text: Press Release F5 Delivers a Quantum Leap in Web Application Acceleration with New Release of BIG-IP WebAccelerator New release extends F5's leadership in application acceleration by delivering advanced performance, unmatched flexibility and secure acceleration of SSL; Provides seamless, end-to-end acceleration services to any user regardless of location July 30, 2007 F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced the latest release of its BIG-IP® WebAccelerator™ product. Providing application acceleration of up to four times greater than any other product on the market, BIG-IP WebAccelerator offers an integrated, multi-purpose solution for dramatically boosting the performance of web services and applications. It solves growing enterprise problems such as painfully slow remote downloads and application access over Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption. Customers can use the new BIG-IP WebAccelerator running as a module on the BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) or as a standalone system on F5's 4500 platform now running on TMOS. "Many organizations deliver web applications-such as Portal, CRM, eLearning, and e-commerce-to remote and mobile users who demand the same speed and reliability available on the LAN," said Lucinda Borovick, Director, Datacenter Networks at IDC. "The value that this announcement delivers is that it brings together F5's TMOS architecture and BIG-IP features to give enterprises an integrated solution that provides secure web application acceleration for all users, local and remote." The BIG-IP WebAccelerator built on TMOS delivers an all-in-one solution to address two of the biggest technical challenges enterprises face in dealing with slow performance of critical applications: first time visit response time of web applications and acceleration of SSL content. Web applications can be accelerated 200-1000% by using a symmetric deployment of BIG-IP WebAccelerator. The symmetric deployment of BIG-IP WebAccelerator along with other F5 solutions such as BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager and Enterprise Manager enables organizations to enhance their Enterprise Content Delivery Networks (ECDN) and reduce cost and increase control of Internet CDNs. Averitt Express provides freight transportation and supply chain management with international reach to more than 100 countries. The company specializes in delivering customized solutions with a single source of accountability for service offerings that include less-than-truckload, truckload, time-critical and importing/exporting. "To help our customers better compete, we realize that our application delivery infrastructure must be flexible, secure and high performance in order to offer them innovative and effective transportation solutions," said Tim Saylor, IT Director at Averitt Express, Inc. "The WebAccelerator's remote site capability should significantly improve response time for our customers, which is one of the real shining points of the new release because it directly impacts customer satisfaction. In addition, WebAccelerator's secure symmetric acceleration of SSL applications is going to be critical in the future as customers start paying invoices online." Highlights of the New BIG-IP WebAccelerator Unmatched flexibility. Now enterprises can choose any combination of symmetric and asymmetric acceleration that suits their needs. Whether accessing web applications and content via the BIG-IP WebAccelerator deployed in a remote office or utilizing the BIG-IP WebAccelerator nearest to the data center and web applications, users are guaranteed to have the fastest possible access and the best user experience. Complete acceleration for web content via SSL. When deploying symmetric SSL acceleration, organizations can rely on the BIG-IP WebAccelerator solution to ensure that SSL transactions are offloaded to SSL hardware and that there is support for advanced SSL functions such as FIPS and client certificates. Enterprise Content Delivery Networks (ECDN). BIG-IP WebAccelerator technologies can also be deployed for enterprise sites that require the fastest user experience for their remote and mobile users. Many of these organizations utilize Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) with unpredictable results and variable costs. BIG-IP WebAccelerator allows enterprise and e-commerce sites to control and reduce the costs of traditional CDN networks. "Building on the strength of TMOS, F5 now offers the most comprehensive web acceleration solution," said Jason Needham, Director of Product Management at F5. "Symmetric deployment of BIG-IP WebAccelerator leveraging TMOS solves web content delivery issues by locating content closer to users to speed first-time and repeat visits for Portal, CRM, eLearning, and e-commerce sites. This release of WebAccelerator builds on the advancements that F5 has made by offering transparent and cost-effective acceleration to all users." Availability This new version of F5 BIG-IP WebAccelerator and BIG-IP WebAccelerator 4500 will be available in CYQ3, 2007. About BIG-IP WebAccelerator F5's BIG-IP WebAccelerator is an advanced web application delivery solution that provides a series of intelligent technologies designed to overcome problems with browsers, web application platforms, and WAN latency issues that impact user performance. For more information, please visit www.f5.com/products/big-ip/product-modules/webaccelerator.html. About F5 Networks F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. F5 provides solutions that make applications secure, fast and available for everyone, helping organizations get the most out of their investment. By adding intelligence and manageability into the network to offload applications, F5 optimizes applications and allows them to work faster and consume fewer resources. F5's extensible architecture intelligently integrates application optimization, protects the application and the network, and delivers application reliability-all on one universal platform. Over 10,000 organizations and service providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their applications running. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington with offices worldwide. For more information, go to www.f5.com. TAGS:


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Bitter row erupts over 'abortion' pill
Friday June 17 2011
To check the high rate of maternal mortality, the government plans to roll out the distribution of life-saving drugs to all corners of the country.
It sounds like a noble enough idea on the surface. However, some NGOs and medics see mischief in the move by the government and the Kenya Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (KOGS) to widely distribute the drugs in the country.
The drugs are used to treat heavy bleeding after child birth. The government, KOGS and Venture Strategies Innovations want Misoprostol tablets to be available to pregnant women attending antenatal clinics.
Though they are life-saving drugs, some medics and NGOs claim the drugs can also be used to procure abortions.
The Director of Public Health, Dr Shahnaz Shariff, insists that the drugs would only be used in treating heavy bleeding after child birth, a leading case of maternal mortality.
Professor Joseph Karanja, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Nairobi, says 8,000 women die in Kenya from complications arising from pregnancy and child birth every year with unsafe abortions accounting for a third of the deaths.
Professor Karanja says safe abortion services discriminate against the poor, who often have to seek the services of quacks in back streets.
Some pharmacists and doctors, however, are apprehensive about the government's campaign.
Some medics are even accusing their colleagues of silently trying to legalise abortion.
"I can't fathom a good reason why someone would want the drugs to be distributed so easily, unless these NGOs are pro-abortion," said Dr Caesar Mungatana, a Nakuru-based surgeon.
"I can't imagine a situation where vaginal bleeding is so life-threatening that one can't make it to the nearest health centre or hospital."
Dr Mungatana said midwives should be restricted to helping in safe deliveries and not in the administration of drugs. He said Misoprostol was a powerful drug that could be used to procure abortion if left in the wrong hands.
But Professor Karanja denies those claims. "This is a legal drug that has been in the market for many years and has nothing to do with abortion. The programme aims to save the lives of thousands of pregnant women who have no access to a health clinic," he said.
But pharmacists in Nakuru said distributing the drugs through midwives would be illegal as they are no longer registered by the government.
"This appears like a pro-abortion agenda being pushed in a veiled manner," said a pharmacist who declined to be named.
Some women are in praise of the drug, with some describing it as a 'saviour drug'.
"I had a miscarriage in my first pregnancy and I almost died due to heavy bleeding. A nurse administered the drug to me and I was able to complete the process," said a woman who only identified herself as Jane.
A third year student at a college in Nakuru claimed that many of her college mates routinely use the drugs to procure abortion.
"The drug should not be condemned by doctors. It helped me terminate an unwanted pregnancy," said the student who declined to be named.
Dr Hillary Mabeya, a lecture at Moi University's School of Medicine in Eldoret, dismisses assertions that the drug will be misused to procure abortions.
"No way. This drug is easily available at pharmacies and hospitals," said Dr Mabeya.
Professor Karanja says: "In some parts of this country like North Eastern, there are less than 10 doctors yet we have dozens of midwives spread all over who could be trained on how to administer the drugs."
The don read mischief in medics opposing the drug. "We have other drugs which could be used to procure abortions and I'm surprised those opposing it are not concerned about them."


