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Kelly McParland: Justin Trudeau's absence of leadership on COVID-19
Kelly McParland ([email protected])
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters.
Since his first day in office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been an enthusiastic advocate for national strategies. National housing, national daycare, a national carbon plan, national pharmacare … the prime minister is nothing if not a supporter of Ottawa calling the tune for the provinces.
Few of his ambitions have actually come to fruition, yet it hasn't stopped him from proposing them. It's only when it comes to offering national leadership against a virus that is killing Canadians on a daily basis that he draws the line.
In the fight against COVID-19, Trudeau has decided to strictly adhere to the boundaries of federal-provincial responsibilities. If 10 provinces and three territories want to adopt 13 different strategies, what can he do but shrug and offer lectures from afar? Didn't he open up the treasury? Isn't spending money the limit of federal power?
It would seem so. While provincial leaders flail about in search of a remedy that will slow the virus without destroying jobs and crushing the economy, Trudeau has played the disapproving uncle. His latest bit of advice is to ignore trivialities like the economy in trying to gain control of surging infections.
"I would hope that no leader in our country is easing public-health vigilance because they feel pressure not to shut down businesses or slow down our economy," the prime minister observed at a news conference on Tuesday. "We at the federal government are making it easier for provinces to do the right thing and shut down and put in restrictions so that we can control the spread of COVID-19."
I guess it must be easy to write off economic imperatives if you've never had to worry where the money comes from. A prime minister born into wealth and privilege can't be expected to appreciate what it means to worry about the mortgage, the bills, the small business or the job you stand to lose should provinces turn in desperation to another mass shutdown, which so far has proven the only effective means of beating back the virus.
Trudeau's remarks were said to be a veiled criticism of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who has been trying to balance a limited reopening of the economy with ongoing control efforts. It's not working very well, as everyone can see: nine months into the emergency, Ontario is breaking new records every day.
Ontario is not alone, of course. Regional approaches to the pandemic are all over the place. The Atlantic provinces established a bubble over the entire region and sharply restricted access. Ontario and Quebec have tried limiting social and business activities without a blanket shutdown.
Manitoba, after enjoying some early months of limited outbreaks, has become a national hot spot . Alberta's efforts to minimize restrictions have proved so ineffective that doctors have petitioned Premier Jason Kenney to implement a "circuit-breaker" shutdown to slow the spread long enough to regroup for a new attack.
Kenney, like Ford, doesn't share Trudeau's willingness to treat the human impact as a secondary concern, particularly in a province struggling against painful federal energy policies. "Look, we have tens of thousands of small businesses who are barely hanging on. Behind every one is someone's life savings, a family whose entire future is at risk," he said recently. "I really fear what the economic, social, mental and emotional health impacts of (repeated lockdowns) will be."
Noting the spike across the country, Trudeau offered one of his patented homilies: "I urge the premiers and the mayors to please do the right thing — act now to protect public health. If you think something is missing in the support we're offering your citizens, tell us. We will work with you."
If the prime minister is of the view that premiers haven't been "doing the right thing," or acting to protect public health, he's been in his own bubble for too long. Unfortunately, this virus has proven fiendishly capable of defeating all but the most extreme control efforts.
Those few countries that have had some success share distinct characteristics: island states like Taiwan or New Zealand that can shut their borders and impose strict infection-control measures, or countries with powerful central governments that can dictate rules and make them stick, no matter how intrusive they are. South Korea has had success with that approach, though it helps to be a communist regime like those in China and Vietnam.
Members of the Trudeau family have expressed admiration for dictatorial regimes on various occasions, but it remains unlikely that Canadians would agree to toss away their basic liberties, even if it meant bars and health clubs could stay open indefinitely. That being the case, the absence of leadership from Ottawa has been overwhelming in its obviousness. Trudeau's early and ongoing approach has been to hold photo ops at which he announces ever-more spending initiatives, in the apparent belief that writing cheques solves problems.
Federal spending is $328 billion in the hole this year alone, and the virus is getting worse. The Parliamentary Budget Officer says Canada can "barely" sustain that level — which doesn't include spiralling provincial debt loads — yet the Liberal government's only evident plan is to borrow more next year. Because, according to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, "we can't afford not to."
Freeland says there's a plan to return Canada to a safe harbour when the virus is defeated, but won't say what it is. We'll just have to wait, and avoid "premature fiscal tightening."
No one knows what she means by "premature." Perhaps the prime minister will inform us during his next lecture, if he's not busy, once again, criticizing the premiers for making do as best they can in the absence of federal leadership.
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Missed the Norwegian Knitting TV marathon on November 1st?
Well they are now offering it online – in Norwegian only.
Part One – the Preshow can be found here.
And Part Two – the Record attempt is here.
But note that the English commentary is no longer available. What I recommend is to use the translation options offered by your web browser (Chrome definitely has this option at least). Confirm that you want the page translated from Norwegian to English, the click on the 'subtitles' option – the browser will translate this commentary into English (albeit a little oddly, as is the want of all translation programmes).
For Part One – there is also a submenu, dividing the episode up into the separate segments of the show. So you can just skip to the bits you want to see. I can recommend #6 Selbu Mittens and #21 Nalebinding.


