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Parenting needs a great effort, which can easily make one feel tired each day. Carrying your baby while you travel, or shop, or when you plan to go for a walk is not an easy task. Many parents develop back problems due to this and hence hate to carry their children in their arms. A stroller comes to the rescue for the parents. A stroller helps you take your child with you without having the burden of carrying the child in your arms. There are several benefits that a stroller has, which we will look into this article. We will also look into the best umbrella stroller for tall parents to help them carry their children with ease.
What is an umbrella stroller?
A stroller is used to carry your child with you without having the burden to lift the child to the dock. An umbrella stroller is an advanced version of the stroller which gives your child protection from sunlight. It has a foldable umbrella top, which, when put in use, covers your child from above. The handles of such strollers are similar to umbrella handles, and hence, we call them umbrella strollers.
How is an umbrella stroller different for a tall parent and an average height parent?
The major difference in the strollers for a tall parent and an average height parent is the height of the handles. For tall parents, the handles are present at a good enough height for their comfort. Similarly, for a parent with average height, the handles are best at average height. The stroller should be extremely comfortable for a tall parent, or else they can suffer from back pain.
The best umbrella strollers available in the market for tall parents – a quick review
Summer Infant 3Dlite Convenience Stroller as the adjustable canopy, lightweight stroller for tall parents.
This stroller is a tall parent's favorite stroller in the market, which comes with a lightweight of 12 lb. The handles are located at a good enough height for tall parents and are present at 42 inches from the ground.
The stroller can handle a baby of up to 6 months of age and comes with features as a recliner and a good umbrella for sun protection.
The Chicco Capri Stroller – another lightweight stroller with an adjustable canopy and compact size.
Aluminum is the base of this stroller, and this makes it an extremely lightweight option as a stroller. This stroller can easily carry a capacity of 37 lbs, and this makes it easier for a parent to roam around with such a lightweight stroller. The handles have a 5 point harness, and this unique feature makes it very comfortable for a tall parent to maintain the height of the handle as they prefer.
The stroller has a recliner feature, a carry bag to carry the trash, and brakes to handle it at a sloped surface easily.
UPPAbaby 2015 G-Lite Stroller with removable and extendable canopy and a stain-free fabric
The best part about this stroller is the stain-free and water-resistant feature that it boasts of. It is ultra-lightweight with a measurable weight of 11 lbs only for a parent's delight. As one would expect, it has tall handles, which makes it useful for a tall parent.
The seat pad it has is removable and washable, which makes it a good germ-free stroller. You can easily remove the seat pad and wash it in a machine without much effort and get a clean seat pad for re-use. The storage capacity is also good enough, but it does not have the recline facility, which makes it count low on the overall features list.
Joovy Groove stroller as an extremely lightweight and sun-protection option for your child's comfort
It has a large sun shield and can cover your child easily from sunlight and rain. It is not suitable for a newborn baby as it has a wide seat suitable for a couple of month's old babies. As a special feature, it has a big enough window at the back for good air passage. It also has good compact storage and a cup holder for the convenience of the parents.
RECARO easy life with an oversized canopy comes as one of the lightest strollers among its peers
It is one of the lightest strollers with a weight of 13 lb, and it comes with increased security in the form of automatic locks. Once you fold it, it automatically locks, and you can carry it easily with the help of the six wheels that it has. It has an oversized canopy, which makes it a safe option for the child and protects the child well from the sun rays. It also has the sidewalls for proper air circulation, and the fabric it uses is a special fabric called woven luxe that balances the temperature well.
Are there different strollers for different children's age groups?
Yes, there are different strollers for different children's age groups. There are some strollers that you can use for infants. These strollers are extremely comfortable for infants as they are manufactured, keeping an infant's comfort in mind.
There are different strollers for toddlers, which are more comfortable for them. These strollers are more spacious and have all the features that a toddler needs.
What are the different features that an umbrella stroller offers to us?
Some strollers have recliners in them, which makes it extremely comfortable for the child to lie down and relax. The backrest that these strollers have takes good care of the developing neck and back of the children. Apart from this feature, there are several other important features that an umbrella stroller has, which you can consider while planning to buy one.
The variety in handles and their benefits for the parent
There are some tweaks available in the handles of different strollers, which the parents can choose for their benefit. One such thing is the height of the handles that is an important point to consider. A tall parent definitely likes a tall handle, whereas a parent with average height prefers standard height handles. Other options are with the width and the length of the handles, which again is subject to a parent's choice. Finally, some handles come with fancy options like lighting, which gives it a good look.
Folding the stroller when not in use – a must-have feature for any umbrella stroller
Folding a stroller is a frequent feature that every parent uses, and this makes it a must-have feature for all umbrella strollers. For this reason, almost every stroller comes with this feature with the difference of folding techniques.
Sun shield – the umbrella functionality (canopy) of the umbrella stroller
The second most important feature of the umbrella stroller after its capability to carry a child is the umbrella functionality that it offers. This feature is very important for the comfort of the child as it saves the child not only from rain but also from sun rays. It is because of the sun shield that a parent can take the child out for shopping or traveling even in broad sunlight.
A basket for keeping your child's entire important stuff
You may be fond of moving empty-handed, but a child needs tons of things with him or her. You never know when your child needs a diaper change or a quick cleaning. And what about your child's favorite toy, is it not meant to be along with your child all the time? Well, all these things plus a dozen more make a good spacious basket important feature of an umbrella stroller. Each umbrella stroller has a different shape, color, and size of the basket, which you can choose as per your preference.
The fabric of stroller is important for cleaning and comfort factors
The fabric is an important factor for choosing or rejecting a stroller. The good fabric ensures that the child has sufficient cushion for lying down comfortably. It is also easy to clean the stroller with good fabric, and it is also very durable. No one wants a stroller, which becomes dirty very easily and wears-off while cleaning.
Some strollers may have all the above features, which makes them extremely comfortable strollers to use. Some other umbrella strollers may not have all these features but maybe good enough for your purpose and budget. Based on your requirements, you can choose an appropriate stroller for your baby.
In Conclusion
Once you complete reading this article, you should have a good understanding of what an umbrella stroller is all about and what are its salient features. You should also know by now about the benefits that a stroller brings along for the parents. Also, in case you are a tall parent, you now know what to look into a stroller when you go out shopping for one. Finally, you now know the five best umbrella strollers for tall parents available in the market, which you can consider while shopping.
