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If you are a mid 1960s or later era HO scale modeler, your going to quickly fall in love with the new WalthersProto Phase II GP35. No disappointments here to speak of; it's simply just the model us second generation diesel fans have been waiting for all these years.
WalthersProto Phase II GP35 in HO Scale
Review by David Otte/photos by the author
As important as the GP35 was to Electro-Motive Division's motive power lineup in the mid 1960s, it's surprising that HO scale modelers have had to wait as long as they have for a high-end road specific rendering of this second generation diesel. Nevertheless, Walthers' new Proto edition Phase II GP35 is a welcomed sight indeed and brings to the table the potential for numerous ready-to-roll versions of this 2500 horsepower transitional locomotive on an owner by owner basis.
For its initial release, the company is offering both Standard Direct Current (MSRP $199.98) and Digital Command Control/Sound equipped (MSRP $299.98) models decorated for Burlington Northern, Chesapeake & Ohio, Erie Lackawanna, Milwaukee Road, Santa Fe and Southern Pacific plus undecorated with each paint scheme available in multiple limited edition road numbers, as appropriate. Furthermore, additional new roadnames announced for a planned fourth quarter 2017 release include: Chessie System, Conrail, Gulf Mobile & Ohio, and Rock Island, along with new paint/roadnumbers for Santa Fe and SP.
So why all the excitement over yet another model of an EMD Geep, you ask? Well, I'll let the locomotive's history speak for itself. When General Electric debuted its 2500 horsepower U25B diesel-electric in 1960, the locomotive building industry was turned upside down. The 4-axle high horsepower unit offered such cutting edge technologies as a sealed carbody, a filtered centralized air intake system, and an equipment layout designed for ease of maintenance. Two U25Bs could do the job of three first generation diesels. Although not fully up to the new standards set by the U-boat, Alco had also entered the fray with the release of its 2400 horsepower RS-27 the year before.
As a result, EMD, wishing to retain its number one spot in dieseldom, was forced to scramble its design department to meet the new high horsepower challenge, which arrived in the form of the GP30 in 1962. EMD, however, had come to the racetrack with only 2250 horsepower under the hood of its latest Geep and, as this three-way competition for the second-generation diesel market unfolded, the GE unit's extra 250 horsepower continued to help move the company up to the number two spot in the production of locomotives – leaving Alco behind never to recover.
Fearing GE's further advancement, EMD went back to the drawing board and shortly thereafter unveiled its new GP35 at the American Railway Progress Exposition in October 1963. Generally a makeover of its GP30, the new model offered a horsepower of 2500 – meeting the competition face to face. Responsible for the new surge in power was a redesign of EMD's faithful 567 prime mover, which dated back to the F-units and early GP7 – the first Geep (the GP35 would be the last EMD road locomotive to used this engine). Designated the 567D3A, the engineers at LaGrange made changes to the 16 cylinder 567's pistons, cylinder head, and turbo charger while also improving the air filtration and electrical system. External changes, as compared to the GP30, included a simplified, but still sealed carbody with a squared off and angular cab (known as the Spartan Cab), which has been used by EMD in one form or another up until the emergence of the safety cab design.
The GP35 is easily identifiable from other later EMD angled cab units by the unique cooling fan arrangement on the rear of the long hood – two 48-inch diameter fans with a 36-inch fan in between. With a 260,000 pound average weight and equipped with four EMD D67 traction motors, a model D32 generator, and a D14 alternator, these 2500 horsepower units had a starting tractive effort of 60,500 pounds and continuous tractive effort of 50,000 pounds.
For further referencing GP35 production, railfans have determined the locomotive was built in two distinct phases with some additional noteworthy minor sub variations. Generally speaking, though, the Phase I GP35 was built on the same frame design as its predecessor, the GP30, which actually dates back to the GP7. The resulting thicker appearing side sill arrangement constituted 77 percent of the total GP35 production. The minority Phase II units, on the other hand, were built on a new platform with a thinner side frame, as utilized on the later 3000 horsepower GP40 model and subsequent production 4-axle units. So, to a degree, the GP35 stands as a true EMD transitional design locomotive representing what has been and what was to come down the road in the category of 4-axle high horsepower units.
EMD's timing of the introduction of the GP35 seemed to be just right too, as a massive retirement of first generation locomotives was then underway, and, just like an automobile dealership, railroads began trading in their worn out cab units and road switchers for shiny new GP35s. EMD would produce a total of 1,333 units between 1963 and 1966, putting the company far out in the lead over its competitor's measly 478 U25B sales. Some 41 different railroads purchased the GP35, including Canadian and Mexican customers, with the Santa Fe (161 units), Southern Pacific (160 units), and the Pennsylvania Railroad (119 units) being the three largest buyers. Many GP35s are still in service today through second hand owners while Class I Burlington Northern Santa Fe continues to roster a sizeable fleet of inherited GP35s, albeit heavily rebuilt.
While initially the old Athearn and later the Kato HO scale GP35 models have provided hobbyists with examples of this prototype, these samples of mid to late 20th century tooling only represented Phase I production of this Geep, so the new WalthersProto Phase II offering is doubly welcome (as is the hope that a Phase I version isn't too far off on the horizon as well).
As we have come to expect from the Proto lineup, the 1:87 Geep is generally an accurately dimensioned ready-to-run rendering that exhibits the usual array of crisp molded-in details and, of course, a whole host of wonderful separately applied parts, which, on this particular release, are all factory applied and ready to be enjoyed by the operator and collector alike. Perhaps the first attributes the GP35 fan's longing eyes are directed to, though, are the telltale signs of the Phase II design, so we'll begin there.
To start with, the initial Phase IIa GP35s that rolled off the assembly line in April 1965 retained a number of characteristics of Phase 1c production units, most notably multi-latch engine compartment doors, multi-wire constructed radiator intake grilles, a 36 inch diameter flat-topped radiator cooling fan, flat screen covered inertial air intake grilles, single louver sets on the battery box doors, and a flat inertial air filter hatch on the roof – all the while displaying the new thinner side sills and a fuel tank that now boasted a sloped-top design rather than the old flat-topped tank. By May of that same year, though, EMD had adjusted the inertial air filter hatch to be a raised design, the Phase IIb model, while in the ensuing months and up until the end of production in December 1965 the builder resorted to re-using the older style 36 inch domed-top center radiator cooling fans, now becoming abundant from the multitude of first generation EMD trade-ins, along with a new corrugated style inertial air intake grille – Phase IIc.
Even though the Walthers' HO scale model can potentially cover all three sub phases, we'll focus only on our particular sample for this review – Milwaukee Road 1505. A group of 12 GP35s was purchased by the MR and delivered in May and June 1965. Originally numbered 360 – 371, the units were renumbered 1500 – 1511 in 1968. Designated internally as "25-ERS" for 2500 horsepower EMD Road Switcher, the black and orange painted Geeps featured 2600 gallon fuel tanks, dynamic brakes, extra jack pads (total of 8), side numberboards attached to the front section of dynamic brake housing, front snow plow, and the road's signature electronic bell mounted on the cab roof. The locomotives continued on the roster through the Milwaukee Road's merger into the Soo Line in 1986.
The accompanying side view shot of the 1:87 rendering quickly verifies the presents of the appropriate thin side sill of the prototype's new frame design and accompanying slopped-top fuel tank as well as those identifying features carried over from the Phase Ic Geeps. However, with MR 1505 having been erected in May 1965, the new raised inertial air filter hatch is also appropriately present on the miniature locomotive. Another detail found on both the model and the real deal is a domed-top center radiator cooling fan while at the same time maintaining the older style flat screen inertial air intake grilles – suggesting a Phase IIb variant.
Noteworthy also are the other nuances of this new WalthersProto offering, as visible in the balance of the photos: wire formed grab irons on the hood ends and rooftop lift rings; durable but delicate looking plastic side and end railing; frame steps with see-through treads; multiple unit (MU) and trainline air hoses on the pilots with MU electrical receptacles located above on the end platform decks; air reservoir tanks and piping; see-through cooling fans with separate blades beneath; window glazing with molded-in wipers where appropriate; painted crew figures in the cab; and authentic Blomberg trucks with hand applied brake cylinders, swing hangers, and, on the lead truck, a speed recorder cable. I was especially impressed by the extremely fine tread plate pattern found on the walkways and end platforms. One will need to use a magnifying glass to really pick this detail out, but they are the closes to true scale-size tread plate I've seen on a model. Well done!
Both the quality of assembly as well as the fit and finish of our sample was up to the WalthersProto reputation and the decoration, in particular, even included: the correct class designation on the lower cab sides; readable EMD builder's badges on the side sills; trust plates printed on the rear sides of the walkways; and the handholds at the steps highlighted in white paint. A firecracker style radio antenna and Leslie RSL-3L-R air horn mounted atop the cab; a single wind screen situated at the fireman's side window only; and footboards on the rear pilot round out the roadnumber specific details. The model is an excellent match for MR 1505 as it appeared from 1968 through to about 1978, when all the road's GP35s received rotary beacons on their cab roofs and white painted replacement raised style cut levers over the as-delivered straight design uncoupling bars found on the HO scale replica.
While the visual impact of these new WalthersProto offerings garners most of the diesel aficionados attention, these miniature Geeps are not lacking in operation either. There are no surprises under the hood, just the company's typical smooth running flywheel-equipped mechanism with all-wheel drive and electrical pickup to ensure excellent performance. Outfitted with DCC/sound, our sample traveled the test track with ease, maneuvering around radius curves as tight as 18 inches and at speeds ranging from just under 2 scale miles per hour in the yards up to about 70 scale miles per hour out on the open mainline. Drawbar was only average at best, 3.1 ounces, for the 13.4 ounce locomotive, but the unit is still quite capable of moving some three dozen pieces of mixed rolling stock on level track. Furthermore, the locomotive comes equipped with Proto MAX metal couplers and blackened metal wheel sets, all of which met National Model Railroad Association specifications.
Last but not least, the Soundtraxx Tsunami designed factory installed DCC/sound decoder offers 10 functions (plus headlight on/off) to manipulate at the operators' whim, including the usual turbo-charged 567 prime mover and incidental mechanical sounds; long and short horn; standard bell; coupler clash; and dynamic brakes, along with separate control of the lighted numberboards too. And speaking of lighting, the numberboards along with the directionally controlled front and rear headlight (sorry, class lights in nose are non-functioning) are all LED equipped and shine exceedingly bright, even in a well lit room; so no issue at all seeing this locomotive on the tracks ahead!
Wm. K. Walthers, Inc.
Walthers HO Scale
EMD GP35 w/DCC Sound
Milwaukee Road #1505
#920-42158; MSRP: $299.98
This review appeared in the January 2018 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman
This article was posted on: January 9, 2018
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Kindergarten Round-Up today. Della studied her workbook out by the river. She said we should build a beach house there.
Della saw a house across the street from the restaurant where they were eating and said, If we lived there, we could come here all the time!!
George used to be into carabiners and guitar picks, but now he is into bald eagles, plastic bugs, and a long metal watering attachment that goes on the end of the hose. His passions are like a river you can never step twice into. Do not ask George, What's your stuffed animal/imaginary friend/little toy's name? He is not creative at naming things, and he is not interested in names. Do not ask George about his dreams; he doesn't have any. Except one about a bald eagle that tries to scratch everybody. Do not read George a sad story about a kid who gets lost or has no parents; he will cry. Do not open his door for him or cut off the end of his Otter Pop; he wants to do it himself. Go ahead and laugh at George; no f***s given. He has questions for you, and you better have answers. Do not move something or get something new and not expect him to notice. Do not give George a Sharpie, but he is good with scissors. He is fearless and tireless. Remember that his tenacity will one day serve him well. Do not put him to bed early; he runs on food and gusto, not sleep. Do not give into him, even once. He will own you.
Della is trying to stop sucking her thumb. She has a pink Lycra thumb guard that she is so not ashamed of. She is a self-soother. She gives a lot of love and needs a lot in return. She is afraid of moonrats. Do not even say the word "moonrat." She still loves Aroo, and she also loves Miss Kitty. Della's bed is like a sanctuary city for outdoor cats. She dances while she skis and sings while she cleans. Do not expect her to remember what you asked her to do. Do not pressure her with milestones. Do not brush her hair. Just embrace her pure, irrepressible enthusiasm for everything from Lunchables to pop ballads. Give her a break when she crumples into a puddle. Do not be surprised when she falls asleep before dinner three nights out of seven. Remember that she hardly moved in utero. Do not laugh at her. She admits that she is not yet good at writing S's, and she is matter-of-fact about George being the better skier. I admire her for still liking skiing and the letter S and her brother. She will get excited about anything that excites you. She will unconditionally love you.
It was a really good ski day, and Steve did not really get to enjoy it because he was babysitting in the lodge most of the time, George nursing an imaginary knee injury. I got to ski Sisters Bowl for the first time, and Steve was kind enough to say that it was like the story we included in our wedding ceremony about eating a duck.
But I still think he is deep down jealous.
I'm sorry. I am just documenting truths.
Della: I didn't know someone had a crush on me!
Della: Jackson. Well, Colby and Cyle said, "There's your boyfriend!" And they told him to kiss me — yuck! — on the lips — eww! I can't believe I have a boyfriend!
Me: Wow, so how does that make you feel?
George likes to help Bappa in the yard. But Della needs some convincing to get outside. She usually says, okay but I'm going to need a blanket and an umbrella.


