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Las Vegas Metro Police Department
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 | 5:23 p.m.
A man dubbed the "mustache bandit," who police allege robbed multiple sandwich and electronics shops earlier this year, has been indicted by a Clark County grand jury.
The 49-count criminal indictment unsealed Wednesday against 45-year-old Troy Mullner includes charges of burglary, robbery, first-degree kidnapping, coercion, attempted robbery, burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon, robbery with use of a deadly weapon, attempted robbery with use of a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by an ex-felon.
Metro Police said the robberies began in mid-April and ended June 30 after detectives tied Mullner to the crimes, according to arrest reports.
Mullner, who told police he needed money for alcohol and methamphetamine, allegedly simulated having a handgun under his shirt when robbing Subway, Port of Subs and Radio Shack stores, the report states. Thirteen of the robberies occurred in Las Vegas, and one happened in Henderson, police said.
Early on, several victims described the robber as having either a mustache or goatee, police said. In late June, two officers driving near Eastern Avenue and Warm Springs Road stopped a man — later identified as Mullner — who fit the suspect's description, police said.
The next day, on June 30, another robbery occurred at a Subway on Charleston Boulevard, according to the arrest report. Witness descriptions of the suspect's vehicle matched a 1994 Oldsmobile Silhouette van registered to Mullner.
Police apprehended Mullner at a Las Vegas residence and interviewed him at police headquarters, where he admitted to committing the 14 robberies — a crime spree he said was fueled by his addictions, the arrest report states.
Jail records indicate Mullner remains in custody at the Clark County Detention Center without bail.


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- A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara;
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Their greatest challenge is Jude, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome - but that will define his life forever.
Brittania by Simon Scarrow
Roman Britain, AD 52. Wounded during a skirmish, Centurion Macro remains behind in charge of the fort as Prefect Cato leads an invasion deep into the hills. Cato's mission: to cement Rome's triumph over the natives by crushing the Druid stronghold. But with winter drawing in, the terrain is barely passable through icy rain and snowstorms. When Macro's patrols report that the natives near the garrison are thinning out, a terrible suspicion takes shape in his mind. Has the acting Governor, Legate Quintatus, underestimated the enemy, his military judgement undermined by ambition?
Circling The Sun by Paula McLain
Beryl Markham was brought up in Kenya by her father, who switched between indulgence and heavy-handed authority. The scourge of governesses and serial absconder from boarding school, by the age of sixteen Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage. Scandalizing high society, she left her husband and became the first woman ever to hold a professional racehorse trainer's licence. After falling in with the hedonistic Happy Valley set, Beryl became embroiled in a complex love triangle with the writer Karen Blixen and big game-hunter Denys Finch Hatton (immortalized in Blixen's memoir Out of Africa). This unhappy affair set tragedy in motion, while awakening Beryl to her true self, and to her fate: to fly.
The Lake House by Kate Morton
June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever.


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If they aren't the biggest drama queens around, these anti-gays.
In the UK, a bus driver refused to get on his bus, and left passengers stranded, because an advertisement on the side of it read: "Some people are gay. Get over it!"
The bus driver was a "Christian" who is terribly oppressed having to serve a public of different beliefs and values.
Earlier this year, an anti-gay Christian group tried to run a series of anti-gay ads claiming falsely that homosexuality can be cured. It can't. And suggesting it can, when it can't, only threatens to put more young kids' lives at risk whether by their own hand, or by anti-gay bullies who take the Bible's message of putting gays to death to heart.
Well, the Mayor of London put his foot down and banned the ads. He said that London is "intolerant of intolerance." That's the quote I always use when the haters try to say that we're being intolerant of their hatred.
The problem with the anti-gay ads is that they're a lie. The head of the largest "ex-gay" group recently admitted that you can't "cure" gay people.
LISA LING: The truth of the matter is that he, and people who are part of the Exodus movement – we spent a lot of time with them, got exclusive access into the Exodus movement – they say that you can't completely turn it off, you can't change your sexual orientation. But you can try to live a life according to what the Bible says, with help.
BARBARA WALTERS: You talked to a great many people, as you say all around the country.
Do you think it is possible to change your sexuality, is that what you've come to as a conclusion.
LISA LING: Even the head of Exodus says he doesn't believe you can change your sexual orientation. He says that he constantly has to fight his attraction for men.
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Laura Elizabeth Pohl is a documentary photographer and filmmaker who has worked with dozens of NGOs in Africa, Asia and the United States. She started NGO Storytelling to share her experiences as a humanitarian photographer and to explore different ways of telling stories about humanitarian issues. Laura believes it's important to show the dignity of all people who have entrusted her with their stories. She lives and works in Baltimore. www.laurapohl.com
Crystaline Kline Randazzo is a professional photographer who works with nonprofits and international organizations to share their stories through photos and videos. Her goal is vibrant, honest, and emotional storytelling that resonates with any audience. She loves creating stories that deserve to be told and living a life of adventure with her husband and their furry Zambian cat. She is based in Johannesburg. www.crystalinerandazzo.com
Laura started NGO Storytelling as a hobby in 2012 after receiving dozens of emails from people wanting advice on how to become a humanitarian photographer. She loved connecting with storytellers and feeling like she was giving back to the community.
A couple years later, Laura and Crystaline met when they both lived in Rwanda. They became friends, then colleagues, then business partners. By this time, NGO Storytelling was languishing as Laura focused her energy on other projects. She was ready to give up on NGO Storytelling. She planned to pen a "goodbye and thank you" final post, archive the website and move on – but she didn't tell anyone.
Then, out of the blue, Crystaline suggested they revive NGO Storytelling together. Ever since, they've worked hard to write blog posts, conduct interviews and produce podcasts that inspire and inform humanitarian storytellers around the world. NGO Storytelling now has almost 1,000 monthly newsletter subscribers and a dedicated community of storytellers.


