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Orkney is an archipelago of 70 islands, each with their own distinctive charm, history and natural beauty. Over the years Brightwater Holidays has explored almost every nook and cranny of Orkney, yet these beautiful islands contain many more secrets and hidden gems that need to be discovered. Based on Mainland, we will have an opportunity to visit previously unexplored areas as we discover the historic landmarks and captivating landscapes of the North and South Isles.
On the island of Westray we will relive Orkney's Viking past as we sail the Old Norse sea routes, before experiencing the bountiful birdlife at Noup Head RSPB Reserve. We will also sail across Scapa Flow to Hoy – an island of dramatic mountain scenery and seascapes that inspired the Orcadian symphonies of former resident Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies. Finally, we will explore Mainland and the sites that are collectively known as the 'Heart of Neolithic Orkney' – Maeshowe, the Stones of Stenness and Skara Brae.
Price Includes
- Return coach travel available from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dunfermline, Kinross, Perth, Inverness (subject to numbers), Dundee (subject to numbers) or Aberdeen
- Four nights' bed and breakfast at the Kirkwall Hotel, Orkney in a room with private facilities
- Three dinners in the hotel and one on board the Serco Northlink ferry (all with wine)
- Two lunches
- Visits to Skara Brae, Maeshowe, Highland Park distillery, Radwick Bay, Lyness Naval Base, Martello Tower, The Scaun Natural Arch, Quoygrew, the Kirk of St Mary, the Noup Head RSPB Reserve, the Westray Heritage Centre and Noltland Castle; Timespan Museum and Arts Centre
- Comfortable coaching throughout
- Services of a Tour Manager
Single supplements apply. Subject to availability. June supplement – £100pp.
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Day 1
We depart by coach from our local departure points and travel north, stopping en route for refreshments. We will continue to Scrabster in time to catch the evening Serco Northlink ferry to Stromness where dinner will be served in the restaurant on board the 'Hamnavoe'. On arrival in Orkney we will transfer the short distance to Kirkwall where accommodation has been arranged at the comfortable Kirkwall Hotel, overlooking the harbour.
Day 2
Following breakfast this morning, we depart for the island of Westray, the 'Queen of the Orkney Isles', which is reached by ferry from the pier directly opposite the hotel, sailing along the old Viking sea route to the north, past the islands of Egilsay and Eday.
On Westray, we firstly visit The Scaun Natural Arch at Westray's northernmost point, where we should see seabirds such as the shag, black guillemot and fulmar. After a visit to the unique 10th-century Norse site of Quoygrew, we will visit the Kirk of St Mary in Pierowall Village. After lunch in the Pierowall Hotel (included), we visit Noup Head RSPB Reserve — where, if we're lucky, we might also spot some puffins — and the site of the Stevenson lighthouse.
Finally, we visit the Westray Heritage Centre and Noltland Castle, pronounced "nowtland". The latter, an imposing sandstone fortification, is testament to one of Scotland's most troubled periods, having been built in the 1560s by Gilbert Balfour while heavily embroiled in the political issues of the time — thanks chiefly to his sister-in-law, Mary Queen of Scots.
In the late afternoon we return by ferry to Kirkwall where dinner will be served back at the hotel in the evening.
Day 3
Following breakfast this morning we depart for the island of Hoy, the second largest in Orkney, which is mountainous in the north and flatter and more fertile in the south. After a 45-minute ferry trip across Scapa Flow to the port at Lyness, we will travel first to the north of the island for a look at the Dwarfie Stone. This isolated block of red sandstone, some 8.5 metres long, is the only prehistoric rock-cut chambered tomb in Britain and dates from around 3000 BC. The location is stunning and, provided everyone keeps quiet for a moment, the silence is deafening! A few miles further on we reach Rackwick Bay, a fine beach of large round boulders with high cliffs at either side of the bay and a constantly changing seascape. The composer Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies lived here for a while and it would be hard not to find inspiration in this idyllic spot.
Travelling back to the southern end of the island we will learn about the more recent past with a visit to the Lyness Naval Base and Interpretation Centre, which houses an important record of the role the Royal Navy played in Orkney during both World Wars. The former pump house has been converted to provide a comprehensive series of interpretative displays, as well as being home to a fascinating outside collection of military equipment such as vehicles and guns. World War I displays include a propeller and other artefacts from HMS Hampshire, mined off Orkney in 1916 with the loss of Lord Kitchener. Guns salvaged from the German High Seas Fleet which was scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919 form part of the display along with railway engines on tracks. There is a large photographic collection as well as objects on display inside, where you can see one of the pumps in action. A short film presentation is shown in a unique setting – inside a huge disused fuel tank. Lunch is available here (not included).
In the afternoon we will have a visit to the stone-built Martello Tower at Hackness. These two towers, constructed between 1813 and 1815, were built as protection for the Baltic convoys and were also used during WW1. We will also pay a brief visit to the Naval Cemetery, a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made in this important theatre of two world wars.
Later we return by ferry to Houton and drive back to Kirkwall where dinner will be served in the evening
Day 4
Enjoy your full Scottish breakfast. Today we have an all day excursion of mainland Orkney visiting the many archaeological sites including Maeshowe, the finest chambered tomb in Western Europe. Built before 2700 B.C. Maeshowe was raided by Vikings in the 12th Century. It houses the largest collection of runic inscriptions to be found in any one place in the world; Skara Brae, with its new visitor centre depicting the history of this world famous monument; and the Standing Stones of Stenness, lying to the north side of the Orphir Hills.
Lunch (not included) will be available in Stromness, where there will also be an opportunity to visit the local Museum and the Pier Arts Centre. Stromness has a very long waterfront and was a supply base for the Hudson Bay Company, and the whaling fleet, whose ships filled up with fresh water from Login's Well. More recently, Stromness is famous for being the home of George Mackay Brown, one of the great Scottish poets of the 20th century. Also, the 2004 European Marine Energy Centre (read 'wave/tidal power') is based in Stromness.
Later we will enjoy a taste of one of the finest whiskies in the world, at the Highland Park Distillery, which uses the same traditional methods of production as it did 200 years ago.
Dinner will be served at the hotel in the evening.
Day 5
After breakfast we will check out of our hotel and transfer to Stromness to catch the morning ferry to Scrabster. On arrival in Scrabster we will continue our homeward journey which we will break with lunch at the Timespan Museum and Arts Centre in Helmsdale, which is described as a meeting place between past, present and future. We return to our original departure points in the afternoon and evening.
Undiscovered Orkney
Departing From
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- Dunfermline
- Kinross
- Perth
- Inverness
- Dundee
- Aberdeen
Departure dates
- 29th June 2019
- 29th September 2019


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|January 17, 2018, 14:26
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Thinking about a Colt 6920
I'm completely new to ARs, and thinking about getting a Colt 6920. I know this rifle has gotten alot of attention on gun boards across the web, but considering how technology and the quality of individual manufactures can change rapidly for better or worse, I was wondering what yall think about it. In general, how do those of you who have it, like it? More specifically, are there any currently any ARs that are at least as good or better out of the box at around same price point?
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|January 17, 2018, 15:08
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ArmaLite Bushmaster Colt
The ABC's of ARs. Always have good luck with ArmaLite and Eagle Arms.
A few options similar to 6920:
*Colt may hold resale value better than Bushmaster, Eagle Arms, and maybe ArmaLite, if that matters to you.
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The amount of work is the same.
