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Floyd Collins-Legendary Spelunker. PART I
September 4, 2019 September 4, 2019 Alan E. Hunter- Irvington
The author at the cave entrance with a Floyd Collins Crystal Cave brochure from the Era.
Original publish date: August 22, 2019
Last month Rhonda and I once again traveled the route of the World's Longest Yard Sale along Highway 127 in Kentucky and Tennessee. Once again we started just south of Cincinnati and made our way to Crossville Tennessee. We set out on Wednesday morning and by Friday morning we had had enough. It has been our experience that after noon on Friday it becomes a frustrating route of diminishing returns. Traffic slows to a crawl, parking becomes a problem and our patience becomes frayed like an old pair of blue jean cut offs. Don't even get me started on Saturday. You're a better man than me if you can survive a Saturday on the 127.
So this year we decided to veer off to Cave City, Kentucky on Friday afternoon and chase the ghost of old Floyd Collins. I've always found myself drawn to antiheroes. The men and women who manage to achieve notoriety and great things while orbiting around the fringe of establishment. Some of these personalities seem to be predestined for greatness while others seem to succeed in spite of themselves. Not to be confused with an underdog, an antihero is often doomed to be critiqued (and sometimes ostracized) by people whose achievements would never stack up over a lifetime.
Floyd Collins is one of those people. Collins was long, lean, logical and legendary. He remains history's most famous spelunker. Not only because of the way he lived, but also because of the way he died. William Floyd Collins was born on July 20, 1887 in Auburn, Kentucky. He was the third child of Leonidas Collins and Martha Jane Burnett. Collins had five brothers and two sisters, including another brother named Floyd. Which was not uncommon for the time as frontier families often feared that a child might not survive to adulthood.
Central Kentucky, nestled firmly in America's limestone belt, is not the best for farming. The soil is poor and thin and the bluegrass it produces is best for livestock grazing rather than crop production. However it does produce some of the best caves in the world.
Floyd's Central Kentucky home rested smack dab in the middle of a region riddled by hundreds of miles of interconnected caverns, most notable of which is Mammoth Cave National Park, the longest cave system in the world. Mammoth Cave became an unlikely tourist attraction after the War of 1812 when British soldiers ventured into it. Soon several other caves opened to serve the adventure seeking tourist. At that time the region represented the far westernmost frontier and a trip to an underground cave system was the capstone to a thrill seeking adventure. The roads, little more than livestock paths back then, were in rough shape and accommodations were scant. Eventually a train was put in that would stop at the various caves and a series of grand hotels were constructed.
The biggest business in the area was Mammoth Cave, but there were others: Great Onyx Cave, Colossal Cavern, Great Crystal Cave, Dorsey Cave, Salt Cave, Indian Cave, Parlor Cave, Diamond Cave, and Doyles Cave. These holes were all owned and operated by men who charged admission to the visiting tourists who were more than happy to pay for the privilege. At the center of it all was Cave City. Here was the depot that brought wealthy visitors in on the hour, all hungry for adventure. And Cave City residents were more than happy to assist these gullible visitors by relieving them of their cash. As we will see later in this article, not much has changed in 200 years.
From his earliest days, Collins spent his time crouching, crawling and slithering on his belly through holes that a groundhog would find challenging to navigate. Floyd learned early that "there was money in them-there holes." Floyd spent his time through those damp, dark holes collecting arrowheads, "Tommyhawks" and moccasins to sell to the visitors by the pocketful. In time, visiting professors from American colleges and universities discovered the young spelunker's talent for acquisition and offered good sums of money for any Native American Indian artifact that Floyd would send them. Some of Floyd's discoveries can be found in the Chicago Field Museum to this day. Floyd was particularly active in the wintertime. He would walk for miles up and down the bluegrass hills looking for telltale puffs of smoke rising from the ground. Floyd knew it was steam rising from an underground passage that just might lead to the next great cave.
Floyd, a loner, would often disappear into the underground mazes for hours to explore cracks, crevices and sink-holes, only to unexpectedly pop up in a field or woodlot several miles from his point of entry. Collins usually took along a lantern, a can or two of beans, 70 feet of rope, and a compass on those solitary expeditions. The compass wasn't to guide him, he claimed, but instead was a good luck charm. Although known as history's greatest spelunker, Collins broke every rule of caving. He always traveled alone, never told anyone where he was going, always covered his tracks, often caved at night and followed water and, to his ultimate doom, to Floyd every discovery was kept a closely guarded secret.
Collins first tasted celebrity when he discovered Crystal Cave in 1917 when he discovered Crystal Cave (now part of the Flint Ridge Cave System of the Mammoth Cave National Park). Twenty-seven year old Collins had chased a ground hog down a hole on his father's farm. The hole turned out to be a passage to a large cavern Floyd called "White Crystal Cave". He owned one half and his father owned the other. They went into business, selling options on the cave to a neighbor named Johnny Gerald who'd made a little money buying and selling tobacco. Johnny and Floyd took turns; one of them stood on the side of the road and tried to talk the tourists inside; the other guided them through the cave's.
The pair worked unceasingly and spent every dime they had to open their new White Crystal Cave and make it accessible to visitors. It was Floyd who came up with the colorful names for the interior cave formations designed to dazzle visitors. In the decade after World War I, many generations of cavers followed Floyd down the Valley of Decision to the Devil's Kitchen, left though the Gypsum Route to the Scotchman's Trap to where the cave REALLY begins, eventually leading through the bowels of Flint Ridge to the surrounding caves. Floyd's tour led his guests down Grand Canyon Avenue to see Nanny Ramsey's Flower Garden of gypsum crystals and, much to the dismay of its owners, Floyd's route eventually connected to Mammoth Cave.
Soon the Collins family found themselves smack dab in the middle of the "Cave Wars" of the early 1920s, where Central Kentucky cave owners and explorers entered into a bitter competition to exploit the bounty of caves for commercial profit. Trouble was, Crystal Cave was the last cave on the road from Cave City. By the time tourists discovered it, they were out of money and interest. During the Cave War years, cave owners competed bitterly among each other in order to bring in visitors. The most common tactic was to deploy a man, referred to as a "capper", who would suddenly rush out of the bushes, hop onto your car's running board along the rugged road out to Mammoth to excitedly inform you that Mammoth had collapsed or was under quarantine from Consumption (now known as Tuberculosis) and would persuade you to visit their cave instead.
During the Cave Wars era, if someone finds an entrance to your cave on their property there was nothing to prevent them from exploiting that entrance and making money off of your find. So Floyd, who's Crystal Cave was the back door entrance to Mammoth, was constantly on the lookout for an undiscovered "new front door" to Mammoth Cave. In the winter of 1925 Floyd decided to take a gamble on an overhanging sandstone ledge that contained a small, already known cave on the property of Bee Doyle. The site would be the first cave tourists would see on the road to Mammoth from Cave City. Collins and Doyle had agreed that, if a new entrance could be found, they would split the profits 50/50.
The author at the cave's mouth with a Floyd Collins Crystal Cave brochure from the Era.
On January 30, 1925, true to form, ventured alone into "Sand Cave" in search of that new entrance. Floyd had known of this spot since his childhood days and had already done some preliminary work with a stick of dynamite to dislodge a couple of huge precariously perched boulders that guarded the entrance. The Sand Cave site is nestled in a wooded surrounding, hidden by sandstone ledges of overhanging rock, each sheltering a crescent-shaped spot. The constant dripping of water leeching through the sandstone keeps the moist soil cool and plantless. That day, Floyd, with rope and lantern, entered the tight, mud-lined passage alone and unnoticed. The 150 foot claustrophobic mud slick tube could only be slithered through in most spots, with little room to crawl, let alone sit up or stand. It was absolute darkness and the damp, rock-strewn passage turned, narrowed or switched back underneath itself, and at times, Floyd, unable to turn around, was forced to wriggle upside down to traverse its depths.
Floyd Collins' Sand Cave Entrance today.
Floyd had been down this far before, having earlier removed some large stones and other obstructions that revealed a 10-foot-long chute so tight and steeply sloped, that Floyd knew he had to drop into it feet first for risk of being unable to push himself up and backward to a turnaround spot. Floyd dropped down the chute, where, at the bottom he worked his hobnailed boots into a narrow crevice, referred to as a "pinch" by cavers, met the chute horizontally at 90 degrees. Collins believed this spot to be the final secret link into a much larger cavern below, as he could feel the cave winds blow as he inched his feet farther into it. The coffin like crevice rose only about six inches above Floyd's chest, tight on each side, and perhaps ten feet long before it opened onto a wide ledge overlooking a 60-foot drop.
Floyd was encased under a 4′ x 4′ square, two ton block of solid limestone ceiling, the sidewalls of the tunnel were composed of loose stones, pebbles, sand and mud. Floyd was careful to avoid bumping or displacing anything likely to cause a collapse. Collins made it through, muddy, soaked and sweating, after leaving his securely attached rope for a future trip into the 60-foot precipice he had yet to see. He wriggled head first back into the tight gravelly crevice leading to the steep, serpentine chute he'd just come in by. Pushing the kerosene lantern ahead of him as far as he could, he would then twist and squirm, shrugging ahead inch by inch till reaching the lantern before repeating the pattern by pushing ahead. Suddenly, Floyd's lantern fell over, broke and went out.
Normally, the cave-savvy Floyd would take it in stride, but this development was unnerving. On his way into the tight pinch Floyd had noticed a peculiar hanging stone and had been particularly careful not to disturb it. Now, while he "crawfished" backward in the dark, his knee dislodged the 27-pound rock which dropped, wedging his left foot into v-shaped groove in the floor of the passage like a guillotine. His progress halted, Floyd lay on his back, tilted to his left at a 45 degree angle, his arms pinned down to his sides, and a solid limestone block five inches above his face. With lime water dripping maddeningly onto his face, Floyd discovered that the more he struggled, the more loose stone and dirt settled around him. Soon he was frozen in place. Floyd Collins was trapped in a narrow crawlway, 55 feet underground, and to make matters worse, no one knew he was there.
The author with an original Floyd Collins cave car window decal and aerial pennant.
Next Week- Part II- Floyd Collins-Legendary Spelunker
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Pedestrian struck, killed in Desert Hot Springs crash
A pedestrian was hit and killed in a collision Wednesday night in Desert Hot Springs.
The crash happened at the intersection of Indian Canyon Drive and Thomas Avenue at about 8:05 p.m. and involved a pedestrian and one vehicle, a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said. The pedestrian has not yet been identified.
Authorities closed off Indian Canyon south of Thomas Avenue for about two hours after the collision, the California Highway Patrol said.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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APR is also known as the Annual Percentage Rate of the card. This annual rate is divided in 12 months to come up with a monthly interest rate for your card each time you leave off balances. Although commonly, you will see the monthly interest rate of the credit card, companies are obliged to reveal the APR of every credit card.
Different companies have different APR that is why people are looking for companies who offer the lowest ones. Although most of the low APRs are seen in the promotional offers, it is best to look into the terms and conditions as well to know the period of the promo and how much is the regular APR after the promo period.
It is also best to see if the company offers fixed APR or variable APR. Each type has its own advantage for cardholders. Fixed means consistent rate throughout a year while variable changes every time the rate from Treasury bill or prime rate changes, whether high or low.
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Is the APR fixed or variable? You can expect a fluctuating interest payment every month if you choose variable APR.
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Are there other charges and fees related in the credit card? With this data, you will know how much you need to cash out to settle your credit card at the end of the month.
It pays to shop around for the credit card that can give you high advantage. You just have to take time and effort to compare and contrast the offer. Remember to look deeper into the information instead of looking at the marketing offer alone.
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Alex Majoli
At the age of fifteen, Alex Majoli joined the F45 photo agency in Ravenna, Italy, and he graduated from the city's art Institute in 1991. While in art school, Majoli became a member of Grazia Neri Agency and traveled to Yugoslavia to document the ongoing political conflict.
In 1995, Majoli published his first book documenting the patients in a mental hospital that was formerly used as a military hospital in Leros, Greece. That same year he traveled to Brazil where he started the project Tudo Bom. In this he visualizes the darker side of a complex society where daily life is often shaped by hardship and violence. Majoli has been working on this project for twenty years. The series Hotel Marinum that Majoli started in 1998 documents life in harbor cities around the world and was inspired by his life growing up in the port of Ravenna. Majoli has been a member of Magnum Photos since 2001 and has worked on assignment for a variety of publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, The New Yorker, and National Geographic.
Majoli has been inspired by the theories of the Sicilian playwright Luigi Pirandello, who believed there is a thin line between theater and real life and that people take on a role in their daily lives. Over the years, the photographer has examined this philosophy more fully. Majoli does not aspire to document reality. Rather, in his more personal projects, he explores this idea of people as actors in their own lives. In his most recent work, he uses powerful strobe lights to make his subjects aware of the roles they play the scene that he records. The result is cinematic; the dark surroundings of a scene highlight powerful human emotions.


