Seen from the top of Mount Faber is what once was a glorious King. The former King's Dock, the pride and glory of the Singapore Harbour Board and the "largest dock east of the Suez" when it was completed a century ago, now lies abandoned, somewhat forgotten and never to be drained again; a cruise ship, the Superstar Virgo, making an assisted turn in front of it, seems to be facing it and mocking it.
The dock, named King's Dock (it had previously been referred to as "Admiralty Dock"), at its opening at 4.30 pm on 26 August 1913, by Sir Arthur Young the then Governor of Singapore, was undoubtedly a giant in its time. At its opening, there had only been one graving dock in the world that was larger – the Gladstone Dock in Liverpool. Over the four and the half years that it took to construct the dock, some 92,500 cubic metres of concrete weighing some 203,000 tonnes had been used. Some 21,300 tonnes of cement had also been used – it was said that if all the barrels of cement were laid out in a line, it would have stretched some 51 miles. In the Far East, the closest dock then in size to King's Dock which measured 272 metres long by 30.5 metres wide and had a maximum flooded depth at its sill of 25.6 metres, was the Admiralty Dock in Hong Kong. That measured 240 metres by 27 metres and was slightly deeper with 25.8 metres of water at its sill. The dock was indeed an amazing feat of engineering – at its completion, its 101.4 million litres of water could be discharged in just two hours by two huge steam engine driven pumps at a rate of 85,000 litres a minute.
The dock came under the PSA when it was formed in 1963, following which shiprepair activities at Keppel Harbour came under the control of the then newly formed Keppel Shipyard in 1968. The yard operated the dock up until 1996 when it moved to Tuas. The areas around the former shipyard have since undergone redevelopment as a luxury waterfront residential community and marina (see also: A sun rise on another strange horizon), and the plot around the former King's Dock will be one of the last to be redeveloped as Corals at Keppel Bay, a 367 unit waterfront condominium project which will be developed by Keppel Land and designed by architect Daniel Libeskind. The project is expected to be launched in May 2013.
King's Dock at the time of its completion in 1913.


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Announcing Rebelle Road Events -Americana, Roots and Country Music From a Female Vantage Point -Official Launch at SXSW
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Los Angeles, February 2018–Inspired by women across many industries, musicians Adrienne Isom (NOCONA), KP Hawthorn (California Country Records/CALICO the band) and event producer Karen Rappaport McHugh (Muddy Girl Productions) have announced the formation of a new company, REBELLE ROAD ( www.rebelleroad.com ) to fiercely champion Americana, Roots and Country music from a female vantage point. They will produce a handful of events in California before the official launch during SXSW, on Wednesday, March 14 at Ramada South Austin with a full day of showcase performances.
"We're thrilled to join with many women already working to 'change the conversation' for female artists," they acknowledge. "We're joining them in a specific way by creating opportunities for the many incredible females in American music – both on stage and behind the scenes. It is our aim to strengthen parity – male and female – across all outlets."
Deriving their company name from the gutsy life and legend of Belle Starr, the Los Angeles-based partners with roots in California and Texas, are developing a local venue showcase series, a traveling Rebelle Roadshow, as well as a podcast and boutique music festival. They have also optioned several properties to develop for Film/TV.
As part of their mission, Rebelle Road also hopes to strengthen the identity of musicians from the "California Country" community. Artist KP Hawthorn, who runs California Country Records and is one of the few female record producers in country music, created the annual "California Country Social" at Fond Object Records during Americana Fest in 2016 after realizing that the Golden State was under-represented. "We have a rich history in country music that has been minimized over the past few decades and there are so many incredible working artists on the West Coast that we want to spotlight."
The trio is taking a page from the Bandit Queen's life as they acknowledge studying and stealing from every venue series and festival, mostly created by men, to develop new concepts that are infused with feminine energy. "Belle Starr was a maverick of her time, an outlaw who lived by her own rules to survive," they state. "If women need to step up to receive parity, then that's what we'll do — create our own platform." With a nod to traditional booking standards, they emphasize that male artists will not be excluded.
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HWF adopts Muradabad's village - Malik Pallupura to make 'Model Village'. Oman's ambassador kicks off several development schemes.
New Delhi / Muradabad/1st May: The fate of the deprived village Malik Pallupura of Muradabad is now going to change as Delhi based national NGO has adopted to make it a 'Model Village'.
Human Welfare Foundation (HWF) has decided to adopt Malik Pallupura village after sending an experts' team to survey and assess the social, economical and educational conditions of the village. HWF chalked out a three-year plan to achieve its target to make it a model village free from all types of backwardness. Building orphan homes, homes for poor, sewing class centre for girls and successfully obtaining all government's development schemes for the village, are part of this three-year plan.
Chief Guest on the occasion, Ambassador of Oman for India, Hamid Bin Ali Alma'ani has laid the foundation stone of development plans for the village in the inaugural function held on the occasion.
Terming the relations between India and Oman as very strong, Mr. Hamid Ali lauded such type of efforts while addressing the function.
A sewing class centre was inaugurated and the key of a house built under the scheme was handed over to a homeless person named Khalil Ahmed in the function.
Veteran Member of Parliament Shafiqur Rahman Burq also lauded the efforts of HWF and addressed the villagers.
Prominent personalities like Shia leader Muzaffar Hussain Turabi, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind UP's President Mohammed Ahmed, Abdul Hamid Adam, former Mayor of Muradabad Humayun Qadeer and a big gathering of villagers were also present in the function. National Coordinator of HWF Saleemullah Khan coordinated the function.


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When Francine Milford was diagnosed with lung cancer, she was given less than six months to live and referred to hospice care.
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In August of 2015, Milford was a busy massage therapist, business owner and educator. She was back in college working toward a bachelor's degree in health sciences with the goal of getting an advanced degree and teaching at the college level. However, she started having trouble forming words, struggled with her balance and started having unusual headaches. Her symptoms brought her to a local hospital, where a scan revealed a brain tumor. More tests confirmed her cancer had started in her lungs and spread to almost every organ in her body.
"I was devastated," Milford said. "You plan your life to work a certain way, and I felt like it was being ripped away from me."
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Milford was referred to Moffitt Cancer Center for a second opinion, and when she told Dr. Tawee Tanvetyanon she had quit smoking 30 years prior, she saw "a switch go on in his brain." He decided Milford would be a good candidate for genetic testing. He was right; Milford's lung cancer was not caused by smoking, but rather a gene mutation. This meant Milford would have more options.
The first step was removing Milford's brain tumor, and she saw results immediately after surgery. She could speak clearly and walk as normal. Two weeks later, she was back writing essays and taking finals, and completed her degree.
"It was a miracle," said Milford.
Because of her identified genetic mutation, Milford was put on a clinical trial that kept her disease from progressing and significantly decreased her metastatic lesions for more than two years. She is currently on her third trial, and says it gives her hope knowing recent advancements can continue to provide different treatment options.
Milford with her husband and grandsons.
"When we first got here, the treatment I am on now wasn't even available yet," Milford said. "Now years later it's, 'Don't worry, when this stops working there is something new.' There is always more to come."
Milford calls the past four years a precious gift. "I get to be around for one more birthday for my grandchild, hopefully a wedding one day," she said. "There are things I still want to be a part of. I want to make memories with my children and grandchildren in a positive way."
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Holy cow, how am I only on Part 2 of this roadtrip. Just so you know, I am currently starting up the fall semester, but my mind is definitely stuck in Oregon. I'm still daydreaming about the coast!
