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It is that time of year and most are hoping to receive some awesome gifts from someone. Unfortunately, as SEOs we often do not get the things we really need – like links, for example. But not this year… this year, we are being given 12 amazing little content gifts from iAcquire! Each tip, or gift, looks like a holiday card and it offers an idea on obtaining new links.
iAcquire has started a series called "12 Days of Linkmas". It is an entertaining series of beautifully designed "christmas cards" that gives a little gift of great link building advice every day. Each 'concept card' is followed by a 'recipe card' of ingredients and step-by-step instructions on how to obtain links based on the idea. This simple to follow format is invaluable!
A Holiday Link Building Series of Valuable Tips for You
Rand Fishkin was the first SEO featured in the series and he explains how to reach out and do for others before you start asking for help. This particular tip spawned off a ton of ideas for my business. Ross Hudgens explains how to find influential users on Twitter, gain their attention and use these connections to obtain links. He also offers a list of useful tools that everyone should be aware of.
Megan Brown breaks down a really fantastic strategy using time constraint. Personally speaking, as a publisher and a blogger, I found her tip particularly handy.
Michael King, of iAcquire (and possible mastermind of the initiative) points out that outreach is often cold and impersonal, which may be why so much of it is ineffective. Michael gives away a really great idea on how you can create an outreach strategy that will ensure you are seen, heard and appear to be a valuable prospect. Don't miss it!
I won't tell you today's tip – you must check it out for yourself on the iAcquire blog.
A little bird told SEW who else we can expect to hear from over the next 10 days, but we have decided not to tell you as that would spoil the magic.
Now, if they could just send us a chocolate everyday, then it really would be a perfect sort of advent calendar for an SEO!
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Towson, MD – Five BCPS students, all from Western School of Technology and Environmental Science, placed in the national top 10 in their events at the 54th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC).
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At the conference, held June 25-29 in Louisville, Ky., the Western Tech students were competing among 6,400 other student champions from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. More than 100 Maryland students competed in 90 Career and Technology Education (CTE) program-aligned competitions, and brought home a record-breaking 27 medals.
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BullionSupermarket founder gives his opinons on the drivers for 2011 precious metals action
With 2010 done and dusted, investors will be turning their attentions to what 2011 might bring. 2010 chalked up the 11th consecutive year of price rises in Gold and Silver. When BullionSupermarket.com celebrated its 2nd birthday in December last year those holding Gold for that period enjoyed a impressive run, anyone who bought Gold on the day the BullionSupermarket.com started would have seen around an 82% rise in Dollar terms, 70% in Pounds and 74% rise in Euros. Over the same period, those holding Silver have enjoyed an even greater gain. A user who bought a troy ounce of Silver on the day we started the service saw a 204% rise in Dollar terms, 186% in Pounds and 191% rise in Euros.
With precious metals having notched up significant gains in 2010, and many commentators predicting further gains in 2011, we examine some of the factors likely to drive the market in 2011
Plans for IMF gold sales had been mooted by several central bank and various government figures (including Gordon Brown, who's record on Gold market dealings might be considered by some to less than competent) threatening to significant portions of its Gold as far back as 2003 under varying schemes.
From as far back as this, each rumor surfacing in the press that the IMF might be selling gold send the gold price tumbling downward for few weeks. Some commentators saw this as part of a conspiracy to suppressing the price of the metal.
In 2007 the rumors solidified into plans for actual sale. The IMF sold off its gold over a 27 month period, faster than anticipated, after which on 21st December 2010 it announced that it had completed the sale. This now combined with the fact that central Banks became net buyers of gold in 2010 meant that perhaps the biggest potential seller of gold has been removed from the market.
With reportedly Banks requiring refinancing of €400bn worth of debt in the first half of the year, and with European governments requiring €500bn over the same period, as well as mortgage backed debt maturing, the potential for fresh chaos in the credit markets is very real.
If the crisis occurs, it will almost certainly spark a dash for hard assets, as governments try to print their way out of the mess. Precious metals will likely be a significant beneficiary.
Potential credit market crisis aside, the main threat to western economies is still seen as deflation. Policy makers continue to be engaged in unprecedented money printing. With further currency debasement likely in the coming year, the outlook for the gold price and related metal complex remains favorable.
Criticism of the federal reserves quantitative easing policy has become more vocal recently, and inflation expectations have driven higher Treasury yields. Some strategists are arguing that inflation and even hyperinflation lays ahead. Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management forecasts gold price in the next few years is anywhere between $6,000 and $11,000 per troy ounce.
Having been personally invested in physical Gold since August 2004, I received nothing but snorts of laughter from "investment professional" acquaintances for my decision. Over the past 6 years, attitudes towards my Gold holding status from these professionals has turned from snorts of laughter, to warnings that Gold doesn't earn a return, doesn't perform over the long term, is in a bubble, to finally outright interest in how, when and who to buy from.
Even so, it was my view that Gold and Silver are still far from the radar of the average man in the street. I always expected this to change. In September 2010, I got the first indication this is starting to happen. In a conversation with my Bank Manager in the local branch, he indicated to me that the bank regularly received enquiries, in branch from customers wanting to buy Gold. Not a Gold fund, or an ETF, but physical Gold. The shiny yellow stuff. This is not a branch of Coutts or some other bank frequented by sophisticated wealthy investors but a Hertfordshire branch of a high street bank.
Whatever the technical chartists, or the gold bulls, the gold bears or the gold bugs tell you, this is a significant shift in attitude and may indicate a large, very large, unrealised sector of Gold Investment demand.
Depending on how fast and far it develops, will almost certainly pile additional demand on physical Gold and Silver bullion supplies.
Food for your 2011 thoughts on Gold and Silver. It will be interesting to sit and write the 2012 version of this article in 12 months time.


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- December 16, 2008 3:13 PM |
- By Peter Hadzipetros
Newsworld's been running a lot of weather video lately – and I've been catching the occasional shot of bundled-up folk expounding on how cold it is in western Canada these days.
A brutal cold snap has gripped the Prairies and isn't expected to move on before Christmas.
Wind chills have been regularly dipping below –40C. Regina's expected to be basking under a relatively balmy -8 by Boxing Day.
Southern Ontario's been spared most of the nasty stuff, meaning outdoor exercise is still pretty much a walk in the park. Despite that, people continually ask me, "So, do you run in this cold?"
"Yeah, this cold, real cold and even when it's really, really cold."
Dress for the conditions and you'll be fine.
It's what Pushpa Chandra had to do last weekend – dress for the conditions. The naturopathic doctor from Vancouver spent last weekend in Antarctica – running a 100-kilometre ultramarathon. She's the first Canadian to finish the distance down there and only the second woman.
It took her 18 hours 33 minutes and eight seconds to do it. That's a little less than six kilometres an hour in a place that recorded the coldest temperature on the planet: -89 C. At that temperature, steel can shatter.
But – hey – it's summer in Antarctica now so the temperature usually ranges between -10 and -20 – even with 24-hour daylight. However, a good stiff breeze can make that feel a lot colder.
The race organizers suggest you dress in layers, using the following to keep yourself comfy:
- Upper body – thermal layer, fleece layer and outer windproof shell.
- Legs – thermal layer and windproof pants (middle fleece layer optional).
- Hands – pair of gloves and mittens.
- Feet – two pairs of woollen socks and neoprene to cover toes.
