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Hiking the Liberty Lake Loop
Desperate for a relatively local hiking challenge this year, I decided to finally hike the Liberty Lake Loop, a 56km trail in Kejimkujik National Park. I've had my eye on the loop for almost 10 years but just never took the plunge to make the reservations and take the time off work. Without a trip to some far-flung destination this year, it was time to tackle it.
Keji Site 22, May 2018
After taking last year off from our (mostly) annual tradition, three friends and I jumped back into a couple of canoes and headed into the backcountry of Kejimkujik National Park for the Victoria Day long weekend. This time we were headed for Site 22, the last site on the West River. The weather was sunny and warm, the winds light. Perfect conditions, except for the flies which seemed to have exploded into life. Nothing a good bug net over you hat and some spray can't solve.
Crowbar Lake Trail (West Lake Loop), July 2014
It's been another fairly quiet summer when it comes to hiking. I haven't been completely lazy though as I've been helping a friend build a rustic cabin on some family property. While building a cabin is fun and difficult work it's not quite like getting out on the trail and exploring. So with that, this past weekend a friend and I decided to head back out to the Crowbar Lake trail, a short drive from the city.
North Granite Ridge/Gibraltar Rock trails
After a long and messy winter it was time to get back on the trails now that the weather has turned warmer and drier. It's hard to believe that it's been over six months since I've been out on the trail, but that's the way it is sometimes. To start the hiking season off with a bang, my hiking partner and I decided to tackle one of the most challenging trails in the area, the North Granite Ridge Trail.
South Granite Ridge trail
I hiked this trail almost six years ago when I first moved to Nova Scotia. I was looking for a good, lengthy, challenging trail and I found it. It's been a few weeks since getting back from Tanzania and it was time to get back on the trails here at home. The weather so far this spring hasn't been great for hiking — unless you like hiking in the pouring rain — and this past weekend I found myself with both the time and weather to get out for a good long hike.
Devil's Bend trail to Economy Falls
One of my favourite hikes in the province is Devil's Bend, in the hills above Economy. I've hiked it at least four times now and it never disappoints, except maybe when I try it too early in the spring and I forget to bring my snowshoes. It's a quality trail with many ups and downs with a few lookoffs along the way. It's a great workout with a beautiful reward at the end, Economy Falls.
Peninsula park to park urban hike
I decided to switch it up this weekend and leave the hiking boots at home and do something I've been meaning to do since I moved to Halifax. I've always wanted to walk the entire length of the peninsula but for one reason or another I've just not gotten to it. As I'm trying to add some distance to my hikes, I thought this would be perfect as it's around 18 kilometres to walk the loop.
Spring hike to Pennant Point
Continuing with the string of spring hikes I've been taking this year, a friend and I decided to stay local and drive out to East Pennant and hike along the ocean out to Pennant Point. It's a relatively easy hike, about 9.6km return with no hills. There's a bit of scrambling along the rocks at the beginning and end of the hike, but nothing too demanding.
Black Rock Community Trails
The Black Rock Community Trails are a set of trails located in the small community of Black Rock, NS, a short drive north of Berwick, off exit 15 of Highway 101 close to the Bay of Fundy. A friend and I decided to make the drive from the city and try out the longest of the trails. It was a sunny morning as we left the city and got on the highway toward the valley.
Crowbar Lake Trail, January 2013
After too much to eat and drink over the holidays it was time to get back on the trail and work some of it off. I decided to enlist a friend and head outside of the city for a hike over the Crowbar Lake Trail, part of the Waverley-Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area. I particularly enjoy hiking in wilderness areas as they are left alone and there are no motorized vehicles allowed. I don't think enough people appreciate the quiet those two things bring.
Gully Lake Wilderness Trail
I don't know what happened this summer, but I didn't get out hiking as much as I wanted to. The weather was perfect this year, so the opportunities were there. I think it was poor planning on my part and not prioritizing properly.
Kejimkujik backcountry, May 2012
For the third year in a row, a few friends and I headed into the backcountry of Kejimkujik National Park for a few days of relaxing and exploring. This year we reserved site 32, a beautiful spot on Île de l'Original on Peskowesk Lake. Compared to last year, the weather was spectacular. It's rare in Nova Scotia to get four straight days of heat and sun in May, but that's exactly what we got. Site 32 has a beautiful, west-facing white sandy beach, so you get afternoon and evening sun, as well as a breeze that keeps the bugs away.
Getting away from it all in a yurt
After finding out there were two yurts in the backcountry at Kejimkujik National Park available for winter camping, I couldn't help but want to get into one for a couple of nights. Winter camping can be a good time if you're prepared, it can be even better when you have a ready-made shelter and wood stove ready for you when you arrive. A few stories in the local media made these two yurts a hot commodity so they weren't easy to reserve on or near the weekends. I had some spare time come up unexpectedly so I decided to book a couple of nights in the middle of the week when they were open and I could convice a friend to come along with me.
Hike Nova Scotia Hiking and Snowshoeing Summit 2012
On I attended the first ever Hike Nova Scotia Hiking and Snowshoeing Summit. I've been a member of Hike Nova Scotia for a couple of years now and thought it'd be fun to attend and meet others who share my love of hiking and just generally like to be outside. On top of that, the summit was held at Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, one of my favourite parks in the province.
