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Kamieskroon Tourism
Kamieskroon, Namaqualand - Things to do
OVERVIEW:Kamieskroon is set among the granite rock formations of the Kamiesberg range. The town's origins lie in the 1860s, 7km north of its present position. It took the name Bowesville (later Bowesdorp), after the district surgeon, Dr Henry Bowe.
As there was little room to expand in the narrow kloof the town occupied, the church council decided, in 1924, to rebuild it at Kamieskroon. Kamies might derive from the Nama word "˜kam', meaning two - referring to the twin peaks of the mountain. The "˜kroon', a 330m peak crowned with a huge, cleft rock, is a kilometre from the village.
Accommodation near Kamieskroon, Namaqualand
Verbe Farm Accommodation & Caravan Park - Kamieskroon, Caravan and Camping, Guest Farms, Self Catering+ more details
If Kamieskroon accommodation had a soundtrack, the track would be a gentle and country. It is typical of this Northern Cape self-catering farm house to stay true to its homely and frugal tradition. The campsites too are a throwback to those typical country styled movies where everything, including the food and the air is clear and natural. 53 Km from Springbok when you take the N7 brings you to this ...
Nababeep Hills Guest House - Nababeep, Guest House, Self Catering+ more details
This Nababeep accommodation is situated in the heart of Namaqualand and has a long history. Nababeep Hills Guest House was originally built by O'kiep Copper Company in 1968 as a guesthouse for the guests of the mines. In 2004 the mines closed and the guesthouse was available for private sale. The current owners bought the property in 2006, renovating and turning it into the gem it is today. Springbok ...
Okiep Country Hotel - Okiep, Bed and Breakfast, Hotels and Resorts, Self Catering+ more details
This three star rated lovely Okiep accommodation is situated in the heart of Namaqualand in this historic town, once the site of the richest copper mine in the world. It is on the N7 highway and is the perfect halfway stopover for a great nights rest between Cape Town and Windhoek. All the bedrooms at this accommodation in Okiep have en suite bathrooms, air-conditioning and TV with DSTV. You ...
Bedrock Lodge - Port Nolloth, Bed and Breakfast, Self Catering+ more details
It is believed that the house and cottages of Bedrock Lodge were built in the early 1880s or before. Plans have surfaced from as far back as the 1850s. It is said that the main house was imported in kit form from Denmark as are the wooden wall panels. The wooden floors are from the Knysna forests. The Manager of the Cape Copper company was housed in the south wing and the Harbour Master was said to ...
Gamii Goas Guest House - Port Nolloth, Backpackers Lodges, Bed and Breakfast, Guest House+ more details
A picturesque canvas adorns this Port Nolloth guest house with bright blue skies, high tree tops and smouldering sunsets. While nature's carpenter lays it with a smouldering beach and rocky quad bike and hiking trails. Gamii Goas also has the honour of enjoying the seductive natural aura of Namaqualand. Gamii Goas has little choice but to bask in the glory one of the Northern Cape's most ...
Beach House Accommodation - Port Nolloth, Bed and Breakfast, Self Catering+ more details
McDougall's Bay accommodation in Port Nolloth, Northern Cape uses holiday accommodation to debunk the myth that it is a dormant and mostly sleepy town. If the Beach house is anything to go by then, the myth is already debunked because there is nothing sleepy about this dreamy coastal arena. Dubbed by the Namaqua people as the place where "˜The water took the old man', Mc Dougall's ...
Desert Rose Guest House - Springbok, Bed and Breakfast, Guest House, Self Catering+ more details
Desert Rose is an up-market Guest House, situated in the heart of Namaqualand, Springbok, offering superb B&B and self catering accommodation at reasonable rates. The guest house was built by the owners Piet and Maralynn van Zyl in 2004, who took the necessary steps to ensure that you, their guest, have all the amenities available to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. Situated ...
Rendezvous Guest House - Springbok, Bed and Breakfast, Guest House+ more details
Accommodation in Springbok takes a detour from the typical stop over with minimal luxury by adding a touch of comfort and unpretentious minimal luxury. With a name like Rendezvous, there is nothing that is left to chance at this B&B/Guesthouse with a colonial atmosphere. Set against a canvas of undulating mountains and sunny landscapes, Rendezvous guesthouse, though quaint and quiet is in close range ...
Annies Cottage B&B - Springbok, Bed and Breakfast, Guest House+ more details
Feel at home at this Springbok accommodation where you will receive a warm, friendly welcoming. Annie's Cottage is full of charm and a "˜bit of magic', and around the town and area there is so much to see and experience. People are full of praise for the detail and thought that went into creating each room, it is a place where people love to come again, or bring friends along to ...
Biesjesfontein B&B - Springbok, Bed and Breakfast, Guest Farms, Self Catering+ more details
This accommodation in Springbok is a log cabin perched on stilts in the heart of the Namaqualand region. Biesjesfontein B&B is surrounded by Namaqualand shrubbery and mountains and is 6 km outside of town providing a peaceful atmosphere. Biesjesfontein is close to the N7 and makes the perfect base from which to explore the region. The perfect time to stay in springbok at Biesjesfontein B&B is during ...
Things to do near Kamieskroon, Namaqualand
Kamieskroon Tourism - Kamieskroon, Tourism Information+ more details
Kamieskroon is set among the granite rock formations of the Kamiesberg range. The town's origins lie in the 1860s, 7km north of its present position. It took the name Bowesville (later Bowesdorp), after the district surgeon, Dr Henry Bowe. As there was little room to expand in the narrow kloof the town occupied, the church council decided, in 1924, to rebuild it at Kamieskroon. Kamies ...
Namabeep Tourism - Nababeep, Tourism Information+ more details
Nababeep means "the water behind the little hill" or "the place where the giraffe drinks water" to the Nama people, after the spring at which the town was established. This is the headquarters of the Okiep Copper Company and the largest of Namaqualand's copper mining towns. A Mining Museum charting the copper boom era - in the form of relics and photographs - is a must for the visitor. An old ...
Okiep Tourism - Okiep, Tourism Information+ more details
Okiep is the oldest mining town in South Africa where copper was first discovered and mined in 1855. It used to be the centre of South African copper mining. The large copper resources had been discovered in 1855 already and Okiep experienced an immediate boom. A railway line from Okiep to Port Nolloth was built in 1866 for shipping of the copper. Because there was not enough water for the steam ...
Aukwatowa Tours - Port Nolloth, 4X4 Driving+ more details
Aukwatowa Tours-The insider on what to do in Port Nolloth Its sounds like a rural chant but the word Aukwatowa holds a significant meaning to the locals of Namaqualand because it means for 'Where the water took the old man away.' So it should comes as no surprise that Aukwatowa tours is the go-to for what to do in Port Nolloth. It is the ultimate guide to exploring and discovering the ever so elusive ...
Scotia Inn Restaurant - Port Nolloth, Where to eat+ more details
Scotia Inn Restaurant is a a la carté restaurant with a bar complimented with a swimming pool and braai area, which is also open to public. There's also a lounge area for relaxation. Scotia Inn Restaurant prepares delicious dishes form steaks to seafood. The restaurant also provides catering services and it's a beautiful venue for functions such as weddings, 21 st parties, etc. Accommodation ...
Springbok Tourism - Springbok, Tourism Information+ more details
Set in a narrow valley bisecting the granite domes of the Klein Koperberge (small copper mountains), is the principal town of Namakwa, Springbok. Shortened from Springbokfontein in 1911, it owes its existence to copper-mining undertaken after 1850 and a ready supply of water. In the late 1870s, rich copper deposits at Okiep saw most Springbok residents following their dreams to drought-stricken claims. ...
Garies Tourism - Garies, Tourism Information+ more details
In 1845,Garies was laid out on land given to the Dutch Reformed Church by the owner of the farm Goedeverwagting. The village of Garies consists of one long street with a church, a cluster of houses and shops that are built on the banks of the stream Garies. The Nama people named this area Th'aries after the couch grass that grew along the banks of the stream and this was later changed ...
Hondeklip Bay Tourism - Hondeklip Bay, Tourism Information+ more details
Hondeklip Bay the ocean still smells like it should since there is a constant supply of clean, fresh and invigorating air. Here peace and tranquillity is a way of life and folks live at ease with their surroundings. ...
Komaggas Tourism - Komaggas, Tourism Information+ more details
Komaggas is one of a number of mission stations still operating in Namaqualand. These stations, with their peaceful atmosphere, serve as a precious part of the heritage left by intrepid people from many different countries and religions who were thoroughly dedicated to their beliefs. ...
Pella Tourism - Pella, Tourism Information+ more details
Pella was founded by the London Missionary Society in 1814. It provided a sanctuary for Khoisan driven out of Namibia. The village of Pella was named after the one that gave refuge to Christians in Macedonia in biblical times. After Pella was abandoned in 1872 because of drought, the Roman Catholic Church reopened the mission in 1878. The Old Cathedral, surrounded by date palms, has a curiously ...
Steinkopf Tourism - Steinkopf, Tourism Information+ more details
Steinkopf lies only 50 km from Springbok and the two are often seen as one. The Rhenish Mission Society founded a mission station here in 1819 to preach the gospel to the Nama people. It is still chiefly inhabited by Nama people, many of whom stay in the simple yet practical rounded Nama reed huts. Most of the breadwinners work at the mines of Namakwa. Guided tours of the region are on offer. ...
Mure Steinkopf Ausa - Steinkopf, Cultural+ more details
Mure Steinkopf Ausa is next to the Immanuel Succulent Nursery, where tourist can get information about Steinkopf and other services such as accommodation etc. Tourists can buy handmade products from local crafters at the Mure Steinkopf Ausa. Tourist frequently visit Steinkopf, because Steinkopf is the gateway to Namibie and the Richtersveld and also to learn about the history of our ...
Rietfontein Tourism - Riefontein, Tourism Information+ more details
Rietfontein, a working fruit farm, lies on the southern foothills of the rugged Touwsberg Mountains. With an abundance of small game and a wealth of birdlife and flora, it's the perfect getaway for nature lovers and hikers. ...
Richtersveld Tourism - Richtersveld, Tourism Information+ more details
Richtersveld is situated in the mountains south of the giant bend of the Lower Orange River, the Heritage Site is owned and managed by the local people. Home to semi-nomadic sheep and goat herders, this remote and dramatic desert landscape has over the years welcomed only the bravest explorers and the most curious researchers. While many people already know about the Richtersveld National ...
Richtersveld Route - Richtersveld, Adventure+ more details
The Richtersveld Route is situated in the mountainous desert in the north-west corner of South Africa. To its west is the cold and rough Atlantic Ocean while the remarkable Orange River, the largest river in South Africa, winds along its northern border. Activities on the Richtersveld Route include hiking, 4x4 trails, bird-watching, mountain biking and donkey-cart rides. Artists, seafood ...
Alexander Bay Tourism - Alexander Bay, Tourism Information+ more details
Alexander Bay was put on the map in 1927, when Dr. Hans Merensky the "wizard" geologist of South-Africa, discovered diamonds together with oyster shells on an ancient marine terrace nearby. The discovery changed the course of history in this isolated frontier town, as fortune hunters flocked to the region. The alluvial diamond diggings were soon declared a state mine, a concern which still exists ...
Aggeneys Tourism - Aggeneys, Tourism Information+ more details
Aggeneys is a small community, with most of the town's facilities within walking distance; this includes shopping facilites, a post office, a clinic, a pharmacy, butchery, recreational facilities, schools, a police station, etc. Climate wise, the area is semi-desert, with arid conditions in general, but boasting some of the most beautiful and scare fauna and flora in the world. ...
AmAm 4x4 Trails - Aggeneys, 4X4 Driving+ more details
Man meets nature in the Bushman land, north of Springbok and things to do in Aggeneys include adventurous cruises on 4x4 machines while watching nature play in full HD. With AmAm 4x4 trails you can explore the unusual and mysterious nature of the dessert while also creating a holiday retreat that is new and unpredictably fun. The area is well known for its tranquil spaces and stunning views of the ...
Leliefontein Tourism - Leliefontein, Tourism Information+ more details
Leliefontein is an attractive village with many old blue gum trees and historical buildings. An area of special historical significance is the church, its presbytery and their gardens - which is also home to the original spring and a lovely picnic area. Outside the village are a number of attractions, including old dipping troughs, threshing floors and caves. Visitors can watch ...
Vera's Kookskerm Namakwa Traditional Food - Leliefontein, Where to eat+ more details
Vera's Kookskerm offers visitors to take their time to explore the delightful little village of Leliefontein. They invite guests to join their campfire and listen to some wonderful stories about the Namaqualand region. They have five nama huts and a kookskerm. This wonderful thing to do in Leliefontein is a great experience for all. The culture camp is the ideal place to learn about their ...
Van Wyksvlei Tourism - Van Wyksvlei, Tourism Information+ more details
Van Wyksvlei was established in 1880 and named after a local farmer, Van Wyksvlei lies close to the first, state-funded dam, built in 1882 and still in use. San Rock Engravings can be viewed at Springbokoog. The beautiful Van Wyksvlei Dam and local salt pans is also one of the many wonders of Van Wyksvlei. ...
Map of Kamieskroon Tourism in Kamieskroon, Namaqualand+ OPEN FULL MAP
GPS Co-Ordinates: 18° 40' 31.3" E / 33° 58' 9" S
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Directions to Kamieskroon Tourism in Kamieskroon, Namaqualand
|Departing: Upington Airport
|Address: N10, Upington 8801, South Africa
|Distance: 1.5 km / Duration: 10 hours 40 mins
|Head southwest
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|Take exit 27 to merge onto Kuils River Rd/R300 toward Mitchells Plain/Cape Town International Airport
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|Take exit 21 for M12/Stellenbosch Arterial toward Cape Town International Airport/Blackheath
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Nearest Airport
Upington Airport - Upington+ OPEN WEBSITE
Upington Airport is a small airport and was opened in 1968 as Pierre van Ryneveld Airport, it has a capacity to have 40 000 travellers but only has around 24 315 passengers departing and around 3 425 passengers arriving.
Upington Airport also has the longest runway in Africa, the runway was built to accommodate a Boeing 747 so that it didn't have to stop along the way to Europe.
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Things to do near Kamieskroon, Namaqualand
|Kamieskroon, Namaqualand »
|Leliefontein, Namaqualand »
|36 mins
|28.8 km
|Garies, Namaqualand »
|41 mins
|48.9 km
|Springbok, Namaqualand »
|57 mins
|66.7 km
|Okiep, Namaqualand »
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|Hondeklip Bay, Namaqualand »
|1 hour 44 mins
|85.2 km
|Nababeep, Namaqualand »
|1 hour 12 mins
|86.0 km
|Steinkopf, Namaqualand »
|1 hour 32 mins
|118 km
|Komaggas, Namaqualand »
|1 hour 56 mins
|131 km
|Aggeneys, Namaqualand »
|2 hours 32 mins
|182 km
|Port Nolloth, Namaqualand »
|2 hours 46 mins
|209 km
|Richtersveld, Namaqualand »
|3 hours 2 mins
|209 km
|Pella, Namaqualand »
|3 hours 1 min
|221 km
|Alexander Bay, Namaqualand »
|3 hours 59 mins
|294 km
|Van Wyksvlei, Namaqualand »
|7 hours 12 mins
|521 km
|Riefontein, Namaqualand »
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The S300 anti-aircraft missiles that Russia has reportedly started sending to Syria don't just pose a threat to Israeli or American pilots; they also pose a threat to Russians on the ground.
If Israel or the U.S. bomb the S300 weapons in Syria, there's a good chance they "will kill a lot of Russians," Robert Hewson, editor of IHS Jane's Air-Launched Weapons, said to the Guardian.
Hewson's conclusion comes from the fact that these weapons systems are far more advanced than what Syria already has. Russian operators would need to be on the ground to oversee the weapons.
This is not the first time the same sentiment has been expressed about bombing runs in Syria putting Russia and the West in direct armed conflict. The Guardian reported on Russian military advisors manning Syrian air defenses late last year.
Russia's decision to arm embattled president Bashar Al-Assad is another step toward a more overt proxy war with the West. At stake is the prospect of regime change in Syria, which America supports and Russia doesn't.
It was previously reported that U.S. and Israel could disable Syrian air defense using cyber and electronic warfare, according to military analysts.
Russia's decision to send S300's could easily be seen as directly countering these statements.
"If your plan is to waltz into Syrian airspace and start bombing things this is a big wrinkle," said Hewson.
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Texas killer made famous by Jack Black movie goes free
Update: The Associated Press reports that Bernie Tiede was released on bond Tuesday after the district attorney who prosecuted him agreed to let him out of a life sentence.
Tiede was set free after a judge who recommended his prison term be reduced set a $10,000 bond. A state criminal appeals court must sign off on the sentence reduction while Tiede is out on bond.
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The killer in an East Texas murder case made famous by a movie starring Jack Black is expected to be released from a life sentence Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.
Bernie Tiede, the Carthage man who fatally shot a wealthy widow in November 1996 and was later sentenced to life in prison for the crime could be freed on $10,000 bond, after the DA who prosecuted him agreed to free him.
New evidence about sexual abuse he suffered in childhood has come to light, leading to a probable reduction of the life sentence he received in 1999.
In 1996, Tiede shot Marjorie Nugent, 81, and sealed her body in a freezer in her home. Tiede, an assistant funeral director in Carthage, struck up a friendship with Nugent and the two became close companions, living, traveling, and shopping together.
After Nugent's killing, Tiede continued spending her money and was rather charitable in the community. Police discovered her body nine months later, hidden under frozen food.
According to the Texas Tribune, psychiatrists that examined Tiede learned he had been sexually abused from the age of 12 until he was 18. The suppression of this led him to be able to disassociate himself from reality, including a murder by his own hand. Living as a closeted gay man in a small East Texas town also created issues for Tiede.
The Panola Watchman noted in February that diaries collected by investigators in 1997 showed Tiede detailing the sexual abuse he suffered as a teen, but that they had not been introduced as evidence at trial.
According to Texas Monthly, Tiede told investigators after Nugent's body was found in 1997 that the widow had grown to be "mean and demanding" and that he kept her on ice in the hopes that he could one day give her a nice funeral.
The story of Tiede and Nugent's relationship was made into the 2011 movie Bernie, based on a Texas Monthly article and directed by Texas' own Richard Linklater. Starring Jack Black as Tiede and Shirley MacLaine as Nugent, it also marked the career resurgence of Matthew McConaughey, who played District Attorney Danny Buck Davidson.
State district Judge Diane DeVasto heard testimony Tuesday from the psychiatrists who have re-evaluated Tiede's case, Linklater himself, and others related to the case.
The Texas Tribune reported that District Attorney Davidson planned to file an affidavit with the court that he agrees revelations about Tiede's troubled youth are enough for his life sentence to be reduced.
According to the Texas Tribune, Tiede's release would come with two conditions, one being that he live with Linklater, who has offered to have Tiede stay with him Austin until he gets on his feet financially, and second, Tiede must also undergo counseling for the sexual abuse that he alleges he suffered as a child. According to the Texas Monthly, Tiede has received his paralegal certificate online while in prison, which will help him support himself once he is released from custody.
In 2012 just after the release of the film, Linklater was adamant that Tiede was no longer a threat to anyone.
"Bernie's been in 12 years now. He has to do time, but I think he (got) an extremely harsh sentence. Bernie's not a psychopath or sociopath. I think this was a heightened one-time event. He really is the nicest guy," he told the Houston Chronicle.
A spokesman for the Nugent family, Ryan Gravatt, told the Texas Tribune that they believe that Tiede should remain in prison and serve out his life sentence.
"He confessed to her murder and his confession was admitted in his trial," Gravatt told reporters. "A jury found him guilty and sentenced him to life in prison, where he should remain."


