When I first made contact with this coach she had loads of forms for me to fill out which included my goals for the year.
Taking me up on that she's been remotely watching my rides via Garmin Connect and set a plan, to work on improving my endurance & stamina.
So... Getting cocky I suggested last night that my ambition to ride ½SDW was setting my sights a bit low and that I could use it as a training ride and go for the BHF London-Brighton Off Road ride.
In the cold light of day I'm now kicking myself a bit, but I reckon it's still very much achieveable.
Is anyone else doing it this year?
When I first did the Pilgrims Hospice 78 mile road ride, my furthest distance on the road was 48 miles. I had to make special effort to pace myself but I completed the ride. Learning to pacing yourself is the key, and you should be able to do at least 65% of the distance reasonably comfortably.
But that was on the road. Off road and you're entering a whole new level of endurance. The following year I did the same PH ride again and then a few months later the Brighton Big Dog - a six hour race in which I entered the solo category. It was much harder than I expected, really tough. I felt sick at one point and had to stop, and almost felt like crying like a big girls blouse. I felt ill after the race too and decided beer at the after party was the last thing I wanted. We went out for dinner to a Greek restaurant for some reason and I couldn't eat it, though to be fair it was minging anyway.
Having said that, the BHF L/B off-road isn't a race so it won't be so intense, but yeah, you need to prepare for it... but surely this coach of yours (coaching in fitness, skills or both?) would have warded you off doing so if they didn't think you had a chance.
Lol you're really selling it to me there.
But like you said, being a ride rather than a race it'll be less intense.
Yeah this coach is doing skills & fitness so I'm sure she would have put me off if she didn't think I was capable.
I'm doing the London to Brighton off road this year with 5 mates.
You have signed up for a challenge but not an exceedingly tough one. When I did it in 2008 with a similarly untrained/unexperienced mate the first challenge was not getting lost (smartphones with GPS were not mainstream) and the second one was finding food and water, both of which we did not carry enough off. A large part of the route was disused train track converted to cycle path, expect gentle gradients and if the weather is nice many parents with children on wobbly bikes. The first bit along the Thames is narrow, one person who confused this ride with a race only just missed a pole that was put in to keep the cars away. But he did not miss the pothole next to it and scraped off some of his skin and avoided falling into the river by an inch or two. And that was when only 300 people did it, with many more participants there will be more bottlenecks. We did not see many of the others after the first hour (hint: they were not behind us).
Night before last was payday so time to put my money where my mouth was!
Cheers MBC ... Hopefully I won't need your services but will say hi if I see you.


Traditional performance management is on the way out but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Several times over the past months, I've been asked to recommend articles on performance management. Ones that capture current thinking and show 'trailblazing' companies.
The Alliance by Reid Hoffman – the changing employee/employer relationship and reason for PM to be more two-way.
The real story on performance management in EMEA by Towers Watson – some stats and evolving techniques.
Reinventing Performance Management by Buckingham & Goodall in Harvard Business Review - the Deloitte case study.
Ridding the World of Appraisals by Lucy Adams on LinkedIn – a case for removing appraisals in our 'VUCA' world.
Kill your Performance Ratings by David Rock et al in Strategy & Business – the SCARF model from neuroscience and why traditional appraisals provoke a fear/flight response.
Removing appraisal ratings by Verditer – the first in our trilogy looking at reward without appraisal ratings.
The hard truth about effective performance management by Marc Effron - a case for retaining ratings and executing the fundamentals well.
Feedback is the Killer App by Josh Bersin in Forbes - a big data perspective for the future of performance management.
Performance Motivation by Alex Bailey on LinkedIn – companies adopting a strengths-based approach.
Welcome to the Era of Experimentation by IIaria Gregotti at KPMG – don't follow the market, adopt an evidence-based approach.
At Verditer we make performance and reward more effective. Talk to us about our Performance Management Diagnostic – a way to establish the right approach for you.


Amazon and CBS recently struck a deal for rights to stream old CBS shows.
CBS has benefited from these deals, so we're sure it wants to do more. It reported a 21% jump in licensing revenues last night. And according to All Things D, on CBS's earnings call, CEO Les Moonves said, "We hear about Apple wanting to buy content, and Google. Et cetera, et cetera. And Microsoft."
This streaming service would be a surprise, but it shouldn't be entirely unexpected. On Apple's earnings call, CFO Peter Oppenheimer said Apple has "some neat stuff coming" for iTunes movies and TV content.
Further confirmation of Misek's report comes from AppAdvice, which reports, "Apple is on the edge of finally launching a full-fledged re-downloading and possibly streaming service named iTunes Replay."


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WISBECH: Annie celebrates her 100th birthday with a special party
ANNIE Ellinor of Wisbech celebrated her 100th birthday with a party organised by Roddons Housing Association. Annie has lived in Onyx Court sheltered scheme for 15 years and puts the secret of her long life down to hard work . Her daughter Joyce, aged 7
ANNIE Ellinor of Wisbech celebrated her 100th birthday with a party organised by Roddons Housing Association.
Annie has lived in Onyx Court sheltered scheme for 15 years and puts the secret of her long life down to "hard work".
Her daughter Joyce, aged 78, also lives at Onyx Court. Mrs Ellinor has always lived in the area. She had four children, one of whom died in infancy. Annie was widowed in 1976.
The party last Thursday at Onyx Court was attended by Annie's friends and neighbours and several members of her family. Annie has seven grandchildren, as well as step grandchildren and many great grandchildren. One of her grandsons came over from Canada to attend the party.
The party included a buffet and live music.
"Mum loves to play bingo and she listens to music. She has always worked very hard," said Joyce.

