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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Learn about our upcoming programs, services and ways you can become involved.
2012 has been a year of extraordinary joy and remarkable sorrow. It's difficult—perhaps even impossible—not to focus primarily on the sorrow as our nation reels from the unimaginable tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. We all must grieve and heal while sending our love and sympathy to the families of the victims.
Even as I am at a loss for words when contemplating such horror, I am certain that many facets of our work at the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) are essential to the healing that we all need, whether or not we live with mood disorders. I know that we must and will find resilience. We will persist in our pursuit of wellness and joy for our community.
How are we at DBSA a model of what must happen for the world in 2013?
When there is pain and confusion, we come together. This joining in the face of adversity is essential to peer support. In 2013, DBSA will continue to provide free access to peer-facilitated support groups, and in our mutual aid of one another, we will find the strength to continue. And even as the world is frightening and complicated, if we can all come together, we can and will persist in the creation of joy.
When there is injustice, we speak out. DBSA was founded by a community of advocates who felt they had to do something to ensure that people with depression and bipolar disorder could get better care and achieve healthier lives. That is our legacy. Now, with treatment improving and understanding of mood disorders increasing, we must ensure that everyone has access to the highest quality of care. Similarly, we must come together and advocate for changes that will prevent senseless damage to our children and our communities. DBSA colleague Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD), has some cogent thoughts about some actions we can take.
When there is a challenge, we face it with wisdom and responsibility. At a personal level, wellness is not always easy—numerous challenges can get in the way of our achievement of a healthy life. Yet, armed with knowledge and inspiration, we forge ahead and keep believing that a better life is possible. At an organizational level, DBSA has certainly faced obstacles, yet we close 2013 with excellent momentum and poised for a New Year of impact and integrity thanks to the wisdom and responsibility of our Board, staff, and family of chapters. And we as a nation can find the wisdom to build solutions that allow our schools to be safe, our children to know more joy and less sorrow, and our communities to heal and ultimately thrive.
We at DBSA wish you, and all of us, resilience for the New Year.
–Allen Doederlein, DBSA President
On Monday, November 12, DBSA joined forces with the International Society for Bipolar Disorder (ISBD) and the Collaborative Care Initiative (CCI) to host a live event and simultaneous web-streamed panel discussion about enhancing collaborative care. Now you can watch the event recording online at www.DBSAlliance.org/Concordance.
Don't miss this dynamic conversation between moderator Dr. Gary Sachs (Harvard University), a prestigious panel of mental health consumers and practitioners, and audience members. In the video, you'll learn the basic concepts behind collaborative care and address questions about the best way and time to approach the idea with your health care provider. Find out how you can work with your health care provider to create a treatment plan that you both agree is best for you and your individual circumstances and desires. Watch today.
There's more to come on the concept of concordance: DBSA is developing a follow-up survey to gather your reactions to concordance and the event will soon be available on DVD.
This has been an unprecedented inaugural year to serve as your national chair. Beginning with velocity, our Board and staff collaborated to create an organizational vision: "DBSA envisions wellness for people living with mood disorders." This statement has transformed our mission to focus on four core values of community, inspiration, wisdom, and responsibility.
I am proud to share what we have achieved and where we have exceeded expectations in all aspects of our organization. Here is just a short list of DBSA's accomplishments in the past 11 months:
None of this would have been possible without our new vision and the extraordinary teamwork of Board, staff, chapters, honorary and scientific advisors, and the larger community.
Let me say again: DBSA envisions wellness for people living with mood disorders—not someday, or in some distant future, but now. This does not mean that mental health symptoms will miraculously disappear, but that, as an organization, we are dedicated to making wellness available to everyone regardless of their circumstances or how they feel in the moment. How will we do this and what will it look like?
How will we do this?
Completing the vision, mission, and values statement allowed DBSA's strategic planning committee to bring clarity and efficiency to developing a five-year strategy. The committee made three strategic choices that staff will use to frame and implement all messaging, marketing, initiatives, and programs going forward:
What will it look like?
Over the past several years, institutional and social support for people with mood disorders has been focused around the concept of mental illness. Important work has been done with that focus, but the prevalence of severe symptoms remains unchanged—some would argue they have even increased over time. What will similar effort, action, and structures make available in support of the concept of mental wellness? It is up to us to create new and powerful institutions and social supports for mental wellness, and we will need the strength and commitment of our combined voices, along with those of our allies and social-profit and for-profit partners, to explore what mental wellness can make possible. Mental wellness will require a shift in how mental health is viewed, asking new questions and establishing new educational priorities, research directions, lifestyle practices, and social-profit organizations.
DBSA is that new social-profit organization. We are taking the lead in a bold adventure. We are grateful for where we have been, where we are now, and the possibilities that we have yet to imagine and make real. Wherever you are in relationship to your own mental health and the conversation for it, we invite you to join us—just where you are. You make a difference no matter how you feel. And people who have experienced depression and/or mania have made and continue to make extraordinary contributions in their own lives, in the advancement of humanity, and in the understanding of what it is to be human.
Join us in standing up, speaking out, and stepping into an unimaginable future of mental wellness for all. Together, we can!
Lucinda Jewell serves as the Chairman of DBSA. She is the former President of DBSA Boston and still serves on the board there. Previously, she was a co-founder and first editor of the Boston Book Review, a literary review modeled on the Times Literary Supplement. She earned her Ed. M in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard, and since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995, has been a tireless educator and advocate for transforming the conversation for mental health. She lives with her daughter in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Have you ever thought that the mental health community should be researching the effectiveness of different self-help strategies? Or maybe you'd like to see more studies about ways to prevent mood disorders like depression or bipolar disorder?
