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The open road calls to you. The roar of an engine piques your interest and as it approaches, you already know what it is. The V-twin engine rumbles the ground around your feet and you watch the two wheel beast cruise on by. The feeling of freedom that motorcycle riding offers people is unmatched in today's world of metal boxes all squeezing down the road just to reach a destination.
A motorcycle ride isn't about getting somewhere. It's about the ride; it's about the experience. Imagine sitting on a machine, cruising down the winding road, feeling the dips and curves, hugging the road as the wind blows past your body, as the sound of thunder roars beneath you, and all of your cares and concerns float away.
That's the experience of riding a motorcycle. Yet there is so much misinformation about motorcycle riding that is being spread through the media, through frustrated neighbors, and in entertainment that some believe that riding a motorcycle will mean that their life expectancy will be shortened, or that they must fit a certain stereotype in order to even think about it.
The truth is that a motorcycle rider is much more exposed on the motorcycle than a person is in a car. Should a motorcycle be involved in an accident, then the risk of injury and death will certainly increase. But there are precautions that one can take that will greatly reduce these risks.
Also, riding a big Harley or a sports bike doesn't mean that one has to be a large bearded and tattooed gang member, or a young kid who believes he is invincible. Motorcycle riders come in all shapes and sizes, from every demographic and socioeconomic class. Stock traders and doctors join the ranks of riders everywhere, especially on the weekends. These weekend 'warriors' leave behind the troubles of the week, of family, and of bills, whenever the straddle the engine and roll on out of the driveway.
America, the birthplace of the motorcycle, is the home of freedom and that is never more meaningful than when traveling down the road on a motorcycle. Learning to ride can be frightening at first, but it can also be the most rewarding experience one could imagine. Hopping on the bike on the spur of the moment to simply get away for an hour or two offers something that a car, not even a convertible, can.
For those who have never experienced the thrill of motorcycle riding, they simply don't know what they're missing. For those who have, then they know quite well.
Types of Motorcycles
There are generally three types of motorcycles to choose from. The first is the street bike. These include cruisers, sports bikes, mopeds, and scooters. While mopeds and scooters are often not generally categorized as motorcycles, many state and countries have the same license requirements for them as they have for motorcycles.
There are also some significant restrictions placed on mopeds and scooters, such as not being permitted on highways and interstates, for example, due to the size of the engine and their limited mobility and power.
Off-road motorcycles include dirt racing bikes, also known as motocross, and in most states, these bikes are not considered legal for road use. Some states do permit these bikes on the road, however, as long as they have proper lighting and engine size. The latter of these are known as dual-purpose bikes.
Each motorcycle type requires the rider to exhibit and use different sets up skills, hold a different posture, and treat the conditions differently.
How to Learn to Ride a Motorcycle
There are many mistakes that people make when learning how to ride a motorcycle. For anyone who has ever ridden a bicycle, it may seem as though it's quite simple, actually. The truth is that the fundamentals of riding a motorcycle, such as balance and turning, may be the same as used while riding a bicycle, the two are quite different.
The first thing to keep in mind when learning how to ride a motorcycle is that you will be riding with traffic. In other words, when riding a bicycle, you keep to the right and cars will be expected to pass on the left when it's safe to do so. Also, as a bicyclist, you would have the right-of-way over a car. However, when riding a motorcycle, you will travel just as a car would and give the right-of-way to pedestrians and bicyclists, as you would if you were in a car.
That makes learning to ride a motorcycle important to be done in a safe location, away from traffic and out of the danger zones of the open road.
First steps
As with learning any new activity, there will be some level of discomfort as you take your first steps. It is highly recommended that you attend a motorcycle riding safety course, such as MSF, before getting on a bike for the first time. These courses take beginner riders through the fundamentals of riding from the very beginning –from understanding the controls to operating the clutch and the throttle. These courses are not designed for any specific age group but are ideal for all ages, as well as highly recommended.
Learning to ride a motorcycle is easiest with a smaller bike to begin. A '250' size engine, or even a '500' size is ideal for most people. These motorcycles are generally smaller, lower to the ground, and weigh a lot less than their major brothers and sisters of the street bike brand. By starting out on a small bike, it makes balancing and controlling the bike much easier.
A more powerful bike is less forgiving in the throttle and the clutch, which means that an inexperienced rider can find themselves in trouble as soon as they release the brake, give the throttle a slight turn, and release the clutch.
If you don't have access to a smaller bike, the rider safety courses that are available throughout the country will be a safer start.
Follow the law
Most states, and countries, require a motorcycle rider to have a permit before they can even think about heading out onto the open road. Depending on the location of the rider, the permit may require them to be followed by a licensed, experienced motorcycle rider traveling in a car. The reason for this is that should something go wrong, or should the novice rider find themselves in a difficult situation, the experienced rider can take over.
Most permits require the individual to take a written test. This test will encompass the rules of the road as well as the rules and maneuvering strategies that a motorcyclist should follow while in traffic and real-world situations. By studying the manual that most DMV departments supply for studying for this test, a novice rider will learn a great deal that they can apply when first straddling the bike.
Don't rush and don't be pressured
It can be easy to feel rushed when learning to ride a motorcycle, especially when friends are impatiently waiting for you to join them on the open road. However, the most important thing to keep in mind is safety. Do not, for any reason, allow yourself to be pressured into leaving the comfort or the safety of an isolated training ground, such as an empty parking lot.
People who head out onto the road before they feel comfortable are much more likely to become involved in an accident. In those cases, it would be an accident that was avoidable. For some people, it takes months of practice before they are ready to head out into the wild jungle of traffic. However long it takes is what you should require of yourself.
Tips and Tricks
By stating 'tricks', this doesn't mean popping wheelies or jumping over cars. Instead, tricks mean methods that can keep you safe when riding.
When first learning to ride a motorcycle, it's important to understand its weight. Sit on the bike while it is parked on a level surface, and not running. Have a friend straddle the front wheel and hold the handlebars. Lean the bike to one side, feeling the weight and then bring it back upright. Do the same on the other side.
The friend is only there to ensure that the bike doesn't tip over onto the ground. This exercise will help you understand how it feels when it begins to lean to far to one side when stopped. Many people lose their balance once they come to a stop because they are gripping the brake too hard and stopping too short. This will help you avoid that fate.
Use your feet
When learning to ride, it's perfectly acceptable to allow your feet to help balance the bike when starting off from a stopped position. Don't allow the feet to drag, but rather keep them out to the sides or slightly ahead of your forward position. When you feel the bike rolling and balancing with momentum, then get your feet up.
Do not, for any reason, use this technique when coming to a stop. The foot can get caught and dragged back under the muffler of foot pegs, causing serious injury.
Feather the rear brake
When taking slow, tight turns, you want to make sure that you use the friction zone of the clutch to control your speed. Using the rear brake while using the throttle and clutch control can help maintain balance on the bike. Since the power of the bike comes from the rear wheel, adding the brake at the same will cause two opposing forces to fight against one another and the bike will want to be upright.
Frequently Asked Questions for all motorcycles
What about safety? What kind of equipment should I use?
Safety when riding a motorcycle should always come first. There are many states that don't require helmets when riding a motorcycle, but this is not recommended, even if the law allows it. Wearing a helmet should be a must for all motorcycle riders. A full-face helmet is also recommended, since 64% of serious head injuries occur to the part of the head and face that half-helmets don't cover.
A thick leather riding jacket, and chaps, go a long way to protecting a rider in the event of a crash. Gloves are a must as they shield the hands from flying debris on the road.
Where can I learn? Do I need a bike to learn?
Most rider safety courses supply the motorcycle for you. There is likely a rider safety course in your area. It is highly recommended that you take part in one of these course before heading out on the road for the first time on your own motorcycle.
General Motorcycle Conclusion
Riding a motorcycle does something to the spirit. It unleashes stress and rejuvenates the soul. There are inherent risks in riding a motorcycle that are different than riding in a car. However, many of those risks can be controlled through proper training and conscientiousness.
Having the right safety equipment, taking a rider safety course, and not being pressured into heading out into traffic until you are comfortable and ready are some of the steps one can take to increase the odds that they will have a long and healthy riding life.
Motorcycle Touring Introduction
Motorcycle touring is the act of going longer distances on your bike. Travel through the countryside is one a recreation that millions of people around the world enjoy, but most of them do this from the confines of an automobile, or even in an RV (recreational vehicle). Yet seeing the countryside, visiting different towns and historic landmarks, and other sightseeing destinations by motorcycle is one of the most breathtaking and refreshing ways to travel.
This kind of travel is commonly known as motorcycle touring and while it may seem, at first, to be no different than traveling by car, there are a number of considerations that need to be made before setting out on that majestic journey across the state, or across the country.
Along the way, a motorcycle can run into a number of potential hazards that automobile drivers simply won't have to face. From road conditions that make it tough for a motorcycle to pass to weather than can open up and pour rain down for hours, a motorcyclist on tour must be prepared for the expected, and the unexpected alike.
For some, these conditions are part of the thrill of motorcycle touring, but for others, they can pose potential risks that are better left to the former riders. Motorcycle touring has grown in popularity in the past decade and a large reason for that is the cost of fuel. With gas prices generally on the rise in recent years, motorcycles offer an alternative to fuel guzzling cars and RVs.
Motorcycle touring groups are growing as well, as more people learn about the incredible thrill and excitement of seeing the country from a completely different perspective.
There are a number of considerations that should be made when thinking about touring by motorcycle, from having the right motorcycle to bringing the right clothing along, and having a course planned out. Depending on whether you plan to ride alone or with a group will determine how well organized the map is or how much freedom you will have to alter your route or destination.
Riding with other motorcyclists is generally a safer way to tour, but it isn't an absolute requirement. Being prepared for the unexpected, from the downpour to the closed road to the flat tire should be planned for ahead of time. Making the trip as safe as possible should always be priority number one.
Motorcycle Touring History
Motorcycle touring has been around since nearly the beginning of the motorcycle itself. In its early days, however, the touring was limited due to the lack of cargo space that a motorcyclist had available to him or her. Today, touring motorcycles are equipped with roomy saddlebags, rear racks, and even tow packages that allow the motorcycle to tow a small luggage bin behind it.
Touring the country has been a major vacation option for people since the advent of the car. Even before that, people viewed the countryside on horseback, camping in the wild wherever they landed, and finding peace among all the dangers of the open world.
Touring by motorcycle allows a person to experience, even if to some small degree, what it was like to head out into the great unknown, if only in snippets and shades of that real world.
Touring bikes have evolved and grown with more options for comfort, such as thicker seats and even heated throttle and grips. Heated seats are also a popular feature of new touring bikes. CD stereos and GPS navigation are increasingly popular with new touring bikes as well.
Microphones in helmets allow passengers to easily communicate with the rider and some of these features are coming standard are certain touring bikes. Touring is growing in popularity, as evidenced by the increased sales of these touring bikes in recent years.
Three wheel bikes are also becoming increasingly popular, though the cost is often prohibitive for many people. These three-wheel touring bikes have all the features of regular touring motorcycles, but with more room, such as a mini-trunk behind the passenger's seat for storage.
Specific Type of Equipment to Have for Motorcycle Touring
When planning on touring with a motorcycle, having the right equipment will go a long way toward ensuring that the ride is a safe and enjoyable one. Depending on whether you travel in a group, with one passenger, or solo will determine precisely what kind of safety equipment you should have with you, and what kind of peripheral gear as well.
The main thing to have is a helmet for the rider and the passenger. While it is highly recommended that a helmet be worn at all times, many states do not require their use. This is unfortunate, considering the statistics mentioned in the safety section. However, when traveling from state to state, it is imperative that the rider know what the helmet laws are in each state and secure the helmet to their head before entering that state.
Having a road flare or flashlight is important, especially when planning to travel at night. Some motorcycle touring riders always plan to stop for the night long before the sun sets, but there could be unforeseen circumstances that arise that require them to ride in the dark. Should something mechanical go wrong with the bike or it runs out of fuel (some locations throughout the country do not have twenty-four hour gas stations every few miles), then having a road flare and/or flashlight can help ensure the safety of the rider and any passenger he or she may have accompany them.
Road maps. The tour may be one of free-formed madness, just letting the road take you where it will lead, but that still doesn't excuse not having a road map with you on the ride. There are dozens of reasons that a person should have a road map of the area they plan to ride, but it's the reasons that can't be thought of that make it an essential for any motorcycle tour.
Extra gloves, jeans, and rain-proof jacket. Even if you check the Weather Channel every night and every morning before you ride, showers and storms can pop up unexpectedly. It's imperative that you are prepared because if you aren't then you can end up with a chill that could lead to pneumonia, and possibly even death. Touring motorcycles will limit the amount of clothing that can be taken with the rider, which makes it essential to bring at least the most basic items.
Jeans are important for riding as they protect the legs from road debris and possible mishaps caused by an accident or slip. Having more than one pair will ensure that you always ride in a safe condition.
The Tour
Some people prefer to tour by motorcycle with no real destination in mind, which is fine, but it's crucial that you at least have an understanding of the basic motorcycle and traffic laws of the states that you plan to visit. There is no excuse if you are pulled over and didn't know the law. It is incumbent upon the rider to be responsible for obeying all traffic laws in the states in which they ride.
Planning the tour is recommended. Knowing distances, traveling times, and rest areas go a long way toward ensuring the safety of the rider, the passenger, and others who are joining the tour. When you devise your route, make sure that you calculate in potential traffic delays, especially around major cities during rush hour.
Book hotels or motels in advance. When touring, riding is much more exhausting than driving a car, and when you reach your limit for the day, you don't want to be running from one motel to the next finding only no vacancy signs. There is no shelter on a motorcycle like there is in a car and it is virtually impossible to sleep sitting on a parked motorcycle. Have a plan in place and make sure that you have a place to stay.
Tips for the Road when Motorcycle Touring
When riding alone, plan on making several comfort stops. The body needs to stretch more frequently when riding a motorcycle than when driving in a car. The mind also can use some refreshment and a break once in a while. When a rider pushes too long on the bike, he or she can find their thoughts begin to wander. When this happens, they focus less on the road and the traffic around them than they should and this lack of focus can lead to accidents.
Carry extra water. Even though the temperature may not be all that hot, a rider can become dehydrated without even realizing it. Drink plenty of water and make sure that those comfort stops have refreshments available.
Check road conditions. In California, for example, a rider can leave from a valley where it is eighty degree Fahrenheit and end up in the mountains two hours away where the temperature is below forty. Some roads may be closed due to snow or icy conditions, or perhaps even a wash-out from heavy rains. Check the Internet or call the state department of transportation to find out if any of the roads you're planning to travel are closed. Some roads could be fifty miles long with no outlet before you realize it's closed.
Have communication signals worked out if riding with others. Whether you have a passenger or you are riding with a group of motorcyclists, it's important to understand a set of hand signals to ensure that everyone is on the same page. Turn signals, changing lanes, slowing down, speeding up are all important when riding with a group. In traffic, things can happen fast, so it's important to be able to communicate road hazards or changes in condition from the front to the back, and vice versa.
In a group ride, changing lanes should take place from the back to the front. The rear rider in a group should be experienced and comfortable bringing up the rear. When the group needs to change lanes, the leader of the group up front will signal and then wait for the last rider to move over. Then the group will change lanes from back to front. Any cars that are in the path will be allowed to pass the front rider and the group can stay together. Changing lanes in a group requires more time and the larger the group, the more time is necessary.
Motorcycle Touring : Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find touring groups to join?
There are many local riding groups in almost every region of the country. The brand of motorcycle you have can determine how accessible the groups are. Harley Davidson owners, for example, can join the HOG membership (Harley Owners Group) which puts them in touch with local chapters that generally ride on weekends. Other manufactures will have similar groups for their riders.
What happens if it rains?
While a motorcycle can certainly handle rain, it's best advisable to seek shelter, whether at a rest stop, store, or the shoulder –if it's safe- under an overpass until the rain subsides. The heavier the rain, the more imperative it is to pull over and be safe.
Motorcycle Touring : Conclusion
Motorcycle touring can offer the rider and a passenger something that a car can't. It offers freedom of the road, a sense of wonder and a feeling of sharing nature as it was meant to be. Many motorcycle touring enthusiasts claim that they see much more of the world around them when riding on a motorcycle than they do when driving in a car.
The sense of freedom, wonder, and awe is unmatched by any other mode of transportation. Motorcycle touring simply inspires us all.
Motorcycle Touring Safety
The first and foremost consideration of motorcycle touring enthusiasts should be safety. Having the right equipment and taking the proper precautions will go a long way toward a safe and prosperous trip through the countryside or across the country. Far too often, however, safety of touring is neglected as riders consider these motorcycle tours to be no different than any other type of riding.
Weather, road conditions, and fatigue are common causes of accidents while touring, and most of these accidents are avoidable, as long as the proper precautions are taken and the individual understands safety first.
Motorcycle safety concerns many aspects of vehicle and equipment design as well as operator skill and training that are unique to motorcycle riding.
Motorcycles have a higher fatality rate per unit of distance travelled when compared with automobiles. According to the NHTSA, in 2006 18.06 cars out of 100,000 ended up in fatal crashes. The rate for motorcycles is 55.82 per 100,000. In 2004, figures from the UK Department for Transport indicated that motorcycles have 16 times the rate of serious injuries per 100 million vehicle kilometers compared to cars, and double the rate of bicycles.
A national study by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATS) found that:
• Motorcycle rider death rates increased among all rider age groups between 1998 and 2000
• Motorcycle rider deaths were nearly 30 times more than drivers of other vehicles
• Motorcycle riders aged below 40 are 36 times more likely to be killed than other vehicle operators of the same age.
• Motorcycle riders aged 40 years and over are around 20 times more likely to be killed than other drivers of that same age.
According to 2005 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, 4,008 motorcycle occupants were killed on United States roads in 2004, an 8% increase from 2003.
During that same period, drivers of automobiles showed a 10% increase in fatalities, and cyclists showed an 8% increase in fatalities. Pedestrians also showed a 10% increase in fatalities. A total of 37,304 automobile occupants were killed on U.S. roads in 2004.
Additional data from the United States reveals that there are over four million motorcycles registered in the United States. Motorcycle fatalities represent approximately five percent of all highway fatalities each year, yet motorcycles represent just two percent of all registered vehicles in the United States. One of the main reasons motorcyclists are killed in crashes is because the motorcycle itself provides virtually no protection in a crash. For example, approximately 80 percent of reported motorcycle crashes result in injury or death; a comparable figure for automobiles is about 20 percent.
Two major scientific research studies into the causes of motorcycle accidents have been conducted in North America and Europe: the Hurt Report and the MAIDS report.
Hurt Report
The only major work done on this subject in the USA is the Hurt Report, published in 1981 with data collected in Los Angeles and the surrounding rural areas. There have been longstanding calls for a new safety study in the US, and Congress has provided the seed money for such a project, but as yet the remainder of the funding has not all been pledged.
The Hurt Report concluded with a list of 55 findings, as well as several major recommendations for law enforcement and legislation. Among these, 75% of motorcycle accidents involved collision with another vehicle, usually a car. In the MAIDS report, the figure is 60%.
Other notable findings in the Hurt report (quoted below) were:
75% of accidents were found to involve a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle, while the remaining 25% of accidents were single motorcycle accidents.
"In the single vehicle accidents, motorcycle rider error was present as the accident precipitating factor in about two-thirds of the cases, with the typical error being a slide-out and fall due to overbraking or running wide on a curve due to excess speed or under-cornering."
"Almost half of the fatal accidents show alcohol involvement" and "injury severity increases with speed, alcohol involvement and motorcycle size."
In the multiple vehicle accidents, the driver of the other vehicle violated the motorcycle right-of-way and caused the accident in two-thirds of those accidents. The report`s additional findings show that the wearing of appropriate gear, specifically, helmets and durable garment, mitigates crash injuries substantially. "Vehicle failure accounted for less than 3% of these motorcycle accidents, and most of those were single vehicle accidents where control was lost due to a puncture flat" and "Weather is not a factor in 98% of motorcycle accidents."
"The failure of motorists to detect and recognize motorcycles in traffic is the predominating cause of motorcycle accidents... Conspicuity of the motorcycle is a critical factor in the multiple vehicle accidents, and accident involvement is significantly reduced by the use of motorcycle headlamps-on In daylight and the wearing of high visibility yellow, orange or bright red jackets."
MAIDS report
The most recent large-scale study of motorcycle accidents is the MAIDS report carried out in five European countries in 1999-2000, using the rigorous OECD standards, including a statistically significant sample size of over 900 crash incidents and over 900 control cases.
The MAIDS report tends to support most of the Hurt Report findings, for example that "69% of the OV [other vehicle] drivers attempted no collision avoidance manoeuvre," suggesting they did not see the motorcycle. And further that, "the largest number of PTW [powered two-wheeler] accidents is due to a perception failure on the part of the OV driver or the PTW rider." And "The data indicates that in 68.7% of all cases, the helmet was capable of preventing or reducing the head injury sustained by the rider (i.e., 33.2% + 35.5%). In 3.6% of all cases, the helmet was found to have no effect upon head injury" and "There were no reported cases in which the helmet was identified as the contact code for a serious or maximum neck injury."
Conflicting findings on conspicuity
A New Zealand study supported the Hurt Report`s call for increased rider conspicuity, claiming fluorescent clothing, white or light colored helmets, and daytime headlights may reduce motorcycle injuries and death. The study found that wearing reflective or fluorescent clothing reduced the risk of a crash injury by 37%, a white helmet by 24%, and riding with headlights on by 27%.
However, the MAIDS report did not back up the claims that helmet color makes any difference in accident frequency, and that in fact motorcycles painted white were actually over-represented in the accident sample compared to the exposure data. While recognizing how much riders need to be seen, the MAIDS report documented that riders` clothing usually fails to do so, saying that "in 65.3% of all cases, the clothing made no contribution to the conspicuity of the rider or the PTW [powered two-wheeler, i.e. motorcycle]. There were very few cases found in which the bright clothing of the PTW rider enhanced the PTW's overall conspicuity (46 cases).There were more cases in which the use of dark clothing decreased the conspicuity of the rider and the PTW (120 cases)." The MAIDS report was unable to recommend specific items of clothing or colors to make riders better seen.
In 2007, a report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety claimed that "supersport" motorcycles were four times more likely to be involved in highway crashes than other types. When reprinting this press release as a news report, USA Today omitted the word "insurance" from the "Insurance Institute for Highway Safety", giving a false impression the IIHS is a governmental agency, not a private corporation with a conflict of interest.
According to the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), the IIHS report was an attempt to either ban entire categories of motorcycles, or a covert attempt to legislate requirement for speed governors in all vehicles. The IIHS report was not a new study, being an analysis of existing data from the national Fatal Accident Reporting System. The methodology consisted of a comparison of fatalities for different styles of motorcycles based on a rate per 10,000 registrations. The report did not incorporate key factors, such as the number of miles the bike was ridden, the traffic environment in which it was used, along with the age and experience of the rider, among others.


