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Happy National Assistive Technology Awareness Day! Here's a look at the future of AT.
March 27 is National Assistive Technology Awareness Day--and it's a great opportunity to celebrate the past and future of assitive technology. (Take a look at UATP's history at the bottom of this post.)
Chance with Version Two of a
UATP-designed device
As for the future, UATP has taken its first steps into 3D printed prosthetics--and it's exciting times here at UATP!
UATP was approached by teachers at Arrowhead Elementary in Santa Clara, Utah, who wanted Chance to be able to color with his friends at school. He would color by holding the crayons in his mouth. The system was working pretty well, especially if he switched to markers, said Chance's father, Richard Hirschi. Still, "All our crayons at home keep getting bitten in half."
Richard said his family likes to let Chance work through problems on his own. "We let him get as far as he can before we give him the next tool to get over the next barrier," he said.
Richard and Chance gave a new tool a try in February, when they met UATP's Logan Interim Lab Coordinator Dan O'Crowley and volunteer Mike Stokes in Salt Lake City. (Chance's wheelchair was being serviced at Shriner's Hospital.) Dan and Mike tried out their first prototype of a prosthetic arm. They quickly decided Version One was too long, but they modified it on the spot, made some more observations, then returned to the lab to work up Version Two.
"We realized there was a learning curve to that first design that was too long," said Dan. "Version two is very simple. We hope that once he learns to use it, we could maybe incorporate a little more sophistication into future designs."
Chance tried that one this month at school. The video below shows him using the next prototype to write on the computer.
UATP in Logan will continue working with 3D printed prosthetics. "3D printing is amazing, but it's not going to solve all the problems," said Dan. "This bridges the gap to make designs that an insurance company will not pay for." Sometimes a client's needs and desires are very different from the device insurance will cover, but 3D printing allows for an inexpensive, individualized alternative.
Since 1989, UATP's focus has always been on connecting people to the devices that help them gain or retain independence. Technologies come and go, but UATP continues helping people to find affordable solutions.
Here's a quick look at our history:
In 1989, Utah was one of nine states that received funding to establish a statewide program for assistive technology. The Utah Assistive Technology Program was then established at Utah State University, as part of the Center for Persons with Disabilities. From these beginnings, assistive technology programs became available nationwide.
In 1991, the UATP's financing program was established to help make AT affordable to Utahns. These services are available to clients statewide.
In 1993, the AT Laboratory was established in what was then the Industrial Technology Education department at Utah State University. It was soon made part of the Utah Assistive Technology Program, where devices are modified, customized or built from the ground up to serve individual needs. These services are offered in addition to UATP's device reuse and demonstration and loan programs. The lab has also provided training to students who
In 2006, UATP established its Salt Lake City location (formerly CReATE). The SLC facility focuses specifically on the reuse of mobility equipment by refurbishing donated devices and transferring them to people who need them, for an affordable fee.
In 2017, UATP opened its Uintah Basin facility. Like its counterpart in Logan, UATP in the Uintah Basin provides demonstration and loan, device reuse, customization and financing services to Utahns in the region.
Rick Escobar, one of UATP's earliest employees, works in the AT Lab.
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Notes from the trenches: Volunteer Mike Stokes shares some solutions for seniors
Mike Stokes demonstrates assistive technology at Utah State University.
UATP volunteer Mike Stokes has experienced caregiver worries: how to make sure a loved one with dementia doesn't wander into danger, fall out of a wheelchair or fall out of bed. He wanted to know if an elderly parent is drinking enough to avoid dehydration, but he didn't want to violate their privacy.
"They want their independence, but you want to be there," he said.
Mike also wanted to solve problems affordably, in ways allowed by landlords and as needs change in senior housing complexes and care facilities. "They don't want you to come in and wire things and put in monitors," he said.
With a knack for solving problems, Mike found some things that help which he shared with the Utah Assistive Technology Program.
Before we share these tips, please note: this technology is meant to supplement quality care, not replace it.
Solution 1: motion detectors.
When a loved one with dementia came to stay with Mike and his wife, Cindy, they were concerned about her waking up and wandering in the middle of the night. They tried sleeping while listening for her to make sure she didn't wander out of the house. It was exhausting.
So Mike found a wireless motion detector for $15 and installed it in the hallway. When their loved one left the bedroom and entered the hall, it alerted them with a loud chime.
"We just put it on our nightstand so we could get some restful sleep," he said.
Solution 2: magnetic and pressure alarms
A $20 magnetic alarm let the Stokes family know when their loved one was trying to get out of a wheelchair--a move that would put them at risk of falling.
A wireless bed alarm and sensor pad also helped alert them when their loved one was getting out of bed and might need help. (An online search turns up many brands that do this, at varying prices and consumer ratings.)
These solutions worked in a number of different settings and did not require wiring.
Solution 3: Smart door and window sensors
It was important for Mike to know if his parents were drinking enough water to avoid getting dehydrated, but he wanted them to feel like their privacy was respected. His solution was to make sure drinks were in the fridge, then install a wireless sensor on the refrigerator door that would send a notification to his phone when the door opened.
An internet search turned up a number of smart sensor options and prices, ranging from $15 to $60.
Solution 4: Smart home technology
UATP posted a training on smart home technology on our YouTube channel. Bryan Carroll of the Utah Center for Assistive Technology demonstrates Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers, compares them, and shows how they can be integrated into smart home technology. He offers a voice-activated experience that can turn on lights, lock doors, set the thermostat, and make phone calls. View the training here:
Intermountain West will soon have another AT lab
Future Idaho facility drew inspiration from UATP
BYU-I visitors examine a Liftware Level spoon in UATP's demonstration
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A new assistive technology fabrication lab is slated to open in the Intermountain West—and it has drawn some inspiration from the Utah Assistive Technology Program.
"It's one of the few AT labs in the country where they make custom made assistive technology," said Dean Cloward, professor in Special Education at Brigham Young Univerisity-Idaho. "Idaho doesn't do that."
BYU-Idaho now plans to launch its own fabrication lab to serve people in southeastern Idaho. The area has similar demographics to northern Utah, Cloward said, with similar needs in special education. Idaho families with a need for custom-made assistive technology have gone to Utah in the past.
Visitors from BYU-I have come to Utah State University's UATP off and on for years, but on the most recent visit included faculty members interested in the launch of the Idaho lab. Its focus will be more on serving children, while the Utah lab serves people of all ages and abilities.
The BYU-I visit included a stop at the Smart Apartment in the Sorenson Legacy Foundation's Center for Clinical Excellence. The apartment is stocked with high- and low-tech assistive devices. "We've seen most of those technologies, but not in one place, not where they're all used in conjunction with eachother," Cloward said. "It was interesting to see … how it could be used to assess someone with disabilities and see how they could interact with the technology."
The Idaho lab is expected to open in Fall 2019.
Volunteer Mike Stokes demonstrates some low-tech grab bars.
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Ahhh November, the month of thankfulness. The season of expressing gratitude and counting our blessings, of celebrating the gifts in our life.
