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Kaduna employs 2,550 traffic and environment law enforcement agents
Not fewer than 2,550 people have been employed by the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai in the newly created Kaduna State Traffic and Environmental Law Enforcement Agency (KASTELEA).
The General Manager of KASTELEA, Colonel Abdullahi Zubairu Ahmed (rtd) told Journalists in Kachia, while supervising the training of the recruited staff that the agency was created to bring sanity among road users in the state.
According to Ahmed, the agency was empowered by law to control and regulate traffic around Kaduna metropolis as well as any other parts within Kaduna State.
He said: "This is the first kind of employment of about 2550 people that was conducted without any rancour. By time we are done with the training of the new recruited personnel, we will bring about a better condition of living in the state," he said.
Ahmed also added "our job is to ensure sanity and to reduce number of death in our roads."
The agency, according to him, would help in generating revenue for the state "because whoever is caught violating traffic regulation would be made to pay a token to the state. But our major aim is to ensure sanity on the state."
Besides, the Governor was also commended for keeping faith with his campaign promises, just as he pointed out "people drive without law and without order in Kaduna State, so the major aim is to ensure we sanitize road users and bring about discipline to Motorists."
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What are the main features of Gorilla Expense?
Gorilla Expense is an intuitive, flexible and very easy to use expense reporting solution that has the following main features:
* Mobile apps with electronic receipts, including an OCR add-on feature.
* Web application that can be accessed on multiple browsers.
* Integration to the major Accounting/ERP systems.
* AMEX, VISA or MasterCard Corporate Card Reconciliation.
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How do you differ from the competition?
After hearing about the frustration and dissatisfaction with the other expense reporting software applications in the market, we decided to tackle this challenge head-on.
Gorilla Expense's sole mission is to make expense reporting as easy as it can be through our clean, simple but yet powerful application. While the solution is comparable to our competitors from a features & functionality standpoint, there are 7 key areas why customers prefer us:
Configured to Your Needs: We realize that every company's T&E process is unique. And our solution is tailored to those unique needs. With us, you won't be stuck with a generic off the shelf application or have to pay consultants huge fees to implement changes to the application. We are more of a "boutique" expense reporting solution where we don't have a "one size fits all" approach.
Support: Our deployment and setup of the application is rapid, we provide personalized support through dedicated technical and sales contacts and we guarantee response times for support related issues. Plus our support is included for free! So you won't have to deal with online help pages and ChatBots!
Complete Control: Our competition in many cases provides limited access to the administration section of the application. Each time their clients want to make a change to the system configuration and/or Master Data, they have to create a paid support ticket request, which sometimes can take a long time before there is a satisfactory resolution. We give our clients complete control of the system. Our training helps them get comfortable with our easy to use the system and they can thus make such changes themselves.
Single Easy-to-Use & Powerful App: We have one app that includes all the features which our competition offers via multiple apps available on the app store – some of these apps in some cases are billed as "Add-ons"
Training: Customized Administration and User training are delivered online. The training videos are recorded and available within the help section of the application for employees to view at a later point in time.
More Economical: Gorilla Expense is more economical than our competitors, considering our solution is built on a cutting edge platform that require less maintenance as compared to legacy system and considering our included free support.
Super cool integrations: Gorilla Expense offers automated integration with several accounting systems like Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Sage X3, 300 and Sage 300 CRE. Our competition provides these integrations as add-ons via third-party app developers.
We also integrate with several 3rd party systems like various payroll systems (like ADP), document management systems (like PaperSave), file management systems (like DropBox, Microsoft One Drive), currency rate databases as well as HCP (Health Care Provider) databases and Single Sign-On / Identity providers (like Active Directory (via ADFS), Azure AD and Okta or any SAML 2.0 based systems)
Other super cool features: For a list of some of our product features click here
Can we license it and deploy on our server instead of the pay-as-you-go subscription model?
Yes. Gorilla Expense offers both models – SaaS and On-Premise Licensing. In the On-premise licensing model, your company can license the software from us and own it outright. We will deploy the solution on your servers.
What languages does Gorilla Expense support?
Currently, Gorilla Expense supports the solution in English & French
What kind of support & training is offered by Gorilla Expense to our users?
Gorilla Expense offers support & training in multiple formats, per the convenience of the customer –
* Training: Training webinars for your users & admins, product manuals, video tutorials
* Support: FAQs, online support through dedicated contacts, technical guides and video tutorials
Automated expense reporting is new to us. Do you offer best practice guidance or share what your current customers are doing for T&E?
Absolutely! Gorilla Expense will be happy to work with you to understand your current T&E challenges and propose solutions. We bring not just our team's experience in this space but also ideas and approaches that have worked for our customers who have faced similar issues.
What is the typical customer size you serve?
The segmentation of Gorilla Expense's typical customer size can be broken into:
* Small to Medium businesses that have 20-500 users submitting expense reports with integration to mid-market ERP/Accounting systems.
* Medium to large businesses that have 500-10,000 users submitting expense reports with integration to enterprise ERP/Accounting systems.
Our current customers come from various industries and are located all around the world.
What mobile platforms do you support?
Gorilla Expense supports the Android and iOS (iPhone & iPad) platforms for our mobile apps.
The mobile app looks interesting. What happens if there is no Wi-Fi or cellular service?
The Gorilla Expense mobile app works Offline. This means that the user can still create expenses with receipts even when there is no Wi-Fi or cellular service. Of course, to submit the expenses, connectivity is needed.
Can I enter all the expense related information on the mobile app before submitting it?
Yes. Expenses created on the mobile app include the attached receipt, expense type (which is tied to the GL code), date, currency, amount, VAT/GST (if enabled), vendor, pay method, comments, project number, other co-workers and other details. With this, expenses submitted from the mobile app are complete and ready to be 'pulled into' an expense report.
It would be great for our employees to see their corporate credit card expenses on the mobile app. Is this feature available with Gorilla Expense?
Absolutely! (And it is one of the several ways were differentiate from our competitors) Once the corporate credit card transactions are available, the user can go to the 'Bank' tab on the mobile app and refresh it. Here the user will see the latest corporate credit card expenses that are pertinent to them. The user can then attach a receipt to it and submit it in just a few clicks!