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Q: Why doesn't Neo teleport at random? I've never quite understood why Neo cannot or doesn't want to just teleport all over the Matrix, or transform objects around him as he sees fit, large-scale. The promise about the One is that he is the, heh, one,

inside who had the ability to change whatever he wanted, to remake the Matrix as he saw fit.

But Neo hasn't gained many special abilities from the end of The Matrix till the beginning of Reloaded, or maybe he just doesn't want to use them. Why is that? In fact he doesn't need to gain any abilities as he should already be able to do whatever he wants.
Why is it that he is just not doing any new things? Maybe it's not about being cool, but why doesn't he do practical things like teleporting to the highway when his friends are in danger?
Inspired by a comment by  by Andres F.. (Why doesn't Neo turn into a dragon?)

A: I think Morpheus puts it best when he describes the nature of the Matrix and the powers that some (but not all) of the Zionians possess when they enter the Matrix

Morpheus : The program has rules, like gravity. But as in many computer programs, some rules can be bent while others can be
  broken.

The reality is that some rules obviously can't be broken, even by The One. He can't seem to stop the progress of time, he can't simply wish Agents away (he has to fight them) and he can't simply jump from place to place.
When Neo learns to "free his mind" and that "there is no spoon" he finally learns how to bend the rules to breaking point, but it's only in special environments like the Sparring Program or Club Hel that the basic rules underlying The Matrix can be fully broken.

A: I don't have a canon answer, but looking at it from computer programming perspective; think of Neo's abilities as a combination of root access and ability to code in Assembly.
He can access anything and do anything on the raw Matrix hardware, bypassing the Matrix simulation.
BUT he still can not either violate whatever limitations hardware/BIOS place on him; nor do things that the low-level machine instructions don't allow.
Having an Assembly compiler and root access on a Linux server won't give you the ability to divide by zero (which can be thought of as teleportation - his velocity is infinite).

A: Neo's progression is limited by his ability to conceive of the Matrix as a place where he is potentially in complete control of what he sees and does. Powers like teleportation are likely limited by the Matrix-verse programming, to simulate an Earth-like environment.
Consider this. All his life he has believed:

*

*in the laws of physics, unable to be altered, fundamental to the universe as he understands it.

