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If you have always dreamed about beautiful wavy locks but just lack the length and needed volume, you might want to consider hot fusion extensions. AiryHair glue based, body wave U-tip extensions will instantly give you the look you have always wanted. Having hair that looks lifeless and lacks thickness and shine can be very disappointing and that's why more and more women are using extensions in order to enhance their look.
Glue extensions are very popular because they can be easily attached with the hot fusion method that has become very common lately. It is a semi-permanent method which means it will last you for several weeks before it is refitted again. It also means you won't have to take off your wavy extensions every day, like you have to with the clip-in method. This makes glue extensions perfect for busy women who don't have too much time for their hair each day. Once you install them, you're good to go and the body wave will look just perfect every day with minimum styling. Another reason why we recommend hot fusion extensions is because they don't require much effort for installation. The process is quite simple and you can even learn how to do it yourself which will save you a lot of money.
If you're not quite sure how the hot fusion extensions work or need more information about our product, read on, and learn about all the features of keratin body wave, how to apply it and care for it.
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Remy Glue Body Wave Hair Extensions (100 Strands)
Because our glue body wave extensions are applied by using the hot fusion method, they are a real breeze to attach. By following our simple instructions, you can even do it yourself and save money and time. It is a strand by strand method that allows you to hide your extensions more easily as well as completely control the density. AiryHair glue body wave extensions are indistinguishable from your real locks and will blend in just right so you don't have to worry about the tips being visible. All the hair used to make our extensions is top quality, real Remy hair.
All the strands are pre-bonded and glue is used which is perfectly safe for your hair. You don't have to worry about any damage or harm to your tresses. The beautiful soft wave will add an extra dimension to your look and will stay the same throughout your use.
Your glue hair extensions pack will include 100 strands.
Glue Remy Hair Extensions Product Information
We want all of our customers to be able to customize the extensions so we offer you many colors, different weights that control the density, as well as amazing textures like body wave. There are 100 U-tip strands in the package, pre-bonded with glue and ready for use immediately. Each of the wavy strands is connected to your real hair by melting the glue and fusing both together. After this easy process is completed, you can enjoy your extensions and wear them for weeks! But do keep in mind that hot fusion extensions need to be reinstalled after that. As your natural strands grow, the tips will be moved further down and if not refitted will become visible and that's not what anybody wants. So make sure you reapply your glue body wave in time and avoid the risk of putting too much strain on your hair. You do not need to buy new strands, they simply need to be moved higher up.
1. Color: All available colors, including blonde and honey blond
2. Length: 10 to 30 inches
3. Weight: 40 to 100 grams, 120-140 grams for 22 to 30 inches
4. Strands: 100 strands
5. Single-strand weight: 0.4 to 1.4 grams
6. Texture: Straight, wavy, yaki, funmi and curly
Glue Hair Extensions Features
When you try our gorgeous glue body wave extensions, you will not want to take them off! Here are some of the awesome features you get with our U-tips:
1. Incredibly stylish and trendy body wave texture
2. Extensions made out of top quality Remy hair that has been manually processed
3. Lustrous and soft to the touch hair
4. Wavy strands that don't tangle as much
5. Pre-bonded U-tips are easy to attach
6. Realistic and natural look
7. Amazing colors and shades
8. Length from ten to thirty inches
9. Can be worn for up to six months
Glue Hair Extensions FAQ
Should I get single or double drawn hair? Density and volume of the hair is the main difference between double drawn hair and single drawn hair. Double drawn means that all the strands have manually been checked and all the shorter hairs have been discarded. That results in equal strand length from top to bottom and greater density of the extensions. With single drawn, you get much thinner hair that is not equally thick. So if you're looking for amazing volume, double drawn should be your choice.
Is your hair Remy? Yes. If you're looking for top quality hair, then Remy is your best choice. It is unmatched when it comes to durability, volume, and quality. Remy stands for hair that has been collected from one human donor and has all the cuticles. These are facing the same direction which means it will tangle a lot less and last for a longer period of time. However, there are some stores that sell fake Remy hair.
Those strands are not high quality because the cuticles are removed by a chemical process. That results in extensions that tangle and knot and simply do not look as good. If you want something that will last you for a long time, make sure to buy genuine Remy hair.
How to Apply Glue Hair Extensions?
Our wavy glue tips can be installed in no time without much hassle. Take a look at the step-by-step instructions on how to do it:
1. Wash your hair beforehand and comb it.
2. Check that the extensions color matches your own perfectly and that the length is right. If everything looks great, you can proceed with the application.
3. All of the U-tip strands should be placed in a couple of layers, starting from your neck. You can also place some at the sides, but don't go too high up because you don't want the tips to show.
4. Start with the first layer just above your neck. Section off the hair, and clip everything else up. From that layer, separate multiple small strands and make sure there's enough space between them.
5. Take the first keratin extensions and melt the glue with the hot fusion tool. When it's nice and sticky, apply it to the first strand. Roll the tip between your fingers in order to connect it properly. Do not place the tips too close to your roots because that put too much strain on your hair and prevent it from growing properly.
6. Repeat the same process for each strand on the first layer. Now separate another layer higher up and do the same thing. Be very careful when handling the hot tool and attaching the extensions because it's not so simple to remove them right away. 7. When you're done, avoid washing your hair for one or two days.
How to Remove Keratin Hair Extensions?
Because your body wave is glued to your natural tresses, it will grow out after a couple of weeks, depending on how fast your strands grow. That is the time when you should remove the extensions and reapply them again. The removal is very simple if you have an adhesive remover and the hot fusion crushing tool.
Here's how:
1. Decide whether you want to start from the top or the bottom.
2. Find the first bond and move away any strands around it.
3. Apply keratin remover and press the bond with the fusion crusher tool. You will notice that the strands can be easily removed now. Repeat this strand by strand until you have removed all of them.
4. There will be some glue residue on your locks so apply more adhesive remover and brush it out. After that, wash your hair. And that's it!
If you have additional questions about installing or removing hot fusion extensions, contact a hair professional. If you don't have a lot of experience and don't want to do it yourself, you have them installed at a salon.
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Ancestral remains to be laid to rest in Yuquot cave
Mowachaht Muchalaht elders are pictured earlier this year after a blessing ceremony on San Rafael Island at Yuquot, flanked by MMFN administrator Kevin Kowalchuk and archeologist Colleen Parsley. From left, Kowalchuk, Margarita James, Anthony Dick, Bruce Mark, Bill Howard, Leonard Mark, Edwin Jack and Parsley. (Submitted photo)
Mowachaht/Muchalath elders are planning for the re-interment of ancestral remains recovered from Nootka Lighthouse last summer.
A small and discrete ceremony was planned for Tuesday, Dec. 11, at Yuquot, but this was postponed to a later date when weather conditions improve access to the Nootka Island village site. The two sets of remains — belonging to a woman and adolescent who lived 1,000 years ago — are to be reinterred following the Nuu-chah-nulth burial practice.
