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Conservation and Environment in South Africa: Monthly Updates
Kwa Tuli Conservation Project - November 2011
Crocodile Survey
The croc survey is a census of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) along the Limpopo River. Using a line transect methodology the census allows for a scientific study that provides an accurate assessment of the number of crocodiles within the study area. The count takes place on a 2.5km stretch of pristine crocodile habitat. Our volunteers take the same trek once weekly to count the crocs and add their data to our existing database.
Results to date
With seven studies already taken place we are starting to get some solid information on our crocodiles. The results are beginning to repeat themselves and show that we have a healthy population with textbook dynamics in age and sex. The biggest recorded to date is George (named by our volunteers) who is a big male measuring approximately 3.5 meters in length. The results show that we have possibly 3 crocs bigger than 3 meters, 3 to 4 between 2 - 3 meters and again 3 to 4 between 1 meter and 2. Due to the time of year the river has dried up in parts and even reduced to pools amongst dry beds in areas. With this fragmented habitat the number of crocodiles we have means the area is probably at its carrying capacity, great news for conservation.
With the female crocodiles busy at this time of year burying their eggs and defending the nest sites, it is great to be out with our volunteers monitoring the population. In approx 90 days when the young hatch we hope to have a new generation to begin monitoring.
Baobab Survey
The Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is an extremely beautiful, huge and ancient tree that truly defines the Tuli as a piece of African wilderness. With some of the trees older than the birth of Jesus the management have made it a priority to preserve and enhance their numbers and habitat within Kwa Tuli and the Tuli Block. A survey of these trees has never been conducted in this area so Projects Abroad are immensely proud to be leading the first scientific study. Our survey consists of a series of measurements at each tree, inspecting them for disease, condition and animal activity. Our volunteers also record the GPS co-ordinates of each tree and photograph each one. This provides an extensive database of each and every tree and allows for a record to be studied and referred to for years to come for any interested party.
Results to date
With 62 trees already surveyed we are experiencing a greater a number of the trees than originally expected. An analysis of spatial distributions will be made at the end of the study. The results are indicating that the trees are in a healthy condition and most are producing their leaves (they only have leaves for three months per year!), which again is a great sign for their overall health. Although some of the trees are showing signs of elephant damage, it is something that the project has brought to our attention and has meant we have now have a tool to further monitor them.
Soil Rehabilitation
Soil erosion causing desertification is a huge environmental problem in Africa, with the Tuli Block being no exception. With sandy soils being left bare due to previous land use, the rains and winds strip the topsoil of all nutrients. With the area only experiencing between 200mm - 400mm of rainfall per year, and usually in very sporadic bursts the land is not equipped and large pieces of land collapse and are washed away. Our project aims to protect these vulnerable areas through planting vegetation along with repairing areas that have already been damaged to preserve and enhance the overall eco-system and each and every microhabitat.
Our soil rehabilitation program also includes our volunteers building dams to hold water that overspills from water holes during the rains. This ensures that the water is not lost to surface run off and contributing to soil erosion, and can be reserved in one area to be utilized in the forthcoming months.
Results to date
Our volunteers have been working extremely hard in the heat of the summer sun repairing dongas (a gully formed by soil erosion) right next to Koro Camp in the riverine habitat. The have been filling extremely deep dongas with all sorts of natural materials with the surface being made up of shade cloth and elephant dung with the objective of bringing vegetation back to create a healthy soil structure. There is no doubt that without this project, pristine tress along the Limpopo riverine environment would be lost and the overall health of this unique eco-system placed in jeopardy.
Our dam building is another project involving extremely hard work but producing fantastic results. The volunteers have dug a huge area that once we receive some rainfall will fill with water and provide many species with water at times of drought.
Hide Observations
Kwa Tuli Reserve is home to three excellent hides each looking down at either natural or manmade water holes. To monitor our wildlife populations it is essential that we have an ongoing project collecting data of what is visiting these areas at various times of the day and night.
Results to date
Results so far have been excellent and as predicted. We have lots of elephants visiting them on a daily basis. Some of our more endangered and target species being observed by our volunteers include spotted hyena, brown hyena, leopard, and eland along with our regular visitors from ostrich, impala to blue wildebeest.
The observations also include birds, which again allows for us to monitor summer and winter visitors and study any population fluctuations.
Alien Plant Removal
Invasive plants can have a significant effect in changing the natural landscape and are a serious threat to southern Africa's eco-systems. Some 80% of the region is vulnerable to at least one alien invader. All protected areas have programs to combat these species, with Kwa Tuli being no exception. These plants use resources that are already limited and cause the decline of indigenous species. As the plants are alien, they themselves cannot be used as a resource by indigenous flora and fauna and therefore have no natural predators causing them to spread rapidly.
Results to date
Along the Limpopo River where Koro Camp is situated there has been a sharp increase in the amount of Prickly Pear Cactus. Our volunteers have been involved in the pain-staking task of removing the cactus and burning the remains to assure it does not spread again. We have removed the cacti from a 2km stretch of the river and we are confident that with continued efforts we will eradicate this species from the reserve in the forthcoming months.
Predator Tracking
As predators act as key species in an eco-system the management at Kwa Tuli have placed a strong emphasis on the collection of data to determine what species are present on the reserve and to monitor their populations and movements. Our volunteers are involved in the tracking of leopard (Panthera pardus), brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) on a weekly basis and with cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) on monthly basis. Smaller predators are also recorded such as caracal (Caracal caracal), serval (Leptailurus serval), African wild cat (Felis silvestris lybica) and African civet (Civettictis civetta). All species are monitored through tracking, sightings and camera traps.
Results to date
Our volunteers have been extremely successful in the data collection regarding leopard, brown and spotted hyena. We are building up a large database that is beginning to show the home ranges of these animals. One of our camera traps recently showed a brown hyena that appeared to be pregnant, great news for conservation of the species in the Tuli. Our data collection has indicated that we have several leopards on the property, and we are now beginning to piece together the data and identify each individual. As long as they are not genetically related we can hope for some Kwa Tuli cubs in the future. One of the leopards we have seen in camera traps and through tracking is a huge male we have named Nkwe (Setswana for leopard), as dominant males patrol large territories we are very proud that he has taken residence within our boundaries.
Tree Wrapping
With the sheer number of elephants that use Kwa Tuli it is inevitable that they will damage trees in their constant search for food and water. It is widely documented that elephants can destroy trees through pushing them over to feed on their leaves. But they can also kill a tree by removing the bark. As many of our trees have fallen victim to this, the management at Kwa Tuli has decided to protect the small population of the elephant's favorite trees that we have left through tree wrapping. Tree wrapping involves wrapping wire around the tree trunk to deter these huge herbivores. The wire is wrapped in a discrete way that does not affect the ecology of the tree or any other species that utilize the tree.