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Devon, Settlement
The Imperial Oil company built an oil town which would be known as Devon, named after the Devonian oil producing formation. The site for Devon was a field overlooking the North Saskatchewan River. The 120-acre (48.5 hectare) field, owned by Frank and John Sank, became the original town site.
The houses were built for different levels of wage earners. Imperial Oil then installed water, sewer and natural gas systems on the town-site and with the co-operation of the Alberta government. Devon was also the first community in the country to be labelled "Canada's Model Town."
Al Dingman was the first settler, moving with his family to a home on Saskatchewan Avenue. Dick Yee, an Edmonton restaurant man, was the first businessman in the area. He operated a tarpaper shack from which waitresses served food to hungry roughnecks and construction workers. In the fall of 1949, the Yee shack which had earned the nickname of the "The Bucket of Blood," was replaced with a modern restaurant known as "The Pagoda." George Thompson, one of the first residents, was elected mayor of the town. On March 1, 1950, Devon officially became a town and a special school district was formed on June 1, 1950.
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Planter boxes for Playgroup
Manningham UC
The Playgroup kids have been busy planting carrots, lettuce, snow peas and zinnias in the 3 planter boxes donated to us by Bunnings Doncaster. Bunnings also donated the soil and the seedlings. The planters are out on the terrace where we are watching them grow so we can then eat the vegetables when they are ready! Not sure that we are going to be able to feed all 62 children and babies who come to Playgroup each week though! Libby…
A Visit to Rev Miak Siew of Free Community Church
During our recent trip to Singapore to see family, we paid a visit to Rev Miak Siew, pastor of Free Community Church, one of the very few publicly LGBT-affirming Christian Churches in Singapore. His contact details had been provided to us by Swee Ann, who knows Miak. 'Free' stands for 'first, remember everyone's equal'. It was a fascinating visit. The church, as do many in Singapore, leases a floor in a multi-storeyed building and has created a highly flexible worship…
What is the Balm of Giliad and what is its relevance to Jesus?
These questions were raised by Jenny and Geoff in the Emerging Church Service they conducted on Sunday, 24 July, following the theme for this year – Health: in body, mind, and spirit. In ancient times, the highly effective healing unguents we have today did not exist. But Giliad, a raised area of country beyond the Jordon and north-east of Jerusalem, produced plants of the genius Commiforia that provide a fragrant resin much sought after in biblical times as an unguent…
Ministers Message – A Bird in an Open Cage…
Recently I was driving and thinking about what to write for the August MUC magazine. Suddenly I had this vision. An image to be more precise. An image of a bird in an open cage. And there was another bird outside the cage with a key dangling from its beak. I asked myself is this a fair representation of where Manningham Uniting Church is at. Are we the bird in the cage or the bird outside the cage? Or both?…
Together@10 – Refugees & Asylum Seekers
The Together@10 service on 31 July was led by the MUC Connections group with a focus on Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The service was inspired by Refugee Week (19-25 June 2022) which had as its theme: We're happy you're safe. We're happy you're free. We're happy you're here. The guest speaker was Rev Rod Horsfield who spoke of the amazing project that sprang from one person at Pilgim Uniting Church in Launceston to commemorate the sinking of the SIEVX. This…
Sankofa #7
A few of you have told me that you like my last Wednesday musing on death. One of you said, "it was timely". And I said that I would muse more on how our faith help us in living into death. Over the years I have observed that people find it difficult to talk about death. Some live in denial of death. We refuse to talk about it. It's uncomfortable, and so we avoid the subject, and that avoidance increases…
In conjunction with the MUC Trivia night and to raise funds for 'Act for Peace' Ukraine Refugees there are three amazing items to bid for. Drop into the Manningham Uniting Church & Community Centre and place your bid, or give us a call on 9846 2012 and we'll register your bid for you. What is a silent auction?A silent auction is when the bidders 'silently' bid by writing their offer on the bid sheet for each item. THREE ITEMS TO…
"God I am all ready but I am not in a hurry." – Swee Ann ☺ Several months after I arrived at Mt Martha Uniting Church (my first placement) I discovered that I was having difficulty accompanying a member who was dying. I felt uneasy. I told myself that I can't feel this way if I want to continue my ministry as a Minister. What did I do? I took a course on Bereavement Counselling for two years. Before the…
Introduction At my first conversation with the Joint Nominating Committee, I was told that MUC has a 'flat' ministry team (no designated leader) and how do I feel about that? I remember replying: "I have been in ministry for over 30 years. I don't think I have a fragile ago and I am not looking to be the 'kingpin'. However, it's important that we recognise each of us bring different gifts and have different roles and responsibilities." For me leadership…
THE GREENING OF THE OFFICE
Just when you thought there weren't going to be any more 'Wow' moments in our new Church and Community home, along came 'Team Spratling' . . . Hugh and Margaret . . . to add a whole 'rain forest' to the 'Upper Room' in the form of forty-five lovely indoor plants which have filled all the holes, designed to hold greenery, which are part of the office filing furniture. Hugh and Margaret are much-loved members of the Church community and…
I am writing this Musing at 4.30am. I have been awake since 3am. I was lying in bed reading and reflecting on the final chapter of 'A Meal with Jesus'. The Ministry Team spent yesterday together in a small room at Wesley Place in Lonsdale Street. We spent time sharing and reflecting on BOUNDARIES and SELF-CARE. We also had conversations on the 'Needs, Concerns and Opportunities' of MUC in the next six months. And by the time I reached home…
Biscuits and Cheese and a Cup of Tea
I woke to the sound of falling rain on the tent. Quickly dressed, I unzipped the tent door. The clay pan we had camped on, wet and slippery, the rain steady. A sand dune emerged in the early morning light, the sky black, foreboding. Suddenly, I realised those travelling with us were beginning to leave our camp site. I looked around. Tents, stretchers, camping gear were being loaded into vehicles in the predawn. It was June 1999. We were…
Last Saturday the Church Council, with some members of the Portfolios and committees met to reflect on how to renew leadership within MUC. I am a big believer in getting people together for conversations. There was also a lot of time spent in listening, clarifying, and challenging of certain assumptions. We all make assumptions. We make them all the time. It can be about anyone and anything. If we are not careful in assuming, then we may get badly trapped…
Getting to know Jonathon Welch AM
How did you first get started in your musical career ?I was very fortunate to go to Melbourne Boys High School and had many amazing experiences, opportunities and wonderful teacherswho mentored my passion for music and singing. I then began my career as a professional singer in 1980 singing with the Victorian State Opera Chorusand went on to tour with the very first production of 'Pirates of Penzance' at the end of 1983 for 18 months, where I eventually landed…
Glad that the Synod 2022 is over. This will be my last Synod. I won't be going to the next one in 18-months' time. I wonder how many of you can tell me our vision. As you know the Church Councilhas been reviewing our governance, polity, and structure. Recently I decided to takea closer look at our vision: "Inspired by God and seeking to emulate the life ofJesus we will identify and reflect God's love by creating, participating in and…
Thank you for the positive feedback for my first Wednesday musing. Some of you like the word, Sankofa. Last Saturday and Sunday there were two significant events in the life of MUC: Community Mural Opening (26 June) and the Final Service in the Woodhouse Grove building (27 June). I know that Emma, my colleague provided inspirational leadership (with contributions from her team) for the Mural Opening event. By the time you read this second musing, some of you might have…
Mural Opening Speech
How exciting it is to be here, in celebration of this wonderful and powerful community public artwork. I wish to acknowledge and thank the funders of this project, the Uniting Church Asset Strategy Program, the Manningham City Council Community Grants Program and the Kirk Robson Theology and Arts Memorial Fund. I especially thank Peter and Natalie Robson for being here today it is an honour to host you and we hope we have honoured Kirk's memory through this project. There…
Mural opening
See the highlights in photos around the opening of the Community Mural
Final Worship in the Hall at Woodhouse Grove
Around 60 people including friends and family and ex- members of The Grove and members of wider MUC gathered on 26 June to celebrate the 166 years of worship at The Grove and to mark the closure of worship at this site. The service was led by Rev Swee Ann Koh with an inspiring reflection given by Rev Fred Webber.


When God lays the needs of people facing natural disaster and dislocation on the hearts of Canadian Lutherans, the response is immediate and full of compassion and generosity. The moment word of the destructive potential of the Fort McMurray Wildfire hit the news, Canadian Lutheran World Relief was flooded with support to provide relief.
That was expected. That's what we do in Canada.
What was not expected was the overwhelming response from American Lutherans. Individuals, congregations and governing bodies were quick to join in on the response. Twenty-five states from coast to coast were represented in the donations. They came from Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and North American Lutheran Church sources.
A contribution arrived from the Synod of Texas Gulf Coast – Louisiana which is no stranger to natural calamities like floods, hurricanes and tornados. They have just suffered a flood of the century.
"Our synods know all too well about wild fires. We experience forest fires and prairie fires with all too much frequency.
We ache for our neighbors in Alberta and want to support people in the rebuilding of their lives.
Last summer, when fires raged across our territory, we started a fund to help congregations affected by fire. We think that it is most fitting that we should share that with you, our closest neighbors.


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The priests of St. Joseph's act as chaplains for the pupils and staff at St. Joseph's Primary School, Saughton Road. Once a month, a children's mass is held during the Sunday morning mass at 11am, where pupils from the school are invited to lead the congregation in the readings and prayers. The Augustinians at St. Joseph's are also on hand to lead the pupils through all their Sacraments, from First Confession, Communion and Confirmation. On Holy Days of Obligation, pupils from St. Joseph's School join the congregation for mass at 9.30am.
St. Joseph's Primary serves the area from Carrickknowe and Forrester Park in the North to Clovenstone in the South and Balgreen to the East. The school has a broad and balanced curriculum, delivered by a team of caring and committed professionals.
The school motto is Ex Animo Operamini. This translates into English as Put Your Heart into Everything You Do or Work With All Thy Will and it is one the school strives to live up to. As a Catholic primary, Christ and the Gospel is at the heart of everything the school does. It is the school mission to ensure that pupils are secure and safe in their learning environment, and that they receive the kind of education which offers them ample opportunities to maximise their talents and potential.
Her Majesty's Inspectors carried out an inspection of the school in 2002. The HMI report states that St Joseph's is a very good school, highlighting tge very good curriculum, high levels of attainment, the caring and committed staff and the happy learning environment within the school.
The head teacher at St. Joseph's is currently Mr Anthony Currie. Visit the school website for more details.


