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By Claire Webber
Check the headlines of celebrity news lately and you may see a recent rash of articles slamming Gwyneth Paltrow for voicing her concern about environmental toxins and their impact on children. It's mind boggling to see that most of these articles label her as a 'nut' and 'loopy' or out of her mind. Thankfully celebrity gossip magazines and blogs aren't controlling our nation's future, and our recent economic stimulus package actually includes funding to increase the research regarding this very real threat.
According to Elaine Shannon, who writes for Enviroblog, $10.4 billion dollars has been allocated for 'biomedical and behavioral research.' These funds, which are to be distributed through the National Institutes of Health, will help keep important government programs alive.
According to the report, microbiologist Linda Birnbaum, who heads up The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, plans to direct the funds to areas that researchers have determined need attention the most. And it may come as some surprise to celebrity blog writers that topping this list is research relating to our understanding of environmentally triggered diseases.
At least $200 million dollars will go towards programs of this nature that continue to investigate the complicated relationship between environmental contaminants and the human body, as scientific research in these areas is still in early stages of development.
According to Shannon's report other areas that the NIEHS intends to focus on include:
– Health effects in relation to climate change
– Stem cell research as an alternative to lab animal use to predict toxicity of chemicals
– Genetic changes caused by prenatal environmental exposure to chemicals causing conditions that may not present themselves until later in life or even in future generations
– Studying the risks associated with different materials, like plastics, on a cellular level
As years of progress have gone by, little has been studied to understand the complex interaction between humans and compounds we have created. Recent reports related to toxic chemicals in the home, in places previously assumed to be safe, can be found almost everywhere on the net.
Developing new products and compounds to make our life 'easier' it is comforting to know that the government is at least taking note of certain risk factors. And while studies in the area of environmental contaminants are a long way off in many areas of understanding, it is encouraging to see growth in research and research funding.


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Young artists are usually seen performing in school plays or talent shows but hardly a concert.
Management of Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, however, created a stage for these young artists to prove to the world they were for more than just school plays and talent shows.
The Kempinski Concertini was nothing short of excellent when young artists made their way on stage to serve the audience with brilliant classical music.
The hotel in its bid to entertain guests while unearthing new talents transformed its lobby into a musical stage on January 31 for these young artists.
It was so refreshing to see young talented artists display amazing grace and expertise with the piano, violin, saxophone, guitar, and drums.
On piano, Sedem Andam treated the audience to a classic from J.S. Bach, Lois Ansa-Asare played her rendition of Fur Elise by Beethoven and the piano trio Georgie Barnes, Ebba Barnes, and Bernard Odai performed Arcangelo Corelli's Trio Sonata XII.
The Lincoln Community School Jazz Combo led by Mike Perry dazzled the audience with great jazz music from Joseph Kosmo and Kenny Dorham.
Kempinski Concertini was not just a night for these young talents to give the audience refreshing classical music, they mastered the contemporary too with Nyame Kwame Kamfu, on violin, and Joseph Gyammodie, on the piano, playing a perfect rendition of John Legend's "All of Me."
Rene Kukua Essel, M'Kayla Hawthorne, and Emmanuella Kyei Frimpong, with their beautiful voices, sang "This is Me" from The Greatest Showman and Samira Yeo the solo artiste impressed patrons with Whitney Houston's 'I Have Nothing' and Ella Fritzgerald's "All of Me."
The Roman Ridge School Akwaaba Dancers displayed the beautiful traditional dance of the Akans, Adowa, and the school's Glee club wowed patrons with an Afrobeat Medley with music from Kidi, Efya, and Sarkodie.
The Roman Ridge School Akwaaba Dancers and the Glee club
Kempinski Concertini was indeed the night for young talents to show the world what they can offer and these young talents did not disappoint.
It is not an event one should miss so if you did, watch out for the next concert and make sure to attend.

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Movie and a Craft
June 28 @ 10:00 am - July 26 @ 12:00 pm
Come to the Hershey Public Library to enjoy 3 movie events; each movie will be paired with a themed craft. All movies rated PG. Suitable for children in grades K-5. Registration is not required. Everyone welcome.
Friday, June 28. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm – "Wonder". An incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out. Friday, July 12. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm – "Zathura". Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing. Inspired by Chris van Allsburg's book. Friday, July 26. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm – "Lilo & Stitch". A Hawaiian girl adopts an unusual pet who is actually a notorious extra-terrestrial fugitive.


