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The Waterloo Cycling Club (WCC) is a non-profit, volunteer run organization. Funding comes from membership fees and sponsor support.
The Board of Directors (BOD) provides operational oversight and program direction through annual general meetings, subcommittees and active participation in club activities.
Jason Pollard - 2018 President
I am proud and excited taking on the role of WCC President in 2017. My goals for 2017 are focused on continuing to grow the RIDE-RACE-LEAD vision that the club has embraced over the last 5 years. The major focus of this growth will be to continue engaging you, our members, in the success of our great club!
I get told often that I need to start riding Mountain Bike and Cross, but at this point I'm still a dedicated Roadie. My main operations focus within the club is on volunteerism, clothing, our OCA relationship and our website. Please don't hesitate to ask me any questions in these areas. For other questions I'll do my best to answer, but may connect you with another member of our awesome board.
Kari Hueber - 2018 Vice President
2017 marks my fourth year on the WCC Board, and my fifth year on the bike. This year I'm looking forward to my new role as Vice President and helping to grow the club and move it forward with our new President Jason Pollard. He's full of great ideas that I'm confident will continue to mature our operations and help us build on our reputation as one of the top cycling club in Ontario and hopefully even Canada! My main responsibilities are around communications and marketing, but I'm also involved in other general operational activities. As a sponsored member of the WCC Race Team, I'm always training hard and am excited to keep representing the club at road and cyclocross races across Ontario.
Brent Doberstein - 2018 Secretary
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Grace Bartz - Treasurer
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Mike Lynch - 2018 Director
I have been riding with the club since 1980. Initially, while in university, I was into road racing, then triathlon for 15 years, and now mountain bike. I have always biked to and from work (engineer). My wife and I have four grown children, three ride as well. In the winter I enjoy the structure of trainer workouts (it must be a personality thing). I will be going to New Zealand for a month this winter to MTB with my daughter. During the racing season I will be focusing on the MTB O-Cup series and some of the XCM races. On weekends that I am not racing, I hope for longer, adventure type rides outside of the Region of Waterloo (e.g. TillsonBURN and Lake Muskoka loop).I help with the Youth MTB Rides, the Thursday Road Time Trial, and the Saturday Fondo Rides.
Philip Sheffield - 2018 Director
I started riding with WCC in 2011, took up racing with for WCC in 2013 and joined the board in 2016. You'll mostly see me on the road, but I'm also out on the cyclocross and mountain bike from time to time. With the exception of the kid's and women's mtb rides, I have been out to every ride the club offers at least once! My goal within is the club is to help ensure that we have rides for everyone and leaders available to keep those ride running smoothly.
Sylvia Tatarek - 2018 Director
In 2015 I joined the club for the Learn to Group Ride (LTGR) program where I have made many friends and riding buddies. I really enjoy going out on club rides as I feel safer on the road and more motivated when riding in a group. That's why, I wanted to get more riders in the community to enjoy the sport with us. In 2016, an opportunity presented itself to add a new club ride for recreational road riders. So, I volunteered to lead on Saturday mornings. I also help with the LTGR program as I enjoy encouraging new riders and seeing the increasing participation. My other focus is on creating a more inclusive and non-intimidating environment for women wanting to develop their road riding skills. You'll most likely find me riding my road bike on Wed and Sat Recreational road rides and my gravel bike on Mon EZ Gravel Grinder rides.
Kevin Gibson - 2018 Director
I've been a member of the club since 2013, and have raced since 2014. I enjoy all types of riding, and racing primarily in Cyclocross and gravel, but also racing Road, Mountain, and even winter Fatbike racing. I've progressively raced more and more for the club, starting with mass start events like Steaming Nostril, Tour de Hans, and P2A in 2013, then Cyclocross in 2014, and road o-cups in 2016.
I became co-manager for Cyclocross racing in 2016.
I'm excited to join the board for 2017, I'll be focusing mainly on Cyclocross racing and gravel events. We had a fantastic 2016 'cross season, with lots of involvement across the club. I'll be looking to grow that, and to contribute more to the club as a member of the board.
Bill Frier - 2018 Director
I've been a person on a bike nearly my entire life. I am a huge fan of the bicycle. I started pushing the boundaries in the form of triathlon. Then tried some racing in pretty much every cycling discipline with the Waterloo Cycling Club (WCC). Now I have primarily settled on gravel riding. with shorter club rides during the week and longer rides on the weekend. Gravel riding offers a good balance of nature with sufficient range. And the fun continues year round.
