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Park operators who attended the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) recent Outdoor Hospitality Convention & Expo in Savannah, Ga., said they expect to save thousands of dollars as a result of the association's latest member benefit programs for products and services ranging from park models to satellite television service.
ARVC President and CEO Paul Bambei told conference attendees that the association is close to finalizing an agreement with the three music licensing companies that could translate into significantly lower licensing fees for participating ARVC members, whose businesses would be put on a "do not contact" list – ending the harassment from music licensing companies that park operators have complained about for years.
"Just the music deal alone is worth it for everybody to be a member of ARVC," said George O'Leary, a longtime watchdog of ARVC's Executive Committee since serving on the association's board from 2001 to 2006.
Speaking to park operators at ARVC's annual breakfast meeting, O'Leary publicly commended Bambei for his efforts to develop valuable member benefit programs. In an interview, O'Leary noted the association's new agreement with "He Lifts Me," a seller of ADA-approved pool lifts. "A savings of $800 per park is possible," O'Leary said, adding, "It would not surprise me if membership in our state and national associations increased by 20% to 40% in the near future."
O'Leary also publicly lauded Bambei's decision to purchase more affordable office space in Centennial, Colo., near Denver, instead of more expensive office locations in Castle Rock and Larkspur. ARVC's decision to move its headquarters to Centennial early this year saved the association more than $300,000.
O'Leary, who owns the two Rincon Country RV Parks in Tucson, Ariz., also complimented the ARVC board for hiring Bambei, who started work Dec. 1, 2010. "I have great confidence in Paul Bambei," O'Leary said, adding that he believes the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds is on the right path under Bambei's leadership.
Bambei, for his part, told conference attendees that he remains focused on developing a series of member benefit programs that far exceed the cost of ARVC dues.
These programs include a preferred provider agreement with Skyline Corp., which now provides ARVC member parks with significant savings on towable travel trailers as well as park models, which are custom designed for use as rental units. Former ARVC Chairman David Berg said the savings from a single park model purchase can offset the cost of ARVC dues for as much as 20 years.
ARVC also recently signed an agreement with Just In Time Communications Inc., a national distributor for DIRECTV, to provide satellite television service to ARVC member parks at vastly reduced rates that can save park operators tens of thousands of dollars a year, depending on the size of their park. Bambei said over 150 parks have already signed up for the satellite television benefit program.
"People are really going to get a different outlook on the association as they become aware of these new programs," said Tim Deputy, general manager of Sun N Fun RV Resort in Sarasota, Fla., who noted that new programs give small parks and large parks discounts they couldn't normally achieve on their own. Deputy alone expects to save at least $5,000 or $6,000 a year in music licensing fees after ARVC's new music licensing program is finalized.
"The word needs to get out about how valuable these programs are," Deputy said.
Donald Sears, co-owner of Clare-Mar Lakes Campground in Wellington, Ohio, said the new programs are beneficial to park operators. He added that the educational seminars at the Nov. 30- Dec. 2 Outdoor Hospitality Convention & Expo were among the best he's ever attended. "We've owned the campground for over 40 years and I've been to all of the conventions for the last 15 years, and this is probably one of the better formatted conventions I've seen yet," he said.
Bambei said paid registrations for the Savannah convention were up 32%, compared to last year's figures, a growth figure Bambei attributes to park operator interest in learning about ARVC's new member programs as well as park operator interest in attending the industry's largest tradeshow and attending new education seminars on business topics that haven't been offered before.
Next year's Outdoor Hospitality Convention & Tradeshow is scheduled for Nov. 28-30 at the Rio All Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Bambei said efforts are underway to change the dates of the annual convention in subsequent years so that it doesn't conflict with conventions held by the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) and other RV and campground industry conventions.


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My journey started on September 8, 1995 at 5:30 p.m. I was 47. I got up from my chair and said I did not feel good and then collapsed onto the floor.
My journey started on September 8, 1995 at 5:30 p.m. I was 47. My family and I were out to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. I got up from my chair and said I did not feel good and then collapsed onto the floor.
Survivor Victor Orr
I was transported to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Sacramento, California. Diagnosed with an intracerebral hemorrhage, I spent a week in ICU. Thereafter, I went to a nursing home for a week and then to inpatient rehab for five weeks. At the time, I could not walk or speak. The hemorrhage left me with right-side paralysis of the arm and leg and severe speech problems. I figured my working life was over so I inquired into disability retirement. I was the manager of workers' compensation programs at the Sacramento office of the U.S. Postal Service.
After I received and analyzed my estimate of monthly benefits, I was motivated to go back to work. We could not live on disability benefits. I had 2,600 hours of sick leave saved, which would provide me with my full salary for about 18 months. With that timeframe in mind, the work began. First I had to learn how to walk and talk. I quickly found that walking was easier than talking. I worked hard in inpatient therapy, then home therapy and then outpatient therapy, and I learned to walk and talk.
In March 1996, I received a certified letter from the DMV suspending my driver's license. This made me determined to start driving. In June 1996, I purchased a left foot gas pedal and a steering knob. The DMV refused to issue me a learner's permit so I practiced in a school parking lot. Then I had a driver's evaluation by an occupational therapist, who determined that I could drive.
On July 10, 1996, I went to the DMV office for both written and driving tests. After a long driving test, the examiner said I passed everything and my license was reinstated. I was proud of this accomplishment because I really needed my license to get back and forth to work.
That same month, I was given some work assignments to do at home. That only lasted about a week because I knew I had to get physically back to work.
During my time away from work, I practiced typing on the computer, worked on my speech, and walked as best as I could. I was paralyzed on my right side, but I was determined that the paralysis would not to deter me from working.
On August 5, 1996, I walked into the office and worked for four hours. Although I had modified my keyboard, I could not type fast enough. In desperation I called the state department that handles rehabilitation cases and told them my dilemma. They told me that they could not offer me vocational rehabilitation, but they gave me the name of a man that typed with one hand. I called him, and he told me about the BAT keyboard by Infogrip. I ordered this wonderful device and quickly learned how to use it. The BAT keyboard is made for both left and right hand use.
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Soon I was able to respond to emails, a big plus because my job entailed lots of typing, including correspondence, spreadsheets and lots of different lists. Soon I was able to type about 35 wpm, which is not great but I was able to get the job done.
After a month, I was released to work for eight hours a day. Soon after, I was called into my boss's office and told that the lady doing my job was retiring. He asked if I was ready to resume the manager's position. "Yes, I am," I responded.
At that point, I still had a speech problem and had not been talking on the phone. Talking on the phone terrified me, but I knew sooner or later I would have to conquer the phone. One of my first calls was to a claims examiner at the Department of Labor. I identified myself and gave her the reason for my call. She thought I was an intoxicated injured worker because my speech sounded like I was drunk. I wrote a letter to her boss and explained that I had returned to work and my speech did, indeed, sound like I was drunk. A few days later, I called the claims examiner back and we had a good laugh over that conversation. From then on, if I felt my speech going south, I told the person that I had had a stroke and if they could not understand me, to just ask me to repeat myself.
Throughout the years, one of my main duties has been to educate the medical community on our return-to-work programs for injured employees. I met with many doctors and they were amazed that I returned to work. Being in charge of a workers' compensation office that covered 11,000 employees was a difficult and frustrating position, however, being disabled gave me compassion for our injured workers.
One of the highlights of my return to work happened on November 2, 1997. I was selected to deliver the game coin for a San Francisco 49ers game. I was accompanied by my wife, Donna.
