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North Carolina Non-Profit and i3 Grantee Closes its Doors
A North Carolina non-profit that received about $35 million in competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Education through the Obama administration's Investing in Innovation program announced last week that it had closed. The news was first reported by WRAL, an NBC affiliate in the Tarheel State.
North Carolina New Schools—which had recently changed its name to Breakthrough Learning—partnered with more than 100 public schools to help high school students take advantage of college coursework.
The 13-year old non-profit was the first i3 grantee to go from the "validation" level—for programs with some evidence to back them up, to the Scale Up, for proven approaches ready to go big. It received its $15 million "validation" grant in 2011, and its $20 million "Scale Up" grant in 2014. New Schools also received a congratulatory visit from then-U.S. Secretary of Education in 2014. And we profiled the program, which was in the process of helping spread its success early college high school approach beyond North Carolina, to rural districts in Mississippi, South Carolina, Illinois, and Indiana.
So what happened to North Carolina New Schools?
Apparently, New Schools' expansion happened too rapidly for sustainability. "We ran into cash flow problems that were directly related to growth and the speed of growth," Jeffrey Corbett, the president of the organization's board of directors told the Raleigh News & Observer. "It was very, very unfortunate."
The Education Department is "closely monitoring this situation, and [has] taken immediate actions to limit North Carolina New Schools' access to federal grant funds," said Dorie Nolt, a spokeswoman, in an email. "As we learn more details about this matter, we will take additional steps as necessary to protect federal funds and the interests of students and families."


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My mom bought me my first Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker almost two years ago. As a working, single mom I was struggling to not eat out and get a healthy dinner on the table. This is largely why I weighed nearly 300 pounds. She heard about this crazy new electric pressure cooker that could do a thousand other things as well and the saint that she is, she bought one for me and sent it my way.
I had never used a pressure cooker of any kind before. I had vague memories of my mom cooking chicken in one when I was young and it not smelling good. So, my Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker sat in a box and collected dust. Then one day, it was 7:30 at night and I got home from work with no dinner plans and no money to run to the Burger King on the corner to get dinner. But I did have a corned beef in the fridge. A little bit of googling and I came up with a methodology – used what I would normally use – threw everything in the pot, blindly pressed a few buttons and an hour later – my meat was fall apart tender. Needless to say, I was hooked.
I still wasn't using the IP everyday, but I worked into my meal preparation. I didn't know enough to really get the use out of it that it was capable of. Then one day, I joined the corporate sponsored Facebook group for the IP… and the rest as they say is history. When the 8 quart IP came out, I snatched one up. This allowed me to give my original IP to a friend who has lots of kids, a police officer husband, and no time. Then came Amazon Prime day, and I bought another, and two more for family members. Then came Black Friday, and I bought two more for friends. This has changed the lives of those around me.
THE Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Review
|Caliber of Inner Pot (HeightxDiameter)
|120V~ 60Hz
|14×22 cm 5.5×8.66 inch
|5.3kg (11.68lb)
|33x31x30 cm13x12.2×11.8 inch(LxWxH)
|120V~ 60Hz
|16×22 cm 6.3×8.66 inch
|6.61kg (14.57lb)
|33x31x32 cm 13×12.2×12.6 inch
|120V~ 60Hz
|17.5×24 cm 6.89×9.45 inch
|8.62kg (19lb)
|37.6×33.8×36 cm 14.8×13.3×14.2 inch
|Rice paddle, Soup spoon, Measuring cup, Steam rack, Condensation water collector, User manual and Recipe booklet.
Take the Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker out of the box, remove the accessories from inside, give the stainless steel inner pot a wash & dry, and you are good to go!
The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker is heavy and solid. It is attractive on the outside with the stainless steel and black finish. The buttons are nice and the display is prominent and easy to read. The lid has a rotating valve that moves to one of two settings: sealing & venting. It would be nice if the words were highlighted with paint to make them easy to read. A common tip that you see on the forums is to use a silver pen to highlight the words yourself. I recommend this as well, but it is a simple solution that the manufacturer should be doing on their own.
The same embossed design shows if the lid is closed, again it would be nice to have that highlighted for legibility.
The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker has 16 buttons to control the multi-use functionality of the pressure cooker. I really only use 3 buttons consistently.
Manual button is an all purpose button. Use the manual button if a recipe says to pressure cook on high pressure for a specific number of minutes. Use the "+" and "-" buttons to increase or decrease the cooking time.
Sauté function – use the Sauté button to sauté in the pressure cooking pot with the lid off. You can also press Sauté and the Adjust button once (more) for browning. Press Sauté and the Adjust button twice (less) to simmer.
Keep Warm/Cancel Button – Use this button to cancel a function or turn off your pressure cooker. On the Smart, you can use the Adjust button to reduce or increase the keep warm temperature from 145° (normal) to 133° (less) and 167° (more).
The eight preset buttons provide pre-programmed functionality to the Instant Pot.
Soup – high pressure 30 minute cook time. Press soup and the Adjust button once (more) to cook for 40 minutes. Press soup and the Adjust button twice (less) to cook for 20.
Meat/Stew – high pressure 35 minute cook time. Adjusted to more – 45 minute cook time; adjusted to less – 20 minute cook time.
Bean/Chili – high pressure 30 minute cook time. Adjusted to more – 40 minute cook time; adjusted to less – 25 minute cook time.
Poultry – high pressure 15 minute cook time. Adjusted to more – 30 minute cook time; adjusted to less – 5 minute cook time.
Rice – cooks on low pressure and is the only fully automatic program. It's for cooking white rices and will adjust the cooking time depending on the amount of water and rice in the cooking pot. I didn't find a lot of success with this method and prefer to use a shorter time.
Multi-grain – high pressure 40 minute cook time. Adjusted to less – 20 minutes cook time. Adjusted to more – 45 minutes warm water soaking time and 60 minutes pressure cooking time.
Porridge – high pressure 20 minute cook time. Adjusted to more – 30 minute cook time; adjusted to less 15 – a minute cook time.
Steam – high pressure 10 minute cook time. Adjusted to more – 15 minute cook time; adjusted to less – 3 minute cook time. Use this function with a rack or steamer basket because it heats at full power continuously while it's coming to pressure and you don't want food in direct contact with the bottom of the pressure cooking pot. Once it reaches pressure, the steam button regulates pressure by cycling on and off similar to the other pressure buttons.
You can also adjust the cook time using pre-set buttons and the "+" and "-" buttons. You can also use the Pressure button to adjust the pre-sets to low pressure.
All of the Instant Pot Duo and Smart pressure cooking pre-sets use high pressure except the rice function, which uses low pressure.
In addition to those buttons, you also have
Slow Cooker – defaults to a 4 hour slow cook time. Use the adjust button to slow cook on low (190-201°F), normal (194-205°F ) or high (199-210°F). Use the "+" and "-" buttons to increase or decrease the cooking time.
Pressure – switches between low and high pressure.
Yogurt – used for making yogurt.
Timer – is for delayed cooking. You need to select a cooking function first, make any adjustments, then press the timer button and adjust with the "+" and "-" buttons.
When I read an Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker recipe, I always add 15-20 minutes to the recipe. When packing the Instant Pot with dense meat and adding water, it takes a while for the pot to come to pressure. It takes even longer, when the food is frozen. But the end results are so good and the food generally cooks so much faster that I don't mind the time it takes to come to pressure.
Let's just mention hard boiling eggs in this. Hard boiling eggs has never been difficult, but I detested peeling them. Now, the shells slip off super easily and I cook them for 2 minutes, then let them sit until I have time to take them out. Easiest method ever.
IN CONCLUSION: 2 years and 3 Instant Pots later…
For a hard working parent, this tool is invaluable. The ability to set it and forget it is so amazing! And on the days when you forget to set it, you can throw frozen meat in there and in less than half the time it would take with any other method, your food is ready to eat. I recommend this product wholeheartedly!

