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Monday, May 17, 2010
Memory Monday: Havin' a Hissy Fit
It's the style: grand and dramatic.
My husband's family, who are from Brooklyn, yell at one another. It's called "discussion."
My family, however, had hissy fits. Explosive outbursts. Extreme overstatement. Stormy exits. They were not, thank God, frequent. They sort of lose their effect if overused.
The most likely pretext for these outbursts was usually some minor slight: going a little too far with teasing, praising someone else a bit too much, not showing enough appreciation for a gift.
I cannot remember many details of the hissy fits in my own family, mostly just the poses that were struck: chin up, lower lip out, arms folded.
More vivid are the memories of the stories of these volcanic eruptions from my mother's family. Or, more specifically, my mother's mother's side of the family, the Floyds. The men took after the Moore side: reticent. There was an uncle who did leave without saying goodbye, and was not seen again for some years. But he did not leave in a huff. He simply hated good-byes. He said he was going down to the corner to buy some cigarettes. And then years later: "Howdy."
But apparently the Floyds were masters of the tongue-lashing and high-pitched hysterics. Or that's what I heard. I even heard that my Grandma Eula – my sweet little Grandma – could blister your ears when she let loose.
On my Dad's side, it was the Brinlees who were the experts of the stormy stomp-off. My Uncle Bill told me the following story about my father:
"One summer when Varnell was 14 years old, he went into Bonham [Texas] to get his driver's license, but they wouldn't give it to him because he was too young. It made him so mad that he hitchhiked out of town and all the way to Washington state. He spent the whole summer there working in the wheat fields."
I had never heard this story before, but it didn't surprise me.
Couldn't have done it any better, myself.
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Though a favorite term of my mother, I haven't heard that terms since I was a kid. "Throwing a hissy-fit" was usually directed at me for my dramatic temper outburst.If it is a sounthern term, I'm supposin' that it wasn't the reticent German maternal grandfather's term, but came from the Tennessee, North Carolina, Missouri faction. "Hissy-Fit" just tells all the drama and flouncing and postureing in 2 words. Thanks, loved it.ReplyDelete
Wonderful post! I can certainly relate. I've been known to throw a hissy-fit now and again. ;^DReplyDelete
I still throw a 'hissy fit' occasionally. Not a pretty site and not in front of others...ReplyDelete
I'd love to throw a "hissy-fit" but our family all do the typical Scottish Presbyterian "tight-lipped, say nothing, but make your disapproval plain" stance :-) One day I'll go all dramatic and they'll still do the same...ReplyDelete
Joan - That's exactly how I first heard the expression - my grandmother told me not to "throw a hissy fit"! I know I've scared my daughters a couple of times, so I try to be more restrained. SG - I wish I could do the tight-lipped thing!ReplyDelete
Nothing like a good old-fashioned "hissy fit." Our neighbor girl calls it "raging". Sounds a little scarier if you ask me. Thanks for another great post!ReplyDelete


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BPI Says That UK Spies Are Against Digital Economy Bill
from the strange-bedfellows deptThe debate over the Digital Economy Bill in the UK (the attempt to ratchet up copyright law to repay favors to an entertainment industry that is slow to adapt) has taken an odd twist. Cory Doctorow over at Boing Boing has the details of a leaked memo from the BPI (pdf) to a bunch of recording industry execs and lobbyists, that details the state of the bill and the ongoing strategy for getting it approved. There are a few items worth noting:
- The BPI seems to think that the UK intelligence community is now the biggest threat to stopping the bill. Seriously. Apparently, UK spies are afraid that passing this bill will drive a very large number of people to switch to using encrypted internet tools, making it that much more difficult to spy on them. This may be an accurate concern, but it's surprising to hear that the intelligence community is now considered the biggest hurdle to getting the bill passed. Apparently, the BPI is fairly unconcerned with consumer rights groups. The BPI seems so paranoid about the intelligence community, that it actually suggests in the memo that the British spying agency MI5 may have paid for a recent survey released by the ISP Talk Talk, saying that 71% of those 18-34 years old would continue to file share, using "undetectable means."
The memo also mocks the fact that this particular bill now has the Open Rights Group on the same side of an issue as MI5 -- when the two are normally somewhat diametrically opposed.
- While the BPI sounds fairly confident that the bill will get through, it recognizes that it could get stalled if enough Members of Parliament start asking questions about the speed with which the bill is being pushed through:
As for the House of Commons -- which will be sent the Bill next week -- there is a strange sense of detachment. MPs with whom we spoke back in Autum are already resigned to the fact that they will have minimum input into the provisions from this point on, given the lack of time for detailed scrutiny. One leading backbencher has told us that there is "little point in meeting, since the Bill will be determined at wash-up". That said, John Whittingdale -- an inveterate "timing sceptic" (i.e. he's for the Bill but doesn't think it will get through in time) has said this week that he still thinks it could be lost if enough MPs protest at not having the opportunity to scrutinise it. Whilst true in constitutional theory terms, the hard politics of the situation makes it seem unlikely. And inveterate opponents like Derek Wyatt and Tom Watson continue to blog and tweet with critical comments, but there is not the sense of a groundswell of massive opposition to the Bill.In other words: if you live in the UK, now is the time to start speaking up and contacting your elected officials, as well as letting others know that a bill to greatly take away your rights is about to be pushed through the House of Commons, unless you speak up now.
- Finally, among the "upcoming" activities, the memo mentions that on Wednesday the 18th, there will be a release of a report from TERA on "The importance of saving jobs in the EU's Creative Industries." We see these types of reports all the time, and they're usually poorly thought out and poorly argued, assuming, incorrectly, that a loss of jobs in one part of an industry might not be made up elsewhere, and rarely (if ever) paying attention to the fact that artificially propping up one part of the industry has massive negative consequences for other areas in the economy. So let's see what this report says. But assuming you start seeing press reports about this later this week, make sure to read through them with a critical eye.
