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Stop press: little Timmy ate his lunch
Baby blogging is the latest internet phenomenon, with some sites attracting a cult following. And it's not just relatives logging on. Lucy Atkins reports
Lucy Atkins
Wed 29 Sep 2004 11.20 EDT First published on Wed 29 Sep 2004 11.20 EDT
Aren Christopher Elliott is two years old and lives in Key Largo, Florida. His mother is called Kari Astrid Haugeto, and she describes herself as a "vocalist, scuba-diving instructor and travel writer". His dad, Christopher James Elliott, describes himself as a "travel writer, scuba-diving instructor, and a pretty darned good pillow to sleep on". Aren, who has fair hair and the cutest little smile, attends the Lutheran Haven Early Childhood Center. If you would like to see Aren for yourself, or if there is any other detail, no matter how small, that you would like to know about Aren, then feel free to log on to www.elliott.org/aren/ and fill your boots. Aren is the subject of one of the world's first baby blogs, and pretty much every burp and fart of his life so far is documented for us all on the worldwide web.
Baby blogging is fast becoming an international phenomenon. Most baby bloggers are American, but the briefest of web searches will lead you to kids of all nationalities. One I found yesterday opened with a picture of two-year-old Niall from Hertfordshire. Niall can't eat anything with cow's milk, and dislikes being told "No". I could go on ...
Baby blogging may have begun as a way to keep distant family members in intimate touch with a new baby in the family - a round-robin letter of the modern age. But if you're posting something on the web, then it can be found by strangers, and that makes these blogs a different creature entirely. You will not be surprised to hear that it is not just family members who log on to these sites. Complete strangers often end up as keen fans of individual baby blogs - some of them do indeed have all the makings of a great cult blog - and a myriad web of links now stretches between baby blogs on different continents.
The attraction of these blogs is fairly hard to fathom at first glance. Bloggingmommies gives links to about 850 kiddie blogs. A brief foray through them unearths a disturbing number of home-schoolers and pro-lifers saying things such as "DS1 did such a cute thing today". To get one handy tip on dealing with colicky babies, you have to plough through a lot of random outpourings. "We left home this morning at 10.15 to participate in the annual Right-to-Life Walk-a-thon," blogs one mother."Lincoln and I didn't actually walk." Another begins: "My knitting class was so much fun." Someone else offers up the lyrics, in full, to a Leonard Cohen song and one more mommy provides, in some detail, her daily dinner menus.
But as you trawl, it becomes obvious that these parents - often stuck in the house with kids most of the time - are creating a virtual community for themselves. Clancy Ratliff, a student of rhetoric and feminist studies, is studying the weblogs of mothers for her doctoral dissertation at the University of Minnesota. "People may think, 'Oh, this is just someone's blog about changing a diaper,' " Ratliff told the Seattle Times last week, "but these are women who are using blogs to have a voice in the public sphere ... it's a pretty powerful thing for a lot of women."
And, it would seem, for a lot of men too. There's an interesting preponderance of dads in baby blog world, perhaps because blogging offers a way to pin down or catalogue the fluid, insane, contradictory world of childrearing. Log on to Trixieupdate.com kept by Ben MacNeill, a stay-at-home dad from North Carolina, and you'll find toddler Trixie's gaping mouth, with arrows pointing to the few teeth she now has, giving the name of each one ("Excelsior" "Defiant" "Invincible"). No doubt Trixie's mother is out there at work somewhere wishing MacNeill would get off the computer and clean out the fridge. Blogging may also be a way for disenfranchised dads to feel really involved. One dad - British this time - blogs his partner's pregnancy in meticulous detail - sometimes offering a couple of entries in one day. (Foetus-blogging is often a prelude to a baby blog, it turns out.)
Naturally some bloggers are more interesting and articulate than others. William Mitchell, who is a Stanford University academic, and research director at a thinktank in Silicon Valley, says blogs are the new "baby book".
While you would be unlikely to pick up pen and paper unless your child did a really stupendous thing, he says, it is easy to idly tap in a new cognitive milestone before you check your emails each morning. "I have written far more in the kids' blog than I ever would have in the baby books," blogs Mitchell, "The baby book was a place mainly to commemorate firsts - first words, first steps, first haircut. With the blog, in contrast, I write more about everyday stuff. It's social history, not a timeline."
Whether or not our kids will ever avail themselves of this socio-historical resource is a moot point. "By the time they are my age, my kids are likely to record just about every waking moment of their lives," writes Mitchell. "At that point, recording an event won't be the notable thing: turning off the recorder, going off-the-record, choosing not to capture an event, will be the notable act."
Of course, if this is the case, our kids won't have time to read their baby blogs. But if they do dip into them, they will surely gain the sort of insight into their childhood that could fuel years of therapy.
But blogging is a dog-eat-dog world: while it may have your kids in therapy, it might well keep you out of it. From a parenting perspective just getting it all off your chest could be really helpful if you have spent the day with a tantrumy three-year-old. And getting replies from other, random parents across the globe all saying, "Yes, my little Timmy is a demon too," could certainly make you feel less alone.
But before you leap online, you may want to ask yourself whether your child will really thank you for his blog. In 20 years' time, when the little tyke who just killed the hamster is trying to get into the diplomatic corps, will he really want this information posted at the touch of a button? Or when your teenage daughter is getting ready for a hot date, will she really want her Googling boyfriend to know she wet the bed till she was 10?
People have also questioned the wisdom of publishing internet pictures of your toddler in the bath. When family images go public, things can get complicated. Of course you can set up your blog so that only friends can access the picture (using a password) - but not many parents can be bothered with such security measures. The briefest Google will lead you to baby blogs plastered with naked toddlers romping in and out of the bath.
Baby blogs are a curious thing - the bloggers combine altruism and community spirit with a strange, slightly blinkered self-absorption. But they certainly seem happy, and their numbers are growing. It's "a way for [family] to be a part of our lives without actually being with us," writes one blogger. Frankly, were I the grandparent of some of these blogged children, I would view this last point as a blessing. But this, of course, is the best thing about baby blogs: you can always (b)log off.