DBSA and the University of Michigan Depression Center's collaborative project, WeSearchTogether, wants to learn more about what you think researchers should be studying. Take the survey to share your opinions about where research should go, what you think might cause or prevent mood disorders, and what you've found helpful in managing your own symptoms. The results of this survey will be shared with researchers and consumers to foster dialogue among researchers and consumers. WeSearchTogether furthers an atmosphere of mutual benefit and wisdom among people living with mood disorders and the researchers whose discoveries can improve their lives.
Is depression during pregnancy different from depression at any other time? Is treatment for depression safe or effective for pregnant women?
According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, about one out of every five or six women will experience symptoms of depression during pregnancy. We diagnose prenatal depression when a women experiences two weeks or more of persistent sadness, loss of interest in enjoyable activities, significant changes in sleep or appetite, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, or repeated thoughts of death or self-harm. Women with a personal or family history of depression are at higher risk. Other risk factors include relationship problems, stressful life events, and pregnancy-related issues, such as earlier age of pregnancy, greater number of children, infertility treatments, medical complications, and previous pregnancy loss.
Untreated depression during pregnancy is unhealthy for mother and baby. A woman who is depressed may not take adequate care of herself, leading to poor nutrition, drinking, smoking, and suicidal behavior. Risks for the baby include premature birth, low birth weight, and developmental problems. Women who experience depression in pregnancy are also at risk for depression after delivery, or postpartum depression, and that may interfere with bonding behavior between mother and baby.
Effective treatment for depression is important to mother and baby. Good self care (exercise, a healthy diet, regular sleep) is always important. For women with mild or moderate depression, support groups and individual or group psychotherapy, especially cognitive behavioral therapy, may be enough. Women who experience more severe depression sometimes take antidepressant medication. A decision to take medication must balance the possible benefits and risks. All antidepressants cross the placenta and get into the baby's blood stream. There is not enough information to say that any antidepressants are completely safe, and some antidepressants may be linked to physical malformations, heart problems, pulmonary hypertension, and low birth weight. Talk with your prenatal care and mental health providers about risks and benefits of specific antidepressants, and remember that new information about safety of antidepressants in pregnancy is always becoming available.
Susan L. McElroy, MD, is the Chief Research Officer at the Linder Center of HOPE and a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, where she directs the psychopharmacology research program. She is internationally known for her research in mood disorders.
Let DBSA help you spread your holiday cheer by ordering your holiday cards from the Cards For Causes website. By going to the "Select A Cause" tab, you can pick DBSA from the "Health" drop down menu. Then select the holiday card of your liking to purchase. When checking out, you have the option to add a line at the bottom of the card sharing with others your support of DBSA. When you order from Cards For Causes, 20% of your purchase goes straight to DBSA.
Make your gift strike a special chord this holiday season by making a gift of hope. For that person you have no idea what to get or that someone that has everything, consider a gift of hope, $50 and above, in their honor this Christmas. A gift of hope goes beyond the gift giver and receiver. It's a gift that supports and empowers the 21 million Americans living with a mood disorder diagnosis. A gift of hope made during the month of December will have the option to send the honored individual a thoughtful acknowledgement card notifying them of your gift to DBSA in their name.
We're pleased to announce that the next DBSA Peer Specialist Core Training course will take place on March 4–8, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. DBSA Peer Specialist Training prepares people like you to use their recovery experience to assist others as peer specialists. Facilitated by nationally-recognized trainers, this comprehensive course delivers a foundation in recovery principles, intervention techniques, and ethical practice. Training takes place Monday–Friday, followed by certification testing. DBSA actively seeks a diverse group of applicants for this unique training experience.
Application deadline is Wednesday, February 6. A limited number of partial scholarships are available for qualified applicants. Please visit DBSA's training and consultation webpage to download the application form and for additional information.
Note: Each individual state or service delivery system sets its own peer specialist training and certification standards. Please check local requirements with your state certification body, office of consumer affairs, or service delivery system before making the decision to participate in this training course. DBSA can provide information on training curriculum content on request.
Thinking ahead to New Years resolutions? Resolve to take advantage of early bird rates for the DBSA 2013 National Conference: Stronger Together. Celebrate wellness with your peers in sunny Miami, Florida over the course of three days filled with hope, help, education, and inspiration. Conference highlights include skills-based breakout sessions, support groups, comedy night, and moving keynotes, such as Priscilla Ridgeway (co-author of Pathways to Recovery: A Strengths Self-help Workbook). The conference will take place at the Hilton Miami Downtown from June 14–16, 2013.
Early bird conference registration will end on January 14, which makes the holiday season an opportune time to register. Visit the registration center to learn how you can register online, by mail, or over the phone.
Minutes before relatives and friends arrived for her daughter's second birthday party, Missy N. retreated upstairs to her bedroom and broke down. The stress from making the invitations, cooking, and cleaning the house to make this a special celebration for her first child had caught up with her.
Still sobbing as people began filling up her house, she paged her psychiatrist, who posed this question: "What do you want to get out of this day?"
That question not only turned things around on that important occasion, but in the years since has served as a guiding query whenever the mother of two from Massachusetts is struggling to be the parent she wants to be.
Read the full article at Esperanza Magazine.
There is no space like the one you create for yourself.
Frame of Mind
If you are in a negative frame of mind (nothing is good about something or someone), it is not a good time to talk about something significant or serious. Write a note and come back to it later.
Visit the Facing Us Clubhouse to get more tips, create your own tips, track your wellness, and connect with peers. Joining the Facing Us Clubhouse is easy and free.