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Not having received more confirmations for today, I have not checked in late evening on Friday if there were any latecomer. I got up a little later than expected and checked the weather. Fog! As soon as I get coffee, I get a call on my cell phone. Hello, we are already here for the motogita! Ops! Guys come to my house and we'll have a coffee together and then go out. I take a moment to prepare myself. I welcome them still in my pajamas. The coffee is ready and it takes about ten minutes to be ready for departure. This time nothing sweet homemade but the classic Italian panettone can be fine. After taking everything you need for lunch, you start off through the Häckeberga nature reserve in an unusual landscape immersed in the mist, a very special charm. We meet a nice group of deer in the middle of a field that is frightened by our presence running through the road and then disappearing into the woods. After traveling for about seventy kilometers, we pause for the ever-present coffee and the Christmas panettone! Shooting the bike we make a very special meeting. Dozens of cows grazing cross the road regardless of our passage. Finally we reach the small but beautiful nature reserve of Rövarekulan near Rolsberga. It is said that the name derives from the numerous thieves who struck on the ancient stone bridge. Crossing the bridge begins a large beech forest that follows the course of the river with crystal clear waters of excellent quality that allows the life of different types of fish and river scallops. Bello the path that follows the course of the river. The reserve is just three kilometers long but it is really very interesting. After our walk we leave everything needed for a nice barbecue. Not bad to end this day like this. See you next time


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BBC News on your mobile
Earlier this year we launched a new version of the BBC News mobile site, making it easier and quicker to use. This week we've begun the process of directing all mobile users automatically to that site. This means that anyone who visits BBC News on their mobile will be taken to the version of the site best suited to the type of phone they are using.
Many of you already visit the mobile site regularly but, up until now, people looking for BBC News on their phone will often have found themselves on the desktop version of the site, which is designed for desktop PCs, macs and laptops - all with much bigger screens. If you are using this desktop version on your phone it can be awkward to pinch, zoom and scan the stories on a small mobile screen.
This image shows how the mobile site displays on a smartphone - compared with the desktop version:
To tackle this, we've been working over the past six months to improve and add to the mobile site, taking on board your feedback about how you'd like to see it develop.
We've recently added video clips for iPhone and Android users, and made it easier to navigate the site. (We hope to extend this video service to other types of mobile in the future.) We've also added easier ways of getting to local news and weather services, something many of you asked for. You can read more about those changes here.
So, we're confident that the mobile site now has the wide range of content you are looking for and that it offers a better experience on a small screen than the desktop site, which is why we are taking the step of automatically redirecting mobile users there.
Of course, you may be happy to keep visiting the desktop site on your mobile and if you want to continue doing so just scroll to the bottom of the page and tap on the link for the desktop site. Your choice will be remembered for the next time you visit.
Similarly, if you use a mobile and find that you're not redirected to the new site, you can scroll to the bottom of the page and select the mobile site.
This is the latest stage in the ongoing work by our News product team on responsive design - a way of presenting our content to you in the most suitable way by detecting the type of device you are using and displaying the format best adapted for it. We are doing similar work to optimise the site for tablet users too.
The number of people coming to BBC News on mobile continues to grow. In an average week, 13.3m users worldwide use their mobile or tablet to visit the BBC News site and apps - around one-third of total users to BBC News Online.
If you are one of them, our aim is to offer you the full range and depth of BBC News content, whatever device you are using, whilst also making best use of the screen size.
We hope you'll like using the new mobile site, and if you'd like to leave comments and feedback about it, or have questions, please post them below. Or you can tweet your views using the hashtags #bbcnews #responsive
Update: Thanks for your comments. Here are some answers to the questions posted below:
John Walsh – Kindle: As a tablet device, albeit with a smaller screen than some makes, Kindles currently default to the desktop site. Users of any device including Kindles are certainly free to use the mobile version if they prefer by clicking the link at the bottom of the screen. Our aim is to further improve the experience for progressively larger screen sizes over time.
Jesse Moore - HTC: We know there are some devices that are incorrectly classified by our systems, often due to the fact that some devices have different identifiers dependent on the mobile network they are on. In any case we will certainly be doing everything we can to correct errors and ensure the redirection behaves as it should. In the meantime, please use the "Mobile Site" link at the foot of the page should you wish to use the mobile site – the selection will be remembered as long as cookies are not cleared. At this time the redirect only applies to the BBC Homepage and the News site.
Cogito Ergo Sum - Windows phone: This change applies to the browser experience, which is already designed to work for Windows Phone although at present we are unable to provide video for those devices.
Costmeabob - We take accessibility for our services seriously so, for example, our browser and applications are designed to work with Voiceover on iOS.
Tim Stey - If you do still prefer the desktop version you can select the link at the bottom of the page and you'll be taken to it. Your choice will be remembered next time you visit the site. We are working on enhancing the mobile site still further to include more content where the technology allows it - but with navigation more suited to a smaller screen size.
Josh Tumath - This blog post might be of interest, about our overall approach to responsive design published in March by Chris Russell, head of product for BBC News Online.
Steve Herrmann is editor of the BBC News website.
Comments Post your comment
Comment number 1.At 09:42 23rd Oct 2012, Briantist wrote:
Good work! It looks really good on my Galaxy Nexus in Chrome.
Comment number 2.At 10:10 23rd Oct 2012, john wales wrote:
Should kindle users use this too ?
Comment number 3.At 10:21 23rd Oct 2012, Marc wrote:
It would be helpful to many people if you put up a QR code as an aid to getting the site onto a mobile.
Comment number 4.At 10:43 23rd Oct 2012, Jesse Moore wrote:
On the HTC Titan, when I go to m.bbc.co.uk I am redirected back to the Desktop site automatically. The same if I go directly to /news or /weather . You need to add "IEMobile/9.0" to the user ID string of the redirector so users of I.E 9 on Windows Phone can use the mobile site.
Comment number 5.At 10:46 23rd Oct 2012, Cogito Ergo Sum wrote:
The photo at the top is showing a Windows Phone (Lumia 920 perhaps). But as far as I know there is no BBC News app made by BBC for Windows Phone. (There are 3rd party apps though). So, when is it coming?
Comment number 6.At 11:27 23rd Oct 2012, JunkkMale wrote:
'easier and quicker to use'
How about trustworthy? I am constrained on detail by a Trust embargo until the 30th, but are you confident on 'accuracy won't fit' errors not being repeated, or defended by default up to highest authority before being conceded?
Comment number 7.At 11:33 23rd Oct 2012, Jonathan wrote:
I often use my iPad to read the BBC News website. The desktop version of it which I get works fine most of the time, except that video and audio content sometimes doesn't work because it wants me to install Adobe Flash, which isn't possible on an iPad.
Comment number 8.At 11:58 23rd Oct 2012, Villordsutch wrote:
I'm rather thankful for you for doing this. I use the BBC Mobile News site alot, finding it extremely useful through my day. May I ask though will you be tackling the Twitter share from the Mobile Version as I have experienced a blank Tweet with the shortened link in it.
Comment number 9.At 12:39 23rd Oct 2012, vampire3109 wrote:
Can you now do something about your woeful News App? I was not even aware a mobile site existed since I assumed the App would automatically take me to such a site. Obviously it doesnt and the content is very poor.
Comment number 10.At 12:39 23rd Oct 2012, JunkkMale wrote:
Question, for powers apparently unused to being themselves held to account.
Why is this thread reactively modded yet the one preceding it is pre-modded?
Just a question that I am asking.
Comment number 11.At 14:16 23rd Oct 2012, MarkG wrote:
I'm hoping you tested this all in Opera, the worlds most common mobile browser, as ignoring it is insanity (but I wouldn't put it past BBC right now, based on their other dubious mobile strategic decisions).
