Cerro Garcia, the dormant volcano across from Ajijic, has taunted me for 17 years to get off the couch and visit. Over those years I've developed a defense why I shouldn't. Hikers have said it is a long, dangerous and exhausting climb. Others have said that strange cooking goes on up there; the trails are not well marked and hikers have gotten lost and spent the night up in the clouds. I focused on the rewards of the climb; incredible views, the foliage colors and how the wilderness would strip away the clutter from my materialistic world. As the years rolled by, the taunt intensified, then one day I came up with a simple plan: Do it.
I found two hikers. Bruce Pinder is a positive 75, 6'1", wiry guy. Keith Tandy is 50, 6'4", with superman qualities but without the tights. Bruce and I secretly felt Keith could carry us down the mountain if one of us croaked. Then there was me; 73, short, loud and taunted.
Not long into the hike we quickly realized that the overgrown foliage spilling onto the trail may make for a slower climb. We became bushwhackers without machetes. The closest thing to sharp that I had was a plastic knife in my lunch bag. The trees surrounding the mountainside made it difficult at times to see landmarks, but when we could see a red marker it was in such an obvious location. The less obvious parts of the hike were either a lightly trodden trail or refuse left behind by previous hikers. I would grin with delight when I saw an empty bottle of water or a candy wrapper as it verified that we were on the right trail. Of course this assumption was predicated on the theory that the previous hikers (litterbugs) were not lost. Other times we used our intuition and guessed to determine the right trail. This was no place for sissies, so we sucked it up and dug deep.
We missed the first scheduled rest stop at 6900 ft, called the Lookout because we were preoccupied with staying on the trail. With no GPS, I guess our intuition was a little off. Later on our winding trail was interrupted by a series of large boulders. Here we ran out of trail markings. Beyond the boulders we spent time thrashing around before we found the trail. Eventually the forest opened up to incredible lake and mountain views that slowed our pace. Our "oohs and awes" became blurts of excitement.
There was a bit of an insulting theme to this hike that kept repeating itself. After two hours into the hike we came upon a knoll that was far steeper than any we had experienced. The prize at the top of this insult was the summit, which we couldn't see. It was hard slugging. Each step became slower and higher while each breath and heart beat became quicker.
For an hour our eyes were trained in the general direction of the invisible summit. The foliage was too thick to give us any sliver of motivation that we desperately needed. Mother Nature had been working overtime. Then, like a mirage through a gap in the forest, we saw the spark of motivation we needed so badly; a white metal cross some 150 feet away. It was not a pretty sight to see three grown men leaning up against the concrete base staring at the cross of Jesus with their tongues hanging out making an unintended pool of spittle below their chins. We introduced the sacred grounds to a panting sound usually heard at the Boston Marathon finish line and a sprinkling of expletives heard during traffic jams. I'm sure Jesus forgave us.
The views were spectacular, the kind you see in National Geographic but without the subtitles. We jabbered away with our mouths full of lunch. This was not the place for table manner etiquette. Excitement does that to three big city boys in the wilderness. While we were joyous, we knew this was the false summit, not the real one. The real one was another hour away. After 15 minutes of being watered and fed our breathing and heart rhythms were back to normal. It took a split second of discussion for us to agree that we would push on to the Big Kahuna in the sky. Obviously our minds were not back to normal yet. But hey, we were young with old legs, we were invincible, we were close to our goal and we were semi-comatose.
The trail to the real summit was narrower and not as well trodden, perhaps because many hikers had turned back at the false summit. We pushed on and then to our dismay we started to descend. Another insult, I mumbled. The forest could hear the sound of glee as we started to ascend once more, then hear three men groan in unison as we descended again. Coney Island's roller coaster came to mind, but this was a lot slower. Finally we reached the last insult, I mean ascent, to the real summit. It was steeper than anything we had encountered. Twenty steps then stop, gasp and puff. We repeated this mantra for what seemed longer than Rip Van Winkle's nap. My alter ego was screaming at me to listen to reason and turn back. I mentally turned my hearing aids off so I couldn't decipher my inner jabber. It just made too much sense.
We pressed on. I was driven by obsession for glory, bragging rights, embellished stories and getting our story published in El Ojo Del Lago. Within an hour we reached the 9079 foot summit, or did we? I was looking for a sign that might say: "THE REAL SUMMIT" or "THE REAL SUMMIT IS ANOTHER HALF HOUR AWAY." No such sign existed. I mimicked Rocky Balboa's dance that he did at the top of those Philadelphia steps, but my arms were at half-mast; I was dog tired. We high-fived, hugged, took pictures and gawked at the incredible views. Then we saw the N evado-de-Colima Volcano. We fell into a silenced trance. High altitudes make people say dumb things. Mine was suggesting sheepishly that we climb Colima. That sheepish remark rallied into a bullish: "Hell, why not!" So we are off to see the wizard who lives at the summit of the Colima Volcano this April. It occurred to me that when three big city boys make decisions in the high altitude, someone should alert the American Psychiatric Association. I wonder if Dr. Gotta B. Nuts of Harvard is still doing pro bono counseling.
We turned from fantasizing about our future climbs to focusing on getting down the mountain. We streaked down with few breaks and little interest in jabbering at one another. We were hell bent for leather for the frozen beers that awaited our parched and tired bodies. At Keith's house, we sat staring at our conquered nemesis as we guzzled beers and scoffed down a pound of cashews in a New York minute. What a ride!
There are several personal experiences I took away from this hike. The paramount one is that when a person has a commitment and passion for a goal, no barrier or excuse will get in the way.
For Bruce, he had forgotten his heart pill that morning. He didn't tell us until we arrived back at the trail head, six and a half hours later. He could have cancelled, turned back at the false summit or ask that we slow down. He didn't, not a peep. One of the things that drives Bruce is his positive outlook on life and his desire to see and experience it all. Cerro Garcia was his dream and nothing would stop him.
For Keith, he sprained his ankle playing softball five days earlier. He didn't tell anyone. He could have cancelled, but he didn't. We heard no complaints, groans or moans. Upon our return to the trail head we could see the inflammation, redness and the bugle in his hiking shoe. Ouch, man! He was done playing softball for a while. Or was he? You never know about him. He has true grit and we saw it.
As for me it was my longest, highest and most grueling hike of my life. At the beginning I felt nothing was going to stop me. During the ascent I was tested. But the thought of failure was more punishing than the new challenges pounding away at my body. The further I hiked the more aware and confident I was that my body would not let me down in reaching my goal. My physical and mental capacities were working in sync. If they had worked separately, I would not have made it. I had found my inner zone again and I will never lose it moving forward.
Watch out Nevado de Colima Volcano, here we come. My wife plans to notify the Psychiatric Association when we are going.