Filed Under: bpi, copyright, digital economy bill, encryption, intelligence, mi5, security
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Maybe I'll have more luck here than in the gentoo forums. Basically, since updating to xf86-video-ati-7.0.0, if my discrete gpu is enabled, X doesn't start (segfaults). Logs:
http://pastebin.com/vm4vEW8z <- video-ati-6.14, ati GPU enabled (works ok)
http://pastebin.com/XfKAkLSs <- video-ati-7.0, ati GPU enabled (segfaults)
http://pastebin.com/YjxNwsMQ <- video-ati-7.0, ati GPU disabled (works ok)
Differences in the logs between xf86-video-ati-6.14 and xf86-video-ati-7.0:
* With 6.14 and the ati GPU enabled, Xorg seems to detect the ati card (it loads intel_drv in line 91 and ati_drv in line 96) but doesn't try to initialize the ati card (it uses the intel card, as it should, and there are no more messages about radeon/ati after line 96, just intel).
* With 7.0 and the ati GPU enabled, Xorg loads intel_drv (91), ati_drv (96) and a new (?) radeon_drv (102). Now there are several messages mentioning radeon after the intel messages (lines 150- and 471-), and then it segfaults.
* With 7.0 and the ati GPU disabled before starting X, Xorg just loads intel_drv (88). No mention of radeon anywhere and no problems afterwards.
I could disable the amd gpu in a service before xdm starts, but that's not a solution, it's an ugly workaround. I'd rather find out why 6.14 worked fine and 7.0 doesn't.


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Dilophodelphis fordycei
Boersma, McCurry & Pyenson, 2017
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170022
Image: A. Boersma @Boersma_Alex
Many odontocete groups have developed enlarged facial crests, although these crests differ in topography, composition and function. The most elaborate crests occur in the South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica), in which they rise dorsally as delicate, pneumatized wings anterior of the facial bones. Their position wrapping around the melon suggests their involvement in sound propagation for echolocation. To better understand the origin of crests in this lineage, we examined facial crests among fossil and living Platanistoidea, including a new taxon, Dilophodelphis fordycei, nov. gen. and sp., described herein, from the Early Miocene Astoria Formation of Oregon, USA. We measured the physical extent and thickness of platanistoid crests, categorized their relative position and used computed tomography scans to examine their internal morphology and relative bone density. Integrating these traits in a phylogenetic context, we determined that the onset of crest elaboration or enlargement and the evolution of crest pneumatization among the platanistoids were separate events, with crest enlargement beginning in the Oligocene. However, we find no evidence for pneumatization until possibly the Early Miocene, although certainly by the Middle Miocene. Such an evolutionary context, including data from the fossil record, should inform modelling efforts that seek to understand the diversity of sound generation morphology in Odontoceti.
KEYWORDS: cetacean, Platanistoidea, river dolphins, Miocene, pneumatization, computed tomography
Systematic palaeontology
Cetacea Brisson, 1762
Odontoceti Flower, 1867 sensu Fordyce and Muizon, 2001
Platanistoidea sensu Boersma and Pyenson 2016
Platanistidae Gray, 1846 sensu Boersma and Pyenson 2016
Dilophodelphis, gen. nov.
Type and only included species. Dilophodelphis fordycei, sp. nov.
Etymology. From the Greek words di (double), lophos (crest) and delphis (dolphin), referring to the enlarged supraorbital crests on the dorsal surface of the skull, resembling twin mountain crests. This construction also evokes the dinosaur Dilophosaurus wetherilli Welles 1954, a double-crested theropod recovered from Early Jurassic sequences of the Kayenta Formation in Arizona, USA.
Dilophodelphis fordycei, sp. nov.
|The endangered South Asian river dolphin, Platanista gangetica (middle), swimming alongside two of its fossil relatives: the longirostral Pomatodelphis inaequalis (bottom) and the new species Dilophodelphis fordycei (top). None of the species lived together at the same time. Glow-throughs to the skulls highlight the diversity in supraorbital crest shape and size among the members of this family.
Image: Alex Boersma @Boersma_Alex
Etymology: The species epithet honours Prof. R. Ewan Fordyce, FRSNZ, native New Zealander and prominent vertebrate palaeontologist. The epithet recognizes his extensive and long-lasting contributions to the field of marine mammal palaeontology, including his commitment to mentoring future scientists, especially in shaping the career paths of the authors herein. The epithet also honours his long-standing interest in the fossil marine mammal record of Oregon, which has yielded pivotal specimens for over a century, including Simocetus rayi Fordyce 2002, which he described.
Alexandra T. Boersma, Matthew R. McCurry and Nicholas D. Pyenson. 2017. A New Fossil Dolphin Dilophodelphis fordycei Provides Insight Into the Evolution of Supraorbital Crests in Platanistoidea (Mammalia, Cetacea). Royal Society Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170022
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Only 3 blocks away, Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar is a central St. Charles establishment that is growing in popularity. Located at the busy intersection of Napoleon and St. Charles Ave, they are open for lunch and dinner seven days a week plus brunch on Sundays, a menu that includes "hangover" cocktails in addition to a wide array of foods.
Obviously, judging by their name, the restaurant features seafood and oysters on all of their menus. From the oyster bar, you can order raw Gulf Coast oysters, chargrilled oysters, Angels on Horseback, which are lightly friend, bacon-wrapped oysters, and Oysters Superior, which are a combination of chargrilled, Bienville and Angels on Horseback oysters.
Using only the freshest local ingredients, Superior Seafood provides a menu complete with Louisiana cuisine that features more than just seafood. Their shellfish menu includes classics like BBQ shrimp, shrimp and grits, jumbo lump crab cakes and seared scallops. On their fresh catch menu, you'll find Salmon Lafitte, or grilled salmon topped with a white wine lemon caper butter sauce, Cornmeal-crusted Drum and Redfish Creole in addition to other fish specialties. They also have steaks, pork chops, chicken on the menu and pasta featuring seafood, Andouille and crawfish, and chicken and wild mushroom.
They have a wide selection of wines, by the glass, half carafe and carafe. They have an exclusive house pours wine program and are the only establishment in the state to serve these wines. They have a decent selection of mostly domestic brews and a cocktail menu of classics, martinis and signature drinks. Together, they comprise an imbibing experience unique to this Uptown hot spot.
Their daily happy hour from 4pm till 6:30pm is also a popular attraction. In addition to $.50 raw oysters, they offer two for one mojitos—a favorite local cocktail—half off of house wine bottles and $3 draft beer.