Welcome to Part 2 of the Oregon or Bust series! Last time (check out that post HERE) I showed snippets of our time around Portland, and this time I'll be focusing on the coast. While Portland was certainly a fun time, visiting the beach was the main goal of our road trip in the first place. So without further ado, let's dive in!
After checking out Cape Meares Lighthouse and the Octopus Tree, we tried finding a path that would take us to the little cove we'd spied from afar (see two photos up). Luckily, we found the hidden path that led us through a dense overgrowth of trees, a weird little shack filled with scribbles/graffiti/messages, before it opened up to the beach. Ah man, it was stunning. We raced onto the wet sand, exhilarated by the setting sun and salty air. Luckily I'd brought my nice new lens and we immediately snapped some photos while simultaneously playing in the waves and sand.
After having our mini photoshoot, we regretfully left the beautiful little beach to head back to our campsite. Along the way, we popped into the local Safeway to pick up some treats for - you guessed it - s'mores! Because what camping trip would be complete without those gooey desserts?
After roasting some sticky messes, we decided to try walking along the beach late at night. Man, the water had receded so far back! It felt positively eerie walking farther and farther in the sand, hearing the waves crashing in the distance but knowing that just a few hours ago, where we were walking had been filled with ocean water. We gave up and went back to camp, setting alarms to wake up at sunrise instead.
We groggily woke up and stumbled back out onto the softly lit beach. We remained fairly quiet throughout the whole experience, but it was the most peaceful way to wake up. If I lived near the beach, I think I would become a morning person just to appreciate the sensation of slowly waking up to the sound of crashing waves.
This was our last day at Cape Lookout State Park, and we wrapped it up by having a devotions on the beach. All in all, it was a perfect way to end our visit! However, our trip along the coast was far from over, and I'll be bringing you a part 3 soon.
I hope you enjoyed the visual diaries I've been sharing from the trip! If you want a more interactive viewing method, check out the vlog I made for this part HERE.
Have you ever visited the Oregon coast? Where did you go?
ohh I've ALWAYS wanted to go there! ahh super jealous, the beach looks perfect, and the sunset! and your smile and outfit!
Linda, it is absolutely gorgeous! The moments you captured were superb! So beautiful! I hadn't heard of the Octupus tree. It is so interesting. Thank you for sharing your beautiful adventures. Good luck at University.
I would love to visit the Oregon coast someday! You're not the first person to share it's beauty and hopefully not the last. Some summer my husband and I definitely want to do a road trip to see all the beauties of this country. I am so glad you are enjoying life by taking advantage of travel opportunities. I need a beach sunset in my life.
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Well-Being Index: 'Erosion in confidence'
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(CNN) -- As Wall Street mulls over the Federal Reserve's quarter-percentage-point cut in interest rates -- from 3.75 percent to 3.50 percent -- one survey's gauge on workplace sentiment is offering a look at the economy through careerists' eyes.
"There's an erosion of the American worker's confidence underway," says Dan Houston, "an erosion of confidence about the investments those workers have made over the years."
Houston, senior vice president for the Principal Financial Group, is going over the company's latest edition of its Well-Being Index. It's a quarterly study commissioned by Principal from Harris Interactive to track careerists' perceptions of their own financial condition in the workplace. Results of the study were released with the opening bell of trading on Tuesday.
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I'm fine. Holding steady.
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"One of the questions we've been asking in these studies," he says, "is 'Given the downturn in the stock market this year, have you made changes in how you have your retirement savings invested (moving from volatile investments to more stable investments)?'
"In the first quarter of 2001, the response to that was, 'No, I have not made changes' 68 percent of the time. And in the second quarter, we see a 14-percent drop in that answer -- only 54 percent say they haven't made changes."
Even more revealing from that question is the "yes" answer. In the first quarter of this year, 11 percent of respondents to the survey said they'd moved retirement investments into comparatively stable instruments. By the second quarter, the "yes" answer was almost doubling -- 21 percent said they'd opted for more stable investment vehicles.
"We keep pounding away at the message," Houston says: "There has to be more education in this. Investors need investment education and savings education" in an economic and market climate that continues to challenge analysts -- even members of the Fed board.
And yet, as Houston is quick to point out, "If you go back to the 1973 time frame -- when the markets capitulated (to recession) for two years -- we didn't even have that many qualified retirement plans. This is the first time we've ever been able to test asset allocation at a time in which it's the participant who has this choice of how to invest those dollars."
Not to get Sartrean about it, it's a question, Houston is saying, of freedom and responsibility. The rise of online investing, in particular, has empowered single investors as never before. And many careerists are directing their own retirement-savings programs in ways they never could. But with that capability comes the responsibility of handling your own money. The Well-Being Index is designed to check how workers feel they're doing.
"My company is concerned about my (and my family's) long-term financial future."
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2001 Second Quarter
10-499 11-1,000 10-1,000
Agree Completely 5% 7% 5%
Agree Somewhat 16% 21% 19%
Neither Agree or Disagree 25% 21% 28%
Disagree Somewhat 24% 13% 21%
Disagree Completely 30% 39% 28%
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1,200 workers
The Principal Financial Well-Being Index was conducted through Harris Interactive's QuickQuery omnibus research product, which is fielded randomly to more than 7 million respondents on the Internet. More than 1,200 full- and part-time employees of small and midsize companies were interviewed. The results were then weighted by Harris to reflect the national population of such careerists. There's a 95-percent confidence level assigned to this study, with an error range of plus-or-minus 3 percent.
Dan Houston, senior vice president with Principal Financial Group: If current market and economy conditions continue for two more quarters, "We'll start seeing the floodgates open."
"Interestingly," says Houston, "we're not seeing any erosion in percentage of workers' salaries being saved. People are continuing to save. So they're not losing confidence in salary schemes. Instead, people are saying, 'I may have to save even more.'"
Here are some snapshot results from the study.
• Eighty percent of small- and midsize company employees responding to the survey said they're "very concerned" about their financial future. This response is in line with that of the two previous quarters' index readings -- 74 percent in the fourth quarter of 2000 and 84 percent in the first quarter of this year.
• Forty-eight percent of respondents disagreed with the statement "My company is concerned with my (and my family's) long-term financial future; 24 percent agreed with that statement.
• Fifty-three percent of responding careerists disagreed with the statement "I am extremely happy with my financial well-being."
• Harris' research showed that female respondents are less happy (61 percent) with their current financial situation than their male counterparts (46 percent).
• A third of respondents to this second-quarter 2001 poll said they have yet to plan for retirement or security. Employees of companies with 10 to 500 workers are less likely to have begun planning for retirement than employees of companies with 500 to 1,000 workers.
• When asked to rank the overall importance of various financial features, respondents ranked job security and their long-term financial futures on a part -- 44 percent each. The concept of "challenging work," as an important lure to employees, ranked far below job security and long-term financial future -- just 13 percent said they see challenging work as an important criterion. In earlier Well-Being Index research, challenging work had been named by respondents as being considerably more important.
"I am very concerned about my (and my family's) long-term financial future."
Agree Completely 47% 58% 51%
Neither Agree or Disagree 13% 6% 11%
Disagree Somewhat 7% 8% 6%
Disagree Completely 6% 2% 3%
Careerists on benefits
The Principal Financial Group specializes in retirement and investment services for business and institutional clients, as well as for individual workers.
A part of its interest in mounting the quarterly Well-Being Index is finding out what careerists want in benefits.
• In the newly released second-quarter study, health insurance ranked the most commonly provided employee benefit, 83 percent of surveyed companies reporting that they offer health insurance benefits.
