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My contributions to the weekly Sepia Saturday theme have suffered a little this summer, mainly due to the run of good weather that we've had, of which I've taken full advantage with plenty of hiking and other outdoors activity, following on from my rather lengthy excursion walking the Camino in northern Spain last year.
I could not resist Alan's image prompt this week, a black and white photograph from the Bergen Public Library's Flickr photostream depicting three classical composers Julius Röntgen, Frants Beyer and Edvard Grieg on an excursion on Mount Løvstakken in June 1900. Another image in the same sequence, and presumably taken on the same day, shows Beyer and Grieg indulging in light refreshments after their exertions.
Roosevelt on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, 1903
Stereographic print publ. by Underwood & Underwood
These reminded me very much of one of my favourite photographs which has been reproduced many times, but is shown here in its original format as a stereocard print published by Underwood & Underwood in 1903 (click the image for a larger version). Few of my readers will need to be informed that this was the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) at Glacier Point, Yosemite, with the Yosemite Falls in the background. I haven't yet been able to determine who took the original photograph - and there were quite a number of adventurous glass plate photographers working in the area, right back to 1859 [2] - but I did discover several similar scenes which appear to be part of the same series, and were presumably taken on the same day.
Roosevelt on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, 1903
Stereographic print publ. by Keystone View Company
A second pose, very similar to the first but published by Keystone, shows Roosevelt again standing on an overhanding rock at Glacier Point, with the Yosemite Valley and the Yosemite Falls forming a magnificent backdrop to the north-west. The stereophoto is titled, "President Roosevelt's Choicest Recreation - Amid Nature's Grandeur - On Glacier Point, Yosemite, Calif."
Roosevelt on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, 1903
Unmounted print, unknown publisher
A third version shows Roosevelt seated, rather than standing, on the overhanging rock, with the photographer facing east and the charcateristic outline of Half Dome just visible at the right hand edge of the view.
Roosevelt and Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, 1903
Unmounted stereographic print, unknown publisher
A fourth image, also widely published as a stereophoto, shows Roosevelt and another man - the identity of that man holds the clue to why the President was there, and why this series of images has become so widely known. Much has been written about the relationship between Roosevelt and John Muir, the bearded man to his left, and I don't intend to repeat it here, except to quote some of Roosevelt's own words:
It was my good fortune to know John Muir. He had written me, even before I met him personally, expressing his regret that when Emerson came to see the Yosemite, his (emerson's) friends would not allow him to accept John Muir's invitation to spend two or three days camping with him, so as to see the giant grandeur of the place under surroundings more congenial than those of a hotel piazza or a seat on a coach. I had answered him that if ever I got in his neighborhood I should claim from him the treatment that he had wished to accord Emerson. Later, when as President I visited the Yosemite, John Muir fulfilled the promise he had at that time made to me. He met me with a couple of pack mules, as well as with riding mules for himself and myself, and a first-class packer and cook, and I spent a delightful three days and two nights with him.
Roosevelt's party at the Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Big Tree Grove, 1903
Photograph by Joseph N. LeConte
The first night we camped in a grove of giant sequoias. It was clear weather, and we lay in the open, the enormous cinnamon-colored trunks rising about us like the columns of a vaster and more beautiful cathedral than was ever conceived by any human architect ...
President Roosevelt and party, Inspiration Point, Yosemite Valley
All next day we traveled through the forest. Then a snow-storm came on, and at night we camped on the edge of the Yosemite, under the branches of a magnificent silver fir, and very warm and comfortable we were, and a very good dinner we had before we rolled up in our tarpaulins and blankets for the night ...
Roosevelt and Muir with two Rangers, Yosemite Valley
The following day we went down into the Yosemite and through the valley, camping in the bottom among the timber ... John Muir talked even better than he wrote. His greatest influence was always upon those who were brought into personal contact with him.
Muir's three nights with Roosevelt at Yosemite in May 1903 has been referred to in a rather grandiose fashion as perhaps "the most significant camping trip in conservation history," with some justification. Muir, an ardent conservationist, prolific author and activist, had been visiting and writing about Yosemite for three and a half decades. He was the first to suggest that Yosemite's U-shaped valleys were carved out by glaciers, in stark contrast to the contemporary view of their origin as the result of catastrophic earthquakes. He had befriended naturalist author Ralph Waldo Emerson, was a co-founder and first president of the Sierra Club, an associate of literary naturalist John Burroughs, and was a close friend of influential scientist Joseph LeConte.
"Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter." – John Muir in a letter to his wife Louie in July 1888
"There! empty your heads of all vanity, and look ... Yes, I pottered around here ten years, and you think you can see it all in four days." - John Muir to John Burroughs in 1909
John Muir on a 1964 U.S. commemorative stamp
Ranger-naturalist Richard J. Hartesveldt wrote, in an article published in Yosemite Nature Notes in 1955:
This unusual meeting of two great conservationists had a strong influence upon the formulation in our government's land and resources policy ... The prelude to this meeting began a few years earlier when forests which had been set aside by Presidents Harrison and Cleveland were endangered by pressure from commercial interests who wanted the Congress to release them from Federal control. To John Muir, through his vivid writings, goes much of the credit for preventing the passage of such legislation.
John Muir, Preservationist
Celebrate the Century U.S. commemmorative stamp, 1998
The President became interested in the conservation attitudes of John Muir by reading Muir's enthusiastic writings. He indicated to the famed naturalist through California Senator Chester Rowell that he desired to make a trip to Yosemite for the express purpose of "talking conservation" with him ... After receiving a personal letter from Roosevelt, [Muir] wrote ... "An influential man from Washington wants to make a trip into the Sierra with me, and I might be able to do some forest good in freely talking around the campfire."
The President arrived dressed for the business at hand in his rough hunting clothes. He and Muir left the main party of dignitaries and slept on the ground at night, once in the snow, which delighted the President. The conversations around their Sierra campfires would probably fill several volumes, since both were prolific talkers. Although we shall never know all that transpired on this memorial outing, there is much evidence of the good which resulted from it.
John Muir featured on the California state quarter, 2005
John Muir was emphatic about the need for legislation to prevent archeological ruins from being destroyed by "pot hunters" and other collectors. The Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon were foremost among specific areas mentioned. Perhaps it was at this time that the two conceived a workable plan which would vest the President with the necessary power to set apart as national monuments areas deemed nationally significant. The purpose was, of course, to save time when areas were in immediate danger of invasion, and also to circumvent opposition in Congress which might prevent many such areas from being established. The legislation was enacted in 1906 and is known today as the Antiquities Act.
Redwoods at Muir Woods National Monument, November 2013
Image Copyright © Brett Payne
Sadly I didn't have enough time during my recent brief stay in California to visit Yosemite, as it's been on my bucket list far longer than the term has actually been in existence (i.e. 2006). I felt it deserved more than the couple of days I had available, so it will have to wait for another time. I did, however, get a chance for a quick visit to Muir Woods National Monument - declared as such by Roosevelt in 1908, and named after John Muir at the request of the donors, William and Elizabeth Kent - an old-growth coastal redwood forest close to Mount Tamalpais, with my long time friends Bob and Veronique. Thanks, Bob and Vero, next time we'll do Yosemite.
Underwood & Underwood (Copyright, 1903) Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, California, in 1903, stereograph (unmounted), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
The First Yosemite Photographers / Yosemite Photographers In The Early Days ... Incredible Challenges But Amazing Results, including A Thousand Words by Bill and Mary Hood, by undiscovered-yosemite.com.
