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How do we rate the condition of our Nikon D500
Condition -Mint- (Almost as new, optics clean/unmarked, very light signs of use)
Actuations - Sub 14000
Included Accessories Box, Battery, Charger, Manual, Strap, Body Cap, USB Cable
MPN - VBA480AE || Clifton's Code – 12564736
Key Features of the Nikon D500
The D500, is a DX-format digital SLR camera that packs the incredible performance of the D5, Nikon's flagship FX-format model, into an agile body.
The D500 incorporates the same powerful 153-point AF system as the D5, ensuring precise subject acquisition even during high-speed continuous shooting at approx. 10 fps. It supports 4K UHD movies, meeting the demands of multimedia professionals, while the new EXPEED 5 image-processing engine enables it to deliver high-quality images and movies and realizes a wide sensitivity range from ISO 100 to 51200, expandable to Hi 5 (ISO 1640000 equivalent).
The D500 combines the agility of the DX system with superior usability. It employs a touch-screen, tilting monitor, and features SnapBridge support, which enhances the value of your images via constant wireless connection with a smart device. The camera is compatible with the newly released MB-D17 Multi-Power Battery Pack (optional), which can be used with various types of battery.
Product Features
Powerful 153-point AF achieves superior subject acquisition performance across a wide range of situationsThe D500's Multi-CAM 20K autofocus sensor module offers a dense configuration of 153 focus points (99 cross sensors) that covers an extremely wide portion of the image area, meaning that even fast-moving subjects can be acquired precisely. AF capability is extended down to -4 EV* with the central point and -3 EV* with all other points, making AF usable even in extremely low light or when shooting low-contrast subjects. A newly employed AF engine and 180K-pixel RGB sensor also contribute to achieving exceptional AF performance in a variety of scenes.
High-speed continuous shooting at approx. 10 fps for up to 200 shots (14-bit lossless compressed RAW)The D500 delivers high-speed continuous shooting at approx. 10 fps for up to 200 shots in JPEG and in 14-bit lossless compressed RAW, without any drop in shooting speed. Even moving subjects can be tracked accurately across a wide field of view at this rapid rate, taking advantage of the camera's stable viewfinder image and a widest-ever diagonal viewing angle of approx. 30.8°.
Unique benefits of a compact DX system — added agility in telephoto shootingNikon's DX-format D500 provides an angle of view equivalent to that of a lens with an approx. 1.5x longer focal length. This permits telephoto shooting using smaller, lighter lenses with a shorter focal length, while taking advantage of performance that rivals the D5 FX-format flagship model. The camera's agility is also enhanced by the kit lens, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR, the lightweight 5x normal zoom lens, which weighs only approx. 1340 g/2 lb 15.3 oz*2 when attached to the D500.
4K UHD video, suitable for professional productionsThe D500 can record 4K UHD (3840 x 2160)/30p/25p/24p as well as 1080/60p video for up to 29 min. 59 s, with simultaneous output via HDMI available. It is also possible to generate 4K UHD time-lapse movies within the camera. In Full HD or HD mode, the D500's electronic Vibration Reduction function reduces the effects of camera shake in the horizontal, vertical and rotational directions during hand-held movie recording, while Active D-Lighting preserves details in highlights and shadows to capture footage with natural brightness.
New EXPEED 5 image-processing engine achieves sensitivity up to ISO 51200, expandable to Hi 5 (equivalent to ISO 1640000)The D500's new EXPEED 5 image-processing engine, as used in the D5, delivers standard ISO sensitivity from 100 to 51200, expandable down to Lo 1 (ISO 50 equivalent) and up to Hi 5 (ISO 1640000 equivalent). It can capture exceptionally high-definition images, while effectively reducing noise even at high ISO settings. The new 180K-pixel RGB sensor (approx. 180,000 pixels) further improves the performance of the camera's Advanced Scene Recognition System, and its flicker reduction for still images reduces exposure variations even under flickering light sources.
Touch-screen, tilting 8-cm/3.2-in. high-resolution monitor ensures more comfortable shooting for professionals and advanced amateursThe D500's touch-panel monitor enables a variety of functions, including instant switching of images using the frame advance bar and text input — shared with the D5 — as well as touch AF and touch shutter (in still shooting). The tilting monitor with 3-axis hinge structure allows you to shoot from more flexible angles for stills and movies. And its large 8-cm/3.2-in. screen with significantly enhanced 2359k-dot resolution lets you confirm focus in amazingly precise detail.
SnapBridge support lets you link with a smart device via Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi®The D500 can be constantly connected to a smart device* with the SnapBridge application installed (to be available as a free download), via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. This enables a variety of features: you can automatically transfer images taken with the D500 to your smart device, as well as upload them automatically to NIKON IMAGE SPACE. You can also use the smart device to browse images stored in the camera, as well as embed images with its location and date/time information. SnapBridge dramatically enhances the value and convenience of images taken with the D500.
WT-7/A/B/C Wireless Transmitter (optional) enables high-speed wired/wireless LAN communicationNikon's WT-7/A/B/C Wireless Transmitter is aimed at professionals who need to transfer images more quickly than they can with built-in wireless LAN. When attached to the D500, it allows images and movie files to be transferred to computers* or FTP server via both wired and wireless LAN. The D500 with WT-7/A/B/C can be used as a wireless LAN access point, permitting easy connections with computers and smart devices.