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HomeBLOGIncreasing Hepatitis B Awareness and Testing Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Increasing Hepatitis B Awareness and Testing Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
By: Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Published: May 20, 2015
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An estimated 1 in 12 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV); however, two-thirds are not aware of their infection. As we near the end of May's observance of both Hepatitis Awareness Month and Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, I want to underscore the importance of addressing hepatitis B infection among AAPIs.
While AAPIs comprise approximately five percent of the U.S. population, they are disproportionately affected by hepatitis B infection, accounting for over 50 percent of the nation's cases. Furthermore, hepatitis B-related liver cancer is the
leading cause of cancer death among Asian Americans. Thus, it is of great importance to build awareness among AAPI communities and encourage testing and linkage to care. There are effective treatments available for hepatitis B, and getting individuals into care can be lifesaving.
Overarching goals outlined in the national Viral Hepatitis Action Plan (Action Plan) include increasing the proportion of persons aware of their HBV infection from 33% to 66%, and eliminating mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B. A key strategy for achieving the latter goal – ensuring that all pregnant women receive hepatitis B screening – was discussed in a May 12th post authored by Corinna Dan, RN, MPH: Eliminating Hepatitis B in the United States – Mothers Matter!
"This May marks one year since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) issued a Grade B recommendation for hepatitis B screening for individuals at high risk, including persons born in countries with a ≥2% prevalence of chronic hepatitis B infection, which includes all Asian countries and Pacific Islands," observed OHAIDP Viral Hepatitis Policy Advisor Corinna Dan. "This screening recommendation, in concert with the healthcare coverage provided by the Affordable Care Act to an estimated 2 million previously uninsured AAPIs, has created opportunities both to promote awareness among affected persons and health professionals and to reduce barriers to access to and affordability of hepatitis B testing, care, and treatment."
The CDC's Know Hepatitis B campaign, aims to increase hepatitis B awareness, testing, vaccination and treatment in AAPI communities. This campaign targets those who may already be infected, as well as their families and loved ones who also may encourage them to get tested for hepatitis B.
Free and downloadable multilingual resources are available to help you get involved and spread the word:
Hepatitis B risk assessment
Public Service Announcement videos
Health e-cards
While May is almost over, our fight against viral hepatitis continues. By advancing our efforts in building awareness among AAPIs and increasing testing, we can make progress toward the goals outlined in the Action Plan and improve the health and well-being of those infected with or at increased risk for hepatitis B.
Most Americans Have Never Had an HIV Test, New Data Show


Friday and Saturday of this weekend is the Duranglers' Fly Fishing Festival, and it's full of several fun events. Friday evening will feature comedian Hank Patterson, which should be a both fun and funny evening. This will be at the Henry Strater Theatre, and tickets are $8.
Starting Saturday at 8 a.m., there's a full day of activities. There will be a fly-tying demo, reps from Hatch Reels, Simms, and Fishpond. At noon, head over to Folsom Park for casting demos. According to Andy at Duranglers, this is a great event for anyone who hasn't tried to cast a fly fishing pole before. There will be practice and kids are even allowed. The afternoon will also offer a couple of seminars and even best tips for fishing on the San Juan.
It's an all-day event, and free! The first 30 people through the door receive a free bag of swag; one of them contains a $100 gift card. There will also be door buster sales and drawings throughout the day for giveaways. At 4 p.m. there will be a grand prize drawing for a guided trip with Duranglers.
Fly fishing is a favorite hobby for many in and around Durango, and our proximity to water makes it a worthwhile activity to pursue. At this time of the year Duranglers suggests the San Juan Quality Waters in New Mexico for the best fishing opportunity.
Take a look at the Duranglers website for more details on the festival (https://duranglers.com/2019-duranglers-fly-fishing-festival-schedule-featuring-hank-patterson/). Whatever fly fishing skill level you may be, this is the perfect event to learn more!
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ANAHEIM -- Rangers starter A.J. Griffin was terrific for three innings Monday night, retiring the first nine batters he faced. Griffin, holding a four-run lead, looked ready to do to the Angels what Cole Hamels did to the Cubs on Sunday afternoon.
Then it all changed in the course of 10 pitches. Griffin walked Yunel Escobar and Kole Calhoun to start the fourth and it unraveled from there for the Rangers in a 9-5 loss to the Angels.
All the strange and game-changing plays that followed came after the domino-falling two walks to open the bottom of the fourth.
"I don't know," Griffin said. "It's frustrating, that's pretty much all I can say. You go out there and try your best every time. … I don't know."
The walks allowed Mike Trout and Albert Pujols to bat with runners on base. That's usually not a good thing.
"I don't have a good explanation," manager Jeff Banister said. "I know we didn't throw strikes, You give up two leadoff walks, three in the inning, that will usually lead to runs."
Trout smacked a hard grounder that third baseman Adrian Beltre couldn't come up with and it went for an infield hit to load the bases. Griffin then walked Pujols to force in a run and Daniel Nava's sacrifice fly made it 4-2.
"He's not trying to walk guys," Banister said. "He had been executing pitches on the edges, he just couldn't keep doing it."
Griffin also allowed a home run to Ji-Man Choi in the fifth to make it 4-3 and was charged with two more in the sixth after Calhoun led off with a single and Trout was hit by a pitch. That ended Griffin's night, but both runners ended up scoring.
So instead of a potential breakthrough start for Griffin, he ended up allowing five runs in five-plus innings and is 0-1 with a 6.17 ERA in five starts since coming off the disabled list June 25.
"It's frustrating," Griffin said. "That's the word of the day."