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|January 17, 2018, 15:21
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Can't say enough good things about mine. Was reasonably cheap (they sell for less than MSRP), good upper / lower fit, decent trigger (no MIM ejector pins on mine). Some people think the Colt chrome line barrels are as durable as the FN ones (also have ). Came from the factory with OD Magpul front and rear furniture, I've since added the Magpul grip with the storage compartment so I can hold sight adjustment tools.
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|January 17, 2018, 15:28
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As far as I can tell, the 6920 still seems to be the standard.
"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is a symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." -George Orwell, 1940.
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|January 17, 2018, 15:54
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Pony guns will never go out of style or vogue. Some makers that are considered top line may not exist next year. Even if Colt fails their history will always be well known and help your rifle hold its value. That said, the 6920 is also a fine rifle. I would pull the trigger group, order a Colt Competition Match Trigger for $50 from CDNN and have it professionally tuned to a 3.25 pound crisp pull and put original trigger group in box in case want to sell as 100% original some day.
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|January 17, 2018, 18:06
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Figure out EXACTLY what you want to do with an AR, and then buy the parts you need to assemble EXACTLY that rifle.
Now, if all you want to do with the rifle is "own a Colt," then a 6920 will EXACTLY fill that need.
Otherwise, a 6920 is just one of a gazillion examples of a decent-made AR type rifle with:
If that's what you want in an AR-15, you should get one.
Ask me about the Mason-Dixon FAL Collectors Association.
|January 17, 2018, 18:11
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I bought a stripped 6920 with no furniture. The oem 2 model. They you choose your own buttstock, and free float rail but you got the colt quality and reliability where it matters. One thing to note if you buy it put a scope on it then try to get 1" groups with steel cases or cheap 55 grain ammo you're going to be disappointed. The 1:7 twist barrel is designed for heavier loads. Mine groups around 1 moa with 77 gr hpbt and 69 gr but the cheaper 55 grainers are only good for 2 moa and they don't hold up in the wind so if you want to shoot more than 300 yards you're going to want the better ammo.
Also if you want to do it right I think the acog is the ideal optic for just about any scenario you might want to use the Colt in.
|January 17, 2018, 18:25
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If a dozen untested civilian AR carbines were laying on a table, with assorted characteristics, from assorted manufacturers, and I had to grab one and head straight into a gun fight, I would grab the factory Colt 6920.
They are a no-frills tool that will get the job done. Prices are reasonable. Excellent platform for upgrades later down the line. No brainer.
|January 17, 2018, 19:27
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Personally, I prefer the 20" barrel, fixed stock ARs like the Colt AR15-A4 to the 16" barrel, adjustable stock ARs like the Colt 6920. The little horsey is worth the extra price as you will recoup that premium at resale. The Purdey of poodle shooters.
The 6920 is the standard bearer in today's market, and its position is well earned. If you want a carbine, the 6920 is as good a choice as you could make, but it is a carbine and not a full length AR, like the AR15-A4.
Check out both, and get the one that appeals to you most.
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|January 17, 2018, 21:59
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In my experience, the 6920 had been very reliable, more than accurate enough with blaster ammo holding to a consistent 2 moa. Quality ammo cuts that in half.
MadMax, in addition to the 6920, take a look at 6720 (lightweight barrel) or better yet, the 6920r Trooper, which comes with a very nice Centurion free float handguard.
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|January 18, 2018, 22:14
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I own a Colt and it has never let me down even when the extractor pin broke durning a 5 day training course I was using it at. Never missed a beat. It wasnt until I was cleaning it after the course that I found the broken pin which wasnt there on day one (we spent half the first day breaking down our ARs and putting them back together).
As others have said Colts hold their value, they may go down a bit but over time they maintain their value. As for a first AR, the Colt 6920 isnt a bad starting point. It has lots of advantages over a custom home build when it comes to reselling it. That little prancing pony on the side can make a big difference.
|January 19, 2018, 21:36
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Nothing wrong with having a 6920 around. As I have said elsewhere, in the looks department they ain't so great, but they usually have it where it counts. With the price of them being what it is now, no better of a time to get one.
|January 20, 2018, 11:05
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A sincere "thank you!" to all of you for your thoughts. I have decided that a 6920 is probably the way to go at this point considering my needs and experience level.
Thanks again guys!
Mad Max
|January 20, 2018, 12:09
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Just a thought for new folks. W.E.G. is an authority on the subject of AR's and one should always consider his opinions and not discount anything he says without consideration. In this case my opinion (free advice from some may not be worth what it cost) is OP's initial post says:
Buying a basic Colt AR 15 the owner can expect it to function within military specifications and to hold its value if not appreciate over the long haul. After buying and shooting a decent AR for a while owner can decide what does and does not like. If it's accurate enough for needs or too big/too small, etc. Then other barrel choices, stock designs, handguards, sights, etc can be contemplated and incorporated into a second rifle built to exact needs if a base model doesn't fit after owner matures with use. If decides the Colt is totally configured wrong for needs and not abused it can more likely recoup a higher percentage of initial investment than that of a kitchen table build or other brand.
Just my less than two cents. If OP had opened with looking to buy an AR for varmint hunting, wild hog infestation, close quarters combat may have recommended another model/cartridge immmediately. If OP had opened with just finished building my third AR and am wondering if a entry level Colt will outperform a home build would have asked questions then made recommendations. If OP said am looking for best AR to buy as an investment in event they are banned in future and want to soak some away would have recommended looking at a power buy on Smith M&P 15's due to price, quality and inexpensive price point giving most room for profit if goal is neckbearding. OP had me agreeing with his logic with opening sentence based solely on initial statement.
If he were a close friend of W.E.G. and lived close would have said go see "the man" before you buy a rifle and see if he has anything in his "catch and release" inventory as it will likely be built with more care and better parts selection than any entry level factory rifle.
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|January 20, 2018, 12:55
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Now don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with the 6920, but ARs are one of the few places where you can build for yourself a superior piece to most commercial offerings for far less money. I figure if you're going to spend the money, why not build it custom to you, the end user, to begin with.
Last thought though... are you a buy it, play with it for a little while, sell it type, or are you like me once you own it you rarely let it go? If the former, buy the Colt, but if the latter, do your research and build it for YOU.
|January 21, 2018, 08:45
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Now is a good time to buy - ARs are a buyers market. I bought a 6920.... to flip before the election. Probably not the the most virtuous reasoning. Anyhow, right before the San Berdo shooting, the prices were really stagnant, so I picked up a 6920 from Ratworx for $810. I keep checking back with them - their prices seem to fluctuate around. After San Berdo happened, they shot up again.
I never had a hard on for the AR, as after the service it hold much cool appeal. I respected the rifle, but I guess it didn't have any novelty for me. Funny, as now it is one of my favorite plinkers, and I would not sell it. It is a lot of fun as an iron sight platform (I like irons) and so well made from an ergonomics perspective. Mine came with the M4 markings, I think 2013 birth year, and with magpul bump up sights. I added an old school carry handle like I was used to, and I really love it. Its light, the iron sights are great, I really like the double heat shield handguards. I like the standard grip. I really like the plain jain! But it depends on the person - I like it as it reminds me of the M16A2 in a lot of ways (I was mostly pre-acog, though we got M16A4s right before I got out).
Good deals new ARE out there. Do not overpay, especially nowadays. You can even pick up NIB online from guys selling ones they bought and have not touched.. Using the VA classifieds here, after the election guys were dumping NIB cheap, admitting in their ads they stocked up anticipating different election results.
