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It has become a recurring refrain among some Republican pundits and observers each time a new poll shows President Obama or downballot Democrats doing well: Check the party composition.
Critics allege that pollsters are interviewing too many Democrats -- and too few Republicans or independents -- and artificially inflating the Democratic candidates' performance. Pollsters counter that the results they are finding reflect slight changes in public sentiment -- and, moreover, adjusting their polls to match arbitrary party-identification targets would be unscientific.
Unlike race, gender or age, all demographic traits for which pollsters weight their samples, party identification is considered an attitude that pollsters say they should be measuring. When party identification numbers change, it's an indication of deeper political change that a poll can spot.
"If a pollster weights by party ID, they are substituting their own judgment as to what the electorate is going to look like. It's not scientific," said Doug Schwartz, the director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, which doesn't weight its surveys by party identification.
The debate has been amplified as the pace of public polling has accelerated after party conventions. Pollsters are finding diverging results, with consumers of political media left to decide which surveys better reflect the reality on the ground -- or to accept the polls most favorable to their partisan leanings. New, less expensive methods for taking polls have led to a proliferation of surveys with varying results, so both sides have ample data to fit their desired narrative.
Gripes about the party-ID composition of poll samples are certainly not new: Eight years ago, Democrats were claiming polls showing a surge in Republican identification did not accurately reflect the makeup of the electorate.
Now, it's Republicans making the case their voters are undersampled.
Schwartz, whose institute conducts polls in battleground states for CBS News and The New York Times, asserts that pollsters who weight according to party identification could miss the sorts of important shifts in the electorate that could be determinative.
"A good example for why pollsters shouldn't weight by party ID is if you look at the 2008 presidential election and compared it to the 2004 presidential election, there was a 7-point change in the party ID gap," Schwartz said. Democrats and Republicans represented equal portions of the 2004 electorate, according to exit polls. But, in 2008, the percentage of the electorate identifying as Democrats increased by 2 percentage points, to 39 percent, while Republicans dropped 5 points, to 32 percent.
Asked specifically about GOP complaints regarding the party-ID composition of public surveys, Schwartz said: "They're the ones trailing in our swing-state polls."
"There are more people who want to identify with the Democratic Party right now than the Republican Party," he added.
Many Republicans, however, think pollsters are wrong to assume their results, which in some cases mirror the 2008 electorate, are accurate.
"Far too many of the public and media polls have set their likely voter screens and models to something looking more optimistic than the 2008 turnout model," GOP consultant Rick Wilson wrote in Sunday's New York Daily News, "which even Obama's most dedicated partisans think is highly unlikely."
John McLaughlin, a Republican pollster and consultant to GOP candidates, told the conservative National Review last week that Democrats are lobbying media pollsters "to weight their surveys to emulate the 2008 Democrat-heavy models."
"The intended effect is to suppress Republican turnout through media polling bias," McLaughlin said.
Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is unconvinced. "Why would pollsters want to look inaccurate?" Miringoff asked rhetorically in a phone interview.
Miringoff, who is conducting three battleground-state polls each week for NBC News and The Wall Street Journal, called the focus on party identification "too narrow."
"It's an easy target in a sense because you can look at the last [election], see the difference and jump on board," he said. Marist, like Quinnipiac, does not weight its results according to party ID.


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The Grand Finale Reading, the final event of the Showcase, is a chance to celebrate the range and diversity of the year's new poetry. Showcased poets will read from their latest works and from the work of other poets in the Poetry Publication Showcase.
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http://news.yahoo.com/40-percent-may...005022787.htmlEarly voters could account for up to 40 percent of all ballots cast in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, and polls of people who already voted show President Barack Obama with a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Both candidates have been urging supporters not just to vote but to do it early as Republicans and Democrats campaign vigorously - particularly in key battleground states - to lock up as many votes as possible before Election Day on November 6.
Polls of people who say they already have voted show Obama with a lead in many of the states. The Obama campaign, which benefited from early voting in 2008, has focused heavily on urging supporters to vote early in this election as well.
Obama leads Romney 54 percent to 39 percent among voters who already have cast ballots, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling data compiled in recent weeks. The sample size of early voters is 960 people with a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points....
As a sign of the importance the Democrats place on early voting, Obama became the first sitting president to vote early when he cast his ballot in Chicago on Thursday.
The two parties spent a lot of time in court this year battling over early voting laws in states such as Florida and Ohio as Democrats accused Republicans of trying to limit early voting to suppress the turnout of working-class and minority voters.
In the end, Ohio was ordered by the courts to allow early voting to all until the eve of the election. And while Florida cut the number of days of early voting, it agreed to extend the number of hours on each day to satisfy critics.
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IJ's Clark Neily debunks three myths spread by the Texas Veterinary cartel to promote an anticompetitive campaign against Texas horse teeth floaters. H.B. 3637 would keep teeth floating legal in Texas and protect horses and horse owners' freedom to choose.Read more
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A new era in College Football has begun...the BCS is here, and an undisputed #1 is about to be crowned! After phenomenal seasons in which the two combatants (Tennessee Volunteers and Florida State Seminoles) combined for only one loss, the National Champion was to be determined by the winner of the Fiesta Bowl, the biggest College football game ever held in Arizona! As a hard-fought battle was winding down, the bright orange Vols sections of Sun Devil Stadium were standing as one in anticipation of the party that was about to break out. With 1:01 left in the fourth quarter, and the Vols running out the clock with a 23-16 lead...SNAP! The moment is preserved for all-time, and is now available for your wall!
With this poster, you are transported back to that magical winter night in the desert, when Tee Martin, Travis Henry, Peerless Price and the rest of the Vols capped a perfect season with a victory over the hated 'Noles. Like all prints in Rob Arra's Everlasting Images collection, this beauty shows the entire scene in vivid detail, and as you pan across you feel like you are actually there, at the National Championship game, about to celebrate victory for your beloved football squad! From the huge scoreboards towering above the end zone, to the packed stands, to the sideline entourages, to the players on the field, and the full moon above, it's all here, in perfect focus, waiting to find its rightful place on your wall! A historic beauty, worthy of a nice frame and a prominent place in your collection. A must for any true Vols fan!
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U2 has always made it worth their fans' while (and money) to join their fanclub. Last year, they offered a 2 CD box set of live tracks from their recent U2360 tour, called U22, exclusively to fan club members. This year, they're offering even more performances from that tour, on a single 15-track CD called Edge's Picks. As the name suggests, the tracklist was selected by U2 guitarist The Edge.
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Organizations that tackle the problem of sedentary lifestyles must consider the many factors that influence older adults' lives. Therefore, organizations will need to engage multiple levels of community infrastructure and expand their level of social and environmental influence. An integrated and collaborative approach will involve individuals and organizations in health care, social services, transportation, parks and recreation, exercise and fitness, senior living facilities, community planning, and other diverse areas of professional expertise.
Some of the challenges of initiating and maintaining a community partnership, task force, or committee will be enlisting volunteers or professionals who will commit to the task long-term, keeping committee members informed and updated, keeping the group motivated, and helping team members work cooperatively for the sake of the common goals.
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Start with a list of potential individuals and organizations that could join the committee. Consider taking advantage of local partnerships that have already been established. If the goal is to use as many community resources as possible, then group membership should be open to anyone who has an interest in the group's goals. Be sure to include community citizens on the roster. Decide if the group will charge a fee for membership to cover the coalition's costs, and what role each member will play and how tasks will be assigned or distributed.
