for those inclined. Great music, good company and at the end of the day a work of art to hang and perhaps some new friends:)
To register CLICK HERE! ONLY 6 spots of limited early bird registration available $75 until Jan 14. Last day to purchase class is Jan 26. Regular registration fee is $88
The class will be held at the historic George Wright House on Young Avenue. It was bequeathed to the Local Council of Women-Halifax by the billionaire upon his death which sadly happened as a result of the Titanic disaster.
Sunday, February11, Valentine Cottage!
February 11, we will be doing a version of this little Valentine Cottage. Everyone will do their own thing:) Are you ready to Unleash your inner artist?? For more info on this class and to register, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/valentine-cottage-painting-workshop-with-shelagh-duffett-february-11-tickets-42003113443
Sunday, February 25 Sea and Sky…..
Sunday, February 25, Sea and Sky… in this class we will be exploring sunsets and skyscapes over the ocean. A peaceful and reflective painting. The image displayed here is just for inspiration only. You will be creating your own seascape…..with guidance from me:) For more info on this class, and registration, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sea-sky-painting-workshop-with-shelagh-duffett-february-25-tickets-42001616967


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The station comes in a single bag all ready to assemble. The pieces fit together nicely and while there aren't any instructions its easy enough to figure out where things go. I would advise dry fitting everything first just to get things right. While most of the pieces fit together neatly it does need to be glued together to be usable. PVA or Wood Glue is fine although personally I've always found Super Glue works fine with MDF.
The finished stand it took me about 5 minutes to put it together and while you could paint I'm not going to (at least not yet). The bottom try is removable and can be slid out. Each shelf is in two pieces the main shelf that slots into the back and sides and the piece with the holes that you glue on top once the station has been put together.
A big plus with the kit are the small rings you get with it. You can fit these into holes to adjust them for different product types. In their standard size they fit Tamiya and GW paints. GW sit a little looser. With the addition of the rings you can fit the Vallejo paints in - however this particular station was built with GW paints in mind.
There is also another version of the stand that is the same size vertically & horizontally but with shelves catering for Vallejo & Model Color products.
Price was very reasonable at NZ$40 and if you want to order one contact Scott at the Hobby Corner. Really happy with it, will order a couple more next pay day.
More Khorne Daemonkin
Most of them are painted, pretty well in fact, but I need to base them all and redo the paint so they look more like my current collection. Gives me a lot of options for Warpstorm in October.

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R.A.D. Stainforth steps out of his black and white world for a lovely summer read:
Sunday, June 22, 2014
R.A.D. Stainforth steps out of his black and white world for a lovely summer read:
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love the pressing of the head to dirt to feel the rhythm...ReplyDelete
and the looking beyond june...
and nice closing image of the strutting roses...ha...
the storm the other day messed mine up pretty good...
I like the active voice of your poem, in opposition to the langourous pose of the lady.ReplyDelete
The first two stanzas are a warming sip of words - wonderful, and then everything glides but always surprises . the dapples, yes! Lovely poem, and fresh.ReplyDelete
I almost did.ReplyDelete
Lovely thought, moving from the green burst of spring to the dappled languor of summer.ReplyDelete
Yes, summer always seems to get the most attention, when the other seasons are just as stunning, in their own way. I loved the voice of this, when she of the painting is so languorous!ReplyDelete
Summer is in a way quite static.. and suitable for hiatus... autumn and spring are the most enchanting...ReplyDelete
There's nothing monochrome about her... or you either for that matter! But she seems to have had enough of the conga of the day, at least for this day. XReplyDelete
I like the thought of listening to the rhythm of the earth..I wonder what song it would play..ReplyDelete
its beautifully read by stainforth... i loved listening to his hardened voice on sucha soft subject!!ReplyDelete
It's really deeper than June...Esp. love 'Peonies wear long-stemmed heels.ReplyDelete
Ants pluck them tom-tom pink.' ...zestfully...
I sank deep into this poem ... and did not want to leave.ReplyDelete
Without chlorophyll , there can be no AmourReplyDelete
Fantastic poem, Tess - and nice to see RAD in colour mode!ReplyDelete
That last stanza is glorious Tess!! "Look deeper than June"...I love that!ReplyDelete
'Peonies wear long-stemmed heels.ReplyDelete
Ants pluck them tom-tom pink.' ...zestfully...
I loved the poem, all the lines but these spoke to me as I have peonies and nearby ants.
Lovely lingering mioments, and dreamlike visions, is where this leads.... even with the ants!ReplyDelete
Loved it TessReplyDelete
Like in particular:
Capture rhapsody
in more pixels than God.
Still need to read it a few tome more so U din't miss anything.Replies
Sorry about the typosDelete
Just read Shoot again.
Stuck this time with
Look deeper than June,
past chlorophyll and bees. :)
This one is downright yummy.ReplyDelete


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We're going for New & Improved, meaning any techniques you haven't mastered before but are brave to try again or any nail art look you've attempted once not so successfully and are now going to tackle for sure.
For this first day, I went with something I've tried only twice: argyle nails.
You can check my first time painting that pattern HERE - talk about disaster, hey? - and the second time a year later HERE - pretty but you can totally see I cheated ;)
So let's see if I actually made progress:


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DIY Detroit w/ Red Bull Creation 2014.