*his mind and body have been conditioned to believe in those laws and as such his natural sense of himself

*Neo's proprioception in relationship to the universe says there are simply things he cannot do, i.e. superhuman strength, superspeed, limited invulnerability, super-leaping and eventually flight. These things are the stuff of legends

*The Matrix reinforces this perception of the universe because it keeps humans believing in the existence of a world like the one they believe they are inhabiting. Legendary beings do not, cannot exist.

Now imagine one day, he is Awakened and told that nothing he sees is real and is moved from that world to another one (the question of whether THAT world is another layer of the Matrix is a different question) and now has to question what he is to believe.
His mind has been his interface to a world that he has come to accept intuitively and completely all his life. Morpheus' first mission is to make him question that very world and to see that he is not exempt from those laws, those fundamental rules of the Matrix, but once he believes, he can "flex the rules" of the Matrix, like a muscle and enter a "God Mode" state, much like in a video game, possess superhuman abilities.
He comes into this ability slowly at first but as his belief in his abilities improves he begins to conceive of himself matching and even surpassing things he has seen done in the Matrix. But, and this is important, he only does things he can conceive of.

*

*Fighting an agent in hand to hand, taking a brutal beating and surviving

*Dodging bullets in the fashion of an agent, thought impossible to the human mind

*Using superhuman strength, speed and reflexes in various confrontations

*Stopping bullets by literally visualizing them as "programming" and altering the program. (This was a critical moment in his conception of the Matrix as a field of programming and not as reality.)

*Eventually he even learns to "do his Superman thing" but it is still as a conceptual ideal limited by his ability to visualize the Matrix.

His abilities were limited by the Matrix as part of the programming of the Matrix-verse itself. Even programs who had special abilities that appeared as dematerialization, were more likely to be illusions or obfuscations and as such to normal people in the Matrix these abilities would be extraordinary.
By the end of the series, the Matrix was corrupted and nearly overrun by the Smith Entity. Even then, Neo could not conceive of himself winning and thus COULD NOT despite his nearly complete control of himself. Neo did not control the Matrix. He controlled himself in relationship TO the Matrix, as long as his manipulations did not violate rules in place he could not temporarily overcome by changing his program and program state entering his temporary "God Mode." The Matrix did not allow teleportation, so Neo did not or could not teleport.

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Q: Imported *.mat file ends up "flat" in Python I am importing a *.mat file into Python via a script that I found on Stackoverflow.
import h5py

def read_matlab(filename):
    """
    Import *.mat-file.

    Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/58026181/5696601
    """
    print(f"Importing '{filename}' ...")

    def conv(path=''):
        p = path or '/'
        paths[p] = ret = {}
        for k, v in f[p].items():
            if type(v).__name__ == 'Group':
                ret[k] = conv(f'{path}/{k}')  # Nested struct
                continue
            v = v[()]  # It's a Numpy array now
            if v.dtype == 'object':
                # HDF5ObjectReferences are converted
                # into a list of actual pointers
                ret[k] = (
                    [r and paths.get(f[r].name, f[r].name) for r in v.flat]
                    )
            else:
                # Matrices and other numeric arrays
                ret[k] = v if v.ndim < 2 else v.swapaxes(-1, -2)
        return ret

    paths = {}
    with h5py.File(filename, 'r') as f:
        return conv()

file = read_matlab("test.mat")

I know that the matrix contained in test.mat has the dimension (1134,30807). However, file is a dictionary containing another dictionary with three keys:
file["Y_RMRIO"].keys()
Out[5]: dict_keys(['data', 'ir', 'jc'])

The dictionaries' shapes are as follows:
file["Y_RMRIO"]["data"].shape
Out[11]: (22037784,)

file["Y_RMRIO"]["ir"].shape
Out[12]: (22037784,)

file["Y_RMRIO"]["jc"].shape
Out[13]: (1135,)

How can I import the *.mat file and maintain the matrix's shape of (1134,30807) or turn the imported data into the shape again (e.g. np.array or pd.DataFrame)?
If I get it right, at least one of the dictionaries contains information on the "position" of the data points in the matrix. So I guess the data points could be inserted into an array at the right positions with zeros in-between (or into a np.zeros array with the right dimension). The array could then be reshaped into the desired shape ... ?
Any help is welcome. Many thanks in advance!

A: This file looks a lot simpler than I expected:
In [1]: import h5py
In [2]: f = h5py.File("../Downloads/test.mat")
In [3]: f.keys()
Out[3]: <KeysViewHDF5 ['Y_RMRIO']>
In [4]: f["Y_RMRIO"]
Out[4]: <HDF5 group "/Y_RMRIO" (3 members)>
In [5]: f["Y_RMRIO"].keys()
Out[5]: <KeysViewHDF5 ['data', 'ir', 'jc']>'

The dtypes are simple (not object):
In [7]: f["Y_RMRIO/data"]
Out[7]: <HDF5 dataset "data": shape (22037784,), type "<f8">
In [8]: f["Y_RMRIO/ir"]
Out[8]: <HDF5 dataset "ir": shape (22037784,), type "<u8">
In [9]: f["Y_RMRIO/jc"]
Out[9]: <HDF5 dataset "jc": shape (1135,), type "<u8">

sampling
In [10]: f["Y_RMRIO/data"][:10]
Out[10]:
array([4.21597593e+01, 1.35612280e+02, 9.33348907e+02, 4.96704718e+01,
       8.64967748e-01, 1.23079072e+00, 6.43015281e+01, 1.49868605e+01,
       3.12984149e+02, 2.01720297e+01])
In [11]: f["Y_RMRIO/ir"][:10]
Out[11]: array([ 1,  2,  3,  4,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10, 11], dtype=uint64)
In [13]: f["Y_RMRIO/jc"][:10]
Out[13]:
array([     0,  25021,  46743,  69537,  92648, 117807, 117807, 143254,
       165303, 189014], dtype=uint64)

I wonder if ir and jc are row and column indices of a sparse matrix:
In [15]: f["Y_RMRIO/ir"][:].max()
Out[15]: 30806
In [16]: f["Y_RMRIO/jc"][:].max()
Out[16]: 22037784

I think jc is the indptr attribute, ir the indices of a csc format sparse matrix.
In [17]: from scipy import sparse
In [18]: M = sparse.csc_matrix((f["Y_RMRIO/data"], f["Y_RMRIO/ir"], f["Y_RMRIO/jc"]))
In [19]: M
Out[19]:
<30807x1134 sparse matrix of type '<class 'numpy.float64'>'
    with 22037784 stored elements in Compressed Sparse Column format>


