This month I launched my new shoe collection for this summer. It is the 9th shoe collection I'm designing, and each one is a small dream-come-true for me.
Most people know me as a jewelry designer, but originally I'm an industrial designer, and basically – a person who finds it difficult to decide what field of design she finds most intriguing. I started studying industrial design (or product design) after enrolling to architecture studies and changing my mind at the last minute. I already knew at that point that I want to design product that have a connection to fashion. At my third year of design school I got the opportunity to study one semester in Buenos Aires university and to specialize in shoe design.
It was a fantastic period of my life, in a unique city which left me with many great memories. The fact that I speak Spanish helped me get along and learn many new things.
During the course, we learn how to design the shoe, make the pattern and choose the right sole, heel, and body. for my final project I design a shoe collection which connect eastern traditional apparel with western modern streetwear. I even created a pair with the help of a local shoemaker. I dreamed of designing my own shoe line one day, but never imagined it would actually be possible.
But, after a few years of designing jewelry, and when my brand grew and evolved, I found myself fulfilling the shoe design dream and designing the first collection for my brand, with a shoe manufacturer in china which agreed to work with me on my design and to produce in relatively small quantities. I worked with this manufacturer in the years that followed, traveling to china every year with my designs, until I became a mom and the long trips became too difficult for me.
After taking a break from designing shoes, I recently started working with a local manufacturer here in Israel.
Apart from more quality time with my daughter, I got the opportunity to support the local industry and produce high quality leather shoes.
The production costs are now higher, but I decided to keep the prices for the shoes as close as possible to the ones my customers got used to, and profit a bit less – but sell a product which I believe is fantastic.
Becky flats from winter 2017 collectionIn the design of my shoe collection I try to emphasize the values of my brand and to use materials and styles I would like to wear myself.
The new collection that was just launched (you can see it here) focuses on combination of textures and materials, in different shapes and forms. It incorporates suede, colored leather and metallic leather, which is very trendy at the moment.
Apart from the shoes – we have a new collection of handbags which I design – check it out here!


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All posts for the month September, 2015
Chandigarh 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, left on Wed 30th Sept
Posted by Karen on September 30, 2015
Posted in: India.
We spent four nights in total in Chandigarh staying at the ZO Rooms Akashdeep in Sector 22B (1999 INR per night). We had initially anticipated only one night to allow us to get an oil change and rear brake pad change (and a wash) for the ANIMAL. But my medical appointment blew things out to three nights, as I had to go back to see the Surgeon on Monday.
We had tossed up where to apply for our Myanmar Visas, as some people are getting them in Nepal and others in India. Our friends, Claire and Emiel who are also with us at the moment, were planning on Dehli and we all want to go to Agra to see the Taj Mahal…..so although Vince ideally wanted to avoid the chaos of a big city it was looking like thats where we would head for. In the meantime our Dutch/Tassie friends, Aad (Art) and his son Mike (whom we met briefly in Pakistan on the road, and whom we recently discovered will be on the group to Myanmar ……we need a guide so have joined a group via Burma Senses), are already in Dehli trying to get Visas…..and are having a lot of problems with the Embassy. It smacked so much of our troubles with the Indian Embassy in Tehran that we decided to hold off going to Dehli and see how they got on first…so spent another night in Chandigarh. The alternative was to get our Visas in Kathmandu…..but the recent problems has seen the closure of borders between India and Nepal and a resulting fuel shortage….so that was not really an option any longer and affected our plans to visit Nepal. This may be a blessing in disguise as if we did leave India we would need to get another Indian Visa to transit through to get to Myanmar………memories of Tehran haunt us over and over in so many ways!
Whilst in Chandigarh we basically rested from my surgery, although we did go to the local mall (very flash) to get a few things…….including trying to source a replacement Olympus TG-4 for me……without success. Vince even emailed Olympus to try to source one in either Chandigarh or Dehli (both big cities) but got not reply…..which is very disappointing as I really like their products….so I have had to buy the Nikon AW130 instead……….so lets see how the brand change for 2upadventures performs!
Vince and Emiel found and excellent local brewery/restaurant (Malt and Co) that was having a "soft opening" so we all went along to support it…..so much so we all ended up having dinner there a couple of times and Vince and I even frequented it for lunch and breakfast!
It is very hot here and there is a dichotomy of wealth evident……complete squaller through to modern chic………the haves and the have not's are very evident here alongside one another…….it really is quite incredible to see. There are far more beggars here and children will perform in the street at traffic lights to get money instead of being at school. Many people, including street urchin children will follow you asking for money…..it really is very sad to see the poverty. I wish there was more we could do to help….I'm not sure what the answer is ….these things are never simple.
One, Two, Three…..that's enough for me!
Ok…I have now had three "tours" of International Hospitals (Scotland, Iran and now India) …..that's enough! On top of everything else, about a month or so ago (whilst in Pakistan) I discovered a lump in my left breast.
From Shimla, a few days ago, I made an appointment to see a specialist (Dr Atul Joshi) in Chandigarh at Fortis Private Hospital. He is a renowned Breast Cancer surgeon in India and because of my family history, and the fact I am travelling, he was so kind and thoughtful and managed to speed up things for me. In fact everything was done in just one day on Saturday 26th Sept…..Consultation and examination(500INR) Bilateral Mammogram & Bilateral Ultrasound (2000 INR) Reporting and Results, Surgery to fully excise the Lesion (12500 INR) and send off to histology (1600INR)….now we wait!
Vince dropped me off at the hospital around 12.30pm, as he had to take the ANIMAL for some pre booked servicing at 1.00pm…..so Claire, our Aussie 4×4 friend, kindly offered to come with me for moral support. She was a big help and I was thankful of the company. She is the only Western Woman I have seen and chatted to in months. I was in the OT prep area and looking suitably glamorous in a very fetching hospital gown and hair net when Vince finally arrived (things took longer than expected at the bike shop but he came as soon as he could)…. interestingly he had to also give signed content for my operation (this also happened in Iran)…..minutes after he arrived I was quickly whisked away into the OR and the operation took about an hour.
During surgery I was able to be awake and the Surgeon told me it doesn't look sinister……so we are very hopeful it is benign. He was quite chatty…as he has been to Australia (Sydney) recently ….he thinks I am very brave….and asked me if people were more hospitable in Pakistan or India (rivalry is evident between the two) ….I answered that that was a difficult question …but as he was the one holding the knife…I guessed it would have to be "India"…..he laughed and thought my sense of humour under such adverse conditions was impressive….so much so that he told Vince about it back in the recovery room…..we all laughed again. We were both shown the removed lesion and a round of photos was in order ……including on the Surgeon's phone. I was discharged around 7.45pm with some tablets for pain if needed…..all the staff were very professional and kind. Getting back on the bike was a bit difficult with stitches but I eventually managed and in about half an hour we were at our hotel…. ZO Rooms Akashdeep Sector 22B (1999 INR per night). Staff helped Vince carry our luggage up as I could not really lift much with only one hand….although I did manage to carry the tank bag.
I went back to see the Surgeon again for follow up and to check my wound on Monday 28th and we should get the results in 5 – 7 days online…he will also be in contact via email with me when the results come through. So we extended our stay in Chandigarh for three nights instead of just one….and we will get the results on the road….probably in New Deli or Agra. On my Monday visit, the media and administration section asked me if they could do an article on our experience at the hospital, and after being assured my medical privacy would be intact we agreed, as it may help other foreigners who need medical attention on the road.
They say things come in threes …..so hopefully this is it…….although the care and treatment I have received each time has been nothing short of exceptional…..I really don't want to have to visit any more hospitals!!!!
We spent 22nd -25th Sept in Shimla at the Cedar Grand Hotel…..both for a bit of R&R after 6 months of travelling on the road…..often in very poor accommodation conditions…and moving on each day…….sometimes doing very, very long days on the bike, as well as time for me to recuperate from my ongoing tummy problems which have been getting progressively worse. I finally gave up letting "nature take its course" and went to see a local chemist and the antibiotics he gave me along with the medication Claire and Emiel shared with me (they too are having problems) seems to have done the trick. Vince is the only one with a cast iron stomach!
We spent the days exploring the village on foot and one day (23rd) Claire and I went and had our hair and nails done (my feet were beginning to resemble Shrek)……at an exorbitant cost of only 850 INR (A$17.50).