Thanksgiving in Cape Breton
This summer had been a bit of a write-off weather-wise so I didn't do nearly as much hiking as I'd hoped to. I got to do more bike riding for some strange reason but hiking is my first love when it comes to being outdoors so I was a little down about my lack of fun on the trail. So when a friend of mine suggested we hit Cape Breton for a couple of days of hiking over the Thanksgiving long weekend, I jumped at the chance. There'd also be a cottage for us to use so no camping required. Because if camping was involved there'd definitely would have been some sort of freak rain storm.
Three Days Around Cape Chignecto
Since moving to the east coast, I've been trying my best to do as much hiking as I did when I lived in central British Columbia. One of the trails that caught my eye was the Cape Chignecto trail, a 50km loop around Chignecto Head, in the Bay of Fundy. It intrigued me because not only was the scenery beautiful, it was also a decent length and had challenging terrain. I've been thinking about doing the trail for a few years, and this year I finally convinced another crazy person to come with me.
Backcountry visit to Kejimkujik
For the second year in a row, a couple of friends and I canoed into Kejimkujik National Park to spend four days in the wilderness of the park. It was a little more special this year as Parks Canada is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Congratulations! So on a chilly Friday we set out in our canoes toward backcountry site 26, on a small peninsula between Mountain and Cobrielle Lakes. It's a great spot, we had a pair of loons to keep us company, but that was about it. We only saw a couple of other people the whole four days.
Skiing at Kejimkujik
This winter has been decent weather-wise in Nova Scotia. It has snowed fairly regularly and has remained cold enough for it to stay. All this means an opportunity to get outside. This year is the first year Kejimkujik National Park has had a trail grooming program for their cross-country ski trails. If my trip there was any indication, it was a fantastic idea. Since this is the first year, it looks like not too many people know about it. There were only a few other people on this trail during this visit. The weather was perfect, clear blue skies, not a breath of wind and a temperature around freezing. It doesn't get any better than that if you like to be outside in the winter.
A quick trip to Big Tancook Island
I haven't been writing much and I visit so many interesting places in Nova Scotia I thought I'd try my hand at putting down some thoughts on a little trip I took.
I don't write too often anymore, but when I do, this is where you'll find it.
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When staying at Four Seasons Hotel Seattle recently the GM and Director of F&B heard that my dog, a golden retriever called Archie, had been bitten by another dog in the park. So they sent me an amenity which was so simple, yet so impactful! Cookies for Archie and a card signed by the F&B team! Can you imagine how many people I've shown this picture to?

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Ever sung an elephant to sleep? :)
Have you guys seen this video? This is a charity I truly believe in.
Lek, the co-founder of this beautiful elephant sanctuary, is the perfect example of a heart full of kindness and compassion. Animals DO have a voice but our minds are so cluttered with all the superficial junk that we simply don't listen. Sadly, we are the only hope animals have and it's up to us to protect them or keep benefiting from their suffering. Open your hearts, silence your minds and listen. Elephants don't belong in circuses for our amusement. They belong in wild life sanctuaries like this one.


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"Any truly revolutionary art is an alchemy through which waste, grief, brutality, frozen indifference, 'blind sorrow,' and anger are transmuted into some drenching recognition of the What if—the possible. What if?
—the first revolutionary question…naming and mourning damage, keeping pain vocal so it cannot become normalized and acceptable."
– Adrienne Rich
What if womxn lived in a world that was safe and free from misogynistic harm, violence and femicide?
This is the kind of question that an artist must ask if she seeks to transform the havoc and misery around her into a masterpiece worthy of praise.
And, believe me, alchemy don't come easy.
That's why I'm starting a series called Bout That Lyfe. I'll be highlighting local women whose blood, sweat and tears are fashioned into the paint that decorates the walls of our consciousness.
One such woman is Leslie "Dime" Lopez. Dime grew up in East Oakland while her parents hail from Mexico. She's been teaching, organizing, creating and mothering for many years.
When you first meet Dime you notice her warm demeanor—her face glows with love. But she once showed me older photos of herself, from the early 2000s. She looks different. She's wearing a baggy black hoodie and her expression is stern. She's got that, "I wish a motherfucker would" face on, the one that girls from the hood learn to wield as a shield from constant attack.
Times have changed though. Her face is relaxed now. Although, these days, Dime is probably juggling three things at once. She's likely watching her two young sons, who run playfully around her legs, or tending to a youth she's mentoring, or helping organize the next event at Eastside Arts Alliance.
Whatever she's doing, she navigates it with grace, purpose, courage and the perseverance that can only come from being the decedent of determined ancestors.
I sat down with Dime to ask her about her artistic background as well as her most recent collaborative mural project, Ni Una Menos 'Sisters Unite," which highlights the devastating impact of the murders of womxn of color from Palestine to the U.S. Mexico border.
"I'm like this because I always painted with guys. I never got a chance to build with girls in sisterhood."
Dime started painting murals at the tender age of ten. She was inspired to paint walls because of a middle school project. Dime and her Oakland Charter School classmates created a mural commemorating the Worker's Movement and Dime chose to do a portrait of Emma Tenayuca. It was the first time Dime considered herself to be an artist. Although she'd grown up seeing colorful tags all over the East Oakland concrete surrounding her, like most people, she wasn't necessarily raised to embrace the label, artist. She says that she "struggled to call [her]self an artist because it wasn't something people respected nor accepted as a career."
