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Stanbic IBTC has reiterated the need for digitisation of all banking services. According to the bank, this is the only way to optimise quality service delivery to customers.
Speaking at the Social Media Week (SMW) in Lagos, at a session themed: 'Positioning the Digitization Agenda', Manager, Business Management Processing Improvement at the bank, Wale Ojo, said to achieve the optimisation, Stanbic IBTC has deployed Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve service delivery to its customers. According to him, the company is also deploying, Internet of things, which ensure that people, process and systems are connected.
The SMW is one of the world's premiere conferences and industry news platforms for marketers. It provides brands, agencies and technology providers with the latest insights, trends and best practices together with access to a global community of marketing decision makers.
Responding to question on the possibility of technology taking over the jobs of human beings and render many useless, Ojo said human beings will still be relevant but companies would need to invest in the people to bring them in tune with the technology age.
"IBTC Holdings has recently decided on the key strategic drivers as an organisation, with digitisation being one of its core focus areas for now and the future. "Thinking about workforce for the future, we need to leverage on technology so as to be relevant and be abreast of what is happening in the world. "Workforce optimisation is all about people learning new things, up skilling themselves so as to be able to move with the tide," he said.
He said that presently, humans would not help the banking industry to achieve their goals and move into the future, thus the need to think about the use of technology. Ojo said that virtual work space was the way for the future as presently, people do not need space to do their business but would stay in the confines of their homes to reach their customers. He said that Stanbic IBTC Bank in adopting technology and as an environmental-friendly organisation was now operating in most of their branches a paperless banking.


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I hate the puzzle. As a mom and a data-driven person, I don't understand why we cannot solve for the autism puzzle when 1 in 59 children in the US are diagnosed with autism and the diagnoses are increasing exponentially. I hear it's so variable, so multi-factorial and if you meet one individual on the spectrum, you meet one person on the spectrum. True. But have we ever shied away for solving for multi-faceted problems for brands who were willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single measurement project? I would argue that we do have the statistical skills and life science knowledge to solve for autism. We lack the data.
We lack the kind of robust datasets that connect the dots between all that our children are exposed to and all that they show and do. When we have these threads of data, we can test for a myriad of variances simultaneously leveraging AI driven data science platforms. While a typical scientific study may be testing 1-5 hypotheses, we can go through 100s of hypotheses with AI in one study and quickly improve upon our knowledge.
My hope is for organizations such as the NJ Autism Center of Excellence, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Duke University, Epidemic Answers and others (e.g., ABA agencies) who are at the frontiers of this issue to be able to pool the data we need in this field. We need to understand why our children are having sensory motor issues that lead to behaviors. We need to tease out the environment's impact on autism. And we need to empower our practitioners to optimize on therapies (ABA, speech, OT) and alternative interventions (homeopathy, neuro feedback, acupressure, etc. ) so that our children can have happy, productive lives.

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These loans are designed for those with low to moderate income who are unable to make a large down payment. FHA loans allow for a 3.5% down payment which can be a gift from a family member. This low down payment program is very popular with first-time homebuyers.
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PORI or Perhimpunan Dokter Spesialis Onkologi Radiasi Indonesia (Indonesian Radiation Oncology Association) is one of Indonesian doctor associations specialist in radiation oncology. This site is the organization's profile Web organization's information and activities, also various info about cancer and radiation.
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Notebook Expert
Notebook Expert is an online store specializing in selling notebook sparepart. This site consists of online shop features such as testimonial, Yahoo Messenger button to let the buyer contacting the seller, payment confirmation to enable the buyer to confirm with the seller that she has transferred the money.
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on October 20, 2017 at 12:00 am
Chapter: 25 - Sap Day Shambles
Location: Belharght, Timmons Residence
Hey, I've got a last second addition to my appearances this year: I'll be at the Pulp Culture Comic Arts Festival & Symposium on Saturday from 10am to 6pm at the Vermont Comic Creators booth! If you're in the Burlington, VT area this weekend, please come check it out! It's free to the public, and should be a fun time!


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Thousand Trails Turtle Beach703 E. Williamson Rd. Manteca, CA 95337
Thousand Trails Turtle Beach703 E. Williamson Rd. Manteca, CA 95337
Located on the beautiful San Joaquin River, Turtle Beach RV Campground is the perfect RV resort in California for weekend fishing and relaxing in your favorite camping chair. At Turtle Beach, we offer RV campsites and shady tent camping areas close to the river. Relax on the sand, enjoy jet skies or a boat on the river, or spend some time with family at this picture-perfect RV campground located in California's Modesto region.
Turtle Beach RV Campground is situated in the heart of the Central Valley. Whether you are traveling from the south or north to our RV campground in California, you will find this limited-service campground a quiet respite from the rigors of Interstate 5 and 99. We are within an hour's drive of San Francisco and Sacramento, and within 90 minutes of Yosemite and Historic Gold Country. Our campground is tucked away in a quiet little corner of Manteca, yet we are just minutes from downtown shopping and amenities.
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Creek / Lake / Canal / River or Ocean Frontage
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Whether you're planning a retreat for the whole family, a group of friends or a getaway for two, there's no shortage of unique activities to explore at Turtle Beach RV Resort. Plan activities upon arrival or visit this page before your departure to plan ahead. Looking for more? Our friendly staff can fill you in on all of the great ways to make your stay a memorable experience.
We currently offer the following activities:
- Boat Launch
Our cancellation policies have been temporarily updated due to COVID-19. Please click here to review our current policies.
COVID-19 Liability Disclaimer
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious.
This property has put in place enhanced health and safety measures intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19. You must adhere to all property rules, as well as all health advisories issued by relevant governmental and health authorities, relating to COVID-19 social distancing and hygiene practices during your stay with us.
However, there is an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 in any public place and there is no guarantee that you will not become infected with COVID-19.
By your entry upon the property, you voluntarily assume, on behalf of yourself and any minors in your custody, all risks related to the exposure of COVID-19, whether a COVID-19 infection occurs before, during, or after entry upon the property. Neither the property nor any of its affiliates shall be responsible for any exposure to COVID-19.
Let's keep our community safe and healthy.
Policies & General Information
- Check-in: 12 noon
- Check-out: 12 noon
- Welcome Center: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Upon check-in you may be asked to provide a valid ID, and a certificate of insurance and registration for your camper. Members should also have their membership card on hand.