"The elders will be doing a small ceremony, very private," said Kevin Kowalchuk, MMFN administrator. "It will be a ceremony somewhat similar to what we did for the killer whale."
The whale ceremony was held in November to honour the spirit of a baby orca that died and washed ashore on Nootka Island. In this instance, one of the elders has carved a pair of small cedar boxes to hold the partial remains. They were unearthed as a result of an archeological assessment undertaken on San Rafael Island, off the southern tip of Nootka Island, to make way for light station upgrades.
"The elders decided they wanted to get it done rather than waiting until spring," Kowalchuk said.
Archeologist Colleen Parsley concluded that the remains were probably deposited decades ago by lighthouse keepers in soil removed from the nearby village for a garden. The bones were radiocarbon-dated and determined to be from a millennium ago.
About a half dozen or so people are expected to attend the ceremony, which will proceed when weather allows helicopter flights out to the island. Not many boats travel out to the exposed location at this time of year.
"It's a matter of transportation and making sure we can get everybody out there," Kowalchuk said. Winter storms can be an issue. No MMFN staff will be attending, he said.
Part of the reason for the low-key approach is to ensure the site remains as secure as possible from curious visitors and potential theft. After all, the remains have been disturbed once already when they were deposited at the lighthouse. With increased marine traffic stopping at Yuquot, they have reason to be cautious.
Ray Williams, who has lived at Yuquot all his life, learned of the ceremony just a couple of weeks ago at an elders meeting.
"I suggested to them that we should do the proper thing and the right thing, and that's to place them in a cave," he said.
"That's the thing that was done 1,000 years ago. It's not a good idea to bury the boxes in the ground," he added, suggesting it could have negative consequences.
Hereditary Chief Jerry Jack Jr. will lead a cii'qaa, a prayer chant, before the boxes are placed in the cave.
"Our people are going to walk the boxes there, bring them through the reserve and into the cave," Williams said
As much as anyone, he was surprised by the discovery of the remains.
"In a way, it's really sad for them to have discovered the bones there," he said. "People are really touched by what they found."
Williams and his wife reside year-round at Yuquot, an important centre of the Mowachaht world. Most of the villagers relocated to Tsaxana (Gold River) in the 1960s. Now 78, he never considered the possibility, even when the Department of Northern and Indian Affairs promised to cover the cost of relocating.
A social worker suggested the couple is getting too old to reside in such an isolated place, that it's risky and they should move into town, but they have a grandson and great-grandson living with them now. He's heard those same arguments going back to the early 1960s — that it was costing too much to remain in Yuoquot. The commissioner of Indian Affairs in Campbell River would phone now and then.
"It's crazy. People have lived here for thousands of years," Williams said, listing their abundant sources of food.
"You're asking me to do something I can't do," he told the commissioner. "He never called again."
He remains steadfast in the conviction that Yuquot should be more formally recognized for its Nuu-chah-nulth cultural and historic importance, not merely for the landing of Capt. James Cook, which heralded European arrival.
"It's a very, very powerful place here," he said
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R. Kelly was bailed out by a woman who believes he's innocent — at least for now — and says she simply stepped up to the plate to help a friend in need.
Valencia P. Love is the Chicago businesswoman who reportedly covered the $100k bond Monday to secure Kelly's release, and she says, "There are three sides to every story, [Kelly's] side, there's (the alleged victims), and the truth."
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Bet He Sparks ridden by Clayton Edsall sets the pace with Hackamore Classic herd work win.
The National Reined Cow Horse Hackamore Classic, held in conjunction with the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity ®, presented by Metallic Cat, showcases reined cow horses age 5 and under shown in the traditional hackamore. Upon conclusion of seven sets of Open Hackamore Classic herd work held in iconic Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, the dynamic team of Clayton Edsall and Bet He Sparks took top honors.
A 2014 red roan stallion bred by Garth and Amanda Gardner and owned by K & L Phillips, LLC, Bet He Sparks (Bet Hesa Cat x Sparking Train x Shining Spark) lived up to his royal cow horse lineage scoring a 222 to earn $843, and more importantly take an early lead in the Hackamore Classic. Edsall and Bet He Sparks, whose lifetime NRCHA earnings were $153,738 prior to arriving in Fort Worth, are in hot pursuit of another NRCHA Premier Event title to add to their impressive resume. Edsall most recently captured the 2019 NRCHA Derby championship with Bet He Sparks in Paso Robles, California, in June, which he clinched with a massive 228 fence run.
Clayton Edsall aboard Bet He Sparks, owned by K & L Phillips.
Shiners Diamond Cat (WR This Cats Smart x Shiners Diamond Lady x Shining Spark) ridden by Justin Wright for owners Mike and James Draper scored a 220.5 for third and $703. The 2014 mare was bred by Wagonhound Land & Livestock. Rounding out the top three was another standout performer sired by WR This Cats Smart, Opus Cat Olena ( x Opus Chic x Smart Chic Olena), ridden by Matt Koch for BoxO Quarter Horses to a 220 for $562.
Earning top honors in the Intermediate Open Hackamore Classic was Red Hotz (Sweet Lil Pepto x Doc NA Box x Bob Acre Doc), ridden by Jordan Williams for owners Wes and Sarah Williams, to a 219.5. In the Limited Open Hackamore Classic herd work it was NCHA Hall of Fame rider Clint Allen aboard Hes Pistol Packin (Smooth As A Cat x Shiners Lil Pistol x Shining Spark) who scored a 217 for owners David and Stacie McDavid for the win. The high scoring team in the Level 1 Limited Open was Haidas Red Seven (Haidas Seven Heaven x Poco Dun It Right x Heeza Dun It) ridden by Zachary Hedberg to a 215. Hedberg is also the breeder of the 2014 gelding. Rounding out the day's results in the Open Novice Hackamore Classic herd work, it was Matt Koch riding One Timin Katie (One Time Pepto x Katie Starlight x Grays Starlight) for owner Orlando Gonzalez to a 218.
Open and Non Pro Futurity herd work, along with the Non Pro Hackamore Classic herd work, will dominate the next several days of action in Will Rogers Coliseum. A host of other activities are slated to take place throughout Will Rogers Memorial Center this week, among them the Cow Dog Rodear Fall Bash preliminaries on Tuesday and Wednesday in John Justin Arena.
Three NRCHA Professionals share top honors in the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity®Open reined work preliminaries
Day No. 2 of the National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity ®, presented by Metallic Cat,saw brilliant performances by the top 3-year-old equine tri-athletes in the country as the Open reined work preliminaries came to a close in John Justin Arena at Will Rogers Memorial Center. Each owner and rider team is gunning for their share of the total event payout, which is expected to exceed $1.2 million. The Open Futurity Champion will leave Fort Worth, Texas, $125,000 richer upon the conclusion of the Finals on October 19.
