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Brantley: Hi, Doc.
Doctor: Hello, John. So, let's get that air cast off and see how it looks. Now, you haven't told anyone how it feels, right? No one who might use this for...game information, for instance.
Brantley: Nope. Just my dad and coach, sir.
Doctor: Good. And that other thing...
Brantley: ...
Doctor: I know what's happening. It's okay. Everyone's injuries are different. The body manifests things in a lot of different ways, John. You have my confidence.
Brantley: Well, everything's feeling better, but...yeah, it's still doing that thing.
Doctor: That's okay, John. We're going to figure this out together. Ready? We're going to get a look at it, and see how things are going, alright? One step at a time.
Brantley: Okay, doc. But I can't be responsible for what you see.
Doctor: I know, son. Let's just get this bandage off---
Anklo Vagabundo: ---mpphphmph AHHH! HOLA DOCTOR! QUE PASO!
Doctor: Well, the good news is that your range of motion appears to be intact. You could probably return to full practices on Monday, actually. Any pain when I do this?
Brantley: No, doc. That's totally fine.
Doctor: The bad news is that face on your ankle is still speaking Spanish.
Anklo Vagabundo: ESE! TU COMPRENDES! AYUDAME POR FAVOR! Necesito un vaso de agua. Entonces yo como dos billetes de autobús a Phoenix. Mi tía Consuelo está ahí. Ella me debe de quince dólares, y me gustaría ver a Estados Unidos utilizar estos fondos. Su cooperación es apreciada!
Brantley: Well, darnit.
Doctor: Is it bothering you?
Brantley: I keep him wrapped up most of the time. Can't hear him under a sock or two with a bandage under it.
Doctor: Don't suspect you could.
Brantley: It kind of sucks in the shower though. I think he's askin' for stuff. He keeps saying the same thing over and over again. Something about Phoenix, I think.
Anklo Vagabundo: Si! Si! Phoenix! Ella me debe de quince dólares, y me gustaría ver a Estados Unidos utilizar estos fondos. Su cooperación es apreciada!
Doctor: I can't explain it, but you're gonna have to play with it.
Brantley: LIke, hearts or spades? It doesn't have hands.
Doctor: Football, John.
Brantley: Oh. Yeah. I can do that.
Anklo Vagabundo: Tengo el corazón de un vagabundo. Siempre he sido así.
Brantley: Ever seen this before?
Doctor: Well, between you and me? Ron Zook had a talking third nipple.
Brantley: Wow.
Doctor: You're telling me. He used to let it tell him when to go for two. I should mention that this nipple was really bad at math.
Brantley: Well, duh.


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If you're like millions of Americans, at some point in your life, perhaps
when you were stuck in traffic and saw an airplane buzz overhead, you've
thought, "I wonder what it takes to be a pilot?" Wonder no more. Here are
the answers to frequently asked questions about learning to fly. Before
long, you'll be buzzing over the traffic and smiling to yourself. You'll
be a pilot.
How long does learning to fly take?
Learning to fly is not difficult, but it does requires study and practice.
Federal Aviation Regulation Part 61 itemizes the things you must learn
and requires a minimum of 40 hours of training (20 with an instructor and
20 solo) to earn a private pilot certificate with an average of about 55
hours. How long it will take you depends on how often you fly. If you do
anything every day, you'll learn it quicker than doing it once or twice
a week because you won't have to "relearn" what your "forgot" between lessons.
How long does a lesson last?
While most lessons are based on a 1-hour flight, they may take 2 hours
from start to finish because there's more to it than flying. There are
pre- and post-flight discussions, where you and your certificated flight
instructor (CFI) talk about what you're going to do, how you did, what
you did well, what needs work, and what you'll do on your next lesson.
Will I get airsick?
Maybe. If you do, it will most likely come early in training, when
you're getting used to the new sensations of flying. The important thing
is to not worry about it. In most cases, if you are affected, it will quickly
pass as you get comfortable. Let your instructor know how you feel, look
out the window, and open an air vent. If the feeling persists, discuss
the use of anti-motion sickness drugs with an aviation medical examiner.
They can help you over the rough spots, but you should only take them when
flying with your instructor.
How safe is it?
General aviation is as safe as any other mode of travel, if not safer.
You don't need a parachute because airplanes do not fall out of the sky,
even if the engine stops. An aircraft without an engine, even if it's supposed
to have one, is a glider. If an engine quits, for example, the most common
cause is because the pilot ran out of gas. In other words, flying is as
safe as you make it. How to fly safely, and to deal with the rare emergencies
that are beyond the pilot's influence, will be covered in your training.
What kinds of licenses are there?
Pilots earn certificates, not licenses. Student certificates are good
for 24 month; all the rest do not expire (but you need a current medical
certificate, which does expire, to use your pilot certificate). Students
work toward either a recreational or private certificate. While the training
for both is the same, the recreational certificate is designed for fun
flying close to home during the day only. In other words, rec pilots don't
need or get training private pilots must have for flying at night, cross-country,
and at airports requiring communication with air traffic control. Recreational
pilots can earn a private certificate when they get training in these areas.
Once you earn a private certificate, you can move up the ladder, if
you so desire, to a commercial certificate, which enables you to fly for
hire. A flight instructor certificate enables you to teach others to fly,
and an airline transport pilot certificate is needed to captain an airliner.
You can add a number of ratings to these certificates that let you fly
airplanes, seaplanes, gliders, helicopters, and balloons, airplanes with
more than one engine, and on instruments in bad weather.
Which certificate should I get?
It depends on why you want to fly. The recreational certificate is
a good choice if you plan on spending most of your time around your home
airport. If you plan on flying cross-country for pleasure or business,
or plan on earning advanced certificates or ratings, the private certificate
may be the right choice. But this doesn't mean you can't earn a recreation
certificate, and then get the additional training for a private certificate
at a later date.
Can I carry passengers?
Student pilots cannot carry passengers when flying solo. Friends or
family may ride along on dual lessons (when your instructor is in the plane)
however, and it's a good idea to discuss this with your CFI in advance.
Recreational pilots may only carry one passenger at a time; private pilots
may carry as many passengers as the airplane will legally hold. While recreational
and private pilots may share the expenses of a flight, they may not charge
people for flying them someplace. Pilots must have a commercial certificate
and fly for an air taxi operation to get paid for transporting people.
Where can I fly?
Because CFIs must endorse (approve) their flights, students can basically
fly anywhere their instructors say they can. Recreational pilots are limited
to 50 miles from the airport at which they received training and they cannot
fly to or from airports that require talking to an air traffic controller.
There are more than 12,000 airports in the United States, and only around
800 have control towers. Private pilots can basically fly anywhere they
want, so long as they follow the applicable regulations, such as calling
the control tower to request a landing clearance.
What about a medical exam?
Your student pilot certificate is also your medical certificate. This
dual-purpose piece of paper is good for 24 months, and you get it from
an aviation medical examiner (AME), an FAA-approved doctor. There are approximately
6,000 AMEs in the United States, and your instructor or flight school can
connect you with one. You will need your student/medical certificate before
you can fly an airplane solo, but it's often a good idea to get it before
you start training, especially if you think you may have a medical condition
that may delay its issuance.
The exam is not rigorous. It begins by filling out an FAA application/medical
history form. Don't omit information when completing this form. Just like
your mother, the FAA doesn't look kindly on people who lie, deceive, or
don't tell the whole truth -- especially when it comes to a conviction
for driving under the influence. Medically, your vision must be at least
20/50 without glasses or contacts, or at least 20/30 with them, and you
must be able to see red and green. You shouldn't have a nose or throat
condition that would be aggravated by flying, you must have proper balance,
and you must be able to hear a whispered voice from 3 feet. You can't have
any mental/neurological problems, such as psychosis, alcoholism, epilepsy,
any unexplained loss of consciousness, any serious medical condition such
as heart attack or chronic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, or any other
debilitating illness.
If you do have a problem, it's not the end of your flying career. Depending
on the problem, your medical certificate will be deferred until further
testing is done. Your AME will be able to help you in such cases, and if
you and your AME can prove to the FAA that your condition will not make
you unsafe to pilot an airplane, there's a good chance you'll get your
medical. If you have a condition that automatically disqualifies you, such
as chronic alcoholism, history of heart disease, or loss of consciousness,
you can still petition the FAA for special issuance of your medical.
How do I pick an instructor?
You and your instructor will be spending a lot of time together in
a small classroom, so chose a CFI that matches your personality. Different
people learn differently, and different instructors teach differently,
and when student and CFI differences clash, your training will probably
not go well. If you can't understand a prospective CFI's answers to your
questions, and the CFI can't reword answers so you do understand, you will
likely have similar problems in training. If the two of you can communicate
clearly, take an introductory flight lesson to see how you get along in
the airplane. In the end, only time will validate your CFI selection. But
if your CFI isn't working out, don't be afraid to change.
What's ground school?
Flight training is divided into two parts, ground school and flight
training. Ground school teaches you the principles, procedures, and regulations
you will put into practice in an airplane -- how a wing generates lift,
how to navigate from one airport to another, and in kind of weather you
can fly. Before you can earn a pilot certificate, you must pass a computerized
FAA knowledge test (with a score of at least 70 percent) on this information.
