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Confluence Overlook Trail is a 11.5 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Canyonlands, Utah that features a river and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round.
mountain biking
nature trips
trail running
wild flowers
no shade
no dogs
Unlike other hikes in the district, this trail traverses mostly dry, open country along the northern edge of the geologic faults that shaped the Needles. Trail ends at a cliff overlooking the junction of the Green and Colorado rivers. At-large camping only. No water.
Epic views and a wonderful hike with light scrambling. The last mile of the return was a little tiring.
It's a great medium difficulty hike. You can call it hard if you estimate the scrambling in a couple of sections doesn't qualify for a medium walk. In summer, it is difficult regardless. I did it in spring so it was fine, but there is no shade, so beware if you do it under the summer sun. Beautiful mushroom rocks, canyons, juniper trees, it is all about the journey. The Overlook is nice, but the color is pretty uniform, so it must be a better spot at sunset or sunrise. Also, you join a 4WD track at some point, so you're not hiking on a trail all the time. I saw several people in a 4x4 and was disappointed by that.
great hike. bring plenty of water. fantastic views.
Great hike - be careful and bring a lot of water. The hike back is as difficult as the hike out due to the up and downs of the terrain.
Interestingly enough, the hike itself is the best part. There are several climbs into and out of small canyons, so beware that this hike is equally difficult the way there and back. The view is great, but we came to find the confluence of two brown colored rivers which overall diminished the quality of the view. However, the hike itself shows great diversity of the many aspects of the park including several views of the needles and other very unique rock formations.
Great hike thru some beautiful country, we go in spring (late March,early April) as temps are cooler, take plenty of water anyway you'll need it. about 15 minutes in, you'll need to climb a small/sturdy ladder to get out of canyon #1,The trail is cairned well. Great views throughout towards Chesler Pk area, view of the two rivers mixing is awesome, one cannot access the river(s) from the overlook as it is pretty much 1,200 ft. straight down from viewing area. You can also see the Island in the Sky area, have hiked it 3 times now and never gets old. It takes a better part of a day by the time you drive from Moab.on trip #1, the only confusing part of the trail to me, was about 3/4 of the way there, the trail crosses the 4WD road and it feels like you should follow it, just cross the road to trail on other side. ( the 4WD road eventually ties back in with trail to the overlook, but will take you a long way out of the way. Happy hiking, be safe, lots o water!
Pretty! Took my husband and I about 5 hours to complete!
Fun trail with breathtaking sights. I would highly recommend this hike.
Great view of the confluence
Hard hike, but worth it
It was a fun hike with fun climbs.
I did this hike late last spring. Wonderful hike but make sure to bring lots of water
Gorgeously astounding! Its one of those places that make you sit back just to appreciate its beauty and vastness. There is an old uranium mine off the side that never was closed up, so its remnants still remain. Every year I've been here I've encountered huge bear poop and prints on the canyon floor (trail to kirks cabin), but have never seen it. Wedding ring arch is also over the side (steep slip slope to get to).
Great Needles hike. Would be best to do during fall and spring. Summer temps get very hot here and the trial is very exposed. Winter ice on some of the steep slickrock sections can pose a hazard.
Excellent hike along the canyon. Loved the train, mainly marked by cairns, as it let to the confluence. The Green and the Colorado feed from completely different basins have carry different sediment loads. Seeing the the rivers mix is pretty cool.
Canyonlands overlook viewpoint provides an excellent view into Canyonlands National Park, Utah. It would be fine if it were anywhere else...But since it has to compare against the Grand Canyon, it kind of pales into insignificance.


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Microsoft rolled out some new features to its free Office 365 Web apps this week, including real time collaboration, which also happens to be one of the new features Apple introduced with its recently updated iWork app suite. Office 365 includes Web-based versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, just as Apple's iCloud versions of iWork includes Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
Microsoft's Web-based Office Suite gets real time collaboration support
Along with the new co-authoring features, Microsoft also improved the document formatting controls, added the ability to drag-and-drop cells and improved workbook compatibility. PowerPoint gained image cropping, and all of the Web apps now support file renaming in the edit window.
Microsoft's announcement comes several days after Apple released the new versions of its iWork apps and companion Web-based iCloud versions. The apps support real time collaboration with other users regardless of whether they're using the apps on a Mac, an iOS device, or via the Web.
The company is working to make its online Office Suite more attractive, too. "Over the next several months, we'll deliver on previously promised updates. Notably, we're still on track to enable editing from Android tablets, so you can access Office files and tools from even more devices," said Microsoft technical product marketing manager Amanda Lefebvre. "And of course, we'll continue to bring the Office features that you value most to the Web so you can more easily create Office files from start to finish online."
Assuming Microsoft rolled out its new features simply as a response to Apple's iWork updates is a bit of a stretch considering how short the time frame is between the two. It takes time to build, test, and launch new features, but the timing is nicely convenient for Microsoft.


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Egg Topper
by Lilah Hegnauer
And who's to stop us? The twin cities of barrel
and pepperbox? You are the Aegean to my Marmara;
in you, seas burn for names. In you, a little elbow
noodle wants for a plain, narrow cupboard.
We have it all. And then some. And the plainest
thing is this: marry me. Port arms! Time, and the
eye of a needle, metaphor, metaphor. As a pelt,
wrap it, cinch it, belt it, praise its luster.
Lilah Hegnauer is the author of Dark Under Kiganda Stars (Ausable Press, 2005). She teaches in the English Department at James Madison University. (5/2011)


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U-M makes progress in transferring Native American remains
After 18 months of careful deliberation, U-M has completed a formal set of policies and procedures for handling Native American human remains and cultural objects from its museum collections under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
NAGPRA originally was passed in 1990, requiring museums to follow a mandatory process for transferring culturally affiliated human remains and associated funerary objects to individuals and groups that have requested them and have the legal right to them. On May 15, 2010, the law was expanded and clarified to embrace the transfer of culturally unidentifiable human remains.
Under the clarified law, unidentifiable remains must be transferred to the tribe or tribes that were historically located at the sites where the remains were collected. When more than one tribe has inhabited a particular area, the remains are transferred to all those that have made a request, and they then determine the final disposition among themselves.
"Although the formal documentation of the policies and procedures has just been completed, we have been making steady progress since the law was clarified," says Vice President for Research Stephen Forrest, whose office oversees the repatriation and disposition process. "Our approach is to follow both the letter and spirit of the law, and to respect the cultural requirements of the tribes in the process."
U-M has received requests for all 221 sites in Michigan represented in its collections, and it has been systematically working closely with the tribes on the transfer of the requested items. The museum holds items from another 182 sites in North America outside of Michigan.
U-M's total collections consist of the remains of just more than 1,600 MNI (Minimum Number of Individuals), including 1,200 from Michigan, and more than 16,000 funerary objects, about 7,300 from Michigan.
The document "Policy and Procedures for the University of Michigan's NAGPRA Collections" is available on the Web at research.umich.edu/policies/cuhr.
The report was prepared by a 13-member faculty advisory committee chaired by Toni Antonucci, associate vice president for research in support of social sciences and humanities; Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology, LSA; and research professor at the Institute for Social Research.