Over these past few years I have shared with you guys stuff I've learned (reluctantly at times) about the muscles of gratitude, about the importance of showing our thankfulness even when we aren't really feeling it and about how that discipline can get you to a brighter place. I believe deep down in my bones that the purposeful, conscious act of choosing joy is vital to our temporary well-being and infinitely beneficial to our long-term spiritual health. I also believe that your choice to see the good in life becomes your pulse, gradually, and that over time you cannot help but feel drawn to the brightest of everything and even learn to overlook the dark. So often in life, after all, we are clouded by worry or surrounded by grief and joy does not come naturally.
And then sometimes joy comes very naturally.
Sometimes life surprises us with wave after wave of unbridled joy. Do you ever feel so happy and giddy that you look around to see if anyone else is feeling it, too? Almost like you need someone else to be similarly caught up in your elation in order for it to be real, or for you to feel okay about it? Especially when huge oceans of grief seem to be swallowing the globe, or swallowing our friends, it can feel self-indulgent to just be really happy about life.
Sometimes you just feel so great that you simply want to share it.
Things are looking up for us, friends. In three or four million different ways. Handsome and I still have normal problems like everybody else, and we always will. Some of them are pretty serious, actually. But we have better perspective than ever. The seasons of grief and waiting have taught us all those important lessons about gratitude and humility, upward gaze and steady breath. Now the unbridled joy is building strength. I find myself grinning for no reason at all. For every reason. At this point, giving up on those yet unanswered prayers would be so ridiculous. We have more evidence than ever that miracles are real. That faith counts. That grateful hearts are receptive to the best gifts.
We woke up to a beautiful, magical, frosty farm. We have in front of us just as much play as work. Our blessings are easy to count. Thanksgiving week at the Lazy W is starting with a big swell of energy and Love, and we want to share it.


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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bushfire conditions eased in Australia on Saturday after a grueling night for firefighters, with authorities saying they expect at least a week of milder weather in which to step up defenses against the huge blazes still burning.
Cooler temperatures and rainfall had eased conditions after Friday's strong southerly wind change that packed gusts of more than 100 kph (60 mph), whipping some fires on the east coast up to the emergency warning level.
The much needed respite was an opportunity to consolidate and try and get the upper hand over the fires, said Shane Fitzsimmons, commissioner of the New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service.
"It would appear that we have got at least a week," Fitzsimmons told a media briefing. "It will probably be the best seven days we have had without a rise of very dangerous fire ratings."
New South Wales police said in a statement that areas not affected by the bushfires of the South Coast, a popular holiday destination, are in a position to reopen for business, although national parks remain close until Feb. 1.
Officials have been urging foreign tourists to continue visiting Australia, which depends on income from tourism as the industry accounts for 3.1% of the country's gross domestic product.
South Australian fire officials said the situation on Kangaroo Island has stabilized after more than 200,000 hectares (494,000 acres) had burnt in blazes described as "hell on earth", by the island's mayor, Michael Pengill, on Twitter.
Since October, 27 people have been killed in Australia and thousands subjected to repeat evacuations as huge and unpredictable fires scorched more than 10.3 million hectares (25.5 million acres), an area roughly the size of South Korea.
The Sydney Opera House was expected to illuminate its sails on Saturday evening with a display of images from the last three months of the fire crisis, honoring those affected and those fighting the flames.
Despite Saturday's respite, authorities were clear, however, that the risk was far from over.
"It is great to have some respite now, so we can reset and refocus in terms of our operational activities and what we can do to support community, but we will have more hot weather," Andrew Crisp, Victoria's emergency management commissioner, told reporters.
Here are key events in the crisis:
* Across New South Wales, nearly 140 fires were stillburning by Saturday afternoon, 59 of them not contained, butnone at emergency level. About 2,000 homes have been destroyedin the state. * One New South Wales person was taken to hospital in Sydneyon Friday with serious burns suffered while defending aproperty. * One fire was still burning at emergency level in Victoriaon Saturday from a total of about 20 burning there. * A number of fires burning in the Snowy Mountains region inNew South Wales and across into Victoria have merged across morethan 600,000 hectares (1.5 million acres) of land. They do notpose a threat, authorities say, despite being in an area hard toreach. * Victoria emergency services minister Lisa Neville urgedcommunities affected by the fires to use the expected milderweather conditions to check on each other. * Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Friday toprotest against government inaction on climate change, and weresupported by protesters in London. * Westpac estimated total bushfire losses to date at aboutA$5 billion ($3.4 billion), higher than the 2009 bushfires inVictoria but smaller than the Queensland floods in 2010/11. Itforecast a hit of 0.2% to 0.5% on gross domestic product. * Australia's alpine resorts have dusted off wintersnowmaking machines to blast ice-cold water onto dry ski slopes. * The Insurance Council of Australia increased to more thanA$900 million its estimate of damage claims from the fires, andthey are expected to jump further. * Health officials in New South Wales urged extraprecautions to avoid heat-related illnesses. * Australia's wildfires have dwarfed other recentcatastrophic blazes, with its burnt terrain more than twice theextent of that ravaged by 2019 fires in Brazil, California andIndonesia combined. * Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged A$2 billion($1.4 billion) to a newly created National Bushfire RecoveryAgency. * About 100 firefighters from the United States and Canadaare helping, with another 140 expected in coming weeks. * The fires have emitted 400 megatonnes of carbon dioxideand produced harmful pollutants, the European Union's Copernicusmonitoring program said. * Smoke has drifted across the Pacific, affecting cities inSouth America, and may have reached the Antarctic, the U.N.'sWorld Meteorological Organization said.
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A Competition Without Winners
Washington's latest attempt to put a stop to economic success in the name of "fairness"
In an economy characterized by slow growth, one might expect the government to do what it can to help speed the pace of business. In economics, speed is crucial: the rate at which things are made, discovered, invented, and delivered is fundamental to how healthy and prosperous an economy is. In a flourishing economy, people are able to quickly do things like find jobs, sell homes, release new versions of software, translate scientific discoveries into medical cures, or accumulate enough savings to take a family vacation. In a feeble economy, these things take a long time—if they happen at all.
For tangible evidence of this, compare the pace of economic life in America to that in The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's poorest country. In the U.S., things change relatively quickly: every year (or month or day) brings new technologies, new companies, and new hit entertainers. In the Congo, each year brings the same struggle as the years, decades, and centuries before (except for advances imported from the outside). There's good reason that "economic slowdown" is synonymous with economic problems.
A busy day at the office, therefore, is a good day for the economy. The opposite is not. That's why this recent description by The New York Times of a major U.S. company is of such concern: "its competitiveness [has been] sapped by months spent in limbo. . . . This is a business that is treading water." Why, particularly in a difficult economy, would any company "tread water"? In this case, by no fault of its own: the company is T-Mobile, and it has been waiting for a government agency to decide its fate. Struggling to attract new customers, the company gladly accepted an offer to merge with a competitor, AT&T. But in America, mutual consent isn't enough to permit such a merger: the government must grant permission.