February 6, 2013
Deadline to apply DBSA Peer Specialist Core Training
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DBSA Peer Specialist Core Training
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June 14–17, 2013
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OUR MISSION: DBSA provides hope, help, support, and education to improve the lives of people who have mood disorders.
DBSA envisions wellness for people who live with depression and bipolar disorder. Because DBSA was created for and is led by individuals living with mood disorders, our vision, mission, and programming are always informed by the personal, lived experience of peers.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook believes that virtual reality is the future — and laid down a cool $2 billion to prove it.
Yesterday Facebook announced that it reached a deal to acquire Oculus VR, the creators of the virtual reality headset, Oculus Rift.
While many believed that the Oculus Rift, if viable, would serve as an innovative gaming platform, allowing for a fully immersive 3-D user experience, Facebook's head honcho Mark Zuckerberg saw a greater potential for the fledgling hardware as social networking tool.
"Imagine enjoying a courtside seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face to face — just by putting on goggles in your home," Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Facebook.
Brendan Iribe, co-founder and the chief executive of Oculus VR, added that Facebook members could potentially create 3D avatars and interact with each other in a virtual party-like scenario.
"If you can see somebody else, and your brain believes they're right in front of you, you get goosebumps," Iribe told the New York Times. "You start to realize how big this could be."
Understandably omitted from the discussion is the sexual element. If you can shake hands with an avatar, you can probably have sex with it.
While Zuckerberg stated that virtual reality could be the preferred interface of tomorrow, and that we are still in a mobile-centric phase, its adoption could revolutionize teledildonics, as well as identity, touch and sexuality, shifting our globally integrated society further into a non/semi/alt-corporeal realm.
Before the acquisition, several interactive erotic 3D games were being developed for the Oculus Rift, including "Wicked Paradise" and Custom Maid 3D." It is unclear whether or not those projects will continue, especially given that Facebook's community policies err on the sexually restrictive side.
Amid that starry-eyed wonder and what-ifs, many critics have injected their bit of cynicism, pointing out that virtual reality has had a stop-and-go "future" for several decades now.
Oculus Rift has shipped about 75,000 of its headsets to game developers, but it has yet to announce a public debut.
According to the New York Times, Facebook is paying $400 million in cash and about $1.6 billion in stock for the company, with up to $300 million more depending on Oculus's performance.
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To state law enforcement flashlight is to indicate that particular minimal efficiency criteria are fulfilled for the device to merit the name. Anticipate a law enforcement flashlight to be exceptionally intense, as an example (for intimidating as well as discombobulating lawbreakers), to be readily easily accessible, and also to be completely dependable. This short article explores these important features that establish just what qualifies a light for authorities work in much more information.
Traditionally, the law enforcement flashlight has constantly had to satisfy standards, yet up until recently this enforced serious constraints on its use. To achieve sufficient brightness, it had to fit lots of battery power, which subsequently called for long, cumbersome, as well as hefty product packaging. It was so durable that maybe used as a sturdy club.
Because of the light's weight and enormity it was uncomfortable to handle and not very available. It was hard otherwise difficult to run with one hand. Naturally these downsides deterred fast response in emergencies as well as hindered the force generally, at least to an obvious degree, when called into action.
Additionally, the a great deal of batteries generated high voltages and currents that were applied to the filaments in an incandescent bulb. This high power placed the filaments under severe anxiety. The result was that these intense flashlights had to have both their batteries and their light bulbs replaced regularly.
Nonetheless, the crucial attribute is illumination as well as one does just what one must to accomplish it. To gain advantage the law enforcement agent needs the power of making conditions perturbing for the suspect and confusing him. If you need to give up other features for the sake of brightness, so be it.
But the compromised characteristics were sorely missed out on. Law enforcement actions are jeopardized to some extent if the flashlight is not maneuverable as well as operable with one hand to ensure that a tool can be wielded at the same time with the other hand.
The arrival of the light giving off diode (LED) caused an illumination sector change, as well as this profited law enforcement profoundly. Those that made tactical flashlights saw that they no more needed to make tradeoffs or sacrifices. This brand-new part permitted them to consist of all desirable qualities in one plan.
Reaching that factor was a long, drawn-out struggle for scientists. When the very first LEDs were developeded some sixty years ago they just weren't in any way sensible. Nonetheless, these tools had the capacity for really high luminescent effectiveness in transforming power to light, and also the effort to earn them sensible appeared warranted.
The main impracticality of very early LEDs originated from their propensity to overheat except at operating power levels that were a lot lower than the industrial requirement. A second issue was a color limitation; the output was single and the only available regularities fell in the infrared to red range.
These were showstopper concerns. For an alternative to the incandescent light bulb to be thought about feasible it would have to be capable of producing white light and perform at normal operating degrees. The LED would certainly have to be made secure, and also brightness could be achieved only synthetically by expanding the color variety all the way bent on blue and then integrating private LEDs (remember their result is single) in main and/or complementary shades.
Study in these locations proceeded for decades, eventually resulting in both difficulties relapsing. Scientists achieved gadget security by limiting operating present to 350 mA, which was commercially appropriate. Trial and error with different semiconductor products yielded an orange as well as an eco-friendly LED relatively quickly, but a blue one wasn't discovered up until the 2000's.
In satisfying these challenges, some luminescent efficiency had to be given up, however LEDs are still far much better in this department compared to incandescent light bulbs. The latter put out concerning 15-20 lumens each watt (at best), compared to hundreds of lumens/watt for the LED. This suggests that the same battery power produces a much, much brighter light.
Equivalently, one no longer needed to make use of numerous huge batteries to get amazing brightness; less and smaller ones were sufficient. Thus, an authorities flashlight could be developed without needing to give up convenience of handling, transportability, and also availability. Moreover, the law enforcement flashlight of today can be placed on a rifle, which frees both hands to perform required tasks including operating the weapon.