Detroit is a post post-apocalyptic city. Described that way by the recent cover article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Detroit is finally on the mend. Read the New York Times piece by Ben Austen here: DETROIT / NYT. For many, The City of Detroit is an urban waste land. 139 square miles of blight and danger and ruin porn. Once upon a time, Detroit was considered a great city. Detroit was considered a world center for manufacturing and industry about 50 years ago, but the city has seen a steady decline since the race riots in 1967. 2/3's of Detroit's population has fled. The third that stayed...less than 700,000 people...is as tough as nails.
Click 4 Pix: DIY DETROIT
In Wall Street vernacular, Detroit is experiencing a "dead cat bounce". Meaning...it can't get any worse, it can't fall any lower. Dan Gilbert and his Rock family of companies (Quicken Loans, Bedrock Real Estate, Detroit Venture Partners etc.) is leading the charge downtown. Gilbert and his affiliates have brought 12,500 workers downtown and controls over 8 million Sq Ft of real estate. Gilbert may be the biggest and highest profile believer in the resurgence of Detroit, but there are others.
For a growing number of residents and visitors, Detroit has become a living and working laboratory. A giant experiment. Very low barriers to entry have allowed a cadre of bright, young and idealistic folks to thrive. Artists, inventors, hackers, creators and makers are carving out a niche in the city. Detroit has developed a small but growing DIY (Do It Yourself) community. On the surface they look like any other group of urban hipsters...wild outfits, crazy facial hair, elaborate tatoos, "fixie" bikes, gobs of coffee. But in Detroit they are pioneers. They are forging the future of the region. They are literally taking the scraps that others have left behind and creating a world with no rules.
Enter Red Bull Creation 2014 hosted in Detroit. In it's 4th year #rbcreation staged a 72 hour creative competition that requires teams to innovate around a secret topic. RED BULL CREATION (click for info) gathered 7 teams composed of some of the best "makers" in the country. Using Detroit's RECYCLE HERE as a work space, the teams of 4 were given their topic "reinventing the wheel" along with a slew of power tools, a small budget and 3 days to create. They came up with some incredible fabrications. The $10,000 in prize money didn't hurt either.
The inventions were displayed at Detroit's Eastern Market on Saturday. The Eastern market itself has been serving Detroit since 1891. Taking top prize at RED BULL CREATION was the Maker Twins from Phoenix. Their moving garden, The GROW CYCLE was called a "veggie vending machine" by one of the twins. The maker twins built a ferris wheel of produce that employed an app to call up the desired product. The people's choice award went to Detroit's own i3 for their ROBO CROP, a robotic scarecrow.
It's very cool to see Detroit get up off the canvas, dust itself off and reinvent the wheel. Dan Gilbert may be leading the way...but plenty of smaller, not so well funded and less hyped groups are building momentum. In true Detroit style...the DIY movement is making its mark.
Bottom line. Detroit is on the upswing for the first time in over 40 years. Pockets of the City are actually thriving. Detroit still has a long way to go...but as the t-shirts say...Detroit Hustles Harder.
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It's been 5 weeks since Icebox 480, my last "goal" race of the season. After finishing 50K there, my goal was to take a true "off season". I didn't necessarily need to stop running completely, but I wanted to drop my run volume and focus on recovery and doing fun stuff. I also wanted to kick-start my winter plan to add strength work back in (stopped doing this when I broke the elbow, and continued not doing it when I was in ultra training mode), and start doing speed work. I'm happy enough going the pace I go, but I have a nagging feeling that I could be going faster. This seems like a good time to test that idea.
Here's what I've been up to since Icebox:
- Week 1: I ran 14 miles, all slow, and did a bunch of yoga. Worked on making my left IT band better. Went to the Upper Midwest Trail Runners' awards banquet. Enjoyed the monster potluck buffet, laughed with friends, and heard hair-raising stories of the Iditarod Trail Invitational (a 350 mile race, in February, on, yup, the Iditarod Trail). No plans for that one any time soon, but wow.
- Week 2: Ran about 21 miles, including a track workout and an incredible run at Afton in the pre-dawn 10 degrees and wind. Did my first Olympic weightlifting workout (RAWR!) and a bunch of core strength work. Ran track repeats for the first time in forever. Loved it.
|Afton. The sun was barely beginning to come up as we got up to the prairie loop.
|It was the first really cold weekend, and Afton Alps was making snow.
Apologies for the blurry pictures, but flash obviously wasn't going to work.
|Lots of snow blowing in from the ski area.
Yes, I'm wearing two hats in this picture.
|Back up to the parking lot, and into a beautiful, sunny, cold day.
- Week 3: Ran 25 miles, including a 10K turkey trot (the Turkey Day Trail Trot at Battle Creek) and a fatass run at Afton. The turkey trot was a fun two loops through a 5K cross-country ski trail. Mostly wide trails, a couple miles of singletrack. I wanted to negative split, and did it, running the first loop in 33:45 and the second in about 33:00. At Afton, I did about 10 miles, quite a bit faster than the week before! I had a great time running a few miles with some speedy friends who had already done one 25K loop. Even with that to slow them down, it was definitely a tempo pace for me. Fun to be up there with the front of the packers, even for a little ways! (I did catch myself thinking, "What the hell am I doing up here?!") I also did more Olympic weights and yoga.
|What am I doing in this picture?! At least my INKnBURN shirt looks good.
|Turkey Trot pre-race. Same folks as at Afton, less clothing!
|Off to a running start!
|XC ski trails, then singletrack
|A few rolling hills through the woods
|Beginning of lap 2, and the clouds were clearing away!