You have several ground school options. You can attend a scheduled classroom
course that may be held at a flight school, independent ground school,
high school, or community college. There are also intense, weekend-long
ground schools. Or you can take a home-study course, which is composed
of videotapes and may include computerized test preparation software. Regardless
of the option you chose, you'll need an instructor's endorsement to take
the knowledge test. Contact RFC for information on upcoming ground school
When will I actually begin flying?
You'll be flying on your first lesson, with your CFI's help, of course.
With each lesson, your CFI will be helping less, until you won't need any
help at all. When you reach this point, you will make your first solo flight,
an important milestone in every pilot's training. After you solo, you and
your CFI will work on such things as flying cross-country. And when you're
ready, you'll make several solo cross-country flights. When you have demonstrated
your ability to consistently demonstrate all of the FAA-required skills,
your instructor will recommend you for the FAA checkride.
What's the checkride like?
The FAA checkride is broken down into two parts, an oral quiz, where
the examiner will ask about things you learned in ground school, and the
flight test, where you will demonstrate your ability to perform the skills
you have learned in an aircraft. Don't be intimidated. The examiner isn't
out to fail you. He or she just wants to ensure, just as your instructor
did, that you are a safe pilot.
What kinds of airplanes can I fly?
There is no regulation saying you have to learn in a particular airplane,
but most likely you will learn to fly in a two- or four-seat airplane with
one engine and fixed landing gear. It may have a high wing or a low wing,
but where the wing is really doesn't matter so long as there is a wing
on each side, and they are both either high or low. How fast the airplane
goes really isn't important either. You're learning to fly, not going someplace.
How far you can fly is important during cross-country training, and the
airplane's range is determined by how much gas it carries divided by the
amount of gas the engine burns times the airplane's speed. Most training
airplanes carry 2 to 4 hours of gas and fly at around 100 mph.
You can also learn to fly in higher performance airplanes that have
retractable landing gear and seat four-to-six people. They carry 4-to-6
hours of gas and fly at 140 mph to 200 mph. You can save the go-fast airplanes
as a personal present to yourself after you earn your pilot certificate.
Many trainers have just a few communication and navigation radios and all
the essential instruments. High performance airplanes generally have all
the latest radios including GPS satellite navigation, advanced instruments,
and autopilots. Trainers generally do not have autopilots because you're
the one learning to fly -- the autopilot already knows how.
How do I get from one airport to another?
Learning how to navigate from one airport to another will be part of your
training, and you'll put into practice on flights with and without your
instructor. You'll first learn pilotage, where you look out the window
and compare the landmarks you see on the ground to an aviation sectional
chart, and dead reckoning, which is used in conjunction with pilotage.
Short for deduced reckoning, dead reckoning is flying a compass heading
that has been corrected for such things as the wind for a certain time
at a certain speed.
There are several forms of radio navigation, and you'll at least learn
how to navigate with VORs, very high frequency omnibearing radio ranges.
Located across the nation, VORs transmit radio beams or "radials" for each
point on the compass that are selected and indicated on a cockpit dial.
Certain radials connect one VOR to another and create "highways" in the
If your trainer is equipped with the required receivers, you'll learn
how to navigate with an automatic direction finder (ADF), which has a needle
that always points to the selected station, Loran-C, which uses a nationwide
web of radio beams that precisely indicate where you are and an internal
computer that will lead you to where you want to go. Then there is the
global position system, which is similar to Loran, except it uses satellites
rather than ground-based radio stations.
Do I need special insurance?
No. RFC carries insurance for all of its members.
Return to RFC home page.

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Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" captain Phil Harris suffered a stroke on Saturday while offloading Alaskan king crab from his vessel, the 128-foot Cornelia Marie. He was transported to an Anchorage hospital where he underwent 12 hours of surgery before being placed in a medically induced coma to reduce brain swelling.
The network website posted the following: "Captain Phil is resting comfortably and is in the care of excellent doctors and nurses."
Harris has been a captain for 32 years. For the past 18, he has led the Cornelia Marie crew, including his two sons who are deckhands. Jake and Josh have reportedly been at his bedside since he fell ill.
The popular television series follows the adventures of seven crabbing vessels and their crews during crab season in the Bering Sea. The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, is the base of operations for the fishing fleet. The Cornelia Marie is currently back out to seas with a substitute captain.
During season four of "Deadliest Catch" in 2008, Phil became ill while out to sea when a blood clot passed through his lungs. His doctor called Harris lucky to have come out of that alive.
UPDATE: February 10, 2010: Captain Phil Harris is dead at age 53 – see update details here.
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In celebration of the comic book creators who were planning to exhibit at the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival 2020, here's my chat with Jade McGilvray. The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
Jade is a Vancouver-based cartoonist and CG artist. Having worked the 3D industry since 2011, Jade has produced several titles in various capacities, including 3D Animator, 3D Previs/Layout Artist, Cloth Simulation Artist, and Character Rigger. Her first graphic novel is Encephalon.
You can discover more about Jade on Twitter at @amphibiess and online at jademcgilvray.com and encephalon-comic.com
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True North Country Comics Podcast is Copyright True North Country Comics. Copyright 2020.


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Do you like bloopers? You know – the outtakes of a movie or a TV show where you see the actors screw up? This week's post is a bit like an email marketing blooper reel. These are some of the most common recurring mistakes I've come across in my inbox in the last year. There are also a few examples of strategy mistakes and personal pet peeves mixed into the list.
1. The botched subject line.
The subject line is one of the most common places people make mistakes. It's also, of course, one of the most prominent places to make a mistake.
The big winner in this category has to be this email from LinkedIn:
Of course, this is also an example of personalization gone catastrophically wrong. But if LinkedIn can make this mistake, surely the rest of us are capable of it.
My next favorite botched subject line is this gem from Bootprints:
Dyslexia strikes – agian.
This one from Reedsy is pretty good too:
Their follow-up email is genius. That probably is what most of us look like when we realize we've sent out a typo like that:
This one is a bit more painful, especially when you consider the newsletter is for writers:
If only the subject line had been "A gaurunteed way to spell success".
You may also like: Handle Your Oops: 5 Types of Email Mistakes and How to Fix Them
2. Not knowing if your email marketing efforts are profitable.
I'm laying down the law here: You gotta know whether your email marketing efforts are paying off.
The good news is email happens to be one of the most trackable, testable marketing mediums ever created. If you don't know whether your email marketing is profitable, it's time to focus in on this and figure it out.
If you've got a fairly simple business, this can be done in an hour or less. Here's how:
- Figure out how much you're spending on your email marketing.
Calculate both the cost of sending the emails, plus the value of your time to create them. If you want, you can also attribute a bit of the cost of your content creation to your emails. Say, 15% of your content creation costs might be carried by email marketing.
- Figure out how much you're earning from your email marketing.
This should be pretty straightforward if you've got your Google Analytics account hooked up to your GetResponse account, and you've got Analytics tracking turned on for your email messages.
If you haven't done that already, may I suggest doing it now?
- Subtract how much you spend from how much you've earned.
Hopefully, you've got a positive number. If so, your email marketing is profitable!
- Sit back and think a bit.
Are you attributing the costs and earnings correctly? Are you sure? Sometimes an order won't be directly traceable to an email, but the email might have triggered or contributed to a sale. If you're using what's called a "last-click attribution model", any sales that can't be directly linked to the last click don't count.
Last-click attribution models make calculating ROI much easier. But they don't tell the whole story. For example, if you see a small but predictable rise in phone orders every time an email goes out, your emails might be contributing to that. Should 10% of the value of those orders be attributed to your emails, or 20%?
3. Not optimizing your emails for mobile.
Guys! Time to fix this, okay? More than half of email messages are opened on mobile phones. That's been true for months now.
Even if your emails are mobile-friendly, here are the two biggest mobile email fails I still see:
- Type that is too small (it's got to be 12 points or larger. 14 point is best.)
- Links that are too close together. Links need to be clickable without having to zoom in. And they need to be clickable enough so that a guy with big fingers can accurately click them. Even if the guy is walking down the street while doing this. With a coffee cup in one hand.
Here are a few recent (and sadly, painful) examples:
Gotta give a hat-tip to one company who did make their emails more mobile-friendly this year: Kiplinger's.
4. Not making your main image clickable.
Some of the best marketing companies in the world make this mistake. They forget to link the header image (http://www.getresponse.com/blog/your-header-image-choosing-the-right-stock-photo-for-your-blog.html) of their emails to a landing page.
Sure, there's a text link below, but we've been trained to expect the header image to be clickable. This is particularly important with mobile devices. Clicking a text link is harder than just banging your thumb down any-old-where on a huge image.
Here's an example:
If you click on that big cool header image, you'll see this:
To get to the landing page (which is a webinar sign-up page in this case), you'll have to close that window, scroll down to find the text link, and then click the text link.
Here's another example of this same mistake from Shopify (another world-class marketing company):
That image of the pretty girl? Not clickable.
While this is frustrating, there's good news. This is a two-minute fix. 30 seconds if you're already in your email account. Just add a link to the image!
5. The missing image.
This is another really common gaffe. I came across more than six examples of this while researching this post. Here's one:
They re-sent the email a few minutes later, fixed:
Here's a worse example of the missing image, mostly because the entire message of the email was contained within the image:
Always check how your emails will look if someone has their email client set to not show images. In this email, there's no way to get to the landing page – it's a near complete fail.