In addition to their food and drinks menus, the restaurant's architecture and interior décor entice visitors as well. It has a bistro feel inside with an imported mirror and bar top from France for a Parisian look.
Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar is a great place to try a number of Louisiana seafood classics just off the St. Charles streetcar line. Opened just a year ago, this restaurant is becoming a destination for Creole-inspired dishes in the Uptown area.


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Ecological Urbanism App
DateJune 2012
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The Ecological Urbanism app adapts content from the Harvard Graduate School of Design's book of the same name for a tablet. Much more than an ebook, it's an entirely new way of looking at the information interactively.
With the majority of the world's population expected to live in cities by the year 2050, Ecological Urbanism addresses the expanding practice of sustainable design. A timely evolution of the book, this iPad app visualizes the growing body of discourse surrounding the design and management of cities.
By interpreting the content for a tablet experience, the app takes advantage of an interactive, non-linear experience and creates new opportunities for exploring the subject. An interactive map provides a way to search geographically and demonstrates where the hubs of innovative urbanism are unfolding. Users can also browse with a timeline, filterable by scale and keyword, providing another access point to the content.
Perhaps most importantly, with such a vibrant, growing community and collection, the entire collection is supported by a CMS and administrators can update the content as it becomes available.
Press & AwardsCommunicator Awards, Silver Award of Distinction, Mobile Apps: Education, April 2014Rosey Awards, Award of Excellence, App Design, December 2013Pixel Awards, Nominee, Education (mobile), November 2013Webvisionary Awards, Finalist, Apps for All, October 2013W³ Awards, Silver, Mobile Applications: Education, September 2013Core 77 Design Awards, Professional Notable, Interaction, June 2013
Besides being a beautifully designed app, we felt that a live and constantly growing body of research could be an immensely powerful tool for those working in the fields of ecological urbanism, it might become a template for documenting other fields of research.Favourite Website Awards, Mobile of the Day, May 2013Creativity International Awards, Gold, New Media/Web Design: Apps, Education, May 2013"Editor's Picks: The Cycle of Life," Green Building & Design, May 2013
Ideas that work across an ocean could save American cities, yet even superheroes can't be everywhere at once. Unless, of course, they have this app from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the next logical iteration of its eponymous book series.SXSW Interactive Awards, SXSW, Finalist, Educational Resource, January 2013"Exploring the Sustainable City With Harvard's Ecological Urbanism iPad App," Inhabitat, December 2012
Think of the Ecological Urbanism app as an ebook on whole-grain, natural, organic steroids."iPad App Provides Guide To Building The Perfect Sustainable City," ArchDaily, December 2012
The app shows how dynamic areas of study can benefit greatly from equally dynamic texts. With the world moving so fast, books can't keep up – thus technology allows books to remain updated and relevant to our lives."This iPad App Builds Better, More Sustainable Cities," GOOD, November 2012
As the interaction designers say in their video, it's easy to carry around—definitely much easier than the original paper version. That ease of use might mean more urban planners will use it as a reference, leading to better-informed, faster-evolving design."An iPad Guide To Building The Perfect Sustainable City," Co.Design, November 2012
Overall, the experience is one that brings the authority and curation of a book with the visual panache and intuitive navigation of a well-designed website—a sort of best-of-both-worlds proposition that's always been the great promise of interactive books but remains elusive all the same."Sustainable Urban Design, Digitally Defined," Metropolis, November 2012
A new app by Harvard's Graduate School of Design, called Ecological Urbanism, is the start of a deep dive into innovation research, with real prospects for finding urban sustainability treasure."Harvard's New Ecological Urbanism App Offers A Glimpse Of Our Urban Future," Architizer, November 2012
The app, a collaboration between the school and Second Story Interactive Studios, stems from the GSD's Ecological Urbanism conference and dovetails with the duo's ongoing efforts to explore sustainability in our cities of the future...And the ever-evolving app allows designers and academics to add research and project updates as they happen. Pretty cool!
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A Georgia trans woman was fired from her job as a legislative aide after she went public about her gender transition. Now, a court has ruled she should get her job back.
According to the AP, Vandy Beth Glenn worked for one Sewell Brumby at Georgia's Office of Legislative Counsel. But Brumby fired her in 2007 after she began living openly as a woman. Brumby described Glenn as "a man dressed as a woman and made up as a woman," and explained that he fired her because "it's unsettling to think of someone dressed in women's clothing with male sexual organs inside that clothing." He might have dealt with this by not picturing Glenn's sexual organs, a courtesy he presumably extended to his other employees — but apparently he thought his bigotry was acceptable because trans people aren't a protected category under Georgia discrimination law. He was wrong.
A three-judge panel ruled unanimously that Glenn had suffered sex discrimination. They wrote,
All persons, whether transgender or not, are protected from discrimination on the basis of gender stereotype. An individual cannot be punished because of his or her perceived gender non-conformity. Because these protections are afforded to everyone, they cannot be denied to a transgender individual.
This is a pretty important ruling, as it implies that discrimination laws don't have to specifically mention trans people in order to protect them. Of course, it should be obvious that trans people's gender identity deserves as much respect as anyone else's. But to people like Brumby, it's clearly not — and now they have a stern legal reminder.
US Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Transgender Woman Fired As Georgia Legislative Aide [AP, via The Republic]
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Pissed Off Google Security Guys Issue FU To NSA, Announce Data Center Traffic Now Encrypted
from the keep-at-it deptSo far, one of the biggest stories of the Snowden NSA leaks, by far, is the revelation that the NSA was infiltrating the private data links between Google and Yahoo data centers (and, it seems likely, other companies as well). Google had clearly suspected this, as it had been reported earlier that they were scrambling to encrypt those data links. As you may recall, the original Washington Post article also noted that two Google engineers who were shown the NSA's slides "exploded in profanity" and anger at the NSA.
It would appear that this sentiment is pretty common across Google's security team, and they're displaying their anger on Google Plus -- but also announcing that all that data is now encrypted. When the news first broke, security engineer Brandon Downey expressed reasonable anger about the news:
Fuck these guys.On Tuesday, the Washington Post revealed a few more slides showing more details of the NSA's infiltration of private data links between data centers. In response to that, another security engineer, Mike Hearn, announced that all the traffic shown in those slides is now encrypted, along with his own "fuck you" to the NSA and GCHQ:
I've spent the last ten years of my life trying to keep Google's users safe and secure from the many diverse threats Google faces.