- Head – balaclava, facemask, hat, neck gaiter, goggles.
Don't look for support from the fans to get you through the tough slogging, unless there's a bunch of penguins rooting you on.
Chandra put in the training for this race, running two to four hours most days – and sometimes putting in 60-kilometre runs. It's not the first hostile climate she's run in. Last December, she completed the Everest Marathon in Nepal, billed as the highest marathon in the world. It starts at an altitude of 5,184 metres (17,000 feet), close to the base camp where people set out to conquer Mount Everest.
Bad weather can be a significant factor there, too.
Too cold to run?
Bah! Cold is just a state of mind – although I'm tempted to take a page from co-worker Lee Hewitt's book. He ran a marathon last weekend, too. In Honolulu.
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The "revolving loft" at the Hotel Marmara Antalya is an amazing accomplishment of engineering. It only has 24 rooms, but the amazing tower cost $12 million to build and is designed to gently rotate 360 degrees in anywhere from two hours to a day.
The Hotel Marmara Antalya's main building is unfortunately ordinary, but it does overlook one of Turkey's most beautiful cities. The first and only of its kind, the hardest part of the tower must have been getting the plumbing right.
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Video display Mangerton Area More detail Place count in area: 26, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, 79 Highest place: Mangerton, 838.2m Maximum height for area: 838.2 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 583.2 metres, Places in area Mangerton:Bennaunmore 454mCarrigawaddra 425mCrohane 650mCrohane SW Top 477mDerrygarriff 492mDromderalough 650mDromderalough NE Top 654mDromderalough North-West Top 625mEsknabrock 406mFoardal 409.8mGlencappul Top 700mInchimore 256mKnockanaguish 509mKnockbrack 610mKnockrower 554mMangerton 838.2mMangerton North Top 782mPeakeen Mountain 554.7mPeakeen Mountain Far North-West Top 525.5mPeakeen Mountain North-West Top 522.7mPeakeen Mountain West Top 538.7mShaking Rock 402mStoompa 705mStoompa East Top 608mTorc Mountain 535mTorc Mountain W Top 470m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. Centre on map. Mangerton Mountain An Mhangarta A name in Irish (Ir. An Mhangarta [OSI], poss. 'the long-haired (mountain)') Kerry County, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Highest Hundred Lists, Green sandstone & purple siltstone Bedrock Height: 838.2m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V98034 80782 Place visited by 609 members. Recently by: TheDutchman, MountainHunter, seanmeehan, jcoshea, LorraineG60, GerSomers, bolton12, andreos97, TommyV, murphyman, donalhunt, Jimmy600leavey, JeanM, paulbrown, Haulie I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) More detail Longitude: -9.48441, Latitude: 51.970284 , Easting: 98035, Northing: 80782 Prominence: 583.17m, Isolation: 1.2km, Has trig pillar ITM: 498007 580842, GPS IDs, 6 char: Mngrtn, 10 char: MangertonBedrock type: Green sandstone & purple siltstone, (Glenflesk Chloritic Sandstone Formation) The Horses' Glen and the Devil's Punchbowl carve deep hollows on the north side of Mangerton, but the southern flanks form a huge plateau, one of the most extensive areas of mountain wilderness in Ireland. Herds of red deer and sika deer roam this moorland. The northern slopes of Mangerton were the scene of a great battle in 1262 between the MacCarthys and Geraldine (Anglo-Norman) forces, following the rout at Callan Glen near Kilgarvan the previous year. The battle-site is known as Tooreencormick (Tuairín Cormaic, 'little field of Cormac') from the fall of Cormac MacCarthy, brother of the chief Fingen MacCarthy, in this battle. The battle was less decisive than Callan, but as a result of these two encounters the Anglo-Normans were kept out of South Kerry and West Cork for over three centuries afterwards. An alternative interpretation of An Mhangartach may be worth considering: it could be the noun mangart + suffix -ach. Dinneen defines mangart as 'movement' or 'shaking'. Thus the adjective (not listed in any dictionary) could mean 'moving', 'shaking', 'quaking'. This could refer to the physical movement of the bog which is prevalent on the southern slopes, but perhaps it could be understood figuratively as 'vacillating' or 'fickle'. For further information on the name, see Paul Tempan, Some Notes on the Names of Six Kerry Mountains, JKAHS, ser. 2, vol. v (2005), 5-19. Mangerton is the highest mountain in the Mangerton area and the 26th highest in Ireland. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/ Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Mangerton 1 2 3 .. 6 Next page >> Follow this place's comments Picture from group : Mangerton and the Horse's Glen in the snow Picture: Mangerton and the Horse's Glen in the snow The Devils Punchbowl. Short Summary created by scapania, jackill, 26 Jan 2011 From Killarney take the Kenmare road as far as Muckross and then take the first sharp left after Molly Darcy's pub. Drive uphill to a fork in the road with a sign for Mangerton. Take the road to the right and drive along this road until you see a rough track heading off to the left (V984 848 A) just after a track on the right. There's plenty of parking here along the road or at the start of the track.This track will take you to the Devil's punchbowl. The start of the walk presents you with a gradual climb as the track meanders either side of a largely dry riverbed. The Lakes of Killarney emerge spectacularly on your right as you gradually gain height. The track winds on upwards until you eventually reach the punchbowl. You then turn right and climb above the western ridge with a precipitous drop to your left and bear south west for Mangertons summit. Mangeton peak is rather non-descript with a radio mast and a cairn marking its highest point. On a clear day, the mast is visible from the walk along the edge of the punchbowl. From Mangerton you can go back down to the punchbowl using the spur at V982 813 B between Lough Erhogh and the punchbowl. This is worth doing however care is needed as the spur is quite steep and eroded. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/comment/4785/ Picture from Geo Geo on Mangerton, 2009 by Geo 9 Feb 2009 From Stoompa in the mist along the top of the glen, the cloud cleared off as we approached the turn where Mangerton begins to rise up and over the loughs below, cliffs towering fearfully but safely to our right. Lunch taken in the lee of a sheltered outcrop of rock, before we made the assault on the highest point of the walk. Rather than hug the cliff tops to the right we moved out a couple of hundred metres and trudged through the peat hags as they appeared in the several inches of snow. Although the snow was at times a drag and some of us went up to our knees at times it was still a relatively easy ascent towards Mangerton's summit. Eventually a long wand appeared upright and several metres tall ahead, slipping in and out of view as the mist came and went in the fresh northerly. At the summit we took our pic's and thought about what was next. 5 or 6 minutes brought us in a direct line over to the the cliff edge overlooking the arete snaking across the Mangerton's NE top. A short look around and a bit of head scratching and we agreed it would be too risky in the strong wind and the icy conditions to take this route, so we followed becketts path down to the outlet of the Devils Punchbowl. For chapter 3 see Mangerton North Top. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/comment/3574/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from dexterg : devils bowl in snow Picture: devils bowl in snow dexterg on Mangerton, 2009 by dexterg 9 Mar 2009 This was early afternoon in February commencing a descent having climbed up via Stoompa and the ridge, great conditions in the Kerry hills. interesting contrast to Becketts pic earlier. Dex & Fern Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/comment/3634/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from wicklore : Inspirational folk ahead Picture: Inspirational folk ahead Inspiration in unlikely places by wicklore 19 Feb 2013 In his book 'Reach for the Sky', Pat Falvey describes his first hillwalk in Ireland. He was in a deep depression following the failure of his business. The banks were circling like crows to take his home and everything he had. His secretary's father, Val Deane, persuaded Pat to join the Cork Mountaineers on a climb of Mangerton to 'take his mind off things'. Pat didn't want to go but kept his absently-minded given word. Pat describes how his indifference and depression lifted, and how rising exhilaration set in as he climbed higher and higher. "Behind me the spell weaving beauty of Muckross Lake and Lough Guitane and below, deep in the glen, the necklace formation of Lough