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I'll be the first to tell you my training method isn't for everyone. But, if you're willing make a real commitment to your horse by putting in the time and effort, I assure you you'll get positive results – safe, confident and reliable horses. There's just nothing like the feeling of trust between horse and human.
Here are some success stories from people who have been willing to commit themselves to my training and riding methods.
Making a life partner – Jan Pack and Sandman
With her kids grown and out of the house, Jan was ready to start her lifelong desire to ride horses. A good friend found a beautiful palomino Quarter Horse gelding that Jan fell in love with. The challenge was that he was also very sensitive and Jan had not achieved the skill level to help him overcome that issue.
I had been searching for a training method that would help Sandman overcome his fears – I even spent a week with a nationally recognized clinician featured on television. None of these methods solved the problem. Then I met David Gray. I learned that it's not about the horse's temperament. It's about the training. Sandman has overcome many of his fears and is gaining more confidence everyday. Gray's training method is unbelievably phenomenal!
Better results than the show trainers – Jennifer Rougeau and Apache
Jennifer and her daughter were successfully involved in the big time national show world for over 10 years. She spent big money on horses and nationally recognized trainers. She had planned on taking a break from horses when her family moved to Abilene, but Apache came into her life and she went in search of a local trainer. A friend of hers recommended me and Jennifer brought Apache to me to start his training.
I have seen and experienced horses trained by some of the most highly respected trainers in the national show circuit. I have not seen the results that David Gray has achieved with Apache. Within 30 days he was already make lots of progress – very willing. Gray's no punishment method works. His training methods is the best that I've seen. I am expecting great things from this horse!
The experience of a lifetime – John Beckett and Lacy
I am a 62 year old man that had never had the opportunity to ride a horse let alone to own one! Last year our wonderful neighbors introduced my wife and I to their three horses. We fell in love with Shay, a very stately and beautiful bay mare. It was only a few days of begging them to let us babysit, that Shay was eating grass in our pasture! After a few months of feeding, caring for and loving Shay we bought her. Having one horse was not enough for two people, so, Lacy Lou was soon in our pasture with Shay. Lacy is a beautiful buckskin mare.
At that point it seemed that everything started going wrong. I was told that Lacy was too much horse for me and I should take her back to where I bought her. The new saddle that I just bought for her did not fit her and everyone I talked to seem to give me conflicting advice. I was ready to give up and get out of owning horses.
My wife suggested that I call David Gray, whom we had also met through our neighbors, and have Lacy evaluated. When I called David, I never had any idea at the time how my life was about to change. David's method of zero pain for the horses was just the type of training I was looking for.
The next thing I knew, Lacy and I both were taking lessons from David! While Lacy was working on such things as ground techniques and riding without a bit, I was learning the basics of how to ride. I was told at least a hundred times to keep my heels down, my hands down, look over your shoulder and put pressure on the leg in the direction of the turn. Having never ridden a horse this was all new to me, but I was soon learning to ride. Learning to trot and post took a bit longer!
As the lessons progressed, it became obvious to me that David had the knowledge and a special ability to communicate with the horses. I also found him to be a very effective communicator with his students. David has always giving me more than I expected. He is very patient and always made me feel important as a student and a friend.
David has given me a wonderful gift. He has given me a kind, obedient and well trained horse. He has also given me the ability to control and ride this magnificent animal, Lacy Lou.
Thank you so much.
A whole new way to ride – Janet Beckett and Shay
I thought I knew everything – well, almost everything! I used to ride frequently when I was a teenager and fell in love with horses then. Well, life took me on different paths and now, 40 years later, I am having the pleasure of actually owning my very first horse. We bought a beautiful big bay mare, Shay, from our neighbor, and my husband & I fell in love with her. She quickly learned how to twist us around her hoof and she taught us all of the tricks that she could think of!
I thought all of the techniques I knew as a youngster would come back, kind of like riding a bike, but I was wrong. Shay is a very powerful and spirited horse and I quickly realized that I was out of my league on her back. This was not the kind of "fun" I used to have as a teenager.
We had already met David Gray as he was currently training my husband and his horse, Lacy. I knew he had a kind of "magic" with horses as I had watched him work with Lacy and was amazed at how the horse responded to him. He was also working with my husband, who had never really ridden before, and being an "A" type, was probably not the easiest student he had ever worked with. My husband thought David was the "greatest". We asked David if he would be willing to take on another student and horse and fortunately for us, he was.
Well, my whole concept of owning and riding horses has changed since that day. He has taught me how to respect the horse more, yet be the one in control. Riding without a bit was so foreign to me that I just didn't see how you could stay in control, especially with a difficult horse. But David taught me about taking pain away from the horse and gaining their respect in other ways. I was never big on ground work, but have now learned how important it is, and David has given me many tools to make me successful at it. David's patience, with horse and human, is amazing. He has taught me so much and has always done it with encouragement and never making me feel like I can't do it. Eventually I get it and I can see that he is as proud of me as I am of myself!
Thank you, David, for the gifts you have given Shay and me. Both of our paths in life will be better because of you!
Overcoming fear and anxiety – Patty Esfandiary
Fear: to anticipate, apprehend, avoid, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be frightened, be in awe, break out in a sweat, feel concern, fret, have butterflies, shudder, suspect, tremble, worry. All these words and feelings is what went through my mind and body. To mount a 1200 lb animal, then to be told that I would be riding this magnificent horse without the aid of a halter or even a reins. But soon these words and emotions vanished and never thought of again.
David has taken those words out of my vocabulary. Never have I felt such calmness, comfort and safety on a horse. This is the ride I have always wanted, and just now have experienced. David is teaching these concepts; that when he says them they seem so logical. Take away the pain we as humans inflict upon horses and they will be anxious to please us humans. They have the ability to learn that never before have I witnessed. Horses love knowledge, but they cannot have it beaten into them. Repetition, endurance and stamina is what it takes and also, of course, the love for the animal, the proper feed, the appropriate equipment and the correcting of the way the hooves are manicured.
