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Leslye Winkelman Lyons
Words Alive Founder, Board Member Emeritus
Leslye Winkelman Lyons has more than 40 years of nonprofit sector experience as a salaried and volunteer professional. As the Words Alive founder, she has served the organization in various capacities including Board Chair and pro-bono Executive Director. She is also founder of Fostering Futures Initiative, a cross-sector collaboration supporting transitioning foster youth.
A former book group facilitator, Leslye facilitated hundreds of book group discussions and served as a consultant to book groups across the country. For more than 20 years, she wrote and distributed Literary Lines, a newsletter for readers and book group members.
Currently Leslye is COO of Lyons Accountancy Group, a family owned full service tax and accounting firm, where she is also a consultant to non-profits and small businesses.
Leslye earned a bachelor's degree from Washington University and a master's degree in social work from Yeshiva University.
Andrea MacDonald
Board Chair
Chair, Event Committee
Andrea MacDonald earned her Bachelor's Degree in Speech and Hearing from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Following school, Andrea worked as a real estate appraiser, earning many professional designations. In 1992, she moved to New Jersey where she started a residential real estate appraising practice for a leading commercial appraising firm. After returning to California, and as her children grew up, volunteering in the community has been very important to her. Andrea served on the Board for the Solana Beach Foundation for Learning for five years, and was an officer for three years. As VP of Site Development, Andrea oversaw the fundraising for the six Solana Beach School District schools. Other organizations that Andrea has been involved with over the years are PTA, Girl Scouts, Miracle League, and National Charity League.
Sandra Korwek
Vice Chair
Chair, Event Committee
Sandra brings to the board over 35 years of accounting and business experience in various fields, including 17 years of operating her own accounting business specializing in nonprofit organizations. She began her "relationship" with nonprofits while working at Legal Services of Northern California in Sacramento, where she learned the value of working toward helping others. After moving to San Diego, she worked as the Business Manager for Mainly Mozart for six years before eventually being recruited in 2006 to join the expanding accounting department at Christopher Weil & Company, Inc. ("CWC"). Sandra is now in charge of Contracts and Insurance for CWC and all of the many entities they manage.
Sandra has been serving on Words Alive's Finance Committee and Event Committee since becoming involved with the organization in 2015, and was selected as the Words Alive Volunteer of the Year in 2017. She is married and has one grown daughter, and is a graduate of University of Redlands. Originally from Phoenix, Sandra has been a North County San Diego resident for 20 years. Sandra enjoys music, sports, travel, photography, drawing, spending time with family and friends, and is currently working on improving her golf game.
Heidi Weisbaum
Heidi Weisbaum received her Bachelor's degree in Nursing and her Master's degree in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles. After working in healthcare for many years, she went to law school and received her law degree from Southwestern University School of Law. For most of her legal career, she was a Deputy Attorney General with the California Attorney General's Office in San Diego, specializing in administrative prosecutions of physicians and other healthcare licensees. She is the author of a chapter on administrative mandamus practice for a publication of the California Continuing Education of the Bar. In 2012, she retired from the Attorney General's Office and currently works part-time as an administrative law judge. Heidi has also volunteered with her local elementary, middle and high schools, among other community organizations. She is now a volunteer with the Del Mar Library.
Danny Cung
Danny joined Christopher Weil & Company, Inc. (CWC), in July of 2004 while working on his undergraduate degree at the University of California, San Diego. After earning his degree in Economics in 2006, Danny joined the CWC team full time. In addition to being a Registered Investment Advisor Representative, Danny earned his Certificate in Personal Financial Planning from San Diego State University and has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner since 2010. In 2017, Danny earned his Certified Investment Management Analyst® certification, administered by the Investment Wealth Institute and taught in conjunction with the Yale School of Management. Currently, Danny serves on CWC's portfolio management team working to continuously balance clients' evolving needs with the opportunities and obstacles of the markets.
Danny came to Words Alive by way of Rolling Readers, where he was a Board Member/Treasurer. When Rolling Readers merged with Words Alive, it was a natural fit for him to join the Words Alive team. Danny currently serves as the Treasurer. Originally from Los Angeles, Danny lives in San Diego with his wife, Vivian and daughter, Hana. He used to spend his free time playing basketball and traveling with Vivian but he now spends most of his free time chasing Hana around. Danny loves basketball and anyone who knows him will tell you he's a huge Lakers fan. His love for basketball now comes second to his love of being a father to Hana.
Sharon Bakcht
Sharon Bakcht is a San Diego native and has 16+ years of experience in strategic planning, innovation leadership, and marketing strategy in a variety of sectors, in both for-impact and for-profit environments. Sharon holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Sharon currently heads up early stage innovation programs at WD-40 Company for the Americas region. Recently, Sharon designed and led a social enterprise accelerator for Mission Edge as their Assistant Director of Programs. She personally coached the ten San Diego-based nonprofits in the accelerator through a 12-week program to launch or grow their social enterprises.
A native of San Diego, Sharon is passionate about fostering positive impact in the local community. Over the past five years, she has volunteered to advise and mentor a number of San Diego non-profit organizations including Words Alive, Second Chance, OG Yoga, the Armed Services YMCA at Camp Pendleton, and Sustainable Surplus Exchange with strategy and marketing plan development, as a Partner with Social Venture Partners. She has also volunteered with ARTS (A Reason to Survive) and Sharp Hospital.
Orville Brown
Orville Brown is a Senior Research Scientist at Ferro Corporation. He has 14 patents in the microelectronic field. He received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Chemistry from Hunter College of the City of University of NY and his graduate degree in Chemistry from Columbia University. He is also involved in Habitat for Humanity Global Village.
Jeffrey Goldman
Past Chair
Jeffrey Goldman has been the publisher at Santa Monica Press, an independent book publishing company, since he founded the press twenty-five years ago. Santa Monica Press publishes an eclectic list of critically acclaimed and award-winning non-fiction books. Prior to Santa Monica Press, Jeffrey spent a decade as an arts and entertainment journalist and editor, working for a variety of newspapers and magazines both nationally and internationally. In addition to chairing the board of Words Alive and volunteering as a writing facilitator at the Monarch School, Jeffrey is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the La Jolla Playhouse, where he serves on the Executive Committee and is the chair of the Education and Outreach Committee. Jeffrey lives in the San Diego area with his wife and two children.
Kim Harrison
Kim taught First Grade for seven years in Stamford, CT where she was a grade level team leader, bringing an innovative and progressive approach to the classroom. Kim had regional and statewide responsibilities for exploring new educational approaches to advance curriculum and was the recipient of several awards and grants including "Outstanding Prospective Teacher" from a pool of over 200 applicants.
Kim retired from teaching to stay at home raising her two children, Adam and Anna. She taught ESL classes to adults, and was active in school and community non-profit organizations, which included cofounding a statewide Lyme disease task force.
Kim moved from Connecticut to San Diego in 2015 with her husband Douglas and their two children. Adam is currently a senior at Cornell University and Anna is a senior at La Jolla Country Day. Kim enjoys her new southern California lifestyle, spending time playing tennis, hiking and volunteering for Words Alive.
Kim has a BA in Communications and a MA in Elementary Education and a MS in School Counseling.
Jodi Kennedy
Jodi Kennedy attended UCSD and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. She has worked as a television producer, director, and writer for over thirty years. Jodi worked for E! Entertainment Television, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox Television in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington DC. She won two Emmy awards for her work as a senior producer on the nationally syndicated teen news show, "Not Just News." In San Diego, Jodi worked as a writer and producer for KFMB-TV and KGTV. An avid runner, she has also worked as a race director raising funds for a non-profit organization. Jodi is currently working as marketing director for a local company. She has also worked as a volunteer with Del Mar School's Education Foundation, Children's Hospital, Canyon Crest Academy Dollars for Scholars, and as president of Del Mar TV. Jodi is a proud mom to four amazing adults.