There are better benefits. LEDs don't utilize frail filaments, but are improved semiconductor substratums, making them very robust and also shock immune. They likewise last 30-50 times as long as incandescent bulbs.
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Naturally, armed forces and police personnel have actually welcomed the contemporary LED flashlight. Some layouts have the capacity of releasing 1000 lumens, plenty bright sufficient to cause temporary loss of sight if the light is shone in the eyes.
Flashlight developers are hastening to stay on par with the demand for more vibrant and also more innovative products, as well as there is nothing to constrain them any longer. Look for the brightest LED flashlights show up an expanding list of selections. Those in the field of methods could pay for to be instead discerning in choosing a police flashlight.
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Job in the Netherlands for Spanish/English speaker (Málaga)
Import Manager fruit & vegetables
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The Weyers Group
Since Protected content the family business 'Erzeugergroßmarkt Weyers GmbH' successfully acting in the fruit & vegetables market. Weyers is selling the production of different growers to European retail chains. In Protected content the firma moved to the Venlo area, a green logistic crossing for Europe. The last few years is Weyers investing in her own distribution and packaging center and is the growth accelerating. To keep the growth path is the Weyers Group looking for an import manager fruit & vegetables, who is willing to extend the import division in particular and the Weyers Group in general.
Purpose of the role
The role of import manager fruit & vegetables in the Weyers Group is to drive and manage the import and sales for Weyers in Europe. Next to the knowledge of import are the commercial contacts with the wholesale markets and supermarkets a crucial part of the job. To be successful in this role the incumbent will need to work proactively, hands-on and strategically.
1. Extend the import division of the Weyers Group.
2. Develop and nurture new and current accounts.
3. Manage the import/export operations of all products for customers.
4. Providing in depth detailed overviews on the market situation.
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• Minimum 5 – 10 years fruit (& vegetables) business experience is required
• Languages : Spanish, English and French; German is a plus
• Ability to cope in fast paced environment
• Creative and solution seeking individual
• Maintains collegial interoffice relationships, a team spirit is necessary
• Required to live in close environment of Eindhoven
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• University Degree is a plus
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Gateway Place Apartments in Garland, Texas, has the convenience you are looking for in your new home! We are just minutes away from Lake Ray Hubbard and a short drive from all your entertainment activities in Downtown Dallas. Our community offers each of our residents the peace of mind you want; 24-hour emergency maintenance, limited access gates and free covered parking. Come experience the lifestyle you desire at Gateway Place Apartments!
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I'm at home at the moment and I bought some of my things back from uni so I don't have to move out in one big go.
It turns out I have a lot of stuff.
This resulted in my desk looking like this.
But now it looks like this.
Aw yeah.
As much as I like my branch that I painted white and hung my jewellery on, it was time for a change.
Cue the pile of guitar bits I got from my friend last year.
You can see what I did with the whole guitar here.
I got one of the broken guitar necks and drilled holes into the fret board, along the front and on the bottom edge.
My Dad helped a lot. Thanks Papi!
Then I screwed little hooks into the holes.
To attach the guitar neck to the wall I needed to add a piece of wood to the head of the guitar so it was equal with the other end.
Then we (mostly my Dad) used those hook platey things to put it on the wall, which was not easy but we (...my Dad) got there eventually.
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By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries food coloring increasing became popular as a method to mask the appearance of inferior food products. While these colorants were in fact natural substances, the majority have been removed from the worlds food chain by regulation. The first synthetic coloring was created by British chemist Sir William Henry Perkin in 1856 and by the end of the century there were over eighty synthetic derivatives. This fact started the regulatory environment which has led to the current available food coloring options available in various countries.


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FirstHealth's John May Wins Hospital Association Trustee Award
| Date Posted: 8/27/2013
|FirstHealth's John May (center) is pictured with NCHA President Bill Pully and NCHA Board Chair Laura Easton, CEO of Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, after he received the NCHA Trustee Merit Award.
PINEHURST – A volunteer leader with more than two decades of service to FirstHealth of the Carolinas has received the Trustee Merit Award that is presented annually by the North Carolina Hospital Association.
Pinehurst resident John M. May was recognized for his participation in statewide health care activities as well as for his unique contributions to FirstHealth. An attorney with Robbins May & Rich LLP in Pinehurst, he served several terms on the FirstHealth Board of Directors that also included service as the board's chair.
He is currently serving his third year on the NCHA Board of Trustees.
According to Steve Lawler, president of Vidant Medical Center in Greenville and former NCHA board chair, May was especially recognized for his guidance in amending the AC-3 Policy created to exempt teaching hospitals from traditional Certificate of Need approval processes.
"One of the examples of John's thoughtful and quiet leadership was the work we did as a collective looking at the academic exemption for teaching hospitals and the AC-3, which gives teaching hospitals the opportunity to invest in high-end technology and services to better meet their mission as teaching institutions," Lawler said. "At the end of the day, there was a shared appreciation that we need great physicians and we need to train them in a way that allows not only the teaching hospitals to have what they need but also allows those other community hospitals that happen to be within the same market or same geography to be successful as well. John was really masterful in bringing people together in a non-threatening way to get that done."
During May's volunteer tenure with FirstHealth, his insights were especially helpful during the 1995 merger of Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst and Montgomery Memorial Hospital in Troy that created FirstHealth of the Carolinas. The combined affiliation put him in the unique position of leading both the FirstHealth and Moore Regional Hospital boards at the same time.
He also chaired the FirstHealth board that oversaw a management agreement and then the 2001 acquisition of Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham.