• Sixty-four percent of those companies offer defined contribution retirement savings plans, as employees surveyed ranked health and retirement programs their own top priorities among benefits.
• Perhaps an irony: Even while health insurance benefits are the most widely offered, they ranked among these respondents as the benefits careerists would most like to see improved. Thirty-seven percent said they'd like to see health-care plan improvements, while 18 percent of respondents said they'd like to see their companies' defined contribution retirement plans improved.
• Retention may be a key to employers' considerations of benefits programs for their staffs. Seventy-seven percent of those workers asked said they agreed with the statement: "Having a good benefits plan would keep me working for my current company."
• Fourteen percent of respondents said they'd like a profit-sharing program or bonus to be added to their existing benefits programs.
• When the possibility of a sabbatical came into the picture, 85 percent of employees said they'd like to see health benefits continue while they were on their breaks; 28 percent said they'd like to see life insurance continue; 27 percent said they'd like a defined contribution retirement plan continued; and 18 percent said they'd like to see disability insurance continued.
• But in terms of feasibility in sabbaticals, 47 percent indicated they'd like to take one but can't because of financial reasons or an employer's unwillingness.
"Given the downturn in the stock market this year, have you made changes in how you have your retirement savings invested (moving from volatile investments to more stable investments)?"
(This question was not asked in the Fourth Quarter 2000 survey).
11-1,000 10-1,000
No, I have not made changes 68% 54%
Yes, I have made changes 11% 21%
I do not have retirement savings 21% 25%
Confidence and caution
The Well-Being Index's release follow's Friday's report from the University of Michigan's preliminary August consumer sentiment index. In that study, consumer sentiment was seen to be rising, to 93.5 in August from 92.4 in July. This surprised some analysts who had expected no change in August.
In terms of consumers' comfort with their current financial picture, there was another increase, to 101.7 for August, from July's 98.6.
What seems to be stabilizing consumer confidence -- and, it would be expected, employee confidence -- is an expectation that the sort of interest rate cuts anticipated Tuesday from the Fed will combine with the federal tax rebate to move the economy out of its second-quarter sluggishness.
But the Gallup Organization is reporting widespread disappointment in stocks as an investment vehicle among Americans.
Six in 10 questioned by Gallup earlier this month said they have money in the stock market -- either in individual accounts, mutual funds or retirement instruments such as those Principal offers. Forty-eight percent say their stock market investments have lost money in the past year. Only 17 percent say they made money on those investments. This contrasts with survey data from 1997, when Gallup found 76 percent of investors saying their investments had made money in the previous year.
At Principal, Houston says the move away from equities as investment instruments may be no more than six or seven percentage points, among the more than 3 million workers the company has in various retirement workers.
But Houston says things could change -- and the flight from equities could become more severe -- if current market and economy conditions "drag on for two more quarters. My guess," he says, "is that if that happens, we'll start seeing the floodgates open."
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The Ancient Beringian lineage is extinct, and is not found as a contribution to modern indigenous lineages in Alaska. The 2018 study suggests that the AB lineage was replaced by or absorbed in a back-migration of NNA (see below) to Alaska. The modern Athabaskan populations are derived from an admixture of this NNA back-migration and a Paleo-Siberian (Early Paleo-Eskimo) lineage before about 2,500 years ago.

The discovery was made from archaeogenetic analyses on the remains of two female infants discovered in 2013 at the Upward Sun River site (USR). The USR site is affiliated with the Denali Complex, a dispersed archaeological culture of the American Arctic. The genomic analysis of nuclear DNA of the older of the two infants (USR1) was done at the Centre for Geogenetics at the University of Copenhagen's Natural History Museum of Denmark. Results from the team's genetic analysis were published in January 2018 in the scientific journal Nature. The analysis compared the infant's genomes with both ancient and contemporary genomes. The results suggested that the pre-"Ancestral Native American" lineage derived from the East Asian lineage after 36 kya, with gene flow until about 25 kya. During 25–20 kya, this lineage was substantially mixed with the Ancient North Eurasian lineage, to form the "Ancestral Native American" lineage by 20 kya. The "Ancient Beringian" (AB) lineage derived from ANA and persisted without significant admixture in Alaska until the time of USR1, some 8,000 years later. The lineage of other Paleo-Indians diverged from AB at ca. 20–18 kya, and further divided into "North Native American" (NNA) and "South Native American" lineages between 17.5 kya and 14.6 kya, reflecting the dispersal associated with the early peopling of the Americas.

See also
 Alaska Natives
 Na-Dené languages
 Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas
 Settlement of the Americas
 Upward Sun River site

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Pleistocene North America
Peopling of the Americas
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list of 20 objects. Joseph Campbell called it the monomyth or Heros Journey. Given the importance of details, writing about something that happened a long time ago or that you dont remember well isn't usually a wise choice. The best essays are focused, detailed, revealing and insightful, and finding the right topic is vital to writing a killer essay with all of those qualities. However, if your first draft is more than twice the word limit and you don't have a clear idea of what needs to be cut out, you may need to reconsider your focus your topic is likely too broad. Writers might develop ideas using imagery, logical argument, supporting detail, examples, etc. Does It Matter to You? You probably think I want to be a designer. This fresh fruit smoothie I just made.
How, do, i Write a, good, college, application Essay?
I'd heard rumors that the historic Atlas Theater was going to be replaced with an AMC multiplex, and I was worried. But how do you craft one? These are the values you would go to the mat for (ex. Many of the best essays are about something small because your approach to a common experience generally reveals a lot about your perspective on the world. I heard the distinctive click of the person on the other end of the line hanging up, followed by dial tone. You'll need to look up the essay requirements for each college what's required should be clear on the application itself, or you can look under the "how to apply" section of the school's website. The question is: will the toothbrushes I hand out be mineral white or diamond white?
For many colleges and universities, the question isn't what you've done (you're going to be sitting in a classroom where there will be relatively little call for. There are apps on your smart phone that will help you write.


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Blessed Is The Child That Has His Own
Mother may have, father may have… — Mothers and daughters… Do you believe that your parents' possessions are destined to be yours? Do you feel it is your right to inherit their possessions? Are your parents bound to leave you, their riches? Back in April, I remember hearing about the recent sad suicide of Naomi Judd. Now a few months…
Naomi, Tell Us About The Good Old Days
This morning I had "Grandpa" by the Judds in my head. I had no idea why. I was thinking about a conversation I had with one of my best friends about country music in the early 1990s: On teen shows like 90210, when there was someone who loved country music…
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Remember that one-off Mikey figure wearing the cape and cowl? Well, surprise; there's a whole line of Batman vs Ninja Turtles figures on the way.
Versus mode
Batman meeting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is nothing new really. The set of comic book mini-series' is entering it's third volume, they've met in a video game (Injustice 2), and now star in a combined animated movie. The properties just seem to work, and play off of one another, shockingly well.
And now there is definitely something new on the way. DC Collectibles today announced that a series of Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures is coming.
From DC Collectibles, the series will include a total of five two-packs. Each one will contain one DC Comics, Batman-themed, character and one TMNT-themed character. All done in the animated style of the movie (that means blue and grey Batman!), the sets will be loaded with accessories, and be exclusive to GameStop.
Presumably the exclusivity is how DC is getting around the Playmates Toys licensing issues. That's the same route that NECA has taken with its Turtles figures, and it seems a viable one.
Watch for these to arrive this December, with a price tag of $49.99 USD each. They're up for pre-order at GameStop right now, including an 'all-in' bundle that you can grab if you want all of them.