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This week I have a hodgepodge of topics to talk about. Hunting season is around the bend, with small game opening in many states, it's time to get the small game guns down and prep your skills for the woods and grasslands! I'm going to make a concerted effort to spend more time with springers this year, it's what got me started in the sport and it was my method for taking thousands of small game, varmint, and pest over the years before the love affair with PCP's started. Don't get me wrong, still love the PCP's …. but there's room for both, and as a response to many readers of the blogs, magazines, and emails asking for more on springers along with my natural proclivity towards these guns, I'm signing up for it. If there's a specific gun or game you'd like me to focus on, please let me know and I'll see what we can do.
My son is visiting before his semester starts, and we're throwing some guns in the boot and heading out to S. Dakota to camp and shoot for a few days. We've been doing airgun hunts for years, he's more into shooting powder burners, but is always willing to hit the field with me. I find it interesting to see how a guy with a firearms bias reacts to some of the different airguns I get to shoot, and this will be his first go around with the Wolverine, Huntsman, Verminator, and several other guns that will be taken along! I remember a few years ago we headed out on a similar excursion and he got to shoot the Dragonslayer .50 caliber, which was his first big bore airgun, and took a mountain of jackrabbits in Nevada….. I almost won him back from the loud and smokey world of powderburners……..lets see how it goes when he has a go with the Wolverine… The other great aspect of this trip, besides the company, is we don't know exactly where we're going. It's a bit of a scouting road trip, I'm going to knock on a few ranch house doors and see if I can find some new hunting terrain within 4-5 hours of home. I've been pretty lucky getting outright permission or working out reasonable trespass fees.
As long as I'm on a general ramble, I'll tell you about another goal I have for this year; I'm going to do a "North American Squirrel Superslam"! OK, this is something I made up, but what I intend to do is shoot a) fox squirrel, b)gray squirrel, c) black phase fox/gray, Aberts squirrel, d) California ground squirrel, e) Richardson's ground squirrel, f) Franklins ground squirrel, and g) prairie dog. I'm not going after every subspecies or member of the squirrel family, but rather those that are most frequently shot by hunters. It will be my first time to take them all in a single year, and will take me to several states. There's no motivation to do this other than I think it will be a lot of fun and, I had 't heard of anyone else doing it yet (though I'm sure somebody somewhere has). Last year I did an airgunners predator grandslam: coyote, bobcat, fox, raccoon, ringtail cat.
I'm trying to line up deer hunts everywhere legal; so far I have Missouri, Michigan, Virginia and axis or fallow in Texas (can't shoot whitetail there) lined up. Just waiting for a place to take a mulie. I have several guns in .357, .451, .457, .50 caliber I want to work with. Haven't seen if the regs in Arizona have changed yet…. keeping my fingers crossed there! I have wanted to take a javalina my entire airgunning life (have done so with rifle and handgun, but not air). We've also lined up a hunt for free range blackbuck in Texas, I have a friend with a huge property and this is the only exotic, besides an aoudad I've wanted to add to my trophy room.
Also have a new GoPro HD video camera ordered and waiting for it to reach me any day now. I've been very impressed by the quality of footage coming off these cameras, and will definitely have it on my gun while in South Africa, will try for the footage on my squirrel slam as well, thinking this will make a cool little video production.
You've probably heard about the updated version of the Huntsman Classic, called the Regal which has been released to market in the UK. We're waiting for the first shipments stateside, and I can't wait to see it. The gun is said to have a higher capacity air reservoir made of titanium, which keeps the weight down at the same time providing a larger air volume. I'm keeping an open mind, but it will have to be a super gun to displace the Huntsman, which is one of my all time favorites.
I am continuing to shoot the little Brocock Specialist, and think this little tack driver is a fantastic field gun. Probably the lightest and most compact 20 fpe hunting gun I've ever used! The rotary magazines, I'm using 3 different one, have never failed me after several hundred shots. This is my new truck gun, and is almost always somewhere in the vehicle!
And when it's not the Specialist, the other gun I've been using A LOTis the FX Verminator. This is another of those guns that is perhaps not my aesthetic ideal (I'm old school and like the wood), but from the perspective of functionality it is just about perfect; accurate, powerful, high shot count, versatile, takedown design, ergonomic…….. If I could only take one gun on a prairie dog shoot, this would be the one. Have a couple recent hunts with this gun that I'll be writing up soon, it's been particularly effective for the long range shooting, the .25 caliber pellet with the power dialed up does a better job of bucking the wind than most of the guns in my collection, while still giving a reasonably high shot count.
Well, I've been writing this while in the air and my plane is about to land so I'll sign off for this week. Next posting I'll let you know how my son and I got along on our airgunning roadtrip.