The Kinks have decided to try and create new material, and the stipulation from Ray and Dave Davies is, they will not tour or play live without new material.
It has become commonplace to watch people sell out. The taboo on using music in ads has disappeared and no one faults a corporate rock band for being corporation-friendly anymore. The Red Hot Chili Peppers can appear at the Super Bowl and play instruments that aren't even plugged in and no one bats an eye. Things are very different now, and I don't know if the Davies brothers can reconcile what the music industry is like now with what they want to do.
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A Workout for St. Jude event at Precision Fitness in Somerset raised $2,030. The funds are for St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital, the premier center for the research and treatment of childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. ?St. Jude is the leader in the fight against catastrophic childhood diseases such as leukemia, brain tumors and sickle cell disease,? said Suzanne Greenleaf, coordinator of the event. ?It is amazing to see that even with tough times in the country, the people of Somerset pulled together to show their support for the St. Jude mission of finding cures and saving children from across the country and around the world.
Pa. gym where shootings occurred to reopen Sat.
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) ? A Pittsburgh-area health club where a gunman killed three women and wounded nine others before shooting himself will reopen to members only on Saturday, and the general public on Monday. The Web site of the LA Fitness center in Collier Township also thanks the community for its support since 48-year-old George Sodini opened fire on Aug. 4. The club has been closed since the shootings which killed 37-year-old Jody Billingsley, of Mount Lebanon; 49-year-old Elizabeth Gannon, of Green Tree; and 46-year-old Heidi Overmier, of Carnegie.
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? The Allegheny County Medical Examiner is staying mum on the gunman who committed suicide moments after fatally shooting three women and wounding nine others at a Pittsburgh-area health club last week. Dr. Karl Williams says he has the discretion to release only public record information, and is doing only that at the request of 48-year-old George Sodini?s family. Williams has ruled Sodini?s death a suicide, caused by a single gunshot wound to the head on Aug. 4 at the L.A. Fitness center in Collier Township.
PHILADELPHIA ? Say it ain?t so, Joe! Former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Frazier?s landmark gym in North Philadelphia is up for sale. The price: $2.4 million. ?A chance to own a piece of history,? says the listing from broker Lisa Coakley of Washington, D.C. Coakley said she was told that Frazier, 64, was ?retiring from boxing,? according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. But Frazier?s manager, Les Wolff, said Frazier is not retiring. Selling the building was only one option, Wolff said, adding that Frazier would consider a joint venture with a developer to refurbish the gym. The gym, a former ballroom that is more than a century old, has trained aspiring boxers for four decades.
Somerset Christian Day Care toddlers are taking a stroll in the gym with infant Chelsey Fickes in her stroller. There are now openings for newborns to infants available at this time. Anyone interested should call 443-1960. From left are: Jared Peck, Rose Chan, Jill Knupp, Ellie Esterline, Carter Atchison, Mathew Powell and Beth Knupp.
Winter is here! I know the calendar says winter doesn?t officially arrive until Dec. 21, but in Meyersdale apparently it has already arrived. I started back to the gym. I?ve been working out in the gym during the winter months for more than 10 years. I take off mid-spring through mid-fall to be outside. Swimming, mowing the grass, walking around town with ice cream in my hand is so much more fun than walking on a tread mill or riding on an exercise bike inside. So, I am absent among the gym crowd during the summer.
Your Name: Lori Bolt Team name: Daily American What has been your biggest challenge? Keeping up with things at home because I?m spending time at the gym. What has been the easiest change? Shopping for new smaller clothing! What has been your favorite exercise? Riding the bike at the gym. Do you have a new favorite recipe? Strawberry Vinaigrette, you can find the recipe by logging on to the Biggest Loser contest on the Daily American?
The Berlin Brothersvalley Young Farmer Class will have a Pesticide Update meeting starting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, in the Berlin Brothersvalley elementary gym. Individuals attending this class will receive two category and two core credits applied towards their private pesticide license. Dwight Lingenfelter from Penn State University will be speaking on current weed management issues. Christine Becker from Fayette County Extension will be doing pesticide safety topics.
Oscar Cashaw's dream is becoming reality. A former trainer at the YMCA in Johnstown, Cashaw finally has his own gym large enough to accomodate his ambitious plans for fitness, boxing, MMA, track and children's programs. "Our philosophy is we like to engage the entire family," Cashaw said. "Not everyone's coming down here to do the same thing." Cashaw's newest gym, Fitness, Weight and Aerobics Gym. opened last month in the old employment building at 200 Lincoln St. in downtown Johnstown.
Ground was broken Monday morning for a 2,100-square-foot expansion at Meadow View Nursing Center. The new building will house an expanded physical therapy gym and is expected to open this fall. The addition is located along Hay Street in Berlin. Site administrator Tammy Leister said the increased space will allow for more equipment and more therapists. "We've outgrown our old space," she said. "This will allow for updated equipment." The rehab program is run by RehabCare, a company owned by Kindred Healthcare Group in Louisville, Ky. Leister said the company has already begun increasing staff and plans to add additional staff for the new facility.
Salisbury As someone who does not like gym in general, I don't believe gym class should be mandatory. Sure, having a health class is reasonable because it teaches students about the dangers of obesity and unhealthy lifestyles, but why require more? A health class can tell the students the consequences of not exercising, but it should be the student's decision if they want to proceed with unhealthy or healthy life choices. School is about preparing youth to make their own decisions and to be ready for adulthood.
Windber Borough Council acted Tuesday on a potential contract that would keep the gymnasium at the Windber Community Building heated through the winter. But council will first wait for a financial contribution from the Windber Municipal Authority. Council unanimously approved an $84,600 contract for Darr Construction to replace the HVAC unit at the building. The deal, however, is contingent upon a 15 percent commitment from the municipal authority. "Their total contribution to the project would be $14,315" after including the engineering costs, council President Anthony Turcato said.
At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, many people watched the famed "ball" drop and made their resolutions for the New Year. Already, by the second week of January many of these resolutions are shattered and broken as people cheat on their diet, let a cuss word slip out of their mouth, or hit the snooze on their alarm clock a few extra times. Many other people did not even bother to make resolutions and have brought their bad habits into the New Year. I've never been one to make New Year's resolutions, because I don't see the point in making a promise that is usually broken in only a few weeks.
Pink decorations, pink t-shirts, and kids running around with pink streaks in their hair were just a few of the sights you could have witnessed if you attended The Power of Pink Fundraiser for breast cancer awareness at Windber Area High School this past month. The event was held in January. It all kicked off with the start of the Hi-Y No-Stars game. There was something to suit almost anyone that attended, including a 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the main gym, a volleyball tournament in the auxiliary gym, and a dance with refreshments in the cafeteria.
As the new year approaches some people may still be deciding on the perfect resolution. Some people may look to the old standbys - quitting smoking, losing weight and spending more time outdoors. Somerset Hospital spokesman Greg Chiappelli, said the largest class of their Stop Smoking Somerset class is right after the new year. ?It probably has to do with New Year?s resolutions,? he said. A new class is starting Monday, he added. ?We do offer them on a regular basis,?
After officially retiring from decades of running things, I decided that it was time to pursue my dream of living in a city. One thing was for certain, It would not be another year of watching TV. My first major decision revolved around finding the perfect place to live? Would it be in the heart of the city or on top of a mountain? The view won out and I moved to the mountain. Because it was still summertime, the pool was in use, and I noticed a type of diversity that I had not anticipated.