When I first started riding with David these were words I heard most: Heels down, balance, thumbs up, don't kick, post, heels down Patty, ride around the leg the direction you want to go, heels down, post, post, post, balance. Thought that David never would say anything else. But soon I learned with these proper procedures that soon what I have been looking for in a ride was soon to follow. I am challenged only to what I have the comfort and ability to do. So as he does with the beast he also does with the human. No beating, no degrading, no yelling, only positive reinforcement. Repetition, endurance and stamina is what it takes, and also, of course, the love for riding. Sounds like both humans and horses learn from the same agenda.
I had not ridden in 19 years, but I had the desire to resume a love and passion that I was born into. Destiny brought David into my life, and of course his desire to eat helped! For this I am so grateful. I work in a very stressful job and I needed something to take me away from this stress. Horseback riding the way David teaches is just what the doctor ordered. The calmer and more relaxed I am, the calmer and more relaxed the horse is. Cash is the horse I have had the honor of riding. This horse came to David about 3 years ago. He has been retrained using David's method and has proven himself to be priceless. Cash is the horse every rider has dreams of having. I know that at times Cash is saying to himself, "really, Patty, just keep your balance, let me have my head, make sure you really want to go left (or right) and I can do the rest." I had the honor of going on an open range ride with Cash and as the other horses and riders were having a bit of a rough time, Cash was always calm and collected. Not once did I feel I was not in control. David had taught me what to do in case something would have happened, but never once did Cash falter. I even have trouble mounting this very large steed for I am only 5'2″. I only have to find an object to climb on to give me height. I ask him to move closer. I can mount from any side and never does he want to flee or even be afraid of my clumsiness. When I want to get off and walk around or just sit under a shade tree, I just throw his lead rope on the ground and that is where he will stay. AMAZING is the best word to describe this animal. AMAZING is also the word to describe David and his work and patience.
So thanks, David, for coming into my life and allowing me into your world. Having the stamina and endurance to put up with me. To keep repeating instructing words, never in anger. To keep encouraging me. To share with me the most awesome horses that I have ever been around. And to you, Gina, letting me take away precious time that should be yours.
From fear to confidence – Pam Dempsey
I have been in love with horses ever since I can remember!! I owned my first horse at the age of 10 and have always had at least one ever since. In September of 2004 I bought a 2 year old paint gelding named Maverick. It was my intention for him to be my first horse to ever "break" on my own. Well, the first time up on his back I rode him around for about an hour and everything was great until something upset him and he decided he was done. Maverick went into bronc mode and threw me off. Initially I got up and thought everything was fine, it was my husband who knew something was wrong when I kept just repeating myself over and over again. He insisted I lay down and he called 911. I was life flighted to a trauma center where I found out that I had fractured two vertebrae in my back!! I also received such a blow to my head that I am still fighting memory problems to this day and I have totally lost my memory of about 6 months of my life…I can't even remember the accident!! After this happened I started looking for other more safe ways to deal with my horses. It was then that I stumbled upon Pat Parelli and his program. I completely devoted myself to his teachings for about two years. In the end, I found only frustration because I still had trust issues and problems with my horses that I didn't know how to handle and I could never get anyone to take me by the hand and show me. The only thing that has kept me from giving up completely is that I love my horses too much to do that. Eventually, I was lucky enough to stumble upon the web site of Dale Moulton and his Horsepower program. This Aussie really interested me and I went to meet him at a nutrition clinic one night. We hit it off instantly and I could immediately tell that he still truly cares about helping horses and those of us trying to learn better, safer ways of dealing with them!! I was then even more thrilled when I was invited out to the ranch of David Gray, one of Dale's students, to ride some of his Horsepower trained horses in person!!!! There are absolutely NO words to describe the experience I had out there in Abilene!! Gray put me on a 2 year old he had only been riding for two weeks. I have to admit I was quite nervous about being on such a "green" horse. However, once I got on her and realized we were fine walking around the round pen I was starting to feel more at ease. Oh, and don't let me forget to mention I was on her bareback with no halter or anything on her at all!! Anyway, it was then that Dale handed me a starter pistol and instructed me to point it up in the air and fire off a round!! At this point I began to think he must be crazy, I came here to feel safer not to feel in danger!!! Well, Dale just asked me to trust him so I did and to my surprise I think the shot startled me more than the horse. Molly, the horse, barely even lifted her head and turned her ears in my direction!! Wow, that was amazing. After this we all saddled up and headed out to the trail. Out there I had the pleasure of riding Holiday, a huge 16 hand beauty!! My experience with him was far beyond any explanation I am capable of giving.
In all my life I have NEVER rode a horse that you can tell is thinking for himself and maintaining his calm even in the most strenuous situations. I also was unaware of how nervous I still was being on a horse after my accident!!! I thought I was pretty much over it but Holiday helped me realize how uptight I was and how much my emotions were affecting the horse I was on. Any time something unexpected would happen I would tense up and start pulling on his head. Poor Holiday had no idea what I was doing, but he put up with me and all my nervous habits until Gray told me, "just stop!" As soon as I did just relax and rely on Holiday to do his job everything was smooth sailing!! We rode through rough terrain up and down steep slopes and through brush and he handled everything with complete control and did everything that he was asked just like he was an old pro. I even ended up riding him for about the last hour or so with nothing but a neck rope on him!!! Wow, I have never experienced anything like that in my lifetime. Once I took the halter off I was even more in sync with him feeling his every movement and him mine. It was such an enlightening experience to realize what is truly available to people and horses when we learn to deal with them the right way.
Riding Gray's horses was truly a life changing, emotional experience for me. I hope that one day with Dale and Gray's help I too can learn how to achieve such levels of horsemanship as they have. I am so very thankful to Dale, Gray, Molly, and Holiday and all the horses I met that day for showing me how much pleasure is out there to be experienced with horses!!! Thank you all!!
Fulfilling the dream – Mary Raines
I just finished reading all the information on your website and I want to tell you how much I appreciate everything you did for me this weekend. I am looking forward to riding again for the first time in almost 2 years. Having a horse like Holiday is a dream come true for me. We are just getting to know each other now, but I know we will have many happy years together.
