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NAHA, Japan (AP) — Several hundred people rallied Tuesday ahead of a visit by U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy to the Japanese island of Okinawa to protest plans to relocate an American military base there.
Okinawa is home to more than half of the 47,000 American troops based in Japan under a bilateral defense pact. Kennedy, who arrived later Tuesday, is to meet with Okinawan officials and may see the base relocation site during her three-day visit, Kyodo News agency reported.
Holding signs that read, "No base!" and "Bring democracy to Okinawa," more than 300 protesters, many of them families with children, marched on the main street of Naha to the sound of drums and music, urging authorities to remove the U.S. bases from the island altogether.
"We as Okinawan people gave our answer many, many times that we don't want maritime bases here," said English teacher Kazue Nakamura-Huber, 47. "We want to stop the (new) base project here."
Many Okinawans feel unfairly burdened by hosting many U.S. military facilities on the island, which holds a strategic location in the East China Sea, relatively close to China and Taiwan.
The U.S. has proposed a broad plan to consolidate and reduce its troop presence in Okinawa, including a 1996 agreement to move the Marines Corps Futenma air station, which is in a populated area, to a more remote coastal area called Henoko in Nago City.
The plan got a boost in December when the governor of Okinawa gave the go-ahead for land reclamation to relocate the base, whose plans include runways extending over water.
But many Okinawans want Futenma closed and moved completely off the island. Opponents filed a lawsuit last week seeking to invalidate the governor's approval.
The plan also faces uncertainty as Nago's mayor, a vocal opponent of the relocation plan, was re-elected last month.
Wakana Toguchi, a 12-year-old school girl who joined the rally with her family, said she hoped to show Kennedy the planned relocation site in her town so the ambassador would understand why the base shouldn't be there.
"If I get to see Mrs. Kennedy, I will invite her and show her the beautiful sea, jugons (rare sea animals) and lots of corals. She can perhaps enjoy riding a canoe," Toguchi said. "And I must tell her not to build the base."
Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this report.


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Homes of Historic St. Augustine
(From the Early Period to Statehood)
Prepared by Coni Solomon
Intended Grade: 4th
Subject Areas: Social Sciences
Correlation to National or Florida Sunshine State Standards:
1. The student will be able to identify the major characteristics of homes in
St. Augustine from the Early Spanish Period, the British Period, and the
Second Spanish Period.
2. The student will understand how the physical environment supports and
constrains human activities, including the building and maintaining of
primary dwellings.
3. The student will use maps and other geographic tools to gather, interpret
data and draw conclusions about the physical patterns of each of the basic
periods of St. Augustine's early history.
Approximate Time Required: varies by activity
Materials Required: varies by activity
Become familiar with basic forms of housing and architecture in colonial Florida.
Here is a brief summary from workshop lecture notes:
Early Spanish Period 1565-1763
The early homes of St. Augustine were made of natural materials.
Wattle and daub, thatch, or timber-construction with the boards running
vertically were all methods of making walls. Roofs were thatched using
palmetto fronds. Tabby, an early form of concrete, was also used to create
walls, floors, and flat roofs. Lime made from burned and powdered oyster
shell, sand, and water was a component for whitewash. These early homes
were quite tiny by today's standards. They easily rotted in the Florida
climate and had little resistance to fire.
Around 1702 homes began to be built out of a stone called coquina.
Coquina was cut from quarries on Anastasia Island, transported across the
bay, and cut into slabs and blocks. The Castillo de San Marcos required
thousands of blocks of coquina for its construction. Once the fort was
finished, the king of Spain allowed others to purchase leftover stone for
building homes. These homes were still small, with a 1 to 2 room layout on
a simple rectangular plan. There were no chimneys in the Spanish design.
Braziers were used for heat. Kitchens sometimes contained stoves, or
simple arrangements of fires, tripods, and spits, to cook food. Houses were
smoky inside, but this acted as a mosquito repellant. Many of these houses
were used by military personnel and were quite spartan.
Homes might have included a walled garden with the entrance at the side
of the wall. Within the walls the family typically grew a vegetables and citrus.
Family privacy seemed to be an important social detail the Spaniards
brought with them.
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. Why did the first settlers use such a simple house plan?
2. Why did they wait until 1672 to build with stone?
3. What were the advantages and disadvantages of having a house built of
naturally occurring materials?
4. Why were most of the early settlers military?
British Period 1763-1784
For a short period of time the British occupied St. Augustine and left their
mark on the existing architecture. Almost all of the Spanish settlers left the
ciudad (town) before the British took full possession of Florida. The new
settlers brought ideas that subtly changed the Spanish design. The English
added chimneys for cooking and for heating. They also added on rooms or
second stories to the homes. Some homes were remodeled with the front
door opening onto the street rather than through the side wall of the garden.
Homes became more spacious, more tailored to life in colonial Florida.
Porches were enlarged. Second floors and wings were becoming common.
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. Why do you think the houses were built without chimneys?
(Hint: Think about those natural resources!)
2. Spanish houses were traditionally built right up to the street. What do you
think those closely spaced houses on narrow streets produced? (Shade)
Do you think this was an accident or was it planned? Why?
3. Would a British family have built a home with the walled house and garden
style? Why or why not?
Second Spanish Period 1784-1821
During this time there was a large influx of people from different countries
into St. Augustine. The ciudad had more trade. It was less of an outpost on
the far reaches of the Spanish influence and more of a true town. The
better homes were made of coquina as it was durable and fire resistant.
Many homes had a second floor reached by a stairway from the loggia
(covered porch) and they had a small balcony on the street side. Roofs were
typically covered in cypress shingles. Within town, there were several
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. How would St. Augustine be different in the Second Spanish Period
compared to the Early Spanish Period?
2. Why do you think the Spanish residents kept the walled house and
garden style? (safety, social customs, aesthetics)
3. What types of additions or changes do you think were made to make the
houses more livable?
1. Create a vocabulary book in the shape of the simple house style.
Students could draw the thatching on or actually glue on small pieces of palmetto frond. On
each page have students write the word and its definition.
When appropriate, have students draw or illustrate the word (i.e. draw the wattle and daub
weaving pattern)
Possible Vocabulary
Wattle and daub
2. Students create a period-style plan of a common house, an added on house,
and a British influenced house.
Be sure one plan includes the walled garden style. Then, using everyday materials (milk
cartons, palm fronds, etc.), students re-create a 3-D version of one plan.
3. After creating the typical house styles, students could, using old maps of St.
Augustine, re-create a typical street scene. Include the city gate and the fort.
4. Most basic lots in St. Augustine were 50 x 100 varas (Spanish feet).
A Spanish foot at that time equaled 11 English inches.
Have students calculate the area and perimeter of a basic lot in Spanish feet and English
feet. They could also do the area and perimeter of their newly designed home.
5. Social Aspects of the Home Match the family to the house plan they most
likely would have had:
Family A: A British soldier, his wife and their three children
arrive in St. Augustine. They are moderately well off as
the soldier also works for a local merchant when not
on duty to supplement his income.