A native of Spring Hope in North Carolina's Nash County, May is a graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Law. He recently resigned from his volunteer position with FirstHealth to become the organization's corporate counsel. With this new role, he provides general legal services and advice to FirstHealth boards and management and oversees outside legal counsel.
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Our Ambassador Jennifer Riccio shares a little bit about her local geography, her training routes and how she is preparing to ride the 2016 Subaru Elephant Rock Cycling Festival metric century course:
I live in the foothills outside of Morrison, Colorado. Because it is most definitely hilly, I get a lot of hill-climbing practice. So in one sense, it is very helpful for training for this year's Subaru Elephant Rock ride. The main differences between the terrain in Morrison and Castle Rock, Colorado are the length and type of hills. Some of the hills on the Elephant Rock course are a lot longer than what I ride near my home. One of the biggest differences in the types of the hills on the Elephant Rock course versus my home terrain: they go up, but they also go down! So it is possible to gain a lot of speed on the descents to make that next hill a whole lot easier.
Last year was my first year riding the Subaru Elephant Rock ride and I chose to complete the metric century course. To prepare, I rode all the hills close to home as much as possible. I enjoyed a successful ride last year, so I'll be doing much of the same training for this year's ride.
Early in the season, I like start at the locally "famous" Conoco station at the intersection of C-470 and Morrison Road. (It's "famous" because lots of local rides start there.) From that starting point, I ride up the bike path that parallels C-470 north to Dinosaur Ridge. The ascent over the ridge is pretty short, and then I usually extend the ride into beautiful Red Rocks Park. Although there are not a lot of miles involved in this ride, it is a great way to get started. And of course the real dinosaur footprints on Dinosaur Ridge are pretty awesome.
As the season progresses (and the weather gets warmer!) I often meet up with friends at the Wooly Mammoth Park-n-Ride lot along I-70 and ride to Golden, then up and over Lookout Mountain for a fun and fast descent back to the parking lot. If I'm really ambitious, I will leave from my home to do this ride, which is about 35 miles total and approximately 3,000 feet of climbing.
Another aspect to training for the Elephant Rock ride is simply just spending some time in the saddle; that's when I do more flat bike paths. Another good ride close to home for me is Bear Creek Lake Park. My favorite bike path in Denver is the Bear Creek Lake Park bike path because it so pretty. It is also heavily utilized so is NOT a place to ride fast. Often I connect with the South Platte River bike path and head south to make this a nice loop ride.
The last thing to mention as far as geography goes is something that has nothing to do with geography: I also want to mention the value of riding with friends. If you don't know anyone to ride with, check out the many Meetup groups in your area. A riding buddy will make all those hills that much easier!
See you (and maybe your riding buddy!) on June 5th in Castle Rock!


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Astrophotography Cameras
The focus of this article is to sort out the major classes of astrophotography cameras for those who are brand new to this pastime. Astrophotography is a nice component to amateur astronomy but can be difficult for the beginner due to the extensive variety of equipment involved. We hope to at least get you familiar with the main categories of cameras used for astrophotography.
Main Article Sections:
- Astrophotography Webcams
- High-End Planetary Cameras
- Astrophotography DSLR's
- Dedicated Astrophotography CCD's
Camera Type I: Astrophotography Webcams
Ideal Targets: Planets & Moon
This first category of astrophotography cameras is one of the most popular ways to get started. This is due to the low cost of suitable webcams and the short learning curve to obtaining nice results! Furthermore, telescope tracking need not be as precise for this type of imaging as compared to deep space imaging. The cost of a new webcam will typically run less than $100.
Astrophotography webcams are best suited to imaging the planets through high focal length telescopes such as an f/10 SCT. Then Barlow lenses are added to reach f/20, f/30, or even f/40.
Astrophotography with a webcam utilizes a very unique method for capturing and processing images. Instead of taking individual photos, you actually take a "video" and use special software to filter out the bad frames. Once the undesirable frames have been removed, then the good quality frames are stacked into a detailed composite image of the planet. For more information on planetary imaging with a webcam, see Ray Shore's Webcam Astrophotography Tutorial for Planets.
Here is a selection of the most popular types:
Celestron NexImage
Most notable about the NexImage is the imaging sensor. It uses the exact same CCD sensor as the discontinued Philips ToUcam Pro 740k, 840k, and SPC900NC (i.e. Sony ICX098BQ) which were probably the most popular planetary webcams in the past years. A nice aspect of the NexImage is that it comes with the telescope adapter (which had to be purchased separately with the Philips webcams) and software for processing the videos into a composite image.
Packaged with the NexImage is the capture software and the very popular Registax software for processing the videos into a final detailed composite image.
Meade LPI
Another popular astrophotography camera is the Meade LPI. It is mostly used as a planetary webcam but has also become a popular camera for auto-guiding due to its 15-second exposure length and low cost. Unlike the Philips webcams and Celestron NexImage, the Meade LPI contains a CMOS sensor rather than CCD. Many imagers maintain that CCD webcams produce sharper results. However, the appeal of the CMOS LPI is perhaps in it's ability to serve as a very low cost auto-guider for deep space photography. Thus, it's not surprising that astro-imagers probably have one of each type of camera at their disposal for handling different tasks!
Camera Type II: High End Planetary Cameras
Ideal Targets: Planets & the Moon
These types of astrophotography cameras allow for high frame rates without data compression through a firewire connection rather than the slower USB connection of normal webcams. The benefit is higher frame rate AVI videos with no loss or compression to the data. The output is highly detailed planetary images.
This capability adds a premium to the price of achieving high quality shots of the planets. Plus it requires a computer with a firewire port which are not as common as USB ports (although a firewire expansion card can likely be added). But if a camera of this caliber is within your budget and computer capabilty, it may be worth considering.