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Book Review: Naked Britain by Amelia Allen
Naturism, the cultural advocacy and practice of nudity in public and private, has taken on a new life with the member organization, British Naturism (BN). According to a 2009 report, the politically recognized group hosts over 13,000 members across Britain and holds several nude events and holidays annually. Naturists advocate nudity as a form of liberation. They believe unveiling the body dismantles physical and social judgment, and in that freedom the spirit can expand beyond the container, which Amelia Allen captures with a graceful purity in Naked Britain.
The primarily fashion and editorial photographer challenged herself with a documentary project capturing modern British Naturism. Allen fully immersed herself in the naturist culture, photographing all the images in the book in the nude. The project was inspired by a hunger to explore the "rawness, freedom, liberation, and fun" that social nudity elicits. Naked Britain is a social experiment that asks who we are when we stop covering ourselves up, how do we navigate social interactions when we don't have anything to hide behind, and how can we truly be comfortable in our own bodies.
Allen opens her book with a foreword about her induction into the naturists, the literal stripping away of clothes and prejudices, and what she found when nakedness was all there was. Eye contact, she comments, was much more present among the naturists. Despite the full exposure, the body is not the focus; making a connection with one another is what is important. When people are clothed it's easy to scan bodies, it feels safer to scan people rather than make direct eye contact, but without clothes, making eye contact is what is left.
The entirety of the book is shot in black and white. An interesting choice for work that seeks to expose, but similar to the lack of clothing encouraging eye contact, the lack of color encourages a focus on the people in the photograph and not their bodies. Allen comments that of course at first it was shocking seeing so many naked people, but after a short while the shock wore off and she normalized the idea very naturally. The media's influence of glamorized bodies was nonexistent, and there was nothing sexual about it. Her photography of the naturists shows us people at a profound natural state. You forget you're looking at a series of nude photographs, the nudity dissolves and we are taken on a tour of liberation. People having fun in their own skin – that's it.
The work is uplifting and inviting. Allen draws comparisons between the body conscious world of fashion and the world of the naturists in her commentary, but it's not the focus of her work. She acknowledges that there is already a strong movement happening working to redefine "beautiful" in the media. We still have a long way to go, but little by little the media is evolving to a more inclusive portrayal of bodies. More than confronting body image issues, Naked Britain flirts with breaking down the conservative ideology around covering up. Throw your clothes to the wind and relish in feeling the breeze; you may just walk away with a whole new perspective.
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Vishwaroopam II is an upcoming Indian Tamil spy thriller film to be written, directed and co-produced by Kamal Haasan who is also expected to enact the role of the lead. The film is a sequel to Vishwaroopam, which was also written, directed and co-produced by Kamal Haasan.These footages from the second part promise as much action and thrills as the first part delivered. India would be the scene of action majorly in the second part.
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Our Story
The story that lead to where we are today started seven years ago. I was so lucky to have been given the opportunity to volunteer for the annual prom that Dell Children's Blood and Cancer Center do every year for their teen patients. This prom creates the special memory that may have been taken away by cancer or blood disorders. Teens fighting cancer have extremely weak immune systems which prevents them from most of life's events. On this day, the teens get pampered and I was always amazed at how much they would light up and glow after getting their hair and makeup done and getting to put on that beautiful dress. It changed their confidence immediately. After a few years of organizing fashion shows and leading photo shoots, I had vision that would not leave my heart.
I could bring my passions of giving back and fashion together to create another opportunity for these teens to feel as beautiful and confident as they should.
The Dell Children's CBCC Fashion Show was founded in 2015. To our surprise, it was such a hit with the teens, families and clinic staff that it has lead to us just completing our third show in February 2017 with hundreds of people in attendance and so many generous Austin business contributing to make it magical. The teens are the models with the best treatment of fashion from local boutiques and designers, top makeup and hair from local beauty teams and swag bag full of amazing items donated just for them. We were so honored to have Tiffany & Co. donate jewelry pieces for each teen.
I saw what a huge difference helping make these teens feel good does for their hearts.
When we put ourselves "together" in hair, makeup and a great outfit, we seem to feel really good and stand a little taller in that confidence. I truly believe that when we feel we look good, it has amazing power. Now take this idea to children fighting cancer, who already feel the pressure of being what they think they should look like or be like, and it can be so difficult. Now take this idea to mothers fighting right along their babies and have no energy or time to think about themselves. We give them a moment where we provide them the chance to feel this moment of amazingness and it reminds them that not only do we care but they truly are beautiful and so worthy of feeling good.
From this event I decided that we can do more. We can do more as a community. We can because there are so many generous, kind, big hearted people and businesses that want to give back. With a lot of hope and faith, I created Beautifully Loved. We are supported through The Austin Community Foundation in our efforts to bring so much love to families who are fighting pediatric cancer and childhood illnesses.
Our goal is to not only create experiences for patients, mothers, fathers, siblings through wellness, beauty and fashion but create confidence, self love and supported dreams.
We will host monthly events for a chosen group and raise funds through various fundraisers to help support these hopes. Together we can make a difference, big or small. We can be a voice of love. We will stand next to those fighting the fight. We can change lives.


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A technology law attorney with thirty years of experience in the computer and technology fields, Brad is SoDA's general counsel and global legal advisor. He educates SoDA's members about the laws, cases and legal trends that impact the business of digital marketing, focusing in particular on intellectual property and contract issues that are crucial to the viability and stability of digital marketing agencies and their clients. His law firm represents digital agencies and production companies in corporate and IP matters throughout the world.
A former NBC television Technology Law correspondent, Brad is an active member of several technology industry consortiums, and the author of a blog devoted to technology law-related topics (www.bradleygross.com). He has been ranked on seven occasions as a Superlawyer in the area of Information Technology Law. For seven years in a row, he has been ranked by Florida Bar members as being in the top two percent of all Intellectual Property Law attorneys in the State of Florida.