With multi-currency, how is the exchange rate conversion handled within the application?
There are two different formats to handle exchange rate conversion within the application – Static & Dynamic.
In the static format, the exchange rate field is open and the user can type in the value when the currency is changed.
In the dynamic format, the admin of the application can upload exchange rates for all currencies in the application on a periodic basis. The exchange rates are automatically populated into the field when the user changes the currency. We can also import currency rates from 3rd party sites.
How does the manager approval process work?
Gorilla Expense offers three kinds of Manager Approval Workflows –
a) Manager approval by Simple hierarchy – Here, employee submits an expense report to Manager1 and after Manager1 has approved, it goes to Manager2.
b) Manager approval by Amount – Here, if the expense report amount is below a certain defined threshold, then only Manager1 has to approve and the report is considered to be done. If the report is greater than the same value, then after Manager1 has approved, the report is sent to Manager2 (or subsequent managers) for approval. The amount threshold is defined in the user's profile and can be set differently for users.
c) As an alternative to option a and b above, clients can configure "Line Level Approvals" where each line goes to a unique manager for approval based on the job or department selected on the line.
How are the users updated by the system on the status of an expense report?
When an expense report is submitted, the approving manager receives an email. This email provides the key details of the expense report along with a URL for the manager to click and take action. Similarly, when the expense report is approved or rejected, the submitting user receives an email with the status of the expense report.
What is the Audit Trail functionality?
The audit trail functionality captures all changes made to an expense report – both at the header and transaction level. The change made include a date and time stamp for full visibility. The objective of this feature is to identify, tackle and deter potential frauds.
We bill our clients and have to send the expense report with receipts as part of the invoice. This is a very painful process. How does Gorilla Expense manage this?
Within the application, the user can run the 'PDF Preview' function. This will generate a PDF of the expense report with a summary of all transactions followed by the receipts (one receipt shown on each page for clarity). Our customers use this PDF as an invoice to bill back their customers.
What receipt formats can I attach in the application?
The following formats are supported – JPG, PDF, PNG. Additional formats can be enabled if needed.
How can we import corporate card transactions into the system?
We have 2 approaches for importing corporate credit card statements based on your corporate card program:
1) 100% automated import: In this approach, the credit card company will provide a statement to Gorilla Expense on a periodic basis (typically daily) and Gorilla Expense will automatically import the statement and make transactions available to the respective users. There is no manual intervention needed. Further, using our Bank Mapping algorithm, the transactions will be 'automagically' completed for the user. So, the user simply needs to attach a receipt and submit the expense. We make it that easy!
2) Semi-automated import: In this approach, using the Gorilla Expense Integration App, the admin can import the CSV corporate card feed provided by the credit card company into the system. The application will correlate respective expenses to the users. Our Bank Mapping algorithm will still complete the expense for the user and only receipts need to be attached.
What credit card service providers are supported by Gorilla Expense
Gorilla Expense supports the major service providers, namely – American Express, VISA and MasterCard. Each of the service providers supplies a specific corporate credit card feed format. Gorilla Expense supports all the major formats.
What Accounting systems do you interface with?
Gorilla Expense specializes in expense data integration with Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle E-Business Suite, SAGE, QuickBooks Desktop, NetSuite and others.
It appears that you utilize a proprietary utility to perform the accounting integration. Is that included as part of the solution package?
Yes. Gorilla Expense provides the Gorilla Expense Integration App as part of the solution package.
What pricing models do you offer?
Pricing is based on delivery option selected. We have 2 delivery options:
Option 1 – Subscription (SaaS). In this option, there are 2 models:
A) Pay per user per month and do unlimited expense reports. – OR –
B) Pay for a bucket of expense reports that are valid for a year and setup unlimited users. The buckets are available in various sizes.
Option 2 – On-Premise Licensing
In this option, the customer can license the software and own it outright. Pricing is based on number of seats purchased.
Is the price per user per month for the total amount of users set up in the system or does it represent a charge for active users per month?
The price per user per month is for named users setup in the application.
We have 100 T&E users in our company but only 30 users submit expenses frequently. We process approximately 45 reports per month. Which model do we pick?
Since several of your users are infrequent, the most practical and economical model would be the bucket of expense reports. The bucket is valid for 1 year. We have a bucket of 500 expense reports that will match your needs.
If you use all the reports before the end of the year, you can either refill the bucket with smaller sizes or renew a new subscription at that time. This is a 100% pay-as-you-consume model and unlike our competition, we WILL NOT penalize you with an outrageous per report price if you exceed the 500 expense reports before the end of the subscription year.
What is included in application setup?
During the standard application setup, we set up the users, expense types, pay methods, report types, customers & project numbers and other parameters in the system. We also setup the Gorilla Expense Integration App to connect with the customer's accounting system, if applicable. Once all of this is complete, we will test the application from end-to-end to make sure everything is working as expected before Go Live with the customer.
How long does the setup process typically take?
The standard setup typically takes no more than 16 hours to complete on our end, assuming all the required information is made available to us. In terms of calendar time, this could take anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks.
Who do you typically work with on the customer's end during the setup?
Typically it is Accounting/AP/Finance. The IT team on the customer's end is also part of the discussion in some cases.
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Congratulations! You've just been promoted. You've just been promoted from layman to deacon. Hoorah!
Of course, it doesn't entail a pay raise, and I should tell you that it does mean extra hours and little gratitude. You do get to add an extra title to your name: "Deacon," or in churches that follow the ordination of deacons found in the early church, you even get the title "The Reverend."
Of course, "deacon" just means "servant," and this is what a deacon is. If you are found faithful, you might even get to be a priest or presbyter, and if you are especially capable you might even become a bishop. Of course, you still never stop being a deacon, a servant.
So you've just been appointed a deacon. The twelve apostles who were eyewitnesses of Jesus Christ have just laid their hands on you. You've just been promoted, and your first act as The Reverend Deacon Stephen . . . is to step into the middle of a dispute among a bunch of old women.