Laura Kohn
Laura is a 25-year leader in the field of education, with a range of experience in policy, government, advocacy, research, program design, nonprofit management, and philanthropy. She currently directs the Center for Local Income MoBility (CLIMB) at the San Diego Workforce Partnership. The Center promotes and executes investments in children and youth to maximize their likelihood of thriving in the workforce as adults. Laura is also the co-host of the Good Schools for All podcast at Voice of San Diego, alongside Scott Lewis, the VOSD editor in chief.
From 2013-2016, Laura was the founding director of the Education Synergy Alliance, a nonprofit organization that aimed to increase the equity and excellence of public education in San Diego County. The organization focused on early education and career education and sparked new partnerships and investments in those areas throughout the region.
Laura has worked across sectors throughout her career, and prior roles reflect this commitment to collective problem solving. These include Director of Education for the city of Seattle, Washington State advocacy lead for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Education Policy Advisor to Washington's Governor.
Laura has two teens in public schools, and her family enjoys cooking, boogie boarding and hiking together. She has a BA in Economics from Yale University and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Washington.
Christina La Page
Christina La Page is Vice President and District Manager for Wells Fargo's South Border Market in the San Diego Bank Region. Christina, a 16-year veteran of the company, was appointed her current position in 2011. As a district manager she is responsible for 295 team members within 11 bank branch locations. Before her current role, Christina served as a Business Area Manager, and before that she held multiple branch management and retail banking positions within the Southern California Region. She began her career with Wells Fargo as a teller in 2001.
Christina is a native San Diegan and as the president of Wells Fargo's San Diego Volunteer Chapter she is an advocate for community involvement. Involved personally she serves on the Board for Words Alive and Junior Achievement of San Diego.
Christina attended California State University San Marcos and earned her B.A. in Liberal Studies. She is a graduate from the 2015 LEAD San Diego program and a 2017 graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School.
Vera Pitrofsky
Vera has always loved being involved in fundraising. She started chairing fundraisers at La Jolla Elementary, Muirlands Middle School, and La Jolla High School and was asked to be a member of Las Patronas from 2000 - 2017. Vera learned a lot from that organization, working with 50 very talented women. Vera heard about Words Alive through Las Patronas and started reading to the preschoolers through the Words Alive Read Aloud Program at Bay Point Elementary in February 2018. She also really enjoyed being part of the Event Committee, working on planning the Author's Luncheon this past October. Vera is looking forward to learning more about Words Alive and being part of this great organization. She currently works part time at Brighton in UTC and worked for 12 years as a space planner for Steelcase Office Systems.
Rick Seidenwurm
Rick is a graduate of Williams College and Columbia Law School. In a rare burst of sanity, he left New York and moved to San Diego in 1973. He is a founder and former managing partner of Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, one of San Diego's top law firms. Rick also served as a commercial arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He is now fully retired.
Rick began volunteering for Words Alive at Choice Summit in 2009 and founded the Words Alive creative writing program the next year. He continues to volunteer at Choice year-round. He joined the Words Alive Board in 2013 and has served as Treasurer, Vice Chair, and Board Chair.
Rick has served on the nonprofit boards of Wayword, Inc., San Diego Writers, Ink, Business Counsel and Fairbanks Ranch Country Club. He also does volunteer teaching at Del Sur Elementary School and is a mentor with the Access Youth program.
Mike Skerlos
Mike is currently the Senior Legal Counsel for the Government Technologies Division of Qualcomm Incorporated. Before joining Qualcomm in 2010, Mike spent the previous seventeen years working as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office here in San Diego. Some of his additional responsibilities while a prosecutor; included acting as the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council Coordinator for the Southern District of California, Community Outreach Coordinator, Crisis Management Coordinator, Attorney Hiring Chair, and Human Trafficking Coordinator. Mike has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Michigan State University, and earned his J.D. from DePaul University in 1995. Mike is originally from Chicago, has a teenage son and daughter, and has lived in San Diego for almost 20 years.


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A marine reserve for the Ross Sea
In 2011, New Zealand and the United States put forward scenarios for a large marine reserve in the Ross Sea, in the part of Antarctica directly to the south of New Zealand. The proposal would be considered by the Commission that manages the waters around Antarctica (CCAMLR). But first New Zealand the US would have to agree on a joint proposal and then gain the support of the other 23 Members of the Commission. Eventually in October 2016, the Commission agreed to create the world's largest marine reserve (more than 1.5 million square kilometres (six times New Zealand's land area). These photos capture that momentous event.


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Throughout history, our choices about what we wear tell the world about our personality, position, background, and beliefs. From textile in Boston Boycott, manufacture in the Industrial Revolution, to the fashion of war and protest, clothing offers a vivid lens to examine American cultural history. Drawing on the MHS exhibit "Fashioning the New England Family," we will explore how clothing and style help us understand the everyday lives of historical New Englanders.
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This caused a big splash when it ran last year – it is a series of short "theatrical experiences" which are experienced one audience member at a time. As in, you, the audience member walk into a room, and there may be one performer in there or there may be twenty, and whatever the show is, you are the only one it's being performed for, for the ten or twenty minutes it runs for. Most of them are interactive, so you help shape the show, e.g. the performers ask you questions and then they take the show in a direction based on your answers.
The reviews of the first one were generally along the lines of "this is exhilarating, of course some of it doesn't quite work, but it is an edgy thing to try to pull off. And when it works it is fantastic." I didn't rush to buy tickets to the first one, but I'm glad it's back – they seem to have refined the concept (so you get to pick which "menu" you go for – generally 3-4 shows that total 60-90 mins) and booking early meant we could plan to go with good friends and then meet up afterwards to talk about what we liked.
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General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $22,907,561 firm-fixed-price modification (000105) to a previously awarded contract (FA8620-15-G-4040) for MQ-9 Reaper radar productionization.
This contract provides for the productionization of the Lynx Block 20A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) configuration, to be a form, fit and functional replacement for the current production configuration Lynx Block 20A SAR for installation in the MQ-9 Block 5 remotely piloted aircraft.
Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be complete by June 31, 2020. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $22,907,561 are being obligated at the time of award.
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Billie Jean King
Former World No. 1 professional tennis player, founder of the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation
"Billie Jean King is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King won the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships. King often represented the United States in the Federation Cup and the Wightman Cup. She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. For three years, King was the United States' captain in the Federation Cup.
King is an advocate for gender equality and has long been a pioneer for equality and social justice. In 1973, at age 29, she won the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs. King was also the founder of the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation.
Regarded by many in the sport as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. The Fed Cup Award of Excellence was bestowed on King in 2010. In 1972, King was the joint winner, with John Wooden, of the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award and was one of the Time Persons of the Year in 1975. King has also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year lifetime achievement award. King was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1990, and in 2006, the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City was renamed the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
King's triumph at the French Open in 1972 made her only the fifth woman in tennis history to win the singles titles at all four Grand Slam events, a "career Grand Slam." King also won a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. In women's doubles, only the Australian Open eluded her.
King won a record 20 career titles at Wimbledon – six in singles, 10 in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles.
King played 51 Grand Slam singles events from 1959 through 1983, reaching at least the semifinals in 27 and at least the quarterfinals in 40 of her attempts. King was the runner-up in six Grand Slam singles events. An indicator of King's mental toughness in Grand Slam singles tournaments was her 11–2 career record in deuce third sets, i.e., third sets that were tied 5–5 before being resolved.
King won 129 singles titles, 78 of which were WTA titles, and her career prize money totaled US$1,966,487.