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Former Sen. Wofford Public Memorial Service Set For Saturday in Washington D.C.
A public memorial service to honor the life of former Sen. Harris Wofford will take place at his alma mater, Howard University, in Washington D.C. this Saturday at 2 pm.
Wofford died on Jan. 21 at the age of 92 after complications from a fall in his apartment, according to the AP.
The former Senator and civil rights leader was lauded by both Pennsylvania Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey as a man who served his country honorably.
Gov. Tom Wolf, Sen. Bob Casey, former Bryn Mawr College President Pat McPherson and Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Theodore McKee will deliver speeches in addition to thoughts from his family.
The family selected Howard University to host the ceremony for the significance it held with Wofford, who was its first white male student in the early 1950s.
The service will be held at Cramton Auditorium on Howard's campus.
The RSVP Service link can be found here.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to:
Bryn Mawr College – https://www.brynmawr.edu
Howard University – https://www2.howard.edu/
National Peace Corps Association – https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/cpages/home
Global Citizen – www.globalcitizen365.org/donate
Roger Landrum Global Studies Fellowship at Albion College, Michigan – https://advance.albion.edu/s/1782/16/interior3.aspx?sid=1782&gid=2&pgid=1167
Youth service America – https://ysa.org
Voices for National Service – https://voicesforservice.org/donatee/
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This registration covers instruction on Saturday and Sunday, shuttles and logistics, camping Friday and Saturday Night, breakfast and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday.
If you and your family want to attend the clinic and hang out, but not as a students or volunteers, please register as guests. Enjoy camping Friday and Saturday night, Saturday breakfast and dinner, Sunday breakfast, and join the festivities along with the rest of us.
If you want to attend the clinic and hang out, but not as a student or volunteer, please register as a guest. Enjoy camping Friday and Saturday night, Saturday breakfast and dinner, Sunday breakfast, and join the festivities along with the rest of us.
The Bluegrass Wildwater Association's yearly spring clinic where classes are provided to beginning kayakers of various experience levels.
The BWA spring clinic is open to anyone who wants to learn how to kayak or canoe on moving water. Membership in the BWA is required to register.
Whitewater kayaking instruction from enthusiastic, experienced instructors on the class II and III sections of the Russell Fork river. Whether you're an absolute beginner or you've already got a few trips under your belt, we build our classes around our students' needs and keep class sizes small so you get plenty of personal attention.
It is recommended that, at a minimum, you attend some of the BWA's rolling sessions before the clinic so that you have the basics of rolling, wet exiting, and adjusting your boat to fit before the clinic. You do not need to perfect your roll to participate, but you'll get more out of the clinic if you are at least familiar with the basics of rolling.
Saturday and Sunday May 11th and 12th, 2019. Arrive Friday night to camp. Instruction starts Saturday morning.
Because we love boating, wild places, adventuring on and around rivers, and the friendships and camaraderie that are formed on boating trips and around a campfire. Because we want to help other people love these things as much as we do.
How do I register and what does that include?
Clinic student cost includes: camping fees, shuttles, gear loaning as necessary, 3 meals, 2 days of river instruction & memories that will last a lifetime.
All students must join the BWA to participate in the clinic. BWA membership for a year is $20 for individuals and $25 for family membership.
* Must use the email your membership profile is set up under to register. Registration includes Saturday and Sunday instruction, camping, and food for the student only.
What if I just want to hang out and not be a student or volunteer?
* Covers 2 nights camping, and 3 meals. Contact clinic organizer if you need to bundle more than three kids at VP@BluegrassWildwater.org and we'll work something out.
Registration deadline for students and campers only is Monday, May 2nd, 2019.
What if something comes up? What about refunds?
The clinic is a big undertaking and requires a lot of planning and money out of pocket, so it's important for us if you must cancel that you do so as early as possible. Please email the clinic organizer, Hanley Loller, at VP@BluegrassWildwater.org and let us know what your situation is. Full refunds will be issued to anyone cancelling by March 30th. 75% by April 6th. 50% by April 13th. 25% by April 28th (extended). No refunds will be issued after April 28th.
Fill out the online registration. If you have any questions please feel free to email the clinic coordinator Hanley Loller at VP@BluegrassWildwater.org. Students will sign a waiver when checking in at Ratliff Hole and minors will be emailed a form to have signed by them and their guardians in advance.
Note 1: Recreational kayaks are inappropriate for whitewater. Most of the local sporting goods stores (Dicks, Cabela's, Bass Pro-Shop, etc.) sell ONLY recreational kayaks. Whitewater kayaks can be purchased or rented locally. Canoe Kentucky in Frankfort (502-227-4492) offers a large selection of clothing, whitewater equipment, and new and used Jackson kayaks. They also usually have a special rental package for our clinic, but they are limited to their inventory. Call and ask for details. J&H Lanmark Store in Lexington (859-278-0730) is the local dealer for Dagger kayaks as well as whitewater clothing and accessories. If you have specific questions about new or used kayaks, these stores can offer excellent advice. Please let these retailers know that you will be attending the BWA clinic so that they can better assist you. BWA members get a 10% discount at these locations, so be sure to mention this if you are a member.
Note 2: Borrowed equipment is provided by BWA members on a first come/first served basis. The sooner you return your application, the easier it will be to get borrowed gear. If you buy gear for the clinic, it is recommended to begin with a PFD, helmet and/or sprayskirt since these pieces of gear are critical and must fit properly to work properly. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY GEAR BORROWED!!!! Take good care of borrowed gear and know who to return it to.
Note 3: You should feel free to contact the clinic coordinator, BWA vice-president Hanley Loller at VP@BluegrassWildwater.org with any specific questions or requests. Once the clinic apps are in, you will have a lead instructor and assistant instructors assigned to your class. Once your instructors have been assigned, try to direct all questions through them. The clinic coordinator and other clinic organizers are usually swamped with details. Directing questions to your instructors first in the weeks leading up to the clinic distributes the workload and helps the clinic run smoothly.


Arthur Ripstein has been at the forefront of renewed interest in Immanuel Kant's legal and political philosophy. In his project, Kant and the Law of War, he will develop Kant's idea that the very thing that makes war wrongful – the fact that which side prevails does not depend on who is in the right – also provides the moral standard for evaluating the conduct of war.
It also provides the moral basis for international law governing war.
Ripstein will extend these Kantian ideas to understand the challenges raised by new and troubling forms of war, including wars of secession and wars involving loosely organized transnational organizations.


For those of you that fingerprint, where did you get your training? The way I read it, it seems one needs to be certified.
I know from experience that Pearland won't do it... Might check with the academies. ACC, Brazosport, U of H Downtown all come to mind.
I read to renew CHL Instructor Certificate it would only be a one day thing... I hope that's correct, does anybody know for sure?
Texas Peace Officers cannot enforce Federal Law.
I jsut went to that site. Looks like they offer a fingerprinting service. I could not find where they sold the scanner.
Do you prove yourself when you teach?
I'm hoping to gain a bit of knowledge and wisdom on becoming a CHL instructor.
Quote: I suspect they would have a second class if there was a demand.
I'm not sure if you have read my other post, but I'm looking at options on other forms of income, but still want to do something I enjoy.
What kind of knowledge does one need to become a CHL instructor?
I got my notification letter to go to Austin for the instructor's training.
Yea, I think I know that one.
Unless they've had a change, the cost of school itself is only $100, plus a little ammo and living expenses there for a week.
Is anyone else having trouble getting packages from the DPS?
I'm like you Greybeard I just got a 100 in but I think these may be from the previous order, I've lost track of them!
I have my info in to go to the instructor class in August. I need to make some arrangements as my wife will also be attending.
I called the La Quinta, and asked, Is this where the CHL instructor class is held? He said Yes .
Unfortunately you have overlooked the fact there is no such thing as a Federal tort... sort of a basic issue to the whole discussion.
Maybe I missed it but is there a list of instructors that frequent this forum?
The common request I get is for a CHL instructor near PSC.
The DPS has just sent out several pages of revised material for instructors.
My quote above: The other significant change I noticed is the TR-100 now being valid for only 6 months.
Looks like this only applied to renewals.
I signed up for an August class, but Sgt Riddle just called. The soonest I can get in is October 10!
Anyone else going to be there then?
I got my paperwork in pretty early and got in for Sept. 14.
Anyone scheduled for the 7 NOV class?
Hello, while I am not an instructor, I have a question for yall.
Jerry up at Lake Whitney had one come back Head too big and off center . He sent another picture with the note You should have seen the man.


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BOOKS AND ME!: Too Damn Nice by Kathryn Freeman - Cover Reveal and Review!
Too Damn Nice by Kathryn Freeman - Cover Reveal and Review!
Nice boys kiss like that? For fans of Bridget Jones. A fun summer read!
Always a pleasure to get to read anything from Kathryn Freeman so I couldn't wait to dive into her latest story! And I was so pleased when the lovely publishers at Choc Lit allowed me to have a copy before release so I could share my thoughts with you all.
For some reason I was expecting something a little lighter - don't ask me why! - but the story of Lizzy isn't all light and fluffy! On the surface of it all she has led a charmed life as she became a model aged 18, living the high life in the USA.
But scratch away at that lifestyle, and all seems a little darker. She is haunted by the loss of her family that left her pulling away from those in her past, and blames herself too for her brother living in a nursing home unable to do anything after the car crash that took the life of her parents. So all she has from the past is Nick. He was her brothers' best friend - she always had a little crush on him but never knew the feeling was mutual!
Now they are back in each others' lives as her celebrity lifestyle takes a dark turn and she finds herself in need of safety, kindness and normality. And Nick can offer that. But will the time they spend together be good for them both or bring back too many sad memories?
I loved the character of Nick! He is perfect!! Where can I find one of those blokes in real life?!! He is much happier living a quiet life, which is the complete opposite to Lizzy who enjoys the partying lifestyle America offered her. When she spends time back in the UK, it was touching to see how Nick had been looking out for her all those years, even if she didn't initially feel the same way!
It must be tough to separate the person you knew from childhood, from one that is in the media spotlight, so it does show up the pitfalls of celebrity and gave another insight into that life not being all it is cracked up to be! I really enjoyed their will they/won't they relationship too. You can understand why it isn't plain sailing, especially as they have such different personalities.
Another cracking read from Kathryn Freeman, and one to be devoured from start to finish. Go get your copy now!!