Whilst I was taking a photo of one of the many monkeys around Shimla (there is a Monkey Temple here), Vince thought it was funny to come up behind me and grab me…..scared me senseless and made me scream. This provided much amusement to ta local policeman who commended "Very Funny" with a sweeping grin…..Claire and Emiel also laughed. But Karma is alive and well in India…..and just a few minutes later, a monkey sitting on a railing lashed out aggressively at Vince and tried to grab him…..luckily it missed….although they all look healthy enough we did not want to have direct contact with any animals as a precaution against rabies etc. The actual Monkey Temple is called Jakhu/Jakhoo Temple and is dedicated to the Hindu god Hanuman. It is situated on Jakhoo Hill, 2.5 km /1.3 miles east from the Ridge in Shimla. It has a height of 2,455 m (8,000 feet) above sea level. It is the highest peak in Shimla and offers a panoramic view of the Shivalik Ranges and the town of Sanjauli. Every year the festival of Dushera is held there. Visitors can access the temple by either a steep climb on foot, on horseback or by taxi.
We are all quite fascinated by the mist that rolls in here on a regular basis…..our hotel has a terrific view over the town and mountain….but sometimes it is shrouded in nothing but white. We have had a couple of rainy days….but that allowed us to just relax in the hotel watching movies or reading books. We have been able to get some much needed washing done….always a challenge on the road as well.
We are on the look out for another point and shoot camera as my trusty workhorse ,,,,,Olympus TG-3….. has finally reached the unreliability point…….our research tells us it has now been superseded by the TG-4 and I would be happy to get that (if we can find it in India). Looking local, they are trying to convince me that the Nikon Coolpix AW130 is the way to go…..but although its mostly comparable (and cheaper), I have checked the specs and I like the faster shutter speed (1/2000 instead of 1/1600) on the Olympus (critical for my back of bike style of photos) as well as the wider stop (f2.0 instead of f2.8). Vince also says the new Olympus has Night Live Composite….our TG-3 is crap a night shots….but this improvement takes several shots and extracts the light to build up a brighter picture…..so he is pretty excited about that….he has seen this technology before and it's impressive. So I think I will give the Nikon a miss and try to source another Olympus.
We will head to Chandigarh on Saturday 26th as we have the bike booked in for an oil change and possible rear brake pad replacement (we have the BMW parts with us that we bought in Austria) so plan to spend the night there….on the road again!
Bities in the Night…….Summerhill to Shimla
Having not got to bed until after midnight, and being woken up at 2.30am getting eaten alive by something in our bed (?bedbugs or fleas) with tiny bites all over my legs and arms…..the two Phenergan I had let me sleep in. Vince and I woke up at 12.25pm! I quickly dressed and went down to explain to our travelling companions, Claire and Emiel, who had been up and about for a while and already had breakfast. They said they planned to give us until 1.00pm and would then have come to check we were still alive!
It only took a few minutes for us to pack the bike and be on the road again. We paid the owner his 1200 INR for the room (with no shower/towels) and the 220 INR for dinner last night, he tried to encourage us to stay but our minds were made up from the moment we arrived last night. The loose plan now was to travel to Shimla itself, try to find a cafe with wifi, to have breakfast…..I was starving…..and check out alternative accommodation.
It was pouring with rain and the roads back up the hill were treacherous, the broken surface just mud slide in areas…..Vince had to use all his concentration to keep us upright…..but he got us to the top without incident. We made our way into Shimla dodging the local traffic, animals (mostly cows who have free rein here in India) and people. We were both soaked to the skin as we had sent our wet weather gear home from Austria. Shimla is a strange and colourful place that is set into the hillside…..you have to take two lifts to get up to the various streets, and one street in particular, Mall Road, where the eating places are. So the vehicles had to be parked at the bottom and we walked a short distance uphill to the lift station where we parted with our 10INR each for one way tickets up.
We found a nice cafe… but no wifi. We had a bit of a wait for a table as the cafe was very popular…..always a good sign….and had a lovely "Lunch". Reluctantly we left the warmth of the cafe to return to pouring rain outdoors and made our way back down the lifts to the vehicles. With no way to search for accommodation, Vince and I were not keen to keep wandering the wet, narrow, busy roads in the rain so we decided to backtrack along the road we had just come to the Cedar Grand Hotel and Spa… which we had spotted on the way in. Although expensive (5250INR per night), it provided sanctuary on this otherwise miserable day and allowed us to get a good hot shower which was desperately needed. Claire and I had a massage at the day spa (3800INR for both of us) and it was just what the doctor ordered after the hellish place last night…..we felt somewhat human again. Whilst us girls had a much needed pamper the boys had showers and went to the bar….where we met them later. Dinner was in the hotel restaurant and an early night was in order for us all……it was like being in another world!
Amritsar to Shimla
Posted by Vince on September 19, 2015
355km. 12 hours (inc stops. Approx 10 hours riding time).
The plan today was to ride from Amritsar to Chandigarh, pop into the Triumph dealership there and arrange an oil change for the bike, and then continue on to Shimla and the Hotel Chadwick View, where we have booked seven nights accommodation.
Google Maps suggested that it would take 4.5 hours to cover the 240km from Amritsar to Chandigarh, and an additional 3.5 hours to cover the 115km from Chandigarh to Shimla. As it was we were on the road for about 12 hours and it was a long, long day.
Claire and Emiel are travelling up to Shimla as well, so we all had breakfast at 08:00am at Mrs Bhandari's Guest House, and were on the road about 09:00am. After negotiating the crazy traffic in Amritsar we picked up NH1 and started to make good progress towards Chandigarh. This national highway was three lanes wide (six in total) and we cruised along behind the Landcruiser, sitting on 100kmh, getting a little damp in the morning rain.
About midday we had a short break for a drink, and then it was back on the bike for the run down to Ludhiana where our GPS told us to leave the highway for Route 95. The traffic in Ludhaina started to get a bit manic, roadworks had ripped up the road, and my GPS chose this moment to have a fit – first repeating over and over the name of the road we needed to take, and then refusing to update the visual map. I pulled over so I could reboot the GPS, and after a quick chat with Emiel we pushed on, trading the relative calmness of the NH1 for a bit of bump and grind as we worked our way through the traffic and out onto the dual carriageway Route 95.
Chandigarh is a big city and it took us some time to make our way through it – one major road had a series of roundabouts on it and it quickly became obvious that the locals here either don't know or don't care about how to handle them, but we managed to steer through them unscathed and located the Triumph dealership I was looking for shortly afterwards.
Krishna Automobiles in Chandigarh is an umbrella company for BMW automobiles and Triumph motorcycles, and we parked in the BMW car park – with our motorcycle and the big Landcruiser immediately attracting attention from the staff in the showroom. Karen and I have become accustomed to the professionalism and courtesy extended by the various BMW dealerships we've visited during our travels, and Krishna Automobiles were no exception.
All four of us were looking pretty worn and ragged when we waltzed into the showroom, but we were quickly reclining on their comfy sofas, having a coffee and some biscuits as I explained my requirements to the Vice President – After Sales. We took a walk to the lower floor to see the Triumph mechanics as they assembled new Thunderbirds and 800XC's straight out of the box and talked oils for a while, before heading upstairs again.
The four of us wandered across the road to the 'Big Bazaar' – a large, multi-storey shopping mall equivalent to what you would find in Joondalup – but even better as on the ground floor we passed a clothing store with a few Royal are fields in the window, a Harley Davidson showroom, and a beer hall selling 25 different kinds of beer. The Triumph showroom was just across the courtyard – Karen and I will have a look inside when we come back here next week.
We went upstairs to the food court and had our first KFC Zinger Burgers ™ in ages. The shopping mall was very busy, KFC even more so – full of young Indians eager for a taste of western culture.
We sauntered back to our vehicles, mounted up and headed off in the drizzle, passing a shanty town of tarpaulins and raggedly-dressed children just a short distance away from the ritzy shopping mall – a stark contrast if ever we've seen one.
It wasn't long before we started up the Himalayan Highway – Route 22 towards Shimla. It was late in the afternoon when we left Chandigarh, and as soon as we started to climb up the foothills the going got much slower with the road shrinking to two lanes (total), and a lot of slow trucks ahead of us. The driving became quite frenetic along here in a dog-eat-dog style – if you weren't prepared to risk your life and overtake the vehicle in front then you'd get eaten up by all the cars and buses and trucks coming from behind as they had no qualms about overtaking around blind bends and into oncoming traffic.
The wet and mud-slicked road surface didn't help improve my disposition, and it was a battle of nerves to keep on pushing on, and the distance markers to Shimla ticked down painfully slowly. In Solan we pulled over to try and call the Hotel Chadwick View to tell them we were on our way – as the hotel had requested this – and to briefly chat with Emiel and Claire and see how they were going. It was almost dark at this stage and we still had about 46km to go – it was evident we were going to arrive quite late into Shimla.