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The RIVM has released its weekly coronavirus figures from December 7 to December 14. The number of infections has decreased compared to the previous week.
Over the past week, the RIVM has reported 116,477 new infections in the Netherlands. This is a notable decrease compared to last week's number of 147,982 infections.
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This is especially important because the Dutch Health Minister De Jonge has announced that starting February 1, international vaccination certificates will only be valid if people receive a booster shot in time.
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Paloma Faith 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This'
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Paloma Faith gave an iconic performance of her song 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This', featuring an indoor rain system, at the 2015 Brit Awards.
Wayne McGregor choreographed movement for Company Wayne McGregor who joined Paloma Faith on stage for the performance.
The 2015 Brit Awards was held at the O2 Arena in London and broadcast live on ITV on 25 February 2015.
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At the time, there was nothing about that day that seemed extraordinary. Benjamin Aggen remembers heading out for dinner on a Thursday afternoon in February of 2017. The next memory he has is of waking up in rehab – two weeks later. Benjamin had survived a head-on collision, but the impact broke five of his bones, punctured his lung, ruptured his spleen and caused a traumatic brain injury. This could have been the end of Benjamin's story, but in the words of Dr. Gregory "Scott" Dean, Benjamin was given "another chance" at life.
Dean Aggen, Benjamin's father, says the incredible events that make up Benjamin's story can't be coincidences. The collision happened in front of nurse Christi Sorrells's house – she cleared Benjamin's airway and stayed with him as smoke poured from the wrecked engine. Kimberly Aggen, Benjamin's mother, once worked with Dr. Dean at Piedmont Orthopedics – she immediately called him when she heard her son had been in a serious accident. Dr. Dean leapt into action to care for Benjamin, and texted the family precious updates on his condition throughout the night. Time and time again, compassionate caregivers were ready to act on Cone Health's promise of being "right here with you," and were ready to go above and beyond for Benjamin.
"How do you thank somebody for doing that?" Kimberly asks when speaking of Christi.


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Summary and book reviews of Dragonfish by Vu Tran
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by Vu Tran
Aug 2015, 304 pages
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A thrilling and cinematic work of sophisticated suspense and haunting lyricism, set in motion by characters who can neither trust each other nor trust themselves.
Robert, an Oakland cop, still can't let go of Suzy, the enigmatic Vietnamese wife who left him two years ago. Now she's disappeared from her new husband, Sonny, a violent Vietnamese smuggler and gambler who's blackmailing Robert into finding her for him. As he pursues her through the sleek and seamy gambling dens of Las Vegas, shadowed by Sonny's sadistic son, "Junior," and assisted by unexpected and reluctant allies, Robert learns more about his ex-wife than he ever did during their marriage. He finds himself chasing the ghosts of her past, one that reaches back to a refugee camp in Malaysia after the fall of Saigon, as his investigation soon uncovers the existence of an elusive packet of her secret letters to someone she left behind long ago. Although Robert starts illuminating the dark corners of Suzy's life, the legacy of her sins threatens to immolate them all.
Vu Tran has written a thrilling and cinematic work of sophisticated suspense and haunting lyricism, set in motion by characters who can neither trust each other nor trust themselves. This remarkable debut is a noir page-turner resonant with the lasting reverberations of lives lost and lives remade a generation ago.
When Suzy left me, it was easy at first. No children. No possessions to split up. No one really to care. I was an only child, my parents both years in their graves, and her entire family was either also dead or still in Vietnam. After eight years together, I'd gotten to know maybe two or three of her friends, and the only things my police buddies knew about her was her name and her temper.
She gave me the news after Sunday dinner. I was sitting at the dining table, and she approached me from the kitchen, her mouth still swollen, and said, "I'm leaving tomorrow and I'm taking my clothes. You can have everything else." She carried away my -half--empty plate and I heard it shatter in the sink.
The first time I met her, I knew she was fearless. I was responding to a robbery at the flower shop where she worked. She'd been in America almost a decade, but her English was still pretty bad. When I arrived, she stood at the door with a baseball bat in one...
In all her moral complexities, Suzy is a boldly imagined protagonist, not easily likeable but deeply human just the same. That we learn about Suzy solely through memories pieced together by others and end up caring about her as deeply as we do, is testament to Tran's remarkable craftsmanship. By effortlessly moving a noir story beyond the confines of its genre, he proves he is a writer to watch...continued
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Starred Review. This is a most enjoyable mystery, from its distinct, dazzling premise all the way to its satisfying conclusion.
Starred Review. This haunting and mesmerizing debut is filled with all the noir elements - a dark and seedy underworld, damsels in distress, tarnished heroes, and a blurring of moral boundaries. It examines such themes as culture, desperation, memory, mental illness, love, loss, and redemption. Highly recommended.
Starred Review. Right off the bat, Tran displays the most admirable and worthwhile gift a serious thriller writer can have: compassion toward even the most disreputable of his characters.
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Vu Tran's Dragonfish is that rare hybrid marvel - a literary thriller, a narrative of migration and loss that upends the conventions of any form.
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Robert is an Oakland cop who had been married to Suzy, a Vietnamese refugee for eight years, when following a night of domestic abuse, she leaves him. He finds out that she has married a man named Sonny who has broken her arm causing her once again ... Read More
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Pulau Bidong Refugee Camp
In Dragonfish, Suzy writes about leaving Vietnam with her daughter, and arriving on an island before finally being resettled in the United States. She was one of many boat people, and this aspect of the story might well be modeled after Vu Tran's real-life experiences where he and most of his family were refugees at Pulau Bidong before passage to Oklahoma. It was only in Oklahoma that Tran met his father for the first time.
Situated off the northeast coast of Malaysia, Pulau Bidong (pulau means island in Malay) was largely uninhabited until shortly after the fall of Saigon in April 1975 (see Beyond the Book for The Sympathizer) when the first refugees from Vietnam, a boatload of 47 people, made the hazardous 700 mile trip across the...
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A soul-damaged man, broken by war, struggles to reclaim his home and family.
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I gave an in-house seminar yesterday and this topic cropped up. Apart from my hairline, it is probably the most misunderstood topic in costs.
The Guideline Hourly Rates ARE DESIGNED FOR FAST TRACK CASES.
Given that time (units) and hourly rates are the building blocks for all fee earners, firms and profitability, as well as the fact that they are always disputed – it pays to know the basics.


I couldn't let the day pass unrecognised and I suspect many of you might welcome some respite from the relentless heartache of the news and the current world situation too.... we certainly do, there is nothing like feeling helpless in the face of so much conflict and human misery is there.
It's the Queen's Big Day, sixty-three years and the longest reigning monarch.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born a few weeks before my mum so I always look on the Queen with some fondness and, at the age of eighty-nine, with considerable amazement given that she continues to fulfil her Royal duties day in, day out.
So today I am going to think about the Queen and make blackberry and apple jam (which I will call Balmoral Best) pickle some beetroot (which I will call Palace Pickles) and think what to with six pounds of runner beans that the Gamekeeper delivered to us yesterday.