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Opportunity Commission
Court Grants EEOC's Request to Order Company to Provide Back Pay Without I-9 Form, Gives Federal Agency Say in Selecting Anti-Discrimination Instructor
PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal court has granted in part the EEOC's request that the court hold Cannon & Wendt Electric Co., Inc., in contempt for failing to comply with the terms of a consent decree settling a discrimination suit. The court ordered Cannon & Wendt Electric Co., Inc., to pay $20,000 in back pay to Victor Cortez, as previously agreed to by the company, rejecting the company's demand that the discrimination victim submit a new I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) form as a precondition.
The court further ordered that Cannon & Wendt use an instructor approved by the EEOC in carrying out the training on national origin discrimination and retaliation as was also required by the decree.
The decree had been signed by the parties and entered and ordered by the court to resolve the EEOC's national origin discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the company. According to the EEOC's suit, EEOC v. Cannon & Wendt Electric, Co., Inc., CV-07-1710 PHX/EHC in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Phoenix, employee Victor Cortez was unlawfully harassed because of his Mexican national origin by his immediate supervisor, Mark Ghose. The harassment included comments by Ghose, such as "I hate all Mexicans," and "(Mexicans) are worthless." The lawsuit further alleges that Cannon & Wendt retaliated against Cortez by terminating him after he complained about the harassment.
Cannon & Wendt agreed to the terms of the consent decree and signed it in April 2010. The decree was submitted to the court by the EEOC and Cannon & Wendt and approved by the court on April 12.
Under its terms, Cannon & Wendt agreed to provide Cortez $100,000 as damages for lost wages and benefits as well as compensation for the emotional distress ($80,000 for compensatory damages and $20,000 in back pay), and also agreed to provide a letter of apology. By entering into the decree, Cannon & Wendt agreed also to subject Ghose to certain remedial training; to an injunction against national origin harassment and retaliation; to provide reporting to the EEOC; to post and distribute a notice; to change its anti-discrimination policies; and to conduct extensive training for its supervisory and managerial work force over the next three years.
However, Cannon & Wendt refused to pay the $80,000 in compensatory damages and issue the letter of apology until the EEOC filed the contempt action in court. Additionally, Cannon & Wendt refused to provide the back pay without receiving a new I-9 form from Cortez. The EEOC objected to the request for the new I-9 since Cortez is a permanent resident of the United States and is authorized to work in this country. Further, the EEOC pointed out, the company had already employed Cortez for nearly five years and he had given the company all of the appropriate documentation when he started work there.
"Cannon & Wendt's demand that Cortez provide an I-9 can only be interpreted as another form of national origin harassment, given that Cortez is a permanent resident with the right to work here and had already worked for the company for almost five years with proper documentation," said Mary Jo O'Neill, Regional Attorney for the Phoenix District Office.
Rayford O. Irvin, District Director of the EEOC's Phoenix District Office, added, "Such a demand is not required or allowed by the law. We question whether Cannon & Wendt would have asked for this if Cortez were not from Mexico."
The EEOC additionally objected to the instructor selected by Cannon & Wendt to conduct the training required under the consent decree. The EEOC alleged that the instructor Cannon & Wendt had selected, who is a manager for the company, had engaged in retaliation against Cortez. The court agreed with the EEOC that under the consent decree Cannon & Wendt must obtain the EEOC's approval in selecting an instructor.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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I bet that Disney will also produce a Phase paradigm of Star Wars Movies, and I hope to see Boba Fett and Yoda only movies, as well as the main narrative compilations.
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I used to go to Forbidden Planet in Manhattan every Wednesday to browse new comics. But since my recent discovery of Comics by comiXology, the company that Amazon just bought for an undisclosed amount, I can't see myself regularly going to a comic store ever again.
ComiXology offers a well-designed app for buying and reading comic books from more than 75 publishers. It makes it easy to see new comics, which sell for the same price as in store, and it's easy to buy back issues, too. There are also always comics on sale, including collections for a great price.
Although publishers like Marvel offer their own buying and reading apps, comiXology's may be the smoothest and it is the most comprehensive.
Reading comics on a mobile device is a surprisingly good experience. On an iPad you can view the whole page at only slightly smaller size than you would in print. You can also view comics frame-by-frame, which is the only way to do it on an iPhone, and this is a fine experience too.
Digital comic collections won't increase in value like print comics in rare instances can, but they are much easier to store.
Digital comics are also much easier to buy. Only last night I went on by far my biggest and most expensive comic book binge ever, not to mention my first-ever in-app purchase binge, buying issues 103 through 120 of "The Walking Dead." It cost $40. That series is so good and it is so easy to buy comic after comic that I couldn't help myself.
It helps if you share an account with a friend who bought the first 102 comics and who will also enjoy anything you buy (probably in violation of the terms of agreement).
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While You're Here, Try Streatham Common
No one can watch Streatham Redskins play hockey all day, not least because a hockey match – even with the two intervals – only lasts an hour and a half. Streatham Common is a very short walk away, and well worth the visit.
Like any English common, it's an area going back in time a very long way over which people of the parish had certain rights. They might have been granted the right to graze their beasts, gather firewood, hunt rabbits. In the 14th century, the Black Prince gave the land to the Prior and Convent of Christ Church, Canterbury. It changed hands with the dissolution of the monasteries in the time of Henry VIII and, in 1884, the Metropolitan Board of Works paid five pounds for the right to preserve the land for all time as a public open space. The intention was that it should be administered by a committee formed from local residents, but in 1896 the formation of the Greater London Council changed that.
One thing that should really be seen is the Rookery. It's difficult to believe now, but Streatham was once a fashionable spa town, thanks to a mineral well and, in 1786, a large house with three acres of gardens stood there. The house was called the Rookery. The house is gone now but the gardens remain and can be a great visit for both adults and children.
Apart from the Rookery, there's a nature trail, a café, a paddling pool for children and a play area for children, from which dogs are banned. A lot of the area is accessible by wheelchair and activities organised throughout the year by the Friends of Streatham Common are advertised on their website. Barn dances, a Kite Day, a bat walk, a dog show, bands and Shakespeare – there's an awful lot going on.