Three leading NRCHA riders shared Open Futurity reined work honors with identical scores of 223. Each horse and rider team collected a $4,167 paycheck. Nineteen Ten (Hickory Holly Time x Lil Miss Shiney Chex x Shining Spark), bred by Carol Rose and owned by DT Horses, LLC, was ridden by Kelby Phillips to a 223. Phillips and the 2016 stallion's sire, Hickory Holly Time (LTE $228,563), captured the coveted NRCHA World's Greatest Horseman title in 2018. Todd Bergen rode Flint McCullough (Smart Boons x Smart Dueling Chic x Smart Chic Olena) to a 223. The 2016 red roan gelding is owned and bred by McSpyder Ranch. Rounding out the three-way tie was the Center Ranch bred mare WooodYa (Woody Be Tuff x CR Dees Boon Meow x Peptoboonsmal) ridden by Justin Wright for owner Eric Freitas.
Kelby Phillips aboard Nineteen Ten owned by DT Horses.
Todd Bergen showing Flint McCullough for owner McSpyder Ranch.
Justin Wright riding WooodYa for owner Eric Freitas.
Playgirls Merada Cat (Cats Merada x Playgirls Miss Grace x Mister Dual Pep) was ridden to a score of 222.5 worth $1,250 by Luke Jones for ownership team the Good Ole Boys to split fourth and fifth place money in the reined work prelims with Ben Baldus and Tuff Marshall N Town (Woody Be Tuff x CR Too Catty x Cat T Masterson). Tuff Marshall N Town is owned by Sarijane Stanton and Bill Pinckard. Baldus and Tuff Marshall N Town topped the Intermediate Open reined work for $2,250 to add to their $1,250 in the Open. Here Comes The Boon (Once In A Blu Boon x Stay Outta My Shorts x Shorty Lena), ridden by Lance Johnston for owner Rocking BS Ranch, scored a 221 to finish second in the Intermediate Open for $1,750.
Logicality (Magicality x Boonlight Angel) ridden by Gusti Buerger for NRCHA Hall of Famer Anne Reynolds split the Limited Open reined work win with Stunt Man Blu (Once In A Blu Boon x Hollywood Stunt Girl x Hollywood Dun It) ridden by Abigayle Mixon for Troop Quarter Horses. Both teams scored 219 and earned $875. Mixon and Stunt Man Blu were second in the Level 1 Limited Open reined work for another $750.
Abby Mixon aboard Stunt Man Blu owned by Troop Quarter Horses. Photo By Primo Morales
Gusti Buerger showing Logicality for Anne Reynolds. Photo By Primo Morales
Winning the Level 1 Limited Open reined work preliminary round was Alexandra Ciavardelli riding her own horse, Suns Out Guns Out (Chics Playgun x Clark Jones Lass x Clark Jones) to a 220.5 worth $1,000.
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Action resumes from Will Rogers Memorial Center on Sunday, October 6 when the Open Hackamore Classic herd work gets underway in historic Will Rogers Coliseum.


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[12 Jul 2005 19:52] Landon Fuller
Description: This bug is a followup on bug #6536. As I am not the originator of #6536, I am unable to change the bug's state from "No Feedback" to "Open". Short version: MyODBC calls my_end(), which deallocates the memory used to store charset data. The charset data is corrupted, leading to library failure and program crashes. Long version: SQLFreeConnect() causes libiodbc to deallocate the associated database environment handle, at which point my_SQLFreeEnv() calls myodbc_end(). myodbc_end() calls libmysql's my_end(), and in turn, my_end() deallocates the "once" memory pool with my_once_free(). A backtrace may make this more clear: #0 my_once_free () at my_once.c:111 #1 0x281e4aad in my_end (infoflag=0) at my_init.c:143 #2 0x281afe87 in myodbc_end () at dll.c:118 #3 0x281b3327 in my_SQLFreeEnv (henv=0x2817da30) at handle.c:109 #4 0x281b3e50 in SQLFreeHandle (HandleType=1, Handle=0x2817db0c) at handle.c:487 #5 0x28084f92 in _iodbcdm_driverunload (hdbc=0x804c000) at connect.c:640 #6 0x2808b1c9 in SQLFreeConnect_Internal (hdbc=0x804c000) at hdbc.c:277 #7 0x2808b28b in SQLFreeConnect (hdbc=0x804c000) at hdbc.c:297 #8 0x080486c4 in main () The crash is ultimately due to corruption of the charset data stored in the "once" memory pool. The pool's memory is freed by my_end() and eventually reallocated for other uses by malloc. However, the charset data is never re-initialized, and pointers to the old memory pool remain. This quickly results in the corruption of MySQL's charset data structures, and the crashes and failures outlined in this bug. How to repeat: #include <stdio.h> #include <iodbcinst.h> int main(void) { SQLRETURN ret; SQLHDBC env; SQLHDBC dbh; int i; SQLAllocEnv(&env); for (i = 0; i < 50; i++) { SQLAllocConnect(env, &dbh); ret = SQLConnect(dbh, "mysql", SQL_NTS, "root", SQL_NTS, "", SQL_NTS); if (ret != SQL_SUCCESS) { printf("SQLConnect() failed!\n"); exit(1); } SQLDisconnect(dbh); SQLFreeConnect(dbh); } exit (0); } Suggested fix: The solution for MySQL is to ensure that my_init() also re-initializes the charset data if necessary. I'm not sure of the best solution for MyODBC. I'm inclined to say that my_end() should not be called; the memory that will be leaked is only allocated on libmysql initialization, and will not grow. If MyODBC continues to call my_end(), the cumulative overhead of repeatedly re-initializing the charset data is significant.
[14 Jul 2005 7:34] Vasily Kishkin
Test case for Windows
Attachment: test.c (text/plain), 637 bytes.
[15 Jul 2005 5:23] Jorge del Conde
Thanks for your bug report. I was able to reproduce this bug in FC4 using the supplied test-case.
[16 Aug 2005 15:25] M T
Has a fix been released for this? I have the same problem with FC4. Prefer fix that does not require me to recomplie the ODBC.
[7 Sep 2005 22:02] [ name withheld ]
I would love to see a fix for this as well. I am migrating a ColdFusion application from MS SQL Server and am running into this bug also.
[26 Oct 2005 4:17] Peter Harvey
Please try the just released c/odbc v3.51.12 and report if success or failure. Assigning to sergey in the event that it is still a problem so it can be fixed.