Midrace. Me: Excuse me, you've got a turkey on your head.
Him: What?
Me: There's a turkey on your head!
Him: WHAT?
Me: TURKEY!!
Him: AAAAAAAGH!!!!!!
- Week 4: The beginning of some seriously cold weather. Ran 25 miles, including 10 miles at Jordan's Donut Run, where the starting temperature was -11F, not including wind chill (probably more like -20 or -25 with it, by the lake). Due to timing issues, I got to Nokomis at 6:50 am and ran 2.5-ish miles, then joined up with some friends at 7:20 for a lap around Nokomis so that we could get 12K miles for the Lunch the Chicken Memorial 12Kathon. (Don't ask. Suffice it to say that Stephanie was involved again.) THEN at 8 we started the 5 mile official Donut Run route, with stops at Mel-O-Glaze and A Baker's Wife. It was definitely the coldest run I've ever done, but I was dressed for it. And it was pretty fun to do it with friends! Also, Olympic weights, strength work, yoga.
Beginning of the official Donut Run. Same folks again (except for Stephanie), way MORE clothing.
|Mel-O-Glaze apple fritter.
|Can you believe 50 people showed up for a run in -11 temperatures?
I have truly found my people.
|Butter cake at A Baker's Wife. Butter. Cake.
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Panthera hybrid
It is known that four of the five species of the Panther genus, the exception being the snow leopard, P. uncia, can hybridize with each other to produce numerous hybrids. Most hybrids would not survive in the wild due to the males being infertile, but a few (such as the Leopon) are fertile and have a chance of survival in the wild. However, recent mitochondrial genome research by Texas A&M University geneticist William Murphy et al. reveals that wild hybrids did also occur in ancient times. In snow leopards and lions, the mitochondrial genomes of both species was more similar to each other than to other Panthera species, indicating that at some point in their history, the female progeny of the male ancestors of modern snow leopards and female ancestors of modern lions interbred with male ancestors of modern snow leopards.[1]
Table of names for hybrids
Below are some tables showing the many Panthera hybrids.[2] Panthera hybrids are typically given a portmanteau name, varying by which species is the dam (female parent) and which is the sire (male parent). For example, a hybrid between a male lion and tigress is a liger, because the lion is the male and the tigress is the female parent.
Below is a chart showing second-generation hybrids.[2]
Jaguar and leopard hybrids
A jagupard, jagulep, or jagleop, is the hybrid of a jaguar and a leopardess. A single rosetted female jagupard was produced at a zoo in Chicago. Jaguar-leopard hybrids bred at Hellbrun Zoo, Salzburg were described as jagupards which conforms to the usual portmanteau naming convention.[3]
A leguar or lepjag is the hybrid of a male leopard and a female jaguar. The terms jagulep and lepjag are often used interchangeably regardless of which animal was the sire. Numerous lepjags have been bred as animal actors, as they are more tractable than jaguars.
A.D. Bartlett [4] stated: "I have more than once met with instances of the male jaguar (P. onca) breeding with a female leopard (P. pardus). These hybrids were also reared recently in Wombell's well known travelling collection. I have seen some animals of this kind bred between a male black jaguar and a female Indian leopard:-the young partook strongly of the male being almost black.
In Barnabos menagerie (in Spain), a jaguar gave birth to two cubs from a union with a black leopard; one resembled the dam, but was somewhat darker, the other was black with the rosettes of the dam showing.[5] Since melanism in the panther (leopard) is recessive, the jaguar would either have been black or be a jaguar-black leopard hybrid itself, carrying the recessive gene. Scherren continued, "The same cross, but with the sexes reversed, was noted, by Professor Sacc (F) of Barcelona Zoo (Zool Gart, 1863, 88) "The cub a female was grey: she is said to have produced two cubs to her sire; one like a jaguar, the other like the dam. Herr Rorig expressed his regret that the account of the last two cases mentioned lacked fullness and precision."
Female jaguleps or lepjags are fertile, and when one is mated to a male lion, the offspring are referred to as lijaguleps. One such complex hybrid was exhibited in the early 1900s as a "Congolese spotted lion", hinting at some exotic African beast rather than a man-made hybrid.
Jaguar and lion hybrids
A jaglion or jaguon is the offspring between a male jaguar and a female lion (lioness). A mounted specimen is on display at the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, Hertfordshire, England. It has the lion's background color, brown, jaguar-like rosettes and the powerful build of the jaguar.
On April 9, 2006, two jaglions were born at Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Barrie (north of Toronto), Ontario, Canada. Jahzara (female) and Tsunami (male) were the result of an unintended mating between a black jaguar called Diablo and a lioness called Lola, which had been hand-raised together and were inseparable. They were kept apart when Lola came into oestrus. Tsunami is spotted, but Jahzara is a melanistic jaglion due to inheriting the jaguar's dominant melanism gene. It was not previously known how the jaguar's dominant melanism gene would interact with lion coloration genes.