Results to date
Since Projects Abroad and Kwa Tuli joined forces our volunteers have wrapped approximately 40 plus trees. The target areas are along the riverine habitat as this is a very delicate and beautiful area of the reserve that needs strict management to ensure it is kept in pristine condition. Our target trees that elephants are particularly fond of include the marula (Sclerocarya birrea), white seringa (Kirkia acuminata) and weeping boer-bean (Schotia brachypetala).
Anti Poaching
As with any reserve within Africa, anti poaching is a necessity to ensure the protection of sought after wildlife for bush meat, medicines, curios and the pet trade. These demands on wildlife have brought some species to the brink of extinction in areas and as custodians of the land the management at Kwa Tuli have adopted several anti poaching measures to ensure our wildlife is safe from poachers. The techniques that our volunteers are directly involved with include patrols to show presence and the removal of snares.
Results to date
Due to a recent increase in the number of poaching activity within the reserve the majority of the work has been handed to the Botswana Defense Force to run patrols, an invaluable resource that we are extremely happy to be able to work with. Our volunteers have also been working by trekking through the bush to search for snares and remove them. We systematically search different areas on a rotation basis. Some of these areas are extremely remote and by showing our presence we have no doubt we are deterring further poaching activity. Our volunteers have also been involved in searching other properties where we believe poachers have been active. These areas are usually around water holes where wildlife may travel long distances to drink. Therefore our efforts benefit a large area and ensure the protection of wildlife within it. Recently we have been finding what we believe to be old snares, good news that there is no new activity in these areas. Although as poaching is rife within the Tuli it is also a motivation to search for the areas where poachers are currently targeting.
Mini Projects
Vegetable plot
Although we have had burning temperatures at camp, over 42 degrees in the vegetable plot, our volunteers have been working hard assuring the plants do not wilt and die. Our tomatoes, green beans, peas and carrots are all flourishing and on track for a harvest in January. Some of the herbs and spices are germinated also and ready to be used.
Vegetarian Day
Due to the environmental impact of the average diet in Europe and North America we have decided to implement a vegetarian day to show our volunteers how easy it can be to cook nutritious and delicious food without meat. With this we teach them about the impact of red meat on the worlds resources and how unsustainable many farming practices are.
Keiran Harkin
Conservation Manager

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Pioneer Stamford developer dies at 84
Rich, brother helped turn city's downtown into thriving center
Robert N. Rich, who with his late brother, Frank Rich Jr., helped turn a flagging Stamford downtown into a thriving cultural, residential and business center starting in the 1960s, died Saturday at his Shippan Point home in Stamford at age 84 after a brief battle with leukemia.
His death was confirmed by his son Thomas Rich.
The son of an immigrant Italian stonemason who graduated from Princeton University, Rich turned his father's construction company into a major real estate development company that would become the prime architect of downtown Stamford. In 1960, following an ambitious bid spearheaded by Rich, his brother and their general counsel Lawrence Gochberg, the Stamford Urban Redevelopment Commission selected F.D. Rich as the sole redeveloper of the downtown during urban renewal.
The result was a wholesale remaking of the downtown from a deteriorating manufacturing hub to a gleaming corporate headquarters. Under the guidance of Rich and his brother, who died in 2007, F.D. Rich developed the Landmark Square office, retail and movie complex, the Stamford Town Center mall, the Stamford Marriott hotel, the High Ridge Park office complex, St. John Towers apartments and the former GTE Corp., headquarters building.
F.D. Rich's goal was to create a new Stamford skyline, and the company used architects and designers with global reputations, including Victor Bisharat, Moshe Safdie, Cesar Pelli, Mitchell/Giurgola, Hugh Stubbins and Arthur Erickson.
The company also was credited with attracting the Stamford branch of the University of Connecticut to the downtown district, building on the relationship that Frank Rich, the brothers' father, started with UConn when he built the Wilbur Cross Library on the Storrs campus in 1934.
The city's main cultural performance space, The Rich Forum, was built by F.D. Rich in 1992.
"The downtown form of Stamford was his legacy," Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia said, adding that Rich had vision and the ability "to get it done."
More InformationRich's legacy In 1960, under the leadership of Robert Rich, F.D. Rich became the sole redeveloper of Stamford's downtown. The company became the most influential developer in the city's history, developing more than 5 million square feet of office, retail and residential space. Below are some of the buildings that came about during Rich's tenure: 1971: St. John's Towers 1973: Landmark Tower, One Stamford Forum, Stamford YMCA 1977: Marriott Hotel 1979: Stamford Plaza (Four) 1982: Stamford Town Center 1983: Six Landmark Square 1987: 300 Atlantic St. 1989: Biltmore Apartments 1992: Rich Forum
"(Robert and Frank) forever changed the face of the community. They brought Stamford from a blue-collar city to the corporate mecca that it is today."
Rich and his family have been more than developers of buildings, said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Stamford's former mayor, noting that his efforts brought vibrancy to the city.
"Bob Rich and his family defined the landscape of downtown Stamford for more than three generations," Malloy said in prepared comments, joining his wife, Cathy, in extending sympathy to the Rich family. "He has contributed immensely to the cultural, historic and business vitality of our city."
Friends and business associates across the city described Rich as the type of personality Stamford needed as a driving force to reshape its future.
"Without Bob Rich, there would be no Stamford as we have today," said Jim Fagan, senior managing director of the Stamford office of Cushman & Wakefield.
"He was a visionary and strong willed. He had a Midas touch, and was a great guy."
Fagan's comments were echoed by other longtime players in Stamford's evolution as a business center, including Jack Condlin, president and chief executive officer of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce and Sandra Goldstein, president of the Stamford Downtown Special Services District.
"They broke the mold with Bob Rich. His intelligence, vision and creativity will never be matched in this city," Goldstein said.
Condlin, executive director of the Urban Redevelopment Commission when it worked with F.D. Rich on various projects, said Rich and his brother developed a model urban renewal program, setting the stage for future changes.
"He helped establish the foundation that helped make Stamford into one of the largest corporate headquarters in the U.S.," he said. "Bob was somewhat of a mentor to me."
Rich graduated from Stamford High School in 1944 and from Princeton University in 1948. He was a principal for 65 years in the firm that his father started in 1921.
F.D. Rich's projects instilled confidence in the Stamford community that it could accomplish important projects and demonstrate its place as an emerging business center, according to Carl Kuehner, chief executive officer of Building and Land Technology, developer of a new generation of growth in the Harbor Point mixed-use project.
"It showed that something upscale could succeed in this community," he said. "Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the Rich family."
Rich was diagnosed in the summer with hairy-cell leukemia, a type of blood cancer, and was treated with chemotherapy, according to his son, Thomas. He said the disease was thought to be highly curable and his father's death came as unexpected news.
"We were planning to celebrate his 85th birthday," Thomas Rich said.
Rich retired from his leadership role at Stamford-based F.D. Rich Co., in 1996, when he turned the real estate development business over to his son. In his later years, he split his time between a residence in England and his home in Shippan.
While Rich no longer had an official title at the company, he often showed up at the F.D. Rich offices on Summer Street and served as an adviser.