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Rangers idol Nacho Novo tells former club: Don't sell Barrie McKay - help him become a star
The Spaniard has been a long-time admirer of the young winger, ever since his own playing days at Ibrox when McKay was learning his trade in the youth academy.
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Pedro Caixinha has a joke with Barrie McKay (Image: Rangers FC/Press Association Images)
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Nacho Novo hopes Rangers don't sell Barrie McKay for a knockdown fee because he reckons Pedro Caixinha can help him become the top player he always promised to be.
Even then, Novo saw real promise in the teenager who had all the tools to reach the top.
Rangers' Barrie McKay is still waiting on a new deal at Ibrox
What he hasn't had, as far as Novo can see, is the necessary guidance to channel raw talent into consistent top performances as the team toiled last season under Mark Warburton.
So he was disappointed to see McKay's name when Record Sport revealed a list of players that Caixinha wants to offload this summer to make way for fresh faces.
Rather than flogging the 22-year-old for a fee in the region of £2million this summer he'd rather see Caixinha try to restore the player's confidence and help him fulfil his potential.
Novo said: "I've known Barrie since he was a kid coming through his early years at the club. Even then we could see how technically good he was.
Aberdeen's James Maddison (left) and Rangers' Barrie McKay compete (Image: Craig Watson/PA Wire)
"He's got all the tools to be a top player – skill, lots of pace and, as we've seen with some of his strikes over the last couple of years, an eye for goal.
"In some games this season he has maybe not made the impact he can but I have to wonder if that's where good man-management is important.
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"There have been a lot of ups and downs for the club, on and off the pitch, and when things are unsettled that can have an effect even on good, experienced players. Their confidence goes and from there it only gets harder no matter how hard you try.
"Is Barrie a victim of that? Because if his confidence has dipped then he needs support.
"The workrate in the team when things aren't going well has been criticised this year, particularly in the wide areas where Barrie plays, but I think that's when the manager's job becomes so important to change that and get the best out of his players.
"Walter Smith had the ability to change a player simply by giving him confidence and support to guide him back on to the right track. With young players that is especially important because the mental strength to play at a club like Rangers is something you build up gradually.
Nacho Novo in action (Image: delandjayjayweddingphotography)
"Of course more than anything it's up to the player to prove he has the ability and mentality to play at a big club like Rangers.
"But it also depends on whether the new manager has the patience to want to work with Barrie and help him reach his full potential.
"He'll have watched all of his players every day in training since he took charge and he may have made up his mind that he'd be better going with another option. If so that's his right to make a judgment based on what he sees every day.
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"But I'd be pleased if Barrie gets another chance to show what he can do with a bit of confidence in his game next season."
James Tavernier, Martyn Waghorn, Josh Windass, Harry Forrester, Rob Kiernan, Matt Crooks, Michael O'Halloran and £1.8m summer signing Joe Garner are also on the list of players Gers are seeking to offload at a reduced rate.
Novo said: "Everyone knows that when a new manager comes in he will want to bring in his own players and he has to make room for them.
"The current players have had a few months to impress and having seen them every single day in training the manager has had a good chance to make up his mind.
"Some might think players who leave are going cheap but that's the reality of the situation Rangers are in.
"The club's in no financial position to buy players before they can sell any more – the quicker he can move on those who are surplus the better his chances of getting players he wants.
"That can involve dropping the fees for players when you can't afford to hold out for the highest bidder.
"It's natural that a lot of players will go after a disappointing season and I just hope the right signings are made this summer."
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Surging Ahead: 2022 Savic Electric Motorcycles Development Update
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It's been 2 years since we last spoke to Dennis Savic and the team at Australia's first electric motorcycle manufacturer, Savic Motorcycles. The great news is that Savic has managed to navigate the chaos of the global pandemic and has been working tirelessly to bring its first production motorcycle to market.
After hearing the news that Savic had secured a deal with Bosch Australia to provide ABS for the C-Series electric cafe racer. And that they'd completed their first round of major road tests, we thought it was time to touch base with Dennis and his team again to see what they had in store for us in 2023.
What's been happening at Savic Motorcycles since we last spoke?
There has been a lot that has happened since you last covered the 2019 prototype launch.
In 2020 we received Venture Capital funding and the team designed and built our first production representative prototype. We also leased our premises in West Melbourne and made a start on our assembly facility. Despite the challenges presented by COVID, in 2021 the team successfully sourced and tested all major prototype components and we finished off the year with a successful capital raise including a government grant, government loan, and a successful first road test.
In 2022 it's been full steam ahead as we have built our next 2 prototypes. One has been through vigorous on-road testing (as well as attending industry and customer events around the country) while the other has been through ABS Development with Bosch Australia and ADR Government Compliance, which is our final milestone before we're able to start pilot production and first customer deliveries.
Have there been any changes in the design and engineering of the Savic C-Series?
Yes, there were significant changes over the last few years.
We've completely re-designed the battery pack architecture. In 2019 our hypothesis was that pouch cells would be best, but we couldn't get the design, the supplier, or the cost target right. It also presented longer-term durability concerns. So we moved to a prismatic cell architecture and changed suppliers and whilst we had some challenges at the start, all those issues have been resolved now and we're confident that we have a great quality battery in our motorcycles.
Similar to the battery pack, it took us some time to find the right motor supplier and cost structure, there were definitely a few challenges and lessons learnt along the way but we've found one who has been fantastic to deal with and delivered some great quality motors. So, while it was a tough road, we got there in the end. Persistence pays!
The 2019 and 2020 prototypes both had welded steel frames. In larger industries, this makes a lot of sense as it's one of the lowest-cost materials that has good performance characteristics. The challenge with steel frames is that they require many, many welding jigs and fixtures so it's very expensive, especially for an early-stage start-up.
The other major problem with this, which we found out, is if you try to do it cheaper with fewer fixtures/jigs, you will not get the tolerance you need for the rear hub. We learnt a lot over the process and re-designed EVERYTHING so that we could cast it out of aluminium. When you cast something, it doesn't come out of a mould and go onto a bike, there is a machining process before it goes off for coating. Whether that be painting, powder coating, or anodizing. But that machining process is what drills/taps all the holes in the item so that you know it's going to be very precise. The whole process is also efficient enough that it suits our business' cost targets. Not to mention the benefit and recyclability of aluminium so it fits with our company values as well.
How do the C-Series models differ?
The C-Series (standing for Cafe Racer Series) comes in two variants, the top-spec Alpha and the urban Delta. Both look exactly the same, the main difference is the battery size, resulting in different power outputs and prices.
PRICE $26,990 AUD ride away
POWER – 60KW
TORQUE – 200NM
HORSEPOWER – 80HP
CHARGE – 4.5 HOURS
0-100 km/h – 3.5s
RANGE: – 200+ KM *combined DELTA
PRICE – $19,990 AUD ride away
RANGE – 150KM + *combined
*Combined is average of city and highway riding including re-gen of the brakes in stop/start city
*Ride away pricing includes all on roads and dealer charges and excludes any additional options and transport costs.
Both the Alpha and Delta are undergoing additional testing including real-world range, power and suspension testing, so we're hopeful we'll be able to exceed our customer's expectations, but for the moment we're being conservative with our estimates.
We have 4 colours for customer to choose from. Atomic Silver, Dark Matter Black, Radiate Aluminium (brushed aluminium tank cover and rear cowl) and a brand new Carbon Fibre option with gloss carbon on the tank cover, rear cowl and belly pan and a matte carbon on the front and rear fenders and belt cover.
We also have two seat trims in either dark tan or black synthetic leather that is highly durable. We're continuing to explore leather alternatives for both our motorcycles, accessories and apparel including mushroom and cacti leather.
You can check out the bikes and play around with our custom bike builder on our website.
Where are the Savic motorcycles being made?
All of our motorcycles have been designed and engineered in West Melbourne, with components sourced globally from India, China, Europe and Australia. We then hand assemble each motorcycle from the ground up in our assembly facility in West Melbourne. We will be handing the first of the C-series motorcycles over to customers through our Melbourne Savic Motorcycles showroom (which will be opening later this year) or direct to interstate customer's doors with our transport partners.
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We have future plans to expand our sales network with boutique Savic Motorcycles dealerships across the country as well as a partnered service support network, although most of our diagnosis and updates will be able to be done over the air as our motorcycle is 4G connected. Our software team has fully developed our connected rider experiences on-site and will be continuing to develop and service our customers remotely from our Melbourne premises.
What manufacturing techniques are used to produce a Savic motorcycle?
Here's a breakdown of how some of the other components of each C-series motorcycle is made:
Gravity Die Cast Aluminium – Frames / Enclosure
Low-Pressure Die Cast Aluminium – Rims
Freezing rear hub prior to rear axle bearing pressing – tolerances are super tight!
Laser welding – battery cell terminals to bus bars
PCB Printing & Picking – Fully Automated Electronics board manufacturing
Injection Moulding – Some plastic components
Vacuum Forming – Seat Substrates
3D Printing – Currently exploring local 3D printing of some components
What are some of the technological highlights of the C-Series aside from the battery and drive train?
Belt driven – clean, high durability, quiet, low maintenance
Also, the C-series motorcycle's front pulley is concentric with the swingarm pivot eliminating the need for a tensioner pulley on the belt. The instrument cluster & software and connected to a rider experience with over-the-air diagnostics and updates. Front suspension is fully developed in-house and we will be using proprietary front and rear suspension tailored to the C-Series.
What challenges did you face with homologation and registration?
It did take a monumental effort for the engineering team to get through the ABS development with Bosch Australia. It's an intense process but a critical one and we had a great outcome. That was a massive milestone we were able to celebrate in September 2022.
Since then, we sailed through all of the tests quite smoothly for our ADR (Australian Design Rules) application and now we're just playing the waiting game as we wait for the government to check over the paperwork and give us the final tick of approval for road registration. Unfortunately, it's a lengthy process that is in dire need of an overhaul and we've included this in our submission along with countless other electric vehicle manufacturers in Australia in response to the recent national Electric Vehicle Strategy consultation paper.
Savic Motorcycles founder and SEO Denis Savic on his C-Series electric cafe racer
When will Savic be fulfilling its first customer orders?
Our first customer deliveries are pending ADR approval but we're hopeful we'll be able to get a few out by the end of this year. In either case, we intend on ordering our first batch of serial production parts in January 2023 for a March delivery timeline for the first 25 customers. Our customers are across our timeline and have been very patient with us as we've built up to this exciting moment in Australian history.
We've just hit 235 orders in total across two production runs, and we're almost sold out of our second run with only 15 build slots remaining. We plan to start the second production run in late Q2 2023 which is really exciting and humbling for the team. We keep our customers updated whenever any dates or milestones change and like to share our wins with them. We've obviously built something that people are excited to own and ride and we can't wait to get them onto the road.
To stay up to date with Savic's progress, or reserve one of the few remaining C-series electric cafe racers in their second production, head over to the Savic website.
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David Riddle with former course JFK course record holder Eric Clifton. Photo courtesy of Cassie Scallon.
In today's 49th running of the JFK 50 mile, David Riddle broke Eric Clifton's 17-year-old course record of 5:46:22 with a time of 5:40:44. Riddle's record setting performance is made all the more impressive by the fact that before today Clifton had been the only person in the race's storied history to break 5:50. Riddle wasn't alone in running an awesome performance. On the tow path, Michael Wardian was a man on a mission running 6 minute mile splits or better to build a 4 minute lead by mile 34.4. From there, Riddle reeled him in, but Wardian still ran the second fastest time in JFK history in 5:43:23. Jeffrey Buechler, who'd gone for it only to blow up the past two years, came off the Appalachian Trail in first. This year he held on for a huge breakthrough, finishing third in 5:53:24. Unofficially, the team of Michael Wardian, Jake Reed, Andy Henshaw, Sean Meissner, and Matt Woods broke the JFK 50 team record (as scored by summing a team's three fastest runners' times).
On the women's side, Cassie Scallon, unknown to many, ran away from Meghan Arbogast when they hit the trail section only 3.6 miles into the race and never looked back. Scallon won JFK in the third fastest women's time in race history – 6:31:37. Arbogast fell as far as 7 minutes back before closing late in the race. She finished in 6:35, the fourth fastest women's time on the course. Arbogast broke the women's 50+ course record by over 85 minutes and bested the 40+ record by 7 minutes. Elissa Ballas was third in 7:01.
We've now published a set of extensive interviews with David Riddle, Cassie Scallon, Michael Wardian, and Meghan Arbogast.
David Riddle winning the 2011 JFK 50.
Cassie Scallon winning the 2011 JFK 50.
(old record – Eric Clifton, 1994, 6:45:22) – Typo should be 5:46:22?
Yup. Thanks for catching my butterfingers!
Thanks for the twitter updates, Bryon.
Yes Bryon, you are the best in the business!
Brett, maybe best in the passion… not much of a business as of yet. ;-) Thanks!
Bryon: May iRunFar soon become all that you need and want it to be. Sure do appreciate what you do.
Thanks, Reid. I'm thankful for what iRunFar has achieved and optimistic that'll get even better.
Thanks Byron for all the great updates throughout the day!
Was so great being able to follow allong Bryon. Thanks for the awesome updates!
Thanks, Derrick. Nice work on your Frontenac perimeter FKT the other day.
How did Bethany do? This is her husband.
I only have results for the first 43 finishers and they don't include Bethany, but those times only go as deep as 7:26:19. I'll be sure to note her time when I get it.
Bethany ran a great time, 7:27:36, for 9th woman! Only seven minutes slower than her win in 2003.
Are all the results tabulated? I noticed that I was listed as 'not finishing' when I crossed the finish line around 11:10:00. (approx 6:15pm) (bib 848). They collected my chip and my bottom bib tag.
Those were intermediate results with the slowest listed runners likely 5 a.m. starters.
Thanks, I've updated the article with the new results.
All right Cassie! What is she doing next? Just so I know not to run the same race because she'll ruin my ultrasignup score.