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Holy Cross Athletics Hosts Mental Health And The Division I Student-Athlete Panel
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By Kate Griffin
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Mental health awareness is an important topic that is under-addressed in the world of collegiate athletics. On Thursday, March 23, Holy Cross student-athletes gathered in the Hogan Ballroom to listen to a panel on the importance of the mental health of student-athletes, as part of the athletic department's Be Well Series.
Armani Dawkins, the assistant director of athletics/student-athlete development, coordinates the Be Well Series. "The importance of the Be Well Series for our student-athletes is to lay a foundation and create space to educate and discuss topics that are often stigmatized amongst the student-athlete community," explained Dawkins.
Mental health was the topic chosen for this semester's series. "As our student-athletes have continued to find their voice, they're becoming more aware of all that it entails to perform at the highest level, which certainly includes practicing self-care as it relates to their mental health and wellness," said Dawkins. "This process and realization has led them to ask questions, and seek information about mental health. Within our athletic department, we will always encourage our student-athletes to get involved and be active about topics they feel are directly affecting them, which is the basis on which the topic of mental health was chosen."
Holy Cross Visiting Assistant Professor Gary Senecal of the Psychology Department moderated the panel. The panel included three experienced professionals in psychology: Dr. Patrick Whitehead, Dr. Judy L. Van Raalte and Dr. Susan Sotir. The panel also included a second-year doctoral student who will be joining the college in the fall, Jacob Schlierf, and two former Holy Cross student-athletes, Chris Morgan, a former member of the men's basketball team (Class of 2016), and Hannah Grace Stokes, a former member of the volleyball team (Class of 2015).
The panel covered topics including motivational climate, career transition in athletes, the hard balance between academics, athletics and maintaining a social life, the role of social media in athletics today and eating disorders in athletes. There was a large turnout from the student-athletes on campus and the panel received very positive feedback.
One of the topics covered by the panel was career transition. When a student-athlete has competed in their sport for the majority of their life, it can be difficult to transition into a full-time career that is unrelated to athletics. "The skills that student-athletes bring to the career process are skills that they have developed for years in their sports," said Dr. Van Raalte. "Trying to translate those into the workplace takes a little bit of bravery and action in the career area. One thing I was struck by here at Holy Cross was the number of student-athletes who had used the career center. That is remarkable. Keep doing what you are doing, it seems to be working."
The two members of the panel who were former student-athletes at Holy Cross gave their perspective on post-grad life, the career transition and the importance of conversations about mental health among student-athletes on campus. Morgan discussed his struggles of being injured during his athletic career at Holy Cross. He explained that being injured took a toll on his mental health and he was frustrated when he was not able to play the sport he loved. His advice to student-athletes struggling with an injury was to take time recovering. There is no rush to push your body to something it is not ready for. He included that staying busy helps keep the mind off of the injury and helps the student-athlete focus on recovering.
"You are faced with high intensity in the classroom and high intensity in athletics," explained Morgan. "It is so important to take time to care for yourself as a student-athlete. The intensity really prepares you for your work place. We came in with a really strong base that Holy Cross gave us to be successful in our own special ways post-graduation."
Stokes explained that mental health issues are not usually discussed if student-athletes are not psychology majors. She enjoyed participating in this talk because all student-athletes are exposed to these issues and can continue the conversation with their teammates.
"I was so lucky to come back to share my experience as a student-athlete and take part in an important discussion," said Stokes. "Volleyball is very interdependent. I want to move into a nursing profession, which is very integrated. You have to be attentive and team oriented. I have transitioned those skills into my career path."
Student-athletes responded well to the topic of mental health awareness. "The Be Well Series is a really worthwhile addition to athletics at Holy Cross," said Amanda McClure, a sophomore on the women's rowing team. "I felt that the panel touched on topics and concerns about the mental side of athletics in a way I hadn't heard before. I think these talks about mental health will help bond us closer together as peers and acknowledge the fact that we are all feeling and experiencing similar struggles as Division I student-athletes."
"It was amazing to see such a great turnout for the event," said freshman Will Brophy of the men's hockey team. "I found the panel overall was a really effective way to ignite discussions about mental health with student-athletes. A lot of time student-athletes under high stress feel alone and that no one else is experiencing similar problems. It is evident from the turnout that Holy Cross student-athletes are ready and want to talk more to end certain stigmas associated with mental health."
Senecal was pleased with the outcome of the event. "I think it was a huge success," said Senecal. "A lot of student-athletes have already come to me with positive feedback. For me the point of the event was this: if we can have education and discourse on the front end, we can avoid harsh intervention on the backend. If we can get really intelligent people to talk about what they know in these topics with the panel, and offer that information to student-athletes, the student-athletes can now have a dialogue."
Mental health awareness and conversation is becoming more and more present on campuses today. The Be Well Series took the initiative to spark conversations that student-athletes will take to improve their academics, athletic performance and overall well-being.
To support amazing student-athletes, please consider making a gift to the Crusader Athletics Fund by going here.