Victor with his wife and caregiver Donna
Throughout the years, I have had lots of ups and downs in my job, but overall I enjoyed my journey and it certainly paid off. I could not have accomplished this without the support of Donna and my sons, Victor and Richard. Also, without the support of my immediate manager and coworkers, this would have been an impossible journey. They looked out for me while offering assistance when needed and tons of encouragement and support. I was motivated and determined to make my return to work a success.
Victor delivering the game coin at a 49ers game in 1997
In January 2006, 11 years after my stroke, I retired from the Postal Service. At the time of my retirement, I had approximately 41 years of federal service and received credit for my unused sick leave.
Today, I am still paralyzed on my right side, however, I am still leading an active life. I attend three support group meetings every month. We have a 25-foot travel trailer, and we love to go camping in it. I have learned how to set it up and it is a breeze for me to tow. I could write a book on how to hook up and maintain a travel trailer with one hand and a not-so-steady leg.
In summary, I have learned that with motivation and determination most things are possible. Never give up!
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text: New Interview Questions for Senior Software Engineers February 17, '11 Comments [158] Posted in Learning .NET | Programming Sponsored By I'm putting together some practice interview questions for a friend who lost his job. I thought it'd be useful to crowd-source some questions from you, Dear Reader. These questions should be more software design focused, less technical trivia like my previous two lists of interview questions: What Great .NET Developers Ought To Know (More .NET Interview Questions) ASP.NET Interview Questions (7 years ago, can you believe it?) UPDATE: I think we all agree (or at least we should) that if you go into an interview tomorrow and you look across the table and the interviewer has simply printed out this list and is reading from it, that you should excuse yourself and run. This isn't a "guide to how to interview" nor is this meant to me a "best practices for engineers" list. It's simply a collective brain-dump of stuff that someone who's been in the business of developing software for money for 10 or so years should have some passing familiarity with. Of course, it's assumed that the interviewer is able to detect BS. This isn't, and shouldn't be, a trivia contest. If you're going to get a job (or you're looking for hire someone for a job) it's ultimately more important to understand if someone can Solve Problems and if Their Head is Screwed on Straight. Take it with a grain of salt, friends, remember, you found it on the Internet. - @shanselman Here's what I have so far. What is something substantive that you've done to improve as a developer in your career? Would you call yourself a craftsman (craftsperson) and what does that word mean to you? Implement a <basic data structure> using <some language> on <paper|whiteboard|notepad>. What is SOLID? Why is the Single Responsibility Principle important? What is Inversion of Control? How does that relate to dependency injection? How does a 3 tier application differ from a 2 tier one? Why are interfaces important? What is the Repository pattern? The Factory Pattern? Why are patterns important? What are some examples of anti-patterns? Who are the Gang of Four? Why should you care? How do the MVP, MVC, and MVVM patterns relate? When are they appropriate? Explain the concept of Separation of Concerns and it's pros and cons. Name three primary attributes of object-oriented design. Describe what they mean and why they're important. Describe a pattern that is NOT the Factory Pattern? How is it used and when? You have just been put in charge of a legacy code project with maintainability problems. What kind of things would you look to improve to get the project on a stable footing? Show me a portfolio of all the applications you worked on, and tell me how you contributed to design them. What are some alternate ways to store data other than a relational database? Why would you do that, and what are the trade-offs? Explain the concept of convention over configuration, and talk about an example of convention over configuration you have seen in the wild. Explain the differences between stateless and stateful systems, and impacts of state on parallelism. Discuss the differences between Mocks and Stubs/Fakes and where you might use them (answers aren't that important here, just the discussion that would ensue). Discuss the concept of YAGNI and explain something you did recently that adhered to this practice. Explain what is meant by a sandbox, why you would use one, and identify examples of sandboxes in the wild. Concurrency What's the difference between Locking and Lockless (Optimistic and Pessimistic) concurrency models? What kinds of problems can you hit with locking model? And a lockless model? What trade offs do you have for resource contention? How might a task-based model differ from a threaded model? 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When The Water Calls ... We Follow
By Jim and Lisa Favors
July 1, 2013
When the Water Calls ... We Follow is more than the title of our first book; it's the theme that has accompanied our boating endeavors during the last eight years.
When we left Charlevoix, Michigan in 2005 to cruise the Great Loop, a circumnavigation of the eastern United States waterways by boat, we never imagined where that trip would take us, physically, mentally, or sociably other than the obvious completion of a 6,000-mile boat trip. Eight years later, after having been live aboards for five years and logging approximately 20,000 cruising miles (and counting) while boating through 27 States, Canada and the Bahamas, we fondly look back to the beginning. It was at that time we first felt the gentle pull forward, like a steady unwavering magnet. Those beautifully calm and sometimes stormy waterways first enchanted and then quickly engaged us… to follow.
As we sit in our living room talking about how to begin this article we gaze out at the waters of Lake Michigan, only 300 feet from the front porch of our home. The discussion affords us time to reflect, reminisce, and perhaps be a little amused at the reality of how we've structured our early retirement lifestyle. We talked about how it often seems that if we are not on the water, close to water, planning for a boat trip, talking about boating or working on our boat, we are still not far away from the water's pull. Don't get us wrong, we have plenty of other interests including a growing family and many friends to balance out our given time on earth, but when we feel that draw, the one that triggers our growing wanderlust, we answer the call knowing it will keep in check our, not so secret, recipe for a healthy and active lifestyle. For us boating is a lifestyle choice not an activity.
A coupe of years ago we made some major changes to how we boat, we downsized to a 27-foot trailerable trawler. We both felt it was time for us to gain a little more flexibility in our explorations, we wanted to open up new avenues of boat exploration possibilities. We also wanted to establish a home base where we could reside when taking breaks from cruising, we wanted to work on balancing our lives by dividing our time between boating and time spent with loved ones. With the ever-present pull of the water still calling us we sensed our boating fix might be better satisfied if we were not tethered to large boat. Although we are just getting started (two years this August) in trailerable boating, we've already opened up and experienced new to us cruising grounds — destinations we could have never experienced without having a trailerable boat or chartering a boat on location. Inland lakes such as Lake Powell in Utah/Arizona and Lake Tahoe in California along with some time spent on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon and a return trip to Puget Sound and San Juan Islands in Washington State were some of our first trailering adventures. We were also intrigued with the possibility of using our trailerable boat as an RV while traveling across country to a cruising destination.
We are not writers by trade, writing has been a learning adventure for both of us born of a great desire to share and inspire boaters or future boaters to leave the comforts of home to explore. We like to encourage our readers to take a break from their known lives to investigate other possibilities to grow and expand their horizons while embracing opportunities to enrich their lives. If you've read our Logs, Blogs and books you'll already know that this is the way it happened for us, we were inspired by another couple, long-distance cruisers from Seattle, Washington. Dale and Linda, on Bacaruda, shared information with us and encouraged us to take the leap; they said we could do it. It was all the encouragement we needed, we were both immediately on board with the idea though we really didn't know how we would do it at first, but we were determined to put a plan into motion. Fast forward three years, we were 1085 miles into our first Great Loop boat trip when we started to feel as if we were at the mercy of the alluring waterways we were traveling. The water underneath us, whether it was a lake, river, bay, or gulf, held seductively engaging powers, it captivated our hearts in a way that surprised us, we suddenly felt an overwhelming need to share.
