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A PowerBook Once Again?
December 8, 2019 by Dan Wells
A PowerBook/MacBook Pro family portrait (mostly Apple marketing images) – 1991 to 2019
28 years ago this fall, Apple released the first Mac PowerBooks. They weren't actually the first portable Macs. Outbound Systems and a couple of other companies had made portable computers that required the ROM chips from a Mac in order to run. Apple themselves had previously released the Macintosh Portable – a 16 lb, $7300 behemoth that used lead-acid batteries (related to car batteries, and as heavy as would be expected from having lead in them). The PowerBook line, however, were the first mainstream portable Macs. They were fast, powerful, generally trouble-free, and they were among the most sophisticated laptops on the market at the time. I wrote many undergraduate papers on my old PowerBook 170, and I've used most generations of Apple laptops since then, and I have owned many of them – I'll still sometimes slip and call what has officially been a MacBook Pro for many years a "PowerBook".
Tales of a New Machine – by my count, this 16" MacBook Pro is an 11th Generation PowerBook
On November 15, 2019, Apple released a new generation of the MacBook Pro, the machine that will carry the banner of the PowerBooks for the next 3-4 years, replacing the controversial 2016-2019 Touch Bar MacBook Pro (aka the 4 USB-C MacBook Pro and the Butterfly Keyboard MacBook Pro). While a computer is a somewhat unusual review item for The Luminous Landscape, we all use them, we have very specific needs as photographers, and the high-end MacBook Pro is a very popular choice.
The long-term test MacBook Pro
Our long-term test MacBook Pro recently arrived, and will feature in a full review in mid to late December, a long-term update in the Spring, and many software and workflow articles over the next several years. It is a nearly fully upgraded model with the 2.4 GHz i9-9880HK CPU, 64 GB of RAM, Radeon 5500 GPU and a 4 TB SSD. This powerful configuration should remain a respectable high-end laptop for the next several years. It will be compared against its PC competitors, including those with radically different designs made specifically for photographers.
There have only been a total of 11 or so generations of the iconic high-end Apple laptop, whether you call it a PowerBook or a MacBook Pro, in the past 28 years, so a new release is a relatively significant event. This is especially true when the previous model has disappointed many users. The PowerBook/MacBook Pro has become one of the two defining notebook lines in the professional market, along with the ThinkPad – the first of which was introduced in 1992. Since only Apple makes Macs, the stakes surrounding the MacBook Pro are even higher. Even a dedicated ThinkPad user has the option of buying a HP or Dell workstation with very little difficulty in switching if the current high-end ThinkPad disappoints. Someone who has been using PowerBooks and MacBook Pros for decades faces a switch of operating systems if they don't like Apple's latest.
The competition in the early days – one of the original ThinkPads
Early sales figures are difficult to find, but every year since about 2012, 10 million or more MacBook Pros have been sold – maybe half of them the higher-end 15" model. Earlier models were actually more dominant, both as a portion of Apple's total sales and as a percentage of the laptop market – but in a much smaller market. The couple of million annual PowerBook sales in the 1990s were a larger percentage of all personal computers sold than 10 million or more MacBook Pros are in today's market of over 150 million laptops alone and a total of nearly 300 million computers. They also represented a much larger percentage of Apple's sales than the MacBook Pro does of the sales of trillion-dollar, iPhone-driven Apple.
Remember these? An Apple IIe
For perspective, the whole Apple II line combined sold 6 million computers across its entire history. Apple would be very happy, but not shocked, if the new 16" model in its first year outsold the Apple II series across its history. It is nearly certain that it will do so within its first two years on the market. The Commodore 64 sold 17 million units over its history, something like the number of 16" MacBook Pros Apple hopes to sell over the model's 3-4 year lifespan.
The PowerBook/MacBook Pro is comfortably over 100 million lifetime sales, with the high-end model alone having almost certainly sold between 50 and 100 million. Depending on what you call a PowerBook/MacBook Pro and what you call a ThinkPad, one of the two is almost certainly the best-selling computer line in history. On the other hand, the iPhone sells around 80 million units in a SINGLE QUARTER (what Apple calls Q1 of its fiscal year, with new iPhones released at the beginning of the quarter and the winter holidays at the end). It probably outsells the entire 28 year history of the high-end Mac laptop in a quarter, and it certainly outsells all laptop Macs combined over 28 years in a year (with annual sales in the vicinity of 200 million).
Since 2006, the most popular MacBook Pro for photographers and other creative types has been the 15" model with discrete graphics, which has been through only four generations from January of 2006 to November of 2019. The basic design dates back even farther, in many ways to 2001's Titanium PowerBook G4. Any time Apple releases a new generation of the 15" MacBook Pro, it's a big deal. They make minor changes, generally new CPUs and sometimes GPUs, essentially every year, but they only release a real new model every three or four years.
The 2016-2019 MacBook Pro (aka the Touch Bar MacBook Pro, the Butterfly Keyboard MacBook Pro, and the USB-C MacBook Pro) was one of the least popular in this long line. Apple made several important mistakes in the 2016 model, and, due to the longevity of MacBook Pro designs, they didn't take another shot at it until November of 2019. It's not an exaggeration to say that the 16" MacBook Pro (we'll see what name sticks – will it be the 16" MacBook Pro, the Magic Keyboard MacBook Pro, the Late 2019 MacBook Pro, or something else?) might be the most critical personal computer release of the past decade or so.
The three biggest controversies surrounding the 2016-2019 MacBook Pro series were the keyboard, the ports and the perception that it lost performance by being incredibly thin and light. Apple first introduced their "butterfly" keyboard in the tiny 2015 MacBook, and it was instantly controversial. It had almost no key travel, and it quickly acquired a reputation for fragility – especially if dust or crumbs got into the keys. There was no way to build the ultralight MacBook without it, since every millimeter counts in a machine that is only 12mm thick at its thickest point and tapers to much less than that, and every gram counts in a machine under a kilogram. The MacBook also debuted Apple's use of the new USB-C port – its only physical port, apart from the headphone jack, is a single USB-C connector that has to do triple duty for charging, external storage and display connection. Users are well advised to use a Bluetooth keyboard and a WiFi printer!
Users were surprised when the 15" MacBook Pro, Apple's most powerful laptop, came out a year later taking its cues from the little MacBook. The butterfly keyboard was there, even though nobody really needed the already thin MacBook Pro to be thinner – this was a mobile creative workstation, after all, not an ultralight notetaker. While there were four USB-C ports instead of one and they supported the ultra-fast Thunderbolt 3 interface, USB-C was the only port type on the new Mac (apart from the headphone jack). Traditional USB ports were gone, HDMI was gone, the SD card reader was gone. The function keys were gone, replaced by a Touch Bar that offered different functionality depending on the application – but developer support was slow to come. Both the RAM and storage were soldered to the motherboard, just like the MacBook. While the storage options of up to 2 terabytes were reasonable, if overpriced, 16 GB of RAM was the only option, and PC competitors were already offering 32 GB configurations and a few had 64 GB options in somewhat heavier machines. A similar 4-core CPU was only modestly faster than the preceding model, and the GPU was about 30% faster, and much slower than some of the PC competition. Finally, Apple had removed about 20% of the battery capacity to get the machine as thin and light as it became.
Especially as the keyboard proved unreliable over time, the Touch Bar MacBook Pro was far from the most beloved model in its long lineage. Perhaps not since the legendary PowerBook 5300 series from decades earlier, whose batteries had the unfortunate habit of occasionally exploding at inopportune moments, had there been a less popular "big PowerBook". Revisions over the next three years helped somewhat – the 2017 model had a processor upgrade that actually made a difference and a slight improvement to the keyboard. The 2018 model caused controversy by coming out in two stages – the first introduced long- awaited 6-core processors and (finally) a 32 GB RAM option (along with an unexpected 4 TB SSD option – for a king's ransom), while more modern GPUs followed a few months later – there was also another attempt at fixing the butterfly keyboard. In May of 2019, Apple released a final revision to the 15" Touch Bar MacBook Pro – 8 core processors and yet another attempt at a better butterfly were the highlights. Many users were disappointed to see yet another version of the 2016 MacBook Pro – it probably meant another year with this design.