But the seed of an idea was planted in her after that mural project. She improved upon her initial talents and interests in Graffiti. Dime pushed herself to create letters and master a style she could call her own. She put in work to be respected and have letters as sharp and vibrant as the ones written by dudes that dominated the highly competitive—and straight up dangerous—Oakland graffiti scene. One challenge that she faced was that the secret nature of graffiti art made it hard to find women to collaborate with. She says that "the lack of growing up with a sisterhood of graffiti girls really affects me now."
Fortunately, Dime became part of a crew called Few and Far Women. She has been rocking with the collective since it was first founded in 2011. Few and Far is an all-women collective made up of artists from all over the world. The collective boasts both established and beginner visual artists, all with the common goal of having one another's backs. Dime says that what brings members together are the experiences they've all had while trying to forge a space for themselves in male dominated visual art scenes. What Dime loves about the crew is also feeling completely and totally comfortable to claim the title artist. She sees the impact that Few and Far has had in setting a positive example to younger girls. She values "earning your respect, keeping your respect and checking motherfuckers…letting them know: hey this shit ain't right!"
"Art can't be nothing but a protest."
One of Dime's most recent collaborative projects is a mural near 22nd and International aka E14 called Ni Una Menos: Sisters Unite.
The title of the project was inspired by Ni Una Menos, which is a larger movement that translates to "Not One Less." The movement is a "collective cry against Machista violence," and Femicide. It grew traction in 2015 after the violent murder of a fourteen-year-old girl in Argentina drew 200,000 people to the streets in protest. Ni Una Menos later grew to five neighboring countries, also alarmingly dangerous places to be womxn. Although there have been countless Femicides throughout Latin America for decades, it was the first mass protest in response to these crimes against humanity.
The process of creating Ni Una Menos was as follows: Eastside Arts Alliance goes began with a dialogue involving community members before landing on a theme. Dime and the other muralists thought long and hard about how to highlight Femicide while also cultivating a local context. For example, how does this issue impact Black womxn as well? The theme of Disappeared people continued to come up in discussions and changing the title to Ni Una Menos came up. Unlike "Ni Una Mas," shifting the title honored living womxn still struggling to survive. Dime says it was "a way of connecting East Oakland with South and Central America." They wanted to draw parallels with the contemporary Feminist movement, which is sparking resistance throughout the entire hemisphere. In the end, Dime and the other muralists chose the title, Ni Una Menos to inspire solidarity. They commemorated Black and Palestinian womxn alongside Latinxs.
The mural features portraits of seven womxn of color in total. All of these womxn died violently. Dime explains that the topic of unjust deaths felt urgent because, as she puts it, "women have been on the forefront of being attacked [they] are more vulnerable to being attacked."
As July approached, Dime and the other muralists began working on creating the initial sketches. But the entire process was brought to a halt when Nia Wilson was tragically murdered that same month. Nia was a seventeen-year-old Black woman who was stabbed to death by a white man as she rode BART with her sister. The shock of the grotesque killing sent a ripple of grief throughout the city. Dime said young women were in a state of fear. For example, some of the girls that were helping out with the mural project said that it could have been any one of them—their faces could have been up on the wall too. They were heartbroken and terrified. Dime says that "it was this whole need of—what are we gonna do?"
Dime chose to pick up a spray can and continue to work. She says "we didn't know Nia personally, her story just took over everything." And, as a flood of sorrow washed over them, it became even more necessary that these girls and womxn of color didn't die in vain. They would be honored.
"We were healing as we were painting," Dime says.
But it didn't come easy.
Dime described going home some nights and drowning in a pile of portraits of deceased womxn. She placed some of their faces on her altar. She said prayers and sometimes broke down and cried.
"I just wanted to give up sometimes. It was so intense, but so powerful," says Dime. Dime described how the East Oakland community reacted to the process of their mural project. Strangers often brought food or volunteered to help paint. As they worked, onlookers inquired—some were sex workers. One woman asked why there weren't any prostitutes on the wall. "They keep killing us and nobody talks about it."
This interaction inspired Dime to add Gwen Araujo to the mural. Gwen was a seventeen-year-old trans Raza woman who was violently killed by two men she had been sexually involved with.
"Regardless of what skin tone you are, we share the same risk."
One thing she stresses is the importance of solidarity amongst womxn of color. In a misogynistic world, it is imperative that we protect one another.
The risk of being oneself is a risk worth taking.
The risk to go outside, the risk to fight to survive by any means necessary, the risk to cross borders, to speak truth to power, to demand answers, to be respected, to fight back when harmed physically or emotionally, to do what needs to be done to put food on the table, to just breathe is a risk when your existence is a threat to the status quo.
But thanks to Dime and those that supported in making the Sisters Unite mural possible, we can look into the eyes of womxn who dared to exist.
They are the brujxs the Patriarchy can never kill because,
through art, we refuse to forget them.
Eastside Arts Alliance will be hosting a Dia de los Muertos event this Friday, Nov. 2nd from 5pm to 8pm. The event will honor the lives of womxn lost to Femicide and celebrate the struggle to end the global war on women.
Womxn commemorated on the wall:
Susana Robles, age 20
Razal Al Najjar, age 21
Luz Gonzales, age 4
Nia Wilson, age 18
Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez, age 20
Sandra Bland, age 27
Gwen Araujo, age 17


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Witness Intimidation Through Social Media
This article talks about the various ways individuals use social media to intimidate witnesses. It will be interesting to see if the examples mentioned in the article are outliers or indicative of a growing trend in the Digital Age.