- Guests aged 18 years and under at the time of check-in are considered children.
- A completed Reservations for Minors form is required for all unaccompanied minors. Download the form here: http://www.rvonthego.com/images/PDF/Reservations-For-Minors061917.pdf.
- Two-hour early check-in for your reservation may be available for $30. Please contact the management office, in advance of your arrival, to inquire about availability.
- Two-hour late check-out for your reservation may be available for $30. Please contact the management office, in advance of your arrival, to inquire about availability.
After Hours Arrival
- We are not currently able to provide after hours check-in. Please be aware that check-ins end daily at 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Reservations & Payments
- To make changes to your reservation, please call our Reservation Department at (877) 864-2728 and specify that you booked your reservation online.
- Your credit card will be charged Itinerary Total prior to arrival, up to a maximum deposit of one night rack rate. Any remaining balance is due prior to arrival.
- Prices and site type are subject to availability.
- The rates displayed do not include any applicable service fees or charges for optional incidentals.
- By using a credit card for a deposit, guarantee or payment, you authorize MHC Property Management L.P. to charge any expenses incurred during your stay to that credit card or apply funds you have on deposit with MHC Property Management L.P. against what you owe.
- RV sites and lodging typically accommodate four guests. A guest fee is added per day to the reservation rate for each additional guest over four.
Cancellations & Refunds
In the case of multiple sites booked, cancellation penalties apply to each site that is cancelled or changed.
No refunds will be issued for early check-out.
- RV campsites: We allow full refunds for cancellations up to 2 days prior to your arrival date for daily and weekly reservations.
- Rental accommodations: We allow full refunds for cancellations 7 days prior to your arrival date for daily and weekly reservations.
- Daily and weekly reservations: For cancellations received less than the required notice period prior to arrival, your deposit will be forfeited up to one night rack rate.
- Extended stays: For long-term reservations (28 days or longer), we allow full refunds for cancellations up to 60 days prior to your arrival date. For cancellations received less than the required notice period prior to arrival, the deposit amount will be held on account for a future stay.
Pet Policy
- Pets are allowed. Two pets are allowed. Extra pets are $2 per day.
- Pet policy for rental accommodations: Pets are welcome. For those who camp with pets, there is a pet fee of $10 per pet per night for our pet-friendly rental units. The fee may vary at select properties. Service animals are not pets. The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state/local laws regarding service animals. Service animals may accompany a disabled person without any proof of disability or certification for the service animal. Guests traveling with a service animal will not be charged a pet fee. Charges may be incurred, however, should a service animal damage the rental unit.
Campground Services & Information
Free WiFi around the clubhouse. Park-wide WiFi is available from Jabba Communications for a fee.
There is no fire ring or grill on-site. Campers may bring their own above ground, contained fit pit. Propane or charcoal only.


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Bug ** SM-352 - Empty service assembly name prevents service units from start ** SM-367 - Add a JCA processor to servicemix-jms ** SM-403 - The JMS spec mandates that all properties on JMS message are valid java identifiers ** SM-439 - servicemix-beanflow - Workflow.joinAll failure to register onStop callback if first Activity stops during start handler ** SM-477 - servicemix-http does not reply with HTTP 202 when processing "oneway" SOAP messages ** SM-484 - Missing dependencies for Maven 2 build ** SM-490 - Inconsistent property names for JbiConstants.PROTOCOL_TYPE and JbiConstants.PROTOCOL_HEADERS ** SM-493 - CopyTransformer does not copy SecuritySubject ** SM-498 - StaxSource: Bug in parse() method for character streams ** SM-499 - main.wsdl not accessible after deploying WSDL to servicemix-http component ** SM-502 - *ProviderProcessor in servicemix-jms overwrites the MimeMessage content-type with the one from the incoming normalizedmessage ** SM-503 - servicemix-http provider should not add the inMessage content-type header to the response if a new content-type is generated (mime messages) ** SM-504 - Beanflow: Multiple execution of beanflow steps ** SM-505 - When a component sendSync an InOut exchange to itself, the exchange is never delivered ** SM-508 - Marshaller spelled wrong in API ** SM-511 - Problem with schemas' import when there are multiple xsds in many dirs ** SM-512 - sendsync from a service to another service seems to cause a deadlock under load ** SM-514 - ValidateComponent does not create StreamSource with a SystemId which breaks schema includes and imports ** SM-515 - StringSource should throw an NPE when built with a null string instead of throwing it when calling getInputStream ** SM-516 - MessageUtil should support empty content when copying messages ** SM-520 - commons-pool need to be included as a dependency of servicemix-core ** SM-522 - Missing buildSharedLibrary implementation in ServiceMixConfigBuilder gbean ** SM-524 - XML generated by AdminCommmandsService.listComponents() is not well-formed ** SM-526 - Fault messages returned to BPEL via servicemix-bpe are not accessible in BPEL ** SM-529 - Servicemix-Component's MPSSettingTest.java hangs indefinitely. ** SM-535 - Allow interface to be used with jsr181 annotations ** SM-542 - NPE occurs in ODE-BPE when undeploying and redeploying the loan broker demo. ** SM-544 - Configuration is not available for lighweight deployment ** SM-545 - jbi-maven-plugin throws an error when building a jbi-service-assembly with 2 or more dependencies using the same component. ** SM-547 - When the xbean deployer throws a RuntimeException or Error on first deployment, redeployment of the SU fails ** SM-549 - QuartzComponent start sending messages when initialized rather than when started ** SM-551 - wsdlsoap:address generated by http component for proxied endpoint misses trailing slash ** SM-552 - JBoss Deployer fails when uninstalling / reinstalling Service Assemblies ** SM-553 - MessageExchangeImpl.toString() converts message content to DOMSource ** SM-554 - Deployment problem when one SU ina SA fail to deploy. Other SU may not be properly shutdown. ** SM-558 - ComponentContext.resolveEndpointReference does not resolve JBI internal EPR format ** SM-560 - Internal EPR document fragments provided by ServiceMix are not valid NS-aware DOMs ** SM-562 - Unable to start due to missing lib/optional directory ** SM-563 - service unite declaration orderi in jbi.xml does not correspond to the service assembly pom ** SM-566 - JmsReceiverComponent trying to receive message before its JBI properties have been fully initialised ** SM-571 - Memory leak in DeliveryChannelImpl ** SM-572 - servicemix-wsn2005 always use the anonymous publisher ** SM-574 - JBoss Deployer fails to deploy ServiceMix properly on startup of JBoss
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Wish ** SM-491 - Links in apache-servicemix-3.0-M2-incubating/README are stale/broken.
