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The Layout of a PowerPoint 2007 Tab
The PowerPoint Ribbon offers an Insert tab, a Home tab, a Design tab and so on. Every tab offers groups and buttons. Some PowerPoint tabs also offer galleries. Commands on each tab are organized into groups. For example, the Home tab is organized into five groups: Clipboard, Slides, Font, Paragraph, and Drawing. Group names appear below the buttons and galleries on tabs.
Groups tell you what the buttons and galleries above their names are for. On the Home tab the buttons on the Font group are for formatting text.
Most groups have group buttons to the right of group names. Move the pointer over a group button to see a description and picture of the dialog box or task pane that appears when the button is clicked.
There are various types of buttons:
Click a button with an arrow to access a drop-down list of options.
Click a button without an arrow to complete an action or open a dialog box or task pane.
Hybrid buttons serve as a button and drop-down list. Click the top half of the button to complete an action; click the arrow to open a drop-down list.
To see what a button does move the pointer over it. A pop-up description displays.
Some tabs contain a gallery. The item on your slide — the table, chart, or diagram, for example — changes appearance as you move the pointer over gallery choices.
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Adeline Werth, 94, Schoenchen, died Monday, May 19, 2014, at Cedar View Assisted Living, Hays.
She was born Feb. 5, 1920, in Hays to Ludwig and Rose (Frank) Befort.
She was a longtime cook, having worked for 35 years at the Fanchon and 25 years at Fort Hays State University. She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church, Schoenchen.
She enjoyed gardening, flowers and cooking for her family.
Survivors include a son, Severin Werth Jr. and wife, Marjorie, Hays; three daughters, Darlene Williams and husband, Robert, and Sharon Unrein, all of Olathe, and Patty Coker, Wright; seven grandchildren; 11 great- grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, Andrew, Alfred, Ted and Rich Befort; three sisters, Armella Gottschalk, Minnie Werth and Jenny Pfeifer; and a son-in-law, Don Coker.
Services were Friday at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Schoenchen.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice or Cedar View Assisted Living Center.
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Unix / Linux is more native to Oracle e-business as compared to Windows. In earlier days, Unix was the default choice, but nowadays Linux is taking over. Oracle has its own Linux called Oracle Unbreakable Linux, but in our experience we have seen that somehow some versions of oracle apps seem to install more easily on RedHat Linux than on Oracle Linux. So, from our experience RHEL would be the best choice.
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Press Releases
American Masters of Art Nouveau - The Art of Arthur and Lucia Mathews Coming to the Akron Art Museum
For Release: June 2008
Akron, Ohio, June 5, 2008 – Luminous paintings, stylish furnishings and dazzling decorative objects by the husband and wife team considered to be American Masters of Art Nouveau are featured in California as Muse: The Art of Arthur & Lucia Mathews. The exhibition opens at the Akron Art Museum Saturday, June 21, 2008 and runs through Sunday, September 7, 2008.
Arthur and Lucia Mathews were creators of what has become known to scholars as the California Decorative Style, a unique fusion of artistic European influences at the turn of the twentieth century, including Art Nouveau, and the ideals of the international Arts and Crafts movement — all in a California setting.
The Mathews were among California's most important artists of that century, yet it has been almost four decades since a comprehensive selection of their work has been seen outside the state. Of particular interest to audiences today is the awareness that the Mathews may have been the first married couple in America to work together as equals in an artistic enterprise. Until recent decades, most artists' wives who also trained as artists subordinated their careers to their husbands' efforts.
Arthur (1860-1945), born in Wisconsin and Lucia (1870-1955), a native San Franciscan, met in 1893 at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, in San Francisco. Arthur served as director and teacher and Lucia was enrolled in his women's life class. Arthur was an established artist who had studied in Paris. Lucia had spent a year at Mills College before coming to the Institute. They married in 1894 and toured Europe from 1898-99, returning to San Francisco so Arthur could return to teaching.
The Mathews dreamt of transforming their home town of San Francisco into a new Utopia, one imbued with the luminosity of the California landscape, the harmony of classical art, the grace of Art Nouveau and the populist ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 gave the couple a blank slate on which to incorporate aesthetic standards in the design and production of practical necessities.
Gathering around them artisans, architects, developers and city planners, the Mathews re-conceptualized San Francisco. With a local entrepreneur, they established the Furniture Shop, successfully combining art with commerce by creating artful products for commercial and residential interiors.
Although the couple collaborated on Furniture Shop projects and shared a love of the rich, nuanced tones in nature, each had a distinctive style. His paintings and murals often drew on classical references, with mythological figures placed in idyllic California settings, dancing or admiring the bountiful land and vistas. From the foundation of Arthur's vision Lucia Mathews developed her own personal style and philosophy. Her work centered on images of children, botanicals and landscapes.
Akron Art Museum director Mitchell Kahan explains, "In California during the 1970s, I discovered the Mathews' work and could not understand why such extraordinary artists were virtually unknown east of the Mississippi. I have wanted to show their paintings and furniture for thirty years, and finally the opportunity has come to showcase these gorgeous pieces. A tour through this sumptuous exhibition will brighten every visitor's day."
California as Muse contains 67 works by the Mathews, from elaborately carved frames, furniture and decorative pieces produced by the Furniture Shop to lusciously colored paintings and delightful drawings made in their private studios.
This exhibition was organized by The Oakland Museum of California, which acknowledges the following contributors: The Oakland Museum Women's Board; The Brayton Wilbur Foundation; the Art Guild of the Oakland Museum of California; The National Endowment for the Arts; Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Holloway; and Nancy Stryble, in memory of Francis and Margaret Stryble.
Presentation in Akron is made possible by major sponsorship from Akron Community Foundation and the David H. & Barbara M. Jacobs Foundation with additional support from Merrill Lynch.


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Dance Central might not have taught me to dance, but it definitely taught me how to enjoy dancing.
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Dance Central might not have taught me to dance, but it definitely taught me how to enjoy dancing.
Playing Lovers with S. was more than just a chance to play together, it required trust.
With so much of Go's appeal hinging upon compelling you to get out and about wherever it is you reside, it is frustrating that there is so little to be found once you are actually there.
It's rare that I've ever seen games be retroactively improved by the release of new ones, yet I find myself appreciating Horrorshow's work more and more as her gallery of strange and intriguing worlds to explore continues to grow.
I think a lot of games could learn from Persona 4 in how sometimes lightening the mood and giving players time to catch their breath can have a far bigger impact than rolling dead ahead as ferociously as possible before the game wraps up.
Last week Valve unrolled a feature that would allow people to sell Skyrim mods on the Steam workshop. It wasn't a mandatory requirement all mods be paid or listed on the marketplace, but there was now a legal infrastructure to allow modders to be paid for their work. A few hours ago Valve announced they would be removing this feature and issuing refunds to anyone who had purchased a mod.
As I'm writing this GamerGate is entering its 8th month of ongoing terror and intimidation across social media. It's been a horrendous period in games, destroying people's lives, driving people out and away from the games industry, permanently scarring the reputation of games in the public eye, causing universities to cut funding for games programs, and showing no signs of stopping anytime soon as its advocates continue to find new, even more horrific methods to try and drive out their adversaries.
Close your eyes and think of what the word "game" first brings to mind. For myself and I imagine a lot of people born before 1995, that image was something 8 or 16-bit. Maybe Mario, of MegaMan, or one of the early Final Fantasy games. In my eyes, pixel art is the defacto aesthetic of games. It's where they began and an art style they created, yet beginning around the release of the Playstation, there's been a trend in games to abandon the style in favor of attempting as high a level of realism as possible with a game's graphics. Only in recent years has the style been revisited, mostly by indie developers, and yet the response I so often see toward it is not one of appreciation but accusations of developers being "lazy", "incompetent", or "unimaginative".
I'm not exactly sure where the mindset originated (though if I had to guess I'd say with young people without a large income), but for a large segment of the gaming community a game's length is often viewed as one of the deciding factors in whether they decide to purchase/play it. It seems absurd to me, as after all nobody says they only read books that are over 1000 pages or albums with more than 20 tracks, but for whatever reason games are uniquely singled out as being required to provide dozens and dozens of hours of content, or else be written off as a poor value or even somehow degrading games as a whole with their meager offering.
itch.io is the latest of these, or at least the one I've been hearing about the most. It's a site dedicated to independent games with a focus on developers and flexible monetization. It doesn't sound too radical when you put it that way, but as I dug deeper into the site, I began to see how itch.io drastically differs from other distribution platforms; in ways that significantly alter the message the site seems to driven by, and the impression I got of how it chose to present it. Though in some ways the site still feels as if it's in its infancy, these differences are exciting and noteworthy enough to warrant discussing.