Also, I wasn't 'in the know' as far as the AR world. Do research any accessories and where you source them. So much knock off crap and cheap made-in-China bits. I even ordered my carry handle sight from BCM - overpaid, but I didn't trust the el-cheapo ones on ebay that may or not be made to spec. Lots of knock off magpul stuff. I wouldn't trust gun shows.
|January 21, 2018, 10:18
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Here's one for 729$
Here's another idea. You buy a naked one like this and then put your choice of stock and rail on there. Mine wears a Rogers super stock and a free float rail. Notice the gas block on this is pinned. This is an improvement over most do it yourself builds which use a set screw.
|January 21, 2018, 11:22
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$729 is a fantastic price for NIB! If you want the stock furniture, you can't beat that.
|January 21, 2018, 12:07
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When i was looking into an AR the 6920 was on top of my short list. My brother went to college in Maine. He came back with a Windham Weaponry AR. (The original Bushmaster owner owned company, when Windham sold to Bushmaster to Remington and thay moved production from Maine. He did not like seeing his hometown industry leave so he bought his old factory back and opened WW. I really did like it and was considering one because it was cheaper than the Colt.
I was living in southern Oregon at the time, i did not know, but the heart of Noveske country. I was about a day out from picking up a 6920 when an old guy at my gunclub sold me a Noveske gen 2 afghan for $1000 w/box. I still only own one AR that Noveske. I realize i stole it for thst price😎. i have a preban daewoo k2 too but thats different. If i wanted an ar today. Id snag that $729 6920 the WW W-4 (m4 model) i considered were about that price.
Good luck!
|January 31, 2018, 16:32
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The 6920 is a fine rifle for the price, and it's also a safe bet. My only complaint on the last 6920 that came through the shop was how bad the trigger was, but that's not that big of a deal. I definitely wouldn't hesitate to buy any Colt rifle if the deal was good, but I normally stick with BCM for most of my rifle needs.
|February 03, 2018, 21:11
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Here is a good article on the 6920.
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|February 04, 2018, 16:01
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If you are into shooting rifle on a pistol range, pretty much the cheapest AR that won't malfunction with the cheapest ammo is what you want.
I don't shoot AR's on the plinking range any these days.
I only wan't one that will shoot the highest-quality ammo, in the most accurate fashion, at distances of 100 to 600 yards.
White Oak Armament will sell you a complete upper that is capable of winning the national championship right out of the box.
$670 - brand new
Add scope of your liking, and lower receiver with trigger and buttstock of your liking.
I've been shooting White Oak uppers for better part of a decade now. I hold pretty hard, and I still can't hold inside the capability of a White Oak upper.
If you're just a dirt-shooter, then get some no-name brand with a basic barrel and basic trigger, and make some noise.
You'll pay a few hundred extra over the no-name if you go with the Colt. The Colt will be a reliable dirt-shooter with any brass-cased ammo. The steel-cased ammo may give you grief.
I'm totally done "flipping" any toys at all. That includes guns. If I can't get legitimate use out of it within a few weeks of acquiring it, I don't want it in my house.
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|February 04, 2018, 21:04
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Dirt shooter checking in. My two best ARs have 20-inch FNMI govt barrels. They will handle garbage ammunition that locks up other gunz.
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Please take some time to visit the sites (listed alphabetically) of the various groups and organizations with which the North Carolina Pottery Center is currently collaborating or interacting and learn more about what they do.
CAM Raleigh seeks to curate the most contemporary works of art and design possible—those still emerging, growing, and living. We hope to spark new thinking by creating ever-changing experiences that explore what's now and nearing.
The mission of The Chipstone Foundation is to promote and enhance appreciation and knowledge of American material culture (emphasizing the decorative arts) by scholars, students and the general public.
East Carolina University School of Art and Design – Ceramics Department
The North Carolina Pottery Center and ECU's Ceramics Department are in an on-going collaboration in which several ECU ceramics students each year have the opportunity to intern either directly with the center or through the center with a local potter, thereby providing the student interns with invaluable practical, hands-on experience. Additionally, the Pottery Center hosts a Continuing Education Unit workshop sponsored and conducted by the ECU Ceramics Department.
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Find what's in your heart by exploring an assortment of museums and attractions unequal to any other area of North Carolina! From Petty Enterprises Historic Site in Randleman, birthplace of 10 NASCAR championships to Asheboro's North Carolina Zoo the world's largest natural habitat zoo and American Classic Motorcycle Museum, including the largest private collection of Harley-Davidson® motorcycles in the country; Seagrove, the handmade pottery capital of the U.S.; Linbrook Heritage Estate in Trinity, home of Linbrook Hall, one of the largest privately owned homes in the Southeast; and Kersey Valley Spookywoods in Archdale, named one of 2014's Top 10 Spookiest Haunted Attractions in the U.S. by USA Today.
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Historical Association of Catawba County
Each year the Historical Association of Catawba County and the North Carolina Pottery Center plan, host, and have informational booths at the Catawba Valley Pottery and Antiques Festival in Hickory, NC, at the Hickory Metro Convention Center the last Friday and Saturday in March. The Catawba Valley Pottery and Antiques Festival is a non-profit event benefiting the Catawba County Historical Association in Newton, and the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove. Since the first festival in 1997, more than $500,000 has been donated to the institutions.
The North Carolina Arts Council launched its work in 1967 as awareness for the importance of arts to all citizens was becoming a national movement. In the ensuing nearly 50 years the arts in North Carolina have come to be valued as one of our state's most durable and productive assets. The Pottery Center receives annual funding from the NC Arts Council to support our general operations and our Traditional Arts Progam in Schools (TAPS).
The mission of the Randolph Arts Guild is to develop, coordinate, and promote activities for the citizens of Randolph County to educate, foster appreciation, and provide for the self-expression of the arts.
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Seagrove Potters is dedicated to promoting and marketing the historical, geographical pottery community that works and resides in a corner of the Randolph, Moore, and Montgomery counties of North Carolina.
The STARworks project advances the Central Park strategy of providing a focused means of growing and developing creative enterprises and individuals for placement in the downtowns of our small communities and to develop agricultural entrepreneurs to replace the farmers that are retiring. Job creation programming at STARworks is entrepreneurial in nature and designed to serve the creative, agricultural, and alternative energy sectors of our regional economy.
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So here it is. The final selection, and I must say I'm feeling pretty confident about them all. The eagle-eyed among you may notice that I have broken one of my own rules. Yes there are a couple of over-hyped debuts in this list, but they have been so wholeheartedly recommended to me by everyone I trust that I believe they will prove to be not over-hyped, but rather justly hyped.
Only one of these books is an actual print book, so in the absence of the 'towering pile of holiday books' photo, here is a collage of my holiday books on a variety of devices, most of which I still have to locate and pack chargers for in the next 48 hours.
The other fairly crucial rule I've broken is that I've actually read one and a half of these 'holiday' books already. I've read the Lisa Jewell in its entirety and I started the Julie Cohen last night, a full three days before my plane takes off. I'm confident that with small children taken into account, the remainder of this lot will still last me a fortnight.
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery at McColls Newsagents in Chiltern Avenue, Bedford at 5.15am on Sunday, December 14.
The shop manager was bringing in the Sunday newspapers when she was approached by a man who threatened her with a knife before forcing her into the rear of the store.
The offender forced her to open the safe and put the stolen cash into a grey holdall before leaving the store.