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The night passes uneventfully.
Inestimable Crighton patrols during the night and reports that there are 4 floating bollocks outside.
Boris knows where the gates are. The next one if fields of golden wheat. We abondoned the two headed dragon corpse.
The heroes charge out through the portal and only Saul and Arya only appear. Across the other side they can see Jerome and another person….. And what look like a lot of mummies and zombies and some other being.
This appears to be a large room, there is a large heavy door. Arya ties to go across quietly, and fails completely. The creature at the top notices her, as Saul moves silently and swiftly to reunite with Jerome and the dog headed creature who it turns out is called Eggsy who is shouting that he is after the Mummy Lord, who quickly silences him.
Jerome runs out of the zone of silence and casts a zone of silence on the Mummy Lord, as Arya fires her explosive arrows hitting the first mummy. Eggsy moves over to Arya and turns undead, destroying many of the wights and causing half the mummies to flee
The Mummy Lord floats down and speaks a swarm of locusts in and around Eggsy, Saul and Arya..
Saul gates himself and Arya up to the Mummy Lord and Arya starts cutting chunks out of the creature., turns around and punches the Paladin very very hard…. And then does it again., knocking Arya out. She collapses to the ground as Jerome rushes up the stairs to join in the fray., he strikes and strikes again, the mummy Lord screams and as it disappears says to Jerome " I curse you with my dying breath. I will find you and you will die.
Eggsy revives and heals Arya and then the heroes go looking for the heart of the mummy.
Arya pulls one of the torches and it clicks,Eggsy pulls the rest of the block out, on which there is A pot and jar, containing the heart of the mummy.. Eggsy takes it out and offers thanks to the god Annubis.
In the other three chests, which open with the key. There are 14,000 go and 2,100 pp, a simple chime, a pair of glasses and a small tube of what appears to be oil and a potion container with potion.
The heart is burnt.
The glasses are eyes of minute seeing and oil of etherealness and a potion of gaseous form. Saul claims the chime of opening.
The next gate is down 10 feet and we go they the go through into the door into the library where the paladin was dead. We load up the dead paladin and step back into Camelot
We rest up on the dragon inn. We then go back to see King Arthur.
We enter a large room with a high vaulted ceiling and many tapestries on the wall.
Sat on. A large wooden table are several Knights, Merlin, King Arthur, Guinnevre, Beniverve and several.
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Enrique Iglesias hit the "Good Morning America" stage to perform his single "Heart Attack" live on television for the first time.
The Oct. 28 episode of "GMA" featured a crossover with the Univision morning show "Despierta America" to celebrate the launch of Fusion. During his appearance on "Good Morning America," Iglesias discussed his love of Miami, which is where "Despierta America" is shot. He also chatted with "Despierta's" Karla Martinez and Raul Gonzalez, who switched places with Lara Spencer and Sam Champion on the "GMA" team for the morning.
Iglesias also performed his hit "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)," which can be seen below. What did you think of his performance?


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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Second Sale
It turns out it's not just muscular athletic guys who run bicycle frame companies who can use a Haulin' Colin trailer; it turns out that small female musicians who are scientists in their day jobs also can do amazing things with one.
At least that's what I learned today in my second sale, this one to Dayna Loeffler, vocalist and pedal steel guitar player for the dreamy psychedelic rock band, Half Light, (among other things) who plans to use the trailer to haul around her musical gear to gigs and rehearsals, (among other things.)
I had a great time doing trailer business with her today, in no small part because it hardly felt like business; what a great "job" where you get to ride your bike someplace with a trailer attached, then, after sharing with someone the wonder that is the Haulin' Colin, riding home without the trailer and a big fat check in your pocket instead!
Dayna was totally game for testing whether she was really up for becoming a fully human-powered band roadie. We loaded her amp, bass guitar, pedal steel guitar case (sans actual instrument), and folding stool into the trailer and took off for her nearby rehearsal space in order to see whether it was actually feasible to do so. Even with (I'd estimate) about a hundred pounds of gear and a decent uphill to navigate, musician and trailer made it no problem.
Granted, the weather was cooperating and we wondered what it would be like in the inevitable drenching rains of winter, but so far, so good. Braking will probably be more of a challenge than climbing, but for those of us who appreciate the slow and steady pace, I don't imagine it will be too much of a problem.
I can't believe I've now sold two trailers in just three days; at this rate, they'll all be gone before the end of September; better get yours today, while there's still time!
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If you really want to get down to the nuts and bolts of the installation process, it can be quite difficult to make the setup program do what you want. As a test, I chose to use "fdisk" (an extremely powerful text-based partition tool) - contrary to the installation program's recommendation - and subsequently had my machine rebooted. Moreover, the X configurator was too "friendly" and, as a result, I could not use it to specify some of the unique values of my video hardware. For this, I had to manually edit the configuration files for X.
I was also surprised at the number of programs which are installed - more than 800 packages in total. Such large distributions can pose system security and maintenance problems: it's hard to stay current if many programs and libraries are simultaneously being developed and changed on a daily basis. Naturally, RedHat's package management tool and up-dates FTP site go a long way to meet this problem, but it still can be overwhelming.
Overall, however, the 6.2 beta suggests that the final release will meet the high standards set by RedHat's users - and RedHat itself - for the distribution. Combined with the already mentioned, newly released system utilities and programs, it will certainly be as popular as RedHat's previous releases.


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Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that when the Head of State, on behalf of the State and the country, asks for public forgiveness to indigenous peoples, and especially this time to the Mapuche people, for the shortcomings in the last 150 years, this is a gesture and a sign that must be considered in all its greatness, and has to do with the policy of recognition". With these words His Exc. Mgr. Hector Vargas, Bishop of Temuco, Member of the Commission For the Mapuche cause at the dialogue table for Araucania, commented on the intervention of Chile's President, Michelle Bachelet, who on June 23 symbolically delivered the expected "Araucanía Plan" to the entire Chilean people which intends to put an end to the historical conflict between the State and the Mapuche people.
The Bishop thus commented on the gesture: "We know that the government has worked on the Advisory Commission's report for four months. We still do not know the rest of the proposals that were written because it would have been very long to do so in detail, however, we should go and see them in order to have a complete idea. But a number of delicate issues tackled, I think represent a step forward".
At the ceremony of the delivery of the Plan, the President asked for "forgiveness to the Mapuche people for the mistakes and horrors committed or tolerated by the State in its relationship with them or their communities".
According to the note sent to Fides by a local source, the measures of this Plan aim at the constitutional recognition of the Mapuche people, the productive development and the expansion of compensation programs for victims of violence. On this last point, the President said in her speech: "I recognize the pain and the losses that have affected all the victims of rural violence in the region in those moments when we failed, as a State, to ensure peace and to protect their integrity". Mgr. Vargas, concludes the note, said in the end: "Such gesture, can be very encouraging for all of us, it is the beginning of a path of true justice".
The Dialogue Table, led by Mgr. Vargas (See Fides 22/07/2016), was fundamental to this success (See Fides 25/01/2017). (CE) (Agenzia Fides, 26/06/2017)
AMERICA/HONDURAS - "We are not criminals, we are migrants": three thousand Hondurans fleeing their country
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mgr. Irineu Roman: "to give value to the expressions of faith brought by the people of the Amazon" as the Synod asks
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Difficulty in the inculturation of the Gospel and lack of pastoral workers in the Amazon
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Synod on Youth: "Need to take into account the situation of young people and the Church in other parts of the world" says Cardinal Napier


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Offaly among the cleanest areas for Co2 emissions
OFFALY is one of the cleanest counties in the country when it comes to Co2 emissions for private cars according to figures released last week.
The figures, released by Cartel, show that Offaly comes 23rd of the 29 areas surveyed recording average Co2 of just 133.4685 per km, well below the national average.
The results show that Dublin vehicles are emitting considerably more Co2 on average than any other county in Ireland. Leinster is the dirtiest province.
At the other end of the scale the cleanest county in Ireland for private vehicle use is Leitrim which records average Co2 of just 132.3521 per km.
Other notable counties include Cork which is listed in 15th position on the chart despite the fact it has the second highest number of vehicles per county.
The cleanest province is Connaught which occupies three of the cleanest five positions on the chart.
The dirtiest province is Leinster; largely due to the Dublin and Meath results.