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Roll Demonstrates New Technologies For Converging Markets At Graph Expo 2004
Monday, October 11, 2004
Press release from the issuing companyChicago, IL (October 10, 2004) - Roll Systems brings versatile digital print feeding and finishing solutions suitable for both print-on-demand and transaction processing to Graph Expo in Chicago this week. Roll introduces new digital technologies in the areas of highlight color, in-line converting, and intelligent proofing. A prototype color imprinting system is being shown in Roll's booth #3675, in-line with Roll's ThreeUp System, fed by an IBM Infoprint 4100 printer. The color imprinting system, first demonstrated at the Drupa show in May, provides low cost in-line digital color highlighting to digital monochrome printer users. The color system will be printing yellow highlights along with color logos and marketing messages on sample two-up and three-up printed utility bills. The ThreeUp System cuts, slits and stacks three-up printing, as well as providing slit/merge capability for two-up printing. ThreeUp's stack diversion functionality (stacks are spaced apart without interleaving for superior quality) maintains stack quality to allow off-line binding without jogging for book and manual applications. Also in-line with the ThreeUp System is a three-hole punch module, demonstrating one element of Roll's digital in-line converting product line. Other in-line converting solutions available from Roll include a running micro-perforator, strip cut and gutter cut options. Roll's intelligent proofing is exhibited in a pair of demonstrations in the Roll booth. Roll's Web Vision System is shown, in-line with a Roll-to-Roll System. Web Vision is a print production quality control system that provides automated proof of image quality, process quality, and print content quality for digital printer users. A technology demonstration of an in-line MICR verifier is also shown. "The Graph Expo show is a tremendous opportunity to showcase our new product directions in these three areas of highlight color imprinting, in-line converting, and intelligent proofing. We believe these technologies will help our customers operate more efficiently, but even more importantly, make possible new digital applications for new business opportunities," said Bill Carroll, president of Roll Systems. Roll's new MultiUp System is shown in Roll's booth stacking 18-up, 17.5 x 27" sheets, suitable for folding into book signatures in an off-line operation. The MultiUp System consists of Roll's new large format stacker, along with unwinder and cutter modules. The system handles sheets up to 36" long, in basis weights as light as 10# bond. Roll exhibits in a number of other locations around the Graph Expo floor. Xerox's popular iGen3 digital color production press is being fed sheets cut from a roll by Roll's DocuSheeter iG roll feed system (developed jointly with Xerox Special Information Systems), in Xerox booth #1431. A Roll-to-Roll System provides feeding and finishing for a Kodak Versamark VT3000 in the Kodak booth. Böwe Bell & Howell is using five Roll inserter unwinders to feed inserters across their product line in their booth #3011. Finally, Xeikon shows a Roll Digital Color Unwinder feeding 50" diameter rolls of paper to a Xeikon 5000. Peter Wood, director of product management for Roll Systems, is speaking at a session in the Mailing and Fulfillment Theater, at 3:00 PM on Monday, October 11. Mr. Wood's theme is "Color Imprinting for Black & White Printers". Visitors to the Roll booth can register for drawings to win Sharper Image gift cards. For more information about Roll Systems and its products, visit the company's web site at www.rollsystems.com or call 781-229-2266.
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The Sword is also, in the Bible, an emblem of SPEECH, or of the utterance of thought. Thus, in that vision or apocalypse of the sublime exile of Patmos, a protest in the name of the ideal, overwhelming the real world, a tremendous satire uttered in the name of Religion and Liberty, and with its fiery reverberations smiting the throne of the Cæsars, a sharp two-edged sword comes out of the mouth of the Semblance of the Son of Man, encircled by the seven golden candlesticks, and holding in his right hand seven stars. "The Lord," says Isaiah, "hath made my mouth like a sharp sword." "I have slain them," says Hosea, "by the words of my mouth." "The word of God," says the writer of the apostolic letter to the Hebrews, "is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit." "The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God," says Paul, writing to the Christians at Ephesus. "I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth," it is said in the Apocalypse, to the angel of the church at Pergamos.
So there is a political scholasticism that is merely useless. The dexterities of subtle logic rarely stir the hearts of the people, or convince them. The true apostle of Liberty, Fraternity and Equality makes it a matter of life and death. His combats are like those of Bossuet, — combats to the death. The true apostolic fire is like the lightning: it flashes conviction into the soul. The true word is verily a two-edged sword. Matters of government and political science can be fairly dealt with only by sound reason, and the logic of common sense: not the common sense of the ignorant, but of the wise. The acutest thinkers rarely succeed in be-coming leaders of men. A watchword or a catchword is more potent with the people than logic, especially if this be the least metaphysical.
When a political prophet arises, to stir the dreaming, stagnant nation, and hold back its feet from the irretrievable descent, to heave the land as with an earthquake, and shake the silly-shallow idols from their seats, his words will come straight from God's own mouth, and be thundered into the conscience. He will reason, teach, warn, and rule. The real "Sword of the Spirit" is keener than the brightest blade of Damascus.
Such men rule a land, in the strength of justice, with wisdom and with power. Still, the men of dialectic subtlety often rule well, because in practice they forget their finely-spun theories, and use the trenchant logic of common sense. But when the great heart and large intellect are left to the rust in private life, and small attorneys, brawlers in politics, and those who in the cities would be only the clerks of notaries, or practitioners in the disreputable courts, are made national Legislators, the country is in her dotage, even if the beard has not yet grown upon her chin.


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The stage is set for one of the biggest matches in the history of Charlotte professional wrestling since its debut here thirty years ago. And tonight's the night.
This match, which has building to a climax for several months now, pits the team of THE GREAT BOLO and BOLO against THE KENTUCKIANS, BIG BOY BROWN and TINY ANDERSON.
Special rules have been set for this match to insure that the BOLO team does not duck and run as they did at PARK CENTER two weeks ago. Ten wrestlers will be stationed around the ring to keep all four participants within the roped boundaries. THE KENTUCKIANS, the big fan favorites, will have two-out-of-three falls and one hour to not only defeat the hooded villains, but to unmask them and reveal their identities to the huge crowd which is expected to be in attendance.
"In the wrestling business, we call this a LUMBERJACK MATCH," said promoter JIM CROCKETT as time grows near for the big event. "No one will be able to escape if things aren't going their way."
A gigantic undercard is set for tonight's CHARLOTTE COLISEUM scene of the big showdown.
GEORGE BECKER and BILLY TWO RIVERS head it up, going against big IKE EAKINS and rugged PANCHO VILLA in the best-of-three falls semi-final tag team contest.
In single fall bouts scheduled, popular young JOHNNY WEAVER faces the Oriental villain P.Y. CHUNG.
LUTHER LINDSAY takes on EDDIE GOLD.
JOHNNY "RUBBERMAN" WALKER clashes with Japan's HOSHINO SATO.
And to add even more excitement, PENNY BANNER will face BRENDA SCOTT in a special ladies event.
A huge crowd is expected at the CHARLOTTE COLISEUM tonight, but as of press time, there were some good seats still available, according to CROCKETT.
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What is 3D Printing Used For?
A number of different types of additive manufacturing are already available for use in directly manufacturing 3D objects using plastic, resin, metal, and many other types of material. This lends itself to several obvious current-use applications, including prototyping, direct digital fabrication, and more.
Rapid prototyping
The earliest use of 3D printing was in the production of digitally-designed objects as prototypes of new designs before production begins. The advantages of rapid prototyping with additive manufacturing are apparent in processes such as these:
Evaluation of a design while it is still in the computer.
After evaluation, creating a solid prototype based on the design that can be handled and operated.
Comparing the printed prototype to components of existing systems to ensure correct fit and function.
Creating a solid object for consumers to evaluate speeds up the rate at which new designs can be compared side by side. 3D-printed versions of alternate designs or iterations can be reproduced and compared much faster than individual examples of each design can be turned out — saving weeks in the production schedule.
Often a prototype does not need the material strength of the final object design, so a plastic or resin design can be used to test an object before investing in the cost and materials required for metal reproduction.
Jewelers and other designers can test their designs in wax or biodegradable plastic for a few cents — and then create only their final model in gold, silver, or other valuable materials, after the client has already approved the fit and function.
3D-printed prototypes can also illustrate additional details for product evaluation, using color and other indicators, so that information such as stress load or thermal measure within a structured object can be clearly represented for non-technical review. This same capability can be used to show different model design options, to illustrate the visual impact of different artistic or coloring options, and to build marketing materials ahead of production for test audiences.
Direct digital fabrication
The use of additive manufacturing to create prototypes allows for rapid transition through the stages of the design process, but in some cases it does not stop there. With metal fabrication systems, additive manufacturing can be used to create end-use — final — products and designs, rather than just plastic prototypes.