Unexpectedly, in the fall of 2019, rumors of a new MacBook Pro emerged – and it didn't look like a change in an option or two like 2018's GPU update – this was a new machine, with a new screen size – there was talk of a 16" MacBook Pro. Would the butterfly keyboard finally fly off to a long-deserved retirement? Would the ports change? Would the ancient GPUs that still plagued the base models go away – the more modern options were only available as extra-cost upgrades at purchase. Would Apple finally bump up the base storage, which had been stuck at 256 GB on the base model and 512 GB on the higher spec model since 2013? How much more was Apple going to charge?
When the new 16" MacBook Pro was finally introduced in November of 2019, after false alarms in September and October, it had some notable differences from its predecessor. First of all, the butterfly keyboard is gone – replaced with a new "magic keyboard" design that is supposed to be derived from Apple's current desktop keyboards. Early reviews have been very positive, and my first couple of days with the new machine show major improvements. Second, the new Mac is actually slightly thicker and a bit heavier than its predecessor – a step away from the usual Apple trend of always making everything thinner and lighter. The battery capacity Apple removed from the previous model is back, along with a new cooling system that should allow the processor to run faster, especially in heavy workloads, and early benchmarks indicate that it does.
The screen is slightly larger and higher resolution, although they didn't go all the way to 4K. The Touch Bar is still there, although the power/Touch ID button and the esc key have been removed from the Touch Bar and returned to physical buttons. The port layout is unchanged – still 4 USB-C/Thunderbolt 3, a vintage headphone jack and nothing else (except every imaginable variety of WiFi and Bluetooth).
As often happens to Apple, the world has moved towards them in the past few years. USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 peripherals are much more common than they were 3 1⁄2 years ago, although it would still be nice to have one traditional USB port for dealing with memory sticks and an HDMI port for projectors. The SD card slot is still gone – but the memory card landscape
is more complex than it was a few years ago. Still photographers use SD and XQD (soon to be CFExpress), while the video world uses both of those, but adds CFast, SxS and others. Music gear often uses Micro SD, especially on portable recorders. SD alone no longer covers most memory reading needs, and Apple didn't have the room to put all the possibilities in the chassis. An SD reader would still be useful, but it's no longer the undisputed card reader of choice.
Apple didn't make the optional modern GPUs from the last version standard – they went one better and improved the GPUs another generation (and made those standard). Finally, they increased the maximum RAM and storage. Both are still soldered, but RAM options now go up to 64 GB and drive choices go as high as 8 TB, with a 4 TB option at half the price it debuted for a couple of years ago ! Base storage options are improved – 512 GB in the base model and 1 TB in the upgraded model – all are Apple's trademark superfast SSDs. To everyone's surprise, one of the few specifications Apple didn't increase was the price – the base model is still $2399, with an upgraded model available for $2799. With every possible upgrade, the 16" MacBook Pro can cost as much as $6099, although $2200 of that is the 8 TB SSD alone. Fully upgraded models with still-generous 2 TB and 4 TB storage options cost $4299 and $4899.
Compared to the PC competition, the new MacBook Pro looks pretty good – the processors are the best Intel makes, equaled but not bettered by the best ThinkPads, HP ZBooks and Dell Precisions. Apple uses AMD GPUs while everyone else uses Nvidia, but the current-generation AMD GPUs in the MacBook Pro equal or surpass what PC makers are putting in relatively lightweight mobile workstations.
Gaming laptops have much more powerful GPUs – but at enormous cost elsewhere in the design. Many of them are very heavy (as much as ~7 lbs to Apple's 4.3). Essentially all gaming laptops have poor battery life, while Macs' is always excellent. Many gaming laptops sacrifice build quality, reliability and usability to cram in the most powerful GPUs. The closest competitor in a gaming-derived design is the Razer Blade Studio Edition – a modified version of the gaming-oriented 15" Razer Blade intended specifically for photographers, video pros, musicians and other creative types.
Yes, Razer's GPU options are substantially more powerful than anything Apple offers – but the only available CPU is a 6-core model 25% slower than Apple's top 8-core choice. Battery life is lucky to break half of the MacBook Pro's 11 hours (and, if that powerful GPU is stressed, it could be as little as 45 minutes). The Blade Studio is half a pound heavier than the MacBook Pro, and it comes with one RAM option – either 16 or 32 GB, determined by which GPU you order. The RAM is upgradeable, but you have to remove the included RAM to add more – in a worst-case scenario, a user could be left removing 32 GB of brand-new RAM to install 64 GB. It comes with one storage option – 512 GB or 1 TB, again determined by your GPU choice – although it's upgradeable, the largest option that fits is 2 TB (and you're stuck with the included SSD if you upgrade immediately).
The 2019 ThinkPad family – the P1 in front is probably the new MacBook Pro's closest competitor
Dell, Lenovo and HP all offer similar lightweight workstations in the 4.2-4.5 lb range – the Dell Precision 5540, Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen2 and HP ZBook Studio 15 G5. All three offer similar CPUs, Nvidia GPUs that perform comparably to Apple's AMD models and configurations with up to 64 GB of RAM. Dell only offers up to 2 GB of fast SSD, while Lenovo and HP offer dual 2 TB configurations – nobody can get to 8 TB, nor do they offer a single 4 TB drive. PC prices fluctuate with specials, unlike Apple's relatively constant pricing – but as of this writing, a comparably configured Lenovo is a couple of hundred dollars cheaper than the Mac, Dell is about $100 more expensive, and HP is significantly more expensive (over $1000), driven by extravagant SSD pricing (an HP bought with minimum SSD and upgraded with drives bought elsewhere would be in line with the Mac).
A gaggle of unusual PCs – the Acer ConceptD9 on top features a swivel screen and a pen, the Asus ZenBook Pro in the middle has a second screen above the keyboard, and the Wacom MobileStudio Pro at bottom looks like a Cintiq graphics tablet – but it's the whole computer (keyboard optional).
PCs, of course, offer a much wider range of designs. If you want a powerful laptop from Apple, you have one choice – it's a relatively conventional thin and light 16" mobile workstation or nothing. Lenovo alone offers a 14" mobile workstation that is even lighter (the P43s), a 15" that is cheaper than the Mac (the P53s) and the very comparable 15" P1 Generation 2. If you're willing to accept more weight, the full-scale P53 is a pound and a half heavier than the Mac, but it can accept 128 GB of RAM and a more powerful GPU. The 17" P73 starts at 7.5 lbs, but offers a huge screen, a numeric keypad and unparalleled expansion options. It is priced similarly to the MacBook Pro, and offers a tradeoff of power for convenience. Razer offers relatively light machines with powerful GPUs, but substantial tradeoffs in other categories. HP and others offer detachable laptop-tablet hybrids with serious computing power, while Wacom even offers a high-end graphics tablet with a built-in computer. In terms of specifications, the MobileStudio Pro is a relatively high-end laptop, but it's a completely different machine to use. The keyboard is actually optional, while Wacom's Pro Pen 2 is included.