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Events & Activities July 26 - August 2, 2014
For a list of regular weekly activities, see the list on the left-hand side of the monthly schedule page of our regular website.
Taken primarily from Senior Notes, the YSSC monthly newsletter with an 11" x 17" calendar page for the month included. A subscription to Senior Notes is available to anyone of any age wishing to support Yellow Springs Senior Citizens, Inc., for a nominal annual dues of $15.00 per person or $25.00 for a family.
All events take place at the Yellow Springs Senior Center, 227 Xenia Avenue, unless otherwise indicated. Call the Center (767-5751) with any questions and to sign up for events.
Time and location (if not at Senior Center) of activity. If only a time is shown, the Senior Center is the location
10:00 until 11:30 a.m.
Older and Bolder: "Things That Bring Me Joy"
1:00 until 3:00 p.m., Trailside Museum
Guardians of the Glen
1:00 until 6:00 p.m., YS Brewery parking lot, 305 N. Walnut St.
Bike Repair Fundraiser for James Cancer Center in Columbus ($20)
2:00 p.m., Trailside Museum
Edible & Useful Plant Hike with Dave Jansen ($2 suggested donation)
4:00 until 10:00 p.m., Aleta's Grill, 309 Xenia Avenue
An Evening of live Painting and Live Music
5:00 until 7:00 p.m., Peifer Orchard
La Pampa Grill's Family Picnic Party ($18 adult, kids 12 and under free)
7:30 p.m., Mills Lawn Elementary School
Friends Music Camp Concert to benefit Glen Helen ($10 adult/$5 12 and under)
Lonesome Meadow (bluegrass)
1:00 until 3:00 p.m., Fairborn Eagles #2641, 509 Sports St., Fairborn
Ralph Stanley with Nathan Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys ($20 in advance/$25 at the door)
3:00 until 5:00 p.m., Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery
Opening reception for exhibit by Strong Heart Press & Studio Students
4:00 until 5:00 p.m., Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center
Tecumseh Land Trust presents Walking Nature Meditation with Bill Felker
7:00 until 8:30 p.m., Yoga Springs Studio, 108 Dayton St.
Chill Out! Yoga to Stay Cool ($35)
Family Movie Night: Despicable Me 2
*** Sign-up deadline for July 31 Jungle Jim's/Ikea outing ***
Outing to Jungle Jim's and Ikea
10:00 a.m., Yellow Springs Community Library
Bookmobile Book Sale
North & South (bluegrass)
9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Young's Jersey Dairy
Vintage Truck Show
For What It's Worth (classic rock)
Events & Activities July 19 - 26, 2014
9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Springfield Beckley Municipal Airport
Barnstorming Carnival
3:00 until 5:00 p.m., Little Art Theatre
Retro Matinee at the Little Art: To Kill a Mockingbird
6:00 until 9:00 p.m., Coretta Scott King Center
YS Hootenanny
7:30 until 9:30 p.m., Antioch Amphitheatre
Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse presents Superhuman Happiness ($10 adults/$5 students)
Corky's Old Time Rock & Roll ($7 suggested donation)
8:00 a.m., Grinnell Mill
Midsummer Birding with Nick Boutis ($2 suggested donation)
10:00 a.m., Little Miami Covered Bridge on Grinnell Road
Wildflower Walk with Cecil Ogg ($2 suggested donation)
1:00 p.m., departure from Yellow Springs Train Station
Yellow Springs Heritage Historic Walking Tour: Historic Businesses of Yellow Springs ($5)
Book Discussion: Snapper by Brian Kimberling
*** Sign-up deadline for July 24 Lunch Bunch visit to Aleta's Cafe ***
9:30 a.m. (start time for available appointments)
Free hearing screening and hearing aid help with South Dayton Hearing Aids and Audiology
Fizz, Boom, Read Science Spectacular
NAMI Family Support Group
11:15 meet at Center
Lunch Bunch visit to Aleta's Cafe at the Oten Gallery
*** No 80+ Birthday Lunch (combined with August) ***
Tipp City Community Band ($7 suggested donation)
Lonesome Meadow (bluegrass, $7 suggested donation)
Older and Bolder: meet Center Director Karen Wolford
10:00 until 11:30 a.m., John Bryan Community Pottery
Bigmouth Fish Soap Holder Workshop ($7 per person)
Superhuman Happiness Sing-Along
Arts Alive! FUNdraiser ($5 suggested donation)
Kettering Banjo Society
Full Moon Hike ($2 suggested donation)
9:30 p.m., Antioch Amphitheatre
Stargazing ($2 suggested donation)
1:00 until 5:00 p.m., Birch III Neighborhood
Tecumseh Land Trust presents: Backyard Stewards Walk/Bike Tour
2:00 until 6:00 p.m., WYSO, 150 E. South College St.
WYSO Open House
1:00 p.m., meet at Amphitheatre Parking Lot
Antioch College Garden Tour (rain date July 28)
Superhuman Happiness Jam Session-- *** CANCELLED ***
July Potluck followed by vocal performance by Jim Felder accompanied by pianist Barbara Leeds
Charlie Brown Support Group
7:00 until 8:30 p.m., John Bryan Community Center
Minimalist Meet-Up
*** Reservations due for August 9 Garden Dinner Party ***
6:00 until 9:00 p.m., Village Artisans, 100 Corry St.
Opening Reception: Hot Fun in the Summer Time
Opening Reception: "Phyllis' Show"
Amethyst (Classic County)
Corky's Old Time Rock & Roll
Events & Activities July 5 - 12, 2014
9:00 a.m until 7:00 p.m., Bryan Center
Summer Music Bash
Start of Tai Chi (Sun style) classes with Kieth Grzelak
Guardians of the Glen Land Steward activity
5:00 p.m., Mills Lawn
Yellow Springs Summer Strings & Band 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Mama's Wranglers (classic country/bluegrass)
Sunday, July 6
10:00 a.m., Trailside Museum
Fundraiser for Carl Schumacher with acoustic music by Mark Delozier and Jeanne Ulrich
7:00 p.m., Rockford Chapel
End of Life Forum
Wednesday, July 9
*** Sign-up deadline for July 11 Masonic Community Trip ***
7:00 p.m, Antioch Amphitheatre
YSKP Annual All-Access Backstage Pass ($25)
*** Sign-up deadline for July 14 Antioch College Garden Tour ***
10:30 a.m.departure from Bryan Center parking lot
Tour and lunch at Springfield Masonic Community
Opening Reception and Artist Talk by Stephen Marc
Vintage Voices (barbershop)
1:00 until 2:00 p.m., Yellow Springs Community Library]
Patio Party Fundraiser ($5 suggested donation)
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The newborn bison is already exploring the beautiful nature of the Southern Carpathians rewilding area.
We believe it means good luck for the bison reintroduction scheme in the whole region, because he is Born to be Wild! Very soon – most probably in September – the herd will be released completely into the wild.
In May, 17 European bison were transported to the Southern Carpathians from wildlife parks and breeding stations in five countries across Europe, in one of the largest-ever bison reintroduction in our continent, organised by Rewilding Europe and its partner WWF-Romania, strongly supported by the Municipality of Armenís and several Romanian institutions. The second transportation of bison to this area is now being planned for the end of July this year. These bison will also be kept for a while in an acclimatization enclosure to get better adapted to their new home. Once they are released into the wild, the bison will not be fed or handled any more, but instead treated completely as the normal wild animals they are, so that they become a full part of their ecosystem and the natural processes there. The aim is to build up a new, long-term viable, free-roaming population of European bison in the Tarcu Mountains. Bringing in hundreds of animals over a 10-year period, and with the intermediate goal to reach around 500 animals by 2024.
The latest member of the Plopu bison herd, but also the whole herd has already become a tourist attraction, just as we predicted. "Rewilding Bison in the Tarcu Mountains Reserve" is the Grand prize of the July draw of the Rewilding Europe Travel Club. Best of luck, everyone!


