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Looks like the Canadian Government, and particularly those with control over Canadas Census are about to shoot themselves, and future generations of Canadians who want to know about their ancestors, squarely in the foot, in a move the government says was prompted by privacy concerns.
Statistics Canada has quietly made major changes to the country's census in time for the upcoming round of national sampling in 2011. The long census questionnaire that provided information on a broad range on such topics as ethnicity, education, employment, income, housing and disability has been eliminated. Instead, those questions will be asked on a new, voluntary National Household Survey (NHS) and the results will never be released, in contrast with the treasure trove of census data that currently becomes public after 92 years.
"I'm just flabbergasted by the fact that they are taking the greatest source of information for the history of the country away from us," says Gordon Watts, an amateur genealogist and co-chairman of the Canada Census Committee. "It's a huge change and as far as I'm concerned, they've been playing dirty pool because none of the people who have been concerned about this, to my knowledge, have been advised that this was in the works."
Officials from Statistics Canada say the 2011 census went through the usual consultation process, with citizens invited to provide feedback online, but there was no indication this change was under consideration.
The idea of doing away with the long census questionnaire form, transferring the questions to the NHS and no longer releasing the information did not become public until Saturday, when it appeared in a government publication.
"This change was made to reasonably limit what many Canadians felt was an intrusion of their personal privacy," said Erik Waddell, a spokesman for Industry Minister Tony Clement (Statistics Canada falls under the purview of Industry Canada).
The decision to change the census came from the federal government and not from the ministry or Statistics Canada, he said.
Previously, each Canadian household was required by law to complete a census form, with 80 per cent filling out short questionnaires including eight questions on topics such as date of birth, marital status and language. The other 20 per cent of households filled out the long questionnaire, which included 53 additional questions probing everything from country of birth and mobility issues to people's occupation and how many hours they spend caring for children.
The NHS will include largely the same list of questions as the old census long form, but because Statistics Canada does not release survey data, it will never become public — something Watts says is an enormous loss to future Canadians.
"The census is the single most important documented information available to the historical and genealogical community. It is the only source in which you get information regarding families instead of individuals," he says. "Through successive censuses, you can track the formation of the family, you can track when children are born, when children grow up and leave, you can check patterns of migration."
The next census will be conducted in May 2011 and the NHS will be sent out to 4.5 million households around the same time, to be completed in hard copy or online. In 2006, one in five Canadian households received a long census questionnaire, but that will be increased to one in three for the NHS in hopes of obtaining an adequate number of responses, says Peter Morrison, assistant chief statistician responsible for census and operations.
Statistics Canada does not have a target response rate to ensure adequate national coverage of the survey, he added.
Morrison said to their knowledge, no other country collects census data in the manner that Statistics Canada will be doing.
The questionnaires will be available in multiple languages and "maximum efforts" will be made to gather data from households that are likely to respond, says Rosemary Bender, assistant chief statistician in charge of the NHS.
"We have a lot of experience conducting voluntary surveys and we're optimistic Canadians will comply with the information, will respond to it positively and that it will be a success story," Harrison said.
Academics rely on census data for understanding changes in society over time, says Margaret Conrad, an honourary research professor in the history department at the University of New Brunswick, and the documents are our primary portrait of the changing Canadian family.
One in five Canadians are engaged in personal genealogy research, she says, and the fascination seems to be growing, fuelled by television shows such as Ancestors in the Attic. But where genealogical history was once limited to what was scrawled inside the family Bible, a proliferation of websites and the public release of Canadian census documents up to 1911 now give amateur sleuths a vast storehouse of information that will no longer be available with this change.
"You just plug your name into Ancestry.ca and you get stuff that would have taken you months or even years to track down earlier on," Conrad says. "It's how they identify themselves as citizens in this country, by figuring out where they fit into this rapidly changing world and how their families got to where they were. I think that is an important anchor for people."
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Canada to impose new restrictions on future Census information
Looks like the Canadian Government, and particularly those with control over Canadas Census are about to shoot themselves, and future generations of Canadians who want to know about their ancestors, squarely in the foot, in a move the government says was prompted by privacy concerns.
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Monday, 14 September 2009
Irish 1911 Census goes Online
The 1911 Census for Ireland is now available online. The census, with a free search facility, is available on the Irish National Archives website, and covers all 32 Counties
Amateur genealogists can search by name, surname, age, sex and place, for their family history.
It is the first time that such information, which includes the images of the original "filled out" census forms, has been put online.
"We have decided to make the material immediately available, in the knowledge that the vast majority of our users will be able to find what they want," the National Archives say.
"Corrections and improvements will be ongoing, and we are very grateful to all users who have submitted corrections to us."
Released two years early, the census of April 1911, was the last census completed until 1926 and offers a unique insight into an Ireland from long ago.
The forms show an Ireland divided into type of resident, -- boarder, visitor or family -- as well as religion, literacy, professional, marital status, Irish language ability and children.
A snapshot of Dublin themes, in 1911, reveals:
* Poverty and Health: inner city tenements were "filthy, overcrowded, disease-ridden and teeming with malnourished children."
* In the suburbs: "The 19th Century saw a steady move to suburbs such as Rathmines, Monkstown and Blackrock by many wealthy Dubliners."
* City Transport: "There were 330 trams operating on lines which ran for 60 miles along the city's roads, drawing the suburbs tightly to the city."
* Religion: "In 1911 the city was 83pc Catholic, 13pc Church of Ireland, 2pc Presbyterian and Methodist and 2pc others, including a growing Jewish presence."
* Law and Order: "In 1910 there were 2,462 charges of drunkenness in the Dublin Metropolitan police district, while 3,758 people were drunk when they were taken into custody."
The census form for Ireland, unlike that in Britain, included a question asking the religion of every person in the household.
Irish people were also asked whether they could 'read and write', 'read only', or 'cannot read'.
Such a question was not asked in Britain and, as one Irish newspaper noted, "why it should be so is not easy to understand".
The Republic's National Archives hope to get the 1901 census online between late this year and early 2010.
The census is available on www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
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Labels: 1911 census, archives, census, genealogy, history, Ireland
Monday, 31 August 2009
Using Google Picasa Web Albums for your Genealogy
Do you use Picasa Web Albums for storing your family history and genealogy photos and pictures online. Well I was browsing on YouTube and came across this great video which will show you just what you can do on Picasa to help organise them (there's more than you may think :-). The video is by genealogyscrounge and I recommend his YouTube Channel which has loads of other helpful genealogy related videos.
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009
War records of 250,000 medieval soldiers go online
The service records of medieval soldiers have been made available in a new online database.
The website contains 250,000 service records of soldiers who fought in the Hundred Years War between 1369 and 1453.
It includes the names of archers who served with Henry V at Agincourt, meaning you could see if any of your relatives helped rout the French in the famous 1415 battle.
The Medieval Soldier Database contains full profiles of individual soldiers, with muster roll evidence allowing researchers to piece together details of soldiers' lives.
Dr Adrian Bell of the University of Reading, who undertook the research project with Professor Anne Curry of the University of Southampton, said: 'The service records survive because the English exchequer had a very modern obsession with wanting to be sure that the government's money was being spent as intended.
'Therefore we have the remarkable survival of indentures for service detailing the forces to be raised, muster rolls showing this service and naming every soldier from duke to archer.
"There are accounts from the captains demonstrating how the money had been spent, and entries showing when the exchequer made the requested payments.'
The database, which shows which campaigns soldiers fought in, and other details including what they were paid, how often they were off work sick, who rode the furthest and who was knighted.
The youngest soldier on the records is Thomas, Lord Despencer, whose career began when he was 12 years old in 1385.
Thomas Gloucestre, who fought at Agincourt, is also included on the database, and his career can be traced over 43 years and includes campaigns in Prussia and Jerusalem.
The records also show that social mobility was possible, as in the case of Robert de Fishlake, who enlisted at the age of 16 in 1378 and progressed from being an archer to a man-at-arms.
The project was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Use the database free at www.medievalsoldier.org.
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Saturday, 28 February 2009
The Irish Famine 1845 - 1850
To continue the Irish theme from last week's post on Irish genealogy, I thought that this week I'd write about the Irish Famine. I have a particular interest in this because my own Irish family came from Skibbereen in West Cork, one of the worst affected areas. I've visited the family History centre there and seen the exhibition on the famine, which is an incredibly moving experience, and I have visited the Abbeystrowry graveyard where there are 9,000 people buried in the famine grave pits. I was also lucky enough to be able to find the house on Bridge Street where my great grandfather was a shoemaker, he was born in 1844, the year before the famine started in 1845.
The Famine started in September 1845 when blight was first noted in Wexford and Waterford. By November half the potato crop was ruined. The British Conservative Prime Minister Robert Peel, immediately recognizing that the circumstances in Ireland meant that this crop failure could cause famine, ordered corn and meal to be sent from the United States and a Relief Commission set up. Food aid had to be bought at market prices, a requirement which meant that the aid itself was less than fully effective since many poor Irish had no money at all and employment on Relief Works was not always immediately available.