Garagarry, Lough Managh and Lough Erlogh drained all negative thoughts from my mind.." Pat describes his feeling of elation as he stood on his first summit, Mangerton. He also describes the breathtaking view, including the Magillicuddy Reeks to the west. When Pat discovered they contained the highest summit in Ireland he climbed Carrauntoohil the following week. Pat is clearly a man who strives to be the best and 'reaches for the sky' - climbing Ireland's highest mountain on his second ever day hillwalking attests to this relentless drive to the top- and a admitted compulsive nature. (He also describes in the book starting a 13 hour Alps climb in an ' alcohol-induced fug' after three hours sleep that resulted in a dramatic rescue for him and his team). His description of climbing Mangerton is worth noting, especially his dawning recognition of hillwalking as a source of positive mental and physical energy. I was thinking about Pat as I climbed higher on my own first ascent of Mangerton last week. Despite cold and wet weather I enjoyed the long haul up from the north, following the rising trail up to the Devils Punch Bowl. The cloud boiled and swirled in the cliffs and crags to my left as I climbed the final section to Mangerton's boggy plateau. Later I sat on some rocks in the col between Mangerton and the North Top. As I sat on the boulders I met four members of Bishopstown Hillwalking Club as they arrived up the hill. One of them was a lady called Kathleen who one of her friends described as 'well into her seventies' and who has had two hip replacements. Asking her if she was enjoying the walk she commented 'it wasn't this wet when I came up last week'. I was struck by what Kathleen was achieving – not only to be out walking in tough weather conditions on a big mountain, but to do so in her seventies and with two replacement hips! Pat Falvey is inspirational in his 'reach for the sky' and 'anything is possible' mentality. This will appeal to, and inspire those who dream of conquering the world. But for those with lesser, but equally valid, ambitions of simply overcoming adversity and returning to normal, then people like Kathleen are also an inspiration and a role model to us all. Well done Pat and Kathleen. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/comment/14929/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from beckett : The Devil's Punch Bowl Picture: The Devil's Punch Bowl beckett on Mangerton, 2006 by beckett 8 Aug 2006 I tried this walk on Sunday 16th of July. It was a beautiful summer morning with clear blue cloudless skies; it might explain some of my enthusiasm for the place. From Killarney take the Kenmare road. Pass Muckross House and then take the first sharp left after Moll Darcy's pub. After a little while you meet a fork in the road with a sign for Mangerton. Take the road to the right and drive along this road until you meet a narrow car park (V984 857 C). If this car park is full, you may also be able to park further down the road on the right hand side. Walk down the road until you meet a track running up into the open ground. This track (V984 848 A) will take you all the way to the Devil's punchbowl. The start of the walk presents you with a gradual climb as the track meanders either side of a largely dry riverbed. The Lakes of Killarney emerge spectacularly on your right as you gradually gain height. The track winds on upwards until you eventually reach the punchbowl. As you round that final twist of the track, you are presented with a most wonderful sight. The lake meets you almost at eye level, and on the bright summer morning that I made this trip it looked at it's very best with the sun glimmering on its surface and its rocky walls sweeping impressively down on to its edges. You then climb above the western ridge with a precipitous drop to your left and bear south west for Mangerton peak (V980 807 D). Mangeton peak is rather non-descript with a radio mast and a cairn marking its highest point. On a clear day, the mast is visible from the walk along the edge of the punchbowl. From Mangerton you can go back to the spur (V982 813 B) between Lough Erhogh and the punchbowl. This is a beautiful section of the walk with Lough Erhogh on your right walled by near vertical slopes of rock and the deep blue corrie lake of the punch bowl on your left contrasting magnificently against the green and silver grey of the surrounding landscape. Follow the perimeter of the bowl back to the point where it narrows to a river. If it is a windy day, there is the shell of a long decayed stone dwelling that offers some respite from the elements. You eventually meet the track that brought you to this wonderful place.It is busy when I visited in July with lots of walkers and sightseers. Despite this, the place exudes a wonderful tranquillity and a captivating sense of calm. Its one of those areas of natural beauty that keeps those of us compelled to wonder the mountains coming back again and again in search of gems. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/comment/2453/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average The Devils Punch Bowl...not for the faint hearted by YoungJohn 27 May 2012 On 14th May. Turned left after the hotel at the Mangerton sign. Followed this road for a mile or so. There is a sign for a viewing point at a t-juncion. Turned right. Followed the road to the end of a pine woods surrounded by a stone wall. A sign stands beside a concrete slab for a bridge. Parked here. Followed Paddy Dillons directions in reverse! followed the path beside the stream to the top where we branched of left for Mangerton Nth Top. Then back for the ridge overlooking the Devils Punch Bowl and to Mangerton itself. Mangerton's summit is directly ahead of the ridge. It is marked by a TRIG not a Cairn, in the bog with a bent metal pole...back to the edge of Mangerton along gleannnacappal to Stoompa.. What spectacular views of lakes, cliffs and a possible eagle sighting! 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PIERRE | South Dakota's two U.S. senators have not yet decided whether to back President Barack Obama's proposed military strike against Syria, but the state's lone member of the House is leaning against approving such a move.
The president is seeking congressional approval of a resolution authorizing limited strikes in retaliation for the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus.
The Obama administration says 1,429 people died in a sarin gas attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces on Aug. 21, while the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said its toll has reached 502. A U.N. inspection team has not yet completed its report.
Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., said she is skeptical that a limited strike will degrade the Syrian regime's capabilities. She said she needs to be convinced that military strikes would be the best option for U.S. national security interests.
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"Right now, I don't believe that this is the direction to go, and I don't support the president's plan. But I am willing to reserve judgment until we can have the discussion and see what this authorization resolution looks like," Noem said.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said the use of weapons of mass destruction raises U.S. national security concerns relating to Iran and the entire Middle East region.
"The use of these weapons warrants a response, and it is incumbent on the president to make the case to the American public that our intelligence is correct, that the objective is clearly defined, and that he has a plan to achieve the objective," Thune said. "I will withhold judgment on the resolution that eventually comes before the Senate until I have the opportunity to review the final authorization language."
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., remains undecided on the issue.
"Sen. Johnson is reviewing the evidence that has been provided by the administration," said Johnson's communications director, Perry Plumart.


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Yesterday I received a nice shiny red package in the mail. On the package was a name I recognized and got excited instantly. It was from a fellow fishin bud : John of the Blog: Currents. An awesome blog full of photos, flies, trips and tips of fishing Iowa's Driftless Area. (GO CHECK IT OUT) When I tore into the package this is what was in it.
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Thanks again John. I can't wait to pull up some deep dwelling Brownies with these flies.
Iowa's Driftless here I come !!!!!
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The small and mid cap sector has outperformed all other global assets classes over one- and five-year periods, excluding Japan. But not all companies enjoyed the ride and that momentum has eased at the close of 2013.