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KTM Freeride E
Electric Supermoto Coming from KTM Too?
We already showed you KTM's two electric dirt bike models, the KTM Freeride E-XC and KTM Freeride E-SX, which feature a 21hp / 31 lbs•ft electric PMAC motor and a swappable 2.6 kWh lithium-Ion battery pack.
The models represent KTM's rethinking on its electric range, especially when it comes to the current limitations of electric motorcycles, and what the current state-of-technology is in this space.
While the new Freeride E-XC & E-SX show KTM is moving in the right direction, the two models didn't do a lot for our asphalt-loving hearts here at A&R. Never fear though, as rumors from Italy's Moto.it peg a supermoto version will debut at INTERMOT.
KTM E-Speed Available in 2015 – KTM Freeride E in 2014
Debuting the KTM E-Speed at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Austrian company seemed to find a renewed interest in electric two-wheelers, which was interesting development since recently KTM CEO Stefan Pierer had dismissed the viability of electric motorcycles, and told Italian journalists that the KTM was scrapping its plans to build an electric dirt bike, the KTM Freeride E.
Taking an about-face from that statement, zie Austrians have green-lit the electric scooter for production, and say that both the KTM E-Speed and KTM Freeride E will be available in European KTM dealerships within the next two years: the Freeride E by 2014 and the E-Speed by 2015.
Ronnie Renner Rides the KTM Freeride E Electric Dirt Bike
KTM continues to be a puzzlement with its electric motorcycle endeavors. On the one hand, we have CEO Stefan Pierer saying that electrics are too early in their development to be viable machines for consumers; but on the other hand, KTM continues to promote the KTM Freeride E electric dirt bike and even recently debuted the KTM E-Speed electric scooter (no, that wasn't an April Fools story).
Today we have something from that latter camp of confusion, as KTM rider Ronnie Renner has had a chance to swing a leg over the KTM Freeride E, and the freestyle rider seemed more than pleased with what zie Austrians had created.
Watching the video, it seems a shame to think that KTM could be giving up on this project. Hopefully, it is just a ruse, and the Ready to Race brand is already hard at work on its next electric two-wheeler. In other news, can we get Robbie some street-riding gear? ATGATT up buddy!
KTM CEO Says It's Too Soon for Electrics
The first OEM to show a near-production electric motorcycle to consumers, KTM touted at the 2011 EICMA show that as an industry leader in the dirt bike sector, it could ill-afford to stand idly by while other companies explored the development of electric two-wheelers.
Then unveiling the KTM Freeride E concept, KTM said it would trial the machine with a select number of European consumers, before rolling out the electric dirt bike to the masses later in 2013.
With nary an update since then, it would seem that the Austrian company is rethinking its position on electric motorcycles. Talking to Italy's Motorciclismo, KTM CEO Stefan Pierer spoke of the safety and cost concerns surrounding electrics, and concluded that the timing is still too soon for EV's to replace petrol-powered machines in the two-wheeled sector.
Video: KTM Freeride E in Action
The KTM Freeride E is quite the buzz in the electric world, as it is the first proper electric motorcycle to be announced by an OEM. As it did with its street-bike debut with the RC8, KTM is set to test the market's waters first with a limited production run of 100 units in 2012, likely to pre-select KTM owners/dealers. Assuming a favorable review, the Austrian brand would then presumably ramp-up production of its €10,000 electric dirt bike.
With 30hp peak & 10hp continuous, the KTM Freeride E boasts four-stroke 125cc specs, albeit on the heavy side with a 204 lbs curb weight. Running time is said to have a 20 minute ride time in the hands of a professional, the KTM Freeride E is rated to last 45 minutes in the hands of an amateur…whatever that means. While the world at large will likely have to wait another year before it can truly asses the KTM Freeride E, we do have at least our first glimpse in the bike's performance.
KTM SMX-E Imagined by Piers SP
As we already know, the KTM Freeride E will be out in 2012 in limited numbers, as the Austrian brand tests the waters on the electric dirt bike market. Building an electric not because they believe in the technology's immediate relevancy, but because they believe in its future and want to continue being a market leader, KTM is the first big motorcycle OEM to bring an electric motorcycle to market. Giving Zero Motorcycles (and soon Brammo & BRD) a run for its money, the KTM Freeride E is a modest design with its 30hp (peak) PERM motor and 2.1 kWh battery pack.
As a dyed-in-the-wool street biker, I was a bit disappointed that KTM was only bringing the Freeride E out as a dirt bike, with no supermoto variation available. Thankfully I was not alone in that sentiment, as Kiska Senior Pixel Pusher Piers SP also longed for an electric Austrian backing-it-in machine. The difference of course is that as a blogger, I have no concept of creating something of my own (that's moto-journo humor right there folks), while Piers SP is a zen voodoo digital samurai (truth). Needless to say, photoshopping ensued.
The Eleven of 2011 – A Year in Review
Well, 2011 as a year is finally over, and for the motorcycling community it was quite a year. As we begin 2012, we here at Asphalt & Rubber are of course not immune to the desire to summarize and highlight the passing of 2011. So we accordingly assembled 11 of the most important events that shaped motorcycling this past year and changed the way the sport, the industry, and the community will grow in the years to come.
Picking only eleven moments in a single year is no easy feat, though some of the events in our selection are obvious choices because of their magnitude. However, some of the less obvious picks (and we are sure there will be suggestions for alternatives in the comments), stem from the theory that 2011 saw moments whose importance has yet to be fully appreciated at this point in time. Enjoy and a Happy New Year to our loyal A&R readers.
KTM Videos – A Case Study on Promoting a New Motorcycle
Loyal readers to Asphalt & Rubber should know by now that on semi-regular basis I like to lambast motorcycle companies, both individually and as a whole, for they're dismal understanding of what often gets referred to as "new media" (the fact that such a title is applied to a medium that has been in commercial form for over two decades should shed some insight on the situation I'm dealing with here). Now often this tradition of mine revolves around pointing out some of the gems of imagination that emanate from our industry, which in turn leads to me saying things that result in A&R being uninvited to future events held by the company in question. C'est la vie.
Of course if you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem. So in the interest of trying to make the world a better place, I'll offer these three videos by KTM as examples to the companies that have received my ire, and suggest that if you need some inspiration on how put together a rich and compelling video media campaign for a motorcycle you've recently launched, then compare and contrast the following with your own work-product in order to highlight your deficiencies.
Lastly, a couple points to ponder. If motorcycles are an aspirational purchase, then put some aspiration into your message. If motorcycles are an expression of individuality, then make sure your bike's identity shines through. If motorcycles are supposed to be a form of recreation, then better damn well be grinning ear-to-ear after you are done. Videos after the jump.
KTM Freeride E – OEMs Enter the Electric Motorcycle Fray
The writing has been on the wall for sometime now, as the entire electric motorcycle community has been waiting for a major OEM to debut its own electric motorcycle. Answering that call, KTM unveiled at EICMA today the new 2012 KTM Freeride E. Saying that as the leading off-road motorcycle manufacturer (KTM accounts for about 50% of the worldwide dirt bike market), the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer could not afford to sit idly by while other companies innovated in its space.
Built along the Freeride's ride anywhere mantra, the KTM Freeride E comes with 2.1kWh of battery power on-board, and is powered by a permanent magnet synchronous motor. With a rated output of 10hp, KTM says the electric motor is good for 30hp peak, with a maximum of 300 Volts going through the system. Helped by its small battery size, the Freeride E weighs only 204 lbs and can be recharged off a 220V socket in 90 minutes. As for range, KTM has an interesting rating system for the electric Freeride, quoting a 20 minute ride time in the hands of a professional, while the KTM Freeride E is rated to last 45 minutes in the hands of an amateur.
