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Postcard: Gladstone Driving Event 2003
September 21, 2003 -- Despite the threat of Hurricane Isabel (which scared some competitors away), the Gladstone Driving Event at Hamilton Farm was a first-class competition. Contested in balmy weather, it featured hard-fought battles by some of the best U.S. drivers in the sport.
Four-in-hand champion Chester Weber and his girlfriend My Larsson | © Nancy Jaffer
September 21, 2003 -- The U.S. Equestrian Team's Four-in-Hand Championship, which wrapped up today at the Gladstone Driving Event, didn't turn out to be suspenseful -- but it was hard-fought.
When Chester Weber told me he wanted that handsome silver trophy, I had little doubt that the ambitious and intense Floridian would get it, despite the fact that he was facing one of the best fields in years for the competition.
Participants included Chester's pal, Tucker Johnson, the reigning champ who got his title by finishing fourth at the world championships last year; Jimmy Fairclough, and Bill Long, both past champions multiple times. New to the mix was Jim Richards, the man you may know as the founder of the Foxhall Cup three-day event in Georgia. Jim hurt his back in a polo accident a few years ago, and as a result, cannot ride. Though he and his wife Julie have a number of event horses (Julie was in the 2000 Olympics as an individual rider), Jim was itching to be a participant rather than a spectator. So he's under the tutelage of former world champion Tomas Eriksson of Sweden. Jim has big dreams, the ability to bankroll them and the determination to make them come true.
For the moment, however, he's still on a learning curve, so it was no surprise that he finished fifth and last in the section with a very respectable performance for only his second advanced event.
Since this is not a world championships year, drivers are bringing along their best prospects and doing a lot of training. There's plenty of mixing and matching when it comes to four-in-hands, as leaders and wheelers may switch sides or positions, or swap out with spares until their trainer figures out the best combinations for dressage, marathon and cones.
Advanced single horse division winner Scott Monroe | © Nancy Jaffer
Tucker was working with a new team, horses he bought in Germany at the end of last year that did not arrive here until January, and had no real background in driving until he started training them. Jimmy has a new leader, King, who went to the World Singles Championship with David Wharton of Canada, and Bill Long had just put together his first team in three years under the sponsorship of Patsy Wooten, also a driver.
Of the group, Chester (at 28, the youngest driver, by the way) had horses with the most mileage, reflected in the fact that his record for the year was five victories in five starts. And when he sets a goal, he achieves it, leaving nothing to chance. Though he won the dressage phase here and lost the marathon to Tucker, he was still ahead -- 139.7 penalties to 146.39 for Tucker, when it came time for the cones today. It wasn't an easy route, but time did not turn out to be a factor for the fours; none of them exceeded the 4-minute time allowed.
Still, Chester took nothing for granted. He says he has studied the deliberative and successful Swiss approach to cones, pacing off distances repeatedly so he knows exactly how fast he needs to go to finish within the time allowed and keep those little balls from plummeting off the top of the cones.
Tucker had two down, which dropped him in the standings to the spot beneath Jimmy, who drove with him and Chester on the silver medal team at the World Equestrian Games last year. While he was able to make smooth turns at speed in the marathon, a feat that was within his team's capability, the tighter confines of the cones course meant there was no faking it there for Tucker. Jimmy's more experienced horses had a penalty-free trip, which would make him the eventual reserve champion.
Chester, whose first serious trainer was Jimmy, had everything calibrated just right and finished without another mark against him to take his cherished prize. Tucker actually was prepared for this moment. He told me yesterday that he had brought along a magnum of Roderer Cristal champagne 1996 -- the year Chester started competing in the fours -- to spray over his buddy. That's sort of the way they do it in the NFL lockerroom, but I guarantee this is better stuff. After all, Tucker is one of the Johnson & Johnson Johnsons, who flies from New Jersey to Florida at the controls of his own plane, and Chester's family traces its lineage back to the founder of Campbell's soup.
Reserve four-in-hand champion Jimmy Fairclough | © Nancy Jaffer
Chester wanted to discuss some big news, and I thought he was going to say he had popped the question to his beautiful girlfriend, My Larsson, a Swede who competes in the lower levels of the jumper ranks in her homeland. But no, he was just itching to say he and Tucker had signed a contract to have former world champion Michael Freund of Germany train them through the 2006 World Equestrian Games at Aachen. Chester and Tucker want to be the nucleus of a gold medal U.S. team there, or perhaps next year at the world championships in Hungary, though that might be a bit too soon.
Gladstone was a wonderful event this year. It's on the comeback trail, after its big backers found other interests several years ago, and the committee had to scramble for new funds and new blood to keep it going. But they've done it. They're not bringing over drivers from Europe, of course, the way it happened in the old, monied days, or having black tie galas. Yet this dedicated group still runs a first-class competition at Hamilton Farm, home of the U.S. Equestrian Team.
David Hirsh, winner of the advanced pairs with his Morgan/Halflinger duo, yearned for a larger number of entries (there were just two in his division). Hurricane Isabel had discouraged some from coming, and the World Pairs Championship in France this weekend accounted for other absences.
"I hope all of my brethren support this event in the future," he said, citing "the phenomenal effort" of the committee. "It's worth coming just to do these hazards," he said.
The Isabel thing could have been a disaster, but all we got in New Jersey, fortunately, was a few high winds and a little rain. Peter Gorry, co-manager of the show with Ellen Ettenger, had four contingency plans if Isabel struck. They ranged from shrinking the competition to a two-day event to cancellation and a week's postponement. All were complete with scenarios for evacuation. Luckily, none of that came to pass, and after gray skies Friday, we really enjoyed sparkling weather yesterday and today. A new hazard in the main arena was a highlight of the marathon, making it more friendly to spectators who didn't want to tramp around the property.
Advanced single pony winner Sara Schmitt | © Nancy Jaffer
Other big moments included Scott Monroe's victory in the advanced singles with his black Morgan, Shadow. Scott, who many believe was unfairly passed over last year for the world singles championship team, isn't likely to suffer that hardship again the way his horse has been going.
"He's a special horse, an exceptional horse, and he's got a lot to offer," said Scott. "He's taken a lot of blue home from Gladstone." He won dressage, the marathon and was clear in the cones to take yet another blue back to Connecticut with 121.07 penalties, to 142.94 for Diane Trefry and Miles to Go. Miles was on track to make the world singles team a few years back when he was injured. Diane, who used to be the navigator for Lana DuPont Wright, brought Miles back gradually. She has hopes of trying for the world singles, if owner Lana agrees, but she's a Canadian citizen, so the neat Connemara/thoroughbred cross won't be on our team.
The driving world is interesting, with a small enough cast of characters that you can keep track of them all. I should mention that one person who did so (in a way) is Barbara Weir, whose husband Jack used to run Gladstone. Barbara wrote a mystery novel about carriage driving called "The Fifth Wheel," and it's full of characters I thought I recognized. She grudgingly admitted some were based on real people, but said, "They're all dead." Yeah, right. It's lots of fun to guess who they are, anyway.
Well, it was a memorable Gladstone. I love driving, and feel bad that there's only one more big event left this year. That's Fair Hill next month, and you can bet we'll be there to tell you all about it.
Saturday Postcard: Gladstone Driving
Ponies grab the spotlight in the first day of competition at the Gladstone Driving Event at Hamilton Farm.
Former eventer Suzy Stafford held on to her lead to win the National Singles Pony Championship at the Gladstone Driving Event Sept. 26. Nancy Jaffer shares the division winners' stories in this postcard sponsored by WeatherBeeta.
Postcard from Gladstone Driving Event
September 23, 2001 -- Going out in style: Lisa Singer takes the pairs title, but fellow competitor Lizzie Chesson stole the spotlight with a classy retirement ceremony for her Holsteiners
Final Postcard from 2003 Fair Hill
October 26, 2003 -- Darren Chiacchia cops the Pan Am gold medal following David O'Connor's cross-country wipe-out. Driver Larry Poulin scored in the USET Pairs Championship. Nancy Jaffer reports for EquiSearch.
Postcard: 2003 Hampton Classic
The 2003 $150,000 Prudential Financial Grand Prix produced a cliff-hanger finish to a well-attended renewal of Long Island's premier horse show.
Friday Postcard: Driving Marathon
The USET drivers slipped today (literally and figuratively) during the tricky marathon phase, but are still in good position to medal with a clean round in tomorrow's cones competition.
Postcard: 2003 National at Palm Beach
November 30, 2003 -- A lot of old and new stars had sparkling performances during the National Horse Show at Florida's Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club, but Margie Goldstein-Engle shone brightest of all as she won a record eighth AGA Championship. EquiSearch columnist Nancy Jaffer reports from Wellington.
Postcard: 2005 Garden State Combined Driving Event
Seniors dominated the 2005 Garden State Combined Driving Event, where 67-year-old Fritz Grupe and 61-year-old Bob Koopman won the National Pair and Single Horse Driving Championships, respectively.
Postcard: 2003 U.S. Dressage League Finals
Guenter Seidel and Nikolaus triumph with a sterling freestyle at the 2003 U.S. League finals for the Dressage World Cup. Among the other crowd-pleasing performances was a demonstration by the blind Valiant, owned and ridden by Jeannette Sassoon.