What a strange way we Christians have of rewarding those most full of the Holy Spirit, wisdom, and faith, and of a good reputation! And yet this is how we follow the example of the Son of God Himself, who made Himself of no reputation, took the form of a bondservant, and humbled Himself to the point of death on a cross. For if you want to be great in the Kingdom of Heaven, then learn you must learn to be the servant of all.
But this story of the first deacons should tell us a few things. First, we shouldn't ignore the reason why the apostles appointed deacons in the first place: it was to help in the distribution of the alms to widows. In a church where no one said that any of the things he possessed was his own and in which the Christians had all things in common (Acts 4:32), it would be natural that weekly collections would be taken up for the poor, including the widows.
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Where are the deacons of today? Where are those willing to serve the Lord by serving their brothers and sisters? Where are those filled with the Holy Spirit and wisdom?
All of you have been made deacons by the Lord, even if you have not been ordained to that specific office. By virtue of your being a Christian, a disciple of Jesus Christ, one who follows His Master and has entered His Kingdom, you are a deacon, a servant. The question is where is it that the Lord has asked you to serve?
This requires thought and prayer, for we can't directly translate Acts 6 into our lives today. Our local churches aren't likely to be having a feud between Jewish and Greek widows over the distribution of alms. But your local church is likely to have Christians in need, and you have definitely been the ability to serve others by the Lord.
There are more ways to serve than by being the official distributors of alms. What ways to serve in your life are there which already exist? What needs have your church leaders laid before the congregation, waiting only for Christians filled with the Spirit and wisdom to come forward and continue the ministry of Christ in His Body?
That is your mission today. In case you need some extra measure of motivation, consider this: if even the unbelieving Jews looked at the deacon Stephen and saw his face as the face of an angel, how do you think that you, the servant of the Lord, will look to other Christians?
I can answer that: you'll look like Jesus Christ Himself.
Prayer: Make us worthy, Lord, to serve our fellow-men throughout the world who live and die in poverty or hunger. Give them, through our hands, this day their daily bread, and by our understanding love, give peace and joy. Amen. (Mother Teresa)
Point for Meditation: In what way is the Lord calling me to serve Him? It might be a call I've heard for a long time and ignored, or it might be a new call. Or it might be a renewed call to do what you are already doing in a spirit of service.
Resolution: I resolve to wait upon the Lord today until I hear His call for how He would have me serve Him.
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My blogging hobby starts here. My wife and I are six months away from swapping our hectic London life for a new one in Portugal and here I hope to keep a record of everything as it happens.
At worst, I hope to be able to refer back in years to come and have a record of the most daring thing I think I have undertaken. At best I may manage to provide some entertainment and information to some fellow internet folk along the way. Maybe we will even end up with a record to show the children we hope to start having in a couple of years how clever mummy and daddy were to make sure they were born in sunny Portugal and not rainy South London. You never know!
Before I start I must admit to my blogging being inspired by a couple of other people – The Anchored Nomad http://anchorednomad.blogspot.com/ whose Blog makes me laugh every time I read it whilst preparing me for some of the quirks of Portugese life, and Ellie Bowdery's wonderful Algarve Shorts book which I believe also started out as a blog. http://www.goldstarbooks.co.uk/ellie_Bowdery.htm
So an early thank you to both of these people for cheering up my remaining days in London – a place I will always love, but one I sadly don't like all that much any more.
I have to go and prepare dinner for the wife now, I'd better make sure she doesn't become a "Blogging-widow" during typing my first post! I tend to talk a lot, and I think my next post will be a long one, as I think I need to give a bit of background on how we came to make the decision to "make the move."
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Belongings by Charles the Osprey (2008)
Kind of Like: Russian Circles, Pelican, Talons
Genres: Post-Rock, Experimental, Hardcore, Metal
My friend from Grand Rapids just suggested this band from his city. I'm surprised I never heard them before. I really wanted to put their new LP "Consider" up here, but I can't find it anywhere. This album is harder than "Consider", but still pretty sweet. Think of Russian Circles with a little more unpredictability. Now I see why he told me about them; they are playing at Founder's Brewery tonight in Grand Rapids. I would love to see this band and have some delicious brew. Must study...for exam...dammit.
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Hybrid, Private and Public Clouds on Windows Server 2016
Play Hybrid, Private and Public Clouds on Windows Server 2016
In this episode we'll examine the range of features, connectivity types as well as integration points with Azure that Windows Server 2016 brings to bear. Giving customers a broad range of cloud options that make it extremely fast and easy to extend your on premise environment to the cloud at will in a modular fashion to suit your business needs.
- [1:25] When organizations are thinking about adopting a cloud computing model --- how does Windows Server 2016 help with that?
- [11:53] How does Azure Active Directory come into play?
- [15:40] Let's talk about Azure Remote Server Management Tools. How does this help an organization out?
- [17:52] Operations Management Suite (OMS) – what does this let organizations do?
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Surveys from the last few years have shown some remarkable stats:
- 91% of people have gone into a store because of an online experience.
- 62% of consumers make purchases in-store after researching it online.
- 72% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations.
- 78% of consumers say that a company's social media has influenced their purchases.
These kinds of stats are why social media terrifies a handful of the small businesses I work with. They know they have to do something; they just don't know what to do. To be honest, a lot of success on social media comes from an educated process of trial and error. So here's the bright side…
There is no magic formula for social media.
Magic formulas are easy, they act fast, and they produce results right away. But the nature of success on social media is pretty much the opposite of that. Any business can make social media work for them if they do the research, spend time exploring the type of content that works for their audience, and if they are willing to dedicate themselves to the reality of the long process.
Here are a few basics for establishing a strong starting point:
A quick overview:
People use Facebook to see what those they care about are doing and to socialize with them in the process. In turn, they start to see what each other are wearing, what they are listening to, if they enjoyed the new restaurant in town, and anything else they are excited about.
Here's the content that works well:
- Posts that link out to articles on other sites or your own blog posts
- Images
- Videos
These types of content tend to work better than just text.
Important details for your content:
- Cover photos for your business page should be sized to 851×315. You should also know that your profile image and call-to-action buttons will cover up some of the lower portions of the image.
- When posting a link to an article, be sure to select the appropriate image, headline, and description text to go with it. The automated images and texts are not always correct, but Facebook allows you to change them.