In a fun, well-written and informative new book penned by author Marianne C. Bohr, Gap Year Girl: A Baby Boomer Adventure Across 21 Countries recounts the story of the author and her husband as they said goodbye to their jobs and all of their worldly possessions in order to return to places they had visited on their travels in their youth. Following a dream held closely by many of the baby boomer generation, the couple traverses 21 continents during their journey, lives on a budget, and sees and does more than many do in several lifetimes. Readers will smile, laugh, and be touched at the author's recounting of their experiences, and if they didn't have wanderlust before, they certainly will now!
I so enjoyed Gap Year Girl: A Baby Boomer Adventure Across 21 Countries. Author Marianne C. Bohr has done a great job at finding the perfect balance between telling the story of their travels, providing information about each place they visited, and just being plain entertaining. Any reader with an interest in travel, especially those of the baby boomer generation, would thoroughly enjoy this book. I highly recommend Gap Year Girl: A Baby Boomer Adventure Across 21 Countries to any such reader. I certainly hope that author Marianne C. Bohr will continue with her traveling adventures and will continue writing about them. For those of us who find ourselves a bit landlocked at this time, reading books such as hers just might provide us with a little bit of wind in our sails!


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Riverwind is a 55-and-up adult community located near the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The 74-acre community features approximately 190 homes and includes a clubhouse, swimming pool and hot tub, community game room, horseshoe pits, a recreation area, and an RV parking area.
The community is in a beautiful country setting but provides easy access to the heart of Hendersonville, with plenty of parks, shops and restaurants. It is also conveniently located near US-64 that will take you to Brevard, which features a small town vibe and quaint boutiques and restaurants.
Riverwind is zoned for Etowah Elementary School, Rugby Middle School and West Henderson High School.


How fast is my browser?
For over 2 months users could control PCs in our office using their Twitter account and run real time speed tests to compare the top web browsers.
For this online campaign we had to get seriously physical by setting up an environment which included several PCs, webcams, projectors and other hardware.
Our setup would stream the browser speed tests live over the internet in real-time as they would happen. As this wasn't interactive enough we took it one step further; we enabled users to start their own test by sending a simple tweet. All you had to do was send the test as a tweet using your twitter account to #howfast. We would listen for your tweet and as soon as we receive it run the test.
The project required a microsite that would focus on the real time content, have a clear call to action, be funky enough to attract users and most importantly get them to run their own tests.
The outcome was a dimensional and futuristic control unit, very much representing the fact that this was a real time live feed from our office and YOU can control it! The entire site was a single page setup using HTML5 and Ajax to load content on demand. Users could see the latest stats, Twitter users and the live video stream. Every user that ran a test could participate in a prize draw and win a brand new laptop.
The result was a distinguished and fun campaign which led to hundreds of viral tweets each day over a period of 2 months.


