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Ms. Sharon Hom (Executive Director, Human Rights in China)
Ms. Sharon Hom (Executive Director, Human Rights in China) at the Canada-China Relations Committee
On August 17th, 2020. See this statement in context.
August 17th, 2020 / 1 p.m.
Sharon Hom Executive Director, Human Rights in China
Thank you for this opportunity to testify before the committee. It's really an honour and a challenge to follow the witnesses who offered such powerful, expert views last week and this morning, in particular in highlighting the ongoing critical developments in Hong Kong that will impact Canadians at home and in Hong Kong. I think that COVID-19 has made it quite clear that the impacts on the health and stability of the world and the region will not stay within its borders.
I am a Hong Konger by birth and a holder of permanent Hong Kong residency. I'm also a professor of law emerita at the City University of New York School of Law. I taught law for 18 years, including training Chinese lawyers, judges, law teachers and legal cadres over the course of 10 years, beginning in the late 1980s.
My organization, Human Rights in China, was formed in March 1989 to support the 1989 democracy movement. Within an international human rights framework, we support human rights defenders and civil society groups to advance human rights protections. We have had a presence in Hong Kong since 1996.
The last time I was in Ottawa was in 2012, for the World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet conference. Ms. Zann's question this morning about warning signs triggered that for me. In fact, Beijing's policies, militarization and comprehensive securitization, including national security laws and the tactics of social repression and control, were deployed decades ago and signalled clearly the writing on the wall for Hong Kong, if there were the political will to read it.
I want to begin with an overarching point. Then I will proceed to a few pickup comments to tunnel down on the national security law, and then I would like to jump to recommendations, hoping that through the questions we can have a more detailed discussion.
My overarching point is that it's very important for this committee, in its report or whatever concrete product comes out of this set of hearings, to pay attention to the control of the narrative. The Hong Kong headlines that are declaring the death of Hong Kong, the end of Hong Kong as we know it, one country but no future, and so on, are indeed dire descriptions grounded in sobering daily evidence of the onslaught on the rule of law, the values and the way of life of Hong Kong, an onslaught that has indeed resulted in censorship, a chilled atmosphere, etc., but I want to urge on all of us, when talking about Hong Kong, caution in repeating or highlighting this partial narrative of hopelessness, especially one that is prematurely declaring a future not yet written.
It's important for the public conversation in Canada, and in the recommendations of the government, that although the right to peaceful assembly has been almost gutted in Hong Kong, Hong Kongers are not silent and have not given up hope. You can see the front page of the Apple Daily for the new Lennon Wall. Hong Kongers online are saying, "We are still alive. Stop declaring us dead. We need solidarity and concrete support, not funeral dirges." Mr. Williamson's question on whether there was reason for hope was best answered by an activist: "It's not that we have lost. It's just that we have not yet won", recognizing the long road ahead.
So let's not consciously or unconsciously adopt official Beijing narratives that contribute to the work of the official propaganda outlets.
There's been a lot of reference to and discussion on the national security law, and the general critiques have extensively discussed how it's contributing to the ecosystem and how it's being imported into Hong Kong from the mainland, but I want to add a couple of quick points.
One point is that the new Office for Safeguarding National Security, the OSNS, is made up of personnel sent by the mainland to supervise all the national security work. Not only are they not subject to Hong Kong jurisdiction, but they also hold an ID document of certification issued by the office, and any vehicle used by the holder is not subject to inspection, search or detention by Hong Kong law enforcement officers. There was an incident just a few days ago with Ted Hui, a Hong Kong legislator. He was being followed for days, as were other legislators, by people in unmarked or dark cars. He went to ask who they were and why they were following him. The car hit him and he called the police. The police arrived and tackled Ted Hui, the legislator, to the ground, and the car that hit him, which they did not stop for any questions, was escorted away. This is really very concerning.
The other requirement that I want to highlight, which hasn't been highlighted, is that the heads of the new departments of national security in the Hong Kong police must swear allegiance and to observe the obligation of secrecy. This is not very good for transparency and to address impunity, and for the good governance that's required for the business community, or for the protection of Canadian citizens, for the protections of all persons in Hong Kong.
Finally, we are really seeing, under the implementing regulations for article 43, that an already unaccountable Hong Kong Police Force has now been strengthened in the ways in which it can carry out its arrests.
I'll speak to extraterritoriality in a minute.
I think that Canadians and this committee will fully appreciate the problems of translation. The national security law in Hong Kong is the only law in Hong Kong SAR that has only the Chinese version as the legally authoritative version. However, if you look carefully at the English "translation" of the Hong Kong SAR government, there are errors, omissions and misleading translations into English.
For example, article 1 in Chinese, after listing the kinds of problems addressed by the law, has the term dang. Dang is not in the English. What is dang? It means "and other". In other words, it's not a comprehensive list of what is being targeted by the law.
Also, in other provisions, gung tung, joint liability, is not in the English.
Also, in articles 9 and 10, "universities" does not exist in the Chinese. It has hok haau, schools. That is a problem because of the whole academic freedom debate now. In what way does the law apply to higher education institutions?
The other one that's misleading is that in Chinese, hoeng gong tung baau is translated as "Hong Kong people". That is not Hong Kong people. Hoeng gong tung baau is Hong Kong compatriots, carrying all the resonances of the party.
On the implementation concerns, as I'm running out of time, I want to say this quickly. It is as if, in the rush to pass this law through, they took off in a plane and now they don't know how to land.
Many of the procedural and substantive issues, which I hope you can ask questions about, were not thought through or addressed. One of them, for example, is that we have a civil law system on the mainland predominantly, and a common law system in Hong Kong. It is trying to now merge jurisdiction, under article 55, for cases that will be tried on the mainland with a "Legalistic-Fascist-Stalinism" system, as described by China expert Barmé. Even the Supreme Court of Canada ensures that your judges have expertise in both civil and common law, and none of that exists.
Because I am out of time, let me jump to recommendations.
I have five recommendations for the committee to consider, and for the government.
First, all of the recommendations—working multilaterally, joint sanctions, targeted sanctions, safe haven, etc.—are extremely important and have been repeated very powerfully.
I have one national suggestion regarding the Confucius institutes. Recognizing that there are controversies—and I don't want to jump into domestic controversies—you may consider whether you want to adopt the Swedish approach, which is to close them all, or whether you want to adopt the U.S. approach, which is to designate them as "foreign missions". This would send a message that's consistent with Canadian values and your commitment to freedom of expression.
We are out of time.
Regarding admonitions on using international human rights norms, institutions and values—this is to Mr. Harris's question on how we move China towards a more rules-based system—yes, it's long-term, but there are immediate opportunities. One is that the national security law of Hong Kong is the only mainland law that explicitly incorporates the ICCPR into the law. If we take article 4 seriously, we should look at opportunities, and the list of issues that has been issued by the standing committee as normative international concerns that the Canadian government can use. There is the Human Rights Council election. China is running. You should take a position on that. You can also use more extensively the existing platforms, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the IPAC, of course.
I'm sorry, but I'm out of time. Please ask me questions about all the things I was not able to get to.