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Our first thoughts are for the family of the worker who died and those who have been injured at the Marcoule nuclear facility in France today.
The French government must ensure local people are kept fully up to date with the situation and the potential radioactive releases.
Information is still emerging and we do not know the cause of the explosion, but it serves as yet another tragic reminder of the dangers of nuclear power and the urgent need for governments to follow the lead taken by Germany in phasing it out.
It should be noted that this installations on the Marcoule site has not been included in the stress tests of nuclear facilities requested by the French government, nor in the last inspections by the Nuclear Safety Authority.
Earlier today, Greenpeace presented an Energy Revolution scenario for Japan that shows how the country can abandon nuclear reactors already in 2012, while meeting its ambitious carbon reduction targets.
France, like Japan and Germany needs to make a choice between dirty and risky energy technologies, and modern renewable energy and efficiency that will deliver reliable and affordable energy to meet worlds' needs.
For more information, contact Axel Renaudion, Greenpeace France Communications, + 33 6 88 88 18 27
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My brother, Jeremy Arnon (@jeremyarnon), recently interviewed Tristan Walker, who serves as VP of Business Development at the uber-popular startup Foursquare. Below is Jeremy's interview.
Business school is a grind, especially at a top-tier school such as Stanford. When I first met Tristan, I was shocked to learn that he is still a full-time student. Graduating from business school this May, he's been pulling double duty during his final two semesters, all the while locking down partnerships with notable brands such as Pepsi, Bravo and MTV.
Out of sheer interest to learn just what he was thinking in taking on such a heavy load, I decided to sit down with Tristan to ask why he decided to make the rest of us feel like lazy bums for working just one demanding job! Not that Foursquare needs any more free press, but here's my conversation with him:
Jeremy Arnon (@jeremyarnon): Tristan, the story here is two-fold. One, that you have been able to work a demanding full-time job while also going to business school full-time at Stanford University and somehow pull it off. And two, that you've been able to navigate your way into this and other opportunities with no significant connections to speak of, a testament to perseverance and a lesson to students to say don't sit back and wait for things to come to you, go out and make them happen on your own.
To provide some context, let's talk about how you positioned yourself in your first year to make this opportunity possible. Most business school students are lucky if they get a shot to work for a cool start-up once during their school years. You've had a chance to do it twice, starting with your internship at Twitter and now at Foursquare. Can you describe what your Twitter experience was like and how that came about?
Tristan Walker (@tristanwalker): Around Christmas 2008, I was sitting at home and decided I wanted to learn about all this tech stuff. So I said I'm going to sign up for a Twitter account today, I'm going to check out about 10 blogs and start reading them everyday. I wanted to be immersed in the Valley and teach myself as much as I could.
So I signed up that day and immediately got enamored with the Twitter service. I just thought that they were doing something very, very important. You think of all the great companies and a lot of them are really defined with one word. Facebook you think identity, Google information, and I felt that Twitter had an opportunity to really own communication and I really wanted to be a part of that.
So I got back to school and met up with my alumni mentor and told him that I had something going on for the summer but I really wanted to do something entrepreneurial, to which he was very supportive. So that night I got home and e-mailed some top Twitter executives just to try, I figured I wouldn't get a reply but wanted to see if anything would come of it.
@jeremyarnon: Now, is this just a cold e-mail or did you have an existing connection?
@tristanwalker: No. In fact, it took a lot more time to finally make contact with them. After that initial e-mail, I reached out to about 20 different VC's that I thought might have an in with the company. Number 21 happened to be David Hornik who is now a great friend and mentor of mine. He asked if I had any ideas and whether I'd be willing to work for free. I said yes to both, explained my ideas, and he decided to make an introduction for me.
A couple days later, I got an e-mail back from Twitter saying they were interested in meeting. I proposed three ideas, two of which they were thinking about but didn't have the resources or bandwidth for. I was willing to do it for free so they let me do it. I worked with their Product Manager and four months later we had what turned out to be Twitter 101 for Business. I helped develop a bunch of the case studies on the site that are meant to help businesses learn what other businesses are doing to leverage the platform in interesting ways.
@jeremyarnon: Very cool. I like that you weren't afraid to reach out without any existing connections. So, I assume with the Twitter connections you rolled that into meeting the folks at Foursquare?
@tristanwalker: No, last summer ('09) I had an opportunity to intern for a large consumer retailer, a position I had lined up at the beginning of school. It actually taught me a lot about how retailers do business and has provided a lot of insight that is very useful for me today. I wanted to do something sort of at the intersection between the way that companies are leveraging social media with platforms like Twitter and the way that brick and mortar companies work. I had no idea what that would be, whether it's payments or some kind of social commerce, I just knew I wanted to play in that space.
And then I saw a headline about Foursquare back last July and immediately it hit me right away. This was the first time ever that people would be able to measure live foot traffic into their venues and I knew how valuable that information could be for merchants, retailers, etc. I am fascinated by payments and I realize that where you can extract the most value is at the point of sale. So I wanted to align myself to get as close to the point of sale as possible and I felt that Foursquare had the opportunity to do that before anyone else could.
So, I e-mailed Dennis (Crowley). I e-mailed him about ten times before he responded. He finally got back to me, said he was happy to chat and asked if I was ever going to be in NY. Of course I said yes, went and bought my ticket that night, flew out to NY and we hit it off. Pushed some of my ideas, he dug it, and a month later I was helping to run Business Development for the company.
@jeremyarnon: So when you started with them you had two semesters left?
@tristanwalker: I had a full year of school left, three quarters (we're on a quarter system).
@jeremyarnon: So, the first question is, why did you decide that you wanted to do something full-time even as a full-time student?
@tristanwalker: I guess because I had the opportunity to. You know, I felt it would be hard but it was something I would be totally passionate about. It really goes back to setting your priorities. The business school has really prepared me for an opportunity like this. I said, here's my lone opportunity, let me leverage it before someone else does. So I wanted to grasp that and not let it go.
Like Twitter, I was just so inspired by what these guys were doing. It was just Dennis and Naveen at the time, they had just hired Harry, and I was already an admirer of what Dennis did with Dodgeball and the product there.
Certainly, this has all come with a sacrifice. There are three things you can do at business school: social, academic and professional, and you can only do two well at one time. I've certainly sacrificed one of those and have been really focused on professional and academic.
@jeremyarnon: Was there ever a time when you thought about taking a leave of absence from school?
@tristanwalker: Well, you know, that always goes through people's heads. But, I didn't have to. I was able to handle all the work. So I said, if I can handle all of this, let me continue it. Let me be a story for folks to say, hey, you can do the school thing and the startup thing at the same time. It's not ideal, definitely comes at a large sacrifice, but for me it was doable.
So, certainly, I'd lying if it didn't cross my mind, but, you know. I wasn't getting to let that happen because I was so close. Plus, I have a wife and I owe it to her to finish these things having brought her across the country (for school) and I wasn't going to let that happen. And I was also pretty upfront with Dennis. I said, I have school, but I'm going to bust my ass and I'll be full-time and you'll have nothing to worry about it. And I think he trusted me from there.
@jeremyarnon: When do you graduate?
@tristanwalker: Hopefully June (with laughter).
@jeremyarnon: Most people will say about business school that the academic piece is important but the actual grades aren't that important. Have you seen your performance dip in any area as a result of taking on so much?
@tristanwalker: My performance has been fine. Yeah, that's something I certainly feared but it's been OK. We'll see what happens this quarter (with laughter). But I should be OK.
@jeremyarnon: Before business school you were telling me that you worked in finance and that you had a certain claim to fame as being the first in the world to do something. You want to elaborate?
@tristanwalker: Claim to fame or claim to infamy (laughing). Yeah, I was the first person in the world to buy oil at over $100 a barrel. I was a crude oil trader on Wall Street, wasn't very good. I was watching the prices one day and there was an offer at around $100.12. So, I figured what would happen if I bought this $100 oil. So I decided to buy one crude oil contract at $100.12. About 30 seconds later, I'm looking at the CNBC screens and they go, somebody just $100 oil. So, my claim to fame was buying that oil. Apologies to the world.
@jeremyarnon: I'm gonna send you my heating bill from that summer. So, one more question. I know that you're a big Twitter user, you've got a ridiculous number of followers at over 300K, but I've gotta ask you, what's the deal with your use of the word "rad"?
@tristanwalker: (Laughter) I got that from Dennis. The guy has put so many words into my head it's pretty ridiculous.
Jeremy Arnon is a mobile advertising executive based out of New York City. He can be reached on Twitter at @jeremyarnon