My science background has developed my interest both in data and experimentation. On the WCC board of directors, expect me to listen, ask 'why' a lot, and experiment with new things all with the goals of making it easier to get together to ride and to find a ride that fits as well for you as gravel fits for me.
David Trueman - 2018 Director
Although I've been riding a bike all my life, I only got serious about improving in 2016 when I bought my first road bike. In 2017, I joined Waterloo Cycling Club (WCC), took in the Learn to Group Ride and then enjoyed Recreational and Intermediate rides all summer. In the fall I plunged into Cyclocross with two races and the fantastic CX Social. When I'm not riding, I am mentoring tech startups, leveraging decades as a technology leader, or learning ukulele. I recently became a member of the Waterloo Region Climate Action Advisory Group, Transportation Sector. I'm keen to contribute as much as I can to help the club offer a wide variety of programs to bring this awesome sport to as many people as possible.
Dawn Frier - 2018 Director
Though I do not ride my bike as fast or as far as others, and generally don't race, I am passionate about inclusivity and safety while riding. I have been on the Ride for Angels Organizing Committee since the beginning in order to promote safe riding. I have discovered the gravel roads which are generally quiet and peaceful to ride and want to encourage more leisurely paced riders to join me out there. I joined the Waterloo Cycling club in 2012 to learn group riding skills and take up the sport as a form of fitness. I am a teacher. I look at how to build 21st century skills in my students and how to get them to believe in their abilities to do anything (especially Math and Science). I believe in leaving as small a footprint on the planet as possible as we are it's caretakers. I think that we can encourage more people to ride their bike.


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In which we confess that "where we were isn't where we are isn't where we want to be"
Here is the text from our very first public update about our hopes & intentions for moving!
Hello dear friends,
Hopefully since our last update, you have gotten mail from us and are now in possession of one of our family picture prayer cards. I was really proud of finally putting out what I thought to be a totally typo-free mailing, maybe for the first time ever. I had enough people read over the newsletter to edit it, and the two pages front & back were indeed free of errors. A few days after the mailing went out, I happened to look at the back of the prayer card. AHHH!! There it was, a double "the" Maybe you missed it, because when I texted a picture to Frank to show him, he didn't see the typo right away either. But pointing it out gives me the opportunity to share how that typo came about, as well as our hearts and our needs that we want to share with you and ask you to be a part of our discerning God's good plan for our family.
I could have left the back of our prayer cards exactly as they were from our typo-free prayer card from 2013, but when I updated the font & formatting, I decided to change the wording a little. I'll take an opportunity another time soon to share about the heart behind the wording of how we share the Gospel -- that by itself reflects how God has humbled & refined us through these past years. But more distinctly, I changed the wording from "in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia" to "in the Kensington neighborhood and throughout Philadelphia." Maybe you caught that, likely you didn't. But as the community around our current geography has changed, it has caused us to have to re-evaluate where we live & what we do.
When I used to describe ministry in our neighborhood, I would tell people, "Listen, if you don't want to do ministry, you're gonna have to beat it off with a stick!" Just walking out your door meant that you would be bombarded with need & opportunity. When we created ministry schedules for our visiting mission teams, they always had wide margins to accommodate the wealth of unexpected opportunities that would come up. Visiting our corner of Kensington to do ministry meant that all you had to do was walk out the door to encounter ministry opportunities. Living here meant all that you needed to do was have a door to encounter ministry. So for years, just having a presence in our neighborhood has been enough to keep us beyond busy and with a clear sense of purpose.
At first it was little by little, but more recently, the changes in the neighborhood have been drastic. Empty lots became brand new expensive houses. Longtime neighbors moved away and businesses geared towards the tastes of middle and upper middle class folks moved in. We often found ourselves saying, "Where do we live?!" when another unexpected business would pop up. Some of this stuff you can't make up -- like the Lululemon store that sells $98 yoga pants and an axe throwing facility, and a zombie themed restaurant coming this spring. This change in our neighborhood is something I never imagined when I moved here 17 years ago. Where we once had to create boundaries & routine self-care escapes from the city because ministry was so all encompassing, we now find ourselves having to look far beyond our block and our neighborhood to find opportunities to love and serve people in the ways that we feel God has called and equipped us. Part admission, part premonition, I felt that it was more accurate to change our prayer cards to say "in the Kensington neighborhood and throughout Philadelphia."
