What a glittering evening at the Passenger Shed expertly hosted by Monty Hall and our NHN member Patrick Ayree! At last after a busy week of meetings and screenings, and back to back business, it was time to sit back and watch the stars of 2014 Wildscreen take their deserved place in the spotlight.
Some returned again and again to the stage - they included BBC Earth who collected Pandas for 3D (Enchanted Kingdom), Sound ( Tiny Giants) and New Media (Earth Unplugged) and Windfall collected Panda's for Science and the Special Jury Prize for 'Your Inner Fish' and People and Nature for 'The Batman of Mexico.
Disneynature Chimpanzee swept the board winning Panda's for Cinematography, Animal Behaviour and Theatrical.
And the Golden Panda was won by Crossing the Line Productions for On a River In Ireland!
NHN would like to thank the hard working and brilliant Wildscreen team, led by Festival Manager Charlotte Geeves and Caroline Copsey for giving us such a full programme of events and a wondeful party to round up the 5 days - we're all exhausted!
PANASONIC CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD - TWO WINNERS!
DOGHOUSE EDITING AWARD - 2 WINNERS!
MaraMedia's Nigel Pope and Jaqui Savorie enjoy the moment!
The Making of Disneynature Chimpanzee; interview with Martyn Colbeck.


BioGenerator, the investment arm of BioSTL, has invested in EDIS Solutions, a health care IT startup, through the BioGenerator's Concept Fund.
Officials wouldn't disclose how much was invested, but the Concept Fund typically invests up to $25,000 per deal.
In the medical industry, EDIS stands for emergency department information systems. EDIS is developing a platform that uses pharmaceutical drug data and dissects it into an easy-to-use platform.
Nannette Musgrave, CEO of EDIS Solutions, said the funding would help the company develop its technology and refine its data integration solution as it moves toward commercialization. The funding will also help EDIS pursue client revenue moving forward.


This paper proposes an approach of hot topic detection on microblogging, that is, do microblogging texts clustering and heat evaluation so as to find hot topics. For the shortness and sparseness and the existence of synonyms and polysemy of the massive microblogging texts, when modeling the microblogging texts, microblogging text vectors are mapped to low-dimensional feature vector space to achieve the purpose of dimensionally reduction and denoising using Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI). For the shortcomings of traditional single-pass algorithm on topic detection, this paper proposes a two-level Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering combined single-pass clustering method. Finally, according to text and propagation characteristics of microblogging, this paper proposes the topic heat evaluation model. Experimental studies on real world microblogging data show the method in this paper works well on massive microblogging texts and can effectively dig out hot topics.


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PhD student in Political Science with orientation towards Comparative European Politics, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Deadline: September 15, 2019
The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education- and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading and internationally prominent within its field of research and education.
The Department announces one vacant position in the doctoral program with an orientation towards Comparative European Politics. The PhD position is fully funded for 4 years and positioned at the Department of Political Science. Planned entry date is November 1, 2019.
The PhD position will be part of a research project National independence and European integration: Scotland's and Catalonia's democratic challenges to the political order in the European Union. The project addresses a central, yet often overlooked, question in the study of European integration and democratic governance in the EU: what explains the support for national independence of non-sovereign regions in EU member states? By focusing on how visions of national independence are linked discursively and in practice to notions of European integration and democracy in a comparative case study of pro-independence political and societal actors in Catalonia and Scotland – the two most salient cases in the EU at present – the project seeks to provide an original and timely contribution to the research agenda on the challenges to and possible renewal of democratic governance in contemporary Europe. The project is conducted in collaboration with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
In order to meet the general entry requirements, the applicant must have completed a second-cycle degree, completed courses equivalent to at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 credits must be in the second cycle, or have otherwise acquired equivalent knowledge in Sweden or elsewhere.
In order to meet the specific entry requirements, the general syllabus for doctoral studies in Political Science at Stockholm University stipulates that the applicant must have:
completed higher education equivalent to 150 Swedish university credits, including studies at the advanced level (master's level) of at least 60 Swedish university credits in the political science subject, or the equivalent education
a completed written academic, independent work with a least the grade 'pass', equivalent to at least 15 Swedish university credits in the political science subject
completed additional 90 Swedish university credits, or the equivalent, of higher education in subjects relevant to the graduate program, and
proficiency in English corresponding to at least 550 credits on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
Understanding Swedish is not a requirement at the time of admission. The applicant should, however, be prepared within a couple of years to carry out teaching and administrative tasks that require knowledge and usage of the Swedish language.
The qualification requirements must be met by the deadline for application.
The selection among the eligible candidates will be based on their capacity to benefit from the training. The following criteria will be used to assess this capacity: The ideal candidate should have an interest in European politics, and especially the European Union. We seek candidates with competence within the areas of EU studies, comparative politics, and international relations. We are particularly interested in candidates with a background in and familiar with qualitative methods, case studies, comparative analysis. Training in quantitative methods, e.g. content analysis, is also of interest since the project seeks to employ a mixed-method approach. Language skills in Spanish and Catalan is considered to be a merit but it is not a requirement.
Admission Regulations for Doctoral Studies at Stockholm University are available at: www.su.se/rules and regulations.
Only a person who will be or has already been admitted to a third-cycle programme may be appointed to a doctoral studentship.
The term of the initial contract may not exceed one year. The employment may be extended for a maximum of two years at a time. However, the total period of employment may not exceed the equivalent of four years of full-time study.
Doctoral students should primarily devote themselves to their own education, but may engage in teaching, research, and administration corresponding to a maximum of 20 % of a full-time position.
Please note that admission decisions cannot be appealed.
Stockholm University strives to be a workplace free from discrimination and with equal opportunities for all.
For more information or details concerning the application procedure, please contact Application Administrator Christian Antoni Möllerop, telephone: +46 8 16 30 94, forskarutbildning@statsvet.su.se, and Associate Professor Niklas Bremberg, niklas.bremberg@statsvet.su.se.
Union representatives
Ingrid Lander (Saco-S), telephone: +46 708 16 26 64, saco@saco.su.se, Alejandra Pizarro Carrasco (Fackförbundet ST/Lärarförbundet), telephone: +46 8 16 34 89, alejandra@st.su.se, seko@seko.su.se (SEKO), and PhD student representative, doktorandombud@sus.su.se.
Apply for the PhD student position at Stockholm University's recruitment system. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement, and that it is submitted before the deadline.
Please include the following information with your application
Your contact details and personal data
Your highest degree
Your language skills
Contact details for 2–3 references
and, in addition, please include the following documents
CV – degrees and other completed courses, work experience and a list of degree projects/theses
Research proposal describing:
– why you are interested in the field/project described in the advertisement
– why and how you wish to complete the project
– what makes you suitable for the project in question
Degree certificates and grades confirming that you meet the general and specific entry requirements (no more than 6 files)
and certificate in English corresponding to at least 550 credits on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). This criterion does not apply for students who have completed their education at a Swedish university, where English proficiency is a general eligibility requirement
Letters of recommendation (no more than 6 files)
Degree projects/theses (no more than 6 files).
The instructions for applicants are available at: Instructions – Applicants.
You are welcome to apply!
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Funded PhD position, in Proof Engineering Technologies in Probabilistic Programming and Software Verification, at Faculty of Engineering and Business Administration, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, in Norway
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Good. Give them f@ck all. Little pipsqueak khunts and their wee teuchter fit like the noo loon club.
How did I manage this??
are you all talking Pashto?
Pashmina Pashmina who mentioned Pashmina?
He won't answer the same as the rest haven't cos the answer doesn't suit.
Mate, how the Hell am I supposed to garner attention and be right all the time, if I don't DEFLECT, DENY or IGNORE any and all comments that might degrade my points or my argument..?
It's the childish way of doing things, practiced by grown men.
Have you not been on JA606 long..?
The worst kept secret in Scottish Football.
"In fact, Conroy insisted he did not know of a single Celtic fan who rose to the same position as he did"
We've all known that for years.
Are you stalking me simon ?
Might as well admit it. That Ian Seamus Patrick Brines was a well known Celtic supporter.
Used to be a Season Ticket holder at Parkhead. He used to collect the subs for his da who ran the Wishaw Cross Keys Celtic supporters bus.
Had a few beers with him one night in Kelly's Bar in Cleland after he had ignored three stonewall red cards in an OF game at CP.
The other two are obviously Celtic fans. You can tell by looking at them.