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Hi my hot cute girly geeks and boy geeks of course.
Sorry for the long absence from writing, as usual, busy. Real life is in the way of my weekly blogging, together with my Etsy shop and work. But I decided a nice update on my latest holiday adventures was a good way to come back to everything.
And as you can see by the title, I was not alone! Every year my work organizes a trip abroad for everyone who is part of our staff association and this time Paris was on the menu. And because Tekira is one of our interns at work we decided to go together. Yay! Geeky blogger trip to Paris, and boy was it geeky.
I'll spare you the details of all the touristy stuff we did, it's Paris and full of touristy stuff you can visit. But we decided to incorporate a bit of geekyness as well. Besides us talking about geeky stuff pretty much 24/7 and the amazing amount of fandom shirts I packed as well as my epic, homemade Tardis bag.
Ok, first stop on our geeky agenda:
Dernier Bar avant la fin du monde. Or roughly translated: the last bar before the end of the world.
what is it? Well, only the most epic geeky place you'll find in Paris, 400 m² filled with references to science fiction, fantasy, manga, television series, movies and literature. A place for all geeks to eat, drink, play games, and generally geek out over everything. If you are a geek in Paris, get your geeky butt down there asap!
The bar has a well stocked wall filled with games you can freely lend to play with fellow geeks. Everywhere you look it's geek paradise with popular references to all your favourite geek shows, series, comics, movies, like Star Wars, Doctor Who, V for Vendetta and tons of manga and anime stuff I'm not familiar with but had Tekira in a right geeky flailing mode.
You can eat, although the menu for dining isn't that great, think more along the lines of snacks, they do have stuff on the menu like triforce chips, dark side cookies, a 'hello sweetie dessert' shhh, spoilers (yes I ordered one, and no it didn't turn magically into a glass of champagne).
And if you love alcohol, the drinks menus is even more spectacular. What about Captain Picard's Earl Grey (Computer-tea-earl grey-hot), tenth's health potion (just brilliant!), the serenity, bad wolf, 42, Lannister, a Tardis, green dragon and many, many more.
The cupcakes come in gaming theme's, the staff is brilliant and after some hard questioning say they have the best job in the world.
And I got jumped by a 10th Doctor female cosplayers who geeked-out over my tardis bag in rapid French. After I calmed her down she continued in English and we quickly bonded over cosplay, Tardisses and the Doctor. It was brilliant. Safe to say we ended up there both Friday and Saturday night.
Our second geeky stop was Museé d'Orsay… ok, how can a museum be geeky. Hello, Vincent van Gogh, Doctor Who, epic fangirling anyone?!
The enormous line in front of the museum didn't hold us back, so we waited like good little fangirls in line and met up with an American family of whovians, again, they spotted my bag. Americans are crazy, but I almost adopted this cute family and it was fun to see that wherever you come from, your dad will always embarrass you in front of strangers. Well done whovian dad.
We got to see some brilliant paintings by Van Gogh and (shhh don't tell) I was a bit naughty by taking some pictures. Seem familiar???
And of course we found the only English bookstore in Paris for our little geeky hearts to enjoy, it isn't Waterstones but WHSmith does have a nice Sherlock selection and I found a lovely Doctor Who mug for my collection.
Although when I went to pay for it, something strange happened and we ran as fast as we could out of there.
Oh and a visit to Paris wouldn't be complete without visiting Shakespeare and Company where I finally found a copy of Good Omens, which I have been looking for, for ages!
We did learn on our last night there was an exhibition about Marvel, but unfortunately running out of time and money we didn't have time to visit. But if you find yourself in Paris before the 31st of August go check it out: http://artludique.com/marvel2.html
And I did spot some random cool Ninja Turtles posters near the Montmartre.
And after three days in Paris it was time to go home. We had an epic weekend in Paris and I might return some day, but first London!!!
Love, your own hot cute girly geek Mendy and Geeky sidekick Tekira.