[26 Oct 2005 21:18] Landon Fuller
This is not fixed in c/odbc v3.51.12. Partial valgrind output from running the reproduction case: ==60783== Invalid read of size 4 ==60783== at 0x3C2A374F: get_charset_number (in /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysql client.so.15) ==60783== by 0x3C2A3A5F: get_charset_by_csname (in /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmy sqlclient.so.15) ==60783== by 0x3C2B3C68: mysql_real_connect (in /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysql client.so.15) ==60783== by 0x3C26E761: SQLConnect (in /usr/local/lib/libmyodbc3.so) ==60783== Address 0x3C19FE64 is 3872 bytes inside a block of size 4088 free'd ==60783== at 0x3C03467F: free (in /usr/local/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck. so) ==60783== by 0x3C2A2BA8: my_once_free (in /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient .so.15) ==60783== by 0x3C29CA2C: my_end (in /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.15 ) ==60783== by 0x3C271542: myodbc_end (in /usr/local/lib/libmyodbc3.so)
[10 Nov 2005 16:51] Howard Finer
I also have this problem, and would like to see a fix. If we open and close a connection to the database multiple times, we also fail in the MyODBC library. From the postings I have read, it is the same issue. #0 0xb7218943 in my_strcasecmp_8bit () from /usr/lib/libmyodbc3-3.51.11.so (gdb) bt #0 0xb7218943 in my_strcasecmp_8bit () from /usr/lib/libmyodbc3-3.51.11.so #1 0xb7211e16 in get_charset_number () from /usr/lib/libmyodbc3-3.51.11.so #2 0xb72120b9 in get_charset_by_csname () from /usr/lib/libmyodbc3-3.51.11.so #3 0xb7226f7d in mysql_real_connect () from /usr/lib/libmyodbc3-3.51.11.so #4 0xb71f72b0 in SQLConnect () from /usr/lib/libmyodbc3-3.51.11.so ....
[11 Nov 2005 12:34] [ name withheld ]
We are having this same problem on fedora core 2 and fedora core 4. MyODBC keeps crashing. Can we please see a bug fix for this.
[24 Nov 2005 12:10] Seb James
I wrote a Gentoo ebuild to implement the fix suggested by Landon: to remove the call to my_end() in dll.c in the myodbc source. You can see the patch and fix here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-405586.html
[1 Dec 2005 20:44] Bugs System
A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next version. You can access the patch from: http://lists.mysql.com/internals/32932
[14 Jan 2006 1:14] M T
is an rpm with this fix integrated available for download anywhere... is there an estimated time on when the rpm will be availble? we are getting about 50 crashes a day on the website becuase of this bug.
[24 Jan 2006 19:47] Peter Harvey
This will be included in the next release of C/ODBC v3.51.
[26 Jan 2006 16:25] Sergey Vlasenko
Fix is available in 5.0.19
[27 Jan 2006 10:21] M T
I don't understand 'Fix is available in 5.0.19' Does this mean an rpm is now available somewhere within the mysql site for ODBC v3.51 for redhat for download? if yes.. where... thanks...
[2 Feb 2006 18:29] Mike Hillyer
Documented in 5.0.19 changelog: <listitem> <para> When MyODBC or any other client called <function>my_init()</function>/<function>my_end()</function> several times, it caused corruption of charset data stored in <literal>once_mem_pool</literal>. (Bug #11892) </para> </listitem>
[13 Apr 2006 19:33] Mark Smith
When is a new release of MyODBC coming that includes the fix for this bug? Because the MyODBC shared libraries are statically linked with the MySQL client library, this bug is still affecting everyone who uses ODBC.
[18 Apr 2006 16:37] Christophe de Vienne
I have a very similar problem with mysql 4.1.14 on a gentoo box : using ODBC with multiple threads opening/closing connections was leading in certain cases to a segfault in my_strcasecmp_8bit. Applying the path (http://lists.mysql.com/internals/32932) solve the problem. Could this patch be applied on the 4.1 branch ?
[25 Aug 2006 18:56] Thomas Gagne
Why is this closed? The last comments suggested that since myodbc is statically linked with the earlier (buggy) libraries, the problem won't be fixed until a new release of myodbc is available?
[29 Aug 2006 17:54] Bogdan Degtyariov
> I don't understand 'Fix is available in 5.0.19' Does this mean an > rpm is now available somewhere within the mysql site for ODBC v3.51 > for redhat for download? if yes.. where... thanks... This means that MyODBC 3.51.14 which is going to be released in a week will use mysql client library newer than 5.0.19 (to be more precise it will be linked against 5.0.24). As it was the bug in the client library, new MyODBC should not corrupt the charset data.
[13 Oct 2006 14:50] Mark Smith
Is there a new estimate for when MyODBC 3.51.14 will be available? This bug us still causing our application to crash when it is used with MyODBC/MySQL.


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Dally in the Valley
This is a companion post (sequel) to March through the Arch which was our first visit to Croft Castle and this visit being our second. In case anyone doesn't know what 'Dally' means it means to walk slowly.
This time, although we revisited the Walled Garden, our prime objective was to walk through Fishpool Valley. Before we walked to Fishpool Valley the Walled Garden called.
The garden looked as delightful as ever.
There were plenty of flowers about with some visitors goggling at the view.
We couldn't have missed seeing this Dogwood in full bloom if we'd tried. What a sight!
It was now time for Fishpool Valley.
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However, because of lack of maintenance, the whole place is in a sorry state but the National Trust is starting a project to restore it to its original state.
We started our walk from one end of Fishpool Valley and the first point of interest was a pond.
It did look a little unkempt and in need of some TLC but somebody liked it. There were literally clouds of damsel flies over the water; some brilliant blue and some red. For those of you that don't know damsel flies are part of the dragonfly family. They were obviously very happy here. We walked on.
We soon reached another pond and, if you look carefully, you should see a little stone building near the centre of the picture. That is the Pumphouse.
We peeked through the metal grill to see inside and were surprised to see some old machinery in the form of a waterwheel and some gearing.
These pools are fed by springs and the water is very clear. The Pumphouse was used to pump some of this water up to the house.
Walking ever onward we came across this stretch of path with some nice, very tall, trees which we thought were probably Douglas Firs.
Finally we reached the farthest point of our walk – the Lime Kiln. It is now in a ruinous state with the eastern tunnel in a reasonable condition but the opposite western tunnel has collapsed. The central chargehole is brick-lined but cannot be seen at present. I can see why they would have sited a kiln here as there is a small limestone cliff just behind it to provide the material to heat in the kiln and the resultant lime would have been used on the fields as a fertiliser.
We discovered after returning to the castle that there were the remains of a grotto further on which we missed. Oh well, next time then.
On the walk back from Fishpool Valley, which was a different route from our outward journey, we walked through some wood pasture featuring some impressive trees. When we saw the tree in the picture below Amanda said 'Ooh that's a lovely old Oak. I must go and have a look'. When she got nearer she suddenly stopped and said 'Oh it isn't an Oak it's a Chestnut. It is certainly a massive tree.
A little further on we saw this very large Purple Beech which is the same species as a Copper Beech but a different variety where the leaves are purple coloured rather than copper. Another very fine tree.
Well, once again, we come to the end of another little trip. We will probably go back.