I am 60 years old and have loved horses all my life. I have owned a horse most of the time since I was 16 years old. I have had really good trustworthy horses up until my old mare died about 3 years ago. I love to trail ride with my husband and friends so I bought another mare, she seemed to be going fine when she started acting up in all kinds of unacceptable ways that put me in danger and I fell off and hurt my back. It took me about a month to get over the fall physically. However, emotionally I was a wreck. I was afraid to ride again, and every time I tried I was unsuccessful and ended up walking.
My life began to change when I met Dale Moulton in my quest to get control of my horse. I have felt that the feed we were feeding our horses getting them all fired up on that grain and sugar, then try to ride them was not a good plan. Dale's feed and his no pain no drama plan sounded good to me. I had totally changed my feeding program, my tack, the way I ride and still was having trouble with my horses. I would go to a ride and end up staying in camp because my horse was out of control. I had decided to give up and never ride anymore because it was no longer fun.
Dale suggested I contact his friend David Gray and see about purchasing a horse from him, Dale felt I needed a well-trained dependable horse and that I might not be the problem, it just might be the horse. I contacted David and made arrangements to meet his horse Holiday. From the moment we arrived at his ranch, I felt at ease with David and his horses. I have never met such calm relaxed horses before in my life. I met Holiday rode a little in the round pen, then the arena, then on the trail. It was a life changing experience, no fear, no drama, not anything like before. We rode for about 2 hours, Holiday was everything David said he was and much more. I was lucky enough to purchase Holiday and have him at home now. I have had some very bad experiences purchasing horses. I have been told a horse was a dependable trustworthy ride, and when the drugs would wear off he was trying to kill me. So it is a pleasure to finally meet an honest person like David Gray and own one of his horses.
Thank you David for giving me back the thing that gives me the most pleasure I have ever had in my life.
You too can learn to ride with confidence and have relationship with a horse that you've always wanted.
Contact me to find out more about my no-pain training program, riding lessons, or ThriveFeed. You're welcome to come to my place and see for yourself why average is not an option at Gray Performance Horses.


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Nosocomial (hospital-acquired) pneumonia (HAP) continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the hospital. HAP is the third most common nosocomial infection after urinary tract and surgical wound infections. In addition, HAP is the nosocomial infection with the highest mortality rate. These infections are often difficult to treat, because most are caused by Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) that may be highly resistant to antimicrobial agents. HAPs frequently occur in intensive care patients with underlying lung and/or systemic diseases. Many patients are intubated and are on assisted ventilation. Several sources of infection associated with ventilators or respirators have been described in the past. Most of these sources have been eliminated by improvement in techniques used in the disinfection and cleaning of ventilator equipment. Today, the focus of concern is microbial contamination of the breathing circuit of the ventilator. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend that the ventilator breathing circuits be changed every 24 hours. The very limited epidemiological and microbiological data from one medical center demonstrate that it may not be necessary to change these circuits as often as every 24 hours. However, before changing this conservative recommendation, more data are needed to establish the safety of changing circuits at longer intervals. The approximate cost of the ventilator circuit is $15. It is estimated that changing ventilator breathing circuits at 48 hours rather than 24 hours would amount to $50,000 per year in savings at the Medical College of Virginia. On a national scale the savings would amount to millions of dollars. Most patients who are placed on ventilatory assistance are supported by continuous volume respirators. Air is humidified when it is passed through a cascade, or wick humidifier. After passage through the humidifier, the gases are delivered to the patient by the inspiratory tubing in the breathing circuit. The inspiratory tubing is connected to the endotracheal tube of the patient by a Yconnector and swivel adaptor. Expired gases from the patient are conducted away by the expiratory tubing which connects to the other limb of the Y-connector. Condensate frequently collects in the respiratory breathing circuit. The warm moist environment of the respiratory circuit is conducive to growth of any microorganisms that may enter the circuit. When the respiratory circuit is contaminated with microorganisms, there is the potential for delivery of bacteria or fungi to the patient's lower respiratory tract. Whether or not infection takes place is determined by one or a combination of several factors including the virulence of the organisms, the size of the inoculum, the presence of foreign bodies in the respiratory tract and the status of host defenses.
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You have an enormous amount of power to control the quality of your life.
My mother is a hard worker. As I mentioned here, she worked as a tailor. I never felt deprived or needy because she made sure she provided all that I needed. But there were times were I felt neglected financially.
I remember when our high primary school had a trip to Happy Acres. I remember having discussions with my mother about the cost and she reminded me that the trip was a big sacrifice and financial commitment on her part.
A couple of other incidents in my childhood had similar lasting impacts. One was the constant "shouting" in my family about money and whether or not various things were affordable. I'm sure this is a conversation that occurs in every household.
I no longer blame my mom for the rocky financial situation I faced during childhood but I do think it affected me and I had to work on that.
When you're constantly being told as a child that your family doesn't have enough money, or that it's unclear whether your family can meet simple expenses, you end up with fearful attitudes about money and constantly feeling as though you don't have enough.
The money-related anxiety and fear that our parents instill in us can damage us financially for life and this create beliefs about money that are not based on truth but, instead on traditions or mindsets cultivated over generations.
Even though my mother is an incredible woman of strength, she is human and that makes her flawed. Not everything she taught me directly or indirectly, especially about money, was "gold".
As much as I felt loved, I also felt helpless at times and because of this, I learned to depend on myself and to look within to find away to thrive and pursue what mattered to me.
This is why I have to daily choose not to allow her flawed beliefs to hinder my life. There are times when I catch myself repeating her I daily choose to embrace the freedom the life I want to live - the life of abundance and more than enough.
I'm still work in progress.
There were times in my life when I wanted to blame my background and my circumstances for my financial failures. But now I conciously make a decision to STOP coming up with reasons on why things are the way they are and just take full responsibility and find solutions. And solutions do come, always.
Being an active participant in my financial well-being has served me well. I am not where I would like to be but I'm definitely not where I used to be and I'm happy with that. Slow progress is still progress.
This is why I value my budget and many a times I choose to go without certain things because I value my life and dreams. I'm not running anyone's race but my own and I love it. No stress, no pressure.