Design and interactive firm Hornall Anderson were given the challenge of designing the global brand packaging for Microsoft's new software package Microsoft Office 2010.
MarketWatch.com is reporting that the project differed from normal ones because the company was asked to design the packaging and messaging for a new method of software installation called Office 2010 Product Key Cards (sans disc). These are used when purchased to activate the software which is pre-loaded on PCs.
The Hornall Anderson team had to do some in-depth research before the design phase could begin to fully understand how the consumer would react to the product key method over the usual software disc.
What the team achieved was a package with fewer words but a universally accepted approach with the box. Familiar visual cues and color-coding were used for the bundled Suite products. Click here for more on this article.


North San Diego SBDC: ATTENTION DVBE CONTRACTORS!!!
Sundt Construction, Inc. is seeking certified DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise) contractors for the upcoming Cal State University, Channel Island Student Housing Phase 3 & Dining Commons Expansion project.
This project entails two new student housing buildings totaling 600 beds and a 20,000 square feet and renovation/expansion of an existing dining commons.
This project is in Ventura County so they are specifically looking for subs who will go that far north or subs within the Santa Barbara, Ventura, LA, OC and San Luis Obispo Counties.
To be a potential bidder with Sundt Construction, Inc., subcontractors MUST be prequalified.


So you've got Thesis for your WordPress site (and if you haven't got Thesis yet go and check out Michael's excellent Thesis review to find out why you should) and you want to use a static homepage to give your visitors a consistent experience when they visit your site. The problem is that you really like the look of Thesis' teasers for showing updated links to your blog posts but Thesis doesn't give you an easy way to add teasers to your static homepage.
So what do you do? You are using Thesis after all. One of the most flexible frameworks available for WordPress. There must be an easy way to set up static homepage teasers using Thesis hooks. Right?
Not exactly. If you're looking for a simple line of code to tell Thesis, "Hey! Stick some blog post teasers over here on my static homepage!" then I'm afraid you're out of luck. But with a few dozen lines of code and a little bit of know-how, you can do exactly that.
We'll start by taking the code that Graywolf created for adding a Lifehacker-style carousel of your featured posts above your site's header. We're going to break this code down into its constituent parts and make a few simple tweaks so that we can use it to display these featured post teasers on your static homepage.
To start with, we'll take the first few lines from Michael's top_carousel function and rename it as home_carousel like so.
You'll notice that we've also set it so this function is only activated if the page being displayed is_front_page so that it will only appear on our site's homepage.
Next we're going to add in the "wrapper" that will contain our homepage teasers carousel so that we can add some visual styling using CSS once we're done. Once again, this is simply a case of taking Michael's original top_carousel code and changing the names to suit our new home_carousel instead. I've also added in extra line with a h2 title for the homepage teasers block which you can edit or remove completely as you see fit for your site.
Now we can use the exact same query from Michael's original top_carousel function to find our featured posts to display in our new home_carousel. If you prefer, you can change the query to look for a "featured" tag instead, but if you're already using the top_carousel to show posts from a "featured" category elsewhere on your site you might as well stick with the category query to find the posts for your homepage teasers as well. One change that we will make here is to only show the 3 most recent "featured" posts because we're going to put this in our content column and 3 posts will fit quite nicely, whereas 6 would take up too much space on our homepage.
Next up we're going to use the same code from the original top_carousel to define how to display the posts that our query just found.
Remember to change YOUR-DOMAIN to (you guessed it) your domain name and also check the rest of the path for where Thesis stores thumbnail images for your posts. If you're using the current version of Thesis, v1.8, and you've left it in the default directory then you can leave it with thesis_18 but you will have to remember to come back to your custom function and change it whenever you upgrade to a new version of Thesis.
Last, but not least, we need to remember to clear the div's that we've set for this function so that we can style it with CSS later. To do that we add the following line of code.
Now we put it all together and we get.
Now that you've put it all together just copy and paste your code into your Thesis custom_functions.php file and then add the following line to activate the function.
This tells Thesis to add your new homepage teaser carousel after any post content in your homepage's body but you can easily change this to move it to other places on your homepage. Check out the ever-useful Thesis Hooks Reference for a visual guide to which hooks go where.
Now that you're function is in place the only thing left to do is add some styling to it using your custom.css file.
For the sake of this example we're going to use the same CSS styling as Graywolf uses for his original top_carousel so that you can get a consistent look if you've just taken the sample code and used it on your site. The one addition I've made is the line that styles the h2 title element, making the font bold and centring the title within the homepage teasers box. If you're feeling adventurous it's very easy to make changes to Thesis' custom.css to update the look of your homepage teasers.
In the case of the example screenshot here I'm using a 2 column layout with Thesis, which has given me extra room to increase the showposts number from 3 to 4. I've also made some changes to the custom CSS to match the overall design of my site. One of the great things about Thesis is how easily you can experiment with design changes using the built in Custom File Editor, which is so much quicker than changing and FTPing updated files over and over until you're happy with the result.
Ken Jones is an Independent Online Marketing Consultant from Coventry in the UK who freely admits that he knows very little about programming, which is why he's such a big fan of Thesis because it makes it so easy for people like him to produce great looking websites. You can connect with Ken and follow his stream of consciousness Twitterings @TheKenJones.