LEAKED: KTM 2012-2014 Product Road Map
The guys at HFL have gotten their hands on what looks like a cameraphone photo of KTM North America's product road map for the next three model years (actually, it now looks like they just lifted the photo from BARF without giving them credit as having the story first). Showing the bikes that will hit American shores in 2012, 2013, and 2014, we get a glimpse of what new models will grace the showrooms of KTM dealers, as well as which models will be receiving facelifts and revisions. The presentation slide really speaks for itself, but perhaps the most interesting item on the list is what sounds like a 350cc version of the company's Moto3 race bike (shown above?).
KTM Freeride Coming 2012 – Cheaper than €10,000
As we reported back in March, KTM's electric dirt bike is coming closer and closer to being ready for consumers, and now information has come out that it will be a 2012 model from the Austrian company. This information is in-line with a November EICMA debut that we've been hearing, but perhaps the most tantalizing news we've heard is the bike's sub-€10,000 price tag in the EU. This would put the KTM Freeride (oh man, we hope that name gets changed) directly in competition with Swiss electric dirt bike manufacturer Quantya and American electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero Motorcycles, both of whom are in the sub-€10,000 category with their dirt bike offerings.


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I was born in London in the 70's. I thought I had a normal family life until illness and loss ravaged it.
My brother's death by suicide when I was 17 shattered me. The legacy of his death reverberated through my life like the after shocks of an earthquake.
There were tremors before that, my mother's death when I was 13 and my father's battle with severe mental illness. Nothing however, was more profoundly devastating than my brother taking his own life. The next three decades saw me learning how to live again.
I felt helpless, rejected, abandoned and ashamed. I struggled, I ran and I shrank. Eventually I grew.
Today, I am a full time firefighter with Fire & Rescue NSW in Sydney Australia. On the 26th January 2022 as part of the Australia Day Honours I was awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM) which recognises distinguished service by a member of an Australian Fire Service for my work supporting suicide prevention and mental health of firefighters.
I have previously managed the psychological wellbeing program in Fire & Rescue NSW where I worked with researchers at the Black Dog Institute to implement programs aimed at building resilience and improving mental health outcomes in firefighters.
I volunteer my time as part of the peer support team at Fire & Rescue NSW to support firefighters suffering from mental health conditions and in the wake of traumatic incidents.
I am pursuing my research by undertaking a PhD aimed at understanding and reducing the impact of exposure to suicide on firefighters with a view to developing evidence-based suicide preparedness, prevention and postvention programs for firefighters
I moved to Australia in the mid 90s after completing an Honors degree in Physiology.
In Sydney I obtained a second degree in Physiotherapy working in the public and private sector before joining Fire & Rescue NSW in 2005.
I started writing my book Standing on my Brother's Shoulders in 2009. Much to my surprise I secured a publisher and the book was released in the UK and Australia in 2015, in France (2017) and in China (2020) and has now gone into its second edition. I'm also a qualified Mental health First Aid instructor and professional speaker. I regularly share my experiences to a wide variety of organisations as a way to create connection and understanding of mental illness and suicide in the community.
I've been a surf lifesaver since 2003 and I am a competitive surf boat rower.
My career as an athlete has been something like a vintage bottle of red - better with age.
In 2018 I earned my first Australian National Representative cap in the open womens division, eight years after winning my first masters title!
I finished my athletic career in 2019 winning a silver medal at the Australian Surf lifesaving Championships in the open female division for surf boats.
I'm an adventurer at heart.
I love to travel and am happiest when outdoors close to nature. I'm a health freak with a passion for cheesecake and red wine.
The simple things in life make me smile.
Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM) 2022
Australian National Representative Surf boat rowing - Trans Tasman Test Match 2018
NSW State Surf life saving gold medalist - Open womens surf boat rowing 2018 Surf lifesaving Sydney Branch Team of the year award 2018
Finalist in the Rotary Inspirational Woman of the Year Award 2017
Most outstanding contribution to Life Saving for Mental Health First Aid 2017
Member of the Golden Key National Honour Society
Recipient of an Australian Rotary Health Scholarship for postgraduate research in emergency services workers mental health
World and Australian Masters surf lifesaving gold medalist - Surf boat rowing 2012
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Conservatory buildover agreements – Back in 2011, the law changed regarding ownership and responsibility for sewer and drainage pipes. Prior to this any underground sewerage or rainwater pipes were the householder's responsibility. Under the new legislation any pipes deemed to be shared that run under your property or grounds are now owned and maintained by the local Sewerage board (primarily Wessex Water in this region).
This means that in order to build anything over, or within 3 metres of these pipes requires permission from the relevant authority. Don't worry though, here at Mendip we are fully capable of taking this stress away and deal with Wessex all the time.
In short, if you have an inspection cover in your garden and lifting it reveals that other households waste travels through it, you have a shared sewer. It used to be OK to raise and seal an inspection cover within the footprint of a conservatory. It is now not permitted under any circumstances.
Sometimes to get permission though the relevant authority will stipulate strict conditions concerning the footings, and if building over a pipe, will require a CCTV survey of the drains before any permissions are granted. You can find out more from Wessex here.
Many companies (including some nationals) are simply not aware of the legislation, and worse still, many advise customers to ignore it. The ramifications of ignoring or not complying are huge. You can not sell your property without a conservatory buildover agreement if you have built over a pipe post 2011. If an underground pipe collapses or requires work, the authority have the right to demolish your structure to gain access to their pipes if an agreement has not been sought.
Wessex Water will advise that very few conservatory companies adhere to the regulations and that we were the only one that took the new legislation seriously from its outset.
So if you are looking for a conservatory company, and you have shared sewers running through your garden, choose the experts. Come to Mendip Conservatories for your quote and advice.
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New Sri Lankan government brings down election budget
By Saman Gunadasa
The Sri Lankan parliament on Saturday endorsed an "interim budget" tabled on January 29 by Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake. The budget is aimed at winning increased electoral support for the new minority government, which was formed by Maithripala Sirisena following his defeat of Mahinda Rajapakse in the January 8 presidential elections.
President Sirisena's government is dominated by the pro-US United National Party (UNP) but Rajapakse's former ruling coalition, headed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), still has a majority in the parliament. Sirisena defected from the government to stand as the opposition candidate but remains a member of the SLFP.
The Sirisena government and its pseudo-left backers, such as Nava Sama Samaja Party (NSSP), presented the interim financial measures as a "Robin Hood budget" which snatches wealth from the rich and distributes it to the poor.
These claims are bogus. The budget is aimed at hoodwinking workers and the poor with a series of cosmetic concessions and the imposition of several taxes on the wealthy. Karunanayake, in fact, has begun talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over Sri Lanka's debt. This will mean that new social austerity measures will be imposed whichever government comes to power after the parliamentary election scheduled for May.
The budget cuts taxes on 13 essential food items, including wheat flour, sugar, milk powder, canned and dry fish and green gram (mung beans) by between 10 and 15 percent. The cost of rice, the main staple food, however, has not been reduced. Just before the budget, the government cut petrol, diesel, kerosene and gas prices by 22, 14, 20 and 16 percent respectively.
Public sector workers' monthly salaries will be increased by 10,000 rupees ($US75)—50 percent of the rise paid this month and the remainder in June. The monthly pension was increased by just 1,000 rupees.