President Roosevelt and party, Inspiration Point, Yosemite Valley, California, photographic print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Muir, John (1871) Yosemite Glaciers, New York Tribune, 5 December 1871, reproduced online by the Sierra Club.
Roosevelt, Theodore (1913) In Yosemite with John Muir, from An Autobiography (1913), excerpted from Chapter IX. Outdoors and Indoors, reproduced online by the Sierra Club.
Roosevelt, Theodore (1915) John Muir: An Appreciation, Outlook, vol. 109, pp. 27-28, 16 January 1915, reproduced online by the Sierra Club.
John Muir and John Muir's Influences, by the National Park Service.
John Muir (1838-1914) and Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), The National Parks, America's Best Idea, a film by PBS.
Geologic Map of Yosemite Valley, from Geologic Map of Yosemite National Park and Vicinity, California, U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1874 by N. King Huber, Paul C. Bateman, and Clyde Wahrhaftig, publ. 1989, from the United States Geological Survey.
Sierra Club Historic Photographs, from the Sierra Club William E. Colby Memorial Library.
Barrus, Clara (1920) John Burroughs - Boy And Man, Chapter XVII: Work And Play In Later Years, from The Catskill Archive
Hartesveldt, Richard J. (1955) Roosevelt And Muir - Conservationists, in Yosemite Nature Notes, Vol. XXXIV, No. 11 (PDF from Yosemite Online Library), p.132-136, November 1955, article reproduced by undiscovered-yosemite.com.


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Let's encourage everyone, and another, to wash their cars so we know it will rain. You know! You wash your car and the next week it rains and messes up all your hard work. It's like a rain dance!!
It's a small sacrifice for your readers to simply wash their cars, and maybe a neighbor's car, so we can have some rain, snow, etc that we sorely need.
Come on now, wash your car, PLEASE
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'Lend me your ear, reader: you shall enjoy yourself'
Illustrations and translations of the Latin novel the
Isis Revealed
illustrated by Percival Goodman. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932.
'Looking up I saw the full orb of the Moon shining with peculiar lustre and that very moment emerging from the waves of the sea. Then the thought came to me that this was the hour of silence and loneliness when my prayers might avail. For I knew that the Moon was the primal Goddess of supreme sway; that all human beings are vitalised by the divine influence of her light; that all the bodies which are on earth, or in the heavens, or in the sea, increase when she waxes, and decline when she wanes. Considering this, therefore, and feeling that Fate was now satiated with my endless miseries and at last licensed a hope of salvation, I determined to implore the august image of the risen Goddess.
So, shaking off my tiredness, I scrambled to my feet and walked straight into the sea into order to purify myself. I immersed my head seven times because (according to the divine Pythagoras) that number is specially suited for all ritual-acts; and then, speaking with lively joy, I lifted my tear-wet face in supplication to the irresistible Goddess: ....
So, shaking off my tiredness, I scrambled to my feet and walked straight into the sea into order to purify myself. I immersed my head seven times because (according to the divine Pythagoras) that number is specially suited for all ritual-acts; and then, speaking with lively joy, I lifted my tear-wet face in supplication to the irresistible Goddess: ....
translated by Jack Lindsay
illustrated by Percival Goodman. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932.
"Queen of Heaven, whether you are fostering Ceres the motherly nurse of all growth, who (gladdened at the discovery of your lost daughter) abolished brutish nutriment of the primitive acorn and pointed the way to gentler food (as is yet shown in the tilling of the fields of Eleusis); or whether you are celestial Venus who in the first moment of Creation min
gled the opposing sexes in the generation of mutual desires, and who (after sowing in humanity the seeds of indestructible continuing life) are now worshipped in the wave-washed shrine of Paphos; or whether you are the sister of Phoebus, who by relieving the pangs of childbirth travail with soothing remedies have brought safe into the world lives innumerable, and who are now venerated in the thronged sanctuary of Ephesus; or whether you are Proserpine, terrible with the howls of midnight, whose triple face has power to ward off the assaults of ghosts and to close the cracks in the earth, and who wander through many a grove, propitiated in divers manners, illuminating the walls of all cities with beams of female light, nurturing the glad seeds in the earth with your damp heat, and dispensing abroad your dim radiance when the sun has abandoned us—O by whatever name, and by whatever rite, and in whatever form, it is permitted to invoke you, come now and succour me in the hour of my calamity. Support my broken life, and give me rest and peace after the tribulations of my lot. Let there be an end to the toils that weary me, and an end to the snares that beset me. Remove from me the hateful shape of a beast, and restore me to the sight of those that love me. Restore me to Lucius, my lost self. But if an offended god pursues me implacably, then grant me death at least since life is denied me."
Lucius restored to human shape by the Grace of Isis
illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. London: John Lane - The Bodley Head, 1923.
Thus the divine shape breathing out the pleasant spice of fertill Arabia, disdained not with her divine voyce to utter these words unto me: Behold Lucius I am come, thy weeping and prayers hath mooved mee to succour thee. I am she that is the naturall mother of all things, mistresse and governesse of all the Elements, the initiall progeny of worlds, chiefe of powers divine, Queene of heaven, the principall of the Gods celestiall, the light of the goddesses: at my will the planets of the ayre, the wholesome winds of the Seas, and the silences of hell be disposed; my name, my divinity is adored throughout all the world in divers manners, in variable customes and in many names, for the Phrygians call me the mother of the Gods: the Athenians, Minerva: the Cyprians, Venus: the Candians, Diana: the Sicilians Proserpina: the Eleusians, Ceres: some Juno, other Bellona, other Hecate: and principally the æthiopians which dwell in the Orient, and the ægyptians which are excellent in all kind of ancient doctrine, and by their proper ceremonies accustome to worship mee, doe call mee Queene Isis…'
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Actors: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Cote De Pablo
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He uses his computer skills to aid the MCRT in subsequent investigations through the rest of season one, until he is officially promoted with his own desk at the Navy Yard in the beginning of season two.Todd is eventually killed in the line of duty in the season two finale, and is ultimately replaced by Ziva David, who from season three to season seven is the Mossad liaison officer, and eventually gains American citizenship to become a full agent, David returns to Israel in the beginning of season 11,NCIS Season 13 DVD and is soon replaced by NSA Analyst, Eleanor Bishop. McGee first appears as a Field Agent assigned to the Norfolk Field Office.
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As we showed off the red color scheme the other day, here is the world's first look at the new G1 gaming logo. What other GIGABYTE product uses a similar design?
A group of motherboard enthusiasts working for GIGABYTE, sharing their insider knowledge and general ramblings of the motherboard business, the tech industry, latest technologies and trends, and other random odds and ends.
Monday, March 31, 2014
Power On!
Here is another update from our factory. First power on test happened last week, and we had a film crew on hand to record the milestone. Stay tuned!
GIGABYTE New Ultra Durable Heatsink Design
Here is a first look at the heatsink of one of our upcoming motherboards. Can you spot some other interesting features on this Ultra Durable series board?
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Who Says You Shouldn't Turn on the Red Light?
Monday, March 24, 2014
Something Big Happening at GIGABYTE Taiwan Factory
Excuse the dust, but GIGABYTE has something big happening at out Taiwan factory. Any guesses as to what?
Whatever it is, it's going to need a lot of power!
Friday, March 21, 2014
Great news from Intel camp, performance CPUs at budget prices coming soon!