The offender is described as a white male in his thirties, about six foot tall, well built, wearing dark clothing and a stocking over his face. He was wearing a black hat, black scarf, black clothing and thin black gloves. He may have had long blonde hair.
Anyone with information relating to this incident can contact Surinder Ram, in confidence, at Bedfordshire Police on 101, or text information to 07786 200011.
Alternatively you can contact the independent crime fighting charity, Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.


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A new app has been launched and dedicated to country for transfer of money by bank account holders in India.Thus Google has entered into this new venture of Mobile money wallet in India. The National Payment corporation of India had already evolved a system for transfer of money through a system called Unified Payments Interface known popularly as UPI Interface.
You have to download this app and link it with your bank account. then you can transfer the money to any other user in India through this app. Previously a similar app called Bhim app is already in place which links to many bank accounts and user can transfer money to other users across India.
There is no need to transfer money to this wallet before you transfer money to other account and it is one of the major benefits. The money will remain in your bank account and you will be earning the interest on your money as before. The system will be secured one with need of authentication by use of OTP . So lets see how this app works according to Indian system.
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A program that searches documents for keywords and returns a lists of the documents where the keywords were found. Although search engine is really a general class of programs, the term is often used to specifically describe systems like Alta Vista and Excite that enable users to search for documents on the World Wide Web and USENET newsgroups.
Typically a search engine works by sending out a spider to fetch as many documents as possible. Another program, called an indexer, then reads these documents and creates an index based on the words contained in each document. Each search engine uses a proprietary algorithm to create its indices such that, ideally, only meaningful results are returned for each query.
Also see How Web Search Engines Work in the Did You Know . . . ? section of Webopedia.
The good news about the Internet and its most visible component, the World Wide Web, is that there are hundreds of millions of pages available, waiting to present information on an amazing variety of topics. The bad news about the Internet is that there are hundreds of millions of pages available, most of them titled according to the whim of their author, almost all of them sitting on servers with cryptic names.


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The government has approved a new kidnapping policy that actually clears the government to get involved when US citizens are kidnapped overseas. Before, it only got involved if the kidnapped person was out of the country on government business, or was employed by the government.
I think this policy is still too weak. I think that the government ought to make it clear that the US will respond with force to kidnappings of Americans overseas. One of the favorite fund-raising activities of insurgents around the world is kidnapping Americans and holding them for ransom. If the government responded to these kidnappings by sending in the special forces, then kidnapping for dollars would cease to be profitable and worthwhile for these groups. Can we stop terrorism? I doubt it. Can we stop (or at least slow down) the kidnapping and ransoming of American citizens? Probably.
To get an idea of how common kidnapping has become, check out this snippet of a book review from the New York Times:
As she [Ann Hagedorn Auerbach] reports in "Ransom," worldwide kidnappings have soared from a total of 951 in 73 countries between 1968 and 1982 to 6,500 in Latin America alone in 1995. By 1996 there were four kidnappings a day in Colombia, the Fort Knox of ransom proceeds, with $328.9 million forked over by corporations and families from 1991 through 1994.
I think it's time to put an end to these kidnappings as rapidly as possible. It's imperative for travellers overseas to use common sense and be as cautious as possible — it's easy to be a victim when you're in unfamiliar surroundings and your camera cost you more money than the locals earn in a year. However, personal responsiblity aside, these kidnappings are happening because ransoming foreigners is a sound business strategy for the kidnappers. That has to change.


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One thing I was wondering: Do you have any plans to do any "ahead-of-time" version of this (a la jilc maybe? perhaps you could cooperate with those guys?). I think it would be great to make Java a "first class" .NET language (with an effectively two-pass compiler) instead of something which requires special runtime support. There are many complications to that idea too: how does Java code access a *property* (as opposed to a field) of a .NET object? When calling a .NET method how do we know what exceptions can be thrown? For that matter how do we make the Java compiler aware of the *existence* of .NET classes...
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The last couple of months have been full of learning new things and meeting new people. I have traveled around to the various surrounding communities, about eight in total, both near and far, with Diaconía Nacional's agricultural coordinator, Cesar. Together we have been working with the communities to expand their knowledge of sustainable, small-scale gardening practices. Among the projects we have worked on are transplanting green peppers, cilantro, tomatoes and onions; teaching different methods for planting yucca and sweet potato; trainings on how to set up a community credit union, build irrigation systems, and make compost; and learning about soil conservation.
I only have a couple more weeks left before I head down to the south and I'm excited and a bit sad at the same time. I feel that I have more to learn here and I have enjoyed it so much. I love the community I'm in and the family that I live with. However, I'm also eager to go to the south and start the next phase of this opportunity, to meet new people and to learn about another one of Diaconía Nacional's programs. In the meantime, I hope to live into the last two weeks that I have here in Olancho and to learn and interact as much as I can.
As always, I cannot express enough how grateful I am for all your prayers and emotional support. Knowing that I have an amazing network of family and friends back home is such a great motivator and comfort to me. I can't wait to see what God has in my future and to share that future with you.


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This is an adventure led by Savern. It will take you on an epic journey slowly unravelling the mysteries of Savern and the brother he left behind in Gondor.
"Pour me another ale boy, and I'll tell you what I know." The old, bearded man leaned back in his chair and lit his pipe. The young boy, who had just lived through his fifteenth winter, reached for the jug and filled the old man's tankard.
"I'm particularly interested in those two brothers, Savern and Anareed?"
"Anaried. Say it properly boy, a name is a powerful thing." The boy looked down to his shoes, sheepishly.
"They were the sons of Anarthor, who was the son of Anaris, who was the son of..."
The old man continued in this fashion for some time, and eventually the boy interrupted him.
"Errm, as interested as I am in their lineage, could you maybe tell me more about how they became separated?" The boy spoke quietly, not wanting to seem rude.
"Aye, aye, I apologise. No patience in the youth today is there. Well, their father Anarthor was an officer for Lord Denethor. He was stationed at Osgiliath, and when Savern was nine, and Anaried was fifteen, the shadow in Mordor began to rise again. There were constant incursions and skirmishes, especially at that city on the river. Eventually, Anarthor decided to send his youngest son and his wife, Savira, to some distant relatives in Eriador. Anaried was to stay, as he was old enough to begin training to follow in his father's footsteps, and serve the Steward of Gondor. Savern and Savira made the long journey north, and that was the last time for many years that the two brothers saw each other..."
The old man stopped, and stared at the fireside.
"And what happened when they did find each other?"
The old man turned his head slowly and looked deep into the boy's eyes, smiled and tapped his now empty tankard.
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Thirty-nine (39) appeals were lodged with the Courts of Appeal: the capital first district (4), capital third district (1), capital fourth district (5), capital fifth district (1), Karak (3), Balqa (3), Madaba (2), al-Zarqa first district (1), al-Zarqa second district (2), Central Badiya (8), Irbid first district (1), Irbid fourth district (1), Ajloun (2), Jarash (2) and Maan (2). Eight (8) appeals were dismissed because of procedural reasons and (30) in content and one appeal was fully discarded in one case only.
It should be noted that the statement of ICEO on the events of the central Badiya was used as one of the statements of the lawsuit filed by Hind al-Fayez, a candidate, which was dismissed in content by the Amman Court of Appeals.
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"The thing about The Hills," a former client tells me in a husky European accent, "is that it is not just a treatment center. Detox, primary care, sober living—it's got it all! I stay for a year, and when it come time to go home, they get someone to clean my house for me so I can go home with my sober coach, and know there are no triggers around."