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USA: Human Rights Activist Ordered to Jail
Nieuws, gepost door: nn op 03/08/2012 08:09:24
Wanneer: 03/08/2012 - 22:03
The case of Ed Frey is reminiscent of an earlier Santa Cruz case where Sandy Loranger did time in jail for feeding the homeless soup. When the judge offered her counseling instead of jail Sandy Loranger replied, "If feeding my fellow man is a crime, I am beyond rehabilitation."
[Photo Credit, by Bradley Stuart from Indybay. Human rights activist, Ed Frey, speaking, has been ordered to six months in jail starting August eighth.]
USA: Human Rights Activist Ordered to Six Months of Jail,
More Repression Scheduled in Santa Cruz, California
By Steven Argue
On July 24th Judge Moody ordered human rights activist and attorney, Ed Frey, to begin a six month sentence, ordering him to check in for jail at 9:00 AM on August 8th, 2012.
Ed Frey was arrested in 2010 for protesting on the Santa Cruz County Courthouse steps. He was opposing Santa Cruz laws that make it illegal for the homeless to sleep at night. Ed Frey's only act of civil disobedience was sleeping outside in solidarity with the homeless. In Santa Cruz, the human rights of the poor to even survive are routinely violated on the most basic levels. Sleep at night and covering-up with blankets are both illegal in Santa Cruz for people outside or in a vehicle. Ed Frey was arrested protesting these laws at a three month protest that was called "Peace Camp 2010". That protest initially started in response to a 63 year-old homeless minister, Robert Facer, being ticketed for sleeping on the beach on a night when all of the homeless shelters were full. Peace Camp 2010 initially attracted many homeless people and other activists, but it was eventually shut down through police repression.
Other activists still facing abuse stemming from that 2010 protest include Gary Johnson and Linda Lemaster. Gary Johnson, like Ed Frey, has also already been sentenced to six months in jail. On August 24th Gary Johnson will be subjected to a hearing similar to Ed Frey's most recent one. At that time, Gary could also be ordered to begin his six month sentence. Activist Linda Lemaster is scheduled for jury trial on October 15th for sleeping at Peace Camp 2010 as well.
In addition to prosecuting protesters for sleep "crimes", the Santa Cruz courts are currently persecuting nine protesters who were part of a three day occupation of an abandoned Wells Fargo Bank in 2011. The abandoned building was seen as having potential use as a community center and shelter for people without housing. Each activist is facing two felony charges and two misdemeanor charges and could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison if found guilty. These activists have become known as the Santa Cruz 11 due to the original number of defendants. Seven are still being prosecuted.
The Santa Cruz 11 are being prosecuted for a peaceful occupation that included a policy, posted to the wall, of carrying out no vandalism. Yet, protesters have been charged with "felony vandalism", "conspiracy to vandalize and trespass" (another felony), and two types of trespassing misdemeanors. These charges are not backed by actual evidence. None of the Santa Cruz 11 were arrested on the scene and six of the 11 who were charged are high profile journalists who have been critical of the Santa Cruz Police Department and/or Santa Cruz City Council. Not targeted for police repression were individuals present who are more friendly to the status quo, like former Santa Cruz Mayor Katherine Beiers.
On August 20th, seven of the Santa Cruz 11, Cameron Laurendau, Robert Norse, Becky Johnson, Gabriella Ripplyphipps, Brent Adams, and Franklin Alcantara will be appearing in the court of Judge Burdick for their so-called "crimes". As opposed to this kind of repression being carried out by the local liberal capitalist government of Santa Cruz, the Revolutionary Tendency of the Socialist Party demands the charges against the Santa Cruz 11 be dropped. Instead of seeing the occupation of a bank as a crime, we call for the nationalization of all banks without compensation. And we call for the proletarian seizure of all unused buildings under the control of the banks to provide shelter and housing for those who need it. Meanwhile, the local Democrat Party, which controls the Santa Cruz City Council, sends out their cops to carry out repression against people in the community demanding justice.
Likewise, the liberal government of Santa Cruz sends out its cops to harass the homeless. Numerous laws on the books are there specifically to target the homeless. This includes MC 6.36.010, a law that makes the acts of sleeping or covering up with a blanket punishable by $100 to $200 fines. For the homeless this is often unpayable. Democrat Mayor Don Lane recently passed another law that makes ignoring three sleeping tickets a misdemeanor punishable by six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. And a third Santa Cruz City law now also makes any third infraction (of any kind) an automatic misdemeanor as well.
During Peace Camp 2010, however, the Sheriff's department and Santa Cruz DA chose to arrest and prosecute Peace Camp 2010 activists under a much harsher California state law. The law they used was the so-called "Unlawful-Lodging Law" 647e. At the time of their arrest, those found guilty of violations 647e could be punished by up to six months in jail. Since that time, however, the Democrat controlled State legislature doubled the penalty. The reality in courts has now been laid bare, that under this law the act of sleeping, either by people who are homeless or people protesting in solidarity with the homeless, is punishable by up to a year in jail. Since the arrests at Peace Camp 2010 this same so-called "Unlawful-Lodging Law" 647e was also used to attack Occupy Santa Cruz and a number of Occupy activists did face 647e charges.
Gary Johnson and Ed Frey were convicted of sleeping in 2011 and sentenced to six months in jail. Their convictions were secured in the court room of the notoriously pro-police and anti-homeless Judge Gallagher, nicknamed "Grim Gavel" Gallagher. Revealing the political nature of the draconian sentences, Judge Gallagher told homeless activist Gary Johnson he "could get some sleep in jail".
In June, 2011, with the courts facing a public outcry after two weeks in jail, Ed Frey was released on bail pending appeal with his bail of $50,000 dollars (for sleeping) reduced to $110. Supporters quickly passed the hat and Ed Frey was released from jail on bail. Gary Johnson was similarly released the next week. Those six month sentences, however, have continued to hang over the heads of Ed Frey and Gary Johnson and now the oppressive capitalist state is demanding Ed Frey do the time, starting August 8th.
Another protester charged at that time, Eliot Anderson, was freed by a hung jury that failed to convict him. A juror said of the case, "Anderson should not have to gas his dog to try to get into a shelter to legally sleep."
In the trial of Gary Johnson and Ed Frey many potential jurors were upset by the fact that they were to sit through a two week trial for the "crime" of sleep. One example was an elementary school teacher who said, "When I first came to Santa Cruz, I lived in my van for three years. During that time, I was hassled, arrested, and jailed. There is no way I could be impartial in this case considering the pain these people are suffering." A number of potential jurors said similar things, but of course they never made it onto the jury. People who are aware of what is going on generally don't make it onto juries in the United States. Such dumbed-down juries do as they're told, as this one did, in a typical manner when they were told they weren't allowed to have their own opinions. In the oft repeated mantra of blind stupidity and injustice in America's capitalist courts, Judge Gallagher told the jury, "Even if you disagree with the law, you must follow the law."
Four protesters were convicted under 647e for sleeping at the protest. Two did not show up for the absurdity of sentencing and warrants were issued. Ed Frey and Gary Johnson were offered 400 hours of Community Service and 3 years probation for sleeping. In response, Gary Johnson who is homeless, asked, "How can I take probation to obey all laws, when you've defined "sleeping" as lodging to the jury, making it a misdemeanor crime? How can I not sleep for six months during probation?" Judge Gallagher told him "he could get some sleep in jail." On basic principle and inability to comply, both Gary Johnson and Attorney Ed Frey turned down probation and were then sentenced to six months in jail.
This was reminiscent of an earlier Santa Cruz case where Sandy Loranger did time in jail for feeding the homeless soup. When the judge offered her counseling instead of jail Sandy Loranger replied, "If feeding my fellow man is a crime, I am beyond rehabilitation."
Peace Camp 2010 was simply an act of free speech. It was a peaceful protest with the only act of civil disobedience being the illegal act of sleeping outside. Protest facilities included a port-o-potty provided by Attorney Ed Frey. This helped provide the homeless with a safe place to sleep for months, despite the city government's failure to provide such needed relief for its citizens.
In addition to Gary Johnson's six month sentence, Gary Johnson has now also been convicted of additional counts of sleeping since that protest. This is for sleeping last winter outside of the Santa Cruz courthouse with a sign that read "Sleep is Not a Crime". On those additional counts of sleeping, Judge Gallagher sentenced Gary Johnson to 2 years in prison on a suspended sentence, which means the sentence could be carried out if Gary Johnson is later harassed by police and found guilty of additional "crimes".
The "Unlawful-Lodging Law" 647e for which Gary Johnson and Ed Frey were arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced was also recently used in Santa Barbara. This was in August 2010 when the Santa Barbara Police ticketed Courtney Caswell-Peyton, a Santa Barbara disabled woman who fell asleep in her wheel chair. She showed-up for court worried about the possibility of getting her first conviction for any crime. Facing strong protest in that case, the Santa Barbara DA dismissed the charge in the "interests of justice". While happy about not being convicted, she left court saying she was still homeless and questioning why she had no place to sleep.
Unlike the Santa Barbara dismissal, Gary Johnson and Ed Frey were convicted in the notoriously bad Santa Cruz courts. Judge Gallagher is making an example of them for standing-up against the anti-homeless laws of Santa Cruz and California.
"Unlawful-Lodging Law" 647e states, "Who lodges in any building, structure, vehicle, or place, whether public or private, without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession or in control of it" "are guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor". According to the Santa Cruz courts, Santa Barbra Police, and the Santa Cruz Sheriff's department, "lodging" means the same thing as "sleeping". In May 2011, this same anti-homeless law 647e was made even worse with the State Legislature making a second violation punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. So now homelessness in the state of California is punishable by up to a year in jail if one is caught sleeping twice.
Voting for this worsened anti-homeless law were Democrats and Republicans alike, including local Santa Cruz Democrat and darling of many reformist liberals, Bill Monning. He voted for that increased penalty at the same time that people who actually stand-up for human rights were fighting against it with their personal freedom on the line. Not a single Democrat or Republican voted against.
As the California state government, dominated by Democrats, passes anti-working class austerity and extremely harsh anti-homeless legislation, the Democrat holding power in Washington DC, Barrack Obama, wages wars in an increasing number of the world's countries. These are wars for the profit of arms manufacturers, oil corporations, and other imperialist capitalists. Likewise, Obama locks-up suspected whistle blower, Bradley Manning, for exposing U.S. crimes against humanity in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bradley Manning is accused of releasing the helicopter footage that shows U.S. troops nonchalantly gunning down civilians including journalists, first aid respondents, and children in cold blood. Instead of charges of murder for those who committed it, it is Bradley Manning who goes to prison under Obama while Obama has publicly stated his opinion that Manning "is guilty". Likewise, trillions of dollars that could be used in a saner socialist society for housing, healthcare, jobs, and education are instead squandered on war under this insane capitalist system.
Meanwhile, the local Democrats in power in Santa Cruz send out their cops to silence protests for human rights for the homeless, to silence protests against the trillions of tax dollars given to the banks, and cut the hours of care under the In Home Support Services program by 3.6% in 2011, hours of care that are needed to keep the disabled, elderly, and dying living and in their homes. While the Democrats of the Santa Cruz City Council support the city's anti-homeless laws and police repression, they oppose measures that would help fight homelessness like an increase in the minimum wage and have been part of carrying out austerity that includes the lay-off of workers and cuts in homeless services while at the same time hiring more cops.
As the current crisis of capitalism threatens the break-down all that is left that is civil in our society, the Democrats charge ahead with the Republicans in making sure it is the poor and working class who pay for the crisis of capitalism, not capitalist profits. All reformist dreams of the Democrat Party in any way being a source of any sort of "hope" should be abandoned in favor of recognizing reality. Labor unions must abandon their illusions in the Democrats and stop giving them our money and instead prepare to fight by putting union dues into strike funds. The true power of labor will never be found groveling at the feet of hostile Democrat politicians. Instead, labor has the potential to win demands by shutting down the profits of the capitalists.
As opposed to the Democrat's program of more war, more cops, criminalization of poverty, political repression, and austerity; labor must move forward with our own demands. Those could include a massive jobs program to house the homeless and slow climate change, the seizure of housing foreclosed by the banks to be used by those who need it, and an end to capitalist medicine in the United States, a major cause of debt, homelessness, and death. Without an independent fight-back of the working class, using the power of the strike for political demands, the situation will just continue to grow bleaker.