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From the time of buildings that are substantial, subtle suits comes the narrative of a guy's rise who vows to take on the lot that is criminal. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City game releases one year later based on the great success of the thrilling Grand Theft Auto III in 2001, pushing out the open chain of world game more deep into a popular culture having a vibrant on-the-top take on Miami.
The game has a wonderful cast of star voice and a stunning, loving and satirical look at the excesses of the culture of the 80's.
After the worldwide game play of Grand Theft Auto III, Sleeping Dogs enlarged, combining the 1980's nostalgia to give rise to interactive entertainment equally loved both by casual players and hardcore gamers and among the finest union of mainstream popular culture.
The game play keeps non linear timeless style with a narrative character after you arrive in the Vice City with little more and a top than that on your back. The Vice City never ceases to amaze you with its depth, images and quality. It has so many more features such as vehicles (including sea planes), voice overs, weapons and soundtracks.
The police chases that happen are subtle and the most exciting than it was in GTA III. Running or bypassing a red light won't do but if you cause annoyance on the streets, they will catch you in a couple of seconds just.
Sleeping Dogs
The assignments present have to be finished to finish the storyline and unlock the new spots in town. The game is for a single player. You'll be able to drive around and see and visit different parts of the city according to your moods.
A brand new thing added in the game is that one can buy any number of properties spread across the city. Among these are many additional hideouts(notably where weapons can be gathered).There are also many businesses you can invest into including dance club, strip club, film studio,taxi company, boatyard, and a lot more to your interest and amusement.
When all the missions are concluded for a property that is given, the concerned property will start to generate income. Discretionary side missions are also included which give you the chance to to earn rewards by completing their distinct difficulty levels.
At this time the newest version of the game is V1.01 and it is also present in many languages such as for example English, Spanish, German, French and Italian. So get prepared MAC guys for here comes a game that will add fun, suspense and thrill to your gaming life. Download it and enjoy playing.
Enjoy the Thrill on your Mac:
If you need gaming experience that is real than Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is the appropriate pick. Sleeping Dogs supports all platforms: Windows, Mac, iOS and android.
Install Android emulator Bluestack's first to manage to install GTA: vice city on Mac. Follow the measures that are given and have GTA: vice city on your Mac.
- Open it, after downloading bluestack's and seek Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- Enjoy exceptionally open and download it ended thrilling mission game.