"To other people he was synonymous with the rebirth of the city," said Thomas Rich. "But to us, he was our father. He was our pop."
Born in Stamford on Feb. 13, 1928, he was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanne Slavin Rich; his daughter, Amy Louise Rich; his parents, F.D. Rich Sr. and Mary Prisco Rich; his brother, Frank D. Rich Jr., and his sister-in-law, Jean Hopkins Rich. He is survived by his partner of more than 30 years, Valerie A. Wiltshire, of Stamford; his daughters Priscilla A. Rich, of Boone, N.C., and Martha Rich Andrus, of Boulder, Colo.; and his sons Christopher M. Rich, of Roanoke County, Va., and Thomas L. Rich, of Stamford. Ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive him.
A memorial service in his honor will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 30 at the Stamford Yacht Club. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Boys and Girls Club of Stamford (bgcastamford.org) or by mail to the Mary C. Rich Clubhouse, 347 Stillwater Ave., Stamford 06902.


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March 2018
Recent Releases
Death Below Stairs
Jennifer Ashley
Kat Holloway, the talented new cook at Lord Rankin's Mayfair mansion, who investigates when her young assistant is killed.
Series alert:
This atmospheric series debut by a veteran romance author is followed closely by the 2nd entry,
Scandal Above Stairs
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Whistleblower Alice Russell disappears while on a corporate retreat with four other women
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Darkness, Sing Me a Song: A Holland Taylor Mystery
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Faceless Killers: A Kurt Wallander Mystery
Henning Mankell; translated by Steven T. Murray
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When an elderly Swedish couple is brutally killed at their rural farm in Skåne, troubled, opera-loving Inspector
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If you're looking for a truly unique entertainment experience, you will definitely not want to miss Traces ! What exactly is Traces? Think the thrill of a circus meets the intensity of Olympic gymnastics meets the beauty of dance, all performed by Montreal's own 7 Fingers company. Throw in some skateboards, basketballs, furniture and a few musical instruments and, you've got a truly unforgettable performance! So head down to The Water Tower Place's Broadway Playhouse and prepare to be AMAZED!
"Traces combines extraordinary acrobatic feats, music, film, narration and dance. Seven performers deliver gravity defying displays of skill that are fresh, urban and inventive. The cast's wide-ranging talent includes traditional Chinese acrobatics, balancing on each others heads, tumbling through hoops and leaping spectacularly up giant poles without using their hands…
7 Fingers is a French idiom used to describe distinct, individual parts moving in coordination towards one common goal. Founded in Montreal by 7 seasoned circus performers, and now with five touring shows, this collective has charmed audiences across the globe with their strikingly human and unprecedented multi-disciplinary approach to circus, moving their distinct parts towards common artistic goals…"
These young and extremely talented individuals come together from across the world and all levels of acrobatic experience to work for this common artistic goal. New Hampshire native Mason Ames joins 7 Fingers from training at The National Circus School. Ames participated with the company in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and was also seen in Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis. Montreal's own Valerie Benoit-Charbonneau has also trained at The National Circus School, participated in the Vancouver 2010 Games and was in Viva Elvis, as well as a Koren production of Crique Eloize's iD. Quebec's Mathieu Cloutier joins the company after three years at Circus School of Quebec. His previous credits include Crique du Soleil and Les grands Operas de Quebec. Bradley Henderson is one of 7 Fingers first original members. He started circus in his hometown of San Francisco, California and moved to Montreal to attend The National Circus School until his graduation. Phillipe Normand-Jenny, also from Montreal trained at The Circus School of Quebec as well, and has since participated in more than 275 performances, including Cirque du Soleil and Les grands Operas de Quebec. Xia Zhengqi comes to 7 Fingers from Anshan, China. He started work with the Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe and was a 4th Medal Winner at the fourth National Acrobatic Competition in China, Finally, Switzerland native Florian Zumkehr began his training at circus school as a child and continued into his adult years at The Berlin Circus School.
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Peptide synthesis
The facility operates three peptide synthesizers and three HPLC systems for protein and peptide purification:
4 Peptide Synthesizers:
- 2 x SYRO (MultiSynTech)
- 1 x ABI 433a (Thermo Scientific)
- 1 SPOT synthesizer ResPep SL (Intavis Bioanalytical Instruments)
3 HPLCs:
- 2 x BioCAD HPLC (Thermo Scientific)
- 1 x Ultimate 3000 (Thermo Scientific)
Peptide Synthesizers
The picture shows a Syro II peptide synthesizer (MultiSynTech GmbH), which is a fully automatic, computer controlled instrument based on a two arms pipetting robot.
SPOT Synthesizer
The picture shows our new SPOT synthesizer ResPep SL from Intavis Bioanalytical Instruments.
HPLCs for peptide and antibody purification
We operate one HPLC (BioCad, Vision workstation, Thermo Scientific, see picture) equipped with affinity columns for antibody purifications and two HPLCs (1 Ultimate 3000 (Thermo Scientific), 1 BioCad) equipped with reversed phase columns for peptide purification.


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World's First Dual-Core Gyroscope from STMicroelectronics Handles Smart User Interface and Image Stabilization in Phones and Tablets
Jan 05, 2012, 09:00 ET
GENEVA, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and the leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for consumer and portable applications[1], has introduced the market's first dual-core gyroscope capable of handling both user-motion recognition and camera image stabilization. With the innovative system architecture of the ST device, equipment manufacturers only need to use a single gyroscope for the two different functions, reducing the size, system complexity, and cost in mobile phones, tablets, and other smart consumer devices.
The innovative design of ST's dual-core gyroscope employs separate output paths optimized for the two different functions in a 4x4x1 mm package. The device addresses, at the same time, motion and gesture recognition and optical image stabilization for sharper mobile-camera photos.
"ST's dual-core gyroscope lights two candles with one flame," said Benedetto Vigna, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of ST's Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group. "Instead of using two dedicated sensors with significantly different specifications, phone and tablet manufacturers can now simply integrate a single gyroscope for both gesture recognition and camera image stabilization, which enables more reliable performance, sleeker form factors, and lower costs."
Addressing power constraints in battery-operated portable devices, ST's new gyroscope includes power-down and sleep modes and an embedded FIFO (first-in first-out) memory block for smarter power management. The sensor outputs data through independent I(2)C and SPI interfaces and offers additional digital embedded features, such as configurable low- and high-pass filters. The gyroscope embeds a temperature sensor and can operate with any supply voltage over the range of 2.4 to 3.6V.
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Sedona Arizona is famous for its Vortex Sites, which are enhanced energy locations that facilitate prayer, meditation, mind/body healing, and exploring your relationship with your soul. There is no better place to begin your exploration than at the Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa.
The Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa offers something for everyone whether it's romance, adventure or just time for your well-being. Sedona Rouge can plan and offer packages that makes it easy for you. All you have to do is get your plane ticket and they do the rest. It's a fantastic place to escape. Just tell Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa what you want and they will take care of you like they took care of us.