Comment number 12.At 14:22 23rd Oct 2012, dotconnect wrote:
As someone involved with responsive design (but with no connection to the BBC) I think your team have done a very good job here. I never bothered using the News app as it felt too limited, but the mobile-optimised website is considerably better, with so much more content. To those complaining about the news app - why exactly do you still need it?
Comment number 13.At 14:33 23rd Oct 2012, briberyb wrote:
works ok on smartphone for quick viewing, but not real browsing - but ugly & not very customisable on tablet, have reverted to desktop view & uninstalled app.
Comment number 14.At 14:52 23rd Oct 2012, gordon wrote:
BBC Mobile works great on my Samsung Note.
I always have found the BBC to have the most worldwide comprehensive views.
Comment number 15.At 14:53 23rd Oct 2012, Pall Stefansson wrote:
Looks and works perfect on my Nokia PureView on Opera. Good work.
Comment number 16.At 15:04 23rd Oct 2012, Simon Crouch wrote:
Speaking about the BBC News Web Site generally. I should like to see some Sub-Editors employed. I don't think I've seen a single article that hasn't got some sort of typographical, factual or grammatical error. It's very disappointing.
Comment number 17.At 15:07 23rd Oct 2012, Richard wrote:
I like BOTH the mobile and the desktop versions of the site and had two shortcuts set up so I could choose which site to use. Now both send me to the same site (the last I used) and I have to change it manually. Not very user friendly.
Comment number 18.At 15:31 23rd Oct 2012, G Woods wrote:
In response to user Cogito Ergo Sum who posted earlier that there was no BBC News app for Windows Phones, I have a Nokia Lumia 800 Windows phone, and the new mobile version of BBC News has been appearing automatically on it today without me needing to search for it or download. I think it's a great format and am very happy with it!
Comment number 19.At 16:15 23rd Oct 2012, Kaelig wrote:
@Villordsutch: thank you very much for this valuable feedback. We were able to implement a quick fix, and Twitter shares will feature the title of the shared story in the next update of our responsive mobile website. Stay tuned!
Comment number 20.At 17:58 23rd Oct 2012, Cogito Ergo Sum wrote:
@ G Woods: I found a few 3rd party apps for WP, but none from BBC. I've checked just now after reading your post, but couldn't find any. BBC mobile site, although very good and useful, has got a different view from the photo on the top. The 2-columns view is still not in the mobile site. I get 1-col view as shown on the WP device on the 2nd photo. BBC must have made an app for WP8.
Comment number 21.At 18:10 23rd Oct 2012, Cogito Ergo Sum wrote:
@Kaelig: Could you please tell a bit about plans to make BBC aps for Windows Phone (7.8 and 8.0).
Comment number 22.At 18:15 23rd Oct 2012, ARob2 wrote:
great - but it doesn't work. my i-phone 4 takes me to the desktop site no matter what i do, even if i follow the instructions!
Comment number 23.At 18:21 23rd Oct 2012, juan wrote:
sorry. no luck, my samsung windows phone 7.5 just keep getting the desktop version, so I am forced to use a 3rd party app to browse thru your content. plus, even in the DT version, many videos are just to been watched inside the UK....
Comment number 24.At 18:36 23rd Oct 2012, Kaelig wrote:
@Cogito Ergo Sum: Sorry, I have no information on the strategy adopted by BBC News regarding Apps on Windows Phones.
Comment number 25.At 20:34 23rd Oct 2012, Sizwe M wrote:
Works great on my Samsung and I much prefer the mobile version to the desktop version on the smaller device.. Good job BBC!
Comment number 26.At 21:12 23rd Oct 2012, Foolmeonce wrote:
I'm really really annoyed that you've decided to default mobile users to your mobile version of BBC news. One of the reasons I bought a smartphone was so that I could get a realistic web browsing experience and not have to access limited mobile Internet style versions of websites. How can you possibly believe that this is a better user experience? 'Awkward to pinch, zoom and scan' really?!!
Comment number 27.At 22:36 23rd Oct 2012, dotconnect wrote:
@Foolmeonce - Pinch and zoom (+ horizontal scroll) is not "a better user experience". You lament the lack of "a realistic web browsing experience" - but the very notion of that no longer exists. More people access the web on mobile devices now than desktop. Websites are now built to adapt layout and font size in different ways to different devices.
Comment number 28.At 22:50 23rd Oct 2012, dotconnect wrote:
Also: yes in the old days mobile sites usually meant much less content + a sense of missing out on the 'full' version of a site. It's why I (probably like you) always headed straight to the Desktop link. But this is much less true today with responsive sites. If things are now dropped for mobile users, there's usually a good reason for that. But so far I can't say I'm missing anything.
Comment number 29.At 23:00 23rd Oct 2012, Localist wrote:
Can't watch videos on my Windows Phone :( Please rectify this. Beginning to think it was a bad idea and should have paid the difference for an Android!
Comment number 30.At 23:32 23rd Oct 2012, Foolmeonce wrote:
I'm sorry dotconnect although you make an eloquent argument for the mobile version I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree. For me it's a compromise too far. Simplicity is not always better and the loss of content and functionality feels like stepping back 5 or 6 years. Replacing horizontal scrolling with vertical scrolling and the inability to view > 1 headline at a time is not an improvement.
Comment number 31.At 00:14 24th Oct 2012, Foolmeonce wrote:
In an era where both larger and higher resolution screens are becoming the norm on mobile devices does it really make sense to default to a lower content user interface for mobile browsing. I'm sorry this seems like a retrograde step to me.
Comment number 32.At 01:36 24th Oct 2012, dotconnect wrote:
1) Vertical scrolling is 2nd nature to mobile users & easy to perform. Horizontal scrolling to reach the end of a line is awkward, involving back + forth with each line.
2) Resolution is of little use if the screen is physically too small to read text without having to constantly pinch & zoom. Poor usability.
Comment number 33.At 01:46 24th Oct 2012, dotconnect wrote:
[Sorry, character limit!] As long as same content is available and easy to access, even if in a different manner, I think mobile-optimised sites are the best way forward. If extraneous 'bells and whistles' elements of desktop sites need to be sacrificed (feature banners, say), so be it - tho Beeb seem to have done well on this.
Comment number 34.At 07:46 24th Oct 2012, costmeabob wrote:
so how does the BBC NEWS WEBSITE detect those whose SIGHT may be impaired, be it through natural degradation or injury?
think of servicemen blinded and injured in some way unable to share in this so called hi-tech investment by the Beeb.
what are you doing for them? speech recognition? LARGE text?
NO I didn't think so either!
Comment number 35.At 08:05 24th Oct 2012, Garry Knight wrote:
On my Nexus 7 tablet it gave me the mobile site which wasn't very helpful. However, cookies are working and it now gives me the desktop site. Thanks.
Comment number 36.At 08:09 24th Oct 2012, Foolmeonce wrote:
I have to agree with costmeabob here, this format seems to do nothing to improve accessibility for visually impaired people. Also dotconnect the scrolling issues you describe are specific to certain devices. 'Mobile optimised' shouldn't mean stripping out content and functionality so that everyone gets the same limited user experience. I think we may have to agree to disagree.
Comment number 37.At 10:00 24th Oct 2012, WDCE wrote:
Don't like the mobile version. I will continue to use the desktop version on my Xperia Arc.
Comment number 38.At 10:20 24th Oct 2012, dotconnect wrote:
#36 - depends on the content. If a super-wide version of the site was developed for massive screens which required some extra bells and whistles content to fill it out, should this extra fluff be forced into the desktop version just so it's not missing out? Core content vs. extraneous content is the key here.