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En español | Spring is here — and that means seasonal allergies, or hay fever, for about 35 million Americans, according to the Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
See also: 5 plants to avoid if you have spring allergies
When a person with seasonal allergies comes in contact with pollen, his or her immune system releases chemicals called histamines to combat the allergens. Histamines are behind hay fever symptoms, including sneezing, headache, runny nose and watery eyes. Tree pollen in early spring and grass pollen in the summer can make this time of year particularly uncomfortable.
Each year, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) releases a list of the top 100 worst cities for people with spring allergies. The list is based on a pollen score (that takes into account recorded grass, tree and weed pollen and mold spores for the most recent spring season) and the number of local allergy specialists in the area and allergy medications used per patient.
It's no surprise southeastern cities usually dominate the top of the list because oak, maple and elm trees are the primary pollen culprits in this region during spring.
Geography and weather play important roles in seasonal allergies. In southern regions, where the growing season starts early in the year, spring allergies can begin in January.
Dry and windy weather is especially hard on people with spring allergies because these conditions are ideal for pollen and mold dispersal. Rainy and humid conditions, by contrast, dampen pollen and reduce exposure by making it less airborne.
Although AAFA doesn't identify the best cities for people with spring allergies, in 2012, San Diego and Portland, Or., were ranked better than average compared with other cities on the list.
Should you pack up and move to Portland if you have spring allergies? Probably not, says Waldron. Whether you'll be uncomfortable for a big chunk of the year living in a city at the top of the list depends on your exact allergy and whether you can reduce your exposure to it.
A good first step is to visit an allergist for a skin or blood test to determine the causes or "triggers" of your allergic reaction. For tips on how to lessen your exposure during peak pollen times, read "10 Tips for Managing Spring Allergies."
Here, the cities at the top of AAFA's Spring Allergy Capitals list for 2013:
- Jackson, Miss.
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- Chattanooga, Tenn.
- McAllen, Texas
- Louisville, Ky.
- Wichita, Kan.
- Dayton, Ohio
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Oklahoma City, Okla.
- Baton Rouge, La.
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School Trek - Toubkal Circuit & Ascent
Morocco, School Expeditions, 11 days - from £695 (land only) - from €975 (land only) - from $1,140 (land only)
- A trek at moderate altitude on mountain terrain
- Learn about the culture of the Berber people
- Climb Mount Toubkal the highest peak in Morocco
- Trekking through picturesque Berber villages
- Time to explore magical Marrakech
The High Atlas Mountains of Morocco make the perfect destination for a School Adventure, with their rugged trails, varied and picturesque scenery, lofty passes, non-technical peaks and the guarantee of a cheerful welcome from the Berber people. The Atlas range of mountains is the largest in all Africa, extending through Morocco for some 500 kilometres north-east to south-west. The pick of short treks here is the circuit around Mount Toubkal (4167m), which twice crosses the main range of the Atlas and includes the chance to climb North Africa's highest peak. Our walk takes us across the central spine of the Atlas, by way of two high passes to the surprising greenery and pleasant villages of the Tizgui Valley. We then trek to the lovely cobalt-blue Lake Ifni and cross a further high pass to reach the Neltner Refuge below Toubkal. From here, a rugged but straightforward trail leads up to Toubkal the highest point in North Africa, where we have far-reaching views across the Atlas peaks and southwards to Jebel Sahro and the Sahara. We start our school adventure in the 1000 year-old, ochre-coloured city of Marrakech, which boasts the snow-capped summits of the High Atlas as a most dramatic backdrop. Before and after the trek, we have time to explore the old Arab quarter of this fabulous city. The colourful souks (markets) of Marrakech are world-famous and an exploration on foot is a magical experience. In just a week and a half school groups can enjoy Morocco's excellent trekking, experience its exotic cultures and explore the vibrant city of Marrakech. Close to home and yet so different, this will be a school adventure holiday all students will remember. This tried and tested KE Schools itinerary can be adjusted to better fit the needs of your group - please call and speak to a KE School Groups Coordinator or email email@example.com
Is this holiday for you?
The maximum altitude attained on this Morocco trek is not great and we spend only one night at just above 3000m. This means that altitude acclimatisation is not usually a problem. However this trek does involve some days with a good deal of ascent and descent and one or two of the days are quite long, although broken with leisurely lunches in the shade. This does have an effect on trekking performance. For most of the trek we follow well established trails between valleys and villages which are suitable for mules and very straightforward for trekkers. On the ascent of Toubkal and whilst trekking up to the passes on our route, we will encounter zig-zag trails on scree. You should be comfortable with walking on good trails but with some steep ascents and descents, for up to 5 or 6 hours each day and for several days continuously. The optional ascent of Toubkal although a longer day, presents no technical difficulty and should be within the capabilities of fit and active school students. We recommend a minimum age of 14 years for this School Adventure.
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Kim Kardashian visits an orphanage during a trip to Ivory Coast in Africa. She writes on her blog: "We had some time off in Abidjan so we wanted to visit an orphanage and we brought them tons of food and toys! The kids sang and danced for us and it was such a magical experience! They were the sweetest kids and I'm so glad I got to visit during my short trip."
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Rucksack Inn @ Temple Street
Just 2 minutes' walk from Chinatown MRT Station and local food at Smith Street, Rucksack Inn @ Temple Street offers modern dormitory rooms with free Wi-Fi. Every morning, free unlimited toast, jam, butter and hot drinks are available for breakfast.
Guests can also play with the Xbox in the common area. The air-conditioned dormitory rooms come with bunk beds fitted with personal reading lights. Lockers are available outside the room. Bathroom facilities are shared and come with shower facilities.
Rucksack Inn @ Temple Street is a 10-minute walk from Clarke Quay MRT Station and a 10-minute drive from popular Orchard Road. Chargeable transfers can be arranged to and from Changi International Airport, a 25-minute drive away. Guests can make use of the computer stations, or heat up food with the microwave and toaster. Laundry services and luggage storage are also available.
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Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 hour security
- Age Restriction
- Air Conditioning
- Breakfast Included
- Ceiling fan
- Common Room
- Fax Service
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free Wifi
- Hair Dryers
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- Internet Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Parking
- Postal Service
- Reading Light
- Tea/Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels For Hire
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 3 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
� Terms and Conditions: Our reception closes between 11pm - 8am, so if your arrival time in Singapore after 10pm, kindly notify us by sending us an email for us to give you guidelines on how to enter the hostel.
� Policy regarding children: In consideration for all guests, travelers with children below the age of 12 are advised to book into private rooms or book the entire dorm.
� We will keep the room/bed for you for 3 hours from the stated time of arrival. After which it will be released. If there is a delay in your itinerary, we would appreciate if you could let us know through phone or email.
� Due to the limited capacity at our Inn, priority reservations will be given to tourists.
� A 10% security deposit via credit card is required for total reservations above SGD200.
� The initial deposit via credit card is non-refundable in an event of a cancellation.
� Cancellations and modifications received within 3 day/s prior guest arrival and failure to arrive at the hostel will incur the first night's charge to the customers' credit card.For Peak season bookings where peak rates applies, a full amount of your booking reservations will be charged.【Peak Season Period: Dec. 24 & 25, 2014 (Christmas);Dec. 31, 2014 - Jan. 1, 2015 (New Year);Feb. 19 & 20, 2015 (Chinese New Year);Dec. 24 & 25, 2015 (Christmas);Dec. 31, 2015 - Jan. 1, 2016 (New Year)】
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MRT (Tube)
Alight at Chinatown MRT station and take Exit A.