|Type of camera
|Single-lens reflex digital camera
|Lens mount
|Nikon F mount (with AF coupling and AF contacts)
|Effective angle of view
|Nikon DX format; focal length in 35 mm [135] format equivalent to approx. 1.5x that of lenses with FX format angle of view
|Effective pixels
|Effective pixels
|20.9 million
|Image sensor
|Image sensor
|23.5 x 15.7 mm CMOS sensor
|Total pixels
|21.51 million
|Dust-reduction system
|Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (Capture NX-D software required)
|Image size (pixels)
|File format
|Picture Control system
|Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape, Flat; selected Picture Control can be modified; storage for custom Picture Controls
|XQD, SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-II compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards
|Dual card slot
|Either card can be used for primary or backup storage or for separate storage of NEF (RAW) and JPEG images; pictures can be copied between cards
|File system
|DCF 2.0, Exif 2.3, PictBridge
|Eye-level pentaprism single-lens reflex viewfinder
|Frame coverage
|Approx. 1.0x (50 mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1)
|16 mm (-1.0 m-1; from center surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens)
|Diopter adjustment
|-2 to +1 m-1
|Focusing screen
|Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark II screen with AF area brackets (framing grid can be displayed)
|Reflex mirror
|Quick return
|Depth-of-field preview
|Pressing Pv button stops lens aperture down to value selected by user (A and M modes) or by camera (P and S modes)
|Lens aperture
|Instant return, electronically controlled
|Compatible lenses
|Compatible with AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G, E and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC lenses) and DX lenses, AI-P NIKKOR lenses, and non-CPU AI lenses (A and M modes only); IX-NIKKOR lenses, lenses for the F3AF, and non-AI lenses cannot be used
The electronic rangefinder can be used with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster (the electronic rangefinder supports 15 focus points with lenses that have a maximum aperture of f/8 or faster, of which 9 points are available for selection)
|Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter available in mirror up release mode
|1/8000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV, bulb, time, X250
|Flash sync speed
|X=1/250 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/250 s or slower
|Release mode
|S (single frame), CL (continuous low speed), CH (continuous high speed), Q (quiet shutter-release), QC (quiet continuous shutter-release), Self-timer, MUP (mirror up)
|Approximate frame advance rate
|CL: 1 to 9 fps, CH: 10 fps, QC: 3 fps
|2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2 or 3 s
|TTL exposure metering using RGB sensor with approx.180K (180,000) pixels
|Metering method
(ISO 100, f/1.4 lens, 20°C/68°F)
|Exposure meter coupling
|Combined CPU and AI
|Programmed auto with flexible program (P); shutter-priority auto (S); aperture-priority auto (A); manual (M)
|Exposure compensation
|-5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV
|Exposure lock
|Luminosity locked at detected value
|ISO sensitivity
(Recommended Exposure Index)
|ISO 100 to 51200 in steps of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV; can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 50 equivalent) below ISO 100 or to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 EV (ISO 1640000 equivalent) above ISO 51200; auto ISO sensitivity control available
|Active D-Lighting
|Auto, extra high, high, normal, low or off
|Multi-CAM 20K autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection, fine-tuning, and 153 focus points (including 99 cross sensors and 15 sensors that support f/8), of which 55 (35 cross sensors and 9 f/8 sensors) are available for selection
|Detection range
|-4 to 20 EV (ISO 100, 20°C/68°F)
|Lens servo
|Focus point
|153 focus points, of which 55 or 15 are available for selection
|AF-area mode
|Single-point AF, 25-, 72-, or 153-point dynamic-area AF, 3D-tracking, group-area AF, auto-area AF
|Focus lock
|Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing the center of the sub-selector
|Flash control
|TTL: i-TTL flash control using RGB sensor with approx. 180K (180,000) pixels; i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR is used with matrix, center-weighted and highlight-weighted metering, standard i-TTL fill-flash for digital SLR with spot metering
|Flash mode
|Front-curtain sync, slow sync, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction with slow sync, slow rear-curtain sync, off; auto FP high-speed sync supported
|Flash compensation
|-3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV
|Flash-ready indicator
|Lights when optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes after flash is fired at full output
|Accessory shoe
|ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock
|Nikon Creative Lighting
System (CLS)
|i-TTL flash control, Advanced Wireless Lighting (optical/radio), auto FP high-speed sync, modeling illumination, FV lock, unified flash control, flash color information communication and AF-assist illumination for multi-point AF
|Sync terminal
|ISO 519 sync terminal with locking thread
|White balance
|White balance
|Auto (3 types), incandescent, fluorescent (7 types), direct sunlight, flash, cloudy, shade, preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored, spot white balance measurement available during live view), choose color temperature (2500 K to 10000 K), all with fine-tuning
|Bracketing types
|Bracketing types
|Exposure, flash, white balance, and ADL
|Live view
|Live view mode
|Photo live view, movie live view
|Lens servo
|AF-area mode
|Face-priority AF, wide-area AF, normal-area AF, subject-tracking AF
|Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)
|TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
|Metering method
|Matrix, center-weighted or highlight-weighted
|Frame size (pixels)
and frame rate
|File format
|Video compression
|H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
|Audio recording format
|Linear PCM
|Audio recording device
|Built-in stereo or external microphone; sensitivity adjustable
|ISO sensitivity
|Active D-Lighting
|Extra high, high, normal, low or off
|Maximum length
|29 min. 59 s
|Other movie options
|Index marking, time-lapse movies, electronic vibration reduction
|8-cm/3.2-in., approx. 2359k-dot (XGA) TFT ve LCD with 170° viewing angle, approx. 100% frame coverage, and manual monitor brightness control
|Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9 or 72 images) playback with playback zoom, movie playback, photo and/or movie slide shows, histogram display, highlights, photo information, location data display, auto image rotation, picture rating and IPTC information embedding and display
|SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0 Micro-B connector); connection to built-in USB port is recommended
|HDMI output
|Type C HDMI connector
|Audio input
|Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5-mm diameter; plug-in power supported)
|Audio output
|Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5-mm diameter)
|Ten-pin remote terminal
|Can be used to connect optional remote control, WR-R10 (requires WR-A10 WR Adapter) or WR-1 Wireless Remote Controller, GP-1/GP-1A GPS Unit or GPS device compliant with NMEA0183 version 2.01 or 3.01 (requires MC-35 GPS Adapter Cord and cable with D-sub 9-pin connector)
|IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
|Open system, WPA2-PSK
|Communication protocols
|Bluetooth Specification Version 4.1
|NFC Forum Type 3 Tag
|Supported languages
|Supported languages
Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
|Power source
|One EN-EL15 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery
|Battery pack
|Optional MB-D17 Multi-Power Battery Pack with one EN-EL18a or EN-EL18 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery (available separately), one EN-EL15 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery or eight R6/AA-size alkaline, Ni-MH or lithium batteries; a BL-5 Battery Chamber Cover is required when using EN-EL18a or EN-EL18 battery
|AC adapter
|EH-5b AC Adapter; requires EP-5B Power Connector (available separately)
|Tripod socket
|Tripod socket
|1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
|Dimensions / weight
(W x H x D)
|Approx. 147 x 115 x 81 mm/5.8 x 4.6 x 3.2 in.
|Approx. 860 g/1 lb 14.4 oz with battery and XQD memory card but without body cap; approx. 760 g/1 lb 10.9 oz (camera body only)
|Operating environment
|Operating environment
|Temperature: 0 to 40°C/32 to 104°F
humidity: 85% or less (no condensation)


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A healthy and accurate financial position, I believe is the core by which SME's can unlock their potential, be flexible and innovative to target every potential opportunity and thereby creating a business of dreams.

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Dan Moran is an associate professor in biomedical engineering with a secondary appointments in Neurobiology and Physical Therapy at the school of medicine. His primary research involves voluntary motor control and the control signals necessary to restore movement in paralyzed individuals through implantable devices. Dr. Moran's work draws from his background in electrical engineering, movement biomechanics, and systems neurophysiology.
Professor Moran's research interests include voluntary motor control and neuroprostheses. He works to understand how the brain controls voluntary upper arm movements and he is also working to identify alternative control signals for brain-computer interfaces, which restores function in patients who have paralysis or neuromuscular disorders.
Prior to joining Washington University in 2001, Professor Moran studied motor systems neurophysiology as a junior and associate fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, California.
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Tokyo TV producer dreams of stick-your-face-here boards revitalizing Japan
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TOKYO -- Hiromichi Shizume has a passion, and it has driven him to some 300 locations, all different geographically but similar in one aspect: Stick-your-face-here boards, those often funny but somewhat melancholic items you usually find on the peripheries of tourist spots.