It looks like Apple has introduced a 16" MacBook Pro that should silence many of the doubts about its predecessor. It just might be the best lightweight mobile workstation available as of November, 2019. The design isn't perfect, but it is much improved, and the early reviews
are very positive. Unusually for an Apple product, the price has actually gone down for to what you get, with storage, GPU, keyboard and display upgrades for the same price as the previous model. RAM upgrades are more expensive than adding memory to a competitive model yourself, and around the same price as ordering a competitor with a similar configuration. The storage upgrades are actually reasonably priced considering the speed and quality of Apple's SSDs. It's certainly possible to get a competing laptop to 2 or 4 TB more cheaply, but if you use the fastest Samsung or WD Black SSDs (which are not quite as fast as what Apple uses, but close) and the price draws very close.
Since Apple only releases a new MacBook Pro every several years, it is important that they get it right – the early reviews suggest that they may well have this time, and I am interested to see how it works. I will also be working to get test samples of at least one of the PC competitors, and hopefully several, over the next year or so. I'm especially interested in something very similar that asks the Mac vs. PC question the most directly, then in the Razer with its powerful graphics or a heavier workstation from Lenovo, Dell or HP, and finally one or more of the exotic devices that rethink how we use a computer.
Just for fun, here's how the new 16" MacBook Pro stacks up against its great-great- great(etc.) grandfather, the Power Book 170 from 28 years ago. Its CPU has more than 1000x the speed to work with – 8 cores at 2400 mHz (often running at 3200-3300 mHz) instead of a single core at 25 mHz. Processor efficiency has increased over the years, and that is hard to measure – but a guess is 25-30x (from about 0.35 instructions per clock cycle to 10 or so), leaving the CPU around 25,000 times as powerful. The GPU is even more dramatic – the old 170 used the CPU for graphics, while the new one has a powerful, separate GPU. From the few available datapoints, it's something like a 250,000-fold speedup.
RAM has increased from 8 megabytes to 64 gigabytes, a factor of 8000, and it is running a minimum of 1000x as fast – probably much more than that, due to efficiencies that are harder to find data on. Drive space has gone from 80 megabytes to 4 terabytes, a factor of 50,000, and drive speed has gone from something somewhat shy of 1 megabyte per second to 3200 megabytes per second or so (in round numbers, a 5000x speedup).The PowerBook 170 was one of the first laptops to feature built-in networking – LocalTalk that ran at 230.4 kilobits per second. The WiFi on a modern MacBook Pro can run at 1,300,000 kilobits per second under ideal conditions – a factor of 5000 or so faster, and without a cable. Very roughly, essentially the same amount of money (less with inflation) buys at least 10,000 times as much computer this year as it did in my first year of college.
Software has grown more complex so dramatically that I'm not entirely sure that Microsoft Word (one of the worst offenders, and a program that has existed for the Mac since before the PowerBook 170 was released) will actually run any faster than it did 28 years ago. It certainly does a lot more, having gone from no built-in spell checker to "what can't Word do?", but it still acts slow at times…
Will the 16" MacBook Pro live up to the hopes Mac-using creative pros have placed in Apple getting it right this time? Will the latest generation of one of the best-selling and most influential computers of the modern era be one of the well-loved PowerBooks or a forgettable "road Apple"? The original PowerBook 170, the PowerBook 3400, the "WallStreet/Lombard" Power PC G3 PowerBooks, the Titanium PowerBook G4, the original MacBook Pro and the Retina MacBook Pro were all groundbreaking when they were released, and they all have cult followings. On the other hand, not every PowerBook or MacBook Pro has been a great success, and Apple has a reputation to rebuild among creative pros – will the new machine be what Apple needs? More importantly, will it be what we need as photographers and other creative professionals?
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Toilets are an integral part of any bathroom. Whether you're in the midst of a remodel or your old toilet is leaking and needs replacing, you'll be faced with several options when choosing a new bathroom fixture. Toilets come in many shapes, sizes, and styles, including one-piece and two-piece toilets. Traditionally, toilets were made with a tank and bowl bolted together, and some are still sold this way. However, recently one-piece toilets have become an option. Both toilets function well, and manufacturers provide the same design in a one- or a two-piece model. We'll outline the differences below so that you can make a better choice for your home.
Both one-piece and two-piece toilets come in a range of sizes. Traditionally, most one-piece toilets take up slightly less space due to the way they are designed. The tank and bowl are molded together so that they don't need as much room, front to back or in height.
However, most one-piece toilets are designed to comfort height guidelines, which means that the bowl sits at 17 inches, rather than 15. Two-piece toilets can be found in both standard and comfort height, and both toilets are available in sizes to accommodate various bathroom designs.
When choosing a toilet, the most important measurement is the rough in, which is the distance from the center of the drain pipe to the wall behind the toilet. Most toilets sit at 12 inches, but some have a 10- or a 14-inch rough. Two-piece toilets have more options for sitting on a differently sized rough because the bowl size doesn't change. Simply order a different tank to sit on top. A few one-piece toilets offer the ability to have a moveable rough to accommodate different bathrooms. So, if you have an odd-sized rough, you have more options with a two-piece.
One-piece toilets are considerably heavier. This is because a two-piece can be uncoupled to move, halving its weight, while a one-piece contains everything in one mold. Moving it can be more difficult, and shipping costs may be considerably higher.
Both one- and two-piece toilets are available in a wide range of styles. Because of the sleeker appearance of a one-piece, some people feel that they are better in contemporary bathrooms. However, you can find one-piece toilets with traditional designs as well as modern two-piece toilets.
Installation is fairly similar for both types of toilets regarding difficulty. A two-piece toilet is going to be easier to move and maneuver, but it needs to be bolted together. A one-piece toilet is harder to move but doesn't need to be assembled.
In both cases, to install the toilet, a wax ring is placed over the waste pipe. The toilet is set on top of the ring at a slight angle then twisted sharply to face front. The installer sits on the toilet and leans front to back and side to side to evenly distribute the weight. The toilet is then bolted to the floor, and the bolts are concealed either in the toilet skirt or with bolt caps.
The water line is hooked up to the bottom of the tank and sealed. The water is turned on, and the toilet is allowed to fill before being flushed to check for leaks. This takes less than an hour.
Traditionally, one-piece toilets cost more, even with the same manufacturer and style. A Kohler Memoirs Stately Comfort Height toilet in two-piece costs about $500, while the same toilet in one-piece costs about $1,250. Both have the same lines, front to back measurement, and bowl height. The one-piece version is slightly shorter. Both have the same flushing technology.
Installation for each toilet costs around $100. So, a one-piece toilet will cost between $900 and $1,350 with installation while the two-piece costs between $300 and $600.
One of the reasons for the popularity of one-piece toilets is the lower maintenance. The molded shape of the toilet makes a one-piece easier to clean because there is less space for bacteria to become trapped and breed.
One-piece toilets have a slight advantage regarding durability. The coupling between the tank and bowl of a two-piece toilet may crack over time. This means that the two areas could uncouple, requiring replacing one or both pieces. In very old toilets, the rubber gasket between the two sections may degrade, which can cause leaks. This is an easy and inexpensive fix, however.
One-piece toilets are molded, so there is less chance of breakage between the couplings. However, if something breaks in the tank section of the toilet, replacing the entire toilet is necessary.
With proper care, either toilet can last 50 or more years without requiring replacement.
Both one-piece and two-piece toilets are available in a wide range of different flushing technology, from flappers to towers. Both are also available in low-flow versions, which use as little as one gallon of water per flush.
Neither toilet design has any impact on the resale value of a home. However, having a working toilet that does not leak is part of what helps maintain a home's value. It's important to have a working toilet, regardless of type or style.
How much does it cost to install a one-piece or a two-piece toilet in my city?
Cost to install a one-piece or a two-piece toilet varies greatly by region (and even by zip code). To get free estimates from local contractors, please indicate yours.