You will come up onto Pagoda Street. Make a U-turn to your right as you get off the escalator. Walk straight and turn left when you see an alley leading to the next street.
Walk through this alley as the next street is Temple Street.
Make a left turn on Temple Street and walk just a few doors to No. 52 Temple Street.
We are on your left on the ground floor.
Airport Shuttle
The airport shuttle runs 24 hourly and the fare is SGD9 per person for a one way ticket.
Proceed to the shuttle services counter after exiting immigration.
Give them our address and you will be dropped off right at our doorstep =)
Taxi / Cab
It'll take approximately 20-30 minutes by taxi/cab. The taxi/cab fare would cost between SGD 20.00-SGD 25.00 depending on the traffic.
Located Near
With its perfect location right in the heart of Chinatown, you get easy access to the train station and bus services that bring you around the city. You get to experience the livelihood of Chinese culture with sumptuous local dishes surrounding you! In just a short walk away to Singapore River, you will find a vast array of bars, restaurants and relaxing River Tours. Shopping Malls, Tourist Attractions are all located minutes away from the property.
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Matobo Hills
Matobo Hills
The area exhibits a profusion of distinctive rock landforms rising above the granite shield that covers much of Zimbabwe. The large boulders provide abundant natural shelters and have been associated with human occupation from the early Stone Age right through to early historical times, and intermittently since. They also feature an outstanding collection of rock paintings. The Matobo Hills continue to provide a strong focus for the local community, which still uses shrines and sacred places closely linked to traditional, social and economic activities.
Monts Matobo
Le site présente une profusion de formes rocheuses remarquables s'élevant au-dessus du bouclier de granit qui couvre la plus grande partie du Zimbabwe. Les grands blocs de roche offrent des abris naturels en abondance et sont associés à l'occupation humaine depuis le début de l'âge de pierre jusqu'au début des temps historiques, et de façon intermittente depuis lors. Ils abritent une collection de peintures rupestres exceptionnelles. Les monts Matobo demeurent un centre important pour la communauté locale qui utilise toujours les lieux sacrés et les sanctuaires en étroite liaison avec leurs activités traditionnelles, sociales et économiques.
تلال ماتوبو
يتتضمن هذا الموقع عدداً وافراً من الأشكال الصخرية الملفتة المرتفعة فوق أرض حاتة من الغرانيت تغطي الجزء الأكبر من زمبابوي. وتتضمن الكتل الصخرية الكبيرة ملاجئ طبيعية كثيرة وترتبط بالوجود البشري المستمر منذ بداية العصر الحجري حتى بداية العصور التاريخية والمتقطع مذاك الحين، كما تحتضن مجموعة من اللوحات الرائعة المحفورة في الصخور. وتبقى تلال ماتوبو مركزاً هاماً للمجتمع المحلي الذي لا يزال يؤم الأماكن المقدسة والأضرحة المرتبطة على نحو وثيق بنشاطاته التقليدية الاجتماعية والاقتصادية.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Холмы Матобо
Для этой местности характерны многочисленные скалистые холмы, возвышающиеся над гранитным щитом, покрывающим основную часть территории Зимбабве. Крупные скальные образования служили для древнего человека естественными укрытиями, с раннего каменного века и вплоть до начала нашей эры. Здесь также обнаружено великолепное собрание наскальной живописи. Холмы Матобо продолжают оставаться важным центром притяжения для местных сообществ, которые все еще используют святилища и священные места, тесно связанные с их традициями и социально-экономическим укладом, как места поклонения.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Montes Matobo
Este sitio se distingue por la profusión de formaciones rocosas muy características, que se elevan por encima de la masa granítica que cubre la mayor parte de Zimbabwe. Los grandes bloques de roca ofrecen abundantes refugios naturales que fueron ocupados sin interrupción por el ser humano desde la Edad de Piedra hasta los albores de los tiempos históricos, y luego de forma esporádica. Esos refugios albergan una serie excepcional de pinturas rupestres. Los Montes Matobo son todavía un centro de interés importante para la población local, cuya frecuentación de los lugares sagrados y santuarios existentes en ellos guarda una estrecha relación con sus actividades tradicionales, sociales y económicas.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: NFUAJ
Matobo heuvels
Dit gebied laat een overvloed aan verschillende rotsvormen zien die uitsteken boven het granieten schild dat een groot deel van Zimbabwe bedekt. De grote keien zorgen voor veel natuurlijke schuilplaatsen en men gaat ervan uit dat ze zijn gebruikt als menselijk onderkomen vanaf de vroege Steentijd. De heuvels herbergen een van de hoogste concentraties rotskunst in zuidelijk Afrika. De tekeningen geven een volledig beeld van hoe naar voedsel zoekende samenlevingen plaats maakten voor agrarische samenlevingen. Tegenwoordig zijn de Matobo heuvels nog steeds belangrijk voor de lokale bevolking; ze gebruiken de heiligdommen en heilige plaatsen die nauw verbonden zijn met de traditionele, sociale en economische activiteiten van deze plek
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
The Matobo Hills some 35 km south of Bulawayo are a profusion of distinctive granite landforms, densely packed into a comparatively tight area, that rise up to form a sea of hills. Their forms have resulted from the varied composition and alignment of the granite rocks, which responded differently to millions of years of weathering. These extraordinary granite rock formations have exerted a strong presence over the whole area – both in natural and cultural terms.
People have interacted with, and been inspired by, the dramatic natural rock formations of the Matobo Hills for over many millennia. This interaction has produced one of the most outstanding rock art collections in southern Africa; it has also fostered strong religious beliefs, which still play a major role in contemporary local society; and it demonstrates an almost uninterrupted association between man and his environment over the past 100,000 years.
The Matobo Hills have one of the highest concentrations of rock art in Southern Africa dating back at least 13,000 years. The paintings illustrate evolving artistic styles and also socio-religious beliefs. The whole bears testimony to a rich cultural tradition that has now disappeared. The rich evidence from archaeology and from the rock paintings at Matobo provides evidence that the Matobo Hills have been occupied over a period of at least 500,000 years. Furthermore, this evidence provides a very full picture of the lives of foraging societies in the Stone Age and the way agricultural societies eventually came to displace them in the Iron Age.
The Mwari religion which is still practiced in the area, and which may date back to the Iron Age, is the most powerful oracular tradition in southern Africa. The Matobo rocks are seen as the seat of god and of ancestral spirits. Sacred shrines within the hills are places where contact can be made with the spiritual world. The living traditions associated with the shrines represent one of the most powerful intangible traditions in southern Africa and one that could be said to be of universal significance. This is a community response to a landscape rather than individual ones. The natural qualities of Matobo, in terms of the power of the rocks and of the produce from the surrounding natural environment, thus have strong cultural associations.
Criterion (iii): The Matobo Hills have one of the highest concentrations of rock art in southern Africa. The rich evidence from archaeology and from the rock paintings at Matobo provide a very full picture of the lives of foraging societies in the Stone Age and the way agricultural societies came to replace them.
Criterion (v): The interaction between communities and the landscape, manifested in the rock art and also in the long-standing religious traditions still associated with the rocks, are community responses to a landscape.
Criterion (vi): The Mwari religion, centred on Matobo, which may date back to the Iron Age, is the most powerful oracular tradition in southern Africa.