We started a personal blog in 2005 to keep our family and friends informed of our travels and whereabouts while we were away from home. One of the hardest things adventures and travelers, at any level or method, have to do is leave someone behind. Although in the beginning, when we shoved off the dock to start our first Great Loop trip, we were reveling in the freedom and lightness we were experiencing as we headed into open water away from home, but the weighty absence of our loved ones soon followed. In the end, it was this feeling that led us to reorganize and re-balance our course a few years ago. We think our growing passion for adventure emerged when we began writing our personal blog — 75 days into our trip our enthusiasm morphed into the idea to produce a book, When the Water Calls ... We Follow, a compilation of 27 Looper's (boaters we met while on our first Loop) personal stories and experiences while cruising the Great Loop boat trip. We thought the many voices would make for a more powerful book presenting differing perspectives of the Great Loop adventure. We remember having a conversation about how special it was being a member of AGLCA (America's Great Loop Cruisers Association) and being part of a group of boaters doing the Loop trip at the same time. While on our trip we learned how invigorating each aspect of the cruising lifestyle was, especially all the friendly people we met whether on other boats, at marinas or on shore in the towns we visited. We were already planting the seed of becoming live aboard cruisers ourselves for a longer time period than the one-year we originally planned for. Simply put, we thought more people should know about what an exciting adventure it can be to become a Looper or long-distance cruiser.
It was soon after our first book was published that BoatUS presented us with an exciting opportunity, writing twice-monthly BoatUS Cruising Logs, covering our boating exploits starting with our Great Loop boat trip and two years ago our trailerable trawlering adventures. In 2009 another book idea formed while we were still living on board Kismet and spending the summer in the Chesapeake Bay area. Women On Board Cruising is a compilation of 25 women long-distance boaters who share personal perspectives and first-hand experiences of cruising or sailing around the United States or to other countries (one circumnavigated the world). By the time this current BoatUS Cruising Log is posted, a new book, Upside Of Downsizing To A Trailerable Trawler, will have been published, the beginning of our new EBook series on trailerable trawlering. The first book in this series will begin with how and why we made the decision to downsize. We also tried to cover all aspects of trailerable boating, from the truck, the trailer and the boat while including the inherent issues, benefits and flexibility of cruising with a trailerable trawler. We think trailerable boating is a choice more boaters will be making in the years to come and there are a lot of exceptional boats produced today to adequately satisfy the growing interest.
While writing this article we are pausing often to look forward to discuss some of the loose ends we need to button up before we take off for our next four-month trailering adventure. With four weeks (as we write this) to go before we head west, first cruising the Flaming Gorge on the Green River in Northeast Utah, then Puget Sound and up to Canada's Golf Islands, Victoria and Desolation Sound, we find the pull of the water calling us again. The excitement is almost too much to bear. With our anticipation level building, it feels like a balloon that's been filled to the max with helium and on the verge of exploding, a little dramatic you might think but nonetheless it's pretty powerful stuff for us. To relieve the pressure and satisfy our need to take in a few trips locally before we leave, we decided to plan a few pre-departure shake down cruises in and around our home cruising grounds. We look at these pre-departure outings like a cruising appetizer to the main Pacific Northwest cruising event. Now that we have some short and longer term cruising plans laid to rest we both feel a little more relaxed knowing we'll get our fix soon. This provides us the energy we'll need to continue household and land based preparation chores, something we'll be glad to leave behind as we head out, first trailering and camping on land as we travel across country, then on the water for four months.
With this new found energy, and with us both feeling as relaxed as we can get not being on the water, our minds changed gears a bit to reminisce about our past boating experiences. As mentioned earlier we have been serious boaters since 2005, when we left on our first 6,000-mile Great Loop adventure. We both feel we've been very fortunate to have been able to live our dream of being full time cruisers and live aboards for five years, cruising America, Canada and part of the Bahamas by boat. During this time we were able to capture our boating experiences into a chronological permanent record writing these twice-monthly articles for BoatUS over five years.
We feel no greater compliment or justification for our writing and sharing endeavors than to hear directly from our readers who have often taken a minute or two to let us know we inspired or helped him or her in some way. Many have emaiedl us with boating questions or have called us about cruising advice and more than we can count have stopped by our boat to visit us at a marina just to say, "Hello, I really liked your BoatUS Cruising Log on Lake Powell," or "I really liked the funny Log on propane" or any number of others. One couple, Louis and Diane Wade, on Bella Luna (if you've read our Cruising Logs for 2008 and 2009 you know who they are, we traveled with them often, they have since become good friends), came up to introduce themselves in Charlevoix, Michigan. They stated in a very friendly and thankful way, "Its because of you we're on this Great Loop trip." Another example occurred after we had towed our Ranger Tug south on I-75, through Atlanta, Georgia, on our way to Florida last year. A couple of days later we received an email from a couple stating they'd seen us on I-75 just outside of Atlanta and recognized our boat from our BoatUS articles. They went on to thank us for writing about our boating adventures. When we drove west to take possession of our new Ranger Tug R27 in 2011, we attended an MTOA Rendezvous in Gig Harbor, Washington, and another MTOA member couple made a point of letting us know they already felt they knew us from our BoatUS Cruising Logs. It appears we've made a slight impact on some people's boating lives in a positive way, we owe a lot of this to our relationship with BoatU.S as they gave us the opportunity and venue to share our boating exploits.
However, we would be greatly remiss if we did not state that as much as people have found our boating activities to be interesting or amusing, we ultimately feel that we are the ones who have gained the most from all the people we have met or communicated with over the years. Because of the writer/reader connection, we feel it's a two way street, we learned a lot from other people, mostly boaters who shared with us their own stories, experiences, accomplishments, tips, education and joy of boating.
As we think about the last five years of writing twice monthly articles for BoatUS we marvel at the range of topics we've written about. In 120 articles including this, our last, we've covered everything from the 6,000 mile Great Loop boat trip and all it entails, we've covered Canada's North Channel to the Florida Keys, the Abaco Islands, Lake Powell, Lake Tahoe, Puget Sound, Chesapeake Bay and San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest. We've covered the building of two boats, how to equip and operate a proper tow vehicle and trailer, provided numerous maintenance procedures and tips — the ins and outs of propane usage for one (one of Jim's funniest Logs), social and boat club events and so much more.
Did you catch our statement in the paragraph above? We stated that this would be our LAST BoatUS Cruising Log. No, we have not stopped writing or cruising, far from it, but after five years of writing articles, we felt compelled to make a change. Much like we've changed from being full-time cruisers solely living on a boat to now being part-time land dwellers who explore interesting waterways with a trailerable boat. It was just time for a change.
As stated above, water and boating are never far from our thoughts when we're not on, in, or around it. We can't imagine a life not spent on the water. As much as writing did not come naturally to us in the beginning, like our boating lifestyle did, we've grown into it, writing has become part of what we do and who we are, consequently it's also how others perceive us. Because of this and our desire to share and provide our tales of adventure in whatever capacity for our readers, our writing will continue, just differently.
We want to extend a few special thank yous, first to you, our faithful readers, where would we be without you? Next, we'd like to give thanks to Bernadette Bernon for all her support and encouragement over the years during our association with BoatUS Last but never least, we thank everyone we've worked with at BoatUS over the years and look forward to doing special projects and staying in touch.
As we continue to explore the United States and Canada with our trailerable trawler Kismet, we'll continue writing about the trailerable boating lifestyle and the destinations we've sought out. We'll persist in encouraging our readers to take the plunge to experience the adventure of long-distance boating for themselves. We'd love to continue to be of assistance if you need to ask a question or seek support. You might just be surprised where you'll find articles published that we've penned, but after reading this article one thing you'll know for sure, if we're not actively planning a future trip or traveling to a body of water we'll be out on it stretching our necks out to see what's beyond the next bend.