John Duerr's childhood was in Southern California, but he graduated from St. Alphonsus High School in Dearborn, Mich., before walking on at Michigan. Duerr lives in Auburn Hills and works for Chappell Steel Co. in Detroit.
Hardly a day goes by that somebody—a customer of mine, a friend, whoever—doesn't ask, "Well, is Harbaugh going to do it? Is he going to get that place turned around?" The answer is yes, not because he coached in the NFL or because he coached at Stanford. It's because of what he learned at Michigan. One thing I know for a fact is you're going to see effort, tenacity. You're not going to see guys mail in a block. Just like we learned from Bo, you're not going to see guys start game in and game out if they aren't performing. That has happened a little bit too much for our liking. I'm sure that Jim learned it from his dad, and all of the coaches that he was around, and his older brother, John—everything that he absorbed when he was a kid.
Michigan football is going to be good, because they're going to do it the right way. There is no alternative.
We had seven-on-sevens in the summer of '86, and we had off-season workouts. There wasn't a lot of talking. It was just go do it. You were expected to do it. Go do it. Guys like Harbaugh and Jim Scarcelli, they held people accountable. You didn't even need the coaches around. Those guys would make sure that you were living up to the standard, and if you weren't, they were going to call you out. That was the thing that made all of these guys who played at Michigan successful in winning titles like they did.
My junior year, we played in Hawaii after the Ohio State game. Scarcelli and Harbaugh and I were at a place, and he asked these girls at the bar, "You know who that guy looks like? Who does that look like?" He says I look like Huey Lewis, so he liked to introduce me as Huey Lewis' cousin.
Jim's senior year—it would have been the '86 season— right around the time when we started camp. At that time, we voted on captains. We're at dinner in South Quad. We're at dinner with all of the guys—you just gravitate to the guys that you hang out with, whether it's your roommate or guys who play the same position as you. I always ate with the same guys, the Stites brothers, Don Lessner, Scott Harrala, Kyle Anderson, this group of walk-ons. We're sitting at our same dinner table that we sat at all of the time. Lo and behold, Harbaugh pulls up a chair to eat with us. Well, we both were captains a few days after that. We all thought that was peculiar, that he would choose that day to sit down with a bunch of walk-ons. The Stites boys called him out and he swore he was just looking for a place to sit.
When Harbaugh was coaching at San Diego, there was a guy I worked with whose grandson was a good football player. I emailed Jim and said, "Hey, I got a guy here that might be the guy you're looking for." Jim emailed back, "I need tough guys. I need good students, tough guys." The kid ended up playing lacrosse for Penn State.
I teach my kids things Bo taught me and things I learned playing football as part of a team—the whole team concept. I preach to my kids that you have to remember that the world doesn't revolve around you. At some point, you're going to be part of a company or a team, and you're going to be responsible for a certain aspect that the whole team's success is based on you doing your job. It doesn't matter what job you have. It doesn't matter what company you work for. It doesn't matter what you do. You have a responsibility for the betterment of the team, and if you don't do your job, the team is not going to succeed. I'm glad that I got that experience around those people, in that stadium, on that campus. Michigan runs through my blood, and I try to pass it onto my kids.
I still hang out with those guys, those walk-ons that I told you about, that sat at the table where Harbaugh came. Those guys, we all still hang out. If I'm up in Ann Arbor, I'll call and we'll go to lunch. One of the guys lives in Cincinatti, and when I'm down there on business, I stay at his place. The other guy is here locally and we go and hunt together. On November 15, all of us get together over by Grand Rapids and have hunt camp. I bring my son and he gets to enjoy these guys that I played football with 30 years ago. I wouldn't trade a second of what we had to do to make it. These guys mean that much to me. The experience that we went through together means that much. I love them.
The greatest play I ever saw Harbaugh make was that 77-yard TD pass to John Kolesar in '85 against Ohio State. He stood there in the pocket and took a shot right in the head as he released the ball. Kolesar was running toward the north end zone and caught that ball. That's the loudest I have ever heard Michigan Stadium. That was beautiful, man. That play was just phenomenal. What a great pass, under pressure, in a big game like that. Man.
My old teammate, Mike Reinhold, was moved from linebacker to nose guard. He said, "You know the difference between linebacker and nose guard? Nose guard is you're at a party every day that you ain't invited to." I never forgot that line. I used to tell that to every kid I had who played nose guard: "You're going to a party and you ain't invited." He was a good guy. Reiny was a good guy.