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Richard Steers – 1930s Racing Cyclist
Shoreham has something of a history of racing cyclists. The first ones we know of were A.F.W. Eade, the 20 year-old son of the Eade's Stores owner; Fred Read and George Hedgecock, a 26 year old bootmaker, who came first, second and third respectively in a 10 miles race organized by the Shoreham YMCA Cycling Club on the 10th July 1888.
Messrs Eade, Read and Hedgecock
It was a ten-mile course to Bramber railway station and back and the winner completed it in 43 minutes and 35 seconds – something of a feat when you consider their heavy and cumbersome looking machines. Eade was riding a 'Kangaroo' penny-farthing type – the very latest model of the time.
Reg Eley outside the Winton's house in Church Street
During the early 1900's Reg Eley from Haslemere was already a champion amateur racing cyclist in the south-east before he moved to Shoreham following his marriage to Myrtle Winton. Reg then joined the Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club and later became an agent for, amongst others, the Singer Motorcycle Company whose machines he sold from his High Street garage.
Grace Farley (inset right) at the start of the ladies' Worthing race. The photo probably includes Reg Eley (inset left) officiating.
There were many others from the town who took up competitive cycling including the Nye and Ulph families from Old Shoreham. Grace Farley (b. 1899) whose parents ran the butcher's shop at 40-42 High Street, was perhaps one of the earliest women riders from Shoreham during the 1920's – if that is Reg Eley officiating the photo must be before 1926 when he died. We also know that Albert Ernest Patching of Gordon Road was another early racing cyclist in Shoreham and he appears in photos with Reg Eley (3) – Albert later became the secretary of the Shoreham District Cycling and Athletic Club during the 1920's – 1940's.
An early photo of Albert Patching with his wife Fanny and tandem – both in their Sunday best although, despite the intimation here, Fanny was never known to actually ride a bike.
During the second half of the 1930's another Shoreham cyclist was making his mark. Richard (Dick) Steers was the son of a retired Greenwich policeman who had moved to Greenways Crescent in Shoreham. Dick joined the Shoreham Cycling & Athletic Club in 1937 when fellow club member A.F. Yates, the leading racing cyclist in the county, was the man to beat. In only his second race for the club, a 50-mile handicap, seventeen-year-old Dick registered an actual time only 1 minute 23 seconds behind Yates but with the handicap applied realized a time of 2 hours 17 minutes and 24.4 seconds which made him the winner.
Portsmouth North End official results
There followed a number of scratch (1) and handicap races that year where both shared the spoils but before long Dick edged ahead to an extent where he almost swept the board the following year. By 1937 he was one of the leading racing cyclists in the county during which one particular success of his was recording the fastest time (1 hour 7 minutes and 42 seconds) at the Portsmouth North End Cycling Club's 25 mile road time trial involving 85 competitors from Hampshire, Sussex and beyond.
One of his wins in 1937 was the club's 50 mile road race that ended in Findon. Dick came in at 5 hours 5 mins 25.6 secs. Co-members and good friends A. (Jim) Clements (5h. 9m. 12s.) and Fred Ford (5h. 32m. 23.4s) were close behind.
Left: Dick, at Findon after the race. Right: Jim Clements, Dick and Fred Ford
Shortly after all three were again competing for the Shoreham club in Worthing Excelsior Club's 30 mile handicap. Dick, again a scratch rider, achieved first spot with a time of 1h.21m.44.4s). Tragically both Jim and Fred were to become war casualties. Jim, a Steyning lad was killed in the North African desert in 1943 and Fred who lived at Dacre Gardens near the cement works died in France when his tank was hit two days after D-Day.
The number of races Dick won in 1937 was something of a club record having made first place in the 10 mile scratch; 10, 30, 50 and 100 miles; 1 mile hill climb and the 12 hour endurance race (201 miles). He came second in the 20 and 25 miles, third in the quarter mile. First in the league series; winner of the A.E.Patching Cup, Fairy Dyes Cup and medal. Third fastest in the SCA 25 miles handicap. He broke the club record for 50 miles (2hrs. 17 mins. 58.4 secs) and was awarded gold medal for the 50 miles, silver for 100miles and 12 hours and bronze for the 25 miles.
A newspaper cutting of Dick receiving his awards during the Shoreham Athletic & Cycling Club presentations at St. Mary's Hall.
Racing with the Shoreham club would have continued for Dick but the club secretary Albert Patching wanted to make changes that did not go down well with some members. Consequently in 1938 Dick, Fred Ford and a few of his pals found themselves transferring their membership to the nearby Worthing Excelsior Club whose aims and operations were more suited to them.
Success continued at Worthing and in his first season with them Dick set up a new record in the club's 25 miles with a time of 1hr. 6mins. 40.8 secs. He also beat the club record for the 30 mile race by 3 minutes, came first in the 25 miles trial and was awarded the Sussex All-Rounder Cup – recognition of his standing in the county. His efforts in the five minutes pursuit race at the Preston Park track were particularly noticed by a sports reporter who commented:- " The first young fellow that caught my eye was Dick Steers of the Worthing Club. ….. has been riding a couple of years and loves it…… officials there think he will carve out his own path in this cycle business ….. I saw him speed away with the Five Minutes Pursuit Race covering a distance of five laps and 611 yards ……. Steers is now the holder of the Diamond Jubilee Pursuit Brassard." (2)
This was the race against L. Cattell of Eastbourne that Dick won by 1.40 seconds. The two again competed against each other later that day in the 10 minutes roadmen's pursuit which Dick also won which prompted one newspaper to credit him to be "the best rider in Sussex at this type of race."
Racing included team and inter-club matches and in one competition involving teams from Sussex and London he rode for Worthing Excelsior when it took the Chichester 50 team prize. In 1939 he broke his own club record of the previous year when he clocked 2hrs. 13mins. 50secs in the 50 miles championship and did it again in the 25 miles trial achieving 1hr. 4mins. 33secs, beating his earlier record by almost two minutes.
Two 1939 pre-race photos. Left: Dick. Right: Fred Tiller another successful Excelsior rider of the time despite being much older than most of his fellow competitors
What kind of route did these races follow? One regular 25 mile route taken by the Shoreham club involved a start near the Red Lion through Steyning, Partridge Green then Cowfold and return. Excelsior's usual 25 mile course was from Findon to Horsham and back – all in the days when there was little motorized traffic and only 'A' and minor roads. One more detailed example was the Sussex Association 25 mile time trial that year that went from the King's Head at Albourne westward to Cowfold, West Grinstead Station, Coolham then returned through Cowfold and Chestham Park north of Henfield back to Albourne.