I'll be the first to admit that I cringe a bit anytime someone tells me about a free-to-play game. It's a reaction I've seen among a lot of people lately, and it's frustrating because I don't think F2P as a monetization system is inherently bad. In fact, I feel it's the inevitable and ideal future of a lot of games, allowing for greater financial success and longevity for developers, and the ability for players to try a game before spending a dime in a way demos can't provide.
If you're an economically conscious gamer you've likely noticed as of late that we seem to have fallen down a rabbit hole of continual discounts, bundles, and money saving subscription services to the point it's becoming difficult to even keep track of them all.
It took a long time to get here, folks, but we seem to finally be entering a stage of video games being taken seriously as a medium for storytelling.


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How to Prepare Your Healthiest Source of Omega-3 Fats in 15 Seconds/
Omega 3 fats are essential nutrients. This means we must eat them in our diet in order to survive.
They're essential for our membranes, nerve tissue and endothelial cell function.
A-linolenic acid (ALA), is an essential omega-3 fat. When we eat it, out bodies convert it into EPA and then into DHA.
But how much ALA do we actually need in our diet? The Institute of Medicine recommends women eat 1.1 g of ALA each day and men consume 1.6 g per day (1).
When you hear about omega-3s, the sources most commonly associated with these nutrients are fish and supplements.
However, there are much safer and healthier ways to consume omega-3s other than fish and supplements.
Like plants! All whole, plant foods contain small amounts of ALA. Kale, collards, brocolli, potatoes and so on. When you consume whole, plant foods at every meal (like I recommend), you should get enough ALA in your diet.
Plants are where fish and all animals get their omega 3s from -- from the algae and phytoplankton in the ocean. Fish are a secondary source of omega-3s while plants are a primary source (1a).
So what's the best plant/primary source of omega-3s? Ground flax seeds and english walnuts. They're your omega-3 'insurance' foods.
One tablespoon of flax (10.3g) contains 2.35 g of ALA omega-3 fat (2). With one tablespoon of flax, we've already surpased the recommended intake of 1.1 g/day for women, set by the Institute of Medicine.
How much ALA is in this same amount of wild, Atlantic caught Salmon? 0.03g (3).
Flax seed has more omega-3 ALA fat than wild salmon!
Plus with flax, you won't consume any environmental carcinogens like mercury, that accumulate in fish; you'll consume less fat; you'll skip the dose of cholesterol found in fish; and you'll get more vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients.
So add ground flax to your oatmeal, smoothies or use as an egg replacer when baking.
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1st Black Bear September 1967
I had taken goat, sheep, caribou and moose before I killed my 1st black bear. I hunted hard and often. Had shots, took shots and finally after 2 years killed this 5'9". After that we killed many.
Me, Spring Black Bear Hunting
You see what a cheap GI hunted in during the late 60's. Notice the GI pack board. I took my 1st black bear on the mountain behind my head that September.
Doug Simmons
Doug with the first spring black bear kill that I was a part of.
Richard Milham
Richard and me with a black bear we killed in 1969 while I was stationed at Galena AFB. We were hunting close to Ruby, AK on the Yukon River.
My largest Black Bear 6'6"
I took this really nice bear in Prince William Sound in the 70's. My buddies and I harvested 20+ black bears before I started guiding. All were on weekend hunts.
My Daughter Michelle
Michelle was 11 years old when she shot her black bear in the Prince William Sound area. That was the first of my kids or grand kids taking black bear in that area.
Chuck Berry
Chuck with a 6' blackie taken in the tidal flats in a far end cove in Prince William sound.
Hance Clayton
Hance with a 6' black bear taken on one of our Prince William Sound hunts.
Another Big Black Bear
This was a 6'5" bear that I took on this weekend hunt. We harvested 4 bears on this hunt.
Weekend Black Bear Hunt
We used this log for lots of pictures in the 70's. (R to L) Hanceford Clayton, Earl Boucher, myself and Eddie Lanoue. All of us were in the Air Force.
Hank Baldwin
Hank with another 6'+ black bear from Prince William Sound.
Earl Boucher
Earl with his 6'5" black bear in the Prince William Sound area.
Another Great Weekend
We had a great hunt with three of the bears over 6'5". (R to L) Scottie Bailey, Dan Schwarzer (later to become my partner in our guide business), Earl Boucher and myself. You will see Earls picture in many of my photos. He is a close friend and a good hunting partner.
Dan Schwarzer
Dan with his 6'6" black bear taken on one of our Prince William Sound hunts. Dan joined Brent and I as a partner in AAA Alaskan Outfitters in 1986.
Earl Boucher With His Son Brian
Earl and I went on many hunts together. This was a special one with his 10 year old son Brian taking a 6'+ black bear.
Lyle Thompson and Me
Lyle with his 6'1" bear taken in the Prince William Sound area. This was the last black bear taken by my friends and me before I started guiding.
Rick Glorvigen
Rick with his beautiful 6' spring black bear.
Russ Langston
Russ with one of the black bears we harvested on the Kenai Peninsula.
Small Transportation
Two of the small boats we used while hunting the Prince William Sound.
Black Bear With A Bow
I harvested this 5'6" black bear with my Bear Kodiak Magnum re-curve 42# bow. I shot him at about 10 yards. Marvin Buckley was with me and took his 6' with his rifle. Fifteen miles down the railroad tracks from Moose Pass.
My 1st Bow Kill Black Bear
My 5'6" black bear taken in the Grand View area. We walked up the tracks from Upper Trail Lake. It was taken in the mid 70's.
Marv "Buck" Buckley
Marv with his 6'1" black bear taken around Grand View 12 miles down the railroad tracks on the Kenai Peninsula.
My Grandson Greg Rapp
Greg at the age of 11 was my 1st grand kid to take a big game animal. This has been our largest black bear to date. It was 7'1" with a 19 3/16" skull. Greg used a .243 with the stock cut down about an 1".
Granddaughter Jordan Juliussen
Jordan age 11 shot her 6'8" black bear on a spring hunt in the Prince William Sound area. What a blast!
Jared and Me
This is one of my favorite photos. My grandson Jared and me are climbing after a black bear. Beautiful country.
Grandson Jared Juliussen
Jared shot his 1st black bear on his second hunt with the same cut down .243 that Greg and Jordan used. His bear was 5'7".
My granddaughter Rachel with her 6'7" black bear taken in the Prince William Sound area.
Granddaughter Rachel Juliussen
Rachel age 11 with her 6'7" black bear taken in the same area my other grandkids hunted. The .243 strikes again. It is an amazing little rifle.
Grandson Nathan Juliussen
Nathan age 10 with his 6'5" black bear taken in the Prince William Sound area. Nate was the 5th grandchild to take a black bear. One proud guy!
The Gang
My son in law Sagen Juliussen, grandsons Nathan and Jared and myself with Nate's bear. What a great trip and a beautiful day.
Jared Juliussen
Jared with his 2nd black bear a 6'5" sow. Fish & Game aged the bear at 33, one of the oldest taken in the State.
Another Great Day
The gang again, grandsons Nathan and Jared, son in law Sagen Juliussen and myself with Jared's big black bear. That bear was shot about 20 yards from where Rachel took her bear. We got a great video.
Prince William Sound
A beautiful day black bear hunting in the Prince William Sound.
Only Guided Black Bear
AAA hunters harvested about 12 black bear over the 23 years that I was an owner. This is the only one I took part in. This bear was 7'4" and was taken by Jimmy Breen in 2003. (R to L) packer/guide Chris Moore, packer/guide Tom Losk, packer/guide Jeremiah Simmons, Jimmy Breen and myself.
Getting ready to return back to Whittier after a successful black bear hunt. We have used my 15 1/2' MK III Grand Raid Zodiac on the last eight bear hunts in the Prince William Sound.
Marty Trunbow
Marty and me with his fall black bear. This was the last bear that we took on the Kenai Peninsula.


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ARROJO and Epona Valley have officially launched Operation Alloy, their edgy new hair jewelry collection collaboration accessible to the everyday girl.
"We want people to think of hair accessories like putting on a necklace or a belt when getting ready for their day. It's a fun way to incorporate a pinch of that New York City creativity into everyday style," says Nick Arrojo.
With the rise of hair jewelry in lavish settings—such as on fashion week runways and in extravagant weddings— Nick Arrojo, pioneer of modern creative hairdressing and founder of ARROJO, and Rachel Gittler, hair jewelry designer and founder of Epona Valley, have pinned their brands together to bring hair accessories to the masses, with this new hair jewelry collection.
Now, lets take a closer look at the collection, Operation Alloy.
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Welcome to your newest love triangle. The love you'll have for the Tri Circle Bobbi will never waver, whether you need to pin, hold, or style your hair. Hand made in NYC
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Keep your hair out of your face from the bar to the ballet with this stylish Tri Barrette. With so many different ways to style, this piece is perfect for the big city girl about town. Hand made in NYC
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Get ready to turn heads with this standout piece. The Tri Snap Clip will add a pinch of creativity to your everyday style. Hand made in NYC.