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A Sculpture Gnaws, and Spectators Feel It
By TED LOOS, New York Times
WALDEN, N.Y. — Los Angeles sculptor Charles Ray woke up at 5 a.m. and walked for four hours, as he does every day, both for his health and for solitary reflection time.
Only he was in New York City at the time, so he used Central Park. Energized, he got into a car and came up here to the Polich Tallix foundry in Orange County, to see some men about a lion and a dog.
Ray, who is known for his mysterious figural sculptures that "circle ancient themes and conventions," as Roberta Smith wrote in a review, was finishing his painstaking work last month on new versions of a 2017 piece, "Mountain Lion Attacking a Dog," for the exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery in Chelsea, through June 16.
The cast sculpture comprises two main pieces, interlocking where the mouth of the lion meets the neck of the dog — the killing moment frozen in time. And it epitomizes the artist's enigmatic relationship with his subject matter. Even when he is sculpting a nature scene, Ray unearths something uncanny that can provoke a reaction.
You wouldn't necessarily know it from his process, which is steeped in art historical and aesthetic concerns. Wearing a dark knit cap that hid his unruly hair, Ray agonized, meditated and philosophized about every aspect of the piece.
Just the seams on "Mountain Lion" have occupied his mind for a year — he doesn't "encourage" them, he said, but it often can't be helped. "Sculpture and seams are like boxers and broken noses: They go hand in hand."
The five new pieces in the show represent a large portion of the work he has completed since his 2014-15 retrospective, which may help explain why they cost between $2 million and $8 million each. For a major artist, Ray produces very little. "I work very slowly," he said.
Ray had completed a sterling silver version with a rich gleam that made it hard to look away from. Next to it was a stainless steel version that required more polishing. "The stainless is like video, with all the realism and information, and the silver is like cinema, it's warm and emotional," said Ray, 64, who is known to all as Charley.
Some 40 people have had a hand at some point in the several-year process making the work. It began with having a real mountain lion in his studio, gnawing at a steak that was nailed to a piece of wood.
The piece was inspired by the sculptor's long walks in the hills above Los Angeles, where the wild cats prowl, and also by a Greek marble sculpture, "Lion Attacking a Horse," that Ray saw at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
But ask what it's about, and you'll get a sideways answer. "One could say I've spent a great deal of time making very little of my subject matter," Ray said with a wry smile.
James Rondeau, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago and co-organizer of Ray's retrospective there, said that the artist creates "vehicles that pick you up somewhere and drop you off somewhere else."
"They're not narrative," he added. "He's making figurative sculpture relevant in the present tense, but connecting it to a long continuum of art history."
Put another way: It's sculpture densely packed with references, which is why critic Hal Foster called him "catnip for art historians."
The public has at times had a different reaction, as have institutions that feared controversy, particularly with his nudes.
Ray is perhaps best known for "Boy With Frog" (2009), commissioned by luxury goods tycoon François Pinault for the piazza in front of the Punta della Dogana, his museum in Venice, but later removed. The nude sculpture was beloved by many, but offensive to others — though it is no naked-er than the subjects of artworks all over the city — and locals wanted the return of a displaced lamppost there. (A version was installed at the Getty Center because of its echoes with the older art inside, and it remains uncontroversially on view on the steps leading to the main entrance.)
Even his fans acknowledge that his subjects can have unpredictable effects on viewers. "People can get stuck with his provocative content," Rondeau said.
That was the case with "Huck and Jim" (2014), inspired by "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The two naked figures — a black man and a white boy, almost-but-not-quite touching — were intended to be displayed in front of the Whitney Museum of American Art. But it was considered too contentious and the museum offered to move it inside; instead, Ray withdrew the piece.
"Disappointed is the wrong word," Ray said of his feelings on the matter, though he sure seemed it. He said he was working on a public home for the piece. Though his earliest phase involved pared-down, minimal art, he first lodged in the public consciousness with works like "Family Romance" (1993), a naked nuclear family in which the son and daughter are the same size as Mom and Dad.
"When I was a younger man I was very aware — and perhaps still am today — of a degree of provocativeness carrying a work into a room and grabbing people's attention," Ray said.
From the start, the art world has esteemed his work. "He has a complete understanding about the weddedness between conceptual ideas and the world of form, and the way they are integrated," said artist Laura Owens, who first met Ray some 20 years ago when he hired her for her first teaching job, at UCLA, where he ran the sculpture program.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's classical collection — in particular a Greek kouros, of a naked young man — has long been a source of inspiration, particularly for Ray's "Aluminum Girl" (2003), the first in his series of white-painted metal figures. It is on view at the Met Breuer in the exhibition "Like Life: Sculpture, Color and the Body (1300 — Now)."
Sheena Wagstaff, chairwoman of the modern and contemporary department at the Met and co-organizer of "Like Life," said: "The first time I ever visited him in LA, he was reading Pliny. That's not your normal studio visit." On the day of the foundry visit, Ray was digging into the details of his sculptures like a Renaissance carver, though his assistants make the actual marks. He pointed to various areas on the finely hatched belly of the dog — in this piece, the canine's supine vulnerability gave the piece his signature strangeness.
"These are marks from a clay tool; some are natural, but others are like a Japanese comic book, or like a Lichtenstein," he said. "They are not randomly sprinkled on there — and that's what took a long time."
At lunch in an Irish pub after his foundry visit, Ray told one of his signature loopy stories about how he sent a sculpture to a collector "and I sent 12 empty crates along with it. I said the 12 empty crates is the space that goes around it." He added, "He was totally freaked out."
It was a joke, or maybe more of a wish, since he advocates lots of air around his sculpture. For the Matthew Marks show, Ray spread three works in one building and, in an adjacent space next door, installed just two more.
You could say that Ray leaves room for the uncanny wherever he goes.
'Charles Ray: three rooms and the repair annex'
Through June 16, at Matthew Marks Gallery, Manhattan; 212-243- 0200; matthewmarks.com.
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Biosfeerreservaat Okski (Russisch: Окский государственный природный биосферный заповедник), is een strikt natuurreservaat gelegen in het midden van Europees Rusland en valt binnen de oblast Rjazan. De oprichting tot zapovednik vond plaats op 10 februari 1935 per decreet van de Raad van Volkscommissarissen van de Russische SFSR. Bovendien werd het gebied in 1986 aan de lijst van biosfeerreservaten toegevoegd onder het Mens- en Biosfeerprogramma (MAB) van UNESCO. De huidige oppervlakte van het gebied bedraagt 560,27 km². Ook werd er een bufferzone van 229,85 km² ingesteld.