When the fertile offspring of a male lion and female jaguar mates with a leopard, the resulting offspring is referred to as a leoliguar.
Jaguar and tiger hybrids
Reportedly, at the Altiplano Zoo in the city of San Pablo Apetatlan (near Tlaxcala, México), the crossbreeding of a male Siberian tiger and a female jaguar from the southern Chiapas jungle produced a male tiguar named Mickey. Mickey is on exhibition at a 400 m2 habitat and as of June 2009, is two years old and weighs 180 kg (397 lb). Attempts to verify this report have been bolstered by recent images purported to show the adult Mickey (see External links section). There has been no report of the birth of a healthy hybrid from a male jaguar and female tiger, which would be termed a "jagger".[citation needed]
There is a claimed sighting of a lion x black jaguar cross (male) and a tiger x black jaguar cross (female) loose in Maui, Hawaii. There are no authenticated tiger/jaguar hybrids and the description matches that of a liger. The alleged tiger x black jaguar was large, relatively long necked (probably due to lack of a ruff or mane) with both stripes and "jaguar-like" rosettes on its sides. The assertion of hybrid identity was due to the combination of black, dark brown, light brown, dark orange, dark yellow and beige markings and the tiger-like stripes radiating from its face. It is more likely to have been a released liger since these are very large and have a mix of rosettes (lion juvenile markings) and stripes and can have a brindled mix of colours exactly as described (their markings are extremely variable).[6]
Leopard and lion hybrids
A leopon is the result of breeding a male leopard with a lioness. The head of the animal is similar to that of a lion, while the rest of the body carries similarities to leopards. Leopons are very rare.
A lipard or liard is the proper term for a hybrid of a male lion with a leopardess. It is sometimes known as a reverse leopon. The size difference between a male lion and a leopardess usually makes their mating difficult.
A lipard was born in Schoenbrunn Zoo, Vienna in 1951.
Another lipard was born in Florence, Italy. It is often erroneously referred to as a leopon. The father was a two-year-old, 250-kg lion, 1.08 m tall at the shoulders and 1.8 m long (excluding tail). The mother was a 3.5-year-old leopardess weighing only 38 kg. The female cub was born overnight on 26/27 August 1982 after an estimated 92–93 days of gestation.
It was born on the grounds of a paper mill near Florence, to a lion and leopardess acquired from a Rome zoo. Their owner had two tigers, two lions and a leopardess as pets, and did not expect or intend them to breed. The lion/leopard hybrid cub came as a surprise to the owner, who originally thought the small, spotted creature in the cage was a stray domestic cat.
The mother began to over-groom the underside of the cub's tail and later bit off its tail. The cub was then hand-reared. The parents mated again in November 1982, and the lion and leopardess were separated.
They were brought together on Jan. 25, 1983 for photographs, but the lion immediately mounted the leopardess and they had to be separated again for fear of endangering her advanced pregnancy.
The cub had the body conformation of a lion cub with a large head (a lion trait), but a receding forehead (a leopard trait), fawn fur and thick, brown spotting. When it reached five months old, the owner offered it for sale and set about trying to breed more.[7]
The male leopon is a fertile offspring of a male leopard and a female lion. The fertile female liguar, offspring of a female jaguar and male lion, is capable of fertilization by a leopon. Their mating, though rare, results in a leoligulor.[citation needed]
Leopard and tiger hybrids
The name dogla is an unscientific native Indian name used for a supposedly natural hybrid offspring of a male leopard and female tiger or possibly a leopard with aberrant patterns. The correct scientific term for such a hybrid is leoger. Anecdotal evidence exists in India of offspring resulting from leopard to tigress matings. The supposed hybrids are called dogla by native hunters. Indian folklore claims that large male leopards sometimes mate with tigresses. A supposed dogla was reported in the early 1900s. Many reports probably refer to large leopards with abdominal striping or other striped shoulders and bodies of a tiger. One account stated, "On examining it, I found it to be a very old male hybrid. Its head and tail were purely those of a panther [Indian leopard], but with the body, shoulders, and neck ruff of a tiger. The pattern was a combination of rosettes and stripes; the stripes were black, broad and long, though somewhat blurred and tended to break up into rosettes. The head was spotted. The stripes predominated over the rosettes." The pelt of this hybrid, if it ever existed, was lost. It was supposedly larger than a leopard and, though male, it showed some feminization of features, which might be expected in a sterile male hybrid.
K Sankhala's book Tiger refers to large, troublesome leopards as adhabaghera, which he translated as "bastard", and suggests a leopard/tiger hybrid (the reverse hybrid is unlikely to arise in the wild state, as a wild male tiger would probably kill rather than mate with a female leopard). Sankhala noted there was a belief amongst local people that leopards and tigers naturally hybridise.
From "The Tiger, Symbol Of Freedom", edited by Nicholas Courtney: "Rare reports have been made of tigresses mating with leopards in the wild. There has even been an account of the sighting of rosettes; the stripes of the tiger being most prominent in the body. The animal was a male measuring a little over eight feet [2.44 m]." This is the same description as given by Hicks.
