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Dog's Life: Travel
From the moment my partner, Dave Hoch, and I decided to embark on a world cycling tour in 2015, our Australian Shepherd, Sora, was a crucial member of the team. Leaving her behind wasn't an option. Sora is part of our pack: if we go, she goes. After years of work and training, Sora—whom Dave had adopted in 2008 as a "last chance," three-year-old project dog—had become a well-behaved adventure companion. However, she never seemed to shake her mistrust of new people and need to challenge other dogs, and we came to accept that this was just part of who she was. So, imagine my surprise when I walked out of our hotel in a Chilean Altiplano village earlier this year and saw Sora standing between two preteenagers, being vigorously petted. They said that their own Australian Shepherd had recently passed away, and Sora reminded them of their pup.
Why was I surprised? Sora is not exactly kid-friendly. Their uncontrolled movements and loud noises terrify her, and she tends to react by growling and lunging. Yet, these two young people got in her face, crowded her and petted her like she was the dog they once had. And she seemed to revel in the attention.
Who is this dog?
The answer to that question begins with what turned out to be an experiment in trust. Determined to have Sora with us on our trek, we focused on providing her with opportunities to associate strangers with positive experiences. The program relied on our understanding of Sora's needs, explicit communication and treats—lots of treats.
From the beginning of our tour, which started in Norway, we allowed frequent, short interactions with inquisitive strangers on the street or in the homes of hosts along our route. We overcame language barriers by demonstrating how to meet Sora while avoiding direct eye contact with her; how to stand next to, not over, her; and where to pet her (under her chin). Slowly, Sora began to form positive associations with strangers. She began wagging her tail at initial greetings, and would sidle up to people and solicit their attention. As her confidence grew, so did our confidence in her.
Once we hit the Balkans, we no longer feared her reaction to humans. Dogs, however, were another matter. There, dogs roam the streets, and when a new tail comes to town, everyone wants to get in on the greetings. To assuage our anxieties , we developed a routine that worked for Sora.
We never allowed head-on meetings. Instead, other dogs got their sniff on from behind as we petted and praised her. We observed her body language: was she stiff and ready to fight, or was she wagging her tail and grunting, which signified her intent to play? As we made it possible for Sora to engage with dogs gradually and on her terms, she became more relaxed and far less combative.
In more than 15 months of travel through 20 countries, we accomplished a feat we previously thought impossible. Taking Sora out of our home environment, where encounters with new people and dogs occurred only occasionally, the series of micro-introductions while traveling transformed her into a more social, confident dog. While she still has moments of distrust, her behavior has evolved from a handicap to an occasional slip.
We have walked Sora through the streets of busy cities like Istanbul, Turkey, and Santiago, Chile, where dogs sprinted toward us in droves, and stayed in the homes of complete strangers with both children and dogs. This was made possible by exposure, being clear with others about what she needs and taking it day-by-day.
Sora sleeps at our feet each night and snuggles between us each morning. She's a constant reminder to play, and helps us meet new friends. As we zoom by, kids squeal and adults grin. Having her with us amplifies the adventure.For more on Jen, Dave and Sora's big adventure, go to longhaultrekkers.com
News: Guest Posts
Airline staff said the dog was too big
During the recent Thanksgiving weekend, one family's travel headaches were made even more unpleasant because of American Airline's treatment of a service dog and the people with him. The family was forced to get off the plane when a manager came on board and told them the dog was too big.
Chug is a 110-pound Labradoodle and a service dog who goes everywhere with twelve-year old Bryant. The dog's job is to detect an oncoming seizure and to assist the child during the seizure. The family had no issues on the other three flights with Chug during their travels and had completed all the paperwork required in order for him to fly with them. Before being forced to deplane, a flight attendant had told them that the dog had to be under the seat, and the family complied with that request.
Because they were kicked off the plane, they had to stay overnight in a hotel on Thanksgiving, and were booked for a flight the next day that went to St. Louis, Missouri, which is three hours from their home, instead of to Evansville, Illinois where they live. They rented a car, drove three hours, and had to return the car to the airport as well.
American Airlines is looking into the incident, which occurred on a flight operated by a regional carrier. They have apologized to the family, who has been contacted by customer relations. Even taking into account the low standards most people have of airline's customer service, the way this family was treated fell far short of expectations.
Dog's Life: Travel
National Conservation Lands
National Conservation Lands protect 32 million acres of this country's most ecologically rich and culturally significant landscapes. Each is different, not only in terrain but also in history. These lands are made up of National Monuments and National Conservation Areas and similar designations, Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Scenic and Historic Trails.
They are overseen by the Bureau of Land Management and, unlike other public lands, such as those administered by the National Park Service, they have a much more tolerant policy about off-leash dogs.
There are more than 30 sites in the western states in which you and your dog can freely explore. It's important to note that while dogs need to be on-leash in developed areas and campgrounds, generally, they are not required by law to be leashed in the backcountry. However, in some regions, for their own safety, dogs should be under leash control; hunting and fishing are allowed on most of these lands, more reason to keep the safety of your dog in mind. Be sure to follow the rules at each individual park, and—of course—to pick up and pack out your dog's waste.
Steese National Conservation Area
Agua Fria National Monument
Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
Ironwood Forest National Monument
Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
Sonoran Desert National Monument
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Fort Ord National Monument
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
Carrizo Plain National Monument
King Range National Conservation Area
Mojave Trails National Monument
Piedras Blancas Outstanding Natural Area
Sand To Snow National Monument
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
Browns Canyon National Monument
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area
McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area
Basin and Range National Monument
Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area
New Mexico
El Malpais National Conservation Area
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area: the cave is off-limits to all but scientists. Around the Fort and backcountry trails are fine.
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
San Juan Islands National Monument
Fall is a great time to visit. For a complete listing of dog-friendly National Conservation Lands, see conservationlands.org
Dog's Life: Travel
Camping in style
Glamping is for those who prefer to take their outdoor experiences with a side of luxury. Like the name—a mash-up of glamour and camping— suggests, it's a world of tricked-out cabins, yurts, trailers and treehouses that offer appealing creature comforts, including hot water, an indoor bathroom and protection from the elements. Recently, Glampinghub.com, a leading purveyor of rustic-luxury accommodations, introduced a special service for dog-friendly destinations, both here and abroad. Prices range from $138 per night for a yurt in upstate New York to just under $1,700 per night for four tented cabins on a Montana ranch. It's a new way to experience the call of the wild.
Dog's Life: Travel
Pound Puppy Hikes
Red Mountain Resort and Spa in Ivins, Utah, near Snow Canyon State Park and St. George in the southwestern corner of the state, hosts adventure retreats focusing on wellness, healthy meals and exercise. In addition to the list of offerings one might expect— hiking, fitness training, biking, yoga, water workouts, spa treatments and more—this destination resort also provides another option that's sure to bring joy to a dog-lover's heart: opportunities for its guests to interact with animals from nearby shelters and rescue groups.
According to Tracey Welsh, the resort's general manager, incorporating animals into the program started a few years ago, when the staff noticed that guests who brought their dogs with them were "instant rock stars"; other guests wanted to meet and pet the dogs. About the same time, one of the resort's hiking guides became the animal control officer at the Ivins Municipal Animal Shelter. The guide-turned-officer had an ambitious goal: turn the facility into a no-kill shelter. Armed with two critical data points— shelter dogs need walks and increased exposure promotes adoptions—the new officer worked with the municipality to overcome liability concerns, and "Pound Puppy Hikes" was born. It didn't take long for Red Mountain Resort to realize the potential benefits of the program to its guests and weave Pound Puppy Hikes into its wellness offerings.