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Porsche Collides with Flatbed Truck
On January 16, 2015, a Porsche collided with a flatbed truck near Kenwood on Highway 12. The driver of the Porsche was 55-years-old and had addresses in both Sonoma and San Francisco. He was driving at speeds up to 80 miles per hour and passing cars before the crash occurred. He was even passing cars…. Read More


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Personalized stationery and gifts are thoughtful options for the holidays.
Special. Unique. Useful. Maybe even a little extravagant.
All, characteristics of a great gift!
From children to grandparents and in between, we have great options for everyone. Made with love from hand-selected, small design & print shops around the country. For your gift-giving convenience, we've organized some top Bliss Folio items into price categories. We hope you find the perfect item, but if you're having trouble, please drop us a line so we can help out!
- Haute Papier note pads: the small, skinny, and square pads all fit into this category, ranging from $11 to $16. Have multiple teachers/staff to shop for? This is a great option as they can be purchased a la carte!
- Boatman Geller mouse pads. Put a little prep into your desk.
- Boatman Geller note pad sets: a long time, Bliss Folio favorite, these beautiful notepads come in a set of two!
- Boatman Geller travel cups: coffee tumblers, beverage tumblers, and water bottles, all selling for $24.
- Boatman Geller square stickers: these stickers are great used as "this book belongs to" stickers or simply with your child's name for a more multipurpose tag.
- Cell phone cases. We LOVE the Boatman Geller tough cases, cute and very functional. Sleekest tough case we've seen. Available in a huge array of designs and colors.
- Custom stamps. Great for return addresses or for crafters and cooks.
- Personalized stationery. Lots of options in this category, from Boatman Geller folded notes to Haute Papier flat printed notes or notepad executive combination desk sets.
- Lucite trays. These super stylish trays are great for so many uses. The small version is great on a desk or in a bathroom to gather smaller items. The bigger ones work great for entertaining!
- We love the Haute Papier letterpress notes & enclosures. These sets include lined, colored envelopes. Perfect for the person who loves the finer things.
- The Arturo notes are elegant, traditional, and luxurious. Available in five soft shades, the paper is milled in Italy and printed here in the U.S. Envelopes can be ordered blank, printed, lined, you name it. Pssst. This item has free shipping!
- The Grand Silk Box Set. This set of stationery is beautiful from every angle. 100 letterpress notes (4 sets of 25 – each set can have a different design) with lined envelopes. Completely hand made and housed in a gorgeous silk box. Great gift for a family. And, great as a group gift. A top seller here at Bliss Folio for its enormous value (letterpress pieces usually retail for $5-$7 a piece and this nets out a $3 a piece and includes the gorgeous lined envelopes) + free shipping.
*Bliss Folio is a custom stationery boutique, carrying products from many different designers. Get the most bang for your shipping buck by ordering from within the same brand. Or at least be aware that there may be multiple shipping charges as each brand ships from different locations where they are hand-made. We always try to minimize any and all shipping costs and many of our products ship free of charge. Smile. You're supporting more than one small business. xoxo.


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A Bad Moms Christmas (R)
Synopsis: A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS follows our three under-appreciated and over- burdened women as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn't hard enough, they have to do all of that while hosting and entertaining their own mothers. By the end of the journey, our moms will redefine how to make the holidays special for all and discover a closer relationship with their mothers.
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 01:41
Starring: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Cheryl Hines, Jay Hernandez
Release Date: November 1st, 2017
* "No passes" indicates that there are no discounts, promotional passes or complimentary passes accepted due to film company restrictions (rain checks are accepted).


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An FHA appraisal is valid and must be used for a period of 120 days. FHA measures the appraisal validity period from the day that the FHA appraiser inspects the property through the day that the FHA loan being used to buy the property that was appraised is closed. FHA does technically allow for an appraisal to be extended up to 30 days beyond the 120 day validity period if that appraisal has not been updated per FHA update policy. More important however is the fact that in this current … [Read more...]
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August 19, 2:37pm. All the blocks are sewn and squared up to 5.5"
September 3, 6:54pm. The blocks are laid out approximately how they will be sewn together.
September 9, top is completed, borders are sewn on (sorry, no pic here)
September 10, 9:34 pm. Backing is taped down. Step one of basting. (I love our new space!)
9:41 pm. The batting is laid out and smooth. Ready for top.
9:48 pm. Top is down and smoothed out. Ready to begin pin basting.
11:11 pm. Top is pin basted. Going to bed now.
September 11, 11:42 am. Backing and batting are trimmed away.
1:21 pm. Thread decisions are made. Still unsure of quilting plan, though. Best decide soon!
In between all those days and times, life happens. Children to care for, dinners to cook, laundry to do, errands to run, yard work to take care of, etc.


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International Date Palm Festival set for Nov
Abu Dhabi, October 14, 2012
The 6th annual Emirates International Date Palm Festival, set to be held next month, will feature a number of activities for families to enjoy and learn the importance of the date fruit in the rich traditions of the region.
The programmes featured this year include theatre performances, palm tree climbing, date tree planting, kid's area, photo gallery competition and date tasting, a statement said.
Organised by Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), Date Palm Friends Society and Turret Media, the festival will be held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and chairman of ADFCA.
Mohammad Jalal Al Reyaysa, chairman of the Higher Organising Committee for the Festival and the official spokesperson for ADFCA, said: "The Date Palm Festival is our way of paying tribute to a significant part of our culture and heritage. At the same time, it is also an occasion for promoting the commercial aspect of the dates' industry."
"The UAE is among the top producers and exporters of dates and dates products in the world. The festival presents a rare opportunity for dates businesses from around the globe to liaise with one another and explore possibilities of cooperation and collaboration."
"We expect to attract well over 18,000 visitors this year. In addition to all our activities, we have a new feature called 'One Golden Ticket'. All the exhibitors participating have provided us with a variety of gifts. People will have to enter their names in a raffle any time during the festival and at the end; one lucky winner will get all the gifts," Al Reyaysa said.
One of the key features at this year's festival is the date palm theatre, in which students from schools in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and the western region will entertain audiences throughout the week with plays, dances, competitions and fashion shows, whilst highlighting the region's customs and traditions, the statement said.
This is organised in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Education Council.
After having a favourable response last year with over 400 saplings planted, the Date Tree Planting feature is set to return giving festival patrons a chance to be a part of history and contribute to enhancing the UAE environment.
ADFCA has allocated a specific area in Abu Dhabi where the planted saplings will be nurtured into date palm trees for future generations to enjoy. Showcasing how Emiratis lived decades ago, parents and children can visit the Heritage Village to learn how the nation's ancestors lived, it said.
Competitions this year at the festival include the date tree climbing competition and the photo gallery competition. Avid climbers will race to the top of the date palm tree to be crowned the UAE's fastest date tree climber.
Artistic vision of photographers will be rewarded as they can submit entries of photographic genius showcasing their individual interpretations of the date fruit or the date palm tree. The photographs will then be displayed during the festival for people to view.
A variety of fun activities will also be available for children at the learning booth in the kids' area. Children can have their faces painted, learn about the nutritious benefit of the fruit and play with other children.
Over 200 exhibitors from 18 countries have confirmed their participation at this year's festival. Visitors will also be able to taste the fruit from several leading exhibitors across the region at the date tasting area.
Exhibitors participating this year are confirmed to bring a variety of dates from countries such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Morocco, Iraq, Tunisia, and Libya.
The festival will be held from November 26 to December 1 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), in Abu Dhabi, UAE.– TradeArabia News Service