The 1951 book Mammalian Hybrids reported tiger/leopard matings were infertile, producing spontaneously aborted "walnut-sized fetuses".
A tigard is the hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a leopardess. The only known attempts to mate the two have produced stillborns.
In 1900, Carl Hagenbeck crossed a female leopard with a Bengal tiger. The stillborn offspring had a mixture of spots, rosettes and stripes. Henry Scherren[8] wrote, "A male tiger from Penang served two female Indian leopards, and twice with success. Details are not given and the story concludes somewhat lamely. 'The leopardess dropped her cubs prematurely, the embryos were in the first stage of development and were scarcely as big as young mice.' Of the second leopardess there is no mention."
Lion and tiger hybrids
A liger is the offspring between a male lion and a female tiger. It looks like a giant lion with diffused stripes. Ligers are enormous because a male lion has a growth gene and the female (lioness) has a growth inhibitor,[citation needed] but the female tiger has no growth inhibitor. The liger is the largest feline hybrid, but the Siberian tiger is the largest subspecies.[citation needed]
A tigon is the hybrid of a male tiger and a female lion. The tigon is not as common as the converse hybrid, the liger. Contrary to some beliefs, the tigon ends up smaller than either parent, because male tigers and female lionesses have a growth inhibitor. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tigons were more common than ligers.
A liliger is the offspring of a liger and a lion. The first known liliger is a cub named Kiara.[9]
See also
Further reading
- Shuker, Karl P.N. (1989). Mystery Cats of the World. Robert Hale (London).
- Shuker, Karl P.N. (1995). The wonderful thing about tigons (and ligers) [Big cat hybrids, Part 1]. Wild About Animals, vol. 7 (November), pp. 48–49.
- Shuker, Karl P.N. (1996). Leopons a-leaping [Big cat hybrids, Part 2]. Wild About Animals, vol. 8 (January), pp. 50–51.
- Shuker, Karl P.N. (1996). Pantigs, pumapards, servicals and suchlike [Big cat hybrids, Part 3]. Wild About Animals, vol. 8 (February), pp. 50–51.
- ↑ "Ligers and Tigons, Oh My! Cat Lineage Littered with Interbreeding". Livescience.com. 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2016-04-06.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Panthera Hybrid - Trivia Mania". Trivia Mania. Retrieved January 14, 2015.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ *H Windischbauer, Hellbrun Zoo (1968)
- ↑ The Field No 2887, April 25, 1908, Henry Scherren: "In a paper on the breeding of the larger Felidae in captivity (P.Z.S [Proceedings of the Zoological Society]., 1861, p. 140),
- ↑ (Zoolog. Gart., 1861, 7)"
- ↑ "HYBRIDS BETWEEN JAGUARS AND TIGERS". Messybeast.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Birth of a Lion X Leopard Hybrid in Italy" (PDF). International-Zoo-News. March 1983.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ In The Field No 2887, April 25, 1908,
- ↑ "Ligerungar – en världssensation". Dagens Nyheter. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>


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Making sacrifices: Khloe Kardashian says she and Lamar Odom have put their reality show on hold for the sake of their marriage
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You and I along with your little sister are siting at health care centre today to get your eyes tested. You visited this place last week with your dad and shared with me that you are going to get spectacles.
I was in a meeting at that time and felt very sad to hear same, I could hear sadness in your voice also. I wanted to come home fast and tell you, son do not worry. This is all part of growing. In that sadness I felt more connected with you. I could see that I wanted to share so many experience with you that it is perfectly fine.
Few months ago, I always scolded you when you read in low light, in moving cars. But when I came home I was calm and you and I just glanced at each other and got rid of sadness in us. I am so glad on my parenting today. We do not have to lecture or talk, just being in that space for each other talks more than words.
Today at health centre, you and I are going through this whole process of getting your prescription for Lens together. I am glad that you are no more feeling sad, but I am still not completely comfortable with fact that you are going to have spectacles. While sharing with my brother today about your lens I had tears in my eyes. I am never nervous about anything in my life.. But today I am nervous as I am making myself responsible for same. I am thinking too hard , may be I have never worn glasses and somewhere in my mind there are thoughts that wearing spectacles is not a good thing. My worry is that in four days you are leaving for residential school, how will you take care of yourself. Will you be able to manage spectacles.
While I am going through all this set of emotions you seem fine and want to have nice set of spectacles for you. You are upset because doctor has told you not to read without spectacles and your spectacles are going to be ready in two more days. Your sister is enjoying whole process at much peace than you and me. I am feeling that it is so good to be innocent, as the way she is enjoying in health centre and at shop she wants to do everything you are facing. Sometimes it was so difficult for me to interact with your doctor as she is pulling all his instruments to herself to see what special is there that we are not allowing her.
Looking at your sister and you , I am also feeling relaxed about fact of getting spectacles. One thing I want to share with you that you looked smart when you wore that red set of spectacles. In evening when you bought Black Forest Ice cream for me and your sister I loved the way you fed me. I was glad to see that most of genius people Steve jobs and Gandhi jee also wore spectacles.