With this approach, details such as serial numbers, branded marketing designs, even interlocking and joined structures, can be included in the physical structure of the product — with no tooling steps needed beyond the 3D-printed output.
Production of a single unique design, called a one-off, or other limited-production runs for specialty products used in racing, medical, and space technologies, can be very costly in traditional manufacturing. Because the same mold or tooling is only used a few times (possibly only one time), there are no opportunities for efficiencies of scale that bring down per-item costs in mass manufacturing of goods.
Direct digital manufacturing also allows updates to be made in the middle of a production cycle, without re-tooling the production line. Once the digital model has been modified and uploaded to the 3D printer, all future produced items can include the change automatically.
GE has started using this capability in the design of its future aircraft jet engines, where rapid updates can be performed and the line kept in operation to save time overall in the production of high-precision engine components because multiple components can be combined and printed at a single time without requiring the traditional methods of brazing and welding to combine individual assemblies.
Restoration and repair
Additive manufacturing has its place in current direct digital fabrication, but that same function can be used to re-create objects that were once available but have long since been lost from available inventory stocks to make room for the next year's model.
Whether the component is a compressor cover on Jay Leno's steam-powered car or a replacement flipper for a pinball machine, both are long gone for the corner store, even if they were ever available locally to the public. However, by scanning in the broken bits of an existing design or by creating a new replacement part from measurements and CAD design, additive manufacturing can bring new life to outdated designs.
By creating designs that can take the place of original equipment, it is even possible to improve on the original to make the repaired item quite literally better than it was when it was new — new materials can be used, reinforcements can be added, and any number of modifications can be made entirely within the computer before a part is ever created.
By creating the part in lightweight and inexpensive plastic, its fit can be tested and further adjustments made before a final object is created in material desired.
The amazing potential of this new type of parts management is that manufacturers would no longer need to store copies of all possible parts in warehouses and other locations. Instead, they would simply download the appropriate component design and print out its replacement when needed.
Instead of days or weeks until the proper replacement can be shipped to your local dealership, you could call up the mechanic to schedule a recall item replacement, and they would print out the part to have ready when you arrived on your way home.
A complete warehouse full of individual parts could be replaced by a small shop stocking only raw materials and a bank of 3D printers. No more concerns for items being out of stock, and available options could include different materials for special needs or even personalized designs created by individuals based on standard fittings or connectors.


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Find the Way! Know the Truth! Live the Life!
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- The Way is only found in Christ Jesus: His death, burial and resurrection.
- God has chosen to reveal this Way through the Gospel.
- God has given us the Great Commission to proclaim the Gospel to all people.
The Truth:
- Truth is revealed in the person of Christ Jesus.
- We come to know Truth through God's word.
- God's word transforms us as we read, study and pray through it.
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- We are given new Life and are new creations with a new purpose in Him
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We are committed to reach the world for Jesus Christ and live our lives to bring Him honor and glory. We daily want to grow in our faith and live it out by:
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- Ministry: We believe God has created each one of us for a special purpose in His plan to redeem mankind. We seek to find and develop our gifts to serve Christ in the purpose He called us to.
- Worship: We believe worship is giving God glory in song and living our lives for Him that others may glorify Him as well.
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- Mentorship: We believe the bible teaches the mature believers to disciple and mentor younger believers.
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Our interviews with Nicole Paul will be among the most important GFM Media will do. Why? Not merely because she brings a wealth of specialised expert knowledge to the table (as many of our other guests have), but because with Nicole, we are about to begin unveiling what may be just about our last hope if we are to stop the rampantly spreading tyranny around the globe and employ a realistic workable solution.
So, who is Nicole Paul?
Nicole was employed as a solicitor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) between July 2001 and June 2010. For eight of those years Nicole was attached to the Special Crime Unit. She held security clearance.
In July 2010 Nicole resigned from the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) to complete the Bar Practice Course at the Queensland University of Technology. Nicole was admitted to practice at the Queensland Bar in August 2010. She practiced law as a Barrister in Queensland and New South Wales.
Nicole also trained in ancient mystery school teachings and was a member of an international mastermind that was focused on the creation of structures and businesses that can re-pattern collective consciousness.
In June 2005 she founded Golden Age Paradigm which is an event production company that will be holding events around the world to gather together thought leaders who can assist people to shift into a new paradigm of thinking.
This unique background and insider knowledge of the legal system and government places Nicole well to effectively strategise solutions that are workable and acknowledge the realities of the situation we face.
In this publicly broadcast episode – the first of several we will be airing with Nicole (though not all will be public domain access-for-all) – she will discuss:
- Why virtually all popular 'solutions' are NOT going to solve anything; Nicole breaks them down one by one. (For example: in the USA impeachment is a pointless exercise, direct confrontation/revolt against government, the futility of voting Left instead of Right, why petitions and letters to politicians don't work, and more)
- How and why the system of government cannot be self-corrected (why we need a cunning external intervention that 'they' won't anticipate)
- How the fox has taken over the henhouse
- How there is currently no established way out of our predicament with things as they are
- The Biosecurity Act and imminent mandatory vaccination
- What is the new world order?
- TPP and how this will work
- TPP-type legislations and what has happened in Canada a.k.a. corporate oligarchy masked as 'free trade'
- The UN agenda translated
- How the global agenda is really all about keeping us energetically suppressed and unconscious
- Current police state implementation
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This episode of GFM Media with Nicole Paul is essential study and preparation for an effective intervention strategy to be disclosed in non-public domain discussions. Spread it far and wide if you value what tattered shreds are left of true freedom and unadulterated truth.


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CNN honored me with an invitation to participate as a featured guest panelist at their Inspire Summit: Women's Empowerment Conference held at the Turner – Time Warner building in Manhattan last week. The program was moderated by Kyra Phillips, anchor of "CNN Newsroom", and opened with special guest Whoopi Goldberg.
Eight women (including me) followed Whoopi's down-to-earth, humorous and entertaining opening to share our stories and humanitarian projects that evening. Our panelist interviews concluded with the L'Oreal Paris Women Of Worth Awards.
Meeting all of these amazing women was such a thrill! Everyone's dedication towards their special projects and causes was incredibly inspirational. The experience served as a reminder that when we follow our passion, anything is possible.
Here are abbreviated introductions of the women Kyra Phillips (CNN anchor) interviewed in front of a live audience:
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg, multiple award-winning actress, comedienne, producer and television host, is also well-known for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of children, the homeless, human rights, education, substance abuse and the battle against AIDS. Whoopi is a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations.
Incidentally, wearing jeans, a baggy shirt and bright yellow rubber shoes, Whoopi shared why she dresses for comfort rather than high style. In a nutshell, feeling comfortable makes her happy, and when she's happy, the people around her, in turn, feel more comfortable and happy. Makes perfect sense to me! What else makes Whoopi happy? Toto toilets. I guess you had to be there…
Molly and Carly Houlahan, Hives for Lives
Molly and Carly Houlahan, ages 16 and 14, launched Hives for Lives four years ago when their beloved grandfather died of cancer. These sisters wanted to honor his memory by raising money to find a cure. They raise bees, harvest the honey, then spin, filter and bottle it by hand. Their honey is now being distributed by nine Whole Foods regions and they've raised $150,000 towards a cure so far. Way to go, girls!
Patricia Hall, H2O for Life
Patricia Hall, after participating in a variety of volunteer service projects in Africa and witnessing the plight of women and girls caused by lack of water and sanitation, was compelled to bring water projects to schools in third world countries. Patricia is a teacher in Minnesota. H2O for Life was formed in 2007 after overwhelming student response to the first service learning project she initiated in her school. H2O for Life has now grown to over 80 school projects during the current 2008-2009 school year.
Majora Carter, The Majora Carter Group
Majora Carter, a South Bronx native, pursues resources and ideas to improve the quality of life in environmentally challenged communities. She founded Sustainable South Bronx and implemented the Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training program — a green-collar job training and placement system – seeding communities with a skilled workforce that has both a personal and economic stake in their urban environment.
Jessica Flannery, Kiva.org
Jessica Flannery is co-founder of Kiva.org, the world's first peer-to-peer online microlending website. Kiva makes it possible for internet users to lend money to specific entrepreneurs in developing countries, empowering these individuals to lift themselves out of poverty. Since I pledge my blogging profits as loans to the women I find on Kiva's website, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to meet one of the masterminds behind this brilliant online organization!