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Book reviews: A look inside
Guidelines for protecting ac motors AC Motor Protection develops the electrical, mechanical, and thermal models that determine motor characteristics and that lead to optimum thermal and fault protection. Written for anyone who specifies or sets motor protective relays, this 90-p illustrated reference explains why understanding the relationship among motor horsepower, speed, locked rotor torque...
Guidelines for protecting ac motors
AC Motor Protection develops the electrical, mechanical, and thermal models that determine motor characteristics and that lead to optimum thermal and fault protection. Written for anyone who specifies or sets motor protective relays, this 90-p illustrated reference explains why understanding the relationship among motor horsepower, speed, locked rotor torque, full load and locked rotor current, and hot and cold locked rotor limit times are important to thermal protection of the motor.
The book begins with a review of synchronous and induction motor principles. From there, chapters build on the understanding of motor characteristics by presenting fundamental mathematical equations as well as their rationale. Protection using thermal modeling is discussed in detail, including starting and running states and fault protection. The section on motor thermal limit curves presents those of rotor and stator.
The section on motor protection requirements includes topics on pullout or stall protection; normal and high-inertia starting; speed switch and impedance relay supervision; phase and ground, differential, current balance, abnormal voltage, synchronous motor, drive, and running overload protection; thermal vs. overcurrent model; and RTDs.
Also included are guidelines for calculating settings for motor protection relays. These guidelines discuss required motor data, estimating motor data, CT rating and selection criteria, and setting methods.
Author Stanley Zocholl has B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Drexel University. He is an IEEE Life Fellow and a member of the Power Engineering Society and the Industrial Application Society. He is also a member of the Power System Relaying Committee and past chair of the Relay Input Sources Subcommittee. Zocholl joined Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in 1991 in the position of Distinguished Engineer. He holds more than a dozen patents using solid state and microprocessor technology.
AC Motor Protection by Stanley E. Zocholl. Published and distributed by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., 2350 NE Hopkins Court, Pullman, WA 99163; 509-332-1890. 2003, paperback, 90 pp. $34.95. selinc.com/zocholl/index.html .
When it breaks, fix it
Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages is a book designed for use in heavy maintenance environments including refineries, power plants, chemical plants, mines, airports, large factories, and other large facilities. It is designed specifically for the project teams that might consist of maintenance managers, project engineers, supervisors, maintenance engineers, planners, clerks, and people who are in training for these positions. Prior background in shutdowns or project management would be useful but is not essential.
Another target audience consists of the contractors who participate in shutdowns. These groups might be in total turnkey control of the shutdown or might only supply labor for the event.
Of the material in this book, 80% is concerned with the time before the first wrench is turned, 15% is execution tactics to keep the project on course, and the remaining 5% is concerned with reporting and recording the lessons learned.
Simply, the promise of this book is to save you money on your next outage. To achieve that saving, you will have a new and deeper understanding of how to effectively manage the myriad of details of large maintenance jobs and projects such as power plant outages, refinery refits, etc. This understanding will include an increased ability to plan for and manage such projects, leading to savings by avoiding problems.
There are three major cost items in a factory, process plant, oil drilling platform, or other large facility:
Capital investment, including building or expanding a facility
Catastrophic breakdowns, forced shutdowns, and large accidents, fires, and explosions
Intentional scheduled shutdowns, outages, and turnarounds.
This book is designed to help an organization manage costs of the third item. The concepts and ideas can also be used to manage both the first item (but the driver and organization are somewhat different), and the nonscheduled event.
This book also contains a complete shutdown glossary and an outside resources section.
Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages by Joel Levitt is published by Industrial Press, Inc., 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016-4078; 212-889-6330. 2004, hardcover, 244 pp, $41.95. industrialpress.com
Maintenance information in a small package
Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual is a concise reference for maintenance and mechanical craftspersons. It provides information for preventive maintenance and mechanical repair, and includes tricks of the trade that will help mechanics expected to perform the impossible to get production running quickly. While the book is primarily concerned with installation, maintenance, and repair of machinery and equipment, it also covers other fields of activity. Current methods, procedures, equipment, tools, and techniques are presented in plain, easy-to-understand language to aid the mechanic in the performance of day-to-day activities. New sections on lubrication, vibration measurement, and PM inspection show troubleshooting techniques and help the mechanic fix the real problem, not just treat the symptoms of troublesome equipment.
Drawings, photographs, and tables are used throughout this book to illustrate the text and help in the performance of repair activities. Discussions of principles and theory are limited to the key information necessary to understand the subject matter.
While this book covers topics from shafting to bearings, carpentry to welding, measurement to machine assembly; it is impossible to give the depth of detail for each and every subject in a small pocket manual.
A list of some of the contents shows the breadth of subject matter covered in this pocket manual:
The Basic Toolbox
Power Tools-Portable
Positive Drive Belts
Power Tools-Stationary
Chain Drives
Twist Drills
Gear Drives
Mechanical Drawing
Shaft Couplings
Electrical Drawing
Screw Threads
Isometric Drawing
Isometric Pipe Drawing
Gaskets and Seals
Field Layout
Machinery Installation
Basic Electricity
Machine Assembly
AC Motors
Torque Wrenches
Structural Steel
Plain Bearings
Anti-Friction Bearings
Bearing Life
Crane Hand Signals
Bearing Installation
Vibration Measurement
Steam Traps
Steam Piping
Power Transmission
Sprinkler Systems
Flat Belts
Shop Math.
Sensors and their output signals
Design and application of signal conditioning circuits
Analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) circuit design
Operation and application of the TI MSP430 microcontroller
Data transmission circuits
System power control circuitry
Understand the terms and rules for installation set forth in the NEC
Identify what's new in the 2005 version
Review each section of the NEC that applies to electrical installation
Find summary information on the new model ordinances
Learn about the significant changes in bonding and grounding requirements
Explore the expanded section covering communications equipment
Comprehend the new definitions and be able to use them in interpreting the Code requirements.
Author Paul Rosenberg is a leading voice in the electrical industry. A master electrician, he is an instructor at Iowa State University and has written for many major industry publications.
Guide to the 2005 National Electric Code by Paul Rosenberg. Published by Audel, a division of Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46256; 317-572-4355. 2004, paperback, 816 pp, $40. audelbooks.com
Using current transformers in power protection systems
Analyzing and Applying Current Transformers is a reference book concerned with the application and operation of current transformers (CTs) used as current transducers for input to protective relays in electrical power systems. The book presents transformer concepts that provide the fundamentals to understand the nonlinear characteristics, accuracy ratings, and transient behavior of CTs.
Author Stanley Zocholl has B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Drexel University. He is an IEEE Life Fellow and a member of the Power Engineering Society and the Industrial Application Society. He is also a member of the Power System Relaying Committee and past chair of the Relay Input Sources Subcommittee. Mr. Zocholl joined Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in 1991.
The 312-p book contains many illustrations and specific circuit examples, including a fully tested and documented hands-on project using the MPS430 that makes use of the principles described in the book.
The book comes with a companion CD-ROM, which contains a fully searchable e-book version of the text in Adobe PDF format, including all appendices; a user's guide to the MSP430x1xx family of microcontrollers; and layout wiring of printed circuit board (PCB) interconnection layers.
Author Gerald Luecke has nearly 50 yr experience in the design of semiconductor discrete component and integrated circuits — 32 of which were spent at Texas Instruments. He has spent the last 25 yr writing, editing, and publishing books about the fundamental concepts of electricity and electronics, integrated circuits, and digital electronics. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering.
Analog and Digital Circuits for Electronic Control System Applications by Gerald Luecke. Published by Newnes, a division of Elsevier, 30 Corporate Drive, 4th Floor, Burlington, MA 01803; 800-545-2522. 2005, paperback, 312 pp. $49.95. books.elsevier.com
Step-by-step approach for learning CAD
Beginning AutoCAD 2004 is a course based on learning and practicing the essentials of 2D drawing using AutoCAD. Its hands-on approach is suited to independent learning as well as classroom instruction. The book's focus on 2D drawing offers the reader a thorough grounding in the subject.
The learn-by-doing approach makes this book ideal for anyone involved in engineering, construction, or architecture — anywhere the focus is on productivity and practical skills.
The book covers new AutoCAD features, making it a good refresher course or reference for those upgrading to the new software release. It is also relevant to anyone using other recent releases.
Author Bob McFarlane is curriculum manager for CAD and new media at Motherwell College, Scotland, and an Autodesk Educational Developer.
Beginning AutoCAD 2004 by Bob McFarlane. Published by Newnes, a division of Elsevier, 30 Corporate Drive, 4th Floor, Burlington, MA 01803; 800-545-2522. 2004, paperback, 382 pp, $29.95. books.elsevier.com
NEC explained for installers
Guide to the 2005 National Electric Code extracts need-to-know information from the new National Electric Code (NEC), then arranges it for easy access and highlights the changes.
Rather than covering everything in the NEC, this book concentrates only on the requirements for electrical installations. By omitting the engineering and manufacturing requirements, much of the confusion of the NEC is eliminated. This leaves only the rules that apply to installing electrical wiring.
Learning the contents of this book will enable you to:
Mechanical Trades Pocket Manual , 5th edition , by Thomas Bieber Davis and Carl A. Nelson, Sr. 2004, softcover, 520 pp, $15.
A second book by the same authors, Millwrights & Mechanics Guide , 5th Edition , provides more indepth coverage on the same topics. 2004, softcover, 1123 pp, $50.
Both books are published by Audel, a division of Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46256; 317-572-4355. audelbooks.com
Practical text teaches control system design
Analog and Digital Circuits for Electronic Control System Applications covers the latest techniques in microcontroller-based control system design using the MSP430 microcontroller from Texas Instruments (TI). Today's control systems increasingly require greater speed and accuracy in their measurements and calculations. New design approaches using the microcontroller and digital signal processor (DSP) are emerging. Those who design today's control systems must understand these new approaches, the tools available, and how best to apply them.
The book covers microcontroller system circuits, including:
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CARTAGENA, Colombia - An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President Barack Obama had to offer regret for the mess overshadowing his diplomatic mission to Latin America.
The controversy also expanded to the U.S. military, which announced that five service members staying at the same hotel as the agents in Colombia may also have been involved in misconduct. They were confined to their quarters in Colombia and ordered not to have contact with others.
The alleged activities took place before Obama arrived Friday for meetings with 33 other regional leaders.
Put together, the allegations were an embarrassment for an American president on foreign soil and threatened to upend White House efforts to keep his trip focused squarely on boosting economic ties with fast-growing Latin America. Obama was holding two days of meetings at the Summit of the Americas with leaders from across the vast region before heading back to Washington tonight.
The Secret Service did not disclose the nature of the misconduct. The Associated Press confirmed on Friday that it involved prostitutes.
The White House said Obama had been briefed about the incidents but would not comment on his reaction.
"The president does have full confidence in the United States Secret Service," presidential spokesman Jay Carney said when asked.
Carney insisted the matter was a distraction more for the media than for Obama. But Secret Service Assistant Director Paul Morrissey said in a statement: "We regret any distraction from the Summit of the Americas this situation has caused."
Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told the AP on Saturday that "close to" all 11 of the agents involved had brought women back to their rooms at a hotel separate from where Obama is now staying.
The New York Republican said the women were "presumed to be prostitutes" but investigators were interviewing the agents.
King said he was told that anyone visiting the hotel overnight was required to leave identification at the front desk and leave the hotel by 7 a.m. When a woman failed to do so, it raised questions among hotel staff and police, who investigated. They found the woman with the agent in the hotel room and a dispute arose over whether the agent should have paid her.
King said he was told that the agent did eventually pay the woman.
The incident was reported to the U.S. Embassy, prompting further investigation, King said
The 11 in question were special agents and Uniformed Division officers. None was assigned to directly protect Obama. All were sent home and replaced, Morrissey said.
The Secret Service says the incidents have had no bearing on its ability to provide security for Obama's stay in Colombia.
The U.S. Southern Command said on Saturday that five service members assigned to support the Secret Service violated their curfew and may have been involved in inappropriate conduct. Carney said it was part of the same incident involving the Secret Service.
Col. Scott Malcom, chief of public affairs for Southern Command, said of the five service members: "The only misconduct I can confirm is that they were violating the curfew established." He said he had seen the news reports about the Secret Service agents involved in alleged prostitution but could not confirm whether the service members also were involved.
The military is investigating.
The Secret Service agents had stayed at Cartagena's five-star Hotel Caribe.
A hotel employee, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of losing his job, said the agents arrived at the beachfront hotel about a week ago and said the agents left the hotel Thursday.
Three waiters at the hotel told the AP the agents were drinking heavily during their stay.
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Anthony H.K. Cruz Sr., 58, of Waianae died in Waianae. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Christian and Anthony Jr., daughter Cynthia Cruz-Johnson, brother Dwayne K., sister Donna Kitashima and nine grandchildren. Private services.
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Oxford to set up world's first zero emissions zone
Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council have jointly proposed the establishment of a Zero Emission Zone in Oxford City by banning petrol and diesel vehicles ban from parts of the city centre.
Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council have jointly proposed the establishment of a Zero Emission Zone in Oxford City by banning petrol and diesel vehicles ban from parts of the city centre.
The proposed Zero Emissions Zone will be introduced in phases.
First, there will be a ban in non-zero emissions taxis, cars, light commercial vehicles, and buses, non-allowing them to use a small number of streets in 2020.
The zero-emission areas will start expanding over time, as low-carbon vehicle technology develops and the deployment of electric vehicles spreads.
The Oxford City Council aspires to ban all non-electric vehicles, including HGVs, in the whole city centre by 2035.
According to the council, the new zero-emissions zone has the potential to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide, - much of which comes from traffic fumes especially from diesel engines, by 74 percent by 2035.
John Tanner, Councillor of Oxford City Council said: "Toxic and illegal air pollution in the city centre is damaging the health of Oxford's residents. A step change is urgently needed; the zero emissions zone is that step change".
"All of us who drive or use petrol or diesel vehicles through Oxford are contributing to the city's toxic air. Everyone needs to do their bit, from the national government and local authorities to businesses and residents, to end this public health emergency".
Oxford has been classified as one of the eleven cities in the UK to have surpassed safe limits set for PM10s toxic particles, as well as limits set for PM2.5s.
The Oxford City Council has already won £500,000 of Government funding to install charging points for electric taxis and £800,000 to install 100 electric vehicle charging points for Oxford residents.
The City Council is also considering setting up additional schemes to support the Zero Emission Zone, including offering reduced parking fees for electric vehicles, electric taxi-only ranks and electric delivery vehicle-only loading areas.
The plans will be put out for public consultation on Monday 16 October, a process that will last six weeks seeking views on the speed of the implementation, vehicles types and roads affected.
The final scheme will be published in 2018.
Meanwhile, Transport for London is planning to introduce the world's first Ultra Low Emission Zone in September 2020.
You can read the complete Press Release with the list of all the roads that will be affected here, and the Zero Emissions Zone Feasibility Study here.