On Monday, my 'net, phone and cable – all provided by the same company – were all knocked out by a big fire that destroyed 2 fairly popular bar/restaurants 2 blocks away ('A' is my place, 'B' is fire) from my place. I live in a part of Montréal called 'the plateau', which is a somewhat trendy part of town quickly being gentrified and getting expensive. The vast majority of buildings in the plateau are at least 50 years old, many are more than twice that, and all are fires waiting to happen – there have been 5 fires like this nearby in the 6 years I've lived here. Even the newer buildings are still at risk due the proximity and density.
Now, my place is insured, so if it were to burn down, it wouldn't leave me in the situation as some of the 50 newly homeless people mentioned in the article above. No insurance company will give fire/home/theft insurance to apartments above bars and restaurants (been there, tried that). Those guys are very unfortunate indeed. So, I could replace most of my belongings, but this did make me seriously look at improving my backups. I do have some of my backups off site, but clearly not enough, and I will be remedying this very soon.
As I got to the end of my block, I could clearly see smoke, fire trucks and lots of activity. I could hear the sirens of more trucks coming from behind me. The smell of smoke was very strong and irritating enough for me to change my breathing pattern to avoid inhaling deeply.
When I got around to the West side of St. Denis (a very popular street in Montreal, full of restaurants and night-life), there was a small crowd of people watching the firefighters. Lots of people taking pictures with their cell phones and cameras. There wasn't any real sense of danger (although, I suspect the people who's apartments were on fire felt diffently), if anything, there was an air of excitement.
The smoke really started to get thick fairly quickly – this was getting really exciting! The EMT folks (ambulance, police and fire) didn't seem to be too concerned about the crowd right across the street, and were happy to let us watch the action as it unfolded.
I don't think I've ever seen so many firemen all in one place before. It was kinda neat to see them all up on the roof. At this point, they had all sorts of saws, axes and prybars out, ripping open mouldings and flashings. Still no sense of real danger in the mob, but people were starting to realize that this was a big fire.
In the next photo, you can barely see a hit of orange behind the cherry bucket. Right before this, the smoke got noticeably darker. Once the flames were visible, the mood down in the crowd changed quite dramatically. People were clearly concerned for the safety of the firefighters, some of whom seemed to have been taken off guard as they scattered to the edges of the building. There were a number of gasps as the onlookers got more worried when the flames started shooting 10 – 15 feet up out of the building.
With flames clearly visible now coming out of the front window, the EMT guys realized that perhaps having a crowd across the street wasn't a good idea. They started telling everyone to move along – most of us just stood there and watched anyway. Zooming in on the window, you can see that the room is largely consumed by flame.
It didn't take long for the heat to break the closed windows. Along with the very dark smoke that was released, the sound of the windows shattering and glass falling to the sidewalk was clearly audible despite the fact that there were dozens of alarms and sirens going off. Many of the alarms were from the warning mechanisms on the firefighter's air supplies as they came down the ladder to cool off in a makeshift shower and get new tanks.
Once the windows were broken, the fire really managed to burn hot! The plus side was that a hot fire burns more and makes less smoke. Now the EMT folks were starting to get a little more serious about getting us out of there as we could clearly feel the heat across the street even though we were upwind. Watching this made me think of the classic line from an old Eddie Murphy standup skit, where his pyro uncle says "Now, that's a fire!" after nearly burning down the back yard lighting the BBQ.
The flower pots in front of the windows were now melting, and the dripping plastic burns as it falls. From our view, it looked like dripping flames and was quite interesting to watch as it burned whatever it lands on. Our side of the street was now getting really hot, and the police were now actively putting up barricades and telling people to get further back. I could hear them coming, and they were starting to get annoyed that people weren't listening, but I wanted a couple more shots.
Despite the fact that there's a huge fire right next to them, these firefighters stick to the task at hand and do what they can to save the structure next to it. I can't imagine how hot that was for them, considering what we could feel across the street. According to the reports the next day, 4 firefighters suffered heat exhaustion and one had minor burns. The crowd was really worried about them and we were all hoping the hoses would start as there were still no signs of any hosing at the front yet.
Eventually, we were all forced to leave the area and the police barricaded the entire block. I went back home to unload my camera, and came back to take more photos and watch as they got out the hoses. By this point, my 'net, cable and phone were no longer working.
The next day, it was clear that the building that had L'Barouf and The Continental was completely destroyed. The owner of The Continental vowed to rebuild in a bunch of newspaper and TV interviews. The ironic thing is that the fire started in the grey building to the right, which seems to have suffered way less damage. Apparently, the cause was electrical, not a surprise seeing how some of these places are wired.


Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has directed no fewer than 37 permanent secretaries and some unspecified number of Directors of Finance and Accounts in the state's civil to proceed on compulsory leave.
This is coming just as he also announced the sack of the state's Accountant-General and some top management staff of the local governments across the state.
The news is contained in a statement issued Monday in Lokoja, the state capital by Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo.
He added that "The only exemption category are people on acting capacity and the Permanent Secretary, Government House.
 "Also, the Accountant General has been relieved of his position while the second in command will also proceed on the compulsory 30 days leave.


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Antidilution Protection For Investors
Joseph W. Bartlett, Special Counsel, McCarter & English LLP, Co-Founder of VCExperts
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In the "modern era" of venture capital (1970 and beyond) the so-called anti-dilution provisions have become increasingly important. Like so many words in the glossary of venture capital, "dilution" has multiple meanings. The core concept, however, arises from a central fact: any new claimant to the assets and/or income of a firm reduces the percentage interests of the existing claimants. Thus, if X and Y own 50 percent of a firm and Z purchases newly issued securities with a claim–say, of 25 percent–on future income or value, X and Y have been diluted in the sense that each necessarily owns a lesser percentage, a lesser claim. It may be, of course, that Z contributes cash or property in an amount sufficient to enable the firm to increase its earnings by, say, 40 percent. In such an event, it is arguable that X and Y's shares have not been diluted in the sense of watered down, because the firm enjoys surplus earning power. Nonetheless, their percentage interest, albeit in a larger pie, is smaller, and some would hold to the theory that X and Y have suffered in some sense.
Several Meanings of "Dilution"
The issue of dilution depends on what criteria are deemed significant in calculating value. If net earnings per share is the measure that drives stock price, then a financing which increases that result is nondilutive; if, similarly, cash flow or gross revenue per share is the critical indicator, the issue is, "Did that indicator go up or down on a per-share basis?" Some firms are given an overall bill of health in terms of return on equity or on assets; a dilutive financing is one that decreases that ratio.
The same analysis can be conducted in terms of book value. If the "shareholders equity" account is $1 million and X and Y each own 50 percent, the appearance of Z, who contributes $100,000 for a 25-percent interest, dilutes X and Y. If Z contributed $400,000 for 25 percent the financing is not normally considered dilutive; dilution in a balance-sheet sense is usually thought to occur only when net book value per share diminishes as a result of the financing. If Z lends the firm $1 million, it is arguable that the claim of X and Y is set back in liquidation, behind an additional layer of debt. However, since the firm has added the loan proceeds to the asset side of the ledger, dilution is not usually perceived as resulting in such instance.
Anti-dilution Formulas
The very nature of a derivative security–a warrant, an option, a convertible preferred–requires some form of anti-dilution protection. Then, if a preferred share is convertible into ten shares of common and something happens to make the common cheaper, the preferred holder desires naturally to be entitled to status quo ante.