ABA Journal: Witness harassment has gone digital, and the justice system is playing catch-up
• In a Brooklyn courtroom, where an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man was on trial on charges he molested a girl sent to him for counseling at age 12, four spectators took a picture of his accuser while she was on the witness stand. They were promptly thrown out of the courtroom and later charged after a photo of the witness appeared on Twitter.
• In Philadelphia, a young man on trial for gun charges posted a copy of a witness statement on Facebook and instructed his friends to "kill all rats."
• In Santa Fe, N.M., a 19-year-old was charged with using comments on his Facebook page to intimidate a witness in a case against his father, a former police officer charged with counterfeiting.
New Treatise: Social Media and the Law
The Practicing Law Institute has a new treatise entitled Social Media and the Law. The book is directed towards practitioners who want to know more about the impact of social media on the every day practice of law. While the book primarily targets civil practitioners, it has a chapter dedicated to criminal law which I authored.
Here is a brief description of the book.
In the past few years, more and more individuals and companies have been using social media in every aspect of their personal lives and corporate existences, from keeping up with families and friends for individuals to product research and understanding customer preferences by business entities.
PLI's Social Media and the Law helps you understand the legal environment and helps you mitigate the risks of using the many new social media platforms.
In Social Media and the Law you'll learn:
- The privacy issues presented by social networking sites and what steps users can take to maintain their privacy and limit unwanted third-party access to personal information
- What copyright issues are raised in the developing social media world, such as who owns and who can use user-generated content on social media sites
- The opportunities, and trademark risks, of promoting your brand through social media
- Best practices for social media communication to avoid defamation and other tort liability
- The unique employment and workplace issues that are raised by and through the use of social media, both by employees and human resources departments
- How the basic rules of disclosure in advertising apply to advertisements appearing in social media, including the Federal Trade Commission's most recent guidance updates
- How the federal regulation of unsolicited commercial email applies to social media platforms
- When social media use involves crimes and evidence, and impacts criminal prosecution
- How social media can and should be considered in creating a civil litigation discovery plan
In a separate chapter on regulated industries, Social Media and the Law discusses the unique issues faced by such industries as:
- Financial services
- Broker/dealers
- Pharmaceutical providers
Essential reading at a time when the legal issues are still evolving, Social Media and the Law minimizes the risk of litigation and other issues while maximizing your comfort level in using the many powerful tools now available through social media platforms.
Social Media News
Lexology: Washington enacts social media privacy law
Lawfuel.com: How Law Firms Can Use Social Media Accounts For Effective Online Marketing
Policeone.com: Investigating Twitter: Mining social media for intel
KELOLAND TV: Stopping Crime With Social Media
Herald Sun: Criminals use social media to track police
FOX 19: Social media monitoring helps law enforcement prevent crime
Alerting Others About Online Impostors
The Bloomberg Social Media Law blog has an interesting post about what happens when Facebook discovers that someone has created a bogus account in the name of a real person. At present, Facebook deletes the bogus account. However, some have requested that Facebook do more. For example, one teenage girl in Canada who was impersonated on Facebook wanted the social media provider to alert everyone who friended the bogus account that it was fake. Facebook refused to take such action. However, Facebook did change its policy to allow those impersonated the opportunity to directly contact anyone who friended the bogus account to let them know it was indeed fictitious.
To read more about this story go here.
Online Impersonations
The article below discusses how individuals have used online impersonation to torment others. Online impersonation is generally considered a hybrid crime containing elements of both identity theft and harassment. Unlike traditional identity theft, online impersonation lacks an economic component. Instead, the defendant impersonates the victim for a non-economic reason such as to harass. It should also be noted that not all online impersonators have the intent to harass see for example the catfish hoax involving Manti Te'o.
Online impersonations arise in a variety of different settings but generally take one of two forms. The first involves the criminal defendant pretending to be the victim in order to interact with the rest of the world on social media. Some impersonations are fairly benign and could be considered parodies.
Other impersonations are less benign. For example, a Philadelphia woman created a fake Facebook page in the name of her ex-boyfriend, a narcotics police officer. While impersonating him on Facebook she wrote, "I'm a sick piece of scum with a gun" and "I'm an undercover narcotics detective that gets high every day." The fictitious Facebook page was discovered and the woman was prosecuted and sentenced to a diversion program.
Bill to Prohibit Social Media Providers from Using Minors' Self-Images for Advertisements
This week Congressman Duncan from Tennessee introduced H.R. 2645 (Forbidding Advertisement Through Child Exploitation Act of 2013). The FACE Act prohibits social media providers from using self-images uploaded by minors for commercial purposes. A few states have laws similar to the FACE Act. However, this new bill if enacted into law would not trump those state laws.
To date, some social media providers have used images of underage users in paid advertisements after the children "liked" a product, brand, or store on the site. According to Congressman Duncan, "Limiting the amount of outside attention a child's social media profile receives makes them less vulnerable to predators."
h/s tip Shear on Social Media Law
Social Media News
Huffington Post: George Zimmerman Trial: Social Media Infiltrates Trial
Police News: Saving lives using social media (Part 1)
Las Cruces Sun News: Chicago Police turn to Twitter to battle crime
CNET: Fugitive tweets 'catch me if you can'; caught
NBC2 News: NBC2 Investigators: Do you have an Internet clone?