The shelter, which is only a mile from the resort, determines which dogs are best suited to be hiking companions. The resort transports guests to the shelter, where their guide shares information on shelter history and the no-kill philosophy before they head out— shelter pups in tow—on their hike.
"The biggest problem is that sometimes there aren't enough dogs," says Welsh, adding that a few guests will sometimes stay behind to play with the shelter's cats and kittens. "The program sets us apart," says Welsh. "Our guests are highly disappointed if the hike doesn't happen; it's something people really look forward to."
The resort also collaborates with a nearby nonprofit that rescues wild mustangs. Guests can visit the ranch, meet and learn how to lead the horses, and "experience a powerful heart-to-heart hug."
Red Mountain Resort and Spa has always been dog friendly. According to Welsh, most guests who arrive with their own dogs are on their way to another destination, and stay one or two nights. Those who stay longer tend to have smaller dogs not into hiking; the resort makes it possible for the petite pups to safely stay behind while their people do the Pound Puppy Hike. For those who want to get out and about with their dogs, the resort provides information on nearby dog-friendly trails.
Sometimes, with the help of the resort, an Ivins shelter dog finds a new home. Guests have been responsible for about 20 adoptions since the program started in 2009. "We've had dogs go as far away as Alaska and Kentucky," says Welsh. "It's a delightful problem, to help guests figure out how to get a dog home. We feel so good about the program." redmountainresort.com
Postscript: Another way to do good for southwestern Utah dogs is to contribute to INKAs (Ivins No Kill Animal Supporters), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that makes it possible for the shelter to maintain a no-kill philosophy by helping pay for various items and services, including veterinary care, food, medications, cages, litter boxes, bedding, harnesses and leashes. inkas4pets.org
Dog's Life: Lifestyle
A dog-camp pro tells us what to look for
Summer is here and it's time for camp! Are you considering your first trip to dog camp, yet wondering if your dog is ready? Here are five skills and traits your dog should have to get the most out of the camp experience.
1. Coming reliably when called is high on the list for Annie Brody, creator and director of Camp Unleashed in Massachusetts. "This is a biggie, especially for hiking off-leash. We ask people to practice this in safe ways prior to camp if they don't feel their dog's recall is totally reliable. It's also important for heavy-duty play, so you can safely control energy that might get too high." Your nearby off-leash park is the perfect place to practice this one.
2. Good socialization. Young dogs should understand verbal cues from other dogs asking them to curb their enthusiasm, while older dogs should tolerate being jostled and bumped by frolicking youngsters, who often move like crashing waves through groups of people and dogs as they play. Little dogs should not be afraid of playful or sniffing big dogs. "Dogs must play well or at least be neutral with other dogs of all kinds and sizes," says Brody. Your dog park is a great place to practice this skill, too.
3. Sharing. The most popular camp dog is willing to share toys—no hoarding that favorite squeaker toy!—as well as cabin space. A lack of jealousy when other dogs greet you or accept treats from you is also important. Share the love!
4. Napping. "They should be able to rest quietly in your cabin or in a crate without incessant barking," says Brody. Just like toddlers, dogs get ramped up at camp. A nap each day helps them maintain their composure and manners while you enjoy meals with the group—or your own nap.
5. Patience. With you, when you ask him to wear a silly costume or show off his tricks for a camp contest, or when you take endless photos of him at various camp locations and activities. With the other humans, who constantly want to meet and touch him. With the canine co-camper who insists on sniffing, frequently and closely. And, finally, with having his usual day-to-day routine disrupted in such a wonderfully exciting way.
Dog's Life: Travel
Value-Added Vacations
Jenny Collins of Portland, Ore., is a dog nut with a big heart. She and her yellow Lab, Patience, a certified therapy dog, have spent years together in Reading with Rover programs at prisons on family visiting days and with children at Ronald McDonald House.
So, when she and her friend Amy, who works with a Beagle rescue group, began planning a Hawaiian vacation, they naturally wondered if they could incorporate helping a shelter into their time in the islands. When they discovered the Maui Humane Society (MHS) website and its Beach Buddies program, their first thoughts were "Perfect! Awesome!" And when they shared their plans with friends, the usual reaction was, "Of course you are!"
Beachin' It
Shelter dogs everywhere benefit from a break in routine. Even in the best facilities, even in Hawaii, shelter life is stressful for most dogs. Getting outdoors, exercising and interacting with the world does wonders for their emotional health, which ultimately makes them more adoptable. MHS's Beach Buddies program gives its dogs a day of fun away from the shelter, hanging with a vacationer who's primed to go out and explore.
Beach Buddies started in April 2015 and required a leap of faith, according to Jerleen Bryant, the society's CEO. "The shelter on Kauai had started a program called Shelter Dogs on Field Trips, and it had been going about a year; they had great success and limited problems.
We held off another year, asking lots of questions, [then launched] our own program." In the few months it has been active, it has proven to be a big hit.
For Bryant, the overriding factor in determining whether to go with the Beach Buddies program was, How does the program benefit the animals? She knew that socializing and exposure would improve adoptions, and indeed, adoption rates are better because of the Beach Buddies dogs, according to Bryant. "Some people adopt the dog they took out for the day," she says. (Kauai Humane Society's website notes that they adopt out four dogs each month to people participating in Shelter Dogs on Field Trips.)
So far, MHS staff and volunteers— not to mention the dogs—love the program, which has grown from one day a week to twice weekly (currently, Wednesday and Friday) with five or more "Beach Buddies–approved" dogs available each day. "We choose rocksolid, no-red-flags dogs," says Bryant. "Once the dogs are selected, people who sign up can choose among them, firstcome first-served.
"People are calling all the time to participate. The program is now always fully booked, but if people book a time far enough ahead, they'll get in." Bryant hopes that, with more resources, they can add more days per week to meet demand, which would be a plus for dogs and vacationers alike.
The program is run by a volunteer coordinator, who matches dogs with vacationers who have signed up online. The shelter has five staging areas, where, among other things, the lucky dogs chosen to participate are bathed before meeting their vacationer and heading out the door.
Both small and big dogs are available. They go out with special "Adopt me!" harnesses and leashes, a backpack with supplies for the day (towel, water, bowl, poop bags, treats, emergency contact info) and a list of suggested places to visit. Participants are encouraged to record their outing, and the shelter shares their videos and photos on its Facebook page.
Arriving at MHS for their Beach Buddies day, Jenny and Amy went through a short orientation, during which they were instructed to keep the dogs on-leash at all times and to not leave them alone in a car. Since they both wanted a dog for the day, they had asked for dogs who were compatible, and were assigned two who had been surrendered to the shelter together: Jax, a two-year-old Lab mix, and Zane, a hound/Corgi mix. As Jenny recalls, "Both connected to us pretty quickly. Dogs are so accepting; they roll with change."
Jenny and Amy took their charges to a beach, but quickly realized that the pups weren't into the ocean scene, so they went on a hike in an experimental forest ("It felt like Oregon," Jenny says). Afterward, they went to more populated places, including a Starbucks, where they sat with the dogs on a patio. A couple of people came up to meet Jax and Zane, and Jenny and Amy happily handed out the bio cards the shelter had provided; the cards also supplied MHS's contact information and a "wish list" of items the shelter can always use. Postouting, MHS asks participants to provide a write-up of their experience for potential adopters, and Jenny and Amy were happy to do so; it gave them another way to help the shelter and its dogs.