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Florida Middle School Teacher Outed as 'Unapologetic' White Supremacist
By Anne Branigin
In an exclusive report, the HuffPost has revealed evidence suggesting a 25-year-old Florida middle school teacher, Dayanna Volitich, has been secretly hosting a white nationalist podcast. In the "Unapologetic" podcast, which Volitich hosts under the alias, "Tiana Dalichov," Volitich brags about bringing her racist beliefs into her Crystal River Middle School classroom.
"I get to talk about topics that people don't like to talk about," Volitich says in one snippet from her podcast, which the HuffPost has embedded on its site. "They don't want to be seen as a bigot, racist, whatever you want to call it. I honestly don't care."
The screenshots (Volitich also posed as her "Tiana Dalichov" alias on Twitter. Her account has since been deleted, but as the HuffPost knows, screenshots are forever) and podcasts reveal that Volitich certainly didn't care about being seen as a bigot—in fact, she reveled in wildly racist, debunked beliefs.
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In her most recent podcast on Feb. 26, a guest railed against diversity in schools, dismissing the idea that "a kid from Nigeria and a kid who came from Sweden are supposed to learn exactly the same" and have the "same IQ." Volitich enthusiastically agreed with the guest, and went on to argue that "science" has proven that certain races are smarter than others.
Later in the episode, Volitich also agreed that white supremacists need to infiltrate schools.
"They don't have to be vocal about their views, but get in there!" her guest said. "Be more covert and just start taking over those places."
"Right," Volitich said. "I'm absolutely one of them."
After the HuffPost story came out, WFTS-TV in Tampa Bay found another article published on the far-right news site, Halsey News under the headline "Tiana Dalichov: White Privilege Challenge." In it, Dalichov prompted people to write in arguments proving "one single instance of white privilege," for which she would give them $100.
The HuffPost pieced together that Volitich was actually "Dalichov" by lining up a series of coincidences. "Dalichov" listed her home as Crystal River, which matches public records for Volitich's home. "Dalichov" has shared on her podcast she's a school teacher who has been teaching at her current school for one year. The same was true for Volitich and her position at Crystal River. "Dalichov" tweeted that she was 25-years-old, which is Volitich's age. And after the HuffPost reached out to the Citrus County School District about Volitich, "Dalichov" mentioned on her Twitter account that she would be going dark for a while.
But perhaps the clearest evidence is that Volitich, presumably part of the race that has higher IQs than others, posted an actual picture of herself as the avatar for her "Dalichov" Twitter account. As the HuffPost notes, not only does it appear to be the same person, Volitich is wearing the same earrings in her Twitter photo as she is in the Crystal River Middle School website.
The most disturbing part of the HuffPost's revelations is that Volitch was consciously indoctrinating her students. As the article notes, the middle school social studies teacher says her students knew her political beliefs, and even helped "play along" with administrators to help hide them.
From one of her podcasts (h/t WFTS-Tampa Bay):
"I told the kids that. I said guys when they are in here I'm going to be different than I usually am. I just don't want you to be shocked, I want you to play along and they're like OK. OK," she said in the podcast.
Later in the podcast, after Volitich's guest asks her if the kids ever told their parents what they learn in class, she confirms that the principal once followed up with her over an e-mail a parent had sent.
"I had one at the beginning of this year who emailed the principal over my head and basically told her I'm worried that your teacher is injecting political bias into her teaching. And the principal came to me and she was like I'm not worried, should I be worried? And I was like no. And she believed me and she backed off."
Nearly 90 percent of Crystal River Middle School is white. The town of Crystal River itself is over 80 percent white, according to the latest Census, with black people making up just over 7 percent of the population. Hispanic and Latinx residents account for another 5 percent.
As the HuffPost story notes, this isn't the first high-profile outing of a teacher's white nationalist identity. Late last year, Splinter News revealed that Greg Conte, a white supremacist who worked for Richard Spencer's think tank, the National Policy Institute, had gotten a job as an equal employment officer. He also worked as a substitute teacher at a private high school in Maryland.
Since the story broke, people from around the country have taken to social media to demand the school district fire Volitich. Neither the Citrus County school district nor Volitich has confirmed the HuffPost story, though the school has told the site that it "will be looking into the statements she made, checking the validity to see if they violate our code of ethics and policy."


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Raised in the foster care system, Ada has pulled her last stunt. At fifteen, she is rebellious and tired of moving from place to place. Her caseworker has finally had to make a decision: they will contact her aunt Jessie O'Neil; if Jessie cannot take her, she will have to reside in the between house, a place for kids no longer able to be placed.
Jessie is not really her aunt, but her mother's best friend; she has the healing touch and she has been on the run for as long as she can remember. Originally, when she learned about her healing abilities, she was free with healing, joining a program put together by Senator Harold Grimes. As time went on, the Senator wanted the healing only for himself. Escaping his facility, she has been on the run, and can only stay for short periods in any local. She refuses to stop healing, but must move quickly as the news spreads, bringing the Senator and his henchmen after her each time.
Jessie knows that Ada too has the healing touch. What she does not realize is that Ada is stronger, capable of healing the most chilling of conditions. However, Ada is also stubborn and does not find her healing to be a miracle, to her it is a curse. Treated with fear each time she would make a comment on another's health, her youth was peppered by incidents of healing and disbelief. Considered a freak for as long as she remember, healing held no magic for her. As Ada follows Jessie from place to place, a young paraplegic approaches her. Choosing to try her healing on in an unthinkable fashion, surprise is in store. Her healing power is beyond that of other healers, and his body begins a restructuring process. Promptly, her skill comes to the attention of the Senator.