The first deaths from hunger took place in the spring of 1846. The new Whig administration under Lord Russell, influenced by their laissez-faire belief that the market would provide the food needed, then halted government food and relief works leaving many hundreds of thousands of people without any work, money or food. Grain continued to be exported from the country. Private initiatives such as The Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends (the Quakers) attempted to fill the gap caused by the end of government relief and eventually the government reinstated the relief works, although bureaucracy made food supplies slow to be released. Grain continued to be exported from the country. The blight almost totally destroyed the 1846 crop and the Famine worsened considerably. By December a third of a million destitute people were employed in public works such as road making.
1847's exceptionally hard winter made conditions even worse. A typhus epidemic killed tens of thousands, including wealthier people as the towns were now also affected. 1847's harvest was largely unaffected by blight but too few potatoes had been planted so the Famine continued unabated. The Soup Kitchens Act provided financial assistance to local authorities to help them feed Famine victims but this Act was withdrawn in September and relief was made the responsibility of local Poor Unions and of charitable organizations. This put impossible loads on local Poor Unions, particularly in the rural west and south. Emigration reached new heights and the infamous coffin-ships crossed the Atlantic in large numbers carrying people fleeing from the famine.
The blight returned in 1848 and outbreaks of cholera were reported. Evictions became common and Famine victims on outdoor relief peaked in July at almost 840,000 people. A doomed uprising against the government was led by William Smith O'Brien. The potato crop failed again in 1849 and famine was accompanied by cholera outbreaks.
In 1850 the potato crop was okay and the Famine mostly ended. By 1851 Census figures showed that the population of Ireland had fallen to 6,575,000 - a drop of 1,600,000 in ten years. The famine left in its wake perhaps up to a million dead and another million emigrated. The famine caused a sense of lasting bitterness by the Irish towards the British government, whom many blamed — then and now — for the starvation of so many people. The fall-out of the famine continued for decades afterwards and Ireland's population still has not recovered to pre-famine levels.
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Friday, 27 February 2009
Irish Genealogy
We are rapidly approaching the great Irish holiday of St Patricks Day on the 17th March, when the world goes green! I thought therefore that this would be a good time to do a post specifically on Irish genealogy for all those with roots in the Emerald Isle.
Unfortunately researching your Irish roots is not easy because a lot of records went up in smoke during the Civil War in 1922, where they were kept in the Public Record Office in Dublin. These included most of the Census records and BMD records. Happily most of the Roman Catholic parish registers were retained by the parish churches and although up to now have proved difficult to access, more and more registers and others records are now starting to be digitised and available online.
The GRO (General Register Office) for Ireland has a very good history of registration and records in Ireland HERE. The details of whats available at the GRO is HERE and their fees, payment methods (they have no online facility yet) and regional offices can be found HERE.
To aid your own research I've listed below the best websites & sources I've come across in my search for my own Irish family roots.
Irish Genealogy Links Lists:-
CYNDI'S LIST (the biggest & the best)
Other useful sites
IRISH GENEALOGY (Good guide to where to find records)
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (Good introduction to Irish genealogy)
GENUKI-Ireland (Huge online genealogy resource)
ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST from here you can subscribe to the mailing list and browse or search the index for your ancestors surname and/or place of birth.
FAILTE ROMHAT (Griffiths Valuation page, but also check out the blue website index strip near top of page as it has many links to transcripts of census, directories, cemeteries etc.)
At the FAMILY SEARCH website you can search for your ancestors name or just a surname, which will throw up Irish records from the 1880 US Census, 1881 British & Canadian Census's, Pedigree Resource files & Ancestral Files as well as the IGI (International Genealogical Index).
It's also possible to search the IGI by Irish County/Parish at Hugh Wallis's searchable website of IGI batches HERE
The new Family Search PILOT SITE now has the Irish Civil Registration Indexes from 1845 to 1958 online.
Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine, 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851 - SEARCHABLE DATABASE
CASTLE CLINTON IMMIGRATION CENTRE CastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary searchable database of information on 10 million immigrants to the USA. from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.
ELLIS ISLAND Passenger Lists 1892- 1924 - Search for your Irish ancestors as they arrive in New York.
Records of Irish Convicts & Rebels transported to New South Wales, Australia - SEARCHABLE DATABASE
Was your ancestor a CONVICT? (Not just Irish, includes links to Old Bailey records etc)
Subscription Sites:-
The following are very good sites for searchable databases where you can do free searches but will have to subscribe to view the actual detailed records.
(Northern Ireland & Ulster)
Useful Blogs & Websites:-
The following list is of blogs & websites run by people researching their own Irish genealogy, but which contain useful general information for Irish researchers.
Books for Irish family historians (link to Amazon.com)
Collins Tracing Your Irish Family History, by Anthony Adolph and Ryan Tubridy
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, by John Grenham
How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors, by Ian Maxwell
Finding Your Irish Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide, by David S Ouimette
I hope you find the above useful in kick starting your Irish research and I'll probably be making further additions to these lists over the coming months, so keep checking back.
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Greek Genealogy
Someone asked me about Greek genealogy today, so I thought I'd post what I've been able to find. So here we have what I consider are the best places for links to Greek Genealogy websites -
also you could try Family Search as they have Greece listed. Don't know what sort of records they have, but worth a try, just choose Greece in the Country option & enter your ancestors surname.
The following are also very good sites specific to Greek genealogy.
Try Dimitri's Name Database to get an idea of which region your ancestor came from at http://www.dimitri.8m.com/a_f.html
Another great site I have been advised of is at HellenicGenealogyGeek.com
This has:-
- Growing number of Data Records on Greeks in Greece and Diaspora countries, including United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Greece, Asia Minor, Turkey, Cyprus, Russia, Odessa, Ethiopia, Egypt plus more
- Links to Greek Records microfilmed and available through LDS Family History Library
- 260+ links to help you with your Greek genealogy research
- Greece Gazetteer – 35,900 place names and Latitude & Longitude coordinates
- FREE Online Antiquarian Books regarding Greece, Asia Minor, Cyprus, Greek-Americans, etc.
- Greek Naming Traditions
- Historic photographs
- Greeks in the news circa 1870s thru 1920s – Flower Peddlers, Peanut Vendors, etc.
- WPA Interviews 1936-1940 Greek-American Life Histories
- plus much, much more – being updated all the time
Some of the sites on the links above have forename & surname Greek translators so watch out for those as many immigrants converted their birth names to American equivilents when they arrived in the U.S.A.
Hopefully you will find these links useful when researching your Greek family history.
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The following is my Father's Day post from last year. I feel it is an excellent Father's Day post for 2014. This post also makes me miss my father who went to be with the Lord in 2007 even more.
Proverbs 20:7
The righteous man walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him.
My late father was absolutely the greatest. He was an excellent family man. I am around many people today and even going back some years who do not know what it is like to be raised by a man like my father. He struck the right cord in the household growing up. He was not rigid and dictatorial. He commanded respect without demanding it. I could always talk to him.
My father was very friendly. I remember him talking to a couple of my 5th grade classmates who did not know I was his daughter. When they found out he was my father, I was told of him being so nice and being so handsome. When I run into men who grew up in the neighborhood, they talk of how my father stopped his outside work around the house to talk to them and how they appreciated and learned from those talks. He once mentioned when I was in my late teens how he eventually made peace with a person on his job that did not like him. I wondered how could anybody not like my father!
On my Facebook page, a former church member of my former Philly church commented on my father's love for music and singing. He sang tenor and did solos. He especially loved sacred music and traditional hymns. The hymn for this Sunday music post is O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing. My father thought he knew all the hymns. So it surprised him to hear this hymn for the first time in the 1980s. He loved it right away.


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Wednesday, November 6, 2013) – The Colorado Rapids announced on Wednesday that the club has re-signed midfielder Nathan Sturgis, who set career highs in games played and goals in 2013, to a new contract. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We were pleased with Nathan's effort on both the defensive and attacking sides of the ball, and he made us a better team this season," said Rapids Head Coach Oscar Pareja. "He was solid defensively playing in front of our back four, and also made intelligent runs into the box. We're excited that he will return as we prepare our roster for next year."
"Nathan did well to earn his opportunity this season, and took full advantage of his time on the field," said Rapids Technical Director Paul Bravo. "He brings a great deal of experience for his age, and we're very happy that he has signed a new contract with our club."
"I want to thank the Colorado Rapids and Major League Soccer for extending my contract," said Sturgis. "I am very grateful for the opportunities the Rapids organization has given me and the support the fans have shown me this year. I look forward to working hard to help the team be successful in 2014."
Sturgis, 26, broke into the Rapids' starting lineup at the beginning of May and started all but two of Colorado's final 25 regular season matches, as well as the playoff game. Having scored just one goal in seven MLS seasons prior to joining Colorado, he set a career-high with four in 2013, including the game-winner against New York on July 4 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. He finished the season having played a career best 25 games (23 starts), with four goals and an assist.
