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" It was an absolutely amazing day out with my wife and 2 kids. Hartleys is a world-class tourist attraction and it has many animals besides crocodiles. They will accept mobile tickets but download your tickets on to your device as there is no mobile reception.
It was an absolutely amazing day out with my wife and 2 kids. Hartleys is a world-class tourist attraction and it has many animals besides crocodiles. They will accept mobile tickets but download your tickets on to your device as there is no mobile reception.
A must if you're in Cairns. The staff are friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Happy to answer any questions you have and will provide you with as much information as you need. The park itself is a lovely set up. Easy to navigate, clean and you're able to get up close to plenty of animals. A great day out!
We took our children to Hartley's it was amazing. They loved the lizard sitting close by while we ate. Getting photos in the big croc was amazing. Snake show was well presented and the boat tour was so good. Being able to see crocs out of the water jumping so close. The souvenir shop has great little goodies reasonably priced for a great experience. It was our first time and we will go back.
Heaps of fun! Great value for money. So much to see throughout the day at your own pace but great scheduled talks/adventures. Animals seem well taken care of. The boat ride was interesting and well organised. Only giving it 4 stars and not 5 because the food was not great!
YOU HAVE TO GO! This is like a ZOO and crocodile experience in one... The river tour is amazing, watching the crocs jump for food. They currently had the head old croc die so there was a lot of activity on the river as the other males try to sort out dominance. We got to feed cassowaries. The living art is amazing. Set aside a whole day! It is completely worth it. Also on exit, you get a free 3 day pass so you can come back again and again. Pack a lunch to save money ORRR Get some hot chips. They are delish hot chips and not expensive. I fed 7 people with 2 x large hot chips and we had heaps spare, probably could have done with the 1. The tour people at every stop are so knowledgeable and in the bird enclosure, the birds are hilarious. They pose for photos. We enjoyed the whole day, croc and snake photos as well. You will not regret it. An amazing day out. We went in the peak of summer and didn't find it too hot. Highly recommend it.
Staff were friendly upon arrival. The boat ride, the kids and my partner and I really enjoyed. The feeding of the crocs were a must see and so is Spartacus. Would recommend for a family for a GREAT day out. Bonus plus was the kids were totally exhausted after all the walking and different animals seen. Quite an enjoyable day!
We had an amazing day at Hartley's crocodile farm. Our 3 kids enjoyed each and every show and tour. The boat ride was just great and we got some perfect photos of the crocs being fed. We can't recommend the attack show enough - the presenter was just awesome! 5 stars!
Really enjoyed the crocodile attack show, especially seeing the famous croc roll and head shake, a great river cruise around the lagoon to see the crocs - the driver even got the crocs to jump up to salmon on a stick which was amazing!! Very good value for money and a great day out.
It was a very nice experience, much above expectations. A must visit if you are in Cairns. Truly family outing. Just arrive the park early in order to attend all the lovely animals' encounters which includes feeding of birds, koalas and crocodiles. Also, the crocodile attack show was great.
Hartleys was easy to find thanks to the many signs on the highway. It's a really big place, so make sure to allow plenty of time. We were able to catch the croc feeding show which was amazing and ride on the riverboat. We saw many crocodiles in the river and lots of activity from them. An amazing experience!


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MAVIM is implementing developmental programs in all 34 districts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai sub urban areas. The headquarter of MAVIM is based at Mumbai and MAVIM has offices at every district to implement developmental schemes in rural areas. The District Coordinating officer (DCO) is the executive head of district office and assisted by Assistant District Coordinating officer, Account officer, Assistant Monitoring Officer, Clerks in addition to around 35-40
Sahyoginies who act as field workers in the field. Each sahayogini form & support around 30-40 SHG's & cover 8-10 villages in the districts and she is responsible to provide the basic capacity building training inputs to SHG members depending upon their age and level of maturity and also nurture them qualitatively.
Women's Empowerment-A Gradual Process
We all will agree that women empowerment is not a program or project but it is a gradual process. In the process of empowerment a women is enabled to think & plan about the development of her own self and gradually about her own family and her community, to take initiative in the decision making processes, and also to execute the decisions in her own way ultimately to achieve the developmental objectives.
Self Help Group (SHG)- An effective tool of Empowerment
Women's organization plays a vital role in women's empowerment. Self help group (SHG) is very effective media to organize women & has been accepted all over the world. SHG is a homogeneous group of people from common, social, economic background & is a proven tool which has inculcated the culture of regular saving & repayment amongst the poor women. The processes of economic empowerment as will as social empowerment begin with model of SHGs. It enables women to transform her
thinning from "ME" to "WE". The model of SHG is really being proved very effective in the processes of women empowerment as a whole.
Programs Based on the concept of SHG
IFAD assisted Maharashtra Rural Credit Program (MRCP) was implemented by MAVIM during 1994-2002. The program has been proved successful in the terms of providing an access to credit, information, and knowledge to poor rural women. It facilitated MAVIM to reorient its strategies for women's empowerment and MAVIM had taken a revolutionary decision in September 2001 that not to implement any commercial schemes & to take up only the implementation of women empowerment programs through
the medium of SHG's. Followed by MRCP, MAVIM had implemented various developmental schemes assisted by central 7 state Govt. through medium of SHG's. The details of presently implemented schemes are as follows.
Scheme details
|Sr. No
|Name of the scheme
|Period (Year)
|Tejaswini Maharashtra Rural Women empowerment program
|33 Districts
|2007 to 2015
|Minority Women Empowerment Program (MWEP)
|10 Districts
|2007 to 2011
|4% Low interest rate scheme
|33 Districts
|2008 to till now
|Convergence of Agricultural Interventions in Maharashtra (CAIM)
|06 Districts
|2011 to 2017
|Skill Training for women
|33 Districts
|2012 to 2014
|Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission (MSRLM)
|03 Districts
|2013 to 2016
|Integrated Watershed Management Program (IWMP)
|33 Districts
|2014 to 2016
Tejaswini Maharashtra Rural Women empowerment program
Government of Maharashtra and IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) assisted "Tejaswini Maharashtra Rural Women Empowerment Program" It is a program aimed at providing stability and sustainability to the SHG movement in the state. It is based on following four work components.
Salient features of Tejaswini Maharashtra Rural Women Empowerment Program
Community Managed Resource Center (CMRC)
Minority Women Empowerment Program (MWEP)
MAVIM & Maharashtra state Minorities Commission, Mumbai have taken a project called "Minorities women Empowerment Program" for the selected pockets of Mumbai and eight districts of Maharashtra i.e. Malegaon, Karanja, Bhiwandi, Nanded, Parbhani, Bhusawal etc. In the 8 years of the program MAVIM will form the 2600 SHGs & also CMRC.
4% Low interest rate scheme (Providing subsidized loan to women SHGs in the State)
SHG movement has spread to a wider scale in the state of Maharashtra from last decade. However the linkages of SHGs with banks, amount of bank loan by banks and heavy interest charges on SHG loan are the key challenges before the movement. Taking this into account, Government of Maharashtra has launched a scheme of "Providing subsidized loan to women SHGs in the State" The scheme is applicable to the non subsidized women SHGs formed by MAVIM and NABARD.
Convergence of Agricultural Interventions in Maharashtra (CAIM)
The six districts in the vidharbha region namely Akola, Amravati, Buldana, Washim,Yeotmal, Wardha Govt. of Maharashtra & IFAD for CAIM Project.
Programme Overview Goal and Objectives
The overall goal of CAIM Programme is to "contribute to the development of resilient production, sustainable and diversified household, on-farm and off-farm livelihoods, allowing households to face production and market risks without falling back into poverty and distress."
The key programme purposes and objectives are to; (i) improve household incomes from diversified farming and from off-farm activities; (ii) render farming systems resilient with the introduction of organic and low-input contract farming; (iii) facilitate the involvement of farmers groups in primary processing, quality enhancement and marketing; (iv) empower women through micro-finance and micro-enterprises; and (v) achieve convergence of government programmes and resources through ATMA.