Come Fly with Me
Wings of Aloha, another MHS program, was born out of desperation, according to Bryant. On Maui, there are far more dogs than homes able to take them in. The island has a population of roughly 140,000, and the shelter takes in 8,000 animals each year, one-third of them dogs. (The shelter is working hard to control the island's population of homeless animals. With grants from PetSmart Charities, they've started M*A*S*H [Mobile Animal Surgical Hospital] clinics, high-volume sterilization clinics that earlier this year provided free spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations, microchipping and licensing to 712 cats and 338 dogs over a nine-day period. Nine more M*A*S*H clinics are scheduled through 2016.)
Given that there are a finite number of homes able to adopt, and that it's especially hard for renters to do so, the shelter staff asked themselves what MHS could do to address the imbalance. The answer? Fly some of the dogs to the mainland, where partner shelters help find them homes. Thus, Wings of Aloha was born.
When Wings launched in 2012, Bryant was the shelter's director of development. Before moving to Maui, she had run a rescue organization in Oregon, often pulling up to 40 dogs at a time from shelters if their lives were at risk. Moving large numbers of dogs didn't faze her. However, the cost to do so was an obstacle.
Fueled by donor money, Wings of Aloha began by purchasing airline tickets and crates to transport the dogs stateside, also paying to return the crates, which turned out to be cheaper than buying new ones. Eventually, the shelter forged partnerships with Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines; the airlines agreed to attach a shelter dog to a passenger's —any passenger's—ticket, significantly reducing the cost of transportation.
During their Beach Buddies orientation, Jenny and Amy learned about Wings of Aloha, and signed up. As luck would have it, Jax and Zane were two of the dogs scheduled to go on the women's flight back to Portland. They and three other dogs were all attached to Amy's ticket, reducing the price per dog to $100 and saving the shelter approximately $1,000 in fees.
"The shelter people had everything ready," says Jenny. "They know all the rules. TSA took each dog out of the crate, checked the crate and the food in the bag taped on top, and zip-tied the crate door closed after the inspection." Even though they weren't obligated to, at the airport, Jenny and Amy stayed with the dogs until they were taken behind the check-in counter on their way to being loaded on the airplane.
Upon arrival in Portland, in another act of generosity, the women waited with the still-crated, off-loaded dogs until volunteers from a nearby Vancouver, Wash., shelter arrived to whisk them off to their new temporary home. Both women felt a strong connection to these dogs and wanted to be sure they made it to their final destination. "The Alaska Airlines people were willing to cut the zip ties for us in Portland, but we didn't have leashes, so we asked them not to," Jenny says. Jenny was impressed with how seamlessly the whole process worked.
In addition to financial resources, Wings of Aloha requires a significant effort from MHS staff and volunteers. Two lead volunteers field calls from people willing to share their airline tickets, and coordinate with mainland shelters accepting the transported dogs. They create a weekly list of dogs to transport, including a bio, pictures and why they're good candidates for transfer: they're too stressed in their current environment, or they've been there too long and need a change of scenery. "We have plenty of awesome dogs," Bryant says, noting that as we spoke, 13 dogs were being prepped for transfer the following week. Since the program's start in 2012, MHS has shipped some 740 dogs to the mainland.
"It's amazing to have so many people [willing to] attach dogs to their tickets," Bryant says. "We get pictures of people with the dogs in their crates at check-in and post them to our Facebook page so everyone can feel good about these dogs and the wonderful opportunity they have to start over in the Pacific Northwest. [People are] doing their part to save a life."
Jenny's vacation experience with MHS and their dogs didn't end when she waved good-bye to Jax, Zane and the others heading off to the Vancouver shelter. "Our Beach Buddies outing occurred on May 1; our flight to Portland was May 5. On May 8, I received an email from MHS saying that Jax and Zane had been adopted into forever homes. It was totally meant to be!" says Jenny, who couldn't be happier about the outcome and her role in it.
Jenny remains on the MHS email list, getting updates on the shelter's animals and programs. "I wanted to buy one of their T-shirts, but they insisted I take it as a gift, saying I'd done so much. [She and Amy purchased several items on the shelter's wish list at the local Target and Petco stores and made a donation.] I cried!" Asked if she would participate again in either program, Jenny says, "In a heartbeat. The experience did so much for me. It was the highlight and best memory of my vacation!"
Dog's Life: Travel
Village dogs understand communal space.
This morning, on my daily run, I came upon a black-and-tan puppy sitting at the edge of the Thu Bồn River. I've seen him before, but never in this spot. Upon my approach, the puppy scampered back to his front yard, which is separated from the Thu Bồn by a small lane, traveled by motorbikes and pedestrians, and the occasional car.
It is my fourth week here in Hội An, Vietnam. When I first arrived, this same puppy hovered close to his house. While I didn't notice anyone keeping an eye out for him, it was clear which house he considered home. Then, the puppy was young enough that his eyes were still that indistinct gray-blue color. He was a bit wobbly on his feet, and sported a rounded puppy belly.
Now, his eyes are focused and a clever brown. He is slimmer and a lot quicker, and he is learning, as most dogs here must, to get out of the way of any person or thing barreling in his direction. Soon, he will be able to distinguish between the people and things that will intersect with his trajectory and those that will not. He will learn to ignore the latter. He must, else he will be one tired puppy, as Hội An is a popular tourist destination for foreigners and Vietnamese alike.
Most puppies in Hội An are raised without leashes or fences. The entire time I've been here, I've seen only two dogs walked on leash, and one appeared to be visiting from elsewhere (the dog's people were revolving as they walked, in an attempt to take in a panoramic view).
As a dog trainer in the United States, I've had clients who insisted on trying to raise a dog with little to no use of leash or fence. What these clients failed to understand is that it's not a simple matter of removing restraints. Many factors help shape a puppy into a dog who will not wander from home or family. Among other things, dogs must lead a fulfilling life at home, or they will seek fulfillment elsewhere, whatever "fulfillment" means to a particular dog. And even if home life is fulfilling, dogs will roam if life away from home is equally or more fulfilling. It's not that different from human behavior. Some of us require quite a bit of enticement to leave the comforts of our own home. Some of us return home only when entirely depleted.
In this area of Hội An, many shopkeepers live behind or above their stores, so their dogs are never alone. The house where I've been staying shares a courtyard with a number of other homes. Some of my neighbors disappear off to work at various hours. Others work from home. The dogs who share the courtyard have constant, though rotating, human company. They spend time around a variety of people, making it less likely that they will become hyperattached to a single person.
They also grow up with an understanding of communal space. The whole time I've been here, I've seen only two canine squabbles, and no one was hurt either time. One altercation involved a leashed dog being walked through a pack of canine friends gathered for their morning social. (An imbalance in freedom often results in confrontation, as does the addition of a newcomer to a close-knit pack, which this clearly was.) The other involved a young and overly exuberant dog who interrupted a group already at play. The interrupter was ostracized, but once he mellowed, he was permitted to join in the fun.
Here, one puppy excepted (a very young one, at a shop on a bustling street), all the puppies I've seen have been granted complete freedom. Like the little black-and-tan one I see each morning on my run, the puppies learn from the start that safety is found at home or close to it. In this city, if a dog leaves home, he is soon intruding on another's turf. Neighbor dogs share common space without issue, but may not appreciate a "stranger" dog passing through.
Some of the more confident dogs will cross streets; their navigation of intersections bustling with motorbikes and pedestrians is a sight to behold. I've spent many mornings on the patio of a coffee shop watching the same few dogs travel up and down the road with purpose. Sometimes with great purpose, as when carrying a scavenged treasure. (They seem inclined to retreat a good distance from the site of the discovery, perhaps to keep that site secret.)
Certainly, not every dog survives this amount of freedom unscathed. I have sighted one, maybe two, with a noticeable hitch to their gaits, the hitch likely earned in a collision with a motorbike. At the same time, I've seen dozens upon dozens of dogs who live very full lives, exploring their corners of the city at will, socializing and exercising in the early dawn as their humans do, when the air is freshest and the traffic lightest. Some do so in the company of people; others seek out canine friends independently.