And, the easy part of the anti-dilution discussion has to do with recapitalizations (changes in the number of shares outstanding in the absence of an exogenous transaction such as a third-party financing or a consolidation with another firm; that is, stock dividends, stock splits, and reverse stock splits). These changes are technical. A 100-percent stock dividend doubles the number of shares and cuts the book value of the stock in half; absent a market reaction which reflects non-fundamental factors, one $20 share of stock becomes two $10 shares of stock. The more difficult issue arises when a later round of financing is at a lower price than an earlier round or rounds. Thus, assume the company sells preferred stock to investors in an early round, convertible at $1 a share, and then something changes. The issuer needs more money, as start-ups usually do, and so it sells more stock, perhaps common this time, at 75¢ per share. The preferred stockholders are diluted in a sense, but one may argue that such a contingency is a business risk. There were no guarantees when they bought their preferred. The "something" may have had nothing to do with the fortunes of the company; perhaps it is developing in accordance with the plan, but the investment climate changes. If the existing investors want protection against dilution, they can bargain for, and subsequently exercise, preemptive rights, essentially dollar averaging or averaging down to protect their percentage interest. After all, they are the people with cash to spend.
The foregoing is a plausible argument, but it neglects the Golden Rule ("He who has the gold makes the rules"). Anti-dilution provisions tied to the price of subsequent financings operate at the expense of one particular class–the founder and his allies, the key employees— and to the benefit of the other class, the existing cash investors. The new investors, of course, do not care; they get the percentage of equity they bargained for at the specified price. They are either indifferent on the issue, or, because they overlap with the earlier cash investors, are in favor of anti-dilution protection. The founder has only one way to get rich, the horse he is riding, while the professional venture capitalists have a number of irons in the fire. The founder is, therefore, usually outgunned and gives up on anti-dilution provisions. Unfortunately, this can be a big mistake, a point to be revisited after an explanation of the way in which the provisions operate.
Full Ratchet and Weighted Average
There are two principal ways to formulate anti-dilution provisions, capitalizing the terms to make it clear we are talking about the ones that have substantive bite: the "Full Ratchet" and the "Weighted Average." Full-Ratchet provisions are the real killers, at least from the founder's point of view. They provide that, if one share of stock is issued at a lower price, or one right to purchase stock is issued at a lower aggregate price (exercise price plus what is paid, if anything, for the right), then the conversion price of the existing preferred shares is automatically decreased, that is, it "ratchets down," to the lower price. Depending on how many shares (or rights) are included in the subsequent issue, this can be strong medicine. A brief example will illustrate. Assume Newco, Inc. has one million common shares and one million convertible preferred shares outstanding; the founder owns the entire common, and the investors own the entire preferred, convertible into common at $1 per share. Newco then issues 50,000 shares of common at 50¢ per share because it desperately needs $25,000 in cash. To make the example as severe as possible, let us say the investors control the board and they make the decision to price the new round of financing at 50¢. Suddenly the preferred's conversion price is 50¢, the founder goes from 50 percent of the equity to just under 33.3 percent, and all the company has gained in the bargain is $25,000. Indeed, a Full Ratchet would drop the founder from 50 percent of the equity to 33.3 percent if the company issued only one share at 50¢. This is a harsh result, indeed. When a really dilutive financing occurs, say 50,000 shares have to be sold at 10¢ per share, the founder drops essentially out of sight. The company takes in $5,000 and the founder goes down under 9 percent, never to recover because he does not have the cash to protect himself in subsequent rounds. In the jargon of venture capital, he has been "burned out" of the opportunity. There is no other provision so capable of changing the initial bargain between the parties with the dramatic effect of Full-Ratchet dilution. When venture capitalists are referred to as "vulture capitalists," it is likely the wounded founders are talking about dilutive financings and a Full-Ratchet provision.
The more moderate position on this issue has to do with Weighted-Average anti-dilution provisions. There are various ways of expressing the formula, but it comes down to the same central idea: the investors' conversion price is reduced to a lower number but one which takes into account how many shares (or rights) are issued in the dilutive financing. If only a share or two is issued, then the conversion price does not move much; if many shares are issued–that is, there is in fact real dilution–then the price moves accordingly.
The object is to diminish the old conversion price to a number between itself and the price per share in the dilutive financing, taking into account how many new shares are issued. Thus, the starting point is the total number of common shares outstanding prior to the dilutive financing. The procedure to achieve the objective is to multiply the old conversion price per share by some fraction, less than one, to arrive at a new conversion price; the latter being smaller than the former, the investors will get more shares on conversion and dilute the common shareholders (the founder) accordingly. The fraction is actually a combination of two relationships used to "weight" the computation equitably. The first relationship is driven by the number of shares outstanding, the weighting factor, meaning that the calculation should take into account not only the drop in price but the number of shares involved–the significance of the dilution, in other words. (Call the number of shares outstanding before the transaction A.)
The fraction, then, takes into account the drop in price and expresses that drop in terms that can be mathematically manipulated with the first number to get a combined, weighted result. The relationship is between the shares that would have been issued for the total consideration paid if the old (i.e., higher) conversion price had been the price paid versus the shares actually issued (i.e., the shares issued at the new price). (Call these two numbers C and D.)
The combination of these two relationships–number of shares outstanding and the comparative effect of the step down in price (expressed in number of shares)–is a formula:
[(A + C) / (A +D)] X Old Conversion Price
If the shares that would have been issued at the old (i.e., higher) price are the number in the numerator (as indicated), the fraction or percentage will be less than one. This fraction (e.g. ½ or 0.50) is multiplied by the existing (or initial) conversion price to obtain a lower conversion price, which means in turn that more shares will be issued because the conversion price produces the correct number of shares by being divided into a fixed number, usually the liquidation preference of the preferred stock.
It is open for theorists to argue about the fairness of that result, but the above formula has the advantage of economy of expression. If one wants to use a Weighted-Average anti-dilution formula, the above is one commonly used (albeit sometimes expressed in different terms).
Introduction to Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance
Chapter 1 - What Is All The Talk About?
How Venture Capitalists Talk
Should You Start Your Own Company?
You Can Make It ... Will Someone Buy It?
Chapter 2 - Where Should I Look for Seed Capital?
Angel Networks: Frequently Asked Questions
Venture Capital Firms: East Coast vs. West Coast
Federal Grants And Loans
Placement Agents
Venture-Capital Clubs
Concept IPOs
Three Basic Rules: Dilution, Dilution, Dilution
Who's Who of Angels
Multiple-Round Strategy
Case Study In Finding Money: A Reality Check
Chapter 3 - Valuing the Privately Held Business
Valuation And Pricing
Unconventional Comparables
When In Doubt on Pre-Money Valuation, Smart Guys Procrastinate
The Three Basic Letters - IRR
Chapter 4 - What Legal Form Works Best For You - Selecting The Form Of The Organization
S Corporations
Corporation Versus Limited Liability Company
Chapter 5 - What Will My Corporation Look Like - Corporate Bylaws, Charters, And Other Legalities
Payment For Stock
Miscellaneous Charter Provisions
Restrictions On Transfer in the Facebook Age
Preferred Stock Provisions
Preemptive Rights
Other Organizational Documents
State Of Corporate Domicile: Delaware Or Somewhere Else?
Chapter 6 - Tax Discussion For The Non-Lawyer - Minimizing Taxes In The Early Stages
What is a Section 351(a) Tax-Free Exchange?
Cheap Stock To Employees And Promoters: The Eat-'Em-All-Up Preferred Stock Approach
Stock For Services: The Passage of Time Approach
Section 83 and Stock Subject To Vesting
Sections 1202 and 1045
Chapter 7 - Drafting the Business Plan and the Placement Memo - Avoidance of Liability For Misstatements or Omissions
The Business Plan And Private Placement Memo
What Not To Say in a Business Plan
The Marketing Section
The Bull's-Eye Theory Of Forecasting: Shoot High
The Promissory Nature Of The Forecast
Composite Table of Contents of Business Plan
Chapter 8 - Investor's Terms - The Venture Capital Term Sheet
What Will VC's Want For A Security: Common Stock? Preferred Stock? Debt? Warrants?
Participating Preferred
Who Controls the Startup: Me Or Them?
Note On Registration Rights
Chapter 9 - I Have A Letter of Intent: What's In The Contract?