Now Jessie has disappeared and Ada is running for her freedom. Immediately thinking her mother can be of assistance, she begins searching for her. She has been missing since Ada was a baby, but Ada is able to find a trace in Paris, France. After reaching France, Ada finds a group of teenagers that have found a unique way of traveling in the city. After watching them and trying to emulate their maneuvers, she becomes convinced this type of travel will help her stay clear of the Senator while she looks for her mother. Her life has taken an unexpected turn, she is in a strange place, with people she does not know, and yet she must find her way. Can she stay ahead of the Senator, or will he finally take her captive as he has many of those before her? Will her new friends make the difference?
In Ada: Legend of A Healer, R.A. McDonald has built a story around the mysterious healing abilities of a small group of people. Ada is a charming but stubborn rascal, with a good sense of humor, but she is also an angry young woman. Left on her own, she has had to deal with her abilities without direction. They are anathemas to her, and yet she cannot control her visions, or her seeing of others illness. Her anger sometimes gives way to kindness, the coldness melts and she uses her abilities to heal those she feels a connection to. The rebelliousness of her age and background determine her decisions.
Jessie is doing what she can to heal as many as she is able. Having Ada with her brings attention she does not need. However, Ada needs her. Jessie felt that leaving her a ward of the state was the only thing protecting Ada all these years. Her best friend and Ada's mother disappeared years before leaving her to make tough decisions. She is feisty and gregarious, insistent on using her abilities even when they put her at risk. Sending Ada to find her mother and doing her best to stay in touch only makes that risk more palpable.
Ada: Legend of a Healer, is a wonderful story of coming of age. Ada deals with problems that others her age will never realize. She has found a way to deal with the issues and continue with her life. In Paris, she finds a new group of friends, those who will back her in any way they can. This is a charming story; the art in the book is beautiful and unique only adding to the reading experience.
I would recommend this book for the young reader in your home, but it is a delightful read for any age. It is thoughtful and well-written full of suspense and wonder, a great addition for any library.


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What is the Rare Earth Hypothesis?
The Rare Earth hypothesis claims that the Earth is rare, and that few planets can support complex life. The Rare Earth hypothesis stands in contrast to the principle of mediocrity, which assumes that the Earth must be a typical planet, as there should be nothing special about humanity or the Earth. Numerous arguments for the Rare Earth hypothesis have been put forward, to explain why the Earth is unique; some analyses suggest that the Earth is the only planet capable of supporting complex life in the Milky Way, or even the entire visible universe.
Supporters of the Rare Earth hypothesis point out the long list of conditions needed to evolve complex life on Earth. Abiogenesis, the creation of life, requires a broth for organic chemicals to react in, which in turn requires large bodies of water. No planet other than Earth is known to have liquid water in significant quantities, and few planets have the right temperature for water to stay a liquid; if the planet is too hot, the water will boil off into space, and cold planets will keep all their water frozen.
The development of complex life also requires the planet to be protected from hazards such as cosmic radiation, extreme weather conditions, and asteroid impacts. According to the Rare Earth hypothesis, the Earth may be unusually lucky in this regard. The outer planet Jupiter has a strong enough gravitational field to bend the paths of comets headed towards the inner solar system and Earth. The Moon's unusually large size allows it to stabilize the Earth's axis, keeping climate patterns stable, and the Earth's geology gives it a strong magnetic field, helping to deflect high-energy protons and other charged cosmic radiation. It is unlikely that any random planet, even if it has liquid water, would have all of these shields in place to prevent extinction events.
The Rare Earth hypothesis remains controversial, and many scientists have pointed out that an Earth-type environment may not be the only one which can support life. Even if the evolution of complex life is rare, the Milky Way galaxy alone contains more than a hundred billion stars, providing many chances for life to evolve. Future space missions, designed to directly observe extrasolar planets, could help to resolve some of these questions by measuring the habitability of large numbers of planets orbiting stars close to the Sun.
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@clintflint - The problem is that we have no point of comparison. We have never even been able to investigate other solar systems. The closest we've gotten to that is to look at them through telescopes and try to figure out if they have planets by calculating the wobble of stars.
One day we might be able to better speculate about this stuff, but at the moment we're just groping in the dark.
@MrsPramm - One of the reasons given for that being unlikely is that if there was a lot of other life in the universe, then where is it? We've been sending out radio signals for a long time now, both inadvertently and deliberately and we haven't heard a single thing back.
The rare Earth hypothesis at least leaves open the possibility that there is other life in the universe, but just that it is so rare that searching for it (or its search for us) is like looking for a needle in a very large haystack.
I agree with the scientists that point out that Earth might not be the only environment capable of fostering life. We have no idea what could arise in other environments because we have so few other environments to witness first hand.
The moon and possibly Mars are pretty much the only ones that we've really been able to eliminate as candidates for life and even then I think we've just scratched the surface of both places.
For all we know there are forms of life that can exist on the surface of a star, or in the vacuum of space.
Even if the conditions that produced Earth aren't replicated very often (and I'm not convinced of that either) life itself could arise almost anywhere as far as we know.


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Arbor Day
Wyoming is celebrating its 132nd Arbor Day in 2020 – and it needs posters. The Wyoming State Forestry Division and Wyoming Project Learning Tree have announced their annual Wyoming State Arbor Day poster contest. All Wyoming fourth and fifth graders, in public, private or home schools, are invited to design and submit a 14 by…
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I used this tea during the last 2 months of my pregnancy. Gave me a boost of energy I needed to continue to look after my toddler I had running around. I literally was running up hills and going down the playground slides with him on the last day before I gave birth.