While there are many loose dogs and swarms of tourists, I have yet to see a single dog react to a person walking by, no matter how close. And given the heavy foot traffic here, passing happens in tight proximity. Yet, while the dogs have no issue whatsoever with being passed, even brushed, by a pedestrian, a number have no interest in interaction beyond the accidental.
How do I know? I've heard them growl, usually when a tourist has been so bold as to reach a hand forward to touch without invitation, or moved in purposefully, camera in hand. The dogs communicated their displeasure quite clearly. Unlike in the U.S., in Hội An, dogs are not punished for their display, even in shops where the owners earn their livelihood by catering to tourists.
While here, I've been able to relate more closely to the predicament of dogs who are forbidden to express themselves in this way. There is a restaurant east of the marketplace that is owned by a woman who enjoys employing her English language skills. Since the first time I enjoyed a meal there, the owner has taken to shouting after me every time she sees me. When I am within her reach (she surprised me once rather far from her restaurant), she grasps me tightly in a bear hug. I'm not a terribly demonstrative person, especially with people I barely know. Were it socially acceptable (and I wish it were), I would emit a low growl to make clear my preferences.
I would have no more intention of biting than the growling shop dogs do. It's clear from their body language: they are not about to get off their haunches and into a messy, tiring altercation by sinking their teeth into someone, especially not while the heat index is well over 100; they have no reason to. They have learned that a single clear communication gets them what they want: a bit of personal space.
Why is it that in the U.S., we consider such a reasonable request to be rude? As in humans, in dogs, bottled-up emotions tend to lead not to dissipation, but rather, to explosion. Imagine if every new person I encountered decided to give me a bear hug. You don't have to know me personally to guess where this might eventually lead.
Rather than allow a dog to express his discomfort in a given situation, in the U.S., we tend to think it proper to forbid, and even punish, a dog for barking—let alone, horror of horrors, growling—at a person. This is unfortunate, as even children who haven't been taught proper behavior around dogs understand the meaning of a growl.
As I prepare to sign off, one of the Chihuahuas who lives across from my house is telling an unfamiliar Cavalier mix in no uncertain terms to move it along. The courtyard is buzzing with neighbors newly returned from work. No one is telling the Chihuahua to put a lid on it. People recognize that she has a right to say what she's saying.
I've heard, and read, many a complaint about the treatment of dogs in Asia. Here in Hội An, it's been a joy to witness so many dogs leading full, wellbalanced lives, including enjoyment of the freedom of expression we hold dearly—for humans, if not canines— in the United States.
Dog's Life: Travel
Travel: Dog Friendly Bozeman, Montana.
Bozeman, MT is the place for the serious outdoorsperson. The town proper is rumored to have over 67 miles of trails and 42 dog bag stations in its parks. The pride of Bozeman's canine community is a 37-acre off leash dog area at Snowfill Recreation Area. If that weren't enough, ground was recently broken at Gallatin Regional Park for a new 13-acre dog park with amenities like ponds, diving docks, a dog sports area. The OLA advocacy group, Run Dog Run, is also responsible for developing a series of smaller dog parks throughout the whole area. Gotta hand it to them, they know how to get the job done. Bozeman is also a gateway to every day-trip imaginable with majestic mountains, rivers and lakes in the neighborhood. Much of the world-class trout fishing and clear waterways benefit from Montana's egalitarian stream access laws, allowing for full public use. Canoeing, kayaking, white water rafting—for water-loving dogs, big sky country is paradise. All that outdoor activity tends to work up a thirst, so a number of breweries (Montana Ale Works, Bozeman Brewing Co.) help satisfy the town's favorite indoor sport— drinkin'. Most either welcome dogs or hold special pupfriendly promotions. Montanans like their food fresh and wild, so look for some jerky treats made with local game, it will help fuel you and your pup on your adventures. Plus Bozeman is home to West Paw Design, maker of eco-friendly dog beds and toys, and one of the greenest companies anywhere. The new West Paw Dog Park recently opened to the public (WPD helped secure the space and funded improvements) with the support of Run Dog Run. For an insider's viewpoint on Bozeman's dog-friendly attitude—go online for tips from the canine-loving staff at West Paw Design: thebark.com/bozeman
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Bozeman, Montana is home to West Paw Design one of the greenest and socially responsible companies anywhere. West Paw Design are makers of eco-friendly dog beds and exquisitely designed toys that utilize a variety of forward-thinking materials such as hemp, organic cotton and an exclusive eco-fiber made completely from recycled plastic. If you are in the neighborhood, they welcome the public to come into their Bozeman-based manufacturing facility to pick up some toys and get their suggestions about the best places to bring their dogs—including their own West Paw Dog Park at Rocky Creek Farm that's right down the street from where their facilities. Knowing their dedication to the good (dog) life, we spoke to the West Paw folks recently about some of their favorite canine destinations …
Drinking Horse Hiking Trail: This 2.1 mile loop offers scenic views and welcomes dogs. Located close to town, it offers a great moderate-level hike for canines and owners alike.
Sypes Canyon: Located in the Gallatin National Forest, this 5.8 trail through a shaded forest follows a creek-fed canyon that will quench your dog's thirst. 2 miles in there's an overlook with a great view of the Gallatin Valley. Don't be surprised to see horses on the trail.
Hyalite Reservoir: A 30 minute drive from downtown Bozeman, this getaway offers endless opportunities for hiking, breathtaking waterfalls and lakeside camping.
Pete's Hill: A quick and convenient trail for downtown dwellers.
Cooper Park: Consensus selection of the most dog-friendly park in town, located in a historic residential area.
Bozeman Pond Dog Park: Awesome beach for dogs accompanies the one-acre off-leash area. Plus, an on-leash trail nearby.
Many of the city's restaurants have outdoor seating in the summer and early fall, allowing dogs to hang with their owners al fresco. A few favorites: Naked Noodle, Plonk, Nova Café and Starky's.
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A 2-week-old suspension bridge collapsed under the weight of a group of Malaysian schoolchildren, killing at least one child and leaving up to 21 missing. Officials said the 164-foot bridge failed after a metal pillar and concrete block foundation were ripped out of the ground. One witness suggested that the group of between 30 and 50 children had been jumping up and down when the bridge collapsed.
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Wild Rice Hot Dish
|Wild rice
|1 Cup (16 tbs), rinsed in many waters until clean
|Ground beef
|1⁄2 Pound
|Ground sausage
|1⁄2 Pound
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Chopped celery
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chopped onion
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Corn oil
|2 Tablespoon
|Canned mushrooms
|2 1⁄2 Ounce
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1 Tablespoon
|To Taste
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Cook rice in consomme (water may be added if too thick.)
Saute onions, celery, parsley and mushrooms in oil.
Fry sausage and ground beef in separate pan, draining off fat.
Combine all, including thyme, salt and pepper and bake in a casserole 1 hour at 325 degrees.
May be held warm for any length of time, but should be kept moist.
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Calories 314 Calories from Fat 137
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15 g23.6%
Saturated Fat 4.1 g20.6%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 26.7 mg8.9%
Sodium 470.2 mg19.6%
Total Carbohydrates 28 g9.2%
Dietary Fiber 4.3 g17.1%
Sugars 2.1 g
Protein 17 g34.1%
Vitamin A 5.6% Vitamin C 9.2%
Calcium 2% Iron 7%
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English: Motcombe is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale half way between the market towns of Gillingham and Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 1,404 .