Shizume, a popular TV producer in Tokyo, simply loves those cutout boards, and has kept sticking his face into them and asked people nearby to take a snap or two, accumulating thousands of pictures in the process. And all those images share one thing: His wacky facial expressions.
"You may not believe this but I'm a serious guy and can't cut loose easily," Shizume said in a recent interview with The Mainichi. "Making those wacky faces in those boards kind of liberates me," he confessed.
Now Shizume is going beyond self-liberation. He just organized a symposium on those cutout boards on May 27 in Tokyo with the help of like-minded people, including Takayoshi Kawai, a Tokai University professor specializing in city promotion, in a bid to utilize them to shore up local culture and economy.
"I've long felt that those panels are being treated unfairly, pushed into the shadows of main tourist attractions. Now I sense their popularity in Japan is growing. People are talking about them online and books featuring those boards are coming out," said Shizume. Some local governments have shown interest in his evangelism for the boards, which he calls "Kao hame panel (face sticking panel)," he said.
Shizume is now dreaming of launching a pan-Japan high school competition to come up with new designs and ideas for how to use the stick-your-face-here boards -- a project he tentatively dubbed "Kaoshien." It's a portmanteau of the word kao (face) and the Koshien ballpark in Hyogo Prefecture, home to Japan's two premiere high school baseball tournaments.
"I want to transform those panels into a new culture capable of attracting young people," Shizume said with a passion to face off against shrinking, greying Japan.
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Okay... so a couple of weeks ago I was in Home Goods and saw some lamps that I really liked. Simple oil rubbed bronze base with a cream drum shade. At 39.99, I was like that's a pretty good deal! But my husband doesn't really want me spending money on decorating because we're moving soon and doesn't want to acquire more items to move. But I am tired of my old lamps that I have had for about ten years and no longer suit my style. They are very ... READ MORE »
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How fun is this idea? Make a design statement on your staircase by adding a design on the the riser. You can do this with wallpaper. Stencils. Mosaic tiles. You can even make it more personal... by decopaging family photos. I love this! It's a NataLee Necessity for sure! -NataLee "Making the house you have... the home you want!" ... READ MORE »
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Episode 28
Ivan Decker is a comedian who has appeared at the Montreal and Toronto Just for Laughs festivals and has numerous TV and Radio appearances including his own comedy special on CTV and as a guest on the popular CBC program "The Debaters." Recently named "Funniest comedian in Canada under 30" Ivan Decker is quickly becoming one of the hottest names in the newest generation of stand up comedy. We waltz through your listener questions and discuss the comedic process. Let's do it!
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do." – Mark Twain ―
I will make sure that this will NOT happen. Here is the list of where I have been wandering the last decades…Find out where I have been wandering up to now.
I've visited 27 out of 217 countries. That is 12.44%%.
June 2018 – Lucky to have landed here unexpectedly – read more
February – march 2018 – We did a 3 week loop through the country. Read more.
December 2017 – Speed visit for a patient advisory board. Read more.
2009 and 2016 – focused on the key tourist sites next to work. We went in April 2017 for doing some more sightseeing.
February – March 2017 – 18 days roundtrip starting and ending in Delhi. Passing by Mandawa, Bikaner, Deshnok, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Ranakpur, Udaipur, Raipur, Pushkar, Jaipur and Agra. First long trip with a friend.
July 2016 – 8 nights round tour from Edinburgh. Includes Inveraray, Oban, Lunga and Staffa islands, Ben Nevis, Glenfinnan, Isle of Skye, Loch Ness, Inverness and Aviemore. Summer family trip with my two kids of 13 and 10 and a friend.
Arizona road trip
April 2016 – 5 nights round tour from Flagstaff. Includes Grand Canyon South Rim, Lower Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Navajo National Monument, Monument Valley and Petrified Forest. Traveling solo.
Venice escape
March 2016 – 2 night city trip with a friend to the wonderful Venice. Focused mainly on San Marco and San Polo. With the increased anti-tourist campaigns, happy with did this in time… just in time.
Cyclades retour
July 2015 – 23 nights hopping. Started in Athens, Greece and worked our way through the Cyclades: Sifnos, Ios, Naxos, Mykonos and Santorini. Summer family trip with my two kids aged 9 and 12 and my mum.
2013 through 2015 – multiple business trips where I escaped the office and hotel to find the real Dhaka. Includes field trips to Natore, Sonargaon and Noapara.
2013 through 2015 – Been stationed in Oslo and wandered around and explored.
Abu dhabi
April 2015 – First time in the Middle East – short city trip.
Agra and Delhi
October 2013 – Speed visit to the Taj Mahal, because we were "in the neighborhood"…
Cyclades for the first time
August 2013 – 3 week island hopping summer holiday with my two kids aged 7 and 10 at that time. Hopped on Sifnos, Serifos, Syros, Naxos, Ios and Santorini.
Mysore and co
October 2014 – 4 day trip to Mysore and surroundings during the festival of light..
Las Vegas and Zion
May 2013 – 3 day escape to Las Vegas and Zion National Park. Traveling solo.
July 2011 – 3 week road trip exploring Portugal with my kids aged 5 and 8 at that time and my mum. Visited Viana do Castelo, Porto, Arraiolos, Evora, the Algarve, Lissabon, Sintra, Nazare and Sao Pedro de Moel.
Many, many times with friends and family, and for work. Lucky me.
Multiple times with friends and for work. Again lucky me. Read more.
The Provence
2008 and 2009 – Family summer vacation. Based out of Vaison-la-Romaine.
November 2004, 2013 through 2015 – First time in Asia for work.
September 2002 – 2 weeks hiking trip with my husband traveling through Alberta including Banff and Jasper NP.
Other US road trips
1996 – 2000 – several trips covering Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park and Badlands NP in South Dakota, Sequoia Canyon NP, Yosemite NP and San Francisco in California, Death Valley NP, Rocky Mountains NP, Arches NP, New York and Chicago.
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noun: a mythical animal of North American folklore described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns.
This is my "J" contribution to the "A to Z Challenge."
I can't really pinpoint when I first started my interest in the mythological creature known as the Jackalope, but it has persisted, even more now that I've done some research on them.
The folklore of the Jackalope was started by a man named Douglas Herrick of Douglas, Wyoming in 1939.
According to Legends of America:
The whole thing started as a bit of a happy accident. Douglas and his brother Ralph had returned from a hunting trip one day, and when Ralph threw the dead jackrabbit on the floor of Douglas' shop, it happened to skid to a stop right against a pair of deer antlers. After Ralph remarked that it looked like a "rabbit with horns," Douglas – who was a taxidermist by trade – decided to mount it.
After a while, the brothers began to sell the "jackalopes" to the public, and before long they were everywhere in the American West. In fact, the jackalopes of Douglas, Wyoming became so popular that in the late 1940's the city proclaimed itself the "Jackalope Capital of the World."
In 1965, downtown Douglas became the home of an eight-foot concrete statue of the famous jackalope, in addition to the rest of the jackalope marketing about town, including a 13-foot tall jackalope cutout on a hillside.