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TSX positive, traders eye earnings reports, testimony from Fed chair Yellen
TORONTO - The Toronto stock market closed modestly higher Monday as traders hoped a strong report from the American financial sector indicated another upbeat earnings season from North American corporations.
The S&P/TSX composite index ran up 45.73 points to 15,171.23, but was well off the highs of the session as mining stocks fell alongside sliding prices for copper and gold.
The Canadian dollar rose 0.17 of a cent to 93.33 cents US two days before the Bank of Canada makes its next interest rate announcement.
The Dow Jones industrials closed up 111.61 points to 17,055.42 as Citigroup posted quarterly earnings per share of US$1.24, beating forecasts of $1.06 a share and its stock ran ahead 3.02 per cent to $48.42. The bank also said Monday it will pay US$7 billion to settle an investigation into risky subprime mortgages, the type that helped fuel the financial crisis.
The Nasdaq advanced 24.93 points to 4,440.42 while the S&P 500 index was ahead 9.53 points to 1,977.1.
Elsewhere in the financial group, Bank of America reports earnings on Wednesday.
On the tech front, chip giant Intel posts results Tuesday while Google reports on Thursday. The week is capped by earnings from General Electric on Friday.
The flood of Canadian corporate earnings reports generally lags the U.S. by a few weeks. The major domestic report of the week comes from Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) on Thursday.
Walter Spracklin at RBC Capital Markets has reduced his earnings per share forecast for CP Rail for the second quarter to $2.13 from $2.16, reflecting higher costs and lower per tonne grain revenue. However, he also raised his forecast for earnings per share in 2015 to $9.75 from $9.48 "on the expectation for grain volume strength to continue, which lifts our price target to $175 (from $171)." CP shares declined 31 cents to C$196.07.
Meanwhile, Craig Fehr, Canadian markets specialist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, says he is expecting earnings growth among Canadian and U.S. companies to come in around the mid-single digits for the quarter.
"All told, we will get another year of record profits for the S&P 500 and the TSX and that's largely supportive of the markets at this point."
Investors will also focus on monetary policy testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday and Wednesday. They're hoping for some hint as to the timing of future interest rate increases.
The energy sector was the leading TSX advancer, up one per cent as the price of oil edged higher after suffering its biggest one-day drop since April on Friday amid expectations of more supplies from Libya. August crude added eight cents to US$100.91 a barrel.
The gold sector was the biggest TSX drag, down about 2.65 per cent as August bullion dropped $30.70 to US$1,306.70 an ounce while investors took profits in the wake of recent gains. Gold prices had advanced for the past six weeks.
The base metals group lost 0.32 per cent while September copper was down two cents to US$3.25 a pound.
Elsewhere on the corporate front, Bombardier Aerospace (TSX:BBD.B) signed a number of agreements at the Farnborough International Airshow for its new CSeries aircraft. Bombardier says Chinese company Zhejiang Loong Airlines Co. has signed a letter of intent for 20 CS100 airliners that would be worth US$1.28 billion if all the orders were exercised.
Before the show began, Bombardier had announced on Saturday that U.K.-based Falko Regional Aircraft Ltd. signed letters of intent for up to 24 CS100 jets. Bombardier shares gained six cents to C$3.83.
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Whether it be the fairytale or romantic stigma that often surrounds princess characters, or the strength that these Damsels exude after overcoming various different hardships, children—especially girls—are drawn to stories about princesses. Heck, even I love a good "Prince Charming" story every once in a while. However, when looking for a book with some royal flare, it's easy to fall to the stories we know so well: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and The Little Mermaid—which, while we're at it, are considered by many as a right-of-passage for any young girl.
Light and airy and deliciously entertaining. From an intricate envelope that opens to reveal a mini sized invitation from the Queen, to a list of presents that Princess and Fairy must look for and find in the pages of delightfully fancy illustrations, readers are captivated to the very end.
First of all, Marion Dane Bauer is a Newbery Honor-winning author. Second of all, this book reads like a book you've read over-and-over, even from the very first time you pick it up. The over-all story is one of loss—Zoe, a 10-year-old, visits her grandmother for the first time and discovers that her mother is leaving her to live there indefinitely—however, Bauer has intertwined a magical story of friendship between Zoe and a "princess" doll who comes to life, softening the loss and highlighting the importance of family.
What to expect: Princesses galore!
Holy princess! The illustrations in this book are so rich and mind-absorbing! This is a book for sophisticated princess-lovers—and those that enjoy individualism. From the less familiar to the unknown, The Secret Lives of Princesses offers a refreshing perspective on royal life. A beautiful book and a delectable read.
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Time travel, history, romance, and a whole lot of independence that leads to a wonderful journey of self-discovery.
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This travel tip will help you get to know the Central American countryside while relaxing.
Road trip tips for traveling in Central America.
Most Central American countries have highways and secondary more scenic roads. So to avoid a stressful ride along a crowded highway enjoy the beautiful sceneries that these counties have to offer.


"What does it mean to face a treason charge? And does taking part in the walk-to-work protests amount to plotting to overthrow the government? And what are the chances that the suspects will be convicted?" (NTV Uganda, 2011).
Instead of Walking to Work, it is now "Defiance", but the same actions, just more vicious. The Internet doesn't forget. Remember that! Peace.


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VIDEO: Florida deputy uses stun gun on man accused of stealing tractor
Posted: 8:51 AM, Oct 03, 2018
Video shows a deputy in the Florida Panhandle last month using a stun gun on a man who tried to escape from custody.
On Sept. 28, the Washington County deputy said he became concerned about the man driving a tractor after he went off the road a few times, so the officer pulled him over.
The man, later identified as Nicholas McNeil, 28, didn't have his identification with him and his license was invalid. The deputy performed a search and found a prescription bottle with pills and a knife.
The two men scuffled, and the officer used a stun gun on McNeil as he ran away, hitting his head on the ground and losing consciousness.
Emergency medical services were called to treat him for his injuries.
Police charged McNeil with grand theft after the tractor was stolen from a 71-year-old man.
Several other charges are also pending, including battery on a law enforcement officer.
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Wattle Range Council is pleased to announce the opening of the 2019 Youth Recognition Awards. Recognising outstanding young people up to the age of 25 years.
Run in conjunction with Council's 2019 SA Youth Week program, the awards will be presented for a fourth consecutive year thanks to the generous support of local business, the SA Government and Wattle Range communities.
Nominations are invited in five separate award categories, two of which have been revised in 2019. The new categories 'Inspiration by Innovation' and 'Achievement through the Arts and Culture' have been reimagined and added to the existing categories 'Contributions to the Community', 'Overcoming Challenging Life Situation' and 'Learning Success'. To be eligible for the awards, nominated individuals need to be under 25 years old, and a resident of the Wattle Range Council area.
Wattle Range Mayor, Des Noll encourages community participation in honouring deserving youth: "Across Wattle Range we have many young individuals doing amazing things for themselves and others. We want to know who they are, so we can recognise their efforts as part of our annual Youth Week happenings.
"Research shows that if youth feel valued and appreciated, they are more likely to stay connected to their local community. Even if they travel or study away from the region, they will be more likely to return and continue as valuable contributors to our community," Mayor Noll said.
The recipients of the 2019 Wattle Range Council Youth Recognition Awards will be announced at a celebration to be held in Beachport on the evening of April 11. Each nominee will be presented with a certificate and the category winners will also receive an engraved glass plaque along with a $200 cash prize.
Council also acknowledges the ongoing support of long-term awards sponsors the Medical Clinic of Millicent and Glen Carron Transport.
Information about the award categories and nomination process, including nomination forms, is available at any of Council's offices or online at www.wattlerange.sa.gov.au/youthawards.
Nominations will be accepted until 9am on Monday, 1 April 2019.