Family B:
Family C:
Family D:
Gordon, Elsbeth
University Press
pp. 56-77
A farmer, his wife and two children, who hoped to
prosper selling crops to the governor move in to
Florida. Since their arrival from Spain, his crops have
not fared well. If he is lucky, he will again bring in only
about 40% of his crop to sell.
A Spaniard who has just arrived has a fancy title from
the king and has been granted a large plot of land just
to the west of the main plaza. The king has also sent
him with financial backing to get his cattle ranch
A cooper and his wife have just arrived from Cuba.
They have no children and he is an expert in his trade.
He expects to do quite well in St. Augustine, just as
he has done for the last 20 years in Cuba. He has a
few extra tools that he might barter or sell.
K. Florida 's Colonial Architectural Heritage. (Gainesville, Fla.:
of Florida, 2002). Chapter 3, "The Darkened Age of Wood"
* Manucy, Albert. The Houses of St. Augustine. (St. Augustine Historical
Society, 1962).
"A History of Housing" pp.14-27;
"Design and Materials" pp. 48-61
* Historical Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
* General Sites About St. Augustine

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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Homemade Christmas Gifts: Felt Needle Book
I made most of my
Christmas gifts this year.
Making your own gifts is budget friendly,
planet friendly, and from the heart.
If you read my earlier Christmas gift posts,
you will remember that we
have a lot of women
in my family who sew.
These are some of the same wonderful
women that I made those
scrappy bookmarks and
I think needle books are so easy
to make and useful for the recipient.
A perfect gift for grandmas,
teachers, babysitters going off to college, etc.
This is a simple project
that you can make with your own
children, to keep or give as gifts.
Start with a few rectangles of felt,
with a contrasting color for the cover.
(We like to use recycled Eco-Felt
made from old plastic bottles!)
Fold them in half,
sew with a machine or by hand
along the "spine" of the needle book
and you're good to go!
You can decorate the cover
with felt and button flowers,
iron on patches,
felt applique....
the possibilities are endless!
I saw a really cute version of these
years ago in Family Fun Magazine --
they made felt alligator needle books!
Posted by pink and green mama MaryLea
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After sentencing, bin Laden's family might leave Pakistan soon
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's government might wash its hands of Osama bin Laden's family as early as April 17, after an Islamabad court's decision Monday to impose the lightest possible sentence on his three widows and two teenage daughters for violating minor immigration laws.
Each of the five women was sentenced to 45 days in prison for illegally entering and residing in Pakistan since 2002, the date that Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al Sada, the youngest of the widows, gave in a statement to federal investigators. The widows and several of their children and grandchildren were left behind after U.S. forces killed bin Laden in a raid last May.
The women's lawyer Atif Ali Khan said the Yemeni government had agreed to allow al Sada, a Yemeni national, to return home. He expressed confidence that talks with authorities in Saudi Arabia over accepting bin Laden's Saudi wives, Khairiah Sabar and Siham Saber, would conclude successfully "in a few days."
The court ordered the Interior Ministry to arrange for the repatriation of the five women and nine of bin Laden's minor children by the end of the women's sentence on April 17.
Their sentence was backdated to March 3, the date of their arrest on charges of illegally entering and residing in Pakistan. The sentence is the minimum allowed under the applicable law, which provides for a maximum jail term of six months. Each also was fined 10,000 rupees, about $110.
The verdict was delivered behind the fortified gates of the Islamabad house where the family members have been detained since last month. Before that they were in the custody of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate spy agency.
Pakistani security analysts said the ruling came as a relief to Pakistani authorities, who've been hugely embarrassed by news leaks last week of al Sada's testimony.
According to the reports, she told Pakistani investigators that bin Laden had lived previously in the northern city of Peshawar and the picturesque Swat Valley while his Abbottabad residence was under construction. His family had lived in Karachi before reuniting with the al Qaida chief.
Her account varied slightly with an investigation conducted by a retired Pakistani brigadier, Shaukat Qadir, who found that bin Laden had traveled back to Afghanistan briefly after he fled the country in late 2001.
"The government really wanted to deport them as soon as possible, but it didn't want to have to contend with criticism — domestic and international — that they had struck a deal with the terrorist's family, so they dumped it on the courts," said Mohammed Imran, a security analyst based in Islamabad.
"Nonetheless, a deal was struck" because government prosecutors earlier had dropped charges of aiding and abetting a terrorism suspect, which could have led to jail sentences of up to seven years, he said.
The analysts said Pakistani authorities also had sought assurances from their Saudi counterparts that bin Laden's Saudi widows would be prevented from going public with their version of their life in exile.
The Islamabad court's verdict came ahead of the imminent release of a judicial investigation into the circumstances of bin Laden's stay in Pakistan.
(Hussain is a McClatchy special correspondent.)
Bin Laden wives charged as new probe describes discord in his home
Aid groups protest to CIA over bin Laden scheme
Pakistan begins demolishing compound where bin Laden lived, died
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Some of you may know me as the Merc with the Mouth. And it's true...I'm a mouthful. Not to mention, one of the most popular characters in the Marvel Universe these days - not that I'm bragging or anything. OK, I'm totally bragging, but to be fair, I'm also totally awesome. And if you want to know what gets me going in the mornings? Chimichangas! (Mmmmm...chimichangas...)
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As totally evil mega-dweebs go, Mister Sinister is kinda alright. His Super Villain name rhymes, his real last name is Essex (tee hee), and he once totally punk'd Cyclops into mating with a clone of Jean Grey for his own use (that part didn't happen as planned - whaddup, Cable?). Sinister is Wolverine old (maybe even older) and Beast science-brainy (maybe even science-brainier), always cloning and re-cloning his band of Marauders whenever they croak. He's all genetically altered and crap, and I think he also knows Apocalypse or something. Okay, I'm bored. Click on somebody else's bio, already.
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This jacked li'l mutant will send shockwaves right through you...literally. I hear that awhile back, she was all, "Imma fight fer Amuricah - eff yeah!" But then she saw some messed-up war stuff and was all, "I'm just gonna use my rage to work out more." I don't get it either, but, point is, baby got buff. She's lifting like 50 tons...not bad for a Phillipa. She leads Sinister's Marauders with her seismic strength waves and, coincidentally, plays a mean game of patty-cake - learned that the hard way.
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Sarah Rudd, a student of Emma C. Smith Elementary School in Livermore, won the 2012 California Chemistry Week Poem Contest in the third-to-fifth-grade category that was sponsored by the American Chemical Society. Sarah won the California section, and her poem has been submitted to the national contest.
Livermore student artists Enikoe Bihari, of Granada High School, and Jodi Bryant, of Junction Avenue Middle School, were two of the five winners from more than 300 California participants in a recent art contest sponsored by Dannis Wolliver Kelley Law Firm. Each of the winning students will receive a $75 award, and the firm will donate $200 in art supplies to the classroom of each student.
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I am excited to announce that I have recently started writing for, Boxx Music Magazine, which is a new magazine all about women in music, and that they have published two of my interviews!