HWBOT just put up an interesting story with Intel slides talking about some upcoming Intel CPUs which will finally bring back the hardcore enthusiast CPUs at affordable prices. Intel has really been listening to enthusiasts lately and hopefully they keep up with this trend.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Catzilla version 1.2 is out
AllPlayer Group people have released the Catzilla 1.2 version today. Have you guys tried this benchmark yet? It has a wicked sound track and interesting graphics. It also scales with multiGPUs very well. Good way to test your system and if you feel competitive, you can also jump to HWBOT and submit a score and see how well you do against thousands of other scores on their database.
Check it out on YouTube as well to see what it looks and sounds like.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Steponz from USA smashes 3DMARK05 global WR today!
Hot off the press as they say, Steponz just took out the highly contested 3DMARK05 world record today with a new score at 73,835points. 3DMARK05 is one of the 3D benchmarks which is heavily system bound. Basically you have to get your frequencies right and tweak the memory and OS to perfection and execute a top notch score as it's always a highly contested one. It took Joe a couple of days of trying as I noticed a #3 score yesterday only to dry things off and make it the best we've seen in history.
Joe uses GIGABYTE Z87X-OC motherboard and an Intel firstname.lastname@example.com cooled by liquid nitrogen along with a Nvidia GTX780Ti and Corsair Dominator Platinum (Samsung IC) memory. All these components are critical in achieving such a killer score.
Respect Joe, keep pushing to the max!
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Hardware Asylum podcast is out, sandbagging and consoles are on the menu!
Hey guys, Hardware Asylum have come out with anther interesting podcast today. They are talking about the world of overclocking and a strategy coined "sandbagging" which gained some prominence during the last HWBOT Country Cup (aka. World Cup of Overclocking) in which a lot of teams waited to post some of the final scores on the last day. Some didn't like this and other had no issues with it. For those who are still scratching your head what sandbagging actually is, tune into the podcast where they compare it to Ebay, Poker and a couple of other things you may be able to relate to better! It's an interesting discussion and while I don't particularly agree with some of the ideas on current topics, I always like to have a listen to Dennis' and Darren's podcasts.
Click on the link here or here to have a listen.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Haswell Real World Performance: DDR3-1600 RAM Speed Is Not Enough
Our friends from Corsair published an informative blog which I've decided to repost here in full to show you how memory speed past DDR3-1600 benefits your daily PC usage on Haswell (Z87) platform. A lot of people are not well informed about this and it's time to show some testing and examples to inform you why having high speed RAM and a motherboard that is well tuned to run such speeds and timings is important for your daily PCs and why DD3-1600 is just not good enough any more!
It's a very nice read and for those that are unaware you are literally a few clicks away from getting high speed on your rigs with Gigabyte motherboards provided your memory is capable. In my event hopping outings I occasionally hear confessions from people at LANs saying they purchased high speed ram and still run it at bios defaults. If you're one of those people, I hope you watch this video I've prepared quickly and read the article to understand why it's important to use that extra speed and timings. Here is a video first showing how to enable XMP profile on Gigabyte boards:
Haswell Real World Performance: DDR3-1600 RAM Speed Is Not Enough
The prevailing wisdom in the enthusiast community has been, for generations, that DDR3-1600 is the sweet spot and that faster memory offers at best extremely limited performance improvement and that at worst, it's snake oil. There's an element of truth to that; AMD's Bulldozer architecture and its derivatives see arguably minimal benefit from faster memory, and Ivy Bridge and its predecessors actually were just fine at DDR3-1600. So the idea that the paradigm might have shifted is tough to swallow because it goes against wisdom that's been ingrained for years, a veritable lifetime in our industry.
Except that it has. DDR3-1600 is quite simply no longer enough for modern chips outside of Ivy Bridge-E and Vishera. That Kaveri benefits from faster memory (at least on the GPU side) is a foregone conclusion that was confirmed by our testing. AnandTech already exhaustively detailed performance scaling with different memory speeds on Haswell, and I've studied the effect of memory speed on Battlefield 4's performance. Between our work and AnandTech's extremely thorough research, you'd think there would finally be a pervasive understanding of the benefit of faster memory on Haswell, but that hasn't been the case.
I originally went into this testing specifically trying to determine whether or not overclocking would increase the strain enough on Haswell's memory controller to justify higher speed memory. In testing, I discovered fairly conclusively that DDR3-1600 essentially leaves performance on the table even at stock clocks.
For testing I ran Intel's Core i7-4770K at stock speeds and overclocked to 4.5GHz. A 32GB (4x8GB) kit of our Dominator Platinum DDR3-2400 was used to scale from DDR3-1600 CAS 9 to DDR3-2400 CAS 10. Test system specs are as follows:
Intel Core i7-4770K CPU
Stock Speed (3.5GHz nominal, turbo to 3.7GHz on four cores or 3.9GHz on one core)
Overclocked (4.5GHz, 45x100 BClk, 4GHz Northbridge
Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 Motherboard
4x8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3-2400
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Overclocked (980MHz nominal, boost to 1150MHz, 7GHz GDDR5)
240GB & 480GB Neutron GTX SSDs (for Adobe testing)
I very deliberately chose a mixture of synthetic and real world benchmarks. Cherry picked synthetics can admittedly overstate the importance of higher speed memory; I wanted tangible, demonstrable, practical benefits.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
sofos1990 visits GIGABYTE OC lab and takes out some scores with HiCookie
GIGABYTE OC lab occasionally accepts visitors from travelling overclockers, enthusiasts and people who love their overclocking in general. This week I noticed sofos1990 from Greece visited HiCookie at GIGABYTE HQ and it didn't take long before they broke out the LN2 and started taking some scores down. Sofos1990 is world No.2 overclocker in HWBOT's OC league and a well respected member of OC community.
HiCookie just posted a dual card DX11 Heaven Unigine world record (it's also #11 overall in global rankings). They used a GIGABYTE Z87X-OC with 2x Radeon R9 290X graphics cards on LN2.
Nice work guys, keep at it!


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Updating to Windows 10 using Windows 10 version 1607 (also known as the Anniversary Update) can delete entries in the Windows Registry that support waking with Bluetooth devices. As a result, Bluetooth devices can't wake your Mac when it's booted into Windows using Boot Camp.
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The same day NBC's "This is Us" Super Bowl episode revealed the aftermath of a fire that started inside the Pearson home, the Encinitas Fire Department decided to get in on the action — while avoiding the drama.
As a tie-in to the season premiere, which aired after the Super Bowl, the department started the "Fire Safety Challenge" on Twitter. Senior Deputy Fire Marshal Kerri Berberet tweeted a photo of herself checking her own smoke alarm.
"The last two episodes showed a missing battery in a smoke alarm and the latest episode showed a fire occurring in the home in the evening time when everybody was sleeping, and the fire actually coming up the stairwell and the occupants of the home being greeted with fire at their door, which I tied back to the missing battery in the smoke alarm," Berberet told NBC 7.
The department is challenging their Twitter followers to reply to the department's post with photos of themselves checking their smoke alarms as well, she said.
"We're inviting our Twitter followers to participate in the challenge, not only to recognize the benefits of having a working smoke alarm but to also challenge them to test the smoke alarm and verify there are batteries in place and that it's working," she said.
Berberet said she watches the show every Tuesday night and appreciates that its writers are using their platform to raise awareness about the importance of smoke detectors.
"It's awesome that they've shown that there is no battery present," she said. "I've seen a lot of the Twitter chatter, so people are recognizing that they had no battery in their smoke alarm and tying it to the possible reason why."