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Q: oracle instance total cpu usage percentage I am trying to find the overall CPU usage of a oracle instance.I am currently using version 11.2 .Do we have any data dictionary view to fetch the over all instance CPU usage.i am able to get the CPU usage for each active session.Please could you kindly help me with query
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A: You can try something along the following lines:
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Just when the tech world was starting to get their heads around containers, along come unikernels. Like containers, unikernels have been around in some form or another for quite awhile. Their resurgence has to do in large part to their container-like functionality. In a nutshell, unikernels combine an uber-stripped down version of an OS packaged with an individual app or service, providing a unit even smaller and more agile than a container.
Back in January Docker, seeing the strategic importance (threat?) of unikernels, acquired Unikernel Systems. Unikernel Systems, based in Cambridge in the UK, is made up of former developers of the Xen hypervisor project.
At OSCON I caught up with Richard Mortier formally of Unikernel systems and now a Docker employee, to learn about the wild and wacky world of unikernels.
How is Docker positioning unikernels within its portfolio?
Unikernels: love em? hate em?
….unikernels are not a panacea. Nothing is. But they are a very useful building block that doesn't need any additional FUD. If you really want to fight something that is way overhyped you know where to find linux containers.
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New generation of Tetris on your screen. Now this wonderful game has become even more fun to play and a lot easier. The essence of the job all the same. Do you offer a variety detalek from which to draw solid lines that are lost with time. The more lines destroyed, the more chances of winning. Do not forget that when the figures reach the top, the game stops.


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Major safety works due at Kilmeen Cross early next year
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Major road safety improvement works are set to be carried out at Kilmeen Cross near Loughrea early next year.
It marks a significant step forward for a long running local campaign which has raised serious concerns over the accident black spot.
The Kilmeen Cross junction is the point where the N65 turns off towards Portumna, coming out of Loughrea town.
The County Council is currently installing improved signage at the junction, ahead of major works set to be undertaken in the first quarter of 2018.
The project will involve the redesign of the junction and the full resurfacing of the road towards Loughrea.
However, Transport Infrastructure Ireland has refused to fund the installation of lighting at Kilmeen Cross based on a study of the location.
Loughrea Councillor Michael Moegie Maher says while the works are welcome, lighting has a crucial role to play in improving safety.
Councillor Maher says a meeting has been sought with TII to discuss the situation – and support is needed from Galway's Oireachtas members.
Shortage of council staff resulting in 'filthy' city streets
Rates and Local Property Tax likely to remain unchanged in city budget
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From 6am tomorrow
closing time for hospitality and events will return to where it was before the pandemic.
Covid passes will no longer be needed for hospitality and indoor activities.
there will be no restrictions on capacity for indoor and outdoor events.
guidance in relation to household visits will no longer apply.
Also, The Taoiseach says a phased return to the physical workplace for all staff can now commence.
There are no changes to international travel rules – with Covid passes still required.
Face-masks will still be needed where they are currently required. The current protective measures for schools will also continue.
Galway Bay FM Newsroom- The High Court has ruled that Galway businessman Declan Ganley is entitled to half of the legal costs he incurred for his challenge against the ban on attending religious services which operated at stages during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Justice Charles Meenan made the ruling today after holding that the Abbeyknockmoy businessman had raised points of general, public importance in his action.
These included the balance between the right to public worship and public health.
The Judge added that Mr Ganley is entitled to have half his legal costs, estimated to be a six-figure sum, paid by the Minister for Health.
The Minister's lawyers had argued that the court should make no orders as to costs, meaning that each side would pay their own legal bills.
In December, the judge dismissed Mr Ganley's action, where the Minister was the respondent and where Ireland and the Attorney General were notice parties, after holding that it had become moot or pointless.
Galway Bay FM Newsroom- Bus Éireann's 409 Parkmore route was by far the most popular bus service in the city last year, carrying over 900 thousand passengers.
Route 409 connects Eyre Square with the Parkmore Industrial Estate through the city centre, travelling along College Road, Dublin Road, and Doughiska Road.
Overall, Bus Éireann's city fleet carried 3.2m passengers throughout 2021, with a recent KPMG report calculating the value to Galway City at €17m.
Galway became the first city in Ireland last year to introduce a fully hybrid electric-diesel bus service.


I hope you enjoyed your summer and are enjoying our beautiful fall season. I am writing to give you a brief update on how financial markets have fared over the past few months.
Financial markets continued to exhibit a higher degree of volatility than normal throughout the third quarter of 2015, with most equity indexes finishing the period with losses and the results for bond markets being mixed. Equity values, in many cases, declined in late August and remained choppy into the end of September due to a number of factors, including China's decision to devalue its currency and a subsequent sell-off of Chinese stocks, slower global growth and uncertainty surrounding the U.S. Federal Reserve's plans to raise interest rates.
Should you have any questions about your investment portfolio, Kim and I are here to help. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
We now have a new majority Liberal Government and they have promised to change the TFSA rules by decreasing the annual contribution room from $10,000 back to $5,500. If you do not have a TFSA, you are missing out on tax free capital gains, tax free dividend income and tax free interest income. Every investment you can make in your RSP can be made in your TFSA only you don't pay tax on your withdrawals, it does not impact other income and for seniors it will not result in claw backs to your pension income.
If you have a TFSA at a bank collecting low, low interest, then you are squandering this wealth building tool. Prepare to take advantage of the annual $10,000 TFSA contribution before it is gone.
Simply put — max out your contributions before it is too late.


After reading an article in Time magazine that described how many advertising companies are using more and more guerilla marketing tactics, I came accross this story. The story describes how Starburst has recorded a hot new single that is currently number 28 on the record charts in Australia. The article in Time described Red Bull putting empty cans of the drink in trash cans and on pub tables before the drink was released in London. Other stories included people acting like tourists asking you to take their picture with the latest digital camera or cute girls in bars asking you to by them namebrand drinks (ie. "How about you buy me a refreshing Mike's Hard Lemonade"). One exec describes it as "real life product placement." Scary.


We have planted a tall spindle orchard with an assortment of apple and pear varieties. We grow our own exotic and ethnic organic herbs and vegetables to complement lamb and duck dishes. To pollinate our trees, we also keep honey bees and harvest honey. Fresh flowers are also grown on the farm. These products are grown on The Spicy Lamb Farm and are only available during harvest season.
Our culinary spice garden features exotic and ethnic organic herbs and vegetables that complement lamb dishes.


