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Gary Holland
Entrepreneur, Business Owner
Sycamore born and raised, Gary Holland's life has played out like a perfect piece of advice he might pass on to his grandchildren: Stay humble. Work hard. Be kind.
For Gary, a Sycamore High School Class of 1956 alumni, much kindness was extended to him in the form of many mentors along the way, most notably his football coach Pete Johnson. Coach Johnson helmed Gary's 1955 Sycamore High Hall of Fame undefeated football team and Little Seven Conference Champions, where Gary was selected for the All-State Team.
Coach Johnson also coordinated Diversified Occupations (D.O) at SHS in 1954, the learning-by-doing program where Gary found his niche at farm equipment dealership Read Brothers Oliver dealership in DeKalb. Gary spent the next two years working and learning the farm equipment trade as a service technician.
In 1958, Gary married his high school sweetheart, Judy Martin (SHS Class of 1957), and joined Read Brothers full time. Through his dedication and work ethic, Gary was given the chance to work for Oliver Corp. in Peoria, Illinois, as a travelling service representative. Then, in 1963, an even bigger opportunity presented itself. Gary was asked to become a minority partner in McAllister Sales & Service, an Oliver dealership in Sandwich, Illinois.
Between 1960 and 1968, Gary and Judy welcomed their three sons, Tyrone, Todd and Troy, to the Holland family. Gary kept himself open to opportunity and bought a minority partnership in a John Deere dealership in Mendota, IL, in 1972. Through effort and vision, Gary purchased the remaining interest in the dealership, renaming it Holland & Sons, Inc. All three sons worked in the dealership from an early age.
Gary made good use of the principles he learned growing up in Sycamore, like drive, determination, and risk-taking to grow Holland & Sons, Inc. over the course of two decades to include dealerships in Princeton, Dixon, Freeport, and Geneseo, Illinois. Today, Holland & Sons, Inc. employs 120 people full-time, all of them considered extended members of the Holland family.
Gary credits the company's success to his devoted employees and the management skills of his sons, Ty and Todd, who are now part owners and run the business today. Gary's youngest son, Troy, went on to study law at John Marshall Law School, became an attorney, and was elected as a LaSalle County Circuit Court Judge in 2012.
The years have brought Gary three amazing daughters-in-law, eight bright grandchildren, a sweet great-grandchild, and more on the way. In January 2018, Gary and Judy will celebrate 60 years of wedded bliss.
A leader in the farm equipment industry, Gary served as Director of the Illinois Retail Farm Equipment Association, and was featured in a Forbes Magazine article on John Deere dealerships. Even more, Gary dedicated himself to help his community as a director and past president of the Mendota Community Hospital, director of the National Bank of Mendota, and past president of the Mendota Rotary Club. In his semi-retirement, Gary collects classic cars and tractors and inspires the next generation of Hollands to live a life of integrity.
Gary says he is humbled and honored to be a part of this group of Distinguished Alumni. Attending Sycamore High School and learning from his mentors there had a large part in shaping his life and business career.


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Q: How to perform join between on float type id column and one string having multiple ids seperated by comma I have to join id of two sets where in on set has multiple ids and another table has only one id. My query is:
Select * from(Select('1301,1303,1305,1307,1309,1311,1313,1315') IDs from market group by market.Segment)P join DST d on   p.IDs = d.ID

One thing to note is '1301,1303,1305,1307,1309,1311,1313,1315' is value coming from dynamic query so I can not manipulate this value (to 1301,1303,1305,1307,1309,1311,1313,1315).
In this query,d.ID is float type. This query does not work.
My aim is to find any record from DST table that has at least on id among ids 1301,1303,1305,1307,1309,1311,1313,1315.
How can I do this?

A: You can use IN clause :
select m.*
from market m
where m.id in (1301,1303,1305,1307,1309,1311,1313,1315);

If ids are in string format then you can do :
select m.*
from market m cross apply
     dbo.string_split('1301,1303,1305,1307,1309,1311,1313,1315', ',') mm
where mm.value = m.id;

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The CBRS Alliance believes that LTE-based solutions in the 3.5 GHz band, utilizing shared spectrum, can enable both in-building and outdoor coverage and capacity expansion at massive scale. In order to maximize the full potential of spectrum sharing, the Alliance enables a robust ecosystem through the management of the OnGo brand, and the OnGo Certification Program.
ADRF provides DAS, repeaters, passive components, and antennas to all in-building environments for commercial and public safety applications. The company was the first device manufacturer to support the CBRS 3.5 GHz frequency band in their flagship ADVX Series DAS, which will provide secure, cost-effective coverage for better support of private LTE and IoT use cases.
Just like the members of the CBRS Alliance, ADRF believes there is immense opportunity within the 3.5 GHz radio band, particularly when it comes to innovation and security. The company is working with members of the Alliance to help support standardization of the band and ensure that the industry understands the substantial benefits it will provide enterprises.


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Q: How to add columns into org.apache.spark.sql.Row inside of mapPartitions I am a newbie at scala and spark, please keep that in mind :)
Actually, I have three questions

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*How should I define function to pass it into df.rdd.mapPartitions, if I want to create new Row with few additional columns

*How can I add few columns into Row object(or create a new one)

*How create DataFrame from created RDD

Thank you at advance

A: Usually there should be no need for that and it is better to use UDFs but here you are:

How should I define function to pass it into df.rdd.mapPartitions, if I want to create new Row with few additional columns

It should take Iterator[Row] and return Iterator[T] so in your case you should use something like this
import org.apache.spark.sql.Row

def transformRows(iter: Iterator[Row]): Iterator[Row] = ???

How can I add few columns into Row object(or create a new one)

There are multiple ways of accessing Row values including Row.get* methods, Row.toSeq etc. New Row can be created using Row.apply, Row.fromSeq, Row.fromTuple or RowFactory. For example:
def transformRow(row: Row): Row =  Row.fromSeq(row.toSeq ++ Array[Any](-1, 1))

How create DataFrame from created RDD

If you have RDD[Row] you can use SQLContext.createDataFrame and provide schema.
Putting this all together:
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StructField, StructType}

val  df = sc.parallelize(Seq(
    (1.0, 2.0), (0.0, -1.0),
    (3.0, 4.0), (6.0, -2.3))).toDF("x", "y")

def transformRows(iter: Iterator[Row]): Iterator[Row] = iter.map(transformRow)

val newSchema = StructType(df.schema.fields ++ Array(
  StructField("z", IntegerType, false), StructField("v", IntegerType, false)))

sqlContext.createDataFrame(df.rdd.mapPartitions(transformRows), newSchema).show

// +---+----+---+---+
// |  x|   y|  z|  v|
// +---+----+---+---+
// |1.0| 2.0| -1|  1|
// |0.0|-1.0| -1|  1|
// |3.0| 4.0| -1|  1|
// |6.0|-2.3| -1|  1|
// +---+----+---+---+


I was stamping with a friend, Kye Ann, today because we get together once a month and make cards for our church family and we have three guys in our fellowship who work on cars. Kye Ann pulled this dsp out and I grabbed the sketch from Stamping 411 and we put this together. I know it doesn't use Stampin' Up products exclusively but we were true to the sketch. I don't know what I'll do without the sketches each week. I have thoroughly enjoyed them and they have made me a better and faster stamper.
I love how this card turned out and especially the bottom piece of gray card stock added a lot to this card. We could have paper pieced it also but were in quite a hurry.
Thanks Stamping 411 for all that you have meant to me and done for me and my stamping ability. You will be greatly missed.
Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.