The midfielder originally joined MLS in 2006 as the 12th overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft, playing for the Galaxy before a midseason 2007 trade to Real Salt Lake. He was selected by Seattle in the Expansion Draft ahead of the 2009 campaign, playing two years for Seattle, followed by a year at Toronto FC and a season with Houston. In his eight-season MLS career, Sturgis has played 105 regular season matches (89 starts), scoring five goals and adding three assists. Sturgis also played in the youth ranks of the United States National Team, including the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup.


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Joblessness blamed for burglaries says head of CID
The minimal job opportunities offered in the territory is the reason behind the burglaries occurring now; criminals resort to looking for income elsewhere, even if it means breaking the law. That's the message from Captain Lavata'i Taase Sagapolutele who heads the Department of Public Safety's Criminal Investigation Division (CID).
Lavata'i said burglaries were the most common cases CID encountered last year, with statistics for 2011 showing that cases investigated by CID were burglary at a high 93, followed by property damage with 47 and 30 for stealing.
However, Lavata'i said, burglary cases dropped in 2011, compared to 2010.
"In 2011 there were a total of 93 burglary cases, however in 2010 there were 169 cases that were referred to the CID, and these cases did not include the burglary cases that were reported to the patrol division."
He attributed the drop in burglaries in 2011 to proactive police officers. "Police officers are extensively patrolling residential areas, government housing, and businesses more than usual, and this deters burglars," said Lavata'i.
He explained that suspects involved in burglary cases usually admit to police that they are jobless and they need money, and that's when they commit the crime.
"With the cases that are being investigated by the CID, it shows that criminals target mostly residences". He explained that of the total burglaries, 51% were homes, 30% were government offices, 18% businesses and 1% were churches.
The police captain noted that, luckily, Samoans are church-going people, so they tend not to burglarize the churches. He said Tualauta County has the highest crime rate in the territory, "with 40% for burglary cases, followed by Maoputasi at 22%".
He also noted that Tualauta is the most populated county.
The available DPS statistics do not break down the burglary cases into suspect ages, i.e. juvenile vs. adult.
In a recent Samoa News interview conducted with Assistant Attorney General Terrie Bullinger, who prosecutes juvenile cases, she said that a majority of the burglary cases involving juveniles happen because they are hungry and "want something to eat."
"They burglarized homes, stores and restaurants because they just want to eat", she said.


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Hidden Treasures of South America - Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Bolivia
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Day 1: Arrive in Buenos Aires
Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, you are met and transferred to our centrally located hotel. The remainder of the day is free to explore the city of Buenos Aires. In the evening, we have our introductory meeting and dinner.
Day 2: Buenos Aires City Sites
Today, we discover the highlights of Buenos Aires. Traveling by bus and walking through the unique "barrios", we will have a close look at daily life in Buenos Aires.
Day 3: Ferry Crossing to Colonia, Uruguay
This morning we enjoy a relaxing morning, sailing on a slow boat to the historical city of Colonia, the 17th century Portuguese contraband port and fortress. We cross the Rio de la Plata to arrive at this colonial gem. Our walking tour explores some of the buildings and laneways dating back to 1680, when it was founded. The area is known as the Barrio Historico.
Day 4: Fly to La Rioja, Villa Union
Transfer to the domestic airport for our midday flight to La Rioja in the Velasco mountains. The region is famous for several reasons, including its wine. We enjoy the scenery as we make our way through the countryside, we watch for the wildlife that is commonly found in this area - including guanacos, Andean condors (the second largest bird in the world) and foxes.
Day 5: Talampaya National Park
After breakfast, we set off to explore the Talampaya National Park with its dramatic geology. Enjoy your exploration of this deep red canyon with some of the most bizarre and exquisite rock formations on Earth. In the morning, we hike (approx. 3 hrs) in the canyon. After lunch, we explore the canyon while driving before making our way back to the hotel, where you will enjoy an afternoon at leisure.
Day 6: The Triassic Park of Ischigualasto
We explore the deep-white, sandstone landscape of Ischigualasto Provincial Park by car. Enjoy the stunning landscape created by wind erosion, these formations are part of the only Triassic park in the Americas.
Day 7: Miranda Gorge, Mythical Inca Ruins of Shincal
Today we pass by the marvellous Miranda Gorge, followed by arrival at Chilecito in the Famatina Valley in La Rioja Province. The drive takes us past wide vineyards and through Londres (or London), the second oldest city in Argentina, founded in 1558 by the Spanish. We also visit the largest Inca ruins in Argentina, at El Shincal.
Day 8: The Indian Ruins of Quilmes
Continuing north, we visit the Quilmes Ruins. The Quilmes Indians were one of the cultures who fiercely resisted the Incas but eventually fell to the Spaniards. The ruins are possibly the most extensively preserved in Argentina and date back to around 1000 AD, when they housed approximately 5000 people.
Day 9: Quebrada de Las Conchas, Wine Vineyards of Cafayate
We begin our day with a walk from Quebrada de Las Conchas, through a dry riverbed of the Yesera River. See beautiful rock formations with fanciful names like "The Obelisk", "The Window" and "The Castle" with layers of green, grey and red that are highlighted beautifully by the sun. Strips of gypsum form white lines running through the red soil. We can enjoy this beautiful area during our picnic lunch.
Day 10: Cafayate - Wine Experience
After breakfast, enjoy a half day visit to Bodega El Porvenir de los Andes. It was founded in 1890 by a family of Italian immigrants who settled in the Cafayate Valley. Later it was reborn as a premium winery upon being bought by the Romero-Marcuzzi family, who knew the region and were inspired to develop a successful vitivinicultural project.
Day 11: Las Flechas Gorge, Town of Cachi
Our drive today takes us further into the Calchaquies Valley and through the stunning Las Flechas Gorge. The gorge was formed by the folding of deep white sandstone to an almost 90 degree angle. The white spears contrast sharply with the green of the valley.
Day 12: Cachi - Los Cardones National Park - Salta
We depart from Cachi to the edge of Los Cardones National Park with breathtaking views of the Cuesta del Obispo (The Bishop's Slope).
Day 13: Salta
Salta is known as 'La Linda' (the beautiful one) due to the mountains that surround it. Enjoy a leisurely morning before we explore picturesque Salta, with its squares and markets, beautiful architecture and colonial history. If the weather permits, we will take the Teleferico gondola ride to the top of San Bernardo Mountain for stunning views of the city and surrounding mountains.
Day 14: Humahuaca Gorge, Purmamarca
Today we drive north to the famous Humahuaca Gorge, through La Cornisa road, a beautiful mountain road winding through a cloud forest.
Day 15: The Indigenous Villages of the North
Drive through the Humahuaca Gorge before stopping at the Indian villages of Maimara, Tilcara (with its ancient ruins), Humahuaca and Uquia. It's an easy day without too much driving but plenty of handicraft shopping, colonial churches and great Indian culture and scenery.
Day 16: Traversing the Andes
Today we head west, ascending with every switchback along the Lipan Gorge, until we reach the high Puna (or Andean Plain), with roaming wild herds of vicunas and guanacos crossing deep-white salt flats.
Day 17: The Atacama Desert, Moon Valley
We spend the morning at leisure in the legendary and original adobe town of San Pedro de Atacama, an oasis in the world's driest and perhaps most beautiful desert, with its impressive geological formations and stunning scenery. We visit San Pedro's great museum.
Day 18: The Atacama Desert, Tatio Geysers
Very early morning drive to visit the massive and impressive area of Tatio Geysers. There are hundreds of geysers in the area and most of them are active. The best time of the day to see the geysers erupting is in the early morning when the low temperature allows us to see the steam. It is truly a remarkable sight. Return to San Pedro with some time at leisure this afternoon.
Day 19: Bolivia: Mud Pools and the Flamingos of Laguna Colorada
We spend this wonderful day journeying into Bolivia. Once we are finished with immigration, we continue our journey to a small but interesting spectacle at Sol de Manana, with boiling pools of sulphur and mud. During our journey, we stop at the beautiful emerald green lake, Laguna Verde, Chalviri (termas de Polques) which changes color to brilliant green, due to the composition of the lake minerals and the angle of the sunlight hitting it.
Day 20: Puritama Hot Springs
This morning we drive to the delightful Puritama Hot Springs, a series of hot pools (temperature is approx 34 degrees C). A perfect place to feel completely cleansed and refreshed before heading back to San Pedro for lunch.
Day 21: Drive to Calama, Fly to Santiago
Enjoy our last glimpse of the Atacama region during the drive to Calama and during the flight to Santiago, with stunning views of the Andes. Arrive in Santiago late afternoon.
Day 22: Depart Santiago
Today we depart for our homeward flights or join our extension to Easter Island. Note, if you wish to sightsee in Santiago, we recommend you stay an additional night.
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As the evening dawned on yet another hectic week in New Delhi, the city's residents were in for a surprise. After the last few days spent getting a small dose of the unbearable summer that we are heading towards, a bout of torrential rain was followed by a small, relief giving hailstorm. Praise the weather lords, spring was finally here! The sweet smell of spring was perhaps most on the minds of the overworked employees of News X. The channel's staple program of a guy sitting on a plastic chair reading out things from yesterday's newspaper was being pre-empted for an interview with India's current Prime Ministerial frontrunner and future eternal President, Narendra Modi. Finally, someone other than their mothers would be watching the channel.