The first one is with the legendary, Pat Place, of the late '70s/early '80s NYC band, the Bush Tetras. They are best known for No Wave anthems such as "Too Many Creeps" and "Can't Be Funky," which combine their Punk and Funk influences in a raw and experimental way, and have garnered the band quite a following that has only continued to grow since they broke up in 1983. They reunited in the '90s and reunited again in 2012, and I talk with Place about the Bush Tetras career both then and now. The interview can be viewed here: http://boxxmagazine.com/2012/12/on-the-line-with-bush-tetras/
The other interview is with Helen Reddington (aka Helen McCookerybook), who played bass for '70s British Punk bands such as Joby and the Hooligans and Chefs, and her experiences as a female musician in that scene inspired her to write a book all about the women musicians of late '70s/early '80s British Punk. She interviewed bands such as: The AuPairs, The Mo-dettes, The Raincoats, The Slits, The Delta 5 and more. To read my interview with Reddington about her music career and her book, The Lost Women of Rock Music: Musicians of the Punk Era, go here: http://boxxmagazine.com/2013/01/interview-author-helen-reddington-talks-about-the-lost-women-of-the-punk-era/
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As our sturdy Land Cruiser inched its way down a precipitous dirt track, trying to descend from a high ridge into the Rift Valley, I wondered what might happen if we had an accident here in the heart of Kenya's remote Samburu County. Mobile signals had faded soon after we left the town of Maralal several hours before. We could have tried to walk back, but would have been very unlikely to make it before nightfall. Luckily, after a few mishaps and some serious jolting, we arrived at our destination in the valley—lonely Suyan manyata, whose distant circular outline we had seen from the ridge.
Talking to some of the women in the manyata, I realized that the ground that we had covered to get to them was nothing. We had done it in good health in a vehicle built for difficult terrain. As they told us what life was like in their village, my heart quailed at the thought of enduring a bumpy ride in a run-down van if one were pregnant or in labor with complications—if at all transport could be obtained. Just a few days ago, a child had died here of malaria, the women said. How did they usually get help, I asked. "We send our fastest runner 18 kilometers to the nearest dispensary," said Ma Toraeli, a grandmother in the village. "From there someone comes to help us". Health workers also visited the village from time to time, she said, to immunize babies and perform other routine checks.
Immunization seemed high on people's minds in Samburu. Later that day, we visited Barsaloi, a larger village with its own government dispensary and another run by Catholic nuns. The two stood side by side, with a well-worn path between them. There I met another grandmother, Agnes, who had brought an infant girl, Salini, to be immunized, although her record showed that she was early and didn't need this service yet. But while Stephen, the clinical officer at the government dispensary, was examining the baby and we were on the subject of immunization, the district head nurse showed us how vaccines were stored at the required temperature in the two-room government dispensary without power supply.
We were in Barsaloi to ask whether recent changes in the way these dispensaries received government funds were making any difference to the services they provided. Stephen said that money received through "performance-based financing" (PBF)—where health facilities are paid directly if they achieve pre-agreed, verified results—was very effective at improving some key services, such as getting more babies immunized.
But long-running problems with transport, communication, and cultural barriers still persisted and prevented people from seeking other services. Salini's mother died due to complications after her birth, showing the stark realities involved in delivering essential health services in places like Samburu. For the young mother, distance had meant tragic death, while for Salini, it could be more easily overcome to ensure health and survival.
As we watched Stephen at work, we were interrupted by Sister Elisa, who had walked across with a patient she wanted Stephen to see. What both of them said many times was that they needed more support—whether in terms of more skilled staff, or assistance from the government to train local people, or medicines arriving on time. PBF money was a good start as a reward for results. But they hoped that this was the beginning of more support.
Anecdotal feedback aside, early data shows that PBF, which has been used effectively in Rwanda and Burundi, is starting to make a difference in Samburu. Verification data—collected by NGOs like World Vision and AMREF—show that the number of children being fully immunized before age one went up by 28% between Oct-Dec 2011 and Jan-Mar 2012. In the same period, 30% more women received family planning services, 20% more pregnant women received at least four ante-natal check-ups, and 15% more deliveries were conducted by skilled attendants in health facilities. In Samburu, PBF is being tested in a range of settings, from tiny village dispensaries like the ones in Barsaloi to larger health centers, run by both public and non-governmental providers. This new way of financing builds on a direct financing mechanism set up by the Kenyan Government to get money straight to health facilities in a timely and transparent way through its Health Sector Services Fund. The Samburu experience provides a rich learning ground, and lessons from it will inform a potential scale-up of the PBF approach across Kenya, as the country tries to sharpen its focus on health results.


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Bribie Island, about an hour's drive from Brisbane is a treasure trove of plants and animals. The island is fringed by sandy beaches and sand dunes. Heaths, paperbark wetlands and freshwater creeks and lagoons, along with open forests are home to varied birdlife.
Tidal wetlands and waters around Bribie Island are part of Moreton Bay Marine Park. Fish, crabs and prawns breed in nearby Pumicestone Passage and dugong feed on its seagrass communities. Thousands of shorebirds feed and roost here, making great birdwatching opportunities.
Explore the easy Bicentennial walking tracks. Go boating or paddle a kayak around Pumicestone Passage. Try your luck at fishing or crabbing. Picnic at Lighthouse Reach or Lions Park. Pitch a tent at Mission Point, or in one of three other camping areas that are accessible only by four-wheel drive.


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|Fifth wheelers
|7 – 14 metres (22.97 – 45.93 feet)
|Camper Trailers
|5 – 8 metres (16.40 – 26.25 feet)
Note: Do not include the size of the tent pegs
|1 person
|1 × 2.5 metres (3.28 × 8.20 feet)
|2 person
|1.5 × 2.5 metres (4.92 × 8.20 feet)
|3 person
|3 × 2.5 metres (9.84 × 8.20 feet)
|4 person
|4.5 × 2.5 metres (14.76 × 8.20 feet)
|5 person
|6 × 3 metres (19.69 × 9.84 feet)
|6+ person
|7 × 4.5 metres (22.97 × 14.76 feet)
Please be advised that Site sizes vary from park to park and within each park. Sites will be allocated based on the measurements provided during the booking process and it is the responsibility of the guest to ensure estimates are as close to accurate as possible.
If you are unsure, we would prefer you to overestimate or give us a call on 1300 738 044
These unpowered grassed sites are perfect for tents with access to water and our camp kitchen facilities.
Site sleeps up to 6
Maximum of 6 adult(s)
Maximum of 5 children
Maximum of 6 people accommodated
What's on your site?
Surface & Style
- Grass Sites
General Features
- Water Tap
- Car parking - On Site
TV & Internet
- Internet - wireless
Plus enjoy all the park facilities and fun activities on offer at BIG4 Karuah Jetty Holiday Park, as well as the many things to see and do around Port Stephens.
Check in
After 2pm for villas and ensuite sites, after 11am for sites
Check out
Before 10am on day of departure
Reception hours
9am-5pm, seven days (closed Christmas Day). After hours check-in available everyday, please arrange one day prior to arrival. Seasonal reception hours apply during daylight savings, please enquire with staff prior to 5pm on day of arrival.