That's why so many emails have a big engaging header image, a couple lines of short copy, and then a call to action/link to the landing page. That way, if the image doesn't show, subscribers can still get the gist of the email and click through.
Here's an example of that in play. The image is missing, but I can still read and interact with the email:
6. For sales reps and B2B companies: Sending more than two follow up emails from a sales rep after I've downloaded something from your site or signed up for a webinar.
A couple of sales reps have sent me more than 10 follow-up emails asking, begging, trying to manipulate me into responding to them.
Don't sell that hard. It hurts your brand. I'd hesitate to ever download another ebook from them.
7. The email's dynamic content is broken.
Dynamic content can be amazingly cool. There are almost endless creative applications for it. But be warned: It sometimes breaks. For whatever reason, some emails don't look right.
This email from AirBnB was probably supposed to have dynamic content – the subject line promised I'd see listings for Santa Fe. Instead, I got a generic feed of cities.
Still, for a "fail" this is a perfectly nice email. AirBnB was smart and had a fallback email in place just in case something went wrong with the feed of personalized listings. And that part did work.
One other thing about this email: It's a good example of not matching your subject line to your email content. The second biggest reason this fails – after the dynamic content – is how the subject line set my expectations. Then the body of the email disappointed those expectations. You can get away with that disconnect for awhile. But trying to con your subscribers is a really bad long-term strategy.
8. Offering your subscribers a service they can't access.
Ever heard of TaskRabbit? It's a service that lets you hire people for specific tasks, usually in the offline world. Like picking up your laundry, or cleaning your yard.
I have a love/hate relationship with TaskRabbit. I would love to use it. But I don't live in a city where it's offered. And yet they keep sending me these emails. I registered with the site months ago – if they had hooked up their email data with their online profile data, they would know I can't redeem this coupon.
9. The broken link…
I'm seeing less of these types of emails recently. For a few months, pretty much every day someone was sending a follow-up email apologizing for a broken link.
We're not that naïve, guys. Maybe the first dozen times I saw an "oh no – the link broke" email, I believed it. But that was a long time ago.
Similar plays on this include the "we got the wrong date, oh no!" and the now classic "Our server crashed there was so much interest in this product. But we're up and running again – place your order before that poor server dies again!" Incredibly, even today I got an email about a busted server on launch day… I guess the ruse still works.
10. Not sending emails at all.
This is the worst. Despite the risks of making a mistake, it's far better to pull a few gaffes than to send no emails at all. I've been a bit hard on some of the companies mentioned here, but I deliberately picked emails from companies known for their marketing savvy. Even the best of us mess up sometimes. The secret to success is to keep plugging along, despite the mistakes.
Back to you
What's the worst email marketing mistake you've seen this year? Maybe it was your own "Oops", or somebody else's. Either way, it'd be great to hear from you in the comments.


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Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius needs Tommy John surgery
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees star shortstop Didi Gregorius needs Tommy John surgery on his right elbow after injuring himself making a throw in Boston during the AL Division Series, and there's no telling exactly when he'll be able to play again.
General manager Brian Cashman said Friday that Gregorius will be out "until sometime next summer." Cashman said the team will have a better idea about his return after surgery, which hasn't yet been scheduled.
The surprise announcement at Yankee Stadium led to immediate speculation the team might eventually make a big move to fill the void — pursuit of All-Star infielder and free agent-to-be Manny Machado, now in the NL playoffs with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In the meantime, second baseman Gleyber Torres is the Yankees' top internal solution at shortstop, Cashman said.
"The best option is Didi," Cashman said. "We'll wait on him."
The 28-year-old Gregorius is the anchor of the Yankees' infield, popular with his teammates and a fan favorite.
Gregorius broke his own club record for home runs by a shortstop by hitting 27 this year. He batted .268 with 86 RBIs. He is eligible for free agency after the 2019 season.
"We are optimistic he'll play a lot of the season with us," manager Aaron Boone said.
The Tommy John surgery to replace an elbow ligament is much more common for pitchers than position players. Minnesota third baseman Miguel Sano missed the 2014 season as a top-rated minor league prospect, made his debut in the majors the next year and was an All-Star in 2017.
The Yankees said Gregorius was hurt last week making a throw from left field after a ball bounced off the Green Monster against the Red Sox — there was such a play in Game 2. Cashman said Gregorius reported a problem with his elbow after getting hurt.
Gregorius played the rest of the series, finishing 3 for 14 (.214) as the Red Sox eliminated the Yankees in four games. Cashman said he grew more concerned after seeing Gregorius bounce two throws to first base in Game 4 Tuesday night — "un-Didi-like," Cashman said.
An MRI on Thursday revealed the tear. Cashman said the Yankees were aware Gregorius had a partial tear in the same elbow when they got him from Arizona in a three-team in December 2014.
"You never get a clean bill of health," Cashman said. "It's the norm that players have underlying issues that may declare themselves, or not."
The throw last week "was the finishing off of something that was a sleeping giant," he said.
Gregorius tore cartilage in his right wrist making a head-first slide home against Baltimore on Sept. 22 and missed time. Gregorius returned late in the season and started in the AL wild-card win over Oakland. Cashman said he had no reason to think the slide contributed to Gregorius' elbow trouble.
Boone and Cashman had previously been scheduled to speak Friday at Yankee Stadium to wrap up the season. In other news:
—Pitcher CC Sabathia had cleanup surgery on his right knee earlier in the day. He's had surgery on the same knee in the past, and been slowed by trouble there in the past. The 38-year-old lefty was 9-7 with a 3.65 ERA in 29 starts this year, but struggled in Game 4 of the playoffs. Sabathia is expected to be fine for the start of spring training. He's eligible for free agency, and Cashman said the Yankees haven't held their organizational meetings to map out the future.
—Pitcher Sonny Gray appears on his way out of the Bronx. An All-Star with Oakland in 2015, he's just 15-16 with a 4.51 ERA since the A's traded him to New York on July 31, 2017. The Yankees tried changing catchers to help Gray, but the 28-year-old righty still lost his spot in the rotation.
"Probably best to try this somewhere else," Cashman said. "Someone, if they trade for him, is going to get the player we wanted. It just hasn't worked out here."
—Boone said the team would work with pitcher Luis Severino to help him avoid tipping pitches. The problem, the manager said, will "pop up from time to time." A two-time All-Star, the 24-year-old righty went 19-8 with a 3.39 ERA, but was hit hard by Boston in Game 3.
—Boone, in his first season as a manager, and Cashman said they saw a lot to like in a club that went 100-62. But seeing the rival Red Sox clinch the AL East at Yankee Stadium and then watching them the ALDS in the Bronx left a sour taste. "Hate losing. Hate losing to those guys," Cashman said.


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Like most women my age, I grew up with the awe-inspiring archetype of Wonder Woman.
I remember as a child, feeling enamoured and drawn to that character, a strong, powerful, magical woman, who was here to save the world.
In a sea of male Super Hero's, she held her own, she stood her ground, she was sensitive, compassionate, she paved the way, unapologetic and determined. Wonder Woman helped me to relate to myself as different, as at that point I didn't know that I was an Empath, I just knew there was something 'not the same', about me.
So roll forward 40 or so years, and I was excited to see the new movie, and how my past heroine would be portrayed. Would she be dumbed down, and overtly sexualised to fit into our collective idea of what it means to be a magical, powerful, different woman?
What I mainly saw was a character displaying tenacity, strength, power and most of all following her inner guidance, her empathy, her sensitivity, and her compassion, even though she was challenged every step of the way, to concede, to coalesce, to surrender her inner truth, her POWER and her knowing of what she MUST do, of what she was in fact, BORN to do.
She accomplished what she set out to, because of her sensitivity, because of her empathy, because of her compassion, and because of her connection to her true nature.
Not despite it.
And she stepped into and owned her true power, unapologetically.
So how did Wonder Woman teach me to be a better Empath?
Quite simply, that it's time to unapologetically step up.
Of course, this concept is nothing new for me, I am the type of gal who takes action, leads the way, cuts the path, especially when others say, "that will never work".
And, that's exactly how I like it.
I am deeply, profoundly passionate about empowering others, supporting them to succeed, to step into who they actually are, not who they have come to believe they are, and never, ever accepting when high sensitivity is used as an excuse.
I also own that I have been guilty of playing myself down, subduing my true nature, keeping myself more, let's say, 'manageable' for others.
I'm an Empath, and I'm an Intuitive, and my energy can be very strong, very transformative and very intense, and that makes some people nervous, very nervous.
The energy of an Empath can be too much for others, who do not engage with their own power, or who mistake power for anger, or power for being a bully, or think having power is to have power 'over' others, but particularly those who do not want to look at their own shadow.
As a response, not wanting to offend, this has meant that I have played 'nice', and happy, and supportive, and kind, and watched every word, and played my true power, my true nature down.
I've done this so others feel more comfortable around me, especially other Empaths. This is however, incongruent and inauthentic, how can I be empowering others if I'm only being my 'manageable' self?
It has been at times, an instant feedback loop. I connect with my true nature, and I get slammed down, and often from people who want to project their own unresolved issues onto me. To be clear, I am loving and kind and supportive, and can be very vulnerable, but I'm also kind of a kick ass, tenacious, strong, no B.S., warrior type of woman too! So why does one automatically rule out the other? Why cant I/you/we, be both?