Things did not always go to form however. Road traffic in those days was light compared to what it is now but accidents between cyclists still happened and in 1939 two crashes in the Sussex Association's 100 miles event destroyed his chance of retaining the Sussex All-Rounder Cup. Another crash caused him to lose first place in the Sussex Association's 25 miles championship, but even then was only 61 seconds behind the winner
Taking a break at The Cricketers, Duncton. A chance encounter with other clubs during a club touring day. Worthing Excelsior riders are front right Mrs F. Smith. Second row Eric Winter second from right, Dick Steers third from right and Fred Tiller is fifth from right. Club secretary Harry O'Toole extreme left back row.
During Dick's time with Excelsior another rider was making her mark. Doris Painter, a Durrington girl, took the Alderman Brackley Cup during Worthing Excelsior Ladies' 15 miles race that she won in 46 minutes. 52 secs. This was followed with a first at 16 mins. 10secs in the 5 miles event then another first in the club's 10 miles when she won in 30 mins. 38 secs.
Doris Painter during one of her races
Doris and Dick struck up a romantic friendship and the future looked really bright for both from a personal and cycling perspective. But the threat of war finally became a reality that year and prematurely terminated what would have been an excellent season for Excelsior. Nevertheless, notable amongst their successes were:-
Dick, first in Medium Gear 25 mile race at Catford 1hr. 11mins. 9secs; Club 25 miles 1hr. 4mins. 23 secs (another record); Sussex Cyclist's Association 25 miles 1 hr. 7mins 33 secs; Club 50 miles 2hrs. 13 mins. 50 secs; SCA 50 miles 2hrs. 16 mins. 34 secs; Two miles track championship (Worthing Gazette Cup) 5 mins. 18 secs; Chichester 50 miles 2 hrs. 13 secs. 24 mins.
Doris, Handicaps; Ladies 10 miles 30 mins. 38 secs.
Dick was called up and enlisted with the Royal Engineers and although the war had interrupted their cycling, it did not prevent them both from marrying at Durrington in 1941.
All hopes of a return to racing after the war though were cruelly dashed when Dick was involved in an horrific accident. An army lorry he and his mates were boarding started off prematurely. Dick was dislodged, fell but was snagged in the tailgate and dragged for some way before the driver responded to the shouts of the passengers and halted. In those days sufficient surgery was not readily available and there followed a period of 18 months in the army hospital at Leatherhead where his broken thighbone and pelvis were fused together – cycling was no longer an option.
A sombre (partly clipped) newspaper report recording Dick's accident and cycling background
Not being able to compete in competitive cycling was a huge blow but both he and his wife still managed to live a full life, During the 1960's they moved to a house in Church Street which unknown to them at the time was the old house that Reg Eley, the early 1900's cycle champion, once lived in with the Wintons.
Dick is now a particularly lively minded 93 year old with a host of fascinating reminiscences of his full life – he still recalls his childhood in Greenwich with colourful memories for example of horse-drawn buses with drivers seated out in the open and canvas aprons wrapped round them when it rained. As a young man he witnessed the German Zeppelin airship on a commercial flight over London and a forest of barrage balloons in the sky above the capital in WW2.
He followed a career as bridge engineer for British Rail in London during which he designed a working model used to measure bridge weights and stresses that was exhibited for a season at the London Science Museum (it still tickles him that as he and three colleagues were carrying the man-sized model bridge in a box through London to the museum passers by would make way and respectfully doff their hats!) – he was even involved in the work to renovate and strengthen Old Shoreham's wooden Toll Bridge in the 1940's. In his spare time he has displayed a talent in his paintings – in retirement he maintains a healthy interest in what goes on in the world and has a passion for history.
(1) 'Scratch' means the rider does not have any advantage or benefit from handicaps. The rider who races the fastest time in a timed trial.
(2) A trophy for which the current holder must be prepared to accept challenges during race meetings for the right to hold the brassard and must have been fascinating to watch. The first round starts with all challengers being spaced evenly apart around the track and whenever a rider is overtaken they must drop out until only two are left – these two then compete in a final.
(3) Detail from a 1908 wedding photo (image no. W5l in the Winton Collection on this website) – from left to right Reg Eley is the young man with the high shirt collar, and next to him Myrtle Winton then Albert Patching. Fanny Patching is immediately below Reg Eley and William Edward Winton is beside her.
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David J. Hensen, 89, formerly of Campbellsport, passed away peacefully with his beloved family gathered around him on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at Crossroads in Mayville.
He was born in Fond du Lac on October 23, 1932, the son of Rolland and Sedonia (nee Dreifuerst) Hensen. On May 15, 1954, Dave married Phyllis Nichols at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Campbellsport.
He worked with his father in the Hensen Sheet Metal Business, the West Bend Company, Weasler Engineering, Brenner Tank, St. Joseph Convent, Jerry Mann Wood Splitting and Ziegler Machine Shop before retiring. Dave enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping; taught hunter safety and was a very good cook. Most important to Dave was time spent with family, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren; he loved them all.
Survivors include his wife, Phyllis; children, Sue (Dean) Backhaus of Mayville, Lois (Jim) Petersen of Campbellsport, David J (Kay) Hensen, Jr. of Birmingham, AL and Steve (Lisa) Hensen of El Paso, TX; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; his siblings, Joyce (Jim) St. Mary, Dick (Barb) Hensen, Paul (Helen) Hensen and Lou Ann (Mark) Benike; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Peter; and sister and brother-in-law, Faye and Dick Thoma.
A family committal service will be held on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at St. Matthews Cemetery with Rev. Mark Jones officiating.
The family extends a special thank you to the staffs of Community Care, Marvin Manor, Waupun Hospital, Crossroads and Generations Hospice.
Memorials are appreciated to the Diabetes Foundation.
Twohig Funeral Home, Campbellsport, is serving the family with online condolences and guestbook at www.twohigfunerals.com.
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Los solífugos  (Solifugae), también llamados arañas camello son un orden de arácnidos relativamente grandes, presentes en todos los países tropicales. Recuerdan a las arañas (orden Araneae), con las que no guardan una relación directa, y de las que se diferencian por sus enormes quelíceros en forma de pinza y su cuerpo segmentado. Se conocen unas mil cien especies.