I know many of us dream of a different financial life but pretending doesn't get the job done. And doing nothing and wishing things would change is the death of your dreams. And the truth is nothing ever changes until you do!
So if you would like to change your money story, I encourage you to first make a choice that you are 100 % responsible for your life and you are 100% responsible on how your story is going to end.
Recognising that we live in a world of our own creation means that we are responsible. If we don't like our life the way it is, then we are the ones responsible for making changes. Yes, your parents might have passed down certain wrong beliefs but you are not a victim of those beliefs. You have a right to choose differently and you can make the financial choices that are right for you.
Forget luck. Remember, life is all about figuring out what you want and making it happen. The point is, once you make a choice, there is always a way to follow through. You have an enormous amount of power to control the quality of your life.


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Heads roll at Eskom over poor performance
JOHANNESBURG – ESKOM, the beleaguered parastatal, has suspended its Chief Executive Officer, Tshediso Matona, and senior executives as part of an independent probe to the problems bedeviling the company.
"To ensure that this process is as transparent and uninhibited as possible, the Board has also resolved that four of its senior executives, including the Chief Executive, should step down for the duration of this enquiry," said Eskom Chairman, Zola Tsotsi.
The other executives who have been asked to step down while the enquiry is underway are Tsholofelo Molefe (Finance Director), Dan Marokane (Group Capital) and Matshela Koko (Commercial and Technology).
One of the current non-executive board members, Zethembe Khoza, has been asked to assume the position of interim Chief Executive.
Nonkululeko Veleti (Finance), Mr Abram Masango (Group Capital) and Edwin Mabelane (Commercial and Technology) will assist him.
"All these senior executives have been with the organisation a long time and we are confident that they will maintain business continuity during this period," Tsotsi said.
The Board also resolved that the independent enquiry be conducted by external parties, who will be selected within the next week. They will be given unfettered rights of access to all information deemed necessary for this probe to be successful.
The Board has emphasized that this process was a critical step towards ensuring that the situation facing Eskom improves as expeditiously as possible.
"To that end, we would like to assure our customers and employees that this was done in the best interest of all our stakeholders, and we hope to come out of this with a better grasp of all the challenges facing the business, and most importantly, with solutions," added Tsotsi.
Eskom has been beset by problems such as poor performance of generation plant, delays in bringing the new generation plant on-stream, high costs of primary energy and cash flow challenges.
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Hello and welcome to WednesdayBookClub, everyone! My name is Geesejuggler and for the first time in a while, I am writing WednesdayBookClub...On a Wednesday! It feels so strange, so forbidden. I like it!!
This week's picture is of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. I think I've used a picture from them before but look at it! It's so pretty!
Completed in 1963, the walls on the right of the picture is actually marble, used to allow light inside the building while filtering the sunlight so as to not damage the books on display. Also, it looks like there's flowing lava behind the wall which is always cool.
So I haven't read anything this week but I did have a job interview so minor victory on that front.
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I'm a stay at home mom and student (nursing) in Dubuque, Iowa. I have three kids. One has an Asperger's, and one has PDD-NOS and does not communicate verbally. We're also Quaker, and try to attend Meeting for Worship here in Dubuque when we can.
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and much of my family is still back east. I've not been here very long and it is an interesting adjustment. Never before did I have to tell my dog "get that mole out of your mouth" or have pipes freeze and break, or worry about deer and my garden. Not that I mind.
I used to be very keen on photography. I took photos and later wrote for some local Brooklyn newspapers. I should get into that again. I'm back in snapshot mode, photos of the kids, birthdays, nothing artistic. My stock stuff still makes me a little money each year, probably enough for a weekly coffee. I should get back into that.
-Dec 9, 2007
Thanks to Facebook, I've run into friends from as far back as elementary school! So I'm going to do a quick 'where I've been' to catch people up, and leave it here for more people to read.
After P.S. 255, I went to Hunter College H.S. until the beginning of the ninth grade. By that time we had moved from Sheepshead Bay/Homecrest to Bergen Beach, and the TWO HOUR COMMUTE EACH WAY was too much for me to handle. I was a social creature and having no life really made school tough. So I transferred to South Shore High School in Canarsie.
I was bored because they did not recognize the accelerated classes from Hunter, and I couldn't even get honors classes. By senior year, despite decent test scores, SATs, and the like, I took my GED (doing well enough to get a full scholarship at LIU years later). I then started life at Brooklyn College, completely unprepared for it and unsure what I wanted to do with myself.
I took a year off to live in Germany with my "high school sweetheart" but that didn't work out. We returned to the U.S.A. and parted ways. I started working various temp admin positions "in the city", and was invited to be in a wedding party. It was there that I met my current husband (it's 1990 now). He worked in construction supply, I continued admin work. I tried college again (LIU) but he got laid off and I had to go back to work. At one point I lived in London for 2 years as well. Worked at a pizza place, and a glass place. Oh yeah, in my early 30s I had a pretty bad horse accident in Prospect Park. Kinda explains the bit of (HA HA BIT? I WISH) weight I put on since school. Lost a lot lately though. ANYWAYS.
We had our first kid the day before our fifth anniversary. She's going to be 13 next month, and is attending middle school here. Great kid. (By the way, lots of pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kibbles) She will have one more year and then off to the eighth grade. Very much the social butterfly, that kid. Our second was born in 1999, he's a great kid, he is very much into engineering and meteorology. He got a diagnosis of Asperger's (although most of the 'symptoms' that one would consider negative were successfully worked on in therapy) and is currently undergoing evaluations for vision processing issues. Doesn't slow him down a bit. Our third was born in 2002, and he has PDD-NOS (similar to autism/a form of autism). At the age of six, he is still non-verbal for the most part. He uses a computer of sorts to help communicate. Very happy kid, I once commented on Christmas, sadly, that he doesn't know what Christmas is, and pitied him. Then my husband and I realized "every day is Christmas for him" and its true.