Currently, Douglas hosts an annual Jackalope Day in June, and the Douglas Chamber of Commerce continues to issue out thousands of jackalope hunting licenses each year despite rules that state the hunter cannot have an IQ higher than 72 and can only hunt between midnight and 2 AM on June 31st.
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop has more information to share on the "tall tale" portion of the Jackalope:
- they can mimic people, and cowboys would often tell stories of hearing their campfire songs sung back to them on lonely nights in the wild
- they only mate during thunderstorms under the lightning, because why not
- you can lure them into live traps with whiskey as bait
- lastly, jackalope milk is a pure aphrodisiac, and if you believe that, I have a river in Egypt to sell you
This all being said, there is some fact to the fiction of the Jackalope.
Turns out that rabbits CAN sprout horns, just not antlers necessarily. This was discovered by Dr. Richard E. Shope, who became interested in the subject after studying drawings of horned bunny rabbits from as early as the 1500's. Dr. Shope theorized that the horns were a result of a virus, and his hunch proved correct.
The horns that grow are made of keratin, similar to our hair and fingernails, and are a viral mutation at the cellular level due to the Shope papilloma virus. Interestingly enough, it can also affect humans, and Shope's research helped pave the way for the human papillomavirus vaccine.
The Jackalope remains a popular critter in states such as Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and the Dakotas. You can even find a cute and cuddly version in Wyoming, MN – thanks to my husband Thomas getting me one for Valentine's Day.
Until next time, hoppy trails!
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The Platte County R-3 Board of Education considered and unanimously approved three major purchases during its regular meeting Thursday, April 21, while tentatively authorizing a fourth pending budget discussions.
Platte County High School will install new synthetic turf at Pirate Stadium, a project slated to start in late May and finish in late July. In addition, more than $600,000 of new furniture will be bought to go into the brand-new Compass Elementary and to equip Paxton Elementary as part of its annexation into the high school for the upcoming school year.
The district also plans to purchase two new buses to upgrade its fleet, while the board gave the go-ahead to look at the purchase of 470 Google Chromebook tablets for staff and the lease of 1,200 more. This would start the process of "one-to-one" implementation for technology devices in the district, beginning with the high school and potentially growing to include more.
The Chromebook expenditure will be dependent on upcoming budget plans, which will seek to fund the $200,000-plus purchase of staff tablets and the annual lease cost of about $175,000.
"This is proposed to you guys only as an approval of the vendor and price for the quantity," said Robert Hedgecorth, Platte County's outgoing director of technology and facilities. "To do all the planning we have to do, to make sure we get those delivered at the right time, we kind of have to have this queued up and ready to go so that when the budget would be approved we could make the order. They would come in on time, get them configured, get them all ready to roll for the students in the fall."
The turf project comes after the current playing surface failed an annual test associated with its ability to protect against head injuries.
Installed in 2005, the turf at Pirate Stadium has outlasted its warranty by three years, and Platte County superintendent Dr. Mike Reik concluded that the savings from its installation have been realized. Previously, Pirate Stadium had a natural grass surface, but Platte County with help from a donation from Pepsi Co. became one of the first schools in the Kansas City area to go synthetic to save on maintenance costs and to increase its use.
Pirate Stadium hosts band practices and performances and football and soccer games in addition to other athletic and community events, some of which generate revenue for the school through rental fees.
Manning Construction helped bid the project and recommended the approval of Midwest Synthetic Professional Turf's proposal. The company submitted two different estimates based on different types of "plastic grass" available, and the board unanimously voted to approve Midwest's slightly higher bid of $456,000 — a difference of about $7,000 from the lower bid — due to a preferred material.
FieldTurf submitted a lower bid at just more than $434,000, but officials rejected it do to perceived issues. Daniel Foye of Manning Construction reported FieldTurf's bid did not include the quality of plastic grass specified and conversations with officials from the company included unsatisfactory answers to questions about quality and durability.
The district estimates to save between $40,000 and $50,000 per year in maintenance, and the gravel base and drainage system remains usable and will not have to be upgraded. District officials also noticed that the cost of removing that base and system to make a return to natural grass would be a much higher cost in addition to the maintenance that would be required.
"(Installing the turf) was a winning proposition in terms of investment," Reik said. "We will do some minor repairs to the base system, but this is really just replacing the grass and the in-fill. That cost is much less than doing a natural grass surface to an artificial surface project.
"We expect to get 10 more years out of it again. It's cost neutral, except the use on artificial turf cannot even be compared with the minimal use you get out of a natural grass surface."
The updated playing surface will include minor changes.
Previously unknown, orange fibers in the material break down faster than others so the orange end zones will be scrapped in favor of black ones with orange lettering and white outlines. Orange will still be used as an accent color, including a 50-yard block on the home sideline that will contain the words "Platte County" in black with white outlines.
The logo at the middle of the field will also be updated, and in keeping with a current trend, alternating colors of green will be used every 5 yards.
The removal of the old surface will begin following the last scheduled home soccer event of the season. Foye said it should be completed by July 22 with the school not needing to use it until July 29, giving a week buffer in case the project runs long.
Upgrades will also include adding electrical outlets and direct access to water, work that the district might be able to complete in house to save on the cost.
"We are dealing with lower costs because we're not replacing the whole dang thing," Reik said. "The maintenance savings alone justify the cost."
The Chromebook purchases/lease agreement would be on a three-year contract, pending available money in the budget.
Board member Gary Brown questioned the idea of using the tablets and digital textbooks vs. actual textbooks. Reik responded that students simply have begun to learn in a different matter, and there's no plan to make a complete switch, even at the high school level, at this time.
However, Reik believes a certain point will be reached when a cost analysis will need to be done to see if the change would be beneficial to students.
"At some point, we have to selectively abandon some things we can't afford to do or that we can do more cost effectively in a digital environment," Reik said. "It's way scarier for parents than it is for kids, and it will become increasingly less scary for kids. There are still kids out there that feel the same way we do."
The district hopes to come up with the $400,000 initial cost for the upcoming budget.
Other districts have increased taxes in an attempt to put a digital device in each student's hands with mixed results. Park Hill's initiative to expand a similar program recently ended with a failed tax levy that has forced the district to consider other alternatives.
This type of movement helps reduce the need for computer labs and other hardware costs that can be saved to offset the cost.
"We do have a plan, a long-range budget plan, that we are trying to execute to create the desired results," Reik said. "It's just a different approach to providing hardware to students."
Platte County chose the Chromebooks in a trial of three different devices conducted last year.
Currently, high school staff members have already been working with the tablets in an effort to prepare for their utilization with students. The new purchases would supply a Chromebook to staff third through eighth grades in an effort to prepare them for the budgeted expansion of one-to-one technology in the coming years.
Each student would be assigned a tablet that would be checked in at the end of each year. Students would receive the same device back the following year as applicable.
A $40 per year fee for insurance coverage would be required for each student, who would also be responsible for the deductible for replacement or damage repairs. The district plans to look at options to help those who might not be able to afford the insurance, including small payment plans that could be made throughout the course of the school year.