Comment number 39.At 10:31 24th Oct 2012, dotDan wrote:
If I go to either the main or the mobile address using my Sony Xperia S I see the desktop version. The browser describes itself as "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.4; en-gb; SonyEricssonLT26i Build/6.1.A.0.453) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30" in case that helps
Comment number 40.At 10:33 24th Oct 2012, dotconnect wrote:
Foolmeonce (sorry, not meaning to keep singling you out here) the horizontal scrolling issues I described are indeed specific to certain devices - but unfortunately these are the most popular mobiles - android phones, iPhones, etc - the very devices this upgrade is largely targeting. So horizontal scrolling (along with double-tap to enlarge... oops, just tapped a link) IS otherwise a problem.
Comment number 41.At 11:17 24th Oct 2012, timstey wrote:
hate it, i would much rather have the desktop version, shame you havnt taken the option of many websites that on visiting ask if you want mobile or desktop version. shame i use to alway visit bbc news on my phone as of yesterday i doubt i will anywhere as much, harder to navigate, seem less content, shame where not given an option.
Comment number 42.At 12:42 24th Oct 2012, Foolmeonce wrote:
No worries dotconnect, it's an interesting discussion even if we're not on the same page. To be honest the format of the mobile site is not what I'm taking issue with. Defaulting me to the mobile version without asking and telling me its a better user experience is what I take issue to. Btw I have an iPhone and horizontal scrolling is not an issue for me on the full site.
Comment number 43.At 13:45 24th Oct 2012, jez wrote:
Windows phone: as a WP7 user, I know that WP7 is a terrible, terrible OS when it comes to compatibility with many basic web standards. Your response is still inadequate:
Are you actively looking to provide video to WP7 or are you just going to worry about windows8?
Have you even liaised with Microsoft to see if there's a solution that works for you?
Comment number 44.At 14:15 24th Oct 2012, Josh Tumath wrote:
Why did you choose not to have one website that uses responsive design to cater for both PC and device users? Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to maintain one under one URL?
Comment number 45.At 14:38 24th Oct 2012, asif wrote:
I browse using a Jimmy Savile, what about that?
Comment number 46.At 16:24 24th Oct 2012, Mark wrote:
Looks OK in Symbian Belle. Thanks.
Comment number 47.At 17:17 24th Oct 2012, NthnRw wrote:
My Lumia 710 has VIDEO on the BBC News mobile site - yes it's really true.
Is this accidental or does it suggest future support for Windows Phone?
Comment number 48.At 17:55 24th Oct 2012, hyperbola2 wrote:
Is anyone interested in BBC news? BBCs famous "independence" is based on never saying anything that might upset the oligarchy and its news reporting is increasingly only state propaganda on types "approved" by the oligarchy. Why is it that only PressTV had live video when the police units hired by Goldman Sachs were beating protesters in Zucatti Square in NY? Harder to reach than Tahir Plaza?
Comment number 49.At 18:11 24th Oct 2012, hyperbola2 wrote:
BBC needs to open many more articles to comment. Having lived in many countries, its foreign reporting is of increasingly low quality and usually only reflects the stereotypes regurgitated by a reporter in Britain. Clearly many people know more about these countries than BBC reporters and could easily correct the errors and provincialism of their stereotypes.
Comment number 50.At 05:08 25th Oct 2012, Ian wrote:
Great job. Video works on my Lumia 900. I no longer feel like a second class citizen (or even third class after Android) and can dump my 3rd party news app!
Comment number 51.At 10:50 25th Oct 2012, Stevie S wrote:
Interesting comment about Opera above... I have Opera Mobile on Android, but am not redirected to the m site though. Looks good in the native browser though.
Comment number 52.At 20:46 25th Oct 2012, Chris Robinson wrote:
On the Nexus 7 I can view videos on the mobile version of the site with no issue but on the desktop version it expects me to have Flash installed, which isn't possible. As it stands if there's a news story with an embedded video I have to temporarily switch to the mobile version. Will it be possible to enable the same videos as displayed in the mobile version in the desktop version for Android?
Comment number 53.At 02:18 26th Oct 2012, wavettore wrote:
This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
Comment number 54.At 08:00 26th Oct 2012, Barry wrote:
Arrrggghhh!! The miobile version of BBC News has taken over my Galaxy S2... Sorry BBC but I really, really don't like the mobile version.. too simplified, can't see all at a glance... dumbed down.. BUT for some reason it won't let me go back to the desk top version. Why??? How can I get my preferred version back?
Comment number 55.At 14:51 26th Oct 2012, mikerr wrote:
Is there any way for us to link directly to either site as an override ?
Often I want to view the desktop site on my mobile, and vice versa.
The previous links now don't work - and worse the redirection is different for UK and US IP addresses.


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Hempel, S. and Knapmeyer, M. and Oberst, J. (2008) Investigations of deep quakes on the lunar far side. European Geosciences Union - General Assembly, 2008-04-13 - 2008-04-18, Vienna (Austria).
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Following the Apollo landings, four seismic stations operated on the Lunar surface (1969-77) and recorded over 12000 events. More than 7000 were identified as deep moonquakes, some of which are located on the moon's far side (Nakamura, 2005). The Lunar deep quakes have been subject of ongoing studies and location attempts. One of their most puzzling properties is their apparent concentration on the lunar near side. However, it is difficult to assess the accuracy of currently available location estimates, since the errors of the arrival time readings are often poorly known or unknown at all. Also, the classical location methods may be biased by the starting solutions. To improve the accuracy of the locations, a new processing is applied to several clusters, for which far side locations are compatible with existing arrival time readings. We look for additional arrivals and try to establish reliable arrival time uncertainties. The LOCSMITH package (Knapmeyer, submitted to GJI), a MatLab based, deterministic, nonlinear method on an adaptive search grid, is used to locate the nests with respect to those uncertainties. This method results in 3D uncertainty volumes in which the true moonquake location is contained. Depending on phase availability across the triangular seismometer array, several types of uncertainty can be distinguished by the geometrical shape of the error contours: "small balls" when shear waves (S) arrive at all three corners of the triangle and a compressional wave (P) at least at a single station is available, "bananas" (2 S-arrivals and at least 1 P-arrival), "cones" (only 3 S-arrivals, no P-recording) and "discs" (2 S-arrivals). Based on these distinctions, we try to identify those clusters for which a search for new arrivals, or a better definition of arrival times is most promising in order to reduce the overall volume of the uncertainty, and to transform "bananas" and "cones" into "balls". This way we hope to identify deep quakes which are definitely located on the moon's far side.
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|Geophysical Research Abstracts
|Moon; Apollo; moonquakes; Far Side Candidates; LOCSMITH
|Event Title:
|European Geosciences Union - General Assembly
|Event Location:
|Vienna (Austria)
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|international Conference
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|2008-04-13 - 2008-04-18
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|W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums
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|Hempel, Stefanie
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Fill a series of arrays with directory information
Syntax :
ADIR( [<cFilespec>], [<aFilenames>], [<aSizes>], [<aDates>], [<aTimes>], [<aAttributes>]) --> nFiles
Arguments :
<cFilespec> is the path specification of files to include in the scan of the DEFAULT directory. It is a standard file specification that can include the wildcard characters * and ?, as well as a drive and path reference. If omitted, the default specification is *.*.
<aFilenames> is the array to fill with the file names matching <cFilespec>. Each element contains the file name and extension as a character string in all uppercase letters.
<aSizes> is the array to fill with the sizes of the corresponding files in the <aFilenames> array. Each element is a numeric data type.
<aDates> is the array to fill with the dates of the corresponding files in the <aFilenames> array. Each element is a date data type.
<aTimes> is the array to fill with the times of the corresponding files in the <aFilenames> array. Each element filled contains a character string of the form: hh:mm:ss.
<aAttributes> is the array to fill with attributes of the corresponding files in the <aFilenames> array. Each element is a character string. If <aAttributes> is specified, hidden, system, and directory files are included as well as normal files. If <aAttributes> is not specified, only normal files are included.
Returns :
ADIR() returns the number of files matching the directory skeleton described in <cFilespec>.