A revolutionary workers' party should be built to advocate and lead on just such a class struggle program. To remain a tool of the working class in the long run such a party also needs to have an anti-capitalist program for the building of socialism. Political parties without a clear and rapid revolutionary anti-capitalist program, once in power, just become mere rulers over the inherent injustices of the capitalist system. Instead of capitalism, an egalitarian socialist economy in the United States with production based on human need rather than capitalist profit could easily provide everyone with a job, housing, health care, and free education. Such a society needs to be built on principles of workers' democracy rather than Stalinist dictatorship or American style dictatorship of the wealthy.
The alternative to socialist revolution becomes increasingly clear as capitalist society becomes less and less able to take care of its people; climate change caused by capitalist greed becomes an increasing threat to the future of human civilization; the capitalist state becomes increasingly repressive; and the leading capitalist countries plunge the world into war after war of imperialist domination and conquest. As the great German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg said in 1918, our alternatives are socialism or barbarism.
Stop the Repression! Overturn the Convictions of Ed Frey and Gary Johnson! Drop the Charges Against Linda Lemaster!
Drop the Charges Against the Santa Cruz Eleven!
End Laws making it Illegal for the Homeless to Sleep at Night!
Nationalize the Banks! Seize Housing From the Banks for those Who Need Housing!
Expropriate the 1%! For a Socialist Planned Economy to Provide Housing, Jobs, Healthcare, and Education For All! No Rent Charged Above 10% of Income!
Smash the Capitalist State in a Proletarian Revolution! Disband all U.S. Police Forces, Prisons, and Courts (all of which are anti-poor, anti-working class, and racist). Build a Proletarian Democracy!
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SailBrightAngel
20 October 2013 | Fulanga, Southern Lau Group, Fiji
Soto Talay Fulanga!
20 October 2013 | Village of Maunaithaki, Fulanga, Lau Group, Fiji
After Church Comes Lunch
Going To Church Barefoot
20 October 2013 | Southern Lau Group, Fiji
PARADISE FOUND - The Island of Fulanga (Vulaga). WOW!
Bus Trip to Labasa
10 August 2013 | Savusavu, Vanua Levu
Bula Vinaka, Fiji!
The Motion of the Ocean
Passage to Fiji
Getting Ready to "Jump" to Fiji
Auckland –a Vibrant & Interesting City – and Our "Detour Trips" Back to Whangarei
Christmas at Riverside Drive Marina
Whangarei Walks
Linda's New Zealand Christmas Letter - 2012
Getting Used to New Zealand
Some Strange Things Happened on the Way to New Zealand
13 November 2012 | Vava'u, Tonga
The Kingdom of Tonga
04 September 2012 | Bora Bora, French Polynesia
NANA'A (adios, au revoir, good-bye) BORA BORA!
31 July 2012 | Uturoa, Raiatea
TAHITI et ses îles
14 June 2012 | Tiputa, Rangiroa, Tuamotus
Island Paradise!
In Fijian, "good bye" is "moce" (pronounced "mo they"). But after what seemed like a short 35 days in the paradise that is Fulanga, we could not bring ourselves to bid this magical place "moce." Instead, we bid Fulanga and its beautiful people "Soto talay" - which means "we will see you again!" And we do plan to go back, hopefully next year, realizing full well it may be a gamble trying to "go back" to what we experienced this year! In any event, having the thought of returning in mind made heading out the pass in the reef a little less daunting, a little less sad, and a little less like leaving a part of us behind. On the other hand, we hope we did leave something worthwhile behind; how else could we justify taking with us such fond memories!?
Sometimes, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words; and, I might add, can sometimes tell a story better than mere clumsy words. With those thoughts in mind, we'll close our narratives on Fulanga (for this year, anyway) and ask you to visit our "Fulanga - Paradise Found" photo album and (I'm almost embarrassed to say) its 14 sub-albums. Yes, it will take you a while to get through that many pictures, but it will be worth it - I guarantee it, or your money back! For those who have not ventured into the photo gallery before, here are a few tips: click on the "Photo Gallery" link in the right hand panel, just under our profile picture, find the album title you want (i.e., "Fulanga - Paradise Found") in the left hand panel that opens, and then click on either the album title itself, or the "View Album" link at the bottom of the album summary. When the album opens, you can drag you mouse across the small photos to see the photo captions, or, better yet, click on any of the pictures to see a much larger picture (with the caption below it), and navigate through a "slideshow" with the prompts at the top of the picture. Open and view the sub-albums that appear below the photos in the main album in the same way. We hope these pictures bring you at least a small measure of the joy and awe we experienced in the Paradise of Fulanga. Enjoy!
Vessel Name: Bright Angel
Vessel Make/Model: 1990 Mason 44 Hull # 141
Hailing Port: Olympia, WA
Crew: Linda & Bob Hargreaves
Linda and Bob are long-time residents of Washington State - Linda was born and raised in Aberdeen and has lived in Washington all her life; Bob was born in San Diego, and moved to Washington when he was five years old. [...] They were married on October 24, 1998, on Freeman Island, just off the north coast of Orcas Island, in the beautiful San Juan Islands, and made their home in Olympia, the state capital, before they began full-time cruising. Between them they have four children, six grandchildren, one great grandchild, a beautiful sailboat, and a passion for sailing and exploring. Bob and Linda have both retired from long-time careers. In May 2010 they sold their home and the vast majority of their "stuff" and moved aboard Bright Angel to prepare for their upcoming "cruising life" together. Linda worked for over 26 years in the beauty business for Redken / L'Oreal, where she was both a Business Development Manager in four northwestern states, and a Sales Development Manager in Washington and Oregon. After graduating with a Bachelors degree in Far Eastern Studies from the University of Washington in 1971, Bob spent four years on active duty in the US Army as a commissioned officer. In 1975 he left active duty to attend law school at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. He graduated with his Juris Doctor degree in 1978, and began a 30-year career as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington, specializing in civil trial and appellate work. After a three-year stint as an enlisted man in the US Coast Guard Reserve during law school, Bob returned to the Army reserve components as a Captain in the Washington Army National Guard in February 1983. He retired in November 2007 as a Colonel. He is a grauate of the US Army War College, where he earned a Masters degree in Stategic Studies. He commanded at every level through brigade. Bob and Linda have been sailing together since they bought their first sailboat in 1995, an Ericson 29. They especially enjoyed cruising and exploring in the beautiful San Juan Islands aboard their Ericson, and they chartered twice in the Caribbean paradise of the British Virgin Islands. Somewhere in those idyllic archipelagoes the dream of world cruising was born. In 2003 Bob and Linda bought their Mason 44 in order to fullfill those dreams. Bob honed his sailing skills as crew for Skipper Dave Knowlton, racing for many years aboard Dave's beloved S/V Koosah, a Peason 36, to include sailing in numerous Swiftsure races. Bob and Linda are members of both the Olympia Yacht Club and the South Sound Sailing Society. They are also members of the Seven Sea Cruising Asscociation.
After leaving Olympia in August 2010 and sailing down the West Coast to San Diego, Bob & Linda joined the 2010 Baja Ha-Ha fleet and sailed to Mexico, where they spent a year and a half sailing in the Sea of Cortez and along Pacific Mexico. In April 2012 they joined the Pacific Puddle Jump and [...]
sailed to French Polynesia. They visited the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Society Islands before sailing on to Tonga, and then south to New Zealand in November, where they spent the summer months before returning to the tropics in June, 2013. They are now in Fiji, where they will spend the cruising season before heading back to New Zealand in November, 2013.
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Fiji Funnies
Every once in a while something will catch my eye that also tickles my funny bone. It could be a twisted sense of humor that makes me laugh, or maybe some cultural rift - who knows!? With apologies to any whom these might offend (and certainly no offense is intended) let me share a few of my chuckles (or in some cases sheer amazement) with you. LOL!
Fulanga - Paradise Found!
The remote island of Fulanga (also spelled Vulaga) in the southern Lau Group of Fiji is truly "Paradise Found!" We stayed in Fulanga for 35 wonderful, awe inspiring and relaxing days - and even then, we were reluctant to leave! Fulanga was resplendent with beautiful beaches, magical islands and the friendliest and most outgoing people you can imagine! With no apologies for the bulk of this album and its sub-albums, suffice to say that these are only a fraction of our digital memories of this magical place, and even less of the mental images that we will long cherish! Enjoy!
9 Photos | 14 Sub-Albums
One Saturday while we were in Savusavu, we took a bus trip with several of our cruising friends to Labasa (pronounced "Lambasa") for the day. Saturday is a big market day in any Fijian town or village, and Labasa is no exception - so there was plenty of hubbub and lots to see at the market. There was also a parade down mainstreet, and plenty of other unusual sights and sounds to stimulate our senses. Here are some of the highlights of that fun day!
Tongan Starfish
Auckland & Return
We visited Auckland several times, and took some interesting side trips on the way back to Whangarei. Here, and in the sub-albums below, are some the highlights.
12 Photos | 8 Sub-Albums
We were not able to be home for Christmas in 2012, but we did get to have Christmas dinner with cruising friends Bev and Robbie (SV Mersoleil, from Seattle) and other boaters at the Riverside Drive Marina. Even though we were at Whangarei Marina in Town Basin, we got an invite to attend from Bev & Robbie, and were made to feel very welcome. It wasn't "Home for the Holidays" but it was a very nice time, nonetheless!
Going on walks or day hikes was a favorite pastime of ours in Whangarei, and there were always interesting places to go - around the Town Basin, in the hills and forests behind the town, and to the ocean beaches past Whangarei Heads. Please come along and join us on some of our favorite walks.
7 Photos | 7 Sub-Albums
We are not prone to visiting tourist attractions (or "tourist traps" as we sometimes call them), but we succumbed to a few "temptations" while in New Zealand - notably Sheep World (just north of Auckland), going up the Sky Tower in Auckland, and riding the Wynyard Loop trolley, also in Auckland. We hope you enjoy these photos of our visits to these "attractions;" for more information, see our blog post on "Tourist Attractions."
Linda's 2012 New Zealand Christmas Letter
Linda wrote an "illustrated" Christmas Letter that she sent to family and friends from New Zealand in Dec 2012. That letter is now posted as a blog entry, and these photos are the accompanying "illustrations."
Opua to Whangarei
On December 8, 2012, we departed Opua and headed south to Whangarei. We planned to "park" the boat in Whangarei throughout the New Zealand summer while we focused on "land cruising" (sight seeing), a trip back to the States (in Jan & Feb), and boat projects (including a haulout in April for bottom paint and other jobs). The trip to Whangarei included two overnight stops - the first in Whangamumu Bay, and the second in Urquharts Bay, just inside Bream Head and at the start of the up river trip to the Town Basin in Whangarei. We tied to the dock at Whangarei Marina at 1630 hrs on December 10 - Linda's Birthday, with some help from our friends Bev & Robbie (SV Mersoleil), who then also helped us celebrate the day at Reva's Restaurant, just across the river from our slip. With the dock lines secured in Whangarei, our 2012 odyssey across the Pacific from Banderas Bay, Mexico - nearly 7000 nm all total - had finally come to a successful end, and we we ready to rest!
Opua and the Bay of Islands
Our first stop, where we cleared into New Zealand, was Opua. Before moving south to Whangarei we visited some of the local sights.
Some Funny Things in New Zealand!
Some things in New Zealand take some getting used to - like the lingo, the accent, the place names (at least those in Maori), and some of the unusual things in the grocery stores, about town, and out in the country. Here's a sampling.
Daniel's Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas
Daniel's Bay (Hakatea Bay) - site of the TV series "Survivor Marquesas" - was our first stop on Nuku Hiva, an overnight passage from Hiva Oa. A higtlight of our stay in Daniel's Bay was the hike up to see Vaipo Falls, with a 2,000 foot drop supposedly the third highest waterfall in the world.
Hanamoenoa Bay, Tahuata
After leaving Hiva Oa, Hanamoenoa Bay on the neighboring island of Tahuata was the next anchorage we visited. It was a beautiful bay full of surprises - some good, some not so good!
Hiva Oa, Marquesas
Hiva Oa was our first "Landfall in Paradise" after leaving Mexico, and our introduction to life in the islands of French Polynesia.
Pacific Puddle Jump - 2012
Our 28 day crossing from Banderas Bay, Mexico, to Hiva Oa, Marquesas, was the culmination of many months (if not years) of planning and preparation. Shown here are some of final projects in Mexico, as well as some highlights from the crossing itself.
The Flora of French Polynesia
Just about everywhere you walk in French Polynesia is like being in a botanical garden - the flowers, trees, fruit - it's one of the special treats of being here!
Sail Bright Angel
Who: Linda & Bob Hargreaves
Port: Olympia, WA
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Bob & Ann on SV Charisma
Chris & Rani on SV Ladybug
Craig & Bruce on SV Gato Go
Jon & Carol on SV Arnamentia
Jon & Heather on SV Evergreen
Ken & Beth on SV Eagles Wings
Mark & Anne on SV Blue Rodeo
Pat & John on SV The Rose
Rich & Cyndi on SV Legacy