Role & Responsibilities of MAVIM
MAVIM will be responsible for the following
Skill Mission
Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM) had received sanctioning to implement the Skill based training to the women members from Women and Child Development Department as Government Resolution MAVIM-2011/L. No. 81/ Desk 10 on dated 31.03.2012. At initially the scheme was implemented in23 districts as per revised Government resolution as MAVIM 2011/L. No. 81/Desk 10 on dated 22.02.2014.
Under this that 75% of the beneficiaries are from Self Help Groups (SHGs) promoted by MAVIM in Rural and Urban areas and the reaming 25% of the beneficiaries are other than the SHGs. For implementing this scheme MAVIM had to empanel the technical agencies As per the Government Resolution it is proposed that 80% women participated in this skill training from the technical agencies will receive regular employment opportunities. The technical agencies will also support
forward and backward linkages to the activity initiated by the women.
Under this Skill Training Programme the trades are as Tailoring, Beauty Parlor, Artificial Jewellery, File and folder making, Fashion Designing, Bag Making, Catering, Computer, Dairy, Poultry, Goatry, Spices cultivation and processing, Vegetable cultivation and Marketing, food processing, Floriculture, Mobile repairing, Retail Management, House Keeping, turmeric processing and marketing, Chili Powder processing and marketing, NTFP processing and marketing, etc.
In the year 2013-14 MAVIM has trained 8,858 women SHG members across the state of Maharashtra. Out of this 3,065 women member get self employed under different activities.
Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission (MSRLM)
MAVIM had entered into an MOU with MSRLM from 17th April 2013. MAVIM is engaged as an 'IMPLEMENTATION AND TECHNICAL PARTNER' MSRLM
in 6 Block of 3 district Thane (Bhivandi, Shahapur), Solapur (Malshiraj, Mohal) and Gondia (Salekasa, Tiroda). MAVIM will support 295 villages and 1972 existing SHGs and will expand in 694 villages in upcoming 3 years.
Features of this program
Integrated Watershed Management Program (IWMP)
Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM), Mumbai and Vasundhara Watershed Development Agency(VWDA), Pune as nodal agency of Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) of Government of Maharashtra had signed Memorandum of Understanding under the Livelihood component of IWMP programme on promotion, strengthening and capacity building of SHGs for sustainable livelihood development the first three batches (Year 2009-10 to 2011-12) of IWMP project across the state of Maharashtra.
Under IWMP programme for first three batches 813 projects are in implementation. In this 813 project in totality 8,063 villages are covered in all the 33 districts of Maharashtra. MAVIM is working in 3,200 villages out of 8,063 villages in this first three Batches of IWMP programme. In these 3,200 villages MAVIM is already promoted the SHGs which will be strengthening in Livelihood perspective. In the reaming 4,863 villages MAVIM will conduct scope mapping for promotion of new
SHGs and strengthening of already promoted SHGs under IWMP programme.

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All the guilt and shame - the hiding and games - the waste of time. Not to mention, the industry that produces porn is so full of abuse and injustice. We just can't support it. And we want to break free of it!
The good news is ... we can! With help from others and help from above, we can break free of porn.
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We're a group of guys who are winning the battle against porn in a new way. We meet weekly to help each other through relevant teaching, honest sharing, encouraging accountability and practical faith.
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We'll be watching the Conquer Series. Conquer is a 10-week cinematic teaching series on sexual purity that helps men get to the root of bondage, while offering proven principles and practical tools to conquer pornography and find freedom.
A few of the highlights:
• Explore strongholds that keep men in bondage
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• Discover the weapons and strategies of God
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Watch the movie trailer to get a feel for how great the Conquer Series is.
We'll meet through the Conquer Series and beyond to hold each other accountable and help each other say no to porn, rewiring our brains and regaining our will-power. It won't be easy, mind you, but with help from others and help from above, we can break free of porn. We can retrain our brains to do what the Bible says, Whatever is pure – think about such things (Philippians 4:8).
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The Wall Street Journal, in a wide-ranging round-up, has a page one story (subscription required) on the growing tensions between demand for food and fuel:
Soaring prices for farm goods, driven in part by demand for crop-based fuels, are pushing up the price of food world-wide and unleashing a new source of inflationary pressure.
The rise in food prices is already causing distress among consumers in some parts of the world -- especially relatively poor nations like India and China.
The article points out that biofuels are altering food economics, since ethanol and biodiesel can be made from corn, palm oil, sugar and other crops. Food inflation in Hungary is running 13 percent a year, in China, 6 percent, triple the rate of a year ago. China has only about 2-3 months of surplus food, meaning a bad crop could be disastrous.
Some economists say China will have to take moreaggressive steps to prevent future food problems. These changes could include allowing the proliferation of large -- but more efficient -- corporate farms similar to the ones that drove many small growers out of business in the U.S. in recent decades. Such a push would be extremely difficult for China because it needs to preserve jobs for the tens of millions of people who live in rural areas.
It's interesting though not surprising that large-scale farms are viewed as the unquestionable answer to this issue rather than the small-scale farms which are far more productive per acre of output. (Grains in large-scale farms go to produce other foods or animal feed rather than being eaten directly by people -- not a terribly efficient food chain or use of an abundant labor pool).
Meanwhile in the U.S.,
... consumers are likely to see higher prices at the supermarket for everything from milk to cereal to soda pop, since corn is used to feed livestock and make high-fructose corn syrup, a key ingredient in many soft drinks. A spokesman for the National Chicken Council, a poultry-industry group, recently testified to a congressional subcommittee that Americans should expect higher chicken prices because of what the group described as "the ethanol crisis."
The somewhat silver lining to the trend is that the higher prices "could help boost incomes for the rural poor in developing nations, who have been bypassed by gains in the manufacturing and service sectors." But I wonder if that's the way it will shake out -- whether the benefits will, indeed, trickle down, or whether the farmers will be bypassed on the upswing as they have been when prices tank.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Glues ons rock at Mountain Mettle 2012
Kipling aka The Silver Bullet and I completed a very difficult 50 mile ride in Colorado on Friday in 102 degree heat. It was the Mountain Mettle ride Managed by Sue Horne, Linda Browneller and a terrific, friendly bunch of volunteers and Vets. Mammoth task! Great job! Although an avid barefoot person, I was contemplating shoes and pads for this tough ride. However, the Easycare company still continues to assist me so diligently that I went for the glue-ons. Kevin Meyers sent me some boots and John Haeberle here in Laramie helped me apply them. Well actually, he did the work while Yvette Haeberle and I assisted. Hey this is important! It really makes it easier having extra hands. John really has it down and has taught me all the tricks so i will be able to do it next time. I will also enlist a few helping hands.
See here Kip's booted hooves after the grueling 50. He is wearing 1.5's on the front and 1's on the rear. They didn't budge and oh how nice was that! I finished the ride with only 20 minutes to spare even though I kept a pretty good clip the whole way. This was a really hard ride, so the last thing I wanted to worry about was his hoof ware! Several horses were pulled or over time. Kip made it and looked like he could go on. Perfectly sound! I'm thinking they will be ok for Shamrock and then we will reapply for the Big Horn 100.
Here are some of the things i have learned about the glue ons.
:Size the boots first on the hooves
:Have everything ready and someone to hand you things... like surgery John!
:Have something clean and dry to stand the horse on, and make sure he doesn't mind it!
:Clean dry hooves and boots to start with
:Scruff up the hoof wall really well with good serrations.
:Lots of goober on the bottom and don't worry about what oozes out.
:Vettec Adhere on the inside walls of the boot.
:Sort of twist the boot a few times to spread the Vettec some. Do this quickly, as it dries fast!
:Have something close by to put trash into eg used tips
:Hold up an opposing leg for a good 30 secs to set the freshly applied boot.A helper can do this.
:When finished, tie up the horse with some goodies to keep him happy and still for 40 mins-hour to ensue a good set.
These are things off the top of my head that I will no doubt add to.
Thanks Kevin, Garrett and John for your dedication and assistance.