Características

El tamaño total del adulto varía entre 1,5 y 7 cm, según las especies. La longevidad es limitada, un año, probablemente como consecuencia de una elevada tasa metabólica, necesaria para su comportamiento "frenético". El crecimiento se produce a través de nueve instares (etapas entre mudas).
Todo el cuerpo, también los apéndices, está cubierto de pelos (sedas) largos, rígidos y erectos, de función sensorial. Los más largos se insertan sobre los pedipalpos, y les sirven para tantear y «probar» el ambiente.

De acuerdo con el modelo más común en los arácnidos, el cuerpo está dividido en dos regiones, un prosoma (o cefalotórax), y un opistosoma (abdomen). En el prosoma se articulan los apéndices, entre los que destacan los grandes quelíceros; el opistosoma, a diferencias de las arañas, está segmentado y carece de hileras.
Pero no debe olvidarse que a pesar de su aspecto similar al de las arañas esta criatura no es una araña, ya que no posee ciertas características de ellas como la capacidad de tejer tela de araña o colmillos venenosos.

Prosoma y apéndices
El prosoma es proporcionalmente pequeño y no forma un caparazón como en las arañas o escorpiones, sino que sus segmentos están articulados flexiblemente. En su extremo anterior, en la cara superior, justo delante de los quelíceros, se encuentra una pequeña protuberancia sobre la que se sitúa un par de ojos simples.

Los apéndices se articulan con el prosoma. Este porta dos quelíceros proporcionalmente enormes, dirigidos hacia adelante; cada quelícero tiene dos artejos o piezas; la basal, proyectada hacia adelante, termina en un diente serrado, y la distal, articulada ventralmente con la anterior, también. En los machos los quelíceros llevan inserto en el extremo del segmento basal (el de posición superior) el flagelo, una estructura anatómica, a veces compleja, paralela a la cara mediana del quelícero.

Detrás de los quelíceros se insertan ventralmente los pedipalpos; estos son largos y flexibles, más voluminosos que las patas, y se engruesan hacia el extremo, que termina en una almohadilla adhesiva. Sirven para la manipulación de la presa a la vez que como órganos táctiles.

A continuación, también ventrales, se insertan los cuatro pares de patas locomotoras, que terminan en un par de uñas. El primer par de patas son de construcción más ligera, usadas solo para una función táctil, y progresivamente más gruesas y largas que las de los tres pares siguientes, estas sí de función propiamente locomotora; sus artejos son como en otros arácnidos, pero falta la patela, igual que ocurre en los pseudoescorpiones. El último par de patas porta en sus artejos basales (coxa  y trocánter) apéndices llamados maléolos (latín malleolus, literalmente «martillitos», que es lo que parecen en muchos casos) cuya función es olfativa.

Opistosoma
El opistosoma, proporcionalmente voluminoso, tiene once segmentos; es piriforme y se engrosa hacia su extremo posterior, mostrando una segmentación externa muy visible.

Anatomía interna
El aparato respiratorio es traqueal, con tres o cuatro pares de espiráculos que se abren, el primero, en la base de las segundas patas y el resto en la cara ventral del opistosoma.

La excreción, como en otros arácnidos de ambientes muy secos, se basa en guanina. Esta es añadida a las heces por tubos de Malpighi.

Modo de vida

Los solífugos habitan regiones áridas y desérticas. Algunos son nocturnos (son los que dan su nombre al grupo: «los que huyen del sol») y otros son activos durante las horas diurnas, desplazándose rápidamente de una sombra a otra. Ver a un solífugo corriendo hacia uno produce la impresión de una persecución o ataque, pero es sólo la búsqueda de la sombra la que motiva esa conducta.

Son carnívoros voraces que persiguen a la presa hasta sujetarla con los extremos adhesivos de sus pedipalpos, para lanzar luego rápidos y eficaces mordiscos de sus quelíceros. De esta manera son capaces de atrapar y devorar incluso presas armadas y potencialmente peligrosas, como escorpiones o avispas. A medida que despedazan la presa, la rocían con jugos digestivos, lo que facilita la posterior succión de los restos en una forma fluida; coinciden en esto con las arañas y otros arácnidos depredadores.

Los solífugos tienen la particularidad de que cuando caen al agua entran en un estado como catatónico, en el que disminuyen su metabolismo y parecieran estar muertos, pero una vez fuera del medio líquido y pasado un rato se recuperan y reinician sus actividades normalmente. Posiblemente se trate de una adaptación de estos animales a los ambientes áridos en donde en alguna época del año podría haber chubascos e inundaciones aun en el desierto.

Diversidad
Se distribuyen por las regiones áridas, principalmente tropicales, de todos los continentes, salvo Australia. Son especialmente diversos en África y el Oriente Medio. Hay unas mil cien especies catalogadas, repartidas entre doce familias:

 Ammotrechidae, ochenta y tres especies de Sudamérica y Mesoamérica.
 Ceromidae, veinte especies de África meridional.
 Daesiidae, ciento setenta y siete especies del Cono Sur, África y el Sudoeste de Asia. También del sur de Europa. Gluvia dorsalis, la única especie ibérica, se encuadra aquí.
 Eremobatidae, ciento ochenta y siete especies del Sudoeste de Norteamérica.
 Galeodidae, doscientas especies de África y el oeste árido de Asia.
 Gylippidae, veinticinco especies del Sudoeste de Asia y África meridional.
 Hexisopodidae, veinticinco especies de África meridional.
 Karschiidae, cuarenta especies de África septentrional, Oriente Medio y Asia Central.
 Melanoblossidae, quince especies en Sudáfrica y Namibia y una en Indonesia y Vietnam.
 Mummuciidae, dieciocho especies de Sudamérica.
 Rhagodidae, noventa y ocho especies de Medio Oriente hasta la India y África septentrional y oriental.
 Solpugidae, veintitrés especies, todas africanas.

Evolución y parentescos

El fósil más antiguo (Protosolpuga carbonaria, del Pérmico, hace 305 millones de años), muy mal conservado, revela la antigüedad del grupo, un dato que concuerda con la diferenciación muy temprana de todos los órdenes de los arácnidos. Se conocen además un fósil del Cretácico de Brasil, asignado a la familia Ceromidae, actualmente presente solo en África meridional, y otro del Paleógeno dominicano, conservado en ámbar.

La posición de los solifugos con respecto a otros arácnidos todavía es incierta generalmente los estudios moleculares los tienden a agrupar en un clado junto con los ácaros, así como también con los órdenes Opiliones y Ricinulei.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Anita Hoffmann, El Maravilloso Mundo de los Arácnidos, capítulo VI: Los Solífugos
 The Solifugae Website (en inglés)


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Critic's Picks: Photography, Painting and Digital Art at North Fork Venues
July 13, 2017 by Charles A. Riley II
Although the Hamptons and the South Fork tend to get most if not all of the attention on the East End, it's important to remember that there are two forks and not just one. Based on the strength of a handful of appealing shows ranging from photography to painting to digital art, this critic suggests a visit to the North Fork to savor the warm welcome from its tight-knit community of galleries and studios.
Peter Beston at Peconic Landing, Greenport
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This show is a welcome extension of the exhibition program of East End Arts, based in Riverhead, and a tip of the hat is due here to the hardworking Jane Kirkwood of East End Arts and Dominic Antignano, Cultural Arts Curator at Peconic Landing exhibition. These two curate shows with alert sensitivity to their sites.
"Peter Beston: Palm Beach Stories" is on view June 2 through September 29, 2017, at Peconic Landing Auditorium, 1500 Brecknock Road, Greenport, NY 11944.
To read Charles Riley's full article on HamptonArtsHub click here
When Worlds Collide by Peter Beston. Oil on canvas 42 x 72 inches. Photograph by Robert Moore.
Charles A. Riley II, PhD is an arts journalist, curator and professor at the Clarkson University, New York. He is the author of thirty-two books on art, architecture and public policy, including The Art of Lincoln Center (Wiley), as well as the essay for the recently published Opera Portraits, an art project that involved photographing singers backstage at major opera houses. He has also written The Jazz Age in France, The Art of Peter Max, Arthur Carter, Ben Schonzeit (all published by Abrams) as well as Aristocracy and the Modern Imagination, The Saints of Modern Art, and Color Codes (all from the University Press of New England), and Sacred Sister (in collaboration with the noted avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson). He is curator-at-large at the Nassau County Museum of Art and has presented exhibitions devoted to Picasso, Surrealism and contemporary art, and has written dozens of exhibition catalogue essays and his articles on art have appeared in several magazines, including Art & Auction, Art & Antiques and Antiques and Fine Art. He is a former reporter for Fortune magazine and former editor-in-chief of WE magazine, and has participated in cultural policy and educational think tanks internationally. A graduate (summa cum laude) of Princeton University, he received his PhD from The Graduate Center of City University of New York. He resides in Manhattan and Cutchogue, New York.