BBC News: US Facebook death threats troll: Reece Elliott jailed
Epoch Times: George Zimmerman Trial Includes New Level of Social Media


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Over the last 3 months, I've consciously scaled back the number of hours I spend in the CGP office every week so that I can take some extra time to relax. But I also started this season with a very long list of things to do, so I've been trying to plow through those.
Here are some of the things I've accomplished since November:
-Evaluated my business, website, portfolio, and 2014 goals
-Set new goals for 2015
-Photographed fall engagement sessions and a family Christmas session
-Finalized and ordered 2014 client albums
-Sent 2014 client Christmas gifts
-Finalized 2015 client consultation gifts
-Took 2 weeks off for Christmas (that was a feat all by itself!)
-Selected favorite images from 2014 to update galleries and my consultation slideshow
-Updated documents to 2015 pricing and information
-Refreshed some old blog posts
-Learned Quickbooks (well, not the whole thing, but a few important parts!)
My first wedding of the year is April 4, so I have two more months of "slow season." Here's what I'm hoping to get done by then:
-Tweak a few more little things for the blog and my SEO strategy
-Interview other wedding professionals for a new blog series
-Update client questionnaires
-Reorganize some of my files and documents so they're easier to find
-Design, print, and purchase collateral material for CGP (note cards, ribbon, packaging, client gifts, etc)
-Photograph CGP branding elements
-Speed up editing process by learning more shortcuts
-Attend the WPPI conference and integrate what I learn into my business
-Continue (and hopefully finish) decorating my office
And obviously I'm still blogging and looking to connect with photographers and other industry professionals as well as meeting with and booking new brides. That goes on year round!


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Why Silver Peak?
We are currently at the forefront of one of the most exciting and disruptive trends in the history of the networking industry, the era of the Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). Leading industry analysts recognize Silver Peak as a global leader underscoring the completeness of our advanced SD-WAN edge solution. Enterprises and service providers alike are turning to us to connect their users to applications more effectively and efficiently. To achieve our ambitious growth targets, we are in search of people who celebrate and drive innovation. Our employees are the foundation of our success and we're making it a priority to foster an environment and culture that rewards creativity, innovation, and teamwork.
Silver Peak is seeking like-minded people to join our team
Shared Vision
To innovate, build and design better
Work with a team of extraordinary people
Be an agent of change
Our People
At Silver Peak, we are always up for a challenge. We are at our best when rethinking the possible and our values are grounded firmly in being trustworthy, honest and reliable. Integrity is the cornerstone of the Silver Peak brand and we believe that success is more rewarding when it is shared. At Silver Peak, we empower others through information. That's why our customer's success is our success. We take pride in maintaining an inclusive work environment which enables everyone to contribute their unique skills, in their own way. This allows us to consistently innovate and see the impact of our hard work. And, taking a step back from time to time to unplug is a cornerstone of our creativity. Discover the rest for yourself!
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March 2018
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About Us
We started this business in the year of 2013 and take pride in what we do. We have a kennel where the dogs and puppies can go in and out. In the wintertime they have in floor heat to keep them warm and cozy. In the summertime they have shade on the outside and AC on the inside. We have 24 foot run outs so they can go outside to exercise and play around. We clean the kennel out as often as we can to prevent bacteria, bugs, ect.
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The Peoples Democratic Party says its victory in the just-concluded local government election held in Rivers State manifests the appreciation of the people for the performance of the state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike.
The party noted that the outcome of the poll, wherein PDP made a clean sweep of all the 23 local government areas of the state, confirms Wike's positive impact in the lives of the people.
The statement, signed by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, added: "Rivers State today is one huge construction site with visible projects that directly touch the lives of the people. All that the electorate did at the local government election was just to reciprocate their governor's achievements.
"The outcome of this election therefore is a confirmation that PDP is the dominant and preferred party of choice not only in Rivers state but the entire nation.
"The governors elected on the PDP platform are all delivering on the promises they made to the electorate while many of their counterparts in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are either busy renewing their promises without projects to show for the years spent in office or making outright denials of such promises.
"The party congratulates the newly elected local government chairmen as well as the councillors and urge them to ensure that good governance is taken to the grassroots to fulfil the expectations of the voters."


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Bad Faith and Insurance Claims
11 Oct
Florida is a state prone to hurricane damage on a yearly basis since of its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Ocean, along with the hurricanes and tropical storms that often kind in these bodies of water. Simply because of this, Florida has some of the highest insurance claims in the country.
When a individual insures their property and other personal property, they tend to assume that given that they have paid faithfully, their insurance claim will be honored without any difficulties. However, some insurance firms do not usually act in good faith and will make an already stressful scenario more complicated by unfair insurance practices.
What is Poor Faith?
Following filing your Florida insurance claim, your insurer may inform you that your policy is ambiguous or open to possessing several attainable meanings, or that the policy does not cover the variety of home for which you are filing a claim. An additional reason your claim might be denied is simply because the insurance organization may possibly claim that the property was not damaged, the harm resulted from the negligence of the owner or the harm resulted from an additional purpose not covered by the insurance policy.
Insurance companies are required to act in very good faith and in a timely manner throughout this process. Unfortunately, at instances, an insurer will delay the payment or resolution of a claim or even violate Florida state laws. When this takes place they are acting in undesirable faith.