Thank you Kipling for being a good boy for us and knowing we are doing the best thing for your hooves!
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A Dialogue Between a Buddhist Scholar and a Theoretical Physicist
Alan Wallace, a world-renowned author and Buddhist scholar trained by the Dalai Lama, and Sean Carroll, a world-renowned theoretical physicist and best-selling author, discuss the nature of reality from spiritual and scientific viewpoints. Their dialogue is mediated by theoretical physicist and author Marcelo Gleiser, director of ICE.
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text: I added Low Cost Bullion to the price-comparison tables this weekend. Like all the other precious-metal dealers that I index, they also have a customer review page where you can read and write customer reviews. IF you've made a purchase at Low Cost Bullion, tell us about it- write a review.


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Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision in Kempston on Saturday morning
The accident happened at around 9.50am when a car was exiting the Marsh Leys roundabout to join the A428 Branston Way when it left the road and crashed into a ditch.
PC Emma Tinkler of the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit, said: "We're appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact us. In particular we'd like to speak to the driver of a white van which was seen on the same road at the same time as the incident.
"Fortunately no-one was injured in the incident, however it's still important we investigate the collision to find out what caused it."
The car involved was a beige Jaguar S Type.
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Saturday, the 1st of October 2016, has been designated as 'Buy British Day'.
The hashtag #BuyBritishDay will be used to promote products Made in the UK, and lots of British-made brands will be supporting the occasion and offering special discounts.
As you know, Chiggs Wheels are very proudly printed and hand finished in the UK, so to celebrate Buy British Day we will be offering a 10% discount on purchases made on the Chiggs online shop. There is, of course, a magic word… and the word is "Harrogate". Just pop it in the 'promotional code' box at the checkout page, and 10% will magically disappear from the cost of your order 🙂
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text: Every office has one. The loud-mouthed, conversation-hogging know-it-all who interrupts meetings with long-winded diatribes, and then holds them hostage until the sweet release of 5 o' clock. The Reflect table tries to tackle this problem, and help quieter meeting attendees, perhaps, with a series of LED bulbs and microphones that track the flow of conversation. There's one little problem with this table, however. While great in theory, real-world applications might prove this table is more distracting than the one-sided meetings they're meant to relieve. [Reflect via MAKE]


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Sharing some of my exploration into the world of art. I'll include some stamped work, digital work, photography and maybe even some journaling.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 29, 2013
Washi Stripes III
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Washi Stripes II
This card was made like all those I've been showing and again I added strips of orange cardstock. The flowers are die cut and punched. Pretty simple.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Washi Stripes
Th striped piece started as a square and I cut the corners for a different look. And the patterns are washi tape rather than paper. I added narrow black cardstock strips. As before, the large flower is die cut and the smaller flowers are punched. For centers I added a brad or dimensional paint. I'm finding I can make a lot of use out of limited supplies now that I have some of my materials packed away for a move. But it is also forcing me to be more creative which doesn't hurt a bit.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Stripes III
Monday, November 25, 2013
Stripes II
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Saturday, November 23, 2013
That's The Berries
Friday, November 22, 2013
A Bushelful. . .
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Gotta Love Potatoes
I'd be the first to admit that this photo is a little strange and not a very good one but it shows what I intended--the smoke ring at the top. This plume comes from the OreIda plant in Ontario OR. I don't know why it forms or if it was designed intentionally but I look for it each time we pass by. A puff of cloud comes out, it slowly drifts upwards and then forms a circle. Pretty cute, especially for something "industrial."
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Clouds Over The Plains
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Desert Color
Monday, November 18, 2013
More Signage
On the other hand, this second sign conjures up some bad times for what may have been a large number of people. It's on the top of the Blue Mountains south of Pendleton OR and it makes me think of a lot of suffering. Hopefully in the end things worked out well for these people and they found a little of their own bliss.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
We've made this trip around 40 times over the past 15 years (plus a few extras when we flew). That represents almost a month of my lifetime in a car (27.5 days) and a total coverage of 42,362 miles--just going one direction. Since I always came back home, I have to double that for the total time and mileage. Whew! No wonder I want to move closer. I'm getting too old for this type of travel.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
"Like my neighbor? . . .
This is a very isolated farm in northern UT in early November. It doesn't seem like anyone currently lives there so perhaps they grew lonely and migrated to where there were more people. Or did they find this too crowded and move to where they were even more isolated? Hmmmmm
Friday, November 15, 2013
It pays to look at the everyday and see what you can find.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
No Face Here
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Color, Or No?
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Here's yet more proof that there's always something blooming in the Portland OR area. Right now pansies are quite prolific and competing with the fall foliage for attention. This looks a little rusty from the rain in the area but there's lots of other colors, too. Don't you see a face when you look at a pansy? Who doesn't enjoy them?!
Monday, November 11, 2013
Slug Bug!
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Up To NewTricks
Our grandson has a new interest in cards--the showy stuff like shuffles more than tricks. But he is learning some pretty amazing tricks, too. He has watched tutorials online and picked it up from there and last evening he spent a couple of hours preparing tutorials to teach others. It's nice to see him occupied with something that's not electronic. And he is spending hours, literally, learning these new skills.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Clinging Vine
It's amazing to me that this vine can grow tall and spread widely while somehow clinging to smooth cement. I thought it's tenacity deserved some special attention. I used a poster edge filter to add black outlines and I added both a grunge frame in gray and a simple frame in dark red. And, of course, I added the text.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Close To Home
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
This Sums It Up
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Oh my, , ,
When I first saw the yellow trees amongst the dark green pines in the Blue Mountains south of Pendleton OR my first thought was that it was typical autumn foliage transforming for winter. After several miles I realized that wasn't the case at all as they were pine trees (also known as "evergreens") which shouldn't make any change. I'm sure it's some sort of insect kill which, although a natural part of the system, is still sad to see. There's a lot of them but there's also some sturdy new trees that so far aren't affected so hopefully the forest will be green again before too long. And perhaps in some areas the trees can be thinned out and used as they are in CO for building and pellets. I trust Mother Nature knows what she is doing, though I can't help but wonder if the actions and practices of the homo sapiens has had an impact. It's a reminder to get out and enjoy the natural wonders that are so prevalent in our country.
Monday, November 4, 2013
The Red Paint Spilled
Somewhere south of Baker City OR was this patch of red bushes which contrasted so extremely with the surroundings. Since this was "drive by shooting" it isn't the best photo in the world but you'll have to trust me when I report that it was brilliant, beautiful color. And nowhere else in the area was there a patch of bushes that even approached the red color. It was a visual gift.
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Most of our travel on the interstate highway system is posted for 75 miles an hour as the speed limit and that feels comfortable and "normal." Something new in the northern UT area was a posted limit of 80! We were quite surprised. I wasn't driving through that section but my husband thought it felt a bit uncomfortable, though he seemed to adjust quite nicely.
Before too long we were back at the posted 75. And then we hit OR and a posting of 65! That seems like we are crawling at a snail's pace. But it's the law and we slow down. And we try to think about something besides how much longer it will take us to go the last 300 or so miles. And we get here--safe and sound and none the worse for taking it easy.
Before too long we were back at the posted 75. And then we hit OR and a posting of 65! That seems like we are crawling at a snail's pace. But it's the law and we slow down. And we try to think about something besides how much longer it will take us to go the last 300 or so miles. And we get here--safe and sound and none the worse for taking it easy.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
We found snow in UT, first on Soldier's Summit where there was more to the south side than to the north. Then later we witnessed snow in northern UT. Roads were clear and it was bright and sunny much of the day so it didn't really feel or look too much like winter. I always appreciate it when there's no snow on the road. And when there's not heavy rain. And when there
s not a strong wind. And when the traffic is light and moving along nicely. That's not asking too much, is it?!
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The NAPS Association meets at least twice a year to transact business. These meetings are held in the fall and spring. At the spring meeting, members elect the Board of Directors from the Association membership, with the exception of the advisors to the board, which includes an alumni representative. The positions up for election rotate each year.