In this case, the government's decision—after 6 months of deliberation—was to deny the merger. With billions of dollars and the livelihood of thousands at stake, a few people at the Justice Department have decided that they don't like the idea, and therefore the companies will be forced to continue to tread water for months or years to come as the case is decided in the courts.
The reasoning behind this senseless impediment to economic progress? The government alleges that consumers may pay higher prices for wireless service, and that jobs may be lost. While it's folly to get wrapped up in details, two facts are worth mentioning. First, T-Mobile is losing customers because it is a discount, no-frills service in a market where most people would rather pay more for advanced smartphones. Second, it is universally agreed that T-Mobile will eventually disappear one way or another, regardless of whether it happens as a result of merging with AT&T or not.
But those arguments are ultimately beside the point. The very fact that this merger required approval is based on the fallacious notion that a government agency should be in charge of deciding how and whether business deals get done in the first place. On what basis should a bureaucrat in Washington be able to decide whether it is best for individual Americans to pay more or less for their mobile phones? On what basis should an appointed politician in the Justice Department determine whether companies should be allowed to combine, reduce, or expand positions when merging workforces? What justifies any government entity coercing these decisions, which are rightfully the province of individual consumers and businesspeople?
There is no valid basis. Advocates of such policies argue vaguely that "consumers must be protected." But if protection means defending someone from threat or violence, there is none involved: there is only a government agency deciding how it thinks a group of people should run their businesses, and forcing them to do so on behalf of anonymous consumers, each of whom is fully capable of deciding for himself where to buy a mobile phone and how much he is willing to pay for it.
Government officials and "consumer advocates" say they are simply concerned about helping people afford a cell phone when they defend their paternalistic policies. That motive seems downright friendly compared to the deeper meaning of the antitrust laws that grant government the power to tell companies what they are allowed to do. Antitrust law is supposedly invoked to prevent "coercive" monopolies from taking over an industry. But it's obvious that no coercion is involved here. Nobody has, out of fear of bodily harm, canceled their T-Mobile account and walked into an AT&T store for a shiny new iPhone. They've done it willingly (and eagerly). Nobody forced T-Mobile to agree to merge: they want to. Nobody prevented other companies from trying to make a deal: they were outbid in a free contest.
Why then is it a problem when a company outgains its competitors? Competition is good, the antitrust advocates say—but only when there is a level playing field, when no player becomes a clear winner and others are defeated. If a company is too good, attracts too many customers, and gets "too big," the government intervenes to make things "fair" by restricting or punishing it. AT&T is only the latest in a long line of victims of what Ayn Rand long ago identified as "the penalizing of ability for being ability, the penalizing of success for being success, and the sacrifice of productive genius to the demands of envious mediocrity."
Many people throw up their hands in response to the present economic stagnation, a problem they view as highly complex and without obvious solution. Meanwhile, they remain passive about or even express support for such government interventions, which curtail economic freedom and prevent forward movement by prohibiting business decisions that are made precisely because they make economic sense. The economy may be complex, but the solution needn't be. The first step: get Washington out of the way, and let America get some work done.
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Yerba mansa is a fantastic herb for conditions where the sinuses are in a state of subacute congestion, with plentiful (and seemingly endless) mucous discharge. It makes a nice substitute for goldenseal for this purpose. Think of it when there's a head cold that's past the hot, acute stage, or in cases of chronic sinus irritation due to sensitivity to allergens and the like.
I rarely suffered from allergies or hayfever before I moved to the desert southwest. However, the dryness, dust and exotic pollen took a toll on my sinuses, which became chronically irritated. The whole affair culminated in a very nasty sinus and ear infection, and I ended up taking a round of antibiotics to deal with it. However, after the antibiotics my sinus irritation returned to the state of chronic irritation and I developed a rather intense case of tinnitus on top of it. The tinnitus was very nerve-wracking. I enjoy being able to sit in silence, but with the constant ringing in my ears this joy was taken away from me. It took at least a year for this to subside to a somewhat manageable level. So, I lived for several years with sinuses that would run or stuff up with the slightest provocation (with dust and synthetic fragrances being the biggest culprits). After I'd started learning about herbs, I decided to try some yerba mansa root tincture.
The results were nothing less than amazing. I took 2 or 3 doses a day for two days, and my sinus issues significantly subsided. My nose simply stopped running, my sinuses felt normal. And the effects lasted long after I stopped taking the tincture. This healing experience helped me to look deeper for the underlying organic cause of this weakness, enabling me to address the issues and further correct the problem.
My experience, coupled with other observations gathered over the years, leads me to believe that yerba mansa is much more than a drying herb for drippy sinuses. In my experience, yerba mansa is an herb that acts as a tonic that strengthens the sinus tissues themselves, allaying organic weakness in the structures.
Yerba mansa is helpful for chronic gum problems. The diluted tincture can be used as a healing mouthwash for oral sores or receding and inflamed gums. It can also be used as a gargle for sore throats and throat sores (heh heh).
In the digestive system, yerba mansa's anti-inflammatory and astringent properties make it useful for diarrhea and other digestive problems. It is also a healing agent for stomach and duodenal ulcers. I've heard that it can kill giardia, but I can't vouch for its efficacy with personal experience.
Yerba mansa's affinity for mucous membranes also extends to the urinary tract, where it can be helpful for chronic urinary tract infections.
Yerba mansa was used by native peoples as a remedy for arthritis. It calms inflammation and facilitates the excretion of nitrogenous acids (like uric acid), which contribute to joint issues like arthritis and gout. For this purpose, it is most often taken as a tea, added to a bath or applied as a poultice.
As a salve or a poultice, yerba mansa is invaluable in treating slow-healing wounds, cuts, sprains, bruises, staph infections and skin ulcers. Because it has antifungal properties, it also helps with fungal issues like ringworm and athlete's foot. The root can be ground up for use as a healing body powder.
"Dr. W.H. George...states that the natives esteem it a panacea far excelling the Yerba Santa, and successfully employ it in all malarial fevers, in diarrhoea, and in dysentery. In a letter to Prof. King, he observes that the natives frequently carry the root with them, chewing it and swallowing the juice, and consider it a certain remedy for cough and pulmonary affections. They likewise employ a strong infusion of it an an efficacious local application to saddle and collar sores on horses. Dr. George considers it a stimulant tonic, astringent, carminative and anti-emetic..."
I usually use yerba mansa in tincture form. The taste is spicy, slightly acrid, with a very noticeable astringent effect. It can also be made into a tea. Topically, it can be made into a salve, powder or a poultice.
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A tour to remember with adventure through Spain!
Day2 – Santander to Llanes.
We negotiated the release of all the bikes from the bilge of the ship, and waited and waited and waited for what seemed an eternity for them to open the doors. But once they had it was a free for all and we all got out safely.
Once past passport control we all met up to make sure everyone was ok, sat navs were working and we were all present and correct.
Then we headed off on our adventure.