There are many books written by backgammon experts and world champions designed to make serious players experts. For many beginning players, the rarified world of the match equity table, 50 page monographs on ace point games, and sparsely annotated matches between top players are something we may consider—after we learn the basics of the game. When I first started playing a year and a half ago, what I really wanted was a concise course outlining the basics of play to allow me to (a) learn the thought process behind backgammon (the theory) and (b) figure out what the heck they were talking about in some of the articles I pulled off the internet. So I studied 400 page introductory books, and then followed that with a dozen or so other books and about 100 internet articles. Then I played about 10,000 games against folks far better than me on the internet, and an equal number against computer programs like jellyfish and gnu. As a result, I am not an expert, but I am competent and have a FIBS rating of about 1700.
When I was a Resident, polishing my clinical skills prior to entering the world of private practice, part of my job was to give lectures to interns and medical students on the various problems encountered in Internal Medicine. The basis of clinical teaching in medicine is "See one, do one, teach one". The same can be applied to backgammon—we watch good players play, we play ourselves, then we organize our thoughts and teach what we know to others—and in the process we become better players ourselves. That is the purpose of this series—a relatively short monograph designed to give the new player the basic thought process of the game. They need to learn to ask the right questions, to absorb the lessons and to put them into practice. Hopefully, this series will be a start.
Strategic Play. Also known as the game plan, this is what you are trying to accomplish in the game, and by extension what your opponent is trying to accomplish. Each major game plan will be examined in turn—from the racing game where you and your opponent have broken contact and are running for the bear off, to intricate back games and priming games where your goal is to delay and block—hitting and trapping enemy checkers, forcing his hand—making him turn his play over to the randomness of the dice. Without a plan, you don't have a goal and you simply wander through the game.
Tactical Play. How do you plan to execute your strategic plan? A military analogy to strategic play is the decision to deny the enemy naval access to a port. The tactical aspect is the actual layout of the mine field or the placement of guns covering the approaches. In backgammon this is checker play, blocking points and primes.
Assessing a position. Who is winning? By how much? This skill is essential to understand the game within the game of backgammon. This deeper game is the cube—The cube allows you and your opponent to increase the stakes of the game. This is critical because it offers a fascinating dimension to play—you no longer have to take the last checker off the board to win a game, you can merely threaten to do so and your opponent may simply quit. More importantly, you may force him to "pay to play" if he thinks he can still win and calls your bluff.
Attitude. New players have a mindset, in many cases, which prevent them from being winning players. Specifically this is a conscious decision on their part to play "not to lose", rather than the proper attitude—you play this game to win. This involves taking risks, just as life does. The key to properly taking a risk is to understand it. Training teaches you how to assess the risk, understanding of the first 3 aspects of the game lets you assess the benefit of the risk, confidence in your abilities allow you to implement your decision. Other aspects of attitude include discipline, courage and commitment—most of my games are lost because I didn't apply what I knew and reason through the problem or I lost my courage and failed to follow through with my game plan. Laziness and indecision are worse than ignorance in backgammon.
I will attempt to address each of these factors when discussing the subject of each article. In this first part of the series, I will outline the basic game plans and discuss the basis of checker play. The next installment will be an explanation of the dice and an introduction to probability as it applies to dice rolls. Then I will introduce the mathematics and cube decisions of the basic game plan, the non-contact race. We will then go over each of the major game plans—when they are used, how to win them, how to make cube decisions and how to defend against them. The final article will be an introduction to match play, recommended reading and internet play.
The racing game is the basic game plan of backgammon. You roll a couple of high combinations, slip past his defending checkers and make a run for home. Mathematics and pip counting determine your cube decisions. The dice determine how fast you run, but the cube action in the final bear off can be fast a furious.
The blitz or attacking game is when your opponent gets caught without an anchor in your home board and you begin to make point after point on his head. Keeping him on the bar and closing him out is the goal but the sophisticated player always has a plan B to win the game in the event the blitz fails.
Holding games are very common variation on the racing game. You are racing but one or both of you holds a point in the enemy outfield from the bar point to the mid point and your opponent must get his checkers past you before he can bear off. The three key features of this game are hitting rolls, home board points closed and timing. Timing is the opposite of racing lead—you are the trailer in the race. To you, timing translates to the ability to move elsewhere before the dice force you off your holding point. The side forced off their holding point (exposing blots in the process) is at the disadvantage in a holding game.
High anchor, low anchor, deuce and ace-point games. These are variations of the holding game above, except instead of the bar or an outfield point, you hold the enemy 4/5/6 point (high anchor), 3 point (low anchor), 2 (deuce point) or 1 (ace point). The deeper you go into the board (from the 6 to the 1 point) the more important hitting a shot to win becomes. The higher you are in the board, the more important the race is. You must contain an enemy checker if you hit one.
Back games. You have two or more points in the enemy home board. To win, you hit a shot, which is very likely, and then contain the hit man in your home board or close it out. This is sort of a blitz in reverse. The key concept to winning this game is timing in buckets. If you are running a back game and all your other checkers are stacked on your 1 and 2 points, it is hopeless. If you have a 4 point prime and plenty of checkers to roll it forward, you have a chance. They are very difficult to play, but when they work, they can be very satisfying.
The priming game is very interesting. A full prime is 6 closed points in a row, any enemy checkers trapped in front of the full prime are trapped until the prime is broken. With 4 or 5 points in a row, you have a 4 point prime or a 5 point prime. If you have 5 of 6 points in a row (a full prime with one gap for example) you have a broken prime. There are three key concepts in priming games—how many men are trapped behind the prime, how long the prime is (6 > 5 > 4) and our old friend timing which determines who has to break their prime first.
Two other aspects of backgammon are the opening rolls and replies. Here you try for an early advantage in making home board points or anchors; and the so-called middle game where you are past the opening but are jockeying for position to settle into a more formal game plan. While there are no formal articles in this series on these aspects of the game, we will touch on them in the discussions of the game plans.