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U0059 Engine Trouble Code
Meaning of U0059 engine trouble code is a kind of network trouble code and when your car's 'U0059 Check Engine' light comes on, it's usually accompanied by a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. The light could mean a costly problem, like a bad catalytic converter, or it could be something minor, like a loose gas cap. But in many cases, it means at minimum that you'll be visiting the car dealer to locate the malfunction and get the light turned off.
U0059 Fault Symptoms :
If one of these reasons for U0059 code is occuring now you should check U0059 repair processes.
Now don't ask yourself; What should you do with U0059 code ?
The solution is here :
U0059 Possible Solution:
Power Steering Pressure (PSP) Switch Malfunction In Key On, Engine Off Self-Test, this DTC indicates the PSP input to the PCM is high. In Key On, Engine Running Self-Test, this DTC indicates that the PSP input did not change state. Steering wheel must be turned during Key On, Engine Running Self-Test PSP switch/shorting bar damaged SIG RTN circuit open PSP circuit open or shorted to SIGRTN PCM damaged.
U0059 Code Meaning :
|OBD-II Diagnostic Network (U) Trouble Code For Engine
|Intake Valve Control Solenoid Circuit Low
|Ambient Air Temperature Sensor Circuit Low
|Cylinder 1 Injector Circuit Low
|Reverse Input Circuit
Is the fuel pump sometimes not priming when you turn the key to ON(II)? Start by measuring the fuel pressure and checking whether you have bright white-bluish spark at all four plugs. The mechanical timing is also something that you should check, as we mentioned above.
U0059 OBD-II Diagnostic Network (U) Trouble Code DescriptionU0059 engine trouble code is about Reverse Input Circuit.
Main reason For U0059 CodeThe reason of U0059 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Ambient Air Temperature Sensor Circuit Low.
U0059 DTC reports a sensor fault, replacement of the sensor is unlikely to resolve the underlying problem. The fault is most likely to be caused by the systems that the sensor is monitoring, but might even be caused by the wiring to the sensor itself.