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Experiences and Needs of Bereaved Carers during Palliative and End-of-Life Care for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Felicity Hasson, Alison Spence, Mary Waldron, George Kernohan, Dorry McLaughlin, Barbara Watson, Barbara Cochrane
AIM: This study explored the experiences of palliative care that bereaved carers had while providing care to a dying loved one with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with nine carers who had lost a loved one in the preceding 6 to 24 months. These interviews explored levels of satisfaction with disease management, symptom management, and end-of-life care. With permission, interviews were tape recorded, transcribed, and subjected to content analysis. FINDINGS: Three themes emerged from the data: the impact of the caring experience, the lack of support services, and end-of-life and bereavement support. Carers experienced carer burden, lack of access to support services, a need for palliative care, and bereavement support. CONCLUSION: The findings provide a first insight into the experiences of carers of patients with advanced COPD. Bereaved carers of patients who had suffered advanced COPD reported that they had received inadequate support and had a range of unmet palliative care needs. Special attention should be paid to educating and supporting carers during their caring and bereavement periods to ensure that their quality of life is maintained or enhanced.
Journal of Palliative Care
Dive into the research topics of 'Experiences and Needs of Bereaved Carers during Palliative and End-of-Life Care for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Terminal Care Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Medicine & Life Sciences 75%
Caregivers Medicine & Life Sciences 72%
Bereavement Medicine & Life Sciences 47%
Interviews Medicine & Life Sciences 24%
Disease Management Medicine & Life Sciences 12%
Quality of Life Medicine & Life Sciences 7%
Hasson, F., Spence, A., Waldron, M., Kernohan, G., McLaughlin, D., Watson, B., & Cochrane, B. (2009). Experiences and Needs of Bereaved Carers during Palliative and End-of-Life Care for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Journal of Palliative Care, 25(3), 157-163. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19824276
Hasson, Felicity ; Spence, Alison ; Waldron, Mary ; Kernohan, George ; McLaughlin, Dorry ; Watson, Barbara ; Cochrane, Barbara. / Experiences and Needs of Bereaved Carers during Palliative and End-of-Life Care for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In: Journal of Palliative Care. 2009 ; Vol. 25, No. 3. pp. 157-163.
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Issue #9504
A musical icon we've always loved hearing from talks to a musical icon in the making
Stevie Nicks,
Stevie Nicks: Hello?
Sarah McLachlan: Hi. I'm so bummed that we're not talking in person. Where are you now?
Stevie: In Phoenix
Sarah: Oh, right on.
Stevie: So, Sarah McLachlan. First, I have something to tell you. I go to bed very late, and when I finally do go to bed, about four o'clock in the morning, it's the only time I listen to the radio. And lots of times when I'm really asleep, something will pull me out of my sleep and the amazing thing is it's often Fleetwood Mac. I'll hear the bass and drums and it'll wake me up.
Sarah: Mmmm.
Stevie: Every once in awhile, somebody else will pull me out of my sleep. So this past February I'm sound asleep and all of a sudden this {sings} "And I will be the one." (SM takes a deep breath) Right?
Sarah: Right.
Stevie: And I'm going, "I love this." The DJ said, "That was a new, fabulous thing from Sarah that's called Possession." So I wrote down: Sarah, Possession. The next morning I said to my assistant, "You have to get this record that's called Possession. I don't know if that's the name of the album or the song. All I know is that this lady's name is Sarah, which of course, is my favorite name. And you have been a total part of my life since. I have to give you the greatest compliment that I could pay to anyone. You remind me so much of the first time that I went to the Fillmore in San Francisco. I was in a band that was the opening act on a show that had about seven acts in it. And there were red velvet drapes and you knew that Janis Joplin had sat in this dressing room, and there was something about your music that reminded me of how I felt about Janis. When I heard your music, I thought, Somehow this woman reminds me of the incredible music that came out of San Francisco when all of us were so knocked out to be alive.
Sarah: Whoa! That's pretty heavy for me.
Stevie: Well, it was heavy for me too, because I thought, Wow. She's ticked into an incredible thing here. Somehow she's new, yet she must be a very wise, old soul, because she's put it all together now, but she's still a little antique.
Sarah: Wow, that blows me away.
Stevie: When did you start doing this?
Sarah: I started singing professionally when I was nineteen. I got a record contract offered to me on a silver platter. A couple of years previous, I was in a band, and the first gig we ever did, a guy from a record company saw me and wanted to sign me -- when I was seventeen. But my mom kind of freaked out. And in retrospect, it was really a good thing, because I forgot about it and I went to art college for a year and was really feeling like I fit in someplace for the first time in my life. Then they came back to me and offered me a contract. I had never written a song up until that point.
Stevie: Really?
Sarah: For years and years, I had been playing other people's songs. It was always my biggest dream to be up onstage performing. It always seemed intangible for me, because my mom and dad were academics and wanted me to go to university, so it was like a dream come true and a big push for me to start writing myself.
Stevie: I never in a million years expected it to happen to me. I took typing and shorthand. I went to five years of college and I quit and also got into humongous trouble from my parents for that. (Sarah laughs) I moved to Los Angeles with Lindsey Buckingham, which was totally unacceptable to my entire family. Not only was I living with somebody, but I quit school. "What are you gonna do? Be in the circus for the rest of your life?"
Sarah: Yeah. "When are you going to get a real job?"
Stevie: Right. I also think that fame and fortune have a high price.
Sarah: Oh, no shit. Especially if you're not asking for the fame part. I just want to sing. I've only really become what you call a famous person in the past year. I'm lucky I had five years to get used to it in bits and pieces.
Stevie: The same thing with me. I was just singing with my then-boyfriend, Lindsey, and we had nothing, no money. And I worked. He didn't work. He furiously practiced his guitar every day, all day--and I backed that up. And then we got a call from a famous guy in a famous band who said, "Do you wanna join our band?" We actually went back and forth about it: "Well, maybe we don't. Maybe we just want to do what we're doing now." And between January and my birthday in May we became famous."
Sarah: Oh man!
Stevie: We got paid in cash, two hundred dollars a week each, so I had hundred-dollar bills everywhere. And since we hadn't spent any money in five years, we didn't know how to spend money. And I was washing hundred-dollar bills through the wash and finding them crumpled and detergented out, and hanging them on the line with the rest of our stuff. Well, Sarah, are you happy?
Sarah: Me? Yeah. I've been out on the road for over a year now, so I'm sort of at my wit's end with life and the world. But I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible.
Stevie: It's so pretty here that it's hard to be in a bad mood. The desert's very healing, and I have just been setting up a Bosendorfer piano, which is the pride of my life.
Sarah: Oh, you lucky thing, you!
Stevie: And for the first time I moved my piano into the living room and I'm building around that piano. It's the reason why this house is here, the reason I'm here. It's kind of like if this house burns down, you will see me--
Sarah: Dragging the piano! (laughs)
Stevie: I've actually had some serious fire drills on the road. And I stand in the middle of the room and think, Well, I have to get my tape, because there's stuff that I've written that is nowhere else. And I have to run down twenty-four flights of staris with all my writing, all my tapes, a guitar, and two or three dolls--I collect dolls. I get to the lobby, and everybody's standing there, saying, "I can't believe you brought all that stuff with you." I'm saying, "Well, you can't believe it, but this is my life."
Sarah: When you're out on the road, you have so little that is familiar to you, so those things just become so important.
Stevie: And you travel on a bus?
Sarah: Yeah. We have two tour buses and we caravan.
Stevie: I had never gone on a bus in my life until this year. And I have never had such a great time in my whole life, because it was like getting on an incredible little traveling thing with my best friends.
Sarah: Oh yeah, it's like a candy store.
Stevie: I loved it so much that I was really sad to see that bus go. I thought, If I could just park this bus in front of my house and live on this and go in and shower and do my hair, then I could love this little space.
Sarah: I get nostalgic about touring after I've been away from it for a while. But on our European tour we'd been out for so long and together in such a confined space, we all started to regress. The last show of the tour in Paris was pretty frightening. I'd had laryngitis for about two weeks. I could hardly sing. Afterward we went to this restaurant and got rip-roaring drunk and made absolute fools of ourselves.
Stevie: Which is very easy to do over there, because everybody there drinks like it's water. When I joined Fleetwood Mac, I was twenty-seven years old and I had never ever drank, and these people were used to getting on an airplane at nine in the morning and ordering a double Bloody Mary.
Sarah: Oooh!
Stevie: Pretty soon I realized I can't enjoy being with these people, because they look at the world through a different pair of glasses than I do. Lindsey and I were California girls and boys. We were a strange group of three English people and two American people, and that was very hard on the road, because we were just so different. Christine McVie had Stevie Winwood carrying her books home from school, and Eric Clapton was best friends with Mick Fleetwood when they were sixteen, and I could not even relate to that. It was like, "You guys are too famous for me. And I'm getting really nervous."
Sarah: I can't be with people who are drinking unless I'm drinking too. I hardly drink anyway.
Stevie: That's OK, because we drank for you. We got it out of the way. You don't have to do it.
Sarah: Yeah, you people are why my mother had a bad attitude about the music industry (laughs)
Stevie: I bet. Well, my parents had no sympathy for it all. My granddad was a country and western singer, and he left his family and took freight trains and traveled all over, playing in bars and supporting himself by playing pool. So my mom and dad thought, Well, there she goes. She's gonna walk down the same road as her grandfather. And luckily I became a bit more successful than he was (both laugh). You know what? I would love to meet you sometime and sit down and just talk about your music and my music and share some of the mistakes I made that maybe you don't need to make.
Sarah: Well, I'd definitely love to bend your ear some more, because I have had very little opportunity to talk to anybody who's been in any position such as mine. Especially a woman.
Stevie: You can always call me. I have been through just about every possible thing that you could go through, and I've just given up everything you could possibly give up for this. And I wonder sometimes if I made the right decisions. There are a lot of things that I would love to tell you that might make a difficult time a little easier for you. I'll give you my phone number so that you can call me when you're in the middle of Toronto, bummed out, and I can tell you that everthing's gonna be all right