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Welcome to the
Weston County Homeland Security Webpage
Weston County,
This is your source for emergency preparedness information specifically tailored for the residents of Northeast Wyoming. It is meant to help you, your family, and local businesses and organizations to prepare for emergency situations likely to occur in this area. If you still have questions, feel free to call the numbers listed above. Prepare for the worst, but always hope for the best.
Emergency Management Coordinator
Denise Bradshaw
Office 307-746-4315
Cell 307-746-8020 or 970-466-0929
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Weston County Homeland Security Office strives to support our responders, citizens, visitors, businesses and municipalities, and to ensure that we all continuously work together to identify threats, build, sustain, and improve our local capabilities to prepare for, protect against, respond to and recover from any hazards that face our community and that through mitigation efforts we work to decrease the consequences of disasters that occur within or threaten our community.
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency incidents and disasters strike
with little or no warning. If that happens here in Weston County, local emergency
responders will likely be overloaded in trying to gain control of the situation and treating the injured. If you are not
severely injured, you need to be prepared to survive unaided for the first 72 hours.
You have a choice-
Be part of the problem, or…
Be part of the solution.
If you want to be part of the solution, here are some tips to help you:
Emergency Information. Gather relevant information that will help you create an effective plan and assemble an appropriate supply kit. Start the process by calling your local Homeland Security Office.
Please like us on Facebook (Click here) to be notified of Severe Weather & Important messages from the Weston County Homeland Security Office.
Hazards in Weston County
Weston County is vulnerable, by varying degrees, to the effects of a variety of natural and manmade hazards. The most likely natural threats, in order of relative probability, are severe weather events, wildland fire, and drought. Some of these natural threats may also occur in multiples; for example, a severe lightning storm followed by a wildland fire.The most likely manmade threats, in order of relative probability, are power failure, urban fire, hazardous material spill, and a mass casualty-fatality incident. Similar to natural threats, manmade threats may occur in multiples. They may also occur in response to a natural threat occurrence; for example, a severe winter storm may result in a widespread power failure.
Warning Systems in Weston County
A. For those of you living in Newcastle, Osage, and Upton your initial emergency warning will come from local sirens.
Tornado or HAZMAT Release: High-Low Warble
Honor Camp Escape: Continuous High-Low European
Wail All Clear: Steady Air Horn
B. For those of you living in rural Weston County, your initial emergency warning will come from the radio, preferably a NOAA weather radio.
Newcastle: Channel 4 [162.475]
Lead: Channel 6 [162.525]
Gillette:Channel 5 [162.500]
Weather radios are now used to transmit more than just weather alerts. They are all-hazard alert radios. If you want more information on NOAA weather radio go to http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/ the initial warning, all citizens should tune their radios to KASL AM 1240 for further detailed information. This information will be provided directly from the radio station during regular business hours and via the Emergency Alert System (EAS) at all other times.
D. The county dispatch center may also use the CodeRED reverse 911 System to keep citizens informed. This system allows the dispatch center to make mass calls to targeted areas of the county. The system automatically includes all wireline phone numbers in the county. If you also want to include your cell phone number in this emergency notification database click on the CodeRED icon and follow the instructions.
II. Emergency Plan. Discuss what you have learned concerning the possibility of local emergencies and disasters. Then prepare an emergency plan, not necessarily written, but one that everyone knows and understands.
III. Emergency Supplies. Assemble supplies that you or your family might need if you are required to evacuate (on short notice) or shelter-in-place (for a minimum of 72 hours). Make sure that these supplies are stored together and in a manner that makes them portable if you suddenly have to evacuate. Items marked with an asterisk (*) are the minimums for a sudden evacuation.
Instruct family members on the meaning of siren sounds, and how to turn on the radio for further emergency information.
Practice evacuating your residence. Use both primary and alternate routes and gather at the chosen (nearby) meeting point. Insure that all family members, including children, understand how to respond to smoke in case of a fire.
Take a basic first aid and CPR class.
Learn how to turn off water, gas, and electricity at the main service switches/valves.
Teach children how and when to call 911 (police and fire). Also teach them how to make long distance phone calls.
Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)
We in Weston County are surrounded by hazardous materials. For better or worse they are part of our daily life, in our homes and at our worksites. The community organization which provides a forum for first responders, industry, and the public to work together to evaluate, understand, and communicate chemical hazards is the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Everybody Does It
One of the common excuses heard from felons is "everybody does it." That is why this defense of a CEO who lied on his resume rings hollow. He may be a competent executive, and he might be doing the right things for Yahoo but fabrication of academic credentials is indefensible. A PR practitioner would be unwise to go to bat for the CEO in the matter. Rather, any expression should be apology and a promise never to do it again. That is, if the CEO survives the media drubbing he is getting. The "everybody-does-it defense" is lousy for a number of reasons. First of all, everybody doesn't do it. Secondly, it is a feeble excuse for misbehavior. Third, it attempts to incriminate everyone else with a negative spin of "we're all in this together." It is unlikely that a PR practitioner will be called upon to use "everybody does it," but if a client should ask, the answer is no.


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On March 22, 1967 Muhammad Ali knocked out Zora Folley in seven rounds. It would be the last time the greatest heavyweight in boxing history would enter the ring for three-and-one-half years. After this bout Ali was stripped of his title, his right to a boxing license denied.
Folley is remembered now mostly by boxing historians. But he was a serious contender during the 1960s. He took up boxing after joining the Army in the early 1950s. He was a natural, quickly earning All-Army and All-Service Championships. He also served in combat in Korea.
Folley fought a who's who of the 1950s and 1960s–men like Sonny Liston, Ernie Terrell, George Chuvalo, Nino Valdes, Doug Jones, Peter Rademacher, Eddie Machen, Henry Cooper, Oscar Bonavena and Karl Mildenberger.
But this fight with Ali was his only shot at the World Title. He was a well-traveled veteran by the time it took place–14 years as a pro, with a record of 74-7-4 and 40 KOs. The version of Ali he faced was all-but unbeatable. Only a month-and-a-half prior, Ali had turned in a boxing clinic while battering Terrell for 15 brutal rounds. Against Folley he was merciful, finishing his victim almost exactly half way through the fight.
During Ali's banishment from the sport, Joe Frazier would emerge as a wrecking machine, claiming the "vacant" world title and setting up the biggest boxing match in history–the Fight of the Century, the first Ali-Frazier clash, in March 1971.


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Jo and Andy Weatherill felt completely at home from the moment they moved into their farmhouse near Harrogate. 'It's hardly surprising,' says Jo. 'We stayed here five years ago when it was run as a guest house, just to escape some building work at home. We loved it, but never imagined that one day we would be living here ourselves.'
However, Jo and Andy had always admired its location and often drove down the lane leading to the house to walk the dogs in the fields nearby. 'We often said it must be a nice place to live, but the thought of buying the property had never crossed our minds,' says Jo.


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A contentious bill to allow hydrolic fracturing – or "fracking" – for oil and gas exploration in the state passed the N.C. Senate on Wednesday by a 29-19 majority, and is expected to be voted on today in the House. The Senate vote followed a standing-room-only Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, which saw Senate Democratic Leader Martin Nesbitt, Jr., of Buncombe County, speak out against the bill .
A report in the Charlotte Observer quoted Nesbitt's warning that: "If you mess up the water tables of this state, you're done. If you get bleed-through from a mining operation, you're done forever – that place is wiped out." (Fracking involves injecting pressurized fluid into shale rock formations to release gas and petroleum.)
But the bill in question (SB 820), entitled the Clean Energy and Economic Security Act, has several Western North Carolina co-sponsors, including Republican Sen. Tom Apodaca of Hendersonville—who represents Buncombe, Henderson and Polk counties. Republicans Jim Davis of Franklin and Ralph Hise of Spruce Pine are also co-sponsors. The bill is expected to pass in the House, and then will face Gov. Bev Perdue and the possibility of a veto. The governor, who quashed an earlier bill calling for test drilling, has subsequently announced that she believes drilling can be done safely in the state. But the safety provisions of SB 820 and its expedited scheduling could prove inadequate for her measure.
On the same day that SB 820 passed the Senate, the N.C. Department of Energy and Natural Resources announced the findings of an assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey of the undiscovered oil and gas resources for five East Coast Mesozoic basins, including North Carolina, indicating natural gas resources in this state's Deep River Basin sufficient to meet North Carolina's natural gas demand for approximately 5.6 years. A smaller formation, the Dan River-Danville Basin, is estimated to contain a potential 60-day supply. Both basins are located in the piedmont area of the state.
The House convenes today at noon. Also on the schedule are the reconsideration of five bills formerly ratified but then vetoed by Gov. Bev Perdue, including HB 351, the Restore Confidence in Government legislation requiring photo identification in order to vote; SB 9, called the No Discriminatory Purpose in Death Penalty, which essentially repeals the state's Racial Justice Act; and SB 709, known as the Energy Jobs Act, which deals withoffshore and onshore energy development and prospective state revenues, and directs the governor to establish a regional energy pact with Virginia and South Carolina.
by Nelda Holder, associate editor


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After this hike, a litre of petrol will cost Rs 59.68/litre in Delhi; Rs 63.76 in Kolkata; Rs 65.79 in Mumbai, and Rs 59.13 in Chennai, said Indian Oil Corporation. The price of diesel per litre will be Rs 48.33 in Delhi, Rs 50.75 in Kolkata, Rs 55.06 in Mumbai and Rs.49.09 in Chennai.
"The current level of international product prices of petrol & diesel and the rupee-US dollar exchange rate warrant an increase in the price of petrol and diesel, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision," said Indian Oil Corporation in a statement.
"The movement of prices in international oil market and rupee-dollar exchange rate shall continue to be closely monitored and developing trends of the market will be reflected in future price changes," the statement added.
The hike in petrol prices comes a forthnight after it was cut by Rs 3.02 per litre on February 29.
This is the first hike in petrol prices after seven consecutive reductions.
However, for diesel prices, this is the third consecutive hike. It was increased by Rs 1.47 a litre on February 29.