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Jan Yoshiwara—International Liberation Reference Person for Japanese and Okinawan Heritage People
Japanese-Heritage People
Going public with RC is working. Since 2009, Japanese- and Okinawan-heritage RCers have participated in United to End Racism (UER) projects at the Tule Lake Pilgrimage.* We have led workshops and listening projects there and taught RC to Japanese and Okinawan individuals and families. It has been a good leadership-development activity for us. Our confidence as community leaders and pride in openly sharing RC grow with every project. Our UER team t-shirts now identify us as go-to problem solvers, and the events we lead are among the most popular parts of the program. Many of us are now more deeply involved in Asian activist organizations and are beginning to bring folks from these organizations into local RC classes. We have also successfully tackled fundraising. We were able to financially support our last UER project almost completely with our own fundraising efforts. Our next step is to work on including younger RCers on the Tule Lake team and expanding our fundraising efforts—and we are making progress on both!
Discharging on our significance and fighting for ourselves are key for our constituency. Ancient cultural conditioning to selflessly focus on the good of the group and our families, plus the message of capitalism that productivity and profit are more important than the person, have made us vulnerable to confusion about our inherent value as human beings. Most of us believe that our value is based on what we do for others; we willingly sacrifice ourselves to do good for our families and communities. A hint: This can operate in RC Communities as well. We are hardworking, reliable organizers, roster keepers, and bedding and transportation coordinators. We rarely say no when asked, because we are grateful to the RC Communities and want to give back. It is easy to ask us to do work for our Areas, but it may not always make sense for us to do it.
Eliminating the effects of capitalism and class oppression is essential for us to have a more accurate picture of our significance and our inherent goodness, and for our re-emergence.
(Present Time 188, July 2017)
* The Tule Lake Pilgrimage is a pilgrimage, every two years, to the Tule Lake Segregation Center, in California, USA—one of the ten concentration camps in which the U.S. government incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Southern Africa, particularly the Kaapvaal Craton, is one of the world's best natural laboratories for studying the lithospheric mantle given the wealth of xenolith and seismic data that exist for it. The Southern African Magnetotelluric Experiment (SAMTEX) was launched to complement these databases and provide further constraints on physical parameters and conditions by obtaining information about electrical conductivity variations laterally and with depth. Initially it was planned to acquire magnetotelluric data on profiles spatially coincident with the Kaapvaal Seismic Experiment, however with the addition of seven more partners to the original four through the course of the experiment, SAMTEX was enlarged from two to four phases of acquisition, and extended to cover much of Botswana and Namibia. The complete SAMTEX dataset now comprises MT data from over 730 distinct locations in an area of over one million square kilometres, making SAMTEX the largest regional-scale MT experiment conducted to date. Preliminary images of electrical resistivity and electrical resistivity anisotropy at 100 km and 200 km, constructed through approximate one-dimensional methods, map resistive regions spatially correlated with the Kaapvaal, Zimbabwe and Angola Cratons, and more conductive regions spatially associated with the neighbouring mobile belts and the Rehoboth Terrane. Known diamondiferous kimberlites occur primarily on the boundaries between the resistive or isotropic regions and conductive or anisotropic regions. Comparisons between the resistivity image maps and seismic velocities from models constructed through surface wave and body wave tomography show spatial correlations between high velocity regions that are resistive, and low velocity regions that are conductive. In particular, the electrical resistivity of the sub-continental lithospheric mantle of the Kaapvaal Craton is determined by its bulk parameters, so is controlled by a bulk matrix property, namely temperature, and to a lesser degree by iron content and composition, and is not controlled by contributions from interconnected conducting minor phases, such as graphite, sulphides, iron oxides, hydrous minerals, etc. This makes quantitative correlations between velocity and resistivity valid, and a robust regression between the two gives an approximate relationship of Vs [m/s] = 0.045 * log(resistivity [ohm m]) + 4.5.
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Gnome News
Ok here I go..... attacking the backlog of urban-fairy images etc...
I've been working on a fairy illustration to appear on a special mug for Generations Together. It is a kind of Field Hopper Fairy. A Field of Dreams Hopper Fairy.
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This is where it (fairy doors) all began the concept, the phenomenon. This site is all about the Fairy Doors in Ann Arbor, Michigan (the original fairy doors) and what illustrator, Jonathan b. Wright , certified fairyologist, discovers about them. It includes photographs of the Fairy Doors, comments in the Fairy Journals, Observations and speculations about the Fairies. Tiny Doors, Urban Fairies®, Faery, Faeries, Fairy, Fairies, miniature doors, tiny doors, little doors, tiny fairy doors, little fairy doors, little faery doors, tiny faery doors, weensy doors, Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, Peaceable Kingdom, Jefferson Market, The Ark, The Ann Arbor Framing Company, Selo Shevel Gallery, Lakewood Elementary Kindergarten, Fairy ticket window, Found Gallery, Mott Children's Hospital, The Michigan Theater, Google Offices, Nicola's Books, Found Gallery, Flying Pumpkin Cottage, fairy entrances, fairy windows, fairy spaces, fairy store, fairy shop, Flat Fairies, Clarence the Bridge Troll, fairy droppings. The site will be updated frequently with new excerpts from the Fairy Journals, New fairy sightings, Specifics about each location a fairy map. Any new knowledge of the fairy activity will be passed along by Jonathan. Also on this site are some hidden fairy surprises and a list of Frequently Asked Questions about Fairies. There is a brief history of how Jonathan became involved with the Urban Fairies®. There are links to local publications about the Urban Fairy® phenomenon. Jonathan is currently writing several books on the fairies in collaboration with his wife, Kathleen, who coincidentally has found a fairy door in her kindergarten classroom. Hopefully it will be fun and informative to come back and see what's new with the Urban Fairies of Ann Arbor.
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«forget your past. this is your future!»
brave lil toaster, pls help me thru trauma!
never been so stumped by magnets in my life
and i've –
failed! – studied physics and drama
but forget the past. we're now a housewife!
untapped potential of electricity
charging toward some shiny new future
toasted to taste with clever felicity
cause mental abrasions need no suture.
yet, equal parts of this marital bed
have led us to misshapen butter spreads;
breakfast for dinner? european urgency!
husbandry flattered with wifery misread!
and bereft of all it, his mind and head.
thus, it's sensed: a domestic emergency.
«he'll make time for you.»
yes, it's sensed, this domestic emergency!
a temporal project bewitching hexes,
multiversed tricks thru primetime divergency,
all leading towards a battle between sexes.
for glamorous flourish, enigmas reversed
and radio waves found interlaced
thru superfluous rabbit holes traversed;
the times are forgotten but never replaced!
for the children, illusionary silence.
but, could this m-mastication disgrace?
could collective intent create violence
for another girl's comedy, distaste?
do these efforts they've made pull out the bunny?
or leave the audience with such sweet honey?