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Practical exact algorithm for trembling-hand equilibrium refinements in games
Part of: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 31 (NIPS 2018)[PDF] [BibTeX] [Supplemental] [Reviews]
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Nash equilibrium strategies have the known weakness that they do not prescribe rational play in situations that are reached with zero probability according to the strategies themselves, for example, if players have made mistakes. Trembling-hand refinements---such as extensive-form perfect equilibria and quasi-perfect equilibria---remedy this problem in sound ways. Despite their appeal, they have not received attention in practice since no known algorithm for computing them scales beyond toy instances. In this paper, we design an exact polynomial-time algorithm for finding trembling-hand equilibria in zero-sum extensive-form games. It is several orders of magnitude faster than the best prior ones, numerically stable, and quickly solves game instances with tens of thousands of nodes in the game tree. It enables, for the first time, the use of trembling-hand refinements in practice.


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- Dextra Lighting
Increase light levels AND drive down energy consumption? Too much to ask, surely? Dextra Lighting's latest sports hall design using the ultra-efficient dimmable Prosport LED did exactly that, reducing energy use for Cardiff University by approximately 60% compared with the previous fluorescent and HID system whilst significantly improving illuminance levels.
About the Client
In recent years, Cardiff University has consolidated its position as one of the top 20 sporting institutions in the UK. It has maintained this reputation by continually investing in its facilities and teaching staff; finding sustainable ways to improve the student experience.
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Dextra Lighting took on the challenge of improving lighting performance while simultaneously cutting running costs and carbon emissions of the university.
As with most sports halls, Field Hall caters for a variety of sporting activities. The facilities are used for the development of future athletes by supporting 60 different clubs at recreational and elite level and is hired out to generate extra income for the university.
Field Hall features cricket nets and is divided in courts for badminton, netball, basketball and football. Each area required sport-specific lux levels and uniformity ratios to be met to improve player experience and safety.
DALI compatible dimmable luminaires were specified to work with pre-ordered DALI LiGO and Trend BeMS systems, giving staff the flexibility to switch to different lighting presets remotely, whilst separating the hall into distinct zones for each sport. This would also allow multiple sports to be played at once with appropriate light levels.
Upon the initial survey, the Dextra Lighting team identified illumination levels not to current standards in each designated area and excessive energy use from aged type of fittings and control gear. The existing 400w HID high bays used as primary
lighting were producing an average of 240lux and were consuming a total of 27,720 watts approximately. Above the cricket nets, the previous 2 x 70w fluorescent battens were illuminating to 550lux, almost half the recommended current level, with a power load amounting to 13,352 watts. Although relamping or switching to up-to-date fluorescent alternatives may have achieved acceptable levels of illuminance, Dextra Lighting's team were confident that a well-designed installation, using precision-engineered LED products, could deliver higher light levels with improved energy-efficiency and reduced maintenance costs.
Initial target lux levels for each sport setting:
• Field Hall (default) – 150lux for cleaning and maintenance purposes
• Practice Level – 300lux
• Badminton / 5-a-side football – 500lux
• Netball – 750lux
• Cricket run-up area – 600 – 750lux
• Cricket nets – 1000 – 1300lux
Compliance with IET and BS 5266 safety regulations was required for all luminaires selected for the design.
"Dextra Lighting's design using different versions of the Prosport LED cut the total power load from 41,072w to as low 17,164w"
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The Prosport LED High-Bay – Versatile, durable & highly efficient solution for modern sports environments
The Prosport LED is fast becoming the luminaire of choice for many newly built and refurbished sports complexes nationwide. With its high-quality, LM80-verified Lumileds 3535 LEDs with 90% lumen maintenance and efficient optic design, this luminaire offers greater or similar output to fluorescent or HID equivalents at significantly lower energy and maintenance costs.
The versatile luminaire is available in a range of distributions and ECA compliant lumen outputs as high as 30,601 luminaire lumens, ensuring the correct lux levels, uniformity ratio and glare control are achieved to fully support each sporting activity. Attention to these factors during the design process ensures maximum visibility of fast moving objects in the field of play to increase safety and enhance player experience.
Its robust IK10-rated steel housing and polycarbonate ends caps offer suitable protection from ball strikes, and unlike fluorescent or HID luminaires, its LED source eliminates the risk of shattered lamps. This durable construction combined with the long life and low-maintenance benefits of its reliable Lumileds LED source, make the Prosport LED a hassle-free and sustainable solution for high-level sports applications.
For the large main hall area combining netball, badminton and football courts, the Prosport LED was supplied in the higher 30,601llm version which offers similar output to 4 x 80w T5 fluorescent equivalents with LORs of 80%, while operating at an outstanding efficiency of 140 luminaire-lumens-per-watt. Despite the considerable reduction in electrical load, the luminaires increased the light levels to 724lux at 0.55 uniformity wall to wall but with each badminton court lit to 727lux at 0.91 uniformity. Light levels in the netball court were increased to 819lux at a uniformity ratio consistent with the rest of the hall.
To achieve this high level of light quality and brightness across the entire hall, a versatile symmetrical optic was provided offering ideal distributions for a wide range of sports including netball, football and basketball. For badminton or tennis court applications, an angled asymmetrical version is also available offering even coverage with minimal glare for player safety and comfort.
A lower 24,000lm version, 21,288 Llm/w was used for the cricket area, configured using closer luminaire spacings to boost the light intensity without incurring high levels of hazardous glare whilst boasting an impressive 137llm efficiency. Illuminance levels in the cricket run-up area were increased to 1300lux at maximum setting to give players maximum visibility of fast moving balls and accurately monitor player movements, for a safer and more enjoyable sporting experience. Luminaries were also provided in a "cool white" 4000k colour temperature for increased comfort during play.
From a range of dimming options, the luminaire was provided with DALI dimming drivers to offer compatibility with the existing DALI LiGo and Trend BeMS systems. The installation will now be commissioned from a digital interface located at the hall's doorway, and offers various presets to suit each sport whilst splitting the hall into three distinct activity zones, and also allows for separate controls for the cricket run-up area. For further energy savings the Prosport LED can be supplied with compatible standalone sensors from Dexsor's Reacta range for daylight and presence detection.
To cut the costs of installation, the Prosport was provided with a zintec spine to simplify mounting at inconveniently high ceilings and was prewired to the required specifications.
The Results
Overall, Dextra Lighting's design using different versions of the Prosport LED cut the total power load from 41,072w to as low 17,164w. The resulting 23,908w reduction is proportional to the 58% (maximum) increase in lux levels achieved in this project. To add to these incredible energy savings, maintenance costs will be greatly reduced as the Prosport's reliable Lumileds LED sources, frequent lamp changes are no longer required to maintain the light output required over time. The University can now look forward to running its improved facilities in a greener, more cost-effective whilst offering optimal lighting conditions for its competitive sports programs.
* light meter readings taken during survey do not reflect the existing lighting's performance when first installed, working at full capacity with no accumulated lumen depreciation.


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Eight years ago, Tulsa native Josh Juarez was a 19-year-old college student looking to make some cash for school expenses so he could marry his high school sweetheart.