Eternal spring was also blooming in the heart of insane asylum outpatient and the person conducting the News X interview, Madhu Kishwar. Finally, the world would get to see the Narendra Modi she saw. Not the tough but brilliant administrator the world had come to appreciate. But the man behind the man. The kind, gentle soul who wouldn't even dream of ever hurting a fly. Unless the fly had anti-national thoughts or wore a skull-cap because then HE WOULD LITERALLY ANNIHILATE THAT FLY INTO OBLIVION. NO ONE MESSES WITH INDIA. NOT ON NARENDRA MODI'S WATCH. Through her work, people would get to see what she saw everyday. That the man is pure magic. That he had the ability to turn everything into gold. Especially the fortunes of those of us who worship him. And anyone who didn't see that was probably a sad victim of a SONIA GANDHI LED CONSPIRACY.
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Last Saturday, as the breathless social media updates from various News X anchors informed us, we were going to witness the greatest television event of the century. For the first time in his capacity as the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi would allow someone to ask him anything! Actually, not anything. Just things he likes to talk about! And not someone, but the President of his fan club, Madhu Kishwar. Sure, that seemed suspicious to the layman's eye. But as Madhu's twitter feed informed us, this would be Modi at his most candid.
So everyone who managed to find News X on their set top box tuned in. It was right between the channel that told you what shows other channels are broadcasting and the channel that exclusively showed advertisements for anti-acne medicine. And as promised, we learned a lot of things about the greatest thing to happen to this country since the first movie that had songs in it. Not only does he like to use red ink, but he once gave a presentation to Atal Behari Vajpyee. Anyone looking to vote for a person who uses red pens and likes giving powerpoint presentations to powerful people, he's your guy!
There were other interesting things we learned about him too. Apparently, Modi was a total Rahul Gandhi when he was deputed by the party to save Gujarat from the imposing weight of the Keshubhai Patel administration. He didn't even know which side of the file was up! He was so embarrassed that everyone called him 'Sahib,' that he still hasn't told them to stop even though it's been twelve years.
Now, some cynics will say that calling this farce an interview was like calling Pramod Muthalik a feminist. They will ask why even though there are so many voices present in Madhu Kishwar's head, none of them showed up to ask Modi a question. They will wonder why a news channel would present such a piece of blatant propaganda as an in-depth interview.
I, for one, was shocked that a person in a news organization fudged the truth to get a lot of people to tune in to their broadcast. And, I'll have these critics know, that the propaganda wasn't blatant. If you ask all those who worship Mr. Modi, they will tell you that it was the best interview they have seen on Indian teevee, matched only by the Indira Gandhi video profile presented by Sanjay Gandhi for Doordarshan during the emergency years.
Though I will agree that it wasn't really an interview. This was the first part in Madhu Kishwar's 6,999 part seminal, probable Pulitzer prize winning series, All In with Narendra Modi. And for the record, Madhu did ask Dr. Modi a question. She asked him how badly he was hurt when the media unfairly blamed him for a preventable event that happened in his state under his watch in 2002.
We also learned that a lot of muslim groups supported Modi's first election to the assembly in that same year. It wasn't mentioned why he would need to specifically highlight their support, but I guess to find out we will have to watch the rest of the series! (Can't wait for the episode in which Modi tells his kids how he met their mother!) During the post-interview panel discussion with Ms. Kishwar, she specified again that some of Modi's best supporters are muslim. I know that some people would call this vote-bank politics, but please note that it's vote bank politics only if Sonia Gandhi does it. Modi simply isn't into all that shit, okay?
Now, there are some vested interests who accuse Modi of not facing tough questions. That is another lie! Modi faces tough questions everyday from someone who knows him the most: himself. He looks into the mirror every night before going to bed, and asks himself whether he did something to help someone that day. And he goes to bed only if the answer is a resounding yes. And I'll have you know, he has never had to answer in the negative. Do you think any of his opponents have such a well thought out, fool-proof, unbiased system in place?
I don't think so.
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Madhu closed the browser window and switched off her 486 desktop computer. She couldn't handle all the negativity that was being spewed at her on twitter. Why wouldn't all the paid congress agents leave her alone? She saw a shadow outside the window. She ran quickly to see who it was but they had already made their escape. Maybe it was just the moonlight playing its tricks on her. Maybe Sonia Gandhi had even paid off the moon. That woman was everywhere. If she could make a jumbo 777 jet disappear, what chance did a small, lonely activist have? Should she call the police? No, they don't take her complaints seriously anymore. They probably have been given instructions from above to ignore her anyway. She checked to see if her gun was still safely resting under her pillow. She tried to calm herself but the worry kept bubbling into her mind. NO! She wasn't going to give in to the anti-nationals. Not when she was this close to seeing her dreams fulfilled. There was only one thing that would calm her. She took out her phone and dialled his number. He would know what to do.


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The Pentagon says every site targeted in the air strikes in Syria was hit. Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie spoke in a press briefing Saturday. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White remarked that the strikes were orchestrated to minimize collateral damage. She also said the attacks were justified, legitimate, and proportionate in response to a chemical weapons attack on a town outside Damascus. McKenzie said the size of the strikes overwhelmed Syria's air defenses. He called the strikes precise, overwhelming, and effective.
He remarked that he believes the attacks set Syria's chemical weapons program back for years.
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text: Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany The 1920s-era Einstein Tower was built to prove one of general relativity's predictions -- that gravity would cause a shift in the sun's spectrum. Although it never succeeded, it was one of Germany's most important observatories for many years, up until its partial destruction during WWII. A fan of Einstein, architect Erich Mendelsohn molded concrete into graceful curves to evoke Einstein's theories. Located at the Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, the observatory is still in use as a solar observatory, though it splits time as a tourist attraction as well. The tower is skewered by a 1.5-meter solar telescope that visualizes solar magnetic fields and their location within sunspots. Photo: Paul VanDerWerf/FlickrMohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut When designing the Mohegan Sun, Kohn Pedersen Fox associates tried to stay as true to the identity of the eponymous Native American tribe as possible, incorporating elements from the surrounding terrain and the tribe's history. It was built with a mirrored exterior to reflect the sky, sun, and trees, and the recalls Mohegan quartz arrowheads. The massive resort -- 5.5 million square feet -- contains opulent features from a giant ballroom to a 55-foot indoor waterfall, and even an arena for the local WNBA team, the Connecticut Sun. And like any casino worth its chips, the Sun brings in aging rockers like Megadeth, Styx, and REO Speedwagon. It's not just that you can gamble away your pennies at a resort tucked in a riverside woodland; the 34-story hotel tower juts out of the landscape like a crystal mountain. But casinos tend to want people to stay in the gambling halls, so conveniently, it also has a smaller, three-story crystal mountain on the inside. Photos: Courtesy of Woodruff/BrownRMIT Design Hub, Melbourne The facade on RMIT (formerly known as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) University's Design Hub is made of 16,000 glass cells, like frosted lenses, some of which rotate sideways to make an adaptable cooling shade. The cells can be easily replaced, making it possible to use them for evaporative cooling or photovoltaic experiments. It's the most prominent of many features Sean Godsell Architects incorporated in the 2012 building to make it efficient and sustainable. While lots of tech in the built environment is of that bent, the ultimate goal of the building is to feature design on the inside and outside: it houses RMIT's Design Research Institute and School of Architecture and Design. And, like the building itself, the facade is built both to shade the building and for research: "I argued right from the start that the building be its own laboratory, constantly testing new ideas," Godsell, an RMIT graduate, has said. Photo: Richard Gerraty/FlickrThe Met, Bangkok Completed in 2009, Bangkok's 66-story Met Tower is an attempt to build an apartment complex uniquely suited to its surroundings, rather than adapting temperate techniques to a tropical location. WOHA Architects did this by incorporating elements of more traditional tropical housing, and the results have been shortlisted for Aga Khan's 2013 Award for Architecture. The perforated 748-foot structure is actually six columns connected by breezeways that promote cross ventilation -- each unit is exposed on all four sides. The facade is inspired by traditional Thai architecture and materials, with shade and vegetation screens reaching all the way to the top. Photo: Aga Khan Award for Architecture/Patrick Bingham-HallAT&T Long Lines Building, New York The Russians aren't the only ones that can design brutalist concrete buildings; architect John Carl Warnecke did a pretty good job with AT&T's phone-switching facility at 33 Thomas Street in New York. The granite-faced behemoth is called the Long Lines Building because its face is unbroken by windows, to keep the equipment secure and protected. Its 29 stories rise to 550 feet thanks to 18-foot ceilings, built tall to house the long-distance and international switches and exchanges. What it lacks in traditional attractiveness, the 1974 creation makes up in sheer imposition and impressiveness — it's designed to be bombproof and self-sufficient for up to two weeks in case of a disaster. Photo: Dhaluza/WikimediaGeisel Library, San Diego It's just a little strange that Theodor "Doctor Seuss" Geisel is the namesake of this UC-San Diego library; the architecture is far from Seussian. Instead of the wobbly, colorful buildings found in the good doctor's stories, Geisel Library is dominated by mirrors, concrete, and straight edges. The building, which opened in 1970, mushrooms up over campus, with its 16 concrete buttresses supporting the cantilevered upper floors. After Geisel died in 1991, his wife donated money and a collection of Geisel's work, noting how much he loved the library, which was subsequently renamed in his honor. So although architect William Pereira wasn't influenced by Dr. Seuss, it seems Dr. Seuss was inspired by Pereira. Photo: Belis@rio/FlickrAqua Tower, Chicago Reflective glass makes a beautiful facade, but it can be deadly for birds, which often can't tell the glass from the sky or trees it reflects. Studio Gang Architects designed their Aqua Tower with that in mind: the undulating concrete terraces not