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what a darling mama! you two look so much alike! super cute post and ladies!ReplyDelete
Hi Andrea, you have such a lovely blog and great post, would you like to follow each other on BLOGLOVIN and INSTAGRAM? if you decided to follow me, PLEASE let me know so I can follow you back.ReplyDelete
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You and your mum both look very stylish! I like that printed dress, very pretty! :)ReplyDelete
Gad you had a great Mother's Day! :)
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"other 2 not available for pictures" that totally cracked me up!! You and your mom are just gorgeous!! I'm so happy that you had a wonderful weekend! xo, Biana -BlovedBostonReplyDelete
Glad you had a great Mother's Day despite the rainy weather! And love your cute and colorful dress! So pretty! Happy Monday!ReplyDelete
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Happy Monday, lovely! Hope you had a fabulous Mother's Day! Loved this post! You and your mom look so beautiful! YOU are very blessed, dear.ReplyDelete
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you both look so beautiful! It was a lovely post to read and i am so glad you had a great time xxReplyDelete
Oh fun! Love that your mother was apart of this post, you guys look great! Hope you had a lovely Mother's Day and wishing you a great week!ReplyDelete
The other two weren't available for photos, LOL. Love your dress and that necklace, so cute. You and your mom are both beautiful ladies too. I'm glad that you enjoyed your weekend. :-)ReplyDelete
Cute outfit! Hope you had a happy Mother's Day!ReplyDelete
You and your mom both looked fabulous for Mother's Day!! Cute outfits!! And what a thoughtful gift. Joan Rivers was pretty funny... crass and sometimes offensive... but that's where you've got to have a tough skin and find humor in life!ReplyDelete
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Glad you had a nice Mother's Day, and I must say you both look fabulous!ReplyDelete
I'm glad you had such a great Mother's Day weekend. You look stunning in that dress.ReplyDelete
Hi Andrea! I'm your newest follower via Bloglovin'. I found your blog from Pinky's. Always trying to find blog friends closer to my own age. You and your mom look fabulous for Mother's Day! I love your dress!ReplyDeleteReplies
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So happy you had a great Mother's day! Your dress is awesome, btw!ReplyDelete
your dress is so cute!! that book is on my list, good to hear you recommend it!ReplyDelete
What a sweet book to get your mom! I love that dress on you and for $11.99? Heck yes, girl! What a find! Hope you have a great week.ReplyDelete
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Ottawa takes on Carolina tonight at and then back home to face Montreal on Thursday. The Leafs have a home and away against Boston on Monday/Thursday.
on Saturday....
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The Sens better bring their A game against the Hurricanes. They are looking pretty amned sharp. Especiually if Cam Ward comes back from his Injury, anyone know how long he's out or if he is?ReplyDelete
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Welcome to Fat Jimmy's Resort, this relaxed, family-run ART hostel is a 3-minute walk from the Beach. Low-key rooms offer bamboo furnishings, island-inspired wall art doodle and artistic room designs. Perfect for your budget travel needs.
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In November's podcast, we discuss Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. We talk about pantheism and God-searching in the woods. We also have some fun and read one star reviews from Goodreads.
–Deborah Brothers holds a Ph.D. in English Studies and reviews books for Choice and The Lion and the Unicorn and her essays, fiction, and scholarly work have appeared in several publications.
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Odin Mine is at the foot of the northern slopes of Treak Cliff, near Windy Knoll, and has been worked for minerals over many hundreds of years. Odin Mine was worked for nearly a mile westwards beneath the shales of Mam Tor but is not known to have produced any Blue John. A branch vein of Blue John within Odin Mine was the Blue Cap Vein, but the reason for this name is unknown and it is not accessible today. The mine finally closed in 1869.
The mineral deposits of the Odin Mine lie within the limestone of Treak Cliff hill. This limestone is about 320 million years old, formed in a subdivision of Carboniferous time known as the Asbian Stage. The limestones are largely composed of the fossilised remains of millions of sea creatures, broken up to form lime-sand with the grains later cemented together to form rock.
Odin Mine is rich in minerals due to its geological history. At the foot of Mam Tor, the strata broke along a east-west line for over a mile. This fracture allowed fluids to flow in. In this case the hot fluids were rich in elements including chlorine, fluorine, sulphate, calcium, barium, lead, zinc and traces of uranium. These elements were deposited as crystals coasting the walls, floors and roof of the fractures and over eons of time the elements began to chemically react. The lead and sulphate formed the lead ore galena (PbS) which has been mined in the area since Roman Times 2,000 years ago. The zinc and sulphate formed sphaperite (blende, also known as black jack ZnS) - although this was not as economically significant as lead sulphide. Then there is fluorite or fluorspar (calcium fluoride CaF2), baryte (barium sulphate BaSO4) and calcite (CaCO3).
For a book about Derbyshire Blue John stone, which by its very nature concentrates on the Castleton area of the Peak District National Park, we would recommend the book by Trevor D Ford on the right. The book also give a good geological history of the area, with many references to the Odin Mine. It explains how the minerals were formed in great detail.
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The NAIP imagery is formatted to the UTM coordinate system using the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). The NAIP imagery may contain as much as 10% cloud cover per tile. This file was generated by compressing NAIP imagery that covers the county extent. Two types of compression may be used for NAIP imagery: MrSID and JPEG 2000. The target value for the compression ratio is 15:1 for the 1 meter imagery and 60:1 for the 1/2 meter imagery. The NAIP imagery is typically available for distribution within 60 days of the end of a flying season and is intended to provide current information of agricultural conditions in support of USDA farm programs. For USDA Farm Service Agency, the 1 meter and 1/2 meter GSD product provides an ortho image base for Common Land Unit boundaries and other data sets. The NAIP imagery is generally acquired in projects covering full states in cooperation with state government and other federal agencies who use the imagery for a variety of purposes including land use planning and natural resource assessment. The NAIP is also used for disaster response often providing the most current pre-event imagery. 20151030 Photography Source Image Dates. Complete Irregular -90.443862 -89.805479 42.879521 42.495476 None farming Digital Ortho Rectified Image Mosaic Quarter Quadrangle Ortho Rectification Compression MrSID JPEG 2000 NAIP Compliance Aerial Compliance Geographic Names Information System Lafayette CO., WI FSA FIPS 55065 Lafayette Wisconsin There are no limitations for access. None, The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office asks to be credited in derived products. If defects are found in the NAIP imagery during the 1 year warranty period such as horizontal offsets, replacement imagery may be provided. 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Supreme and Wabash National Bring New Technology and Valuable Product Updates to NTEA to Advance Final Mile Truck Body Solutions
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — February 25, 2019 – Wabash National Corporation will introduce its latest Supreme and Wabash National truck body innovations at the upcoming NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis. The company will demonstrate its latest customer-focused solutions from groundbreaking technology in refrigerated transport to upfitting options and industry-specific packages.
Supreme is taking its products to new levels with R&D collaboration at Wabash National. "We are excited to use technology to our advantage to create products that will have the greatest impact on the final mile industry," said Mike Pettit, group president, Final Mile Products at Wabash National. "We listened to our customers' needs and focused on changes that will be significant in improving their business."