Each parent or legal guardian responsible for paying tuition and fees of a NAPS student is eligible for membership in the association as long as the child is enrolled in the school and the student's account is in good standing. School faculty and staff without children enrolled are also eligible for association membership as long as they are employed at the school.


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The year was 1991. I was still living in Toronto and I was driving to the airport with the Rav (Kabbalist Rav Berg) who was flying back to New York. We were sitting together in the back seat of the car. Back in those days I was either on the phone with the Rav a few a hours a day, or the Rav and Karen were visiting Toronto and I would spend hours with the Rav in my office or I was in New York visiting at the Rav and Karen's house. So much wisdom was given to me during those early years.
Anyway, on this one particular day in Toronto the Rav had told me something so simple, and yet so powerful, that I never forgot it. I quote it over and over again to my family and friends.
It was about the Opponent, the Adversary—both the internal ego and the global force. First, let's remember that the Opponent battles us within to make us reactive, and each time we react, we transfer Light and power to the global force called the Opponent. The internal opponent wreaks havoc in our personal life and the global force ignites chaos around the world on a global scale.
On the way to the airport the Rav was talking to me about World War ll and the true cause and underlying reason why so much death, darkness and destruction had taken place. That, in itself, was stunningly provocative, eye-opening and paradigm-changing.
But then the Rav told me a simple truth: The Rav said the Opponent even let us win World War ll, just to keep us under his influence. This way, we would never probe to the painful root cause behind the darkness and thus, it will happen again, in some other fashion, so that our cunning, devious Adversary can keep his game of chaos running continuously.
The Opponent will even let us win the war.
Think about that, long and hard.


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Web Development SIG: So Long, and Thanks for all the Free Web Development Training!
Today, November 19, 2016, the third Saturday of this month, seems like an appropriate day to formally announce that I will not be running the Web Development Special Interest Group (Web Development SIG -- WebSIGCleveland.org) any longer. I chose today to announce this because the Web Development SIG has met on the third Saturday of most months for the last 10 years.
The main purpose of posting this today is to thank the many presenters who have made the Web Development SIG a success. You will see some of their names listed in historical content below. Thank you to those who have made presentations during my tenure -- January 21, 2006 to March 9, 2016 -- and to those who worked with my predecessors. I truly will miss learning from you.


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Backpage's Biggest Law Enforcement Critic Doesn't Think He Needs SESTA To Take Down Backpage
from the hello-sheriff-dart dept
One of Backpage's most vocal critics in law enforcement has been Cook County Sheriff, Thomas Dart. As you may recall, this has been a nearly decade-long obsession with Sheriff Dart, in which he has been slapped down many, many times by courts. In 2009 he sued Craigslist for hosting adult ads, only to get slapped down pretty hard by a court explaining to him that you can't blame an online service for how its users use it. Once the ads on Craigslist moved to Backpage, Dart had a new target, which he regularly complained about in the press. In 2015, knowing he couldn't sue Backpage directly, he instead (successfully) strongarmed all the payment companies that worked with Backpage into cutting off service.
In response, Backpage sued Dart and very quickly won. The district court quickly pointed out that this seemed like a pretty clear First Amendment violation, with a government official using the law to attack non-criminal actions, creating classic prior restraint. The appeals court agreed with a masterful ruling by Judge Posner, about how this appeared to be a clear abuse of power by Sheriff Dart to bankrupt a company he disliked, but over whom he held no jurisdiction.
The case was then sent back to the lower court on a few points, and the two sides have been flinging paper back and forth for a while -- mostly to no avail. There had been little to no action in the case for many months... until last week Sheriff Dart suddenly sprung up to ask the court to reopen the process so he can issue subpoenas to Backpage, to dig more into what he insists must be criminal activity.
He's basing this on media reports related to a separate investigation into Backpage, which at the very least do raise some questions about whether Backpage is truly involved in the creation of its ads (which would take away its CDA 230 protections). Dart claims this proves that Backpage was lying to the court about how much of a hand it had in crafting ads on its site.
This July, THE WASHINGTON POST and NBC NEWS each published explosive articles reporting that Backpage is actively recruiting prostitutes and even creating ads for them to post on its website. Copies of these articles are attached as Exhibits A and B, respectively. While "Backpage has always claimed it doesn't control sex-related ads, [n]ew documents show otherwise." Exhibit A. Backpage has been "aggressively soliciting and creating sex-related ads."...
The articles explain that the discovery of incriminating documents showing Backpage' s solicitation and ad creation came about accidentally following the seizure of computers from one of Backpage's Philippine agents in an unrelated civil lawsuit, but the fact that the revelations were accidental does not take away from their explosive character. The seized documents, if authentic and the reporting about them correct, prove that the essential premise of the original and amended complaints—that Backpage does not provide any of the content of the ads soliciting prostitution—is not well grounded in fact. Backpage has been lying to this Court...
Defendant now seeks leave to obtain through subpoena the very documents discussed in the two news articles—documents which, if authentic, corroborate the Red Beauty Sting and prove that Backpage has encouraged and participated in illegal activities, including the creation of advertisements that would destroy its Communications Decency Act defense that it is merely a web platform posting the advertisements of others.
Indeed, if it comes out that Backpage was actively involved in the creation of the content, it does not get CDA 230 protections. Under the Roommates.com standard, you can lose 230 protections if you "develop" the comment -- which means "materially contributing to its alleged unlawfulness." I have no idea if Backpage actually goes that far, but if it does, then its 230 protections go out the window and it's in a lot of trouble.
But here's the important point: for all the hubbub over the supposed "need" to break CDA 230 with SESTA in order to go after Backpage for this activity, Sheriff Dart's motion shows that there's no reason for SESTA. If Backpage truly did what those media reports are claiming, then CDA 230 won't apply and Backpage is hosed.
This is something that gets completely lost in all of the talk about CDA 230, where people (falsely) think that it completely takes away any liability for criminal activity. It does not. It just makes sure that the liability is actually on the parties engaged in the criminal activity. If it's the end users, CDA 230 does nothing for them. And if it's the platforms themselves, then CDA 230 also doesn't protect them from their own activities. The fact that Sheriff Dart is arguing that he can now go after Backpage again, and that the CDA 230 protections are gone, is a good reminder that we don't need SESTA to go after Backpage if it really violated the law.
Filed Under: cda 230, intermediary liability, section 230, sesta, thomas dart
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By Nadia Noir
Soundgarden have been a major part of our sonic lexicon since they broke out with massive hit after massive hit during the great grunge-era turning point that was the early to mid-'90s. When the Seattle-based band released Superunknown twenty years ago, the title was sort of a play on the band's previous ten years of being a virtually unknown band. Superunknown was the band's fourth album, but ironically (because of the title), the one that made them superstars. Other bands barely make it that long. Period.
"That's their entire lifespan," said frontman Chris Cornell to Kevin & Bean. At the time of Superunknown, Soundgarden was going through their "reinvention" period. This period (and others) was well-documented through different sources in Soundgarden's upcoming 20th anniversary deluxe reissue of Superunknown. The album will include rarities, demos, live performance, and acoustic performances that were culled from the "archivist" brain of guitarist Kim Thayil and engineers, producers, and other band members. Kevin and Bean played a snippet of the acoustic version of "Like Suicide," which sounded very different from the album version, and Cornell admitted that over the years classic Soundgarden songs will go through "dramatic reinventions."
But this is fitting given that Superunknown came at a time in music that was going through it's own dramatic reinvention. Cornell mentioned that the time signature for radio hit, "Fell On Black Days," was a "weird" 6/8 while most straightforward rock songs before that time were "four on the floor." He also said that lyrically "Black Hole Sun" was a surprise in terms of commercial radio appeal.
"I think we were fortunate in that we made this album that was kind of redefining the band and pushing the boundaries right at the time when we had everyone's attention," said Cornell. "It was a confusing time in commercial music. And, we actually had a lot to do with helping create that confusion. But, it was a surprise that it was as big as it was."