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Hollywood fails women, minorities, studies show
Entertainment Lead Story Movies West Edition
Posted on February 28, 2016 February 26, 2016 Author Wave Wire Services	295 Views
HOLLYWOOD — With the Oscars coming up Feb. 28 amid a charged debate over diversity in Hollywood, a pair of studies released Feb. 22 by USC and UCLA drove home the point that women and minorities continue to be dramatically under-represented in every facet of film and television entertainment production.
Minorities constituted nearly 40 percent of the population in 2013 and will become the majority in just a few decades, but "they remain under-represented on every front," the UCLA study found. The under-representation applies to film directors, film writers, motion picture and TV performers and show creators, according to UCLA.
The study found that women have enjoyed fewer gains in Hollywood since its previous report.
"They posted small gains in only two employment areas [among film directors and the creators of broadcast scripted shows] and regressed in two others [among film writers and broadcast scripted leads.] They remain underrepresented on nearly every front," it said.
The underrepresentation of women shows up among film leads, film directors and writers, as well as the people who work in broadcast and cable TV, the study added.
In executive suites, "white males continued to dominate the positions from which green-lighting decisions are made in the Hollywood industry," the study found. It added that film studio heads were 94 percent white and 100 percent male, film studio management is 92 percent white and 83 percent male, film studio unit heads are 96 percent white and 61 percent male, TV network and studio heads are 96 percent white and 71 percent male, TV senior management is 93 percent white and 73 percent male, TV unit heads are 86 percent white and 55 percent male.
A separate report by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative mirrored the UCLA findings, noting that the numbers of women and minorities represented in entertainment productions haven't budged in 10 years.
The USC report examined films, television shows and digital series released in 1994, and of the 11,306 speaking roles evaluated, 66.5 percent were male and 33.5 percent were female. Looking at just films, only 28.7 percent of speaking roles were filled by females.
When evaluating race and ethnicity of characters in film and television, 71.1 percent were white, 12.2 percent black, 5.8 percent Hispanic/Latino, 5.1 percent Asian, 2.3 percent Middle Eastern and 3.1 percent considered "other."
"We believe that evaluating company output is a crucial aspect of pushing the conversation on media inclusion forward to create real change," the USC report's authors wrote in an introductory letter. "Accountability and awareness can only take us so far, though. This report is not about shame or punishment. Rather, our aim is to help companies align their products with the values they hold."
A newspaper, meanwhile, reported that the state of diversity in Hollywood may look no better next year than it does now.
Looking at the 184 movies officially announced for release this year by 14 studios, the Academy Awards next year may be just as pale and male as this year's telecast, USA Today reported.
"Our analysis doesn't assess the Oscar viability of 2016's forthcoming movies. But it shows a discernible lack of minority and female faces in major roles and among the directors of the films being released between January and December 2016," according to the newspaper. "In fact, there's a striking number of movies in which there are only white faces."
In a report card for the coming year in the film industry, almost every studio deserves reprimand, USA Today reported.
"Hollywood has been whitewashed, in front of the cameras and behind, from casting to writing to producers to actors," Jeetendr Sehdev, a USC professor who has researched the challenges in improving diversity in the film industry, told the newspaper.
All 20 acting nominees for this year's Academy Awards are white, for the second year in a row, leading to the public outcry about the lack of diversity in Hollywood and spawning the online hashtag #OscarsSoWhite.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced changes to its voting and membership regulations in mid-January, aimed at doubling its female and diverse membership by 2020.
But Academy officials, and many pundits, have acknowledged that the problem of a lack of diversity is not restricted to the Oscars, but affects the entertainment industry at large, as reflected in the new studies.
Tagged #OscarsSoWhite, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Diversity and Social Change Initiative, film and television production, Jeetendr Sehdev, Oscars, UCLA, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's Media
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SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The California Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) was founded in 2005 to specifically service the needs of the Vernon-Central neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The founders all had roots in this area and wanted to ensure that the residents and small businesses had the resources they needed to thrive. As Read More…
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LOS ANGELES — Fifth-grade students at Virginia Road Elementary School were given free library cards Dec. 7 to mark the beginning of a Los Angeles Public Library effort to provide the cards to every Los Angeles Unified School District student over the next three years. Mayor Eric Garcetti, LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King and Board of Read More…
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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department's civilian watchdog will review the LAPD's embattled cadet program in the wake of a scandal involving seven cadets arrested for their alleged involvement in stealing squad cars. Inspector General Alex Bustamante told the Los Angeles Times that he will heed the request of Police Commission President Matt Read More…
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September is the month of statistics in the film/TV business. At least as far as women are concerned.
The Director's Guild of America numbers will come out at the end of this month, but Dr. Martha Lauzen from The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego University published her "Boxed In" statistics like she does every year.
"Women comprised 24% of creators.
Women comprised 38% of producers.
Women accounted for 34% of writers.
Women comprised 12% of directors.
Great. An increase of 4% in 14 years.
And where did we get to? To twelve percent – 12% !
And another question: Why are the directors only a third to half of what the other creative professions percentages? Half of show creators!
Read the rest of the statistics here.