Description :
ADIR() is an array function that performs two basic operations. First, it returns the number of files matching the file specification. Second, it fills a series of arrays with file names, sizes, dates, times, and attributes.
ADIR() is a compatibility function and therefore not recommended. It is superseded by the DIRECTORY() function which returns all file information in a multidimensional array.
Notes :
Directories: If you specify the <aAttributes> argument and <cFilespec> is *.*, directories will be included in <aFilenames>. In the <aAttributes> array, directories are indicated with an attribute value of "D". If ADIR() is executed within a subdirectory, the first two entries of the <aFilenames> array are "." and "..", the parent and current directory aliases. The date and time of last update are reported for directories, but the size of a directory is always zero.
Examples :
This example creates an array to hold the names of all .txt files in the current DEFAULT directory, then uses AEVAL() to list them to the console:
LOCAL aFiles[ADIR("*.TXT")] ADIR("*.TXT", aFiles) AEVAL(aFiles, { |element| QOUT(element) } )
Remarks :
ADIR() is an obsolete function with some drawbacks.
– Requires five separate arrays for each file specification : name, size, date, time and attrribute.
– Each of these array must be length of exact file count. Return value of function is number of files, so you need call this function twice : first for obtain number of files and second for actual file info.
– Including directories is depend of existence of <aAttributes>, and <aAttributes> require been length of exact file count.
So if you want to see directories you need call this function triple ( see below sample ).
As a result, as indicated in "Description" above, using DIRECTORY() instead of ADIR() may be more convenient.
PROC Main()
LOCAL cFileSpec := "C:\hb32\*.*"
LOCAL aFileNames := ARRAY( ADIR( cFileSpec ) )
LOCAL nFileCount := LEN( aFileNames )
LOCAL aFileSizes := ARRAY( nFileCount ),; aFileDates := ARRAY( nFileCount ),; aFileTimes := ARRAY( nFileCount ),; aFileAttrb := ARRAY( nFileCount )
LOCAL nMaxFNmLen := 0
nFileCount := ADIR( cFileSpec, aFileNames, aFileSizes,; aFileDates, aFileTimes, aFileAttrb )
ASIZE( aFileNames, nFileCount ) ASIZE( aFileSizes, nFileCount ) ASIZE( aFileDates, nFileCount ) ASIZE( aFileTimes, nFileCount ) ASIZE( aFileAttrb, nFileCount )
ADIR( cFileSpec, aFileNames, aFileSizes, aFileDates,; aFileTimes, aFileAttrb )
AEVAL( aFileNames, { | c1FName | nMaxFNmLen := ; MAX( nMaxFNmLen, LEN( c1FName ) ) } )
AEVAL( aFileNames, { | c1FName, i1 | ; QOUT( PADR( c1FName, nMaxFNmLen + 1 ),; TRAN( aFileSizes[ i1 ], "999,999,999" ),; aFileDates[ i1 ],; aFileTimes[ i1 ],; aFileAttrb[ i1] ) } )
? WAIT "End of ADIR.prg"
RETU // ADir.Main()
Result of ADIR.prg :
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Things one thinks about while watching Bruce Willis kick Russky butt, deep in the heart of Mother Russia in A Good Day to Die Hard:
- I remember interviewing Die Hard director John McTiernan back in the day, and he described Willis's John McClane as, "an ordinary guy reacting to extraordinary circumstances."
A quarter-century later, that ordinary guy gets flung off a spinning helicopter through a plate-glass office window and dusts himself off. He and his CIA operative son (Jai Courtney) TWICE throw themselves out windows several storeys high to have their falls broken by scaffolding and such.
By comparison, I'm three years younger than Bruce, and I tore up my leg tripping while jogging, requiring a year of physio. I'm pretty sure the plate glass would kill me.
- It would be awesome to script-write Hollywood action films that take place in foreign countries, since nobody knows anything about anywhere. A Good Day to Die Hard begins in Moscow, where McClane is trying to save his son, who in turn is trying to save a Russian billionaire (Sebastian Koch) from a corrupt government higher-up (or so it seems).
After much impressive death and destruction, the McClanes race a helicopter gunship by car to Chernobyl, where supposedly secret files are hidden in radioactive debris. That's about 500 miles, yet the chopper barely beats them there.
Also, Chernobyl is in Ukraine, which is its own country now - one which pays close attention to its Russian former occupiers. I'm pretty sure a fully-armed Russian helicopter gunship would be intercepted as soon as it crossed the border, as would a couple of Americans with guns in their car.
That's not to say everything in AGDTDH is unrealistic. The CIA are portrayed as too incompetent to plan so much as a birthday party, which rings true.
But this latest, wheezing Die Hard installment does fall prey to Red Dawn syndrome -- the inability to identify a viable enemy. We're not at the point yet of calling out the Russians (Vladimir Putin isn't even mentioned in this movie), though the Russian government, the Russian mob and corrupt billionaires all take turns putting on the villain hat. It seems like every 15 minutes, somebody the McClanes think was a friend points a gun at them, which makes for some confused plotting.
There's also some pretty mawkish dialogue about fathers and sons and whatever.
None of which really matters. Journeyman director John Moore (Max Payne) knows his job is to meet the blow-'em-up bar of previous Die Hard movies, and he stages some pretty gnarly car chases (with millions of rubles in body-shop work in the offing), bombs that take out entire courthouses, and the most powerful incendiary grenade explosion ever.
What's left to say, but "Yippee-ki-yay?"
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That Flower Films, her production company, has made more than $1 billion at the box office (thanks to movies such as How to Be Single, Donnie Darko, Charlie's Angels and 50 First Dates). Her make-up and eyewear line Flower is launching an e-commerce site his year and may expand overseas, including Australia, and that sommeliers across the US have added Barrymore Wines to their lists. Then there's her memoir, Wildflower, released last year, which cemented her position as an accomplished writer.
Here, a few highlights from her interview, in our July issue, on sale June 9:
On fame and celebrity friendship: "I've never felt comfortable with this, sort of, camaraderie of famous people. I've known Poo Poo [Cameron Diaz] since I was 14 years old. We just happened to know each other before her career started, and I was working in a coffeehouse trying to refigure out my life. So in a weird way, it doesn't even count with us."
On making an effort: "I went to parent's night, and I wore some lipstick and concealer, and I thought the people at school looked at me kind of differently. I normally come with acne, and Ugg boots, and I thought they were like, 'Oh that's nice, she made a little bit of an effort.'"
On trying to do it all: "I really had to tell myself, You can do everything, but you will have to do them at different moments. And you can do a lot in the same moment, but you can't do everything in the same moment. It was a good lesson that you will just have to prioritise and put some things over here for a little while."


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Part of the World Languages - Numbers Pack A of 6 setView 5 other titles
Part of the Key Stage 2 Paperback Pack - 100 books for £100 setView 99 other titles
Each book in this series looks at how to say the numbers 1 to 10 in a different modern foreign language, with each spread within the book covering a different number. This book looks at the numbers in German. Text on each page is in both English and German, and simple, labelled photographs provide additional support. A "dictionary" at the end of each book gives all the words featured in both German and English, and also includes a pronunciation guide. Part of the World Languages - Numbers series.


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Backpacking the high country of Colorado
By Sam Szarka with contributions from Mike Baker, NWS Boulder Meteorologist
Backpacking in Colorado's high country and pristine wilderness is one of my favorite pastimes. Use this guide to plan your own trip to Colorado's scenic high country.
Table of Contents
- Planning a Trip
- The Landscape of Colorado
- Altitude
- Mountain Weather Dangers
- Water in the Backcountry
- Backpacking Gear
- When to visit the high country
- Trip Ideas
- Outfitters
- Helpful Websites
Planning a Trip
Planning a backpacking trip to a Colorado wilderness or backcountry destination requires an understanding of the challenges of the Rocky Mountain environment. Knowledge of weather, terrain, water sources, and high altitude factors can make the difference between a memorable trip, or a miserable one.