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Q: include prototype function globally (react) I have the following function to quickly replace words in a string (with multiple occurences):
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This function works as expected. I need this function in multiple components (files) and functions, so I add this function directly at the beginning of every file. Is there an easy solution to include this kind of functions globally to a project without adding it separately to every file?
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import React from 'react';
String.prototype.replaceAll = function (search, replacement) {
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Should I export this function or how can I import this function? Can I add import strings.js at the top of App.js?

A: If you modify the string prototype, your work is done. The function will be available everywhere immediately. However, you should be aware that modifying the prototype of types like String is frowned upon: https://flaviocopes.com/javascript-why-not-modify-object-prototype/
Also, if you are using TypeScript, you won't see the new function without casting the string to some type of your own.

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UNESCO to Revise List of World Heritage Sites
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If you've never got yourself tested for vitamin D deficiency, I highly recommend it. I did my first vitamin D test years ago and I paid for it myself (BetterYou vitamin D test) as I couldn't get it done for free through my GP.
If you can, ask your GP for the test but if you don't have any symptoms of deficiency or don't fall into one of the high-risk groups, they will dismiss you very quickly. NHS don't test for vitamin D deficiency routinely as they don't think it's necessary and it would cost them too much money. But I had to know my vitamin D levels, especially because low levels of vitamin D have been linked to all kind of health issues and illnesses, including reduced immune support function, bone loss, depression, hair loss, dementia and even cancer.
Unsurprisingly, my first vitamin D test showed that I was deficient. Since then, I make sure I supplement regularly (more often in winter) and once in a while I do a private blood test to make sure my vitamin D levels are where they should be.
There are quite a few companies which offer private vitamin D testing, but I like to use BetterYou vitamin D testing service because they work in collaboration with NHS and they also give you one vitamin D oral spray for free once you get your results.
When you do the BetterYou vitamin D test at home and then send off your blood sample, this actually goes to NHS laboratories for analysis. In my opinion, it's just reassuring to have your sample analysed by a reliable and well-trusted laboratory.
So if you are looking to get yourself tested for vitamin D deficiency at home, I highly recommend you use BetterYou. It's actually quite simple to do the vitamin D test at home, it doesn't take long and all you need is a few drops of blood. It may not be easy to prick your finger yourself for the first time but you can ask somebody to help you (I was actually quite nervous about doing this myself for the first time but after a few tests I got used to it).
I had done some other types of home blood tests in the past few years and compared to those, testing for vitamin D deficiency using a BetterYou vitamin D test kit is a piece of cake. You don't need to mess with an epruvete and you don't need to extract much blood at all.
The procedure is easy and you get all the instructions with your test you so you really cannot get it wrong. You get two single-use lancets in the test kit, just in case one doesn't work or you need to prick your finger again. I've never had to use the second lancet myself in the past but it's a good thing it's there, just in case.
Before you start with the finger prick test, familiarise yourself with all the contents in the kit. Spread it out onto the table and carefully read all the instructions. You should know exactly what to do before the test and not read the instructions during the test when you have to act quickly and squeeze the blood out of your finger before it clots.
Before you attempt to prick your finger, fill in your personal details on the collection device (name, date of birth). Also, don't forget to write the sample date and time. At the same time, you can also fill in a consent form where you note down the same details, but also add your physical address and email address. This is important as you get your results and recommendations back via email. Make sure you write clearly!
The next step is to wash your hands with warm water and dry them. It helps with blood circulation to massage the finger to be bled from the palm towards the tip. It's recommended to either prick a middle or ring finger (on left hand if right-handed).
Don't wait too long after massaging your finger! Quickly take the single-use lancet, twist it and remove the protective cap. You then firmly press the white tip against the side of the cleaned fingertip to pierce the skin. I must admit, not a pleasant moment and it may take a few attempts before you press firmly enough to cause the sharp blade to come out. It feels like a quick sting but luckily it's over very quickly.
Once a bit of blood comes out, wipe it with a clean tissue. You then gently squeeze the finger and allow 4 large drops of blood to fall onto the card. Try to put these drops of blood in the spots where arrows are pointing to on the collection device. You should not press the fingertip against the card but you can place the blood drop on the card by gentle touch. Also worth keeping in mind, you shouldn't place more than one drop of blood in the same place.
Once done, cover your finger with a plaster and close and seal the collection card. Put it in the provided pre-paid envelope and don't forget to enclose the consent form. Post it on the same day, to make sure the blood sample doesn't get spoiled when lying around. And that's it!
So checking your vitamin D levels at home is not too difficult, is it? I know not everybody will be comfortable with the blood side of it but it's certainly worth doing.
It's surprising how fast I received my vitamin D test results. They allow for up to 10 days for you to receive the results (via email) but I received them within 3 days of posting the test. Really good! This is much faster than doing the test directly with NHS (through your GP) when blood test results could take around a week or even longer. So I guess when you do a private blood test at home, the results will be quicker since you are paying for it!
See the difference between vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 here.
My results were actually not bad this time and they showed that my vitamin D levels were adequate. Following the email from NHS, I also received an email from BetterYou, giving me a code for a complimentary spray bottle of vitamin D and advising me on supplementation.
Vitamin D is extremely important, but sufficient quantities are very hard to gain through diet alone, in fact just 10 per cent of our intake is through food. The rest is generated through sun exposure. BetterYou recommends optimal levels of vitamin D are between 75-150nmol/L, which provides the body with optimum immunity support. Therefore, at 76.5nmol/L, you may wish to maintain your levels.
As a general rule, BetterYou advise that 1000IU of vitamin D is supplemented, per 25kg of body weight – as a maintenance dose. For your result, we would recommend the following supplementation guidelines of 1 spray of DLux3000 (3,000IU) per day as a maintenance dose.
The recommendation makes total sense. Of course I need to continue supplementing otherwise my levels will drop.
Finally, in case you wondered how much vitamin D test costs, it's £32.95 with a free UK delivery from BetterYou. On top of that, you also get a free bottle of BetterYou Vitamin D Oral Spray so it's quite a good deal. I haven't come across any other vitamin D testing providers in the UK that they do this.
So I hope that now you have a much better idea of how to do a vitamin D test at home. It's especially worth checking your vitamin D levels if you stay away from the sun, have dark skin or you stay at home a lot (elderly, for example). Maybe you know some people who would benefit from this service and in that case, you can either tell them about this page or buy them a vitamin D test kit yourself.
Can I order BetterYou vitamin D test kit from abroad?
Yes, you can order BetterYou vitamin D test kit from abroad but you will have to pay for the return postage of your blood sample yourself. This can increase the length of time before you receive your results.
Is home vitamin D test kit suitable for children?
Yes, but they shouldn't be younger than 6 years old. NHS advice is not to use a home-test finger prick device on younger children.
Do I have to fast before doing vitamin D test at home?
There is nothing about fasting in the instructions and whether you should take the test at a particular time of the day so it's safely to assume that you don't need to fast before taking this test.
BetterYou state that the results will be emailed to you within 10 working days but normally the analysis is done much faster and many times you can expect your results to arrive within 3-5 days.
How often should I test my vitamin D levels?
For personal use, it's not recommended to test yourself more than twice a year.
Have you ever got yourself tested for vitamin D deficiency? What were your results?