Supreme and Wabash National have enhanced their refrigerated product lines by focusing on new technology and strategic improvements to strengthen product quality and customer options. Supreme removed wood, steel, and rivets from its best-selling Kold King, a multi-temp solution that's loaded with options, eliminating leak points and increasing thermal efficiency. In addition, the Wabash National Cold Chain features a revolutionary molded structural composite (MSC) technology that delivers exceptional thermal efficiency and makes it lighter, stronger, and two times more puncture resistant than truck bodies with aluminum side walls.
"Our refrigerated customers count on us to build truck bodies that help keep their products cold, but our designs deliver even more," said Jerry Hughes, product manager. "We offer lightweight solutions to save money, stronger walls to reduce impact abrasion, and a variety of options to best meet our customers' business needs."
Supreme will also showcase innovations and updates in dry freight truck bodies at the Work Truck Show. The Signature Van will feature DuraPlate® Cell Core technology, a durable, lightweight solution that is up to 150 pounds lighter than traditional wall materials and up to five times more puncture resistant. Supreme's Iner-City, a cutaway with a flat floor, is now available on the Ford Transit and will be upfit with a Ranger Design shelving package, a new solution now available from Supreme.
NTEA Work Truck Show attendees can get an up-close look at Supreme and Wabash National's new product updates and technology March 6-8 in Booth #1531.
Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) is a diversified industrial manufacturer and a leading producer of semi-trailers, truck bodies and liquid transportation systems. Established in 1985 in Lafayette, Indiana, the company manufactures a diverse range of products, including: dry freight and refrigerated trailers, platform trailers, bulk tank trailers, dry and refrigerated truck bodies, structural composite panels, trailer aerodynamic solutions, and specialty food grade and pharmaceutical equipment. Its innovative products are sold under the following brand names: Wabash National®, Beall®, Benson®, Brenner® Tank, Bulk Tank International, DuraPlate®, Extract Technology®, Supreme®, Transcraft®, Walker Engineered Products, and Walker Transport. Learn more at www.wabashnational.com.


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April 3, 2017 – Germantown, WI – Germantown Police are working to reunite a dog found abandoned and tied to a tree in the area of Pilgrim Road and Mequon Road.
Post from Germantown PD is below.
This guy was found behind Pizza Hut in the area of Pilgrim Rd. and Mequon Rd.
He may have been intentionally abandoned, he was tied to a tree in a wooded area. If that is not the case, and you are the owner, no worries. We will reunite you with your dog after meeting with us about the situation.
If you find yourself in a situation that you can no-longer care for a pet, be kind, turn the pet over. Mistreating animals is a crime, State Statute Ch 951.02


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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Inspiration Avenue Weekly Challenge
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Pretty as a picture Maggie! I love the stitching and the little blue beads - great details :)ReplyDelete
I love the hand-sewing...what a great tag for a present...later to be used as a bookmarker.ReplyDelete
Is your header picture different or am I just behind as usual? In any case I just love it :)
I love the hand-sewing...what a great tag for a present...later to be used as a bookmarker.ReplyDelete
Is your header picture different or am I just behind as usual? In any case I just love it :)
There is SO much to see in this tag. I wish I could see it in person! Your hand sewing around the edges, so painstaking and precise, really sets this tag off. Really a lovely addition to the challenge.ReplyDelete
How sweet. May all of her wishes come true.ReplyDelete
This is adorable...love the little jewel bits on the ribbon. I wish I was this creative...ReplyDelete
The word "Wish" is one of those great words that sounds like it should...a wish is a whisper of hope!ReplyDelete
Your presentation of the word Wish is really beautiful. I'm enjoying the variety of ways people meet the IA challenges.ReplyDelete
I LOVE this- what a perfect interpretation of "WISH". It's ethereal and beautiful and bittersweet all at the same time- beautiful!ReplyDelete
I'm sorry I didn't get by before, I've been so busy, I'm just now finishing Sunday's blog travels.
Aww, I love your "Wish" tag--there's so much detail and the beads are amazing!!!ReplyDelete
I hope you're having a great day!
Beautiful tag, Maggie!ReplyDelete
"wish" is definitely my favorite word this year!ReplyDelete
Finally making my way around to blog visits and yes... there's still a message in my inbox I need to catch up on. Have you figured out how to get more time out of the day yet? I'm in desperate need of this potion! ;DReplyDelete
Love your tag creation Maggie and that giveaway piece you have for this month is exceptional!!


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The succession of Alzheimer's disease is categorized into 3 stages:
- Forgetfulness,
- Confusional
- Dementia.
The first stage forgetfulness is signified by the disturbance in the short-term memory. At this stage, patients will frequently have difficulty recalling names of renowned people and will mislay objects on a usual basis (Hesdorffer & Mayeux, 1990). This stage may result in behavioral changes. In addition, a failure of impulsiveness and societal removal often occurs as the personality begins to develop a consciousness that there is a hereditary problem. Stammering and difficulty in understanding of certain matters may also come into view. Cleary, it is from time to time hard to differentiate an Alzheimer's patient from ordinary people or those with other disorders (Frisoni, et al., 1999).
In the second stage, that is the Confusional stage, the mental weakening is more obvious and memory loss is much more prominent. Patients in this stage will frequently have difficulty identifying places they are in and sometimes even the dates and days are confused. Poor conclusions for other people are also among some of the obvious attributes at this situation and the patient's behavior will likely alter to some level also.
Dementia being the third and final stages has its own significance. In dementia there is intense memory loss and deterioration of cognitive skills. Patients will often not identify their family members and lose their ability to comprehend as well. Ultimately, patients will be confined to bed as the functions of the brain collapse (Lyketsos et al, 2002).
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Friday, February 16, 2007
DAY16: Sacred Heart Hotel
A room with a view (downtown area and snowcapped mountain)
Room service 3x a day for meals and 2x a day for snacks
My linens are changed almost daily
My bed is turned down while I am showering
Daily house cleaning
Jetted bath tub
A pitcher of water by my bedside
In room refrigerator
Wireless internet connection & cable tv
DVD, VHS, and CD players
Fresh flowers everywhere
Oh yeah,
I can't forget the Gideon Bible (actually, I don't think it's a Gideon Bible since it's a catholic hospital- I'll have to double check on that!)