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What a great day to be on the water. I wrote letters to my grandchildren as we traveled a river that continued to take my breath away. The ICW is amazing even in the busy parts. You have to pay attention to your surroundings or you can get in trouble. On another note, litterbugs are not nice people. Just an opinion of those who are not litterbugs.
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It now couldn't be simpler to take your pet abroad. A pet passport is valid three weeks following vaccination for Rabies subject to conditions itemised below. Some restrictions apply to the breed of dogs* you can take abroad, the countries your pet can visit* and the ports of embarkation and re-entry* that you can use. The pet passport scheme covers the EEC and most other European countries, North America, Australia and most island nations, and allows you to use most large British ports and airports*.
How do I obtain a first passport for my pet and how soon can I
First of all your pet must have an identity chip inserted then a vaccination against rabies. A passport can be issued following the rabies vaccine and your pet can leave and return to the UK 3 weeks following the vaccination, subject to conditions relevant to the countries you are visiting. Puppies and kittens must be at least 12 weeks old before they can vaccinated and at least 2 weeks should have elapsed following any other vaccinations. This means that the youngest age at which they can possibly travel is 15 weeks. Passports can only be issued by a government licenced vet. Veterinary Surgeon Martin Atkinson is licenced for this purpose.
How long is the passport valid?
The length of validity of a passport varies according to the rabies vaccine used and the country of issue. As we use a three year rabies vaccine all passports currently issued by us will be valid from the start date until three years following the rabies vaccine. Boosters must be given on time to maintain validity. However, some countries may impose their own restrictions on duration of validity so you should check this before you travel*. If you intend to stay in another country for an extended period (typically greater than 3 months) your pet may deemed to be resident and become subject to the regulations of that country and more frequent rabies vaccines may be necessary*.
Is there anything else I need to do to leave or re-enter the
The pet passport is all you need to leave the UK with your dog or cat to travel to the EEC and most other European countries but in order to re-enter the UK they must be treated for tapeworm with an authorised product by a government licenced vet 1-5 days before you return. Most non-European countries impose additional entry requirements and you should check with them or DEFRA* before you leave. Even if additional health certificates are not an entry requirement for countries you intend to visit, they may be required to travel by air or by a shipping agent. Although treatment against tapeworm is all that is currently obligatory to return to the UK, dogs and cats are at risk from certain potentially fatal exotic diseases that are prevalent abroad. This applies to most of southern Europe, especially Mediterranean countries and it is advisable therefore to treat your pet against ticks, sandflies and mosquitoes before and during travel if your are visiting these areas. Click on the link to learn more about exotic diseases, their vectors and prevention protocols.
How much does a passport cost?
The costs include the microchip (if not already inserted), a rabies vaccine and an administration charge for the issue of the passport. A fee will also be charged for subsequent rabies boosters and for updating the passport. These charges vary from time to time so please call the clinic for current fees. There may be some additional fees for procedures necessary to satisfy entry requirements for certain countries such as blood tests and additional certification, and these can be considerable.
* Further information is available from the APHA Centre for International Trade by visiting their website at:
https://www.gov.uk/take-pet-abroad/overview or calling 03000200301
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The contents of this page relates only to travelling with a dog or cat on a pet passport based on our understanding of current regulations. It is your responsibility to ensure that this information is correct and that you are able to comply with regulations related to the export or import of animals and we can take no responsibility for any issues related to travelling with your pets based on this information.We suggest that you check with DEFRA and the representatives of the countries to which you intend to travel that this information is correct and up to date and that no other restrictions apply.
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The death of Qualji's reigning tigress Meera (T37) and companion of the area's formidable male Fateh (T42) was an unexpected and saddening event. The official report of the autopsy is still awaited, nonetheless from statements issued by officials after the post-mortem we believe that the death was caused by multiple organ failure leading to a massive cardiac arrest. Cirrhosis of the liver, excessive fat deposits and a subsequent haemorrhaging of vital organs compounded the problem. No traces of toxins were found in the body. Read More Not Just another Tiger
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Kimochis® Activity Kit for Defence Families (HERO)
Kimochis® Activity Kit for Defence Families (HERO)
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Every parent wishes for a happy, healthy, confident child. One very important part of being happy, healthy, and confident is learning how to understand and express feelings and have positive, loving relationships. The Kimochis Activity Kit for Defence Families is a tool you can use to help each other express thoughts and feelings that otherwise may be very difficult to share.
Defence families know all too well that feelings can run high before, during, and after a family member leaves home for service. When families prepare for the predictable emotions that can arise during separation, the family is better prepared to:
Manage emotions and challenges in a way that helps each family member feel understood
Be supportive, understanding, and compassionate toward one another's emotional needs
Strengthen parent-child and parent-parent connections
Stay unified during separations
Celebrate and reintegrate the service member back home in a way that both honours and guides a positive transition
And, the activities in the Kimochis Activity Kit for Defence Families aren't just for times of separation. The activities in each section can be used anytime to enhance family communication and parent-child bonding or whenever your children wish to share their feelings.
Note for Educators & Other Professionals:
This activity book has been written directly for defence families, but we know that other professionals will also find the content useful. This book has been intentionally directed to families, knowing that professionals will be able to adapt the activities as needed for their own practice.
Kimochis Hero - 13 inch plush character
Hero is a service dog and the natural leader in the Kimochis pack. He is protective, loyal, a bit aggressive, and always up for an adventure. Like many dogs, Hero gets distracted by certain smells, excited by noises, and overly protective when he senses danger. When Hero gets a little nervous and impatient, he tends to bark out commands that usually startle his friends. Hero needs to learn that even though his bark might be worse than his bite, finding a gentler tone of voice will always guide him where he wants to go a lot faster with his friends and family. Hero's favourite colour is blue and his favourite number is 1.
Kimochis Nesting Heart - One plush heart nestled inside another plush heart.
During service, training, or deployment, or even regular day-to-day separations the service member parent can take the inner heart with them while the family keeps the outer heart at home. The hearts are a physical symbol that says, "Even though we are apart, we are always in each other's hearts."
Two Mixed Bags of Mini Feelings - 15 feelings included in each bag: Nervous, Happy, Sad, Mad, Loved, Scared, Excited, Brave, Proud, Sorry, Grateful, Frustrated, Kind, Left Out, and Cranky. One bag of Feelings can go with the service member parent when they are away on duty and the other bag can stay at home. Mini Feelings can be clipped to the carabiner key chain and attached to a backpack, purse, lunchbox or belt loop as a way to express your true feelings.
Hero's Big Adventure - In this 32-page hard cover picture book, Hero is heading out on a big adventure! Saying good-bye to his friends isn't easy. And when Hero returns, he doesn't seem quite like he's ready to be home. Hero's Big Adventure was written for any family faced with times of separation, especially defence families. An additional note for caregivers from communication expert Ellen Pritchard Dodge, M. Ed. CCC-SLP includes helpful tips for guiding children through challenging emotional moments.
Kimochis Activity Book for Defence Families - This 80 page book includes eight chapters worth of fun and memorable family activities that help build connection and keep the lines of communication open during the different stages of separation that military families experience.
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Ever think about joining a startup or applying for an Accelerator programme, like Creative HQ's Lightning Lab?
There's a fantastic way to test the waters – Startup Weekend.
Startup Weekend is an immersive 54-hour event in which teams create startups. It's fast-paced, intense and full of the highs and lows that give you a glimpse of what #startuplife is like.
At the start of the weekend, people – anyone that wants to – gets up and pitches their idea for a startup, and teams form around the most compelling ideas and pitchers.
Then as a team, you try to test whether your business is something that solves a real-life problem (by getting out of the building), you build the product or service (building what you need to demonstrate how it will work), and create a compelling story about why your business is going to be successful (your pitch for the end of the event).
There have been some really successful startups that began their life at a Startup Weekend (like Banqer), but not every team continues working on their business after the weekend – that's not the main point of the weekend.
The main point is that everyone leaves the weekend absolutely buzzing from meeting fantastic people from their community, full of new ideas, grand schemes and great food, and feels they have really experienced what it's like to start your own business.
Startup Weekends are held all around the world.
The next event in Wellington will take place 26 – 28 May 2017. Tickets are limited so get in quick.
Thinking about coming to startup Weekend? Or already amping up? Dip your toe in the water at our WARMUP events!
Hacking the Demo WARMUP event – May 8th, 2017
Building the Team WARMUP event – May 15th, 2017
Applied Design WARMUP event – May 22nd, 2017
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by Valerie Flokstra, Book Review Editor jaBlog!
Twelve-year-old Victoria Krylova's book isn't a book of poems, but it might just be the kickstarter for yours.
91 Days of Fall Poetry Inspiration is a 14-page book of creative poetry prompts. As the instructions at the beginning of Victoria's book state:
"There are two ways to use this book. One way would be to go straight through. Use the prompt for Day 1 on your first day of using this book, the prompt for Day 2 on your second, and so on. This will help you build the habit of writing every day, and you just might write some pretty good poems. You can also just skim through this book until you find a prompt that sparks an idea, whenever you need inspiration."
I would recommend the consistent sharpening of skills through daily writing. But there is something to be said for picking up this book and finding inspiration when you're itching for poetry ideas. If you enjoy variety, then Victoria's book is definitely a good book for you. The prompts will challenge you to write across the range of poetry styles, from iambic and limerick, to dactylic, and you have my compliments if you know what all three of those are. These unique styles, combined with topics from November to nuts to rain boots, make this a superb book of poetry prompts.
91 Days of Fall Poetry Inspiration can be purchased on Lulu.com.
I'd also like to remind all you young writers that there are so many different forms of writing. Books don't have to be long. They don't have to have complicated themes. They only have to be created by you! My advice is to write something now. I wish you all the best on your way to publishing something!


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It's amazing how easily one can gain a few pounds when your metabolism takes a nose dive in your
Apparently not. *Sigh.
Well, if that weren't a bad enough set back on my never ending fight against belly bulge then the 12 hour road trip we took this last weekend to Utah with 4 kids certainly put the nail on the diet coffin. While we did bring along apples and healthy trail mix, they went so well with Twizzlers and chocolate covered raisins that we decided to buy some cookies to top it off. Perfectly reasonable right?
Now, how to lose those 10 pounds gained in 2 short weeks after I've been fighting to lose 20 since who the hell knows when? *Double sigh, big fat pout.
Here's the back of the ship where my sweetie and I loved to sit and relax..... and snack.... a lot.
Can you blame us? I mean really. Look at the view. And the weather was just so unbelievably cool and perfect compared to the miserable heat we are used to here in Phoenix.
We didn't spend ALL of our time on our butts stuffing our mouths.
We had some pretty amazing adventures too.
Here we are zip lining through the 200 foot tall trees in Ketchikan, AK.
We had some pretty amazing adventures too.
Here we are zip lining through the 200 foot tall trees in Ketchikan, AK.
Me and my baby sister Rachel.
Did I mention that due to the glaciers that swept over the land many years ago, the soil is only 4-6" deep?
Did you catch that? That's INCHES, not feet.
We were swinging from super tall trees that are hanging on for their dear lives in soil that is too shallow to plant carrots in!
And we took one frieking amazing, hold onto your hats fast bike ride 32 mies from Canada back to Skagway, AK. This was by far the highlight of my trip! The scenery was breath taking.
So, how to fit back into my pants?
It's a good thing I discovered quinoa some time ago and shortly after figured out how to make it unbelievable delicious.
It's the feta. No, it's the toasted pine nuts. NO! It's the white balsamic vinaigrette.
O.K., all of these things plus the squeeze of lemon, freshness of the parsley and zip of the sweet peppers make this quinoa toss very addictive and satisfyng. My tummy thanks me.
1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
1 big handful grape or cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1 big handful sweet peppers minced
1 big handful parsley, minced
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup feta, crumbled
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon white balsamic vinaigrette
freshly cracked white pepper
squeeze fresh lemon juice
Put quinoa into a fine sieve and rinse thoroughly to remove natural 'soapy' film. Cook according to package directions, usually 1:1 parts quinoa-water, bring to a gentle boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
If you please, toast pine nuts on a dry cast iron skillet until golden brown to bring out flavor.
Using a small food processor or knife, finely dice sweet peppers, garlic and parsley.
In a large bowl, toss together still warm quinoa, feta, peppers, parsley, pine nuts and tomatoes.
Drizzle in oil and vinaigrette. Toss to combine. Add lemon and pepper to taste.
Serve warm or chilled.
For dinner, we prefer the warm version where the feta is just slightly creamy and the flavors melt together.