Insurance must be paid for the student to take the device home.
"A student is not going to without," Platte County High School principal Dr. Chad Sayre said. "We usually get creative and find ways to make it happen because we do it every day already."
The furniture budgets for Paxton's renovation, which coincides with the building's annex into the high school, and Compass's construction actually came in well under budget. The district will spend about $430,000 for Compass's furnishings and about $130,000 for Paxton, which will add unique large classrooms and student-teacher "office space."
Compass's approved bids were about $200,000 under budget, while Paxton's were about $50,000 under.
"That's how good the bids came in,"Hedgecorth said.
The board also unanimously approved the purchase of two buses, totaling just more than $160,000, which factors in trade-in value of two vehicles currently in the fleet.
In a report submitted to the board, both buses leaving the fleet were older with high mileage along with minor deficiencies. The two new buses will be 77-passenger 2017 models that will be available to the district in August.


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Cleaning isn't sexy. I do my best to trick myself into enjoying the process but I have to say it's tough to do especially when it seems like a never ending process thanks to my 2 babes. I have developed a few tricks to help keep the house clean without feeling like I am constantly spending hours deep cleaning. I have also discovered a few products that I cannot live without that I thought I should share.
First, have you met my best friend, The Magic Eraser? He is a life saver! If you have children, then this is a must!! There isn't a stain he can't remove. Recently my daughter and her friend decided to "decorate" her play room table with crayons. I was shocked considering she doesn't often do things she knows she's not supposed to (that's the power of peer pressure at it's finest). The magic eraser removed every last trace of crayon. Do you have spots or streaks on your walls from shoes (maybe under your counter bar where dirty feet often kick the wall)? The magic eraser will remove those marks. Scuffed baseboards? Try the Magic Eraser.. but be careful, once you open Pandora's Box it is hard to stop cleaning. I get addicted. Oh another favorite place to clean is the door into the house from the garage. When you open the box, there are 6 or 8 white sponges. You will wet the sponges and squeeze out the excess water, then you are ready to go.
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MP visits restoration at Sullington Manor Farm
Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert visited Sullington Manor Farm on Friday (10 July) to meet volunteers involved in a major restoration of ancient buildings.
Grade 2 listed Sullington Manor Farm, and the adjoining Saxon church of St Mary's, were selected by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) for restoration by their national Working Party this year.
Conservation experts led over 120 volunteers during the week-long event. Working alongside specialists, the volunteers were given the opportunity to undertake tasks including repointing with lime mortar, repairing timber using traditional methods, and flintwork.
The event was nicknamed 'Limefest' because of the extensive lime mortar and limewashing work that was done as part of restoration. The main working party of volunteers camped on site, creating a festival-like atmosphere.
Mr Herbert was invited to the event by the farm's owners, Grahame and Gail Kittle, and was one of over 1,000 people who visited the farm site to see the crafts and skills being used by the Working Party. The MP was shown around the site by SPAB Director Matthew Slocombe and project leader Jonny Garlick.
A Faith in Maintenance course was also run by SPAB to guide local church wardens on how to look after church buildings.
Sullington Manor Farm has received an award from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support further repairs to the small barn and to create an exhibition space and café.
Nick Herbert said: "It was exciting to learn that the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings had chosen Sullington Manor Farm as this year's project from a list of national sites. These local buildings are very special and it was terrific to see so many people involved in the restoration.
"I learnt that the work of SPAB members and supporters is of great value, not just in saving our ancient buildings, but in handing down valuable skills."
1. Photograph attached – John Russell, SPAB volunteer, Gail Kittle, host, Nick Herbert MP, Matthew Slocombe, Director of SPAB, and Jonny Garlick, SPAB Working Party Project Leader.
2. For more information about the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and about the SPAB Working Party 2015, see www.spab.org.uk.


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2018SB326 Killed in House But the Struggle Will Continue As you are probably aware, the redistricting standards bill that passed the Indiana State Senate in late January, SB326, died last week when it failed to get a hearing in the House Elections Committee. Committee Chairman Milo Smith claimed that Indiana must wait to move on this modest reform effort until the U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering and his illogical excuse was backed up by the Speaker of the House. Both legislators are simply making excuses - if anything all the recent legal activity surrounding partisan gerrymandering should spur Indiana to act - because the states that aren't getting sued are the ones with citizens redistricting commissions.
While it is disappointing that SB326 did not make it through the process this year we should take some satisfaction from passing a redistricting reform bill through the Indiana Senate - that is no small accomplishment and something some folks believed would never happen.
And, we also were successful in getting Senate Concurrent Resolution 30 signed. SCR 30 calls for a summer study to examine redistricting issues, including implications from the U.S. Supreme Court case. The study committee will be a useful tool to organize around and help us continue to keep pressure on state lawmakers.
To be successful in 2019 we need to make redistricting reform one of the top issues in state legislative campaigns this fall. We'll be working on a candidate survey and we'll need everyone's help in getting candidates to respond. So stay tuned, our coalition will be meeting soon after the session adjourns to regroup and formulate a plan for moving forward.
You can help by writing a letter to the editor about the demise of SB326 and challenging lawmakers to take a stand against partisan gerrymandering.
Thanks for everything you are doing to move redistricting reform forward. We've come a long way and have farther to go so remember to pace yourself. This is a marathon and not a sprint.
Senate Bill 326, which will set into statute criteria for how the maps should be drawn, passed out of the Senate with a bipartisan vote of 42-6. While the bill does not establish an independent redistricting commission, we believe this legislation is a step in the right direction.
The bill will now move on to the House Elections Committee where it will be sponsored by Representatives Milo Smith, Kathy Richardson and Chris Judy. Rep. Smith is the Chair of the Elections committee while Reps. Richardson and Judy are members of the committee.
We will encourage the House to not only pass SB 326 but to strengthen it by amending it to establish an independent redistricting commission.
Comprehensive redistricting reform requires addressing both HOW the maps are drawn and WHO draws the maps.
Take Action: Attend Third House Meetings Third house meetings are in full swing and are a great opportunity to talk to your legislators about redistricting reform! Please attend the meetings in your area and ask your legislators where they stand on redistricting reform. We want to encourage the House to not only pass SB 326 but to strengthen it by adding an amendment to establish an independent redistricting commission. Comprehensive redistricting reform requires addressing both HOW the maps are drawn and WHO draws the maps. Click here for a list of Third House meetings.
Show Your Support Our All IN FOR DEMOCRACY yard signs are here! They are a great way to let the public and legislators know that redistricting reform must be a top priority for the General Assembly. We don't have the budget to ship these around the state, so we'll be hitting the highways at the end of the week to begin distributing them. Please contact Julia Vaughn at email@example.com if you want some yard signs.
In Case You Missed It Our Opinion: Redistricting reform in Indiana is long overdue South Bend Tribune
Indiana lawmakers have the perfect opportunity before them to reform the redistricting process, to make for more open and fair elections.
A recent federal court ruling should serve as a nudge to take that opportunity.