Please follow us on our next adventure this summer. We'll be trailering Kismet to the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Trip updates will be posted to our Trailer Trawler Life Blog.
See you on the water!
Jim and Lisa Favors


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It's been quiet on the VMC front over the last few months, but the good news is that our next VMC observation is scheduled for mid-May. However, don't think we haven't been busy behind the scenes in the meantime!
In the summer of 2013, with the prospect of comets ISON and Siding Spring passing by Mars over the next 12 months, we wanted to have the ability to image them with VMC (if we got the opportunity). VMC has two operating modes: line mode and frame mode; the main difference between these is the image exposure times that can be set.
Line mode gives a maximum exposure of 200 millisseconds, and frame mode ranges from 200 milliseconds up to 95 seconds. The original on-board control procedure (i.e software commands) that operates VMC was only able to use line mode. This was a deliberate decision when the procedure was created to keep it as simple as possible, and 200ms is more than adequate for taking pictures of a well-illuminated Martian surface.
However, attempting to capture something as faint as a comet with a 200ms exposure on a 640x480 camera with no fancy optics was clearly going to be impossible. Thus the team decided this would be a good opportunity to perform a software upgrade that would enable us to operate VMC in both modes. Following a redesign of the algorithm, recoding and a period of validation against the spacecraft simulator, the upgraded procedure was uploaded to Mars Express. Once on board, the final step was to use it operationally.
A set of test images would be have to be taken and for this we needed a suitable target. The target had to be something bright enough that we stood a chance of imaging it but faint enough that we would likely be unable to see it on a short exposure. This was tricky given the limited number of test opportunities we had, but to our surprise and delight we discovered that Mars moon Phobos would pass through our field of view during the last of the slots we had identified .
Given that the last time long exposures were used on VMC was in 2007 (then just as a test to check it still worked) we had little information to go on regarding what exposure settings to use. The choice was further complicated by only having enough time to take 3 images.
In the end we decided on a large spread with 13-second, 6-second and 2-second exposures, as these would give us a good chance of capturing Phobos whilst also allowing us to assess the performance of the camera.
It was a tense wait to get the images back and see if all our work had paid off. Turned out we needn't have worried: not only had the upgraded software worked perfectly, but VMC had taken its first direct images of Phobos! We were absolutely thrilled with the results.
We estimate that we were approximately 8000 km away from Phobos when the images were taken (the increase in size/brightness is due to the different exposure times used). The 13-second and the 6-second images are a little over exposed (the glow in the bottom of the images is the light from the day side of Mars). In the final image (a 2-second exposure) it is possible to get some indication of the overall shape of the Martian moon. Putting all images together in an animation, Phobos can be seen moving across the field of view.
Unfortunately, our follow up observation of ISON did not go as well as we'd hoped. In the end, it was not as bright as originally expected and simply too faint to detect even with longer exposure times. All was not lost though, as we were left with these great shots of Phobos and new and proven imaging opportunities for VMC!
– MEX Team


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Are there higher status (or at least 'better-sounding', more CV-ready) alternatives to the word 'intern'? At least in the UK, being an intern is perceived as low status, with connotations of being the person who makes the coffee. It also looks less impressive on a CV.
(The context which I'm searching in is that the charities I work for are offering internships of two to ten months. We provide accommodation and food/travel expenses, but this is closer to volunteering than employment. Many of our 'interns' have just graduated from elite universities, and they do relatively high-level and interesting work such as research. So it would be nice to call them something other than 'interns'.)


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In March, my partner and I cycled from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Bangkok - a memorable two-week holiday that took us through three distinct countries in hot and humid South-East Asia. The trip was both more, and less, daunting than it sounds.
So don't stop reading. You can do it, too, if you are reasonably fit (if you can easily cover 60 kilometres in a day) and don't mind traipsing through strangers' chicken coops to get to the outhouse. You don't have to be a buff 30-year-old, in other words.
Nor did we cycle every single kilometre: we covered some distance in river boats, an air-conditioned backup van and even an antique "bamboo train." We also enjoyed regular rest days swimming in the hotel pool - when we weren't drinking icy beer at cheerful bars, or poking through glittery, local markets filled with dollar-store junk and all manner of mutant fruits and vegetables.
But the cycling, about 570 kilometres in all, was the highlight. The road is often bumpy, but the terrain is mostly flat. The heat can be draining, but the reward - as with every cycling trip - is an intimate encounter with the culture (including the barnyards, convoys of orangeclad monks who studied us gravely, scooters nearly buried under their cargoes of live chickens, smiling toothless women in cone hats and some very excited children.)
In fact, we rode so close to people's simple thatch homes on the twisting paths through Vietnam's Mekong delta, it felt as if we were pedalling right into their daily lives, disturbing the mid-day siesta, or the friendly curbside cockfight. We thoroughly disrupted recess at countless country schools, and caused a sensation on rural backroads, as squealing kids ran to greet us with high-fives and exuberant cries of "Hello! Hello!" (This must be what it's like for Justin Bieber.)
In the company of our genial tour group - more on that later - we swooped, like some species of exotic bird, through villages buried in jungle, past dusty farmlands, spring-green rice paddies, remote hamlets and into damaged and depressing regional hubs, like Battambang, Cambodia, that look as if they haven't seen a tourist since Pol Pot was mercifully defeated in 1979.
Yet people were unfailingly warm and curious - although I did notice the odd amused smile. No wonder; it isn't every day a peloton of red-faced foreigners, dressed in their colourful native spandex, speeds past your shaded hammock in the noonday sun. Chased by the mad dogs.
Our route also hit the main tourist draws: the sombre temple complex at Angkor Wat in Cambodia; the thriving nearby service town of Siem Reap, where fishes will nibble your toes in giant sidewalk tanks; and Phnom Phen, where a seedier form of massage is widely offered. Only $4. We stopped at a touristic silk factory (practically mandatory on an Asia tour, but fascinating), at stone carvers' yards and smaller, out-of-the-way, rice paper "factories" in simple bamboo sheds.
While cycle touring has become popular, especially in booming Vietnam, it still hasn't spoiled the region - in fact, in 14 days we saw only one other western cycle tour, and, in many places, we were the only foreigners.
On a bike, you get to places those giant tour buses can't manage (and there were many buses; Asia is packed with western visitors). That includes potholed country lanes, or narrow scooter paths weaving through the Mekong delta - not to mention the 10-person "ferries", made of rough planks roped together, that traverse the delta's thousands of rivulets.
Several companies now offer cycle tours of varying duration and ambition, with excursions along Vietnam's scorching coastal highway and in the mountainous interior particularly well-subscribed. (And more demanding than our ride, which only rated three chilies out of five in level of difficulty.)
We wanted to see three countries - Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand - and major attractions like Angkor Wat, along with a "quiet" Thai beach, so we chose a trip offered by SpiceRoads, a Scottish-owned outfit with good reviews and reasonable prices. Our tour cost about $2,500 each and included sumptuous meals, inscrutable snacks, adequate-toexcellent hotels, an air-conditioned support van, rental bikes - serviceable Trek hardtail mountain bikes - and three guides. (That didn't include airfare between Canada and Saigon.)
SpiceRoads turned out to be an excellent choice; the tour was well-staffed and the route well-chosen. The main guide, in particular, a 32-year-old American called Jonathan, was well-informed, professional and endlessly helpful. (So encyclopedic was his knowledge of local customs, languages, history, pharmacology and cuisine, he earned the tag WikiJon.)