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Category: Regime Change Team
Consider Disregarding Everything You've Been Told about Venezuela–2/2
This Feb. 15 report from The Real News affirms that recognition of Guidó's "government" violates international law.
American Diplomatic and Military Firepower Has Brought About Regime Change in Several Latin American Countries and Venezuela Is Next on Their List
Admittedly, the Americans did achieve regime change in Chile, El Salvador, Argentina, Guatemala and other smaller places, though they failed notably in Cuba despite decades of furibund efforts. The case of Guatemala is fascinating. After financing, training and arming an army of thugs to wipe out tens of thousands of indigenous Guatemalans they found that their most effective weapon was old-time religion in the form of American fundamentalist Pentecostal and Evangelical missionaries. Today the latest in a series of born-again Guatemalan presidents, Jimmy Morales, seems to be cut from Trumpian cloth with a checkered history of economic, political and sexual irregularities.
So, according to the usual Washington wisdom, the government of twice-elected President Nicolas Madero–with one of those elections certified free and fair by America's own Jimmy Carter–is on its last legs. If events follow the script he will soon be replaced, in a curious excercise of auto-appointment, by a young man who recently stepped into the Venezuelan political limelite out of nowhere. Where do these right-wing nowhere men come from, anyway? Contrary to what the mainline media would have us believe, he did not show up by accident or coincidence.
The National Security Council's most-recent pop-up nowhere man is Juan Guaidó and the following account of his overnight rise to notoriety is based on a long article by investigative journalists, Dan Cohen and Max Blumenthal, published on the latter's Grayzone Project website. It's entitled: The Making of Juan Guaidó: How the US Regime Change Laboratory Created Venezuela's Coup Leader. (I heartily recommend reading the full article. Here's the link.)
Here's Where "President" Guaidó Comes From
According to Cohen and Blumenthal, "Juan Guaidó is the product of a decade-long project overseen by Washington's elite regime change trainers. While posing as a champion of democracy, he has spent years at the forefront of a violent campaign of destabilization."
Here are just a few of the points that Blumenthal and Cohen make in their article, details that the sanitized media has not seen fit to publish:
Only a few months ago, the 35-year-old was an obscure character in a politically marginal far-right group closely associated with gruesome acts of street violence. But after a single phone call from from US Vice President Mike Pence, Guaidó proclaimed himself president of Venezuela. Anointed as the leader of his country by Washington, a previously unknown political bottom-dweller was vaulted onto the international stage as the US-selected leader of the nation with the world's largest oil reserves.
While Guaidó seemed to have materialized out of nowhere, he was, in fact, the product of more than a decade of assiduous grooming by the US government's elite regime change factories. Alongside a cadre of right-wing student activists, Guaidó was cultivated to undermine Venezuela's socialist-oriented government, destabilize the country, and one day seize power.
In 2002, Venezuela's right-wing opposition briefly ousted Chávez with US support and recognition, before the military restored his presidency following a mass popular mobilization. Throughout the administrations of US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Chávez survived numerous assassination plots, before succumbing to cancer in 2013. His successor, Nicolas Maduro, has survived three attempts on his life.
On October 5, 2005, with Chávez's popularity at its peak and his government planning sweeping socialist programs, five Venezuelan "student leaders" arrived in Belgrade, Serbia to begin training for an insurrection. The students had arrived from Venezuela courtesy of the Center for Applied Non-Violent Action and Strategies, or CANVAS. This group is funded largely through the National Endowment for Democracy, a CIA cut-out that functions as the US government's main arm of promoting regime change; and offshoots like the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
And there are 32 richly-illustrated pages more, here..
The Economic Route to Regime Change
In an article by Marjorie Cohn published in Truthout.com on February 2, 2019, she says:
From engineering coups in Chile and Guatemala, to choreographing a troop landing at the Bay of Pigs intended to establish an exile government in Cuba, to training Latin American strongmen at the School of the Americas in torture techniques to control their people, the United States has meddled, interfered, intervened and undermined the democracies it claims to protect. Now, Vice President Mike Pence, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and the infamous Elliott Abrams are working with opposition groups in Venezuela to carry out a coup d'état.
She adds:
In addition to the oil sanctions, the US State Department turned over control of Venezuela's property and bank accounts in the United States to Guaidó, in what The New York Times called "one of Washington's most overt attempts in decades to carry out regime change in Latin America."
According to Cohn, the former UN Special Rapporteur, Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, says the United States is waging "economic warfare" against Venezuela. In his report to the Human Rights Council, de Zayas recommends that the International Criminal Court investigate whether "economic war, embargoes, financial blockades and sanctions regimes amount to geopolitical crimes and crimes against humanity under Article 7 of the Rome Statute."
The Not-So-Inevitable Endgame
Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves, and the United States, lying just 2,799 miles across the Caribbean to the north, is its biggest customer. Wouldn't it be convenient if American petroleum interests could somehow "annex" all that Venezuelan oil by installing a "cooperative" government in its southern neighbor?
The legal and moral implications of such a move are irrelevant as far as the Trump administration is concerned. But, "somehow," remains the question.
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Author Michael BoothPosted on February 20, 2019 February 21, 2019 Categories American Manipulation Venezuela, American Regime Change, Regime Change Team, Regime Change Venezuela, Venezuela Regime Change, Venezuela Resists AssaultTags Defending Venezuela's Constitution, Eliott Abrams Venezuela, John Bolton Venezuela, Marco Rubio Venezuela, Mike Pompeo Venezuela, Venezuelan Oil GrabLeave a comment on Consider Disregarding Everything You've Been Told about Venezuela–2/2

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As part of the ASALI project, VU Amsterdam, Moi University and South Eastern University organise a conference on Food Security, Sustainable Energy and Successful Entrepreneurship in Eldoret (Kenya) from 10 to 13 April 2018. The Call for Papers for this conference is available below.
ASALI stands for "A Sustainable Approach to Livelihood Improvement" and focuses on research, training, ad capacity development , with a focus on disadvantaged groups such as small-scale farmers, women and youth.
Most activities are grouped under the four priority thematic areas: 1. natural resource management; 2. sustainable entrepreneurship; 3. renewable energy; and 4. health, food and nutrition security.