You are my genius boy always with or without spectacles. I love your passion of reading, sharing stories and way you get bored when you do not have anything to read or do. I know you were getting bored in also few days when you were told nov to read. I read few pages to you and was amazed at story of Percy Jackson we read together. Now I know why you read so much and can finish a book in few hours.
I want to write this post for you my genius son, that I am so proud of you and always remember that when you were born God smiled at you. I am sure that you will be a kind hearted man that I will always be proud of you.
I wanted to write this post for you that anytime you feel upset which I am sure you will not, have a look at below pic of your sister and remember that we should never let go of our innocence and take life in a stride the way it happens to us... And live it to fullest....


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Oct. 21 — T-Mobile USA Inc. and the Federal Trade Commission may be close to settling a complaint that alleges the wireless mobile provider made millions of dollars off of its customers by taking a cut of unauthorized cramming charges by third parties, according to court documents.
On Oct. 20, the deadline for T-Mobile to respond to the FTC's complaint, the parties filed a joint request for a 90-day stay of the deadline. The parties were "engaged in substantive settlement talks that they believe would resolve this matter and eliminate the need for further litigation," according to the filing in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
The FTC's July 1 complaint alleged deceptive and unfair practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
Cramming typically involves consumers being charged for third-party products, known as premium SMS services—including ringtones, wallpapers, horoscopes or celebrity gossip—that are sent to their mobile phones, sometimes without consent.
The practice has become a multibillion-dollar industry in recent years, with at least 20 million consumers being caught up in the practice every year, according to the FCC.
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We started school the first Monday and spend all week in class. The mornings are 3 hours of Nepali language, followed by a lecture, lunch, and another lecture. Our lectures cover everything from nepali customs, religion and castes, to development theories, how to conduct an interview, and community forestry. Our weekends have basically been free. We have mostly been exploring the surrounding area. The first Saturday we went up to the monkey temple which is on a hill overlooking Kathmandu. It is adorned with prayer flags and filled with wild monkeys running around. Another weekend day was spent at the farmers market in the touristy part of town which is wonderful, even if it is filled with Badeshi (white people).
Life in Nepal is a strange mix of modern and past. In some respects I feel just like normal. I have wifi in my home, we watch TV as a family, I go to school during the day, chat with my friends, go to the grocery store, go out to eat, and talk on my cell phone. But at the same time, the lights go out for 9 hours a day for a lovely thing called load shedding, I wash my clothes by hand in the bathroom (and that never gets all the smell out) we eat the same thing for lunch and dinner, and people spend many hours by the candlelight at night just chatting. What a strange world Nepal is.
Kathmandu is also an interesting place. It is the dirtiest city I have never encountered. There is dust everywhere and living here comes with a certain minimum noise level that sometimes I can hardly bear. Traffic doesn't drive on any particular side of the road here but instead drives any way they want. Street lights don't exist, and crossing the street is a free for all that usually involves standing between the two "lanes" of moving traffic waiting for a break to finish crossing the street. Accidents are the norm. The streets are filled with shops selling American and foreign products, and every three blocks there is a public temple.
And yet this strange style of life has become natural to me. I cross the streets with ease, utter Namaste as strangers, haggle with fruit vendors, do pugya to the gods every morning, sit and do my homework by flashlight, attempt to scrub my clothes on the bathroom floor, and eat endless amounts of daal bhaat with my hands. I also have this hilarious habit now of freaking out and making a big fuss if I see a white person. Sometimes I forget that I am a foreigner here and when a white person walks by I exclaim to all of my friends- oh my gosh look a white person! I guess they are not that common around here and I really am starting to fit in.Our schooling has included more than just sitting in the classroom all day long. We have taken in our first two weeks a few excursions as a class. One was to one of the biggest temples in KTM and as per usual the temple was filled with religious rituals of Hindus and Buddhists alike. Our guide gave us endless information on being Hindu and the Hindu lifestyle. They have some amazing teachings and their communal style of prayer is beautiful to watch. Another excursion included a trip to Patan, one of the original towns in the valley and an intense and incredible lesson on Buddhism. More information on both of those adventures to come!


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Curious about Parksville-Qualicum Beach? There's an App for that. To ensure that would-be vacationers had virtual access to menus of information about its world famous tourism destination with their mobile phones, the Oceanside Tourism Association has launched it's free mobile travel App for iPhone.
According to Oceanside Tourism Executive Director Blain Sepos, it was an easy choice to develop and launch an iPhone mobile App.
"Last year we saw a 410 per cent increase in mobile users to our website, so we know that people are researching travel options and looking for what's close to them with their mobile phones, so they are going to find this useful," says Sepos. "During their Vancouver Island travel they will have our community at their fingertips."
The free Parksville-Qualicum Beach App is a one stop shopping guide to the region, listing time-sensitive specials, accommodations, places to eat, attractions and activities, local artisans and a continually updated guide to events.
"We have hundreds of events a year in our area from spring through Christmas, so this App will constantly be added to, upgraded and improved," says Sepos, "there'll always be a reason to keep checking back and seeing what's new.
"You'll have a great Vancouver Island map and a Parksville-Qualicum Beach guidebook all here in one place."
The App also enables users to utilize Google Maps, pinpointing locations and giving users directions on how to get there.