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The classic Star Wars Legends - originally known as the Expanded Universe - handled Luke's lost lightsaber far better than the new Disney canon. When Disney purchased Lucasfilm back in 2012, they made the decision to designate almost all of the old Expanded Universe - novels, tie-in comics, and so on - as officially non-canon. It freed the House of Mouse up to essentially relaunch the entire franchise, weaving a new continuity that they hoped would be better, simpler, and easier to follow than the old one.
Wile the stories have been abandoned, they're not dead, and Lucasfilm has raided a number of Legends for ideas they felt worked. A Han Solo prequel, revealing just how the smuggler first met up with Chewbacca? The secret history of the Death Star, and how the plans were first stolen from the Empire? Grand Admiral Thrawn? Darth Maul vs Obi-Wan part 2? Or a future Jedi Order, betrayed when one of their own - a Solo, no less - falls to the Dark Side? All these ideas were originally part of the old Expanded Universe in some form.
Related: Star Wars Just Made OLD Legends Details Canon
And some of the smaller elements have also been lifted from the old canon, as well. Take the question of just what happened to the lightsaber Luke left behind during that fateful encounter with Darth Vader on Bespin in The Empire Strikes Back. Back in 1991, Timothy Zahn pretty much launched the old Expanded Universe with The Thrawn Trilogy. These books revealed that Luke's lightsaber - and, indeed, the severed hand that clasped it - had plummeted into a chasm, where Imperial search-teams had recovered it. The Emperor considered these to be his trophies, and he had them stored in a treasure house on Mount Tantiss. They were recovered years later; genetic samples from the hand allowed an insane Jedi Master to create a clone of Luke (hilariously, the clone was called Luuke). Luke was forced to duel the clone, who was armed with his old lightsaber. When Luke triumphed, he handed the blade to Mara Jade, the woman who ultimately became his wife.
It's still a little clunky, but shines compared to the Skywalker lightsaber in the Disney canon. It's been repeatedly rumored that Lucasfilm initially toyed with the idea of having Star Wars: The Force Awakens open with Luke's lightsaber (and hand) drifting through space. They'd then get caught in the gravity well of the planet Jakku, where the hand burned up in the atmosphere. The last thing we'd see would be an alien hand (possibly Maz Kanata?) picking it up. The very fact Lucasfilm toyed with this idea is staggering; for one thing, Cloud City is in the atmosphere of a gas giant, so just how did Lucasfilm envision Luke's lightsaber getting into space? Fortunately, that's not what happened - but what they did was just as disappointing.
In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we learn that Maz Kanata has mysteriously taken possession of Luke's lightsaber. Lucasfilm still hasn't even explained how it survived the duel at Bespin, who found it, how the Skywalker lightsaber found its way to Maz. Even the official tie-in novels and comics have so far ignored the story. Maz just somehow had it, and then handed it over to Rey because the young woman been able to sense it through the Force. When asked where she even got, she simply replies "a good question, for another time." Considering that very little time passes over the course of The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so at best Rey owned that lightsaber for just a couple of weeks. It was then torn apart in a Force-struggle between Rey and Kylo Ren.
After the unexplained and super convenient way the saber enters the story in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Skywalker lightsaber was dismissed as spectacularly as possible by Rian Johnson. Frankly, it's questionable whether it was even worth all that setup in the first place, unless its fragments still hold some significance to the story of Episode IX.
Related: The Last Jedi Makes The Force Awakens' Biggest Plot Hole Worse
It's strange how the new Disney canon copies so many ideas from the old Expanded Universe in their Star Wars movies. But in this case, the simple fact is that the Legends used that lost lightsaber far better.
More: Star Wars Would Be Pretty Much The Same If George Lucas Didn't Sell To Disney
- Star Wars 9 / Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) release date: Dec 20, 2019


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Petition To Protest Selayang's Dog Catching Competition
I called MCA Selayang because the newspapers reported The State Assemblyman of Rawang Dato' Tang launched this campaign. I was told this Dato was not around. The man didn't give me his name but said he had just one minute ago received a call from a lady "screaming" at him over the phone for initiating this competition.
I told him I was not going to scream but point out how utterly ruthless and moronic this exercise was. He started defending himself saying "they are only wild dogs and no one would care what happens to them". Wow! How do you talk to someone with moral values so base its negligible? I'm speechless.
It was an effort for me NOT to scream as well.
Here is the phone number for Selayang MCA: 03 - 60916735 . Please politely voice your protest over the phone.
Please also sign the Petition below. This is done by Malaysian animal lovers and soon our international friends will follow suit and sign both the local and their foreign Petition. Will post our international friends' Petition here soon.
Please sign this one first. Thank you.


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Electric cars, I think we can all agree, are what our children will all be driving. The e-Golf is one model that is currently on the market, and is a mid-range (cost-wise) electric vehicle. After driving it for a month or so, I can see that the benefits of electric motoring broadly outweigh the drawbacks. I should note that this is the only electric car that I've driven extensively, so I'm not comparing it to others of its type, but just presenting my musings on electric motoring in general.
Golfs are pretty much everything that you would need in a car; sturdy, reliable, nippy when needed, safe and with decent storage. Nothing has changed with the e-Golf; it's largely identical to other Golfs (but I'm told the boot has less storage space due to battery encroachment). It's lovely to drive, very fast off the mark due to no gear change and maximum power output from the off. I can't fault it mechanically or physically.
Running cost wise, it's wonderful…minimum road tax of €120 pa, and charging from 'CCS' fast chargers (of which there aren't enough) or regular street chargers is effectively free, and fully charging from home costs about €2. Times for charging are 30-40 minutes on a CCS, 4 hours or so on regular street charger, and an overnight stint on a home/domestic socket.
My only grumblings can probably be applied to all electric cars (except perhaps hi-end Tesla's), and these are, obviously, charging times and range. Range anxiety. RANGE ANXIETY! It's a real thing…you find yourself looking at the range output almost constantly. Notionally, a full charge can give you 190km…but that probably means an incredibly boring, cold (AC or heating drains the battery a disturbing amount) drive. I probably never achieved more than 65% of the 190kms, even on Eco+ mode (one of three driving modes), but might have with more practice….
Obviously, the limited range means you have to plot most journeys carefully, longer journeys even more so. You also have to think ahead to the next journey after you've arrived at your destination; is there a fast/regular charger nearby, is it safe to leave the car charging overnight etc. That's said, after a few weeks, charging, when needed, became just another step in my day, a fact of life. I haven't had had too much issues with waiting to use chargers, nor with non-electric cars parked in charging bays, but that might change with more E.V.'s on the road.
All that said, it is the future, and it's one of the first generation of these cars, so hopefully range will only increase and charging time decrease…. overall vehicle costs and required infrastructure will hopefully take care of themselves once more people go electric.
The times they are a-changin'……yup, I'm sold.
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Libya: No immediate call for foreign airstrikes against IS
United Nations, Dec 24: Libya's UN ambassador has said his country will hold off asking nations like the United States and Britain to intervene with airstrikes against the growing presence of the Islamic State group in the oil-rich north African nation as a new national unity government tries to establish itself.
Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi yesterday told The Associated Press he would rather see a UN arms embargo loosened so Libya can defend itself against IS instead. He spoke shortly before the Security Council unanimously endorsed a UN-brokered deal to form a unity government that Libya's rival factions signed last week.
The council's resolution also asks countries to help Libya defeat the Islamic State group. The international community has pressed for Libya's two rival governments to come together to stabilize the country, which slid into chaos after the toppling of dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Urgency has grown in recent months as the Islamic State group has gained ground and moved toward the country's oil fields and facilities. The new agreement calls for a national unity government to be formed within 30 days, but challenges remain. The speakers of the rival governments' parliaments have rejected the deal, and multiple militias remain active in the country.
Security Council members urged Libyans to come together behind the agreement, which the UN calls the best chance to pull the country together. The council's resolution stresses that the national unity government is the "sole legitimate government of Libya" and asks countries to "cease support to and official contact with" others who claim to be the legitimate authority.
UN envoy Martin Kobler told reporters that the one thing Libya's various parties, and its neighbors, have been able to agree on is the need to counter the Islamic State group. He said the national unity government will have to organize that fight, and "later on, the question arises of whether they're going to do it alone."
Kobler said Libya's future army will need weapons, but the new government must be in place to ask the Security Council for exemptions to the arms embargo. Some countries appear eager to help tackle the Islamic State group.
Italy has offered to lead an international peacekeeping mission in Libya, if the new national unity government requests it. Dabbashi also mentioned interest in having France, Britain and the United States intervene against the Islamic State group but said any such request will be left to the new government.