I certainly don't have all of these things in my bedroom at home - so that is my focus for the day! What's your focus of the day?
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- Nancy said...
Hi Ashley,
My focus for the day is trying to find a new project I can do while on bed rest! I was thinking about pre-ordering some envelopes for birth announcements so I can address them, but DH refuses to look at them and help me choose so far b/c we're both paranoid and superstitious (our DD was born at 29 weeks the day after we chose final name candidates).
Thinking I might try stamping some thank you notes and see how it goes. But first I have to get DH to get me some supplies. I think that might be the most frustrating thing about bed rest, is always having to wait for someone else to do or get for you.
Do you have any projects you're working on, besides this blog? :)
Have a great weekend!
- February 17, 2007 at 7:16 AM
- Ashley said...
Hi Nancy,
I have been working on organizing digital photos into more accessible
folders (seasons, grandparents, daddy, mommy, family, etc). This way I can just go to a folder if I want to find specific pictures. I do a lot of scrapbooking so this makes it easy to find subject matter! I have also been working on DVD projects - putting pictures and music together with the intent of giving them as gifts (a DVD with just my daughter and her daddy for my husband's birthday, etc).
I'm also going to attempt to have my husband bring my scrapbooking
supplies to the hospital. Not sure if he can totally pull it off
though 'cause I have stuff in a few places.
I've thought about making thank you notes too. That's a great idea. I would also love to make birth announcements but maybe a little later.
I totally understand the frustration of having others do things for you. My husband had to buy a birthday gift last night for a birthday party today! I didn't even ask to see it! : ) He tries really hard, but......just not the same as a mommy buying a gift!
Happy Saturday!
- February 17, 2007 at 8:54 AM
- Simon Conley said...
Veery thoughtful blog
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You'd think that with "007" in the model number, Sony would have rolled out something cool. In some ways this speaker set from the 80's is pretty cool. They're rather compact and magnetically shielded - which wasn't a common feature at the time. Each speaker has its own volume control, its own self-contained amp, and they're surprisingly heavy.
The really interesting feature is if you peer into the grill, you can see that the speakers themselves are square. Not the friendly round speaker cones we've all known for a century, but square metallic speaker-things. Perhaps these were hatched by a square-shaped speaker chicken? Reverse engineered from UFO technology? Clearly this was the new direction in speakers if a mega corp like Sony was behind it, right?
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Our big event this past Wednesday for Keith Lissner at the Royalton was a huge success. All of the hostesses (Marisa Lee from the Pink Agenda, Devorah Rose from Socialife Magazine, Michelle Austin the Fluidity founder, best selling author Emily Giffin and I), along with dozens of other guests there were actually dressed in Keith Lissner designs, a spectacular sight for the designer I"m guessing. Read more of the event here and here. And see photos here, here, and here.
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Not that anyone who hunts passionately in Africa is "normal," but even by the standards of obsessive safari addicts, I stand out as, well, a bit strange. You see, I have this weird compulsion to carry my own backpack.
In Africa where your hunting party consists of at least one tracker, it's unheard of for the "sport" to schlep his own pack. A friendly and genuinely helpful tracker will invariably mope like a kicked puppy if you refuse to allow him to carry your day-pack for you, assuming you even carry one at all which most safari clients don't. (More on that later.)
But I'm downright compulsive when it comes to carrying my own pack, which is over-stuffed with everything I consider to be essential gear. For instance, I carry not just a first aid kit (which is well-stocked with Band-Aids, Neosporin, a splinter remover, eye wash, the usual repairs for nicks and scrapes) but also a trauma kit complete with Kwik-Clot gauze, an Asherman chest seal, combat bandages and a splint for broken limbs.
Altogether, my pack weighs about 25 to 30 pounds with a full 100 oz. "hydration system" (that's 6 lbs. right there) and 20 rounds of ammo. I have never allowed a tracker to carry my pack, not even once, not even in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia at 13,300 feet, not even on the infamous Death March through the Zambezi Escarpment above Lake Kariba in 100+ degree heat, the exhausting hike that literally collapsed my PH and left him in bed for three days— NRA's American Hunter managing editor and fellow blogger Jeff Johnston can verify that little adventure. Not once have I surrendered my sweat-stained, odor-reeking pack.
My good friend Craig Boddington doesn't think I'm nuts, he knows it. "Your job is to shoot, not to play Sherpa," he scolded me when we were filming Tracks Across Africa together in 2005-6. "Makasa [our lead tracker] would be glad to carry that pack for you. What the hell do you have in there anyway, an inflatable pontoon bridge?"
At the time, I did have a spare pair of "water shoes" in case we had to wade into the Zambezi. But I didn't tell Craig that. He would think I'm even more nuts than he already does.


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The registration fee is $50 per person and includes dinner, breakfast and entry to the conference.
This year's conference will feature an eclectic mix of milbloggers who will address some very interesting topics. An extra hour has been added to the Saturday's schedule so that one more panel could be included. Below are the panels for the 2009 MilBlog Conference. Speakers will be announced as soon as they have been confirmed.
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Beyond MilBlogging: Taking the blog to the next level. From book deals to paid writing assignments, documentaries, speaking engagements, television and radio appearances and much, much more, many milbloggers have been able to branch out beyond the blog. We'll find out how a few of them did it, and what projects they have in the works.
TENTATIVE: The View From the Top: More on this panel later.
Taking Care of Our Veterans: What are the most pressing issues currently facing our veterans, and how will the policy debate be framed in 2009? Speaking of policy, what can we expect from General Shinseki and the new administration with respect to veterans issues?
Back to Our Roots: Some say the "Golden Age" of milblogging has passed. The age when milbloggers were a small, tight community and when bloggers on the front-lines and parents/spouses on the homefront were widely read throughout the blogosphere. Today, there are so many interesting milblogs which are not widely known. We'll meet some milbloggers you may or may not have heard of and get back to the finest tradition of milblogging - celebrating and highlighting the diversity of voices within our community.