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Slithering its way through all your up-dos, the Snake Chain is the perfect way to spice up a braid, ponytail, or bun. Hand made in NYC.
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De-mystifying website design - Part 3: adding whistles and bells
So by now you have developed your new church website which has all the information that your visitors and members need. Great! Job done! Except that it won't be long before someone will ask you to improve it further – perhaps by adding recent sermons or some photos. In this final article in the series we will show you how. If you are reading this article before building your website then what follows may seem too advanced but once you have worked on your site for a while all this will be easy.
Many of the template website companies limit what you can do on their free packages – typically not allowing you to load audio recordings, videos and picture galleries so what do you do if you want to include these but don't want to upgrade?
The easiest and cheapest option is to use one of the many different websites for sharing images, audio or video and then link these to your site.
Photos: If you have a good selection of photos that show off the church then you can put these on your site as a series of photos on a page but you will soon fill up several pages and the images will probably be quite small. It is better to use a photo sharing site such as Flickr. This is a separate website where you create an account for the church and then lots of photos can be loaded up and arranged into albums for different church events.
Then simply add a single image that typifies a particular event onto your church website and link it to that Flickr album. Repeat for other events and albums.
Audio: If you have a church PA system for the preacher it should be easy enough to record the sermon using a 'dictaphone' or voice recorder – choose one that saves the files in MP3 format for greatest compatibility. Then use one of the audio sharing sites such as SoundCloud which are popular with musicians which has a free option that allows up to three hour of recordings – plenty for the most recent few sermons (depending on how long your pastor preaches for!). Once the file is uploaded to SoundCloud create a link from your site direct to that sermon.
Video: Eventually you may wish to have a video introduction to your church and this can be included in your website using YouTube or Vimeo in a similar way to audio files. To make this look good you can include a screen shot from the video as a picture on your site which will then link to your video.
Go pro! : In all these case clicking on the link on your site will take the visitor to Flickr, SoundCloud etc However it is possible to 'embed' these so all the files run on your site. When building the your site one of the options is to insert an 'Embed' block. Once inserted on your site go to Flickr/SoundCloud/Vimeo etc and select 'share' for the file you want and then 'Get Embed code'. This is then simply copied and pasted into the embed box you have just created on your website. You will need to play around with the sizing but then there it is – all need with a website looking like it was built by a pro!
This series of three articles have followed my own experiences of building my own church's website over the past eighteen months and also managing Rural Ministries' own site – all with no previous experience. If I can do it….


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UniMate Flex is an interactive hybrid mobile authentication token designed particularly for use in banking. The two-factor authentication device makes use of a high-performance smart card, a LED display and confirmation buttons to verify the secondary form of authentication. Users can visually confirm transaction information on-screen and press the confirmation button to approve only authorized transactions.
UniMate Flex features PKI based digital certificate and private key storage, as well as on-board encryption, with the ability to generate and store RSA secret key pairs within the key.
Compact Form Factor
The small and portable size of the UniMate Flex device makes it convenient to carry around anywhere.
Transaction Confirmation Button
Users must press the transaction confirmation button to confirm the signature of the transaction.
Transaction Signature
The transaction signature used to authenticate users can be developed and integrated within the authentication process with provided APIs, e.g. configuration for use in an online banking system.
Hybrid Interface
The hybrid interface of UniMate allows compatibility with a wide range of devices supporting:
- Standard 3.5 mm audio socket, for use with iOS, Android and Symbian mobile devices.
- USB interface, for use with Internet browsers IE, Firefox, Safari, Netscape and Opera on desktop operating systems.
Communication between the UniMate Flex and connected device is encrypted, preventing interception of data, and hence replay attacks.
Effortless Integration and Further Development
Comprehensive collection of APIs provided to facilitate further development and integration.
UniMate is driverless; there is no need to install any drivers.
Integrated LED Screen
UniMate Flex utilities an inbuilt LED display for displaying transaction details, such as account and payment information. This feature helps users to visually confirm the secondary method of authentication. The screen can automatically revert to sleep mode when inactive.
High Performance Smart Card Chip
Hardware uses on-board smart card technology to perform generation of digital signatures, including 1024/2048-bit RSA, DES, 3DES encryption algorithms, which cannot be exported, ensuring guaranteed hardware security.
Unique Global 64-bit Hardware Serial Number
Each UniMate device uses a globally unique 64-bit hardware ID for identification.
PKI Application Support
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OEM Customization
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Congratulations to Lucy, Kira, Ben and Holly on their Confirmation (11th September 2016) at St Saviours, Brockenhurst.
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Taking time to listen to God
By Lauren Dailey
My time with YWAM Myrtle Beach was the most amazing experience of my life! Going in I was experiencing a serious attack from the enemy and being fed lies and doubts as to whether God existed, even though I know He does. I was ready to experience Him in a new and miraculous way.
Everything up to that point was preparation for my time there, and it was really amazing to see how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. God truly showed up in a way I had never experienced before and I believe being there was key for this experience.
We were taught principles for hearing the voice of God. As we listened and waited the Holy Spirit would guide us in what to do. This was something that I needed to hear and learn. You see, I can be very hasty and impatient. I need to take time to listen to what the Lord is saying to me.
So, I am learning to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and to thrust Him. I am ignited and set free!! I can't wait to go back for my DTS!!
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Interview with Michael Behar for a story in WIRED on Tactical Mobile Robots
February 26, 2002 by Michael Behar
Ray Kurzweil discusses how robots will think on their feet with the help of virtual reality and other technological advances.… read more
Ray Kurzweil discusses how robots will think on their feet with the help of virtual reality and other technological advances.… read more
In just a few decades physicians could be sending tiny machines into our bodies to diagnose and cure disease. These nanodevices will be able to repair tissues, clean blood vessels and airways, transform our physiological capabilities, and even potentially counteract the aging process.… read more
Primo 3M+ is a prototype future body, a conceptual design with superlongevity in mind. Primo by design is multi-functional. It is reliable, changeable, upgradeable, and complete with enhanced senses. Primo is the new designer body.… read more
At the 2002 AAAS Nanotechnology Seminar, leading nanotechnologists presented the building blocks that may overturn current manufacturing processes on a collision course with Moore's Law.… read more
The ninth chapter of Situating Sarkar: Tantra, Macrohistory and Alternative Futures by Sohail Inayatullah proposes alternatives to the Western conceptions of science, data, and consciousness, as well as the roles science plays within society.… read more
The difference between the network and the application is crucial to the future of the Internet. Bob Frankston points out that connectivity is the basic resource, telephony and television are simply applications built on connectivity, and that we should replace complex regulation with the power of the marketplace.… read more
We know hardware has become exponentially faster, cheaper and smaller since the advent of the operating system, yet the interface hasn't changed much. In this draft of an essay, Bob Frankston proposes a rethink of the assumptions that went into user interface design thirty years ago.… read more
Abstract of talk to be delivered at the "Toward a Science of Consciousness" Conference, April 10, 2002. Sponsored by the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona.… read more
Electronicmusic.com talks with synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog about how he radically changed the way music is made, and the tools he used to do it.… read more
Robert Moog, inventor and electronic music pioneer, introduced the synthesizer to the world in the 1960s, as well as a spooky sounding device called the theremin. Here he discusses what led to these innovations in sound.… read more
Ray Kurzweil reviews Rodney Brooks' latest book on robotics for Wired Magazine. Brooks challenges Jaron Lanier's claim that AI is "based on an intellectual mistake" and Kurzweil's statements on reverse-engineering the brain and the date of the "Singularity." Kurzweil responds.… read more
The fertile ground of the Internet has led to countless innovations, eliminating physical barriers and allowing a borderless, transparent source of information to flourish. How will the story of the Internet be played out in the 21st Century?… read more


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Sylvia Halpern with Moto-Myrtle
(A 700 watt EcoSpeed mid-drive electric motor assist tadpole trike)
Myrtle the Turtle, known far and wide among the recumbent trike world. (Myrtle is actually the name of the trike.) Sylvia Halpern is the owner's name and she is well known among the recumbent trike world. And if you don't yet know the name now is your opportunity to meet this world traveler. Travelling by tadpole trike many thousands of miles and sharing her adventures online we have the privilege of being/getting acquainted with Sylvia. She is on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and her own website and probably other social media I am not aware of. Among her articles is one about touring with e-assist. It is well written and I recommend it to you. Click HERE to do so. She has titled it "Why not use electric assist?".