The traffic lightened up a bit after Solan, but it just takes one erratic truck to ruin your day and I was constantly on tenterhooks, at times unable to see the edge of the road on my left through my rain-smeared visor, and being dazzled by the lights of oncoming vehicles. For most of the time I rode with my visor up, ingesting clouds of thick diesel smoke belched out by passing trucks.
Our hotel was a few km north of Shimla, and the road into it was broken and pot-holed. Emiel drove down the steep, twisting track first and I followed cautiously behind, tired from the long day and unable to fully sight the curve of the hairpin bends in the darkness as the lights of the bike just shone straight ahead. The track became even more broken up and it became a bit of a night-time off-road adventure ride in places.
I was relieved, and the others were as well I think, to finally arrive at the Hotel Chadwick View, but it wasn't long before elation turned to gloom when we inspected our rooms and found out that the 'deluxe rooms' we'd reserved online lack basic things like showers. We managed to get upgraded to rooms that featured western toilets as the first rooms just had squat toilets, but even then the rooms were very primitive.
The hotel manager arrived in his zippy little car and he whizzed me back almost all the way back to Shimla so I could get some beer and water for the four of us as we all needed a drink, whilst his wife prepared some basic food for us. The drive back up the hill verged on the terrifying – Colin McCrae and his WRC driving buddies have nothing on an Indian in a hurry.
Emiel was asleep when I returned, struck down with the gut-rot he'd been battling with all day, so Claire came upstairs where Karen and I were, and we drank beer and chatted whilst we waited for dinner to be served and which arrived at 11:30pm.
We chatted a bit more after dinner and then it was time for bed, but not for sleep as first Karen got the heebie-jeebies from a big spider in our bedroom, so we shifted to another bed in another cubicle in our odd apartment, and there she got attacked by bed bugs or something, so it was after 02:30am before we finally settled down to sleep.
It had been a very long day, but I was pleased that we'd managed to get some things organised in Chandigarh for the bike. I would have preferred to have reached Shimla in daylight to have enjoyed the scenic view on the way and to have had a safer ride – this road features in the TV series "Ice Road Truckers – World's Deadliest Roads – India" – and having ridden it in the wet and the dark I'm happy to tick the box and not do it again.
Tomorrow we're going to relocate to another hotel – the Chadwick View isn't turning out to be the relaxing locale we had anticipated, and none of us would survive a week here.
Amritsar Sightseeing Day
Up just after daybreak, Karen and I had a leisurely swim in the pool at Mrs Bhandari's Guesthouse, and then it was time for breakfast with Claire & Emiel, all before 09:00am when our air conditioned van booked to take us on a sightseeing tour of Amritsar arrived.
We first stopped at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama…..it was very interesting although a bit confusing at times. We saw exhibitions including the Golden Temple and the acquisition of the original Koh-I-Noor (1814). Fascinating to make the connections, even with Iran.
Next we were driven to Jallianwala Bagh memorial park – dedicated to the memory of the locals massacred by British troops in 1919. The massacre of hundreds of unarmed, defenceless Indians by British Brigadier General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer on 13th April 1919 at Jallinwala Bagh was a sad day. Under the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Dyer deployed his riflemen near the entrance without warning or order to disperse, they opened fire for 20minutes. 1650 rounds of ammunition was fired and 379 officially killed with 1200 wounded in a crowd of around 20,000. The park is very popular with locals, and it was a somber experience walking through it – seeing first a plaque denoting where the troops fired from, and a couple of hundred metres away a brick wall pock-marked with bullet holes. Nearby was 'Martyrs Well' – in an effort to avoid the gunfire many people jumped into this deep well, and after the carnage 120 bodies were retrieved from the well – all people who had drowned.
From here we travelled a short distance to the Silver Temple, Shri Durgiana Tirath – a copy of Amritsar's Golden Temple. Placed strategically in the middle of the city, pilgrims flock to this temple not only from India but also from abroad. Over the years, it has become an epicenter of Hindu renaissance and rejuvenation. The complex is popularly known as "the Durgiana" and derives its name from the Goddess Durga. This connection with Goddess Durga has a socio cultural references as she is normally invoked for protection and health while the soldiers go to war. The sacred city of the Amritsar which was founded by the fourth Sikh Guru Ram Dass ji has come to assume a special significance in Hindu cosmology because of various mythical and historical connections. Amritsar is particularly nearer and dearer to Hindus as it is believed that the Lov-Kush along with their mother Mata Sita spent their early childhood in the ashram of Bhagwan Maharishi Balmiki ji in the land of Amritsar.
Not finished with temples, we then visited a Hindu Temple that was so outlandish that I would struggle to describe it, (Mandriva Mata Lal Devi). Perhaps if you imagined a cross between Adventure World and a temple you may come close – but even that isn't close enough. We climbed up stairs through the multi-level temple arcade, climbing through narrow gaps that simulated the internals of an animal (I think ….) and then through the gaping mouth of a larger-than-life lion. For those of you familiar with sideshow alley at the Perth Royal Show, it was like a trip through the Ghost Train, with something new and exciting around every corner.
Lunch was enjoyed at a nice restaurant – my rogan josh was spicy and brought up a sweat, and it's good we checked our change as that was quite short, and in the afternoon we went looking at the "Bazzar"….which turned out to be more of a shop to shop affair by our driver who may or may not have got a kickback. In any case we did end up finding a cool and tropical "Kurta" for Karen….inspired by Claire. Back at our guest house we had a swim and a few alcoholic drinks which haven't had for the last 3 months….a relaxing finish to the afternoon.
Tomorrow we will move on again – this time to Shimla, for what should be a rest for a week or so. We're all looking forwards to that !!!
Amritsar Rest Day
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Up at 07:30am, just in time to wish Martin safe travels before he headed off to Shimla, and after a pleasant breakfast of porridge and toast we went back to bed til midday as we were both bushed from our day yesterday, and the accumulated effect of travelling consistently over the past six months, moving on to a new location almost every day.
We met Claire and Emiel under the cool shade of the outdoor dining area, and sat around for the afternoon chatting and working on our computers. We've arranged to take a tour tomorrow around Amritsar so that will be cool.
Late in the afternoon we heard a ruckus outside, and the guesthouse staff opened the side gate to see what was happening. A parade was coming up the side street – led by a military band and then followed by a ute with massive speakers blaring out music, and then a crowd of people dancing in the street, followed by a horse drawn cart carrying the statue of a deity being worshipped. We were all taken into the group and had a dance with the people, much to their delight.
A short while before sunset we all caught a tuk-tuk out to the Golden Temple (Bhai Mati Das) Amritsar's number 1 attraction. After donning headscarfs or bandanas, leaving our shoes at the counter, and washing our hands and feet we entered the temple complex and had a great time walking around the pool that surrounds the Temple. Soothing music was playing over the loudspeakers, and the place felt very serene and mellow.
Claire and Emiel had previously visited the Golden Temple yesterday along with Martin in the middle of the afternoon and had commented that it was very hot and very bright with the white marble reflecting the sunlight quite harshly, and the music was more frenetic during their visit, so they thoroughly enjoyed seeing the temple this evening.
After a slow wander around the temple we caught a tuk-tuk to the nearby Brother's Restaurant, after reading good reviews in Lonely Planet and Trip Advisor. Our vegetarian meals didn't disappoint, and for 1,000 INR (approx AU$20 total for four people, including drinks) it was great value.
Our tuk-tuk ride home stopped by at a bottle shop so that Karen could treat herself to a bottle of scotch, and for now we're all relaxing in the cool garden.
Tomorrow we'll go sightsee in Amritsar – including the site of the 1919 massacre that led to the downfall of the Raj. The following day we're off to Shimla for some well-earned R&R
Gujranwala to Amritsar – 'Welcome to India' !!!
Posted in: India, Pakistan.
100km approx.
We left Gujranwala about 10:30am after a round of selfies taken with assorted hotel staff – the guys at the Marian Hotel were very kind and interested in our travels, and we have enjoyed our stay here but our Pak visas are about to expire and hence it's time to move on.
The ride down the N5 towards Lahore was surprisingly hassle-free (by Pakistan standards) and it wasn't too long before we were crossing the river just north of Lahore. Or at least trying to cross the river – as about five lanes of traffic were trying to squeeze down to two lanes before entering the bridge. The traffic was moving really slow – so slow I was paddling the bike and fearful that a bus or rickshaw was going to run my feet over.