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Report For America to add 2 reporters to Detroit Free Press newsroom for 2020
The deadline to apply for two, year-long reporting positions is Jan. 31.
The Free Press is among more than 160 newsrooms across the nation that will receive support from Report for America for new year-long reporting positions next year.
The RFA program places journalists in local newsrooms for a year to report on under-covered issues and communities. At the Free Press, RFA will continue to support reporting on obstacles returning citizens and their families face after leaving prison.
It also will help create two new year-long reporting positions. One will focus on the issues and obstacles affecting economic mobility, primarily in Detroit. This wide-ranging beat will bolster the Free Press' coverage of housing and water affordability and issues important to small business owners.
For a second new position, the Free Press is teaming up with PolitiFact to train a reporter who will fact-check claims made in the 2020 elections.
"We're excited to partner with the Free Press to bring PolitiFact to Michigan, a critical swing state, for the first time," said PolitiFact Editor Angie Drobnic Holan. "We intend to fact-check the messaging of the presidential election, as well as the race for U.S. Senate. We're also looking forward to fact-checking local issues in Michigan the way our other long-standing state affiliates do."
Next year, RFA will fund 250 positions at 164 newsrooms, including six in Michigan: The Detroit Free Press, Michigan Radio, FlintBeat.com, Detroit Public Television, Traverse City Record-Eagle and the Associated Press. The AP's Lansing Bureau will add a reporter as part of nationwide partnership with RFA to expand statehouse coverage.
Journalists can apply for the positions at reportforamerica.org. The deadline to apply is Jan. 31. RFA accepts applications and then works with newsrooms to select reporters, who will start in June 2020. Journalists selected through the program usually have three to six years of experience.
"Report for America has shown a great commitment to local newsrooms. We're thrilled with their support for three positions in the Free Press newsroom. We're excited to see how adding more journalists to the ranks of Michigan news organizations will improve coverage and increase accountability," said Detroit Free Press Editor and Vice President Peter Bhatia.
RFA funds up to $20,000 of a year-long reporting position. Newsrooms must fund the rest of the journalist's salary through a combination of internal funding and local donors. Click here to support the Free Press' local fundraising efforts.
RFA is a national effort by The GroundTruth Project, a Boston-based nonprofit news organization that supports emerging journalists around the world. The program is funded by many organizations, including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the Facebook Journalism Project, the Google News Initiative and Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
"RFA is about serving these communities and helping to restore the pipeline for a new generation of journalists," said Charles Sennott, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The GroundTruth Project. "We understand our program may not fix all that is broken in local journalism, but we are honored to be part of a wider community directly confronting the crisis and doing everything we can to restore journalism from the ground up."


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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) held a meeting on 3 September 2020 and the key matters considered are outlined below:
FRC Annual Report 2019-20
The FRC Annual Report 2019-20 was approved. It will be provided to the Minister and tabled in Parliament in mid-October 2020.
Implications of COVID-19
The FRC established an FRC COVID-19 Working Group in March 2020. The Working Group comprises senior representatives from the FRC, AASB, AUASB, ASIC, APRA, ASX, APESB and Treasury. The role of the Working Group is to continuously monitor financial reporting and auditing issues and consequent regulatory and standard setting implications of COVID-19.
A list of guidance issued, including that issued by accounting bodies and accounting firms, can be found on the AASB website at 'COVID-19 Guidance', on the AUASB website at 'COVID-19 Guidance', on the ASIC website at 'COVID-19 information' and the FRC website at 'FRC COVID-19 Working Group'.
Positive feedback has been received on key guidance issued and the FRC acknowledged the work of the AASB, AUASB and ASIC.
The AASB Chair's update included:
The draft AASB For-Profit Entity Standard-Setting Framework; and
The draft AASB Not-for-Profit Entity Standard-Setting Framework.
The AUASB Chair's update included:
The AUASB has continued to prioritise addressing COVID-19 matters and completed the initial issuance of FAQs by the end of June 2020 to assist auditors during the reporting season. The AUASB has issued revised FAQs in respect of subsequent events resulting from the reintroduction of COVID related restrictions by the Victorian Government in July 2020. The AASB, AUASB and ASIC have now frozen their FAQs.
The AUASB are reviewing auditor reporting during the June 2020 reporting season to identify any issues which may need to be addressed. To date no significant issues have been identified.
The AUASB conducted a survey of the leaders of the major Australian Auditing and Assurance practices and auditors of ASX Listed Entities to ensure they were aware of the guidance materials the AASB and AUASB has issued in response to COVID-19, and to seek feedback on any additional areas they should focus on in the immediate future. The feedback received was that the guidance issued was considered very useful and addressed all the key areas.
The AUASB's work programme is being revisited to reflect the changes in the IAASB's work plan and the AUASB's capacity for the rest of the 2020-21 financial year.
Parliamentary Inquiry: Regulation of Auditing
On 12 February 2020, the Senate agreed to extend the time of presentation of the report to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations and Financial Services on its inquiry into the Regulation of Auditing to 1 September 2020, and subsequently extended it further to 2 December 2020.
On 27 February 2020, the PJC issued an interim report including recommendations.
Although the interim recommendations may or may not be included in the final report, which would then be subject to a Government response, the FRC is coordinating with relevant parties to commence preparatory work for the interim recommendations.
Two additional public hearing dates have been scheduled on 5 November 2020 and 13 November 2020 in Canberra.
Appointments to the AASB and AUASB
The FRC approved the appointments and re-appointments to the AASB and AUASB commencing 1 January 2021. A media release is available on the FRC website.
Audit Committee Chairs (ACCs) and Investor Surveys
A survey of ASX Top 300 Audit Committee Chairs (ACCs) was conducted in 2018 by the FRC and AUASB. The intention was to replicate this survey in early 2020, but this was deferred due to COVID-19. It is now proposed to conduct the survey in October 2020.
A replication of the 2018 Investor Survey has been deferred at this stage.
The FRC discussed the Future of Financial Reporting in the Public Sector.
The next FRC meeting is scheduled for 5 November 2020.


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Corynura is een geslacht van vliesvleugelige insecten van de familie Halictidae.

Soorten
C. ampliata (Alfken, 1913)
C. analis (Herbst, 1924)
C. apicata (Sichel, 1867)
C. atrovirens (Herbst, 1924)
C. bruchiana (Schrottky, 1908)
C. callicladura (Cockerell, 1918)
C. corinogaster (Spinola, 1851)
C. cristata (Smith, 1853)
C. chilensis (Spinola, 1851)
C. chiloeensis (Cockerell, 1918)
C. chloris (Spinola, 1851)
C. chloromelas (Alfken, 1913)
C. herbsti (Alfken, 1913)
C. heterochlora Alfken, 1926
C. lepida Alfken, 1926
C. melanoclada (Cockerell, 1918)
C. patagonica (Cockerell, 1919)
C. prothysteres (Vachal, 1904)
C. rubella (Haliday, 1836)
C. spadicidiventris Alfken, 1916

Halictidae

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Product and competitor searches are limited to a maximum date range of 90 days per search. The 90 day range can be set to any start date in the last 365 days using the custom date range controls. Multiple product or competitor searches can cover a year of activity, but not all in one search.
The Category Trend view allows you to produce trend charts referencing two full years of activity at a category level.