Offering a city with Baghdad-hot summers a bit of flavored, handheld snow seemed like a bankable idea.
Four Josh's Sno Shacks later, Juarez, 27, has created a household name in Tulsa.
"I saw there was no real night life for people in Tulsa and wanted to create a place to hang out that's positive," Juarez said.
So the Northeastern State University alumnus decided to make a spot for fun, safe socializing to occur.
His major in college? Business.
"Most of what I understood in school was by doing," said Juarez, who is married to his high school sweetheart and is now working on his MBA.
Juarez's selective hiring practices and emphasis on crafting the smoothest ice possible set his shaved ice stands apart from the competition, he said.
For Tulsans, getting sno cones from Josh's offers the chance to park, pull down truck beds and mingle in the summer night.
"If you ask Tulsa natives what they think of when you say 'summer,' they'll say Josh's and QuickTrip," said sophomore JJ Johnson, who has worked at the sno shacks for three years.
"It's part of the culture."
The shacks open in April and close in late October. On opening day, customers sometimes wait more than three hours to taste their first icy delight of the season, Johnson said.
Junior Daniel Dickie lives in Tulsa and also works at Josh's. The mechanical engineering major said local high school seniors often plan their senior skip days around Josh's April launch.
ORU students can look for Josh's at various events throughout the year, including Partiestival and Student Association's annual Picnic on the Lawn.
"It's not summer for very much longer," Dickie said. "So you might as well get a taste of it while you can."


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KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – It's an incredible comeback story.
Just five weeks after clinging to life after a horrible car accident, 17-year-old Kernersville resident Jeffrey Branch is back in the gym doing what he loves, shooting hoops.
His father, Allen Branch, owner of Fitness One Training Systems, was shocked when he saw his son in the hospital on June 14th.
"When we walked in it was full neck brace, breathing tube completely unresponsive and it wasn't a pretty sight," he said.
Day by day, Jeffrey made improvements. Just 10 days after the accident he was dribbling a basketball up and down the halls of Baptist Hospital as a form of therapy.
Now he has been cleared to do everything except play full court basketball.
"I learned that I can fight through mostly anything," Jeffrey Branch said. "If I got through this and can play again someday there's a lot I can get through."
Jeffrey's goal is to be ready for the season opener as he starts his junior season at Westchester Country Day School.


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According to KYW1060 (CBS), durable goods orders were down 1.5% in the month of April.
Almost anyone can get a car loan; and that's not good for the country. 1/3 Of Millenials living at home with 1/4 unemployed or underemployed while 28% on Disability.
July Challenges to TSLA Model 3 Ramp Up are Dubious, courtesy of SeekingAlpha.com.
A $50,000 Chrysler Minivan Explains Slowing U.S. Auto Sales
- Industry deliveries seen dropping a fourth consecutive month
- Fiat Chrysler, Honda seen posting biggest sales declines
An astonishing 84 month loan offered by the following credit union. Membership is available to those who live, work, worship or attend school in Lehigh or Northampton counties.
Short the automakers and take a deep breath and Short TSLA: will be affected by the 5%-30% or more downturn.
TSLA comparable to The Great Gatsby. 53,000 Model S and X Being Recalled – 63% Manufactured in 2016: TSLA SUED OVER AUTOPILOT FEATURE, according to Bloomberg.com. According to SeekingAlpha.com, Tesla says the first Model 3 cars will go to "employees, investors and what not" so that "we can experience any challenges before our customers do."
- The Palo Alto, California-based company has said it'll begin building the more affordable Model 3 in July and has predicted its annual output could soar to 500,000 vehicles by 2018. This sounds like hubris to the author of TheShort.Top, after you look at "Plunging Demand" graph below:
- James Rickards, guest commentator on CNBC and author of The New York Times bestseller:
The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System
says we have been in a Depression since 2007 and low GDP and jobs numbers (a paltry growth of 98,000) indicates we are sinking lower. Also, attributing to the downward spiral is the UK withdrawing from the European Union, as reported by The New York Times, leaving contention between France and Germany and historical grudges.
In a recent video published by Hedgeye, Neil Howe said that we're currently in the fourth turning, which began in 2008. He expects this period to last until around 2030.
- James Rickards, guest commentator on CNBC and author of The New York Times bestseller:
- In addition to production targets, Tesla has to maintain a gross margin of at least 30 percent for four straight quarters. In the four most recent quarters, the company has posted results ranging between about 19 percent and 28 percent, for CEO, Musk, to receive stock options, according to Bloomberg.com.
Hyundai Ioniq Blue – 59MPG
Ford F-150: Best selling truck in 40 Years. Also, higher MPG boosted by use of AA.
SQQQ – UltraShort NASDAQ, which was down 0.53% today: The Trend is Your Friend
SDS – Contrarian Play Close to its 52-week low of $13.06: UltraShort S&P 500, which was down 0.68% today.
According to Bloomberg.com, Automobiles glorified in the latest movie this weekend, The secrets of the insane car scenes in Fate of the Furious. The eighth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, released in theaters this weekend, sees a Lamborghini on ice, a Corvette Stingray on two wheels, and a Dodge Demon. We found out how director F. Gary Gray made what will be the most epic car movie of the year.
Automakers sold roughly 17.6 million vehicles in the United States in 2016—a record—but the sales tally for 2017 is coming in about 5% lower, so far. Wall Street analysts have warned that automakers may have to deepen discounts to keep the metal moving. Shares of General Motors (GM), Ford (F) and Toyota (TM) are down this year, even with the broader market up.
But as slowdowns go, this is a good one. "The industry has plateaued at a historically high level," Ford CEO Mark Fields tells Yahoo Finance in the video linked. "We're down, but still relatively healthy."
GM Idled Shifts in 5 Plants in January.
According to Bloomberg.com, Ford Fusion: down 37 percent. Chevrolet Malibu: down 36 percent. Toyota Prius: down 29 percent.
As those grim numbers suggest, the U.S. auto industry was blindsided last month by just how fast sedans have fallen out of favor with Americans now embracing roomier sport utility vehicles. Family-friendly crossovers may be more profitable, but the quick shift is causing headaches. According to the author of this Blog, SUV sales surge will start to cause strange brew in demand for Crude Oil and eventual spike in retail Gasoline prices, up 15% Y over Y.
"I've been expecting a slowdown for a while," said Morningstar Inc. analyst David Whiston. "It shouldn't be a surprise. Once you hit peak sales, it seems like you only have bad news ahead."
In Memory of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940, author of The Great Gatsby, considered his masterpiece posthumously. In the 1920s, Fitzgerald became friends with many members of the American expatriate community in Paris, notably Ernest Hemingway.
Fitzgerald began working on his fourth novel during the late 1920s but was sidetracked by financial difficulties that necessitated his writing commercial short stories, and by the schizophrenia that struck Zelda, his wife, in 1930.