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As I noted in previous installments of this series, our government seems to have a problem keeping tabs on its laptop computers, especially the ones with sensitive information on them.
I know private sector companies lose plenty of laptops too. And sometimes those laptops also contain sensitive information. But there are at least two important qualitative differences between private and public laptop or data losses: (1) While some sensitive data may be lost or compromised when private laptops are lost, almost everything that government collects and stores on laptops is going to be at least somewhat sensitive information, and in other cases very sensitive. And much of that information that government collects about us is gathered without our consent. (2) When private companies lose laptops or data, someone is usually held accountable. Heads roll and lawsuits fly. Not so with the government, at least not most of the time.
That's why I make such a big deal about government laptop losses. And that's what makes this new Department of Justice report so disturbing.
The DOJ's Office of Inspector General decided to conduct a follow-up audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after a previous 2002 report revealed that the FBI had lost 317 laptops over a 28-month review period. That report also found that the FBI "did not always report the missing items to the DOJ or enter lost and stolen weapons and laptop computers into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database." Moreover, the agency "did not have policies in place that required reporting lost or stolen laptop computers to its Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), nor was the FBI investigating the loss of this equipment in a timely manner." The FBI had also "not established deadlines for reporting losses, was not conducting physical inventories as required, and was not reconciling its property records to its financial records." Finally, the agency "could not provide documentation to establish whether excessed laptop computers were properly disposed of as required."
That's not a pretty picture. Luckily, things have improved somewhat since 2002, but the results are still a bit disturbing. The DOJ's follow-up audit of the FBI spanned a 44 month period this time around and the overall number of lost or stolen laptops dropped to 160. Interestingly, however, although the number of lost laptops dropped from an average of 10.7 per month to 2.6, the number of stolen laptops actually increased from 0.6 per month to 1 per month.
Overall, the DOJ was forced to conclude that:
"Our audit found that the FBI has not taken sufficient corrective action on several recommendations outlined in our 2002 audit report to address the issue of missing and stolen equipment. Perhaps most troubling, the FBI could not determine in many cases whether the lost or stolen laptop computers contained sensitive or classified information. Such information may include case information, personal identifying information, or classified information on FBI operations.
Prior to our follow-up audit the FBI did not maintain records indicating which of its laptop computers actually contained sensitive or classified information. Moreover, during this follow-up review, the FBI could not identify for us the contents of many of the lost and stolen laptops, including whether they contained sensitive or classified information."
But the FBI did reveal that at least 10 of these lost laptops contained sensitive or classified information.
As I mentioned in a previous essay on this subject, things like this should make us think twice before granting the government more authority to collect or retain data about the citizenry.