Jen Smith, Millionaire Mommy Next Door
Jen Smith learned to make, save and spend money in ways that she and her family find rewarding. Now financially-free, she's on a mission to inspire and empower other families through financial education so they too can enjoy the life they want to live. She freely shares her recipe for success, happiness and wealth on her blog. As part of her commitment to our world-wide community, Jen pledges her blogging revenue as 0% microloans, through Kiva.org, to small businesses operated by working, impoverished women in developing countries.
Eve Ensler, Vagina Monologues
Eve Ensler, playwright, performer, feminist and activist, is best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. In 1998, Ensler launched V-Day, a global non profit that has raised over $60 million for women's anti-violence groups.
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, Political Activist
"Granny D", at the age of 90, walked across America to rally against the influence of big money in elections. At 94, she ran for U.S. Senate. Since then, she's given speeches around the country to promote campaign finance reform; specifically, public funding of elections. May I live as long and as strong!
After the Summit event, my family and I stayed in New York City for three additional days to sight-see. I was in NYC during the same week last year when I appeared as a guest on The Montel Williams Show, but this was the first visit for my husband and daughter. Coming from a small western city, Manhattan is an eyeful –- especially for a three-year-old during the holiday season. We rode the (free) ferry past the Statue of Liberty, navigated the subways, ate dim sum in Chinatown, strolled around the historic Seaport Village and enjoyed views of the Brooklyn Bridge, weaved between the tall buildings and narrow streets around Wall St and the NY Stock Exchange, visited the Museum Of The City Of New York, checked email from the magnificent NY public library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (marble, stately columns, European-like painted ceilings, amazing two-story carved wood bookcases), gawked at the ostentatious Christmas display windows and mega-caret diamonds along 5th Ave, stomped on the Big Piano at FAO Schwartz toy store, watched kids get their American Girl dolls dolled up at the store's "Doll Hair Salon", dropped in on a Santa convention, rode the carousel at Bryant Park, and saw disturbing pictures of dead people at the International Center of Photography.
What a marvelous trip!


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1. Proven Real Money
Most people don't know there is an alternative to investing your hard labor into constantly devaluing fiat currencies.
Precious metals are real money; time tested as a store of value that only gains dollar value over time.
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For thousands of years, printing currency has been resulted in periods of economically and politically destabilizing, and difficult to control inflation.
Even assuming world economies hold themselves together over time, owning physical, unencumbered precious metals can protect your hard work and likely significantly appreciate in value.
3. Diminishing future supply
It is no secret that Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium are in short supply. However, what most people don't know is how short the supply is. Every year, there are less and less.
4. Increasing mining costs
At current mining costs of production, many precious metals mines worldwide are barely showing profits.
It is estimated by a notable Swiss Bank that should gold fall more than USD 200.00, almost half of these mines would be losing money.
5. Diversifying your portfolio
Keeping all your eggs in one basket is never a good idea. As an intelligent investor, you know that times change and having a diversified portfolio allows you to gradually increase your net worth by securing your money.
6. Financial Uncertainty
The recent global recession, and in many countries, devastating depression, came as no shock to investors carefully watching national economies and markets. Unfortunately, the majority of political and legal problems contributing to these market bubbles have not been fixed.
Combined with a changing economic atmosphere, precious metals such as Gold, Silver, and Platinum are increasingly used as a fair measure of financial value.
7. Geopolitical Uncertainty
Similar to times of financial uncertainty, Gold and Silver maintain their value in times of international political uncertainty.
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In order to make up for supply/demand shortages, central bank gold is often leased at sub-prime rates to assist in hedging other banks. There is evidence that between a third and half of central bank gold is currently traded, while technically being owned by these banks.
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A New Way to Use My New Print
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I love it next to the armoire closet better too! Nice job! What a great statement it makes.ReplyDelete
Love the print! I have been following your blog for awhile but maybe I missed it.... did you make that armoire closet??? I am IN LOVE!!!! I so need my hubby to make me one =)ReplyDelete
Love this project! I'm still having trouble with prints coming out blurry even though I use a 4x6 in picnik. Any tips? The engineer prints is a great idea...I've always gone to FedEx/kinks and used their large copy machine which is double the price.ReplyDelete
Ceil - Yes. Just read through the comment section on the original post. I mentioned that at the end of this post so it has the link.ReplyDelete
LOVE it!! Such an easy way to GORGEOUS art!!!ReplyDelete
Awesome! I forgot about your faux armoire. That still knocks my socks off.ReplyDelete
Can't get enough of your little blog. It's so simple and practical and down to earth. It's my 3 minutes of "me" time every day! :)ReplyDelete
I'm off to print me a giant print!
Thanks so much!
You can do the engineering prints with photos too. I did it for my son's wedding, we framed pictures of the bride and groom and hung them around the hall. great prints!ReplyDelete
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I'm here for one reason. Sheer desperation. My situation is this. Imagine have 100 websites. You wake up and look at your Google webmaster tools and discover that every site has received a penalty. Yes, that's where I'm at.
I don't spam. I've resubmitted many times, testing the waters. I'm still getting rejected. My penalty spans across unrelated domains/keywords. I'm not a dishonest webmaster. I was using a template, which had a lot of content via scripts that I really think are great. I have an rss parser. I think they may have led to a duplicate content issue, but seems like something way more serious is at work here. Most of my sites were single pages, simply as a first step of launching, and not for some sneaky reason. Some are selling things via amazon affiliates, some are not. Yes they are for the most part lean of content.
I've been slowly removing my head content, increasing original content and then resubmitting to Google. I'm at the point, now my last attempt is to remove every last piece of head content (all my scripts) leaving me with a bare page. Of course I shudder at the thought of being rejected, because beyond this, I can't see anything else that I can do.
I'm completely desperate here. I'm not a newb. I am simply hammered by an apparent Google god. I will save my rant for a later date. Surely to god I can have an ugly, one page website and still be allowed on the damn internet.
I'm not sure what you mean by no duplicate content penalty. I thought duplicate content penalty because my penalty applies to 100 of my sites, including completely unrelated subjects/urls. Perhaps you're saying that a template is reason enough for this much of a penalty?
I did have another thought. Every resubmission attempt so far has failed. I've been trying on about 7 sites out of the 100. I keep removing page content and trying again and again. Like I said, the next step is to have none of the template head content whatsoever. My template then would only consist of a table layout!
Is it possible...Google looks at all 100 sites, even though I've only resubmitted 1 site. In other words, they won't consider my request until the other 99 sites are fixed. Do they consider each site a seperate entity or am I boxed in. I have to approach this as a whole and not a part? I mean, I can only image that anyone replying would be completely guessing. I would doubt that many if any people have been nuked in such a way. Now think about it...
You wake up tomorrow to find 95% of your websites penalized and removed from Google completely. I can't really put into words how this situation is making me feel right now. I appreciate any thoughts. Perhaps you can feel my pain.
Such sites are of course "allowed" on the internet - there's nothing illegal here - but Google does not want them on their top search rankings. They are quite aggressive in weeding them out of their results, and have a trained army of thousands of human reviewers who spot and report this kind of site or network.
Here's the Google Help reference that covers Google's point of view: Little or no original content [google.com].
So you can publish this kind of site, but you shouldn't depend on Google Search for traffic. Original content and unique value compared to other affiliates in the same niche is what wins the day.
The thing that I'm struggling with, is the fact that I have a few sites with no affiliate or money making aspects, still being penalized. Still penalized after 2 or 3 resubmission requests. Each time I am removing more and more template or duplicate type content. One site is practically bare. The only thing left on that site is some of the head content from my template. For this reason, I'm completely baffled at this point in time. If I remove that remaining head content, resubmit, and still remain penalized, well, I just don't think my nerves can handle it. I will be in an asylum at that point.
You have 100 sites, obviously small since 100 is a big number. 100 sites you admit are "lean of content". You are also very concerned that Google has penalized you, so these 100 sites are likely completely supported by Google and all are working together to hoist each other up in the rankings.