In Federation Cup finals, King was on the winning United States team seven times, in 1963, 1966, 1967, and 1976 through 1979. Her career win–loss record was 52–4. She won the last 30 matches she played, including 15 straight wins in both singles and doubles. In Wightman Cup competition, King's career win–loss record was 22–4, winning her last nine matches. The United States won the cup ten of the 11 years that King participated. In singles, King was 6–1 against Ann Haydon-Jones, 4–0 against Virginia Wade, and 1–1 against Christine Truman Janes…
From 1966 through 1975, King won 32 of her career 39 Grand Slam titles, including all 12 of her Grand Slam singles titles, nine of her 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 10 of her 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles… King was the year-ending World No. 1 in six of the ten years from 1966 through 1975. She was the year-ending World No. 2 in three of those years and the World No. 3 in the other year. King won 97 of her career 129 singles titles during this period and was the runner-up in 36 other tournaments...
In 1973, King defeated Bobby Riggs in an exhibition match, winning $100,000. Riggs had been a top men's player in the 1930s and 1940s in both the amateur and professional ranks. He won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 1939, and was considered the World No. 1 male tennis player for 1941, 1946, and 1947. He then became a self-described tennis "hustler" who played in promotional challenge matches. In 1973, he took on the role of male chauvinist. Claiming that the women's game was so inferior to the men's game that even a 55-year-old like himself could beat the current top female players, he challenged and defeated Margaret Court 6–2, 6–1. King, who previously had rejected challenges from Riggs, then accepted a lucrative financial offer to play him for $100,000, winner-take-all. Dubbed "the Battle of the Sexes", the Riggs-King match took place at the Houston Astrodome in Texas on September 20, 1973. The match garnered huge publicity. In front of 30,492 spectators and a television audience estimated at 50 million people (U.S.), and 90 million in 37 countries, 29-year-old King beat the 55-year-old Riggs 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. The match is considered a very significant event in developing greater recognition and respect for women's tennis. King said, "I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match. It would ruin the women's [tennis] tour and affect all women's self-esteem," and that "To beat a 55-year-old guy was no thrill for me. The thrill was exposing a lot of new people to tennis…"
When the open era began, King campaigned for equal prize money in the men's and women's games. In 1971, with ideas for the formation of an eight player women's group from her husband, Larry King, financial backing of World Tennis magazine founder, Gladys Heldman, and the sponsorship of Virginia Slims Chairman Joe Coleman, King became the first woman athlete to earn over US$100,000 in prize money; however, inequalities continued. King won the US Open in 1972 but received US$15,000 less than the men's champion Ilie Năstase. She stated that she would not play the next year if the prize money were not equal. In 1973, the US Open became the first major tournament to offer equal prize money for men and women.
King led player efforts to support the first professional women's tennis tour in the 1970s called the Virginia Slims, founded by Gladys Heldman and funded by Joseph Cullman of Philip Morris. Once the tour took flight, King worked tirelessly to promote it even though many of the other top players were not supportive. "For three years we had two tours and because of their governments [Martina] Navratilova and Olga Morozova had to play the other tour. Chris [Evert], Margaret [Court], Virginia [Wade], they let us do the pioneering work and they weren't very nice to us. If you go back and look at the old quotes; they played for the love of the game, we played for the money. When we got backing and money, we were all playing together – I wonder why? I tried not to get upset with them. Forgiveness is important. Our job was to have one voice and win them over."
In 1973, King became the first President of the women's players union – the Women's Tennis Association. In 1974, she, with husband Larry King and Jim Jorgensen, founded womenSports magazine and started the Women's Sports Foundation. Also in 1974, World TeamTennis began, founded by Larry King, Dennis Murphy, Frank Barman and Jordan Kaiser. She became league commissioner in 1982 and major owner in 1984.
King is a member of the Board of Honorary Trustees for the Sports Museum of America, which opened in 2008. The museum is the home of the Billie Jean King International Women's Sports Center, a comprehensive women's sports hall of fame and exhibit.
In December 2013, US President Barack Obama appointed King and openly gay ice hockey player Caitlin Cahow to represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. This has been interpreted as a signal on gay rights, in the context of concerns and controversies at the 2014 Winter Olympics regarding LGBT rights in Russia. King was forced to drop out of the delegation due to her mother's ill health. Betty Moffitt, King's mother, died on February 7, 2014, the day of the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies.
Margaret Court, who won more Grand Slam titles than anyone, has said that King was "the greatest competitor I've ever known". Chris Evert, winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, has said, "She's the wisest human being that I've ever met and has vision people can only dream about. Billie Jean King is my mentor and has given me advice about my tennis and my boyfriends. On dealing with my parents and even how to raise children. And she doesn't have any." In 1979, several top players were asked who they would pick to help them recover from a hypothetical deficit of 1–5 (15–40) in the third set of a match on Wimbledon's Centre Court. Martina Navratilova, Rosemary Casals, and Françoise Dürr all picked King. Navratilova said, "I would have to pick Billie Jean at her best. Consistently, Chris [Evert] is hardest to beat but for one big occasion, one big match, one crucial point, yes, it would have to be Billie Jean." Casals said, "No matter how far down you got her, you never could be sure of beating her."
Awards and honors
King was the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 1967.
In 1972, King became the first tennis player to be named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. She was also the first female athlete ever to receive that honor.
In 1975, Seventeen magazine found that King was the most admired woman in the world from a poll of its readers. Golda Meir, who had been Israel's prime minister until the previous year, finished second. In a May 19, 1975, Sports Illustrated article about King, Frank Deford noted that she had become something of a sex symbol.
King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.
Life magazine in 1990 named her one of the "100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century".
King was the recipient of the 1999 Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
In 1999 King was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.
In 2000, King received an award from GLAAD, an organization devoted to reducing discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people, for "furthering the visibility and inclusion of the community in her work".
In 2006, the Women's Sports Foundation began to sponsor the Billie Awards, which are named after and hosted by King.
In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver inducted King into the California Hall of Fame located at The California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts.
On November 20, 2007, King was presented with the 2007 Sunday Times Sports Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement award for her contribution to sport both on and off the court.
She was honored by the Office of the Manhattan Borough President in March 2008 and was included in a map of historical sites related or dedicated to important women.
On August 12, 2009, President Barack Obama awarded King the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work advocating for the rights of women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
On August 2, 2013, King was among the first class of inductees into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2014, she was named one of ESPNW's Impact 25.
King was shown in Marie Claire magazine's "The 8 Greatest Moments for Women in Sports"." (1)
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Elevating Together: The Benefits of Climbing as a Kid with Fallon Rowe
Hey friends! We are so excited to bring this collaboration with the incredible Fallon Rowe! We follow her on Instagram (you should too!) and have loved her pictures and looked into who she was and her story. That is when we found out about her book and that she has been climbing from a very young age, and we knew this was perfect to explain the benefits of climbing. We are stocked for you all to read it and excited to bring this in preparation for our new community collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake!
Quick Facts:
- Fallon has been climbing since she was 6!!! This is SICK!!!
- She is graduating from the Utah State this semester! Congrats!
- She has written a book!! Check it out!
My name is Fallon Rowe, and I'm a sponsored rock climber, non-fiction writer, and geology student. I started climbing in 2003--when I was 6 years old--and immediately fell in love with it. My climbing career had humble beginnings in a small YMCA gym in Boise, Idaho. As I grew up, my opportunities to compete and travel for climbing increased, which greatly expanded my horizons and strength. In high school, I continued rock climbing but decided to also branch out into mountaineering. I was able to summit the highest mountains in 49 of the 50 states and was the focus of a documentary called Highpointers.
In college at Utah State University, I fully embraced my passion and made climbing a central part of my life with the help of wonderful sponsors. I've since had the privilege of climbing in dozens of areas, including Patagonia in Argentina, Squamish in Canada, and all over the United States. In 2017, I wrote a book about traveling on my expedition to South America, surviving an abusive relationship, and exploring the American West as a climbing dirtbag.