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Dan Crockett, MS, LMHC, CSAT-S, CAP
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Dan Crockett is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified Addictions Professional. He has been providing outpatient individual and group therapy since 1984 and has been Senior Counselor at New Leaf Center since he founded the agency in 1990. He served as its Executive Director until he sold the practice in February 2015.
His areas of specialty include addiction, drug/alcohol abuse and dependency, sexual addiction, codependency, trauma and abuse recovery, men's issues, and other mental health and addiction-related issues. He provides assessment and outpatient treatment for professionals as well as recommendations and referral services. He also works with attorneys to provide therapeutic guidance for legally involved clients.
Dan has received specialized training under nationally and internationally known specialists in the fields of addiction, chemical dependency, sex addiction, brain activity, codependency, sexual abuse, and treatment of abuse survivors and offenders. Some of these specialists include Patrick Carnes, Anna Salter, Pat Ogden, Claudia Black, Robert Hare, John Bradshaw, Janet Wotitz, Damian McElrath, and Colin Roth. He also is a frequent speaker and presents workshops on various therapeutic and recovery topics.
Dan is a member of the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA), the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA), the Mental Health Counselors of Central Florida (MHCCF), the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), and the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH).
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Patti Hall is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and Certified Addictions Counselor who has been providing individual, group, and family counseling since 2001. Her areas of specialty include substance and process addictions, alcohol/drug abuse and dependency, codependency, sexual addiction, love addiction, partner and family treatment, and other mental health issues.
She works with dual diagnosis issues including mood disorders, depression, bipolar disorders, anxiety, OCD, and ADHD/ADD; and she helps clients develop healthy skills and strategies to improve their quality of life. Her clinical approach includes CBT, DBT and experiential therapies. Trained in EMDR, she works with clients on trauma, abuse, and family of origin issues, as well as the resolution of grief and loss that accompany the healing journey. She also utilizes equine-assisted therapy with her clients as appropriate.
Patti makes recommendations and works closely with residential treatment programs when appropriate for client care. She provides legal evaluations and assessments, and coordinates with attorneys, probation officers and the Florida Safety Council. She has been with New Leaf Center since 2001 and a co-owner since February 2015.
Patti is a member of the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), and the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA).
Jackie MacKay, M.A., LMHC, CSAT, NCC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
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Jackie MacKay is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. She provides outpatient individual and group counseling for mental health and addiction issues. Areas of specialty include drug/alcohol abuse and dependency; sexual addiction; relapse prevention; trauma and abuse recovery; anxiety; grief work; family of origin issues; codependency; healthy boundaries; and inner child healing.
She combines experiential therapies with a variety of cognitive-behavioral counseling techniques to relieve suffering and facilitate healing; and she is trained in Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT), Trauma Tapping Technique (TTT) and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) for use in trauma resolution. By cultivating clients' emotional intelligence and challenging their limiting beliefs, she helps them realize more authentic and fulfilling lives. Jackie provides legal and attorney-requested drug/alcohol evaluations and assessments, and coordinates with attorneys, probation officers and the Florida Safety Council.
As an accomplished presenter, she regularly speaks and leads workshops on a variety of mental health topics. She has been with The New Leaf Center since 2007 and has been a co-owner of the practice since 2015. She recently completed a two-year term as President of the Mental Health Counselors of Central Florida (MHCCF) and currently serves the organization as Immediate Past President. She also is a member of the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA), the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH), and the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP).
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Yale Kushner is a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern who provides individual, group and couples counseling. Since completing his Master's degree in Counseling at Reformed Theological Seminary in May 2017, he has begun training to earn his certification as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist.
Prior to entering the mental health field, Yale spent the better part of the past 40 years engaging with people from many walks of life as a coach, mentor, lay counselor, accountability partner, and trainer/teacher. He is sensitive to cultural differences since he has lived in Israel and France, speaks three languages — English, French and Arabic — and has spent significant time traveling the world. He has a deep spiritual life and enjoys interacting with those who desire to have a connection with their Higher Power.
Yale has an intuitiveness that only comes with age and experience and knows how to talk about the challenging dimensions of life in honest and transparent ways. One of his counseling specialties is helping clients manage major life transitions such as relocation, parenting challenges, and personal destructive habits/addictions. Given his 38-year marriage, four adult children and four grandchildren, Yale possesses the life experience to help clients navigate almost any situation or challenge.
Yale has been with New Leaf Center since May 2016.
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She currently is Office Manager and oversees client services and administrative and clerical functions. She is a liaison with other therapists, treatment centers, attorneys, and legal sources to support clients' needs.
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Our rooms are all spacious with ensuite facilities, hospitality tray, TV with digibox, hairdryer and delightful country theme decoration.
The tasteful residents lounge has an open fire and is comfortable and relaxing. Our guests will appreciate the quiet and peaceful surroundings.
Our hearty Northumbrian Breakfasts are served in the spacious sunny dining room overlooking our gardens. There is ample on site private parking and cycle storage.
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I was very lucky to meet Corrie and Ian this winter. They were planning a beautiful spring morning ceremony on the shore of Slocan Lake, a ceremony that truly spoke to of their adventurous spirits and how that passion led to their intimate connection. Using water from the lake in which they had each of their guests send them a blessing, they planted a cherry tree. It was so very thoughtful!
I'll let the photos tell their story from here…. Thank you, Corrie and Ian. All the very best to you!