only provide balcony space for residents, but help restrict the angle the reflections can be seen from. Railings and glass made with a small amount of ceramic in it help break the reflections up further, making the 859-foot tower, completed in 2010, exemplary for bird safety, according to both the American Bird Conservancy and PETA. But it's not just about the birds. The swells and flares, based on striated limestone formations, also shade apartments from the sun and help protect against wind, all while maintaining a square footprint. Photo: Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing, Courtesy of Studio Gang ArchitectsParkview Square, Singapore The architecture blogs describe Parkview Square as "Art Deco," but we know what it really is: a steampunk paradise. At 472 feet tall, the architects could afford to build it from brown brick and outfit it with decorative sculptures and elaborate bronze grates. Its design is specifically "imposing and monumental, yet stylish and elegant," according to then-chairman of the Chyau Fwu Group, the building's developer. The office building, completed in 2002, also houses the embassies of Austria, Mongolia, and the United Arab Emirates, and it's suitably lavish, with ornate ceilings and gold trim. One standout feature: The lobby bar includes a three-story wine rack. How does one access three stories of wine, you ask? Via angelic assistants connected to a remote-controlled hoist mounted on a tracked winch. But photos of the building's inside are rare, due to building policy disallowing them. Bonus: in the back, our first Building of the Week, the Gateway Towers. Photo: Nicolas Lannuzel/FlickrF&F Tower, Panama City, Panama Named for its developer, F&F Properties, but perhaps better known as the Revolution Tower, the floors of this 797-foot landmark in Panama City's banking district rotate a few degrees each around a central column. Designed as an office building and completed in 2011, architects Pinzon Lozano and Associates have been criticized for the building's five elevators, which some think won't be enough to efficiently shuttle occupants to the building's 52 floors. Architecture site Emporis named the helical concrete and glass structure one of its award-winning skyscrapers for 2011. Photos: Courtesy World Bank Photo Collection/FlickrShanghai World Financial Center Growth in Pudong's Lujiazui district in Shanghai has exploded in the last 20 years, topped (for now) by the Shanghai World Financial Center, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates' tower that rises 1,614 feet above one of the fastest-growing areas in one of the world's fastest growing countries. The second-tallest building in the world when finished in 2008, it won that year's best skyscraper award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. (It currently holds fourth place amongst tallest buildings.) The building is often compared to a bottle opener -- it's so similar that the souvenir shop actually sells bottle openers shaped like it -- but KPF designed it to represent a portal between heaven and Earth, and seated an observation deck in the trapezoidal space. But it's more than just pretty; the multi-use building transitions from four sides to six as it rises, using diagonal braces and outrigger trusses connected to a central core to reduce weight. A side effect is that it seems to narrow as it ascends, fading into the sky. Photos: Courtesy of Mori Building/Kohn Pedersen Fox AssociatesGiant Interactive Group Campus, Shanghai It's only appropriate that the headquarters for Chinese gaming company Giant Interactive Group looks a little like something you'd find in a video game. But, in what must be a nod to making it somewhere people actually want to work, Morphosis Architects made the sculpted landscape that encompasses the building a little more green and — depending on your involvement in office politics — free of foes. Completed in 2010, the building tries to use the landscape as a tool rather than a substrate. The angular building houses equally angular halls devoted to a range of functions, from swimming pool and tennis courts to a library and auditorium, as well as offices. A low green roof covers part of the structure, while a cantilevered wing extends over a man-made lake, and the entire structure is, like so many good role-playing games, intentionally labyrinthine. It encourages "chance encounters," notes Morphosis, though it doesn't say whether you'll run into any skulltulas. The firm's website, Morphopedia, showcases an array of photos and floorplans for this sprawling, intricate structure. Photos: Roland HalbeTurning Torso, Malmö, Sweden Sweden hasn't set a particularly high bar for "tallest skyscraper." But, despite being the tallest building in the Nordic countries, Malmö's HSB Turning Torso isn't interesting for its 623-foot height — it's the nine twisting blocks, stacked atop each other, that help make the building an icon. Primarily residential, Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava designed the tower to mimic both a house and a twisting human body. From bottom to top, the floors vary by 90 degrees, which is more sculptural than functional. Its construction does incorporate practical elements, however, including a steel exoskeleton built onto the building's surface that dampens vibrations and acts as a windbreak. Cited as a new symbol for the town's 300,000 residents when completed in 2005, the tower can be seen from across the Öresund strait in neighboring Denmark.. Photo: Mirko Junge/FlickrNew York by Gehry, New York City Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry went residential for the first time on his tower at 8 Spruce Street, completed in 2011 just outside the financial district in New York City. The tallest apartment building in the western hemisphere (for now) at 870 feet, the New York by Gehry incorporates the architect's iconic curved steel exterior, rippling and reflective, like a wave in the sky. In addition to pricey apartments — upwards of $40,000 a month for penthouses — the bottom floors of the tower houses a public school. The building's design is meant to make residents feel they could step right out into space, and from afar, the wavy metal has the same effect on the eyes. Top photo: Courtesy of Gehry Partners, LLP Bottom photo: dboxWageningen Campus, Atlas Building, Netherlands Like a big, square, beetle, Wageningen University's Atlas Building is primarily supported by its exoskeleton. The concrete latticework reduces the need for pillars on the inside, and the building contains a large, open atrium with footbridges between floors. Completed in 2007, Atlas was also built with convertible labs, so it can be reconfigured internally as its occupants' needs change. Designed by Rafael Vinolly Architects and OeverZaaijer Architecture and Urbanism, the building houses Wageningen's Water and Climate Center, Soil Group, and Environmental Sciences Group. as well as a massive, hanging globe of the Earth, fittingly. Top photo: Courtesy of Rafael Vinoly Architects; Bottom photo: Courtesy Flickr/[](<br)"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravenstein/" target="blank">Erik van RavensteinMikimoto Building, Tokyo The pink, spontaneous exterior of Toyo Ito's Mikimoto Building in Tokyo is a spontaneous-seeming design that hides a complicated structural scheme. The windows, laid out to look like random chunks were cut from the building, belie the atypical structure; because some windows curl around the building's corners, there are no supporting columns where there should be. To keep the inside open, Ito used steel plates, filled with concrete and welded together for the walls. The resulting structure, nine stories high with a narrow 2,500-square-foot footprint, was completed in 2005 as headquarters for Mikimoto Pearl company. Photo: Toshihiro Oimatsu/FlickrBank of Georgia (nee Soviet Ministry of Roads), Tbilisi, Georgia The Soviets were not known for comfortable or ornamental architecture, and the Bank of Georgia headquarters is neither of those. But despite being a series of massive, stacked concrete blocks (or perhaps, because of that), it is an interesting adaptation of its period's stark, square style. Built in 1975 as the Soviet Ministry of Roads and sold to the bank in 2007, the Tetris-like structure is actually 18 stories high and 44,000 square feet. Like many examples of constructivist architecture, its blocky, three-dimensional form is almost a variation on an industrial bunker, but re-imagined to allow a forest to grow underneath. Giorgi Chakhava was in the envious position of being both minister of highway construction and architect, and with Zurab Jalaghania, he was able to both follow and expand beyond typical Soviet brutalism. Photo: Matt Bateman/FlickrMarin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California Frank Lloyd Wright buildings are often tucked subtly into their landscape. The Marin County Civic Center, though, is harder to hide. But in spite of the bright blue roof and long, obtuse-angled design, it's still not one of his better known buildings. (Though it has offered inspiration to pop culture figures from George Lucas (PDF) to Dr. Dre.) Started in 1960 — the year after Wright's death — the Civic Center, like Wright's other creations, integrates architecture into the landscape. Now a National Historic Landmark, the center consists mainly of two long halls (880 feet and 580 feet) connected by a rotunda with a tall gold spire. It was the famous architect's last and largest project. Top photo: Jay Galvin/Flickr. Bottom photo: Galileo55/FlickrThe Shard, London Pritzker prize-winning architect Renzo Piano designed The Shard as an irregular pyramid with a glass exterior, evoking a shard of glass. At 1,016 feet, it's the tallest building in the European Union, about the height of the New York Times Building (also designed by Piano). But The Shard is more than just a pretty facade — it's urban planning embodied in architecture. Opened in July, 2012, it houses offices, apartments, restaurants, and a 5-star hotel. The concept, developed by Sellar Property, was to integrate a "vertical city" into the node of London's transportation system, located in the London Bridge district nearly on top of the busy train terminal there. The Shard was named as a finalist for Design Museum's Architecture of the Year 2012, and The View from The Shard will open the 68th through 72nd floors to tourists starting in February. Photo: Tom Godber/FlickrGT Tower, Seoul In addition to a dance fad, Seoul's Gangnam district is responsible for some interesting architecture, not least Consort Architects' wavy Garak Tower East, completed in 2011. There's no GT West, yet, but the 31-story East tower was designed to recall the form of traditional Korean pottery. The shape isn't just trippy; the way the facade is aligned helps allow natural light to reach deep inside the building. Photo: Courtesy of Consort ArchitectsCCTV Tower, Beijing The 768-foot-tall CCTV building became the new headquarters for China Central Television — the government-run television network — when it was completed in 2009. Architects from OMA designed its rough donut shape as a three-dimensional alternative to traditional skyscrapers, as though two had bent at 90-degree angles to meet in the middle. A grid of tubes, designed by engineering firm Arup and visible on the exterior, help brace the 75-meter cantilever. Photo: Dmitry Foronov/WikimediaGateway Towers, Singapore Completed in 1990, the trapezoidal shape of I.M. Pei's Gateway Towers in Singapore create an optical illusion when viewed from certain angles — the 37-story office buildings appear strangely two-dimensional. Photo: Joan Campderros-i-Canas/Flickr


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A combination of Intelligence and Dexterity, the Shadow is the sixth and final class for Path of Exile, the ingenious action role playing game I've been happily beta testing and supporting with my dollars. You may remember me offering two closed beta keys? I still have one, if you want to join the fun.