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Neuroblastoma (NB) is a common and deadly tumor of childhood. We identified deletion of 1p as the most characteristic genetic change in NBs. We mapped the region of consistent loss to 2 Mb on 1p36.31 and have identified 23 candidate tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) in this region. Based on genetic, epigenetic and functional evidence, we hypothesize that CHD5 is the best candidate TSG from this region. CHD5 encodes a novel chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding (CHD) protein. Evidence that CHD5 is a NB TSG includes: 1) CHD5 expression is very low or absent in tumors with 1p deletion;2) forced expression of CHD5 in NBs with 1p deletion suppresses clonogenicity and tumorigenicity 3) the CHD5 promoter is methylated in tumors with 1p deletion may silence the second allele;4) CHD5 expression is highly correlated with favorable prognostic features and outcome;5) the chromatin-remodeling function is consistent with other TSGs;and 6) CHD5 is expressed preferentially in neural tissues.
Aim 1. We will determine the frequency and prognostic significance of CHD5 inactivation in primary NBs. We are extending our preliminary findings to 915 highly annotated NBs to test the predictive value of CHD5 in a multivariable model. We will analyze 194 NBs (with and without 1p deletion) for mutations in CHD5 and 100 for methylation of the promoter to assess the prevalence and significance of CHD5 inactivation by these mechanisms.
Aim 2. We will develop specific antibodies to CHD5 and determine if CHD5 associates with other NuRD complex proteins and functions as an ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling protein. We will also characterize the temporal and spatial patterns of CHD5 expression during development.
Aim 3. We will explore the mechanisms involved in CHD5-mediated tumor suppression in NBs. We will create CHD5 inactive mutants as a control in our tumorigenicity studies (Aim 3) and protein complex studies (Aim 2). We will map the CHD5 promoter, including sites of methylation to identify critical regulatory domains. We will perform microarray expression profiling and ChIP-chop analysis with an inducible CHD5 expression construct to identify genes regulated by CHD5 that may be responsible for its function as a TSG.
Aim 4. We will knock out (KO) the Chd5 gene in embryonic stem (ES) cells and develop mice that are heterozygous and homozygous for this inactivated gene. We will then analyze heterozygous and homozygous knockouts for tumor predisposition and for developmental defects. We will use a Cre-LoxP system and the tyrosine hydroxylase promoter to selectively inactivate this gene in adrenergic cells. We will also cross CHD5 KO mice with TH-MYCN transgenic mice to determine if NB tumorigenicity is accelerated. Relevance: Our data strongly suggest that somatically acquired inactivation of CHD5 contributes to the development of high-risk NBs, and possibly other pediatric and adult tumors as well. The successful completion of these studies should clarify the role CHD5 plays in normal development and in the pathogenesis of NB, which may assist in the diagnosis, prognosis and management of children with NB, and perhaps other cancers characterized by 1p36 deletions.
Neuroblastoma is a common and lethal childhood cancer, and the most aggressive forms have specific genetic changes. The most common of these is deletion of chromosome 1p, which presumably represents deletion of a tumor suppressor gene (TSG). We have identified CHD5 as the strongest candidate for the 1p36 TSG, and our proposal will clarify the normal function of this gene and protein, as well as the role that CHD5 deletion plays in neuroblastoma development, progression or predisposition.
|Brodeur, Garrett M; Iyer, Radhika; Croucher, Jamie L et al. (2014) Therapeutic targets for neuroblastomas. Expert Opin Ther Targets 18:277-92
|Zhuang, Tiangang; Hess, Rex A; Kolla, Venkatadri et al. (2014) CHD5 is required for spermiogenesis and chromatin condensation. Mech Dev 131:35-46
|Brodeur, Garrett M; Bagatell, Rochelle (2014) Mechanisms of neuroblastoma regression. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 11:704-13
|Kolla, Venkatadri; Zhuang, Tiangang; Higashi, Mayumi et al. (2014) Role of CHD5 in human cancers: 10 years later. Cancer Res 74:652-8
|Garcia, Idoia; Mayol, Gemma; Rios, Jose et al. (2012) A three-gene expression signature model for risk stratification of patients with neuroblastoma. Clin Cancer Res 18:2012-23
|Koyama, Hiroshi; Zhuang, Tiangang; Light, Jennifer E et al. (2012) Mechanisms of CHD5 Inactivation in neuroblastomas. Clin Cancer Res 18:1588-97
|Cole, Kristina A; Attiyeh, Edward F; Mosse, Yael P et al. (2008) A functional screen identifies miR-34a as a candidate neuroblastoma tumor suppressor gene. Mol Cancer Res 6:735-42
|Fujita, Tomoyuki; Igarashi, Jun; Okawa, Erin R et al. (2008) CHD5, a tumor suppressor gene deleted from 1p36.31 in neuroblastomas. J Natl Cancer Inst 100:940-9
|Schneiderman, Jennifer; London, Wendy B; Brodeur, Garrett M et al. (2008) Clinical significance of MYCN amplification and ploidy in favorable-stage neuroblastoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol 26:913-8
|Okawa, E R; Gotoh, T; Manne, J et al. (2008) Expression and sequence analysis of candidates for the 1p36.31 tumor suppressor gene deleted in neuroblastomas. Oncogene 27:803-10
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The original nine holes date back to 1913, offering beautiful views of the Rock River. The design is a 2700 yard, par 34 with lots of trees and small greens. The back nine, built in the late 60's, is a 3200 yard track par 36, with large greens and sand traps. Adding to the challenge is the Holland creek running through it, coming into play on seven of the nine holes.
CITY:Rock Falls
Welcome to Lake Carroll Golf Course, your number one option for a round of golf in Lanark, Illinois. We are truly one of the Midwest's great hidden golf gems, as well as the finest ocourse in Northwestern Illinois. We are located a peaceful and scenic drive away from Cedar Rapids, Rockford, and the Chicagoland area. You will love the high quality of great golf you find here at Lake Carroll Golf Course!
Full-service training facility. We welcome visitors to our farm to see beautiful Arabian horses, take lessons, or just visit. Call or go to our website for more information and check us out on Facebook.
68 full hookup sites, of which 32 are pull-thru. All are 20 & 30 amp. Hookup (50 amp available), pay phones, full laundry.
CITY:Rock Falls
Savanna Marketplace Bike Rental
Come explore the Great River Bike Path. Rentals of mountain bikes, junior mountain bikes and recumbants are available April 1 - September 30. Locks also available. All rentals include helmets and a printed map.
Prophetstown State Recreation Area
Boat ramp, shower facilities, picnic grounds and RV dump station. Playground equipment.
Rock River Valley Skydivers, Inc.
Student training. Tandem & sport/fun jumping. Demonstration jumping for events. USPA group member drop zone. Two Cessna C182 jump planes, visitors welcomed. Located at the Whiteside County Airport.
CITY:Rock Falls
Boat ramps into Lake Sinnissippi area of Rock River. Picnic tables, scenic river view, adjacent to Hennepin Canal State Park.
CITY:Rock Falls
Located west of Sterling & Rock Falls on Rt. 30 & 2.
Emerald Hill Golf Course is a pleasure for golfers of any skill level. The course will challenge you while providing a relaxing, picturesque backdrop. Test your accuracy with our fairways, water hazards and sand traps; we have everything you need to challenge you and improve your game. Our goal is to provide you with a quality experience that includes exceptional service and a comfortable atmosphere.
One of the most challenging 18 holes in Jo Daviess County. The front 9 features water on every hole, while the back 9 offers some of the most beautiful holes in the area.