Joe Brent, Liberum's well-regarded Head of Equity Research, is the UK expert in this sector and is to host a breakfast for professional investors on whether a shift from value to growth is underway.
If you're a private client broker or institutional investor and wish to attend Joe's breakfast then email Liberum's Corporate Access Manager Jenni Herbert.
It will take place on Friday 17 January at 08:30 hours at Liberum's London offices.
If you are a professional investor (we're unable to respond to retail investors) and would like to receive a copy of the Liberum Small & Mid Cap 2014 Annual then contact Joe.
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My name is Ambria M.! I was born and raised in Jackson, MS, but moved to the DC area in August of 2010. I graduated from Howard University in 2014 and worked for the Environmental Protection Agency on for a year and a half before changing careers. I am currently an 8th Grade Science Teacher in Austin, TX. I am passionate about science, the environment, and the arts. I am a trained pianist and dancer. I started playing the piano at the age of 8 and competed locally for 7 consecutive years, receiving Superior Ratings, medals, and trophies. I also started dancing at the age of 5. I attended a performing arts school for Dance my 4th grade year until the completion of my studies from high school. While there, I was trained in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and Hip Hop. I was also a member of a contemporary dance company called I.AM.WE during the 2013-2014 school year at Howard University. Lastly, I have been teaching all of the aforementioned styles since October of 2013 in addition to Liturgical and Religious Mime Interpretive Dances.
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Hang Up and Listen: The Pesca and the Pelicans Edition
The special, year-end, call-in edition of Slate's sports podcast.
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In this week's episode of Slate's sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca take listeners' questions in a special, year-end, call-in show. Topics covered include whether the sports bubble is about to burst; the appeal of Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth; the long-term impacts of global warming on sports; who would win an event in which races of every Olympic distance were combined; and whether the pros of fandom outweigh the cons.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:
- Stefan's alma mater, the Pelham Pelicans.
- The New Orleans Hornets could soon become the Pelicans.
- In Slate, Chris Park noted that "sports events anachronistically persist in asking consumers to pay attention for literally hours on end while having no control over who plays and when."
- How zebra imprinting works.
- Nate Silver endorses the Big East basketball breakup.
- Josh's Slate article arguing for the rise of a basketball superconference.
- Wikipedia's list of defunct college football teams.
- In Deadspin, John Koblin argues that producer Fred Gaudelli is the secret to Sunday Night Football's success.
- Josh, Mike, and Stefan's fictional sports inspirations: Catcher with a Glass Arm, The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop., A Fan's Notes, and (not really) The White Shadow.
- Alexander Wolff's 2007 Sports Illustrated cover story on global warming.
- ESPN.com's Kevin Arnovitz suggested that abolishing the NBA draft would be a way to fix tanking.
- Would the great David Rudisha be the favorite if every Olympic running event was combined?
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Taste the feeling of Italian al fresco dining in the heart of glittering Lujiazui, with the Camelia Terrace BBQ on Saturday afternoons.
From July 21, every Saturday, Camelia's Terrace at Four Seasons Hotel Pudong, Shanghai will be serving a fresh and flavourful BBQ garden lunch, at CNY 388 + 15% per person, including free flow draft beers.
Celebrate a weekend of downing tools and come together for a lively and evocative moment. The Camelia Terrace BBQ has all of the star picks that meat-lovers will love – mini burgers and hot dogs, grilled scallops, Mongolian lamb chops, grain-fed beef tenderloin, squid and a range of vegetable skewers, all freshly made to guests' liking.
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Bowl For Kids' Sake
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Bowl for Kids' Sake is the largest and most important annual fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Wyoming in Park County.
Our goal this year is to raise $20,000 for the hundreds of children we serve every year.
Teams of five bowlers compete to raise the most money and celebrate their efforts on Saturday April 16th, during TWO HOURS per team of bowling fun at Cody Superbowl for our BIG event!
It's an exciting day full of entertainment, raffle drawings, special prizes, and delicious refreshments!
Make a difference!
Your support helps Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Wyoming match at-risk youth in our community with caring adults so they can become confident, competent and caring individuals!
See you at Bowl for Kids' Sake 2016- Saturday, April 16th in Cody!
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"And when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, 'Take, eat, this My body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of Me.' " I Corinthians 11:24...."God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with.....If we are ever going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed, you cannot drink grapes." Oswald Chambers
I'm vacationing here in Colorado Springs, but even in a time of refreshment, the hands of the Master Potter continue to shape me. That shaping is always humbling to my flesh, and all praise to Him that it is. On my first night here, full of expectation of a great week filled with enjoyment, I "suffered" what in the scheme of things was an unexpected but very minor mishap. It was no big deal, but I was upset about it, and allowed the enemy to steal my peace and joy. Within a day or so, I was fine, but what was key was that I had allowed him to rob me of nearly 24 hours of the assurance, strength and sense of His presence. I was humbled by that. I have always described the consecrated, sanctified life as that of being broken and re-broken, surrendered and re-surrendered. It is, but my flesh does not at all enjoy the process. I suspect yours doesn't as well. Just yesterday, I got His refresher course in this truth.
I was reading an online story of how 11 Syrian believers were first beheaded by ISIS, and then had their bodies hung on display for two days afterwards. They were part of a ministry team, and one part of the team was a 12 year old boy, the son of one of the members. The leader of their ministry group had pleaded with them to leave the area as ISIS militants approached their village. They refused, feeling they needed to stay and minister the love of Christ to the panicked residents. The team, comprised of both men and women, were there when the radical ISIS troops arrived. They were beaten and tortured. The women were raped. Witnesses to the brutality say that they met it all with prayers on their lips and faces that could only be described as portraying the serenity of His Presence. All were given the chance to deny Christ, and all, including the 12 year old boy refused to do so. So they all died.
When I read that, I was once more broken. As Chambers writes, I was crushed. Just a few days previously I had allowed my world to be shaken by the trivial, and for a moment, lost sight of my Lord. These 11 brothers and sisters in Christ, one a mere child, faced the ultimate sacrifice with an assured faith in the One they lived for, and now would die for. They would not deny Him, yet I, in a time of pressure and stress, did. No, I didn't renounce or turn from Him as a life choice. But for that time, by my allowing the present circumstance to cause me to lose sight of Him, did, in a sense, deny Him. How many other times have I done so? How many times have you? How many more times will there be?
It is often said that we in the west know little of real persecution, though trust me, that is rapidly changing. Still, in our self-absorbed culture, both secular and church, we view every inconvenience to a good life as devastating. We're thankful that our Lord Christ gave up His Body as broken bread and poured out wine for us. We just don't wish to do the same for Him. We're thankful He was crushed or us, but we've no desire to be crushed for Him. Such an attitude was unknown to those 11 brethren in that remote village. Does this crush us, or, do we just go on about the business of securing a good and prosperous life and so are untouched and unbroken by it all?
Broken and re-broken. Surrendered and re-surrendered. Do we really want to live such lives? All who say they are His will be brought to the place of that choice. When we are, how will we choose?
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New Touchdown Dance – The Bradshaw Squat
Remember playing schoolyard football? I think anybody who played had their own celebration or dance they borrowed from the stars of the Pro and college football. Each generation had their celebration to imitate, whether it was the Heisman pose...maybe the Lambeau Leap...or the Icky Shuffle.