For so long, who we are, where we live and what we do have all been tied up in a tidy package with the label "Kensington Missionaries." All of these recent changes have pressed us to ask some hard questions like -- should we just be "commuter missionaries" and live in our same spot but keep finding more ministry opportunities farther away from our home? Does the improvement in our neighborhood mean that we did a great job for the past 15+ years, or that we are failures with nothing to show for our time here? Could we be more useful and effective in regular non-ministry jobs? Was the way we were living before even wise or healthy to try to go back to now that we have a family of our own?
One thing that I was not really open to was considering a relocation. When we first started really noticing changes in our neighborhood back in 2011 and began to re-evaluate what our place & purpose was here, we clearly felt God telling us to stay put. I even had a long-term plan to put a big ol' addition on our house one day so that we could stay put here forevermore. I would get upset with Frank anytime he suggested looking at houses in other parts of the city. With our identity, purpose and vocation wrapped up in our geography, I have held onto this home with a white knuckle grip.
Frank was patient with me, and despite the anxiety that would overcome me whenever we talked about all of the repair needs in our house. I just couldn't consider other options. I couldn't imagine what something different would even look like.
Until, for some reason, the time was right and I opened my heart and mind to other options. The month after month, year after year of trying to adapt and make this house and this location fit with our life and ministry left me weary and willing to say, "Okay God, then what?!" We been having these conversations for the past several months, and putting out our prayer card seemed like a good time to drop the first clue that God might be expanding our territory beyond our beloved Kensington. It has been a process of mourning and even rage at times when I realized that the neighborhood that I loved and became my home doesn't feel like home to us anymore. After the negative feelings have been reckoned with, we have been able to resume our question asking, but they now feel like exciting questions, like -- "Where could we live that we could really be planted within the kind of community that we need and that needs us?" "Could it be possible for us to have a home big enough to practice hospitality like our hearts have yearned for?"
Our greatest excitement has been in considering refocusing in our ministry and relocating to the neighborhood near our church in West Philly. Interestingly, a lot of the bodies that have filled our lot for our worship nights and other gatherings are West Philly friends from church who trekked over to our end of town to join in our efforts. As we consider locations around the city, there are certainly other needy neighborhoods that could use a Jesus-loving family to show up and live among them. But our real desire would be to get to work alongside those who we have already built deep friendship with.
We feel like such a move is inevitable, but as to whether it happens quickly and requires God-given faith or happens more slowly and requires God-given patience is uncertain. We would prefer sooner, and God certainly has done some crazy things for us! But like the Israelites following the pillar of cloud by day and fire by night knew that they had no business moving apart from God, we say, "If your presence doesn't go with us, do not send us up from here."
There are many more details of what our options and needs are than will fit in this already lengthy note, and there will be many updates along the way. If you would like to stay in the loop with developments and would want to commit to being part of a core team of pray-ers and discerners for us in this process, please drop us a line back so that we can include you in the more that there is to tell. Please to pray for us, and be willing to listen to the Father on our behalf as well. We covet your encouragement, the wisdom that God might share through you and the reminders you can give us that we are not on this journey alone.
With love, great hope and a little fear & trembling,
Elizabeth, Frank, Selah, Callum & Clementine
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Sometime in July last year I informed you that the MANSAG executive committee sent a delegation of three (Drs Jacob Akoh, Leroy Edozien and myself) to represent you at a retreat with the Nigerian Fed Ministry of Health (FMOH), Federal and State health institutions and parastatals, Postgraduate medical college, and the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA) in Abuja. At this meeting a draft Memorandum of Understanding detailing areas of collaboration between Doctors in the Diaspora and the FGN was vigorously debated and outlined. An immediate gain of those discussions was a more considerate approach by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) to registration issues affecting diaspora doctors on short-term practising stints in Nigeria.
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- Research for Health;
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- Quality Assurance in Health delivery; and
- Investments (Public Private Partnerships PPP and Private Investments).
2. Judging by the feedback from people who saw the extensive coverage of the event and interviews on prime time NTA Network news and many Nigerian National Dailies, it is fair to say that Nigerians are now more aware of the efforts MANSAG and all UK Doctors of Nigerian origins are making to contribute to better health care delivery in Nigeria. This should enhance our collective esteem as citizens contributing to baking the National Health cake.