Whether you ride with or without e-assist …
You can get better acquainted with Sylvia via Gary Solomon's interview with her when she was featured on the Laidback Bike Report …
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I knew better and I should not have ignored the very clear signs of an impending problem. But I did and now I am dealing with the result … expensive repairs and downtime. Usually both could have been avoided if I would have only taken action sooner. As it turned out this time only the downtime could have been avoided as I have to buy two new front wheels to make the repair. No matter how hard I try I can't ride my trike on only two wheels. I need all three. However one is out of commission due to frozen and disintegrated bearings and aluminum hub which is chewed up considerably. I did start the ball rolling on getting the needed parts on order, but I didn't do so soon enough. I kept riding daily as I always do racking up the miles usually riding 50 plus miles each day. Meanwhile my wheel bearings were being destroyed and in only about three days from my visit to the Catrike dealer to order the parts what remained of the failing parts could not hold on. Now I am stuck here at home and hating it. I have thought about getting my wife's recumbent bike out to ride it, but I really don't want to. My trike has approximately 60,000 miles on it. These are the original bearings so I guess it did pretty good lasting this long.
So if you hear a strange sound or sense something going on don't ignore it. You could possibly save yourself a lot of grief and expense by acting quickly. Use your head and don't be dumb like me. (As I said … I knew better.) It will help you to …
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I went for a ride today on one of our local trails. I thoroughly enjoyed my ride thanks to the hub motor. What a difference it makes! Some say (and argue) that you don't get as much exercise with a motor, but I say nonsense. I am fully convinced I get far more exercise using a motor. It encourages me to pedal faster and work harder to maintain the higher speed I find that there is a night and day difference when I ride using a motor to assist me. That is the key … to assist. It is all too easy to let the motor do all the work and there are those who do this. I try to keep pedaling most of the time while I am out riding. One thing I have noticed is that thanks to now having a geared hub motor with no resistance when there is no power going to it rather than a gearless direct drive like I had previously which has considerable resistance my trike really rolls good maintaining a good amount of the speed I obtained with the aid of the motor (or without it for that matter). And that makes it easier and encourages me to keep pedaling trying to maintain that higher speed … far higher than I go without the aid of the motor. I is just a whole lot more enjoyable riding going so much faster than I can go without the motor. In my opinion it is a "win-win" situation. I am loving it.
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This isn't my mom, but it reminds me of my mom. If she were still alive at an age when she was still able like this mom, I am quite sure I could be making a video like this one of my mom riding my trike. She rode bicycles and motorcycles for many years and really enjoyed it. i occasionally rode with her many years ago. Lots of fond memories filled with fun are mine these many years later. I am pretty sure my mom would be a tadpole rider today if she lived her life in a different time span. And she too would be wearing the infamous "recumbent smile".
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As many of you know a fellow tadpole triker by the name of Matt Galat is currently on a 5 year long trike journey around the world which started in China and is to end in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Matt is a videographer and creates excellent videos of his journey and life. He posts them on variouls social media … Matt's FACEBOOK page, JaYoe FACEBOOK page, Matt's YOUTUBE channel, Matt's JaYoe website, and more.
HERE is a map of Matt's planned route.
Sometime back Matt added a drone to his video tapiing and it has added a lot to the quality of his videos giving them an altogether new perspective. His videos were always good and interesting, but with the drone footage added in they are even better.
Most of us could never take such a journey, but thru Matt's videos we can truly enjoy and "live" his adventurous journey vicariously.
Matt rides a yellow HP Velotechnik Scorpion FS20 recumbent tadpole trike. He started out pulling a trailer, but decided to discontinue that and just haul those things he needs on his trike.
Matt had a set back in his trike journey. He had started it as planned riding a different trike pulling a different trailer when while still in China he was hit from behind by a big truck. He received a broken shoulder (collar) bone as a result and his trailer and trike were pretty much totalled. He had to convelest for quite some time during which time he got reoutfitted in preparation of starting his world journey all over.
Matt has also experienced some knee joint pain which threatened his journey causing him to interupt his ride for awhile. Fortunately now that he is back underway so far his knee has held up pretty good and he has been able to continue his journey.
Matt has coined the Chinese words (phrase) "JaYoe" for his journey … as it means "to add fuel". As time goes along more and more people are discovering Matt and his trike journey. Great interest is building and his story continues to capture the attention of local news media.
I have written articles about Matt previously:
Matt's World Triking Adventure
Epic Adventure on a Tadpole Trike
HERE is an interview with Matt on Laidback Bike Report's YouTube video which was streamed live on July 16, 2017.
If you have never watched any of Matt's videos I invite you to do so as they just might grab your attention and not let go. That is the effect they have on me. Like Matt, we all need to …
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More and more I too am "bumpin' into other tadpole trikes out on the trails. No, not literally. I have not collided with any of them, but I sure am seeing more and more of them making their appearance. I like seeing the numbers growing.
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We often hear/read that line about one thing or another making us look fat. Frequently it is meant to be funny. But, hey, being fat isn't funny … nor is it fun. Those of us who are fat, especially obese, are our own worst enemy. I ought to know. I have been fat most of my adult life. I come from a family that are mostly overweight. This was mostly on my mom's side of the family. I was always normal weight as a child. I weighed 140 pounds when I graduated from high school. I started gaining weight when I reached about 22 years of age. This was while I was in the Navy. It has been a battle ever since … one which I have not done very well in winning. I have lost all my excess weight about 3 times, but always gained it right back and usually more. On one of my weight loss attempts I got down to 135 pounds. Here is a picture of me in the Navy before I started gaining weight. I think I was about 20 years old here. As you can see I was still normal weight. I didn't usually wear coveralls, but I was on this occasion as I was about to work on a nasty job which could easily ruin my work uniform.
Although I am talking mainly about myself in this posting I want to address the subject of being overweight and exercise. I don't think it is any secret that here in the United States we have a serious issue with obesity. Just looking at people in most any direction or place we see it. (It is pretty hard not to see it.) And the tadpole triking scene is no exception. In fact, it seems that the majority of tadpole riders have an issue with their weight. We turn to our trikes as a form of exercise in hope that we will lose weight. Some do, but many don't. I am among those who haven't done very well losing weight no matter how much riding I do (and I have done a lot). I have talked to others who have told me the same thing. I am sure most of us have heard the saying … Calories In, Calories Out. The bottom line here is simply that exercise alone is not enough. It is far more about what we eat and how much we eat. It takes a whole lot of riding to burn off the calories of unhealthy meals, snacks, soda pop, milkshakes, candy bars, etc. And most of us who are overweight do not eat healthy foods like we should.
I love cheeseburgers, french fries, chocolate milk shakes, candy (especially chocolate), ice cream, cakes and pies … you know … all the foods that taste so good but aren't good for us. A few years ago I tried to go the vegetarian route. At first it was okay and I definitely lost weight eating nothing but vegetables, fruits and nuts (the foods God told us that He gave us to eat). However, it didn't take long before I grew very tired and dissatisfied and longed for meats and other unhealthy foods again … foods that I have eaten all my life. So I went back to my old lifestyle and gained the weight right back. I had lost about 50 pounds eating "bible foods" and I felt great. The original foods God provided for man were grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. "They constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator. These foods, prepared in as simple and natural a manner as possible, are the most healthful and nourishing. They impart a strength, a power of endurance, and a vigor of intellect, that are not afforded by a more complex and stimulating diet." (see Original Bible Diet)
Recently I lost 30 pounds after the knee joint replacement surgeries. I was encouraged and thinking I would be able to continue losing weight. However, it didn't take long before I gained back 20 of those 30 pounds rather quickly. Recently I have lost 4 pounds, but it is a battle ground and I am not doing well at it. As much as I would like to, I can't blame my trike. It is not what makes me look fat. When I point a finger at it I have 3 fingers pointing back at myself. Nope, it definitely is not my trike that makes me look fat. It is easy to try to put the blame somewhere … anywhere … rather than simply admit we like food and don't discipline ourselves as we need to. I stand guilty. How about you? Yeah, I know. Now I am medlin'. Sorry!
As much as I love riding my trike I know I greatly limit myself being overweight. Hill climbing is where it is most obvious. Pedaling a lot of weight up a hill is slow going and makes it extra difficult. When I am riding with friends they don't slow down nearly as much as I do. Yep, all that extra weight makes a huge difference. I often wonder how I would do if I weighed 140 pounds again. I would like to think I could out perform my friends I ride with. (And I am pretty sure I could.)
So what's the problem you ask? Well, I lack the motivation and self discipline needed. I confess it. Shame on me. I have nobody or nothing to blame but myself. I certainly can't blame my trike. It has done an amazing job hauling my fat carcass around all of these years. I have to sort of feel sorry for it because of all I put it thru. I just recently discovered that I have two more broken spokes on my left front wheel. I have had a lot of broken spokes and have come to the conclusion that most of this is probably the result of the load the wheels carry. Hard cornering with a fat tub aboard tends to break spokes.