Thanks to Super Bowl 46 and Ahmad Bradshaw of the New Yourk Giants, we have one of the most epic game-winning touchdowns of all time. Just you wait. Kids will be on the school yard this very week doing the Bradshaw Squat!


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Wayne received a 2011 Pulp Ark Award Nomination in the following categories:
"Best Book"
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Wayne Reinagel
Wayne, share a bit of background about yourself, if you would. I grew up in rural Illinois, one of four brothers. Started reading at age seven, with the novel Dracula. From there I read all the Victorian classics including Frankenstein, War or the Worlds, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Lost World, Three Musketeers, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Time Machine, and so on. I had a library of over 100 books by age ten, when my father bought The Pirate's Ghost, my first Doc Savage novel. I was immediately hooked. For the first time, I was reading adventures that took place within the last century. From there, I quickly discovered the Avenger, the Shadow, and other pulp heroes. All of these books would have a major influence on my future storytelling. Exactly how much will be revealed with question number five.
Your novel, Khan Dynasty, is up for best novel. Just what is this novel and the trilogy it's a part of, PULP HEROES, all about? To best explain the story Pulp Heroes - Khan Dynasty, I need to provide a little background on my concept of Infinite Horizons.
In 1863, author Jules Verne began writing a series of scientific adventures, known as the Voyages Extraordinaires. These works included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island, Around the World in Eighty Days, and fifty more. Infinite Horizons follows a similar vein, exploring the secret lives, and revealing the extraordinary, unrecorded exploits and adventures, of the greatest heroes and villains to ever walk the Earth. So if you combined Warren Ellis' Planetary, Alan Moore's LXG, Marvel's What If?, and DC's Elseworlds, blended them together and poured the concoction into a mold, you'd have Infinite Horizons. In sheer size, scope, and potential, Infinite Worlds is an endless, bottomless, literary Sargasso. And the ultimate crossover universe. The first series of Infinite Horizons novels are entitled Pulp Heroes. The titles in this trilogy include More Than Mortal, Khan Dynasty and Sanctuary Falls.
Pulp Heroes is an epic adventure, spanning two centuries in time, and features all-new stories involving famous (and infamous) fictional characters from Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly's Frankenstein, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger's Lost World, Chester Hawks' Captain Hazzard, H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain, J.H. Rosny's Ironcastle, John W. Campbell's Who Goes There?/Thing from Another World, James Hilton's Lost Horizon, James Clavell's Tai-Pan, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game, Philip Wylie's Savage Gentleman and Gladiator, and many more.
And so, Khan Dynasty would best be described as a multifaceted story involving two generations of heroes racing to stop a diabolical duo from unleashing a devastating wave of death and destruction. The villains are the Victorian man-monster Edward Hyde and the insidious devil-doctor Hunan Sun, who is my take on the Yellow Peril characters like Fu Manchu. Khan Dynasty is a standalone story, filled to overflowing with a combination of speculative science fiction, and blazing action, but involves all of the same Pulp Heroes characters and historical background as More Than Mortal.
You're not simply the writer of this trilogy? What other duties do you take care of? What sort of process do you use as a creator to come up with your ideas? I'm the writer, illustrator, publisher, and chief bottle washer. Knightraven Studios is a one-man shop where I get to explore a variety of talents. Using Photoshop, a digitizer pen and tablet, I've painted all the covers and interior illustrations, bookmarks, and even posters. Completely self-taught, I've even created my own website. I've built a studio on the back of my house where I can hide away from the world and completely immerse my brain in the Infinite Horizons universe.
Usually, the ideas are a constant flood into my brain. The only way I can keep everything organized is to have tablets and posty notes all around the house so I can jot down various ideas, questions, and concepts as they come to me. These are eventually sorted and compiled into a series of Word documents, until I'm ready to start writing the novel. I currently have five novels plotted that I haven't started writing.
KHAN DYNASTY mixes pulp homages with other fictional characters from a variety of literary sources. What sort of research did you have to do for this and do you think your trilogy has useful potential in a classroom setting possibly? For Khan Dynasty, and More Than Mortal, I read and reread hundreds of novels for research. These included the many of the books listed in questions one and two, plus lot of Doc Savage, Avenger, Shadow, and Spider tales. The real challenge here is to link the worlds of the Victorian heroes and pulp era heroes. There are even a few comic character homages, although names have been altered as necessary for copyright reasons. The coolest part of this is, I can tell stories that even the current copyright holders cannot. And because of this, Pulp Heroes has quickly grown far beyond the established borders of the original pulp world.
Useful potential in the classroom? Absolutely. The goal of my stories is to peak the interest of the reader and add greater depth to existing storylines. So, the attraction isn't merely for the story itself, but in discovering the numerous links affiliated to other great novels and actual historical events. I even had to create a monster-sized poster with over 800 entries to keep all the facts straight.
What might be coming up that could you get back on the Pulp Ark Award list for 2011? Wow, where to begin. First, I have the third Pulp Heroes novel, Sanctuary Falls, to complete. Next, there are several short stories that will be published in a trilogy of art books, including the long-awaited Hunter Island Adventure, These books will also display the art of Pulp Heroes in full color.
Then there's the novel I just completed yesterday. It will be going to press next week and be available before the Windy City Pulp and Paper Con on April 15. And, for the first time ever, I am publicly announcing the title of this series of novels. It is the first book of a new trilogy, entitled Modern Marvels - Viktoriana. In question two, I mentioned the importance the first books I ever read. This newest novel will have a cast of characters, and a fantastic storyline, absolutely guaranteed to knock your socks off.


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Have you have been involved in an accident whilst using pavements, in a school, shopping centres, supermarkets or car parks which has happened in the last 3 years?
The health care provided by the NHS and private hospitals and dentists within the UK is generally good. However, there are occasions when that standard falls below par and injury is caused resulting in pain, suffering and even death.
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Peter Straub
Peter Straub is the bestselling author of many books, including Ghost Story, The Hellfire Club, and In the Night Room. Born in Wisconsin, Straub currently lives in New York with his family on the Upper West Side. His latest novel, A Dark Matter, was released in February, 2010.
This interview was conducted in March, 2010.
Alex: When did you know you wanted to be a writer?
Peter: I think I loved the whole idea once I realized that books did not write themselves, at age 9 or 10, say. When I was a senior in high school, I knew that I was going to be a writer, but that I had to time it right because once I started I'd never be able to do anything else.
Alex: Who were your influences?
Peter: Way back when I started, my influences were mainly poets, Ashbery, Stevens, Geoffrey Hill, Frank O'Hara. John Updike would have been in the mix, though, also Virginia Woolf, John O'Hara, and Saul Bellow.
Alex: Do you remember what was the first thing you published?
Peter: The first thing I published was a short poem, in The World #14. It was produced by the Poetry Project at St. Mark's in the Bowery.
Alex: What was you first novel and how did it get published?
My first novel was called Marriages. I wrote it one summer in Dublin, when I was supposed to be writhing a Ph.D. dissertation. I mailed it to the publisher Andre Deutsch in London, and they accepted it.
Alex: Do you have a specific process when writing a novel?
Nothing specific enough to talk about. It's just the usual mess, notebooks, notes, useless outlines, false starts, little flares of ideas springing up.
Alex: Where did the idea for A Dark Matter come from?