In order to reflect a coherent landscape, encompassing not only the rock paintings and rock batholiths but also the strong social interaction between local people and these tangible aspects, the boundary encompasses the Rhodes Matopos National Park and two Rural District Councils of Matobo and Umzingwane. The boundary thus encompasses all the attributes of Outstanding Universal Value.
Overall the rock paintings are in a fairly good state of preservation. Natural weathering is the main agent of change and although this has made some of the paintings difficult to decipher, the process is part of the relationship between the images and their setting. Further slight damage is being wrought by visitors. In only one cave are the paintings badly compromised: at Pomongwe Cave, experiments were carried out in the 1920s with linseed oil as a preservative and this has darkened the images. The archaeological evidence appears to be well protected – both within those caves, where large-scale excavations have taken place, and elsewhere in caves that could produce further evidence.
Through a system of taboos and cultural norms that prohibit desecration, the long-standing intangible heritage of indigenous traditional religious beliefs and practices are still instrumental in the preservation of the tangible heritage. Around the two shrines, there are no artificial buildings, structures, walls or other traces of human presence, apart from a wooden palisade that demarcates the area beyond which people may not proceed without permission from the ancestral spirits who are consulted by the custodian and the elders. There are development pressure from the demand for amenities and facilities by visitors. Increased population has had a negative impact on the natural environment.
The area is prone to droughts and floods and soil erosion is becoming a serious problem. There are also threats follows the introduction of exotic plants.
The authenticity of the hunter-gatherer and a few agriculturist rock paintings in the Matobo Hills area has been widely confirmed. The rock paintings survive in situ and are still linked to a landscape that reflects elements of the pastoral and agricultural traditions reflected in painted images.
The living traditions and intangible heritage associated with the site and which bind the cultural and natural values together are still thriving. The annual pilgrimage in August attracts more than a thousand pilgrims who gather around the natural features of the rocks and the adjacent terraces, where participants dance, perform rituals, eat and sleep during the 3-week long ceremonies.
Protection and management requirements
The Matobo Hills World Heritage Landscape comprises three types of land ownership, recognized by Zimbabwean laws namely, state protected areas (Matopo National Parks), communal lands and state land without individual tenure (Matobo and Umzingwane Districts), and privately owned land with individual tenure (commercial farms). Each land category is administered by the following Acts of Parliament: Rural District Council Act (29:13), Parks and Wildlife Act (20:14) and Natural Resources Board Act (20:13). The Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management takes care of the natural resources, and the management of cultural properties falls under the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe Act (25:11) irrespective of the land tenure.
A Management Committee, consisting of key stakeholders has been established. The property was guided by a five year Management Plan for the period 2005-2009. For technical expertise the committee relies on technical staff drawn from the major stakeholders. Other organizations and agencies involved in management include the Natural Resources Board and the Forestry Commission.
The Management Plan needs revising so that it is a live and relevant document that addresses the opportunities provided by inscription. The Plan also needs to support integrated management to achieve sustainable development, which respects both cultural and natural parameters of the cultural landscape, and fosters the integration of intangible heritage issues into management and interpretation. It also needs to address threats, such as from uncontrolled visitor access, soil erosion and invasive plants. There is also a need for conservation plans for key aspects of the site.
Long Description
The Matobo Hills have one of the highest concentrations of rock art in Southern Africa. The rich evidence from archaeology and from the rock paintings at Matobo provide a very full picture of the lives of foraging societies in the Stone Age and the way agricultural societies came to replace them. The interaction between communities and the landscape, manifest in the rock art and also in the long-standing religious traditions still associated with the rocks, are community responses to a landscape. The Mwari religion, centred on Matobo, which may date back to the Iron Age, is the most powerful oracular tradition in southern Africa.
The area exhibits a profusion of distinctive rock landforms rising above the granite shield that covers much of Zimbabwe. The large boulders provide abundant natural shelters and have been associated with human occupation from the early Stone Age right through to early historical times, and intermittently since. They also feature an outstanding collection of rock paintings. The Matobo Hills continue to provide a strong focus for the local community, which still uses shrines and sacred places closely linked to traditional, social and economic activities.
The landscape is visually and ecologically distinguished from the surrounding dry savannah. A profusion of distinctive granite landforms, densely packed into a comparatively tight area, rise up to form a sea of hills. Their forms have resulted from the varied composition and alignment of the granites, which responded differently to millions of years of weathering, leaving inselbergs (large individual vertical rocks), kopjes, crenellated ridges, dwalas or hump-backed domes, and what look like randomly heaped boulders.
The discrete and often small sheltered spaces, formed between this dense collection of rocks, have fostered a wide variety of microclimates, allowing the development of an extremely diverse range of habitats. The resulting species rich vegetation has in turn provided much sustenance for a wide range of fauna. The valley between the rocks contains numerous streams and springs supporting a wide range of flora. Out of 189 mammal species indigenous to Zimbabwe, 88 have been recorded in the Matobo Hills, plus a further 70 pairs of bird species.
These natural attributes have also been the dynamic focus for people living in the area since the early Stone Age. In fact within natural caves, and on boulders and cliff faces are to be found a dramatic corpus of rock art.
The earlier paintings, dated back at least 13,000 years, are essentially naturalistic interpretations of people, animals and trees. They are associated with hunting and gathering and are mostly executed using a red ochre pigment, mixed with an as yet unknown binder. The later paintings associated with farming communities used white pigment from kaolin or quartz. This distinction is common within the region, but stylistically Matobo is part of a rock-art 'region' stretching from South Africa to Tanzania. It is also impressionistic in that many of the paintings distorted body proportions to convey a sense of movement, or size to convey importance. In many sites there are layers of paintings superimposed one on top of the other. Images in the later paintings also appear to display a complex cosmology linked to religious beliefs.
An abundance of archaeological evidence has been amassed from the shelters for the Stone Age and Iron Age, which when combined has contributed a great deal to the understanding of the pre-colonial history of the region. However, the Matobo Hills also contain very important historical sites and sites from the colonial and post-colonial periods.
Matobo is the home of the wide-ranging oracular cult of the High God, Mwari, whose voice is believed to be heard from the rocks. This powerful oracle links the indigenous communities to the hills where the ancestral spirits live in sacred forest, mountains, caves, hollow trees and pools. Within the Matobo Hills, certain places have become known as shrines.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
Evidence for the early history of the area comes from archaeological excavations and from analysis of the rock paintings. These indicate a long and perhaps continuous use of the caves from the Stone Age right through to the early historical period first by hunters and gatherer societies and then by Iron Age settlers practicing agriculture. In the Zimbabwean context the separation between the prehistoric and the historic periods is not clearly defined.
The sites first appear in the records of missionaries, mineral seekers and explorers who document the arrival and establishment of the present Ndebele group of people during the first half of the 19th century under the leadership of the King Mzilikazi. Mhlahlandlela, on the northern fringes of the Matobo Hills, was one of the earliest settlements. The first Bulawayo was established soon after. Around the same time the Nguni people, fleeing Zululand, arrived in the area.
Resistance by the local people to the early colonists is well documented. During confrontations in 1893 and 1896 between Cecil Rhodes and the Ndebele leaders, the Matobo Hills played a pivotal role in providing refuge to local people who derived inspiration from the oracles of the Mwari shrines.