Nope, my trike doesn't make me look fat. I make me look fat. I acknowledge it. I am guilty. I really need to eat a salad for lunch and probably supper too. (And without any dressing on it!) ( … but a cheeseburger sounds so much better.)
Some riders have FAT trikes while some trikes have FAT riders. Hmmm, another fact of life. Well, fat, normal or thin … do your best to …
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and don't believe the saying "Thin may be in, but fat is where it's at"
It's a lie!
NITERIDER SABER 35 BIKE TAILLIGHT vs. PLANET BIKE SUPERFLASH TAILLIGHT
The Niterider Saber 35 taillight is among the available offerings nowadays. I can't say much for the mounting strap they use, but the price is right … $16.99 with free shipping on EBAY. And it is BRIGHT! The 35 stands for 35 lumens. With a built in lithium battery it requires recharging using a USB cable plugged into a standard 5 volt USB outlet whether it be a computer or a power adapter (transformer).
LED lights are everywhere these days and that's good as they are a superior light, economical, bright and long lasting. That being said, not all lights are created equal when it comes to the power usage and battery life. This video tells what to expect as far as how long the battery charge lasts in each of its modes.
I have written articles about taillights before. There are lots of taillights available nowadays … far more than there were when I bought my taillights. At the time I bought one of the very best taillights available … the .5 (half) watt Planet Bike SuperFlash. I paid about $25 each for them at a local bike shop several years ago. The best price I can find on them at this time is $23.75 with free shipping at ModernBike.com. They are not as bright as this Niterrider light, but still I do highly recommend the Planet Bike SuperFlash taillights as they are sufficiently bright and very economical to operate. (I tried to find the lumen rating of the SuperFlash taillight, but didn't have any success. If you happen to know what it is please comment and let me as well as others know.) The triple AAA batteries last a long time in them. I use rechargeable batteries in mine most of the time. Just carry extra batteries along with you and you don't have to worry about being left in the dark. With the Niterider taillight it has a built in lithium battery which requires recharging from a 5 volt USB outlet. That is not very practical when you are out riding. And the Niterider taillight doesn't last nearly as long per charge as the Planet Bike light. On the most economical mode it only lasts 12 hours whereas the Planet Bike lights I have last about 40 plus hours on its most economical flash mode. (BTW, the newer version of the Planet Bike SuperFlash lights supposedly last more than 100 hours on flash mode and is visible up to one mile. I have the older version.) So on flash mode the Niterider light would last long enough for one or two long daily rides, but you would have to recharge it each day or two if you used it long each day. That doesn't appeal to me.
If you park your trike somewhere near a 120 volt electrical outlet you could use a power adapter outlet to plug a USB cable into to charge the light on the trike. Of course, the light is easy enough to remove from its mount to take to a place to charge it. Anyway, I like the brightness and the price. I just don't like the mounting strap nor the short battery power.
Here is a look at the Planet Bike SuperFlash taillight. It has a far superior mounting system than the Niterider taillight.
One factor with all taillights and headlights to consider is the built in lenses as they can make a big difference in how well the light performs and can be seen. The pattern of the light as far as spreading out and being visible from the side vs. straight behind. The Planet Bike taillights have superior lenses which really make the "measely" .5 watts perform as well as lights which are far more powerful. That appeals to me since the battery life is so great with these lights. Planet Bike also offers a 1 watt version of this light. They are slightly brighter, but they also require more battery power and therefore don't last as long as the .5 watt model does. Personally I don't think there is enough noticeable difference in brightness between the two to justify the sacrifice in battery life. Also the one watt model has a "white-clear" plastic cover instead of red which I personally don't care for. I don't think it is nearly as noticeable as the red plastic. Actually much to my amazement I just found the one watt model available thru Ebay for less than the .5 watt model. It is only $19.94 with free shipping.
I just read that Planet Bike has a USB rechargeable version of the .5 watt SuperFlash taillight. It also stated the brightness of the newer USB rechargeable is not as good as the older original lights like I have. The newer light only produces 3 lumens which is extremely poor. Fortunately they do still offer the model which is powered by two AAA batteries.
Here is an interesting video showing how well the Planet Bike Superflash work even when up against a far more powerful light being used for comparison. Remember, we are only talking about .5 watts here.
Another factor is whether or not the taillight offers much side visibility. Some lights offer very little or none at all. The Planet Bike SuperFlash is superb in side visibility. There is a video by a customer review on Amazon which demonstrates how good the side visibility is.
I will say this … if you are after high visibility in daylight there are taillights which are superior to either of these. I have written articles about taillights previously.
Of course, I also highly recommend the use of effective highly visible safety flags in addition to the lights. I have written articles about this subject before. Many times I have had people comment to me that they saw my flags before they saw my flashing lights … from any direction. And, of course, side visibility is going to be very limited if you only have lights. Good safety flags can be seen from the sides and can make a huge difference in whether others see you or not.
Right along with safety flags of high visibility is wearing high visibility clothing.
I started out writing this article with the intent of it being just about the NiteRider Saber 35 taillight, but I ended up drifting over into writing about the Planet Bike SuperFlash taillights. I guess it is because I have been so pleased with mine. I love the long battery life which is somewhat rare with bike lights. I have seen other brands which have very poor battery life. Their brightness only lasts for a very short while in comparison.
I just found what looks to be identical to the Planet Bike SuperFlash taillight on EBAY for only $10.87. It doesn't have Planet Bike shown on it however, so my guess is that it is an illegal copy (knockoff) probably made in China. If that is what it is I would caution you that it may look like the real McCoy, but may be lacking in quality … especially the lenses I spoke of. If that is the case, then it would not be as bright nor as visible. Also the battery life may be lesser. Then again, it may be very good quality. I would be leery of it myself.
Lastly here is another video of the Niterider Saber 35 taillight.
In all honesty, if I were in the market for taillights today I am pretty certain that neither of these choices would be my pick. There are just so many lights available nowadays and several are extremely bright. Riding at nighttime in darkness I would be quite content with what I have now. Riding in the daytime which is what I do I would prefer one of the brighter taillights that are available. But for now I will continue on using my Planet Bike SuperFlash taillights as they still work fine and have served me well.
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JaYoe REVISTED
I have posted a little about Matt Galat's trike adventures previously, but haven't been doing much more in the way of updates, etc. on him. You can read and see videos about him on this blog. Here is a listing of my previous postings from most recent to oldest:
Matt's World Triking Adventure
Epic Adventure on a Tadpole Trike
Steve Greene's TrikeAsylum blog has been doing a good job covering all that is going on so I figure there is not much sense of my doing so also. I myself usually do all my "keeping up" thru his blog. Those who have been following Matt's story know that he has already started out twice on his world tour via tadpole trike which will take him thru about 100 countries from China to the United States. Both times thus far he has had to interrupt his trike journey. The first attempt ended when he was hit from behind by a big truck. He received a broken collar bone out of that mishap. After surgery, recuperation and reoutfitting he started off on his second attempt, but it ended when he developed knee problems. Some more time has passed and he has been recuperating in anticipation of round three. Meanwhile another adventure he had planned during his world trike tour was to climb Mt. Everest. No, not on his trike, but on foot. He did attempt it, but that too ended prematurely as he had some problems develop and had to turn back. Never the less, my hat is off to him for even attempting it. Not many of us would be up to doing something like that. But Matt is no ordinary person as you can see by just looking at the "selfie" he took I have shown below.
Matt is a great photographer and videographer. The picture above attests to that. 🙂 (Can you ever forgive me, Matt?) Seriously Matt creates some great videos which are always well done and interesting. You can check them out HERE.
Here is one video which pretty much covers his story up until now …
If you are interested in his attempt at climbing Mt. Everest you can watch his video HERE. And HERE is the Google Maps Street View of the route thru the small village where the climbers walk to and from the base camp of Mt. Everest.
I am sure that we all wish him well and that he will be able to continue on with his epic journey safely and successfully completing it. And may we all just …
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Matt just announced July 25th, 2016 that his current plan
is to restart his world tour trike journey in April 2017.
Is life flashing past you? Maybe you need to slow up and enjoy life at the speed of a tadpole trike. I find it most rewarding and rejuvenating. God has said in His written word (the Holy Scriptures, the bible) that our life is like a vapor … here today, gone tomorrow. That certainly is true and the older we get the more we seem to notice it and agree with it. We eventually get to a point where we say to ourselves (and perhaps to others) … "where did our lives go? It seems like it was only a few years ago I was young and vibrant … able to do things I can no longer do … and remembering lots of differnet things in our past. There is nothing wrong with being busy just so we aren't too busy. Being busy is better than being lazy and unproductive. Still though balance is needed in all things.