When I'm being my powerful Empath self, the 'love and light brigade' have accused me of not being 'conscious', 'evolved' or 'spiritual' enough. When I call people out on their "I'm too sensitive to succeed" excuses, and their limiting and damaging disempowering self-abuse behaviour. I'm told that I need to do 'more work on myself, so I only project 'love and light' 'don't focus on the shadow' and 'think only positive thoughts'.
(Insert epic eye roll here)
Here's what I know.
Power is love and Empaths are powerful! We know love, so, so deeply, and that is how we do what we do, through our enormous capacity to love, even in the face of hate, and darkness, and fear.
But this has been used against us, (point in case above) to traumatise, and to confuse, and so we revert back to wanting to be part of the 'spiritual' or 'light' crowd, as a safe place, even though we know we don't really belong there, not long term anyway.
So, this is what I propose. As an Empath, I now call on YOU, all the Empaths, Sensitives, Intuitives, Healers, Dreamers, Disrupters, Influencers, Teachers and Wanderers!
Now is the time to step up, to wake up, to embrace and embody your true POWER, unapologetically. YOU are here for a reason, and it sure as hell isn't so you can hide yourself away from this world, isolated and all alone, trying to fit in, and be something you're not.
Look, I get it! Its hard, and it hurts, and we have been and still go through a lot, perhaps too much! But that's what makes Empaths, even more formidable to the darkness, and make no mistake; there is a whole lot of darkness in this world, and at the moment it almost looks like 'they' have won the game. That's the illusion, to keep you small and in fear.
So, Powerful Empath that is why you are here, and that is why I am here, and I refuse to dull my power any longer, because I'm an Empath, because that's exactly how the darkness wins, and that's exactly what it wants, for all of us to be less than we are, and to live, small and in pain, and disconnected from our true power, our sensitivity, our true nature, and from each other.
You are more powerful than you can imagine, and you are here to change the world. If all the Empaths of the world stood together and focused our collective intention and energy toward transformation, this world would change, without question, and in a moment.
So, thank you Wonder Woman for reminding me, of my true nature, of the reason I do what I do, because of my high sensitivity, and my compassion, and my deep passion to make this world a better place, and why I have chosen to be alive on this planet right now, and it ain't to be anything other than I am.
An Empath.


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As we prepare to welcome in the New Year of 2022, we have our fingers crossed we can carry on with our adventure, see some new (and old) places, meet up with family and friends, while continuing to be safe and well.
We're looking back at what the last year has brought us and some of the places we have been.
We stayed at:
- 32 Caravan and Motorhome Club Sites;
- 34 Caravan and Motorhome Club Certified Locations;
- 5 Camping and Caravan Club Sites;
- 16 Independent Sites;
- 2 Motorhome Stopovers;
- 2 nights Off Grid; and
- 3 nights at home.
We left Lockdown 3 on 12th April, 2021 and have had a great time, travelling up to the Northern Coast of Scotland, completing the NC500, travelling along Hadrian's Wall across Northumberland, down the east coast of England, discovered the Meridian Line, caught up with family, just missed meeting friends (who were on the same campsite, but arrived as we prepared to leave!).
We had an emergency trip to the vet, nothing serious as it turned out, but still a worry; found some great places to eat (and some not so great!) and followed whims as to where to go. We stayed at a variety of Racecourses, fishing lakes, Marinas and even an Aerodrome, followed the Grand Union Canal north and retraced our steps to the Bristol and Somerset.
We've rediscovered places we thought we knew, but found better weather really helped! Taken time to relax and not rush around, and seen some sights. We've learnt some good lessons (the hard way), if a site looks too difficult to get into don't bother – this would have prevented an argument with a fence post/ LPG Lorry and a couple of sleepless nights working out how to get out of a site!
We have tried to think of our best places of the year (in no order):
- The Lodge CL, Halmer End, Stoke;
- Omaha Meadows CL, Verwood, Hampshire;
- Grove Lock Marina CL, Leighton Buzzard;
- Blythe Waters CL, Solihull;
- Salisbury Camping and Caravanning Club Site;
- Slinfold Caravan and Motorhome Club Site;
- Bunree Caravan and Motorhome Club Site;
- Dunnet Bay Caravan and Motorhome Club Site;
- Seacroft Caravan and Motorhome Club Site, Cromer;
- Gamrie Bay CL, Banff, Scotland;
- Findhorn Motorhome Stopover, Scotland;
- Minehead Caravan and Motorhome Club Site;
- Lochgilphead Caravan Park;
- Boston Aerodrome CL, Lincolnshire;
- Lost Acres CL; and
- Baltic Wharf Caravan and Motorhome Club Site, Bristol.
We don't know when we'll be able to get to France and Spain, but we've got our fingers crossed. For now, we're happy to be safe and well and hope you are too. As always, thank you for reading, wishing you a happy and safe 2022, we'll be back soon…..


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McALLEN, Texas -- During three years in the low minors, John Odom never really made a name for himself.
That sure changed this week -- he's the guy who was traded for a bunch of bats.
"I don't really care," he said Friday. "It'll make a better story if I make it to the big leagues."
For now, Odom is headed to the Laredo Broncos of the United League. They got him Tuesday from the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League for a most unlikely price: 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C243 style.
"They just wanted some bats, good bats -- maple bats," Broncos general manager Jose Melendez said.
According to the Prairie Sticks Web site, their maple bats retail for $69 each, discounted to $65.50 for purchases of six to 11 bats.
"It will be interesting to see what 10 bats gets us," Melendez said.
The Canadian team signed Odom about a month ago, but couldn't get the 26-year-old righty into the country. It seems Odom had a minor but unspecified criminal record that wasn't revealed to immigration officials before they scanned his passport, Vipers president Peter Young said.
Odom said the charge stemmed from a fight he was in at age 17. Although he thought it had been expunged from his record, it popped up during immigration.
Odom spent hundreds of dollars driving to the Canadian border and staying at a Montana hotel while the matter was sorted out. He then drove to Laredo after the trade.
Originally from Atlanta, Odom was drafted late by the San Francisco Giants in 2003. He pitched 38 games, all in Class A, from 2004-06, and was released by the organization this spring.
Laredo intends to activate Odom on Monday and have him make his first start Wednesday.
Odom said he was supposed to be traded for Laredo's best hitter. But when that player balked at moving to Calgary, the bats entered the deal.
Laredo offered cash for Odom, but Young said that was "an insult."
The bat trade wasn't the first time Calgary came up with some creative dealmaking. The Vipers once tried to acquire a pitcher for 1,500 blue seats when they were renovating their stadium, Young said.


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I got a female plug from Radio Shack to match the male that I put on the end of the power cable. I then connected the red wire to the center post on the female connector. The ground wire from the drill got connected to the outer shell of the connector. The third connector is a normally-closed switch connected to the outer shell. I connected it to the connector that connected to the battery. This way, when the cable is plugged in, it disconnects the ground lead of the battery.
I drilled a hole big enough for the connector in the plastic plate that covered the wires in the drill. I figured that mounting the connector there would a) protect it and b) make it so I would have to remove the battery to hook up the wire. You could just as easily put the connector any where you could find space in the drill.
And that's it! I now have a 12v drill that I can use on the trail all day if I need to. And it only cost me bout $20. Gotta love it.


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It only seems two minutes ago that I was thinking I can't believe I'm going to be 30, well last month I turned 31. I know I'm still very young, but nonetheless, I feel shocked that I'm actually 31. Like seriously, how has this happened? I mean I know how, but did someone speed up time? I feel like I only just blinked and bam the year was gone. I could understand if I was having the time of my life last year. You know what they say time flies when you're having fun. Truth be told I didn't. I experienced some major shifts turning 30, but now I'm on the other side of it and finally embracing my thirties.
Here's 30 Thing That Happened When I Hit 30:
1) I felt different. You know how people always say "so how do you feel to be ____ " and you sort of think exactly the same as every other birthday. Well not this time, I felt different. I had this gut feeling and anxiety that things were never going to be the same again and they weren't. I changed.
2) I was more outspoken. If you asked me what's up, then I'd tell you. No beating around the bush, life's too short.
3) I stopped giving as many sh*ts. People laughed and talked about my YouTube channel. People either don't get it or are judgemental. I can't say I never care about what people think, but what I can say is I rarely care. When I do find myself caring, it still never stops me from doing what I want to do.
4) I was really emotional turning 30. I cared a lot about it and took it badly when I felt others didn't. Cue tears and lots of them.
5) Friendships changed. I'd changed and no longer wanted to be around people who didn't get me. It's too upsetting and life is precious.
6) My priorities changed. I stopped running around trying to squeeze everything and everyone into my diary and focused more on a few amazing relationships.
7) I started thinking more about the further and panicked not to have a mortgage or a career established.
8) Health became way more important than it used to be. Bring on the superfoods!
9) My hips started clicking when doing certain exercises and sometimes my knees bother me when running.
10) I gained more grey hair and got more confused over the meaning of some text abbreviations, slang, and hashtags. Bae is a stupid word. The meaning and the word itself are equally ridiculous. I realise saying stuff like this makes me sound even older and I don't even care.