Karen snapped some great photos of the manic congestion and also the camels resting on the river bank, and then we were across the river and onto the almost-empty Lahore Ring Road. It wasn't long before we were pulled over by the Ring Road Police and asked to show our permit as bikes aren't allowed on the road – but the policeman was very accommodating and in the absence of any permit allowed us to continue, with instructions to say in the bus lane.
The ring road quickly skirted Lahore and dropped us onto the final approach to the Wagah border crossing, another section of rural road cum highway that culminated in three passport security checks all within a couple of hundred metres, before finally we arrived at the Pakistan immigration building.
A uniformed customs officer methodically copied our carnet details into his massive logbook, and then we completed our passport formalities before finally receiving our stamped carnet, all the while watching the torrential rain bucketing down outside as it had started pouring just after we walked into the building.
Karen's jacket was soaked through as she'd left it on the bike, and so wet inside and out she climbed back onto the bike for the short ride to the India border checkpoints. We rode across the dividing line between Pakistan and India, stopping at the first checkpoint in the pouring rain. We had a form filled out for the bike entry and instructed to go to the Customs House around the corner and down the road a bit.
Karen got frisked – almost intimately – behind a screen whilst I had to unload all the crap from my pockets before we could enter the building, and then we waited for the slow immigration process to be completed. I filled out some more paperwork – labelled 'Form X' – for the bike carnet, and we then settled down on the metal seats in the customs waiting area for what seemed like an eternity.
Eventually we were called up and taken out to the bike, and asked to move it to an inspection location where six or so men poured over the chassis number and engine number. They wanted us to unpack all of our gear onto the wet tarmac, but Karen refused so we unloaded our panniers and bags and trundled them into the customs hall so they could be opened up and inspected.
Inspections completed I reloaded the bike, and we waited again for our carnet to be returned to us. The only redeeming aspect of the afternoon was 'Dozer' – the three-year old Golden Labrador narcotics dog that was more interested in chasing plastic bottles across the floor and posing for photos with travellers than sniffing around for drugs.
I had a bit of a debate with a customs officer over the spare tyres we were carrying as they weren't list on the carnet manifest, and I wasn't sure if they would try and hit us up for import duties, but eventually common-sense prevailed and they stamped our carnet, allowing us to leave.
A bit more paper-shuffling, one more passport check and then we were free and on the road towards Amritsar – 30km away.
We'd booked into Mrs Bhandari's Guest House – an icon amongst travellers, and when we rolled in about 5:30pm we saw Emiel & Claire's Landcruiser as expected – and to our surprise we also saw Martin's motorbike parked up as well. Claire and Emiel had met Martin yesterday at the Pakistan Immigration Building when they crossed the border yesterday.
The five of us enjoyed a pleasant dinner and a few refreshing Kingfisher's – my first real beer in about three months, and a rewarding treat at the end of a long day. Today marks six months exactly since Karen and I left Perth on that wet March morning to fly out to the UK and start our ride back to Perth. Arriving in India today – especially after the hassles we have had along the way in arranging our Indian visas – is especially poignant as we're pretty much half-way back to Perth.
Gujranwala Rest Day
Yesterday was a big ride day, and so the plan with Karen was to have two nights at the Marian Hotel in Gujranwala, and today was our planned rest day.
We were awake about 6:30am – that's the routine we've got into the past few days, so we woke Martin up (he was bushed and could have slept into 11:00am he said, but he needed to get to the border), and had breakfast together before farewelling him.
My day was spent catching up on blogs, whilst Karen persevered with uploading her photos and creating the photo albums for the blog – it's a big chore for her every day. In the afternoon we had the TV on and watched 'Despicable Me 2' with one eye on the TV screen, one eye on our Macs and iPad.
Karen had her boots returned after the sole of one had been repaired – her boot was falling apart last night when we arrived at the hotel, so it desperately required some attention.
Dinner was the Marian's signature dish once again – their sizzling 'twin steak' with pepper sauce & mushroom sauce …. Mmmmmm !!!
Tomorrow we're off to India – about 90-100km away from here. Bring it on !!!
Balakot to Gujranwala
Bikes packed before breakfast, which was served at 07:00am. Pakistani breakfasts for Martin and myself – spicy omelettes and paratha, porridge for Karen which suited her well as her stomach is still a bit upset.
We left Balakot about 08:00am, and quickly picked up the climb into the hills. The objective of the day was to get to Gujranwala – about 380km away – and based on our previous experience along these roads I was expecting a long day on the bike and that's what transpired.( 400km. 10 hours.)
In many villages here in Pakistan they have installed traffic calming devices – either 'sleeping policemen' – speed bumps that slow you down, or rows of metal teeth that have the same intent. Many of the speed bumps are quite high and we've scraped our bash plate across a lot of them, grateful that we'd replaced the stock bash plate with the longer 'enduro' plate in Perth before we left on this trip.
A couple of days ago I almost sent Karen flying off the bike when I hit a speed bump that was hiding in the shade of an overhanging tree – the road was broken up, pot-holed and wet, hence the surface was all black and the speed bump was perfectly camouflaged, and I didn't see the speed bump so there was no warning at all. When the bike hit the bump Karen was catapulted into a standing position and was fearful she was going to get thrown off the bike.
Today's drama occurred at one of the many rows (actually they installed in two or three rows) of the low metal teeth – as usual I slowed down and looked for a line that would take us over just one row of teeth (the rows offset and a single-track vehicle a la motorcycle can run over one or two teeth, depending upon the line taken) – and just as we went over the metal plate we received a massive jolt – as if we'd ran into a brick wall. Karen as snapped backwards against the spare tyres strapped to the top-box. I was certain we'd have damaged with both tyres and or wheels as the force was huge, but the bike continued on and all indicators showed that the integrity of the tyres was still intact.
Initially I thought that perhaps one the metal plates had flipped up and caught the tyre, but when we stopped in Abbottabad for coffee I checked the bike, and two of the three mountings that attach the rear mudguard to the swing arm had cracked and the mudguard could now pivot up and down so I'm more inclined to think that the mudguard had swung down and caught the metal plate, a bit like the arrestor hook on an aircraft. Either way I've now removed the mudguard.
From Abbottabad I led Martin out towards Murree – 'Shiela' his GPS personality wanted to take him to Islamabad via the main road, but Martin loves the twisty, scenic roads, and the road north Murree is delightful to ride.
We stopped around midday at the Amore Hotel, halfway between Abbottabad and Murree – initially to see if Karen wanted to stop for the day, and when she said she was feeling better and up for the long ride to Gujranwala, to have a coffee in their almost western cafe.
Back on the bikes we passed the monkey place where you can buy food to feed the monkeys – not that Karen did this but she still got off this bike to take a few photos, and a short while later I saw two falcons sitting on their perches next to their trainer, but we didn't stop here.
Once we'd passed Murree the traffic going down towards Islamabad was much worse – the ride to Murree had encountered very little traffic on the twisty roads, but the other side was busy and it was difficult to overtake as the straights are so short. We did see two cars that had a head-on accident, but the police were there so we didn't stop.
As soon as we dropped down to the plateau the temperature and humidity started to increase, and also the manic Pakistani driving. We took the bypass road to avoid Islamabad, but once we'd picked up the Islamabad Highway heading south to the N5 it was like the Wacky Races.
I'd calculated in my head that we should arrive in Gujranwala about 6pm, and we hit that nail on the head. The traffic was quite chaotic and we lost Martin shortly after negotiating a messy traffic snarl. I slowed down and crawled up the road in first gear but still I couldn't see him in the mirrors so I pulled off the road to wait.
Very quickly we had a small crowd of onlookers around us, and then we had two Highway Patrol police cars pull over and park, lights flashing. This only attracted more onlookers, and within seconds we were in the middle of a crowd six people deep, with people spilling onto the busy roadway.
The police were extremely friendly and courteous, offering every assistance. As I described our trip to one of the policemen and described how wonderful Pakistan was and how friendly the people were, he translated my words for the benefit of the crowd. It was getting dark and the crowd was so big I was concerned that someone would get run over, and there was no way I could see if Martin was coming, so I accepted an earlier offer from the police to be escorted to the hotel – the Marian, where Karen and I had stayed previously on our way up to the north. I had previously hoped we could turn around and go back and look for Martin but there were no breaks in the dividing wall that ran down the centre of the highway, and in the darkness it would have been difficult to spot him.