One of the great benefits of riding a tadpole trike over a bicycle is the ability to somewhat safely "take in" more of our surroundings from our perch on the seat. Of course, like anything else there is a time we can do so and a time we need to pay full attention to our riding … for safety's sake … ours as well as others.
Many of us know who this guy is. He refers to himself as "trike hobo". That is somewhat fitting as one of the meanings of hobo is a carefree wanderer. I am sure he would readily testify as to the enjoyment he has experienced while riding his trikes.
If you are a person who tends to speed along as fast as you can go maybe you need to hook up to something to slow you down like this triker did. (No, he isn't really hooked up to the railroad car.)
So whether you are an international triker, a national triker, a regional triker or a local area triker like me by all means take advantage of the time spent in the saddle and enjoy all that you can each and every time you are out. Yes, enjoy life at the speed of a tadpole trike. And do all that you can to …
A FREE GIFT awaits you!
Hayley Mills had a hit song, "Let's Get Together", back in 1961. Of course, it had nothing to do with cycling, but never the less it comes to mind when I think of the subject here. I don't imagine that many of us are in a position to do this, but we are all invited to a gathering as recumbent riders at the 2016 International Recumbent Meeting in the Czech Republic sponsored by Azub. On this website there is a form to fill out if we plan on attending. Here is a video of last years event and here is the video description:
"As every 5 years AZUB is going to organize a big event in Uherský Brod this September as a little celebration of AZUB`s 15th Anniversary. Many of you may remember great meetings in 2005 and especially in 2010 when we welcomed over 200 riders in Uherský Brod and we hope to host even more people this year.
Of course, that the meeting is open to recumbent riders with any recumbent, not only AZUB. It does`t really matter what you ride on. Important is the way you do it. Or better to say that important is that you like recumbents. That means that we will welcome recumbent riders with any recumbent and also their partners, children and friends with classic upright bikes, kick bikes, tandems or whatever."
I am somewhat confused by what I read about this event. It says one place it is every 5 years and another place it is an annual event. I don't know what is correct. If you know perhaps you can comment and straighten me out.
I am sure it would be interesting and fun to attend. But alas, I will have to settle for watching the videos available.
Here is Azub's webpage, Recumbent World, where you can register your existence and location as a recumbent rider. You can let others know they may have someone near them who they may be able to contact and 'get together' for riding. Their motto is … ˶ Find each other. Ride together! ̋
There are lots of local area groups listed for the purpose of "meeting up" to ride together.
Note: I want to state upfront that when I started writing this article I was under the impression that this tadpole trike journey was still ongoing. It was not until after I completed writing the article that I discovered that the ride was completed in August 2014. I have made some changes in what I wrote in an attempt to try to reflect this, but I can't assure you the reader that everything will be clear and accurate. I am still a bit confused myself. Never the less, I think you will find it an interesting story.
Dan says 'cycling is therapeutic and gives him purpose'.
Dan McGuire is a determined tadpole rider who indeed is an inspiration as well as a challenge to the rest of us. I think he is approximately 83 now. Dan is stricken with Parkinson's Disease as well as arthritis, scoliosis and something weird with his eye according to his daughter. She writes "Canada is his playground" and it sure looks like he is making his way around its vastness. He started this current journey in 2013. He was diagnosed with Parkinson't in 2007. Dan has been a longtime cyclist with several accomplishments in the past. This was approximately a 10,000 km (6214 mile) trike ride he set out on at approximately 80 years old and he did it alone although others have accompanied him on parts of his journey.
You can read his daughter's article about him HERE.
And HERE is Dan's Facebook page.
HERE is another article about this incredible tadpole pilot. And HERE is another article.
Note: Although his journey ended in 2014 the following webpage appears to be still up and functioning as far as I know … And HERE is a webpage where you can donate on behalf of Dan to help Parkinson Society British Columbia. Their statement is that they are "there for those in need. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff is committed to offering support, sharing reliable information and raising funds for programs and research. We receive no government funding, so we rely on you. " Dan has a personal goal set to raise $10,000 for this organization. On this webpage you can also leave a comment for Dan to encourage him and wish him well.
Upon further reading about Dan it appears that his journey across Canada was successfully completed in 2014. It just goes to show ya that you have to be careful what you read online. 🙂
Dan, I don't know if you will ever see this and read it, but I just want to say thanks for your commitment and effort in raising awareness and demonstrating that life isn't over just because one becomes affected by Parkinson's Disease. Your journey was (and is) indeed incredible and my hat is off to you. I don't know your current status as to whether or not you are still cycling, but I sure hope you are and will be able to continue to do so for some time yet. You are an encouragement and inspiration to the rest of us to …
A tadpole rider who goes by the name of "Mojave Johnson" is planning on going to do a solo, uninterrupted, unassisted circumnavigation of the lower 48 States on a Catrike Expedition recumbent trike. He is doing this in an effort to raise money for research for spinal cord injuries.
Here is his statement: "A good friend of mine was left paralyzed after an accident in 2009. He's taught me a lot over the years, and he's been a great friend. This ride around the country will be dedicated to him. The plan is to collect $60,00 or more to be donated to research and/or rehabilitation for people with spinal injuries. We haven't decided which organization yet, but I'll keep you posted. My plan is to do a circumnavigation of the lower 48 States in an uninterrupted, unassisted solo trip. I'll be riding through 33 or 34 states (my route isn't set in stone) over a period of about 190 days (5 months). I'll be starting from Southernmost Point in Key West, FL, and riding clockwise around the country back to Key West. I'll be leaving at the end of March, and I hope to be back in Key West by the end of September."
If you would like to donate to this cause you can do so by going to his GoFundMe page.
And HERE is his Facebook page.
March is half over so that means the start of his journey is not far off. I certainly wish him well and safety while on his adventure. That is quite an undertaking.
Here's his TENTATIVE list of stops. This list could very well change before or during the Expedition, but he says he has to start with a plan, so here it is… (The elevation shown is for each day's destination.)
Day 1: Key West, FL (elev 18') to Key Largo, FL (~105 miles; elev 7')
Day 2: Key Largo, FL to Cooper City, FL (~80 miles; elev 9')
Day 3: Cooper City, FL to Naples, FL (~100 miles; elev 3')
Day 4: Naples, FL – REST DAY
Day 5: Naples, FL to Bradenton, FL (~100 miles; elev 6')
Day 6: Bradenton, FL to Inglis, FL (~130 miles; elev 16')
Day 7: Inglis, FL to Perry, FL (~103 miles; elev 46')
Day 8: Perry, FL to Tallahassee, FL (~52 miles; elev 203')
Day 9: Tallahassee, FL – REST DAY
Day 10: Tallahassee, FL to Panama City Beach, FL (~110 miles; elev 10')
Day 11: Panama City Beach, FL to Pensacola, FL (~100 miles; elev 102')
Day 12: Pensacola, FL to Pascagoula, MS (~100 miles; elev 10')
Day 13: Pascagoula, MS to New Orleans, LA (~ miles; elev -7')
Day 14: New Orleans, LA – REST DAY
Day 15: New Orleans, LA to Houma, LA (~63 miles; elev 10')
Day 16: Houma, LA to Lafayette, LA (~100 miles; elev 36')
Day 17: Lafayette, LA to Orange, LA (~ miles; elev 7')
Day 18: Orange, LA – REST DAY
Day 19: Orange, LA to Humble, TX (~100 miles; elev 90')
Day 20: Humble, TX to Sugar Land, TX (~60 miles; elev 100')