3. A Joint Technical Committee (JTC) was inaugurated to monitor implementation. The JTC includes principal officers of the FMOH, MANSAG, ANPA, the NMA, the National postgraduate Medical college, the Registrar of the MDCN, Chair of the committee of CMDs of Federal Tertiary Hospitals, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, and the NNVS. An inaugural meting of the JTC held on the same day and the level of discourse was very promising. We see a crucial advocacy role for MANSAG on the JTC, to champion the views, activities and interests of all Nigerian Health Professionals in the UK whether they are financial members of MANSAG or not. At all these meetings we have been singing the collective praises of Nigerian Health Professionals in the UK as a veritable force for Nigerian good. I would therefore urge one and all to support the efforts of MANSAG, not only by full financial membership but also by responding to calls for your unique and highly valued expertise.
4. MANSAG was invited to serve on a Ministerial committee, inaugurated the same day, charged with the Review of the Undergraduate Medical curriculum in Nigeria. This collaborative project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with input from Nigerian medical curriculum experts, the MDCN, NUC, USAID, ANPA and MANSAG. We are very keen that MANSAG input into the workings of this committee is of the highest standards that we can muster. Consequently I invite expressions of interests from UK colleagues with expertise in undergraduate medical curriculum development to make periodic inputs into this work on behalf of MANSAG from a UK perspective. Depending on the number of people so skilled the modality for such input will be determined in due course. I look forward to an enthusiastic response.
Thank you very much for your attention and your support.
With kind regards.
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Sorry I've been missing in action this past week, but I'm just enjoying the last few days of vacation with my family. I'll be back at it 100% on Monday and there are some great things in store for Nerdgasm Needs this year. So Happy 2015 Nerd Nation! I hope this year is the best one yet 🙂


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) After struggling for most of the season, Florida State's offense is hitting its stride.
The 16th-ranked Seminoles had their most efficient game of the season on Saturday, scoring on eight straight drives in a 52-13 win over Chattanooga in their home finale.
Dalvin Cook had his seventh 100-yard rushing game of the season with 106 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries. Sean Maguire was 12 of 17 for 152 yards and two touchdowns in a little over two quarters. He led Florida State to points on six of his seven drives.
''Efficient is the best way to describe our whole offensive performance today. The defense played great and we got a bunch of short fields, so we capitalized on that,'' Maguire said.
Florida State's average field position was its own 44, and half of the scoring drives lasted less than three minutes.
The Seminoles (9-2) earned their 21st straight win at Doak Campbell Stadium, and the seniors ran their home record to 27-1 during their four years. It also was the 48th victory for the seniors, tying them with last year's class for the most in school history.
''It's great to get recognized and stuff like that, but when it's time to go, it's time to go,'' said Lamarcus Brutus, who had an interception in the third quarter.
After going three-and-out on its opening possession, Florida State scored on its next eight drives. J.J. Cosentino and Everett Golson also led scoring drives.
Cook had a 13-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and a 2-yard TD in the third. He has 1,475 yards rushing in 10 games this season to go along with 16 rushing touchdowns, which is tied with Amp Lee for the second-most in school history.
''I feel like we're gelling more as the season goes,'' Cook said. ''I feel like if we keep doing that, we'll be the team that we want to be at the end of the season.''
Kermit Whitfield had five receptions for 91 yards and two touchdowns, and Jacques Patrick ran for 77 yards and two scores.
Over the past two games, Maguire is 30 of 45 for 383 yards and four touchdowns with an interception. He has led the Seminoles to scores on 11 of 15 drives.
Florida State goes into next Saturday's matchup with No. 8 Florida with an outside chance of making a New Year's Six bowl game. The Seminoles are 14th in the latest College Football Playoff rankings.
''Oh yeah it's a big week. I think it's big that we already got that (hostile environment) experience, kind of what to expect of a loud environment out of the way,'' Maguire said.
Chattanooga (8-3), which has clinched a spot in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, took a 3-0 lead on Henrique Ribeiro's 29-yard field goal after the Mocs recovered a Whitfield fumble on the opening kickoff.
After the Mocs closed to 7-6 on another Ribeiro field goal, the Seminoles scored 38 straight points and outgained Chattanooga 332-29. The Mocs pulled most of their starters midway through the third quarter after a pair of turnovers. Coming into the game, Mocs coach Russ Huesman said that he wanted his team to compete but was going to be mindful of playing time since the postseason starts next week.
Jacob Huesman (115 all-purpose yards with a touchdown) and Derrick Craine (36 yards rushing) each went over the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season.