«find the goddess within!»
to leave the audience with such sweet honey;
to travel afar thru the world's clamor;
ambrosia to escape one for the money;
complications against fruits and glamor.
for what's to expecting thru rain and shine?
these fruitless thoughts lead to no paradise
and thoughtful expectations, no guideline;
so, heed this proper doctoral advice
on the storks and the bees, seems simple enuf:
count your blessings and do eat all your fruit
and think not on loving as locked handcuffs
for iron cut to gold ever transmutes!
there'll be no break and no moment unruff:
family – and twins! – do not simply compute.
caliche fields lives upon the prehistoric ruins of the permian basin; an ma candidate specializing in the poetry of sor juana inés de la cruz. they're rooted in interdisciplinary natures and their work dwells within the kitchen, it's sciences and philosophies.


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American diamond trader, leader and personality William Goldberg was born in 1925 on Tiffany Street in the Bronx. He was not the only person to be born on this street, but this biographical detail says something about the larger-than-life man who left a strong impression on everyone he met. His parents owned a candy store and saved to send him to City College.
Although his mother wanted him to become a rabbi, she was willing to pay a $250 fee for him to become an apprentice diamond cutter. That was in 1948, not long after the end of World War II. The timing was just right, on the cusp of a period of financial prosperity. It did not take long for Goldberg to understand that he would not spend his entire life behind the diamond-polishing wheel. He quickly discovered that he was a trader at heart. His great instincts and love for the deal led him to establish a business "that brings joy into the lives of people every day," as his family tells it.
His secret, they say, was the understanding that a diamond's "make", the quality of the polish, was the most important characteristic of a diamond. So much so that he coined and trademarked the phrase, 'The Magic is in the Make,' which became the cornerstone of his reputation.
A diamond's make is responsible for bringing out its shine and sparkle, and also has a large impact on its ability to reflect light. William Goldberg understood that and let it guided his career. With that understanding, he founded Goldberg & Weiss with diamond cutter Irving Weiss in 1952. In 1973, he decided to go independent and formed the William Goldberg Diamond Corporation, which quickly became a leading diamond manufacturing business that later expanded into jewelry making. Not long afterwards, the company became a De Beers Sightholder.
The company went on to become known as one of the world's most prestigious diamond houses for its beautiful diamonds and diamond jewelry. One of the ways it gained such a stellar reputation was by polishing some of the most famous diamonds in history. Among them the Premier Rose, a 137-carat, D flawless pear-shape diamond. Another famous diamond is the 89-carat, D flawless Guinea Star as well as the 5.11-carat Red Shield, the largest fancy red ever certified by the GIA.
Goldberg's name is associated with several other well know diamonds, two of them are quite unique. One is the Pumpkin Diamond, a 5.54-carat Fancy Vivid Orange diamond and one of the largest Fancy Vivid Oranges the GIA has ever graded. Mined in Central African Republic in 1997, the rough stone was purchased in South Africa by William Goldberg. He polished the diamond into a cushion shape and auctioned it at Sotheby's where Ronald Winston, the son of Harry Winston, bought it for $1.3 million. In 2002, American actress Halle Berry wore the diamond to Oscars, where she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster's Ball.
The other diamond is also a very rare color – this one red. Goldberg's firm is credited with polishing the most famous and largest red diamond in the world, the diamond known today as the Moussaieff Red. The stone was cut from a rough stone weighing 13.90 carats and transformed into a 5.11 carat internally flawless trilliant cut fancy red (ruby red). The rough stone was found by a farmer in the Abaetezinho River at the Alto Paranaiba region of Brazil sometime during the 1990s. The diamond was acquired by Moussaieff Jewellers in 2001 for an estimated $8 million.
William Goldberg did not limit his activities in the diamond industry to trading. He felt a need to contribute to the industry as a whole. In 1978, he was elected to a two-year term as the as the President of the Diamond Dealers Club (DDC). He ran two more times and eventually served three terms, until 1984. Goldberg is renowned for advancing women in the diamond industry, opening up the DDC for the first time to the media, and making 47th Street a safer and cleaner place.
Goldberg is also credited for attracting people to the diamond industry. In the mid-1980s, Goldberg was featured in special issue of National Geographic magazine titled, Those Splendid Stones. His image, a huge cigar clenched between his teeth, with his flowing signature white mane, popping out of taxicab in London outside De Beers' headquarters to attend a sight set, an image for globetrotting, adventures around the world with a winning smile. A chance to do well while meeting the famous.
His achievements went beyond travelling well or improving security at the DDC. Goldberg was also a philanthropist, donating and raising money for the United Jewish Appeal (UJA), Yeshiva University, the American Society of Yad Vashem, and many other organizations and causes.
Succumbing to cancer in 2003 at the age 77, the industry and New York, the city he loved, did not forget him. In June 2006, the city of New York officially named East 48th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues, William Goldberg Way.
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Project final report
Economic Impact of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases to Livestock in Africa, Asia and Australia - Final Report
Date released
30 July 1999
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Tick-borne diseases constrain cattle production in Asia, Africa and Australia. The diseases theileriosis, babesiosis, anaplasmosis and heartwater can cause mortality, along with reduced milk and meat production. The estimation of tick-borne disease costs will help researchers and policy-makers set research priorities and identify potential economic benefits of animal-health.


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Eytan Alexander enjoyed a two-decade long City career at the GFI Financial Services Group, where he was a founder of the Equities Division and advanced to become European Head. This gave him a unique insight into rapidly expanding businesses.
Eytan then became Founder and CEO of one of the UK's most successful groups of addiction treatment centres. UKAT gives clients innovative, top quality, affordable support in comfortable locations, generating the best outcomes for patients plus happy working environments for employees and consultants.
He has recently been interviewed by Dennis Relojo, after UKAT opened its new addiction treatment clinic in Worplesdon, near Guildford, Surrey. UKAT is one of the UK's most successful groups of addiction treatment centres.
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Scolaris.ca is awesome. It's Canada's first crowdfunded scholarship platform where students can create profiles for themselves, share and raise money for school. Man, I wish Scolaris was around when I was getting prepared for my college journey. At least it exists now for bright students, debt-filled grads and generous donors. We caught up with founder, Mark Mauleesan to get the lowdown on Scolaris, how his faith plays a big role, and the story behind the Scolaris mascot.
How'd you come up with the name Scolaris?
Scolaris.ca is Latin for scholar! I was building and conceptualizing the site around students; empowering them with the tools and resources needed to get through school successfully. Realizing the seriousness in the national loan debt crisis in Canada and the US, and also noticing the surge in crowdfunding sites, it only seemed natural to bring the two arenas together and that's how scolaris was born!
What's the very first thing you do at work everyday?