Cornell's attributes a lot of the band's success in terms of breaking out on Nirvana and Pearl Jam and admits that even now, he has a little inner voice that says "you're an idiot, you're an a**hole," when he's in the studio trying to hit a certain note combo. Originally the drummer in the band, Cornell says that being in a "post-punk/indie" world of "anything goes" and being around supportive friends afforded him the luxury of picking up a guitar without ever learning how to play technically and contributing to the songwriting of the band "while still kind of being a chimpanzee on the guitar."
Putting himself in that uncomfortable place in order to inspire raw energy seems like a common theme for Cornell. When asked about the band's upcoming co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails featuring Death Grips, Cornell called the tour a "package" deal with "a group of bands where they're not from the same genre, they're not from the same place, so, whoever's going to these shows is seeing three bands in terms of genre have nothing to do with each other but kind of make sense as a package." So, some fans won't be there to see Soundgarden. And that exhilarates Cornell.
"I don't think being comfortable onstage in the world of rock and roll is really necessarily the best thing. I think some of that raw energy comes out of you because you have a fish out of water feeling. You're under a microscope and you react weird and that's probably why you ended up on stage in the first place," admits Cornell. "At some point you had to decide that that was the way you were going to deal with life."
For 49-year-old Cornell, a music lover who grew up with merely a bed and crates full of vinyl including an original import AC/DC's 1976 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and a few different copies of Robin Trower's 1974 Bridge of Sighs, this is a way he's been dealing with life since he was a teenager. He still doesn't think he can keep up with Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne or the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger. He does joke that he's never met AC/DC and that might be because the extraordinarily short band is intimidated of Cornell's 6'3" stature.
He did have another story to tell about a short, infamous musician.
"I did see Prince at the Beverly Hills Hotel once. And it was comical, I was walking down the hall sort of towards where his room was and he was opening the door and pushing his room service cart out and he was sort of struggling with it a little bit. He had no shirt on and a purple headband holding his hair back. 'Cuz he looked like Prince; he looked like he was onstage, but he was just pushing the cart out. He looked like that thing you would do when you're pushing a cart out and you have no shirt on. You don't want to see another human being. He saw me and he just started wrestling it out there because he didn't want to see me and he slammed the door shut."
Would Prince slam the door shut to work on Soundgarden's work-in-progress new album with them? Probably not at this point in their success. After years of not releasing music, the band came out with King Animal in 2012 and said that "at this point" in their career putting out a new album will "naturally happen." Cornell says that while they are doing promotional tours and haven't had time for studio writing, once everyone brings in their song ideas it can go from "zero to sixty really fast." Making a new album "Could happen tomorrow."


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Q&A with Dr. Edward Evans
An interview with Dr. Edward Evans, associate professor of chemical engineering at The University of Akron:
Describe the field of corrosion engineering and tell us what a corrosion engineer does.
Evans: Corrosion engineering, like other engineering disciplines, is the application of fundamental science to problems or challenges that involve personal safety, structural reliability, environmental impact and/or profit for a company.
In corrosion engineering we apply an understanding of materials and their interaction with the environment to structures that have length scales measured in millionths of an inch to kilometers.
The program that we have put together, at The University of Akron, focuses on fundamentals and provides a substantial amount of engineering project management to the students.
Talk a little bit about the history of this field and how it has developed over the years.
Evans: Corrosion engineering has existed since the first time a structure was degraded in its environment, and someone had to fix the problem either with some sort of patch or coating or by replacing the structure all together.
NACE International, the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, has some very nice resources that provide a history of corrosion engineering.
The Romans wrote about the degradation of iron in the first century AD (Pliny) since that time the research/discoveries of scientists like Galvani, Faraday, Langmuir, and Pourbaix have helped engineers prevent or mitigate corrosion.
Corrosion is a major cost in the U.S. every year, but not one that we generally hear about very often. Can you provide a few numbers that put the cost of corrosion in perspective?
Evans: We don't often hear the word corrosion but we do here about material failure and as I am sure your listeners are aware the state of our nation's infrastructure (bridges, power plants, pipelines, etc) is a crisis.
In 2005, there was a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) that showed corrosion was costing the U.S. economy more than $270 billion annually.
That figure has been updated recently to $400 billion. As much as 30% of these costs are avoidable if best practices are used. The remainder requires new science and technology.
Tell us about the faculty.
Evans: We have recruited some highly talented people to our program, including Joe Payer, who is an internationally recognized expert in corrosion engineering. Subsequently, we have added more faculty members as we build the best program for our students.
What types of degrees will the new program offer?
Evans: We plan to offer a B.S. and an M.S. and, for those interested in graduate study now, they can pursue an interdisciplinary Ph.D.
Is this a field in which graduate study is generally required or can students usually be employed as corrosion engineers with a baccalaureate?
Evans: No, not required. It is a wonderful opportunity for students to progress rapidly within a company, for the Department of Defense or other organizations. We will prepare students to hit the ground running.
Are there any other programs in the country similar to that which is coming to The University of Akron?
Evans: University Corrosion Collaboration and other schools have graduate programs, but we will have the first undergraduate program. Students from our program will be prepared to either enter the workforce directly or to pursue graduate degrees.
Why so little emphasis on this type of engineering, and do we see the same thing in other countries?
Evans: Same trends in other countries. We have simply taken the attitude that either corrosion is unavoidable and there is nothing you can do about it or we will build things cheaply and replace them. As a result we have the crisis that I mentioned earlier. It is time to do something about corrosion at several levels. We have had extensive surveys of job demand in corrosion and reliability completed and the results indicate that there will be significant job growth in this area for the foreseeable future. When we meet with companies they are anxious to offer co-op opportunities for our students.
In the U.S., given the lack of specialists in corrosion engineering, who has been doing corrosion work?
Evans: Currently chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, civil engineers, and chemists dominant the field, but they often require significant training once on the job. Our students, like our other engineering students, will be prepared to have impact the first day on the job.
How do you plan to market this new program and attract students?
Evans: Through news and media outlets like this one where we can discuss the success of our students. Through interaction with school systems locally and across the state. We hope to offer scholarships through programs like Choose Ohio First.
This program will eventually be a part of the new engineering building being built at The University of Akron. Talk about that building and the progress on it.
Evans: This building will be a 39,000 square foot facility on Wolf Ledges Parkway, near the Turbine Facility. It is under construction right now. Completion is expected in the winter of 2011-12. See a story about the progress on this project.
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 at 6:58 pm.
A new Chapin law firm, Smith & Sullivan, LLC, is now open in the historic two-story house where Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Fulmer raised their family on Columbia Avenue.
Soon there will be a brand new sign in front of the building, but Lisa Lee Smith and Matthew Sullivan are not new kids on the block, fresh out of law school. In fact, between the two of them, they have about 30 years of legal experience representing clients in the midlands.
Matt and Lisa have previously worked for separate law firms in Lexington, and have decided to pool their resources to work in their hometown. They are vested in Chapin. They have children in Chapin schools, and they are involved in activities in the Chapin community.
Lisa emphasizes "we are a new firm, but we are not new attorneys." Matt added, "We founded this new firm because we wanted to invest professionally in our own community. We look forward to serving our neighbor's legal needs." Their practice areas include residential and commercial real estate, mediation, probate administration, estate planning (wills and powers of attorney), family law, and defense litigation.
Lisa Smith is a graduate of Irmo High School and has been an attorney for almost 20 years. She graduated from Clemson University and the USC School of Law. She is past president of the Chapin Sunrise Rotary Club and is very involved in that group. Lisa's husband, Pauley, teaches at Lake Murray Elementary School and their children attend Chapin High School and Chapin Middle School. She is a past president of the Lexington County Bar Association, which has over 200 members, and is very involved in the South Carolina Bar Association. Her practice areas are residential and commercial real estate, probate administration, estate planning, and defense litigation in state and federal courts. Lisa is also a certified Circuit Court mediator and arbitrator.