And that just about sums it up. If you've got enough cash, this Mulholland Drive center will safely spend it for you, all under the guiding hand of Dr. Howard C. Samuels, a 58-year-old top LA psychologist—and recovering cocaine and heroin addict with over 26 years of sobriety. Before he entered the rehab business, recalls one industry insider, Samuels "was the go-to shrink for literally every wealthy member of AA in LA." The affable, celeb-friendly owner gives Dr. Drew a run for his money by frequently popping up to discuss celebrity addiction scandals on TV news shows all across the dial. Adored by many former patients, he is also something of a controversial figure in the L.A. recovery scene. Samuels founded his first rehab, Wonderland, with a fellow former Promises staffer named Bernadine Fried and her husband Alex Shohet, in 2006. Though the $48,000-$58,000-a-month facility was initially considered a success, internal battles, along with a less-than-tight-lipped interview to The New Yorker (which detailed those battles), caused Samuels to fire Fried and eventually shut down the rehab in 2008 (Fried now owns ONE80CENTER, which opened in 2010). Still, many of Samuels' former patients continue to talk about him in hushed, respectful tones and his signature group therapy sessions (which focus on "the beast," meaning "the addict inside that controls your actions") are widely respected within the center.
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The facility itself is comprised of three luxury houses at the end of a private gated driveway on two-and-a-half acres of lush, green property deep in the hills. Decor is impeccable and stylish in the 14 bedrooms and separate, private two-bedroom cottage with its own personal detox doctor—David Kipper, a nurse and sober companion—for those who don't want to slum it in the main facility. The other houses contain private rooms with warm, Mediterranean style décor reminiscent of a rustic French country-hotel (all fluffy white duvets and wrought-iron bed stands). With Wifi throughout the premises, The Hills certainly isn't one of the stricter treatment centers, though computer access is gradually introduced. Because of the small size, the emphasis is on devising individualized treatment programs of one-on-one therapy and group sessions, combined with education classes and art, gardening, and morning meditation. Oh, and if you want to take your pooch along to watch you tremble through DT's? Feel free.
Days start with wake up at 7:30 am, a daily meditation and breakfast followed by groups, classes and individual therapy sessions throughout the day. There are two pools and several onsite yoga classes every week as well as staff-led hikes in the surrounding hills and a membership provided at Crunch gym. Members of The Hills' staff (most of whom are in recovery themselves) are also happy to research and provide alternatives depending on clients' preferences. Food is—of course!—healthy, nutritious, and provided by a "world class gourmet chef" whose specialty is healthy versions of classics, including seared tenderloin with lobster tails, chicken with wild mushroom ragout and quinoa salads. Meals are tailored to the request of the individual: whether they're vegetarian, vegan, on a low carb-diet, or simply seeking to gain maximum nutrition with a healthily balanced meal. According to one client, "The chef pretty much cooks everything and anything and it all tastes good."
And that's the thing about The Hills. It can do pretty much everything and anything, and it all goes down well. If you're the kind of person who has $50 grand to burn on employing babysitters to nurse you through sobriety before handing you back your life with cell phone privileges restored, that's great. But does it teach you how to be sober? "After a six month stay, the staff became like family to me," says one alum. "And sure, they were there for me when I left, offering support and meetings, but there's still a huge bridge to gap between relying on your treatment center and living sober alone without any coaches or staff around." Ay, there's the rub....


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Recall that in Bradley-Terry style ratings, we're trying to select a rating R for every team such that the odds of Team I winning a matchup with Team J turn out to be equal to:
Oddsi = Ri / (Ri + Rj)So how do we determine R? The trick is to look at our set of historical outcomes and find the values for R that maximize the likelihood that what actually happened would have happened. (This is called maximum likelihood estimation, or MLE.) Various mathematically gifted folks figured out that you could iteratively determine the proper values for R using this equation:
Ri =Wi * [Σ 1 / (Ri + Rj)]-1where Wi is the number of wins by Team I, and the sum is over all the games played by Team I.
Those of you who have been following along carefully from home will recognize this as the update equation from the KRACH rating, and indeed, KRACH is just Bradley-Terry for (originally) hockey teams.
Spartan Dan over at "The Only Colors" blog suggests in this posting a rating system that awards a variable amount for each win based upon the MOV:
W(mov) = 1 / (1 + e-mov/k)In this equation, "k" is a scaling constant. The effect of this equation is to award a 1/2 win for an MOV of zero, about 3/4 of a win for an MOV of "k", and then asymptotically to 1 win for greater MOVs. The idea here is to limit the impact of "blowouts" on the rating system.
It's fairly easy to plug this equation for W into our implementation of KRACH. With k=5 (as suggested by Spartan Dan), it gives this performance:
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As you can see, it provides a small improvement over KRACH without MOV. Some experiments show that performance is maximized for k=10, but not by a large amount over k=5.
As I noted in the original posting on KRACH, since the Bradley-Terry method is aimed at producing odds, it isn't particularly suited for predicting MOV. (Although it's reasonable to think that a team with greater odds of victory is likely to win by more points.) Even so, it's a little disappointing that adding MOV doesn't provide more improvement in the Bradley-Terry model.


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Were you to start studying for this year's September LSAT, you'd have precisely four months from today to study. Following the long-established tradition (established approximately two months ago) of periodic study plans, and without further ado, here is your official 4-month LSAT study plan.
The Full Time Worker's LSAT Study Guide
Students who found our 6-month study plan but are working full time may be wondering how they can fit LSAT studying in alongside their work. Not everyone has buckets of free time!
While there are some obvious disadvantages to working while studying, there are some big upsides that should give you hope. I was ultimately glad that I was working full-time for a civil rights organization while studying.


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Entertaining skilled extraordinaire, Rebecca Gardner just lately debuted her newest creative concept, the Sugarplum Pop-Up on the St. Regis lodge in New York. software program is step one in the appropriate determination. It involves using low-cost sensors, cell phone-enabled, and real time knowledge assortment automated payment methods enabling individuals to reserve parking upfront or predict precisely where they can find a spot. When deployed as a system, free parking software thereby reduces car emissions within the urban centers by means of reducing the necessity for the people to circle town blocks needlessly trying to find parking. Moreover, it permits the cities to handle their parking supply rigorously.
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Son: Dad. Can I go (1) to play?
Dad: Well, did you get you Saturday's (2) done?
Son: Ah, Dad. Do I have to?
Dad: Well, you know the (3). No playing until the work is done.
Son: So, what is my work?
Dad: Well, first you have to clean the bathroom including the toilet. And don't forget to (4) the bathtub.
Son: No, I want to do the family room.
Dad: Well, okay, but you have to (5) the family room and the hall, and be sure to dust everything. Oh, and don't forget to wipe the walls and clean the baseboards. [Okay.] And after that. [Oh, no.] Next, (6) and mop the kitchen floor and be sure to polish the table in the living room.
Son: Okay. Okay.
Dad: And (7) your bed and pick up all your toys and put them away. And . .
Son: More?
Dad: Yeah. And then, how about going out for (8) and getting a big milk shake, but you probably don't want to do that.
Son: No, No. I want to.
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Every so often I wake up in the middle of the night with strange thoughts. The middle of the night is our most vulnerable and/or creative time for that, wouldn't you say?
I don't mean to be morbid here, but sometimes in the middle of the night I think about death. Not in a scary way--maybe that will change when I'm older?--but with surprise, amazement, and a sense of unreality.