After my husband became a union ironworker in NYC, we realized our rent was skyrocketing, we couldn't find anyplace cheaper, only more expensive, and we simply did not have enough for a down payment and a manageable mortgage payment. At the time we were still trying to get through the red tape to see if we could get ANY help for our son (hint, in NYC, we got NONE, he was in such a bad way, it was horrific). As a joke, I said "let's see what it is like where YOU grew up" and looked at the classifieds in Iowa. I stopped laughing when we saw the cost of living out here.
Out here we have a great life (although Dan still works in NYC a lot — but he can take a LOT of time off. A LOT). I have a small house but a huge yard, with a nice vegetable garden. We have a bird, a dog, couple of cats, couple of ferrets. Schools are amazing out here. Health care is accessible here, and GOOD. University of Iowa hospitals ROCK. My boys get all the help they need, their lives would have been horrible in NYC, especially my youngest. I finally went back to college for another try, and hope to have my RN in three years. (I'm taking it slow because of the kids.) I just got my CNA as the first step to my ladder program.
I miss Brooklyn of a decade or so ago. Not the Brooklyn I left in 2006. To me, Dubuque is everything Brooklyn was in a fantasy. Solid, nice, working class people. Enough money to do some nice things, not worry. Just 'regular guys' like I knew when I was growing up, you know?
Here, the arts are accessible. I don't have to pay a fortune to go to a museum, or see a show. If I need bigger, Madison, Wisconsin, the Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, are all about 90 miles away. Chicago is three hours away. For the most part Dubuque is enough. I mean, back in NYC buying original art was just something the average person couldn't do. Here, there are galleries that I could get a nice piece and not starve for the next year. Lovely stuff, too. (The photographers in the area are especially inspiring.) My kids are free to play all over. We have great pools here. We have a fantastic library. Our Farmer's Market (oldest in Iowa) is wonderful. Going every Saturday is an event, especially if we go to Chuck and Jo's for breakfast afterwards. The music, the drumming, the food, the crafts, everything. (Oh and the thrift shop because I think those are fun even though my daughter won't go, nope!) I love it here. I'm sorry I ever had any preconceived notions about small city (pop just under 60k) life.
This is home, and we will stay here for some time. I love it, and I love my life. I have just about everything I ever wanted.
I think that should catch most of you up!
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Achievements of FICS'15 & FICS 16 teams
CricFlex started as a semester project. Abdullah Ahmed, Jazib Khan and Muhammad Asawal graduates of NUST SEECS Electrical Engineering batch, hit a goldmine when they came up with the idea of CricFlex in 2014 and worked endlessly to come up with the working prototype and an android app to pair it with. They made everything from scratch: their original design was made with cardboard and an old charger fitting and they had to teach themselves how to make an Android app. They ended up getting 2nd place for their project that semester.
CricFlex is the world's first wearable US patented technology to detect illegal bowling actions in cricket. It is a low cost and real time solution implementable within matches. An arm sleeve, embedded with sensors, is worn by the bowler and the results are displayed on a smart phone. CricFlex automatically detects an illegal bowling action, tracks arm speeds and the amount of spin to then help the bowler train and improve the performance. Team CricFlex consists of highly motivated individuals and we envision to create a revolution in the sports wearable industry. Wearable device for real time analysis of a bowler's action to check legality. With wireless monitoring on android application.
- EO GSEA Pakistan 2015 Winner
- Represented Pakistan in Global Student Entrepreneur Awards 2016 held in Bangkok, Thailand after winning the Pakistan chapter of the event.
- Innovator of the Year Award by Pakistan Innovation Foundation.
- Telenor Internet of Things (IoT) Award, 2015.
- SOFTEC'16 Winner held in FAST Lahore.
- Featured in "25 Under 25 High Achievers of 2015" in a tech blog named TECHJUICE.
- Runners up of the Pakistan Start-Up Cup 2016
- Winners of the KITE-Oslo Start-Up Challenge 2016
- Pre-Incubatee at NUST Technology Incubation Center (TIC) since July 2016
This project was a finalist in FICS 2015. CYKIQ aims to provide an economical, healthy, green and secure mode of short distance commute in universities, housing schemes, parks, industries and other closed communities by providing an automated bicycle hiring system. There are around 2,000 potential locations where short distance commute is a huge problem, with customer population ranging to 5000 in each location which makes it a $500 million untouched market! CYKIQ aim's to fill the gap by providing bicycle hiring system and installing them. The prototype has been designed and beta testing is in progress. With the help of local bicycle and system manufacturing partnerships CYKIQ has achieved the same system of same standard at one tenth the price. With a huge population and vast areas of universities and housing schemes in Pakistan, it is impossible for administration to completely cope with the need to provide short-distance transportation; for such areas, CYKIQ provides the most economical and viable solution.
Technologies: WSN, bicycle mapping, user behavioral mapping RFID based tracing mechanism, efficient locking mechanism. The team is in pre-incubation stage at the NUST Technology Incubation Center since July 2016.
- Finalist FICS 2015
- Pilot Project being deployed at NUST H-12 Campus
- Winner of DICE Mega Event 2016 in "Engineering, CS & IT" category
- Pre-Incubatee at NUST TIC since Dec 2016
- Registered as company with the name 'CYKIQ' on March 22nd 2017
Technology aimed at patients of ET; it seeks to normalize tremor using a novel technique called Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), to control / normalize movements of the hands
- Best IT Innovation Award, 2015
- NASCON '16 Business Idea Competition- Runner-up Award
- Winner FICS 2016
- PIEAS Create '16 Entrepreneurship Competition- Winner
- First prize in Falling Walls Lab – 'Young Innovator of the year 2016'
- Shepherd's PIE Season 2/ Pre-Seed Star Summit 2017 – Best Startup from Pakistan
- Selected in- Intel IxDA Student Design Competition 2017
- First Place in Stanford Longevity Design Challenge 2017
4. Sionser:
Sionser is a name of self-sustainable social entrepreneurship project focused on saving millions of lives lost every year around the globe by making people aware of their drinking water quality. Sionser is a water quality testing and monitoring system, which can test the water sample instantly and provide the consumers with their water's report in real time. The test is conducted using test strips and the results are disseminated to the consumers through a smartphone application and website.