Deposit & Payments
Below are the terms and conditions for Karuah Riverview Pty Ltd trading as BIG4 Karuah Jetty Holiday Park: Deposit of one night stay is due on booking to confirm, balances are due on arrival. Exception to Christmas school holidays, balances are due 14 days prior to arrival.
Changes & Cancellations
Changes are permitted and subject to availability, rates may vary due to seasonal tariffs and/or difference in the amount of people registered on the booking. Cancellation inside 30 days from arrival = Forfeiture of deposit which is the first night's rate. Cancellations outside of 30 days from arrival = 50% of the deposit paid. Guests who fail to arrive on their arrival date will be classed as a 'no-show' and forfeit any funds paid, no credits or refunds permitted for a 'no-show' occurrence. Refunds: Refunds may take up to 10 business days to show on your account. Refunds can only be processed onto the original credit or debit card of the person who made the booking.
Additional Guest Fees: The rate is based on the first 2 people and additional persons are charged at the seasonal rate. Day visitors are permitted at a nominal fee from three years old and above. Please note, day visitors are subject to maximum guest capacity rule and a maximum vehicle capacity rule, which may require staff to decline entry by foot or by car.
If you are travelling with dogs you must notify staff prior to check in to acknowledge and sign the BIG4 Karuah Jetty Dog Policy Agreement on arrival. No more than two (2) dogs are allowed per site. When you check in, let the front desk staff know you'll have a dog on site. You'll need to sign a Pet Policy Agreement, and then you and your dog can make yourselves at home. Be sure to keep your dog on a leash or in a carrier during your stay. Dogs shall remain within your control at all times, either on a leash or in a carrier. If your pet is disturbing other guests/staff or causing damage, you will be required to depart the park without refund of your deposit or remaining charges.
You need to know
Below are the terms and conditions for Karuah Riverview Pty Ltd trading as BIG4 Karuah Jetty Holiday Park:
Phone booking deposits must be made by Visa or MasterCard, credit or debit card only. Special rates or deals may require full payment at time of booking.
Group bookings: A minimum of 10 bookings is required to qualify as a group booking, payment terms are advised at the time of confirmation.
Security codes expire at 10am on the day of departure, please ensure you have contacted office staff by 10am on your day of departure to extend your stay or request a late check-out where available. Failure to depart the park by designated check-out time will incur an additional night's fee at the full advertised rate, charged to their card.
Any special requests are welcome and will be actioned at the discretion of management, please note that all requests cannot be guaranteed.
A credit card must be produced in the name of the person staying at the park upon arrival as a security bond and any damages or excess cleaning costs caused by the guest/s will be charged to the card. Minimum night stays apply during peak holiday dates please refer to the rate conditions prior to making a reservation.
Should you have any queries regarding your stay please contact our office between 9am-5pm.
Guests who are travelling with medically certified dogs must pre-book their accommodation and provide an authority-issued certificate as evidence.
We reserve the right to refuse a booking at any time from any person reasonably believed to:
- Not be the person named on the booking request.
- Not be authorised to use the credit or debit card produced.
- Not be able to pay for any charges.
- May cause damage to the property or other guest property.
- May exhibit socially unacceptable behaviour.
- Be younger than 18 years old and not accompanied by a responsible adult over the age of 25 years old.
- Be concealing an unauthorised animal.
We reserve the right to eject guests from the park who are deemed by management to be behaving in a socially unacceptable way; causing damage; disturbing other guests; using unacceptable language or otherwise breaking Park Rules. No refund will be given and charges will apply for any damage caused.
BIG4 Holiday Parks of Australia Pty Ltd is not the owner of any particular BIG4 Holiday Park. BIG4 Holiday Parks facilitates this booking service and is not responsible for the provision of services, standard of facilities or payments received. All bookings are made directly with the individual owner of this BIG4 Member Park and therefore BIG4 Holiday Parks will not accept any claims for refunds or credits.
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I think "cinematic" can refer to any moment where you feel like you're in awe of the work, looking up at it in the dark (or any content that gives you that same feeling via your computer or tablet or home theater). and, as such, birdman doesn't automatically get to be called great cinema because of Chivo. I think great drama and good acting and good writing can also turn something cinematic. AM I WRONG?!It's very frustrating and it's additionally frustrating because it seems to be the majority opinion, even amongst young filmmakers.


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As the first female president in the modern-day Balkans, Kosovo's Atifete Jahjaga feels a particular responsibility to inspire women to public service. It's especially crucial as the country enters its second decade of rebuilding efforts after the end of its brutal civil war in 1999. "Women are very good at building bridges," Jahjaga told an audience of more than 300 people who gathered this fall in the Event Oval of The Diana Center for the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) symposium. "In a country that has experience with conflict...women have shown tremendous will and ability to weave communities back together," she said.
Jahjaga, who at 37 is the world's youngest head of state, was the program's keynote; other speakers included Thailand's prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Finland's former president, Tarja Halonen. WPSP is a partnership founded by the State Department and leading women's colleges, including Barnard, with a mission to develop the next generation of female government leaders. Embedded in its motto, "50 by 2050," is its goal: By the year 2050, half of the world's civic leadership should be female.
To the State Department's special representative to Muslim communities, Farah Pandith, achieving this goal means not only pushing to have women in positions of leadership, but also engaging them at all levels of policymaking. "We always hear the conversation about women around the board table, and we need to continue to have that conversation, but we never talk about the fact that there aren't women around a policy table," said Pandith, who spoke on a panel moderated by Barnard President Debora Spar.
Also on that panel were Marta Santos Pais, special representative, United Nations Secretary-General on violence against children, and former congresswoman Jane Harman, now the director of the Woodrow Wilson Center, the WPSP partner that is now home to the initiative.
Spar asked Harman: "What does it take to be a great leader?" The director shared about half a dozen ideas. Key among them was the need for women leaders to mentor other women leaders. "When you succeed, your most important obligation is to mentor the women who come after you. Not every woman does this and that's why the great Madeleine Albright says there's a cold place in hell for women who don't help women," she added, paraphrasing Albright.
This message was underscored by speakers throughout the evening, including Melanne Verveer, U.S. ambassador-at-large for global women's issues, and Rangita de Silva de Alwis, WPSP's director. With mentorship for emerging leaders crucial to the project's mission, one student from each of the eight partner colleges was selected to speak and had the chance to choose an issue for a panelist to address.
The students' questions focused on a range of topics, from prison reform to the role of women in economic decision-making. Barnard's student panelist, Olivia Low '13, asked how policy-making could more fully include women grassroots community leaders. "The HIV-positive mother turned community-health worker, the aspiring member of parliament, the director of a local NGO—these are women with the perspective, pragmatic ideas, and courage needed to effect change, and I believe they have a right to become visible and make decisions about their own lives," said Low. "The hard question, of course, is how?"