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Android Messaging Joins The 21st Century
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Say bye to SMS. As of last week, Google finished rolling out RCS messaging on Android phones in the U.S.—meaning, it's available regardless of carrier in the country.
To recap, RCS, or Rich Communication Services, is a type of messaging protocol that does a hell of a lot more than basic SMS. For starters, it has an 8,000 character limit compared to SMS's 160, supports read receipts, and can use Wi-Fi to send messages. It's more like Apple's iMessage or more modern messaging apps like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger.
That said, RCS isn't exactly new. Google's been making waves about it replacing SMS since at least 2016. Unfortunately, carriers have been slow to roll out RCS as network and software updates are needed to make it work. A few months ago, Google said it was speeding up the process by directly letting users opt-in. At the time there wasn't a clear timeline, but everyone in the U.S. should be able to do so now. International users might have to wait a bit longer, depending on where they live.
Editor's Note: Stay tuned for news of an Australian roll-out.
To enable RCS, all phone users in eligible countries need to do is have the latest versions of the Google Messages app and Carrier Services. If RCS isn't enabled by default, then they should receive a "Do more with Messages" notification that will come with the option to toggle it on.
There are still a few caveats. While users will be able to reap the benefits of RCS, it only works if the person they're messaging also has RCS enabled. Similarly, RCS messages aren't end-to-end encrypted just yet, so if privacy is a major priority, users might be better off sticking with Signal or Telegram. Also, unlike Apple's iMessage, users can't sync their messages across multiple Android devices. That said, it's still light years better than SMS.
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Founded in 1998 with visions of a first class real estate office blending cutting edge technology and old fashioned personal service HomeStead Real Estate was born. In 2001 the first website was hatched. Through the years and having experienced several revisions, HomeStead has taken another step forward and separated our website into two entities: Real Estate Sales and Vacation Rentals.
After thoughtful research the name HomeSteadCapeMay.com was established for Real Estate Sales. We can now concentrate on developing pages more appropriate to the Real Estate industry. We've added a scrolling picture show of all of our listings on the home page, and a Sold Portfolio to show potential buyers that inventory is indeed moving here in Cape May County.
CapeMayShoreRentals.com was selected to showcase the Vacation Rentals. Several years ago we created a separate department for Rentals so we could focus our staff and energy to better serve clients and guests. A dedicated website became a natural evolution of this division. We've always tried to keep the rental pages easy to wander through; now we've eliminated the confusion of landing on inappropriate pages. Our new look reflects the beach with fun pictures to trigger memories of the Cape May experience, and/or inspire new ones.
Don't worry about the old domain name of HomeSteadRealEstate.net. It still works and will get you to the new sites. Both sites link back to each other so you'll never really lose us; if you find one, you can easily navigate to the other. And we've given our logo a fresh clean look to blend better with the beach – which is the main reason our visitors flock to the area.
So now our clients, customers, and guests have the best of both worlds. We're still at the same location on Broadway in West Cape May. We still service the Cape Mays and surrounding areas. We still advocate good old fashioned personal service. We just have separate websites for separate departments so we can concentrate on each relevant entity – and better serve our clients. If you're considering Buying or Selling your home, visit us at www.HomeSteadCapeMay.com. If you're looking for the perfect Vacation Rental, see us at www.CapeMayShoreRentals.com. Two new websites – for all your Real Estate needs!
January is coming to an end and the spring is just around the corner. NOW is the time to start preparing your home for the spring market. That's right preparing your home which entails the following list of tasks. Even if you complete the entire list below but you do not combine your efforts with the right price you will be sitting a very long time on the market. If you do not choose to listen to your Realtor by staging the home and pricing your home to sell then don't be mad or disappointed 6 months to a year later when your home has not sold. Preparing your home to sell and choosing the right professional to guide you through the process is more important than ever before.
2. Clean a SUPER DUPER cleaning – better than your best spring cleaning.
3. Clean the kitchen every inch. Remove everything off the counters with the exception of the coffee maker only. That's right everything off the counters. Remove any and all pictures or magnets on the outside of the refrigerator door. If your appliances are avocado green or mustard yellows it is time to replace them. You would be surprised the price difference you will receive if you replace the out dated Formica counters with granite. If the flooring is outdated it is time to replace that as well.
4. First impressions are lasting. Your front door MUST be shiny clean and freshly painted or replaced. A beautiful welcome mat and a fresh pot of pansies alongside the doorway or leading up the walkway. Replace the broken down mailbox with something fresh new and clean.
5. Curb appeal is so……..important. If I drive up with clients to the front of your home often times they will say no……just drive on we are not interested. The potential buyer needs to be excited from the moment they pull up out front. A brand new American Flag flying high and a nicely manicured lawn and manicured shrubs is imperative. NO junk in the yard, NONE!!
6. Beds Made – that's right everyday make your bed and if the bedspreads are old and worn out a trip to the linen outlet is a must.
7. Clean the Carpets – shampoo the rugs and clean and polish the hardwood floors. If the rugs are stretched out call a professional to fix them. Replace the carpet if necessary.
8. Prepare to Move by boxing up the extras and begin to store things in the attic or in a storage unit off premises. It is important that you make the home warm and inviting but devoid of clutter and collectables. If you are starting to pack now it won't be as overwhelming once the house is sold.
9. Bathrooms need to shine like a new penny. All new shower curtains and rugs are imperative! Add new modern fixtures and lighting to give your bathrooms a bright new appearance. New faucets and lights from Lowes or Home Depot are affordable and imperative to get your home sold quickly.
10. Lighting and lighting fixtures throughout your home need to be updated and or shining clean. If they are outdated, replace. Lighting should be bright and welcoming.
11. Curtains and Drapes need to be clean and less is best. Open up the house with lots of light shining in. A most often complaint from buyers is not enough light, too dark. Brighten up the house let the light shine in!!
12. Animal smells – this can be highly offensive to potential purchasers. Put the kitty litter away out of sight out of mind. Animal bowls, toys and cages out of sight. Do you want to sell your home? Then listen to your professional. Animals are often a huge turnoff. Clean up the yard; doggie diamonds must be removed daily. Have the animals out of the house for your showings. Some buyers will not even go past the front door if an animal is on the premises. Put your pets in the car and take them for a drive while the house is being shown.
13. Do not be home during a showing. I know you think that you will be able to assist in the showing of your home because you know it best but a good professional will insist that you not be home during showings. Buyers need to feel comfortable and need to be able to picture themselves in your house. They need to make an emotional connection without the owner following them from room to room. I just recently purchased a new home in Florida and the owner literally led the way from room to room standing in the doorway of each room pointing out its every feature. He talked to us from the moment we entered to the moment we left. We were never able to really get a good look. My Realtor even started to body block him and tried to keep him distracted in order for us to get a moment in peace but to no avail. Since I'm in the business I knew I needed to come back a second time and this time without the owner being home. I had my realtor make that request to the Sellers' Realtor; it was not well received by the Sellers but we insisted anyway. After our second showing without the home owner I was able to really envision myself and my things in this home. I was then able to make the decision to purchase. This well intentioned owner felt that he was insuring the sale by being home and informing his buyers of every detail. What he did not realize was that his overzealous showmanship had quite the opposite effect. That home was on the market for over a year and my suspicion is that it would have sold sooner and for perhaps a higher value had it not been for the owner showing his home for sale.
I have tried to give you as many helpful hints as possible and I can hear many of you saying oh my goodness is she kidding this is simply too much to do. I need you to know that I told you about my purchase experience but I also had to sell a home in Florida in order to purchase that new home. I listed my house in one of the toughest selling markets in the country in May only to get it sold to the very first buyer who looked. By June 10th we were at the closing table. There were four identical units for sale in our development similarly priced and unfortunately today they are all still for sale.
It was not a coincidence my home sold to a well qualified cash buyer in a timely manner. They went on to look at many homes but my house kept drawing them back. Do you want to know why? Remember the list above. That is why, because I had replaced the outdated kitchen counters, all the hardware throughout the cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms were updated, the old wallpaper was removed and the entire house interior was freshly painted throughout. My front door was replaced; the house was decorated with warm and inviting materials indicative of a beach house, the lighting fixtures were updated throughout, my garden beds were mulched and filled with fresh plantings. I had wonderful soft music playing throughout the house and all the lamps were on in the house and lights were lit throughout. Our home was immaculate shining from head to toe and we left the house prior to the showing allowing for them to arrive in comfort and we made it as easy as possible for the Realtor. We had a lockbox on our front door allowing ease of access. Most importantly we were nowhere around allowing the potential buyers to make a true emotional connection. We staged the house allowing for the experience that every buyer wants.
Do you want to sell your home in a timely manner? The first two weeks of a showing are the most important. Price it right which means competitively. Stage your home; hire a professional. Follow my suggestions and you too can be in your new home in no time.