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First Responders: Behavioral Health Concerns
$3.00 | CE Hours:1.00 | Intermediate
CE Course Description
First responders are usually the first on the scene to face challenging, dangerous, and draining situations, as well the the first to reach out to disaster survivors and provide emotional and physical support. This CE course discusses the challenges encountered by first responders during regular duty as well as following disasters, sheds more light on the risks and behavioral health consequences of serving as a first responder, and presents steps that can be taken to reduce these risks either on the individual or institutional levels.
Author: SAMHSA DTAC, Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin. First Responders: Behavioral Health Concerns, Emergency Response, and Trauma. (2018, May). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Retrieved from: https://www.samhsa.gov/dtac/disaster-behavioral-health-resources/supplemental-research-bulletin
CE Course Objectives
1. Explain three factors behind collateral behavioral health damage in first responders.
2. Recall how the proximity to the epicenter of the disaster is associated with mental health issues.
3. Identify the core risk factor for first responders.
4. Give four reasons why police officers are at increased risk of negative mental health consequences.
CE Outline with Main Points
1. Background - First Responders' Behavioral Health
a. Behavioral Health Conditions in Emergency Medical Services Personnel
b. Behavioral Health Conditions in Firefighters
c. Behavioral Health Conditions in Police Officers
2. Risk and Protective Factors for Behavioral Health in First Responders
a. Pre-disaster / Event Risk and Protective Factors
b. Risk and Protective Factors During the Disaster / Event
c. Post-disaster / Event Risk and Protective Factors
3. Interventions to Reduce Behavioral Health Risks for First Responders
a. General and Institutional Interventions
b. Public Health Intervention Models
Course Development: Each course is identified and reviewed by the appropriate Quantum Units Education consultant with professional and licensed expertise in the various disciplines we serve. Our professional consultants oversee course development to satisfy the needs of various professionals based on their board requirements, rate course degree of difficulty and ensure the course content and exam questions are appropriate, relevant and comprehensive. See our professional staff and their bios here.
*Board Approvals for this course can be found here.
*Questions regarding how to take a course, refunds, grievance policy and ADA policy can be found here.
*Questions regarding this course or need support? Contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Added On: 2018-09-03


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Lone Star Sports Entertainment
Summer 2009 Site Review
My internship with Lone Star Sports & Entertainment has been a hectic and educational one. Lone Star Sports & Entertainment is a company owned and operated by the Houston Texans. We are in charge of bringing in non football events to Reliant stadium. The crucial thing to know in this type of internship is that every day is different. There can be a set schedule for Tuesday and then something happens Monday at 5:15 p.m. and your entire schedule for Tuesday has changed. However in an average day I wake up at 7:00 a.m. It is crucial to eat a good breakfast because lunch time varies every day. The work day technically starts at 8:30 a.m. and goes until 5:30 p.m. The Texans participate in Tex-Flex time which allows you to come to work between 8:30 and 9:00, but that means you leave between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. The mornings would generally be a little slow. Everyone is working on their own individual assignments. Usually between 9:00 – 10:00 o'clock things start to pick up. Supervisors will begin to ask for projects to get finished. Projects can be literally anything. Past projects have been making binders of PowerPoint presentations, research, grass root marketing, setting up events, mailing packages or really anything that they could possibly need help with. While there were times that my work would seem unimportant, I knew that without my help my department would be flooded with extra work to do. While there was a lot of work to be done the experience I gained from this internship is priceless. I have begun to build bridges with people from work that hopefully will be able to help me later in life. I have grown as an individual and as an employee because of this opportunity. I was also able to get a better understanding of the professional sports industry.


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At this time of festive quizzes here is a fab question: 'What is the oldest .com?'
1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
The thing that really sticks out for me is that it took 12 months for the first 10 URL's to be registered. Apple.com was 19 Feb 1987 by the way. Info from the ever useful Stumble via jottings.com


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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Foundation donates to SAL's Rural Children's Health in the Amazonas Project
The Emily Sandall Foundation donated to the Rural Children's Health in the State of Amazonas Project run by Shine-a-Light. "The Amazon presents extraordinary challenges for health care, especially for babies and young children: tropical and European diseases, poor drinking water … Continue reading
Shine a Light's Urban Amazon Project a big success
"For the last twenty years, the urban center of São Gabriel, Amazonas, has become a destination for indigenous families seeking work, education, and goods from the outside world . Shine a Light initiated contact with the village of Itacoatiara, a … Continue reading


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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Lucky Licorice Ferns
Licorice Fern: Marching to the beat of a different drummer
By Bruce Rottink, Volunteer Nature Guide and Retired Research Forester
As we head into the winter season, we say goodbye to the leaves of the deciduous trees and shrubs. We bid a fond farewell to the last tattered remnants of low-growing favorites like the Pacific trillium (Trillium ovatum). If you think the forest plants are all going to sleep for the winter, you'd better not tell the licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)! For this plant, the late fall and early winter rains are the signal that "happy days are here again!" Most (and remember, I said "most") of the licorice fern at Tryon Creek State Natural Area is found growing on the mossy stems and stumps of trees, like the fern in the picture below.
Red alder (Alnus rubra) and bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) seem to be particularly favored host trees. Some people have asked if the licorice fern is hurting the tree. In answer, I share my general rule for things in the forest: With the exception of some insects (which camouflage themselves by being green) anything that is green is making its own food, and if it's not green, it's not making its own food. The ferns are green, hence, they are making their own food. As for water, they are soaking it up from the moss in which they inevitably seem to grow. A final advantage of growing on the side of the tree is that it raises this relatively short plant above the brutal competition found on the forest floor.
Further evidence of the fern's independence from the tree comes from nearby George Rogers Park in Lake Oswego. At that park I have observed licorice fern growing in a moss-filled depression on a large rock. Clearly it isn't getting any carbohydrate (like sugars) from the rock!
Fern ID
Before we go any farther, it might be best to make sure you can distinguish licorice fern from another similar plant in Tryon Creek SNA, the sword fern (Polystichum munitum). The sword fern commonly grows directly on the ground. The dead giveaway as to which is which is how the leaflet (technically a pinna) is attached to the midrib of the leaf. The sword fern leaflet is attached by a single thin structure (see red arrow in left hand picture below) to the midrib of the frond. In contrast, the entire base of the licorice fern leaflet is attached to the midrib of the frond, as shown in the right-hand picture below.
A closer look
To better understand the licorice fern, we need to take a look at the whole plant, not just the part we can easily see. The three most important parts of the fern can be seen in the photo below. This piece of fern was in a large clump of moss that was blown out of a tree during a storm.
The blue arrow points to a "frond" which is the green leafy part of the fern. The frond photosynthesizes, using light, water and carbon dioxide to make sugar to feed the plant. The fronds usually live less than a year. The red arrow points to the rhizome, which is essentially the stem of the plant. Like most stems, the rhizome lasts from year to year, and is responsible for producing both the buds that will grow into fronds, as well as the roots. The diameter of the rhizomes I've seen is about half that of a pencil. The green arrow points to a rhizoid, which functions just like a root. The rhizoids absorb the water and minerals the fern needs to grow. The rhizoids also anchor the ferns to the side of the tree. I have measured licorice fern rhizoids up to 30 cm (about 12 inches) long.
Fronds, fronds, and more fronds
If you've ever gazed at licorice fern, you may have wondered how many plants are growing on the tree or stump. There may not be a simple answer. As the photo below shows, the rhizomes are capable of branching, and producing new fronds on each branch. Thus a single plant could spread out and cover a large area.
The cycle begins
The moss plays a key role for most licorice fern. In the winter, the moss soaks up and holds the water that the fern needs to grow. And this is the secret to the fern's being out of step with the rest of the forest. In the late spring, and early summer, as the temperatures rise, and the Oregon rains slack off, the moss dries out. When the moss dries out, the licorice fern loses both its water supply and its leaves. Then it "rests" for the duration of the summer.
The following photos taken of a single tree along the Old Main trail are representative of the annual cycle of the typical licorice fern. The cycle starts with the tree sporting just one tiny licorice fern frond on October 1. The photos end the next year with the mature fronds dying off on June 1, after which it will remain bare throughout the summer.
And so the annual cycle continues. If you're watching carefully, you might see a small number of tiny licorice fern fronds emerging about late August. My observations over a couple of years suggest that most of these early young fronds represent a "false start" and that they quickly die while they are still quite small.
Ground dwellers
While the typical licorice fern grows on the side of a tree or a stump, there are occasional clumps that appear to be growing on the ground. I've found that most of these clumps are ferns growing on a heavily moss-covered downed log which is in a very advanced state of decay. In some of these "ground dwelling" clumps, the fronds persist over the summer. For example, the cluster of fronds below are growing on an extremely rotten fallen log along the Red Fox trail. The picture was taken in mid-summer, when no tree-trunk-based fern bore green fronds.
This observation leads to an important ecological principle, namely that plants don't grow in spots which are the absolutely best environments, but rather in those environments which at least meet the plant's minimum requirements, and in which the plant has the best competitive advantage. Thus most licorice ferns grow on the trunks of trees where the limited moisture causes them to lose all their fronds in the summer. This in spite of the fact that the fern fronds in the picture above are perfectly happy to hang on and grow all summer!