The majority of the area which now forms the Rhodes Matopos National Park was declared a conservancy in 1926.Source: Advisory Body Evaluation


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Download owner's manual EOS-M camera body with installed R-F-4 camera body cover EF-M 22mm F2 STM lens Lens Dust Cap EB (installed) Lens cap E-43 (installed) LP-E12 Lithium-ion rechargeable battery with plastic terminal cover (7.2V/875 mAh) LC-E12 Battery charger (Output: 8.4V/0.54A) EOS Digital Solution Disk Ver 25.4 EOS M Instruction Manuals CD-ROM EOS Digital Software Instruction Manual CD-ROM Basic Instruction Manual (Eng) Basic Instruction Manual (Span) Enjoy EOS World Warranty card Features and Specs General LCD Screen Size 3" Adjustable-angle LCD No Wi-Fi No Touchscreen Yes Waterproof No GPS-enabled Optional Lens 35mm Equivalent 35mm Optical Zoom --- Digital Zoom --- Filter Diameter 43mm Manual Focusing Yes Manual Exposure Yes Built-in Flash No HDMI Output Mini Memory Internal Memory None Memory Media SD/SDHC/SDXC Image Effective Megapixel Count 18 Total Megapixels 18.5 Image Stabilization Optional Highest Resolution 5184 x 3456 HD Video Recording 1920 x 1080/30p Dimensions Width (inches) 4-1/2 Height (inches) 2-3/4 Depth (inches) 2-5/16 Weight With Battery (ounces) 14.2 Warranty Parts Warranty 1 Year Labor Warranty 1 Year Product Research Features Connections Power Options Lens Features Supplied Software Features Overview: This Canon EOS M kit includes the EOS M camera body and the EF-M 22mm F2 STM lens. It has the new Canon M mount, and is compatible with Canon M lenses. With the optional Mount Adapter EF-EOS M, the EOS M camera is also compatible with the full line of Canon EF and EF-S lenses. 3" Touch Panel LCD Monitor: The EOS M features a 3" Touch Panel Clear View LCD monitor. It has a 3:2 aspect ratio and approximately 1,040,000 pixels for Live View composition and viewing recorded images. The screen has the same capacitive technology as today's popular mobile devices, and delivers intuitive touch panel operation. Two-finger gestures (multi-touch) can be used for zooming or changing images, menu and quick control settings can be accessed, and focus point and shutter release can be activated with the touch of a fingertip. The LCD monitor offers 100% viewing coverage and 7 brightness levels to choose from. Live View: The Live View Function enables viewing your subjects directly on the camera's 3" LCD monitor. The camera allows you to magnify any part of the scene 5x or 10x for precise manual focusing. You can choose one of two grid overlay options for the LCD screen to help you line up vertical and horizontal lines. The camera can be controlled remotely via a computer through a USB connection, or wirelessly with the optional RC-6 remote controller. 18.0 Megapixel CMOS Sensor: Canon's large-area CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) sensor captures images with exceptional clarity and tonal range, and offers approximately 18.5 million total pixels and 18.0 million effective pixels. This APS-C-sized sensor (22.3mm x 14.9mm) has the same 3:2 ratio as film cameras, enabling an effective 1.6x field of view, compared to 35mm format. DIGIC 5 Image Processor: The EOS M is the first Rebel camera to feature Canon's new DIGIC 5 Image Processor. The DIGIC 5 works with the CMOS sensor to deliver images with great detail without the need for artificial light sources. The camera can achieve higher ISO sensitivity, and can shoot up to 4.3 frames per second continuously. Image Recording: The camera records still images in JPEG and RAW formats. You can choose from the following image sizes: Large, Medium, Small 1, Small 2, and Small 3. For each resolution (except Small 2 and Small 3), you can set the compression to Fine or Normal. For RAW images, you can record only at the highest resolution. You can set the camera to RAW + JPEG and record a RAW image and a Large Fine JPEG image simultaneously. Aspect Ratio: The camera image sensor has an aspect ratio of 3:2. You can choose to record still images in 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, and 1:1 aspect ratios. This gives you the option of selecting any of the following image sizes: Quality Aspect Ratio and Pixel Count 3:2 4:3 16:9 1:1 Large (JPEG and RAW) 5184 x 3456 (18 MP) 4608 x 3456 (16.0 MP) 5184 x 2912 (15.1 MP) 3456 x 3456 (11.9 MP) Medium 3456 x 2304 (8.0 MP) 3072 x 2304 (7.0 MP) 3456 x 1944 (6.7 MP) 2304 x 2304 (5.3 MP) Small 1 2592 x 1728 (4.5 MP) 2304 x 1728 (4.0 MP) 2592 x 1456 (3.8 MP) 1728 x 1728 (3.0 MP) Small 2 1920 x 1280 (2.5 MP) 1696 x 1280 (2.2 MP) 1920 x 1080 (2.1 MP) 1280 x 1280 (1.6 MP) Small 3 720 x 480 (0.35 MP) 640 x 480 (0.31 MP) 720 x 400 (0.29 MP) 480 x 480 (0.23 MP) RAW File Format: The RAW file format records the image data as captured by the camera's CMOS sensor without further processing and converts it to digital data and records it onto the card as is. RAW images can be adjusted, then developed and produced into JPEG or TIFF images using the provided software. Recording Media: The EOS M records images on an SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards, including the newest UHD-I (Ultra High Speed) memory cards. It is also compatible with some brands of Eye-Fi cards that feature wireless transfer of images, although their performance is not guaranteed. Note: No recording media is supplied with the camera. EOS Integrated Cleaning System: Dust that settles on the sensor surface of the camera is removed using ultrasonic vibration. This Self Cleaning Sensor Unit routine is automatically activated whenever the camera is powered on or off. (It can also be manually activated.) A special collar positioned around the sensor collects the loosened dust. In case visible dust still remains, you can delete the effect of the dust particles from the image via the supplied software. Shooting Modes: The EOS M's Mode Dial has 3 positions: Scene Intelligent Auto, Still Photos, or Movies. The Scene Intelligent Auto mode lets you simply press the shutter button to take a picture with the camera taking care of everything to suit the subject or scene. When shooting Movies, you can choose Auto or Manual Exposure. With Still Photos, you can select from Creative Zone and Basic Zone modes: Creative Zone: Program AE: This is a general-purpose shooting mode, the camera automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture value to suit the scene's brightness. Shutter-priority AE: In this mode, you set the shutter speed and the camera automatically sets the aperture value to suit the brightness of the subject. Aperture-priority AE: In this mode, you set the desired aperture value and the camera sets the shutter speed automatically to suit the subject brightness. Manual Exposure: You set both the shutter speed and aperture value as desired. Basic Zone: Creative Auto: In this auto mode, you can still set the brightness, flash mode, sharpness, image recording quality, and picture style settings. Portrait: Blurs the background to make the human subject stand out. Landscape: For wide scenic views, night scenes, etc. Close-up: To take close-up shots of flowers, insects, etc. Sports: For fast-moving subjects when you want to freeze the action. Night Portrait: For images of people at twilight or at night. Handheld Night Scene: Allows you to take handheld photos at night by recording four photos that are combined into a single bright image. HDR Backlight Control: Useful for taking photos with bright and dark areas. Three photos are taken and combined into a single image with restored detail in dark and light areas. Shooting Movies: The EOS M can record movies in High Definition or Standard Definition at different frame rates. Movies are recorded in MOV format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression, and Linear PCM audio. You can record audio using the built-in stereo microphone, or with an optional stereo microphone with a 3.5mm plug, with manual audio level adjustments. When shooting movies, a large-capacity SD card with a speed rating of Class 6 or higher is recommended. Slower cards may not record your movies properly. You can select from the following recording sizes and frame rates: 1920 x 1080: Full HD recording quality with a 16:9 aspect ratio for viewing on a widescreen HDTV; Available frame rates: 30 fps, 24 fps 1280 x 720: HD recording quality with a 16:9 aspect ratio for viewing on a widescreen HDTV; Frame rate: 60 fps 640 x 480: Standard definition recording quality with a 4:3 aspect ratio; Frame rate: 30 fps Manual Focusing: If you choose to focus manually with an EF-M lens, you will need to switch