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A tiny handful of thoughts on St. Vincent
March 5, 2014 rossgrady
This won't be a comprehensive review of the show, as I left about 5 songs in, because I was bored.
(It's OK, I got to listen to a good This American Life episode on the drive home.)
My friend Richard was right about St. Vincent: there's not quite so much there as ppl would have you believe, and there is an increasing amount of hand-waving deployed to distract from that.
The recent article in the Voice talked about the 12-hour rehearsals AC put her band through before the start of the tour, and it showed. Spontaneity seemed to have been fully engineered out of the equation.
Yes, there was choreography. No, it was not particularly good. Maybe she should have worked with those People Get Ready folks, whose music was kind of slight but who had some interesting ideas (and who tried to incorporate chance & chaos into the equation).
Perhaps the lesson is that just watching Stop Making Sense is not, in itself, enough. Nor, apparently, is making s record & going on tour with David Byrne.
I still like the St. Vincent music, although her second album remains my favorite of the four, which probably doesn't bode well for my long term interest.
But everything I got tonight I could have gotten by staying home, turning up the stereo really loud, and periodically flashing extremely bright lights directly into my eyes.
The thing is that, at least up to the point when I left, the choreography had added very little, but the overrehearsal and generally overdetermined nature of everything else took a lot of the fun out of hearing Live Rock Music.
Other people seemed to be enjoying it, although there wasn't much visible dancing, maybe because the quantized beats on the last couple of records really aren't all that danceable, and the human drummer was clearly playing to a click track, so there was no room for him to open the beat up at all.
All in all, it was kind of baffling. So there's that, I guess.
As for the HRB, I'm sure it's lovely in the daytime. At night during a rockshow it's just another shoebox full of people craning their necks to see an oddly small, seemingly too low stage. Or you can hit the balcony to have lights shined directly into your eyes.
It sounded better than the Ritz, and actually better than I have heard some touring shows sound at the New Cradle. No, that's not saying much. It's OK. It's fine. It's probably lovely at an early evening show of non-rock music in the summertime.
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High Camp: Amangiri's Newly Opened Camp Sarika Is Next Level Glamping
Anna Dunn Anna Dunn | May 19, 2021 | Lifestyle
The illustrious Amangiri resort introduces a fresh perspective with the opening of the instantly iconic Camp Sarika, a collection of 10 luxury tented pavilions hidden among the canyons of the southern Utah desert. Blink and you might miss it—but that's the point.
Backed by majestic sandstone formations, Camp Sarika at Amangiri derives its name from the Sanskrit word for open space and sky.
Healing takes many forms. At times it's an hourlong massage customized to your needs. Other times it's spontaneous, expertly tailored tequila pairings with dinner suggested by your server. Healing can be found in necessary safety protocols that artfully maintain a human element, the sound of a crackling fire and the ever-present signature scent of desert sage, or perhaps in stargazing in seclusion and the quiet introspection that follows.
Camp Sarika's pool and Jacuzzi, tucked among mesas and seamlessly connected to the surrounding desert landscape, offer a space for respite.
As I discovered on a recent visit, no matter how it manifests itself, healing is found at Amangiri—which fittingly means "peaceful mountain." With the property's midpandemic opening of Camp Sarika, healing takes shape as 10 luxury tented pavilions that seem to disappear into the canyons of the southern Utah desert, only a short drive or hike from the renowned main hotel. Isolated campsites are outfitted with rugged details that have been elevated to an ultraluxe level, and quiet attention to detail and impeccable "invisible service" stay true to the Aman brand DNA.
The main pavilion at Camp Sarika houses a restaurant and relaxation area.
When Camp Sarika quietly welcomed its first guests in July 2020—11 years after Amangiri opened—it became the ultimate spot for healing (and social distancing) during a time of universal uncertainty. Occupying more than 55 of the property's 600 acres, it is the first year-round camp of its kind in North America. "The idea was not just to add more rooms; it was to create a whole new experience," general manager Julien Surget tells me over breakfast at Camp Sarika. "We needed more inventory, but at the same time we also wanted to tell a new story in the market." That story unfolds in the form of five 1,100-square-foot, one-bedroom pavilions and five 1,800-square-foot, two-bedroom pavilions (all fully enclosed and spaced out for privacy and comfort), a bespoke creation of San Francisco- and Johannesburg-based design and development services firm Luxury Frontiers. Each boasts an expansive outdoor terrace with a heated plunge pool, cozy fire pit area and telescope; a roomy, light-filled common space with wet and dry bars, a dining area and a smartly concealed TV; and a spalike en suite bathroom with a deep-soaking tub and indoor and outdoor showers. Canvas walls, custom-designed leather and walnut details, and matte black fixtures and finishes are inspired by the surrounding rolling plains and recall traditional camping elements. And, of course, epic views visible from telescoping sliding glass doors only add to the appeal. Seven of the pavilions (mine included) face commanding sandstone canyon and mesa formations, and three have westfacing views for catching stunning sunsets.
Each pavilion has a heated plunge pool and highlights a "very thin separation between nature and construction," says general manager Julien Surget.
At the camp, a common building houses a restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, in addition to a lounge with a focal-point fireplace that keeps things cozy during chilly evenings, a sleek pool and two spa suites (an extension of the brilliant main Aman Spa), all of which can be accessed by guests of both Camp Sarika and Amangiri. As part of the camp experience, guests use golf carts to navigate the exclusive enclave and can travel to the main hotel and back by hiking or using private car service. Surget explains that guests especially enjoy moving between the two properties for meals as Sarika offers a second dining outlet and an entirely different experience.
Pavilion bathrooms are equipped with deep-soaking tubs.
"Part of luxury travel is seeking out the experiences you can't buy at home no matter how much money you have," he says. "We're not trying to re-create a five-star restaurant experience you'd have in Paris, because you can get that in Paris. What you can't get in Paris is the chef who has the contacts with native tribes to get special ingredients," he continues. "It's not just about cooking local; it's cooking relevant." Spearheading that effort at Camp Sarika is lauded chef de cuisine Oren Currier, who stays busy—and keeps me on my toes during my stay—creating and executing a new dinner menu every night, highlighting seasonal ingredients with a focus on regional Utah cuisine. "My creative process is a combination of several components," shares Currier. "This includes seasonality of ingredients, the number of guests we are expecting, and the interaction of flavors between dishes as we try to have both complementing and contrasting flavor profiles." With all meals and nonalcoholic beverages included, guests can indulge in seconds of a favorite course, and preset menus for breakfast and lunch round out the offerings. While dining next to the open kitchen one evening, I witness that food preferences, restrictions and allergies are handled with the utmost care, and Currier receives frequent praise from guests impressed by his craft.
A spacious living area leads to a shaded deck, sun beds, a telescope and a fire pit.
The brand's focus on two main pillars—wellness and adventure—plays out seamlessly at Camp Sarika. "We want to build guests a robust itinerary to complement restoring and healing," says Surget. Those itineraries can touch on both pillars, including everything from challenging hikes and climbs—called via ferrata, Italian for "iron road"—on a network of on-property trails and routes to restorative spa treatments and special culinary experiences that honor Navajo traditions. (Mine includes a healthy balance of both.) Another Aman-specific touchstone is sustainability, which Surget says is manifested in three ways on-property: environmental protection, community outreach, and preservation of local heritage and culture. "Sustainability is not just about conservation, but it's also about educating people and exposing them to new things," he shares. Outreach takes shape as meal deliveries to local Navajo communities, self-defense lessons for employees, financial education courses and more. "If you condition [employees] right, they then carry that back home," he says. "It's meaningful to us." In regard to environmental protection, the property has its own solar field and three natural wells, and uses geothermal heat pumps in lieu of standard HVAC systems for the camp pavilions. But due to local restrictions, what are considered standard practices in many U.S. regions are nearly impossible here, such as recycling. So, for Amangiri and Camp Sarika, the primary focus remains on outreach and cultural preservation, says Surget. "Sometimes it's just a matter of being kind, being polite and helping people upscale."
Surget is optimistic about what's next for Camp Sarika as travelers seek new ways to experience solitude and healing. "There's no doubt that there's an excitement about the property," he says. "I'm grateful for it; I'm humbled by it, honestly. We relentlessly work to honor that excitement." Pavilions from $3,500 per night
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Hawaii Land Use Law and Policy: Maui's Workforce Affordable Housing Bill: Unconstitutional?
Maui's Workforce Affordable Housing Bill: Unconstitutional?
It finally happened, Maui's Workforce Affordable Housing Bill which requires as many as 50% of a project's units to be sold at below market prices is being challenged in federal court.
Will the court dismiss the case for failure of claimant to exhaust administrative remedies?
Will a facial takings challenge of the ordinance be successful in light of Lingle v. Chevron?
Will a court finally call a spade a spade and hold that impact fees are the same as in-lieu fees under HRS sec. 46-141, et seq. ; therefore, affordable housing in-lieu fees are are prohibited by state law?
If this ordinance is deemed unconstitutional, will similar measures in Hawaii County and Kauai County also be challenged?