11) I started being more true to myself. I started talking about things I'm passionate about. Before I'd of worried people would think it was all a bit woo woo. Now I don't mind if they think that. Live and let live. That means something now.
12) I started saying sentences that my Mam used to say to me as a kid. My kids think I was born in the olden days.
13) I started taking pleasure more seriously. Life is too short. Book the holiday!
14) I say "no" more. People-pleasing is overrated.
15) I became closer to my Mam.
16) Being cool, no longer matters. Again completely overrated.
17) I no longer respect my elders. I respect those who deserve respect. Younger or older it doesn't matter. I respect kindness and good people. Age doesn't come into it. Some older people are dougebags. Some youngsters are misunderstood (always I find). It's all relevant.
18) I'm more interested in what's going on in the world around me, even politics. Who'd of thought it?
19) I like historical places. They are no longer boring, but a pure delight to visit.
20) I don't get asked for ID anymore and if I do they are taking the pee!
21) Some early nights have become a necessity to coping with general life.
22) Weight loss is harder but more rewarding.
23) Eye cream is a must.
24) Life is better. You start coming into your own and taking more risks.
25) I become fussy with who I hang out with. I don't like small talk, so I spend time with people I can go deep with and trust.
26) Some family still won't get you and you start to learn to accept that rather than explaining yourself.
27) My intuition grew.
28) Time to myself became bliss. I fell in love with my own company.
29) Quality couple, family, and friendship time became more important than quantity.
30) I truly learned the meaning of the best things in life are free ♥
Thanks for being here ☺
Kirsty xx
This is fab and food for thought! I can relate to many of these and one thing I have found is that I no longer people please! So exhausting! Appreciation goes a long way and it is a two way thing, I will forgive but won't forget. I love exercising and I'm the fittest Iv ever been. I generally eat healthy but I will never give up my glasses of prosecco at the weekends or occasional indulgences…. because I can. 😘 Life has speed up and sometimes I feel there is not enough hours in a day. Time with my children, family and friends are the most precious time and I value and appreciate every minute as life is too short. 💞💞 Love the picture of us, and our time we spend together. Xx
Thanks sweet, couldn't agree more with you ☺♥
I turned 31 last month too ! Totally agree with all of your points – I'm much more honest with people & have no idea what some of these modern abbreviations mean!! x
Hehehe! X
Turning 30 is fab! I'm 35 soon and I love it!!! I find I am more confident and do more of what I want to do and find it easier to say no… 40 though… 40 I don't even want to think about!!
It Did Do Harm – An open Letter to Grandparents & Those With Adult Children
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With reports coming through that the D500 has now started shipping in the USA, those who have received them have been keen to start showing them off.
Amongst the fanfare of abilities like 10fps shooting, and ISO performance never before seen in a crop body, one little mentioned feature of both the Nikon D500 and D5 is the Automatic AF Fine Tune feature.
This single understated feature could mean an end to back and front focusing issues that have plagued photographers for years.
While camera & lens manufacturers do the very best they can to calibrate their lenses during their creation, manufacturing tolerances mean that one sample may be slightly more out than another. This is where AF fine tuning steps in.
Many photographers were very happy when DSLR manufacturers started giving us the ability to fine tune our autofocus systems with individual lenses, to eliminate back & front focusing problems, but many still don't know exactly how to use this feature, and even for those that do, it can be a cumbersome task.
It can also be troublesome if you have zoom lenses that focus perfectly fine at one end of their focal length range, but are slightly off at the other.
Obviously you can only pick one focal length to calibrate a lens from, so you generally would pick one end or the other, or compromise in the middle and have both extremes suffer slightly.
Even some prime lenses could potentially suffer. A lens may focus perfectly fine up close, but be out when focusing at a greater distance, or vice versa. Often, photographers just put it down to the AF point missing its target and giving the shot another go, yielding the same result.
Both of these situations mean, of course, that you aren't always able to fully utilise your expensive lenses throughout their entire focal & focus range quickly and easily.
Nikon's new D5 and D500 bodies aim to solve this problem by making AF fine tuning a much more speedy and efficient process, allowing you to recalibrate your lenses on the fly, as and when you need to.
In this short video from DPReview, we see Sam demonstrate exactly how this feature works.
Being able to calibrate your lens with just a few button pushes in under a minute will certainly make life much easier for photographers on location, working at a range of focal lengths and focus distances.
While the issues mentioned above regarding lenses being out at different focal lengths or focus distances but spot on for other parts of their range will still be an issue with Nikon, correcting for this at a moment's notice has become a complete breeze.
Hopefully, in the future, Nikon will allow you to store multiple points for lenses at various focal lengths in their zoom range and at different focus distances, automatically correcting as it goes to fill the gaps in between.
But for now, we're not going to complain.
Have you calibrated your DSLR autofocus system with your lenses to help ensure you get perfect focus every time? Have you not done it because you just don't know how and it just looks too complicated? Let us know in the comments.
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The concept of stress eating is, of course, very simple. Emotional eating is a response to stress, anger, and boredom. I can understand the basics of stress eating, but I really wanted to understand the science behind it and truly understand what draws us to the kitchen when we experience strong emotions.
I also realized that this science was (admittedly) way over my head. Luckily, I was able to sit down with Isagenix Scientific Content Manager Lindsay Gnant, M.S., RDN, for a chat about some ways to ease stress eating by better understanding your physical and mental state.
Managing stress on its own can be difficult. So, if you're enjoying a bit of comfort food, there's no reason to put too much pressure on yourself about it. If you're craving a candy bar or a slice of pizza, go for it! But if you're hoping to curb unnecessary eating habits, Lindsay provided some fantastic methods for dealing with cravings.
Determining Whether You're Actually Hungry
This first thing Lindsay pointed out to me is that we rarely eat for hunger. Mostly, we eat because of time of day or as a social practice. This revelation blew me away. Of course, there are times when I think, "Man, I'm starving!" but how many times had I eaten simply out of habit? Probably almost every day.
The idea here is to double-check before dishing up and ask yourself, "Am I actually hungry?" Making this a habit is a good mental exercise to promote healthy eating.
Saving your favorite treats for special occasions can also help. Limiting pizza (my all-time favorite) for football games or movie nights really helps me enjoy it a bit more.
Another mental trick is to barter with yourself. For example, if I'm really craving a soda, I'll say to myself, "I'll have a glass of ice water, and if I'm still craving the soda, I'll go for it." I find that often, I'm able to skip the soda, or at the very least, stay a little more hydrated. I do the same thing with carrots. Any junk food cravings I'm having can usually be reduced by having a handful of baby carrots beforehand.
Understanding Fullness and Portion Size
I'm never shy at a buffet or barbecue, yet I never learn my lesson. I always overeat and feel terrible afterward, even into the next day. I have also had times where I had a big breakfast and was somehow hungrier later in the day than if I had eaten a smaller breakfast or none at all, and I never understood why.
Lindsay assured me that this is not supernatural and that there is a scientific explanation. There are certain hormones in your body associated with hunger. Let's get to know them.
The true hunger hormone. Ghrelin is a signaling hormone with the opposite effect of leptin. As time after eating increases, ghrelin levels rise to communicate with the brain and signal that the stomach is empty and needs to eat.
Peptide YY (PYY)
This hormone promotes a feeling of fullness and satisfaction after a meal, letting you know your body is no longer in need of food.
Leptin is another signaling hormone produced by fat cells. Leptin communicates with the brain about satiation, basically telling your brain that your stomach is full.
Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that allows your body to use sugar (glucose) from carbohydrates in the food that you eat for energy or store glucose for future use.
"Overeating causes the body to be flooded with nutrients. This often leads to a spike in insulin and throws off the hormones associated with hunger and satiation — the feeling of fullness — causing an appetite roller coaster," said Lindsay.
This means being mindful of portion control can regulate hormones that may be causing misleading cravings.
3 Ways To Control Food Portions
Portion control might be one of the most effective ways to lessen cravings. I learned that there are a couple of simple ways to achieve this.
Space Out Meals
Lindsay explained that providing your body with the right nourishment every few hours can help stabilize blood sugar levels and keep your hunger hormones in check. Try turning the three meals you would have in a day to six by cutting your three meals in half, keeping the same number of daily calories. This can help keep feelings of satiation throughout the day.
Another tip is to pre-portion your meals and snacks. This can be a simple but effective way to stick to healthy portions. It also makes healthy eating habits more convenient, which is helpful for me.
Stick to the Basics
Foundational health habits can curb stress eating, too. Getting plenty of sleep, staying hydrated, and participating in muscle conditioning and cardio exercise are all great ways to regulate hormones and promote healthy eating. I find that when I'm doing healthy things, it gives me a bit of mental momentum to stick to healthy eating.
Reset Your Appetite With Intermittent Fasting
The science behind intermittent fasting has helped folks with Isagenix Cleanse Days from the start. The idea here is to reset eating habits, which helps them better regulate portions after the fast is complete.
Foods To Help You Avoid Stress Eating
Lindsay also shared that healthy foods can be an effective way to avoid stress eating and help deal with cravings during emotional times.
Include a Lot of Protein in Your Diet
It's no secret that protein makes you feel fuller for a much longer period of time. Edamame, cottage cheese, chickpeas, white-meat poultry, lean beef, and fish are excellent foods for adding a little more protein into your diet.