Red and blue lights flashing, we followed the Highway Patrol car to our hotel, with the second car behind us. It took about ten minutes to get to the hotel and it was completely dark when we arrived, and we were grateful for the escort. Karen explained that we had lost a riding companion, but without a phone number the police could do little to assist.
Karen checked with the hotel reception but they said they had no rooms available, which was a dilemma as there was no where else to stay and Lahore was another 60km down the road. As we discussed options in the car park outside the hotel entrance – including putting the tent up on the hotel lawn – a man asked us if we were staying at the hotel, and Karen said no rooms were available. The man then went inside and spoke with the staff there, and a room magically became free. Through sheer good luck we had been approached by the General Manager of the hotel, and he'd cancelled another booking to accommodate us!
We checked into our penthouse-sized room – perhaps the best in the hotel, and shortly afterwards the phone rang – Martin had tracked down us down to the hotel and was downstairs at Reception! His bike had gone onto reserve but had then stalled and wouldn't restart. He had then pushed his bike to a petrol station to get some more fuel, and the bike started straight away.
We were all exhausted, but after showering and a change of clothes we all enjoyed the twin steaks in the restaurant and a good chat about our day. Martin remarked that he hadn't quite believed me when I had said that it would be a long ride but had since come to appreciate just how slow it can be on the roads over here.
Tomorrow Martin will cross into India at the Wagah border crossing, whilst Karen and I relax for another day at the Marian. We've enjoyed Martin's company a lot, but he needs to push onto Nepal to get his visa for Myanmar – perhaps we'll see him in South East Asia somewhere on his way to Australia 🙂

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Two neighbouring countries with different approaches to the HIV/AIDS pandemic
by Ousman Sillah "I am in my late thirties. Can you believe it? I used to work for the Area Council and had to leave the job after I was diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB). I was like skin and bone and had to go through many herbal treatments without seeing any improvement. My family started to distance themselves from me when they suspected that I had contracted HIV/AIDS. I had to go and reside in an unfinished house in the outskirts because of the isolation. I would have died if it were not for this support society that gave me hope and company as well as the opportunity to receive regular ARV treatment and food rations," said the woman I met at the monthly meeting of one of the support groups for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). "If I had this earlier, maybe there would not have been the need to lose my job and family ties," she added. This woman is not alone. Other women in the group, which is affiliated to the Gambia Network of AIDS Support Societies (GAMNASS), narrated similar stories of the ignorance and stigma that they face when diagnosed HIV positive. Evidence of people increasingly relying on the ARV drugs for the treatment of HIV abound. AmadouDia, the president of a support group of PLWHA in Senegal, just last week on 2stv, a private Senegalese television station, said he has been living with HIV for more than a decade now and is still surviving, thanks to the antiretroviral treatment (ART). He was invited to this popular television programme 'Senegal CaKanam' to a debate with CheikhMadiagneCamara, a traditional healer, who claims that he cures HIV/AIDS. "I know I will go to my grave with the virus. However, I am confident that AIDS will not be the cause of my death because of ARV," he said. Mr. Dia expressed his conviction that both conventional and non-conventional (traditional) medicine have not yet found the cure for HIV, but that the antiretroviral can help weaken the virus in the body and thus enable the infected person to live healthily. "I don't deny the fact that traditional medicine can and does cure some ailments, but for HIV/AIDS let us be shown proves that there is a cure,' he challenged. What these remarks highlight, however, is the dangers involved in going for herbal treatment without proper diagnosis and the importance of early detection, early treatment and the timely use of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs as well as access to proper nutrition as means to contain the HIV infection. Antiretroviral or ARV drugs are medication used in the treatment of HIV infection. Although not a cure, ARV keeps the amount of HIV in the body at a low level and can stop people living with it from becoming ill for many years. ARV drug (blue), multi-vitamin (red) and septrin (white) tablets It is not just a matter of drugs Studies have established that good nutrition which means eating the right kinds and amounts of food boosts the body's immune system to fight infection and enhance the effectiveness of Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART). A technical report on Nutrient Requirements for People Living with HIV/AIDS commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in May 2003, has recommended for focus on nutrition as a fundamental part of the comprehensive package of national AIDS control, treatment and care programmes. The conventional approach conceives Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) as a disease of the human immune system and that as of now there is no cure. Hence, particular emphasis is placed on prevention, management and care. Evidence has shown that people living with HIV/AIDS are using conventional or non-conventional (traditional medicine) or both methods to treat the illness. In some sub-Saharan African countries, HIV/AIDS prevalence is actually managed, while in others the prevalence is increasing. Why? This begs for an answer. It is therefore a matter of public interest to find out how the illness is being treated in two countries, namely the Gambia and Senegal, which share boundaries and cultural heritage. Claims and counter claims of a cure "Cowries, rosary beads and 'Listikhar' (prayers) cannot see or treat the HIV virus," revealed a composed Mamadou Ba, President of GESTU, the Senegalese organisation of traditional medicine practitioners (tradipracticians), who also doubles as the President of the network of tradipracticians in West Africa. However, he added that "As Africans who have survived through the ages and using herbs to treat illnesses, we should not condemn the practice of traditional medicine. We should try and integrate the practice and make it adapt to modern scientific methods." The Gambian head of state, President YahyaJammeh, earlier this year, declared 17th January National Traditional Medicine Day. The President's focus on using traditional African medicinal practices to cure disease is not new. In 2007, he took the world by storm in declaring that he has found a cure for HIV/AIDS and eventually set up the President's Alternative Treatment Programme. 7 years later, the programme continues to receive patients. I took interest in trying to find out how many people are living with HIV/AIDS in The Gambia, how many had undergone the treatment under the president's programme, the method adopted in diagnosing the patient, the type of treatment that is administered and whether it is exclusively non-conventional (traditional), the number of people cured and the follow up programme to monitor whether or not there are relapses. However, all attempts to get official statistics from the National AIDS Secretariat (NAS) and the essence of the breakthrough from Dr. TamsirMbowe, the Director of the Programme, proved negative due to their insistence on getting clearance from the Office of the President, even though a letter from the said office which indicates that I could use footages of the treatment programme was shown to them. The President of the Senegalese tradipracticians, however, has emphasized the importance of non-conventional medicine to be subjected to regulation and scientific validation to prevent abuse. That perspective is buttressed by Dr. Col. SeyniNdoye, Coordinator of Strategic Communication at the Conseil National de Luttecontre le Sida (CNLS), Hence, the key perspective in Senegal is that HIV/AIDS is yet to have a cure and that all interventions to its treatment should be subjected to scientific validation and regulation. In the case of The Gambia, the perspective being conveyed in the official media is that there is a breakthrough. But what is found on the ground is that the patients who are interviewed are relying on antiretroviral drugs and good nutrition provided by support societies. In terms of regulation, Mr. BubacarSillah, Programme Manager, National Traditional Medicine Programme, under the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, said "There is no legislation on Traditional Medicine in The Gambia." He said the Traditional Medicine Policy, which was formulated in 2005, deals with the regulation of traditional medicine practice, touching on storage, dosaging, etc. of medicinal plants as well as ethics in traditional medicinal practice but that it needs review. Radio advertisements by herbalists abound in The Gambia and when I ventured to interview some of the most prominent herbalists in the country, my request did not fall in favour. One thing that is very apparent from the adverts is the claim to be able to cure most ailments that are known to patients. In the absence of a regulation and its enforcement, a trial and error in treating illnesses could transform many of them into guinea-pigs. Hence raising the urgency of a legislation to ensure regulation and prevent abuse before focusing on promotion. In the case of HIV/AIDS, what we do know is that the prevalence is higher in The Gambia than in Senegal. The prevalence rate in Senegal, which is among the lowest in Africa, is 0.7 percent, while it is 1.5 % in The Gambia, according to the UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic 2013. The latest figures on HIV prevalence by socio-economic characteristics in The Gambia is 1.8% for male from 15-59 years and 2.1 % for female from 15-49 years, according to the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey in 2013 (GDHS 2013). HIV prevalence survey of HIV 1 (green) and HIV 2 (blue) in The Gambia Source: UNAIDS Country report 2013 From 2001-2012, Senegal was estimated to have 27,000 and 43, 000 people living with HIV (all ages) respectively and that the current prevalence rate is 0.7% of its population, according to the UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic 2013. Percentage of seropositive from 15-49 years per region Source: EDS-MICS, Senegal 2010-11 HIV/AIDS prevalence remains a major health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since 1981 when it was first discovered in the United States, HIV/AIDS has been identified as a life threatening illness which requires concerted efforts to contain. This has led to conventional and non-conventional (traditional medicine) approaches in providing treatment to the ailment. Despite all these approaches, HIV/AIDS prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa is generally on the increase. According to the UNAIDS Global and Regional statistics, 35. 