The vast majority of private sector workers, including low-paid estate workers and garment workers, will not get any increase. Finance Minister Karunanayake claimed that if the government forced private companies to increase workers' salaries, "the companies will have to close." In a crude attempt to deflect the anger of workers, he issued an empty appeal for big business to grant a 2,500-rupee increase. This rise is unlikely to be paid.
Other budget proposals include increases in the guaranteed price for paddy, potatoes, tea, rubber and milk from small farmers and a 50 percent write-off of less than 100,000-rupeee loans to farmers. The agricultural fertilizer subsidy will continue and Samurdhi payments, a limited welfare program for the poor, were doubled for those receiving between 250 and 1,000 rupees per month. Karunanayake also announced that expenditure for education and health would be increased to 6 and 3 percent of the GDP respectively, up from 1.7 and 1.3 percent.
In 2006, the Rajapakse government imposed a virtual salary freeze. Over the past decade the cost of living in Sri Lanka has skyrocketed dramatically so the promised salary increases and price reductions in basic food items will not significantly reverse the decline in the living standards of ordinary working people. According to a Census and Statistics Department survey for 2012–2013, a family of four needs over 41,000 rupees per month to cover basic living costs.
The Sirisena government's cosmetic budget measures, which were presented during the January presidential election campaign as part of a so-called 100-day program, were an attempt to exploit the deep popular opposition among working people to Rajapakse's austerity measures.
As former leading member in the Rajapakse administration, Sirisena backed all of its attacks on the working class and the poor. His decision to quit the Rajapakse government and run for president was orchestrated by pro-US former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe with Washington's backing. The principal aim of the regime-change operation was to end Rajapakse's orientation towards Beijing and bring Sri Lanka firmly into line with Washington's "pivot to Asia" and its preparations for war against China.
Karunanayake's budget tax measures against the rich are politically calculated and temporary. These include a onetime "Mansion Tax" on houses built after the year 2000 and valued at over 150 million rupees or larger than 10,000 square feet. Other measures include a special 25 percent "supergain tax" on any company whose profits exceed Rs. 2,000 million; a 200-million rupees per month tax on liquor manufacturers; and one-off impost of 1,000 million and 250 million rupees on satellite and mobile telephone operators respectively.
While there was disquiet in big business circles about these policies, Karunanayake insisted that the government would "not act unfairly in collecting these taxes" and indicated some taxes were aimed at cronies of the previous government. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he had told several CEOs, who claimed to have difficulty paying the taxes, to just wait for a year for a relief.
In line with IMF demands, major social attacks are now being prepared against the working class and the poor. A few days after being appointed finance minister, Karunanayake held discussions with IMF representatives about obtaining loans to reduce the current debt burden. In his budget speech Karunanayake claimed that the new government had inherited an 8.8 trillion rupee debt, more than 1 trillion rupees higher than expected.
"The state of the economy is much more precarious than what we previously thought. The debt is exorbitant," Karunanayake said. The sudden discovery of a higher debt is entirely predictable and will be used to justify future retrogressive social measures. Karunanayake told the Daily Mirror that he wanted "to make the financial process more disciplined" with "'conditionised' loans."
Karunanayake claimed that he could reduce the projected 2015 budget deficit from 4.6 to 4.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by cutting "unnecessary costs" and pledged to carry out the previous government's promise to reduce deficit to 3.8 percent of the GDP by 2016.
UNP chief and current prime minister, Wickremesinghe has a clear track record. As prime minister from 2001–04, he slashed state sector spending and jobs and bolstered the privatisation of state-owned industries. His widely discredited economic programme was called "Regaining Sri Lanka."
Behind government and media claims of budget "concessions," the new Sri Lankan government is preparing even more ruthless attacks on the working class and the poor that will set the stage for sharp class battles.
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Update November 13, 2013: I have received a response from the CFIDS Association and have updated this post accordingly. Full comment from the Association below. My thanks to Carol Head, CEO of the CFIDS Association for her swift response to the concerns raised in the original blog post.
"You might have ME/CFS." That's the result I got on a diagnostic quiz on the CFIDS Association's new website. Even apart from that rather ridiculous result – because there is absolutely no doubt that I have ME/CFS – this quiz is extremely problematic. At best, it is inconsistent with the Association's stated position on the ME/CFS case definition. At worst, it has implications for the Association's approach to issues like the Institute of Medicine study on ME/CFS and the PCORI Patient-Powered Research Network. Updated: As you will see from the Association's response, they have corrected the quiz to be consistent with their position on the case definition.
The Association's new website launched this week with no fanfare or announcement. This has been in the works for many months, and it uses a cleaner and less cluttered design. The quiz "Do I Have ME/CFS?" is prominent in the site navigation and the home page slide show. I took the quiz this week because when I was a Board member, a patient approached me with concerns about a quiz on the old website. The new quiz is almost identical to the old one, and my concerns were heightened from the very beginning.
The first question of the test is "Have you felt generally unwell for six months or longer?" UNWELL. As so many of us have said so many times and in so many ways, unwell does not even begin to describe the experience of ME/CFS. The term is not defined in the quiz (the dictionary definitions include "being in poor health" and "undergoing menstruation"), nor does it appear in the case definition papers I examined (Fukuda, CCC, Reeves empirical, or ME-ICC). Why not just ask "Have you been sick for six months or longer?" Why use a vague term like unwell, that (to me, anyway) downplays the significance of our symptoms? To be honest, if I only felt unwell then I would be working. Updated: The updated quiz now asks "Have you experienced at least 6 months of severe physical or mental fatigue that you cannot explain, is not a result of ongoing exertion, is not relieved by rest and substantially reduces your activity levels?" Much more appropriate question that Are you unwell!
The test then progresses through ten more questions, assessing things like reduced tolerance for physical and mental activity, sudden onset, and overlapping conditions. I don't know who wrote this (or the older) quiz, how it was developed, and whether any attempt has been made to validate it. Question seven asks whether you have had any symptoms from a list of eight, and this is where the underlying case definition shows itself. The list of eight symptoms are the same eight assessed in the Fukuda definition, which requires at least four of them be present for six months along with debilitating fatigue. Because the quiz uses the same list, rather than the symptom clusters used in CCC, I have no doubt that the Association is using the Fukuda definition as the basis for this quiz. Updated: The Association has now updated the quiz to reflect the CCC, rather than Fukuda. See their full response at the end of this post.
This is where the quiz begins to spill over onto policy issues. First of all, the Association's public position on the IOM study states, "We feel that the Canadian Clinical Consensus* can be optimized as a clinical case definition by applying a standardized methodology of execution, through validation of criteria, and a nationwide dissemination to health professionals." If the Association believes that the IOM study should optimize the CCC as a clinical case definition, why would they use Fukuda as the basis for the diagnostic quiz? If the CCC is the right starting point, if optimizing it for widespread clinical use is the Association's goal, then shouldn't the Association's own "test" for ME/CFS use the same starting point? This inconsistency makes no sense to me. Updated: As the CEO of the Association explains below, the quiz is now based on the CCC and consistent with the Association's position on case definition.