Don't Forget About Fiber
High-fiber diets aren't as trendy as they used to be, but fiber still plays a huge role in a healthy diet. Like protein, fiber can help you feel full. If you're looking to add some foods packed with fiber, chia seeds, split peas, lentils, black and baked beans, almonds, avocados, and popcorn are all great choices.
Make Calories Count Instead of Counting Calories
There are foods that are low in calories and full of nutrients and others that are high in calories and low in nutrients. Choosing a diet of nutrient-rich foods can be a great way to avoid stress eating. Skipping low-nutrient foods like doughnuts, chips, and soda can help regulate those hunger hormones and reduce cravings.
Lower Sugar Intake Using the Glycemic Index
The glycemic index, or GI, is a way to rank foods according to the effect they have on your blood sugar levels. Including more foods in your diet that have a lower GI can provide your body with more sustained energy and help promote higher levels of satiation hormones.
It is important to stick to a healthy amount of sugar. This starts with knowing how much sugar is in the foods that you eat and moderating sugar intake. Sugar affects your insulin levels, and in high doses, can cause a miscommunication between your stomach and your brain about fullness.
Again, it's OK to still enjoy some comfort food if you're feeling a bit stressed, but adopting healthy habits can be immensely helpful in reigning in emotional eating.
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As a single working Mom and first time home builder I felt completely taken care of from the start by Paul. I had built a hospital in SLC which was a disaster of an experience and I was reluctant. Big Canyon, comparatively, made this a great experience.
Paul, Luke, and their great team of contractors were always clear, concise, and responsive. They were respectful of my busy schedule and worked hard to co-ordinate with the architect on many hoops to jump through with the county regarding building on water. They helped immensely also in communication with the HOA. The construction site on a small cul de sac was immaculate and my neighbors were very happy with their professionalism. I could not be more thrilled with my home. They have been responsive and pleasant over the past year in addressing any issues; all of which have been minor.
I am more than happy that I chose Big Canyon and would do so again for my next project.
Nicole MacLaren
Big Canyon built our dream home in Ogden Valley. We were lucky to have Luke Berman as our superintendent, and we now think of him as family. Our complete satisfaction was clearly his top priority. Despite a challenging build, Luke never lost his sense of humor, and he was always responsive, respectful, and helpful. The subcontractors bring their A-games when working with Big Canyon, and the result is a stunning home that exceeds all expectations. We trust Big Canyon to stand behind their work, and we recommend them without reservation to anyone considering building a high-end home.
Arch Meredith
This is the third house we've built or completely remodeled. We have never had a better experience. Big Canyon was honest from the start of the process with open communication about the bid, what was in (sound structure, nice finishes), what he left out (heated exterior concrete, very expensive finishes) and continued the communication along the entire process with what was happening on timing, cost, etc. so there were never any surprises. Once started, there were very few days without someone working on the house and as a result we were 13 months start to finish which is rare in Park City. Now that we're in, we're extremely happy and if anything goes wrong/needs to be tweaked, they send someone as soon as possible to take care of it.
Honestly very happy customers,
Jeramy and Becky Lund
Being heavily involved in the building envelope science myself, I am very impressed at Big Canyon Homes' attention to this aspect of their construction. I have yet to see a contractor as advanced in their building methods. I am convinced that a homeowner who has a house built by Big Canyon Homes, will have a better performing house than most. Especially in terms of energy consumption and utility costs. We are proud to be part of a team paving the way and setting the bar high in future construction.
Chris Noorda
The reasons I recommend Paul to all of my clients:
Excellent time schedule management.
Excellent cost value for custom homes.
Excellent team of construction supervisors and sub contractors.
Excellent relationships with clients and all of the design professionals involved in the production of a custom home.
Continuing education (building and technology innovations) for himself, his team, and sub contractors.
Capable of executing designs at any level of complexity.
If you would like a more eloquent verbal response please call me at 801 391-7343.
It has been a pleasure working as a partner with Big Canyon Homes to create beautiful homes over these last 10+ years. Your approach to the building process is informed and diligent. I appreciate the way that you incorporate the building team with the design team from the beginning in order to insure that the final product will efficiently use the resources available. The open communication between our two companies and the relationship of trust that we have developed allows for timely responses to field questions to keep projects moving forward. It has been a pleasure working with you, your family, and your team and we look forward to positive projects for years to come.
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When we selected a contractor to build our home, we turned down three other bids and waited a year so we could hire Big Canyon Homes. It was well worth the wait. Big Canyon's professionalism, attention to detail, emphasis on quality and emphasis on customer satisfaction all surpass any other contractor we have dealt with over the years. Big Canyon also has stable and excellent team of subcontractors who share Big Canyon's dedication to excellence. We couldn't be more pleased.
Phil and Gena Ordway
Big Canyon Homes is one of the best builders I have worked with. Their quality control and attention to detail in every aspect of the build sets them apart from the rest. The client can always count on superior craftsmanship, and a well built home, all while implementing the latest in building technology and practices. Every home is built right, every time.
Bill Van Sickle
My wife and I chose Paul Berman and Big Canyon homes to build our home before our move from south FL to Huntsville UT. What a great experience we had. Paul began by helping us through the design process as we worked with the architect. He help us choose materials and finishes and introduced us to a team of sub contractors that allowed for a great value without compromising quality. We were living out of state the entire time and Paul kept us updated on his progress with photographs and phone conversations throughout the process. Our home was finished more than a month ahead of schedule and the end product was exactly what we hoped for. If we build again we would choose Big Canyon Homes, no question.
Chuck & Terry E
Big Canyon allowed us the budget to accomplish extreme tasks required by the project even under brutal conditions, important to keeping the project on schedule. I know because we provided mapping services for two of the Colony projects in ten feet of snow and sub zero temperatures. We are talking really "Big Canyon".
Byron Curtis
I would like to start of saying it's been a pleasure working and doing business with Big Canyon Homes. What really impresses me is the quality of detail and craftsmanship day in, and day out. You can always find a Project Manager on site dedicated to ensure project is built to the highest standard, and no corners get cut with the project staying on schedule. The staff at Big Canyon Homes are all very honest and reliable. I would HIGHLY recommend them to build any type of home, big or small. You can TRUST it will be done on time and in budget.
Cameron Barney
Big Canyon Homes, Inc. has consistently provided my clients with outstanding value and every custom home they have built for us has resulted in excellent customer satisfaction. They have built every project with very high quality, attention down to The smallest details and really do care about each project as though it were their own home. I highly recommend them.
Bradley Mimlitz
I am very pleased to relate my experiences with Big Canyon Homes. Paul Berman was instrumental in every facet of our project. He was involved in finding the lot, positioning the house on the lot to best take advantage of our views, formulating a budget and building a tremendous house within that budget. Just as in any project we encountered some hurdles that could not have been foreseen. For example in cutting the driveway we found that we had to deal with quite a deep rock ledge. Paul and his crew were never at a loss in dealing with any obstacle encountered. Our house was completed as promised in a very timely manner. If I ever build again it will be with Big Canyon Homes. Ideally I'll give Paul a checkbook and tell him to call me when he's done.
John Halsey
Big Canyon Homes Inc. is one of the best builders that I have been associated with in the 22 years that I have been doing low voltage wiring. All jobs are very clean to work in, scheduled in a timely manner and all sub contractors work well together to provide the best quality product on the market. They are very good at paying the subcontractors in a timely manner, which is a rarity in this business. They are always making sure that the customer is kept 100% in the loop through all stages of the build, which helps me as a subcontractor to keep the home owner happy. When asked who I would use to build a home for myself, I often refer to Big Canyon. They are one top notch company from the owners, to the superintendents and the office ladies! I'm proud to be associated with them.
Justin Fenn
We had an extremely successful, high quality home build with Big Canyon. We loved the management of the project, the communications, and the very honest approach from Paul and his team. Paul and family are very easy to get along with and are transparent with their interactions. Continued follow-up after completion has also been excellent. They became friends, not just a builder.
Brian Hockridge
We met Paul & Kathy Berman (owners of Big Canyon Homes) in church 18 years ago. We have had Big Canyon work on several projects over the years. Totally satisfied . Their expertise and commitment to excellence is without question. They are dedicated and proud of their work.
We certainly plan on their services for any future building projects.
Dr. And Mrs. Fred Taylor
The Berman Family is foremost honest in all that they do and has made our family feel that our satisfaction with our home is their top priority. Our home is 10 years old and is in terrific shape. It was well built with a thoughtful attention to detail. We highly recommend Big Canyon Homes and would build another home with Paul & family again
Anthony Sanfilippo
It's rare that you come across a standout contractor like Paul Berman of Big Canyon Homes. I have had the pleasure of working with Paul for 12 years, collaborating on several custom home projects as the interior designer. Paul is the most professional builder with whom I have been involved. I continue to be impressed by his ability to seamlessly handle even the toughest projects. He and his team are extremely efficient, with a fine eye to detail and attention to the budget. Paul has a calm way throughout the arduous process, which makes the building experience a happy and enjoyable one for the client.
Paul and the Big Canyon Home team earns my highest recommendation!
Kara Webster
Lots of builders promise to build families their "dream house". Paul and his team kept that promise. Our home is amazing…well-built and wonderful to share with our family and friends. But the true value of our building experience transcends the final product. The values that Paul demonstrated were honesty, transparency, dependability and dedication. Paul is a family man and he knows how to build homes that families can enjoy for generations. The house is fabulous…truly our dream house…but the experience was even better.