RockPaperShotgun has the exclusive reveal, so go there for all the first impressions. Shall I reveal the big secret they won't tell you? Essentially the Shadow is a more customizable version of the Assassin from Diablo II's expansion, Lord of Destruction. Assuming you decide to focus on the most natural setup, you'll be creating advanced traps, slashing with claw weapons, and dabbling in all the various trickery of magic and speed, not brute power.
It's worth saying that Path of Exile is extremely non-linear in its character progression, and that the trap system is built to compliment that ocean of choice. According to the developers, almost any skill in the game can be "trapified", so you can convert your boring old fireball spell to an incendiary mine, for example, right after they walk through the trap which curses their elemental resistance. If you're clever (and you should be if you play the Shadow) you will surely enjoy the possibilities.
Finally, this Friday there will be a Public Weekend, where you can jump in and try stuff out. It's all for testing purposes, so do them a favor and give them feedback on how the Shadow plays, eh? The game will be free to play when it's released, and it is very good.


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Is Custom Development dead? After the last two years of custom development's nuclear winter, (following 2008s Financial Armageddon), one would think the the Grim Reaper did his best in the blast. I really hope not, designing and building strategic systems make the more mudane aspects of software engineering worth enduring the mind-numbing syntactical pain of creation. Nothing like the smell of napalming the competition with a totally new way of doing business in the morning (my view of "Apocalypse Now" with a business bent). Maybe, just maybe, I hope rumors of Custom Development's death are greatly exaggerated.
Did Custom Development die of natural causes, maybe pulled off of life support by risk-hating Executive Management as a perverse form of parental control after the financial snafu (Custom Development moves from PG-13 to XXX)? Off-the-Shelf software products and the ever increasing cost of continuing maintenance really hurt Custom Development as a viable systems choice, but is that enough to put it down? Cloud and "nouveau Cloud" technologies (read SaaS, SalesForce.com) may have provided the coup de grace. I seriously doubt it, every time I look into the Cloud I get serious PTSD flashbacks to the 70s and 80s IBM Mainframe World Domination (OMG there is a 3270 in the corner!!). At least there was alot less hype and easier choices back then (Nobody got fired picking IBM!).
It is possible Custom Development died offshore (simple Mickey Finn, bag over the head, Shanghaied and Held for Ransom!)? While Business Processes and System Maintenance have done reasonably well offshore (Castor Oil of the Corporate world, let Mikey take it!), strategic custom development has had less success. Quality innovation that can transform a corporation really requires a local team steeped both in the host company and surrounding culture. Plus, Custom Development tends to have a high infant mortality rate so it is best attempted in short phases supported by an Agile Methodology, definitely not in Offshore's financial model wheelhouse. So I don't think Offshore is implicated.
There is the theory that evolution has spoken and Product-based Solutions have succeeded Custom Development, just as mammals succeeded dinosaurs. Product companies would like you to believe that, but does that seem plausable (Land of the Lost, Jurassic Park where are you?)? While Product-based solutions have advantages in success rates and cost, they by their nature lack the true freedom that drives raw creativity and innovation. Custom Development is that wellspring.
The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself! Adversity to risk is curbing animal spirits, creativity, and innovation, ….for now. Custom Development is not dead and will return from its vacation with Puff in the Cave by the Sea when Jackie Paper locks-and-loads and we begin some serious innovation and transformation with strategic custom software systems (BTW thats when the Jobs return too!).


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Confession. I did something really stupid and I should have known better.
It was a late dinner. I was cooking chicken on the outdoor grill in the dark and couldnt see very well. I felt pretty sure that the meat was done and served it up to my family. Halfway through the meal, I noticed that my piece was pink inside.
Two days later my temperature spiked to 104, and I spent the next two days in bed with gastroenteritis from salmonella. It could have been worse. I fully recovered and thankfully my family remained well. It was a very personal lesson to me about food safety.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 48 million Americans suffer illness each year from contaminated food. Fortunately, most such illnesses are minor and self-limited. However, there are more than 100,000 hospitalizations and more than 3,000 deaths each year from food-borne illness in the United States.
The first factor in safe food preparation is proper cleaning. This includes hands, surfaces, utensils and certain foods. Bacteria are microscopic and found essentially everywhere.
Perhaps the single most effective way to prevent the spread of infectious illness is hand-washing. Effective hand-washing means a thorough soapy lather on all surfaces of the hands, including under nails, for at least 20 seconds. After that, there should be air drying or use of a clean towel.
Cutting boards, utensils and food-preparation surfaces should be cleaned with hot, soapy water before food preparation and between preparation of each food item.
Meat, poultry or eggs should never be prepared at the same time or physical space as raw produce. Furthermore, fruits and vegetables should always be rinsed with running water and dried before use. Soap or chemical cleansers are not recommended. Meat, poultry and eggs should not be washed before preparation.
Once you have prepared your food safely, dont make the same mistake I made by undercooking your food. This is especially true for meats and poultry because thorough washing of produce generally permits raw consumption.
In general, the safety goal of meat and poultry preparation is making sure you reach a sufficient temperature internally to neutralize potentially harmful germs including bacteria and other micro-organisms.
Most cookbooks offer a chart with recommended internal temperatures for use when cooking meat and poultry. A similar chart is available at foodsafety.gov. Needless to say, you will need to have a cooking thermometer for measurement.
In general, most experts recommend cooking both meat and poultry to a minimum internal temperature of 160 to 165 degrees. In addition, it is wise to visually inspect the food as well. Regardless of temperature, pink meat and poultry requires additional cooking.
Once food is prepared and cooked, storage is the final safety issue. Prepared meats and poultry can be safely stored in the refrigerator for one to two days, while prepared salads, opened luncheon meats and most other leftovers can be safely refrigerated three to five days.
Dr. Matthew A. Clark is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and pediatrics practicing at the Ute Mountain Health Center in Towaoc.


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- 2 Beds
- 2 Full, 1 Half Baths
Property TypeResidential – Condominium
SubdivisionSettlers Lodge
Listing Date05/17/19
Year Built2001
AreaBachelor Gulch
Lot Size0.03 Acres (1,307 SqFt)
ParkingUnassigned, Underground
Property Description
Well-appointed, turnkey 2-bedroom, 3-bath mountain getaway features a gourmet kitchen, spacious living areas and is mere steps from Roughlock skiway. A stunning summer botanical setting just adjacent to a quaint little fishing pond. Wintertime boasts European style village-to village skiing, owner's shuttle and the coveted Bachelor Gulch Club membership with all its amenities is included in price. Great ski slope views.
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- Walk to Slopes
- Mountains
- Ski Slopes
- Golf Membership Option
- Hiking/Pedestrian Trail
- Pool
- See Remarks
- Shuttle Service
- Tennis Courts
- Deck
- Fireplace - Gas
- Jetted Bathtub
- See Remarks
- Wired for Cable
- Spa and Hot Tub
- Cable TV
- District Sewer
- District Water
- Electricity Avail.
- Natural Gas Avail.