''Any time you're playing a team with the tradition and how good Florida State is, I mean you almost have to be perfect and then you've got to hope they sleepwalk through a half and they make mistakes. And that didn't happen today,'' Huesman said.
AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org


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About Multiforce
A Natural Alkaline Powder
Multiforce is an alkaline powder that contains acid- reducing minerals such as Potassium, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Calcium to help support your body's regulating mechanisms to bring it back to the right pH balance of alkalinity and acidity.
Originally Multiforce was developed to counteract acidic diets high in protein, starch, and refined sugars that led to people being diagnosed with diabetes, obesity and more. In addition, Multiforce acts to mitigate the symptoms of acid-related issues such as osteoporosis, kidney stones, heartburn, gout, chronic fatigue, joint pain and urinary infections.
Multiforce is incredibly easy to use – just mix up a teaspoon of the powder with water and enjoy it daily (preferably at night) or twice a day if required.
|Supplement Facts
Serving Size 1 tsp (7.5 g)
|Amount Per Serving
|% Daily Value
|Total Carbohydrate
|5 g
|4 g
|Vitamin C (as acerola extract)
|5 mg
|Calcium (as calcium phosphate, calcium citrate)
|254 mg
|Phosphorous (as calcium phosphate, magnesium phosphate)
|219 mg
|Magnesium (as magnesium citrate, magnesium phosphate)
|59 mg
|Potassium (as potassium citrate, potassium bicarbonate)
|620 mg
|Stinging Nettle (leaves)
|7 mg
|† Daily Value not established
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
|Other ingredients: Mannitol, Lactose, Natural Flavoring (Where Applicable), Steviol Glycosides, Silicon Dioxide.
Always Get Your Doctor's Advice
When starting a new health routine or supplement, it is important to get your doctor's advice, especially if you are on a calcium or potassium-free specialized diet, taking prescribed beta-blockers or have experienced heart disorders or renal failure. Multiforce should not be taken by those taking potassium sparing diu retic medication. There is no evidence to suggest that Multiforce is not safe to use during pregnancy or lactation.


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The brewing house, partially modified at the end of 2008, includes two new stainless steel tuns (mashing and filtration) and two copper boilers dating back to 1920.
We had to stop working with our old lauter tun dating back to 1844 because it deteriorated considerably during 2008. However, it remains on the brewery premises as testimony to our past.
Mashing and filtration
In the mash kettle, we combine the barley malt crushed in water from our wells (pumped from 80m below the surface).
The barley malt comes from our other concern: the malting plant. At the malting plant, the barley starts to germinate, releasing enzymes. It is then dried at a high temperature: 80°C to obtain a pale malt (light ale) or 100 to 130°C to obtain a dark malt (brown ale).
In the mash tun, the mixture is slowly heated to 72°C, allowing the enzymes from the grain to convert the starch into sugars.
Once saccharification is complete, the mixture is transferred to the lauter tun to separate the sweet liquid (wort) from the solid grain particles (spent grain). The wort is pumped into a boiler. The first wort collected is very dense (high in sugar). The spent grain is then washed several times in hot water to collect the residual wort.L'ancienne cuve d'essayage, remplacée en 2008 par une cuve en acier inoxydable
Once filtration is complete, the content of the boiler is brought to the boil using the traditional technique of heating over an open fire: the copper tun is heated in direct contact with a flame. This means that a small area of the base of the tun is heated to over 110°C and this phenomenon is responsible for the slight caramelisation of the sugars and the very specific convection movements within the tun. The hops is added during boiling to give the distinctive bitterness and aromas of the end product.
The boiling time depends on the type of beer. For example, brown ale is boiled for 2½ hours to obtain its colour and caramelisation. Next, the wort is sent to the fermentation cellar.
The volume of a mash tun is 55 to 60hl.


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Welcome to The Real Time Canine, Part Two
Welcome to part two of The Real Time Canine. In this edition, I will describe the daily life of a Border Collie sheepdog prospect. In weekly posts using words and pictures, I will describe what they learn and how they learn it. Each pup imparts knowledge in their own special way, and through them I will give you insight into how I train a Border Collie Sheepdog from beginning to success.
As with Kensmuir Star in the original Real Time Canine, you will be with us every step of the way as these talented youngsters acquire the confidence, willingness and skills necessary to attain my goal for them to become a useful working sheepdog and successful trial competitor. I hope you will join us and find useful tips and technique on how to train a sheepdog.