Friday, May 12
We were on our way to the Los Angeles International Airport to catch a flight to Sedona Arizona, unfortunately, we missed our Horizon plane flight. But the good news was that we waited for our next flight relaxing patiently in their VIP room.
Although disappointed, it really was a nice experience. There were large flat screen televisions, comfortable seating, newspapers, magazines, coffee, lattés, cappuccino, alcoholic beverages, snacks and the best service from their employees.
The only thing that would have made it better, was to have furniture to sleep comfortably for those of us who had to stay quite a long time for our next flight. By the time we got to our flight, we were refreshed and ready to go. Since this trip was a getaway trip for us to be pampered with a facial and a couples massage, we were very anxious to get to Sedona.
Finally when we arrived to the Flagstaff airport, grabbing our luggage was quick and easy. A few minutes later we rented our Hummer H3 from Alamo where they have great customer service and offer competitive rates.
The ride to Sedona through the woods was magical and breathtaking. I could feel my stressors leaving me and feel at one with Mother Nature. Travel time 30 minutes.
The Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa sits right in front of a beautiful view of the red rocks. The view was so mesmerizing just to be right on the terrace. I was quite impressed with our spacious room decorated in warm earth tones with a balcony to a soothing view. The bathroom has a wonderful walk in shower with two shower heads: a regular shower head and a rain shower head—such bliss. Their soaps are 100 percent lemon, mint and olive soap that invigorate your body and handcrafted by Sedona.
What I liked the most was the gas fire place that added the perfect ambience and warmth. What I loved the most was the heavenly king size with super pillow plush top bed with fluffy chamber pillows and the oh-so comfy mid-weight luxury down comforter & cozy lamb's wool throw blanket that hugged our bodies. This fantastic bed allowed us to sleep a fabulous 7 hours straight-through like babies. Comfortable beds are so important because after a long day in the sun, you want to rest in a comfortable bed. This was just the beginning of a relaxing weekend that has been long overdue.
We went to the Spa and were greeted by the friendly staff. We were anxious to begin our 90 minute facial. From the moment we laid our heads down we felt a great weight off our shoulders. No phone, no barking, no texting—nothing but complete indulgence.
The aestheticians started out massaging our hands and arms and then wrapped them in plastic and then a special mitt filled with rocks and pebbles to cover my hands—this was so therapeutic for my carpal tunnel. It also helps to get the body into a deeper state of relaxation. The facial was simply wonderful. The Sedona Spa facials are individually customized, using the Sonya Dakar product lines that embody the best in current, ancient and future technologies. After your aesthetician has analyzed your skin, a professional recommendation will be made to best suit your skin care needs.
Our faces were exfoliated and extracted. Three different masks were used for various parts of the faces followed by warm compresses. Our aesthetician expressed how important it is to rid your face of black heads, use sunscreen and keep your face hydrated. She also suggested a facial every season. In fact clients go every two weeks because they live in the dessert. After the facial we got a fabulous neck and shoulder massage
After the wonderful facial, we relaxed in a quiet room and sipping tea and loving each moment and feeling thankful for everything in our lives.
The locker rooms have showers, steam room, a private outdoor hydro-tub, and a full toiletry area filled with towels and items for women to get beautiful. They also offered robes, slippers, lockers, and a spa retail shop to purchase any items that were used.
Conveniently located next to the hotel was REDS restaurant. It was so good that we didn't eat anywhere else. REDS was acclaimed Sedona's Best Restaurant and Lounge, for the best Appetizers and Best Happy Hour by Kudo's Readers' Choice Awards.
REDS cuisine is prepared with an American flair and complimented by an extensive wine list comprised of new and old-world wines. REDS serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and features live entertainment Thursday thru Saturday.
I had a wonderful salad with salmon and complimented with a perfectly cooked rare hamburger that most chefs have trouble with. REDS Restaurant offers a delicious variety of in-room dining options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hold on tight and keep your seat belt on because Pink Jeep Tours to Broken Arrow will provide a wild and turbulent ride to view the beautiful red rocks in Sedona. It's 100% off road fun! Eyes open wide on this fun-filled adventure that leads you on and over the red rocks while the magnificent canyon walls surround you.
Pink Jeep Tours, the premier adventure tour company of Northern Arizona, was founded in 1960 and has its corporate headquarters in Sedona, Arizona. It serves visitors from around the world with a corporate fleet of 65 vehicles and is the only Jeep tour company with guide trainers certified by the National Association for Interpretation on its staff.
For more information on Pink Jeep Tours call 800-873-3662 or visit www.pinkjeep.com.
After this adventurous ride, we headed back to our heavenly bed and took a power nap.
At 9 p.m. we were still tired, but hungry so we went back to REDS. We had delicious taco scallops for an appetizer. Our main course was silky soft sea bass lightly flavored with yellow tomato sauce. This entrée was just enough for the both of us and while we could have eaten more, we wanted to save room for their delicious banana creped filled with crème that was so yummy, we wanted to lick the plate.
We woke up to the birds singing to us. We slept so good that we missed the morning yoga class. To make up for it we did our own yoga on the balcony for an hour just enjoying the beautiful morning. It's amazing when you're in the presence of Mother Nature you become so clear minded.
We then went off to the workout room to get in our cardio. They have towels, Nautilus treadmills and bikes, dumbbells and mats for stretching. The workout room is surrounded by glass so you can have a soothing view while working out. After the workout we went for a nice dip in the hot tub and felt our muscled melt into relaxation.
We had about two hours before our massage so we returned to REDS Restaurant and had their wonderful eggs Benedict with potatoes. Following we went for a glorious hike to the Airport Vortex. The Airport Vortex is where you have both energies which are known as upflow and inflow. The Airport Vortex has two major epicenters, an instep pyramid and a red rock mound formation, where the energy is the most intense opposite the ravine. You'll see people looking like ants on an anthill as you approach the mound, but it's a very short walk to the top and not as difficult as it looks. Don't forget your camera because the view is breathtaking. By the time we returned, we were ready for our couples' massage.
The Massage
Roberta and Nancy performed our couples' massage that was amazing. They took good care to ensure that the pressure was just right for us. While working on our sore muscles, they provided aromatherapy and lovely tranquil music to make complete. Massage therapy relaxes muscles, easing and soothing aches and pains.
The benefits of massage is to loosen those stubborn knots that keep your muscles tied up and tense. A massage will relax muscles, stimulate circulation, and increase metabolism. They performed deep tissue followed by wonderful Sedona Stone Therapy in which they use hot smooth basalt stones as tools to enhance your massage. The stones are applied with oil and glide across the skin, warming and loosening the underlying tissues. This is a deeply relaxing and therapeutic massage.
The Spa at the Sedona Rouge has certified massage therapists that are exceptionally trained in many different modalities such as Ayurvedic services, Thai Massage, Cranial Sacral Reflexology, Breath Therapy, Chakra Yoga, Stone Therapy, Cupping Massage and Conscious Nutrition.