Camera Type III: Astrophotography DSLR's
Ideal Targets: Moon, Sun, Comets, Nebula, Star Clusters, Galaxies
When it comes to deep space astrophotography, many imagers are turning toward digital SLR cameras. There are a couple of main benefits for using this type of camera for astrophotography. First, DSLR's are a multi-purpose camera. That is, they can be used for ordinary terrestrial photography as well as astrophotography. So by day, you can use your DSLR for taking family photos or majestic scenes in Colorado and by night you can obtain crazy shots of the Andromeda Galaxy! The multi-purpose aspect of a DSLR can make it easier to justify the need! Also, DSLR's are a low-cost solution to deep space imaging as compared to dedicated CCD's.
The main shortcoming of using DSLR's for deep space imaging is the limitation on exposure length. DSLR's have no method of active cooling so electronic noise tends to become a factor for long exposure imaging. Luckily, much of this can be eliminated by stacking several short exposure's together thereby increasing the signal-to-noise ratio (i.e., more signal, less noise). But to go really deep, then a more expensive dedicated CCD would be the camera of choice. See Camera Type IV: Dedicated Astrophotography CCD's.
A few popular DSLR's for astrophotography include:
Canon Models- 5d, 10D, 20D, 20DA, 40D, 50D, 300D, 350D, 450D, 1000D
Nikon Models- D2x, D3, D40, D40x, D70, D80, D90, D200, D300
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Here are a couple of awesome resources regarding DSLR astrophotography:
DSLR Astrophotography Tutorial
DSLR Astrophotography Calculator
Camera Type IV: Dedicated Astrophotography CCD's
Ideal Targets: Comets, Nebula, Star Clusters, Galaxies
This line of astrophotography cameras represents the flagship of all the astronomical imaging devices! Most of these cameras incorporate a cooling mechanism, can handle long exposures, peer deep into space, and can carry a pretty hefty price tag! Luckily the prices of dedicated CCD cameras have improved over the last few years so a select few models are within the reach of more imagers.
Most dedicated astrophotography cameras use a CCD chip (rather than CMOS) and contain some special form of CCD chip cooling such as Peltier cooling or thermoelectric cooling. Long exposure astrophotography can cause the CCD chip to heat up thus causing electronic noise in the final image. Dedicated CCD's counteract this effect by keeping the CCD chip as cool as possible during long exposures in effort to produce high quality photos.
Popular dedicated astrophotography camera brands include:
Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG): large line of CCD cameras including low-end auto-guiders to serious high-end instruments with dual sensor self guiding systems.
Meade– line of lower cost deep sky imagers.
Orion- line of low cost Star Shoot series.
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Great introduction to astrophotography cameras. Looks like I should start with a webcam.
A webcam is a good way to get started in astrophotography since it is inexpensive and you don't need quite the telescope mount to get decent results! You just need something with tracking. 🙂
What digital SLR camera is preferred for astrophotography when price is an issue? I have heard that the Canon 1000D is a very good performing camera for the price. I'm thinking about upgrading from the Canon 300D. Any suggestions?
This is a nice overview again. Looking at the long list of ideal targets, I stick to my 450D (unmodded) for now 🙂
An addition to this tutorial might be shedding some light on the difference between modded and unmodded DSLR's. I.e. what does it mean to mod the cam? What changes? That sort of thing.
I'm going to stick with my unmodded 450D for now. I would like to continue to use it for normal photography as well. IR filters are installed by the camera manufacturer to prevent IR light from reaching the imaging sensor. This helps to produce photos that reproduce what our eyes see (we can't detect IR energy with our eyes- it is outside the visible spectrum). But these filters also make the camera respond poorly to important hydrogen alpha light from emissions nebula like the Veil and the background nebula of the Horsehead. Thus, the photos of emissions nebula with an unmodified DSLR may appear a bit washed out. The unmodified DSLR should work just fine for other types of nebula as well as galaxies and star clusters though.
There's two main ways of modifying DSLR's. One is to remove the stock IR filter completely and another is to remove it and replace it with a filter that blocks IR but passes most of the hydrogen-alpha energy. I have never tried this so I can't provide guidance on how it is actually done!
I hope this helps 🙂
Ray Shore
I have the neximage camera, and I use wxastro software developed by two astromers but I can not get it focus on stars right now. Do you know of any better software to take star pictures?
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Thursday, 7 January 2010
At Long Last
Hi there, first exam down, only eight more to go…
It's time for the songs I planned on sharing with you last year, but forgot to post.
The Petits Pilous Remix of Justice's DVNO that Joe once recommended in some comment:
Justice – DVNO (Les Petits Pilous Remix) [right click to download]
2009's biggest revelation La Roux's latest hit single I'm Not Your Toy, fantastically remastered by Data:
La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Data Remix) [right click to download]
And two major remixes of my all time favourite La Musique by Riot In Belgium:
Riot In Belgium – La Musique (Revolver Edit) [right click to download]
Riot In Belgium – La Musique (Sinden Remix) [right click to download]
Phew, glad to have those gems off my chest, I think I'm gonna take a relaxing walk in the snow now. Get all them stupid maths and stuff out of my brain.
p.s: I finally found the original Peanut club track buried in some far away map in my music folder
Noob & Brodinski – Peanuts Club [right click to download]
Enjoy and love from your ex-oldest, ex-only Dutch speaking dude in the ilictronix team (damn you Phil :p)
Mr. Brown
14 comments:
- Here said...