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UK's Sixth-Generation Combat Air System Tempest Enters Concept Phase
Just over a month after Europe gave the greenlight for the next phase of its Future Combat Air System (FCAS), the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) has moved its own FCAS system, Tempest, into the next phase. When ready, the system will work collaboratively with the systems developed by the U.K.'s allies, to deliver world-leading military capability, a press release, from BAE Systems, said.
The FCAS program has evolved from the European Technology Acquisition Program (ETAP) that began in 2000, including the U.K. along with Italy, Sweden, Spain, Germany, and France. The current European FCAS program includes Germany, France, and Spain, each looking to replace its famed fighter jets between 2035 and 2040.
However, the FCAS is not intended to include advanced fighter jets alone. Given the rapid strides, drones have taken in warfare in recent years, the FCAS is being developed as a System of Systems (SoS) that includes the use of drones as well as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems.
While Airbus, Dassault, and Indra will be heading the European project, the U.K.'s FCAS is being led by a multiparty team comprising of BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo UK, and MBDA UK along with the Ministry of Defense. Reaffirming its faith in the team, the MoD awarded a 250-million pound contract to the team to begin the concept and assessment phase. During this phase, Tempest partners will design a range of digital concepts and evaluate them to determine the final design and capabilities of the program.
Apart from delivering high-tech capabilities to U.K. Defense, the program is also expected to contribute £26.2 billion to the country's economy while supporting 21,000 jobs and improving investments, innovation, productivity, and skills across the region, a PwC report suggested.
"We are on track to deliver an ambitious program for the U.K., which will provide a highly advanced and sophisticated air defense capability, capable of countering future threats and safeguarding our national security and defense," said Chris Boardman, Group Managing Director of BAE Systems' Air Sector. "The coming years represent one of the most exciting periods in the history of our industry and, as a team, we have a chance to be part of something genuinely historic, transforming the way we develop and deliver."
With a European concept plane scheduled for 2025, there are some exciting times ahead, especially when Russian has unveiled its fifth-generation fighter.


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About Friedreich's Ataxia
Causes of FA
Inheritance of FA
Symptoms of FA
Cardiomyopathy and FA
Dysarthria in FA
Dysphagia in FA
Diabetes in FA
Diagnosis of FA
Prognosis of FA
Living with FA
Physical Therapy for FA
Occupational Therapy for FA
Surgical Procedures for FA
Actimmune (Interferon gamma)
CAT-4001
CTI-1601
EPI-743 (Vatiquinone)
Epicatechin
Equitasi
Etravirine
VY-FXN01
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors (HDACi)
Nicotinamide (Vitamin B3)
Leriglitazone (MIN-102)
RTA 408 (Omaveloxolone)
RNA-based approaches
STS-E412 and STS-E424
TAT-Frataxin
Tecfidera
A Practical Guide to Life with FA
Candy Shell Life
No Good Excuse
Fighting FA
My Darling Disability
Little Victories
Novoheart Develops New Models of Cardiac Dysfunction in Friedreich's Ataxia
by Jose Marques Lopes, PhD
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Novoheart, in partnership with Pfizer, has created new models of cardiac dysfunction in Friedreich's ataxia (FA) using human stem cells as the basis, the company announced.
These models are part of the company's MyHeart platform, an approach that aims to capture the major clinical symptoms of FA.
"We are very excited by the outcome of this study, and hope this will accelerate the development of safe and effective new therapies for FRDA patients. Also, by demonstrating the biomimetic capabilities of our MyHeart Platform for modeling diseased hearts, we are hoping to establish new standards for creating a proprietary library of disease models and expand our presence in drug discovery and precision medicine," Kevin Costa, PhD, chief scientific officer of NovoHeart, said in a press release.
The research, "Modeling Cardiac Dysfunction of Friedreich's Ataxia Using Ventricular Sheets, Tissues and Chambers Engineered From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells," was recently presented at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2018 Annual Meeting, in Melbourne, Australia. The abstract is available on page 567 of the ISSCR meeting's poster abstract book.
FA is caused by a mutation in the FXN gene, which contains instructions to make a protein called frataxin. This protein is critical for the proper functioning of mitochondria, which provide power to cells.
Given its high energy requirements, the heart is one of the first organs affected by the lack of frataxin, leading to cardiac abnormalities such as heart failure, myocardial fibrosis — scarring in the muscles of the heart — or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle (myocardium) becomes abnormally thick.
Existing transgenic mouse models of FA are not able to reproduce the genetic profile, severity, and symptoms of human patients.
To address this limitation, the research team developed human ventricular cardiac anisotropic sheets (hvCAS) — an approach that mimics the heart's structural and functional properties — and tissue strips (hvCTS), which are intended to evaluate the effects of potential medications and disease conditions in the heart's ability to contract.
To generate hvCAS and hvCTS, the investigators used ventricular cardiomyocytes (VCMs), or cardiac muscle cells, derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), which have the ability to renew themselves and are able to develop into all cells of the adult body.
This strategy is intended to model the electrophysiological — which refers to the nerve-signal transmission — and contractile defects of the heart in FA patients.
Using a harmless virus containing short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) — artificial RNA molecules intended to inhibit genes — the researchers observed significant suppression of frataxin levels in VCMs, including FA-specific VCMs, compared with controls.
Analysis of hvCAS revealed electrophysiological defects of hESCs and FA-specific iPSCs, matching what is observed in patient electrocardiograms. In the hvCTS approach, contractility was consistently suppressed in cells given shRNAs and in those mimicking FA. This result correlated with the amount of frataxin present.
The researchers then performed experiments to correct the FA-related deficits by inducing FXN expression in stem cells treated with shRNAs and in FA-specific tissue strips. This led to a reversal in the reduction of contractility in the two models.
Scientists are also currently testing cardiac organoid chambers to obtain other clinically relevant parameters, such as cardiac output, which is the amount of blood pumped by the heart. According to Novoheart, these organoid chambers are the only available human cardiac tissue model, on a larger scale, that mimics fluid pumping similar to natural heart.
According to the researchers, these human-based FA models provide "a platform suitable to facilitate the studies of disease pathogenesis and pharmaceutical testing."
Jose Marques Lopes, PhD
José holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Universidade of Porto, in Portugal. He has also studied Biochemistry at Universidade do Porto and was a postdoctoral associate at Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York, and at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. His work has ranged from the association of central cardiovascular and pain control to the neurobiological basis of hypertension, and the molecular pathways driving Alzheimer's disease.
Tagged cardiac dysfunction, cardiac tissue strips, frataxin, human pluripotent stem cells, Novoheart, ventricular cardiac anisotropic sheets.
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Travel info for the Okanagan Similkameen. Trails in this area.
The Similkameen runs from the desert like region of Osoyoos along Highway 3 to the historic town of Princeton, some 100 km (60 mi.) away, while the Okanagan Valley stretches some 250 km (155 mi.) starting at Osoyoos and making its way to Enderby. Some of the warmest and dries climate in Canada is found here, where history, recreation, working farms and orchards all make up a very special part of the province. More than 250 lakes including Skaha, Okanagan and Kalamalka are in this region, where fishing and water sports are just part of the life style. Golfing, skiing, horse back riding, mountain biking and hiking are all favourite pastimes of both residents and visitors. This natural wonderland with alpine meadows, rushing rivers and streams surrounded by sage covered mountains is orchard country and is home to a number of wineries. From excellent day hikes to adventure filled backpacking trips, its all waiting for you in the Okanagan Similkameen in British Columbia.
Cathedral Provincial Park: Cathedral Provincial Park at Keremeos with 32,384 ha (80,000 acres) of wilderness that includes alpine meadows, glacier lakes and wildlife is excellent hiking and becoming very popular because of its extreme beauty. From Keremeos travel south on the Ashnola River Road to the resort parking lot.
You are now high in the Cascade Mountains with 32 km (20 mi.) of hiking trails and wilderness camping. Most hikers use Cathedral Lake Resort at Lake Quiniscoe as a base, where they can get information on the hiking and camping from the park warden. One of the many added attractions in this park is the wildlife, so don't be surprised when you see bighorn sheep, black bears, mountain goats, mule deer, porcupines and ground squirrels. The best time to hike in Cathedral Park is anytime from July to September. Should you decide to do your hiking in September, you will be pleasantly surprised by the golden alpine larch growing on the mountain sides. This particular variety of alpine larch is only found in Cathedral and Manning Park, as well as in small areas of the Rockies. Although this is a wilderness park, hiking is not strenuous and the rewards are many.
A great day hike from Keremeos is to the Keremeos Columns, a return trip of 12 km (7.5 mi.) which should take approximately five to six hours. During the summer this area of BC becomes very hot, so carry drinking water, or else do this hike in early spring. Take Highway 3A from Keremeos and travel north to the cemetery where you turn right and go east for a short way. On your way to the columns you will hike through arid-country wildflowers, found only in dry areas. The columns are 100 metres (328 feet) wide and 30 metres (98 feet) high and were formed during volcanic activity more than 30 millions years ago.
Enjoy superb views and easy summer hiking on Apex Mountain, just south east of Penticton. Hikers will find themselves in subalpine area and wildflowers galore. This area offers inspiring views of Manning and Cathedral parks.
The Kettle Valley Railway, easily the most historic rail line in BC can be seen and hiked from many different areas of the Okanagan Similkameen. The KVR ran from Vancouver to Hope, Princeton, West Summerland, Penticton, Osoyoos, through Naramata along the south side of Lake Okanagan, and then swung due south to Rock Creek and finally Midway. There are a number of hikes from the different cities and town in the region, the most popular and well known is the Myra Canyon. a 13 km (8 mi.) stretch of the old railway, which can be reached by heading east of Kelowna on McCulloch Road to the Myra Forest Service Road, follow it until you come to where the road and KVR meet.
Okanagan Mountain Park, a desert like wilderness area, has 24 km (15 mi.) of hiking and riding trails. To reach the northern access to this park head south from Kelowna by way of Pandosy Street, down the east side of Okanagan Lake along Lakeshore Road to the parking lot. The most popular hike in the Okanagan Mountain Park is to Wild Horse Canyon, a deep and isolated spot. The southern access, to this park, is north of Penticton on the Naramata road to Chute Lake and along Gemmill Lake Road to the parking lot. The hike from one end to the other end of the park is about 25 km (15.5 mi) and will take approximately ten hours, but you can do much short hikes. Parts here are very dry and it's rattler country, wear sensible hiking boots, leave rocks and other tempting items alone.
Cougar Canyon, east of Kalamalka Lake offers excellent day hiking. The canyon floor features small ponds and a wild array of wildlife, from rattlesnakes to mallard ducks with numerous wildflowers in the spring. From Vernon, take the Kalamalka Road east, turn right on Coldstream Road, then on Cosen's Bay Road to the parking lot and the trail head. Canyon Creek trail branches left after crossing under the power line, follow under the power line to the canyon. It can be very hot and dry in the summer time, be prepared with drinking water, sun screen and a hat. There is no camping here, and the hike is 9 km (5.5 mi.) one way, so pace yourself. Be safe, have fun!
Silver Star, only 30 minutes from Vernon, best known as a down hill ski resort, is also a very popular hiking region. Hikers can use the chairlift to reach the mountain alpine meadows, where you will find wonderful trails offering views that are unbelievable.
There are many other hiking trails and back packing opportunities in the Okanagan Similkameen, check with local clubs and hiking equipment dealers for complete trail information. Always consider the terrain, the climate and your abilities before you take off, and be well prepared. Be safe, have fun!