We were 12 cyclists altogether, ranging in age from 27 to 63, from Australia, the United States and Canada - including a young American working in Afghanistan. No thanks to me, we were an unusually speedy group: a combination of young riders and some seasoned veterans. Any pressure to keep up was mostly self-generated; ordinarily, Jon assured us, this particular trip proceeds at a more stately pace.
We stopped for picnic lunches at park-like Buddhist temples in various states of disrepair; at ramshackle roadside cafés that, in one unforgettable instance, offered deep-fried tarantulas and crickets; at open-air, but well-shaded restaurants where we watched, slack-jawed, as servers paraded out trays of South-Asian specialties, each dish more enticing than the last. (The salty, tasty Vietnamese chicken noodle soup pho ga turns out to be perfect fuel for a sweaty ride through the tropics.)
The longest day was 92 kilometres (long if you are on a mountain bike), but more often we rode 35 to 65 kilometres, or not at all. Sometimes we were on corduroy dirt roads, sometimes on pavement, sometimes cutting across a rice paddy on a hard mud path, occasionally on busy city boulevards.
It was the heat, rather than distance, that was daunting. It was pushing 38 degrees at Angkor Wat, with intense sun and wilting humidity. In the Mekong delta, we were mercifully shaded by coconut and banana fronds, but on open roads the sun beat down relentlessly. Fortunately, on the longest day - through dusty and impoverished farm country in Cambodia, approaching the Thai border - it was unseasonably cool at 26 degrees, and overcast.
No matter when you travel in this region it is going to be hot, but December to February may be the smartest choice. We also took care: we stopped every 20 kilometres for salty snacks, fresh pineapple and watermelon, soft drinks and water. When it got to be too much - sore knee, bad tummy, imminent heat stroke - there was always the air-conditioned van trailing discreetly behind, equipped with water and yet more pineapple.
If you don't want to do the whole ride, you might consider a shorter trek through the Mekong delta, to me the most fascinating part of the trip. The delta is a lush maze of thatch homes, mango farms, temples, banana groves and hamlets that is home to 17 million people. It isn't the sandy, flat farmland, interspersed with broad Amazonian rivers, that I imagined. (It looks like an inhospitable venue for a war, by the way.)
A hundred spidery trails lead through this jungle - many paved and wide enough to accommodate two scooters, which, along with local cyclists and pedestrians, are the only traffic.
The twists and turns force you to slow down; so do the many small bridges, that rise suddenly, over chocolate-coloured, slightly menacing currents. One day, we crossed 51 of these little arched bridges; it felt like a tropical skateboard park. On top of one such bridge, we had to ride over drying rice while dodging young boys eager to show us the live mice they had dangling from strings. We momentarily lost one rider in the swamp, but she had never been on a mountain bike before.
Best of all are the small ferries - which are really just rafts with tattered canvas coverings. Sitting on the plank floor, crossing a turbulent channel the width of the Rideau Canal, eight bikes leaning on the flimsy bamboo railing, the driver operating the small submerged engine with a string tied to his bare toe, I thought to myself: I can't imagine a more exotic destination.
Cambodia was immediately different: poorer than Vietnam, drier, less forested and still haunted, somehow, by the memory of Pol Pot's brutal social experiments of the mid-'70s. I will always associate the country with human skulls and fanatically insistent child vendors.
We cycled to and through some of the famous killing fields - park-like, mass graves of the victims of Pol Pot, with glassed towers of skulls arranged according to gender and age.
The roads in Cambodia were mostly packed dirt and we shared them with water buffalo, scooters and luxury SUVs bearing Phnom Phen plates - evidence of a deeply inequitable society. We passed wooden houses on stilts and many, many children with torn, dirty clothing and poor teeth - but wide, excited smiles.
Despite the obvious poverty, we encountered few beggars. Instead, children swarm tourists like killer bees at every temple, or roadside attraction - thrusting their scarves, T-shirts and trinkets right through bus windows or into your face. They set up an irritating drone: "One dollar. Only one dollar, madame." (They don't get much education, but speak a confident English, tailored to ingratiate. One bright nine-year-old identified "David" Harper, as prime minister of Canada, when we quizzed him. Not bad.)
For many visitors, the celebrated rubble of Angkor Wat - the largest complex of religious buildings in the world, dating from the 12th century - is a historic and spiritual highlight. Maybe, but it was a fiendishly hot 30-kilometre cycle around the sprawling sight.
We arrived before sunrise - along with a few hundred other international tourists and early-rising coffee vendors - to watch the gloomy temples emerge from darkness in the rosy dawn. (Its one of those tourist fetish things.)
We breakfasted, wandered around, but by the time we got on our bikes at 10 a.m. to see the rest of the complex, it was already unbearably hot. Fortunately, it was only seven kilometres back to the hotel pool in Siem Reap.
What I will remember just as vividly is the less exalted "bamboo" train - a removable bamboo raft attached to rail wheels that whistles down a crooked track between two remote villages, an easy 10-kilometre cycle outside of Battambang. When you encounter a similar contraption coming the other way, one "train" stops, the driver moves the platform and wheels to the side, lets the oncoming "train" pass, then reassembles his own rolling platform.
There is no bug screen, no sides, no seats - just boards on wheels, travelling at bone-jarring speed. It was particularly exciting when a wandering cow got her rope caught in the track right in front of us and jerked free only moments before collision.
Travelling from this forgotten part of Cambodia to Thailand was like journeying from the Third World to the First. The moment we traversed the rural border crossing, the roads were better (than here, actually), the food exquisite, the mango groves lush and the bathrooms much fancier - even rivalling those in chic restaurants in Toronto. (We used all manner of toilets on our journey, mostly ceramic stand-ups in sheds behind cafés, temples or farmhouses. They were basic, but, unlike in India, did not smell.)
Our trip ended with a couple of days at a Chantchalao beach resort, mostly frequented by residents of nearby Bangkok and relatively free of the sex tourism so common throughout this part of the world.
A final easy cycle ride around the sleepy resort (including a visit to the King's mangrove swamp, a restoration project) and a magnificent, final moonlit banquet on the beach - featuring a stunning array of Thai seafood and yet more beer and pineapple - and our trip was over.
As I watched a rosy sunset over the ocean fade to black in the company of convivial new friends, sipped my Thai beer and felt the cooling breeze, I had to admit: that wasn't really daunting at all, as cycle tours go.
Susan Riley is a freelance political columnist for the Citizen and enjoys cycle touring. Email: email@example.com
Tour company: SpiceRoads
Cost: About $2,500 for the cycle tour, accommodations, meals, support van, rental bikes and guides, but not airfare to Asia.
When to go: December to February may be wisest in terms of temperature.
More: www.spiceroads.com


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What is the NASS Repository?
The North American Sundial Society now makes available a treasure trove of dialing material on a single CD! To purchase The NASS Repository and other NASS publications, see the NASS Publications Order Form
Compendium Back Issues - All issues of The Compendium to date of the NASS journal are presented in PDF format, with known errors corrected, color added to the photos, and hyperlinks both within and across the issues. (The free Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or above is required - and included on the DVD.)
Sundial Registry - A recent version of the ever-expanding registry of sundials in North America, including locations, brief descriptions and over 3000 photos.