During this time while Zelda was hospitalized, Fitzgerald rented the "La Paix" estate in the suburb of Towson, Maryland to work on his latest book, the story of the rise and fall of Dick Diver, a promising young psychiatrist who falls in love with and marries Nicole Warren, one of his patients. The book went through many versions, the first of which was to be a story of matricide. Some critics have seen the book as a thinly veiled autobiographical novel recounting Fitzgerald's problems with his wife, the corrosive effects of wealth and a decadent lifestyle, his own egoism and self-confidence, and his continuing alcoholism. Indeed, Fitzgerald was extremely protective of his "material" (i.e., their life together). When Zelda wrote and sent to Scribner's her own fictional version of their lives in Europe, Save Me the Waltz, Fitzgerald was angry and was able to make some changes prior to the novel's publication, and convince her doctors to keep her from writing any more about what he called his "material," which included their relationship. His book was finally published in 1934 as Tender Is the Night. Critics who had waited nine years for the followup to The Great Gatsby had mixed opinions about the novel. Most were thrown off by its three-part structure and many felt that Fitzgerald had not lived up to their expectations.[32] The novel did not sell well upon publication but, like the earlier Gatsby, the book's reputation has since risen significantly.[33] Fitzgerald's alcoholism and financial difficulties, in addition to Zelda's mental illness, made for difficult years in Baltimore. He was hospitalized nine times at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and his friend H. L. Mencken noted in a 1934 letter that "The case of F. Scott Fitzgerald has become distressing. He is boozing in a wild manner and has become a nuisance."[31]
Hollywood years
In 1926, Fitzgerald was invited by producer John W. Considine, Jr., to temporarily relocate to Hollywood in order to write a flapper comedy for United Artists. Scott and Zelda moved into a studio-owned bungalow in January of the following year and Fitzgerald soon met and began an affair with Lois Moran. The starlet became a temporary muse for the author and he rewrote Rosemary Hoyt, one of the central characters in Tender is the Night, (who had been a male in earlier drafts) to closely mirror her. The trip exacerbated the couple's marital difficulties, and they left Hollywood after two months.[34][35] In the ensuing years, Zelda became increasingly violent and emotionally distressed, and in 1936, Fitzgerald had her placed in the Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.[36]
Although he reportedly found movie work degrading, Fitzgerald continued to struggle financially and entered into a lucrative exclusive deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1937, that necessitated him moving to Hollywood, where he earned his highest annual income up to that point: $29,757.87.[37] He also began a high-profile live-in affair with movie columnist Sheilah Graham.[38] The projects Fitzgerald worked on for the studio included a never filmed draft for Gone with the Wind, and revisions on Madame Curie, for which he received no credits. He also spent time during this period working on his fifth and final novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, published posthumously as The Last Tycoon, based on film executive Irving Thalberg. In 1939, MGM terminated the contract, and Fitzgerald became a freelance screenwriter.[38] During his work on Winter Carnival, Fitzgerald went on an alcoholic binge and was treated by New York psychiatrist Richard H. Hoffmann.[39]
From 1939 until his death in 1940, Fitzgerald mocked himself as a Hollywood hack through the character of Pat Hobby in a sequence of 17 short stories, later collected as "The Pat Hobby Stories," which garnered many positive reviews. The Pat Hobby Stories were originally published in Esquire between January 1940 and July 1941, even after Fitzgerald's death. US Census records show his official address at this time to be the estate of Edward Everett Horton in Encino, California in the San Fernando Valley.
Among the attendants at a visitation held at a funeral home when he passed away was Dorothy Parker, who reportedly cried and murmured "the poor son-of-a-bitch," a line from Jay Gatsby's funeral in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.[42][43][44] His body was transported to Maryland, where his funeral was attended by twenty or thirty people in Bethesda; among the attendants were his only child, Frances "Scottie" Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith (then age 19), and his editor, Maxwell Perkins.
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An artist's retreat fit for Thoreau
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By Teresa Leo
I spent my summer vacation living among cows, avoiding coyotes, learning loon calls, honing poker skills, canoeing, playing parlor games, sharing bathrooms, and writing. Sound like summer camp? It was, except the campers were adults and the purpose was to create - poems, sculptures, music, paintings - in a place where the biggest distraction might be a blue-tailed skink running across your copy of Walden.
Such is life at an artists' colony, where artists can work free from the distractions and responsibilities of everyday life. But for someone who's not used to huge stretches of uninterrupted time away from the big city, being out in the wild surrounded by nature, books, and the echo of one's own thoughts can be a little daunting. Sort of like Henry David Thoreau at that pond - in reverse.
I attended two artists' colonies this summer: the Blue Mountain Center in upstate New York's Adirondack Mountains, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts on the rolling Blue Ridge farmlands. Each colony hosts between 14 and 22 resident artists at a time, and provides meals, lodging, and a studio or working space.
What's the draw? Why couldn't I take my vacation and just hunker down in my home if all I wanted to do was write? I could talk about the challenging, inspiring, and collaborative environment an artists' colony provides, or say you can't beat the camaraderie that comes out of participating in a learning community gathered around common intellectual and artistic passions.
But instead I'll say Home Depot. I own a 105-year-old Victorian in constant need of repair. If I tried to write at home, chances are I'd spend my summer vacation in home-improvement stores wandering about the paint aisle, bugging the guy in Nuts and Bolts, and running my hands over the power tools as though I were at a petting zoo. Sometimes you just need to put 350 miles between you and your drill bits to let the creative juices flow.
It took a few days for me to stop wearing a watch, checking my e-mail and phone messages, and worrying about whether the lamp timer I'd set had shorted out and started an electrical fire in my living room. But I finally got into a routine and, like the other residents, spent most of the day working on my art.
Yet even doing something you love has its limits. I found that after writing for six hours or so, I was ready for some kind of distraction, anything at all, but there was nothing within striking distance that needed spackling, caulking, stripping, sanding, or painting.
So we built bonfires; played dominoes, cards, and Scrabble; drove around looking at silos; hiked; went boating; and talked, literally, until the cows came home.
In Walden, Thoreau said, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach...."
Separated from my caulking gun and miter box, I wrote more in a few weeks than I would in a year living in the work-in-progress that is my house. I came to revel in the bucolic landscape and the "essential facts" way of living that the artists' colony inspires. Toward the end of my stay, I was able to forget about the real world and my house completely.
But even Thoreau had to leave the woods.
I returned home from one of the colonies just after the torrential rains and severe flooding that resulted in disaster declarations for 46 counties in Pennsylvania.
I knew it wasn't a good sign when I saw roof shingles scattered about my driveway as I pulled up to my house. The ceiling in an upstairs room had sprung a leak, buckled, and created its own five-foot stretch of abstract art, with cracks that looked like an aerial map of the Finger Lakes in upstate New York.
If I'd been home, I might have been able to prevent some of the damage.