3 million people were living with HIV globally in 2012 and of which 25 million were in Africa. The same figures revealed that in 2012, 1.6 million of the 2.3 million new global infections were in Africa, while the 1.2 million of the 1.6 million AIDS related deaths globally in 2012 were also registered in Africa. According to a report of the HIV Vaccines and Microbicides Resource Tracking Working Group in 2009, about USD1.1 billion has been pumped into finding a cure globally, but it remains elusive. After having pumped all this money into research to find a cure, claims and counter claims abound in both The Gambia and Senegal regarding the availability or non-availability of a cure. Why the prevalence rate is level in Senegal and rising in The Gambia is a question that needed to be addressed. But because of the lack of an interview with the relevant authorities in The Gambia to get the records and data, the facts are still left to be sorted out. Regardless, the claims and counter claims, accusations and denials continue. The consolation, however, is that those living with HIV/AIDS are becoming increasingly determined to speak out on what they think is helping them to survive. In The Gambia, however, one could not explain in detail the approach being taken vis a vis the conventional and non-conventional interventions towards the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Senegal's approach towards the pandemic Dr, Ndoye made it very clear that three main areas of intervention make up their programme, namely prevention, treatment and care. They sensitize and train the most at risk social groups such as the youth, commercial sex workers, those with different sexual orientation, among others, and have developed partnerships with NGOs, media, civil society, including women, youth and religious groups for more than a decade to promote this venture. The national response includes the active involvement of non-state actors in the area of prevention and care. One of the civil society organisations is the Alliance NationaleContre le Sida (ANCS), an umbrella organisation of AIDS support groups, whose Director of Communication, Mr. MassoguiThiandoum, buttressed that "no success is sustainable without the involvement of the NGO community.' This organisation operates in all the regions in Senegal and is engaged in sensitization, capacity building and the provision of care and support for PLWHA. In the area of treatment, Dr. Ndoye said Senegal was one of the first African countries that started giving free Antiretroviral (ART) drugs to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) which, he said, started since 2003. "We started the national campaign very early in 1989 when the AIDS epidemic was only affecting the Central, Eastern and Southern parts of Africa," said Dr. Ndoye. The Centre de TraitementAmbulatoire (CTA) at the Fann Teaching Hospital of Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, which was opened in 1998, provides free antiretroviral treatment (ART) to about 3000 PLWHA, according to Dr. FatouKineToure of the said clinic. "This is helping us to manage the pandemic in the country," said Dr. Toure. As a complement to the treatment, Dr. Toure emphasized the need for proper (balance diet) and adequate nutrition which they recommend to those coming for treatment. These approaches are said to be yielding social dividends for Senegal in terms of enabling her to maintain one of the lowest prevalence rates in Africa and for a very long time. In its collaboration with non-conventional medical practitioners, the CNLS has intimated to them that the illness does not have a cure yet and that they should submit to the use of conventional diagnoses and treatment. The President of the Senegalese tradipracticians acknowledged that they have been told and do accept that HIV/AIDS is yet to have a cure and that they do not have the tools to diagnose or test for HIV. As a result of this realization, they do conduct sensitization among their membership on how to treat the opportunistic infections without laying claim to the ability to cure HIV/AIDS. The procedure they have adopted is to refer each suspected patient for diagnoses at and once found to be HIV/AIDS positive to encourage them to take antiretroviral treatment before subjecting them to treatment for any opportunistic infections. In order to promote protection from infection, they also advise their colleagues to avoid contact with human blood and to be using protective gloves in conducting any treatment. As for the network of herbalists in the West Africa sub-region, they are encouraging all their members to recognize that non-conventional medicine practitioners could best perform in an environment which encourages training and provides proper regulation for practice. What is being emphasized is the need for promoting both training and the enactment of proper regulations to prevent abuse. In this venture to embrace the scientific approach, they are supported by organisations such as the Open Society for West Africa (OSIWA). Voices of despair turn into hope The most interesting part of this story is the one told by those living with HIV/AIDS in The Gambia. It was very touching to hear them explain for themselves what they need. Too often, we treat people with voices as voiceless. It is not that they are voiceless but simply that they are not heard. HIV/AIDS is a disease that wears a mask. There are many claims and counter claims. What is clear, however, is that the use of antiretroviral drugs and good nutrition could keep it at bay for as long as possible. Once you listen to them, you will hear the voice of the woman in the support society who said "Stigma and discrimination are the big challenges facing us. Most of these women you see here are not married as some have been abandoned by their husbands once their HIV positive status are made known to their partners," she revealed. At this stage, the president of the society (also a woman) butted in to add that another challenge confronting the PLWHA is the lack of economic independence to be able to sustain themselves and their young families, pay school bills, house rent etc. The PLWHA explained that what keeps them alive is the use of ARV and nutritional support being provided by the Global Fund through Action Aid The Gambia. A similar position was re-echoed by the president of the society of PLWHA in Senegal. As for the women, they were jubilant in making reference to having someone around who can tell their story with the hope that their voices will be amplified for people to come to give solidarity to their cause. According to them, they are encouraged by those who provide support services to enable them continue the use of ARV and to avoid traditional or alternative medicines. This report was produced with the support of The African Story Challenge @ African Media Initiative. It was first published in the Foroyaa Newspaper (www.foroyaa.gm) on 18 March 2014. ]]>
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Innovative design solutions could play a crucial role in helping to ensure that Scotland's existing housing stock is equipped to meet the changing needs and expectations of a rapidly ageing population.
This is the key message from Trust Housing Association, one of Scotland's leading providers of housing, support and care for older people, as it unveils a new specially commissioned set of design guides which aim to help social landlords adapt their existing housing stock to meet the changing needs of older people.
Official projections from the National Records of Scotland are that the population of Scots aged 65 or older will rise by 53% from 969,000 in 2014 to almost 1.5 million by 2039.
The Scottish Government has set itself a challenging target of delivering an average of 10,000 new affordable homes per year between 2016 and 2021. In 2015, 4,037 new units of affordable housing were completed in Scotland.
Trust strongly supports the Scottish Government's ambitious affordable housing supply programme and believes this will give a significant boost to the proportion of Scotland's affordable housing stock that is suitable for older people, including an increasing number who may be living with complex conditions such as dementia. But the organisation also points to the reality that a large proportion of existing housing stock will need to remain in use for many years to come. In that context, Trust believes that making cost-effective adaptations to existing stock must be a key priority to ensure this housing is better adapted to older peoples' needs and expectations as this section of the Scottish population continues to grow.
With this objective in mind, Trust recently commissioned a groundbreaking set of design guides in partnership with North Lanarkshire's Health and Social Care Partnership. The guides provide specific guidance on adapting and remodelling existing stock, better use of colour and signage in housing developments for older people and creating attractive internal and outdoor spaces with improved access to daylight.
Contributors to the guidance include UrbanPioneers, an Edinburgh-based landscape architecture and art practice, INCH Architecture & Design, a Glasgow-based architecture, design and research practice and Graphical House, a design consultancy also located in Glasgow.
The design guides are being officially launched at a special event hosted at Forgewood Community Centre in Motherwell on Wednesday, 30th November.
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The philosophy of yoga has been with me for as long as I can remember. I never knew it as yoga, I just knew there had to be a merging of science and religion that would express the essence of spirituality.
I knew I had a deeper purpose in this life, but I wasn't sure where it would lead me. I fit in fairly well with society, attending parties and going to bars, yet I would often speak of my philosophy, linking spirituality with modern science, during social occasions.
At one of these social events, a friend told me, "You can't talk about that in this society!" I explained that I believed mankind was evolving, and that we're ready to explore our spiritual selves, or at least to become more aware of what we are. He became silent, and I thought I'd either got him thinking, or that he just wasn't interested.
A couple of days later, my friend invited over to his place, where he brought out some books on yoga, including some books about the Ananda community. I was surprised, because I'd known him for years, and he was the last person I'd have ever thought would be interested in spirituality. This was a guy who always had a beer or a drug in his hand, who was overweight, and who never talked about much else besides work and partying.
I told my friend that this was great, that I was glad to see he had a spiritual interest even though he'd kept it so well hidden. He said that many years before, he'd been deeply on this path, but that his parents had pulled him away and sent him to an institution because they were afraid he was getting involved in a cult. When he got out he was disillusioned and lost, so he turned to a life of heavy drinking and drug abuse.