Day 21: Sugar Land, TX to Halletsville, TX (~85 miles; elev 233')
Day 22: Halletsville, TX to San Antonio, TX (~95 miles; elev 813')
Day 23: San Antonio, TX – REST DAY
Day 24: San Antonio, TX to Castroville, TX (~70 miles; elev 758')
Day 25: Castroville, TX to Uvalde, TX (~55 miles; elev 942')
Day 26: Uvalde, TX to Del Rio, TX (~70 miles; elev 1002')
Day 27: Del Rio, TX – REST DAY
Day 28: Del Rio, TX to Ozona, TX (~96 miles; elev 2349')
Day 29: Ozona, TX to Ft. Stockton, TX (~107 miles; elev 2997')
Day 30: Ft. Stockton, TX to Van Horn, TX (~120 miles; elev 4042')
Day 31: Van Horn, TX – REST DAY
Day 32: Van Horn, TX to Ft. Hancock, TX (~70 miles; elev 3579')
Day 33: Ft. Hancock, TX to El Paso, TX (~60 miles; elev 3800')
Day 34: El Paso, TX to Las Cruces, NM (~45 miles; elev 3908')
Day 35: Las Cruces, NM – REST DAY
Day 36: Las Cruces, NM to Hillsboro, NM (~78 miles; elev 5180')
Day 37: Hillsboro, NM to Silver City, NM (~57 miles; elev 6142')
Day 38: Silver City, NM to Safford, AZ (~115 miles; elev 2953')
Day 39: Safford, AZ – REST DAY
Day 40: Safford, AZ to Globe, AZ (~80 miles; elev 3500')
Day 41: Globe, AZ to Phoenix, AZ (~90 miles; elev 1117')
Day 42: Phoenix, AZ to Wickenburg, AZ (~60 miles; elev 2057')
Day 43: Wickenburg, AZ – REST DAY
Day 44: Wickenburg, AZ to Blythe, CA (~114 miles; elev 295')
Day 45: Blythe, CA to El Centro, CA (~103 miles; elev 39')
Day 46: El Centro, CA to Julian, CA (~62 miles; elev 2100')
Day 47: Julian, CA – REST DAY
Day 48: Julian, CA to Poway, CA (~60 miles; elev 515')
Day 49: Poway, CA to Newport Beach, CA (~80 miles; elev 25')
Day 50: Newport Beach, CA to Los Angeles, CA (~75 miles; elev 1084')
Day 51: Los Angeles, CA – REST DAY
Day 52: Los Angeles, CA to Palmdale, CA (~82 miles; elev 2657')
Day 53: Palmdale, CA to Lake Isabella, CA (~103 miles; elev 2513')
Day 54: Lake Isabella, CA to Camp Nelson, CA (~53 miles; elev 7000')
Day 55: Camp Nelson, CA – REST DAY
Day 56: Camp Nelson, CA to Sequoia Nat'l Park, CA (~79 miles; elev 2100')
Day 57: Sequoia Nat'l Park to Fresno, CA (~107 miles; elev 325')
Day 58: Fresno, CA to Turlock, CA (~107 miles; elev 101')
Day 59: Turlock, CA – REST DAY
Day 60: Turlock, CA to Sacramento, CA (~99 miles; elev 118')
Day 61: Sacramento, CA to Chico, CA (~104 miles; elev 203')
Day 62: Chico, CA to Burney, CA (~140 miles; elev 3195')
Day 63: Burney, CA – REST DAY
Day 64: Burney, CA to Yreka, CA (~100 miles; elev 2595')
Day 65: Yreka, CA to Shady Cove, OR (~80 miles; elev 1406')
Day 66: Shady Cove,OR to Crater Lake Nat'l Park, OR (~52 miles; elev 6178')
Day 67: Crater Lake Nat'l Park, OR to Bend, OR (~113 miles; elev 3623')
Day 68: Bend, OR – REST DAY
Day 69: Bend, OR to Mt. Hood, OR (~110 miles; elev 3821')
Day 70: Mt. Hood, OR to Portland, OR (~48 miles; elev 263')
Day 71: Portland, OR – REST DAY
Day 72: Portland, OR – REST DAY
Day 73: Portland, OR to Chehalis, WA (~100 miles; elev 243')
Day 74: Chehalis, WA to Des Moines, WA (~86 miles; elev 91')
Day 75: Des Moines, WA (Seattle) – REST DAY
Day 76: Des Moines, WA to Cle Elum, WA (~89 miles; 2107')
Day 77: Cle Elum, WA to Wenatchee, WA (~68 miles; 668')
Day 78: Wenatchee, WA to Wilbur, WA (~97 miles; elev 2161')
Day 79: Wilbur, WA to Spokane, WA (~74 miles; 1946')
Day 80: Spokane, WA – REST DAY
Day 81: Spokane, WA to Sandpoint, ID (~73 miles; 2102')
Day 82: Sandpoint, ID to Libby, MT (~96 miles; elev 2097')
Day 83: Libby, MT to Whitefish, MT (~105 miles; elev 3029')
Day 84: Whitefish, MT – REST DAY
Day 85: Whitefish, MT to Browning, MT (~96 miles; elev 4377')
Day 86: Browning, MT to Great Falls, MT (~124 miles; elev 3323')
Day 87: Great Falls, MT – REST DAY
Day 88: Great Falls, MT to White Sulphur Springs, MT (~100 miles; elev 5012')
Day 89: White Sulphur Springs, MT to Big Timber, MT (~92 miles; 4094')
Day 90: Big Timber, MT to Billings, MT (~90 miles; elev 3125')
Day 91: Billings, MT to Ranchester, WY (~120 miles; elev 3767')
Day 92: Ranchester, WY – REST DAY
Day 93: Ranchester, WY to Buffalo, WY (~53 miles; elev 4587')
Day 94: Buffalo, WY to Gillette, WY (~80 miles; elev 4555')
Day 95: Gillette, WY to Spearfish, SD (~100 miles; elev 3647')
Day 96: Spearfish, SD – REST DAY
Day 97: Spearfish, SD to Keystone, SD (via Mt Rushmore) (~72 miles; elev 4331')
Day 98: Keystone, SD to Wall, SD (~75 miles; elev 2824')
Day 99: Wall, SD to Murdo, SD (~83 miles; elev 2293')
Day 100: Murdo, SD to Highmore, SD (~100 miles; elev 1886')
Day 101: Highmore, SD – REST DAY
Day 102: Highmore, SD to De Smet, SD (~103 miles; elev 1727')
Day 103: De Smet, SD to Garvin, MN (~99 miles; elev 1391')
Day 104: Garvin, MN to Mankato, MN (~98 miles; elev 829')
Day 105: Mankato, MN – REST DAY
Day 106: Mankato, MN to Rochester, MN (~89 miles; elev 997')
Day 107: Rochester, MN to La Crosse, WI (~73 miles; elev 668')
Day 108: La Crosse, WI to Richland Center, WI (~66 miles; elev 732')
Day 109: Richland Center, WI – REST DAY
Day 110: Richland Center, WI to Cambridge, WI (~88 miles; elev 851')
Day 111: Cambridge, WI to Waukesha, WI (~49 miles; elev 820')
Day 112: Waukesha, WI to Milwaukee, WI (~18 miles; elev 614')
Day 113: Milwaukee, WI – REST DAY
Day 114: Milwaukee, WI to Chicago, IL (~90 miles; elev 595')
Day 115: Chicago, IL – REST DAY
Day 116: Chicago, IL to South Bend, IN (~105 miles; elev 709')
Day 117: South Bend, IN to Montpelier, OH (~95 miles; elev 854')
Day 118: Montpelier, OH to Freemont, OH (~89 miles; elev 628')
Day 119: Freemont, OH to Cleveland, OH (~83 miles; elev 656')
Day 120: Cleveland, OH – REST DAY
Day 121: Cleveland, OH to Erie, PA (~110 miles; elev 652')
Day 122: Erie, PA to Derby, NY (~75 miles; elev 670')
Day 123: Derby, NY – REST DAY
Day 124: Derby, NY to Henrietta, NY (~89 miles; elev 562')
Day 125: Henrietta, NY to Fair Haven, NY (~73 miles; elev 279')
Day 126: Fair Haven, NY to Redfield, NY (~62 miles; elev 999')
Day 127: Redfield, NY – REST DAY
Day 128: Redfield, NY to Old Forge, NY (~61 miles; elev 1727')
Day 129: Old Forge, NY to Newcomb, NY (~64 miles; elev 1585')
Day 130: Newcomb, NY to Fair Haven, VT (~78 miles; elev 383')
Day 131: Fair Haven, VT to Plymouth, VT (~40 miles; elev 1415')
Day 132: Plymouth, VT – REST DAY
Day 133: Plymouth, VT – REST DAY
Day 134: Plymouth, VT to Andover, NH (~69 miles; elev 646')
Day 135: Andover, NH to Conway, NH (~71 miles; elev 466')
Day 136: Conway, NH to Brunswick, ME (~83 miles; elev 64')
Day 137: Brunswick, ME – REST DAY
Day 138: Brunswick, ME to Kennebunk, ME (~71 miles; elev 65')
Day 139: Kennebunk, ME to Derry, NH (~72 miles; elev 280')
Day 140: Derry, NH to Worcester, MA (~59 miles; elev 482')
Day 141: Worcester, MA – REST DAY
Day 142: Worcester, MA to Windsor Locks, CT (~81 miles; elev 151')
Day 143: Windsor Locks, CT to Highland, NY (~98 miles; elev 173')
Day 144: Highland, NY to East Stroudsburg, PA (~87 miles; elev 477')
Day 145: Highland, NY – REST DAY
Day 146: East Stroudsburg, PA to Philadelphia, PA (~106 miles; elev 40')
Day 147: Philadelphia, PA – REST DAY
Day 148: Philadelphia, PA to Airville, PA (~105 miles; elev 254')
Day 149: Airville, PA to Washington, D.C (~110 miles; elev 72')
Day 150: Washington, D.C. – REST DAY
Day 151: Washington, D.C. – REST DAY
Day 152: Washington, D.C. to Fredericksburg, VA (~93 miles; elev 153')
Day 153: Fredericksburg, VA to Surry, VA (~120 miles; elev 51')
Day 154: Surry, VA to Elizabeth City, NC (~91 miles; elev 9')
Day 155: Elizabeth City, NC – REST DAY
Day 156: Elizabeth City, NC to Hatteras, Island, NC (~109 miles; elev 2')
Day 157: Hatteras, NC to Newport, NC (~118 miles; elev 19')
Day 158: Newport, NC to Wilmington, NC (~78 miles; elev 39')
Day 159: Wilmington, NC – REST DAY
Day 160: Wilmington, NC – REST DAY – planned optional extra day
Day 161: Wilmington, NC to Myrtle Beach, NC (~95 miles; elev 19')
Day 162: Myrtle Beach, NC to Moncks Corner, SC (~84 miles; elev 53')
Day 163: Moncks Corner, SC to Hardeeville, SC (~107 miles; elev 20')
Day 164: Hardeeville, SC – REST DAY
Day 165: Hardeeville, SC to Brunswick, GA (~90 miles; elev 10')
Day 166: Brunswick, GA to Jacksonville Beach, FL (~94 miles; elev 11')
Day 167: Jacksonville Beach, FL to New Smyrna Beach, FL (~98 miles; elev 10')
Day 168: New Smyrna Beach, FL – REST DAY
Day 169: New Smyrna Beach, FL to Sebastian, FL (~107 miles; elev 9')
Day 170: Sebastian, FL to Lake Worth, FL (~114 miles; elev 35')
Day 171: Lake Worth, FL to Kendall, FL (~96 miles; elev 8')
Day 172: Kendall, FL – REST DAY
Day 173: Kendall, FL – REST DAY
Day 174: Kendall, FL to Islamorada, FL (~72 miles; elev 9')
Day 175: Islamorada, FL to Key West, FL (~83 miles; elev 5')
Day 176: Key West, FL – CELEBRATION DAY!!!!!!!