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The generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation is
$u_t + u_{xxx} + (u^p)_x=0$
for integer $p$. (The original Korteweg-de Vries equation is the case $p=2$.) I need to understand solutions for $p=1$, but I haven't been able to find this case addressed in the literature despite extensive searching. Is there a reason why $p=1$ isn't interesting? Does it reduce to a simpler form? Is it intractable?
If not, what the best way to learn about this case?


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RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - maruchan - 2012-04-06
Here's an updated build for everyone to try out. This is the latest from XBMC's main branch, since elupus' branch has now been merged. The '-mt' version is the same build, just with the relevant code from the a0fc63d commit removed. Compare and contrast.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - jpsdr - 2012-04-06
Thanks for this.
I've just tested with the file i use to test. No difference seen in play, no significant drop frames difference between both (9 vs 5). I'll try to get a 10bits file with higher bitrate, to make sure my CPU (an [email protected]) is not able to decode it even without mt, but for now, 1rst impression is that my fears were wrong, and i was mistaken about the meaning of "slice".
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - s1l3nc0r - 2012-04-08
Thanks for the latest releases maruchan.
Thought I would metion the following:
I downloaded and installed the XBMCSetup-20120405-fc6564d-dx-mt.zip.
After that I downloaded the latest UTW releases from the series Fate Zero ([UTW]_Fate_Zero_-_01_[BD][h264-1080p_FLAC][50256238].mkv)
My XBMC setup does encounter problems playing this file, resulting in choppy panning camera shots, and sometimes audio stuttering/repeating.
My setup is the following:
Zotac Zbox AD02 (with AMD E-350 APU)
OCZ Vertex 60 GB SSD
2 x 4 GB DDR3
USB connected hardddrive with media files.
HDMI connected to Samsung TV for picture
Optical connected to Philips HTS for audio
I hope this will help you to further evaluate your custom version of XBMC.
I will continue testing with the non mt version you posted.
I will also take one of the episodes and convert the Flac Audio to AC3.
I will post my findings here.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - maruchan - 2012-04-08
Can you test it with the subtitles disabled? As mentioned a few pages back, it could be a bottleneck with subtitle rendering rather than with video decoding.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - s1l3nc0r - 2012-04-08
I will do that in a few hours, but that doesn't solve my problem, since I don't speak Japanese.
I did download the same file in 720P resolution, with AC3 audio, that had some minor video stutter.
I also converted the Flac audio to ac3 inside the 1080p version, but that still gave me the same problems.
I do have one small problem, I can't seem to find the option in the video library to switch from library mode to list view ?
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - radx - 2012-04-09
(2012-04-03, 22:37)sereny Wrote: @radx: I'm afraid you're out of luck. Most of us use quadcore CPUs for 1080p hi10p material because even a strong dualcore is easily pushed to its limits (on a sidenote though, some subtitles are also using up a good chunk).
Thanks for your input!
Do you think hardware acceleration support for hi10p/1080p will be possible in future releases or do you think we will always be stuck to software decoding the stuff?
I might have to consider setting up a transcoding enviroment on my server so i can atleast watch these movies on my cpu weak htpc. That or using some conversion of some kind. I think i might have to do it on the server though as that has way more cpu power than my htpc.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - Ned Scott - 2012-04-10
(2012-04-09, 21:19)radx Wrote: Thanks for your input!
We're going to be stuck on software decode at least until the next big shift, which will likely be for h.265/HEVC, which will beat the pants off of High Profile and Hi10P. Really awesome stuff, but HEVC only just started their first draft standard and is planned for a final draft next year. Even then it will take the market a while for those hardware decoders to be wide spread, and there's no guarantee that Hi10P will also be added.
You have to remember that Hi10P isn't a new codec/profile, it's actually 8 years old. It just wasn't meant to be used in the consumer space, so no one bothered to support it in any consumer hardware. The only people using Hi10P in mass are anime fans in the last year or so, and in the big picture they make up a very small fraction of the hardware decoding market. There's no reason for companies to pump out new hardware decoding chips for Hi10P, especially with h.265/HEVC so close.
In other words, we're going to have maybe another year of this Hi10P stuff, then everyone is going to jump ship to h.265/HEVC.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - mrpeterparker - 2012-04-10
(2012-04-06, 03:18)maruchan Wrote: Here's an updated build for everyone to try out. This is the latest from XBMC's main branch, since elupus' branch has now been merged. The '-mt' version is the same build, just with the relevant code from the a0fc63d commit removed. Compare and contrast.
tried the non "mt" build right over the latest eden distro and it worked perfectly for me.!
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - astrotrain - 2012-04-10
(2012-04-10, 14:40)mrpeterparker Wrote:(2012-04-06, 03:18)maruchan Wrote: Here's an updated build for everyone to try out. This is the latest from XBMC's main branch, since elupus' branch has now been merged. The '-mt' version is the same build, just with the relevant code from the a0fc63d commit removed. Compare and contrast.
I also tried the non Mt build and all files play fine, the only issue is Cast Details is broken as well as ass subtitles are stuck on super large setting, can't decrease the font size but everything else works great. Good work on modding the codec engine.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - Shine - 2012-04-10
You guys should mention whether you actually tested using 1080p Hi10P stuff or not to get comparable results. Anything else (even 720p Hi10P) should be playable flawlessly on most non-ancient (and non-Atom, non-Fusion) CPUs in a single thread. Core-i with TurboBoost at close to or more than 3GHz will likely decode everything you can find nowadays flawlessly without the need for multi-threading.
Check task manager while XBMC is playing, too. If decoding is truly multi-threaded, all CPU cores should be loaded similarly high or low. Single-threaded decode causes high load on one core and significantly lower (not zero) load on the other cores. If none of your cores is experiencing high load, then you either have a super-fast CPU or the files you're playing aren't challenging at all to the decoder.
Last not least, if you don't have any Hi10P stuff at hand, make sure to disable DXVA when testing. Using DXVA will leave all your CPU cores idle while the GPU is doing the work. In addition, you migt want to check the h.264 profile of your test files, e.g. using MediaInfo - in case your files are L4.1, they may very well be sliced - which even the non-mt builds above will decode multi-threaded. These builds aren't actually non-mt at all - it's just frame based mt that is disabled for stability, leaving only slice based.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - jpsdr - 2012-04-11
(2012-04-10, 22:01)Shine Wrote: in case your files are L4.1, they may very well be sliced.Not impossible, but very unlikely...
Slice will be probably found only on "true" Blu-Ray rip, without any re-encode.
Otherwise, if it's mkv re-encoded, very probably using x264, slices are disabled by default, and using slice will (even if it's very low) slighty reduce quality.
After, it's only my point of view.
I have an [email protected] Bambi73 version stuttered horribly with a lot of frames drop on a "high bitrate" 1080p 10bits file. This make me thought that my CPU was unable to properly decode this kind of file without mt. But, the both version of maruchan played the same file properly. I should check with media info, if parameters of x264 are shown, if it's encoded with slices or not... and try to find a 10bits 1080p file with higher bitrate.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - s1l3nc0r - 2012-04-11
In my case, understanding the last few posts correctly, it would be impossible for me to play Hi10P 1080p BluRay rips on my Zotac Zbox AD02.
Would the solution posed by user alexrose1uk (external player, using lav filters) give me better results ?
The mediainfo for the file i am trying to play is the following:
Unique ID : 245144396668702104186529024829180572207 (0xB86D17EAA7A7674ABCB1D9096A53722F)
Complete name : [UTW]_Fate_Zero_-_01_[BD][h264-1080p_FLAC][50256238].mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 2.65 GiB
Duration : 47mn 43s
Overall bit rate : 7 953 Kbps
Movie name : Fate/Zero BD - 01: Summoning of the Heroic Spirits
Encoded date : UTC 2012-03-18 13:26:39
Writing application : mkvmerge v5.0.1 ('Es ist Sommer') built on Oct 9 2011 11:55:43
Writing library : libebml v1.2.2 + libmatroska v1.3.0
Cover : Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes / Yes
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 47mn 43s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Title : H.264 1080p BD
Writing library : x264 core 120 r2164+656 2ff844c
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / fade_compensate=1.15 / psy_rd=1.04:0.13 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=32 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / fgo=0 / bframes=6 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=35 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=140 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=17.0 / qcomp=0.80 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.21 / aq=3:0.83
Language : Japanese
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Codec ID : A_FLAC
Duration : 47mn 43s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Title : FLAC 2.0 24-bit
Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
Language : Japanese
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Compression mode : Lossless
Title : Styled Subtitles
Language : English
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - KrzyInuYasha - 2012-04-11
Just watched a video streamed over gigabit Ethernet with the following specs.
Video: 1920x1038 h264 10bit ~5150 kb/s 23.976 fps
Audio: 1: Japanese FLAC 5.1 24 [email protected] kb/s
Subtitles: 1: English soft subs (.ass)
Only frames drops that where listed in the Codec info happened after resume from a pause. CPU average was 18% with a peak of 25% using the non-MT version.
Hardware it's running on is the following:
Win 7 x64 Ult.
AMD A6-3670K Unlocked Llano 2.7GHz (clocked at 3.0GHz)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1866
2x 160GB HDD Raid 0
Only issues I've had is that the MT version would play .264 10-bit just fine but random videos in .264 8-bit would be a black screen at times, the Non-MT version doesn't have this issue. The other issue is 5.1 FLAC audio streams play fine but 6 or 7 channel FLAC streams have no sound. Not sure if this is a config part on my end (using Direct sound SPDIF optical out), a general XBMC issue (not supported?), or a bug with this particular build. Just started to look into this and searching the forums, so I haven't found an answer yet.
Just wanted to post this so people have a system comparison with these new builds.
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - mrpeterparker - 2012-04-11
did this version break sql for anyone else ?
RE: 10-bit h264 (Hi10) Support? - boingman - 2012-04-11
(2012-04-10, 17:47)astrotrain Wrote:(2012-04-10, 14:40)mrpeterparker Wrote:(2012-04-06, 03:18)maruchan Wrote: Here's an updated build for everyone to try out. This is the latest from XBMC's main branch, since elupus' branch has now been merged. The '-mt' version is the same build, just with the relevant code from the a0fc63d commit removed. Compare and contrast.
Well, I went and also gave those two builds a go and tried several 8bit and 10bit anime files. For 8bit I disabled DXVA.
I have an Intel i5 [email protected],67 MHz with 8 GB RAM.
I got frame drops with the non mt build, while the mt build seems to run perfectly with no frame drops, but with higher CPU use.
I tested for example:
1) The Opening which plays at the end of the already mentioned [UTW]_Fate_Zero_-_01_[BD][h264-1080p_FLAC][50256238].mkv 10bit file
--> No frame drops on the mt build, and like 50 frame drops with the non mt build, e.g. at the beginning of the OP when the camera is flying past under the bridge and when Saber transforms into her battle attire. It doesn't matter whether I play it with or without subtitles.
2) My "8bit frame drop test file" that I already used for past XBMC builds.
You can find it here: http://depositfiles.com/files/i7g4otyyt (32 secs of a Macross Frontier music video)
--> Very high bitrate seems to lead to tons of frame drops on old XBMC builds and the non mt build, while playing perfectly on the mt build
3) The first 2 mins of [Coalgirls]_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_Unicorn_01_(1920x1080_Blu-ray_FLAC)_[CF793FEE].mkv 10 bit
--> Seems to play fine on both builds. That first scene had many frame drops when playing it with bambi73's XBMC version and was one of the main reasons why I switched to DSPlayer at that time.