I could have gotten a contractor in to patch the roof before water seeped inside. But if I'd been home, I wouldn't know what a mockingbird looks like up close, be able to distinguish the four types of calls made by loons, or have gotten to meet extraordinary people who are talented artists.
In the end, I wouldn't trade my experience of "living deliberately" for anything. Not even for a tightly sealed roof or a crack-free ceiling.
© 2006 Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.


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Estes Park has long been a refuge for hardworking people who value freedom of speech. Its history abounds with examples of people who, seeking common good, spoke truth to power by calling out questionable practices of the town's governmental officials, school leaders, business owners, healthcare providers and more. The Trail-Gazette, as past pages make evident, is not afraid to use its constitutionally guaranteed freedom of the press, when warranted to give voice to people raising concerns about issues that might impact the lives of people here.
During the past two years, we've often heard from current and past employees of Estes Park Health (EPH), patients and residents about clashes between staff and administration, low morale, unnecessarily high turnover, sudden departures of physicians and misguided business priorities. When asked to go on the record with their allegations, these insiders declined, citing "fear of retaliation from EPH."
That was the case in 2017, when locals picketed the facility and the entire board resigned. We tried to get to the core of the issues by contacting senior management. While the queries with them were failing, insiders at the hospital were giving us information, but refused to go on the record.
In the months that followed, we reached out to physicians who previously had worked at EPH. Hoping they would give us some insight into the affairs of EPH. Some did not acknowledge our queries. Others wouldn't speak on the record
In early 2018, an exodus of physicians began with three popular doctors choosing to leave. The rumors ran rampant, the calls and emails from concerned community members were consistent, so we continued to dig. We sent several CORA requests for information on certain physicians, which were denied. We have talked with a number of people, who for a host of different reasons, have decided not to go on record with their experience. We have posed dozens of questions to all senior leadership at EPH. In situations like this, without documentation or on-the-record testimony, we cannot investigate more than we have, and we cannot separate truth from allegations.
Last month, when the results of a physician survey that showed low scores for the hospital "leadership" became public, hoping to gain insight into the scores, we asked to speak with a physician. Only to be told, "None wanted to go on record".
What are we to do? Key information is withheld or unproven. Insiders are fearful of going on the record. Allegations remain unsubstantiated. There are no facts to print. When we print a news article, we need two main things: On the record sources and facts to back up those sources. Sources who allow us to print their name combined with substantiated evidence so we know the truth.
Despite repeated efforts to get to the bottom of things at EPH, the Trail-Gazette has been accused of covering for the hospital due to a business relationship between the two entities. That is simply not the case. The paper and its staff are unabashedly committed to the First Amendment. We take the responsibility of reporting the truth always, and at any cost very seriously. Think back to 2016, when we investigated allegations made by Dr. Bert Berglund, then a candidate for the hospital board, about financial impropriety at EPH. Our reporting and investigation brought all the facts to light in regards to Berglund's accusation of financial impropriety.
If allegations were smoke, then by now a low visibility warning would have been issued for Prospect Avenue. But that's not how things are done at the Trail-Gazette. We must see flames or find burnt matches. The persons running EPH say they've answered every question asked of them, and done so with transparency and openness. Yet when we asked for information about a third party investigation that was conducted about a departing physician, a letter was sent to us—with advice from the hospital's attorney—stating we could not have that information. Sadly, we, a small newspaper, are unable to take on legal fees or court costs.
It is quite possible the leadership at the hospital has mismanaged staff, alienated physicians and created a work culture of fear and stress that spawn allegations. It is also possible that recent changes in medical care, coupled with new leaders and policies at the hospital, might have contributed to the negative feelings toward EPH.
Please know, this paper will continue to confirm and dispel the allegations of wrongdoing that are brought to us. However, if no person is willing to go on record as a valid source, then allegations will be nothing more than smoke.
Certainly, we, like many of you, are frustrated with this one. After endless hours—calling, writing, listening and talking—we are tired of finding ourselves in the same smoky place, with the same conclusion: if people in the know about EPH do not step forward for the common good, then things will continue unabated. Allegations without fact help no one, and only feed into the negativity.
The proven path for organizations assailed by allegations is to be up front, address issues, diffuse fears about retaliation, admit mistakes if any were made, and be transparent. We strongly recommend that EPH follow such a path.
For those of you with information supporting or refuting allegations about EPH we recommend that you honor the truth. Step up. Find like-minded colleagues. Seek safety in numbers. Bring the truth forward. Go on the record. If you are not willing to step up, please sit down and do not spread baseless allegations with no evidence.
As for us, we hope this editorial is a clarion call for people to speak their truth, about EPH and all public entities, and in doing so make Estes Park a place where truth, no matter its appearance, is honored, and fear of retaliation has no home.


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You may have worked with a travel journalist in the past. Maybe they were referred to you by your DMO or public relations agency or they reached out to you directly, promising some great press in return for a free trip. It might have led to some great coverage or even some bookings. Or not. In the process, you learned that PR is difficult to do and harder to measure. The lead time can be months or even a year or more and you have little to no control over what actually gets published. Today's media landscape of traditional print media, bloggers, Youtubers, podcasters, and social media influencers is complex and challenging to navigate.
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Getting a great story in a major publication can be a coup for a small adventure tour operator. The spotlight and recognition feels awesome. PR or 'earned media' is often called the 'ultimate word of mouth' and is highly trusted by your customers. And with every print publication being online today, even the stuffiest old-school magazines and newspapers, those article backlinks can be giving your site traffic and domain authority (DA) for years to come. At Aventur, we fully integrate PR into your marketing system, creating stories that inspire your ideal clients and make your competition irrelevant.


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"Harry Potter" Premiere Casts Box Office Magic
It hardly comes as a surprise, but the final Harry Potter film has cast a spell over movie-going audiences and already broken its first record. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" set the record for midnight box office last night pulling in a staggering $43.5 million in ticket sales. The old record was held by "Twilight: Eclipse" which did $30 million from midnight showings last year. To put that $43.5 million figure in perspective, "Kung Fu Panda 2" — one of the hits of the summer – only sold $47 million worth of tickets its entire first weekend of release. Potter did that much in just its first hour of release.
Analysts saw this one coming several days ago. On Thursday, online ticket sellers reported over 6000 midnight screenings were sold out. "There is a theater near me with 16 screens," said Boxoffice.com's Phil Contrino. "I went on Monday to buy a ticket for the midnight shows and they were all sold out."
In fact, many theaters, including expensive IMAX theaters, reported so much demand for midnight tickets that they added a series of 3am showings of the film. Talk about your all-night parties!


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Lewis Campbell's Blog
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Capoeira figures
These are some initial drawings which I hope will be part of a dance performance by Capoeira group Cordao De Ouro London. They were inspired by capoeira movements and also a piece of music called Maiz -by Murcof. I feel like I've not done these kind of drawings for some time and it was refreshing to make purely spontaneous imagery.
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