Finishing up the year 2010 brings my reflection on the Real Estate Market in general. We have been on a downward spiral after an over inflated few years of what some would remember as a real estate frenzy. Ever since the close of 2005 real estate has become more and more difficult to buy and to sell. Being overly qualified is a necessity for those looking to purchase. No longer available is the stated income, no doc loans that were so prevalent. People were buying beyond their means with their hopes filled with "speculation" of the market bubble never bursting.
Now in the end of 2010 we have seen this year prove that inventory is high and interest rates are at their all time low but buyers are still moving with great caution, as well they should. With jobs being in question the lack there of or the fear of the unknown has made many qualified buyers sit the fence. Many second home buyers, which is our primary market share, have the old adage we don't "need" a home so we will just wait it out till the bottom of the market hits. Well folks it looks like we are at the bottom and the interest rates are starting to climb so there is "No better time to buy than now and no better place to be then here".
HomeStead offers the experienced and knowledgeable agents that you need in order to navigate your way through the more challenging days ahead. When buying or selling Real Estate Call a HomeStead professional who will guide you through the process with professionalism and ease.
In my reading today of the Kiplinger Report my thoughts went to so many of our clients that have been effected by the most current recession and the disappointment in the current recession pricing of the housing industry. Kipplinger reports, "the sad fact is, it will take a decade to regain the pre-recession high sales of homes" "Even a return to the pre-bubble levels will take years". This is often a hard pill to swallow but none the less a reality check for all who want to sell their homes today. When all efforts are exahusted such as staging, fresh painting inside and out, landscaping etc it more often then not comes back to pricing. The market is often unable to sustain the clients desired price. My job is to tell the client the truth and that truth is that they will need to reduce the price immediately in order to attmept to bring about a sale. Unfortunatley the market conditions have changed drastically and none of us could have predicted this. The market will only bare certain prices and I do not have any control over that factor. With the cooperation of the client in reducing the price or properly pricing from the onset we can get a well qualified buyer to purchase the home but until the price matches the market condtions we will all be simply spinning our wheels. Frustration on our part is when inexperienced or over zealous fellow realtors go in with Over inflated pricing we can not compete with that listing strategy. Our policy at HomeStead is to tell the potential client the TRUTH because the first two weeks of any new listing is the most important time to have the home priced accurately. When you or someone you know over inflates the true market value you will lose out to a REAL qualified buyer to the homes around you that are priced properly. Our Job at HomeStead is to NOT tell the client what they want to hear but tell them the truth right up front. Don't always be fooled by high pricing stategies these will work to get you to list but it will not get your home sold in a timely manner for the highest and best TRUE market value.
It has been a while since I have had something to blog about… but finally some progress on our rental property.
The whole permit process took longer than expected, and the addition of new storm drains on the street really added to the problem. It was difficult for workmen to get to the property, deliveries were at a standstill, and to deliver the dumpster for the demolition work was an engineering feat in itself.
All that aside, the demotlition work is all but finished, and the framing of the kitchen is complete. Unfortunately, when we went to have new windows added to the porch, the whole structure was sitting on just a few cinderblocks. We decided that we needed to correct that situation and not just try to make it cosmetically pretty.
That being said, it is important for Buyers to remember that even though a property looks great, they should still spend the extra money to have a home inspection prior to buying. Also, if the home has been recently renovated, make sure you ask your agent to get the permits. If the Seller has done everything above-board, they will have no problem producing the necessary paperwork.
Hopefully, things are in full swing now and we'll be in full swing by 4th of July.
Well, here it is Friday morning and I'm not in the office! Since this is one of those rare days when I am still home ( mini-working) I have the time to realize what it took for me to take this day. I certainly could not have done it without the help of other agents in the office. Most people don't realize that besides writing contracts and listing properties, most agents are scheduled to be in the office during certain time frames. Our office having 7 full time agents ( we only have full time sales agents) schedules our time a month in advance. This is great except when the "phone call" comes. Now this" phone call" can be many different things. Client that is coming down last minute, closing that is re-scheduled,appointments cancelled or even something on a personal note such as doctors appointment. Or it can be something like the call I had last week, you know the call, Mom, could you? Well, let me say I am happy to get those calls since my children are adults and anytime I can be with them I do my best. But in today's life my best is really "we." Thus the "Value of the Team." It takes team work to be able to rearrange my schedule. Another agent is covering my office time and if a client needs to see a property there are 5 other agents there to help. I can do more than one thing at a time but can only be in one place at a time. In our HomeStead office we work together. The Broker could not give me this benefit. It comes with working with a group of good people. Well, I'm off to Belmar today to be with my daughter, the Principal. Thanks. Team!
Seems to me that as the Real Estate Market is reaching the end of the downturn and the design of today's homes are doing the same. No longer looking for the mini-mansions, today's buyers are looking for economical, low maintenance properties. Although the homes may be smaller in square footage the amenities remain a top priority. The days of a one bath house are gone. 3 bedrooms and 2 baths are the minimum must for many. This transcends generations with the Baby Boomers looking for a one story home or a master bedroom and bath on the first floor. Generation X is looking for at least that with minimum upkeep to enable them to continue with their busy lifestyle. This generation does not want to be house poor. Although the size of the property may be smaller, people still want the amenities – but they too have changed. I was reading an article showing the Consumers' 10 most sought after features. A few features included a master bath with tub and shower, energy-efficient appliances and laundry room. 9 foot ceilings are still on the list and not surprisingly since everyone seems to be so much taller than me. I know my two 6 foot grandsons appreciate the space. Not on the list was granite countertops, 15 ft. ceilings, 3 car garage etc. I'm not surprized, eventually we had to get back to the real world. Family room,great room, bonus room call it what you want everyone still goes to the kitchen. Ever notice when you go to a party you are escorted to the media room from the kitchen? And don't forget the popcorn! Even the mansions are making the kitchens bigger with direct contact to the family space-open space. I think this trend is going to help the stability of the real estate market. Now we need to get the builders on board.
Our permits are in, now we wait to get our approvals. In the meantime, we have found out that the City of Cape May has adopted several ordinances to establish a Housing and Fair Share Plan, a Developer Fee and a Spending Plan. All these things are to gain full compliance with the State of New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH Fee).
Basically, this is going to cost us 1.5% to put an addition on our house. This fee could turn out to be pretty expensive to anyone considering buying a "tear-down". It is my understanding (from reading the ordinance) that the tax assessor makes the determination based on Equalized Assessed Value (EAV) based on plans and requests for permits. The money must be paid prior to receiving a Certificate of Occupancy.
If you are like me, you are probably wondering what the hell is Equalized Assessed Value. It is something I should know, because the fee is going to be determined on this amount. The definition in the ordinance says it is the assessed value of a property divided by the current average ration of assessed to true value for the municipality in which the property is situated. Yeah, I still don't understand it, but I will before I have to write the check.
What I do know is this, if you are planning to purchase in New Jersey, and are planning to add on to the existing structure or tear down the home that is there and build new, you will have to pay this fee. The fee if you tear down and start again can be 2.5%. So, if you bought a house on an existing lot and tear the house down and build a new home that cost you $200,000.00 to build, it will cost you an additional fee of at least $5,000.00 in Cape May.
The other thing I am trying to find out is if my plumber gave me a quote of $20,000.00, does that mean I have to pay 1.5% of that quote? The quote was to fix the house and the addition, not just the addition. Shouldn't I be able to separate the two? Does that mean every time you do work on your home in Cape May and take out a permit, they can enforce this rule? Won't that lead to people trying to avoid taking out permits?
I have a lot of questions and not all of the answers. The people at the construction office have been very helpful, but I still don't understand the basis of the tax. But I will.
Author jconwellPosted on March 4, 2010 January 20, 2017 Categories General, Real Estate SalesLeave a comment on COAH Fee?
As everyone is digging out- or have finished digging out of the snowstorm on Sat. and are now getting ready for the next storm on the horizon. We must reach out and give thanks to all those emergency workers from the fire departments, city works departments, generous people who manned the shelters, state road crews, and the endless on going efforts of the electric company and all who came out in the disastrous conditions and made every effort to keep our towns and families safe. We at HomeStead THANK YOU!
Customer Service-Does anyone really know what it is?
You hear people talk about "Customer Service" all the time, but what is it really? If you are of the famous Baby Boomer generation you remember. It was the time when people would know your name, return a phone call and be available to help you. Now I don't mean at all times of the day and night but within a timely manner. You don't even need to know the answer to the question immediately but at least give the customer the time to discuss what's on his/her mind. In the "real-time" world we are in today I find it amazing that you cannot even get a response. It is easy to advertise customer service and committment but do you really know what it is? I believe Good Customer Service will sustain a Good Realtor in any type of economy.
Author KathleenPosted on February 2, 2010 Categories General, Real Estate SalesLeave a comment on Customer Service-Does anyone really know what it is?