Now, why would Google want 100 "lean content" sites, all owned by the same person, at the top of the rankings? They do not. Google tries to get original quality sites at the top of their rankings...if they feel someone is there and they shouldn't be they penalize.
I don't know how much money you were making with this plan but the luck train may have just pulled into the station for good.
Creating content on these sites via an rss parser feed seems like a likely cause. In addition, having Amazon affiliate rss feeds could be more reason. Having little original content is another likely factor. Having a template with a big chunk of script code on each of the site is another likely factor. However, since I've removed these elements from the sites which I've submitted for reconsideration, they remain penalized and out of the Google index. I have many notices that Google has reviewed my reconsideration requests, but no penalties lifted.
An opinion only: That could be it. If you're using an automated content generator which is also being used by spammers, it probably has a 'footprint'.
Things like duplicate content, tons of subdomains, unnatural interlinking and backlinking don't help either.
I think Google dumps refried SERPs, also. If these are in a sub-directory, then no problem. If your whole site is re-fried SERPs, then the site is gone.
"Some are selling things via amazon affiliates, some are not. Yes they are for the most part lean of content. "
As others have mentioned, that statement alone sums it all up. Google wants unique content, not stub landing pages - especially ones thin on content with affiliate link ads.
It's interesting the comment about putting all your sites into webmaster guidelines. I do wonder the same thing. Does it now mean that I or you can be audited by Google? Backlinks audits? Content audits? It makes me wonder a few things and seems a bit unsettling.
I will summarize what happened here with my penalties.
-my strategy was to create many websites using a template.
-I used an rss parser for a few feeds from places like google blog search, bloglines.com, etc.
-these sites were lean on content.
-a majority had Amazon affiliate feeds.
-some did not have any form of affiliate ads or feeds but were also penalized.
-the majority of sites were one page.
My strategy was to launch many websites in phase one. In phase two, I was adding more content and cosmetics. Before phase two really took place I was penalized. Understand one thing. I was overly aggressive in my approach. The question remains however, do people have the freedom still on the internet to launch websites in the manner that I did. I do have a plan, and that plan was never to have a bunch of rss feed one page websites. It was to have an initial launch phase like I said. Now you can say I suppose that if I have Amazon links, then I'm a spammer. Well, if my website url is buywidgets.com, is it unreasonable to offer widget sales? I mean people would understand before they came to my site, that I'm all about selling widgets. I don't get the spam argument if my site is what people are expecting and want.
The real crux of the issue for me now is, will does Google not allow one page website in the index with lean original content? I suppose some people would argue that it's great they shut me out. Others might say, hand on, is Google being quality police and filtering the internet.
Google is the best thing that happened to the internet. I'm dirt without being indexed by them. It just really makes me wonder right now, how I'm viewed by them. I say this because the site that I'm trying to get reconsidered doesn't have issues or ground for still having a penalty. It's ugly and one page, but is that grounds for still having my penalty? At this point, yes it seems to be.
I suppose I'm posting this now, just to clarify with you folks what's going on. Perhaps if anything, a reminder to be careful. It seems like for me, I'm being judged as a whole and not as a part by Google. It seems I've done something terribly wrong and I'm paying the ultimate price. Unfortunately, I'm only left guessing what the issues are.
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The answer to that question is no - it is not unreasonable.
But, did your site offer widgets for sale, or did it simply have affiliate links to other sites selling widgets.
I think there is a big difference, and Google does not want to send people to a page with no content, only affiliate links to other sites. I also think they make that quite clear in their guidelines and you were bound to have problems.
However, I, like you, would be interested to know if your position would ever improve after you have created a real website
[edited by: tedster at 3:42 pm (utc) on Aug. 7, 2009]
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I would also start "adding" quality content to sites you want to save instead of putting them on a diet as the problem is likely two fold -- too many 1 page sites.
It's certainly clear to me that I was way too deep, with way too many domains to keep up. My mistake was thinking that because I was targeting different, yet similar keywords and keyword phrases, that I was no doing anything wrong. Wow, that was a huge mistake. Add to that the lean content, affiliate links, rss feeds, one page sites, and I'm labeled a big time loser. I was in too deep and not realizing how this would all be viewed, even though my this setup was by no means my end game. Spammers set up scams, I was setting up websites to work on and build upon. Affiliate links were only temporary while I was setting up my company. Ironically, now that I have my company, I don't have a website to sell on. Isn't that great?
My mistake was thinking that because I was targeting different, yet similar keywords and keyword phrases, that I was no doing anything wrong.
Well said. By using separate domains to "target keywords", that is almost by definition working to manipulate the search engines. One domain can rank well on many different keywords -- it doesn't take a network of a domain per keyord.
Multiple websites can most definitley target separate MARKETS, tailoring their content specifically for different demographic niches or slices, even if it is the same product. But in this scenario, one domain's content would not be duplicated on another domain. To do well, both domains need to be rich in usefulness for their respective target niches.
The most difficult thing for me to deal with, because I'm just entering ecommerce, is this. I didn't realize that a general site, covering my product, would in fact cover keywords or phrases that people would in fact be searching for. That's a big big big realization for me. People with more knowledge of Google or search engines may realize this, but it wasn't clear to me. Not until now.
I'm still strugging with what does and doesn't fall into the "manipulating search engines" category. I'm speaking in terms of how my domains would ultimately be viewed. Would I be considered a spammer or not a spammer. I think people use the word spamming a bit too loosely these days, but I'll save that for a different day.
I keep coming back to this. If a search engine other than Google gives more value to your domain and having the keywords in that domain, and you have domains with those keyword phrases, does it make smart business sense to tear up those domains and throw them into the garbage. I'm really struggling with the concept of one product, one website, per person. That is what I seem to be hearing, and what I seem to understand is how this works. If I push the limit and make a couple or a few different websites, selling the same type of product, them I'm spamming or manipulating the index. I think in the real world of business, people or corporations are not limited in what they can or cannot do. However, it seems that in the internet world, business cannot. It seems like essentially one website, per product/subject, per person. I have to accept this, but as an ignorant ecommerce newbie, I'm having a tough time swallowing this concept. I realize this is likely the best way for a search engine to fetch results. I mean, on any given subject/product, do you think there is 2 sites from the same person/company? If there is, I think we can claim they are doing something to manipulate search results. Am I going around in circles on this?
If you want them to send FREE traffic to help your business, then you've got to know what their "rules" are. As a parallel, if you were running a physically based company, then you would need to adapt every new location you opened to the local laws and building codes.
I work with many situations where one company has many websites, and they do so very openly. A main website and a company blog is one almost trivial example. Or a car manufacturer might have a separate website for their financing side. The variations on this theme are many.
If you spend some time browsing around many major company's web presence today, you will see how they do it. And in many cases the many domains are all registered under one WebmasterTools account.
I'm really struggling with the concept of one product, one website, per person.
No...if your 100 websites were all designed differently, didn't use the same exact descriptions, offered different products, and were more than a few pages each then you would have been fine. I think your struggling with the concept of having to have unique product descriptions and a unique layout per website.
Wal*Mart doesn't go and open a Mart*Wal right next door. It's the exact same store, just a different name. It doesn't help anyone that goes to Wal*Mart and doesn't find a product to go next door to Mart*Wal. That's what your doing. Who would want a world with hundreds of stores that are all the same with different names? Why would Google want to link someone to both Wal*Mart, Mart*Wal, Mart*Wal Online, Wal*Wal*Mart, etc. if they all do the exact same thing? What an awful search engine that would be.
Wal*Mart instead opens a different kind of retail store that offers better deals to members, encourages bulk purchases, and in no way resembles the look and feel of Wal*Mart. It's called Sam's Club. That's what you can do if you want to make more than one site. You probably can't do it with 100 sites.
You have no choice now but to pick a few of those domains and then either sell or 301 redirect the rest. There's nothing left to grasp here. You can't have duplicate sites. You can't have duplicate sites. You can have as many domain names as you want. You can't have duplicate sites.
Google wants unique content, not stub landing pages - especially ones thin on content with affiliate link ads.
Nothing much has changed here over the recent 4-5 years. Feed generated, aggregate content that lot's of folks share, definitely doesn't do well and I've seen sites damaged that participate on both sides of the aggregation, but I am also observing sites where multiple content feeds are sliced and diced in such a way that it provides a unique quality user experience - those sites are holding and growing good SERP's.