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A mum has said that primary schools should not be accustomed to brainwash pupils about the LGBT association after affectionate consent.
The woman explained she begin it amazing that pupils would be accomplished what lesbian, gay, biual and transgender beggarly afore the accouchement had been accustomed accepted apprenticeship lessons.
The mum, who admired to abide anonymous, said Heavers Farm Primary School, on Dinsdale Gardens, in South Norwood, had not asked parents of pupils if they would be blessed for their accouchement to be accomplished acquaint on the subject.
She said: 'My Year 4 son is aloof far too adolescent to be acquirements about all of this.
'He came home the added day talking about lesbians and transgender bodies and I was so shocked.
'They haven't alike started animal apprenticeship classes yet, but they're actuality accomplished all about LGBT.
'I'm all for assortment and for accouchement to apprentice about it, but not in Year 4 back they are abundantly immature.
'My son has acquirements difficulties and capacity like this are actual adamantine for him to understand, and I'm abiding he isn't the alone one.'
Susan Papas, Heavers Farm's arch teacher, said the acquaint accept been accomplished as allotment of a 'Pride Month' anniversary which both Heavers Farm and its sister academy Selsdon Primary are running.
Ms Papas said: 'Both of our schools are adulatory Pride Month as allotment of our continuing assignment on equalities and arduous stereotypes.
'The accouchement accept been acquirements about this in abounding altered ways, this includes Black History Month, acquirements about the Suffragettes to admire 100 years back women won the appropriate to vote, and best afresh acquirements to accept 'pride' in ourselves and our families, and assuming account for families and bodies who alter from our own.
'We accept a cardinal of accouchement in LGBT families, and we feel that it is important that they feel admired in our schools.
'This assignment forms a key allotment of our federation's eyes and values.'
Ms Papas added the Pride Month anniversary is active to advance 'fundamental British ethics of democracy, the aphorism of law, individual, alone liberty, and alternate account and altruism of those with altered faiths and beliefs'.
'We are not teaching this as allotment of our Sex and Relationship Apprenticeship (SRE) programme, and as such we do not charge to seek accord from the parents,' she said.
The mum said she is decidedly afflicted about the academy captivation a 'pride parade' because she believes abounding families may not accede with this affectionate of accident for religious reasons.
'I apperceive there will be Muslim families who would acquisition the abstraction of demography allotment in such an accident a actual difficult affair to do,' she said.
Ms Papas said there is actually no ambition to account agitated or ache to any adherent or ancestor at the academy by organising this event.
'We are planning a 'pride parade' on June 29, 2018, to which parents accept been invited. This is planned to be a anniversary of what makes the accouchement proud,' she said.
'This can be what makes them appreciative about themselves and or what makes them and their families special.
'The accouchement accept been authoritative banners to represent this and they will backpack these banners on the parade.
'Children will additionally accept a adventitious to allotment their assignment with their parents on this day. This is an inclusive, celebratory accident focused on the what makes the accouchement feel appreciative about themselves and their families.
'Our bounded MP Steve Reed is acknowledging this accident and will be at Heavers Farm on that day.'
Despite Ms Papas' comments, the ancestor still believes the accouchement are 'far too adolescent to be taught' LGBT lessons, and said she had no ambition of demography her son to the parade.
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The story of North Perth Angus starts in the mid 1980's when my father, Ray Weber, decided that bred commercial cows fit into the budget better than stocker calves. Up until this point, our operation consisted of backgrounding and finishing cattle,. It was soon to make a major change that would lay the foundation of what North Perth Angus is today. The original commercial herd consisted of a mixed red, tan and white British and Exotic crossbred cows of varying size and quality. In the early days, the learning curve was steep – pulling big calves, getting calves to suck on poor udders, and dehorning were a few struggles that have been etched in my mind forever. But things were about to change forever when we added 6 Black Angus cows to our herd. After a couple of years we noticed our struggle with calving, getting calves to suck and dehorning weren't there with these 6 new Angus cows. Soon we added more Angus cows and got rid of the cows that were causing us grief and costing us money. By the late 1990's our commercial herd was almost entirely made up of Angus and Angus cross cows.
In 1999, we made the decision to disperse the commercial herd and focus on breeding purebred Black Angus cattle exclusively. The goal of the program from day 1 was to breed cows that excell in the functional and convenience traits that led us down the Black Angus path in our commercial herd in the 1980's. Since then, we have been fine tuning our herd to bring better cattle to our customers year after year, while never losing sight of what makes a good cow for the cowman (commercial or purebred). Cows need to have a live calf every year, breed back early, and stay in good flesh while weaning a calf that is better than her and weighs more than half of her body weight. This philosophy has served us well. North Perth females are working hard for our purebred customers and North Perth bulls are adding more pounds to calf crops for our commercial customers.
We welcome you to come visit us at the farm any time throughout the year.


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Women Behind the Bottle
The art of making wine can be physically challenging, but it is also immensely rewarding. First documented over 8,000 years ago, winemaking has historically been dominated by men, but things are changing
Daphne's is embracing these changes by introducing a section to its wine list dedicated to the female winemaker. The additions focus mainly on Italian and French wines, highlighting quality, innovation and, of course, Daphne's customers' tastes. The new wine list is now available at Daphne's, filled with a selection of bottles ideal to accompany Daphne's signature seasonal Italian cooking.
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The Perfect Parka // 10 Coats To Gift This Season
The best holiday gifts are ones that keep you cozy all season. You may have seen my previous post on the top 10 sweaters that would make the perfect presents, but if you feel like one upping even yourself, here are 10 great coats that anyone would love to receive. It's a long winter, so you can never have too many jackets. I'm wearing my favorite new parka with a fur hood from Urban Outfitters. It has a removable lining, so you can wear it year long.
Some people innately know what to get their friends and loved ones, but I always prefer a push in the right direction, or even better, a link. So for anyone else who needs a little help in the gift department, I linked 10 coats that would make great gifts.
UO Harper Detachable Lining Parka Jacket: Urban Outfitters (c/o)
Cashmere Sweater: Vince (c/o)
Black Pleather Skirt: Free People
Black OTK Boots: Ivanka Trump (c/o)
*Thank you Urban Outfitters for sponsoring this post!