- Phone Available
- Snow Removal
- Trash Pickup
- Baseboard
- Common
- Natural Gas
- Dryer
- Washer
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About Bachelor Gulch
Grand homes with exquisite mountain architecture featuring massive logs and rustic stonework make up the unmistakable sense of place found in Bachelor Gulch. Gated entrances offer an extra level of exclusivity, and there's not a single property that doesn't feature impressive views of the valley below and the jagged peaks of the Gore Mountain Range and Castle Peak in the distance. Bachelor Gulch has its own ski slopes, with a chairlift that serves the Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch, and trails that provide a village-to-village ski experience from Beaver Creek to Bachelor Gulch to Arrowhead. There's also a gondola connection to the Westin Riverfront in Avon at the base of Bachelor Gulch. It's the only residential ski neighborhood considered entirely on-mountain in the Vail Valley. While the Bachelor Gulch ski trails are part of Beaver Creek Resort, they feel much more private and less traveled. It's easy for residents to head out for a few runs without a lot of fuss getting in and out of the resort. Ski trails offer excellent hiking and biking during the summer and fall months, and the pristine golf club in neighboring Beaver Creek features challenging holes and expansive views to round out summertime fun. Bachelor Gulch is perfect for the buyer looking for privacy and luxury. Bachelor Gulch real estate is mostly known for high-end single-family homes, but luxury condominiums and fractional units are available through the residence club at the Ritz-Carlton® Bachelor Gulch.
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For South Walton Seahawk quarterback Johnathon Ortner, "winning" is the best thing about football.
"You do a lot of work and put in so many hours, but it repays. It feels great," Ortner said.
After posting only one win last year, the Seahawks have already doubled that record with victories over Franklin County and North Bay Haven.
In last Friday's contest with North Bay, the Seahawks tallied more than 500 yards of offense in the 47-20 victory.
Leading the effort was the 6-foot-1, 175-pound quarterback, Ortner, son of Steve and Katrina Ortner of Santa Rosa Beach.
The junior completed 26 of 33 passes for 302 yards and five touchdowns. Alex Smith had eight catches for 120 yards and a touchdown, while Sage Roberts had eight receptions for 97 yards and two touchdowns. Vinnie Ciurleo had three catches for 38 yards and a touchdown, while Nick Harris caught three for 28 yards. Harrison Schaffer had the other catch for the score.
All in all he connected with seven receivers.
"Alex and Sage usually find an open spot," Ortner said. "They help me turn a bad play into a good play sometimes. That's great when that happens."
In addition to passing the ball, Ortner was forced out of the pocket a few times and picked up 25 yards on the ground in six carries.
"He is a smart player that truly loves the game of football. A student of the game," said South Walton Coach Phil Tisa.
Ortner started playing football in the fifth grade and played middle school ball in Georgia.
"I was right guard on the offensive line," he said. But after the coach noticed him throwing around with some friends, he asked if he'd like to play quarterback. The rest is history.
"I always wanted to play quarterback," the 16-year-old told the Sun noting that when he was a kid, he wished his dad coached so he could be the QB.
As a junior at South Walton High, that wish has come true. He is now at the helm of a fast-tempo football team.
"I love the new offense it's the best ever," Ortner said. "It works, and it's hard for the other teams to keep up.�
Just to show how fast the Seahawks move, last week against the Buccaneers, the Seahawks went 81 yards in five plays in 58 seconds for the score.
"We practice the way we play," Ortner said. "And it gets easier every week."
Although Ortners' stats were good last week, he said, "There was something I could have done better. I made some mistakes, some things I need to work on."
Topping the list is "making better reads and staying calm.�
However, he admits it�s hard to keep cool when the defense is closing in.
As for getting ready for a game, Ortner said he doesn't do anything special, but he looks to the coaches for guidance.
"I just trust them for what they have taught me and just try and go out and execute.�


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Here we have a circular LED clock kit. This time, it comes with a board. It is the same type of clock which is shown here, it's just that this time it comes with an actual board! What a time-saver!
Other clock kits with boards (more expensive):
Circular ring (3.9 inch board) (you are here)Zig-zag ring (3.9 inch board) (click here)Infinity (1.95 x 3.9 inch board) (click here)Tiny 5 cm square ring (1.95 inch board) (click here)Dice clock (1.95 x 3.9 inch board) (click here)
Other clock kits without boards (less expensive, but in some ways better because the board is less personal and rather small):
The same type of clock as this but without the green board (click here)The dice clock (click here)
The green board you see there is a square which is 3.9 inches on a side. Click on the picture to see it big, and use the left and right arrow keys to move around.First of all, I want to make 3 things clear.
1. You are not buying the clock in the picture. That one is my demonstration piece. It took me too long to solder together for me to throw around that with a 20 or even 30 dollar pricetag. That would be half minimum wage or less. It took long enough just to get the components together to make the kit.2. You are buying a kit. You get 91 LEDs (one spare), a programmed microcontroller, resistors, capacitors, a crystal, a speaker, etcetera, a circuit board, and an information sheet on specifics you'll need to get it right. This does NOT include a power supply. You need to give it 6.3 to 12 volts DC from somewhere. You also need a soldering iron and solder.3. The kit does not contain ultra-bright brightly colored LEDs as seen in the picture. You get generic red and green LEDs. Just like the 8 pink tinted LEDs you see in a row at the bottom of the clock. Those LEDs by the way indicate which parameter you are setting. So you have 7 LEDs for the days of the week, 60 for the ring of seconds/minutes, 12 for the hours, 1 each for AM and PM (tell me if you only want one for AM or one for PM rather than a LED for each of them - you must decide beforehand whether that LED will be there), 1 to let you know if the alarm is set to go off (but isn't necessarily going off right now), and 8 to let you know what you are setting, when you are setting it. Those pink and green tinted LEDs that come standard with this kit are also sold on their own on the website here.By the way, there are 2 completely different versions of the program, one which controls a "AM" LED which is on in the morning and a "PM" LED which is on in the evening, and a different version which controls only the PM LED, which is off in the morning. If you only want one LED to denote AM/PM, you can't use the version that controls them both, because it will turn on other LEDs when it tries to turn on the AM LED which won't be there. Please tell me which version you want or I will choose for you.
THIS particular version of the board can in fact handle either surface mount chips or DIP chips. I have surface mount PIC16C54 chips and DIP ones and I may give you one or the other. Almost certainly it's going to be surface mount, unlike the one in the picture. But it's the big kind of surface mount. 1/20 inch between pins. In the picture, you can see I actually have a decoupling capacitor soldered to it. You should have a decoupling capacitor between the 4th and 5th pins down on the left side on ONE of the pads. On retrospect, it is not so aesthetic, where I put it. I should have put it on the backside. The DIP soldering pad goes from the top side to the back side, and the SOIC one only exists on the front side, but the pinout is the same. If you have a preference for a DIP chip or a SOIC chip since either can be used, but with that option, you are more at my mercy, whether availability allows. Probably it will be SOIC but if I have any made up with DIP and you want them, I'll let you have it.
A demonstration of the version of this clock with the alarm can be seen here (make sure to be patient when downloading this, and make sure to have some kind of pop-up ad killer in place: mediafire will definitely zap you if you don't):
To see a demonstration of not this version of the clock but the version without the alarm (not the kind for sale here) which also flashes all its LEDs 11 times per second (also unlike the kind for sale here), watch this:
It is not only a clock but a calendar too. You give it the year modulo 4, the month, the day in month, the day in week, hour, minute, second. Press one of the 2 buttons to get it to show you the date (the 5th picture shows this - it displays the date March 1 - today as of when I wrote this), where the 12 hours represent the month and the minutes/seconds represents the day in the month. The ring of 60 LEDs shows you the minutes AND the seconds. The seconds flash. Also they advance one per second. It also automatically adjusts for daylight saving time as it is right now in the US. So beware if you're in a place that doesn't do daylight/standard transitions or does it at a different time. The alarm can be set to any time down to the second, and can be enabled for any combination of days of the week. So if you want it to just go off on weekdays you can do that. Or if you want it to only be on Saturday, you can do that. The alarm is set by holding down the "show date" button and then pressing the set button. If you just press the set button, it sets the clock's real time, not the alarm time.
Please feel free to check out our other electronic items at medexamtools.com/diodes.htm. These can be added into your order for combined shipping as well (the shopping cart system will do it automatically).


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Tuesday 17 September 2019
09.00 –
11.00 Induction meeting - Room 001, Scott Building
Nick Outram
New students entering year 2 will join year 1 students for this session. This meeting is a very important one. It is your first formal contact with the staff who are most involved with your degree programme, and your fellow students. The session will be led by your Programme Manager, who will introduce you to the School, the structure of your degree, brief details of the topics you may cover in your time at the University, and so on. You will also be told what we expect of you. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.
Any time between 09.00 – 16.00 University Card Collection - Room 015, Ground Floor, Smeaton Building
You can collect your University card from Room 015, Ground Floor, Smeaton Building during the times given above. Your card is used for entry to the Library, some room entry, handing in coursework etc.
You must
complete online enrolment and upload a photo prior to attending this session.
You will need to bring identification with you to this session. The
preferred form of identification is a valid current passport. Please refer to
our University Card
Collection web page
for further details.
NB: If you already have a card i.e. because you were previously a student on another course or at a Partner College, you do not need to attend this session.
12.45 –
14.00 Lunch and meet the tutors - Room 411, Babbage Building
Nick Outram, Toby Whitley and Paul Davey
Meet your tutors and lecturers over a light lunch.