Over the years of climbing, I've experienced firsthand how beneficial outdoor recreation is for childhood development, confidence, dedication, and so much more. As a kid, climbing was crucial to improving my maturity and discipline in all parts of life. I finally had found an activity where I could channel all of my energy and focus. If I had a rough day at home or school, I could go climb my heart out and process my emotions. I still use climbing as a release for frustration, a path to joy, and a tool for thinking.
Climbing also showed me what community looks like; I felt at home with my team, at climbing gyms, and at outdoor climbing areas. No matter what hardships I dealt with, I always knew I could turn to my climbing partners, coaches, and community members for help and acceptance. The climbing community showed me trust and friendship, and inspired me to always achieve more in both sports and education. These peers and mentors believed in me and showed me my potential.
Having been a climbing coach for many different kids' groups and teams, I know that climbing is the perfect outlet. Kids who climb can gain skills and break out of their comfort zones as they see their own strength and conquer their fears. Climbing gives them tools to work through struggles in their own life. When a kid tops out a wall they previously thought impossible, they develop a new perspective on tackling life's obstacles. As a coach, I saw how kids from all different backgrounds and situations were able to bond and grow as people and climbers.
Teaching climbing to kids, especially in underserved communities, shows them that they are capable of collaboration and discovery. It shows them how important our wild places are, and helps transform them into environmental stewards. When these kids are uplifted by climbing and awed by nature, their mental and emotional health benefits, in addition to their physical strength and well-being. In communities where families do not have access to outdoor recreation, programs that facilitate learning are particularly important to give people new opportunities.
Climbing shows people of all ages their real potential, and helps them overcome obstacles. It gives kids the self-confidence and skills to develop their character and enjoy the natural world. Learning the safety and technical aspects of climbing shows kids that they're capable of handling great responsibility, and breaking down complicated systems into manageable parts.
For me, climbing has a remarkably positive influence on my life, both through the community and the activity itself. I'm thankful that I found the joy of climbing at a young age, and I hope all people can have the same chance to fall in love with it.
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Working for a Better World, by Dr. Carolyn Woo
"God has not called me to be successful," Mother Teresa once said. "He has called me to be faithful." It's a good reminder that we ought not be so focused on worldly goals that we lose sight of our ultimate purpose. But it's also worth remembering that Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, who will be canonized a saint this fall, was also remarkably successful.
This came to my mind as I was reading Working for a Better World by Dr. Carolyn Woo. Woo is President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, the official international humanitarian agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. She is also a member of Catholic University's board of trustees. And next week she will receive the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Study's Keane Medallion for her service to the academy, our country, and the Church. In Working for a Better World, she tells the story of her journey from Hong Kong to the United States to becoming president of CRF.
Woo was born and raised in Hong Kong and was educated by the Maryknoll Sisters. The sisters had left their homes and their families in the United States to teach in Hong Kong. Through their example of joy and courage, Woo "came to believe that God makes promises and keeps them."
Woo planned to pursue professional studies in the United States after high school. She knew she wanted to be able to care for her parents and her nanny in their old age. She decided on Purdue University after a chance meeting with an economics professor from the university and came to the United States with just enough money for one year of tuition and no return ticket home. Her entire family and her nanny contributed to pay for her tuition. At the end of her first year Woo signed up for a second year of classes, even though she had no funds to pay for it. She applied for one of the two full scholarships offered for international students and got it. Woo received her bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. at Purdue. She met her husband there, joined the faculty, and served as an administrator at Purdue for more than a decade before becoming the dean of the University of Notre Dame's College of Business Administration. (I was fortunate to know Dr. Woo at Notre Dame where we were colleagues.)
"Without any idea of how I could pull this off," Woo says of her college aspirations, "I proceeded anyway." Many of the stories Woo tells in Working for a Better a World have a similar theme. God said, "go," and Woo, despite fears and obstacles, went, trusting that God makes promises and keeps them.
There is a second theme in Woo's story. Success and excellence are things to strive for. When Woo bombed the SAT verbal section, she studied harder and took the test again. When she arrived at Purdue, she loaded up on extra courses to make the most of her time there.
The importance of excellence is particularly clear in Woo's description of her work for Catholic Relief Services. Compassion for the poor, Woo recognized, is not enough. "Desire to work for the common good must be accompanied by uncommon excellence that achieves demonstrable, sustainable, and holistic improvements for individuals, families, and communities." CRS, for example, responds to the destruction caused by natural disasters like Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines in November 2013. They provided tarps, food, and water. But they also plan ahead of disasters to reduce the risk of destruction. They built homes in the Philippines capable of withstanding typhoon winds and heavy flooding. CRS provides food to the hungry, but they also work with farmers to improve planting and growing strategies. They help establish savings clubs in poor communities that give their members access to the capital necessary to start a business or recover from a setback.
The two themes of Woo's story go hand in hand. There is no necessary conflict between success and faithfulness. They are complementary. Success can be the way in which we are faithful to God's call.


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Anyhow, if bald-faced lying is even a small contributing factor in a desired outcome, it's all good.
Harry Reid said he has no regrets for polarizing the Senate, attacking the Koch brothers, and falsely accusing Mitt Romney of not paying taxes.
Republicans have criticized Reid, who recently announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016, for hostile tactics that soured the environment on Capitol Hill.
The Senate minority leader dismissed claims that he is the problem with Washington and said he his proud of taking on the Koch brothers when no one else would.
Reid appeared to take some joy of being a part of the Democrat machine that took down Romney in 2012.
"Let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn't," Reid said on the Senate floor without any evidence to back his accusations.
When asked about his comments by CNN's Dana Bash, Reid never rejected the notion his words were "McCarthyite" in nature. He admitted no wrongdoing.
"Well, they can call it whatever they want," Reid said. "Romney didn't win, did he?"
Reid's approach of the ends justifying the means is sure to upset many and is likely to further propel Reid's reputation of being a dirty politician.
After writing my own political eulogy for Reid last week, I figured it would be a while before I'd feel the urge to opine on him again. But this CNN interview gives us yet another example of what a disgraceful leader Reid has been. While President Obama often chided Congress (specifically House Republicans) for not getting things done, it was Reid who obstructed House GOP-passed legislation from even being broached in the Senate. The thinking was Reid looked to perpetuate Obama's narrative of Republicans being good-for-nothing, thus possibly preventing the U.S. Senate from slipping out of Dem hands in 2014. It didn't work, so Reid is now pretty much persona non grata.
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PEOPLE living in Middlesbrough and Hartlepool are less likely to live to 75 than those living in many other parts of the country, new figures show.
Research by the Office of National Statistics has placed the Teesside towns among the worst 20 in England and Wales when it comes to life expectancy.
In Middlesbrough, figures for 2004 to 2006 show men have just a 57.4% of reaching 75, with women having a 71.4% chance. But it is Hartlepool that has the worst North-east statistics, with only 57.1% men hitting 75 and 69.7% of women.
The data shows that regionally, the best survival rates are in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Nationally, people in East Dorset are the most likely to live into their mid-70s while Manchester and Blaenau Gwent in Wales sits at the bottom of the longevity league.
The research also shows that nationally, the chance of hitting 75 has increased from 47% to 66% for men and 66% to 77% for women compared to the 1980s.
Peter Kelly, executive director for public health across Teesside, said that if people are worried about whether they will make it to 75, they should think about making a few lifestyle changes.
"This is not a great surprise," he said. "When you look at the regions in the bottom 20, they are the same regions that suffer all the other public health inequalities.
"With many of these areas it is a combination of personal factors, such as smoking, binge drinking and obesity, alongside other issues such as social deprivation - they are areas that used to be heavily industrialised."
He said smoking was the biggest reason why Middlesbrough and Hartlepool fall into the bottom 20.