The first thing I do everyday is read scripture from the bible! My faith is important to me because it's a part of who I am. I believe everything happens for a reason. And I believe it was by God's grace that Scolaris even happened. After all, I'm a medical graduate with really no tech experience!
How many people did you start the company with and how many people work for you now?
The company started with me. And then I got my best friend involved – she also happens to be my wife. We then decided to bring a good friend into the team because he was a God-fearing good Christian guy and he had a degree in finance, which kind of makes sense to have considering the scope of the business we're in.
So for the past 3 months, it's been just us three. We also hired a freelance developer who has been awesome. He brought my creation to life! But since our launch 3 weeks ago (Canada Day 2012), we have had a explosion of students from various campuses wanting to partake in our venture. In lieu of this, we have created campus ambassadors for scolaris.ca and we have about 10 of them from across Ontario, and it's continuing to grow!
Remember the early days starting up? Maybe you can share one anecdote that describes the struggle you went through?
The early days were a little over 3 months ago. I am by no means a computer programmer. I have some artistic skills and I'm pretty decent on Photoshop so with my creativity and business logic in mind, I overcame the struggle of actually building a website by painstakingly designing screenshots of each page (they've gone through revisions since then) and then I used them as templates when I hired my freelancer developer. Over the course of the development stage, I picked up some simple coding and programming and was quickly able to manage the site on my own…for the most part!
What's your office environment like? Is it the kind of place where everyone is bumpin' away to house music or is it more traditional?
Our office environment is pretty laid back. It has a contemporary look with clean lines but with a lot of character. I have my '87 collection of Muppet babies from McDonald's on a shelf and yes, I do play house music from time to time…when we're not brainstorming and working on marketing/developmental logistics.
How do you picture Scolaris.ca in 5 years?
Scolaris.ca is a baby! And I'm the very stern yet loving kind of parent. I'll be grooming, teaching, and instructing scolaris.ca from an early age in the hopes that it does well and will be able to spread its wings and soar over the highest mountains. All metaphors aside, I see Scolaris.ca becoming a web platform that has multiple features apart from our crowdfunding flagship service. If we get acquired by someone, great!
If we have the opportunity to merge with another similar business venture, super. In the end, I would like to see Scolaris.ca be sustainable across many platforms in education and across many countries.
Who or what inspires you?
My inspiration comes from my wife and business partner. She pushes me to be better even though she claims she's content with the way I am now. My inspiration also comes from my parents who sacrificed their lives for me when they left their home in Sri Lanka for a better life in Canada. Canada opened doorways and opportunities for my sister and me.
Today I am not just a startup CEO but I have a medical degree. And just recently, my sister received her acceptance letter to Law School at the University of Ottawa. I owe it to my parents. Of course, throughout all this, if it weren't for God's hand in my life, I wouldn't be a here today.
How'd you fund this venture?
Scolaris.ca has been funded by myself mainly and as well as my partners. We have been bootstrapping the whole thing as much as possible but now I've realized the potential growth surge and we are working to find some investment dollars to help us propel our site further through team and site development, marketing, and other things.
What would you be doing if you had one year off and $500,000 to spend (not tech related)?
I have always had a desire to create a mobile medical clinic and offer services for under-serviced areas in developing countries. When I was younger I started a Christian charity but after getting into medical school, I never got the chance to see that through. I would definitely spend the money on this…although I don't think I would need all 500K.
Mobile App you're in love with and why?
Youtube – mobile app. I just love watching videos. And watching funny videos that people post up are awesome! It makes the world a smaller place, which is good because it makes us really feel like a community and connected!
iOS or Android?
iOS ALL THE WAY. I'm spoiled with apple products–with two iPhones, two iPads, an iMac, apple TV, and Macbook–my wife and I love everything about apple and iOS.
What's the greatest thing about Scolaris.ca?
The greatest thing about scolaris.ca is its future. There are so many things we can do with scolaris.ca that will definitely empower students. From our crowdfunding platform for students and its academic timeline, to our graduates platform (coming soon) for those done with school, to our philanthropist directory and everything in between, scolaris.ca will definitely be a household name soon.
Where can our readers reach out to you?
Readers can send us an email to
- [email protected]
- follow us on twitter @Scolaris_Canada
- and facebook.com/scolariscanada.
What do you wish I had asked you?
"Why are you so good looking?" Actually, how about "what's the story behind your mascot?" Well I'm glad you asked! Our mascot's name is EHstein…because he's canadian, eh? He has the face of a familiar man…with the body of a smurf!
Thanks, Mark! Once your graduate platform launches, I'll be sure to create a profile begging for people to pay my student loans off! Who knows– there might be a random, charitable person out there that will buy my begging and get me off the debt hook. Wouldn't that be nice?


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Intelligent design software - following the principles of dental logic. The Ceramill Mind design software developed by Amann Girrbach in close cooperation with dental technicians leaves nothing to be desired. Perfectly matched to the Ceramill Map scanners, Ceramill Mind has been seamlessly integrated into the system architecture of the Ceramill system and is distinguished by its ease of use, process reliability and precision. Application Engeneer Lars Jessler and Trainer Thomas Gienger give insights on the software.
What makes the Ceramill Mind CAD Software so unique? In this webinar we will show you how essential and necessary it is to have coordinated and validated manufacturing processes. For Amann Girrbach, it was clear from the outset that the software and, in particular, the interaction between the individual software components would ultimately determine whether restorations were accurately fitted or would have to be painstakingly adapted and reworked. Only when all the steps, from scanning to fabrication on the machine, speak the same language is it possible to achieve maximum productivity in everyday laboratory routines. To facilitate entry into digital manufacturing, Amann Girrbach offers worldwide training centers, specialized trainers, webinars as well as videos and tutorials to provide the best conditions for every user to quickly and intuitively become familiar with the Ceramill world.
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Entrepreneurial Inspiration, Nature Coast Style
What do you do when your livelihood is completely disrupted?
Even with an emergency plan, many small businesses on Florida's Nature Coast were unprepared for the changes brought about by the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, to our area in mid-March.
On March 20, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis ordered all Florida restaurants to shut down their dining rooms and stop in-house consumption alcohol sales. On April 29, Florida's Governor gave restaurants permission to open at 25% capacity inside and utilize outdoor dining options.
Some businesses closed, some changed their hours, some changed to a completely virtual system, and some found new ways to keep their doors open and their teams active with the new normal.
Restaurants, in particular, were hit hard by the order to stop selling alcohol, close bars, then close indoor dining. These three local restaurants have impressed me with their ingenuity. May their stories inspire you also.