After the massage we took a soothing bath that melted our bodies into a calmer state of relaxation. Our joints and muscles from the hike the day before were a bit stiff so the massage and bath was a complete joy for our bodies. We were rejuvenated and our bodies were restored to balance making us better for all the things life throws our way. We were so relaxed we went back to the room for a nap before our next event.
The Spa at Sedona Rouge offers world-renowned health and wellness therapies and programs such as Deepak Chopra's SynchroDestinyTM Retreat, and Lifestyle Center of America'sTM lifestyle programs. The Spa features daily Joyoga presented by acclaimed Iala, a certified Yoga & fitness instructor and guide for Sedona Red Rock Tours. Wally Reule, a personal fitness trainer certified by the American Council on Exercise, offers personal training onsite or at Sedona Fit, just minutes from the Sedona Rouge.
Sedona Taste Festival
The fourteen annual Sedona Taste signature event of the year. A celebration of fine wine and savory cuisine sponsored by Pink Jeep Tours and navigated by Sedona Trolley.
This gastronomic wine and food extravaganza is not only Sedona's signature event, but perhaps the event of the year for Sedona and the Verde Valley. Women and children wear their snazziest summer outfit from head to toe and gentlemen wear their smartest casual summer wear.
We enjoyed a celebration on a perfect afternoon near the flowing creekside at Los Abrigados Resort and Spa, located off Highway 89A at 160 Portal Lane. We tasted flavorful cuisine from award-winning restaurants in the Verde Valley as well as sampled the best wines available from local vineyards.
Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa is graciously sponsoring the Arizona Cardinal Cheerleaders' appearance at Sedona Taste weekend
The food and wine lovers also had the opportunity to participate in an auction where all proceeds from Sedona Taste benefit the scholarship fund for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northern Arizona.
Today is checkout day so we finalized our visit with a steam shower that cleansed and relaxed the whole body followed by a cool shower. One more visit at Reds to fill out tummy then it was time to go home. This is the way the end this fantastic weekend.
Our visit at Sedona was wonderful and relaxing, with a bit of adventure. Whatever your desire is the Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa will make it happen for you.
Sedona, Arizona is a magical place on this universe and being there will bring you to a serenity that is lost in our day to day lives. Sedona has many mystical vortexes and is one of the best places in North America to gain clarity, awareness, insight, expansion, spiritual growth and enlightenment. Experience the magic and mystery of the Sedona Vortexes.
Sedona Rouge is a great place to lay your head and enjoy your visit and the serenity. I am recommending this to all my friends and would definitely stay here again.
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…a wonderful rush of a book, filled with photographs of that dazzling mundane place… Jess gathered ingredients and recipes from nearly every purveyor in the place and turned those random scribblings into something great. "The Pike Place Market inspires good eating" reads the back cover. That was certainly true in this house. Danny and I flipped through the book and wanted to make nearly everything — wild mushroom tagliatelle! Spanish chickpea and chorizo stew! deviled duck eggs with green olives, smoked paprika, and fried capers!
Shauna Ahern, Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef
…an excellent collection of recipes and stories from Seattle's public market. I laughed out loud so many times while reading some of the really great anecdotes in the book. I give it two thumbs up!
Monica Bhide, A Life of Spice
Whole Wheat Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread? Bliss, and perfect with a cup of Market Spice tea (the original flavor, if you have to ask). The apple clafouti—what she calls the French Apple Custard Cake—is another bit of bliss, combining the best of the produce smells with the best of the buttery bakeries. For savory things, the Spicy Marinated Feta is lovely, redolent of all the market's garlicky, spicy, pickled delights. …reading and cooking with Jess's book is as close as I've ever come to duplicating a physical walk through the market without actually being there.
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Seattle writer Jess Thomson navigates the wild wonders of our world-famous Market via this go-to guide, which includes recipes for fresh offerings at market stalls as well as specialties by Seattle restaurant royalty. Learn the secret to Le Pichet's salade verte, the pulled-pork sandwich at Matt's in the Market and Fran's Gold Bar brownies from Fran's Chocolates.
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The cookbook has a good balance of simple recipes (including some particularly drool-worthy sopaipillas, fresh tortillas fried and topped with chipotle, cinnamon, and cumin) and more complex, fancy dinner party recipes (like a clam, mussel, and white bean paella). In the book, the vendors' hints are successfully combined with Thomson's food wisdom… With Pike Place Recipes, Thomson invites readers into the market as more than overwhelmed tourists or jaded locals—instead we arrive as excited home chefs and members of an ever-growing food community.
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Seattle's iconic Pike Place Market is teeming with inspiration for delicious dishes, and likewise is home to many of our city's most beloved shops and restaurants. Thomson has collected into one volume the best of the best to be had at the Market, such as Market Spice Tea Cake, Downtown Duck Salad from the Pear Delicatessen, and Marche's Mussels with Pernod Cream. As if that isn't tasty enough, she also gives us a plethora of menu suggestions, handy hints and tips, and a listing of shops and restaurants featured in the book.
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She did a terrific job of fleshing out this collection of shops and stores and stalls in her book, Pike Place Market Recipes: 130 Delicious Ways to Bring Home Seattle's Famous Market, beautifully photographed by Clare Barboza… Brilliant!
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Pike Place Market Recipes is more than a cookbook, flipping through its pages is like taking a tour through the variety and delight of Seattle's famous public market… The result is a book that captures the importance of place to a market like Pike Place. The place where things come from, but also the place that is the market itself. A historic landmark, a public gathering place, an anchor for a city.
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The recipes in Jess' book are simple in design and execution but full of complex flavors — and right there is some Pike Place Market Magic at work. What I love even more than the recipes is that she seems to have captured the "soul of Seattle" between the pages of a book – no easy feat, that, and one that will help locals and tourists, alike, celebrate our market for what I hope is a hundred more years.
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The book is well worth a look even if you're not from Seattle…it's full of fantastic recipes, and wonderful stories about the famed and storied market.
I couldn't imagine a more perfect gift for a newcomer to the Seattle area than this book. It's part guidebook, part cookbook, part tale of food-lover in paradise.
What you need to know about Jess comes through in everything she does. She pours her heart and soul into her writing. In this book, she basically connects you with the souls of the market and gets their recipes. But that's not it, she also gives you tips on what to do with foods you can find like her 10 way lists where she gives you 10 inspirational things to do with ingredients. This book is jam-packed with recipes and beautiful photos that highlight the beauty of the market. This is such a nice gift for someone who likes to cook.
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They were never on my radar.Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:17 pmHow come you missed R. Lee Emery and Harry Anderson?
I doubt I would have mentioned Avicii if not for the coincidence that happened today.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:41 pmTo be fair Dale Winston is a household name but Avicii is not a household name in his own household.
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Chris Harris was looking for cheap oversteer. So he and his mates procured a BMW 325i rally car. This video chronicles their first gravel test day, which as you'll see, was a shambles thanks to a clapped-out Range Rover and a dodgy trailer.