Matthew Sullivan is a graduate of Winthrop University, a cum laude graduate of the USC School of law, and an adjunct professor of family law at Midlands Tech who has practiced in the areas of real estate, family law and civil defense litigation for more than 10 years. His wife, Shelby, is an early interventionist who works with pre-school aged children in their homes in the greater Chapin community. He is an NCAA baseball umpire and his children attend Chapin High School and Lake Murray Elementary School. His practice areas are residential and commercial real estate and family law. He soon will be obtaining his certification in family law mediation.
Matt and Lisa are excited to be setting up shop at home across the street from Chapin High School, sharing the building with Bailey's Sweet Shoppe. Matt said, "With the growth in the greater Chapin area, we believe that this is an ideal time to open a firm that is focused on our practice areas." Lisa feels the firm will be a good fit in Chapin because, "we care deeply about people, quality work and integrity."
More information about the firm, Lisa and Matt can be found at www.smithsullivanlaw.com.
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The College Board amended its policy on reporting SAT scores this month in an effort to ease stress on student test takers. Starting with the class of 2010, students who take the entrance examination multiple times will be able to control which of their scores admissions officers see. Even before then, though, students who want to attend Wake Forest University won't have to worry quite so much about the exam that most universities rely on so heavily.
Last month, Wake Forest dropped the SAT and ACT as entrance requirements, becoming the only Top 30 national university with a test-optional policy. This step away from standardized tests will help us and other institutions of higher education move closer to the goals of greater educational quality and opportunity.
Our decision to reevaluate our admissions policy grew out of a close look at the state of higher education and some long, hard thinking about the kind of university we want Wake Forest to be. For several years, a growing body of research has made clear that America's top colleges and universities are doing a poor job of helping some young people realize a critical part of the American dream: that anyone, no matter where he or she begins in life, has the chance to rise to the top.
Students from the top quarter of the socioeconomic hierarchy are 25 times more likely to attend a "top tier" college than students from the bottom quarter. In 1970, only 6 percent of students from the lowest-income families earned a bachelor's degree by age 24. More than 30 years later, the figure was still only 6 percent.
Research has indicated that one of the major reasons equal opportunity is lacking is universities' reliance on standardized tests, such as the SAT. Analyses show clearly that performance on the SAT is closely correlated with family income. Two scholars recently found that top colleges and universities could increase the enrollment of low-income students simply by giving greater weight to admissions criteria other than standardized tests.
Some argue that this limited opportunity is the price universities have to pay for a quality student body. But the research and our experience don't bear this out. A study of 78,000 students in California found that SAT scores correlated with family income but not with college grades. In fact, the SAT was the poorest predictor of college performance when compared with high school grades and performance on subject tests. Other studies have found that such factors as high school class ranking and strength of the high school course load are better predictors. A 2007 analysis of national data sets, for example, showed that colleges can attain both academic excellence and social diversity if they base admissions on high school grade-point average and class rank but not if they depend on SAT scores.
For these reasons, some of the nation's top, small, liberal arts colleges have moved away from the SAT and achieved greater diversity and quality in their student bodies. By making the SAT optional, we hope to encourage the momentum for change among the nation's most selective institutions.
Above all, we want to ensure that Wake Forest is true to its ideals and mission. We have always reviewed every application to Wake Forest, read and evaluated the essays, and weighed a range of factors. But we thought that our SAT requirement sent students the opposite message – that in the end what counted was performance on a standardized test.
So, a standardized test score will no longer be mandatory for admission to Wake Forest. Instead, we will be adding more personalized elements, including a recommended personal interview and opportunities to demonstrate individuality.
This step aligns our admission policies with our mission as a university. By opening doors even wider to qualified students from all backgrounds and circumstances, we believe we are sending a powerful message of inclusion and advocating democracy of access to higher education.
We also hope it will advance the emerging national discussion of equal opportunity, quality, and the SAT, and perhaps renew higher education's role in achieving the American dream.
Nathan O. Hatch is president of Wake Forest University. ©2008 The Washington Post.


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We knew there would be lots of little ones in attendance at my daughter's wedding. She really wanted to include them, but we were a little worried they might get bored. We bounced around ideas like some yard games, but they really couldn't do that during the ceremony. We found a couple of cute kids' coloring books for weddings on Pinterest, and once we decided to seat everyone at tables for the ceremony, we knew that would be a perfect way to keep the young crowd entertained.
My talented niece Keely drew the photo for the front to represent Codi and John. I love the way it turned out!
I made a word search using wedding and Codi and John-specific words for the first page on the inside, using this website from Discovery. I probably should have used fewer words because the letters were pretty small, but I figured it would be a good challenge for the slightly older kids.
The next page was just a simple cupcake outline, since that's what we were serving at the reception, that could be decorated however the artist chose.
Following the cupcake was my favorite page, Wedding Guest Bingo. I was kinda busy at the reception, so I don't know how the kids did on this, but it was fun to make.
The Wedding Mad Libs was a tricky one, because you don't want the participant to see where the words are going when they choose them. I went with a brief description and lines for the words on one page…
…and the Mad Lib itself to fill in on the next.
I found this fun website that has mazes for all the letters of the alphabet in both upper and lowercase, so I chose an S for the newlyweds' last name. I also added their little heads to show the start and finish points.
The back of the book had a spot for the artist to write his or her name, but I was stumped for a while on what else to add there. It finally occurred to me it would be fun to decorate the getaway car! They were taking my daughter's Kia Soul, so I found a photo and traced it to create the cartoon car.
It would have been easy enough to just lay these on the tables, but we really wanted to take it a step farther. We put each book in a yellow bag and added a box of crayons, a small lollipop and a couple of glow stick bracelets for when it got dark later. I made labels with each kid's name on them and a second label for the bottom with their table number so whoever put them out would know where each one should go.
It was kind of nice to have that pop of yellow scattered around on the tables.
These bags were a big hit with the kids at the wedding, and none of them were left behind afterward. I'm pretty sure those coloring books saved a parent or two's sanity, if only for a few minutes!


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One of the target birds for me on this trip was an America dipper. I've always wanted to see one of these guys and no, not because in the photos it looks like the dullest bird ever. It's super cool.
First, you look for dippers in this type of stream. They actually move around the water's edge and even walk under water to get at all sorts of aquatic invertebrates. I'm actually standing on a bridge, taking this photo and a dipper nest is under my feet. The water is incredibly cold, full of freshly melted snow.
One of the striking things is that you will notice a white eyelid. They use this when they are in the frigid water looking for food to keep insulated. One of the cool things about the American dipper is that they kind of fit their name: they dip...they constantly dip. I went to Cornell's BNA to see if I could find out what the dipping is all about and under the "Priorities For Further Research" it reads, "Why do American Dippers dip? This remains one of the biggest mysteries about the species, with many theories but no answers. Why do South American species not dip or dive? How does the American Dipper compare with other stream birds in North America (Spotted Sandpiper, Louisiana Waterthrush [Seiurus motacilla], wagtails [Motacilla spp.]), in Europe, and in Asia?"
Some things that even Cornell doesn't know. I can't wait until some hard working graduate student unwraps the code of all the bobbing birds out there--what is that all about? And here are some videos I took with my digital point and shoot camera and spotting scope of a dipper dipping and preening and scratching. You can hear our field trip group in the background. If you click on the YouTube link, there's a link under the video that gives you the option of watching it in high quality and see the dipper in more detail:
As if that isn't cool enough, it even dips on one foot:


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In our world of endless consumerist and technological distraction, "undistractable attention" is about more than just shutting off the social media; it's about tuning into the guiding voice that's inside each and every one of us. One pathway to that voice may be meditation or yoga, but our most fundamental route—as I learned in this life-changing conversation with Jim Robertson, an aboriginal skills instructor and naturalist based in Santa Monica, California, who coined that term—is via our eons-old home in the natural world. As Jim explains here, the absence of that connection in our modern-day lives has led to an epidemic of physical and mental illness, and left us struggling to fill that void with one mind-numbing addiction after another.