Some types of undesirable faith an insurer may well engage in can include unfair settlement claim practices or a refusal to insure for discriminatory factors.
Unfair claim settlement practices can imply that an insurance company is:
Failing to adopt or implement requirements for the proper investigation of claims,
Misrepresenting facts or insurance policy provisions,
Denying claims with no conducting a affordable investigation,
Failing to correctly explain policy details, or
Failing to pay any undisputed amounts of complete or partial rewards in a prompt or timely manner.
It is illegal for an insurer to refuse to insure and person based on their race, color, creed, marital status, sex or nationality. In addition, an insurer cannot deny an individual based on where they reside, their age or exactly where they work.
There are numerous laws within the Florida Revised Statutes that relate to undesirable faith insurance claims and illegal business practices.The major statutes regarding undesirable faith consist of:
Florida Statute 626.9541(1)(i) – Engaging in unfair claim settlement practices
Fla. Stat. 626.9541(1)(o) – Illegal dealings in premiums
Fla. Stat. 626.9541(1)(x) – Refusal to insure for discriminatory factors
Fla. Stat. 626.9551 – Specifications to have a particular agent or insurer not permitted
Fla. Stat. 627.7283 – Return of premium for cancelled insurance policies required.
What need to you do if your insurance business denies your claim?
If you feel that your insurance company is acting in negative faith in regards to an insurance policy claim, the very first step a lot of take is contacting a knowledgeable insurance lawyer. An insurance attorney can assist you determine the suitable methods to take when dealing with an insurance firm acting in negative faith.
Your insurance attorney might suggest that you file a civil suit against your insurer for damages. When you file a suit for damages you might be able to acquire the complete advantages of your policy, court expenses and lawyer charges.
With capable legal counsel and a firm understanding of how your insurance business is essential, by law, to act, the house harm claims process in Florida will be significantly less difficult to handle, increasing your possibilities of a favorable and fair outcome.


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Things to Consider While Looking for Hair Salon
A Woman is very happy when they have beautiful hair for people to see. Therefore there is an overall agreement that the hair should always look beautiful and bright at all the times. It is proven that modern hair salons can help you in gaining desirable hair lengths provided that you are taking the right treatment from the proper lounge. One of the most trusted ways in which you can find the right hair salon is called word of mouth publicity. It is believed that if you wish to have a saloon to take care of tour hair in the best way then you should consider the women who have the best-styled hair to give you advice and directions.
Most people have a belief that when they are dealing with the with a person who they see as having well-maintained hair they can easily get directed to the saloon. While seeking for the stylist for your hair by enquiring on the streets from people you know that they have good hair consider the ones who have a similar hair texture like yours. It helps you find the right place to get your haircut. In such case the client can get excellent services done to themselves.
Many people forget that a salon could have the best equipment and modern ones, but the services still don't match the level you would wish for as the people who are doing the work are the most critical part of that exercise. While seeking for a saloon one should consider people who have good experience in the work. First class salons are good, but they might not be appropriate to all depending on the kind of people working on them and their level of experience.
While selecting a salon, you must consider a hygienic and well-managed salon. If a particular lounge appears to be very dirty or in disarray, you shouldn't go there. Check out on those people who do the best work and ensure that they attend to you for those people who feel like they are not able to do a good job just avoid them. If you notice that hair stylist at a particular salon doesn't have sufficient experience, then you must avoid going there.
While selecting a right place for your hair treatment, you need to consider the hair stylist first. As you know the internet is the best source to get information regarding anything, therefore, for obtaining a proper hair salon, you need to do a bit research online. Once, you find your desired hair salon you need to visit the local office. This can only mean that at all the times people should do research.
Finding Similarities Between Hair and Life
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Those who have been there know how confusing life can be sometimes. Not everything that glitters is gold.
Just as you see in the photo below.
At first sight, you think the photo is an indecent one. Then you take a closer look and find it is actually not.
If you take a look at the photo thrice and still find it indecent, I tell you my friend, it is time to see that good old Eye Doctor.


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Julia Yang
Praised for "her sense of joyful virtuosity" as concerto soloist, Julia Yang is a dynamic and versatile cellist, founding member of the prizewinning Merz Trio and recent member of Carnegie Hall's Ensemble Connect (South Florida Classical Review). She was recently featured in the 2018-19 season as a Young Artist in Residence on Performance Today with Fred Child.
Ms. Yang has garnered top prizes at numerous competitions such as the Lennox International Competition and the Union League of Chicago's Young Artist Competition and performed as concerto soloist with the New World Symphony Orchestra, Central Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra among others.
As chamber musician, Julia has been called the "stunning find of the evening" (New York Classical Review) and has been noted for her "deep tone" and "precision," and has performed throughout the United States and internationally in Europe, Australia and Canada (South Florida Classical Review). Upcoming festival invitations include the Marlboro Music Festival and Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, with previous festival appearances at Yellow Barn, Perlman Chamber Music Program, the Taos School of Music, Britten-Pears' Young Artist Program, and Poland's Krzyzowa-Music. Her chamber performances have been broadcasted on radio in New York, Chicago, and Germany, and she can be heard on cd with the Aldeburgh Strings (Linn Records).