My guess is that many of your sites, even though they don't link to each other, rely on pretty much the same sources for their inbound links. If you've got 100 sites in the same market area, I don't see how you would have avoided this. As such, this adds one more factor to the already clear picture that these are not independent sites.
nor do I see any problem in having sites on onetypeofwidget.com & anothertypeofwidget.com and so on. it should only become an issue when there is little useful content on each.
perhaps you can develop a handful of the sites and see if they recover?


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Flagg Grove School
Benjamin Brown Flagg sold one acre of land in January 1889 to a group of Trustees charged with the task of building Flagg Grove School.
Since that time until the late 1960s, Flagg Grove School served African-American students in the northwest portion of Haywood County, Tennessee, just west of Nutbush. First as a Subscription school (each student paid $1 per month), then as a part of the public school system.
Many students attended and have left a mark on their communities and the world. Among Flagg Grove's most famous students is Anna Mae Bullock, most know her as Tina Turner - "Queen of Rock 'n Roll."
When Flagg Grove School was closed in the late 1960s, it was used as a barn and corn crib until being moved to the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville, Tennessee. The school made its journey to its new home on June 1, 2012. Since that time restoration efforts were made to restore the structure and open the school as an interpretive center for early African-American education and to honor the heritage and legacy of its former students, including Tina Turner.
In January 2014, Tina announced her contributions to the project, including a financial donation and memorabilia from her career. From her generosity has sprung the Tina Turner Museum at Flagg Grove School. A collection of costumes, gold records and more will be on display for all to see, at no charge. A strong message to young people on the importance of education; and no matter your circumstances, it is possible to achieve your dreams and success in life.
Concept drawing by Brownsville artist Mark Kendrick ©
From concept to completion, this has been a community effort to preserve our history and promote Brownsville/Haywood County as a destination for music enthusiasts and heritage tourism.
Flagg Grove School opened Friday, September 26, 2014, with a host of media and fans on hand to dedicate the school and the new Tina Turner Museum inside. We celebrate the opening and the Queen of Rock during Tina Turner Heritage Days each year on the fourth weekend of September.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible!
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What springs to mind when you think of Coca-Cola®? You're not alone if you first picture the distinctive red and white scrolling iconic logo, or perhaps imagine the hiss of a can being opened, followed by the satisfying ice-cold refreshment as the dark sparkling liquid fills a frosty glass.
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Hagerstown Regional Airport (HGR) has the second-longest runway in the State of Maryland, behind only Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
Hagerstown Regional Airport (HGR) provides commercial passenger service, corporate and military aircraft services, fixed base operations and other services through the airfield's businesses. Sun Air International provides daily passenger service to Dulles International Airport (IAD). In Spring 2012, Allegiant began providing non-stop flights to Orlando, Florida.
Airport Facts
Washington County is less than 90 minutes from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) Airport. Handling over 21 million passengers and 26 million pounds of freight and mail a year, BWI is one of the fastest growing major airports in the United States. Two other international airports are also within a 90-minute drive: Dulles International (IAD), west of Washington D.C., and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), in the heart of D.C.
Aero Defense Presence
Over the past five years, Washington County has enjoyed watching a very strong aero defense presence develop at the Hagerstown Regional Airport (HGR). With companies committed to helping the Department of Defense protect the United States, many multi-million dollar defense contracts have been awarded to HGR businesses.
According to the Aerospace Industries Association, the aero defense employment sector is faring better than most other industries and the average wage pays more than $30 per hour.
In 2010, due to the increased workforce needs of HGR companies, economic development and local government officials recruited the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA) to locate an FAA-approved Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) education program at HGR. With the skills PIA graduates acquire from the program, they can work in many industries including: aviation, mechanical systems, hydro-mechanical systems, and the green technology field. As PIA graduates are extremely versatile employees, Washington County has the workforce to meet the aviation and defense industries' needs.
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It is reported that the much criticised Tony Hayward maybe on the verge of resigning.
"We know that Tony Hayward is leaving his position and he will introduce his successor," Igor Sechin told reporters ahead of his meeting with the embattled BP boss.
BP oil spill: Tony Hayward set to step down, Russian official claims.
The clean up spend is now running at £100m per day! .. yes per day. One can only imagine the good that could have been done to the environment with the money if the tragedy had not happened.
Spare a second and imagine what we could achieve if we spent an extra £100m per day on:
- PassivHaus dwellings – which achieve a 90% energy saving compared to existing housing.
- Promotion and incentives to recycle – Would we then ask can I recyle this
- Subsidised energy saving products
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Top Five - Cycling Routes of 50kms/
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We wanted to do a post about some of the great longer routes that can be ridden in the Victoria area, as well further up our beautiful island. As our friend Bill Chimko did such a great job with the Top Five Hills article, we asked him if he could come up with the Top 5 Cycling Routes...over 50kms. He graciously obliged. Enjoy.
Russ Hays Waterfront Classic Route (52km)
Russ Hays Waterfront Loop: https://www.strava.com/activities/140879017
This is one of the Victoria cycling community's classic routes. Simply known as The Waterfront Route, this ride has it all: sharp climbs, TT-worthy flats, smooth winding descents and, of course, world-class vistas. Perhaps one of the best-but-subtle benefits of this route is the minimal amount of crossing roads from the right - as you are traveling counter-clockwise along the waterfront, there is rarely traffic coming from your right all the way to Mattick's Farm. An extra bonus is there are not many stop signs either (We DO stop at stop signs, don't we? All of them.)
This ride generally starts at Russ Hays on Hillside - or from your favourite downtown coffee shop - and leads along a path hugging the the Inner Harbour along to Dallas Road with great views across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. There's a slight grade along the stretch leading from Ogden Point to warm the legs up, and then you're rewarded with a rather quick and smooth TT-worthy stretch along to Clover Point and Ross Bay. Don't be lulled into false dreams of lavender pillows however; just around the corner lies one of the area's more iconic short (but leg-cracking) climbs - King George Terrace (a/k/a KGT - similar to KFC, only your legs are fried). Best to take the inside line (read: it's sharp and steep) to get this one over with quickly so you can enjoy a great view of the straits at one of Victoria's premiere viewpoints while your friends suffer up the scoop. Be sure to calm your breathing and look totally relaxed before they arrive: "What hill?"
The ride then continues along undulating grades through scenic golf courses, marinas, high-end Uplands estates before moving on through a great low-grade climb through tree-sheltered Gordon Head. The climb here starts at Queen Alexandria Children's Hospital, and continues with a gradual grade up Gordon Head Road, where you're met with a great banked descent clearly designed by someone with fun and performance in mind. Your reward? Another climb up the Ferndale Popper - a 30-second sufferfest which will surely tame your cadence.
From there you'll enjoy one of the fastest descents on the local group rides, a nice 70kph+ drop to Ash Road. Here is where you can drop the unexpected hammer on your party. While they are all wistfully coasting downhill in a Chris Froome Aero SpeedTuck, you lay down the steady pressure and set the foundation for a solid power climb up Cordova Bay Road. Cue the solo breakaway, and work to extend your time gap through a pleasantly level Lochside Drive until you reach Matticks Farm. Again, slowing your breath and sipping gently on your bidon - this ride makes you euro enough to call it that - one-leg straddle your bike like a pro and await the peloton.
And that's only halfway.
The route continues to Sayward Road. Hopefully here you've done your research and read the previous article on the 5 Top Local Climbs, for it's about to get real. The key here is to build some momentum on the flats leading up to the climb; drop the hammer at the base and do your best to hold your cadence all the way to the top. You'll get a decent break waiting for the light at the highway crossing - unless you're unlucky and roll right through - and from there you'll have a nice cruise along the backside of Elk Lake to Oldfield and Sparton. This is quite a pleasant rolling route regularly used for triathlon start/finish routes. Follow Sparton's awesome downhill all the way to West Saanich at Mosi's (Uou did read my last article, didn't you?)