We don't want to hurt the people we love, yet it's something we might regularly do. We don't want to engage in behaviour or actions that have a negative impact on our own self-esteem or health, yet we behave like this on a daily basis. Why?
In this meditation course, Gen Kelsang Dragpa explain how we can recognize, reduce and finally completely overcome our bad habits and replace them with positive habits conducive to our own and others happiness and well-being. We will be able to control our mind and direct it towards objects that increase our mental peace, freedom, integrity and confidence.


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If you come to Bali, we will take you to nice place in Bali. We have packages for Benoa waters sports, Bali Rafting & Bali Car Rental with Driver.
If you plan to spend the long holiday in the most attractive island in Indonesia, Bali would be the best tourist destination to drop by at. The amazing panorama either on or under water has successfully gained the attention from the tourists across the face of the earth. One of the must-to-visit Bali's destinations in your holiday is the north part of Nusa Dua Tanjung Benoa that offers you with the challenging water sports and the unforgettable Bali Parasailing Adventures.
As long as you enjoy the activities and the world class water sport facilities during the holiday accompanied by the professional staffs, the amazing adventures such as Bali Parasailing Adventures will not easily be forgotten during your life span.
What the Bali Parasailing Adventures offers to the visitors is the breath-taking panorama of Tanjung Benoa beach and nusa dua beach from the above. It might be look so scary for you who have not ever tried this water sport, but the staffs give you guarantee 100% safe as you fly together with 2 or 3 persons.
It is because the activity is equipped with the standard safety equipments. In addition, your adrenaline will be pumped up for 6 fly, so this activity is strongly recommended to those who damn love outdoor activities.
Location : Tanjung Benoa Beach.
Tanjung Benoa flyboarding activity price is for one person.
Flyboard publishes price is the price that customers will obtain. If customers make a walk in booking at the location, without creating advance booking with us.
Customers will obtain Tanjung Benoa flyboard online price if customers make Tanjung Benoa flyboard booking with us.
If you would like to have picked up and return transfer, free of charge. Only area Kuta, Nusa Dua & Jimbaran.
Again, again and again that Bali is popular for the night life and the natural panorama that attracts both locals and foreigners to visit and stay for several weeks. Apart from its splendor, Bali is also well-known for its water sports, since Bali itself has many beautiful beaches with calm waves to rolling billows of the sea. No wonder if you find various water sports activities such as fly board Bali that spurs your adrenaline.
If fly board Bali activity sounds strange to you, it is strongly recommended to visit Bali and try this water sport. In this regard, fly board Bali is one of the most extreme water sport activity with the fly standing board that will be pushed up by the high pressure of water force with 200pk connected with the jet-ski.
As you fly with fly board Bali, you will be taken to 5-meter-high flight in the air or dive headlong through the sea water. If you are quite professional, with fly board Bali, you can fly at 10-meter-height. If you are not professional enough to do with this water sport activity, you are not necessarily worried since the staffs will assist you to do it.
Many visitors are quite amazed on how easy to operate the fly board. Some of newbie spend their learning time in water for 5 minutes and for 15 minutes later; you can take a control over the movements in the water. Thus, if you want to have this memorable water sport experience, it is suggested to go Tanjung Benoa Nusa Dua Bali.
Various kind of water sports in Bali are main attraction for the locals and foreigners who damn love spending their money for pumping up the adrenaline. One of another water sport that deserves to try is named as Bali Wakeboarding Tour. Designed with the combination of snow board, water skiing and surfing techniques, this water sport is suggested to those with the adventurous heart.
In short, this activity involves riding on the wakeboard in the water. Located in Tanjung Benoa, this marine tourism activity will pull the participant at speed of 25 km/hours. If you want to go faster, it is suggested to pick the fastest speedboat, so that the wake-board you stand on will run fast.
Bali Wakeboarding Tour is such a challenging activity where you are supposed to be in healthy and strong. It might be so hard for the inexperienced one, but with the brief information from the professionals before going for this activity, participants is also equipped with the safety equipments such as life-jacket so that it helps to survive when they fall into the water.
The Bali Wakeboarding Tour takes only 30 minutes including the briefing and escorting to the location. To those who want to try this activity, you are supposed to prepare a good amount of money or around Rp 300,000 to Rp 450,000.
What you can enjoy from the extraordinarily amazing water sport in Bali is something memorable during your life span. Below are some of other water sports in Bali.
If you eagerly want to see the breath-taking view of underwater life without snorkeling deep inside or without being worried of getting wet, a new water sport in Bali named glass bottom boat tour will be the perfect option to take. It is because you will need to get onto the boat with the transparent glass.
As the boat off ashore, you will make a halt for a moment in a certain site where various kinds of fish and other sea creatures live in. The tour of glass bottom boat directly heads to the turtle island tour where another beautiful life is preserved from possible danger.
As you are quite satisfied with the glass bottom boat tour, you will be taken to the water sport in Bali named Bali Turtle Island Tour that will teach you about the life of the turtle. A small island where it becomes the turtle conservations, you will be close to the turtle. Some of visitors will capture the magic as they visit this conservation. Thus, if you are a kind of animal-lover, visiting this site is recommended.
Do you love diving under the clear blue sea with the beautiful corals, reefs and various kinds of fish? If you said yes, it is recommended that you go for holiday in Bali. A land with many tourism resorts also offer you with the beauty of sea life. Thus, no wonder if many visitors prefer to take Bali diving water sports tour program to sitting on the sands for sunbathing.
What the program offers to the visitors is about the tour activity package that will guide you to see the beautiful animal under the sea. One of the best site to dive is Tanjung Benoa Beach with the wave is not too fast and the environment is still virgin and quiet.
Widely known as the profusion of tropical marine life, Bali diving water sports tour program is something that will not put your life in jeopardy. It is because you will be briefed by the instructors and equipped with the safety equipments. Why beginner divers are suggested to visit Tanjung Benoa for enjoying the splendor of the underwater life is due to the ideal dive sites with the warm and calm water.
Thus, if you want to take the Bali diving water sports tour program, it is urged to prepare for everything and the amount money to pay for the service.
Some of you might be popular with the challenging water sport named banana boat. A sport that uses the yellow banana-shaped tube stabilized by the boat is now redesigned with the new look. With the donut-like shape, this tube still offers the exciting and fun water sports, since it still uses the boat to pull the tube that accommodates some riders.
Later named as Bali donut boat tour, this water sport adventure only takes you around US$35 or around Rp 465,000 each person. With a big amount of it, you will be brought to the enjoyment and excitement for 15 minutes. Even though this water game begins to gain its popularity among the visitors, this Bali donut boat tour has been thought to be the must-to-try water game if you visit Bali.
To those who are afraid to get onto the Bali donut boat tour, it is not a big problem since you are provided with the life-jacket during the tour with the Bali donut boat. In addition, as you pay for a great deal of money, it has covered the government tax as well as service charge. But, you will be charged for additional charge if you want to take the advantages of towel, underwater DVD and transport. One of the most important things about this activity is that the water sport has been covered by the insurance.
The design resembles the fish because it is the joint of the three banana boat tube with the wing on the left and right, so that it looks like a fin. What you have to know about Bali flying fish tour is about the maximum number of the passengers is 3 persons. This is set to create the balance during the activity. In addition, thing to know is about the passenger position onto the boat is sitting like on the horseback or riding on a motorbike.
How the Bali flying fish tour work does depend on the wind speed at that time. Since the fly fish boat is pulled by the speed boat, you are going to be taken from the beach to the sea. Then, the flying fish will fly over 2 meters from the seawater. But, if you have not ever tried this game, you are not necessary worried since the professional guide will explain you all about that activity.
The splendor of the view under water the sea in Bali has been gained million attentions from the people across the face of the earth. No wonder if thousand tourists come to this island for a year to discover every corner of Bali for its beauty. One of the most attractive panoramas that the tourist will never miss to enjoy is the underwater sea life. Known as Bali ocean walker tour, this program offers the tourists who are not capable of diving and are curious enough to see the most beautiful corals, reefs and various fish with unique color.
In general, Bali ocean walker tour is an activity to walk on the seabed while you and your partner see its splendor directly. It is not necessary to learn much more like diving activity, so that if you are a beginner for this activity with no diving experience, professional guide will help you happily. Unlike any other underwater activity that takes complicated equipments to survive during under the water, only water-resistant helmet is required.
With 45 minutes including time for preparation and Bali ocean walker tour, you will enjoy 30-menit-walk on the seabed. Thus, if you want to try out, just prepare a good deal of money and make sure that you are fit at that time.
No wonder some local and foreigner tourists who come to visit Bali will also prefer diving to sunbathing, since diving is thought to be the enjoyable activity due to some beautiful scenery under the water. One of the most recommended places to visit is Tanjung Benoa beach. This Bali snorkeling tour will offer you an interesting package that equips you with the shaped tube for survival during snorkeling activity.
In addition, you are also urged to use frog's leg shoes and wet suits to prevent you from the jellyfish stings. This activity does not demand you to be able to dive, but make sure that you know how to breathe under water and how to stay afloat.
What you have got to know about this Bali snorkeling tour is about learning how to breathe from the mouth. As all the equipments prepared, you are driven to the site where many ornamental fish and beautiful pristine corals live in. If your destination to go snorkeling in Tanjung Benoa, you should prepare a good deal of money or around Rp 170,000 each person. This price has included the service charge, tax and insurance.
In addition, the visitors who are allowed to snorkel is between seven to sixty-five years old. As a change, you will have an hour-snorkeling activity and make sure you use moisturizer during take the advantages of Bali snorkeling tour.
Ayung rafting – Own Transport is the very best choice to take if you really want to save more money. As you get the lower price, you will get the similar service in Bali ayung rafting. In addition, if you want to enjoy the long holiday with the most challenging marine activity, you just simply come to Kadewatan village. Having arrived in the location, you take the advantages from Bali ayung rafting and you just show the voucher card in the starting point so that you will be welcomed so warm and served with the beverages.
Make sure that you do not completely forget to fill out the registration forms and insurance as well. Before taking into the exciting activity, Bali ayung rafting also asks you to keep all the belongings to the locker. Make sure that you will not miss the personal equipment such as camera or money. As you have finished equipping yourself, what you have to do is going to the river side.
When all members have gathered, the professional staff will guide you and tell you what you do and don'ts as long as the activity. In this occasion, you will spend 2-hours-rafting action. As you have finished from rafting, you are urged to go restaurant or going to shower at first. In addition, changing rooms is also available before lunch.
Still, it is about marine activity that later is named as Bali Telaga Waja Rafting which puts the visitors to the challenging activity to conquer the longest river with the extreme current for rafting-lovers. Located in the Eastern part of Bali, precisely in Karangasem regency, you just need to take 1,5-kilometers-drive from Kuta. But, if you do not have any transportation, you can book the Bali rafting in the Telaga Waja river, so that the crew will pick you up in the location and return you where you belong to. As you challenge yourself in this extreme marine activity, you will be guided along the 16km of rafting route or it is equivalent with 2,5 hours rafting.
As long as the activity in this Bali Telaga Waja Rafting, you will enjoy the panorama of mountains, cliffs, rice fields along the rafting route. What makes you surprised and happy to try this activity is that you will find some waterfall that will splash you with its fresh water. Speaking about rafting grading, it is said that Bali Telaga Waja Rafting places its position between 2 – 4 grade class. Thus, if you damn love rafting, make sure that you drop by at here someday for the beauty and the wild current that dares you as true adventurer.