However, using Fukuda as the basis of the quiz has deeper implications. You may recall that the Association, along with ten partner organizations, was invited to submit a full application for up to $1 million to build a patient-powered research network. If the Association were to win that grant, would they use Fukuda to identify participants? Since the launch of the SolveCFS BioBank, the Association has responded to questions from the patient community about eligibility criteria, including whether post-exertional malaise (not required under Fukuda) was necessary. The new website for BioBank eligibility simply says, "The SolveCFS BioBank has been built to be a robust resource for ME/CFS research. For this reason it is best that patients have a ME/CFS diagnosis from a healthcare provider. " No criteria is specified. BioBank participants must complete extensive questionnaires, so information relevant to the various diagnostic criteria can be collected in that way. And one of the unique aspects of the potential PCORI grant is that patients share in the governance of the patient-powered research network. Using Fukuda for this quiz does not mean that the Association believes Fukuda should be used for the BioBank or the PCORI project, but it does at least raise the question. Updated: The quiz is no longer using Fukuda, and other Association activities include opportunities to apply the CCC.
Back to my result: You might have ME/CFS. The results page does not tell me why I received an equivocal answer. Is it because I have sleep apnea? Fukuda excludes me from a CFS diagnosis on that basis. The CCC says, "If a potentially confounding medical condition is under control, then the diagnosis of ME/CFS can be entertained if patients meet the criteria otherwise." My sleep apnea is perfectly controlled, yet I am still sick. It's difficult for a short internet quiz to capture this level of complexity, and I doubt the Association's quiz is intended to do so. Question 11 asks if I've seen a healthcare provider for basic lab tests and a physical exam. The question does not ask what the result of that visit was, nor does it list some of the tests that are increasingly used by ME/CFS specialists like two day CPET. Again, I doubt the quiz is intended to deal in that level of specificity.
Which brings me to my fundamental question about the quiz: What's the point? An eleven question internet quiz cannot diagnose ME/CFS. If someone appears to have ME/CFS according to the quiz, are they more likely to donate to the Association or get involved in Association activities? Is the goal to encourage people to learn more about Association programs? Or is the goal to let someone know that they should see a doctor? If the latter, then this could be accomplished by saying that if a person experiences severe fatigue that reduces her ability to function for six months or more then she should see a doctor, and offer a fact sheet about ME/CFS diagnosis to assist in the conversation with the healthcare provider. Updated: The Association's comments below offer more explanation of the intended purpose of the quiz, and the new version of the quiz includes appropriate caveats about its limitations and the need to seek adequate medical care.
Internet quizzes are inherently silly, and useless for a complex disease like ME/CFS. So is this a bit of a gimmick that is sloppily inconsistent with the Association's stated position on the case definition? If so, I hope the issue can be clarified as the alternative explanation of Association support for Fukuda is difficult to swallow in our current political climate. As you will see from the update below, the Association has updated the quiz to reflect their support for operationalizing the CCC, and have clarified the purpose of the quiz.
First, we've now updated the quiz on our new SolveCFS.org site so that it is fully in line with CCC. (Note: It may take a short amount of time to propagate through the web.) We had always intended to do this and we're pleased that it's now done. I acknowledge that we goofed by missing the update by a couple of days as the new site went live in a "soft launch". Your blog post pushed our timeline forward. FYI, as we transitioned a very large amount of content from the old site to the new site (more than a decade's worth!), we've had to prioritize the work.
Importantly, the quiz is not new; it has been on our site for many years. We gave it more prominence with the new site because it was among the highest trafficked content. The feedback we have gotten over the years is overwhelmingly positive.
It is primarily meant for people who are newly sick, not for individuals, like you, who are already deeply knowledgeable about ME/CFS. It's designed to be an aid to those exploring ME/CFS online, trying to figure out more about it and hopefully point them toward additional resources to explore further. While you KNOW you have CFS, many are searching for answers, have no idea what is plaguing them and far too many have doctors unwilling to look toward ME/CFS as a possible diagnosis. While such an elementary tool would not be useful for experienced patients like you, it can be invaluable for someone searching for answers. It can give them some direction, better questions to ask, as they search. Please note that it would be inappropriate to give anyone a definitive "You have ME/CFS diagnosis" online.
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Jennie, thanks for delving into and taking the ME/CFS quiz on the new CFIDS site and sharing that with us; I haven't looked @ the new site as yet. I must say with Kim McCleary's leaving, and the CFIDS NOT standing up for the ME/CFS Experts and Researchers, and, INDEED, therefore, the ME/CFS people / patients / community which I used to think they genuinely represented–I am completely disillusioned with the CFIDS and will NO LONGER send in any monetary contributions to them.
This 'new' quiz using Fukuda criteria for ME/CFS is a clincher for me as to where their political goals lie–actions speak louder than words. Their unsupportive actions are detrimental to the ME/CFS community and feel like a blasphemous betrayal—and THAT's how I see the bottom line.
As SCIENCE moves forward with ME/CFS–the politics of egos, arrogance, LIES, cover-ups, BIG BUCKS–continue to be there front-row-and centre–determined to keep the SCIENCE of ME/CFS @ bay. The truth always comes out and we are working hard on that!!!
Well, there we have it. Like you, I "might have ME/CFS." That's news to me and will be news to my many doctors. Terrible quiz—let me count the ways. Thanks for bringing this to our attention Jennie.
Yup, me too — "I might have ME/CFS" … I wouldn't have even found the website without you pointing me to it Jennie. Perhaps this is a good thing. I so agree with all your comments.
Don't believe I will be taking the CFIDS ME/CFS quiz . . . it is BIASED and we have all been diagnosed by the EXPERTS. So, just what are they doing @ the offices of the CFIDS!!
Seems like it falls into line with HHS's apparent desire to have a simple questionnaire they can send to MDs so they can make a diagnosis. I find the terms "fatigue", "unwell", "aches", etc not only offensive but extremely "unscientific". Especially when most of us have objective immune abnormalities, ANS issues, swollen lymph nodes, exercise intolerance, etc. The other problem is that these questionnaires "lead" people into marking things down that probably aren't accurate. And finally to be honest I don't trust other people's assessments as I've learned that I've previously attributed some "symptoms" incorrectly. Perhaps it's too soon to use NKC function and other such objective measures as definitive markers I believe the time has come to elevate this sort of testing above being "unwell" for 6 months.
Ah, Floydguy, you might just have hit on the reason why the CAA posted such a useless quiz – "Seems like it falls into line with HHS's apparent desire to have a simple questionnaire they can send to MDs so they can make a diagnosis." What is driving the CAA these days (not in their statement of purpose, of course)? To be the government's go-to organization for ME/CFS; and they are sucking up to the HHS agencies in as many ways as they can think of, all under the guise of helping the patients. No, patients don't come first any longer.
Coincidentally, yesterday I wrote a letter to the CAA dropping all financial support for the organization and explaining why (let me count the ways, indeed).
This "Quizzical" blog reminded me of a comment within the introduction of the ICC definition: "No other disease criteria require that diagnoses be withheld until after the patient has suffered with the affliction for 6 months. Notwithstanding periods of clinical investigation will vary and may be prolonged, diagnosis should be made when the clinician is satisfied that the patient has ME rather than having the diagnosis restricted by a specified time factor. Early diagnoses may elicit new insights into the early stages of pathogenesis; prompt treatment may lessen the severity and impact." This is one of the reasons I believe the ICC definition for ME is preferable to the CCC definition. When we press for the CCC over Fukuda in any situation, we should also make the point that the six-month waiting period for diagnosis should be dropped from the CCC.
Thank you Jennie, and thank you Carol.
A quiz such as this would have been useful to me 10 years ago. (It took over 5 years for me to get a Dx, and that was only when I mentioned it as a possibility to my wonderful doctor).