[...] But after spending all that time helping in my tiny way to protect Google -- one of the greatest things to arise from the internet -- seeing this, well, it's just a little like coming home from War with Sauron, destroying the One Ring, only to discover the NSA is on the front porch of the Shire chopping down the Party Tree and outsourcing all the hobbit farmers with half-orcs and whips.
I now join him in issuing a giant Fuck You to the people who made these slides. I am not American, I am a Brit, but it's no different - GCHQ turns out to be even worse than the NSA.Of course, some people might reasonably question the idea that Google is "little people" here. And, while it's good to see Google staffers furious about this, it remains to be seen if Google will actually do more about this. A lawsuit against the US government for hacking into its network seems called for. And, potentially against Level 3 as well, given that it appears Level 3 provided much of the dark fiber Google was using -- and the company gave a giant "if the government comes to us, we can't talk about it" response, that hinted strongly towards "the government came to us and had us tap Google's private links."
We designed this system to keep criminals out. There's no ambiguity here. The warrant system with skeptical judges, paths for appeal, and rules of evidence was built from centuries of hard won experience. When it works, it represents as good a balance as we've got between the need to restrain the state and the need to keep crime in check. Bypassing that system is illegal for a good reason.
Unfortunately we live in a world where all too often, laws are for the little people. Nobody at GCHQ or the NSA will ever stand before a judge and answer for this industrial-scale subversion of the judicial process. In the absence of working law enforcement, we therefore do what internet engineers have always done - build more secure software. The traffic shown in the slides below is now all encrypted and the work the NSA/GCHQ staff did on understanding it, ruined.
Hopefully, we'll start to see that employee anger over this turn into much more: including better privacy tools for users and using Google's political pull to fight the NSA in DC as well.
Filed Under: datacenters, encryption, engineers, nsa, nsa surveillance, security
Companies: google, level 3


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Lightroom 4 includes the ability to easily create and publish photo books. While many Lightroom customers have enjoyed creating photo books inside Lightroom, some have reported a disturbing bug about which I'd like to provide additional information.
The Issue
While working on a page spread that contains a caption with multiple colored text, the book can disappear.
To Avoid the Issue
- Update to Lightroom 4.2 immediately. Lightroom 4.2 contains safeguards that may aid in the recovery of a lost book. To update, please either use the Help-> "Check for Updates" menu option within Lightroom or download the update here [Windows, Mac]
- Avoid using multiple text colors within the same text box
Recovering a lost book
- If you are using Lightroom 4.2*, this warning will appear.
- Click "Cancel".
- Quit Lightroom 4.2.
- The warning will appear again. Click "Cancel" again.
- Restart Lightroom.
- In the Book module, your book will be there.
*We are not aware of any methods to recover a lost book in either Lightroom 4 or Lightroom 4.1. Please update to Lightroom 4.2 through the Help->"Check for Updates" menu option within Lightroom or download the update here [Windows, Mac]
Next Steps
The Lightroom team is currently researching and evaluating this bug to ensure that there are no other ways that it can be triggered. Our aim is to include a fix in a future update to Lightroom 4. In addition to the feedback we received from the Lightroom community and feedback forums, I'd like to also personally thank two Lightroom customers who played a critical role in helping us isolate and better understand the bug. Alan Shapiro and Marko Nara, thank you for all of your help in getting to the root of this issue.


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As you probably know the 22″ Samsung 2233RZ LCD display is one of the first two true 120Hz LCD monitors available to the general public with the other one being the ViewSonic VX2265wm FuHzion. These are the two displays that usually go with Nvidia's GeForce 3D Vision shutter glasses, providing great Stereoscopic 3D experience, but these monitors are also quite good even when used by themselves in normal 2D mode for gaming of course. And in order to see how good these new displays are are I took and old CRT monitor and compared it to Samsung 2233RZ with both running at 120Hz in clone mode, showing the same image. I opted for Counter Strike Source although not a big fan of the CS games, because the original CS game ca run up to 100Hz maximum, and the Source version is capable of playing at 120 hertz or frames (fps) which is more appropriate to be used when talking about the LCDs. Of course the v-sync was enabled in order to prevent the tearing of images while playing the game, so this problem is gone, however you can still notice the bit higher input lag of the LCD compared to the CRT display. You can watch the HD video above to see what are the differences and they are not much, because the two displays are pretty close in terms of response times with the LCD being in advantage here, because of better brightness, contrast etc. Use the pause button to be able to easily compare stop frames on both screens to get better idea, but here are also some stop frames in Full HD resolution taken from the original video, before being edited and uploaded to youtube.
What you can clearly see from these stop frames is that both displays are pretty close in terms of results with most of the time getting absolutely the same result on screen or with the Samsung LCD providing a bit better one. Still there are a few times where the LCD is a bit behind and in some situations you can actually see a triple image on a stop frame while the CRT has only double objects (the last freeze frame). But this can as well be considered to be an advantage, because this happens in some times where you actually have very fast moving objects and the triple image you see on the freeze frame actually makes it seem more fluid. Also have in mind that the displays run at 120Hz (120 fps) and the video is being shot with a camera running at 25 frames per second, but I also did some interesting comparisons shooting fast moving objects with 240 fps video (double the frame rate you get displayed). I'm still working on these videos, but I'll also publish them here along with some videos comparing the 120Hz LCD to a normal 60Hz LCD monitor, so stay tuned… ;)


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Huelva is swallowing up coastal lagoons in Donana
A team of Spanish scientists from a variety of fields has analysed the effects of human activity on the peridunal lagoons in the Doñana National Park. Results show that the lagoons are in the process of regressing, largely due to the extraction of underground water for the Matalascañas tourist resort (Huelva). Moreover, the natural effects of the ecosystem itself are further aggravating the situation.
Botanists, limnologists and climatologists from the University of Seville (US) have developed a botanical monitoring methodology which combines botanical studies with documents from past centuries, historical maps, data on the use of the land, microrelief and recent climate trends. The aim of the study, which was published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science, was to investigate the changes in the perilagoonal vegetation in Doñana and ascertain their impact.