Stockholders (Investor Rights) Agreement
Chapter 10 - Selling Stock, Privately... And Legally
10 .1
If Regulation D Is Not Available?
Chapter 11 - Compensating Your Key Executives - The "Carrot" Approach: Equity Incentives
Incentive Stock Options (ISOs)
Nonqualified Stock Options (NSOs)
Restricted Stock: Grossing Up
The Carrot-And-Stick Approach: The Employment Agreement
Restrictions On Post-Employment Behavior: Noncompetition, Nondisclosure, And Work-For-Hire
Chapter 12 - How To Go To The Promised Land - Whether Or Not To Go Public
Preparation For The Public Offering
Lock Ups And Other Obstacles To Liquidity
Chapter 13 - Financing with Strategic Investors: Joint Ventures - Negotiating Strategic Partnerships
Typical Business Contexts
Basic Negotiation Points
The Duty Of Candor
Corporate Opportunity And Self-Dealing
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The previous 'Sulong' forums were held once each year since 2016 to gather the inputs and recommendations of the business sector on how the government could further improve the country's investment climate and fulfill President Duterte's agenda of high–and inclusive–growth.
Several recommendations from participants of the previous Sulong forums have since been delivered by the government. These include the "Build, Build, Build" program, National ID System, Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Law, and the first package of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP)—the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act or TRAIN—that lowered personal income taxes for 99 percent of taxpayers.
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Package 2 of the CTRP covers the proposed reductions in the corporate income tax (CIT) and the modernization of the country's outdated and convoluted fiscal incentives system, while the EODB Law (Republic Act 11032) aims to mandate government agencies to cut red tape by simplifying requirements and streamlining procedures for businesses.
Lambino said around 1,500 delegates, mostly from SMEs, are expected to attend this year's series of 'Sulong' regional workshops.
The 'Sulong' workshop at the Clark Freeport Zone, which the Duterte administration aims to transform into the country's first green and smart metropolis, will be held at the ASEAN Convention Center.
The Davao City event will be at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang district, where the first Sulong Pilipinas conference was held in 2016.


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Q: EventSource, manifests, EventViewer & WS 2008 R2 I have a Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracking.EventSource using Channel = EventChannel.Admin: the resulting manifest installs and works fine on the two W7 machines I've tried, but on 2008 R2, when I drill down in EventViewer, I get MMC snap-in errors, and I can see that the events are not 'recognised' ("The description blabla cannot be found...").
Strangely, if I uninstall the manifest, EventViewer can open the event file without exceptions (though still doesn't find the descriptions properly).
Is there something OS-specific about EventSource manifest files?
Any pointers of directions in which I should search?

A: The key question here is how you registered the manifest. Note that Event Viewer doesn't actually know how to read a manifest. When you use wevtutil to register a manifest, it mainly just adds registry keys. The registry keys are supposed to have the full path to a DLL, and the DLL is supposed to contain the compiled manifest data. If you didn't add the compiled manifest data to the DLL, or if you didn't provide the full path to the DLL when you registered the manifest, Event Viewer won't be able to find the data it needs.
Past versions of wevtutil haven't been very good about warning you when you do this incorrectly. I think newer versions (e.g. Windows 10) are getting better about it.

A: User error, for a change :(
I even wrote it out right in the comment on Doug's answer:
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But that wasn't what I actually had in my batch file, where I forgot to put the full path in front of the .man file name.

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Starring Eddie Redmayne ("Les Misérables") and Felicity Jones ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2"), this is the extraordinary story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of – time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed. The film is based on the memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, by Jane Hawking, and is directed by Academy Award winner James Marsh ("Man on Wire").
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Baby Trekking with Pushchairs
Hiking trails to do with young childrenHiking in the mountains with mum and dad is a proper walk and great fun if you know the right routes!Here are a few useful suggestions for hiking with very young children, even with a pushchair!
DISCOVER THE PANEVEGGIO PARK OF PALE DI SAN MARTINO
Starting place: Rolle Pass
Parking: along the no. 50 Rolle Pass road on the left
Transport used: hiking pushchair
Average time: forty minutes
Starting from San Martino di Castrozza, the hike begins about 3 km after the Rolle Pass. After a bend, there is a large unpaved area on the left which signals you have arrived. You can leave your car here and cross the road to where a lovely wide, flat, dirt-track takes you on a leisurely stroll into the cool woods.The first part of the trail is totally flat, so you can push the stroller along without encountering any obstacles since the ground is perfectly level. Halfway along, the dirt-track starts to go uphill, but with a gentle gradient and winds alongside a lovely, green pine forest.With the trees behind you, you can start to see the mountain peaks which form a splendid backdrop to this amazing location. When you get to the Malga Juribello, you are rewarded with a superb view of the spectacular Pale di San Martino and the Lagorai mountains! To crown it all, there are emerald green fields for the children to play in! The malga (mountain hut) has a lot of animals, such as cows, goats and sheep left to graze freely while the pigs, calves and chickens are in pens, but accessible to children.Malga Juribello is managed by the Provincial Federation of Cattle Breeders and has some 150 dairy cows which provide milk every day to the Caseificio Comprensoriale di Primiero (dairy association) which then transforms it into typical products, such as the delicious Toséla cheese.
BAITA SEGANTINI
THE BEAUTY OF THE PALE MOUNTAINS WITH A PUSHCHAIR
Parking: along the no. 50 Passo Rolle road near the junction with the forest road for Baita Segantini.
Average time: about one hour and twenty minutes
Difficulty: medium/difficult
From the direction of San Martino di Castrozza, after leaving your car in the car park located just before the top of the Passo Rolle, the route starts along a pleasant, scenic dirt-track which is uphill at the very beginning. A short distance on, the view opens up and gives you a chance to admire the lovely green meadows. Continuing to the right, you will soon reach the Capanna Cervino (2,084 m). From here, the trail is more challenging, but still easy going for hiking pushchairs with big wheels. The gradient makes it hard work, but by no means impossible. Just take an extra pause or two to catch your breath which you will want to do anyway, so you admire the breath-taking views.It takes just over an hour to get to Baita Segantini (2,200 m), a chalet with an exclusive terrace providing spectacular views over the Pale di San Martino mountains and the famous Cimon peak, known also as the Matterhorn of the Dolomites. Green meadows and a pretty lake complete the idyllic scene. From here, you can take other trails, such as the one down to the equally beautiful Val Venegia or the Cristo Pensante Trail, a solitary, spiritual walk to the top of Mount Castelaz (2,333m-7654ft) which, however, cannot be done with a pushchair, but can be with a baby backpack carrier.In the summer months, there is a paid shuttle service available which links the main Passo Rolle road (from the starting point of the car park) with the Baita Segantini.
VAL VENEGIA
WITH A PUSHCHAIR IN PARADISE
Starting place: Malga Venegia (1,778m-5833ft)
Parking: "Pian dei Casoni" (pay and display: € 4 for the entire day)
Average time: one hour and a half hours
Arriving from San Martino di Castrozza, after going over the Rolle Pass, the turn-off to the Val Venegia is at km 2 of Provincial Road 81 of the Passo Valles (well sign-posted): paid parking at Pian dei Casoni (1693 m - 5554 ft).Once you have parked, you are afforded a fantastic view of the Val Veneggia in the heart of the Paneveggio National Park. The Pale di San Martino mountain range is magnificent with green pastures completing the idyllic scene. The Travignolo river which flows beside the trail adds a touch of magic to the already beautiful setting.The valley is perfect for an outing with children of any age and strollers can be easily pushed along the trail because there is only a very gentle slope and the surface is even. The Malga Venegia, at the mouth of the lovely valley, is there to greet hikers and just over half an hour away on foot is the Malga Venegiota (1824m-5984ft). These are two excellent spots for a typical lunch to enjoy whilst admiring the splendid view.