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A tip of the felt shako with plume hat to John Fea for this amusing video:
The Nymphs Who Know
17 hours ago
I am definitely using this to introduce the War of 1812 in all classes this semester.
absolutely nothing . . . unless you count the Star-Spangled Banner. Err . . like I said, absolutely nothing.
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Mike Smith
Managing Partner
A life-long westerner, Mike grew up in Wyoming, Alaska, and Idaho and has a family and personal history of scientific land management. He founded RenewWest in Denver, Colorado in 2015 to combat the growing problem of climate change and western deforestation. He has become a recognized expert in climate policy, carbon markets, and forestry policy.
Prior to RenewWest, Mike served as an officer in the United States Navy, primarily as a FA-18 Super Hornet pilot. Postings included Italy, Japan, and throughout the United States. While in the service, he led multiple independent projects with monthly operations budgets of $7+ million, 250+ personnel, and over $1.2 billion in assets. His final tour on active duty was as the head of Navy cruise missile operations throughout Africa, Europe, and the western Middle East during a period of heightened international tension.
Mike earned his BS from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2002, majoring in Systems Engineering, with a focus on Environmental Engineering and a minor-equivalent in Political Science. He is a certified Project Management Professional and holds a Fundamentals of Engineering certificate from the State of Maryland.
John Cleland
Managing Partner
John brings a background of entrepreneurial work in impact investing, capital raising, and commodities trading. John's track record of leveraging strong relationships to build and strengthen organizations supports RenewWest and its clients as they scale to achieve simultaneous social impact and financial return.
Prior to joining RenewWest, John worked as Director of Operations at the Impact Finance Center, a non-profit expanding the field of impact investing. He led efforts for sponsorship and fundraising for IFC's CO Impact Days annual event. Prior to moving to Denver, John spent the majority of his 14-year professional career as a futures trader/broker and Managed Futures portfolio manager in Chicago.
John's passion for the outdoors and global sustainability combined with his background led to his move west and involvement in the impact investing community. John received his BA in Communications and Business Administration from Michigan State University and holds his Series 3 and Series 30 Registrations.
Brad Forth
Brad has a career of success in finance and new ventures. He began supporting RenewWest in 2017 and officially joined the team in 2018.
Brad has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northern Offshore, Ltd., an international offshore drilling company, since 2015. He leads Northern's finance and accounting team and works closely with the CEO and Board of Directors to manage the company on a day-to-day basis and to develop and execute the company's long-term strategy. In 2017, Brad assumed management responsibility for Northern's operations, project management and QHSSE functions, as well as its regional offices in Abu Dhabi and Aberdeen, Scotland. Brad joined Northern in 2015 with more than 14 years of experience in corporate strategy, finance, operations and accounting.
Previously, he was the co-founder, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of two publicly traded investment companies (from 2005-2010 and 2012-2015). From 2001 through 2013, he also served in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility with Berkshire Capital Securities LLC, a boutique investment bank providing merger and acquisition advice, most recently as a partner, director and Chief Operating Officer. Brad is a graduate of Duke University and a CFA charterholder.
Keith Stagg
Keith recently joined the team at RenewWest and is a conservation forestry professional with over a decade of experience building programs and implementing projects across the US, with a focus on the mountain west. He has promoted forest restoration and sound forest management through ecosystem service incentive systems, including with the Forest Stewardship Council and Front Range water utilities. Keith is committed to getting good projects to ground and sees carbon markets as a way not only to address climate change, but to promote scientifically-sound, conservation-oriented forest management.
Keith is originally from outside of Taos, New Mexico where he grew up sandwiched between the Columbine-Hondo and Wheeler Peak wilderness areas in the Carson National Forest, and he holds a master of environmental science degree from the Yale School of Forestry and a BA from Whitman College in Biology.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post7661822999802093842..comments2019-10-18T23:01:24.717+01:00Comments on Juliz Design Post : Gypsy Gypsy CaravanJuliz Design Posthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-58723804323943828782016-02-04T14:28:14.149+00:002016-02-04T14:28:14.149+00:00Hi Julie, Absolutely brilliant project! The detail...Hi Julie,
Absolutely brilliant project! The details are amazing; love the shabby effect on the windows, fence and furniture. So many gorgeous details; the net curtain, the crystal ball, the milk bottles...wow! Stunning roof as well. Thanks so much for sharing with LLC.

Hugz, Sandy
Owner & Operator @Live & Love Crafts
Sandra Mathishttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-82460450770871080732016-01-31T19:18:47.396+00:002016-01-31T19:18:47.396+00:00Wow this is really gorgeous Julie Hugs GheaWow this is really gorgeous Julie
Hugs GheaGheahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-31491007530468533672016-01-28T20:24:11.395+00:002016-01-28T20:24:11.395+00:00wow wow wow - stunning hun - Thank you for sharing...wow wow wow - stunning hun - Thank you for sharing with us over at Rhedd's Creative Spirit this month and hope to see you again in future challenges.