Just how to go about reaching the "50 by 2050" goal is the question that all those involved with the Women and Public Service Project are working to solve. Yet at the root of the project is the belief that health and prosperity can only be achieved by including women at all levels of decision-making. Throughout the program, the speakers cited Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who spearheaded the creation of WPSP, as a chief source of inspiration. President Jahjaga recalled the words of Secretary Clinton: "You are more likely to succeed if you widen the circle to include a broader range of expertise, experience, and ideas. This is not just about fairness, it is about expanding the pool of talented people to help tackle our biggest problems."


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With a router, where you often have wrenches that are too short to let you apply enough torque (particularly if you are using collets in the chuck), they are a necessity.
If the router is mounted to a router table, extenders will also let you work without exposing your knuckles to the router clamps, useful whether you need the extra torque or not.
The compact size (9" x 2" x 3/8") makes access easy, and the length still allows you double or triple the amount of torque you could apply without it.
All-steel construction, zinc plated with a synthetic rubber handgrip. Fits wrenches up to 1/4" thick and 1-1/4" wide.


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Preliminary note: This post is rich with hyperlinks. At minimum I recommend opening them in another window and at least scanning their contents - SS
No surprises in this article, including an amorality alien to the healing professions, but common in technology circles:
Despite $70 million investment, health IT systems a long way from prime time
Andrew Nemethy
July 18, 2012
The state's efforts to digitize the world of health information, a costly multi-year endeavor that is approaching a $70 million pricetag, got a lousy diagnosis Tuesday.
Instead of creating cost efficiency and improving payment flow to doctors and treatment for patients, it's creating stress and a lot of headaches for physicians, according to both lawmakers and state officials overseeing the effort. [It's also creating increased risk for patients, a factor - the most crucial factor - rarely mentioned in articles such as this - ed.]
Money, of course, grows on trees, and physicians, hospitals and government have nothing better to do with $70 million than conduct experiments on patients with alpha and beta software ...
There's the usual excuses from the usual actors:
But Health Information Technology (HIT) coordinator Hunt Blair said that's to be expected considering the difficulty of the "incredibly challenging" task of getting such disparate groups as doctors, hospitals, other health care providers, insurance companies, the state and federal government on the same digital page.
Let alone (per Social Informatics) the organizational and sociological challenges of implementing any new information or communications technology (ICT), that's somewhat akin to saying it's hard to get people to consume arsenic as an aphrodisiac. Not mentioned is the deplorable state of health IT in terms of quality, safety, usability, unregulated nature etc.
"We're talking about an extremely complex undertaking and I think it's important to recognize the state of Vermont was way out in front," Blair said.
"We're on the bleeding edge," he told a legislative Health Care Oversight Committee Tuesday at the Statehouse.
That prompted Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, the panel's chairwoman, to ask him to clarify if he meant "leading."
He stuck with "bleeding."
"Bleeding edge?"
Aside from the very poor choice of terms, this attitude is the polar opposite of the culture of "first, do no harm." It is not a clinician's attitude. It is an attitude of someone who seems to forget that patients are at the receiving end of the "bleeding edge" (which usually implies a rocky course) technology:
Bleeding edge technology is a category of technologies incorporating those so new that they could have a high risk of being unreliable and lead adopters to incur greater expense in order to make use of them. The term bleeding edge was formed as an allusion to the similar terms "leading edge" and "cutting edge". It tends to imply even greater advancement, albeit at an increased risk of "metaphorically cutting until bleeding" because of the unreliability of the software or other technology.The phrase was originally coined in an article entitled "Rumors of the Future and the Digital Circus" by Jack Dale, published in Editor & Publisher Magazine, February 12, 1994.
Considering the risks to patients, this claim brings to mind the definition I posted of the health IT Ddulite ("Luddite", the common canard against cautious doctors, with the first four letters reversed):
Ddulite: Hyper-enthusiastic technophiles who either deliberately ignore or are blinded to technology's downsides, ethical issues, and repeated local and mass failures.
On the other hand, did critic VT Sen. Kevin Mullin read my Drexel website on health IT failure and mismanagement?
That doesn't surprise Sen. Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland, who had tough questions about the state's effort to oversee and promote use of electronic medical health records and a statewide health information exchange.
"I hear genuine frustration from providers who are spending time and resources trying to modernize and make their offices more efficient, and prepare for the future, and yet every one of them feels like they've been burned," he said.
"Basically we're not getting any results for these millions and millions of dollars that have been pumped into IT (information technology)," he said after the meeting.
"We should be a lot further along," he said. "I just don't think the leadership's in place."
He's on the right track, but I'm not sure Vermont (or any state government) really understands what levels of leadership are truly needed, e.g., as outlined by ONC a few years ago here.
More excuses:
... Mark Larson, commissioner of the Vermont Health Access Department and a former House representative from Burlington, oversees management of Vermont's publicly funded health insurance programs and the effort on digital medical records and a new medical information exchange.
... Larson told lawmakers he hears the same message they do, that there's "a lot of confusion in the field." He said that is an inevitable part of the complex process.
"These are not systems where you just plug that in and they work perfectly on day one," he said. "Problems are appropriate along the path to get where we want." [I note this is an implicit admission that experimentation is being performed - ed.]
"We just have to work through that," he said.
"Problems are appropriate?" ... Really? In a mission critical field such as medicine? That's a maddeningly reckless and cavalier ideology, to put it mildly. In what other safety-critical domain would such a happy-go-lucky attitude that "problems are appropriate", outside of the laboratory, be tolerated?
"We just have to work through that?" ... "Just work through that?" Really?
That should be really easy, just like the failed £12.7bn (~ US $20 billion) National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS, a program that went "Pffft" last year.
... Based on testimony Tuesday, the issues that medical practitioners and the industry face in digitizing information are familiar ones for anyone who deals with technology: Software that is problematic, digital files that don't translate and can't be read by other systems, lost time spent on technological issues that detract from what doctors are paid to do, which is treat their patients. [And create increased risk that leads to maimed or dead patients - ed.]
"Familiar to anyone who deals with technology?" As in, say, mercantile/management computing that runs Walmart's stock inventory system, or the Post Office? Is that an appeal to common practice of some type? This brings to life my observation that there is an utter lack of recognition (either due to ignorance, or opportunism) that HIT systems are not business management systems that happen to be used by clinicians, they are virtual clinical tools (with all that implies) that happen to reside on computers.
How utterly amoral and alien to the ethics of medicine these attitudes are. No regulation of the technology is in place. No systematic postmarket surveillance of patient harm or death is conducted.
Further, the literature on health IT is not entirely as optimistic and tolerant as the VT government.
Is the VT government aware of that literature?
Just a few specific examples - the National Research Council wrote that "Current Approaches to U.S. Healthcare Information Technology are Insufficient", do not support clinician cognitive processes (then what, exactly, is health IT supposed to do?) and may result in harm.
The ECRI Institute indicates health IT systems are among the top ten technology risks in healthcare.
Reports from the Joint Commission, FDA and AHRQ indicate that risk is known, but magnitude of risk unknown ("tip of the iceberg" per FDA).
A report from NIST indicates that usability is lacking and promotes "use error" (technology-promoted error, as opposed to "user error").