JaYoe! … JUST ADD FUEL
Matt Galat is getting to be pretty well known as time goes along. His ambitious undertaking of riding his tadpole trike on a 5 year long journey covering more than 100 countries as he goes from China to the United States is indeed an amazing and challenging adventure. Most of us could never make such a journey, but we can take advantage of what Matt offers us thru his excellent videos and writings about his journey. His website has a new look which is phenomenal in itself. He has done a great job with it.
Those who have already been following Matt on his journey probably already know of the two set backs which have occurred on his first two attempts. The first one ended when he got hit by a truck and received a broken collar bone as a result.
After healing up and totally re-outfitting with a new trike and trailer he started off again.
That attempt ended when he developed a knee problem. Since then he has been working toward getting into the physical condition he will need for his next planned adventure … climbing Mt. Everest before he continues on his trike journey.
Matt's videos and narrative are always very well done and interesting so I highly recommend them to you. Follow along keeping up with his epic adventures. There are several different ways you can do this. Here are some of them:
Twitter Facebook YouTube Website Instagram Podcasts
I can see that this journey Matt is on has already brought on some changes in him … good or bad … you be the judge. Hey, it just might grow on ya'. 🙂
I would say that this is a clear cut case of photoshopping going on.
(Actually it was done with an fun image app.)
Some people leapfrog from place to place while others tadpole. This couple are tadpoling thru Europe. Chuck and Susan Atkinson are travelling by tadpole trikes on a European adventure. Visit their Facebook page to read about it and see their many pictures. We may never be able to do what they are doing, but we can do so vicariously thru them. Here are a few pictures of their adventure starting with a picture of the two of them.
Here is Susan posing with a bike mechanic.
Chuck passing roadside mowing crew hard at work.
Notice the flags of the various countries they are visiting.
These are just a handful of the many pictures available to see. Many are of beautiful scenery as they traveled along. We can enjoy what they have provided. I wish them well and safe as they continue on their adventure. May they be able to …
Woe is me … me is woe … well, anyway winter is upon us and many of us don't or can't ride outdoors when winter comes. I used to try to ride thru the winter, but I gave it up as I found that all too often I could not succeed at it. Either my trike would not go thru the snow or the trails were closed due to weather caused problems. So this is the third winter I have moved my trike inside the house and set it up in the living room on an indoor trainer right in front of the big screen TV set which is hooked up to a computer with internet service. That means I can pedal away watching most anything I care to which helps immensely breaking up the otherwise extreme boredom of stationary exercise … something I can't stand. As you can see here in this picture I am riding along a paved bicycle trail compliments of YouTube.
Indoor trainers come in various types. Nearly all of those available are made for bicycles and not for trikes. That is not to say that they won't work on a trike. They may or may not work correctly. I had to make modifications to mine to get it to work on a 20 inch wheel. No doubt the best one available for trikes is made specifically for trikes by Sportscrafters. They make two models which in appearance look much the same. The difference is how they work. One is just a resistance roller which sells for $199. The other is designed to mimic actual riding conditions and give the "rider" more of a work out. It sells for $249.
I would love to have one, but I already have the "other type" which I am probably stuck with. Here is a picture I just took of my setup.
This type of indoor trainer is far more common. However, it is not made to accommodate 20 inch wheels. As I already stated, I had to do some modification on it in order to get it to work and it just barely works as things barely make proper needed contact. It does work though. Anyway, there are lots of different manufacturers of this type of indoor trainer. Actually I bought mine slightly used, but still in like new condition from a friend. I bought it not to use as an indoor trainer, but rather to use as a work stand to hold the rear wheel up off the ground so I could perform maintenance/repair work on the back end of the trike. In fact, I had even removed all the extra parts on it which had to do with using it as an indoor trainer since I didn't use it for that for the first few years I had it.
Keep in mind that we live in a bicycle oriented world and most products which exist were designed for bicycles and not for tadpole trikes. Perhaps this will change as time goes along. Right now Sportscrafters is the only indoor trainer I know of designed specifically for trikes.
Some folks are making their own set of rollers to use. Some have used industrial (commercial) conveyor type rollers.
Some have purchased rollers and made their own.
Some have used other things to make their trainers.
People have used PVC piping with roller bearings inserted.
Others have used Teflon coated or stainless steel food rolling pins.
Some have made their own wooden rollers turning them in a lathe.
I have not had any success finding a video about a DIY roller indoor trainer for trikes. Everything seems to be for bicycles. Here is one of the better ones I have found …
I have thought about making one myself, but truthfully I probably never will.
BTW, if you lift the back end of a trike up onto some sort of an indoor trainer it is a good idea to also lift the front end up the same distance so that the trike remains level and you sit and pedal normally. They make lifting devices (riser blocks) you can buy or you can just use whatever you have available. I have used books, bed risers, and now I use a 2 inch thick concrete block broken in half… one under each front tire.
HERE are some examples of what is available to buy:
The Kinetic one has 3 different heights to select from. There are other brands like this as well. I don't know about these various products and what tire widths they will accommodate.
Keep in mind that our trikes are designed so that our feet just barely miss the ground as we pedal so if you raise the back end of the trike up there is a good chance that your feet will be hitting the ground as you pedal.
I would really much rather be able to ride outdoors. Woe is me! I am trying to …
(even if I have to do it indoors … as much as I hate it.)
All of these people and many thousands more have one thing in common. They are all showing the "recumbent smile" which just comes naturally when you ride a recumbent bike or trike. You can even Google "recumbent smile" and get quite a few search results. All you gotta' do is search for images of tadpole trikes and most of those you see with people seated on them will be displaying the infamous recumbent smile. You can even search on YouTube for recumbent smile and get some results. Here is one them …
Here is a mother's first ride on a recumbent bike:
And here is my wife's first ride on my Catrike Trail trike:
Doesn't she look like she is thoroughly enjoying herself?
I apologize for the poor video quality. It has been recopied a few times due to various reasons and with each copy the quality deteriorates.
Those of us who ride recumbent bikes and trikes have good reason to smile. We are super comfortable and having great fun. That is a winning combination. And more and more people are discovering this and joining in. They too are experiencing the infamous recumbent smile.
Here is a picture of a couple of friends I let ride my trikes for the first time:
As you can see they too are all smiles. They had a blast riding them.
Lastly my grand niece who recently arrived with her family from the Philippines to live here in the United States rode my Catrike Trail. You can see her joy written all over her face.
There is just no denying it … there really is something to this phenomena known as recumbent smiles. So if you are holding back making the plunge into recumbents this ought to entice you further. I mean, who doesn't want to wear a big smile as a result of having reason to? Buck and Roy were "pickin' and grinin'" … which is fine, but nowadays we are "ridin' and smilin'". It helps us immensely to …
Matt Galat recently posted a video on YouTube that I am sharing here as it is something that tends to stir me wishing I was there sharing in the experience.