Every home should have at least one smoke alarm, and Berberet recommends people have one on every floor and in every bedroom. "Early notification of smoke presence is a huge thing," she said. "It's basically your No. 1 line of defense to get you out of a home safe."
People should check their alarms every month to make sure there are working batteries inside.
Twitter users who want to participate have until midnight Sunday to post their photos. The department will announce 15 winners on Tuesday.


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A premature ventricular beat (PVB) is an extra heartbeat caused by abnormal electrical activity. It starts in the ventricles (the lower chambers of the heart) before a normal heartbeat occurs. PVB interferes with the heart's normal rhythm and causes a pause before the next heartbeat. It may feel like a heartbeat is skipped.
PVBs are common, especially among the elderly. They can occur in people who are healthy, in which case they are harmless. However, when they occur after a heart attack]]> or heart surgery they can lead to dangerous heart rhythms. In some cases, these rhythms can cause sudden death. You should contact your doctor right away if you suspect you have PVBs after a heart attack or heart surgery.
The causes of PVBs include:
A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease or condition.
The following factors increase your chance of developing PVBs:
In many cases, there are no symptoms. When symptoms do occur they can include:
In people with heart disease, PVBs can cause decreased blood flow from the heart to other parts of the body. This can produce dizziness and fainting.
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history, and perform a physical exam. If you have heart disease, you should see a cardiologist.
Tests may include:
In most cases, no treatment is needed. However, it can be helpful to reduce stress and avoid caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco. If a medication you are taking may be causing the PVBs, talk with your doctor about whether you should reduce the dose or change medications.
You may need to take medication if you have significant symptoms from PVBs, have heart disease, or if the pattern of the PVBs indicates a risk of developing more serious heart rhythm problems. Beta-blockers are generally tried first since they are relatively safe medications. Antiarrhythmic drugs may be used, but they may also increase the chances of developing dangerous heart rhythms. Other medications that may be used include calcium channel blockers. Talk with your doctor about the best treatment for you.
American Heart Association
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Canadian Health Network
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Ectopic beats. Your Heart website. Available at: http://www.yourheart.org.uk/arrhythmias04.php . Accessed September 22, 2005
Selzman KA, Gettes LS. Exercise-induced premature ventricular beats: Should we do anything differently? Circulation. 2004;109:2374-2375.
Stahmer S, Williams E. Premature ventricular contraction. eMedicine website. Available at: http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic773.htm . Accessed October 1, 2005.
Ventricular premature beats. Merck Manual – Second Home Edition website. Available at: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/print/sec03/ch027/ch027f.html . Accessed September 22, 2005.
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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(Hey, better late than never!)
It's almost April and we're still going with our insane geek awards, the Unicorn Poopies. Doing the series has allowed us to look back at 2016 and identify some interesting trends. As we approach 2017 Q2, we wonder if our favorite industries and companies are moving forward or just regurgitating what they've always done. These thoughts apply to everything we geeks indulge in: technology, tabletop games, video games, digital media, television, movies, books, music, etc.
What I've enjoyed most about doing the Unicorn Poopies is that it has been a great catalyst for round table discussions and the exploration of future topics. Now that Obi is focusing on Topover Star eSports, we've been able to use our award show as a way to introduce our new hosts: Beard_And_Hat, WarChildMKIV, and Tukah44. We've rarely agreed on our picks, which has made it all the more interesting too! Of course, with a ridiculous name like "Unicorn Poopies", we're clearly just trying to have fun and we hope you will join us on the fun!
The 2016 Unicorn Poopies have covered all aspects of geek culture but we have TONS of categories for video games. We also have awards for film, TV, happenings, tech, anime, and more! Starting around Episode 172 of HorsePLAY! LIVE (Thursday, March 30th 4am GMT / 11pm ET / 8pm PT), we'll start wrapping up the series with non-gaming awards.. That is, if we can restrain ourselves from going off on long tangents (probably not happening).
Aren't there enough video game and geeky awards already?
Sure, everyone seems to have their own awards platform but I promise no one has done it in a podcast format and stretched it over several months like we are doing. Video game awards usually fall short because they consolidate categories with too much variety. As a result, the winners are always the same: the big names or the artsy-fartsy stuff that's thrown in for credibility, creating the illusion of fairness.
We've taken feedback from our community, collaborators, and favorite content to round things out. I hope that, when you finish the series, you feel that we have presented the most diverse, entertaining award show. It's a series for the people, by the people. It's also a nice opportunity to show more love to things many have missed like some of our favorite and lesser-known indie games, Dungeon of the Endless, Enter the Gungeon, and Risk of Rain.
In this new award show format, the focus is more about deliberating on our picks. For the most part, each category was a close race, though there were some clear winners. You'll note that, to qualify as a nominee, it had to be a thing that we enjoyed in 2016, but not necessarily a 2016 release. This made things A LOT more interesting as many of us are still playing catch-up anyway.
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Overwatch Is A MOBA And A Class-Based Shooter
Overwatch is indeed a MOBA or at least it competes in that space. Whenever I say this, I get bombarded with arguments against my logic.. But this is my opinion so I'm entitled to it. That said, I will explain further because I feel you deserve that much and I love you.
Originally, I was going to make this into a full-on article but we have a lot on our plates so I'm going to explain my logic here. First, when I play Overwatch and the Hi-Rez clone, Paladins, I look at it as an alternative to Smite, Heroes Of The Storm, Gigantic, and the like. As such, it feels very much like a MOBA even if it's not classified as such. For me, Overwatch scratches the same itch as a traditional MOBA. Here are my counterpoints to every argument that I've gotten since I made this comment.
- Developers and reviewers classify it as a first-person shooter. Classification of things is more a marketing strategy than a true indicator of the core experience. It's a matter of positioning the product against the right competition and targeting the best market segment. Before digital took over, music stores have always classified albums under different genres, mainly to see where they more units. Would you consider Coolio gangster rap? Probably not, yet that's where he would fall under at times. By the way, Riot Games calls League Of Legends an ARTS (Action Real Time Strategy) game yet we all know it's a MOBA. #justsaiyan
- There are no creeps. I can safely say that most people who use this argument have not played many MOBAs and they're likely using LoL as their benchmark. Creeps are only a requirement in the MOBA variants referred to as line wars or footies, where pushing and hoard-style defense are the core mechanics. While creeps and laning are associated with traditional MOBAs, not all MOBAs are line wars/footies nor do they require creeps. In footies style of MOBAs, there are more RTS elements with the use of armies to help you push and control points but the core experience still revolves around hero combat. In fact, in it's simplest form, MOBAs simply strip away the minutia that make RTS games hard to play casually.
- It's more like Team Fortress 2 than anything else. This is probably the most fair argument because, certainly, Team Fortress 2 is not a MOBA. I've played a ton of TF2 and TFC. With regards to art direction, the similarities are undeniable, but the gameplay doesn't feel the same to me. I feel that Team Fortress has always been more about the gun play. There's far less variety in TF2 as well. Overwatch may attract the same kinds of gamers but I would not call it a clone, though the influences are certainly there.
- Objective play is standard in shooters. Now for a little history and background: MOBA stands for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. It evolved from RTS games as a way to focus on micro rather than macro. Most will say Aeon Of Strife (1999) was the original but I would also consider games like Herzog Zwei and Total Annihilation as precursors. The key is in hero battle with varying degrees of resource management and customization. It is team-focused and objective-driven. The objective play is evolving beyond the standard lane pushing stuff: domination, CTF, deathmatch, escort, and other modes are appearing in many MOBAs. As such, using the objective play argument doesn't work anymore as the types of objectives and modes no longer differentiate the genres. Also, since MOBAs evolved from another genre, it makes sense that they will borrow from other genres as they evolve and come into their own.