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View of the 30-square-mile dunefield and Sangre de Cristo Mountains from highest dune on the first ridge.
Explore any part of the 30 square mile dunefield you wish; there are no designated trails in the sand. A dunes-accessible wheelchair is available for free loan at the Visitor Center. Summer air temperatures are pleasant at this high elevation, but during afternoon hours the sand surface can reach 150F degrees, and dangerous thunderstorms can develop. Plan to hike the dunes in early morning or evening to avoid heat exhaustion, burned feet, or fatal lightning strikes.
When there's water in Medano Creek at the base of the dunes, adults and kids alike love to splash in the stream. Watch for waves in the water, a phenomenon called "surge flow." As mounds of sand form and fall in the creek bed, water surges, similar to the action of waves at a beach. Watch a video, get detailed tips for enjoying the creek, and find current conditions and forecast flow on the Medano Creek page.
The high dune on the first ridge is the most common destination for hikers.
There are five dunes over 700 feet tall. The high dune on the first ridge is neither the highest in elevation nor the tallest in the park, but it looks that way from the main parking lot. This is the most common destination in the dunefield, providing a great view of the entire dunefield. It is about 699 feet (198 m) from base to top. Cross a half-mile (1km) of the Medano Creek bed, then zigzag up along ridgelines to reach it. Average round trip hiking time is 2 hours.
Star Dune rises well above the other dune ridges with a distinctive pyramid shape.
Plan on about 5 hours round trip to hike Star Dune, the tallest dune in North America at 750 feet (229m). While it can be hiked from the summit of the High Dune on the first ridge, it's more direct, and less up and down, to access it via its base along the Medano Creek bed. From the Dunes Parking Lot, hike about 2 miles (3.2 km) south down the Medano Creek bed until the massive pyramid-shaped Star Dune comes into view. Follow a ridge to its summit.
By high clearance 4WD vehicle, drive to Sand Pit or Castle Creek Picnic Areas. Or, with 2WD vehicle, drive to Point of No Return, then hike 3/4 mile (1.3km) to Sand Pit or 1.5 miles (2km) to Castle Creek. Castle Creek Picnic Area offers an impressively tall, steep dune face. Both areas have access to Medano Creek, which usually flows gently through the months of fall in this area.
In summer, keep this hike as an option for afternoon as an escape from the heat of the dunes. Walk along a shady forested trail named for a late 1800s settlement, comprising 20 houses in its heydey. Rest near the trail's highpoint, where you'll find outstanding views of Mt. Herard, the dunes and the valley.
This 11 mile trail is most commonly used as an access to various backpacking sites along the foothills, rather than as a destination trail for scenery, since it stays at the same elevation along the base of the mountains. Begin hiking the Sand Ramp Trail in Loop 2 of the campground or at Point of No Return Parking area. After the first two miles, much of this trail is sandy soil or pure sand, up and down along the foothills, so this hike can be grueling. Allow for more time than the mileage indicates.
Driving this road requires 4-wheel drive (not recommended for small sport utility vehicles). A scenic drive any time of the year, it is especially spectacular in late September and early October when fall colors are at peak. Creek crossings can be hazardous in spring and the road is closed when winter conditions create hazards. For those without a 4WD vehicle, contact Pathfinders 4x4 for Jeep rentals and tours , the only authorized Jeep tour company in the national park and preserve. Check current road conditions and detailed information.
You'll be surprised this alpine paradise is part of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve! July is the best month to visit for wildflowers and snowfields laced upon the cliffs. Check hiking details below.
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This high-energy 40-second video shows a climb of Mount Herard (13,297 feet / 4053 m) in Great Sand Dunes National Preserve. From the summit, you'll share their awe at the amazing view of the 30 square mile dunefield! Choose Broadband/HD at lower right for clearest video, or lower settings for slower connections.
Snowfields are often still melting into Lower Sand Creek Lake in early July.
This trailhead is accessed from the Medano Pass 4WD road. Beginning at 10,000' elevation, the trail climbs 2000' through lush meadows and forests, ending at an alpine lake at timberline. For advanced hikers, continue on to the summit of 13,297' Mount Herard for a spectacular aerial view of the dunes.
A longer drive and/or a long hike is required for these destinations. However, the stunning alpine scenery is worth the effort. Check with a ranger for conditions before travel. Snow may block these trails from November into June. The trailhead for Music Pass from the east is accessed from Highway 69, 4.5 miles south of Westcliffe. Turn off Highway 69 to the west at the sign for Music Pass and South Colony Lakes Trailhead. At the "T" junction, turn left onto South Colony Road. At the end of the ranch fence on the right, you'll see another sign for Music Pass.
2WD drivers should park where the Rainbow Trail crosses Music Pass Road. From here, walk 3.5 miles to the pass.
4WD drivers may drive another 2.5 miles to the end of the road. From here, it is just a steep one mile hike to the pass.
Music Pass is at treeline, with a great view of the Upper Sand Creek basin. From the pass, hike farther to four alpine lakes, or to any one of the 13,000' peaks above the basin.
"The Essential Guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve", available in the Visitor Center bookstore, has climbing information for the peaks. You may also access these lakes and peaks via the Sand Ramp Trail, connecting with the Sand Creek Trail from the west, but keep in mind this is a very long hike. In early summer the lower sections of Sand Creek Trail are often impassible due to high water in Sand Creek. Check with a ranger for conditions and details by calling the Visitor Center, 719-378-6395.
Elk are often seen in the park's grasslands at sunrise or sunset during quieter months.
The spacious grasslands and shrublands of the national park are the least visited area, yet they contain spectacular wildlife, migrating dunes, panoramic mountain views, and intricate beauty. See details on accessing grasslands in and around the national park.
South Twin Lake is one of the wetlands west of Great Sand Dunes. Though this lake is within national park boundaries, it is situated on private land managed by The Nature Conservancy. Rangers occasionally lead hikes to this lake by permission from The Nature Conservancy.
Wetlands abound in the San Luis Valley, providing refreshing oases for wildlife and people in this high mountain desert. See details on accessing the wetlands in and around Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Most hiking areas listed on this page are open to overnight backpacking. Free backcountry permits are required for overnight backpacking trips originating in the national park: inquire at the Visitor Center Backcountry Office for site availability, current conditions, and your permit. Please note that permits must be obtained in person during Backcountry Office hours: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, and 9:30 am to 4:00 pm September through May. Permits are not available in advance, or after Backcountry Office hours. Permits may be obtained for as many nights as desired. Be prepared with proper backpacking equipment, and plan to use Leave No Trace guidelines. Backcountry parking and sites often fill up on busy spring and summer weekends, especially holiday weekends and weekends during Medano Creek's peak flow in late May/early June.
Get tips and guidelines for your next backpacking trip at Great Sand Dunes NPP.
Camping on the dunes provides a special wilderness experience of starry skies and the chance to see unique plant and animal species.
The most popular and unique backpacking option, camping is permitted anywhere in the 30-square-mile dunefield outside of the day use area (about 1.5 mile hike minimum over dunes). Enjoy wide open views of the starry sky or a bright moonlit night.
Plan to camp in the dunes only when weather is calm and clear to avoid blowing sand or dangerous thunderstorms with lightning; check the park weather forecast.
Bears very rarely visit the interior of the dunefield. Kangaroo rats are the common mammal of the dunefield, but there are normally no problems with these small, elusive creatures, or any of the other mammals that occasionally visit the dunes, such as coyotes and bobcats. Bear-proof containers are not required in the dunefield.
Permits may be obtained for as many nights as desired.
The dunefield sometimes fills to camping capacity on busy summer weekends, especially on holiday weekends and weekends in late May and early June during Medano Creek's peak flow.
Dogs are not permitted in the dunes backcountry. Please visit our Pets page for detailed information and maps of permitted pet areas.
Backpacking up Mosca Pass Trail provides a lushly forested contrast to the dunes. Camp a minimum of 3 miles from the trailhead.
Designated backcountry sites in the national park are located along the Sand Ramp Trail, in the transition area between the dunefield and the mountains. Slightly more sheltered from wind and lightning than the open dunes, these sites tend to have excellent views and some shade, but some are more than 1 mile from a source of water.
All permits are first-come, first-served. Permits may be obtained for as many nights as desired.
Gas stoves only; no campfires in these sites, except for Sand Creek backpacking site, where there is a fire ring.
Dogs are not permitted in the backcountry of the national park, including the Sand Ramp Trail. View a map of areas where pets are permitted in the park and preserve.
Overnight parking and backpacking sites sometimes fill to capacity on busy summer weekends, especially on holiday weekends and weekends in late May/early June during Medano Creek's peak flow.
Limit of 6 (six) people per party, and 1 (one) party per site.
This is bear country. Plan to either hang all scented items in a tree at least 10 feet (3m) above the ground and 5 feet (2m) out from the trunk, or use a bearproof container.
Descriptions of each backpacking site are below. Click on the title of the site for a photo.
Camping in Great Sand Dunes National Preserve, the mountainous portion of the park and preserve, is available in most areas off-trail, as long as you are following Leave No Trace Guidelines and national preserve regulations. Campfires are permitted only in established fire rings. The national preserve is part of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness area, a federally designated wilderness. You will need a permit from the Visitor Center only if you are accessing the preserve through the national park's main access area. Please Leave No Trace of your visit. Trail access is limited and extra preparedness is required. Hunting is permitted in the national preserve by license and in season - use extra caution if you hike during hunting season.
Call the Visitor Center at 719-378-6395 during Backcountry Office hours, 9-4:30 Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, and 9:30-4 fall through spring; or send an email.
For a current list of commercial hiking/backpacking guides authorized to lead trips into the national park and preserve, please contact the Chief Ranger at 719-378-6321.