That DatA's remix is juste amazing... the original is already fcukin good, but the remix is just pure genius
- 7 January 2010 at 20:13
I love LPP! <3
- 7 January 2010 at 22:33
- Mr. Brown said...
Fuck that snowwalk almost had me amputate my fingers, it was coooold... But the Data remix has potential getting in the hypem top :p
- 8 January 2010 at 04:32
- Joe said...
Loving the DatA remix of La Roux. Jack Beats remix of that track is boss too.
- 8 January 2010 at 14:14
- Jade Leonard said...
This is great! I am an independent singer songwriter and I learn a lot from reading blogs like this - thanks so much for sharing.
- 8 January 2010 at 22:24
- Mr. Brown said...
Haha, and that wasn't even a post. Just some words slapped together to post em songs I always forgot. Well glad even things like that can give people experience :p
- 9 January 2010 at 04:44
I was about to ask why the beginning of the revolver edit of "la musique" sounds a lot like the sample that's in the Van She Tech remix of Audio Thieves - "Is This Love?" What's the deal here? It sounds like the remix I'm referring to is actually a remix of "la musique."
- 9 January 2010 at 16:20
- Mr. Brown said...
All I know is that the intro to the Revolver edit is complete taken from the original la musique wich came out somewhere in the end of 2006. I can't immediately find the remix by Van She you're talking about, but I'm guessing it's just sampled or sounds very familiar... Those La Musique lyrics are 100% legit and recorded for the song (I recal reading it on the LP somewhere).
- 9 January 2010 at 16:52
here it is
- 9 January 2010 at 20:57
- This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
- 9 January 2010 at 21:00
so you can hear the intro where the sample I'm talking about is at: http://www.mediafire.com/?wfjnll2u4mj
but I've also seen the van she track labeled as a remix of Audio Thieves - (pray like) aretha franklin, which I can definitely hear about half way through.
sorry for blowin up this comment thread btw
- 9 January 2010 at 21:09
- kurmidt said...
noob & brodinski: error opening file.
- 9 January 2010 at 21:55
- Mr. Brown said...
Terribly sorry I missed that Kurmidt, stupid player doesn't recognise the "&" sign, fixed for ya. @Jake, no biggies highjacking threads it's what comment sections are for: and listening to the song you linked, they clearly sampled la musique, nice find.
- 10 January 2010 at 04:54
- pablo said...
i cannot dowlonad the links... is there any other wayu?
thanks a lot guys
- 1 February 2010 at 17:13


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I was watching a TV show on the battle for Hue, Viet-Nam, and
the flag was flying over the provincial government house.
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Jaume Ollé, 5 March 2002
image by Leon Lee
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3) Flag was used exclusively for Vietcong forces. But the
1968 Tet Offensive essentially wiped out their military
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conducted by North Vietnamese forces augmented into the VC
structure. Hence, they abandoned the 1968 communist flag and
adopted the 1969 VC flag to reflect the new troop
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reported also as having a flag red over white with a star, but very frequently
the (very light) blue is confused with white. The blue-red-blue flag
(attributed to Vietcong sea forces), might be another possibility.
As far I know the blue was designated as Montagnard colour in 20 December 1960 by the communists. From then on, I assume, the anticommunist groups would not have used blue in their flags.
Jaume Ollé, 30 June 2010
You can find out a little bit more about that flag at my "Historical
Flags of Our Ancestors" website, where I have it and a couple more like it
displayed under "National Liberation Front Flags 1955-1976." Since many of the
Viet Cong flags were hand-made, there were a lot of variants.
Pete Loeser, 29 June 2010
I found a very similar flag with light blue in the central stripe in page
160 as fig 189 of Historical Vexillology of Indochina by Herve Calvarine &
Olivier Corre of Societe Francaise de Vexillologie issued in 2005, but with a
larger star which reaches both red stripes. They mention that the flag was of
the Parti Revolutionnaire Populaire (1960) modele officiel republic:
"En fevrier 1968 etait cree lr Parti des Forcees nationales democratiques et pacifiques, emanation du Viet Cong: son drapeau etait rouge, traverse par une bande bleu clair, une grande etoile jaune brochant le tout.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 5 July 2005
Translated: ""February 1968 saw the creation of the Party of National
Democratic and Pacific Forces, an offshoot of the Viet Cong. Its flag was red
with a light blue stripe (presumably horizontal) and a big yellow star in the
Peter Johnson, 5 July 2010
As I was looking at
this article called "Politically Significant
Groups in South Vietnam", created on May 4, 1966, a CIA released document (original
scanned document here:
http://www.foia.cia.gov/browse_docs.asp?doc_no=0000196604) by the
(U.S.) Directorate of Intelligence, in which they list several groups. Then, I came across this labor union, called Confederation of
Vietnamese Labor, or CVT, then I looked up this organization on the web,
and I came across the wikipedia link mentioning this labor union, as
part of a much bigger umbrella organization which also encompassed the
Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces of Việt Nam, of
which we are discussing on this thread.
Esteban Rivera, 6 July 2010
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 19 January 2013
The full name of the organization is Alliance of National Democratic and Peaceful Forces of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Lien minh cac Luc luong Dan toc, Dan chu va Hoa běnh Viet Nam). It is presented at Vietnamese Wikipedia: http://vi.wikipedia.org
It was dissolved in 1977, having merged, along with the National
Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Vietcong) and the Vietnamese Fatherland
Front (of North Vietnam), into the present Vietnamese Fatherland Front,
which is the Communist-led umbrella organization for all political and
other mass organizations in Vietnam.