Redistricting reform is long overdue in the Hoosier state, given that the current system -- which gives the legislature responsibility for drawing its own legislative and congressional districts -- has resulted in maps that make it easy for incumbents to get re-elected and nearly impossible for challengers to be competitive. Both Democrats and Republicans have taken advantage of this system over the years, with the voters, whose role in political process has been reduced, coming up the big losers. Read the full article here.
We Need You at the State House on January 22nd The next meeting of the Senate Elections Committee is Monday, January 22 at 9:30 a.m. in the Senate Chambers. Although it has not been posted yet, Senator Greg Walker has told us that he will hear his redistricting bill, SB326 on that day. While we are still pushing for a hearing on SB159 (Ruckelshaus, Bohacek, Ford) it is more likely that SB326 will become our reform vehicle. The bill does not go far enough, but it is a step in the right direction and we hope that Senator Walker will work with us to make the bill stronger. You can help by contacting Senator Walker immediately. Thank him for sponsoring SB326 but tell him it only addresses one part of the redistricting question. Here are some talking points on SB326. https://gallery.mailchimp.com/af9fc7931960ecf47b6375d35/files/1cbe5c95-6e7e-432a-a9fd-f8f353f97626/redistrictng_Walker_letter_2018.docx
It's important we have a large turnout for this hearing - please plan to attend if at all possible. We will likely have a special guest with us that day. Common Cause Indiana is working with the California CItizens Redistricting Commission to send one of their members to Indiana to testify at the Jan. 22 hearing on the importance of having a citizens commission draw districts. After the hearing will we host a lunch and debriefing at the Indiana State Library in Room 211. We'll talk about our strategy to move redistricting reform forward in the legislative process and how you can help. We'll also learn more about the California experience from the member of the Citizens Redistricting Commission. If you plan to attend the debriefing and lunch, please RSVP to Julia Vaughn at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Did Your Community Pass a Resolution? If your city council or county commission passed the ICIR resolution in support of redistricting reform, encourage the sponsor to forward a copy to Senator Greg Walker so he is aware of all the grassroots support across our state for redistricting reform. Senator Walker's email address is email@example.com
So Long Milo Have you heard the news? Rep. Milo Smith has announced he's not running for re-election. He was facing a primary challenge and we've got to believe that the negative attention he's gotten in Columbus over killing redistricting reform last year had to play into his decision-making. While we won't miss him at all, his decision to make this his last session isn't necessarily a good sign for reform. Even though we are focused on the Senate at the moment, we do need to put some pressure on Rep. Smith. Please contact him and let him know that redistricting reform is one of the biggest issues facing Indiana and you expect his committee to take action this year.
Bills to Watch SB159, sponsored by Senator John Ruckelshaus and Senator Mike Bohacek is our main vehicle. It would create a nine member citizens redistricting commission composed of Republicans, Democrats and people who are neither Republican or Democrat. It also sets up some rules that the Commission would have to follow as they draw new maps. Senator Ruckelshaus worked with Common Cause Indiana to draft the bill and it is based on HB1014 from last year, with some of the improvements we wanted to see. We will have to work hard to get this bill a hearing. You can help by contacting Senator Ruckelshaus and thanking him for sponsoring the bill. Tell him you want him to fight to get the bill a hearing and that our coalition will be there to back him up. After you thank Senator Ruckelshaus, contact Senator Greg Walker and tell him to schedule SB159 for a hearing.
Speaking of Senator Walker, he has introduced SB326, which would create a set of redistricting standards that the legislature would have to follow when redistricting. SB326 is a good bill, it just doesn't go far enough and deals with only one side of the reform equation. We'll be meeting with Senator Walker next week to urge him to make the bill stronger but since he is more likely to hear his own bill than SB159, this will be an important bill and could become our reform vehicle.
Rep. Jerry Torr has re-introduced HB1014 in the House of Representatives and it should have the same bill number. There was some sort of glitch for the first few bills filed in the House to show up on the legislature's website so it is not available yet but Rep. Torr will have a bill again this year - he has confirmed that with several members of our lobbying committee. . .
Senator John Ruckelshaus 317-232-9809 or firstname.lastname@example.com Senator Greg Walker 317-232-9984 or firstname.lastname@example.com
You can also help by writing letters to the editor thanking these legislators for being leaders on redistricting reform. Senator Bohacek would especially like to see some letters in his district about SB159.
What Are You Doing Monday Morning? If you're free at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, January 8. come on down to the basement of the State House. The Senate Elections Committee will be meeting and although none of the redistricting bills are on the agenda, we'll be there with a small crowd bearing signs calling for redistricting reform. The idea is to create a constant presence to remind Senator Walker that we won't be going away until they deal with our issue. The committee will meet in Room 125. Wear purple if you can.
Have Your Legislators Taken the Pledge? Third House meetings have begun in legislative districts around the state so be sure to check on opportunities to publicly ask your legislators to go on record in support of reform. Great news to report from a town hall meeting in Noblesville this morning. Rep. Kathy Richardson said she would support a bipartisan redistricting commission and Senator Luke Kenley's replacement, Victoria Spartz, said she supports competition in elections. Apparently both legislators brought up the issue on their own and responded positively when asked how they would vote. This is great news and shows how much progress we've made since last year. Please let us know about any interactions you have with your legislators, - it will help the lobbying team tremendously!
Thanks for everything you are doing and stay tuned. Senator Walker said last week his committee would only have two meetings (although some members are pushing back on that) so we need to stay ready.
General Assembly Begins on January 3rd The new year will be barely underway when the General Assembly returns for the short session on January 3rd. They will adjourn by mid-March, so we don't have a lot of time to get redistricting reform legislation passed. When our bill failed to get out of committee last year, we had a simple message for lawmakers: We'll be back. To convey our determination and to remind them that we are not going away. a small group of volunteers from the Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting will be welcoming legislators back to the State House on January 3rd with donuts and fact sheets on redistricting reform. We'll be planning events throughout the session that will require large numbers of people to be effective, so please stay tuned - it should be a fast-paced session.
Coalition Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate We've been working with Senator John Ruckelshaus (R) Indianapolis on redistricting reform legislation that is based on this year's HB1014 with some key improvements. The bill number is SB159 and the legislation is co-sponsored by Senator Mike Bohacek (R-Michiana Shores). One of the most exciting new aspects of the bill is how the redistricting commission members are selected. SB159 sets up a public university based process that will allow any qualified Hoosier to submit an application to be considered for commission membership. Applicants can choose one of three categories: Republican, Democrat or neither Republican nor Democrat and each university will choose one finalist from each category. These twenty one names will be given to the Legislative Services Agency who will conduct a lottery to pick four Commission members, one Republican, one Democrat and two who do not belong to either major political party. Please send a thank you to Senator Ruckelshaus and Senator Bohacek for taking a leadership role on this issue and for working with us. email@example.com and email@example.com. You can watch an interview with Senator Ruckelshaus about the bill here. http://wishtv.com/2017/12/21/redistricting-bill-would-move-outside-legislature-for-members-of-commission/ We need your help ensuring that SB159 gets a hearing and vote in the Senate Elections Committee. Please contact the Chairman, Sen. Greg Walker of Columbus and tell him to give SB159 a hearing and a vote. firstname.lastname@example.com Letters to the editor would also be helpful - here's a suggested theme. It's a new year and new attempt to reform redistricting in Indiana.