Aked/Severino Gnomonics Bibliography - This is an important listing of over 10,000 works on dialing and is probably the largest such compilation ever assembled. (copyright Charles Aked / Nicola Severino)
The British Sundial Society Sundial Glossary - This glossary of more than 500 terms relating to sundials includes definitions, cross-links, equations and the beginnings of a chronology. Over 50 of the main entries have been linked to more detailed articles available elsewhere on the DVD, thus providing the option to choose between a brief definition and a detailed account. (copyright BSS/John Davis)
Cyclopædic Diallist - The comprehensive treatise on dialing by Henry Meikle which appeared in the Eighth Edition (1852-1860) of the Encyclopædia Britannica. The work is augmented by excerpts from the work of Hugh Godfray in the Ninth Edition (1875-1879), and further augmented by extracts from a lecture (1770) by James Ferguson. This compilation is presented here for the first time with annotation, modern mathematical formulation and additional material by Fred Sawyer.
Sciatheric Notes - I - A collection of Fred Sawyer's articles that appeared in the Bulletin of The British Sundial Society in the years 1991 to 1997. The book contains a brief introduction and review of the articles by Fred and a foreword by Charles K. Aked. Charles observes: "These articles are of real importance in the published work on dialing and essential reading for all who wish a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of dialing.... It is an honor to prepare a Foreword to this jewel of a collection of articles."
Dialling Universal by George Serle - A NASS edition of this 1657 book - the first to introduce a comprehensive set of dialing scales on a ruler. The booklet was edited and annotated by Fred Sawyer, and it introduces what James Ferguson called "the easiest of all mechanical methods, and by much the best." The book itself serves both as an instruction manual and as a discussion on the theory of dialing scales.
Dialing Software - The digital bonuses that NASS has distributed with The Compendium, as well as some new material. Some of the more significant programs include Zonwvlak (with a manual, full discussion of equations, and a beta copy of the new Windows Zonwvlak 2000), The Dialist's Companion, Ferrari's Sund98p, Blateyron's freeware program Shadows, Sonderegger's Sonne, and an interesting new program Helioscope by Tom Kreyche.
Selected Patents - The full text and images of over 60 sundial-related patents issued in the U.S. since 1974.
Search Facility - There are several ways to navigate around the DVD, including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and a search facility that instantly finds every occurrence of any word or phrase anywhere on the DVD.
Upgrades - From time to time new material and new NASS publications will be added to the master DVD; such additions will of course be announced in The Compendium. Each new issue of The Compendium will also be added to the master immediately following publication, and will be incorporated into the web of links.
Don't miss out on this unique and useful collection of dialing information: NASS Publications Order Form


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"What about the journalism?"
That's the question media analyst Ken Doctor asked a few months ago about both the philosophy of a "digital first" approach to running newspapers and the newly formed company "Digital First" Media that now oversees both Journal Register Company (including the New Haven Register, Middletown Press and Register Citizen, among other publications, in Connecticut) and Media News Group (ranging from the Denver Post and San Jose Mercury News to the Berkshire Eagle and Lowell Sun in Massachusetts).
CEO John Paton has a plan that many see as the best hope for rescuing the newspaper industry (in case you missed it, see the recent New York Times story here, and a more extensive Times interview with Paton here).
Will Paton's formula of cutting print edition-related costs and emphasizing Flip cameras, mobile phones and Twitter improve local journalism or leave a multi-platformed but shallow and empty reproduction in its place?
At the end of the day, Doctor asked, "Are the readers, the citizens of its communities, better served?"
Without question, Journal Register Company news organizations are serving their communities better in breaking news situations thanks to the philosophy of "Digital First." Hurricane Irene was a great example. When it comes to speed and use of platforms beyond print – from SMS alerts, to social media, blogging, video – we are light years ahead of where we used to be, and our audience has benefited.
But what about depth, context, investigative reporting?
It has taken longer to bear fruit, but as Digital First shifts emphasis away from the print production process, it is freeing up resources to invest in better journalism. And "slow news" – journalism that delves deeply into a story, that invests staff time in investigative work – has a prominent place alongside the breakneck pace of breaking news alerts.
This morning, we announced a newsroom reorganization in Connecticut that will establish a full-time investigations editor position at the New Haven Register for the first time in more than 20 years. A second full-time position will be devoted to the "explainer" format of in-depth reporting on local and state issues and "fact checking" statements made by politicians, public officials, activists and business leaders.
Michelle Tuccitto Sullo, who joined the Register in 1992 and has covered courts and served as Naugatuck Valley bureau chief, will be charged not only with pursuing investigative stories on her own, but in creating a culture of investigative reporting in the newsrooms of the New Haven Register and its sister JRC papers in Connecticut. She'll team up with staff reporters to pursue stories that the daily grind of a beat don't allow them to pursue. Michelle draws upon strong knowledge of court and Freedom of Information Act process and award-winning investigative experience in writing about cold case murder and missing persons cases.
New Haven Register Topics Editor Mary O'Leary, who has 31 years of experience covering state government and a variety of other beats at the paper, will be freed from chasing the press conference of the day to focus on in-depth reporting. She will split her time between "explainers" and "fact checking" – both aimed at cutting through the "he said, she said" blizzard of political spin and process to help our readers get to the truth.
We are creating these positions and replacing Michelle and Mary in their old beats, for a big net increase in our "feet on the street" reporting. And we're doing that by consolidating positions that were focused either entirely or primarily on the process of putting out the print edition of the newspaper.


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"For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction," she tweeted. "WE are going to sue the shit out of ACtivision we being the Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises."This quote comes directly from Love's Twitter feed and is some kind of response to the fact that Cobain's Guitar Hero 5 avatar can be used to sing non-Nirvana songs. It remains to be seen just how this will be handled, but one thing's for sure -- we're heading off to play "You Give Love a Bad Name" with our Kurt avatar right now.
Poor Kurt.
Bryn says: Oh my. Two things from me. It's pretty tasteless to have dead artists perform in games like this anyway. Next, please spend a few moments to read Ms. Love's Twitter feed. Now, I must apologize for that -- you'll never get those precious seconds of your life back.


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The STI Files: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Stat: Of all infertile people with uteruses, an estimated 15 percent are infertile because of PID.
What is it exactly? "Pelvic inflammatory disease" is shorthand for any serious, non-specific bacterial infection of the reproductive organs that are housed in the pelvis: the uterus, uterine lining, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. These infections usually start in the vagina and, when left untreated, can progressively infect other reproductive organs. 20% of PID cases are found in teens, who often are afraid or unable to get reproductive health care. PID can result in permanent infertility and chronic pain.
About how many people have it? About one million cases of PID are reported in the United States annually.
How is it spread? In most cases, other sexually transmitted diseases and infections such as gonorrhea and chlamydia are at the root of PID, especially when they are left untreated. Some cases of PID are due to infections with more than one type of bacteria.
What are its symptoms?
• painful periods that may last longer than previous cycles
• unusual vaginal discharge
• spotting or cramping between periods
• pain or cramping during urination, or blood in the urine
• lower back or abdominal pain
• fever
• nausea or vomiting
• pain during vaginal intercourse
How is it diagnosed? PID is often difficult to diagnose, and it is widely thought that millions of cases each year go undiagnosed. To diagnose PID, you will need a pelvic exam which includes a Pap smear, and a possible laparoscopy (a diagnostic microsurgical procedure that can usually be done in an office visit) in order for your doctor or clinician to take a close look at your reproductive system. It is also imperative that you tell your doctor or clinician if you have been sexually active with a partner and what your sexual history has been.
Is it treatable? In some cases, antibiotics, bed rest, and sexual celibacy are prescribed. In other cases, surgery may be required, including the possible removal of some reproductive organs.