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Q: Reactjs client needs to force refresh after deploy Every time that a new deploy is made to production or any other environment the client needs to force a refresh and clear cache with ctrl shift r to updated the UI, the project was made with Create-React-App.
Already added the meta tags to HTML file but didn't work
<meta http-equiv='cache-control' content='no-cache'>
<meta http-equiv='expires' content='0'>
<meta http-equiv='pragma' content='no-cache'>

Is there any kind of config I'm missing?

A: Your src/index.js file should look like this
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './components/App';
import * as serviceWorker from './serviceWorker';

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));

// If you want your app to work offline and load faster, you can change
// unregister() to register() below. Note this comes with some pitfalls.
serviceWorker.register();

Just change the
serviceWorker.register();

For
serviceWorker.unregister();

A: add meta tags inside the head tag to make sure that the content of the page isn't cached.
<meta http-equiv='cache-control' content='no-cache'>
<meta http-equiv='expires' content='0'>
<meta http-equiv='pragma' content='no-cache'>

A: Try this one, maybe you need cache control
<meta http-equiv='cache-control' content='no-cache'>
<meta http-equiv='expires' content='0'>
<meta http-equiv='pragma' content='no-cache'>

OR read this one https://webpack.js.org/guides/caching/

A: Which version of CRA are you using? If it's caused due to ServiceWorker then you should disable the ServiceWorker.
import { unregister } from './registerServiceWorker';
unregister();

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(Jan. 19, 2019) – Susanne Kreher won her first career Intercontinental Cup race in a one-heat event in Park City.
The German took gold in a one-heat race due to heavy snow the day prior, edging out Czech slider Anna Fernstädt. The win was the first for Kreher in her fourth ICC start. She's finished in the top six in all four events.
Fernstädt finished second for her fourth consecutive ICC medal. She'd won three bronze medals in a row prior to the race, and hasn't finished outside of the top six in ICC competition in 17 straight races. The silver, combined with a bronze in the previous race, puts Fernstädt in the lead of the season points with just two races in Lake Placid to come.
Race 5 winner Kelly Curtis finished third, just .06 behind Fernstädt. The race was just the second at the ICC level for the 2018/2019 North American Cup champion.
Alina Tararychenkova, Ashleigh Pittaway, and Megan Henry rounded out the top six.
Samantha Culiver McQuade finished 12th for the United States, one spot ahead of Great Birtain's Brogan Crowley.
For Canada, Lanette Prediger finished in the top ten with an eighth place finish, ahead of teammates Madi Charney in 14th and Jaclyn LaBerge in 18th.


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Meet the animal rights activists fighting for a plant-based food system
By Alex King | 7 September 2022 News
Animal Rebellion staged a protest against dairy products at a supermarket in Manchester last weekend. Alex King spoke to them to find out more about their campaign.


Like brushing my teeth or remembering to take a scarf when its cold , running has moved from being a thing requiring planning and effort to just something I do.
That's not to say I do not make arrangements to find time to run, and none more so when I know there is a mileage challenge needing attention, or with winter approaching and the shortening days, there is a bit more consideration needed around running in weather hazards and darkness.
But recently when beyond running, I have been going through a period of change (on Friday I left my job after 8 years and there are some unknowns on the horizon work-wise), making time to run has felt effortless – and comforting.
My 999 mileage target is on track – almost half way through November the total sits at 865 miles – and with 50 days left of this year,that means I just have to average 2.68 miles each day between now and December 31st.
I am hoping in the next couple of weeks to fit in some longer runs to take me to 900 miles by the end of November, and have signed up to run every day in December. So barring injury or any major disaster I am optimistic.


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La Princesa Ida de Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (; 10 de marzo de 1804 - 31 de marzo de 1828) fue una princesa de Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym por nacimiento como hija del Príncipe Víctor II de Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. Como esposa del Príncipe Heredero Pablo Federico Augusto de Oldenburgo se convirtió en Princesa heredera de Oldenburgo por matrimonio.

Nacimiento y familia
Era la cuarta hija, y la más joven, del Príncipe Víctor II de Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, y la Princesa Amelia de Nassau-Weilburg. Ida tenía tres hermanas mayores: Herminia, Adelaida, y Emma. Creció con sus hermanas en Hoym en Anhalt.

Matrimonio
Ida contrajo matrimonio con el Príncipe Heredero Pablo Federico Augusto de Oldenburgo el 24 de junio de 1825 en Oldenburgo. Él era el hijo mayor del Duque reinante Pedro de Oldenburgo, y previamente había estado casado con la hermana mayor de Ida, Adelaida.

La princesa tenía solo 21 años cuando contrajo matrimonio con el Duque de 41 años de edad. Augusto e Ida tuvieron un hijo, Pedro, quien nació en 1827 y más tarde sucedería a Augusto como Gran Duque.

Muerte
Al igual que su hermana, la Princesa Ida murió después de tres años de matrimonio, en 1828.

Augusto se convirtió en Gran Duque de Oldenburgo en 1829. En 1831, contrajo matrimonio por tercera vez con la Princesa Cecilia de Suecia.

El asentamiento de Idafehn en Frisia Oriental en Baja Sajonia, Alemania, recibe su nombre en honor a Ida.

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Princesas de Alemania del siglo XIX
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This is by far one of our favorite Ethiopian dishes. We first tried the Timatim Salad last year before our kids came home at a restaurant and loved it. I immediately tried to find a recipe and came across this. It was very similar to what we had at the restaurant. If you want, you can stop here and just use that recipe.
There are two versions of this recipe. Timatim firfir includes broken up pieces of injera- that's why it's called firfir. The other recipe is the same, but minus the injera- so if you don't have easy access to an Ethiopian grocery store, just go ahead and make the timatim salad . Berbere and jalapeño peppers are key ingredients, so no matter how much you use, the salad will have at least a little bit of a kick to it. But the salad is very flexible and you can alter the proportions to suit your own tastes. The funny thing is that I actually hate (yes, hate) onions and peppers. And yet every time I make this recipe, I find myself standing in front of the open refrigerator late at night, devouring the salad straight from the bowl.
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The Route of Administration subset of SNOMED CT is a listing of the current set of terms related to the location of administration for clinical therapeutics.