Understanding Colorado's geography and the online resources that can assist you while mapping out your trip can be a great help towards having a memorable experience. Towards the end of this guide, I include several websites that I use to plan my trips.
Looking for Backpacking Trip Ideas?
If you're looking for backpacking trip ideas, head over to the Trip Ideas section below.
Geography of the State of Colorado
Not all of the state of Colorado is mountainous. The eastern third of Colorado is flat, rolling plains. The plains are the western-most edge of the Great Plains that extend across the midwest. Most of the state's population lives here, mainly in cities bordering the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Riding along the center of the state is the spine of the Rocky Mountains. The rockies form the Continental Divide, which is the name for the boundary which delineates the Pacific and Atlantic watersheds. To the west, the Rockies slowly fade into the Colorado plateau, an arid landscape of canyons, buttes, and mesas that is characteristic of the southwest United States.
The state of Colorado is known for its high altitude. Many of the popular backpacking destinations require prolonged hiking at elevations above 10,000 ft. The high altitude environment brings with it some extra dangers such as: exposure to severe weather, altitude sickness, water-borne parasites, and dehydration.
Altitude Sickness
Altitude sickness, a common ailment for even healthy, physically fit individuals above 10,000 ft. elevation occurs because the body requires time to adapt to unusually low oxygen levels at these elevations. Altitude sickness is most aggravated by an increase in altitude, and physical exertion. Common symptoms include shortness of breath, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, insomnia, and nosebleed.
To avoid or reduce the effects of altitude sickness, try to acclimatize to the altitude. This can be done by slowly increasing your altitude each day, giving your body time to adjust. During these time periods refrain from physical exercise.
When backpacking, follow this rule: climb high, sleep low. During the day you can cover higher terrain, but camp at night at a lower altitude.
Tips to Avoid Altitude Sickness
- Avoid alcohol or caffeine
- Avoid physical exercise for first 24 hrs. to acclimatize
- Acclimatize: stop at an intermediate altitude for 24 hrs.
- Drink water to avoid dehydration
- Reduce the amount of time spent above 10 thousand feet above sea level
- Follow the climb-high, sleep-low rule
Mountain Weather Dangers
The Rocky Mountains create an extensive barrier to the flow of air currents across North America. During the summer, these air currents (or wind) together with strong daytime heating produce thunderstorms in the mountains of Colorado nearly every summer day. Thunderstorms typically begin to form between 11 AM and midday in the Colorado high country and may sometimes linger well into the evening. By definition, all thunderstorms produce lightning. Thunderstorms may also produce strong, potentially damaging downburst winds, rain, hail, sudden drops in temperature, and even graupel (or ice pellets) at the higher elevations. And, what few people realize is thunderstorms can and do produce tornadoes even in the mountains. Every Colorado county has recorded at least one tornado since the turn of the 20th Century.
Thunderstorms pose a serious threat to hikers. With the proper guidance and preparation you can avoid or reduce the risk of serious injury or death while hiking in the high country during the summer thunderstorm season. To reduce the chance of being caught in a thunderstorm, many hikers avoid hiking during the afternoon. It is common practice to reach the summit of a mountain around mid-morning and then return to a lower elevation before thunderheads begin forming over the high ridges.
Lightning is the number one natural killer in Colorado. The best way to avoid being a statistic is to be aware of changes in the weather and descend to a lower elevation at the first sign of bad weather (ie. approaching dark clouds, distant thunder, the smell of rain, gusty thunderstorm outflow winds, etc). Understand that lightning is attracted to the highest objects in a given area. Mountain peaks, pinnacles, rock outcrops, the opening of caves, tall trees, act as paths for the discharge of lightning between the cloud and ground.
Lightning comes in all forms, cloud-to-ground, cloud-to-cloud, cloud-to-air, and in-cloud. There are positively charged and negatively charged lightning strokes. Negatively charged lightning is the most common type of lightning. This type of lightning originates at the ground and darts upward into the storm cloud. If you should feel your hair standing on end, hear a crackling noise in your ears, or just smell ozone in the air, there's a fair bet negatively charged lightning is about to discharge near by.
Unfortunately, there's really no warning that a positively charged lightning bolt will strike as this type of lightning originates inside the storm cloud. Positive lightning is especially dangerous as it is often blamed for starting most wildfires attributed to lightning.
What to do in a thunderstorm
If caught in a thunderstorm, seek shelter, preferably in a low lying dry place. If in a group, spread out to reduce the chance of multiple people being struck at once. Avoid isolated trees, rock outcrops, the entrance to caves, and open areas. If you are caught in your tent, find more substantial shelter such as a dense stand of short trees, or in a cave and stand back at least 6 feet from its entrance. If caught outdoors in the open, crouch down onto the balls of your feet and make yourself as small of a target as possible. Standing on a sleeping bag, a piece of wood, a sheet of plastic and even a rubber tire offers no protection from lightning. Lightning's highly charged electrons move along the surface of objects and not normally through them. One of the safest places outdoors during a thunderstorm is within a hard top vehicle with the windows rolled up. Should the vehicle be struck by lightning, its outer shell will conduct this charge around the occupants and into the ground – passing over the surface of the rubber tires! When lightning strikes, if you're not killed by the millions of volts of electricity, the 50,000 degree stroke may leave you severely burned.
On long hikes, it is common practice to leave the trail head early in the morning and to be on the summit around 9AM, giving time to return before the afternoon lightning storms occur.
Hypothermia occurs when the body's core temperature drops below 95F. It is an extremely dangerous state to be in and best to avoid at all possible cost. Hypothermia can occur any time in the backcountry. Most cases of hypothermia occur due to wet or inadequate clothing. Inexperienced hikers embark on outdoor excursions unprepared for the extreme weather of the mountains. It may be sunny and warm at the outset, but the weather can (and often does) change. Thunderstorms with heavy rain, and strong winds can drench the unprepared. A heavy fog or misty rain can cause hikers to lose the trail and force them to spend a night on the mountain. At night, temperatures will fall below freezing, causing hypothermia and death.
Tips to Avoid Hypothermia
- Plan for the worst weather. Always pack a jacket.
- Choose wool, or synthetic clothing. Wool will insulate you even when wet. Synthetic fabrics dry quickly and will still insulate when wet.
- Do NOT wear cotton t-shirts and jeans when outdoors. When sweat or water soaked, they will not keep you warm.
- Seek shelter in your tent or in a dry place if thunderstorms occur near you
- Always keep your sleeping bag dry. If your body temperature drops, use your sleeping bag to warm up.
- If cold, drink warm liquids.
Flash Floods
Flash floods are a dangerous phenomenon that occurs when heavy rain falls in a mountainous area unleashing a fast moving torrent of water into a dry gully, creek, or river. In desert places, many arroyos, and creek beds are dry for much of the year. But heavy rain in mountains miles away can cause a large amount of water runoff to flow rapidly downhill and cause a flash flood in low lying areas and normally dry creek beds. When hiking near creeks, always watch for sudden changes in water level and move to higher ground. Never camp close to creeks or streams or in a dry creek bed. Overnight, the weather may worsen and you may find you and your campsite washed downstream.
Water in the backcountry
With the exception of the highest elevations, most of the state of Colorado is dry and gets under 20 inches of precipitation. This makes backpacking at lower elevations, where water is scarce, difficult.
When on a multi-day backpacking trip, it isn't practical to carry gallons of water due to its weight. Backpackers and hikers in Colorado tend to use rivers, streams, or alpine lakes as sources of drinking water. In desert country, characterized by sagebrush, or juniper vegetation, water will be difficult to find. In these areas, it is important to be knowledgeable about local water sources prior to embarking on your trip. Use topographic maps and guide books to identify water sources you may be able to rely upon.