The App is currently available on the iPhone platform, however Android, Blackberry and other mobile users can currently access the Parksville-Qualicum Beach mobile site (m.mypqb.ca).
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The 2018 Orange Volunteer Firemen's Carnival is ready for visitors.
The town fire marshal and state authorities were on the fairgrounds this afternoon inspecting all the rides to make sure they run properly and are safe for this weekend's event.
Carnival Chairman Donny Foyer said the rides have passed and the firefighters and vendors are ready.
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We are seeking to appoint three Community Consultant Psychiatrists in Older People's Mental Health in North Hampshire, following the previous post holders retiring and the recent reconfiguration of the OPMH Service within Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. The post holders will be working with enthusiastic and committed colleagues to deliver high quality care across the spectrum of Older People's Mental Health issues. The three vacant positions comprise: one full-time post serving the central west and rural west areas of Basingstoke (Job Ref: 348-MH-111C), one full-time post serving the central east and rural north areas of Basingstoke (Job Ref: 348-MH-112C) and one part-time post serving the rural east area of North Hampshire (Job Ref: 348-MH113C); with all posts being based centrally at Parklands Hospital, in the town of Basingstoke itself.
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust was established in 2011 with the merger of Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Hampshire Community Health Care Trust. It employs over 7,000 staff and provides specialist mental health services, learning disability services, social care and community health care services within both specialised and geographically-based Integrated Service Divisions. The Foundation Trust primarily covers all of Hampshire, excluding Portsmouth City and a small area of North East Hampshire.
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In a second-hand bookshop, sitting in the tea room at the back of the shop, I spied this book, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots.
At £3 I decided it was a 'must buy'. What does it say about me that I should happily read a book about knots?!
I came to the mention of the Icicle Knot on page 104. This is what it says:
"As an extension of his double pile hitch, John Smith first demonstrated this astonishing contrivance in May 1990 at the eighth Annual General Meeting of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, when he hung suspended by it from a splicing fit (taper down)."
Now after reading this, my mind is filled with numerous questions: Who is John Smith and why is he into knot tying? Who are the International Guild of Knot Tyers, and what is their Annual General Meeting like? Is it a fun place to be? I could got on…
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As far as the Helicopter Association International is concerned, when it comes to the integration of unmanned aerial systems into the National Airspace System, safety is the objective, HAI President Matt Zuccaro said as he kicked off an HAI safety symposium on integration of UAS into the NAS. The presentation opened the first day of the 2017 HAI Heli-Expo, which was held March 6 through 9 in Dallas.
HAI strongly supports the technology, which also presents a business opportunity to helicopter operators, Zuccaro said. "This is the most exciting technology to come down the road in aviation in decades." He noted that most drones will continue to be limited to low altitudes.
"The jobs and the work they're going to do are what's currently done by helicopters," Zuccaro said. Helicopter operators are the experts and should consider offering UAS services. "You want to develop the capability to be that one-stop shop. Don't lose your customer."
Some in the UAS community have suggested designating airspace 500 feet and below for UAS only—segregating the remotely piloted aircraft rather than integrating them into the NAS. "I'll be honest, I'll die first before I give my approval to that," Zuccaro said.
Zucarro said he isn't concerned about the Amazons and the Googles. They're professionals who recognize they have liability—and the smallest percentage of operators. Personal and recreational users conduct the majority of UAS flights. "There's no oversight for those individuals. There's no training for those individuals." Oversight is needed to prevent a midair in the low-altitude spectrum, he added, noting that HAI is working with other organizations on drone education programs. "We want these individuals under the tent with us."
The FAA is definitely keeping an eye on efforts at local airspace control, said Jim Viola, manager of FAA Flight Standards' General Aviation and Commercial Division.
Viola noted the number of provisions that cam be waived under Part 107, and mentioned Pathfinder programs working to explore other aspects of UAS operations. "We want to allow the technology to continue to grow," he said.
"There's a vast amount of information out there," said Dr. Scott Burgess, an associate professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. From private companies through graduate degree programs, instruction is available on operations as well as systems, applications, and engineering, he said. "It's really only going to get better on the academic side."
The ideal UAS pilot also does planning, maintenance, and safety functions, Burgess noted. "That's a benefit to you—you don't have to source as much."
Bryan Archer is founder of Galaxy Aviation, a Part 145 repair station—but even before that, he flew model aircraft. He began flying UAS when the Section 333 exemption process was initiated. "As you know, in Part 107 and Section 333, there are no airworthiness standards," he said. "The pilot must assure the aircraft is in a safe condition for flight."
An important part of maintenance is ensuring that all software updates are implemented, Archer said. "The most common failure that I have seen in the field so far is the electronic speed controller." Its failure results in a motor's failing, he continued; an octocopter may still be able to fly, but a quadcopter will come down.
From a public safety mission perspective, sUAS can perform about one-third of the missions traditionally accomplished by manned aircraft, explained Alan Frazier, an associate professor at the University of North Dakota. With an operating cost of maybe $20 per hour—compared to an average of $575 per hour, plus crew, for a helicopter—there's lots of interest.