LaPorte Becomes 21st Community to Pass Resolution. On Monday the LaPorte City Council became the 21st community in the state to pass the Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting resolution urging the Indiana General Assembly to pass redistricting reform. Leigh Morris, the former Republican Mayor of LaPorte was instrumental in the passage of the resolution and we are grateful to him for all he is doing to build grassroots support for redistricting reform in NW Indiana.
MD Partisan Gerrymandering Case Headed to Supreme Court Late last Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States announced it will hear another partisan gerrymandering case this term - Benisek v. Lamone - the challenge brought by Maryland Republicans against a Congressional district drawn by the Democrat-controlled Maryland legislature. Legal experts consider this a good sign - why would the Supreme Court put another partisan gerrymandering case on the docket if they're not ready to rein in the practice? The Maryland case is very different from the Wisconsin case - it doesn't use the efficiency gap and doesn't make equal protection claims, Instead, it argues that Republican voters in Maryland's 6th Congressional District are being retaliated against because of their past support for Republicans. In some previous writings, Justice Anthony Kennedy has said such a practice would be considered unconstitutional. At the Good Government seminar last week, attorney Paul Smith confirmed that the decision in the Wisconsin case is expected to be announced in early Feb. 2018. Keep your fingers crossed!
Like The New Look?After months of discussion the Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting has adopted a new logo and tag line - and we're working on building a unified presence on social media. Hope you like it. Thanks to Lindsay Shipps for her branding work.
Save the Date - Dec. 7th
While Rep. Milo Smith may have shut down our opportunity for redistricting reform this session, he certainly didn't succeed in shutting down the growing number of activists who want to get involved in our efforts for reform. If anything, he has increased our numbers. Thanks Milo!
Democrats in the Indiana House of Representatives have made several attempts to amend redistricting reform language into Senate bills on 2nd reading - their efforts have been ruled out of order by the House leadership and since Democrats are in a super-minority there is little recourse. We expect Senate Democrats to make similar efforts and they will also fail, for the same reasons.
The major problem we faced in the House is that the redistricting reform bill came up at the same time that the House majority leadership was twisting their members' arms to support tax increases for road funding. Since so many of their conservatives caucus members have pledged to never support any tax increases, it was a tough sell for the leadership to get their caucus in line behind their budget package. When it came time to twist arms for redistricting reform they received more pushback than expected and weren't really willing to go to the mat for redistricting reform.
The good news is that legislators are hearing about their failure to advance reform this session in meetings with constituents across the state. We've heard from several who have been surprised how many people are now talking about this issue. That means we are having an impact, and must keep it up!
We'll be working hard over the interim to continue building grassroots support for redistricting reform and need your help with those efforts. We also need to build a bigger team of legislators who are involved in working on this issue and willing to do some of the heavy lifting when it comes up next year. Here is the plan:
1. Public meetings with citizens and legislators this summer to educate both on the need for redistricting reform in Indiana and to present our coalition proposal for reform. While we need to hold these meetings across the state, we will be reaching out to our allies in several key communities to ensure that events are organized. Those VIP areas are Columbus (home to both the Elections Committee chairs), Indianapolis, Hamilton County, Fort Wayne, New Albany/Jeffersonville, Porter County and Elkhart County. Just because your area isn't on the list doesn't mean it's not important so please plan on helping to organize a meeting in your community. Suggested format is a panel discussion using the short version of Gerrymandering the Movie to start. We suggest not including current legislators on the panel (that will come later) but using experts from organizations who are coalition members. Legislators should be invited to attend to learn and hear from their constituents on the issue but should not be presenters.
2. Please save the date of July 17th. That's Elbridge Gerry's birthday and we want a variety of events (press conferences, rallies, parties with birthday cake) around the state to draw attention to redistricting reform. We'll be working with activists in Columbus to give Rep. Milo Smith a special award on that day - so we want a bunch of satellite events around the state that day to magnify attention on the person who did the most to advance gerrymandering this year.
3. We'll hold a Citizen Activist training on Saturday, April 29 from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at First Friends Church, 3030 East Kessler Blvd., in Indianapolis. The curriculum will be modeled on our well-received Citizen Lobbyist trainings we did in February, but we'll expand the program a bit to include sessions on working with the media and building coalitions. If you want to attend, please email Julia at email@example.com. Lunch will be provided.
4. Thanks to Women4Change volunteer Betsy we've developed a prototype for the Name the District game. Basically it's like an ink blot test - Betsy blew up and cut out images of some of the more bizarrely shaped state legislative districts and mounted them on foam boards. Volunteers have carried them around the State House and asked people "What does this look like to you?" We've gotten a lot of interesting, and funny, responses and also generated conversations about the need for redistricting reform. This activity can be easily replicated and would be perfect for county fairs, farmers markets, tabling events, etc. Let us know if you need help getting started. We hope this activity will inspire some of our artistic activists to turn the district images into artwork. We would love to have a State House display of "gerrymandered art" next session.
5. We are looking for ways to raise money to purchase yard signs. But first, we need a catchy slogan short enough to fit on a yard sign. Suggestions welcome. Here are some current ideas: Fair Districts, Fair Elections Indiana Needs Redistricting Reform Tell Your Legislators to End Gerrymandering End Gerrymandering Competition is Good For Elections - End Gerrymandering Have a preference - let us know. None of the above? Come up with something else and let us know!
6. In the fall we will hold town meetings in cities around Indiana, at least one per Congressional district and targeting areas with legislators on the Elections Committees. All legislators will be invited and will be asked to state their position on redistricting reform. We will develop a pledge for reform that legislators will be asked to sign to indicate whether or not they support redistricting reform. It will be important that these meetings be well attended by the public, so start thinking now about groups you might collaborate with for an event like this.
The Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting Reform hosted a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the Statehouse.
Speakers included representatives from Common Cause, League of Women Voters, Hoosier Environmental Council, Women 4 Change, Enterprise Republicans, Citizens Action Coalition, and Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation.
Our message was this:
We're not going anywhere.
The issue of redistricting reform is bigger than any one politician or party. This fight is about creating the best democracy possible and we're in it for the long haul.
What are YOUR next steps?
Use this fact sheet and these talking points, as well as background materials found on our website, so that you might educate legislators and the public. Our number one job between now and next year is to re-dedicate our efforts in recruiting more citizen activists across the state and educating our legislators on the importance of an independent redistricting commission.
We can -- and will -- succeed!
Click here to reference the LWVIN's policy position on redistricting.
Learning more on how to testify and present the case for redistricting.
Rally in front of the State House prior to the Committee Hearing
House chambers filled to capacity in support of HB 1014
Please call Rep. Smith (and your legislator) to demand a special committee meeting before Monday so that HB1014 can receive the vote it deserves.