Stud Book's clients identified the need to store biological samples in a central location and in an orderly way. This led to the development of the Logix Bio service.
Breeders' Societies increasingly require the storage of a biological sample of important herd sires. This ensures that should the animal's DNA sample be needed in the future for parentage verification or even genomics, the samples will be available, thus ensuring that important animals' DNA is not lost and it is accessible, even if the animal has already died.
The advantage to store biological samples of your stud animals is that parentage verification or even genomics can be done on this animal in the future. This advantage justifies the effort and cost of collecting and storing samples in Logix Bio. It can even be used in stock theft cases and forensic investigations.
These developments compelled Stud Book to offer the service at an affordable price. At this stage only tail hair can be stored on Stud Book's premises. Blood and other samples can be stored off-site in a controlled environment. The cost entails a once-off fee of R30 for hair samples of which the sample reference number is stored in Logix with the animal's information.
Printed envelopes for this purpose are available from Stud Book and breeders are advised to take samples of at least their stud sires. If the breeder does not have printed envelopes he may use any paper envelope with the animal's number recorded on it. Please note that no plastic bags are suitable because the hair follicles are damaged and the DNA destroyed.


One of the biggest obstacles to some of the using some of the government 2.0 tools are the government's legal and policy frameworks, some of which were formulated long before there was an Internet. The National Academy of Public Administration's Collaboration Project is taking a big step toward helping agencies deal with these sticky issues.
On Federal News Radio 1500 AM's Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, we recently spoke to Marcus Peacock, who at the time was the deputy administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency. Peacock and former EPA CIO Molly O'Neill, before they left, got started a parallel government 2.0 comment process around air quality standards. We spoke to Peacock and O'Neill about the process. One of the things he told us was that many of the government law that at the time were designed to ensure public comment today actually prevent agencies from reaching out to encourage a broader public comment. The laws, for example, require public comment. Agencies post rules and regulations in the Federal Register — or on Regulations.gov — and then people can comment. Those comments are assessed and posted. In the end, you don't get an open, transparent debate about the process. Instead, you get a lot of individual comments unrelated to one another. And it has seemed that there wasn't an alternative.
Peacock and O'Neill, creatively, aren't letting those laws prevent the EPA from trying something new. Instead, they are running a parallel process — following the old way and creating a new way.
My suggestion has been to open up regulations to a wiki — some broad way to allow people to change the rule in a way that they think would improve it. In other words, don't just comment — make it better. We're still a few years away from that.
All of this is a long introduction to the National Academy of Public Administration's Collaboration Project, which has been working to help agencies find share lessons learned on these government 2.0 tools. They have been holding meetings about the policy and legal issues surrounding government 2.0 — and the issues are wide ranging. They go from the use of Internet Web cookies… to security and policy issues. Earlier this week, we spoke to NAPA's Frank DiGiammarino about the legal and policy issues. NAPA has now posted a draft document seeking comment on those rules.
What are the issues on this list that resonate with you the most? Is there anything you see missing?
Have you or anyone you know had success in meeting these challenges? Do you have any best practices to share?
How, if at all, has your agency altered policies to enable better collaboration?
What are the actions the next administration and Congress could take to increase collaboration and the use of the Web 2.0 suite of tools?
If you have something to contribute, please don't hesitate to contact us and send it in, or just use the comments feature at the bottom of this page !
As we told you earlier, the Federal Web Managers Council has created a similar but different document that lists the federal government social media challenges — perceived or real — and some possible solutions. You can see that document here. (Federal News Radio 1500 AM's Jason Miller spoke to GSA's Bev Godwin about this document. You can hear that discussion here.) My challenge to the Federal Web Managers Council is that they often kicked the ball further down the field, recommending that there needs to be policy developed to solve some of these problems. We all certainly agree that there are new policies necessary in many cases, but my recommendation would be to offer short term solutions — what can agencies actually do — today — to resolve those challenges. The longer term policy development can still go on, but there is so much to be learned by doing, and I get concerned that agencies will avoid 'doing' because of the policy limbo. That being said, the Federal Web Managers Council deserves a whole heap of credit for this marvelous document. It is an excellent and very valuable document and they deserve credit for pulling it together.
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention the Navy's Web 2.0 policy — the first in government. You can read that policy here.
My other challenge is that I hope we can actually collaborate on these challenges. Too often, people operate behind closed doors. What better way to demonstrate the power and agility of collaboration?
Another good summary of what's going on in this arena, Chris. Thanks!
Your challenge to the Federal Web Mgrs Council is a good one, and one example of us meeting it is that many of us are working with various sites to get special terms of service. For example, at EPA, we're talking, or preparing to talk, to 6 sites I can think of off the top of my head.
And many agencies are doing a lot that simply doesn't get much press, like the widgets usa.gov is now linking to (shameless plug: see EPA's at http://www.epa.gov/widgets).
Another example is the parallel process Marcus and Molly kicked off.
So I guess one lesson is: don't assume that what you know is the only thing happening (which is good advice on pretty much anything, right?).
As always, your article serve to shed light on important things going on in our gov't world, so many thanks again.