to Manual Focus in the menu then turn the focusing ring on the lens. If using an EF or EF-S lens, you will need to set the focus mode switch on the lens from AF to MF, and turn the lens focusing ring until the subject looks sharp. You can magnify the image 5x or 10x for better visibility when focusing. ISO Speed: When shooting in Basic Zone modes, ISO speed is automatically set between 100 and 6400 (in whole-stop increments) to suit the shooting conditions. In Creative Zone modes, the ISO speed is set automatically with a maximum of 400, 800, 1600, 3200, or 6400. The manual setting range is ISO 100-12800, with expansion to 25600. White Balance: You can choose from the following white balance settings: Auto: the camera sets the white balance automatically according to shooting conditions, color temperature: 3000-7000 K Daylight: for recording outdoors on a bright day, color temperature: 5200 K Shade: counters strong blue tones in open shade on sunny days, color temperature: 7000 K Cloudy: for cloudy days, dusk and dawn, color temperature: 6000 K Tungsten Light: for incandescent illumination, color temperature: 3200 K White Fluorescent Light: eliminates typical green color casts, color temperature: 4000 K Flash Use: a starting point for studio strobes and Canon Speedlites, color temperature: 6000 K Custom: enables you to manually set the white balance for a specific light source for better accuracy. By selecting this image, you import the white balance data for the setting, color temperature: 2000-10000 K Other WB Settings: Color Temperature: manually set color temperature from 2500-10000 K in 100 K increments White Balance Correction: You can correct the standard color temperature for the white balance setting. It has the same effect as using a color temperature conversion filter or a color compensating filter. Each color can be corrected to one of nine levels. Color Space: The color space refers to the range of reproducible colors. With this camera, you can set the color space for captured images to sRGB or Adobe RGB. For normal images, sRGB is recommended. In the Basic Zone modes, sRGB will be set automatically. Shoot by Ambience: Except in the Basic Zone modes, you can select the ambience for shooting. You can choose from Vivid, Soft, Warm, Intense, and Cool, each at Low, Standard, or Strong effects. You can also choose Brighter or Darker, with Low, Medium, and High settings, and a Monochrome setting, with Blue, B/W, or Sepia effects. Picture Style: By selecting a picture style you can achieve various effects matching your photographic expression or the subject. Picture Style setting is not available in Basic Zone modes, except Creative Auto. Picture Style selections include: Auto: the color tone is adjusted to suit the scene Standard: image looks vivid, sharp, and crisp Portrait: for nice skin tones, the image looks slightly sharp and crisp, color tone can be adjusted to change skin tone Landscape: vivid blues and greens, very sharp and crisp image Neutral: natural colors and subdued images, no sharpness applied. (recommended for users who prefer to process images on their PC) Faithful: when the subject is photographed under a color temperature of 5200 K, the color is adjusted to match the subject's color, no sharpness applied (recommended for users who prefer to process images on their PC) Monochrome: for black and white images User Defined 1-3: you can register your own Picture Style settings for Portrait and Landscape modes. Exposure Compensation: Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera's standard exposure setting. You can make the image look lighter (increased exposure) or darker (decreased exposure). The exposure compensation amount can be set up to +/-3 stops in 1/3-stop increments. Auto Exposure Bracketing: With auto exposure bracketing (AEB), the camera automatically changes the exposure level up to +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments for three successive shots. When in Single Shooting mode, the camera will change the exposure level on three single shots (requiring three presses of the shutter release). In Continuous Shooting mode, you can take three shots with one press of the shutter release, and the exposure levels will change with each shot taken. AE Lock: AE lock enables you to lock the exposure at a different place from the point of focus. After locking the exposure, you can recompose the shot while maintaining the desired exposure level. This feature is useful for backlit and spotlighted subjects. Bulb Exposures: When bulb is set, the shutter is open during the time you keep pressing the shutter button fully. Bulb is useful when a long exposure is necessary for capturing night scenes, fireworks, the night sky, etc. The optional RC-6 Remote Controller is helpful when taking a Bulb exposure. Flash: The camera does not have a built-in flash. When an optional EOS-dedicated, EX-series Speedlite is attached to the camera's hot shoe, almost all of the automatic flash control is done by the camera. The camera is compatible with Canon's entire line of EX-series Speedlites, plus Macro Lites for close-ups. Canon EX-series Speedlites offer professional-quality illumination for virtually any subject. The built-in flash can work as a Master unit with Canon Speedlites with the wireless slave feature and trigger the Speedlite(s) to fire. Metering Modes: You can select from the following metering modes: Evaluative Metering: The camera's standard metering mode utilizes 63 zones within the frame, and is suited for most subjects even under backlit conditions. After detecting the main subject's position, brightness, background, front and back lighting conditions, etc, the camera sets the proper exposure. Partial Metering: Effective when the background is much brighter than the subject due to backlighting, etc; uses approximately 9% of the frame at the center. Spot Metering: For metering a specific part of the subject; uses approximately 3.8% of the frame at the center. Center-weighted Average Metering: Metering is weighted at the center and then averaged for the entire scene. Continuous Shooting Mode: In Continuous Shooting mode, you can shoot up to about 4.3 frames per second. The maximum number of shots in a single burst will vary with the image quality setting: Image Quality Setting Maximum Burst 8 GB SDHC Card UHS-I Memory Card JPEG (Large/Fine) 15 17 RAW 6 6 RAW + JPEG (Large/Fine) 3 3 Self-Timer: The camera will record an image following a preset time delay after pressing the shutter release. The self-timer lamp and beeper will indicate a countdown before the picture is taken. You can choose from the following self-timer modes: 10 Second: The camera takes a single image 10 seconds after pressing the shutter release button. You can also use the optional remote control in this mode. 2 Second: The camera takes a single image 2 seconds after pressing the shutter release. 10 Second Continuous Shots: The camera begins taking a series of images (two to ten) 10 seconds after the shutter release button is pressed. Auto Rotation: Vertical shots can be rotated automatically so that they are displayed upright during playback. Image Review: The image can be displayed on the LCD monitor immediately after you shoot. The review time can be set to off (not displayed), 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 8 seconds, or Hold, which keeps the image displayed on the LCD monitor until the camera is focused again. Creative Filters: You can apply several Creative Filters to your stored images, and save them as new images. The types of filters include: Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye Effect, Art bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, and Miniature effect. Slide Show: You can view all images on the memory card one after another with the Auto Playback function (slide show). You can set the time each image is displayed on the LCD monitor to 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, or 20 seconds. You can also select which images to display: all images, images by date, images by folder, movies only, stills only, or by rating. Index Display: This feature allows you to view four (2 x 2) or nine (3 x 3) images at once on the LCD monitor so that you can search for an image quickly. Image Magnification: When viewing a still picture in single image playback mode, you can magnify the image from 1.5x to 10x. While the image is magnified, you can scroll anywhere around the image. Rotating Images: You can rotate an image by 90° or 270° clockwise in the LCD monitor. PictBridge Printing: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer. PictBridge