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California hasn't had a lot of good economic news lately. So one would have thought that last week's news that Toyota would partner with the electric car company Tesla and revive a Bay Area auto plant that was recently shuttered would be a moment for pure joy.
Instead, it has occasioned doubts and anger.
Why? Two reasons. First, experts in electronic vehicles can't figure the deal out. Why, specifically, did Toyota do it? Electric vehicles are a dicey business proposition. And Toyota has its own auto engineers, so why does it need to partner with Tesla?
There's a nagging suspicion in the coverage that there's less here than meets the eye -- and that Toyota, for a relatively cheap price (its investment is Tesla is chump change for Toyota -- $50 million) gets a badly needed public relations boost after all its recent troubles. Is this real? Or is something going on here?
And the anger? In Southern California, the city of Downey (which gave the world McDonald's and Karen Carpenter) thought it had a deal with Tesla to be the site of its production facility. The city fathers were angry. They had been negotiating lease language with the electric car company, as described here.


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Back to Black – a brutally honest retelling of her breakup with Blake Fielder-Civil – has sold more than 3.3 million copies. But in 2007, the brilliant Brit was hospitalized for a drug overdose, checked into – and out of – rehab, and got busted for drug possession. She reunited with and married Fielder-Civil, only to have him hauled off to jail (they have since divorced and once again reunited).
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Garcetti, calling it "a civic emergency," was there to press for renewal of a state tax credit for the Los Angeles-based film and television industry in hopes of slowing migration of production to other locales.
The Assembly has passed legislation that would extend and apparently expand the current $100 million per year credit that was originally approved in 2009 at the behest of then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a one-time action movie star.
The legislation, Assembly Bill 1839 by Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, won Assembly approval by a 76-0 vote and cleared a Senate committee this week, even though its cost is still unknown.
"This effort is a rare example of government taking proactive steps to ensure well-paying jobs stay in our communities," Gatto said.
It's quite evident that film production in Southern California has declined sharply. Technology has made location shooting easier, cheaper and less dependent on sunny weather, and other states and nations, especially Canada, have lured away production with tax credits and other subsidies.
Louisiana has been particularly aggressive, which is why one sees so many films and television shows, including so-called reality shows, set in that state.
But are tax credit subsidies – diverting public funds that otherwise would be available for other purposes – likely to stem the exodus of production?
They haven't so far, and the Legislature's budget analyst has warned that "responding to other jurisdictions' subsidies could be very expensive and for state government, the film tax credit does not pay for itself" in higher revenue.
The credits smack of crony capitalism. Why should rich film producers feed at the public trough while, for instance, payments to doctors serving the poor are being whacked?
There's also an element of hypocrisy. The state's Democratic politicians have uniformly rejected criticism that the state's high taxes and dense regulatory thicket discourage job-creating investment. But if that's true, why then do they then offer subsidies to certain favored industries to keep them from fleeing?
Our politicians are working furiously on "incentives" to persuade electric car tycoon Elon Musk to locate a battery factory in the state. A Musk-owned solar energy company is a major beneficiary of a tax break hastily placed in the state budget.
Another new bill would give a big tax break to a potential Lockheed Martin fighter plane plant in Southern California.
Rather than handing our money to particular industries or companies, wouldn't it be fairer – and more seemly – to make California more attractive to all would-be job creators and avoid the shadowy politics of targeted subsidies?