A variant of its flag, which served as the model for the image shown at Vietnamese Wikipedia: http://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E1%BA%ADp_tin:LMCLLDTDC%26HBVN.png can be found here: http://pacific.net.vn/Upload/Images/71.jpg
The photo has a caption which reveals that it was taken in Tay Ninh, on 1969-06-06. It also shows the Vietcong flag. Note that the stars on both flags are the same as on the 1945-1955 flag of North Vietnam. (It means that the Wikipedia image mentioned above is not quite correct, although it is said to have been modelled after this photo.)
The same photo can be found in an article about the 80th anniversary of the founding of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam: http://www.tuyengiao.vn/Home/tutuong/25747/Chu-tich-Ho-Chi-Minh-voi-viec-thanh-lap-Mat-tran-dan-toc-thong-nhat (Photo: http://www.tuyengiao.vn/Uploads2010/thanhmai/MTDT1.jpg) which also makes mention of the Alliance of National Democratic and Peaceful Forces of Vietnam.
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The term 'ratite' refers to birds which are unable to fly, basically because they do not have a keel (bone that flight breast muscles attach). Commercial ratite species include ostrich, emu and rhea. Additional ratite species include the kiwi from New Zealand and the cassowary from Australia and New Guinea. These last two species are not raised commercially.
Although ratites cannot fly, their wings are important. The wings are used for cooling, for balance during running and during courtship display.
Ostrich are raised commercially for meat, leather and feathers (and sometimes their eggs) depending on the market available.
- Ostrich = singular; Ostriches = plural
- Hen = adult female ostrich
- Cock = adult male ostrich
- Chick = young (baby) ostrich
Although ostrich originated in Asia, they are most commonly associated with Africa. The ostrich is the largest living bird with adults reaching 6-8 feet in height and weighing 250-400 pounds. Despite their large size, ostrich can run 40 miles per hour. They are the only ratite with two toes which are adapted for running and walking. One of the toes has a long nail which can be used in defense.
Ostrich are omnivores meaning that they each both plants and animals. In the wild, the ostrich diet consists of plants, fruits, seeds, leaves, shoots, and the occasional invertebrate and lizard.
Ostriches are polygamous meaning that one male can mate with several females. During the breeding season the female incubates the eggs during the day with the male incubating at night.
Ostriches are raised commercially for their meat, hide and feathers. Slaughtering an ostrich at 12-14 months of age typically results in 80 pounds of boneless meat, 15 square feet of hide and 3 pounds of feathers.
Emus are native to Australia and the second largest living bird. Adults are typically 5-6 feet tall and weigh 110-140 pounds. The feather of the emu is unique. The hair-like with two identical shafts with barbs that do not interlock to form the traditional feather vane.
Emus are able to run more than 30 miles per hour. They have long legs and are actually good swimmers.
Emus are monogamous, meaning that they mate in pairs. The females lays the eggs, but it is the male that incubates them.
Emus are raised commercially around the world for oil, meat, leather and feathers (and sometimes their eggs) depending on the market available.
Rhea are native to South America. They are raised around the world for their feathers, hide and meat (and their eggs depending on the the market available). The feathers are used for feather dusters. The hide is converted to leather and used to produce a wide variety of products.
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Marc Anthony broke down in tears celebrating his 43rd birthday on Friday (16Sep11) as fans at his sold-out Florida concert serenaded him.
The salsa star fell to his knees when the crowd began singing Happy Birthday immediately after Anthony took the stage at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.
He then cried as he thanked the crowd for "all your love and support, especially this year; it means a lot to me".
He added, "Who in the world could say they're spending their birthday like this? I'm a very lucky man."
Later in the evening, Anthony hosted a birthday bash at Viceroy Hotel's Club 50, where he partied with 150 friends and enjoyed a slice of birthday cake, according to People.com.
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What on earth/mars is that?
Originally posted by kurthall
Like the guy said it "looks like a bird" that is what it looks like to me...I doubt that's what it is though. Looks more like a bird than the pics of the wheels on this post look like they have mud on them.
Originally posted by blackmetalmist
Chinese Lantern? Its probably its moon, Phobos. My "scientific" guess.
Originally posted by Bilk22
Funny thing about that "dot" is it's not round as the others are. It's oval and does appear to have shadows. Try enlarging it. Ah it's probably a bird or what ever. We'll never know the truth. Funny thing about the truth - no one can disprove going to Mars, but no one can prove it either.
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What on earth/mars is that?
Probably the same thing that appears in exactly the same place in this image:
And this image:
And this image:
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Or not a speck of dust, but "dead pixels", according to NASA. Same s***.edit on 12/9/12 by Ramcheck because: (no reason given)


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Twerking was just not enough for Jennifer Lopez.
The singer – who teased her 10th studio album "A.K.A" with a sexy twerking dance video – struck a topless pose, flaunting her trademark behind for the cover art of her new single "Booty."
The "Jenny from the Block" singer took to social media on Wednesday to share the promotional photo, along with some audio from the song and a handful of cheeky hashtags.
The black-and-white snapshot shows Lopez photographed from behind, wearing a leotard with a plunging back and giving the camera a sultry stare.
"#bootfromtheblock #bootyandthebeat #naturalbooty #jlobooty #LOL #enjoy," she captioned it.
The song, written by Chris Brown, Sam Hook and Asia Bryan, features "Mr. Worldwide" Pitbull and contains a sample of Diplo's "Dat A Freak." This is her second recent collaboration with the Cuban-American rapper, with whom she sang the FIFA World Cup official song in Brazil this summer.
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Brussels 28 January 2013 - On the eve of the job interviews that will be held at the World Trade Organization (WTO) with the candidates to replace the current Director-General, Pascal Lamy, civil society networks point out gaps in the job description. They call on WTO members to appoint a leader with a recognised track-record in making trade serve the wider interests of society.
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