is a standard that allows you to connect a PictBridge compliant camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer and make prints, regardless of brand. DPOF Print Settings: On the memory card, you can select which image or images you want to print and how many copies you want. This is convenient for printing images all at once, on optional Canon direct print function compliant printers, on PictBridge compliant printers, or at participating photo labs. Connections HDMI Outputs: The camera is equipped with a mini-HDMI jack (Type C) which allows you to connect the camera to an HDTV. The HDMI output terminal is CEC-compatible. A mini-HDMI-to-HDMI cable, such as the Canon HTC-100, is required. AV Out/Digital Jack: The AV Out/Digital jack allows you to connect the camera to your computer via the supplied USB cable for downloading the recorded images and movies. The same jack also lets you view your images and videos on a non-HD TV set when connected with the optional AVC-DC400ST AV cable. The video output is compatible with NTSC and PAL systems (switchable). Microphone: The camera has a 3.5mm minijack input for connecting an external microphone. Power Options Battery: The EOS M operates on the supplied LP-E12 Lithium-Ion battery (7.2V/875 mAh). Battery performance decreases when used in temperatures below 32° F. The battery can be charged in the supplied LC-E12 battery charger in approximately 2 hours. Typical battery life for the LP-E12 battery is as follows: At 73°F (23°C) At 32°F (0°C) Approx. 230 shots Approx. 200 shots Auto Power Off: To save battery power, the camera turns off automatically after a period of non-operation. The Auto Power Off time can be set to 30 seconds or 1, 2, 4, 8, or 15 minutes. Note: The Auto Power Off function will not activate in Auto Playback Mode. Optional AC Power: With the optional ACK-E12 AC adapter kit, you can connect the camera to a household power outlet and not worry about the battery becoming exhausted. Lens Features Lens: This EOS M kit comes with the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens. STM stands for Stepping Motor. Auto/Manual Focus Modes: When using an EF-M lens, the focus mode must be set in the camera menu. After setting the mode to Manual Focus, you can focus on your subject by turning the focusing ring. Specifications: Focus Length/Aperture: 22mm f/2 Minimum Aperture: f/22 Construction: 7 elements in 6 groups Angle of View: Diagonal: 63º30' Vertical: 37º50' Horizontal: 54º30' Maximum Magnification: 0.21x Field of View: 2.83" x 4.29" Minimum Focusing Distance: 0.49' (6") Filter Diameter: 43 mm Hood: EW-43 (sold separately) Dimensions: Diameter: 2.401" Length: 1.127" Weight: 3.7 ounces Supplied Software Supplied Software: The EOS M comes bundled with the EOS Digital Solution Disc Ver. 25.4, which includes: Digital Photo Professional Ver. 3.12 (Windows/Mac): primarily for RAW image viewing, editing, processing, and printing (you can also edit JPEG images while retaining the original images) ImageBrowserEX Ver. 1.0 (Windows/Mac): primarily for JPEG image viewing, editing, organizing, and printing. You can also play and edit MOV movies and extract still images from movies. EOS Utility Ver. 2.12 (Windows/Mac): allows you to download images from your camera's memory card onto your computer's hard drive, set various camera settings, and shoot remotely with the computer connected to the camera PhotoStitch Ver. 3.1 (Windows)/Ver 3.2 (Mac) Picture Style Editor Ver. 1.12 (Windows/Mac): allows you to edit Picture Style to your unique image characteristics and save them as original Picture Style files EOS Sample Music Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team. They verify what's in the box, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Sorry, the Canon EOS M is no longer available. Looking for a similar item? Shop all Mirrorless Cameras Or, you can still... 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If you want to check out the safety of the conditioner you are using, you can look it up at the Skin Deep cosmetics safety database. You can also search for low-toxicity conditioners. When I tried to do that, I found stuff that looked really benign, but cost $20 a bottle, plus shipping, and I wouldn't be doing anything to avoid buying bottles and shipping water around the planet.
So I looked for conditioner or hair gel recipes on the web. There are some out there, but a lot of them use the same chemicals that I'd prefer to avoid. There was one that worked great -- boiling flax seeds in water to make an amazing gel --but the result goes bad in less than a week and ends up smelling like rotten eggs. It's worth considering doing that and keeping it in the fridge to prevent spoilage, but I wanted to see if I could make something more convenient.
It turns out that this formula also has something of the same problem--it spoils eventually if it's not refrigerated--so unless you want to add preservatives, you need to make small batches, or keep most of it in the fridge. But it works well--as you see in the comments, some people swear by this formula.
Several comments also suggested aloe vera juice. You can buy that in a bottle or grow your own. That's also likely to have the problem of needing preservatives to last without refrigeration, but it seems to do a little better in my limited experimentation as far as keeping at room temperature.
So I tried it again, using just 1/8 teaspoon of oil. Works great! After blow drying, my hair is soft, but fuller than without any products. It doesn't feel dry, nor does it feel greasy. Just right.
The original batch? I'm using it to shave my legs, which it does a fabulous job of. Legs end up nice and smooth and well moisturized.
Thanks for the recipe!
I have dry, curly hair, and thought for a long time that I was going to have to use commercial products if I wanted my hair to set in soft curls rather than frizzy or stiff and chunky (the results of earlier all-natural experiments). This is the first recipe I've tried that results in consistent "good hair days". And as a bonus, after 5 months off of commercial products, my hair is much healthier, bouncier, with almost no split ends.
For shampoo, I use a squirt of unscented liquid castille soap in about a cup of water. After rinsing it out, I follow with a dollop of lemon juice diluted in another cup of water, which restores the pH and adds "slip" and shine. Then a dab of your recipe as conditioner, which I rinse out too. I put a bit more in as leave-in gel, depending on the humidity of the day, and let it air dry.
I brought in some of the gel to my hairdresser to use when I asked her not to use commercial products when washing out my hair. She thought it was fantastic, and loved the way it set when dry. She shared it with her boss, who also thinks it's great and wants to play with the recipe someday when she opens her dream salon with a freshly-made-hair-product "buffet". :)
Regarding the shelf life, I keep a container in my fridge, fetch it each morning before I shower, and pop it back into the fridge when I'm done. The ratio I use is 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon canola oil, and either 1 or 2 teaspoons guar gum. (I couldn't get the xanthan gum easily, and this works pretty well without.). I mix it up in the blender, gum added last, which ends up smoother than when I tried it by hand.
I found that the thicker gel stays good a little longer than the thinner, so I can take it with me unrefrigerated for short vacations and it stays good. When I'm traveling with the thicker stuff, I use a little less and rub it between my hands to de-clump it before I put it in my hair. Your freezing idea is clever - I haven't tried that yet!
I hit on the diluted-lemon-juice rinse after trying the often-touted diluted-vinegar rinse and finding that even in very dilute solutions, my hair would smell vinegary if it was a rainy day. I looked into the reasoning behind the vinegar rinse (pH balancing back to acidic, because soap is more basic than the natural scalp pH), and figured that lemon juice might work just as well. It does! And even when it rains, my hair doesn't smell lemony, although if it did, it'd still be better than vinegar. Lemon juice is even more acidic than vinegar, so I make sure not to use it undiluted. Also, lemon juice can have a lightening effect over time if it's not well rinsed out. This doesn't bother me, but it's worth noting.
The following information has been unscientifically gathered from The Internet:
- The pH of healthy hair ranges between 4.5 and 5.5.
- Soap can range from "pH balanced" neutral (7) to alkaline (8-11).