- Almost 80% of users visit Facebook pages on their mobile devices. So be sure to post content that works well on both a desktop computer and a mobile device.
My dare for you:
Spend $25 on one Facebook ad and compare the results—the reach, interactions, and website clicks—with the last $500 spent on ads in a magazine or newspaper. You'll be amazed by the results.
A quick overview:
Pinterest was invented to help people create online collections of things that they love and that inspire them, which include a wide range of hobbies and personal interests.
Here's the content that works well:
- Content that encourages action
- DIY projects
- Fitness ideas
- New product descriptions and reviews
Important details for your content:
- Imagery is very important.
- 3x as many Pinterest users share pins on mobile devices than on their personal computers. So make sure your content works well on iPhones, iPads, and any other mobile device.
- Take advantage of the interest in DIY projects on Pinterest to provide how-to's or to teach a trade secret to customers.
My dare for you:
Empower people to do what they can on their own. Most will try it and it won't work like they planned. There's a whole website devoted to Pinterest Fails. By working to empower them, it will instill a unique trust in you as the expert who knows how to do what they can't. That trust will lead to a purchase when they have to decide who they would hire to do the things they can't do on their own.
A quick overview:
Instagram was created to help people use their phone's camera to take and share more appealing photos than their own photography skill set might allow.
Here's the content that works well:
- Creative photos
- Pictures that feel like they were taken in the moment
- Videos that showcase a unique point of view
Important details for your content:
- Videos need to be less than 15-seconds.
- Videos also work best when they are squared, which means you could lose some of what's seen along the edges.
- Instagram is the land of hashtags. Hashtags are really the only way for folks to stumble across your content without someone else sharing it.
- The only link that works on Instagram is in your profile. Links won't work in comments or in image descriptions.
My dare for you:
Think of Instagram as a tool to build community instead of another sales tool. It won't be 100% responsible for any of your sales, but it is a valuable part of the total body of interactions that influence your customer toward a purchase.
Once you start creating content on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram, you'll start to see what works and what doesn't. At that point, success becomes as easy as choosing to do more stuff that works and less stuff that doesn't. Simple, right?


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MyEclipse is Cool !!!
Posted by sureshkrishna on October 23, 2007
MyEclipse 6.0 GA has been released in August 2007 with a some cool features aiming at developers productivity. I just downloaded their 30 day trial version and played around little bit for two days. I was developing a AJAX and SOAEclipse IDE for my client; i was particularly interested to look into the ajax and database capabilities from MyEclipse.
Noticeable features from the 6.0 GA release includes (see myeclipse for complete list of features)…
- Europa eclipse distribution compatibility
- Integrated Libraries (for Java EE 5, JPA, Struts 1.1-1.3, Hibernate 2-3.2, Spring 1.2-2.0, etc…)
- Integrated Tomcat 6.0 Server
- Integrated Derby Server (10.2.2)
- Java Persistence Tools
- Visual JSF designer and Flow editor
- AJAX Tools
- Matisse4MyEclipse Swing Visual Designer
Ajax debugging capabilities are awesome from MyEclipse. They tried to provide most of the capabilities from the Firefox's FireBug.
- It has the JavaScript Inspector to look-into the scripts loaded by the webpage.
- Ajax Request Monitor is another great tool to see how many ajax requests are happening on the page. It also shows the Request/Response along with Headers and Body. This is very helpful for debugging any kind of ajax requests to indicate time, status and request and response.
- DOM Source view is very useful to see the code for a selected DOM node. The DOM Inspector view enables the developer to select any node on the dom and it highlights the specific area in the WebPage. This is great feature for the developer as he can see and inspect the inner elements from DOM.
I found the Java Persistence Perspective is very useful with DbBrowser, Table/Object Info, SQL Editor, Results, and Table Edit capabilities.
- How cool is it for a developer to be able to connect to different databases (via DB Browser), select the tables and view the table Info (via Table/Object Info) and the edit the tables if needed (via Edit Table).
- SQL Editor allows to select the different data base connections and then execute the query on a specific table or view. The query results are displayed in the SQL Results view. A developer oriented feature is to be able to copy the results on to the clipboard.
- I really liked the ease with which we can add a capability; some of the capabilities include Add Web Service Capabilities, Add Tapestry Capabilities, Add Struts Capabilities, Add Spring Capabilities, Add JPA Capabilities, Add JSTL Capabilities. All these capabilities can be added by a single click. Configuration files and property files are automatically generated for the developer.
- Java Persistence perspective enables to be able to select a table and create code supporting the persistence capabilities. Persistence mechanisms like JPA, Hibernate and EJB3 are supported via this feature (they call it reverse engineering… from table to code).
Last but not the least, Installing the MyEclipse examples dynamically is a great feature. User can decide what he wants and then he can get a full running application. I really like the bundling of the Tomcat and Derby so that all the minimal set of pre-requisites are satisfied.
Overall, working on MyEclipse was a great experience for me. All the mentioned features definitely improve developers productivity to a greater extent.
4 Responses to "MyEclipse is Cool !!!"
October 23, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Note that all of the Ajax/JavaScript debugging capability is available for free as a standalone Eclipse project called the Ajax Toolkit Framework.
October 24, 2007 at 1:52 am
Ya, i know that these capabilities are present in the ATF.
My comments and observation about MyEclipse is only about the "MyEclipse" packaging.
In reality, i do use the ATF and WTP in cmbination for an RCP that i am developing.
October 25, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Hey guys,
Glad you guys are interested in our Ajax tools. We do indeed integrate most of ATF as it is a very solid framework for Ajax tooling (kudos to ATF team). However, for MyEclipse we had to modify it heavily with fixes and additional MyEclipse specific enhancements, plus a couple of brand new features rolled in as well. We would love to hear what you guys think over at our forums.
Speaking of Ajax, if you have MyEclipse 6.0.1 installed, be sure and take a quick look at the GoogleMapsExample project. Just go to MyEclipse > Examples On-Demand menu item and then install the GoogleMapsExample project. Then you can deploy and tweak a working Ajax application in MyEclipse and try out the JavaScript debugger, etc.