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I 've fielded quite a lot of questions recently about the future of the Baker City Herald and The Observer in La Grande but I've found myself, often as not, pondering instead the newspapers' pasts. This is no small thing, no small span.
Our legacies are considerable, the history of our businesses as intertwined with our communities' as are mining and logging and farming and ranching.
The Herald traces its lineage to the Bedrock Democrat, which published its first issue on May 11, 1870. That was less than nine years after a group of prospectors discovered gold in a gulch near the present site of Baker City, which itself was started just six years before the Herald's forebear came off the press.
Which means, if I've done the math correctly (or, rather, if I've entered the proper figures into my calculator), that the Herald will celebrate its 150th anniversary a little more than a year from now.
The Observer is only a bit less venerable, with a journalism record dating to 1896.
And so when people ask me, in the tentative way most people use when broaching a potentially unpleasant topic, what I think is going to happen with the newspapers, I inevitably insert "optimistic" into my response.
And I do so in part because all those years and decades carry for me a considerable weight. The notion that these two businesses which have brought news to our communities for more than a century — indeed, for nearly a century and a half in the Herald's case — would cease to chronicle life in our corner of Oregon seems to me improbable, if not unthinkable.
Tragic, certainly.
I understand, of course, that history, no matter how extensive or rich, is no guardian of the future.
When the Herald and The Observer debuted, the livery stable was still a profitable enterprise. But these days you're not going to find a place in downtown Baker City or La Grande or Enterprise suitable for tying up a horse for a couple hours while you visit the mercantile or perhaps slake your thirst with a cold beer.
The world moves on, and businesses once seen as necessary, even immortal, become obsolete.
In the case of the livery stable, and the horse-powered world it represents, the internal combustion engine was responsible for its demise.
Some would argue that the internet and its many digital tentacles will do — indeed, are already doing — to newspapers and other "traditional" media what the gas-fueled automobile and tractor did to the owners of livery stables and the makers of buggy whips (and of course buggies).
But when I compare the two I don't see anything like a parallel case.
That the internal combustion engine was an improvement over the horse in every way (except, I suppose, possibly the aesthetic, depending on whether your nose prefers the odor of dung over the sharp scent of distilled petroleum) is beyond dispute.
Yet I have seen nothing to convince me that the supposed digital replacements for newspapers — Facebook pages and their ilk — even in the most generous definition constitute an ersatz substitute.
I don't question their popularity, to be sure. That ubiquitous blue lower-case "f" occupies my computer and smartphone screens too.
But I shudder at the prospect of having to rely solely on any online source, with their anonymity-fueled exaggerations and infantile character assassinations, to tell me what my city council or school board is up to.
The only digital exceptions to this, in my view, are the websites that newspapers themselves, including the Herald and The Observer, produce — electronic replicas of the quality journalism we print on paper three days each week.
The ultimate proof of the continuing relevance and popularity of our newspapers, I believe, is that both remain profitable despite the immense technological changes that the internet era has brought.
I understand why readers are curious about the future of the Herald and The Observer. It is a natural reaction after reading last week that our parent company, Western Communications, just a couple months after making a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, now is trying to sell its newspapers.
The key word here, though, is "sell."
You sell only things that have value, of course — and the Herald and The Observer are valuable.
I mean this in two ways.
There is the monetary value, and it reflects the willingness of businesses to pay us to advertise their products and services in our pages. They do this because you, and our thousands of other subscribers, are willing to pay us to learn what's happening in their communities.
This has been the case, for the Herald, almost as far back as the Civil War. And it has continued to be so, for both newspapers, through wars and droughts and depressions, a role we have played with the reliability of August's torrid heat and the October yellowing of the tamaracks, a consistency which has few, if any, peers.
But our newspapers are also valuable in ways that can't be quantified in dollars and cents or even in years, but which are, I believe, equally and perhaps even more important than the numbers on a spreadsheet or a calendar.
The Herald and The Observer represent the heart, rendered in ink and paper, of the communities whose people and businesses and institutions we have followed and described and narrated for so long in ways that generate laughter and tears, agreement and hearty, respectful dissent.
There is no better way to appreciate this awesome span than to walk the room-spanning rows of volumes that bind every issue of our publications over many decades (the collections, alas, are not complete, as archiving during the 19th century was not as thorough).
There are hundreds of these books and each is quite a stout thing, requiring considerable effort to pry it from between its neighbors and lug its barbell-like weight to a table.
(And a wide table it should be, as each volume stands about as tall as a kindergartner.)
The sheer volume of information that the newspapers have compiled confounds my ability to comprehend. I feel a trifle fuzzy in the head when I ponder it, as I do when I try to understand the number of stars and galaxies in the universe.
The numbers in this case don't require so many digits, of course. But it is still an immense chronicle. Imagine how many thousands of people appear in this long and continuing story, how many of their triumphs and tragedies, how many games won and lost, how many faces smiling on the front page, how many lives bookended with a birth announcement and an obituary in the very same newspaper, the former typed by a reporter who like as not had already gone to the grave by the time the latter was printed.
The Herald and The Observer were there for it all.
And through it all, we have depended, as a person depends on oxygen, on our communities.
I'd like to believe their residents feel the same about the newspapers. I previously referred to the papers as "ours" and I mean that in the best and the purest sense of the word. I chose that all-inclusive pronoun because I believe the newspapers, in the most elemental way, belong to us all, as do the other persistent institutions, the schools and churches and libraries, without which a town is just a place.


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1881 – Born on the 9th of February in London.
1904 – He entered the Colonial Service and served in Kenya.
1910 – He married Edith Juliet Mary Adams.
1930 – He became the Chief Secretary of Northern Rhodesia.
1934 – He served as the Chief Secretary of Gold Coast.
1935 – He became the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British Guiana.
1937 – He became the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hong Kong.
1948 – He died on the 27th of October.