A report from IOM on safety of health IT states that:
... While some studies suggest improvements in patient safety can be made, others have found no effect. Instances of health IT–associated harm have been reported. However, little published evidence could be found quantifying the magnitude of the risk.
Several reasons health IT–related safety data are lacking include the absence of measures and a central repository (or linkages among decentralized repositories) to collect, analyze, and act on information related to safety of this technology. Another impediment to gathering safety data is contractual barriers (e.g., nondisclosure, confidentiality clauses) that can prevent users from sharing information about health IT–related adverse events. These barriers limit users' abilities to share knowledge of risk-prone user interfaces, for instance through screenshots and descriptions of potentially unsafe processes. In addition, some vendors include language in their sales contracts and escape responsibility for errors or defects in their software (i.e., "hold harmless clauses").
The committee believes these types of contractual restrictions limit transparency, which significantly contributes to the gaps in knowledge of health IT–related patient safety risks. These barriers to generating evidence pose unacceptable risks to safety.
(Institute of Medicine, 2012. Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care. PDF. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, pg. S-2.)
Human subjects protections? Not needed here ... it's just one big, unconsented, happy $70 million medical experiment.
What is not mentioned, and either deliberately ignored or lost on these politicians, is the effects of this turmoil on patient care in terms of risk and adverse outcomes, and that being on the "bleeding edge" in this experimental technology is not desirable.
Slow, skeptical and cautious approaches are essential. Physician education on health IT risks and patient informed consent might be nice, too.
It seems mass social re-engineering experiments are fine, even if the consequences include wasted resources the healthcare delivery system can ill afford, physicians being distracted by major defects, and outcomes like baby deaths, adults suffocating at the bedside, and graveyards.


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Report calls for sugary drinks tax
Sugary drinks should be subject to a new tax, which could add 20p a litre to their price, with the proceeds going towards child health, a report says.
The report by food and farming charity Sustain said that the Government could raise £1 billion a year from a sugary drinks duty to pay for free school meals and measures to encourage children to eat fruit and vegetables.
The levy would also help save lives by cutting consumption of sugar-laden drinks, said the report, which has been backed by more than 60 organisations including the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Friends of the Earth, the National Heart Forum and the Royal Society for Public Health. Diet-related illness is now costing the NHS £6 billion every year, said the report.
Sustain urged Chancellor George Osborne to introduce a sugary drinks duty in his March 20 Budget and to channel most of the cash raised into a Children's Future Fund for programmes to improve children's health and future well-being.
The group's campaigns manager Charlie Powell said: "Sugar-laden drinks are mini-health timebombs, contributing to dental diseases, obesity and a host of life-threatening illnesses which cost the NHS billions each year. We are delighted that so many organisations want to challenge the Government to show it has a public health backbone by including a sugary drinks duty in Budget 2013. It's a simple and easy-to-understand measure which will help save lives by reducing sugar in our diets and raising much-needed money to protect children's health."
Sustain chairman Mike Rayner, of Oxford University's Department of Public Health, added: "Just as we use fiscal measures to discourage drinking and smoking and help prevent people from dying early, there is now lots of evidence that the same approach would work for food. This modest proposal goes some way towards making the price of food reflect its true costs to society."
The director general of the British Soft Drinks Association, Gavin Partington, said: "Obesity is a serious and complex problem, but a tax on soft drinks, which contribute just 2% of the total calories in the average diet, will not help address it. Over the last 10 years, the consumption of soft drinks containing added sugar has fallen by 9% while the incidence of obesity has increased by 15%.
"We all recognise our industry has a role to play in the fight against obesity, which is why soft drinks companies have already taken action to ensure they are playing their part. Sixty-one per cent of soft drinks now contain no added sugar and we have seen soft drinks companies lead the way in committing to further, voluntary action as part of the Government's Responsibility Deal Calorie Reduction Pledge. These commitments include, for example, reducing the sugar content in their products and introducing smaller packs. At present, 10p out of every 60p can of drink already goes to the Government thanks to VAT. Putting up taxes even further will put pressure on people's purses at a time when they can ill afford it. It's worth noting that Denmark recently scrapped such a tax."
A Department of Health spokesman said: "Our primary responsibility is to help the nation to be healthier. We keep all international evidence under review. But we believe the voluntary action we have put in place is delivering results."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would not rule out legislation but said it was a "very blunt tool". Speaking to the Agenda on ITV1, he said: "I'm sceptical of legislation... in the end this is a matter of individual choice. It's a matter of people making decisions about their own lives but I don't rule it out and there are things that we're doing." Pressed about the likelihood of legislation, he added: "It's a possibility. I just think that it's a very blunt tool because in the end you can say we want to have certain children's cereal have less sugar content and people will find another something that calls itself a cereal that has more sugar content in it. Much more important is things like the way that supermarkets present fresh fruit, and do they have offers on fresh fruit and fresh produce as they do on sugary products."


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(Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators [ICD]; Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator [AICD])
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a small, battery-operated device that monitors the heart's rhythm and provides appropriate treatment. Most ICDs have both pacemaker and defibrillator functions. If the heart beats too slowly, the ICD can help the heart beat at a normal pace. If the heart begins to beat in a disorganized way, the device provides a shock to restore a normal rhythm. ICD implantation is the surgical insertion of an ICD.
Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator
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Reasons for Procedure
Reasons for Procedure
Certain heart rhythms are extremely dangerous and can lead to sudden cardiac death or cardiac arrest. Some irregular rhythms that may require an ICD implant include:
- Bradycardia—heart beating too slowly
- Ventricular tachycardia—heart beating too rapidly
- Ventricular fibrillation—heart muscle not pumping, but just quivering
ICDs are implanted in patients who:
- Have had one or more episodes of serious irregular heart rhythms
- Have had a heart attack and are at high risk for arrhythmias
- Have a high risk of dangerous arrhythmias
- Have a weakened heart muscle
- Have a high likelihood of developing an arrhythmia
- Have the condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is an enlarged heart muscle that does not function properly
Possible Complications
Possible Complications
If you are planning to have a defibrillator implanted, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
- Damage to the heart or lungs
- Damage to blood vessels
- Infection
- Bleeding
- Bruising
- Inappropriate shocks or device malfunction
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Obesity
- History of smoking
- History of excess alcohol consumption
- Bleeding or blood-clotting problems
- Use of certain medications
- Chronic diseases such as diabetes
What to Expect
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
The following test may be conducted prior to your procedure:
- Blood tests
- Chest x-ray—a test that uses radiation to take a picture of structures inside the body
- Electrocardiogram (ECG), implantable loop recorders (ILR), electrophysiology study (EPS)—tests that record the heart's activity by measuring electrical currents through the heart muscle
- Echocardiogram—ultrasound to evaluate heart structure and function
- Stress testing or cardiac catheterization—to evaluate for coronary artery disease
Leading up to your procedure:
- Talk to your doctor about your medications. You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to 1 week before the procedure.
- The night before, eat a light meal. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight.
- Ask your doctor if you should take your daily medications with a sip of water on the day of the procedure.