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Recreational Boating Safety Handbook
The Victorian Recreational Boating Safety handbook contains guidance and safety information for recreational boaters. The complete handbook is available to view and/or download from the Transport Safety Victoria website. You can obtain a free copy of the handbook from Gippsland Ports' Bairnsdale Office or at any VicRoads office.
We have provided answers below to some of the more frequently asked questions to assist waterway users, and enable you to enjoy a safe experience on and around the waterways of Gippsland.
Where can I obtain a boating licence?
Vicroads is the licensing agency for boat licences in Victoria. All powered recreation vessels (including personal water crafts) in Victoria require the operator to hold a current Marine Licence. There are exceptions made for persons operating "Hire and Drive" vessels that are limited to a maximum speed of 10 knots. Information on obtaining your marine licence can be found at the Vicroads website by following this link.
Are the rivers classed as "inland waters" or "enclosed waters"?
Waters are classified into four categories – Coastal Offshore, Coast Inshore, Enclosed and Inland. Rivers, apart from the lower reaches of the Snowy and Brodribb Rivers are classified as "inland waters".
Coastal Offshore Waters refer to all waters further than 2 nautical miles (nm) from the coast.
Coastal Inshore Waters refer to all coastal waters within 2 nm along the Victorian coastline.
Enclosed Waters refer to bays, inlets, estuaries and waterways that open into the coastal inshore waters.
Inland waters refer to all other waterways further inland than the enclosed waters, which includes most rivers and streams.
For a full list, please refer to Maritime Safety Victoria's Victorian Recreational Boating Safety handbook.
Do we need a marine radio and what type do we get?
A marine radio is required on all vessels when venturing into Coastal Offshore waters, with the exception of personal watercraft and kayaks/canoes. Refer to Maritime Safety Victoria's Victorian Recreational Boating Safety handbook.
Do we have to wear life jackets (PFD's)? If so, what type?
Under the new regulations, you may be required to wear a specified type of PFD when in an open area of a recreational vessel when the vessel is under way. Particular care should be taken to understand the concept of 'heightened risk' as outlined in the Boating Safety Handbook. During times of heightened risk the requirements to wear PFDs are more stringent. Refer to Maritime Safety Victoria's Victorian Recreational Boating Safety handbook.
Do we need flares, if so what type?
Many recreational vessels are required to carry 2 hand held red flares and two hand held orange smoke flares of an approved type when operating on coastal and enclosed waters. Red star parachute distress rockets are required by many vessels when venturing greater than 2 nm from the shore. Refer to Maritime Safety Victoria's Victorian Recreational Boating Safety handbook.
Do we need EPIRBs? Where do I buy them?
All recreational vessels venturing more than 2 nm from the coast are required to carry an approved current and registered Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB). It is also recommended that vessels venturing into inland coastal waters carry an EPIRB. Refer to Maritime Safety Victoria'sVictorian Recreational Boating Safety handbook.
How should unwanted/expired flares and EPIRB'S be disposed of?
In Victoria, many Police Stations will accept expired flares for disposal (refer list below as at February 2015). Participating police stations can be found at this link.
Expired EPIRB's can be taken to your nearest Battery World outlet who will arrange disposal for a small fee, or you can deactivate and dispose of the beacon yourself. Please ensure you refer to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority for further information on disposing of beacons.
Do the rules and regulations apply to me if I have come from interstate?
While you are operating in Victoria waters, you must adhere to Victorian requirements. The exception is that holders of interstate vessel operating licences are automatically recognised in Victoria. Refer to Maritime Safety Victoria's Victorian Recreational Boating Safety handbook.
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Pale Drone
Dark/sludge/doom/hardcore. Members of New Day Rising & Boys Night Out. The band is self releasing a two song EP on 7inch vinyl on Old God Records. Blacktop Records will be releasing the new EP plus the band unreleased 4 song demo on a limited edition cassette.
New Day Rising
Pale Drone - EP + Demo (BTR059) by Blacktop Records
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Blacktop Records licensed via Old God Records
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Hey...we play rock songs that are usually 2 minutes or less. This song is about confronting someone who is ignorant, about their ignorance; and their response to confronting them about their ignorance.
Punk, rock & roll
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Hi everyone, we're Bad Animals from Seattle, WA. We're releasing our first album, All The Shakes on March 26. Hope you check it out!
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Wake Forest Dining Makes Strides in Third-Party Verified Purchasing
Strategic changes to food and beverage purchasing at Wake Forest have made eating on campus better for consumers and the environment.
By Kellie Shanaghan
Wake Forest University recently earned a STARS gold rating for the first time, reflecting achievements in sustainability from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability, Tracking & Rating System, covers nearly all facets of university operations and life. This includes dining, an area in which Wake Forest has recently made robust improvements.
Since the previous STARS report, Wake Forest dining has increased the amount of food purchased from third-party verified (TPV) sources from three percent to more than 30 percent.
"We looked at the harm being created by the agriculture sector, and asked 'what are some interventions we could make here on campus to help create change'", said Dedee DeLongpre Johnston, Chief Sustainability Officer for Wake Forest.
Unsustainable agriculture practices damage land, waterways, water supply, human health and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. The inhumane treatment of animals in production is also interconnected with environmental and human health concerns. Faced with these systemic issues, Wake Forest has chosen to set verifiable sustainability purchasing criteria for dining.
Additionally, both the Fresh Food Company ("The Pit") and the North Dining Hall mitigate food waste during food preparation, donate unused food to Campus Kitchen, provide a myriad of opportunities for community engagement in sustainable initiatives, and are investing in the employees who are making it all happen.
From Three to Thirty Percent Third-Party Verified Sources
The team behind this change involves a collaboration between Harvest Table Culinary Group (a division of Aramark, the university's contracted food provider), Hospitality & Auxiliary Services, and the Office of Sustainability.
It all began with a spend report. After years of fruitlessly trying to track every dining purchase and evaluating whether each item met sustainability criteria, DeLongpre Johnston proposed a new approach that started with a new question: on which food items is our campus spending the most money?
"It turns out that the dollar amounts aligned with the agricultural woes," said DeLongpre Johnston. "Because all the big spend items were animal proteins." Action in these high purchase areas reduces negative environmental effects from inhumane animal production.
The dining team moved to find vendors that met sustainability criteria. This meant a shift away from a primary focus on locally sourced goods and toward third-party verified suppliers.
TPV sources are those that have been verified by a group, independent from the producer or consumer, as sustainably and/or ethically produced and recognized by one or more food and beverage quality standards.
"We can make the largest impact in the areas where we consume in the highest quantities" said John Wise, Vice President of Hospitality & Auxiliary Services.
The top four items on the spend report were poultry-related, so Harvest Table chefs set out to find a poultry producer that was TPV as humanely raised and handled. Eventually they settled on Murray's Family Farm, a Certified Humane production which partners with farmers across the East Coast.
Next they moved to beef, developing a partnership with Brasstown Beef. This product is both TPV with a Global Animal Partnership Level 5. The producer also happens to be within the 250-mile radius usually used to define "local."
Complementing these two major TPV supply chain shifts are TPV salmon, tuna, and bananas.
Less Meat, Better Meat
The World Resources Institute recently published a piece highlighting how ruminant meats have the highest resource requirements of any food we eat. Beef production, for example, uses 20 times more land and emits 20 times more emissions than bean production, per gram of protein. On the other hand, well-managed cattle grazing can also play an important role in regenerative land management and the sequestration of carbon in the soil.
Where we purchase our food, especially animal products, is incredibly important.
"Sometimes we are inclined to make changes that are easy but have a relatively low impact, and that's fine but you need a lot of those little things cumulatively," said DeLongpre Johnston. "If you assess supply chain, you can find a couple of really big boulders to start pushing out of the way — you can see some pretty big change and impact."
Coupled with a commitment to holistic education about the nutritional benefits of food to students' performance and wellbeing, better meat is a win. Plates composed of foods that nourish bodies and minds for energy, brain function, immune support and other functions, tend to be plates with a smaller portion of animal protein.
A Commitment to Culinary Excellence
Procurement practices are only one step in the sustainable dining journey.
Primary focus is placed upon culinary excellence. If diners dislike the food offered, the importance of all other sustainable efforts is diminished.
"I've found that these TPV products are holistically better than your run of the mill extremely processed chicken or beef, and so they're easier to cook and make taste great," said Jordan Rogers, Executive Chef for Harvest Table.
Constantly striving to provide the Wake Forest community with excellent food has also led to the creation of the vegan station and other plant-forward dining options. All of these efforts contribute to the university's sustainability profile.
The dining team hopes to continue increasing the number of TPV sources for their purchases. To do this they will move down the spend list searching for sustainable vendors.
"There's a big opportunity in the pork market," said Rogers. "We are actively searching for a provider to help us meet that mark."
Erin Stephens2018-11-28T12:36:49-05:00November 27th, 2018|Categories: Dining and Food Systems, Home Stories, STARS|Comments Off on Wake Forest Dining Makes Strides in Third-Party Verified Purchasing


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Cincinnati council votes to ban natural hair discrimination
Posted: Oct 9, 2019 / 08:24 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 9, 2019 / 08:24 PM EDT
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati City Council has voted to make it illegal to discriminate against natural hair and hairstyles associated with race.
The 7-to-1 vote Wednesday made Cincinnati the second city in the country, after New York City, to pass the ordinance.
The vote took place after women turned out during the public comment portion to tell stories of discrimination they've faced.
Councilman Chris Seelbach says this vote helps progress "an important path toward leveling the playing field in the community."
The lone no vote came from Republican Councilwoman Amy Murray who says she believed the protections for natural hair already fall under federal race discrimination law. She argues that passing a city law would be redundant.
At the state level, California and New York ban discrimination against natural hair and Kentucky is considering it.