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SYNOPSISjfbterm [options]
DESCRIPTIONThis manual page documents briefly the jfbterm command.
jfbterm is a program that prints various encodings such as UTF-8, ISO-8859-*, EUC-*, and so on, on Linux framebuffer device, like KON that prints on VGA device. It supports ISO-2022-compliant character sets, encodings which consist from such character sets, UTF-8, and encodings which iconv(3) can convert from/to UTF-8. In GNU libc systems, all encodings which are available for iconv(3) meet this condition and are available.
This supports fullwidth characters (which occupies two columns, like CJK Ideogram, Hiragana, Katakana, and Hangul). However, this doesn't support combining characters nor BIDI.
OPTIONSThis program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.
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- When the given string contains a `,' (the third format), the string is assumed to have GL,GR,G0,G1,G2,G3 format. See jfbterm.conf(5) for detail.
- -r, --reset
- Output ISO-2022 initialize sequence to tty. You can specify codeset name as optional argument like: --reset=encodingName. Default is locale's codeset.
- -q, --quiet
- Don't print out messages.
NOTESSince version 0.3.14, default encoding has been changed from EUC-JP to encoding for locale. To make it enable to display EUC-JP, run
$ jfbterm --reset=EUC-JP or $ export LANG=ja_JP.eucJP $ jfbterm -rif you have already invoked jfbterm and are on it. If you have not invoked jfbterm and want to invoke it now, set LANG variable before invoking jfbterm.
AUTHORThis manual page was written by Fumitoshi UKAI <[email protected]>.


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"It's January and I still haven't skied a single double black." My son and I were driving after school on a blue, unseasonably warm mid-winter day. "This is ridiculous," he continued as we watched a group of road bikers go by. And while the bikers may be happy this winter, we skiers have had a tough row to hoe, with a prevailing forecast of little snow, warm temps and lots of complaining.
This is not to say that we haven't been putting in time on the slopes and enjoying it greatly. It's just that skiing in December and January was different. These were months when we enjoyed groomers and appreciated the skill of snowcat operators. These were also months when we had to jump over rocks, instead of off of rocks. Core shots? Well, we used to think they were bad. This winter, they're a fact of life. Ski double black diamond runs? Not a chance. There weren't any open.
Less High-Pressure, More Good Snow
This all changed last week. Snow levels across the nation are still low, but at least in Colorado and Utah, a large, pesky and unrelenting high pressure system has moved on. A series of small storms came rolling through and it snowed, and snowed and snowed a little more. The payoff? Double blacks, at last.
We were in Aspen over the weekend for the X Games, so on Saturday, we had a full agenda watching skier pipe, big air and collecting swag. But on Sunday morning, we went to Aspen Highlands. Hoping against hope, we brought along our nifty Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol straps to carry our skis. Just in case.
In the parking lot, we ran into Aspen local and world-class snowboarder/organ donation champion, Chris Klug. Chris gave us the snow report. "The Bowl opened late Friday," he told us. "The snow is as good as it's ever been in some areas." Done. Decided. We'd be hiking.
Hiking Highlands Bowl
If you haven't hiked Highlands Bowl, it's a bucket-list sort of event. Starting at the top of the resort, skiers and riders zip past Ski Patrol and through a gate. A snow cat loads at this point and gives everyone a bit of a boost. It doesn't really go very far, and it certainly doesn't go up the steepest parts of the climb, but it helps. Of course, not everyone takes it. Some prefer to hike from the top of Loge Peak. Others, like Chris Klug, simply skin up from the bottom of the mountain and just keep going.
Off the snowcat, you've got to figure out how to carry your skis or board. My husband has a Camelbak with ski straps that he uses. The rest of us use the Ski Patrol straps. You can buy them at the shack near the gate for Highland Bowl. They'll show you what to do.
Once you've got your skis on your back, it's all about hiking. Just keep going up. The trail is narrow in spots, but where there is room, trail etiquette dictates that slower hikers step aside for those moving more quickly. In years past, we've moved over a lot. Because the trail is like climbing an endless flight of stairs, people with short legs are at a disadvantage. But what a difference a year makes: Last year, our younger son made it to the top only with the amazing encouragement of Sheila, a pro with the Aspen Snowmass Ski and Ride School. This year, he put one foot in front of the other and took off. Yeah, we were passed. But only twice.
This year's snow deficit was obvious as we were hiking up. Huge portions of Highlands Bowl are still closed. But once past the summit and into the trees, the conditions were sublime: all soft, fluffy chopped up crud. There were no fresh tracks. I'm sure those were gone by 11:00 a.m. Saturday. We were 24 hours too late. But then again, given the waiting we've endured this season, we were right on time.
Highland Bowl is an in-bound backcountry skiing experience. Monitored closely by the Ski Patrol, you don't have to have taken an avalanche course to feel safe. Still, it's a big, tiring hike. We met some guys on the snow cat from Florida. Their plan? Take it slow. As with any high altitude endeavor, that's good advice. Also, just because you can make the hike, be sure you're comfortable skiing or riding steep (up to 48 degrees) double-black terrain. The bowl isn't groomed and conditions are endlessly varying. Plus, it's a long way down.
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Beat Films
- Re:Voir |
- 1953-1959 |
- 61 minutes |
Four films by Christopher MacLaine:
THE END 16mm 1953 35'
THE MAN WHO INVENTED GOLD 16mm 1957 14'
BEAT 16mm 1958 6'
SCOTCH HOP 16mm 1958 6'
"Dating from 1953, this may in fact be the first genuine beat film, profoundly inventive and advanced for its time. Maclaine's outlook is bleak and his techniques are crude, creating a film which is deliciously inept, but glorious. One of cinema starkest evocations of the Cold War period and its effect on creative thought, situated in the beat milieu of 1950s San Francisco but speaking in direct terms to generations of lost souls."
- Mark Webber
"With Maclaine, we are going back to the source of the Beats; he was the filmmaker who chronicled the movement as it happened and created a center of one of the aspects of the Beat myth seven or eight years before the grand epic of Beat became nationally known with Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.... I have seen The End more than fifty times, and there are moments when I still begin to tremble at the psychological blockages and outright terror of it. Unquestionably, it is Maclaine's masterpiece."
- Stan Brakhage
"One can feel behind the film images and its sounds the movements of a complex and beautiful spirit, the movements which lead you to your own unexpected, exalted, chance discoveries. The beauty of The End is stronger than the crooked silliness of governments, the blabberings of sociologists and politicians."
- Jonas Mekas
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