Merz Trio, Ms. Yang's piano trio, have won First Prize at both the 2019 Fischoff Competition and 2018 International Chesapeake Competition. Alongside their traditional concertizing, Merz Trio presents innovative multidisciplinary concert experiences interweaving the piano trio genre with diverse art forms ranging from the visual arts, literature and dance to theatre and the culinary arts.
As orchestral leader, Ms. Yang has toured as principal cellist of the New World Symphony, and has performed as principal under conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Susanna Malkki, James Gaffigan, John Adams, and Leonard Slatkin and many others in halls including Carnegie Hall, Boston's Symphony Hall, the Kennedy Center and Miami's New World Center and Arsht Center.


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Plot: Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, it's a love story set in the 1920s about a young English couple– a conservative bacteriologist (Edward Norton) and a restless society girl (Naomi Watts) who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. When he uncovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly cholera epidemic, and takes her along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.
I have to admit that I would not even be remotely interested to see this film if not for Edward Norton and the cholera epidemic as the backdrop. I am not a big fan of Naomi Watts so her presence in this film wasnt really welcome but I have to say that she won me over long before the credits rolled out.
This is a beautiful love story set in one of the most scenic locations in China, sadly, an epidemic of cholera has also scourged the land. The characters played by Norton and Watts are real that you can relate and feel for them. Be swept away in time and place by this moving tale of love, sacrifice and redemption.
The Painted Veil: 3/5


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Along the southern coast of Malta overlooking the Mediterranean Sea is a prehistoric complex of sacred temples built 6 millennia ago. That's a thousand years before the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramid. Some researchers consider this to be the oldest free-standing structure in the world.
Mnajdra consists of three conjoined temples: an upper temple, a middle temple, and a lower temple. Each of the temples is made from hard limestone slabs. The lower temple has an astronomical alignment so that sunlight illuminates different areas on the vernal and autumnal equinox as well as on the solstices. The artifacts that have been uncovered in the temples indicate that the temples were used for ceremonial purposes.
Mnajdra and five other nearby prehistoric sites in Malta are listed as a Unesco World Heritage site. Researchers believe that the people of this prehistoric Malta site were ancient mariners.
What a beautiful vista those ancient mariners and their families must have had six thousand years ago. If I close my eyes I can imagine myself standing at the courtyard of one of the temples. The warm Mediterranean air brushes against my skin as a I watch a small boat sail in the distance. I can hear children laughing as they play along the courtyard. Someone calls to me and I turn and walk toward one of the temples.
You can listen about the Mnajdra Temples on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Play Music.
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Saturday morning the sun beamed brightness into my studio and the latest sculpture just begged for attention (and another layer of stain). I almost canceled the plans I had made to mountain bike with a friend. BUT – outdoor adventures fuel my soul, push my boundaries and tickle my lust for life just as creating in the studio does.
The ride was GRAND.
Not only was it a wonderful super-buff bit of mountain single track through the last bold wildflowers clinging to their color as the grass begins to dry; but it was also a coveted opportunity to catch up with a good friend. We shared fresh Flathead cherries while hunkered beneath a tree to wait out a storm. The dusty trail turned to gumbo but nothing could keep me from the thrill of feeling blessed. I spit two bugs out of my mouth simply because I couldn't quit grinning on the pre-storm zippy downhill.
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Meet the maker!
Noor Beun leatherworks is a small, one-person company, founded and run by Noor van Houtum (named Beun before her marriage). Trained as an illustrator with 6 years of art academy to her name, Noor started training archery early 2014. As an artist, it was only a matter of time before she started tweaking with leather and reading up on stichting, leatherworking and materials. Making leather armguards for herself and her friends, she soon found out how much fun she had making brand new designs for every archer she met. And so the work grew.
By using light leather and bright colors, Noor creates fresh new designs that she hopes will uplift the mostly brown and dark collection of armguards and quivers that can be found online. And by making her armguards all to everyone's size, in a gentle curve and lined with soft leather, they are extremely pleasant to wear. The moment an archer tries on his or her new armguard is one of the happiest moments to her.
Every few weeks Noor can be found on competitions to meet up with old and new clients and to promote her work. Working live is one of her favourite things to do, and with her pencils and paper close by you can always ask her for a personal design.


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What do you mean when you say "diminished value?"
Imagine with me that two years ago, you bought a brand-new (at the time) 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 convertible. Cherry red, 6.2 liter V8, 650 horsepower, zero to sixty in three seconds flat. It was the car you had always dreamed of, and you were happy to pony up the $85,000 that it cost. Diminished value claims were the furthest thing from your mind.
But six months later, you got sideswiped on 540 by some dude in a Jeep Cherokee. You were fine and the car was repaired, so you took the money that his insurance company gave you and went on your way. But now, two years after buying the car, your life has changed. You're married with a baby on the way, and Corvettes don't make for great family transportation. So you decide to sell the 'Vette and get a nice Tahoe.
Now imagine that you're at the dealership. You've done your homework, and you know that the Kelley Blue Book value on your Corvette is $65,000. But when you go to trade it in, the dealership only offers you $50,000 on account of the Carfax showing a past accident. You're ticked. You didn't realize that the accident would have such far-reaching implications, and you're wondering if you can go back and claim that diminished value from the at-fault driver's liability insurance provider.