Peter: When I was in college during the early sixties in Madison, Wisconsin, now and then some wandering guru would pop up, camp out in student apartments, and lay out what he saw was the truth, the real deal. They talked and talked, and in the meantime they ate your food, borrowed your clothes, and had sex with your girlfriend. I thought it would be interesting to write about one of these guys, and have him lead some kind of ceremony that would go disastrously wrong.
Alex: Did it require any sort of research?
Peter: Only in memory.
Alex: Where did the characters come from?
Peter: I made them up, each and every one.
Alex: Is it any easier to have a writer as a main character?
Peter: At least I understand what a writer does. So maybe it is easier than doing a lot of research into plumbing or electrical engineering, but at least to me, it also opens up a big imaginative space other professions do not have.
Alex: Were you pulling from your own childhood at all when writing this novel?
Peter: No, not this time. I did draw on my life in Madison during the years 1963-1965.
Alex: What made you decide to tell this particular story as an event that happened in the past, to be revealed by the characters?
Peter: Who knows? This was the way the story presented itself.
Alex: Was this novel written chronologically, from start to finish, or was it written in separate parts and brought together?
Peter: It was written pretty much as is, chronologically, but a great deal of editing removed nearly half of the book. The novel emerged from the butcher shop much improved, spryer, leaner, more focused.
Alex: How did you become friends with Stephen King?
Peter: Back in 1976-79, when both of us were just beginning, we liked each other's work a lot. He wrote blurbs for two of my books, and I wrote to thank him. Then the Kings moved to England, and we met and got along very well. That was the start of things, the sense of shared concerns, of a kind of brotherhood.
Alex: How did you end up writing a book together?
Peter: One weekend when we all lived in England, the Kings came to visit us in our house in Crouch End, London. Steve and I stayed up late, drinking beer and talking. Very late at night, Steve asked me if I thought it might be fun to collaborate on a book sometime. I said yes, I did think it would be fun to do that.
Alex: What was the process for this?
Peter: Intense individual thinking and note-taking, exchanged letters, several meeting to discuss the plot, then a long outline. After that we got together and began writing the book side-by-side.
Alex: Do you plan on collaborating together in the future?
Peter: I believe we will do a third book together. It seems right.
Alex: Do you have a set writing schedule you keep to each day?
Peter: In a way. I try to do a little in the morning, then a bit more in the afternoon and early evening. I work about five or six hours a day.
Alex: What do you use to write on?
Peter: This is a weird question. What do I use to write on? Do you mean, what do I write on? Generally, I write on an iMac, though often I write in big bound notebooks with either pencils or fountain pens.
Alex: Do you see yourself ever writing in a different genre, something you haven't written in before?
Peter: No, I can't forsee that, since according to me, everything I write is in the genre defined by my name. Everything I write is Straubian before it is anything else.
Alex: Have any of your books been optioned or turned into movies?
Peter: Two of my books have been filmed, and quite a lot of them are under option. This means nothing.
Alex: What are you working on next and when will it be published?
Peter: I cannot say.
Alex: Do you have any advice for writers looking to get published?
Peter: This question is really too broadly put to be answered. If you are speaking of young writers, my advice is to get the best agent they can, because it's getting colder and colder out here.
Alex: Who are some of your favorite authors?
Peter: I love the work of the late Donald Harington, and I urge everyone reading this to go out and get a copy of Some Other Place. The Right Place. Immediately.
Alex: What do you like to read?
Peter: Novels, mainly, and books about the lives of authors. These are inevitably tragic and heartbreaking. Malcolm Lowry used to disinfect his shoes by pouring cognac into them and leaving it there overnight. Later on, he was probably killed by his wife. A common thread links these two things.
Alex: Do you have any hobbies?
Peter: Not really. Writing takes up a lot of time, and it eats away at your life.
Alex: Do you feel there's any sort of message you're trying to get across to your readers in your books?
Peter: That is best left to those who want to think about messages.
Alex: What is your favorite part – from the original idea to doing a book tour – of the writing process?
Peter: My favorite part? Probably being in the middle of a long book, unsure of what I am supposed to do next and feeling my way along.
Alex: If you hadn't chosen writing for your career, what do you think you would've done?
Peter: Yikes! Ugh. Become a life-long English teacher at a private school? That's probably it, but it isn't very pretty.
Alex: Is there anything you've written or anything you've done in your writing career that you regret, or wish you had done?
Peter: My first two novels are pretty bad. I wish I had known enough to make them better fiction.
Alex: What do you feel is your best work?
Peter: My own faves are The Dark Matter and the Blue Rose books: Koko, Mystery and The Throat. Two days ago, I saw that some blogger, a great literary expert, called those books "crapola." Well, I don't know for sure, but I have the feeling that people will still be reading those books long after that blogger has been entirely forgotten.


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|International Research Conference, Lancaster UK, 21-23 July 2014
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Selected papers will be included in a special number of Higher Education Quarterly, to be published in July 2015.
Higher Education Close Up Research Making a Difference
Lancaster University, UK.
21st - 23rd July 2014
About the Conference
Higher Education Close-Up is a peer reviewed biennial international conference, focused on issues relating to in-depth research into higher education. HECU7 takes place at Lancaster University on 21-23 July 2014 and follows on from the very successful HECU6 in Grahamstown, South Africa in July 2012. Higher Education Close Up is a virtual network of the Society For Research into Higher Education. The conference venue this time will be the luxurious Lancaster House Hotel, with accommodation for delegates in the hotel's ensuite rooms.
We are delighted to announce that Professors Nelleke Bak, Roni Bamber, Ray Land and Murray Saunders have agreed to give keynote speeches to the conference.
Conference Theme
The theme for HECU7 is 'Higher Education Close Up Research Making a Difference' . This theme is intended to stimulate papers addressing issues concerning how our research approaches can make a difference in a range of social contexts, and help critique and improve those contexts. We expect papers which see this topic through a range of lenses including through critical theory of different sorts, evaluative research, traditional and less traditional research approaches. We want to look at the ways in which findings are communicated to different audiences so as to engage them and change practices. We will also consider ways in which the difference we make can and should be evaluated.
In the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) which completes in 2014, the 'impact' of research counts for 20% of the assessment (and any funding that follows it).This is demonstrated via impact case studies and an impact statement, developed by the different units of assessment in every university making a return. This figure of 20% is likely to increase in the future as the weighting shifts away from academic outputs to the outcomes of research.
Other countries' systems of evaluation of research are likely to follow this new approach to research assessment and so this 2014 REF will be watched with interest overseas. However for some there are other priorities in terms of making a difference: in South Africa for example the transformation agenda of universities is key in redressing the structured inequalities of that past.
It is easy to criticise both the 'impact' metaphor and many features of the way it has been framed in the REF. But it is much harder to dispute the basic idea that research should make a difference - though this may well be interpreted very differently from the view of quality audit agencies and governments. Meanwhile educational/academic developers are under pressure to show that their work is actually making a difference, enhancing learning and teaching as well as the student experience in universities around the world. Increasingly they turn to evaluative research to help them and others understand what difference they make.
So these are some of the themes the conference will address. Each of the keynote speakers will provide a think piece raising questions about different aspects of this theme. Preferably, conference participants should submit proposals for papers that in some way respond to these issues or expand on them so that an interactive conversation can develop before, during and, we hope, after the conference.