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Education WEEk AMERICAN EDUCATION'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD * © 2015 Editorial Projects in Education * $4 By Sean Cavanagh Two of the biggest names in testing are locked in a dispute over one of the most coveted jewels in the K-12 market: the right to oversee a suite of assessments in California, a state with about one-eighth of the country's students. The state's recent decision to award a tentative three-year, $240 million contract to the Educational Testing Service drew an angry response from a rival vendor, Pearson, which has accused reviewers of missteps that include sloppy scoring and improperly discarding records of their deliberations. The California dispute is just the 'FRANCHISING' A LEADER: Principal Kathleen L. Decker talks with art teacher Michael Cababe at Walter Bracken STEAM Academy, an elementary school in Las Vegas. Under a pilot program for successful school leaders, Ms. Decker is also serving as principal at Walter V. Long Elementary School. PAGE 8 Traction Limited In Rolling Back Common Core Standards Foes Push On, But State Bills Languish By Andrew Ujifusa For many foes of the Common Core State Standards, this was supposed to be the year their advocacy and passion would translate into victories. Emboldened by last year's experience, when three states-Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina-decided to at least nominally reject the common core, opponents of the standards aimed to keep the ball rolling in the 2015 state legislative season. But with the clock ticking on many of those sessions, the opponents have little to cheer about so far. To date, 19 states this year have considered bills to repeal the common core, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures-but none has adopted such legislation. In Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, repeal proposals have lost what amounted to do-or-die votes, while states including Mississippi and West Virginia have changed repeal proposals into legislation requiring a review of the standards instead. "I treated it as if I were teaching PAGE 19> Charters Pull Back From Memphis Takeovers By Arianna Prothero Three national charter school networks have scaled back plans to take over failing schools in Memphis through Tennessee's state-run district, underscoring the challenges and risks involved in the high-stakes, politically charged endeavor of school turnarounds. What has unfolded in Memphis in recent months is a complex tale of balancing old systems with the new in the pioneering work of state-led school turnaround efforts that have only been brought to scale in one city: New Orleans. As other states look into launching their latest example of the legal and procedural scrapes playing out as state testing goes through a period of enormous change, shaped by such factors as the shift from print-based to online testing and the adoption of new assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards. As numerous contracts to design own state-run districts, experts say the situation in Tennessee's Achievement School District could offer valuable lessons when it comes to tapping charter operators to turn around troubled schools in high-needs communities. Some of the challenges that have confronted chartermanagement organizations in Memphis echo concerns from charter network leaders five years ago, when many were reluctant to get involved in federally driven school turnaround efforts. At the time, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan exhorted them to play a key PAGE 14> and administer state tests have been snapped up, companies are fighting with increasing tenacity to lock in remaining deals and protect what they have, said Doug McRae, a retired testing executive who has worked for numerous assessment businesses, including what is now McGraw-Hill Education ctb, one of the unsuccessful bidders in California. Mr. McRae, who did not work for any of the companies on their California bids, was critical of the process the state followed in awarding the conPAGE 12> VOL. 34, NO. 28 * APRIL 22, 2015 edweek.org: BREAKING NEWS DAILY Titans Fight Over Calif. Testing Deal Pearson and ETS Battle As U.S. Market Evolves Research on Quality of Conversation Holds Deeper Clues Into Word Gap By Sarah D. Sparks Thirty million words. For 20 years, a chasm of words has yawned between the children of college-educated professionals and those of high school dropouts, quantifying the academic disadvantage faced by the latter group long before they even start school. That statistic has led to a generation of vocabulary-centered interventions to close achievement gaps, including the federal Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge, the Clinton Foundation's "Too Small to Fail" initiative, and many others. The "30 million-word" gap is arguably the most famous but least significant part of a landmark study, Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experiences of Young Children, by the late University of Kansas child psychologists Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley. As the work turns 20 this year, new research and more advanced measuring techniques have cast new light on longovershadowed, and more nuanced, findings about exactly how adult interactions with infants and young children shape their early language development. "We don't want to just distill it PAGE 11> Tough Sentences for Atlanta Educators Calling the Atlanta test-cheating conspiracy the "sickest thing that's ever happened in this town," Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter last week sentenced most of the convicted former educators to significant time in state prison. PAGE 6 Josh Hawkins for Education Week Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP http://www.edweek.org
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Charters Pull Back From Memphis Takeovers
Research on Quality of Conversation Holds Deeper Clues Into Word Gap
Education Week - April 22, 2015
Titans Fight Over Calif. Testing Deal
Traction Limited in Rolling Back Common Core
Stiff Sentences for Convicted Atlanta Educators
SBAC's 'College Ready' Definition Gains Favor
Top Principals Tapped To Lead Extra Schools
Q&A: Journalist Steps Into Realm Of Digital Games
Head Start in N.Y.C. Gets Called on Carpet
Trio in Race for White House May Complicate K-12 Debate
Committee Approval of ESEA Bill Tees Up Fresh Policy Battles
Parent, School Issues at Stake In Same-Sex Marriage Fight
Graduating From High School Doesn't Mean College Success
Social Media: Benefit or Hazard To Student Learning?
Why Are We Teaching Democracy Like a Game Show?
School Choice Works, Privatization Won't