The tactical aspect of the game is the checker play. A main consideration is the decision to play aggressively, or to exercise caution. Paul Magriel in his landmark book Backgammon (the first book a serious player should own) terms this decision bold vs. safe play. If, for example, all your home board points are closed and you have an enemy man on the bar, you can pretty much do whatever you wish—leave blots, hit loose, break anchors, all without fear—so long as you do not have to break your home board due to a careless move resulting an awkward dice roll.
Rarely are things so clear cut in an actual game. Generally, it is relative strength compared to your opponent that you use as your guiding principle. For example, if you have 3 home board points closed, and your opponent has 2, a hit will hurt your opponent more than it will you because you have 32 of 36 rolls that allow you to enter and he only has 27 (more on that in the next article). Accordingly, you can accept more risk of having a man hit than he. You can play more aggressively to achieve your goals whereas he must be more cautious. Likewise, if you have an anchor in his board, you cannot be shut out, even if the other 5 points are owned by your opponent. If you both have anchors, the one higher in the board is stronger, because it is harder to prime and easier to escape from—the best anchor is Magriel's Golden Point which is your opponent's 5 point.
Home board points. Relative strength in home board points allows for more aggressive play.
Multiple anchors vs. single anchor.
A higher anchor vs. a lower anchor.
Blots in your home board discourage aggressive play (if you hit, they may hit you as they re-enter). Conversely enemy blots in his home board invite an exchange of hits.
More than one man back can combine to form an anchor.
A single man back can only escape or be attacked.
A hit with only one man back may critically reduce your racing lead.
Other factors to be evaluated include outer board blocking points (especially points that block the escape of an enemy back man with 5's or 6's), blots exposed (the side with more exposed blots will wish to clean them up rather than expose more in many cases), and racing lead (lead discourages bold play).
Take away part of his roll by hitting him and forcing him to use a number to re-enter (or even stay on the bar). This prevents him from using his full roll to hit you, extend his prime or otherwise advance his game plan.
Duplicate his good numbers. This means that if he has a number that does something he really wants to do (like re-enter from the bar with a 2), he cannot do something else with that number such as hit one of your blots, cover one of his or extend his prime/make a point.
Keep your blots more than 6 points from an enemy checker that can hit them. Once you are past direct hitting range—1 to 6 points—the number of rolls that actually hit you goes down dramatically. Plus he must use both rolls to hit you, rather than being able to do something else with the other half of his roll.
Many beginning players have a feeling they lose games because their opponent gets "lucky" rolls. If you define a lucky roll as one that can be used to do something good for our game, that is probably true. Better players are lucky because they plan better than beginners do, and as a result can use more of the 36 possible rolls than players that don't. The key to having good rolls is something called flexibility. Previously, we discussed the concept of duplication where we want to make our opponent have to choose between several ways to play the same number. We on the other hand want to have more numbers we can play.
White can hit the blot on 5 with any 4, 3-1, 2-2, and 1-1; 6-4 hits both.
Note that with my play of 2-1, I can make my 5 point (which not only is good for me by making a key home board point, but disrupts my opponent's game plan by taking his golden point from him) with 3 different numbers (6, 3, and 1) plus several combinations 2-2, 4-4 (from the midpoint at 13), If I moved the 2 elsewhere, I would only have 2-2, 4-4, 3's, and 1's to cover my blot on 5. By making the proper move, I increased my covering rolls from 22 to 29 at minimal risk. I would have 7 more "lucky rolls".
Bearoff: Both red and white have a pip count of 21.
Note that we are down to the wire; both sides have a pip count of 21 and 6 checkers left on the board. Red has 6 numbers that will bear off a man, while white only has two. Red is very flexible and diversified, whereas white has duplicated his good numbers. Red will bear off at least two men this roll, with any roll. White will only bear off two or more men this roll with only 6-6, 5-5, 2-2, 1-1 or 5-2; on the other 30 rolls he will bear off 1 or 0 men—a similar picture will repeat next roll as well. In a race this close, even one failure to bear off at least two men with each roll is critical and may be game losing. If I were red and offered you the cube, are you confident enough in your winning chances as white to play for twice the stakes, or do you resign?
Finally, a demonstration of thinking through a checker play problem.
How should red play 4-4?
Let's examine this position to see how we should play 4-4 as red.
Red has 25 pips for the man on the bar, 40 for the men on 13 and 14, 25 for the 3 on 8 and 9, and 38 in his home board (128) and we just rolled 16 pips so we expect to be 112 by the end of the turn.
White has 24 for the one on the 1 point, 66 for the 4 on the 7 and 10 points, 35 for the 4 on the 18, 16 and 15 points and 30 in his home board (recall his pip count is from his aspect, our 7 point as listed is his 18). This totals 155.
So our winning game plans play to our racing lead—blitzing and priming. His winning plans involve holding games and back games which use his superior timing to best advantage. To defeat his plan, we need to get past his blocking points and prevent him from forming an anchor in our home board, or continue to hit him and close our board.
So first on our 4-4, are there any moves we have to make? Yes, we must use one 4 to enter.
We make another home board point.
We make a 4-point prime that white's man on the 1 point must get past to escape.
Run with the back man on the 21 to 17 then on to 13.
Run to the 17 as above then come down from the 13 and make the 9 point.
Shift one or both of the men on 8 and 9 to the 4 and/or 5 point and move one of the back men if needed.
If we run one man 21/17 and move the other man 9/5 (option #3).
Simply use the final two 4's to shift points from the 5 to the 1, putting white on the bar.
If we use the final two 4's to shift points 5/1*(2).
White is on the bar against a 4-point board.
White needs a 2 or a 5 to enter. He needs these same numbers to hit, cover his blots and make points in his home board—his good numbers are duplicated. Even a good roll like 5-3 and 5-4 duplicates his hitting numbers.
If white does come in, red is well placed to hit loose. If white is fortunate enough to hit if he re-enters, red should come right back in on 4 open points in white's home board.
Looking at both basic plays—the running option #3 and the switching option (which was my recommended play)—we need to learn to look at the positions and our options realistically from both sides to evaluate our cube decisions and checker play.
Can we win the game as red?
Can we win the game as white?
If we were white in both positions, are we confident enough that we can still win that we are willing to play for twice the stakes?
Are we forcing our opponent to play to our game, or are we reacting to his? Who is in control of the match?
The running play still has a lot of game left, but I would be very uncomfortable as white in the switch play. A double by red in the running play would be premature, there are many variations where white would sling the cube right back for 4 times the original stakes and pull it off. In the switch play, the major decision is not made by white, but by red—Do I give my opponent the chance to pass for a single game or do I play on for the gammon?
Article © 2006 by Robert Townsend.
Bob Townsend is the director of the Northern Michigan Backgammon Club.
You can contact him at DrRTownsend@msn.com.