VAL CANALI
IL PERCORSO DELLE MUSE FEDAIE
Starting place: Val Canali Paneveggio National Park Pale di San Martino
Parking: Villa Welsperg (pay and display)
Transport used: pushchair
Average time: 30 minutes
A naturalistic, themed hiking trail on foot (from the Villa to Welsperg Lake with no obstacles) - created around Villa Welsperg, in Val Canali.These places are noteworthy from an environmental and scenic point of view. They have a rich bio-diversity which is the common denominator linking the entire "cultural journey" proposed by the National Park. Particular care has been taken over giving visitors the opportunity to observe and internalise, as well as meditate and follow a naturopathic path.This is an itinerary which allows you to discover unexpected corners of the Pale di San Martino mountains, suitable for all the family. The symbolic element used to initially help communicate the basic concept of bio-diversity is Greek mythology, based on the grandiose and mysterious complexity of nature.Hence the title of the project, Muses of Fedaie, where the place name is derived from the word "féda", meaning sheep. There are seven trail themes: "Norica" horse breeding, the landscape, the vegetation, the land, the "Lamon" breed of sheep, the therapeutic use of water and wet habitats.
ANELLO O PICCOLO
Starting place: San Martino di Castrozza
Parking: Prà delle Nasse (free)
Leisurely walk along a dirt-track, ideal for strollers, in a very beautiful natural setting where you can observe the woodland and marshland wildlife in the splendid location of the Pale di San Martino mountains. The trail winds through the lovely pine wood which is an excellent option, even when it is really sunny, as it is for a pleasant stroll at sunset.
ANELLO O GRANDE
Parking: Parking area for the Ces lift system (free)
An easy walk with pushchairs on a dirt-track which winds through a cool pine wood. The view that you are afforded along the path is truly amazing. Halfway along the route, the wood thins out and the view opens onto the Pale di San Martino mountain range. From this panoramic view point, you can learn the names of the peaks of the Dolomite mountains from the handy information signs.
PRIMIERO E DINTORNI
PISTA CICLABILE DI PRIMIERO
Starting point: Siror
Arrival point: Imèr
Brief description: the eleven-kilometre Primiero cycling path follows the course of the river Cismon and crosses the towns of Siror, Tonadico, Fiera di Primiero, Transacqua, Mezzano and Imer, on a route with a variety of road surfaces.
Length: 11 km in all (Siror- Imer), 1.2 km the Fiera di Primiero – Siror section and 3.8 km the Fiera – Imer section.
Type of road surface: tarmac
The path starts from Siror and finishes at Imèr, following the course of the river Cismon. Most of the route is, therefore, in the shade and cool, even in the height of summer. The sections from Fiera to Mezzano and from Fiera to Siror are illuminated at night. The main characteristic of the route is the exceptional beauty of the natural surroundings. The road is surrounded by woods and meadows while the Pale di San Martino mountain range tower into sight in the background, dominating the valley. There are plenty of benches and rest areas along the route. We recommend a stop in the village of Mezzano which is listed as one of the most beautiful hamlets in Italy, giving you detailed insight into rural mountain life with the permanent Cataste&Canzei exhibition, included in the Mezzano Romantica project. Some of the best playgrounds in Primiero are located along the cycling path, including the one in the sports area of Siror and the Vallombrosa Park of Fiera di Primiero, the park in Via Doltra in Mezzano and the sports area of Imer (not far from the end of the cycling path).
PASSEGGIATA GRISONI-VIGNOLE
Starting point: Mezzano
Brief description: easy walk between the two historic town centres, partly along a wide, well-trodden path
Average walking time: 50'
Type of road surface: tarmac and dirt-track
Maps: Primiero2 map (c/o Information office)
The walk starts from the centre of Mezzano, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, with the two lovely Brolo and Fontana squares which have just been restored and are the settings for a host of events, from the concerts of the Music Academy International of New York to the donkey race for the Palio dei Musati. There are twenty-six artistic wood piles along the route, made from fire wood and the "Tabià del Rico" (Enrico's barn) with its comprehensive collection of antique artefacts. Once you have crossed the historic town centre along Via di Sopra and Via Grisoni, continue along the path through meadows and vegetable plots towards Imer. Once you are back on the tarmac road again near the cemetery, it is just a short distance to the church of Imer along the bank of the Rio S. Pietro. You cross the historic town centre on long, narrow, cobbled lanes, passing by old barns with arched windows and ancient stone fountains. If you feel like continuing for another twenty minutes, you can take the scenic Via di Sopra walk (dirt-track) from Via Marconi which crosses lovely meadows and orchards to reach the wayside cross of the Madonna del Bus along the Passo Gobbera road.
Starting point: Pieve (Fiera di Primiero)
Arrival point: Mezzano
Brief description: one of the classic Primiero walks on an easy path of dirt-track and cobbles which crosses the slopes of mount Bedolè through meadows and woods, just above the towns.
Average walking time: 1h30
Type of ground: dirt-track
Maps: Primiero1 and Primiero2 map (c/o Information office)
From the fine Gothic buildings of Pieve with the church of the head priest and the Palazzo delle Miniere, you cross the characteristic village along Via San Rocco before continuing along the unpaved road (signs for Via Nova). The scenic route crosses the slopes of mount Bedolè, with no steep climbs, through sections of woodland and lovely meadows with stone and wooden chalets. Once you have passed the village of La Dena, you continue down to Molaren and then, return to Pieve along the cycling path before proceeding along Via Nova as far as the crossroads with a fountain. From here, you go downhill to Mezzano on the narrow road to Bagnan (the second) before crossing the bridge over the Val de Stona ford and downhill along the Via delle Scure. At the entrance to the town, there are two imposing works of the Cataste&Canzei on display, the permanent exhibition of art work created from fire wood. "L'aluviòn" and "Montagna In-Canto".
LA "CAMPAGNA"
Starting point: Tonadico
Arrival point: Siror
Brief description: All on narrow tarmacked roads with very little traffic, this easy, flat path which links the towns of Tonadico and Siror can also be walked in the evening because it is partially lit.
Average walking time: 1h
The route starts from the historic centre of Tonadico, an ancient village, described as an "art gallery town" because it has many sixteenth-century and seventeenth-century frescoes on the facades of the buildings created by travelling painters. In addition to these excellent examples of folk art, you should also visit the old Palazzo Scopoli which is now the site of the town hall. Go out of the town along Via Siror, with the little church of San Vittore and its wonderful series of medieval paintings on the hillside above you. There is a row of milking cow barns up on the hill while below, you can see the "Campagna", once a series of uninterrupted cultivated fields which is now mostly set aside for making hay to feed the cattle in winter. You soon reach Siror which is known for its fountains, especially the octagonal stone fountains in Venetian style. Before arriving back at Tonadico along the low road (Via Lazer), you should take the time to view the sixteenth-century painting of the Virgin Mary, the large wooden bas-reliefs which tell the story of the "Legends of Primiero", and the murals by Max Gaudenzi in the portico near the town hall. A little further on, you can also admire the large fresco by Riccardo Schweizer, "I sogni di Bancalonga" near the civic centre.
PRATI DEI NAVOI
Starting point: Fiera di Primiero
Arrival point: Transacqua
Brief description: scenic route along narrow tarmacked roads through the lovely fields of Navoi.
The route starts from the sports centre of Fiera di Primiero which has a small playground. Just a little way along the footpath (downhill), you come to a bridge which crosses the river. Ignore the cycling path which follows the course of the Cismon river, and instead follow the little-used, tarmacked road which climbs gently up through the fields. Once past a barn near which horses often graze, the road makes a wide bend and turns back towards the town. We recommend a stop at the Giardini Enrica; cool, shady gardens. The narrow road leads back to the town of Transacqua alongside fields and the occasional dwelling, passing near the bridge of an old mill that has been restored. Once past the historic centre, you go downhill to Piazza San Marco, with its abundant roses and sculptures by Simone Turra. A little further on, the new Green Park gives you the chance to have a rest with an interactive fountain and games for children.