- Call Of Duty has abilities too. Sure, you have superpowers and killstreaks in Call of Duty but is that the core experience? No, it still comes down to the gunplay. In Overwatch, effective use of your abilities is equally or more important than your shooting skills. Also, MOBAs have a way of making you feel god-like when you use your superpowers and I don't feel that CoD abilities are as epic, though they are certainly game changers. From a game mechanics perspective, the core mechanics in CoD encourage you to camp and play selfishly to max streaks whereas Overwatch is more about fluid team dynamics, complimentary abilities/roles, and objective aggression.
- The control scheme is more like a shooter. Actually, this argument supports my opinion further. If you look at most MOBAs, you typically have four to five abilities, including a super/ultimate. The way Overwatch controls are laid out, it feels like Smite, Gigantic, League Of Legends, DotA 2, and just about any MOBA that is relevant. In a pure shooter, whether it is first or third-person, the majority of controls are dedicated to the gunplay: ADS, reload, secondary fire, firing mode toggle, etc. That is not the case in Overwatch.
- Nope, it's a shooter. Last I checked, shooters are about ranged combat almost exclusively. How, then, do you explain melee-based characters like Genji and Reinhardt? This is where the arguments really fall apart. Both MOBAs and shooters revolve around precision but Overwatch is about ability precision. Headshots help but it's more about positioning and using abilities the right way and time.


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Mount Dana Climber's Log
Eric Tipton - Dec 10, 2002 10:02 pmRoute Climbed: Third Pillar,Regular Route, III 5.10 Date Climbed: Sept. 1997
Bob Cable and I hiked in from Tioga Lake to the pillar, fired the route (first in line) and then continued along the eastern ridge to the summit. We decended down the western trail and back to Tioga lake. An exhausting day, We suffered an acute case of "Danacosis" on the decent. "Third Pillar" is a great route, but summits do matter.
asmrz - Nov 15, 2002 3:00 pmRoute Climbed: One That Almost Got Away, IV, 5.10 D, A2+ Date Climbed: Labor Day 1991
Miguel Carmona and I climbed a new route on the Center Headwall of Third Pillar in 1991. The route starts in a right curving dihedral at the base of the Pillar and higher up, follows the knifeblade cracks of the Headwall. The route is very aesthetic and recommended for someone, who already climbed the "Regular Route" and would like to try some free climbing mixed with a bit of aid, on a mini big wall. The 2 knifeblade crack sections could go free at 5.HARD. The setting is "Alpine Rock Par Excellence".
asmrz - Nov 15, 2002 2:31 pmRoute Climbed: Third Pillar, Regular Route IV, 5.10A Date Climbed: Labor Day weekend 1984
Miguel Carmona and I climbed the "Regular Route" on Third Pillar in 1984. We thought it was one of the best alpine climbs we have done till then, anywhere. It helps that the route gets harder and harder as one climbs higher. Miguel just came back from doing the "NOSE" on El Capitan and felt the 5.9 pitch at the top, was just out of this world, aesthetically on the level with the Great Roof pitch on El Cap. Of course this was in the years, when 5.9/5.10 was respectable climbing. I read here that people just cruise it nowadays solo, wow...it's on this trip, that Miguel told me about climbing the central Headwall one day (see One that almost got away). I was so afraid of it, that it took us 7 years to do it. The Regular Route is another Eastern Sierra gem that should not be missed by anyone.
asmrz - Nov 15, 2002 2:17 pmRoute Climbed: Dana Couloir Date Climbed: September 3rd, 1993
Elena Neubauer and I simo soloed the Dana Couloir in 1993 and scrambled to the top of Mt.Dana. From there we returned to the top of the couloir and followed the crest in westerly direction, back to Dana Plateau and Third Pillar. Elena wanted to see the Pillar from up close. We descended to our camp bellow Dana Couloir, packed the camp and returned to our campsite in Tuolumne Meadows.
dynoking21 - Nov 4, 2002 10:25 pmRoute Climbed: Dana Couloir Date Climbed: November 2, 2002
Fun climb of Dana Couloir. Great weather, but cold. There was a lot of water ice in the couloir, but the bergrschrund was very easily passed. We used an ice tool and a mountaineering axe each, along with six screws and some nuts for belay anchors near the rock. As many people have said, it is very important to go over the summit. It looks like you can follow the broad ridge northwest to the Dana Plateau, but a crumbly cliff behind some pillars blocks your way. Go over the summit!
pilz8 - Sep 11, 2002 5:16 pmRoute Climbed: standard Date Climbed: August 10 2002
Nice hike! The view would of been awesome but there was alot of smoke in the air. The whole owens valley was smokey this weekend.
scottyb - Aug 26, 2002 11:06 pmRoute Climbed: North Face Date Climbed: October 3 1999
Climbed with Matt and Dave
mpyle - Aug 10, 2002 2:44 pmRoute Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: July 1993 (& previous)
On third trip up this mountain, dropped down the other side to the Gibbs-Dana saddle, and did Gibbs before returning to Tioga Pass. A long solo day (by my standards).
Joe Hanssen - Jul 29, 2002 10:30 amRoute Climbed: West slope Date Climbed: Spring '98; Spring '01; April 26 '02
Spring '98: West slope, ski descent of Dana Couloir. Climbed to the Dana Plateau and made a ski descent of the Third Pillar. The Third Pillar was between 50?-55? at the top, 4000' down to the Power house.
Spring '01: West slope, snowboard descent of Dana Couloir and Ellery Bowl. Solo
Spring '02: West slope, ski descent of Dana Couloir.
John - Jul 22, 2002 8:39 pmRoute Climbed: Dana Couloir Date Climbed: July 21, 2002
Fun climb with Dirk. Climbed in 5 pitches with the last being a low angle (25°?) snow walk to the top of the couloir. On the ice, I used a mixture of French technique, German technique, and the 3 o'clock position. For French and 3 o'clock, I used the cross-body axe technique which I found to be very effective. I haven't convinced myself to point my toes downward for French yet though ;-) We ended up using just one long axe each though we both brought an extra tool just in case. For pro, we brought 8 screws consisting of: BD Express, Grivel 360°, and Omega Pacific CR-MO (with coffee grinder handle). Like brandon, we opted not to summit ... which I now believe is harder (no trail all the way to Tioga Road and some 4-5th class downclimbing) and definately longer than going over the summit to descend via the standard use trail or Glacier Canyon (NW Ridge). If you do this route and don't descend the couloir, I agree with brandon: "go over the summit!!!!"
EthanV - Jul 15, 2002 9:42 amRoute Climbed: Dana Couloir Date Climbed: July 15, 2002
Solo Trip up Dana Couloir. This was a fun climb, with the season's first hint of true water ice. Actually, it was more than a hint, but rather a wide smear up the middle of the couloir for about 300-400 ft. Strangely, it was tougher than it would have been if it had been steeper. Perhaps I need to get better at my French technique, as Chouinard I am certainly not (also tough with a sore, recently twisted ankle, but no excuses...). So, I front pointed and found it not steep enough to use the picks on my axe.