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WV4403 wind direction sensor v2 is designed for use in industrial and domestic applications. Connected to devices such as data acquisition systems, PLC, display analog signals which measure wind direction, record and/or activate preset alarm levels.
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Weathercock with analog output 4-20 mA.
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The Voigtlander ULTRON Vintage Line 35mm F2 Aspherical VM is a compact semi wide-angle lens for M mount cameras.
The Voigtlander ULTRON Vintage Line 35mm F2 Aspherical VM is a compact semi wide-angle lens with a new optical design consisting of 8 elements in 5 groups.
By limiting the maximum aperture to a practical level, the lens realizes both compactness and high performance. While the optical design features an element with aspherical surfaces to ensure optical performance that can be used with confidence from maximum aperture. The lens itself is just 28 mm long (from the mount surface). offering true portability. The minimum focus distance is 58 cm. The lens is designed for rangefinder-coupled digital and film cameras, and features an optical design optimized for imaging on mirrorless digital cameras using a mount adapter. The design features measures for reducing color cast in the corners of the image, making the lens suitable for imaging on many other platforms as well as rangefinder-coupled cameras.
The optional LH-12 lens hood manufactured from aluminum feature a bayonet mount for quick attachment / removal and crystal paint highly valued for its classical texture.


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According to market research group Euromonitor, one million single-use plastic bottles are sold every minute around the world. To their credit, consumers today are becoming increasingly aware of the negative impact of single-use plastic. A new study by the Shelton Group, for example, suggested that 80% of consumers would buy an alternative to s…
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As many as 30 million people in the United States - approximately 10 percent of the population - are living with a rare disease today, and 50 percent of rare diseases affect children. For Horizon, changing the odds in rare disease means delivering on its promise to bring meaningful therapies to patients, their families and the physicians who care for them. …
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Tony Black is the author of more than 20 books, most recently Her Cold Eyes. He has been nominated for eight CWA Daggers and was runner up in The Guardian's Not the Booker prize for The Last Tiger. He has written three crime series, a number of crime novellas and two collections of short stories. His acclaimed author interviews series was collected under the title Hard Truths. His novella, The Ringer, was adapted for the stage and the Ayr Gaiety performance can be found on YouTube.
A former Young Journalist of the Year, he still writes for the press regularly.
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Dil chain kahin na paave paave paave"…….
Warina Hussain described in these sentence. "When a person does love he lose his /her heart and go to alone. He/ She did not sleep at night. The Heart China cannot find anywhere. He/She completely fare deep in his/her love. These are the very beautiful main lines of the song. I like it to listen in any time. This is my favorite song of the Loveratri 2018 "Bollywood Romantic Movie ".
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Welcome Crowdscrum
Crowdscrum evolved from a conceptualisation, whereby we represent campaigns where a ground swell of support would pursue a particular appeal
We all know that crowd funding is one of a select number of routes to securing finance for sports and commercial projects. It seemed a logical extension to the activities of our businesses, both ACROBAT Consulting & Marketing LTD and FC Sports Marketing LTD, that we should offer a suitable platform to help clients and interested parties to try and achieve their targets.
Crowdscrum evolved from a conceptualisation that we sought to create, whereby we represent campaigns where a ground swell of support would pursue a particular appeal – a 'crowd'; and that momentum would gather pace from a concerted push towards the overall figure necessary to fulfil the ambitions of any project, the 'scrum'. So the concept is easy to grasp, and a rugby or sports theme seemed the perfect match.
There are a myriad of crowd funding websites on the worldwide web, both in the UK and overseas. As with our two businesses we expect that our core clientele will be the United Kingdom and Turkey. We have purposefully created the platform to link to our other work. Of course, crowdfunding is not the panacea for all challenges, where the work of our consultancy team may be more suited. We will advise on any applications in the interests of giving best advice and maximising returns.
Crowdscrum evolved from our Director, Adrian Stores, being invited in late to some campaigns and identifying the pitfalls and vulnerabilities. He then proactively launched crowdfunding on other available websites but never quite found the right level of flexibility, communication nor interface that he felt necessary to build stories of success. In his last campaign before launching this portal, he achieved 112% of target for a project. Crowdscrum is purposefully a user friendly integrated fundraising platform that has the attributes for achieving goals backed up by added value advice from our team at critical stages and milestones during the scheduled activity.
Mr Stores is a Director of ACROBAT Consulting & Marketing LTD and FC Sports Marketing LTD; and a Senior Lecturer on enterprise at UCFB (Wembley and Etihad Campuses). He completed a Masters Degree with marketing and leisure specialism at the University of Sheffield. Adrian Stores is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Member of Institute of Fundraising. He has been an Assessor with the National Lottery (one of only thirteen nationwide). He has won the Chartered Institute of Marketing's prestigious award for marketing excellence and was Chair of a specialist sector group of consultants at CIM for sports and leisure. He has been appointed the first UK 'Ambassador' for Football Partnerships and authors the blog "S'PORT" that concentrates on football, finance and fans. He retains several non-Executive positions and has Chartered Marketer status from CIM; is assisting some of the top brand names as defined in the Deloitte's "Football Finance Report" and Brand Finance's "Sporting Brands" reports; and has acted on business liaison and engagement for the Centre for Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University facilitating growth strategies. At last count he has worked on fundraising schemes in excess of £100M+.
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Many problems of contemporary organizations originate in the area of axiology. In management practice, however, the problem of values is often reduced to stimulus-motivation of behavior and does not exceed the paradigm of socio-technical effectiveness. This is why strictly axiological problems are not identified and recognized as axiological but are often referred to in terms of their technical or economic consequences. In result, management practice deals rather with effects than actual causes of experienced problems. From the point of view of methodology of decision-making such state-of-affairs requires intervention. There are at least two ways to recommend changes with respect to such situation. Frist one, direct way, involves promoting axiological reflection among managers. Second one, the indirect, seeks to stimulate axiological consciousness through management consulting products that are built on essential axiological theory. The following paper focuses on the second of above-mentioned ways and discusses particular consulting product called MSE™. On the one hand, the cognitive benefits of application of the MSE™ consist in implementation and validation of theory of integrated humanities in organizational context. Practical benefits, on the other hand, rely on opportunities emerging from MSE™ that allow for diagnosis of intellectual-mental infrastructure of contemporary organizations and changes recommendation resulting therefrom.