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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, April 19, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — The up-and-coming robot vacuum brand Narwal, the world's first self-cleaning robot mop & vacuum launched on Kickstarter on April 16, 2019. And the campaign was successfully funded in just 11 minutes and raised $100,000 in 2 hours.
Narwal made a great coup on Kickstarter, which is mostly credited to its innovative mop self-cleaning technology. The robot can wash and rinse the mops automatically upon returning to the station with 5L water tanks when needed. It also smart enough to know when to wash the mops based on time spent, area mopped and other factors. At the end of the cleaning cycle, it will not only wash and rinse the mops but also dry them.
Stubborn floor stains are easily removed as Narwal rotates and presses down its rounded triangle mops on the floor, which differs Narwal with effective mopping from the traditional robot mops. The coverage of Narwal can go up to 2150 sq.ft in a single mopping cycle, which can meet all your needs. It cleans all surface floors including vinyl, tile, hardwood, laminate and certain types of carpet.
The technologies of Lidar Navigation and the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) literally make Narwal smarter than ever. Narwal virtually maps out your home layout for plotting the effective path for later cleaning. It also updates the map every time it carries out a cleaning task to adapt to the changes in your home and to better plot the effective paths.
Users are able to customize the cleaning strategy, including spot cleaning, mopping times, the dryness of mops and cleaning sequence of the areas, straight from their phones using Narwal's app, which will be available for download on App Store and Google Play later.
Powered by a 1800Pa motor, Narwal effortlessly takes care of all dust, dirt, pet hair and other particles on any surface with its strong suction pressure. The two side brushes with intelligent speeds are designed to clean your home thoroughly. Anti-Collision and -drop sensors prevent it from running into objects or falling down stairs when you're not looking.
Unlike other cleaning robots, Narwal returns to its docking station with 100% accuracy to recharge its battery to prevent any disruption in your schedule. It is whisper quiet whether it is sweeping or mopping, so it won't disrupt your daily activity or sleep. Narwal is also Wi-Fi enabled so you can remotely monitor the cleaning status and control any scheduled uses when you're not home.
To schedule a demo, please contact Minming Gu at minming@genhigh.com.
About Narwal Robotics
Narwal Robotics is founded in 2015 with headquarter in Shenzhen China and operation in Los Angeles. Invested and mentored by Mr. Li Zexiang, Chairman of DJI, Narwal Narwal Robotics focuses on designing intelligent robotic solutions to make your life smarter and easier. Cooperating with experts in physics, dynamics, algorithms, and engineering, Narwal Robotics has spent 3 years developing the robot and built its own factory. Narwal is the first epoch-making product of Narwal Robotics which is leading a revolution for floor cleaning.
For more information, please visit: http://www.narwalrobotics.com.
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Like 43048, the history of 43044 is comparatively straight forward compared to many other power cars. Ordered by British Rail on 22 January 1974 under lot 30876, it was outshopped from Crewe Works on 19 March 1977 as one of power cars destined for the original Western Region order that revolutionised the Paddington to Bristol and South Wales route. Delivered to Old Oak Common depot in April 1977, it was at first formed into set 253022.
43044 at Liverpool Lime Street in Intercity days
Changes within British Rail's structure in the early 1980s saw the new business sectors created and one of the InterCity sector's first decisions was to move HST sets from Great Western and Cross Country duties to the Midland Main Line as, despite the line speeds remaining at 100mph initially, this offered both the prospect of improved journey times thanks to the HST's superior acceleration and braking and also a better financial return. 43044 was one of the power cars involved, transferring to Neville Hill depot in October 1982, as the Midland service was resourced from an enlarged East Coast pool. 43044 would remain allocated to Neville Hill for nearly 38 years.
During this period it could be used on any East Coast or Midland HST duty, but was allocated to the Midland IMLP pool when sub-sector allocations were brought in during 1988. 21 October 1993 saw the power car selected to receive the name "Borough of Kettering", predictably at Kettering station, where Transport Minister Roger Freeman performing the unveiling, with the plates being of the standard cast type, not including a crest. Remaining in the IMLP pool, at privatisation it passed to the new Porterbrook leasing business in April 1994, leased to the Midland Mainline (MML) franchise, being repainted into their teal and tangerine livery in May 1997.
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In mid-2003, it was included in the VP185 engine conversion programme, making the trip to Devonport Dockyard on 28 May for DML to carry out the modifications and re-wire the power car; release back to MML being on 7 July. It was repainted into MML's ocean blue livery in October 2004, losing its nameplates at the same time.
Following a re-mapping of franchise boundaries, the new Stagecoach-operated East Midlands Trains franchise commenced during November 2007, with 43044 transferring to the new operation, still working on the Midland route, but transferred to the new EMPC power car pool. It received EMT's livery during a repaint at Neville Hill in October 2010. Transferred to the East Midlands Railway franchise in August 2019, it was taken off lease at the start of July 2020 as part of the rundown of the VP185 fleet. Purchased from Porterbrook, 43044 joined the 125 Group fleet in February 2021 and is currently undergoing repairs.
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ANALYSIS: How Black Hawk cockpits are entering the digital age
The use of digital cockpit technology in the US military's UH-60 helicopter has modernised a legacy platform and served as a test case for future rotary platform systems.
The embracing of digital technologies continues apace in the military, as analogue systems developed for the requirements of yesteryear are gradually replaced with multi-function digital technologies, in keeping with the demands of 21st-century operations. In the US military, with its plethora of systems and platforms that date back decades, the need to maintain operational relevance, counter the threat of obsolescence and mature capabilities ready for the systems of tomorrow is of paramount importance.
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We have been picking the bottoms in each swing cycle of GLD, with precision and at very low risk, so far successfully, with a simple tool which combines volume analysis and gaps. This is a follow up to previous article, and an opportune time to prepare for the next bottom while most traders are only looking up.
gap A - a breakaway gap on huge volume was filled four months later, at much lower volume thus providing solid support. We bought that filler and the trade was profitable.
gap B - again, in early June, shortly after we bought and another breakaway gap on huge volume, filled a few weeks later at lower volume again, and we bought that filler also, another profitable trade.
gap C - the Katrina gap, this breakaway gap was on above average volume, but much less than both gap A and B, and I'm surprised it has gone up as much as it has on shaky ground. If gap C is filled at a future date at lower volume, then we will be jumping on it like we have before. If it is filled at higher volume, then it probably may not provide support and prices could drop to and test the 200ema. This is what we will be watching.
In the meantime, subscribers have been alerted on 9/26 to a potential bounce, which we got, but at this level, it is alright for aggressive traders to scalp a quick profit, but not suitable for the intermediate term traders.
Current euphoric sentiment among gold traders is understandable, and very well justifiable. Positive sentiment amid positive price action is natural, and not a contrarian play. However, trading is all about risk and reward. Aggressive traders can take advantage of the current 2% risk, using S (support) as stop should prices close below. And for the conservative traders, waiting for the gap C to be filled would be a more prudent alternative.