Sunset at Lake Marie during late spring in the Snowy Range Mountains outside of Laramie, Wyoming. The famous Scenic Byway passes the picturesque lake at an elevation about 10,000 feet. The mountain range's name holds true, with snow sticking around the alpine landscape well into July.


ISIS group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is hiding in eastern Syria and moves around with only a small group of followers, including one of his sons, an Iraqi intelligence official said Wednesday.
ISIS retains territory in the desert plains along the Iraqi frontier despite losing the vast bulk of its cross-border "caliphate" to various military offensives.
The senior Iraqi official said Baghdadi was in the Hajin, Shaddadi, Suwar and Markadah areas and "travels accompanied by four or five people, including his son and son-in-law".
"His movements are discreet and he never travels in a convoy," the official said on condition of anonymity.
Originally from Iraq, Baghdadi has been dubbed the "most wanted man on the planet" and the United States is offering a $25 million reward for his capture.
The intelligence official said the noose was closing around the militant leader after Iraqi forces captured five top IS commanders in an unprecedented raid into war-torn Syria on March 24.
"Officers from Iraqi intelligence entered Syrian territory and gained access to the zones controlled by IS," he said.
The five men had featured in IS execution videos filmed while the group ruled over vast swathes of Iraq, the official said.
One of those detained, former Syrian anti-government fighter Saddam al-Jamal, allegedly confessed to Iraqi forces that he had supplied IS with arms stolen from the Syrian army.
The official said 39 ISIS fighters had been killed in cross-border air raids by Iraqi forces in Syria over the past few weeks and that the group had seen a "sharp decrease" in numbers.
Iraq's interior ministry said in February that Baghdadi was being treated at a field hospital for wounds sustained in an earlier air strike.
In mid-2017, Russia said it had probably killed Baghdadi in a late May air raid near Raqa in Syria, but later said it was still trying to verify his fate.
In September, an American military chief said the jihadist chief was still alive and probably hiding in eastern Syria's Euphrates Valley.
Did ISIS chief Baghdadi flee from Iraq to Syria in taxi?


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Graphene in space could hold clues to development of life on Earth
By Darren Quick
An artist's concept of graphene, buckyballs and C70 superimposed on an image of the Helix planetary nebula (Image: IAC/NASA/NOAO/ESA/STScI/NRAO)
Human beings may have only discovered how to create the one-atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms known as graphene in 2004 but it appears the universe could have been churning out the stuff since much earlier than that. While not conclusive proof its existence in space, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has identified the signature of graphene in two small galaxies outside our own. If confirmed, it would be the first-ever cosmic detection of the material and could hold clues to how carbon-based life forms such as ourselves developed.
The infrared-sensing Spitzer telescope identified signs of graphene in planetary nebulae - the material shed by dying stars - within the Magellanic Clouds galaxies that orbit our Milky Way galaxy. While obviously not a viable source of graphene for Earth-bound applications - such as transparent touchscreens and ultrafast transistors - the potential discovery could help researchers learn more about how the material is created. NASA says that understanding chemical reactions involving carbon in space may hold clues to how carbon-based life on Earth developed.
In addition to graphene, Spitzer also spotted a related molecule called C70, which, along with graphene and molecules called "buckyballs," or C60, are members of the fullerene family. Buckyballs, which are named after the architectural domes of Buckminster Fuller, are carbon spheres containing 60 carbon atoms arranged like a soccer ball, whereas C70 molecules contain 70 atoms and are shaped more like a rugby ball.
Spitzer first definitively detected the presence of both buckyballs and C70 in space in July 2010. It later spotted buckyballs equivalent in mass to 15 full moons in the Small Magellanic Cloud, demonstrating that fullerenes and other complex molecules could form in hydrogen-rich environments. This latest detection of C70 in the Magellanic Clouds marks the first time the chemical has been observed outside our galaxy.
Fullerenes have been found in meteorites carrying extraterrestrial gases, and very recently water has been encapsulated in buckyballs using new laboratory techniques. These findings offer the possibility that long ago, fullerenes may have helped transport materials from space to Earth to kick-start life. Astronomers speculate that graphene, buckyballs and C70 might be formed in space when shock waves generated by dying stars break apart hydrogen-containing carbon grains.
Source: NASA.
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Darren's love of technology started in primary school with a Nintendo Game & Watch Donkey Kong (still functioning) and a Commodore VIC 20 computer (not still functioning). In high school he upgraded to a 286 PC, and he's been following Moore's law ever since. This love of technology continues as Managing Editor of New Atlas.
John Date August 17, 2011 08:35 AM
We have ID\'d graphene, and it is us.


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Q: Is migration always needed? Right now my code in AppDelegate.m is:
[MagicalRecord setupAutoMigratingCoreDataStack];
[MagicalRecord setupCoreDataStackWithAutoMigratingSqliteStoreNamed:@"db.sqlite"];

Does it cost much? Does any code exist like:
if (DB.version == newVersion) {
    [MagicalRecord setupAutoMigratingCoreDataStack];
    [MagicalRecord setupCoreDataStackWithAutoMigratingSqliteStoreNamed:@"db.sqlite"];
}
else {
    [MagicalRecord setupCoreDataStack];
    [MagicalRecord setupCoreDataStackWithStoreNamed:@"db.sqlite"];
}

that would save some performance instead of force-migrating every time? Or does MagicalRecord/CoreData handle this if statement internally?