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Elaine aka Ellapuhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-35129587687135305212016-01-26T14:25:59.821+00:002016-01-26T14:25:59.821+00:00AWED beyond words Julie. How in the world do you ...AWED beyond words Julie. How in the world do you do it girl? BEYOND INCREDIBLE - seriously. So intricate. So precious. So happy and bright. Soooooooo indescribably FABULOUS. Just AWED speechless... this is over the moon MARVELOUS. Hugs. j. Joi at RRhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-65118381047203094532016-01-25T22:35:46.671+00:002016-01-25T22:35:46.671+00:00Wow, it's amazing. So much details, i love it!...Wow, it's amazing. So much details, i love it!
Hugs, Marjan (WLVC)Marjan van der Wielhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-64609606904026395582016-01-24T20:46:51.826+00:002016-01-24T20:46:51.826+00:00Fabulous, So much detail. I love it. Jan Creative ...Fabulous, So much detail. I love it. Jan Creative Artist Mixed Media DT x sweetpeahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-61193235877875224762016-01-23T08:01:01.958+00:002016-01-23T08:01:01.958+00:00wow wow wow that looks fantastic, I love all the w...wow wow wow that looks fantastic, I love all the work you have put in
thanks for joining our challenge over at
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Debbie DTDebbiehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-80512078604269626882016-01-21T10:25:32.079+00:002016-01-21T10:25:32.079+00:00a beautiful project....truly stunning!! congrats ...a beautiful project....truly stunning!! congrats on your win!!!dianahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-28493304560806893122016-01-20T12:49:52.205+00:002016-01-20T12:49:52.205+00:00Oh wow, simply stunning! Thank you for entering yo...Oh wow, simply stunning! Thank you for entering your project at Rhedd's Creative Spirit. Sammy-xSammyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-49778598874238276612016-01-20T11:25:57.907+00:002016-01-20T11:25:57.907+00:00OOOPS, so sorry! I KNOW you're Julie; slip of...OOOPS, so sorry! I KNOW you're Julie; slip of the finger! This is still amazing!Sara Barkerhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-90734077958105186362016-01-20T06:58:16.493+00:002016-01-20T06:58:16.493+00:00OMG Julie, what an absolutely gorgeous project, lo...OMG Julie, what an absolutely gorgeous project, love everything about it, thank you for sharing with us at Creative Artiste Challenge - best of luck xxxxAvril Watsonhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-60075857992163380192016-01-20T03:32:31.911+00:002016-01-20T03:32:31.911+00:00I don't even know what to say. I can't get...I don't even know what to say. I can't get over all of the amazing elements and details used to create this. I'm so impressed and taken back with your projects. Thank you so much for sharing them with us!Kim Evanshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-54034950392305397582016-01-19T22:02:57.686+00:002016-01-19T22:02:57.686+00:00This is stunning and all the little details are am...This is stunning and all the little details are amazing! Love the roof of your caravan and the little crystal ball! This would make a great entry over at the
Emerald Creek Dares Challenge! :)Cathy Potoskyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-84362456393917960202016-01-17T20:54:17.227+00:002016-01-17T20:54:17.227+00:00Oh my god, this is absolutely amazing and stunning...Oh my god, this is absolutely amazing and stunning! Wow, I think this is one of the greatest pieces I have seen lately! Thank you so much for playing with us at the Tuesday Throwdown challenge. I hope you will join us again next time. Creative regards from stempelfridastempelfridahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-12468217112416009942016-01-17T13:02:11.073+00:002016-01-17T13:02:11.073+00:00WOW!!! Julie you outdid yourself with this one!!! ...WOW!!! Julie you outdid yourself with this one!!! Amazing details and great photography, capturing them!
Thank you so much for joining our Ring Out the Old, Bring in the New challenge at Anything But Cute!
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Paper Talk with SamraSamra Leshinskihttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-22474725368966102242016-01-17T07:51:48.257+00:002016-01-17T07:51:48.257+00:00The amount of work you have put into this awesome ...The amount of work you have put into this awesome project is awe inspiring. It really is a masterpiece! I keep coming back to look at it and each time I see another detail. Stunning!
Thanks for joining us at Creative Artists Mixed Media Challenge.
Hugs Sheryl DT member xxSherylhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-79492388831006951922016-01-17T03:41:44.706+00:002016-01-17T03:41:44.706+00:00And BAM! You just amaze me every time I come over ...And BAM! You just amaze me every time I come over here. This is so drop dead gorgeous and exciting, not to mention Amazeballs! How ever do you design these!?! The milk churns are my fave but so is floor and the roof and everything about this fantabulous piece. Gorgeous and gorgeous and gorgeous!!! Did I mention that this is amazeballs!!! And that crystal ball is genius!There are so many luscious details to take in. Huge congrats that this is going to be showcased because it's the bomb dot com!

Thanks for joining in our "Ring Out the Old, Bring in the New" challenge at Anything But Cute! Hugz. ~Niki DTPawsitively Creativehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-47236090506835509972016-01-17T01:02:17.441+00:002016-01-17T01:02:17.441+00:00AH-MAZING!!! I want to live there! It's the co...AH-MAZING!!! I want to live there! It's the coolest, cutest, cleverest caravan wagon ever! The distress windows, shutter and doors are awesome, I had no idea how you had done them and was intrigued. The milk churns are just genius as is the crystal ball and everything! Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie, I'm so glad you did. ZoeZoe Hillmanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-64977824024915867842016-01-16T18:13:04.854+00:002016-01-16T18:13:04.854+00:00Wow that is just Amazing, wonderful work and atten...Wow that is just Amazing, wonderful work and attention to detail!!Conniecrafterhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-35288709775371955732016-01-16T16:41:55.552+00:002016-01-16T16:41:55.552+00:00Julia, I am hearby declaring myself 4 inches tall ...Julia, I am hearby declaring myself 4 inches tall and a wild gypsy girl, so I can come live in your caravan wagon! I don't even know where to start to say how wonderfully creative this is! Let's just say I could sit and stare for days and never tire of all the little details! Thank you for joining our Ring Out the Old, Bring in the New challenge at Anything But Cute! I'm sure glad you added your 2 new things at the bottom of your post! Hugs! Sara Emily DTSara Barkerhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-30423862067626064932016-01-15T21:10:02.437+00:002016-01-15T21:10:02.437+00:00WOW Julie, this is incredible!!! That roof, those ...WOW Julie, this is incredible!!! That roof, those flowers, the whole decoration of this caravan is jaw dropping! Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie. Jenny xButtonshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-9194350225149270892016-01-15T20:47:48.410+00:002016-01-15T20:47:48.410+00:00This is stunning and chock full of incredible deta...This is stunning and chock full of incredible details - I can't imagine the time this took. There are so many things to look at and drool over. Thanks for joining us at Frilly and Funkie.
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CecCechttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-72152538693052330812016-01-15T18:36:23.921+00:002016-01-15T18:36:23.921+00:00SUCH a cool project and so filled with gorgeous de...SUCH a cool project and so filled with gorgeous details! Loving it!Team Clarkhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-9693724661811517742016-01-15T10:01:24.926+00:002016-01-15T10:01:24.926+00:00Oh my gosh Julia, this is absolutely stunning! Wha...Oh my gosh Julia, this is absolutely stunning! What an incredible amount of work and artistry went into making your wagon, I have no doubt it will be the star of the show! Thanks so much for sharing it with us, Deb xo Deb~Paxton Valley Folk Arthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002294223824791133.post-50147723131487204912016-01-15T09:13:39.397+00:002016-01-15T09:13:39.397+00:00I loved the first one you made but this one is sim...I loved the first one you made but this one is simply exquisite Julie - so much detail, so many beautiful elements to marvel at... I just love the little milk churns and the wheels are superb, as is the floor, the roof, the flowers - every single detail is incredible! You are a master builder!! I could stay here all day but I am going to bookmark it for another day. Got to pin this one...