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The Most Surprising Thing in 'Lean In: For Graduates' Was Written by a Man
By Julianne Ross
"Men have been sitting on the sidelines for far too long."
That's the reasoning behind "Man Up and Lean In," a brand-new chapter of Lean In: For Graduates written by contributing author and consultant Kunal Modi. This latest edition of Sheryl Sandberg's best-seller about women in the workplace was released Tuesday, and complements its predecessor by including specific action steps that women can take to advocate for themselves early in their careers. And this time around, men are openly invited to the conversation, too.
This is important. Lean In sparked wide-ranging debate about the issues holding women back in the workplace when it was first published in 2013, but it devoted little space to figuring out where men fit into the equation. Given that the vast majority of high-ranking leadership positions are still held by men (women make up just 4.6% of Fortune 500 CEO positions), it's essential that we educate and engage them in these issues.
"Men need to really think that we're not just doing this on behalf of women or for women, we're doing it because it's also good for ourselves. It makes you a better leader at work if you know how to work better with half the population."
Modi attempts to do just that by teaching men to be both accountable for and proactive in their role in ending workplace discrimination. A Harvard Business School grad and current consultant at McKinsey & Co., Modi started thinking about this debate almost two years ago, after reading Anne-Marie Slaughter's "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" in the Atlantic. "It touched a nerve," Modi later wrote in an essay for LeanIn.org, "and whether or not I — as a man — was an intended reader, I had several reactions to it. ... As an aspiring businessman, hopeful husband and future father, I wanted to join the conversation." Modi went on to publish a response to Slaughter's piece in the Huffington Post, which got the attention of Sandberg herself.
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Since Lean In's initial release, Modi believes corporate environments have begun to shift for the better, as both men and women are increasingly aware of the impact of workplace discrimination.
"There's a recognition more and more broadly that this isn't something that just pertains to women, but that is important to institutions overall," Modi told PolicyMic in a phone interview. "Part of what we're seeing is men figuring out in their own way how they're going to participate in the discussion, and take part and take action."
There's still a ways to go, of course, but encouraging self-reflection is a great start. In "Man Up and Lean In," Modi urges men to examine their own internal biases and take meaningful steps toward ensuring a more equitable work environment. This includes letting go of fears of being perceived as a "wuss" or "preachy" and more actively speaking out against sexism. "Because these biases run so deep, they won't go away overnight," he writes in the chapter. "But we can start calling out double standards when we see them. ... Let's drop the silence."
So what can men do? Modi's practical advice for ways men can take action include:
· Coordinating mentorship programs for women with senior leadership
· Asking HR to set up bias trainings
· Jumping in when women get interrupted
· Helping out more at home
· Being mindful of activity choices at company social events
· Being more vocal about family life at work ("It is just as important to ask our male role models about domestic responsibility as it is to ask senior women to share lessons on career advancement," he writes.)
Most important, Modi insists that standing up for gender equality is not simply "a selfless endeavor on behalf of our mothers, wives and daughters." He said, "I think so often when men discuss gender they start by saying 'my mom had this experience,' or 'I saw this happen to my sister,' or 'I have a daughter.' I think that's all important and true, but we need to really think that we're not just doing this on behalf of women or for women, we're doing it because it's also good for ourselves. It makes you a better leader at work if you know how to work better with half the population. ... It actually should be very personal for us as well."
He's right. Only by working together can we break down gender biases that hurt us all, and inviting men to the table is a step in the right direction. As Modi said, "Ignoring the barriers that hold women back in the workplace limits our ability to be creating leaders at work. ... It's not just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do."


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Worker who robbed man also spat at cops and was tasered
A construction worker smeared chilli powder on the eyes of his robbery victim, among other crimes.
Yesterday, Murugesan Ragupathiraja, 25, was jailed for three years and seven months and given 15 strokes of the cane for his offences, which included robbery and using criminal force on a public servant.
In April, Murugesan and his accomplice, Raman Lakshmanan, went to Kovan MRT station to rob another construction worker.
They believed he was in an unauthorised remittance business and was carrying a lot of money.
Murugesan had a packet of red chilli powder and they waited for the victim at the carpark near the station.
When the victim appeared, Murugesan grabbed him from behind, threw the chilli powder on his face and rubbed it on his eyes.
Raman snatched the victim's sling bag, which had some cash and an ATM card.
Raman absconded and left Singapore on April 11.
In another incident last year, Murugesan went to Tekka Market with his friend to drink liquor.
On their way back to their dormitory, Murugesan saw wooden window panels outside a hotel. He pulled the first one forcefully, causing it to come off and damaged the other two as well.
The hotel staff reported the matter to the police officers patrolling nearby.
When they approached Murugesan, he punched one of them on the face repeatedly and slapped the other officer three times.
While in the police van, Murugesan continued struggling and spat repeatedly at the officers near him. He also tried to bite one of them in the arm. The officers eventually put a face mask on him.
In June this year, Murugesan also tried to attack police officers after he was caught destroying wooden benches in a park.
Despite being tasered, he continued charging towards the officers until he was tasered a second time.


Trinity Thomas has the opportunity to finish her incredible freshman season as a national champion.
The West York grad and Florida Gator advanced to the NCAA Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships as an individual in two events. The championships will take place April 19-20 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Thomas advanced in both the bars and the floor exercise. She's one of four competitors to reach the championships in both events.
Thomas qualified by taking first place in both events at the NCAA Corvallis Regional in Oregon this past weekend. Her 9.95 mark in the floor exercise was one of the best marks during the regional championship in any event. She scored a 9.925 in the bars.
The freshman was one of four Florida gymnasts to qualify for the individual championships. However, Florida surprisingly didn't advance to the team NCAA Championship, finishing third at Corvallis behind Denver and Oregon State and coming two-tenths away from grabbing a top-two spot required for advancing.
Thomas, who turned 18 on Sunday, was named SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Year last month. She earned All-American status on the all-around, uneven bars, balance beam and floor.
Additionally, York County native and Penn State senior Sabrina Garcia will compete as an individual at the NCAA Championships in the bars. She scored a 9.90 in the event at the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor and qualified due to a tiebreaker.
Garcia is a native of Etters and attended Red Land High School, but like Thomas trained at Prestige Gymnastics in Lancaster.
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It's noted that Albert P. Mack immediately grows angry when Morris the Florist refuses to move his pushcart and Mack overreacts. The objective of this lesson is to make students aware of the need for measured responses.
1. For class discussion: Both Mack and Morris are rude and discourteous in their conversation. Ask students to choose one place where either of the two men might have changed their attitudes slightly to have avoided the entire incident.
2. For classwork: Break students into pair. Have each group write a brief dialogue that would have made the initial encounter between the two men less intense. If time permits, have at least three or four groups read their solutions with one member of the group taking the role of Morris and the other being Mack.
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Posted on January 15, 2010 by Harry K. Jones
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick Lencioni
As long as I can remember, business leaders have traditionally borrowed from successful sports strategies to run their companies. Many players and coaches, from a variety of popular sports, have written books that ended up in corporate libraries. However, the proverbial "tables" have apparently turned. I just read a very interesting cover story on the front page of the Money section of USA Today. The focus of this two-page feature revolves around the ironic fact that this book is becoming a must-read for NFL head coaches.
The irony is obvious. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team was written for business executives and managers. A football audience was so far from the mind of author Patrick Lencioni that the parable's heroine is a 57-year-old female CEO named Kathryn who talks about such sappy things as fear of conflict.
Apparently a large number of coaches and players in the NFL are learning a thing or two from a business book about winning tactics in the workplace. Author Lencioni says he was stunned to learn that his growing list of fans include: San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Nolan, Oakland Raiders coach Norv Turner, San Diego Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer, Miami Dolphins rookie coach Nick Saban, Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennel, and Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis. Several of the coaches even distributed copies to their assistant coaches and players, and Coach Lewis keeps a four-color printout of the book's pyramid on his desk to remind him of the five dysfunctions that can cripple a team.
You might wonder why a business book would be of such great interest in the NFL? When you think about it, it's rather obvious. Head coaches and players are struggling with many of the same challenges that CEOs and employees are forced to contend with in today's competitive and ever-changing environment.
The popularity of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team isn't exclusive to NFL coaches. Teams playing everything from cricket in New Zealand to tennis at Northwestern University have employed its lessons.
Published in 2002, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team never rose to the level of best seller. However, more recently, demand has grown, and over the past two years, it has outsold almost all but a few leadership/management books such as Who Moved My Cheese?, Good to Great, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 8th Habit and Now, Discover Your Strengths, according to USA Today book sales data.
This is a genuinely significant book for anyone who works in a team environment, whether at work, in sports, in the community, at home, etc. Over the years, there have been hundreds of books written on the subject of building teams. This is one of the best for the simple reason that it gets at the ROOTS of team failure. Anyone who has been forced to go through corporate "team building" sessions, forcing you to sing with your fellow co-workers, tip toe across two-by-fours, or swing on a rope like Tarzan knows that this approach doesn't work! The principles presented in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team are solid and will get results.
These are the five team dysfunctions that Lencioni uses in his leadership fable:
Absence of trust
Lack of commitment
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Q: Android support library 23.4.0: android.support.v7.widget.TintContextWrapper cannot be cast to Activity So I updated to the latest support libraries, and got a crash I am not able to fix. My build.gradle now has these dependencies:
dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:23.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.4.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:23.4.0'
    // More stuff...
}