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Drones and the "Wild West" of regulatory experimentation
TechTank
Kevin C. Desouza, Sabrina P.K. Glimcher, and David Swindell Monday, August 17, 2015
As noted in our recent Brookings Institution report, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, are an emerging technology that requires the attention of local governments. Unfortunately, regulations governing their usage are significantly lagging the pace of innovation. Individual citizens who do not want these devices flying over (or even near) their property due to privacy or safety concerns have limited options. You can stay in your home and turn the music up until it goes away. Or you can go about your business and ignore the possibility that the drone has a camera to see inside your home. Others might prefer a more active response. In fact, there have been several recent instances where residents have taken it upon themselves to remove these drones from the skies…by force.
Misuses of drones
The usage of UAVs and the lack of a functional regulatory environment have not been without incident. Fire personnel in southern San Bernardino County were fighting the first major fire of the season and had to abort their tanker flights due to someone flying a drone at approximately 12,000 feet and interfering with the safety of the pilots. Just two weeks later, firefighters in Southern California were using several manned aircraft to help put out 20 car fires on an interstate highway that were caused when a wildfire jumped the highway unexpectedly. Pilots had to ground the planes when it was reported that five drones were flying around the area to get a good look at the fires (two of which were witnessed actually chasing the tanker planes!).
In addition to the general lack of common sense by a few users interfering with life-saving aircraft around the U.S., Britain, Poland, and elsewhere, there have been an increasing number of incidents involving drones accused of serving as remote "peeping toms." UAVs have also crashed into cars and homes; they have even been used to smuggle drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border in addition to smuggling marijuana into prisons in South Carolina and in Ohio.
Uneven regulations
When it comes to regulations around drones, we are living in the proverbial wild-west. A few states, like Nevada and Wisconsin, have passed legislation to prevent the weaponization of drones. But in July, a YouTube video went viral of a teenager in Connecticut who modified his drone to fire a semi-automatic handgun successfully. When confronted by law enforcement officials, they determined that no laws had actually been broken. Virginia was the first state legislature to put in place a two-year moratorium on drone usage by state or law enforcement agencies. That moratorium expired July 1st. By the end of 2014, 36 states had introduced legislation aimed at protecting individual privacy in some manner. Only four of those passed last year. Currently, there are 17 states with some form of drone regulation on their books, and several other states still have legislation pending. Most of the laws that have passed, such as those in Idaho and Florida, focus on limiting police usage of drones by requiring probable cause warrants.
Nevada has been one of the more active states in the drone legislation arena. In addition to their legislation prohibiting the weaponization of civilian drones, the state also has passed legislation to provide homeowners rights to sue drone owners who fly their drones over personal property in certain circumstances. Furthermore, Nevada now requires law enforcement agencies to get warrants when using drones near any home "where there is an expectation of privacy."
Potential benefits and rulemaking challenges
We do acknowledge and are excited about the positive benefits that drone technology is poised to provide. Amazon has been testing their commercial "Prime Air" package delivery system under an experimental testing agreement with the FAA since early 2015, which will likely impact the nature of their almost two year old partnership with the U.S. Postal Service. Drone startup company Flirtey successfully demonstrated their ability to deliver medicine to a rural medical facility in Virginia as part of their proof of concept efforts this July. Drones may even represent the future of pizza delivery.
The challenge this rapidly developing technology is creating is well ahead of local government efforts to rein in excessive activities. State and local governments need to engage on this policy issue more proactively. To do so, however, requires a delicate balancing act of the multiple competing interests of legitimate commercial uses, policing, public safety, privacy, and private property concerns. And this balancing has to take place in an environment where federal law remains unsettled too.
One thing we would definitely caution against is 'regulation by default.' To date, the efforts to regulate drone policy has focused on the drones themselves. As is commonly the case with new technology, governments typically engaged with a heavy hand that sometimes misses the opportunities afforded by the new technologies to improve city services and quality of life. Examples of this possible overreaction is Iowa City, Iowa and Charlottesville, Virginia, both of which were early adopters of complete bans on all surveillance drones within city limits back in 2013.
Local governments need to accept that drone technology is here for the near future. They must recognize that technology is not the problem, but how it is used can be a potential problem. Given the potential drawbacks and benefits, there is justification for reasoned regulation of drone technology.
The Senkaku Paradox
By Michael E. O'Hanlon
Russia's Military Strategy and Doctrine
Edited by Glen E. Howard and Matthew Czekaj; Foreword by General Philip M. Breedlove
Military Reform and Militarism in Russia
By Aleksandr Golts
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation
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Sabrina P.K. Glimcher
Sabrina P. R. Glimcher is a New York licensed attorney who specializes in aviation finance. Her experience includes representation of airlines, financial institutions, and investment funds in connection with the acquisition and disposition of aviation assets and the related financing and/or leasing thereof.
David Swindell
Director of the Center for Urban Innovation and Associate Professor - School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University


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Family therapy offers families a way to address pain and to heal family wounds in a healthy, patient way.
What are family therapy services?
In bringing the family through hardship and closer together, therapies used include focussing on individual differentiation, strengthening the family system by joining all members, uncovering hidden or unconscious communication and using homework to change the way family members interact.
What are the benefits of family therapy counseling?
Family counseling can help sooth one specific problem, but it tends to have a large, more holistic effect creates a stronger bond and function within a family as time goes on. As individual members listen to other family members and learn how to communicate and solve problems, an indestructible template for overcoming obstacles is slowly created.
Who works at a family therapy clinic?
Family therapist range in their areas of expertise to ensure proper matches between solicited and offered help. Almost all therapists have a bachelor's degree in counseling, psychology, sociology or social work; most have additional education, typically a master's degree in counseling, family therapy or marriage.
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Surrey teenager who took her own life 'was not safe at school', say parents
The parents of a 15-year-old autistic girl who died by suicide after her school did not monitor her online activity have described the circumstances of her death as a "catastrophic failure" as they warned the Department for Education (DfE) against complacency.
Frances-Rose Thomas, known as Frankie, took her own life at home in Witley, Surrey, on 25 September 2018 after reading a story that involved suicide on a school iPad, which had no safety features.
SINKING FEELING ANIMATION LAUNCH
PAPYRUS has launched Sinking Feeling – a new animation created in collaboration with the BAFTA Award-winning animation studio, Blue Zoo.
Sinking Feeling tackles the heart-breaking reality that many children and young people are suffering in silence without the vital help and support they need, according to PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide.
Talking to Young People About Suicide
According to Papyrus, 1 in 4 young people will experience thoughts of suicide at some point. While this is prevalent in vulnerable young people, it's important to remember that thoughts of suicide can happen to anyone at any time for any reason. Life experiences will leave very different impressions on every individual. Even if the majority feel able to cope with an event, others may begin to spiral.
It has never been more critical to know how to approach a conversation about this topic with the young people in your care.
Social media: How can we protect its youngest users?
Children searching for content relating to depression and self-harm can be exposed to more of it by the recommendation engines built in to social networks.
Sophie Parkinson was just 13 when she took her own life. She had depression and suicidal thoughts.
Her mother, Ruth Moss, believes Sophie eventually took her own life because of the videos she had watched online.
Instagram: New tools to ban self-harm and suicide posts
Instagram has launched new technology to recognise self-harm and suicide content on its app in the UK and Europe.
The new tools can identify both images and words that break its rules on harmful posts.
Instagram 'helped kill my daughter'
Molly Russell, 14, took her own life in 2017. When her family looked into her Instagram account they found distressing material about depression and suicide.
Molly's father Ian says he believes Instagram is partly responsible for his daughter's death.


Greetings from the office of the SEO advisor to Vis-a-Video – actually I am sitting in the edit suite of the Award Winning Wedding Videographer's office as she is on her way to sunny Kent to film the Wedding of Christina and Justin on this fine sunny August Saturday. Today's Wedding Venue is called the Old Kent Barn, and this is the first time Ines has filmed a wedding at this lovely venue.
Looking at Google Earth today, the Venue looks like it is located in a lovely part of Kent. So what do we know about the Old Kent Barn and why should you as a Bride & Groom want to select this as a Wedding Venue?
Well the barn is over 200-year-old stands in a peaceful rural location surrounded by pastureland,close to Canterbury, Folkestone and Dover. I would suggest this venue for Spring and summer weddings , as they are held in one of the most beautiful gazebos I have yet seen .
It is a family run business and as well as catering for Weddings they also run a Bed & Breakfast and larger Events. Find further information on The Old Kent Barn here.
I always like to mention the Wedding Photographer , as often they have worked with Ines in the past. However the Wedding Photographers on the shoot today have not. The photographer on today's Wedding were Immi Photography , if you want further information just click on their name.


Born in British Columbia, Canada, John Dinsley has lived, traveled and worked from South America to the North Pole, from Nova Scotia to Nepal. He is a trained Lifestyle Counselor, teaches public health programs, vegetarian cooking schools, home remedies workshops, and has operated a family care home. He is a carpenter by trade, has operated an organic market garden, and volunteered in overseas development work. When he is not building, teaching or gardening, he is a freelance writer.