For the implantation of the ICD, light sedation and a local anesthesia will usually be used.
After the ICD is in place, it will need to be tested. General anesthesia will be used for this step.
Description of the Procedure
The area where the ICD is to be implanted will be washed with antiseptic. A small incision will be made below the collarbone on the left or right side.
A wire, called a lead, will be threaded through a vein in the upper chest to the heart. An x-ray monitor will be used to watch the lead move through the vein to the heart. The signals between the heart and the ICD will be carried on this lead.
A pocket will be created under the skin at the incision site. The ICD will be implanted into the pocket.
When the ICD is in place, the sedation will be increased. The ICD will be tested to make sure that it shocks the heart appropriately. Every precaution will be taken to ensure that this is a safe process. When it is determined the ICD is working properly and in the right place, the incision will be closed with stitches.
Immediately After Procedure
You will be taken to a recovery room after the procedure. Your pulse, blood pressure, and incision site will be checked regularly. Chest x-rays will ensure the ICD and leads are in the proper place.
How Long Will It Take?
About 1-3 hours
How Much Will It Hurt?
You may feel some pushing and tugging on the skin during the procedure. The anesthesia should minimize any pain. After the procedure, you may experience some pain or stiffness at the incision site. Pain medication may be prescribed.
Average Hospital Stay
1-3 days
Postoperative Care
At the Hospital
The day after your implant, you will have an ECG and blood tests. The ICD function may be checked again. This will require sedation.
At Home
Do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
You may need to avoid:
- MRI scans
- Heat therapy, which is often used in physical therapy
- High-voltage or radar machinery, such as electric arc welders, high-tension wires, radar installations, or smelting furnaces
- Contact with radio or television transmitters
- Prolonged contact with household appliances, such as microwave ovens
- Do not carry a cell phone in a pocket directly over the device. Keep your phone on the side away from the device. Also, headphones worn with MP3 players may cause interference.
- Turn off car or boat motors when working on them. They may temporarily confuse your device.
- Tell your doctor or dentist that you have a device before a surgical procedure.
- Check with your doctor about the safety of going through airport security detectors with your particular device. Do not linger in security devices.
- Be sure to follow your doctor's instructions.
You will get an ID card that contains important information about your ICD. It is important that you show this card to any doctor, nurse, dentist, or other healthcare professional at the beginning of an office visit or hospital admission.
If your heart requires a shock from your ICD, you may be able to feel it. You may feel lightheaded before the shock. This is from the heart rhythm. The shock administered by the ICD may feel like a light thump or a strong kick in the chest. If you feel a shock, try to stay calm and sit or lie down. If someone is with you, ask him or her to stay. If you feel okay after the shock, contact your doctor's office to let them know. This is not an emergency. Your doctor may want you to come in for a check-up, particularly if this is the first shock you have received. If you receive multiple shocks in a row or multiple shocks in a day, you should go to the emergency room.
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After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
- You feel a shock
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
- Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
- Cough or severe nausea or vomiting
These symptoms are medical emergencies. Call for medical help right away if you:
- Have chest pain or shortness of breath
- Feel lightheaded and do not feel a shock
- You are still feeling symptoms after a shock
- You feel 3 or more shocks in a row
In case of an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
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I wanted to show all the great photos I got from mom & dad. Some go back 5 generations. You'll be fascinated by the photos our parents have managed to find. The existence of some of these photos was unknown until recently.
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T11: There's No Place Like Up
Of course, this level is the crappy counterpart to Attack of the Wheenies. It's just a continuation of the previous level.
However, where Attack of the Wheenies was a fun little run-from-bad-guys romp, this level is an infinitely frustrating test of patience. The objective, based on the name, is simply to climb; the exit is at the top of this vast Pfhor hive. You start at the bottom. The level is a big jumping puzzle, working your way to the top, as respawning enemies hound you constantly through your climb.
This level is enormous, the architecture is repetitive and the texturing and lighting are uniform. There are no distinguishing features from one area in this map to another. I mention this now because it's important to put this in context: it's far more difficult than it ought to be to even figure out what the ledge to jump to is. Even getting off the floor (where the bulk of the respawning enemies are) is tough; there are several large buildings to choose from but only a couple you can enter.
Even from there, it can be difficult to figure out where to go when you find the right building. Your task for the following pic is to spot the wire panel.
Now, while the infinite horde is trying to get to you and you're desperately looking for where to go, how the hell are you expected to find that wire? It's the little blue-and-black panel above the 3x can. Even if you see the 3x can, you might not notice the wire. It just looks like another blue texture. It took me three or four lives to actually recognize that it was a wire.
From there it's just an irritating climb that takes way too long. This level is long! Even without deaths, this level takes time, patience, and a keen eye for details. So throw in infinite Fighters that bother you while you're near the bottom, infinite Wasps that bother you as you get higher, and Enforcers hiding on ledges around corners to electrocute you long before you could even think to expect them. This level is a hopeless nightmare, and again, another level that might be tolerable on Normal but is so ludicrously difficult and unfair on TC that it makes me wonder if anyone actually bothered to test it.
The respawning enemies thing was a fun gimmick back in Attack of the Wheenies but long overstays its welcome here. Besides this horde of enemies constantly bothering you, there's so much stuff in this level that it just confounds the player. And it all looks the damn same! You have to spend far too much time thinking and looking about the next spot to look at that you just have to allow yourself a death or two to probe the next area. There's no other way! And the path doubles back on itself and continues in these weird unexpected angles. This level gives no quarter whatsoever, as if the game actually wants you to lose.
Interestingly, there's a "secret" shortcut path that's more obvious and sensible than the actual way there. The jump you need to make is no more difficult or obscure than any of the actual jumps, and you get triple health for your troubles!
This level is a gimmick gone way, way wrong.
Level design: 1/5
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Memorability: 3/5; this is the level that, if it were done right, would be a quirky and interesting sort of puzzle level.


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So that's another year come and gone and for the most part we're still riding around on bikes made out of two triangles, with wire spoked wheels and derailleur gears. Nothing's happened to shake the foundations of bike design, but there's been plenty of interesting developments along the way. So sit back and let us recap for you: road.cc's year of tech.
First up, the anti-tech. Research and development departments across the biking world gave out a collective groan this year when the UCI unveiled its grand plans to enforce its design regulations with special stickers to be awarded to compliant frames and forks. And who's going to be paying for said stickers? You guessed it, not the UCI. Cue another year of bickering.
Eurobike is always a feast for the eyes, a mad mix of mainstream new development and quirky asides. Everyone was working on a hydraulic junction box this year, to allow you to use hydraulic discs with road levers. These will probably start to become available next year, it'll be interesting to see whether big manufacturers start to spec them. Road bike wise it was another year of mostly incremental changes, with the notable exception of Look whose 695 road bike packed more innovation in than most of the other major players put together. It's a real looker too. Meanwhile Cervelo were pursuing the less-is-more path to its logical conclusion, coming up with a sub-700g frameset if you've got deep enough pockets.