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Pixar President Jim Morris went on record at Comic-Con Brazil to talk about 'Finding Dory'. The monolithic President revealed that the majority of the story will occur in the Marine Biology Institute of California, which should place a heavy emphasis on the human element. Morris revealed that this location is a 'rehab clinic for marine and aquarium life'. One of the film reveals will show that Dory was raised in captivity, amongst other fish in the Institute of California, before being released into the open sea.
Fans of 'Finding Nemo' and Pixar in general should be more than relieved to hear this piece of the story leak. For years Pixar has been under fire for their reliance on sequels and their inability to tread new ground. It looks as if, with 'Finding Dory', that Pixar is looking to explore new territory with one of their greatest products. Thanks to friend Bruce Levenson for sharing this story.
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George W. Bush and John McCain both claim to be fiscal conservatives. But what is a fiscal conservative? And who is the true conservative when it comes to fiscal matters?
Is it Mr. Bush, with his dramatic tax cuts and his vow to protect Social Security's revenue surpluses? Is it Mr. McCain, with his more prudent tax reductions, his emphasis on paying down the debt, and his openness to a privatized element in the Social Security trust fund? Or is it Bobo the sock puppet, here on my hand, who promises everyone in America a personal Web site, a billion-dollar I.P.O., a back rub and a Lincoln Navigator?
To a true fiscal conservative, tax cuts don't matter much, and neither does the national debt. That is because the real problem is spending. Even the best and most necessary public spending comes with a harrowing price: the percentage of a nation's goods and services controlled by its government is the percentage of freedom and independence taken from individuals and given to politicians. Currently, just at the federal level, that's about 18 percent of your life.
Think of politicians as visiting in-laws. Either George or John (or Al or Bill) will be coming over every Saturday morning and won't leave until halfway through the basketball game on Sunday afternoon.
Government spending diverts wealth from the brilliant, if somewhat erratic, intelligence of the free market to the absolutely reliable stupidity of the political arena. But while politicians may be stupid about spending, they are very sharp about how to finance their expenditures. Government can pay its bills with tax money, run up a budget deficit or print more cash, creating inflation. Inflation hurts the saver, deficits hurt the investor, taxes hurt the earner, and all three are usually the same person: you.Continue reading the main story
Mr. Bush hardly mentions cuts in federal spending. Mr. McCain would eliminate ''corporate welfare,'' which, according to the Cato Institute, costs the taxpayer an estimated $65 billion a year -- 3.5 percent of federal expenditures. No presidential candidate has made a serious promise to cut overall government spending since Ronald Reagan. And we know how that went.
The Social Security trust fund is another thing that doesn't matter to a true fiscal conservative -- because the Social Security fund doesn't exist. The trust fund is a figment of legislative imagination and consists of nothing but a wishful proposal to give old people some money, later, maybe.
Yet Mr. McCain said that as president, he would put money aside ''to make sure that those who paid into the Social Security system get what they're entitled to.''
George Bush said he would ''reserve the Social Security surplus for Social Security itself.''
Thanks for nothing. Having government save its own money in a Social Security trust fund is like having me collect my own I.O.U.'s. What I'll get is a pocketful of cocktail napkins, matchbook covers, Post-it notes and torn-out notebook pages.
The only way to make the Social Security trust fund real is to make the money in it really belong to someone, which is to say privatize it. Mr. Bush finesses the notion. Mr. McCain is willing to try some measure of privatization, but only after Social Security is reformed though ''an inclusive deliberative bipartisan process.''
That should be sometime during the second Trump administration.
What really does matter about Social Security to a fiscal conservative is that Social Security is an entitlement. The conservative is appalled by a change in emphasis in American politics, from negative to positive rights. About that Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain are silent, possibly because they're off looking up definitions of the terms. Negative rights are the more-the-merrier kind. My freedom of speech stimulates your freedom to tell me I'm wrong. My choice of worship does not impair your ability to slip out of a pew and go play golf.
But entitlements are positive rights, and they are limited by finite resources. A ''right to medical care'' costs money. Money spent on your Prozac prescription is money that can't be spent on giving my grandmother a new hip.
Entitlements destroy citizenship. If the purpose of the political system is to give me nice things -- low taxes, fat retirement benefits, free flu shots -- then my vote should be auctioned to the highest bidder. Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain are making some generous offers. But not so generous as Bobo's. I suggest a write-in this November. I promise to be a dignified and gracious First Thumb.Continue reading the main story