Awareness among common people about water quality being one of the major goals of Sionser is achieved through the android application and website. Both of these ends are to be linked with a common database containing the data collected through our tests as well as the surveys conducted by PCRWR. This data will comprise of all the essential parameters. An interactive geo-map (using water mapping) will be displayed to the user, both on android application and website, based on the data differentiating between safe and unsafe water source via colored indications. Additionally, a health care message showing possible health dangers in case of consuming unsafe water of a certain source will be displayed. An additional feature of possible preventive measures in order to stay safe will also be accommodated.
In the long run the very same data collected in a data base will be utilized to predict changing trends of water quality based on season, time of the year, flood situations and possible cause of contamination such as illegal disposal of waste and underground mixing of sewage water into the water sources. This will essentially facilitate the departments such as WASA, LDA, CDA etc. to plan the water supply schemes and maintain the existing ones efficiently and hence making supply of safe water to everyone a reality. They plan to implement the same concept to test the quality of milk at a later stage.
- 2nd Runner-up FICS 2016
- Won 'Tertiary Student Project' category award at P@SHA 2016 ICT Awards
- Won 'Merit Award' in Tertiary Student Project category at APICTA 2016 in Taiwan
- Won 'BITA 2016 Award' in Dec 2016
- Best Economic Impact Award at the EO GSEA Finals 2016 held at Lahore
5. Self-Cleaning Low-E Glass for Energy Efficiency:
This team is working to produce nanomaterials' based self-cleaning low emissivity glass coatings for increased energy efficiency for a sustainable future of Pakistan. These glass coatings are being developed to conserve the energy and expenditure spent on heating or cooling of buildings (according to the weather conditions) and cleaning of the exterior glass. The materials include thin metal films sandwiched between two metal oxide layers. Self-cleaning capability has already been achieved on the lab scale and extensive work is underway to achieve low emissivity. These coatings possess the potential to be produced on large scale provided certain challenges are met.
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Hauppauge, NY - March 4, 2014 - On March 4, 2014 the Suffolk County Legislature unanimously passed (18-0) Legislator Calarco's bill to expand animal protection. The legislation, originally passed in 2011, established a voluntary ratings board for pet stores in Suffolk County. Legislator Calarco's amendments changes the name of the program to the "Animal Protection Program" so that it covers other domestic pets and now includes groomers as eligible to receive ratings.
"I received a call from a constituent whose dogs were badly injured due to an unscrupulous groomer. You don't need a license to groom a pet nor do you need any training. By allowing groomers to go before this voluntary ratings board Suffolk County might be able to provide a little more oversight and give pet owners peace of mind," stated Legislator Calarco.
Specifically, Resolution IR 1040-2014 provides for voluntary ratings of pet groomers by the Animal Protection Board. The Board is comprised of animal rights advocates, veterinarians and people involved in the pet industry.
"I cannot thank Legislator Calarco enough for his efforts on this pet grooming bill," stated Medford resident, Laura Hughes. Ms. Hughes first brought this issue to Legislator Calarco's attention after her dogs were injured by a groomer. "Consumers will no longer be in the dark when it comes to choosing a groomer and this gives us an extra level of comfort when choosing groomers for these special members of our family," she continued.
"Our goal is to provide consumers with information so when they chose a groomer, they will know if they act in a humane and proper manner," Legislator Calarco stated.


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According to a press release, using a special Z-contrast scanning transmission electron microscope, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory took the first picture detailed enough to differentiate different atoms within a chemical compound. This super-high resolution scanning may play an important role in the future of materials chemistry, where tiny atomic differences can have profound effects on the properties of different chemical compounds.
This is not the first picture of an atom, nor is it the first picture of atoms from different elements. However, in those older photos, the atoms were arranged beforehand by scientists. But in the Oak Ridge pic, the material was created chemically, and the picture was still able to identify individual atoms.
"This research marks the first instance in which every atom in a significant part of a non-periodic material has been imaged and chemically identified," says Materials Science and Technology Division researcher Stephen Pennycook. "It represents another accomplishment of the combined technologies of Z-contrast STEM and aberration correction."
The material in the photo, boron nitride, consists of boron, nitrogen, and oxygen, with some carbon atoms inserted in place of boron to serve as a control in the image. The STEM that took the picture used a 60 kilovolt beam. That's a very low energy for this kind of microscope, because if the beam were any more powerful, it would displace some of the atoms in the compound.
Right now, scientists can only determine the chemical arrangements in a material through chemistry. By developing a technique for taking pictures like this, material chemists and engineers of the future will be able to simple look at the chemical compound to see its geometry and composition.
The team's Z-contrast STEM analysis is described in an article published today in the journal Nature.


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As humans we love colorful events, going to places were things are happening, meeting of new people, having fun and learning of new things. Just as a festival is known for happy faces, smiles, loud noise, pandemonium, screams, shouts and happiness; BIFF is not any different. Although, certain challenges aim to spoil this gathering from taking place yearly. BIFF — Beirut International Film Festival, has mostly been a yearly event that took place in Lebanon, the western part of Asia. The watching of several films, connecting with people from different facet of life, meeting with stars and actors; makes you desire to be present yearly.
Every year, candidates are requested to submit their movie scripts. Different countries such as Egypt. Iran, and Turkish to mention a few, participate yearly. If they are lucky, they get the chance to be one of the winners. Due to the wars, of past years and recent violent riots raging in Lebanon, BIFF was prevented from taking place. Most especially in the year 2005 to 2007, it was a turbulent and difficult year for the Lebanese and in 2011 to 2013, a travel ban was placed on Lebanon. Someone would think BIFF would succumb to such disappointments and refuse to strive, reverse was actually the case. As BIFF introduced many young filmmakers. Who focused on showing films no other country region allowed. This brought about BIFF reputation growth. In spite of this violent attacks, BIFF has been able to stand the test of time due to the support from loyal sponsors to the event. When no sponsor was willing to help out as usual, BIFF got the festival sponsored from Georg Gund lll foundation in San Francisco. International guests had been known to show support. I concur with those who sponsor BIFF, its resilient desire to stand in spite of the threats, struggles, war, and financial constraints, is really applauding. In the year 2015, most of BIFF international guest canceled due to the riots. This report didn't stop the organizing staff of BIFF from pursuing their goal. In that year 3 short movies raked one of the top films. Beirut Film Foundation site is sponsored by our media partner - Demo Slot Machines. They offer free previews of best new online slot machines, including film-industry related games like, for example The Walking Dead Series slot game. Feel free to check out their games!