Bought for £4,000, the Bimmer couldn't drive itself to the rally-school test at Phil Price Rally School in Wales, so Chris and pals loaded it on a trailer, whose tires immediately disintegrated into rubber carcasses the size and texture of Lady Gaga's underpants.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
I'm back!
I've been enjoying answering some questions for interviews and one of those can be found at A Yarn Tale blog. Perhaps this interview can make up for my lack of updates on this blog. I have been twittering quite regularly. I'm westknits over on Twitter so I usually post current news there.
I recently got back from visiting a friend in Ecuador earlier this month and dancing in Chile with my friends who have a dance company in Chicago. It was beautiful and summery down there and I still got some knitting done.
The Santiago landscape was beautiful...
The food (especially the seafood) and wine was the best...
And I could not have been with better friends.
While I was in South America for three weeks I was able to get in contact with Deep South Fibers in time for TNNA in Long Beach. They are now representing my westknits pattern line and doing all of the distributing to yarn shops. If you'd like to see my patterns in your LYS, they can contact Deep South Fibers for wholesale information. This company also represents a handful of some really talented knitting designers like Ysolda Teague and Julie Weisenberger (cocoknits) and many many more.
I have a new pattern called Bentgrass that I just put up on Ravelry last week. My most recent finished object is another Bentgrass Neckwarmer.
It's an insanely quick knit with super bulky yarn and US 13 needles.
I used Blue Sky Alpacas Bulky Natural for this one and added some Black Walnut buttons from thehickorytree.etsy.com.
Hopefully, I'll start working on a website soon that will serve as an online location to gather everything westknits like my travel/event schedule, news, patterns, etc... For now, I'll try to share news, events, and happenings more often on this blog. Coming soon, I will be at Loopy Yarns in Chicago teaching a project class on my Daybreak shawl. The 2 part class will take place on February 20 and March 6. You can find more information on their website here.
More exciting news! I'm currently planning a trip to the Seattle area next month! The dates are March 18-29 and I will be having events at a few knitting shops in the area so I'll let you know more details soon. I am looking forward to this trip because I have never been to the Pacific Northwest before. I have the feeling I'm going to fall in love.
Sorry this post is a bit blunt and choppy, but I had to put something on here to get this blog going again. I barely even talked about the projects I'm working on right now! I suppose I will save the rest for other posts. It would be great to hear from anyone who reads this. Knowing that other people read these posts is encouraging and will hopefully boost me into sharing more.
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- Yarndude said...
I don't know how you could think that people don't read this blog... I had no idea you were in South America! (although I don't know why I would have...) Congrats on finding someone to distribute your patterns and all that, that's really cool.
- February 4, 2010 at 4:47 AM
- tricobsession said...
happy to see you again ... a french knitter
- February 4, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- Brianna said...
Glad to see the blog revived. Congratulations on finding someone to represent your work/patterns - that's a big step forward. I look forward to seeing more designs!
- February 4, 2010 at 7:11 AM
- amelia said...
Wow, that's such an excellent cowl. I love the way it looks both ways you've styled the buttons. So cute! :D
- February 4, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- Julie said...
Looks like you had an amazing time!! I love that cowl you made, it's gorgeous. I particularly love the red thread for the lovely wooden buttons- such a great unexpected pop of colour. nice detail!
- February 4, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- The Sweatshop of Love said...
Love that man cowl! And those buttons are killer.
- February 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- pendie said...
welcome back; looking forward to seeing more of your work
- February 4, 2010 at 10:20 AM
i'm jealous of your travels! both south america and the pacific northwest! i've heard really great things about churchmouse yarns & teas in seattle if you get a chance!
- February 4, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Deb said...
I'm a huge fan of yours and...I live in Seattle! So I will be anxiously awaiting details of where you'll be and when and what you will be teaching!!! I hope you can tell that there are indeed fans of yours out here who've been waiting for the next blog post!!
- February 4, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Jane said...
Glad you're back! I love your designs and come by regularly to see what you've been doing. Admittedly, there hasn't been much on here recently - but then I think about how erratic my own blog postings are, so don't feel guilty.
Please post your Seattle stops when you get them scheduled!
- February 4, 2010 at 1:08 PM
I agree with Yarndude. Of course people read your blog. It's funny; I was just perusing Ravelry yesterday and noticed Bentgrass (love it!) and thought to myself...wow, he hasn't blogged in a while, yet he's obviously still making awesome stuff. So, I'm definitely glad to see you back on the blog!
- February 4, 2010 at 2:23 PM
- Genevieve said...
I'm another one who's glad to see the update. I look forward to seeing more of your amazing patterns and hearing about your travels. Thanks very much for taking the time to share with us.
- February 5, 2010 at 7:16 AM
- knitnena said...
Of course we do read your blog! Your patterns are amazing!!wonderful news! Congrats!
- February 5, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Congratulations! I'll mention your patterns to my LYS when next I'm in.
- February 5, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Emily said...
You have such great patterns - it's fun to see their inspiration and progress on the blog. Glad you had fun in South America! More picture! :)
- February 5, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- willyg said...
It's good to see you back! And I'm a little envious of your trip to South America...not to mention Seattle! I can't wait to hear more details of your projects and your travels. Your designs keep raking in the compliments on the streets and are an inspiration to me to come up with my own things as well!
- February 6, 2010 at 9:52 AM
- Unknown said...
I just started knitting 3 weeks ago because I fell in love with a odd ball of alpaca wool that was on sale. I decided on the spot that I was going to teach myself to knit. Later while surfing the web wondering if there were other men who knit, I came across your blog and found it so fascinating and entertaining with all your projects and thoughts. Since then, I finished a short and narrow scarf. Now I'm looking to start another project, expanding my horizon. Your work is so inspirational. I am thoroughly enjoying your updates and am looking forward to your next.
- February 7, 2010 at 12:55 AM
- Affiknitty said...
I just bought the Daybreak Shawl pattern last week, and I like your new cowl pattern too. Congrats on getting connected with someone to distribute your patterns and, Thanks for the update!
- February 7, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Unknown said...
my friend who knits told me about your blog, and since i am a complete beginner i always check for updates and more amazing pieces! :) something to aspire to!
- February 7, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- knitwick said...
Woohoo!! Welcome back! I hope that you have fun in Seattle. It's kind of hard not to...
- February 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM
So glad you're back...I love your blog and patterns. Your patterns are awesome...keep up the good work.
- February 9, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Saskia said...
Hey Stephen, I found your blog a while ago and have been waiting for new posts to read and there they are! Yay! I have been 'piling posts up' in the past and I recognize the feeling, a good clean cut and fresh new short post will take care of a lot of shimmering guilt. Good job! I love your designs and its great to read about your step into professionalism. I hope to get time to do more designing and get there too. Knit on!
- February 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Unknown said...
