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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Promoting Speech with Recorder
The most fun thing I did today was have a 3 year old (who has down syndrome) repeat what she did into the tape recorder which I played back for her mom later. She mostly repeated one word at a time but did string the phrase "I did it". Her mom heard a recording of her saying " five sit ups" and "I went up hill" and "I was kneeling". I am going to do this regularly. These phrases will become more familiar and with practice hopefully she will repeat an entire phrase rather than one word at a time.
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Thanksgiving Week Hippotherapy
I am always looking for ways to promote bearing weight on hands . This little girl avoids this and often curls up her fingers to avoid touch to her palms. But she tolerated when I pushed her hands down on the sqeaky toys I sewed inside a felt bag.
It was great to hear this litle girl vocalize. I know that this doesn't exactly look like a turkey but I think it passed the sensory fun test. She used both hands together nicely and pulling the clips strengthens hands. Quite a few kids liked using this "remove the turkey feathers toy" this week.....vibration and shiny lights usually work well......
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Pig Picture
This little girl loved attaching the baby animal pictures to the back of the large mommy animal pictures. In the process she got to work on postural control as she reached for the smaller picture on the croup and the bigger one that I held up on the mane (requiring her to post).
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Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda) put the disappointment of the previous day's eleventh place to take victory in the second stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Chongxi as she won the bunch sprint in the pouring rain. The former two-time World champion powered to the line ahead of green jersey Chloe Hosking (Hitec Products), with Annette Edmondson (Orica-AIS) - who had been brought down in front of Bronzini on stage one - taking third.
"It was the GreenEdge train again for Edmondson today, and I was on the wheel of Chloe Hosking," Bronzini explained. "The last teammate to bring me there was Beatrice [Bartelloni]. I felt very good through the whole race, and I told the girls and they worked hard for me to he finish line.
"Most of all in the finish from Beatrice," Bronzini added. "Because she is able to have the power to bring me up to the front, and she's not scared to fight with the others. So I was in the right position at the right moment."
With stage one winner and race leader Lucy Garner (Argos-Shimano) boxed in and only able to take seventh, bonus seconds on the line saw Hosking take over the junior World champion's yellow jersey.
"It's great to take the yellow now and to stay in the green but there's still tomorrow and six seconds is definitely not a comfortable lead," said Hosking. "We'll have to stay focussed but I really hope we can keep the yellow."
The 114km stage was fought out in strong winds, and under heavy rain as the Australian duo of Hosking and Edmondson battling for bonus seconds at the two intermediate sprints. Edmondson took the first, with Hosking second and Edmondson's Orica-AIS teammate Emma Johansson third. This gave Hosking the virtual lead over Garner, but Edmondson had moved one second closer to her compatriot.
A midrace attack from Anastasia Chulkova (RusVelo) and Tetyana Ryabchenko (Chirio Forno d'Asolo) was joined by Johansson, Edmondson and Loes Gunnewijk (all Orica-AIS), Hosking, Elisa Longo Borghini and Cecilie Johnsen (all Hitec Products), Bronzini, Shelley Olds (Tibco), Amy Pieters (Argos-Shimano), Romy Kasper (Boels Dolmans), Elena Kuchinskaia and Oksana Kozonchuk (both RusVelo), Marta Tagliaferro (MCipollini-Giordana) and Sara Mustonen (Faren-Let's Go Finland).
"It was a little bit of a hard race today, because there was a break in the middle of the race with the best riders - there were 15 of us I think - and they were pushing hard to try to get to the finish," Bronzini explained. "After the second intermediate sprint, when they saw that the bunch was at 30 seconds, they stopped pulling, the big bunch caught us and we arrived at the finish together."
As the peloton split in the wind behind this group an untimely puncture put Garner in the third group. Edmondson was initially awarded victory over Hosking at the second sprint, but the ruling was later reversed after a review, with Olds taking third. This increased Hosking's lead over both Garner and Edmondson, but the British rider was back at the front of the race as the peloton reformed.
Into the finishing straight Bronzini positioned herself on Hosking's wheel, however, and came around in the final hundred metres to take an emphatic sprint victory.
Result stage 2
1. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling
2. Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Products
3. Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica-AIS
4. Sara Mustonen (Swe) Faren-Let's Go Finland
5. Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Faren-Let's Go Finland
6. Kim de Baat (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
7. Lucy Garner (GBr) Argos-Shimano
8. Romy Kasper (Ger) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
9. Roxane Fournier (Fra) France National Team
10. Oksana Kozonchuk (Rus) RusVelo
Standings after stage 2
1. Chloe Hosking (Aus) Hitec Prodcuts
2. Annette Edmondson (Aus) Orica-AIS @ 6s
3. Lucy Garner (GBr) Argos-Shimano @ 9s
4. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling @ 9s
5. Oksana Kozonchuk (Rus) RusVelo @ 15s
6. Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica-AIS
7. Sara Mustonen (Swe) Faren-Let's Go Finland @ 18s
8. Shelley Olds (USA) Team Tibco-To The Top
9. Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Faren-Let's Go Finland @ 19s
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Man pleads guilty, gets 20-year sentence in fatal Lexington crash
A man charged with murder in a New Circle Road crash that killed a woman in 2010 pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree manslaughter and other charges.
Adam T. Leake, 26, waived sentencing, and Fayette Circuit Court Judge Pamela Goodwine sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Leake, who has been in jail for about two years, will be eligible for parole consideration in about eight years.
Leake's guilty plea came after he worked out a plea deal with prosecutors. A jury trial in the case had been scheduled to start Monday.
Leake admitted in court to driving drunk at high speed on New Circle Road in January 2010, causing a crash that killed Connie S. Layne, 40.
Leake was driving the wrong way on the inner loop between 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Jan. 19 when his Hyundai XG350 sideswiped a car driven by Kelley Medley, 32, of Lexington, then hit Layne's Suzuki Forenza head-on, according to police. The crash sent the transmission and engine of Leake's vehicle into the outer loop of New Circle Road, where they hit a car driven by Chelsea Oliver, 24, of Lexington.
According to initial reports, the headlights of Leake's vehicle were off at the time of the crash, which occurred between Alumni Drive and Tates Creek Road.
Layne died at the scene; Leake, Medley and Oliver were injured.
Leake was indicted on a murder charge, two counts of fourth-degree assault and driving under the influence in April 2010. He later was charged with two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment for allegedly endangering the lives of Christopher Costas and James Kammer, whom authorities said had to swerve their vehicles to miss the crash.
In addition to the less-serious manslaughter charge, Leake pleaded guilty Monday to all of the other charges.
Prosecutor Lori Boling recommended that Leake serve 12 years on the manslaughter conviction and four years on each of the wanton endangerment charges, with the time to run consecutively, which comes to 20 years. The prosecutor also recommended that Leake serve 12 months on each of the assault charges, and be fined and have his driver's license suspended for the driving under the influence charge. The sentences on the assault counts, which are misdemeanors, will run concurrently with the time he received for the manslaughter and wanton endangerment charges, which are felonies.
Goodwine accepted the prosecution's recommendations.
Leake apologized in court Monday. He said "with no intent to cause harm," he drove drunk at a high rate of speed, causing Layne's death and injuries to the other women.


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First 10K Run: Review & Afterthoughts
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A couple of days ago in my blog post, Running: My New Passion, I wrote about the fact that I had a 10K race coming up on October 24th. Well, the day and come and gone so its time for me to tell you how my first 10K race went.
Throughout the morning, I had plenty of excitement and jitters. The race did not start until 9 AM, but I was at the race course around 7:15 AM. Before the race began, I took some time to get acclimated with the surroundings of the race course; the overall environment we shall say. I went ahead and jogged for a little around the neighborhood just to see how my body would react to the smooth pavement. There was another reason why I went ahead and tried to run a little bit: to test out my right ankle. It was two Saturdays ago that I had a little pain in my right ankle during a 8-mile practice run. After the run, I decided to not run many more practice runs to prevent further aggravation of the ankle. To my delight and surprise, my ankle felt pretty good.