A: Core Data doesn't do an automatic migration unless it's necessary. The first version doesn't "force" a migration. Core Data always checks to see if it can load the persistent store file using the current version of the data model. The only difference is what happens if the versions don't match. If they do match, there's no additional migration-related work.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


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Our daily protein requirement is really a need for Amino Acids. Dietary Amino Acids are classified as "essential" or "non-essential". Essential Amino Acids (Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan and Valine) cannot be manufactured by the body and must be supplied in the diet or ill-health results. The non-essential Amino Acids are also essential for health, but can be synthesised in the body from the essential Amino Acids. Both the essential and non-essential Amino Acids are reassembled as hormones, enzymes, neurotransmitters (chemical messengers), antibodies and nutrient carriers.
The term "non-essential" may be misleading. Although Histidine was once considered an essential Amino Acid for infants only, subsequent research has determined that Histidine may also be essential for adults. Arginine, Ornithine, Cysteine, Cystine, Taurine and Tyrosine are classified as non-essential Amino Acids but may be essential for individuals with certain diseases or nutritional concerns. A suboptimal intake of the essential Amino Acids increases the body's need for the non-essential Amino Acids.
Acetyl-L -Carnitine: Naturally present in the body and in some foods, this Amino Acid crosses the blood brain barrier (unlike L-Carnitine) and may improve memory and mood.
L Arginine: It is essential in muscle metabolism because it provides a vehicle for transport, storage and excretion of nitrogen. L-Arginine is an important component in tissue generation and regeneration. It is highly concentrated in the skin and connective tissue and helps to remove ammonia from the body as part of the urea cycle and is a precursor for the synthesis of nitric oxide.
BCAA: (Branched Chain Amino Acids: L-Leucine, L-Isoleucine and L-Valine) Muscle tissue is largely composed of BCAAs which are used for energy production and protein synthesis. BCAAs are also involved in the metabolismof neurotransmitters, natural chemicals in the brain which influence mood and mental functions.
L -Carnitine: Carnitine is actually a dipeptide – an amino acid made up of two other essential Aminos, Methionine and Lysine. L-Carnitine is important for fat metabolism, especially in heart and muscle cells. It is also necessary for the transport of long chain fatty acids into cell mitochondria where the acids are oxidised and burned for energy.
L -Cysteine: It is a sulphur-bearing amino acid with antioxidant properties. Important for keratin synthesis, a protein found in the skin, hair and nails, it also plays a role in energy metabolism and fatty acid synthesis.
L -Glutamine: A major fuel source for the brain and the entire body, it is found in the cerebral cortex and in various other regions of the brain. The concentration of Glutamine in the blood is three to four times greater than all other Amino Acids. It is changed by the body into Glutamic acid. L-Glutamine has also been shown to be essential for healthy immune function and digestive health.
L -Glutathione: A natural sulphur-bearing peptide formed from the linking of three Amino Acids: Glutamic Acid, Cysteine and Glycine. It acts as an antioxidant and is involved in detoxification processes of the liver as well as in amino acid transport across cell membranes.
L -Glycine: It is a natural antacid and sweetener that is involved in the synthesis of DNA, Phospholipids and Collagen. Glycine also helps keep glucose available by improving glycogen storage.
L -Histidine: It is involved in growth and repair of body tissue. Both children and adults can synthesise some Histidine in their bodies, but most Histidine comes from the diet. It is considered a semi-essential amino acid.
L -Lysine: It is important for growth, tissue repair, and the production of hormones, enzymes and antibodies. Research efforts are being directed at a possible beneficial role of L-Lysine in effecting the herpes virus. L-Lysine is found in large quantities in muscle tissues.
L -Methionine: It is a sulphur-containing amino acid with antioxidant properties. L-Methionine is important for healthy nails and skin and for the synthesis of Taurine, L-Cysteine, Phosphatidylcholine (Lecithin), bile, L-Carnitine and endorphins.
L -Ornithine: Combined with L-Arginine, they both influence growth hormones and are necessary for proper immune and liver function.
L -Phenylalanine: It is a precursor to Tyrosine, which is used to manufacture certain hormones (epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopa, dopamine) and is better absorbed than Tyrosine. L-Phenylalanine is important for the production of chemical messengers in the brain called neurotransmitters.
DLPA (D,L -Phenylalanine): DLPA is a mixture of the natural form of Phenylalanine (the L form) with its mirror image (the D form). DL-Phenylalanine may have the unique ability to block certain enzymes (enkephalinase) in the central nervous system that are normally responsible for breaking down natural morphine-like hormones called endorphins and enkephalins.
HealthPost.co.nz stocks a range of leading brand Amino Acids.
I have severe anxiety and slow burning panic attacks …this causes temporary extreme social phobia. I'm in one of these periods now…a friend suggested taking Multi amino acids. what do you think?
Hello Steve – our apologies for being so slow at getting back to you. Here is the reply from our naturopath, Kristie.
Thanks for your query and I'm sorry to hear you are experiencing panic attacks.
I would suggest a few supplements to help with this. Firstly, B complex vitamins are very important, as is magnesium. Adrenal herbs are always a good idea as well. In the amino acid range, I would suggest not taking an amino acid complex, but perhaps just 5-Htp by itself, as long as you are not on anti-depressants which are contraindicated with 5-htp. Additionally, Valerian could be helpful.
If you still need help with this issue, please consult with a qualified naturopath in your area.


Project Flying Elephant, the incubator of the early-stage investor WestTech Ventures, is accepting applications for its next batch till the 15th of August.
The offer of the Berlin-based incubator is targeted at startup founders with an outstanding product vision and problem solving solutions in the fields of B2B software, or with innovative and technology-driven business ideas in the fields of media, eduction and health. The new batch will start in October of this year.
Project Flying Elephant will invest up to € 50,000 in the selected startups and will provide free office space, mentoring and workshops in fields such as marketing, personnel, strategies and technology issues. In exchange, Project Flying Elephant takes a small percentage of shares.
Project Flying Elephant offers kind of a "Startup-Incubator-as-a-Service" model. The initiative aims to provide startups with a perfect work environment in Berlin – one of Europe's biggest startup hubs. The initial investment of €25,000 or € 50,000 helps startups to stretch their runway and enables them to focus full time on the creation of their company. Combined with access to services of great partners, knowledge transfer in workshops and through mentors, startups can save a lot of valuable time and costs. The community, which in this case is represented by other founders, industry experts and investors, helps the startups to get helpful feedback as part of the incubation program. In addition, there are startup and tech related events being held at co-working spaces, which enable the founders to network and to establish valuable contacts.
All these building blocks are essential in an early phase of a company. This is why the renown seed investor WestTech Ventures created Project Flying Elephant. To build an incubator based on those principals and to actively help promising startups in the founding stage.
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Асма Джахангір (; , Лахор, Пакистан — , Лахор) — пакистанська правозахисниця, адвокатка і громадська діячка, була однією із засновниць і головою . Обіймала керівні позиції в «», була спеціальною доповідачкою Організації Об'єднаних Націй з питань свободи віросповідання та переконань, а також піклувальницею в .

Життєпис
Народилася 27 січня 1952 року в Лахорі, навчалася в , потім здобула ступінь бакалавра у ; 1978 року стала бакалавром права в коледжі при . 1980 року вступила на роботу до , а 1982 року — до Верховного суду.

У 1980-х роках стала демократичною активісткою і була поміщена до в'язниці 1983 року за участь у «» проти військового правління генерала Мохаммада Зія-уль-Хака. 1986 року переїхала до Женеви, де була заступником голови  до 1988 року, коли повернулася до Пакистану.

1987 року стала співзасновницею Комісії з прав людини Пакистану та її генеральним секретарем. 1993 року була підвищена на посаді і стала головою Комісії. У листопаді 2007 року була поміщена під домашній арешт після уведення режиму . Після того, як була однією з лідерок «Руху юристів» — стала першою жінкою Пакистану, яка зайняла посаду президента . Була співголовою  і віце-президентом . Від серпня 2004 до липня 2010 року Джахангір займала посаду спеціальної доповідачки Організації Об'єднаних Націй з питань свободи віросповідання та переконань, зокрема у складі комісії США з розслідування порушень прав людини на Шрі-Ланці й місії зі встановлення фактів наявності ізраїльських поселень на Західному березі річки Йордан і в секторі Газа. 2016 року була призначена спеціальною доповідачкою ООН щодо ситуації з правами людини в Ірані, і була на цій посаді аж до смерті в лютому 2018 року.