14.00 – 17.00 Head Banging Buggy Introduction – Rooms 303 a,b,c Smeaton Building
You will be divided into teams to build a "head banging buggy". You will be working on your buggy during the week. Each team's buggy will compete against the buggies of the other teams. Who can hit the most head bangs?
Wednesday 18 September 2019
11.00 –
12.00 Stage Meeting for BSc students – Room 205, Fitzroy Building
Shakil Awan
This meeting is a very important one. You will meet with the current Stage 2 students and staff. You will be told what is expected of you for the second year. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.
If you have any queries please contact the Faculty Office on 01752 584584.
13.15 –
14.00 Mechanics workshop tour - Smeaton Building, ground floor, west end
(opposite end to cashpoints)
An introduction to the mechanics workshop, showing the range of equipment and services available.
14.00 – 15.00 Introduction to the Library and IT - Lecture Theatre 2, ground floor, Roland Levinsky Building
Information Specialist
A short presentation from your subject librarian introducing you to the facilities and services of the University library.
19.00 – 21.30 Wednesday Welcome Party - Graduation Marquee, Plymouth Hoe
The Welcome Party is your opportunity to meet informally with other students new to The Faculty of Science and Engineering as well as some current students and your academic staff.
Additionally, the evening includes a welcome drink, entertainment and the chance to win a £100 Amazon voucher.
Thursday 19 September 2019
13.30 – 13.45 Introduction to Student Wellbeing Services - Lecture Theatre 2, ground floor, Roland Levinsky Building
Student Services will outline the support available to all students and where you need to go to access this support. The session will include information about:
- Disability Services
- Student Wellbeing Services (Counselling, Mental Health and Wellbeing)
- Chaplaincy
- Learning Development incl SUM UP
- Care Leavers
- Peer Assisted Learning (PALS)
13.45 – 14.00 Introduction to the Students' Union - Lecture Theatre 2, ground floor, Roland Levinsky Building
A representative of the Students' Union will outline all the extra-curricular activities you can enjoy, including; sports clubs and societies, volunteering, and how the Union is the hub of social life whilst studying. They provide your student support and representation.
14.00 – 14.15 Careers and Employability- Lecture Theatre 2, ground floor, Roland Levinsky Building
The most often quoted reason for coming to university is to enhance your future prospects and to create fulfilling career paths. Find out about how the Careers and Employability service can support you with this by; opening your eyes to a wealth of graduate options, helping you to develop skills and gain experience and providing you with all the practical help you need, from stage 0 right the way through to postgraduate study (and for up to 3 years after you finish your programme!)
Friday 20 September 2019
10.00 –
12.00 Buggy Competition and Prize-giving – Room 001, Scott Building
Toby Whitley
This is where the head-banging buggies are pitted against each other. A high energy event in which one team will emerge victorious!


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translated by Mark Ravenhill
Life of Galileo examines the tension between the pursuit of knowledge and the power of official ideology, and contains one of Brecht's most human and complex central characters. It was first performed in Zurich in 1943.
The play opens on Galileo, wild with excitement about a new world of scientific upheaval and improvement, teaching his servant's young son the remarkable theories of Copernicus with the assistance of an apple and a lamp. But his hopes of a general enlightenment are cut short when his heretical discoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of the Inquisition. Broken by torture, Galileo is forced to publically abjure his theories, and though Galileo's name is the one we remember today, Brecht's character does not forgive himself for his betrayal and his new world disappears with his recantation.
As an examination of the problems that face not only the scientist but also the whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with the requirements of authority, Life of Galileo has few equals. This version is translated by Mark Ravenhill.


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This week's Photo Friday entry: 'Reflected'
The great thing about being near the surface of the water is the reflections so any marine animal that spends any time near the surface is a great one to photograph. Here are a few examples I hope you'll enjoy. It works best when the surface of the water is flat calm. Above is a whaleshark from Mexico. Below are a few photos from Raja Ampat (Indonesia) and a manatee from Florida.
If you want to see more of my underwater photos from various places then check out the galleries in my Reef Beasties Gallery.
See all the other photo Friday entries (and submit your own) for 'Reflected' here.


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Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Ultra Gnarly Bandit
The race is December 18 and I am psyched. It's been too long since I've run a 50K race. This race can be completed on foot or snowshoe. There is also a 75 Mile and 150 Mile option. For those distances the entrant can go on foot, ski or bike.
I've had a lot of fun planning out my racing schedule for the next year. I knew that I missed races, I just didn't realize how much I missed the whole process. It has become a lifestyle over the past years and one that I now wish to continue.
A few years ago I became weary of the travel and the racing as I was doing so much of it. After a year off I am ready to get back at it. Of course I have the obsessive compulsive disorder going on so a bit of something never seems to be an option for me. It is all or nothing, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how one looks at things. Some like to pick out one one-hundred (gasp!) miler or one fifty miler (gasp!) but I don't have that in me.
For 2011 I've picked a goal that I have been thinking about for the past 2 years. I'm ready to train hard and see what I can do out there on the trail.
I'm going to run the UMTR Ultra Gnarly Bandit Series: 4 100 Mile Ultramarathons: Zumbro 100, Kettle Moraine 100, Lean Horse 100, Superior Sawtooth 100.
Two of the hundreds I haven't yet tried. I haven't run Zumbro 100, which is only two years old. Larry Pederson, director of the Superior Sawtooth, 50 mile and Marathon, directs this as well.
Training for a spring 100 is always a challenge. There is snow and ice on the trails in Minnesota well into March. I normally have to run the Minneapolis Lakes area for a large portion of my training just to get the miles in. Snowshoeing on trail is great for my daily mileage but the long stuff takes forever!
Kathy has scheduled 4- 20 mile training runs, as she prepares for the Honolulu Marathon,around Twin Cities that I am going to tag along for. Most of the runs will be on trails near the Edina/Eden Prairie or Minneapolis Lakes area.
I'm going to put Psyco Wyco 50K on my schedule so that I can get a 50K in February. February 12 I believe. I have entered this race twice in the past and have never been able to run it. One time Tyler had an emergency appendectomy and the other time a pool tournament got in the way.
This 50K will have me ready for a 50 Mile in March. I really don't like 50 mile training runs, solo, and would prefer a race. The only race I see is Land Between the Lakes 50 Mile in Kentucky. I believe it falls during our spring break, that may be a problem as I and Troy like to go somewhere warm. Kentucky won't cut it! Either the race or a solo run, we will see. Whatever I do, it will have me ready for Zumbro 100.
After Zumbro spring will be on the way. Training on trails for Superior 50K and then Kettle Moraine 100. I haven't run Kettle in the past and am looking forward to it. I normally run FANS 24 Hour this weekend as our last day of school normally falls on this Friday and I am unable to travel. This year our last day of school is on Thursday so I will be able to travel Friday to Wisconsin and I don't have a son graduating again!
Afton 50K and Voyageur 50 Mile in July always prepare me well for a late summer 100 mile race. No surprises. I've run V 8 times in the past and it truly is a small town friendly race and one of my favorites.
Lean Horse 100 in South Dakota will be another fun adventure I am sure. I love the heat and enjoy the course which allows almost constant running. My 100 mile PR was run here of 22:36 last year. I am ready to go back!
The most difficult portion of this plan is the next step. After Lean Horse I will have only 11 days of recovery before the most difficult of the 4 races, Superior Sawtooth. I've finished this race at 35 and 33 hours. The first finish I ran totally tapered. The second finish was coming off 100K at Leadville. This time I will be trying to recover in a very speedy fashion.
I'll probably round out the season with Twin Cities Marathon and the Wild Duluth.
That is the race schedule I am planning for the 2011 season. I'm sure looking forward to it!
Ready. Set. Go!
5 comments:
- Kel said...
I'm not sure what the 2011 Gnarly Bandit schedule will include, but perhaps the brand spankin' new Black Hills 100 on June 25 will be on the list to give you another option so that you don't have to do Lean Horse and Superior so close together?
Sounds like an awesome goal!
- Julie said...
Hi Julie,
Wow, you are doing a 50K in the winter!?! I am impressed! How does one train for a 50 K? I wouldn't even know where to begin. What kind of base must you have and what do the workouts look like? Just curious.
- Julie B said...
That's right, Kel. We have not decided as of yet as to the races for UMTR's Ultra Gnarly. Could be the BH option, never know what Phillip may decide. I hadn't even thought of that.
Hey Julie, same way you run in the summer! I'm teasing, but really that is the truth. You run in the snow with gortex shoes and slip and slide. I do a LOT of snowshoe running in the winter, mostly all snowshoe running on trail. My dog wears gortex slippers and I wear gortex shoes. It works! For real icy conditions I put screws into my soles.
For 50K distance you just add a few miles onto the weekly long run and before you know it you are up to 30 miles. Same for 50 Mile..try it, youll like it!
- SteveQ said...
I'm supposed to take over the Gnarly Bandit series from Phillip and someone else do the Fab 5. Personally, I think the Black Hills 100 HAS to be better than Lean Horse.
- Julie B said...
...I don't know. that would leave room for leadville and that might be too much. I liked Leanhorse!