Santander can sometimes be a really busy place to get out of, but today, we got through the traffic with ease and before long we were on unadulterated open sweeping bends. Meandering through the countryside was a delight and put a huge smile on my face to be back in Spain. As we headed to the national park, we ascended the mountain and seemed to ride into the clouds! The road got murkier and murkier but with a bit of care, we all navigated our way through and over to our fabulous hotel for the night.
Only 1 sat nav went haywire, with loud sounds coming out of it, which took us all by surprise, but thank heavens for google maps!
Today started with a great breakfast and while we were waiting for the sun to make an appearance and rise, we had our briefing as usual.
Everyone was really looking forward to the ride and not getting wet. Yesterday we remarked that there was only 3% chance of rain and we had found that 3%, so although there was only 1% chance of rain today, we were determined to NOT find it…. And we didn't!
We all took to our trusty steeds and made our way onto the road and found the most amazing twisty roads up and over mountains, through fantastic scenery where every corner opened up for more and more views and scenery to be gawked at! Strewn around the route were bikes and their riders, adopting the camera stance to take the best pictures, after corner after corner…. Just when you think you have seen the best bit, the scenery opens up even more to provide a more spectacular sight!
It was then on to the pots' and pans road and head to the hotel, all within 20-degree warmth with clear blue skies and not a cloud in sight.
The smiles on everyone's faces when we arrived at the hotel and indeed all throughout the evening were something to behold.
Today we made our way from Llanes to Salamanca. Our original plan was to use the famous Pots and Pans road to make our way to Riaño for lunch and then head down from there, although yesterday's last leg took us through there and they are currently widening the road so there were oodles of workmen in the road with lots of traffic lights, so we all decided to repeat the very first part of yesterdays ride to Congas De Onis and then onto RiEveryoneunch.
Every one was up and ready in record time (as today was a little longer than usual), and before we knew it we were in the twisty hills once more enjoying a couple of hours of fun. Surprisingly, as we had done this route yesterday, the whole group were together for most of the day.
A short hop on the motorway got us to Salamanca, ready for us to explore the Parador hotel and the surroundings before dinner.
Salamanca day off – Several people did the planned ride out today, whilst some chose to relax at the hotel and visit the ancient city of Salamanca and walk through its lovely streets to soak up the culture.
The first stop on this epic day's ride out was a motorcycle museum in Hervas. The amount of vehicle that are there are amazing, with building after building hiding its spectacular contents.
Everyone returned to the hotel safe and sound with tales of how they had taken different routes and explored the local roads.
Today greeted us with the most glorious sunrise we had seen and we knew that the day was off to a great start. We made our way through fabulous scenery and round curves that had you salivating for more… and guess what! There was more and more and more….. perfect.
The Monfrague and Navalonguilla national parks are certainly well worth a visit when in the area and they do not disappoint at all. Stunning views, roads and of course weather…. What more could a biker as for!
The smiles on people's faces were amazing at every stop today. The roads were sublime and unreal at the same time, providing such an intimate experience of our surroundings. We rode through the Cazella de Sierra and Sierras Subbeticas which are too, some of the most amazing places to ride through in Spain. That's the things about Spain: the roads are sublime everywhere you go and as it is such a big country, the roads are nearly always empty and surrounded by the most amazing sights, smells and beautiful smooth tarmac!
Everyone enjoyed the day today, well, who wouldn't! A real balance of twisties, views and smooth roads always lead to a great day for us intrepid bikers!
Even though all the bikes were now firmly 'run in' on the tour, one bike needed some oil, but unfortunately, the lockable, tamper-proof filler cap key was in the UK so with some lateral thinking, we managed to get the magic juice into the bike so we could continue…. That's true touring troubleshooting right there!
So a chilled day for everyone. Some took advantage of the fabulous ride out that was planned, around the Sierra Nevada, which is one of the most spectacular routes to take your two wheeled machine when in this part of the world.
Mo found some wild animals and went native traversing rivers and dust tracks, while Geoff H took another diversion on dusty roads and practiced his off roading!
Finally back at the hotel, 8 brave victims…. Oops, volunteers had a go at a Segway tour. The tour was 2 hours and wasn't aided by a diversion in the city, and other than 2 minor mishaps everyone enjoyed the tour and listening to information about the history of the city and the Alhambra!
We even found a morocco restaurant for Lamb Tugiene which went down really well and then a fabulous ice cream while we walked back to the hotel.
Today started out a little cooler than the 36 degrees we had the previous day, which after breakfast was a welcomed relief to start the day. A quick dash up the motorway to take us away from the busy traffic and we found our selves on the most amazing roads negotiating the most spectacular scenery.
Todays scenery was second to none, very green and filled with so many olive plantations it is impossible to count them all.
We visited the American diner but as they were under a refit we made our way to the lunch stop and sat on the veranda eating and drinking….. after that we found the straightest longest roads you have ever seen, which was brilliant as it gave us all a chance to take in the glorious scenery and gasp in awe with the vastness of the countryside.
Onto the coffee stop, which is a favourite of ours where they serve some of the best cakes you can get!
But the best was yet to come, after another stint on the bike we arrived at our Parador hotel in Cuenca which is a converted monetary and is perched at the top of the gorge, providing breath taking views of the hills with an old bridge that spans the whole gorge to the old village for a wander…..
As with any tour, people give themselves different nick names, and tonight was a sad evening, as one of our group, Geoff (affectionately nick named El Geoffo) would be leaving us in the morning to head to his home in Spain as we headed towards Sergovia, so we all enjoyed a fabulous meal and a few drinks to say cheerio! Mo and also found the stock! Hahah…..
Today we were to head to Sergovia, leaving our spectacular hotel in Cuenca. It was a little cooler again this morning, with the first set of due on our bikes that we had seen throughout the whole trip! It must have been the altitude we were at as the hotel seemed to be in the clouds, although looking to the gorge below, the sky was blue and we knew that we were again in for an amazing day!
The morning brief about the day was interesting, as it's always fun but today I was able to deliver some of it from the alter box. Made to an interesting start to the day!
So we headed off, waving farewell to El Geoffo. Today we had yet more treats in store, from hairpins to national parks and forest as well as open plains too, today had it all!
After morning coffee we all made sure that our sat navs were playing correctly as with one of our waypoints it stops the sat nav taking a 12-hour detour! Eek! Luckily no one had the sat nav gremlins today… phew!
Then it was onto Franco's tomb. Riding through the entrance and to the car park, it certainly hits you of the grandeur of the place and how immaculate the stone masonry is, as well as how impressive it is.
We entered the tomb to see what was inside, and once through security, the tomb went on for what seemed like miles, into the mountain itself! Wow! How amazing inside and how intricate the carvings and paintings are. They don't allow pictures or video to be taken inside but outside is just as amazing. Presumably placed and built in such a way that it is imposing over the surrounding countryside to show its dominance!
Once we had left Franco's Tomb, we headed to our Parador hotel in Sergovia. A spectacular city nestled the most amazing countryside where, when you look out of the window, you could be mistaken to think it is in Morocco or somewhere similar, as the colours and vibe is very much in that sort of ilk. Beautiful!