For the dedicated, this is really where it all begins: a pleasant spin at a relaxed pace towards the Observatory belies the experience you are about to deliver; your opponents (um, I mean friends…) are moments away from the most sought-after KOM experience the island has to offer - the Interurban Super Sprint. With a rapid downhill from West Saanich, a smooth right turn onto Interurban begins the greatest TT and pace line training along a very slight descent with two dips and poppers. Choose your positioning and strategy wisely, and flat-out empty the tank. Nothing after the two man-hole cover finish line at the top of the climb at North Road matters, and you'll spend the remainder of the route discussing the glory, the defeat, the suffering, and the fun of it all. Believe me; this is an iconic route for great reason.
Pat Bay 50k TT (well… 56km.)
https://www.strava.com/activities/723663461 - (actually 56k, went right to the end)
For those that love long, high speed TT routes along the flats - this one is for you. The Pat Bay is an outstanding route for TT sessions, yet also includes two wildly underestimated climbs to keep you honest. The great thing about the Pat Bay Highway is the sizeable shoulder you'll have, with a very short exception at Sayward Road. For the most part the shoulder is clear and wide. Beginning at the start of the Pat Bay Highway (#17) near the Saanich Municipal Hall (you can actually start in the parking lot, which has a convenient access direct to the highway), this is possibly one of the great complete workouts. It's perfect for a sunny day. If you're truly fortunate, you'll have a rare Victorian tailwind. This is rare as a unicorn. It's more likely you'll have headwinds both ways, out and back.
You'll start smoothly with a pleasant downhill after you cross the McKenzie overpass, which will allow you to settle into a solid tempo. Get your heart rate up, get into the groove (you can hear Madonna now, can't you?) and get your cadence up (I prefer 95-100 here) to open those blood vessels. You'll need it.
Remember those climbs I noted that will keep you honest? Well, the first one starts now. You'll be right into a steady grade from Vanalman Avenue up to Elk Lake. For those of you who like high average speeds over your ride, this is where you'll buy some big real estate. Hold as best average speed as you can sustain to the top - across from the Beaver Lake entrance - and settle back into your rhythm. After a very slight rise across Sayward (*shudder*) you'll have a great descent to Island View, and it's full TT mode from there all the way out to the Wain Road turnaround. Follow the overpass and just keep hugging right, and you're right back on the reverse course.
For the return route, maintain the same aero form on the bike and elevate your pressure on the pedals for a 'reverse split'. Shoot for a faster return time, and use the knowledge that you're on the way home as motivation - or cookies, or donuts, or Ichiban noodles, as your vice may be. The return route also includes the second solid climb of the Pat Bay - the climb from Island View up to Tanner Rd. This climb is more of a steep grade, but if you look at it from the perspective that it is shorter if you hammer it, then it will feel better. You'll get a slight downhill grade before another slight climb to the "Welcome to Victoria" sign, and it's all 60kph+ downhill from there. By the time you return, you'll have an excellent estimate of your power threshold, your ability to maintain an aero position, and a definite grin that only sustained time at speed can deliver.
Land's End (75km)
Lands End Route Map: https://www.strava.com/activities/293273143
When your coach prescribes a route with rolling hills, completing this route will leave your coach lightly touching their chin while nodding slow approval. Although I'll describe this route from the counter-clockwise direction, this route can be done either way with an equal measure of suffer. Starting this route from Interurban/West Saanich intersection, the route could not be easier to follow on the map (other than maybe the Pat Bay route). Simply follow West Saanich out to the very end - Land's End. West Saanich provides the backbone of this route and is blessed with well defined, smooth and mainly clear shoulders throughout. It's a true pleasure to ride.
Beginning this route, you're going to encounter popper climbs in the observatory approach and the climb from Red Barn before you descend to the Keating Cross Road intersection. Enjoy the rest while you have it, as a quite miserable climb awaits. Once you leave Brentwood Bay, you drop down a slope into a valley, from which you can sadly see the climb rise ahead of you before it banks off into the forest. This is the climb alongside Mt. Newton. Know in advance that it is longer and more painful than you expect. It does have steps to reduce your suffering however, but that's not why you're here. You're here to own this climb. Settle into a good rhythm and focus on keeping an steady cadence, adjusting your power accordingly as you go. After this climb, you'll have a number of smooth rollers and brief flat sections before a descent to the Victoria airport.
Passing along the airport, you'll be welcomed by the serene waterfront of the Saanich Inlet, closely watched by resident eagles and the ominous Malahat on your left. Cruelly, the road turns away from such serenity and begins a steady climb from sea level up to Wain Road, which is a frequent turning point for many a cyclist. BUT NOT YOU.. You're going further, along a quite innocent looking straight road until you arrive at another fine downhill...and another fine climb. This climb delivers you to yet another downhill - the definition of rollers, no? - and the namesake road of Land's End. Take a right.
As you'd expect, Land's End rolls along without flat sections all the way to the Pat Bay Highway, which gives you an exit path if a) you need a TT session, b) you need to get your daughter to her volunteer session at the local animal hospital or c) you're a wuss. Again: NO FLATS FOR YOU. You're going to continue along, following the cycling path along the Pat Bay Highway until the Wain Road overpass, which you'll happily take and follow all the way back to West Saanich. There you'll complete the reverse route along West Saanich or mix it up and take the East Saanich Route. Should you decide for the latter, turn left onto Willingdon Rd toward the airport. Enjoy the inevitable headwind, and follow through until the roundabout at East Saanich intersection.
Here you'll commence the famed Panorama Climb, a rather testing grade that takes you past the Panorama Rec Centre with a final kick at the top. Follow this road until a right turn at Wallace, and be sure to enjoy a nice aero speed session through the curved section at the Stelly's climbing wall. Link up again with the route with a left turn at West Saanich, and revel in the honourable completion of a textbook rolling route.
Otter Point via Metchosin (112km)
Otter Point via Metchosin: https://www.strava.com/activities/130058883
Let's be honest - for those of us that live here on the west coast, we're pretty blessed with epic scenery, forested oceanfront roads, a wide variety of riding terrain and some great weather in all seasons. This local route promises to showcase some of the best of that with a scenic coastal rural route, often known for its penchant for delivering 4 seasons in one ride. Think of a solid mix of hills, sun, flats and fog. Add a sprinkle of lactic burn and suffering, and you're pretty much already there.
This route starts at the intersection of Metchosin and Sooke Road. Follow Metchosin Road along the plateau to the waterfront, and the road soon descends at a steep grade along the very familiar sand pits. Be very careful on this descent however, for crosswinds are quite strong and regular. This is further exacerbated when large trucks pass which briefly block the gusts coming off the water. This will be a solid test of balance, particularly if you have deep-dish carbon wheels. Once completed, settle in to a good tempo effort, as you'll be riding repeated rollers for the next few kilometres while you enjoy rural scenery mere minutes from Victoria. Turn right at Happy Valley Road, followed shortly by a left turn at Rocky Point Road.
For the uninitiated, do not underestimate this rather sinister stretch of tarmac as you cruise along. You start out on a seemingly innocent false flat, during which a sense of foreboding subtly creeps into your psyche as your body warns you what is happening. Before you know it (or more accurately, shortly after crossing Kangaroo Road) you are lungs deep into a multi-stage climb. There are three sharp steps of increasing pedigree, politely hidden behind tree-shrouded bends in the road. Yes, there is a reason this climb is included in the BC Championship road race. This climb creates gaps. The climb crests just before Liberty Drive, which you will entirely ignore (thank me later) as you assume a floating tuck diving along an absolutely enjoyable winding descent. Make sure the route behind you is clear, and take the lane - it's that quick. As you zip past the road to Matheson Lake, anticipate your braking as you'll be taking a sharp right onto East Sooke Road, which begins yet another series of steep rollers. Follow this road past Becher Bay all the way to Gillespie Road, and beware of low-flying vultures often circling overhead. Don't be last in line as you admire the scenery - they're watching...waiting.
Gillespie Road...it sounds so innocent. It boasts wonderful vistas along the Sooke Basin, has a Zen Centre and even culminates at the quite-popular 14-Mile Pub. But it also includes a nasty snap of a climb to the Sooke Road intersection which will test your glutes, hamstrings and quads. Don't go too hard and instead hold a steady tempo - you've many kilometres to go. Take a left on Sooke Road, and enjoy a smooth ride along the famously winding Sookihalla. Smoothness here will definitely depend on whether you refuelled enough. Never underestimate your fluid intake; be sure to take in water at least every 10 minutes, even if you're not thirsty. If you're thirsty, its already too late (I know a number of riders who actually set timer alarms on their Garmin for this purpose). Before you arrive in Sooke, you'll be met with two popper climbs, the second of which is immediately after the Sooke River Bridge. If you're bold, this is a great power climb up to the plateau that is Sooke proper. Of course you've done your research, as you'll know that a great coffee shop hides at Otter Point Road and Sooke Road intersections - the famed Stick in the Mud Coffee House. Remember this point on the return portion of the loop.