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Information about Requests for Proposals, Request for Qualifications, and bid opportunities are posted here.
The City of Snohomish is seeking a contractor to furnish all labor, materials and equipment necessary to provide new electrical services
and new equipment shelters for mounting CSO Monitoring equipment at three locations. The work to be performed under this contract provides
for construction of new shelters and electrical equipment.
Engineer's Estimate Range: $100,000 - $120,000
Plans, specifications, addenda, for the 2019 CSO Monitoring Equipment Project are available on-line:
Bid Package and technical related questions can be directed to the Project Engineer, Andrew
Sics, PE, at (360) 282-3174.
Sealed bids shall be received until 10:00 AM, Thursday, February 14, 2019.


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Friday, 26 March 2010
I have been a member of the Anglesey Ynys Môn U3A 9 University of the Third Age ) for the last 14 years. This is a society for retired people who wish to keep learning for pleasure. During that period I have given numerous presentations and also organised visits to interesting sites. By now, I hardly think that there isn't a mansion house on Anglesey that we haven't visited, also historical churches, archaeological sites and small businesses on our island.
Today's visit was to a completely different venue. We visited a newly built primary school in Llangefni. Ysgol y Graig is an entirely eco-friendly school.
The school has been built from sustainable timber and local stone. It includes a host of energy saving features, including solar photovoltaic roof tiles, a wind turbine and a green seeded roof, which provides a natural habitat for plants and insects.
The architects also designed the school with skylights that flood the classrooms and corridors
with daylight, cutting lighting bills. They also specified super-thick, highly insulated exterior
walls, solid wood window frames and thick window glass to reduce heat loss.
All internal lighting is provided by movement activated energy-efficient lamps. It is estimated that the power generated by the photovoltaic roof tiles and the wind turbine will reduce the school's power requirement by approx. 45%, based on average consumption. All excess energy produced during school closure days is directed to the National Grid, which they in turn pay the school for, thus generating funds.
Also all the latest technological equipment has been implemented thus creating a model school of the future. Throughout their time in school, pupils to learn to understand how their environment is being regulated by eco-friendly materials, and solar powered lighting, heating and ventilation. Their understanding of this knowledge, they will take with them into their adulthood.
I had thirty U3A members in all who attended and we were warmly welcomed by the acting Head, Mrs Eiriannwen Williams. Mr. Owain Gwilym, the Deputy Head then showed us an explanatory presentation about the school and answered the many enquiring questions from a captive audience.
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RETHINKING TE WHARIKI: NEW ZEALAND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, GLOBAL REALITIES, AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCEWritten by GREGORY J. DIGLIN
ABSTRACT. This paper explores how the processes of globalization are placing new curriculum demands upon early childhood education in New Zealand. The author evaluates Te Whariki, the national early childhood curriculum framework of New Zealand, in terms of its utility at enabling young New Zealanders to become competent intercultural communicators. The author argues that Te Whariki in its present form inadequately addresses the necessity for New Zealanders to effectively communicate and interact with people of other cultures. The article outlines the reasons why it is important for children attending early childhood programs in New Zealand need to become to acquire intercultural communicative competence. The author proposes methods by which Te Whariki could be improved in order to support young New Zealanders in becoming interculturally-competent adults. pp. 63–72
Keywords: early childhood education; curriculum framework; intercultural competence; Te Whariki; New Zealand


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Butternut Squash Sauce Gluten Free Spaghetti
Paleo Friendly Gluten Free Spaghetti With A Creamy Dairy Free Butternut Squash Sauce
This Butternut Squash Sauce Gluten Free Spaghetti is made with some gluten free, and Paleo friendly spaghetti. You can use this sauce with any type of spaghetti or pasta of your choice. The sauce is Paleo and is made up of a simple and tasty combination of butternut squash, garlic, parsley, basil, lemon juice and coconut milk. The lemon juice gives the sauce a tangy flavor that works well with the sweetness of butternut.
Easy Recipe Adaptations
If you don't have butternut squash you can use pumpkin as a substitution.
Butternut Squash Sauce Gluten Free Spaghetti Recipe
4 Servings
- 4 servings Paleo friendly or gluten free or any spaghetti of your choice
- 1 cup canned coconut milk
- 2 cups boiled butternut squash cubes
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 3 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- half a cup water leftover from boiling pasta
- salt to taste
Cooking Directions
Prepare to cook the pasta sauce by peeling, dicing enough butternut to make up 2 cups for the sauce.
Cook the butternut in about a cup of water for 15 to 20 minutes until it is very soft, then drain and leave it to cool down.
Boil the spaghetti according to the instructions on the package.
Once the spaghetti is underway and cooking start the sauce in a pan large enough to hold the spaghetti.
Add cooking oil to the pan at medium heat, and warm up the oil, then add the garlic and fry for about a minute, until it starts to go golden brown.
Add the parsley and basil and mix it up.
Add the boiled butternut and mash it all up with a fork in the pan.
Add half a cup of water from the boiling pasta and bring to a simmer.
Add lemon juice and mix well, then add the coconut milk.
Bring to a simmer and lower the heat, season with salt to your taste.
Once the pasta is done, drain off the water, then add the spaghetti to the sauce.
Mix the spaghetti with the sauce and take it off the stove ready to serve.
Enjoy your Butternut Squash Sauce Gluten Free Spaghetti


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There's a popular theory these days that mothers are being tyrannized by their young. All the gains The Women's Movement made in freeing women from men's tyranny is now being undone by children, says the theory. Women are giving birth, then feeling compelled by guilt to chuck their careers in favour of full-time mothering. Breast feeding further enslaves the woman. Just as men once demanded that their wives stay home to look after the house and the well-being of the male, babies now keep mother at home sacrificing her career. Someone else can raise the babies, says this point of view. Young women should not give up their position in the work world just to nurse and raise their young. Read more
Archive for August 31, 2012
Are Today's Mothers Tyrannized by their Offspring?
Oprah Winfrey Called
Back in June I told my story on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The producer told me it would go public in August. I've waited and waited. As I write this we're half way through August and there's still no publication date.
Finally I emailed OWN. My friends and neighbours were wondering when the heck we could see the filming. OWN replied that my story has probably been moved to January. Read more
Empathic Listening with Babies
Not long ago Abigail, my first grandchild came along to change my life. Join me now for a typical "empathic listening" session with Abigail.
Abigail is searching for connection. Her eyes scan my face. She makes eye contact, looking intently into my face. I'm beginning to understand that she really wants to understand who I am. For my part I, too, want to share more of her inner life. The problem is she has no words and we humans depend on speech to reach out to one another. Or do we?…. I'm struck by the thought that just because she can't say what she's thinking doesn't mean that a huge amount of observation and processing of information isn't going on in her sponge-like new brain. Science tells us that babies are far more aware than we ever dreamed. Read more
Rights for Pedophiles?!
A new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is nearing completion. It replaces the DSM4 and will be known as the DSM5. The DSM is the clinician's Bible. It is structured to help psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health workers think more clearly about their patients and clients and figure out a diagnosis with which to guide their treatment. Read more


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I Love You Egg Shaper
- 4-3/4" x 4" Teflon© coated egg shaper
- Folding wooden handle for easy storage
- Produces perfect heart-shaped foods
- Turn any meal into a cute romantic gesture
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Item #: 11902
Nothing says "I Love You" like a heart-shaped breakfast
You could say "I love you" with a diamond ring or flowers, but why be like everybody else? This egg shaper turns a bland breakfast into a heart-shaped bundle of cholesterol that expresses exactly how you really feel. Each 4-3/4" x 4" Teflon® coated egg shaper produces perfect heart-shaped fried eggs, pancakes, toast or cookies. It even has a handy wooden handle that flips down for easy storage. Perfect for breakfast in bed.