After a lifetime with animals, dogs, horses and livestock, I am happy to share my expertise with you. I have found success at sheepdog trials at home and abroad, and have trained dogs that went on to find success with others. To learn more about me and my dogs, please visit my BorderSmith website, and my BorderSmith Blog!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Ah-Hah! Clong! I got it! Those phrases all describe Tam's day today. As you can see from the picture, he's worn out from all the activity, but today a teeny little light bulb flashed on over his head. All I ask is improvement from day to day, and that is just what my bright youngster gave me today. He was better than yesterday.
As keen to work as ever, Tam headed down to the round pen yesterday after a few days off and was all about the slash and burn. I mean the streak and grab. OK, well the dash and dine, if you will, and determinedly in just one direction, come-bye. His preference was also to stop and go. In other words, he would fly around the round pen, hang and rattle on a ewe, then lie down looking at me and refuse to move.
As happens, I lost patience with him in the beginning and unfairly insisted he travel both directions. He just refused to move, so I got him going happily come-bye, then slipped in front to turn him. With that he would beat me, slice to the inside and grip. Am I too old for this, I wondered? Have the pups gotten faster? That must be it, because I can still move, I'm sure.
After a few greased lightening away-to-me turns, we called it a day with Tam panting heavily. It was hot, he's out of shape. Would he be better tomorrow? Hope so.
You bet he was. As we entered the round pen, I stood on his rope while I tied the gate shut. I didn't want the sheep escaping as they did the first day. I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I can learn from mistakes.
This time I encouraged him to flank come-bye and he happily complied. It's easier to change directions when their feet are moving and they're a bit too excited to realize they're doing something uncomfortable. And the dog can mortally fly. There was less wool pulling too, but Tam still managed a couple impressive hang and rattles. I tried to keep up, but it's been 2 years since I started a pup, and I seem to have lost a step or two along the way.
Pretty soon, Tam was traveling willingly in both directions and reversing from simple changes in my body position. At that point, I introduced verbal commands. Do I expect him to understand them? Of course not, but I always introduce them at the earliest opportunity.
Next I moved to flank him, then backed to the fence so Tam could fetch. Before he or the sheep came to a full stop, I moved to flank him the other way again backing to the fence for the fetch. We were flowing and it was a beautiful thing.
Never wanting to over do with pups, I quit while I was ahead. I asked Tam to walk up without flying in, which took two requests. On the 2nd try he accomplished a quiet walk up, and a nice stand, so I said "lie down" and he hit his belly grinning. He came towards me when called ignoring the sheep right in front of him, I grabbed his collar, said "that'll do," and walked out giving much praise on the way.
So all this made for an excellent day, and I would prefer to continue it daily for a while. Unfortunately, I'll be at a dog trial beginning tomorrow, and Tam will be on full rest. We'll see how he comes back after the time off.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Tam's Big Day
Photo credit, Jan Elliott
Tam got his first go on sheep today. I love to start the young ones. There's just something so innocent about their first efforts. It looked as though Tam couldn't believe his luck when we headed down to the practice pen. He took off toward the round pen as soon as I opened the gate, and I let him, because there's no substitute for the exuberance of youth.
Even though he was on a long line, he still got away from me inside the round pen. Chaos ensured, and the sheep clanged the gate open to escape. There was a break in the action while I retrieved Price to restore order and return my sheep to the pen. With a tighter grip on the long line, and the gate tied shut, Tam and I went for it again.
His preference was to pin sheep to the fence, then jump in and bite them when they made a break for it. No fear, no hesitation, no feel, no balance and no pace, but this wasn't my first pup to begin that way. Over the years I've learned to let them have their way. The good news is that he was very conscious of my presence even if he was perfectly happy to ignore it at first. I gave a growl for inappropriate behavior, which was pretty much constant, but there was no intention to it. I just wanted to introduce the concept of what makes me happy, and what doesn't.
That's when I found the lunge whip. Just about the time I was wishing I had one, I saw it lying against the fence. Now I had a way to keep speedy Tam off the sheep long enough to get between him and them to ease him around, instead of through. It worked, and just as most dogs do, he chose a side and it was left.
Running as fast as that small diameter allowed him, he circled the sheep, fearlessly squeezing between them and the fence. That just gave him an excuse to bite them, so instead of trepidation, I saw only elation. With my back to the fence to get him to fetch, Tam simply orbited between me and the sheep on a blindingly fast inside flank executing another wool-pull on the way by. OK, plan B.