The weather was around 60 degrees Fahrenheit, minimal air was blowing, and the sun was starting to come out. It was now 9:00 AM. It was now time to start the race. As the gun went off, I started pedaling downhill and off towards the race track. For this race, there was a 5K going on at the same time. People who were running the 10K had to run the same course twice (3.1 miles twice). I completed the first 3.1 miles at around 25:15.
As I was beginning the second half of the race, something in me told me to keep on going. Something told me to just manage these last couples of miles and I'll be fine. There were times that I wanted to stop, but there was no way that I was going to let that happen. I worked too hard up to this point to just stop now. The race course served Gatorade and water at the 2 and 5 mile markers. I made sure to drink Gatorade on both occasions to regain some of the Potassium and Salt that was lost while sweating. As I reached the 6 mile marker, I had .2 more miles to go. I completely put it in 5th gear in order to finish on a strong note. I finished the 10K race at 50:45. I came in second place in my age group (20-29) in the 10K competition. I was shocked to find this out after the official race results were posted.
After the race was completed, I felt really good about finishing my first 10K without stopping. I do want to improve on my time the next time I run a 10K because I felt that I would have a better time before the race. No worries though, that's why I love to run. I know that I will get better. Mission accomplished.


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Well, it's been a really long time. 19 months to be precise. Since my last blog post and since Kyla was born. Coincidence? Not really. Anywho, there's a lot of blog posts in my head to get out, but I thought I'd start with an update:
- Kyla's 19 months old in less than a week, and she's rambunctious. She's awesome.
- TribeHR was acquired by NetSuite back in November 2013.
- We've been growing our team at the NetSuite Waterloo office very rapidly. I now manage a team of 20+.
- Alex and I bought a house.
- I don't read Twitter or Facebook anymore, even though I'll post this on Twitter.
- Alex is now the owner of the Canadian Franchise of Arda Wigs. Awesome quality heat-stylable wigs. Check 'em out.
- Since being acquired I have traveled to more countries than I've ever been to in my life.
- I saw Collective Soul, Moist, Slash, Styx, and Aerosmith in concert.
- In my "spare" time, I think about building great teams and what that entails, as well as software craftsmanship.
- It's been a wild ride.
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YouTube is a great service for sharing your videos with the world. However, it is also a great way of sharing videos with friends, for their eyes only. Start with step one to find out how to make your video private, and if you want, share it with friends while still having it private!
1Log in to your YouTube account. You will find yourself on your Home page, with a list of recommendations.
2Go to the sidebar on YouTube. You will see all the people you subscribe to, and your library of playlists. Go to the top of the list, and just under "Home" click "My Channel".
3Review your channel. You will see your uploaded video. Just above your channel art and your profile picture (if you have any of those), you will see your number of subscribers and your number of views overall, and then next to that, the third option will be "Video Manager". Click "Video Manager"
4Find yourself in your Creator Studio. On the sidebar, where it is now your Creator Studio, click the "Video Manger" button there just under "Dashboard" and you will see two options under "Video Manager" which is "Videos" and "Playlists". Make sure you are on "Videos".
5Find the video you want to make private. Then look along the tab of the video, and on the right side you will see a tiny blue globe which stands for "public". Click on it.
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Kauai'i, Hawaii
It took awhile, but we finally made it out to explore Kauaii. A total of three hurricanes passed by or over Hawaii the month that we made it out there, which unfortunately made the waters nearly impossible to enjoy. However we made the most of it, and enjoyed a solid 6 days on the island of Kauaii.
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BFG gears up PHOBOS Gaming/HT System for CES
Phobos features innovative touch panel LCD with Performance Control, upcoming BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Graphics Cards, Liquid Cooling Solutions from CooIIT, and Intel Core i7 Processors
Come by the NVIDIA Booth at CES to see Phobos: South Hall 4 #35352
Lake Forest, IL - January 5, 2009 - BFG Technologies, known as a leading supplier of premium power supplies and 3D graphics cards, is excited to announce its first line of complete gaming and multimedia PCs, called Phobos. These sleek hand-built, high performance machines were designed with the "Graduated Gamer" in mind. This audience is looking for all the performance associated with a high-end gaming system, but none of the hassle related to building and servicing such a system. As a result, Phobos is sold with complementary Concierge Service which includes expert in-home installation and a six month follow up maintenance visit.
"Phobos was designed for gamers and media enthusiasts who demand top of the line performance, but may not have the time, desire, or expertise to build or maintain a high end system," said John Malley, senior director of marketing for BFG Technologies. "Our Concierge Service ensures our systems meet those high expectations-delivering Unbelievable Performance without monopolizing our customers' time."
Phobos is designed with the highest-end components available, featuring the Intel® Core i7 965 Extreme Edition 3.2GHz Processor, two upcoming BFG NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 295 Graphics Cards, and CoolIt® Contained Liquid Cooling Solutions to keep both the GPUs & CPU cool during the fiercest of gaming battles. BFG Tech also outfitted Phobos to serve as a home theater command center by choosing Windows® Vista Ultimate with Media Center, including four hard drive bays, offering RF remote and TV tuner with DVR functionality, a front slot-loading Blu-ray Disc® drive, the option for 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound audio cards, and an integrated iPod®/iPhone® syncing dock.
Phobos is as impressive externally as it is internally, offering Refined Aesthetics and an innovative design. Its sleek black gloss finish and hidden cable management makes Phobos look at home in the living room, next to a flat panel TV and high end audio components. BFG Tech's ground breaking touch panel LCD with performance control further sets Phobos apart from every other system in its class. The panel provides users with a System Status Overview-a real time snapshot of the processor, memory, network, and storage data. Phobos owners can also make real-time performance adjustments based on desired use (Auto/Quiet/Max), monitor the capacity and health of internal storage devices, display and control audio and video files, and more.
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Saturday, July 3, 2010; A18
How utterly incomprehensible was the U.S. government's attempt to deport Mosab Hassan Yousef ["Why deport a friend?," op-ed, June 30]. As a Hamas defector, collaborator with Israel and religious apostate, he literally would have been handed a death sentence. On Wednesday, however, the government dropped its opposition to Mr. Yousef's request for asylum, and he is likely to be allowed to stay in this country.
How much more compelling a case for political asylum could there have been? Particularly absurd was the cited rationale for deportation: consorting with terrorists in the course of foiling many proposed attacks.
In the shadow struggle with Islamist radicalism, nothing is more critical than intelligence gathering. There is no surer way to deter the potential informers or defectors who could supply such vital information than the horrible example that Mr. Yousef's deportation would have set. That would have been not just a personal tragedy but a national security blunder of the first order.
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The Eli Lilly Company Carries On its Near-100-Year History with Diabetes/
Few companies are as inextricably linked with a specific medical breakthrough as Eli Lilly and Company is with mass-produced insulin. Officials from the company met with University of Toronto scientists working on insulin in 1922, and the next year, it began selling commercially available insulin to diabetes sufferers nationwide. According to Lilly's biography, published in 2006 by James H. Madison, insulin, "the most important drug" in the company's history, did "more than any other" to make Lilly "one of the major pharmaceutical manufacturers in the world."
That's nearly a hundred years of history with the ailment, and Eli Lilly and Company is still out in front knocking over barriers to care. This time, it's type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, and Eli Lilly and Company is offering up $1.8 million to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the leading global organization working on T1D research.
This particular project emphasizes the challenges that come with a T1D diagnosis: Even with management, individuals with T1D spend parts of each day with very high blood sugar and very low blood sugar, putting them at risk later in life for heart attack, stroke, blindness, and amputation. All that, plus getting acquainted with a whole slew of new daily routines, such as regular blood sugar checks, can be overwhelming, so JDRF puts its resources into initiatives like Bag of Hope, which distributes packets of information, tools, and resources to families with a newly diagnosed T1D child, and TypeOneNation Summits, which stage networking and educational events for people living with T1D and their families and friends.
"JDRF is extremely grateful to Lilly Diabetes for making life better for people living with diabetes," said Margo K. Lucero, senior vice president of corporate and international development. "Lilly has been a valued partner of JDRF and through its generous support and collaboration, we are moving closer to our goal of creating a world without type 1 diabetes."