Milo Smith Representative | District 59 Contact Information Phone: 317-232-9620 Phone: 1-800-382-9841 Email: email@example.com
If you Tweet about this issue use #inlegis and tag your legislators.
We also encourage you - TONIGHT - to draft a citizen letter to the editor to your local paper. We need bright public attention on redistricting reform immediately to keep hope alive. Committee reports are due Tuesday and legislators typically do not work on Fridays. Time is running out.
As always, be respectful but firm in your position: Redistricting Reform NOW!
Need talking points? Click here.
This is the League's top priority in 2017 Legislative Session. The bill to watch at this stage is HB1014, co-authored by Speaker Brian Bosma and Rep. Jerry Torr (Chair of the Interim Study Committee). Redistricting Issue Advocate Debbie Asberry and our partners at Common Cause are currently working to build relationships in the Senate where we anticipate a chillier reception than in the House. Stay alert for upcoming action.
Click here to reference the LWVIN's policy position on redistricting.
For the past several years Common Cause Indiana and the League of Women Voters of Indiana have hosted a good government seminar at the State House in December. The focus this year will be efforts by plaintiffs in Wisconsin and North Carolina to challenge their states' district maps on the grounds that they violate voters' 1st and 14th Amendment rights to freedom of speech and due process. If successful, these lawsuits would make partisan gerrymandering illegal.
We'll hear directly from attorneys arguing these cases. Ruth Greenwood with the Campaign Legal Center will discuss the Wisconsin case and Emmet Bondurant, a partner in the Atlanta law firm Bondurant Mixson and Elmore will discuss the North Carolina case. They will be joined by Common Cause National Redistricting Dan Vicuna.
For more information about the Dec. 2nd seminar and to register, please go to www.commoncause.org/states/indiana. Proceeds will support Common Cause Indiana's work on redistricting reform.
We were unable to pull together a coalition meeting for Legislative Organization Day next week but are planning a training event for the first day of session in January. Stay tuned for more information on that soon. Hope to see you on Dec. 2nd.
The Special Interim Committee on Redistricting appointed by the Indiana State Legislature in 2015 met for the third time on July 7, 2016 in the House Chamber at the Indiana State House to standing room only. Michael Li, Senior Counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School provided testimony in person and Ed Cook, who is one of the Iowa Legislative Services Agency staffers in charge of the process in that state provided the committee with information via Skype.
On July 8 in West Lafayette a redistricting workshop was held to share and strategize next steps for shaping the final recommendation of the Special Interim Study Committee on Redistricting to the State Legislature which is due December 30, 2016. Attendees discussed and strategized activities to communicate our message and engage communities in this vital effort. In addition, ideas were shared to refine and share plans for a map-drawing contest designed to engage citizens, particularly students, and provide publicity opportunities.
The latest meeting of the Study Committee was held on September 19th, where the coalition presented its proposal for redistricting reform. Great progress is being made but there is more to do. Attend the final meeting of the Commission and let you representatives know you want change. Learn more about the October 17th meeting here.
On Monday, Oct. 17th the Special Interim Committee on Redistricting voted 8 - 3 in favor of recommending that redistricting reform be adopted by the General Assembly. Although the draft recommendation is not perfect and needs some fundamental changes, it gives us a place to start. Had the committee not supported reform, our chances of even getting a bill filed would have been greatly reduced. Several committee members acknowledged the large numbers of citizens who attended committee hearings and communicated with them about reform. Our constant presence and large numbers got their attention and had a major impact on the committee. Let's give ourselves a pat on the back.
But, that was just round one. We've got a long way to go and clearly a tough row to hoe in the Indiana Senate. We are making plans for a coalition meeting and lobbying/social media training on Legislative Organization Day on November 22, 2016 - more details to come. Meanwhile, savor this victory and get ready for an even bigger battle ahead!
You can read the committee final report and recommendation here.


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The Classic is the "big" event on the west coast, it's been going on for years and the VW magazines used to cover it on 8 pages. Now that the VW scene is a little smaller, it's only likely to cover 2 pages, but it is still worth going to.
If you just want to skip my talk, go here and click through the pictures.
The Bay Window group is normally the red headed step child of the VW community - not so much any more. I kept over hearing conversation about "how I gave one away" or "sold on 5 years ago for 300$" and now everyone seems amused that they command $4K and up for something running, and over $10K for a good one.
Regardless of their ignorance (says the guy who loves his bus and puts no price on it) they are right, bay window buses are worth about double what they were five years ago.
Some people really love putting their all into them. This work of art was cleaner than mine, and probably cleaner than Gary Marr's bus. (Seriously Gary - it was spit polish clean)
The owners are about to do a road trip - I'm inviting them to join the camper family if they are going through town.
Then there was this cute little thing.


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Group is more than just a social hour!
So much more!
In fact, support has been studied to be a significant ingredient in overall well-being in humans. A feeling of support contributes to decreased symptoms of anxiety and depression as well as better physical health.
In an October 2015 study, researchers found that having limited face-to-face social contact nearly doubles someone's risk of having depression. We are not surprised by this info.
So, basically, social media contact is simply not enough!
Our kids have been conditioned to post more than interact in person; to text it rather than say it out loud. They are being gypped! In-person peer support is an amazingly potent and powerful resource for our kids!
Here are three reasons why group IS EFFECTIVE and how it HELPS:
- Group helps your teen understand he or she is not alone. Being in a group of peers with similar struggles helps teens recognize that they are not different or weird. It normalizes their experiences and creates a space for them to feel heard and understood. Feeling safe enough to share difficult emotions and be open to feedback are essential components of a positive therapeutic experience.
- Group creates a space for self-acceptance and non-judgment. Our children are being asked to manage many potentially challenging areas of life such as school, work and relationships. Pressure to achieve a certain standards of grades, apply and get in to college, maintain stability in friendships and with romantic partners, navigate the difficult terrain of peer pressure and the lure of drugs, alcohol and self-harming behaviors is a mountain for many teens to climb and often without the proper skills or gear. Group provides a space for our kids to show up and being authentic and real, and to expect acceptance and non-judgment as a response.
- Group holds your teens accountable. Group members support each other in learning to create and work toward healthy goals. With the group leader's expert coaching and guidance, group members hold each other accountable for actions and behaviors while providing support, encourage and compassion. There is no better accountability system that a teen having to face up to peers. The group and group leader become a cheering squad as well as a consistent and reliable support system when urges and behaviors become challenging or unhealthy.
Helping your teen create a healthy support system is easier (and more important) than you think. There are many ways to do this such as have your teen:
- volunteer with peers at a local hospital
- join a sports team or art club
- join a local gym
- join a youth group at your religious institution
- participate in group therapy
It is important that your teen is open to ANY opportunity so that he or she can invest fully and get the most benefit. An open heart and willing attitude increases the chance of any experience being effective.
Initial concerns about group requiring effort to push through social anxiety, fears of being judged or uncomfortable, or of feeling embarrassed and unsure are all VALID and REAL. Like any new experience, being comfortable in a group requires exposure and practice and is well worth it!


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