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Q: How to append two pandas.DataFrame with different numbers of columns Based on the fact that directly append two dataframe with different numbers of columns, an error would occur as pandas.io.common.CParserError: Error tokenizing data. C error: Expected 4 fields in line 242, saw 5. How can I do with pandas to avoid the error??
I have figure out one naive approach: just to process the original data, to make the numbers of columns equally.
Can it be more elegant?? I think the missing columns can be filled with np.nan after pd.append.

A: You should be able to concat the dataframes as shown.
You will need to rename the columns to suit you needs.
df1 = pd.DataFrame({'a':[1,2,3,4],'b':[1,2,3,4],'c':[1,2,3,4]})
df2 = pd.DataFrame({'a':[1,2,3,4],'c':[1,2,3,4]})

df = pd.concat([df1,df2])

print('df1')
print(df1)
print('\ndf2')
print(df2)
print('\ndf')
print(df)

Output:
df1
   a  b  c
0  1  1  1
1  2  2  2
2  3  3  3
3  4  4  4

df2
   a  c
0  1  1
1  2  2
2  3  3
3  4  4

df
   a    b  c
0  1  1.0  1
1  2  2.0  2
2  3  3.0  3
3  4  4.0  4
0  1  NaN  1
1  2  NaN  2
2  3  NaN  3
3  4  NaN  4


American rap star Kendrick Lamar's new publishing deal could be worth as much as $40 million.
Kendrick Lamar's new publishing deal could be worth as much as $40 million.
The 30-year-old rap star has emerged as one of the biggest-selling artists in the music industry since he signed his original agreement with Warner/Chappell Music, but Top Dawg Entertainment, which manages Kendrick, is now weighing up offers between $20 million and $40 million.
One bidder has offered $28 million, according to Billboard, which also revealed that another offer has been made worth $23 million.
It's thought that these eye-watering offers would be for Kendrick's entire catalogue, although it's not clear what terms the rapper's team are keen to secure.
Meanwhile, Kendrick previously claimed that hip-hop culture determines ''what's cool and what's not cool''.
The chart-topping rapper is a long-time fan of hip-hop culture and Kendrick believes it is the most influential genre of music in America.
He said: ''Hip-hop has always been the ultimate genre. Yeah. Even when these numbers wasn't out. Even when the stats wasn't out we always moved the needle. We always ... we were the culture.
Kendrick - who grew up listening to the likes of Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre - is amazed that anyone ever doubted the longevity of the genre.
Kendrick recalled: ''My mom told me, I couldn't believe when she told me this. She said 1987, the year I was born, [people were saying] hip-hop was going to last six months to a year ... that tripped me out.