Kenmerken en doel van oprichting
Biosfeerreservaat Okski is gelegen aan de bovenloop van de rivier Oka, ten zuidoosten van de Russische hoofdstad Moskou. Het reservaat ligt op de overgang van de gematigde boszone, zuidelijke taiga en bossteppezone en werd opgericht om de bedreigde Russische desman (Desmana moschata) te beschermen. In Biosfeerreservaat Okski is sinds 1959 een fokcentrum voor wisenten (Bison bonasus) gevestigd, alsmede een fokcentrum voor verschillende soorten kraanvogels sinds 1979. Het merendeel van de wisenten die er gefokt worden, zullen worden uitgezet in natuurreservaten in Rusland. In het fokcentrum voor kraanvogels is een van de belangrijkste projecten, het fokken van de ernstig bedreigde Siberische witte kraanvogel (Grus leucogeranus). Deze soort broedt in de Obboezem van West-Siberië en trekt over negen verschillende landen om te overwinteren. In sommige van deze landen geloven ze niet dat het zien van een Siberische witte kraanvogel geluk brengt, zoals in Rusland, maar worden ze traditioneel bejaagd in Afghanistan. Met behulp van een deltavlieger, leren de wetenschappers van het fokcentrum de jongen daarom een veiligere route aan zodra ze oud genoeg zijn om te vliegen.

Flora en fauna
In Biosfeerreservaat Okski en zijn bufferzone zijn 880 vaatplanten, 198 mossen en 140 korstmossen vastgesteld. Er zijn meerdere bostypen in het gebied aanwezig, met als belangrijkste bosvormers de grove den (Pinus sylvestris), zachte berk (Betula pubescens), ruwe berk (Betula pendula), zomereik (Quercus robur), zwarte els (Alnus glutinosa), winterlinde (Tilia cordata), Noorse esdoorn (Acer platanoides) en fijnspar (Picea abies).

Ook zijn er 61 verschillende zoogdiersoorten in Biosfeerreservaat Okski vastgesteld. Bijzondere aandacht gaat uit naar de Russische desman (Desmana moschata). Deze soort komt in het reservaat met maximaal 1.000 individuen voor in de overstromingswateren van de rivier Oka en Pra, maar is nog steeds met uitsterven bedreigd omdat ze vaak verstrikt raken in visnetten. Andere zoogdieren in het gebied zijn onder meer de watervleermuis (Myotis daubentonii), grootoorvleermuis (Plecotus auritus), berkenmuis (Sicista betulina), bosslaapmuis (Dryomys nitedula), hazelmuis (Muscardinus avellanarius), eland (Alces alces), bever (Castor fiber), wolf (Canis lupus) en otter (Lutra lutra).

Onder de 266 in het reservaat vastgestelde vogelsoorten broeden interessante soorten als de bastaardarend (Clanga clanga), zwarte ooievaar (Ciconia nigra), kraanvogel (Grus grus), witgat (Tringa ochropus), ijsvogel (Alcedo atthis), grijskopspecht  (Picus canus), krekelzanger (Locustella fluviatilis) en noordse nachtegaal (Luscinia luscinia). De zwarte ooievaar staat ook op het embleem van Biosfeerreservaat Okski.

Oblast Rjazan
Natuurgebied in Rusland
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