Street scape For you M.M.
From the middle of the bridge at dawn.
That's me walking toward a coffee.
The object of my affection.. Coffee and a croissant, in da-village-ahither..
I rested on the far side of this serene bridge, with "Hero" who's from Japan. He shared his snack and I shared my tea. Friendships blossom in quiet moments along this mystical trail.
I was blessed to share a fascinating conversation with Warren, He's an engineer from Denmark who is currently on a new life path.
After walking 23km, I stumbled upon paradise, under the auspicious name of La Casa Magica in the village of Villatuerta-this is the mediation room.
La Casa Mágica I've had my shower, washed my clothes and I'm relaxing in a hammoc with wine and a book. Really…Does it get any better than this?
View from my cozy pod.
Dinner truly was Delicious and the company fascinating. Everyone enjoyed themselves and I'm sure slept well…the wine and conversation flowed that night.
On the road again. Heading to places unknown.
Water droplets and a spider web!
Unfortunately this church was closed.
Views are special even in the rain.
Wine or Water on tap. Gotta love the Spanish!
Click to VIEW VIDEO:Interesting afternoon on The Way Classic Camimo de Santiago picture. I appreciated the flowers in the boot.
Oh oh…Foot problems. I see a break in my future.
Friendships are forged on the Camino.
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Great photos! Thanks for taking us with you!
Shauna, I am enjoying your adventure immensely! I want to walk the camino when I retire. Consider leaving some personal thing along the way. Some years ago, I lost my wedding ring in a tower of fire coral in Sharm al Yenbo, an inlet off the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. A full moon can still channel me back to that place and that time because of my ring that is still protected there in the heart of that fire coral. Have a buen camino!


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ZIA SONIA
Celebrate the Harvest and Our Community
It was 1979 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Mr. Charles Thornton, Jr. who at the time, was manager of WEPM Radio Station, was trying to think of a community activity for everyone. Gas prices were high and the economy was falling. He did some research and found there were Apple Carnivals that dated back to 1896, 1909, and 1935 held in Downtown Martinsburg, West Virginia celebrating the harvesting of the apples. They were interrupted by WWI, WWII, and the depression. Mr. Thornton contacted local businesses and social organizations asking for volunteers to help revive the Apple Harvest Festival. Volunteers met with Mr. Thornton and The Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival Committee was formed.
By-Laws of the MSAHF, Inc. are dated October 25, 1979. In the By-Laws, Article I, Section 3 it states: "The fundamental purpose of said corporation shall be to promote the apple industry in the state of West Virginia, and specifically in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and associated and related industries, and the celebration of the harvest of the apples throughout the Mountain State and through efforts to generally promote the welfare in community betterment by various acts as deemed appropriate by said corporation in and for the community, in the city of Martinsburg, the county of Berkeley, and the state of West Virginia. And further, to engage in any acts for which a corporation may be organized, including the possession of real estate and all acts connected therewith, as may be organized under the laws for such a non-profit corporation, in the state of West Virginia, and under the Code of the State of West Virginia; and to do any lawful acts that will be deemed in the best interests of the purposes of this corporation." In Article I, Section 4, it states: "The objectives of this organization shall include by not be limited to the followings: The sponsoring and promotion of an annual festival to celebrate the apple harvest in West Virginia, and particularly in the Eastern Panhandle of the State of West Virginia."
The festival is always held the third weekend in October. The name Queen Pomona was chosen for the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival Queen because Pomona was the uniquely Roman goddess of fruit trees and orchards. Pomona watches over and protects fruit trees and cares for the cultivation, and Pomona comes from the Latin word pomum, "fruit" specifically orchard fruit.
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Driver critical after serious crash near Northamptonshire border
A man is in a critical condition after a serious crash just over the county border this morning (Wednesday).
By Sam Wildman
Wednesday, 4th September 2019, 4:17 pm
Police closed the road for more than five hours.
Emergency services raced to the B645 between Tilbrook and Kimbolton after the crash involving a Range Rover and Mazda MX5 at about 6.55am.
The driver of the Mazda, a 48-year-old man, was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital by air ambulance where he remains in a critical but stable condition.
The Range Rover driver, a 42-year-old man, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
The road was re-opened at about 12.15pm.
Anyone with dashcam footage of the collision or who may have seen the incident should call police on 101 quoting incident 72 of September 4.