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Exclusive Flightseeing & Crab Feast
3 hours | Ketchikan | KTN-820K T N - 8 2 0
George Inlet Lodge
Shopping Opportunities, Includes meal, Easy activity
Your excursion begins as you board your motorcoach for a short drive to the flight terminal, where you'll board an authentic Alaska bush plane.
As your flight takes off from the bustling downtown Ketchikan harbor, panoramic views of Revillagigedo Island and the spectacular mountains of the Tongass National Forest are revealed. The narrated flight highlights the historic importance of your aircraft and the landmarks below. After 20 minutes of breathtaking scenery, you'll experience the thrill of a water landing at the remote George Inlet Lodge, a rustic yet elegant oasis that once served as an early 1900s cannery bunkhouse.
Hope you're hungry as you'll be seated in a private dining room to snack on smoked salmon while you learn of the colorful history of the lodge and its epic journey across 90 miles of ocean to its current location. You'll sip white wine or Alaskan Amber beer as your host entertains you with stories of Alaska, Ketchikan and the wilderness lifestyle. In the Oceanside Dining Room, enjoy an all-you-can eat Dungeness crab feast, complete with fresh Oriental salad and cheesecake smothered in Alaska blueberries.
You'll cap your day off with souvenir shopping and a scenic coastal drive back to the pier, passing totem poles, a fish hatchery and a U.S. Coast Guard Station.
Tour may operate in reverse order. Vegetarian and non-crab options are available. Due to weight and balance limitations, as well as passenger safety and comfort, the airline has advised that guests weighing 250 lbs. or more (fully clothed) will be assessed a weight surcharge of $150. In any case where the necessity of the surcharge is verified, it will be paid directly to the tour operator just prior to the flight departure. Carry-on bags are not allowed and there is limited secure storage at the hangar. Aircraft fly no higher than 4,000 feet. Oxygen for personal use is allowed but must be in the form of an FAA approved portable oxygen concentrator that can be secured to the user's body. Occasionally weather may cause the flight portion of this tour to be canceled. In these instances a modified version of the tour will be offered at a reduced price.
Flightseeing excursions are not refundable unless cancelled by 12:00pm on the day after embarkation.
Meal: Smoked salmon hor d'oevures, Dungeness crab, salad and cheesecake with blueberry topping. Complimentary soda, coffee, tea, beer and wine.
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In which your host is proved right
Every prediction I made in this piece from 2005 on 24-hour drinking has proved to be correct: on-trade alcohol consumption has fallen, levels of alcohol-related crime haven't changed; pubs haven't made any extra money; but puritan idiots have continued to rail against the rule change anyway.
The most offensively stupid puritan argument is that '24-hour drinking hasn't cut violent crime, so it was a failure'. No – the point is, it means that law-abiding people can go out for a drink without having to obey insane rules created to stop soldiers in the trenches getting jealous of civvies back home during WWI. That is a good thing in its own right. If drink-related violence had risen, we'd need to weigh the good against the bad. Since it hasn't, we can say that the licensing law changes are an unequivocally good thing, and crack open some booze to celebrate. Hurrah!
(it's also worth noting that on this issue, the Tories are lying crooks who should be run out of town on a rail. Quelle surprise…)
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The Great Simpleton says:
Weren't the licencing hours changed (reduced) to stop the munitiuons workers getting pissed with their new found wealth and blowing up the munitions factories?
Bit of both, I think – the Defence of the Realm Act was ostensibly about increasing war production by improving efficiency and discouraging fripperies, but also about improving morale on the front through greater censorship and propaganda (including countering the belief that the cowards who'd stayed at home were debauching soldiers' wives and daughters…)
There was also an element of prohibitionist moral panic, it being the decade when the Temperance movement was at its strongest.
What is especially amusing is that yr Grauniad link contains a reference to some company being downgraded by Landsbanki…
Yes, I also enjoyed that. Disappointingly I don't think Landsbanki had a UK banking research team (d^2 to confirm); if they had, reading their reports this summer would've been good for lulz.
diogenes1960 says:
I hope you are also, in the interests of equality, going to run out of town on a rail the Labour ministers who distort facts to manipulate public opinion – incl but not limited to Brown, Darling, Balls, Mandelson, Harman… surely far more worthy of being called lying crooks than people who do not actually wield power!
dsquared says:
Landsbanki took over Teather & Greenwood and Bridgewell Securities during the go-go years, and they do have a UK research team although I don't know anything about whether they have a drinks industry team specifically.
Diogenes: next time I write a piece on an area where the Tories are saying sensible things and Labour are being lying idiots, I'll happily point this out. In this case, it's the other way round.
Dsquared: cheers – was wondering specifically whether they published any UK retail banking reports, would be amusing to read them on, say, B&B and HBOS…
Obnoxio The Clown says:
Mine's a glass of champers, if you're buying, thanks!
Philip Thomas says:
Hey, not all Tories agree with the party's rumblings on this. I've been complaining about it for ages.
http://philtforpontefract.blogspot.com/2007/07/24…
If you ask me, it's just a case of "the other guys did it ergo it must be a bad idea". Which is and always has been crap logic. You weigh ideas on their own merits, not those of their proposers.
Absolutely – although I think there's also an element of authoritarianism/anti-hedonism in the Conservative party (not shared by all Conservatives, clearly) that thinks it's better if people don't drink after 11pm – irrespective of whether or not they do any harm.
(note that if I refer to 'The Tories' on this blog, it's shorthand for 'the views advocated by the current Conservative front-bench', not 'everyone who's ever voted Tory')
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Era lo zio di Johann Sebastian Bach, il figlio di Johannes Bach, e il padre del compositore Johann Bernhard Bach. Fu violinista e interprete nell'orchestra Stadtmusikanten Kompagnie di Erfurt. Era organista presso la Kaufmannskirche e la Michaeliskirche; Il 30 giugno 1682 è stato nominato direttore del Ratsmusik.

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The woman was a coworker of mine. I thought she was a friend. I knew she was troubled, that she had a past or rather, a present. She was a single lady, currently using and being used by a few different men in her life. She felt comfortable confiding in me about what was going on and I meant to help her. I knew that at least a portion of her suffering was of her own devices, since she enjoyed the night life, but I tried not to judge her too harshly for this. I thought her appetite was only natural since she wasn't following after the Lord.
I was building a friendship with her when, by chance, she met Dwayne. He'd come to visit me at work and she'd passed us in the hall. A day or so later, she and I were sitting and talking at length, like we did. She began with compliments about what a Godly husband I had and what a great match I had made in him, but somehow, perhaps by force of habit for her, her attitude changed towards me. She was challenging me all of a sudden, woman to woman. She smirked and taunted and asked boldly, directly, "What would you do if I came on to your husband?"
I didn't hesitate to answer her, in fact, the words just poured out. But, before I did, it was like time slowed down for me and I had the chance to look at her, to study her face and register that she was, in fact, being very serious, gravely serious. I had time to be disturbed, had time for my spirit to be rattled to the core because it was as if it wasn't just her speaking, but also some strong demonic force looking out from her eyes, asking me what I would do if someone attempted to break up my home.
I can't remember what it is that I said, exactly, but it may have started with the words "Get thee behind me." I know I looked her straight in the eyes and I quoted at least some of the last portion of Proverbs 6 and a large portion of Chapter 7 from memory, apparently, and with a finger pointed in her face. But, the funny thing is, I don't know Proverbs 6 and 7. I still don't know it. I've never memorized it. So... the words just came to me. At the time, I had no way of explaining what happened when I answered her question. It was against my character to be so forceful then, though I've changed a lot over the years... But, now, I would say that I must have been filled with the Holy Spirit and He must have given me the words I needed to rebuke her.
She didn't come back to work the next day. I wasn't surprised by that. But, after a few days, I asked where she'd been and I was told that she'd quit, given no notice and wouldn't be coming back.
I see this video for the first time and hear the lyrics, "He is jealous for me. Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy..." And, thinking about them, the storm of emotions from that day hit me again. I made the connection that it is, at times, perfectly God-like to get angry, to be jealous, to insist on singularity, to fight for what is best for someone we love.
For example, I have cut a covenant with my Dwayne. When we married, the promises we made were binding and God cut a covenant with us. I love Dwayne better than any woman and because of that, I want what is best for him. I am confident that I am what is best for him, since I am his wife before God. I have a right to be jealous over him. In fact, it is only right that I am jealous for him and insist on singularity in our love. It wouldn't be loving if I didn't get angry and fight when some she-devil expressed a strong desire to ship wreck my husband's life, our life together, our family, our childrens' home, with her seduction.
And, just like that, God is jealous for us. He's made a covenant with us. He has made promises that He will not break. And, He loves us better than anyone, wants the best for us and knows that it is, in fact, He that is best for us. So, He has a right to be jealous. In fact, it is only right that He is jealous and gets angry when someone tries to ruin our lives or tries to divert us from His will. And, more than anything, because He loves us so much and has committed so much of Himself to us, He can insist on a singularity in our love for Him.
"I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God... You shall have no other Gods before me."