Other highlights included the Dreamslide (a sort of highlight anyway), the Kraftstoff stand, and Hope's integrated cassette and freehub. Electric bikes were all the range again, with the Bosch bottom bracket system taking over from Bionx as the de facto way to power your powered bike. It's a very good system too, although we might hang fire on the prediction of the e-bike invasion for another year or so. it's never all good news at Eurobike, however, here's one worrying trend we're hoping falls out of favour in 2011...
The most talked about component of the year was Shimano Alfine 11. Shimano's ground-up redesign gave us an eleven speed unit with oil bath internals for a lot less than you'd beed to spend on a Rohloff. There was a lot of discussion about whether it would be a genuine alternative for the road, and still more about when we'd actually see any in the UK, with all the manufacturers that had specced the hub pushing back the relevant models.
We did finally get one in, and in the end two came at once, which gave us the opportunity to do a proper review; we'll keep the other one for a long term go. The news is good though: it's a great hub, although it's a bit heavier than Shimano would like to think and there's no drop bar shifter. Yet.
Groupset wise we were treated to new Shimano 105, with lots of tasty stuff dripping down from the Dura Ace redesign of two years ago. SRAM were also kicking out the new stuff, with their new low-end Apex running gear offering a 32T cassette option, which has been dividing opinions on the site but not, it must be said, with the testers; there'll be a full review soon.
Power pedals were all the range in 2010, falling into two distinct camps. The first, backed by some big players in the cycling telemetry market, measure the power you're putting in and take the place of a power crank or hub. Polar, Garmin and O-Synce all announced their products, or their intentions, this year. The other type of power pedal, backed by a chap in a workshop on the South coast, propel you along with little motors driving the cranks. Sounds crazy but it impressed the judges at Barclay's enough to secure £50k of startup funding. We're still waiting to have a go on the prototypes...
In London the big news was the Boris bikes which launched to great fanfare and have been steadily growing in popularity ever since. The take-up has been good, the bikes haven't been vandalised or nicked like the doomsayers said they would, and even the switchover from pre-registered users to the credit card free-for-all (well, almost free) was fairly painless. It's not been without its glitches and it's not suddenly going to turn London into transport Utopia but it's a hefty slap on the back from road.cc as a positive step.
On the software front we all had a bit of a laugh when it emerged that Apple had filed a patent that showed it was apparently possible for sensors to measure a bike's speed and position and relay the information to the rider. Who knew? Anyway, it was either a blueprint for some great new iPhone apps or a thinly veiled attempt to build a base for litigation against other software companies, depending on your viewpoint.
Another iPhone app making waves this year was the Bike Hub app, a satnav and route planner for your phone. It's now available on Android too, and it's free to end users thanks to the UK bike levy which has paid for the development. Chapeau to all at Bike Hub for an excellent bit of development. If you want to go down the hardware route then Garmin's Edge 800 looks like it'll be the benchmark for then next year; we'll have a full review on road.cc soon.
And what else? All kinds of stuff. We've had the airbag helmet, the world's lightest inner tubes, the wooden world speed record bike, the pedal powered monorail, the space saving skinny bike, the indoor trainer without a wheel, the worlds' slowest Porsche, the world's smallest velodrome, laser hi-viz, Campag singlespeed kits, belt drive beauties, Sabbath's bendy Titanium wonder, a pedal powered submarine, rollers you can't fall off*, the world's oldest Carbon bike** and foaming degreaser. To name just a few.
We've had a lot of fun bringing you the best (and worst) tech in 2010, here's hoping 2011 will be a bumper year for bike innovation. And if it is, you'll find out here first. Stay tuned!
Dave is a founding father of road.cc and responsible for kicking the server when it breaks. In a previous life he was a graphic designer but he's also a three-time Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling world champion, and remains unbeaten through the bog. Dave rides all sorts of bikes but tends to prefer metal ones. He's getting old is why.


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Washington has tried very hard this year to crush the economy with debt ceiling fights, clumsy budget cuts, a government shutdown and complete legislative gridlock. It does not appear to be working.
Nearly every recent report shows an economy picking up at least a little speed heading into 2014: The jobless rate is falling, house prices are rising, the stock market is soaring and overall economic growth just handily beat expectations. Friday's employment report showed a gain of 203,000 jobs in November and a big drop in the jobless rate to 7 percent, suggesting the economy has shrugged off the most recent Beltway blows.
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But hold the celebrations for now, many analysts say.
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The numbers themselves may not be quite as good as they appear. And there are still several ways Washington could make them even worse next year, from more poorly designed spending cuts and bitter fighting over Obamacare to a potentially botched effort by the Federal Reserve to tap the brakes on its unprecedented stimulus efforts.
A fresh round of fiscal brinksmanship leading to a shutdown or debt limit scare next year seems unlikely. But it cannot be ruled out. In fact, while most Wall Street economists expect growth to pick up in 2014, they still rate government dysfunction as the leading risk factor.
"The economy is improving right now because the headwinds from Washington are getting much smaller," said Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs. "If you look at the broad range of indicators there is more good news than bad news. And everyone assumes a deal gets made on the sequester and the budget. But that's not a certainty, and so Washington remains a risk."
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There is also widespread agreement that the current run of good economic data — including Thursday's surprisingly strong 3.6 percent read on gross domestic product growth — is coming despite Washington's dismal state. And much of the fallout may in fact show up in the fourth quarter when, according to Obama administration figures, the 16-day shutdown that featured 850,000 furloughed workers will take a quarter point bite out of GDP growth.
It's also easy to overstate the strength of recent data.
The big third-quarter GDP number got a hefty boost from companies stocking up on inventory expecting an uptick in demand. That inventory building will not recur in subsequent quarters, meaning even without the shutdown impact, fourth quarter growth is likely be closer to 1 percent than 3 percent. Consumer spending rose just 1.4 percent in the third quarter.
The November jobs report, however, was uniformly good news, with the unemployment rate falling to its lowest level in five years because more people found jobs, not because they left the labor force as in some previous months. Total employment measured by the household survey increased by 818,000, the biggest jump in three decades, partially driven by furloughed workers returning to the job after the government shutdown.
Still, not everyone is sold on the rosy thesis coming out of Wall Street that 2014 should see significantly stronger growth leading to even faster job creation.
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"I'm not so sure that 2014 prospects are all that much better than 2013 given that the underlying drivers of growth including consumption, business investment and exports continue to be very weak," said Catherine L. Mann, professor of economics at Brandeis University. "And there is still going to be an awful lot of noise and partisanship and Washington basically being a burr under the saddle of the economy for all of next year."
One hope for 2014 that underlies much of the Wall Street bullishness is that congressional negotiations led by House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray can make a deal to reduce the immediate impact of the 2014 sequester spending cuts on the economy. POLITICO reported Thursday that they are only a few billion dollars in budgetary savings away from an agreement. Their official deadline is next Friday.
Sequestration's economic hit so far is significant even if it can be hard to illustrate beyond anecdotes. The Congressional Budget Office in July calculated that canceling the second year of the Budget Control Act's spending cuts would increase real GDP by 0.7 percent and add 900,000 jobs in the third quarter of this year.