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Get a FREE Alphabet Baseball Beginning Sound Sort
Is your child a fan of baseball? This baseball alphabet beginning sound sort will help your child with vocabulary, beginning sounds, and letter recognition. Get your free printable by clicking on the blue button at the end of the post. Counting and one to...Continue reading »


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ABU is a journey to the centre of a fragmented family while they grapple with religion, sexuality, colonialism and migration. Pakistani-Muslim filmmaker Arshad Khan takes viewers through the tense relationships between family and fate, conservatism and liberalism and modernity and familiarity.
Director : Arshad Khan
Producers : Sergeo Kirby, Arshad Khan
Broadcasters : CBC, Documentary Channel, RDI
Festivals : Frameline41, LA Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival
Release : April 13 in Canada


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The press release for tonight's show:
MMA Superstar Josh Barnett Announces
Japanese Benefit Show; All Shall Perish Headlining
House of Blues – Sunset
May 26
(Los Angeles – May 23, 2011) It's common knowledge that actions speak louder than words and MMA superstar Josh Barnett is truly a man of action as he has spearheaded a relief fund to help the victims of the recent travesty that hit Japan. Barnett is very open about his love of heavy metal and he knew it made perfect sense to put together a show that featured some of the metal's best acts to raise some money for this very worthy cause.
This special event featuring All Shall Perish, Animals As Leaders, Cattle Decapitation, Abysmal Dawn, Internal Corrosion and Thrown Into Exile is set to take place at the House of Blues in Hollywood on May 26th and all proceeds go directly to the American Red Cross Japanese relief effort. Tickets are only $15 and are on-sale now at www.hob.com or at www.ticketmaster.com
Barnett states: "As someone that has worked in Japan over the last nine years and even lived there for a time I felt an obligation to try and help a country which has shown so much love and hospitality to me over the years. This event dealt a devastating blow to the 'Land of The Rising Sun,' not only economically but to the hearts, minds and souls of its people. I don't think that my event can in any way reverse what has happened or completely restore a country and its people, but music has the power to move the heart and soul. That kind energy can reach masses and be transferred to others and if even one person can be helped, it was worth it. In any form that we can generate funds, support and just simply the bushido spirit to all those affected by this we will be successful and keep the sun forever rising in Japan."
"I am incredibly lucky and thankful for all the bands, companies and people that have helped me organize such an awesome show and I not only look forward to seeing everyone there but to sit back and be a fan myself. I'll be the big blonde guy headbanging, horns in the air."
Ben Orum (guitarist of All Shall Perish) further comments: "We would like to personally thank Josh Barnett for inviting us to play this very special Japanese relief benefit show. What happened over there was a travesty and while it's easy to not think about the events that took place because we are so far away, we hope to remind people how much help is still needed." We will be performing some new material off of our upcoming CD, This is Where it Ends, so come out and check it out! Check out the link below for a sneak peak to some of our new material. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UKYTmbzrQw


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Get ready to Boogie! On Sunday September 10 the center lanes of the Grand Concourse from 162nd Street to 170th Street will be closed to cars and open to a world of fun with free music, art and fitness programs hosted by organizations from the Bronx and beyond.
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Earlier Event: July 22OZY Fest 2017
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As a family photographer specialising in capturing real family life I often get asked for photography tips. We are so lucky to live in a time whereby we always have a camera on us. Here I've written my top 10 tip to get the most out of photographing your life on your phone camera.
What could be more magical than capturing those father-daughter or father-son moments as they happen, in your own family environment recorded in photographs to treasure forever. Whether it's at home, the park, the beach or somewhere else meaningful to your family, this very special family photoshoot opportunity is an ideal Father's Day gift.


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Success for Paralympic Gold medallist Sarah Storey as she revisits the Tour of Limousin in France
A tired but happy trio who secured 4th on the team classification and pictured with our super soigneur, Colin Baldwin
Two years ago the Tour of Limousin was my first stage race in women's professional cycling and I lost 24 minutes on the first stage alone. It was a baptism of fire for the road stages but I managed to salvage a decent result to finish 13th in the Individual Time Trial stage. I left the race though thinking I would never have what it took to get through the challenging roads of the Limousin region.
What a difference a couple of years can make and with a bit more experience of racing at this level and a few significant tweaks to the set up on my bike for the 2012 season, I felt more confident I could perform better, work for our team leader Carla Ryan and hoped to be able to make the top 20 on the overall classification at the end of four tough stages.
We knew it was going to be a tough tour, not least because the road stages were all over 120km in length, but also because alongside the Thuringen Rundfahrt Stage race being held at the same time, the Tour of Limousin was one of the final races on the calendar prior to the Olympic Games Road Races. As such, some of the big names for the Olympics were amongst us in the bunch, and arguably the biggest name in women's cycling at the moment, Marianne Vos was one such rider.
Stage One was a 130km stage just north of Limoges and as we set off, the rain started to pour before the sun came out and baked us. With over 120 fresh legs in the bunch and a severe cross wind, the fight for the front was fierce and as we hit the first of the climbs, riders were already being shelled, with me almost being one of them!
The technical but short circuit in the first 30km almost caught me out, but once the group thinned out, I was able to get myself back to the front and into the first group on the road. This group of about 30 riders had already been dropped by Marianne Vos, who was on the attack very early in the stage and had taken another two riders with her.
We were losing time rapidly to Marianne, who had dropped her breakaway companions by the finish, but there was never an organised chase and riders just kept trying to attack the group on their own and gain an advantage. Escentual For VioRed had three riders in this group and we tried to go with the attacks but nothing was sticking, until just before the end when I went to cover a move inside the last 5km.
The rest of the group didn't chase me and although I never reached the rider I was chasing, I stayed away to take 5th on the stage. Unfortunately, the team lost two of our starting five riders. Sarah Kent's back injury reared its ugly head again on one of the tough climbs and she was unable to continue whilst Claire Galloway fell victim to some dodgy bike handling from another rider and was shoved off the road and bounced down the gully to the side of the road and bent her cranks leaving her bike unrideable. With no suitable spare and over 90km left of the stage Claire couldn't finish.
Both girls did an amazing job in supporting us for the rest of the week and in the end we were probably the best supported team there!
Stage Two was the individual time trial stage and on a testing, technical route. Narrow twisty lanes, no flat sections, but fast descents, power climbs and nowhere to get into a rhythm meant it was going to be about concentrating hard and a real test of bike handling and reading the road ahead.
I was fortunate to have been able to ride the course twice during our training days before the race and this meant I could virtually memorise the technical sections and work out my gearing for the race. Most of the time trials we race in the UK are incredibly dull in comparison to this course and I loved the feeling of flying through the corners on my Time Trial bike and really being able to test myself both on and off the tri-bars.
Starting 5th from last, I was getting some good time checks on the riders ahead and almost caught the rider in front of me, who had been the overall winner of the Tour in the previous two years. Crossing the line, I had the second fastest time, but then two of the four riders behind me came in quicker, including Marianne Vos. The stage winner was also wearing the best young rider jersey and she was 34 seconds ahead of me.
Fourth on the stage was the top 5 I had been hoping for and gave me 6th on General Classification and my team mates, Carla and Lisanne were now both in the top 20 overall as well, meaning we had a strong position in the team classification.
Stage 3 was another 130km stage and all on tiny twisting roads, with lots of gravel and a constantly hilly route. The scenery was amazing, but again there was no chance to admire it as the speed was high from the gun and the pace didn't settle down until another break went up the road.
I was with Carla in the group behind the break on what proved to be a technically challenging day for me and although I had a dig towards the end of the stage, we finished in the bunch having decided we would need to wait to the final day to see whether we could get up the road ourselves.
Going into the final day, of 120km, I was 9th on GC and far exceeding my own expectations for the tour. If I could stay in the top 10 it would be brilliant, but I needed to put in some work at the front to give Carla a platform to get up the road with the expected attack from Vos.
After about 35km of racing, the roads had been heavy but the group was still pretty much together so I hit the front to drive the pace before going on the attack straight after the first sprint prime of the day and as we approached the hilliest section of the route.
Hoping that someone might come with me, I found myself alone out front and stretching out a lead to the peloton of about 90 seconds before I got news that Marianne Vos was coming across the gap with my team mate Carla on her tail! It was fantastic to see them as I had been on my own taking the mountains points for about 25km and we worked together for a short way until the Russian rider who was also with them, let the wheel go and I found myself in no man's land and riding by myself to the finish.
Marianne stormed ahead with Carla and eventually soloed to the finish for the stage and overall victory. I managed to maintain my gap ahead of the peloton and so Carla and I finished 2nd and 3rd on the stage. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would get to stand on the podium with Marianne Vos and Carla!
My attack had secured 9th on the overall and Escentual For VioRed could boast two in the top 10, as Carla's ride also elevated her into 8th position. For a small team, it was unprecedented and as an added bonus I was also awarded with the Combative Award from the organisers!
Although we were only 3 riders for most of the tour, we were incredibly well looked after by the team of people we had with us and with our on the bike fuel supplied by CNP Professional, there is no doubt it all made a huge difference over the tough terrain.
A huge thanks to everyone involved with the Escentual For VioRed team, I can't believe our 3 tours of the year are now over, it must mean the Paralympic Games are even closer!
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Other Results on VeloUK (including reports containing results)
- Result: Clwb Beicio Egni Hill Climb
- Result: New Forest CC 10m TT
- Result: Chew Valley CC Hill Climb
- National Trophy: Derby – Rd 1 (day 2)
- Result: Exeter Whs Hill Climb
- Result: Halifax Imperial Hill Climb
- Result: Yorkshire 2019 Para-Cycling Int.
- National Trophy CX – Derby: Rd 1 (Day 1)
- Result: Ennerdale End of Season Points Grabber 3
- Result: Surrey League Handicap Championship
- Result: TLI Cycling Time Trial Champs
- Result: Revolve24 Youth National Series
- Result: Ignite Youth Crits
- Result: VC Glasgow South 22m TT
- Result: Northampton & District CA 14.9m TT
- Result: 2nd Nateby Classic
- Result: Archie Speed Memorial 2-Up
- Result: Mark Evans Memorial Trophy Races
- Result: Weaver Valley Hill Climb
- Result: Welsh Cyclo-Cross League Rd 2
- Result: Bourne Wheelers 18m TT
- Result: Springfield Financial 10m TT
- Result: Bath CC Hardriders 25
- Result: Beacon Wheelers Hill Climb
- Result: Westerley CC 25m TT
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- Result: VC Equipe Autumn Cup 1
- Result: Duffus/Lossiemouth RR
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- Result: Paceline RT 10m Time Trial
- Result: Liverpool Braveheart BC 2-Up
- Result: Parentini Wessex CX League 1
- Result: London/SE CX League Round 2
- Result: WM CX League Round 2
- Result: WCTTCA 50m Time Trial
- Result: ECCA 25m TT
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- Paracycling Worlds Final Day
- News: Van Avermaet wins GP Montreal
- News: More Gold for Sarah Storey
- News: Rainbow Stripes for GB in Holland
- Second Stage win at 2019 Vuelta for Gilbert
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- News: Alaphilippe Prepares for worlds in Canada
- Jon Dibben Joins Lotto Soudal
- News: James Knox Climbing Brilliantly
- Team News: Ben Swift Stays with Ineos
- News: 10th Grand Tour stage for Gilbert
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- News: Sidwells on Tour at Ribble
- News: GB announces World Long List
- News: Quartermann to ride Brussels Classic
- News: Charlie Quarterman joins Trek-Segafredo
- News: Knox moves up GC in Vuelta
- Startlists: Bourne CiCLE Classic 2019
- Product News: New Continental Gravel Tyres
- News: Brother UK/Fusion RT 2019
- Team News: Ryan Mullen Extends Contract
- News: Evenepoel extends with Quick-Step
- News: Ribble launch CycloCross Bike
- Transfer News: Degenkolb to Lotto Soudal
- Startlist: Victor Berlemont Trophy
- Startlists: National 25 Championship
- Team News: Fuglsang extends with Astana
- News: Mildenhall Grasstrack This Weekend
- Team News: Vuelta a Espana
- This Weekend: Junior Tour of Wales
- Team News: Deceuninck – Quick-Step to Vuelta a España
- Team News: Lutsenko wins Arctic Race of Norway
- News: Masters title for Holohan
- Team News: Dan Martin joining Israel Cycling Academy
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- Team News: Mitchelton Scott for Vuelta
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I am bringing this review out today for two reasons: 1. I need to post a review anyway, and 2. I just came across a cool new blog whose first review was this very same pen. Melinda from School Supply Dance (awesome name!) dropped me a comment on my Saturday Ink Links post, and I clicked over to her blog and loved what I saw so far. She is just getting started, so be sure to drop by and say hi.
My love/hate relationship with the Pilot Hi-Tec-C runs pretty deep. When the pen is on, it is one of my favorite pens to write with. But when it is off, it leads to more frustration than any other pen I own. I have sworn off buying more of the Hi-Tec-C's on too many occasions to count, but I keep going back to the inkwell for just one more color. This time, the color is Venet.
I started off using this pen in an extra large lined Moleskine Cahier, and the color was a bit too bright for me on the ivory background. Plus, I was having fits over what color it favored - was it green? blue? turquoise? In the end, I decided it wasn't the right color for me. The ink actually shows up darker on the white background of my Doane Paper. While that is an improvement, it is not enough to make me a believer in the Venet color. The pen wrote great, which is a plus, but I don't see a lot of uses for this pen right now.
A note on comments and emails: I love communicating with the readers of this blog, whether it is through comments, email, or Twitter, so please feel free to drop me a line any time. I read every mail, comment, and Twitter @reply I receive, and while it may take me a day or two to get back to you, I almost always do. And if I don't, just yell at me when you get the chance - I can take it! Reader interaction is what makes doing this so fun. Plus, it would take me forever to learn about new blogs like Melinda's if I don't know they are out there.