Above the couloir, this mountain is a choss heap of the highest magnitude. The scramble up to the summit was brutally loose and nasty. The views are pretty hard to beat though and the couloir is worthwhile for an introduction to alpine ice climbing, but it's not nearly as interesting as say the North Couloir on North Peak in good condition (or maybe even the Crescent Moon on Round Top).
keema - May 27, 2002 6:44 amRoute Climbed: Dana Couloir Date Climbed: May 26
Stayed above the main Glacier Canyon trail most of the time. Went up the rocks above Dana Lake and traversed Dana Glacier to the base of the coulior. Except for one icy spot, the snow was perfect. Descended along the northwest ridge to the crag above Tioga Lake, where we had a few good glissade runs.
yap - May 6, 2002 5:48 pmRoute Climbed: Dana Couloir Date Climbed: May, 4th 2002
Climbed Dana couloir from Tioga Lake. Pascal, Giona and Yves-Alain.
Dana couloir is in perfect condition: hard snow, no ice. Thin layer of fresh snow.
Lack of snow just beneath Dana lake.
We also skied Ellery bowl. Snow in Ellery bowl is wet but skiing it is ok. Cornice is large on the west side. East side is without cornice.
dshoe - Dec 21, 2001 8:42 amRoute Climbed: Standard Trail Date Climbed: 09-03-00
Did this hike/climb as a day trip from/to Tioga Pass entrance station (Yosemite NP). Round-trip took about 6 hours, or so. Views from the top were very nice; could see all the major peaks on east side of Yosemite NP, and Mono Lake really well. Nice little day trip!
steeleman - Oct 28, 2001 5:08 pmRoute Climbed: from Tioga Pass Date Climbed: June 20, 2001
Have climbed this peak five times. Great views from the summit.
Click here to see the photos.
brandon - Sep 18, 2001 4:06 pmRoute Climbed: Dana Couloir Date Climbed: August 2000
Well, what to say, either very exciting or very boring depending on how much snow and ice you've climbed. Didn't go over summit, descended next valley over, which puts you about 4 miles back over in toulomne, a long walk back to tioga lake, go over the summit!!!!
Bob Burd - Aug 26, 2001 5:23 pmRoute Climbed: North-South traverse Date Climbed: Aug 8, 1993
From the trailhead at the entrance station, up to Mt. Dana, down the southeast side (unexpected snowfield there!), up Mt. Gibbs, then down to Parker Pass and out along the trail. Excellent half-day adventure. Trip Report
John - Jun 15, 2001 5:53 pmRoute Climbed: Glacier Canyon (ascent) & West Slope (descent) Date Climbed: September 11, 1999
I had intended to take the standard use trail up the West Slope, however, I had mistakenly thought this started from Tioga Lake instead of the entrance station. After realizing my mistake, I decided to head up the Glacier Canyon Trail anyway and was lucky enough to find an easy class 2 variation to the summit. The meadow just below Dana Lake and the hike up Glacier Canyon are a great alternative to the standard use trail. The view from the summit was also great.
Also unsuccessful attempt on Dana Couloir on June 24, 2001 with Dennis and Lon due to hard ice and having only 1 axe. Tim, also with us, made it up with 2 axes and front pointing in the couloir. Tim came down the Glacier Canyon route.


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Reno and Denver: skip the ski resorts and stay in the city
Most skiers who fly into the large US skiing hubs of Reno or Denver head straight out again to a resort. But stay in the city and you can ski a new powder field every day – and get more of a taste of America
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March in Reno, Nevada, isn't particularly cold. The average daily high is around 12C. Beige and gold, dust and sand, glittering neon and glinting glass – the entire cityscape hollers heat, revels in sunlight, and bathes in the sparkling flow of cash in and out of the casinos.
At first glance, it doesn't appear to be a place you'd associate with skiing. Yet within an hour's drive of the city centre are a glut of resorts – some big, some small, all offering knee-deep powder and a local feel. Like its Colorado counterpart Denver, Reno, on the Nevada-California border, is a city most skiers fly into and head straight out of to their resort of choice. But there are benefits to sticking around – and these are not limited to the obligatory breakfast bloody mary offered by the casinos.
While I recommend the bloody marys at Peppermill hotel and casino, I was more excited about the dull sky and snow-heavy clouds overhead as we made our way up to the resort of Mount Rose. The 30-minute drive saw the dry landscape morph into pine trees, mist and great dollops of snow. We passed a car that had skidded off the road on the black ice, languishing in a ditch as police cars rallied, but we managed to arrive unscathed. The petite nature of the main lodge belied the 1,200 acres of steep terrain and superb tree runs that awaited us – chute after chute of perfect powder popping out at the base of Chuter chair, which took us to the top to do it all again. And meeting locals was a breeze as we kept bumping into the same people.
It snowed all day, so we headed for the trees, which provided markers and broke up the whiteness, and when the sun finally came out for our final hour, we were treated to a glistening view of Lake Tahoe in the distance, trees resplendent in their snowy attire. The day was topped off with a pint of Shock Top (a Belgian white beer that Mount Rose skiers seem to have made their own) in the main lodge bar. Kids wet through from snow and exertion greeted parents, parents greeted each other, ski instructors had laughs with punters and the whole lodge hummed with the vibe of a community celebrating a great day on the hill.
Mount Rose isn't the only place within shouting distance of Reno. Another 10 minutes up the road is Diamond Peak (blink and you'll miss it) with its locals-only-know powder glades. The behemoth of North Star – 3,170 acres of terrain, superpipes, freestyle parks, shops, restaurants and bars – is an hour away. Then there's Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, Kirkwood, Homewood and Heavenly.
The majority of these resorts would not by themseleves hold a skier's interest for a 10-day trip, but put them together and you've got an itinerary to keep even the hardiest skier entertained. Acting as the apex for all these resorts is Reno, which also probably wouldn't be enough to keep you entertained for a full trip. But break each day into wake up, ski, night in Reno, and throw in the odd day off, and out of the neon and gambling-den mire emerges a lotus of a city.
Reno is famously the place where divorce is quick and painless – in the 1961 film The Misfits, Marilyn Monroe threw her wedding ring into the Truckee river which snakes through downtown. It's not all about endings, though. Small businesses and restaurants are pushing up in between the casinos like green shoots, and the river constantly drags your eye towards the peaks of the Sierra Nevada.
Java Jungle, (246 West 1st Street, javajunglevino.com), all band posters, open mic nights and poetry readings, served up a cracking cup of organic chai. Sundance Books (121 California Avenue, sundancebookstore.com) is a haven of fairy lights and cushy sofas in a classic revival style building – and is said to have its own ghost.
The Riverwalk is the prettiest part of town, with restaurants serving organic local produce to streetside diners. And although Reno isn't a cultural hub, the Nevada Museum of Art carries some interesting exhibitions. It's a far cry from Las Vegas, but offering as it does the chance to ski little-known local hills, then ditch the thermals and eat citrus-marinated tofu with swiss chard in a buzzy downtown, a trip to Reno feels like two holidays for the price of one.
Denver doesn't have the mild identity crisis that seems to afflict Reno. It's very confident of its place in the world – the gateway to the Rockies, a vibrant cultural scene mixing effortlessly with the outdoor life. The Mercury Cafe (2199 California Stret, mercurycafe.com) is a great example of this. While savouring a pint of Treehugger from the list of microbrews as we waited for our dinner of local veggies and organic meats, a poetry slam gave way to jazz flutes and a touch of wailing from the performance room.
Its artsy vibe is mirrored in the River North area of the city – all yoga studios and raw-food restaurants. Linger (2030 West 30th Avenue, lingerdenver.com) is a former mortuary that's been converted into an eatery where the cocktails are as good as the panoramic view of downtown.