So I started to read the book, and I found I couldn't put it down. It didn't take long to see that Swami Kriyananda wasn't a cult leader at all—in fact, he was a whole lot like me in his thinking and philosophy.
The Path reawakened many of my earliest childhood thoughts about life and spirit. And it introduced me to the great Paramhansa Yogananda. Through his book, Swami Kriyananda led me back to devotion to God. In it, I learned the science of religion, the purpose of meditation and prayer, and much more.
I learned, also, that Ananda wasn't a hippie commune, but a community where people have every freedom to live their lives as they wish. The people work to earn a living, and many have their own businesses, not only in the community but also in neighboring communities. What they share in common is devotion to the spiritual pursuit. It's a community where "Simple living and high thinking leads to the greatest happiness!" as Paramhansa Yogananda put it. This made prefect sense to me, for I could see the despair and hopelessness that people reaped from chasing material desires.
I told my friend how deeply I'd been moved by the book, and he asked if I'd like to hear Swami Kriyananda give a talk. I said "Sure," but as we lived in Canada, I didn't see how it would be possible. My friend said he meant taped talks. And as I listened, I could sense the sweet, calm, sincere, magnetic and beautiful peace in Swami's voice. He recited pure wisdom and truth, and there truly seemed to be no ego in his message, only a pure ray of the divine essence of Yogananda's teachings.
For me to make such a statement says a lot, because I had visited many churches and had never heard truth spoken in a way that was so pure and free of ego. My friend and I began collecting Kriyananda's talks, and I soon began reading Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda. I was collecting and reading more of Swami's books and listening to his music, and I was just amazed at how much this one man had accomplished in one life. Surely, no one could accomplish so much, with all the obstacles he'd had to face. The fact that he did, shows me that there must be a greater power at work through him.
Ananda has a guest retreat called the Expanding Light, which welcomes people of all faiths. While staying there, I met a wide variety of folks, from writers and stockbrokers who were taking time out for introspection, to seekers who were there for peace and meditation. I even met a minister of another church who was there for spiritual renewal. No one at Ananda ever tried to force their beliefs on me. Their lives spoke as an example of what yoga can do. I highly recommend a visit.
I still haven't met or even seen Swami Kriyananda. In fact, the community was designed to function independent of his involvement. This is another example of the selfless service of Swami Kriyananda—that after devoting such a large part of his life to building a community, he never claimed it for himself. He did it only for God and Guru, so that their spirit might flourish in the members and visitors there.
If you'd like to know who Swami Kriyananda is, read his autobiography, The Path, and pay a visit to the community. I assure you, you will be glad you did.
Gary lives in Calgary, in Alberta, Canada and is a taxi driver.


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Crossroads Bowl announced by G-MAC - GLVC
There is a new Bowl game for G-MAC and GLVC schools to compete in.
HAMMOND, Ind. –The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) and Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) have partnered with the city of Hobart, Indiana, and the Indiana South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority to form the America's Crossroads Bowl, it was announced in a joint press conference Tuesday (April 9) at the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond.
The inaugural postseason football game between the two NCAA Division II leagues will take place December 7, 2019, at Brickyard Stadium on the campus of School City of Hobart. Kickoff will be 1 p.m. CT.
The highest-ranking team in league standings not participating in the NCAA Division II playoff will earn its respective Conference's bowl bid. The America's Crossroads Bowl will represent the fifth bowl game played at the NCAA Division II level, officially joining the Mineral Water Bowl, Heart of Texas Bowl, Live United Bowl and Corsicana Bowl.
In attendance for Tuesday's bowl game announcement was Mayor Brian Snedecor of the city of Hobart, Spero Batistatos, President and Chief Executive Officer of the South Shore CVA, GLVC Commissioner Jim Naumovich, and G-MAC Commissioner Tom Daeger.
"We are excited to host two Division II collegiate teams at Hobart's Brickyard Stadium this winter," said Snedecor. "America's Crossroads Bowl will be the first of its kind held in Indiana."
Batistatos shared Mayor Snedecor's excitement, "The South Shore continues to be recognized as a top-tier destination for amateur and professional athletes to compete," he said. "Adding a premier football Division II Bowl is a wonderful opportunity."
The creation of a bowl game has long been a desire of the GLVC – a league founded in 1978, although it did not begin sponsoring football until 2012. Since then, the GLVC has sent a team to the NCAA Division II Playoffs in six of the last seven years. This past season, the University of Indianapolis earned a postseason bid to the NCAA DII Playoffs, while Missouri S&T celebrated its first postseason contest since 1950 with a 51-16 victory over Minnesota State Moorhead in the Mineral Water Bowl.
"Today's announcement is a culmination of efforts to expand the postseason opportunities for our football student-athletes," said Naumovich. "We have been discussing with our coaches for the past four years the possibility of creating a bowl game affiliation for a GLVC team, with the primary goal of enhancing the student-athlete championship experience. We believe the affiliation with the G-MAC and the wonderful support from the South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority and the city of Hobart will play a significant role in making this a memorable and successful event for all involved."
The 2018 season marked the third year of football as a championship sport offered in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. During that brief time, the Great Midwest has recognized three different champions and has seen two different programs qualify for the NCAA Championship. After starting out with three playing members in 2016, five new schools joined the mix in 2017 and nine programs were in the conference standings this past season. The conference will feature eight member institutions for the 2019 standings as a member of NCAA Division II Super Region 1.
"We are thankful for the tremendous opportunity to participate in the inaugural America's Crossroads Bowl," said Daeger. "The South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority and city of Hobart have embraced this partnership from initial introduction of the concept, and we are appreciative of the vision, energy, and resources invested to provide an outstanding postseason opportunity for the student-athletes from our respective teams."
Student-athletes from the two participating teams will enjoy a three-day stay in the South Shore and participate in several community engagement activities.
The inaugural bowl game will also coincide with National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, and service members and first responders will be honored at the event.
Additional ancillary events, ticket information, broadcast coverage, and other information regarding the inaugural America's Crossroads Bowl will be announced at a later date.


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On The Record: South African Reserve Bank mandate – PT1
By allsouthafricans 1 month ago
The last few days have been dominated by a discussion sparked by the announcement by the ANC's secretary general Ace Magashule, that the party's NEC Lekgotla agreed that the inflation targeting mandate of the Reserve Bank should be changed.
Hours after his statement, the head of the ANC's economic transformation committee Enoch Godongwana told the SABC that no such decision had been made, and that the legkotla did not have the power to change an ANC resolution taken at a conference.
Then, this afternoon, the ANC released a statement on behalf of its top six national leaders, saying that the policy has not changed.
In the meantime, there has been a huge discussion about whether the mandate should change. Currently, the bank uses interest rates, the rate at which it lends money to other banks to target inflation, if it lowers those rates, you will have more money in your pocket to spend, which leads to higher inflation.
If it raises interest rates, you have less money to spend, and inflation is thus controlled. We will speak to two people who have different views on this tonight.
Duma Gqubule is the founding director of the centre for economic development and transformation, he must speak for himself, but I'm expecting that he will argue that the mandate of the Reserve Bank should change.
Gina Schoeman is an economist at Citi Bank, I've asked her to take the position that the bank's mandate should stay as it is.
But first, let's take a look at what the ANC's ANC's economic transformation committee Enoch Godongwana
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SEVEN NEW CONCERTS ANNOUNCED AT HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO SIOUX CITY
New variety to hit Anthem stage this Spring
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City has scheduled seven new concerts for Anthem this coming spring.
The new concerts are:
Saturday, March 21, 2015 | Steve-O (Comedy)
Saturday, March 28, 2015 | ONE – Tribute to Metallica
Friday, April 10, 2015 | David Allen Coe
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | The Tubes
Saturday, April 25, 2015 | Blue Oyster Cult & April Wine
Friday, May 8, 2015 | LIVE
Saturday, May 16, 2015 | Rick Springfield
Tickets for these shows go on sale Saturday, January 24 at 10am online or at the Rock Shop.
Steve-O (a.k.a. Stephen Glover) has become a household name and it all started when he snatched a video camera from his father's closet when he was fifteen years old. From there he started producing homemade skateboarding videos featuring dangerous stunts mixed with comical behavior.
After finishing high school in London, and completing a year at the University of Miami, Steve-O realized that college wasn't for him. He enrolled in Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College to help further his goal of becoming a professional stuntman.