It was a very rich year for the young BIFF filmmakers. With all the difficulties, BlFF's pride has always been in the number of guests who fell in love with the festival and Lebanon. This makes the tourists or guests desire to come back again. The best form of creating awareness and promotion was implemented- the usage of word of mouth, by the guests who had a great time in Lebanon and referred their friends. Yearly they invited new friends, who also invites their friends. Another pride of BIFF is the art film house to entertain Lebanese audience. BIFF has been known to survive on sponsors from inception till date. The sales of tickets are used to cover the cost of the theater; while the sponsors income covers the screening fees, equipment installation for the festival, guest airfares, hotel bookings, full board, local transport, and the cost of the team organizing BIFF. Another opportunity for film submission is out, the entrance will close on the 30th of June 2018. The competition is only for those in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and the Gulf states.
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I am a total margarita lover. Being in Texas and having Tex-Mex right around the corner makes it my drink of choice year round, but when I heard about the margarita's cousin, the Paloma, I had to learn how to make the best one, and I think I've gotten it! I'm going teach you how to make a Paloma. I hope you're ready because this drink is simple and wild!
What is a Paloma?
I mentioned earlier that it's like a cousin to the margarita. The Paloma is tequila based, like a margarita. Instead of lime juice being the focus of the drink, grapefruit is the star of the show. The freshness of the citrus is so wonderful, and with grapefruit being sweet and tart, you get this refreshing mixture that soothes the soul.
Most commonly, Paloma's are made by mixing tequila with a grapefruit-flavored soda such as Fresca, Squirt, or Jarritos and served on the rocks with a lime wedge. Of course, mine comes with a twist!
How to make a Paloma
As with everything I do, I'm always aiming to cut down the amount of sugar in my cocktails. I want to maintain good blood sugar and do the right things for my body, so I make my Paloma's differently.
One thing I do for flavor is add Be Mixed Margarita Cocktail Mixer to add some extra flavor to my drink. It's really delicious. Be Mixed is just right, and it is a zero-calorie and low carb option for people who want to watch their macros, but still have a good drink (hint: that's me).
Check out my recipe below for the best paloma you'll ever have. This has been a recent discovery for me, and a favorite lately! I hope you enjoy it just as much. If you like cocktails, visit my cocktail recipes page for more ideas!
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DA's vote in upcoming Motion of No Confidence in Zuma will be no secret
22 June 2017
Now that the Constitutional Court has ruled on the matter of the secret ballot, the Motion of No Confidence in Jacob Zuma can be scheduled for debate. The DA has today written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, to request the DA-sponsored Motion of No Confidence be scheduled at the earliest available opportunity.
Regardless of today's ruling by the Constitutional Court, the Democratic Alliance's vote in the upcoming Motion of No Confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be no secret. The DA will vote to fire Jacob Zuma - and we call on every other Member of Parliament, from all political parties, to do the same.
The Motion of No Confidence in President Zuma is a pivotal moment for our country and its future. Jacob Zuma has abandoned the interests of the people, the economy, and South Africa, in favour of a kleptocratic Guptamocracy. We cannot allow this to continue any longer.
For the sake of the country, it is important that Members of Parliament, regardless of political affiliation, come together and put South Africa first by voting to protect the Constitution and to end corruption. Public representatives in Parliament are accountable to the people – first and foremost.
The DA calls on all political parties – particularly the ANC - to allow their members to do what they know is right, and to vote Jacob Zuma out.
The removal of Jacob Zuma is the first step in stopping the ANC that is destroying our country and its future.
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Hebrew text criticism requires working with texts in multiple languages. Fortunately, Accordance Bible Software and its extensive original language resources makes that task easier. Join Dr. J in this episode as he tackles the age-old problem of Deut 32:34-45. Does it prophesy a Day of Judgment, as the Samaritans argue? Or is it a more general promise that God will avenge his people, as found in the Massoretic text? The textual variants in these verses make all the difference.
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Biblia Hebraica Quinta: Proverbs Released
We are pleased to announce the addition of Proverbs to the ongoing Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) release for the Accordance Library. If you have already purchased the BHQ, Proverbs is a free update that can be downloaded via Check for Content Updates in Accordance.
The Biblia Hebraica Quinta is an ongoing project that will eventually succeed the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia when complete. The BHQ edition also includes the additional Masorah magna and parva, based on the annotations found in the original Leningrad Codex, as well as a critical apparatus and commentary explaining the Masorah.
In Accordance, all these elements are broken up into separate modules in the Accordance Library so that users can arrange them in any way necessary to facilitate specific study needs. The image below displays all five modules synced using the Tab Ties feature in Accordance as merely one of an infinite number of possible ways to arrange the BHQ components for flexible study. Of course, all off the additional modules can also simply be incorporated into a workspace zone using the Add Parallel button above the primary BHQ text.
Click on the above image for a fullscreen view of the Accordance BHQ workspace.
Proverbs is now included with the already released BHQ editions of Deuteronomy, Megilloth (Ruth, Canticles, Qoheleth, Lamentations, Esther), Ezra and Nehemiah. The Twelve Minor Prophets is in the works and forthcoming.
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As the name suggests, the Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) represents the fifth in a series of texts of the Hebrew Bible that started in 1906. The fourth edition, Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) was finished in 1977 and has remained the standard Hebrew text for scholarly research since then. The BHS followed a single manuscript, the Leningrad Codex, but introduced a new apparatus and reproduction of the Masorah. The BHQ follows suit, improving upon the text (still based on the Leningrad Codex) and addresses similar but, in many cases, more exhaustive material. In addition, the Commentary on the critical apparatus brings an extremely valuable angle to the text and decisions that lay behind its reproduction in the edition.