Rock River Valley Self Help Enterprises Happy Trails
Five acres of walking paths, water gardens, a green house, swings, and gardens were all designed and maintained by the developmentally disabled clients of the Rock River Valley Self Help Enterprises.
Timbered, 1150-acre state park with 77-acre lake stocked with a variety of fish. Class A, 92-site campground with shower building and all sites with electricity. Separate equestrian campground.
Experience Native American mounds, prairie and the Apple River. Hike beginner trails. Pets welcome. Fishing allowed.
42 single rooms and eight double rooms with kitchenettes. We also offer a 9 hole golf course and The Sand Trap Bar & Grill.
Spring Valley Farm is home to Jersey cows, alpacas, sheep, Belgian horses, chickens and goats. Farm tours and hayrack rides by appointment only.
Offers boat access to the Rock River, with a 50-ft. renovated boat launch. During the summer season, offers boat gas, concessions, paddleboat/rowboat/canoe rentals as well as 2 large shelters for family reunions and parties,
Built in 1966, this semi-private, 18-hole golf course is situated on extremely hilly terrain, and features a putting green and chipping area. A fabulous choice for quality golf and excellent dining.
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This bowling alley features 20 lanes, a pro shop and a lounge.
This nine-hole golf course features a pro shop, bar, snack bar and putting green.Night Golf, i.e. Glo Ball, is available for your group. Ask us about how you can have your own 8? Cup Tournament.A coordinator will help you plan your outing. Ask us about breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a cook-out for your gathering.
Join us for bowling -- stay for the fun! Full-service bowling center plus cosmic bowling, leagues and restaurant with daily specials. We can also host birthday parties.
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Does the shape of space have to have inevitable order? What meanings do the basic conditions such as history and shape of land and rules and forms which determines the space have? Is the promise to observe rules valid? Furthermore, does such thing exist? What is universal value? Is it implied consent made by ordinary perspective to deal with them in a familiar and convenient way?
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Rasyid Office in Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia by Delution ArchitectFriday, July 10th, 2015
Article source: Delution Architect
Offices are located in this area is the State Department's office of a businessman with a business sector that is diverse and changing from time to time or not fixed. The interior is the main concept of Industrial Office with a fusion between raw materials finished to all-clear to make it look elegant industrial office. Owner do like the industrial forces since his youth makes it difficult for architects to convince him to use this concept. Floor Materials in the form of raw Acian shows the authenticity of the cement itself. Several layers of the walls are made of a blend of Dutch Teak and Black Cement raw Acian increasingly industrial in the office to make an impression this feels real . Architects also use the basic shape Trapezoid some elements in the interior design of the cabinet , desk receptionists to pattern sanblastnya stickers . Office cabinet trapezoidal shape makes the look kanto be unique and functional. On the ceiling is made of solid teak wood Netherlands juxtaposed long and colored by lights arranged irregularly lighting gives the impression that appeal to this office.
- Architects: Delution Architect, PT Desain Revolusi Indonesia
- Project: Rasyid Office
- Location: Deplu, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
- Client: Rasyid Samsudin
- Principal Architect: Muhammad Egha ST, Hezby Ryandi ST, Sunjaya Askaria ST
- Project Architect: Hezby Ryandi ST
- Project Area: 95m2
- Project Year: 2014
Nikken Space Design Osaka Office in JapanSunday, July 5th, 2015
Article source: NIKKEN SPACE DESIGN LTD
More than just creative
This is an in-house office plan of our design office. Approximately 30 staff members working in our office, which is located in the central part of Japan's second largest city of Osaka, are engaged in the interior designing of a wide range of facilities in the public and private sectors, such as government agencies and company offices as well as hotels, hospitals, and educational institutions. Our new office needs to be a place ensuring more creativeness and higher productivity than others do, and we had to understand the nature of the staff members when we launched the office. Our staff members consist of professionals, including designers, computer graphic (CG) renders, and computer-aided design (CAD) operators. Each of the staff members belonging to the office is respected as an independent talented creator. Therefore, unlike typical enterprises, the office is of very flat organizational structure. Usually, each team of four to five members assigned promotes a separate project, and the team members are strongly aware of their organic ties. Therefore, we noticed at an early designing stage of the office that a fixed desk layout was not suitable to our style. As described above, the office produces value that it can provide to society from the character and talent of each individual designer. From this perspective, there was an opinion that the idea of making a highly uniformed workspace did not fit the staff members. Accordingly, how to achieve a creative place, where the character of each individual was respected and the organic connections of the individuals could be managed at a high degree of freedom, became the biggest theme of this project.
- Architects: NIKKEN SPACE DESIGN LTD
- Project: Nikken Space Design Osaka Office
- Location: Osaka, Japan
- Photography: Daisuke SHIMA [Nacása & Partners]
- Chief designer: Tetsutaro NISHIDA
- Senior designer: Koichi TANIGAKI
- Designer: Mao NAKANOIN
GP offiice in Trento, Italy by Burnazzi Feltrin ArchitettiFriday, July 3rd, 2015
Article source: Burnazzi Feltrin Architetti
The office design of a property company is composed of the hall, three offices, the conference room, the library, the archives and the bathrooms.
- Architects: Burnazzi Feltrin Architetti
- Project: GP offiice
- Location: Trento, Italy
- Photography: Carlo Baroni
- Client: corporate
- Team: Burnazzi Elisa arch., Feltrin Davide arch.
'Centre of Excellence' Den Braven in Oosterhout, The Netherlands by Van Es architectenThursday, July 2nd, 2015
Article source: van Es architecten
At the end of 2014 van Es architecten has delivered the multifunctional reception- and meetingbuilding for Den Braven Sealants in Oosterhout, The Netherlands.
The 600 square meters building includes a large auditorium, a demo room and various offices. The construction of this special building, which is situated on the business area 'Vijf Eiken', took about six months. Van Es architecten was responsible for the design, the technical development and supervision during the construction.
- Architects: Van Es architecten
- Project: 'Centre of Excellence' Den Braven
- Location: Oosterhout, The Netherlands
Pfarré lighting design studio in Munich, GermanyTuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Article source: Pfarré lighting design studio
The former store for antique luminaires im Munich's Alt-Schwabing district provided an ideal L-shaped ground plan for the workplaces and other areas of the new studio. All main technical features, such as print/copy, large-format printer, coffee, server, etc. are hidden behind a new space divider, which also houses the product library, and consumable supplies. With this divider, a generous space between divider and the shop windows has been created for meetings and presentations. Thanks to the digitalization of the working process and archives, the size of the studio remained the same as before. However, 5 desks have been reduced in size. A 8 m long shelve unit provides space to work and store, below a pinboard with the same length. At the former studio site out of town PLD is still equipped with a lavish archive and further space for testing, mock-ups, and models.