Arturo Sousa, the main author of the study and a researcher from the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology at the US explained the main conclusion of the study to SINC: "The lagoons are in the process of regressing, particularly due to the extraction of underground water for the Matalascañas tourist resort, a coastal development complex that is right on the edge of the Doñana National Park, a short distance from the lagoons".
The surface and morphology of the lagoons in Doñana has changed over the last two centuries, according to the analyses of perilagoonal vegetation. The research confirms that the lagoons were reduced by 70.7% between 1920 and 1987.
The new methodology is based on the changes in perilagoonal vegetation and allows researchers to study the anthropological impact on the lagoons practically in real time, "and the possible negative effect that Global Warming may have on them in the future," the botanist adds.
Natural Effects also Negative
In the past, climate trends also had a negative impact on the lagoons in Doñana. "Before human activity in the area escalated, the lagoons had already begun a slow process of regression and desiccation linked to the advance of dunes, coinciding with the driest phases of the climate period known as the "Little Ice Age" (from the beginning of the 14th century to halfway through the 19th century), and probably also due to the start of the current process of global warming", Sousa says.
The coastal lagoons in Doñana have always been at the centre of public opinion and their conservation is of great interest. After reconstructing their evolution, the researchers confirm that the reactivation of mobile dune fronts is responsible for blocking and filling the original lagoons with sea sand. According to the experts, this could have occurred during the driest periods of the Little Ice Age in Andalusia.
"If the frequency and duration of dry periods increases, together with droughts in general, the desiccation and disappearance of lagoons could become more widespread, not only in south western Europe, but also in other Mediterranean coastal ecosystems," Sousa warns.
More information: Sousa, Arturo; García-Murillo, Pablo; Morales, Julia; García-Barrón, Leoncio. "Anthropogenic and natural effects on the coastal lagoons in the southwest of Spain (Doñana National Park)" Ices Journal of Marine Science 66(7): 1508-1514 Aug 2009.
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The Jefferson Awards, sponsored by WBNS 10TV and Nationwide, were established by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Ohio Sen. Robert Taft in 1972 to honor the work of unsung heroes. The five local winners will be named at an April 3 ceremony.
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* Pickerington resident Anita Birk, the founder of Mommies of Miracles, a support group for mothers of children with health care or developmental needs.
* Kayla Byrd of Columbus, who co-chairs a service learning group on human trafficking at Columbus Alternative High School.
* Westerville resident Chris Callen, a Vietnam War veteran and founder of the Callen Foundation that helps families of active military members financially in obtaining basic living necessities.
* James John Caronis of Worthington, founder and president of Operation Buckeye, a group that sends care packages to U.S. troops deployed overseas.
* John Caudill of Marion, a recovery program worker, who has overcome his own addictions to help others.
* Worthington resident Tad Dritz, founder of the Green Columbus group that has organized litter collections, helped with community gardens and planted thousands of trees.
* Jo Ann Evans of Columbus, who has been a daily volunteer at Ohio Avenue Elementary School for the past 15 years.
* Pickerington resident Shayna Fowler, creator of The Butterfly Project that works to empower and uplift young women.
* Patricia Gabbe of Bexley, a pediatrician who started the Moms2B program that helps low-income women deliver healthy, full-term babies.
* Mona Gazala of Columbus, who owns Second Sight Studio, a nonprofit art gallery that engages local artists and Franklinton residents.
* Columbus resident Robert Haas, founder of Amputee Recreational Support Group of Central Ohio, an organization that gives amputees a support network through activities and a peer-to-peer system.
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SSR 64-42: SECTION 216(h)(2)(B). -- CHILD'S INSURANCE BENEFITS -- CHILD OF INVALID CEREMONIAL MARRIAGE
- The worker and the mother of the claimant child went through a marriage ceremony in accordance with Japanese custom, notification of which was not given to the proper authorities. The worker died domiciled in Japan and thereafter a Japanese court adjudged the claimant as the acknowledged child of the worker. Held, claimant does not qualify as the child of the worker under section 216(h)(2)(A) but is deemed to be the child of the worker under section 216(h)(2)(B) and, therefore, may become entitled to child's insurance benefits.
The claimant, M, and a worker, R, were ceremonially married in Japan in accordance with local customs in May 1951. However, notification of the marriage was not given to the proper authorities as required by Japanese law, and therefore the marriage was invalid. R and M, not knowing of the requirement that the marriage be reported, lived together believing in good faith that they had been validly married.
In January 1953, a child, C, was born to R and M, and R, M, and C lived together in Japan until January 1963 when R died.
In February 1963 M instituted an action to give C status as R's acknowledged child and in April 1963 the Japanese Central Circuit Court issued a decree to the effect that C was the Acknowledged child of R and in September 1963 M filed application for child's insurance benefits on behalf of C.
Under section 216(h)(2)(A) of the Act, an applicant is the child of a deceased worker if, under the intestacy laws of the State in which the worker was domiciled at the time of his death or under the intestacy laws of the District of columbia if the worker was not domiciled in any State at that time, the applicant would have the status of child of the worker for purposes of distribution of the worker's intestate personal property.
Under section 216(h)(2)(B) of the Act, an applicant who is not the child of the worker under the above test shall nevertheless be deemed to be his child if the worker and the child's mother went through a marriage ceremony resulting in a purported marriage between them which, but for a defect in procedure or an impediment arising from a prior marriage, would have been a valid marriage.
The issue is whether C qualifies as R's child under section 216(h)(2). If C so qualifies then he is entitled to child's insurance benefits on R's earnings record, all other requirements for entitlement having been met.
Since R was domiciled in Japan when he died, in order for C to qualify as R's child under section 216(h)(2)(A), C must have inheritance rights as a child of R or have the same status as R's child for purposes of inheritance under the laws of the District of Columbia.
Under the laws of the District of Columbia, only legitimate children can inherit the intestate personal property of their father. The courts of the District will look to the law of the father's domicile at the time of a child's birth to determine if such child was legitimate. If not legitimate at that time, the court will look to the law of the father's domicile as of the time any alleged legitimating act occurred to determine whether the child was legitimated subsequent to his birth. It is not sufficient for a child merely to acquire a right to support from his father, or a right to inherit the father's intestate personal property under the law of the father's foreign domicile. The child must have acquired a legitimate status with respect to his father for all purposes.