Percentage of men living to 75 in 2004/06
Middlesbrough 57.4%
Hartlepool 57.1%
Percentage of women living to 75 in 2004/06
Middlesbrough 71.4%
Hartlepool 69.7%
Average life expectancy for men in 2007
Middlesbrough: 74.1
Redcar and Cleveland: 75.2
Stockton: 75.7
Hartlepool 74.1
England average: 76.9
Average life expectancy for women in 2007
Middlesbrough: 78.7
Redcar and Cleveland: 80.3
Stockton: 80
Hartlepool 78.3
England average: 81.1
In Middlesbrough:
Premature deaths from heart disease, stroke and cancer are higher than the national average
Smoking kills approximately 300 people each year
Drug misuse and the number of people admitted to hospital with alcohol-related illness is higher than the national average
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Civility in Our Conversations about Race and Culture/
Mary I. Yu, Civility in Our Conversations about Race and Culture, 66 Wash Bar News 5, (May 2011)
View the full article.
Judge Yu proposes that civility should be used both within and outside the legal profession to start important and necessary conversations about race. "Civility calls us to a state of compassion and empathy. An active and civil engagement about a difficult topic such as race would also permit us to reveal our own biases, share our unfamiliarity of traditions and practices, and expose our ignorance of certain facts without causing personal pain to another. And when we inadvertently cause pain to another, civility requires an apology and a request to rewind and start over. At the same time, the practice of civility also requires vulnerability; it means that some of us must take the risk of sharing the pain of being on the receiving end of bigotry, both real and perceived, with the hope that the listener might better understand its impact."


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What about the scenario where I have tomcat running multiple webapps each with it's own client? Could there be an interference between the clients causing frequent session expirations? I am seeing a lot of session expiration messages in the log: DEBUG [main-EventThread] [ZkEventThread:88] - New event: ZkEvent[State changed to Expired sent to com.outbrain.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClientStatsCollector (using https://github.com/sgroschupf/zkclient) I have looked at: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-344 http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/ZooKeeper/Troubleshooting http://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/r3.1.1/zookeeperAdmin.html#sc_commonProblems But it doesn't seem like the clients are swapping, server has transaction log on fast media and is running with >4GB ram. I started seeing this problem occur more when I move from 2 webapps on a tomcat instance to 3. -- View this message in context: http://zookeeper-user.578899.n2.nabble.com/Multiple-ZooKeeper-client-instances-tp2699722p6578175.html Sent from the zookeeper-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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Once a newbie, Silverstripe today is a striking framework and content management system(CMS) used to create websites and web applications that are awe-inspiring both on technical as well as design front. In last few years, the expert techies of the industry are sighting a tremendous boom of SilverStripe. Released back in the year 2006, SilverStripe is an open source community that has proven its worth by constructing highly customized websites from varied industries viz. The banking sector, government agencies, local councils, agriculture, et al. In fact, SilverStripe was the platform that ran the US Democratic National Convention website, which supported Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
While it is still in its growing stage, this is the time to pick it up, let's talk about few of those why's here.
Why choose SilverStripe?
An open source, Silverstripe is CMS that is best for experienced coders. It is based on PHP and is compatible with Oracle, SQLite, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases. Here are a few prime reasons why you should be choosing SilverStripe:
Feasibility of custom functionality with incredible options like Site Search, File management, Media insertion, etc.
High social media connectivity
Easy maintenance of the blog
Convenient options for image galleries
Placement and functionality for the event, news and other pages
Manage your site content easily
Easy management of roles and permissions
SilverStripe has a powerful set of the content authoring tool that lets you schedule publications, establish your own content approval process, and set different permission levels for different parts of the site.
As a free and open source community, SilverStripe has been growing impressively along with its well-documented code base.
SilverStripe can help with strategy, migration and managing content across a number of disparate sites, systems and technologies.
SilverStripe also has a steep learning curve and offers fewer plugins and high-quality themes than most of the other CMS options available on the market today. But its development team is working hard to better this scenario and bring in an elevated change.
How to install SilverStripe?
Step 1: Install Apache Web Server
Step 2: Download the Latest Version of Silverstripe
Command Usage:
cd /tmp && wget https://silverstripe-ssorg-releases.s3.amazonaws.com/sssites-ssorg-prod/assets/releases/SilverStripe-cms-v4.0.1.zip
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/silverstripe
sudo unzip SilverStripe-cms-v4.0.1.zip -d /var/www/html/silverstripe
Step 3: Make a Virtual Host
<VirtualHost *:80>
UseCanonicalName Off
ServerName 127.0.0.1
ServerAlias silver.demo
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/silverstripe
<Directory /var/www/html/silverstripe>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/perror.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/paccess.log combined
Step 4: Create Database
Step 5: Go to the Browser and Type 'silver.demo'
Page illustration:
1) Setup the rewritable permission:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/silverstripe/
2) Setup the database configuration:
3) Setup CMS Admin Account:
4) Click to 'Install Silverstripe' and you can see the following page:
5) Click on the 'CMS' and now you can login:
6) All set to develop your website!
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Scores of people are injured after a ceiling collapsed in Jakarta's stock exchange in Indonesia.
BREAKING: Scene at Jakarta stock exchange now. Floor collapse. Many casualties pic.twitter.com/n21IclcgWq
— Adam Harvey (@adharves) January 15, 2018
The area was evacuated after the incident, and photographs showed scores of people sitting and recovering outside.
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The King's Witch, Tracy Borman
The King's Witch, Tracy Borman
Genre: Historical Fiction
I have an occasional foray into this genre, Tracy Borman is an author new to me but I'll look out for more of her novels. When I'm reading an historical work I want the personalisation, the feeling I understand the characters, to see them in day to day action, and Tracy did that perfectly here for me. I don't work a work of fiction that reads like a text book, but I do want the events and maybe some of the characters surrounding them to be presented as they happened more or less.
Its pretty horrific how we treated people in history ( and sadly in current times too). It never ceases to amaze me how inhumane man can be, how inventive with torture. Reading a reminder of the penalty for treason gave me the usual sick feeling, that people would do all that and expect the result to be genuine, threaten and expect to get the truth. Though really I guess it wasn't truth they wanted, just a list of names to prosecute/persecute. Seeing what happened to Frances and how she came through shows how the system was so skewed against truth.
As well as charting the end of Elizabeth the first and the succession of James 1st (of England & NI) this story covers the persecution of witches, and the still difficult question of religion. No such thing as live and let live then, it was each man out for themselves mostly, with political figures changing stances on everything according to the current climate. A very insecure time to live, especially of someone powerful in court held a grudge.
I loved Frances and her family, her love of healing and helping, her compassion but when witchcraft was being pursued so heavily, with people taking the chance to play out old grudges it was a very dangerous time to have knowledge of simple healing. I've always been attracted to natural remedies and how we discovered them, how people found what worked, how they did things that we would see as plain idiotic and yet they derived strength from them. Sometimes I think we have an innate need to believe in Something, Anything to help with pain, illness, things out of our control.
When it came to making a decision over Tom and his compatriots, whether to do one thing or another, I so felt for her. Each course of action held danger, each held things that went against her nature and it was a very hard decision to take.
It was a fascinating read, felt very true to time period but with that personal touch that makes a story easy to read for me.
I hadn't realised it was a trilogy so look forward to what next for Frances and for England.
Stars:Five, a great read, very real characters, a writing of real events in a way that well could have played out.
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New Blood Entry — Window St. Artist
John Lewis / 2016
Each street performer has an established spot in the city, but when London Autumn arrives, perform outdoor can become a problem. John Lewis solves this weather issue with Window St. Artist, a campaign that brings their daily stage to Oxford St. and streams it where they usually perform.
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It is unacceptable that i have to chase you around to ask you how to get rid of it!
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Thank you for writing us.