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Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR)
Description: Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) is a client-server application that enables users to power business-critical applications with this enterprise container engine. Users can run containers on any platform with a fully supported and highly secure container runtime.
Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) is a client-server application with these major components:
1) A server which is a type of long-running program called a daemon process (the dockerd command).
2) A REST API which specifies interfaces that programs can use to talk to the daemon and instruct it what to do.
3) A command line interface (CLI) client (the docker command).
Note: Docker Engine Enterprise was acquired by Mirantis in November 2019 and has been rebranded as Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR).
Aliases: Mirantis Runtime, MCR, Docker EE, Docker Engine, Docker Engine Enterprise
Vendor Name: Mirantis
19.03.x 07/22/2019 07/21/2021 10/25/2022
20.10.x 11/17/2022 12/10/2023
19.03.x Approved w/Constraints
[1, 2, 5, 7] Approved w/Constraints
[1, 5, 8, 9, 10] Divest
[5, 8, 9, 10] Unapproved Unapproved Unapproved Unapproved Unapproved Unapproved Unapproved
20.10.x Unapproved Unapproved Unapproved Approved w/Constraints
[5, 8, 9, 10] Approved w/Constraints
[5, 8, 9, 10]
[1] This Technology is currently being evaluated, reviewed, and tested in controlled environments. Use of this technology is strictly controlled and not available for use within the general population.
[2] Per the Initial Product Review, users must abide by the following constraints:
Due to potential information security risks, Software as a Service/ Platform as a Service (SaaS/PaaS) solutions must complete the Veterans-Focused Integration Process Request (VIPR) process where a collaborative effort between Demand Management (DM), Enterprise Program Management Office Information Assurance (EPMO IA), Project Special Forces (PSF), Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and stakeholders determines the SaaS/PaaS category during the Discovery Phase. All SaaS and Non-AWS/Azure (VAEC) PaaS assets are routed to EPMO IA for Analysis and Approval to Operate (ATO) with technical oversight, acquisition, production, and sustainment provided by PSF.
The baseline for Docker EE is currently in development. This software must not be used in production until the baseline is completed.
Docker EE must only be installed on TRM approved platforms.
Docker Enterprise Edition Advanced is the recommended subscription level for users to leverage the full suite of capabilities.
The VA must closely monitor the vendor's website to keep pace with the frequent critical updates and version releases.
Based on the IPR findings from Security Engineering and pending required VA security policy guidance from OIS DevSecOps on container and orchestrator technology, this technology is only approved for Development and Test systems usage. Production system use of this technology is considered TRM unapproved must have an approved TRM waiver to accept the risks of using this technology in production without required policy and configuration standards. This constraint will be revisited after VA determines relevant policy and creates configuration standard(s). See the reference section and the Baseline Configuration Management website for more information: https://vaww.vashare.oit.va.gov/sites/itops/svcs/sma/BCM/Pages/BCM.aspx
[4] Due to potential information security risks for cloud-based technologies, users should coordinate closely with their facility ISSO for guidance and assistance on cloud products. If further guidance is needed contact the Enterprise Cloud Solution Office (ECSO), which is the body responsible for new software development in and migration of existing systems to the VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) and ensuring organizational information, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Protected Health Information (PHI), and VA sensitive data are not compromised within the VAEC. For information about Software as a Service (SaaS) products or to submit a SaaS product request with the Project Special Forces (SPF) team, please use their online form. (Ref: VA Directive 6004, VA Directive 6517, VA Directive 6513 and VA Directive 6102).
[7] Due to potential information security risks for cloud-based technologies, users should coordinate closely with their facility ISSO for guidance and assistance on cloud products. If further guidance is needed contact the Enterprise Cloud Solution Office (ECSO), which is the body responsible for new software development in and migration of existing systems to the VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) and ensuring organizational information, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Protected Health Information (PHI), and VA sensitive data are not compromised within the VAEC. For information about Software as a Service (SaaS) products or to submit a SaaS product request with the Project Special Forces (PSF) team, please use their online form. (Ref: VA Directive 6004, VA Directive 6517, VA Directive 6513 and VA Directive 6102).
[8] Due to potential information security risks for cloud-based technologies, users should coordinate closely with their facility ISSO for guidance and assistance on cloud products. If further guidance is needed contact the Enterprise Cloud Solution Office (ECSO), which is the body responsible for new software development in and migration of existing systems to the VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) and ensuring organizational information, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Protected Health Information (PHI), and VA sensitive data are not compromised within the VAEC. For information about Software as a Service (SaaS) products or to submit a SaaS product request with the VA OIT Product Engineering team, please use their online form. (Ref: VA Directive 6004, VA Directive 6517, VA Directive 6513 and VA Directive 6102).
[9] This technology can be deployed with Kubernetes. At the time of writing, the baseline for Kubernetes dictates that it can only be used in on-premises in Amazon Web Services (AWS) VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) implementations.
Per the Initial Product Review, users must abide by the following constraints:
This product should be used with a VA approved container platform that has a developed and approved baseline configuration with specific hardening guidance regarding the secure implementation of Mirantis Container Runtime. Please reference the TRM for the approved solution and the Baseline Configuration Management website for more information.
System Owners/Administrators should monitor active vulnerabilities and ensure the latest version of the product is being deployed.
[10] Due to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identified security vulnerabilities, extra vigilance should be applied to ensure the versions remain properly patched to mitigate known and future vulnerabilities. The local ISO can provide assistance in reviewing the NIST vulnerabilities.
Note: At the time of writing, version 20.10.14 is the most current version, released 11/17/2022.
Vendor Provided* Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) Overview This site provides installation instructions, versions, and other important information for this technology.
Vendor Provided* Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) replaces Docker Engine Enterprise Article This article confirms Mirantis Container Runtime has replaced Docker Engine Enterprise.
Vendor Provided* Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) Release Notes This site provides links and other information for each release of this technology.
Development Tools Build and Deployment Tools
CentOS Linux - Unapproved
Oracle Linux - Approved w/Constraints
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) - Approved w/Constraints
Chef-solo
Docker Engine (Community)
OpenShift Container Platform
Internet Protocol (IP)
JavaScript Object Notation Data Interchange Standard (JSON)
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
This technology may improve productivity for specific staff whose responsibilities include programming or development.
This technology is Federal Information Processing (FIPS) 140-2 compliant.
There are minimal other TRM-approved technologies that provide the same functionality.
This technology supports several industry standard file formats.
This technology can be implemented with Kubernetes. At the time of writing, Kubernetes is limited to on premises VA Enterprise Cloud implementations on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Servers. Other uses of this technology are unapproved.
There are published vulnerabilities CVE-2021-23218 that affect version 20.10.8 of this software.
There are other approved solutions that provide similar functionality available on the TRM. The use of several similar solutions may increase organization requirements for support and maintenance.
Docker Engine Enterprise, the previous edition of this technology, has been de-supported by the vendor and is no longer receiving updates.
Mirantis Container Runtime dependency is a container product (e.g.,Kubernetes or Openshift).
There are known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with this technology. Please see https://nvd.NIST.gov/vuln/search for more details.
Due to the rapid release schedule of this technology, the VA may be unable to update to the most recent patch and may require a deployment model requiring the use of specific versions.
This technology is portable as it runs on multiple TRM-approved operating systems.
This technology includes cloud-based functionality which has potential information security risks.