Cattle Dog Coffee Roasters
James and Heather Cook opened the doors to their first Cattle Dog Coffee Roasters in Hernando, Florida on February 23, 2009. They met in college and shared a passion for roasting coffee, going back to when they first began experimenting with roasting in a popcorn popper.
James is a national award-winning chef who graduated from Johnson & Wales University after growing up in California's restaurant business.
Cattle Dog Coffee Roasters has expanded to five locations in Citrus County, offering the most varieties of coffee available in the U.S. as well as custom k-cups, loose leaf teas, and some of the finest breakfast, lunch, and bakery foods daily to their guests. Their online menu is here.
With the COVID-19 restaurant dine-in options put on hold by the Governor, James and Heather went into overdrive.
"Our first thought was how can we keep our employees working. They depend on us like we depend on them," James shared with NatureCoaster. "I love to cook and create meals, so we came up with the idea of offering 3-course dinners to our customers Monday through Friday. A salad, entrée and dessert for $15 with a menu that changes daily. We are having a lot of fun doing this and 20 dinners pays for two employees 8-hour shifts."
This year they installed a large coffee roaster in a 7000 square foot building on Florida Avenue, which was the old "Lucky Diamonds Club." This allows James and Heather to roast 150 pounds of fresh coffee beans in 1-1/2 hours! This is important because their coffee business is growing despite the challenges.
During Cattle Dog Coffee Roaster's first year in business, they roasted and sold 500 pounds of beans. In 2020, they expect to roast and sell over 31,600 pounds of delicious, fresh-roasted beans.
"We hope to reopen following the Governor's direction, providing outdoor options and safe distance seating in our Hernando, Inverness, and Crystal River locations," James said, "Our customer and employees safety are #1 and our desire to serve delicious coffee, tea, and creative, delicious food is right there too."
The Pop-Up Dinners have been a great success, allowing 4 of the 5 locations to remain open, so they may continue as COVID-19 State restrictions ease up, or James and Heather may open a more formal restaurant.
Chop Block Grill
Eric Gallery and Todd Smith moved to Brooksville in 2017. They leased a retail location at 691 South Broad Street to open their dream steakhouse restaurant. After months of construction chaos, they chose to lease a historic location across from the Hernando County Courthouse and opened Broad Street Market.
They were quite successful in the year building the business at Broad Street, which continuing buildout on the Chop Block Grill they dreamed of.
In September of 2019 they held their soft opening of Chop Block Grill with its new booths, fresh paint, and large, easy-to-manage kitchen.
Most of their customers followed them over to the new location although it took a while for the word to get out, the staff to get settled and the kinks to get worked out with the new menu. When "season" hit, Chop Block was poised to take in locals and visitors. And everything was working well until the end of March 2020.
"COVID-19 and the Executive Order forced us to lay our entire staff off. We moved to a to-go only menu and two of our former staff are volunteering to help us out," Eric shared with NatureCoaster.
Ann takes orders on the phone and takes care of all the public-facing activities wearing a mask and gloves. She volunteers to help at the restaurant she helped open and manage so the rent can still be paid while Eric cooks, Todd cleans, and Mandy volunteers with expo.
"We created a smaller menu for our to-go operation, as well as a $5 half-pound Angus Burger Box special. We added a $5 pasta special also, selling over 500 burger specials and over 200 pasta specials," Eric said. "We stopped the specials last week and went to our regular menu. It got people to notice us and get in the habit of considering Chop Block Grill when they order food for pickup. I am working on our plan to reopen with the new restaurant guidelines, although who knows how long it will take to get back to where we were."
Small restaurants are truly a labor of love and their staff often become like a family. Chop Block Grill is planning to stay in the game and grow their To-Go while COVID-19 concerns keep American society from returning to its previous state.
"Customers health is our main priority and I am still concerned about this virus continuing to infect our population, so we may take a more wait-and-see attitude than some others," Eric shared with NatureCoaster.
White Heron Tea & Gifts
The White Heron Tea and Gifts opened in January 2016. Kelly Maki-Hackman grew up in New Port Richey, Florida and, with her husband, Bryan, always dreamed of opening a small business in it's historic downtown.
She opened the tiny tearoom adjacent to Karen's Gifts which was an established gift shop with 20 years longevity at 6228 Grand Boulevard. There were originally 4 tables. Kelly took over the gift shop and its owners retired. She updated the product lines and added her own touches, including macaroons and fresh-made chocolate delights.
With a passion for tea that extended to education and a desire to create new recipes and entertain guests, along with some fine business acumen, Kelly and her staff have grown The White Heron Tea & Gifts to three formal seatings in the Tea Room Tuesday through Saturday, while adding a Tea Parlour for guests to stop in for informal tea and scones during business hours.
Then came the State of Florida Executive Order 20-71. The Tea Room and Gift Shop were shut down and Kelly worried about what to do for her staff. Online tea orders were now a priority. "I decided to promote our tea company, Driftwood Teas, which supplies the Tea Room," Kelly shared.
Driftwood and The White Heron offer seasonal teas and it was time for the Spring Tea Collection. Packaging and shipping were worked out and some promotion was sent out to their customers. A bit of advertising was added. "The tea shipments helped us stay afloat," Kelly said.
Shortly thereafter, The White Heron Tea & Gifts began offering scones and tea to-go. On April 15, full tea kits were added and Prince and Princess Tea packages. "The additional offerings helped us retain a sense of normalcy. We missed the interaction with our customers and each other. We are able to bring in some income while maintaining our community relationships," Kelly shared.
She met with her team this week, allowing them to express their feelings about the COVID-19 situation, working with the public, not working, their families and more. They discussed options for reopening when the State gave its ok and how they might serve outside and with limited seating.
"It felt really good to talk with the team. Hearing everyone's perspective on how this unprecedented situation had affected them and how we might overcome it together was good for us," Kelly told NatureCoaster, "Now we will make plans to follow the new guidelines and do what we need to so we can weather the storm."
Kelly began creating new scone recipes, with a blueberry lemon, a savory and a strawberry lemon making it to the test kitchen so far. She began making tea cocktails with help from the bar and restaurant next door, Boulevard Beef and Ale and she is working on a cookbook.
Nature Coast Leaders
All three of these Nature Coast Restaurants have inspired me with their quick reactions to a frightening, rapidly changing environment. Each one took their staff, their customers and their passions into account to find a creative solution to a new problem.
What local businesses have impressed you with their response to the American COVID-19 pandemic? Please share in the comments so we can spread the word.


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Seven birthdays and three transactions of note, including one of the biggest controversies in Pirates history.