The Accordance edition follows in-line with this century-long tradition in promoting academic inquiry into the text of the Hebrew Bible, but in a new and exciting fashion. We discussed at length how best to weave together the various components of the BHQ in a fashion that, in the end, creates an intuitive and powerful combination not easily attained in the print edition.
This first installment includes three fascicles: Deuteronomy, Megilloth (Ruth, Canticles [Song of Songs], Qoheleth [Ecclesiastes], Lamentations, Esther), and Ezra & Nehemiah, with two more planned in the immediate future: Twelve Prophets, and Proverbs — which will be offered as a free upgrade to all who purchase it now for $149.99. Future installments will be available over time and priced accordingly.
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Digitalisation is much more than just a technological shift. It keels over all kinds of business models and changes the expectations of everyone you work with. Only with a clear, informed and integrated plan you can adapt and stay relevant.
Everything that can be done in software will be done in software. That means: Every company will become a software based company, often much sooner than expected. What will your path be: Build in-house? Rely on the cloud? And then there are your costs and risks: How do you balance them while you build the skills and the culture?
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Delhi gears up for Right to Know Day
Delhi gears up for Right to Know Day
New Delhi, Sep 27: Civil rights activists in the capital are preparing to hold meetings, distribute publications and send text messages to city residents to encourage them to stand up for their rights on International Right to Know Day Thursday.
"This day has been celebrated the world over for the past four years but not many people in the capital are aware of this day and its importance. So we will take the initiative to generate awareness among residents of the city," said Aditi Datta of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
"We have decided to send SMS messages to people and distribute our publications on 'right to information' and 'right to know', so that people can demand their fundamental rights," said Datta.
She added that preparations were also on to organise a national conference Oct 12 against the amendment of the right to information bill by the government.
Civil society members working at the grass-roots level in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi are also likely to take part in the conference.
"Some of the leading activists in the country have been invited to speak on the subject and we would try to highlight people who have benefited using their right to information," said Datta.
"The objective of the conference would be to formulate strategies to stop the government from amending the right to information bill. We suspect that the government might try to present the bill in the winter session of parliament," said Datta.
She said the bill would complete one year on Oct 12, but the right to information commissions have not yet been set up in some states.
"People continue to struggle to get information from the state after using their right to information. Red-tapism continues to be a hindrance," added Datta.
Activists said the occasion would also provide an opportunity to reflect on the progress of India's Right to Information Act and the efforts made by the government to transform the bureaucratic culture of secrecy and red-tapism.
"We believe that the right to information bill has not been effectively implemented in the country as only 3,056 cases have been reported till Sep 4," said Neeraj Kumar of National Campaign for People's Right to Information.
He said his organisation plans to conduct 20 seminars across the country to make people aware about the bill.
Kumar added that the group would target states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, where awareness about the bill was the lowest.


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adrienne maree brown has been fanning the flame of Octavia Butler love through workshops and strategic readers for the past several years. She is approaching Octavia's work through the lens of emergent strategy - strategies rooted in relationship, adaptability, and embracing change. Adrienne started writing when she was 2, won her first essay contest in the 6th grade, and was blogging 5000 people before blogs existed. Writing is her first passion, and throughout an incredible journey of social justice and movement facilitation as well as learning the doula path, her steady identity has been writer, penning words that are from the heart. She is now a Kresge Literary Arts Fellow. She's written for Africana (now Black AOL), Wiretapmag.org, Alternet.org, HuffingtonPost.com, Feministing.com, Washingtonpost.com, Racewire.org, Left Turn; Race, Poverty and Ecology; and Yes. Now, Adrienne primarily and sometimes prolifically writes for her own blog - The Luscious Satyagraha, which has a readership of thousands - tracking her own personal and cultural transformation.
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Walida Imarisha is a writer, organizer, educator and performance poet. She is one half of the poetic duo Good Sista/Bad Sista. She has shared the stage with Angela Davis, Cornel West, Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Kenny Muhammad of the Roots, Chuck D, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Umar bin Hassan from The Last Poets, Boots Riley, Saul Williams, Ani DiFranco, John Irving, dead prez and Kochiyama. Her work has appeared in dozens of publications, including the hip hop anthology Total Chaos. Walidah has facilitated poetry and journalism workshops third grade to twelfth, in schools, community centers, youth detention facilities, and women's prisons. She directed and co-produced the Katrina documentary Finding Common Ground in New Orleans. She has taught in the Portland State University's Black Studies Department, Oregon State University's Women's Studies Department and Southern New Hampshire University's English Department. She is the author of the poetry collection Scars/Stars, Angels with Dirty Faces and co-editor of Another World is Possible (Subway Press, 2002).


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Cargo Regular Fit
Cena 5 940 Kč
Produkt má 13 variant Zobrazit všechny
Quite possibly the bestselling snowboard pant ever, offered in two fits and short and tall lengths.
Loose-fitting for layering, with plenty of pockets so you never need to visit the lodge, the Burton Cargo Pant is a tried-and-true classic shell pant, ready for any weather. Available in two different fits, choose Burton's classic fit (seen here) or the team-favorite and more modern Mid Fit which offers a slightly more tailored and less baggy look. Like all Burton pants, it's stacked with standard features, including venting options for hiking, reinforced cuffs that can be elevated above mud, tweak-friendly articulated knees, and an audio port in the pocket so you can still listen to music when wearing just a hoodie. All colorways available in short and tall lengths, and our Classic Fit or more tailored Mid Fit.
- bluesign® Approved Product [Excluding Faded Worn Tiger, Olive Branch Distress, and Chestnut Twill Colorways]
- All Colorways Available in Short and Tall Lengths and Classic and Mid Fit
Shell Mapped with Taffeta, Mesh, and Living Lining™
- Fully Taped Seams
- Mesh-Lined Test-I-Cool Venting
- Bellowed Cargo Pockets
- 1-Year Warranty
Více informací najdete na: www.burton.cz