AU - "Ida Walked Away"
Part one of our lengthy recap of the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival includes photos from the Don't Look Back sets performed by Public Enemy, Sebadoh, and Mission of Burma, as well as an interview with MoB.
We bring you the first part of our roundup of the triumphs and tragedies, highlights and low points, and all the best WTF, OMG, and NSFW moments that made music in 2007 that much more interesting.
The elusive chanteuse chats about the dazzling Disco Romance, her producer Johan Agebjörn, and the act's origins and unlikely success.
Daft Punk's Electroma Shows Friday on Pitchfork.tv!
Play Holiday Dress-Up With Sufjan Stevens!


Carers in the north-east are to be treated to a Halloween party as part of a charity partnership.
Mecca Bingo in Aberdeen formed a partnership with Carers Trust, which supports unpaid carers across the country.
An event will be held on October 27 to support the carers, to tie in with daylight savings time when clocks will go back one hour at 2am.
It is called Care o'Clock, and aims to highlight how little time unpaid carers have to themselves, with the idea behind the initiative to reward them with an extra hour of party time.
Part of a wider initiative, activities range from events such as Care o'Clock to sporting endeavours, and all support the charity.
Paul MacPhee, club manager at Mecca Aberdeen, said: "The team here works tirelessly to support carers and this is one of the many activities we take part in to offer them a big thank you for the fantastic work they do.
"Britain's unpaid carers work incredibly long hours, usually to look after a loved one.
The event, which will take place at Mecca Bingo from 6.30pm, will include food, drink and bingo.


A new version of Power Studio has been released. This version contains new functionality for the D&R Airence control plugin and also some serious improvements in performance and resource-use. It is highly recommended all Power Studio users upgrade to version 1.15.6., which can be found on the download-page.
Each channel of the D&R Airence mixer can now be assigned to any player or cart (in pre-select mode). It is now also possible to choose to use button- or fader-start.
When switching from live-assist to automation, the players are inmediately reloaded. This used to be after the first track had finished. Especially for users with less than 4 players in use, this is a significant improvement.
In "Advanced Audio Settings", a setting "Process recordings offline" is added which allows older computers to perform encoding and processing tasks (e.g. applying processing or encoding to FLAC, MP3) after the recording is finished as opposed to on-the-fly. Fixed issue that occurred on some newer machines running Windows 10, were occasionally some pops occurred in the recorded material.
A large number of stability improvements have been administered. This fixes a lot of edge-cases where Power Studio would sometimes display unexpected behavior. Also the resource-use of Power Studio has been optimized.
The auto-update of playlists and settings, triggered by other Power Studio instances would sometimes stop working. This has been fixed.
The Year and Tempo columns in the Track Browser are now shown correctly.


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North Melbourne open to Shaun Higgins move
Trading and drafting
By Peter Ryan
September 24, 2020 — 11.16am
North Melbourne have indicated to star midfielder Shaun Higgins that if he can find a deal that extends beyond his current contract they would be happy to consider trading him.
After contemplating a move to Geelong ahead of last year's trade period, the 32-year-old signed a two-year deal with the Kangaroos, recommitting to the club until the end of 2021.
Shaun Higgins has been told North would entertain a trade if he gets an offer beyond 2021. Credit:Paul Jeffers
He played every game this season but is understood to have been told that the club could not guarantee him a deal beyond the end of next season and they would not stand in his way if he was able to move, as long as they got a return at the trade table commensurate with his talent.
Geelong are understood to have maintained an interest in Higgins, who has been an outstanding player in six seasons at the Kangaroos, winning two best and fairests (in 2017-2018) and being All-Australian in 2018. But the Cats are still working through their list management decisions.
Higgins, who crossed from the Western Bulldogs to the Kangaroos as a free agent at the end of 2014, has been a key figure at the club and loyal throughout the initial stages of their rebuild.
He would be attractive to several clubs if he feels he has to move to secure his future beyond next season and put himself in with a chance to cap his career with a premiership.
The Kangaroos have made no secret of the fact they are embarking on a list overhaul. Their young midfield, which includes Jy Simpkin, Bailey Scott, Tarryn Thomas and Luke Davies-Uniacke, is emerging while they have two early picks in this year's national draft.
They have put out-of-contract forward Ben Brown on the trade table and delisted 11 players this week as they accelerated their rebuild under Rhyce Shaw.
Peter Ryan is a sports reporter with The Age.Connect via Twitter or email.


Cafe Chloe in East Village, which is celebrating its 14th anniversary, reopened Sunday after a weeklong revamp. The owners, from left to right, are Jerry and Chrissy Reynolds, Alison McGrath and John Clute.
Opening a new restaurant isn't for the faint of heart, since most close within their first year.
East Village has been particularly deadly of late, with the shutdowns of Tilted Kilt, Dragon's Den, Salvucci's, Bottega Americano and Market Hall in just the past year.
But one restaurant that has not only survived but thrived in East Village is Cafe Chloe, the 60-seat French bistro that marks its 14th anniversary this week.
To celebrate the occasion, Cafe Chloe rolled out both a new menu and a newly decorated interior on Sunday. The refresh follows the company's recent expansion. In October, owners unveiled Minou, a Parisian-style creperie cafe and special event space located just one block west.
The owners of Cafe Chloe: John Clute, left, Alison McGrath, Chrissy Reynolds and Jerry Reynolds.
Cafe Chloe is owned by two San Diego married couples: Alison McGrath and John Clute and Jerry and Chrissy Reynolds. They attribute the restaurant's sticking power to several factors.
The petite cafe is a popular neighborhood "date night" spot, thanks to its homey, romantic atmosphere. Its menu has fine dining elements but affordable options as well. It's famed for its ever-changing cheese plate, which has featured more than 600 fromages over the past 14 years. And since many of its servers have worked there for ages, regular customers — and their dogs — are often greeted by name.
Over the years, Cafe Chloe has cultivated a following so loyal that McGrath said she's never had to advertise. Instead, they carry on what she calls a community "conversation" with guests on their Facebook page.
The all-day restaurant has been the site of numerous engagements and even a wedding for a couple who had their first date there. McGrath's favorite fan story is when a woman recovering from brain surgery checked out of the hospital and came directly to the restaurant with her head swathed in bandages because she couldn't wait to satisfy her craving.
Cafe Chloe in East Village is marking its 14th anniversary.
McGrath and Clute met 26 years ago while working at Cafe Japengo in La Jolla. Their first conversation was about how San Diego needed a European-style bistro that served an egalitarian crowd.
Later they moved to San Francisco where they managed several restaurants and their daughter Chloe, now 15, was born. Not long after, the family returned to San Diego with the goal of opening a restaurant in the fast-developing downtown area. They set their sights on East Village, even though at the time it was economically depressed.
"We looked at the plans on the Centre City Development Corp. website and we saw what was coming. We knew it would be developed in a forward-thinking and intelligent way, and I think they've accomplished that," she said.
With a former partner, they leased a sunny corner shop at Ninth Avenue and G Street that was being used by a friend for storage. In 2004, they opened Cafe Chloe, which bears both their daughter's name and her silhouette on its monument sign.
For most of Cafe Chloe's existence, chef Katie Grebow ran the kitchen. She stepped down in 2016 to launch a private chef business. Theo Dimitriou took over as executive chef 18 months ago. Formerly of Chicago, he introduced some protein-forward entrees but has retained the cafe's signature dishes, including the mussels, steak frites and Croque Madame breakfast sandwich. Louis Laterza is sous chef.
Steak Frites at Cafe Chloe in San Diego's East Village.
McGrath described the new menu as "super Frenchy," featuring all of the old favorites with the addition of new items like escargot, duck l'orange and cassoulet.
Three years ago, Jerry and Chrissy Reynolds bought into the business as partners. They're veterans of San Diego's theater design scene and have brought a sense of theatricality to Cafe Chloe's new decor and the entire design concept of Minou, at 721 Eighth Ave.
On a visit to Paris a couple of years ago, the Reynolds took a photo of their young children with their faces pressed up against the glass window of a pâtisserie shop. From that photo, Minou was born.
The owners have plans to open a third concept some day, but for now they're content with their two intentionally petite restaurants.
Minou, a Parisian-style creperie and event space opened in October in the East Village.