"The programs and resources JDRF offers families — starting with the moment of diagnosis — are so important," said Jackie Giovanoni, Lilly Diabetes global director of advocacy and professional relations. "The responsibility of diabetes care can be overwhelming and JDRF is there to help. We are proud to support the organization in its efforts to reach even more families in the coming years."


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Let's shoot some pictures together.
The short story is no different than most any photographer — I picked up a camera, and fell in love. I'd been drawn to and interested in still photography as a kid but it was seeing my boss' two-megapixel digital camera and an old set of Speedotron studio lights as a senior in high school that truly started me off.
Shooting and working within the bike industry has been a long-form dream come true first hatched as a kid studying grocery store magazine rack back issues, lusting after 3D violet ano, and hoping to one day witness Interbike in the flesh. After almost twenty years in the independent bicycle magazine business, I joined Pfaltzgraphic to go behind the scenes and bring my print production experience and camera over to the branding side of the bike business where my day to day duties remain, and where much of my recent commercial photography has originated.
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The Careers Center is designed to encourage EBAPE students to develop competences that blend academic aspects with the professional standards required of future managers, including a proactive approach towards the choices made by students.


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Life in Qatar is often much like life elsewhere. We're always happy to see the weekend roll around, and one weekend often seems much like the other. For some without kids, Fridays and Saturdays may be filled with intense gym sessions, brunches and spa packages, but our weekends consist mostly of leisurely breakfasts, a family outing, catching up on sleep, and grocery shopping. It's a pretty ordinary life.
This was a pretty typical Friday in Doha. We got up, puttered about, and I made Kiddo the little piece of deliciousness pictured below. Weekends call for yummy breakfasts, no matter where you are in the world.
Even though I couldn't have the pan-seared buttered bread (left over from a Tim Horton's chill meal on Wednesday), I did steal a tiny piece of the bocconcini with pesto and a sun dried tomato. Typical mom - I'm always there to help out when Kiddo starts to get full. Thank goodness she has a good appetite and usually finishes her plate, or I'd be ginormous ...
We decided to head down to the Corniche. It's a great place to hang early on a Friday winter morning. Traffic is practically inexistent in Doha before Friday's noon-time call to prayer, and the hordes of picnickers haven't yet settled in along the 7 km stretch that partly encircles West Bay. We got there before the air got too dusty.
There were already quite a few people out, strolling along the waterfront, taking in the glorious combination of warm sun, salty air, and coolish breeze (it was actually more of a gust ...).
We parked at the 5 km marker near the MIA (Museum of Islamic Art) and hung out for the 30 requisite minutes it takes Kiddo to don her elbow pads, knee pads, shin pads, wrist guards, sunscreen, bug repellant, helmet, ear plugs, light reflectors, radiation shield, and (finally) roller blades. For just an instant, I wondered if perhaps I'd turned my child into a sports wimp. But that moment evaporated as I saw her struggle to get to her feet and slowly and shakily move forward. Watching her wobble along the cobble, I knew there would never be such a thing as too much protective gear for my child.
I was quite proud of her as she skated a good 3 km down the walkway before finally asking if she could walk the rest of the way. We continued on towards the Sheraton Hotel, stopping at Costa Coffee at the 5 km mark to enjoy a small salad and a brownie. Even though it was really windy, the sun was shining, the temps were hovering around 23C, and the tables outside were packed. We found a little spot on the grass outside and enjoyed our quickie meal.
Kiddo then made it all the way back to the car without uttering barely a peep of complaint. I later found out she'd been motivated by Smilin Vic's promise of a treat from MegaMart at the end of the trek. At the end of the day, she'd clocked almost 10 km. Without much dissent. Not bad for a 9-year-old.
Mission accomplished, legs sore, we headed off to MegaMart to re-stock for the week. The only thing really critical on my list was garlic salt and non-stick cooking spray. If you've read any blog about Qatar, you'll have heard of mysterious and sudden specific food shortages. In the past, we've seen Heinz Ketchup, HP sauce, chicken, Hillshire farms turkey franks, buffalo mozzarella, and a slew of other products simply vanish from the shelves. This month, it seems to be garlic salt.
Alas, there was no garlic salt to be found. Fourth week in a row. I'm wondering what the garlic salt gods have done to lose their place of privilege on the spice display shelves. I know it's not powdered garlic per se that's being shunned, because we managed to find a jar of garlic pepper. Who in the world uses garlic pepper? Except Smilin' Vic, that is; he claims it's his new favourite spice. It's NOT a spice Smilin' Vic. It's just a cruel joke. A ''Wannabee''. Garlic salt is where it's at.
Nor could I find the cooking spray. I'm close to desperation; my last can is half empty. What gives???? I have a serious beef with the 'guy' who sits there deciding which Western convenience will not be imported to Qatar this week, this month, this year ...
We did, however find these eggs:
We argued for a while over the purchase of these 15 ''Big Beautiful EGGS''. You see, Smilin' Vic is convinced that brown eggs are healthier than white eggs. My extensive Google searches would indicate the nutritional value, if any, is so slight as to be negligible. And considering that I can get 30 white Saudi eggs (which is how many we go through in a week) for 21 QAR (+/- 6 $), I don't see why I'd pay 15 QAR for 15 brown ones. Is it because they're ''freshly laid in SUNNY UAE''? Like it's not sunny in Saudi? Or is it because, as per the packaging, these are ''vegetarian'' hens? As opposed to what? A delinquent bunch of flesh-eating, carnivorous hens? Obviously I lost the argument, hence the rant. I've decided Smilin' Vic is staying home next time I go egg shopping.
We caught sight of these guys doing some sort of desert sailing on the way back from the shop. Not sure what you call this sport, but they were moving at incredible speed. I love Doha days where you see people out and about taking advantage of the great winter weather.
It was a good Friday. Pretty typical. Good.


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Global economic bellwether Caterpillar just announced Q1 revenue and earnings that fell short of analysts expectations. Management also reduced its guidance for the year.
Because CAT is so closely tied to the economy, it has unparalleled insight into what's really going on.
Fortunately for us, CAT provides a pretty comprehensive and granular outlook for the global economy with its earnings announcements.
Here are a few key points:
- Global GDP will grow 2.5% this year.
- Central banks will lower interest rates further.
- Copper prices will average $3.25 per pound.
- The Federal Reserve will expand its balance sheet by at least 30 percent.
- The Eurozone will contract by 0.5% this year.
- Japan will grow by 1% thanks to the Bank of Japan's aggressive monetary policy.
- China will grow by over 8%.
Here's Caterpillar's full economic outlook: ----------------------------------------------------------
2013 Economic Outlook
Our expectation for world economic growth is about the same as the outlook included with our year-end 2012 financial results. We anticipate overall world economic growth of about 2.5 percent—a small improvement from 2.3 percent in 2012.
Purchasing manager indicators improved in the first quarter, and industrial production increased in the majority of countries. Both indicate that world economic growth is benefiting from monetary easing that started 19 months ago.
Central banks continued easing in the first quarter, and we expect the world economy will continue to improve in 2013.
Key points related to this outlook include:
- The modest recovery in the world economy since the financial crisis has failed to address high unemployment. The number of unemployed in the world is up about 17 percent since 2007, and central banks are gradually switching their policy focus from inflation to growth and unemployment. We believe this trend will continue throughout 2013.
- Most central banks reduced interest rates over the past 19 months, and average short-term interest rates in the world are near lows reached during the financial crisis. We expect further rate cuts in coming months.
- With interest rates at or near record lows in many countries, some central banks injected more funds (quantitative easing) into financial systems to promote lending and economic growth. With both Japan and the United States following aggressive quantitative easing policies, we expect other countries will eventually implement similar policies.
- Unprecedented central bank easing has raised concerns about potential inflation problems. Central banks that raised interest rates to address inflation concerns have returned to lower rates as most economies have not shown an ability to support higher interest rates or reduced liquidity.
- Inflation has shown few signs of becoming a problem, particularly in developed economies. After nearly five years of near record low interest rates, average inflation in the world is near a 40-year low. We believe that high unemployment and modest economic growth will keep inflation under control at least through this year.
- Demand for most metals and thermal coal increased last year, despite 2012 being the weakest year for economic growth in the current recovery and with industrial production in over half the world's economies below 2008 peaks.