Some Colorado lakes and streams contain a tiny water-borne parasite called giardia which can be harmful to humans if ingested. To be safe, treat all surface water by either boiling or using a water filter/water purification method proven to remove/kill giardia protozoa.
Water Purification
To kill harmful bacteria and parasitics like giardia, backpackers often use some form of water purification or sterilization. There are many techniques, each with their own advantages and drawbacks. Here are the most common methods:
- Water filtration (many products available, gravity assisted or hand pumped)
- UV light sterilization (Steripen)
- Boiling
- Additives (Chlorine/iodine tablets)
Unless you are able to test and prove that a water source is verifiably clean and safe to drink (which most people cannot), you should always purify or sterilize water from all Colorado lakes, or streams before drinking or cooking.
Backpacking Gear
For backpacking trips in Colorado high country, be prepared by packing protective rain gear. Downpours can last for hours, and are accompanied by fierce wind gusts and hair-raising lighting. If conditions are right, storms can dump several inches of 'summer snow'. For this reason, a 3-season tent, rain jacket, weather-proof boots, and related gear are essential.
Sleeping Bag
For summer camping a sleeping bag rated at 25F degrees (at minimum) is recommended. Sleeping bags of a variety of shapes, and insulation types are available. Be sure to select a sleeping bag that is light, warm, and can withstand general use. See my Backpack and Sleeping Bag Guide for more information.
If you intend to stay any number of days in the backcountry, a good tent is an absolute necessity. Most tents marketed as a backpacking tent will work well in Colorado. For tips and general tent advice, see my Choosing a Backpacking Tent blog post.
Backcountry Cooking
The most popular method for heating food or water in the rocky mountain high country is highly reliable isobutane compact stoves. These stoves are light, compact, easy to get started, and can be readily refueled with fuel canisters. Most isobutane stoves can boil a liter of water in well under 5 minutes. Stoves can range from the unsophisticated single burner compact folding stove, to more sophisticated units with precision valves for adjusting the gas flow for cooking. Most backpackers, however, tend to use stoves for boiling water rather than for cooking.
Colorado Backpacking Gear Checklist (Summer Trip)
- 3 season tent
- Backpack
- Sleeping bag rated to 20-25F (minimum)
- Sleeping pad
- Camp stove & stove gas
- Fire making materials (lighter, matches, tinder in waterproof container)
- Hiking boots
- Trekking poles
- Hat
- Sunscreen, lip balm, & sunglasses
- Bug spray
- Topographical map for the area you will be travelling in
- Compass or GPS
- Food & high energy snacks
- Emergency survival kit
- Water canteen or bladder
- Water purification system or water filter
- Rain jacket & pants (or rain poncho)
- Light insulated jacket
- Warm under-layer of clothing
- Knife
- Camera
- Cooking utensils & containers
- Cell phone (turned off to preserve battery) or 2-way radio
- Bear spray (if in bear country)
- Topographic map specific to your destination area
- Notify someone about where you are going. Include specifics like: the trailhead you will park your car at, and your expected return date and time.
- Check the latest weather report for your destination. Use the NOAA's point forecast feature for a more accurate weather report.
When to visit Colorado's high country
The best weather in Colorado's high country is in early to mid-July, and September. A rainy season occurs around the end of July into the month of August. The wildflowers in the high country are not at their peak until late July, early August. Fall is also an excellent time to visit, but can bring winter-like weather. The aspen's change color in late September and the color lasts into mid-October. But the peak can vary widely depending on elevation and year-to-year weather variations.
Trip Ideas
Get trip ideas for your next outing into the backcountry of Colorado.
- Backpacking Trip Ideas – ColoradosWildAreas.com blog archive
- Five Amazing Backpacking Loop Hikes – ColoradosWildAreas.com blog post
- Guidetrails.com – A blog featuring several backpacking loops: Conejos River Loop, Flattops 50 Miler Loop, and the Grand Loop in Rocky Mountain National Park.
- Top 8 Backpacking Hikes in Colorado with maps, photos of the scenery you'll see, and detailed trip information.
- Paul Mags' Favorite Backpacking Loops – Paul Mags has some excellent writeups here of some Colorado backpacking loops he's picked out
- Hiking in Colorado – Website about Colorado hiking.
- Outward Bound – Colorado guided backpacking trips
Helpful Websites
- National Weather Service Forecast Offices Boulder, Grand Junction, Pueblo (always check the latest weather forecast before departure)
- CAIC – Colorado Avalanche Information Center
- Colorado.com Travel Maps & Vacation Information
- USGS.gov's Topographic Maps (Free Downloads)
- MyTopo.com Topo map service


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Jacobs ladder
Polemonium 'Lambrook Mauve'
Common Name: Jacobs ladder
Genus: Polemonium
Cultivar: 'Lambrook Mauve'
Category: Perennials
Growth Rate: Average
Features: Has interesting foliage
|Hardiness: Hardy
|Height: 0.45 m (45 cm)
|Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade
|Spread: 0.45 m (45 cm)
|Foliage Type: Deciduous
|Flower Colour: Purple, Orange
|Foliage Colour: Green
|Flowering Period: May & June
Soil Type: Normal/Loam
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Jacob's Ladder gets its name from the arrangement of its leaves pairs of opposite leaflets resembling a ladder. In early summer erect stems rise up from the bright green foliage carrying clusters of large bell-shaped mauve flowers with contrasting pale orange anthers. A cottage-garden favourite Jacob's Ladder is happiest in partial shade and looks equally at home in a wildlife garden setting or in grass. Although it is short-lived it self seeds freely.
Garden care: Cut the plant back after flowering to encourage a second flush of flowers. In autumn cut the faded flowerheads down to the ground and compost the dead stems.
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Computer Security, It Is All About Connections!
Cyber Snake Infiltrates Ukraine Networks
By Nick Ashton, Founder, CEO, Tracometry Group of Companies.
You can have the most sophisticated software in the world, but if the lock on your front and back doors is either cheap, flimsy or non-existent, the opportunist are inside and doing anything they want!
Cyber-Terrorists love doors that are left ajar.
It is all about battening down the hatches in the storm of hacking, phishing and man in the middle brutal attacks. You have got to be water-tight, in fact better than a duck's rear end!
Sam Jones, Defense and Security Editor, The Financial Times reports:
"An aggressive cyber weapon called Snake has infected dozens of Ukrainian computer networks including government systems in one of the most sophisticated attacks of recent years.
Also known as Ouroboros, after the serpent of Greek mythology that swallowed its own tail, experts say it is comparable in its complexity with Stuxnet, the malware that was found to have disrupted Iran's uranium enrichment programme in 2010.
The cyber weapon has been deployed most aggressively since the start of last year ahead of protests that climaxed two weeks ago with the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovich's government.
Ouroboros gives its operators unfettered access to networks for surveillance purposes. But it can also act as a highly advanced "digital beachhead" that could destroy computer networks with wide-ranging repercussions for the public.
Cyber warfare experts have long warned that digital weapons could shut off civilian power or water supplies, cripple banks or even blow up industrial sites that depend on computer-controlled safety programmes.
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We've had very spotty internet service for the past week, so we haven't been able to post much. "We do apologize for the inconvenience," as they say. First things first, the big news of the day: Erica and Raul are engaged! They are planning a legal event in Quebec, a celebration of some sort in North America somewhere, and a celebration of some sort in Peru, Raul's homeland. Since this is a very recent development, details have yet to be decided. Whatever they do, it's going to be uniquely their event and will be very meaningful. It was no surprise which of them did the proposing... and Raul said yes. Of course, they're already common-law spouses by Canadian law, but they realized that to them, marriage is a whole different animal. We're so excited for them - they are a completely perfect couple, and it makes us happy to see them together.