Marsha Sullivan
Big Canyon Homes built our dream house! Paul and Luke Berman were awesome to work with and always kept us informed on the project. We were out of town when our custom house was built, but Big Canyon Homes always had time for us! The result was a beautifully crafted home that was completed on schedule and on budget. Even long after completion, Big Canyon Homes stands behind its work and is always available to help on any minor maintenance items. Thank you, Big Canyon Homes!
Paul Schick & Beth Mannino


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The goal of this project is to improve estimates of methane flux from submarine seeps and associated gas hydrate deposits on continental margins by compiling a remote sensing inventory of active gas and oil vents, and completing sea-truth measurement of flux from representative vents in the Gulf of Mexico.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5844
University of California San Diego (Scripps Institute of Oceanography) – San Diego, CA
University of California – Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis, MS
Florida State University- Tallahassee, FL
Submarine gas hydrates represent a large pool of greenhouse gas that may interact with the atmosphere over geologic time to affect climate cycles. In the near term, the magnitude of methane reaching the atmosphere from gas hydrate on continental margins is poorly known because (1) gas hydrate is exposed to metastable oceanic conditions in shallow, dispersed deposits that are poorly imaged by standard geophysical techniques and, (2) the consumption of methane in marine sediments and in the water column is subject to uncertainty.
The northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is a prolific hydrocarbon province where rapid migration of oil, gases, and brines from deep subsurface petroleum reservoirs occurs through faults generated by salt tectonics (Roberts and Carney 1997). In the Gulf of Mexico, the focused expulsion of hydrocarbons is manifested at the seafloor by gas vents, gas hydrates, oil seeps, chemosynthetic biological communities, and mud volcanoes (De Beukelaer et al. 2003). Hydrocarbon gas is emitted as bubble plumes from focused gas vents within larger hydrocarbon seep sites. The bubble plumes are visible throughout the water column on acoustic profiles and echo-sounder records (De Beukelaer et al. 2003; MacDonald et al. 1994; Roberts and Carney 1997) and the bubbles are commonly coated with a thin layer of oil (Leifer and MacDonald 2003). Upon reaching the sea surface, this oil forms targets that can be detected by satellite remote sensing methods such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR). SAR imagery shows ~350 perennial oil slicks associated with hydrocarbon plumes offshore Louisiana (De Beukelaer et al. 2003; Leifer and MacDonald 2003; MacDonald and Leifer 2002; MacDonald et al. 2003) and ~100 slicks in the southern GOM (MacDonald et al. 2005; MacDonald et al. 2002). These are minimum estimates that exclude the non-oily plumes in the GOM, which may be equally as abundant as the oily ones (De Beukelaer et al. 2003; Leifer and MacDonald 2003). Recent seismic studies and ground-truth observations estimate that there may be 5,000 geologically active seep sites in the northern GOM (Frye 2008). However, the present day release rates from these sites have not been well-constrained and cannot be confirmed from seismic evidence alone.
The project will enhance scientific understanding related to the amount of methane that may be contributed to the atmosphere from oil-associated, deep water, hydrocarbon seep sites and will improve upon understanding the fate of methane as it transitions through ocean bottom sediment and the water column. The project will also improve upon methods of estimating seep occurrence through the use of satellite imagery and will inform studies of consumption of methane in marine sediments under different geologic regimes. All of these advancements will help provide key data on the fate of marine methane, which is a necessary component in the understanding of the contribution that gas hydrates may play in the global carbon cycle, and what impact hydrates could have on global climate.
(February 2012)
The project has been completed. The final report is available below under "Additional Information".
Phase 1 - $750,852
Phase 2 - $293,359
Planned Total Funding - $1,044,211
Phase 1 - $229,968
Phase 2 - $118,645
Planned Total Funding - $348,614
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In addition to the information provided here, a full listing of project related publications and presentations as well as a listing of funded students can be found in the Methane Hydrate Program Bibliography [PDF].
Final Project Report [PDF-5.65MB]
HYFLUX Cruise Report July 4-19, 2009 [PDF-1.79MB] - November, 2009
Technology Status Assessment [PDF-129KB] - November, 2008
Kick-off Meeting Presentation [PDF - 4.31MB] - December, 2008


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'Shed the Shed' Initiatives and legislative package regarding Sidewalk Shed
Resolution to Create Public Bathroom Access through the Open Restaurant Program
Immediate funding of programs that can be implemented on a short timeline to support individuals suffering serious mental illness ("SMI") in mid and lower Manhattan
CB5 FY24 District Needs and Budget Priorities
Community Board Five supports Senate Bill S8422 in relation to Medicaid funding for in-patient mental health treatment via federal waiver.
City Council legislation, Intro 0258-2022, on Public Bathroom Study
The Need for Public Bathrooms in NYC
FY23 District Needs and Budget Priorities
Community Board Five supports Senate Bill S1415A and Senate Bill S15A in relation to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five and older
Community Board Five urgent appeal for New York City to reduce class sizes starting in Fall 2021
Community Board 5 Support for Intro. 1977, the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act
Community Board Five supports Intro 2180 and Intro 2190 in relation to results of noise inspections
Community Board Five Support of Intros 960 and 980 by the Council of the City of New York, Committee on Environmental Protection
CB5 Resolution in Support of ULURP N. 2101998BDM the amended district plan for the Madison/23rd/Flatiron/Chelsea Business Improvement District
FY22 District Needs Statement and Budget Priorities
Community Board Five Support of Intro 146, 1020, 1339, 2018 and 2047 by the Council of the City of New York, Comm. on Gen. Welfare
Community Board Five supports the aim of The Save our Storefronts Bill S8865
Community Board Five Support of NYC Councilmember Powers's Bill to Exempt Additional Small Businesses from the NYC Commercial Rent Tax
Core Budget Principles for NYPD
Harmonia Shelter, 12 East 31st Street.
Response from Manhattan Community Board Five to the Mayor's Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2021
The Community Organics and Recycling Empowerment (CORE) Act
Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Expansion
Resolution In Support of the Creation of a DOE Public School Program for Dyslexic Students at the Bleecker School Site
Int 1737, A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to after-hours work authorization
Community Board Five support for Phone Booth Removal and BID Efforts to Improve Street Congestion & Cleanliness
FY 2021 Capital and Expense Budget Requests
Community Board 5 Support of NYS Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi's Home Stability Support Initiative.
CB5 joins the Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY (CIDNY) in requesting that MTA ensure New York City's mass transit system is 100% accessible and ensure that On-Demand service is available to all Access-A-Ride users
Community Board Five Response to the Mayor's 2020 Preliminary Budget
Resolution to provide each NYC middle and High school a full-time mental health professional and to implement and evaluate a model mental health curriculum across NYC schools
ARISE coalition request that the NYC Department of Education's 2020-2024 Capital budget for accessibility projects be increased, so that one-third of the schools in each school district can be ADA accessible
FY 2020 Expense & Capital Budget Requests & District Needs
Action on school siting and seating bills to reduce class size and change formula for seating needs.
Resolution in Support of Additional Funding for MS 297
Community Board Five Response to the Mayor's 2019 Preliminary Budget
Child Victims Act, State Sen. Brad Hoylman's proposed legislation to raise New York's civil and criminal statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse crimes and provide current survivors a one-year look-back period to revive lapsed claims
Community Boards request for reconsideration of their operating budget
Consideration of Council legislation that would exempt certain small commercial tenants from the commercial rent tax
FY 2019 Expense & Capital Budget Requests & Service Program Priorities
Recommendations to NYC Council Working Group on School Planning, Siting, and Overcrowding
Community Board Five Response to the Mayor's 2018 Preliminary Budget
Presentation by Mountainside NYC LLC of its planned outpatient and counseling services at 204 5 Avenue.
Review of school siting and school capacity
Incubation and co-location of 75 Morton Middle School with The Clinton School for Writers and Artists, located at 10 East 15th Street, for the school year 2017-18
NYPL plan for the renovation of the Mid-Manhattan Library, located at 455 5th Avenue
FY 2018 Expense & Capital Budget Requests & Service Program Priorities
Resolution 1027-2016, authored by Councilmember Cabrera, calls upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign A.4330/S.5439
Community Board Five Response to the Mayor's 2017 Preliminary Budget
Community Board Five Response to the Mayor's 2016 Preliminary Budget
Freedom Institute request for support of their proposed addition to their current outpatient substance abuse programs: an after-school program for adolescents. All services would be at their existing location, 515 Madison Avenue
Newsstand Application # 1009-2015-ANWS, SEC of West 52nd Street and 7th Avenue.