The Players
Jonah Bayliss, pitcher for the 2006-07 Pirates. He was originally a seventh round pick in 2002 by the Royals. Bayliss made it to the majors by June of 2005, staying in Kansas City for two weeks before returning to the minors. He came back in August, pitching a total of 11.2 innings in 11 appearances that season, posting a 4.63 ERA. On December 7, 2005, the Pirates traded Mark Redman to the Royals in exchange for Bayliss and minor league pitcher Chad Blackwell. His first season in Pittsburgh was extremely similar to his 2005 season. Bayliss came up in June for three games, then returned to the minors until late August, finishing with 11 games pitched again. He had a 4.30 ERA in 14.2 innings and he picked up his first career win during his last game of the season. Bayliss made the Opening Day roster in 2007 and was in the majors until late June. He was sent down after posting a 7.53 ERA in 34.2 innings over 38 outings. He went to Triple-A and didn't fare well there either, with a 7.06 ERA in 16 outings. He was called up for one game in August, gave up six runs in three innings, and that turned out to be his last game in the majors. Bayliss was with the Pirates until June of 2008, before being sent to the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He also played in Japan and independent ball, finishing up his pro career in 2012.
Tom Prince, catcher for the 1987-93 Pirates. He played 17 years in the majors as a backup catcher, never topping the 66 games he played during his last season in Pittsburgh. Prince was selected by the Pirates in the fourth round of the 1984 amateur draft. It was the third time he was drafted. The first two times were by the Atlanta Braves. He made it to the Pirates within three years of being drafted, but that 1993 season was the only season with the team that he didn't spend at least part of the year in the minors. Through his first six years in Pittsburgh, he played just 111 games and hit a combined .161 in 223 at-bats. In 1993, Mike Lavalliere was released early in the year and Prince became the backup to Don Slaught for the rest of the season. He hit .196 that year, with two homers and 24 RBIs in 179 at-bats. Prince became a free agent and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he spent five years as a backup. He also played with the Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins during his last five years in the majors. The Pirates hired him as a minor league manager in 2005 and he was around until 2019, when he got to manage the final game of the MLB season. He spent much of that time with the Pirates as the manager of their Gulf Coast League team. Despite playing on three pennant winners with the Pirates, Prince never played in the postseason.
Jeff Ballard, pitcher for the 1993-94 Pirates. He was a seventh round draft pick of the Baltimore Orioles, and spent five seasons (1987-91) there in the majors, where he posted a 36-51 record. The amazing part about that record is that in 1989 he went 18-8, finishing sixth in the AL Cy Young award voting. It was the only season in Baltimore that he had over a .400 winning percentage. Ballard spent the entire 1992 season in the minors with the St Louis Cardinals and pitched well, going 12-4, 2.82 in 24 starts. He was then signed by the Oakland A's as a free agent, but they released him during Spring Training. The Pirates signed Ballard at the end of April and sent him to Triple-A, where he went 6-1, 2.29 in 12 starts. He was called up in early July, and came within one out of pitching a complete game in his first start, a 10-3 victory over the Astros. Ballard went 4-1, 4.86 in 25 games (five starts) in 1993. He began the 1994 season with the Pirates, though he went sent to Triple-A in early July, after posting a 6.66 ERA in 28 appearances. That ended up being his last season in baseball. He wasn't much of a strikeout guy during his career, compiling a total of 244 strikeouts in 773.1 innings, with a high of 62 K's during his 18-win season.
Mudcat Grant, pitcher for the 1970-71 Pirates. By the time he reached the Pirates in 1970, he was already near the end of his 13th season in the majors. He was a two time All-Star, who once won 21 games in a season (1965) and eight times compiled double-digit win totals. He started 293 games in his career, with just 17 coming during his last four seasons (1968-71) and none during his last two years. Mudcat (whose real first name was James) made 72 appearances for the 1970 Oakland A's, with a 6-2, 1.82 record and 24 saves in 123.1 innings. The Pirates acquired Grant from Oakland on September 14, 1970 in exchange for Angel Mangual, who wasn't sent to the A's until five weeks later. Mudcat pitched eight times for the Pirates that season, picking up two wins and finishing with a 2.25 ERA in 12 innings. In 1971, he would make 42 appearances for Pittsburgh before being shipped back to Oakland in August. Grant went 5-3, 3.60 with seven saves in 75 innings for Pittsburgh that year, and had a 1.98 ERA in 15 outings with the A's. He retired after pitching the entire 1972 season in the minor leagues. Mudcat had a 145-119, 3.63 record in 2,442 innings. He also had an outstanding 75-33 minor league record, which included 21 wins as an 18-year-old in his first year of pro ball. He turns 85 today.
Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell, pitcher for the 1960-62 Pirates. Lefty pitcher who got his nickname from his hometown of the same name in Alabama. Mizell played for the 1952-53 Cardinals to start his Major League career, going 23-19 in 63 starts, with 17 complete games. He then spent two full seasons serving in the military, before returning to the 1956 Cardinals on Opening Day. That season he went 14-14, 3.62 in 33 starts, with three shutouts. In his first five seasons in the majors, all spent in St Louis, he was an amazingly consistent pitcher, posting an ERA between 3.42 and 3.74 each year, while making between 29 and 33 starts. His stats began to slide a little the next year (though he still had a 13-10 record in 1959) and the Cardinals moved him to the Pirates on May 28, 1960 in a deal for two minor leaguers. Mizell immediately had a strong impact on the Pirates, going 13-5, 3.12 the rest of the way, helping the team to the World Series. His postseason did not go well, allowing four runs in 2.1 innings, but the Pirates still won their third WS title. The next season, Mizell went 7-10, 5.04 in 17 starts and eight relief appearances. He remained with the Pirates through the first month of the 1962 season, when they dealt him to the New York Mets for first baseman Jim Marshall. Wilmer was out of the majors within three months of the trade, retiring with a 90-88 record.
Sid Gordon, third baseman/outfielder for the 1954-55 Pirates. He was a two-time All-Star, who switched between third base and left field for most of his career. From 1948 until 1952, Gordon received NL MVP votes in every season, reaching a minimum of a .284 average with 25 homers and 75 RBIs in all five years. Three times he drove in over 100 runs in a season and in 1948 with the Giants, he reached a career high with 30 homers. In 1953 before joining the Pirates, he batted .274 with 19 homers and 75 RBIs in 140 games. He was acquired by the Pirates on December 26, 1953 from the Milwaukee Braves as part of a six-player (plus cash) deal, for second baseman Danny O'Connell. Gordon split his time with the Pirates in 1954 between right field (61 starts) and third base (35 starts), hitting a career high .306, with 12 homers and 49 RBIs in 131 games. The Pirates sold him to the New York Giants a month into the 1955 season, after he hit .170 in 16 games. Gordon played out the year in New York, then finished his career in the minors the following season. In 1,475 major league games, he hit .283 with 202 homers and 805 RBIs.