And now for an update on the Chipster: Gabriel took his first flight of stairs today at Barnes & Noble. Once he realized that he could get up one step, there was no stopping him. And Mommy tried. We were set up in the children's section so he could crawl around because he was getting antsy at the Starbucks that's attached to the B&N, and he didn't have any toys with him. One of the employees came by several times to play with him, and he even let him play with an Elmo doll and said that they can send it back if Chip drools on it. Now, we don't think that's the most ethical decision in the world, but it was sweet that the guy was letting Gabriel have the run of the place. He even let him flip through Harry Potter 5 (Nancy would have freaked out!) until Mommy brought over a more durable book, Guess How Much I Love You, which we know he loves.
Chip's also becoming a cruising machine. He would let us walk him around all day, if we wanted to. He's an expert now on pulling himself up on anything, even vertical surfaces. He's also getting good at walking holding only one of Daddy's or Mommy's hands, even though he doesn't feel very confident about it.
He's doing a few other new things, too. He's started pointing at things, which means that he's ready to start learning words. He's also been babbling a LOT lately, which means that he's getting ready to start talking. His cutest sound is "oooooh." He learned how to click pens to get the ink part to come out yesterday, and don't you know that he has made a few dots on the love seat as this is being written. At least we see these things coming... Anyway, he's using his play cups to pretend to drink, and he imitates us when we yawn and cough. He loves coughing.
He's also really inventive at peek-a-boo. This was most fun the other day at Target, where he decided that he isn't interested in looking at our mugs while we're shopping; he'd rather turn around and see where he's going. Shopping cart seats should really be reversible. Anyway... We put him in the actual cart and let him stand up and lead the charge, as it seemed. He turned around and kept hiding behind the cart seat until we called, "Where's Gabriel?" at which point he stood up and laughed, before hiding again.
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This month and next, all of Chip's playgroup friends are turning 1. We went to Jonah's party last weekend, and we're going to Jake's this weekend and Zoe's next weekend. Except for the brief instant the above photo was taken, Jonah seemed to have a great time, and we know Gabriel did. We'd cry too if there were 50 people saying things to us that we didn't understand while there's a flame in front of our face! It's so interesting to think how quickly these little ones have grown. It's not so noticable with Gabriel, since we are with him all the time, but when we first got together, none of them could even sit up, and they certainly didn't notice each other. Now, they're playing with each other's hair, (sometimes) sharing toys, and learning how to walk. Jake even knows a few words, and Jonah took a few steps at playgroup last week!
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|AH-64 Apache attacker helicopters parked at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, April 1, when South Korea and the U.S. began their annual Foal Eagle joint military exercise. The allies remained low-key for this year's field drills to reflect inter-Korean reconciliation. Yonhap
By Lee Min-hyung
South Korea and the United States will likely suspend their joint field exercises next year amid the detente reached on the peninsula with North Korea.
Both sides are in discussions on whether to postpone their annual large-scale Foal Eagle combined tactical training exercise slated for March, but no official consensus has been reached yet.
"The military authorities may suspend major joint military exercises next year, including Foal Eagle, but nothing specific has been decided between the defense chiefs of the two countries," a military official said Thursday without elaborating.
However, Seoul and Washington will carry out a series of computer-simulated command post exercises next year, as they do not pose a serious security threat to the North.
The two countries are known to be discussing conducting the Key Resolve computerized command post drill in March despite the possible suspension of its real time counterpart, Foal Eagle.
The Ministry of National Defense declined to confirm a detailed schedule for joint military exercises slated for next year.
"South Korea and the United States are holding a working-level dialogue on the agenda, and the defense ministry will announce the details upon reaching a consensus with our U.S. counterpart," ministry spokeswoman Choi Hyun-soo said Thursday.
"We will do our best to notify people of the schedule at the earliest possible date," she said.
Starting this year, Seoul and Washington have suspended a series of joint exercises in response to the North's peace gestures.
In August, they suspended the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) drill, one of the largest annual military command post exercises here, in a bilateral bid to continue the peace momentum across the peninsula.
They also did not stage the Vigilant Ace joint air exercise in December, though the South's Air Force will be carrying out small-scale independent aerial drills for five days from Monday.
The suspension of joint exercises came as part of the allies' apparent move to bring the North to the dialogue table by not provoking the regime. The Seoul-Washington joint exercises has for decades been a source of anger in Pyongyang.
Even since June's summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore, Trump has underscored his unwavering trust in Kim.
But with the U.S. and the North failing to make substantial progress in their bilateral talks on the denuclearization of the North, calls have grown for a second summit to be held in the near future to invigorate the deadlocked dialogue.
For the U.S., the resumption of the joint exercises with the South is not a good bargaining chip for the North's denuclearization.
In recent months, Pyongyang has urged Seoul and Washington to put end their joint drills completely, calling them the biggest stumbling block for ongoing inter-Korean reconciliation.
A second summit between Trump and Kim will be held in January or February, according to Cheong Wa Dae officials.


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'Red Lightning' Is a Ball Boy With His Own Highlight Reel
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston burst onto the national scene this year in scintillating fashion. He'll probably win the Heisman Trophy, and the Seminoles may well win the national title.
But maybe — just maybe — he's not Florida State's MVP. No, Florida State's MVP might not even be a player all. Let us consider instead, for a moment, the young man known simply as "Red Lightning," a ball boy so proficient and charismatic that he was recently honored with his very own YouTube highlight reel.
The video above has been watched more than 600,000 times since hitting the web on Wednesday — and for good reason. At the 0:15 mark we get a look at Red Lightning's hustle and speed. At the 0:35 mark, we see his toughness and dedication. And for the entire video, we get to luxuriate in Red Lightning's luscious ginger locks and marvel over his oh-so-manly facial scruff.
But that's not all — Red Lighting is also on Twitter! There he identifies himself as Frankie Grizzle, which may be an even better moniker than the illustrious Red Lightning.
Here he is ready to take care of business before a September road game:
FSU Football is road game ready! @theACC pic.twitter.com/7HHN1szpbM
— Frankie Grizzle (@daonlyBigRed) September 27, 2013
And here's a photo he posted on Friday after meeting legendary sportscaster Brent Musberger:
Just met the one and only Brent Musburger! Maybe on day we'll have that cold one at Sloppy Joe's pic.twitter.com/8xG5G6QWfY
— Frankie Grizzle (@daonlyBigRed) December 6, 2013
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@daonlyBigRed here go you a new profile pic bro... #bigred #RedLightning pic.twitter.com/x4moWfQYT9
— The One (@T1TheMC) December 6, 2013
Florida State faces Duke on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET for the ACC championship. A win will put them in the national title game and it's Winston's final chance to cement his Heisman status. But we all know where the real show will be: Not on the field, but on the sidelines, where the legend known as Red Lightning holds. It. Down.
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Even though my previous project wasn't hard, I decided to go for a super simple pullover. Initially, I had planned on making the Henriette cardigan next but, I decided to save the more challenging knit for Thanksgiving break. This pattern is yet another Andi Satterlund pattern. It is her free pattern, which can be found HERE.
I planned on making this cardigan when it came out last year, however; it was getting very warm in Alabama at the time. So, I decided to save it for the Fall season. I had already ordered the yarn and brought it to school with me.
The yarn is Knit Picks Wool of the Andes. The colors are Indigo Heather and Haze Heather. The Haze Heather color is a very light lavender, which has a tendency to look grey in certain lightings.
It is working up very fast. Last night, I checked my gauge. It was perfect. I then started the back and finished the back section today.


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We will travel East in either a guided tour bus or SUV and then relax and enjoy a tasty lunch at a Southern style restaurant.
Finish the day at Buffalo Trace Distillery, the longest continuous operating distillery in Kentucky's Bourbon Country and the home of the legendary bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle. There is a guided tour and Bourbon Tasting here as well.
Then back to Louisville after a day well spent.
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