After a lovely evening meal together it was time to hit the hay and get some rest before our last day in this amazing country.
So today was the last day in Spain for us as we made our way up to Santander to catch our ferry that evening.
So it was onto the motorway for a short stint to get a few miles under our belt so that we could enjoy the other roads and views that awaited us. Some chose to do the long route with takes in the Picos mountains triangle while others (most of us) chose to take the shorter route today, meaning there was more time to relax.
Once off the motorway we headed up the N road which loosely follows the motorway but has lots of twisties and stops on it to take pictures etc.
We stopped at a lovely café which is attached to a petrol station (as they usually are out here), but that also had one of the biggest outdoor hiking clothing shops I have seen in ages… who would have thought that in the middle of nowhere, there would be a huge shop! We weren't complaining though as the coffee and bacon and egg sandwiches were just what we all needed after our first stint of the day!
So now we had been fed and watered, it was time to head over some mountains towards Reinosa lake for lunch. The ride was sublime, traversing hills and negotiating the most amazing sweeping open bends to arrive by what can only be described as one of the most beautiful lakes in the this area of Spain.
So it was lunchtime, and being the last day in Spain, most people had a big dinner, mostly consisting of steak! Steak by the lake, wonderful!
It was only a couple of hours away from the ferry port so it was a chance to sit, relax and ponder at how amazing the tour had been and laugh and joke about the adventures we had all had.
Arriving at the ferry after yet more…… you guessed it….. spectacular roads we lined our bikes up to wait for those who had taken a different route and to have a nice cuppa awaiting the all clear to jump on the bikes and board the ferry home.
As a tour guide, I am always thankful for the job I do and always think myself incredibly lucky. Not only because I get to tour the world on the motorbike, but most importantly because I get to meet such amazing people on every tour, and this was no exception. An amazing group of people that I have had the privilege to share a Spanish adventure with and yet again I had a lump in my throat when the time to say goodbye was upon us.
Spain is one of my favourite places to be, not only for the weather and culture but also because as a biker, it is truly incredible at the amount of empty 'amazing' roads there are to be enjoyed!
We will be running this tour again in 2019, so if you would like to join me on the adventure, drop us a line and let us know!


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Our Student Minister Aaron Stokes delivers a powerful message about setting an example.
We continue our series The More Of Less.
We continue our series More of Less, studying the idea that we need less distractions so we can be present in life and with Jesus.
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Camino de Santiago Talk, 12th September.
So we completed our talk..and it was a tremendous success. It was on Saturday night in Herbertstown Hall, Limerick and we had an attendance of 60 people from the locality. The advertising poster stated that those giving the talk were veteran pilgrims with the aim of passing on information to get people on "their way". We received some good feedback at the end of the night and I would be eager to know if people do actually make their way to Spain as a result of our talk. Some people had walked from Sarria to Santiago previously with a tour group but wanted to return and walk another section.
Why is the Camino so popular?
Why do people walk the Camino?
Giving facts and figures may not be high up on a prospective pilgrim's list of required information, but it may be a deciding factor should you wish to walk in July or in November.
Food tips – where to eat?
Finally, the credencial and compostele was shown to the audience.
To finish up the evening, we were treated to a Camino story by Neil Horgan, a storyteller whom I met in Burgos 2013. He is a pleasure to listen to and his story gave the night a human element. We were treated to stories about the people he had met on his time in Spain in 2013. He had met all types of people from all over the world each with one goal..to walk to Santiago.
Questions were taken by the three of us from the audience. Most of the questions were about accommodation – is there a need to book ahead? All three of us had walked numerous Caminos and only once could we not find a bed. While the option is there to book ahead, it was stressed that there is no need. New albergues open every season and if two are full, another one will have free beds. People like to book through tour operators to have "peace of mind" but doing so forces you to stick their plan. We discussed the option of having your backpack transported by services such as Jacotrans, should you need to do so.
When the talk was over, we provided the audience with an information sheet with links, transport information and packing lists.
It sounds like it was a really successful night! And good for you, for speaking to the crowd and sharing your Camino experience and knowledge. What a great opportunity!
Thanks Nadine 🙂 The crowd seemed delighted to receive first hand information from pilgrims! Let's hope it encourages them to take the next step.


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New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) A three-day exhibition on mobile telephony featuring a host of domestic and multinational companies, as also an exhibition tracing the evolution of phone handsets, kicks off here Friday.
Organised by the Indian Cellular Association, Mobile Asia 2006 at the Pragati Maidan exhibition grounds will also feature some new launches of phone handsets, discounted subscription schemes and competitions, officials said.
Home Minister Shivraj Patil will inaugurate the event, featuring companies like Airtel, AOL, Haier, I-mate, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Reliance Communications, Sagem, Samsung and Tata Teleservices, the organisers said.
India has seen an unprecedented growth in the mobile phone subscriber base, from two million in 2000 to over 100 million now, and the country is slated to emerge as the world's second largest market after the US by 2008, the organisers said.
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A 26-year-old Sioux City woman accused of causing her son's skull fracture has been given probation.The Sioux City Journal reports that Kara Jackson was sentenced on Tuesday in Woodbury County District Court.She was given three years of probation and a suspended prison sentence of five years. Jackson pleaded guilty in June to one count of child endangerment resulting in injury.Jackson's 5-month son was admitted to a hospital emergency room on Feb. 26. In court documents, Jackson and the baby's father, Aaron Tucker, accused each other of dropping the child on several occasions.Prosecutors closed their case against Tucker in March, saying it was unclear whether Tucker was at fault.
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A 26-year-old Sioux City woman accused of causing her son's skull fracture has been given probation.
The Sioux City Journal reports that Kara Jackson was sentenced on Tuesday in Woodbury County District Court.
She was given three years of probation and a suspended prison sentence of five years. Jackson pleaded guilty in June to one count of child endangerment resulting in injury.
Jackson's 5-month son was admitted to a hospital emergency room on Feb. 26. In court documents, Jackson and the baby's father, Aaron Tucker, accused each other of dropping the child on several occasions.
Prosecutors closed their case against Tucker in March, saying it was unclear whether Tucker was at fault.


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Extradition of criminals: India
From Indpaedia
This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content.
1 India's extradition laws
1.1 The basics explained
1.2 The European Convention on human rights
1.3 Countries India has extradition treaties with, 2018
2 Criminals extradited to or by India
2.2 2002-16: Criminals extradited to India
2.3 2012-17: Criminals extradited to and from India
2.4 2018: Pending extraditions
3 Criminals extradited to India by…
3.1 The UAE
3.2 UAE, USA, Canada, Thailand, S. Africa, Germany…
4 Red Corner Notices issued for India
4.1 Why they are ignored
5 Jails in India: safety of
5.1 2018: UK court says Tihar safe for extraditing fugitives
India's extradition laws
The basics explained
India has extradition treaties with 37 nations, Mar 27 2017: The Times of India
February 17, 2018: The Times of India
Extradition is governed by the Indian Extradition Act, 1962 India has extradition treaties with 47 countries. Which means these countries generally accept that the offender will be treated as criminal in both countries. India also has extradition arrangements with 9 countries, which means India and these countries agree to assist mutually each other in "legal procedures".