Equally inspiring are the indie music venues, record shops, thrift stores and dive bars in and around East Colfax Avenue. If Pete's Satire Lounge (petesrestaurants.com) has changed at all since Bob Dylan gigged there as a teenager before he moved to New York, it's hard to tell.
But as well as being yoga mat and tattoo parlour central, Denver is arguably one of the best hubs for skiing in North America. Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper Mountain, Vail, Winter Park, Beaver Creek and Arapahoe Basin are within a two-hour drive. They all offer superb skiing and all of them except Winter Park and Copper Mountain are owned by Vail Resorts and so covered by its Epic Pass (snow.com/epicpass). Instead of spending a week in one resort, you can ski them all without buying a new pass. You can also hire skis in one resort and drop them off at the end of your trip in another.
All of which points to exploration rather than hanging out in one resort. It's not a plan that will suit everyone, but if you want the freedom to ski where the snow is good and fancy seeing a bit more than snowscapes – it is a long way to go just to ski – Denver is a great option.
• The trip was provided by Crystal Ski (0871 231 2256, crystalski.co.uk) which offers a week at the Peppermill Casino in Reno from £1,044pp for seven nights (based on two sharing) including American Airlines flights via Los Angeles. Car hire starts from £182 a week including insurance. British Airways (ba.com) flies London-Denver from £667 return in December. Hotel Monaco in Denver (+1 303 296 1717, monaco-denver.com) has doubles from $170 a nght. The Ski Lake Tahoe six-day lift pass (skilaketahoe.com) costs $329 and covers Heavenly, Kirkwood, Squaw, Sierra, Northstar and Mount Rose. The seven-days Epic Pass for Colorado (snow.com) costs $569 and covers Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Canyons, Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood, Afton Alps, Mount Brighton and Arapahoe Basin
Munich Germany
There are several ski regions within an hour or two of Munich, Bavaria's cultured capital. Among the best-known is Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with 59km of pistes, which includes Germany's highest peak, Zugspitze. Rail operator Bayerische Oberlandbahn offers combined train and ski-lift tickets to Bad Tölz and Lake Tegernsee. Deutsche Bahn trains also serve Bavarian Alpine resorts, including Berchtesgaden. Ski buses go to Austrian resorts St Johann in Tirol, Hochzillertal/Hochfügen and Grossglockner-Resort, while Bavaria also has excellent backcountry skiing for off-the-beaten track adventures.
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Geneva Switzerland
The swish city of Geneva has numerous French ski sites within striking distance. Some of the Mont Blanc resorts, including Chamonix, are an hour away, as is the huge ski region of the Grand Massif (Samoëns, Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon); Grand Bornand and La Clusaz in Aravis; and Les Gets in Portes du Soleil. Within two hours' drive are Paradiski, Tarentaise and Les Trois Vallées, which includes Courchevel and Méribel.
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Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver, host of the 2010 Winter Olympics, has three local mountains: Grouse Mountain, Cypress Mountain and Mount Seymour. Cypress is 30 minutes from the city centre and has downhill and cross-country skiing, snowtubing and snowshoeing. Grouse is even closer: 15 minutes from downtown. Whistler, North America's largest ski resort, is a two-hour drive north along the scenic Sea-to-Sky highway; buses and trains also take that route.
• tourismvancouver.com
Queenstown, New Zealand
This is New Zealand's best ski base, with bars, bungee jumps and four ski areas. Coronet Peak, 25 minutes away, has roller coaster terrain and night skiing; the Remarkables (50 minutes), is best for beginners; Cardrona (55 minutes) is the biggest close to the city; and Treble Cone (90 minutes) is ideal for advanced and off-piste skiers.
• newzealand.com
Sapporo, Japan
Japan's fifth-largest city is one of its snowiest, hosting an annual snow festival. Ski resorts within day-trip distance include Teine, 45 minutes away, a mix of beginners' slopes and steep tree skiing. Kokusai (60 minutes) gets busy but has lots of quiet off-piste areas. Kiroro is 70 minutes' drive; nearby Asari is good on windy days; and lavish Tomamu is an 80-minute train ride away.
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Stunned by turnout, organizers cancel e-waste effort
Organizers of an electronics recycling drive in Bloomington abruptly canceled the event Friday after collecting more e-junk in one day than they'd anticipated collecting over the planned three-day drive.
"It was mostly a safety concern," according to David Kutoff, the chief executive officer of Materials Processing Corporation of Eagan, the firm in charge of collecting the electronics.
Thousands of cars jammed the streets around the Mall of America, extending back to the I-494 ramps on 24th Avenue, as consumers rushed to rid their homes of stockpiled electronics.
"This is an electronics tsunami," said Jim Kordiak, an Anoka County commissioner and one of the architects of a Minnesota law requiring manufacturers to recycle three-quarters of a pound of electronics for every pound they sell.
"This is an electronics tsunami."
"This is a perfect example of what we've been trying to tell the manufacturers," Kordiak said. "I'm grossly excited that we have more evidence that the public recognizes the need to dispose of electronics safely, but I'm sorry there aren't more locations for people."
"I'm not surprised," said Kutoff. "I'm more encouraged by the number of people who took the time and effort to make sure the electronics were recycled properly."
Kutoff estimated collecting 1.5 million pounds of e-waste, in a little more than a day. He said he had anticipated collecting 1.2 to 1.5 million pounds over three days.
Twenty cars were lined up outside the makeshift collection center in a mall parking lot at 5 a.m. Friday.
During the drive, however, there was no traffic control, and some drivers ran short of patience in waits of as long as two hours.
Kordiak says the outpouring is the proof he needs to convince manufacturers to make e-recycling easier. The manufacturers contracted with Materials Processing Corporation to handle the recycling.
The end of the drive came as a national recycling coalition called on TV manufacturers to make it easier for American consumers to dispose of aging TVs and other electronics.
Just 12.5 percent of electronics waste in the U.S. is offered for recycling each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. At least half of that amount -- more than 160,000 tons -- is exported and dumped overseas, according to Robin Schneider, the vice chair of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition.
Some environmental activists question, in general, the value of recycling efforts. They estimate that 60 to 80 percent of the 300,000 to 400,000 tons of electronics collected for recycling in the U.S. each year ends up overseas, shipped there by recyclers collecting the e-junk for the manufacturers.
Many activists believe the answer lies in requiring electronics makers to take back and recycle their own products. They say that would encourage the manufacturers to make their products of materials that are more easily recycled.
David Kutoff, the chief executive officer of Materials Processing Corporation, says while he's aware of the reports of recycled electronics being dumped in third world countries, his firm takes steps to prevent that.
"We are certified to the standards that apply to electronics recycling and we audit everyone that we do business with to be sure that material is being recycled properly," he said.
Kutoff said so much of the material his firm collects is recycled or reused that "we don't even own a dumpster."
Because of the turnout in Bloomington, Kordiak expects manufacturers to increase their recycling effort.
"Every one of 40 manufacturers is running around in Minnesota right now, trying to build relationships with people who can responsibly recycle electronics," Kordiak said.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)


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January 2013 by Britta Bavaresco
Audience: Executive Leadership, Foster Caregivers, Public, Shelter/Rescue Staff & Volunteers, Veterinary Team
Commitment, Data Collection, Trust, Strategic Planning, Accountability, Resource Sharing = Results
In the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland (ASAP) reduced euthanasia in local shelters by a dramatic 65% from 2006 to 2012. Nine out of ten dogs and seven out of ten cats now leave the shelters alive. No healthy animal has been euthanized since 2010. Our current Live Release Rate is 85%. We accomplished this progress through a unique coalition of every major shelter in the region, working in partnership for our common goals.