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Fiction Inspired by Execution
When German writer Oliver Pötzsch was a child in his native Bavaria, he would go hiking with his family and hear all the stories about his family's legacy while taking in the natural scenery.
Except his was no ordinary family: Pötzsch descends from the Kuisls, a well-known line of Bavarian executioners who beheaded prisoners by sword.
A cousin of Pötzsch's grandmother was a genealogist who studied and documented the family's historical roots: There were 14 hangmen in the family, spanning the 16th to 19th centuries. Each inheriting the profession from his father, and each had to undergo a rigorous training that culminated in the executioner's having to produce a "masterpiece" beheading in order to receive proper certification.
For Pötzsch, this unusual legacy became the inspiration for "The Hangman's Daughter," a historical thriller about a 17th century Bavarian hangman and his daughter, who are both on the hunt to find a killer.
"The Hangman's Daughter" was a bestseller when it was first released in Germany, and it sold more than 200,000 copies in the U.S. as an Amazon e-book. Mariner Books bought the paperback rights to "The Hangman's Daughter," which it released today, as well as the hardcover rights to the "Hangman" sequels and another book by Pötzsch called "The Ludwig Conspiracy."
"The Hangman's Daughter" is a historical thriller about a 17th Century Bavarian hangman, Jakob Kuisl, and his daughter, Magdalena, who are on the hunt to find the real killer of a young boy – despite accusations that the killer is a local midwife who is believed to practice witchcraft.
"German fairy tales originated from this cold time after the Thirty Years' War," Pötzsch told a small crowd at Gansevoort Hotel in New York as he introduced the book. "It was the most cruel time in German history." In describing his research, he shared photos of swords used by the Kuisls – long, with a blunt tip and a prayer inscribed on the sharp edge, "both for the delinquent and the hangman," Pötzsch said.
In that time, executions were a public spectacle, and even served as entertainment when there were not many diversions. "We're only 10 generations away. We are just socialized now," Pötzsch said.
He noted that many hangmen were also regarded as healers in their communities because they often examined the bodies they executed, understood how to relocate joints, could read in Latin and kept small libraries, and had wives who studied herbs. "The hangman who kills witches is a wizard himself," Pötzsch said of the complexity. "This is wonderful for writing."
What became of the Kuisl executioners? In line with the healer role, many in Pötzsch's family became physicians – Pötzsch's father, brother, and brother-in-law are all physicians. "I'm the black sheep. I'm a writer," he said.
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Fringe obsession
Shop the post: Fringe skirt: Zara || Grey Tee: Zara || Shoes: Schutz || Micro trunk clutch: Louis Vuitton, available at Bag, Borrow, or Steal
Hello all!
I apologize for my absence due to traveling but I'm back now! Today's OOTD was for a very special collaboration, as I was invited to be a style correspondent for Fashion One Television with JXJ Media. For this segment, I was reporting about my personal style and about summer's hottest trends. Because 2015 has been all about Fringe, I decided to wear this Zara fringe skirt. This skirt can be styled multiple ways depending on the event and time of day, think a denim top and sandals for a more casual day look, with a black camisole and heels for a more formal event, or with a tee and heels for a casual chic look, as I do above. I kept the accessories simple because I wanted to keep the focus on the skirt, as well as on this fabulous micro bag by Louis Vuitton from Bag, Borrow, or Steal. By the way, micro bags are another hot trend this summer and fall!
As always, thanks for reading and stay tuned for many more blog posts about what I wore on my travels and to Miami Swim Week!