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1st Grade Coaches for Season 2016
Arthur Kontalis October 6, 2015
St George FC are pleased to announce that Nass Martino and Ivo de Jesus have been appointed as co-coaches for the Saints' first grade team for 2016.
Both Nass and Ivo are well known and respected at the club, having been both coach and player respectively in recent seasons. Nass was previously coach of the St George Under 20s in 2010 and 2011, while Ivo hung up his boots after a stellar playing career in the NSL and state leagues, with the Saints in 2011.
After a disappointing 2015 season, the club is looking forward to getting back to a more prominent position next year, as president Ross Gardner explains:
"I'm very excited for the club by the prospect of two young and ambitious coaches joining us and who are very keen to put together a good young side, which will hopefully lay the foundations to get back into NPL1".
"Both Nass and Ivo have had experience at this level before, and they have been very thorough and professional in their approach. While we, as a board, are taking a long term view, and won't be expecting instant success, I am sure that they will still do very well".
The new NPL2 season, which has expanded to fourteen teams with the addition of the Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers youth leagues teams, will commence next February/March.
We are also delighted to announce that Joe Di Giulio will be in charge of our 20's squad and his assistant will be Michael Outeirinho.
Our 18's coach will be David Ferla
St George FC press release


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Sonoma Coast Cyclists – The Famous, Philanthropic, and Unique
January 22, 2020 by Donna Martinez Leave a Comment
Sonoma Coast cyclists are a most interesting bunch!
Cyclists who pedal along our highways and bi-ways range from folks just like you and me who enjoy a leisurely ride to professional racers who have made Sonoma their home. Some Sonoma Coast cyclists are on the roads to draw attention to a new project, while others rally support for local charities in our community.
And on occasion, you may even come across a few Sonoma Coast cyclists that just make you stop in your tracks and stare.
The Lure of Biking Sonoma County
Sonoma County cyclists are lured to for our award-winning wines, beers, world-class cuisine and of course our vistas. As they meander through colorful and bountiful vineyards they may want to stop for a sample.
They marvel at the majestic beauty of our towering redwoods.
Sonoma coast cyclists are lured to explore the redwoods| VBT Bicycling Vacations www.vbt.com
And it's certainly the serpentine coastal roads that offer riders great thrills.
Without doubt, the draw to many pelotons is the feeling of riding on the edge of a continent as they balance between the redwood-lined coastal mountains and coastline.
Riding Levi's King Ridge, Levi's GranFondo
A Feel for the Road
You can get a sense of the thrills of biking our coast in this video of Meyer's Grade, located between Jenner-by-the-Sea and Fort Ross. Would you be brave enough to hop on your bike and join Sonoma coast cyclists in this roller coaster of a ride on Highway 1?
Cycling California's Coast
While driving up to Sea Ranch it's a sure bet that you will be sharing the road with Sonoma Coast cyclists. This is a very popular route for amateur and professional bicyclists alike for good reason:
It's the home of the US headquarters of the Tour de France winning Team BMC
Training camps for many elite pro-cycling teams, amateur clubs, and bike-passionate individuals are hosted here
It's ranked as the #1 US wine destination by TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards
Meet the Professional Sonoma Coast Cyclists
Notably, Sonoma County offers some of the best bicycle routes, not only in Northern California but in the world. Professional cycling teams who have competed in the Levi's GranFondo and Amgen Tour of California must certainly agree. It offers intense exciting racing venues.
Levi Leipheimer – Founder of Levie's GranFondo
By Richard Masoner – Levi Leipheimer. (CC)
Levi's GranFondo, began in 2009, the brainchild of former American Professional Cyclist, Levi Leipheimer. Leipheimer now makes Santa Rosa his home.
The competitive and mass ride draws participants from around the world. Heralded as one of the best-organized cycling events in the world, it offers 11 routes for family riders and professionals alike.
Levi donates 100% of his time to the event that bears his name. Registration fees and fundraising supports the Sonoma community and local charities.
Amgen Tour of California
The Amgen Tour of California — the only U.S. stop on cycling's prestigious WorldTour circuit — unfortunately, has been placed on hiatus for 2020 and faces an uncertain future.
Over the last 14 years, the Amgen Tour of California offered a Tour de France-style cycling road race created to challenge the world's top professional cycling teams. This multiple-day road race featured top international cyclists traversing the state as an important lead up to the Tour de France.
A Difficult Decision
According to Kristin Klein, the tour's president and executive vice president for AEG Sports:
"This has been a very difficult decision to make, but the business fundamentals of the Amgen Tour of California have changed since we launched the race 14 years ago This new reality has forced us to reevaluate our options and we are actively assessing every aspect of our event to determine if there is a business model that will allow us to successfully relaunch the race in 2021."
Amgen Tour in Sonoma
It was 2016 when Sonoma County hosted Stage 7 of the Amgen Tour of California, The course rolled through four Lexus King of the Mountain points along King Ridge Road, Pacific Coast Highway, and Coleman Valley Road.
Some Sonoma Coast Cyclists Are Also Unique
Professional cyclists are not the only ones enjoying our Sonoma Coast cyclists. By all measures, plenty of Sonoma coast cyclists are just plain folk like you and me. People who enjoy a day's ride along the highways and byways of Sonoma. Many ride to enjoy the viticultural vistas. Others ride to enjoy the Pacific's ever-changing character as they coast along the coastline.
But every once in a while you may be lucky enough to meet up with Sonoma Coast cyclist who simply stands out from the crowd.
Sonoma Coast Cyclists Riding Free and Unencumbered
On occasion, you'll come across some very unique, if not perhaps wacky individuals along our coast. Such was the case in October 2015 as the entire Mendonoma Coast was abuzz with news of a pair of San Francisco cyclists letting it all hang out – literally!
Gil Levy, 26, and Sam Golstein, 25 wearing nothing more than their helmets and riding shoes, were the talk of our Mendonoma communities. Soon the calls came in from all across the Mendonoma coast to The Independent Coast Observer, our community newspaper. J. Stephen McLaughlin managed to get exclusive photos and an interview with the pair published on October 15, 2015.
From Seattle to San Francisco
Starting in Seattle the clothes-optional cyclists stopped at every McDonald's on the way offering to buy coffee and an ice cream cone for anyone who sat with them and tell their own stories. They chronicled their adventures on Twitter using the hashtag #coffeeandconelove @nakedmenonbikes.
After their riding shoes gave out they did manage to get a replacement pair by BucketFeet.com, their only sponsor gained after a Twitter campaign.
Cary Cray: Unique Cyclist, Author, Illustrator
Photo-Donna Martinez: SeaRanchAbaloneBay.com
What a lucky moment that warm early spring day in March 2016 when I met cyclist, Cary Gray. He was on his way to the Bay Area traveling via our beautiful Sonoma Coast Highway.
Cary most definitely puts the uni- in unique and cyclist. He's a long-distance unicycling author who illustrates his books using his feet!
Another Naked Sonoma Coast Cyclist
When we met he was excited by his upcoming book, The Naked Unicyclist (which has absolutely no connection to the Sonoma Coast cyclists mentioned above).
Why a Unicycle?
When I asked him why he was peddling on just one wheel, he responded, "I'm doing this to empower everyone, especially kids with the message that anything's possible." He noted that challenging situations also helped him learn more about the world.
At the time he was also promoting his book and true passion, Luno the One Who Rode to South America on One Wheel. Cary not only authored the book, he also illustrated it using his feet!
The unicycling author and illustrator made countless drawings and paintings inspired by journeys. Cary holds the pencil and paintbrush between his first two toes on either foot. Not only does Cary write ambidextrously (Latin for being left and right-handed). he writes'"ubidextrously," or "all right-handed," including his feet.
The Lesson of Human Generosity