He was determined to only travel come-bye despite my repeated efforts to change his direction. As I've done so often with dogs, I grabbed his collar, followed the sheep on the away-to-me side then sort of shoved him through in that direction. Tam realized immediately that between fence and sheep is between fence and sheep on both sides and you can bite them in both directions. After that, it was easy.
Now a test. Since I got him 3 months ago, we have been practicing a lie down, off sheep, in the yard. He's got it down pat out there. In fact for a while I had to quit practicing, because every time I looked at him, he laid down. But in here where things are so tremendously exciting, would he take it? And the answer is YES!
I got him slowed down and looking at me, then in my happiest voice said; "lie down." With this huge goofy grin on his face, tongue lolling and breathing hard, he said; "OK," and down he went. Well, of course, so did I. Right to his side to give him one of those huge, rubbing, patting, kissing, oh-so-happy-that-a-boy finishes that my dogs know and love. Good day. Good dog!
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NetKernel News Volume 1 Issue 8
December 11th 2010
What's new this week?
- Some low level optimizations and fixes in layer0 and layer1.
- Substantial optimization of DPML proceses to improve caching.
- NetKernel's Apposite package/repository infrastructure explained.
System updates
layer0: Boot strap unbounded recursion with double-layered dynamic imports has been fixed. This involved changing the commission process so that it now allows short term caching of transient boot strap state, which once commissioning is complete, is expired and the full commissioned space is usable. (The headline for this was going to be "Halting Problem" solved - but that might be over egging the pudding).
layer1: Fix to the base-64 decoder when decoding very short streams. Removed the toDataURI transreptor and made it into an explicit accessor - the prevents incorrect transreptions to the DataURIRepresentation that would most obviously have occured if using DPML's
lang-dpml: Chris Cormack has been pushing hard on using DPML in some very complex scenarios. This led to the discovery that the default expiry from a DPML process needed to be tweaked so that dependent expiry propagation is the default and is only not the case when it is explicitly specified with the modify-response tag. This change makes caching when using DPML behave the same as for NKF and ensures correct/optimal caching of DPML generated representations in these complex processes.
Also, improved the cacheability of DPML processes that make heavy use of the the
nkse-control-panel: Error reporting from various tools was being lost due to a lack of CSS styling. This is now fixed.
apposite: Now supports setting up a connection to a repository with one-click upload of a repository settings description (see below for more details).
Video News
The Apposite package and repository system is pretty powerful but, apart from getting system updates, its potential has not really been fully explained.
We took the time to create a series of screencast videos showing module creation, packaging, package management, repository build and publish, hot-deploy to production, end-to-end release updates and system rollback.
The videos are embedded as video tutorials in the updated nkse-doc-content package (update, reindex docs and search "video"). Also, if you're looking for something to do this evening you can sit down with the family and watch the new NetKernel YouTube channel - which provides a common place to find all the recent video material.
Some say, this channel is more exciting than American Idol/X-Factor, as Annie Lennox would say, who am I to disagree.
ROC News
"Brian Sletten never RESTS" would be a good title for Brian's new series of articles over on InfoQ - his first one, "Resource Oriented Architecture: The Rest of REST", provides a great groundwork for the series.
Randy's article on NetKernel Grammars should go up on InfoQ over the next week.
On his blog, Tony has failed to deliver yet again - this time he's got a good excuse, it begins with Chris and ends with Cormack, and has been kept busy with the improvements to DPML. I already know that he does have something for you next week though.
Enjoy the weekend!
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I'm sure after reading the above title your first thought was something along the lines of: 'Drama fuelled court battles that last many years and cost enormous amounts of money'.
Sure these are the types of breakups that people talk about; but I'm here to tell you that no one 'wins' in these breakups (the lawyers included).
Why don't you win by battling?
It is the time, cost and emotional investment that separated couples will experience. The ultimate impact is not only to the couples themselves but the wider support networks and in particular, any children of the relationship. Sure there are always going to be situations when taking a matter to Court is inevitable, whether there are urgent safety issues or where people are simply too far apart in their expectations. However, it should almost never be the first step in a family law matter.
So what other options do separating couples have?
Three words: negotiate an agreement. No that doesn't mean one spouse must 'settle' or give into any and all demands made by their ex. Instead, it is an option that allows people to work through any issues they each have and to try to reach an agreement that they can both live with. People will save themselves alot of time, sleepless nights and an absolute truckload in legal fees by using this option. Sound appealing? We think so too! Of course if the relationship ended on sour terms and/or one spouse is out for the other's blood, then the likelihood of a quick and easy agreement can be significantly reduced. There are however many different techniques that can be employed depending on a matter to negotiate an agreement. Some common techniques include private discussions between couples, negotiation through solicitors, counselling and mediation.