It surprises me to realize that there is an event in my life that is NOT optional. Whether I want it to or not, it will happen to me. Maybe when I'm not expecting it, or maybe when I have time to prepare and am actually ready--but I'll definitely have to do it, sooner or later. On my best day, on my worst day, every day: it's coming.
It seems that when we're young we take for granted that dying is a long way off, and our whole expected lifespan of 70- or 80-something years lies between us and that reality. These days there are only 20 or 30 years (if I stay healthy) and most of my lifespan years are already behind me. And 20 or 30 years doesn't seem like a whole lot of time!
It amazes me to think that the world will go on without me. I don't mean that I'm so important that I think the world will stop--far from it! Actually, the opposite amazes me: I'm completely sure it will keep zooming along in its usual mad and wonderful way. But how strange to think about that: the world will go on, and I won't be in it.
Then there's the whole question of what I'll be doing while the world gets back to normal, without me. Where will I be? Faith has answers, science has answers, and I'm just not sure. It's not even an easy thing to contemplate, this idea of still existing (if a soul goes on) without being anywhere physical.
I'm pretty confident that my person will rest in a lovely green cemetery a few hours from here. It's conservation land and the burial practices are traditional ones, without the fancy caskets, toxic chemicals, and hoopla associated with the modern funeral industry. Kayak Guy and I are happy to think we can be buried in a winding sheet, covered with flowers and mulch, marked with a native cypress tree snag, and left to feed the earth, while our spirits go . . . somewhere else.
Although I hope to be remembered, I doubt anyone will think of me on any kind of a regular basis, after a while. That's just part of the deal. People get busy with life again, the pain of loss is eased by time, and that's the way of things. We come and we go, and the world goes on.
And so these are the things I think about sometimes, in the middle of the night. But not in a bad way. Truth be told, I usually find it highly motivating, the next morning, to make the most of the time I have left.


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Many companies have succeeded in building up large fan bases on Facebook and Twitter, but what is a fan really worth? Many people will "like" a brand on Facebook, but will never take the extra step to visit the company's site, share a promotion with a friend, or buy a product.
"Every fan is not created equal. Many brands are realizing that having thousands of Facebook fans does not have much impact on their sales or brand reach, because these 'fans' don't engage or share much," says Ron Schott, senior strategist at Spring Creek Group, a division of IPG Mediabrands.
Schott says as the social media marketing sector moves beyond experimentation in 2012, B2C and B2B marketers will place less emphasis on simply amassing fans and followers, and begin to deploy sophisticated social analytics software to identify and engage their most loyal fans: the "super influencers" who share the most widely. A move toward deep analysis of online sharing patterns is fueling a spending boom in the social marketing software space.
Disqus: How have you or your company engaged social media "super influencers"?
In the U.S., companies will spend $2.1 billion on social media marketing, according to Forrester Research. This spend encompasses "earned media" initiatives such as social content creation, free Facebook pages, and viral video, as well as "paid media" advertising such as Facebook Ads, promoted Tweets, social-enabled display ads, and paid YouTube placements. By 2016, organizations will spend nearly $5 billion on social media marketing – a 26 percent annual growth rate and one of the fastest-growing segments of digital marketing.
Much of this growth in spending will come from implementing social analytics platforms. These technologies, which range from simple listening platforms that allow marketers to get a high-level view of what people are saying about their brands or products, to full-service social CRM platforms that aim to integrate social marketing initiatives with larger marketing and customer retention programs. Some of the leading social media analytics providers include Radian6, Trackur, and Visible Technologies, while enterprise analytics vendors such as Autonomy and SAS Institute also now integrate social media data. Products such as Cisco SocialMiner integrate social media into customer care work flows, so that organizations that want to move from analytics to engagement have a tool to do just that.
Another class of tools promises to not just measure how social marketing programs are performing, but also help companies find and "activate" super influencers. These companies, including Lithium and startups such as Meteor Solutions and Zuberance, use analytics to identify a brand's biggest influencers, then provide ideas for special rewards to encourage these people to share even more.
"Many marketers have focused on building Facebook pages and tweeting, but to really get substantial results from social marketing, you have to analyze vast amounts of social data across the Web to find the 1 percent of your fans who share the most often and most widely, whether they share on Facebook, Twitter, via email, or on blogs," says Ben Straley, CEO of Meteor Solutions. "Targeting these super influencers with exclusive promotions and content means they'll do your marketing for you – spreading your content far and wide."
Straley says approximately 1 percent of visitors to a company's site or social page can directly influence 30 percent or more of sales just by sharing promotions, brand content, or links with others. By reaching the 1 percent, you indirectly engage thousands of other people.
So how do you find your company's super influencers then activate them to share? First, you need to use social analytics tools to find your most influential followers; this involves measuring sharing patterns and the impact of sharing on campaign traffic and conversion. Second, you have to find ways to "activate" these people in ways that don't feel salesy. (You don't want to annoy your biggest fans and risk potentially turning them into your biggest detractors.)
Once you've found your top fans, ask yourself these five questions to really understand what makes your super influencers tick – so you can give them more of what they want.
What do your super influencers share?Your top fans may be shopaholics that love sharing deals and discounts. Or, they may prefer to share entertainment like videos, social games, or music clips. Some social influencers like to share information or research, serving as experts for their wider social net. Find out what your super influencers really value – deals, entertainment, or information.
Where do they share it? Your fans don't just share on Facebook and Twitter, but also on niche social networks, blogs, forums, and websites. Find out where they hang out, and also how they share (email, tweets, updates, blog posts, etc). You may be surprised that Facebook and Twitter aren't the only games in town.
What motivates them? Some people who take the time to share content are motivated by fame (to be seen as an expert), while others want fortune (free deals and coupons). Find out why your super influencers share. You'll probably find that most people share not just to get deals, but to appear helpful to their friends, family, and communities.
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I've laughed with other girls as we discussed the names we called our privates growing up: the tink, cookie jar, nucker, pee pee- the list goes on. Those areas of the body were shrouded with mystery when they were hesitantly discussed. My mother would answer questions and give us plenty of reading material. Still, I felt strange about these areas. If I had to discuss my own body I would have felt humiliated and very confused about how. Luckily, being a reader and being supplied with the correct books, I was able to identify that I had a urethra, vagina, and anus. Sadly, there are girls who become adults who are not aware what area does what: Do I urinate from my vagina? Where do I menstruate? Where do I have sex?
The importance of calling privates by the proper name is instrumental to how a person will view their body and perhaps their own sexuality. It may sound silly, but not sillier than telling your child their arm is called a body noodle, or their face the expression platform. Calling things by their proper name isn't just for the sake of being politically correct. It has much to do with knowledge being power. Knowledge gives a child confidence. For example- If they are lost they are taught to look for a woman with children, or a cop- you establish early that cops are mommy and daddy's friends. This gives your child a safety net.
When your child's arm hurts they are able to express that, "My arm is hurt." This should be the same with their privates, "My penis hurts." See how giving something the correct name gives them ownership? That is their penis. That is their vagina. (I typically call it the vulva since calling everything the vagina isn't accurate either.) This ownership means they don't have to be embarrassed or ashamed. Our gender is a huge part of our identity and not something to be embarrassed of. These parts aren't "unspeakable." They are a part of their body and as such if they are hurt or someone is making them uncomfortable, they are able to express that.