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Google expands again in Eemshaven
Google is once again expanding its data centre in Eemshaven with an investment of 500 million euros. The announcement comes just as the piles for the second phase are being driven into the ground. Google is making this infrastructure investment to support the strong and growing demand for its services such as Search and YouTube. Google also has a Google Cloud region in Eemshaven, which allows customers and users in the Netherlands and the surrounding areas to use Google Cloud services close to home. An average of 1000 people will be working at the site during the construction phase. The new growth development is expected to be completed in 2020, and will provide 350 jobs.
Cas König, CEO of Groningen Seaports, is delighted with Google's second expansion in Eemshaven. "Google's new investment in our region places Eemshaven even more prominently on the international map as a location for data centres. Eemshaven is able to provide all the facilities needed in terms of space, green electricity and fibre-optic cables. Google's total investment of 2 billion euros in Eemshaven will provide hundreds of jobs for different levels of education. A great addition to our area."
Google's data centres are among the most efficient in the world and use an average of 50% less energy than normal data centres. The data centre in Eemshaven was Google's first to run entirely on green energy from day one, supplied by Eneco's wind farm and solar park. Google has been CO2-neutral for more than 10 years, and since 2017 its energy consumption has been offset by 100% renewable energy for all its activities.
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What do the top religions of the world have to say about sex?
Revathi V Gopal | Jan 22 2021
Interpretations and reinterpretations of religious texts have led to the restructuring of many notions and beliefs. There are numerous religions, and the most famous ones are Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. Each religion has its perspectives on love, sex, marriage, and relationships. Here, we will delve into what the top religions of the world have to say about sex.
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Buddhism on sex
Buddhism is a religion that highlights Ahimsa and the concept of Moksha. As per the Buddhist teachings, there are five moral principles each person has to adopt.
We need to prioritize these percepts when we look into sexuality and sex. Buddhism celebrates sex as an essential part of a relationship and considers it significant to enjoy sex responsibly.
However, Buddhism is against promiscuity, adultery, and other sexual misconducts. Buddhism does not consider marriage as a prerequisite for engaging in a sexual relationship.
Christianity on sex
As per Genesis, human beings can attain completion only with the union of man and woman. Here, we can only engage in sexual relationships after marriage. Though most people do not practice it nowadays, the belief still prevails. It is the same for Hinduism and Islam as well.
Christianity also strongly disagrees with the commitment of adultery. You can find it as part of the Ten Commandments of the Exodus. "Thou shalt not commit adultery," is the Commandment, which focuses on adultery.
When we look into the Bible, we cannot find many references relating to sex and sexuality. However, various prophets and sects of Christianity have spoken and written about sex and sexual intimacies. As per the Roman Catholic belief, sex is the expression of total union.
They view sex within marriage as the right thing. However, in the ancient days, westerners viewed marriage only as an economic activity. However, it was only in the 13th century that marriage became part of the church. Different Christian teachings started to represent sexuality and sex as a matter of fidelity.
St. Augustine, one of the prophets of Christianity, was influenced by Plato. He tried to present his views on sex-based on Plato's ideas. Let us look at some of his views:
He considered untamed sexual desire as a rebellion against God.
He also presented sex as an act of procreation.
He was against having sex between two couples as a pleasurable activity. He said that it was a sin.
These are some of the things and concepts concerning sex in Christianity.
Hinduism on sex
Hinduism considers the Kama or sexual pleasure as one of the four goals of our life. In Hinduism, there are four Ashramas of life or life stages. Here, sex is an essential factor in the second Ashrama, householder. It is a way of building love and tenderness in a relationship.
Akin to other major religions, Hinduism too highlights sex after marriage. However, there are different legends in Hinduism that diverge from the same notion. Kama Sutra is a much-celebrated text on sex with varied views on sex and sexual intimacies. Though it is not a religious text, it has influenced several people in India since the ancient days.
In Hinduism, we can find countless symbolic references to sex and sexuality. Many Hindu temples like Khajuraho Temple explicitly portray sexual acts through paintings and sculptures. Hindus represent Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi through the image of Lingam and Yoni. Both of them stand for the male and female genitals. Apart from that, Hinduism has Manmadha as the God of sex. Many Tantric practices focus on sex, sexuality in Hinduism.
Islam on sex
Islamic beliefs present sex as a gift from Allah. There are different references to sex in the Qur'an. We can find that Islam gives high regard to the woman's satisfaction in sexual acts. There is a focus on women's needs too. Islam states that Allah created both men and women from a single soul. Islam highlights equality and fairness in sexual relationships between partners. Ensuring women's sexual satisfaction is essential for Muslim men, as per Islamic beliefs. There is another belief in Islam that views sex as a charity.
The Holy Qur'an advises believers to have sex only after marriage. Islam is also against adultery and focuses on remaining chaste. When it comes to marriage, Islam prioritizes arranged marriages over love marriages.
Islam prohibits certain things in a sexual relationship. One cannot indulge in sex in public places and when their children are present. Islam forbids engaging in sex when the woman is on her periods.
When a couple wishes to engage in a sexual encounter twice, it is advisory to perform Wudu. Wudu is a process of cleansing one's body. It helps in revitalizing their sexual energies.
Apart from these religious sex views, there are a plethora of other perspectives on sex as well. Here, we have looked at what Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam, the top religions of the world, have to say about sex.
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Gov. Phil Murphy's State of the State takes backseat to NJ GOP Trump-skulls
Gov. Phil Murphy's State of the State takes backseat to NJ GOP Trump-skulls (JEFF EDELSTEIN COLUMN)
By Jeff Edelstein jedelstein@Trentonian.com @jeffedelstein on Twitter
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Gov. Phil Murphy gave his State of the State speech Tuesday, in which he … in which he did what every other governor always does, blather on about his accomplishments while ignoring his failures and making promises he almost certainly won't keep.
At least it was only a little over 30 minutes.
Usually, the governor's State of the State is the biggest political story of the week in New Jersey, and while Murphy will certainly get plenty of ink on the speech, it's only the number two story, politically.
Number one, of course, is the state of the Republican party in New Jersey, namely the fact Doug Steinhardt, former state GOP chairman, fervent Trump supporter, and guy with the inside lane to the nomination to go up against Murphy in November, dropped out of the race.
"Last month, I was thrilled to announce our campaign for Governor, and the positive response from grassroots activists and donors has been overwhelming," Steinhardt said in a statement announcing he's ditching the race. "While our strong standing in this race make this decision even more heart-breaking, unfortunately, unforeseen professional obligations have made it untenable for me to continue in this race as a candidate for Governor."
OK. Is it possible this lawyer truly has "unforeseen professional obligations?" Maybe O.J. is getting tried again or something? Sure, it's possible.
But uh … is it also possible Steinhardt dropped out because with Trumpism on the ropes, he realized the next few months would be miserable for him?
"No," said his spokesperson when NJ Advance Media basically asked the question.
Of course, it's fair to wonder, especially in light of Steinhardt's now tone-deaf comments he made the day after thousands of Trump supporters attempted to overthrow the country.
First, according to the NorthJersey.com report, Steinhardt pitched the "it wasn't Trump supporters" false narrative, then followed it up with "The actions of violent criminals do not speak for Republicans and supporters of President Trump," without addressing the question if Trump was responsible.
So yes. It is fair to wonder if Steinhardt - who released a campaign video slamming his then-opponent Jack Ciattarelli for not supporting Trump the very same day of the attempted coup - decided that his "unforeseen professional obligations" are code for "yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and get as far away from Trump as possible so I still have a career."
Meanwhile, the big winner here, of course, is Ciattarelli, who now has a clear path to the GOP nomination without the baggage of Trump attached to him … oh wait that's not true anymore, as Jack went ahead and dummied it up.
See, Steinhardt was 100% correct - Ciatrraralli did not support Trump. The campaign video Steinhardt released was glorious in that regard. Back in 2015, Ciatrraralli called Trump a "charlatan." Then he called on then-Gov. Chris Christie to resign for supporting said charlatan. Then he called on Trump to drop out of the race after he secured the nomination. Then he called him an "embarrassment." And then he didn't vote for him.