Under Japanese law: (1) A marriage, even though a local ceremony was performed, is not valid unless notification to the proper authorities is given; (2) Where the parties to such a marriage fail to give proper notification, the issue of such a marriage are illegitimate; (3) The act of recognizing or acknowledging a child, while a formal act performed by the father or by a court, does not result in the child's legitimation; (4) An acknowledged child may be fully legitimated if the mother and father intermarry and given notification to the proper authority; (5) An acknowledged child enjoys some rights of succession but is not accorded full legitimate status and does not share equally with a legitimate child with respect to intestate succession.
In the instant case, the child, C, was born out of wedlock and was thereafter validly acknowledged. However, since there was never a valid marriage between M and R, C never became legitimate under Japanese laws even though he had some inheritance rights from him natural father.
Since the courts of the District of Columbia would not consider a child who is not legitimate as entitled to inherit intestate personal property from its father, C does not qualify as R's child within the meaning of section 216(h)(2)(A).
Although C does not qualify as R's child within the meaning of section 216(h)(2)(A), he may still qualify as R's child under section 216(h)(2)(B). A child may be entitled to benefits under this section if the parents of the child went through a marriage ceremony but the marriage was invalid due to a defect in the procedure followed in connection with the marriage. (See SSR 63-49, C.B. 1963, p.24.)
In this case, R's ceremonial marriage to M would have been valid except for a defect in procedure (their failure to notify the proper authorities). Accordingly, it is held that C qualifies as R's child under section 216(h)(2)(B) and is therefore entitled to child's insurance benefits, all other requirements for entitlement having been met.


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Health SA Gesondheid (Online) vol.13 no.1 Cape Town 2008
Caregiver experiences and perceptions of stroke
Mary ThomasI; Kirston GreenopII
IMA Psychology student. Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, University of Witwatersrand
IIPhD. Lecturer, Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, University of Witwatersrand
With the increasing prevalence of people in developing countries who suffer strokes, the long-term care of people who have had a stroke and who are living with disabilities has substantial consequences for caregivers and their respective families. As the caregiver plays a pivotal role in the rehabilitation of the people who have had a stroke, the objectives of this study constitute an investigation into the complexities of caregiving, including both perceptions and experiences of the healthcare system. Semi-structured interviews were utilised to elicit post-stroke experiences of six caregivers. The challenge the South African context adds to these experiences was probed. The data were analysed qualitatively by thematic and content analysis. Prominent themes associated with caregiving included: role changes and relationship disruptions within the family, occupational and social implications, fatigue, anxiety, depression, loneliness, frustration as well as financial problems. Caregiver experiences were exacerbated by the inadequate support structures available. The results are interpreted within a biopsychosocial approach, concluding with the concerns raised by caregivers on the support they require from the healthcare system in order to provide home-based care.
Keywords: stroke; perceptions; caregivers; content analysis
Met die toenemende voorkoms van beroerte in ontwikkelende lande bring die langdurige versorging van pasiënte met gestremdheid beduidende gevolge vir sorggewers en hulle onderskeie gesinne mee. Aangesien die sorggewer 'n sleutelrol in die rehabilitasie van die beroertepasiënt speel, behels die doelstellings van hierdie studie 'n ondersoek na die verwikkeldhede van versorging, wat sowel persepsies as ondervinding van die gesondheidsorgstelsel insluit. Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude is aangewend om die na-beroerte ondervindings van ses sorggewers te peil. Die uitdaging wat die Suid- Afrikaanse konteks tot hierdie ondervindings meebring is ondersoek. Die data is kwalitatief deur middel van tematiese en inhoudsanalise ontleed. Prominente temas wat verbandhou met sorggewing sluit in: rolverandering en verhoudingsteurnisse binne die huisgesin, beroeps- en sosiale implikasies, uitputting, angs, depressie, eensaamheid, frustrasie sowel as finansiële probleme. Die probleme van sorggewers word vererger deur ontoereikende steunstrukture. Die resultate word binne 'n biopsigososiale benadering ontleed, en saamgevat met probleme wat sorggewers uitspreek ten opsigte van die steun wat hulle van die gesondheidsorgstelsel benodig om tuisgebaseerde sorg te kan voorsien.
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Dr. James Casella is a professor of pediatrics and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As the Johns Hopkins' Rainey Professor of Pediatric Hematology, Dr. Casella is chief of the Division of Pediatric Hematology at Johns Hopkins Children's and director of the Basic and Translational Research Program in Sickle Cell Disease, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center and the Maryland Hemophilia Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins.
He supervises several labs investigating the cellular and molecular basis of pediatric blood-borne diseases. He is seeking to develop better treatments for sickle cell disease and the prevention of central nervous system complications of this disorder, including stroke.
Dr. Casella received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from Union College. He earned his M.D. from SUNY of Syracuse and completed a residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was subsequently a fellow in hematology/oncology. He has been a member of the Johns Hopkins' faculty since 1983.
A research scientist as well as a clinician, he co-directs the hematology/oncology fellowship program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and is an adjunct senior investigator (Pediatric Oncology Branch) in the Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. He is also director of the NHLBI-funded K12 in benign hematology program at Johns Hopkins that trains young clinician/investigators in benign hematology and transfusion medicine.
Dr. Casella has served on numerous university, hospital, and advisory committees, many geared toward hematology, pediatrics and transfusion. He has received many awards from the Johns Hopkins Hospital, including the Alexander "Buck" Schaffer Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Teaching of House Officers. He and a colleague created the Johns Hopkins/St. Agnes Comprehensive Hemophilia Clinic to improve care for patients with the disease.
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Pediatrics (1979)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Hematology and Oncology (1980)
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- American Board of Pediatrics / Pediatrics (1982)
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Dr. Casella's research focuses on sickle cell disease, with an emphasis on neurologic complications. One of his current projects uses a non-biased proteomic analysis of plasma samples from the ongoing Pediatric Silent Infarct Transfusion (SIT) Trial from patients with or without sickle cell disease.
Clinical Trial KeywordsGenetics and proteomics of sickle cell disease, Vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease, Neurovascular disease in sickle cell disease
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Khan J, Takemoto C, Casella J, Streiff M, Nwanko I, and Kim J. "Catheter-directed thrombolysis of inferior vena cava thrombosis in a 13-day old neonate and review of literature." CardioVascular & Interventional Rad, October 2007.