ASAP was founded in 2006 when leaders of the largest private animal shelters, public animal service agencies, spay/neuter organizations and professional veterinary associations committed to working together to address pet overpopulation, reduce shelter intake and end unnecessary euthanasia. Today, ASAP is a working coalition of ten founding partners that serves the greater Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington metropolitan areas. Our mission: "End the euthanasia of healthy, social, and treatable dogs and cats in our local shelters by collaborating on spay/neuter programs, committing to educational and outreach efforts and promoting humane alternatives for feral cats."
Getting Started
In 2004 - 2005, several shelters and rescue groups in the Portland area came together for a series of unstructured meetings to explore the possibility of pooling our efforts and resources. The first few meetings at times were divisive, unproductive and somewhat chaotic. Unfortunately at the time, people were distrustful of one another and defaulted to focusing on their own viewpoints and priorities.
In 2006, several leaders of the larger shelters made another attempt at forming a coalition. This early collaboration included all the county shelters and all the nonprofit shelters that took in more than 1,000 dogs and cats annually. Collectively, these organizations covered all stray animals and the vast majority of owner-released animals in the metropolitan area. During these early meetings, one of our primary objectives was to establish a culture of respect, accountability and trust among the organizations. We agreed to mutual expectations and commitments. And by placing the greater good of the coalition above politics and bureaucracy, we acknowledged each other's differences in policies and procedures. Once the coalition was established, we reached out to involve other smaller organizations in our programs to maximize our lifesaving efforts.
In 2007, we held several strategic sessions where we developed a three-tiered approach to saving lives by identifying key short- and long-term projects. Some agreements were easy to implement immediately, while others had to be carefully analyzed and planned.
Key project discussion topics included:
- Decrease shelter intake: spay/neuter initiative, TNR, return to owner (pet identification, licensing), lost & found system, behavior resources.
- Management of dogs and cats while in the shelter: transfer system, standardized shelter care guidelines and medical protocols, resource sharing, foster care, behavior training.
- Increase shelter adoptions: adoption events, media/PR/marketing.
Statistics: Being Accountable
One of the pillars of our success is honest, consistent and shared statistics among all the partners. The coalition has made it a priority to collect and review our shelter statistics on a regular basis. This enables us to identify the greatest opportunities to save the largest number of animals and strategically plan our work and then work the plan. With generous support from Maddie's Fund® in 2008, ASAP began collecting and reporting shelter data according to the Asilomar Accords. We also established a Pet Evaluation Matrix (PEM) with input from the animal welfare community, the veterinary community and the general public.
The collecting and reporting of data proved to be quite difficult and time-consuming. But the process brought our organizations closer together and inspired us to learn to speak the same language. Our joint efforts to train all levels of staff have helped acquaint key people in the agencies with one another and further strengthened our commitment to saving lives. Our diligence helped us track the progress and success of the individual shelters side-by-side. And importantly, the data provided us with a more complete picture of the safety net our community provides for animals and the adoption guarantee status it has helped us achieve.
Working Together for Practical Solutions
The ASAP leadership committee includes the Executive Directors of all partner organizations. We meet on a monthly basis to review our priorities and discuss challenges and opportunities.
In order to inspire ownership of ASAP's mission and programs at all levels, we also formed the Lifesaving Committee, consisting of the operations managers from the various shelters. The committee ensures that member shelters effectively and efficiently assist each other. For example, a system was implemented to monitor shelter capacity and issue an email alert to all operations managers when a healthy animal is in danger of being euthanized. Treatable and unhealthy & untreatable pets are also transferred as resources allow. In the past six years, between 1,500 and 2,000 cats and dogs have been transferred each year between ASAP shelters.
Dogs and cats in our shelters across the Portland community are now considered "ASAP Animals" and are the responsibility of the coalition as a whole, not just the individual shelters. To ensure that ASAP shelters are consistent in how they evaluate and assess the condition of dogs and cats, the Lifesaving Committee trains frontline shelter staff to accurately utilize the Asilomar Guidelines and the Pet Evaluation Matrix. Common medical protocols established by ASAP provide for consistency in animal care.
Resource Sharing
Partner agencies contribute equitably, rather than equally, for the sake of our community's animals. ASAP Shelters collaborate on staff training, software and sharing of behavior and medical resources whenever possible. For example, on-call doctors at the Oregon Humane Society address urgent questions during weekends when other partner shelters might not have medical staff available. Shelters also share pet food, crates, medical supplies and personnel.
Working together in partnership has inspired the organizations to push themselves harder. This has resulted in improvements in individual shelter operations and new strategies to save more lives. The individual efforts include improved shelter appearance, adding veterinarians to the staff, social media and adoption outreach, enrichment programs for shelter pets, improved customer service, a commitment to treating each animal as an individual and expanded foster care.
Cats: Priority One
Review of our data showed that about 80% of animals euthanized in our area shelters were cats. So, we placed them at the top of our priority list. A targeted spay/neuter program in two high-intake zip codes was tested. Given its success, we implemented a community-wide program for low-income families. Since February 2010, the program has completed more than 27,000 targeted surgeries by leveraging the quality of medical facilities at five of ASAP's partner organizations. So far, cat intake has declined by 25% from 2010 to 2012. Our cat Live Release Rate has increased from 49% in 2006 to 78% in 2012. ASAP is now concluding a one-year pilot program utilizing Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping to identify specific census tracks and neighborhoods with the highest rates of shelter intake for cats and Pit Bulls. With the aim of dramatically reducing shelter intake, we are currently testing incentives to support responsible pet ownership and keep pets in homes. The initial results are encouraging - cat intake in the targeted area is down about 27% and Pit Bull intake is down by about 60%.
Setting New Goals
Our priority for the next five years is to focus on the second part of our mission - eliminating the euthanasia of treatable cats and dogs. We're going to achieve this goal by:
- Building on our successes and proven impact of our current projects.
- Developing new strategies to address the special needs of our treatable cats and dogs, such as a regional foster network.
- Focusing on coalition-wide adoption events, especially to get our harder-to-adopt pets into homes.
We've learned that a community can truly be transformed by the relief and pride of not euthanizing any healthy dogs or cats. Our coalition has arrived at a place where the commitment to saving every life in our region's shelters is a given. Because we achieved our transformation organically - through collaboration and inclusiveness - the principles of ASAP are fully integrated into our culture and are permanently embraced not only as a "best practice," but as the only responsible practice. By planning and executing our strategies in concert, ASAP has achieved successes as a collective group that we could not have dreamed of as a disparate group of organizations. That's the synergy of a true coalition.
We appreciate the opportunity to share our story. More information can be found on ASAP's website. We also welcome the opportunity to talk to anyone directly.
Britta Bavaresco
Britta Bavaresco is a co-founder of the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland and contributes to ASAP in a leadership role, working on strategy, marketing and fundraising. Britta has directed business-building strategies for both corporate and non-profit companies. In the corporate world, Britta developed marketing and advertising strategies for international iconic brands (e.g., Levi Strauss & Co.) and smaller, entrepreneurial brands (e.g., Peet's Coffee & Tea and Odwalla). Twelve years ago, her passion for animal welfare led her to leave the corporate world and join the non-profit community. During that time, she spent six years as Executive Director of the Cat adoption Team (CAT), leading the organization to become the largest feline-only shelter on the West Coast with over 3,200 adoptions a year.


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