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Events educate Birmingham during Human Trafficking Awareness Month —why you should be involved
Author Irene Richardson - January 4, 2021 January 14, 2021
Did you know The Junior League of Birmingham Anti-Trafficking Committee is a leader in the state for fighting human trafficking? Here, the team— Pamela Rasberry (Trafficking Hope), Jamie Willett (JLB), Mayor Tony Picklesimer and Julia Meyers (JLB)— is meeting with Chelsea City Council to get more city officials involved in the fight. Photo via Junior League of Birmingham
If human trafficking isn't something you know much about, it's more important than ever you understand this prominent issue during Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The Junior League of Birmingham (JLB) is a state leader in actively educating city officials and residents on how to prevent this crime. You can get involved too by attending several of JLB's virtual events throughout the month of January.
Human Trafficking happens everywhere—including Birmingham
The Junior League of Birmingham Anti-Trafficking Committee recently met with Trussville City Council to raise community awareness for human trafficking. Photo via Junior League of Birmingham
To put it plainly, Birmingham is a hub for sex trafficking. I-20 and I-65, unfortunately, serve as major trafficking corridors. It's not only happening in seedy alleyways or "bad parts of town"—sex trafficking happens much closer to home than you realize.
Predators commit the crime on social media, through fake offers, such as a modeling contract, and even between households.
"The Department of Homeland Security estimates the commercial sex industry to generate $110 million each year in the Birmingham metro area. This does not include illegal activity that happens at strip clubs or massage parlours, nor does it include child trafficking estimates as that is much more difficult to quantify.
While Polaris says that the average age of entry into the sex trade is 17 years old, in Alabama, we have seen victims as young as 9 years old, typically sold into the lifestyle by their family."
Julia Meyers, Anti-Human Trafficking Chairman, Junior League of Birmingham
Moreover, according to the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking, over 90% of prostituted people are actually being trafficked. Advocates of human trafficking in Alabama believe that number to be even higher.
"One of the main goals of our program is to change the public's perception of prostitution. I don't think that the community realizes that the majority of prostituted people are actually being trafficked.
Once you realize this you have to think, 'How are we going to end this?' and the first key is to get the community behind it. Once you get the community behind it, you get the police behind it. The answer is not to arrest these women for prostitution, but to go after the demand. If there's not a buyer there's no demand."
A leader in the fight
Signs like these are placed in areas such as airports, bathrooms and courthouses in both English and Spanish. Photo via Junior League of Birmingham
So, how do we get the community behind it? The Junior League of Birmingham Anti-Human Trafficking Committee is a strong leader in Birmingham. They are fighting human trafficking with initiatives, programs and education.
For the last four years, the JLB has partnered with End It Alabama to reach out to area mayors and city councils asking them to proclaim January as "Human Trafficking Awareness Month." These proclamations often start conversations on training for law enforcement and the community at large.
Last year, the JLB partnered with the Child Trafficking Solutions Project to take these Awareness proclamations a step further. Seven area municipalities declared themselves "TraffickingFree Zones" as defined by the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking. With the declaration, these municipalities agree to train all city employees on the signs of human trafficking and put together a response protocol of how to handle a suspected trafficking situation.
The municipalities also add a zero-tolerance policy that implements immediate termination if an employee is found to have purchased sex while at work. It's important to note that the most frequent time that sex is purchased is 3-4PM and many times a business cell phone or computer is used to make that arrangement.
The JLB also collaborates with other nonprofits like Trafficking Hope. Currently, they are working on a signage project that helps raise human trafficking awareness. Trafficking Hope volunteers work alongside JLB volunteers to place the signs, which give a hotline number for victims to call, in public bathrooms with heavy foot traffic.
Education is key—Virtual events during Human Trafficking Awareness Month
The month is kicking off with an educational event on what we need to know about human trafficking. Photo via Junior League of Birmingham
Human Trafficking 101
Let's start with the basics—to end Human Trafficking we need to know more about it. JLB members and local attorneys Jessie Keating Hardy and Ellie Friedman lead a discussion on how the sex trafficking business operates, how traffickers recruit and what you can do to stop it.
When: Thursday, Jan. 7
Time: 7PM-8:30pm
Social Media Predators: What Parents Need to Know About Online Human Traffickers
Human Trafficking is hard to identify because it doesn't happen in public, but more often behind computer screens and social media. During the JLB's Internet Safety Training, Renee Abrams will educate attendees on the dangers of social media with trafficking. She'll also show how parents can monitor their children's online activity to protect them from predators. Renee is the School Safety Manager from Bark, a parental control phone monitoring app designed to help keep kids safer online.
When: Tuesday, Jan. 19
Time: 12-1PM
Truckers Against Trafficking and the Junior League of Birmingham Present: Be the Voice to Help End Human Trafficking
A trafficking survivor, as well as a panel of those who've witnessed trafficking first hand, will focus on how everyone can be part of the solution to this multi-billion dollar crime operation.
Panelists for this event include Lt. Darren Beams of the Tuscaloosa Police Department and West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force; Audrey Jordan, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama; Dixie Shannon, Survivor and Certified Recovery Support Specialist; Julia Meyers, JLB Anti-Human Trafficking Committee Chair; and Susan Dold with Truckers Against Trafficking.
Raising awareness throughout the state
Last year, January was officially declared Human Trafficking Awareness Month at a Birmingham City Council meeting thanks to the support from the JLB. Photo via Junior League of Birmingham (taken in 2019)
Through JLB's work, they're encouraging sister Leagues across the state, like Huntsville and Montgomery, to become involved in the anti-human trafficking campaign.
JLB believes that by partnering with other Leagues to help promote these online events and encouraging those Leagues to help execute End It Alabama's "Human Trafficking Awareness Month" proclamations in their cities, there's hope the program will extend throughout the state.
"Ending human trafficking will require working together on a community-wide response, and The Junior League of Birmingham is committed to bringing awareness to this issue in any and every way possible."
Toni Leeth, President, Junior League of Birmingham
The JLB Anti-Human Trafficking committee will take its expertise further into the state when they attend the END IT Alabama Summit on Jan. 28-29. The organization is a project of the Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force, combating all aspects of human trafficking and pursuing strategies to create awareness and end the demand for human trafficking.
You can help end human trafficking today. Register for these events and find out more information through the JLB's website and follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
Irene Richardson
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Best Rock Drummer - Rhythm Readers Poll 2005
Well done on another victory in the Rock Drummer category...
Thank you to everyone, it's awesome to keep winning. I'm very flattered that people enjoy what I do, but I feel slightly sheepish and undeserving at the same time, considering how many great drummers there are out there.
Who would you have voted for?
Jon Theodore from Mars Volta is definitely one of the best around and Roger Taylor, who's playing again, is still one of my favourite rock drummers of all time. Fab Moretti also deserves some love...The Strokes' new album is going to blow you away and he has really stepped things up this time round with some amazing and very interesting drum parts.
You're out on the road at the moment - everything going well?
It's going great. I'm especially enjoying the tour now because we are able to play longer shows, which means we can fit more new songs into the set and still play all the old songs people want to hear, which is really important to us. We are not one of those bands who take themselves so seriously that they will only play songs from the new album.
This tour has seen you step out from behind the drum kit to sing and play guitar on the song you wrote on In Your Honour, "Cold Day in the Sun".
It's a fun and very lighthearted part of the set and Dave gets to go back and play the drums, which people really enjoy. I'm awful at guitar though - I can write songs on one, but I can't run around on stage and play!
2006 is set to be another exciting year for you with the release of the Coattail Riders debut record. Are you going to do any live shows with the trio?
At this point there is nothing planned, but i hope so. I'll play drums and sing - I don't want to go to the front of the stage and be the front guy. As we are a trio the shows will be more broken down from the record and we'll be stretching stuff out. More of a Cream template, you know? It might sound corny but it's all about the music, and this band gives me the chance to do stuff - like odd time things - that just aren't called for in the Foo Fighters.
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Adventure, goofiness and trail snacks: Stories from the dog musher's journal
Via Blair Braverman
Shannon Henry Kleiber
Mark Riechers
Dogsledders Blair Braverman and Quince Mountain have built an outdoor adventure life in the Northwoods, where they train teams of dogs to race. But for the husband-and-wife team, the pack is also part of their family. It's about the mushing, but also the profound dog-human connection. The two have developed a shared language with their dogs.
Braverman and Mountain have each raced in the Iditarod in Alaska, and individually appeared on the survival show, "Naked and Afraid." The pair create community wherever they go, from their ardent Twitter followers to fellow mushers who, with their dogs, feel the call of the wilderness. They have a new book out, "Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life."