What is extradition?
Extradition is simply the surrender of a criminal to one country by another. It also helps in maintaining the territoriality of the penal code, which says that a country should not apply its criminal law to a person who committed an offence outside its territories except when the crime is related to a particular country's national interest. The process is regulated by treaties between the two countries.
What are the internationally accepted extradition conditions?
There is a general consensus about a few conditions of extradition. The crime should fulfill the criterion of dual criminality it's a punishable offence in both countries. For instance, homosexuality might be a crime in a country while it is accepted in another. In that case, the first country cannot request the second to extradite a person who is charged with a homosexuality related offence. Political criminals are generally not extradited. Some countries refuse to extradite if the kind of expected punishment is abolished or is not administered in their own territories.
How does British extradition law work?
UK has three types of extradition arrangements. The first deals with European arrest warrants, the second applies to countries with which the UK has international extradi tion arrangements and lastly those with which the UK doesn't have extradition treaties or arrangements. India falls in the second category and hence Vijay Mallya will get extradited according to this process if it happens at all. The first step in this process is an extradition request made to the secretary of state, who then decides whether to cer tify the request or reject it. In Mallya's case, the secretary of state has certified his extradition. His case will now go to a district court and if the judge is satisfied that enough information has been provided, he she can issue an arrest warrant which will follow a preliminary hearing succeeded by an extradition hearing. If convinced that the person has committed an offence that qualifies for extradition, the judge rule so. This will then be passed on to the secretary of state who would order extradition. Mallya or the Indian government can go to the high court or Supreme Court if they are not satisfied with the order.
What are India's extradition laws?
In India, the Extradition Act, 1962 regulates the surrender of a person to another country or the request for arrest of a person in a foreign land.The Act specifies a list of extradition offences -an offence provided for in the extradition treaty with that state. The process has to be initiated by the central government. As we have extradition treaties with only 37 countries and extradition arrangements with another 8 countries, where there is no treaty the central government is empowered to take action by releasing a notification and treating any convention to which India and the foreign country are parties as the extradition treaty . If the extradition request has come from two or more countries, the government has the rights to decide which of them is the fittest for the request.
In what situations can the government deny extradition?
If the government finds the case trivial and if it thinks that surrendering of the person is not being made in good faith or in the interests of justice or for political reasons, it can deny the request. If the surrender according to the requesting country's own law is barred by time, the person cannot be extradited from India. If the government feels that the person will be charged with an offence not mentioned in the extradition treaty, it can stop the process. If the person is serving a jail term or is accused of an offence on Indian soil, which is different from the offence for which he or she is wanted abroad, the extradition process can be stopped.
The European Convention on human rights
The Abu Salem case and the European convention on human rights; The Times of India, June 18, 2017
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The Abu Salem case and the European convention on human rights
Countries India has extradition treaties with, 2018
The countries with which India has extradition treaties or arrangements
From: February 19, 2018: The Times of India
Countries India has extradition treaties with, and extradition arrangements, as in February 2018
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Criminals extradited to or by India
The infamous who came back to India and those who did not, country-wise, 1993-2008
2002-16: Criminals extradited to India
Criminals extradited to India, 2002-16
Crimes of fugitives brought back to India
How many persons have been extradited to India, for what crimes?
Between 2002 and December 7, 2016, (latest data available), 62 fugitives have been extradited by foreign governments to India, the majority were Indian citizens.
2012-17: Criminals extradited to and from India
Criminals extradited to and from India and other countries, 2012-17
From The Times of India , October 14, 2017
2018: Pending extraditions
Pending extraditions, country-wise, as in February 2018
The number of persons extradited to India and from India, as in February 2018
Criminals extradited to India by…
Neeraj Chauhan & Indrani Bagchi, Extradited by UAE, 'fixer' in Agusta scam lands in Delhi, December 5, 2018: The Times of India
Criminals extradited to India by the UAE, as in 2018, November
From: Neeraj Chauhan & Indrani Bagchi, Extradited by UAE, 'fixer' in Agusta scam lands in Delhi, December 5, 2018: The Times of India
Christian Michel May Throw New Light On Scandal
In what marks one of the biggest successes for the Modi government in getting persons charged with corruption extradited, Christian James Michel, a European middleman at the heart of the UPA-era AgustaWestland chopper scam, was brought to India.
His extradition from the UAE follows an adverse order of a Dubai court. Indian intelligence sources claimed the development could also be seen as linked to India's assistance in tracking Dubai's runaway Princess Latifa.
Michel, who was given the codename 'Unicorn' in the extradition operation, was brought in a Gulf Stream jet that landed at 10.35 pm in the technical area of Delhi airport. He was arrested by the CBI upon his arrival and is expected to be taken to the CBI headquarters after a medical checkup. His 'panchnama' was done at the airport itself with custom officials as witnesses.
He is likely to be produced before a court in Patiala House on Wednesday afternoon.
CBI officials said Michel would be examined and confronted with documents recovered during raids by Swiss authorities indicating the bribes paid by him to Indian officials and politicians.
India had requested Michel's extradition 19 months ago, and the UAE completed all its legal formalities this week before agreeing to extradite him to India. An Interpol red notice was issued against Michel on November 2015.
It is a big moment for India's law enforcement and diplomacy. The process of Michel's extradition picked up a year ago with top-level efforts led by PM Narendra Modi and NSA Ajit Doval, involving some deep diplomacy with many players in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
As soon as Michel, 57, landed in New Delhi, a top government source said, "We expect that Michel's questioning will throw new light on the AgustaWestland case. We might see new information regarding the entire ecosystem of corruption, as well as reveal the people who wanted Michel to remain in the UAE and not come to India."
UAE, USA, Canada, Thailand, S. Africa, Germany…
Neeraj Chauhan & Indrani Bagchi, Extradition significant as Michel a British citizen, December 5, 2018: The Times of India
i) Criminals extradited to India by the UAE, USA, Canada, Thailand, S. Africa, Germany and other countries, as in 2018, Nov.
ii) Christian James Michel's extradition from the UAE in December 2018
From: Neeraj Chauhan & Indrani Bagchi, Extradition significant as Michel a British citizen, December 5, 2018: The Times of India
Christian James Michel, a middleman linked to the UPA-era AgustaWestland chopper scam, landed in Delhi on Tuesday night following his extradition from the UAE.
Michel was allegedly paid €42 million (Rs 295 crore) bribe by Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland to pay off Indian politicians, bureaucrats and defence ministry personnel to swing the Rs 3,600 crore deal for supply of 12 VVIP choppers in AgustaWestland's favour. Michel is one of three middlemen being probed in the case, besides Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, by the Enforcement Directorate and CBI.