After graduating Clown College, and determined to make it in Hollywood, he began to pitch his home videos to producers. Eventually, Steve-O's videos made it into the hands of Jeff Tremaine (Jackass Creator/Director/Producer) who was working with Johnny Knoxville to create a stunt based reality show. The rest is history.MTV aired the first season of JACKASS in 2000. When the JACKASS TV series ended in 2002, the team moved on to JACKASS: THE MOVIE, released by Paramount in October of that year. Shortly thereafter, Steve-O and fellow JACKASS alum, Chris Pontius, were given a spin-off show entitled WILDBOYZ, which aired on MTV and MTV2 and lasted four seasons.
In 2006, Paramount released JACKASS: NUMBER 2 in theatres and Steve-O continued to thrill audiences with his outrageous stunts.In 2010, Steve-O returned for the Paramount franchise in JACKASS 3D which turned out to be a huge hit at the box office for the third installment with JACKASS 3.5 releasing shortly after on DVD.In the months leading up to the release of JACKASS 3D he immersed himself in standup comedy, which had been a part-time hobby during the previous four years. Successful performances at prestigious comedy venues such as LA's Laugh Factory and New York City's Comedy Cellar led to his current tour performing standup, stunts and bar-tricks across North America, Australia and Europe, which he has dubbed "Steve-O's Entirely Too Much Information Tour."
ONE – TRIBUTE TO METALLICA
ONE… The Only Tribute to Metallica, was established in 2008, in their hometown of Minneapolis, MN. These four horsemen have expanded from the Twin Cities and brought North America an amazing national level touring tribute to the biggest hard rock and heavy metal band of all time.
Unlike the other Metallica tribute and cover bands, ONE focuses explicitly on the audio and visual aspects of a LIVE Metallica show. Their catalog consists of over 60 songs from their early garage band days up to the legends that they are today. ONE's stage show is a memorable one that fans will remember from the 80′s and 90′s. Theatrical thrills that have been encompassed into a full arsenal of pyrotechnics, stage props, and some rare early days memorabilia and signature instruments will keep fans coming back for more.
This is not your average tribute band. ONE has played with many large national acts on a number of festival and amphitheater stages. Members of ONE have not only worked as part of the crew, but have also been fortune enough to jam with Metallica on their main stage!
DAVID ALLEN COE
David Allan Coe is one of the most celebrated and controversial artists to emerge from the outlaw country movement; a gifted songwriter and a charismatic performer, Coe is also a man who has followed his own path even when it meant traveling the hard way, and his life has been full of bad luck and misadventure. Few artists in any genre have as many tall tales and wild allegations attached to their name (some of which have been spread by Coe himself), and there are plenty of fans who love him or hate him for reasons that have nothing to do with his music. Despite it all, Coe's songwriting reveals a greater intelligence and emotional range than his reputation would suggest, and his best music is a bracing mixture of country, blues, and rock & roll.
The Tubes will go down in the rock history books as one of the most exciting, in-your-face tight-knit group of musicians who epitomised the hilarity of popular American culture by making it into a the ultimate rock'n'roll extravaganza. Their live shows involved mock bondage rituals, simulated sex, 12-foot high rock stars by the name of Quay Lude singing 'White Punks On Dope', exploding televisions, chainsaws and an array of semi-clad dancers. Some say they were about 15 years ahead of Madonna, and light years ahead of the politically correct.
In the tradition of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, the Tubes were one of the first bands to write and perform songs in a head-on theatrical onslaught. They simply didn't entertain, they shocked audiences into submission. The Tubes were one of the pioneers of the rock video years before MTV became a household name, and used the medium in their early performances. The band tapped into the American zeitgeist and ridiculed its materialistic values, superficial advertising methods, took a poke at religious fundamentalists and often questioned sexual taboos. They took popular culture by the scruff of the neck, turned it upside down, and made it into entertainment.
Their outrageous performance-art concepts ranged from titillating, tongue'n'cheek pornography to straight-laced, black tie all-American conservatism, all of which frequently clouded the fact that they were, like Frank Zappa, technically gifted musicians in their own right. As the band progressed into the 1980's they shed the controversial theatrical spectacle in favour for a more stripped down live setting that showed them in a more musical light, that ultimately brought them long overdue commercial success in America.
Pioneering the heavy metal style while providing inspiration to psychedelic jam bands and arena rockers alike, genre-benders Blue Öyster Cult offer the world a taste of the wild side. The group has been known to incorporate elements of science-fiction and dark occultism into their jaw-dropping live show, and this allegiance to dynamic and masterful performances has led to the group being covered by everyone from Metallica and HIM to moe. Formed on a college campus in 1967, Blue Öyster Cult are best known for their smash singles "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," "Burnin' for You" and "Godzilla." Riff-heavy and head-banging while intelligently hook-laden, the band remains a staple among the heavy metal greats.
It all began in Nova Scotia late in 1969. The Henman brothers, David and Ritchie, got together with their cousin Jim Henman and fellow musician Myles Goodwyn to form a band called April Wine, a name chosen simply because they were two words that sounded good together. Fifteen studio albums, three live releases, numerous compilations, a boxed set and thousands of concerts later April Wine has become enormously popular in Canada, the United States and throughout the world. April Wine is best know for classic hits like "Just Between You and Me" and "I Like To Rock"
The best songs will always define certain time periods. You'll hear the melodies and instantly be transported back to the moment when you first experienced them. You'll see the same sights and feel the same feelings as a result. In other words, you'll get that same sonic bliss.
LIVE's catalog is filled with songs like those. Among those seminal tunes are mega hits such as "Lightning Crashes," "I Alone," "All Over You," and "Lakini's Juice"–which remained pillars of the nineties both musically and culturally. Who can forget seeing the music video for "Lighting Crashes" on MTV for the first time–or fiftieth for that matter? We've all sung along to "I Alone" at some point too. That's just a fact.
Meanwhile, "The Dolphin's Cry" and "Overcome" ushered the group into the 21st century triumphantly. Given anthems such as those, it's not surprising the band sold over 22 million albums worldwide and have become a veritable concert juggernaut. However, LIVE's got a whole new crop of songs on the horizon for 2014 that carry the same poetry, power, and passion.
Rick Springfield's first love has always been music, a lifelong passion ignited after picking up his first guitar at the age of 12 in his native Australia. Mastering the craft of songwriting far preceded his accomplishments as an actor and best-selling author.
With 25 million records sold, a Grammy® Award for his No. 1 smash-hit Jessie's Girl, and whopping 17 Top-40 hits including Don't Talk to Strangers, An Affair of the Heart, I've Done Everything for You, Love Somebody and Human Touch, Springfield has no intention of taking his foot off the accelerator. "I put everything I've got into making records," he says. "Sometimes people think they have you pegged but I trust my music show them otherwise."
Never one to be confined to the recording studio where the music is born, Springfield has toured for over 30 years, hand-delivering the hits to millions of fans worldwide during his legendary, high-energy live shows. Hardly content walking in his own footprints for very long, fall 2013 saw Springfield reinvent himself yet again performing for the first time as a purely solo act. Rick Springfield's "Stripped Down" performances offer an intimate glimpse in to the amazing life he's experienced through music, with personal stories introducing each song in the set.
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> Probably.  Paul Jackson acked them though, so I'm a little surprised.
has a `val' member in it.
So somewhere along the line, the pass-by-reference stuff got broken.
struct cpumask, or is the cpumask_const_reference.h code wrong?
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Rinus Van de Velde | Colored Pencil Drawings
€102,80 €110,00 incl. 7% VAT, excl. shipping & import taxes excl. shipping & import taxes
Unsigned - Sold Signed
Rinus Van de Velde (b. 1983) has built up an extensive oeuvre of drawings, sculptures, installations, and film. He is best known for his monumental works in charcoal. At the start of his career, however, he also created small drawings in color pencil, a technique he reintroduced into his work in 2018.
With these drawings, Van de Velde returns to a very classical and direct style of draughtsmanship with colored pencil on paper. His technical qualities receive optimal expression, and the work is often characterised by a high degree of realism.
Van de Velde chooses his visual material from a variety of sources, ranging from images from books, film stills and his own photographic material to home-made staged scenes and characters that are reduced to a single image. In the process, he explores the meaning of an image and how the existing meaning can evolve within an alternative narrative. He plays a game in which he constantly hovers between reality and fiction. Real events are transformed into a carefully constructed alternative universe in which every existing image still has complete freedom.
This is the first publication in which the color drawings of Rinus Van de Velde are collected and interpreted.
Hannibal Publishing, english-dutch, hardcover,190 pages, 2019


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