We have already heard that this title does not respond to an excessive claim to do something say definitive, but: among other things- it may be that it is your last CD in disk format. Can you explain it to us?
Yes. I think that, more than the album in a literal sense, what counts the days is the CD. And since I usually spend two or three years between disco and album ... But there is something good in all this. And is that surely the format that will stay is the vinyl.
... That support that, by the way, is the one that started out called disco and now we call vinyl. Everything changes very quickly, right?
And so much To all of my generation, who come from the analog, we have had to live a technological revolution that may be considered one of the most important in the history of humanity.
Never like so much music has been consumed now "
How has that revolution affected you? How do you think it has impacted music?
Music is not consumed in the same way. The same attention is no longer paid, and that affects quality. On the one hand, they do not want to make records anymore. And it's a shame, because when you start recording you have to soak in what you're going to do. It gives you time to prepare it well and think a common thread to pose it as a story. But today, immediacy commands. The number of impacts that are issued and received each day is impressive. So, on the other hand, the same attention is not paid. I remember how before, in the original time of vinyl, listening to a record was a ritual. A ritual that forced you to pay attention and listen. Now, in contrast to all that, the truth is that never as now had consumed so much music. And the musicians never got that far. I currently have offers to give concerts in Asia, and that was very difficult before.
Of #The disc his photograph on the cover is also striking, opening his arms with his hands soaked in red paint that trickles down to the floor.
You're the first to say red paint and not blood, haha.
Oops, how are we? Because it is clearly painting. What does it mean?
During the recording of the album I was painting a lot and in fact I made an exhibition with Domingo Zapata (in New York). Every day I ended up full of paint and somehow the trickles that ran to the floor connected me to the earth. It is an image of art holding you to the ground and not allowing you to take off your reality and your things; of the primary life that, after all, is music.
The only music that I do not like is the one that they put in the competitions to keep silent "
Do you like to throw symbols?
I think it's beautiful. Although we should not exaggerate. A Mexican television program of the kind that Iker Jiménez has here but very exaggerated began to say that if I am a representative of the dark elite because this is my number eleven (in studio), or one and one, and I do not know what plus. I like symbology, yes, but it does not go that far (laughs).
Its disc is very varied, within the Hispanic rhythms. And you have always been eclectic. Is there a genre or stick that rejects?
The only music that I do not like is the one that they put in the competitions to send silence to the one who has won and is giving the speech (laughs again). For the rest, I like all music. But the variety of this album is not new. Probably from Is not the same I have always cultivated the plurality of styles within each CD. Mine has been a constant struggle against etiquette. My brand is precisely to combat the label. Because I do not think that when you get to record in a studio you have to be restricted or self-conscious. To make music you have to let out what you have inside.
He says that he does not like the music that he keeps silent. Have you ever been silenced?
Clear! "Mr. Sanchez, shut up" (it's his real name): they told me that at school, as they have probably told us at some time.
I was referring to his artistic life.
No. Probably they have tried, but it's not easy to shut up. I like to talk.
By the way. Sometimes he gets into trouble in the networks.
And do not you think that people get lost in the details? That photo was made for the magazine Yo Dona within a campaign against gender violence, years ago. Was it to mount a controversy? Anyway, I do not give importance to certain opinions. He will remember what happened when I got off the stage in Rosarito, Mexico, because a guy had hit a girl. As well. A feminist group came out to mess with me! Then, of course, there comes a point where it seems that it does not matter what you say or do. Neither rain falls to everyone's taste. So you go ahead without paying too much attention to certain reactions.
I do not give importance to certain opinions "
But of his followers he does care. You only had to see his messages from a couple of days ago, when he regretted breaking commitments of the presentation of the disc because of his pneumonia. So demanding do you think people are? Can the public be cruel?
No man. In addition, although it seems that I am very aware of networks, I actually read very little things in those channels. And it is an exercise that I recommend to all my colleagues. I tell them not to read much there. Because it is in the human condition that if we are told a thousand good things and one bad we are left with the bad. And not even the most resounding attacks have to be taken to heart. They are not so definitive. I'm sure the same people who mess with you by that means can then give you a hug if they see you on the street. Social networks are like the car. When you are driving you tell everything to the next one. But surely if you find it in another situation you let it go.
It is one of those curious situations in which context affects the content of what you do. The lyrics were written long before we knew we were going to do it in Spanish and Catalan. I was not referring to anything connected to the present. And the decision to make her bilingual arose when I listened to Judit and wanted her to sing with me. But notice that everything that has happened gives it a new meaning. And I like. The song does not speak of any conflict; it simply reminds us how important time is, how we are going to dedicate it, how we lose it and how we can recover it. But for me it is a hug between two languages that many people insist on facing and are actually united and have much more in common than differences. When I found myself singing with Judit, who moved me deeply, we realized what was happening. It was the music putting in its place the politics or the social environment so tense with that issue. So it seemed to me a caress between two languages that are irremediably condemned to be understood.


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Q: iOS tweet a hyperlink Instead of adding the URL to the tweet like this:
[tweetSheet addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:self.url]];

is it possible to have words highlighted blue and linked to a website when a user clicks on them much like is often seen on this website? I've looked into fancy label for iOS but this is for a label, and I'm afraid that won't work for a tweet.
Thanks.

A: If you're talking about "any Twitter app", you don't have any control as to how they are displaying Twitter feeds.
The only apps where you can use solutions like "FancyLabel" or TTTAttributedLabel are apps that you yourself write the code for and control.


Soon we will be able to say goodbye to chargers. Former Science Minister Lord Drayson, has revealed a way to harness electricity from thin air. He calls the product Freevolt and it works by harvesting ambient RF energy from high-power broadcast (DTV) and mobile network (Wifi, GSM, LTE) signals.
According to him the Freevolt has a multi-band antenna and rectifier it is used to convert AC current to DC. It won't be able to charge our mobile phone yet but it will be more than sufficient to power low power Internet of Things ( sensors & wearables).
"It doesn't require any extra infrastructure, it doesn't require us to transmit any extra energy, it's recycling the energy which isn't being used at the moment," he told the BBC.
There are some hurdles that his new technology will have to overcome. One of the biggest questions is will be if others will allow the use of their signals to generate free electricity. Lord Drayson looked quite confident that he will be allowed to use their networks without them demanding a fee from him.
Well done to him and his team we are looking forward to see what else he will be coming up with.


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Jerusalem broke the game open in the fourth with key hits by Aaron Dov Goldhar, Avishai Gross and Mikey Adam.
A strong Jerusalem Cadet team completed a three-game sweep with a 9-2 victory over Gezer at Sportek to win the Dr. Ami Cohen youth baseball Hannuka tournament last week. There were seven teams of 13-15 year olds in the annual event. Gezer's Ilan Susskind held back the Jerusalem offense with effective pitching in the early innings, but Jerusalem broke the game open in the fourth with key hits by Aaron Dov Goldhar, Avishai Gross and Mikey Adam. Yehuda Weisel, Tzvi Render and Boaz Fraiman shared the pitching duties during the three games, allowing only four runs over 15 innings. They helped their team at the plate as well: Render with a grand slam against Kfar Saba-Tzofit, Weisel with five RBIs, and Fraiman reaching base in 11 out of 12 plate appearances. Hashmonaim wins Juvenile tournament The Jerusalem A and Hashmonaim Juvenile Division teams both entered the Tiva Pelter Memorial Hanukka Tournament championship game with 3-0 records from the preliminary round. After the Jerusalem A 10-12-year-olds lost the coin toss, neither team scored in the first inning. The Jerusalem defense kept it tight behind Elya Druker. Jerusalem scored in the second on heads up base running by Chili Loewenstern from Beit Shemesh and Saul Schulman. Hashmonaim countered in the bottom and took the lead in the third. In the fourth and fifth Yehuda Vecht struck out five of the seven batters he faced, throwing out another at first base to keep Jerusalem in the game. In the top of the sixth Jerusalem tied the game when Daniel Offman, who reached on a base hit, worked his way to third and then stole home. With one out in the bottom of the sixth, Hashmonaim's David Tover - who earlier had rounded the bases due to an error by a Jerusalem fielder - got a base hit. On the attempt to catch him at third, Jerusalem lost the ball and Tover scored to end the game. David struck out 12 Jerusalem batters, while Elya and Yehuda combined to strike out 10 Hashmonaim hitters.