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U.S. equity fell to the lowest level since July on Tuesday, the first trading day of November, as investors are concerned about the uncertainty of the economy ahead of the election.
"Earnings have been better than expected, and that would typically be a catalyst. But that is being negated by the noise on the political front," said Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist at Baird. "If [Donald Trump] were to win, that would set up a sort-of Brexit moment."
The S&P 500 Index fell 0.97 percent to 2,105 at 3:11 p.m. in New York, momentarily breaking below 2,100 for the first time since early July. This also marked a six-day losing streak for S&P 500, the longest since August 2015. The Dow Jones industrial average also fell 156 points to 17,985.97 in the afternoon. The Nasdaq composite dropped 1.09 percent to 5,132.68.
"There's not a major move on fundamentals, but with investors a little bit skittish, it does make sense to see some selling," said Mike Bailey, director of research at FBB Capital Partners. "I think investors just have itchier trigger fingers right now."
The equity selloff came after the latest poll raised concerned about the election uncertainty. An ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll that showed Republican Donald Trump with 46 percent support to Democrat Hillary Clinton's 45 percent.
"So many people have said that if Trump wins there's going to be some big downside event and with the polls tightening and revelations around Clinton, it just has traders looking to trade on the basis of that," said Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management. "Then it caught some momentum, because we took out some of the lows technically where we've been at since it rallied to new highs.


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Running Thursday through March 23 in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland, the 32nd annual film festival presented by The Center for Asian American Media features 121 films and videos, along with a series showcasing Asian and Asian-American musical acts.
The festival's largest edition has an unprecedented participation of directors, artists and actors from Asia.
"This is my fourth year," says festival director Masashi Niwano, "and the most ambitious one. When programming, we always think about our very diverse audiences and what films will bring in new generations but also please long-standing attendees.
"Also we reach out to new demographics and communities with our amplified film and music programs. I'm hoping this creates new doors."
The "Directions in Sound" music programming kicks off with a Korean Showcase at 9:30 p.m. March 20 at Brick & Mortar Music Hall in The City. It features live performances by Love X Stereo, Glen Check and Rock N' Roll Radio with host Kero One.
Vietnamese hip-hop artist Suboi makes her U.S. debut in the show "Here Comes Treble" at 9:30 p.m. March 22 at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco.
CAAMFest 2014
Where: San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland
When: Thursday through March 23
Tickets: $12 most screenings, more for special events
Contact: (415) 552-5580, www.caamfest.com/2014/
Select film highlights
How to Fight in Six Inch Heels: The box-office hit from Vietnam about a neurotic fashion designer gets its U.S. premiere in the festival's opener, which is followed by a 9:30 p.m. gala at the Asian Art Museum. (7 p.m. Thursday, Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., S.F.)
The Great Passage: Director Yuya Ishii's 2013 film about a book salesman recruited to work on a big new dictionary project was Japan's entry for best foreign language film at this year's Academy Awards. (2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, 1881 Post St., S.F.; 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley)
Beautiful 2013: Four directors — Japan's Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Taiwan's Wu Nien-jen, China's Lu Yue and Hong Kong's Mabel Cheung — each contribute a story about how beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The divergent episodes range from the adventures of a blue-collar kung fu master, to a Taiwanese father in a difficult family situation, to a prince on a quest for true wisdom, to the struggles of a ballroom dance instructor who needs to take care of an autistic son and an estranged daughter. (3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sundance Kabuki; 12:30 p.m. March 22, New Parkway Theater, 474 24th St., Oakland)
Cold Eyes: This police drama, which was South Korea's biggest hit of 2013, is about an elite surveillance unit's efforts to track down the leader of a string of robberies. (9:20 p.m. Sunday, Castro Theatre, S.F.)
Eat Drink Man Woman: Ang Lee's critically acclaimed film — the quirky story of a master chef's three daughters (which includes a lesbian theme, then new to Taiwan cinema) screens in a 20th anniversary presentation. (6:20 p.m. Monday, New People Cinema, 1746 Post St., S.F.)
Golden Gate Girls: The documentary by Louisa Wei profiles San Francisco native Esther Eng, one of the first Chinese-American film directors; born 100 years ago, she was active in the 1930s-40s in Hong Kong and California. (6:30 p.m. March 18, Great Star, 636 Jackson St., S.F.)
Awesome Asian Bad Guys: Actors who played Asian villains in old action movies team up to avenge a wrongful death in the film by Patrick Epino and Stephen Dypiangco. (9:10 p.m. March 20, Sundance Kabuki; 9:30 p.m. March 21, Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak St., Oakland)


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LITTLE ROCK — A meeting between state officials and representatives from the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma to discuss an Indian site near the planned $1.1 billion Big River Steel mill is set for this week but will not be open to the public, a spokesman for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission said Monday.
The site was discovered recently as Mississippi County officials were preparing for construction of the the plant near Osceola.
"There was either a small settlement … or some artifacts," AEDC spokesman Joe Holmes said Monday.
Big River Steel has said the plant it proposes to build in Mississippi County will employ more than 2,000 workers during construction, and more than 500 permanent workers with pay averaging $70,000 a year. The Legislature earlier this year approved a $125 million bond issue to help fund the project.
The Mississippi County Quorum Court also approved a $14 million incentive package for the project.
Holmes said AEDC Director Grant Tennille, Cliff Chitwood, president of the Great River Economic Development in Mississippi County and the state archaeologist will meet with officials with the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma on Wednesday in Osceola.
Commission members will not attend the meeting, Holmes said, adding the meeting does not fall under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
"There's nothing in the law that requires it to be open," Holmes said. "This is not a meeting of a board or commissioners. From our standpoint this is Grant Tennille doing his job. … This is one of the many processes you have to do to get this deal."
The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act states that it does not apply to "site files and records maintained by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and the Arkansas Archeological Survey."