Telling your child about their body is a process. Many think, the talk is a one-time deal; it isn't and shouldn't be. As your child grows so should the discussions. The start should be the correct names for their body parts, or at least saying they are private. Eventually you tell them how their body is theirs; as such no one should be touching their privates. Also, if someone is making them uncomfortable they can talk to you no matter what!
I have known too many children, friends, and family members who have been hurt by predators to not take the safety of children seriously. I don't teach my children out of fear, but as a preventive measure- not just against predators, but shame as well. I find it sad that too many people think talking about the body or sex to their children is vulgar. Someone is going to tell them and that information will most likely be incorrect and harmful. Most children have an idea of what sex is by the age of five whether you choose to talk or not. Take the initiative. Be the parent. How you discuss or don't discuss something will dictate how a child will perceive that part of their life even as adults.
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7 Essential Elements of LinkedIn Company Pages & Ways to Leverage Them
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Few months back LinkedIn rolled out company pages which added a new weapon to the Armour of the social media marketers. Most of the people think that LinkedIn can be used only for b2b marketing but this is not true. In reality it can be used both for b2b as well as b2c marketing depending upon your objectives.
Company Pages
The way millions of individuals have LinkedIn profiles, similarly, now companies can have their profiles on LinkedIn called company pages which gives them an opportunity to present themselves in a more human way to the LinkedIn users.
Elements of Company Pages
#1. Company Overview
On this tab you can introduce your brand in a friendly & professional way. You should also include links to your website and blog to bring in additional traffic to your sites. If someone visits this tab, they see everyone in their network who works at your company, your company's blog posts and Twitter feeds.
#2. Products and Services
List all the products or services which you offer under this tab. Include high resolution images of your products or related to your services which should be catchy enough for the visitors to click on them. If you have too many products or services, include only the limited number of products which are quite popular & doing well.
#3. Recommendations
This is the most powerful feature on the company pages. You should always ask your satisfied customers to recommend your different products & services. For instance whenever we conduct our social media workshops, at the end of the workshop we ask all our participants to rate us & recommend our courses if they found them satisfying.
Any additional recommendations which come on their own are a bonus. These recommendations accumulate over the period of time and thus serve as a repository for potential leads & sales.
#4. Number of Followers
This feature cannot be directly controlled by you but if you have large number of followers it definitely gives a good impression about your company. Usually companies with large number of employees have large number of followers. So, there is no need to be pushy about this particular feature.
#5. Information about Employees
Encourage all your current employees to update their LinkedIn profiles showing their current designation & company. Once it is done, your LinkedIn company page will automatically fetch the data and update itself with the current information. This gives a very interesting and comprehensive information about your employees to a visitor which goes a long way showing your company's strength in terms of talent pool & skills.
#6. Analytics
This is a private feature visible only to you, as an administrator of your Company Page. It can be used to understand the composition of your base of followers – who they are, what they do and which other companies they follow. This also gives you an insight into the kind of people who are interested in your company and who can be your potential customers.
#7. Cross Marketing
LinkedIn also allows syncing of few applications like twitter, wordpress, etc for some large companies but soon they will role out this facility to all the companies. There are various other interesting apps available on their store. You can always check with LinkedIn whether they allow such apps for your company page or not. If allowed it gives a good opportunity to you to do cross marketing of your social networks on LinkedIn.
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Cocktails and "Gross America!" Morbid Anatomy Library Open Studios! Films that influenced the Quay Brothers! "Morbid Anatomy Compendium"--published in tandem with Strange Attractor Press--" Fundraising and launch Party! Insect Shadowboxes for Halloween! Sugar skull workshop! Day of the Dead Costume Party with tequila, traditional altar, Aztec dances and our annual Lady Death Piñata! Macabre New York! Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor Press on the abuses of enchantment an occult British music! Morbid Anatomy presents for the upcoming week and beyond:
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Time: 8:00
Admission: $5
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*** Copies of Gross America will be available for sale and signing
Don't judge a book by its cover. And don't judge this collection of American oddities solely by their gross exterior. With wit and insight backed up by meticulous research, Gross America, the debut book by genial polymath Richard Faulk, takes you places you thought you never wanted to see, to unearth stories you'd never imagined.
What is Gross America?
Gross America is toothsome concoction of science and nature trivia, served with a side of sagacity and wit, and delivered in an irresistibly putrescent bundle.
No, really: What is Gross America?
Ok, it's a travel guide to the grossest sites our 50 states have to offer. Sniff out the chemical secrets of the celebrated "sperm tree" of Los Angeles; gaze into the innards of North America's sole surviving anatomical Venus; thumb the pages of a prison memoir bound in the memoirist's own skin; or sneak a peek into the chamber pot used by the real-life Uncle Sam.
And those are just a fraction of the potential verb-object parings made possible by this nasty little book.
On top of being a sheer joy to read (he wrote modestly), Gross America offers an introduction to the wild nature of our 50 states and a window into some of the more perplexing moments of science, past and present. It will answer questions you might never have realized you had, and change the way you think about things you never wanted to think about in the first place.
You may never look at toxic waste the same way again.
Why should I come to the release party?
Well, at the very least, you'll probably get drunk. There will be music, too. There will also be a discussion, and you will be able to ask the author impertinent questions about his book, and you will become intrigued enough to buy it. Which you will also be able to do.
RICHARD FAULK is a writer, editor, and Observatory habitué. A onetime time-travel columnist and occasional education reporter, he has also written about Vikings for Australian tweens, covered academic conferences for Columbia University, and celebrated the films of Pam Grier in Penthouse. He now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he thinks deeply about trivial matters.
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Time: 12-6
Admission: FREE
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This weekend, October 13th and 14th, please join the Morbid Anatomy Library as we join dozens of other Gowanus-based galleries and artist studios in opening our spaces to the public for the Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, or "A.G.A.S.T."
So stop by, peruse the stacks, take a gander at the human articulated skeleton, and join us for a glass (or 3) of cheap red wine.
Directions: Enter the Morbid Anatomy Library and Observatory via Proteus Gowanus GalleryR or M train to Union Street in Brooklyn: Walk two long blocks on Union (towards the Gowanus Canal) to Nevins Street. 543 Union Street is the large red brick building on right. Go right on Nevins and left down alley through large black gates. Gallery is the second door on the left.
F or G train to Carroll Street: Walk one block to Union. Turn right, walk two long blocks on Union towards the Gowanus Canal, cross the bridge, take left on Nevins, go down the alley to the second door on the left.
You can find out more information about A.G.A.S.T., and get a full list of participants, by clicking here. You can find out more about Observatory and the exhibition now on view by clicking here.
Photo of The Morbid Anatomy Library by Shannon Taggart.And in the weeks and months to come:
October 16: "Bunny Suits of Death, Tales of a CSI": An Illustrated Lecture with Forensic Investigator and Author Laura Merz
- October 18: Influences and Affinities: Animated Shorts the Quay Brothers May Have Watched: A collection of short animated films curated by SVA's Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
October 26: "The Morbid Anatomy Compendium:" Fundraiser/Launch and Save the Date
- October 27: Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: Special Halloween Edition, with Former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton
- October 29: Sugar Skull Decorating Workshop and Lecture: El Dia de los Muertos in Context — How the Day of the Dead Exemplifies the Greater Culture of Death in Mexico: Lecture and workshop with Dru Munell
- November 3: Observatory Annual Day of the Dead/Halloween Party
- November 8: A Dark Day in New York: Dispatches from The New York Grimpendium: Lecture and launch party for book of death-related sites and artifacts in New York, with J.W. Ocker
- November 13: The Abuses of Enchantment: Illustrated Lecture and Book Signing with Mark Pilkington, Author of "Mirage Men: An Adventure into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs"
- November 19: From the Akashic Jukebox: Magic and Music in Britain, 1888-1978: Illustrated Lecture and Rare British Occult Recordings with Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor Press
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This cake tastes like winter. I'm writing this as I look out the window at bright skies and a forecast of 50-plus degrees here in Michigan this weekend, but I made this a couple days ago when there was still snow on the ground and the sun was nowhere to be found.