Shiloh Consulting LLC request for approval to add an outpatient chemical dependence program to its current services provided at 214 West 29th Street, Suite 703
FY 2016 Expense & Capital Budget Requests & Service Program Priorities
A.R.E.B.A Casriel, Inc. (ACI) requests for approval to relocate their existing outpatient psychotherapy and behavioral health services from 315 5th Avenue to 255 West 36th Street
Community Board Five Response to the Preliminary Budget
Universal Pre-Kindergarten and Expanded After School Access
Application for support of a dual-language program in elementary schools serving CB5 families
FY 2015 Expense & Capital Budget Requests & Service Program Priorities
Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center (LESHRC) application to the New York State Department of Health to operate an addiction outreach program in the areas outlying Union Square Park
Manhattan Borough Board Resolution in support of the Polystyrene ban
Clinton School for Writers and Artists combined Middle & High School
New middle school at 75 Morton Street (between Hudson & Greenwich Streets)
Proposal for co-location of 8th and high school grades of several Harlem Success Academy Charter Schools with Manhattan Academy for Arts and Language, Murray Hill Academy, and Unity Center for Urban Tech in school building M620 located at 111 East 33rd St
New York Public Library proposed renovation of the Central Library Building
Resolution on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development's Emergency Repair Program
Proposed zoning for two new elementary schools: P.S. 281 and Foundling Hospital Elementary School
Success Academy Charter Schools Co-location within Washington Irving High School
FY 2014 Expense & Capital Budget Requests & Service Program Priorities
FY 2014 Expense & Capital Budget Requests & Service Program Priorities
Manhattan Borough Board Resolution Supporting School Busing Improvements for Special Education Students
Proposed zoning of PS/IS 281 located at 1st Avenue & 35th Street
Resolution against co-location of Success Academy Charter Schools with District 2 Schools
Gramercy Park Services proposal to open a substance abuse clinic at 500 8th Avenue
Request to the DOE to eliminate lean finely textured beef aka "pink slime" from school lunches
Response to The Mayor's Preliminary 2013 Budget
Community Board Five Resolution Regarding NYPD's Stop and Frisk Program
Proposed redistricting by the NYS State Legislature
The lowering of the compulsory school age in New York City from 6 to 5 years of age
The zoning and incubation of PS/IS 281 for the 2012-2013 school years
FY 2013 Expense & Capital Budget Requests & Service Program Priorities
Letter regarding school capacity reduction of 133 seats for proposed MS & HS to be located at 10 East 15th Street
New elementary school to be located at the site of the Foundling Hospital on 6th Avenue a "zoned" school
CB5 Resolution Opposing the use of No. 4 and No. 6 Heating Oil in NYC Public Schools
Community Board Five Resolution in Support of Preserving NYC Rent Regulation Laws (Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974)
Restoration of Funds to Services for LGBT Runaway and Homeless Youth
Newsstand application # 1373588, IFO 777 7th Avenue
Capital and Expense Priorities for 2011 Budget
Presentation by Planned Parenthood re: Increasing access to sex education for every New York City student
Mandatory Sick Leave legislation
Redevelopment of the former Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital Building
Community Education Councils Resolution.
Letter to NYPL regarding Donnell Library
Legislation to lower age of Community Board Membership
Intro. No. 627 – Tenant Harassment Bill
School Capacity issues in Community Board Five
Proposed ASPCA model Animal Care and Control Legislation
Department of Health proposal to ban trans fat
Int. No. 340, to amend the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to notification of intent to demolish certain rent regulated housing accommodations
State Assembly Bill #A10944, to amend the Rent Stabilization Law that defines building "demolition
Mayor's Preliminary Budget for FY2007
Restoration of Home Rule over New York City Rent and Eviction Laws


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We focus on creating innovative, functional packages that ensure safety, and ease of use. As well as providing answers for consumers, by demonstrating helpful graphics and messages, which will helps consumers to imagine the scene in the packaging. Our design also helps your customer focus on their purchase decision by supplying only the most important information on the front of the package.
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Bring camping gear and come on out for a few days. The main day is the 4th of July - our numbers increase until then and then decrease after the 4th.
Everyone is welcome at the gathering - the gathering is free to everyone.
If you're not sure what it's all about, visit this web site and read some of the great raps that have been written by various people over the years..
Just an FYI, the parking lot is not the gathering. To get to the gathering you'll need to park your car and then walk 1-3 miles so be prepared.
Inside the gathering you will find workshops, first aid, information, kitchens, music, dance, and hugs. At any gathering a large percentage of the attendees are coming home for the first time so there's no need to feel like an outsider - we are all inside out all the time. :)
On the 4th of July, we observe silence from dawn until high noon. Starting at dawn we gather in a central location to pray, meditate or just plain sit in silence to create world peace.
If you have kids, on the 4th the children dress up and create a wonderful parade through the camp that ends in the central location and breaks the silence - just ask for Kiddy Village and get plugged in.
Stop by the INFO area for information on workshops, safe gathering info, a map of the gathering, and much more.
If you have any specific questions please ask! We want you to come home and have a wonderful time.


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Corning knows that accidents happen. Clumsy people lose their grips on their devices, tablets fall out of tourists' hands when photographing Times Square and phones slip out of pockets. That's why the company introduced the latest iteration of its ubiquitous glass, Gorilla Glass 6, with the promise of protecting devices from multiple drops.
The firm originally developed Gorilla Glass in 2007 for use in the first iPhone. Now, it's used in more than 6 billion laptops, tablets, smartphones and other devices, according to figures Corning shared in its announcement. Glass is found in pretty much every modern tech product--displays rely on it, of course, and companies like Apple have shown a fondness towards using glass for a phone's entire body (see: iPhone 4, iPhone X).
Corning has made Gorilla Glass increasingly resilient as it's perfected the creation process. The company has also worked to make its glass more flexible, which makes it less prone to shattering, and thinner so manufacturers can reduce the weight of their products. People have probably also gotten less careful with their devices--2007's novelty is 2018's status quo--which means products have to withstand more strenuous use.
This is where Gorilla Glass 6 comes in. Corning explained in a statement accompanying its announcement:
"As consumers become more dependent on their smartphones, the opportunity for potentially damaging drops is also on the rise. Now more than ever, it's critical the cover glass provides outstanding protection," said John Bayne, vice president and general manager, Corning Gorilla Glass. "Corning Gorilla Glass 6 improves upon Gorilla Glass 5 by surviving drops from higher heights, but, more importantly, has been engineered to survive multiple drops."
The company also cited a report from survey maker Toluna claiming the average person drops their phone 7 times a year. Roughly half are from 1 meter or lower, so Corning designed Gorilla Glass 6 to survive as many drops from 1m onto rough surfaces as possible. Gorilla Glass 6 is said to have survived 15 such drops, making it "up to two times better" than its predecessor. Corning said competing forms of glass didn't make it through a single drop.
Corning has multiple customers evaluating Gorilla Glass 6 right now, and if things go well, it should reach the market in "the next several months," it said. Considering that it was made to be more durable specifically because Corning knows smartphone manufacturers want to build as much as 85 percent of their phones' chassis from glass, odds are good that you'll be able to see the difference for yourself sooner rather than later.


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Hanoi - In commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people (29th November), the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Vietnam, the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations and Vietnam National Library co-organized a ceremony on 14th December 2016 in Hanoi.
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is declared and observed by the United Nations on or around 29 November each year. This day has traditionally provided an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the fact that the Question of Palestine remained unresolved and that the Palestinian people are yet to attain our inalienable rights as defined by the General Assembly, namely, the right to self-determination, the right to national independence and sovereignty, and the right to return to our homes. Given the on-going non-violence resistance of Palestine, The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People has a growing importance to create an international pressure to end the illegal occupation of Israel.
Dr. Lokky Wai, Representative of the World Health Organization, on behalf of the UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam, read the message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, quoted: "With the Israeli occupation approaching its 50th year, and the prospects for a two-State solution threatening to slip out of reach, the international community must make it clear that it remains committed to helping the parties to rebuild trust and create the conditions for meaningful negotiations."
Mr. Ho Anh Dung - Chairman of Vietnam's Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian people, read the Message of Solidarity from H.E. Mr. Tr?n ??i Quang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, addressed to H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations and H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, which reaffirmed "Vietnam's consistent support to the just cause of the struggle of the Palestinian people for their fundamental rights". "We firmly believe that the struggle of the Palestinian people with their efforts and the strong support of the international community with achieve full victory."
In his speech at the ceremony, Mr. Saadi Salama, Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Vietnam, extended the profound gratitude to all States that have recognized the State of Palestine, the United Nation agencies, civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations and to all brothers and friends and all freedom and peace loving peoples across the world, as well as the friendly people of Viet Nam, who have stood by the side of the Palestinian people in their legitimate struggle for independence and freedom.
The Ambassador said that the year 2017 will mark 100 years from the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and the 50th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip in 1967 and leading to the 70th anniversary of the the catastrophe of Nakba.
"We stress that the illegal Israeli practices and policies of settlement construction and expansion on the land of the State of Palestine are entrenching a one-State reality, instead of consolidating the pillars of just and lasting peace, based on United Nations resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative. Furthermore, bringing about a solution to this conflict will help remove pretexts used by extremists and terrorist groups thus contributing to spreading peace and security in the region for the sake of all its peoples.
From our side, we continue to extend our hand in peace, and call on the international community to uphold its responsibilities, including by adopting a Security Council resolution to end settlement activities, the main obstacle and the greatest threat to the achievement of peace. We also call on the international community to provide international protection to our people for as long as this illegal occupation continues. We also call on the States which have not recognized the State of Palestine to do so. We call for the exertion of efforts to finally enable the Palestinian people to exercise their right to self-determination, along with their other inalienable rights, including their right to achieve the independence and sovereignty of their State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the pre-1967 borders."