Here you can find some of the projects I've done either by myself or while working for my employer but are open source, that might be considered interesting. Some were fun, some not, but at least I learn with all of them.
DCAT-AP Catalog (2017): DCAT is an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data catalogs published on the Web. I developed an application to browse & edit Catalogs, Datasets and Distributions using and tweaking the mu-semtech microservices stack.
Data Vlaanderen (2017): This project is an effort of the Flamish Information Angecy to publish internal data in a linked data format to be consumed.
Big Data Europe project (2016-2017):Big Data Europe stands as a project result of the joint effort of several european organizations and companies to provide an architecture to incorporate Big Data techniques and workflows into their existing processes and infrastructure. In this framework, I have developed & contributed in several microservices, along with developing UI integration for all of them.
app-http-logger: provide out-of-the-box automatic logging of your running docker containers, and make the data available on ElasticSearch & Kibana for further analysis and visualization. It was developed for the Big Data Europe project. Code is available here.
ESCO (2016): ESCO is the multilingual classification of European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations. ESCO is part of the Europe 2020 strategy. We have the permission of the European Commission to open source our code, so I worked a great deal on this project. All repo code can be found here.
phaser-typescript-portfolio: I wanted to write an interactive portfolio like the one from Daniel Sternlicht, also featured here, so I wrote a very simple one-level RPG like using the Phaser game library and typescript. Code is available here.
Oferteos (2017): Oferteos is a simple bargain aggregator site for spanish customers where you can browse through multiple offers coming from several different online shops.
All the code I write is available in my github repository.


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est un film japonais réalisé par Norio Tsuruta, sorti en 2000.

Synopsis
Une trentaine d'années avant les évènements de Ring (réalisé par Hideo Nakata), vivait encore celle que l'on connaît sous le nom de Sadako Yamamura... Jeune fille d'une vingtaine d'années, très belle mais d'une timidité quasi-maladive, Sadako est quotidiennement en proie à ses pouvoirs paranormaux, et vit seule, avec ses souvenirs de sa mère défunte : Shizuko Yamamura. Le théâtre est un moyen d'évacuation, et elle s'y investit tout entière. Hélas, son arrivée dans une troupe de théâtre concorde avec une série d'évènements étranges et inquiétants... Une série d'évènements qui vont attiser la méfiance de toute la troupe, pour que cette suspicion se cristallise finalement en une psychose collective, qui sera à l'origine de la chute de la célèbre Sadako Yamamura...

Fiche technique
 Titre français : Ring 0 : Le Commencement
 Titre original :
 Réalisation : Norio Tsuruta
 Scénario : Hiroshi Takahashi, d'après la nouvelle Lemonheart de Kōji Suzuki
 Production : Shinji Ogawa, Masao Nagai et Takashige Ichise
 Musique : Shin'ichirō Ogata
 Photographie : Takahide Shibanushi
 Montage : Hiroshi Sunaga
 Pays d'origine : Japon
 Langue : japonais
 Format : Couleurs - 1,85:1 - DTS - 35 mm
 Genre : Horreur
 Durée : 99 minutes
 Date de sortie :
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Distribution
 Yukie Nakama (VF : Marie-Eugénie Maréchal) : Sadako Yamamura
 Seiichi Tanabe : Tōyama
 Yoshiko Tanaka : Shōko Miyaji
 Kumiko Aso : Etsuko Tachihara
 Ryūji Mizukami : Wataru Kuno
 Takeshi Wakamatsu : Yūsaku Shigemori
 Kaoru Okunuki : Aiko Hazuki
 Daisuke Ban : Heihachirō Ikuma
 Junko Takahata : Kaoru Arima
 Masako : Shizuko Yamamura
 Mami Hashimoto : Kiyomi
 Kazue Tsunogae : Sudō
 Chinami Furuya : une fille
 Gō Shimada : le collaborateur de Miyaji
 Tsukasa Kimura : Yumiko Kanai
 Yasuji Kimura : Tomigashi
 Yukimi Koyanagi : une infirmière
 Yoshiyuki Morishita : Okubo
 Yoji Tanaka : un enseignant

Autour du film
 La chanson Finale est interprétée par L'Arc-en-Ciel.

Distinctions
 Nomination au prix du meilleur film lors du festival Fantasporto en 2001.

Liens externes

 Critique Sancho does Asia
 Critiques Cinemasie
 Critiques Hk Mania

Film japonais sorti en 2000
Film d'horreur japonais
Film fantastique japonais
Film se déroulant à Tokyo
Adaptation d'une nouvelle japonaise au cinéma
Préquelle au cinéma
Film en japonais
Film Ring
Film sur la télékinésie
Film partiellement en noir et blanc

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Just ask a Blanchard's Cricket frog and I'll bet if he could talk, he'd tell you that whether it's a habitat for frogs or for us humans, trying to be green and then staying green isn't easy.
I get the feeling around this time of year that people search for something tangible to enjoy or maybe they hunt. Food is always a fav so is companionship as is a good deal.
I find somewhere where I can sit quietly. Then I let my mind wander a bit to the noises around me until finally I calm my inner voice. I eliminate thinking about comfort or re-living a recent moment or thinking of a future action. Each time I bring myself back to the present. I can do this but it really is quite challenging at times. Finally I calm my thoughts and just sort of drift in and out with my breath. Then I start to relax and take deep breaths. Okay, then I try not to fall asleep. Okay, I take a nap.