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Steering 1 Agenda Midwinter 2010
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Friday, January 15, 2010
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
COP-Essex North-West
2009-2010 Steering Committee
Opening Business 1:30-1:45
- Welcome and Introductions
- Adoption of the Agenda
- Approval of 2009 Annual Steering 1 Minutes will have taken place on ALA Connect (link tbd)
- Announcements not covered in written materials (if any)
- Attendance Sheets - Past-Chair will distribute to Committee Chairs; also posted at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/images/e/e4/GODORT_attendance_sheet.pdf
- Bin number for materials distribution
- ALA photocopy account number
In Person Reports
- ALA Executive Board Member Larry Romans plus Q&A - 1:45-2:00
- Treasurer's Report from John Hernandez plus Q&A - 2:00-2:15
Advance Reports of Activities since Annual
- GODORT Councilor
- ALA Ahead to 2015 Draft Strategic Plan is now online at http://tinyurl.com/c9taff. See also ALA 2015 Environmental Scan and Planning Forums at http://tinyurl.com/yan4b3e. These two links were also disseminated by Larry Romans, email@example.com. Please let us know if you think anything is missing. As Larry indicated this is "high-level," nonetheless, what more would you like to see in regard to GODORT, other round tables, such as MAGERT, too? Mary Mallory, email@example.com.
- Federal Documents Task Force
- International Documents Task Force
- State and Local Task Force
- SLDTF meeting will include a discussion/tip sharing session on seeking grants and community partners for digitization projects of state and local government information.
- Awards
- This is a closed committee and deliberations, which take place between Annual and Midwinter, are private.
- Bylaws and Organization
- Cataloging
- Conference
- Development
- Education
- Education and GITCO will meet jointly for the 1st hour to explore various software tools for educational programming. Education will then review the competencies project and discuss next steps for offering some kind of online training.
- Government Information Technology Committee (GITCO)
- GITCO's Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Tools for Training and Knowledge Sharing has been active since Annual 2009. Transcripts of the subcommittee meetings are available on the wiki. The subcommittee is finishing a report that will be presented for discussion during the first half of the GITCO Midwinter 2010 meeting. Education will join us for this presentation and discussion.
- Legislation
- We will be drafting a memorial resolution for Grace-Ellen McCrann, a resolution to support legislation for CRS reports to be made publicly available, a resolution towards permanent support for GPO funding and whatever may come our way during Midwinter.
- Membership
- The Membership committee will be reviewing pros/cons of the "GODORT Buddy" pilot, and discussing plans for the annual conference. There will also be a working session to revise and update the GODORT brochure.
- Nominating
- 2010 Depository Library Council Nominees being forwarded to the ALA Executive Board are Debbie Rabina, Christopher Brown, Daniel Cornwall and Richard Huffine.
- Program
- No report. Note: Most of Program's activities happen during this conference. If there are proposals for 2011 Annual programs and/or preconferences, they will be voted upon in 2nd Steering.
- Publications Committee
- Recruitment of a new GODORT Website Administrator is the most urgent topic for the Publications Committee as Starr Hoffman's term ends at the Annual Conference. While the GODORT Occasional Papers board has submissions in the pipeline, please announce that we'd like to consider more papers throughout the year. At the Midwinter Meeting, the committee will discuss also digital publishing models and case studies as well as the prospects for GODORT hosting fee-based courses online.
- Rare and Endangered Government Publications
- From Annual to Midwinter, it was planned that volunteers were to work on identifying entries in the Wilcox bibliography of New Deal era publications. Unfortunately, the REGP chair (Andrew Laas) was unable to complete the cleaning and segmentation of the OCRed bibliographic data so the volunteers could begin their work in tracking these items down. This project will be a major topic of discussion at the REGP meeting. Also working on a library tour in Boston area.
- Schedule Committee
- Web Managers
- Working on final content migration (from ALA Collage-hosted website to the ALA GODORT wiki) beginning before Midwinter and ending before Annual. Will use Midwinter meeting to troubleshoot any issues with this. Plan to have migration completed before new GODORT Web Administrator takes over duties.
- Ad Hoc Committee on Communications
Old Business
New Business


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SEOUL, South Korea - The surprise news set off a predictable wildfire of speculation and rumors south of the border.
Almost as soon as North Korea announced this week that its army chief had been dismissed due to "illness," the aggressive South Korean media went into hyperdrive. By Friday a newspaper, citing "unconfirmed intelligence reports," said Ri Yong Ho may have been wounded or killed in a blaze of gunfire when soldiers loyal to him resisted an armed attempt to detain him.
So which is it - illness or a gun battle? Perhaps neither. North Korea watchers are skeptical of the illness claim, but even an unnamed government official cited in the South Korean account said the firefight "has still not been 100 percent confirmed."
This is what happens when insatiably curious journalists in Seoul are starved for information about their tight-lipped, isolated rival to the north.
Many seemingly over-the-top news stories cite anonymous government or intelligence officials, North Korean defectors claiming to have sources in their former homeland or simply murky, unexplained, unnamed "sources." Few explain where they get their information, and many reports turn out to be wrong.
"The less we know about a country, the more rumors we tend to create about it," said Kim Byeong-jo, a North Korea professor at the Korea National Defense University in Seoul. "When curiosity is especially strong, rumors grow more sensational. ... Imagination takes over where facts are scarce and sources are unclear."
North Korea has yet to provide details about Ri's health or his future plans. While many outside North Korea experts say he was likely purged, it is still unclear what actually happened.
The capital, Pyongyang, portrayed a peaceful handover to new military chief Hyon Yong Chol. Soldiers celebrated in the streets with choreographed dances Thursday after the announcement of Hyon's new role and the promotion of young new leader Kim Jong Un to marshal.
North Korean officials have disappeared under chilling circumstances before, but the reports of their fates are often based on murky sources.
Amnesty International, citing "unconfirmed reports," said earlier this year that state security officials had detained more than 200 officials in an effort to consolidate Kim Jong Un's power before he became leader. The rights group cited more "unconfirmed reports" that 30 North Korean officials involved in talks with South Korea were "executed by firing squad or killed in staged traffic accidents."
Many reports end up being false. A prominent example ran as a stand-alone special edition of the conservative South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo in 1986.
In what it called a "world exclusive," the paper announced that Kim Il Sung, the current leader's grandfather and the revered founder of the country, was shot to death on a train near the border with South Korea. A day later, Kim was seen greeting a visiting official at Pyongyang's airport; he died in 1994.
In February, rumors that Kim Jong Un was assassinated in a firefight inside the North Korean Embassy in Beijing spread from Chinese websites to Twitter, sparking a frenzy of speculation about an overthrow just weeks after he took power. AP journalists happened to be at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing at the very hour Kim was said to have been killed and saw nothing unusual at the typically quiet compound.
Friday's reports on Ri were as dramatic as they were murky: Chosun Ilbo reported that 20 to 30 soldiers had died in a gunfight when Ri's bodyguards resisted soldiers sent to isolate him. The report quoted a source as saying that the possibility of Ri being wounded or killed in the gunfight couldn't be ruled out.
TV network YTN cited rumors among unnamed defectors about a gunfight.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service told The Associated Press that it has no idea where the newspaper got the information and was working to find details about the claim. The service doesn't talk about how it gets its information.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, in a statement late Friday, didn't address the reports about an alleged gun battle, but it did criticize what it called "ridiculous" and "false" rumors about the country.
It specifically faulted U.S. and South Korean media for spreading "misinformation," including reports about "serious power scrambles within the leadership" in North Korea, speculation that Ri wasn't dismissed because of illness and that the country was shifting away from its "military first" policy.
Separately, the North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that U.S. hostility was forcing it "to totally re-examine the nuclear issue." It didn't elaborate. Talks on persuading the North to abandon its nuclear weapons program are stalled.
As an example of how news can become cloudy when information is controlled, Kim Byeong-jo, the professor in Seoul, pointed to South Korea itself. In 1980, tens of thousands took to the streets in Gwangju to protest the junta that seized power after authoritarian President Park Chung-hee was assassinated in office.
About 200 people died, but there were rumors of thousands of deaths. Kim said a media blackout meant people outside the southwestern city knew little about the military operations going on against the city's people.
"It takes time for real facts to emerge when information is controlled. In North Korea's case, it takes even longer, and, worse yet, truth may never even surface," he said.
Associated Press writer Jean H. Lee contributed to this story.


text: From childhood, Kevin Fogolin dreamed of living and working in the mountains. After breaking the shackles of small-town expectations, the dream comes crashing down in a helicopter avalanche bombing mission gone horribly wrong. In the aftermath, Kevin and his childhood friend and freeskiing icon, Mike Douglas, are forced to confront the risks and rewards of following their passion for the mountains. Set in British Columbia's rugged Coast Range mountains, SNOWMAN is a familiar tale of dreaming big and a lifestyle where the greatest risk is not daring to dream at all.