Jack Ciattarelli, he of the moral high ground!
And then he torpedoed the whole thing by becoming another Trump toadie.
He spoke at a "Stop the Steal" rally in Bedminster last month. Previous to that, he had this to say to David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe before the 2020 election: "I'm voting for the president. His policies have worked for the country, David. He's been right on the economy. He's been in right playing hardball with China. He's been right on the war on ISIS. He's been right on border security, and I believe he's been right in transforming the federal bench, including the Supreme Court, into a more conservative leaning. His policies have worked for the country, and yes, he has my support and has my vote this November."
Why the about-face? Well, as a gambit to secure votes in the primary against Steinhardt. Kind of obvious.
It's continued, as well, with Ciattarelli saying post-Capitol riot, ""No one is innocent here. We need a bipartisan, zero-tolerance policy on this behavior — both in word and action,'' he said in a statement.
Really channelling the "good people on both sides," aren't you there, Jack?
Here's what I can promise you: Right now, Ciattarelli is undoubtedly beating himself up over jumping to Team Trump for what he thought was political expediency. It is going to bite him in the ass come November, which is sad, because Ciattarelli is a Jersey Guy in looks and manner, and that carries a lot of weight in this state.
Instead, he'll just be painted - fairly - as another Trump enabler.
So yes. Murphy spoke Tuesday, and blah blah blah'd his way through the speech, making promises, whatever. It wasn't the biggest story in New Jersey politics this week. But it will probably be again next year when Murphy gives his State of the State as New Jersey's first re-elected Democratic governor since Brendan Byrne.
Didn't have to be this way, but the fallout from last week's attack on the Capitol is going to linger for a loooooooong time, and Ciattarelli's 4th quarter pivot to Team Trump is going to destroy his chances to win the election.
Last remaining question: Is there a wealthy GOPer who has stayed far enough on the Trump sidelines and who is willing to barrell into the race?
Jeff Edelstein is a columnist for The Trentonian. He can be reached at jedelstein@trentonian.com, facebook.com/jeffreyedelstein and @jeffedelstein on Twitter.
Jeff Edelstein is a columnist for The Trentonian.
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This trip was planned as a 9 day clean-out of the Kaweah range area deep in the Sierra. It effectively ended on day 6 when I took a bad fall and had to be helicoptered out.
This will just cover the rather excellent climbing trip leading up to that event.
For the story of the fall itself click here.
Back when I first started becoming aware of the Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section list of peaks two mountains quickly stood out as being reputedly difficult and scary. The first was Devil's Crag which Jen and I climbed the weekend before this trip and found to be exposed but solid and all around spectacular. The second was Black Kaweah famous for being deep in and according to at least one climber I chatted with on the way out of Le Conte "so loose that it was like climbing a library." He said he'd turned back short of the summit twice.
Black Kaweah also has the distinction of being rather deep requiring a longer trip to bag. So while Jen and I banged out Devils Crag over a long haul three day weekend the plan that eventually came about for Kaweah involved a 9 day mega peak bag.
Oh and I'd decided to name the WTC group I was launching Kaweah which made me want to get out there even more.
This has also been a climb with long reaching effects after a fall I took on day 6. While I survived with relatively minor injuries and got back to climbing I've been walking with pain in my right knee pretty much all the time severely limiting certain activities. It eventually worsened to the point where I decided it was time for surgery.
It was a rather long road from wanting to do this trip to finally getting some people to commit to go with me.
In the end I ended up with Jen Blackie, Amin Faraday, and James Barlow for the entire trip with Keith Christenson tagging along for the first 4 days to grab Mt and Black Kaweah.
Our plan was to clean out the peaks in the Kaweah area including the named non-SPS list bumps and finish with somewhere north of 9 peaks. Granted being out there for 9 days there was a greater than slight chance weather or other factors would impact us at some point but it did give us some flexibility.
Due to my usual flight back to Orange County from Boise running late Jen and I weren't able to leave until after 9 pm which had us arriving at a full Atwell Campground in Mineral King a bit before 2. Fortunately we stumbled across James Barlow's car and were able to sleep in his site for a few hours.
We were up and out for the 8 am opening of the rangers' office to pick up our permit. Surprisingly there was only one other party there. This was a striking difference from a few weeks previous when there'd been a line out the door. Apparently smoke from the fire on the other side of Farwell Gap was impacting air quality and had scared most folks off.
We were headed far enough in that it hopefully wouldn't bother us.
Permit in hand we went to the Sawtooth trailhead and packed up. In addition to my usual load and a full bear can I was carrying a rope bag filled with extra food. Granted most of it was dehydrated meals but the overall load was probably the heaviest I'd carried this season.
Glacier Pass was the first big obstacle but we had clear weather and a decent trail.
Looking over the top we could see our second pass of the day, Black Rock, on the other side of a depressingly large canyon followed by the Kaweahs off in the distance.
There was still a bit of snow on the far side.
We passed a beautiful little spot at Spring Lake while traversing the canyon and talked about possibly spending the last night there since we guessed it didn't get a lot of traffic.
We shortcutted cross country to reach the trail coming up the canyon which was a little rough. Once on the trail it was just a slog with our heavy packs to get up and over.
Finally we could see the area we'd be spending the next week in. We'd be descending through Five Lakes Basin to Big Arroyo where we'd stash a big chunk of our food in the backcountry bear box and spend the first night. We'd then set out for a three day excursion to the shelf below Red, Black, and Mt Kaweah.
While climbing Black Rock Pass a deer had wandered up and tailed us to the top where he proceeded to inspect us at length. He was noticeably skinny and had his mouth hanging open in an odd manner. We all thought he wasn't acting like a normal deer and decided to hurry down before we ended up with mad deer disease.
Amin had also tweaked his knee at this point and was debating leaving the trip. He'd actually try to leave a few times but I convinced him to stick it out.
From here it was all downhill until we could finally get rid of all this extra weight at Big Arroyo.
The lakes along the way were pretty but the mosquitoes were atrocious. I did my best to avoid any stops despite everyone being tired as I was getting eaten alive the moment I wasn't moving. Everyone was dragging a bit at this point.
All the sites close to the box were taken but as the crowd was rather loud anyway and we found a decent camp a ways off in the trees. Everyone set up, ate, and went to bed quickly.
When the sun came up we could finally get a look at where exactly we'd made camp. We'd found sites clearly used by others before but it was close enough to a rather stagnant water source we all wanted to be gone before it warmed up enough for the mosquitoes to emerge for the day. Fortunately for the moment it was cold enough we had some relief while we got our morning tasks done.
This is the patrol cabin at Big Arroyo. Both times we came through it was buttoned up tight.
Leaving Big Arroyo we had an uphill climb along the HST which was a nice chance to stretch my legs under a noticeably lighter load.
Once up on the shelf below the Kaweahs we dropped our camping gear and bear cans and started the slog up to Mt Kaweah.
We'd heard the registers up here had been trashed and sure enough we found an obviously newly placed paint can with a few scraps of paper. I dropped an SPS book and we pushed on to the next goal after taking the requisite pictures.
The next bump over is labeled Second Kaweah on the map. James, Jen, and myself decided we all wanted to tag it and strolled over while the other two descended back to the gear we'd dropped.
From here there's a series of crags down a ridge that looked somewhere between precarious and unclimbable. I was tempted to go for the nearest one but we still had a ways to go before camp and a full day ahead of us tomorrow.
Jen and I decided to come back for them another trip and headed down.
The shelf actually had quite a few nice campsites with plenty of water available. Sadly we weren't high enough to get away from the mosquitoes.
We found a camp below Red Kaweah and settled in for the night. With the mosquito hordes outside I took my meal inside the tent rather than be social.
Keith was only with us through Tuesday so we prioritized the other high value peak Black Kaweah. While Mt Kaweah was the SPS emblem this one was a SPS mountaineers peak and the dominant peak in the area.
We had a nice view of it right from camp.
The route involved traversing along the shelf we were camping on to a southern drainage and climbing the southwest face.
I wasn't feeling well that morning but wasn't about to miss this climb.
The approach was the usual mix of snow and loose rock.
This is the start of the actual route up the peak.
The route had some third class and a lot of second class. The rock we were climbing wasn't loose so much as every ledge and flat bit had a large amount of loose rock sitting on it.
We took it slow and called out any pieces we kicked off.