George Susce, catcher for the 1939 Pirates. He was a native of Pittsburgh, who played 146 Major League games over a 15-year time-frame. Susce began his pro career in the majors with the 1929 Phillies, playing 17 games and compiling 19 plate appearances, which were spread out throughout the entire season. He then went to the minors for two years, prior to making the 1932 Detroit Tigers roster. He ended up playing just two games for the Tigers as a late-inning defensive replacement behind the plate. Susce went back to the minors in May of 1932 and remained there through the end of the 1938 season, spending a majority of his time in the Texas League. He was an All-Star during his last four seasons in the minors, who was brought into the Pirates camp in February of 1939 to compete with Ray Berres and Ray Mueller for the starting spot.
The Pirates starting catcher from 1938 was Al Todd, who was traded to the Boston Bees in the off-season. Mueller ended up winning the starting spot and Berres was his regular backup (that switched during the year), leaving Susce as a third-string catcher at the end of the bench and that's where he stayed. His first actual game that season was on August 9th, when he caught the last inning of a loss to the Cardinals. Susce only got into a game because Berres was out of action for a month with an illness. His first start didn't come until a week later, in the second game of a doubleheader. He ended up starting half the games from mid-August until the end of the season, finishing with a .227 average and four RBIs in 89 plate appearances. He was released by the Pirates during Spring Training in 1940, but he signed quickly with the St Louis Browns, where he played a career high 61 games in his only season with the club. Susce was a player/coach during his last four seasons in the majors with the Cleveland Indians. He then moved on to coaching in the minors and majors, sticking around baseball into the early 1970's. His full name was George Cyril Methodius Susce. His son George played five seasons in the majors for the Tigers and Boston Red Sox.
Steve Swetonic, pitcher for the 1929-33 Pirates. He was a local kid, who played college ball at the University of Pittsburgh, so it was only natural that he spent his entire Major League career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His minor league career consisted of two seasons pitching for the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association. In 1928, he went 20-8, 3.00 in 40 games, pitching a total of 234 innings. In the off-season, his contract was purchased by the Pirates. Swetonic was used often during his rookie season in 1929, getting occasional starts among his 41 appearances. He went 8-10, 4.82 in his 143.2 innings of work. He pitched better in 1930, which was a huge year for offense around baseball. He was limited in his action after he came down with appendicitis and missed two months of action. The next year he missed plenty of time after elbow surgery put him out until late June. When he returned, he saw limited time in a mop-up role. Swetonic was healthy up until August of the 1932 season and had a strong year, going 11-6, 2.82 in 162.2 innings, leading the NL with four shutouts. In 1933, he set career highs with 12 wins and 164.2 innings. Over the 1933-34 off-season, he had hand surgery that left him unable to pitch. He was sold to the Boston Braves, then assigned to Albany of the International League, but never recovered enough to ever pitch again. On May 19, 1935, he was used as a pinch-runner by the Pirates, the only game of pro ball he played after the 1933 season. The Pirates signed him a month earlier as a pitcher, but he never got into a game on the mound.
The Controversy
On this date in 1926 the Pirates made the decision to release pitcher Babe Adams and outfielder Carson Bigbee, while putting outfielder Max Carey on waivers and suspending him until he was picked up by another team. Adams won 194 games in a Pirates uniform, second most all-time. Carey is a Hall of Famer, who is among the top ten in many all-time categories in Pirates history. Bigbee played his entire 11-year big league career with the Pirates. The story about their departure from the Pirates was so big, that it became front page news in town for the next four days as fans wanted an explanation of what happened.
At the time of their departure, the Pirates weren't a tight-knit group despite being in first place. Many players thought the reason was that former manager Fred Clarke was on the bench coaching, and the team was being run by both Clarke and the current manager, Bill McKechnie. Players said they were getting conflicting signals from Clarke and McKechnie during games. Clarke had words with players and soon players were getting fined or suspended left and right. The last straw for the veteran group was when Bigbee overheard Clarke tell McKechnie to get the struggling Carey out of the lineup and he didn't care who he replaced him with, even the batboy could do better.
The team then held a player's meeting (that McKechnie knew about) to vote on whether to get Clarke off the bench, with Max Carey saying that they couldn't continue to play with two managers. The vote came back 18-6 in favor of keeping Clarke, but word of the vote got to the front office and they found out the six players were led by Adams, Bigbee and Carey. The other three votes were supposedly young rookies that were thought to have been swayed by the veteran trio. The group of veteran players were cut and it became known as the "ABC Affair" (the first letters of each of their last names).
The move was unpopular from the start with the fans. It got even worse as the Pirates dropped out of first place and Max Carey quickly came back to bite the Pirates in his first game with the Brooklyn Robins, scoring two runs in the first game of a three-game series, in a game won by Brooklyn. Two days later, he drove home a run in a 2-1 Robins win over the Pirates, which was the game that knocked them out of first place. The Pirates finished that 1926 season in third place, going 23-24 the rest of the way. Carey stuck around for four seasons with Brooklyn, but neither Bigbee nor Adams, played in the majors again.
The Trades
On this date in 1988, the Pirates traded pitcher Barry Jones to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for pitcher Dave LaPoint. Jones was a 25-year-old righty reliever, who had spent three seasons in Pittsburgh. In exactly 100 outings, all relief appearances, he went 6-9, 3.81 with six saves in 137 innings. LaPoint was a 29-year-old left-handed pitcher, in his ninth season at the Major League level. The 1988 White Sox were his sixth major league team, and he had a 10-11, 3.40 record in 25 starts at the time of the trade. He had won as many as 12 games in a season (twice), but that was during the 1983-84 seasons. After the trade, LaPoint went 4-2, 2.77 in eight starts. The Pirates finished in second place, 15 games back of the New York Mets, and LaPoint became a free agent after the season. Jones pitched for Chicago until the end of the 1990 season, when he was part of a trade with the Montreal Expos that saw Tim Raines go to the White Sox. Jones went 11-4, 2.31 in 65 appearances during the 1990 season.