Since the Bofors case, this is one of the more significant instances when India actually managed to secure extradition of a high-profile fugitive. After a series of bad news on this front, from Vijay Mallya to Nirav Modi, Tuesday's development lifted the mood in the government.
"We worked with the prosecutors in the UAE, the judiciary and the government in that country. We had to complete the entire judicial process," the source said. But what really worked was the deepened strategic relationship that has grown between UAE and India, helmed by Modi and UAE's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. The extradition is all the more significant since Michel is a British citizen and the UAE dismissed requests that as a British national, he could not be sent to India.
The Court of Cassation in Dubai had on November 19 upheld a lower court order clearing the extradition order. Michel, while rejecting the charges, had argued that India had "dilapidated jails" and he would be forced to frame politicians. These arguments were rejected by the UAE court, which asked the ministry of justice there to decide on extradition.
A CBI team led by special investigation team joint director Sai Manohar had flown to Dubai last week to complete the formalities of his extradition. CBI issued a statement late Tuesday saying the extradition operation was coordinated by interim director Nageswara Rao under the guidance of Doval.
The development will allow BJP to put the spotlight on corruption under UPA, as the scandal dates back to the Congress tenure. This is a political bonus in the season of polls, particularly with general elections around the corner.
Red Corner Notices issued for India
Why they are ignored
Neeraj Chauhan, Why India's red notice requests gather dust, November 19, 2018: The Times of India
Red Corner Notices issued for India (and the world), as in 2018
From: Neeraj Chauhan, Why India's red notice requests gather dust, November 19, 2018: The Times of India
Stricter Scrutiny Delaying RCNs Against Mallya, NiMo & Choksi
India's requests for Interpol red notices against fugitives like Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi, Zakir Naik and Mehul Choksi have been inordinately delayed due to the international police body's stricter scrutiny of such demands following allegations of misuse of the system.
Interacting with Indian officials recently on the sidelines of an event, Interpol secretary general Jurgen Stock said for the past few years, the global body had faced allegations of lax scrutiny of red notice requests by member countries and some misused the system for political, religious and military reasons or for curbing freedom of expression.
Stock, a CBI officer said, claimed that as part of the review, there was now a dedicated 'task force' which scrutinised every red notice request. Since 2017, Interpol has reviewed over 40,000 red notices.
Interestingly, the Interpol secretary general even cited a fine imposed on the body for issuing red notice against a wrong person. TOI wrote to Interpol seeking details of the case in which it was asked to pay fine. It didn't deny the fine but refused to divulge details.
Responding to Interpol's apprehensions, CBI, NIA and ED officials told Stock that their requests were backed by chargesheets and witness testimonies filed under India's Criminal Procedure Code, Indian Penal Code and other laws and courts had issued non-bailable warrants against these fugitives.
The CBI, which acts as the National Central Bureau of Interpol in India, even offered to send a team to the global body's headquarters in Lyon, France, to explain the procedure so that pending requests could be expedited. According to sources, Interpol said it wanted to send a team to India to understand the process.
The discussions, sources said, took place before the feud between CBI director Alok Verma and special director Rakesh Asthana came out in the open on October 23. Owing to the deadlock in CBI, the Interpol team's visit is stuck.
"Interpol has an important role to play in the fight against global crime, but unfortunately it has been misused by a number of countries to target activists, journalists and refugees. Fair Trials has campaigned for changes to stop this from being the case for a number of years. It's great that Interpol has shown a willingness to listen, and we welcome the changes introduced so far, but there's still so much work to be done," Alex Mik, campaigns and networks director of UK-based Fair Trials International, told TOI. Fair Trials has regularly intervened in wrong arrests or unverified red notices on the request of Interpol member countries.
Interpol's constitution says it is "strictly forbidden for the organisation to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character". However, it largely relies on the information provided by its national bureaus in member countries. In India's case, accused like Zakir Naik and Mehul Choksi have claimed religious and political persecution. Choksi's case is being heard by the Commission for the Control of Interpol Files, an independent body which reviews specific red notice requests.
Jails in India: safety of
2018: UK court says Tihar safe for extraditing fugitives
Naomi Canton, In big win for India, UK court says Tihar safe for extraditing fugitive, November 17, 2018: The Times of India
2016-18: The Sanjeev Chawla case
From: Naomi Canton, In big win for India, UK court says Tihar safe for extraditing fugitive, November 17, 2018: The Times of India
A UK court has made a landmark ruling that the Tihar prison complex in Delhi is safe to extradite Indian fugitives to. This judgment, in the case of cricket-fixing accused Sanjeev Chawla, could have huge consequences for the Vijay Mallya extradition case.
In a judgment handed down in the high court in London, Lord Justice Leggatt and Mr Justice Dingemans ruled that the Tihar prison complex "posed no risk" to Sanjeev Kumar Chawla — an Indian-origin British citizen accused of fixing international cricket matches (the Hansie Cronje fix) — after receiving a third assurance from the Indian government about his proposed treatment there.
Now that the Indian government has successfully appealed the decision to discharge Chawla from extradition proceedings, the case will go back to Westminster magistrates' court for a fresh decision. The secretary of state makes the final decision on whether to order extradition but that decision can be appealed in the high court. A further appeal can be made in the Supreme Court in London.
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Izmir University of Economics (IUE) is getting ready to start the new academic year with changes. Prof. Murat Borovalı has been given the responsibility to coordinate IUE Board of Trustees, academic and administrative units, and restructure the University. Prof. Dr. Borovalı, Professor of Political Science, pointed that Izmir University of Economics was the rising university of a rising city. Prof. Borovalı said, "We are going to take steps forward and improve the potential of the University so it can take its well-deserved place among the institutions that serve the region and future of the nation".
Prof. Borovalı, who mentioned that he has worked both as an academician and an administrator in Turkish education system, said he would be projecting his experiences in both areas onto Izmir University of Economics, and the University would transform into a living structure that would contribute to Izmir greatly.
Prof. Borovalı stated that Izmir has taken a great opportunity of the last 30 years in order to reveal its potential, and its appeal to live and work has been increasing gradually. Prof. Borovalı said that Izmir University of Economics would play a major role in transforming this appeal into a major contribution to Izmir. "Izmir University of Economics is the rising university of a rising city. We also want the University to become a continuous education center for residents of Izmir; we want it to become a vital place. We entered a period in which everyone, regardless of age and experience, needs to improve in all areas. We do not want this University to serve as a structure that offers education to its students for 4 or 5 years, but as an institution, which can provide the opportunity to increase knowledge and capacity of residents of this city who want to improve themselves," said Prof. Dr. Borovalı.
Who is Prof. Murat Borovalı?
Prof. Murat Borovalı was born in Izmir in 1966. He graduated from Izmir Atatürk High School in 1984, and graduated from Boğaziçi University in 1989 majoring in economics. Upon completing his master's and doctoral studies at Manchester University, England, he started to teach at Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University as an Assistant Professor in 2000. Borovalı, who is continuing his studies in political theory, became an associate professor and professor in 2015. In addition to assuming many academic and administrative responsivities, Borovalı also worked as an Acting Rector at Istanbul Bilgi University.