Is it curable? In some cases, but it can recur even once treated if the person becomes reinfected.
Can it effect fertility? PID can lead to permanent sterility or ectopic pregnancy.
Can it cause death? Almost any bacterial infection, if it becomes serious enough or affects enough of the body's systems, can potentially cause severe injury or death.
How can we protect against it? Using condoms during vaginal intercourse offers a very high level of protection from PID.
Annual STD screenings also reduce the risk by finding other STDs or STIs and treating them before they can progress to cause PID. Because PID is caused by other untreated infection, it is one of many reasons why it is so important for people to get gynecological exams and full STI screenings at least once every year, without fail.
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By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - One of pop singer Justin Bieber's bodyguards has been arrested and charged with stealing a photographer's $10,000 camera outside an arcade in an Atlanta suburb, police said on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old guard, Hugo Hesny, was outside a business called the Funhouse late on Tuesday when he warned a photographer that he was too close to the teenage entertainer, the Sandy Springs Police Department said in a statement.
"A confrontation ensued and the photographer attempted to leave the location, but at some point, the security guard caught up and took the camera," the police statement said.
The incident was the latest in a string of legal problems involving 19-year-old Bieber, who last month was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and using an expired license after Miami Beach police say they caught him drag racing. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In the latest run-in with law enforcement, Bieber's guard put the camera into a Cadillac Escalade, which police said they stopped as its driver entered a house rented by the Canadian singer.
The guard and the driver were arrested and charged with felony theft, but charges were later dropped against the driver after it was determined he did not know about the camera snatching, police said.
Hesny admitted to police that he took the camera but said he only meant to delete pictures from it, not keep it, according to a police report.
Police said they recovered the camera, as well as a small amount of marijuana and "small pipes commonly used to smoke marijuana" from inside the Escalade.
"Due to the small amount, no charges were filed related to the marijuana," police said.
Bieber, whose private life has taken a tumultuous turn in the past year, also was charged last month with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto in December.
(Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Sofina Mirza-Reid)


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Thomas DeLorenzo
Until just a few years ago, Thomas DeLorenzo never would have believed he could become an HIV/AIDS activist. Before he was "officially" diagnosed with HIV in 2001 -- with 60 T cells and a viral load of 300,000 -- DeLorenzo had been living in denial. And until 2006, he was too busy dealing with the many side effects of his own HIV meds to think about helping anyone else. Then he and his doctors finally figured out the perfect med combo -- and, finally, DeLorenzo felt that he actually had a future.
DeLorenzo lives in Los Angeles with his partner and is currently attending law school at Southwestern University School of Law. His career goals include making sure all Americans have access to adequate and affordable health care. Prior to law school, DeLorenzo worked as a publicist in the entertainment industry, representing many award-winning celebrities.
In 2006, The New York Times named him an Unsung Hero in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS for his Christmas Goody Bag Project for the residents of the San Antonio AIDS Foundation Hospice. In 2008, DeLorenzo was the San Antonio AIDS Foundation's Angel of the Year. DeLorenzo's alma mater, Hofstra University, named him Alumnus of the Month in August 2009 for his work on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS. DeLorenzo was recently appointed to the City of West Hollywood's Disabilities Advisory Board.
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I'm Not Cured Yet
A not-so-optimistic view on the "Berlin patient" and a potential cure for HIV: "I am not quite ready to bring out my trumpet just yet," Thomas DeLorenzo blogs. "My friends without HIV ... were all excited about this news. They were taken aback by my ...


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Moves to make Patong Beach "more orderly'
PATONG: Vice-Governor Worapot Ratthasima on Tuesday was appointed chairman of a committee charged with cleaning up Patong Beach and ensuring that beach operators are regulated.
Committee member and Patong Municipality Chief Administrative Officer Poonsak Naksena said that the known 55 renters of beach chairs and umbrellas have until by February 24 to tidy up the layout of their 2,300-odd umbrellas and beach chairs so that the beach can be cleared of people quickly in case of another tsunami.
In addition, by February 24, each beach chair and umbrella renter, as well as every masseuse working on the beach, must register with Patong Municipality and obtain a license.
Patong Municipality will allocate a zone for each to operate within, and the license will have to be renewed each year.
Kathu Police Superintendent Pol Lt Col Teeraphol Thipjaroen said, "We are having difficulty controlling the problems at Patong Beach because we cannot continually check the beach, and the operators move back each time after we check."
Col Teeraphol said that the committee had received input from related stakeholders, and he expected the beach operators to comply now that one person – V/Gov Worapot – is responsible for keeping the beach in order.
"We should also register and limit the number of tuk-tuk drivers in Patong and give them uniforms. Furthermore, I could lecture the drivers on ethical behavior," he added.
Phuket Marine Office Chief Surin Theerakulpisut said, "My part in making Patong more orderly is to set up restricted areas for riding jet-skis, and for loading and unloading them from trailers, in order to avert accidents."
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Phuket's Sri Panwa Resort's land title deed to be investigated for legality by DSI
Back in the news again. Phuket's Sri Panwa Resort's land title deed is now to be investigated by the Department of Special Investigation after a petition was filed to determine whether the deed was procured legally. Veera Somkwamkid, the secretary-general of the People's Network Against Corruption, filed the petition along with 167 pages of documents pertaining to his accusations that Thawatchai Anukun, a land fraud suspect, had unlawfully issued land title deeds to plots of land in Phuket before he mysteriously died in a detention room while in DSI custody in 2016.
He was allegedly being investigated for falsifying land deeds between the years of 1998 and 2001. Veera claims before the title deed was issued on the plot, the land was part of a forest known by locals as Pa Kae.
"Back then, 10 families that had occupied the plots for about 40 years had title deed requests rejected. The reason given was the land was part of a forest reserve used by the navy."
However, Watchara Buathong, Phuket's current land official, says the Sri Panwa resort had legally acquired its 56-rai, none of which was ever state land. Local resident Khwanjai Khumban, backed this claim, saying her father and cousins had sold most of the land to the resort, and she could produce documents to account for at least 12 rai of the disputed area.
The hotel, situated on Cape Panwa, in Phuket's Muang district, has been under recent scrutiny due to its owner, Vorasit Issara, accusing Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul, a co-leader of the anti-government United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration group, of offending the monarchy at last weekend's protest at Sanam Luang.
Vorasit posted on Instagram that Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul should be jailed, further falsely claiming that she is not Thai when, in fact, Panusaya was found to have been born in Nonthaburi and is a Thai citizen.
"This bullshit has got to stop. She is not Thai. Who is she working for? This one needs to be in prison".
Such a statement has received wide backlash from netizens with some taking to Trip Advisor and other websites to post bad reviews of the resort, prompting it to suspend advertising on such sites.
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Female prisoner on the run after escaping from Phuket Hospital
A female prisoner is on the run after escaping from Vachira Hospital in Phuket during a doctor's appointment. 58 year old Siri Phodam allegedly escaped after asking her prison escort officer to use the toilet. But she took a long time to come back, and was found to have escaped. CCTV cameras caught her dressed in a blue hospital patient shirt and a sarong leaving the hospital quickly. A Phuket prison officer says the woman is 158 centimetres tall and has dark skin.
"Some of our own officers are searching for her, and we have also sent the prisoner's description to all Phuket police stations. However, at this stage we have not found any clues."
"If anyone finds a person matching the prisoner's appearance, please inform us by calling 076 212 104."