On this date in 1894, the Pirates traded pitcher George Nicol and cash to the Louisville Colonels for pitcher Jock Menefee. Nicol was struggling in 1894, just like most pitchers during that time, due to the pitching distance recently being moved back ten feet to it's current distance. He threw a slow curveball, that he had to adjust for the new distance and he wasn't doing well, posting a 6.22 ERA, with 39 walks in 46.1 innings with the Pirates that year. After the trade, Nicol made just two starts for the Colonels and they were both disastrous, going the distance in each, he allowed 35 hits, 35 runs and 16 walks in 17 innings. He did however prove to be valuable as a hitter, playing right field for 26 games. He batted .339 with 19 RBIs during that time. Despite the hitting success, it still ended up being his last season in the majors. Menefee began his career with the Pirates in 1892, getting a one-game trial that didn't go so well. He then pitched for Louisville in 1893-94, going a combined 16-24, 4.28 in 43 games. The 26-year-old righty would make 13 starts for the Pirates over the last two months of the 1894 season, going 5-8, 5.40 with 13 complete games. He made one start and one relief appearance for the 1895 Pirates before they got rid of him due to his eight runs and seven walks in 1.2 innings of work.


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AKRON, Ohio, June 9, 2021 – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today said it will webcast its presentation during the Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference on June 16, 2021.
Darren R. Wells, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will provide a business overview. A live webcast of the presentation will be available at 11:50 a.m. EDT on the company's investor relations website: http://investor.goodyear.com. A replay of the webcast will be available following the event.
Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 72,000 people and manufactures its products in 54 facilities in 23 countries around the world. The company strives to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.


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David Artell has told the club's official website that he was most disappointed with his players 'aggressive mindset' in the first half showing against Northampton Town on Saturday.
The Cobblers executed Keith Curle's game plan to almost perfection at Gresty Road to lead 2-0 at the break and although Crewe did create some really good chances late on, Artell said afterwards that it was a little too late.
The honest Crewe boss told us: "We are not at it in that first half and when we were better in the second half, we created a few chances but it was a little too late for me.
"We were at least competitive in the second half because we weren't in the first half. We were not fluid in possession and were our own worst enemies. We just never got going at all in that first half and that is the most disappointing thing about the performance.
"There wasn't that aggressive intent that we have shown in the majority of our home games this season. We needed an aggressive mindset and when I say that I don't mean whacking people, I mean being competitive and wanting the ball, playing quickly, round the corner and passing to your mate. Having that real clarity in what you want to do.
The boss added: "We spoke about Northampton in the week and where they are dangerous. We spoke about and worked on their threat from set pieces and crosses and then a set piece and cross has won them the game."


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By Lars Wahlström - Updated 2022-07-31Reading Time: 10 minutes
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Lars Wahlström is a recognized leader in the iGaming industry, with over 20 years of experience from both the tech side and an operator. He's now CEO and Publisher at ARGO Gaming Group, the company behind Casinoclaw.
Games and gambling has been an interest of Lars' since early years and besides slots and casino, he's also into poker, sports betting and trotting.
All this experience is drawn upon when he writes, and we dare say he's one of the best casino writers out there. Lars' base is the ARGO HQ and Stockholm office, but he travels a lot and often participates in industry trade shows and panels. To get in contact with Lars, use our contact page or message him directly on LinkedIn or Twitter.


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It's Insane That Anyone Goes Camping
As a rule I like my opinion pieces to be airtight and unimpeachable. As a reader, you've come to expect this from me. I know. Because of that I'd like to warn you that this opinion is not that, exactly — this opinion is a little weaker than my usual opinions. It's slightly, but only slightly, less unimpeachable. (I'm telling you this in confidence and with your promise that you will continue to read and that you will then share this post on Twitter.) There are some people I like who are going to disagree with this opinion and that's just because they're wrong, but maybe in a way that makes them "happy." OK. Now we're all on the same page. The opinion is that it's insane that anyone goes camping.
I understand it can be nice to awake to the sounds of birds and the smell of a tree. Mountains around you, or something like this. Sand underneath, if you're camping on sand. Stars above you at night. This all sounds nice in theory and perhaps in practice under perfect conditions (no bugs, a bed, walls around you, see-through ceiling). But also it seems very insane and worse than normal I don't understand why anyone does it.
Imagine photos you've seen of people camping. Sort of dreary outside, it's grey, the campers have a bunch of waterproof clothing on. A bunch of cumbersome camping gear around them. A big stick in their hand. "My camping stick." Mud on the ground. They're cold. What…the fuck? What are they doing? They can go inside and yet they do not. It's very insane.
Camping gear — how much does that cost? A lot, it seems like. A tent. Sleeping bag. Whatever else you need, flashlights, etc. Batteries. Something to keep the food in so a BEAR doesn't get it. A bear! Spending money to sleep outside where you have to protect your food from a bear. You know you already pay for an apartment? In the greatest city on earth? If you live in New York City? Or maybe just a fine normal place, if you don't live in New York City, and actually you even live in a house? What are you doing?!!!!
This isn't about me, but, just so you can trust that I speak from experience, I have been camping one time. It was rainy and cold — typical for camping. I slept on the ground in a tent and it was wet. Sleeping on the wet ground even though I paid for a dry (if mouse-infested) apartment in the great city of Philadelphia? Crazy. I was in college and had my whole life ahead of me, and look at where I am now. Nowhere. Because of camping? Impossible to say for sure.
Even though I love to have fun!
Bugs. Oh, my god. BUGS! Outside is where bugs live. You're in the bugs' house now. Normally you can be be mad about a bug in your house, but when you're in the bugs' house? They can be mad at you now. Bite you, etc. Crawl on you. Buzz in your ear. Sting you. Land on you. You asked for it this time. You decided to move into their spot uninvited even though you have a fine enough spot of your own.
Cooking food over a fire. That's fine, I guess. That's nice, sitting around a fire. You don't need to go camping for that, though. Something better than camping is if you can go somewhere with a fire pit. Maybe your friend lives in upstate New York and his property has a fire pit. Or something like that. You can take a trip with your friends there, sit around the fire pit, roast marshmallows, drink a beer or a wine. Tell a ghost story. Then go inside, take a shower, and go to bed. 🙂
It is nice to sleep under stars. (Once I slept on a friend's outdoor trampoline.) Also something that sounds nice is camping on a beach…hearing waves. I've never done it, but I would be open to doing it once for one night. This is why I said my opinion was not as unimpeachable as it has been consistently otherwise. I "like" outdoors, to a point. I've gone on "hikes." I like to look up at the stars for "romance." I like to breathe "fresh air" and not have to hear "ambulances." But camping…Well, the thing about camping is you have to admit it's insane and almost everyone who says they enjoy it is lying and that is a fact.
In summation:
- Cold
- Bugs
- Wet
- Hassle
- Expensive
- No bathroom
- Nice
- Good
- Pleasant
- Comfortable
- Can still go outside
- Indoor bathroom with a sink
- Maybe go on a hike then go get a beer and fries
- No bugs
- No bears
- Don't have to lug around camping equipment
- Don't have to sleep in mud
- Don't have to wear all waterproof clothing and look miserable
- You can wake up early and go to the forest or whatever