For non-MyEclipse users you can take a look at this example project over at http://www.examplesondemand.com/
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La Ferme du Buisson
After a weekend of theater that doused us in the alienation of contemporary British (Forced Entertainment) and Japanese society (another Okada's We are the Undamaged Ones), on Sunday night Anne and I ventured out to La Ferme du Buisson, a former factory site scattered with nineteenth century heritage buildings that have that been transformed into a cultural playground – there's an art gallery, a theater, a hall, a cinema and, because it's France, at the center of it all, sits an expansive bar and restaurant. The fun doesn't begin and end inside the buildings, but continues outside with projections, sculptures, outdoor performances. For people like me who only move beyond the péripherique on the way to Germany or London, it's always a surprise to find life, let alone high quality experimental culture, in the suburbs. And so, La Ferme du Buisson east of Paris was a real find.
And what better introduction to this vibrant cultural space than the performance of the collective Berlin, Tagfish. Billed as a docu-fiction, Tagfish is a video/performance ostensibly about the building of a hotel at the site of the Zeche Zollverein, the former coal mine in Essen, in industrial Germany. Six white middle-aged German men sit around a boardroom table, in ornate chairs. However, the architect, the town planner, the regional government representative, the journalist, the UNESCO representative philosophize, dream, debate and disagree about the project to come from the comfort of their own offices. The men do not meet, but are filmed individually, their discrete image shown on its own screen that forms the back of the chairs they would otherwise be sitting in. Thus, the men of this committee only come together on the stage of performance, as a series of video screens, mounted to chairs, placed around an on-stage table. And one chair, thus screen, is empty, but the occupant's presence, his desire and his thoughts pervade the piece: this is the chair reserved for the Sheik who will finance the prospective hotel. After endless conversations in which the idealist urban designer, the pragmatist local government and so on, don't so much disagree as prolong the conversation.
For me the piece extended beyond its specific subject matter to become a reflection on the ineffectivity and endless procrastination, the mire of decision making in institutions anywhere other than in the business sector. Painfully long pauses, the repetition ad infinitum of issues at stake, the needless digressions into other points of view reminded me all too well of the institutional committees on which I sit, committees that rarely make a decision and never convince me of the need to meet again. Predictably, there is no decision about whether and how to go ahead with the hotel at the Zollverein, even as the Sheik sits in the Middle East primed to sign the check. A work such as Tagfish so convincingly captures the ineffectivity and absurdity, even surreality, of these kinds of government orchestrated commitees in general: under the guise of democracy and consensus, they prolong the process of decision making until they can include everyone's point of view, and then stymie all possibility of doing anything other than performing the fiction of their own necessity.
All of this said, however, I am not sure whether the collective Berlin was interested in this more general level of identification. Perhaps they were, but the uncertainty of their intentions is one of a number of flaws in the piece. There is much left undone and unexplored by Tagfish, shortcomings that leave the audience disappointed and frustrated. Thus, for example, while the discussions proliferate about whether the hotel should be above or below ground, whether it should have air-conditioning or not, there is only passing reference to the insufferable condition of the miners who once occupied the Zeche Zollverein. The briefest mention of the heat, the blackness, the humidity in the mines might be at the level of the discussions. However, if this is the case, Tagfish does nothing to critique the ignorance of the committee members, and the irresponsibility of their thinking. When they discuss the hotel designs, it is hinted that building underground works with the existing ethos and structures of the Zollverein. However, to reiterate, it's worth getting angry over the idea that the experience of being in a luxury hotel could somehow compare with that of being in a mine, a comparison that is nowhere addressed, let alone analyzed.
Similarly, I couldn't help wondering if the novelty of the use of an individual screen for each committee member, and in turn, their co-existence solely on the stage, was intriguing but empty of any further significance. Yes, it may be that the form of Tagfish is somehow echoing the ultimate breakdown of communication among the group. But I don't think that is enough of an impetus or substantiation for such an otherwise innovative mode of presentation. All of this said, Tagfish is one of those pieces that is so potentially rich, and that points to so many interesting and complex issues, particularly as they are raised across the landscape of Germany's Ruhr Valley regeneration, that it's worth the journey out to La Ferme du Buisson just for the après-performance discussion of the issues it raises. And, of course, this discussion can take place in the inspiring and creative environment of an industrial site that was successfully transformed and is able to celebrate the vibrancy of contemporary culture.
All images courtesy of Anne Steichen's iphone
All images courtesy of Anne Steichen's iphone


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Lillian Rock
Lillian Rock had great energy, enthusiasm, creativity, and willingness to give money and time to the causes that concerned her: equality for women, advancement of the poor, and Jewish organizations.
Rock was born in New York City on August 6, 1896, to Joel and Ida Libby (Gross) Rock and had at least two brothers and a sister. She graduated with an LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School in 1923. In 1925, at age twenty-nine, she was admitted to the New York bar and began to practice. When her brother Nathaniel was admitted to the bar, Rock took him in and became the senior partner of Rock and Rock in New York City. After eleven years of practice, she claimed to have handled over five thousand cases. The exact nature of most of these cases is unknown, but some involved landlord/tenant matters.
Rock focused her attention outside of work on promoting the election of women to public office. With a highly developed sense of public relations, she dealt well and frequently with the press. She wrote for popular magazines and was far ahead of her time in her opinions on social policy.
In 1935, she founded the League for a Woman President and Vice President, with membership open to both women and men. The name was later revised to the League for a Woman for President and Other Offices, and its membership grew to three thousand. Its aim was to convince one of the major parties to name a woman candidate for vice president or president of the United States. Rock proposed Florence E. Allen, a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, as president of the United States, and backed Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, for higher office. In July 1939, Rock embarked on a month-long plane tour of South American countries with Mrs. Lionel Sutro to research the status of women in those countries.
Rock joined dozens of organizations and was counsel to some of them. She was a member of the New York Country Lawyers Association, the Bronx Women's Bar Association, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, and other women's professional and Jewish organizations. She served as vice president of the National Association of Women Lawyers and was the legal adviser for the Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund for University Women, an organization that supported third-world women's projects. The size of her membership responsibilities was so vast that, at times, she mistakenly thought that she held certain offices and made unauthorized changes.