He shared two great lessons gained from his journeys. First is that of human generosity and kindness. Before his journeys, Cary felt jaded by humanity. But as he met people along the way and experience their kindness he no longer feels the same. Rather he expressed his gratefulness for them. He learned humanity, while initially guarded, always trumped hate and negativity.
The Lesson of Universal Momentum
As a consequence of his global bike riding experiences, Cary developed an awareness of universal momentum. Life continued whether or not you reached your goals. "Life moves on and forces you to confront it, Cary noted. "Progress is best made when confronting yourself, your issues, and others' issues." He added, "Progress is also best made by moving into and out of discomfort."
Sonoma Coast Cyclists Just Keep Peddling
As a nomad, Cary lives on the road. The 27-year-old has considered starting a little nomadic family at some point. But he observes that would require some stationary years.
And as Albert Einstein said ~Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance you must keep moving.
Cary Gary: caryoutthere.com
Biking in The Sea Ranch
Biking in The Sea Ranch is a wonderful activity in Sea Ranch. Imagine the joy of escaping the California valley temperatures as they rise to scorching triple-digits. Instead, you'll leisurely cruise along the meadow trails embraced by the cool ocean breezes.
Bring Your Own or Rent Bikes?
Admittedly serious bikers will want to pack their own bike. But that said, to save space in the car you can also rent adult sized Expedition Bikes. Sea Ranch Bike Rentals located in the Sea Ranch Supply (35550 Verdant View, Sea Ranch) provides not only adult size bikes but also helmets. The best thing is they deliver both bikes and helmets they will deliver it to you. Sea Ranch Supply then returns to pick them up.
If you have children do pack their bikes for that family ride.
Resources for Your Biking Fun:
Visit our Explore and Experiences Page to discover more about cycling in Sonoma, and most especially Sea Ranch
Read or blog posts:
Pedaling Back in Time for trails and maps
Sea Ranch Bike Riding: A Favorite Vacation Activity
Maps and Itineraries for Sonoma Coast:
Popular Bike Itineraries in Sonoma
Ten Great Rides: Sonoma Coast
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Are any of you Sonoma Coast cyclists too? Tell us about your adventures in the comments below.
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Are you a pervert? Challenging the boundaries of sex
August 29, 2017 7.29pm EDT
Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino, Concordia University
Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino
PhDc Behavioral Neuroscience and Public Scholar, Concordia University
Gonzalo R. Quintana Zunino does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Universitié Concordia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR.
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Are you a pervert?
I believe you are.
This statement might offend you. Perhaps you wonder what would compel me to say something like that about you, especially since we've never met. However, a voice deep down inside of you might wonder if I am right. Maybe that voice is telling you that thing you did or liked may make you abnormal.
Whatever your take on this may be, I invite you to open your mind and explore what might be beyond your comfort zone. Let me entice you with a little bit of what I research as a neuroscientist of sexual behaviour.
Throughout history, those who have not lived under the conformity of social standards of sexuality have been tortured, ostracized, convicted and, in general, have lost their social standing.
In fact, non-conventional sexual practices - and fetishes - are not deviant. Yet there's a well-established tradition of judging them as if they are. The repercussions of this societal judgment cause the social stigmatization of people we most likely don't know at all.
One of the most common targets is the Bondage, Domination/Submission, Discipline and Sado-Masochism (BDSM) culture.
Why has society condemned certain intimate practices between consenting adults but not others? The answer possibly lies in wherever our society sets moral standards — generally biased, limited and sometimes political. Instead, normality should be derived by scientific and quantified results.
The Victorian church set sexual standards
The word pervert did not originally mean sexual deviant, but atheist. Pervert described someone who would not ascribe to the normal (church) rules. People who resisted the morality dictated by the church were people who debauched or seduced.
Additionally, the word contains the suffix 'vert', meaning to turn, as in, convert. Therefore, pervert described a person who turned away from the right course. The word changed from the moral heretic to the immoral sexual deviant in the Victorian era, when scholars used it to describe patients with "atypical" sexual desires. I imagine in the Victorian era that even a foot fetish would have been considered a perversion.
When it comes to bedroom activities, we often believe that most things we don't do are wrong and sick. We often judge other people's realities and behaviours from our limited and biased scope and experience.
Let's talk about sex and bondage
BDSM is an umbrella term that encompasses a wide range of consensual sexual or erotic practices. BDSM communities commonly welcome anyone who identifies with their practices. Consider it akin to a book club if you like to read, or like an orchestra if you want to play classical music.
You may imagine or know some of the BDSM practices. But what makes you part of the BDSM culture? Well, there are no rules, but there are three fundamental principles that guide any BDSM practice: consent, safety and respect.
Physical and psychological well-being are a priority over anything: There is no pleasure in a sexual act when one of the parties is not enjoying it.
BDSM practices may require painful and risky stimulation carried out with extreme care. Just as in several other fun activities, such as playing a sport, practice makes perfect. There is only one way of doing things — the right way — and anyone who engages in these practices within the community knows health and safety comes first.
A vintage illustration from the 1950s for an erotic tale, Bizarre Honeymoon. (Illustrations by Gregor for Bizarre Honeymoon/ Trained to Serve), CC BY-NC
Normal and sexually satisfied
BDSM and other non-conventional sexual practices are more familiar than you may know. Research has shown that fetishes and BDSM-like practices are very common in the general population. Normal, everyday people commonly fantasize about BDSM-like experiences.
As well, BDSM practitioners and submissive-identified females in particular appear to be more sexually satisfied than the general population. Other studies have revealed increased pleasure, enjoyment and positive effects during BDSM versus non-BDSM sexual experiences.
Although BDSM practitioners were previously believed to have a history of sexual abuse and trauma, studies by medical researcher and professor Norman Breslow in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality showed these initial ideas were based on hypothetical case studies and not empirical evidence.
As well, more recent studies show that BDSM practitioners do not generally report sexual abuse or childhood trauma. BDSM practitioners also display less depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptoms compared to "normal" population standards. Furthermore, BDSM practitioners also report significantly less benevolent sexism, rape myth acceptance and victim-blaming attitudes compared to college students and the general population.
Even male and female rats have been known to develop fetishes.
A universe of possibilities
All these differences do not necessarily mean one needs to embrace more BDSM-like practices. Instead, it's an invitation to stop judging others, and instead, embrace and enjoy our sexual lives. Fetishes can simply be the expression of our experiences and versatile sexuality in terms of practices, toys or objects that can be incorporated into our intimacy.
It's up to each individual to choose what is right for themselves. The notion of abnormality in sexuality — with its medical and psychological labels of illness — came about to explain a deviant pattern in the reproductive aspects of mating. But humans, in general, engage in sex because they like it, not necessarily because they want to reproduce. Thus, in the eyes of those who may believe sex only serves for reproduction, any "deviation from reproductive sex" may be abnormal.
There is a universe of possibilities out there to which only you should set the boundaries. Our time in this world is too short and uncertain to deprive ourselves of the pleasures of the flesh and senses simply because someone has a negative opinion about it.
So, let me ask again, are you a pervert?
Bondage, domination, submission, discipline, sado-masochism (BDSM)