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DUBLIN (AP) — An Algerian man wanted by American authorities over the abortive "Jihad Jane" plot to assassinate a Swedish artist was arrested while leaving an Irish courthouse Wednesday and could face U.S. extradition demands within hours.
Ali Charaf Damache, 47, had just walked free from a court in Waterford, southeast Ireland, after three years in an Irish prison when detectives acting on an American extradition warrant rearrested and escorted him, handcuffed, to an unmarked police car. Court officials said his extradition proceedings could begin Thursday in Dublin High Court.
The FBI and U.S. Justice Department accuse Damache of being the ringleader behind an unrealized 2009 conspiracy to target artist Lars Vilks in Sweden over his series of drawings depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog. Muslim extremists in Iraq had offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who killed Vilks, who was never attacked.
U.S. prosecutors say Damache, who has lived in Ireland since 2000, recruited two U.S. women via jihadist web sites to help him target Vilks. One of the women who billed herself as "Jihad Jane," Colleen LaRose, was arrested by the FBI soon after she returned from Ireland in September 2009. Damache married the other woman, Jamie Paulin Ramirez, in a Muslim ceremony on the day she arrived in Ireland from Colorado that same month. Ramirez and Damache were arrested in their Waterford home in March 2010; she voluntarily returned to the United States to face charges there.
Both LaRose, now 49, and Ramirez, now 34, have pleaded guilty — LaRose to conspiring to kill Vilks, Ramirez to lesser charges of aiding terrorists — and are imprisoned in the United States pending their sentencing, which has been repeatedly delayed. LaRose faces up to life in prison, Ramirez a maximum 15 years.
Irish detectives investigating Damache's links to both women trawled his telephone records and discovered he had telephoned a Michigan attorney, Majed Moughni, the lead organizer of an Arab-American protest in Detroit called to denounce Islamic extremists. Moughni told police he received a telephoned death threat the day after that January 2010 demonstration — and taped it.
Damache had pleaded not guilty to Irish charges of making death threats until Tuesday, when prosecutors played the audiotape. A voice identified as Damache's could be heard telling Moughni: "If you were in front of me, I would shoot you. I would put a bullet in your head."
On Wednesday, Damache's lawyers said their client was changing his plea to guilty and wanted to say sorry to Moughni. The presiding judge in Waterford Circuit Court, Donagh McDonagh, described the threat as premeditated and frightening. He gave Damache a four-year sentence but suspended the final year, which meant he was eligible for immediate release given his jail time already served.
He was rearrested within minutes of leaving the courtroom.
Vilks is one of two Scandinavian artists to infuriate Muslims with illustrations denigrating Muhammad, the central figure of Islam, who isn't supposed to be depicted visually at all according to Muslim tradition. The other artist, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, was threatened in 2010 by an ax-wielding Somali who broke into his home, but police shot and wounded the attacker while the artist hid in a specially barricaded panic room. Westergaard's 2005 newspaper cartoons depicting Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban sparked street protests and violence against Scandinavian embassies in several predominantly Muslim countries.


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ESB Artha necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 77 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
ESB Artha Global Wealth Management
We are a Global Wealth Management company in providing
integrated financial solution to Malaysian Investors to invest in global financial instruments and managed products.
Our objectives are:
1. Build and support a multi-currency, multi-product platform (MCMPP)
2. Provide access to direct investments to Malaysian High Net- Worth (HNW) clients through MCMPP
3. Distribute global structured products and managed-funds that are suitable and compliant with Malaysian HNW clients
4. Provide global research capabilities through boutique research houses.
5. Maintain high standards of corporate governance, ethics and conducts
6.Transfer knowledge and share best- practice by educating and training Malaysian talents
It has to be corporate looking but bold. 'Global' and 'Wealth' are 2 aspects that we would like the logo to signifify.
The logo should only say: ESB Artha
The tag line is : Investing beyond borders
Our target markets are:
• Wholesale: domestic banks, international banks subsidiaries, asset managers, stockbrokers, financial planners and domestic fund managers.
• High Net-Worth Clients: sophisticated Investor that has investable assets of more than 3 million Ringgit.
• Retirees: EPF balance greater than RM 1 million
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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One thing that can unleash incredibly depths of anxiety in me is allowing a major milestone or heck, even a common milestone such as the passing of a year, to go by without stopping to acknowledge it and honor it in some way. I like to have my time to sit with it, soak it in, and gather what meaning I can before sending it on its way.
I haven't had time to do anything close to that for a while now and it is keeping me up at night, so here I am trying to muddle through it all at 2:30 a.m.
I am immediately brought to tears when I think of the year that has passed.
It has been, without a doubt, by far the best year of my entire life. I am sorry to see 2010 come to and end. It has been such a good year to me. To us.
As the year began, our family was blindly feeling our way through the fog that had been months of sleepless nights, my crippling post-partum depression, and multiple stressful events and illnesses. We were just beginning to experience the fruit of the work we had started doing with Zane to help him learn to finally finally finally sleep through the night on his own. As a result, I was also beginning to experience the benefit of getting regular normal stretches of sleep at night. I was beginning to emerge from my depression and like a damp-winged butterfly struggling to free itself from the confines of its cocoon, I was beginning to feel my strength return.
There was much newness and tender tentative hope for the year to come. And oh how those hopes would be met, and then some.
There were so many joyful moments, so many adventures. Trips to the zoo, the museum. Going to parades together. Playing at playgrounds. Farmer's Markets, Hot Springs, Swimming Pools, Splash Parks, Yoga, Music, Storytime. Breakfasts out as a family, happy dinners together as a family. Morning walks, evenings spent in the backyard. House guests, playdates, traveling. The best vacation of our lives that also just happened to be a really simple one. Discovering caves, playing in rivers, going on hikes. Riding on trains, rolling in leaves, sledding in freshly fallen snow. Lots of cooking and laughing and every once in a while stopping to catch our breaths to exclaim to one another that we were having "the best year of our lives".
We soaked up as much as we could get of this year. We grabbed our life and we lived in it fully alive and aware. Maybe in some ways for the first time ever.
I reunited with a precious friend from my teenage years, who has quickly become a staple and a gift in our lives. My husband's sister came to live with us for four months, and taught us how to be a family in bigger and brighter ways. I had the opportunity to support and celebrate my sister as she finally realized her dream of becoming a mother in a bigger way that any of us could have anticipated. We were loved by so many amazing friends some who have walked with us for years, some who are just recently coming into our lives.
I did a lot of hard work in therapy, and found myself free from burdens I had carried for far far too long. We made big decisions together, drunk on our progress and momentum.
One of those big decisions was to move. We spent the last several weeks moving from the home that my husband owned when we married. The first home that was ever truly mine. The home where we learned to be husband and wife, where we struggled through years of trying to conceive a child, the home where we first found out we would be parents, the home where I labored for hours before finally heading to the hospital, the house we brought our son home to, the home he has known all of his two years, the home he took his first steps in, the home where we became a family.
This decision means we have started off 2011 in a new place, both literally and figuratively. We have so much hope for this new place, this new beginning. We made this decision in part to allow us even more of what we loved of the year that has passed. Only time, and effort on our part, will tell if our hopes will be met.
I am someone who prepares for the worst. I hope for the best but can't help but prepare for when things go awry as I am convinced they will. What goes up must come down and all that. After such a good, such a full, such a nourishing and freeing year, it is difficult to hope for more. It feels greedy.
But what choice do I have? So here we go....jumping head first into another year. With simple but big juicy hopes and dreams: to share even more laughter, to welcome friends and family with open arms, to continue to grow, even when it is difficult, and experience greater freedom and joy, to rest, to give generously, to love much, and to live fully and authentically this amazing life we have been given.
I hope the same for each and every one of you.
Happy New Year.