A Reform Jew, she was an organizer of the Bronx division of the American Jewish Congress and a member of Congregation Temple Beth Elohim and Montefiore Congregation.
With her remarkable abilities, Rock enjoyed associating with other women of achievement. Her direct gaze reflected her inner strength and unequivocal determination. Flamboyant in dress, particularly in her hats, she lived luxuriously at Sutton Place in Manhattan, collecting art objects and rare books. Death came suddenly on May 13, 1974. She was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Queens, New York, survived by two brothers, a sister, and two nephews.
NYTimes, July 20, 1939, and Obituary. May 15, 1974, 48:3; UJE; WWIAJ 3 (1938): 862.
More on Lillian Rock
How to cite this page
Thomas, Dorothy. "Lillian Rock." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 27 February 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. (Viewed on December 12, 2019) <https://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rock-lillian>.


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This kitsch but so pretty to me 🙂 small paintings were always with me. They were on the wall in the living room of my grandmother's apartment, where I grew up. They are watercolors painted in the early thirties by a local painter from the little Transilvania town where my grandmother was born. My great grandmother bought them. My grandmother remembered this painter from her childhood because he was a friend of her uncle. She remembered the painter in the stereotypical image of the "artist": with a black cape, a large hat and a gloomy mood :). He signed this small watercolors: Popovici M. My mother remembers visiting the exact spot where this watercolors were painted, on a river that crosses Beius, my grandmother's town. This is so strange to me, because the images have an exotic feel, I would have said they are painted from imagination, but my mother says the location was kind of similar. They still have their original painted wooden frames and the original very thin glass. We used to have a third one, same location but in the night, painted in blues and with a very romantic full moon :). I really hope it wasn't lost in the big move my grandmother had from one town to another, in the nineties. I still hope it will turn out eventually, hidden in the back of some cupboard or in a box or something. The two paintings I still have hang now in my room and I can see them from my bed at night.
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It's another side-step card, and I've fallen in love with this kind of card! So simple now that I know how to do it! I used the Curly Cute stamp set with the Field Flowers, and the background stamp is "one of the french ones!" (Shh, it might be retired!). The paper on the side, which you can barely see in my lighting, is one of the Soft Suede patterns from the Neutrals stack.
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I had the incredible honor of visiting Salzburg in October 2011 with members of the von Trapp family. We were there to attend the premiere of the first stage production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC ever done in the city where the story is set (see accompanying article), and to preside over the opening of a new exhibition. – BERT FINK
A few days after the musical premiered at the Landestheater, I was walking along the sparkling Salzach River with the von Trapp family. (How cool is that?) We passed a cylindrical billboard, plastered with an enormous ad for a new exhibition about to open at the City Museum of Salzburg (photo, above). Johannes von Trapp, the family patriarch and the youngest of the original Trapp Family Singers, stopped in his tracks. He blinked and swallowed hard, and little wonder: staring back at him from the billboard was an image of himself as a little boy. The City Museum of Salzburg, prompted by the stage premiere of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, has opened an exhibit entitled: THE VON TRAPP FAMILY -- REALITY AND "THE SOUND OF MUSIC." The billboard, advertising the new exhibit, featured a photo of the Trapp Family Singers from circa 1945, with little Johannes front and center.
On November 1, I joined the von Trapps at the formal opening of the exhibition, which is slated to run through November 2012 at least. An artful blend of fact & fiction, the first half of the exhibit chronicles the real life story of the von Trapp family, with amazing artifacts such as Georg von Trapp's military uniform from WWI, and Maria's actual guitar, plus interactive computer displays that track the story from Austria to America, and the publication of Maria's best-selling autobiography.
Fiction picks up where fact leaves off: the exhibit details the making of the popular German film, DIE TRAPP FAMILIE, which first dramatized Maria's story. The exhibit then turns its full attention to THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Working with this Organization, the exhibit focuses on the stage musical, from the original 1959 Broadway production starring Mary Martin to the recent hugely successful UK version produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and even to the newest production, which opened in Moscow just a few weeks ago.
Artful displays feature rare playbills and LP's from the original Broadway run; set models from the '06 Lloyd Webber production, as well as an actual costume worn by star Connie Fisher in that version; and photos from productions over the years. An especially popular touch-screen console features "My Favorite Things" in nearly 20 different languages. (Guests are able to click on the screen and hear the song in Japanese, Hebrew, Portugese, Greek, Icelandic...) The exhibit also features displays on the Salzburg Marionette version, and even designs and models from the just-opened Landestheater.
The opening of the exhibition was, in its own way, as moving and profound as the opening of the musical at the Landestheater less than two weeks earlier. The Salzburg City Museum is housed in a 400-year old palace once owned by an Archbishop; high above the palace is the "Glockenspiel" (bell tower), one of the most beloved landmarks in Salzburg. For hundreds of years, the Glockenspiel has pealed melodies by Mozart and other classical gems, three times a day, every day; Salzburgers listen for her bells, since the melodies change every month.
We gathered in the Grand Hall, just below the Glockenspiel. The Governor of the State and the Mayor of the City each spoke about the importance of THE SOUND OF MUSIC to Salzburg. State Vice Governor Wilfried Haslauer told his fellow Salzburgers that they should be proud of three musical gifts Salzburg has given the world: Mozart; "Silent Night"...and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. He also spoke of the fact that Salzburg, in essence, was finally discovering the musical that the rest of the world knows, and he said that part of his community's reluctance to accept the musical was its reluctance to discuss its own past. He hoped that, in its own way, this production would be part of the process in which younger generations of Austrians confront their own history.
A choir of Austrian children was gathered to sing for us, and looked utterly wonderful in their lederhosen and dirndl (noting that these are not "costumes" but rather, folk dress that they still wear for special occasions.) Beautiful, innocent voices of children serenaded us with songs from THE SOUND OF MUSIC -- in German. I stole a glance over at the von Trapp family; they were as moved as I.
Actually, we all were in tears even a few minutes before that, when the evening began.
Gathered in the hall, with speakers about to speak, and the children about to sing, we were first asked for total quiet. It was 7PM. In the silence, we could hear bells; they were coming from outside, and above.