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Documenting Natural Phenomena
By Michael Kauffmann from the CNPS Blog
Kids need nature, and we as parents, educators, and caring adults, need to provide access to it for them. It's a simple statement, but one that has become harder and harder to achieve in the world of standardized tests, electronics, and organized sports.
To help kids get out and enjoy nature more often, CNPS worked with nature educator John (Jack) Muir Laws a few years ago to publish his nature journaling curriculum. The book guides kids through a combination of art, writing, and science-based activities.
For years, Jack has been developing his curriculum to engage students of all ages in sharpening their observational powers through sketching in the field. He has found that this combination of visual and kinesthetic learning reaches even students who had given up on their artistic abilities long ago.
More recently, the Language Arts component completed the experience. Jack began to work with Emily Breunig, an English and writing instructor, to incorporate exercises such as writing haikus, creating narrative stories, and formulating hypotheses to complement the outdoor observational activities.
This interdisciplinary combination of art, science, writing, and observation exemplifies the California Native Plant Society's goals in creating educational programs: to engage students of all ages in the incredible natural world of California, to inspire them to keen observations of the wild places in their own backyards, and to foster a desire to protect these unique habitats.
Opening the World Through Nature Journaling has been available for seven years and in that time has guided children and adults throughout California in connecting with their natural surroundings. In classrooms, parks, and vacant lots around the state, more and more people are taking up their sketchbooks and letting nature journaling guide their appreciation of the outdoors. As Beverly Black, a fourth grade teacher in the San Francisco East Bay Area, reports, "Since I've been sharing nature observation through journaling with my students, I've noticed that they are much more in tune with their surroundings. They're seeing more, asking more questions, and I think appreciating the natural world more. Nature journaling has been rewarding to me personally, and I hope that I can encourage my students to make it a lifelong passion as well."
May these activities bring the same passion to you and the children you love! Bring it along on your summer adventures.
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Source: https://grownatives.cnps.org/2017/06/30/documenting-natural-phenomena/
Tagged: journaling
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Annual Wildflower Tests Challenge Conventional Wisdom
By Lee Gordon, CNPS-San Diego Propagation Committee, from CNPS Blog
Conventional wisdom says that the best time to sow annual wildflower seeds is in the fall, just before the rains, and that seeds should be covered with a thin layer of soil to protect them from predation. This conventional wisdom may be wrong. Tests in Scripps Ranch and Poway (San Diego County) suggest that it is better to sow wildflower seeds months in advance of the fall rain, and that covering seeds may actually prevent them from germinating.
Tagged: wildflowers, seeds, propagation
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Citizen Science with Mary Ellen Hannibal
By Michael Kauffmann from California Native Plant Society Blog
As human animals, we're drawn to the natural world. The impulse to observe, touch, and understand begins at birth. It's no wonder then that, throughout human history, laypeople—philosophers, gardeners, and vagabonds alike—have contributed to the most meaningful scientific knowledge we have. As Joseph Campbell said, myth is nature speaking, and the goal of human life is to align with nature.
Source: https://grownatives.cnps.org/2017/04/28/citizen-science-with-mary-ellen-hannibal/#more-2238
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General Statement on Ants
By Greg Rubin, CNPS-San Diego Garden Native Committee member
Many people have been experiencing problems with many native species, such as Ceanothus, manzanita, mallow-like plants, and mounding perennials. One of the primary causes, surprisingly, appears to be invasion by Argentine ants! The increasingly hot, monsoonal weather of recent years greatly promotes them. What these ants are doing is placing insects like scale and aphids all over the ROOTS, which literally suck the life out of the plant from below, often undetected to those without the experience to pick up on the subtle clues...
Argentine ants appear to be responsible for other horticultural threats. They plant innumerable types of weeds, including Veldt grass, spotted spurge, petty spurge, purslane, scarlet pimpernel, chickweed, brass buttons, and dandelion, as well as natives like Miner's lettuce and Purple three awn grass (they're not very picky). Often massive infestations of weeds can be associated with ant activity; they give themselves away by the weeds they plant.
An additional concern, of grave consequence, is that these same ants may be spreading pathogens like Phytophthora. This is especially significant as there are virtually no treatments available for these water molds (Sudden Oak Death is just one example of this devastating group of pathogens).
Tagged: Argentine ants
Watering Strategies from South Bay Botanic Garden
By Susan Krzywicki from grownatives.cnps.org
After so much debate about how to water native plant gardens, you'd think it had all been said. Let me add some tips and techniques from Eddie Munguia, who is the Horticultural Lab Technician at the South Bay Botanic Garden, located on the campus of Southwestern College in Chula Vista. Eddie installed a native garden over four years ago and one of the key objectives of the botanic garden is to do just this sort of closely observed research and analysis.
Source: https://grownatives.cnps.org/2016/12/22/watering-strategies-from-south-bay-botanic-garden/
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Styles of the New California Garden
Peyton Ellas, Quercus Landscape Design
It used to be that a California native garden meant only a wild-looking, informal garden, or that you could add some California native plants among your existing non-native (exotic) plants in standard planting beds. California landscaping has gone through a phase where a dry creek had to be part of a native-plant garden, and I still add dry-creeks and similar water-theme features in some of my landscape designs, but it's no longer mandatory. We've seen wildflower meadows and native-grass-as-turf-substitute styles come and go.
The new California garden seems to be developing along the following basic styles. See if any of these fit with your yard or goals.
Source: https://grownatives.cnps.org/2015/06/19/styles-of-the-new-california-garden/
Tagged: landscaping
Native Moonshine
By Susan Kryzwicki for the California Native Plant Society Blog
Last year, I gave you my tried and true shortbread recipe. This year, I experimented with a new fun project: Tecate Cypress-infused bourbon.
Source: https://grownatives.cnps.org/2014/12/17/native-moonshine/
Tagged: recipes, tecate cypress, Hesperocyparis forbesii
California Phenology Project species profile for Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa)
From California Phenology Project
Source: https://www.usanpn.org/cpp/sites/www.usanpn.org.cpp/files/pdfs/PRGL-Aug12.pdf
Tagged: honey mesquite, prosopis glandulosa
Plant of the Month (February) : California polypody fern – Polypodium californicum
Article reposted from Mother Nature's Backyard
My, how it's rained recently; almost 9 inches in January alone. That's as much as we sometimes get in an entire year! The ground is really moist, and some of our perennials are looking the best they have in years. Coming into its own right now is the one native fern we currently grow – the California polypody, Polypodium californicum. The scientific name is pronounced pol-ee-PODE-ee-um ka-li-FOR-ni-kum.
Source: http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2017/02/plant-of-month-february-california.html
Tagged: Polypodium californicum, native ferns
Creating a native wildflower meadow
Article reposted from California Native Plant Society Blog
Few things evoke magical memories like spring wildflowers. Whether it is a desire to recapture a serendipitous discovery of a color-laden flower field from our past, or simply re-living that scene from the "Wizard of Oz", nothing stirs our passion for nature like a beautiful field of flowers. California was once celebrated for its annual floral shows; unfortunately, these delightful events are becoming a thing of the past. The great Kate Sessions lamented that wildflowers were disappearing from San Diego's foothills by the early 1900s. Even her attempts to include wildflower displays at Balboa Park repeatedly failed. Why?
The answer is that European settlement in California altered our delicate ecology so profoundly that it was lost at all levels. Nothing is quite so fragile as a wildflower meadow. These annuals serve as pioneers that help re-establish ecology should a disturbance wipe out climax shrubs and trees. Being so low in lignin, they disappear after dying, returning all of their nutrients back to the ecology. Additionally, they fill holes not occupied by shrubby plants, and persist in places inhospitable to anything with deep roots, such as in the shallow soils of true native grasslands. What the Europeans brought were non-native weeds: competitive plants unhindered by native bio-controls while putting all of their life energy into reproducing themselves. These non-native seed banks now reach 10-100,000 dormant seeds per cubic foot! The wildflowers never stood a chance.
Seed was spread to create overlapping drifts of color, which is essential to maintain drama in such a large planting of wildflowers. Photo by Greg Rubin.
Fortunately, knowledge is the best tool, and we have ways to turn back the clock. Eliminating weeds is foremost. It is usually not sufficient to clear a space and drop seed, as Ms. Sessions learned. Instead, the seed bank must be addressed, either through repeated watering and killing of emerged weeds, or the use of chemicals called pre-emergents that kill seed in the soil when watered in. This must be done months in advance of planting. Solarization with clear plastic can also be used, but the effect is usually temporary. After treatment, seeds can be spread and either gently raked in or covered lightly in decomposed granite (this avoids disturbance and deters birds). Wildflower seeds can be purchased at most garden centers and online; however, be sure that the word "NATIVE" is somewhere in the title, and that the species are native to your locale, or you will end up with a mix of weedy introduced flowers, the worst being Alyssum. (ED note: You can check the local appropriateness of your chosen seed mix ingredients by entering your address in CNPS's Calscape app, available at calscape.org or on CNPS's homepage.) Common native mixes include California Poppies, Lupines, Goldfields, Desert Bluebells, Gilia, Baby Blue Eyes, Tidy Tips, and Farewell-to-Spring. You can add Owls Clover, Five Spot, and Thistle Sage if available. Keep the plot lightly moist until germination, continue watering twice a week if rainfall is lacking, and CONTROL WEEDS! The outcome will be thrilling!
CNPS Member Greg Rubin is the founder and owner of California's Own Landscape Design, Inc. (www.calown.com) and a popular speaker. A specialist in the use of native plants in the landscape, he is responsible for over 700 native landscapes in San Diego County and co-authored (with Lucy Warren) two books on native landscaping: The California Native Landscape: the Homeowner's Design Guide to Restoring its Beauty and Balance and The Drought Defying California Garden: 230 Native Plants for a Lush, Low-water Landscape, both on Timber Press.
Source: https://grownatives.cnps.org/2016/09/26/creating-a-native-wildflower-meadow/
Tagged: wildflowers, gardening, seeds, planting