Siri was imprisoned after being charged with posessing illegal drugs and lived in Moo 2, Rawai.
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Phuket's annual vegetarian festival gets the green light – VIDEO
WARNING: The content below contains photos and videos of self-mutilation that some may find disturbing.
Somehow Phuket's annual vegetarian festival is to go ahead next month, but officials say they will ask participants to strictly observe social distancing. Good luck with that! For those who don't know, the festival isn't exactly known for the food. It's known for blood, body mutilation and more blood.
During street processions for the weeklong event, also known as the Nine Gods Festival, so called "mah songs" are known to practice self-mutilation and are said to enter a trance-like state, channeling spirits through their body. "Mah" means horse in Thai, and many suggest the mah song acts like a horse for the spirit to ride.
Many mah songs pierce their checks, ears and lips, some with large swords and thick needles. Some slice their tongues continuously for hours, blood dripping down on the street. Others appear to be in a trace walk barefoot as firecrackers explode on the ground.
Mah songs march down Phuket's streets for hours with a team of devotees to help tend to their wounds, adjust the piercings, wipe away drool and blood, and keep them hydrated. It's understood that devotees wear white as a symbol of purity. It's also reported that they abstain from eating meat, drinking alcohol and having sex during the weeklong festival.
It seems gruesome, but it's actually very spiritual. Business owners and locals line the street, some setting up altars. Mah songs stop at each one and do a quick ritual. Some mah songs carry a black flag, waving it over onlookers who bow their heads and place their hands in the "wai" position. Some spend time blessing the elderly and handing out bracelets to children. During a procession last year, a woman held up a bracelet as said "the 'Spirit' gave this to my mother."
This year, the festival will have to be a little different to abide by coronavirus prevention measures. The Bangkok Post says it's the first festival since the outbreak. The head festival organiser Prasert Fukthongphol says "we will seriously enforce social distancing measures and require all participants to wear face masks."
The grotesque piercings, noisy parades and visits to the shrine, are good news for Phuket's tourism and bad news if you're a vegetable. Many adherents to the Chinese-heritage local festival will go without sex, alcohol and meat for the week of so of the festival. The week of events and ceremonies hopes to scare away the bad gods again but, especially this year, attract some extra visitors to the festival.
Another Vegetarian Festival in Chon Buri has also been given the green light. The event is planned for October 16 to the 26. This year's main event for the festival will be in Naklua at Sawangboriboon Thammasathan Foundation at the Sein Sua Chinese Temple, but many other events will be around the city throughout the week.
SOURCES: Bangkok Post | Pattaya News
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 9, 2012) – All the news about U.S. men's volleyball players in the U.S. and around the world.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) has begun play in the Russian Super League with Zenit Kazan, which is getting ready to compete in the FIVB Volleyball Club World Championships on Oct. 13-19 in Doha, Qatar.
Kazan has been one of the most successful Russian teams in recent years. In 2011-12 it won the Russian Super League Championship, the CEV Champions League and the Cup of Russia.
Kazan is 4-0 in its first four 2012 Russian Super League matches. The team opened the season on Sept. 29 with a 22-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-16, 15-10 victory over Lokomotiv Novosibirsk. Anderson started all five sets and finished with 16 points on 14 kills and two aces. To view a photo gallery, click here.
On Oct. 3, Kazan scored a 25-17, 23-25, 25-20, 25-20 victory over VK Grozny. Anderson substituted in the second set and started the third and fourth, finishing with 11 points on nine attacks, one block and one ace. To view a photo gallery, click here.
On Oct. 6, Kazan defeated Fakel Novy Urengoy, 18-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-11. Anderson started the first two sets and finished with nine points on seven kills, one block and one ace. To view a photo gallery, click here.
On Oct. 9, Kazan beat Ural Ufa, 22-25, 25-19, 25-22, 17-25, 20-18.
Kazan will begin play in Pool B of the Club World Championship on Oct. 13. Other teams in Pool B are PGE Skra Belchatow (Poland), Al-Arabi (Qatar) and Zamalek (Africa). Teams competing in Pool A are Trentino Diatec (Italy), Tigres UANL (Mexico), Al-Rayyan Sport Club (Qatar) and Sada Cruzeiro (Brazil).
It will begin defense of its CEV Championship League title on Oct. 24 when it will host Belgium's Knack Roeselare.
The 2012-13 Polish Plus Liga season has started and U.S. outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) and Asseco Resovia Rzeszów are already 2-0.
On Oct. 6, Resovia Rzeszów, the defending Plus Liga champion, defeated Indykpol AZS Olsztyn, 25-21, 25-22, 25-17. Lotman started all three sets and scored five points on three kills, one block and one ace. He was also credited with 22 receptions, 86 percent positive.
On Oct. 9, Resovia Rzeszów defeated PGE Skra Bełchatów, 22-25, 25-20, 16-25, 25-21, 15-11. Lotman started all five sets and finished with eight points on six attacks, one block and one ace. He was also credited with 39 receptions, 64 percent positive.
Resovia Rzeszów will begin play in the CEV Champions League on Oct. 25 against Arago de Sete.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Jastrzębski Węgiel won their first match on Oct. 6 over Effector Kielce, 25-15, 27-25, 25-22. Holmes started all three sets and finished with four points on three kills and one block.
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The Italian Serie A league began play on Oct. 7 as U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) helped Copra Elior Piacenza to a 25-17, 25-19, 25-19 sweep of CMC Ravenna. Holt finished with eight points on four kills, two blocks and two aces.
U.S. outside hitter Futi Tavana (Saipipi, Samoa) is also on the roster for Piacenza, but did not play.
U.S. opposite Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Mo.) and Andreoli Latina got off to a good start, sweeping Sir Safety Perugia, 25-17, 25-18, 25-23. Troy substituted in the second set and started the third, finishing with four points on three kills and one ace.
Latina will begin play in the CEV Cup on Oct. 24.
U.S. outside hitter Jeff Menzel (Santa Barbara, Calif.) made his Italian league debut with Castellana Grotti in its 25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 25-20 defeat of Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo. Menzel started the first two sets and finished with four points on three attacks and one block.
In Italy's Serie A2 league, U.S. outside hitter Garrett Muagututia (Oceanside, Calif.) made his debut with Sieco Service Ortona on Oct. 7, helping his team to a 27-29, 24-26, 25-17, 25-21, 15-11 victory over Tonazzo Padova.
Muagututia started all five sets and finished with 19 points on 18 attacks and one block.
The Finnish team Raision Loimu, which includes three U.S. players, is 2-2 after its first four matches.
Most recently, Loimu fell to Saimaa Volley, 36-34, 22-25, 25-20, 21-25, 15-6.
U.S. outside hitter Jordan DuFault (Lakewood, Calif.) started all five sets and finished with 11 points on 10 kills and one block. U.S. middle blocker Dan McDonnell (Glendale, Ariz.) substituted in the first set and started the next four, finishing with four points on three kills and one block.
U.S. opposite Dean Bittner (Lakewood, Calif.) substituted in every set and finished with five points on four attacks and one ace.
U.S. setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) is playing for C.S. Remat Zalau in the Romanian volleyball league.
The team is 0-1 after falling to S.C.M.U. Craiova, 25-21, 25-23, 22-25, 25-21 on Oct. 6.
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A bill offered by the leading pro-horse slaughter advocate, Representative Jim Sacia, was also to be considered during today's hearing, but he did not call it up for consideration. His bill is being offered as a vehicle to language that would overturn a ban against horse slaughter overwhelmingly passed by the Illinois General Assembly last year.
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