We made steady progress and soon popped out near the top.
There used to be a very old register up at the top of Black Kaweah. Instead we found ripped pieces of paper and this sheet decrying the destruction.
No sign of the old register canister even except for these bits.
We'd been warned the register was destroyed and I had a new book along but no can. We did the best we could to rig a temporary container and made a note to let the group headed up here in a few weeks know to bring something more permanent.
And now to get down. The weather was looking somewhat questionable and we didn't particularly want to be on the rocks during a rainstorm.
We backtracked down the same route and it was largely uneventful.
The weather held and we made it back to camp with daylight to spare. Keith had to get to work in a few days and so left at this point to head for Big Arroyo and hike out the following day. Amin had busted his pants already and Keith was such a standup guy he left his behind as a loaner, True camaraderie in the mountains.
The rest of us ate a well deserved meal and turned in early again.
Red Kaweah was located between Mt Kaweah and Black Kaweah. It was named for the striking red color of the rock but the climb isn't near as nice as black at least not by this route.
Black is to the left, red to the right.
We had some great views of Black on the way up the drainage.
Then the climb itself. Lots of large and only somewhat loose boulders that were more annoying than anything else.
This one actually had a canister up top. I was tempted to relocate it to Black but we had other plans.
As we exited the drainage back on to the shelf we could hear voices. Eventually we identified some climbers trying a direct route up the face of Red. They were just getting off the snow and seemed to be struggling a bit and spreading out across different chutes. Hopefully it went well for them.
We dropped back to camp and packed everything up. Instead of returning to the HST along the shelf we decided to try and drop down the slope below directly.
It worked though a few of the looser sections were a bit of a pain with full packs. But soon enough we popped back on to the HST and moseyed back to Big Arroyo.
Here we hit a bit of a snag. We'd left the majority of our food in the bear box intending to refill our cans and head off for another few days. Jen's was missing.
She kept insisting one of us was playing a joke on her but sure enough it was gone. It had been in a black stuff sack with her name on it so I can only assume it was someone who made a mistake and didn't realize it until they were already down the trail but that's still a crummy mistake to make.
We had enough spare food between us to share with Jen so we restocked, returned the remainder of the food back to the box, and continued up the trail towards 9 Lake Basin.
A mile or two up there was a rather pleasant stream crossing that gave us the chance to strip off our boots and soak our feet.
Looking down from the Kaweahs I'd seen the basin was somewhat less forested than the terrain we'd been in so my general plan was to leave the trail and climb until we ran out of trees. Not far past the crossing most of the trees were already rather stunted and lacking.
I wanted to get away from the HST and that proved to be a challenge.
Eventually I took us back across the streams to a clump of trees where we found some rather nice spots to pitch out tents and settle down for the next few days.
There was one more bump out there with a Kaweah name and I wanted it.
Kaweah Queen was an awkwardly placed bump that could only be accessed by going waaaaaaay out of our way but due to the fact it had been given a name for some reason. James and Amin declined but Jen was up for a long crappy slog.
So we woke up at first light and set off across the basin.
We ran in to patches of hard snow and way more loose boulders than we would have liked.
In fact the majority of the climb was just loose crap.
First stop was Lawson Peak, another minor bump that did look rather prominent from inside the basin. We took a short break then headed along the ridge for Queen.
On Queen we found a small register with unreadable scraps of paper.
We had a different view of the Kaweahs from here. Black is the prominent peak on the right while Red is the one to the left of the major snow notch.
And now we had to retrace our steps.
Despite the nasty loose slopes we were making decent time and decided to head for a third peak. We had two logical options.
Lion looked awesome and allegedly had a few 4th class moved to climb from this side.
Stewart was a bit closer to camp and was the peak James and Amin had been thinking about climbing while we were off chasing Queen and Lawson.
We decided to do Stewart and try to get everyone to do Lion the following day.
Stewart is part of the ridgeline that includes Lion, Eagle Scout, and Lippincott. Instead of the loose mess of the Kaweahs the rock was refreshingly solid.
Jen and I had fun climbing up a prominent ramp from the basin.
Kaweahs are in the back to the left, we're camped at the clump of trees above and to the right of the lake.
Along the way we ran into James and Amin headed down. They told us what to expect up top and headed down for a bath in the lake and an early night.
Jen and I topped out and spent a good amount of time sitting on the somewhat awkward summit block.
Stewart sees a lot of climbers coming in from several directions.
We could look back at Queen and Lawson to the left of Black.
As remote as we were the big annoyance was the air traffic up above. The register made reference to the loud and excessive over flights by military jets. It literally seemed to be every 15-30 minutes.
We eventually decided to head down hoping to make the lake before dark for a quick bath.
Instead of going down the ramp we took coming up we swung to the south and took some rather nice slab ramps back to the basin.
We made the lake while it was still in the sun and took a quick dip in the lake. We'd been wearing the same clothes for several days so they benefited from the wash as much as we did.
The moment I got out I was swarmed by mosquito's.
Jen was all for staying longer but I got us moving on account of being eaten alive.
We got back to camp as the guys were eating dinner. They'd taken a bit more time to swim and had made it back well ahead of us.
Other than dinner the main entertainment was Jen trying to repair her boot which had split open. I gave her some cord and she did her best to stitch the leather back together but never did get it to hold up. Jen being Jen she just delt with it for the rest of the trip.
I slept well after another good long day.
After James and Amin took it easy the day before our entire group was once again ready to head out for some real fun.
Lion was located at the northern end of 9 Lakes Basin and Secor claimed climbing via the southern ridge involved class 3 with two 4th class moves. After days of loose crappy talus this sounded perfect!
The approach across the basin went quickly and we scooted around lake 10,725 on the west side over some slick consolidated snow.
Then we headed up slope and gained the ridge.
The ridge was mostly 2nd class with some 3rd class bits thrown in here but good scrambling. We did come across two short bits of 4th class, one requiring a traverse across a face with decent holds then a small jump over a gap immediately after.
This was actually Amin's first time doing 4th class. Trial by fire.
Everyone took it slow and we made it across without incident.
Separate from the actual peak was a small pinnacle that had looked rather significant from below. We decided to call it Little Lion and climb it just for grins.
Lion itself is in the background.
After a short break we scrambled back down and continued to the summit where we found another well visited register.
Jen and I were feeling relatively energetic and starting eying Triple Divide Peak another canyon over while the other two were thinking of heading back to camp and taking it easy.
Coming down from the peak was a little tricky but solid.
Once we were all down Jen and I set off for our peak while Amin headed back towards camp and James decided to grab a few of the nearby unnamed pinnacles.
Our route involved dropping 800 ft then climbing 600 or so to Copper Mine Pass. From there it was about half a mile and a thousand feet up what turned out to be a beautiful 3rd class ridge.
The climb up the western ridge of Triple Divide was one of the nicer scrambles of the trip. Good solid rock and an interesting route (basically staying right on the ridge worked about 95% of the time) made for a good time.
Up top we found another well visited register though most people seemed to climb the peak from the west or north instead of from Lion.
As much fun as we had coming up neither of us were looking forward to backtracking and crossing the canyon again. We started eyeing the ridge to the south which would turn the climb into a nice loop and after consulting Secor (who claimed the nasty looking pinnacles we could see 1/3 of the way down were passable) we set off.
The ridge was indeed passable but not near as pleasant as the western ridge. We had to drop down the eastern side fairly often and ended up on yet more loose terrain.
There were some interesting 3rd+ class sections we had to down climb along the way.
Soon we were looking down in to Nine Lakes Basin. We both figured the hard part was over and we'd be in camp in another hour or two.
The descent turned out to be a little more challenging than it appeared from above. We found footprints and figured James had come down this way after doing his unnamed pinnacles but soon found ourselves on a large slab with every apparent descent route cliffing out.
After exhausting all options it appeared we were going to have to climb back up a few hundred feet and traverse further north along the ridge before we could descend.
As we started up I noticed a ramp leading down towards the rock field below. This looked promising but Jen didn't want to down climb it only to find we needed to come back up. I decided to try it.
Aaaand that's where things went wrong.