Follow Sooke Road (now known as the West Coast Road), and bask in the views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Olympic Peninsula, rustic and exotic homesteads and west coast rainforests as you ride repeated rollers until you turn right at the intersection of Otter Point Road. The fun truly starts here, with of course the reward at the end being a glorious coffee house. But glory must be earned! Otter Point Road is to be respected - especially from this direction. You'll be quickly tapped into a lengthy climb with repeated strokes of mystic elegance reminiscent of a renaissance painting (or Edvard Munch's The Scream, if you prefer). Once you've reached the summit (which one?) you'll be quickly immersed in a giggling downhill roller coaster - roads like this are why your bike was made. Even more elegantly, the road culminates exactly at the entrance to the Stick in the Mud Coffee House, where you'll regale your riding buddies of the tales of glory you achieved (or inflicted), while refueling your energy reserves and invigorating the nervous system with a healthy double dose of espresso. Clearly.
From here the route is a simple (riiiight…) return along the Sooke Highway all the way to the Luxton finishing stretch, which gives a great opportunity to exercise the tempo and threshold zones. Hold tempo along the flats, and elevate to your threshold level on the climbs. Fortunately the climbs are rather short, as the return path is an excellently-defined rolling route. By the time you arrive home, you'll have completed a solid metric century, visited some of the best coastal scenery on the south island, and exercised each and every muscle you knew - and didn't know - you had.
Jordan River Out & Back (135km)
Jordan River Route Link: https://www.strava.com/activities/535138577
It's Sunday. You've had a good Saturday group ride - not too taxing - and you feel you're ready for a challenge. You're pumped for glory, fueled and caffeinated. This is the day. It's on.
Jordan River.
For all in the local cycling community, this ride inspires awe in even the most hardcore among us. It speaks to the mystique of exploration, brings Velominati-esque honour and embodies the Art of Suffer while highlighting the maximum best of south island cycling. You need to do it at least once, and I assure you that you'll be talking about it often. Why this aura you ask? Isn't it just another pleasant, albeit longish coastal route? Ah, my innocent neophyte, read on.
The map route could not be simpler - even more so than the Pat Bay TT route. You simply start along the Sooke Highway, and follow it all the way out to Jordan River (have lunch) and turn back along the reverse route. Simple eh? Totally. Aside from the six (6) rather evil-rated climbs, with countless rollers sprinkled between.
Taking up the story once you've past Sooke, you're soon lulled into a false sense of coastal bliss as you roll past Gordon's Beach, a sleepy sea-level cottage cache along a pleasant bay. It is here the alarm bells go off. Before you know it after you round the bend, you're into round 1 of the prize fight, with a climb out of Muir Creek. It starts with a solid punch, which then tapers to a more gradual extended effort before dropping into a great descent you'll soon forget. Welcome to round two, only your opponent has doubled his weight class. Now you're right into the Shirley Climb, which has literally killed the engines of numerous cars, trucks, RV's and Volkswagen vans and drained the batteries (and dreams) of those most heinous e-bike riders. Averaging 8% over 1.5km, it is blessed with hops between 13% and 20%. Surely (Shirley?) the only solace here is that it is only 1.5km in length, and that you are rewarded with a great descent of equal measure to French Beach. You do recall this is a return route, don't you?
The route continues along some great flat sections intermixed with some brief poppers, with a solid final climb which preps you for the winding downhill into Jordan River. Cross the Bridge, and before you commit to another ill-advised climb heading towards Port Renfrew (that's another story). Make sure to pull into the excellent little Cold Shoulder Cafe. Watch the surf. Refuel. Caffeinate. Hydrate. Relax. You're going to need it, as all those wondrous descents you did to get here, are now not-so-wondrous climbs between you and home. Each has evolved into a quite different animal, I assure you.
For your return, you are immediately greeted (and I mean immediately) with a steep climb back out of town, averaging 5% over 1km. You're then back into a short descent and false flats before perhaps the ugliest sleeper climb of the route - the climb out of French Beach. This is a soul-grinding climb at just under 2km, with a lengthy section at 9% which will certainly take the edge off any dreams of a sprint finish. True to the form of this particularly heinous route, you immediately drop into a quick descent before being thrown to the wolves for yet another 8% climb. You did refuel, didn't you? Of course you did, as you still have to return uphill to Sooke, and across the countless rollers separating Sooke from home.
For those who have been counting, excluding even the approach and return from Sooke that is six rated climbs, with two of those back-to-back - twice. Add to that the winding route, the raw west coast and rainforest, the flora, the fauna, the silent suffer you will certainly experience, and a destination-grade coffee stop, and you have all the makings of a legendary route you'll be sure to repeat. Mark your calendar, taper accordingly, fuel up ad start early. You know you want to.
Written by guest writer Bill Chimko
You may also like Top Five Hill Climbs in Victoria also written by Bill.


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Schalk Burger suspended for two weeks
Stormers loose forward Schalk Burger was yesterday suspended for two weeks following an unsavoury incident against the Sharks on the weekend. Burger was found guilty of "an act contrary to good sportsmanship" by a Super 14 disciplinary committee.
Burger will miss the upcoming clashes with the Crusaders and the Reds, after his suspension comes for making an abusive gesture to a touch judge after he had been pinned as being involved in a scuffle.
Schalk is one of the best players in the world and normally keeps his cool, but he totally lost it here and I'd hate to see this type of behaviour on a rugby field again. They already have a sport for that - soccer.
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Process plants, such as refineries and chemical manufacturing facilities, take what they call "turnarounds." They will shut down a production unit, "turn it around," (perform major maintenance and cleaning which can only be done when the pumps, motors, and other equipment is cool and de-energized), and then start it back up again to resume production.
Since the plant is losing huge potential income and profits while it's out of production, management spends great sums of money to ensure that the turnaround takes as short a time as possible. This includes working half the plant personnel on days and the other half on nights, 12 hours on and 12 hours off, seven days a week with no days off until the turnaround is complete. It also includes hiring outside contract firms to provide hundreds of additional skilled, semi-skilled, or unskilled laborers to get the work done quickly.
Yes, my plant is in the middle of one such turnaround.
We're a small plant. Our normal staffing level is 140 employees plus about 50 permanent contract folks. Right now we have over 500 people in the plant all day and all night, Mary Ann. (That's a song reference, in case you didn't get it. Harry Belafonte. Some sources have it as "Marianne.")
Having that many temporary workers in a small plant for a month or so requires some adjustments. For instance, we had to create a new parking lot for the nearly 400 extra vehicles coming and going twice each 24-hour period. We also had to arrange for some extra plant security, especially around shift-change time, to prevent a lot of tools and other expensive equipment from walking out the plant gate hidden among the crowds of people.
Last Thursday our plant employee gate attendant (NOT a security guard) noticed a man walking by dragging a length of heavy-looking insulated wire. She stopped him and asked what he had. He dropped it and ran to his car.
The wire turned out to be a heavy-duty copper welding lead, probably worth all of $25 at a metal scrap dealer but costing several hundred dollars to buy. The county sheriff was called, the man apprehended, and charges were pressed. The point wasn't so much to punish the man as to make a point to all the others who might be tempted.
In fact, the man was mostly unhappy about the fact that he was caught when, he said, nobody else was; the inference being that many were getting away with similar theft.
Yes, he confessed. We made a public show of having three sheriff's cars (with lights flashing) park for over 30 minutes at the plant entrance before taking the man off in handcuffs.
It was mostly for show. We also had several deputies stroll through the big new parking lot looking into cars. They weren't really expecting to find anything, but they were very visible.
Will all of that help? Maybe. But probably not as much as the fact that we've now hired several off-duty deputies to stand at the gate in uniform (wearing their weapon) as people come and go at shift change. We'll see.