It was the Glockenspiel.
It was playing a new melody.
It was playing "Edelweiss."


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Clockwork Wars: Sentience Expansion Review
on Jan 21, 2016
Clockwork Wars was a breath of fresh air, albeit one chocked full of smog and pollution. It immediately shot up to the cream of the Euro/Ameritrash hybrid crop alongside stalwarts such as Eclipse, Cyclades, and the recent Blood Rage. It's a thematic conquest game with smooth mechanisms, an honest playtime, and great dramatic tension. The Sentience expansion solidifies its bid by adding more variety and a fifth player to the proceedings.
The new Invention race is the billed headline of the show, even if it's not the most crucial element - more on that later. This purple faction is a collection of sentient machinery and boasts the unique Arachnoid unit. This special troop is able to respond and move across the board while sporting a solid combat value. It's not quite as sexy or special as the Operative or Rhinoc battering rams, but one huge advantage it has is that it can be rebuilt if it's lost. This is the only faction specific unit in the game with this capability and it adds to that sense of recklessness and drama organically fostered by the deployment rules. Your eight-legged gear friend will be skittering about and shoving its pointy fore-limbs into squishy Troglodyte and Human flesh from the very first turn.
We're also given six new Espionage cards that rival the power and swing of those in the base game. The new Discoveries add one additional option to each category. Lastly, we have an excellent new Court option featuring a secretive group of sorcerers that offer powerful effects such as outright killing enemies on the map in the Middle Age.
The important factor here is that all of these naturally extend the sense of discovery and replayability inherent in the base game without adding any new rules or reference overhead. You never need to go to the expansion rulebook or a special sheet as everything is included on the cards. The variety in Clockwork Wars was already great and it was one of the hugely positive qualities you quickly pick up. This additional bulk is akin to giving Hulk Hogan in his prime a shot of HGH - totally not needed but why the hell not?
All of this is great but the real selling point and defining element of Sentience is in the two new scoring tiles. The base game features Lakes and Forests, both of which feel slightly different and require different expenditures of troops to maximize victory point acquisition. While only having two types of scoring tiles sounds skimpy, it never felt under-baked or lacking. The streamlined nature felt right in the context of the base game and combat was always interesting and unpredictable.
However, adding in two more choices certainly increases the saturation of tactical options. The maps you play on won't necessarily be bigger, but the decisions more nuanced. While players may fall into a pattern of ignoring the Forest and Lake tiles until the scoring rounds, there is clear incentive to treat the new Observatory and Nexus differently. They both command respect and proper valuation to seize victory on the battlefield.
The Observatory is the only terrain in the game that counts as both a Research and Resource territory. Yes - it generates IP research tokens as well as victory points in the scoring phase. The single Research point awarded is wild and may be taken from any discipline, which is very nifty for someone wanting to maintain a flexible strategy or massage their acquisition rate based on terrain available.
This strong incentive to occupy the Observatory prior to the scoring round changes the feel of this sector of the map dramatically. You have players pushing early to acquire this tile and it inherently becomes more valuable than the previous choices. Sometimes the Observatories will be hotly contested, other times players will feign offensive and then redirect their attack to the possibly undervalued Forests and Lakes. In every game I've included them the stakes have been raised and they've been properly respected.
The Nexus is perhaps the single most intense element of Sentience. This is a Resource tile that only scores points if a Discovery token is present. This paints a huge bull's-eye on the space as opponents will want to target your Nexus for the points as well as the sweet, sweet technology. The included reward for locking down the hex is a mighty four victory points, which raises above all other scoring tiles. The amount of bodies that will spill on this piece of terrain is striking.
The real benefit of these new scoring options is that you will need to re-assess your play and perfect new strategies. This will of course shift and be altered as different Discoveries wind up in play. The sum total is that a fantastic base game experience is given more depth and more creativity. For that reason Sentience is a real winner and something every Clockwork Wars fan should seek out.


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Equestrian Communities
Equestrian Communities
Looking for an equestrian community to bring your horsey friends?
Check out these Horse friendly communities in El Dorado and Amador Counties.They range in price and acreage.
Call me for more information 530-295-8440 Diane Broussard.
Diane Broussard has been involved with horses all her life. She starting riding at an early age with her father. She and her daughter Heather, have been showing horses since Heather was 4 years old. When Heather was small, Diane was the local 4-H horse leader and gave riding lessons to kids. Diane has participated in just about every equestrian discipline from rodeo to dressage. Currently Diane owns a 12 acre ranch in Somerset,Ca. Her daughter is now an attorney in Los Angeles and no longer rides, but will start up again one day, I am sure. Diane has three grandchildren and a new granddaughter she hopes one day will take up the reins .Brooklyn loves horses and grandma is happy to take her to see them.
Because El Dorado and Amador County has some of the best horse properties around, her background in the equine industry greatly enhances her sales ability.
Horse people have a different language and when looking for a horse property its good to find an agent that understands.
Auburn Lake Trails, El Dorado County
Great place to practice your endurance riding. Auburn Lake Trails is a gated, equestrian community located off Hwy 49 and Hwy 193 between Auburn and Placerville. Horseback riding trails run throughout this community. In addition, there is direct access to the large Western States Trail system. Auburn Lake Trails also includes a golf course, swimming and tennis.
See Homes in Auburn Lake Trails
Burke Ranch-Amador County, California
Burke Ranch is in Amador County close to Plymouth and also close to Murrietta Equine Complex. These are 5 Acre ranchettes priced from $500,000 to $900,000
Cameron Estates, El Dorado County, California
This beautiful former ranch land is approximately 1,600 Acres and was transformed into a prestigious neighborhood in 1961.This horse community has a truly rural and open feeling, which was divided into approximately 288 individual small country ranches of approximately 5 acres each.
Cameron Estates, once called Dorado Estates is comprised of gently rolling grassy hills and oak studded parcels with horse easements for riding trails along the 16.5 miles of quiet and scenic residential streets. There is a easement for riding along the side of the streets.
It is now proudly called Cameron Estates. With almost immediate access to Hwy 50, it enjoys a superb location for easy driving to work, shopping, and recreation. It is located in Cameron Park adjacent to Shingle Springs and between El Dorado Hills and Placerville, off Highway 50. It is about an hour and 15 minutes to Lake Tahoe and skiing, and minutes to some of the choicest horse trails in the entire United States.