- Architects: Pfarré lighting design studio
- Project: Pfarré lighting design studio
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Photography: Frank Koschembar
- Software used: Vectorworks and Photoshop
- Lighting watts per sqm: 4,3
- Size: 67 qm / sqm
- Date of completion: May 2015
HungaroControl Centre of Hungarian Air Navigation Services in Budapest XVIII., Hungary by ZSK Architects (Zsuffa és Kalmár Építész Műterem)Sunday, June 7th, 2015
Article source: ZSK Architects (Zsuffa és Kalmár Építész Műterem)
"Their houses are massive but light and not forceful and scholar. They are not humorous but spreading serenity. … We can openly turn to these buildings and we can bite of them as much as we want, our eyes can eat a lot and appetite of our imagination comes as well."[i]
- Architects: ZSK Architects (Zsuffa és Kalmár Építész Műterem)
- Project: HungaroControl Centre of Hungarian Air Navigation Services
- Location: Budapest XVIII., Hungary
- Photography: Tamás Bujnovszky
- Architects in charge: László Kalmár, Zsolt Zsuffa
- Project architect: Gábor Nagy
- Assistant architects: Glória Papp, Szilvia Rehus (competition), Katalin Fazekas, Zsófia Lázár, Mihály Kanyó, Roland Németh, András Gali (permit and tender doc), Iván Kund, Balázs Rose (construction doc)
- Interior design: Gábor Szokolyai, Dénes Kovács (more…)
Torre Tres Picos in Mexico by LBR + AThursday, June 4th, 2015
Article source: LBR + A
Situated in one of Mexico City's most important areas, Tres Picos responds to its urban condition of a complex triangular plot of only 167 square meters enclosed by three streets. Its architectural design consists of two structural steel plate walls supporting a glass prism of 10 levels, thus clearing the floor space of columns. In combination with the thin steel walls, the tridilosa, a three-dimensional structure slab system, made a 7 meter span possible in the glass façade directed towards the Chapultepec Park. The modular steel panels were designed to be an aesthetic finish and to optimize construction by facilitating on-site assembly. The light weight structural system allows for a free floor in the office space and at ground level, primarily benefiting pedestrians.
- Architects: LBR + A
- Project: Torre Tres Picos
- Location: Arquímedes #19 Col. Bosque de Chapultepec México D.F.
- Photography: Alfonso Merchand
- Porject Architect: Arch. Benjamín Romano
- Client: Fondo Hexa, S.A. de C.V.
- Program: Offices
- Site area:3,905 m2
- Footprint area: 167.68 m2
- Structural Engineer: Nestor Federico Lozano Alcaraz
- Project date: 2009
Zonic Vision Office in Bangkok, Thailand by Stu/D/O ArchitectsThursday, June 4th, 2015
Article source: Stu/D/O Architects
With the attempt to reveal the agenda of the building through its skin, Stu/D/O Architects treated the Zonic Vision Office incommensurate to its intelligible names, Zonic and Vision; by transforming this Sound System and GPS provider company to become tangible. In term of Zonic, it gave a clarified definition of audible wave having a speed approaching in the air, meanwhile interpreting the meaning of Vision as the faculty of sight. Architecture, finally, was delivered by conforming sound to vision using the concept of the Equalizer. To reach people perception, Stu/D/O Architects turned this dynamic electronic signal of sound frequency components into architecture by using various intensity of the glazing façade.
- Architects: Stu/D/O Architects
- Project: Zonic Vision Office
- Location: Nonsi Road, Bangkok, Thailand
- Client: Zonic Vision Co.,Ltd.
- Structural Engineer: B.N.G. Engineering Ordinary Partnerships
- Design: 2010-2011
- Status: Completion 2013
Creative Office Space in Belgrade, Serbia by URED architecture studioWednesday, June 3rd, 2015
Article source: URED architecture studio
Impact Hub Belgrade is a creative office space created through an adaptation and interior space renovation of the Events Hall in the former house of the headquarters of the Association of State Employees Purchasing Cooperatives. The construction of the building took place from mid-1928 until mid-1929 and was done according to the second-prize design of the architect Dimitrije M. Leko, one of the most important and staunchest representatives of academic art in Serbian interwar architecture.The building is considered to be a part of Serbian cultural heritage, which affirms its exceptionality and artistic, cultural and social significance.Thus preserving the authentic elements of the interior is one of the main characteristics of this project.
- Architects: URED architecture studio (Bojana Marković, Nikola Milanović, David Bilobrk, Ivana Jevremović, Hristina Stojanović)
- Project: Creative Office Space
- Location: Makedonska 21, Belgrade, Serbia
- Photography: Relja Ivanić
- Software used: Autodesk, Autocad LT
- Client: Impact Hub Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, Zemun
- Project type: Reconstruction and interior design
- Area: ~ 500.0 sqm
- Year: 2014
- Original project year: 1928
- Original design: prof. Dimitrije M. Leko, architect (1887-1964)


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Report links China's army to cyber attacks
On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People's Liberation Army base for China's growing corps of cyber warriors.
The building off Datong Road is the headquarters of P.L.A. Unit 61398. A growing body of digital forensic evidence – confirmed by U.S. intelligence officials who say they have tapped into the activity of the unit for years – leaves little doubt that an overwhelming percentage of attacks on U.S. corporations, organizations and government agencies originate in and around the white tower.
A 60-page study to be released today by the U.S. security firm Mandiant tracks for the first time individual members of the most sophisticated of the hacking groups – known to many of its victims as "Comment Crew" or "Shanghai Group" – to the doorstep of the military unit's headquarters.
"Either they are coming from inside Unit 61398," said Kevin Mandia, the founder and chief executive of Mandiant, in an interview last week, "or the people who run the most-controlled, most-monitored Internet networks in the world are clueless about thousands of people generating attacks from this one neighborhood."
Other firms that have tracked "Comment Crew" say they also believe the group is state-sponsored, and a recent classified National Intelligence Estimate, issued as a consensus document for all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, makes a strong case that many of these groups are either run by army officers or are contractors working for commands like Unit 61398.
While Comment Crew has drained terabytes of data from companies like Coca-Cola, increasingly its focus is on companies involved in physical and virtual infrastructure – electrical power grids, gas lines, waterworks and government and corporate databases. According to the security researchers, one target was a company with remote access to more than 60 percent of oil and gas pipelines in North America.
Contacted Monday, Chinese officials in Washington said their government does not engage in computer hacking, and that such activity is illegal. They described China itself as a victim of hacking, and note that there are many hacking groups in the United States. But in recent years the Chinese attacks have grown significantly, security researchers say. Mandiant has detected more than 140 Comment Crew intrusions since 2006.
"Right now there is no incentive for the Chinese to stop doing this," Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said in an interview. "If we don't create a high price, it's only going to keep accelerating."
The White House said it was "aware" of the report, and Tommy Vietor, the spokesman for the National Security Council, said, "We have repeatedly raised our concerns ... with senior Chinese officials, including in the military, and we will continue to do so."
Under a directive signed by President Barack Obama last week, the government plans to share with American Internet providers – starting today – information it has gathered about the unique digital signatures of the largest of the hacking groups, including Comment Crew and others emanating from near where Unit 61398 is based.
While the warnings will not explicitly link those groups or their giant computer servers to the Chinese army, U.S. officials say they are planning to tell China's new leaders in coming weeks that the volume and sophistication of the attacks have become so intense that they threaten the relationship between Washington and Beijing.
The U.S. government also has cyber warriors. But officials insist they operate under strict, if classified, rules that bar using offensive weapons for nonmilitary purposes or stealing corporate data.
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On October 7, Manly climbed aboard, started the engine and ran it up to full speed. It had taken him and Balzer a total of five years for this impressive piece of machinery, with its five cylinders radiating star-like from its driveshaft, to be wrenched up to this zenith of its performance. Now, as its bellow reached full voice, he signaled for the plane's release.
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Manly had no time to shut down the engine before hitting the water. He got dunked, but swam away unhurt. Much of the airplane's structure was crushed when it hit the water. So was Langley. The press howled with laughter. The much-touted flying machine had slipped into the water "like a handful of mortar."
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Just over one week later, the Wrights flew at Kitty Hawk and won the race for the air. Langley's mistake was in scaling up his small models without accounting for the fact that on the full-sized plane, drag would be increased exponentially. The Wrights started with full-sized gliders and had flown them for years. They knew how to fly. Manly had none of this experience — just guts.