So glad to see your return. Have been following your posts on Twitter after the website's last entry in October, but glad the website is now current. So happy all is moving forward and that your talents are being recognized as they well should. Keep up the fantastic work. You and your work is inspirational to all knitters, especially for all of us men who knit along with you.
- February 23, 2010 at 12:55 PM


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The Mann Museum
In 2003, the Mann Wildlife Learning Museum was purchased by the Montgomery Area Zoological Society and moved to the Montgomery Zoo. The collection of large animals on display was taken with bow and arrow by trophy hunter George Mann. Guests visiting the Mann Wildlife Learning Museum are able to touch and feel the furs and antlers of some of the animals on display. The animals are in a three-sided displays so you can walk up close and see the animal and their habitat. All the displays are assembled from natural material and actual plants, rocks, trees, small critters, dirt and sand collected from the actual site where displayed animals lived its life. Also in the fish room, all kinds of mounted fish are on display; including stingrays, sharks, marlin, blue fin, and a killer whale (orca).
George Mann and his story
The Mann Wildlife Learning Museum was originally opened in Opelika, Alabama under the name of Mann Museum and Outdoors. It was the culmination of a life long dream of George P. Mann, a recognized authority on the outdoors and animals of North America. George, together with his wife and their children, committed their knowledge, time, and finances to bring to Alabama one of the finest museums of natural history in the country, dedicated to wildlife conservation through education. Relocated to Montgomery in January 2003, The Mann Wildlife Learning Museum brings together a lifetime committed to the study of wildlife and the collection of one of the most complete presentations of North American and Alabama wildlife: animals, birds, fish, and reptiles. From his earliest days hunting, trapping and fishing, George was consumed with the desire to learn and appreciate the unique living habits of these animals to the extent that he could fully understand their behavior. Before his passing, Mr. Mann was a member of the Conservation Group of the Boone and Crockett Club, a member of the Pope and Young Club, and a charter member of the P & Y Conservation Committee. He was nominated for induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. He was twice named as the Governor's Wildlife Conservationist of the Year in the State of Alabama. Now, with the relocation of the extensive collection, the Mann legacy has been continued by his family and dedicated themselves to the conservation of wildlife and the education of our citizens.
The Bear Family
Wildlife Conservation through Education
Of all the wonderful animals on earth, the bear family is my personal favorite. They will eat anything (meaning they are omnivorous). They also like to be alone and left alone (solitary) and they do not like humans. They fatten up for the winter and survive by wandering the wilderness to avoid the stress associated with man and his impact on himself and his environment. Yes, they even snore when sleeping. Bears hunt for food and they also like to fish for food. My smart wife is more right than wrong when she says I'm part bear! The main difference is that all bears are cannibalistic and will chase and attempt to kill any smaller bear. Some folks think that man is the biggest predator on bears. That probably is not so. The biggest predators of bears are other bears. A large male (boar) will mate with a sow (female) in May or June one year, cross the path of the sow and cubs the next summer after they leave the hibernation cave (the place of their birth), and attempt to eat them all!! We are not sure why this occurs, but it is a part of the behavior of bears. Modern wildlife research, such as using satellite telemetry collars, is teaching us more and more about all wildlife, especially bears. It has been apparent that in areas that allow recreational hunting and subsistence hunting of bears, the populations have increased. Where recreational hunting is not allowed, populations are stagnant or even dropping. This suggests that sportsmen have hunted the largest, oldest males, reducing the predation of the sow or the reproduction unit of the population, as well as the cubs or future reproduction units. A sow in some cases may be able to fend off a large male but in an area where there are many male bears, she will have little chance to raise a family to maturity. I have witnessed this predation (one animal preying on another for food) in the wild. I've seen Coastal Brown Bears, Black Bears, and Interior Grizzly Bears kill or attempt to kill both the cubs and the sow. I have talked to many Inuit's (Eskimos) that have seen a polar bear catch and eat a sow and her cubs. Polar bears are marine mammals and only the females leave the pack ice to hibernate and have their young. The old boars never leave the pack ice. One fallacy that people have about bears is their diet. Only the polar bear eats a lot of meat. The Coastal Brown Bear, Black Bear, and Interior Grizzly Bear eat as much as 75% vegetation while the Polar Bear eats 98% meat (mostly seal).
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UC Davis to establish California Telehealth Resource Center in Sacramento
Posted Jan. 20, 2010
UC Davis physicians, nurses and administrative leaders gathered recently to mark the official groundbreaking for the new California Telehealth Resource Center on the grounds of the university's Sacramento campus. The four-story, $36 million building is designed to enhance and complement UC Davis' long history and wide range of expertise in the field of telehealth, which is the use of high-speed telecommunications for medical consultations, distance education, critical care and emergency services, as well as health-care training.
The event, which included a traditional shovel ceremony at the site of construction, took place on Jan. 15, 2010, at the UC Davis Education Building.
Telehealth technologies have the promise of transforming and improving health care, especially in communities and regions that are far from large, urbanized areas with a full range of health-care services and medical specialists. The innovative use of telecommunications tools in the delivery of clinical services can increase access to health care and help advance health, especially for areas of California where physician shortages are a persistent problem.
"The use of telemedicine can improve quality of care and help bridge the barriers of time and distance that many communities currently face."
— Claire Pomeroy
"The California Telehealth Resource Center, located in the state's capital city, is the ideal focal point for training the next generation of physicians, nurses and other health-care professionals to effectively use innovative technologies to improve patient care," said Claire Pomeroy, vice chancellor for human health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at UC Davis. "The use of telemedicine can improve quality of care and help bridge the barriers of time and distance that many communities currently face."
Telehealth offers the potential of improving quality of care by enabling clinicians at one location to monitor, consult and even care for patients in distant locations. The new, 52,000 square-foot facility in Sacramento is being financed through Proposition 1D funding, which California voters approved in 2006. The building will include high-tech classrooms as part of a telemedicine learning center, an entire floor devoted to medical simulation training, as well as customized telemedicine consultation rooms, where physicians will meet with other physicians and patients to discuss medical cases via secure, high-speed videoconferencing connections.
"The California Telehealth Resource Center will connect these students with our school, enabling them to meet in a virtual classroom with their instructors and maintain that continuity of curriculum and learning from distant locations."
— Tom Nesbitt
"We will soon have nearly 50 medical students in our Rural-PRIME program who will be training at distant clinics and hospitals in preparation for possible careers in rural medicine," said Thomas Nesbitt, associate vice chancellor for strategic technologies and alliances and the founder of the university's telehealth programs in the early 1990s. "The California Telehealth Resource Center will connect these students with our school, enabling them to meet in a virtual classroom with their instructors and maintain that continuity of curriculum and learning from distant locations."
Rural-PRIME is one of five specialized curricula within the UC medical school system. It provides a range of education, including training in public-health issues and the use of leading-edge medical technologies such as telemedicine. The program has training sites in rural areas of the Central Valley, foothill region and northern reaches of the state.