- Economic growth in 2013 should improve demand for most commodities, and we expect most prices will average slightly higher in 2013 than in 2012. We expect copper prices to average more than $3.25 per pound in 2013 and iron ore about $135 per ton. Iron ore is benefiting from an increase in steel production in China.
- U.S. natural gas prices averaged over 40 percent higher in the first quarter than a year earlier, reducing its attractiveness in generating electricity. As a result, we expect Central Appalachian coal prices should increase from $63 per ton in 2012 to $65 in 2013. We expect average Australian thermal coal prices in 2013 to be close to last year's $96 per metric ton. World coal production will likely increase slightly, with growth occurring in Asia.
- Last year, Australian mining companies increased capital expenditures more than 50 percent while their profits declined 33 percent. This imbalance, which we believe occurred in other countries as well, has prompted mining companies to reduce capital spending. We expect this adjustment will continue throughout 2013.
Developed Countries:
- Developed economies recovered slowly from the financial crisis. Combined economic output in these countries is about even with the 2008 peak, representing nearly five years with no economic growth. Industrial production in the majority of these countries is below pre-recession peaks, and unemployment is up more than 40 percent.
- As a result, we expect interest rates in developed countries will remain at record lows throughout 2013, and that central banks will inject more liquidity into financial systems. Growth in developed countries should gradually accelerate throughout the year, improving to about 1.5 percent for the full year.
- We anticipate the U.S. Federal Reserve Board will maintain short-term interest rates near zero for the fifth consecutive year and expand its balance sheet at least another 30 percent. Consumer inflation averaged only 1.4 percent annually from 2008 to 2012 and is unlikely to develop into a problem this year. Overall, our expectations for U.S. economic growth are about the same as our previous outlook. We continue to expect growth of at least 2.5 percent in 2013.
- Housing starts in the United States averaged a 969 thousand-unit-annual rate in the first quarter of this year, the highest rate since 2008. We expect further improvement, with 2013 starts of about 1.1 million units.Housing affordability is near a record high, home prices are recovering, and the number of unsold new homes is near a 50-year low.
- Nonresidential construction in the United States improved in 2012, and we expect further increases this year.
- Positives include lower vacancy rates, higher property prices and some improvement in state and local government spending.
- Coal production in the United States declined 8 percent in the first quarter of 2013, but prices were within 5 percent of last year. Electric utilities generated more electricity and appeared to be allocating a higher fuel share to coal. We expect that some improvement in utilities coal burn and continued high coal exports should result in coal production down about 1 percent for the full-year 2013.
- We believe that economic policies in the Eurozone have not changed enough to address record high unemployment, a 20-year low in construction and over a year of declining output. We expect the Eurozone economy will decline close to 0.5 percent this year.
- We expect the rest of Europe will have modest growth, allowing marginal growth for all of Europe in 2013. Construction, however, is likely to decline.
- The Bank of Japan announced a target of a 45-percent increase in the monetary base by the end of this year, up from 20-percent growth in March. This aggressive program appears to be improving confidence. We expect about 1-percent growth in the Japanese economy. Construction orders, which are already increasing, should be up compared with last year.
Developing Countries:
- Developing countries cut interest rates in early 2013, and we expect further cuts this year will bring average rates close to lows reached during the financial crisis. We expect lower interest rates will improve economic growth to over 5 percent in 2013.
- Total credit advanced by the financial sector in China increased by a record amount in the first quarter, purchasing manager surveys improved, and infrastructure investment was up about 20 percent. Inflation has remained below target, which will likely allow the government to continue pro-growth policies throughout this year.
- As a result, we expect the Chinese economy will grow more than 8 percent this year, up from 7.8 percent last year. Construction activity is increasing, and we expect it will be up for the year. Imports of most key commodities increased in the early months of the year, and further growth is expected.
- Most other Asian countries also eased economic policies, and combined economic growth is expected to improve this year. Better growth should benefit construction.
- Inflation in most Latin American countries is within their central banks' target ranges, which should allow central banks to keep interest rates low. We expect regional economic growth will improve to over 3.5 percent in 2013, benefiting from a recovery in Brazil and slightly higher commodity prices. Growth in construction has outpaced that in the overall Latin American economy in each year of the current recovery, a trend that we expect will continue in 2013.
- We expect economic growth in both Africa/Middle East and CIS will be over 3.5 percent in 2013, close to growth rates achieved in 2012. Most countries maintained policy stances close to those adopted in the financial crisis, and we do not expect any major policy changes during the rest of this year
- We believe that most countries tightened economic policies too early in the recovery from the financial crisis. As a result, world economic growth slowed in 2011 and again in 2012, resulting in the worst recovery in decades. Most countries have since reversed some of this tightening, but economies have been slower to respond than in 2009. Our concern is that central banks will again tighten policies prematurely as better economic growth emerges, particularly as some face criticism about the measures taken to deal with the slow economic growth.
- Eurozone leaders have shown almost no inclination to adopt more pro-growth economic policies. Without policy changes, we believe the current downturn, already five quarters long, may last throughout 2013.
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Out of the Ashes
Can you believe it's been 13 years since September 11, 2001? I was a freshman in high school. I didn't hear about what happened until a little bit later in the morning when a bunch of upper classmen were in the library trying to watch the news on TV. Soon after, I actually left school early for a doctor's appointment, and I begged my mom to let me stay home so I could watching the coverage of the attack. I still remember that day like it was yesterday.
Isn't it crazy how when big things like this happen we always remember exactly where we were and what we were doing?
Soon after that attacks, my 3-D Art Class created a series of sculptures, titled 'Out of Ashes, Love Awakened,' based on iconic photos of the aftermath of the attacks: children running to parents, firemen raising the American flag, regular people carrying the injured. For a long time, it was displayed in the halls of my high school, Fredericksburg Christian High School. A few weeks after it was completed, my art teacher, Mrs. Yost contacted the Bush Administration and eventually the exhibit was moved to the White House as it was chosen to become a part of President Bush's Presidential Library and Museum. A display of photos of the exhibit was also placed in the Pentagon.
Yesterday, on the 13 year anniversary, I found out that our sculptures were in fact moved to President Bush's Presidential Library and Museum and will one day be on display. While we are not sure when they will be on display, my 3-D art class was invited to the Library and Museum for a special tour and viewing of our sculptures.
Who would have thought that after all these years later we would be invited to attend such an amazing event to commemorate a huge part of our history? This is such a huge honor. The Library and Museum are in Dallas, Texas and I am hoping to make it there for the event.
While I don't have any photos of the sculptures themselves (or if I do, they are not digital and I wouldn't even know where to begin to find them), I borrowed a few photos from the Fredericksburg Christian School Facebook Page of my teacher, Mrs. Yost, visiting the display at the Pentagon in 2003.
From left to right: Mrs. Yost, Mr. Yost, Mrs. Gossett, and Mrs. Foss
Mrs. Yost, our amazing art teacher, whom without her none of this would have happened.
What a tremendous honor this is! And how crazy of the timing of it. Thank you to all of those involved, I hope to see you in Dallas!


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ADHD and the Pizza Fusion School Lunch Program
Friday, May 21, 2010 at 12:56PM
Surprise, surprise…chemical pesticides are linked to yet another health woe. This time it's attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. A study published on May 17th, 2010 in the Official Journal of The American Academy of Pediatrics links ADHD in children to their exposure to pesticides commonly used on non-organic fruits and vegetables. Just last week we heard about pesticides causing cancer. It seems like these scary pesticide studies and reports just keep on comin' don't they? Don't fret! Pizza Fusion to the rescue!!!
In response to this news, Pizza Fusion is launching School Organic Pizza Fridays to help children and their families to transition to a healthier diet (and hopefully get the kids to settle down and pay attention!). Another recent study by Emory University found that switching to organic foods reduces pesticide compounds in children's bodies to near-undetectable levels. See? We told you organic is good!
Families having a hard time getting children to eat their organic veggies are in luck…what kid doesn't love pizza?! And we couldn't have said it better than Cookie Magazine did: "With multigrain crusts and organic fresh veggies buried under cheese, who cares if pizza is all they'll eat?"