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The prefeeder to boost productivity in high-speed operation.
Diana Feeder.
- High reliability in production thanks to consistent conditions in the gluer feeder
- Higher productivity and outstanding product quality
- Higher net output while maintaining the same number of staff; unit costs are minimized long term
- Greatly reduced makeready times
- Ergonomic working conditions
The Diana Feeder prefeeder ensures folding carton gluing machines have a continuous supply of blanks. It minimizes machine downtimes and increases the machine's net output by preventing simultaneous feeding of more than one blank. The Diana Feeder thus boosts productivity long-term and delivers much shorter makeready times with the same number of staff. The automatic control system means that manual speed control during production is no longer necessary. Digital position displays for setting feed gates greatly simplify setup. What's more, settings can be reproduced for repeat jobs at any time.
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Bandier x FILA Launch Second FW18 Capsule Including a Glossy Disruptor 2
Cozy gear for the sporty and chic.
Bandier and FILA have released the second haul of the duo's Fall/Winter 2018 collection. This range focuses on the colors gray, black and white creating cozy pieces that can be mismatched and styled flexibly.
We see eight new garments including a turtleneck sweater, long sleeve varsity jacket, wrap skirt, and jumpsuit. For weekend wear the sweatshirt set and leggings are idea for maximum comfort. Those who have a love for color blocking and the FILA logo will definitely be able to find a piece in this drop. Completing the second drop is an exclusive black patent leather Disruptor 2 which matches the logo fanny pack.
Each item is available at Bandier stores and online now for prices ranging from $108 to $205 USD. Scroll through the editorial above to take a closer look at the range.


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Who? Austria - Brazil
Where? Ernst Happel Stadion, Wien
When? June 10, 16:00 (CET local time)
On June 8, 1958, the Brazilian national team faced the Austrian in the first match of the World Cup. Back then, Brazil made a great 3:0 win, with two goals by striker Mazzola, who has a resemblance to another striker that currently is part of the Brazilian squad.
Mazzola and Gabriel Jesus, both played and became well known in Palmeiras. Both also played for European giants: Mazzola made it as AC Milan player, while Gabriel Jesus doing it today in Manchester City.
Gabriel Jesus is one of the most promising youngsters in this World Cup. Four years ago, he was painting the streets of his neighborhood for the 2014 World Cup. In 2018, he will be be part of the biggest football competition in the world, so he finished his career as a painter. However, Jesus keep helping people to paint, as he made a contribution for amazing portrait of him in his neighborhood, Jardim Peri.
The 21-year-old was the Canarinho's top scorer in the qualifiers and he was one of the key players in maintaing the World Cup appearances streak of Brazil. This is not a small achievement. It's even bigger when it comes from a boy who four years ago only thought about cheering for Brazil, but ended up being disappointed of his team performance.
Mazzola scored the first goal against Austria in the 1958 campaign, which ended with the first title of Brazil. Gabriel Jesus will probably be in the first XI, and after a weak performance against Croatia, all he needs is to score goals to gain confidence. Even if it's just a friendly, the feeling is that the competition has already begun. So, if Jesus will have a great performance, we can already expect big flights from Brazil in the World Cup.
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Confession: I told myself this post didn't have to be deep, but dang, that's just not my style.
I've struggled with identity for as long as I can remember.
Never knowing what group I belonged to. Struggling to choose a college and a major and a career. Identifying with everything and nothing at the same time.
I felt if I said yes to one thing, that meant I was saying no to everything else. And I didn't want to miss out on any opportunity.
That's my struggle. I think it has to be this or that. Never this and that.
Last year, I took a much needed break from my 4-year-old photography business and started working nearly full-time at a desk job. In an actual office. Doing work I didn't have to think too hard about.
And I welcomed it.
I didn't have to figure out who I was. I didn't have to choose one thing or another.
And once the pressure released, the pressure to define myself by my career, I found the freedom to be whatever I wanted to be. My heart was unleashed to wander toward whatever it loved.
It was liberating.
Before, I always thought I had to choose. Photographer or writer. A job that pays or a life of adventure. A steady career or a lot of travels.
But here's the thing. In the past year, I've traveled more than I ever have before. I've stepped way out of my comfort zone. I've created images that are by far my favorite I've ever shot. I've written through pain and joy and have discovered more about myself through that.
I was chatting with a co-worker and sweet friend recently, and I was telling her about another upcoming trip. I explained how much I wanted to go but that it didn't seem all that logical.
She looked at me and said, "Go. You have to go. There's more for you than these cubicle walls. You have to go explore and see what God has for you."
And I almost fell over.
Because that's my heart song right now. "Explore. Go. There's more."
That's what my life has been lately. Exploring all the possibilities. Exploring new cities. Exploring the unique ways God has wired me. Exploring all the passions He's given me. Exploring life beyond the walls I thought I needed to build into my life.
That's what I want this space to be. Exploring the way God works through the messy of life. Exploring the world through adventures and photographs and community. Exploring what it means to live a meaningful life in a chaotic world.
And if I were to say one thing to you, I'd echo what my sweet friend said to me.
There's more for you.
There's more for you outside of the story you're telling yourself.
There's more for you outside of the limitations you put on yourself. There's more outside the labels you wear on your sleeve. There's more outside the lies you believe and the words you hold onto.
I dare you. Explore. The closed doors in your own heart. That thing you've put on the back burner. New roads and and new cities and new relationships. Fresh opportunities and dusty dreams.
Explore. Everything you always wanted to be. All the things you thought could never be possible. Get out there and explore the unknown. It's gonna be a wild adventure, but it's going to be worth every bruise and every victory cry and every. single. second. you spend inching closer to all you're meant to be.
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Don Ralke
The Savage And The Sensuous Bongos
There is bongo music and then there is bongo music with an emphasis on the percussive instrument that became everyone's darling in the Golden Age of Exotica music. Bongos had been used on virtually every Exotica release but they were at the same time subordinate to the respective orchestration and were no more important than any other instrument. It was up to Don Ralke, a relatively unknown music arranger back in the late 50's, to bring the bongos into the limelight. As a result, he resurrected Jack Costanzo's fad called Bongo Craze and transfered the post-World War II phenomenon into the early 60's.
While we are talking strictly bongo here, Ralke's LP is fortunately varied and contains brass sections and original melodies, paying tribute to the predominantly melodious spirit of the Exotica Age. However, the tribute which is being paid is only a small one: Ralke has a zero-tolerance rule applied to schmaltzy, heart-warming ditties. So even if the release occasionally drifts to Oriental fragments, the raw power and energetic vibe of the bongos surely makes up for every slight bit of a cliché! Thankfully, Don Ralke's records are digitally remastered and easily available on your favorite online music store.
The LP starts with Head Hunter, and this is a gargantuan beast of a track, featuring several full-scale bongos played with wild precision, if you allow me this oxymoronic description. An orientally flavored melody is played by flutists and adds to the energetically loaded atmosphere. Despite the cliché in terms of the run-of-the-mill Oriental depiction, Ralke's composition works as well over 50 years later as it did back in the day, even though the novelty of bongos is slim to none nowadays and strict bongo songs don't meet the needs of a large audience anymore. Of course, this never bothered Exotica afficionados. Anyways, Head Hunter is one of ten tracks I would include in the Exotica Hall of Fame for sure.
The next track, Saoco, decelerates the tempo and is even more stripped down to the roots of bongos, featuring everyone's favorite percussive instrument in addition to shaman-like ramblings – and that's it. The build-up stage, however, is much more intimate and the bongos can hence be apprehended more clearly. Another winner, and all the more unusual for its time as Saoco features a kind of roughness in displaying a jungle atmosphere that most releases tried to capture with Western instruments. Here however, Ralke blends a plastic jungle made in Hollywood with a more realistic approach by the omission of strings, brass or other orchestral ingredients.