CAORIA - L'ANELLO DELLA VAL
Starting and arrival point: Caoria Casa del Sentiero Etnografico (House of the Ethnographic Path)
Parking: near the "Casa del Sentiero Etnografico"
Transport used: standard pushchair
Total length: 3.3 km of which 1 km at Caoria de fora and 2.3 km at Caoria de dentre average trip time: approx. 1 hour
Elevation gain uphill: 110 m
Type of road surface: paved roads
Easy walk to do, even with a pushchair, through the streets of Caoria. The town is divided in two by the Valsorda river: Caoria di fuori and Caoria di dentro. The church of San Giovanni Nepomuceno is an example of modern art in an alpine setting. As you walk around the valley circuit route, you can admire the residential and architectural buildings in the town which is divided into two distinct parts - Caoria de fora and Caoria de dentre. There are different shaped houses, types of buildings based on their use, farm buildings, portrayals and expressions of folk art, such as frescoes and crucifixes, as well as features linked to traditional and communal activities, such as the fountains and wash houses, and the activities that are still carried out today in the vegetable plots and outdoors. From here, there are lots of opportunities for outings on rock formations of different types and origins. For mountain enthusiasts, the granite mountain of the Cima d'Asta and the porphyry Lagorai range are not far away.
Starting place: Rifugio Miralago - Lake Calaita
Parking: car park below the Malga Doch near the Rifugio Miralago (not very big - free)
Trail length: Approx. 3.5 km•Average time: 1 hour
The starting point is at the Rifugio Miralago (1621m-5318ft) and continues along the unpaved road (trail marked 350) which skirts the lake northwards. The beginning of the trail is a gentle, steady uphill climb which is not too difficult and goes through the sunny meadow of the Malga Doch. In the background, you can admire the wonderful view of the Pale di San Martino mountain range. The road is wide and well-trodden and continues uphill to the end of the meadow where the wood starts and hikers can go on to San Martino di Castrozza or towards the towns of Dismoni and Siror. The return route is along the same path, leaving the Pale mountains behind you and returning to Lake Calaita.This starting point for numerous excursions was formed by a morainic barrier. The banks are low, grassy and peaty; the ageing process is very advanced and the water is very shallow. There are no obvious inlets or outlets and the water supply is from the scree above.Lake Calaita is a great place for both adults and children to enjoy a picnic in the fields, as well as a pleasant lunch at the Rifugio Miralago (1617m-5305ft) or at the Malga Lozen (a few miles from the lake) where you can try some delicious local food.
CANAL SAN BOVO - ANELLO DELL'ACQUA
Starting place: Canal San Bovo Vanoi Ecomuseum
Parking: car park in the square nearby
Transport used: a baby backpack carrier is recommended although a pushchair can be used along the entire route, except for three sections of the trail (a few hundred yards) which are quite steep
at the beginning and central part of the route.
Trail length: 3.2 km
Average time: 1 hour
Difficulty: medium-easy
An easy walk, suitable for everyone, that winds around and through the town of Canal San Bovo for about 3 km. From the area in front of the Ecomuseum, proceed south-west as far as the Lozen river and then on to where it joins up with the Vanoi river. From here, you circle the course of the Vanoi before heading into the little wood in the north-east. Once you have passed the steps leading up to the artisan area of Canal San Bovo, continue towards the steep path which heads up into another wooded area. You then return to the houses and the starting point via the top of the town.There are fifteen information panels placed along the route which focus on the relationship between man and water in the past and in modern times. There are light blue rosette path markers along the route with an arrow indicating the direction to take.
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE STROLLER
COLBRICON LAKES
Starting place: Malga Rolle
Parking: car park below the Agritur Malga Rolle (not very big - free)
Transport used: baby backpack carrier - NO pushchairs
The starting point is at the Malga Rolle (1918m-6923ft), just past the Rolle Pass, arriving from San Martino di Castrozza. Parking is free, but there are not many spaces.The start of the path is about one hundred metres below the main road near the Chalet la Baita. The beginning of the trail is a gentle, steady uphill climb which is not too difficult, in the middle of a scented wood.The wide, well-trodden mule track (which, however, is not suitable for pushchairs because of all the tree roots and rocky sections) continues uphill until the trees begin to thin out. Here, the first of the two lakes appears on the right (the so-called "low" lake, 1909m-6263ft). Your destination of the lovely plateau with the other lake (1922m-6306ft) and the Rifugio Colbricon (1927m-6322ft) are not far away.The Colbricon lakes are a great place for young children: the perfect location for a picnic in the fields or a pleasant lunch at the Rifugio Colbricon (1927m-6263ft), where you can enjoy some delicious local food.
CANAL SAN BOVO PASSEGGIATA RORE
Starting place: Centre of Canal San Bovo
Parking: car park near the town hall
A well-trodden path (which, however, is not suitable for pushchairs because of all the tree roots and rocky sections) continues steadily uphill through the wood. From the parish church, you go up to the town cemetery where the path runs alongside the walls. You then continue through the fields to the wood. At the first crossroads, go towards Prade until you reach the town of the same name. Here, you go past some houses until you find yourself in front of the church in the centre of the town. From the other side of the road opposite the main entrance, there is a path which leads to the lower part of the town and back through the wood to Canal San Bovo. This last section is very steep, so you should be especially careful if the ground is wet.This walk is well worth doing because of the lovely views and the intense, fragrant wood-scent.
SENTIERO DELLE ERBE CHE CURANO E DELLE PIANTE CHE PROTEGGONO
Starting place: Zortea near the parish church
Parking: car park near the playground
Trail length: 4 km
Average time: 2 hours
Approx. four-kilometre walk (about 2.5 miles) with a 200-metre elevation gain on varied road surfaces: tarmac and mule track. Suitable for everyone.Starting point at the medicinal herb garden near the parish church. Continue in the direction of Calaita towards the town of Valline di Sotto. Take the mule track towards Valle del Lozen as far as Pose de la Val. From here, take a steep path to the farmsteads of S. Romina. Continue towards the Agritur (farmhouse holiday accommodation) of the same name and then back to Zortea.The easily accessible path winds through meadows and woods around the town of Zortea, taking you towards the spectacular Valle del Lozen. When you get to Pradi di Santa Romina, you cannot fail to spot the unusual chapel which stands out among the small group of houses. Along the way, at the sides of the path or in the surrounding fields, you will see a wide variety of wild herbs and edible plants which are part of the folk tradition. To "illustrate" the main characteristics and properties of the plants to visitors, information panels have been installed in the principal areas of botanical interest, providing facts about edible meadow plants, cultivated bio-diversity and herbal infusions.
You can hire hiking pushchairs and baby backpack carriers in the following places.
At San Martino:
San Martino Sport San Martino di Castrozza, via Laghetto, 12 - tel. +39 0439-68095 taufermau@libero.it
Sport Tisot San Martino di Castrozza, via Passo Rolle 135 - tel. +39 0439-68165 fata@sanmartino.org
Skisport San Martino di Castrozza, tel. +39 0439-68341 info@noleggiskisport.it
At Fiera di Primiero:
Gubert Sport (Hiking and standard pushchairs, baby backpack carriers, bike trailers and "via ferrata" equipment) Fiera di Primiero, via Guadagnini 20 tel. +39 0439-762182 gubertsport@hotmail.it
Where to hire bike trailers:
Skisport San Martino di Castrozza, tel. +39 0439-68341 info@noleggiskisport.it