Parents, teachers and schools interested in participating in the School Organic Pizza Friday program by Pizza Fusion should contact the company at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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W3C User Agent Teleconference for May 10 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------- Chair: Jim Allan Date: Thursday, May 10 2007 Time: 2:00-3:00 pm Boston Local Time, USA (19:00-20:00 UTC/GMT) Call-in: Zakim bridge at: +1-617-761-6200, code 8294# for UK use 44-117.270-6152 IRC: sever: irc.w3.org, port: 6665, channel: #ua. ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Restructure current guidelines and provisions to fit new model - Perceivable: able to be noticed by a user through one or more renderings provided by the base user agent, its extensions, or assistive technologies - Operable: able to be manipulated by a user through one or more input devices recognized by the base user agent, its extensions, or assistive technologies - Understandable: able to be comprehended by a user through one or more intelligible renderings provided by the base user agent, its extensions, or assistive technologies - Access system friendly: able to be viewed and controlled programmatically by extensions to the base user agent and assistive technologies using standard APIs (e.g. DOM, MSAA, Assistive Technology-Service Provider Interface, UA, UIA) 2. Review ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Accessibility (SWG-A) "User Needs Summary (UNS)" that lists different accessibility needs for people with disabilities. - www.tsbvi.edu/technology/uawg/userneeds-mapping_UAAG.zip This file already has a preliminary mapping and comments (Thanks Shadi) - map UAAG checkpoints and guidelines to User Needs Summary - use review and mapping to ensure UAAG Requirements document is complete. Please send RSVP or additional agenda items to the list. Jim Allan, Webmaster & Statewide Technical Support Specialist Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964Received on Monday, 7 May 2007 21:07:34 UTC
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There's a reason why they call Kauai the Garden Isle. It's lush, serene, and green surroundings bring a whole new meaning to the beautiful islands of Hawaii. The family and I frequently visit Oahu and Maui on our #workplaypoke trips so this time Kauai was a brand new adventure for us. We were lucky enough to get a good little guide of Kauai from one of my coworkers who frequently visits Kauai and I wanted to share with you our favorite adventures and food spots we discovered.
Like most of the Hawaiian islands there is one major highway that gets you around the entire island and there are ways to cut through the island on backroads and dirt roads in Kauai. For the most part you'll be using the one major highway to get around to all the major cities you want to visit and see.
We stayed in Kapaa our first 3 nights in a small little AirBnB property with the intention to explore most of the north shore before the hubs had to shoot his wedding. Kauai is known being the "wetter" island, and we definitely saw part of the 460 inches of rainfall it gets every year and our North Shore exploring will be saved for another trip.
We did get to see a place called Queen's Bath, which is incredibly beautiful and a bit of a slippery hike down to get to. Expect to slip and fall a few times and maybe toss your shoes or flip flops after. The other option is walking down the trail barefoot like my husband did.
Waimea Canyon is known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific and its such a beautiful sight to see. If you want to hike down through it you definitely can and some people do. We're not huge on hiking so its not an adventure we were ready to take on, but looking at the views were just as breathtaking.
Other Sites to See:
- Kalalau Trail (only if you're an advanced hiker or want to go on a serious adventure)
- Nā Pali Coast Trail (on our list of things to do, but didn't go. We hear its an easy trail to tackle for a quick 4 mile hike)
- Hanalei Pier
If you can rent a truck in Kauai, which we highly suggest and you're looking for an incredible view of the sunset, a quiet beach, and you don't mind a little off roading then visit Polihale Beach and if you have the time, camp there. Polihale is the longest beach in the state of Hawaii. The views of the ocean seem endless and to the right of you are the beautiful cliffs of the Nā Pali Coast.
When we weren't searching for food or adventuring of with new friends, we spent our time hanging on Poipu Beach Park just outside of Ko'a Kea Resort which as absolutely an incredible treat. It's pretty and the surf is low key and perfect for kids, but since its the beach along the Marriott in Poipu, you'll see more people than you will see a spot to sit on. Head to the right just past Ko'a Kea for a much quieter beach, but the shore break is pretty short so you may not get the chance to lay out and spread out like you would on Hanalei Beach or Polihale.
Other Beaches to check out:
- Hanalei Beach
- Tunnels Beach
- Anini Beach
- Secret Beach
We don't call our Hawaii trips #workplaypoke for nothing. We're there to eat and Kauai was an island we were ready to tackle, except we spent more time enjoying fresh Sugar Loaf pineapples, papaya, and lots of poke more than we did dining out. A lot of restaurants close early in Kauai, so its something to keep in mind if you're out adventuring all day. You'll want to hit up a Foodland or Safeway and grab some snacks to eat or grill up if things start closing down early.
The Fresh Shave, was our favorite shave ice on the island. They explore unique flavor combinations such as cold brew shave ice, watermelon cucumber and basil combos, and coconut and lime. And they make all their syrups fresh in small batches and do not use high fructose corn syrup. One thing we admired about Kauai is their grass roots movement and love for community. Most of the local food spots you'll find are doing their best to support their local farm communities by only sourcing fresh and seasonal ingredients found in Kauai. It so good I even had two in one sitting while tasting my husbands. WHOOPS.
We tried other shave ice on the island, but they had us at cold brew.
The fresh poke from Konohiki Seafoods was by far our favorite. We took one bite of the spicy ahi poke bowl and was mind blown. We don't know how or what they seasoned their ahi with but it was so good that the hubs took one bite of mine and immediately ran back into the shop without a word to buy his own. It was so ono.
Tip: When the only people you see walking into a poke shop are locals, that's the place you wanna go.
Other local grinds:
- Bubba's Burgers
- Hanalei Bread Co.
- Bar Acuda
- Postcards
- Sushi Girl
- Savage Shrimp
- Japanese Grandma Cafe
- Shrimp Station
Shrimp Station is probably the best shrimp you'll get in Kauai, every local person we asked raved about it. It's no Romy's Kahuku Prawns from Oahu, but it satisfied our shrimp plate craving. Kauai is definitely more known for their farm fresh fruits and veggies and fresh sashimi. Food trucks are every where in Kauai and often times those can be the best meals after a long day of island adventuring.
Old Kapaa Town is the most charming and accessible place on the island. They have the cutest little shops and my two favorites Java Kai and Kauai Juice Co. The fresh juices and kombucha from Kauai Juice Co were to die for, everything is made fresh in house and ingredients are locally sourced.
Throughout Kapaa you'll find tons of shopping and great stores like Shipwrecked, conveniently attached to Java Kai, and Work it Out, a cute little athletic boutique just down the street.
Hanepepe is another little town with great gems and if you're lucky enough to check out their art night on First Friday's. As soon as the sun goes down the streets are filled with people, local artists, crafts, and live music playing at every corner. I even discovered the cutest stores Machine Machine, a vintage inspired and thrift shop, Blu Umi, a fun little boutique, and Japanese Grandma Cafe.
On the tail end of our trip we decided to upgrade our stay. Since this was our trip without the kids, we splurged on 3 nights in the gorgeous Ko'a Kea Resort in Poipu Beach. It's a lovely resort property that only has 121 rooms to give you more of that intimate and quiet island life, but with the full experience of a larger paradise resort. It was so perfect to quieting the mind and relaxing by the beach without having a ton of people to crowd the pool and lawn areas. If you're looking for a honeymoon getaway or just a retreat to hide from the world, this is your spot.
Our room had a partial ocean view equipped with a mini fridge and L'occitane toiletries, which was perfect because just outside our sliding door was the pool and the ocean. It was our direct little line to paradise. We treated our hard working selves to an ocean side massage and a romantic dinner on our last night there at Red Salt, their fine dining restaurant.
However the biggest treat we gave ourselves was seeing the island both by sea and by air. Our last full day in Kauai was the most exciting day we had there. Our morning started off with Blue Ocean Adventures on a zodiac boat that toured the Nā Pali Coast. Choosing a zodiac over a catamaran type of tour was the best decision we made. Our tour had 11 people on the raft including Cody and his friend who were our Captain and crew of our boat. We flew over waves and zipped through sea caves and under waterfalls. Cody, born and raised in Kauai was able to provide us historic cultural insight of Nā Pali coast making it much more of an interesting experience rather than just pointing out geographic locations.