But Langley's wreck had a wonderful engine — created for a plane that wouldn't fly. Had the craft flown, Manly's creation would have been the first airplane engine in the world; certainly, it was built earlier and far better than the 12 hp job that got the Wrights airborne. Balzer's original would have been the first aerial rotary, a type of engine that drove a swarm of fighter planes in World War I. They had all the same advantages of Balzer's, and the same problems — hard to control because of torque, hard to keep lubricated because of centrifugal force. Castor oil was the lubrication of choice for them, and many a pilot of an early German Fokker, British Sopwith or French Nieuport suffered digestive unrest by breathing the fumes flung back by a rotary.
The improvements made by Manly turned the engine into the world's first radial engine designed for flight, the same basic type of engine that took Lindbergh to Paris and drove many classic bombers and fighters in World War II.
Langley, shattered by defeat, died in 1906. Manly's health was marred by constant exposure to the intense heat of metalwork. He ran an engineering firm in New York, and died in 1927, only 51 years old. Balzer lived until 1940. Few remember his name.
But the heartbreaking efforts of this disparate team live on in their splendid little gray engine. Notice the sheen on those big cylinders. Could that be the shine of sweat? Or maybe the splash of tears?
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You'll most likely find Perry in amongst the product (old habits die hard for the man who used to pack up LPs on his kitchen table). At the very least he likes to keep an eye on its comings and goings. And in this set-up, it's hard to do otherwise. From his glass-fronted office - one of several running the length of this capacious warehouse - that's all you can see: mountains of product. "The discs come through that door from the factories," he tells me. "Celia tells the world about them, and out they go through the same door to our distributors." And onwards to some 45 countries as far-flung as Taiwan and Venezuela. Unlikely destinations, you may think, for the King's Consort's latest album of Purcell's Anthems and Services. But you'd be wrong.
Hyperion, as in "son of Uranus and Gaea, father of Helios (sun), Selene (moon), and Eos (dawn)", is a small company with a big influence. You could say that it got big by thinking small. A wall-chart in the sales manager's office chronicles the company's fortunes through its first 15 years. And you don't have to be a statistician to see at a glance that unit sales, which began back in 1980 at floor and skirting board level, are currently through the roof, or to be more precise, halfway across Mike Spring's ceiling. The label's share of the UK's classical market is way out of proportion to its size. Hyperion is a cottage industry with a corporate identity, still functioning on a basic staff of 11 (that's an increase of only one in recent times: Nick took charge of editorial matters - sleeve notes and the like - last year) and still with only one overriding purpose: "to make high quality records that need to be made, that no one else will make". So says Ted Perry.
"Ted", as he's universally known in the business, is among the last remaining dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts making records for others like himself. He's a hearty, hail-fellow-well-met sort of chap with the bewildered air of a disorderly boffin. Don't you believe it. He knows exactly what he wants and how to get it. His enthusiasm is matched only by his single-mindedness, his instincts - musical and otherwise - by a natural sense of what might or might not gel. His nose, for artists, for repertoire, for the right combination of the two, is as sharp as any in the business. He describes his own musical tastes as "pretty indiscriminate", meaning eclectic, and that much is certainly reflected in Hyperion's extraordinary catalogue: some 750 titles (including nine Gramophone Award winners - the highest achieved by an independent classical label for different titles), the sacred, the profane, the beautiful and the arcane, the gamut of Early Music - with a special emphasis on English choral music and song; the great, the good, and the obscure of the Romantics (as witness the exhaustive exhumations of the "Romantic Piano Concerto" series: Bortkiewicz, Scharwenka, Sauer, Henselt, Hiller . .?); and modern masters like our own indefinable Constant Lambert. Perry insists that he's never formulated a "policy" concerning repertoire (he dislikes even the sound of the word), only that he wasn't about to record the 101st version of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony. It helps to know the market. Why buy into the Scandinavian repertoire when the Swedish label BIS is doing a perfectly fine job? Better to channel your resources into an English Nielsen or Sibelius, like Robert Simpson. The serious record-buying public applauds him for that.
Actually, Perry began his career catering for just such a public from behind the counter of the most famous London record store of the day: EMG "Handmade Gramophones" of Newman Street. This discerning institution published a "monthly letter": anonymous reviews "by committee" full of priceless declarations like "we are not enamoured of this record". After EMG, Ted's big adventure began in earnest. Stints at Deutsche Grammophon, a distribution outlet in Australia, and Saga Records convinced him that it was only a matter of time before he went it alone. In 1977, he came close, setting up the Meridian label with the engineer John Shuttleworth. Soon afterwards, Hyperion was born. His one-man show at last.
Perry borrowed pounds 12,000. "With that kind of money you don't go into Berkeley Square and buy your potted palms and electric typewriters," he says. So he set up shop in the backroom of his house, boosting his cash-flow with a spot of mini-cabbing at night. That was March 1980. Unbelievably, he launched in September - "a satisfactory opening salvo of eight titles". He didn't make them all - he couldn't afford to. So to supplement English Anthems from Ely Cathedral and an outlandish organ version of Pictures at an Exhibition, he had to buy in. Among his acquisitions was a winning coupling of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Quintet, played on the basset horn by Thea King. Now King had a thing about cows. So Perry found her a nice cow picture for the sleeve. He's convinced that won him the disc. It went on to become the second best-selling Hyperion release of all time.
Perry's only serious crisis came with the advent of CDs. He was too small to get into the European pressing-plants. He had to go to Japan - but at a price (minimum order of 3,000 per release at pounds 2 per disc, plus freight). He started with four releases - that's an outlay of pounds 25,000, up front. He hoped he'd chosen the right four. He had. One in particular can fair claim to have turned Hyperion around. That was something called A Feather on the Breath of God - The Music of Hildegard of Bingen.
Perry first heard this "ethereal music" on the radio one evening while doing the washing-up. It haunted him. A couple of weeks later, he got a call from Christopher Page of Gothic Voices. They met, but only after talking for a while did it dawn on Perry that this was the group behind the BBC's Hildegard programme. "Do you want a Hildegard record?" said Page. "Rather," came the reply. It was made in a day, the cheapest record Perry has ever made. Before it was even in the shops, someone kindly mentioned the number on Radio 3. Very soon Perry's distributor was asking - "What is A66039? It's on every single order." To date, Hildegard has clocked up sales of well over 250,000. Perry calls her the Patron Saint of Hyperion.
Independents like Hyperion are having their day right now. With lower overheads and proportionately lower break-even points, they can afford to be more adventurous, publicly to indulge their private passions - and those of their customers - and in so doing, steal a march on the "big boys". "My biggest advantage," says Perry, "is speed and flexibility. I don't have to go through an international planning committee to get a project the go-ahead. When an idea comes my way, I can make up my mind that minute. If I decide to record the Arriaga Symphony, Joanna can be on the phone to the ECO and I can be calling Sir Charles Mackerras in the time..." - in the time it would take someone at Sony to draft a memo?
Today's serious record-buyers are less interested in duplicating "core repertoire" (is that in itself a comment on the impersonal nature of so many recordings?) than embarking upon voyages of discovery. We live in the age of the series. Hyperion currently has several on the go: the Romantic Piano Concertos, Robert King's Purcell, Graham Johnson's Schubert Songs, Leslie Howard's Liszt (currently at volume 34). As a marketing concept, it's working - though more by accident than design. Each new release generates interest in earlier releases, each conspires to keep the whole series alive. But at the root of it all is trust. Right now there are Hyperion groupies, Hyperion junkies the world over. In Richmond, Virginia, one Dave Fox has logged the entire Hyperion catalogue on to the Internet: that's colour reproductions of the sleeves, content details, timings, notes, artist profiles, discographies - everything. Another satisfied customer? Idolatry, more like. They're awfully grateful to Dave over at New Eltham.
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