Jim has worked as a naturalist for the Santa Monica Mountains and taught aboriginal skills and wilderness survival training to nature-bereft urbanites for over a decade. But remarkably, Jim didn't come to the world of aboriginal skills until he was well into his fifties. It isn't often in our modern world and culture that we have the opportunity to sit and absorb the wisdom of our elders, and Jim, 78 years young, held me rapt as he unfolded his captivating life history over the course of this conversation, including a moving look at his struggles with physical and emotional pain that brought him to his current path. Whether you want to learn more about plants and the fun of primitive campouts, seek inspiration on how to live more deeply and fully every day, or simply want to be enthralled by the wisdom of one of the most delightful human beings I've ever had the pleasure of interviewing, check out this episode!
Here's the path of our conversation:
Innate "primitive skills" and Jim's childhood spent outdoors in 1940s California
How Jim discovered aboriginal skills in his fifties
The health challenge (and the psychic!) that led Jim to become a naturalist for the Santa Monica Mountains
Immersion in the outdoors as the ultimate medicine
Jim's earlier decade-long struggle with profound emotional and physical pain, and how he ultimately came to the other side
The practice of what Jim calls "undistractable attention" (or "indistractable [sic] attention," as we refer to it a few times in the episode!)
"I don't think there's anything better than being as sensitive as we can possibly be; because we want to feel deeply, we want to see deeply, we want to hear deeply, we want to live deeply and more fully"
The Shawshank Redemption and the place within that cannot be harmed
Playing pre-professional baseball, surfing and spearfishing at the beach as a teenager in 1950s Santa Monica
Discovering yoga while working in insurance in the late 1960s: "Here I was a business guy, with my styled hair [and] a tie"
Personal transformation in a time of monumental social upheaval (both then and now)
The necessary role of aboriginal and indigenous skills in the age of materialism
What it means to co-create with Mother Nature: Plant identifying, basket making, bow and arrow making, fire making
"Full primitive" camping
Shooting a bison with a handmade bow and arrow (and "making everything imaginable" from that bison -- "from the hair to the bones to the intestines") at Utah's Boulder Outdoor Survival School
Jim's thoughts on hunting and his day-to-day diet
The acronym Jim lives by (in the wilderness and everywhere)
A recent campout gone awry in the eastern Sierras
The deficit of nature in modern life and its connection to our epidemic of addiction
How to tap in to undistractable attention in your everyday life
You can learn more about Jim and his classes via his website, Meetup group, and on Facebook. Have a question for Jim? Reach out to him directly: jimrobertson[at]aboriginalskills[dot]com.
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Welland Valley Triathlon Club had a double celebration last weekend.
They won the Tri County Club Cup – for triathlon clubs in Leicestershire/Rutland, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire – at the Archway House Harborough Sprint Triathlon and the triumph coincided with their fifth anniversary.
WVTri Club's chairman Dan Stevens said: "It has been amazing over the five years with our membership now standing at over 80 members.
"Our investment into our excellent BTF qualified coaching team has seen some truly brilliant results at local, national and international level.
"I am extremely proud of what the club has achieved."
WVTri had a strong presence at the TriCounty with team of 30.
The sprint distance event consisted of a 400m swim in Harborough pool, a 23km bike leg through Great Oxendon and Braybrooke, and a final 5km run through the southern estates.
Mark Gray was first home for the club, finishing third overall in a blistering speed of 1:06:06 (1st in age group), closely followed by Alastair Wyldes (1:11:13) and Ben Smith 1:12:11.
Gemma Royles was first female overall, finishing in a magnificent time of 1:12:21 while Emma Bush did it in 1:19:00 to be first in her age group.
Competing in the water was WVTri's intrepid Nick Lindley.
He took part in the Windermere One Way #WOW endurance swimming event which saw 130 swimmers braving the choppy, cold waters as they swam the entire length of Lake Windermere.
Lindley completed this epic 10-mile swimming challenge in a time of nine hours and eight minutes.
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In July 2013, The Employers' Federation of Ceylon together with the Jaffna Chamber of Commerce organized a programme on services of The Employers' Federation of Ceylon. One session was on "Disability And employment". Ms. Manique Gunaratne also spoke about employing persons with disabilities. Certificates were awarded to the visually impaired trainees whom were trained by Ms. Manique Gunaratne, trained at the Vavuniya training centre. It was a successful event. One trainee was able to get employment on that day. The Valumpuri Tamil newspaper carried a photograph of one trainee receiving the certificate and the training pack. This programme was held at Ganam Hotel in Jaffna.
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| Jan 31, 2016
Over the past five days, the Virginia Tech Hokies have hosted around 20 commits and recruits on official visits with Justin Fuente and his staff looking to make a strong finishing push to National Signing Day 2016. Fuente and his staff have gotten some solid commitments over Fuente's short time in Blacksburg and have now gained another one. Three-star defensive tackle Jarrod Hewitt of Venice High School in Venice, Florida announced on Twitter that he has committed to Virginia Tech. Hewitt had 20 offers from a group that included Virginia Tech, Iowa State, Purdue, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Kansas, Indiana, ECU, USF, and UCF with Hewitt choosing the Hokies over the Cyclones. Hewitt is ranked as the 81st best DT by the 247 Sports Composite, 88th best DT by 247 Sports, and 56th best DT by ESPN. Among Sunshine State recruits, Hewitt is ranked 185th best by the 247 Sports Compsoite, 202nd best by 247 Sports, and 126th best by ESPN. Hewitt has been a top defensive tackle target for the Hokies for months and the staff change didn't seem to affect the Hokies especially with Bud Foster and Charley Wiles being retained. However, the Hokies did have to deal with an aggressive push from Matt Campbell and Iowa State who have made some impressive recruiting gains over the last two months. The Hokies hosted Hewitt this past weekend, and Virginia Tech was able to close the deal to get Hewitt and beat out the Cyclones for his commitment. Hewitt is an important addition as the Hokies only previously had Clay Dean committed at the DT spot with a large possibility that Dean could end up moving to offensive guard. Hewitt is a tenacious, hard-working defensive tackle that is already fairly well built that should only get stronger in the weight room. Hewitt gives Virginia Tech even more depth at the defensive tackle spot and could end up being a steal in a few years even though Hewitt likely won't play much for a couple years due to Virginia Tech's impressive DT depth. Justin Fuente, Bud Foster, and Charley Wiles did a good job of holding off Iowa State's push to get Hewitt while Virginia Tech gets their first commitment from Florida since Justin Fuente took over. However, Hewitt may not be the only Floridian commitment the Hokies gain by the end of National Signing Day. Jarrod Hewitt is a strong addition to a Virginia Tech recruiting class that still has some more expansion coming before Wednesday ends.


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The gang over at ReadIndies is going to attempt to read one of my travesties. Haha, good luck on that. Betting lines are open that two reviewers will go insane before someone contacts me and threatens legal action ;). Here's some info, go give their lists a shot and find something good to read. It HAS to be better than the drivel I vomit up.
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Let's talk about Travis and his paranoid delusions. Or maybe they're just my fears? As someone who has spent half his life in the high tech industry, I'm pretty familiar with the way a lot of the industry operates. I understand hardware, until it gets down beyond the silicon where there's a lot of math and electrical current and all that. I understand software down to the part where you have to code the actual language of it. I understand the internet both from a user perspective, as well as from a technical perspective.
On top of all this knowledge-y goodness, I'm also old. I'll be 41 in a couple of weeks. This gives me a lot of experience, but it also gives me a good deal of perspective. I've been alive long enough to actually see trends develop. A lot of you younger readers, you've grown up with the internet and instant communications. To you, this is just normal. This is how it is. It's sort of like when I grew up with TV or electricity (okay, I'm not that old, but you know what I mean). It's something you take for granted.
Now, knowing what I know about technology, business, and human nature (and money, let's not forget money, and religion, I guess, though religion doesn't play a part in this at all as far as I can tell), I've watched the world grow up with this new internet "thing." There's still some of us who are scared of computers, and don't understand the internet. I'm pretty sure when I was born, there were still those who were scared to death of color television and didn't understand why it was important to put men in space.