Greenstone Countr, El Dorado County
Gated, equestrian community situated between Shingle Springs and Placerville. It includes 11 miles of hiking and horseback riding trails, tennis and volleyball courts and a new way of life for your family. Home prices start in the $900's.
Directions: Hwy 50 to Greenstone Exit. Go north to Right on Green Valley Rd
Milton Ranch, El Dorado County, California
Milton Estates is a gated community located 2 miles south of Hwy 50 in Shingle Springs. Portions of the development are set on 2 acre parcels not zoned for horses. These parcels are designed for those wishing a custom home on a scenic parcel but not needing horse property. The other parcels are 5 acre minimum and zoned for horses. All homes are custom built. Milton Ranch parcels are 5 acre minimum zoned for horses .
Royal Equestrian Estates
Royal Equestrian Estates is located 5 miles south of Hwy 50 in Shingle Springs. It is a gated community with varying terrain. There are new custom "spec" homes being built on Steeplechase Drive. Homes priced from the $900's and lots from the $350's. Parcels are minimum of 5 acres. Some parcels have city light or Sierra views. Most are suitable for a horse setup.
Sunridge Meadow & Sunridge Ranch
Sunridge Meadow is a small, gated, equestrian community lcoated 5 miles south of El Dorado Hills. There are 7 miles of riding trails, a large community arena with jumps and some of the most beautiful, custom homes in the El Dorado County area. All the homes are situated on a minimum 5 acre parcel and white railed fencing is predominant throughout. Sunridge Ranch is located 4 miles south of El Dorado Hills off Latrobe Road. Custom homes are set on 10-acre minimum parcels. Some parcels offer views of the Sierras or the Sacramento city lights
Shadow Hawk
Shadow Hawk is a gated, rural community in Shingle Springs built by Beazer Homes. Beazer, which is a large subdivision contractor, built these new homes starting in 1998 on 10 acre parcels. The area is suitable for horse property and many home sites afford Sierra views. Horse trails are nearby. Great location and easy commute to Sacramento
Directions: Hwy 50 to Ponderosa Rd exit. Turn right approx 5 miles
The Ranch, Clay Station, California- Sheldon Hills
Offers "Sunrise to Sunset Views"
JTS Communities,Sheldon Hills has become one of the most exclusive new home communities in the area. With views that span from the Sierras, Mt. Diablo, and the Coastal Range, to vineyard views, there is no place like Sheldon Hills With 2 to 3 acre parcels and only 20 to 25 minutes from Downtown Sacramento,Sheldon Ranch combined "country" living with views that enhance the experience. The exclusivity, the views, and the acreage are unparalleled in the area
With single story floor plans, ranging in size up to approximately 4800 square feet, The Ranch at Sheldon Hills will present buyers with designs that will more than meet their busy, professional lifestyles. These 39 homes and home sites provide the functionality and style that allow home buyers to feel excited and proud of "country" living even though downtown Sacramento is only 25 minutes away. All available homes will have upscale upgrades that are sure to impress even the most discriminating buyer-
To get more information on The Ranch at Sheldon Hills, from Sacramento take Highway 50 to the Sunrise exit and go south. Turn left on Jackson Highway to Sloughhouse Rd., turn right and go two miles then turn right at the Sheldon Hills entrance to the model.
8440 close to Rancho Murietta Equestrian Center and golf Course and just down the road from Sacramento this area is sure to please.
The Ranch, in Wilton-Sacramento County, California
A 300 acre JTS community located in Wilton, Sacramento County. Surrounded by pristine agricultural land. Ideal for equestrian living. Each home is located on two to four acres with a private well and septic system. In addition, home buyers can choose from a variety of detached outbuildings, including barn designs, garages, casitas and more. Hiking and riding trails with access to surrounding wild life area. Homes priced from the $500s. Sq. ft. ranges from 2500 to 4800---- from 4 to 5 bedrms.---20 miles of riding trails--Gentleman ranches-limit two horses per property.---award winning designer homes
Willow Creek Estates, Amador County California
Willow Creek Estates is a subdivision in Amador County close to Rancho Murrietta Equine Complex. Most parcels are 5 acres, relatively flat and prices range from 400,000 to 900,000
Equestrian Real Estate Searches
Links Of Interest
Wild Horse Adoption
Take a look at the wild horse Rescue
South County Large Animal Rescue
Equine Boarding Facilities:
- All Good Horses
- Blue Water Farms
- Equine Unlimited
- Flying M Ranch
- Horse Hotel & Boarding
- Paradise Ranch
- Two Rivers Ranch
Equestrian Information
Equestrian Magazines And Websites
- Everything Horse in the West
- Horsetrader Magazine
Horse and more
- West Coast Horseman Magazine
Paint Horse News and More
- Riding Magazine Online
In Northern and Southern California
- West Coast Premier Horse Magazine
Ride Magazine
- Great Equestrian articles monthly
Equestrian Magazine
- Order a subscription to this Cowboy Entertainment
Cowboy Everything
Barn And Arena Footings Designers
Equestrian Facilities And Trainers
Rancho Murieta Equestrian Facility
All Breed Horse Show Facility
Folsom lake Equestrian Center
Board your horse and trail ride around Folsom Lake
Bobbie Emmons Show Horses
Training Paints and Quarter Horses
Youth -Junior-Amateur
[email protected]
Equestrian Trails And Campgrounds
El Dorado Trail Map
El Dorado Trails
El Dorado Equestrian Campgrounds
Equestrian Shoers And Veterinarians
Horse Shoeing
Call Will--15 yrs.Experience
Horseback Riding Rentals
Hwy. 89, South Lake Tahoe
(530) 541-3113
SUMMER: Boarding, hourly guided rides, breakfast and dinner rides
(Reservations required), pack charters
WINTER: Sleigh rides
Hwy. 89, Near Cascade Lake
(530) 541-2055
SUMMER: Boarding, hourly guided rides, breakfast and dinner rides
(Reservations required), pack charters
WINTER: Closed