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Tong Sun manages document-related research across Adobe Research to reinvent the document of the future in the era of AI and machine learning.
Tong previously led the Decision Support and Machine Intelligence Lab at the United Technologies Research Center (UTRC). Her leadership responsibilities included defining and executing the innovation strategy and roadmap, developing technical capabilities and staff competency in machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, robotic learning, and human machine interactions. Prior to joining UTRC, Tong was the Director of Data Analytics Research Lab at Palo Alto Research Center, Xerox.
Her interests include large-scale text mining, graph analytics and machine learning for actionable insights from heterogeneous data. Tong earned her PhD in distributed and parallel computing from University of Rhode Island in 1996. Tong holds 22 US Patents (15+ pending) and has authored/co-authored over 35 peer-reviewed publications.
Tong also has a passion for engaging and advocating for girls to flourish in STEM careers through 'Hour of Code' initiatives and Grace Hopper Mentoring Networks.


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Evening everyone, we just wanted to give you all a quick update and round up of the facts. The Tornado Warning for Stephenson County was allowed to expire around 8:45 pm as the storm quickly showed signs of weakening. The initial warning came out around 8:27 pm. According to the NWS in Quad Cities, the warning was issued solely based on the sheriff report of a tornado near Elroy, IL. At this time there have been no confirmed reports of damage, but if that does change we will be sure to update this post.
It is hard to confirm if there was, in fact, a tornado there or not at this time. Radar scans from the NWS Quad Cities would be scanning around 5,100 ft with the cloud ceiling in Freeport around that time being down around 1,500 ft. Meaning the radar was not scanning the lowest elevations and would not be able to see any low-level rotation if it were there. If we get any updates, we will be sure to update this post!


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António J. Costa
Vasco Pereira
Phone: (+351) 21 721 41 79
This programme will be taught in Portuguese.
The course combines theory and practice and will be taught by academics and practitioners from law firms.
The Postgraduate Course in Real Estate Law is aimed at professionals working in this area as well as graduates who wish to gain deep and up-to-date knowledge about the sector.


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Suffering From Terrible Artistry? BILLY MAYS HERE!!/
As we round the final corner towards the end of Shibe Warz development, just about 2 months overschedule, a number of things have been brought to our attention as novice video game developers. And as the lead art director, many of my particular problems lay within my realm of the artwork.
Simply put, as we began Shibe Warz back in the first week of October, I did not know what I was doing. As an aspiring artist, I'm completely self-taught with no background in classical art. Walking into this work I knew it would not be a piece of cake, but I never realized the depth of my ignorance. My background is in classical literature, philosophy, astronomy, and scientific philosophy. This aids me in helping to develop video game concepts and to analyze nuance, but it absolutely does not help me toward my artistic goals. Before Shibe Warz, my technical "skill" was ever-broadening into the realm of not only 3D modeling and texturing for Spell Bound, but also into 3D animation and environment dressing.
But while my technical skill was increasing into new realms of understanding, I was still ignorant of all of the fundamental basics of artistry. I had, and still really have, no idea what to do with all of the technical information being absorbed at near-light-speed. Composition, shading, blocking, even the color wheel was unknown to me. Well, it was "known," like everybody "knows" the color wheel exists. But I never understood the intricacies of its combinations, corollaries, and contrasts/blends.
It's embarrassing, really. Very, very embarrassing. Looking at my complete lack of theme and concept work for Shibe Warz, and realizing that there's no where to go but "through" to the end of this project, I feel as though I've just been playing an entire high school Talent Show in my underwear with my violin upside down. And I didn't realize it until the final thirty seconds of a ten-minute set.
My point is, I have more learning ahead of me in the next ten years than I've had in the past 30 (I turn 30 next week, by-the-by). Over the holiday my girlfriend surprised me with what is probably one of the most life-changing gifts I'll receive in the next decade: Drawing Basics and Video Game Art, by artist and game designer Chris Solarski.
Solarski does incredible work which you can view on his website www.solarskistudio.com, or follow him on Twitter. Basically, he began the same way I have begun, with a growing knowledge of 3D graphics design (while I have not received a degree in this field, he did), and he began his foray into the deeper wisdom of art technique only after he realized he was lagging behind much better graphics artists who were classically trained. After several years of study, he wrote the above book which I now own and am poring through every day.
I won't bore you with details, but I will say that I have a lot of work cut out for me in the next 365 days. I began putting pencil to paper today at Starbucks (as you can tell from the photo) with the first lesson from this book, and I am committed to practicing Solarski's techniques for an hour each day until February 28th, or until I complete the book. For our next project, a fully 3D, co-op-centered First-Person Shooter code-named "Red Shift", we have already decided on a 1-month timeline for preliminary conceptual work, during which I will be both practicing and conceptualizing the game's horrifying subterranean world.
I will be ready.
My real piece of advice for other aspiring game designers, not only artists but all aspects of game design, is to pay attention to that sense of ignorance that you get when you enter a new realm of your work. It's vitally important that you know your own weaknesses and where you need to improve, as much as knowing your strengths. While you're just starting out in your field, chances are not-astonishingly high that you're entering well-traveled territory and someone else in the world (either through a terrific book or a YouTube tutorial) can help you get through it easier than you could alone. Learn all you can about your field.
As a final point, we at Verus have decided that we will no longer publish "Verus" blog articles on a weekly basis. We are now moving it to a "monthly" schedule for main Verus articles, especially pertaining to our projects and major changes/ideas/plans with them and us as a collective. Nicholas is working hard to bring a new section of this website online called the "Dev Corner", which will contain our individual blog entries and will be relatively unscheduled. We'll post our future diatribes (such as this one) there on a personal basis.
Hopefully you've made it this far in reading, perhaps learned a few things along the way from this entry, and I didn't bore you to tears. Thank you for reading! Tomorrow's another day, but don't let them go to waste. LEARN!