I've watched how technology has evolved the social structure of civilization, and has done it possibly more rapidly than any other huge leap in innovation ever has in our history. I grew up remembering a billion phone numbers (733-9329 was our home # for… forever, like twenty years or more, and 733-5776 was the number of the car dealership who had the most annoying asshole I've ever seen on TV doing their commercials). I grew up having to get up and change the channel. I also remember remote controls having five buttons only: power, channel up, channel down, volume up, volume down.
My mother told me about remotes that only had one button. You clicked it, and the channel went up. That's it. To get all the way back around, you just clicked it a bunch of times. But, and keep this in mind, there were like… three TV networks back then, and that's about it. The Star-Spangled Banner played at midnight, then it was six to eight hours of snow because the TV stations shut down for the night.
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CHAPTER ONE: The Doom Lord
General Megatron heard the gnashing of teeth and froze in the middle of his latest scheme to escape the forced labor prison camp he'd been trapped in for more than six years. The roar of rage echoing through the twists and turns of the cell block's corridors from below made him shiver. It was a noise that was far too familiar to his ears, one that he'd unfortunately encountered far too many times before. The creature's heavy, clawed feet scraped and crashed into the floor in a succession of minor earthquakes, punctuated by the enraged bellowing coming from the galaxy's most feared tyrant: The Doom Lord.
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The alfresco patio at Waterline offers harborfront views.
Scenic views of Newport Harbor, with yachts cruising by during a dramatic sunset, and squash blossoms on my plate—I find all of that at Balboa Bay Resort's new signature dining spot, Waterline. The destination can once again be considered a culinary contender in O.C. While it has remained a landmark through the decades, its restaurant needed a makeover—both in interior and gastronomical design. And that's no simple task. But it's happened. Vincent Lesage now heads the kitchen as the resort's executive chef (he hails from The St. Regis), and Rachel Haggstrom is Waterline's chef de cuisine. They've created a modernized menu with a focused, fresh approach—and I think you'll be delighted.
On a recent weeknight visit, the eatery is almost full, with special-occasion diners, boaters and legendary families. We're met with immediate attention from the gracious service staff before we settle in to peruse the wine list and menu. We select a few appetizers, and so begins our evening of overindulgence.
The just-baked focaccia arrives—a round loaf of bread that's cheesy and warm. My dining companions and I slather the pieces with olive tapenade or douse them with organic olive oil, which is a local variety—Temecula Olive Oil. Then we're informed the seafood on the menu is caught from Pearson's Port, the fish shack just down the road. Nice touch.
The first shareable dish to arrive is the tagliatelle, and our friendly server, Jolleen, discusses its unique virtues. It's not pasta—it's squid, cut in thin strips to resemble noodles and sauteed with Italian smoked ham, sprinkled with chives and Parmesan, and served with an egg yolk cooked to 62 degrees to tie it all together. My friends finish the plate, and my fiance wants more. It's satisfying, toothsome and truly delicious.
The plates that follow are all winners too. The house roll, with spiny lobster, avocado and cucumber wrapped in soy paper, then decorated with chipotle aioli and a yuzu soy vinaigrette, is as tasty as any I've had at my favorite sushi bar. And it's created sans rice—it's my new guilt-free addiction. Next come the lovely crabcakes. Chock-full of the seafood, they're crispy but not oily, garnished with seasonal pickles and a New Orleans-style remoulade. But it's the exceptional creamy cheese-filled and flash-fried squash blossoms that send my gourmand gang into a tizzy. The cioppino is also divine, with some heat in the broth, tiny clams to pick at and grilled bread to sop up the flavor—it's great for sharing. And the ahi tacos are a hit: Crispy wonton shells are filled with cubed tuna and topped with a bright and textural jicama slaw.
We venture on to the entrees. A tempting combination of a broiled swordfish, polenta fries and a subtle beurre blanc comes courtesy of the steak frites. The fish is good, albeit a tad overcooked, but I like the concept. The catch of the day arrives en papillote, but with a twist. While it's traditionally baked in parchment paper, the Alaskan halibut version is cooked in a bag, which is then snipped tableside to reveal fingerlings, mussels, the scent of basil, garlic and lemon, all infused with white wine. (I love a confident chef.) I would've liked the added sensory complement of a drizzle of olive oil, but the flavors are fresh and clean. Everyone's happy—even me. And then there's Haggstrom's bone-in chicken breast. The poultry is tender yet subtly crusted, and it's paired with a local green salad bursting with sliced strawberries, Drake Farms goat cheese and black walnuts.
A quick note about the wine list—it's a progressive mix of vinos from Cali, France, Australia and Italy. The Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc we drink is a divine addition to our first courses, and the Trinitas Zinfandel Blend is perfect with the chicken and the swordfish. (I like red wine with everything.) The bottle list is a bit more advanced than the by-the-glass offerings, so bring friends and pop the cork on your best find.
The night draws to a close as the sun sets, and we linger over dessert. Pastry Chef Brooke Martin is peanut butter crazy, and her PB&J is an innovative take on the sandwich, thanks to layers of peanut butter cheesecake and spongecake, a Concord grape sorbet and homemade peanut brittle. I love the pineapple upside-down cake too—sticky with a caramel-topped brown sugar shortcake and embellished with an unbelievable toasted coconut ice cream.
Yes, oceanfront dining at Waterline is a treat, and when combined with kind service and inventive dishes, I consider the revamp of the Balboa Bay Resort's restaurant victorious. The flavors and presentation have been elevated to meet the times, and I'm confident that your next jaunt to the sea will be a swimmingly good one.
Balboa Bay Resort, 1221 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach
Shared plates: $9-$14
Raw bar: $6-$13
Soups, salads and sides: $8-$9
Main dishes: $20-$32
Desserts: $9
Sun.: 7am-2pm and 5:30-9pm (the bar serves lunch 2-5:30pm), Mon.-Thu.: 6:30am-2pm and 5:30-9pm, Fri.: 6:30am-2pm and 5:30-10pm, Sat.: 7am-2pm and 5:30-10pm
Who Goes There
Locals, tourists and anyone who loves a harbor view
You Must Order
The squid tagliatelle
Carb Counter's Delight
The house roll is prepared sans rice and is filled with delicious bits of protein-packed
spiny lobster.
Best Table in the House
On the patio or by the windows
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Squaw Valley reopens in honor of fallen ski patroller
Placer official details investigation into death of ski patrol member at Squaw Valley
The Squaw Valley ski resort reopened Wednesday, a day after a ski patroller was killed by what officials are calling the accidental detonation of a hand-held device used to trigger controlled avalanches, Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows said in a statement.
Squaw Valley mourns loss of 'best of the best,' killed in accident
The resort said it would operate Wednesday in the employee's honor. He was identified the day before as as Joe Zuiches, a 42-year-old member of the Squaw Valley professional ski patrol since 2012 from Olympic Valley.
A GoFundMe page set up to help cover funeral costs surpassed $104,000 in donations by Wednesday morning. The page said Zuiches is survived by his wife and infant son.
Resort officials said the fatal incident happened at 8:35 a.m. Tuesday while Zuiches was on top of the Gold Coast Ridge on Squaw Valley, prompting the closure of the mountain. Zuiches was working in two two-person teams at the time of the explosion. It was unclear how far away his partner was at the time of the incident, though no other injuries were reported.
"We have a team that is a family and that family and team is grieving," said resort manager Andy Wirth on Tuesday. "Within moments of hearing of the circumstances we made the immediate decision to shut down. It just didn't feel right to operate the ski resort."
An investigation into the explosive device that set off the controlled avalanche is being handled by the Placer County Sheriff's Office and North Tahoe Fire Department, Squaw Valley-Alpine Meadows said in a statement.
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If you are in Venice on January 6th do not miss this short but charming event that takes place every year from the Clock Tower in St. Mark's Square.
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