I've got a handful of photos from the trip, but I think this GoPro video my husband created documents it best.
Once we were fresh of the boat, we quickly headed towards Lihue to jump into a helicopter with Jack Harter Helicopter tours to see the island via air. Since most of Kauai is only accessible through long hikes, and we didn't have the chance to do that during this trip, we thought why not jump on a bird and see it from the sky. We rode in a Hughes 500, a smaller helicopter that could maneuver through the canyons of Waimea to get closer to the waterfalls than other birds, plus we wanted to ride doors off. *queue Tell Me When To Go by E-40*
Kauai is an island that has a little bit for everyone. You can be a thrill seeker who loves to jump off cliffs into 20-30ft open waters or a chill seeker who wants to sit on a quiet stretch of beach in Polihale. There's a lot of hiking to do, surf, and snorkel; but mostly a whole lot of losing yourself in the beauty and quietness that is Kauai. I can't say that this is my favorite Hawaiian Island yet, but this island stole my heart and we made great friendships there with people whom we can now call Ohana.
Many of my followers on Instagram were messaging me and commenting me on my footwear. Yes! I was rocking Teva sandals my entire trip! They were the perfect footwear to take with me on all my island adventures, rugged enough to hike through rocks, mud, and sand, but stylish enough to feel confident to dress up in. My favorites were the Teva Original Slides in Ombre Navy. It went perfectly with all my wardrobe options and slipped on and off quickly enough for me to jump into the ocean.


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Ketchum Kids
Nicholas is a 15 year old with diagnosis of brain tumor at age 18 months, severe seizures not completely controlled, and autism. Nicholas enjoys swimming and has been taught by Karen Morrison since 2 years of age. He also participates in theraputic riding at Sagebrush and Pegasus. He enjoys Adaptive sports and Special Olympics. He loves jumping on a trampoline, shooting baskets and riding on his side by side bike. He loves praying and going to church. He enjoys books, friends at school and loves to go out to eat. He has two brothers Michael and Christopher who are his best friends and really support him. Nicky's dog is named Koukla.
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It is essential for every entrepreneur to keep "scanning the horizon" - seeing what is new in technology, business, and society as a whole.
It is not enough just to see some of the blips or dots on the radar though. You need to:
• collect many dots,
• connect the dots to see patterns, and
• project the dots, into different scenarios
Collecting Dots
The first job in scanning the horizon is to collect enough dots so that you can see patterns. Some people gather information primarily through conversations and listening to others, and some people rely primarily on reading. Whichever one you are, you'll want to play to your strength while not neglecting the other modality. (It also helps if you have a partner with the other modality to complement you).
If you're a listener, then you will want to make sure you have coffee with many interesting people and attend good conferences. Be sure to spend time with a wide range of people who are very different from each other.
If you're a reader, there are two routes open for gathering lots of dots: Twitter and RSS feeds.
Twitter is easy, but you get a lot of fluff with the good stuff, and it all arrives interleaved and mixed up. A far better route is to subscribe to RSS feeds (baffled already? read this) with a reader like Feedly to follow lots of interesting blogs. I use Feedly to follow about eighty blogs across a wide spectrum of topics. I scan through around five hundred blog post titles a day, and read about thirty stories.
The really interesting articles are stored in my favourite power tool: Evernote. Over the past eight years I've built up an Evernote database of some 35,000 articles, all tagged, with subjects ranging from AR and Bitcoin to world affairs in the Middle East.
Connecting the Dots
As you listen and read, patterns begin to appear. This is an emergent process with an element of "magic". It doesn't thrive in very structured, digital environments - which is why I use Austin Kleon's idea of having two desks - one for working with paper and pens and paints, and another for doing digital work, often transcribing and refining the ideas that have emerged at the other desk.
Once you can see patterns and ideas, move them around, connect them, and store them with the free XMind mind mapping programme. All my creative work is ultimately captured and refined in XMind.
Projecting Your Dots into Alternate Futures
You have your emerging trends and developments now. You can start to see how they will play out - if everything else stays the same. But what if it doesn't??? What if Israel attacks Iran? What if quantum computing can crack all encryption one day? What if Bitcoin replaces national currencies? What if another depression leads the 99% in America overthrow the 1%? What if climate change dramatically accelerates? What if net neutrality vanishes on the Internet and startups who cannot pay for prioritised traffic are frozen out?
Being aware of a range of backdrops for the future is the final step in scanning the horizon. Look at broad scenarios like the Dinokeng Scenarios for South Africa and scenarios for other situations and the Internet, see how scenario planning can be used in urban planning, learn how to do scenario planning for your venture, and … read lots of science fiction!
I hope these "dots" help you work…
In other news…
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Voyages of Discovery takes visitors on an interactive search for Terra Australia Incognita - the unknown southern land. Exploring the State Library's incredible maps, journals, drawings and books, this scroll down responsive web app explains how the European discoveries of Australia were gradually pieced together.
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Voyages of Discovery was created using an AngularJS framework and an integrated Drupal backend provided by the Library. This responsive scroll-down web app provides visitors with a new and exciting way to understand one of the Library's greatest collections.
The site is interspersed with large-tiled images, animations, videos, maps, puzzles, flip-books and 3D objects.
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Maureen provides overall leadership to the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program and the 4-H Wildlife Stewards State Team. Under Maureen's leadership and with the effort of many past and present OSU Extension staff, volunteers and community partners, the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program was created. The program began in 1997 in Portland, Oregon. Today the program is in multiple counties throughout the state. Maureen is primarily responsible for facilitating 4-H Wildlife Stewards staff, volunteers and teachers to create, enhance and sustain the 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program and develop it into a national model.
Maureen's background and successful experience in developing community-based youth programs is based on the strong and committed team she recruits to design and support the program. The 4-H Wildlife Stewards program is an example of a successful team model.
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Congratulations to our long-standing client, Coventry University, for continuing their rise up the University League tables, for the 4th year in a row.
We were pleased to read an article this week announcing they're now in the top 30 UK-based universities in the Guardian University League Table 2015, rising 6 places to 27th.
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An orchid garden, the largest tensile structure in the world, an artificial island, and an ancient Korean temple hide among the different airports of the world. IAF Site gives you an overview of airports that are an attraction unto themselves
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Year round, airports across Europe, Asia, America, and Africa host a large number of curious tourists wishing to visit tourist sites, both famous and less so, in different cities. But beyond the soccer and beaches of Brazil, the high peaks of Nepal and Da Vinci's paintings in Italy, there are a number of airports that are attractions unto themselves. IAF Site takes a look at the airports that are worth visiting year round.
Changi, Singapore: Butterflies, Orchids, And An Indoor Slide
A spectacular butterfly garden, a sunflower garden, an orchid garden, and a cactus garden all join an indoor slide that reaches a height of 12 meters, a multimedia center, a movie theatre, and a spa with fish ponds- and they are all just part of the special attraction that is Changi, the central airport in Singapore. In 2014, Changi was named best airport in the world for a second year in a row, and for good reason: the interior design and architecture were designed to turn the place into a memory that no tourist would forget. Changi was opened in 1981, and since then it has won more prizes that any other airport in the world. Approximately, 66 million passengers who pass through the airport every year enjoy the breath-taking experience.
Denver, Colorado: The Largest Tensile Structure In the World
What at first glance looks like a military base is actually an international airport in Denver, Colorado that is considered one of the busiest in the world and the second busiest in the U.S. At the airport, which is located in the Southwest, guests are greeted by blue "Devil Horse", an incredible statue, which climbs to a height of 32 meters, in the shape of a horse with glowing red eyes. But aside from its huge size, the airport is famous for its pointed towers shaped like Native American teepees, which make the structure the biggest tensile structure in the world. The famous roof, which includes 35 tents and has become one of the symbols of the city, is surrounded in the background by the snowy Rocky Mountains, from which inspiration was also drawn. The structure is environmentally-friendly and takes advantage of the solar energy in winter and summer for tis many uses.