The short answer is that as long as you didn't sign a full and final settlement and release of all your claims, yes, you can claim diminished value. Folks like you, who've been harmed by the negligence of another, are entitled to compensation of all of the damages you've suffered due to said negligence; including any diminished value of your vehicle. However, the process for claiming diminished value in North Carolina can get a little tricky. Let's go over it step by step.
Option One: Try the old-fashioned approach.
This is fairly straightforward. Get the car repaired, get an appraisal of what the diminished value is, open a diminished value claim with the liability carrier, and hope that they give you a fair shake. Oftentimes this approach works, but if it doesn't, you'll either need to (i) file your lawsuit or (ii) implement the alternative method prescribed by North Carolina law. It's a bit of a rabbit hole, but it can and does work.
Option Two: The "Appraisal Clause."
As of January 2010, personal injury claimants have access to the "Appraisal Clause" found in North Carolina General Statutes § 20-279.21(d1). To use this option, you need to have an appraisal done on the vehicle, and demand that the insurance company get one of their own. If they've already had one performed and you're just at odds with them over what the diminished value is, then it might be wise for you to just go ahead and file your lawsuit. The Appraisal Clause has several requirements, as follows:
Requirement One: You are unable to come to an agreement with the insurance company as to what the diminished value of your vehicle is. "Diminished value," for these purposes, means the difference between the "fair market value" of your car (i) in the moment immediately before the accident took place, and (ii) in the moment immediately after the accident took place.
Requirement Two: Your opinion of diminished value and that of the insurance company must be more than $2,000 or 25% of the fair market value. So let's say the fair market value of the car is $6,000. Your diminished value opinion is $2,500, and the insurance company's opinion is $900. The difference here is less than $2,000, but more than 25%, so this requirement would be satisfied. On the other hand, if your opinion is $2,000 and the insurance company's is $1,000, then the difference is less than $2000 and less than 25% of the fair market value. That means you wouldn't be able to use the Appraisal Clause. Fun tip: Use NADA.com to find your car's fair market value.
Requirement Three: You must demand, in writing, that the insurance company select a "competent and disinterested" appraiser. The insurance company then has to notify you of their selection within 20 days after you make your written demand.
Requirement Four: You have to select an appraiser of your own and notify the insurance company of your selection within 20 days. You and the insurance company will each pay for your own appraiser.
Requirement Five: Both of the appraisers will do what they do. If they disagree on the diminished value (remember that this is the fair market value immediately before and immediately after the accident), then they have to select a third "competent and disinterested" appraiser to serve as an umpire. You and the insurance company will share the cost of this umpire.
Requirement Six: If the appraisers can't agree on an umpire, then you can request that a magistrate make the selection (the insurance company can also make this request). Keep in mind that you can't go out and get a magistrate from the next town over; it has to be in the county where the accident occurred or where the policyholder's vehicle is registered. This means the at-fault driver, not you. So if you live in Orange County, the accident happened in Durham County, and the at-fault driver's car is registered in Wake County, you can get a magistrate in either Durham or Wake. Orange County is off the table in this example.
Requirement Seven: The chosen umpire looks at both appraisals and makes a report showing the final amount of your loss, but not showing any liability. The final determination has to be somewhere in between the amounts asserted by each appraiser. The umpire then provides the report to you and to the insurance company. If you and the insurance company are both cool with the report, then that's the end of the analysis. If not...
Requirement Eight: Either party has 15 days within which to notify the other of its rejection. If you don't do so, then the report becomes binding on both parties.
Holy cow, that's a lot!
Yeah, I know. It's a pain. But it beats paying someone like me to prosecute a lawsuit for you, right? This stuff is complicated, and if you have questions or concerns, please get on the phone with an experienced personal injury attorney. Happy hunting!


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The commentaries will be delayed a bit. I just need a bit of recharge time before getting back to them. The regular chapter postings for By the Numbers will continue, though. The hiatus won't be for long.
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Sci207: Week 3 - Outline
Tabatha Hatler
SCI 207: Dependence of Man On The Environment
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September 8, 2013
Water Contamination and Disinfection
Water contamination is vastly becoming an alarming issue across the world. We rely on clean water to survive, yet right now we are heading towards a water crisis. Changing climate patterns are threatening lakes and rivers, and key sources that we tap for drinking water are being overdrawn or tainted with pollution (www.nrdc.org). Clean and plentiful water is the cornerstone of prosperous communities. Yet as we enter the 21st century, swelling demand and changing climate patterns are …show more content…
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Each lady can discharge, little or substantial amounts and open to FE at her own particular pace.
It is prescribed that grown-up females figure out how to discharge alone at first.
Once a lady has effectively discharged without anyone else's input, at that point she will have more achievement discharging with an accomplice.
Here are a few reasons why a lady may experience issues figuring out how to discharge.
(an) A Strong PC Muscle.
A ladies can't discharge on the off chance that she has frail PC muscles.
The PC muscle is a long muscle that backings the pelvic floor between the pubic bone and the coccyx.
A free vagina isn't an indication that a lady has dozed around, it just implies that her PC muscles are feeble from absence of activity.
Effective female discharge won't be accomplished until the point when her PC muscles are fixed and reinforced.
In the event that her vagina feels free amid intercourse, that is a certain sign that she needs to do PC muscle works out.
(b) Her demeanor towards discharge.
Giving up and enabling the body to discharge is extremely troublesome for most ladies to ace.
A lady will experience serious difficulties discharging in the event