The Call for Proposals outlines this process in more detail
Discussion List
The Higher Education Close Up discussion list is at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/HIGHER-EDUCATION-CLOSE-UP.html. Please join this list for conference announcements and to participate in ongoing discussions of in-depth higher education research.
Publications from the conference
As with previous conferences we will publish a number of papers selected on the basis of: a) academic quality and b) their contribution to making a coherent collection, taken together. This year we have been lucky enough to secure agreement for a special number of Higher Education Quarterly dedicated to a thematically-organized selection of papers from the conference. This will appear in July 2015 and will comprise around seven or eight selected papers. HEQ is one of the journals of the Society for Research into Higher Education, and HECU is a virtual network of that organization.
Authors of selected papers will be contacted as soon as possible and we will require final versions for peer review by the end of September 2014. The Guidelines for authors should be read carefully.
The publications from HECUs 2, 3, 4 and 5 were:
HECU 4 Shay, S., Ashwin, P., and Case, J. (eds.) (2009) A Critical Engagement with Research into Higher Education: A Special Issue. Studies in Higher Education, 34, 4.
HECU 5 Ashwin, P. and Case, J. (eds.) (2012) Special Issue QUESTIONING THEORY-METHOD RELATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH Higher Education Research and Development 31, 3.
There will be live music (and dancing!) at the conference
The Tuesday Conference Dinner will feature:
Howard Haigh & The Men of The Hour featuring Ben Ruth (Convulsions) with Rick Middleton (Uke Bass/Voice/Guitar), Sam King Middleton (Drums/voice/guitar) & Jave (Bass/Voice/Guitar)
and the opportunity to visit local highlights including:
Details on registration will follow. In the meantime details of submitting proposals and the criteria for assessment are available by clicking 'Call for Papers' above. Deadlines are also available on that page. Please contact us if, for funding purposes, you need to submit an early proposal for a decision about acceptance.
The conference is being organised by Professor Paul Trowler at Lancaster and a committee comprising previous conference organizers. The conference adminstrator is Alice Jesmont. HECU7 will be brought to you through here@lancaster the Higher Education Research and Evaluation Centre.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Veronica Bamber, Queen Margaret University
Professor Ray Land, Durham University
Professor Murray Saunders, Lancaster University
Dr Nelleke Bak, University of Cape Town
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What Do I Need to Know Before I Go to Disney World?
Planning a trip to Walt Disney World can seem like a daunting experience. It doesn't have to be.
Your personality and preferences will direct how you plan for your trip. If you're a planner like me who doesn't like too many surprises and likes schedules, then you can do that. If you are the type that doesn't like to plan that much and do things on the spur of the moment and be more spontaneous, then you can do that. MamaMouse is the ultimate planner when it comes to a Disney trip. I'll explain why I plan everything out.
We are Disney Vacation Club members which in itself, requires a bit of planning due to reservation window and timing. (see DVC for more info on that!) We travel every year and we have 9 people including our two small children that are vacationing. When you have 9 people, you have to think of everything. The room is taken care of through our membership, so that part is easy. Deciding where to stay is not difficult either. If you're not a member, then you have to look at your budget and decide what type of accommodation fits in your budget and style.
Then you have all the other questions…Who has tickets and who needs them? How many days do they want and do they want park hoppers? How is everyone getting there? Does anyone need to use Disney's Magical Express? If we are on a food plan-we always are-then the question is, "When and how will people pay for it?" Because of the popularity of restaurants, it's become increasingly important-especially if you're picky-to make your dining reservations 180 days in advance of your trip. For more on that, go to DINING. THEN, you can start to think about the questions that involve the actual members of your family.
I have two small children which means a lot of kid's stuff makes the trip. Thankfully we travel by car so it makes it a bit easier. In a way, sometimes I think flying would be better because we'd really have to limit our things! I know that just a trip to the beach means packing a ton of stuff that we might need. See my general packing list that I made up to make life easier!


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An in-house Sony developer located in Bend, Oregon. They used to be known as Eidetic and have developed such titles as Zork and Syphon Filter: Omega Strain.
Nathan Drake goes portable.
The fight against the Chimera continues in Sony Bend's serviceable shooter.
One of next year's hottest PSP titles gets some high-tech updates.
Genre: Shooter
US Release Date: TBA
Role: Developer
US Release Date: TBA
Role: Developer


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December 11, 2012
Online Classes
ISEE will begin to offer some online classes for AASECT CE credit beginning in 2013. Our commitment is to Holistic Sex Education, and we feel this is done best in person. But we also are creating interactive short courses online for your convenience. The calendar at www.instituteforsexuality.com will begin to show these courses as of January.


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Services: Access to Capital, Financial Advisory, Mergers & Acquisitions Industries: Technology Professionals: Henry Owsley, Peter Kaufman
Gordian Group acted as financial advisor to Intelogic Trace
in connection with its restructuring and ultimate sale in bankruptcy.
Client: Intelogic Trace
Intelogic Trace was engaged in providing computer, telecommunications and other electronic equipment installations and support services. In mid-1994, the company found that it was unable to service its indebtedness and effected a restructuring in bankruptcy with its key creditors.
Shortly after it emerged from bankruptcy in December 1994, Intelogic Trace engaged Gordian Group to provide advice regarding maximizing shareholder value. Gordian Group promptly discovered that Intelogic Trace had not adequately reorganized and faced an immediate liquidity crisis. A severe liquidity problem would materially and adversely affect the company's ability to operate, and would result in major losses for all of Intelogic Trace's constituencies. In order to preserve values for these constituencies, Gordian Group had to move extremely quickly to preserve and maximize the company's intangible values.By February 1995, Gordian Group negotiated with the Company's lenders to obtain new capital and certain other concessions. Shortly thereafter, Gordian Group:
- Contacted over 100 potential purchasers
- Obtained a buyer for the Company's assets prior to filing for protection under Chapter 11 for the second time
- Arranged for the buyer to extend immediate credit, and
- Assisted counsel in orchestrating a second Chapter 11 filing to implement an emergency asset sale
By the end of April 1995, Intelogic Trace was sold in a bankruptcy court sale. The proceeds were sufficient to repay the secured creditor in full, and to provide some recovery for unsecured claims. The judge in the case commended Gordian Group for its successful efforts in this very difficult matter.


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DataSource Mobility strongly believes in giving back to the community and helping those in need. DataSource Cares is our way of supporting a variety of charities to help make a difference in someone's life. Not only do our team members dedicate their time to support local charities, but we also work with our preimier partners to donation technology solutions to agencies near and dear to our hearts.
DataSource Cares donated a Patient Area Tablet Solution to the Childrens Hospitals. The Patient Area Tablet Solution is designed to provide entertainment for patients, whether in the waiting room or other child centered areas, to help improve the quality of their visit or stay. The solution includes multiple Panasonic Toughbook Tablets and a Meraki Wireless LAN access point.
The Patient Area Tablet Solution is designed for use in patient areas so children can access the internet or specific applications on children's networks to help make their visit more enjoyable. The wireless access and tablet with a touch screen interface make browsing the internet easy and enjoyable for the children. We also supplied a free cloud based wireless access point for the tablets to avoid interference with the hospitals main wireless network.