Strouse JJ, Takemoto CM, Keefer JR, Kato GJ, Casella JF. "Corticosteroids and Increased Risk of Readmission after Acute Chest Syndrome in Children with Sickle Cell Disease." Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2007 Sep 11; [Epub ahead of print].
Scothorn, DJ, Price C, Buchanan GR, Shurney W, Schwartz D, Sarniak I, Fallon R, Chu JY, Wang W, Casella JF, Resar L, Berman B, Adamkiewicz T, Hsu L, Ohene-Frempong K, Smith-Whitley K, Mahoney D, Scott JP, Woods G, Watanabe M, and DeBaun MR. "Rates of hospitalization for pain and acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell anemia after five years or more of blood transfusion therapy following stroke." Manuscript in preparation.
Phillips KL, An P, Boyd JH, Strunk RC, Casella JF, Barton BA, and DeBaun MR. "Major Gene Effect and Additive Familial Pattern of Inheritance of Asthma Exist among Families of Probands with Sickle Cell Anemia and Asthma." Am J Human Biol, April, 2007.
Hulbert ML, Scothorn, DJ, Panepinto JA, Scott JP, Buchanan GR, Sarnaik S, Fallon R, Chu J-Y, Wang W, Casella JF, Resar L, Berman, B, Adamkiewicz T, Hsu LL, Smith-Whitley K, Mahoney D, Woods G, Watanabe M, and DeBaun MR. "Exchange blood transfusion for first overt stroke is associated with a lower risk of subsequent stroke than simple transfusion: a retrospective cohort of 137 children with sickle cell anemia." J Pediatr 149: 710-2, 2006.
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- Outstanding Clinical Teaching of House Officers, Alexander J. Schaffer Award, 1997
- Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association, 1991 - 1996
- John Howland Award, Johns Hopkins University, 1988
- Honorable Mention Young Investigator Award for Pediatric Research, Society for Pediatric Research, 1986
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow National Research Service Individual Award, 1982 - 1984
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, American Heart Association Maryland, 1981 - 1982
- Summa Cum Laude, Union College, 1972
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1972
- American Society of Hematology
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Society for Pediatric Research
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- Medical Advisor, National Hemophilia Foundation, Maryland Chapter
- Editorial Board, Pediatrics
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Defense News, and a person familiar with the firm, said the company puts "unauthorized" code on mobile phones over the air on Android, BlackBerry and Apple devices.
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But people that have expressed concern about NSO's capabilities include developers on message boards and CIA officials, according to one former U.S. official familiar with the exchange.
In the Defense News article, the company said it had been granted an export license to a government agency in Mexico.
The person familiar with NSO's recent sale to Francisco said the company "sells all over the world, only to government entities."
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As a new round of religion-based challenges to President Barack Obama's health care law head to the Supreme Court, advocates on both sides of the issue say the administration's arguments are likely facing a chilly reception.
On Friday, the Obama administration urged the court to reject a plea from an order of nuns who say a provision of Obamacare conflicts with their opposition to birth control.
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Already, the Supreme Court is preparing to hear two cases filed by private companies who say contraception provisions in the law violate their firms' rights to religious freedom.
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Together, the cases could recreate a broad left-right coalition on the court that has emerged in the past decade to defend religious rights against alleged government intrusions.
"I wouldn't be betting on the government winning," said Michael McConnell, a former federal appeals court judge who favors granting broad religious exemptions. "I would say that the government has an uphill battle."
A legal expert who has argued for a broad government right to enforce government policies like anti-discrimination laws agrees: the cases — both the immediate battle involving nonprofit nursing homes operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the pending ones featuring for-profit companies Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties — will be tough fights.
"When I look at these cases, I'm not really sure there's one vote to start with on the side of the government," said Leslie Griffin, a law professor at the University of Las Vegas.
Experts pointed to two religious freedom cases the court has decided in the past decade, both of which wound up as abject defeats for the government.
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In 2006, the court ruled, 8-0, in favor of a New Mexico based church which wanted to use a sacramental tea containing a banned hallucinogen. And last year, the court ruled 9-0 in the case of a Lutheran Church employee that the Constitution bars the government from enforcing employment laws on behalf of anyone the church considers a minister.
At one time, conservatives on the court tended to side with the government in free-exercise fights. "Some of the conservatives — including, especially Justice Scalia…have not been sympathetic to religious exemptions from general laws," noted Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf.
Scalia's 1990 opinion upholding the government's power to penalize an individual for using peyote — even when used in a religious ritual — triggered a strongly negative political reaction from the right and the left. That led to the passage in 1993 of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a federal law that made it tougher for the government to take actions that intrude on religious practice.
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The left-right coalition persists to this day and can now be seen from time to time on the high court.
"Democrats like minority religions because they're minorities and Republicans like them because they're religions," Dorf said. "The problem is when you're not asking for a small exception to a law nobody really cares about anyway, like one forbidding peyote use, but one about people paying their taxes."
Since the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Scalia and some of the other conservative justices have seemed more open to religious claims. "He thinks the Constitution doesn't require a religious exemption of its own force, but all of them seem perfectly happy to find exemptions based on RFRA," Dorf added.
With scant indications of how relative newcomers to the court like Elena Kagan think about these issues, some are looking for clues earlier in the justices' lives and careers.
When Kagan worked in the Clinton White House, she wrote an internal memo decrying the California Supreme Court's narrow interpretation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. She called "quite outrageous" an opinion denying a landlord's claim that her religious beliefs were burdened by a state law that forced her to rent apartments to unmarried couples. "Taken seriously, this kind of reasoning could strip RFRA of any real meaning," she warned.
"It does suggest she is not likely to accept the government's argument that for-profit businesses are categorically unable to raise a free-exercise claim," McConnell said, while noting that the 1996 memo might not correctly capture her present views on the subject.
McConnell also remembers Kagan being receptive to religious freedom arguments in her days as lawyer and domestic policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. "I do recall that those of us interested in enforcement of RFRA had reason to believe she was our friend and advocate within the White House," said McConnell, now a professor at Stanford Law School.