But this cake is the ultimate wintertime dessert. It's cozy, served toasty in a cast iron skillet. Top it with some whipped cream or a rich scoop of ice cream for a supreme comfort-food experience. Use it to warm yourself up on a cold day!
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The skies above Nottinghamshire will be darkened next month during the first partial solar eclipse in 16 years.
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The Bethlehem Christian Academy baseball team will face perhaps its toughest three-game stretch of the regular season later this week.
On Thursday, the Knights will travel to Macon to face defending Class AAA champion Tattnall Square before traveling to rival Loganville Christian Academy Friday. The three-day tour of duty will continue Saturday with a home game against the Brentwood Eagles, the defending Class AA state baseball champion.
BCA coach Nick Pou said region games are the most important contests on the regular season schedule, but he conceded this upcoming three-game stretch (all non-region games) will be fun to be a part of.
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Women must not take right to vote for granted.
"In 1918, women picketed President Woodrow Wilson for what is now our birthright. Wilson had them arrested on the bogus charge of blocking traffic. They were convicted, incarcerated and tortured at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia. The first night in prison, Lucy Burns was beaten, and while bleeding and gasping for air was chained to the bars of her cell so that her feet barely touched the ground. In an adjacent cell, Doris Lewis was knocked unconscious when her head was smashed against an iron bed. Her cell mate, believing Lewis was dead, suffered a heart attack. Alice Paul embarked on a hunger strike and was removed to solitary confinement in the prison's psychiatric ward. To avoid the criticism that would surely accompany a starvation death, Paul's jailers snaked a tube down her throat and poured in raw eggs. It required five people to immobilize Lucy Burns so she could be force-fed. When she refused to open her mouth a feeding tube was shoved up her nostril. The actions of Paul and Burns inspired their fellow suffragettes to join the hunger strike. President Wilson solicited a psychiatrist to have Paul declared legally insane and institutionalized -- a quick fix to a thorny problem. Fortunately, the doctor, a man of integrity, told the president of the United States that "courage in women is often mistaken for insanity," and that although Paul was brave and intelligent, she was not crazy. Word of the women's ordeal was smuggled to the press. Continuing demonstrations pressured Wilson, and on June 4, 1919, seeing no other honorable resolution, he urged Congress to append the 19th Amendment to the Constitution to guarantee women the right to vote."
I am so proud of these women and feel grateful for the right they fought so hard to pass on to me.
And, as an artist, I would be remiss not to mention all the amazing work that has come from artists truly moved by this campaign. A few of my Favorite Barack Obama Posters are below.
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What to do—and when—if attempts to get pregnant on your own aren't working.
When my husband and I started trying to make a baby, we were halfway through a round-the-world trip and having plenty of sex. Yet, we returned home not pregnant. I began using ovulation-predictor kits, and our lovemaking became less spontaneous, more "we-need-to-do-it-today," especially since my 35th birthday was looming.
Like many women who are hoping to conceive, I had heard the standard advice: If you have regular (every 26-32 days) periods and are younger than 35, you should wait a year before consulting a doctor; if you're older than 35, wait just six months. Sound rationale backs up this advice, as half of couples trying to conceive will be pregnant by the end of six months, and 80 percent will be pregnant by the end of a year, according to Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., an OB-GYN in New Haven, Conn., and a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale University School of Medicine. "The odds are in your favor," Minkin says. Knowing exactly when you ovulate can boost those odds.
When to Take the Next Step
If you're still not pregnant after six months to a year of properly timed intercourse, see your gynecologist, who can perform or recommend several simple tests, including hormone- level blood tests for you and a semen analysis for your husband. "A sperm count is a non-invasive, easy and relatively inexpensive test. It tells when the problem lies with the guy, not the gal; 40 percent of infertility is what's known as 'male factor,'" says Minkin, who is co-author of A Woman's Guide to Sexual Health (Yale University Press).
Another common, relatively non-invasive test, a hysterosalpingogram (HSG), occasionally has an unexpected upside: While it's used to determine if there's a blockage in one or both of the fallopian tubes (thus preventing egg and sperm from meeting), there's a slightly increased conception rate afterward, as the procedure itself sometimes clears small blockages. Your gynecologist also may prescribe the oral ovulation-stimulating drug Clomid.
If these steps don't help you get pregnant, your next one should be a consultation with a fertility specialist, or reproductive endocrinologist (R.E.). Most patients get recommendations from their gynecologist, but you also want to make sure the R.E. is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (asrm.org). These physicians can perform more specialized tests and procedures.
When to Act Immediately
While six months to a year is the standard time to wait before seeing a doctor about fertility issues, here are some circumstances in which you shouldn't wait, according to Bill Meyer, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist with Carolina Conceptions in Raleigh, N.C.:
- Negative ovulation-predictor kit test results for two consecutive months.
- Signs of hormonal fluctuations, such as experiencing nighttime hot flashes or irregular intervals between periods.
- Symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), such as excess facial hair, light periods, thinning hair, acne, irregular cycles or steady weight gain.
- A family or personal history of endometriosis, which is linked to infertility.
- A short luteal phase, indicated by getting your period 13 days or less after a positive result on a urine ovulation kit.
As for my husband and me, after six months of unsuccessful attempts to conceive, I saw my doctor for blood tests, and my husband had a semen analysis. No problems were detected. I also underwent an HSG—and a few days later, we conceived our first child.


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I was going to apply the usual AFL caveat that this is an extreme hitters' league and thus, one should treat the numbers produced by both hitters and pitchers with a light touch, or normalize them for league values. Then I looked at the numbers. The AFL is still is absolutely a hiters' league, but it is less so than in recent years.
This year, the AFL is hitting a collective .266/.344/.397 and scoring 5.2 runs per game. That's roughly comparable in terms of scoring to the 2012 version of the Pacific Coast League (.278/.345/.430; 5.1 R/G), but with a little less power. However, it is the lowest level of offense for the AFL in the last five years. The AFL's isoloated slugging, a measure of power, is down to its lowest level in eight years (before that the data is scattered and hard to collect). On a year over year basis, AFL scoring is down 13%.
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What's going on here? I do not know, although I'm open to suggestions. Some potential explanations follow.
- The league's season is only two weeks old and this is just a dreaded small sample size blip. By November, the AFL's power and scoring numbers will be right back to their recent historical levels. This we can test by waiting a month.
- Perhaps teams are sending younger, less experienced and thus less powerful prospects to the AFL. The Mets' delegation this year is a strong example of this. Among the position players, the Mets sent two outfielders from Advanced-A (Darrell Ceciliani and Cesar Puello) and an infielder from low-A (Dustin Lawley). There is not a single regular season AA plate appearance among this group. (This too is testable by comparing the average age of the players in this year's AFL delegations to year's past.)
- The decline is a reflection of the overall decline in offense in baseball at the MLB level. (This is testable too - do AFL scoring and power levels track those in MLB closely?)