I had a working listener that is used to catch clicks and start a new Activity. This was working fine in support libraries v. 23.1.0, but not in 23.4.0 (and 23.3.0):
public class IngredientItemOnClickListener implements OnClickListener
{
    private Ingredient mIngredient;

    public IngredientItemOnClickListener(Ingredient ingredient)
    {
        mIngredient= ingredient;
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View view)
    {
        MyActivity myActivity = (MyActivity) view.getContext(); // <-- crash here
        myActivity.showIngredientActivity(mIngredient);
    }
}

This listener is simply attached to an ImageButton and thereafter the color of the Button is tinted, like this:
Ingredient ingredient = getIngredient();
myImageButton.setOnClickListener(new IngredientItemOnClickListener(ingredient));
Drawable drawable = Tinting.tint(myActivity, R.drawable.my_icon, R.color.red);
myImageButton.setImageDrawable(drawable);

where Tinting.tint() is my own tinting function:
public class Tinting
{
    @Nullable
    public static Drawable tint(Context context, int drawableId, int colorId)
    {
        final Drawable drawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, drawableId);
        if (drawable != null)
        {
            final Drawable wrapped = DrawableCompat.wrap(drawable);
            drawable.mutate();
            DrawableCompat.setTint(wrapped, ContextCompat.getColor(context, colorId));
        }
        return drawable;
    }
}

Previously when I clicked the button everything worked as expected, but now the Context of the View seems to have changed to TintContextWrapper which I can find little information about. I found this issue, but the project member advises to ask here on StackOverflow, so here it is.
What have I tried?
Since the project member in the Google issue stated You will need to obtain the activity from the wrapped context. I tried casting to TintContextWrapper instead of MyActivity, which works fine, but I cannot figure out how to get MyActivity from TintContextWrapper.
So my questions are:

*

*How can I get MyActivity from the TintContextWrapper?

*Why is my ImageButton suddenly wrapped in a TintContextWrapper.

*Should this behavior really be expected?

Definition of ImageButton in xml is simply:
<ImageButton
    android:id="@+id/my_id"
    android:src="@drawable/my_icon" />

Stack trace:
java.lang.ClassCastException: android.support.v7.widget.TintContextWrapper cannot be cast to com.my.app.activities.MyActivity
    at com.my.app.listeners.IngredientItemOnClickListener.onClick(IngredientItemOnClickListener.java:21)
    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4475)
    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18786)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5419)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1046)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:862)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

A: *

*both activity n TintContextWRapper comes from ContextWrapper. ContextWrapper have a method getBaseContext(). It should be easy to create a loop method that checks instanceof WrapContext, gets base context and then checks instanceof Activity. (If you have problems with this method comment here that I'll dig on some project of mine and paste here to u)

*Because AppCompat wraps your context to be able to inject "compat" views and "compat" tinting and other "compat" stuff. That's normal.

*Yes. That's how AppCompat does its thing.

A: @Krøllebølle

Android support library 23.4.0:
  android.support.v7.widget.TintContextWrapper cannot be cast to
  Activity

Answer to you question is :
first your click event code should be like:
@Override
public void onClick(View view)
{
    MyActivity myActivity = getRequiredActivity(view);
    myActivity.showIngredientActivity(mIngredient);
}

and then write function getRequiredActivity():
private Activity getRequiredActivity(View req_view) {
    Context context = req_view.getContext();
    while (context instanceof ContextWrapper) {
        if (context instanceof Activity) {
            return (Activity)context;
        }
        context = ((ContextWrapper)context).getBaseContext();
    }
    return null;
}

and your Crash/Exception is fixed :)

A: My suggestion is to pass a reference of your activity into the onClickListener to avoid the issue with TintContextWrapper. Giving your class a reference to MyActivity is simple and avoids possible casting issues.

A: You can try
Activity activity = (Activity) view.getRootView().getContext()

Gets the context that contains this view without the wrapper of android.support.v7.widget.TintContextWrapper.

A:

*

*How can I get MyActivity from the TintContextWrapper?

You really shouldn't. There's no guaranteed that a View's Context will be an Activity -- definitely not a specific Activity. Where are you setting your OnClickListener? I'm assuming that at the place where you set the listener, you will have access to the Activity. For example, if you're setting the listener from an Activity:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        findViewById(R.id.ingredientButton).setOnClickListener(
                new IngredientItemOnClickListener(yourIngredient));
    }

    void showIngredientActivity(Ingredient ingredient) {
        // Do your stuff
    }

    public class IngredientItemOnClickListener implements OnClickListener {
        private Ingredient mIngredient;

        public IngredientItemOnClickListener(Ingredient ingredient) {
            mIngredient = ingredient;
        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            showIngredientActivity(mIngredient);
        }
    }
}

A: It worked for me after updating Android Support Libraries.

A: I faced the same issue and is resolved with
- Android Support Library, revision 24.2.1 (September 2016)
- compileSdkVersion 24
- buildToolsVersion "24.0.3"

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J Biomech. 2018 Jun 25;75:171-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.04.032. Epub 2018 Apr 27.
Assessment of isometric muscle strength and rate of torque development with hand-held dynamometry: Test-retest reliability and relationship with gait velocity after stroke.
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Isometric rate of torque development examines how quickly force can be exerted and may resemble everyday task demands more closely than isometric strength. Rate of torque development may provide further insight into the relationship between muscle function and gait following stroke. Aims of this study were to examine the test-retest reliability of hand-held dynamometry to measure isometric rate of torque development following stroke, to examine associations between strength and rate of torque development, and to compare the relationships of strength and rate of torque development to gait velocity. Sixty-three post-stroke adults participated (60 years, 34 male). Gait velocity was assessed using the fast-paced 10 m walk test. Isometric strength and rate of torque development of seven lower-limb muscle groups were assessed with hand-held dynamometry. Intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated for reliability and Spearman's rho correlations were calculated for associations. Regression analyses using partial F-tests were used to compare strength and rate of torque development in their relationship with gait velocity. Good to excellent reliability was shown for strength and rate of torque development (0.82-0.97). Strong associations were found between strength and rate of torque development (0.71-0.94). Despite high correlations between strength and rate of torque development, rate of torque development failed to provide significant value to regression models that already contained strength. Assessment of isometric rate of torque development with hand-held dynamometry is reliable following stroke, however isometric strength demonstrated greater relationships with gait velocity. Further research should examine the relationship between dynamic measures of muscle strength/torque and gait after stroke.


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