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Confidence and Pride in Self — CXC and CCJ
in OPINION/COMMENTARY
Palace of Westminster, London, England
by James E Knight
As the CCJ vs Privy Council debate gets stronger, I can't help but experience a flash back to the time when the big debate was about breaking free of the colonial London and Cambridge GCE exams and establishing our own Caribbean Examinations Council, to create our own curriculum and set exams for our own students.
It might sound quite foolish to all today, but back then, there were those who strongly opposed this anti-colonial assertion of confidence and pride in ourselves.
A minister of education in Antigua and Barbuda at that time, was probably the strongest and most vocal opponent to the establishment of the CXC. He led those who argued, that we lacked the standard to set proper exams, the competence to organize the process, and the fairness required to mark papers in this small region, where those doing the marking could find themselves working on the papers of students who they knew personally. These are the same self-degrading arguments being used against the CCJ today.
Who can deny the greater relevance of the CXC exams, the invaluable outcome of the innovative SBAs, and the brilliant performances of great numbers of our students? The British colonial examiners didn't give one jot about any of that.
How about the argument that smallness of size and population, and the familiarity and friendship of the judges with powerful people in the society , would influence the decisions handed down by the CCJ?
Well, even though an effort might be made to avoid having persons marking CXC papers work on those from their own country, it is difficult for me to imagine, that a Jamaican, a Guyanese, or a Dominican, marking papers from Antigua and Barbuda, would not come across the work of students whose parents they might know very well, either as friends or adversaries. Yet, until now, there has been no outcry of injustice.
Among the people throughout Latin America, with their deep and instinctive sense of anti-colonialism, and their strong history of anti-imperialism, you would never find anyone arguing that a court in Spain, or Portugal, or the USA, should be their final court of appeal. Not in Africa and Asia, not in New Zealand, Australia and Canada, all members of the so-called British Commonwealth, with Queen Elizabeth 11 printed on their currencies, can you find people arguing for the Privy Council in England.
You ask an English-speaking African on the continent, with a history going way back to ancient times, of settling their own legal issues, whether by village tribune, king, chief or iman, and with a modern history of highly educated members of the judiciary, if they would wish the Privy Council to be their final court of appeal. I am quite sure that the sobering answer would be quite clear and short. "I went to school in England with their judges and I was brighter than them". Many might wish to call such an African arrogant and boastful. But, oh no; that response comes from a clear historical understanding and a deep sense of confidence and pride. These are the anti-colonial sentiments that we need to instill in this region.
So when former Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says in Parliament that we must "massage" the population into favouring the CCJ, it is an inappropriate, softy suggestion of seduction, rather than persuasion by strong, clear and convincing arguments. Massaging cannot help while an eminent surgeon like Dr Cuthwyn Lake is wielding his scalpel in favour of the Privy.
Now, I have regard for Dr Lake as a person of significant learning beyond the field of medicine, and as one of notable cultural refinement. He certainly would take offence to anyone suggesting that stalwart Caribbean medical professionals like himself, and scholars of the caliber of Professors Mickey Waldron, Henry Fraser, etc. be overlooked, and final opinions on medical matters in the Caribbean be sought from doctors in England. It baffles me therefore, that he should even tolerate any degrading suggestion about their equals in the Caribbean judiciary.
If our leading practitioners and scholars in law, just as those in medicine, in economics, or in literature (including Nobel Laureates) can hold their own anywhere in the world , why then we cannot conduct our own final court of appeal? There will be the High Court, the Appeal Court, and The Caribbean Court of Justice as final court of appeal.
The Privy Council has, in some instances, handed down bad decisions. Persons seem to be forgetting that. The Privy Council upheld legislation by the PLM government in Antigua and Barbuda in the 1970s, designed to silence opposition by requiring a deposit of $10,000 to be made before one could publish a newspaper. That sum represented a prohibitive requirement, over 40 years ago. The ALP, when returned to power, dragged its feet a bit before repealing that legislation.
But above all that, is the notorious role which the Privy Council has played in Caribbean History. That was the institution used to give a semblance of legality to the horrendous crime against humanity that was slavery in the Caribbean. Child labour and general abuse, brutal murder, rape, torture, etc were not crimes here, because we were not humans; we were chattel. We were counted among the donkeys and mules. The Privy Council sat in England where all that was illegal, and overlooked it all in the Caribbean. When they declared killing a slave an act of murder, was when the Slave Trade was abolished. Without a fresh supply of slaves, those who were already here had to be kept alive and allowed to multiply. That was the reason. It was disgustingly hypocritical. What greater moral authority can the Privy have among us today than can our own?
We in this English speaking Caribbean, having been brought here, used and abused, and then abandoned penniless to struggle from scratch, have established regional institutions that are enviable to many people elsewhere in the world. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is another example. There is a common currency, which is holding strong, and which even Montserrat, a British colony, uses. Other British overseas territories in the region don't even have a currency; they are forced to use somebody else's dollar.
Come on. Let's have some faith and pride in ourselves, and reject the lingering remnants of institutions that supported slavery and British colonialism. After all, the British themselves have their misgivings about their own jurists, but they are not calling for our eminent jurists down here to handle their cases.
We, on the other hand, are the last set of people in former British colonies, still hanging on to the wigs and frock tails of the British Privy, while they are even complaining about it, and trying to shake us off. What a shame! Where is our pride?
We run CXC. We can run CCJ.
James Knight is a former editor of Outlet newspaper, which was the organ of The Antigua-Caribbean Liberation Movement (ACLM).
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