Нагороди
Є лауреаткою кількох нагород, зокрема:

 премії «За правильний спосіб життя» 2014 року (разом з Едвардом Сноуденом) за «захист, відстоювання і заохочення прав людини в Пакистані в дуже складних ситуаціях і з великим особистим ризиком»;
 2010 року — «Премії Свободи» і «Хілал-і-Імтіаз»;
 2005 року — премії «Сітара-і-Імтіаз» і ;
 1995 року —  і премії ЮНЕСКО / Більбао за розвиток культури прав людини.

Крім того, нагороджена Орденом Почесного легіону, а 2016 року юридичний факультет Пенсільванського університету присвоїв їй ступінь доктора наук.

Написала і видала дві книги: «The Hudood Ordinance: A Divine Sanction?» і «Children of a Lesser God».

23 березня 2018 року президент Пакистану Мамнуном Хусейном посмертно нагородив Асму Джахангір  за найвищий ступінь служіння державі та за дипломатичні заслуги.

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The Centre for Psychiatric Nursing is pleased to announce a public lecture by US-based psychiatrist & mental health advocate Dr Daniel Fisher (MD PhD), entitled Resisting the medicalisation of mental health: the Empowerment Model of Recovery.
Dr Daniel Fisher (MD PhD) is co-founder of the US-based National Empowerment Center (NEC), and chair of the U.S. National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery.
trauma-informed recovery of full life approach; one of several topics he explores in his recent book 'Heartbeats of Hope: The Empowerment Way to Recover'.
some of the skills-based programs he has co-developed in order to support the recovery of people who have experienced mental health crises.
Please see flyer for details, and RSVP your attendance to cpn-info@unimelb.edu.au.


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Prisons in Norway: Inside a Norwegian Jail
July 12, 2019 October 20, 2018 by Life in Norway Editorial Team
Home » Living in Norway » Prisons in Norway: Inside a Norwegian Jail
An in-depth look at the Norwegian prison system, which is known around the world for its focus on rehabilitation and its low reoffending rates.
Like many social institutions in the country, Norway's prison system has been lauded as one of the most humane, and forward thinking on the planet. We get a lot of emails from people wondering how and why the system works, especially from the USA where the prison system is notably ineffective.
So we've put together this guide on why Norwegian prisons work. Make a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and get yourself comfortable!
A focus on rehabilitation that works
Giving inmates something to do
See inside a Norwegian prison
Notable Norwegian prisons
Halden prison
Bastøy: Norway's island prison
The Norwegian prison system
What is the maximum prison sentence in Norway?
Conditions for women prisoners in Norway
Norwegian prisons in the world's media
USA learning from Norway
It is vastly different than what many people think of (or have experienced) when it comes to prisons in other countries around the world. Relaxed is one word that often comes to mind.
Depending on your perspective, the crazy or not so crazy thing about the Norwegian prison system is that it works.
In a country with an already low crime rate, recidivism, or the percentage of people that are sent to prison for a second sentence, hovers at or below 20%. Compare that to places such as the United States where those convicted of a crime are arrested again at rates anywhere from 60 to 75%.
The yard at Halden prison
The most important way that the Norwegian prison system contrasts with others is that the focus of the prison is rehabilitation as opposed to punishment. The goal for the Norwegian prisons is to make "better neighbours".
This ethos can be seen in everything from the designs of the prisons, to the activities the inmates are encouraged to undertake. More on these things later!
What helps the most in Norway's goal to rehabilitate its inmates is the number of programmes available to them during their stay.
Some jails have inmates working similar jobs to what can be found in other prisons across the globe, such as metalwork for local industry, but it's the choices available for what inmates can do with their free time is what might make the biggest impact.
Whether it is attending cooking classes taught by professional chefs, music classes where inmates can learn the ins and outs of producing music, or just hanging out in the rec room with other inmates and playing video games or watching films.
Oslo Prison
The interior of the prisons and the cells themselves look more like dorm rooms than anything else, giving a decent amount of privacy and keeping the inmates "feeling like they are still people" as they are oft-quoted.
Prison food in Norway also varies drastically from the chow halls seen elsewhere. In Norway, small groups of prisoners get together to cook and eat their meals. With the full range of silverware and cutlery that can't be found inside prison walls anywhere else.
The Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service (Kriminalomsorgen) have produced a handful of videos in foreign languages to introduce various prison facilities to new arrivals. Watching one of these gives you an insight into what life inside a Norwegian prison may be like.
The videos are produced in English, Polish, Lithuanian, Romanian and Serbian. This one is from Sem Prison, located just a few miles west of Tønsberg:
"One thing it may be important for you to know is that even though you don't have money, you can arrange to get a packet of tobacco on credit. All prisoners receive a small daily allowance. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and razors are free of charge, as is food and drink."
When you think of a prison you generally will paint the image of concrete buildings surrounded by rows and rows for fences or walls; barred in windows; and not a lot of effort put into beatification or design – outside of functionality.
There is logic behind the design though. Norwegian jails attempt to mimic the outside world as much as possible, to prepare inmates for freedom. What this means in practice is en-suite bathrooms and even flat-screen TVs. Officials say these things leave less space to hide things such as drugs or weapons.
There aren't actually that many big prisons in Norway. Not only is the national incarceration rate low, the country has a population of less than six million people. Some of the biggest and most notorious jails in Norway include:
Ullersmo: Around 20 miles north-east of downtown Oslo, the facility opened in 1970 as a replacement for Botsfengselet in the heart of old Oslo. The capacity at Ullersmo is less than 250 and it takes long-term inmates from across the country. The jail is home to a substantial workshop and educational centre.
Oslo: The country's largest correctional facility is very close to the centre of the capital city in the Grønland/Tøyen neighbourhood. Oslo Prison has a high level of security and spaces for around 250 prisoners. It is a male-only prison.
Skien, Telemark: This high security facility in Skien currently counts Anders Behring Breivik amongst its inmates. Located in the Telemark region, the prison has space for less than 100 inmates. In 2012, it became a male-only prison.
But the best-known two facilities are without doubt Halden and Bastøy. Let's take a look at them both in much more detail:
Halden Prison boasts a design by Erik Møller Architects and is structured in such a way that it gives those within its walls the feeling being surrounded by nature. TIME Magazine called it the world's most humane prison.
The yard at Halden prison in Norway (Photo: Asplan Viak)
Prisoners have ample access to windows that look out onto the nearby trees and grass. There are also numerous art pieces and installations throughout the prison, bringing a little life and colour into the otherwise grey prison world.
Officials hope the art and creative classes such as woodworking and drawing will give inmates the sense of being taken seriously. When a New York Times reporter visited Halden, she praised Norway's 'radical humaneness':
"These qualities are so out of sync with the forms of imprisonment found in the United States that you could be forgiven for doubting whether Halden is a prison at all."
"It is, of course, but it is also something more: the physical expression of an entire national philosophy about the relative merits of punishment and forgiveness."
In Norway, many of the prisons have more of an open-campus policy, such as the minimum-security prison on the island of Bastøy that has no fenced in areas. Of the 70 or so staff employed by the facility, only five stay on the island overnight.
The island contains about 80 buildings, roads, beaches, farmland, forested land, and even a football pitch. Other facilities include a library and a church.
Inmates stay in simple wooden cabins and spend their days working the prison farm. They are encouraged to spend their free time outdoors.
Visitors are permitted using the ferry from Horten on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. There are even a couple of apartments that visitors can use for extended visits over the weekend, by prior arrangement.
In 2014, Bastøy was awarded the 2014 Blanche Major Reconciliation Prize, an annual award given each year to persons or organisations that work actively for reconciliation. Bastøy picked up the award for "promoting human values and tolerance".
The facility places a big focus on what they call 'human ecology': the relationships between people and their environments, in particular how human beings function together and are influenced by each other and nature.
The prison website states that "all staff members at Bastøy prison are expected to have competence, understanding and focus on human relations and how we influence and are influenced by others, in addition to respect for how we use and take care of nature around us, of which we all are parts".
Arne Kvernvik Nilsen, the prison's governor gave a bullish response to CNN when asked about the luxury conditions of Bastøy: "If we have created a holiday camp for criminals here, so what? We should reduce the risk of reoffending, because if we don't, what's the point of punishment, except for leaning toward the primitive side of humanity?"
Norway has a total capacity of around 4,000 cells. They are spread out among a relatively large number of facilities, of which almost two-thirds are high security and five are female-only.
The largest prison is in Ullersmo with a capacity of 400 cells, while the smallest has just 13 cells. The Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service (Kriminalomsorgen) is split into five administrative regions: divided into five regions, as follows:
Eastern Norway
Southern Norway
Southwestern Norway
The maximum civilian prison sentence in Norway is 21 years of imprisonment. However, only a small percentage of prisoners can expect to serve the full sentence. Most inmates don't serve more than 14 years.
Typically, prisoners are eligible for parole on weekends after serving one-third of their sentence, and early release after two-thirds. For more serious crimes, there is no eligibility for parole for a time period of ten years.
A relatively new category for "crimes against humanity" carries a sentence of 30 years, which the country introduced to satisfy the requirements of the Rome Statute.
It's well known that the differences in prison conditions between men and women is a challenge for the Norwegian authorities. In 2015, a working group produced a report that concluded that change is required at multiple levels.
Research from other countries around the world shows that this is a common problem. When it comes to architecture, security, activities, healthcare and so on, prisons are often organised with the needs of male inmates in mind. Much of this is because of the relatively low number of women compared to men.
In both the women-only prisons visited by the report team, outdoors physical activity was limited by the design and size of the facilities. In mixed prisons the exercise yards for females were consistently smaller and more poorly equipped than those for men.
The Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service has announced that the report will be followed up by a separate strategy for the conditions for women in prison.
Many of the world's biggest media outlets have covered the Norwegian system extensively, often focusing on what is reported as "luxury" conditions compared to the USA.
Presumably because of its beautiful natural environment, the minimum security facility at Bastøy gets a lot of attention:
"On Bastøy prison island in Norway, the prisoners, some of whom are murderers and rapists, live in conditions that critics brand 'cushy' and 'luxurious'. Yet it has by far the lowest reoffending rate in Europe" – The Guardian
"Some prisoners get schooling in a yellow Bavarian-style building near the center of the island. On a recent afternoon, three young men were learning to use computer programs to create 3-D models of cars. All expressed interest in doing this sort of work after their prison terms end" – CNN
A few years ago, some prison directors and lawmakers from North Dakota traveled to see Norway's prisons for themselves. The trip was part of a programme that takes state officials to visit Norway. The move has raised plenty of questions about the role prisons play in American society.
When they returned home, North Dakota officials slowly began making changes to its prison system. A Senate bill put into law in 2017 aims to lower the number of offenders in the state's system.
All correctional facilities are now mandated to create a prison population plan, while counties must offer alternatives to physical custody. It also gave individual prisons the power to prioritise inmates once their operating capacity is reached.
A 2018 report claimed a 6.5 percent drop in North Dakota's penitentiary prison population.
Whatever your opinion on Norway's criminal justice system, it's hard to disagree that it's doing something right. Few Norwegians ever end up in prison. The few that do usually don't make a return visit.
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Methods in com.badlogic.gdx.maps.tiled that return TiledMap