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Reuters now has a report from The Financial Times explaining that banks have quietly borrowed roughly $50 billion from the Federal Reserve the past few weeks.
Please note that on February 7, this blogger noted that the report on the Federal Reserve website showed that more than $40 billion had disappeared from the books in just the past few weeks. (Thanks again to all my paranoid (but eagle-eyed) buddies at the Godlike Productions forum for spotting the strange goings on.)
The Fed site shows that its reserves had tumbled from $42,281 billion in the black during November to -$8749 billion in the red by February 7. As of February 13, they are now down to -$18,009 billion. According to the records on the Fed site, nothing like this has ever happened before.
Aren't these the reserves designed to protect us against bank runs and insolvency? Does this mean we're broke but nobody has bothered to tell us yet?
I do want to thank the vigilant citizen journalist watchdogs who are keeping on eye on the big boys for us. But I also want to know how a meltdown of these proportions could go unnoticed by the mainstream financial press.
Even now, with word of the bailout beginning to leak out, where is the analysis telling us what it means?
The Financial Times fails to answer my bottom-line question - is it time to put my money in gold -- or in my mattress?


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Maplewood Green Initiatives Update
Maplewood achieved Silver Certification in the Sustainable Jersey program on November 15, 2016. This is the second time that Maplewood has achieved Silver status in the Sustainable Jersey program and the third time it has been certified, as certification must be renewed every three years.
The Township is proud of initiatives it has undertaken to increase public awareness and decrease its carbon footprint. They include:
Public electric vehicle charging stations installed
Ordinance restricting leafblower usage
Energy Aggregation program which reduces costs and increases renewable energy use for residents
Energy audits of all main buildings
Upgraded lighting for energy efficiency in the Municipal Building, the Public Works building and Memorial Library
LEED Certification for our Police and Courts building
Replaced old traffic signals with LEDs, saving 2/3 of the electricity used
Upgraded street lighting to reduce their overall electricity use by 40%
Weekly curbside recycling pickup
Participation in a cooperative buying agreement for cheaper and greener energy for our buildings
Share electronics recycling with South Orange
Sponsorship of Green Day and Green Month activities
Installation and maintenance of an organic turf field at De Hart Park
Prohibited the use of Round Up and other chemical pesticides in our parks and around our buildings
Prohibited the smoking of cigarettes and cigars in our parks
Designated as a Tree City USA
Use bio-diesel in our jitney buses
Use of green cleaning products in our facilities
Purchase of hybrid vehicles when replacing Township fleet vehicles
Promotion of Community Gardening through the use of Township property
Established Anti-Idling Ordinance
Promoting a Farmers Market
Established an Environmental Advisory Committee
Established a Green Team
The Township of Maplewood website has many useful links, among them:
Department of Public Works: The Department of Public Works, or DPW, has a variety of programs of interest, from tree permits to treecycling (removal of Christmas trees), from leaf collections to snowplowing, and from the Jitney to recycling and stormwater regulations. There's a lot of helpful information on the DPW page.
Farmers Market: The market will be held at the Indiana Street Municipal parking lot adjacent to Springfield Ave. The hours of operations will be from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Opening market day will be June 3rd and the market season will conclude on November 25th. For more information, go to the Farmers Market page on the township website.
Maplewood Loves Wellness: The role of Maplewood Loves Wellness is to help residents explore the many options available locally and to enhance all aspects of their health and well-being. During Wellness Week, we are offering residents the opportunity to learn about programs such as exercise, health, and nutrition - right in their hometown - that will help them make smart choices. Find out more here.


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Starting on July 1, 2017, a new set of laws will take effect that will place new obligations on residential landlords and tenants relating to the treatment and control of bed bugs. Existing state law generally requires that any residential rental dwelling units be maintained by a landlord in a condition fit for human occupation. Recognizing that cooperation between landlords, tenants, and pest control operators is necessary in effectively controlling bed bug infestations, the state legislature passed California Assembly Bill 551, which is codified in California Civil Code §§ 1942.5, 1954.1 and 1954.600 et seq. The new laws generally require landlords to provide new disclosures to prospective and existing tenants, require landlords to provide written notice to tenants of units inspected by a pest control operator (hereinafter PCO) of the PCOs findings, and prohibits landlords from showing, renting or leasing a vacant unit that the landlord knows has a bed bug infestation. Further, the new laws specify that a landlord is prohibited from retaliating against a tenant because the tenant reports a suspected or actual bed bug infestation.
Starting July 1, 2017, residential landlords are required to provide a written bed bug disclosure (in at least 10-point type) to any prospective tenant prior to creating a new tenancy that contains general information about bed bug identification, behavior and biology, the importance of cooperation for prevention and treatment, and the importance of and for prompt written reporting of suspected infestations to the landlord. The written bed bug disclosure must also be given to all existing tenants no later than January 1, 2018. The required written disclosure may be partially accomplished by utilizing the safe harbor language of Civil Code § 1954.603(a). (FN1) However, the law also requires landlord to notify tenants about the procedure for reporting suspected infestations to the landlord in disclosure, but the statute does not contain any suggested language as to this portion of the required disclosure. It is suggested that landlords require tenants to provide written notice to the landlord that discloses specific information regarding a suspected bed bug infestation (e.g., date and time suspected infestation was discovered, location of suspected infestation, reasons why tenant suspects an infestation, etc.). Additionally, a landlord may direct that the occurrence of certain events is to be treated as a suspected infestation by the tenant (e.g., observing one or more bedbugs in the unit, seeing small red spots on bedding, etc.).
The new laws also prohibit a landlord from showing, renting or leasing to a prospective tenant any vacant residential unit that the landlord knows has a current bed bug infestation. The law goes on to clarify that it does not impose a duty on landlords to inspect a unit or the common areas of a building for bed bugs if the landlord has no notice of a suspected or actual bed bug infestation. However, if a bed bug infestation is evident on visual inspection, the landlord shall be deemed to have notice under the law.
Finally, the new laws require landlords to notify the tenants of any units inspected by a PCO engaged by a landlord in facilitating the detection and treatment of bed bugs of the PCOs findings. Such notification must be in writing and given to the tenants within two business days of receipt of the PCOs findings. If a bed bug infestation is confirmed in a buildings common areas, all tenants of the building must be provided notice of the PCOs findings within two business days of receipt of the PCOs findings. At the same time, the new laws impose new obligations on residential tenants. Tenants are required to provide entry upon service of a proper twenty-four hour written notice of entry into any unit selected by the PCO in facilitating the detection and treatment of an infestation and to conduct follow-up inspections of surrounding units until a bed bug infestation is eliminated. Tenants are further required to cooperate with the landlord and PCO, including providing requested information to the PCO that is necessary to facilitate the detection and treatment of beg bugs.
California Civil Code § 1954.603(a)
Information about Bed Bugs
Bed bug Appearance: Bed bugs have six legs. Adult bed bugs have flat bodies about 1/4 of an inch in length. Their color can vary from red and brown to copper colored. Young bed bugs are very small. Their bodies are about 1/16 of an inch in length. They have almost no color. When a bed bug feeds, its body swells, may lengthen, and becomes bright red, sometimes making it appear to be a different insect. Bed bugs do not fly. They can either crawl or be carried from place to place on objects, people, or animals. Bed bugs can be hard to find and identify because they are tiny and try to stay hidden.
Life Cycle and Reproduction: An average bed bug lives for about 10 months. Female bed bugs lay one to five eggs per day. Bed bugs grow to full adulthood in about 21 days.
Bed bugs can survive for months without feeding.
Bed bug Bites: Because bed bugs usually feed at night, most people are bitten in their sleep and do not realize they were bitten. A persons reaction to insect bites is an immune response and so varies from person to person. Sometimes the red welts caused by the bites will not be noticed until many days after a person was bitten, if at all.
Common signs and symptoms of a possible bed bug infestation:
However, some people do not show bed bug lesions on their bodies even though bed bugs may have fed on them.
For more information, see the Internet Web sites of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the National Pest Management Association.