Barajas, Madrid: Hypnotic Steel Columns
One of the most famous points of entrance into Spain is Barajas, Madrid's airport. Barajas opened its gates as early as 1931, but only gained fame eight years ago when Terminal 4 was inaugurated, which was the work of the award-winning British architect, Richard Rogers, the main designer of Pompidou Centre in Paris. The terminal, which was built between 1997-2006 holds a seemingly endless line of bamboo ceiling reinforces by steel columns, shaped as a symbol of victory. The hypnotic green-and-yellow colors that combine with natural light coming in from the windows of the ceiling go on for a kilometer and won the terminal the International Architecture Award.
Kansai, Osaka: Landing On An Artificial Island
The international airport, which lies at the bottom of the city, Osaka, Japan, was built in 1994 on a huge artificial island and is considered one of the most complex engineering projects ever undertaken. The floating airport is supported by more than a million columns and its roof is made of a collection of arches of different radii, which allows for the flow of adjusted air for the needs of the special structure and protects it from inclement weather that frequently visits the region. Kansai is connected to dry land through the Sky Gate Bridge, which reaches a length of 3,750 meters.
Incheon, Seoul: Ancient Korean Temple
In South Korea sits the airport Incheon, which since its opening in 2011 has won the title of Best Airport in the category of Traveling Experience. Aside from the quick service the passengers who visit Incheon enjoy, the memorable experience is thanks largely in part to the local culture, which is reflected in every corner of the airport. Traditional Korean building inspired the building of Incheon, its arched roof is reminiscent of ancient Korean temples and artifacts over 5,000 years old are displayed throughout the corridors of the airport.


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These sculptures are Orbs in Bronze. They reflect my love of nature, texture, color and imperfection. These sculptures are cast in two parts and welded together. The missed segments that form the openings or mouths are intentional. I try to provoke them, but in the end it is still always a surprise what emerges from the mold. Take a look at the casting process if you're interested.
The Orbs in Bronze got abbreviated to OiBs because I felt that name gave them the character they display. The Aluminum OiBs have just as much character so the name stayed. These sculptures can be touched, rolled, moved inside and outside and will continue to develop character and surprise you.
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New stock of BeeCosies has arrived!
Bee Cosy Winter 2014 Losses of only 2%
The BBKA's winter survival survey for winter 2014 showed losses across the UK of 14.5% with losses of 15.5% for the North East where most of our Bee Cosy sales have been made.
As for winter 2012 and 2013, we surveyed all Bee Cosy users on the same basis as BBKA - i.e. colonies in place at 31 March. Although our sample is not large as the BBKA, we achieved a fantastic 98% survival rate from all the beekeepers who responded using a total of 40 Bee Cosies.
As you recall, the winter of 2014 was not as bad as forecast. Bad weather was confined to fog and icy roads in December, storms and strong winds in January, and some snow in early February. The Met Office's statistical summary showed that, across the UK, "the average winter temperature was 0.2 degrees higher than usual for 1981-2010. There were 25% more hours of sunshine than usual, and slightly less than the usual 33 days of air frost " Despite 2014 being a mild winter, BBKA statistics showed that UK colony losses still increased to 14.5% from 9.6%.
As seen in the graph below, with 3 years of survey results now in, the Bee Cosy does seem to be making a difference. Whilst there may be a small positive bias in these results in that the Bee Cosy may attract a more assiduous beekeeper, there is also an element of negative bias in that beekeepers may be choosing to put Bee Cosies on their weaker hives.
Overall, I believe the results show a good case for the merits of the Bee Cosy.
Top Tips for Preparing to Winter Bees
Getting a colony of bees through winter can be quite a challenge unless you the take the right precautions and prepare properly. Here are my top tips:-
Make sure you have a viable colony with a good laying queen before the end of autumn. You can often spot a failing colony by the bees - not flying in good numbers on sunny days - seeing that they are anxious (walking quickly over their frames) - not bringing in pollen - or if you've seen hive weight drop despite good weather and forage . If weak or failing, combine or make the decision early in autumn to re-queen if possible.
Check for stores - do more than just heft the hive - use spring balances to estimate hive weight - deduct 10% for the possible error in this method - deduct the weight of the hive plus drawn comb and say 2kg for the bees! - My colonies consume between 8 and 12 kgs of stores in the winter (end of October to end of March) depending on their size (with a Bee Cosy fitted) so I plan to have at least 12 kgs of stores - ideally 15 kgs - depending on the strength of the colony.
Feed 2 kg :1 litre sugar syrup if stores are short - warm weather is best- between 12.5 and 15 degrees depending on the level of sunshine during the day - Don't overfeed! - They may still be able to bring in stores from Ivy if they need it and some empty cells for winter brood rearing and clustering is better than a brood full of stores.
Varroa treatment - pick a week when the weather is fair - ideally with some sunshine to raise hive temperatures - the later the better as there will be fewer varroa in the reducing winter brood and more will be impacted by the treatment you choose. Do what you can to keep heat in the hive - varroa treatments work better the warmer the hive.
Hive check and prep - take off queen excluders, replace glass crown boards with wooden ones, reduce draughts in and around the hive, check for gaps between floors / brood boxes / supers / roofs - fix mouse guards. I prefer to leave the plastic trays in my OMFs in and reduce air flow through the hive.
Reduce unnecessary space to help your bees keep a good hive temperature - If you have roofs with big empty spaces fill them with paper / carpet / foam - and critically - if you have small colonies where there may be 3 or 4 frames not occupied take empty frames out and replace with blocks of insulating foam cut to size.
- Check you have your Bee Cosy fitted! - as well as reducing the stores needed in 2 above, it will also help with points 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Good luck for Winter 2015 - let's hope it's kind to our bees!
When a family of honeybees is to big for the house!
This year has seen a lot of strong colonies building up and the inevitable swarm!
When your down to your last piece off equipment you really hope that the bees will make it their home! This swarm was caught on the lower branches of an old oak tree that most of our swarms seem to choose as their temporary home.
And yes - they did make the small one bed flat their home!
Bees in slow-motion - Amazing pics
We've all probably wondered what a honeybee really looks like when it's flying in slow-motion. Well now we know?
Bee Cosy Winter 2013 losses of only 2%
The BBKA's winter survival survey for winter 2013 showed losses across the UK of 9.6% with figures for the North East where most of our BeeCosy sales have been made of 10.9%.
As in 2012 we surveyed all Bee Cosy users on the same basis as the BBKA survey - i.e. colonies in place at 31 March. Although our sample is not large as the BBKA we achieved a fantastic 98% survival rate from all the 25 beekeepers who responded.
Bee boles made a big difference in winter
Talk on the Wintering of Bees to Harlow beekeepers
After a long trip down to Essex it was great to talk to such a different mix of beekeepers although I did arrive back in the early morning! The room included a wide mix of experience and for the first time a number of really experienced commercial beekeepers. The weather, forage and potential for honey harvest are really very different in Harlow than Yorkshire. Interestingly though in preparing for my talk I did find some examples of bee boles used in Essex and probably the prettiest example of a circular bee house. Thanks to David Tyler for arranging the session and his purchase of 10 Bee Cosies!
Heather Honey Harvest 2013
Talk on the Wintering of Bees to York beekeepers
It was a good turnout at the York and District Beekeepers Association's meeting recently at the Museum of Farming for my talk on the Wintering of Bees with about 30 in the room.
It was great to share information, experience and ideas on the wintering of bees as we go into winter 2013 with such a warm and friendly group of knowledgeable beekeepers.
There were lots of great questions and comments on hive insulation, feeding of winter stores, the impact of different types of hives and how everyone's apiary has a different challenge!
Visit to Malton & District Beekeeping Association
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting with beekeepers from Malton and District when I gave a brief talk on the wintering of bees and all the information I had come across in my journey to develop the BeeCosy and find other ways to help manage bees.
The picture above is interesting given the topic of my talk "The Wintering of Bees". It shows how bee boles used to be made out of the sides of stone buildings facing south to house straw skeps full of bees. The plan being to use the heat built up and held within the stone to provide help to colonies through low temperatures and bad weather. Definitely an early version of the Bee Cosy!
Many thanks to David, Richard and everyone at Malton for giving me the chance to meet everyone in such a hospitable setting and for such a great set of questions.
Time for the girls to kick the boys out!
BeeCosies help protect colonies from hot weather too!