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Der Hund von Baskerville
Anthony Hinds for Hammer
directed by Terence Fisher
starring Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee, Marla Landi, David Oxley, Ewen Solon, Francis De Wolff, Miles Malleson
screenplay by Peter Bryan, based on the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, music by James Bernard
Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing), Hound of the Baskervilles
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Book: House of Horror: The Complete Hammer Films Story by Jack Hunter
Book: Hammer Films - Pocket Essentials series by John McCarty
Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles (paperback)
Arthur Conan Doyle's Complete Sherlock Holmes (hardcover)
When Old Man Baskerville dies, supposedly scared to death & rumours of the curse of the Baskervilles & the hellhound who gets them re-arise, Serlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) & Dr.Watson (Andr� Morell) come to town from London to guard the life of the last of the Baskervilles (Christopher Lee). After several attempts are made on his life, & another man, an escaped convict obviously mistaken for him is killed by a hound, Holmes once again is able to unmask the hellhound as an ordinary - but still mighty fierce - hound, & identify the killer as Ewen Solon, a believed lost heir of the Baskervilles.
Even over 40 years later, this one still remains the definitive adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes novel - & among others, Paul Morrisey & Douglas Hickox both tried their hands on it. That might be because Terence Fisher was the perfect choice to film it, he did very much accentuate the horror elements, giving a spooky atmosphere to the proceedings you don't normally get in whodunit-thrillers - though not even that would explain the fact why the killers, obviously doing it for money, had to revert to ritualistic killings - & his fast paced direction makes good use of the moor, the fog, the old darik house, all tried & true trademarks of your gothic horror movie (Fisher by the way, was at this time at the height of Hammer's gothic wave, having made in the last couple of years Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula (both also with Cushing & Lee) plus The Revenge of Frankenstein (only with Cushing) and would, later that year, also make The Mummy (yes, with Cushing & Lee), all landmark movies in their own right).
All performances won't spoil the fun, either, with Cushing proving to be the ideal choice for Conan Doyle's sleuth, not only in looks, but also in his cold but breathless way to handle the role.
9 years later, Cushing would star in another version of the story (click here to read review), as part of the 1960's BBC-tv-series Sherlock Holmes.
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Just 20 miles from Keelung, Taipei is located on the northern tip of Taiwan where the Tamsui and Keelung rivers meet. One of Asia's fastest-growing cities, it is the gateway to an island of contrasts, from bustling urban areas to serene countryside. Key sites of interest include the 19th-century city gates and walls, the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial and the famous Grand Hotel.
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Bustling and modern Hualien sits on the rugged east coast of Taiwan, an island laden with mountainous nature reserves bursting with enchanting scenery. Just to the city's north is Taroko National Park, an absolute jewel of the region and home to Taroko Gorge, a sheer-walled, 12-mile-long river canyon accessed by a scenic winding highway. Eternal Spring Shrine, a picturesque temple complex built over a cascading waterfall, clings to the verdant cliffs of this must-see park's interior.
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AFTERNOON - CALAYAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES
The Babuyan Islands, the northernmost of the Philippines, are home to Calayan, a pearl of an island caressed by the cerulean waters of the Philippine Sea. Inhabited by a small farming and fishing community, the island exudes a rustic charm. Goats may be spotted grazing its lush landscape of verdant hills. Sibang Cove is a magnet for humpback whales, while a major attraction for bird-watchers is the flightless Calayan rail, a species only recently discovered by science.
MORNING - HUNDRED ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, PHILIPPINES
Nestled within the sapphire-blue waters of Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines, is the Hundred Islands National Park. This collection of emerald-green islets, numbering 123 or 124, depending on the tide, is a wonderland of hidden anemonefish for snorkelers, while roseate and black-naped terns are a delight for fortunate bird-watchers.
MORNING - CORREGIDOR ISLAND, PHILIPPINES
At the entrance to beautiful Manila Bay sits Corregidor. This lush, green and rugged speck of an island, often simply called "The Rock," is steeped in military significance due to its strategic location. Over the centuries, the island has been a witness to the occupation of the Philippines by Spain, the U.S. and Japan, often playing a pivotal role in the unfolding of history. Among its notable sites, perhaps the most moving is the Pacific War Memorial complex, which includes a museum.
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AFTERNOON - MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Set amid the forest-green splendor of Luzon Island is bustling Manila, the second largest city in Southeast Asia, with its towering skyscrapers and remarkable joie de vivre. Yet amid the big-city excitement are oases of calm: lush tropical parks, magnificent cathedrals and dramatic Spanish forts. North of the city, mountains beckon with their spectacular rice terraces, while across Manila Bay stands Mount Mariveles, a dormant volcano studded with scenic hiking trails.
MORNING - EL NIDO, PALAWAN
With its palm-fringed, white-sand beaches, colorful coral reefs and blue lagoons, El Nido is heaven on earth. Located on the Philippine island of Palawan, the town is known for its limestone cliffs where flocks of swiftlets make their home, resulting in the name El Nido or "nest" in Spanish. As a gateway to stunning Bacuit Bay, with its crystal-clear waters, islets and rugged peaks, it's the perfect setting for beach strolls, snorkeling, kayaking and appreciating nature's wonders.
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MORNING - SANDAKAN, BORNEO, MALAYSIA
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MORNING - DERAWAN ISLANDS, BORNEO, INDONESIA
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As one of the largest islands in Indonesia (the eleventh largest in the world), Sulawesi overflows with bold pursuits. Pare Pare is a lovely port city of rolling hills, the ideal starting point for your cultural adventures, from intensive investigation of the elaborate burial ceremonies and costume of the Toraja people, to the masterful artistic skills and treasures that have permeated village life forever.
MORNING - PALOPO, SOUTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA
With more than 125 documented mammal species – more than half found nowhere else in the world – Sulawesi is a tapestry of biodiversity and wildlife wonders. Greet the dwarf buffalo, tiny tarsiers, and menagerie of birds and other animals as you explore the fascinating ecosystems of the island, and spend a day in Torajaland, where the culture is as captivating and globally mysterious as the natural surroundings.
AFTERNOON - TAKA BONERATE NATIONTAL PARK, INDONESIA
Turtles, sharks and giant clams may be your swimming mates as you explore the reefs of Tinabo Island, as beach snorkeling adventures push your previous boundaries. Dive deeper at the Sumur Ikan dive site, which reveals even greater diversity of sea life, and take your study further at Taka Bonerate National Park, the third largest atoll in the world.
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DISEMBARK - BALI (BENOA), INDONESIA
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Rice makes thoughtful decision on campus carry
By James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy on December 3, 2015 at 4:05 PM
I commend Lisa Falkenberg for bringing to light the measured way in which Rice University students debated the administration's request for feedback on a new Texas law that allows concealed handguns on campus. She adequately portrays the role student association president Jazz Silva and other student groups played in a tempered and rational discussion on whether the university should opt out of the law and continue to ban guns at Rice. They do deserve recognition for their role that led to a decision at Rice on this controversial topic — a decision that keeps the campus gun-free.
But, in my opinion, she does not extend the praise far enough.
As a Rice employee familiar with the process, I am aware of the coordinated effort led by the university's administration to engage not only students, but also faculty, staff, and other stakeholders in collectively reaching a decision about campus carry. This is an important distinction that is not meant to diminish the power of the student's voice, but to provide an example of how a university can work together through an issue. Recent events have far too often portrayed the divide between students and university administrators as too great to be bridged.
This fall, student protests and administrative resignations at the University of Missouri and tension between students, faculty and administrators over Halloween costumes at Yale University have dominated the national news. The responses by universities were criticized as too cautious (at Missouri) or too extreme (at Yale) in their efforts to protect students from personal affronts. These incidents stem from a growing debate on the value of exposing students to diverse world views and opinions versus protecting their emotions.
The process established and carried out by Rice shows that, done the right way, the system works. Did all students, faculty, and staff agree that Rice should not allow guns on campus? No. Were other reasonable suggestions recommended (such as allowing individuals with licenses and verified training to carry concealed weapons)? Yes. In the feedback administrators requested, were there strong emotions and disagreements? Undoubtedly. But it was a civil debate because those involved understood that this is a serious issue that requires serious discourse, not finger pointing and politicizing.
The lesson other universities can learn from these methods is to proceed in a logical order. First, identify the problem: What is the issue we are facing, how big is the scope, and what are the predicted roadblocks? Next, communicate effectively: Rice explained the details and impact of the law, when it would take effect, how to give feedback, and the steps that would follow. The university then allowed an adequate period to gather feedback. They then evaluated the feedback and made an informed decision, inviting representatives from all stakeholder groups to be part of the process. Next the university prepared not only to communicate the decision, but also how to respond to reaction to the decision. Last, Rice announced the decision, backing it up with the clear and concise reasoning behind it.
Much of what has happened on campuses across the country this fall can be summarized by students asking the question, "What about my voice? Does it matter?" Following Rice's example will ensure that every voice matters, no matter the issue.
Ryan Kirksey is the director of operations and finance at the Baker Institute. Follow him on Twitter @RyanKirksey.
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WASHINGTON — The Navy is moving forward to more than double the size of its bombing test range in Nevada, a move environmentalists say jeopardizes critical natural habitats, nesting enclaves and natural waterways.
The proposed expansion would add 600,000 acres in central Nevada to bombing range capabilities at the Fallon Range Training Complex, where all naval air strike units train before deployment. The site is now 232,000 acres of Navy-managed land, the Navy said on its website for Fallon.
As initially proposed, the expansion would add roughly 967 square miles of federal land and 100 square miles of private land to the training range. Fallon is about 350 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
The true size of the Fallon range, along with other test sites in Nevada, fluctuates since actual figures are deemed classified and thus not provided to the public. Therefore, estimates of acres and square miles vary.
"The military is plunging headlong into yet another seizure of Nevada's beloved public lands. This proposal would mean a loss of public access to an enormous swath of the Great Basin desert, and severe impacts to the wildlife like bighorn sheep and golden eagles which live there," Patrick Donnelly, the Nevada director for the Center for Biological Diversity, told TMN.
If the expansion goes through, it would eliminate public access to federal land in five counties, including areas in Fairview Peak and the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge. The Navy is offering a 60-day public comment period, instead of the normal 90 days.
The Navy said boundaries have not changed to accommodate for the capabilities of modern weapons. "Modern weapons can reach targets at greater distances than ever before, but current range boundaries limit this type of training. Expanding the range boundaries would allow military personnel to train in a realistic, and in some instances 360-degree, combat scenario," the Navy said.
The Navy proposal comes on the heels of a similar effort by the Air Force to add 302,000 acres to its Nevada Test and Training Range, which now is more than 2.9 million acres.
According to Global Security defense study group, the Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC) is about 84,000 acres with four separate training ranges and an integrated air defense system consisting of 37 real or simulated radars.
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Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing
Sen. Kelly Loeffler is the second senator who has gotten rid of their holdings right as the stock market went bad.
Lachlan Markay
William Bredderman
Sam Brodey
Congressional Reporter
Updated Mar. 20, 2020 8:12AM ET / Published Mar. 19, 2020 8:49PM ET
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty
The Senate's newest member sold off seven figures' worth of stock holdings in the days and weeks after a private, all-senators meeting on the novel coronavirus that subsequently hammered U.S. equities.
Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) reported the first sale of stock jointly owned by her and her husband on Jan. 24, the very day that her committee, the Senate Health Committee, hosted a private, all-senators briefing from administration officials, including the CDC director and Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on the coronavirus.
"Appreciate today's briefing from the President's top health officials on the novel coronavirus outbreak," she tweeted about the briefing at the time.
That first transaction was a sale of stock in the company Resideo Technologies valued at between $50,001 and $100,000. The company's stock price has fallen by more than half since then, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average overall has shed approximately 10,000 points, dropping about a third of its value.
It was the first of 29 stock transactions that Loeffler and her husband made through mid-February, all but two of which were sales. One of Loeffler's two purchases was stock worth between $100,000 and $250,000 in Citrix, a technology company that offers teleworking software and which has seen a small bump in its stock price since Loeffler bought in as a result of coronavirus-induced market turmoil.
Loeffler's office did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Beast on the transactions and whether they were prompted or informed by information shared at that late January briefing. It's illegal for members of Congress to trade on non-public information gleaned through their official duties.
Late Thursday night, she did offer a statement, tweeting: "This is a ridiculous and baseless attack. I do not make investment decisions for my portfolio. Investment decisions are made by multiple third-party advisors without my or my husband's knowledge or involvement.
"As confirmed in the periodic transaction report to Senate Ethics, I was informed of these purchases and sales on February 16, 2020—three weeks after they were made."
In the weeks after her spate of stock trades, Loeffler sought to downplay the public-health and financial threats posed by the coronavirus.
"Democrats have dangerously and intentionally misled the American people on #Coronavirus readiness," she tweeted on Feb. 28. "Here's the truth: @realDonaldTrump & his administration are doing a great job working to keep Americans healthy & safe."
"Concerned about #coronavirus?" she tweeted on March 10. "Remember this: The consumer is strong, the economy is strong, & jobs are growing, which puts us in the best economic position to tackle #COVID19 & keep Americans safe."
Loeffler is the second known senator to sell off large stock holdings between that Jan. 24 briefing and the dramatic drop in stock-market indices over the last week. The Center for Responsive Politics reported on Thursday that Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, sold between $500,000 and $1.5 million in stock in February, shortly before markets tanked—and before Burr privately warned of the havoc that coronavirus was poised to wreak.
Burr lashed out at National Public Radio on Thursday over its report revealing those private comments in a series of tweets that did not mention his stock trades. Burr was one of just one of three senators who voted against legislation in 2012 banning so-called congressional insider trading.
As it happens, Burr and Loeffler sat next to each other on the Senate floor during the chamber's impeachment trial in January.
Loeffler assumed office on Jan. 6 after having been appointed to the seat vacated by retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson. Between then and Jan. 23, she did not report a single stock transaction from accounts owned by her individually or by her and her husband jointly.
Between Jan. 24 and Feb. 14, by contrast, Loeffler reported selling stock jointly owned with her husband worth between $1,275,000 and $3,100,000, according to transaction reports filed with Senate ethics officials. On Feb. 14, she also purchased the Citrix stock and another $100,000 to $250,000 in technology company Oracle, which has seen its share price decline by more than 18 percent since then.
The 15 stocks that Loeffler reported selling have lost more than a third of their value, on average, since she reported offloading them. She initially reported many of the transactions as sales of stock owned by her husband. Last week she amended the filing to note that most of them were jointly owned.
The full scope of Loeffler's portfolio and its particular holdings is not yet known. Senators are required to regularly disclose that information, but in January she requested an extension from Senate ethics officials. A full accounting of her finances will not be public until May.
When Loeffler assumed office, she immediately became the wealthiest member of Congress. The Atlanta businesswoman, whose husband is the chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, has a fortune estimated at $500 million.
From the beginning of her tenure, she has faced scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest. Her position on a Senate subcommittee that oversees futures markets "gives Kelly Loeffler a direct position in overseeing her and her husband's financial enterprises," Craig Holman, lobbyist for the ethics group Public Citizen, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution in February. "I find it utterly irresponsible the Senate would choose to put Loeffler on that committee, given her conflicts of interest."
Unlike other senators, Loeffler's finances are directly tied to her electoral fate. She has pledged to spend $20 million on her bid to hold on to her seat when she faces voters for the first time this November.
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Richard Emmert
February 3, 1946 — December 3, 2022
Wellston, OH
Richard Eugene Emmert, 76, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning , December 3, 2022, while surrounded by his family, at Edgewood Manor of Wellston. He was the first of four boys born to Eugene J. Emmert and Dorothy Poling Emmert in Dayton, Ohio, on February 3, 1946. He was a 1964 graduate of Wellston High School and then worked for the state of Ohio as a core driller. He was a US Navy veteran, having served during the Vietnam Era. He was employed for many years as a security guard for the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, and he retired from that position in 2007 to enjoy spending time with his loving wife of 47 years, Linda Gill Emmert. In his free time, he loved working with guns. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother and sister-in-law, Roger and Tina Emmert. Besides his wife, Linda, he leaves behind two brothers and their families, David and Janice Emmert of Jackson and Jerry and Tami Emmert of Wellston. "Rick" requested cremation to follow his earthly passing and to have no visitation or services. " Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world. A Veteran doesn't have that problem" - Ronald Reagan. Arrangements are by the Jenkins Funeral Chapel of Wellston. Online condolences may be made at www.samjenkinsfuneralchapel.com
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I'll post a little bit here and there about our vacation-read that as "when I have time to upload some pictures on blogger"
When we were out in public sightseeing I tried to have us all dress in like colors so it'd be easy to spot each other. However I didn't think of that until we were already on vacation so I had to make due with what was packed. This day we all had orange except Noah so I split us yellow and orange so Noah wouldn't be the odd man out.
As we were walking from the street side to the lawn side we walked by the FDR Administration Building (I think that's what it's called) and they were doing some construction. They had two bobcats driving in and out of the building hauling in pea gravel. It was the highlight for the boys. Whitehouse, Shmitehouse!
Right after the picture we had to book it back to the car because Simon had to pee. To his credit, he held it on the walk back to the car and all the way to my friend's house. He's a trooper, that one.
That looks like fun! I love Noah's thumbs up. Good work on the color coordination! I think you're the smart one!