Ju-Ju Man features a vibrant melody played on a flute on high notes. The tempo shifts in the middle of the song, and the bongo sections are once more exquisite. While The Mystery Of Yambuya is the first Jazz song of the album with vibraphones and a cheeky melody played on marimbas, Voodoo Priestess is similarly built but with added ukuleles and an even more positive vibe, shifting the focus on bongos slightly away while still relying on their audible presence. Black Panther is another track worth mentioning; here, the bongos are played in a significant tick-tock rhythm while a mysterious, stripped-down melody is played, making this track one of the most genuine on this LP.
Moon Goddess features several flutes playing exciting, ceremonial chords with a slight Oriental touch. The bongos aren't as wild but harmonize with the melody by being played in a more complaisant way. Sacrifice Of The Maidens is a short quick-paced ritualistic tune full of energetic bongos, other percussive instruments and manic laughter. Safradesia is the brass song on the LP and also one of Ralke's more well-known songs. I would wager that this is the most melodious song and the added flute works quite charmingly in collaboration with still surprisingly dominant bongos. The brass accompaniment next to the main melody is especially catchy and remains always stuck in my head hours later once I listened to Safradesia.
Say what you will, but this album definitely stands the test of time. The instrumentation is well made and the actual stars, the bongos, are put to the forefront all the time. Artistically, this release is highly valuable as well because no other artist of those times envisioned or let alone succeeded in creating a jungle atmosphere the way Don Ralke did. In fact, songs like Head Hunter could work marvelously in posh-club DJ sets, I'm not kidding. Very highly recommended to everyone who is the slightest bit interested in Exotica music and especially to people who don't like the kitschy atmosphere of beach walks in moonlight that are generated every so often on Exotica releases but in fact prefer action and pumping bongo beats. This album embodies the concept of fashionable coolness in a way like no other Exotica release did in the 60's.
Further reading:
The SpaceAgePop.com entry for Don Ralke is one of the few good researched articles on the web in terms of Ralke's legacy.
Exotica Review 011: Don Ralke – The Savage And The Sensuous Bongos (1960). Originally published on Dec. 18, 2011 at AmbientExotica.com.


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DENVER — Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado charged the mound after a fastball from San Diego Padres pitcher Luis Perdomo sailed behind him, setting off a brawl that resulted in several ejections at Coors Field on Wednesday afternoon.
The fight happened after the first pitch in the third inning. Arenado leaned out of the way to avoid the ball hitting him in the back and immediately took off for the mound.
Perdomo threw a glove at Arenado, but it sailed over the Gold Glove third baseman's head.
Arenado then threw a punch that missed Perdomo, leading to a massive brawl on the field near third base.
The benches cleared and relievers ran in from the bullpen.
Arenado yelled at Padres catcher A.J. Ellis near the San Diego dugout and had to be held back, with Padres bench coach Mark McGwire helping keep them separated.
Just when the melee seemed to be winding down, Rockies starter German Marquez appeared to toss a towel toward the Padres, and Rockies outfielder Gerardo Parra appeared to throw a punch .
That briefly heated things back up.
Arenado, Marquez and Parra were ejected for their roles in the brawl. Perdomo and Ellis were thrown out for the Padres.
Ian Desmond pinch-hit for Arenado after he was ejected.
The night before, Rockies reliever Scott Oberg hit San Diego center fielder Manuel Margot in the ribs.
Margot was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Wednesday. Before the game, Rockies manager Bud Black said Oberg had reached out to Margot to explain his side.
The feud carried over to the series finale, when Rockies shortstop Trevor Story was hit in the first inning by Perdomo and Padres right fielder Hunter Renfroe was plunked by Marquez in the second.
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Photo: Paleontologist Lisa Buckley, Museum executive, Doctor Charles Helm , NPEDC Chair Dan Davies, Mayor Larry White of Tumbler Ridge , and Paleontologist Rich McCrea hold a model of a dinosaur found in the area while Davies present the $50, 000 cheque to Doctor Helm.
The Peace River areas is going crazy about dinosaurs!
The Peace Region Paleontology Research Centre (PRPRC) is well under way in our our area. The centre has been created in Tumbler Ridge utilizing one of the surplus elementary schools in that community. "The North Peace Economic Development Commission sees this centre as an incredible opportunity for all of us in this region that will have an positive economic impact," says Dan Davies the Chair of the commission, "this is the only centre of its type in our Province!."
Recently the North Peace Economic Development Commission donated $50, 000 to the PRPRC to assist in the creation of this wonderful museum.


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Running the 118th Boston Marathon/
It's time to start blogging again and what better way to jump into the fray than with a recap of a momentous moment in my life: running the 118th Boston Marathon.
I ran Boston in 2010 and chalked it up as a one and done. I qualify every year but it's an expensive race (Dear hotels: Three times your standard rates—really??) and I never planned to go back.
Until last year.
I knew almost immediately after the bombings that I would run in Boston in 2014. I wanted to be part of the unity of runners—and of a town—that refused to allow a tragedy to mar the tradition and pride of a historic race.
Not only did I want to run Boston, I wanted to PR. My personal record going into the race stood at a 3:29:31. I wanted a 3:25 so I trained for sixteen weeks on a plan to get me 3:20. I knew I'd need the extra five minutes.
It's impossible to cover the emotion and magnitude of a race as epic as a Boston, so here are just a few highlights of my race.
The Bus Driver. It's an hour drive to the start line by bus. Our driver was a woman who from the moment we boarded told us, "I'm here to look after you guys. You need anything, you tell me. You're all heroes." Before we got off the bus she got on the loudspeaker and gave a short speech about what seeing runners like us return to Boston meant to her that pretty much had all of us hugging each other and sobbing as we filed off the bus toward Athlete's Village.
Athlete's Village. 36,000 runners mill around waiting for the start. I am good friends with two runners from GSO, one of them blind without his glasses—a standing joke in our running group. I'm walking away from the bagel table when a man grabs my shoulder and sticks his face into mine.
That's right, blind Pat found me amid thousands of people. And walking to the start line, my other good friend Michael fell into step beside me. I took spotting two good friends at the start as a sign that this was going to be a great race.
Mile 5. We're settling into our pace when a woman next to me spots a friend ahead of her and starts yelling to him. "John! John!" John doesn't respond so a runner from Boston—a heavyset older guy—starts yelling, "John!" John still doesn't hear so on the count of three, about eight of us scream, "JOHN!!!!" John almost wets himself but he did turn around. Classic.
Mile 19. A runner comes to a dead stop in front of me without warning and I can't help but plow into him, shoving him with both hands so I don't fall. He gives me a dirty look and I award myself BIG points for ignoring him and going on my way. My adrenaline is peaking and it would have been easy to throw down with a nasty comment. You want to dance, buddy? I will SO do this.
The Signs. The fun of running a race is reading the signs people hold up for loved ones. The one that made my laugh: "GO-NADS!" The one that made me smile: "Run, Random Stranger—Run!" And the one that motivated me: "If it were easy, I'd be doing it."
The PACE. To run a 3:20, I needed a 7:38/mile pace. I held close to that pace through about mile 21-22. Then the heat got to me and—if I'm being honest—I knew I'd run strong enough to get me my 3:25 and I just didn't have it in me to push harder. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I walked about 15 seconds at the start of the last mile. So. Tired.
The PR. But in the end, I got what I wanted. My final time was a 3:23:39—a walloping 6 minute PR which is HUGE for a marathon. I finished in the top 10% of women runners and the top 25% of all runners—statistics I plan to be quoting to nurses in the retirement home one day.
The Support. Family, friends and co-workers spent the week before my race pumping me up and wishing me well and then were kind enough to track my progress on race day. I got back to my room after the race and had 65 text messages and 108 emails. If you ever want to feel enveloped by love and support, run a marathon. It makes you sit up and take notice of the truly amazing people you have surrounded yourself with in life.