- Rinsing with diluted vinegar (3) or lemon juice (2) supposedly neutralizes the alkalinity and shifts the balance back towards the acidic.
Part of me wonders why rinsing it all out doesn't get the hair's pH back to water's neutral 7, but rinsing out soap with all the water in the world doesn't seem to take away the tangly "squeaky clean" texture that comes from too much alkalinity. And after I've done the lemon juice rinse, that grippy texture is replaced with a more natural-feeling "slip" that doesn't go away, even when I rinse really well. So although I don't quite understand how, it does seem to work.
You're right that lemon juice on its own has a pretty long unrefrigerated shelf life, I think because it's so acidic. I think that anything that increasing the acidity of the conditioner to the level where it stopped going bad would probably be too acidic to leave on your hair without rinsing it out thoroughly. But, if you're using it only as a rinse-out conditioner and not as a leave-in, it could definitely be worth a try! What if you used just lemon juice as a base, and added the oil and powders to that?
I haven't experimented with grape seed oil, but I know it's a popular natural preservative that could probably be used in a leave-in formula.
I'm also intrigued by the pure-aloe-vera that hoopajoo and rimar2000 suggested. Have you tried it? How would you say it compares with your formula in terms of how your hair feels?
Hi there. You can make your life easier by adding enough glycerin or honey to the gums make a paste. Then you can add it all at once without clumping. Also glycerin and honey are both humectants, drawing water to the skin and hair, and honey feeds the hair with amino acids, vitamins, minerals, etc, and is antibacterial, antimicrobial, and a natural antibiotic.( honey is awesome)
Amazing article. I have collect more ideas about hair conditioners make at home. This article is really amazing and will be helpful for our readers.
Tocopheryl Acetate is Vit E. You can get this anywhere. You may even already have it in your medicine cabinet. Just grab a small capsule, poke a hole into it and squeeze out a couple of drops into whatever you're making. This is a great addition and can prolong shelf life of shampoos, conditioners, creams, etc. A little goes a long way- i.e. 1-2 drops per batch of conditioner above. Vit E. is an antioxidant and prevents rancidity in oils. It's also beneficial to the skin in blocking UV rays and moisturizing.
So, if you're looking for a natural preservative- this is a great place to start but because there's water in this recipe, spoilage will eventually occur.
Also, if you're interested in a longer shelf life for your conditioner without refrigerating it, try adding a few drops of Vitamin E oil. Other great options for this are rosemary antioxidant (extract) (can be found from mountainroseherbs.com/), vegetable glycerin (which is also a great humectant & available in organic, also from mountainroseherbs.com/). Citric acid (available in bulk powder form, yay!!) is also great for extending shelf life:) Oh, & you can try potassium sorbate, though some people prefer to avoid it. It's considered safe & used in some organic products, but can have some unpleasant side effects if used frequently (more likely if ingested frequently).
And it's also interesting that you note that among commercial products, conditioner is particularly problematic as far as containing ingredients you might want to avoid.
Thanks for adding this link here.
Good question!
so is it or isnt it?
I don't mean to be totally paranoid about additives, and I understand the need for preservatives, but when there's a choice, I'd rather not.
It seems that Lily of the Desert sells it both with and without preservatives, but both look pretty safe compared to some cosmetics--the preservatives are citric acid and potassium sorbate, both of which are considered safe in food.
They also sell "whole leaf" and "fillet juice" versions, and they sell it as "juice" or "gel", the gel having less than 1% carrageenan as a thickener.
I also noticed on Lily of the Desert's web site that they have their own conditioner. It's got a long list of ingredients so I won't look them up tonight, but it would be interesting to see what they are, how safe they are, and try to figure out why they added all that instead of just telling people to use the juice or gel.
Your solution of just using aloe gel looks more promising than anything else commercially available, and Lily of the Desert looks like a great company. I'm going to try it, but I'm pretty happy with the formula in the instructable, and it's hard to beat the cost.


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Canberra Royals v Gungahlin Eagles, Phillip Oval
There is little doubting how influential ACT Rugby young star Tom Staniforth will be for his beloved Canberra Royals this John I Dent Cup season, having spent the offseason training with the Brumbies Academy.
The tall lock-forward was all smiles after his Royals 34-30 round one win over the Gungahlin Eagles, and was full of excitement knowing he was finally able to use the skills he had developed with the Brumbies at local level.
He said the Brumbies Academy was great in that he was able to train at a much higher intensity with professional, Super Rugby players, and there was always someone with more experience around to guide him.
"When you come back to club footy, you just take that stuff with you, and try and make improvements on your game," he said.
"It was phenomenal. I was just lucky that they gave me the opportunity to train with them. I couldn't be more grateful."
Adding to his 2013 fortunes is his selection in the Australian U20's side, which he will join in camp on Tuesday.
"I'll put my best foot forward for the coaches and selectors, and I'll just keep playing footy and see what they like," he said.
Royals coach Russell Ingram has never doubted Staniforth's potential.
"His back-to-back efforts have always been fantastic for a big guy," he said.
Russell said Staniforth was key to his side winning scrums and tightening up the middle, and said he will be missed in round two when on representative duty.
Staniforth said his main role model at the Brumbies was fellow lock Scott Fardy.
Meanwhile, a late Joel Penders try against the run of play secured the Royals their opening round win at Phillip.
The Gungahlin Eagles entered the match with the major boost of Ruaidhri Murphy, who also trained at the Brumbies academy over the offseason, but a sloppy start saw them behind 15-13 at half time.
The forwards from both sides dominated early, testing their opposing defences and finding space through the middle of the park.
As both sides showed equality, a see-saw event transpired, with a brutal try to Gungahlin flanker Xavier Duffy followed by a charge-down-and-chase try to Royals skipper Craig McMahon from the kick-off who kept his side ahead by five.
This may well have proved to be a crucial play by the lion-heart skipper, as the Royals built on their lead.
Their momentum continued in the second half, and after Robbie Abel's intercept try, their lead secured to 29-13.
Eagles scrumhalf Sean Connochie then put on a display worth noting, putting Liam McCrath in for a try then making a line break and attracting a penalty which saw Ryan Goodall's try bring his side back within four.
Errors crept into the Royals' game, and the Eagles saw the benefits of a momentum swing.
Goodall's second try gave his side the lead by a point, ensuring a grandstand finish.
But the final blow by Penders completed an intense round one showcase.
Eagles coach Owen Finegan was disappointed with his side's effort, and said there were no standout players.
Canberra Royals 34 (Sutton, McMahon, Rolando, Abel, Penders tries; McMahon three cons; one pen) bt Gungahlin Eagles 30 (Goodall two, Duffy, McGrath, tries; Hawke two cons; two pens) at Phillip Oval.
Uni-Norths Owls v Eastern Suburbs, ANU North Oval
Eastern Suburbs broke a 22 month victory drought on Saturday with a 20-11 win over the Uni-Norths Owls at ANU. Easts have been they competitions easy beats in previous years, often going down by 50 points or more. Coach Jeremy Osbourne said that while his men were scrappy at times, they put their body on the line, and that was the key.
"I think we were very scrappy, but we gutsed out a good win and that's a good change for the club because it's probably something that's lacked over the last few years," he said. He was particularly impressed with veteran skipper Sam Shirley, whom he said was the game breaker.
Eastern Suburbs 20 (Guigny, Van Der Walt tries; Tago two cons; two pens) bt Uni-Norths Owls 11 (Garvey try; Irwin two pens) at ANU North Oval.
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