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Ride Description
This climb is a rarity for Top 100 U.S. Climbs as it travels from one town (La Luz, population 1,697 in 2010)) and ends in another town/village (Cloudcroft, population 697 in 2013) 14.2 miles and 3,943' up the mountain. Th climb enters Lincoln National Forest at mile 1 and stays there for the remainder of the climb.
An excellent summary of this climb is found at Day 15 of Steve Garufi's Bike Across America 2011 which includes photos, a climb summary and this very important warning: "And then I reached the tunnel. Let me say up front: This is a tunnel for cyclists to be prepared for! I strongly recommend bicycle lights while in the tunnel, especially if you don't have the protection of a SAG wagon or friendly vehicle following directly behind you. In retrospect, I didn't have lights. The length of the tunnel was about 0.2 miles, and I rode fast enough that I didn't have an encounter of a car trying to pass me. But if traffic is heavy, this would be a dangerous section for cyclists." We tracked the tunnel via satellite map image to miles 5.3 to 5.41 of the climb at 5.7% over that stretch so we are certain it felt like .2 miles to Steve as he hussled through that tunnel (those of you that have ridden Mt. Baldy know to fear the tunnel). Steve and his crew created a Facebook page for this climb - Cyclists who've biked from Alamogordo.
There was a general store in High Rolls(mile 6.5) when Steve went through in 2011 - Day 15 Bike Across America.
Background photo - U.S. #5 Pikes Peak CO.
Start (click and drag map; double click to move forward)
Note: Click on "View full route" (top left) which opens the Hwy 82 RideWithGPS page. Hover over the distance line at the spot you would like to begin a sub- segment for this climb. Click your mouse on the start point and drag the vertical graphing line the distance you wish to obtain sub-detail from, then release the mouse at the end point. This will give you the following sub-detail for the selected segment in the "Metrics" window top right of the page: (a) distance, (b) elevation gained and lost, (c) max grade, (d) average grade (e) that segment's climb category – e.g. Cat 1, HC, etc., and (f) FIETS score for the segment.
Hover cursor over segment slices (below) for exact grade of a particular segment. Map route (bottom) colors correlate with elevation legend colors.


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The Essential Guide to Optimising Google My Business Listings
When you create your company's web page it's normal to go in with confidence and high hopes that the site will be a big success. You want to be able to meet all the goals you've set for the site, and not hit any challenges or pitfalls along the way.
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(New York, NY--November 3, 2016) Responding to the changing needs of today's animation studios and the increasingly global nature of content creation,
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3Beep Co-Founders Tim Werenko (left) and Charles Darby (right).
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Alarming news from Marylebone Cricket Club: a staggering 64 per cent of children would be ''relieved or not bothered'' if the competitive element of school sport was dropped. Furthermore, 86 per cent of children and 97 per cent of parents agree that parents care more about winning than children.
Some reports have suggested that these surprising figures, released in a survey by the MCC as part of a national campaign to increase children's interest in competitive sport, prove that a "prizes for all" culture in schools has eroded children's competitive spirit. Not so. I've managed children's football, and currently coach my nine-year-old's cricket team which, in the nicest possible way, is like organising a coup every weekend. The ''prizes for all'' culture may well bore and patronise children, but it barely erodes their competitive spirit. What truly puts children off competing are pushy parents – whose ferocity and monomaniacal need that their offspring crush the opposition to a pulp – leaches every drop of joy from play.
Last cricket season, in a smart leafy suburb, 40 players and spectators witnessed an elegant mother in tennis gear screaming at a bunch of 11-year-olds, because she felt their fielding was below par. Her son was a fine player – plainly, the other useless 11-year olds were letting him down. Later, my son texted me: "The parents at that game were slobs." I felt ashamed. Weeks later, children witnessed another outburst, from the mother of a 12-year-old, given out LBW. She repeatedly yelled: "F––– this club!" Her son, mortified, begged her to shut up.
Children's football is as bad. In our league, touchlines are routinely surrounded by police cordon tape emblazoned with the word "respect" to remind parents not to threaten the eight-year-old players. After one game, I stood between one father and a referee to prevent a fist fight. These so-called adults render the atmosphere stressful and toxic, and ruin the point of play, which is – as young respondents of the MCC's survey explained – to have ''fun'' and ''be with my pals".
Sporting competition tests the mental state of the coach and parent, as much as it tests the confidence and skill of the child. I arrive at matches with an attitude ranging somewhere between Cat Stevens and Valerie Singleton: ''You guys are all winners! It's all about taking part, man!'' Kids bubble around, full of pre-match banter, and tumble onto the pitch eager to play. Then the atmosphere changes. Dads warn their children: ''Don't get out.'' What children hear is ''Don't make me ashamed of you by failing.'' I recently walked into a dressing room to find a father screeching at his son because he'd got bowled out for 10. Dad, as much of a natural athlete as Ricky Gervais, shouted: "You're wasting my time! I didn't come all this way for this!"
If you regard sport as just about winning, you reduce it to a bunch of numbers – you negate effort, heart, skill, perseverance and all that is truly great about sport. Score-line Nazis know nothing about endeavour, and even less about humanity. They think by shouting ''Attack him, Henry! Kill him!'' (a mother, wheeling a buggy, urging her seven-year-old to tackle my seven-year-old in a playground kick-about) they are honing Henry into an alpha male. What they are doing, in fact, is showing Henry that he is worthless and weak, if he cannot attack and dominate his opponent.
If a child's parents make him or her feel small for not winning, perhaps that child will strive, throughout life, to win, at any cost. Or perhaps he'll lose heart, and stop trying. But whatever the behavioural consequence, the emotions behind his actions will be negative. Winning will always be about overcoming scorn, about desperately trying to win the approval of someone who couldn't love him for who he was.
Sport might be recorded by numbers but its value is in the life it leads you to live, and in precious memory. Any retiring athlete will tell you that it isn't the victories she or he prizes, but the camaraderie. Parents might remember that when they are screaming on the touchline.


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This month's topic has been percolating in my brain for the last several weeks; mostly because I experienced the consequences of not applying it. Without question, life is full of hard lessons. It's what we do with reflections from those hard lessons that ultimately make or break us. I'm hopeful I'm in the process of being made as opposed to being broken.
I've written before about the art of listening—a skill that appears to be waning in today's constantly connected world. It's time to bring to light another lost art (of which there are many to choose from): The art of asking questions.