How do you start the negotiation?
As a first step, separated couples should seek advice from a lawyer who specialises in family law. It may also be appropriate to seek advice from a financial advisor. In my experience, separated couples who negotiate without knowing their entitlement or options almost always result in disaster!!
So you've negotiated an agreement - what next?
People should formalise the agreement in a document called 'Consent Orders'. Consent Orders are technical documents and should be prepared under the guidance of family lawyers. Consent Orders will ensure that an agreement is properly documented, binding and enforceable. There can also be tax and other duty benefits with their use.
What's the risk if you don't get Consent Orders?
The major risk with leaving an agreement as an informal one is that circumstance may change shortly after separation or many years down the track. That change may result in a spouse refusing to stick to the 'handshake agreement', and instead electing to take their ex-spouse to Court to battle on. Those circumstances can include when:
- spouses have a falling out with each other for various reasons (generally a new partner); or
- a former spouses financial circumstances dramatically improve or suffer.
So what should you take away from this?
Everyone wins with Consent Orders (even us lawyers!). Give yourself the peace of mind and apply for Consent Orders. It really is a no brainer.


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A Suffolk benefit cheat who was overpaid £28,000 after failing to mention he jointly owned a property with his partner has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Stephen Thorne told investigators that he knew he was doing something wrong by not disclosing his interest in the property in Horsey, Norfolk, and said it had been worrying him for some time, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Thorne, 57, from Preston St Mary, Sudbury, admitted fraud by false representation, dishonestly failing to disclose information and obtaining a money transfer by deception.
He was given a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years and a 30 day rehabilitation activity order. He was also ordered to do 150 hours unpaid work.
The court heard the offences were committed between February 2003 and May 2012 and related to income support and Jobseeker's Allowance.
Thorne, who was not legally represented, said he was ashamed of what he'd done and was planning to sell property to repay the money.
A proceeds of crime hearing will take place later in the year.


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A former pub could be converted into an educational centre for blind children if plans are given the green light.
An application has been lodged to change the former Acregate Hotel in New Hall Lane into the Able to Learn Centre.
Two previous similar applications had been rejected after fears over insufficient parking, but The Al Qalam Tarbiyah Centre now hopes to be given the go-ahead for the plans.
A statement submitted by AZH Consultancy said that local Islamic scholar, Mr M Shoeb Nakhuda, had been approached in 2009 by a concerned parent in Preston who wanted help finding an Islamic school for his blind child.
Mr Nakhuda later decided to teach the child himself, and the statement said: "The three-year journey was a very humbling experience for Mr Nakhuda, who having acquired these skills is aiming to pass on the benefits of his knowledge to as many blind Muslim children as possible by opening an Arabic school for the blind."
The statement said Preston's Muslim community had pulled together and "raised sufficient funds to allow the purchase and conversation of this site dedicated to providing facilities for blind Muslims".
It said: "The applicant intends to establish an educational centre focusing on children with disabilities, primarily blind children.
"In order to allow disabled children to learn in an inclusive environment and to subsidise and absorb the higher than normal cost of educating disabled students, the centre will also cater for able bodied children."
If plans are approved, the ground floor of the centre will be open to everybody, not just Muslims.
Coun Veronica Afrin, who represents St Matthew's ward on Preston Council, said: "My personal view is that parking would be my only concern, from the families' view. Other than that, it would be a good use of the pub.
"There are lots of these premises around now and we are looking for innovative uses, but the parking, the safety of children and families would have to come first.
"Other than that I would like to see it brought back into some kind of use."
The pub has been disused since 2010.


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Tonight I'll be doing a reading of CAESAR'S BLOOD by Rich Rubin @ the JET Theatre for their Festival Of New Works.
It's a great play about the Booth brothers and their actual performance of Julius Caesar. I'm playing John Wilkes Booth alongside some of my favorite actors: Barton Bund, Linda Hamill, Lynch Travis, and Harry Wetzel Come check us out!
All readings take place at 7:30 pm in the DeRoy Theatre in the JCC. Tickets are $5.00 per show or $18.oo for the full series. Free to JET subscribers. Call 248-788-2900 to reserve your tickets!
More info @ www.jettheatre.org