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Gadgets in the library
For Immediate Release
Tue, 04/22/2014
Dan Freeman
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ALA Publishing
ALA Publishing
CHICAGO — ALA TechSource announces an exciting new workshop, Gadgets in the Library: A Practical Guide to Personal Electronics for Librarians with Jason Griffey. This workshop will last consist of two 90-minute sessions and take place at 2:30 pm EST/1:30 pm CST on Wednesday, July 23 and Thursday, July 24, 2014.
From the iPad to eReaders, gadgets are everywhere. As these personal electronic devices become ubiquitous in everyday life, it's essential that libraries are fluent in their language. Whether your library wants to use these items in its services or purchase them to lend out to patrons, this two-part workshop will provide the foundation for bringing your library into the future through gadgets.
Session 1: Tablets and eReaders
This session will cover the following topics:
- Why do we care?
- Operating Systems versus Devices
- Tools for Managing Devices
- Discussion on best practices
Session 2: ChromeOS, Wearables, and Future Tech
This session will cover the following topics:
- ChromeOS and Chromebooks
- Wearables and the next 2-5 years
- Circulation and Policy Decisions
- Wrap up
About the Instructor
Jason Griffey is an associate professor and chief technology strategist at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His latest book, "Mobile Technology and Libraries," is now available as a part of Neal Schuman's Tech Set. He can be stalked obsessively at www.jasongriffey.net. Griffey was named one of Library Journal's Movers and Shakers in 2009 and is regularly invited to speak on libraries, the social economy, mobile technology, and other technology-related issues. He spends his free time with his daughter, Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.
Registration for this ALA TechSource Workshop is available on the ALA Store. You can purchase registration at both individual and group rates.
ALA TechSource Workshops are designed to give you and your staff the opportunity to participate in a hands-on learning experience that will help you make the best technology decisions for your library.
ALA TechSource is a publishing imprint of the American Library Association. ALA TechSource publishes Library Technology Reports and the ALA TechSource Blog.
ALA Store purchases fund advocacy, awareness, and accreditation programs for library professionals worldwide.


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EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics and EPA's Office of Water jointly hosted the "Economic Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species Workshop" on July 20-21, 2005 in Washington DC. The goal was to obtain workshop participants' individual views on potential conceptual frameworks and bioeconomic tools for use in the subsequent development of national and regional estimates of the market and non-market economic impacts of aquatic invasive species.
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Barnicoat Mountainbike Ride
Beautiful views and a great work out. Perfect ride if your short on time or feel like and up hill challenge. Watch the hangliders take off from the summit.
For this ride you need a good level of fitness, it is 8.6k return with some steep climbs in places and fun downhill. It will take between 30-60 minutes to reach the top and 10-20 minutes back down again.
Start at the top of Marsden Valley Road by the gates to the quarry. There is car parking here if you are driving to the start of it. Marsden road is a gradual uphill all the way to the start and makes a great warm up.
Head over the vehicle bridge to the right of the quarry and carry your bike over the gate. Ride along about 100m where you will find a right hand turn and begin your climb. Keep going up until you reach the top where there is a sharp right hand turn, short steep climb and then it opens out to a large grassy area. Take some time to relax and enjoy your views.
Hangliders fly from the summit on a good clear day, so make the most of your time and views when you get to the top. The road that you riding up is also shared by vehicles heading to the top too. Control your speed on the way down and be mindful of walkers, runner and other riders sharing the track with you.
This is a great ride if you are looking for some brilliant views or want to get a bit of hill training in. Enjoy!!


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That's the deciding review, right thereankers wrote:Spent now two sessions on the Nugget 2013.
For your reference: I use normally Naish Global and Airush Sector V2 52.
Many comparisons have been made with the Sector, and to be honest, I think these are two far from each other to be compared, one can only point out the differences not the similarities. Sector has fins (and I mean fins!) while the nugget has a rather skatey feeling, with its normal surf fins. I think it is much closer to a normal surfboard than to the freeride-race board, which the sector is.
I ride it strapless, weight 78kg.
First session: flat water; starting at 11-12 knots on 12m park (24meter lines) and ending in about 16 knots on 10m Rebel.
Second session: 13-15 knots, waist-high waves, 12m Park (20 meter lines). Side onshore.
I live in a tropical region, so the wind is really hot and consequently less powerful compared to colder climates.
Besides all the things said (very light weight, egg shape etc), the following things come to my mind:
1. Upwind: going very well upwind compared to other surf boards, but not as the Sector does. For me, the "upwindability" of the Sector is even too much at times. Too much time spending going downwind So, the capacity of going upwind with the sector is not really needed for me. Conclusion: I like the nugget better in this aspect. Perfect in taking a wave, going down wind and going back upwind in one tack.
2. Turnability: I love this machine. Much better and faster turning than the sector (of course). In the gibes, it glides and you feel its flotation capacity, this is in contrast to the Global, where you need to maintain speed in order not to sink. So when you loose a little power in the kite, when gibing (which could happen in light winds), the nugget keeps you up and going.
3. Chop: no prob at all. I feel that this board will hold and be enjoyable in higher winds as well.
4. Nose-dive: indeed a little tendency to do so when on waves due to the short nose I guess. But this is something you will get used to, so after a few sessions this will not be an issue at all.
5. tacking: all attempts worked out well. Easy to tack. Ollying the same: it is great fun and easier. So in this respect, a perfect learning board as well.
6. Fins: happy they are delivered with future-compatible ones. Just be careful: when I put them in the first time one of the screws lost the grip of my hex key (the standard one delivered with it). I was very careful, so I am sure it was not my mistake. Probably a production fault. I am planning to order a quad set of fins and some future screws+ key. If anybody knows where i can get them in europe, please tell me
all in all, this is a special board. I was on the water earlier than my friends and got of it later, as wind was picking up in the beginning of the session and falling at sunset. It is a perfect choice when you are faced with waist high waves, you just stay on them, while others with normal surfboards can't. the board invites you to do new things.... very satisfied (except for this screw issue and the design of course (but that is personal)
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GRANT --- see McNeil
KIPPEN --- see Reid
MCDONALD --- see Grant
ROBERTSON --- see McNeil
ROY --- see Grant
SIMPSON --- see Reid