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Art lovers, rejoice! Exciting things are in store for the Blanton Museum of Art. In February, the museum announced that it will construct artist Ellsworth Kelly's Austin on the grounds of the museum, the only freestanding building the renowned artist has ever designed.
On the heels of that exciting announcement, the Blanton has officially released the 2015-2016 schedule preview, which includes four new exhibits. We reached out to the curators and researchers of the upcoming exhibits for a special look at what's headed to the Blanton next season.
The Blanton currently holds more works by Texas artist Donald Moffett than any other museum in the United States. To celebrate this, and as part of the museum's growing initiative to increase holdings by Texas artists, the Blanton will present a gallery dedicated to new acquisitions by the San Antonio native.
Moffett works in a rich variety of media including painting, drawing and projected video on painting. The installation is meant to highlight his diverse talents and will include a range of works, from pieces that examine the legacy of Texas Congressman Barbara Jordan to bold abstract paintings.
"Moderno is the first exhibition of its kind to showcase the unique take on modern mid-century interior design from the region," says the Blanton's curator of Latin American art, Beverly Adams. The exhibit will illustrate how deeply design transformed the domestic landscape in Latin America through beautiful and innovative objects including furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, textiles and drawings — many of which will be exhibited for the first time.
The exhibition is organized by Americas Society, Inc., and made possible through support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council of the Arts and many more. For more information and a complete list of supporters, head here.
"The Crusader Bible: A Gothic Masterpiece presents the famous medieval picture Bible from the Morgan Library & Museum of New York. Created in 13th century France, the manuscript is celebrated for its Old Testament scenes vividly depicted in medieval settings," explains Blanton curatorial research associate Jeongho Park. The Blanton's presentation of this important manuscript will include more than 40 unbound folios by seven anonymous artists. Bright images of medieval castles, towns and battling knights in armor will bring Old Testament stories to life.
The exhibition is organized by The Morgan Library & Museum, New York and made possible by the Janine Luke and Melvin R. Seiden Fund for Exhibitions and Publications, the Sherman Fairchild Fund for Exhibitions, and more. For more information and a complete list of supporters, head here.
The '90s "are back" and Come As You Are is the first major American museum survey to historicize the art of the pivotal, grunge-y decade. The exhibit will chart "the influence of globalization, the digital revolution, identity politics and the AIDS crisis on contemporary art," explains the Blanton's Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Evan Garza.
The exhibition is organized by the Montclair Art Museum and made possible through generous support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.