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Direct Thrombin Inhibitors as the Primary Treatment Modality for Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST)
Abhishek Chaturbedi, Department of Neurosurgery, Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Swoyambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal
Jitendra Thakur, Department of Neurosurgery, Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Swoyambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal
Received: Jul. 20, 2020; Accepted: Aug. 6, 2020; Published: Aug. 13, 2020
Background: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is an uncommon entity with improved clinical outcome over time due to utilization of advanced diagnostic tools and effective treatment modalities. Previous treatment regimen pertained to primarily medical therapies, with use of anticoagulants like Coumadin and Heparin. However the advent of Direct Thrombin Inhibitors (DTI) which do not need regular monitoring of blood coagulation panel and has better safety profile than Coumadin, has been suggested as a treatment modality for CVST in recent literature. Case Description: It is a case series of 3 adult patients presenting with intracerebral hemorrhage secondary to CVST from occlusion of dural venous sinuses. Dabigatran, a DTI was used as the primary treatment modality for a period of 6 months for 2 patients who had identifiable underlying cause and lifelong for 1 patient who had no identifiable underlying cause for dural sinus thrombosis. Patients has been followed for a total period of six months while on DTI treatment, with Magnetic Resonance Venography (MRV) of the brain performed at 6 months follow up visit to assess recanalization of the obstructed dural sinuses. All the 3 patients had improved clinical outcome at 6 months follow up visit with no added morbidity upon using DTI. Two patients had complete recanalization of obstructed venous sinuses, while 1 patient had partial recanalization at 6 months follow-up visit. No patient had increased hematoma volume while on treatment with DTI. Conclusion: This case series suggests DTI are probably effective primary treatment modality for patients with CVST with good safety profile.
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Direct Thrombin Inhibitors, Dabigatran, Recanalization of Dural Sinuses
Abhishek Chaturbedi, Jitendra Thakur, Direct Thrombin Inhibitors as the Primary Treatment Modality for Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST), International Journal of Neurosurgery. Vol. 4, No. 2, 2020, pp. 41-45. doi: 10.11648/j.ijn.20200402.14
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Dentali F, Gianni M, Crowther MA, Ageno W. Natural history of cerebral vein thrombosis: a systematic review. Blood. 2006; 108 (4): 1129-34.
Stam J. Thrombosis of the cerebral veins and sinuses. The New England journal of medicine. 2005; 352 (17): 1791-8.
Chaturbedi A, Shah R, Koju R, Devkota UP. Review of Patients with Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST) in a Premier Neuroscience Institute in Nepal. International Journal of Innovative Studies in Medical Sciences. 2019; 3 (1): 28-34.
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Chua's argument goes against years of scientific research into what makes kids truly happy -- and successful -- in life. Moreover, it rests on a faulty premise.
The media is abuzz about Amy Chua's book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (see this excerpt from The Wall Street Journal). Chua argues that "Chinese" mothers "are superior" because they demand absolute perfection and won't refrain from berating, threatening, and even starving their kids until they're satisfied.
Chua acknowledges that her argument will offend softy "Western" parents, who prefer to coddle rather than throttle their kids, and who prioritize happiness over achievement.
I am not offended as much as worried. My inbox is full of e-mails from parents looking for an answer: Should I be more demanding? Will my children be aimless underachievers if I foster things like friendship and gratitude rather than tripling their piano practice time?
Though I'm anything but permissive, even by Chua's standards, I am one of those "Western" parents who absolutely do prioritize children's long-term happiness over their achievements and performances. Ironically, I adapted these values from a confluence of Eastern philosophy -- particularly Lao-tzu's "Tao Te Ching" and Buddhist teachings -- and Western science, which provides ample evidence that success follows happiness and not the other way around.
Chua's argument goes against years of scientific research into what makes kids truly happy -- and successful -- in life. Moreover, it rests on a faulty premise: Rather than being overly permissive, many American parents -- especially the well-educated, affluent Americans reading excerpts in the WSJ or on Slate.com -- are overly focused on achievement already. Chua's guide to raising ever-more high-achieving children could fuel this fire, and that's scary.
Chua defines success narrowly, focusing on achievement and perfection at all costs: Success is getting straight As and being a violin or piano prodigy. Three decades of research clearly suggests that such a narrow focus on achievement can produce wildly unhappy people. Yes, they may boast perfect report cards and stunning piano recitals, but we are a country full of high-achieving but depressed and suicidal college students, a record number of whom take prescription medication for anxiety and depression.
Chua argues that happiness comes from mastery, and that mastery is achieved through "tenacious practice, practice, practice." She's right here -- practice does fuel success -- but she's wrong that forced mastery will lead to happiness. "Once a child starts to excel at something," she writes, "he or she gets praise, admiration and satisfaction. This builds confidence and makes the once not-fun activity fun. This in turn makes it easier for the parent to get the child to work even more."
Although there's some logic to this "virtuous circle," the drug-like gratification that comes from this type of achievement is not happiness or fulfillment: Once the initial exhilaration wears off, it's on to the next goal, in search of that elusive feeling of accomplishment. It's success without long-term enjoyment, work without meaning.
Chua is prescribing life motivated by perfectionism -- fear of failure, fear of disappointment. Not only is this a vicious form of unhappiness, but research by Carol Dweck and many others shows that kids who are not allowed to make mistakes don't develop the resilience or grit they need later in life to overcome challenges or pick themselves up when they do fail. Perfectionists are far more likely to be depressed and anxious, and in college they are more likely to commit suicide.
If scientists have learned anything on the subject, it's that social connections are the foundation for happiness, health, and success in life. When kids build friendships through play, their social and emotional intelligence flourishes; social skills are a key predictor of success later in life. What's more, research clearly links loneliness and isolation with chronic illness and increased mortality rates, not to mention unhappiness.
Chua also recommends motivating kids through coercion and threats -- a recipe not just for unhappiness but also for unethical behavior. People who are motivated externally with threats and rewards are less creative, less able to solve problems and more likely to cheat to meet the expectations of those around them.
I'm not suggesting that you should fret about your children's self-esteem, pump them full of false praise, or let them run wild. I don't do those things, and I don't advocate permissive parenting. I do advocate happiness and joy as the paths to a meaningful life.
But if that sounds fluffy to you -- if you, like Chua, value your children's success over their long-term happiness -- and you are inclined to practice Chua's methods for turning out an Ivy-Leaguer, here is what I want you to remember: Fostering the skills that kids need for happiness is a better bet for their long-term success.
Do you think children raised by "Chinese" mothers are "superior," as Chua asserts? Where you raised in the "Chinese" style of parenting that Chua hyperbolizes? If so, did it work for you? Did you learn the skills you need for happiness now? Has Chua's essay made you rethink how you parent? Why or why not?