It IS critical, especially in this 'current climate' that attention to detail, indeed, translating to–'overall policy' is communicated ACCURATELY. Yes, mistakes can be made . . . ; however, this was a ZINGER with CFIDS using Fukuda criteria for ME/CFS, and in my mind does reflect badly, ESPECIALLY in this current climate–and, quite frankly, makes me wonder what is next. I hope somebody @ CFIDS Association is really using a fine tooth comb now to check it all out. That was a HUGE blunder–thankfully, is NOW corrected and we see Carol Head's response.
I DO have a further question–as Carol Head states that this is NOT a new quiz; that it has been on their site for years — soooo, does that mean for years this quiz has been based on FUKUDA ??
At any rate–thankfully the quiz is now based on CCC !!!!!!! And, thank you, Jennie!!
I don't know when the quiz on the old site was written (or by whom). For all I know, it could have been written before CCC was published and never updated. The old website had an incredible amount of information on it – the legacy of twenty years of the organization. It's not uncommon for huge unwieldy sites like that to not receive regular reviews within an organization, especially a nonprofit. The move to the new website involved a lot of critical examination of the old material, but as Carol said, they were forced to prioritize. The important thing, in my view, is that they responded very quickly to my raising the issue and made it consistent with other policy statements. That's a good thing.
hi Jennie, thanks for checking on things like this for us!
I just wanted to note about the biobank: many doctors don't use any criteria at all to diagnose CFS (citations in Ellie Stein's recent unpublished paper: How to improve therapeutic encounters between patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Health Care Practitioners). Even of those that do use a criteria, if they aren't familiar with this disease and with other diseases which can present similarly, it's easy to get it wrong (citations in MERUK's Misdiagnosis on a Grand Scale? and here: http://evaluatingpace.phoenixrising.me/aps4more.html ; not sure if many US studies have been done although there is Jason's criticism of the Empirical approach).
So I'm not sure how valuable it is to include people who merely have a random doctor's diagnosis, when they have not been to a proper specialist. We don't accept that primary care doctors can generally accurately diagnose people with Lupus or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or multiple sclerosis or cancer, because those are similarly complicated. If they suspect those things, they refer to specialty to confirm the diagnosis. It should be the same case for us.
Good point by Janelle; specialist is important/necessary in getting to the diagnosis of ME/CFS.


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How to Re-Open Schools to Everyone's Satisfaction
The Florida government is mandating schools re-open as the number of virus cases explodes across the state, which most already know from the headlines around the world.
And while parents in some counties within my state have options to choose for how their kids go back to school next week, none of them seem palatable, let alone desirable against the backdrop of the rising cases and our government's unwillingness to take appropriate measures to protect its citizens.
Even many of our teachers, who have no choice but to return or lose their jobs, are dreading this fall term.
As of now, in the school district where I live, parents have three publicly-funded options: 1) traditional in-person learning, 2) e-learning through classroom livestreams, and 3) virtual learning through virtual schools.
Our School System Is Putting Students, Families and Teachers at Risk
There are other approaches being floated around nationally as alternatives to traditionally overcrowded classrooms, clogged hallways, and congested lunch rooms. If it keeps our learning environments safe, they are worth exploring. Most of them are rooted in homeschooling and distance learning along with others that when all things are equal, ultimately separate kids from an entire school body.
As a service designer, I recognize that this is a larger problem that needs addressing, for which service design is ideal. For what my district presented as the alternatives, they all fail to address parents' needs, special needs of some students, and the needs of teachers. Each are stakeholders in any solution. Failure to address their needs, as with any service, will cause a breakdown. Instead, our school district, along with the others in Florida, is simply meeting federal and state requirements to continue educating students in a transparent veil toward improving the economy.
Pandemic Learning Pods
Even so, here are a couple of ideas that have been proposed, starting with Pandemic Learning Pods. The idea, which circumvents the public school system, involves student families hiring a teacher or teachers to stay with a set group of, say, six students throughout the day. "It's a 2020 version of the one-room schoolhouse," Laura Meckler and Hannah Natanson wrote in the Washington Post.
In the U.S., it is compulsory to attend school until age 16. Taxpayers fund the education system, whether or not they have a student. With a learning pod, the idea is for groups of families to collectively fund their own student's education, a tally which includes teacher salaries, location, and supplies, minimally. The idea solves the problem of some parents' unavailability to teach and provides safety in a one-on-one learning environment. But it is not cheap, leading some to argue that pandemic learning pods will be available only to those who can afford it, thereby perpetuating the downsides of income inequality.
Microschooling
Another alternative is a hybrid learning environment that combines the idea of pandemic learning pods with grassroots homeschooling and traditional education, called Microschooling.
The idea of a Microschool has been around for more than a decade and is now growing in popularity around the U.S. and perhaps elsewhere. It is considered by some advocates, including at Getting Smart, as an affordable alternative to private schooling at "around $10,000 a year or often less."
The Microschool teaching approach emphasizes hands-on and activity-based learning, which for one, is a more concentrated education style, and for two, considered "as more worldly education." (see About Microschooling). Microschooling has been used to teach specialties to smaller, interested or like-minded groups of students, inside or outside the confines of a public or private school.
As a benefit to address the current situation, students are separated from the mainstream. What remains uncertain is how the schedules will work for families, since Microschool schedules are typically quite different from other learning institutions. Selected topics may continue on for days, for instance, and then there are days off for breaks whenever that falls during a week. However, during the pandemic, its applications may well serve many families' needs.
Other Alternatives
Additionally, there are organizations, including Swing Education, that both connect teachers to these independent education groups seeking teachers, and can help teachers develop their own independent teaching business. Some options offer hiring professional teachers to co-quarantine with students for $250 – $500 per child per week.
In comparison, our district offers a Florida Virtual School as an alternative, a state-wide online school that, for all intents and purposes, is its own school district. That option offers extreme flexibility for those students who can work on their own and can rely on accessing remote learning tools. However, once they opt in, they lose their seat at the district school. Even if they can return again at a later date, the loss of the student to the district results in a commensurate loss in funding.
Building a Solution
The above chart shows a user-centric approach to trying to solve this problem. While this chart, in particular, may be oversimplified due to the lack of detail, the notion of evaluating how each alternative satisfies user needs is the first step to understanding the problem. This approach also begins to narrow down the aspects of a preferred solution.
In reference to the chart, it would appear none of the alternatives are ideal. But here's a quick analysis:
State government's needs are met with any of the alternatives.
Teachers who desire to keep working should be able to do so, and only the Virtual School model would seem to counter those needs.
Of all these, learning pods might be the best option for meeting everyone's needs. However, it will require state and federal resources to help offset the family's costs. Yet, the school districts already have existing facilities, supplies, teachers and administration functions. The only distinction is the smaller class size, requiring more teachers. But if, say, learning pods is just one of the alternatives, the school districts might find they could juggle resources among all the alternatives to satisfy everyone's needs.
It's the thinking of a service designer that could help in this situation. It's not to say it's an easy fix, merely to suggest there are tools and skills to apply.
We still have a ways to go in the U.S. for awareness of service design and the benefits of using service designers. I'm quite confident the field will mature here as it has in Europe. But awareness also requires more individuals who have an interest in becoming service designers. Even though there is a lack of awareness on the part of some, there are still well-paying service design jobs in the U.S., across industries. The public sector is hiring more service designers—the Obama administration had service designers on staff. Management consulting, hospitality, healthcare and other industries are hiring service designers. These are jobs that will help improve the way we live by solving some of our most pressing challenges. Service designers have bright futures. Now, if only our school system hired some to help them.