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One of the greatest cartoon television series of all times became what may be one of the most disappointing films of all time a few weeks ago. Yes, I'm referring to Avatar: The Last Airbender, re-dubbed The Last Airbender for the M. Night Shyamalan film adaptation.
The award-winning Nickelodeon television series ran for three full seasons, designed that way intentionally to tell the full story of the legend of Aang, a young Airbender and the last of his people who, with his friends, must journey through the Water, Earth and Fire nations to learn how to master all four elements and save the world from the tyranny of the Fire Nation.
The series aired from early 2005 to mid-2008 and spawned the beginning of a potential film franchise. Due to the cartoon's critical success and mass appeal, despite the film's failure to become a big box office hit or win over critics (read our review of The Last Airbender), the creators of the series Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzk knew that Nickelodeon would come asking for more and that's exactly what they did. Now we have a new series in the works, currently titled Legend of Korra.
The spinoff series, which made headlines back in May when Nickelodeon copyrighted the name, is being created as a more mature show with a new lead character; Korra is the next Avatar, a female teenage Water Bender from the Southern Water Tribe in a series which aims to keep the same sense of fun and adventure as the original. Nickelodeon confirmed a few days ago that the follow-up series would begin airing next year.
The story of the Legend of Korra takes place 70 years after the ends of Avatar: The Last Airbender where Aang has now passed away and Korra must learn the fourth and final element from the new last airbender left in the world: Aang's son, Tenzin.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzk talked about the genesis of the show and revealed a few key details. First off, Tenzin is the son of Aang and - you guessed it - Katara from the original series.
There will be definite tie-ins between the two series but no details were revealed as to what characters may make return appearances. The new series largely takes place in Republic City, a new location devised for the new series, based on designs of 1920s era Shanghai and Hong Kong with some Western influences thrown in as well. One concept art image for the series (shown up top) has been released for the series and it gives you an idea of what Republic City may look like.
In Republic City, there's an anti-bending movement taking place and this is where we will start seeing some of the more mature themes of Legend of Korrai unfold.
Here are some answers from the creators to questions you might be wondering yourself:
Avatars tend to live very long lives, how come Aang has passed after only 70 years?
"Konietzko: You gotta keep in mind that he was frozen in a state of suspended animation for 100 years, so he kind of burned up some of his extra Avatar time."
What motivated the change in gender for the new Avatar and protagonist of the series?
DiMartino: "It's not so much about changing because we had Avatar Kyoshi before Aang. We'd established that the Avatar can be male or female and we just thought let's explore one of those more in depth, because Kyoshi was a popular character with a lot of fans and it seemed like a great opportunity to not retread what we'd done with Aang, who was a great hero, we all loved him, but we really wanted to try something different. And we have so many great female fans out there, who really responded to Katara in the first series, we thought we have the fan base who are really going to enjoy seeing the Avatar be a female."
Konietzko: "Mike and I, we love those characters too, and we've encountered countless fans who are male who really like those characters too. We just don't subscribe to the conventional wisdom that you can't have an action series led by a female character. It's kinda nonsense to us."
It's a little sad to see our favorite heroes from Avatar: The Last Airbender become history, but at the same time, I am excited at the prospect of another series set in the same world from the original creators and same crews. At Comic-Con 2010 last week, it was also confirmed that composer Jeremy Zuckerman will return to do the music and sound for the series - another great bit of news!
If you haven't seen it or don't own the series yet, check our our review of Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1 Collector's Edition.
Follow us on Twitter @rob_keyes and @screenrant and tell us what you think about Avatar: Legend of Korra.
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, UGO
Thanks for the tip, Catrina!


text: Hadoop and HBase make it easy to store terabytes of data, but how do you scale your search mechanism to sift through these mountains of bits and retrieve large result sets in a matter of milliseconds? Careful use of the Solr search server, based on Lucene, made these requirements come to life in our production environment. Come learn how we query terabytes of data in a highly available system.


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Gar Alperovitz on Cooperative Economy: "I'll Bet My Life on It"
Gar Alperovitz was in Seattle for the annual meeting of the National Cooperative Business Association and spoke at Town Hall Seattle immediately following a live screening of the first presidential debate. YES! Magazine's executive editor Sarah van Gelder introduced him.


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|Stats at a Glance
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|.419 (31-74)
|3P FG Percentage
|.353 (12-34)
|.333 (2-6)
|FT Percentage
|.846 (11-13)
|.800 (12-15)
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MACON, Ga. – Following the loss at Kennesaw State on Thursday, one word that continued to be used was "identity".
The Lady Bisons have struggled all season trying to find out just who this team is. Saturday at Mercer, they finally found it.
After leading for most of the first half, Lipscomb was unable to hold on in the end and Mercer prevailed with a 76-71 triumph on its home court.
"I was really proud of their intensity and their effort," Lipscomb coach Greg Brown said. "The one thing I told them was 'I think we found an identity.' We saw how hard we can play and things we can do.
"The crazy thing is, this is still only about the sixth game this group has played together as a full team. If we can carry this forward and get one (win), we are still in position to get into the conference tournament. And that is all you can ask for, is to play in the tournament and then we can make a new season out of that."
Saturday the Lady Bisons picked up right where they left off on Thursday. Chandler Cooper stroked 3-pointers on her first two shots, a vision of what was to come for the red-shirt freshman.
Kendra Grant nailed a 3-pointer at the 16:31 mark to give Mercer its only lead in the first 20 minutes at 10-9. Georgia native, Elise Spann put her team back on top with a nice shot fake to go up and under the defender for an easy layup.
The Lady Bisons played with intensity throughout the first half. Playing a full-court pressure style of defense, Lipscomb forced Mercer into 10 first half turnovers.
"I thought we saw that fire and intensity in the second half at Kennesaw State," Brown said. "We talked a lot about developing an identity. This trip was good for us as far as growing closer together and understanding what we can do together as a team.
"I thought we had great contributions coming off the bench with a lot of energy. I am just so proud of the effort and everything we did."
The Lady Bisons lead by as many as six in the opening half. They knocked down six treys to take a 38-35 lead into the break. It was the first halftime lead for Lipscomb since Dec. 14 at Jacksonville State, when the Lady Bisons led 44-41.
Grant hit a bucket to bring Mercer to within one in the opening minutes of the second period, but Sara Bliss and Cooper picked up where they left off in the first and hit back-to-back-to-back threes to push Lipscomb's lead back out to 47-39, its largest lead of the game.
Mercer then began to chip away at the lead.
If there was one area on the court the Lady Bisons struggled, it was in the paint. The Bears had a height advantage that could not be match by Lipscomb. 6-foot-5 center Teanna Robinson had her way in the paint, almost collecting a triple-double with 13 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocks.
Robinson grabbed an offensive rebound and a put back on two consecutive trips to cut Lipscomb's lead to four.
"Mercer got us on that," Brown said. "But there again, I am not going to fault our effort. Mercer is very athletic and long inside. We knew that was going to be an obstacle for us."
Bliss scored four straight points for Lipscomb to lead 51-45.
Mercer then went on an 8-0 run to regain the momentum and take the lead, 53-51.
From there it was a back-and-forth affair with the two teams swapping leads four times over the next five minutes.
Mercer jumped out to its largest lead of the game at five on free throws from Precious Bridges to make it 73-68 with just 43 seconds to play.
Six seconds later, Cooper caught the ball on the left wing and drained her eighth and final 3-pointer to make it a two point game.
Mercer hit three free throws to end the game and drop Lipscomb to 3-19 overall and 0-11 in conference play.
The win improved the Bears to 12-10 overall and 5-6 in the A-Sun.
The rim must have seemed like an ocean to Cooper, she finished the contest with a career-high 31 points. She credits her teammates for her success on Saturday.
"I think it came from more of a team mentality," Cooper said. "We came into the game expecting a win. That was the attitude of everyone tonight and we all just fed off of that."
Cooper tied former Lady Bisons standout and current assistant coach Anna Bowers for the most threes in a single-game in school history. It also tied a Hawkins Arena record for most threes in a game.
"We talked about identity a bunch," Cooper said. "We have changed a lot over the year. We haven't been consistent with offense and defense, but the coaches and the players think we have found our identity and this should be how we play throughout the rest of the season and into the conference tournament."
She also was credited with three steals.
"Chandler is not going to be at full strength yet," Brown said with a smile. "She does a great job of moving and her teammates did a good job of getting her the ball.
For the game, Lipscomb connected on 24-of-69 shots (34.8 percent), hit 12-of-34 threes (35.3 percent) and 11-of-13 from the charity stripe (84.6). The 12 made 3-pointers were the second most of the season for the Lady Bisons.
Mercer made 31-of-74 shots (41.9 percent), 2-of-6 threes (33.3 percent) and 12-of-15 free throws (80 percent).
Rebounding was the difference in the game for Lipscomb as Mercer outrebounded the Lady Bisons 55-37, including 19 offensive boards. Lipscomb had just 10.
"Obviously we have to rebound better and tighten up a few turnovers here and there," Brown said. "That is just experience playing through some things and trying to grow. We have to have three good practices and get ready for Jacksonville and North Florida coming in."
The Lady Bisons had 15 assists and 12 turnovers, while Mercer had 17 assists and 16 turnovers.
Bliss finished with 10 points and five rebounds. Fothergill failed to reach double-digits for the first time all season, scoring only nine first half points.
Ashley Southern failed to get a double-double for only the fifth time this season. She finished with eight points and six boards.
Spann added seven points.
Williams led Mercer with 19 points. 6-foot-3 Kate Alemann just missed a double-double with nine points and 12 rebounds.
Grant poured in 13 for Mercer.
Cooper likes what she saw from her team tonight and believes that must build off of this game moving forward.
"At Kennesaw we only had a half," Cooper said. "We talked about building off of that, and today we finally put two halves together and we all are very proud of our effort. The next game now, we just have to put all of that together and get a win out of it."
The Lady Bisons return home on Thursday Feb. 13 when Jacksonville visits Allen Arena at 6 p.m.


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FredG wrote:I had a look on Models 2u site to check their price on the Unmarried Zulus ( purely out of curiosity) and noticed they are taking pre-orders for Baggage Camels ( Zulu Wars). As these camel trains didn't change since forever they'll suit any period. The roughs on the Hat site look promising.
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