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The person most responsible for Bryce Canyon becoming a National Park was J. W. Humphrey. Mr. Humphrey was a U. S. Forest Service Supervisor who was transferred to Panguitch, Utah in July 1915. An employee suggested that J. W. view the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. When Humphrey came to the rim, at the point now known as Sunset Point, he was stunned1:
You can perhaps imagine my surprise at the indescribable beauty that greeted us, and it was sundown before I could be dragged from the canyon view. You may be sure that I went back the next morning to see the canyon once more, and to plan in my mind how this attraction could be made accessible to the public."
J. W. Humphrey
J. W. Humphrey had still photographs and movies of the canyon sent to Forest Service officials in Washington D. C. and to officials of the Union Pacific Railroad. Magazine and newspaper articles were written. In 1916, Humphrey secured a $50 appropriation to improve the road and make the rim accessible to automobile traffic.1
Early Campfire Gathering
By 1919, tourists from Salt Lake City were visiting Bryce Canyon. Ruby and Minnie Syrett erected tents and supplied meals for over night guests near Sunset Point. In 1920 the Syretts constructed Tourist's Rest a 30 by 71 foot lodge, with eight or ten nearby cabins and an open air dance floor. In 1923, the Union Pacific Railroad bought the Tourist's Rest land, buildings and water rights from the Syretts. Ruby and Minnie established Ruby's Inn just outside the park.1
Gilbert Stanley Underwood was hired by the Union Pacific to design a lodge near Sunset Point. The original main building was finished by May 1925. Additions were made and the final configuration completed by 1927. The standard and deluxe cabins near the lodge were constructed between 1925 and 1929.1
Early View of the Bryce Canyon Lodge, c. 1925
President Warren G. Harding proclaimed Bryce Canyon a national monument on June 8, 1923. On June 7, 1924, Congress passed a bill to establish Utah National Park, when all land within the national monument would become the property of the United States. The land was acquired and the name was restored to Bryce Canyon. On February 25, 1928, Bryce Canyon officially became a national park.1
Why "April 2021 – Park of the Month"?
This beautiful National Park is a favorite for many. The views alone are one of the reasons we choose this park and it is the perfect time to visit. With the winter weather subsiding and park roads reopening, the park provides access to some of natures most unique geological formations.
The park is famous for the largest collection of hoodoos in the world. While the patterns and clusters of hoodoos are aesthetically appealing and visually striking, the story of how they came to be is equally as intriguing.2
A large Hoodoo in Bryce Canyon
Unfortunately hoodoos don't last very long. The same processes that create hoodoos are equally aggressive and intent on their destruction. The average rate of erosion is calculated at 2-4 feet every 100 years. So it is that Bryce Canyon, as we know it, will not always be here. As the canyon continues to erode to the west it will eventually capture (perhaps 3 million years from now) the watershed of the East Fork of the Sevier River.3
Once this river flows through the Bryce Amphitheater it will dominate the erosional pattern, replacing hoodoos with a "V" shaped canyon and steep cliff walls typical of the weathering and erosional patterns created by flowing water. Indeed a foreshadowing of this fate can be observed in Water Canyon while hiking the Mossy Cave Trail. For over 100 years a diversion canal has been taking a portion of the East Fork of the Sevier River through this section of the park and already it's easy to see the changes the flowing water has created.3
While we can't stop this inevitable fate, humans can help to preserve the Park's existing hoodoos by keeping to the park trail system. Believe it or not, just walking up to the base of a hoodoo will shorten its life span as your tracks weaken the clay slopes that protect the hoodoo's foundations. Staying on established trails ensures that erosion will not prematurely destroy the hoodoos that millions of people come from all over the world to see.3
View of the Bryce Amphitheater in Winter
And, if you are visiting this majestic park, make sure to catch a Sunrise or Sunset from one of the many viewpoints around the Bryce Amphitheater area. Learn more about the best spots in the hiking section below!
Some of the below locations or activities are currently not available due to COVID-19 restrictions. Visit our Bryce Canyon National Park page for more information on the status of the park in the COVID-19 Information bar.
Not known as an official scenic drive, the Bryce Canyon Scenic Drive (the main road) offers an amazing way to see the park, not only from the drive in but through the park to all the amazing overlooks.
Map of Bryce Canyon National Park
It takes a minimum of 3 hours to drive to the 13 viewpoints along the park's 38-mile (round-trip) scenic drive. It begins when you leave Bryce Canyon City and head South on Utah 63 (the above map is turned to better see the park, but use the compass in the top right corner to get bearings if needed).
To get the entire scenic drive experience, make sure not to just stay in the Northern portion. Heading south past the Bryce Amphitheater area provides access to some of the most amazing overlooks within the park.
View of Swamp Canyon
Swamp Canyon Overlook is the first of these majestic overlooks. It begins a transition from the hoodoo-filled Bryce Amphitheater to the steep cliffs and buttes that characterize the scenic drive and southern end of the park. Many people assume that Swamp Canyon must be a misnomer.4
Although it might be the last place on Earth you would expect to find an alligator, compared to the rest of the park it is a virtual wetland. Here, below the rim, two tiny creeks and a spring provide enough water to sustain more lush vegetation like grasses and willows. This canyon remains wet enough year-around that it is also home to tiger salamanders and wild iris. Bird watchers enjoy hiking the Swamp Canyon Loop Trail as it traverses four distinctly different habitats offering the chance to see a wide diversity of songbirds.4
View from Farview Point
The next stop you don't want to miss on this scenic drive is Farview Point Overlook. Farview Point is appropriately named, with spectacular views of famous landmarks that make up the Grand Staircase. These magnificent views result from Bryce Canyon's extremely high air quality, with potential visibility as far away as the Black Mesas in Arizona — up to 160 miles! Navajo Mountain, 90 miles away on the border of Utah and Arizona, can be seen on all but the worst days. While many visitors are awed by the beautiful things they see here, it is what they don't see (the haze and smog produced by particulates in the air) that is one of Bryce Canyon's most valued assets.5
Next stop on the road that we recommend not missing is the Natural Bridge Overlook (seen in the main photo at the top of this article). Though the name tends to be misleading, Natural Bridge is one of several natural arches in Bryce Canyon and creates a beautiful scene at this viewpoint. This arch, sculpted from some of the reddest rock of the Claron Formation (rich in iron oxide minerals), poses a stark contrast to the dark green of the Ponderosa forest that peeks through the arch from the canyon below.6
View from Yovimpa Point Overlook
Our last can't miss overlook is the end of the road for this scenic drive at Yovimpa Point Overlook. Yovimpa Point is one of the highest viewpoints in the park. Tectonic uplift has lifted this entire scene from sea-level over the course of the last 20 million years to later be dissected by tributaries of the Colorado River. Tilting that occurred during uplift has situated the southern end of the park approximately 1,000ft higher than its northern end. Here you can gaze from the southern tip of the Paunsaugunt plateau and overlook the colorful cliffs of the Grand Staircase.7
Although there are plenty of viewpoints not mentioned here, if you are planning to visit, we suggest getting out and seeing the park away from the road because it is just a starter to the vast beauty and wildness of our April 2021 – Park of the Month.
For more information on the Bryce Canyon Scenic Drive, we suggest taking a look at this interactive park map from NPS here, clicking on viewpoints and other points of interest will lead you to more information about the area or point of interest.
Bryce Canyon National Park, our April 2021 – Park of the Month, has numerous wonderful hikes for the laidback easy hikers to the adventurous backcountry hike. Below are our suggestions for some amazing hiking!