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TiledMap
TideMapLoader.load(AssetManager assetManager,
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TiledMap
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TiledMap
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TiledMap
TmxMapLoader.load(java.lang.String fileName)

Loads the TiledMap from the given file.

TiledMap
AtlasTmxMapLoader.load(java.lang.String fileName,
    AtlasTmxMapLoader.AtlasTiledMapLoaderParameters parameter)

TiledMap
TmxMapLoader.load(java.lang.String fileName,
    TmxMapLoader.Parameters parameters)

Loads the TiledMap from the given file.

protected TiledMap
AtlasTmxMapLoader.loadMap(XmlReader.Element root,
       FileHandle tmxFile,
       com.badlogic.gdx.maps.tiled.AtlasTmxMapLoader.AtlasResolver resolver,
       AtlasTmxMapLoader.AtlasTiledMapLoaderParameters parameter)

TiledMap
AtlasTmxMapLoader.loadSync(AssetManager manager,
        java.lang.String fileName,
        AtlasTmxMapLoader.AtlasTiledMapLoaderParameters parameter)

TiledMap
TmxMapLoader.loadSync(AssetManager manager,
        java.lang.String fileName,
        TmxMapLoader.Parameters parameter)

protected TiledMap
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Loads the map data, given the XML root element and an ImageResolver used to return the tileset Textures

Methods in com.badlogic.gdx.maps.tiled with parameters of type TiledMap

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               XmlReader.Element element)

protected void
AtlasTmxMapLoader.loadTileLayer(TiledMap map,
             XmlReader.Element element)

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TmxMapLoader.loadTileLayer(TiledMap map,
             XmlReader.Element element)

Load one layer (a 'layer' tag).

protected void
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           XmlReader.Element element,
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           com.badlogic.gdx.maps.tiled.AtlasTmxMapLoader.AtlasResolver resolver,
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           XmlReader.Element element,
           FileHandle tmxFile,
           ImageResolver imageResolver)

Loads the specified tileset data, adding it to the collection of the specified map, given the XML element, the tmxFile and
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                         SpriteBatch spriteBatch)

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                         SpriteBatch spriteBatch)

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IsometricTiledMapRenderer(TiledMap map,
                         float unitScale)

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OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(TiledMap map,
                          float unitScale)

OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer2(TiledMap map)

OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer2(TiledMap map,
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There's a new survivor on TV and she means business.
In the latest episode of The Office, Kathy Bates walked into the Scranton branch of Dundler Mifflen and onto my living room TV screen as Jo Bennett, CEO of Sabre, a fictitious Tallahassee-based company. An assistant and two large canines accompany her as she meets the crew. She's firm, graying and very much-in-charge.
"I'm Jolene Bennett, Jo for short.
I'm a breast cancer survivor, close personal friends with Nancy Pelosi, and Truman Capote and I slept with three of the same guys. When I was a little girl I was terrified to fly, and now I have my own pilot's license.
I am CEO of Sabre International and I sell the best damn printers and all-in-one machines Korea can make.
Jo's words are clear, delivered with eyes straight at you. It's hard not to wonder what's the significance of her being a breast cancer survivor, on the show and to her audience, and why she lists this alongside her other achievements in a highly-accomplished, fabricated life.
What's the significance of being a breast cancer survivor in 2010?
Maybe Jo's a warrior, veteran-like, hardened after battle. Or perhaps wounded, deeply, now guarded by the dogs and a fierce resume.
Does she feel entitled? Bitter? Seek pity? Bates doesn't play it in any of these ways, at least not in this first airing.
There's no Misery here. Rather she appears large, strong, smiling broadly.
"A trailblazer in the world of electronic office equipment, Jolene Bennett serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sabre Corporation…Mrs. Bennett has received awards and recognitions, including being named one of Enterprising Women's Magazine 25 Most Influential Executives of 2007 and being named as a finalist for Tallahassian of the Year by the editors of Tallahassee Magazine in 2005.
Jo's company's name is pointed. A sabre is a sword of sorts, usually curved, thick and sometimes lethal. My mind wanders to saber-toothed tigers, ferocious and extinct. And then, of course, to the Sabra, a native Israeli like a prickly pear – sharp on the outside, sweet beneath the rough skin.
I have no idea where The Office is headed with this theme, nearly ten years since Barbara Ehrenreich's "Welcome to Cancerland" and roughly five since Elizabeth Edwards started her first chemo sessions.
I'm struck by how little talk there's been of Jo's mission since the episode's debut. I've read dozens of blogs, TV reviews, there's nothing. The Great Danes get mentioned, but not the breast cancer. Are we inured to the subject?
This isn't about big Pink and ribbons. I'm talking about real patients who get tumors and need treatments. Some get depressed. Some die. Stuff happens.
As an oncologist, I saw women respond distinctly to their surgeries, radiation, chemotherapy and other treatments. Besides, the tumors vary in themselves – responding, sometimes lingering, killing too often. Some people need lots of medical care, others skate through.
There's no right answer here, no one size fits all.
Regardless, I can't wait to see the show's next episode. Pam's having a baby, life goes on.
yes, it does. Thanks. We all need to remember that from time to time.