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Pictures are here:We decided to chance it anyway. Even if it rained we'd just take our rain gear and go for it. We have a four- season camper and any day out on the trail is better than sitting home for the weekend on the couch.
Fall Creek Falls Camping Pix
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Perrys Branch Falls
Sullivan Creek Falls
Day 1-Friday
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Perrys Branch Falls
Sullivan Creek Falls
Day 1-Friday
Kenny & I took a long weekend to do our first camping trip of this year. We picked Fall Creek Falls State Park since we had lots of stuff in that area we wanted to see and/or try to find. The weather forecast was something like this:
- Friday-cold, 30% chance of rain
- Sat. cold, 50% chance of rain
- Sunday 30% chance of rain, cold
We got camp set up on Friday after lunch and decided to do something near by.
We headed out to see the Medley Arch. It is on the Wheeler Farm Addition to Fall Creek Falls State Park.
Medley Arch from below it.
Apparition Falls was a bonus find near the Medley Arch. Comes out of the ground at the top of the cliff. Enters a cave at the base! 100 ft high!
The terrain at the arch was rugged and beautiful. Numerous sinks, caves, and huge boulders. It reminded me a a glacial cirque. Looking up at one point the cliffs were a semicircle around us forming a natural barrier. The arch itself was fascinating and huge!
We saw it from either side and atop it. We found a bonus waterfall here. Lots of wildflowers just getting started.
Underground Lake by Medley Arch down in a cave.
We enjoyed exploring down in the sinks area and saw what appear to be some caves.
We then found a trail heading toward the road and the other portion of the Wheeler Farm. We followed it and before long we came out at the road heading down into the gulf. We we made our trip out far easier by walking the graded path back out instead of back tracking. We did some driving around trying to locate roads that would put us in proximity to Perry's Branch Falls. It was not that late and we wanted to see this falls.
We did gather some knowledge and decided to head back and check out the map compared with the roads we'd traveled. We went back to the camper and enjoyed a roaring fire and a hot home cooked meal. Just nice to enjoy one another's company.
Our home away from home!
Nice roaring fire to sit by and keep warm in the evenings.
Grilling up some steaks for dinner
Day 2--Saturday
Saturday we got up and fixed breakfast and headed out in search of several off trail waterfalls. Kenny had wanted to leave enough time at the end of the day to do some reconnaissance of an area he wanted to explore later in more detail. I was good with all that.
We pulled up in this gravel area and parked and started walking in the direction of falls #1. Tennesseans don't seem to mind dumping their trash outdoors and while I've seen lots of this I continue to be dismayed. Passing up the trash dump we arrived at this scene:
Cave with a spring flowing out
Dropping over the cliff
Forming the 100 ft high Sullivan Creek Falls. It diverts part of its flow thru channels within the rock. It terminates down in the gorge where a cave drinks up the entire flow. It was an amazing sight! We saw all kinds of caves and wildflowers down in there. It was steep and slippery, but doable and worth the effort to see.
We climbed back up and continued out the old gravel road with the GPS coordinates leading us on to the next falls. We found it about 1/2 mile further beyond Sullivan Creek Falls. Below us Laurel Creek Falls plunged a sheer 50 feet down into the gorge. We were able to climb down to see it easily. The terrain around it is much more forgiving just past the falls. Lots of wildflowers just getting started. So pretty!
Laurel Creek Falls in profile
Looking out of one of the cave above Sullivan Creek
Living, growing stalactites on the cave ceiling.
We walked back out the road to the truck. Passing up all the trash and furniture dumped around and down over the bank. We also passed an abandoned barn or shed. Once back in the truck we decided to head to Little Falls which is on state owned property with public access. I had wanted to visit Old Mill Cave and Cascade but Kenny talked me into leaving that for the next camping trip. It was further west than I'd realized and added a good bit more to the days drive. So that is what we would do!
I failed to enter the waypoints for the public access trailhead to Little Falls.
Instead I just put in the coordinates for the falls. We ended up in someone's side yard with the GPS telling us it was only 300 yards beyond the gate to the falls. So tempting.
But I would not like someone tromping through my side yard to gain access. I corrected my mistake by putting in the trail head coordinates. We drove 2 miles to the right place and from here it said the falls was 0.67 miles ahead. We began on a trail, but Kenny decided the trail was not leading to the falls to suit him. He took out through the woods
and we were off trail completely. It was rough terrain. Up and down and through a boulder field. I was suffering from having hurt myself earlier in the week. The motrin I'd taken for the pain was not touching it. The rugged route we took had me winching with every step. Finally we could hear the creek below us. I had first thought "Oh great! We've come to a bluff. Are we going to be able to get down from here?" but it turned out ok. The descent was stepped and gradual and I was thankful. We followed the stream up and it was so pretty. Green and mossy. We were finally on a real trail again. I was very glad about that. Not too much further ahead we arrived at the pretty sixty foot drop.. Little Falls. It flows down a rocky stream with a few cascades above it. It drops into a cave or sinkhole. There is another stream nearby. The stream we followed up toward it turns and goes into a bank nearby. Not connected to the falls!
Little Falls comes in at about 60 ft high with two small cascades above it. Note the lack of a plunge pool or stream below it?
Kenny scouted the area around Little Falls while I shot some video footage and took pictures. He found the actual trail above the falls! We were both thrilled. Neither of us wanted to bushwhack up over the ridge again and now we did not have to. Going back was a little longer hike coming in at about 3/4 mile, but so much easier and faster!
Once back at the truck we ate our lunch and Kenny said he was wanting to save Old Mill Cave & Cascade for the next camping trip. It was closer to Rock Island than Fall Creek Falls so we'd hold off on that saving it for that trip. We ended up going to scout an area
for another upcoming adventure.
I will not share yet where we went scouting, but I will post a few photos.
I got a real strange vibe about the place. I have not made up my mind about it yet.
I will keep an open mind about it and perhaps the next go round will be better.
Trees growing in the river.
Very clear stream.
The road to adventure or ruin?
We finally headed the long way back to the camper after much scouting. We enjoyed a second night of a roaring fire, a moonlit sky and a good hot meal after a day in the woods. We slept well but heard it raining and storming some through the night.
Day Three-Sunday
We woke Sunday and the birds were singing. The rain had stopped. It was still overcast and cold, but not as bad as we'd thought it might be on the weather forecast. We ate a quick breakfast and decided to try for Perry's Branch Falls today since it was nearby.
We headed out with our hiking gear toward the Camps Gulf addition of Fall Creek Falls.
We had seen a dirt road that headed in the general direction of Perry's Branch Falls.
Friday we parked at a ford of Cane Creek and the GPS said it was 0.5 miles ahead.
Neither of us thought it looked a bit safe to ford Cane Creek the way it was roiling past.
The way we'd found today had us only needed to cross Camps Gulf Creek which is usually a small stream. We parked the truck and headed out in the general direction of the falls. The rain held off and the sun actually came out for awhile. We saw some Spring wildflowers and a few pretty cascades and had a decent hike on an old logging road.
We finally got within 0.267 miles of the falls and began working our way off trail toward them. The going was rough and rather slippery. We had forded a pretty stream we believed the falls was located on. Our trek took us away from that creek and we could not hear water anymore. Discouragement briefly because we wondered if we'd screwed up?
We looked around and saw the terrain was changing. Descending steeper. Tightening in. A rock cliff intervened from the left and we began to hear water flowing again. I knew this had to be it! Kenny went to hollering "A cave! a cave!" and sure enough there was the mouth of a cave with a stream flowing out!
Stream emerging from a cave.
We climbed up and went inside the first part of the cave. We really did not have time today to do any serious exploration of the cave, but we did go in. We went in the beginning part to see the underground stream. We saw a few bats roosting. One flapped me. I did my usual holler and run. The stream flowed down the drainage in pretty rivulets and cascades. It was very mossy and lush green. A little further ahead the stream dropped 70 feet over a cliff forming the gorgeous and dramatic Perry's Branch Falls!
Perrys Branch Falls! We had found it! I'd say it was worth finding!
The terrain around Perry's Branch Falls is dangerous! Steep. Slippery. Deep layers of leaves and loose rocks and dirt. We used care in venturing out to the edge. We spied a bonus waterfall to the right through the trees. The cliffs have projections out that give you the chance to look back and get the full view of the falls even though you're at the brink of them! How often does that happen? Very very cool.
We enjoyed the falls. We enjoyed the view into the area below and around us.
We had wondered if we'd spy a better way on a more established trail out of here? It did not exist so we went back up the hill toward the old logging road. It was rough going but far easier than the way we'd come down. Good practice navigating.
All in all a fun and successful trip with lots of adventure.
Lots more to look forward to with my partner in crime.
Medley Arch Video
Apparition Falls Video


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