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Please tell me who invented the holiday that we call Valentines Day? Because I, for one, would like to meet the barbarian, and politely punch him in the chops. Who in the world hated mankind so much that they wanted to set aside a day just to make single women remember, once again, that they are alone. Plus, we are forced to celebrate this horrid holiday in the middle of the coldest month, towards the end of winter. Why not choose a date in spring when the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and the animals are sashaying around the forest looking for mates? But nooooooooooooo, some idiot plopped it a month when we have been cooped up for 3 months, and have reached the point that we have gained enough weight to sufficiently warm our bodies in the cold bed…..alone…..
A person can't just ignore the date because the reminders are everywhere we look. I remember when I was married, I would get the token flowers delivered to work. I would show them off, and my co-workers were in awe at the wonderful gesture made by my husband. I didn't have the heart to tell them that in 2 weeks the bill would be arriving at my house, and I would need to figure out how to pay for the flowers with a budget that was already stretched to the limit. It wasn't his fault…he was doing what was expected of him. If he was feeling really generous he would give me a slinky nightie…one that never seemed to get pulled out of the drawer because we had 4 kids and no energy. Then he changed it up, and every year I would get a pair of matching etched crystal goblets, champagne glasses, or small plates that he got from the Avon lady. Those are still featured proudly in my china cabinet. Then the divorce happened, and Valentines day took on a new meaning. Now I am here to tell you that as a 50 (something), pleasingly plump, single woman….Valentines Day Sucks!
Forget trying to ignore the holiday, and go about your business. There are romantic movies shown every evening leading up to the 14th, (fairy tales)…there are catalogs and magazine ads showing the latest in "barely there" nightwear (hurl)…there is a whole aisle dedicated to candy and chocolates at the super center (candy for one…not!)….there is a huge section of cards to mark the holiday (gag)…..and don't forget the roses of various colors, the teddy bears with hearts all over them, the chocolate dipped strawberries and champagne (burp), the cakes and cupcakes with the mushy love crap written all over them (great, more poundage on the rump) , and my personal favorite: weekend getaways for the couple in love.
So I guess I will pull up my big girl panties in a few weeks, I will ooohhhh and ahhhhh when my co-workers get their flowers, and I will continue to tell people that I am happy being a single woman. I refuse to feel like the loser that I have portrayed myself to be in the photo on the left. I will tell myself that while the holiday may make a person painfully aware that they are alone, it only lasts 24 hours, and I can muddle through another one. Because on February 15th I will treat myself, and will begin counting the days until spring…..when the sun will shine, the weather will warm up, the flowers will bloom and the animals will again be looking for potential mates. And who knows…maybe next year I may be the one getting the roses…and candy….and chocolates…and teddy bears….and mushy cards…A girl can never shop hoping ♥
Mini Ham and Colby Sanwiches
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 2 to 3 teaspoons sugar
- 15 dinner rolls (about 3-inch diameter), sliced
- 15 slices Colby cheese
- 15 thin slices deli ham (about 1 pound)
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- In a small bowl, combine the butter, mustard, onion, poppy seeds and sugar. Place roll bottoms, cut side up, in an ungreased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Top each with Colby cheese, ham and mozzarella. Drizzle with half of the butter mixture.
- Replace roll tops. Drizzle with remaining butter mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Yield: 15 servings.


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"I'm just tired of listening to my friends and neighbors telling me it's okay if they piss on the past like it was their own. 'Cause it ain't. The Anasazi weren't your people, and you got no right to steal their history and then pretend like it was nothing more than a shiny penny you happened to stumble upon on the street."
"Well, when you frame it like that, I guess I don't," said Billy as he crushed his sandwich wrap into a tight ball. "But I ain't the one in the chopper. And I ain't killed no Indians, neither. But I'll tell you what. This chopper business leaves a real bad taste in my mouth. These people are looters, for Christ's sake. They fly in here in their fancy helicopters and steal the local culture. And then they fly back out to some big city shithole and sell the whole load to some Japanese sonofabitch. I saw a thing on the TV the other night about how these goddamn vandals have been raiding old Indian sites all over the San Juan River drainage for the past couple years, and they end up shipping everything out of the country; most of the stuff winds up in Japan or Europe."
Billy put his trash into his lunch box and slammed the lid shut. "And that ain't right. I mean, when a local takes something home, it stays in the area at least. But when these pots are sold to someone out of the country, you know damn well that they ain't never gonna be seen here again."
"It's unlikely," agreed Dwayne as he finished his soda and tossed the can into the truck bed.
"But now here's the thing, Dwayne. I've been seeing a lot of goddamn helicopters flying around here lately. Since we brought the cows up here in the spring, I've seen more of the damn things than I can shake a stick at. My boy Ethan remarked the other day that it sounded like a goddamn airport around here."
"What day was that?"
"Oh hell, it'd have to have been Sunday, I guess. But that don't do you no good, does it? I thought you had all the trouble yesterday morning?"
"That's when we first learned about it. But it happened on Sunday."
"Well, on Sunday we were stringing fence and we heard this one helicopter for a solid hour – must have been late in the afternoon, on towards sunset. Never saw it, but you could hear it real clear, off to the northwest – out by Jumpup. And I'll tell you something else. I know who owns the two I've been seeing around here all summer, and that's ASN."
"The uranium miners?"
"That's them."
"Billy, are you sure about this?"
"A hunnerd percent. I seen their choppers at the Fall Carnival the past couple of years. That's how I know it's them."
"They have any markings on them, anything that says it's from ASN?"
"Not that I recall."
"Well, how the hell can you be certain then?"
Billy coughed as he gave Dwayne a dirty look. "Like I said, I seen the sonsabitches parked out behind the goddamn grade school at last year's fair, and I know they're the same ones that have been flying all over here and back. If you're so fucking smart, then where do you think they come from?"
"I don't know. But you go accusing people, Billy, you better be sure. That's all I'm saying."
"I'm sure," said Billy with an icy stare.
"Then that's good enough for me," said Dwayne with a nod.
Billy stood up stiffly and faced the seated ranger. "Well, I guess I outghta be gettin' back to work now. I've jawed with you long enough."
Dwayne rose slowly and adjusted his cowboy hat. "Wouldn't want to slow you down on such a fine day as this." Dwayne closed the Ford's tailgate. "Now about this fence-cutting. Billy, promise me you won't do anything stupid."
"If somebody messes with the cattle, or I see that big redheaded sonofabitch in the chopper, they're gonna get a real big taste of frontier justice."
Dwayne shook his head with sad resignation. "Talking to you, Billy, is like talking to the goddamn wall."
"Ah yep, save your breath, lad."
"Well then, let me leave you with this little piece of advice, and I'll deny ever having said it, so don't even think about using it on me, if you get your ass in a sling. If you're gonna play the fool, then you better make sure you kill whoever you shoot. That way you can tell your side of the story and there ain't no one to contradict you. You know what I'm saying?"
Billy laughed. "Well now, I think I got it. You want me to aim low, shoot high, and take no prisoners, right?"
Dwayne looked up at the cloud-draped, high noon sun and shuddered with the realization that his home was fast becoming a bonafide war zone, and all he could seem to do was issue a bunch of half-assed warnings.


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To design the space, I was lucky enough to be involved in Oilo Studio's design challenge. It gave me a head start because I was able to start putting together the nursery much sooner than I probably would have. It's nice to have it done and awaiting our babies' arrival! We worked with some incredible companies to bring my vision to life, and it turned out just as I had hoped.
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