This week has been the end of a fight for a cold, just to have my son get the cold, to my daughter getting a whack of teeth in at once, to trying to meet a yearbook final deadline (so not going to) and with a great partner creating my first wiki. Now we are just waiting for somebody, anybody to respond to our wiki ... here is our address just in case people missed it on the discussion board http://koratchat.wikispaces.com/ ... We are on day three of our posting and nobody has come to it yet. When I asked Linda what she though she aptly compared it to inviting everyone to a party and having no one show up.... well, hopefully everyone will just arrive late:) It is a boring article though.
We ended up using wikispaces. Linda suggested it as she had created a space there and it seemed at the time as good as any. After seeing the PB wiki site I now fully disagree. I played with wikispaces in my own account and tried setting different colour settings and background and none of the stuck. In our joint account I found that once pages were named I couldn't go back and rename them. I also found that rather than making a different page the homepage, I had to cut all the existing information off of the original one, and paste it to a new page. The navigation bar was awkward as well.
Collaborating for the wiki was fine and working online worked quite well. Linda and I mostly communicated through email and discussed changes that could be made. Our article was very, very dry and I don't think left much room for disagreement for key points etc. I wish I had found the article more interesting/inspiring but instead I found myself unsure that it was the right article that I had read and actually went back to see if it was a different article by Korat that we were supposed to have read.
My suggestion in the future for this assignment would actually to have the class as a whole to create a wiki... maybe even creating a group definitin of Web 2.0 and its place in the learning environment. Different individuals could be in charge of different pages and facilitating the development on those pages. I think it would be more of a collaborative effort and it could be facilitated throughout the entire course... I don't know just a thought.
I see lots of possibilities for wikis in the classroom and am thinking that I might try to incorporate one into my marketing class for the remainder of the semester. I definitely won't use wikispaces though. Most likely the PB site (which I also liked for lack of advertising). I can see creating a group definition for "What is Marketing" and having students define elements of the 4Ps as well. I like the idea that students can work together to create a personal and meaningful definition. I wonder though if a different format would encourage different people to take part in the conversation more. I know that in the classroom when we have group discussions generally the same five people speak their opinions while the rest wait for these five to share. I wonder though if the same five would continue to voice while the rest wait. Having people see that their word is recorded and it is easily visible who contributed what might force some people to have a voice who would rather be passive in the process.
I think I can see pretty much every subject area using wikis to share learning, and enriching understanding. literature circles, book discussions, math help, biology terms, art concepts, health and fitness... Wikis definitely would allow students to take ownership of learning.
As an aside, I was please to find that many of my students don't see wikipedia as the end to all answers. they are very aware (as a majority) that they are created by individuals and are subject to flaws. Most use it as a starting point for research or a quick search for something they think they know and are looking for verification.
Great suggestions! I thought this might be an interesting way to go but I agree that having more people participate in a wiki would be a great idea. I will pass this on to Joanne and perhaps she can do something of what you suggested during the "getting started" section of the course and then continue it.
Hi Elisa: It was so great meeting for coffee this weekend. I really enjoyed it as I can now envision exactly whom I'm chatting with.
Sorry to be so late showing up to your party. Thanks for hosting it.
I too like the idea of even more people being involved in the collaborative wiki. Food for thought.
I'm sorry for not coming to your party! I tried, but I couldn't get in. Cindy and I had thought of using wikispaces as well, but one of her children suggested pbwiki instead and my "computer geeky" brother said the same thing, so that's what we went with.
I like your suggestions for the assignment too- I hope they consider it for next time.
I agree with you, pbwiki is more user friendly. The fine print on Wikispaces where it says "Join this wiki" is the culprit for your party starting late. It is hard to see and people miss it. It was a great party though! I think it is interesting how the google ads on your wiki are about ebooks-how do they do that?
Loved your comic about answering in your own words... great loophole! It reminds me of the student who thought of 6 different ways to measure the height of a certain building - using a barometer. His final suggestion, as I recall, was: Find the janitor (or was it the architect?) of the building and say, "I will give you this barometer if you can tell me the height of your building."
Liked your comment, too, about how wikis might encourage people to comment whereas they might remain silent in a physical setting. It made me think of how wikis can extend discussion past the classroom/meeting hours as well.
You have some great ideas for expanding the wiki project. I can imagine it would become something we could all use with our staffs (for PD or a just an interesting link) once it was finished?!


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Couples share a lot with each other.
But they shouldn't share all their money in a joint bank account, says Suze Orman.
"I would never, ever have just one joint account, and that's it. Never, ever, ever," Orman recently told us during a NextAdvisor interview in celebration of Pride Month.
The personal finance icon and her wife KT, short for Kathy Travis, have been together for 20 years and have never opened a joint bank account. She says a single joint account with a spouse or partner could lead to power imbalances and a loss of independence in a relationship, especially if it turns sour.
Other experts agree. "In terms of joint bank accounts, I never recommend that everything be combined," says Tori Dunlap, 27, founder of the financial education business Her First $100k. "You need your money, and you don't want to think that money is the reason you're staying in a relationship. It weirdly makes you more confident in your own relationship."
Should You Get a Joint Account?
A joint bank account works the same way as a regular bank account, but more than one person has access to it. Every person listed on a joint account can deposit or withdraw funds from it, which can be convenient for paying shared bills.
A bank account, joint or not, doesn't directly affect your credit. But keep in mind that the bank can send debt collection agencies to try and collect if you have any outstanding fees or a negative balance on the account, and that will stay on your credit report for up to seven years.
It can also be a testing ground to see how you blend your finances with another person. Married couples most commonly open joint accounts, but there are some situations in which long-term couples or business partners might decide to open a joint account.
Orman advises to add a joint account if that works for you and your partner or spouse, but to keep separate accounts as well. If you don't have a separate account, you and your partner should have an open discussion about opening individual bank accounts.
"It depends on what you have coming into the relationship, but I would absolutely recommend that you have at least three accounts: one for you, one for your partner or spouse, and one joint account where you pay the joint expenses out of it," says Orman.
How Couples Should Pay Their Bills
Following Orman's advice, you can use the joint account to pay all your shared expenses and still keep the majority of your own hard-earned money separate.
But how much money should each person contribute to combined household expenses? Should bills be split down the middle in a relationship? Orman says no, and points to an easy equation that makes it fair to both partners.
Orman says your combined bills should be divvied up based on your incomes. Add up your and your partner's take-home pay and see what percentage you each bring in to determine the amount each person should contribute toward combined expenses.
Let's say you bring home $3,000 after taxes and your partner brings $2,000, equaling a total monthly household income of $5,000. Your income is around 60% of that sum, and their income is about 40% of that sum. So, if your joint expenses are $1,000 a month, you would contribute $600 and they would pay $400.
"I would have at least three accounts or two accounts, one of your own and one of the other's," says Orman, "and then you decide how you're going to split bills."
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