"It's hard to say how many law enforcement agencies currently operate small UAS," Frazier said. "I've heard people opine that these are going to be in the back of every patrol car. I don't think that's going to happen." Instead, he expects certain officers to be cross-trained and equipped, using the capabilities when required—much as canine officers work today.
"Part 107 is not working for public safety. We hoped it would," he said. Waivers take too long to obtain to be helpful. Frazier noted a recent, high-profile waiver request in Houston that took six weeks for approval; it allowed one pilot to operate 300 drones, at night, in Class B airspace. He does some law enforcement work and has been waiting six months for a waiver for Class D airspace in North Dakota. "And we're not a lone case," he said. "Saving lives is more important than Super Bowl halftime entertainment."


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A boardroom shake-up at Leicester is set to see Sir Dave Richards become the Championship club's new chairman, Press Association Sport understands.
Richards, the former Sheffield Wednesday chairman, will return to club football when he steps down from his role with the FA Premier League at the end of this month.
The 70-year-old will replace Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha at Leicester with Terry Robinson set to join him at the King Power Stadium to work alongside manager Nigel Pearson as director of football after leaving Stoke's academy.
It is understood the Foxes have made the appointments with Financial Fair Play (FFP) in mind.
The forthcoming FFP rules, if broken, carry penalties such as a transfer embargo and last season Leicester's losses were in excess of ?29million.
As Srivaddhanaprabha prepares the club for what he hopes will soon be Premier League football, Richards has been brought in to ensure it is run on a cost-effective basis.
He is a member of the FA's board, chairman of the FA's international committee, president of the European Professional Football Leagues organisation and chairman of UEFA's Professional Football Committee.
Robinson's brief will be to assist Pearson in squad building but he will specifically be asked to concentrate on lowering Leicester's wage bill by jettisoning a number of high earners signed by former manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.


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For decades, wrestling fans have enjoyed the art of fantasy booking. Now with the advent of a 24-hour pro wrestling television network, we can try our hand at fantasy programming as well.
Here's a few ideas for shows I'd like to see on the WWE Network.
• A house show show: For years, WWE would air some of its major live events, known as "house shows," on regional sports cable channels, like MSG. The no-frills shows were a thrill for fans because they featured key match-ups from WWE's hottest feuds. These days WWE doesn't even acknowledge its house shows outside of some local television ads. It wouldn't take much effort or production cost to air a few key matches every Friday or Saturday night from a WWE house show. Not only would it make for good original programming, but it would give fans more reason to buy a ticket next time WWE comes to town.
• A news-documentary style show: WWE's short-lived Confidential series, which aired from 2002 to 2004, broke new ground with some deep, shoot-style news segments covering a range of major stories, from Randy Orton's military court martial to Steve Austin walking out of the company. Granted, every story came with the WWE spin you would expect, but they still often made for entertaining, and sometimes riveting, television. WWE would be wise to revisit this formula on its new network.
• A children's show: There will always be questions about whether WWE's brand of simulated violence is appropriate viewing for kids, but the fact remains that the K-12 crowd is a sizable, and important, segment of WWE's audience. And they buy a lot of merchandise—or at least beg their parents to. Before WWE lost interest in it, Saturday Morning Slam was a fun half-hour on the CW network, and included some positive messages for kids about fitness and nutrition. The show wouldn't need first-run matches, and instead could include some fun historical clips, and some light-hearted segments with Superstars.
• A Mystery Science Theater-type show: If you didn't see it while aired, go out of your way to watch every episode of Are You Serious?—a Youtube show that aired for several months in 2012. The show featured Josh Matthews and the Road Dogg lampooning some of the worst matches, characters, and storylines in wrestling history from a viewing room inside "the basement of Titan Tower." The hilarious show featured regular appearances from "Puppet H"—a raspy-voiced, sock puppet version of "The Game" himself. On any given week, Are You Serious? was the best thing WWE would produce. Reviving the show for the WWE Network is a no-brainer.
• A life-on-the-road-show: If the success of reality shows like Ice Road Truckers and Duck Dynasty have taught us anything, it's that American television viewers love immersing themselves in the lives of people with unique occupations. And occupations don't come any more unique than WWE performers. Each week, cameras could follow a new Superstar or Diva through their usual work week, capturing them living out of suitcases, driving hundreds of miles through the night, and eating at hotel bars. Depicting the less-glamorous side of WWE performers' lives would give fans a deeper appreciation for what they do.
• Re-packaged classics in their original time slots: If you were a wrestling fan with cable television in the 1980s and '90s, there's a good chance your television was tuned to TBS on Saturday night at exactly 6:05. Airing a different episode of World Championship Wrestling/WCW Saturday Night at the same time every week would surely put smiles on the faces of nostalgic wrestling fans, as would an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event each Saturday at 11:30 p.m. The old shows could be freshened up with some "Pop Up Video" inspired comments from some wrestling veterans from the era.
Post your ideas for new WWE Network shows in the comments section!
Al Castle
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Monday, March 3, 2014
WWE Network Wish List
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- Unknown said...
Al, I loved this column. Although I don't plan on subscribing to the 'Work anytime soon - heck, I rarely watch RAW or Smackdown anymore - stuff like what you mentioned, if done well, might indeed sway me.
- March 7, 2014 at 9:20 AM
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