"To the Best of Our Knowledge" producer Mark Riechers spent the day at a dog sled race with Braverman and Mountain, and producer Shannon Henry Kleiber followed up with an interview.
This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Shannon Henry Kleiber: Can you name a few of the dogs and give me some of their personality traits?
Blair Braverman: Well, we have a couple lead dogs, but our senior leader is Pepé.
Quince Mountain: Slash matriarch.
BB: Slash matriarch, slash practically like another musher on this team based on how much she has authority and decides how things are going to go. And Pepé is so smart.
QM: If she could type, she would have spreadsheets. She would have reading glasses. We would just defer to her for all the executive team decisions.
BB: I wish she could manage my whole life for me.
Blair rides a scooter during a dryland autumn event in October 2021. Mark Riechers (TTBOOK)
SHK: Wow, that's incredible. And so, who's behind her?
BB: She has her kids who are now 5 (years old). Clem and Spike and Willow. And they are very chill. She has very chill children. None of them have quite her confidence and leadership instinct. But they're very agreeable, and they just are happy and want to go where she goes.
Sometimes she gets a little impatient with them if they're next to her because nobody is thinking at her level, and then she'll make sure they're listening to her and respecting her.
Pepé gets busted acting like a puppy. Blair Braverman
QM: I mean, it'd be like being Beyoncé's kids or something. Maybe they're really good at singing, but you know, they're not mom.
Pepé has yet to meet a new trail she doesn't love, but we always ask for her opinion anyway. pic.twitter.com/mF9999y9Ey
— Blair Braverman (@BlairBraverman) January 2, 2022
BB: Spike is super steady. Clem is the most well-adjusted dog I've ever met, the most well-adjusted creature I've ever met. He just is always positive and calm in every single situation. And if I'm not feeling positive and calm, I can just go over and be next to him. And he's like a therapist, just being in the same space as him.
SHK: I love the litter name themes. Is that a thing in the musher world or your invention?
QM: The litter themes are a convention in the mushing community, and it's also how mushers pass time. When we're on road trips, we'll be driving, and we'll be like, "OK, basketball players! What would be the names? Oh, Kobe, Curry, you know." Pepé's kids — we talked about Buffy and Willow and Spike and Clem. Those are from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Clem and Willow in between bikejorning events. Blair Braverman
Leap has some summer fun. Blair Braverman
SHK: How do you train the dogs to be competitive or can you? And is there a training philosophy that you both have?
BB: They are more competitive than we are.
If our dogs see another dog team, they will want to pass the other dog team, and they will be upset if the other dog team passes them. And we're like, "It's OK, we're in fresh snow! Like, let the other team break trail for a while." And they'll be like, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We break trail. We are in front." Especially Pepé in particular. She cannot stand being passed. She will body block, run into them with her shoulder and cut them off so that nobody goes faster than she does.
Quince gets a boop on the snoot. Mark Riechers (TTBOOK)
SHK: Yeah, it seems like they love it too, though. And am I projecting that? It seems that they love what they do so much. Is this work to them or fun or both?
BB: Once someone has seen sled dogs in action, there's no question you can just see the excitement that they have and the drive they have to run.
If you have never been lucky enough to see sled dogs in person, then the thing I can compare it to is like a retriever chasing a tennis ball. I grew up with a retriever, and we could pick up a tennis ball, and she would lose her mind with excitement. You could throw that tennis ball again and again and again. You could throw it for hours, and she would just never, ever, ever get bored.
And that is the kind of energy that these dogs bring to running. It's the same kind of instinctive drive to do this thing that makes us feel fulfilled, and you get a whole team together who has that kind of energy. And it's completely addictive because you're traveling with dogs who are doing the thing they love most in the world.
Dora and Pepé on the trail. Blair Braverman
Blair with one of the dogs on the trail. Blair Braverman
SHK: Blair and Quince, you both raced a team in the Iditarod, and I wanted to ask you each to tell me a story from that experience — something that happened or something you felt during that time.
BB: The thing about (the) Iditarod is that it's the most famous dog sled race, but it's not the only one. There are so many wonderful community events, but of course, the Iditarod is the biggest name and one of the oldest. So it was something I knew about before I even knew about sled dogs, really. I had read books about the Iditarod, and there are these legendary places along the trail, like there's something called the Dalzell Gorge, which is basically you come down from a mountain following this creek that has created a gorge down the side. And it's just terrifying. And you're just zigzagging across this incredibly steep series of waterfalls, practically over ice bridges. It's ridiculous.
QM: What's that game where the ball bounces around between things?
BB: Pinball, it feels like that. It was so much worse than I had imagined. But Pepé, our leader with such confidence, just took on this trail and very deftly was taking all these turns and leading the other dogs exactly where they needed to go.
And all I could think again and again as I held on and hoped I wouldn't go flying off into space was, "Pepé is leading us through the gorge. Pepé is leading us through the gorge." I am in her paws, so to speak. We were all under her responsibility, so that was what blew my mind the most.
QM: It's quite a contrast to have the time when you become anxious also be sometimes when the dogs are most excited and have a pick-up of joy. But then afterward, once we get through that obstacle, I can appreciate it and be like, "Alright, you guys, that was totally fun."
BB: But then there are moments when the dogs might be nervous, but you're not at all.
If you have to go through a tunnel or an underpass or something, they will be like, "What is this? Why is there a tunnel?" And you'll be like, "OK, let me walk with you, and it'll be OK." And they're like, "All right, we trust you, but we do not like this tunnel."
So the moments when you lean on each other are different. They lean on you sometimes, and you lean on them at other times.
Jenga leaning on a teammate. Blair Braverman
SHK: Is it body language? Is that what kind of language you are using?
BB: Well, usually the dogs are looking forward when they're running, so they can't see your body language, but they can feel your mood and your energy, and you're talking to them. And often you'll find people who have been mushers for a long time will stay very calm, even in stressful situations. They radiate calm because the dogs are going to copy your energy. Like there's a big moose or a wolf on the trail, and you learn to just be like, "OK, guys, all right."
QM: And sometimes there's an animal that humans might be worried about, like a wolf. Blair and I will each be on a sled and be like, "Did we just mush past a huge black wolf 10 yards away next to us for a while? Oh, I guess so."
BB: Yeah, did that wolf run beside us and none of the dogs cared? And then if you see a deer, they're like, "Let us eat it, let us eat it, let us eat it."
QM: If it's a small animal like a mouse or something, they usually just consider it a trail snack and move on.
SHK: You have so much joy and so much happiness with these dogs. Has there been a hardest moment that you had to get through with them?
BB: The hardest moment of having sled dogs is the hardest moment of having dogs in general and loving dogs, which is that their lives are shorter than ours. And so sometimes we have to say goodbye. That's the grief of loving animals whose lives are shorter than ours.
Something that is beautiful about having a dog team is that you can see the other dogs on the team mirroring the behavior and the movements and the instincts of dogs who have not been there in a while. When we first got into mushing, we had a dog named Trace who came to us. He was incredible — and then he developed lymphoma. I think we'd only had him for months, but we loved him so much, and he passed away shortly after that.
There was this one driveway that Trace loved every time we ran past it, and none of the other dogs cared. But Trace loved this driveway. He was fascinated by it, and he would always look over his shoulder and be staring at it when we went by. And after he passed, I'd notice other dogs would look at that driveway — some young dogs look there, and it's just this one inconspicuous spot. But it feels like they sort of learned like there was a dog who thought this was important, so they keep an eye on it.
SHK: That's a beautiful way of remembering the dog.
BB: It is, and it does feel like, I mean, this is getting a lot bigger, but it makes me think that that's how human lives work, too. And we just don't have long enough lifespans to see it. You know, we shape our community. And then as it continues to evolve, the impacts of the people who are there are still making ripples.
SHK: There's something about what you do with this community that I guess I want to say is inclusive because it's about you and your dogs, but it's about more than you and your dogs.
BB: There are artists who make art about the dogs, and there are incredible people who have created jokes that are hilarious. They make me laugh all the time.
QM: It feels like people are never alone. Because if one person is struggling with something personally, a surgery or divorce or something, there's 20 other people online on a given evening who will support them.
BB: The humans who follow the dogs really feel like a part of this team and are so kind and incredible.
When I was in the Iditarod, I started coming into villages and people would hug me and I didn't know what was going on. I thought, "I'm really sleep-deprived because I have no idea what's happening." And it was because fans of the team had organized to raise money for schools in all the villages we passed through and raised over $100,000 that year. And this has continued every single year since then for not just the Iditarod, but other races in that area.
And so just the kindness, I feel like cool people are letting me hang out with them because the dogs are cool.
To All The Dogs We've Loved
Blair Braverman
Dogsledder and Writer
blairbraverman.com
Quince Mountain
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life
Outside Magazine: "My Dog Is Getting Older. How Do I Prepare for the Loss of My Best Friend?"
Outside Magazine: "Everything on 'Naked and Afraid' Is Real—and I Lived It"
This piece also ran on WPR.org
Anne Strainchamps