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What's Really Driving Expedia Group Inc's (NASDAQ: EXPE) Declining ROE?
Published on April 18, 2018 in SHAREHOLDER RETURNS by Brian Dentino
Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ: EXPE) generated a below average return on equity of 6.4% over the past twelve months, while the Consumer Discretionary sector returned 8.8%. Even though Expedia's performance is subpar relative to its peers, it's useful to understand what's really driving the company's low ROE and how it's trending. Understanding these components may change your views on Expedia and its future prospects.
Expedia's Return On Equity
Return on equity represents the percentage return a company generates on the money shareholders have invested. Return on equity or ROE is defined as follows:
ROE = Net Income To Common / Average Total Common Equity
A higher return on equity suggests management is utilizing the capital invested by shareholders efficiently. However, it is important to note that ROE can be "manufactured" by management with the use of leverage or debt.
Expedia's historical ROE trends are highlighted in the chart below.
source: finbox.io data explorer – ROE
The return on equity of Expedia has generally been declining over the last few years. ROE decreased from 31.7% to 5.3% in fiscal year 2016, increased to 6.4% in 2017 and the LTM period is also its latest fiscal year. So what's causing the general decline?
What's Driving Expedia's Declining Return On Equity
The DuPont analysis is simply a separate way to calculate a company's ROE:
ROE = Net Profit Margin * Asset Turnover * Equity Multiplier
Created by the DuPont Corporation in the 1920s, the analysis is a useful tool that helps determine what's responsible for changes in a company's ROE. It highlights that a firm's ROE is affected by three things: profit margin, asset turnover, and its equity multiplier or financial leverage.
Analyzing changes in these three items over time allows investors to figure out if operating efficiency, asset use efficiency or the use of leverage is what's causing changes in ROE. Strong companies should have ROE that is increasing because its net profit margin and/or asset turnover is increasing. On the other hand, a company may not be as strong as investors would otherwise think if ROE is increasing from the use of leverage or debt.
So let's take a closer look at what's driving Expedia's returns.
Expedia's Net Profit Margin
The net profit margin of Expedia has generally been declining over the last few years. Margins decreased from 16.2% to 3.2% in fiscal year 2016, increased to 3.8% in 2017 and the LTM period is also its latest fiscal year.
source: data explorer – net profit margin
Therefore, the company's decreasing margins help explain, at least partially, why ROE is also decreasing. Now let's take a look at Expedia's efficiency performance.
Expedia's Asset Turnover
A promising sign for shareholders, Expedia's asset turnover has actually increased each year since 2015. Turnover increased from 0.54x to 0.56x in fiscal year 2016 and increased again to 0.59x in 2017.
source: data explorer – asset turnover
Therefore, the company's ROE decline is not as a result of its asset turnover performance which has been steadily increasing.
Finally, the DuPont constituents that make up Expedia's ROE are shown in the table below. Note that the table also compares Expedia to a peer group that includes Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTRP), Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEXEA), Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEXEB) and Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRPA).
source: finbox.io's DuPont model
In conclusion, the DuPont analysis has helped us better understand that Expedia's general decline in return on equity is the result of a worsening net profit margin, an improving asset turnover ratio and declining leverage. Therefore when looking at the core operations of the business, Expedia shareholders don't necessarily need to panic just yet due to the company's steady improvement in operational efficiency.
The DuPont approach is a helpful tool when analyzing how well management is utilizing shareholder capital. However, it doesn't necessarily tell the whole story. For example, how do the company's ROE trends compare to its peers or sector? How about in absolute returns? I recommend that investors continue to research Expedia to gain a better understanding of its fundamentals before making an investment decision.
Author: Brian Dentino
Expertise: financial technology, analyzing market trends
Brian is a founder at finbox.io, where he's focused on building tools that make it faster and easier for investors to research stock fundamentals. Brian's background is in physics & computer science and previously worked as a software engineer at GE Healthcare. He enjoys applying his expertise in technology to help find market trends that impact investors.
Brian can be reached at brian@finbox.io.
As of this writing, Brian did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities and this is not a buy or sell recommendation on any security mentioned.
Expertise: financial technology, analyzing market trends. Brian is a founder at finbox.io, where he's focused on building tools that make it faster and easier for investors to research stock fundamentals. Brian's background is in physics & computer science and previously worked as a software engineer at GE Healthcare. He enjoys applying his expertise in technology to help find market trends that impact investors. Brian can be reached at brian@finbox.io or at +1 (516) 778-6257.
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