This season I have left BeeCosies on all my colonies to encourage brood-rearing and thereby make increase through splits and swarms. The BeeCosies also help the bees work the abundant heather we have close by.
As colonies keep their brood nest at around 30C when they are brood-rearing, my logic was there would be no harm in leaving BeeCosies on unless temperatures got above this level. In the Yorkshire Dales this is highly unlikely!
In July even when temperatures soared to nearly 30C - the Cosies were left on to provide insulation from the hot conditions. To test the merits of this approach, on one particularly hot day, I took off a BeeCosy, returned an hour later and measured the temperature with a surface thermometer on the hot metal roof as 52C! By leaving the BeeCosies on I hoped to slow down the build-up of excessive heat in the hive at midday, increase average night time temperatures and so flatten out temperature extremes.
The strategy has definitely helped me grow from 4 to 10 colonies this year and all 10 colonies have feasted on abundant heather we had in late August. The BeeCosies have raised hive temperatures which has helped the bees reduce the water content of nectar and so make heather honey for longer in the evenings. In the last 4 days of August, 10 colonies added a total of 9Kgs – the largest adding 2Kgs. So we are hoping for a good heather harvest from around 5 of the colonies, the other smaller ones being able to build up a good supply of heather honey supplies for the winter.
BeeCosies help 4 colonies grow to 10!
Going into Winter 2012, I had 4 four colonies, two on double broods, one on a brood and a half and one on a single brood.
As we know, winter 2012 was particularly difficult for our colonies due to harsh cold conditions from December to March. Apart from weekly weighing for stores, however, I left all hives closed until mid-Feb when they were given home-made sugar candy.
All colonies were surviving well in March despite the high losses that were beginning to be reported around the country and so I decided 2013 would be the year of increase!
I left all BeeCosies on as temperatures increased in Spring to encourage brood rearing and by the end of May all colonies were developing strongly. On 2 June I split one of the double brood hives which was well established. The same day, I also made up 2 frame splits from the brood and a half and the other double by taking 5 frames from each and placing these in two nucs and closing these up for 3 days.
The weather was good at the end of June and all these new colonies were queen right by early July so further feeding was done to encourage the colonies to develop quickly as the delayed June gap was upon us.
I continued to leave BeeCosies on all the complete hives as temperatures increased and believed that I might through careful management now be up to 7 colonies!
Towards the end of June I then had a total of four swarms. All these were captured and for a brief time, I was up to 11 colonies but one of the swarms slowly left their new hive after consuming the stores I fed them.
The two nuc colonies were large enough to move to single brood boxes in July so now I have 10 colonies all with BeeCosies feeding off the heather!
BeeCosy Winter Losses of 23%
The BBKA's winter survival survey a few weeks ago showed losses across the UK of 34% with figures for the North East (where almost all BeeCosy sales have been made) of 38%.
We have surveyed all Bee Cosy users on the same basis as the BBKA survey - i.e. colonies in place at 31 March. Although our sample is not large as the BeeCosy was only released last autumn we have achieved a 77% survival rate from all those responding.
Interestingly, on comparing over-wintering practices among BeeCosy users it appears that keeping varroa trays in may be beneficial to helping your colony survive harsh winter conditions.
Many thanks to all those responding to the survey.
Observations from a Wharfedale beekeeper
The local Wharfedale Beekeepers Association has just published the following interesting article on the Bee Cosy in its April newsletter - Combings
At last year's honey show i collected my new "Bee Cosy". The day after I placed it on my hive, then let nature do its thing. During the winter which has been very wet I looked in my apiary and the two hives without a "Cosy" were wet, (to state the obvious) but the hive with the "Cosy" on looked dry, the water seemed to run off like water off the proverbial duck's back.
Then the snow came, and when I went to check my apiary the hives were covered in snow but the hive with the "Bee Cosy" on had around four inches of snow on top and the the two hives without a "Cosy" on only had around an inch of snow covering them, and something else I noticed, on one part of the roof the snow had melted more and I wondered if that was where the cluster of bees were and the heat they were generating had melted the snow more in that spot, no such melting spot on the hive with the "Cosy" on and so much more snow on top, the only other question I had to ask myself, was there any heat being generated at all by the bees to melt the snow, or had the harsh winter killed my bees? The snow was still lying around there was no way of knowing, I just had to wait for a warmer day. A week or so later I saw bees flying around all three hives.
On the 12th February I had a quick peek under the roofs of all three hives to check the fondant levels. The two hives without the "Cosy" on had definitely been using the fondant, and the hive with the Cosy on had not touched it. Also I noticed that they seemed more active, not as sluggish as the other two hives. the day after, more snow fell. This time I took some pictures, you can see the difference in the depth of snow and the spot where the snow has melted more. Hope this has been some help to you.
Colin Pack
Bee Cosy exhibits at Yorkshire BKA Conference
Having a great day out at the the Yorkshire BKA Conference at York 6th Form College. Bad news is that some of the beekeepers we've spoken to have losses of 50% +.
Great conference this year - sold out - so book early for next year!
Bee Cosy exhibits at the BBKA Spring Convention
It was great to take a stand at the BBKA Spring Convention at Harper Adams last Saturday. We met and spoke with beekeepers all day talking about the challenges of wintering bees, made lots of new contacts and even spoke to the queen's beekeeper!.
It seems "distance starvation" is the key killer this year with colonies just not able to move across frames and get to stores. It will be interesting to see what the the winter survival statistics show this year. We are hoping that those with Bee Cosies will have fared better!
Bee Cosy colonies survive the winter
Bee Cosies were placed on 3 of our 4 hives in early November. Little did we know that we would suffer the worst winter in North Yorkshire for 30 years with snow drifts over 10 ft.
It was great to open up the hives yesterday and find all 4 had survived such a harsh winter! I had fed them all fondant in late February when I could open up the hives in a brief warm spell.


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Walking through the door of the bedroom I grew up in doesn't feel like it used to. On December 23rd, I entered it to find new floorboards, a new bed, different blankets. All of my personal belongings are tucked away [or more accurately, strewn and shoved and crammed] in a room thousands of miles away in Toronto. The paintings on the wall have changed, some missing, some that I never got around to hanging are now up. Where my guitar used to sit is now an old coffee table littered with real estate folders and data, my dad's computer and electronics that make up his new office. Where my dresser that housed soaps and socks is now a bookshelf of real-estate how-to's, old hardcovers of sermons and those Merry-Christmas-here's-a-sports-star-biography that are waiting to be re-gifted. No, this is not how it used to be, and I am not the same. Our "stuff" is a funny thing. It does not make us who we are by any stretch, but it stands as a memorial in a way to who we are and what we like and where we've been, how we were feeling on a certain day. Our home is not made by what we store in it and yet our "home" is usually where we keep our things and treasures. You can imagine my slight feeling of being misplaced if this were the definition of home. I am very much at Home in Toronto, and yet, sitting here in "my parents' house," in the basement of the house I grew up in, at the computer where I typed and bullshitted many an essay and assignment, with my mom's feet tiptoeing above me in the kitchen, with the smell of my favorite meal wafting down to meet me, with my dad walking in and out of the garage door, I am very much at Home.
I've found it sort of difficult to be in BC, to be honest. Lovely, and so necessaryand such a gift, but difficult. Hard to maneuver gracefully, and to see everyone I hold so closely to my heart [which I didn't] and say all that needed to be said [which it wasn't] and take the time I needed to take [which it wasn't]. Oh to have world and time enough. Even with the coffee dates, there's just no way I'll get back in the groove. I am not in the familiar with my world in BC anymore. That was difficult to realize.
And I find it increasingly difficult to be at Home in both places, to always be belonging where I am and always missing from where I want to be and where my heart is. Being in Toronto I miss dinners with my family and - oh- walking on the beach for hours. The ability to escape to nature in fifteen minutes- or thirty seconds. Roll down your window. Coffee dates in Vancouver and long weekends in Bellevue and Bellingham. The nearests and dearests. There is no fitting, no being fully present. I am always here and not there. And Home. What a terrifying, freeing thing that it doesn't lie in a destination for us, but that we are Home, and we are heading Home. We have Home in those we know and we will find new Home. We are expanding and leaving and returning, always.