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Former All-Pros Buying into Heinicke and the Team's Ceiling | Washington Commander
Although Commanders QB Taylor Heinicke had 2 lost fumbles in the pivotal loss vs New York, he still managed to keep his team in the game until the end. The bogus penalty on Terry McLaurin, which took Brian Robinson's TD off the board was a back breaker and the obvious no-calls were just too much to over come in the end.
There is no question that Washington could help Heinicke's cause by feeding Robinson and Gibson the ball more often, especially in the red zone. The Commanders signal caller went 17/29 for 249 passing yards and 1 TD with a 98.2 QB rating against New York, which are decent numbers. He also ran 3 times for 33 yards (11.0 yards per carry).
In a close game though, opportunities were there for the quarterback. Unfortunately issues with lagging play development have persisted and Heinicke's inability to read the field/pass rush at times are ongoing. Not to say the o-line's pass pro issues aren't a huge problem, but Heinicke has to be more aware, as does his offensive coordinator who continues to put him in difficult situations.
Despite all this, Heinicke has the faith of the locker room and now it seems that a few former All-Pros also believe in what Heikcike brings to the table.
Heinicke understands that getting the ball to his playmakers is imperative and was evident with his 12 targets vs the Giants to McLauirn (105 yards) and rookie Jahan Dotson (70 yards 1 TD).
For anybody to believe that Heinicke and Washington could be Super Bowl contenders, let alone make the playoffs was certainly music to fans' ears.
The o-line has been at the center of a lot of breakdowns in the passing game, but Heinicke will have an opportunity to redeem himself vs the 49'ers on Saturday afternoon.
Although the media has discussed a potential short leash for Heinicke in favor of Carson Wentz, it seems unlikely that Rivera will make the change based on his history as a head coach.
It's refreshing to see the media outside of the DMV have positive conversations about about Washington, but Heinicke will have to be at his best with help from the run game and his o-line to keep their playoff hopes alive.