View of the sunrise from Sunrise Point
Our first suggestion is the Sunset Point to Sunrise Point & Rim Trail. The section between Sunrise and Sunset Points, 1 mile round-trip, is paved and has minor elevation changes. The path is wheelchair accessible except in severe weather. This is the only section of the Rim Trail pets are allowed on. The rest of the Rim Trail extending from Fairyland Point to Bryce Point has several steep elevation changes and is a 5.5 mile, 1-7.5 hour, one-way hike (depending on what routes you choose). The Rim Trail offers hikers the opportunity to see the Main Amphitheater from above. This is one of the more popular trails in the entire park and can be crowded during busier seasons.8
For more information about these hikes and a map of these trails, check out the NPS page here.
Connecting trail between Navajo Loop and Queens Garden
Our second suggestion is a more moderate hike and combines two trails into one and is known as the Queens Garden & Navajo Combination hike, roughly a 2.9 mile, 2-3 hour, round-trip hike. THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR HIKE IN THE PARK!!!
The loop is created by combining the Queen's Garden Trail (which descends from Sunrise Point) with the Navajo Loop Trail (which descends from Sunset Point). It is recommended hiking this loop in a clockwise direction: going down the Queen's Garden Trail and up the Navajo Loop Trail.9
The reason for this is threefold: first, the Queen's Garden Trail provides much wider views of the Bryce Amphitheater, and by choosing to descend it you can enjoy these views out in front of you (rather than losing them over your shoulder as you trudge upwards). Second, the Queen's Garden is less steep than the Navajo Loop, making descents safer (most injuries happen on the way down a trail). Finally, it's nice to have everyone hiking in the same direction, which can help the trail to feel less busy.9
For a sense of both sides of the Navajo Loop (if the Wall Street side is open), you might consider heading up the Wall Street side and then descending the Two Bridges side just far enough to see Thor's Hammer.9
View of Sheep Creek/Swamp Canyon
Our next suggestion, is the Sheep Creek/Swamp Canyon hike. This moderate 4 mile, 3-4 hour, hike is in a more remote part of the park and is less crowded during the busier seasons. Swamp Canyon appears relatively small and sheltered from the overlook, bounded on both sides by fins and hoodoos. This size allows the viewer to develop a more intimate connection with the landscape than some of the grander viewpoints may provide. From the Swamp Canyon overlook, hikers can descend to either side of the prominence on a trail that will connect with the Under the Rim Trail and then return on the other side, making a loop. It is recommended to do this in a clockwise direction.10
Though a moderate hike, this trail can be difficult if not prepared.
Panorama from the Fairyland Loop Trail
Our final suggestion is the Fairyland Loop hike. This 8 mile, 4-5 hour, strenuous hike begins at Fairyland Point, at the northern portion of the park, and takes you through spectacular hoodoos and scenery along the rim and into the canyon; including a spur trail to Tower Bridge. This hike is considered strenuous due to its length and meandering trails with multiple elevation changes. The Fairyland Loop Trail also includes a portion of the Rim Trail from Sunset Point to Fairyland Point.11
This trail provides an amazing perspective of the geology of the park. Walking in certain sections provides a canopy like sense of the towering hoodoos above. The colors of the amazing rock formations a particularly potent on this hike. For views of the fascinating geology, you could add on a spur to Tower Bridge.
Don't forget the best trail map of Bryce Canyon National Park!
Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks: A Guide To Southwestern Utah's Greatest Hikes (Regional Hiking Series):
Our April 2021 – Park of the Month pick has numerous options for staying overnight within the park. From a lodge, to campgrounds and backcountry trips, this park is made for an adventure!
Bryce Canyon Lodge
If you like a little luxury when you visit the wild of the National Parks, the Bryce Canyon Lodge is perfect for you. The Lodge at Bryce Canyon is one of the park's most iconic historic structures. The Lodge and its surrounding motel structures are located a short walk from the park's iconic Bryce Amphitheater, and offer 114 rooms including lodge suites, motel rooms, and cabins. Reservations are highly recommended. The dining room at Bryce Canyon Lodge is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A gift shop is available at the Lodge.12
For more information about Bryce Canyon Lodge and to make reservations, check out the Bryce Canyon Lodge website here.
Camping in Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon has two campgrounds to choose from within the park, depending on what time of year you go.
Open year-round, the North Campground is located across the road to the east of the Bryce Canyon Visitor Center and is comprised of 99 sites in 4 loops; A, B, C, D. Loops A & B are for RV campers. Loops C & D are for tent campers.
There are no sewer, water or electrical hook-ups available. North Campground is close to the Visitor Center, General Store, and Fairyland Loop/Rim Trail.13
For more information on North Campground, check out the Discover Our Parks page about it here and the NPS page here.
The second campground, Sunset Campground is located west of Sunset Point, approximately 1.5 miles south of the Bryce Canyon Visitor Center, and is comprised of 100 sites in 3 loops; A, B, & C. Loop A is for RV campers. Loops B & C are for tent campers. There are no sewer, water or electrical hook-ups available. Sunset Campground is close to Sunset Point and has a shuttle stop at its entrance.14
For more information on Sunset Campground, check out the Discover Our Parks page about it here and the NPS page here.
Are you looking to visit other parks in the area around Bryce Canyon National Park? If so, check out this great guide to help you find the best campgrounds and areas to visit:
A Complete Guide to the Grand Circle National Parks: Covering Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyonlands, Mesa Verde, and Grand Canyon National Parks
Experience the solitude of Bryce's forested backcountry on the Under the Rim Trail. Descending from the rim, this 22.9 mile trail meanders through forests & meadows, offering stunning views of rainbow-hued cliffs in the distance. The Under the Rim Trail follows the base of the Paunsaugant Plateau and is largely forested. The hoodoos are part of the distant vistas to the west as you hike the valley floor.15
If you are planning a backpacking trip, remember backcountry camping is only permitted in designated campsites (there are a total of 10). Make sure to get a Backcountry Permit at the Visitor Center if you plan to do this and always share your plans with others, incase of an emergency.
For more information about Bryce Canyon National Park, our April 2021 – Park of the Month, and to plan your trip, visit our park page, which includes specific information about the park status in regards to COVID-19. Be sure to check out the more detailed About the Park page with great information from the park.
Have you been to Bryce Canyon National Park or have a comment regarding our choice? Let us know below in the comments section.
Are you planning a trip to Bryce Canyon National Park?
1: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Park History
2: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Geologic Formations
3: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Protect the Hoodoos
4: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Places – Swamp Canyon
5: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Farview
6: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Natural Bridge
7: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Yovimpa Point
8: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Rim Trail
9: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Queens Garden & Navajo Combination
10: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Swamp Canyon Trail
11: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Fairyland Loop
12: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Lodging
13: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – North Campground
14: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Sunset Campground
15: NPS – Bryce Canyon NP – Backcountry Information
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