Although my left quad feels like a piece of solid steel is lodged inside of it, I'm quickly on the way to recovery. Never say never, but I don't know that I'll return to Boston. This race was epic in so many ways—the comeback of Boston, the emotion, the support, having a great run…
Boston 2014 will be very hard to top.
Thank you to all of you who made my journey possible. Much love.


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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Modern streetcar and light-rail ridership factors in the U.S.
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In this study we identified and compared key station-level ridership factors associated with streetcar and light-rail transit in the United States. The results suggest that each mode serves distinct rider markets, with streetcars mostly serving tourist and special activity-centered riders while light-rail serves more utilitarian riders. The role of special activity centers is notably higher for streetcar systems.
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Jorma Kaukonen: Blue Country Heart (Columbia)
Guitarist/singer Jorma Kaukonen is certainly no stranger to country blues, having played extensively in the idiom with Hot Tuna and as a solo act for going on four decades now. He is rightfully acknowledged as one of the master pickers of the genre. Jorma's latest album offers a slight twist, however, as it draws from early white country blues and old-time styles — Jimmie Rodgers, the Delmore Brothers, Cliff Carlisle, Jimmy "The Singing Governor" Davis and others. Not surprisingly, this is a perfect fit, too. Always a warm and engaging vocalist, Jorma completely makes these mostly Depression-era songs come alive, finding the drama, compassion or humor in each. His fingerpicking is deft and subtle, and what a group he's assembled to accompany him for these sessions: Sam Bush on mandolin and fiddle, the incomparable Jerry Douglas on dobro, Byron House on standup bass and, on two tracks, Bela Fleck on banjo. The CD has the loose, spontaneous feel of a front porch jam session, but the playing is so strong and assured, you'd think these guys had been playing this music together their whole lives. The songs are a great cross-section of different styles and subject matter — from lonesome blues to social commentary — and, though drawn from America's musical roots, sound completely relevant today. If you dug the multi-Platinum O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, chances are you'll like this one, too. A real find!
Producers: Roger Moutenot and Yves Beauvais. Engineer: Roger Moutenot. Studios: Masterlink (Nashville), Seventeen Grand (Nashville). Mastering: Ted Jensen/Sterling Sound (NYC). Available in stereo and multichannel SACD.
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John Williams: The Magic Box (Sony Classical)
Here's an intriguing match: A modern master of classical and Spanish guitar tackling African music. Williams brings his warm sound and flawless technique to a real mixed bag of tunes from Cameroon, Madagascar, Mali, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Cape Verde. As you might expect, there's interesting and varied percussion on most songs, and his cast of helpers includes the superb bassist Chris Laurence and steel-string guitarist John Etheridge on many tracks — his style and Williams' mesh beautifully. It's a pleasant and unfailing melodic outing, and even though it brings Williams into a different world than we're accustomed to, he never strays too far from his familiar sound — there's still a lot of Bach and Rodrigo in him. And, while there is definitely both fluidity and passion in his playing, on some fundamental level, some of these tunes just don't have the loose-limbed swing of the real thing. Still, a beautiful album.
Producer: John Williams. Engineer: Geoff Foster. Additional engineering: Stephane Briand. Studios: AIR (London), Guillaume Tell (Paris, one track). Mastering: Bob Whitney/Whitfield Street Studios (London).
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René Lacaille and Bob Brozman: DigDig (Riverboat/World Music Network)
There's been a mini-explosion of world music reaching our shores of late, and World Music Network, a small but highly prolific English world music label, has quietly been putting out stellar world music discs since 1995. The label is perhaps best known for their "Rough Guide" compilation CDs, which share the same name as those indispensable, economical travel books. But they also have a separate label, Riverboat, for new, single-artist releases. For pure, infectious, summertime playfulness, you can't beat DigDig, a collaboration between Ile de La Reunion accordionist René Lacaille and renowned ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman (Hawaiian guitar, bottleneck).
La Reunion Island, east of Madagascar in the southern Indian Ocean, has been a cultural melting pot of sorts, beginning with French colonization, followed by African, Middle Eastern and Asian influences. Lacaille, who also plays charango and tschoulas and provides vocal tracks in Creole, embodies the true soul and spirit of this vibrant disc, backed by syncopatic Sega and Maloya rhythmic beds. Well-recorded and top-notch production, without losing the playful interaction of players in a studio — these folks went on for hours after the tape stopped rolling.
Executive producer: Alain Courbis. Engineer: Daniel Thomas. Studio: Studio Digital (St. Denis, Ile de La Réunion).
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Dave Alvin and The Guilty Men: Out In California (HighTone)
Singer/songwriter/guitar god Dave Alvin makes great studio albums; his most recent, Public Domain, won him a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. But what he does in front of a live audience can take your breath away: Just when you think nothing could wipe away the silly grin you get when you hear him wail on "American Music," he'll stop the clock with a soulful, shimmering ballad like "Fourth of July," a song you used to think of as rock 'n' roll. Out In California captures all the magic and all the aspects of Alvin's live performances, including killer electric songs sprinkled with tastes of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and surf guitar, and acoustic heartbreakers such as "Andersonville." Alvin is backed by an expanded Guilty Men lineup that includes singer/songwriter Chris Gaffney on accordion/vocals and Dwight Yoakam fiddle alum Brantley Kearns.
Producers: Dave Alvin and Mark Linett. Recording/mixing engineer: Mark Linett. Recorded at The Blue Café (Long Beach, CA), The Lobero Theatre (Santa Barbara, CA) and The Neighborhood Church (Pasadena, CA). Mixing studio: Your Place or Mine (Glendale, CA). Mastering: Mark Linett/Your Place or Mine.
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Location: Rhode Island
Collaborators: Lindsay Green-Gavrielidis, Carol Thornber, David Ullman, Chris Kincaid (URI); Cindy and John West, Russ Blank, Tripp Whilden (RI shellfish farmers); Bren Smith (GreenWave); Autumn Oczkowski (US EPA); Dale Leavitt (RWU); Romain Lavaud (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
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Significance: Incorporating cold-water seaweed crops, such as the sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima), into existing shellfish farms requires minimal equipment and maintenance, and can benefit farmers by increasing and diversifying crop production.
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Arabic Bible Ministries
a community meeting the needs of Arabic-speakers in Ottawa, ON
Arabic Bible Ministries exists to reach out to the 70,000+ Arabic speakers in the Ottawa area. Worship, fellowship and discipleship are the the three core values guiding their ministry priorities.
This New Venture operates in Arabic under the leadership of Richard Raya, allowing people to worship God in spirit and truth using their heart language. It is a safe fellowship space in which the Arab community - including immigrants, refugees and Muslim brethren, can gather and be cared for. Richard hopes to bring people to know Christ and to become equipped as missionaries in the city of Ottawa, Ontario and beyond.
GATHERING TIME | Sundays at 10:00am
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Professor Gbolahan Elias, Partner, G Elias & Co.
Gbolahan Elias is a partner in G. Elias & Co., one of Nigeria's leading business law firms. His oil-and-gas sector work includes advising on (a) an investment in and divestment from OML 25, (b) an NNPC-Chevron US$1.2bn "gas-for-power" project financing, (c) the merger that created AOS Orwell, a leading oilfield service company, (d) longstanding cause célèbre arbitration over an oil tanker charter party for Lutin Investment Ltd. against the NNPC and (e) two large re-financings of downstream petroleum receivables (US$3bn).
He read law at Magdalen and Merton Colleges, Oxford, and has a doctorate from Oxford University. He was called to the New York Bar in 1990. He was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a leading Wall Street law firm, and has been a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (QC– equivalent) since 2005. He has been teaching petroleum law at Babcock University as a Visiting Professor.