Students remain in contact with their School of Medicine instructors in Sacramento via high-speed videoconferencing connections that will be built into the Telehealth Resource Center.
UC Davis Center for Health and Technology
The Center for Health and Technology is a recognized leader for its innovative use of the latest in telecommunications technology to improve the delivery of health care. The center pioneered the use of telehealth and e-health programs to enable patients from throughout California to receive direct clinical and specialty care without leaving their own communities.
The center also encompasses well-established programs in distance education and medical informatics, as well as a telemedicine learning center. These programs provide specialty services throughout California to rural hospitals and clinics, offering easy access to continuing medical and nursing education for clinicians, administrators and other health-care providers.
More than 500 courses are available via interactive video-conferencing, interactive webcasting and on-demand video. The center also plays an important role in use of high-tech communications for emergency preparedness. For more information, visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cht.
UC Davis Health System's telehealth program began in 1992 as a fetal monitoring project, connecting a small rural hospital in Colusa County with UC Davis Medical Center specialists in Sacramento. With that connection, expectant mothers, many of whom could not easily travel for specialty care because of the expense and time, could remain in their hometown and still receive the highest level of medical expertise. If a patient's condition is time-sensitive, telemedicine can be the key to quickly accessing a specialist, who can immediately assist in a diagnosis and provide the best possible treatment plan.
Today, UC Davis offers a variety of telehealth programs that deliver direct clinical and specialty care to residents throughout the state. It also offers numerous telehealth training and educational programs for medical professionals. The university's telemedicine program, for example, has conducted more than 22,000 video-based consultations at more than 100 clinics and hospital sites throughout California and neighboring states, including Native American health clinics, correctional facilities, county health offices and regional centers that serve the developmentally disabled. It now offers more than 21 medical specialties via telemedicine, ranging from infectious disease and pediatric critical care to psychiatry and dermatology.
"Not only are students at UC Davis training for rural medicine in a way far different from their predecessors," added Nesbitt, "but the new California Telehealth Resource Center will help enhance an overall emphasis on team medical practice, advanced information and telecommunication technologies, and evidence-based medicine. It will be a facility that truly helps us address some of the most challenging health-care issues in the state."
Construction of the new building is expected to be completed in the fall of 2011.


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Another App Store conqueror, the panoramic photo app Pano is on sale for Android earlybirds. Take 360 degree shots made up of as many as 16 photos seamlessly stitched and colour-blended together. If you get distracted by a passing palm tree, you can pause and resume your pano later.
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Meet the Explorers
Frank Nicholas Meyer (1875-1918)
Economic Botanist, Plant Geneticist, Photographer
Meyer arrived in America in 1901, and obtained work with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). After a year with the USDA, he went to Mexico to collect plants. On his return in 1904, David Fairchild (1869-1954) of the Foreign Plant Introduction Section of the USDA hired Meyer to make a collecting trip to China. When Meyer sailed for China in 1905, he began a 13-year odyssey that led to the introduction of more than 2,000 species of plants. In an arrangement between Charles S. Sargent and Fairchild, Meyer sent the Arnold Arboretum trees and shrubs of ornamental value along with his photographs of plants and landscapes.
Meyer's first expedition took him to northern China, Korea and Siberia. While in Shanghai in February 1907, Meyer met the Arboretum's plant explorer Ernest H. Wilson.
During this initial expedition, Meyer concentrated on collecting seeds and scions of fruit trees and other edible plants such as the Chinese pistachio (Pistacia chinensis), wild peach trees (Prunus davidiana) and a dwarf lemon (Citrus x meyeri), as well as ornamentals such as a maple (Acer truncatum), a columnar juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Columnaris') and the Amur lilac (Syringa amurensis).
In his second expedition, Meyer traveled to the Crimea, and then continued on to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Chinese Turkestan. Political unrest forced him westwards instead of continuing on into China. He journeyed up the Volga, on to St. Petersburg and Western Europe. He returned to the United States in 1912 on the Mauretania, one day behind the ill-fated Titanic.
Meyer returned to China in 1913 with a request from the U.S. Office of Forest Pathology to ascertain whether the chestnut blight disease was of Asian origin. He was able to prove that it had indeed developed in China, but the disease had not decimated the Asian chestnuts species.
In December, he and his party left Beijing for Shanxi and Henan Provinces, all the while collecting numerous specimens, scions and seeds. The expedition returned to Beijing but soon set off for Kansu and the Tibetan borderlands. Later he went north to Lanzhou. Meyer's last expedition, which began in 1916, was to Ichang and Jingmen. He was forced to spend the winter of 1917 in Ichang because of civil unrest. On June 1, 1918 Meyer boarded a boat for Shanghai, but that evening he fell to his death from the steamer. His body was later found in the Yangtze River 30 miles from Wuhu. He was buried in Shanghai.
In 1920, his former associates at the USDA had a medal struck with funds he had bequeathed them. In recognition of his contributions and service, the Frank N. Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources is presented yearly for service to the National Plant Germplasm System, whose mission is to preserve the genetic diversity of plants.
Frank Meyer was a prolific photographer of the minutia of daily life. With his snapshot camera he captured laborers at their work, bamboo furniture, boatmen hauling lines, a giant cake made with jujubes and hundreds more. In contrast to Ernest Wilson's grand photographs, Meyer's are very much of the moment. He was meticulous in explaining not only what was depicted in the image and why it was the way it was.
His captions in this gallery of selected images reflect his empathy with the subject matter and the enthusiasm he held about the potential for improvements in economic botany in the West based on his exploration of the East.
We have been fortunate to digitize our collection of 1344 individual Meyer photographs and their descriptions.
Frank N. Meyer (1875-1918) papers, 1906-1914 [pdf].
Isabel Shipley Cunningham. "Frank Meyer: Agricultural Explorer." Arnoldia 44:3, 1984 [pdf].


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Cades Cove Bus Tour in Pigeon Forge, TN
Tennessee Mountain Tours • 153 East Wears Valley Rd Suite 10 • Pigeon Forge, TN 37863View on Map
Embark on a guided bus tour of Cades Cove, a true Smoky Mountains treasure. As one of the most popular spots in the National Park, Cades Cove offers guests prime wildlife viewing along with historical anecdotes. Throughout your 4-5 hour bus tour, your guide will tell you all about the history of Cades Cove and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Don't forget to bring your camera!
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How long is the tour?
The tour is approximately 4-5 hours from about 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
What will I see on the tour?
The tour takes you through Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park where you have the chance to see an abundance of wildlife including black bears, white-tailed deer, and turkey. Guests also see historic buildings such as churches, a working grist mill, barns, log houses, and more.
Can I ask my tour guide questions along the way?
Absolutely. Guests are encouraged to ask questions throughout the tour.
Where does the tour begin?
Tours meet and depart from the parking lot at Shops of Pigeon Forge, 135 E Wears Valley Rd, Pigeon Forge. Be sure to look for the white bus with the Tennessee Mountain Tours logo on it.